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Oh how ridiculous! I was locked out of our utilities account for 1 hour because I couldn't remember my password... - IrishStephen Mar 20, 13:28 2
- stop drinking on the job! - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:29 1
  - Ha! -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 20, 13:40
Guys, the first French Presidential debate is live NOW!!!!! - ty97 Mar 20, 13:28 1
- oh! gonna sniff some cheese and rub wine on your chest, you frog? -- nm - colin Mar 20, 13:39
TSA will require airlines from 13 countries to not allow any electronics bigger than a smartphone to be carried onto planes headed to the US -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 20, 13:27 15
- "It was suggested that Royal Jordanian disobeyed the circular in part by making its existence known." - What the... - JD Mar 20, 13:43
- ooh! TSA getting in on the craaaazay. -- nm - colin Mar 20, 13:38
- They can be checked, just not carried into the cabin. -- nm - mara Mar 20, 13:33 2
  - see below re: fire and maybe not. Also, are you comfy checking your laptop? I'm not. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:42 1
    - I think my company has corporate guidelines about not checking company laptops -- nm - JD Mar 20, 13:44
- "oh, i'm sorry, we got rid of our entertainment screens because everyone has an iPad. But, no, you can't bring that tablet on the plane with you." -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 13:33
- Well that's gonna make business travel hard. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:31 6
  - They'll just have to find a different airline, I guess. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 20, 13:33 5
    - I presume it will mean connecting in a non-impacted country but still....odd -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:33 4
      - It will hurt airlines in impacted countries with flights to the US though -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:34 3
        
        eh, just check it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 13:36 2
        
        lithium ion batteries in the hold have caused multiple airplane fires over the past decade. Many airline refused them in the cargo hold. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:41 1
        
        Also, baggage crews are grabby. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 13:45
- Size doesn't matter! -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 13:28 1
  - and no shoes. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:29
Sex robot programmed to need romance BEFORE SEX?! Isn't science suppose to be helping!? -- (link*) - Remlik Mar 20, 13:23 [youtube] 2
- The robot must be *for* females. - Spawn Mar 20, 13:26 1
  - Oh baby, oh baby, im going to take you three point one four one six times -- nm - Steven Hawkings voice box Mar 20, 13:30
mop and david were talking about pandora last week and I saw a commercial this weekend. I just googled but it's all radio and jewelry. what is it? - amanda jones state university Mar 20, 13:20 4
- Part of Animal Kingdom -- (link) - Ender Mar 20, 13:23
- oh I googled pandora theme park. that answers that. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 20, 13:23 2
  - Disney is doubling down on Avatar -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Mar 20, 13:23 1
    - If they double down any more, the next movie won't be released this century. -- nm* - Ender Mar 20, 13:24
Pippy, in the My TV section of My Vudu, I just added season one of Justified if you ever feel like watching something bloody yet non horror - crash davis Mar 20, 13:18 1
- I love me some Raylan! and Marshall Tim ( hello!) I was perturbed I couldn't add my Supernatural Seasons 1-6 - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:28
It's jerky time -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Mar 20, 13:10
Life 88% (7/1), Prevenge 96% (36/2), Power Rangers 44% (4/5), Wilson 33% (5/10) -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 13:06 1
- This is an excellent time to remind people that the heir to the Power Rangers/Saban empire is Au Pair. -- nm - David Mar 20, 13:18
WWE: Jim Cornette inducting the R-and-R express into the HOF. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 12:59 6
- I'm sorry, but currently all WWE news has to be in the form of how it relates to Paige's genitals. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 13:05 5
  - Wonder if she gets fired. Cause if she does, she has action against them since than happened to Seth Rollins -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 13:15 4
    - Have you seen the material in question? This isn't like Seth having his weiner out. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 13:42
    - There's no chance even the WWE is that stupid to fire a woman for being hacked and sex-shamed. - Will Hunting Mar 20, 13:34
    - I'd read that there was likely to be no action against her (or Woods) since she was hacked, and wasn't releasing them herself. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 20, 13:22 1
      - I wonder if woods will get a "Three Way" chant tonight. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 13:27
Did we do a weekend movie poll? B&B: B - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Mar 20, 12:52 8
- BatB - A -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 20, 13:35
- Patriots Day - A, it was pretty much guaranteed that I'd like it -- nm - J Mar 20, 13:25
- NCAA Tournament: A -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 13:11
- BatB: A-. -- nm - David Mar 20, 13:07
- Burnt - I'm 98% finished but I think its a B+, its food I would never eat but I love Food Movies! - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:02
- A- BnB (spoilers) - Mel Profit Mar 20, 12:56
- Lion - B-. Long road for the payoff you know is coming. It's emotional, but just seemed long and drawn out. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 12:55
- I'm only a bit into Loving, but it's slow paced and Csokas feels like poor casting. "Hello, I'm Officer Evil." - Max Mar 20, 12:55
Random but true, the Belko Experiment is well acted by an ensemble. - con_carne Mar 20, 12:50
200 Days, Folks -- nm - BR2049 Mar 20, 12:49
Gal Gadot has a baby girl - delivered last night. She also has a 5 year old. -- (link) - Epiphany Mar 20, 12:35 2
- But I thought men weren't allowed on Themyscira. -- nm - Baron Go Bragh Mar 20, 12:56 1
  - I did catch they had a Themyscira clock on the wall in a recent episode of Powerless -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Mar 20, 12:57
Tom Cruise has been training for an MI:6 stunt for a year. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 20, 12:17 23
- the insurance premiums for that must be insane -- nm* - decline Mar 20, 12:24 6
  - he's canceled the insurance when they wouldn't cover him -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 12:59 5
    - OT VIII needs no insurance. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 13:00 4
      - huh? -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 13:16 3
        
        By now he is OT VIII: Truth Revealed, the highest level of Scientology. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 13:20 2
        
        ah gotcha. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 13:22 1
        
        Pretty sure he could have just walked along the outside of that plane. - Spawn Mar 20, 13:31
- At work; can't open teh link, but I love that for MI:5, they managed to have the money shot be within the first 5 minutes of the movie. - Will Hunting Mar 20, 12:22 10
  - Though Bond movies do the same thing. (Glad to have the filming locations though. New Zealand = hell, yeah) -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 12:24 2
    - (with stunt people) -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:26 1
      - Sure, I was talking about having the money shot in the first 5 minutes. Skiing off a mountain with a Union Jack parachute, etc -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 12:33
  - MI:3-5 is easily a Top 5 action movie trilogy. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 12:24 6
    - *nods* I think I prefer #4 because the Burj Khalifa is just so great an action sequence but they are all 3 great. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 12:28 5
      - What would you class as the big action sequence in 3? The run? The bridge attack? -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 12:36 4
        
        The bridge attack -- the missile was the advertising key image. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 12:37 3
        
        Yeah - the big sequences (to me) are kind of unmemorable - the helicopter chase through the wind farm, Tarzan-ing the Shanghai skyline, etc - Roger More Mar 20, 12:48 2
        
        Michael Phelps? :) -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Mar 20, 12:49 1
        
        Boo! -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 12:53
- What can we make him do that's crazier than hanging off a cliff and climbing the outside of a skyscaper? I know! Ride the outside of a plane! - Mop Mar 20, 12:19 3
  - Free falling from an exploded space shuttle using the still struggling bad guy as his heat shield -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 12:44 2
    - Whatever it is, I think we can all agree he is clearly OT VIII: Truth Revealed level. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:47
    - Infiltrating a Scientology center to find proof that it's all a bunch of hooey -- nm - decline Mar 20, 12:46
- It'll probably be cut from the movie now that they've added Superman -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 12:18
"Collectively, the Bruins might be the best offensive team I have ever seen in my quarter century on the beat." - Seth Davis -- nm - David Mar 20, 12:09 10
- Shit, I thought this was a reference to Boston, and I had to wonder what kind of mental illness this person had. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 12:14 4
  - I thought it was Belmont. -- nm - psilotum Mar 20, 12:55
  - Like I'd post NHL stuff on consecutive days. - David Mar 20, 12:15 2
    - Surely not. You're not Canadian. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 12:17 1
      - And his name isnt Surely -- nm - eag Mar 20, 12:48
- These are some truly amazing stats. - David Mar 20, 12:13 1
  - And there's the potential for some real high scoring games moving forward - Strongbad Mar 20, 12:22
- It was a right hook... with a bit of a jab. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:11 2
  - And he did it with his left hand? -- nm - David Mar 20, 12:12 1
    - Remarkable skills. He's not to be trifled with, David. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:16
Happy 25th anniversary to Basic Instinct -- (link) - Max Mar 20, 12:03 4
- Which gives me an opportunity to bring up a point. I remember lots of buzz surrounding the movie that it was a terrible portrayal of [LGBT] women. - Max Mar 20, 12:08
- ::... spreads legs...:: -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:04 2
  - *leans in* -- nm - Newman Mar 20, 12:05 1
    - Speaking of funny casting, someone bought 50 First Dates in our UV group so we watched it last night (I secretly love that movie almost as much as - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Mar 20, 12:24
RDJ cast as the new Doctor.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 11:55 16
- doctor, Who?? -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 21, 13:43
- Not likely to be a musical, correct? -- nm - mara Mar 20, 13:18
- That this is from Syriana's writer/director is the funniest part to me -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 12:28
- For just a moment, I thought you were talking about ... (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 12:04
- I wish they showed the original on basic cable. I loved that movie. -- nm - Max Mar 20, 12:02 4
  - I ended up buying it on sale on VUDU in Jan because I have such fond memories of it -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 12:29 2
    - I uploaded some DVDs since we are moving soon and I'm selling them in the garage sale next week. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 12:31 1
      - awesome -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 12:38
  - I loved it as a kid, so I got the book to read. I lived such a sheltered life that the casual racism of the book completely baffled me. -- nm - landbeck Mar 20, 12:03
- i picture movie execs every 5 or 10 years finding out about Dr Doolittle and saying "Whoa, this idea is great!" - colin Mar 20, 11:58 4
  - "But what *if* we could..." "I'm gonna stop you right there." - Reagen Mar 20, 12:03
  - But really, Hollywood tries to forget Eddie Murphy in most roles. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:00 1
    - Rex Harrison was Dr Doolittle in the 60s, that flopped too. -- nm - colin Mar 20, 12:02
  - "What IP with talking animals do we own?" -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 12:00
- meh -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 11:57
- Clickbait! -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 11:56
LIR: Spawn, LinkedIn is still going strong.. they keep trying to add more to it, but it's still a great place for you to have connections. - colin Mar 20, 11:53 7
- I'm constantly amazed by the amount of activity on LinkedIn. It is completely off my radar -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Mar 20, 12:26
- Microsoft spent a lot of money to buy it. I assume they have a vision for it. - Mop Mar 20, 12:17
- It's horrible in every way, like Facebook. One of those ways, sadly, happens to be horribly useful. - Beryllium Mar 20, 12:17
- Kim swears it's the preferred way for freelancers to get gigs. -- nm - David Mar 20, 11:54 3
  - I sure hope so... maybe I'll just stick to that after today's sadness... -- nm - colin Mar 20, 11:55
  - Ahhh. Yeah, I could see that aspect being of use. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 11:55 1
    - It's pretty useful for job searches and finding decision makers for sales. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 20, 11:58
Live fact checking of a congressional hearing. That feels new. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 11:52 3
- Live fact checking *at* a Congressional hearing. -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 11:58
- The feedback loop could become dizzying. -- nm - Max Mar 20, 11:52 1
  - dueling Fact Checkers...[nm] - Mel Profit Mar 20, 11:53
Binged Iron Fist yesterday. Solid B - decline Mar 20, 11:51 37
- I started Legion - that show is nutzo -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 11:56 2
  - agreed. we need to get into a groove on it as we have a few episodes yet but I like it. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 20, 12:34
  - ~Pauvre lola~ -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Mar 20, 12:28
- the description is... uh... - colin Mar 20, 11:52 30
  - warrior monks or warrior monkeys? -- nm - Max Mar 20, 11:56 1
    - both - Spawn Mar 20, 11:57
  - That's different from Batman only in details. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 11:55 27
    - Arrow is very similar too -- nm - decline Mar 20, 11:57 2
      - well they were similar for a long time until Ollie lost his fortune and became a full on SJW in the 1970's. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 12:05 1
        
        Literally! -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 12:05
    - why fantastically wealthy? why can't they just be middle class, but leave him a decent life insurance settlement? -- nm - colin Mar 20, 11:56 20
      - "son of corporate takeover specialist Paul Bilzerian, who went to prison for securities fraud but whose vast wealth mysteriously vanished..." -- nm - Max Mar 20, 11:58
      - That's Daredevil. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 11:58 18
        
        i thought he grew up poor and then became a lawyer. aren't there any middle class super heroes? -- nm - colin Mar 20, 11:59 17
        
        Spider-Gwen -- nm - Ender Mar 20, 13:26
        
        Lots of the X Men are middle class. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 12:28 1
        
        Ugh. -- nm - Emma Frost Mar 20, 12:39
        
        Cloak and Dagger? -- nm - JD Mar 20, 12:09 1
        
        Weren't they homeless kids? -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:11
        
        Current Ant-Man is a mechanical engineer. -- (edited) - Reagen Mar 20, 12:05
        
        Spider-Man -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 12:02 4
        
        not anymore. Parker Industries is taking over from the failed Stark Industries. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 12:03 1
        
        Origins matter though. -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 12:16
        
        Captain America. Steve Rogers was a fine arts student! -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 12:03 1
        
        So, a trust fund baby -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 13:35
        
        he's a poor defense attorney - those guys never make bank -- nm - decline Mar 20, 12:02
        
        Superman -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:00 4
        
        Spiderman -- nm - JD Mar 20, 12:02 3
        
        Used to. He now has Parker Industries. They own the Baxter Building, among other things. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:03 1
        
        for now....spoilers.... - Remlik Mar 20, 12:06
        
        Capt'n America -- nm - decline Mar 20, 12:03
    - If by "Batman" you mean CW's Green Arrow you are 99% right. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 11:55 2
      - That would require me to acknowledge the existence of that show - Reagen Mar 20, 11:57 1
        
        True but I think the difference being that Bruce was not forced into the life is a key component of the charcter, where those other rubes were. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 11:59
- Really? It's been getting slammed in reviews. But you're the second person that's liked it so I might actually give it a shot -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 11:52 2
  - This. I almost started it this weekend but wanted to wait for another positive word. - Spawn Mar 20, 11:54 1
    - It's fun. As I said the story gets a bit silly at times. There is an episode directed by RZA that's great -- nm - decline Mar 20, 11:56

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