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radio weather report: "it could even hit 70 degrees tomorrow." in DC. No snow accumulation on the horizon through February 15. - Max Feb 6, 13:36 2
- You're welcome! -- nm - Trump Feb 6, 13:37
- Around 60 here Wednesday. Then snow on Thursday morning. -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 13:37
Before the roll, I give you this picture -- (link) - ty97 Feb 6, 13:33 2
- gross, is that a Casio??! -- nm - Max Feb 6, 13:37
- don't look. this is why Ty is never invited to Super Bowel parties -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 6, 13:37
" By not doing more to distance itself from this morally obtuse president, the Republican Party is becoming, de facto, the party of moral relativism. - ty97 Feb 6, 13:25 1
- Damn, man. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:28
And of course, The Simpsons predicted Gaga's halftime show -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 6, 13:24
Meanwhile, Muse will be touring North America with 30 Seconds to Mars and something called PVRIS -- (link) - ty97 Feb 6, 13:23 6
- Austin in June - Outside?! - Epiphany Feb 6, 13:24 5
  - I've mentioned this before, but I once went to Austin City Limits festival when it was in September - ty97 Feb 6, 13:27 2
    - ugh - the good news 30 seconds to Mars will tour for 24 months straight and will hit Dallas - Epiphany Feb 6, 13:35 1
      - The Muse show is likely at night at least, which should make it not too terribly hot -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 13:36
  - so when all the chicks start passing out they'll say it was because of Jared Leto. -- nm - Diva Feb 6, 13:26 1
    - and we will believe them - so pretty -- nm - Epiphany Feb 6, 13:34
I'll also say the stupid Bai Bai Bai commercial was funnier to me than it should have been. - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 6, 13:20 1
- It was one of the best. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:23
kilbo, are you serving jury duty in Waukgn? I served for the 1st time there this summer. Got picked for a jury and everything. -- nm - rollo Feb 6, 13:19 1
- I honestly have no idea :) The thing is hanging from the fridge. I just put the date in the calendar and moved on -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 6, 13:20
Any new "border tax" from Trump will have the least effect on the prices of Tesla vehicles among all automakers. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 6, 13:17 1
- Don't worry, they'll figure out how to screw that up, maybe define an auto as require min 10mpg -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 13:44
FWIW, Pepsi's contract for sponsorship/talent at the Half Time show is now over. Who sponsors next? - MDH Feb 6, 13:17 4
- Your IM hit it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:23
- The Facebook Half-Time show with Yo-Yo Ma! -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 13:21
- Trump Hotels presents Kid Rock and Ted Nugent -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 13:18
- Coke. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:18
If I ever perform at the Super Bowl, I am totally giving my parents a shout-out BTW -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 13:14
Guys - it's a Red-Letter Day. I'm getting a generous scholarship to go to South Africa this year and perform with one of my choral groups. - Diva Feb 6, 13:09 34
- So very jealous. I was there a number of times visiting inlaws and would love to go back. -- nm - Meg Feb 6, 13:42 1
  - Diva, you're gonna need a bigger suitcase -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 13:44
- Congrats! -- nm - TWuG Feb 6, 13:22
- Way to go, Songbird! - Mel Profit Feb 6, 13:22 1
  - yonh! -- nm - Diva Feb 6, 13:29
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- Congrats!! wahoo!! yonh! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 6, 13:21
- Wow! very nice. -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 13:20
- Congrats! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 6, 13:20
- Bravo! -- nm - Max Feb 6, 13:19
- when is it? -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 13:16 2
  - August. (in the tourist off-season) -- nm - Diva Feb 6, 13:17 1
    - That's winter, technically, but don't think it gets particularly cold there -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 13:21
- cool!...nm - x Feb 6, 13:16
- amazing! Congratulations! -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 13:14
- That's awesome! Congrats! Bring me back a krugerrand. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 6, 13:14
- Awesome! -- nm - David's iPad Feb 6, 13:13
- Tahani al-Jamil! -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 6, 13:13
- Fantastic! -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Feb 6, 13:13
- Mel, time to check to see where Nick Jonas will be that weekend -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 6, 13:12 1
  - We know where Nick will be - ty97 Feb 6, 13:13
- yeah! -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 6, 13:12
- In related news, I am starting contortionist lessons so that I can fit in Diva's suitcase. - ty97 Feb 6, 13:12 2
  - I don't know if diva can lift both you and mel -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 13:14 1
    - I have faith in her! -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 13:21
- Good luck getting back in. -- nm - Trump Feb 6, 13:12
- That's spectacular! -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:11
- lots of people have Cape of Good Hope cruises -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 6, 13:11
- THAT IS SO AWESOME - congratulations!!! -- nm - JenBro Feb 6, 13:11
- Congrats Diva, that is wonderful! -- nm - MDH Feb 6, 13:11
- Congratulations! Can you take me in your bag? -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 13:10 2
  - oh man, I made the same joke as spamlet :/ - ty97 Feb 6, 13:12
  - Mel? -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:10
- OMG! -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:10
Billionaires Ensnared by ‘Hamilton’ Scam -- (link) - ty97 Feb 6, 13:02 3
- I would imagine there's usually someone in the club house that can get you tickets to whatever so it wouldn't alarm. They got pocket change not mills -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 13:54
- *slowly backs out of the room* -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 6, 13:12 1
  - heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Feb 6, 13:14
LYC Poll: Tell us something trivial. -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 12:58 45
- I'm sensitive to salmon - Epiphany Feb 6, 13:23 2
  - She's a fish whisperer -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 13:56
  - They're so darn cute! -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:25
- Just a month ago, medical researchers discovered a new human organ: the mesentery. - ReluctantCynic Feb 6, 13:20 3
  - I'm equal parts impressed and freaked out by this revelation -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 13:32 1
    - It's all about arbitrary categorizations. What's a planet? Vegetable? Continent? Organ? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:34
  - whoa -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 13:23
- The word "meeple" was coined by a woman while playing the boardgames Carcassonne. It perfectly describes the - Krusty Feb 6, 13:19
- Self-service gas may soon become more common in Oregon. -- (link) - Mop Feb 6, 13:19 2
  - Whoa. -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 13:19 1
    - First we take away their medicare, then we take away their public lands, now we take away their jobs. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:21
- Allspice is NOT anything like the any key , nor does it mean you should every jar on the spice rack -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 13:16
- Today's the 30th anniversary of Light of Day. -- nm - Max Feb 6, 13:15
- On a lighter note, any Canadian resident can order a framed picture of the Queen and have it delivered to them. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 6, 13:15
- The real-life pilot of the lifting body crash shown in the opening credits of The Six Million Dollar Man survived to fly again. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 6, 13:14 [youtube]
- Moops -- nm - David's iPad Feb 6, 13:13
- Elon Musk is digging a tunnel under Los Angeles. Like, right now. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:13 2
  - Well, he's dug a hole. It isn't clear if he has started the actual tunnel yet. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 6, 13:15 1
    - ...that we know of! -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:17
- i stubbed my middle toe last night. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 6, 13:12
- The rejection rate for e-filed Form 990-EZs is 1%, the rejection rate for paper filed forms 33% -- nm - MDH Feb 6, 13:12
- I didn't wear any sox today -- nm - JenBro Feb 6, 13:12
- There's a new series of 24 on Fox. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:11
- The King of Prussia Mall welcomes 25 million visitors a year -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 13:09 2
  - I got sucked into a "super mall" wiki reading one night, fascinating. -- nm - MDH Feb 6, 13:11 1
    - And apparently, with its new expansion that just opened, it's now larger than the Mall of America in terms of leaseable space. -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 13:34
- In 1943, a Los Angeles jury acquitted actor Errol Flynn of three counts of statutory rape -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 6, 13:09 1
  - But what about the 4th? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:09
- Seattle has a lower polio vaccine rate among children than Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Algeria, El Salvador, Guyana, Sudan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Yemen -- (link) - spamlet Feb 6, 13:08
- "The Mouse Trap," by Agatha Christie is the longest running play in history. -- nm - Krusty Feb 6, 13:07 2
  - continuous. someone here will try to argue Shakespeare who wrote stuff 400 years earlier - Peglegpete Feb 6, 13:14 1
    - Right. Longest continuously running play. -- nm - Krusty Feb 6, 13:22
- My usb thumb drive is a fingerboard. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 13:07
- These aren't trucks but instead specially weighted sleds being used to test new electromagnetic catapult -- (link) - JD Feb 6, 13:06 3
  - WWHHHHEEEEEEEEEEE *thump* -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 13:09 1
    - Yeah, I would hate to ride in that jet. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:10
  - THAT'S GLORIOUS! -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:08
- Calvin Coolidge was administered the oath of office by his own father. -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 6, 13:06
- What i know that *everyone* here wants: All 30 records that were either tied or beaten in SuperBowl LI. - You're welcome, ST. - Diva Feb 6, 13:05 1
  - Biggest margin of victory for a Patriots SB! -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:06
- pill bugs aren't bugs...nm - x Feb 6, 13:04 1
  - woodlice -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:05
- Chinese food containers can be unfolded to make a "plate". -- (link) - TWuG Feb 6, 13:00
- I think I have a pimple on my earlobe. - ty97 Feb 6, 12:59
- LYC: I am attempting slow cooker borscht tomorrow. -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 12:58
The "paid protestor" thing is bubbling of the Right. They'll ignore it until it's too late. - Reagen Feb 6, 12:55 3
- Can you elaborate on this? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:02 2
  - Which part? - Reagen Feb 6, 13:08 1
    - Ah, OK. I'm still scratching my head about Berkeley. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:09
I don't know what to believe anymore. - Spawn Feb 6, 12:52 1
- Hi Mr President...can we talk to you for a minute? It's about a parade. it'll be the best parade, tremendous. *walks him into a small room and -- (edited) - Several Generals, Admirals and Diplomats Feb 6, 13:03
BOOM! - Spawn Feb 6, 12:44 4
- And just like that, it's forgotten. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 12:47
- what pray tell could have happened? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 6, 12:45
- This is what happens when you have a mental health issue that gets treated, I guess. -- nm - mara Feb 6, 12:45 1
  - BOOM! -- nm - Covington Feb 6, 15:40
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I think indoor skydiving has been posted here before, but the international Windgames were just held so there are new videos. -- (link) - mara Feb 6, 12:41 [youtube] 6
- These seems like a rather casual and non-dangerous thing to me. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 12:49 3
  - People who excel at things do tend to make them look easy. It's not the danger that freaks me out, though, it's the weirdness of the motion. It looks - mara Feb 6, 12:51
  - You should ask Owen Hart about that. -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 12:50
  - I have heard stories that say otherwise. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:50
- Not enough kenpo combat. -- nm - Max Feb 6, 12:48
- I've done it. If you don't hold your arms just right, they really hurt afterwards. Of course, I haven't done it like they are. -- nm - jnine Feb 6, 12:45
About Gaga. Do we think her entire opening uptop was prefilmed? As in, with the drones? -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:40 13
- I'll say this, with how many steps she logged on her Fitbit during that performance, I'm kinda stunned she good sing at all -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:58
- Yep, no way she came down into the stadium that quickly - ty97 Feb 6, 12:56
- I got that sense, but was okay with it. I feel she even lip synched some but not a lot. - Epiphany Feb 6, 12:43 2
  - I didn't notice lip syncing but there was definitely some piping of her own background vocals, which is not uncommon with that type of music - ty97 Feb 6, 12:57 1
    - There was one part where her voice was coming through even ad she handed the mic to a handler - zeitgeist Feb 6, 13:12
- Yes. -- nm - mara Feb 6, 12:42 7
  - link -- (link) - mara Feb 6, 12:42 6
    - Glad to see the view from the stands via that tweet. Still, no matter how secure, I'm going to call that drop daring. -- nm - Max Feb 6, 12:46 1
      - It still takes a bit away from the performance. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:54
    - Thanks. I had wondered this because of the style she used when jumping. As in, she looked like she was just jumping a few feet onto padding and not - Spawn Feb 6, 12:45 3
      - I doubt her insurer would have even allowed it TBH -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:58 1
        
        From what I have been told, Lady Gaga does WTF Lady Gaga wants. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:01
      - Are you suggesting it wasn't a.... perfect illusion? -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 6, 12:49
*slips into some freedom* -- nm* - Teddy Baron Feb 6, 12:33
???Trump tells troops: the “very dishonest press doesn't want to report” terror attacks...“they have their reasons”??? -- (link) - ty97 Feb 6, 12:32 6
- Can we start forcing presidential candidates to have psych evaluations before running? - Spawn Feb 6, 12:38
- It's true. I didn't know about Bowling Green until Kellyanne told me. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 12:34 4
  - *agrees* -- nm - Epiphany Feb 6, 12:39 3
    - she could be psychic and BG is an upcoming event - Peglegpete Feb 6, 12:55 2
      - In which case, she's got some very tough questions to answer. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:03 1
        
        Like, why have we never seen her and Dennis Leary in the same room. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:08
So the airbnb ad that they shot Thursday? Apparently not true. And there's more. Click through for thread -- (link) - ty97 Feb 6, 12:32
ST is full of paid thugs. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:31 1
- " show me da money!" -- nm - Epiphany Feb 6, 12:40

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