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Made strawberry banana pineapple smoothies for lunch. Damn tasty -- nm - Amoxy Aug 16, 12:50 1
- Do you add ice cream? -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 12:55
I love Tex-Mex and I've never heard of this Chuy's before. So I've been looking at the menu. I figure anything inspired by Elvis is a personal dare. -- nm - crash davis Aug 16, 12:48 17
- Chuys is technically the second closest restaurant to us. We've eaten there twice. - David Aug 16, 12:51 3
  - I bet it is mediocre. Still the menu intrigues me with all the sauces and the Elvis chicken. I'm going to make the jalapeno cream and hold Pippy - crash davis Aug 16, 12:55 2
    - I like their lite plate. But Mexican food is too carby for me atm. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 16, 12:56 1
      - I hear ya - Mexican food is not diet food -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 12:57
- Elvis Green Chile Fried Chicken A Chuy’s original. A tender chicken breast breaded with Lay’s potato chips, deep fried and smothered in Green Chile sa - crash davis Aug 16, 12:50
- It's a serviceable Mexican restaurant but I'd choose any number of local joints first. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 16, 12:48 11
  - Oh I bet. But they are daring me with that Elvis crap -- nm - crash davis Aug 16, 12:51 1
    - it is decorated with patron's framed photos of their dogs. every square inch in the bar has a dog photo on it - well that and tacky decor too - Epiphany Aug 16, 12:55
  - It'd be fine if they didn't have onions in literally everything I could eat. -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:50 8
    - onions are in everything, weirdie -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 12:51 7
      - Food allergies are a bitch. -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:52 6
        
        suck it up princess..... -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 12:52 5
        
        Oh yeah, let's talk about foods we can eat, tough guy... -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:54 4
        
        I don't even know how I could cook without using onions. -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 12:56 1
        
        Your breath must smell like wet elephant. -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:57
        
        I can eat anything, I just choose not to. - groiny Aug 16, 12:55 1
        
        They make David so sick. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 16, 12:57
ST Poll: What does your employer do/have regarding phishing training or tools? -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 16, 12:46 19
- Not much in terms of training. -- nm - decline Aug 16, 12:59
- Nothing. Basically they assume that working for a tech company means everyone understands these things. - mafic Aug 16, 12:56
- part of yearly online cybersecurity training, occasional phishing message tests. -- nm - b. Aug 16, 12:55
- We have had mandatory training sessions each of the last couple of years. We have mimecast that gives warnings about clicking on links in emails and - pmb Aug 16, 12:54
- We have to take this ridiculous IT training about hacking and phishing with a test at the end. If you miss one, it lets you keep guessing until you - jnine Aug 16, 12:53
- ask me if they should click on this -- nm - crash davis Aug 16, 12:53
- Oh man. If we're waiting for our bosses to warn us about phishing and scams, we are in trouble - con_carne Aug 16, 12:52 1
  - Lots of people were done with grade school before email was a thing. Our consultants that do testing say most firms they test avg. about a 30% hit - pmb Aug 16, 12:56
- We have wombat for training/education. For known threats, they'll send out alerts. - Dark Callisto Aug 16, 12:50 2
  - I don't see how a large rodent is gonna help -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 12:53 1
    - He knows a lot about phish. - Dark Callisto Aug 16, 12:54
- I forget the name of the application but they've massively stepped up their awareness... - Mel Profit Aug 16, 12:50
- "Hey Max, I just clicked this link. Is that bad?" -- nm - Max Aug 16, 12:48 1
  - "Just don't tell Hillary. I doubt anyone will ever know it was a Russian phishing scam." -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:51
- They send us fake e-mails which we have to send to our Phishing e-mail. If we mess up they tell us. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 12:48 2
  - Same here. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 12:52 1
    - Also, all inbound links are scanned and embedded images are blocked. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 12:56
- huh? -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 12:47
- Ooh, good question! -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:47
Heh, couldn't send or receive texts on my new phone. Called Verizon - Yup, the block I had on my old flip-phone was still in effect :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 12:45 1
- At least they put one on, I kept asking them yo block mom's phone, but it would a dozen spams a week -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 12:55
So... no camel spiders in Australia. That's one thing they've got going for them. It may also explain a lot. - Mop Aug 16, 12:43
Wait, Halt and Catch Fire airs on Saturday nights now? - David Aug 16, 12:41 7
- The show got so good after first season. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 12:44 1
  - Yup. It's rare to see a main character so plausibly evolve into a villain. - David Aug 16, 12:47
- Mr. Mara Rooney! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 12:44
- They are burning them off. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:43 2
  - I think they recognize it's going to be a "Live+7" show given the audience and content, so the fact that it's Saturday is moot. - Mop Aug 16, 12:43 1
    - But that was BBC, so the time change means it was aired Thursday or something. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:44
- It's the last season. It's not like it's not gonna get renewed. -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 12:41
How is it only 3:30? i was just about to start packing up for the night, it just felt so late. -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 12:30 1
- move the office clock to 5pm and just leave now -- nm - decline Aug 16, 12:35
Trump advisor (National Economic Council director) Gary Cohn upset with Trump comments. -- (link) - Mop Aug 16, 12:30 4
- The moment when a Jewish man realizes he's aiding a Nazi sympathizer... -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:32
- What about Ivanka? Jared? Protesters were on the streets demonstrating against Trump's own grandson. And he was "meh"? -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 12:31 2
  - you see the one dilbert in the Vice video lamenting that Kushner is with that wonderful woman -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 12:38 1
    - when you drill down on this specific asshole - he's simply mad someone like Jared is married to beautiful Ivanka. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 12:44
Ok, this one is good. "Make Obama POTUS again." - Mel Profit Aug 16, 12:17 8
- Eh. I appreciate the sentiment, but I'm kind of over this sort of fantasy. -- nm - mara Aug 16, 12:24 7
  - But then the joke wouldn't work miss literal -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 12:54
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    - I'm going for pithy, sarcastic and vaguely annoying to the Alt Right. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 12:35 1
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  - True. But it would probably be a red cape like thing to the fascists. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 12:27 2
    - I'm tired of people who do things just to piss the other side off -- nm - Roger More Aug 16, 12:34 1
      - I am if that thing is running over people with a car. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:36
Hee! White supremacists flock to genetic testing, only to find out their results aren't what they expected. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 12:15 4
- He learned them while in prison for trying to invade the Caribbean island nation of Dominica in 1981" - Reagen Aug 16, 12:24 2
  - the details don't make any more sense. deposed PM trying to regain power with the help of the klan for some reason. - mafic Aug 16, 12:49 1
    - Wow. - znufrii Aug 16, 12:55
- "48% white European, 52% horse's ass." -- nm - TWuG Aug 16, 12:19
Two words for David: Steel Vengeance -- (link) - TWuG Aug 16, 12:14 2
- I was *just* going to post this. YES! -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 16, 12:42
- I had no idea what the IM was going to be, but I -thought- it sounded like a roller coaster. -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:24
Not all shades created equal: How to get the right solar eclipse glasses -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 12:09 3
- Yeah, I need to figure out if the ones linked on ST that I bought will work.... but now reading this it sounds like Amazon was on top of things? -- nm* - Spawn Aug 16, 12:31 2
  - they took action only this week, after allowing sales for months. I hope everyone sees messages about refunds. :/ -- nm - b. Aug 16, 12:37 1
    - Looks like I got a refund 4 days ago. Guess those go in the trash. Thanks for the head's up ST! - Spawn Aug 16, 12:40
Helen Hunt single -- (link) - budice Aug 16, 12:07 2
- I love Helen Hunt. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 12:25
- 1996 me is intruiged. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 12:18
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Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Indianapolis Colts -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 11:47 7
- These are great -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 11:59
- " Every patch of land outside Indy is either a landfill or a Chick-fil-A" -- nm - budice Aug 16, 11:58 3
  - This made me wonder so I checked. 35 in Indiana. 48 in Illinois. 80 i Alabama. I quit looking after that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:03 2
    - landfills or chick-fil-as? -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 12:04 1
      - heh. CFAs. I just figured we must have a ton of them for him to make that comment. - Spawn Aug 16, 12:35
- "It’s because of us that the Texans think they’re good now." -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:57
- I love the slam on hiring a draft guru involved in the Browns 2014 draft (aka the Johnny Manziel / Justin Gilbert draft) - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 16, 11:53
MLB: Jered Weaver retires -- (link) - budice Aug 16, 11:46 6
- oh man, he was one of my favorite pitchers. -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 11:48 4
  - I still remember that awkward situation where he basically took his brother's job. -- nm - David Aug 16, 11:50 3
    - well, he was a better pitcher than Jeff was. -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 11:58 2
      - Still, that had to be an awkward holiday season. "Hey, I heard you retired." "Well, someone took the only job I could get." -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:00 1
        
        I am sure that while shitty, Jeff was ok with it. It is the nature of the business. - groiny Aug 16, 12:05
- Dream Weaver! was that his nickname? it should of been -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 11:47
If we outlaw tiki torches, only outlaws will have tiki torches! -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 11:45 18
- this will destroy Hawaii's Luau business -- nm - peglegpete Aug 16, 12:07
- if you outlaw them, they will just get them illegally -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 11:49 2
  - or, like, just make torches -- nm - decline Aug 16, 11:50 1
    - like those momos can figure out how to do that. They can't even figure out how to obscure their faces with hoods so they don't get fired -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 12:01
- I think my sign is going to say Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Nazi Potus. - Andie Aug 16, 11:47 13
  - Has anyone made a trump this yet? -- (link) - Amanda Aug 16, 12:15
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  - Yeah, out of all the signs I saw during the travel ban protests, that was my fave. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:04
  - I love and will be stealing this. This is fantastic. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 12:02
  - Please post a photo of the sign here! -- nm - mara Aug 16, 12:01 3
    - i will. the Rally isn't for a few weeks though. - Andie Aug 16, 12:03 2
      - If you're tempted to add imagery, I recommend this. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 16, 12:04 [Image] 1
        
        :) -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 12:05
  - excellent! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 12:01
  - I like it -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 11:56
  - "Even just the thought of it is really quite atrocious" -- nm* - Reagen Aug 16, 11:55 1
    - :) -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 11:57
  - That's great! 😂 -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 11:49
Just entered projected Vampirates keepers into my spreadsheet. There are some hot garbage keepers getting held this season. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 16, 11:39 2
- Could change if the High Holy One chooses to change up the keeper rules -- nm - budice Aug 16, 11:45 1
  - For a couple teams, but honestly, there are some depleted rosters on a few of 'em. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 16, 11:49
SITWAP: Michael Jackson's "Thriller 3-D" to debut at TIFF. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 11:31
Wait, Trump folded his councils? -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:30 2
- well, everyone was resigning and rather than have everyone quit, he told them they were fired -- nm - decline Aug 16, 11:39 1
  - Ah, saw something about quit/fired on the board but did not know what it was. Thanks. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:41
Ball Wars: Titleist's parent company countersues Costco for patent infringement, false advertising over its Kirkland ball -- (link) - budice Aug 16, 11:28 2
- It's basically a rebranded Titleist ball. So what we'll have to decide here is whether the patents are enforceable. - Mop Aug 16, 12:41
- this plus the Tiffany lawsuits sure are keeping the Costco lawyers busy -- nm - decline Aug 16, 11:40
Man has a massive leg cramp. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 16, 11:27 17
- Tell me about it. -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 11:54 4
  - Well, it looks like a guy get a really bad cramp in his calf, and then, so he could show it to everyone, he put in on the dashboard of a car while - decline Aug 16, 11:58 3
    - I should have streamed mine from yesterday, I guess. -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 12:34
    - "How soon can we land." "I can't tell." "You can tell me, I'm a doctor." "I mean, I'm not sure." "Can't you take a guess?" "Not for another two hours. - Max Aug 16, 12:32
    - This has been Decline Describes the Links. Tune in next week for "man hit in face by fish". -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 12:00
- get that man a dozen bananas, stat! -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 11:34 1
  - and some magnesium. -- nm - b. Aug 16, 12:41
- MANITOU!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:31 3
  - OMG, I remember that movie. I haven't thought of that in years. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 11:42 2
    - Scared the shit out of 10 year old Spawn in the theater. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:43 1
      - Yep. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 12:07
- wtf -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 16, 11:28 [Attachment] 1
  - LOL, Tom DeLonge...... - groiny Aug 16, 11:33
- It looks like a midget is trying to get out of his calf. -- nm - jnine Aug 16, 11:28 3
  - ... -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 16, 11:29 [Attachment] 2
    - That's something I won't unsee anytime soon. -- nm - jnine Aug 16, 11:31 1
      - Get your ass to Mars -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 16, 11:32
Oilers ink Leon Draisaitl to monster eight-year, $68 million deal. That's $20M a year for two hockey players. -- (link) - budice Aug 16, 11:25 9
- I'd never heard of him till they started throwing big potential dollars at him in articles -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 11:44 8
  - Dude's a monster. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 11:53
  - That's because you're a dumb Habs fan. - Shaun Aug 16, 11:48 5
    - In 191 regular season games, he has 50 goals and 87 assists. certainly worth being the 10th highest paid player in the NHL -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 12:06 4
      - Finished 8th overall in scoring this season and 8th in the playoffs after only 2 rounds. -- (edited) - Shaun Aug 16, 12:10 3
        
        Wouldn't being on the line of a transcendent player be a reason *not* to pay him like he's legitimately that good? - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 16, 12:26
        
        heh, after I posted that I had to stop and think "maybe that IS really good now" - Beaker Aug 16, 12:11 1
        
        Yep. 100+ points almost guarantees you the Art Ross now. -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 12:23
  - I'd never heard of him because, ya' know, hockey -- nm - decline Aug 16, 11:45
CNN's graphic is "TERROR IN CHARLOTTESVILLE" No mincing words. -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 11:24 14
- I'm getting annoyed with MSNBC's crawl header which, no matter the news now, reads "BREAKING NEWS!" -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 11:25 4
  - Fox News Alert! -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 11:55
  - heh -- nm - Wolf Blitzer Aug 16, 11:26 2
    - "We go now to Breaking news" *cut to wolf breakdancing* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 11:27 1
      - I'd pay to see that. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 11:31
- TERROR IN THE TIKI AISLE -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 11:25 7
  - I was riffing on this last night in a call with someone... - Mel Profit Aug 16, 11:29 6
    - I'd like it if Home Depot and Lowe's simply put the tiki torches in the back so no one could buy them around rally times - Epiphany Aug 16, 11:38 5
      - Or engage the Free Market and mark them up 250% just before a rally. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 11:42 4
        
        "Today: All Tiki-Torch purchases will be donated to the NAACP College Fund." -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 16, 12:00 1
        
        *snork* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 12:07
        
        "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to white supremacy." -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:48
        
        yup -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 11:45
- The WH memo adds that the "media reacted with hysteria" and that "we should not overlook the facts just because the media finds them inconvenient.” -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:25

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