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Parent Facebook group weekend recap: School board elections are tomorrow. One college student (formerly a district student) is running. Parent - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 3, 08:25 4
- Yeah, it's not a good look by the opponent. (That said, I've seen my share of the keener 20-something pols and more often then not find them.... - Name Withheld by Request Apr 3, 08:44
- "We don't want people that understand what theyre doing." -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 08:32 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:33
- offs -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:30
did we talk about the letter a charitable foundation sent its lawyers from helping Trump setup his "trust"? -- (link*) - tRuMaN Apr 3, 08:18 4
- My friend's husband works at that firm's Pittsburgh office and they have lost many clients because they are representing Trump. Of course, I'm sure - jnine Apr 3, 09:42
- good for them. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 08:40
- also of note, on Feb 10th Trump altered that trust to allow him to take money from it at any point, for any reason without notice -- nm - decline Apr 3, 08:22 1
  - He is a great President! -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 08:31
"If you don't invest in baseball, baseball is boring..." - Name Withheld by Request Apr 3, 08:06 1
- only needed the last 3 words -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:08
NCAAB Men's Championship tonight: Gonzaga/North Carolina. 9:20ET/6:20PT tip -- nm - budice Apr 3, 07:57
49ers agree to deal with free-agent RB Tim Hightower -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:51
A culinary tour of MLB stadiums, 2017 edition -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 07:43 7
- what I get from this story is that Aramark has been hired to provide the food at a lot of stadiums. -- nm - not Trump, but maybe. Apr 3, 08:20
- Every person responsible for every single one of these should be charged with war crimes and exiled to Syria. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:16 2
  - Also should be a warning disclosure at the end - eag Apr 3, 08:25 1
    - No no, we don't put warnings on them. If you look at this and think, hey, that's not bad, you merit what you get. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:33
- The Astros having a Spam sandwich is unexpected. Welcome but still unexpected -- nm - JD Apr 3, 08:11
- "Pouring Buckets Of Cheese on Stuff: A Photo Essay" -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 07:58 1
  - Is like to subscribe to your newsletter. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 08:05
I'm back from Spain. What did I miss? -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 07:34 6
- Apparently the Royal Navy is headed there right now to "take care of The Gibraltar Problem" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 08:11
- Turns out Brexit is a bad idea. It's been called off. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 08:03 1
  - Phew! -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 08:22
- Years ago, when I was backpacking across Western Europe, I was just outside Barcelona, hiking in the foothills of mount Tibidabo... -- nm - Joey Apr 3, 07:36
- The rain in spain fell clearly on the plain -- nm - budice Apr 3, 07:36 1
  - Not while I was there it didn't. Saw snow on the mountain tops though. -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 07:42
TWuG news: Tesla became the 2nd biggest car company by Market Cap, passing by Ford. Tesla produced 76k cars last year, Ford: 6M -- nm - decline Apr 3, 07:26 3
- They delivered ~25,000 cars this first quarter, too. That was with a week of Fremont idle as they tooled up for Model 3. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 3, 08:39
- That's insane. Mind you Tessa doesn't only make cars, but that seems like a crazy overvaluation. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 08:04 1
  - Yeah, Tesla is more an energy company than an automaker. -- nm - TWuG Apr 3, 08:34
speaking of kimberlee's birthday, can we talk office potluck? as you may or may not know, I take the bus to work. what the hell can I bring to an - amanda jones state university Apr 3, 07:16 14
- Make the staff ring a bell for their dinners -- (link) - budice Apr 3, 07:40
- The cookies would never make it to the potluck! -- nm - Max Apr 3, 07:30
- we had guys bring crave cases to our holiday party. It was an excellent choice -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 3, 07:25 5
  - did everyone run to the toilet? -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 07:33
  - what are crave cases ? -- nm - decline Apr 3, 07:27 3
    - white castle -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 3, 07:30 2
      - ha ha ha ha. like we have white castle here. (man! now I want KFC.) -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 3, 07:36 1
        
        you really should start opening franchises there. You could be the Franchise Queen of State College! -- nm - decline Apr 3, 08:23
- Potato, macaroni salad, jello, chipsnsalsa -- nm - budice Apr 3, 07:20
- order from someplace near the office, wings or some such. You will be a hero. -- nm - rollo Apr 3, 07:19 2
  - i've stopped at teriyaki joints and got 3 or 4 orders of pot stickers or rolls -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 10:44
  - right, order pizza secretly and put it out with the rest of the food. you win. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 07:21
- booze -- nm - decline Apr 3, 07:18
- Party hats. -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 07:17
Marvel exec blames sales drop on diversity push -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 07:16 15
- not quite. What he actually said is that he heard from retailers that's a reason sales are down. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:07 2
  - Yeah, but still. - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 3, 08:14 1
    - respectfully...Marvel did adapt and adjust, and old time readers are rejecting it. - Remlik Apr 3, 08:33
- It's not the diversity--it's the constant rebooting of titles--People are very attached to core characters, because of the movies--Run with that! -- nm - Flavorize Apr 3, 07:33 8
  - I remember seeing the checklist of stuff I'd need to read all of Civil War and said "fuck that noise" -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 07:42 6
    - Except you never needed to read all of that. Marvel made a very public change to events starting with Civil War, all you needed was the main miniserie -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:05
    - yup -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:51
    - That's what broke me in the mid-90s. All the other books I needed to read to keep up. I've told this story before, I'm sure but... - Mel Profit Apr 3, 07:49 3
      - that was crazy time in the 90's. no doubt. But when they were being bought and sold daily as a company MArvel at the time - Remlik Apr 3, 08:06 2
        
        I. lost. it. On one of your fellow Comic Book Employees. LOST. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 3, 08:29 1
        
        I probably would have patted you on the head back then. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:34
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:41
- or, nobody is reading the comics, when they can just go see one of the 100 marvel movies coming out. -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 07:31 2
  - incorrect. COmics are *selling* it's just moving around. The demographics are getting younger for readers so there is a lot of Young Adult (YA) comics - Remlik Apr 3, 08:11
  - see I think that is what it is - saturation every where. its not special -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:00
At least one announcer on the BBC World Service says "ISIS fighters" in a way that sounds like spiders really are trying to kill us. -- nm - Max Apr 3, 07:16
The LPGA Tour has a full-blown insane issue regarding their first major of the year. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 06:50 22
- In trying to google the actual rules to see if there is something about self reporting, I came across this article and this is apparently not new -- (edited) - JD Apr 3, 08:25 1
  - It's the "person at home calling in" aspect. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:35
- I remember my dad complaining about this like 25 years ago. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 07:43
- NFL should adopt this, considering how shit the refs are these days. -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 07:24
- Terrible. And it undermines the entire sport. -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 07:16
- the line about how it impacts stars and leaders more as there shots are shown more often is spot on too -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:01 6
  - Yeah.. Tiger has been in the shitty end of stuff like this before.. - Marlowe Apr 3, 07:44 4
    - His 2015 Masters thing is the most recent one -- the drop on 15. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:50 1
      - Oh, I know. I remember that even then the whole debate of being unfair to the mega-stars was a thing.. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 3, 08:07
    - yeah, he has had it rough. -- nm - Ellen Apr 3, 07:45 1
      - And gentle, and playful, and angry.... - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:51
  - Ayup. -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 07:16
- I've seen rules infractions reported by viewers before, but always at the time of the event. - Baronspringa Apr 3, 07:00
- It makes a certain kind of sense, but only if the game of golf is to be held to a completely unrealistic standard -- (edited) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 06:58
- To me, the solution here is some kind of statute of limitations - Strongbad Apr 3, 06:55 4
  - But see, this is what separates golf from other sports. Fair play. - budice Apr 3, 07:06 1
    - There's nothing fair about some home detective calling in about yesterday's round and then changing the scores midway through today's round. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:11
  - Agreed, and I'd add - no one not associated with the event can report. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:02
  - I'd add: and if they self-impose they only get the penalty that would of resulted, not the extra 2 for a wrong scorecard -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 06:57
- that is insane -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 06:54
- *calls the NBA about the travelling in every game for the last 12 years* -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 06:52
- Yep. Just stupid. I belive it was an email, not a call. Regardless, insane. -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 06:52
For those of you who still play, I posted a likely addition on the bonds board. Free money. -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 3, 06:49
Adam Schefter: Adrian Peterson visiting Patriots today -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 06:48 2
- Tom Brady with All-Day in the backfield? -- nm - budice Apr 3, 07:02
- come to Butthead -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 06:50
Get Out has surpassed Blair Witch Project as highest grossing debut original screenplay -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 06:44 1
- I know I saw it later than just about everyone, but man, I loved it. So well thought through. -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 06:50
Do we have anyone in south ST. Louis? Possible explosion, several building damaged -- (link) - decline Apr 3, 06:42 1
- That's down by the river. Should be not all that far from the brewery. -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 3, 06:47
The new Spider-Man game looks to be on track for 2017 release. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 3, 06:40
Another day, another train derailment in the tunnel in Penn Station. - ty97 Apr 3, 06:26 1
- Trump budget cuts threaten federal spending on a new Hudson River tunnel -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 06:45
subject of email: "Kimberlee's Birthday Celebration Thurs- 6/17" - amanda jones state university Apr 3, 06:26 6
- that's my mom's birthday, apropos of nothing. the IM one. also that makes no sense. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 06:32
- i never understand when people don't make things *crystal clear* when sending info like this. - Andie Apr 3, 06:29 3
  - because they thought they were being clear. you bring it up with them, I bet there's no concept that it could have been ambiguous. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 06:39 2
    - i never even write dates in the 4/11/17 format, too easy to read wrong, i spell it out April 11, 2017. -- (edited) - Andie Apr 3, 06:45 1
      - yup. unless the day number is 13+ you could easily read it wrong. 4/6/17 could be April 6th or June 4th - Beaker Apr 3, 06:51
- IM I expected was - ty97 Apr 3, 06:27
so...I found Fallout Shelter for the PC this weekend...love that game, and the new Quests section is super fun -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 06:20 5
- *buys ultra wicked gaming PC, plays mobile game on it* - Shaun Apr 3, 06:32 4
  - true :) (I like my games like I like my life, simple and I don't need to pay alot of attention to it :) ) -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 06:33 3
    - Well that removes the new Mass Effect from your wishlist then. -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 06:36 2
      - Mass Effect thoughts (I think about 2/3 of the way through the game) - Strongbad Apr 3, 06:45 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - decline Apr 3, 06:48
NYT: How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 3, 06:15 1
- Thanks. Stories like this make you wonder how effective individual choice is at reaching the "right" outcome. -- nm - Roger More Apr 3, 07:55
Politico: Kasich says he isn't going to primary Trump in 2020, but he's releasing books and making appearances in New Hampshire -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 3, 06:14 2
- LOL on thinking he still has a career in national politics -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 06:24
- But he didn't say anything about primarying Mike Pence. -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 06:17
WaPo: Trump’s budget would hit rural towns especially hard — but they’re willing to trust him -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 3, 06:12 2
- Ohio county that voted for Trump fears his cuts to housing aid. -- (link*) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 06:49
- I'm sure they'll find some way to put the blame on (fill in the blank) instead. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 06:15
Excellent. Upgraded Facebook Purity chrome plugin. It blocks those colored statuses... - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 3, 06:07 1
- Well good morning Mr Sessions! -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 06:09
How are we living in a world where Boss Baby makes almost 50 mil in box office and takes down Beauty and the Beast??!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 06:07 3
- At least around here it was Spring Break. Maybe people just needed something to do -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 3, 06:15
- yeah, did not see that coming. The trailers for it were garbage -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 06:12
- LYC: Friday night, we checked our favorite local AMC theatre for BATB times on Sunday - Strongbad Apr 3, 06:10
It's 9:06am and I'm already in punch mode. -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 06:06
Walking Dead spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 3, 05:45 2
- your one point had me annoyed.... spoils.... - groiny Apr 3, 06:47
- This is my nagging strategic complaint about TWD...(no spoilers) -- (edited) - Mel Profit Apr 3, 06:39
Happy birthday, Nubby! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 05:41 5
- Thanks! -- nm - nubby Apr 3, 13:21
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 05:52 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - nubby Apr 3, 13:21
- *whistles Tiger Rag* Hope you have a great day! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 05:41 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - nubby Apr 3, 13:21
Interesting story about two women with the same name and the trouble it causes one of them. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 3, 05:33 2
- a guy I used to work with spent several hours handcuffed in a customs holding cell because he has the same name and birthday as someone on a list. - mafic Apr 3, 06:30 1
  - That has to worry you as proving you're not that other person can be rather difficult and I can see it not being believed. -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 07:04
Explosion at St. Petersberg metro station -- nm - zork Apr 3, 05:16 4
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 05:47
- preliminary reports: 10 dead, 20 injured -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 05:42 2
  - That's not good! Not acceptable at all! - Putin Apr 3, 05:44 1
    - Its a tragic day where the terrorists hurt our friends. -- nm - not Trump, but maybe. Apr 3, 07:28
Happy 95th Birthday Doris Day! -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 04:16 3
- I swore she was dead. Glad she's got a few extra years. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 3, 06:40
- Happy Birthday Nubby!! -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 05:14 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - nubby Apr 3, 13:20
TV PSA: Top Chef Canada, 24, Antiques Roadshow, DWTS, Voice, Raw, NCAA, APB, Bates Motel, Quantico, Taken, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 03:52
Looks like WAGS has stopped dogging for votes -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 02:00
Where is everyone? I feel all the STers are sitting back smoking a cigarette after Wrestlemania. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 22:52 5
- Singapore, yo. I'm having a beer at a place Colin showed me. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 04:33
- Its blues night on *my* radio station -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 00:24
- 'funny' cigarettes. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 2, 23:18
- Re-watching tonight's Into the Badlands because nothing else is on (and it was pretty good) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 23:11
- I'm in Mountain View. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 22:52
Alpha House season 2 comment re: some of the stunt casting. - Mop Apr 2, 22:16
UK to spend half a billion to redo passports -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 22:09 1
- Brexit, already creating jobs! -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 22:19
My DVR caught a one minute sneak peek at River Monsters season 9. Animal Planet called it River Monsters The Final Season. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO - crash davis Apr 2, 21:15 1
- Well either they find the monster or they die trying. It'll be a hell of a ride, either way. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 21:52
he just retired. -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 21:07 5
- spoiler ? IM ... - call me Ishmael Apr 2, 21:15 4
  - To your inner message... there was. -- nm - secretslacker Apr 2, 22:06
  - Spoilers - Tim Apr 2, 21:18 2
    - Not surprised (spoiler) - secretslacker Apr 2, 22:05
    - well, apart from the 1st part of you IM, i guess that sounds appropriate enough ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 2, 21:20

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