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Oh wow. W&M made the NCAA baseball tourny. Last I checked they were down 8-1 after 8 innings in the Conf Championship game - Dano May 30, 16:33
Go long Marisa Tomei's StarBond if you haven't already. That dROI is insane. -- nm - Shaun May 30, 16:16 5
- The gift that keeps on giving -- nm - budice May 30, 16:27
- As of earlier today the DROI in WHURT was even better - ty97 May 30, 16:25 1
  - IPOOT and DBRUH are next on the list of bonds with a very nice roi. -- nm - Krusty May 30, 16:28
- I longed her before she waa even a starbond -- nm - budice May 30, 16:22 1
  - huh. that's not what she said.. -- nm - call me Ishmael May 30, 17:16
That was a fun game. -- (edited) - Will Hunting May 30, 16:14 4
- Nice! 😁 -- nm - Krusty May 30, 16:25 2
  - It's okay. We found common ground with Yankees suck. -- nm - Will Hunting May 30, 16:27 1
    - Lots of people do. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 30, 16:29
- CQ and Mel Profit were not at this game. fwiw -- nm - CQ May 30, 16:15
BWAAHAHA! Fight breaks out in Costco parking lot in Canada.... -- (link) - Remlik May 30, 15:42 11
- So, are they automatically deported? -- nm - David May 30, 16:15 4
  - They get sent to Indiana. - Shaun May 30, 16:17 1
    - Greenwood. -- nm - Remlik May 30, 16:30
  - Given a tryout with the Leafs - Reagen May 30, 16:16 1
    - L4..L5 for Leafs fans. -- nm - budice May 30, 16:28
- lol Ontario. -- nm - Shaun May 30, 16:12
- Nobody thinks of a good zinger at this moment, life isn't an Alan Zorkin play -- nm - zeitgeist May 30, 15:52
- Can the woman in red get any more shrill? -- nm - amoxy May 30, 15:51 2
  - "I'm just getting pops and whistles off you." -- nm - Reagen May 30, 16:14
  - no kidding. All of the women had voices on a chalkboard -- nm - Remlik May 30, 15:52
- "I guess I put your face....in park, YEAAAAHHHHH" -- nm - Beaker May 30, 15:47
LYC listening to -- nm - JD May 30, 15:36 1
- SFEK book about cellular evolution and one of the few things I can wrap my.peanut brain around is that there is something named a spliceosome -- nm* - JD May 30, 15:37
Game 1: Sharks /Penguins ; Who Ya Got? -- nm - Beaker May 30, 15:35 16
- My Australian friend nick who learned about hockey in San Jose will be overjoyed if the Sharks win. So Sharks, I guess. -- nm - mafic May 30, 16:47
- *shrug* I didn't realize they were still playing hockey. Too hot outside for a sport played on ice. -- nm - Krusty May 30, 16:29 2
  - You know it's played inside, right? - Reagen May 30, 16:33 1
    - I do now! ;-) - Krusty May 30, 16:48
- Sharks! -- nm - Bacon May 30, 16:25
- Sharks. -- nm - Peglegpete May 30, 16:20
- Joe Thornton's beard in 6. -- nm - Shaun May 30, 16:10 2
  - That thing has its own ecosystem now. - Reagen May 30, 16:16 1
    - lol, i see what u did there -- nm - budice May 30, 16:21
- Sharks! -- nm - Diva May 30, 15:49
- Sharks eat penguins.... -- nm - SGTAmerica #TeamCap May 30, 15:42 2
  - Er.... -- (link) - JD May 30, 15:58 [youtube] 1
    - Eh, that shark obviously had his fill of popcorn penguin already! -- nm - SGTAmerica #TeamCap May 30, 16:42
- Sharks, for the love of Christ -- nm - senor dentista May 30, 15:37
- no excuses Pens -- nm - budice May 30, 15:36
- Penguins -- nm - Beaker May 30, 15:35
Game 7: Thunder / Warriors ; Who Ya Got?? -- nm - Beaker May 30, 15:35 19
- I'm rooting for the Thunder but with the Bacon curse below me they have no chance. -- nm - Krusty May 30, 16:30
- Thunder! -- nm - Bacon May 30, 16:26
- Gun Shot Wound -- nm - Peglegpete May 30, 16:20
- GS by 40 -- nm - CQ May 30, 16:11
- Heres a prediction, KD drops 35+ in this game win/lose -- nm - budice May 30, 15:58 3
  - But then has a critical turnover in the last 2 minutes of the game -- nm - amoxy May 30, 15:59 1
    - I think that's Westbrook with the crucial turnover -- nm - JD May 30, 16:00
  - On 30+ shots in a loss -- nm* - JD May 30, 15:59
- YONH! -- nm - Diva May 30, 15:52
- KD will play 48 tonight,do not discount okc -- nm - budice May 30, 15:52
- Warriors -- nm - amoxy May 30, 15:51
- Warriors by 18 -- nm - Volnelk May 30, 15:42
- Warriors -- nm - JD May 30, 15:41
- If Toronto had won, I would say OKC, but since they did not I will say GS. -- nm - Spawn May 30, 15:40 1
  - Other -- nm - Diva May 30, 15:52
- Warriors -- nm - SGTAmerica #TeamCap May 30, 15:38
- For the sake of the NBA, I hope it's the Warriors. Ratings will be HUGE. -- nm - Mop May 30, 15:37
- KD needs to rep -- nm - budice May 30, 15:37
- Thunder -- nm - Beaker May 30, 15:35
Kidnapped Mexican soccer player has escaped and shot at least one of his kidnappers -- (link) - Beaker May 30, 15:31 2
- fuck yeah. Ronaldo would have been dead by now. pussy -- nm - CQ May 30, 16:12
- I'll never complain about an important match ending with penalty shots again - zeitgeist May 30, 15:48
Secondhand celeb gossip from my grouper's wedding: Sarah Paulson takes her dates to Pitfire Pizza (slightly upscale LA version of Shakey's) - senor dentista May 30, 15:24 11
- Fun Fact - Dano May 30, 16:20 1
  - your tits must be *amazing* -- nm - senor dentista May 30, 16:46
- Does she have more dates than Holland Taylor who thinks they're exclusive? - Diva May 30, 15:51 1
  - i assume the second of your IM - senor dentista May 30, 15:57
- Player. -- nm - Remlik May 30, 15:25 6
  - chick on chick players are the best -- nm - budice May 30, 15:29 5
    - Even the worst C-Listers can come up with a better first date spot than Pitfire -- nm - senor dentista May 30, 15:32 4
      - that's a test restaurant. You don't take the one night hook ups to the fancy places. Sheesh -- nm - Remlik May 30, 15:40 2
        
        This! I started going to Chevy's to save money. Date 2 was to the good place -- nm - Bacon May 30, 16:27
        
        maybe in Indianapolis -- nm - senor dentista May 30, 15:54
      - Ive been there, when youre playin the field.... -- nm - budice May 30, 15:33
Huh. Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons are a thing now. nm - Dignan May 30, 15:14 4
- He came off better of the two in Fargo and probably the happier, by the end. -- nm - Mop May 30, 15:36
- 2016 man. -- nm - budice May 30, 15:17 1
  - I spose if Wilde can chill with Sudekis... -- nm - budice May 30, 15:17
- Poor Lydia Rodarte-Quayle. - David May 30, 15:16
Star Wars Aftermath (the book that tells what happened after the Battle of Endor) is $1.99 on all ebook formats. -- (link) - Mop May 30, 15:07 6
- Fair warning: It's pretty awful. nm - Dignan May 30, 15:18 5
  - Effin' Ewoks. -- nm - Spawn May 30, 15:34
  - "Star Wars" was the big hint. -- nm - David May 30, 15:27 3
    - "Chuck Wendig" was a much bigger hint. nm - Dignan May 30, 15:30 1
      - You'd love his blog -- nm - senor dentista May 30, 15:32
    - shade man shade -- nm - budice May 30, 15:28
Free French Fries at MickeyDs with Burger purchase -- (link) - budice May 30, 14:55
Downpour happenin Reds at Rockies -- nm* - budice May 30, 14:51
Kelly if you have Sirius radio...Rob Lowe is on the Springsteen channel playing his playlist of fav songs -- nm - Remlik May 30, 14:49
Penuins have too much talent to not win the cup, Sharks have everything to gain. -- nm - budice May 30, 14:45
AFC Wimbledon has been promoted 6 times in their 14 years. Someone should make a movie about them. -- (link) - Mop May 30, 14:34 5
- Wait. 6 times? How many levels are there? -- nm - Volnelk May 30, 15:29 4
  - 23 -- (link) - znufrii May 30, 16:36
  - They're now in the league 3rd from the top, Championship and Premier League are higher. - Tim May 30, 15:37 1
    - suffice to say there is a lot of soccer played in England - Reagen May 30, 16:29
  - At least two more. -- nm - Mop May 30, 15:32
I saw the trailer to the Dinesh D'souza documentary before the Nice Guys. It's a comedy, right? -- nm - Mop May 30, 14:26 1
- He's a joke but I don't think that's the same thing. -- nm - Reagen May 30, 14:27
Not taking a position on this, but we were all quick to believe that Johnny Depp had beaten Amber Heard. Friends of Depp say Heard is scamming him. -- (link) - Mop May 30, 14:16 12
- HIS friends are sticking up for him?? I am shocked!!! I don't know what happened but I don't figure his friends would be on her side in a divorce. -- nm - Bacon May 30, 14:50 2
  - For what it's worth, his ex, Vanessa Paradis, also has his back. -- nm - Mop May 30, 15:08 1
    - I read that as well, a little better but, just because he didn't hit her. I don't think anyone is going to know for sure on this one. - Bacon May 30, 15:22
- The bigger outrage was our concern for the effect on box office -- nm - zeitgeist May 30, 14:30 3
  - I don't think the news affected the box office either way, nor do I believe anyone thought it would. -- nm - Mop May 30, 14:35 2
    - I know at least one person that said she would skip Depp films until this got sorted. -- nm - Spawn May 30, 15:36 1
      - And I'm going to avoid kicks to the balls. -- nm - Mop May 30, 15:38
- I'll flat out say I didn't believe it. -- nm - Shaun May 30, 14:27
- Pretty sure ST was reasonably skeptical, for the most part. -- nm - ML May 30, 14:26
- were we? i think people were not jumping to conclusions either way... -- nm - Andie May 30, 14:17
- We... were? -- nm - Reagen May 30, 14:17 1
  - No, we were not. There was skepticism, not jumping to conclusions and all the way up to -- (edited) - Diva May 30, 14:29
Groupon offered $10 off any deal, this is too easy -- nm - budice May 30, 14:08 1
- But...a restaurant deal here was half off, now is 3rd off -- nm - zeitgeist May 30, 14:29
what does Drumpf mean when he twits : We can't *allow* a 3rd party candidate....It ain't his call -- nm - zeitgeist May 30, 14:06
If you're in New York, keep an eye out for Johnny Manziel. He's missing. -- (link) - Mop May 30, 14:04 3
- Look in Atlantic City -- nm - Bacon May 30, 14:47
- ~Hey, hoi, sailor boy! Want it snuggly harbor'd?/Open me gate, but dock it straight, I see it lists to starboard!~ -- nm* - znufrii May 30, 14:05 1
  - omg. Messy Todd. -- nm - Diva May 30, 14:39
Do kids today still read Doc Savage books? I thought they were rather antiquated when I read them in the 70s. -- nm - GregW May 30, 13:46 10
- About as many as there are kids who watch Baywatch. -- nm - Roger More May 30, 14:09
- Doc has been cloned dozens of times on tv. Scorpion is one of the latest with 5 or 6 experts in different fields banding together -- nm - Peglegpete May 30, 14:02
- Kids like The Rock. -- nm - David May 30, 13:54 2
  - and he takes his shirt off. -- nm - Remlik May 30, 14:00 1
    - wait, are we talking about Doc Savage here, or x-men? -- nm - call me Ishmael May 30, 14:27
- relatedly (and i think i brought this up a week or 2 ago) i found a used bookstore w/ a lot of old Hardy Boys mystery books ... - call me Ishmael May 30, 13:53 3
  - check yard sales first as used book stores can super overprice them -- nm - Beaker May 30, 15:30 1
    - Or Friends of the Library bookstores. Our kids books are all 25-cents. -- nm - Meg May 30, 15:40
  - I assume most used book stores - and donation places like Goodwill - probably have a ton of old Hardy Boys books. -- nm - Mop May 30, 14:05
- DC has tried a new series off and on over the past 8 years. and while quite good, they just didn't sell. -- nm - Remlik May 30, 13:47
I am creeping up on 3B H$. - Shaun May 30, 13:44 2
- i'm creeping up on $1.5 billion after *finally* learning how to play the game some ... - call me Ishmael May 30, 13:49 1
  - Bonds are what took me from an okay port to hundreds of millions and then to a billion. So much easy and free money with bonds. -- nm - Krusty May 30, 16:57
Tragically Hip presale is a gong show, with all the tickets ending up on Stubhub: four more shows added. -- nm - Reagen May 30, 13:36 8
- i didn't even think they were on sale till Friday? -- nm - Andie May 30, 13:40 2
  - (oh, presale, i am way too tired - who is doing it, Amex?) -- nm - Andie May 30, 13:40 1
    - That and fan club. -- nm - Reagen May 30, 13:41
- Farewell tour i spose. -- nm - budice May 30, 13:38 4
  - Apparently all gone within a minute. So... -- nm - Reagen May 30, 13:44 3
    - Kicking myself. I had a pair of lower bowl side view and himmed and hawed too long so I let them go. Should have just taken them. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 30, 14:36 2
      - Tbf, it's not the end of them, just the pre sale. - Reagen May 30, 14:41 1
        
        Oh I know. I'm just not sure what'll come up tomorrow for AmEx round. (Have a buddy who got a pair for the final show in Kingston.) -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 30, 14:43
Givens is gasoline for the Red Sox right now. -- nm - budice May 30, 13:24 2
- Os rally cap -- nm - budice May 30, 13:29 1
  - Poor Wright is gassed ag 120 pitches -- nm - budice May 30, 13:34
Its gonna be a long day when you give up the homer to Coco Crisp -- nm - budice May 30, 13:15
Dan Akroyd has seen Ghostbusters gives enthusiastic review...and of course man-babies cry about it.... -- (link) - Remlik May 30, 13:14 1
- What would he know about making a good Ghostbusters film? -- nm - Reagen May 30, 13:37
Pursued vehicle finally ran out of gas - after more than two hours. -- (link) - Meg May 30, 13:11 3
- Driver on phone to his wife - says he's smoking meth and wants to finish before he gets out :/ -- nm - Meg May 30, 13:14 2
  - priorities are priorities. -- nm - znufrii May 30, 13:28
  - methed up man -- nm - budice May 30, 13:14
Yup. Have watched 4 of the last 6 of Legends of Tomorrow. - Spawn May 30, 13:09
Hernandez homer off Givens, thats how the Red Sox drew it up -- nm - budice May 30, 13:07

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