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Popular Mechanics has story on the guy who tweeted the truth bombs from the BART account. -- (link) - Mop Mar 24, 07:52
Karadzic convicted of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity -- nm - znufrii Mar 24, 07:44
(Thanks Donald!) Poll: Obama's favorability rating hits its highest point since 2009. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 07:44
Dawn of Justice is down to 33%: 48 fresh, 98 rotten. - David Mar 24, 07:40 13
- From a Positive Review: "Batman v Superman is kind of dopey and plays out some laborious plot twists in the DC narrative at unnecessary length" -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 07:44 3
  - Taken scene by scene, it really has a lot going for it. - Spawn Mar 24, 07:46 2
    - Other than the fact that the movie sucks, it's really good! -- nm - Spawn si Mar 24, 07:48 1
      - Eh, the whole is not greater than the sum of the parts. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 07:50
- oof, the audience score was at 98% yesterday; 79% now. cratering -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 07:43
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is catching up!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 07:42
- I am seeing it with Remlik tonight. I am taking abnote pad so I can write down every major plothole we run into. - Spawn Mar 24, 07:41 2
  - bring extra pencils -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 07:42 1
    - Pen, as I would break the lead too many times with annoyance. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 07:44
- I was just over at the HSX looking at this. I have no earthly idea what to do with it. I just don't see the ... excitement for it. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Mar 24, 07:41 3
  - this movie is review proof, people are gonna see it for the sake of seeing it. -- nm - groiny Mar 24, 07:46 1
    - Yeah, very few people that were looking forward to it are changing their minds when they hear reviews, and they shouldn't. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 07:47
  - It will open huge. It is still DC mini-Avengers. It is just not a good one. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 07:42
I want ham. Spiral sliced, honey glazed -- nm - decline Mar 24, 07:33 10
- This looks like a job for... -- (link) - Spawn Mar 24, 07:37
- smoked ham, green bean casserole and mashed tators on tap for Easter Sunday -- nm - Epiphany Mar 24, 07:35 8
  - I don't think the house I'm going to is having ham. - decline Mar 24, 07:36 7
    - What......are they having? -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 07:45 2
      - I think prime rib or some such, which is good, but... -- nm - decline Mar 24, 07:53
      - Effin' vegans! -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 07:52
    - the house to which I am going is having ham, but at noon. I can't eat that early in the day! can't I just go for dessert? -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Mar 24, 07:42
    - That is a hamtastrophy! -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 07:42
    - A house without a ham is not a home. -- nm - David Mar 24, 07:41
    - I'm sad for you -- nm - Epiphany Mar 24, 07:38
I would *never* advocate such a thing, but SW:TFA is apparently available for download at....places. On the internet. -- nm - ML Mar 24, 07:33 7
- my brother downloaded it the weekend it was released. -- (edited) - Andie Mar 24, 07:34 2
  - Monster. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 07:37 1
    - i am actually not sure if he even watched it - he just wanted to show us how easy it was. -- nm - Andie Mar 24, 07:54
- It'll also be available for digital purchase in 8 days. -- nm - David Mar 24, 07:34 3
  - Yeah, if you like it and are going to watch it multiple times, just buy it. -- nm - Roger More Mar 24, 07:35
  - why would anyone want to own it though? -- nm - decline Mar 24, 07:35 1
    - To celebrate the creative vision of the fine production team who built the most popular domestic release of all-time! - David Mar 24, 07:37
Having failed to pin anything on Planned Parenthood, House committee is now going after fetal tissue researchers -- (link) - znufrii Mar 24, 07:32 1
- It's a Christian Jihad -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 07:33
"Parents of A&M player left before he hit tying shot" -- nm - David Mar 24, 07:29 1
- oof -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 07:38
I'm always amazed by the amount of media/entertainment STers seem to consume. All the tv shows, books, movies, videogames, new music/artists - - Diva Mar 24, 07:23 4
- can't afford to have a life -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 11:25
- Feed the machine! -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 07:32
- I stay home too often so I watch a lot of TV. I read a lot thanks to my many train rides which is where I also listen to - Krusty Mar 24, 07:27
- I don't sleep -- nm - groiny Mar 24, 07:24
1st look at the Amazons and Diana before she becomes Wonder Woman....and damn Robin Wright got fit -- (link) - Remlik Mar 24, 07:22
Mel, CRISPR is huge. - ML Mar 24, 07:20 3
- Agreed. It sounded too good to be true. I was suspicious but so far it's making advancements. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 24, 07:23 2
  - in other news, our vegetable crisper is looking great these days due to all the fresh(er) veggies we've been consuming and not overbuying. -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 07:24 1
    - "Alright crisper, make me salad. Come on..." -- nm - Max Mar 24, 07:26
UEFA considering changes to Champions League -- (link) - znufrii Mar 24, 07:17 2
- Saw that. Seems interesting, but also elitist. I like the idea of mobility and this seems to keep the top group the same forever. - volnelk Mar 24, 07:34 1
  - i don't hate it as much as I hate the idea of a fixed Super League, that's for sure. - znufrii Mar 24, 07:39
ST: What are we reading? -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 07:13 22
- 3 stations Arkady Renko russian detective -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 11:24
- Earth Abides, and Gotham Academy #4. -- nm - Ender Mar 24, 07:48
- The Burning by Jane Casey -- nm - JD Mar 24, 07:44
- War and Peace.. - Marlowe Mar 24, 07:35 2
  - masochist? -- nm - decline Mar 24, 07:38 1
    - No, it's been a great read.. Just somewhat slow.. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 24, 07:41
- Just finished the final Dagger and Coin book from Daniel Abraham. Fantastic. Reading the new Vorkosigan book now. -- nm - TWuG Mar 24, 07:22
- Shift the 2nd book for the Wool series. Its meh. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 24, 07:21 2
  - it is definitely a big difference from the first...Dust ends it all well though -- nm - ML Mar 24, 07:32 1
    - I am going to push through - I like the world building/back drop - its pretty damn original ( to me anyway) -- nm - Epiphany Mar 24, 07:35
- Just finished Brandon Sanderson's Calamity. B...+? Not as good as the previous two, but still solid. -- nm - ML Mar 24, 07:20
- Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen and Alfred the Great by Justin Pollard. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 24, 07:19
- How to Implement GTD with OneNote. - Will Hunting Mar 24, 07:18
- just finished The Last Girl by Joe Hart. not sure what's next -- nm - decline Mar 24, 07:15 1
  - Well, there's Gone Girl, The Girl With All the Gifts, The Good Girl, The Girl in 6E, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Windup Girl, The Girl on the Train, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl... -- nm - Ender Mar 24, 07:53
- I go back and forth between To Kill A Mockingbird and The Gunslinger. - Krusty Mar 24, 07:15
- Tom Clancy - Without Remorse -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 07:14 4
  - just reread that. so very awesome -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 07:16 3
    - I've skipped around on his books through the years, trying to go through them in chrono order now. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 07:18 2
      - my advice: stop after Bear and the Dragon. the downhill slide is epic after that and I found the latest ones to be unreadable and make me angry -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 07:22 1
        
        I picked up Threat Vector at the airport a while ago. It was... ok I guess. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 07:51
- Too Far Gone. The final book of the Thunder Road trilogy by Chadwick Ginther -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 07:13
David news. Tivo stock soars as merger talks with Rovi happen -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 06:56 2
- What's a Rovi? -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 07:28 1
  - I will let the NY Times explain better than I could -- (link) - Bacon Mar 24, 07:30
Getting older sucks. It just sucks. -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 06:43 34
- It sure beats the alternative. -- nm - David Mar 24, 07:38
- yup -- nm - decline Mar 24, 07:17
- Yes. yes it does. :( -- nm - sycor Mar 24, 07:11
- *raises hands to say hallelujah, but shoulders hurt too much* -- nm - JaxSean Mar 24, 07:08 1
  - *snort!* -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 07:09
- I slept 12 hours last night! -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 07:04
- Word. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 07:02
- *dashes in...nekkid and crazy...carrying a baby warthog...deposits him in Diva's hastily cradled arms... - Nekkid Crazy Mel Mar 24, 06:59 1
  - will do NCM. -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 07:02
- :( -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 06:55
- Word. -- nm - znufrii Mar 24, 06:54 5
  - threadjack: when is your appointment? -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 06:55 4
    - Monday April 4 at 10am -- nm - znufrii Mar 24, 06:56 3
      - I say this kindly - most times docs want to give you 6 months to eat right and to try it bring it down on your own - Epiphany Mar 24, 07:27 2
        
        I appreciate the suggestion - znufrii Mar 24, 07:36 1
        
        good to the IM! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 24, 07:38
- Word. -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 06:53
- sure, but there are a ton of great things about it too! -- nm - colin Mar 24, 06:53 12
  - *beats the everloving shit out of colin* -- nm - groiny Mar 24, 07:19
  - True. Adult freedom is very underrated. -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 07:03
  - Joining AARP -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 06:58
  - I know, I'm just in a pissy mood right now about it. It'll pass. Like a gallstone. -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 06:57 8
    - It'll all go away when you get home to Mel. - colin Mar 24, 06:59 7
      - we miss you guys too. it's been far too long. -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 07:02
      - *crashes into colin on the way out* - Nekkid Crazy Mel Mar 24, 07:00 5
        
        *makes note to visit dry cleaners* -- (edited) - colin Mar 24, 07:01 4
        
        can you leg hump me at the gmail ? -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 24, 07:22
        
        *jealous* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 07:12 1
        
        *runs back in from whence I came...bashes into Strong like a crazed dog...runs out* -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel Mar 24, 07:24
        
        nice. -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 07:02
- I got 3 different perscriptions this morning. Bad gut, bad knee and pinched nerve. stupid aging -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 06:45 1
  - fmf - Diva Mar 24, 06:47
- Preach -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 06:44 1
  - smh -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 06:44
The thing that gets me about the bathroom bills - Reagen Mar 24, 06:35 14
- The fundamental problem I see is these bill authors are obviously spending an inappropriate amount of time looking at other people in the bathroom. - Max Mar 24, 07:04 2
  - right?? -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Mar 24, 07:16 1
    - "The only thing you shouldn't pass in a bathroom is judgement." - Max's new slogan for America Mar 24, 07:39
- It's like these legislators have never been to the unisex bathroom at a gay bar. -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 06:56 2
  - Then again... -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 07:04
  - my favorite was a place in houston that had a mirror over the troughs tilted down... -- nm - colin Mar 24, 06:58
- I really don't understand enforcement. It's also the easiest civil disobedience ever. -- nm - Dano Mar 24, 06:48 4
  - There's strong odds that they've been in a bathroom with a trans person and not known it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 06:54 3
    - i actually think one of our female employees (not on my floor, i don't see her very often) may be trans. No-one cares. - Andie Mar 24, 07:00 1
      - google is strange like that... people are all over the place, nobody cares.. guy with long hair, beard, big boobs, and a corset on, just coding away.. -- nm - colin Mar 24, 07:02
    - I just say as a form of protest everyone use the wrong bathroom. -- nm - Dano Mar 24, 06:58
- I see it as almost completely about harassment and shaming. - Krusty Mar 24, 06:40 1
  - Exactly. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 24, 06:53
- Haters gonna hate. If they were capable of reasoned consideration of the subject then they wouldn't be haters. -- nm - TWuG Mar 24, 06:38
Speaking of health issues, apparently I have tinnitus. Ringing in my ear started last night and hasn't stopped since. - Krusty Mar 24, 06:28 14
- Also I remember loosi struggling with this through the years, maybe she would have a recommendation for you? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 07:03 7
  - I have it (not to the degree she does). I generally just deal with it. - Dark Callisto Mar 24, 07:08 6
    - that ringing in your ears is just David. -- nm - groiny Mar 24, 07:20
    - very very occasionally i get it for short (really short) periods. As soon i notice it, i can usually stop it with deep slow breathing/relaxation moves - Andie Mar 24, 07:09
    - (By which I mean to say you kind of get used to it after a while.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 24, 07:08 3
      - Does white noise help with it? -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 07:24 1
        
        Yeah, it can help. Usually I just kind of ignore it. It's generally pretty mild, with moments where it steps up to significant ringing. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 24, 07:49
      - :-( The years of being way too close to the speakers at concerts, when on stage or at home has caught up. -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 07:10
- how awful. were you listening to loud music before? come out of no where? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 24, 06:40 5
  - Just watching TV at the usual volume and I heard some high pitched sound. I figured it was coming from outside since I live on the noisiest block in -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 24, 06:52 4
    - supposedly this works... - colin Mar 24, 06:54 3
      - I'll give it a try, thanks. - Krusty Mar 24, 06:58 2
        
        if it were a joke, i would have had it be something like packing your mouth full of popsicle sticks ;) -- nm - colin Mar 24, 06:59 1
        
        Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 07:01
Pinched Nerve was the diagnosis for those betting. -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 06:24 6
- yup -- nm - groiny Mar 24, 07:20
- I'd get a second opinion. Still might be a brain cloud -- nm - decline Mar 24, 07:18
- Stop pinching it. Get well soon -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 07:00
- sorry to hear that... my SIL has one and it's been a struggle for her with three little kids. -- nm - colin Mar 24, 06:55
- glad it was nothing more significant. feel better soon - sounds horrible -- nm - Epiphany Mar 24, 06:30
- Hopefully some physical therapy can get you feeling better. Also, I called it. :-) Feel better! -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 06:26
TV PSA: NCAA, Grey's Anatomy, AI, Smackdown, Scandal, Baskets, Shades of Blue, Vikings, The Catch, You Me and the Apocalypse, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 06:23
its snowing. like a mofo. awesome. -- nm - Truman Mar 24, 06:22 1
- nmbTruman - lets turn our thoughts to summer shall we? I have a concert proposal - Epiphany Mar 24, 06:39 1

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