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BREAKING NFL: Tom Brady will play -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 14:08 1
- *wet* -- nm - southies Aug 18, 14:14
Jon Stewart will appear on the final Nightly Show tonight -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 13:58
They took a while to get going, but Serbia is starting to make me look smart for picking them in the challenge. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 18, 13:58
Security guards in uniform pulled guns on Lochte and swimmers to get them to pay for damage to a soap dish and mirror. Rio police don't consider that - jnine Aug 18, 13:51 1
- They were drunk/high so not out of ghe question. - . Aug 18, 14:47
new Metallica.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 13:49 [youtube]
Whoohoo, I can now purchase a bottle of wine within walking distance from my house! -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Aug 18, 13:38 11
- We are *so* spoiled here. Grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores. - Meg Aug 18, 13:46 9
  - Funny you should mention this... - Diva Aug 18, 14:11 1
    - I think Dawson just booked his next trip to Boston. -- nm - . Aug 18, 14:46
  - Although I drive to Stater Bros for wine - get their 40% off 6 deal ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 13:59 1
    - *hic hic hic* :) -- nm - budice Aug 18, 14:10
  - Big ol Costco right there -- nm - budice Aug 18, 13:46 4
    - walking distance: every fast food outlet, but groceries? Mercado, Paldo World (korean/asian) and Groc Outlet/aka dented can outlet -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:49 3
      - grocery outlet bargain market? they used to be known for that kind of thing here, but some years ago they changed a lot. - b. Aug 18, 13:58
      - Megs Garden Grove Costco is a regional HQ. All the bigwigs hire car washers to wash their cars in the Costco parking lot -- nm - budice Aug 18, 13:51 1
        
        Full detail too -- nm - budice Aug 18, 13:54
- walking is good exercise -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:42
Wow, there was an actual pin in one of the women's wrestling gold medal matches. - David Aug 18, 13:33 2
- I saw a couple in judo which was impressive because you have to pin them for 20 seconds to get the maximum points. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 14:27
- Plenty of submission in Blood Feud -- nm - budice Aug 18, 13:45
Donaldo's (third) campaign manager found the perfect tax loophole -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 13:33 1
- He must have a pallet load of cash in off shore accounts if he can operate with liens on his assests here -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:42
MobileOSes: Android’s smartphone marketshare hit 86.2% in Q2 -- (link) - budice Aug 18, 13:28
Hey oblique, how many points did you score in your finals weekend last year? It's the last info I need to determine order. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 18, 13:27 2
- Astronauts, right? Looks like 99.60 per Yahoo -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 13:29 1
  - Thanks. We're locked now. Posting the SuperFeud draft order shortly. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 18, 13:33
Skyrim mod creates entirely new game, uses (some) professional voice acting. -- (link) - Tim Aug 18, 13:23
in case any computer games folks may be interested, "rayman origins" is free today. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 18, 13:21
grrr. my mom's lawyer won't make the trip to get get will / p.o.a./ quit claim / etc.... in order..... - groiny Aug 18, 13:18 8
- get another lawyer or exchange emails -- nm - budice Aug 18, 13:21
- Can you pick up? Courier? -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 13:19 6
  - since I just spoke to him, and he did not suggest that as a possibility, I would say no. - groiny Aug 18, 13:21 5
    - They have paperwork at most hospitals you can fill out and have witnessed. Can't your lawyer fax the paperwork to the hospital or send it over by - jnine Aug 18, 13:48 2
      - I think the issue is that I am asking him to do it, not my mom.... - groiny Aug 18, 13:50 1
        
        you wanna us to call in meg? - tRuMaN Aug 18, 14:01
    - Sorry. A shit lawyer is honestly the last thing you need to be dealing with. -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 13:22 1
      - agreed. this is awful. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 13:47
Georgia is woke -- (link*) - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 13:11 3
- The percentage that think it's very likely the election is rigged is disturbing. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 18, 14:35
- Getting more and more curious what Gary Johnson's national vote total ends up being. - Tim Aug 18, 13:19 1
  - it was pointed out last election these 3rd parties polled 6% but only got 1% -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:32
Women's Volleyball US/Serbia results spoilers - David Aug 18, 13:01
No Man's Sky is offensive to women -- (link) - oblique Aug 18, 12:56 22
- Why can't Univision shut down jezebel, too? - IrishStephen Aug 18, 13:54 1
  - word -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 14:23
- Let's step back from the obvious replies a moment. I'm curious if the women of ST are offended by the term mankind representing everyone. - David Aug 18, 13:00 16
  - I'm not thrilled by it, but until there's a better alternative I can live with it. - . Aug 18, 14:39
  - no -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 13:14
  - Nah. -- nm - kelly Aug 18, 13:06
  - not offended, but I appreciate when more neutral terms are used for various things. - b. Aug 18, 13:05
  - I'm not sure "offended" is accurate. It seems pretty obvious to me that the definition you refer to is the result of patriarchal culture, though. And - mara Aug 18, 13:04 11
    - Asking as a writer, what's a term you'd prefer? Humankind? A different word/phrase? -- nm - David Aug 18, 13:06 10
      - It depends on the context, but speaking generally "humanity" is probably the best. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 13:16 9
        
        Okay, thanks to you and everyone else who replied. -- nm - David Aug 18, 13:26 1
        
        "meat popsickle" is unacceptible? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:34
        
        In Portuguese, that's the word used.. "Humanidade"".. - Marlowe Aug 18, 13:23 6
        
        Does the masculine supersede the feminine in Portuguese? - Roger More Aug 18, 13:34 5
        
        It's the same in Portuguese.. - Marlowe Aug 18, 13:40 2
        
        humanidade and homem would both come from the Latin 'homo', which means man or human being. -- nm - Roger More Aug 18, 13:52 1
        
        Implying what we all know, that women are something else completely.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 18, 14:03
        
        That's an interesting larger question. Internationally, which national languages demonstrate equality? -- nm - David Aug 18, 13:36 1
        
        Looking at wiki, Danish and Swedish used to have three genders - male, female and neutral - but over time the male and female genders were merged into - Roger More Aug 18, 13:55
- "Oh. Sorry, women. Did you want to be denied the sky, too?" -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 12:58
- but if it no MAN'S sky than that means it is a WOMAN's sky... -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 12:57 1
  - But didn't Firefly tell us that you can take our land take our love but you can't take the sky away -- nm - eag Aug 18, 13:08
I talk about my little corner of the world having a small town feel but this morning has been ridiculous..... - Meg Aug 18, 12:54 6
- patrons picking up bags of foreign cash, yeah treat with great *respect* though normally its Columbian pesos -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:47
- they know better than to *not* have your stuff ready. they like breathing. -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 13:18
- Fear -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 13:15
- Meg, they *know* you. - Spawn Aug 18, 13:08
- the manager may have had to nab the money; but, still, that's amusing. :) - -- nm - b. Aug 18, 13:01 1
  - Possibly, but everything I was told indicated that without Veronica it couldn't happen. -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 13:14
Blade Runner: Jared Leto joins the cast... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 12:53 15
- Well my interested just went from "meh" to "well, I guess I'll avoid that dumpster fire". -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 12:54
- Was he tricked into it? -- nm - David Aug 18, 12:54 13
  - He was told it would be like Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 13:01 12
    - I wonder if he thinks he was tricked into sucking, too. -- nm - David Aug 18, 13:02 11
      - Remember the ads that came out that started with his laughter, and the WB emblem twisted with each one? - Spawn Aug 18, 13:07 10
        
        I would imagine the Joker-intensive version of SS throws under BvS. -- nm - David Aug 18, 13:08 9
        
        see, I would buy this more if you were not harshing on him before even seeing the movie. -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 13:19 6
        
        My early opinions have little impact on watching the product. - David Aug 18, 13:25 5
        
        I find it is very hard to believe as hard as you railed on him pre-viewing, that you would ever.... - groiny Aug 18, 13:28 4
        
        Counterpoint: I've never liked him as an actor, but I voted him Best Actor for Dallas Buyers Club. - David Aug 18, 13:33 3
        
        sure, but you judged him before you even saw the movie, and that is my point. - groiny Aug 18, 13:38 2
        
        I agree it was a no-win situation. That's why I felt including him was a mistake. - David Aug 18, 13:39 1
        
        which goes back to Harley Quinn. If you wanna completely ignore her origin or not..... - groiny Aug 18, 13:42
        
        The non-Joker-intensive version of SS throws under BvS. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 13:11 1
        
        again, like Fantastic Four, I think what we saw is damn near a totally different movie than what Ayer intended - groiny Aug 18, 13:22
Krusty News: Dad finds kids’ pot brownies, eats four, insults family cat -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 12:49 2
- The cat will be getting revenge later. -- nm - . Aug 18, 14:34
- it's like a glimpse into the world of bizzaro-pixie -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 13:11
LYC: ebates worked for the computer purchase. 10% back - Beaker Aug 18, 12:48 2
- There's a Chrome extension that works fairly well. -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 13:22
- woo. (and yes, I've been pushing them and their like since at least 2001. ;p) -- nm - b. Aug 18, 13:07
LYC: Switching the whole family over to iCloud calendars. Tired of dealing with Google/Outlook sync and appointment issues - oblique Aug 18, 12:43 4
- I think the issue there was Outlook. My family has no issue with sharing or updating multiple - TWuG Aug 18, 12:51 1
  - it's cross platform issues for sure. iPhone does not like any activesync'ed calendar (outlook.com). I like Google but it is just easiser - oblique Aug 18, 12:54
- but what about your shoes? -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 12:48 1
  - it is going to take some getting used to. the dark color looks weird to me -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 12:53
what is with these horrible word constructions? - x Aug 18, 12:35 4
- It's an abomination of language. It's an abominaguage. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 12:50
- hydeposts are hydey -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 12:50
- SEO, baby! -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 12:43
- *shudder* -- nm - b. Aug 18, 12:36
Now you not only don't have to go out to your car to start it, you don't even have to make the effort to push the little button. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 18, 12:33 2
- I realized the other day that I'm unlikely to turn a key in an ignition ever again. - David Aug 18, 12:54
- Tesla has an app for that - TWuG Aug 18, 12:53
Jack Dawson, stock prices of private prison corps fell off a cliff today after Justice announced stopping use of them by Feds - zeitgeist Aug 18, 12:28 15
- This...didn't go here. -- nm* - David Aug 18, 12:56
- 0 games -- nm - Goodell Aug 18, 12:45
- I'm pretty sure we knew this was coming. I remember something about that they were looking at this. -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 12:42 1
  - Hillary talked about it a lot the past few months, and the Dems put it in their platform prior to the convention. -- (link) - mara Aug 18, 14:33
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  - Can I send Lochte conspiracy theories using that? -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 12:43
  - that is pretty cool -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 12:42
- link -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 18, 12:31 4
  - eh, here's the actual one month chart that shows the precipitous drop came after the announcement. then click to see the 5 day, as well. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 18, 12:35 3
    - ^that's CXW (and you have to click for one month, sorry) - here's GEO, same thing. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 18, 12:38 2
      - So the actual drop before the announcement was noticable but not dramatic like the week of, then the viral whoa today -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 12:45 1
        
        not even that noticeable - check their 1-year chart, it's had more movement than the recent along the way. -- nm - b. Aug 18, 13:00
- what ya gonna do, put us in prison? -- nm - Inside Trader Aug 18, 12:30 1
  - what are they going to do with all the detainees now held in GEOS prisons for the INS? we have a major site in the port of Tacoma, they just expanded -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 12:32
- People in the " know" - knew. apparently. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 12:29
James Harrison, Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers have agreed to interviews in the NFL's PED probe -- nm - budice Aug 18, 12:23 1
- *flex* -- nm - Goodell Aug 18, 12:23
boston PSA: Hillary and Cher are in P'town this Sunday -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 12:20 4
- And I'm not. I've become the worst hag. -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 12:25 3
  - weekends need to be 4 days, not two. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 18, 12:39
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    - Fire Island is this Saturday -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 12:42
Pizza run complete - and they didn't even invite me to stay for a slice :( -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 12:20 9
- they saved you from yourself -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 12:34
- how long did it take to drive to Chicago? -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 12:22 7
  - probably shorter than it took when we waited -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 12:40 2
    - *snort* - Epiphany Aug 18, 12:43 1
      - it should have been, they flew in an actual Guido to make it. -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 12:46
  - Guess you missed last night's discussion :) -- (link) - Meg Aug 18, 12:27 [Backboard] 3
    - yeah, I've been a bit busy! -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 12:28 2
      - Oh, I know :( -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 12:36
      - slacker -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 12:30
WWE: Eva Marie has been suspended 30 days for a Wellness Policy violation. -- (edited) - Tim Aug 18, 12:17 1
- That walk down to the ring will take *forever* now. -- nm - David Aug 18, 12:20
You all won't be laughing when my Food Boat concept takes off. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 12:15 5
- I will meet you halfway with a Blood Feud Boat. - Spawn Aug 18, 12:40
- "How fresh is the fish?" *points to water* -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 12:34
- So it's a somber theme. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 12:28 1
  - zing -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 12:29
- yum -- nm - random shark Aug 18, 12:17
Lochte Him Up! -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 12:14 5
- This Olympics is great fun. The president of the Irish Olympic council was arrested to and he's currently down a pit somewhere in Rio being fed slop - Loyola Aug 18, 12:19 4
  - Dwarf man still making noise! -- nm - Mord Aug 18, 12:21
  - "beats Irish food." -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 12:19 2
    - Irish breakfast is the effin bomb. -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 14:15
    - Go eat an acorn. -- nm - Loyola Aug 18, 12:35

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