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I watched a couple episodes of Cosplay Melee last night. While I'd like to make stuff, I don't think I'm nerdy enough for them (which I found shocking - crash davis Apr 12, 09:28 10
- we see the ads while watching Face-Off. It looks cool but I try not to watch shows so similar. But again, this looks cool. (Face-Off Spoilers) -- (edited) - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:34 1
  - faceoff spoilers - Diva Apr 12, 10:09
- I watched a few episodes of Angie Tribeca last night - its cute. I will continue -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 09:30 7
  - keep me posted. the commercials I saw recently looked amusing. I'm looking for a bit more comedy in my line up. - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:31 6
    - Another suggestion that I just started watching a few weeks ago would be The Detour. It's very funny. - pmb Apr 12, 09:38
    - I was looking for another ' arrested development' type show - this is not it but still time worthy so far. I will keep you posted - Epiphany Apr 12, 09:36
    - It's like an updated Police Squad show. It's very light and funny. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 09:36 3
      - This. -- nm - Ender Apr 12, 11:26
      - exactly - if Naked Gun 33 1/2 were to be a sitcom - this is it -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 09:37 1
        
        Naked Gun 33 1/3 WAS a sitcom... (For 6 episodes.) -- nm - Ender Apr 12, 11:27
Hey Strongbad, I'm glad to see you're not stuck in traffic! - Da5id Apr 12, 09:21
Stats of the Furious -- (link) - JD Apr 12, 09:21
Let's focus on what is important. My golf league starts tonight. -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 09:12 3
- I wish I was good enough to participate in a league :). Good luck this year. -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 09:14 2
  - You don't have to be good enough -- that's why they have handicaps -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 09:16 1
    - I'm all drive, no short game. I don't think they have a handicap big enough. -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 09:18
nmbDavid - Spawn Apr 12, 09:10 6
- Magicians jokes are the dirtiest. - Da5id Apr 12, 09:19 5
  - Yup. I watched the S1 finale last night and decided not to jump into S2 as I wanted the impact(s) to really sit with me first. spoilers inside (whoops) -- (edited) - Spawn Apr 12, 09:22 4
    - Spoilers - Da5id Apr 12, 09:30 1
      - Exactly. 100.1% -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:31
    - I actually did a complete rewatch of S1 before S2 started -- nm - decline Apr 12, 09:28 1
      - I read the first book when it came out. Not sure why I did not continue. - Spawn Apr 12, 09:30
ST Opinion: How good was Rogue One, compared to Ep 7? Better, worse or about the same? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 12, 09:08 25
- I have no idea how to answer - I have to struggle to tell you what 7 was about - Rogue One stuck with me -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 09:37
- Rogue One B- or C+. Force Awakens - A -- nm - Inigo Apr 12, 09:24
- "How good was" and "How much did you enjoy" are pretty interesting ways of looking at this (that I had not noticed). - Spawn Apr 12, 09:23
- I think I liked Rogue 1 a bit more than SW7, some of the things in SW7 felt forced. - groiny Apr 12, 09:23
- For me it ranks #3 (after Empire and New Hope) -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 09:20
- It was better than EP7-- -- nm - Flavorize Apr 12, 09:14
- I liked Ep 7 but Rogue One was more my favorite. It might be my 2nd favorite SW movie. The fact that they made the audience... - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:12 12
  - In case that was a spoil, sorry. -- (edited) - Spawn Apr 12, 09:13 11
    - that inclusion was great, however, I've mulled over how it could have been better. (R1 Spoilers) - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:16 8
      - All I can say is they sure as hell better have a great script for the Solo Cup movie. - Spawn Apr 12, 09:18 1
        
        Rogue One just showed how dumb/selfish Lucas was--let other people run with their SW ideas...you reap the rewards -- nm - Flavorize Apr 12, 09:35
      - Agreed. But wouldn't it be fun if this was a lead-in to us learning (spoilers) - ty97 Apr 12, 09:18 5
        
        I'm not sure he understood the significance of (spoilers) - Flavorize Apr 12, 09:25 1
        
        Yeah, the theory that he just realize the significance could be. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 09:26
        
        Not ridic, as that is my fall back theory as well. - Spawn Apr 12, 09:19 2
        
        Spoilers -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 12, 09:23 1
        
        Yeah, I think the worst thing Vader could be was idle. - Spawn Apr 12, 09:25
    - I'll help you out (spoils) - Will Hunting Apr 12, 09:15 1
      - Eh spoil - Spawn Apr 12, 09:17
- I preferred Rogue One because it was new. Episode 7, while I still liked it, felt like the episode 4 script with new people. -- nm* - volnelk Apr 12, 09:11 1
  - I think EP7 got corrupted when Harrison Ford got hurt--rewrites, reproaches...it became a soft reboot, instead of a direct sequel -- nm - Flavorize Apr 12, 09:29
- haven't seen it -- nm - decline Apr 12, 09:09 1
  - Same. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 09:24
- I like Ep 7 more, probably in part because it was part of the 'series of 9' and also nostalgia. - ty97 Apr 12, 09:08 1
  - Yeah, I would say RO was maybe 90% as good. But I have still not seen it a second time. - Spawn Apr 12, 09:11
'Manchester by the Sea' Inspired NY Couple to Kill Disabled Adoptive Son, Prosecutor Says -- (link) - ty97 Apr 12, 09:07 1
- WTF is wrong with people? -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 12, 09:24
Box office update: With #BeautyAndTheBeast earning $993.2M globally thru Wednesday, it will likely pass $1B at some point today. -- (link*) - decline Apr 12, 09:06 1
- I'm basically an Oracle. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 12, 09:16 [Backboard]
They really nailed the perception of John Glenn in Hidden Figures. - Da5id Apr 12, 09:04 2
- quote spoiler... - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:08
- agreed. -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 09:05
New shrimp species named after Pink Floyd - crash davis Apr 12, 09:02
There's just something weird about seeing Nikki Haley talk about Syria and Russia -- nm - Strongbad Apr 12, 08:53 1
- yet, she is one of the ones I trust more than most in this admin -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 09:03
sitwap - Cuban wanted to let Romo play - crash davis Apr 12, 08:44 10
- It would've been the perfect ending to this joke of a season. -- nm - Flavorize Apr 12, 09:08
- Warm-ups, who cares. Playing him in a game would have been nuts. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 08:47 8
  - Yep--then, it opens Pandora's box--letting celebrities (or movie studios) buy their way to playing to promote something -- nm - Flavorize Apr 12, 09:31
  - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 09:29
  - Let's allow Dirk Nowitzki to play QB for a snap next season! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 12, 09:02 3
    - On some teams he might be better than what they have -- nm - eag Apr 12, 09:04 2
      - Just think, he's taller than his OL. Great vision downfield! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 12, 09:06 1
        
        *nodding* -- nm - Brock Osweiler Apr 12, 09:18
  - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 08:55
  - like the time that baseball promoter guy played that midget, er, Height-Challenged Little Person. -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:48
ML just showed me a link to a Disney illustrator's twitter feed. It was only after a few minutes that I realized... - Da5id Apr 12, 08:34
Does anyone here own/use an Instant Pot? -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 08:29 21
- how are they different from pressure cookers? -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:47 6
  - It isn't very different from other electric pressure cookers, but it does have a yogurt maker function, and some others. -- nm - patryk Apr 12, 08:49 5
    - cool - thx! -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:52 1
      - I didn't buy an actual Instant Pot - I bought something similar. -- (link) - kelly Apr 12, 08:56
    - Finally, I can get out of the pockets of Big Yogurt. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 08:49 2
      - *dispatches an albino assassin* -- nm - Chobani Apr 12, 08:52 1
        
        heh... -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:52
- Yep, love it. Great for soups and stews. Beans only need to be rinsed, not soaked overnight. -- nm - patryk Apr 12, 08:45 6
  - I want to try chili with (dry) black beans. Do I need to do this in steps? Cook beans first, then add meat, then veggies etc? Or can I just throw - kelly Apr 12, 08:48 5
    - I've had good luck just throwing things in. If you want to brown the meat first, you can do it in there, but the pressure does a good job - patryk Apr 12, 08:51 4
      - I never precook my meat when using a crock pot, but wasn't sure if I needed to do it with this. - kelly Apr 12, 08:53 3
        
        I did a beef stew each way. They were both good. The non-browned one had a lighter flavor. -- nm - patryk Apr 12, 09:04 1
        
        Thanks! -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 09:05
        
        Kare uses it as well and I think she has a post or two about it on her website. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 08:56
- patryk has one. I will send up the patryk symbol. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 12, 08:40
- We do and my gf loves it. I don't use it but she does and makes different meat dishes and lots of tasty broth. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 08:32 3
  - I can pass along her email if you'd like to ask her about it. -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 12, 08:34 2
    - I would really appreciate that. Thanks!!! -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 08:38 1
      - Email sent. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 08:53
- I wish I could get instant pot -- nm - decline Apr 12, 08:32 1
  - Word! ;-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 08:32
It's all David Souter's fault! -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 12, 08:25 1
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"They'll be back on Monday" was quite funny -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 08:17
Let's check in on how Mike Trout is doi....whoa. -- (link) - ML Apr 12, 08:17
I think wikipedia is wrong on chip butties, there's no ketchup or french fries. It's chunky chips in a buttered roll seasoned with salt and vinegar. - LMS Apr 12, 08:16 31
- when I finally do make it to England, one of the things I am going to do is eat every ridiculous sounding dish -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 08:20 3
  - Plan a LONG visit - ty97 Apr 12, 08:21 2
    - also: meat pies are amazing -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 08:24 1
      - bubble and squeak for breakfast one day -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 08:27
- I thought 'chips' were 'french fries'. -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:20 23
  - No, chips are thicker (regular size to us Brits). French fries are what you get in Macdonalds. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 08:22 22
    - I swear there's a common language somewhere... -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 08:28 1
      - Two countries, separated by a common language. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 12, 08:38
    - like steak fries? or potato wedges? -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:23 12
      - As in fish and chips. Wedges are different shape entirely. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 08:26 11
        
        Sm*ttah please, the chips in fish and chips look like regular size ('Murican!) french fries to me. McDonalds shoestring fries look like pomme frites. - Diva Apr 12, 08:31 10
        
        Krusty's link explains the difference. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 08:32 9
        
        I'm glad you agree with it. They're called steak fries here and they're one of my favorites because there's a good amount of pillow soft potato in - Krusty Apr 12, 08:34 8
        
        See if you hadn't decided that chips means crisps in America we wouldn't have this confusion. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 08:38 6
        
        We needed separating from you guys and we chose chips/crisps to start that break away. - Krusty Apr 12, 08:46 4
        
        ~when push, comes to shove, I'll send an armed battalion to show my loveeee~ -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:01 2
        
        Also, alt-reality fiction idea - what if the Uk and USA had worked out their differences leading up to the American Revolution? - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:05 1
        
        Slavery here would have been abolished by 1843. -- nm - mara Apr 12, 09:26
        
        me too. -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:48
        
        then we would still have confusion on biscuits, puddings, and lot of other things :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 08:40
        
        *blugh, erp...* -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:38
    - So chips are, like, steak fries? -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 08:23 6
      - Yes. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 12, 08:25 5
        
        Got it. The chips in the pic actually look most like the handcut fries my mum used to make when we were kids. - Diva Apr 12, 08:37 4
        
        I didn't like them as a kid either. It was all about the shoestring fries, except for Nathan's fries which are awesome. - Krusty Apr 12, 08:43 3
        
        I'm being a bit of a brat. They're easily avoidable. :) -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:46 2
        
        and she knows she can slide them over to me... -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:06 1
        
        this -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 09:14
- do you like...really eat those??? thanks for the info on B2 -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:19 2
  - This is the country that invented the bread sandwich. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 08:30
  - Very rarely. Had it mostly as a student as it's cheap filling food. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 08:23
Kelly, the configuration you have works well. I think it would be a little more awkward if the chair and love seat were switched - prayformojo Apr 12, 08:15 2
- Okay, thanks. I thought it looked ok in the picture, but when I'm standing in that area, it looks different - crowded. - kelly Apr 12, 08:25
- I agree - Feng Shui ( or whatever) is how you have it now -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:18
ST Spawn-free Poll: How do we feel about the FB feature to make your status look meme-like, ie. with a coloured background and large white text? - Shaun Apr 12, 08:13 14
- It's a great idea that I'm bringing to ST any day now. - Beryllium Apr 12, 08:51 4
  - The LOLcat feed that used to work here doesn't seem to any more. An old example: -- (link) - mara Apr 12, 09:34 [Backboard]
  - With avatars!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:01 2
    - Rainbow Sparkle Delicious Avis! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 09:04 1
      - Make. It. So. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:08
- Hate it. I turned it off on the web in my FB Purity plugin -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 12, 08:32
- Like so many things about Facebook, I think you look at it with curiosity and an open mind if it's somebody you know well and like, just in case it's - mara Apr 12, 08:28
- i don't really like it. -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:21
- It's very MySpace like. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 08:19
- I hate it and I use an add-on that is supposed to block it but it's not working lately. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 08:18
- I don't like change - so I'm not a fan either. - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:15
- I haven't seen this -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 08:15
- i sort of hate it. i barely look at them assuming it's some pasted meme. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 08:15 1
  - right -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 08:16
Take a victory lap -- (link) - ML Apr 12, 08:10 2
- in space no one can hear you fart -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:13
- DOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - decline Apr 12, 08:12
Bacon Roll -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 08:09 3
- Pork Roll. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 12, 08:31
- *comes on over to root for your team* -- nm - ST Bacon si Apr 12, 08:10
- scrapple sammich -- nm - decline Apr 12, 08:10

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