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Apple Event set for Sept 7th -- (link) - budice Aug 29, 09:23 3
- Been rumored for a while. New iPhones/iPads. Maybe new Macs. - spamlet Aug 29, 09:33
- It's a little early for the Christmas lights. -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 09:26
- Malibu Stacy is getting a new hat! -- nm - ML Aug 29, 09:25
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- There's a nice museum in Heraklion. -- nm - Roger More Aug 29, 09:32
- %$#&)%)$*&%*)@E&*%&@#)%@ -- nm - Andie si Aug 29, 09:20
- I've always wanted to go to Greece, let me know how it is! -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 29, 09:18 1
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been a while since we had one ... LUNCH POLL - JenBro Aug 29, 09:13 4
- leftover pizza, mostlty still cold -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 29, 09:28
- Starbucks coffee -- nm - budice Aug 29, 09:28
- I just eated breakfast -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 09:26 1
  - ketchup -- nm - JenBro Aug 29, 09:41
*takes the over* -- (link) - ML Aug 29, 09:13 3
- hm -- nm* - decline Aug 29, 09:15
- at least two of those don't seem very realistic -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 09:14 1
  - yeah, no way he gets 37 TD's -- nm - decline Aug 29, 09:15
Sing Street had one of the funniest visuals I've seen for a while...I was laughing really hard for several minutes (sp) - prayformojo Aug 29, 09:12 1
- also, I'd like to learn about Jim Carney's relationship with his brother -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 09:13
Speaking of quizzes, here is an important one we all need to take -- (link*) - ty97 Aug 29, 09:12
Pippy Alert: Charlie Hunnam from the weekend -- (link) - budice Aug 29, 09:07 4
- And jnine. He also has a movie IPOing today over there. -- nm - jnine Aug 29, 09:29
- YUM! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 29, 09:28
- you misspelt ty97. -- nm - ty97 Aug 29, 09:11 1
  - Wow. You have been working out. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:11
So, i just prebooked my day at the Blue Lagoon outside Reykjavik for this weekend. With lunch included, the day will cost more than our flights. -- nm - Andie Aug 29, 09:07 8
- I imagine half your luggage weight is going to consist of granola bars and trail mix -- nm - Roger More Aug 29, 09:17 1
  - I packed yesterday. I packed oatmeal (no joke), power bars and ramen noodles. -- nm - Andie Aug 29, 09:19
- the daycare bill for my dog was more than my flight to Denver last week :( -- nm - decline Aug 29, 09:16 1
  - :( -- nm - Andie Aug 29, 09:27
- Any nudity? -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 09:12
- send Lisa that bill -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 09:10 1
  - but then it won't get paid on time -- nm - decline Aug 29, 09:16
- Schweet. -- nm - budice Aug 29, 09:08
New Missouri law pushes divorce judges to establish equal child custody time -- (link) - spamlet Aug 29, 09:02 1
- even you, child molesters -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 09:11
Pew Political Party Quiz: Your answers show where you are on a sliding scale of various demos. -- (link) - MDH Aug 29, 09:01 17
- just to the left of independent. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 29, 09:31
- Huh, I'm a liberal. Not znu level liberal, but liberal :P -- nm - ty97 Aug 29, 09:20
- ugh, I hate binary questions (spoilers) - ty97 Aug 29, 09:17
- Shockingly, I'm as far to the left as you can be. - znufrii, dad. Aug 29, 09:11 2
  - Me as well. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 29, 10:59
  - Me too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 29, 09:15
- heh, on that one I was almost as far left as is possible -- nm - decline Aug 29, 09:08 2
  - This is me. I'm barely on the spectrum I'm so far left. -- nm - jnine Aug 29, 09:34
  - same -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 09:10
- weird that there was no gun control question -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 09:07
- Just to the right of Moderate Democrat. - spamlet Aug 29, 09:07 6
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    - Oh, I have no doubt which question put me there but it always does. -- nm - spamlet Aug 29, 09:15 2
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        *snort* -- nm - spamlet Aug 29, 09:32
  - Independent ML strikes again (the answers in that poll are far too simplistic) -- nm* - ML Aug 29, 09:09 1
    - Well, there's that too but I assume that's for a reason. -- nm - spamlet Aug 29, 09:10
Scientists exit Hawaii dome after year-long Mars simulation -- (link) - ML Aug 29, 08:59 6
- ...realize Trump is the GOP nominee and immediately high-tail it back inside -- nm - decline Aug 29, 09:11 4
  - Do we actually have any reason to believe they didn't know? They had some contact with family, I thought. -- nm - mara Aug 29, 09:22 1
    - way to ruin the joke Mara-the-Ruiner -- nm - decline Aug 29, 09:25
  - "wait....how many famous people have died in 2016?" -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 09:12 1
    - Prince and Bowie? And Ali? Eff it, we're going back to the lava tubes. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 09:13
- any pregnancies? -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 09:00
speaking of divorce, not sure how i feel about this. a writer i know has started a Go-Fund Me page to pay for a divorce attorney's $5k retainer - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 08:58 3
- does the significant other know? cause that would be a sweet link to sen their way -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 09:01 2
  - heh, they just paid all $5k of it. - Spawn Aug 29, 09:03 1
    - the ethical implications could be a little weird as well, since the attorney owes the duty to the person who pays the fee -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 09:08
Taylor Swift just doin Jury Duty in Tennessee today y'all -- (link) - budice Aug 29, 08:58 4
- The guy on trial is never ever ever ever going to be free again. -- nm - Max Aug 29, 09:47
- I like the dude in blue in that one pic, if he is in frame of the selfie she is taking. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:00
- I look forward to the songs about the 11 other jurors -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 08:59 1
  - and it's very timely, because she'll be able to crank out another full album in no time at all and fulfill her contractual obligations to the record - call me Ishmael Aug 29, 09:33
3 years ago was my last visit to DragonCon. I've been to 15 of them. Comicpalooza here was great that one time, not the same though. - Qale Aug 29, 08:56 4
- *scritch* -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 08:56 3
  - No, that'd be something like FURther CONfusion which I have not attended. - Qale Aug 29, 08:58 2
    - I always think of DragonCon as anime, but then remember it is not just that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:02 1
      - Yeah, if anything, it is pretty lacking in the anime department. -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 09:20
I've basically resigned myself to a 6th place finish in the summer ST challenge. I still feel pretty good about it. -- nm - volnelk Aug 29, 08:55 8
- Yeah, 1st and 2nd are likely locked in. 3rd is still a race. - Will Hunting Aug 29, 09:25
- I settled for top 10. I got too busy in August to keep up the battle with Pippy & Meg. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 29, 09:23
- I forgot my password to log in and do anything ... :( I'm in last place aren't I? -- nm - JenBro Aug 29, 09:10 1
  - c'mon man! -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 09:14
- I think there was a switch recently in the 3rd and 4th place - but yeah ty97 schooled all of us - So fun! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 29, 09:00 3
  - (maybe setup a new one starting Jan 1 to run through 2017) -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 09:00 2
    - ...and ban ty97 from joining. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 29, 09:24
    - I'd be down for it. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 29, 09:02
Not JLA, Batman movie? -- (link) - Spawn Aug 29, 08:52
we are now at peak Millennial Whoop -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 08:52
Facebook tells me that Bea Arthur is trending and I am perplexed. -- nm - ty97 Aug 29, 08:50 4
- Actually for a cool reason -- (link) - budice Aug 29, 09:00
- I had to use AdBlock to get rid of that trending area. It kept spoiling WWE PPVs. -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 08:57
- Femputer knows what's best for you. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 29, 08:56
- New movie. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 08:50
Current board post: Sceire, we're looking for you in the QV thread on BOP -- nm - rollo Aug 29, 08:43
Huma is finally leaving Weiner per Breaking News. -- nm - spamlet Aug 29, 08:35 36
- See Hillary, it's not that hard. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 29, 09:07 1
  - Nah, she would rather become POTUS. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:09
- Can't blame her. And while I don't absolve him (at all), he clearly has issues -- nm - ty97 Aug 29, 08:54 6
  - Let's not assume he's got 'issues'. He could just have Entitled White Man Syndrome - Will Hunting Aug 29, 09:06 5
    - I disagree, entirely. If something wrecks your world in epic fashion, you do not repeat it unless you can not help yourself. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:08 3
      - Up till now, what had he really lost? A job that paid good money - Will Hunting Aug 29, 09:11 2
        
        He also lost a mayoral election that he could have won. (and which could have been a steppingstone for him.) -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 09:13 1
        
        *ding* -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:29
    - I need to show strangers my junk! And dammit, that's what I'm gonna do!! -- nm - Weiner Aug 29, 09:08
- Her kid ended up in the Post because of this one. That would be most people's last straw. -- nm - Andie Aug 29, 08:52 11
  - How did this one happen? Did he tweet it publicly by mistake, or did the recipient make it public? -- nm - mara Aug 29, 09:01 5
    - The NY Post got the story, I'm guessing from the other party. -- nm - spamlet Aug 29, 09:03 4
      - He's apparently very easy to catfish. Political opponents and media have caught him several times leading up to this. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 29, 09:06 3
        
        This doesn't sound as much like a catfish as it seemed to be going on for a while. - spamlet Aug 29, 09:08 2
        
        I may have used the term incorrectly. I just mean it is said he falls for fake accounts fairly easily. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 29, 09:10 1
        
        No, you were right. I think that this was a real person as opposed to the media but I didn't read all that closely. -- nm - spamlet Aug 29, 09:12
  - speaking of the Post, I just started watching The Newsroom last night and didn't stop until after 5 episodes. - CQ Aug 29, 08:56 2
    - The Bin Laden episode is one of my favorite single episodes of any show ever. - volnelk Aug 29, 09:06
    - People get on Sorkin and it's definitely a liberalgasm but man I love that show. -- nm - ty97 Aug 29, 08:57
  - ik, r? ugggghhhh. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 08:54
  - There's that as well. -- nm - spamlet Aug 29, 08:53
- Ask me about my weiner! -- (link) - Beaker Aug 29, 08:52 [youtube] 1
  - Blake... yum. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 08:54
- she finally had enough Weiner -- nm - ML Aug 29, 08:49 1
  - Or she was finally tired of sharing her Weiner? -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 08:50
- NY News: No more Weiner for Huma? -- nm - budice Aug 29, 08:43
- If my friend Bill Burton wasn't happily married with kids I'd advise him to go get her. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 08:41
- this was the dick pic that broke the camels back -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 08:40
- After 3 public times, you pretty much have to, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 08:40 3
  - I'd imagine the campaign was...unhappy... about the timing of the latest reveal. -- nm - spamlet Aug 29, 08:44
  - the thing that cracks me up about him is that he always acts like *we* should be embarassed. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 08:42 1
    - The Germans have a word for this: Fremdschämen -- nm - Ender Aug 29, 08:46
- She'll be back. -- nm - Carlos Danger Aug 29, 08:40
- I look forward to her next fake marriage. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 29, 08:37 1
  - I volunteer as tribute! -- nm - con_carne Aug 29, 09:25
- good for her -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 08:36
Suckers will be suckers. -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Aug 29, 08:33
7 Films With Symbolism You Didn't Notice (And Can't Unsee) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 29, 08:30 3
- #7 wait wut -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 08:32 2
  - also #1 wait wut -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 08:35
  - it's the only thing the entire movie is about. That and running and screaming. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 08:34
FBI reports that foreign hackers have penetrated at least two state election systems -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 08:28 5
- "foreign hackers" - Spawn Aug 29, 08:43 3
  - I blame Hilary and her emails -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 08:43 2
    - don't forget the Clinton Foundation too -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 29, 08:45 1
      - and her private server - Spawn Aug 29, 08:46
- This is my shocked face. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 29, 08:42
I was too tired last night, so I couldn't watch The Night Of the night of. So, I'll have to watch it the following night -- (edited) - prayformojo Aug 29, 08:25 2
- Previously on The Night Of -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 08:30
- Like me every week with Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 08:27
Yeah - I'm sure Nerf and water guns and suction cup guns were a lot of fun back in the day, but not in this day and age and certainly not in this city -- nm - Jim Aug 29, 08:21 1
- The Lou ruined my childhood! -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 08:23
decline, I got a 2016 Jetta SE. - spamlet Aug 29, 08:20 3
- very nice :) -- nm - decline Aug 29, 08:33 2
  - The first time in my life I've written a check for a car. It helps to know we're getting the buyout in a couple of months. - spamlet Aug 29, 08:36 1
    - yeah, serious no-brainer. -- nm - decline Aug 29, 08:40
"Broncos announce Trevor Siemian is their new starting quarterback" -- nm - ML Aug 29, 08:19 14
- Browns be smiling with RGIII -- nm - budice Aug 29, 08:44
- Mark Sanchez should just retire now. If he can't beat out a rookie and a 3rd string 7th round pick 2nd year player. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 08:40 3
  - Dude can't hold onto the football. -- nm - Jim Aug 29, 08:59
  - "Sanchez did not play in the third preseason game, and it appears likely he will be cut this week." -- nm - ML Aug 29, 08:57
  - one would think, but there is always some team that will need a backup and this is more fun than mowing the lawn and selling insurance. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 08:43
- You just made up that name. -- nm - spamlet Aug 29, 08:21 7
  - "Mark Sanchez plans to sit on the bench in protest" -- nm - ML Aug 29, 08:22 6
    - Colin Kaepernick bench-buddy? -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 08:24 5
      - I keep thinking.." what a horrible precedent to set for yourself" - Epiphany Aug 29, 08:28 4
        
        woke mentality with the complexity of a second-grader's view of the world - ML Aug 29, 08:54
        
        Pretty sure when he is watching games at home he will not stand. - Spawn Aug 29, 08:29
        
        has Goodell suspended him yet? -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 08:29 1
        
        no but the team did some weird " rally the band wagon" type thing yesterday - - Epiphany Aug 29, 08:33
- Jerseys were still not available this morning, according to M&M. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 08:20
Jim, buy him this movie for Christmas/birthday -- (link*) - Beaker Aug 29, 08:17 2
- LOVED Gotcha! -- nm - Jim Aug 29, 08:19 1
  - Anthony Edwards looks so young! and has such nice hair! -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 08:20

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