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"If this health bill gets any worse we'll all have to buy our clothes at the Thrift Store, am I right?" - rollo Mar 21, 16:25
Star Wars Rogue One melded with New Hope -- (link) - Remlik Mar 21, 16:12 [vimeo] 1
Back before it was cool to punch people whilst wearing a bear suit... -- (link) - Shaun Mar 21, 15:35 4
- I like Nic. While he has seemed to do an endless number of dumb things, I don't know of any mean things he has done -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 15:44 3
  - What about naming his son Kal-El? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 16:07 2
    - I'll rate that dumb. Mean would be something like Peter Parker -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 16:11 1
      - Point taken. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 16:16
Hey Stephen, I think it was you, who may be going to convention with Grant Gustin, he's charging $225 for autographs -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 15:29 22
- Hey how much did MingNa charge at the convention you were at and had the picture taken with - eag Mar 21, 15:49 16
  - Damn. I wish she'd come to one here. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 21, 15:53 12
    - She is only here on Saturday and I work early part of the day so id probably miss her but Charlie Cox will be there sunday - eag Mar 21, 16:01 11
      - Also on that note Jon Bernthal and Elden Nelson will also be there - eag Mar 21, 16:21
      - I know Ming Na but who the blue hell is Charlie Cox? -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 16:07 8
        
        Daredevil from the Netflix series -- nm - eag Mar 21, 16:18 4
        
        ah, thanks - I keep meaning to watch that and I haven't -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 16:20 3
        
        Its pretty good -- nm - eag Mar 21, 16:21 2
        
        I did watch Jessica Whatshername with Kristen Ritter -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 16:25 1
        
        Well I know of a show called Jessica Jones but im not familiar with a show called Jessica Whatshername - eag Mar 21, 16:28
        
        Daredevil! -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 16:18
        
        Not a Stardust fan, eh? -- nm - David Mar 21, 16:16 1
        
        I liked it enough to remember Michelle Pfeiffer. But, apparently not enough to make his name stick in my head -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 16:20
      - I'd call in sick for some Ming-Na Wen! -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 21, 16:05
  - for me it was free, but I don't know what she was charging..probably 70-80 for autos -- nm* - Remlik Mar 21, 15:50 2
    - So Remlik thinks he is $80 sexier than the average guy.....I see. -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 15:52 1
      - oh at the very least son. -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 15:53
- It's showing $199, but still, holy shit. And the photo-op is $150. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 21, 15:41 2
  - His will be the most we've ever paid for an autograph (or photo-op). But, I guess when it's their first appearance they can get what they ask for. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 21, 15:46 1
    - yeah he doesn't shows very much so it's a rare chance. -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 15:49
- does it come with a blow-job? -- nm - Beaker Mar 21, 15:30 1
  - Yes, or, you can pay $250 if you don't want to pucker up. -- nm - Max Mar 21, 15:32
Finally got my overdue colonoscopy today. All clear, good for 10 years (so yay). But jeebus that prep. - pmb Mar 21, 15:20 20
- I'm on the list for a follow-up. The drink for the prep was fine for me (sounds like a different mix). The result of the drink was NOT fine. Ow. - Beryllium Mar 21, 15:58
- yet to get drunk you gladly drink a lot of vile tasting stuff -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 21, 15:45 1
  - The two are not mutually exclusive, and adding it to the vile stuff helps ...a lot -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 15:51
- i'm a year overdue but I think we might make it two years -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 15:38
- I'm overdue (office eff up. My PCP sent the GI a "strongly worded letter to the Times". I'm scheduled for May. I'm not looking forward to the prep. - Mel Profit Mar 21, 15:25 2
  - The procedure itself is really nothing. I went to sleep, I woke up a little wasted. Went home and slept a while. Easy. -- nm - pmb Mar 21, 15:28 1
    - "Go Lytely, My ASS!" - Mel Profit Mar 21, 16:25
- Are you talking about that clear liquid? -- nm - David Mar 21, 15:24 12
  - Yup. It's just, so much. - pmb Mar 21, 15:27 11
    - I've done it three times, and I told Kim after the last one, "Never again." - David Mar 21, 15:31 6
      - It's the consistency more than anything. But talk to your doctor. Some of my friends have mentioned a couple of different alternatives. One is - pmb Mar 21, 15:40 5
        
        I tried the serving juice. I couldn't keep it down. - David Mar 21, 15:45 4
        
        Ugh. It was worse than this stuff? - pmb Mar 21, 15:47 3
        
        Imagine that, only concentrated and with "flavor" that helped more than it hurt. - David Mar 21, 16:00 2
        
        Oh man. So sorry. Hate to bring up bad memories. -- nm - pmb Mar 21, 16:04
        
        ouch, I feel so sorry for you I won't make the obligatory "and this guy thinks Applebee/s tastes good" joke -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 16:04
    - for mine I had to drink a thing called Fleet, mixed with 7-Up...I still can't drink 7-Up... -- nm* - Beaker Mar 21, 15:29 3
      - Yeah, that's what it's called. Fleet is the devil's semen. -- nm - David Mar 21, 15:33 2
        
        Well, I'm done with this yogurt... -- nm - Max Mar 21, 15:34 1
        
        Chandler? -- nm - David Mar 21, 15:35
Sharepoint probably seemed like a good idea in '03 but it is one clunky MS Application. I find it bothersome. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 21, 15:09 4
- Atlassian confluence is a bit better, but only a bit. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 16:02
- Yes, it's awful. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 21, 15:24 1
  - Save a document is an exercise in frustration. - Mel Profit Mar 21, 15:26
- It's like Lotus Notes. -- nm - budice Mar 21, 15:17
RIP Jerry Krause -- nm - Beaker Mar 21, 14:42 1
- That's ashame. He was never really liked for a lot of legitimate reasons, but you have to give him some credit for the Bulls success in the 90's. -- nm - pmb Mar 21, 15:10
This NPR article says meals on wheels are underfunded as is, with federal money usually half or less, some so under most seniors don't live to start - zeitgeist Mar 21, 14:35
I don't recognize this alternate Logan clip, but it looks pretty funny. -- (link) - Max Mar 21, 14:31
IF you are watching Fued, TCM is running Whatever Happened to Baby Jane tomorrow morning -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 21, 14:29
sometimes I hate cutesy named subdivisions - crash davis Mar 21, 14:25 15
- The neighborhood I grew up in had streets all named after horse racing (i.e. tracks, titles, etc.) -- nm - MDH Mar 21, 14:35
- conform or be cast out. -- nm - Pennywes Mar 21, 14:33 1
  - this is such a Remlik post -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 14:36
- Pretty soon, I had everything I've got tied up in this... this monstrosity... on Mt. Olympus, at the corner of Hercules and, I shit you not, Achilles. -- nm - Hollywood Homicide Mar 21, 14:29
- All of our subdivisions use the first three letters of it to name all the streets with - Reagen Mar 21, 14:28 10
  - Our second house was in The Vineyards. All the streets were named for wine varieties. -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 14:31 5
    - I believe we were on Chianti :) -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 14:41
    - Box St., Skid Row... -- nm - Max Mar 21, 14:33 2
      - Thunderbird! -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 14:37 1
        
        Pick me up at the corner of Mogen David and Two Buck Chuck -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 14:40
    - Her name is Sauvignon Blanc, I kid you not -- nm - Ted Mar 21, 14:33
  - That would seem to drastically limit naming options -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 14:30 3
    - I can't link it properly on mobile, but look up the monstrosity that is the neighborhood of Tuscany. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 14:35 2
      - Holy crap. Tuscany Hills Way, Road, Crescent, Point! Then there's multiple Tuscany Valley one, Tuscany Ridge ones, etc. -- nm - mara Mar 21, 14:48
      - Hawkwood is another painful one. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 14:38
One of those days when it may rain - or it may not. And I have 4 book carts outside the store. - Meg Mar 21, 14:07 2
- Bring them in!!! -- nm - mara Mar 21, 14:52 1
  - She's Queen of the Library so you have to do as she says -- nm - Epiphany Mar 21, 15:29
*reasonably sure the tremors have ceased I tentatively resume my climb...finding it easier with each toe grab or finger clutch...having to mash - Nekkid Crazy Birthday Mel Mar 21, 14:02 1
- Askeerit for Ray Ray -- nm - Epiphany Mar 21, 15:31
Yeah, implying in the headline that Trump is somehow connected to a massive Russian money laundering scheme is a bit of a stretch. -- (link*) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 21, 13:59 8
- That is a stretch, but Rachel Maddow has actually made a pretty good case for some of that going on. In particular the sale of a Trump's Palm Beach - pmb Mar 21, 15:18
- people are starting to connect dots between Russian real estate purchases and Trump. -- (edited) - Mel Profit Mar 21, 14:08 3
  - He is dumb as a rock there too. Just willing to go right to the edge to screw people over. Read the first little bit of this - crash davis Mar 21, 14:15 2
    - I do smirk at the fact that he seems to exist simply to be a massive &^%$# to his business partners. (thanks for the c/p). -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 21, 14:25 1
      - I read a lot about his business practices last year. The deeper I got, the more convinced I've become is that he still exists because of Mark Burnett - crash davis Mar 21, 14:28
- Its admirable that you are trying to be fair but since Deutsche Bank is his biggest lender, I think its legitimate -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 14:01 2
  - It's a completely separate matter, imho, and there is nothing in the reporting claiming otherwise. - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 21, 14:04 1
    - I actually think its a line of inquiry being pursued, but you're right, its not spelled out in the article. - crash davis Mar 21, 14:13
The other food that sucks to eat is crabs. A lot of work for limited payoff....however, wings are work but chicken tenders/boneless wings exist -- (edited) - Will Hunting Mar 21, 13:56 3
- "you're breaking into someone's HOME to eat them!" -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 21, 14:09 1
  - Oysters. ..out of the brine and into my belly...with a little gratuitous self stabbery -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 14:20
- You were driving right off the cliff and then the last sentence of the IM is you swerving at the last possible moment -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 13:59
Betty Kennedy, Front Page Challenge panelist and the person who said to Philo Farnsworth, "what if the pictures *moved*", dead at 91 -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 13:53 1
- I was just a shave too young to really enjoy the Challenge. It's a different world, but it would be fun to have something like it back again. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Mar 21, 13:57
When politicians try to be hip -- (link) - Reagen Mar 21, 13:46 2
- I'm pro-Cantwell, and Macklemore is pro-Seahawks, so I'm fine with this -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 13:58
- "I keep it technical and you say that I'm boring. I liven it up and you say I'm out of touch. WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Mar 21, 13:52
And now I want chicken wings. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 13:36 2
- with sake. -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 14:15
- get a jetpack instead :) -- nm - Icarus Mar 21, 13:42
I'm verging on murder and the thing that will push me over is having to call the helpdesk. SO WTF is the registry. -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 13:23 12
- Just delete it, it's one of those extraneous things you don't really need - decline Mar 21, 15:36
- *DON'T* touch the registry unless you know what you're doing. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 13:46 1
  - I know enough to be dangerous -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 13:46
- iirc, its a software file that contains key information to run all the other programs in Windows...but better ask kilbo -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 13:44 4
  - The W was 'where' in this case -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 21, 13:45 3
    - oh, I just assumed "what" :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 13:48
    - Windows Start > Run > registry.exe -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 13:46 1
      - Sorry. That should be "regedit.exe" -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 15:45
- I just spent 1 hour and 48 minutes on the phone with Air Canada. I've essentially now decided i'm done working for the day. -- nm - Andie Mar 21, 13:26 3
  - I have a similar story and I'm going to be leaving soon as a direct result of it. DUN. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 13:31 2
    - Gurl bye. - MDH Mar 21, 13:46 1
      - ik, r? Ugh. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 13:59
Turns out there's only one missing key! They haven't done a key inventory since 2011, so that's not bad, right? -- nm - mara Mar 21, 13:18 1
- That's right, Secret Service, no worries! -- nm - Max Mar 21, 13:18
I'm currently at #486 running a squad of Vader, Chewie, Unduli, Dooku, and Fett, all 7* -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 21, 13:16
I'm still amused at the choice made by one of our local wing places, to give their establishment the curb appeal of a sketchy massage parlor -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 21, 13:12 1
- That is a lot cleaner than sketchy around here. I would hesitate to show you seedy -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 13:16
The advantage of wings with bones is that you at least know its chicken, boneless? its "technically" chickish -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 13:06 4
- Nuggets and tenders vs wings is so apples and oranges. Rip the meat off the bone! - SyrDragon Mar 21, 13:29
- If the boneless is more expensive, it's probably real, right? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 13:17 1
  - Expensive is more likely to mean "this is what customers are prepared to pay" than anything. -- nm - Roger More Mar 21, 13:21
- I have had soy wings once before, knowingly. Unknowingly? perhaps a few more times -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 13:13
Twitter is so weird - someone liked my tweet due to a Mack Morrison reference - Epiphany Mar 21, 12:59
SourceFed a pretty largeish YouTube channel of 1.7 million followers is cancelled. -- (link) - Qale Mar 21, 12:57 [youtube] 4
- DeFranco put out a rather ominous video yesterday. -- (link) - Mop Mar 21, 13:58 [youtube] 1
  - ...last week. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 13:59
- Wait... WHAT?! -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 13:48
- Wikipedia article. -- (link) - Qale Mar 21, 13:00
I could probably eat 14 wings as we have them here (combo wings and drumsticks) if I were starving. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 21, 12:55 2
- actual wings are like eating jellybeans. - groiny Mar 21, 12:57 1
  - this -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 21, 13:27
you all suck. that Rancor shiv was funny. - Mel Profit Mar 21, 12:53 4
- for a frame of reference, I give 80% of my posts an A+ grade too. -- nm - groiny Mar 21, 12:56
- I try not to reward Star Wars references but yeah, the visual was funny -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 12:56
- *Sheds a tear* Too soon. Too soon... -- nm - Malakili Mar 21, 12:55 1
  - I always wondered what his life must have been like. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 21, 12:59
One- a minute by minute blow of my struggle to eat 30 could be a fun blog exercise.Two- as soon as you see a bird fly with boneless wings, alert me -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 12:51 10
- Most f the birds we eat don't exactly fly with the boney wings they were born with -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 13:46 1
  - Orly? Nobody is going to take this fast ball over the plate and belt this Homer out of here? - zeitgeist Mar 21, 14:15
- Three - I didn't mean to roll the board -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 12:52 7
  - After 176 posts, I'm glad someone did. -- nm - Roger More Mar 21, 12:53
  - Four : You still need more friends. -- nm - groiny Mar 21, 12:53 5
    - Five: for my lonely -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 12:57
    - My one friend, Wes, scares off all potential new friends -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 12:55 3
      - Wes is short for Pennywise. -- nm - Baronspringa Mar 21, 13:35 1
        
        perfect -- nm - Pennywes Mar 21, 13:40
      - you don't want friends who bail so easily anyway. -- nm - groiny Mar 21, 12:55

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