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NBC is going big with its new game show “The Wall,” adding 20 more episodes to the show’s order after a solid start in the ratings. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:55 2
- good, I like Chris Hardwick. -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 10:56 1
  - I don't mind the show. I hate the pace. -- nm - volnelk Jan 18, 10:57
Star Trek Discovery casts Sarek, loses it's May premiere date. No new premiere date set. -- (link) - Ender Jan 18, 10:51
ST Poll -- by whatever scale you think is most accurate, how stressed are you right now. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 18, 10:49 7
- OMG, I *JUST* told you!!! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 11:30
- 8 for my mom. Otherwise, I'm at a 4. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 11:13
- 6/10 -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 11:07
- Oddly not. This is the calm before the storm. -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 11:01
- 7. between forecasting, redoing budgets and the basketball game tonight I could use a beer or 12 -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:51
- For me, 2 out of 10. For the average human, 5 out of 10. - ty97 Jan 18, 10:50
- 8 out of 10 -- nm - decline Jan 18, 10:50
The move to cancel Nerd Prom is on. Yesssssssssss. - ML Jan 18, 10:49
Goddamn, my stress level right now, on a scale of 0-100, is about 178. Soooooo freaking stressed. -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 10:44 4
- you know what would help decrease your stress? - ML Jan 18, 10:50
- Dude, just buy a new router. - spamlet Jan 18, 10:48
- :( - kelly Jan 18, 10:48
- Is 1 or 100 the worst? -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:47
He cannot stop lying: Chris Christie sez he turned down several posts in the Trump Admin because his wife wouldn't move to Washington. - Diva Jan 18, 10:43 1
- If only Trump had followed the same policy. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:44
The Will & Grace 10 episode return is official for the 2017/2018 season. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 10:23
Shit's about to go down in Gambia. -- (link) - iSpam Jan 18, 10:23 11
- 's Whole Foods parking lot -- nm - ML Jan 18, 10:52
- note: this is the same Nigerian Air Force that mis-identified a refuge camp 2 days ago and killed over 50 people -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 10:39
- Hopefully he changes his mind again and there's a peaceful turnover. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 10:37 1
  - Issue mixed messages, seek ways to delay the inevitable while your cronies continue to loot the country... - Mop Jan 18, 10:40
- Good for Senegal. They look to be one of the good guys in Africa. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:37 1
  - They're not exactly uninterested when 100k refugees could come streaming across the border. -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 10:42
- My brother's gf is there with the Peace Corps and has been telling me how they have been secretly getting people into Senegal. -- nm - Max Jan 18, 10:35
- "Tour operator Thomas Cook started flying nearly 1,000 holidaymakers home on Wednesday." - ty97 Jan 18, 10:27 3
  - Let me say again how uncomfortable I feel at the prospect of countries run by despots as tourist destinations. - Mop Jan 18, 10:42 2
    - and then the "why didn't Canada come save me" horseshit starts. You knew what it was when you went there. suck it up -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:43 1
      - That's why we have the Marine Corps! -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:44
Barbara and GHW Bush are apparently both hospitalized right now -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 10:19 7
- *taps foot, looks at watch* -- nm - Grim Reaper Jan 18, 10:32
- :-( Reminds me of when Mrs. ML took care of a certain ex-president and his wife in the hospital a few years back. Edit: oh wow, it's been a decade -- nm* - ML Jan 18, 10:32 2
  - *perks up* -- nm - Bill Clinton Jan 18, 10:32 1
    - IV saltpeter! Stat! -- nm - Mrs. ML si Jan 18, 10:49
- One way to skip the inauguration. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 10:30 1
  - They already said a few weeks ago (I thought) that health would not allow them to attend -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 10:33
- :( they just had they 72nd (!!!!) anniversary. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 10:21
Watching kids play basketball now is hilarious -- (edited) - Reagen Jan 18, 10:17 3
- what grades? I coach my first game tonight -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:24 2
  - 7 8 9 - Reagen Jan 18, 10:30 1
    - heh, my grade 7-8 girls are the opposite. unless right under the basket they are passing it off - Beaker Jan 18, 10:42
So, a podcast i am listening to (Lindsay Monroe, walking across the US) shouted me out by name this morning. That was a surprise. -- (edited) - Andie Jan 18, 10:13 3
- that is so very cool! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 10:18
- That's awesome! -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 10:17
- nice! -- nm - Diva Jan 18, 10:16
Speaking of concerts - bragging - Kiddo is getting me Perfect Circle tickets for my birthday present ( april) -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 10:05 6
- kiddo is awesome. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 18, 10:32
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 10:17
- Very nice! My next concerts will be #17 and #3 on Rolling Stones Best Pop Albums of 2016 - JD Jan 18, 10:11 1
  - that is pretty cool. ONJ - that is very interesting. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 10:17
- are they playing locally or will it be a big birthday road trip? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 10:10 1
  - locally -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 10:10
There really no chalk in the CareerBuilder Challenge golf tournament this week besides Reed. Getting the right guys on your team is a shot in the dark -- nm - CQ Jan 18, 10:04 2
- It's primarily the B level guys. Most of the guys who played week 1-2 are taking this week off. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 10:08 1
  - exactly, it can be very rewarding if you get the right guys on your team. It could easily go the other way too. -- nm - CQ Jan 18, 10:27
Any jigsaw puzzle fans here? This is a doozy. -- (link) - volnelk Jan 18, 10:03 1
- we're still working on our 3D Game of Thrones map of Westeros -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:14
I'm assuming I'll get no wager on fake inauguration crowd pics being circulated? -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 09:56 3
- Official fake, or total joke fake? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 10:01
- if you give me 2.5m on the Under for the estimate I'll bite. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 18, 09:59 1
  - You including protesters cause that's about 50℅ right there -- nm - eag Jan 18, 10:03
If I weren't on the road during the inauguration I'd be watching in hopes of seeing Taboo costumes in the crowd. -- nm - Max Jan 18, 09:55 3
- is this a thing? -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 10:08 2
  - It's not a V for Vendetta thing but it should be a thing because it's badass. -- nm - Max Jan 18, 10:36
  - It is... as of right now! -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:11
I see AFC Wimbledon really screwed the pooch for the FA Cup, losing 1-3 to Sutton United. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 09:55 2
- *points and laughs* -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 10:29 1
  - Seriously, what a cock up. Did they really play for a tie last week? If that's the case, someone should get fired. - Mop Jan 18, 10:39
Middlesbrough sign Patrick Bamford from Chelsea on a four-and-a-half year contract. -- nm - CQ Jan 18, 09:51
"El Chapo Claims He is Being Sexually Harassed By A Prison Guard" - ML Jan 18, 09:50 2
- the new season of OZ just writes itself -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:12
- He needs to call his friend Sean Penn and have that taken care of -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 09:55
"President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for White House budget director failed to pay more than $15,000 in payroll taxes for a household employee" -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 09:46
WTF happened to today. It's like lunch already -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 18, 09:46 1
- not sure but I like it - I need it to keep rocking so I can get to my pedicure after work - Epiphany Jan 18, 09:49
"NFL Network's Mike Silver reports Falcons OC Kyle Shanahan is "almost certain" to accept the 49ers' offer to become their new head coach." -- nm - ML Jan 18, 09:42 2
- Rats. -- nm - David's iPad Jan 18, 10:27
- It's pretty similar to Dan Quinn 2 seasons ago with Seattle and Atlanta. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 09:43
Safe to say that Trump is about to experience one of the harsher "President Agings" of the last few holders of the title. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 09:40 10
- That or he'll have so much makeup on he'll look like he's a mummer. - Reagen Jan 18, 09:55
- oh he thinks this is gonna be a 10am to 4pm job. he's in for a rude awakening -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 09:42 8
  - He just won't work more than he wants to, I believe. He'll put other people (mostly Pence) in charge while he's not working. -- nm - Inigo Jan 18, 10:14 1
    - so, all the time then, -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 10:57
  - Right. "I consider Monday to be day 1". Really? Hope we don't get attacked on Sunday. -- nm - volnelk Jan 18, 10:03
  - What's going to happen is some undersecretary is going to make a decision, which gets overruled in the morning. - Reagen Jan 18, 09:47
  - With a phone call. At 3 a.m. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 09:44 1
    - "Tell the courier to bring me the telegram in the morning." -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 09:44
  - I think the job will kill him. Heart attack or stroke. -- nm - TWuG Jan 18, 09:43 1
    - Or kill all of us first -- nm - eag Jan 18, 09:43
Tom Hanks guest hosted for "Wait Wait don't tell me" and he was hilarious -- nm - amoxy Jan 18, 09:38 2
- I know it was linked before, but here it is. -- (link) - Mop Jan 18, 09:42
- yep - he was great. -- nm - Diva Jan 18, 09:40
Trump spokesman Sean Spicer: Expect 4-5 executive actions on Friday. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 09:34 2
- I thought he was taking the weekend off? -- nm - amoxy Jan 18, 09:35 1
  - *shrug* -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 18, 09:40
So Trump wants the weekend off? If I was an employer and a new employee wanted the weekend off, I would tell him - amoxy Jan 18, 09:33 3
- "President Trump. Sorry to interrupt you at this hour, Sir, but we've received notice that North Korea has launched weapons from a ship off the west - Andie Jan 18, 09:36 2
  - (wrong place) -- (edited) - Andie Jan 18, 10:12
  - or "Isn't Pence around or someone who can deal with this?" - Mel Profit Jan 18, 09:53
And David from BB,I feel somewhat responsible for lack of West Coast time. - amoxy Jan 18, 09:24 1
- It's probably more a condition that most of our community has aged out of our twenties/thirties. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 09:30
Snippets from committee hearing this morning for Secretary of HHS (Tom Price) - Strongbad Jan 18, 09:24 4
- Sounds like a perfect argument for Single Payer... - amoxy Jan 18, 09:25 3
  - let's stick to the important stuff: does he have a good porn name -- nm - ML Jan 18, 09:32 1
    - Tom Price? Maybe, but after seeing him, he looks like a Bank teller in an old west town -- nm - amoxy Jan 18, 09:34
  - YSMM -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 09:31
I have this picture of right before he takes the oath, Trump is blasting John Lewis with a tweet -- nm - amoxy Jan 18, 09:21
NBC has a story about whether Trump is responsible for the jobs reported by Ford, Fiat Carrier -- (link) - amoxy Jan 18, 09:20
It's starbond adjust day -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 09:19
I knew there had to be a reason why I got a big smile yesterday morning. Thanks Pippy -- nm - amoxy Jan 18, 09:17 1
- Big Hugs! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 09:34
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Earth gets a three-peat for hottest year on record -- (link*) -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 18, 09:10 1
- Pay me -- nm - Pat Riley Jan 18, 09:13
"I was told the Chargers will never use this logo again. It will go down as the shortest-lived logo in sports history." -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 09:02 3
- "The Chargers' Logo Died On Its Way Back To Its Home Planet" -- nm -- (edited) - Beaker Jan 18, 09:27
- Hopefully there were many tattoos completed. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 09:08
- In other news -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 18, 09:04
LIR - I was nervous about my first flight on Southwest last month but it wasn't a bad experience. I did spent - Meg Jan 18, 08:51 1
- Southwest is my jam - especially out of SNA -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 09:45
This man makes a solid point -- (link) - Roger More Jan 18, 08:49 2
- groiny, that word is "hadron," not "hardon" -- nm - ML Jan 18, 09:03 1
  - So this post ISN'T about the new CHIPS movie? -- nm - Ender Jan 18, 09:07
Some cool data visualizations in this article -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 08:48
Heh. "Samsung has developed a design that allow lithium batteries to put themselves out thereby proving Samsung has not developed time travel" - spamlet Jan 18, 08:43
Presale alert for Def Leppard, Poison and Tesla....*delete* - Remlik Jan 18, 08:43 24
- I'm pretty sure, given that line up, I can get free tickets. [nm] - Mel Profit Jan 18, 09:17 8
  - LOL!! Tesla is so extremely popular here in the midwest - it is baffling. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 09:46 7
    - you're in Texas. that's not the midwest. that's the South. -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 10:08
    - I mean don't get me wrong - I'm as big a sucker for a legacy act as the next, but let's all just be honest. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 18, 09:51 3
      - they sell out the casino arenas - I don't know why. I loved them so much back in the day and it was worth it to see them every time - Epiphany Jan 18, 09:54 2
        
        even Geoff Tate couldn't escape time. - Mel Profit Jan 18, 09:57 1
        
        just all the more reason to go see current bands right NOW if you like them -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 10:04
    - I saw Tesla live back in the day. I think they did like an acoustic thing with Firehouse in Rockford. Saw Def Leppard there too but I don't think it - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 18, 09:51
    - All of you need to stop messing up my search results with this non-automotive talk! -- nm - TWuG Jan 18, 09:50
- I was hoping that was the IM. - Spawn Jan 18, 08:59 3
  - I haven't seen any of them, but would love to see Def Leppard and Poison -- nm - amoxy Jan 18, 09:22 1
    - lord have mercy! I did see America in the late 90's (?) and they were fantastic -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 09:47
  - WTF? to the IM? - DUDE! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 09:09
- good, get me some free ones for Chicago too while you are at it. -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 08:44 10
  - ugh I hate the band Chicago... -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 08:55 8
    - -20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 08:56 7
      - One of the worst concerts I've ever seen. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 18, 09:24
      - ~Stayyy the Nigggghhhhhttttt~ -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 09:20 2
        
        Love me some Chicago - Strongbad Jan 18, 09:25 1
        
        right on...I'm mostly kidding. mostly. -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 09:41
      - Don't you mean -25 or 6 to 4 points? -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 08:58 2
        
        Does anybody really know? - Spawn Jan 18, 09:00
        
        +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 08:59
  - and ones for Dallas -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 08:45

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