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AFI Movies of the year: Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Manchester, Moonlight, Silence, Sully, Zootopia - ty97 Dec 8, 14:08 3
- Still angry that "Everybody Wants Some" isn't getting any love. -- nm - MDH Dec 8, 14:36
- I might have to splurge the $20 to buy Sully early. -- nm - David Dec 8, 14:29
- I did not expect to see Hacksaw Ridge on lists. I think Hell or High Water tops mine at the moment. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 14:14
Never saw this. I guess it was a limited release. But Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc in "The Founder". -- (link) - Mop Dec 8, 13:54 [youtube] 3
- Won't get wide release for another six weeks. -- nm - David Dec 8, 14:02 2
  - So, they punted on the Oscar bid for him? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 14:35 1
    - No, it's limited this month to make him eleigible. -- nm - David Dec 8, 14:37
when did we decide growlers were cool and necessary? ditto for Moscow Mule cups -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 13:53 21
- If you buy it direct from the brew pub on their happy hour, yeah great, but it seems a half gallon at the liquor barn tap is the same as from six pack -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 14:35
- I saw "moscow mule cups" today at the store. i was like - wha? -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 14:06
- growlers are great for home brew and for getting fills straight from the brewery. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 14:06
- Many bars here switched to plastic Mule cups cause people steal them -- nm - budice Dec 8, 13:56 2
  - then it's just a weird drink. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 14:06
  - if they were copper, I could see that -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 13:59
- Growlers are great for states with no Sunday sales of Alcohol. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 13:56 12
  - seriously, in the 21st Century, there are Sunday bans on alcohol? -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 13:58 11
    - You live in the 21st Century? Congratulations. Have you met the rest of the country? -- nm - GregW Dec 8, 14:09
    - yup. Indiana. The Liqour stores don't want it. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 14:01 9
      - but you can get beer in a grocery store on Sunday, right? -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 14:03 8
        
        No wine sales here on Sundays/holidays was a surprise. - kelly Dec 8, 14:23 2
        
        where can't you buy beer in a grocery store? -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 14:28
        
        That's silly -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 14:24
        
        it's Indidna, the 2nd most depressing state to live in. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 14:16 2
        
        next to Illinoize. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 14:23 1
        
        at least we can be drunk all 7 days of the week. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 14:25
        
        nope -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 14:16
        
        Nope. -- nm - mara Dec 8, 14:08
- For the second part, when Williams Sonoma realised everyone already owned martini glasses -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 13:55 1
  - that reminds me, there was an article about WS linked here yesterday that I haven't read - thanks! -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 13:59
If you can be in Jersey City, NJ on December 17 and want to see I Am Daniel Blake for free, click this -- (link) - ty97 Dec 8, 13:46
My former coworker who looks like a prettier version of Amanda Seyfried as a brunette just came into the office looking ridiculous and today's the day - Max Dec 8, 13:45
Credit Karma bought an online tax preparing firm and will offer free tax prep in 2017. -- (link) - spamlet Dec 8, 13:44
Goddamnit. - znufrii Dec 8, 13:39 1
- Carpeting is an excellent way to break up a large space into smaller spaces. - Mop Dec 8, 13:49
Did I mention you get about $200 per visit for 10 to 15 visits, for the zika study? -- nm - landbeck Dec 8, 13:32 3
- holy crap, wish we had some mad scientists this way -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 13:48
- That's a lot of zika. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 13:33 1
  - Free Zima too! -- nm - Crashquick Dec 8, 13:48
The loss of various astronauts sent me looking for the only one I'd ever met. Apparently Frank Borman is still alive!! - Meg Dec 8, 13:28
The three NY Film Critics each pick their Top 10 Films or 2016 - ty97 Dec 8, 13:28 2
- And all of them put "Aquarius" in there.. - Marlowe Dec 8, 13:32 1
  - I haven't seen it (or most of what they pick) but there's always a few 'looks how arty pretentious we are' choices for them. -- nm* - ty97 Dec 8, 13:33
~ME AND MY DRUMMMMMMMM~ -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 13:27 1
- Sure kid, every mother wants someone banging on a drum around their newborn. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 13:50
Stolen from FB is the thought that 2016 kicked off the death thing with Bowie and is wrapping up with Glenn. "The universe is trying to tell us - Mel Profit Dec 8, 13:23 5
- The true warning came in February when it managed to fell Abe Vigoda. That showed it meant business. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 14:02 1
  - I totally agree. We knew early on that 2016 was The Death Bringer. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 14:08
- I'm just warming up! -- nm - 2016 Dec 8, 13:34
- Yeah, "wrapping up". -- nm - 2016 si Dec 8, 13:24 1
  - No witnesses. -- nm - 2016 Dec 8, 13:35
This is why I took the day off when snow/ice was in the forecast. -- (link) - Bacon Dec 8, 13:17
The more I thought about it the less I was impressed by the battle scenes of Hacksaw Ridge (spoilers) - Mel Profit Dec 8, 13:14
Looking forward to tonight's football game. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 13:11
Celeb BDays: Nicki Minaj (34), Teri Hatcher (52), Kim Basinger (63) -- nm - budice Dec 8, 13:11 18
- KFM -- nm - Crashquick Dec 8, 13:47
- FKM -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 13:32
- I'm 85% sure Hatcher is a nut job. I'm 99% sure Minaj is crazy in bed. So FKM -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 13:29
- I don't like the choices here. _K_ -- nm - Max Dec 8, 13:25
- ***K*** F M -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:22 2
  - this -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 13:48
  - I may change my answer to this. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 13:23
- MK!F - Epiphany Dec 8, 13:18
- KMF -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 13:14 1
  - no -- nm* - Beaker Dec 8, 13:38
- FMK -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 13:12 7
  - Basinger has aged astoudingly well. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 13:14 5
    - She's a kook -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 13:14 4
      - Precisely. Hatcher would be a fun spouse to have, though. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 13:27 3
        
        Nicki has that tight booty mmmm -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 13:31 1
        
        But do you really want to live with the realization that you agreed to F Nicki Minaj? -- nm - Max Dec 8, 13:32
        
        no no no no no no -- nm - bit Dec 8, 13:27
  - This -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 13:13
WWE: Mickie James new deal is a 3 year deal. Expect lots of signings in 2017...they're looking at the Indie's really hard. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 13:04
Christmas Wrapping underated christmas song Yea or Nay ? - eag Dec 8, 13:03 15
- I love this one by Great Big Sea -- (link) - Beaker Dec 8, 13:50 [youtube] 1
  - Miranda Cosgrove has a nice version on Spotify. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 14:06
- Blech. -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 13:17
- I don't think I know this song. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 13:12 4
  - *googles* oh, that song. Meh. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 13:20
  - I don't either -- nm - decline Dec 8, 13:14 2
    - Here listen: [links you to Little Drummer Boy] -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:16
    - sure you do. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 13:15
- one of my favorites. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 13:09 2
  - me too. I also know like zero of the lyrics. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:21 1
    - i know most of them, but the most important part...... - groiny Dec 8, 13:23
- I love it. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 13:06 1
  - Did not realized till I saw it on Wiki that the lead singer had died 20 years ago and she was only 40 -- nm - eag Dec 8, 13:10
- Maybe overrated, around here. I would rather hear Christmas Vacation. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 13:04
- i don't think it's underrated at all. People seem to like it a lot. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 13:04
I initially read "my dad would still beat me" very much the wrong way -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:00 1
- ... I am glad you are doing okay. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 13:01
Michael Thomas (saints WR) misses 2nd straight day of practice. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 12:58
Seriously hate 2016. With a passion. -- nm - ML Dec 8, 12:50
So i went outside to get some supermarket sushi and help invigorate the US economy and there was a straight up FIST FIGHT going on outside my building. -- (edited) - Diva Dec 8, 12:49 10
- people are seriously on edge. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 13:26
- Honestly, with al the road rage shootings and beatings I don't know why anyone would risk doing something like this -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 12:50 8
  - word. this fight happened to be between a white guy and a black guy. The whole thing was pretty scary and really could have escalated badly. I'm so - Diva Dec 8, 12:53 7
    - That last sentence says it all about where we currently are in society. -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 12:56 6
      - recording actually has some value in terms of evidence. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 12:58 4
        
        I'm sure that's the intent. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 13:00 3
        
        I actually think it was on behalf of some of the people there. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 13:03 2
        
        That's good then. Usually it's hoping for FB likes. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 13:40 1
        
        ugh. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 14:06
      - #NeverForget -- (link) - ML Dec 8, 12:58
LDB: I'm out! - kelly Dec 8, 12:43 4
- woof -- nm - Sophie w/her sweet eyes Dec 8, 12:50
- *slaps money on the counter* -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 12:47
- You folks make me feel like looking for a CD with nothing but different versions of LDB -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:45
- Oh yeah, I was dropped on Saturday night. Car radio. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 12:45
*wonders if there's anything edible in the UPS box* -- nm - WOMAN Dec 8, 12:41 1
- There is! -- nm - David Dec 8, 12:45
So I'm looking at resume's for filling a position (I let go one of my IT techs). It amazes me when I come across people looking for an IT job who - oblique Dec 8, 12:35 13
- Hmm. What exactly do you look for, or do you just mean Linkedin, FB, etc? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:18 1
  - Those certainly. I'll even look for reddit accounts/history, personal websites, etc. -- (edited) - oblique Dec 8, 13:30
- its like they don't even exist -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:43
- they are on the dark Web -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 12:40 1
  - resume bullet point: Wrote the majority of the code for Silk Road and did not get indicted. -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:44
- Should I send you my resume? - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 12:39 3
  - "Can provide abundant quantities of pizza bread" - oblique Dec 8, 12:41 2
    - My boss went with her kid to visit Bradley last weekend. I only gave her one instruction. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 12:55 1
      - Amy' niece went to Bradley. When she got accepted I had the most fun teasing her that she would be living in Bradley's basement, etc. - Spawn Dec 8, 13:04
- the smart ones are the ones with zero -- nm - decline Dec 8, 12:37 2
  - "Oh, I do. Here, I'll move the mouse around on your screen for you." -- nm - Max Dec 8, 12:39
  - This!! That is the IT person you want to have. -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 12:38
- Linked In can suck it! -- nm - Max Dec 8, 12:36
Portland Snowpacalypse Update: It is now snowing. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 12:33 6
- have people resorted to cannablism yet? -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 12:53 2
  - In Portland, there's a family style dining experience for this. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 14:17
  - Not yet, but store shelves are quickly emptying out. I imagine we'll see rampant cannablism by dusk. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 13:04
- look, other than the top of B2, you don't see me whining about the weather :p -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:40
- Watch it snow in Bend for a bit. -- (link) - Mop Dec 8, 12:37
- Is it? -- (link) - Bacon Dec 8, 12:36
Jets center Nick Mangold to IR -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 12:32 2
- Niners gonna win this week. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:59 1
  - lord have mercy -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 13:20
media: if the Prez-elect nominates a fast food CEO, say which fast food chains in the headline -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:32 1
- and using Dr. S. Talk, I see decline beat me to the joke I was going to make about Labor's commercials -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:36
LIR: John Glenn now? Dammit, 2016, you made your point! Let 'em pull back! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 12:27 1
- Hit it, again. -- nm - 2016 (Hans Gruber style) Dec 8, 12:28
SPAWN! - ty97 Dec 8, 12:27 1
- I SAID TMI!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:27
the real sad thing about all the deaths in 2016 is that in 2017 they all come back to "life" as flesh eating zombies -- nm* - Beaker Dec 8, 12:26 2
- the real sad thing is when I have to shoot an American icon in the head because of that -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:41 1
  - I got dibs on Tom Cruise (but he ain't dead) *so?* -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 14:44
PPP: only 53% of Trump voters thought California's votes should be included in national popular vote (that's healthy!) -- (link*) - ty97 Dec 8, 12:24 1
- damn Hippies -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 12:25
Destiny update : They switched matchmaking to connection based matches, not skill based. - groiny Dec 8, 12:23 4
- Last night seemed rather smooth though I did see some varied colors beside names. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:25 2
  - they just put this through today. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 12:29 1
    - Oh. Well, things seemed fine last night so hopefully they did not f- it up. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:31
- oh, and word. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 12:24

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