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WWE: Mick Foley dropped 83 pounds since starting DDP Yoga in Jan. -- nm - Remlik Sep 6, 10:20 1
- wow, good for him -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 10:21
The description for last night's Monday Night RAW mentions the word The Authority. Boo!! -- nm - Qale Sep 6, 10:13 1
- Also: I got to level 13 of Survival mode of Fallout 4 before I realized I just can't hack it. I should probably do the game just in regular mode first -- nm - Qale Sep 6, 10:17
Why Warcraft 2 may not even play in the US -- (link) - ML Sep 6, 10:13 1
- just lucky, i guess -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 10:13
Summing up today's polling: Trump is +2 nationally, leads in Ohio, is losing in Texas and is only +2 in Mississippi. - ML Sep 6, 10:05 7
- Month long poll samples - yeah, those are pretty valid... -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 10:12 2
  - Looks like surveymonkey is following Ipsos's lead - znufrii, dad. Sep 6, 10:17 1
    - Also, side note: I'd really like 538 to include the margin of error and confidence interval for the polls they list. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 6, 10:19
- or, +6 Clinton nationally -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 10:08 2
  - That 2nd graph... no way in hell Gary Johnson pulls ~12% of the national popular vote -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 10:13 1
    - he's just a proxy for many undecided voters at this point -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 10:16
- Let's predict as many different things as possible, that way *something* will be right come November. -- nm - Pollsters Sep 6, 10:06
LYC: I'm currently writing a letter of recommendation for a former professor of mine trying to get tenure at a university - Strongbad Sep 6, 09:58 3
- I'm kind of surprised that 'tenure' is still a thing. Where else can you have a guaranteed job for life regardless of how well/poorly you do your job? - Shaun Sep 6, 10:00 2
  - It's slowly going away. - Strongbad Sep 6, 10:05
  - the judiciary, occasionally -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 10:01
Looks like Monsanto is going to sell to Bayer. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 6, 09:50 3
- whoa -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 10:06
- Huge. -- nm - Diva Sep 6, 09:51 1
  - ...if true -- nm - Epiphany Sep 6, 09:56
Bill Cosby due in court as sex assault case heads to trial -- (link) - Beaker Sep 6, 09:42
ST Parents Poll: How young is to young for a cell phone? -- (link) - Beaker Sep 6, 09:40 16
- High School has generally been the threshold for ours. -- nm - landbeck Sep 6, 10:18
- When do you want them to share inappropriate selfies? Cause that's how you get inappropriate selfies. -- nm - Qale Sep 6, 10:15
- Ours got theirs in middle school. About the time they started doing after school activities, sports, band, etc. -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 10:09
- I think it depends on the situation. For instance - does your kid walk to and from school? Do you live in a neighborhood - Jim Sep 6, 10:05
- By high school....so 13 or 14. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 6, 10:00
- I don't know, the boys got a tablet when they were 7 and 5 (for Christmas from the grandmas) and they live for those things... - IrishStephen Sep 6, 09:58
- I wanna say around 13 is when I got my daughter hers. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 09:52
- It depends. We got ours one when she started staying at home by herself because we don't have a landline. - spamlet Sep 6, 09:47
- I'm targeting 12 or 13 in my head, but who knows how much things will change between now and then. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 6, 09:44 1
  - Emperor Trump will make all Americans have implants to continuously watch his 24 hour reality show Running the Nation -- nm* - Beaker Sep 6, 09:45
- I have no clue. I'm gonna say they get one in 8th grade -- nm - CQ Sep 6, 09:44
- I didn't get my first one until I was 30. Somehow I survived my teen years and college and law school -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 09:43 2
  - But "surviving" is living to die in fear. -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 09:44
  - (I still don't have one) -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 09:44
- we are getting one for our about to turn 13 year old for her birthday (entering 8th grade) -- nm* - Beaker Sep 6, 09:41 1
  - I don't see anything wrong about that. -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 09:44
Apple engineer who masterminded transition to Intel processors unable to get a job at their in-store Genius Bar -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Sep 6, 09:36
Battlebots Quarterfinals spoilers - Ender Sep 6, 09:34
Leaked footage of Spawn playing Trials. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 6, 09:33 [youtube] 10
- was he the one in front, back, or middle? -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 09:43 1
  - The one who FoH'ed off the map :) -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 10:07
- No, I do not snipe PvP. (But it might look a bit like that if I did). -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 09:40
- this is how you do it..... -- (link) - groiny Sep 6, 09:39 6
  - David was the decoy I guess..? -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 09:45 5
    - hard when he was probably on the other side of the map. - groiny Sep 6, 09:51 4
      - After a decade of trying to get everyone to play as a team, I've decided it's three strangers trapped in a room with me. - David Sep 6, 10:09 3
        
        I got to 6-0 on trials again, we mud stomped everyone up until game 7. - groiny Sep 6, 10:21
        
        I have a specific plan in trials, and I try to follow it as much as possible. - groiny Sep 6, 10:14 1
        
        caveat on the heavy round one.... - groiny Sep 6, 10:16
In a statement accompanying the release of surveillance video from inside the sheriff's office, the the Greene County Sheriff said they treated BrockTurner like any other sex offender. - Ender Sep 6, 09:30
Pats: "FWIW, the helmet currently hanging at Brady’s locker does have an NFL sticker on the back" -- nm - budice Sep 6, 09:19 1
- A serious question, did they bring back The Deflator? -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 09:32
anyone still watching Fear the Walking Dead? -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 09:14 7
- I'm like 7 episodes behind -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 10:04
- hard no -- nm - mud Sep 6, 09:43
- Yes, though I haven't started this latest half season. -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 6, 09:37 1
  - yes, this is me as well. -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 09:51
- Is that back on? I never watched season 2. I didn't think season 1 was that compelling. -- nm - sycor Sep 6, 09:33 1
  - 3 episodes in to the second half of season 2. Smart people making dumb decisions ad nauseum -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 09:34
- yes -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 09:14
SITWAP. Mel Gibson 'Hacksaw Ridge' gets 10 minute standing ovation at Venice -- (link) - Andie Sep 6, 09:09 10
- Wow. -- nm - ML Galaxy Sep 6, 09:25 7
  - what's it priced over at HSX? -- nm - ML Sep 6, 09:46 5
    - 32.42 right now (up .99 on the day) -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 09:47 4
      - I'm no HSX expert, but I'd throw all I could at the film at that price. - ML Galaxy Sep 6, 09:50 1
        
        everyone who plays HSX regularly (and is smrt) went long on this back in May when Nov. release date was announced and it was listed as Wide. - Diva Sep 6, 10:28
      - I'm wondering if Andrew Garfield will get a nomination, along with Emma Stone? -- nm - LMS Sep 6, 09:47 1
        
        borderline, but Andrew probably won't get a Best Actress nod -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 09:52
  - This isn't abmornal for Venice, but I think ups the buzz. -- nm - MDH Sep 6, 09:25
- this looks so good (and Mel does know how to do a great war movie) -- nm* - Beaker Sep 6, 09:24 1
  - spoils - Beaker Sep 6, 09:28
NWBR -- what's the clock situation on Brian? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 09:02 5
- I just checked. Go ahead and draft. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 09:06 4
  - Truman 2x -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 09:13 3
    - Back to you. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 09:26 2
      - Back to Brian. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 09:31 1
        
        I've emailed him to notify him of the skip. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 09:35
Batman: Return to Arkham official comparison. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 6, 08:57 [youtube] 4
- Way too much color. -- nm - Zack Snyder Sep 6, 10:04
- They'd better do this with the Mass Effects. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 09:58 2
  - Here's how dumb EA is: there was an article a few weeks back about how they'd consider it if there was a demand for them. - Shaun Sep 6, 10:02 1
    - There would be a huge demand if they had it out in time for Christmas 2016, 3-4 months before the new edition. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 10:07
photos from location shoot of Ready Player One -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 08:48
twug, from b2, I was speaking of those particular areas, where police really don't want to go into. - groiny Sep 6, 08:43
Who has had the best career post "The West Wing"? - amoxy Sep 6, 08:42 45
- Don't forget Josh Malina who has big role in Scandal. Not often you get two long-running series. -- nm - GregW Sep 6, 10:18
- The answer for St Elsewhere is Denzel Washington, the answer for Casualty is Kate Winslet (guest star although Daisy Ridley deserves a mention) -- nm - LMS Sep 6, 09:30 3
  - Some shows it is obvious (ER, LA Law), you have to go to who had the next best career -- nm - amoxy Sep 6, 09:34 2
    - right Benny was great on LA Law -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 09:35 1
      - Heh, I was going Jimmy Smits -- nm - amoxy Sep 6, 09:36
- Janney has been nominated for 6 Emmys since West Wing. She's won 3 and 2 are pending. She also had a Tony nom post WW. -- nm - MDH Sep 6, 09:21
- Now do this for the original Law and Order. That guest list is huge. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 6, 09:06 4
  - The list of current actors who never showed up on any of the L&Os would be shorter. -- nm - TWuG Sep 6, 09:14
  - that bit at the Tony's was really funny -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 09:07
  - Noth had Sex and the City, Jesse Martin has theatre and Flash -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 09:07
  - Lauren Graham! -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 09:06
- Moss and Janney are the first tier. Then Lowe. Then Hill and Procter. Then Schiff and Whitford who can't catch a break with a show that sticks. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 08:55 2
  - Whitford won an Emmy for Transparent. Minor role, but that's a perk. Plus he was in Cabin in the Woods. -- nm - MDH Sep 6, 09:24 1
    - True. I was just thinking of the Studio 60, The Good Guys and (RIP) Trophy Wife run. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 09:28
- Phil Coulson. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 08:52 8
  - There are a crazy number of people who had a spot on WW. Ed O'Neill too -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 08:59 6
    - Mark Harmon, John Goodman, Gary Cole, Jay Mohr(?), Oliver Platt, Connie Britton -- nm - amoxy Sep 6, 09:02 4
      - Amy Adams -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 09:04
      - John Laroquette -- that Counsel's office was a revolving door of recognizable actors. - Will Hunting Sep 6, 09:04 1
        
        he's great on everything (loved him on The Practice ) - Beaker Sep 6, 09:37
      - Even Phil Dunphey :) -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 09:04
    - John Amos was recurring, Connie Britton for a few episodes...Goodman.... -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 09:00
  - That's right, forgot he was on...And he has been married to Jennifer Grey since 2001? - amoxy Sep 6, 08:57
- Emily Procter had that whole CSI thing for a while. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Sep 6, 08:48 2
  - Ainsley Hayes - amoxy Sep 6, 08:52 1
    - I'm surprised I even remembered her real name. She'll always be Ainsley to me. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Sep 6, 08:54
- We just finished S6 last night -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 08:48
- Carol -- (link) - TWuG Sep 6, 08:48
- I would say Moss followed by Hill ... each were prime players on long-running shows post-WW. - Will Hunting Sep 6, 08:45 2
  - Schiff has had a damn good career. Lots of roles for the paychecks, and lots of projects he likes to do -- nm - Remlik Sep 6, 08:46 1
    - WHO??? -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 08:47
- Rob Lowe just got his very own roast! -- nm - Guigue Sep 6, 08:43
- wouldn't Smits' best days have been before West Wing though? -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 08:43 2
  - Probably, but he also had great runs on Dexter, Sons of Anarchy and the Get Down. Plus he will be on the next "24" - amoxy Sep 6, 08:47
  - He's terrific in the Get Down. Most of his career has been damn good -- nm - Remlik Sep 6, 08:45
- Peggy -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 08:43
- Allison Janney is my vote. -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 08:42 8
  - she loses points for starring in Mom on CBS -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 08:49 5
    - I disagree. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 09:14
    - Sneakily better than it has any right to be. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 08:55
    - "You got change? ... Only takes quarters.... No, because it doesn't f**king exist!" - Will Hunting Sep 6, 08:54 2
      - I still remember her oh so creepy performance in American Beauty. And how old she looked in that - amoxy Sep 6, 08:59 1
        
        Miss Perky in 10 Things I Hate About You -- she looked weathered then. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 09:01
  - I love her so much. I keep waiting for the right movie role to fall in her lap so she wins all the awards. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Sep 6, 08:49 1
    - I loved her in The Help. -- nm - MDH Sep 6, 09:23
So, my friend's 9 yo old daughter is kind of an art prodigy, for real. She's painted some mind blowing stuff, since she was about 6. Here is her -- (edited) - Andie Sep 6, 08:40 [flickr] 9
- Holy simoleons. Mad skills. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Sep 6, 08:55 1
  - the local library in their small town actually gave her a show last year. -- (edited) - Andie Sep 6, 08:58
- Very impressive. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 6, 08:50
- I don't even have a "fluffy unicorn princess" joke to make about this. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 08:46
- that's some serious dark shit from a 9 year old. I like it a lot. -- nm - CQ Sep 6, 08:43 4
  - well -- (edited) - Andie Sep 6, 08:45 3
    - *backs slowly away* -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 09:31
    - yikes -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 08:48
    - damn damn damn. -- nm - CQ Sep 6, 08:48
I wonder what beverage company will continue the ad trend that Heineken started. I love it when they rip off other ads -- nm - CQ Sep 6, 08:40
Want to do an NFL pick 'em and Survivor League you say? Well just look up at the pinned items above! -- (edited) - Beaker Sep 6, 08:37
Brian to the courtesy phone, Brian to the courtesy phone... - Will Hunting Sep 6, 08:37
Ed Douglas's fave new movie hangout Metrograph gets a GQ spread courtesy of Wes Anderson -- (link*) - budice Sep 6, 08:36 1
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Georgina Campbell has been cast as Lyta Zod for Syfy's upcoming Krypton, according to Deadline. -- (link) - Beaker Sep 6, 08:34 2
- "You know, because Caprica was so great" -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 08:36 1
  - "Before they were Friends, they were Acquaintances...coming soon to NBC" -- nm* - Beaker Sep 6, 08:38

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