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Emily has obviously been cast as The Bitch this season on Top Chef. -- nm* - Diva Dec 10, 07:40
Was surprised and happy to see Into the Badlands on my TiVo -- nm - Rollo Dec 10, 07:30
Next year we should replace the LDBC with this... (the headline greatly overreaches) -- (link) - Dano Dec 10, 07:14 1
- most old carols are based on old english folk songs...a rewrite of John Barleycorn mashed up with the Passion - zeitgeist Dec 10, 11:17
Good morning, ST! And what a fine and beautiful morning it is! - ReluctantCynic Dec 10, 07:09
TV PSA: UFC 206, Toronto FC vs. Seattle, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Crawford-Molina, Cuellar-Mares, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 10, 05:55
Let's go Blues -- nm - JD Dec 10, 04:35 2
- Rom! -- nm - JD Dec 10, 04:47 1
  - !! -- nm - JD Dec 10, 06:14
Happy birthday miss jones! (Hello everyone else.) -- nm - Andie Dec 9, 23:54 12
- Happy B-Day! -- nm - JenBro Dec 10, 12:27
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine Dec 10, 12:01
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 10, 11:17
- happy bday -- nm - budice Dec 10, 07:47
- yonh! -- nm - Diva Dec 10, 07:46
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Meg Dec 10, 07:46
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Jovian Dec 10, 07:26
- Happy Happy -- nm - Dano Dec 10, 07:15
- 23 again? Happy birthday! -- nm - iSpam Dec 10, 07:13
- Happy birthday, Amanda! Woo hoo!!! :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 07:11
- Hello! How is Spain? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 00:41 1
  - Excellent. We are on our way to Montserrat right now. -- nm* - Andie Dec 10, 00:57
The current Jeopardy champion is a Magic player and currently works for Wizards of the Coast (the game's developer) as an editor. -- nm - Tim Dec 9, 21:52 3
- In case you haven't heard, next Tuesday will be an unusual show. One of the contestants had stage IV cancer when taping and died last week. -- (link) - GregW Dec 9, 22:06 2
  - :-( It's too bad she didn't get to watch the episode but hopefully she played well and loved every minute of it. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 06:58
  - Whoa. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 22:31
Ginger Rooibos tea with a splash of whiskey fixes all kinds of ills. - Meg Dec 9, 21:41 1
- Hold the tea -- nm - Rollo Dec 9, 22:09
After all the recent critical headlines, can someone explain wtf this garbage is still on Facebook? -- (link) - Max Dec 9, 21:34 [Image] 2
- Those are usually ads with malware. -- nm - jnine Dec 9, 23:45 1
  - Which FB should be able to prevent. If it's an actual sponsored ad then they just really suck that much more. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 07:00
This is a nice looking Aurora -- (link) - Bacon Dec 9, 21:31 1
- I always pictured you more of a Cinderella guy. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 23:09
Well, some folks are pulling no punches. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 9, 21:30 8
- My grandfather is spinning in his grave at such a high rpm right now that folks in town are beginning to hear a hum from the cemetery up the hill. - ReluctantCynic Dec 10, 07:16
- If Trump unwittingly benefited, does it still make him complicit? -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 23:18 5
  - What did he know and when did he know it? -- nm - znufrii Dec 10, 06:42 4
    - This. I don't think he should be held personally responsible for things he didn't know or didn't have a reason to know. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 10, 07:23 3
      - I'd think we'd need several open-ended Congressional investigations looking into this to be sure, though. -- nm - znufrii Dec 10, 07:30 2
        
        Absolutely. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 10, 07:35 1
        
        I mean, if they can spend four years looking into Benghazi.... -- nm - znufrii Dec 10, 07:46
- Heh, this one is a bit more insightful, though. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 9, 21:35
Krusty, you there? (Overwatch) -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 21:02 1
- I was but got tired and fell asleep. I mostly ran around in the training room and tried out the different characters. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 07:01
This trump stuff is really rather depressing and scary. - Beryllium Dec 9, 20:57 3
- this part is where it starts to get actually scary -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 9, 21:36 1
  - a little bud of hope...Austria rejected their nazi party bid last week -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 9, 23:53
- one of my fb friends was expressing her relief that we'll finally be rid of the most corrupt and incompetent idiot to ever hold the office - zeitgeist Dec 9, 21:07
Senate passes short term funding bill, averting government shutdown. -- nm - budice Dec 9, 20:23 1
- Yay, I have a job on Monday! -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 23:19
ooo...Season 3 of Mozart in the Jungle -- nm - Remlik Dec 9, 20:14
Super Mario Run looks legit. It'll be interesting to see if iOS folks will pony up the premium price for an non-microtransaction game. -- nm - Qale Dec 9, 20:07
Golden Globes noms. Monday @ 5:15am Pacific -- (link) - budice Dec 9, 20:02
AFC Wimbledon vs MK Dons in the morning just as John Green is streaming live for the Project For Awesome. It's synergy. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 19:55
I'm pretty sure there was some sex being had in the dressing room after Shark Tank tonight -- nm - prayformojo Dec 9, 19:50
David..Goofy fired for fighting with Donald Duck..European Disney employee tells all! -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 9, 19:46 5
- Worst job at the parks. Everybody knows that. -- nm - Seven Strongbads Swimming Dec 10, 03:34
- Not European Disney. This is the WDW Goofy on Reddit that was linked yesterday. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 19:50 3
  - I missed it then :( -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 9, 20:06
  - Yes, everyone should read it for the story about why he chose to become a costumed character. -- nm - David Dec 9, 20:02 1
    - I missed that part but I recognized the story about why he was fired from reading it yesterday. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 20:57
Westbrook is a beast but they need to make layups. -- nm - Krusty Dec 9, 19:34
Blue Jackets! (fewest regulation losses in the NHL) -- nm - Dano Dec 9, 19:31
It was highly recommended to me today to cover the outside water faucets. A lot of stores here sell the styrofoam faucet covers. Do they really do the - kelly Dec 9, 19:16 14
- F*$K yeah, the socal folks who bought the old lady's house next door, pipe froze, broke. - zeitgeist Dec 9, 19:51
- The necessity will depend on the type of faucet. - Ender Dec 9, 19:46
- Two dollars vs 2 thousand dollars. -- nm - Bacon Dec 9, 19:19 4
  - So they work? I tried putting them on tonight but they are not flush with the house; there are some gaps because of the siding. -- nm - kelly Dec 9, 19:21 3
    - open the faucet so it drip drip drips, this will either prevent frozen or allow the pressure to escape - zeitgeist Dec 9, 19:54 1
      - the ones we have have a collar of sponge foam to fit the zig zag of the siding. got any old sponges, or hell waste a new one -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 9, 19:56
    - Yeah they help here. I think the colder areas might build differently to prevent pipe freeze, but it's rare they wrap pipes here. - Bacon Dec 9, 19:25
- I only saw these after moving to Oregon. In - much colder - Canada, we didn't bother. Are northern pipes sturdier? -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 19:18 6
  - The valves are. -- nm - Ender Dec 9, 19:47
  - shutoff valves and more thorough exterior insulation. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 19:38
  - We also open our kitchen cabinets when it gets colder than 25 or the pipes freeze in the kitchen -- nm - Bacon Dec 9, 19:19 3
    - we had that happen, lucky we didn't break a pipe then. also washing machine line froze, any pipe in the wall, there's often no insulation there -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 9, 19:57 2
      - Since our laundry room is in a very small enclosed space near an outside wall, our realtor also suggested we leave the laundry room door open all winter -- (edited) - kelly Dec 9, 20:04 1
        
        our laundry room is open, its the hall from the kitchen to the 'garage' aka my office, it still froze (not to the point of damage luckily) so on reall - zeitgeist Dec 9, 21:00
I came for the hot Russia Trump Takes people. You're failing me. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 9, 19:06 9
- "Russia Wins Cold War" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 20:51
- it's friday. I keep imagining this reads: I came for the hot Russian Tramp. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 9, 20:27
- also, WTF is with this "one of the biggest electoral college wins in history" bullshit? It's one of the narrowest. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 19:46
- At a time like this I have to ask myself, how would Survivor deal with this? -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 19:16
- and who's going to prosecute it, the people that benefited from it? -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 19:11 4
  - Is it just a given that every single one of 237 Reps & 52 Sens have -zero- scruples? -- nm - BR2049 Dec 9, 19:43 3
    - There are a few Senators (McCain and graham) who seem awake but... - Will Hunting Dec 9, 19:50 2
      - Yeah, maybe this makes its way into confirmation hearings. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 19:52 1
        
        I'm a little more interested in the impeachment proceedings come spring. -- nm - BR2049 Dec 9, 20:12
Outback's been promoting their Walkabout Wednesday special to me for $11.99. Their websites now showing it for $9.99 -- (edited) - Meg Dec 9, 18:46 1
- Steakhouse? -- nm* - budice Dec 9, 18:48
Star Wars cast on Kimmel tonight -- (link) - budice Dec 9, 18:42
Wisconsin's recount update...not much change with 90% counted - budice Dec 9, 18:36
Office Christmas Party was very entertaining. A- - Volnelk Dec 9, 18:28 3
- Tell us about Olivia Munn's dress. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 18:33 2
  - She's very attractive in this. Her character makes her appealing. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 9, 18:37 1
    - Thank you. -- nm - budice Dec 9, 18:40
7M/yr? 49ers agree to terms with TE Vance McDonald on an extension, per source. ESPN reports five years, $35 million. -- nm - budice Dec 9, 18:27
Trump wants Ronna Romney McDaniel, Michigan GOP Chairman and Mitt Romney's niece, to lead RNC -- (link) - budice Dec 9, 17:43 2
- So...no Mitt as SecState... - Will Hunting Dec 9, 18:26 1
  - Rex Tillerson who works for Exxon and is beloved by Putin has risen to the top of the list for SoS according to WSJ. - Diva Dec 9, 18:28
ok, the Martha and Snoop Dog show is pretty fun -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 17:42 1
- Ya it is -- nm - J Dec 9, 19:06
LOL at this domain name -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 9, 17:38 8
- I tried it when it was linked earlier and it only seems to be loading partially for me. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 18:02 5
  - In a stroke of brilliance, it uses infinite scrolling to list Trump's corruptions. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 18:03 4
    - I think we slash-dotted it. It's not loading at all now. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 18:13 3
      - Don't think so. I think the issue's on the other end - too many corruption reports coming in. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 18:23
      - yes, ST, with its massive amount of traffic took it down (loading fine here) -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 18:15 1
        
        Royal "we". Which is to say, me alone. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 18:17
- jeebus, I thought the helicopter thing was a joke. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 17:40 1
  - Jet ski! Jet ski! - Beryllium Dec 9, 17:49
Ouch - low of 17 deg in Olathe tonight. May warm up a little before I get there in 12 days. - Meg Dec 9, 17:21
Charlie Strong in preliminary talks for South Florida job -- (link) - Beaker Dec 9, 16:40
ummmmmm.... -- (link) - Reagen Dec 9, 16:39 1
- Admission by associative eagerness? Heh -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 16:57
"Most people I know would be thrilled to get a letter from the President elect." I love Deadspin comments sometimes -- (link) - Beaker Dec 9, 16:38 1
- "I don't want to get into conspiracies, but the spelling is kinda good" -- nm - zeit spiced geist Dec 9, 22:19
Lane Kiffin thought the Houston job was his. He seems like a good fit for the Trump administration. -- (link) - jnine Dec 9, 16:37 2
- We called Tennessee for a reference then after talking to them decided to go in a different/sane direction. -- nm - Houston Dec 9, 16:41 1
  - So you trusted a team that hired him in the first place? -- nm - Seven Strongbads Swimming Dec 9, 16:45
Coach Pop on player motivation -- (link) - budice Dec 9, 16:27
Politico's Glenn Thrush has written the best (so far) article on the 2016 election. You should read it. -- (link) - ML Dec 9, 16:22 7
- Something I've wondering about... would Trump voters have voted for Sanders if given the chance? - Mop Dec 9, 18:17 3
  - Sanders would have failed as a legitimate socialist. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Dec 9, 18:23 2
    - Failed in the election or failed as president? - Mop Dec 9, 18:29 1
      - In the general. He is a socialist. That would lose him support in general. - Will Hunting Dec 9, 18:46
- Someone please turn this into 10 Buzzfeed slides. Thanks. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 18:06
- This. This is a fantastic read. Impressive, even for Glenn Thrush. I just hope this is the beginnings of a book-length analysis. - ReluctantCynic Dec 9, 16:37 1
  - I'm not aware of who's writing behind the scenes but Thrush has to be on the short-list for this cycle's Game Change -- nm - ML Dec 9, 17:38
In news very close to my heart, the do nothing Congress has passed a law outlawing ticket bots. -- (link) - jnine Dec 9, 16:16 4
- the NYSE tried to ban computer trading, so they invented a computer that would manipulate the keyboard of another terminal -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 9, 23:50
- encouraging. But The way I see it, operations can move offshore. Ala poker sites / betting. Its like trying to regulate an multi-natl internet. -- nm* - budice Dec 9, 17:38 1
  - They can be easily blocked by the company, but they make money in the resale market from them, so they don't do anything about it. -- nm - jnine Dec 9, 18:01
- Indeed. Good for ticket buyers - JD Dec 9, 17:31
If I'm going to trust anyone on the difference between soup and stew, it's an Irishman. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 16:07 6
- "Guinness? That's a stew." -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 16:10 3
  - Obiwan! -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 9, 16:49
  - yes but also I've made Guinness stew. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 16:45 1
    - A stew inside a stew. That's deep. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 18:02
- mmm Irishman -- nm - ty97 si Dec 9, 16:10
- Mm, soup and stew. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 16:08
42 minutes? -- nm - Cleveland Dec 9, 15:37
I'm winning some Excellence in Packing Material in the Stalker Awards this year, is what I'm sayin'. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 14:54 4
- have 1/2 to mail and half seems to have been received -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 15:49
- If they need scissors to open your package, you've failed. If they need pliers, you're going to jail. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 15:43
- yoga pants? -- nm - budice Dec 9, 15:35
- Shorn kitten fur? nm - Dignan Dec 9, 15:19
Oh since we been talking about Spider Man Homecoming Aunt May just turned 52 a few days ago - eag Dec 9, 14:43 1
- 4 months older than Iron Man. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 15:48
scientists figured out what caused Aru Glacier avalanche in Tibet -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 9, 14:33 4
- Was it climate change? I bet it was climate change. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 15:53 3
  - Aliens -- nm - Bacon Dec 9, 16:21 1
    - awiens !! -- nm - call me Kris Kringle Dec 9, 16:54
  - No no no, it wasn't climate change. It was an increase in meltwater due to warming trends. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 16:08
16 days until the Doctor -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 9, 14:20

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