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Ex-Glee star Mark Salling (Puck) surrenders in child porn case -- (link) - Beaker Jun 3, 12:45
sometimes I wish there was a button that made the world reset back 24 hours so you could attempt the day again. - Truman Jun 3, 12:43 4
- As long as I get the winning lottery numbers, sure that would work -- nm - amoxy Jun 3, 12:46
- No. The sooner I am out of here, the better. - Spawn Jun 3, 12:44 2
  - I'm not sure what the season has to do with your IM -- nm - JD Jun 3, 12:54
  - Agreed - senor dentista Jun 3, 12:49
Dust storm just hit in here. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 3, 12:35
Vandy pitcher passed up $2.5m to be drafted by the Brewers, drowns on the eve of the NCAA tourney -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 3, 12:28
Washington DC garden is aligned with the summer & winter solstices -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 3, 12:18 2
- The Purge: DC Metro starts tonight! -- nm - Max Jun 3, 12:18 1
  - I'm totally not setting foot outside my house after 4:00 pm - prayformojo Jun 3, 12:32
Hillary: "People keep discovering me. I'm like an archaeological dig." -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 12:17
MDH-alert: my Song of the Summer candidate is Cheap Thrills by Sia feat. Sean Paul - Tim Jun 3, 12:16 17
- Strumbellas - Spirits Or is it old already? -- nm - Inigo Jun 3, 12:43 4
  - We saw them on Sunday. Lead singer smokes A LOT. - JaxSean Jun 3, 12:47 2
    - If I see anybody smoke in this day and age, I immediately assume they're too stupid to live. -- nm - David Jun 3, 12:49 1
      - Yeah, I was going to say they can't (be the song of summer - because of the smoking). -- (edited) - JaxSean Jun 3, 12:53
  - I'll allow it. (nm) - Tim Jun 3, 12:43
- The song surprised me b/c I didn't think Sean Paul would work well in it. I think JT is frontrunner, but this is solid. -- nm - MDH Jun 3, 12:35
- No. I'd go with the Timberlake song, or Chainsmokers. (Please anything but Drake.) -- nm - JaxSean Jun 3, 12:30
- Cheap Thrills will always be one of the great Robert Crumb paintings -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 3, 12:20
- Sound of Silence -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 12:19 4
  - Released September of '65! -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:20 3
    - not Disturbed's version -- nm* - Beaker Jun 3, 12:20 2
      - I'm already tired of it. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 3, 12:35 1
        
        Me too. - Spawn Jun 3, 12:37
- muna - loudspeaker -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 12:18
- I like the song, but I think Timberlake has the song of summer. -- nm - Jim Jun 3, 12:17 1
  - Oh for sure, but I'm liking this one more, personally. -- nm - Tim Jun 3, 12:18
- Didn't voting end with the release of Timberlake's song? -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:17
HSX Alert: You thought Avengers 4 caused mass chaos, wait until tomorrow's hits. - Spawn Jun 3, 12:09 2
- starring all dudes! Rosie O'Donnell as Bosley! -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 12:14
- MNTR2? -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 12:12
CFPB releases proposed rules for payday lenders. -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 12:06
lyc, good thing I didn't need red cabbage at the grocery store last night. - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 11:53 1
- You don't want to know what the birds do to the yogurt. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:55
Does anybody know anybody who actually wants to pay money to see the 'Warcraft' movie in the theatre? -- nm - Diva Jun 3, 11:49 29
- not me -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 3, 12:53
- Nope. Already made 2.7M off the short. -- nm - GregW Jun 3, 12:16
- I wish the movie would have been in the same style and quality of their cinematics. - Inigo Jun 3, 12:09 [youtube] 3
  - Jones was SOOOO proud of how "realistic" they had made things look on the Nerdist podcast... *sigh* -- nm - Ender Jun 3, 12:17 2
    - Yeah, listening to him talk about the movie makes it sound like he directed something completely different than what will be on screen. -- nm - Inigo Jun 3, 12:20 1
      - This will be good for him, I think. He's never had to face real criticism for his work before, so hopefully he learns something and uses it. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 12:40
- Probably -- nm - . Jun 3, 12:05 5
  - *shorts WARCF* -- nm - Diva Jun 3, 12:06 4
    - even though it was already only at $60 this morning, i still flipped it -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 12:07 3
      - I've been short on it for a while. I might watch this on TV some Saturday in future when I should probably be doing housework, but I wouldn't pay - Diva Jun 3, 12:12 2
        
        same. I'll watch just to see Ragnar chew some scenery -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 12:15 1
        
        'Vikings' is a veritable buffet to him. -- nm - Diva Jun 3, 12:55
- I'm thinking of seeing a matinee. But then again ... - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 11:58 5
  - I mean, you already made the costume. - Spawn Jun 3, 11:59 4
    - Very true. And how many other folks are going to show up dressed as High Inquisitor Whitemane? - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 12:06 2
      - Not for nothing but I'm pretty sure I was this guy a few hundred years ago. - Mel Profit Jun 3, 12:12 [Image] 1
        
        You were a very bad dude in your past life. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 12:32
    - You really don't want to know... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 3, 12:00
- In passing I saw a headline just now that called it the new Battlefield Earth. That'll leave a mark if true. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 3, 11:53 8
  - They hope. I went to Battlefield Earth to see just how bad it was. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:59 5
    - I went to a free screening. - Mel Profit Jun 3, 12:01 4
      - Barry Pepper's career never did recover, did it -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 12:02 3
        
        which is ashame because I think he's a good actor. He's great in "25th Hour" - Mel Profit Jun 3, 12:05 1
        
        oh, he's in Monster Trucks . . . -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 12:06
        
        He went on to play Dale Earnhart! -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:03
  - mein gott -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 11:57
  - a skidmark. -- nm - Diva Jun 3, 11:53
- Tim's Ex-Crush -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:51
- David Bowie. - Spawn Jun 3, 11:49
DEAR JEEBUS LET THIS BE TRUE -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 11:48 8
- Can they get the orange guy to do it minus a chute? -- nm - . Jun 3, 12:03
- ik, r? I'm sure no one would mess with the parachute... -- nm - Hilary Jun 3, 11:57
- *hair blowing in the wind* -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:52
- it still won't top QE II at the Olympics -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 3, 11:50
- Don't believe the internets. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:49 1
  - No, they only tell the truth -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 11:56
- This was already denied. -- nm - MDH Jun 3, 11:48
- (rats: they updated it) -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 11:48
I am selling my truck. Are there any problems I need to be aware of if I accept a money order? -- nm - GregW Jun 3, 11:39 30
- big murder case in Canada right now on something like this...so watch your ass -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 12:17 2
  - seriously, he doesn't want to get caught -- nm - decline Jun 3, 12:19
  - you don't want to end up on one of mandy's podcasts -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 12:18
- In case anyone is curious, this is my ad. I just posted it yesterday and already have an offer from a local business for 12K. -- (edited) - GregW Jun 3, 11:51 6
  - What's the blue book on it? -- nm - David Jun 3, 12:31 1
    - BB is only 11K, but I have seen numbers from 9500-13K from various sites. -- nm - GregW Jun 3, 12:34
  - an 11 year old truck with 69K miles on it? don't drive it much, huh? -- nm - decline Jun 3, 11:58 3
    - My 2005 Escape is at 52k. -- nm - David Jun 3, 12:17 1
      - Yes but you have the shortest commute, ever. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:21
    - It has barely been out of the garage for the past 4 years. - GregW Jun 3, 12:01
- Just because the bank releases the funds after two weeks doesn't mean that the check wasn't stolen and it takes six months to get back to you -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 11:50
- OMG don't. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 11:47
- Verify the money order by phone before handing over the keys and title. - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 11:43 12
  - Meet them at the bank to close the deal. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:44 11
    - That's not a bad idea, actually. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 11:52 2
      - It is what I would always do. "I need to verify these funds are being deposited to my account." -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:58
      - until you pick the bank that a desperate team of robbers choose to knock off, but end up getting trapped in because they fuck it up -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:56
    - I read "bank" as "bar." -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jun 3, 11:47 3
      - that works too -- nm - decline Jun 3, 11:59
      - It happens to the best of us. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:52
      - *nods* -- nm - chubbers Jun 3, 11:51
    - and go inside to verify with the bank manager. -- nm - David Jun 3, 11:44 3
      - then get fingerprints and a cheek swab DNA sample -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:45 2
        
        And lock the buyer in the vault for 48 hours, just in case. -- nm* - Spawn Jun 3, 11:46 1
        
        and change the deal at the end. you want more. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 3, 11:47
- I didn't realize you could do a money order for that much. - David Jun 3, 11:43
- Is it for more than the price of the truck, and you have to wire them back the balance? -- nm* - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 11:42 2
  - No, those are obvious scams. -- nm - GregW Jun 3, 11:47
  - Good deal, if true. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:42
- Other than them being faked all the time? -- nm - Ender Jun 3, 11:41
Great news, everyone! "Six baby ducks rescued from Arlington storm drain reported to be doing well" -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 3, 11:36
bonus hax chat q: hubby constantly mispronounces words and it drives her totes cray - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:33 11
- unless it started after (in which case, seek medical help) why did she marry him? -- nm - b. Jun 3, 12:56
- she married Les Nessman? -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 11:58
- He doesn't care so leave off correcting him. You're embarrassed on his behalf, which is nice, but he's oblivious. -- nm - TWuG Jun 3, 11:37
- I have a family member who calls fajitas FWAhitas. It can be annoying. -- nm - David Jun 3, 11:37 5
  - Quesadilla. Case-a-dill-a. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:38 3
    - gabs did this. my sister once worked with a guy who called quiznos KEES-nos to pay homage to its mexican heritage. -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jun 3, 11:39 2
      - It is from Napoleon Dynamite. When Amy and I have tacos, Logan has them. - Spawn Jun 3, 11:41
      - they literally paper their walls with Italian posters -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:41
  - oh kim . . . -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:37
- STFU! -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:34
- "Wilkes-Barre" -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:34
afternoon off. steam clean rug, podcasts about murder. perf! -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jun 3, 11:29 9
- Which podcast? -- nm - Krusty Jun 3, 11:41 4
  - right now real crime profile. I also listen to sword and scale, MFM, last podcast on the left, night time, true crime garage - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jun 3, 11:49 3 1
    - Don't miss Cydney on RHAP. "Don't check me, boo." -- nm - Jim Jun 3, 12:18
    - Have you checked out Criminal from Radiotopia? -- nm - iSpam Jun 3, 12:07 1
      - yes. I go in and out on it. I also really like liar city, but I have to binge it; I can't do just one. -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jun 3, 12:49
- didn't you just clean them like a week ago? -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:30 3
  - an old stain came up to the top. I had to do again with just water. no biggie. - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jun 3, 11:35 2
    - not blood, and the podcast is really about: crime scene clean-up? -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 3, 11:49
    - it's a nice rug but, if we're being honest, we need to talk about upgrading before prime propane stretch-out season -- nm - chubbers Jun 3, 11:37
If the actors who have portrayed James Bond all fought at the height of their physical skills... - David Jun 3, 11:26 12
- Well, Connery does have the most experience beating the shit out of people - Will Hunting Jun 3, 12:03
- beware the karate chop of DOOM -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 11:58
- And then Idris Alba would arrive unexpectedly and stop the whole fracas with a single, baleful glare. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 11:40 2
  - A street-wise glance. -- nm - Diva Jun 3, 11:41 1
    - yet sophisticated - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 11:47
- Lazenby is an Australian, which automatically gives him a boost even despite Moore's height advantage. -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:33 3
  - Lazenby's a model. His only hope is if everyone agrees to break dance fighting. -- nm - David Jun 3, 11:35 2
    - You know who else started as a model? Roger Moore. -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:41 1
      - But then he became Simon Templar. -- nm - David Jun 3, 11:44
- DLC -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:26 2
  - Says the self-professed sociopath... -- nm - David Jun 3, 11:29 1
    - At least I am not crazy. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:32
Cate Blanchett currently in talks to join the next Oceans 11 movie that's going to be all chicks (and Chris Hemsworth in the Julia Roberts role). - Diva Jun 3, 11:24 9
- It shouldn't be a remake, it should be a female crew crossing Linus's mom's crew. -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:35 1
  - I heard it;s a sequel, and Bullock is playing Danny Ocean's sister -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 12:11
- "It'll be awful!!" -- nm - . Jun 3, 11:33
- Dear Hollywood, I love women. I really do. Having said that, couldn't you write good movies with strong roles for women instead of just remaking other - Spawn Jun 3, 11:26 5
  - Yeah, just doing a gender swap is almost as disrespectful to women as existing casting practices. It's lazy, for one. - TWuG Jun 3, 11:40 2
    - OTOH, why is *this* the point where people start drawing lines? -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 16:12
    - D'ya think we need one more? D'ya think we need one more? We need one more. *JLAWR gets cast* -- nm - SBULL to CBLAN Jun 3, 11:42
  - But...SYNERGY and shit! No one will come to the movie if they don't already know exactly what it iiiiiiissss!!!!! -- nm - Hollywood si Jun 3, 11:28 1
    - That's what trailers are for. -- nm - . Jun 3, 11:33
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:22

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