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Tom Hanks takes the easy roles. -- nm - Max Aug 8, 21:24
oh hey, that's young Viola Davis in Out of Sight. - Reagen Aug 8, 21:17 1
- Viola Davis was never young. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 21:19
I wouldn't mind North Korea trying to strike Guam. - Mop Aug 8, 21:06 4
- maybe we should send Hawkeye Pierce to talk to Un. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 8, 21:19 1
  - "How-dee..?" -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 21:19
- obviously not a professional football fan, or you would know that half the offensive linesmen are from pacific islands, mostly guam -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 21:13
- They can kill all the Brown Tree snakes -- nm* - Bacon Aug 8, 21:11
I forgot about this Guam Moment™ -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 8, 20:51 1
- Whaaaat - Covington Aug 9, 01:50
Shiny Pikachu spotted at Pikachu Outbreak in Yokohama. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 20:36 2
- Relatedly: I love the new gym system. I'm in ur gyms, kicking out ur dudes. -- nm - Qale Aug 8, 20:45 1
  - Yeah, I'm good with it. I think the explanations were overly complex and frightened me. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 20:47
nice - Spawn Aug 8, 20:29
This is why it is called a flash flood. -- (link) - Qale Aug 8, 20:28 [Image] 2
- "Post a graph that looks like prom night..." -- nm - David Aug 8, 20:32
- Boobs? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 20:30
Times are indeed tense. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 8, 20:22
*snork* -- (link) - Jovian Aug 8, 20:22 1
- another snork, sir? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 8, 20:40
If you're keeping score at home, here is our purchase order for Simpsons seasons... - David Aug 8, 20:17 12
- "Hey is it OK if I spend $500 on TV seasons sure I'll sleep on the couch tonight" -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 20:30 1
  - Hey, I bought *her* a new mattress and comforter! - David Aug 8, 20:34
- is there a dvd set of all the Halloween episodes? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 8, 20:30
- You don't already have all of them? Amoxy -- nm - Amoxy Aug 8, 20:29 1
  - They only came out on digital seven days ago. -- nm - David Aug 8, 20:32
- To be honest, wouldn't it be kind of creepy if I were keeping score at home about this? -- nm - Qale Aug 8, 20:24 6
  - On the Qale Scale, it would be about a 2. -- nm - David Aug 8, 20:28 4
    - Besides, I'm way more interested in your Futurama purchases. -- nm - Qale Aug 8, 20:33 3
      - We own all seasons of Futurama, including season six, which is really just four straight-to-dvd movies. - David Aug 8, 20:39 2
        
        *takes notes* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 8, 21:23 1
        
        Welcome to the Qale Scale! -- nm - David Aug 8, 21:26
  - Pictures of all the box sets on the wall. Surrounded by pictures or crude drawings of STers. Red twine indicating who owns what. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 20:25
This is a really sweet series of tweets describing Bill Murray's first viewing of the Groundhog Day musical. (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Aug 8, 20:10 11
- All the cute girls are from Kiev! - prayformojo Aug 8, 20:20
- awesome. -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 20:15
- This makes me happy on a fundamental level. - David Aug 8, 20:15 8
  - WHAT?!!! I must know more about this. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 8, 20:21 7
    - That was pretty much the gist. - David Aug 8, 20:31 6
      - Closest I got was a nice note from Bill Lawrence after a Scrubs review. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 20:44 1
        
        I dig him. His daughter has a lovely singing voice, too. -- nm - David Aug 8, 20:46
      - sweet (I kinda remember this) -- nm - mud Aug 8, 20:39 1
        
        I thought for sure I'd mentioned it before. - David Aug 8, 20:41
      - very nice. I would have framed that email. -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 20:35 1
        
        Pretty sure I lost that hard drive in the fire. - David Aug 8, 20:37
Harvard says the Googlebro never completed his phd. He's the Mike Ross of sexism! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 20:02 2
- Here's an opinion piece at the Globe and Mail from a PhD in human sexuality saying the Google memo is based in science. -- (link) - Mop Aug 8, 21:18
- not completing a degree is a badge of honor in sili valley -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 21:15
Saw a trailer for Geostorm in the theater. Looks like a Syfy movie reject -- (link) - Amoxy Aug 8, 19:56 [youtube] 2
- I'm pretty sure tens of millions of people died in that trailer. -- nm - mafic Aug 8, 20:19
- Is there finally a true heir to The Core? -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 8, 20:10
Trivia: Why were the 1980 Idaho State Bengals football team a significant team? They didn't win the Division 1-AA National Championship until 1981 -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 19:45 2
- Answer - spoilers - crash davis Aug 8, 19:47 1
  - Bonus question: Who won the 1980 Division 1-AA National Championship? answer inside spoilers - crash davis Aug 8, 19:48
FYI: skin has the same thickness on the inside as the outside. -- nm - David Aug 8, 19:45 1
- This sounds like an unpleasant discovery -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:47
3, counting the whale -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:32
Hard Knocks is making me want to fire up my Madden -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 19:27 2
- It's making me want to buy Jameis' grandma a nicer place. - Volnelk Aug 8, 19:31 1
  - "I'm the Crocodile Hunter of cockroaches" -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 19:32
Conservative activist and James O'Keefe sidekick Laura Loomer claims her tire was slashed. Except... evidence. -- (link) - Mop Aug 8, 18:49
Disney just bought controlling interest in BAMtech...the digital infrastructure the WWE uses for the Network in prep for an Over The Top ESPN service. - Remlik Aug 8, 18:47 27
- You had no idea what you were starting with this thread. -- nm - David Aug 8, 19:43 7
  - I was hoping you would have some insight -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 19:55 6
    - Insight you got. Mop freakin' killed it. -- nm - David Aug 8, 20:17 5
      - okay just wth has got into you today? -- nm - mud Aug 8, 20:30 4
        
        Meaning? -- nm - David Aug 8, 20:33 3
        
        you have several cuddlybear posts the last couple boards -- nm - mud Aug 8, 20:40 2
        
        I always strive to be a better person. Sometimes, I'm better at it than others. -- nm - David Aug 8, 20:42 1
        
        annnnnd ..the moment's passed. -- nm - mud Aug 8, 20:50
- A paid ESPN streaming service feels more like a proof of concept than a viable profitable endeavor. - Mop Aug 8, 19:19 2
  - They're pitching an extreme version of ESPN 3/Watch ESPN. It's an expansion of that. - David Aug 8, 19:26 1
    - It's often hard to imagine that such forward thinking people have access to the purse strings. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 19:52
- Just shows they're scrambling to catchup -- nm - budice Aug 8, 19:11
- 24/7 Sylvester Stallone arm wrestling? -- nm - Dano Aug 8, 18:57 4
  - "We can re-attach the arm, but I have to advise you to withdraw from the tournament." - David Aug 8, 19:03 3
    - I used to live in the house where parts of it were filmed. -- nm - jnine Aug 8, 19:28 2
      - the mansion? -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 20:16 1
        
        Ha, no not the mansion. I've never lived in a mansion. Tournament scenes. -- nm - jnine Aug 8, 23:53
- I'm having trouble seeing where MLBAM ends and BAMTech starts. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 18:52
- Yes, it was an integral part of the Netflix thing we discussed earlier. They've basically bought MLB.tv's infrastructure from MLB. - David Aug 8, 18:50 8
  - So does this leave MLBAM as a holding company with no infrastructure? - Mop Aug 8, 18:55 7
    - Here's a line from an article I was just reading. - David Aug 8, 19:02 6
      - That's a lot to digest - Mop Aug 8, 19:12 5
        
        Re: Netflix - David Aug 8, 19:21 4
        
        I wouldn't write off Netflix so quickly. - Mop Aug 8, 19:34 1
        
        They certainly have a chance to survive this, as long as they react quickly. - David Aug 8, 19:40
        
        I frankly wouldn't be surprised if Disney bought themselves another studio, although regulators may have words. - Mop Aug 8, 19:31 1
        
        Yeah, I know a lot of cast members... - David Aug 8, 19:36
News story about colorectal cancer rates being on the rise. Great. :( -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 18:39 30
- If I never have an exam, I'll never die of colon cancer. - Mop Aug 8, 18:56 1
  - The story said that one 30-year-old was diagnosed after experiencing "pain in the ribs". -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:13
- They really need to lower the screening age. I had a colonoscopy at 43 to look for why I was anemic. - Bacon Aug 8, 18:53 25
  - Jason Seahorn told me age 40, I always listen to a Giant -- nm - J Aug 8, 19:55 4
    - Do you hold fireworks way too long, too? -- nm - David Aug 8, 20:11 3
      - No, I only listen to smart Giants -- nm - J Aug 8, 20:42 2
        
        Poor Eli. -- nm - David Aug 8, 20:52 1
        
        heh -- nm - mud Aug 8, 20:59
  - It is based on a cost vs benefit analysis. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 8, 19:33 1
    - "If the cost of a recall is greater than the payout, they don't do the recall." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:38
  - I had the same exact find/issue. I was 33 or 34. -- nm - kelly Aug 8, 19:19
  - I had my followup a month ago, and they found more polyps. So that's no fun. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:11 15
    - If found early it's fine. So if they found more, you are going back in three years? -- nm - Bacon Aug 8, 19:17 14
      - Given the close personal experience of my stepdad dying from it, I'm glad it's being monitored, but still extremely worried. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:20 6
        
        I get that, but as long as they are checking you aren't going to end up with advanced colon cancer. - Bacon Aug 8, 19:23 5
        
        Hope so. Found out recently that an aunt has it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:25 4
        
        I was just reading about it again. Two increased risk factors are smoking and drinking. You don't do either. That's good! -- nm - Bacon Aug 8, 19:29 3
        
        I have a suspicion that a new risk factor will come out soon. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:44 2
        
        Admiration of Boats is a risk factor -- nm - Bacon Aug 8, 19:57 1
        
        Well then call me Ahab -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:58
      - Yearly. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:19 6
        
        Ah, oof. I hate the prep. But I am glad you are taking care of it. -- nm - Bacon Aug 8, 19:20 5
        
        The first time the prep was worse than the procedure. The second time, I'm still not sure which was worse. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:21 4
        
        I was knocked out for mine. You weren't? -- nm - Bacon Aug 8, 19:23 3
        
        Conscious, mostly. The drugs were intended to keep me awake. Fentanyl and something else. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:48 2
        
        It was a rough trip. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:49 1
        
        Yikes! I had one at the age of 6 or 7 that I was awake for. Don't remember much other than getting to look at the screen. -- nm - Bacon Aug 8, 19:57
  - Freeze polyp! -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 19:01
- If it's hitting young adults, we should look at all those avocados they're eating. -- nm - Max Aug 8, 18:46 1
  - Oh they're not going in that end. -- nm - Qale Aug 8, 18:48
Lights the ML signal: Billy Hamilton -- (link) - decline Aug 8, 18:37 1
- He can't hit or throw, and he's still one of the most electric players in the game. -- nm - David Aug 8, 18:39
What if NK fires such a missile, with such a warhead, and hits the target - but it's a dud? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 18:32 4
- Right in front of my salad? -- nm - Qale Aug 8, 18:42
- too bad. Pyongyang=parkinglot -- nm - mud Aug 8, 18:33 2
  - "Well ... it wasn't paradise." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 18:34 1
    - [yoink] -- nm - mud Aug 8, 18:35
Which ever one of you nimrods suggested I read Haunting of Hill while staying in a hundred year old house is fired -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 18:19 15
- it could be creepier, I live in a hundred year old church. the cellar has a couple plaques that say "pray for the soul of [dude who died in the '20s]" -- nm - mafic Aug 8, 19:41
- I'm living in a 100-year old house. Should I be worried? -- nm* - znufrii Aug 8, 19:11 1
  - Duh. - Epiphany Aug 8, 19:35
- Have you checked the attic yet? And what of the basement? Make sure your flashlight works -- nm - decline Aug 8, 18:39 1
  - Nope. Nope. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 18:43
- have you looked closely at the photos hanging in the bar yet? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 8, 18:22 2
  - I'm too scared. Is your dad doing well? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 18:25 1
    - yes. my parents got home yesterday night and we talked earlier today. they are feeling good. thanks 4 asking -- nm - peglegpete Aug 8, 18:35
- Pic -- (pic) - Epiphany Aug 8, 18:22 [Attachment] 1
  - That is like right out of texas chainsaw before they changed owners. -- nm* - Jovian Aug 8, 18:28
- also fun while staying in a hundred year old house is acquiring an antique doll collection.... -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 18:21 4
  - Covered -- (pic) - Epiphany Aug 8, 18:24 [Attachment] 3
    - oh, good gawd -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 18:24 2
      - She is the largest. One creepy doll to rule them all -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 18:27 1
        
        One creepy doll to find them -- (edited) - Beryllium Aug 8, 19:59
#Merica -- (link) - Qale Aug 8, 18:19
Mike Judge is in talks to reboot King of the Hill. Yeehaw!! -- nm - . Aug 8, 18:18 3
- omg. please let this happen. just sign a deal with Netflix and call it a day. - Jovian Aug 8, 18:21 1
  - I wonder which propane and propane accessories company will start a dedicated streaming network for this? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 18:24
- Damnit Bobby. -- nm - Qale Aug 8, 18:19
Wait ... Trump tweeted what? - ReluctantCynic Aug 8, 18:17 3
- Yeah. This. -- nm - Diva Aug 8, 23:01
- leaker -- nm - . Aug 8, 18:19
- I'm curious as to what Guam did to deserve such ire -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 18:18
I just got off the phone with Kim Jong Un. We are going to cease hostilities and combine forces to go after the White Walkers. -- nm - Trump Aug 8, 18:09 1
- stealing that. -- nm - Jovian Aug 8, 18:15

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