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What do you get when you combine surfing with skiing? -- (link) - mara Mar 26, 09:22 [Image]
Finally looked at my ESPN bracket. Now I remember why I hate them. Some games are redded out, some are not. -- (link*) - Spawn Mar 26, 09:10
I discovered the 538 Riddler feature last night. This could be dangerous. - Cadbarony Creme Egg Mar 26, 09:08 2
- Do you want to discuss this week's question? -- nm - rollo Mar 26, 09:27 1
  - spoiler - rollo Mar 26, 09:33
A piece about Rob Ford from Robyn Doolittle -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 26, 09:03
End of first quarter score: UConn 32, Mississippi State 4. -- (edited) - David Mar 26, 08:59 6
- halftime: UCONN- 61, Miss ST - 12 -- nm - Diva Mar 26, 09:28
- What's wrong with the women's game where it's basically only one school or a couple that have any chance of winning? Are there not enough women - Krusty Mar 26, 09:23 3
  - Geno has such a pedigree now that he's getting women who could be the star at any number of schools to be the 6th or 7th man - Tim Mar 26, 09:33
  - "In 2010 at NCAA Division I schools, women composed almost 53 percent of the aggregate student body but were under 46 percent of the schools' student - mara Mar 26, 09:25 1
    - That's terrible. Thanks. -- nm - Krusty Mar 26, 09:43
- Yeah, that's weird -- nm - prayformojo Mar 26, 09:01
Looks like they showed the Preacher pilot at Wondercon. -- nm - Spawn Mar 26, 08:58
SW:TFA and lightsaber question for the SW nerds ... -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 26, 08:37 7
- Spoils - Beryllium Mar 26, 08:45 4
  - agreed. there were similar... - Mel Profit Mar 26, 08:46 3
    - and it made sense in multiple ways... - Mel Profit Mar 26, 08:48
    - Here it is i great detail. It was a spoil -- (edited) - Spawn Mar 26, 08:47 1
      - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Mar 26, 09:07
- Often it seems like they just decide it's not cutting something when it should. -- nm - Krusty Mar 26, 08:38 1
  - Just like a lightsaber, which can't cut through another lightsaber. -- nm - Roger More Mar 26, 08:49
I wonder if businesses with no physical premises still need business licenses? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 08:35 7
- independent contractor? grey area where slippery slopes hide -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 26, 13:04
- This might help -- (link) - mara Mar 26, 09:27
- That would just be considered a home business, wouldn't it? In the US, I think while we need to register a business, many businesses don't require - mara Mar 26, 09:19
- The license is for practicing a business, right? -- nm - Spawn Mar 26, 08:54
- You have to have a presence *somewhere* -- nm - iSpam Mar 26, 08:52 2
  - Sure. A post office box and a chair at Starbucks. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 08:57
  - But it really depends on what the business is and what each locality requires -- nm - iSpam Mar 26, 08:55
$82M Friday for BvS -- (link) - Roger More Mar 26, 07:59 4
- maybe this figure broke HSX? -- nm - Pippy Mar 26, 09:11 3
  - I broke it when I posted that Rita Wilson is in Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, It's my fault. -- nm - Diva Mar 26, 09:23 2
    - ruiner! apparently its not just Christmas any more! - Pippy Mar 26, 09:26 1
      - yeah, it's sort of my thing. -- nm - Diva Mar 26, 09:30
DINGERS! 7:21 away!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 26, 07:38 4
- *bids $90 for Giancarlo* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 26, 08:08 2
  - *bids $95 for Ben Revere* -- nm - iSpam Mar 26, 08:15 1
    - *bids $100 for Elvis Andrus* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 26, 08:20
- Time to go preset the lineup. *drops anyone not hitting 10 hrs last year.* -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 26, 08:08
I haven't gone on Tumblr in ages, but I got an email and asssexhot is now following me -- nm - CQ Mar 26, 06:35 1
- Big, if true. -- nm* - Mop Mar 26, 07:49
#WhereIsSeveGatsNow -- (link) - Covington Mar 26, 06:19
5/8 (missed Kansas because I was too chalky), 4/4 -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 26, 06:16 6
- 4/8, 3/4. I'm already mathematically eliminated from winning the ST group on Yahoo. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 26, 06:22 1
  - i am still sitting good. Need the 2's to win today and 1's tomorrow. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 26, 06:39
- You make me sick. - Krusty Mar 26, 06:19 3
  - Maryland has a lot of talent. Hoped they could play smart and use it. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 26, 06:37 2
    - Fair pick. Team > talent I thought Maryland was very talented but seeing them over the last month showed they weren't a good team. - Krusty Mar 26, 06:42 1
      - My bracket on one side is a mess so I'm no expert. - Krusty Mar 26, 06:43
You know, I have to admit to a slight bit of morbid curiosity to want to find out what a Trump presidency would actually be like. -- nm - Dano Mar 26, 05:52 3
- Maybe you'll be alive when transporters are sufficiently developed to eff up and send you to a mirror universe -- nm - Roger More Mar 26, 07:14 2
  - That, or a Trump presidency in an alt universe will do something stupid enough to rip the fabric of their reality so we can see into it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 26, 08:53 1
    - The Fool Who Ripped Space-Time -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 09:16
March 26, 1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help - Beaker Mar 26, 03:45 3
- 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York. -- nm - Beaker Mar 26, 03:45 2
  - 1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt. -- nm - Beaker Mar 26, 03:47 1
    - 2016 - Beaker has a ripper of a headache -- nm - Beaker Mar 26, 03:48
TV PSA: NCAA, Black Sails, some Deadliest Catch specials, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 26, 03:44
BvS Friday checks in at an estimated 80.5m, looking at about 170M for the weekend. -- nm - Shaun Mar 26, 03:43
An interesting infographic of muslim populations in countries vs the average guess of muslim population in that country -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 26, 01:11
... now that's a headline -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 26, 00:17
Apparently this Enzo can go 0-60 in 3.14 seconds ... -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 26, 00:12 1
- (a tesla model S in Insane Mode can do it in 2.8 seconds) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 00:13
So ... Gandalf is basically Uber for Eagles -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 23:53 2
- there's an Ap for that, but you have to have a Bank of Sauron Wizard Card, they don't take Mithrim express -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 26, 01:40 1
  - Ah yes. MasterCard White™, by Saruman. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 01:42
Arseface -- (link) - Spawn Mar 25, 23:25
Tim Robbins, yeah famous self help guru, rescued a nuns soup kitchen from eviction, then buys them their own building in San Francisco -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 25, 22:08 8
- He's not teaching them anything that way! -- nm - Max Mar 26, 06:24
- if I had done that, Martha Stewart would have been flown in to revamp the menu :) -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 25, 22:28 4
  - I'd just give meg the Kang and Kids book, How to Serve Hobos -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 22:49 3
    - Owsley would be in charge of the kool-aid -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 25, 22:57 2
      - Man, that guy had a few hits toooo many, he'd be in the kitchen for sure... - zeitgeist Mar 25, 23:24 1
        
        And in San fran, church groups serving up kool-aid is a tender subject - zeitgeist Mar 25, 23:27
- *Tony -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 22:17
- i knew Bob Roberts was his true self -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 25, 22:13
#birdiesanders ha! Cute! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 25, 22:00 9
- pssspspspssssspspspsssp. okay I'll be back with more later. -- nm - a little bird Mar 26, 06:25
- put a bird on it! -- nm - Tim Mar 25, 23:15 3
  - Despite seeing it repeated several times tonight, I don't know what that expression means and have never heard it before. -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 23:46 2
    - I think it's from Portlandia, and is about how to create a successful Etsy product. - nic to be determined Mar 26, 02:13 1
      - Holy crap. It couldn't have been better if they'd tried to do it on purpose. -- nm - Mop Mar 26, 07:49
- Years from now we'll be talking about how a bird put Bernie Sanders in the White House. -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 22:16 3
  - Years from now we will say, "Bernie who? Oh, that Larry David character?" -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 23:10 1
    - or months -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 25, 23:11
  - "It doesn't usually work that way." -- Bill -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 22:35
*pets my 7 out of elite 8* - SyrDragon Mar 25, 21:36 5
- I only have 6 of 8. -- nm - Shaun Mar 26, 04:00
- very nice! -- nm - Beaker Mar 26, 03:22
- I...didn't do that well. -- nm - David Mar 25, 22:05
- I have a bracket (1 of my 15 brackets) with 7 of 8 left---But, I have Kentucky winning it all---so, it's crap -- nm - Flavorize Mar 25, 21:54 1
  - Kentucky? LOL -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 22:37
The problem with that salt spring island place is ... the commute would be a killer. 30+ minute drive to the ferry, then another 20 to work - Beryllium Mar 25, 21:30 12
- Get one of those soon to be retired sea world orcas, they'll be bored and miss the fish, to give you a ride -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 22:09
- work must move near your new home on the island -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 25, 21:43 1
  - I'd be able to pull it off if the company hadn't been bought in January -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 21:57
- My helicopter laughs at you. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 21:40
- Buy a sea plane -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:31 5
  - It would be a 20-30 minute drive to the seaplane basin at Ganges harbour -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 21:36 1
    - Then a 10 minute flight to the airport, then a 20 minute drive to work -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 21:37
  - Duck Tails...woohoowoo -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 25, 21:35 2
    - I'm surprised Bery hasn't bought one of those amphibious ducks they use for tours in Seattle already -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 22:19 1
      - Link -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 25, 22:21
- And everything on that island is more expensive than here (which is more expensive than the mainland) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 21:31 1
  - But during the zombie apocalypse you will be safe on an island -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:33
Can someone check this link please. The site is up but I think the blog is dead :( -- (link) - Meg Mar 25, 21:21 9
- Last blog post 3/20 -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:23 8
  - I couldn't even get that far - and I know there was one as recently as a couple of hours ago. - Meg Mar 25, 21:27 1
    - I am getting to it on chrome usi g my tablet -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:27
  - That post says you might have issues on Firefox if not latest version -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:24 5
    - Oh, you're looking at the admin posts. Yeah, Pete only uses those for important messages. The community blog is further down. -- nm - Meg Mar 25, 21:28 4
      - Two people made the comment down there they are getting the same error you described above -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:29 3
        
        Yeah, just got in with IE instead of Chrome. At least it's not my PC quitting :) -- nm - Meg Mar 25, 21:32 2
        
        Woohoo it's them not you -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:33 1
        
        Until I tried to log in on IE and then got kicked again. - Meg Mar 25, 21:38
Watching the hobbit for the first time. The kitchen cleanup scene really explains how the dwarves build their damn mines. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 21:05 9
- I really liked the first one. Then it goes screaming downhill -- nm - Beaker Mar 26, 03:23 1
  - The first one seemed alright to me, but I was able to fast forward through the yakety sax goblin sequence -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 08:20
- Stop. Now. You will only endure too much pain. -- nm - amoxy Mar 25, 21:08 6
  - The troll scene must be an indicator ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 21:57
  - Agreeance---You'll only be disappointed Bery---And, at least for me, it tarnishes LOTR, as well -- nm - Flavorize Mar 25, 21:55
  - Don't listen to him Bery. All three, back to back to back -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 21:12 3
    - I would rather watch a regular season baseball game.....what am I saying? -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:21
    - Damn man, you are a sadist -- nm - amoxy Mar 25, 21:13 1
      - I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 21:18
So an ACC team will definitely be in the final. -- nm - Dano Mar 25, 20:59 2
- 'Cuse in da hhhhhoooouse! -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 25, 21:04 1
  - Go Cuse! -- nm - MDH Mar 25, 21:08
dear belgium police: next time you arrest an ISIS terrorist who has already killed hundreds, might be a good idea to ask about any future plots -- (link) - pixie ninja Mar 25, 20:59 2
- "Hey terrorist, are there any more attacks planned?" -"I'm not telling you" -"Okey dokey!" -- nm - Loyola Mar 26, 07:04
- Hopefully they feel so stupid that they will make sweeping changes in how they do things. -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:01
I'm out as a fan. May the consensus best team win -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 20:53
If you're seeded higher Boeheim, you're not the underdog -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 20:51 1
- He's just happy his game ban is over. -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:52
Virginia is going to beat the pants off them. -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:49 2
- That's what they said about Zaga shredding zones -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 25, 21:04
- Agreed. I'll take Virginia by 18 -- nm - Volnelk Mar 25, 20:50
Always Reppin -- nm - Volnelk Mar 25, 20:48
They had every chance and they just faltered on every one. Syracuse out hustled them -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:48 8
- For most of this post I thought you were talking about BvS -- nm - Ender Mar 26, 05:28
- Cooney was totally inbounds. But then Lydon with the block and the foul shots! -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 25, 21:03
- Wiltjer and Sabonis 17 of 29 from the field, the rest of the team 7 for 24 -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 20:50 1
  - Four minutes out they looked like they had the momentum and then it just all went south -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:51
- i'm astounded you haven't been murdered on the spot watching live sports with someone -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 25, 20:49 3
  - Krusty is going to buy plane tickets some day -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 20:53 1
    - That's the real reason he is going to move here probably. He's trying to pawn it off on his girlfriend but he wants me gone -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 21:22
  - I don't watch sports live with anyone. I hide behind the keyboard. -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:49
ah fudge me -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 20:47 1
- Sorry, that was just utter frustration that last 3 minutes. Every bounce went the other way. -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:48
That was a foul. -- nm - David Mar 25, 20:47
WOW!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:43 1
- WOW WOW!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:47
WTH!! They had it broken and they got lazy!! So frustrating -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:40
OMG!! WTH -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:38
Woah, that is off Syracuse -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:37 1
- or not -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:37
bery massacred that bowl! -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 20:37
c'mon don't do that, please -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 20:36 3
- That is frustrating!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:36 2
  - It would be better if more than two players were producing -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 20:39 1
    - They picked a bad time to get cold -- nm - Bacon Mar 25, 20:39

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