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Frazier! -- nm - Krusty Jul 9, 11:34
Jon Lester's line from todays game: 0.2IP 10ER 3BB 6H -- (link) - budice Jul 9, 11:30 1
- Anytime you can be the 4th person in 100 years to do something, its a good thing. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 9, 11:38
Popstar:Never stop never stopping is actually really really good. - Volnelk Jul 9, 11:01
BTW, The Vulture's origin story in Spider-Man: Homecoming is basically texx's, too. - David Jul 9, 11:00
Lafayette: ‘I know every man whether straight, gay or George MotherFuckin’ Bush is afraid of the pussy..’ - Qale Jul 9, 10:40 5
- I'm going to have to sign up for HBO Go to rewatch this series, I just know it. -- nm - Qale Jul 9, 10:46 4
  - he was the second best character ...no, third. -- nm - mud Jul 9, 10:58 3
    - Pam's first. Who is second? Eric? -- nm - Qale Jul 9, 11:24 2
      - Russell, Sookie ... -- nm - mud Jul 9, 11:27 1
        
        Yeah, no. Russell is a one-note villain and Sookie is Sookie. -- nm* - Qale Jul 9, 11:34
This episode of Jools Holland has Kanye, Sting, Lorde, Bill Medley, and Kings of Leon. Slumming. -- nm - Mop Jul 9, 10:08
$117 million for Spider-Man? Nailed it! -- nm - Tim Jul 9, 09:59 4
- Where's the MFing like button, bery??? -- nm - David Jul 9, 10:37 3
  - No! Night Mode first. -- nm - Qale Jul 9, 11:27 2
    - after we get avatars!! -- nm - Bacon Jul 9, 11:32 1
      - But what do blue aliens have to do with ST? -- nm - eag Jul 9, 11:50
if this thing I'm half-watching is correct, St. Lucia is the only country in the world.... - prayformojo Jul 9, 09:50 1
- California soon to be the 2nd. -- nm - jnine Jul 9, 09:54
If you ever get a chance to watch the Eagles of Death Metal documentary, it's really good. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:31
pfm, fair is fair, if we're going to criticize mother nature then we should also point out that this weekend is near perfect weather -- nm - Max Jul 9, 09:16 4
- I was going to say. We get a wonderful break today. High of 89 with a bit less humidity. - GregW Jul 9, 09:25 1
  - That's about where we are today. I have tickets for a performance of The Wedding Singer downtown and I get matinee tickets so I can walk down there.. - Meg Jul 9, 10:10
- Agreed. Remember this on Tuesday, though -- nm - prayformojo Jul 9, 09:24 1
  - heh -- nm - Max Jul 9, 09:26
Get a $15 Amazon gift card by signing up for Amazon Prime through MyPoints. -- (link) - GregW Jul 9, 09:13
Hoo boy, CBS just stepped in it big time. - David Jul 9, 08:58 35
- I've never really watched the show, a few eps here and there. Are they equal with the main stars? - Cuzzin Todd Jul 9, 10:51 1
  - The Moonlight vampire guy is the unquestioned lead. Everyone else is about the same. -- nm - David Jul 9, 11:12
- This story came out Wednesday and there hasn't been any outcry. Daniel Dae Kim made a few statements about pay parity, but Grace Park hasn't and - jnine Jul 9, 09:13 15
  - There was some blowback from a few sources like Variety, but it hasn't made any national news programs yet. -- nm - GregW Jul 9, 09:21
  - Unless I missed something (certainly possible), they announced they were leaving on Wednesday. The reason just leaked in the last 24 hours. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:16 4
    - It was known during the negotiations and it was stated as the reason they left on Wednesday. -- (link) - jnine Jul 9, 09:36 2
      - Okay. I've read several articles over the past 24 hours referencing a Kim post from yesterday morning. - David Jul 9, 09:42 1
        
        I think he got frustrated because his co-star won't back him up and the story isn't getting traction. -- nm - jnine Jul 9, 09:46
    - I am pretty sure I knew the reason the day they were leaving was announced. -- (edited) - Bacon Jul 9, 09:19
  - The show is easily expendable. If it's trouble for CBS, they'll just cancel it and spin up another procedural just like it. -- nm - Mop Jul 9, 09:15 8
    - WTF -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 09:30
    - No. It's the #8 scripted show on television. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:20 6
      - You said it yourself. It follows a well worn formula. How have they not yet done NCIS Pearl Harbor? -- nm - Mop Jul 9, 09:56 1
        
        CBS has only launched two successful dramas without NCIS in the title in the last five seasons. - David Jul 9, 10:10
      - Which...holy shit. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 9, 09:39 3
        
        Blue Bloods is even higher. The CBS Friday night lineup is a quiet juggernaut. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:41 2
        
        Blue Bloods has 155 episodes and the most recent season (season 7!) was the highest rated yet. It's rather stunning. -- nm - Tim Jul 9, 09:47 1
        
        Ted Danson's clearly the greatest living television star under 80. Tom Selleck's probably second. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:53
- Apropos of nothing, I did not realize this show was still airing. -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 09:11 1
  - Here's a stat that will blow your mind. Season one averaged 11.2 million veiwers. Season season averaged 12.1 million. - David Jul 9, 09:15
- I don't want to take away from his criticism, but wouldn't that be like the other actors on NCIS LA complaining they don't get paid as much as LL and - Max Jul 9, 09:06 9
  - They are an ensemble in the sense that, say, Phoebe is part of Friends or Raj and Howard are part of Big Bang Theory, IMO -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 09:29 6
    - The show was initially sold as Caan and Garrett...they might be equals but they weren't initially. - Will Hunting Jul 9, 09:31 5
      - And I'm sure they used Dae Kim and Park's images when choosing to advertise on Asian American media too. Your point? -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 09:38 1
        
        You said it was the same. It wasn't. That's my point. - Will Hunting Jul 9, 09:41
      - Actually, a Variety article points out that Kim and Park were on the first billboards. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:32 2
        
        Yeah, this isn't (my) Hawaii 5-0. I haven't watched it, but it doesn't seem like McGarrett and Dan-o are as central as they were in the original. -- nm - GregW Jul 9, 09:36 1
        
        Season 1, they were the clear stars. - Will Hunting Jul 9, 09:38
  - All this does is expose the flaw in repeating the formula ad nauseum. But critically lacking or not, it's bank for CBS. - Mop Jul 9, 09:10
  - I understand that line of thinking but in terms of screen time, Scott Caan is the fourth player, not second. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:08
- I'm sure they will find work elsewhere. Still to be seen if it costs CBS anything. -- nm - GregW Jul 9, 09:04 4
  - Every major CBS show is anchored by a white male. This is going to be a thing. - David Jul 9, 09:06 3
    - Julie Chen is the face of Big Brother but, as the boss's wife, she's a clear exception. -- nm - Mop Jul 9, 09:08 2
      - I *clearly* said major, not fringe reality show dreck. - David Jul 9, 09:10 1
        
        A problem, socially, in terms of perception, absolutely. But for the bottom line, it works. - Mop Jul 9, 09:12
BestBuy had a Chromecast and HD antenna bundle. I don't understand how that works. - Mop Jul 9, 08:52
Over the last two weeks, Guardian Con and Games Done Quick raised $3.2 million for charity. Twitch and Millennials are awesome. -- nm - David Jul 9, 08:51
Andrew Sullivan has a good piece in NYMag about why the GOP still stands so solidly behind SCROTUS. -- (link) - GregW Jul 9, 08:46 4
- I'm still not seeing that they're getting from him though - it comes down to "their identity politics are better than other identity politics". - Reagen Jul 9, 09:27 3
  - Mainly, the party stays in power. If nothing else, it least it keeps the Democrats from accomplishing anything. -- nm - GregW Jul 9, 09:28 2
    - He's also like, "I demand you defend Clinton! Ha! I can't believe you defended Clinton!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 10:29
    - I meant the rank and file - but that's still just identity politics. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 09:36
Prime Day starts tomorrow night and Amazon is being sneaky. Having the app - or especially an Echo - is going to be beneficial. -- (link) - Mop Jul 9, 08:42 1
- It's a very good strategy to get people comfortable with using voice to order things. - Bacon Jul 9, 08:44
so have any ST'ers done a "whole 30" regimen? I'm starting it Tuesday with my niece. - JenBro Jul 9, 08:42 3
- Alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, heroin... -- nm - Mop Jul 9, 08:43 2
  - :) heh heh ... it's funny but - the thing I'm kinda most excited about is the food shopping & meal prep we are doing today together and will do weekly - JenBro Jul 9, 08:47 1
    - I started Blue Apron a year ago and I love that it got me cooking again. I like to cook, but it's hard to shop and cook for one person. I also hate - jnine Jul 9, 09:40
Marco Rubio with a big smackdown on Trump -- (link) - Amoxy Jul 9, 08:34 8
- That will leave a mark (not really). -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 9, 10:04
- McCain unloaded on Trump on Face the Nation today too. Still won't do anything about it, like vote against him. -- nm - jnine Jul 9, 09:42
- I think it's great that we're going to share all our info with the Russians. Gonna make it a lot easier for them. Cuts out the middleman. -- nm - Mop Jul 9, 09:13
- Strong words for a spineless POS.. - Marlowe Jul 9, 09:06
- "But I still plan on supporting the president on his complete agenda." -- nm - TWuG Jul 9, 08:39
- so fucking do something about it. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 08:39 2
  - It's surprisingly easy to completely forget this pinhead even exists -- nm - prayformojo Jul 9, 08:40
  - "Tweeting is 'something'!" -- nm - TWuG Jul 9, 08:40
I am glad the Klan is protesting the removal of Confederate statues from public places. It shows just what they represent - white supremacy. -- nm - GregW Jul 9, 08:17 1
- *likes* -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 9, 10:05
No Facebook, when someone invites me to a group, that doesn't mean I joined. That means I was invited. - Will Hunting Jul 9, 07:28
Update on Landbeck: - Krusty Jul 9, 07:09
Landbeck update - prayformojo Jul 9, 07:03 4
- haven't been around much of late and just saw this post and back boarded - good thoughts out for full recovery - scary stuff :( -- nm - JenBro Jul 9, 08:38
- Man it would be sweet if those letters were HSX. "It's just random..." ("No it's not! Check on my port!") -- nm - Max Jul 9, 07:59
- :-) I just got the email too. He's making some nice progress. -- nm - Krusty Jul 9, 07:10 1
  - Thanks to both of you, and everyone else who has shared these updates. -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 07:22
Its official. Wayne Rooney is leaving Manchester United to return to Everton -- nm - budice Jul 9, 05:57
We have merged my buddies' stag with a lesbian bachelorette - Reagen Jul 8, 23:40 2
- This seems like a marketable idea. -- nm - Max Jul 9, 07:59
- Officer thinking. -- nm - Mop Jul 9, 07:56
And ow for the last night of camping, where we pop the traditional popcorn, snap the traditional glow sticks, and hang the traditional EL wire. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 22:37 6
- EL wire is glowing electroluminescent wire, btw -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 22:51
- Tent or RV? -- nm - Meg Jul 8, 22:42 3
  - Tent -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 22:51 2
    - Good - it's the only real camping :) -- nm - Meg Jul 8, 22:53 1
      - I finally got to see the waterfalls near the campsite this time. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 23:02
- Now, not ow. But ow also works. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 22:38
😐 when did I become 'old' so that a small venue show where the headliner going on at 11 on Sat?!? seems late - JD Jul 8, 22:06 2
- I left a party last night at 8:45 -- nm - Bacon Jul 9, 08:08
- It just hits you one day. It sucks. I saw RTJ recently I had the same thought as I stood waiting for them to go on. - Krusty Jul 9, 06:28
I scanned my dvd collection at Decluttr to see how much they'd pay. Most were 15 to 30 cents each, but three were $1+. Guess which ones: - Max Jul 8, 21:25 21
- I only own about a dozen DVDs. None of them are worth more than $1 except for Gypsy 83 which is worth $3. -- nm - Qale Jul 8, 23:10 1
  - Salo and You Are Not Alone come close at 90 cents. Obviously, I'm keeping all of them. -- nm - Qale Jul 8, 23:10
- Answer: Clash of the Titans ($1.23), Some Kind of Wonderful ($1.17), and Three O'Clock High (1.05) - Max Jul 8, 22:57
- Real Genius, Man with 2 Brains -- nm - peglegpete Jul 8, 22:20
- hint: they're 1980s titles -- nm - Max Jul 8, 21:40 2
  - Mad Max--Flash Gordon -- nm - Flavorize Jul 8, 21:54 1
    - and Tron -- nm - Flavorize Jul 8, 21:58
- Indiana Jones -- nm - Amoxy Jul 8, 21:38
- Indiana Jones, High School Musical and Toy Story -- nm - Flavorize Jul 8, 21:38 1
  - The Indy set was actually the fourth 'title over a dollar: $1.88 -- nm - Max Jul 8, 21:39
- High School Musical, Baron Muchausen -- nm - JaxSean Jul 8, 21:36 2
  - (What are "superbit?") -- nm - JaxSean Jul 8, 21:38 1
    - Less compression. Either meant no extras or an extra disc as the movie took up more data -- nm - JD Jul 8, 22:02
- We had a donation of about 1,000 DVDs at the bookstore this week. I spent a while this morning discounting most of - Meg Jul 8, 21:36 2
  - I wouldn't expect to get more than $20 if I put them up on craigslist. Would I be doing the community library a favor by donating, or are they just - Max Jul 8, 21:38 1
    - Depends on the bookstore I guess. We like to have them but there's not a great demand. We finally gave up carrying VHS when the market died :) -- nm - Meg Jul 8, 21:45
- Kingdom of Heaven if it is the directors cut -- nm - peglegpete Jul 8, 21:35
- American Graffiti collectors edtiion -- nm - Spawn Jul 8, 21:33
- Black Dynamite, Love Actually, and Zardoz -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 21:28 2
  - Black Dynamite was above average at $0.60. Love Actually is 12 cents. -- nm - Max Jul 8, 21:30 1
    - That's not what she said. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 21:45
This is good. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 8, 21:09 [Image] 1
- Yup. -- nm - Mop Jul 8, 21:17
Spider-Man: Homecoming is perfect. Loved every bit of it. spoils - TWuG Jul 8, 21:08
That new DirectTV commercial us pretty funny. Mark Wahlberg warps into - Amoxy Jul 8, 20:21 2
- I want to know how much they paid Angelica Huston for that other one. -- nm - . Jul 8, 20:45 1
  - Haven't seen that one yet -- nm - Amoxy Jul 8, 20:51
Yeah that was a great movie and (spoiler) - eag Jul 8, 19:54 1
- More thoughts on Spider Man HC (minor spoils) - eag Jul 8, 20:32
Today was perhaps not the best day to cook a turkey, but it came up on the freezer rotation and was already defrosting :/ - Meg Jul 8, 19:32 7
- OMG! I also had defrosted turkey bought last year, today. I'm down to the last breast & I schnitzeled it. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 8, 19:48 1
  - Mmm...schnitzel. -- nm - znufrii Jul 8, 19:56
- I boiled up the neck and gizzard for broth and just shredded some and put it down for the cats..... - Meg Jul 8, 19:48 4
  - heh heh -- nm - JenBro Jul 9, 08:40
  - an old girlfriend gave her cat the gizzards and it was so happy it was meowing as it ate, sounded like she was gargling them -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 02:10
  - Thats a perfect example of the difference between cats and dogs -- nm - JD Jul 8, 22:07 1
    - They have absolutely no concept of human food.....munching down quite happily on dry chow :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 8, 22:20
Nelson Ellis...Lafayette on True Blood died at 39. -- (link) - Epiphany Jul 8, 19:09 3
- I'd seen him at DragonCon at least once, but I feel like it might have been a couple of times. He was so good. -- nm - Qale Jul 8, 19:54
- Oh, wow. I recognize him as Shinwell on Elementary. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 19:32
- damn -- nm - mud Jul 8, 19:30
Thwip -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 8, 18:58 1
- the hip webslinger is poor? -- nm - mud Jul 8, 19:08

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