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LYC: Nike.com order still not shipped. Order date was May 26th. *rage* -- nm - Shaun May 31, 06:50 3
- Little Vietnamese child laborers need rest too Shaun. -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 06:54
- Are they shipping from China? - David May 31, 06:52 1
  - Who knows? Assholes. -- nm - Shaun May 31, 06:52
Kate Beckinsale was on Graham Norton Show this week. Mental note, never fall asleep in her presence. - LMS May 31, 06:30 2
- I hear she will pee in your coffee -- nm - Beaker May 31, 06:40 1
  - Only if you're really mean to her. Here's her latest prank story -- (link) - LMS May 31, 06:54 [youtube]
Alice 2 and Xmen 6 shorts are cool. Finally moved a rank (in the good way) over on the HSX. Long time coming. -- nm - Diva May 31, 06:28 9
- Moved up 2 yesterday, and passed Spawn. -- nm - MDH May 31, 06:53
- I went up 4710 spots. - Volnelk May 31, 06:51
- I went up 3 yesterday. That's solid. -- nm - Shaun May 31, 06:41 2
  - god, it's so embarr that I'm sliding. I should just quit. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 31, 06:43 1
    - I am still about 3M from hitting 3B for the third time. I can't keep any momentum going after that milestone. -- nm - Shaun May 31, 06:46
- I lost a spot this weekend. I'm never going to get 3.9 bill. 5 million up, ten million down. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 31, 06:33 2
  - i've just stalled. i am so busy and having two ports mean neither get any attention right now. -- nm - Andie May 31, 06:34 1
    - I started a second one, but don't have time. too, I get like physically frustrated at stupid things like - unbreakable mandy jones May 31, 06:36
- ST has 7 of the Top 10 on the Month to Date leaderboard. -- nm - Strongbad May 31, 06:30
Lannisters play Overwatch with Conan. -- (link) - David May 31, 06:25 [youtube] 4
- That's some next level SITMOP. -- (link) - Shaun May 31, 06:37 [Backboard] 3
  - *shrugs* No link warning. -- nm - David May 31, 06:39 2
    - One used the shortener. Berry should fix that. *rage* -- nm - oblique May 31, 06:41
    - I blame Bery. -- nm - Shaun May 31, 06:41
*slow clap* IL is one day away from the end of the session with no budget for FY17. Still no budget for FY16 either 11 months in. -- (link) - spamlet May 31, 06:07 5
- is that good -- nm - ÜMLaut May 31, 06:37 2
  - Depends on whether you like functioning government or preening grandstanding. -- nm - spamlet May 31, 06:50 1
    - my kinda people! -- nm - Trump May 31, 06:53
- Have they paid out lottery wins yet? -- nm - Beaker May 31, 06:37
- so proud -- nm - oblique May 31, 06:31
Oh, no. "Megatrend" has escaped the accounting firms and I heard it in the wild. I'm losing the battle. -- nm - spamlet May 31, 06:00 14
- I'm surprised it was just an accounting firm thing. 'Megatrend' has been around since the 80s, at least. -- nm - Roger More May 31, 06:15 10
  - I've only ever heard it uttered by accounting firm personnel and they've been trying for at least five years. Didn't know it went back further. - spamlet May 31, 06:27 6
    - ALL OF THIS. -- nm - MDH May 31, 06:53 1
      - Naturally, I blame you. -- nm - spamlet May 31, 06:55
    - I'm pretty sure it originated from this book. -- (link) - Roger More May 31, 06:39 3
      - I prefer my trends to be locally sourced organic anyway. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 06:46 1
        
        *snork* -- nm - zork May 31, 08:41
      - *has a new target to go back in time and stop* -- nm - spamlet May 31, 06:45
  - it's a throwback! -- nm - Reagen May 31, 06:21
  - I hate Megatron -- nm - Optimus Prime May 31, 06:20 1
    - "Galvatrend" -- nm - Strongbad May 31, 06:25
- should I ask what a megatrend is? -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 31, 06:08 1
  - A trend (or whatever the firm is selling as the "next big thing"). That's all it is. It's an unnecessary, made up word. -- nm* - spamlet May 31, 06:10
- Use of the term "megatrend" is itself a megatrend. -- nm - Robert Barontheon May 31, 06:04
May 31, 1790 – The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790. -- nm - Beaker May 31, 05:53 4
- 1879 – Gilmores Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and - Beaker May 31, 05:53 3
  - 1927 – The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles. -- nm - Beaker May 31, 05:54 2
    - 1929 – The first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, "The Karnival Kid", is released. -- nm - Beaker May 31, 05:57 1
      - 2005 – Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat. -- nm - Beaker May 31, 05:58
chocolate is fast becoming the number one choice of substance for use at house and electronic nights. -- (link) - Strongbad May 31, 05:14 2
- Snorting chocolate? You're doing it wrong, hipsters. -- nm - Robert Barontheon May 31, 06:04 1
  - Duh. Everyone knows you inject it. -- nm - Roger More May 31, 06:15
Are we there yet? -- nm - ty97 May 31, 05:14
It's Tuesday? - znufrii May 31, 05:10 2
- Sounds like somebody's having a case of the Mondays -- nm - Strongbad May 31, 05:11 1
  - It doesn't feel like Monday, either... -- nm - znufrii May 31, 05:21
TV PSA: America's Got Talent, 500 Questions, Hotel Hell, Containment, Coupled, Deadliest Catch, Maya and Marty, POI, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 31, 04:04 2
- I watched about 10 minutes of 500 Questions last week... wow it was boring. -- nm - Strongbad May 31, 04:44 1
  - "question number three hundred and twelve, what if d-o-g spelled c-a-t?" -- nm - Beaker May 31, 05:58
WSJ: Poland seeks to revive extradition proceedings against Roman Polanski -- (link) - budice May 31, 01:21
Depp gets some news: Witnesses claim he wasnt near Heard at the time of event. -- (link) - budice May 31, 01:17
NCIS is probably the answer to most old parents question about what show -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 00:22
Nice little twist at the end of the Gotham season finale. Spoilers... - Mop May 30, 22:48 1
- *spoilers* - Ender May 31, 06:39
Watching Chopped and the entree ingredient is Emu - which reminds me that I'm constantly irritated by the pronunciation of 'eemoo.' So.... - Meg May 30, 22:48 2
- I always say ee-myou. When we drive to my PIL we go by an enu farm (5 or 6 pens)... -- nm - Beaker May 31, 04:39
- I've always assumed that based on spelling that it's pronounced the Australian way. The other way just sounds wrong. -- nm - . May 31, 01:34
That Rollins/Reigns promo was Oscar caliber. - Qale May 30, 22:07
Yeah, totally drawing a blank on possible talks that I could submit to 3 conferences that have calls for presentations closing in the next day or two -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 22:02 4
- Do your presentations involve PowerPoints? -- nm - Meg May 30, 22:11 2
  - I haven't done any yet. I haven't used PP for a few years, though. Last one I tried was in Apple Keynote. -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 22:12 1
    - Ah, right now I'm looking at about a half dozen slides - for a 45 minute presentation :) -- nm - Meg May 30, 22:25
- I just tonight started outlining the presentation I'm giving next Monday. - Meg May 30, 22:10
I was trying to find the origin of the "dinosaurs" joke on b2, but found this instead -- (link) - Beryllium May 30, 21:09 [Backboard] 2
- FWIW, it was this (nmblink) - ralph wiggum May 30, 21:15 [Backboard] 1
  - ah, that rings a bell. thanks. -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 21:21
10 minutes left to sign up for Summer Stalker -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:49 2
- beep -- nm - Peglegpete May 30, 21:02 1
  - is it too late to sign up? -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 00:22
Does everyone have a big pile of Amazon boxes in their garage, or is it just me? -- nm - Mop May 30, 20:43 2
- Never know when you'll want to ship something - and what size box you'll need :) -- nm - Meg May 30, 21:21
- I take the labels off and recycle them pretty quick or they do tend to pile up -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:44
Bwahahaha! -- (link) - TWuG May 30, 20:35 1
- good news Thunder, you scratched out a virtual tie. now on to the NBA Finals superdelegates -- nm - senor dentista May 30, 22:13
Golden State/Cleveland NBA Finals! Surprise! - David May 30, 20:31 19
- the way that they secretly tricked Russell Westbrook into becoming a turnover machine those last three games was disgraceful -- nm - senor dentista May 30, 21:04 1
  - He's led the NBA in turnovers twice, so I wouldn't call it a trick per se. -- nm - David May 30, 21:12
- The Hawks will get there...eventually -- nm - amoxy May 30, 21:01 1
  - We had a shot with Danny Ferry choosing personnel. -- nm - David May 30, 21:02
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  - That 30 for 30 episode made me glad I didn't grow up there. -- nm - GregW May 30, 21:45 3
    - I did grow up in Cleveland. did the 30/30 call them Cadavers in the early years? everyone did then :) -- nm - Peglegpete May 30, 21:47 2
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        shaker heights -- nm - Peglegpete May 30, 22:11
- Best Player in the NBA vs the former Best PLayer in the NBA! -- nm - Spawn May 30, 20:48 9
  - Best shooter vs. Best player -- nm - Krusty May 30, 20:53 6
    - LeBron hasn't been the best player since 2014. - David May 30, 20:57 5
      - Who's better than him? -- nm - Krusty May 30, 22:00 4
        
        Curry's the best player in the game. The object is to score. -- nm - David May 31, 05:59 3
        
        I disagree. The game has both offense and defense. Curry is the best shooter, no doubt. But he doesn't compare to LeBron as an all around player. - Krusty May 31, 06:43 2
        
        If I'm starting a team my #1 pick is LeBron and I don't have to think about it for a second. -- nm - Krusty May 31, 06:51
        
        Curry's an unstoppable machine. LeBron needs other players to get the job done. - David May 31, 06:51
  - Michael Jordan is playing? -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:49 1
    - Michael Jordan is *still* playing? - Spawn May 30, 21:07
Defenders should be allowed to taser him -- nm - Mel Profit May 30, 20:23 1
- "Human Torch Mode" - senor dentista May 30, 20:35
!!!! -- nm - i.b! May 30, 20:22
Cat and mouse. -- nm - Spawn May 30, 20:22
Doh! -- nm - Spawn May 30, 20:20
"... But, as discussed, those days are gone. Unless..." -- nm - Reagen May 30, 20:07
Really, it's perfect WWE logic. - David May 30, 19:57 6
- My only hope is... - Qale May 30, 22:09 1
  - Though I wonder what the future of NXT is. - Tim May 30, 22:57
- I guess that's also why. - Tim May 30, 20:04 3
  - Vince is so out of touch and so arrogant. - Will Hunting May 31, 06:30
  - spoiler - secretslacker May 30, 20:14
  - Yes, it's the same mistake done twice in a week. -- nm - David May 30, 20:06
1 more hour for Summer Stalker signup!! -- nm - kelly May 30, 19:52
Flavorize just gave me a Peter Gabriel earworm. -- nm - Reagen May 30, 19:51 8
- that's funny, because i'm listening to some old school Genesis stuff right now ... - call me Ishmael May 30, 20:52
- shock the.... -- nm - zeitgeist May 30, 20:37
- Hi there. -- nm - Remlik May 30, 20:27
- Your eyes -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:27
- Games without Frontiers? -- nm - Flavorize May 30, 20:20 1
  - There you go. -- nm - Reagen May 30, 20:29
- Biko? -- nm - Peglegpete May 30, 19:56
- So? -- nm - Tim May 30, 19:53
It's amazing what you can up charge for with a little packaging - Reagen May 30, 19:50 2
- Ha ha... I knew my neighborhood was in trouble when none of the new restaurants had regular sugar, just simple syrup. - secretslacker May 30, 20:11
- made from sugar tits -- nm - zeitgeist May 30, 19:59
ahh.-- nm - i.b! May 30, 19:49
Okay okay, Tracer does have a nice ass. -- nm - Bacon May 30, 19:43 25
- You realize that because this is a first person shooter (spoiler) - secretslacker May 31, 06:26
- I suppose if your in to that kind of thing -- nm - eag May 30, 20:02
- Bring. It. - ReluctantCynic May 30, 19:58 22
  - No such name drunky -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:12
  - Baconface -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:09 20
    - battle.net ID's have a #1234 or whatever after the username. - Tim May 30, 20:11 19
      - Ah-hah! - ReluctantCynic May 30, 20:42
      - I just played against a Doofy, was that you? -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:12 17
        
        Nope, haven't played today. -- nm - Tim May 30, 20:13 16
        
        That's probably why they ignored me when I said Hi Doofy. They were on my team, not against -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:13 15
        
        I also don't own Overwatch. If I do get it, it'll be for XB1, because controller. -- nm - Tim May 30, 20:15 14
        
        YEAH! -- nm - David May 30, 20:32
        
        Mouse and keyboard is so much more accurate. My preference anyway. Wow you just got a new PC and you want, XB1? -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:25 10
        
        Go watch Footloose. -- nm - Spawn May 30, 21:08
        
        I am considering figuring out how to adapt a controller for the PC. - Tim May 30, 20:37 8
        
        Don't be heathen scum. -- nm - David May 30, 20:51 5
        
        But I am now part of the Glorious PC Gaming Master Race! -- nm - Tim May 30, 20:53 4
        
        David doesn't know any better. He likes his Atari 2600. 😀 -- nm - Bacon May 30, 21:02 3
        
        I like Yar's Revenge much better than you. -- nm - David May 30, 21:11 2
        
        ET was better -- nm - Bacon May 30, 21:12 1
        
        in a New Mexico landfill. -- nm - David May 30, 21:13
        
        When I go into options there is a mouse keyboard settings g and a controller setting with A X etc -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:45
        
        They sell them for PC for about 12 bucks. I can't stand them but I am old and not coordinated enough. -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:39
        
        (sad there's no cross platform play) -- nm - Tim May 30, 20:16 1
        
        They said it isn't fair for people on PC smoking the console players -- nm - Bacon May 30, 20:26
One day, Sacha Baron Cohen will star in The Enes Kanter Story -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 19:42
I hate to say this but Reggie is right. -- nm - Krusty May 30, 19:41

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