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I like the NJPW has the same problem that WWE has sometimes: their most popular guy is supposed to be a heel. - Tim Aug 11, 14:34
Just picked up my annual quarter of beef - Reagen Aug 11, 14:33 7
- did you also get the head? the best parts are there :) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 14:45
- Stampede Caesars all around. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 14:42
- You put the whole thing in and chip at it, or have they cut it up for you? -- nm - Max Aug 11, 14:41 3
  - frozen donair. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 14:45
  - meat chips, all winter. canadian tradition. Drizzle BBQ sauce on it like a snowcone. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 14:43 1
    - mmmm, beefcone -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 14:51
- moo -- nm - mud Aug 11, 14:37
Do you think this eclipse would still happen if Hillary were president? - David Aug 11, 14:28 4
- I think calling Trump a "super"villain is giving him too much credit. - Mop Aug 11, 14:34 1
  - stuporvillain -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 14:41
- yes but the corona would be filled with rainbows and butterflies and everyone would be joyous and sing and stuff. -- nm - mud Aug 11, 14:30 1
  - That sounds nice. -- nm - David Aug 11, 14:32
A group led by Derek Jeter is buying the Marlins from Jeffrey Loria, who will have flipped them for $1 billion profit in 15 years. -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 14:02 5
- Jeter will be approximately a 2% owner and will run baseball operations -- nm - decline Aug 11, 14:49 1
  - Michael Jordan is also one of the 16 members who won the final bid -- nm - decline Aug 11, 14:51
- Jeffrey Loria will go unpunished in this life for his long list of evil acts. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 14:06
- Is that a good ROI or sub-par? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 14:05
- At one point, during the last few weeks - Strongbad Aug 11, 14:04
in more positive news - Mariners' great Edgar Martinez welcomes jersey retirement -- (link) - crash davis Aug 11, 13:59
Jim Plunkett’s painful journey: ‘My life sucks’ Super Bowl-winning QB from San Jose faces constant pain and an uncertain future -- (link) - crash davis Aug 11, 13:54
I awoke last night to the sound of thunder. How far off I sat and wondered. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:44 8
- My twin plays a lot of Bob Seger for road music with his family (metal is the norm). My 6 year old nephew calls him "the man with the song stories" :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 14:22 4
  - :) I never noticed because I grew up with it, but Darcy asked me in high school "Did all the music back then tell stories?" - crash davis Aug 11, 14:27 3
    - :) I was actually the one who turned them on to Seger... I've gotten into rock singer songwriters a lot lately. Up next: Bruce and Van Morrison - con_carne Aug 11, 14:32 2
      - What is KROQ's format nowadays? I think they were alternative in the 90s. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 14:44 1
        
        You are correct. I guess it's still alternative rock, with all the popular indie rock of today thrown in - con_carne Aug 11, 14:54
- Started humming a song from 1962. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 11, 14:12 2
  - ~Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl, Duke Duke, Duke of Earl, Duke of Earl~ -- nm - Max Aug 11, 14:22
  - ~ain't it funny how the night moves?~ -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 14:17
Do not look at the flash or fireball, no not the solar eclipse this is what the homeland security sent to the people of Guam in the event of well.. -- (edited) - eag Aug 11, 13:43 13
- Guess I should tell my dad to stop looking for houses there -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 14:21
- Here's a rundown of middle defense options if missiles are fired at Guam. -- (link) - Mop Aug 11, 14:11 3
  - "Put on a moustache and pretend to be Samoa" -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 14:48
  - I like the 3-4 Stack Cover 3 -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 14:13 1
    - OMAHA! -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 14:35
- Am i crazy? Wouldn't Guam be one the most protected places to be? -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:44 7
  - A. Nk said they would shoot 4 towards guam, I don't think they are armed, we have missile defense, don't know how good it is -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:50 3
    - Apparently anti missile missiles are not very good -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 14:01
    - thats what they say...while they sail a nuke into Tokyo or Honolulu. -- nm - Jovian Aug 11, 13:56 1
      - So, Obamas fault right -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 14:03
  - No, Andie, you're not crazy - Kim Jong Un is! -- nm - Carlos Danger Aug 11, 13:46 2
    - Thanks Carlos! -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:46 1
      - De nada. -- nm - Carlos Danger Aug 11, 13:49
I just discovered "Here come the Mummies" -- (link) - Amoxy Aug 11, 13:43 [youtube]
Not a bad start to the Premier League season, though I'd prefer a different result. - Volnelk Aug 11, 13:41 2
- We slipped last year and you finished ahead of us, we can't let that happen again - J Aug 11, 13:48
- Bah! -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 13:43
Trump administration reviewing 27 national monuments to determine whether they should remain protected public lands. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 11, 13:04 7
- Arlington, nothing but rows and rows of white rocks, boring, but those rolling hills, be a great place for a golf resort and condo project -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:32 1
  - Wounded Knee, I prefer my knees without wounds, believe me -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:34
- The only good news I found in there is they aren't going to change Idaho's Craters of the Moon. It was established in the Coolidge admin. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:24
- There goes Yosemite -- nm - Amoxy Aug 11, 13:14 2
  - It's safe, there's no coal nor oil there -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:18 1
    - "Did Obama like it? It's gone!" - D Trump -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 13:21
- *fistpump* -- nm - Ammon Bundy Aug 11, 13:06
100-Year-Old Fruitcake Found 'Perfectly Preserved'. -- (link) - GregW Aug 11, 12:51 7
- Leave Dawson alone! -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:57 5
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    - Ha! - Krusty Aug 11, 14:47
    - speaking of, where is ty? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:04 2
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        I don't want to know where his penis is, I was wondering where *he* is. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:16
- How appropriate, it's meg's birthday....HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 12:55
Yahoo just sent me an email: "click this button to annoy Spawn" - crash davis Aug 11, 12:46
watching New Japan, and the Young Bucks are referencing The Revival on their gear. That's weird. -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 12:45 14
- I need my Tim decoder. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:58 4
  - Arguably the two best tag teams in the world are basically in a feud even though they work for different companies and cannot wrestle each other. - Tim Aug 11, 13:01 1
    - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 14:48
  - New Japan = second biggest wrestling promotion in the world. Young Bucks = NJ tag team. Revival = WWE tag team. - David Aug 11, 13:00 1
    - Ha! At least I know it's wrestling now. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 14:48
- This may be the funniest match I've seen in years. - Tim Aug 11, 12:52 8
  - Ooh, I'll want to watch. Which event is it? -- nm - David Aug 11, 12:53 7
    - The one from last night/this morning, with the main event Naito vs. Tanahashi. English commentary, too! - Tim Aug 11, 12:57 6
      - Chase Owens is from the Tri-Cities, my hometown! -- nm - David Aug 11, 12:59 5
        
        Ooh, and a tag match that's a teaser for Okada/Omega III tomorrow morning. - Tim Aug 11, 13:04 4
        
        Who beat Okada? - David Aug 11, 13:06 3
        
        Evil - Tim Aug 11, 13:09 2
        
        Oh wow, the last three minutes of this match is spectacular. -- (link) - David Aug 11, 13:27
        
        That's huge for Evil. I wonder if they're (finally) about to set up Bullet Club vs. LosIg. -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:19
My favorite sports name for this weekend: Thorbjorn Olesen -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:38
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- They could at least have mentioned NAFTA. -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 12:56 2
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    - "I have been here 8 days". (But Australian English is notoriously vague, so who knows?) -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 13:06
- Hey, they are being nice, we'll take it. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:47 1
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- "Then for a long time, nothing happened." - Reagen Aug 11, 12:39
OK, cast your Addams Family - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:28 11
- Wednesday: Alexandra Daddario -- nm - zork Aug 11, 14:48
- the original Addams Family movies are literally almost perfect Addams Family movies. -- nm - Jovian Aug 11, 13:54
- Pugsley: Rico Rodriquez. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 11, 13:23 2
  - Lurch: Gwendoline Christie -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 13:25 1
    - Uncle Fester: Ben Kingsley -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 13:27
- Mel and Diva for Gomez and Morticia groiny for lurch, pippy fir Wednesday -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:01
- And Pugsley should be the kid from "Room" -- nm - Amoxy Aug 11, 12:48
- I'd reverse Fester and Lurch -- nm - Amoxy Aug 11, 12:46
- Lurch should be played by the Great Kahli. -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 12:43
- I like it (as long as del Toro is directing) -- nm - mud Aug 11, 12:38
- The Rock as Cousin It -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 12:29
Floyd being Floyd, trying to get people to pay $100 to watch this trainwreck -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 11, 12:23 3
- Say what you will of the athleticism of this event, it's gonna be a hell of a show. -- nm* - Mop Aug 11, 14:22
- Flip that, reverse it, and maybe I watch. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:27 1
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What are the 5 most recent additions to your Vudu library? Alien Covenant, How to Be a Latin Lover, King Arthur, DiaryWimpyKid/Long Haul, Snatched -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 12:20 8
- Have you watched Latin Lover yet? Is it worth $6? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 12:43 2
  - Nah. Most STers will watch it once, think it's fine, and then not ever think of watching it again - con_carne Aug 11, 13:38
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- Alien Covenant, Snatched, Beauty & the Beast (2016), Ghost in the Shell, Kong Skull Island. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 12:35
- Alien Covenant, How to...oh. Megadittos, I guess? -- nm - David Aug 11, 12:28
- Hidden Figures, and I can't recall what else - also nmbPFM - Epiphany Aug 11, 12:28 2
  - I liked the pizza one. Definitely not what I was expecting from the ending. Interested to see where they go from here...the 1st 2 couldn't have been - prayformojo Aug 11, 12:34 1
    - I am looking forward to it! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 12:37
I would watch that movie. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:19 1
- omg -- nm - mud Aug 11, 12:19
I know it's the honeymoon period, but I seriously like this new position at work. I'm in that worried I'm too happy area now. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 12:12 34
- Of all the people on this board I expected to be Calvinists, you weren't among them. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:28 2
  - you thought he was a Hobbesian -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:50 1
    - With my chin strap beard, I'm more Amish. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 13:18
- I'm really glad to hear that. You deserve happiness. -- nm - David Aug 11, 12:28 1
  - Maybe I'll get to Pandora next year. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 12:49
- You deserve to be happy - remember that - also...ST Poll. what is making you happy right now? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 12:16 26
  - 311 concert next week. And Gn'R just added another night to their Dodgers Stadium stint in November. So that's a strong possibility :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 13:58
  - Hot weather has broken, blackberries are ripe, now I get annoy the dog by stopping at every other bush -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:08
  - Oh, and one more thing...one of our vets retired today. Kim and I bought her flowers and got to say goodbye. - David Aug 11, 12:39 1
    - very sweet -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 12:41
  - Also, Premier League spoils - znufrii Aug 11, 12:33 1
    - Spoils - znufrii Aug 11, 12:35
  - the weekend starts in 30 minutes -- nm - decline Aug 11, 12:30 1
    - this -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:03
  - House is closing a week early, apartment is also ready next week -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 12:30
  - When we took Tamara to the vet in early April, she weighed five pounds flat. - David Aug 11, 12:27 4
    - that is good news -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:40
    - love the last line - you are a good cat daddy -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 12:28 2
      - It's kind of tragic that Kim and I didn't get to be parents. - David Aug 11, 12:31 1
        
        Awwww - " ew, quit smothering me dad! gosh!" -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 12:33
  - My boss genuinely appreciates the work I do. - znufrii Aug 11, 12:26 2
    - did you show her your fancy excel spreadsheet ? -- nm - decline Aug 11, 12:27 1
      - I did, the first bit of it at least. Still need to incorporate a few other elements, but it's coming along nicely. -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 12:28
  - New computer being delivered today. -- nm - GregW Aug 11, 12:20
  - I know I do. But it's weird to actually feel that. I've got 38 hours and a raise this week. - Qale Aug 11, 12:20
  - This very moment right now? chicken & dumplings for lunch, a cat on the back of my chair, the slide part after "some people call me Maurice" -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:19 4
    - ...the fact David had to say something positive about Doug Baldwin...overall, I guess I'm just in a good mood right now -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:21 3
      - Hey, if I knew Doug Baldwin was a slot receiver, i would have picked him... - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 11, 12:39 1
        
        I think Jordy Nelson is the guy you need this year -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:42
      - It's like Ty Cobb on Babe Ruth. "He could run pretty well for a fat man." -- nm - David Aug 11, 12:31
  - That there were no injuries or major damage in a sinkhole that opened up outside my office yesterday. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 12:17 1
    - lyc -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 11, 12:19
- "Please step into my office for a moral quandary." -- nm - big boss Aug 11, 12:13 1
  - Deciding when and what to substitute for out of stock items is my biggest concern. Leaning which produce to pick is there too. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 12:19

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