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Stupid PVR didn't record Agents of SHIELD -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 23:43
WSOP final 2 are still at it. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 1, 23:02 8
- Television or at the table? I kinda want to go to bed soon. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 1, 23:05 7
  - They're on ESPN. -- nm - David Nov 1, 23:22 6
    - Yes, but Pegleg is somebody who just might know if the battle is over already. ESPN runs 30 minutes behind due to Nev. State Gaming Regulations. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 1, 23:27 5
      - All I know is that 80% of a royal flush is on the board right now. -- nm - David Nov 1, 23:30 4
        
        I struggle with constant discipline when playing a $25 game. I can't fathom how tired these guys are. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 1, 23:35 3
        
        I've noticed that Vayo has put too many chips in the pot twice recently. - David Nov 1, 23:38 2
        
        David's got Alligator blood. Check check check.... -- nm - Teddy KGB Nov 1, 23:47 1
        
        I see all the tells, Oreo. -- nm - David Nov 1, 23:49
First turkey dinner of the season tonight...with leftovers for at least two more meals :/ - MonsterMeg Nov 1, 22:42
at 84, legendary guitarist Scotty Moore has died :((((((((((((((((((((( -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 1, 22:31
So, I finished watching Bone Tomahawk. I'm not sure it was worth it. I was surprised that the budget was only 1.8m and shot in 21 days. - Beryllium Nov 1, 22:17
MSNBC guest talking about William and Mary poll of FL voters, ones who have voted, 28% republican cross over to clinton, up 8% if she gets FL she wins -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 1, 22:15
October surprise! -- (link) - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 21:35 5
- This is much too opaque to really make an impact. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 21:54 1
  - it wasn't opaque when Bernie was ranting about the 1%'s taxes for a year -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 21:59
- It maybe just me, but if I am the IRS and someone said they lost 916 million. I would have had questions then, a lot of questions. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 21:38 2
  - hence, his perpetual state of audit -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 21:44 1
    - Kind of makes sense, doesn't it? -- nm - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 21:46
I know I'm like a season-and-a-half behind on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, but Agent Coulson is a complete and utter badass. - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 21:29 6
- Pretty damn cool. He wouldn't take any crap from Neegan! -- nm - Max Nov 1, 23:51
- Quo Vadimus -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 1, 22:56 1
  - Yeah! -- nm - David Nov 2, 00:01
- It's true no matter where you are in the series. -- nm - . Nov 1, 21:31
- Wait for it... -- nm - hellSpawn Nov 1, 21:30
- "It gets better." -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 21:30
Kimmel's annual "I Ate All Your Halloween Candy" challenge -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 1, 21:07 [youtube] 3
- My friend just posted a video of her doing this to her daughter. That child is going to need therapy. -- nm* - jnine Nov 1, 21:52 1
  - Get used to it, kid! -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 23:44
- I tried it with Logan when he was 6. - hellSpawn Nov 1, 21:32
Did the Indians introduce the last living member of their last World Series win tonight? -- nm - GregW Nov 1, 20:56 1
- Yes, he was 95 and looked amazing for his age. -- nm - David Nov 2, 00:03
Cubs are now lifetime undefeated in November World Series games -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 20:52 1
- First Cubs win in November, ever! -- nm - . Nov 1, 20:56
There's a report ("someone on the inside") that Johnny Depp has been cast as Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts franchise. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 20:46 12
- My understanding is that it's blind speculation at this point, but it'd be perfect casting. -- nm - David Nov 1, 20:50 11
  - I don't know, his recent record hasn't been good. -- nm* - . Nov 1, 20:57
  - Who plays young Dumbledore? I mean, Orlando Bloom would be perfect. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 20:51 9
    - The cheeky answer is Daniel Radcliffe. - David Nov 1, 21:11 4
      - I'm not concerned about age. Great wizards like Dumbledore and Grindelwald age like Vulcans. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 21:14 3
        
        The problem is that there's an established timeline for when Dumbledore falls for Grindelwald. It happened in his teens. - David Nov 1, 21:21 1
        
        True -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 21:54
        
        With pointy ears and emotive eyebrows? -- nm - . Nov 1, 21:17
    - Mop just wants to see Jack Sparrow and Will Turner make out. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 20:55 2
      - Yeah, but who doesn't want to see that? -- nm - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 21:30 1
        
        True -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 23:06
    - Benedict Cumberbatch -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 20:55
They are setting off fireworks. -- nm - boo Nov 1, 20:45 1
- Oh this was game 7? Wow congrats -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 20:46
Win or lose, Addison Russell gets free drinks in Chicago for years to come. - David Nov 1, 20:44 3
- What if he does a Bill Buckner in game 7? -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 20:45 2
  - He wouldn't be playing injured like Buckner was. - zunk via drone Nov 1, 20:52 1
    - He's still well liked in Chicago. -- nm - . Nov 1, 21:01
The CMA Awards on ABC tomorrow night may have their lowest ratings ever. -- nm - GregW Nov 1, 20:44 3
- Is it possible to go lower than a zero? -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 20:44 2
  - Surprisingly, to me anyway, they have ruled their night in the past. Last year was a sizeable drop from 16.25M to 13.62M, but still way more than - GregW Nov 1, 20:55 1
    - Don't they have awards shows every month or so? -- nm* - . Nov 1, 20:58
Woo-Hoo!!!! GO CUBS GO!!! -- nm - boo Nov 1, 20:42
I'm pretty sure that I had Strop on my FB team at some point in attempt to get holds - JD Nov 1, 20:38
Whee! (Florida: Clinton +8) -- (link) - Polling Rollercoaster Nov 1, 20:37 1
- Good enough for me to go to sleep tonight. I can double over in gastric pain again in the morning. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 20:47
Dang, figured this game would be over before I got home from dinner. -- nm - MonsterMeg Nov 1, 20:32
looks to see why Bill Weld is trending. - Jovian Nov 1, 20:28 10
- I'm not a smart man, Bill, but I know what betrayal is. -- nm - Gary "Forrest" Johnson Nov 1, 20:37 8
  - "Trump is like a box of chocolates" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 20:39 6
    - A really cheap one, in gaudy wrapping, at an inflated price. With all your least favorites. -- nm - boo Nov 1, 20:44
    - Chocolates grab your pussy? Huh? -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 20:44 2
      - "You got your pussy-grabbing trump, yer wall-building trump, yer Putin-indebted trump, yer Muslim-banning trump, yer tax-evading trump ... -- nm - Bubba Gump Trump Nov 1, 20:46 1
        
        "Your creepy Ivanka's daddy Trump." -- nm - . Nov 1, 21:02
    - "So, you end up with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts. And if you're desperate enough to eat those, - TWuG Nov 1, 20:42 1
      - "A cheap, perfunctory gift" -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 20:45
  - Aleppo!!! -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 20:38
- That's interesting. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 1, 20:32
Did he finally shut up about bringing in Chapman? And is he always that obsessive? -- nm - boo Nov 1, 20:26
Independent of the professional sport, game 7 is always fantastic. -- nm - David Nov 1, 20:23 4
- sorting by highest first on ebay....$12,500 for a pair to tomorrows game -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 1, 20:26 3
  - Any indepedently wealthy person who loves either team should pay any amount of money for this. - David Nov 1, 20:28 2
    - Closer to once in two lifetimes. -- nm - boo Nov 1, 20:29 1
      - Yup. And the tension is going to be off the charts. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 1, 20:33
TiVo has a notice on the main menu to force update the guide data to get game 6 to show up. My update at 2:30pm had already gotten it. -- nm - GregW Nov 1, 20:23 5
- But the 5pm update already had the final score! -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 20:48
- Mine never came through. I technically recorded 4 hours of New Girl. -- nm - David Nov 1, 20:24 3
  - They still have nothing for game 7. -- nm - GregW Nov 1, 20:25 2
    - Fox is gonna lose a new episode of Empire over this. - David Nov 1, 20:29 1
      - The Cubs are in the World Series! - boo Nov 1, 20:32
Now the Cubs are just showing off. -- nm - TWuG Nov 1, 20:22
Is there anything I could build for you folks that you'd be willing to pay $30/mo for? - Beryllium Nov 1, 20:18 11
- As you consider this, keep in mind that anything over $10 per month is corporate in nature. - David Nov 2, 00:02
- Sorry, but I don't think so. :-( -- nm - Mara Nov 1, 21:02
- Zac Efron sex android. -- nm - Dano S Pumpkins Nov 1, 20:58
- It would have to involve... unmentionable things. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 20:49
- Evidently I need a better survey system -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 20:35 4
  - Dude, it the last innings of the baseball game. -- nm - boo Nov 1, 20:38 3
    - lol - sorry, I was aiming for playful snark -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 20:42 1
      - I know, but still... ;) -- nm - . Nov 1, 21:31
    - So we still have 3 hours to talk before the game is over -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 20:39
- Avatars!! -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 20:34
- a Delorean limo time machine [so we all can fit]. obviously with the working Flux Capacitor. BUT there is a 2 month limit. - Peglegpete Nov 1, 20:23
Havethesixerswonagameyet.com - decline Nov 1, 20:10
"This beer is tough." I'm not sure even Sam Elliot can sell me that line. -- nm - boo Nov 1, 19:53
Not that we didn't already know this, but apparently this week marks the manufacturing end of the Wii U. -- (link) - Qale Nov 1, 19:51
SW: Rouge One director says the film will take Star Wars in a darker direction than before -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 1, 19:46 8
- again? -- nm - hellSpawn Nov 1, 19:52 1
  - Indeed. They've said this before, repeatedly. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 23:08
- "It's like Se7en for Bothans" -- nm - Scaryllium Nov 1, 19:50 4
  - I keep coming back to the Bothans and then remember they died getting the plans to the SECOND Death Star. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 20:50 3
    - Ah, shitty. Thanks. I need to re-watch the originals. And blade runner. Neither are on Netflix. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 21:07 1
      - I remember that it's Mon Mothma that speaks the line, and she's not in A New Hope. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 21:10
    - Manny Bothans, may he rest in peace. -- nm - TWuG Nov 1, 20:57
- Good. Best movie of the franchise is Empire Strikes Back. - Bacon Nov 1, 19:47
Somebody just paid 19K a piece for two tickets to game 7 -- (link) - decline Nov 1, 19:41
D it, can't listen to the local coverage of the game on my tablet, should have brought a radio with me. -- nm - boo Nov 1, 19:37
here come that man again, mama -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 19:37
There are a lot of Cubs fan in Cleveland. -- nm - boo Nov 1, 19:34
gonna be karma-tastic if Cleveland loses after being up 3-1 -- nm - ML Nov 1, 19:26 11
- "Citizens of Cleveland!" -- nm - Bane Nov 1, 19:32
- But wouldn't it be so Cubs if they got to game 7, took the lead then had something weird happen to lose it? -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 19:30 9
  - Thinking positively, if the Cubs win the World Series, I hope someone in the front office issues a public apology to Steve Bartman. -- nm - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 19:44 8
    - There was talk that they would bring him in for a first pitch next season. -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 19:45 7
      - I honestly don't think he'd do it. -- nm - ML Nov 1, 19:57 2
        
        Yeah, looking on the wiki page of the incident, there's been a bunch of requests for him to do something and all he's done is say no and refer any - Roger More Nov 1, 20:13 1
        
        If they won a World Series, he might feel differently, though. -- nm - David Nov 2, 00:03
      - That would be cool. I know the Cubs organization wasn't responsible for the harm he suffered, but they could do a lot ... - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 19:50 3
        
        I never thought it was his fault. But the minute I saw it I knew the poor guy was going to be blamed. - boo Nov 1, 19:56 2
        
        Like what we are going to do by blaming ty97 if Trump wins. -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 19:59 1
        
        Well, that's a given. He's brought it upon himself. -- nm - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 20:46
Ticket prices for game 7 are skyrocketing. Some just bought seats by Cubs dugout for $19k -- nm - Volnelk Nov 1, 19:22 2
- If Trump is elected that 19K will be able to buy a loaf of bread. -- nm - Bacon Nov 1, 19:23 1
  - take the money, Tribe fans -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 19:24
Leafs Win! -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 19:20
Lawrence O'Donnell on FL early voting tracking survey (including votes already cast): +8 Hillary -- nm* - mr monkey Nov 1, 19:06 2
- winning 28% of registered GOP early voters -- nm* - mr monkey Nov 1, 19:07 1
  - Latino voters likely to reach highest share of statewide vote to date -- nm* - mr monkey Nov 1, 19:17
Dave Broadfoot, Royal Canadian Air Farce comedian, dead at 90 -- (link) - Beaker Nov 1, 18:59 3
- "Those timbits were TWO days old" - my favourite bit of his -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 20:20
- When he no longer regained consciousness... -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 19:00
- He was always one of my favorites. :( RIP Sgt. Renfrew and Big Bobby Clobber -- nm* - Beaker Nov 1, 18:59
The Oklahoma City Thunder have acquired Jerami Grant from the Philadelphia 76ers for Ersan Ilyasova and a conditional first-round draft pick. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 1, 18:56
Jamaal Charles to the IR -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 18:43 3
- again? -- nm - hellSpawn Nov 1, 18:46 1
  - other knee -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 18:49
- Jets to sign RB C.J. Spiller, release Knile Davis (150 minutes after claiming him) -- nm* - Beaker Nov 1, 18:43
uh, Jake . . . -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 18:38 1
- Tyler Naquin might want to enroll in witness protection tomorrow -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 18:40
i geuss i'll watch some of this baseball game. it seems everyone prepared for it and is showing nothing but repeats on all the other channels -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 1, 18:37
Hopefully tonight I'll have more energy. Last night I mostly just ended up watching walking dead premiere and elementary -- nm - Scaryllium Nov 1, 18:37 1
- Oh, and finishing S1 of Bosch. Great season. -- nm - Scaryllium Nov 1, 18:38
WSOP has the final 2 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 1, 18:28 1
- oops. me wrong -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 1, 18:51

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