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Miles Teller is this generation's John Cusack. apt? -- nm - Max Aug 18, 22:21 4
- Minus the charm, sure. nm - Dignan Aug 19, 01:04 1
  - Exactly what I was going to say. -- nm - andie Aug 19, 05:04
- An angry alcoholic? nm - ralph wiggum Aug 18, 22:55
- (Logan Lerman, soon) -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 22:30
So much dim sum for lunch. Need a nap. -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 22:11 1
- I bet the dimsum you had was better than what I ate today. I was at a bland Cantonese restaurant for lunch -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 22:38
I really do lead a charmed life. So - my trip update? Aus/NZeal/Fiji? Details inside - JenBro Aug 18, 21:53 6
- woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 06:08
- the Yasawa islands were the best part of Fiji that's close to the main island. it's a little archipelago that stretches NE from the main island. - mafic Aug 19, 02:37
- maybe you can have lunch with some slackers in LA -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:41 1
  - I am counting on meeting up! Could do lunch/dinner/happy hour/movie? -- nm - JenBro Aug 19, 01:39
- you dopin! -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 22:30
- So jealous. -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 22:12
Madison Bumgarner is 1 of 3 players (Stanton, CarGo) ever to hit HRs off of Kershaw, deGrom, Greinke. -- nm - budice Aug 18, 21:46
So - should we expect Bolt to transition to bobsledding? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 21:36 1
- He's hoping to be put out to stud -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:54
"The waters off the California coast are terrorized by Meg" -- (link) - budice Aug 18, 21:35 1
- We still have to wait a whole year and a half for that? It's one movie I *really* want to see :) -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 21:38
So west coast catching up to end of Decathalon. I look like that after my one and only activity is the 1500 meters and I'd be thrilled if I did within -- (edited) - JD Aug 18, 21:09
This beach volleyball match is fun. -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 20:43
What concert is Andie at? -- nm - Bacon Aug 18, 20:36 1
- Tragically Hip. -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 20:42
McDonald's: Company to Remove Fitness Trackers From Happy Meals After Skin Rash Reports -- nm - Bacon Aug 18, 20:33
Reports from the Floor. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 20:27
Doubt is the only twenty one pilots song I can say I like, but it's not one they put on the radio. I'm hipstering the hipsters, what the hell? -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 20:20 3
- No love for Heathens or Stressed Out? -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 18, 21:42 2
  - Stressed Out suffered from being one of the most overplayed songs in history. - Qale Aug 18, 21:56 1
    - Ah. I rarely listen to the radio (outside of a morning show) so I'd never heard it until I d/l Heathens and was checking out some of their other - IrishStephen Aug 18, 22:08
Starting to look at what to pack for Toronto, but should probably wait 'til a day or two before I leave. - Meg Aug 18, 20:17 3
- A friend is giving me free ferry tickets to take you to Mackinaw Island!!! Woo! - JenBro Aug 18, 21:56 2
  - Very nice!!!!!!! -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 22:10 1
    - For sure bring a pair of jeans & a sweatshirt ... the straits of Mackinaw can have a chill in the air! -- nm - JenBro Aug 19, 01:40
*nearly trips over a crockpot of bean casserole sitting in the middle of the floor* ... *looks at it quizzically and scratches his head* - ReluctantCynic Aug 18, 19:54 5
- He worked really hard on it. -- nm - Diva Aug 19, 03:51
- The Slowcooker Poltergeist? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 20:12 2
  - Or CNM has a new tactic. -- nm - . Aug 18, 20:13 1
    - Crockpot Nekkid Mel. I think you're onto something. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 20:15
- do you need a doctor, lawyer, spoon or cold beer? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 19:59
the first olympics that i remember watching was in 1972....(track spoils) - x Aug 18, 19:36 15
- 1972 hostages, black ski mask peering over the balcony -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:45 1
  - nevermind -- nm* - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:48
- I remember my parents talking about a UFO landing on the field in the (opening?) ceremony of 80 or 84 - Max Aug 18, 21:09
- 1976 for me. Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 20:21
- 1968. Remember Black Power and a really, long, jump. -- nm - zunk Aug 18, 20:14 3
  - I keep thinking I saw that, but I've seen that film clip so often. - . Aug 18, 20:18
  - that's where Fosbury debuted the Flop -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:15 1
    - Right! I forgot about that. -- nm - zunk via drone Aug 18, 20:22
- Tokyo, 1964 -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:01 4
  - Well done. Even I was like -5.5 years old for those games - JD Aug 18, 20:08 3
    - do you remember Claudia Cardinale getting a gold medal for Downhill Shooting :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:23 1
      - that was SNL -- nm - . Aug 18, 20:35
    - BEELEEY! -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 20:09
- i remember 76 Montreal only b/c of the closing ceremonies, when they showed the Kremlin in anticipation of 1980 - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 19:37 1
  - Isn't that what got the Goodwill Games going? -- (edited) - . Aug 18, 19:50
Olympics: "Man dude is awesome." -- (link) - budice Aug 18, 19:36
Disqualification for one false start is brutal. -- nm - . Aug 18, 19:31 5
- It's better than it was. You would have 3 different guys false starting one after another and the dudes got gassed just from starting 5 times before - Bacon Aug 18, 20:30 1
  - last time it was one false start and everyone was on notice, this year no slack period, but it keeps anyone from gaming the gun -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:52
- seriously ... that dude that got DQ'd a little while ago tonight was all shades of tore up -- nm - call me Ishmael Aug 18, 20:18 2
  - yesterday the first of a relay team false started in the final and got the whole team of 4 eliminated -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:53
  - Yep, and one or two others. I know its been used as a psych out tactic, but it's also simply a mistake. -- nm - . Aug 18, 20:34
USOC releases new statement on alleged robbery incident, says "behavior of these athletes is not acceptable" & apologizes to Rio -- nm - budice Aug 18, 19:29 1
- Next time don't say anything to mom until everyone gets home. -- nm - . Aug 18, 19:52
Now drinking....Nitro coffee. Yum. -- nm - . Aug 18, 19:26
Normally I don't like these particular jokes about trump, but this one is particularly well-crafted -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:18 3
- ahem..... -- (link) - . Aug 18, 19:22 [Backboard] 2
  - Ah, sorry -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:23 1
    - It is a a fine example of spokesperson speak. -- nm - . Aug 18, 19:25
NYT: Hillary testified to the FBI that Colin Powell advised her to maintain a private email system -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 19:18 4
- Did Colin Powell maintain a private email system/server? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 19, 04:01
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  - i don't think she would have said it to the FBI without confirming that was Powell's own recollection. he can independently confirm it - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 19:58 1
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Only thing that's annoyed me about GoT s6 so far: - mafic Aug 18, 19:06 3
- there aren't enough weiners. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 19:37 1
  - Word. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 18, 19:55
- There's a two-fold explanation from what I understand.... Spoils - Name Withheld By Request Aug 18, 19:14
Mens 200m spoilers - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:02 3
- spoils... - budice Aug 18, 19:04 2
  - Thing is.. - . Aug 18, 19:48 1
    - Spoils. - JD Aug 18, 19:57
when the internet realizes you're playing tennis on a greenscreen -- (link*) - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 19:01 2
- I pointed this out on day 1 for basketball - it was green like an Irishman puked everywhere on st paddy's day -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:22
- That's phenomenal. -- nm - David Aug 18, 19:19
amazing to me: 4 guys in a relay race are faster than 4 individual 100m times - zeitgeist Aug 18, 18:58 9
- If it is any consolation, your thinking works as soon as leg distance is anything above 100m - JD Aug 18, 19:10
- How is it amazing then when you explain it fully in the IM? - Shaun Aug 18, 18:59 5
  - Just think about what Bolt's 100M time would be if he could get a 10M running start. -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 19:08 4
    - And was strapped to a Sidewinder missile. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 19:11 1
      - Which would slow him down over first 100 meters of Sidewinder flight - JD Aug 18, 19:13
    - And if he didn't have the .15s reaction time -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:09 1
      - And if he loved Hillary -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 19:12
- All about your IM -- nm - JD Aug 18, 18:59 1
  - no treble -- nm - Strongbad Aug 19, 04:23
Olympics: Lesdoggg wont date a dude who throws a sphere. -- (link*) - budice Aug 18, 18:51 5
- that rules out pitchers and soccer goalies -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 19:04
- Shot putters are the worst. Though I suppose technically they don't throw. -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 18:55 2
  - It's a bunch of guys who look like Hodor. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 19:01 1
    - This sounds like you're disagreeing with mafic. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 20:20
- (spear) -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 18:53
Dumbest olympic commentary of the night: "will Bolt break the magical 19 second barrier tonight?" Don't know much about sprinting, eh? -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 18:48 2
- Now is it just the 19 barrier or is it the 19.19 barrier? - . Aug 18, 19:28
- "Will Bolt sprout wings and fly around the stadium?" -- nm - Equally plausible Aug 18, 18:50
Men's Beach VB bronze spoiler - JD Aug 18, 18:47
Big Brother eviction spoiler - Peglegpete Aug 18, 18:46
Start the debate, media clowns. - Shaun Aug 18, 18:43 5
- amazing, amazing, amazing...nm - x Aug 18, 18:47 4
  - Spoils - Shaun Aug 18, 18:49
  - Him and Phelps should fight -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 18:49 2
    - *nods approvingly* -- nm - Godzilla scientist Aug 18, 18:51
    - I can arrange this -- nm - Dana White Aug 18, 18:49
MIL had never heard of Usain Bolt before. - Reagen Aug 18, 18:43 5
- "Cant see in the dark." -- nm - budice Aug 18, 18:56
- That's impressive. -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 18:51
- many of these I read as ML instead of MIL - prayformojo Aug 18, 18:45 1
  - Yikes - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 18:48
- She doesn't grill...on the grill. - Shaun Aug 18, 18:44
Men's 200m spoils - Shaun Aug 18, 18:39 1
- As for the winner... - budice Aug 18, 18:42
Silver! -- nm - mud Aug 18, 18:38 1
- Hyo? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 18:41
I had half a mind to run to get my phone so you all would believe me, but I swear that someone left a pair of Henry Kissinger glasses in the restroom - prayformojo Aug 18, 18:34 2
- "that's a right triangle, you idiot!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 18:42
- pic or it didn't happen. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 18:36
Men's 200m coming up! -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 18:33 1
- psyched...nm - x Aug 18, 18:36
Devious Maids spoiler - . Aug 18, 18:30
Game of thrones season 1 spoils - Beaker Aug 18, 18:24 1
- as a non-book reader, I also loved it -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 18, 18:43
Trump should love that. 400m women's hurdles spoils -- (edited) - Shaun Aug 18, 18:20 2
- that was impressive...nm - x Aug 18, 18:25
- 400M Hurdles. - Diva Aug 18, 18:24
9 year olds suck at soccer, that is all -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 18:19 8
- Logan is pretty good. I wish he liked it more. Dodge-ball is the only sport he likes to play. - Spawn Aug 18, 18:42 1
  - that wrench throwing practice we held for him seems to be working -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 18:50
- They suck at lots more than that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 18:24 5
  - it was parents vs kids. My wife kept getting mad as I was playing goal and made them work for it... - Beaker Aug 18, 18:26 4
    - ha. ya gotta make 'em work for it... - x Aug 18, 18:28 3
      - that was my thought, they aren't dumb, they can tell when someone let's them win so the goal scorers earned it - Beaker Aug 18, 18:31 2
        
        James Harden approves -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 18:33 [youtube] 1
        
        Goodell just suspended me 4 games for some damn report -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 18:35
"crockpot full of bean casserole" ruins many many many many things all at once -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 18:15 1
- he worked on it all day and was really proud of it. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 18, 18:40
Brady watch: cut himself. cut himself bad -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 18:14
We've been through this song and dance before. Bing's reward program is now changing, expanding to Edge Browser, Microsoft Store, etc. - Qale Aug 18, 18:13 3
- good thing I have almost 4000 Bing points. -- nm - Tim Aug 18, 18:15 2
  - i have like 140k Verizon Wireless rewards points. i try to use them for hotels but the prices are no better than if i just reserve a room normally -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 18:34 1
    - I've got, like, 1281 Hand Job Hank points, but I'm still a thousand away from being able to cash those in. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 18:36
Heh Semenov. -- nm - budice Aug 18, 18:13
sure, *now* they fucking hit . . . -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 18:11
sitwap: Amber Heard donates the $7 Mill settlement she got from Depp to help battered women and sick kids... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 18:08
Fuck. Let's never do that again. -- nm - Every Decathlete Ever Aug 18, 18:07 6
- Seeing as it's his second Olympics and a same for a few others. More than a few have. -- nm - . Aug 18, 18:27
- I never realized that the points come from distances and times and not what place they get. That's a unique difference. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 18, 18:21 3
  - Yeah, you basically never get to back off. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 18:24
  - Yeah, basically so you don't want to go easy if you know you're winning. - mafic Aug 18, 18:23 1
    - Even then. I guess the only event that one could safely use a head to head strategy is the final 1500 - JD Aug 18, 18:58
- heh -- nm - mud Aug 18, 18:09

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