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Yep, bad news at work. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:28 15
- are you ok? -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 12:29 14
  - Well, that's a loaded question. I think I'll be fine. But - somewhere else. - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:30 13
    - That's no good. Sorry. -- nm - Roger More Sep 21, 12:43
    - :( -- nm - kelly Sep 21, 12:42
    - :( -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 12:37
    - :-( - ML Sep 21, 12:33
    - Ugh, sorry to hear. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 12:32
    - sorry man, sucks. Is this because of the merger/acquisition? -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:32 1
      - That likely factors into it. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:33
    - damn. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:31
    - ugh, sorry dude -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:31
    - oh, so so sorry. -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 12:31
    - I'm really, really sorry. - spamlet Sep 21, 12:31 2
      - I've got until the end of the year, so I should be OK. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:31 1
        
        (I probably shouldn't share any other details, but it's not just me that's affected) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:32
I liked This Is Us -- nm - Todd Manning - 114 days till Monster Trucks Sep 21, 12:13 11
- spoils please - what was the twist? -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:19 10
  - I only watched parts of it, but caught the reveal at the end (spoils) -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 12:31
  - This is actually Them -- nm - rollo Sep 21, 12:29 1
    - *whoa* -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:30
  - Spoiler - Todd Manning - 114 days till Monster Trucks Sep 21, 12:29 1
    - For those wondering how this could possibly work, bunches of spoilers here -- (link) - mara Sep 21, 12:58
  - They buried the survivors! - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:24
  - The entire thing is Dr. Bob Hartley's dream -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:24
  - Soylent green is people! -- nm - Elvis Sep 21, 12:21
  - the entire show was in the mind of an autistic child -- nm - ML Sep 21, 12:21 1
    - much like ST during campaign season. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 12:26
Apple Car looking to be an F1 -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 21, 12:02 2
- They'd be better starting from scratch compared to taking over McLaren. -- nm - MDH Sep 21, 12:10
- McLaren has stated this is not true -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:03
I have to admit I'm pinballing between distaste at all the "A-List" speculation, and engaging in said distasteful speculation myself. -- nm - rollo Sep 21, 12:00
guysguysguys....NFL broadcast maps are up! (I wish I wasn't always saddled with freaking Baltimore games!) -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 21, 11:49 1
- Monday night Atl vs NO will be up against the Presidential Debate -- nm - decline Sep 21, 11:51
Monster Trucks already costing Viacom hella money -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 21, 11:42 6
- Greatness is not cheap. -- nm - Todd Manning - 114 days till Monster Trucks Sep 21, 12:03 1
  - you gonna cry so bad when that truck dies -- nm* - mr monkey Sep 21, 12:04
- Sidenote: Lucas Till needs to cut his hair, and his attractiveness goes way way up. -- nm - MDH Sep 21, 11:52
- and in case anyone forgot how awesome it's going to be -- (link) - decline Sep 21, 11:46 [youtube] 1
  - ...Todd Manning will be sure to remind you all about it -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 11:47
- but it has monster trucks! how can this bomb in Trump's America? -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 11:46
CNN contributor Corey Lewandowski still being paid $20,000 a month by the Trump campaign. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 11:32 3
- In further news, Corey Lewandowski is apparently the only person being paid by Trump's campaign. -- nm - pmb Sep 21, 11:34 2
  - well, other than Trump himself -- nm - mr monkey Sep 21, 11:36
  - kind of. His pay is just slips of paper with IOU written on it in crayon. -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 11:35
Team USA are pissed at Phil Kessel (cause they sucked and he burned them) -- (link) - Beaker Sep 21, 11:30 4
- I don't fault the players as much as I do Torts. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 11:39 3
  - The last lines of that article is one of the dumbest lines I've seen written in a while. - pmb Sep 21, 11:59 1
    - i dunno. if i lost to Canada, i'd have to do some serious soul searching -- nm - mr monkey Sep 21, 12:00
  - (and the group that put the team together (or was that all him?)) -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 11:52
MU Law Poll (I have no idea who they are): 62% of people do not think Trump is qualified to be president. In 2010, the number for Sarah Palin was 60% -- (link) - decline Sep 21, 11:28 4
- It's Marquette University (as noted by ML below, WI only). -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 11:45 1
  - makes sense given they are in WI -- nm - decline Sep 21, 11:55
- (to clarify: this is WI-only polling) -- nm* - ML Sep 21, 11:30
- Marquette Law School -- nm - mr monkey Sep 21, 11:29
And. here in Canada, all schools on PEI evacuated over bomb threat. (no bomb found) -- (link) - Andie Sep 21, 11:19 3
- a bunch of colleges in Nova Scotia too -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 11:26
- Both of them? -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 11:21 1
  - apparently there are 60! -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 11:22
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- (link) - ML Sep 21, 11:10 [youtube] 1
- Can that happen before the end of the month? (NM) - Marlowe Sep 21, 11:13
Possible bomb found on top of Chicago Elementary School: -- (link) - decline Sep 21, 11:07 1
- pancake mix? -- nm -- (edited) - Beaker Sep 21, 11:17
Fed leaves rates unchanged. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 11:02 4
- 7-3 -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 11:07
- Surprise! -- nm - decline Sep 21, 11:02 2
  - Three committee members voted to raise rates. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 11:07 1
    - those must be the 3 poison skittles -- nm - decline Sep 21, 11:08
why hasn't Andrew Luck been at practice? Injury? -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 11:02 8
- Too busy rebuilding beaker's barn. -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 11:08
- they've been wrapping him in bubble wrap and lying him down in a sea of pillows -- nm - ML Sep 21, 11:07 2
  - That works? -- nm - @teddyb_h2o Sep 21, 11:09 1
    - Yes and it's precious. -- nm - Snuggle Bear in Basket w/Puppies Sep 21, 11:11
- Good question. -- (link) - mara Sep 21, 11:03
- trying to figure out how to use his fancy new flip phone -- nm - decline Sep 21, 11:02 2
  - He's been out solvin' cases -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 11:04 1
    - He's walking the Earth. Like Caine in "Kung Fu." -- nm - mara Sep 21, 12:13
Firefox users: Have you tried the Reader View? It only appears to work on some pages. -- (link) - GregW Sep 21, 10:55 1
- I assume it works like the feature in Safari. Mostly okay but I use thr instapaper parser instead. -- nm - iSpam Sep 21, 10:58
felt like I haven't been eating enough protein so got cupcake with mounds of PB icing from the birthday potluck. advice: - university of amanda jones Sep 21, 10:50 1
- sounds like they had the right icing to cake ratio :) - JenBro Sep 21, 10:58
Does anyone else use Wunderlist? Does it appear to be down for you? -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 10:49
Monmouth NH: Hillary +9 -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 21, 10:45 15
- monmouth = shitting the bed - oblique Sep 21, 11:21
- Wisconsin: Clinton 44%, Trump 42% -- nm - decline Sep 21, 10:50 13
  - MOE - ty97 Sep 21, 11:20 1
    - I hate those two words in your IM. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 11:25
  - The closeness of Wisconsin scares me. - Jovian Sep 21, 10:52 1
    - The fact that Ohio is in Trump territory right now shows how scary this has become. People are idiots. -- nm - MDH Sep 21, 10:59
  - yeee gads! what is wrong you folks?! -- nm - canada Sep 21, 10:52 8
    - they elected Scott Walker. twice. -- nm - mr monkey Sep 21, 10:53 1
      - And both houses of the state legislature have been GOP majority since 2011. -- nm - mara Sep 21, 11:02
    - imma be Volnelk. HOW IS THIS EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE??!!! - Diva Sep 21, 10:53 5
      - "But... you already know what I'm going to tell you." -- nm - ML Sep 21, 10:57 4
        
        white people are fucking stupid? -- nm - mr monkey Sep 21, 10:58 3
        
        White people that are uneducated and do not live in cities = Trump's base. -- nm - MDH Sep 21, 11:03 2
        
        well, their votes count just as much as anyone else's -- nm - mr monkey Sep 21, 11:12 1
        
        One wonders if that is actually true, with the electoral college and all. -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 11:24
October Games With Gold have been announced (link) - ML Sep 21, 10:41
Vin Scully has been broadcasting Dodgers games for 67 seasons. Jon Miller, Bud Selig, Bob Costas and 20 other colleagues and friends reflect -- (link) - Beaker Sep 21, 10:37 2
- what a legacy ... man ... that's a career! -- nm - JenBro Sep 21, 11:06 1
  - it was a really good read -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:19
I totally forgot about when Qaddafi was speaking at the UN and couldn't find a place to stay, who let him pitch a tent on his property... - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 10:33 2
- literally, as I recall. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 10:36 1
  - Yes, literally. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 10:37
Star Wars universe mapped out through at least 2021 -- (link*) - mr monkey Sep 21, 10:31
Anthony Weiner allegedly told a 15-year-old girl he wanted to engage in " fantasies" via an encrypted app -- (link) - budice Sep 21, 10:30 4
- :( - ugh. -- nm - b. Sep 21, 11:33
- we've now moved into the criminal -- nm - ML Sep 21, 11:17
- I'm sure he was just kidding and checking to see if he was being catfished. - spamlet Sep 21, 10:59
- Eww. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 21, 10:45
just a reminder: I'm not a Doctor. I am an Analyst Developer. Thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 21, 10:30 2
- OK but still, why does it hurt when I do this? -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 10:36 1
  - I don't know but you know how to cure that? - Mel Profit Sep 21, 10:41
You know what kills me? I can't read the name Jacoby Brissett without thinking of brisket, and I subsequently get real hungry -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 10:29 10
- I think of Jacqueline Bisset -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 21, 10:38 1
  - and get hungry in a different way :) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 21, 10:39
- I can't read it without thinking of Josie Bissett, Melrose Place and Jack Wagner. - Diva Sep 21, 10:34 7
  - no. nonononono NONONO! Damn! -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 21, 10:42 4
    - Don't worry. I'll perform the song in its entirety tonight when we get home. -- nm* - Diva Sep 21, 10:45 3
      - This song and the Jack Wagner 80s Love is proof that every damn single one of you was off your rocker. - Mel Profit Sep 21, 10:48 2
        
        or i could sing Mr. Big's "Be With You". It's your choice. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 10:51 1
        
        every.damn.oneuvU. -- nm* - Mel Profit Sep 21, 10:55
  - you're all I need. -- nm - university of amanda jones Sep 21, 10:34 1
    - ~no stars are out tonight...~ -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 10:46
Wait, is today Spawn's Birthday? - decline Sep 21, 10:28 7 1
- happy day! -- nm - b. Sep 21, 11:31
- Hey, thanks for the reminder -- nm - 2016 Sep 21, 11:13
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 11:12
- WOO! Happy B-Day! -- nm - JenBro Sep 21, 11:12
- Happy birthday, Spawn! Woo hoo! -- nm - Krusty Sep 21, 10:46
- I think it's only appropriate that Google ruined the reminder of Spawn's birthday. - ReluctantCynic Sep 21, 10:31
- Hold on, let me check Facebook... -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 21, 10:29
hey groiny, did you get the hopscotch finally? (i.e. previous ruler of all things crucible) -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 21, 10:17 2
- I seen that drop for someone in Crucible, I almost took a screenshot for groiny -- nm - J Sep 21, 10:19 1
  - he saw one drop as well yesterday. I doubt that means I can upgrade my year 1 version of it though - tRuMaN Sep 21, 10:20
Just had a call from Costco. They can't print the photos I uploaded last night because "the machine is down" and not - Meg Sep 21, 10:12
Beaker, on AoS, totally agree (spoiler) - IrishStephen Sep 21, 10:12
Black-capped Chickadees can remember where they hide food for at least a month after putting it in its hiding place. - Beaker Sep 21, 10:12
Yikes. Researchers hack Tesla Model S with remote attack. -- (link) - ML Sep 21, 10:11 8
- Which they reported to Tesla and a fix has already been sent by over the air - TWuG Sep 21, 10:20 6
  - For as often as computer browsers/OSes get hacked for various purposes, it does not give me any measure of comfort that Tesla can OTA issue fixes - oblique Sep 21, 10:28 5
    - Here is more with the tech lab's explanation of the hack method and a Tesla response. -- (link) - TWuG Sep 21, 11:02 1
      - interesting. required web browser use and a malicious hotspot. why does a car need a web browser again? :) -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 11:20
    - OTA issues will get you every. damn. time. -- nm* - Pete Carroll Sep 21, 10:40
    - deathtraps!! -- nm - decline Sep 21, 10:33
    - I agree with this 100%. I mean, I think tesla is cool and all, but this is csray stuff. -- nm - university of amanda jones Sep 21, 10:30
- Doom? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 21, 10:14
The Daily Show went to a Trump rally to interview supporters about the hot new Dem conspiracies. These people are something.... -- (link) - MDH Sep 21, 10:11 6
- This election cycle sure is making me feel that we may not be that much worse than the whole world.. - Marlowe Sep 21, 10:50
- Doom? -- nm - mara Sep 21, 10:20
- deplorable, even -- nm - mr monkey Sep 21, 10:13
- Yep. They sure are. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 21, 10:12
- My personal fav: Hillary has AIDS, which she got from Bill, and he got from Magic Johnson. -- nm - MDH Sep 21, 10:12 1
  - Connect the dot, people! - Reagen Sep 21, 10:20
China's space station is 'out of control' and will crash somewhere on earth in late 2017. -- (link) - ML Sep 21, 10:09 4
- So, basically Skylab? -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 10:24 2
  - Nope. They were able to control Skylab even in the last hours. China, notsomuch. -- nm - ML Sep 21, 10:40
  - It'll be Skylab times Gravity -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 10:26
- Doom? -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 10:10

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