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Star Trek Beyond: Simon Pegg "I respectfully disagree with George" -- (link) - Remlik Jul 8, 08:26
Today in Self-Pleasuring Political Punditry ("SP3") -- what if Trump wins the election and then quits? -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Jul 8, 08:25 2
- then his VP Ivanka becomes pres -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 10:41
- Best case scenario! -- nm - Ender Jul 8, 08:27
Damnit RC. Now I'm hungry. What's for lunch today? -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 08:22 7
- Strawberry compote with peanut and vegetarian oil reduction on evenly sliced whole grain artisan loaf -- nm - con_carne Jul 8, 08:29
- My usual salad from the cafeteria. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 8, 08:26
- shrimp papaya salad. -- nm - Diva Jul 8, 08:26
- steak bahn mi from Mendo -- nm - chubbers Jul 8, 08:25
- ML's on a diet. Salad & yogurt FTW -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 8, 08:24 1
  - Where FTW = For the wussies. -- nm - Shaun Jul 8, 08:25
- e. Coli burritos - decline Jul 8, 08:24
I'd take Wilmer over Nick - ty97 Jul 8, 08:19 3
- WTF? stop it -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 08:25
- haven't we seen enough insanity this week? -- nm - Diva Jul 8, 08:24
- that's the craziest thing you ever posted. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 08:19
Ignoring everything else going on in the world, I am focusing solely on one very critical question today ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 8, 08:03 17
- you'll regret it - con_carne Jul 8, 08:26
- Cheese, bacon, eggs, salsa, potatoes, sour cream...Why in the hell did you bother to post this?? - amoxy Jul 8, 08:12 2
  - Where do breakfast burritos come with sour cream? Or do you mean homemade? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 08:15 1
    - Local Taco stands do that. I also do it when i make them at home -- nm - amoxy Jul 8, 08:16
- Eat an entire watermelon -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 08:07 2
  - I have not found a decent watermelon yet this summer, just the usual seedless watermelon crap at the stores. - ReluctantCynic Jul 8, 08:10 1
    - btw, a taco bell breakfast grilled taco (egg and cheese) is only 170 cal - oblique Jul 8, 08:12
- (also - because you were up so early, you are burning extra calories today and therefore deserve, nay, NEED, that burrito. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 08:05 1
  - I agree with both you and Pippy. - ReluctantCynic Jul 8, 08:09
- no - save your cals for post work happy hour -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 08:05
- speaking of breakfast, i think i am going to do a 'breakfast picnic by the lake' for us tomorrow morning. - Andie Jul 8, 08:04 6
  - That sounds fantastic. - ReluctantCynic Jul 8, 08:08 5
    - the current plan (i need to shop after work) is probably pastries, orange wedges, grapes, coffee in a carafe, - Andie Jul 8, 08:11 4
      - likey -- nm - Diva Jul 8, 08:53
      - If we get Nick Jonas to join us, can we come? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 8, 08:15 1
        
        you guys can come even without NJ. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 08:17
      - You rock. :-) - ReluctantCynic Jul 8, 08:12
"New Blink-182 album and everybody's playing Pokemon WHAT YEAR IS IT" -- nm - con_carne Jul 8, 08:02 8
- it's not really Blink 182 though....... - groiny Jul 8, 08:08 7
  - not original members? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 08:27 1
    - Tom had to quit to help the government find aliens. He can't tell you about it or he might be killed. Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio has joined them, - jnine Jul 8, 08:29
  - yeah it is. I ran a live show they had for radio last week...they sounded good. -- nm - Remlik Jul 8, 08:25
  - I've put some time in with it and it's good not Emema of the State but much better than anything else after the plane crash - J Jul 8, 08:16 1
    - see, I liked the variance in voices between Tom and Mark, Matt and Mark sound pretty similar IMO. - groiny Jul 8, 08:21
  - With 1/3 less crazy! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 8, 08:15
  - that's ok. It's not *really* Pokemon -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 08:08
Wimbledon spoilers - David's iPad Jul 8, 07:58
wimbledon spoils - Reagen Jul 8, 07:58 1
- Absolutely. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 8, 07:59
I dunno about soothing and reparative but my retreat is running - JD Jul 8, 07:51
Well, I had a plan. But new information has screwed up my plan's timeline. Ugh. -- nm - sycor Jul 8, 07:50
Here is some good news: Buffalo Bills great Jim Kelly has no signs of cancer after biopsy -- (link) - Beaker Jul 8, 07:49 1
- woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 07:51
Sepp Blatter will go to sport's highest court on Aug. 25 to challenge his six-year ban from football -- (link) - Beaker Jul 8, 07:48
Recent British resignations: Cameron = Posh, Johnson = Baby, Hodgson = Sporty, Farage = Scary, Evans = Ginger -- nm - LMS Jul 8, 07:45 1
- And on the 20th anniversary of the release of "Wannabe"! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 8, 07:49
LYC. I am sitting at work with my sunglasses on, over my reading glasses. -- (edited) - Andie Jul 8, 07:44 6
- At least you look cool. :) -- nm - budice Jul 8, 07:57
- also did you give up on the summer HSX league - Epiphany Jul 8, 07:45 2
  - oh, i did, about week 3. having two ports meant i wasn't really paying attention to either. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 07:46 1
    - I know what you mean. I haven't opened my main port since I started - no time, no time -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 07:51
- there's nothing like warding off a migraine. - Mel Profit Jul 8, 07:45
- good job! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 07:44
Can we please just go back to the beginning of the week where the most controversial thing was me singing sexy songs with Nick Jonas? ffs -- nm* - Diva Jul 8, 07:36 16
- Monday was a more innocent time. - Andie Jul 8, 07:41 2
  - ik, r? -- nm - Diva Jul 8, 07:53
  - right? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 8, 07:42
- good times, good times - now is a good time to ask - Epiphany Jul 8, 07:41 12
  - he's cute but looks like my BIL so that makes me a skeeve. he can turn on the hawt once he starts performing, but was normally sort of softspoken and -- (edited) - Diva Jul 8, 07:53 3
    - gracias! I love celeb gossip -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 08:02
    - It may just be me but he's got a bit of the Joe Cocker head-tick while singing thing... - Mel Profit Jul 8, 07:55 1
      - hm - Diva Jul 8, 07:56
  - "you're gonna tell me what he smells like, you lil bitch." - Mel Profit Jul 8, 07:43 7
    - L4!! how rough were those Jonas fans? Mel has been traumatized -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 07:44 6
      - those lil girls were nasty. -- nm - Diva Jul 8, 07:54 3
        
        could you hear any of it from the stage? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 8, 07:55 2
        
        not specifically. it just sounded like the Shrieking Eels from 'Princess Bride' turned up to 111. -- (edited) - Diva Jul 8, 07:56 1
        
        I can not imagine an army of them, 50K strong doing that. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 8, 07:58
      - I was doing fine until the tweeners started yelling x-rated things at him. if there's one thing that can get heard over a crowd, it's... - Mel Profit Jul 8, 07:47 1
        
        *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 07:50
"Dallas gunman is ID'ed as Micah X. Johnson, 25. No known criminal history or ties to terror groups." -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 8, 07:33 2
- US Army vet. -- nm - jnine Jul 8, 08:25
- the baseball player? -- nm - groiny Jul 8, 07:43
I'll just leave this here for you all to feast your eyes upon -- (link) - decline Jul 8, 07:32 3
- Seems saner than usual. -- nm - Ender Jul 8, 07:39
- This is like the opposite side of the coin of Bill Murray. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 8, 07:35
- Ugh. A little warning next time -- nm - amoxy Jul 8, 07:33
Now that it's on Netflix, I was finally able to start Crazy Ex-Girlfriend last night. This is really an hour-long show??? -- nm - Ender Jul 8, 07:22
My 8 yr old niece introduced me to an app called Akinator. My family had a lot of fun with it while we were together in RI. The current daily challeng - kelly Jul 8, 07:18 28
- is it like the toy called The Magic Jinn? you think of an animal, food etc and he asks questions then tells you what you are thinking of - Beaker Jul 8, 07:53 2
  - Yup. -- nm - kelly Jul 8, 08:06
  - Or like the old "Guess the Dictator/Sitcom Character" website -- nm - Roger More Jul 8, 07:57
- Out of time. The answer was: - kelly Jul 8, 07:37 18
  - (I had played Trudeau, Reynolds, Dion and Bieber before seeing this. None were Top 5.) -- nm - kelly Jul 8, 07:46 7
    - this actually sounds super fun. is it ios? I just looked and only found akinator the genie. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 8, 07:51 1
      - That's the one. -- nm - kelly Jul 8, 07:53
    - Drake -- nm - Roger More Jul 8, 07:49
    - huh. JIm Carrey? Mike Myers? Ryan Gosling? Pamela Anderson? -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 07:48 3
      - William Shatner? Seth Rogan? -- nm* - Andie Jul 8, 07:48 2
        
        At this point I'm thinking it's more "obscure" folks. You're trying to stump the genie so he doesn't guess the character you're thinking of, so I'm - kelly Jul 8, 07:52 1
        
        oh, you aren't trying to guess the MOST guessed? -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 07:54
  - I would refuse to play this game just on the basis of that answer alone -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 07:42 2
    - Eh, it's how Family Feud works -- nm - Roger More Jul 8, 07:46 1
      - "We asked 100 dumbasses..." -- nm - Reagen Jul 8, 07:50
  - Bryan Adams! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 07:41
  - 'played' like they got served? -- nm - Diva Jul 8, 07:41
  - "Played"? Like Nickelback? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 07:40 1
    - Hmm. This works for both definitions. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 07:41
  - Bieber! Wayne Gretzy! Celine Dion! -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 07:38
  - alanis, bieber, ryan reynolds, trudeau, robin sparkles -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 8, 07:38 1
    - Gretzky was my first guess. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 8, 07:39
- Akinator has been around for years (and yeah it's fun!) :) -- nm - decline Jul 8, 07:23
- Franz Ferdinand? Julius Ceasar? -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 07:22 1
  - Both were guessed and both were wrong. The one I got was Mussolini. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 8, 07:48
- Gaddafi? -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 07:21 1
  - okay, so after i couldn't think of any more, i googled. I didn't know that Leon Trotsky was killed by an 'ice axe to the head." - Andie Jul 8, 07:23
- To answer your IM - oblique Jul 8, 07:20
I'm cool with Durant signing wherever he wants but where he lost me today was with his sneakers. - Krusty Jul 8, 07:16 1
- How much are they now? -- nm - Shaun Jul 8, 07:27
Don't new jobs reports usually revise the previous month's figure? -- nm - Mara Jul 8, 07:16 2
- This report revised May down by 11K -- nm - ty97 Jul 8, 07:16 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - Mara Jul 8, 07:18
Update: Spammy is in the Lou! Mafic is somewhere between Hong Kong and Vancouver - ty97 Jul 8, 07:16
Is this the first use of a deadly robot in US police history? -- nm - decline Jul 8, 07:14
also, I'd like to let you know that I'm now ranked 295 on the hsx. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 8, 07:10 15
- Brava! You moved past me as if I was in full reverse mode.. - Marlowe Jul 8, 08:38
- 422 -- nm - Volnelk Jul 8, 08:29
- 440 reporting. -- nm - MDH Jul 8, 08:02
- vntrading! -- nm - Diva Jul 8, 07:58
- bitch -- nm - gerald Jul 8, 07:57
- Nice going! -- nm - LMS Jul 8, 07:47
- woot! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 07:45
- 2653 -- nm - decline Jul 8, 07:31
- Nice! Rank 454 checking in! -- nm - Shaun Jul 8, 07:27
- You should totally add this to your business card. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 07:14 1
  - Capital idea. Her email signature too. -- nm - Mara Jul 8, 07:34
- can I touch you? -- nm - groiny Jul 8, 07:13
- BOOM! -- nm - ty97 Jul 8, 07:12
- Bra-Vo! *Claps very politely, but enthusiastically.* -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 07:11
- beastmode -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 07:11
remember when my department moved and I got a sexy new office with a window? - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 8, 07:10 7
- windows are pretty awesome -- nm - chubbers Jul 8, 07:59
- Windows are overrated, all the cake comes in through a door. -- nm - Ender Jul 8, 07:30 1
  - oh! and the suite to which we're moving has suite neighbors who *always* have food. so bonus. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 8, 07:38
- maybe it'll be warmer -- nm - decline Jul 8, 07:15 2
  - it is actually. we were just upstairs looking at the space. I am the only person who gets a door - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 8, 07:29 1
    - I'm sure you can find a little somethin' somethin' in the budget for a 80" tv for your wall that has a screensaver -- nm - decline Jul 8, 07:40
- basement? -- nm - groiny Jul 8, 07:11
Jill Stein offers Green Party ticket to Bernie if he wants it. -- (link*) - znufrii, dad. Jul 8, 07:09 10
- Jesus. Hopefully it's basically just a publicity stunt. -- nm - Mara Jul 8, 07:18
- I don't think he'll take it. -- nm - ty97 Jul 8, 07:16 1
  - He won't. Reports are he endorses HRC on Tuesday. - TWuG Jul 8, 07:20
- if i were Bernie, this would make the most sense to me. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 07:11 6
  - to get Trump elected -- nm - Bacon Jul 8, 07:11 5
    - *shrug* you guys created this choose-one-of-two system. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 07:13 4
      - I really dislike it. -- nm - groiny Jul 8, 07:25 1
        
        Ditto -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 8, 07:26
      - Damn their separation of powers! -- nm - Roger More Jul 8, 07:23
      - It is a suckfest of a system, but it's what we have and if Trump becomes President, Look out world. -- nm - Bacon Jul 8, 07:15
LIR: decline. Yeah. I couldn't hit anything while en route though I did get one while stopped at a light - oblique Jul 8, 07:05 1
- The pokeshop I hit this morning from work I was able just now to hit again (roughly 2 hours later) so they are at least that frequent -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 07:30
538: Trump may become the first Republican in 60 years to lose White College Graduate demographic -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 8, 07:03 1
- (even Goldwater won them by ~8 points) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 07:04

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