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*sigh* iTunes finds a new way to annoy every damn time I open it. Finally got it to update, now it shows every single song I own TWICE. - TWuG Feb 16, 10:54 2
- yeah, I had that problem once too. 1800 duplicates -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 10:56
- why on earth would you use iTunes for anything? you can do all your i-device updates OTA, literally anything is a better media manager -- nm - colin Feb 16, 10:56
Ryan Reynolds crashes the Eddie the Eagle press junket -- (link) - Remlik Feb 16, 10:49 [youtube] 2
- awesome -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 11:27
- more exciting: Ryan Reynolds crash lands into the EtE press junket -- nm - Max Feb 16, 10:51
um, ick -- (link) - decline Feb 16, 10:42 2
- I am more horrified at the Jesus Christ buttplug on the side. -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 10:45
- millennials are *hilarious* - sweet baboo Feb 16, 10:44
OMG 4chan - ML Feb 16, 10:40 1
- also posts about how that date was the beginning of the unix calendar, so it messed with the iTunes store back end and made all apps free. -- nm - colin Feb 16, 10:55
I can't tell if this Jerry Seinfeld blog post on Clickhole is parody or just humorous. -- (link) - Mop Feb 16, 10:39 1
- yeah, I just read that. It's...weird -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:43
Is there a hsx stock for this movie that Ryan Reynolds just grabbed? Life on Mars - " Life". -- (link) - Epiphany Feb 16, 10:39
Fox going with a diversity choice to replace Elisabeth Hasselback -- (link) - sweet baboo Feb 16, 10:39
Forget the kids, I want one -- (link) - oblique Feb 16, 10:35
Time to buy the Fallout 4 Season Pass, I guess. -- nm - Tim Feb 16, 10:26
I'm willing to call Shadow of Mordor one of the best three games I've ever played. - ML Feb 16, 10:18 9
- I think this is next after Diablo. - iSpam Feb 16, 10:53 2
  - It's a great buy--given that it's a year+ old now you can find it for $10-15 at times. -- nm - ML Feb 16, 10:54 1
    - I got mine during the PSN BF sale. It was $21 for the GOTY edition. That's a slick price. -- nm - Shaun Feb 16, 10:57
- Oh yeah, I started that game, didn't I? -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 10:37 1
  - you are no true man of Gondor -- nm - ML Feb 16, 10:38
- Did you have any Arkham experience before SoM? -- nm - Shaun Feb 16, 10:23 3
  - Yeah, Asylum and City. The leveling is better, I think. Also a broader skillbase. - ML Feb 16, 10:26 2
    - I was curious because you mentioned running away from low-level orcs. spoils I guess - Shaun Feb 16, 10:29 1
      - spoils - ML Feb 16, 10:35
RIP U-Verse -- (link) - sweet baboo Feb 16, 10:14 4
- That's too bad. U-verse cable and especially U-verse fiber is head and shoulders better than satellite. -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 10:49
- As long as DTV has those 12-month rates on a 24-month contract, they can stuff it. -- nm - GregW Feb 16, 10:29
- oh, full screen timed ads now, deadline? *adds to ABP* -- nm - colin Feb 16, 10:17 1
  - I already have ABP running. How do you kill those full screen ads? -- nm - GregW Feb 16, 10:29
hey, who had 2.16.16 in the "Ben Carson said something true" pool? -- (link) - sweet baboo Feb 16, 10:12
well that's it... Queer and The Fat Man is all gone. just deleted webhosting. - colin Feb 16, 10:06 12
- That's the second death of the brand. (Personally, we did better work on KIDS Fundcasts.) -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 10:16 1
  - more quantity with qatfm, better quality with KIDS -- nm - colin Feb 16, 10:55
- So, Qale is finally free to write for BOP! -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:07 9
  - 12 Reasons to Watch Almost Famous Every Month for a Year -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 10:15 1
    - "Top 12 Reasons why this is the movie Cameron Crowe lost his edge!" -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 10:23
  - .... i wanna write for BOP... - colin Feb 16, 10:14 1
    - Shoot me an email and we can talk about it. -- nm - David's iPad Feb 16, 10:57
  - are there new articles? last post I see from BOP is Dec 21st on FB - Remlik Feb 16, 10:12
  - no new prophets! -- nm - ML Feb 16, 10:10 3
    - let the prophets decide. -- nm - colin Feb 16, 10:12 2
      - *throws two battle axes in the pit* 1st one out is a writer -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 10:15
      - david, when the walls fell -- nm - ML Feb 16, 10:14
Rampaging Indian leopard back on the streets -- (link) - sweet baboo Feb 16, 10:01 6
- he got a real taste for dark meat. -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 10:08 1
  - i bet there's a big fat kid at the school he had his eye on -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 16, 10:11
- i am impressed, really. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 10:03
- If you didn't get bit, you must acquit. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 10:03
- mere walls can't contain him. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 10:03 1
  - i hope none of them kids at the school was making faces at it or nothing -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 16, 10:07
Wolverine 3 to get an R rating... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 16, 09:51 2
- The Wolverine is good, but ... I dunno. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:39
- this is my shocked face -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 10:05
NFL Quiz: Per the NFL's tax filing today, what was Goodell's compensation for 2014? No cheating. -- nm* - ML Feb 16, 09:50 16
- Secondary quiz from the link: Guess the NFL's total revenues in 2014. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 09:59 5
  - roughly allthemonies. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 10:12
  - 12B -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:07
  - I actually wrote a column about their projection, which was $12 billion. I never saw actuals, though. -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:06
  - I think it was $10 billion or somesuch -- nm - ML Feb 16, 10:01
  - 8 billion bucks. -- nm - colin Feb 16, 10:01
- Thanks, free market -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 16, 09:57
- Survey says! -- (link*) - ML Feb 16, 09:54 2
  - Well, he had a good 2014, right? - spamlet Feb 16, 09:56 1
    - At the time, the NFL was still a non-profit. This'll be the last time we'll see his salary publicly disclosed like this. -- nm - ML Feb 16, 09:57
- I'll guess $43 million. -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:52
- Just salary? I'd say $12 million, with total compensation around $25 million. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 16, 09:52 1
  - Upon review it is compensation, so I edited above. -- nm - ML Feb 16, 09:53
- $19k, or something artificially low? -- nm - Max Feb 16, 09:51
- $20M -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:50
- 3.8M -- nm - Shaun Feb 16, 09:50
Free retro space travel posters from NASA -- (link) - oblique Feb 16, 09:50 2
- love those. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 10:27
- Lovely -- nm - LMS Feb 16, 09:54
10 Deadpool jokes that didn't make the movie -- (link) - Beaker Feb 16, 09:38 2
- thanks -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 09:51
- "... The Aristocrats!" -- nm - Max Feb 16, 09:45
Long time no hellos! - Hotkiss Feb 16, 09:36 9
- yo. have you thought about working in corporate travel? - sweet baboo Feb 16, 10:23
- hi there -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 10:01
- hello - I hope thing turn around for you soon! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 09:46
- oh hi! - colin Feb 16, 09:41 2
  - I don't have any IT experience but have a bunch of otherwise project management / admin experience, Would that suit? -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 16, 10:14 1
    - yeah, they actually like a diverse background... brings in new ideas. plus there's a lot of the company that is not IT any more. - colin Feb 16, 10:18
- Hiya! (and no.) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:40
- Hello, hello! - Spawn Feb 16, 09:38 1
  - Hola Spawn! -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 16, 09:39
Funniest moment of my weekend: Out to lunch with my wife's family and 10 year old niece orders a cheeseburger. The waitress asks "how would you like - pmb Feb 16, 09:33 6
- smart kid, cause square burgers suck -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 13:09
- hee! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 10:04
- that's great -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 10:02
- Ha! -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:36
- Smart kid. -- nm - Znufrii Feb 16, 09:35
- Freaking MickeyDs takes the fancy out of the burger business -- nm - budice Feb 16, 09:34
How did I not know this before? jebbush.com redirects to Donald Trump's webpage. -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 09:31
I love this. -- (link) - Spawn Feb 16, 09:25 [youtube]
Thanksgiving NFL: Vikings/Lions, Redskins/Cowboys. -- nm - ML Galaxy Feb 16, 09:15 9
- Jerry has ridden the Cowboys hype for 20 years. -- nm - budice Feb 16, 09:33
- Ahh, tradition. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 09:18 4
  - Two playoff teams against the crappy isn't horrible. -- nm - ML Galaxy Feb 16, 09:19 3
    - Oh, I expect the Redskins will revert to a 6 win team next year when the NFC East isn't putrid -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 09:21 2
      - Maybe the Giants can go 50/50 on those games when they are winning in the final 2 minutes. - Shaun Feb 16, 09:51
      - As goes Cousins, so will the team. - ML Feb 16, 09:50
- You like that! -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:15 1
  - I join with the esteemed Mr. Cousins' opinion. -- nm - ML Galaxy Feb 16, 09:18
- Ugh. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 09:15
LIR Spawn - It Follows and now Vinyl - I think I have a subconscious hatred for all things70's early 80's - Epiphany Feb 16, 09:09 3
- Life on Mars? (original) -- nm - LMS Feb 16, 09:21
- What about the new X-Men movies? -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 09:19 1
  - yes - because I don't think the time period is such a big back drop to the story ya know? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 09:45
~Ooh yeah, such a pretty mess. He made such a pretty mess of my dress~ - Epiphany Feb 16, 09:05 1
- Everythings boiling up. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 09:08
Bowie's son didn't like Gaga's tribute -- (link) - Remlik Feb 16, 09:00 4
- What in the holy hell was that? - The Death Sceire Feb 16, 10:12
- Of the brief bit I saw it looked and sounded like shower karaoke. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 09:09
- It's like Lex Luger trying to be Hulk Hogan. -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:06
- That's a textbook case of trying to do too much. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 09:03
LIR Berry, I'm probably going to be putting a Deadpool poster on eBay in the next few days. - sycor Feb 16, 08:59
Let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Vancouver is in America. -- nm - colin Feb 16, 08:55 2
- You sound like one of those round-earthers. -- nm - Negabaronic Middle-Aged Forehead Feb 16, 08:59 1
  - It's round, but flat. Like a pizza. Will you pleas vote for me? I'll literally say anything I'm told to say. -- nm - colin Feb 16, 09:02
Yikes. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 08:55 [Image] 3
- And again -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 08:56 [Image] 2
  - Nice. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 08:59 [Image] 1
    - did you just "Nice" your own post? -- nm - colin Feb 16, 09:05
John Oliver on Chipotle -- (link) - oblique Feb 16, 08:54 [youtube] 26
- Mmm, Taco Bell. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 09:53
- I don't understand the obsession. It's good, but nothing that people should be going crazy over. -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 09:06 17
  - I like qdoba so much better. -- nm - sp commander amanda jones Feb 16, 09:13 14
    - We're getting one right across the street from the Chipotle they built by our house. Still no Moes. -- nm - spamlet Feb 16, 10:03
    - I'm not enamored with the Q -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 09:56 1
      - Me neither. (The Self Loathing nt.) -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 10:15
    - This will sound weird, but there is something about their buildings/places... I simply will not even go in. - Spawn Feb 16, 09:31 2
      - ours is really nice. it has a high table at the front that overlooks college avenue. -- nm - sp commander amanda jones Feb 16, 09:45
      - burrito poltergeist -- nm - Max Feb 16, 09:32
    - meh. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:25
    - nods (and moes ) -- nm - decline Feb 16, 09:18 6
      - we just got these guys. I don't like their ordering system so haven't tried it. -- (link) - sp commander amanda jones Feb 16, 09:24
      - *sniffle* -- nm - spamlet si Feb 16, 09:20 4
        
        I tried to convince charlie to go yesterday and he was like, "we don't have time." there's always time for smokin chicken! -- nm - sp commander amanda jones Feb 16, 09:23
        
        :) - spamlet Feb 16, 09:22 2
        
        My favorite place is Cafe Rio. I was hoping they had a location near you, but no such luck. -- (link) - kelly Feb 16, 09:31
        
        :) -- nm - kelly Feb 16, 09:24
  - ie: In N Out Burger -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 09:07 1
    - Five Guys is even more overrated, but yes. -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 09:08
- to be fair, the bird problem is more of a Florida issue. also, you never hear about taco bell having problems. superior in every way. -- nm - colin Feb 16, 09:02 4
  - Taco bell has had their problems, they had to get rid of green onions after an outbreak. -- nm - Endor Feb 16, 09:23
  - people just naturally accept that they feel worse after eating at Taco Bell -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:02 2
    - i've never felt bad after 1 or 2 items... satisfied even. but who eats like that? -- nm - colin Feb 16, 09:05 1
      - I ate there last night. Three tacos. Extra cheese. I feel/felt great. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 09:37
- "If Chipotle can persuade America that 1000 calorie burritos are healthy (and we actually did that), well then we can do anything we damn well please" - oblique Feb 16, 08:58 1
  - Hot on the heels of Subway convincing the world that a footlong sandwich is a single serving. -- nm - Shaun Feb 16, 09:33

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