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Purdue Loses Isaac Haas For The Rest Of The NCAA Tournament -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 15:40
So Stan Lee cancels his ComicCon Asia appearance for next weekend, which is two weeks before his planned SVCC appearance... - IrishStephen Mar 16, 15:37 5
- there is a fight about Stan. Some people around fired his long time caregiver who has taken *great* care of Stan for years. something is going on -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 15:51 1
  - Someone stole millions from him. They illegally sold one of his houses and kept the money. There are also allegations of elder abuse and trying to -- (edited) - jnine Mar 16, 15:58
- I went to see how he's doing and saw this, from earlier today about his dog. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 16, 15:39 2
  - since he's 95 and the pneumonia was only reported at the end of feb., no surprise he's not going to asia anytime soon; but a trip up the coast is more - b. Mar 16, 15:42 1
    - This. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 16:34
finally got the ncaa bracket link up there, sorry for the delay. I'm guessing it might not even be relevant any more? Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 15:35
adorable baby polar bear. the first one born in the UK in 25 years. -- (link) - peglegpete Mar 16, 15:34 1
- It's so cute. You'd never imagine it would rip your face off. -- nm - jnine Mar 16, 15:50
Jose Altuve signs a 5yr 151mil extension. -- (link) - Will Hunting Mar 16, 15:33
Do you know what God’s greatest creation is? -- nm - David Mar 16, 15:31 13
- Whiskey -- nm - znufrii Mar 16, 15:47
- Callisto? - budice Mar 16, 15:44
- Hockey Night in Canada -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 15:42
- Porn -- nm - Bacon Mar 16, 15:41
- "Wow" -- nm - eag Mar 16, 15:38
- to love and be loved in return. -- nm - b. Mar 16, 15:38
- Overtime? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 15:37
- Homemade steak and cheeses? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 15:37 1
  - (these things are *gorgeous*!) -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 15:37
- As Doctor Teeth has said, "Which am us!" -- nm - landbeck Mar 16, 15:36 1
  - You know ... I mean we are. -- nm - landbeck Mar 17, 04:42
- Puppies? -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 16, 15:33
- NAACP? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 15:33
ESPN interviewing CAR TE Greg Olsen to fill Jon Gruden's MNF position. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 16, 15:21
terry gilliam needs to learn to listen to his wife. ugh. -- (edited) - b. Mar 16, 15:17
WR Michael Crabtree to BAL, 3 year deal -- nm - Strongbad Mar 16, 15:17 1
- BAL also pursuing DET TE Eric Ebron. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 16, 15:23
No! Sleep! Til Brooklyn! - Mr. Havens Mar 16, 15:15 2
- ~Foot on the pedal, never false metal~ -- nm - landbeck Mar 16, 15:46
- Are you here? -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 16, 15:26
Vikings add Sheldon Richardson to bolster defensive line -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 15:10
I'm beginning to appreciate the "excitement index" that FiveThirtyEight has for their live updates. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 16, 15:09 1
- Excitement Index: Chartreuse -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 15:11
This... feels like the latest I have gone in a while with a perfect Sweet 16 intact. - Strongbad Mar 16, 15:05 1
- I still have 15 of my Sweet 16 in the tourney. - ReluctantCynic Mar 16, 15:07
Well, this explains those daily parking fees at Disney... -- (link) - decline Mar 16, 15:03 1
- Yes, he actually got a small rebuke from the board over this. - Jihad Mar 16, 15:06
The shelter got in a mom and a litter of seven puppies. - IrishStephen Mar 16, 14:53 [Attachment] 9
- I want all the puppies -- nm - Jovian Mar 16, 14:57 3
  - You know, on really bad days like today, I think about driving down I-5 and showing up at Sceire's place of work. - ReluctantCynic Mar 16, 15:06 2
    - Ha! Just a few seconds with them and you can't help but have a smile on your face. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 16, 15:38
    - I'll meet you there. puppies love, ahh. -- nm - b. Mar 16, 15:11
- They all have such different coloring? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 14:54 4
  - Here is an overhead of them that shows the different coloring. -- (pic) -- (link*) - IrishStephen Mar 16, 14:58 [Attachment] 2
    - mama's milkshake brought the boys to the yard. - b. Mar 16, 15:12
    - thanks. that's interesting -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 15:01
  - No slut shaming! -- nm - jnine Mar 16, 14:55
Holy smokes. Jeopardy J6 has been reaaaaallllly tough the last few weeks. Just 33/60 this week. Yeow -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 14:52
Homemade steak & cheese tonight! - prayformojo Mar 16, 14:42 2
- :O -- nm - budice Mar 16, 14:59
- 👊 -- nm - Jihad Mar 16, 14:44
I swear there is literally NOTHING to like about this administration. Nothing. Statistically you'd think they'd fall on the right side of something at - TWuG Mar 16, 14:33 3
- how could there be? We are literally watching our county fall into fascism. -- nm - Jovian Mar 16, 14:43
- evil numbskull fascists -- nm - mud Mar 16, 14:34 1
  - It's very hard not to fall into despair. -- nm - TWuG Mar 16, 14:42
Google Finance finally shut down the backdoor to the portfolio view. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 14:26
Purdue’s big kid, Haas is out for the rest of the tournament with a broken elbow. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 16, 14:21
the Real Sports segment on Doris Burke from a few weeks ago was really good -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 14:14
Crosscheck complete! -- nm - I’m on an airplane Mar 16, 14:11 1
- Be careful with that. -- (link) - Mop Mar 16, 14:12
Spawn....tell your wife to check the FB messages -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 14:07
HEY, who's winning the ST March madness bracket? - Beaker Mar 16, 13:59 1
- And me! I've got the lowest possible points though, of the 4, #1 ranked Sters--So my wheels are about to fall off -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 14:07
Kelly says it's ok for Carson to spend $31k on a table because it could last 100 years. -- (link) - jnine Mar 16, 13:53 2
- I will not be surprised if when Mueller's investigation is all said and done, that Kelly has his inside man all along. -- nm - Jovian Mar 16, 14:44
- Will should prolly have a talk with kelly. -- nm - budice Mar 16, 13:59
You like muppets, right? Might want to check out Muppet Guys Talking, the muppet documentary. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 16, 13:51
Cnn: Miss Daniels claims physical threats to stay silent -- nm - Guinnezz Mar 16, 13:33
Black protestor beaten by Charelotville nazism and charged with assault found not guilty -- (link) - Guinnezz Mar 16, 13:32
Hmm, I hadn't heard of this before. Using version control for collaborative document management/writing. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 16, 13:30
I just found out that my family fought in the American Revolution. Kim can be in DAR and I can be in SAR! - Jihad Mar 16, 13:22 1
- Not with *that* nic you're not -- nm - Guinnezz Mar 16, 13:30
What is this made from? -- (link*) - Beryllium Mar 16, 13:14
we're supposed to get 3-5 inches of snow tues and 5-8 inches of snow weds. I'm pretty over this winter. -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 13:09 1
- Me too -- nm - Chubs Mar 16, 13:14
My walk score is 48. However, their info is way out if date. It said Chico has a population of 36,000. - Amoxy Mar 16, 13:00 5
- Mine is 83. That's too high. The only food market (that's not in a gas station) is an Appalachian bodega. - 4-Leaf Cloverington Mar 16, 15:46
- "average Walk Score of 47" for my area, but I live very close to a bus stop and a regional trail that goes downtown. Not sure if that gets factored in -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 14:02 2
  - "Some errands can be accomplished on foot." ... uh, I can do pretty much everything on foot. This score lies. - Beryllium Mar 16, 14:08 1
    - Walking to the gas station... -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 14:19
- The city itself or the surrounding area -- nm - Guinnezz Mar 16, 13:07
Leave it to a kid named Elmore to be a gunslinger-- -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 12:56
Video of out-of-control chair lift in Georgia (the country). -- (link) - Mop Mar 16, 12:50 [youtube] 5
- Crazy. (but thanks for specifying country.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 13:09
- the people getting flinged off, as the chairs hit each other on the turn, is scary. One person toward the end looks like they got sucked in--Not sure if that person is alive -- nm* - Flavorize Mar 16, 12:52 3
  - It's fucked up. How is there no emergency shut off? -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 13:16 2
    - It's at the top of the mountain. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 13:19 1
      - Quick! Get on the chairlift to the top of the mountain! -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 14:11
Let us never speak of that again -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 12:47
Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict to get 4 game suspension for PEDs -- (link) - Beaker Mar 16, 12:47
Refs are killing the momentum of the game -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 12:39 4
- Yup. -- nm - David Mar 16, 12:41 3
  - The second half of the 2017 championship game was not a how-to guide, fellas. -- nm - Beast of Baron Mar 16, 12:41 2
    - 20 seconds of game play just took 12 minutes in real time. -- nm - David Mar 16, 12:44
    - Yes. The last 60 seconds of game time (which began at 3:00 pm eastern) has been brutal -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 12:44
Marshall was last to touch that. Terrible call. -- nm - David Mar 16, 12:38
From the Not A Typo Division, Arkansas-Butler score... (spoils) - Beast of Baron Mar 16, 12:37 1
- Jinx! -- nm - David Mar 16, 12:38
LET'S GO PANTHERS - Strongbad Mar 16, 12:29 1
- COBRAS! -- nm - just oblique Mar 16, 12:33
And we are all Herd - JD Mar 16, 12:26 1
- and Lips -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 12:29
in the 'real estate is stupid here' files, this townhouse went up for sale on my street. Only $739,000. -- (link) - Andie Mar 16, 12:25 13
- That furniture is crowding every room. -- nm - Qale Mar 16, 13:10
- for $60k more, you can have this here. -- (link) - amanda Mar 16, 12:50 3
  - it has an elevator. That's a nice house. -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 13:25
  - that's cool.. does NOT look like it was built in 2007. -- nm - colin Mar 16, 12:54 1
    - 1955. 2007 reno. -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 13:08
- apparently it comes with an Elf. -- nm - colin Mar 16, 12:46 2
  - ELFs are Electric Light Fixtures. It's a standard line, it just means the fixtures stay (which they almost always do.) -- (edited) - Andie Mar 16, 13:38 1
    - And now every time I turn on a light switch I'm going to imagine an elf getting electrocuted by jumper cables -- nm - Guinnezz Mar 16, 13:40
- The worst part is, I'm starting to think it might be worth it -- nm - Roger More Mar 16, 12:30 1
  - be my neighbour! - Andie Mar 16, 12:32
- For a second I thought you meant there was a mill upstairs! -- nm - Guigue Mar 16, 12:28 2
  - HA! I was wondering where the windmill was... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 16, 13:36
  - that would be cool. but no. -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 12:29
Aw, Wichita State is a Koch funded operation? Guess their nickname should be the Milkshake Ducks. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 12:24
A frightening thought about that bridge that collapsed while they were adjusting the cables - Guinnezz Mar 16, 12:23
10T.W47 - prayformojo Mar 16, 12:18 1
- bonus points for playing the guitar solo of Alive -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 12:22
crash, does that 170 factor in that it's a duplex? Because I didn't realize that when I linked it. - Beryllium Mar 16, 12:14 2
- here I think you'd be looking mid 200s without a rental permit, low 300s with a rental permit. (there aren't a lot of duplexes in this town.) -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 12:19
- I saw it was a duplex and I am high for that. A comparable house just went for 171 and the market is getting hotter -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 12:18
Marshall is playing their guts out, awesome game...They are looking tired though -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 12:10 2
- this game is so inspiring--both teams are just battling. Giving everything they got. You'd never see a game like this in the NBA -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 12:21 1
  - Vegas going to get dented if Marshall wins -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 16, 12:32
Kind of an interesting article on FiveThirtyEight: Americans are Partisan About Everything - Even Sex Scandals -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 16, 12:10 14
- I don't care about the sex lives of any of them or whether it's immoral. I want to know if campaign funds were used to pay her or whether any laws - jnine Mar 16, 14:04
- Near as I can tell, democrats get their chicks for free, republicans get money for nothing - Guinnezz Mar 16, 13:38
- ... Duh... -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 13:23
- It’s not like there aren’t plenty of other reasons Trump is unfit for the presidency. - znufrii Mar 16, 13:02
- It was wrong and immoral when Clinton did it. It was wrong and immoral when Trump did it - IrishStephen Mar 16, 12:42
- I hate the Politicization of Everything - Strongbad Mar 16, 12:27 6
  - Go ahead, try and make me feel bad about it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 14:10 1
    - No use trying - Strongbad Mar 16, 15:15
  - This. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 16, 12:35
  - Look at their mascot. They are murderous Children of the Corn -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 12:31 2
    - I sure am glad Wake Forest didn't make this year's Field of 68. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 16, 12:32 1
      - That mascot is also seriously creepy looking -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 12:34
- My personal views haven't flipped since Clinton. I mainly am interested in it because I like the "moral right" twisting in knots to explain this -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 12:15 1
  - I'm in the same vein of thought: something similar to "it's not the crime, it's the cover up." - ReluctantCynic Mar 16, 12:35
Small fry has asked about access to Minecraft. Is there any concerns I should have about letting her? - Reagen Mar 16, 12:08 13
- I’d redirect her to start learning about the evil raccoon that runs the world, Tom Nook. (The Animal Crossing nt.) -- nm - Qale Mar 16, 13:11
- It was Logan's gateway drug I mean game. -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 13:05
- our youngest was around the age. The thing to watch for is when they start watching youtube videos of other people playing - Beaker Mar 16, 12:50
- nope! let her dive in. it's a great for learning problem solving. -- nm - colin Mar 16, 12:50
- Solo play is available, so no need to worry about interacting. Think about the game as LEGO's with a small amount of "plot" - TWuG is getting a Tesla! Mar 16, 12:43
- If you play on a mutliplayer server, absolutely there is. Playing the solo game, no. What I did for my kids that wanted to play multi was set up a - just oblique Mar 16, 12:23 4
  - Oblique is smart. - ReluctantCynic Mar 16, 12:37 3
    - heh. now I need to know :) -- nm - just oblique Mar 16, 12:45 2
      - (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Mar 16, 13:03 [Backboard] 1
        
        lol -- nm - just oblique Mar 16, 13:05
- evidently it is easy enough so even groiny can figure it out, so I don't think frustration will be a factor -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 12:12
- My niece played it like crazy at that age. I think it's fine. - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 12:10 1
  - It's a practical means to learn how to schedule play-time, how to be interruptible or schedule "unavailable" time. -- nm - landbeck Mar 16, 12:18

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