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Ea-nasir, Babylonian asshole -- (link) - TWuG Apr 6, 16:19 1
- "Marduk, what an asshole." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 16:31
John Barrowman is not happy with Target -- (link) - Covington Apr 6, 16:11 6
- Yeah, that's a rogue employee making up their own rules. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 16:28 1
  - I just checked, and there's this - it was a security person, not the cashier. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 6, 16:30
- I followed this yesterday from right after he posted about it. they responded within a couple of hours with what it shows at that link. - b. Apr 6, 16:21 1
  - this reminded me of one time at a starbucks. - b. Apr 6, 16:28
- Target better be worried, this is a man Who can live forever and carry a grudge. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 16:13 1
  - and time travel with the Legion of Doom. -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 16:26
skimming the po.go posts again reminded me to ask if the weather is as frequently inaccurate for others as it is for me. - b. Apr 6, 15:44 8
- I believe they get the weather for either the entire day or a large part of the day at one time. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 6, 15:58 6
  - Yup -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 16:06
  - hmm, I think it's usually more changey than that for me; and we've had an unfortunate lot of changiness since they started the feature. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 16:03 4
    - and suddenly, it's just cloudy. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 16:11 3
      - Yeah, it can change relatively often, but it changes based on the forecast. So if the forecast is off, so is in-game weather. - ty97 Apr 6, 16:29 2
        
        ah, that kind of timeframe matches better. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 16:33 1
        
        It's all surmising, as Niantic hasn't said, but it seems to make sense - ty97 Apr 6, 16:35
- pogo is right; reality is wrong -- nm - psilotum Apr 6, 15:45
I walked almost non-stop for the last six hours. I took the subway two stops and the bus five blocks otherwise - Krusty Apr 6, 15:16 2
- vnhaul! :) - -- nm - b. Apr 6, 15:40 1
  - I had a good time and I'll use those savings for some summer clothes. -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 16:12
Jersey Shore: An Oral History -- (link) - Beaker Apr 6, 15:09 1
- God, and we thought the OCC meme was getting too long. Snooki's list alone must require a mile of scrolling. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 15:10
These continue to be funny -- (link) - Reagen Apr 6, 15:03 2
- I *just* looked at that. :) - I'll take a bunch of those over another "if you don't like me.." one. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Apr 6, 15:09 1
  - word. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 15:09
NHL Just Up And Decides To Invent Tiebreaking Game Two Days Before It Might Need One -- (link) - Beaker Apr 6, 15:02 4
- I am all for this. It’s hilarious. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 15:50
- They should just pull out the draft wheel they used for the Canucks and Sabres - Reagen Apr 6, 15:05 2
  - If it was 13, Edmonton won the pick. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 15:21 1
    - We're getting it. Everyone just needs to prepare. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 15:43
the fbi raided the home of backpage.com's founder today and shut down the site. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 6, 14:59 1
- I don't think I'd heard of that site before, but by all accounts - good riddance. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 15:02
I tangented from the story below - the bakery owner rocks (read the huffpo version for what he's said and done), and that led me to finding his/his - b. Apr 6, 14:53
My wife, clearly a sports fan: "They have Masters in places other than Augusta, right?" -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 14:43 6
- "A tradition like a few others." -- nm - Inigo Apr 6, 16:17
- Hah! BTW Tiger is not really a tiger. -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 16:17
- It rotates between Georgia and Maine every year. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 14:57
- Thing I learned this week -- so did Martha Burke: the woman organizing the protests against Augusta 15 years ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 14:56
- at least she was curious? -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 14:48
- :) -- nm - Jovian Apr 6, 14:46
Now this is a delicious way to say "suck it". -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 6, 14:34 11
- Nicey -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 14:50
- I hope she took her time singling out each cupcake. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 14:39
- Buying out the store cost 40 bucks? That’s a high volume establishment -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 14:36 7
  - Its Indiana. They don't want to have too much baked goods on hand in case gays want to buy them for a wedding. -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 15:01 2
    - psst. - b. Apr 6, 15:39 1
      - I don't let details I haven't read get in the way of mocking Indiana. -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 15:54
  - $54 - I heard the story yesterday on the radio. it said there was a long line and limited supply. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 14:40 2
    - 20 oversized cupcakes; it's a bakery, not a cupcake shop -- nm - psilotum Apr 6, 15:48
    - here's a googly link with lots of versions from which to choose. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 6, 14:42
  - Yeah, in Victoria that would be maybe five cupcakes. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 14:36
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 14:35
lol. Kimmel and Hannity have been going at it all day on twitter - Jovian Apr 6, 14:31 2
- He is actually dumb enough to mix it up with a professional comedian? just when I thought we had found the bottom.... -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 14:33 1
  - The hypocrisy from Hannity is absurd. I loved Jimmy's Line ‘You know what I think is disrespectful to the First Lady? - Volnelk Apr 6, 14:49
Facebook will now more formally consider how its products might ruin our lives -- (link) - tweet from gizmodo Apr 6, 14:26
TX Rep. Farenthold resigns -- nm - Jovian Apr 6, 14:23 1
- oops. missed this just below. -- nm - Jovian Apr 6, 14:23
Imagine being so corrupt that the dude who's trying to buy your influence had enough of you -- (link) - Reagen Apr 6, 14:22 1
- "There is only so much that we are willing to bribe you on behalf of our clients." -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 14:30
Vegas crew checking in. Just getting back from day hike. -- nm - budice Apr 6, 14:18 3
- if any of you want to come by early, I am sitting here watching tv not doing much -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 14:45
- “day hike” aka “helping Meg bury the bodies” -- nm - IrishStephen Apr 6, 14:21 1
  - "The Tontine has been secured. Repeat: The Tontine has been secured." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 14:36
Tiger looks like he might drop a couple in the water just so he can go home. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 14:17 1
- Yeah, if he takes a dump in a water hazard they will send him home for sure. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 16:03
What is your Friday afternoon Earworm? -- (link) - Amoxy Apr 6, 13:59 [youtube] 15
- ~I'm actually good, can't help it if we're tilted~ -- (link) - Covington Apr 6, 16:03 [youtube]
- My daughter's song, DFM. As you can imagine, I've heard it a lot lately. -- (link) - pmb Apr 6, 14:22 2
  - oo, that's very enjoyable - it reminds me of something from an artist I like called Trace. :) - -- nm - b. Apr 6, 14:48 1
    - Glad you like it! I'll check out Trace. -- nm - pmb Apr 6, 15:02
- '/~my future used to shine as bright as a diamond..'/~ the unlikely candidates, "oh my dear lord" nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 6, 14:20 [youtube]
- Holly Bowling playing Terrapin Station -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 6, 14:15 [youtube]
- Zombie - Cranberries -- nm - Shaun Apr 6, 14:08
- Demi Lovato's Cool for the Summer -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 14:04
- Just Between You and Me by April Wine because I saw their name for the first time in who knows how long yesterday. -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 14:02 3
  - That was the first dance at my wedding - Amoxy Apr 6, 14:07 2
    - ahhhh, did you have a band or a dj? -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 14:09 1
      - DJ -- nm - Amoxy Apr 6, 14:10
- Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx, for unknown reasons. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 14:00
- It's going to be Chelsea Dagger in about 3 hours -- nm - rollo Apr 6, 14:00
- shake your moneymaker -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 14:00
I hope everyone has fun this weekend in Las Vegas. I'd be joining but I have to go to some stupid wedding May 19th at Windsor Castle - crash davis Apr 6, 13:52
blake farenthold is resigning. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 6, 13:52 1
- But his fifth chin has launched a bid for the vacant seat. - Will Hunting Apr 6, 13:54
10 Things a Week, Week 49, where Guns N Roses meet Faberge eggs - prayformojo Apr 6, 13:49
Have we done this? -- (link) - ty97 Apr 6, 13:45 16
- Final Four: Back to the Future, Ferris Bueller, Ghostbusters and Revenge of the Nerds -- nm - Amoxy Apr 6, 14:02
- Mine: - JaxSean Apr 6, 13:54 5
  - My tough matchups are Ferris Bueller's Day Off vs The Breakfast Club and The Goonies vs The Dark Crystal -- (edited) - JaxSean Apr 6, 13:58 3
    - I like movies with swords, probably a lot more than you do. But in no galaxy in this dimension does Highlander beat Back To The Future -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 14:01 2
      - I love Highlander. BttF is great, but - JaxSean Apr 6, 14:07 1
        
        oh snap -- nm - Max Apr 6, 14:50
  - are you just guessing because you don't actually watch movies? -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 13:56
- Ghostbusters over BttF because Jurassic Park isn’t an 80’s movie. - Will Hunting Apr 6, 13:51
- that fourth group is weak - crash davis Apr 6, 13:51
- I object to many of the pairings. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 13:49 3
  - sure, but the winner is easy. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:51
  - the seeding is brutal. I think I end up with Back to the Future vs. Goonies. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 13:51
  - also that jurassic park was included when it was released in 1993. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 13:50
- At first glance I was like "Oh that's easy...wait....oh crap." -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 13:47 2
  - Here's the 16 movies textually: - JaxSean Apr 6, 13:50
  - yeah, damn bracket, why you gotta do us that way? -- nm - Max Apr 6, 13:49
Part self-shill, part PSA: If you're interested in Acorns (the savings/investment app), let me know. - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 13:43 10
- I’ve got a similar thing going with my Fidelity card. My 2% cash back goes right into a brokerage account. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 6, 14:02 2
  - Very similar. - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 14:19 1
    - Every little bit helps, for sure. -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 14:30
- wasn't that the community Obamanizer group that laundered pimp's money? - suspicious Fox Viewer Apr 6, 13:46 6
  - *sigh* I knew someone would try to tie this to PizzaGate ... - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 13:53 5
    - in that case. please refer me :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 13:55 4
      - Done! And actually, the referral system is even better than I thought ... -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 13:56 3
        
        gracias, I'll take a look late at it - I'm at work and then I have a beginning stargazing class from 6 to 9 - crash davis Apr 6, 13:59 2
        
        Lesson #1: "Look up. At night. Outside." -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 14:46 1
        
        Or maybe not, Parks And Rec just told me the class was postponed until May 26th. -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 14:48
this is interesting - molly ringwald revisited some john hughes movies, in light of the #metoo movement. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 6, 13:40
B2: sorry Walt, it is the one downtown (the old train station) -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 13:26
if men flirted like birds. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 6, 13:10 20
- ah, that link is one of the annoying ones that doesn't give direct credit - at least she included the artist's name. here's the comic's site. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 6, 13:18
- Calling women 'birds' is rude! -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:13 18
  - *tosses something shiny to move you along* -- nm - b. Apr 6, 13:21 15
    - is it a magikarp? - ty97 Apr 6, 13:25 14
      - maybe it's best I never get to that step. unless they up their frequency when you do, I'm doomed. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 13:27 13
        
        They apparently have upped the rate a bit, but just a bit -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:28 12
        
        Meanwhile, I can only seem to hit great curveballs right now - ty97 Apr 6, 13:29 8
        
        after that guy's tip, I'm sparkling all the time now, heh. - b. Apr 6, 13:31 4
        
        I'm curving and getting some nices and greats - ty97 Apr 6, 13:34 3
        
        yah, I've noticed they're harder to come by now, too. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 13:37 2
        
        I blame you -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:38 1
        
        *spins and sparkles* -- nm - b. Apr 6, 13:40
        
        i can't seem to get anything to register as a curveball any more. like, they are - but it doesn't SAY they are. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 13:30 2
        
        they changed it! see here: nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 6, 13:32 [Backboard] 1
        
        thx -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 13:33
        
        I've seen 2 this week, which is unusual. I pineapple'd them, just in case; but still nowhere near enough. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 13:29 2
        
        Hope for rain - ty97 Apr 6, 13:30 1
        
        it was pouring earlier - nary a flop. -- nm - b. Apr 6, 13:33
  - That's not ... ugh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 13:19 1
    - There's no ughing in STball! -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:21
Derp! I thought the convention opened its doors a noon, it does not. - IrishStephen Apr 6, 13:08 4
- We are going to our first "-con" in May - JaxSean Apr 6, 13:45 1
  - Oooooh! Who’s going to be there? -- nm - IrishStephen Apr 6, 14:14
- it doesn't start til 5? if so, have you guys been to the children's discovery museum? they're open until 5 today - tickets are around $15. (link -- (edited) - b. Apr 6, 13:14 1
  - Thanks for the suggestions! The kids are too excited about meeting Stan Lee, so they don’t want to go anywhere, you know, “just in case...” -- (edited) - IrishStephen Apr 6, 14:14
Khabib vs Al Iaquinta tomorrow. If Khabib wins, the LW belt is his. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 13:04 3
- The other guy missed weight, same as Pettis but they are going with this cannon fodder. - Will Hunting Apr 6, 13:16 2
  - FWIW, if Pettis and Iaquinta were fighting... I'd take Iaquinta. - Strongbad Apr 6, 14:32 1
    - Serra won because GSP slipped. It was a fluke. Cannon-fodder. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 14:34
kate hudson revealed, via instagram, this morning that she's pregnant.. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Apr 6, 13:03 1
- weird, I was just thinking recently that she had announced a pregnancy six months ago. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 13:28
Judge sets Conor's bail at 50K and allows him to leave the country. Court date June 14. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 13:02
Masters hole 16: DJ just turned a 12 ft birdie putt from the fringe into a 40-50 ft par putt... and drained it. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 12:57
isthisweekoveryet.com -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 12:48 1
- 15 minutes! -- nm - decline Apr 6, 12:48
Reversible password storage is an anti-pattern. So even if it's stored encrypted, and then decrypted for customer support, it's STILL wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 12:47 1
- Related post, unfortunately. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 6, 12:48 [Backboard]
Would you like to touch my monkey? -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 12:45

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