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Christmas just got a lot crisper. -- (link) - Shaun May 15, 07:49 1
Very insightful. ESPN has an article outlining what each team in tonight's NBA lottery should do with the pick they receive. - volnelk May 15, 07:41 1
- Minus the international player, apparently they expect the first 8 to be taken to all be Freshman. -- nm - MDH May 15, 07:49
Sichuan Air pilot sucked 'halfway' out windshield before being rescued. -- (link) - Andie May 15, 07:31 2
- Peking duck strikes are a real threat to Chinese aviation... -- nm - Ender May 15, 07:56
- That's a spicy flight. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 07:34
BlacKkKlansman trailer looks good too -- (link) - LMS May 15, 07:28 [youtube] 8
- I love the idea of Topher Grace as David Duke. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 07:35
- Got a 10 minute standing O at Cannes. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 15, 07:29 6
  - Imagine how long 10 minutes would feel if you were just clapping. -- nm - Shaun May 15, 07:39 1
    - ouch -- nm - hands May 15, 07:51
  - That's standard for Cannes ovations though. -- nm - LMS May 15, 07:31 3
    - That or they boo you, then follow you home and boo you in the shower. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 07:36
    - Agreed, just saying it is not bad. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 15, 07:32 1
      - Yeah, it's a good sign. It's been lukewarm reception for most films at Cannes this year I understand. -- nm - LMS May 15, 07:41
For the fourth time, no, I don’t think we need to go back to the client and ask them to make things more complicated for us -- (edited) - znufrii May 15, 07:17
Seeing lots of positive reviews of Deadpool 2 (many saying it's better than the first) -- nm - decline May 15, 07:07
Bohemian Rhapsody Teaser Trailer -- (link) - LMS May 15, 07:02 [youtube] 5
- Rubbish! -- nm - Diggie May 15, 07:31
- If that is the original script, the trailer is disingenuous. spoilers - Bacon May 15, 07:31
- Yup. -- nm - Mop May 15, 07:28
- I'm in. -- nm - MDH May 15, 07:05 1
  - yeah, it looks fantastic -- nm - groiny May 15, 07:15
Making a point to interact with the Facebook pages of my elected representatives: Useful civic discourse or pointless exercise in frustration? -- nm* - znufrii May 15, 06:56 2
- Useless gesture. -- nm - Putin May 15, 07:04
- useful. They track comments. It's how they choose what to pay attention to. - Andie May 15, 07:03
Dawson! Jay-Z is at the SEC! go say hi -- nm - decline May 15, 06:52 2
- Try and make him cry! -- nm - mafic May 15, 06:52 1
  - Jackie Onions is *on* it! -- nm - Andie May 15, 07:04
Opening a checking/savings account for my son in his name last night online without him present just goes to show how insanely easy it is to do that - just oblique May 15, 06:31 8
- probably also need - SyrDragon May 15, 06:37 6
  - just a guess, but kilbo might have that info -- nm - decline May 15, 06:37 5
    - Or his wife for sure. - mafic May 15, 06:41 3
      - yes, easy for parents and guardians...hopefully not easy for cyber criminals -- nm - SyrDragon May 15, 06:44
      - "and that boy, when was he born??" -- nm - decline May 15, 06:42 1
        
        “Did we give him a middle name?” -- nm - mafic May 15, 06:49
    - I'm just saying having working in financial web middleware that one would hope it would at least have the capability to do a lookup to corroborate - SyrDragon May 15, 06:40
- now quick, launder some money through it and apply for a couple of credit cards in his name and take a trip to Bora Bora - decline May 15, 06:33
So I'm making a list of 'tourist in your city' things to do this summer and resolving to do some of them. -- (edited) - ty97 May 15, 06:28 28
- Apollo Theatre -- nm - LMS May 15, 07:44
- do you want to go to buffalo with me? it's close. -- nm - amanda May 15, 07:39
- go to the US Open in Flushing -- nm - decline May 15, 07:08
- visit the abandoned subway stations -- (link) - decline May 15, 06:54 1
  - Bound to be some CHUDs there! -- nm - mafic May 15, 06:55
- Find some CHUDs. -- nm - mafic May 15, 06:51
- High Line Park, Whitney Museum -- nm - Roger More May 15, 06:50 8
  - Ive done High Line a couple of times. - ty97 May 15, 06:51 7
    - MoMA? -- nm - Roger More May 15, 06:52 6
      - several times, was even an annual member. I definitely love it and want to go back, just trying to prioritize other things - ty97 May 15, 06:53 5
        
        Halal Guys? Katz's Deli? Magnolia Cupcakes? -- nm - Roger More May 15, 06:54 4
        
        Cronuts! -- nm - Roger More May 15, 07:24
        
        Katz's I've done. Actually walked by Halal Guys yesterday! - ty97 May 15, 07:00 2
        
        I think I met a bunch of STer's at Katz's way back when. (Magnolia is overrated imho) -- nm - decline May 15, 07:01 1
        
        My Katz's trip (way back when) was with STers -- nm - ty97 May 15, 07:14
- 9/11 Museum -- nm - volnelk May 15, 06:45 3
  - I've done the memorial but have always been a bit skeeved by the museum (and can't really explain it) -- nm - ty97 May 15, 06:49 2
    - It's weird to say that it's amazing, but I thought it was amazing. It's really really well done. - volnelk May 15, 07:06 1
      - There's a naval museum here that has big sections on The Halifax Explosion and The Titanic - Reagen May 15, 07:22
- Cloisters -- nm - Covington May 15, 06:37 2
  - I was perusing tripadvisor and discovered this -- (link) - Covington May 15, 06:41 1
    - never even heard of it and that's in my neighborhood, walk past that area all the time -- nm - ty97 May 15, 06:49
- Go see TV/movie sites (i.e. Carrie's house from SATC, W&G apartment, Madonna's house, etc). -- nm - MDH May 15, 06:34
- Guggenheim? -- nm - Reagen May 15, 06:33 1
  - I probably should, haven't been ever. Also need to go back to the Met, been many years. - ty97 May 15, 06:34
- Dinosaur BBQ -- nm - decline May 15, 06:31 2
  - That's more of a Syracuse tourist thing, since that's where it started. -- nm - MDH May 15, 06:33 1
    - well, true, but the one in Harlem is just as good - and is across the street from the Cotton Club -- nm - decline May 15, 06:36
Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer [Emotion Picture], featuring Tessa Thompson -- (link) - Covington May 15, 06:27 [youtube]
WH calls death of more then 60 Palestinians a propaganda attempt -- (link) - amoxy May 15, 06:09 4
- But really, who could have foreseen this? - Guigue May 15, 06:24
- unbelievable. -- nm - Andie May 15, 06:21 1
  - Is it? - Cuzzin Todd May 15, 06:22
- Which tells you they'd be perfectly okay killing 60 people if they could use the deaths to score political points. -- nm - TWuG May 15, 06:15
Clayne Crawford injured Damon Wayans on set, so that's why he got bounced -- (link) - Reagen May 15, 06:00 5
- I'm confused -- so the squib goes off to the right, but the shrapnel injury is to the left... - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud May 15, 07:27 1
  - Kinda sounds like he's just a dick to everyone on set. nm -- (edited) - Johnny Lawrence May 15, 07:42
- Yeah, I knew there was something more to this. -- nm - Mop May 15, 07:23 1
  - There is A LOT more here. -- nm - Mop May 15, 07:26
- Wow. That's crazy. And even more so because those 2 click SO well on screen. nm - Johnny Lawrence May 15, 07:18
Happy Birthday Krusty! -- nm - Andie May 15, 05:58 11
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Flavorize May 15, 07:01
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH May 15, 06:52
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Roger More May 15, 06:51
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun May 15, 06:41
- Happy bday -- nm - eag May 15, 06:41
- HBD, Krusty! -- nm - SyrDragon May 15, 06:37
- happy birthday, brother krusty! -- nm - prayformojo May 15, 06:22
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - LMS May 15, 06:15
- Happy 🎂🎂 -- nm - amoxy May 15, 06:11
- Happy birthday and feel better! -- nm - ty97 May 15, 06:05
- Happy Birthday! (hope you're feeling better) -- nm - decline May 15, 06:01
St. Louis Circuit Attorney drops invasion of privacy case against Gov. Greitens on the grounds that she has no evidence. -- (link) - Baron Breynolds May 15, 05:53 1
- Your post is misleading -- the defense put the prosecutor on the potential witness list -- the prosecutors office will re-file. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud May 15, 07:09
Caaaafffeeeeeiiinnnnneeeee -- nm - ty97 May 15, 05:20 2
- Fooooooooooooooooooooood - just oblique May 15, 05:39 1
  - Civic duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuty -- nm - I voted May 15, 05:45
"What, am I gonna carry stocks on a plane? Watching me build this is part of the torture!" -- nm - Reagen May 15, 04:57
TV PSA: Capitals/Lightning, Celtics/Cavs, NBA Lottery, Civilizations, MasterChef Jr (recap), NCIS, Roseanne, Shadowhunters, Real HW, Flash, Smackdown, -- nm - Beaker May 15, 03:12 2
- Voice, Middle, Blackish, Below Deck, Deadliest Catch, New Girl, NCIS NO, 100, Rise, Splitting Up Together, Chicago Med, For the People, Chrisley, -- nm - Beaker May 15, 03:14 1
  - In Contempt, Legion, Challenge, Tosh.O, Jim Jeffries, Last OG, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 15, 03:14
Sports Book coming soon to place near you. most team values just doubled -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 02:28 23
- They were talking about it this morning. If Vegas didn't pay the teams before, why are teams more valuable now? - volnelk May 15, 05:17 22
  - Well, NBA gets 1% of some such, also televison viewing should go way up, so all sports advertising $ will increase, .... -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 15, 07:34
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    - Are you not familiar with in-game betting? - Reagen May 15, 05:51 5
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        Some rando semipro got in trouble for eating a pie because there was a line on it. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 05:58 2
        
        There was a cricket scandal a couple years ago where guys would basically foot fault on purpose when bowling. - mafic May 15, 06:49 1
        
        Yeah you always hear about that stuff going on at lower level events, like tennis tournaments and low level club soccer games. - volnelk May 15, 07:08
    - Is match fixing/point shaving as big a deal in the UK as it is here? - Strongbad May 15, 05:51 2
      - More at the lower levels of football. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 05:54
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    - I could easily see in-seat gambling, where you bet on things as the game progresses and cash out at the end of the game. -- nm - volnelk May 15, 05:50 1
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  - Because overall interest in pro sports would increase if it can be gambled on anywhere. -- (edited) - Reagen May 15, 05:24
  - I think it's pretty clear that there's a subset of people who pay attention to sports when they have a vested interest - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud May 15, 05:23 7
    - Doubling seems ambitious but there's definitely value added now. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 05:25 6
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        they want the Feds to legalize and then regulate rather than have every State do their own thing -- nm - Beaker May 15, 07:57
        
        They realize now that they'll need to be more diligent in their efforts to stop the negatives. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud May 15, 07:05
        
        IMO, -110 is going to turn into -115/-120. The leagues will get their cut. -- nm - Strongbad May 15, 06:00
        
        There's still a lot of prurient interests at play. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 05:52
      - I agree with that, but some people are making it sound like direct value, when really it's mostly going to be indirect. -- nm - volnelk May 15, 05:48
man! the wait time for citizenship applications used to be like 6 weeks, but then they stopped accepting applications for like 8 months, so now - mafic May 15, 01:40
Wake up! -- nm - prayformojo May 15, 01:09
Puget Sound mussels have trace amounts of oxycodone (imagine krusty running out to schlurp a bowl of cioppino or a paella) -- (link) - zeitgeist May 15, 00:25 1
- yikes, mussels also showed high levels of the chemotherapy drug Melphalan at “levels where we might want to look at biological impacts,” - zeitgeist May 15, 00:32
I hate when people give me phone numbers in unexpected cadences. - mafic May 14, 22:35 3
- I sometimes say, "three trillion, one-hundred seventy-six million, nine-hundred sixty-one thousand..." - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 15, 07:55
- Brent Butt had a routine about this - Reagen May 15, 02:55 1
  - mobiles here are traditionally xxxx xxx xxx. Landlines xxxx xxxx or xx xxxx xxxx if you need the area code. Took some getting used to. -- nm - mafic May 15, 06:29
Fox's new series The Cool Kids sounds a lot like a co-ed Golden Girls. - ty97 May 14, 21:54
There's a car chase *and* a shooting in Fifty Shades Freed. - David May 14, 21:46 2
- I'd love to be able to rate that movie in terms of where it ranks in the trilogy, but they're all so eminently forgettable that nothing remains. -- nm - mafic May 14, 22:04 1
  - Got it. 3 wisps. -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 22:10
NBC's fall schedule is capping off comedy night with SVU? -- nm - . May 14, 21:38 1
- Wacky fun. -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 21:50
Krusty, I totally feel ya. Dental pain is the *worst*. (Clove oil can help if you have a 24 hour pharmacy nearby.) nm - ralph wiggum May 14, 21:28 10
- Sadly I don't have one nearby. I have to tough it out until the morning until I can see a dentist. -- nm - Krusty May 15, 00:47
- Oh Krusty, I am so sorry to read that. -- nm - David May 14, 21:48
- heroin, the strongest pain relief you can buy (without a doctor's prescription) -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 21:30 7
  - My dentist gave me Norco in January when I was having tooth pain. They can still prescribe it -- nm - Bacon May 14, 22:18 1
    - response to B2 comment -- nm - Bacon May 14, 22:19
  - I promise you, if I had heroin available when I've had an infected tooth, I would have taken it in a heartbeat. nm - ralph wiggum May 14, 21:38 4
    - I wish I had heroin right now. I just want to sleep for a few hours but that's not happening with this pain. -- nm - Krusty May 15, 00:46 3
      - I found that brisk walking felt better than trying to sit still. I don't know if it diverts blood flow or just mentally distracted me, but it helped. - ralph wiggum May 15, 01:09 2
        
        Tire iron to the hand. Distraction technique. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 02:56 1
        
        Surprisingly preferable to tooth nerve pain. nm - ralph wiggum May 15, 04:52
Okay. -- (link) - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 14, 21:27
Saw last week’s Steven Universe. That reveal was mind blowing. -- nm - Mop May 14, 20:53 2
- Wow. Forgot the show when we switched DVR providers. - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 14, 20:54 1
  - Home stretch. It all ends this summer. -- nm - Mop May 14, 20:57

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