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We need to remember that we are more similar than we are different, and we all want the same thing; love, acceptance, kindness, and I want on of those -- nm - new Teslas -- Ellen Degeneres Apr 7, 14:22
Vanity plates for my Model 3: TWUG or KWH FTW or LI ION - TWuG Apr 7, 14:18 5
- CO2 LESS, PLUG IN, TESLA3, MAX VOLTS, LECTRIC (you didn't say how many letters are allowed) -- nm - zork Apr 7, 14:27
- t woo g -- nm - b. Apr 7, 14:25 1
  - :-) That's a bit too cutesly for me. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 14:30
- E MC2 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 7, 14:21
- SHCKR -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 14:20
I just learned that where Kasich ate today was Arthur Avenue and now I want to go call up by Bronx family and be like - ty97 Apr 7, 14:08 1
- I wish it was closer because Arthur Avenue has awesome food. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 14:14
ABREU!!! -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 14:06
A couple in my Meetup group got engaged! - Mop Apr 7, 14:03 5
- you aren't one of them, are you? -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 14:04 4
  - I wish! -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 14:12 3
    - god no, I would not want that if I were you. -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 14:12 1
      - Yeah, once you're in a marriage, it's for life. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 14:17
    - So, you think he's cute. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 14:12
Is there another Star Wars film coming out this year? Again next year as well? -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 14:02 18
- One every year. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 14:11
- Rogue One this xmas. Ep. VIII next xmas. young Han Solo after that, i think -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 14:08 1
  - Maybe Boba Fett. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 14:20
- for the next 6 years -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 14:07 2
  - Oh boy. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 14:15 1
    - Again, with more umph. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 14:22
- they are gonna pump them out like a hillbilly family. -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 14:03 11
  - If they're making billions it's hard to argue against it. SW fans will watch anything they make multiple times no matter the quality. - Krusty Apr 7, 14:07 10
    - "If they're making billions it's hard to argue against it." Like he said... "hillbilly family"... -- nm - Ender Apr 7, 14:15
    - They've put out about 12 Marvel movies in 8 years. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 14:11 8
      - Yep. HUGE universe that Lucas never seemed to want to explore outside books and comics - TWuG Apr 7, 14:14
      - I'd argue half of those Marvel movies aren't good. - Krusty Apr 7, 14:14 5
        
        You'd be arguing incorrectlly. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 14:16 4
        
        I'm pretty sure it's actually more than half. Only the first Iron Man and Spider-man were good, the others were bad films. - Krusty Apr 7, 14:22 2
        
        There's 12 released in the MCU to date - Will Hunting Apr 7, 14:23 1
        
        I just looked at a list of Marvel films. I don't know the studios. They made some bad movies even in that list you posted. - Krusty Apr 7, 14:27
        
        IM2 and 3, Thor 2 and Hulk are all weak to bad. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 14:22
      - exactly -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 14:12
so, how long before i get to start calling Rogue One "Episode 3.5"? -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 7, 14:01
ST Poll -- What shows did your high school drama dept do. - znufrii Apr 7, 14:01 17
- Guys and Dolls, Hello Dolly, Anything Goes, My Fair Lady, etc. Our music dept. would have over 600 students. - zork Apr 7, 14:13
- Hair -- nm - amoxy Apr 7, 14:12
- 40 years ago? Our Town... some Charlie Brown show -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 14:11
- We put on a lot of good shows plus we had a drama competition called "Sing!" that was between my school and another. They made a film about it - Krusty Apr 7, 14:09 1
  - One that sticks out was the production of, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 14:16
- We didn't have a drama department. No shows. No shows for you -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 14:07
- I was in George M. I think it was the only musical we did. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 14:06
- I was visiting once years later and they were rehearsing the American version of Chess. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 14:06
- Little Mary Sunshine -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 7, 14:05
- we didn't have a drama dept. per se but we'd do shows once a year - Diva Apr 7, 14:04 2
  - That last one surprises me -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 14:05 1
    - (I mean edited of course, but still) -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 14:05
- Working was the only big name show. the others were not any titles that i recall -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 14:04 1
  - oh, Death By Chocolate was one other -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 14:10
- The ones i remember are Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Little Shop of Horrors - Andie Apr 7, 14:03
- Although I knew many folks in drama club, I was not, and I so I completely forget. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 14:03
- I honestly have no idea. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 14:02
This is oddly amusing - "People who accidentally dressed like their surroundings." -- (link) - Andie Apr 7, 14:00 4
- Those PDX airport carpet socks are no accident! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 14:02 3
  - yep, I remember linking to a page with the socks and other clothing items with the pattern.-- nm - b. Apr 7, 14:10
  - my fave is the guy in the plaid shirt in the back of the car. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 14:04 1
    - I had to look for the person in that picture for a couple of seconds -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 14:05
WWE:WWE Hit With Class Action Over Streaming Royalties -- (link) - Remlik Apr 7, 14:00 3
- Punk sure will be interested in this one. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 14:01
- Blackjack Mulligan passed away -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 14:00 1
  - oh damn, he was on old favorite. -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 14:05
Hillary on the subway in The Bronx. Kasich awkwardly eating a deli sandwich. Cruz eating matzah while a matzah song is sung. - ty97 Apr 7, 13:57 10
- what's a matzoh song? is that anything like klezmer? -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 14:07 1
  - matzoh matzoh matzoh, they make it out of clay.... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 14:13
- I'd be delighted if this carried on into Oregon. The circus is coming to town! -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 13:59 6
  - I can't wait to see Bernie in skinny jeans and a handlebar mustache drinking a craft IPA -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 14:01 5
    - Skinny jeans are mostly dead, thankfully. Worst fashion comeback in a while. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 14:03 2
      - Men in yoga pants. Because Portland. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 14:04 1
        
        Please keep that awfulness over there. I don't want to see men wearing those. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 14:05
    - Well, he is from Brooklyn. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 14:01 1
      - But not hipsterville. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 14:04
- Car 54 Where are you???? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 7, 13:58
Jake Peavy is still pitching? -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 13:54
finally, a movie that will quench your burning thirst to see what the rebel base on Dantooine looked like before it was abandoned -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 13:52 8
- TAKE ALL MY MONEY! -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 13:57 4
  - Also, they need to make a stand alone Vader film. They really do. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 7, 14:04 1
    - preferably while JEJ is still breathing air -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 14:04
  - Hey...meant to tell you... - Mel Profit Apr 7, 14:03 1
    - yikes, thanks -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 14:12
- so, is that pretty much canon then? they actually were there before Yavin 4, and Leia wasn't ... - call me Ishmael Apr 7, 13:54 2
  - She may not have known. Info was probably compartmentalized. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 13:59
  - i'm just speculating -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 13:54
The Boss 17% (8/35), Jungle Book 100% (16/0), Hardcore Henry 57% (24/17) -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 13:50 6
- yikes for The Boss. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 13:51 5
  - it looks bad from the trailers. -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 14:10 1
    - I think it wasn't a very good sign that they only recently (like a few weeks ago) were shooting what I'd guess is a cameo of someone. (spoils) - b. Apr 7, 14:14
  - seems high -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 13:59 1
    - So was everyone making that movie. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 14:21
  - Yeah. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 13:58
According to Automatic I drove 2,250 miles in March. Longest trip: 59.22. Avg mpg: 31. Time over 70mph: 0.1% -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 13:47
LYC: I may need to move the sofa and set up a table along the 3 sets of windows just for my terrariums. I have a problem -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 13:42 8
- or find the beams in the ceiling and hang them. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 7, 13:50 1
  - I think my macrame plant hanger finally broke :( -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 14:06
- "What the fuck is a terrarium?" nm - Dignan Apr 7, 13:48
- i think it's "terraria" -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 13:43 4
  - it's either. -- nm - b. Apr 7, 13:52
  - terrarii. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 13:43 2
    - boom de ay! -- nm* - mara Apr 7, 13:50 1
      - heh, I like this -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 13:53
Cookies and brownie bites in the office are the devil -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 13:32 3
- Two-bite brownies are my waistline's greatest foe. -- nm - David Apr 7, 13:47 1
  - Eat them in one bite instead then. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 13:59
- *nods* -- nm - Bursar's Office Apr 7, 13:34
my high school did sweeney todd. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 7, 13:30 7
- You didn't want to be in the first three rows. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 13:59
- Mine did as well but I wasn't an actor. I worked on the stage crew building sets which was a lot of fun. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 13:37
- sweeney todd is a slut -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 13:32
- Did you win the Freddy for it? -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 13:32
- were you in it ? -- nm - decline Apr 7, 13:30 2
  - oh hell no. I was always costume crew (not cool enough for stage). -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 7, 13:32 1
    - I would watch you on a stage. -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 13:35
Aww, Rudy is voting for Trump. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:24 8
- I wonder if that loses Trump some votes. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 13:40 1
  - i think amongst the New York GOP, Rudy is still pretty popular -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 13:42
- For a second I thought Sean Astin had gone rogue. [nm] - Mel Profit Apr 7, 13:28 1
  - *coughs* -- nm* - ty97 Apr 7, 13:35
- Are you surprised? -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 13:27 1
  - not in the least. Opportunistic authoritarian bigots gonna opportune. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:35
- Isn't that cute, he still thinks he matters! -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 13:25
- That's nice timing for him in NY -- nm - the brain Apr 7, 13:24
In case I was not obvious enough with the rickrolling: that PPP poll on B2 is fake. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:20 4
- I've already bought my Bernie inaugural tickets! -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 13:23 2
  - You and Redmond are gonna have a blast! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:24 1
    - I will be the oldest person there, other than Bernie -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 13:34
- Faker! -- nm - decline Apr 7, 13:22
David Cameron admits he benefitted from offshore trust fund revealed in Panama Papers -- (link) - decline Apr 7, 13:18 2
- and in 2013 said he would target tax invasion -- (link) - decline Apr 7, 13:19 1
  - I'm more concerned about alien invasion. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 13:42
"Nearly a third of Va. Republicans will vote for someone else or stay home on Election Day." -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 7, 13:15 8
- which is probably an improvement since most elections only get 40-50% of the voters who even register -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 13:47 1
  - These aren't all Republicans; it's only likely voters to begin with. -- nm - mara Apr 7, 13:52
- I wonder how much that will really pan out. Remember the poll that this time in 2008, 59% of Hillary support would not vote for Obama? - ty97 Apr 7, 13:16 5
  - I think it's different. Maybe not at the levels stated, but this is different than "he's just not my guy". People who oppose Trump (and Cruz) in - pmb Apr 7, 13:50
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    - I'll be shocked if he is the nominee but I'd vote for him gleefully. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 7, 13:55
    - The Dem numbers (in both directions) are strong on this question at this point. -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 7, 13:51
  - Yeah I wonder. It's way easier to say you'll do something while its hypothetical than it is to actually carry it out. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 7, 13:21
Question: What holidays impact box office noticably? - Will Hunting Apr 7, 13:14 16
- Halloween. You can see Canadian holiday impact sometimes, especially for Victoria Day. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 14:46
- 4th of July...Halloween -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 13:48
- every day that ends in Y -- nm - mike255 Apr 7, 13:48
- None. -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 13:43
- Based purely on little-informed speculation and no data, I partially agree with you. - ReluctantCynic Apr 7, 13:26
- Christmas Eve (negative impact). -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 13:18
- National Netflix and Chill Day -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 13:17
- Veterans Day has an impact - see Skyfall, for example. -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 13:17 5
  - Columbus Day too, but that weekend doesn't attract big openers -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 13:19 4
    - Oh, Valentine's Day is the big one you're missing -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 13:20 3
      - But only certain types. - nic to be determined Apr 7, 13:22 1
        
        Actually, all movies. V-Day fell on Sunday this year - and it was the best day of the weekend for Deadpool, Star Wars, The Revenant, Ride Along 2 - Roger More Apr 7, 13:33
      - Thx. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 13:21
- Flag day -- nm - decline Apr 7, 13:17 2
  - Only if you find love. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 13:36
  - I was due on Flag Day but I came one day (and one letter) early. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:18

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