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hmm, August, Orlando, highs in the 90s with 90% humidity. but then again many things at Disney are air conditioned - tRuMaN Jun 23, 06:05 8
- Florida in August is pretty brutal. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 23, 06:28 1
  - my friends from florida are here now. yesterday I was like, "it's sooo hot" and brooke was like "I'm going running because it's so cool." - amanda jones state university Jun 23, 06:30
- I'm sure you'll have fun but don't underestimate the energy sapping power of Florida weather in the summer. - Krusty Jun 23, 06:20
- (I loved it) -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 06:06 4
  - i guess i am just worried that i would be bored by it (its just me going by myself) - tRuMaN Jun 23, 06:10 3
    - if you've never been it is something you need to do imo. -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 06:13 1
      - i went once when I was 12ish, so 28 yrs ago or so. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 23, 06:14
    - you should go and make it your mission to get pictures with every one of the Disney princesses -- nm - decline Jun 23, 06:11
Just saw Sandi Toksvig, she's also one of the new presenters of GB Bake Off. -- nm - LMS Jun 23, 06:02
I made it to level 36 in pokemon go. only 2 million more xp till level 37. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jun 23, 05:58 4
- dear lord. i still have about 300K till i hit Level 33. -- nm - Andie Jun 23, 05:59 2
  - it only took me from 4/20 to 6/22 to flip. I think I can flip by the end of september. maybe sooner if I spend some time playing in gyms. - amanda jones state university Jun 23, 06:28
  - you are only a pokemon princess -- nm - decline Jun 23, 06:06
- you are a pokemon godess -- nm - decline Jun 23, 05:59
Book of the Week next week is Eddie Izzard's memoirs Believe Me, -- (link) - LMS Jun 23, 05:56 1
- Over the summer I want to read this and the new David Sedaris book. -- nm - Krusty Jun 23, 06:05
Maniac! -- (link) - Shaun Jun 23, 05:48
moving trucks are at Paul Georges house -- nm - Remlik Jun 23, 05:41
SpaceX doubleheader starts today. Launch from Canaveral today. Launch window runs 2-4 ET, then a second - TWuG Jun 23, 05:23
Man, still can't believe that great deal for the Wolves. They will be a fun team next year for sure -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 04:41
Final numbers are in on GA-6. - Strongbad Jun 23, 04:20 19
- (Ossoff + outside groups) and Handel + outside groups spent $23M. Price won by 20%+ and spent $3M against Stooksbury -- nm* - decline Jun 23, 05:13 14
  - So basically the extra $25M did make a difference and swayed 15% of the electorate. -- nm - decline Jun 23, 05:21 13
    - You're ignoring the fact that in November there was a 6-term congressman on the ballot. -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 07:17
    - Or it may have already been swayed and we just annoyed the fuck out of most of metro Atlanta for 5 months. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 05:25 8
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        It was *extra* awesome for those of us who were subjected to signs and TV ads and didn't even live in the district. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 05:50 6
        
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        This would be an improvement, but not by much. - Strongbad Jun 23, 06:19
        
        I live in DC, and have no vote yet get every MD, VA, WV, and some PA ads during election season. -- nm - MDH Jun 23, 05:52 3
        
        you should move to one of the states so you can take advantage of the ads and vote -- nm - decline Jun 23, 05:59
        
        That must suck. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 05:57 1
        
        I have legitimately seen ads where I've been like I've never heard of this 6 term incumbent, ohhh WV got it. -- nm - MDH Jun 23, 06:09
    - So the take-away is "why bother trying, you'll still lose" or "try harder next time" - TWuG Jun 23, 05:25 2
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        he did but moved a few miles away, which took him over one of the crazy gerrymandered borders -- nm - decline Jun 23, 06:14
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  - Yes, that's obviously the only conclusion that can be drawn. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 04:40 1
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  - the key being, they still won -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 04:40
This seems odd. .. Otto Wambier's family didn't allow a post mortem to better find out the cause of death. -- nm - Andie Jun 23, 04:03 1
- that is weird -- nm - Epiphany Jun 23, 05:56
TV PSA Saturday: MLB, Bellator, 20/20, Doctor Who, TURN Washington's Spies, Boxing, Orphan Black, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 03:57 1
- MMA fans: long awaited debut for Aaron Pico tomorrow night @ Bellator. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 05:46
TV PSA: Originals, Dark Matter, Great British Baking Show, Wynonna Earp, Bill Maher, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 03:20 1
- UK gets Gogglesprogs, The Crystal Maze, Count Arthur Strong, Lethal Weapon, Graham Norton and loads of Glastonbury coverage (Radiohead headlining) -- nm - LMS Jun 23, 03:44
... that's two bond villains in a row who like Tabasco. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 00:44 1
- just like those alien kids from that TV show! -- nm - decline Jun 23, 06:01
The identity of Banksie has been exposed... again. -- (link) - Mop Jun 22, 23:11 2
- you mean "banksy." -- nm - amanda jones state university Jun 23, 06:01
- tom holland? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 23:19
The opening scene in Justified S01E04 "Long in the Tooth" ... damn, don't piss off Cameron Frye. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 22:52
Re: today's discussion of old mattresses - unit #1 moved out today and left 2 mattresses propped against the outside complex wall. Last time that - Meg Jun 22, 22:18
You Maniacs! -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 22, 21:42
Lorette Lynn canceling shows due to a stroke.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 22, 21:30
Ahahaha! -- (link) - Reagen Jun 22, 20:57 2
- I *nearly* forwarded this to my office when I saw "Washington DC traffic" -- nm - Max Jun 23, 04:50
- This is how you get the president to testify, show him the ratings. -- nm - . Jun 22, 21:38
Here we go... -- (link) - Spawn Jun 22, 20:55 3
- That's totally passing. They control the horizontal, and the vertical. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 21:30
- shame. -- nm - Remlik Jun 22, 21:25
- So, pre-existing conditions is the one thing they did that they said they would. -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 20:57
James Lipton is looking old -- nm - Amoxy Jun 22, 20:39 5
- Surprised, they haven't talked about "Under the Skin" -- nm - Amoxy Jun 22, 20:46 1
  - Nevermind, looks like they talk about it next -- nm - Amoxy Jun 22, 20:48
- He's 90!! How else is he going to look? -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 20:41 2
  - Holy crap, thought you were joking. Then, he actually looks good for his age -- nm - Amoxy Jun 22, 20:51
  - so he looks younger than Crash? -- nm - Remlik Jun 22, 20:46
This crazy girlfriend -- (link) - con_carne Jun 22, 20:03 [youtube] 2
- Seems the guy's a jerk that deserves an ass kicking and she's had enough. -- nm - Mop Jun 22, 22:40
- This video is unavailable. -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 20:32
lol. The Senate plan has a provision to give Insurance Company CEOs a tax break for pay over $500,000. -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 20:00 3
- Drain the Hot Tub! -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 05:33
- w in the everloving f -- nm - Max Jun 23, 05:15
- "and can drain the blood of any orphan they can catch" -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 20:07
EW has some behind the scenes on the Han Solo story and they manage to paint Ron Howard with some prequel blame. -- (link) - Mop Jun 22, 19:56
Saudi Arabia, other Arab nations demand that Qatar close Al-Jazeera, cut diplomatic ties to Iran, shutter Turkish base. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 22, 19:45 4
- In 10 days. -- nm - LMS Jun 23, 03:41
- John Ashcroft will get to the bottom of it! I don't entirely see the logic either. the Saudis stand to lose more than the Qataris here, - mafic Jun 22, 21:21 1
  - (economically more. I suppose Qatar could see its government gone, that's unlikely for the Saudis). -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 21:25
- And to cease their propaganda against the Austria-Hungarian empire. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 19:53
guys! ray donovan is so f*cking good!!! -- nm - windows jones Jun 22, 19:45 2
- I need to watch this -- nm - decline Jun 23, 06:13
- agreed -- nm - Remlik Jun 22, 20:30
That latest politician to get a lawyer: Bernie Sander's wife? - ty97 Jun 22, 19:43
When Jennifer Tilly is on Modern Family, Sofia Vergara looks like a B cup -- nm* - Amoxy Jun 22, 19:32 2
- sod? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 19:32 1
  - Damn, my edit didn't work -- nm - Amoxy Jun 22, 19:34
bryan colangelo is just feasting on the bones of sam hinkie.....nm - x Jun 22, 19:21
I'm kind of loving The Gong Show so far. -- nm - Dano Jun 22, 19:18
I wanted Brooklyn to take OG though I'm not unhappy with Allen. -- nm - Krusty Jun 22, 19:09
This man is living the dream. -- (link) - David Jun 22, 19:06 9
- Better article here. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 22, 19:34 3
  - I like the description of "not very insane". I'm going to use that. -- nm - Mop Jun 22, 20:32 1
    - I wish I could take credit for it. - Spawn Jun 22, 20:35
  - this sounds very like me when I lived close to dorney. we went every day the park was open. sometimes for one ride, sometimes all night. -- nm - windows jones Jun 22, 19:53
- And mortgaged his children's future. -- nm - Mop Jun 22, 19:13 4
  - dude, you don't know his financial status. -- (link) - windows jones Jun 22, 19:30 3
    - I thought that's what they charged for a family of four...for the day -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 22, 22:06 1
      - Sounds right. -- nm - Mop Jun 22, 23:37
    - Dude! -- nm - Mop Jun 22, 19:57
Duke and Kentucky with 3 first round picks each. The NCAA championship game between them must have been awesome. -- nm - Dano Jun 22, 19:01 7
- Three duckies first round -- nm - Bacon Jun 22, 21:23 1
  - Second round -- nm - Bacon Jun 22, 21:51
- "With Bam Adebayo picked, 32 of 64 (50%) of the players that have played for @UKCoachCalipari in his 8 seasons at Kentucky have been drafted." -- (link) - Flavorize Jun 22, 19:13 3
  - well, that is the pitch...nm - x Jun 22, 19:16 2
    - "over there is the engineering department... or maybe that's biology... hell, you'll never see the inside of it, what does it matter?" -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 19:48 1
      - heh. but it's cool, you'll make more money in your first contract than any biologist will in their life....nm - x Jun 22, 19:56
- it's college hoop. that scenario might have been awesome 20 years ago....nm - x Jun 22, 19:04
can we talk about how no one uses the word "humbling" properly anymore? - Reagen Jun 22, 19:00 2
- after the donald proclaimed that nobody is more humble than me, everyone tells him so? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 22, 19:56
- Bah humblingbug -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 19:05
Also, the idea Nancy Pelosi wasn't successful at her job is a joke. She might be past her utility now - Will Hunting Jun 22, 18:57 15
- Her ability to whip her caucus into voting for ACA should be taught in politics school -- nm - ty97 Jun 22, 19:36
- she's a trailblazer and a legend. But...it's time. -- nm - Remlik Jun 22, 19:17 12
  - luckily, the democrats have a vast backbench of proven winners!.....nm - x Jun 22, 19:28 8
    - true. -- nm - Remlik Jun 22, 19:44
    - Paul Ryan was a joke three years ago. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 19:34 6
      - i'll stop laughing when they start putting up w's...nm - x Jun 22, 19:38 4
        
        I get why people are saying this, but I'll point out again that the Tea Party stick out in 09/10 specials - Reagen Jun 22, 19:41 3
        
        *shrug* i think all that matters is winning. that's what i'd like to see.... - x Jun 22, 19:47 2
        
        They hit bottom, or close to it, sure. The last five six months have seen an upsurge of significant proportions. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 19:50 1
        
        there isn't a lot to show for that. i'm not saying that this can't change.... - x Jun 22, 19:53
      - And still is.... -- nm - ty97 Jun 22, 19:36
  - But who replaces? -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 19:26 1
    - whore places? -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 19:34
  - For what reason? Now? Not 6 months ago? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 22, 19:22
- I mean, in a world where Newt Gingrich has the ear of the president... -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 19:06
Oh, there are words. Lots of words - Will Hunting Jun 22, 18:52
Swipe Right For the White House -- (link) - Reagen Jun 22, 18:45 3
- That's so mental, I wonder if it really happened. -- nm - Mop Jun 22, 18:57
- This is how we wind up with President Boaty McBoatface -- nm - Dano Jun 22, 18:55 1
  - tell me that's not better. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 19:00
go90! Hah I think I'm actually on a documentary on that service. -- nm - Remlik Jun 22, 18:39 1
- *unsubscribe* - Mop Jun 22, 18:42
I really need to keep a Sharpie in the kitchen and start labeling the mystery meat in the freezer. I can identify - Meg Jun 22, 18:23
haha, kevin pelton graded the bulls' jimmy butler deal as an f...nm - x Jun 22, 18:20
sorry David...nm - x Jun 22, 18:17 1
- holy heck, justin patton's dad is 7' 3"...nm - x Jun 22, 18:21
SM is confusing GOT with a movie. Patriarch throws gay son's lover out a turret window. Which movie? - Epiphany Jun 22, 18:16 9
- thanks guys -- nm - Epiphany Jun 23, 06:10
- FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!! -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 22, 18:36
- Mullet Mel Gibsin. -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 18:22
- LongShanks. one of my favorite movie villains -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 18:19
- Mel Gibson's atrocity. -- nm - David Jun 22, 18:17 3
  - DLC at its finest! -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 22, 18:35 1
    - The homophobia in this film rivals the racism in Song of the South. -- nm - David Jun 22, 18:40
  - You'll have to be more specific. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 18:28
- Braveheart. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 22, 18:17
You know, Chicago's going to buy out Wade.... - David Jun 22, 18:16 1
- it's the rebuild they should have done last year...nm - x Jun 22, 18:26
oooh, the narn dude just got owned by the human commander -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 18:13 2
- it is fitting that I start Babylon 5 the same week Stephen Furst passed.... -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 18:30 1
  - Yes. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jun 22, 18:40
My Bro Cat Eating 😳 -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 18:12

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