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Last orders for an American roadside legend -- (link) - Covington Aug 8, 15:30 1
- I know that restaurant. It's in Lake George, NY, after all. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 15:33
I just spent some time showing the kid some Escher drawings. Blew her 11 year old mind -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 15:27 6
- The alien stuff? - Spawn Aug 8, 15:37 1
  - that's Geiger -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 15:45
- "This is what you'll have to deal with as an adult." -- nm - Max Aug 8, 15:32 1
  - "Looks like Trump" -- nm - budice Aug 8, 15:50
- I'd like to be able to experience Eschers for the first time again. They were magic -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 15:29 1
  - I want his book in hand when I go see some of those hill towns he drew and compare -- nm - peglegpete Aug 8, 15:31
University professor has adopted a “stress reduction policy” that will allow students to select their own grades -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 8, 15:24 28
- "I feel much less stressed now that I don't have to spend time grading papers during Game of Thrones," said the professor. -- nm - Max Aug 8, 15:36
- We should like to more alt-right news sites. We don't do that enough. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 15:30 1
  - Good idea. We need the Fairness Doctrine established for ST. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 8, 15:31
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  - Happy to oblige - Strongbad Aug 8, 15:30 1
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- That'll get them ready for the real world! -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 8, 15:27 17
  - For instance, collaborative performance reviews! - Reagen Aug 8, 15:30 1
    - I see a difference between a collaborative performance review, and an employee being able to dismiss a performance review they didn't like. - IrishStephen Aug 8, 15:41
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    - Surely you're not implying that - Strongbad Aug 8, 15:45 1
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    - Wait, what? - IrishStephen Aug 8, 15:38 8
      - What was your percentage grade at work this year? -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 15:43 4
        
        99.9% -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 8, 15:47 3
        
        You must have aced that final. -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 15:51 2
        
        I'm just that good at what I do, Reagen! -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 8, 16:07 1
        
        But there's no official test or examination of that? -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 16:39
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        Well, sure, I guess getting elected to office is some measure of success... - IrishStephen Aug 8, 15:46 1
        
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    - The more I teach, the more I realize grades are rediculously arbitrary - Reagen Aug 8, 15:35 2
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        And also the cliche of the "intellectual who got good grades but knows fuck all about the world. -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 15:46
- I'll do self assessments all the time. - Reagen Aug 8, 15:26
- RAGE! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE! - David Aug 8, 15:26 2
  - My favorite is Killing in the Name of, personally. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 8, 15:29
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Andie just should've given ty97's number to that guy. -- nm - Covington Aug 8, 15:10
Crash, Here is the top secret list of planned Korean targets -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 8, 15:07 3
- *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 15:12
- actually I wouldn't mind duffing it up at Aberdeen and Doonberg -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 15:10 1
  - this is still the right time of year, barely a month after the solstice with lots of daylight -- nm* - peglegpete Aug 8, 15:12
Not the Onion: "6 Women Join Forces to Get Even With Dude Who Scheduled Individual Dates With All of Them in a Single Night" bar near my apt! -- (link) - MDH Aug 8, 14:54 2
- This was an episode of Three's Company wasn't it? Or the Love Boat? -- nm - pmb Aug 8, 14:56
- Efficiency experts get a bad rap sometimes. -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 14:56
the main reason for cargo pockets, not regular side or hip pockets, concealed carry shows more -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:26 1
- Battery packs for your phone -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 14:39
what would you do: news flash, NK missles flying towards the US, one projected to land somewhere near you. what do you do? - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:23 18
- I'd get my Skyemeat, find a bunker somewhere, and start my journey as the sole survivor. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 8, 14:33 4
  - *saves the above post to email to his wife, starts thinking of blackmail options* -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 14:34 3
    - Look, I've already told Ashlee that in the event of a zombie or nuclear apocalypse I'm pretty sure she'd die, and I'd miss her, but that I was pretty - IrishStephen Aug 8, 14:36 2
      - So blackmail is out of the question then? -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 14:48 1
        
        Yeah, sorry about that! - IrishStephen Aug 8, 14:55
- just my luck to be stuck at work and not be able to get to my kids in time. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:32
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- laugh. why would they want to bomb Las Vegas? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 8, 14:24 4
  - Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada with more squadrons than any other USAF base -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 14:29 1
    - outsise of Maccao. we are the biggest Asian gambling mecca. his backers will be really pissed -- nm - peglegpete Aug 8, 14:59
  - and put on BBC news. CNN & Fox will be bitching about something else POTUS has tweeted -- nm - peglegpete Aug 8, 14:25
  - They didn't, they just aimed really badly. -- nm - mara Aug 8, 14:25
- I work and live within a 10 minute walk of the White House. I'm having a drink and watching it happen. -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 14:24 5
  - if anyone here has not watched the film Last Night (Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, Sandra Oh) you really should. -- (edited) - Andie Aug 8, 14:26 [youtube] 4
    - Or Miracle Mile for an alternate version of impending nuclear end -- nm - JD Aug 8, 14:30 1
      - This movie haunts me -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 14:53
    - david Cronenberg cracks me up in that. -- nm - mud Aug 8, 14:27 1
      - The whole movie is here, if anyone wants it. -- (link) - Andie Aug 8, 14:29 [youtube]
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- 900 -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 14:24 3
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    - My initial thought was 1,200 and said to myself that was too high. Jeez, man! -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 15:18 1
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- 500! -- nm - mud Aug 8, 14:21 1
  - that's just the bullets not the points -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:24
Even Musk's hobby projects end up being serious. Boring Company seeking approval for 2 mile R&D tunnel -- (link) - TWuG Aug 8, 14:19 4
- I saw one of the new Teslas in the wild today. -- nm* - jnine Aug 8, 15:37
- This seems like a good time to check in with Bored Elon Musk -- (link) - Andie Aug 8, 14:21 2
  - Huh, there are some really good ideas there. -- nm - mara Aug 8, 15:01
  - "Avoid driving into blinding sun" filter for Maps. -- nm - Andie Aug 8, 14:22
this article is already being disputed, but its out there now - a different take on Kapernick -- (link) - crash davis Aug 8, 14:16 11
- To be clear, that would be 64th in pay among quarterbacks in the league. So it's basically ridiculous. You're talking about a guy you would -- (edited) - pmb Aug 8, 14:38 4
  - The 2018 Super Bowl champs paid their backup QB $540,000. They're your future champs and the Bears are a team in the NFC North. -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 14:50 3
    - I'm not sure how you see into the future to determine that, but that would have to be young, untested backups and a team willing to take that risk. - pmb Aug 8, 14:55 2
      - I feel it in my gut. The future is speaking to my gut. Ideally if I'm a GM, my backup is Terrelle Pryor so he can do other work to earn his money -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 14:57 1
        
        anyways check out #89, I don't expect Austin Davis to make it out of camp -- (link) - crash davis Aug 8, 15:02
- Why is it "in the best interest of the league" to have him on a team, exactly? -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 8, 14:29 4
  - so people stfu, basically -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 14:32 3
    - And if he wasn't a starter there would be outrage, and if he was a starter and sucked there'd be outrage... - IrishStephen Aug 8, 14:38 2
      - I disagree: if he plays and sucks, that'll be the end of it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 15:25
      - Actually, I'd like him to start for the Jets so there would be no hiding from the media -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 14:50
- also here is the league minimum salaries the article references -- (link) - crash davis Aug 8, 14:18
Dawson, we have lost this war. It's time we retreat. -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 14:09 11
- It is I, your greatest nemesis, The Man Who Cares Not For Style! -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 14:58 1
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  - more like a slapfight than a war. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:17 5
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      - I will pull whatever I need to to win. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:22 1
        
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      - he'd try but he'd get winded. -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 14:22 1
        
        I sure would get winded trying to pull your hair for sure. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:22
- GET TO THE GAY CHOPPA!!!!! -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:11 1
  - I laughed much harder at this than I should have :-) -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 14:14
Crud, I need more to find more plate glass windows already - prayformojo Aug 8, 14:09 1
- you chose an expensive hobby. -- nm - Andie Aug 8, 14:09
There is more dialogue in 5 minutes of a Gilmore Girls episode, then in all of Dunkirk -- nm - Amoxy Aug 8, 14:08
Bery, I get it now. That was Soldier 76 and he is an old man. Hence the socks with sandals.....got it, a little slow but I got it -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 14:03
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- I used to wear a vest when it was too hot for a jacket. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:10
- phone, wallet and keys is not a lot of shit. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:02 11
  - Phone, wallet, keys, smokes, lighter, meds for when I need them, sunglasses case. -- nm - sycor Aug 8, 14:10 6
    - OK, you need a purse. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:11 5
      - Probably. But I hate man-purses. - sycor Aug 8, 14:13 4
        
        I have prescription Oakleys, I carry the case in hand. - groiny Aug 8, 14:14 3
        
        Yeah I do too. But when I'm going inside somewhere I get tired of carrying them so I put them in my pocket. - sycor Aug 8, 14:17 2
        
        well, that is when I have the shorts off. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:18 1
        
        Should have expected that. -- nm - sycor Aug 8, 14:19
  - And normal shorts have pockets for those! -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 14:06 3
    - no one wants to take everything out of their pockets when they sit down. - groiny Aug 8, 14:08 2
      - 1 thing out of their pockets. Plus I'd assume it's for short time periods? At work, etc you don't need anything in pockets anyway -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 14:09 1
        
        sitting at work, or driving in car, the wallet can't be in the back pocket. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:10
I feel like ty97. Next 3 months: Vacation (Denver, WY, MT, ID, SLC), then work for AL, Boston, IND, Orlando, SFO, and weekend in Austin. -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 13:59
Songbird aka Diva had a great day today. I won't steal her thunder but it's pretty neat. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 8, 13:58
Mel! Where you at? -- nm - Diva Aug 8, 13:56 8
- look up. - Mel Profit Aug 8, 13:58 6
  - You can fly?!? -- nm - decline Aug 8, 14:00 3
    - "Toss Me" -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:00 2
      - What happens in Vegas... -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 14:01 1
        
        is talked about on ST for decades. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:01
  - ::pictures Mel pulling a Cato on Diva:: -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 13:59 1
    - no. that's me and Mel Sr. - Mel Profit Aug 8, 14:01
- Mordor. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 13:56
Here's Kevin Owens taunting a fan about his merch check, which makes Roman Reigns crack up and have to cover his face -- (link*) - Tim Aug 8, 13:55
MDH, you crazy. - groiny Aug 8, 13:55 10
- Phones in back pockets get *broken* when you sit. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 14:00 7
  - I have a few pair of cargo shorts with a special phone pocket, it rules. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:01 6
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      - why would I need one of those, I have POCKETS!!!! -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:08 2
        
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        I know reading is hard. Keys, Wallet, Phone. - groiny Aug 8, 14:19
    - Oh god no. -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 14:06
    - word -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 14:02
- I'll put it this way: - Reagen Aug 8, 13:59 1
  - right, my days of dressing to please anyone else are long gone. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 14:00
Disney announced it's pulling its content off Netflix to start its own streaming channel. Both stocks drop afthours -- nm - decline Aug 8, 13:53 10
- Boo! - IrishStephen Aug 8, 14:55
- But will the discs still be available? - sycor Aug 8, 14:12
- If they pull DMA links from Vudu, etc. then I'll be pissed -- nm* - oblique Aug 8, 13:56 7
  - They're not looking to take away ownership. They're looking at the larger market, which is catalogue rental. - David Aug 8, 13:59 5
    - Bam? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 14:23 1
      - MLBAM -- MLB Advanced Media, which analysts often shorten to BAM. -- nm - David Aug 8, 14:42
    - Bud Selig's investment in BAM is going to be his shining grace. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 14:18 1
      - The amazing thing is that its first year was so bad they almost shut it down. - David Aug 8, 14:21
    - This. -- nm - decline Aug 8, 14:02
  - Yeah that would be a bad precedent -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 13:58

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