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... -- (link) - Spawn May 18, 12:53 1
- Her entire twitter feed seems wonderful. -- nm - David May 18, 13:01
Spring Breakers gets a sequel...with McConaughey -- (link) - Remlik May 18, 12:53
They are forcing all traffic on Broadway and 7th ave to turn on 49th st - ty97 May 18, 12:52 1
- You should dress up as a giant panda and go direct traffic -- nm - decline May 18, 12:56
has this been posted? The White House’s absolutely brutal night, in 6 headlines - amanda jones state university May 18, 12:50
Blah, our mortgage is with Arvest and they charge a $5 service fee to pay online. Similar $5 if pay by phone or $10 if need assistance of phone rep. - James Bond (aka Igor) May 18, 12:37 10
- mine is like that too so I set autopay at my bank. that's "in the mail." -- nm - amanda jones state university May 18, 12:47
- I would have no patience for that. - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 12:42
- this boggles my mind. -- nm - Andie May 18, 12:42 1
  - It's the Spirit Airlines model of mortgage servicing. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 12:43
- It's not just an auto deduction from your bank account? -- nm - Reagen May 18, 12:41 1
  - No -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 18, 12:43
- *shrugs* My online banking will cut a check and mail it, free of charge. -- nm - Spawn May 18, 12:39 2
  - Right, most payments are made electronically but I know they send an actual check to the HOA. -- nm - Meg May 18, 12:53
  - yeah exactly. man, I love my bank. -- nm - amanda jones state university May 18, 12:50
- but mail comes with a $11 stamp processing fee -- nm - Beaker May 18, 12:39
Here's how good the Guards were in the NBA this year -- John Wall is a legitimate 3rd team All-NBA player with the following stat line - Will Hunting May 18, 12:36 3
- Don't forget 0-11 in the second half of a game 7! -- nm - David May 18, 12:58
- Lonzo better than all them bums! -- nm - Lavar Ball May 18, 12:38 1
  - Maybe. -- nm - David May 18, 12:57
Everything We Learned Today About Destiny 2 -- (link) - Beaker May 18, 12:30 11
- "Players will lose their city, their powers, and their vaults to the Cabal’s Red Legion..." - Spawn May 18, 12:44
- in game LFG, that is fantastic news. -- nm - groiny May 18, 12:36
- No more going to orbit to launch something new which was needed. Multiplayer is now 4v4 across the board - J May 18, 12:34 8
  - downside, is that I am pretty sure that there will be more than 4 of us playing this. -- nm - groiny May 18, 12:37 7
    - I will be jumping back into Destiny with this sequel -- nm - Jovian May 18, 12:49 1
      - you are still on X Box one? -- nm - groiny May 18, 12:52
    - True but like when we had so many for Halo we would sometimes have the entire match to ourselves - J May 18, 12:41 4
      - it will be good to be able to raid with 4 instead of 6. -- nm - groiny May 18, 12:54 1
        
        Exactly. 4 is a really nice number. -- nm - Spawn May 18, 12:56
      - If it allows you to match-make with parties greater than 4. Which is doubtful. -- nm - Spawn May 18, 12:45 1
        
        good point -- nm - J May 18, 12:46
TRump cancels speech at historic Israeli fortress after Israeli Air Force refuses to allow him to land his helicopter on it. -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 12:27 7
- he shoulda asked King Herrod. he built the place. -- nm - Peglegpete May 18, 12:50
- Sheesh, what part of 'sacred site' does he not understand?!? -- nm - Meg May 18, 12:34 3
  - Oh he gets it, he's not satisfied with merely SCROTUS, he's into 2nd coming territory now -- nm - zeitgeist May 18, 14:14
  - What part of "awesome helicopter landing" do they not understand? -- nm* - SNL Trump May 18, 12:45
  - Get 'im, Meg -- nm - prayformojo May 18, 12:44
- smh -- nm - crash davis May 18, 12:31
- he also took his ball and bat on his way home -- nm - Beaker May 18, 12:28
Utah Jazz All-Star Gordon Hayward is now gauranteed to be an unrestricted FA on Jul 1 -- nm - Beaker May 18, 12:27 1
- ~Let's go Celtics~ -- nm - Beaker May 18, 12:29
Revelation 1: Flynn didn't want the NSA position according to him; Revelation 2: Trump wants Flynn back in the WH -- (link) - Reagen May 18, 12:27 2
- 3. Trump really is blissfully ignorant -- nm - decline May 18, 12:29
- It's amazing that he instead felt he was qualified for DNI or CIA head - Will Hunting May 18, 12:29
Speaking of festivals, this Live Nation passport is a really good deal if one can figure out the travel - JD May 18, 12:20
Wonder Woman hurt her back and is stuck in bed? -- nm - Spawn May 18, 12:18 2
- well Gal is preggers -- nm - Remlik May 18, 12:20 1
  - Yeah, but she threw her back out. -- nm - Spawn May 18, 12:49
rump says he's "very close to choosing an FBI director"; Fmr. Sen. Joe Lieberman is front-runner, sources tell CNN - Spawn May 18, 12:13 5
- All these boring FBI goody two shoes directors, why can't we have someone like Vic Mackey or Raylan Givens or Karl Urban. -- nm - Max May 18, 12:30
- I just learned that Lieberman works for Trump's go-to law firm and was recommended by them for the job -- nm - decline May 18, 12:20 3
  - That seems...less incestuously conflict-of-interesty than normal for this admin - Will Hunting May 18, 12:23 1
    - At least it's not Jared. -- nm - Reagen May 18, 12:23
  - McCain will be for it -- nm - Remlik May 18, 12:22
I don't know that there is a single person in music that I would be most distraught by. - groiny May 18, 12:13 9
- Actually, Tom Morello's pretty high on the list, too. -- nm - David May 18, 12:57
- probably Yanni - oblique May 18, 12:38
- For me it was Cobain now it would probably be Tim Armstrong of Rancid - J May 18, 12:32
- I've really drifted away from music in the past few years, so I don't think there is a single person for me either -- nm - decline May 18, 12:31
- Bruce is mine. -- nm - kelly May 18, 12:30
- Jimmy Hendrix was the stunner, so much music, even today he's the benchmark -- nm - zeitgeist May 18, 12:25
- For me, it probably already happened with Bowie. -- nm - Roger More May 18, 12:15
- Lennon, Elvis, Bowie, Prince and now Cornell. - Spawn May 18, 12:15
- What about Little Richard? -- nm - Shaun May 18, 12:14
Nbc, Roger Ailes, firmer head of Faux dies - zeitgeist May 18, 12:10
Tom Morello speaks on Cornell -- (link) - Remlik May 18, 12:08
Italy is giving away free castles - if you promise to develop them into tourist destinations -- (link) - Strongbad May 18, 12:03 20
- Are any of them on their *own* island? -- nm - Beryllium May 18, 12:45
- Do you know how much it would cost to earthquake retofit -- nm - zeitgeist May 18, 12:13 1
  - at least a couple of dollars -- nm - decline May 18, 12:32
- "specific preference given to those aged under 40" - IrishStephen May 18, 12:10 3
  - C'mon, I got 8 weeks left. -- (edited) - Will Hunting May 18, 12:13 1
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  - Ruiner. -- nm - Strongbad May 18, 12:10
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  - There's a bunch of Caribbean nations that openly sell citizenship. - Reagen May 18, 12:35 1
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- Done. Let's go ST! -- nm - Will Hunting May 18, 12:04 8
  - Hey, it gets us away from Trump ruining democracy. -- nm - David May 18, 12:24
  - Make it so. -- nm - Spawn May 18, 12:11
  - I could fit right into this job -- nm - Count crash davis, Lord of the Manor, and plumber May 18, 12:08 3
    - *clears throat* - Consigliere Bear May 18, 12:11 1
      - *runs in...bashes into Bear Lawyer...lifts him up...power-bombs him...runs off* -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Melsigliere May 18, 12:21
    - Its a me! Crashio! -- nm - Shaun May 18, 12:11
  - I'm in. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 12:08
  - I'm totally up for this. - ReluctantCynic May 18, 12:07
- *ears perk up* -- nm - crash davis May 18, 12:04
Crap! Freddie Freeman has a fractured wrist. Done for about eight weeks. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 12:02 16
- I told Kim last night that since it's the Braves, he'd probably miss a month. - David May 18, 12:20 6
  - Sorry, buddy. Hopefully he heals quickly and comes back strong. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 12:51 2
    - Our cowardice in doing the 76ers thing has angered the baseball gods. -- nm - David May 18, 12:57 1
      - You may be right. Rebuilding is awesome. Not sure why they're having such trouble. ;-) -- nm - Krusty May 18, 13:09
  - and with wrist injuries, they generally sap some of the power for a while when they come back. -- nm - groiny May 18, 12:22 2
    - There's also discussion here about wrist arthritis issues possibly taking a season or 2 off the end of his career. -- nm - Strongbad May 18, 12:27 1
      - it is very possible. Derek Lee left the game pretty quick after a wrist injury. - groiny May 18, 12:28
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  - He's my best fbb player on my first place team. Plus, I like David so I don't want to see guys he roots for going down. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 12:07 5
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      - It's much more about fbb for me. My best year since joining the BOP league and now the injuries are piling up. - Krusty May 18, 12:09 3
        
        the 10 days DL has been problematic for almost all fantasy leagues -- nm - groiny May 18, 12:25
        
        Check the boards and vote on that. -- nm - David May 18, 12:24 1
        
        Already done. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 12:43
- So much for a .500 Braves team this year. - Strongbad May 18, 12:04 1
  - Nobody believed that was a possibility. - David May 18, 12:23
Related to Mel's comment below, this saddened me about "meeting places" where people go. - MDH May 18, 12:01
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- Unlike you and me, MDH isn't old enough to remember seeing Liza Minelli on TV. - ReluctantCynic May 18, 12:01 25
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    - Ring Them Bells, Maybe This Time, basically all of Liza with a Z (which is freaking fantastic) -- nm - MDH May 18, 12:04 17
      - These are some great tunes. Maybe This Time is in the old audition book. -- nm - Diva May 18, 12:09 13
        
        If you ever come to DC, I am forcefully dragging you to Showtunes night. Seriously. -- nm - MDH May 18, 12:10 12
        
        that would be fun. -- nm - Diva May 18, 12:22
        
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        You won a microwave playing drag bingo at Chaos. Really queen? -- nm - MDH May 18, 12:13 9
        
        L5 -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 12:15
        
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        yeah, that deserves an ejection. -- nm - Diva May 18, 12:24 1
        
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        Wow. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 12:16 4
        
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        One of the cutest, straightest guys I know goes to Marie's Crisis whenever he's in NYC. With his dad. -- nm - Diva May 18, 12:25 2
        
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        yeah - he's one of the 'let's sing!!' guys. -- nm - Diva May 18, 12:45
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        They still play this at bars in DC "Losing My Mind" produced by Pet Shop Boys, written by Stephen Sondheim. From '89 when she tried to reinvent -- (link) - MDH May 18, 12:07 [youtube] 1
        
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    - Cabaret - crash davis May 18, 12:04 5
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        I don't typically like musicals, but I have to concur with Dawson here. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 18, 12:10
        
        whoa there Tex, lets not go to far....I will give it the BTTEP award but that is about it. It is no Patton. - crash davis May 18, 12:07 2
        
        I believe it won the most Oscars by a film that did not win Best Picture. -- nm - MDH May 18, 12:09 1
        
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QDoc film festival lineup, just in case any of y'all have recommendations for what I should see this weekend. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic May 18, 11:59
Special Counsels, Special Prosecutors, and Other Investigators, Explained - crash davis May 18, 11:59
I blame David. - Spawn May 18, 11:56 3
- mother puss bucket -- nm - Remlik May 18, 11:59 1
  - in fact it's a music festival -- (link) - Remlik May 18, 12:00
- Worst thing to happen to the Brickyard since the IRL. -- nm - Will Hunting May 18, 11:57
more like Paul George lost $210 Million -- nm - Remlik May 18, 11:52 8
- It's strange to me that the Pacers not being able to pay George more hurts the overall future of their franchise. -- nm - David May 18, 11:54 6
  - Simon's say they'll pay for stars like that...but they just never have.... -- nm - Remlik May 18, 11:58 4
    - It's not that. It's the fact that he has less incentive to stay now. - David May 18, 12:23 3
      - True, but if he wanted that 80mil, he should have earned it. - Will Hunting May 18, 12:26 2
        
        He's like three years removed from the most gruesome leg injury ever. What he currently is absolutely amazes me. -- nm - David May 18, 12:43 1
        
        So, 130mil will be 130mil more than he could have had :) -- nm - Will Hunting May 18, 12:48
  - All depends on how much you value first round playoff exits - Will Hunting May 18, 11:56
- He's going to get 130mil from the Lakers next year so he really didn't. -- nm - Will Hunting May 18, 11:52
I remember when Cobain killed himself that people congregated at the big Tower Records. Kids don't have that now, do they? - Mel Profit May 18, 11:51 6
- Ah, Emerson. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 12:05 1
  - \m/ -- nm - Mel Profit May 18, 12:11
- KEXP is setting up a memorial, they're playing sound garden all day today -- nm - zeitgeist May 18, 12:05
- When one of the divas dies, all the DC gays race to JRs. Sort of like an older crowd, gay cheers. non-stop videos/clips for the next few days. - MDH May 18, 11:54 1
  - Ah, JRs. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic May 18, 11:57
- "is Spotify headquarters near here?" -- nm - Reagen May 18, 11:53
Offfs. -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 11:51
I need to go see Guardians of the Galaxy 2 again, ASAP. - Spawn May 18, 11:50 1
- I'm seeing it tonight -- nm - Beryllium May 18, 12:45

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