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I like the mini-shade this headline is throwing -- (link) - Reagen Aug 8, 06:40 3
- he's pining for the fjords -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 12:24
- that's tremendous. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 8, 07:00
- Heh. -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 06:42
Trump retweets Fox and Friends story about North Korea. Looks like classified info -- (link) - Amoxy Aug 8, 06:29 1
- he's going to Tonkin Gulf some shit -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 12:25
Friday night on our way up north we had booked a room in Huntsville for the night. On Friday, 2 tornadoes hit Huntsville -- (edited) - Andie Aug 8, 06:27 3
- "A fine lyric, but we might want to try a different town name for the rhyming purposes." -- nm - record exec Aug 8, 06:37
- did you see any of the tornadoes? -- nm - decline Aug 8, 06:32 1
  - no, we had *no* idea. We only heard about the storm that we'd missed as we checked in. Even then, the tornadoes were still just a -- (edited) - Andie Aug 8, 06:35
ummm, can we talk about this? -- (link) - ty97 Aug 8, 06:25 6
- I have cottage cheese and fruit for breakfast a lot. - Dark Callisto Aug 8, 06:41
- seems fine to me. -- nm - Andie Aug 8, 06:29 3
  - It doesn't look like a meal to me -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 06:30 2
    - It's a very 70's diet thing. -- nm - Ender Aug 8, 06:40
    - fruit and cottage cheese was a pretty common lunch in the 70s, i think. -- nm - Andie Aug 8, 06:39
- I seem to remember he liked cottage cheese a lot. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 06:27
kelly/Will: Saw the pictures of the first day. N looks so grown up! Congrats to you all on the big day. :-) -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 06:14 1
- Thanks. Now I'm worried that he'll do something we didn't warn him not to do. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 06:24
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- Good. -- nm - znufrii Aug 8, 06:27 1
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mother! trailer -- (link) - Dano Aug 8, 05:14 [youtube]
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- :( This happens far too often -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 06:30 2
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    - :( -- nm - Andie Aug 8, 06:39
- That is awful -- nm - Pippy Aug 8, 05:08
TV PSA: America's Got Talent, Smackdown, Animal Kingdom, TAR Canada, Deadliest Catch, Below Deck, Face Off, Challenge, Hard Knocks, A Night With My Ex -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 03:52 2
- UK gets Trust Me, Wynonna Earp, other stuff. -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 04:01
- Ink Master, Shooter, Somewhere Between, Tosh, World of Dance, Fear Factor, Jim Jeffries, Wrecked, American Ripper, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 03:54
Karl Urban In Talks For “Dredd” TV Series -- (link) - LMS Aug 8, 03:31 2
- Didn't America already decide it didn't want a second season of "Karl Urban as Futuristic Cop"? -- nm - Ender Aug 8, 05:50 1
  - How do know it wasn't the Russians who actually decided that? -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 06:25
OK, Ozark just fixed everything about Laura Linney that Love Actually ruined. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 01:23
see the eclipse and sashquatch (maybe) at the same time, map overlays 'sightings' with path of solar shadow -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 8, 00:49
And in this thread, we have people making fun of Sherlock's "mind palace" in the Baskervilles episode -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 8, 00:37
Preacher spoils - Beryllium Aug 7, 23:39
I'm torn. -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 7, 23:13 [Attachment]
Dude sets up 6 dates on a single night, and things go ... awry. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 7, 22:52 4
- The bar's name was the Regal Beagle -- nm - Bacon Aug 8, 06:43
- Who knew 6 dates in one bar in one night could be so complicated? -- nm - jnine Aug 7, 23:33 2
  - Well, it's MUCH less complicated than 6 dates in 6 bars in one night... -- nm - Ender Aug 8, 05:51 1
    - Much less chance of the women running into each other. -- nm - jnine Aug 8, 09:31
The vast majority of Trader Vic's restaurants are in the Middle East. -- (link) - Mop Aug 7, 22:23
Boy Scout types - can you shed any light on this collection? I'm guessing some kind of Franklin Mint type replica set? -- (pic) - Meg Aug 7, 22:05 [Attachment] 7
- Looks like collectible coins given out, traded, or earned at the National Jamboree. -- nm - Mop Aug 7, 22:27 5
  - Individually I'd agree, but not in numbered limited edition sets. Most of what what I see online are patches rather than pins. - Meg Aug 7, 22:41 4
    - I don't see any sets either, but this site has lots of things like it. -- (link) - GregW Aug 7, 22:51 3
      - Exactly. That was one of the first places I looked but I still feel this is a commercial edition. -- nm - Meg Aug 7, 23:03 2
        
        are there any dates on any of the pins? -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 05:09
        
        The only other one I could find was this. It doesn't have any useful information either. -- (link) - GregW Aug 7, 23:07
- Better quality than Franklin Mint. -- nm - . Aug 7, 22:12
I watched "Welcome to the Punch". It was a thing. It could've been better. -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 7, 22:01 1
- It's dumb but I enjoyed it, good cast. Check out the director's 1st film Shifty, it's better. -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 03:34
As an fyi, we can get started when ML returns to ST. So, everyone start destroying his inbox with unwelcome messages. -- nm - David Aug 7, 21:45 4
- Subject: "hooker eyelids" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 21:49 3
  - That's surprisingly dark for you, Bery. -- nm - Qale Aug 7, 21:53 1
    - I know what raises eyebrows. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 21:58
  - As a criminal attorney, most of his email headers probably include the word hooker. -- nm - David Aug 7, 21:53
Far and away the best moment of Raw so let's see it in multiple angles. -- (link) - Tim Aug 7, 21:17 2
- THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN -- nm - Strongbad Aug 8, 04:16
- Why don't you have a seat over there? -- nm - Qale Aug 7, 21:20
wlir - that google guy's an idiot. My mom was an IT person before he was born, and my sister is an engineer with a double masters from Cornell. - . Aug 7, 20:53 15
- That guy just got fired. I'm sure he'll sue for wrongful termination. -- (link) - jnine Aug 7, 21:54 6
  - Fired? I would have expected he would be carted off to a Google reeducation camp. -- nm - Mop Aug 7, 22:35
  - Not if it ever endangers his severance -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 22:08 4
    - Although that probably works differently in Cali than I'm thinking -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 22:09 3
      - He says he's looking at all his legal remedies. He's going to sue. -- nm - jnine Aug 7, 22:17 2
        
        He can if he wants. He's suing Google and he's gonna lose. - Mop Aug 7, 22:36 1
        
        We'll see. Depending on his contract, they might give him something to go away. Employment cases run up huge legal fees which the employer has to - jnine Aug 7, 23:36
- this -- (link) - mafic Aug 7, 21:09 1
  - hehe -- nm - . Aug 7, 21:34
- Manifesto of the mediocre white male. -- nm - znufrii Aug 7, 21:08 3
  - He looks exactly like you've guessed. -- (link) - David Aug 7, 22:03 2
    - I expected more neckbeard, tbh -- nm - Reagen Aug 7, 22:52
    - Like Zuckerberg, was my first thought. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 22:03
- Yes, he's very much an idiot, in that special way that only an insulated privileged white male can become. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 21:01 1
  - How many millions a year did he blow? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 23:29
Stewie just quit Cavemen. Please remind me who here wanted a team. - David Aug 7, 20:31 11
- Stewie sucks. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 8, 04:14
- I'd take a team somewhere if you need. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 7, 21:28 5
  - Great! You're a Caveman. If you can follow basic rules and draft in a reasonably short period of time, you're already the class of the league. - David Aug 7, 21:31 4
    - Sweet. When are keepers due? -- nm - Volnelk Aug 7, 21:34 3
      - OK, but you have to pass the hazing and pay the relocation fees to the other owners -- nm - Amoxy Aug 8, 05:47 1
        
        word. -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 06:06
      - I would say about 12-18 days. I haven't had a chance to look yet. -- nm - David Aug 7, 21:44
- START THE DRAFT!!! -- nm - Qale Aug 7, 21:16
- moi Ill swap Vamps 4 Cave -- nm* - budice Aug 7, 20:37 2
  - Traitor! -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 20:47
  - Too messy. -- nm - David Aug 7, 20:42
Power Rangers is one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. -- nm - MDH Aug 7, 19:56 1
- I liked it -- nm - Dano Aug 7, 20:00
GoT is awesome!! -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 19:47 3
- I sort of half want this -- (link) - crash davis Aug 7, 19:49 2
  - I want a "I read the book and followed the instructions" shirt. -- nm - Reagen Aug 7, 19:57 1
    - to freak out your students? -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 19:58
Game of Thrones thought for the future (spoilers for past but not future episodes) - David Aug 7, 19:44 13
- Spoilers - ralph wiggum Aug 7, 19:50 11
  - I don't see how that would get them ahead - nm - crash davis Aug 7, 19:53 10
    - If nothing else (spoilers) - ralph wiggum Aug 7, 19:54 9
      - I was aiming for a groan, and you took the high road. Well played -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 19:57 2
        
        I refuse to acknowledge puns. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 7, 20:01 1
        
        Dang your-thicker-than-Dignan's skin. -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 20:03
      - Spoilers -- (pic) - David Aug 7, 19:56 [Attachment] 5
        
        Spoiler - ralph wiggum Aug 7, 19:59 2
        
        This is better -- (link) - Remlikindle Aug 7, 22:15
        
        Spoilers - David Aug 7, 20:03
        
        So in the end (spoils) - Reagen Aug 7, 19:58
        
        spoiler - peglegpete Aug 7, 19:57
- what I was half expecting to see spoils - crash davis Aug 7, 19:47
GoT spoils How much has Drogon grown? look at this first -- (link) - crash davis Aug 7, 19:35 5
- he started out in an egg smaller than a bowling ball -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 7, 19:44 1
  - are you sure that is what came first? -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 19:47
- GoT spoils - look at this second -- (link) - crash davis Aug 7, 19:36 2
  - in the mythology, they supposedly grow forever. -- nm - Reagen Aug 7, 19:37 1
    - until they circle the world and swallow their own tail? -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 19:39
Yep. A 2-shower day. -- nm - Mop Aug 7, 19:30 2
- is A 2 a special shower disinfectant level? like a biological hazard level? -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 19:42
- That's every day for me -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 19:30
Goldie Hawn's plastic surgery is so distracting to me while watching Snatched. -- nm - kelly Aug 7, 19:23 4
- yes, her face was totally weird -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 03:08
- Suzanne said the same thing. I was wondering if maybe she hasn't had any done? - JaxSean Aug 7, 20:00 1
  - It's her lips/mouth. -- nm - kelly Aug 7, 20:07
- They should have made it part of the plot. -- nm - Mop Aug 7, 19:29
Speaking of GOT hackers demand ransom from HBO - eag Aug 7, 19:20 4
- I shot you an email about joining a new football league via Yahoo -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 19:32
- HBO is sending Arya to resolve it. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 7, 19:27
- Didn't hackers go after Disney threatening to release the new Pirates movie and they didn't do fucking shit when Disney didn't pay -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 19:26 1
  - I think they did release it, but nobody cared - and bit torrent is peer to peer, so caring is sharing. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 20:01
What is it with non-profits scheduling events in October and completely messing up my personal life?? - Meg Aug 7, 19:20 5
- They need to put you on the scheduling committee. -- nm - . Aug 7, 20:20 1
  - Eh, they're all group decisions for the greater good. I just have to stop being so indispensable :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 7, 20:25
- sept is the nicest weather, oct can be iffy but might be worth the risk for $400 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 19:38 2
  - Yep, that was my first thought. $400 is tempting but not a huge factor in the overall cost. -- nm - Meg Aug 7, 19:42 1
    - And I do have options on the date for that as opposed to this year when it's Oct 21 or nothing. -- nm - Meg Aug 7, 19:44
watching the GoT duel from last night, I'm reminded of the Matrix. Spoils - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 7, 18:58 3
- another line from last night I loved (GoT spoils) - crash davis Aug 7, 19:05 2
  - fun spoiler - peglegpete Aug 7, 19:08
  - Heh. -- nm - znufrii Aug 7, 19:08
Awww, I haz a sad: Carl Icahn may have lost almost $300 million betting on Trump rhetoric -- (link) - Reagen Aug 7, 18:55 1
- oh, and he thought he would change biocredits, that is doubly sad -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 19:01
Because Australia: Carnivorous sea lice 'eat' teenager's FEET in Australia -- (link) - Dano Aug 7, 18:51 8
- Update is that they were fleas not lice -- nm - Karl_S Aug 7, 21:48
- *checks* ok other side of the country. good. -- nm - mafic Aug 7, 21:06 1
  - Good thing your country isn't surrounded by ocean. -- nm - Mop Aug 7, 22:31
- Worth a look. It's fascinating and frightening since they don't know what could have caused it. I mean (spoiler!) - Mop Aug 7, 19:06
- 💡 -- nm - SyFy Aug 7, 19:03 1
  - Night of the Sea Creeps -- nm - Max Aug 7, 19:04
- Just what you want to hear. Marine expert says "I've never seen anything like it." - Mop Aug 7, 19:02
- I've seen a lot of crime scenes - real and fake - but I've never seen blood pool like that. I assume it's because of the Coriolis Effect. -- nm - Max Aug 7, 18:56
RIP Godzilla, dude who wore the godzilla costume for the first dozen died -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 7, 18:50
"The Gang Invades Westeros" -- nm - Reagen Aug 7, 18:50
hot peanuts, hot peanuts....hot peanuts, hot peanuts.... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 18:49

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