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We are all Troy fans. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 14:49 3
- One guy vs. Duke? Doesn't seem fair. -- nm - Tim Mar 12, 14:57
- My sister is a Troy alum. I can get behind it. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 12, 14:52
- Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 12, 14:51
USC puts Cuse, Wake, and K State on the chopping block -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 14:38
Tough break, Florida. -- nm - David Mar 12, 14:35 3
- (Man, the East is *loaded*) -- nm - David Mar 12, 14:36 2
  - ayup. that's a tough tough bracket -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 14:36 1
    - I'll admit that I'm a bit concerned ETSU might not win that bracket. - David Mar 12, 14:38
That's quite a drop for Wisconsin. -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 14:34
Go Villanova! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 14:33 1
- That's a really tough second round matchup if Wisconsin wins in round one. -- nm - David Mar 12, 14:34
House Chairman Devin Nunes(R) and ranking Democrat Adam Schiff have asked of wiretapping evidence by Monday -- (link) - amoxy Mar 12, 14:01 1
- We saw that coming. Oh crap, did we just type that out loud? -- nm - NSA Mar 12, 14:35
If Michigan wins this game, Disney should greenlight the movie asap. - David Mar 12, 13:22 3
- It's great. They've actually been a much different team the whole second half of the season, but everything came together this weekend. Go Blue! -- nm - pmb Mar 12, 14:31
- It's Michigan's day. This is amazing. -- nm - David Mar 12, 13:54 1
  - Michigan becomes the lowest seed (8) ever to win the Big Ten Tournament. -- nm - budice Mar 12, 13:59
Kenny Rogers' Jackass (an old madtv skit I just found) -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 12, 13:06 [youtube]
Texans: Brock got thug with Coach Bill OBrien during week 17 -- (link) - budice Mar 12, 13:05 9
- [Editor’s note: That’s sort of how football depth charts work.] -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 13:32
- Savage and O'Brien sound like the punks in that story, not Osweiler. - David Mar 12, 13:11 7
  - No one sounds great here, but what is Osweiler doing behaving like that upon being told he's going into the game? -- (edited) - Diva Mar 12, 13:33 3
    - He's by all accounts petulant bordering on fragile. -- nm - David Mar 12, 13:40 2
      - I recall that tantrum he had when Manning went back in after Osweiler had told he was up. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 14:07 1
        
        mess. -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 14:35
  - I don't think either player looks good, you don't walk away from your boss like that. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 13:13 2
    - But you never grab an employee. -- nm - David Mar 12, 13:17 1
      - Trump says "what?" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 13:17
LIR: Kelly - I haven't added anything in a couple weeks, but most of mine are older. I haven't purchased any new discs in years. -- nm - GregW Mar 12, 12:58
Krusty from backboards: It's not that Breath of the Wild is graphically superior, it's the polish. They think of everything. Minor examples inside: - Qale Mar 12, 12:48 1
- *stops working* -- nm - joycon si Mar 12, 12:51
Preet is comparing his experience to that of Cuomo's Moreland Commission. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 12, 12:45
Mosel museum, nothing but dust and destruction left behind -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 12, 12:27 2
- bastards :((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 12, 14:37
- "History Is Bunk" -- nm - ISIL Mar 12, 12:31
Baby Driver trailer -- (link) - Spawn Mar 12, 12:13 5
- "This is Micheal Meyers!" - amoxy Mar 12, 13:55
- I'll watch that -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 13:38
- you can't killfile Reagen, it's not allowed. -- nm - mud Mar 12, 12:15 2
  - *shame* - Spawn Mar 12, 12:23 1
    - heh -- nm - mud Mar 12, 12:24
$61M for Skull Island, $37.8M for Logan and $21M for Get Out, Shack $10M, Lego Batman $7.8M -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 12:03
TV PSA: Walking & Talking Dead, OUAT, Time After Time, American Crime, NCIS LA, Madam Secretary, Elementary, Little Big Shots, Chicago Justice, Shades -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:45 7
- !!!!! -- nm - Amanda Mar 12, 13:44
- Thanks -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 13:13
- Bracket Selection is the only thing worthy of being posted on a PSA thread -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 11:51
- of Blue, Simpsons, making History, Family Guy, Last Man on Earth, Top Gear, Feud Bette & Joan, Big Little Lies, Girls, Crashing, Homeland, Billions, -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:48 3
  - Black Sails, The Missing, other stuff (my usual site shit the bed, so hopefully this is all correct) -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:49 2
    - Well, they shit the bed yesterday with the exclusion of Samurai Jack, so... -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 12:06
    - http://epguides.com/grid/ -- nm - mud Mar 12, 12:05
Lunardi is predicting Duke as a 2 seed? WTF. -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 11:43 10
- It doesn't really matter -- nm - Rollo Mar 12, 12:38 1
  - Because they are going to lose lose lose lose -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 12:46
- More Top 25 wins than any other team -- nm - Dano Mar 12, 11:50 7
  - They also get the bonus of having overcome injuries. -- nm - David Mar 12, 12:09 1
    - And that four of those loses were without Coach K. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 12, 12:18
  - 8 Losses should mean no way in hell regardless of wins. -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 11:56 4
    - This! -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 12:11
    - Should North Carolina get a higher seed than Duke? -- nm - Dano Mar 12, 11:56 2
      - Make them both a 2 seed with KU, Arizona, Gonzaga and Villanova the 1 seeds. -- nm - Krusty Mar 12, 12:20 1
        
        Not unreasonable but a team from the best conference should have a #1 seed -- nm - Rollo Mar 12, 12:40
VCU Rhode Island on CBS coming down to the wire! -- nm* - Bacon Mar 12, 11:34 2
- VCU has a player that looks like the Wichita State mascot. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 12, 11:44 1
  - It's not confidential, I've got potential. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 12:14
ST : What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:15 12
- 1775 (run up the revolution) reread because my bookcase toppled over, it was on top of the pile -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 14:42
- "The World according to Garp" - amoxy Mar 12, 13:03
- Weapons of Math Destruction -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 12, 12:20
- Infernal Parade by Neil Gaiman -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 12:08
- The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg -- nm - JD Mar 12, 11:26
- After mentioning it to Dawson the other day I picked up my copy of Brave New World to give it a fresh read. -- nm - Krusty Mar 12, 11:23 2
  - I have yet to read that, FH451, and Catch22 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:54 1
    - I've haven't read Catch 22 either. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 12, 12:12
- The Heart of Everything That Is (Bob Drury & Tom Clavin); The Reformation: A History (Diarmaid MacCulloch); and Grunt (Mary Roach). -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 12, 11:22
- Just finished All Quiet on the Western Front...probably one of the better books I have read. Any leader comtemplately going to war should read it -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:16 2
  - Assuming said leader can read... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 12, 12:22
  - Deconstructing Disney: a different read but very apt for our trip, Really added something to our visit, highly recommended -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:17
In news sure to chill your soul, Trump's currently 45/49/-4. -- (edited) - David Mar 12, 11:09 5
- Please translate what this means again, if you would. Thx. -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 12:18 2
  - Trump currently has a 45% Approval, 49% Disapproval, Net -4% -- nm - Tim Mar 12, 12:23 1
    - Thank you. Boy, is that gross. -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 13:11
- I simply can't fathom this. -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 11:11 1
  - White people are really stupid. -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 11:44
WWSTD? No way to say I'm asking for a friend here, so here goes: If you had my job, would you adopt an animal into a family where you knew both the - IrishStephen Mar 12, 10:58 27
- For some like that the only being they will be kind to is a dog. And for some it makes no difference. -- nm - . Mar 12, 14:11 1
  - And if Ashlee knows them well enough and long enough you should find out if they have had pets before and how that worked out. -- nm* - . Mar 12, 14:14
- will a dog in a cage in a shelter be worse off in a house with humans? - zeitgeist Mar 12, 12:02 2
  - Not when a good family takes it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 12:27
  - That beats the shit out of the animal? I will take the cage -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 12:27
- Is there any chance it could serve as a therapy animal of any sort. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 11:16 3
  - As like a certified therapy dog, or more of a comfort to them (the kids)? I honestly don't know. - IrishStephen Mar 12, 12:11 1
    - "Kids, daddy got you a puppy. Isn't daddy the best?" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 12:21
  - For the abused kids? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:55
- No. -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 11:14
- Not in the slightest would I ever do so. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 12, 11:14
- nay -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:13
- You can't do that, and you know it. That's why you're asking for affirmation. -- nm - David Mar 12, 11:08 3
  - My feelings haven't waivered since the subject was broached, there's no way I could do that. Unfortunately, that was related to the friend and I'm - IrishStephen Mar 12, 11:44 2
    - But, yes, you are correct. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 12, 11:46 1
      - I empathize with your situation and admire your nobility. -- nm - David Mar 12, 12:12
- Nope and it's a tough situation when you have to say no to someone that's a friend or acquaintance. -- nm - Krusty Mar 12, 11:07
- I don't know the rules about what you can/can't do in this situation, but I would be *very* hesitant placing an animal in that home. -- nm* - ty97 Mar 12, 11:06
- No -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 11:05
- Only if I could train the dog to rip his arm off when he acts objectionably -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 11:04
- No. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 12, 11:02
- The question is - would it be a good fit for the animal? - Mel Profit Mar 12, 11:02 3
  - It's one of the puppies that we're fostering. In no danger, obviously, will be highly adoptable when they're ready. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 12, 11:15 2
    - My honest answer and this sounds weird. I wouldn't even adopt an animal that is in danger of being euthanized to an abusive person. - Bacon Mar 12, 11:19 1
      - If it was a city shelter animal then I'd have no say. With ours, I do, and they're never in danger of being euthanized, so... -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 12, 11:45
- No way!! NO WAY!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 11:01
- Not a chance in hell. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 12, 11:00
ST CPA types: Would a home office be tax deductible for a physician with a regular office too. - James Bond (aka on phone) Mar 12, 10:53 1
- Reading that...the other CPA seems wrong. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 11:06
The Trump slump? Tourists say they're scared to visit the United States -- (link) - ty97 Mar 12, 10:39 3
- having just entered and returned, it was probably the easiest time we've had getting through... - Beaker Mar 12, 11:14
- Cheaper hotel rates for us to travel? -- nm - James Bond (aka on phone) Mar 12, 10:50
- I just booked a flight for April -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 10:45
Wonder Woman trailer and film: One of the cooler things is that you have a female director at the helm (vid) - budice Mar 12, 10:32 [youtube]
my dishwasher delivery (was tuesday) is now r/s for thursday because of snow. -- nm - windows jones Mar 12, 10:25 2
- Are they still waiting for that to do the counters, or did they go with the measurements they think it has? -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 10:26 1
  - We did counters prior to installation of the appliances -- nm - James Bond (aka on phone) Mar 12, 10:54
"When she watches Titanic, she probably thinks she's Rose. Sorry, girl, you're Billy Zane!" -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 10:15 1
- That skit was brilliant. -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 10:49
The current stat of the Atlantic 10 Final is bad news for bubble teams -- nm - Dano Mar 12, 10:14 1
- Watching that game raises the question (well at least for me) Is Allie going to Dayton? - JD Mar 12, 10:46
Spawn was right, Kong had big matinees yesterday, and it looks like $61M for the weekend. -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 10:13 1
- *curtsies* - Spawn Mar 12, 11:25 [Backboard]
This is a good read from WV: They are poor, sick and voted for Trump. What will happen to them without Obamacare? -- (link) - ty97 Mar 12, 10:10 4
- People only seem to learn, when they get exactly what they deserve. -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 10:16 2
  - No one "deserves" to be without access to affordable healthcare and the necessary insurance. -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 10:30 1
    - Not directly, but actions have consequences. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 12, 10:32
- Snowpiercer food car. -- nm - Max Mar 12, 10:13
Lemeauix vs Stevens (spoilers) - Mel Profit Mar 12, 10:08 2
- yep, that was scary. I;m not sold on Lemeauix, either, but at least he cut his stupid hair. -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 10:12 1
  - I'm totally not sold on Lem either, I still think Triple G would carve him up, but he... - Mel Profit Mar 12, 10:26
Baby Driver, directed by Edgar Wright -- (link) - Reagen Mar 12, 09:58 [youtube] 6
- Ansel Elgort is a name that seems like someone tried to make a palindrome and failed. -- nm - Tim Mar 12, 10:10 1
  - He's very quiet and enjoys puzzles. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 10:12
- hmph -- nm - Drive Mar 12, 10:09 2
  - I wonder if Kevin Spacey was like "Eh fuck it, I did the cat movie, I suppose I can't... oh, it's an actual movie." -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 10:21 1
    - "Hah, Baldwin got suckered." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 10:24
- Mint Royale - Blue Song, directed by Edgar Wright -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 12, 10:01 [youtube]
WWE: Finn Balor returned at a house show last night. -- nm - Tim Mar 12, 09:52
New Ferguson Video Adds Wrinkle to Michael Brown Case -- (link) - ty97 Mar 12, 09:44
Heh, last night I wrote a new ST backup script that shouldn't kill the server the way the old one keeps doing. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:35 1
- :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 12, 10:17
Ummm....Florida has an active investigation into Steve Bannon for potential voter fraud. - ty97 Mar 12, 09:27 3
- It actually will help their case more than hurt him. Look see!! There is voter fraud, so now we have to make laws -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 09:39
- And Fox News is under investigation for SEC violations - or was, until Preet got fired -- (link*) - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:30
- I read this yesterday. it's fascinating. -- nm - windows jones Mar 12, 09:30
PANYNJ proposes $4 ‘access fee’ for taxi trips to city airports -- (link) - ty97 Mar 12, 09:17

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