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Closed on house re-fi today - 3.875 interest rate down from 5.875 - YAY. Home = construction zone soon! - JenBro Apr 8, 09:34 5
- Wow you're saving one third of your total interest payments that's like a quarter of the whole mortgage -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 12:30
- Operation Construction Zone is a go -- nm - the brain Apr 8, 09:36 1
  - :) thanks everyone! -- nm - JenBro Apr 8, 09:51
- VNR! -- nm - mara Apr 8, 09:35
- yay - that's great! -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 09:34
So yesterday I made jokes about the subway swipe and Hillary (because it means *nothing*, it's just fun). Today, that story is in Day 2 - ty97 Apr 8, 09:22 4
- also: true -- (link) - ty97 Apr 8, 09:24
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  - That's no stretch. Just imagine how a more common commuter would have behaved when in that same situation at the turnstile - con_carne Apr 8, 09:33 1
    - Exactly this. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 09:33
Trivia from NPR yesterday: Hollywood Reporter has 72,000 print subscribers and 15 million digital. -- nm - Max Apr 8, 09:21 1
- I sort of appreciate them more now than ever - con_carne Apr 8, 09:28
oh wow. Tyler Summitt is married too. oof. -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 09:18
Did you know that today is 2²/2³/2⁴? -- nm - mara Apr 8, 09:17 3
- that's cool. -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 09:19
- heh. i like that -- nm - PFM, head shaved in 7 days Apr 8, 09:18
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SpaceX sending a Dragon capsule to the ISS today at 4:43 Eastern. Will attempt to land the Falcon 9 first stage - TWuG Apr 8, 09:16
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STL Mayor Slay calls a surprise press conference to announce he's not running for reelection next year. What's the scandal? -- nm - iSpam Apr 8, 09:04 3
- okay ladies now let's get in formation -- nm - Max Apr 8, 09:17
- Knocked up a Louisiana Tech basketball player. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 09:06 1
  - The reason why will surprise you. -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 09:13
znu after 'solving' the sequence. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 8, 08:59 [Image] 1
- *snork* -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 09:00
More on Mon Mothma than you probably wanted to know. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 8, 08:58
T-Rich agrees to bring his gifts to Baltimore -- (link) - the brain Apr 8, 08:55
For just $309, you too can hide your assets — in the U.S. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 8, 08:52 1
- If i just had $309 and some assets -- nm - amoxy Apr 8, 09:10
hotline will connect you with a random person in Sweden -- (link) - the brain Apr 8, 08:49
I hadn't heard that Clinton only won 1 of Wisconsin's 72 counties on Tuesday. Ouch. -- nm* - spamlet, celebrating Rex Manning Daaaayyyyy! Apr 8, 08:49 1
- at this rate, she'll lose her delegate lead sometime in 2017 -- nm - the brain Apr 8, 08:50
Suspect in custody in the murder of 18-year-old University of Texas freshman (first on-campus murder since the tower shooter 50 years ago) -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 08:48 8
- Also, related to the tower shooting: anniversary is August 1, same day campus carry law goes into effect in Texas. - ty97 Apr 8, 08:50 7
  - I'm sure that's a coincidence. -- nm - iSpam Apr 8, 09:04 6
    - a boneheaded one, yes -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 09:18 5
      - I was being sarcastic. I don't think it's at all a coincidence. -- nm - spamlet, celebrating Rex Manning Daaaayyyyy! Apr 8, 09:22 3
        
        oh I think it is. IIRC, laws in TX often take effect 8/1 - ty97 Apr 8, 09:23 2
        
        Probably X days after the end of the session. Missouri's laws start 8/18 for the same reason. -- nm - spamlet, celebrating Rex Manning Daaaayyyyy! Apr 8, 09:27 1
        
        Then again I could be wrong and it's just time for a new school year. Dunno for sure. - ty97 Apr 8, 09:29
      - It's Texas, so... -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 09:19
Keeping in mind the rules/limitation as well as the services of Basecamp, what do I need to consider taking next week - JD Apr 8, 08:38 3
- Headlamp is really useful.if you don't have one. Baby wipes are also a must. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 08:45 2
  - Thanks. I do have a couple of headlamps that I use for running - JD Apr 8, 08:57 1
    - This. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 8, 09:00
Ideas bouncing around in my head this morning ... - Beryllium Apr 8, 08:22 5
- Nooooooooooooooooo -- nm - colin Apr 8, 08:37 1
  - Celeborn the Cheerleader -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:45
- Gollum with the Wind. -- nm - pmb Apr 8, 08:33
- Eagle Eye of Sauron -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 08:29
- Fifty Shades of Gandalf the Grey -- nm - mara Apr 8, 08:27
20 years ago, the New Jersey Nets almost changed their name to the Swamp Dragons -- (link) - Beaker Apr 8, 08:19 8
- ~ cause i'm free to do what i want any old time ~ -- nm - the brain Apr 8, 08:27
- What a stupid name. -- nm - Utah Jazz Apr 8, 08:20 6
  - Does that name celebrate Utah's long history of jazz? -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 08:24 4
    - Looks like your implied /s was missed :) -- (edited) - Shaun Apr 8, 08:30
    - They transferred from New Orleans in the 70's I think and didn't change the name -- nm - amoxy Apr 8, 08:27
    - In reality they kept the name when the team moved from New Orleans. It just fits really poorly in Utah. -- nm - pmb Apr 8, 08:26 1
      - I was just reading this. I also didn't know that the Lakers got their name from being a Minnesota team - I thought they got their name from L.A. -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 08:29
  - Think of the Kia sponsorship potential, though -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 08:23
6 Famous Actors Who Were Tricked Into Being In Bad Movies -- (link) - Beaker Apr 8, 08:08 1
- Sean Connery has to be in there. -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 08:11
Turns out melissa mccarthy *will* return to Gilmore Girls for the Netflix movies. -- nm* - Diva Apr 8, 08:07 2
- Yeah, her newest movie looks to be a dog. -- nm -- Spawn Apr 7 '16, 21:05 -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:22
- Yup. I am guessing it will be a little more than a cameo, but something is better than nothing -- nm - amoxy Apr 8, 08:09
This week's Riddler - no clue. - rollo Apr 8, 08:06 24
- My answer -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 8, 08:18 20
  - Explanation - znufrii Apr 8, 08:23 1
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    - lol -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:24 2
      - I didn't see you trying to come up with a solution. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 08:30 1
        
        Considering I did not click on it, that would make sense. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:33
    - Yes, because I'm an idiot. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 8, 08:24 13
      - no arguement there! -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 08:28 12
        
        Ditto what I posted to Spawn. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 08:30 11
        
        I have little to no interest in making my brain work thathard on a Friday -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 08:31 10
        
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        You could have just edited, like znu. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 09:10 1
        
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        Thinking less than znufrii is no way to go through life, son. -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 08:42
        
        Easier solution. Go here and type the sequence. -- (link) - Cadbarony Creme Egg Apr 8, 08:39 3
        
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        you misintrepet my interest in figuring out the answer. -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 08:45 1
        
        *ding* -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:47
        
        Or any other day ending in "y" -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 08:33
- I tinkered with it some. I can't be sure but I think it might have something to do with... - Cadbarony Creme Egg Apr 8, 08:09 2
  - You're on the right track. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 08:17 1
    - OK I've got it now. (before I looked at your answer above) spoils -- (edited) - Cadbarony Creme Egg Apr 8, 08:37
Did you know? The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 08:03
i *love* the new Pope. -- nm - Andie Apr 8, 08:03 7
- There's a new Pope? - con_carne Apr 8, 08:48 3
  - Well, newish. -- nm - mara Apr 8, 09:02 2
    - 79 years young -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 09:03 1
      - "The church thinks in centuries" -- nm - con_carne Apr 8, 09:23
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- Then why don't you marry him? -- nm - Pee Wee Apr 8, 08:20 1
  - You can love the Pope, but you can't looove the Pope. -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 09:18
Lackland Air Force Base shooting leaves at least 2 dead in Texas -- (link*) - Beaker Apr 8, 07:55 1
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- Kid sitting this weekend - painting/wine tasting class tonight - Sunday house de-cluttering. -- nm - JenBro Apr 8, 09:32
- making snowmen -- nm - decline Apr 8, 08:43
- Going to St Pete. Oh man, finally some sun. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 08:42
- Running, prepping for Coachella -- nm - JD Apr 8, 08:30
- Kiddo's birthday party tonight (laser tag). Her birthday tomorrow and solo/ensemble competition. Church Sunday. -- nm - spamlet, celebrating Rex Manning Daaaayyyyy! Apr 8, 08:12
- Free form Friday raggae today, HS yard sale tomorrow to benefit the local HS, tomorrow afternoon is a yard party for our development=free beer! -- nm - CQ Apr 8, 08:10
- Niece-sitting tonight, Scout Training tomorrow morning, Eagle Scout Court of Honor in the afternoon, Kevin Smith on Sunday. -- nm - Jim Apr 8, 07:59 8
  - ask him his thoughts on the Bats vs Superman movie -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 08:01 6
    - He already came out and said it had no heart, and then he later backpedaled on that. Here was his original. -- (link*) - Spawn Apr 8, 08:25 1
      - And (like me) on second viewing warmed to it a bit. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 8, 08:31
    - being a comic geek like he is, I doubt he would be honest about it - groiny Apr 8, 08:02 3
      - he has in the past. his stories about when he wrote a Superman movie are hilarious Producer: "I want a giant spider and him to fight polar bears" - Beaker Apr 8, 08:04 2
        
        sure, but DC hired him a while back to pitch the upcoming DC movies. - groiny Apr 8, 08:09 1
        
        see above -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:25
  - you're doing Kevin Smith on Sunday? -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 08:00
- Dinner tomorrow night with friends. Birthday party for my mom on Sunday. -- nm - pmb Apr 8, 07:57
- Meeting up with a friend for dinner tomorrow night. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 8, 07:57
- getting my hairs did. laundry. housework. get ready for trip. need to go to Home Despot if possible. - Diva Apr 8, 07:55 2
  - i should prepack a bit too actually. - Andie Apr 8, 07:56 1
    - I thought about it but only in the abstract. that's probably not good enough. :) -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 07:58
- Baseball. The other plans - movie or a fishing derby - got supplanted by baseball. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 07:54
- Hoping to finally finish our bathroom reno, beyond that I have no plans yet -- nm - J Apr 8, 07:53
- have to go to a going away party for a couple of 26 year olds. -- (edited) - Andie Apr 8, 07:53
- strat GOT season 5, maybe do taxes -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 07:52
- sleep -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 07:52
"engrams now guaranteed to grant an item with light value higher than players current light." - groiny Apr 8, 07:49 9
- This sentence sounds like it was pulled from Dianetics. -- nm - Cadbarony Creme Egg Apr 8, 08:02
- it also is interesting that the Division is also going to be re-tooling their loot system as well. - groiny Apr 8, 07:58 2
  - true. but then again, from everything i have heard, the Division's story makes Destiny's look like a Tolkien novel. -- nm - Truman Apr 8, 08:43 1
    - that is a whole different conversation. -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 08:44
- EEs can be up to 335, legendaries top out at 310, iirc. -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 07:50 2
  - ty. This will be *huge* as many/most spots have gear less than my light levels right now. -- nm* - Spawn Apr 8, 07:52 1
    - I am pumped to finally be able to dismantle a pile of useless gear in the vault. -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 08:14
- Which ingrams? Just exotic? -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 07:50 1
  - it just says engrams, which I think can't be correct, seems like a mistake. -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 07:54
I really do think it's interesting that Idol is the only show of that genre that has been able to make stars (in the US), even while others like, like - pmb Apr 8, 07:47 14
- the country version (which was on cable) had miranda lambert as a contestant (she didnt win though) -- nm - Truman Apr 8, 08:40
- I think that is mainly because it was 1st. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 07:50 12
  - I thought that as well until they were still able to find a guy like Philip Phillips in the last couple of years. Even after losing ground to the - pmb Apr 8, 07:56 11
    - really, nobody of consequence is coming from the Voice, is it possible that people just watch - groiny Apr 8, 07:59 10
      - I suppose, but there's nothing inherently different about the show (I think) that it would make it less of a star-making vehicle than AI. -- nm - pmb Apr 8, 08:04 8
        
        You misunderstood me before. Idol is the real deal, the rest are just noise, largely because it was the first one. - Spawn Apr 8, 09:03 1
        
        I couldn't name a single singer on The Voice. I know the judges names. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 09:09
        
        I think it may have been the marketing, and the producers they paired them with. - JaxSean Apr 8, 08:28
        
        true, but the proof is in the pudding. - groiny Apr 8, 08:10 4
        
        I get that, but I'm trying to come up with the reason why that's the case. What's different about the shows that created that difference. Maybe it's - pmb Apr 8, 08:18 3
        
        It seems like Idol does more for getting them on Itunes, and puts them in positions to excel. - groiny Apr 8, 08:22 2
        
        I think your second paragraph IM is right. The Voice does tours with its singers just like Idol and they do make their performances available on - pmb Apr 8, 08:31 1
        
        Actually the more I think about it, the more I think that's it. In many ways the purpose of Idol was to find new stars for Simon Cowell's record - pmb Apr 8, 08:36
      - right, more reality competition like Survivor than AI -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 08:01

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