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Why oh why is it almost 2pm and I have to be on the bus in 1/2 an hour? This nap was going so well. -- nm* - Diva Aug 12, 04:58
My third trade of the night. I feel like Kevin Costner in Draft Day. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 22:54 3
- God help him, RC is just so bad at this. -- (edited) - David Aug 11, 23:06 2
  - Yep. I'm just totally awful. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 11, 23:13 1
    - Agreed. -- nm - David Aug 11, 23:13
Another day of presentations tomorrow and then start home on Sunday...too soon :( - Meg Aug 11, 22:00
Big Brother spoilers nominations & temptation contest results - peglegpete Aug 11, 21:43 1
- Paul and Cody will be the Lokai and Bele of Big Brother, fighting to the very last until everyone else is wiped out. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 22:47
Would you say that John Wick was a comeback for Keanu Reeves? - Mop Aug 11, 21:37 16
- Yes. He hadn't done much of anything that was worth watching for years before John Wick. - Krusty Aug 12, 05:57
- In that he has big studio viability again, yes. nm - Dignan Aug 12, 05:43
- Nah -- nm - Pippy Aug 12, 05:37
- Some data (courtesy of The Numbers). FYI, worldwide, 47 Ronin was massively bigger than John Wick. - Mop Aug 11, 22:38 1
  - It also cost 175mil so in Hollywood terms, it was highly problematic. - Will Hunting Aug 12, 06:23
- just because he's not had a several hundred million dollar film recently, he needs a comeback? he's made so much Matrix money he can pick his films -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 22:23 1
  - Given he had no movies that grossed anything for 5 years .... yes. He was a non-entity in Hollywood. - Will Hunting Aug 12, 06:20
- I don't know that any of us watches enough of his movies to say. Neon Demon was great, and he was refreshingly good in it. But holy hell did it flop -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 21:51
- Chapter 1 was 2014 so I say no, it was just a continuation of his career. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 21:44 7
  - but it was just after 47 Ronin -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:08 6
    - To have a "comeback" you have to be gone a good while, expected dead. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 22:17 4
      - Disagree. Travolta is the case study. He made a bunch of mediocre films before Pulp Fiction. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 22:33 2
        
        John is great in an ensemble, but needs just the right script to lead, keenu can make everything revolve around him -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 23:13
        
        Thank you for making my point. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 23:06
      - I'll allow it -- nm - LL Cool J Aug 11, 22:29
    - Huh Jackman made Van Hellsing but I wouldn't say his next hit was a comeback. Everyone has clunkers -- nm - Bacon Aug 11, 22:14
Hey, I got a reply from Elon Musk. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:33 10
- Awesome! -- nm - TWuG Aug 12, 06:46
- Is this a GoT thing? -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 05:30
- Wouldn't self drive cars be basically AI, making thousands of decisions per minute, many of which could cause harm if choosing poorly. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 22:39 3
  - Yes, and that sort of AI will also be necessary for the rest of his plans - drone ships, colonization droids ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:43
  - The concern of AI isn't robots seeking to destroy humans but rather robots killing humans in the process of carrying out their duties. - Mop Aug 11, 22:43 1
    - Well first rule is, don't get your owners, riders killed cause nobody will buy them, don't kill pedestrians cause they sue and take your money - zeitgeist Aug 11, 23:01
- If TWuG finds out... -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:38
- Translation: AMBER!!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 21:36 2
  - ... No, I was mashing up Neuromancer and Game of Thrones to fit Musk's anti-AI platform. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:37 1
    - I gotta read Neuromancer again. I basically remember how it ends. Period. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:42
"Toxic eggs" is a thing in Europe right now. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:21 2
- I have not heard a word on that on CNN, but since 2 days ago BBC World News had it. it's an amazing amount of eggs -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 21:24 1
  - NBC, but yeah mostly fb news feed. I think some farms were using a cleaning product that had an illegal pesticide - zeitgeist Aug 11, 22:55
The Rock's new tattoo is a cover-up job and it's frankly pretty disturbing. - Mop Aug 11, 21:21 9
- His left arm/chest is already a legit tribal design that was concerning to many aboutmovies. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 12, 03:53
- If they can remove cavill's moustache, they can remove rock's ink. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:22 7
  - I saw a tweet just yesterday with a video of tat cover. Painted on, total coverage, waterproof, etc. That is cheap and easy. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 22:19
  - In fact, he might already have digital arm alterations baked into his contract. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:22 5
    - Or, you know, make-up. Cheaper and easier than CGI. -- nm - . Aug 11, 22:16 4
      - Or like, the opposite of those "fake tattoo sleeves" - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:18 3
        
        Maybe that's how they make him appear to have big muscles! -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 22:32 1
        
        Yeah, maybe in reality he's just wearing some kind of Rock Suit, and actually he just looks like pre-gamma Steve Rogers -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:37
        
        Even cheaper. -- nm - . Aug 11, 22:26
Chris Hardwick's mother-in-law is Patty Hearst. Just FYI. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:15 3
- I knew this. Find it fascinating -- nm - Pippy Aug 12, 05:38
- I didn't know she had kids -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 23:03 1
  - Last I knew she married some lazy ass traffic cop who moonlighted as security, bodyguard, his sleazy tactics made f lee bailey expose him - zeitgeist Aug 11, 23:10
I wonder if John Lasseter ever regrets that Ed Hansen was no longer at Disney when he became the big boss. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:15
I've logged 279 wasted hours on Destiny, David comes in first with 1906 hours - J Aug 11, 20:46 4
- Though I think I have the highest grimoire score. -- nm - TRuMaN Aug 12, 05:27
- And I thought I played that game a lot. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 21:10
- I miss playing games like this. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:59
- To be fair, I used to cheat and leave it on overnight a lot. - David Aug 11, 20:50
I've guess WW doesn't promote Applebees any more but they still do WW style meals. - Meg Aug 11, 20:31 7
- coolio happy bday -- nm - budice Aug 11, 20:38
- "I guess Wonder Woman doesn't promote Applebee's any more but they still do Wonder Woman style meals." -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 20:36 3
  - this is what I read as well -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 20:37 2
    - Yup. And I *SO* wished it were true. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:22
    - Sorry, it all depends on your personal life view :-) -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 20:47
- Thanks for helping Applebees from being killed by Millennials. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 20:34 1
  - Hey, so happy to hear you're liking your new duties and appear to be doing well. -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 21:30
Reading the book "Teapot Dome Scandal" Warren Harding sounds eerily similar to the current occupant of the WH -- nm - Amoxy Aug 11, 20:24 2
- perhaps you can join us in a fortnight? -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 20:37
- John Tyler is right up there amongst the worst and a great analogy for the current occupant. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 20:28
So, I see good Ubaldo showed up tonight: 8Ks thru 3ip -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 11, 20:03 3
- I tried to give you two (good karma symbols on the Feud board). It only allows one per hour - crash davis Aug 11, 20:22
- Just feel bad for all the good teams in the AL East. Put Os in the Central and they're prolly up by 10-15gms -- nm - budice Aug 11, 20:16 1
  - No we aren't. This is a meh team in a meh division. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 11, 20:28
Family movie night: Eddie the Eagle. Let's make this a series. Olympic movies or plucky Brits movies? - Mop Aug 11, 20:01 29
- Mary Poppins :D -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 21:18
- Skidoo -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 21:18
- Zachariah -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 21:17
- He Got Game - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:14
- Charge of the Light Brigade -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 21:13 2
  - Flynn, not Howard -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 21:17 1
    - So when is this getting a reboot. Aside: I need to watch Four Feathers again... Ledger version :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 21:26
- Lawrence of Arabia -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 20:53
- Gandhi -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 20:52
- Dunkirk -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 20:51
- Zulu -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 20:51
- Foxcatcher, Miracle -- nm - budice Aug 11, 20:20 1
  - oh yes, the heartwarming Foxcatcher -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 20:22
- Obviously if I want to stick with real life stories, "Race" (the Jesse Owens movie) should be on that list. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 20:20
- Who could forget: The Cutting Edge -- nm - budice Aug 11, 20:18 1
  - toe pick! -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 20:18
- Running Brave, Wimbledon, Sing Street, The Cutting Edge -- nm* - JD Aug 11, 20:17
- Munich -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 20:15 3
  - 36 or 72? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 20:17 1
    - nevermind 36 was Berlin -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 20:18
  - Personal Best -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 20:17
- King Ralph -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 20:11
- Cool Runnings seems like it would be a good double bill -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 20:10
- Chariots of Fire. Twofer. -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 20:03 5
  - Twofer? -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 20:08 4
    - Am I spelling it wrong? IMDb isn't showing it. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 20:15
    - giv'r! -- nm - mud Aug 11, 20:11
    - olympic story and brit pluck -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 20:10 1
      - That's all they've got. Not like they're gonna win any medals. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 20:14
*whew* -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 19:50
I'm grilling our weekly steak, takes the temp, about 2 more minutes, refresh ST, sees the landbeck update, read it, read it again, reply, refresh ... - zeitgeist Aug 11, 19:35 1
- eat like a dragon -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 19:42
I'm pretty sure the working title of Kesha's new song was "Fuck off Dr. Luke". -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 11, 19:31 2
- Agreed. Sort of crazy -- nm - Pippy Aug 12, 05:41
- Who? -- nm - Dr. Luke Aug 11, 21:48
Will you still have your beard when you return? "we're negotiating with the beard right now." -- nm - David Letterman Aug 11, 19:21 1
- If I remember the wife likes it more than you? -- nm - Bacon Aug 11, 19:31
CoCo had a lot of running around today. She is now snoring -- nm - Amoxy Aug 11, 19:14 1
- She is so cute -- nm - Pippy Aug 12, 05:41
We (along with half of western Knoxville, it seems) went out tonight for ice cream. I tried one of their special flavors: lemon. - kelly Aug 11, 19:11 3
- i get lemon milkshakes all the time - Reagen Aug 11, 19:17 1
  - I've had lemon-blueberry ice cream. It's pretty good. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 19:18
- Damn sounds great. Now I want to walk to the store and get ice cream -- nm - Amoxy Aug 11, 19:13
Beaker, if you are around, trade offer message on BF board -- nm - Amoxy Aug 11, 19:02
Doug Balwin is now a Feline Overlord - crash davis Aug 11, 19:02 19
- Tough break! -- nm - David's iPad Aug 11, 19:21
- DeMarco Murray for a 2 , Adrian Peterson for a 3, and Spencer Ware for a 4 all available -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:06 17
  - I have to hand it to you. I had real players, and you had scrubs yet you still found a taker for two guys who shouldn't be keepers. - David Aug 11, 23:09
  - "There's stuff in the garbage. You can have it for $20!" -- nm - David's iPad Aug 11, 19:22 8
    - season's end that is 3 top ten RBs you're looking at -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:23 7
      - Top 50...maybe. - David's iPad Aug 11, 19:28 6
        
        Spencer Ware is the real steal I'm offering. But I may pull him back, former Seahawk and all -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:42 5
        
        I'll take him for my 4th -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 11, 19:43 4
        
        Done -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:45 3
        
        Now I feel less guilty for robbing you of Jordy. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 11, 19:48 1
        
        the thing about Seahawks as keepers is - crash davis Aug 11, 19:50
        
        on the board, confirm at your leisure -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:48
  - Demarco Murray will be Wally Pipp'ed by Derrick Henry by week 5 -- nm - Amoxy Aug 11, 19:11 6
    - they said that last year too -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:13 5
      - They should have, and they admitted as much. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 11, 19:21
      - They were a little early - Amoxy Aug 11, 19:15 3
        
        their plans for Henry this year are to work him into the passing game more and two back sets. I wouldn't keep him, but I'm not a Caveman,. :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:18 2
        
        Team Hyper-Power won't be that great this year, so I probably will gamble - Amoxy Aug 11, 19:25 1
        
        you're going to gamble on Henry and Gurley? dang man, you got bravery -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:27
I really hate moms who snap their fingers at their kids. -- nm* - . Aug 11, 19:00
Bear takes Subaru for a joyride -- (link) - jnine Aug 11, 18:59 2
- Ice Bear is the captain. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:44
- "Bear is driving?! Oh no!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 19:10
I have an older Urban Camo DS4 that I may trade-in to EB. Saw the promo earlier today. - Shaun Aug 11, 18:57 1
- Controllers vary in strength? -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 20:32
Westworld, John Oliver, Big Little lies, The Young Pope, Silicon Valley and the last two seasons of The Leftovers -- nm - Amoxy Aug 11, 18:56
James Damore ("Google Memo") updates his profile picture with a "Goolag" t-shirt. The Verge will have none of it. -- (link) - Mop Aug 11, 18:56
Defamation suit against Taylor Swift thrown out, and also she gives zero fucks. -- (link) - Tim Aug 11, 18:54 5
- you know the sad thing is, in any other time *this* would be the leading story on every network - zeitgeist Aug 11, 20:08
- You mean the guy that said his hand was never on her ass with a picture of his hand on her ass decided he couldn't win? -- nm - Bacon Aug 11, 19:28
- Yet another reason I adore her -- nm - JD Aug 11, 19:07 1
  - "we didn't have anyone positioned there." -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 19:19
- Lightning on her feet. -- nm - Spawndroid Aug 11, 19:06
Lagarrette Blount and Demaryius Thomas for a top running back...who's game? -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 11, 18:52

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