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Andie, YGM, if you would please check it out..... - groiny Oct 15, 10:22
A few quick thoughts: 1) I don't know Ariana Grande or Pete Davidson - ty97 Oct 15, 10:17 8
- It sure threw cold water on the Jovian fantasy of running into Jlaw randomly. And her and I falling madly in love. -- nm - Jovian Oct 15, 10:22 3
  - *THIS* is what threw cold water on that fantasy? :) -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 10:23 2
    - lol yep. Its a Jovian Fact that her and I would be a phenomenal match. -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 15, 10:26 1
      - Jovian Fact: a fact that only Jovian believes. But believes 100%. - Jovian Oct 15, 10:28
- At the very least, it never seemed like a stunt. Maybe they were just mismatched. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 10:21 3
  - Never struck me as a stunt either -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 10:23
  - if a dude can make a girl laugh, anything is possible. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 10:22 1
    - This. and also about opportunity. -- nm - Jovian Oct 15, 10:28
Over the weekend, I watched about 15 episodes of The Republic of Doyle. Fun show -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 10:14
Impact Wrestling: not news: Austin Aries is a douche. News: John from Survivor wins world title! -- (link*) - Tim Oct 15, 10:14
Fendi has a new shawl that looks like a big furry... -- (link) - budice Oct 15, 10:05 1
- Yikes! -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 10:56
Expedition Unknown must be running out of ideas. Pretty soon there’s gonna be a crossover with Ancient Aliens. -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 10:04
Can someone give me a non-spoiler synopsis of The Haunting Of Hill House? And how many episodes is it? -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:58 12
- I was recommending it to Trish to watch at the hospital. She likes that sort of stuff more than I do. -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 10:13
- Here's the trailer. -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 15, 10:01 [youtube] 1
  - thanks :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 10:04
- there's this house, called 'Hill House', where scary stuff happens -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:59 1
  - lol, I love all of you freaks. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 10:00
- house on a hill is haunted. 10 epis -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:59 1
  - and here is the couple sentence synopsis - Beaker Oct 15, 10:01
- there is a house, and it is haunted. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:59 4
  - but WHERE is this house? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 10:01
  - thank you for your contribution -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 10:00 2
    - ik, r? at least I went the extra step and got the episode count :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 10:00 1
      - and I appreciated the episode count -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 10:01
So there I was yesterday. - crash davis Oct 15, 09:54 5
- got a bumper sticker that says "my other car is a Prius" -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 21:24
- you need a nutsack on your trailer hitch -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 10:05 1
  - that is a different cliche, numbskull -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 10:06
- Haha -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 10:03
- heh - JaxSean Oct 15, 10:02
a 66' Viking long ship has been found in Norway -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 15, 09:53 1
- Thank god they found it. I thought that thing was gone forever. Good Times. - Daunte Culpepper Oct 15, 09:58
The Possession of Hannah Grace - trailer -- (link) - Shaun Oct 15, 09:51 [youtube] 1
- nopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenope -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:53
TWD minor character spoiler.... - groiny Oct 15, 09:47 2
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- yeah and she was damn good in that role as well... - Remlik Oct 15, 09:52
I sort of get in a "weak is strong and strong is weak" way but it's always amazed me that the most insecure group of voters latched on - Reagen Oct 15, 09:43 5
- Aligning themselves with actual strength would only remind them how weak they are. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 15, 09:48
- That's who they identify with. -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 09:48 3
  - like, wouldn't you love to play poker against him? (other than having to be in his presence?) -- nm* - Reagen Oct 15, 09:49 2
    - No, because I expect it would go like this. - pmb Oct 15, 09:56 1
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I was supposed to be training a new bookstore volunteer this morning. She 'thinks' she's getting a fever. I have nothing to do today!! - Meg Oct 15, 09:40
SITWAP, but have we discussed the new painting Trump hung in the White House? - pmb Oct 15, 09:39 4
- He says exactly what I've though - Trump really doesn't have a 'natural' smile. -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 09:43 1
  - It looks more like he's passing gas. -- nm - GregW Oct 15, 14:38
- Every one of those guys would kill him if they had a chance to get away with it. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 09:41 1
  - heh, word to the im -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:43
Some new Stranger Things Funko here. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 15, 09:39 4
- Vince Gilligan is where I start making fun of you turkeys. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 15, 11:48
- God damn it. just what the kids need -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:46
- I have zero Stranger Things ones, but I kinda like the Steve vs Demogorgon one. - groiny Oct 15, 09:40 1
  - I like the Eleven vs Demogorgon one -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 09:55
If there's a better running song than Andrew WK Party Hard, I haven't heard it. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 09:33 9
- Hello (Martin Solveig) -- nm - colin Oct 15, 09:42 2
  - I Love It (Icona Pop) -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 09:49 1
    - oh yes. -- nm - colin Oct 15, 09:51
- Most ACDC can match it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:36 3
  - Wrong. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 09:37 2
    - Shoot to Thrill tops it. -- (link) - Spawn Oct 15, 09:40 [youtube] 1
      - My fave AC/DC song. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 15, 09:43 [youtube]
- It was always on a gym mix for me. Always. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 09:35
- spotify gave me Take California this morning, how does that stack up? Too slow? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 09:35
Rank your space program movies ... mine - rollo Oct 15, 09:28 52
- Interstellar, 2001, Moon, Apollo 13 -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 09:59
- Right Stuff, The Martian, Gravity, Hidden Figures, Armageddon, Contact, Capricorn One, Apollo 13, Space Cowboys, Astronaut Farmer, -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 09:56 2
  - do we think October Sky qualifies? -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:56 1
    - yeah I think so. -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 09:58
- This thread went from Space Program movies to Space movies real fast. -- nm - budice Oct 15, 09:52 8
  - Wall-E is completely space program, as is Interstellar! I put a question mark for 2001... -- nm - colin Oct 15, 10:01
  - Armageddon is most certainly a Space Program movie - groiny Oct 15, 09:53 6
    - training. they show lots of training. -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 09:58
    - right. if it has a Mission Control it should qualify -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:57
    - They use shuttles, that is true. -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:55 3
      - and there's glorious shots of NASA facilities like the neutral buoyancy tank as well as Billy Bob Thorton leading the NASA controllers -- nm - JD Oct 15, 09:59 1
        
        and Jason Isaacs as the smartest man in the world -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 10:01
      - they do half assed training to go on said shuttles too. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:58
- Wall-E, Interstellar, Apollo 13 -- nm - colin Oct 15, 09:42
- Alien. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 09:38 3
  - even though the sequel is better. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:39 2
    - Different, not better. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 09:42 1
      - I contend that once you know what is coming, the movie loses alot on rewatch. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:48
- The Martian, Total Recall, Armagheddon -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:37
- The Right Stuff -- Hidden Figures -- The Martian (NASA doing smart stuff - it counts) -- Space Cowboys -- (edited) - Will Hunting Oct 15, 09:36
- You Only Live Twice > Moonraker -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:33
- I haven't seen First Man yet. But I'll think on this because the other three you mention are all top notch. -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:31 1
  - Keep in mind I have First Man graded as A- similar to David -- nm - rollo Oct 15, 09:33
- I might flip 2/3 but it is close enough that I will just agree. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:30
- Armegeddon. end of list. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:30 27
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    - one of the best "that guy" casts ever. -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:45
    - it is a no doubt guilty pleasure movie for me. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:37 12
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        oh, I tear up WAY before her hand on the screen -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:41 3
        
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        to be honest, it is the (spoilers.......) - groiny Oct 15, 09:45 1
        
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      - "He's got space dementia!" -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 09:39 6
        
        "So, worst environment imaginable..thanks, that's all you had to say, that's all.' -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 09:40 4
        
        THIS IS HOW WE FIX PROBLEMS ON RUSSIAN SPACE STATION!!!!!! -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:44 3
        
        I love Peter Stormare. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 09:45 2
        
        word -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:47 1
        
        his work on Longmire was chilling -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:57
        
        You took a wrong turn or wrong road. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 09:40
  - Event Horizon -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:33 1
    - scary as sh*t -- nm - Jovian Oct 15, 10:00
  - I'll defer judgment until Machete Kills Again... In Space is released -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 09:33 2
    - Jason X -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:34 1
      - This is my favorite Friday the 13th movie. - Jovian Oct 15, 10:01
  - What about Total Recall and Space Cowboys? -- nm - rollo Oct 15, 09:31 6
    - Space Cowboys is pretty great. -- nm - David, Frog Guy Oct 15, 09:33 1
      - And it actually is about a space program. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:35
    - maybe Gravity gets an honorable mention. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:32 1
      - Only because of Sandra Bullock. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 09:36
    - honestly, not a big fan of either. -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:32
    - And Gangsters of Love. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:31
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- I'd be a bit surprised to see First Man miss a BP nom - ty97 Oct 15, 09:30 2
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  - Agreed. Nom yes, win no. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:31
can one of you elder ST/TT'ers remind me of the context of "creepy dude bingo"???? - groiny Oct 15, 09:26 6
- I seem to recall it was in reply to an inappropriate ST comment -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 09:28
- TFox said that Capstern was trying to win at creepy dude bingo, iirc. -- nm - Inigo Oct 15, 09:28 4
  - Here it is. He was kind of defending Cappy. -- (link*) - Inigo Oct 15, 09:34 [Backboard] 2
    - B18 - still funny -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:38
    - And Inigo knocked that out of the park. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 09:38
  - sounds about right, thanks -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:29
The average African-American has 75%, Asian-American 72%, and Hispanic American 55% of the representation of the average white American in the US Senate -- (link*) - Super Daddy Princess Oct 15, 09:26 5
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  - I mean, sure, it’s never going to happen, but I see the appeal of the argument even as it falls on deaf ears. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 15, 09:30 3
    - It would literally take a revolution for this to occur. The Right pulled out all the stops from stopping a SCOTUS being appointed, they would commit - Jovian Oct 15, 10:21
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      - That’s the simplest and most rational argument, sure. - Super Daddy Princess Oct 15, 09:55
Can I blame amoxy for the Rush Hour earworm? -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:25
gamer PSA, Black Ops 4 Multiplayer is fantastic. - groiny Oct 15, 09:25
and I just resigned. thanks for the well wishes. -- nm - Mandy 95% Oct 15, 09:24 12
- luck to you!! -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 10:20
- go get 'em, kid! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 10:12
- Awesome. It's on now. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 10:11
- Best of fun on your new adventure -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 10:02
- Congrats! Woo hoo! -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 09:59
- congrats! -- nm - colin Oct 15, 09:42
- woo good luck! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 09:35
- Whoohoo! Good luck! -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 15, 09:31
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- did you do a mic drop? -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:25
- nice, you need to go celebrate! -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:25
- WOOT!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:24
At long last, proof that Trump lacks credibility! -- nm - rollo Oct 15, 09:24
Cannabis NB is live. -- (link*) - Shaun Oct 15, 09:23
Welcome to SlamTown!! -- nm - Ab-raham Lincoln Oct 15, 09:23 1
- dejavu -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:24
I want my million dollars!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:23

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