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so .. apparently it wasn't such a great day to stop in at the Senate .... -- nm - et tu, Ishmie? Mar 15, 13:11 1
- they didn't serve their famous bean soup today? -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 13:14
Dutch exit polls everybody! -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 13:09 6
- PVV are the douchebags. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 13:17 3
  - and VVD are essentially the "status quo" party -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 13:55
  - General read I'm seeing is that (if exits are right) Wilders and company underperformed. -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 13:18 1
    - They crashed in the last two weeks. - Reagen Mar 15, 13:34
- I thought folks were kidding when they called you an election junkie -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 13:12
- Wilders smilders -- nm - decline Mar 15, 13:12
Reagen, to put your mind at ease: I have plenty of pointless fights to pick with David once I am sure his wounds have scabbed over and he is healthy. - crash davis Mar 15, 13:00 30
- I'm on the phone with mom, trying to help her use her Roku. I'm impervious. - David Mar 15, 13:05 29
  - I have to do this with my mother in law on a regular basis. It's pretty excruciating. -- nm - pmb Mar 15, 13:20 13
    - I set my mom up with the whole shebang, the 50 inch TV, the Roku, and soundbar.... - groiny Mar 15, 13:21 12
      - The one thing I'll say for Mom is that she appreciates the wealth of options that Netflix and Vudu provide. -- nm - David Mar 15, 13:26 1
        
        I wish she would try it. - groiny Mar 15, 13:28
      - They just have a block on this stuff. I try to remind myself that some day our kids will likely say the same thing about us. Eventually I think we - pmb Mar 15, 13:23 5
        
        It takes us 3 different remotes to watch a dvd...can't remember the last time we did -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 13:38
        
        It takes us 3 different remotes to watch a dvd...can't remember the last time we did -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 13:36
        
        It takes us 3 different remotes to watch a dvd...can't remember the last time we did -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 13:34 1
        
        one for each post. -- nm - groiny Mar 15, 13:40
        
        I wondered why my folks who could instantly grasp a 60 page real estate contract couldn't handle a universal remote -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 13:28
      - then she will say "there is nothing on TV to watch" and I want to toss her into orbit. -- nm - groiny Mar 15, 13:22 3
        
        I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin...my mother hurled her first cellphone, a flipphone through a window and then ducked for cover. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:24 2
        
        was it a Samsung? -- nm - groiny Mar 15, 13:24 1
        
        it could have been a hamsandwich flip phone. she would have reacted the same way. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:25
  - it took the birth of a first grandchild for my mother to treat the ownership of a...cell phone differently than a live grenade. - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:10
  - ick, what did you do to deserve that? - groiny Mar 15, 13:06 13
    - Yes. Yes, it is. The Roku button is so intuitive, as is Netflix. - David Mar 15, 13:10
    - though it was maddening at the time, I now have fond memories of the first time my dad tried to play a DVD -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 13:08 5
      - The first time we brought over a CD to the grandparents, they tried to take it to the parlor record player... - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:15 4
        
        I remember one made of hardwood that had both a color tv and lp player - it weighed a couple hundred pounds -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 13:16 3
        
        Try explaining how much better records were than Edison cylinders to kids who've never seen records :) - Meg Mar 15, 13:23 1
        
        that's boffo. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:24
        
        yeah. this was a nice wood, about 5 feet in length, 3 or so Ft high and undoubtedly weighed many many pounds. - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:22
    - its david, he probably gets her a new roku every 6 months. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 15, 13:08 5
      - but don't the new ones have voice command? -- nm - decline Mar 15, 13:09 4
        
        You know, she doesn't have one of those. That's a pretty good idea. -- nm - David Mar 15, 13:10 3
        
        "Roku, call David" -- nm - David's Mom Mar 15, 13:14 2
        
        "I got an email that says Obama can turn a Roku into a camera" -- nm - somebody else's mom Mar 15, 13:15 1
        
        *snort!* thx, i needed that. -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 13:18
Xavier Woods gets 1 mill subs for his Youtube video game channel UpUpDownDown and gets Steph McMahon as a special guest... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 15, 12:58 [youtube]
The Rock is going to stare in a towering inferno type movie called 'Skyscraper' -- (link*) - decline Mar 15, 12:58 1
- That can't be good for his eyes. - Krusty Mar 15, 13:06
Somebody need to find Bear Lawyer some manties and a tank top at least. -- nm - diva Mar 15, 12:53 4
- indeed -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 13:03 3
  - a thong doesn't hide enough, I don't want to know at a glance if a Bear Lawyer goes in the woods -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 13:07
  - but only when he has to appear in court. -- nm - diva Mar 15, 13:05 1
    - I'm pretty sure he puts on his "Lawyerin' Shirt" for court appearances. aka... - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:09
All charges against Darrelle Revis in Pittsburgh case dismissed. -- nm - diva Mar 15, 12:39 2
- so now he can play for the patriots -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 15, 13:07 1
  - that ship has sailed. all the way to Revis Peninsula. -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 13:18
I now have flights and hotels booked through August. I think I'll hold off on October until my taxes are done :) -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 12:36
Spiders Eat Up to 880 Million Tons of Insects Each Year -- (link) - crash davis Mar 15, 12:22 11
- That's a lot of spider poop. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 12:47
- Insects that could rightly be feeding people on the Snowpiercer! -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 12:39
- see RC! spiders are your friends -- nm - decline Mar 15, 12:23 8
  - They're those types of friends that are great if I never see them within 50 yards of me. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 12:26 4
    - spiders are nekkid crazy mels? -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:30 3
      - Wouldn't it be great if NCM came out with a food line called 'Nekkid Crazy Meals'? - diva Mar 15, 13:28 1
        
        Being civic minded he did try to do "Meals on Wheels". -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:29
      - Nekkid Crazy Mel is basically harmless compared to spiders. - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 12:40
  - something useful to the ecosystem can still suck -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:25 2
    - My post-blocking just kicked in. Do I want to know what I missed? -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 12:26 1
      - not really -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:30
Obama picks North Carolina to win this year -- (link) - decline Mar 15, 12:21
Sweet fancy Moses, that was a unique experience - prayformojo Mar 15, 12:18 20
- "You tried the best now try the rest!" -- nm - Dr. Nick si Mar 15, 12:39
- Dr. Ramsey Bolton came highly recommended. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 12:37
- So much character. -- nm - David Mar 15, 12:34 1
  - plus, for sure, he's developing a superpower. For sure. -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 12:35
- Are you like the guy in Kick-Ass now ? -- nm - decline Mar 15, 12:34
- phew. I remembered last night that my stepfather had it done on both legs. hopefully you'll have the relief he did! -- nm - b. Mar 15, 12:34
- dang, I hope you are better in the long run -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:33
- Glad it's over and you made it through. -- nm - pmb Mar 15, 12:31
- :( -- nm - kelly Mar 15, 12:28
- glad you made it through - did it work? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 15, 12:28
- Have you flexed your new powers yet? - Spawn Mar 15, 12:24 1
  - he is now Ajax. -- nm - groiny Mar 15, 12:50
- what did you do? -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 12:21 4
  - he did this and it's horrible. -- (link) - Diva Mar 15, 12:29 [Backboard] 2
    - great googly moogly -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 12:52
    - *makes The Sign of the Spaghetti Monster* Eesh...glad that's over pfm. That sounds distinctly unpleasant. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 12:35
  - he let someone stab him in the back -- nm - decline Mar 15, 12:22
- are you sitting ok? -- nm - Remlik Mar 15, 12:20
- :( -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 12:20
- Is it safe? -- nm - Max Mar 15, 12:19
My favorite summer job was working in the mailroom at a law firm. It was a great cast of characters (I always thought it would make a great sitcom). - pmb Mar 15, 12:17 9
- and then you got your law degree from the University of Guam -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 12:47 2
  - No, but fun fact, I did wind up clerking at that firm during by second summer of law school, and then joined the firm full time after law school - pmb Mar 15, 12:49 1
    - :-) -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 13:20
- you were the son, weren't you ? -- nm - decline Mar 15, 12:18 5
  - No, because that would have made my unbridled lust for his sister (who worked in the library) really nasty. -- nm - pmb Mar 15, 12:23 3
    - so you're the good kid who is the point of view for the audience in the sitcom, I see. I suppose you want Zac Efron to play you? -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:35 2
      - If you insist. You're good at this. Have you thought of a career as a casting director? -- nm - pmb Mar 15, 12:42 1
        
        I want to bring your vision to the screen. Now who plays your love interest? -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 13:02
  - he is trying to throw us off by misstating genders, he was trying to make it as a singer -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:20
The Good Fight renewed for a 2nd season. -- (link) - Remlik Mar 15, 12:12 4
- Keep up the good fight. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 12:24
- speaking of 2nd seasons, Hap and Leonard starts tonight, I highly recommend it -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:15 2
  - cool. gonna watch the 1st season on netflix when I finish Z-nation -- nm - Remlik Mar 15, 12:18 1
    - It was only like six episodes or so and I loved it -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:19
Since all my fantasy football is played on Yahoo, it is obvious given today's indictments, that my fantasy football mistakes were caused by Russia -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:02 1
- If my team appears to trade big for Eddie Lacy and he flops, obviously Putin still has control of my accounts -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:11
Whoa. McShay has the Jags taking Bama TE Howard with the #4 pick. That seeeeeeeems like stretch. -- nm - volnelk Mar 15, 11:55 1
- Whoa. McShay has the Jets taking Bama TE Howard with the #4 pick. That seeeeeeeems like stretch. -- (edited) - WSS Mar 15, 11:57
Vacation question: Going to Arizona with my parents in May. Is there anything actually in Flagstaff that we need to see? - sycor Mar 15, 11:54 5
- Sunset Crater, Wupatki National Monument, Northern Arizona Museum, Canyon de Chelly, Hopi Mesa. - Meg Mar 15, 12:02 3
  - Awesome thanks! -- nm - sycor Mar 15, 13:12
  - and the woman who restores my Navajo rugs lives in Flagstaff -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 12:09 1
    - you should give sycor her address so he can stop by and say hi -- nm - decline Mar 15, 12:23
- Lowell Observatory! -- (link) - Bear Lawyer Mar 15, 12:01
Garden Grove firefighters are supporting St. Baldricks... -- (link) - Meg Mar 15, 11:52
Diva: the cast is bonkers. Lots of my favorites with a few of yours maybe. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 11:51 7
- Dickie Bennett AND George McFly? I am sold. -- nm* - groiny Mar 15, 12:56 4
  - I didn't even see Dickie Bennett...that's great. It's like their plucking a dream cast out of my head. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:02 3
    - he is gonna be Jesus. -- nm - groiny Mar 15, 13:03 2
      - this sounds wacky and gets better and better the more I hear. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 13:16 1
        
        sadly, I think his apex is Dickie Bennet, and no other character he plays will top it. -- nm - groiny Mar 15, 13:20
- hi baby. -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 11:52 1
  - bayyyybeee. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 11:52
American Gods was a great book, hopefully should make for a fantastic TV series (as long as they don't try and drag it out for 7 seasons ror something -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 11:49 1
- With that cast, agreed. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 12:27
Points have been deducted from Mel Profit due to his not having read American Gods by Neil Gaiman. -- nm - Announcer Mar 15, 11:49 2
- I actually think it will make for a better TV show than a book. -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 11:50
- I just completed Infernal Parade - short story? I don't know - it ended...abruptly? but I want to read American Gods -- nm - Epiphany Mar 15, 11:49
LaVar Ball's home burglarized last night....couldn't wait for him to collect the billion. -- (link) - Meg Mar 15, 11:47
I demand better pointless fights. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 11:47 23
- New pointless fight: Toilet paper rolls should always be installed with the sheets falling forward off the roll, never falling backward. - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 11:51 9
  - I don't care and I'm not sure why anyone else cares. It works no matter which way it hangs. -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 12:31
  - Maybe you misunderstand what new means. And what better means -- nm - crash davis Mar 15, 12:06
  - I always believed this dated to the times when decorated paper was introduced. You didn't want to see the back of the paper. -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 11:56
  - yes -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 11:53
  - ST is nothing if not repetitive. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 11:52 1
    - yes -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 11:53
  - Vertical rolls of paper towels should have the end pointing to the right. -- nm - Max Mar 15, 11:52 2
    - I'd agree for right handed people. Easier to grab the end that way. -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 11:57
    - While standing or sitting? -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 11:53
- That's stupid. -- nm - volnelk Mar 15, 11:49 5
  - Kid, *your face* is stupid! -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 11:51 4
    - Logan was stupid. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. -- nm - volnelk Mar 15, 11:55 3
      - Hard to tell which makes Spawn madder, insulting his kid or his movie. -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 12:00 1
        
        And that rat bastard did BOTH!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 12:00
      - It. Is. ON. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 11:58
- *runs in...nekkid and crazy...wild eyed and crazed...holding a cricket mallet over my head...chasing a... - Nekkid Crazy Mel Mar 15, 11:49 6
  - *shuffles in ... sighing with the weight of the world on his shoulders ... wearing nothing but an emerald green thong ... - Bear Lawyer Mar 15, 11:55 5
    - he will definitely out run him and bless NCM's simple lil face...he'll be outsmarted as well *listening and hearing a large BANG! - Mel Profit Mar 15, 12:01
    - giggling - I love this new addition to the CNM show -- nm - Epiphany Mar 15, 12:00 2
      - He's Simple but Nekkid. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 12:02 1
        
        true that - Epiphany Mar 15, 12:06
    - heh -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 11:59
... With demon sex. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 11:46 1
- Well it is on Starz. I'd expect nothing less from the network that brought us Spartacus. -- nm - Shaun Mar 15, 11:47
Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! -- nm - Bonjour! Mar 15, 11:43

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