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Justin Bieber is 24 years old today. -- nm - decline Mar 1, 06:02 3
- Ron Howard is 64, Jensen Ackles is 40 -- nm - Epiphany Mar 1, 06:17 2
  - So you're suggesting that Opie is the sum of Jensen and the Beebs? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 1, 06:20 1
    - I think subtraction is the proper way of thinking about it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 06:23
Plugged it before, but the "Rewatchables" podcast for Get Out is really good. -- (link) - volnelk Mar 1, 06:02
Coming Thursday, March 8th... Marvel's Jessica Jones Season 2 -- nm - decline Mar 1, 05:45 1
- giggity -- nm - Beaker Mar 1, 05:53
Forbes: 2018 America's Fastest Growing Cities -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 1, 05:29 5
- Scans the list. FloridaFloridaFloridaFloridaFlorida. -- nm - volnelk Mar 1, 06:25
- ahhh,lists that use MSAa -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 06:13
- Boise? -- nm - decline Mar 1, 05:41
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  - 21. 5 MSA's in Texas made the Top 25. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 1, 05:39
That's a new one: in a G6 class today and there's a girl who was just eating margarine - Reagen Mar 1, 05:12
New survey of 20 economic experts, college professors and housing economists trying to predict where Amazon HQ2 will go - Strongbad Mar 1, 05:03 5
- We've basically been warned that DC home prices (which never fell during the last decade) might skyrocket. -- nm - MDH Mar 1, 06:10
- My guess: Sea of Tranquility. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Mar 1, 05:56 1
  - Hollowed out volcano lair. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 06:08
- He should say he’ll only pick Atlanta if the governor turfs the NRA, then go somewhere else anyway. -- nm - mafic Mar 1, 05:47 1
  - Our (R) Governor is not running for election in 8 months and has never been a big ally of the far-right in state legislature. - Strongbad Mar 1, 05:52
B2 JackDawson: Offshore odds have Get Out at < 10% chance of winning. Yes, I'd call that a dark horse. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 1, 04:57 3
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  - Knowing nothing about the movie, yes I got it the 2nd time I read it - Strongbad Mar 1, 04:59 1
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TV PSA: Beyond, Gotham, Grey's Anatomy, NBA, Project Runway, RuPaul, Supernatural, BBT, Superstore, AP Bio, Young Sheldon, Scandal, Flip or Flop, Mom, -- nm - Beaker Mar 1, 03:57 2
- Top Chef, Showtime at the Apollo, American Ninja Warrior, Swamp People, Will & Grace, Atlanta, Swamp People, Life in Pieces, Chicago Fire, HTGAWM, SWAT, -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 1, 03:59 1
  - my regular site for this (TV Guide) doesn't say Arrow is new; but pretty sure it is -- nm - Beaker Mar 1, 04:45
Sled dog -- (link) - Covington Mar 1, 01:54
white lies? well duh, telling lies to whites is what got trump elected in the first place -- nm - Colbert Feb 28, 23:47
Anthony Borges, 15, shut the door to his classroom, saving 20 people, and was shot 5 times. -- (link) - Mop Feb 28, 23:12
I'm thinking of using this phrasing as the first paragraph of a blog post, with the intent of being silly, but I can't tell if I'm stepping into some - Beryllium Feb 28, 22:39 4
- It’s vague enough I doubt anyone would object. -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 23:13 2
  - Alrighty. Here it is in all its silly/dumb glory. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 28, 23:17 1
    - I suppose the mixture of 2018, 2008, and "8 years" could be a bit misleading to the math-inclined. Ah well. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 23:25
- LOL. In researching other uses, I came across this marketing blurb. - Beryllium Feb 28, 23:00
Watching The Good Fight for the first time. Rose Leslie is really good. -- nm* - Max Feb 28, 22:36 3
- How far in are you? We've only seen the pilot. -- nm - David Feb 28, 22:41 2
  - Ep. 4. She turns it on in Ep 3. -- nm - Max Feb 28, 23:06 1
    - Yup -- nm - Remlikindle 2.0 Mar 1, 05:27
I’ve got tomorrow off of work. Thinking of going fishing, but this 90km/h windstorm is whipping through. The sea may be angry tomorrow. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 21:52 4
- Easy! big fella! -- nm - Max Feb 28, 22:15
- or the sea could be keeping everyone else away so you can have a fantastic day? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 28, 21:58 2
  - I don’t exactly want to take a 16 foot boat out in 4+ foot chop -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 22:04 1
    - "Seas 3 to 5 metres subsiding to 4 near noon Thursday." oh my -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 23:29
Guess I'm done eating until after my blood draw tomorrow. May as well go to bed :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 28, 21:18 5
- Vampires! -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 05:00
- ugh, I hate test fasting. Have a good night! -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 21:22 3
  - Thanks. Every 6 months for me - and protime about every 12 weeks. That's just one vial, this one'll be five :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 28, 21:24 2
    - Im doing this tomorrow night - eag Feb 28, 22:08 1
      - And I mentioned a couple of days ago this is the first time my doc's said "no alcohol" for 72 hours. -- nm - Meg Feb 28, 22:15
(CNN, not The Onion) The White House chief calligrapher has a higher clearance than Jared Kushner -- (link) - crash davis Feb 28, 20:54 10
- I think almost everyone you or I know could get a background check done in 2 weeks and have a higher clearance than Jared -- nm - peglegpete Feb 28, 21:05
- Crash is the new Ty! -- nm - David Feb 28, 21:03 7
  - In rare instances, the sequel is vastly better than the original. -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 21:06 6
    - Are you The Godfather 2 or Miss Congeniality 2? -- nm - David Feb 28, 21:14 5
      - Let's be honest, he's Legally Blonde 2. -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 21:14 4
        
        Whoa, are you gonna take that, Crash? -- nm - David Feb 28, 21:16 3
        
        I'm Wrath of Khan, he is some story with a bald chick and V'ger -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 21:21 2
        
        Oh! Crash just treated Ty like a redshirt! -- nm - David Feb 28, 21:28 1
        
        Crash/Ty is certainly nerdier than Ty/Dawson. -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 05:02
- I imagine most of the west wing does now. -- nm - mafic Feb 28, 21:00
Hi, can we just say 'run girl' in unison? -- (link) - ty97 Feb 28, 20:41 2
- Is “run girl” what they yell for that scene in Inglorious Basterds? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 21:50
- roleplay someone who will be permanently 15? who is her boyfriend, Roy Moore? -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 20:52
Crash, after you get the smoker set up, another meat the pink salt is needed for is pork when making bacon from a pork belly or loin. -- nm* - peglegpete Feb 28, 20:23 2
- Is loin where Canadian Bacon comes from? -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 20:49 1
  - yes, and it is very tricky to smoke because when it gets over 150 degrees it will become really tough -- nm - peglegpete Feb 28, 21:02
WSJ: SEC has issued dozens of subpoenas to those in the cryptocurrency market. - GregW Feb 28, 20:10 4
- So this is how Jack got Gus Kenworthy in his building. -- nm - Dano Feb 28, 20:28
- does this mean Jack won't stay mum any longer? -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 20:22
- Good. Regulation is sorely needed. -- nm - David Feb 28, 20:13 1
  - Noooooooooooo!!! -- nm - Malodorous Beardkins Feb 28, 20:16
Twitch isn't all bad. MadeYewLook is one of my favorites for demonstrating how makeup (and camo and monster art) can completely transform someone -- (link) - Max Feb 28, 20:04
An artist I follow on Twitch (for her illustrations) released a cover of Closer on Amazon. - David Feb 28, 19:55 4
- if only someone would post a link to said amazon song -- nm - Remlik Feb 28, 20:05 3
  - I'm dubious that anyone else will like it. -- (link*) - David Feb 28, 20:16 [youtube] 2
    - that's not NINE INCH NAILS CLOSER! shame David. SHAMMMMEEEE!!! - Remlik Feb 28, 21:19 1
      - Have you read literally any music post I've made over the past two years??? -- nm - David Feb 28, 21:25
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- You are missing All About Eve. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 1, 07:27
- True Romance?: Christian Slater BA, James Ganfolfini BSA, Dennis Hopper BSA, Christopher Walken BSA, and Gary Oldman BSA -- nm - Jovian Feb 28, 19:53
- I *think* maybe Network? -- nm - mafic Feb 28, 19:43 2
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    - I might have got the second, but never the first. -- nm - mafic Feb 28, 19:54
- Godfather -- nm - Bacon Feb 28, 19:42 2
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    - It looks likes both 1 and 2 had 3 supporting actors. Also spoilers - ty97 Feb 28, 19:51
- Should have been The Avengers. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:42 2
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    - Ralph Fiennes was robbed. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 20:50
- I know one: from here to eternity -- nm - mafic Feb 28, 19:41 1
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Wait..there's another Paramount Network? - . Feb 28, 19:37
Wait a minute. Logan got nominated for an Oscar? For the writing? Unbelievable. - Volnelk Feb 28, 19:28 4
- It was pretty well written....for a superhero movie. -- nm - . Feb 28, 20:07 1
  - I will go to my grave defiant in my position that Logan was a bad movie. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 28, 20:09
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- BLASPHEMY!!! - Spawn Feb 28, 19:30
Oh look, another person who would have totally run in. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 28, 19:28 5
- that first response is.....wow - prayformojo Feb 28, 19:44
- He doesn't understand the Germans had a whole damned army supporting them? They could have wiped that whole neighborhood off the map. -- nm - Meg Feb 28, 19:39 3
  - None of these yo-yos knows what happened to the Warsaw Ghetto -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 19:41 2
    - "If only the Jews had had guns" -- nm - Meg Feb 28, 19:45
    - link to the Warsaw Uprising's wikipedia page, Nazis only killed the combatants plus an additional 150,000 to 200,000 civilians -- (link*) - crash davis Feb 28, 19:44
My turn! What two movies received the most nominations, but won zero Oscars? -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:21 8
- The Color Purple -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 19:28 5
  - Yup. 11, including Best Picture nom. I do not remember hearing of the other. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:29 4
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    - the b2 list of 90 films that should've been nominated reminded me of this: the turning point. -- nm - mafic Feb 28, 19:36 1
      - heh, yes. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:40
    - answer spoiler - Spawn Feb 28, 19:35
- American Hustle -- nm - Roger More Feb 28, 19:22 1
  - Nope, only 10. But good guess. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:23
It's "African-American horse", please. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 19:20
*snork* -- (link) - Jovian Feb 28, 19:19 1
- I've posted this before but it is G.O.A.T. in my book -- (link) - crash davis Feb 28, 19:36
How many different people can tell you the same secret before you can assume it’s not really a secret any more? -- nm - Dano Feb 28, 19:16 3
- 1. -- nm - David Feb 28, 19:35
- it is a short list if one of them has a contact at either WaPo or NYT -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 19:33
- 3.1250 -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:32
So this happened today (truncated version because I am disgusted) - crash davis Feb 28, 19:16 11
- "Wednesday" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 28, 20:26
- Never thought I would say this, but I admire Sessions for standing up to this bully. -- nm - GregW Feb 28, 19:42 1
  - For actually doing his job, agreed. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:44
- He also berated Hope Hicks and asked her "How could you be so stupid!?!" (for telling the truth) -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:23 2
  - It appears that she climbed so high because she understood his personality better than most everyone else. This makes me weep for her childhood. -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 19:25 1
    - Yeah, and from all I have heard she is/was a true believer in him. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:26
- I think this job may be too stressful for you. -- nm - jnine Feb 28, 19:19 4
  - Actually I'm fine but thank you for your concern. Everything is going to be fine after this. Nothing but rainbows, ice cream, and kittens for the USA. -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 19:21 3
    - I have to go get some grub because FedEx claimed a weather delay and did not deliver my Blue Apron box. After that I will write "I shall not go full - crash davis Feb 28, 19:24 2
      - Stinking NRA supporters! -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:25 1
        
        yeah, eff those guys -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 19:28
Though if you want to challenge yourselves, there are 8 movies with 8 Oscar wins. (GWTH and Gandhi have already been named.) nm - ralph wiggum Feb 28, 19:10 17
- My Fair Lady -- nm - Roger More Feb 28, 19:19 1
  - Yes. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 28, 19:43
- amadeus. -- nm - mafic Feb 28, 19:17 1
  - Yes. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 28, 19:42
- from here to eternity. -- nm - mafic Feb 28, 19:17
- Guess: From Here to Eternity -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:14 1
  - Yes. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 28, 19:42
- On the Water Front -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:13 1
  - Yes. (3 more). nm - ralph wiggum Feb 28, 19:14
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  - That's 4. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 28, 19:12
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  - Gigi had 9, so you were good on B2 with that. Slumdog is right. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 28, 19:11 4
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      - That would give it 9, but I'm going off AMC's Filmsite.org. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 28, 19:14 1
        
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I just quickly clicked past Butcher's Block because the trailer was disturbing. Landed on Chicago PD, which turns out to be twice as gruesome. -- nm - Max Feb 28, 19:05
there is a new baby camel in the area -- (link) - peglegpete Feb 28, 19:04 5
- Cute camel. poorly written article. -- nm - . Feb 28, 21:27
- Love how they talk about it being in Vegas and then mention it's an hour & 15 minutes drive away. -- nm - Meg Feb 28, 19:32 1
  - Twice as far as Valley of Fire. -- nm - Meg Feb 28, 19:43
- PS, nice Hump Day post. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 19:12
- I had no idea camels were born with their legs already grown to full size. - Spawn Feb 28, 19:06

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