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Do you care? this is an honest to god, real, photo of TomCattt's new car with his personalized plates. -- (link*) - Andie Jul 6, 06:53 [flickr] 3
- I need to make some cheesy videos stat -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 07:03
- good for him, I guess? - mafic Jul 6, 06:59
- now I'm wondering if it's a chicken or the egg situation. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 06:57
so, i was just in our elevator at work with some guys who were going to the roof and a security person to let them up there. - Andie Jul 6, 06:40
Which is the "better" airline to use between United, American and Delta? - kelly Jul 6, 06:35 4
- *cat hiss at the mention of Delta* -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 6, 06:56
- aren't they pretty much all bad? -- nm - decline Jul 6, 06:48
- We use Delta. -- (link) - David's iPad Jul 6, 06:42 1
  - Thanks. - kelly Jul 6, 06:49
sitwap. These 'Scientists' must be stopped! Do they not watch movies? -- (link) - decline Jul 6, 06:32
ST Poll -- What are you horrible at right now? - znufrii, dad. Jul 6, 06:32 26
- wedding planning, and also what you said. my answer: we don't need anything. give money to charity. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 06:56
- Focus and desire. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 6, 06:48
- waking up apparently -- nm - oblique Jul 6, 06:44 4
  - you're pretty handy. You should jerry-rig an alarm to send a few hundred volts through your arm when you're supposed to get up -- nm - decline Jul 6, 06:45 3
    - I *think* I did not set my bedside alarm properly last night and, of course, I didn't get out of bed when my Mi Band vibrated - oblique Jul 6, 06:46 2
      - GET UP YOU LAZY SACK OF SHIT! -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 06:59
      - you need one alarm. your brain needs to learn that there isn't a back up. - Andie Jul 6, 06:47
- doing the very first thing we need to do to get our kitchen reno started. - Andie Jul 6, 06:43 1
  - speaking of, do we want my final weekend update? I took a few extra hours last night but still, I feel like I accomplished pretty well. - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 6, 07:00
- finding my EIN# -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 6, 06:43
- unpacking -- nm - Dano Jul 6, 06:42 1
  - I feel like I was so lucky to have three months to pack. I donated almost everything to goodwill and had like nothing to unpack. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 6, 07:01
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  - Oof - znufrii, dad. Jul 6, 06:48
  - what's P Town ? -- nm - decline Jul 6, 06:46 1
    - unzips -- nm - oblique Jul 6, 06:46
  - you lost your ID? that *sucks*. -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 06:44
- What, baby gifts? - kelly Jul 6, 06:36 4
  - Even that seems too much like asking for a gift. -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Jul 6, 06:46 3
    - Oh, I know. But if they're going to get you something anyway... - kelly Jul 6, 06:52 2
      - Heh. - znufrii, dad. Jul 6, 06:54 1
        
        Pffft. She can buy them here! - kelly Jul 6, 06:57
- send 'em to the registry. I'm horrible at relationships apparently -- nm - decline Jul 6, 06:34 1
  - :( -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 06:42
- Also - znufrii, dad. Jul 6, 06:33
- Dealing with stress at work. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 6, 06:33
I can't believe I missed the "sleeper pick" joke in that Denard Robinson thread. -- nm* - ÜMLaut Jul 6, 06:15
guys, how much is ghostbusters going to make? -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 6, 05:57 10
- one dollar, Bob! -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 06:15 4
  - dammit, you guys bracketed me -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 6, 06:17 3
    - but you still have the crucial $1.01-$5.00 range. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 06:19 2
      - my hope now rests entirely on the discount theaters -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 6, 06:19 1
        
        *buys ticket, gives it to random stranger* -- nm - Roger More Jul 6, 06:20
- I'll say it has a $60m opening weekend. -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 06:15
- more than five dollars -- nm - decline Jul 6, 06:15
- five dollars -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 6, 06:12
- I'm so out of touch with box office norms now, but I think Melissa McCarthy and Paul Feig tend to outperform? - mafic Jul 6, 06:03
- Maybe $45 million opening weekend? -- nm - Inigo Jul 6, 06:02
Parse this event title: Diversifying staff working group coffee hour. -- nm - TorBaron Jul 6, 05:55 3
- The following is an episode of 'The Office'. -- nm - Diva Jul 6, 06:15
- The working group responsible for diversifying the staff is hosting a coffee hour. -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Jul 6, 06:13
- A staff who's function is diversification will be collectively working together at a coffee hour for groups. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 6, 06:09
Orange is the new black (no spoilers) - Karl_S Jul 6, 05:45
Heh. Came home last night from Book of Morman and wife and daughter were watching Diva on TV. Didn't know which singer she was yet but very - oblique Jul 6, 05:44
Lionel Messi sentenced to 21 months for tax fraud, won't go to prison (and fined 2 million Euros) -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 6, 05:22
July 6, 1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held. -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 04:43 2
- 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2. -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 04:44 1
  - 1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union. -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 04:45
And Megamillions marches on. At half a billion and counting... -- nm - decline Jul 6, 04:26
Here's the movies & TV shows available to watch on the International Space Station -- (link) - LMS Jul 6, 04:23 3
- looks decent, but occasionally random. Superman, Superman 2, and Superman Returns, but no 3 or 4. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 05:08 2
  - (cause 3 and 4 suck more than Returns) -- nm* - Beaker Jul 6, 05:13 1
    - well yeah, but don't tell me how to live my life, NASA! -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 06:05
Stanley Kubrick's Daughter Has Some Choice Words for Moon Landing Truthers -- (link) - Beaker Jul 6, 03:57 2
- well of course she would because she's protecting her dad who produced the fake footage duh -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 6, 06:15
- I always ask them where the rocks came from. they never have an answer. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 04:08
TV PSA: Big Brother, America's Got Talent, MasterChef, Wayward Pines, American Gothic, Royal Pains, Night Shift, Tyrant, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 03:22 1
- Is anyone watching American gothic? Any good? -- nm - Amanda Jul 6, 05:29
Jack Daniels admits its process was learned from the owner's slave, Nearis Green and not some preacher. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 6, 02:30
Snow White Cottage (about 30-40 miles from here) for sale, just under 1M would make an awesome airbnb -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 6, 01:54
Pistorius sentenced to six years -- (link) - Covington Jul 6, 01:51 5
- Only 6? -- nm - amoxy Jul 6, 02:01 4
  - He only got 5 the first time so I guess this is better? -- nm - iSpam Jul 6, 05:29 1
    - Maybe he'll serve more than a year this time. -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 05:32
  - 15-20 sounds more reasonable. He killed her and knew what he was doing. He got off light twice now. -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 05:28
  - one for each shot? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 6, 02:28
So, that thing where you look up and all of the sudden you've been playing Civ for 9 hours, and you need to be at work in four hours? - znufrii, dad. Jul 6, 01:43 1
- Yeah. Just one more turn. -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 05:29
there is some kind of cosmic symmetry to BlackBerry killing off its classic keyboard model today -- (link*) - gerald Jul 5, 23:54
Independence Day 2: Well that was stupid as shit. - Reagen Jul 5, 23:07 4
- You know what it was missing? - amoxy Jul 5, 23:16
- The story that Roland Emmerich had to wait 20 years for CGI to catch up to -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 23:14 2
  - and a plot he whipped off in 14 minutes. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 23:16 1
    - why not, its a movie, not a 'film' -- nm - George Lucas Jul 6, 01:56
So those cops just straight-up executed that dude, huh. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 21:51 16
- jeebus -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 6, 06:20
- I mean, there's a 1000th for everything. -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 23:17
- And their bodycams "fell off" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 21:53 13
  - The cams and recorders in Chicago keep needing repair. -- nm - . Jul 5, 22:08 1
    - I wonder how they keep breaking. -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 05:33
  - I'm sure that it would be tough to prove, but I wonder if that could be a death penalty case for those cops? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 21:54 10
    - It will be a 'walk free' case for the cops as it always is. - ty97 Jul 5, 23:19 1
      - Yup. They get away with far too much in our society. It's infuriating. -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 06:10
    - accidental discharge, not malice with forthought, premeditated etc -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 21:59 1
      - it didn't appear accidental but it may (likely would) be seen as justifiable under existing law -- nm* - gerald Jul 5, 22:00
    - you can hear them yelling "he's got a gun" or words to that effect - gerald Jul 5, 21:55 5
      - I'm starting to worry that cops yell "He's got a gun" and "He's reaching for my taser" almost as routinely as "Stop resisting." -- nm - mara Jul 6, 07:04
      - What I read (perhaps faulty) is that he had a gun in his pocket. - ty97 Jul 5, 23:20 1
        
        carrying while black is a capital offense -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 23:45
      - That's why they were called out, from what I can tell. He was selling bootleg CDs and waved a piece or something. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 22:02 1
        
        RIAA means business -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 22:19
The adorable Kristen Bell and Dax Sheppard home life commercials are getting on my nerves. - Max Jul 5, 21:44
NC couple charged with assaulting each other with pizza rolls -- (link) - gerald Jul 5, 21:28 3
- well, to be fair, one of them was lactose intolerant, and if there's cheese involved ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Jul 5, 21:36 2
  - i just thank god that they don't have to share a bathroom with transgendered people in their state -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 21:37 1
    - Do NOT go in there! Phew! -- nm - Rollie McPizzaface Jul 5, 21:38
I think a bear is about to nab a fishie on BearCam. -- (link) - Qale Jul 5, 21:11 [youtube] 1
- Aw, I posted it a minute too late. Spoiler: Bear got the fishie. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 21:11
So. Tired. - kelly Jul 5, 21:06 4
- Tired as a bat or a mole? nm - Dignan Jul 5, 21:08 1
  - *pops up* -- nm - ocelot Jul 5, 21:10
- I guess that's why it's not called "Shorticut"? Sounds like a fun trip though. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 21:07 1
  - Heh. Driving through CT is always horrible. -- nm - kelly Jul 5, 21:10
why is the saying "blind as a bat"? bats aren't actually blind. it should really be "blind as a mole" cause they pretty much are -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 21:02 1
- Hans Moleman: The hero this city deserves. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 21:03
What You Can Expect When You Don’t Want to be Expecting - JD Jul 5, 20:52 7
- "Who's the father??" -- nm - Max Jul 5, 20:52 6
  - Who is the father -- nm - Abbott Jul 5, 20:55 5
    - What? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 21:01 4
      - What is the baby -- nm - Abbott Jul 5, 21:07 3
        
        I don't know -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 21:08 2
        
        Never reached third base. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 21:20 1
        
        L3 -- nm - mara Jul 6, 07:05
pfm only has a couple of weeks left to perfect the Jason Bourne single punch knockout. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 20:43 8
- It's not going well. I've invested a *lot* of time practicing, and only about 45% of the people go down - prayformojo Jul 5, 20:48 6
  - hee hee -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 6, 06:20
  - *tosses wrench* If you can punch a wrench you can punch anyone. -- nm - budice Jul 5, 20:57
  - *laughing* -- nm* - Diva Jul 5, 20:53
  - You can always followup with a right cross to avoid questions. -- nm - GregW Jul 5, 20:53 1
    - What's he practicing for, disco? -- nm - Max Jul 5, 20:53
  - Try horses. If you can take down a horse, you can take down a man. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 20:49
- left handed, yo -- nm - Max Jul 5, 20:47
ST is smarter: Why would my apartment's oven cause the circuit breaker to flip? - Qale Jul 5, 20:43 8
- is it an old building? it could be crappy wiring. have you asked neighbors about problems? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 5, 20:54 1
  - 1975 (Remodeled in 2001). It's only the 2nd time so I haven't asked yet, but I will along with reporting it again. - Qale Jul 5, 21:04
- The oven could be having a short, or it could just draw more power than it's supposed to. Try reversing the polarity. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 20:47 3
  - And check the dilithium crystals. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 20:48 2
    - Can I gender exchange the principals, because I'm not so sure that's going to work. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 20:50
    - Exactly. And if that fails, try turning it off and back on again. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 20:49
- If I run my microwave while my living area A/C window unit is running it's 99% sure to trip the circuit. - ty97 Jul 5, 20:45 1
  - This was definitely the situation when living with Colin in that 100+ year old home. The A/C is of course running. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 20:47
My brother was out dancing, phone in back pocket. Butt dialed/vmailed me, our dad, "a random office at work and Facetimed the secretary twice." - Max Jul 5, 20:42 8
- Damn, dat ass... -- nm* - Diva Jul 5, 20:54
- like, Martha Graham dancing? -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 20:53 1
  - Think more... Yeltsin. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 20:55
- Your brother has a talented butt. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 5, 20:42 4
  - Seriously, can we add my number to his phone? -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 20:43
  - It would be pretty sweet if he booked a flight that way. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 20:43 2
    - "Wait, middle seat?!? Seriously, WTF?" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 5, 20:47 1
      - Like any self-respecting ass would do that to itself? -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 20:50
Why do I have to watch Into the Blue whenever it's on? nm - Dignan Jul 5, 20:40 3
- also, i almost had a fun pixie fact about this movie but upon further review it's actually "Blue Crush" that i knew the producers of -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 21:10
- just dumb, i guess -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 20:45
- Because it's a very good Kylie song. -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 20:42

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