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Michael Banks apparently grew up to be an effin hipster -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 12:36 1
- is it just me or does that beard not look revolting? -- nm - JenBro Aug 15, 12:39
Payet on the bench makes no sense to me -- nm - CQ Aug 15, 12:31 2
- Euro fatigue? Seems like there are still several guys who aren't in top shape here at the start of the season. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 15, 12:38
- Hopefully he won't be subbed in. My fantasy squad will get the Diomande points if he doesn't play. *shrug* -- nm - CQ Aug 15, 12:34
All I know is the one thing that can stop radical Islam is a questionaire. - Beaker Aug 15, 12:24 1
- They only allowed to read one book -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 13:01
The US Considered Hiding Nuclear Weapons In Iceland (And Not Telling Iceland) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 15, 12:17 6
- Why do you think Andie's going there? Someone has to check on them. -- nm - jnine Aug 15, 13:54
- Do they have an abundance of hollow volcanos? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 13:04
- hide them under Bjork's dress. -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 12:22
- its like an Easter egg hunt on a grand scale -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 12:20 2
  - WMD Go -- nm - Loyola Aug 15, 12:24 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 12:24
Heh -- (link) - oblique Aug 15, 12:16 1
- That's clearly the same planet too. -- nm - Shaun Aug 15, 12:18
Work mini-rant. I wish people would stop giving me information for other people via yet other people. - Andie Aug 15, 12:15 3
- Somebody tell Andie for me that I"m totally with her on this. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 12:37 2
  - andie, PFM totally wants to get with you at TIFF -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 12:38 1
    - No, i told you to get Kraft not Jif! -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 12:41
Uhm... -- (link) - Spawn Aug 15, 12:10 26 1
- Please let Trump be the actual death throes of the GOP. Please. -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 12:38
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  - "... they all started when Clinton and Obama got into office." - Spawn Aug 15, 12:36 1
    - You know he meant Hillary, but he'll explain it to mean he meant Bill. -- nm - jnine Aug 15, 13:59
- god is he that desperate for a seat at the table? -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 12:33
- I mean, not to mention that people died in the 1993 WTC bombing -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 12:31 7
  - Pretty sure that Obama lost Vietnam for us. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:34 6
    - Maybe he does mean before Obama's birth. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 12:36
    - and helped Canada burn down the White House -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 12:35 4
      - what a funny way to spell Great Britain -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 12:38
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      - Ceaser never saw Obama coming. -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 12:36
      - Not to mention orchestrating the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 15, 12:36
- There's an event coming up where one of my partners is being honored. He is the speaker for the event. I just . . . can't. - pmb Aug 15, 12:24 1
  - I already did, but my respect for you continues. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:31
- I... just... no. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 12:20
- I despise everything about him. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 12:15
- I mean, he *wishes* that were true. - David Aug 15, 12:14
- but Obama caused 9/11 so it all works out! -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 12:14
- isnt there a term for when a group tries to rewrite history? if there isnt there should be. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 12:12 5
  - Wikipedia -- nm - Dano Aug 15, 13:01
  - Revisionist - though it's more usually applied in a different way (like, not so much re-writing as re-interpreting or providing an alternative focus) -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 12:15 1
    - Oh, or white-washing -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 12:16
  - revisionism. but this is more like gaslighting -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 12:13 1
    - And this isn't even the first time I've seen this particular sentiment. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 12:21
- the air at ground zero got him -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 12:11
things that confuse me today: the new star trek show. - tRuMaN Aug 15, 12:08
Rob Gronkowski left Monday's practice early after "pulling up" attempting to catch a pass. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:02
Seu Jorge is doing a Bowie-cover tour -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 11:56 2
- That guy! -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 12:07
- Nice. I rewatched Life Aquatic this weekend. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:59
so kilbo what do you think of NMS on the pc - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:52 8
- also, for PC users. There is an experimental Steam branch now -- (link) - oblique Aug 15, 12:18 4
  - (what is the experimental thing? I had read a few mentions of that elsewhere) -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 12:22 3
    - basically steam has the option to enable "beta" patches. It's in the properties for the game. If the author provides such a branch - oblique Aug 15, 12:23
    - patches to fix the frames per second issue i believe. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 12:22 1
      - there is a list in the link. Various CPU/sound/graphics issues. -- nm - oblique Aug 15, 12:23
- Oddly enough, having very few issues on my GTX 460. I can't tell if it's being sluggish because I don't have much to compare it to but my 1070 should - oblique Aug 15, 12:17
- - -- (link) - Ender Aug 15, 11:53 [Backboard] 1
  - i tried to search, but i guess NMS wasnt in the title. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:54
U.S. athletes run fast, jump high, throw hard — why are we so bad at handball? -- (link*) - Todd Manning - 151 days till Monster Trucks Aug 15, 11:49 22
- We're great at handball. They just play the wrong handball. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 12:19 1
  - This seems a lot like your excuse for football. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 12:28
- before we work on the handball gap, we should close the curling gap -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:59 5
  - I swear if you guys got a network to adopt Canadian curling coverage for US curling, it would do crazy good ratings throughout sweeps. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 15, 12:04 4
    - I and a lot of other Americans fall in love with it every four years. We really need to keep that enthusiasm up during the interim though. - crash davis Aug 15, 12:07 3
      - It's become a legit hot property for the two major sports networks to fight over. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 15, 12:15
      - Friday is (well, was) Curling Night on NBCSN -- nm - JD Aug 15, 12:12 1
        
        ah, I had no idea -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 12:13
- Because we have to be reminded every four years that it's actually a sport? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 11:56 3
  - this -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:56 2
    - Though I'm hoping for good things out of rugby in the future. -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 12:03 1
      - At least there is a score to keep, unlike say rhythmic gymnastics or synchro swimming -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 13:00
- Because there are more lucrative sports to play in America, and no one* grows up saying "I want to be the world's best handball player!" - IrishStephen Aug 15, 11:53 8
  - "I run fast and jump high. Hmm, WR, defensive secondary, or handball?" -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 12:09 1
    - heh -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 15, 12:14
  - To your IM..maybe that's the issue. We seem to be competitive in other niche sports that aren't financially lucrative. Archery for example - JD Aug 15, 11:57 4
    - As the owner of a local archery school said recently, archery is for the less-than-athletic kids. -- nm - GregW Aug 15, 11:59 3
      - Right. If you're a great athlete you tend to go into the big sports. Our best don't play soccer or badminton or handball. - Krusty Aug 15, 12:18 2
        
        but I've been told that THIS is the year of soccer! *signed Every Year* -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 12:21 1
        
        You know how I know soccer is hitting the big time? - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 12:24
  - this -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:53
- Because we have actual sports to play? -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 11:52
our IT guy is around the corner from my office. he's always been super quiet. now he has an office mate who is decidedly not -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 11:48
David news: Avatar coming to Disney theme parks before Star Wars! -- (link) - Remlik Aug 15, 11:44 3
- Signed, 2011. -- nm - David Aug 15, 11:53 2
  - But Cameron will be at Destination Disney to announce it! -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 11:57 1
    - He needs to work on important things like remastering True Lies! -- nm - Shaun Aug 15, 11:58
"Australia's Brandon Starc sets off a flurry of Game of Thrones jokes" -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 11:30 1
- Arya seems to be working on a summer biathlon. A mixture of parkour and fencing -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:43
As an alternate to a Beer 5K, I think we should have regional ST beer mile get togethers -- nm - JD Aug 15, 11:28
Anthony Wiener . . . dude -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 11:26 4
- I missed catching the film about him when it played at our film festival in TC - I thought it would be hilarious to see drunk. -- nm - JenBro Aug 15, 12:36 1
  - i highly recommend it, sober or drunk -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 12:37
- It's true, he looks a little like a mongoose. -- nm - Max Aug 15, 11:30 1
  - Comparing himself to a mongoose doesn't jibe with his affection for cobras. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 15, 11:32
LIR: decline's comment about docx is something I always forget - oblique Aug 15, 11:26 4
- the other thing is that windows 7 and beyond comes with a snipping tool which lets you just cut images out of docs - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:53
- The struggle is real. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:42
- yep, comes in handy at times -- nm - decline Aug 15, 11:32
- Yeah, I always remember you can do that with Mac docs but I forget that Word does that now as well. -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 11:32
I vote for Callisto in Astronauts, even if she doesn't think Spawn is awesome - crash davis Aug 15, 11:20 33
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- Dark Callisto votes for Dark Callisto too, but she knows we can't do that. -- nm - David Aug 15, 11:52 3
  - my vote a) Amoxy, b) Callisto regardless of eligibility, c) whoever will trade me Rawls -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:54
  - Dude. Happy wife, happy life. - Spawn Aug 15, 11:53 1
    - Please. I found her multiple rare Poke(wo)men over the past 10 days. -- nm - David Aug 15, 11:58
- I vote Amoxy (didn't he swap with someone years ago)? - Will Hunting Aug 15, 11:29 25
  - he moved to Caveman so pixie could feud with me and others, pixie then promptly quit after that season - crash davis Aug 15, 11:31 21
    - Yeah, that's a wrong we need to rectify. - Will Hunting Aug 15, 11:36 20
      - I would vote this, and CQ can begin as a Caveman (as another great Astronaut once did). -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:38
      - since I was somewhat involved in that, I have felt guilty every year when I see him get frustrated with the Caveman draft -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:38 18
        
        You should. - Will Hunting Aug 15, 11:45 1
        
        pfffft, you just don't like my awesome team -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:46
        
        what if he is the reason for the frustration? - groiny Aug 15, 11:39 15
        
        I have no idea how you guys get so tangled up -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:41 14
        
        Like 25% of the Caveman aren't ST active iirc, so sometimes they take *a lot* longer to pick. -- nm - Shaun Aug 15, 11:47 13
        
        We need to get a texting chain set-up for each league. - Spawn Aug 15, 11:49 9
        
        I can testify this works quite well. I did a draft last night and we had one guy out of state and another at work - decline Aug 15, 11:59 4
        
        On the BOP page we should put a text number list for each league. That way it is readily available as you see who picks after you. - Spawn Aug 15, 12:01 3
        
        yeah, I have a hard time with the team names sometimes -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 12:04 1
        
        Yeah, people with their cute names. They should wait until after the draft to do that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:05
        
        This seems like a good idea. -- nm - Shaun Aug 15, 12:04
        
        or just pay attention when it is fucking draft time -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:51 1
        
        Because that has worked so well for you guys so far? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:52
        
        yes, add another layer of potential miscommunication to the process -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 11:51
        
        If people are serious, GroupMe works really well for this. Notifies via text if you aren't in the app -- nm - oblique Aug 15, 11:50
        
        Like that's an excuse. Over in Vamps, Samara and shay are both super attentive to drafting. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 11:48 2
        
        Yeah, considering we were third-in, I've always thought we have a nice mix of people for the most part. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 15, 11:55
        
        I agree, it's a shit excuse, but *shrug* -- nm - Shaun Aug 15, 11:53
  - we can do a draft for the draft! -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:31
  - just cause Astronauts loses members please do not hijack from the other superior Divisions -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:30 1
    - ...says the guy who just tried to jump ship... -- nm - David Aug 15, 11:55
- or, because -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 11:23
- I second this emotion (except for the awesome part, as she knows). -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:22
JD and Miss Kelly (KellyKellyKelly) have trademail. ;) -- nm - samara Aug 15, 11:17 4
- Vamps: Rawls & Forte are on the trade block -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 11:36 1
  - *poof* -- nm* - Name Withheld by Request Aug 15, 11:40
- faustian bargains incoming -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 11:18 1
  - i love that!! -- nm - samara Aug 15, 11:34
How have I gone this far in life without trying Japanese curry? - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 11:16 16
- It's good but sweet, and definitely a lesser curry. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:26 1
  - Apparently the only brand that gets distributed here is only ok by Japanese standards - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 11:46
- next up, Mexican lutefisk -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:19 12
  - Chicago pizza -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:20 11
    - Winner, beats out my St Louis Bbq Haggis -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 12:06
    - I'm sorry, but pmb converted me to their way of thinking on that -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:21 9
      - the 3 hour pizza? -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:24 8
        
        a Chicago style from some place, I think it starts with an R -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:26 7
        
        It was Giordano's. -- nm - pmb Aug 15, 11:34 3
        
        ah, it was delicious -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:34
        
        well, there is an R in there, I guess. -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:34 1
        
        it is hell getting old -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:35
        
        Rosatis? -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:27 2
        
        I must be getting old. Right now, I honestly can't remember -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 11:28 1
        
        must be...... - groiny Aug 15, 11:30
- You almost made it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:17

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