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RIP Jon Glenn -- (link) - ty97 Dec 8, 12:21 9
- "So this is Heaven, eh? Nice view. I've seen better." -- nm - Max Dec 8, 13:52
- fuck -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 12:42
- :( -- nm - budice Dec 8, 12:24
- bummer. I really can't wait for 2016 to give way to 2017. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 12:23 1
  - Wait til they get a load of me -- nm - 2017 Dec 8, 12:24
- WTF? 2016 can kiss my ass. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:22 3
  - 2016 is ramping up to close ou the year in a big way. - Epiphany Dec 8, 12:23 2
    - TMI - Spawn Dec 8, 12:26 1
      - stop -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 12:42
Fresh Air has an interview today with the NY Times, in part discussing "baseless" vs "lie," which they typically reserve for "longstanding intent" -- nm - Max Dec 8, 12:14
IL is so corrupt it becomes the first state-based expansion for ProPublica. -- (link) - spamlet Dec 8, 12:14
So - Just got this link to a video I'm in that showcases the food event I work on each Fall (Taste of Harbor Springs) - YAY! - JenBro Dec 8, 12:13 [youtube]
just had 5 guys for lunch, now I kinda wanna die. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 12:11 2
- Hope you got paid. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:12 1
  - L3 -- nm - budice Dec 8, 12:17
This tweet raises a good point -- (link) - ML Dec 8, 12:08 7
- Bloomberg's interest is in reporting on shareholder and corporate governance issues because its target audience is investors. -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 12:25 2
  - I would say that Zuck's desire to maintain control of FB *and* serve in government would be of particular interest to those parties indeed. -- nm - ML Dec 8, 12:26 1
    - Sure, but that's not an issue right now - and is certainly not going to move the stock today or tomorrow. - Roger More Dec 8, 12:28
- The discussions were in 2015 though. It's not like he's joining the Trump admin. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 12:18
- what's the context of this? -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 12:11 2
  - Here -- (link) - ML Dec 8, 12:13 1
    - (the portion quoted in my original post comes all the way down in paragraph 19) -- nm - ML Dec 8, 12:14
Jeff Fisher blames GM for Ram's' problems. -- (link) - jnine Dec 8, 12:07 5
- He ain't 100 percent wrong. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 12:21 2
  - And he just got yet *another* contract extension. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:22 1
    - That organizations leadership is slightly worse than Indy retaining Grigson and Pagano - Will Hunting Dec 8, 12:25
- This is my shocked face. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 12:12
- countdown to Beaker in three, two, one..... -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:10
*from the big book of families in Kings Landing* House crash: bannerman to House Stark; motto "Winter is here, bitches" sigil: two shrunken testicles - crash davis Dec 8, 12:06
"Delivery Location: LEFT WITH WOMAN" - David Dec 8, 12:04 6
- :( -- nm - Transgender Dec 8, 12:16
- if she was hot, I would leave with her too. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 12:12 2
  - how much for the little girl? -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 12:21
  - " here! take all of this stuff!" *runs off like a immature child* -- nm - UPS Guy Dec 8, 12:14
- L2 -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 12:05
- wo-man! wo-man! wo-man! arrrrararrragghhararaa -- nm - ML Dec 8, 12:05
Theater Count: 4000+ for Star Wars: Rogue One -- (link) - budice Dec 8, 11:59 1
- Sun: Rising in the East tomorrow. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 12:03
Live by the Julio Jones, die by the Julio Jones. - spamlet Dec 8, 11:55 8
- ... -- nm - AJ Green owners Dec 8, 11:59
- Yes. -- nm - David Dec 8, 11:58
- full blown GTD is what I saw earlier today -- nm - ML Dec 8, 11:56 5
  - Me too. I'm playing Spawn in the PPR playoffs this week so I'd really like him to play. - spamlet Dec 8, 12:02 4
    - As the only team I have JJones on is my only team not playing this week, I expect him to go off for 40 points. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:04 3
      - which league is that in, Spawn? -- nm - ML Dec 8, 12:04 2
        
        The league where I was tired of being the 8 seed and getting beat by the 1. - Spawn Dec 8, 12:16 1
        
        Oh, so Astronauts. Why are you not playing this weekend? -- nm - ML Dec 8, 12:22
This is rather incidental, but this picture of Greg Lake (R.I.P.) appears to be at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. -- (link) - Mop Dec 8, 11:53 2
- Nailed it. "during rehearsals for the band's 'Works' tour, at the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada, February 1977" -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 11:56 1
  - fascinating -- nm - decline Dec 8, 11:59
This may be the one time I'm glad my money league playoffs don't start until next week, I've got Carr v KC or Mariota v DEN - IrishStephen Dec 8, 11:51 1
- Even on a short week, Carr. -- nm - ML Dec 8, 11:52
Hacksaw Ridge: B+, other things aside, Mel Gibson can direct the hell out of a battle scene. - MDH Dec 8, 11:39
Four 5.* aftershocks within an hour. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:39
RIP @BreakingNews -- (link) - ML Dec 8, 11:37 2
- It does. They were fairly straightforward and yet still fast. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 11:43
- Cory Bergman ‏@corybe Nov 10 It's time to work on fixing the news media's credibility problem. - Spawn Dec 8, 11:43
Portland Snowpacalypse update: It's not snowing. - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 11:31
First 15 mins of Alien: Covenant jut screened for the press. - budice Dec 8, 11:31
Welcome to a world that liberal rationalism can no longer explain. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 8, 11:26 5
- Yet, he is losing by about 3 million votes at current count. -- nm - jnine Dec 8, 12:09 3
  - Facts like that aren't relevant to addressing the philosophical issues raised by the article, though. - znufrii Dec 8, 12:13 1
    - Everyone is seizing on a global shift as a mandate. It's not the majority of the people backing it, it just happens to be getting all of the press - jnine Dec 8, 12:19
  - All of those are illegal. -- nm - POTUSDJTrump Dec 8, 12:11
- "Never have so many free individuals felt so helpless -- so desperate to take back control from anyone they can blame for their feeling of having lost it." -- nm* - znufrii Dec 8, 11:50
I'm like 90% certain I'm making more than my parents did at this age - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:26 12
- adjusted for inflation I think my father would still beat me at his peak. - Mel Profit Dec 8, 12:19
- I'm pretty sure I'm not because I'm a woman - we even do the same job -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 12:13
- Tough to compare as dad farmed, but as household income, certainly more. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 12:08
- Not me. Not even adjusted for inflation. But I recognize that I am an outlier. And my brother makes up for me. - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 11:56
- I am not even close if you adjust for inflation -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 11:55
- I am decidedly not, on my own, on an inflation-adjusted basis. - znufrii Dec 8, 11:54 2
  - Definitely not. Thx auto correct -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 12:01
  - My best guess is that only one of the six of us does. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 11:57
- In absolute $, I definitely am. In "how many years' salary would it take to buy a house" terms, I think they'd be way ahead. -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 11:52
- I know that I am but it's also the difference in being white collar vs blue collar. - spamlet Dec 8, 11:50 1
  - Agree. Also work life balance issues. My father's generation more or less identified themselves by their job and the women did not work. -- nm - VMan Dec 8, 11:54
- I am not convinced how catastrophic that factoid is (making less than parents). - VMan Dec 8, 11:49
Superfeud Final Standings: - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 11:17 17
- By Division: - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 11:25 15
  - awesome -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 11:46
  - Awesome. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 11:41
  - hahahaha -- nm - ML Dec 8, 11:32
  - wow -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:29
  - too funny -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 11:29
  - Current Vampirates Qualifiers For 2017: Krusty and Baron Wasteland guaranteed an invitation. NWBR and Kelly currently in. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 11:28 9
    - Cool! I'll be taking my talents to Super Feud next season but there's unfinished work still to do this season. - Krusty Dec 8, 11:57
    - remind me of the criterion? -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 11:31 7
      - Champion, runner-up, then next two best records. 1st and 2nd are automatically in so far. Anybody in playoffs has a shot. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 11:32 6
        
        then it's ML and crash. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 11:34 5
        
        Sitting 3rd and 4th? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 11:35 4
        
        myself and David. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 11:41 3
        
        Danke. Cavemen, you're up to update the current roster. Who's sitting Top 4 right now? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 11:42 2
        
        me, Inigo, Stewie and Sceire (Legionaires is Sceire right?) -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 11:47 1
        
        So we've got our first two returns guaranteed with Beaker and Inigo. Possibly a couple of others. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 11:49
- Vamps represent! -- nm - budice Dec 8, 11:25
ST Bowl Pick 'em Group ID# 6168 - PW 312.50 -- (link) - Beaker Dec 8, 11:11 [Backboard]
Good luck in your FF playoffs everyone! -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 11:10 5
- My goal is 2-1. Feeling good about SuperFeud and PPR, not so much for Vampirates -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 11:11 4
  - *flex* -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 11:13 3
    - Projections are a tossup. Hope I can at least make it competitive. - Strongbad Dec 8, 11:19 2
      - Yeah, I think projections for me are a little low in Vampirates though I've contemplated swapping Brady. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 11:21 1
        
        I hope my players over achieve for Astronauts. (no faith) In my ppr$ league, I have a first round bye and my team is high scoring - Crashquick Dec 8, 11:24
Trailer: Doug Liman's The Wall feat John Cena, Aaron Taylor Johnson -- (link) - budice Dec 8, 11:10 [youtube] 2
- Build it! -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 11:25
- Interesting. -- nm - volnelk Dec 8, 11:21
Feathered dinosaur tail found embedded in amber -- (link) - mara Dec 8, 11:10 3
- *QUACK* -- nm - T-Rex Dec 8, 11:10 2
  - "The sparrow-sized creature could have danced in the palm of your hand." :-D -- nm - mara Dec 8, 11:11 1
    - then ate your face off -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 11:14
Znunami alert cancelled for Hawaii -- nm - ML Dec 8, 11:06 5
- eww a giant wave of cat piss -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 11:09 3
  - Basement update: new carpet is getting installed today. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 11:12 2
    - did you get a no cats allowed sign to hang up down there? -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 11:13 1
      - I should, shouldn't I? -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 11:14
- But what about the Tsunami Alert -- nm - eag Dec 8, 11:07
con_carne you're going to that show and you're going to like it. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 11:01 1
- :) The presale was on and, from what I saw, - con_carne Dec 8, 11:50
Live in or near DC and want to test a Zika Vaccine? Call 1-866-833-5433. Participants have to be 18-50. - landbeck Dec 8, 10:56 1
- be the last vaccine test EVER FOR EVERYONE! -- nm - Trump Dec 8, 10:58
This episode of ST Musical Theater is brought to you by the letters 'D', 'I', 'V', and 'A' and by a generous grant from The Gays. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 10:56 5
- (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 11:10 4
  - me too -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 11:17 3
    - *revokes your gay man card* - ty97 Dec 8, 11:31 2
      - I'm partially redeemed by my love of the musical - CATS -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 12:16 1
        
        ............... - ty97 Dec 8, 12:20
Marketplace poll: What was the last movie you watched on physical media at home? -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 10:56 33
- The Wild Life (via netflix disc in my Xbox). lousy. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 12:21
- I have no idea. The only disc we watched this year was a Disney Vacation ad. -- nm* - David Dec 8, 11:59
- one of the Sherlocks. The one before 'The Last Vow'. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 11:59
- And I watched It's a Wonderful Life at my mom's last week on VHS! -- nm - mara Dec 8, 11:41
- Sausage Party - I still get Netflix discs. -- nm - MDH Dec 8, 11:38 1
  - I do as well -- nm - decline Dec 8, 11:42
- Probably the Star Wars movies. I wanted to show them to the kids but they weren't available digitally. - Mop Dec 8, 11:34
- The annual December viewing of Die Hard, Tuesday night. -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 11:23
- piece of shit movie called Kill List -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 11:18 1
  - ! -- nm - mud Dec 8, 11:21
- Scott Pilgrim, but I took it to someone else's home to show them. Does that count? -- nm - Baron Zero C Dec 8, 11:16
- I don't even have a DVD player hooked up at home anymore. -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 11:15 1
  - We connect the laptop to the TV to watch DVDs. -- nm - mara Dec 8, 11:17
- I started Alice Through the Looking Glass last week. -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 11:12
- The Last Waltz, I think. (The Band concert video) -- nm - mara Dec 8, 11:10
- Sunshine? I think? But I watched Band of Brothers on Blu-Ray in the week between Christmas and New Years last year. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 11:08
- the kids watched Bark Ranger (don't ask) a week or two ago...for me, probably the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven - ML Dec 8, 11:03
- B vs. S -- nm - decline Dec 8, 11:02
- Casablanca, a few days ago.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 8, 11:01 6
  - I recorded that awhile ago on TMC, keep meaning to watch it (already watched The Maltese Falcon) -- nm* - Beaker Dec 8, 11:06
  - "I'm a drunkard" -- nm - mud Dec 8, 11:04 3
    - That makes you a citizen of the world. -- nm - volnelk Dec 8, 11:05 2
      - "What brought you to Casablanca?" "My health. I came here for the waters." "Casablanca is in the desert." "I was misinformed." -- nm - mara Dec 8, 11:13 1
        
        Perfect film. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 8, 11:37
  - Volnelk likes this. -- nm - volnelk Dec 8, 11:02
- Saturday's Warrior -- nm - landbeck Dec 8, 11:00
- Lol. - znufrii Dec 8, 10:58
- One of the Star Wars movies before Ep VII came out last year. -- nm - Ender Dec 8, 10:58 1
  - (I guess it would have been Jedi.) -- nm - Ender Dec 8, 10:58
- The Empire Stikes Back non specialized edition -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 10:58
- Inside Out -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 10:57 1
  - Same. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:23
- Muppet Movie, last night. - Strongbad Dec 8, 10:56
TV PSA: NBA, Alone, Legends of Tomorrow, Project Runway, Taraji's White Hot Holidays, Raiders @ Chiefs, Great Indoors, Pitch, Supernatural, Mom, -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 10:55 2
- I'm going to complain that Taraji has gotten too skinny -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 11:19
- Life in Pieces, Great American Baking Show, Falling Water, Notorious, Top Chef, Pure Genius, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 10:55

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