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io9 updating page with Carrie Fisher's status -- (link) - budice Dec 23, 14:49 10
- :/ I doubt they actually know if it was a heart attack. Taken to UCLA. *waits for consult* - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 23, 15:27 3
  - EMT was on the plane, CPR performed to restore pulse, ventilator. -- nm - budice Dec 23, 15:30
  - apparently they did CPR? -- nm - loosi Dec 23, 15:30
  - oh god I wish you were! -- nm - loosi Dec 23, 15:30
- came here because I knew it would be the best place to learn Carrie's status. thank you. -- nm - loosi Dec 23, 15:03 5
  - Merry Christmas! -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 15:18
  - It's a Festivus miracle! -- nm - Crashquick Dec 23, 15:16
  - happy holidays -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 23, 15:16
  - (hi!) -- nm - ty97 Dec 23, 15:15 1
    - hi everyone! thanks! -- nm - loosi Dec 23, 15:29
On 12/25 Vudu is having a one day sale on selected movies to own for $2.99. -- (link) - ML Dec 23, 14:47
I've seen 11 Teslas in the wild today in the Phoenix area. And I climbed a mountain. - TWuG Dec 23, 14:29 4
- Santa Monica and Malibu are Tesla ground zero. It's like it's the official car, replacing the Mini which replaced the Prius. -- nm - jnine Dec 23, 15:21
- Feral Teslas. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 14:43
- And more a hill than a mountain? -- nm - decline Dec 23, 14:32 1
  - The sign said it was a mountain. Signs don't lie. -- nm - TWuG Dec 23, 14:43
Alexander the Great's sister -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 23, 14:27 2
- just read a book on Alexander's death. I had no idea Ptolmy from Egypt was his bodyguard -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 15:19
- Cleopatra the Fine -- nm - Max Dec 23, 14:35
Jets Coach Todd Bowles has been admitted to a hospital with an undisclosed illness, the team says. He did not travel with the Jets to NE. -- (link) - budice Dec 23, 14:23
So how many pokemon can you realistically evolve in 30 minutes nowadays? -- nm - ty97 Dec 23, 14:05 5
- Some people in a group I'm in say 80. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 23, 15:11
- Me? Probably less than you could before the changes. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 23, 14:35 2
  - I'm just wondering the normal way what the max out is. I probably need to rename a few, but mostly they are in good order at this point. - ty97 Dec 23, 14:37 1
    - I'don't think I could do it without renaming them. Scrolling past a bunch I won't evolve jusy to find one I will? - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 23, 14:48
- 5 -- nm - decline Dec 23, 14:31
No double XP makes ty97 something something -- nm - ty97 Dec 23, 14:02 2
- 1700 pidgey candy? hahaha. Sorry, maj, that's just silly. -- nm - Crashquick Dec 23, 14:43 1
  - That's enough for 160+ pidgey evolutions. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 23, 14:57
There's something kinda-to-totally creepy about the iphone commercial with the little kids doing Romeo & Juliet -- nm - prayformojo Dec 23, 13:55 1
- You are not the only one -- nm - VMan Dec 23, 13:56
next with Jake Tapper: Is Die Hard really a Christmas movie. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 23, 13:47 4
- The people who still believe that it's not are as wrong as the people who voted for Trump. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 14:40
- It's not "Now I have a machine gun HA HA HA." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 23, 13:49 2
  - Deck the halls with bags if detonators -- nm - Z2G2 Dec 23, 15:55
  - the conclusion was yes -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 23, 13:59
Rogue One: Solid B+ -- nm - VMan Dec 23, 13:41
Kevin O'Leary assembles Conservative advisory team for possible leadership bid -- (link) - Beaker Dec 23, 13:40 2
- Good Lord, how long has this leadership race been going on? -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 14:40
- Their first job will be to estimate the number of deplorables in Canada by riding. -- nm - Roger More Dec 23, 14:08
Outfielder Ender Inciarte has avoided salary arbitration with the Atlanta Braves, agreeing to a $30,525,000, five-year contract -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 13:38
Click baiting and fake news are entirely different concepts, aren't they? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 13:35 6
- Clickbait: "You won't believe number #4!" Fake news: White House Coverup: Obama Is a GAY MUSLIM -- nm - Tim Dec 23, 13:54
- Absolutely. -- nm - David's iPad Dec 23, 13:48
- fake thrives on bait -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 13:39
- I would say so. Click bait articles are usually true, but the headline is hyperbolic. Fake news is just a collection of falsehoods. - ReluctantCynic Dec 23, 13:37 2
  - Yeah, but since we've become a nation of only reading headlines, you could say..... -- nm - Crashquick Dec 23, 13:41
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 13:39
Carrie Fisher suffered Heart Attack -- (link) - budice Dec 23, 13:24 6
- Back off 2016. You already took Prince, you can't take the Princess, too. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 23, 13:42
- ..........I hate Star Wars too.......... -- nm - 2016 Dec 23, 13:35 1
  - back off. she's on my list. -- nm - 2045 Dec 23, 13:41
- more info. she was flying back to LA from London -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 23, 13:35
- whoa....may the force be with her -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 13:34 1
  - Agreed, and I mean that truly. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 14:07
AP OUT this week against the Packers -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 13:21 1
- All Day ran away -- nm - budice Dec 23, 13:23
David/Kim, others who have flown to/from Knoxville airport - what size airport are we looking at here? How much time before a flight should one arrive - kelly Dec 23, 13:06 7
- My local buddy says today through New Years, plan an hour to an hour fifteen early. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 23, 13:12 1
  - It's a small airport so you may run into single lines. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 23, 13:13
- Kim and I are out in the shopping madness. Give me a call on Kim's phone. - David's iPad Dec 23, 13:11 4
  - Oh, no worries. It's not important. Just wondering how early we'll need to drop my mom off on in a few. (I don't think I have Kim's number anyway.) - kelly Dec 23, 13:14 3
    - I just called but it kicked to voicemail. We actually are going to Kohls at Turkey Creek if that is where you are headed. -- nm - David's iPad Dec 23, 13:15 2
      - Always fun trying to find parking this time of year. -- nm - budice Dec 23, 13:28
      - It is! -- nm - kelly Dec 23, 13:27
heh (twitter post from February) -- (link) - decline Dec 23, 13:01
"I understand ze need for a film about ze fly fishing. But why not the perspective of the trout? Ze hook, ze fight, ze exhaustion, ze gasping for - Werner critiquing his Idaho student Dec 23, 12:49
Emperor Palpatine is miiiiine! -- nm - IrishStephen Dec 23, 12:39 11
- almost G10'd him immediately - ML Dec 23, 14:33
- Star Wars Go. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 12:53
- Do I need to play this game? I already play Dragon Soul which I love. Is there like an ST "guild" or something? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 23, 12:44 7
  - there are a couple of them. -- nm - decline Dec 23, 12:45 6
    - which one is the good one? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 23, 12:46 5
      - It is more about how advanced you are. -- nm - Spawn Dec 23, 12:47 4
        
        I'm not sure I need another "daily" game. The few I've tried (other than Dragon Soul) were painful -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 23, 12:49 3
        
        "Daily"!?! LOFL - Spawn Dec 23, 12:51 2
        
        What a constructive use of your time. -- nm - David Dec 23, 13:01
        
        i pretty much only play once daily. I also realize I advance slowly (I doubt I'll get palpatin because of this) -- nm - decline Dec 23, 12:59
- All too easy. -- nm - Spawn Dec 23, 12:41
Whew. Rockettes won't be forced to perform -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 23, 12:36 6
- The great Jackie Evancho is set to perform? ;-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 23, 12:53 3
  - I like Jackie and all she is doing is the Star Spangled Banner which is right in her wheelhouse -- nm - Werner critiquing his Idaho student Dec 23, 13:00 2
    - I have no idea who she is and only know she's a woman thanks to your post. I assumed it was a guy. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 23, 13:10 1
      - I think she's a child opera prodigy like Charlotte Church -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 13:36
- but they will be forced to carry nuclear warheads -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 23, 12:44
- "We had more Rockettes request to participate than we have slots available." - That's Trump 101, and I bet not accurate. -- nm - MDH Dec 23, 12:43
I had wondered what he thought of it. -- (link) - Spawn Dec 23, 12:23 [youtube]
I keep seeing ads before YouTube videos for these "masterclasses". They look so badass -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 23, 12:22 8
- Me too. Dammit how could this have happened! -- nm - Loyola Dec 23, 12:25
- master class in what? -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 12:25 6
  - well, the latest one is Film Scoring by Hans Zimmer -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 23, 12:25 2
    - heh, filmmaking with Werner Herzog and theoretically, I can upload a video and he will critique it? - crash davis Dec 23, 12:32 1
      - I could do that and cooking with Gordon Ramsay and be told I suck in a variety of accents -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 12:33
  - badassery -- nm - decline Dec 23, 12:25 2
    - question is, who would teach that one? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 23, 12:29 1
      - Marshawn Lynch -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 12:33
watching all the snow dump outside made me think of dealings I had a crew from Arizona that arrived here about three weeks ago to build a solar plant - crash davis Dec 23, 12:13
PKG, level 26 the hard way, no eggs, no XP boosts. Mercifully, 10 free revives received. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 11:36 1
- Jeez. I've already dumped all my pokeballs, now I'm dumping great balls. And I've already upgraded my backpack. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 11:57
Apparently, you're doing it wrong, all of you -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 23, 11:34 7
- So what they're saying is you shouldn't use your car when it's cold out? -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 14:42
- I never once thought that "warming" was for the benefit of the car. Just for the comfort & ability to see. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 13:37 1
  - Absolutely this. Fuck the engine. I'm cold. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 14:42
- Meg & I did it right. we moved to climates [that are normally] without the cold -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 23, 12:09
- This is known. Unless you have a block heater don't bother. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 11:49 2
  - Yeah, the onlything gained by "warming it up" is getting the inside warm faster. - Spawn Dec 23, 12:12 1
    - defrosting the windshield -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 14:03
Something called "Rockabye" by a group called Clean Bandit is the UK Christmas #1. -- (link*) - Mop Dec 23, 11:24 10
- Better or worse than Shawn Mullins? -- nm - Roger More Dec 23, 11:40 7
  - Never having heard Shawn Mullins, I can definitely say worse. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 11:42 5
    - Everything's gonna be alright -- nm - Crashquick Dec 23, 11:53
    - There is zero chance you haven't heard Shawn Mullins. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 11:50 3
      - I'm think he's this chubby stand-up comic, right? -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 12:52
      - But there's a better than zero chance that Mop eternally sunshined Shawn Mullins. -- nm - Roger More Dec 23, 11:53 1
        
        spotless -- nm - Spawn Dec 23, 11:57
  - I'm curious because half of me thinks "it couldn't be worse" and the other half wouldn't be surprised if it were. -- nm - Roger More Dec 23, 11:42
- They have a US hit that you've heard of. -- (link) - Tim Dec 23, 11:36 [youtube] 1
  - I like how they put symphonic stuff in their music. -- nm - Qale Dec 23, 12:51
Here's what Zeke got his O-line for Xmas -- (link) - budice Dec 23, 11:24 11
- They have those as COSTCO. -- nm - Spawn Dec 23, 11:46
- Let's pretend to be surprised when Zeke winds up bankrupt. -- nm - David Dec 23, 11:32
- Another pic with the OL -- (link*) - budice Dec 23, 11:30
- "Ezekiel Elliott driving one of his gifts for his O-linemen" He got them young women with cell phones? -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 11:26 7
  - I have some respect for him. He acknowledges that his success is a direct result of the line. Tom Brady still believes he's the reason -- nm - Crashquick Dec 23, 11:28 6
    - I thought most all QBs and successful RBs got gifts for the line. Of course, I don't go out of my way to read about Brady -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 11:36 4
      - They do, including Brady. CQ is Scrooge and crazy today. -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 13:20
      - Screw that -- nm - Andrew Luck Dec 23, 12:03
      - Flacco gave his OL oculus rift alienware VR sets -- nm* - decline Dec 23, 11:41 1
        
        that is pretty cool -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 11:56
    - Don't even try to make sense of this, just let me have my hate, heh -- nm - Crashquick Dec 23, 11:35
Another note for PokemonGo players, especially if you're about to do mass evolutions. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 23, 11:22
Three women traveling from Gibraltar to Heathrow discover they're the only passengers on the plane. Fun ensues. -- (link) - Mop Dec 23, 11:20 2
- surprisingly SFW -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 11:28 1
  - It was a long flight. I am sure there was much we did not see. -- nm - Spawn Dec 23, 11:49
ty97, I love those inflatable lawn dinosaurs! I'm generally opposed to such type of inflatables. - Mop Dec 23, 11:09 4
- They are the scourge of suburbia. I spit on them as I drive by and immediately abhor the residents who tether them down in their lawns -- nm - Crashquick Dec 23, 11:11 3
  - I've got an inflatable lighthouse that I've been using for years and people seem to quite enjoy. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 11:21 2
    - ah, for the passing inflatable ships. -- nm - Crashquick Dec 23, 11:25 1
      - It's foggy in Oregon. Santa gotta find his way. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 11:31
Hey Crash... - David Dec 23, 11:07 2
- Those are fine sounding words, but just remember: when its miles from Knoxville to Atlanta, not kilometers, who really is calling the shots? -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 11:22 1
  - Hyper Loop! -- nm - David Dec 23, 11:31
I wonder what would happen with movies if you updated them with newer tech. - Beryllium Dec 23, 11:06
So when Trump starts an arms race, and he's the only one who shows up, is this what he means by "winning"? -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 11:05
When you go to an in-network emergency room and end up being treated by an out-of-network doctor and end up paying astronomical costs... -- (link) - Mop Dec 23, 11:04 [youtube]
Trump golfing with Tiger Woods today -- (link) - budice Dec 23, 11:04 2
- "You know, I could kill ISIS for you. I've trained with special forces." -- nm - Tiger Dec 23, 11:37
- Tweet deleted. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 11:10
Bosa was the draft pick that surprised most people, right? - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 23, 11:03
Chargers have identified their training facility in event they relocate to Los Angeles next month. Will lease in Costa Mesa (Orange County). -- nm - budice Dec 23, 10:58
I wonder how much these annual DDOS attacks cost Steam when all is said and done. nm - Dignan Dec 23, 10:54
The best version of Silent Night you'll hear this year. -- (link) - iSpam Dec 23, 10:43
Merry Christmas -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:43 5
- Yonh! -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 11:03
- Jolly? Jolly how? What? I make you feel good? What is it that makes me so merry? You tell me. You tell me. -- nm - Joe "Merry Christmas" Pesci Dec 23, 10:57
- Monster. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 23, 10:53
- Stop oppressing me! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 23, 10:51 1
  - "Oh, go tell it to a major US retailer" -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:59

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