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here's the best d-league highlight you'll see all week.... - x Dec 4, 09:05 6
- If you play it over and over it sounds like that grocery cart of toy ducks wheezing. -- nm - Max Dec 4, 09:44
- Damn! -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 09:13
- Look at that crowd! -- nm - David Dec 4, 09:07 3
  - never mind that, how about those hawks?....nm - x Dec 4, 09:12 2
    - I was one of the people saying trading Horford for Howard would cripple them. -- nm - David Dec 4, 09:13 1
      - i just find it weird that they fell apart completely all at once.... - x Dec 4, 09:15
Desk lamps are really going high-tech now. This one has adjustable brightness and color temperature. Only $27 for today's sale. -- (link) - GregW Dec 4, 08:58
What the hell, Steks? 🙄 -- nm - JD Dec 4, 08:46
Arrival A- (spoils) - Inigo Dec 4, 08:44 10
- Spoils - Spawndroid Dec 4, 11:04 1
  - Okay, I just had a moment. Wow. Concepts spoilers for the movie. - Spawndroid Dec 4, 11:08
- Taking that even further - Max Dec 4, 09:41 1
  - [snort] -- nm - mud Dec 4, 09:43
- spoilers - Dano Dec 4, 08:51 5
  - 2 is one of the most interesting movie debates of the 2000s. (mild spoilers) - David Dec 4, 09:06 2
    - In some sense... (spoilers) - Inigo Dec 4, 09:21 1
      - Spoilers - David Dec 4, 09:34
  - (warning: do not watch 21 Grams) -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 08:52 1
    - It's airing on that anti-Hallmark channel. -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 09:02
Back from NYC. That was……challenging. - Volnelk Dec 4, 08:38 6
- That's a nice tour of the city. That walk from Alice to Strawberry Fields is a nice and long walk. I *love* those sculptures! - Krusty Dec 4, 08:45 3
  - I'll have to remember about Bryant Park though I'm not sure I'm getting out of skating at the Rock. -- nm - iSpam Dec 4, 09:15 1
    - Yeah, it's likely the best ice rink but Wollman in Central Park is very nice thanks to the scenery. - Krusty Dec 4, 09:57
  - Yep. Saw the fountain. Bryant Park was nice for us because it was free if you wanted it to be but still a cool hang. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 4, 08:53
- Did you not end up doing the hockey game? -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 08:41 1
  - No. Ultimately I took two girls and a guy. We were researching different options if we broke up our larger group differently. Some went to the Knicks. - Volnelk Dec 4, 08:55
Jensen Ackles...Dean on Supernatural...named his twins: Zepplin Bram and Arrow Rhodes. One of them is a girl -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 08:24 4
- I'm guessing you wouldn't name a girl after a type of blimp. - Beryllium Dec 4, 09:13
- Is that...Cody Rhodes/Stephen Amell ref for a baby name? -- nm - David Dec 4, 09:05 1
  - Possibly -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 09:09
- *flags him for parental douchebaggery and assesses a 15% therapy tax* -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 08:30
For my records on the other site: November totals: Up $85.98M, now in 404th (up 9) -- nm - MDH Dec 4, 08:10 1
- 87.98M here. Still 19. -- nm - GregW Dec 4, 08:49
Allen Hurns OUT -- nm - Beaker Dec 4, 08:07
College football playoffs. The top 4 teams get in. 3 of the top 4 had big wins since last weeks rankings. The 4th did not play. - Harbaughs Glasses Dec 4, 07:56 9
- They don't care. Remember they dropped TCU out two years ago from like 3 to 6 in the last two rankings. - Will Hunting Dec 4, 08:02 5
  - And that Michigan loss was a complete beatdown. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 08:03 4
    - Yep. PSU was eliminated from national title contention by end of September. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 08:04 3
      - Pitt fans will be happy if it turns out that they essentially knocked Penn State out of the playoffs. -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 08:42 2
        
        And PSU fans should be very happy with what they've accomplished. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 08:47 1
        
        If Penn State does make it then Pitt will have wins over 2/4 of the playoff teams. -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 09:03
- Alabama/Washington ; Clemson/THE Ohio State or they should just give up -- nm - Beaker Dec 4, 07:58 2
  - Bama vs OSU. Clemson vs Washington. - Will Hunting Dec 4, 08:03 1
    - Agree -- nm - Rollo Dec 4, 09:35
I'm out of the LDB Challenge -- heard it on the way up while station-surfing. However, enjoying the snow at my brother's lake house! -- nm - Mara Dec 4, 07:51
Overwatch annoyance - Reagen Dec 4, 07:42
man, stuff is sure gonna get expensive here with 35% international tariffs.... - x Dec 4, 07:42 9
- but it's not like it would get past congress, so the question is moo -- nm - mud Dec 4, 08:14
- In addition to making everything more expensive in a regressive way, is an extra tax applied (essentially) at the govt's discretion going to make govt - Roger More Dec 4, 08:14
- Add in Ben Sasse -- (link) - ty97 Dec 4, 07:50 4
  - If only people had pointed out how stupid this was during the ele... fuck it. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 07:51 3
    - To be fair, Sasse was anti-Trump from about day one. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 08:06 1
      - Glad to see he isn't falling in line with every bad idea now though -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 08:09
    - emails! -- nm - Tim Dec 4, 07:59
- And my Republican boyfriend weighs in -- (link) - ty97 Dec 4, 07:48
- It's gonna make those Ivanka Trump products rather unaffordable. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 07:47
i'm pretty excited that the ceo of exxon is supposedly one of the four finalists for secretary of state..... - x Dec 4, 07:12 3
- Secretary of State...not like that's a vital national role or anything. - Will Hunting Dec 4, 07:31
- clean coal is the future -- nm - budice Dec 4, 07:18 1
  - I feel like we gave up on whale oil too soon. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 07:29
Keith Ellison Offers to Quit Congress to Lead DNC -- (link) - ty97 Dec 4, 07:02 1
- Interesting but still might not be enough. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 07:23
they are really trying to walk back that taiwan call.... - x Dec 4, 06:54 3
- "Really, he was just trying to influence the building of his new hotel! nothing to do with foreign policy at all!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 07:08
- Did they ever say it was more than a congratulatory call? -- nm - Ender Dec 4, 07:04 1
  - officially, no. personally, i think that's a load of crap....nm - x Dec 4, 07:10
Jeff Fisher's agent is Marvin Demoff, father of Rams senior executive Kevin Demoff. -- nm - budice Dec 4, 06:54
SNL Open from last night -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 06:46 [youtube] 3
- Trump's reaction -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 06:47 2
  - The irony of him tweeting about being offended by a sketch about him tweeting would be delicious if he wasn't about to be president. -- nm - Andie Dec 4, 07:21
  - Ha -- (link) - Reagen Dec 4, 07:11
San Francisco BART PSA -- (link) - ty97 Dec 4, 06:45 3
- Unsurprising headline of the day: "BART removes unauthorized posters from trains" -- (link) - Roger More Dec 4, 06:57 2
  - I was surprised by the thought that BART would do that, but found about it based on retweet from BART so wondered 'maybe?' -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 07:03 1
    - It's a bit like when someone pretends to be customer service for Target or Oreos on FB to troll people who are like "there are toys for boys and toys - Roger More Dec 4, 08:10
American Airlines Flight Attendants Say Their New Uniforms Are Making Them Sick -- (link) - ty97 Dec 4, 06:30 1
- Work naked -- nm - Bacon Dec 4, 07:37
Tavon Austin OUT -- nm - Beaker Dec 4, 05:57
TV PSA: Ash vs Evil Dead, Walking & Talking Dead, Westworld, OUAT, Librarians, Panthers @ Seahawks, Simpsons, Family Guy, Shameless, Secrets & Lies, -- nm - Beaker Dec 4, 04:43 3
- Thanks. I forgot I was watching Westworld. -- nm - Loyola Dec 4, 08:31
- Last Man on Earth, Son of Zorn, Eyewitness, Affair, The Royals, Divorce, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Dec 4, 04:44 1
  - WWE TLC, a Smackdown pay per view -- nm - Tim Dec 4, 07:07
Should you be allowed to be critical of a nursing home? What if you're a medical professional? What if you stated your profession when posting on FB? -- (link*) - Mop Dec 3, 23:27 2
- Many professions are bound by codes of conduct about this kind of stuff. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 23:30 1
  - In this case, she was a friend of the family commenting on the care their father received... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 00:27
This would be a genuinely positive development -- (link) - Reagen Dec 3, 23:21 3
- More rubbing it in Romney's face. (Also, maybe Trump did wear a costume to the Heroes and Villains party) -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 05:44
- Nothing can be believed until it has been recorded in the history books. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 23:36 1
  - (I mean, I haven't entirely finished 1984 yet, but I think I get the gist ... ;-) ) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 23:37
The Penguins had a celebration for the 25th anniversary of their second Stanley Cup. Jaromir Jagr missed it cause he had a game that night. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 23:17
I know nothing about Supergirl, tv show or comic, but I love this Twitter thread so much. -- (link) - Tim Dec 3, 22:13 3
- She did a great thing that day. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 06:11
- Wow!! Amazing--thanks for sharing! -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 01:18
- This is wonderful. -- nm - Mop Dec 3, 22:41
I just read the first two sentences of Nocturnal Animals' plot description on Wikipedia. There should be an Anti-Hallmark Channel for this crap. -- nm - Max Dec 3, 22:04 2
- also I just now see that Amy Adams *and* Isla Fisher are in this, which is hilarious. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 22:27 1
  - (and also makes perfect sense) -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 05:56
Overtime hockey is fun. -- nm - Dano Dec 3, 21:42 3
- I'm always a bit surprised when it last longer than a minute 3 on 3. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 07:50
- Does God's greatest gift to humankind cover hockey as well as other sports? David? Can we get a ruling? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 3, 22:02
- OT for the win -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 21:55
I bet JaxSean did not watch SNL tonight. - Spawn Dec 3, 21:39 3
- I fell asleep right before the news. We have it DVRd -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 08:14
- They had a skit where Jacksonville won a game? -- nm - Bacon Dec 3, 21:57 1
  - Nah, even they would not try that. -- (link) - Spawn Dec 3, 22:00
~the candle we all get and give away~ -- nm - Max Dec 3, 20:50 4
- ~ the same peach candle~ -- nm - Epiphany Dec 3, 20:55 3
  - "hhhellyll yeeaanah" -- nm - Max Dec 3, 21:09 2
    - Was that Emma or Cecilia? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 08:25 1
      - I'm pretty sure that was Emma, which was both impressive (because I've never heard her speak that way), and hot. -- nm - Max Dec 4, 09:43
Somewhere, Jim Harbaugh is swearing. -- nm - David Dec 3, 20:39 1
- also, he's unhappy about the football game. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 20:47
WWE: Jimmy Superfly Snuka has 6 months to live...and has been declared mentally incompenta\ent to stand trial for murder... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 3, 20:28
Is anyone playing Overwatch tonight? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 3, 20:21 1
- in a bit, but you know, on Xbox. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 20:48
Eric Semborski: NHL goalie for a day. -- (link) - Dano Dec 3, 20:15 4
- this happens every couple of years or so - Reagen Dec 3, 20:47
- Disney's already got a script. -- nm - Mop Dec 3, 20:26 2
  - But he didn't actually play ... would they actually make it? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 20:31 1
    - In the actual "Miracle on Ice", the Russians won. -- nm - Mop Dec 3, 21:08
As good as the GotG 2 trailer was i seriously doubt that Fox on the Run will be as catchy as Hooked on a Feeling was when the first trailer came out -- nm - eag Dec 3, 20:00 4
- I loved seeing Mantris -- nm - Jovian Dec 3, 21:18
- This is true, but that doesn't make it a bad choice. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 20:04 2
  - Im almost feel like the soundtrack has a high bar to reach compared to the first just like the movie does -- nm - eag Dec 3, 20:10 1
    - Um, yes. But I am eminently hopeful that it will surpass that bar, and I have not seen anything to dissuade me from that. Not a single thing. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 20:14
I do believe I loved Fantastic Beasts. -- nm - Mop Dec 3, 19:48
Seems only a couple of weeks since I needed more than a sheet on my bed. Last night I remembered I have an electric blanket :) - Meg Dec 3, 19:46 1
- I actually switched from AC to heat the other day! -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 3, 20:40
Netflix down? -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 19:40 3
- A lesser known Channing Tatum movie. -- nm - Dano Dec 3, 20:31 2
  - When terrorists attach the data center, Channing Tatum must get Reed Hastings out alive! -- nm - Ender Dec 3, 22:05
  - I would still watch it -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 21:49
I need to find a non-Fps game to play. -- nm - TRuMaN Dec 3, 19:33 4
- Civ 6? -- nm - eag Dec 3, 19:47 3
  - My computer can't handle it. Can't invest in a new computer right now. - TRuMaN Dec 3, 20:11 2
    - Hearthstone -- nm - Bacon Dec 3, 21:59
    - Factorio? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 3, 20:35
sitwap- GOTG2 second teaser trailer (its absolutely ridiculous and still better than Star Wars) -- (link) - crash davis Dec 3, 19:25 1
- Everything is. - David's iPad Dec 3, 19:29
I don't know how it has come to this. .. I am voluntarily watching a Katherine Heigl movie on a Saturday night. - Andie Dec 3, 19:22 7
- I've seen calls for help like this before. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 19:25 1
  - I saw an ad about this earlier today. Andie doesn't have access to a school, does she? -- nm - crash davis Dec 3, 19:32
- You think you're ashamed ... <points down the board> -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 3, 19:24 4
  - You're right. You *win.* - Andie Dec 3, 19:26 2
    - See that, David? No matter what you say, I am a *winner*! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 3, 19:35 1
      - Seven! -- nm - David's iPad Dec 3, 19:37
  - This is the other kind of 2016 board. -- nm - Max Dec 3, 19:24
HBO2 has a full season so far Westworld marathon starting at 9 am tomorrow -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 3, 19:17 1
- Or you could just watch them all at your leisure on HBO Go. -- nm - Ender Dec 3, 22:03
I just watched an entire Hallmark movie. I blame David. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 3, 19:15 8
- No better way to thank him than by winning the Ruiner Bowl -- nm - crash davis Dec 3, 19:19 1
  - I am confident. It may come down to how well Matt Forte performs for me on Monday night, but I am confident. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 3, 19:23
- Amateur. - David's iPad Dec 3, 19:16 5
  - Did you watch the one where the workaholic learns an important lesson from her guardian-angel-in-training? - ReluctantCynic Dec 3, 19:31 4
    - I'd need a name or some actors. -- nm - David's iPad Dec 3, 19:38 3
      - (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Dec 3, 20:00 2
        
        I have this on the TiVo, but I'm not a huge McCormack fan, so it's not high on the list. -- nm - David Dec 3, 20:04 1
        
        I liked the Travelers pilot. Even if you don't like McCormack, you might want to check it out. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 21:50

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