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Alamo Drafthouse is trolling men upset that they're doing a women-only showing of Wonder Woman. -- (link) - Mop May 25, 20:39 3
- the Entourage line kills. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 20:42
- article. it sold out fast, and have added more women only showings -- (link) - Peglegpete May 25, 20:40 1
  - The Alamo theater in Northern VA is doing it too! -- nm - MDH May 25, 20:46
Pittsburgh fans are dumb. -- nm - mafic May 25, 20:30 2
- (the ones at the game specifically) -- nm - mafic May 25, 20:30 1
  - but also generally. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 20:31
So...if I read this right, the president is pissed at Germany for welcoming Obama for the 500th year of the reformation. - . May 25, 20:30
If Pittsburgh loses, they'll never want to see a gif of that. -- nm - David May 25, 20:24 1
- Someone teach them over vs under. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 20:28
the only way this could be better would be to limit it to 10 minutes and have some fucked up rule that benefited first possesion -- nm - NFL May 25, 20:19
My bet is on 4OTs -- nm - budice May 25, 20:14 3
- winning goal will be ugly, dirty. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 20:20 1
  - tru dat, all about getting puck on net. get rebound, etc -- nm - budice May 25, 20:33
- They'll be pulling players off the ice in stretchers. They almost are now. -- nm - Mop May 25, 20:15
new article on ancient Petroglyphs -- (link) - Peglegpete May 25, 20:03 2
- Don't get me started......... -- nm - Meg May 25, 20:34
- Why am I not surprised that it's a researcher at BYU that made this "discovery". It's b.s. like this that gets your accreditation revoked. -- nm - Mop May 25, 20:14
Seems we could have showers in the morning. That could cancel the school field trip...not sure I'd feel bad about that :-) -- nm - Meg May 25, 20:03
Is the James Marsden appearance in the Marky Mark commercial a Westworld spoiler? -- nm - Mop May 25, 19:52 1
- only probably through ep 2 - Jovian May 25, 19:54
Dammit, Spawn! -- (link) - colin May 25, 19:48 [Backboard]
I know nothing about Montana, but here, have live election results -- (link) - ty97 May 25, 19:46 11
- That 3rd party candidate is carrying the difference. -- nm - Mop May 25, 20:16 3
  - Most of those would be GOP votes I bet though. If you want to see insanity, look at the 2 recent VA elections. The Lib handed the Dems the election. -- (link) - MDH May 25, 20:19 2
    - Senate. The VA GOP is pissed b/c he got funding from Dems so that he would pull votes. -- (link) - MDH May 25, 20:20 1
      - Yes, that's the worst thing to happen in politics, ever. -- nm - Mop May 25, 20:23
- If I'm reading the various analysis right, it looks like they expect it close, but GOP winning 50-49ish? Who knows. -- nm - MDH May 25, 20:01 4
  - 13 years ago, Howard Dean yelling too loud in a noisy room made him unelectable. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 20:12 2
    - As our President said, he could shoot someone and not lose supporters. -- nm - MDH May 25, 20:16 1
      - there's large mitigating circumstances here (this shouldn't even be close, 2/3 of the vote was in), but yeesh. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 20:40
  - Aside, with the exception of 1 county, Gianforte is running multiple % behind Trump in every county. -- nm - MDH May 25, 20:10
- Here's another site. -- (link) - Krusty May 25, 19:57
- I've been to Helena! -- nm - Mop May 25, 19:54
Game 7 sudden death overtime. This is why God created hockey. -- nm - Mop May 25, 19:45 6
- No buzzer beaters. No idea when it will end. Could be 30 seconds, could be 30 minutes, but it's coming. -- nm - Volnelk May 25, 19:46 5
  - They should make an action movie based on Sudden Death -- nm - Bacon May 25, 19:47 4
    - Yeah, and it should have martial arts. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 19:48 3
      - maybe a dead guy can be the main villain! -- nm - Beaker May 25, 19:50 2
        
        Hockey zombies? Now we're talking -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 19:55 1
        
        the zamboni scene is priceless -- nm - Peglegpete May 25, 20:01
And we're in to heartbreak time. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 19:39
holy shit -- nm - Beaker May 25, 19:28
This is next level tension. In hockey of course, not basketball. -- nm - Volnelk May 25, 19:27 2
- These playoffs have been a nightmare for the NBA. -- nm - David May 25, 19:31 1
  - It'll be hilarious if the Warriors win in 5. Every apologist says 'yeah but wait until the finals.' -- nm - Volnelk May 25, 20:36
holy fuck -- nm - Beaker May 25, 19:25
save!! -- nm - Beaker May 25, 19:13
Down the YouTube rabbit hole. Name some great talk/variety/award show musical performances - Dano May 25, 19:13 27
- Neil Patrick Harris opens the Tony Awards -- (link) - Max May 25, 21:43 [youtube]
- "Happy" with the audience at the Oscars -- nm - Max May 25, 21:40
- Here are ten from the Grammys -- (link) - Max May 25, 21:33 [youtube]
- The first time Bruno Mars performed on SNL was notable in my mind, and I liked Muse singing Madness there but I can't find video. -- nm - Max May 25, 21:27
- Prince et al with "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the R&R Hall of Fame -- (link) - Max May 25, 21:25 [youtube]
- I remember a White Stripes vs. the Strokes performance once that I've never found on YouTube. - Mop May 25, 20:25 1
  - 2002 Grammys, IIRC. -- nm* - Reagen May 25, 20:34
- Ricky Martin, Cup of Life @ the Grammys -- nm - Mop May 25, 20:22
- Michael Jackson, Billie Jean @ the Apollo. -- nm - Mop May 25, 20:18
- Marilyn Manson on the Jon Stewart Show from 95 - J May 25, 19:46
- Madonna "Vogue" MTV VMAs. That's high on the list for sure. -- nm - MDH May 25, 19:39 1
  - I wonder how the Like a Virgin one holds up. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 19:39
- The Heavy doing How You Like Me Now on Letterman -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 19:36 2
  - How about Kendrick Lamar/Imagine Dragons on the Grammys? -- nm - Reagen May 25, 19:38 1
    - Good ones! -- nm - Dano May 25, 19:47
- Nirvana Lithium at the MTV MVAs -- nm - Reagen May 25, 19:35
- This arrangement of 'New Life' by Jim James on the tonight show blew me away. -- (link) - Volnelk May 25, 19:34 [vimeo]
- Dave Grohl Craig Kilborn. Stairway to Heaven and Tiny Dancer. -- nm - jnine May 25, 19:27 1
  - I remember both of those and went searching for video of his awesome cover of Arms Wide Open - J May 25, 19:44
- It's not a performance but I rewatched Tom Morello's RR HOF induction speech for KISS today. It's great. -- nm - Volnelk May 25, 19:27 3
  - Ahem -- (link) - con_carne May 25, 19:41 [youtube]
  - It's stayed with me for more than a year, which is telling. -- nm - David May 25, 19:34 1
    - I was rewatching this years ceremony and just thought, 'these speeches are nice, but man, Morello killed it.' So I rewatched it. And he does. -- nm - Volnelk May 25, 19:39
- Cristina Ramos' audition on Spain's Got Talent 2016. she also won taht year -- (link) - Peglegpete May 25, 19:24 [youtube]
- Weezer, Say It Ain't So on Letterman. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 19:19
- Pink, just about any time she's on one. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 19:18
- i liked Born to Run by Jimmy Fallon et al at the Emmys -- (link*) - Beaker May 25, 19:14 [youtube]
tie game, 12 minutes left, game 7, beer in hand...doesn't get much better... -- nm - Beaker May 25, 19:10
Q! alert: oo, a new single from martin garrix & troye sivan drops tonight/tomorrow. little clip available here. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 25, 18:57 1
- I hate that it sounds like every other song out there right now though. -- nm - Qale May 25, 19:39
I'm a producer, 'cause I don't play bass, baby -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 18:42
yes I sat thru the first 2 showings of Star Wars 40 years ago. -- nm - Peglegpete May 25, 18:40
here's a fun story on Trump talking with PM of Denmark in 2016 -- (link) - Remlik May 25, 18:39 1
- The punchline would have been if Trump's daughter-in-law was Dutch. Or, you know, Japanese. -- nm - Mop May 25, 20:31
Don't worry Jared, I'll look after all of Ivanka's needs while you are incarcerated...all her needs... -- nm - Justin Trudeau May 25, 18:39 1
- need$ -- nm - Spawn May 25, 18:55
Hey Tim, check this out! (Bioshock spoilers in the link.) - David May 25, 18:23
well that happened. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 18:22 3
- I almost started Archer. I would have missed two goals. -- nm - David May 25, 18:23 2
  - heh, I'm going to watch the finale during the 2nd intermission -- nm - Beaker May 25, 18:33
  - if this goes to OT, they'll still be playing tomorrow. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 18:29
Star Wars' 40th isn't the only significant anniversary today. - Cuzzin Todd May 25, 18:22 3
- Dio's Holy Diver came out 34 years ago today. -- nm - Volnelk May 25, 18:48
- Heh. :-) What do you have? -- nm - Krusty May 25, 18:29 1
  - It's my twitter pic. -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd May 25, 18:38
I assure you it is no threat. Snows always melt. -- nm - Beaker May 25, 18:16
I've just realized why everything is so effed up ... Trump is not President Everyman ... - Beryllium May 25, 18:08 6
- You're Canadian. -- nm - Amanda May 25, 18:25 1
  - Yes, that's why with the jokes all the time and the moose. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 18:33
- (As a side note ... as bad as he is, he's probably not as bad as joked about in that IM) - Beryllium May 25, 18:14
- President Everyman, starring Paul Rudd -- nm - Max May 25, 18:12 2
  - He's the perfect mix of bland and charming. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 18:12 1
    - you're half right -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 18:14
A.O. Scott's review of Pirates of the Caribbean is straight up scorched earth. -- (link) - Mop May 25, 17:50 6
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  - Right now the Rock's got a better record with movies than Depp. - . May 25, 20:20
  - 31% can't be wrong. that would almost get it elected President. -- nm - Beaker May 25, 18:34
  - I really want to know who asked for it? Sidenote, WTF happened to Jerry Bruckheimer? -- nm - MDH May 25, 18:08 2
    - I didn't hate the fourth one, so I guess I was the one who asked for it. -- nm - Qale May 25, 18:44 1
      - Ditto. -- nm - IrishStephen May 25, 19:30
Coach's Corner! -- nm - Beaker May 25, 17:47
If gianforte doesn't get elected. Maybe he'll be the new white house Press secretary, that probably impressed 45 -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 17:45
Yay, order for 3 years of our quarterly archaeological journal from the library of a 'major D.C. museum' :) -- nm - Meg May 25, 17:40
Flight cancelled. Birmingham Night #2, with a 6:15am flight -- nm - MDH May 25, 17:38
Woman who stopped car thief: "I'm not dealing with this sort of crap today" -- nm - Spawn May 25, 17:32 1
- Aint nobody got time for 'jacks. -- nm - Max May 25, 18:04
Well, great. I started a long-running process on a work server without first estimating how long it would be. Big oops. -- (edited) - Beryllium May 25, 17:32 3
- I created a form for use to gather data specific for my team. this form was to be integrated into a packet of data collection sheets... - Mel Profit May 25, 17:41 2
  - Well, at least mine is just a self-chiding engineering oops, not a "go-away-you-dumbfuck" oops. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 18:00 1
    - Mine was actually a double engineering oops, because I forgot to output some data that could halve the execution time going forward -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 18:01
Why is Jamie Foxx doing this? Did he lose a bet? Is someone holding one of his children hostage? - Cuzzin Todd May 25, 17:30 4
- He said on Howard Stern he was getting a lot of money. He also said it was hard. -- nm - jnine May 25, 18:06
- Who is the DJ? She looks familiar -- nm - J May 25, 18:02
- Trump executive order - prayformojo May 25, 17:31 1
  - He's finally gone too far. - Cuzzin Todd May 25, 17:40
Negan is driving the pace car? heh -- nm - Spawn May 25, 17:20
N and I spent 7 hrs in the car today. 5.5 hrs were spent on Route 81. What a long and boring drive through VA. -- nm* - kelly May 25, 17:13 2
- It can't be any worse than I-16 to Savannah -- nm - Strongbad May 25, 17:59
- man hopefully the car wifi held up! -- nm - Remlik May 25, 17:38
Devious EVE Online AI Finally Defeated By Hundreds Of Puny Ships -- (link) - Beaker May 25, 17:13
*backing the money truck up to Melissa McCarthy's house* -- nm - Boss Baby 2 May 25, 17:00
Whoa. Tory lead down to *5* in the UK over Labour -- (link) - Reagen May 25, 16:55 6
- Cripes. Is there any analysis of what this means for seats? -- nm - Roger More May 25, 17:03 5
  - Tories have an underlying advantage, but the analysis I've seen points to ~20 seat Tory win at this level - Reagen May 25, 17:07 4
    - Wow. If Corbyn wins, that would be nuts. I know the Conservative campaign has been uninspiring, but I don't really have a feel for why there's such a - Roger More May 25, 17:17 3
      - If May wins but loses seats, she resigns and Brexit becomes someone else's headache. -- nm - Mop May 25, 17:52
      - basically the Tory campaign has seemed crueler than usual and Corbyn's actually come out with some ideas that register. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 17:26 1
        
        That's true, they've veered away from the Cameroons. -- nm - Roger More May 25, 17:28
Star Wars GOH: Luke Challenge --Target Tusken Raiders, first -- nm - Flavorize May 25, 16:52 1
- I almost skipped tier 1 but luckily I realized it too was loaded. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 17:03
I was afraid of this. Chris Cornell had fresh track marks on his arm according to TMZ. -- nm - jnine May 25, 16:49 3
- :( -- nm - kelly May 25, 17:05
- crap. :/ -- nm - b. May 25, 16:53
- *sigh* -- nm - Spawn May 25, 16:51
Score!! I came home from the museum with about a pound of fresh churned butter. - Meg May 25, 16:47 3
- So jelly. -- nm - Ted Cruz si May 25, 17:35
- a perfect place to hide your prized illegal handgun. No one will think to look in a frozen pound of butter. -- nm* - Mel Profit May 25, 17:26
- nice! -- nm - b. May 25, 16:54
TV PSA: Beat Shazam, Celebrity Ninja Warrior, Cavs/Celtics, Married at First Sight, Flip or Flop Vegas, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Dark Net -- nm - Beaker May 25, 16:46 1
- Lip Sync Battle, Red Nose Day, Amazing Race, Senators/Penguins game 7, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 25, 16:47
Baywatch 20% (18/71), POTC 5 31% (36/80) -- nm - Beaker May 25, 16:45 7
- kind of a bummer about Baywatch, I had higher hopes -- nm - crash davis May 25, 16:46 6
  - Then again, when was the last time The Rock picked a good script? nm - Dignan May 25, 18:54 2
    - Either Moana or Central Intelligence. -- nm - Ender May 25, 19:33 1
      - Yikes. No. nm - Dignan May 25, 21:24
  - Ditto. Looked like it would be dumb but fun. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 25, 16:50 2
    - If you put the emphasis on *dumb*, you may be right. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 17:02 1
      - I'll admit I used to watch the show. And not JUST for the slow-mo bouncing running. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 25, 17:27

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