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My husband just told me he didn't like the chicken I cooked for dinner. I usually make it "perfect". - kelly Jun 11, 16:06 11
- I've had overcooked chicken for 30 years -- when it's actually done properly, it's juicy - Will Hunting Jun 11, 16:28 1
  - heh, I like my meat cooked a tad dry too -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 16:29
- It's the drugs, kelly. Your new drugs have affected your sense of taste. - Covington Jun 11, 16:21 6
  - Better drugs, better sense of taste. He's not used to it being so good. -- nm - Meg Jun 11, 16:24 5
    - I thought of you while making dinner tonight. - kelly Jun 11, 16:28 3
      - Heh, guess I'd completely forgotten those. -- nm - Meg Jun 11, 16:32 2
        
        You sent them shortly after we got married (so nearly 7 yrs ago). - kelly Jun 11, 16:38 1
        
        Right! The handle end is some kind of gold colored heraldic design. -- nm - Meg Jun 11, 16:40
    - "Its fine now, its great, best Ive ever had." -- nm - Virtual Husband Corrector Jun 11, 16:25
- "The chicken was perfect." -- nm - Virtual Husband Corrector Jun 11, 16:10
- make him eat his hat. -- nm - mud Jun 11, 16:07
Puerto Rican voters want statehood. -- (link) - TWuG Jun 11, 15:52 5
- The status quo people said "we want that as an explicit option". They got that, then boycotted. - Reagen Jun 11, 16:09
- but they'd have to change all the flags!! -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 15:53 3
  - It's the longest they've gone without changing it. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 16:07 2
    - The guy who designed the current one had a plan for 51 as well. -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 16:17 1
      - Mrs George Washington? -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 16:21
Reagen alert - politics professor who said he'd his just-released book if Labour polled above 38% gets his 15 minutes -- (link) - Roger More Jun 11, 15:49 3
- someone literally ate a hat after the Brexit one, IIRC. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 16:05
- The missing word is 'eats'. -- nm - GregW Jun 11, 15:58 1
  - "swordfish" -- nm - chico Jun 11, 16:06
hmm, Anthem is the reason why Bioware hired another studio to help develop Mass Effect andromeda. -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 15:37 2
- It looks like Destiny meets Titanfall with some ideas taken from Iron Man the movie. -- nm - David Jun 11, 15:41 1
  - I thought that exact thing -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 15:43
Would I be correct in saying for The Simpsons, that How I Spent My Strummer Vacation has one of the handful best guest lineups? - Will Hunting Jun 11, 15:31 9
- Yes, but it was a pretty awful episode, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 16:06
- The one where they went to London had Tony Blair, JK Rowling, Ian McKellen and Joe Millionaire. -- nm - Roger More Jun 11, 15:51 2
  - (and Jane Leeves. Also there was a tennis themed episode with Agassi, Sampras and both Williams sisters and a Super Bowl one with Dolly Parton, Rupert - Roger More Jun 11, 15:56 1
    - Oh there's another one where Homer becomes a sports victory dance coach with Michelle Kwan, Yao Ming, Tom Brady and LeBron. -- nm - Roger More Jun 11, 16:01
- Homerpalooza is last generation's version. "Homer Simpson, smiling politely." -- nm - Mop Jun 11, 15:44
- Bette Midler, Johnny Carson, RHCP, Hugh Hefner, Luke Perry, Elizabeth Taylor, Barry White -- nm* - Beaker Jun 11, 15:44
- Homer at the Bat? -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 15:32 2
  - That was the only other that popped into my head as an option - Will Hunting Jun 11, 15:35 1
    - Yeah, they're global stars. -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 15:53
Sweet! New Ori! -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 15:29
HSX has a WTF TCRUI movie IPO. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 11, 15:25
I just realized I apparently bought Overwatch at some point. - Will Hunting Jun 11, 15:19 1
- Double exp weekend! -- nm - Shaun Jun 11, 15:27
for those that care, cuphead has been in development since 2010 -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 15:11
the name makes sense now. you can shorten X-box One X to just XBOX. -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 15:10
new discoverys find Vikings once occupied Sherwood Forest -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 11, 15:06
i dont have enough xbone gamer friends to play sea of thieves. -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 15:01
so what I get so far is that the xBonex has a lot of god ray-flops. -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 14:56
umm, 4k minecraft. wha? -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 14:47 2
- right? -- (link) - Tim Jun 11, 14:51 1
  - they seem to be integrating the graphical improvement pack that has been around for the pc for years. -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 14:51
Now let's get to the important stuff and announce Elder Scrolls 6! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 11, 14:47
I just finished watching the extended cut of the 1993 version of 'Gettysburg'. 4.5 hours and they still had to skip over huge parts of the battle. - GregW Jun 11, 14:47
the new State of Decay looks damn good for Xbox -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 14:40
hmm, maybe playerunknowns battlegrounds will be somethig to get on the xbonex. -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 14:37 5
- that looked good. -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 14:41
- i've been watching a dude stream this on twitch all afternoon....nm - x Jun 11, 14:41 3
  - i dont know if you can replicate the size of the game (# of players) on the xbone or ps4 though. - Truman Jun 11, 14:42 2
    - yeah, most of these games start with over 90 players....nm - x Jun 11, 14:43 1
      - yup. -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 14:49
Anyone hear of this week's opener 47 Meters Down? It is listed as limited, but BOM shows it is opening in 3500 theaters. - GregW Jun 11, 14:13 3
- They should have called it 17 Feet Down. Tagline: "All That's Left". -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 14:34
- "3 Meters From My Timex Not Working" -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 14:21
- The trailer's been attached to everything I've seen for the last 4 months. It's a shark movie like the Blake Lively one last year. -- nm - David Jun 11, 14:13
XBox One X - David Jun 11, 14:05 9
- November 7 release date according to io9. Must be in the documentation. -- nm - David Jun 11, 14:21
- They're knicking Tesla's model name strategy! - Reagen Jun 11, 14:16 3
  - It has three exes already. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 14:19 2
    - They had a half-revision last year this time with the One S. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 14:20 1
      - Oh, oops. I get it now. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 14:24
- Everything that plays on XBox (software and accessories) will play on it. -- nm - David Jun 11, 14:08
- so its Xbox 1.10 -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 14:06 2
  - Ooh... One Squared... One Cubed... I like where we can take this. -- nm - Mop Jun 11, 14:12 1
    - Xbone Extreme! -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 14:32
Odd question, but are there any insects/bugs in the Game of Thrones book? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:54 2
- Yes, the opening scene with the Starks finding the dire wolf pups mentions flies buzzing around the dead mother wolf. (specific spoils inside) - TWuG Jun 11, 14:09 1
  - K, thanks. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 14:18
Aaron Judge is like a taller, less gifted Scott Schebler. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 11, 13:47
Gander residents gather to watch Tony Awards, cheer on 'Come From Away' -- (link) - Beaker Jun 11, 13:37 1
- From the sidebar: "Sesquicentennial." SAY IT RIGHT, YOU HOSER! -- (link) - Mop Jun 11, 14:11
My favorite part of John Wick Chapter 2 is when he totally killed that one guy -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 13:25 1
- Thanks for spoiling. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 11, 14:07
Wonder Woman $57.2M, The Mummy $32.2M, Captain Underpamts $12.3M, POTC5 $10.7M, GOTG2 $6.2M It Comes at Night $6M, Megan Leavey $3.8M -- (link) - Beaker Jun 11, 13:23
Heh, email from the NSRC to Bill's old email asking him to sign Trump's 71st Birthday card ;-/ - Meg Jun 11, 13:20 1
- "My mother said not to say anything if you couldn't say anything nice -- but even she'd have made an exception for you, you asshole" -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 14:04
jeeeezus. #21 -- nm - Jovian Jun 11, 13:18
TV PSA: Celebrity Family Feud, Game 6: Penguins at Predators, Tony Awards, Bob's Burgers, American Gods, American Grit, Claws, Fear TWD, Twin Peaks, -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 13:17 2
- I'm Dying Up Here, Silicon Valley, The $100,000 Pyramid, Talking Dead, Veep, USA vs Mexico, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 13:17 1
  - Last Week Tonight -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 11, 13:32
Xbox Scorpio rumoured to be $499. -- nm - Shaun Jun 11, 12:58 19
- Heh. Maybe I'll finally get into this console generation? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:58 3
  - Best case, I think that'll convert to $649CDN. -- nm* - Shaun Jun 11, 13:59 2
    - It wasn't so much the price, it was the lack of time. But since I'm in a dead zone of creativity, why not? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 14:01 1
      - I wonder if it can power a holo lens? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 14:02
- Do we know what it'll be running, OS-wise? Is it just a powered up Xbox One? - Mop Jun 11, 13:55 3
  - It's Microsoft's version of the PS4 Pro, but a fairly more powerful piece of hardware. -- nm - Shaun Jun 11, 13:58
  - We'll find out in five minutes. -- nm - David Jun 11, 13:55 1
    - Starting now on Twitch and other streaming sites. -- nm - David Jun 11, 14:00
- I get why that could be the price (begging people to buy their console that is getting destroyed in sales) but that seems optimistically low. -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 13:22
- Why a new system already? Or things just don't last like they used to? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 11, 13:04 9
  - because xbone got destroyed by ps4 in global unit sales....nm - x Jun 11, 13:41 5
    - heh, i somehow missed tru saying this exact thing....nm - x Jun 11, 13:57 4
      - Still, it's good to see you. 👍 -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 14:01 3
        
        heh, ditto. i check in sometimes....nm - x Jun 11, 14:06 2
        
        sure you do! - mud Jun 11, 14:28 1
        
        you can dream....nm - x Jun 11, 14:41
  - its an incremental hardware bump, not a separate generation. all the terraflops. -- nm - Truman Jun 11, 13:21
  - The really long console cycle of the 360/PS3 era was an aberration. -- nm - Tim Jun 11, 13:09
  - HDTVs can do 2160p now instead of 1080p. -- nm - David Jun 11, 13:08
Judge #20 went 495 feet. -- nm - Jovian Jun 11, 12:54 2
- why the crap is he still getting anything to hit -- nm - Tim Jun 11, 13:13 1
  - The pitcher missed inside. It drifted over the plate and he demolished it. - Krusty Jun 11, 13:16
it's sunday and i'm bored -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 11, 12:37
You guys you guys you guys, you're not going to believe this. I woke up this morning, for the first time in weeks, without a sore throat. - kelly Jun 11, 12:25 8
- better living through chemistry -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 14:16
- Awesome -- nm - Amoxy Jun 11, 13:01
- YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 11, 12:39
- outstanding. -- nm - mud Jun 11, 12:37
- woot woot for a dry snoot! - Beryllium Jun 11, 12:34 1
  - Heh. -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 12:48
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 12:26 1
  - I'm not at 100% yet, but I feel soooo much better than in recent days/weeks. -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 12:54
The White House leak template for Journalist -- (link) - Robin Jun 11, 11:26 3
- It's nice that they can make fun of themselves. -- nm - Mop Jun 11, 11:42
- I like how your choices affect the later-on sections of the document. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 11:29
- Robin? -- nm - Amoxy Jun 11, 11:27
You best start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner...you're in one -- nm - Robin Jun 11, 11:03
Dano, the one thing I can't reconcile about It Comes At Night is - prayformojo Jun 11, 10:37
Sanchez! -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 10:30
This shouldn't exist. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 11, 10:26 12
- I'd try it. -- nm - Amoxy Jun 11, 12:27
- I would have loved to see the faces in Heinz' test kitchen when the boss walked in and told the staff what they were making -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 11, 12:01 1
  - Love to see the faces of CYS current clients if he baked them one -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 12:51
- if I was going to make a cake-like substance out of ketchup, it would be a layered meatloaf with mashed potato icing. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 11:27
- With all that cream cheese sugar and butter you could make _________ taste good -- nm* - zeitgeist Jun 11, 11:18
- Canada Cake! -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 10:59 3
  - I'm outraged that Canada will forever we painted with this atrocity. -- nm - Mop Jun 11, 11:01 2
    - Gives you a pretty good reason for leaving, though. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 11, 11:04 1
      - And the easiest Secret Stalker gift idea ever for our northern friends -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 11:05
- [gag] -- nm - mud Jun 11, 10:34
- But look at all that yummy frosting ;-) -- nm - Meg Jun 11, 10:33
- Like don't hang this shit on us just because it's red and white. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 10:32
It's beginning to bother me that one of my main criteria for choosing a hotel is whether there's WiFi in the room. - Meg Jun 11, 10:21
David, Okada and Kenny Omega just had their rematch. -- nm - Tim Jun 11, 10:14 5
- I was surprised by the booking choice. -- nm - David Jun 11, 10:20
- it's being called match of the year -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 10:20 3
  - Yeah, seeing a few comments that it topped the first one. -- nm - Tim Jun 11, 10:27 2
    - I'm sure you'll like some Cena match better! -- nm - David Jun 11, 10:32 1
      - Only if he wrestles AJ Styles a few more times. -- nm - Tim Jun 11, 10:51
The women in the French Open final are wearing the same outfit. Is that a coincidence or are they mandated or what? -- nm - Mop Jun 11, 10:12 2
- They have contracts with the same outfitting company. -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 10:13 1
  - Ah that makes sense. -- nm - Mop Jun 11, 10:31
Spawn, I think the 2nd paragraph is the salient point which nullifies all the .. - mud Jun 11, 10:09 2
- HuffPost -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 10:45 1
  - Ah. Thanks. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 11, 14:19
Hardwick looks like those Xfinity commercials are draining his soul. -- nm - Mop Jun 11, 10:02 2
- eh...he's cashing the checks. He always looks pained. -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 10:27 1
  - Too bad his wife isn't a heiress! -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 10:31

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