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Happy 15th birthday, KOTOR. - Strongbad Jul 15, 08:34 2
- The second one was great. I considered picking it up for like $4 during the Steam sale to play again. -- nm - Tim Jul 15, 08:39 1
  - I thought the ending of 2 felt rushed. 1 was brilliant, 2 was very good. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 15, 08:47
Omg what is the point of var if you don't use it for that?! -- nm - Loyola Jul 15, 08:19
Go Croatia! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 15, 08:10
On the way to the grocery store, we saw a car branded "Freedom Bail Bonds" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 15, 08:09
Seems to be a lot of blue hoarding surrounding the pitch. Makes it look like a home venue for France. -- nm - Loyola Jul 15, 08:07
NPR weekend puzzle was pretty easy today. Name a famous Chicagoian who's last name ends with "e". Change that letter to an "i", rearrange the letters - Amoxy Jul 15, 07:53 2
- Spoils - znufrii Jul 15, 07:54 1
  - Yup -- nm - Amoxy Jul 15, 08:10
I assume Manny Machado will get traded Wednesday morning - Will Hunting, Emperor of Blood Feud Jul 15, 07:16 4
- I like the idea of them trading Manny and Chris Davis to someone like the Dodgers or Yankees. - Inigo Jul 15, 08:42
- I'd love to have him but a few sites and writers think it'll be Philly. - Krusty Jul 15, 07:34 2
  - You guys will have him in 6 months - Will Hunting, Emperor of Blood Feud Jul 15, 07:51 1
    - Sounds good to me. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 07:55
Double Florida Shark Attack! -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 15, 07:09
Wimbledon spoils - Budice Jul 15, 06:54
New Doctor Who trailer today. BBC 1 broadcasting during WC halftime. -- nm - LMS Jul 15, 06:36 1
- Brilliant! -- nm - Budice Jul 15, 06:58
Burglar breaks into escape room, can't get out, panics, calls 911 -- (link) - Reagen Jul 15, 06:26
WH Coorespondent playing with Twitter scammer impersonating Maxine Waters trying to get $$. This is funny. -- (link*) - Strongbad Jul 15, 06:26
This. (ATL vs SEA later today) -- (link*) - Strongbad Jul 15, 06:17 1
- Whoa whoa whoa. This soccer and Macklemore beef will get out of hand. -- nm - Reagen Jul 15, 06:21
Happy Birthday Will! Happy Birthday Jack! -- nm - Andie Jul 15, 05:30 7
- Hope it's an amazing day! -- nm - Inigo Jul 15, 06:49
- cheers, fellas! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 15, 06:40
- Happy bothdays! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 15, 06:24
- One more, happy birthday to James Bond as well! Have a great day fellas! -- nm* - Krusty Jul 15, 06:15 2
  - Thanks:) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 15, 20:09 1
    - 👍🏻 -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 21:36
- Hope you both have a great day! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 15, 06:07
Trailer for Little Italy (Emma Roberts, Hayden Christensen) -- (link) - budice Jul 15, 03:57 [youtube] 4
- Yeah, I'll check it out. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 06:13
- My friend has been working on this movie *forever*. - Andie Jul 15, 04:15 2
  - It looks fun enough -- nm - Pippy Jul 15, 06:17
  - It's the sort of movie you do to Kubrickian perfection or not at all. -- nm - Reagen Jul 15, 04:17
* -- nm* - Andie Jul 15, 03:43
Shiny Minun and Plusle! -- (pic) - Andie Jul 15, 03:43 [Attachment]
Elon Musk is a major donor to a PAC to keep congress under republican control. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 15, 00:32 3
- His political donations seem to be about evenly split. I'm not a fan of him supporting the GOP - TWuG Jul 15, 06:55 1
  - and more recently to the Democratic Midterm Victory Fund -- (link) - mud Jul 15, 07:24
- great, now I can get a tesla for cheap. The liberal tears discount. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 15, 00:42
Solo was pretty good. And also, surprisingly crowded. - Beryllium Jul 15, 00:26 2
- also spoilers -- (edited) - Beryllium Jul 15, 01:37
- Spoilers - Beryllium Jul 15, 00:27
Comedians In Cars: Seinfeld and Mulaney--they gotta get these guys to do something together. Seinfeld as an EC for a Mulaney sitcom--- -- nm - Flavorize Jul 14, 22:37
I'd forgotten two things about MI:3 - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 21:11 7
- That phone call would never end as they keep threatening each other. -- nm - Max Jul 15, 03:54 2
  - "No, I don't know who *you* are, and I will find *you* and make you regret you were born..." "Listen, pal, you've got exactly 10 seconds to hang up.." -- nm* - Reagen Jul 15, 04:14 1
    - Jason Bourne : "Hey, you've got a spot on your shirt." -- nm - Reagen Jul 15, 05:19
- he was exceptional at everything he did -- nm - peglegpete Jul 14, 22:36 1
  - He really truly was. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 15, 00:29
- It might be my fav, of the series-- -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 14, 21:52
- I remember thinking he would make a great Penguin as it dropped the year after Batman Begins. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 14, 21:52
Mop's gonna be a daddy again! [don't tell the guy she married] -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 14, 21:08 2
- Kid ain't gonna go hungry. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 14, 21:58 1
  - Yes, they both have made a lot of money in their respective careers. -- nm - Reagen Jul 15, 04:15
Fuck you Robert -- nm - Amoxy Jul 14, 20:58
Russian hackers created Twitter accounts that - for years - posted reliable, true local news, essentially building a network of sleeper accounts. -- (link) - Mop Jul 14, 20:55 1
- While Obama was president. He should have stopped it! SAD! -- nm - Trump Jul 14, 21:32
That was an amazing bluff. -- nm - David Jul 14, 20:52
The Bulls signed Jabari Parker. Risky given his knees, but if he can return to form that is a talented really young lineup they’ve put together. - pmb Jul 14, 20:25
Not the Onion: Paul Ryan says a family of woodchucks ate his car -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 14, 20:23
Pika? (test) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 14, 20:22 2
- Pikachu! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 20:49 1
  - barbeque! -- nm - peglegpete Jul 14, 20:50
St. Louis Cards fire Manager Mike Matheny -- (link) - budice Jul 14, 20:14 2
- 2 months too late. -- nm - Flavorize Jul 14, 23:16
- Guess they got tired of him letting nonsense hazing go on. -- nm - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Jul 14, 21:05
Your attention please. They made an “Escape Plan 2”. That is all. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 20:13 5
- Let me guess. They broke back in to whatever place they escaped from the first time so that they could escape again. -- nm - Babarón Jul 15, 07:25
- Wwwaaaayyyyyt ... what? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 20:49 3
  - Rambo and Drax star in it. -- nm - Remlik Jul 14, 21:21 2
    - I'd assumed that poster was a double movie pack, with Stallone in the first one and Bautista alone in the second. -- nm - Max Jul 15, 03:56
    - Rambo: In the field we had a code of honor, you watch my back, I watch yours. - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 14, 21:44
If you feel a deep wave of angst and existential doubt today, don't worry. It's just Ingmar Bergman's 100th birthday. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 14, 20:08 3
- oh that's a relief I thought it was the sudden suspicion at midday that everything was meaningless and I've pissed my life away. -- nm - mud Jul 14, 20:19 2
  - Eat Arby's. -- nm - Qale Jul 15, 08:42
  - I was killed by Thanos. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 14, 20:27
It was possible to not know there were... two Nancy Sinatras? Whaa? The one who sang These Boots is still alive -- nm - con_carne Jul 14, 20:04 3
- Frank Sinatra JR. died in 2016. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 14, 20:17 1
  - You sure seem to know a lot about his death. That’s certainly suspicious. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 20:58
- And daughter Nancy is not yet 101 :) -- nm - Meg Jul 14, 20:08
Danai Gurira in Talks for 'Godzilla vs. Kong' and Star Trek 4 -- (link) - Remlik Jul 14, 19:49 2
- No mention of Star Trek in that article. But I did learn that another Godzilla movie is in the works. Followed by a Godzilla/King Kong crossover. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 19:57 1
  - wrong article...here it is -- (link) - Remlik Jul 14, 19:59
Big Brother POV winner spoils - peglegpete Jul 14, 19:20 1
- *spoils* - Ender Jul 15, 08:45
WSOP is down to the final 2. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 14, 18:55
I'm staying in the Canyon Lodge in Seligman again on the way back from Flagstaff. Told them I'd already stayed in the Hog Heaven and Elvis rooms... - Meg Jul 14, 18:42 10
- This sounds an awful lot like those Japanese love motels I researched for Later, Skater: On Tour. -- nm - Qale Jul 14, 19:40 5
  - Well if this is your thing.....I didn't get picture of the Harley motif shower curtains :) -- (pic) - Meg Jul 14, 19:53 [Attachment] 3
    - It does get my motor running. -- nm - Qale Jul 14, 20:01 2
      - Looking for adventure. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 14, 20:09 1
        
        Yeah Darlin' go make it happen - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 21:09
  - Or the themed rooms at the west edmonton mall -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 19:51
- Is that the room with the truck sized air conditioner outside that rumbles, rattles, click clack allllll night? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 19:15 1
  - It's an old original Route 66 motel so who knows ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 14, 19:26
- Fun! -- nm - Pippy Jul 14, 19:08 1
  - I'm so glad JenBro seemed to approve of my hotel choices on the Arizona trip. I know I have strange tastes in motels :) -- nm - Meg Jul 14, 19:29
Decide My Movie: The Nice Guys or Mission Impossible 3? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 17:58 9
- MI 3 it is, followed by Ep 3 of Cunk on Britain! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 18:19
- have you seen all 5 episodes of Cunk on Britain? here is the link to part 1 -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 14, 18:16 [youtube]
- MI:3 Haven't seen The Nice Guys -- nm - amoxy Jul 14, 18:14 3
  - It's really solid -- B+ to A- weird comedy. -- nm - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Jul 14, 18:19 2
    - I'm considering it Russell Crowes last good film. He is doing weird roles these days -- nm - Pippy Jul 14, 19:09 1
      - Roger Ailles. Very weird. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 19:19
- MI:3 -- nm - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Jul 14, 18:05
- It’s a really tough choice, but I also lean toward MI3. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 18:00
- MI:3 -- nm - J Jul 14, 17:59
Yankees manager Aaron Boone ejected from tonight's game. -- (link*) - budice Jul 14, 17:50
The beta site might have a bit of downtime late tonight while I rejigger the IP and the SSL certificates. But first, I'm gonna watch Solo. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 17:40 1
- translation: Tonight Pinky, we try to take over the World!!!! -- nm - peglegpete Jul 14, 18:18
MoviePass introduced Surge Pricing for monthly users last weekend. This weekend is when it really started to push users off the service. - Qale Jul 14, 17:15 10
- Who would've thought an obviously unsustainable business model would be unsustainable? - Babarón Jul 14, 18:43
- More like Purge Pricing -- nm - Dano Jul 14, 17:48
- Meh. I just checked. I’m not seeing any surge pricing. But I’m in a rural area. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 17:34 2
  - I am on the yearly plan. No surge pricing for those folks. (But I’ve actually cancelled.) -- nm - Qale Jul 14, 18:05 1
    - Huh. I didn’t realize it was only for select users. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 18:57
- Moviepass parent company stock last October was $39 a share, today it's .19 a share. That tells you all you need to know. -- nm - Bacon Jul 14, 17:27 4
  - I feel like we're going to find out this was some sort of Brewster's Millions scenario. -- nm - Reagen Jul 15, 03:20
  - Pot stocks are through the roof! -- nm - Pippy Jul 14, 19:11
  - BUY BUY BUY!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 14, 18:10
  - Time to get in while it is back on the ground floor! -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 14, 18:08
Another casino tour bus crashes in L.A. - Meg Jul 14, 17:10 6
- Every time the CHP does inspection at high tourist roads, they end up towing half the buses for CRITICAL violations -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 18:21 2
  - I hate sharing the highway with them. I generally move over and let them have the fast lane rather than have them tailgating me. -- nm - Meg Jul 14, 18:24 1
    - Good idea, the main reason for violations are their brakes are shot -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 19:16
- 2.0833333333333333333333334 dozen -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 17:52
- Theres a ton of those casino buses -- nm - budice Jul 14, 17:12 1
  - And on that same NBC7 front page..... -- (link) - Meg Jul 14, 17:45
A paragliding protester came within feet of Trump in Scotland -- (link) - budice Jul 14, 16:53 13
- that's reasonable cause or some other right sounding phrase by my rule book. Secret Service, Open FIRE!!!! -- nm - POTUS Jul 14, 16:59
- vid -- (link) - budice Jul 14, 16:56 [youtube] 10
  - He’s lucky he didn’t get shot. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 17:36 4
    - In the US, he would have. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 14, 18:30 3
      - I'm not so sure he shouldn't have - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Jul 14, 18:50 2
        
        Indeed. This implies someone who wants to do the president real harm can easily do so. Hollywood has overthought this. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 18:59
        
        oh brother -- nm - mud Jul 14, 18:58
  - closeup vid -- (link) - budice Jul 14, 17:02 [youtube] 4
    - To Trump’s credit, he didn’t hold up a baby as a human shield. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 17:38 3
      - Next time -- nm - Pippy Jul 14, 19:12
      - tbf, there wasn't one at hand like in Greg Stillson's case. -- nm - mud Jul 14, 17:46 1
        
        Trump needs to be better prepared. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 14, 18:12
- my favourite part of the photo is where it shows a fake president running away like a little boy. -- nm - mud Jul 14, 16:56
Boaty McBoatface launches -- (link) - znufrii, not outraged Jul 14, 16:53 3
- Please, can we have a bit of respect and decorum about this? - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 17:27 1
  - A funny thing happened on the way to decorum. -- nm* - znufrii, not outraged Jul 14, 17:29
- ... that compromise is acceptable on the surface, but ... - Beryllium Jul 14, 17:21
Sacha Baron Cohen's website is filled with totally insane conspiracy theories. -- (link) - amoxy Jul 14, 16:39 3
- "I did NOT say I was a war vet. I was in the service - not military - but United Parcel..." -- nm* - Max Jul 14, 17:21
- I could very easily live in a world where SBC disappeared from the public eye for, oh, 10 or so decades.. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 14, 16:46 1
  - As little as he leaves his hawt ass wife -- nm - Pippy Jul 14, 19:13
"All in all you're just another prick with no wall." -- (link*) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 14, 16:37 1
- heh -- nm - mud Jul 14, 16:46

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