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Yesterday evening was fun. I assisted at a Bank event. We treated some clients to a cocktail party followed by 'Hamilton'. (long-ish) - Diva Oct 18, 12:00 27
- I don't think Reagen can survive this thread. -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 12:20 3
  - She looks amazing and beautiful. The only difference from the 90s is her butt is a little bigger and rounder. - Diva Oct 18, 12:24 2
    - Not. Fair. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:25
    - She deserves a better career. She's a talent. -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 12:25
- befpre you saw her ID did you have a clue who she was? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 12:19 1
  - nope. when they came in I merely glanced at him. Most of the time I was looking at my laptop with the guest list and hadn't noticed. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:22
- holy..... -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 12:14
- damn girl -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 12:10
- Her wiki page lists him, and he has a wiki page too with a pic. 17yr difference -- (link) - budice Oct 18, 12:10 6
  - 16+, but yes. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:24
  - She is founder and CEO of Boston Diva Productions. Diva, you guys have some weird connection with each other. *jealous* -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 12:22 2
    - That's awesome. -- nm - Inigo Oct 18, 12:25
    - whoa.... -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:24
  - Between this and Mike Myers, she has a type: assholes. -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 12:21 1
    - so you're saying Mel has no chance -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 12:25
- Duckshoot! thats awesome -- nm - budice Oct 18, 12:08
- oh my, that is a great celeb meet -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 12:06
- *thud* -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:06
- *gasp* -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:04
- very cool evening. i am jealous you giggled with Eliza. -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 12:03 7
  - Until I read the whole post, I thought it was a different Eliza... -- nm - Inigo Oct 18, 12:08 4
    - when I told mel the story he first thought I was talking about the actress who plays 'Eliza Hamilton'. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:10 3
      - Right! If I ever read the name Eliza now. I hear "Angelica! Eliza!...and Peggy." -- nm - Inigo Oct 18, 12:16
      - Sometimes I don't know about that boy. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:16 1
        
        Fitted. Sheet. -- nm - ...and Peggy Oct 18, 12:16
  - she was sweet. I didn't say anything else to her husband Squi because eff him. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:04 1
    - I like the descriptor: CHUD -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 12:08
NFL Pick'em Reminder: Make your picks (unlike me, last week) -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:59 1
- that is nice of you. don't ever do that again. - crash davis Oct 18, 12:03
how many syllables are in your pronunciation of "realtor"? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 11:58 1
- If I'm Elizabeth Banks, three. -- nm - Inigo Oct 18, 12:01
Through a Twitter thread, came across this famous clip of a reporter talking with PM Pierre Trudeau about the FLQ crisis. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 18, 11:55 [youtube] 7
- And the subsequent Twitter thread discussing this clip. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Oct 18, 11:56 6
  - Though two things here - the quid pro quo is that politicians answer questions from journlalists honestly. - Roger More Oct 18, 12:11 3
    - See below... It's both sides. I'm not suggesting for one second that pols lie and obfuscate. But too many journos approach any interaction as... - Name Withheld by Request Oct 18, 12:29 1
      - There's always stuff the media and individual journalists can do better, but it's politicians who set the norms. - Roger More Oct 18, 12:35
    - you see the occasional grilling from the UK and it's amazing. It's not every one, but a bunch of them truly take no shit. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:26
  - counter point, many politicians have begun to treat any kind of request for knowledge as "gotcha" questions. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:10 1
    - Potter's point though is that is thirty-plus years of getting to this point. - Name Withheld by Request Oct 18, 12:26
Scary. We're doing penetration testing at work. Part of it was sending out a fake (but a very good fake) with a link that asked for credentials - oblique Oct 18, 11:49 4
- some people are just not cut out for securing themselves. -- nm - colin Oct 18, 11:55
- more surprising, you're doing penetration testing and groiny isn't involved -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:53 1
  - He knows better. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:03
- huh huh -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:50
“Typically when we hear of somebody having their house cleaned, we think it’s cleaned out,” -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 11:40 4
- aww, what a horrible surprise turned nice. -- nm - colin Oct 18, 11:44
- see what happens when you legalize weed? -- nm - decline Oct 18, 11:43 1
  - Yeah, then stuff like this happens! -- (link) - Shaun Oct 18, 11:46
- and *THIS* is why Canadians don't lock their doors. -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 11:42
Two charged over allegations they fed Timbits to bears on B.C. highway -- (link) - JD Oct 18, 11:39 7
- Hypothetically speaking, a foreign national who visited Canada in the 1980s and fed a bighorn sheep a Cheeto is legally clear now, right? - crash davis Oct 18, 11:50 3
  - Not covered by the same part of the law the story is about - JD Oct 18, 11:53 2
    - Have you ever heard the crack of those horns during the rut? :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:54 1
      - But it is good to know that I can tell law enforcement in Canada to eff off if they hassle me about feeding Sasquatch. -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:55
- "That was wrong? Nobody told me that was wrong." -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 11:49
- see what happens when you legalize weed? -- nm - decline Oct 18, 11:42 1
  - Even the bears get the munchies? -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 11:52
Canada basically sold out of weed on day one of legalization -- (link) - decline Oct 18, 11:32 1
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This tweet (don't click it and give Elle the satisfaction) is a lie. It's actually a link to a voter registration page -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 11:18 18
- I love this. -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 11:57 1
  - me too. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:06
- Oh man, who will I trust for pointless celebrity gossip now -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 11:36
- Captain America had the best of these I have seen. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:29
- Sad thing is, I've seen it before. It's not their idea. -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 11:24 2
  - Here -- (link) - Roger More Oct 18, 11:29
  - This too -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 11:24
- What were they thinking? -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 11:18 10
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    - It's the civic equivalent of "eat your vegetables" - Reagen Oct 18, 11:53 1
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    - It is awesome. Hopefully at least one person will learn a lesson about getting news off Twitter -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:28 1
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  - That they would strike a blow against the idiocracy -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:20 4
    - Good point? -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 11:23 2
      - Well, they know what reels their readers in. -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 11:41
      - yeah, they've profited off of it -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:25
    - btw, I clicked -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:22
Newly elected Green Party MLA has a problem...he doesn't own any ties (and has to wear one in the Legislature) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 11:17 4
- No possible solution to that. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:17 3
  - nah, like he says, they mean nothing to him; so wants his constituents to send him ties that mean something to them. Fantastic way to relate to who - Beaker Oct 18, 11:19 2
    - everyone should send him ties with penises on them -- nm - decline Oct 18, 11:24
    - I hope he wears the *worst* one he gets. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:20
This Is How We Know There Are Two Trillion Galaxies In The Universe -- (link) - crash davis Oct 18, 11:10
This goal is bonkers -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 18, 11:09 5
- Corker -- nm - CQ Oct 18, 11:16
- dagnabbit, I clicked before I'd fully read the link. I was looking for a goat who was bonkers. -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:12 3
  - I got you. -- (link) - colin Oct 18, 11:13 [youtube] 2
    - Thanks! That goat is bonkers. -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:16 1
      - buttercup is the best. -- nm - colin Oct 18, 11:32
Beaker, EB's $5 Friday is a huge bust. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 18, 11:07 4
- Serious question: Has it ever *not* been? Do not recall you posting any positive. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:10 2
  - I don't think I've made any purchases, but having some things other than 4 year old and/or last-gen games, at least makes it interesting. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 11:16
  - I got the Stranger Things Oujia game for $5 (regular $35) and 2 ST figures $5 each regular $30; 10 Funkos the day I found out about it too :) -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 18, 11:12
- yeah, I keep hoping they throw some non-games on there. -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 11:09
Had two things on my todo list today. Did them both! - amoxy Oct 18, 11:04 1
- awesome! always make sure one item is "Make to do list" -- nm - colin Oct 18, 11:11
ESPN proposal for a true Vampirate league - crash davis Oct 18, 10:52 10
- If the vampires promise to devour the Vampirates, I'm all for it. -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 10:56 7
  - Speaking of Vampirates, did they league decide about my offer to take over an absentee team? -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 10:58 6
    - Remind me: are you still in Cavemen? -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 11:13 5
      - Negative. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 11:14 4
        
        Okay, sending you an invite at bigshaun. -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 11:15 3
        
        And we're in. Thanks. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 11:17 2
        
        Excellent, thanks! -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 11:25 1
        
        Now, can we get someone to take over ML's team? -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:30
- saw that. sounds like it could be fun -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 10:54 1
  - it sounds like the vampire will never win :( -- nm - colin Oct 18, 11:16
Kid-brag: Midterm grades in for the boy's first semester at college. Straight As -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 10:44 8
- WTG!! Must be adjusting nicely. -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 10:52
- Fireball shots! -- nm - CQ Oct 18, 10:51
- dang, nice! -- nm - colin Oct 18, 10:50
- that is great! -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 10:48
- nee-chay -- nm - mud Oct 18, 10:47
- awesome, but is he hooking up with lots of girls? -- nm - decline Oct 18, 10:47 2
  - He's still dating his girlfriend from here who is a senior. I imagine not but either way, he's keeping his grades up while doing whatever he's doing - oblique Oct 18, 11:03 1
    - heroin speedballs and coffee enemas -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 11:11
the nearly one beeeeelllllion mega draw pool is taking your money 10 so far have *updated 16* -- (edited) - zeitgeist Oct 18, 10:43 10
- sent -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 11:52
- I'm in. Thanks again for doing this. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 11:29
- In! -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 11:24
- check again!!! -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 10:52 1
  - How did he miss us? -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:55
- Done. Darn thing better pay of soon, I'm almost broke in that account :-) -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 10:51 1
  - there it is...17 -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 11:16
- sent -- nm - decline Oct 18, 10:46
- Sent -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 18, 10:46
- I'm in. sending now. -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 10:44
hell, if I knew that mirror-universe points were on the table this whole time..... -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 10:41 2
- Kirk v. Snead IV is my favorite episode of Star Trek -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 11:10 1
  - Clarifying - the original series -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 11:10
Red Dead Redemption 2: Get your hard drives ready. - Shaun Oct 18, 10:38 4
- (Preload is supposed to start tomorrow.) -- nm - Ender Oct 18, 11:05
- I am not sure how big it was, but my Black Ops 2 install took 5 hours. -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 10:53 2
  - Yuck. There was a massive Day 1 patch too right? -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 10:59 1
    - I have no idea, I went to bed before install was done -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 10:59
Way LIR - CC's post about Tariff Engineering. Guess this is nothing new - last month's Arch.Soc. lecture was about new information on - Meg Oct 18, 10:38
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- Makes sense. He had a ton of vacancies because the Republicans wouldn't let Obama appoint judges. Now they're confirming as fast as they can. -- nm - Inigo Oct 18, 10:41 7
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    - that "middling health care victory" changed people's thinking on health care in this nation, to the point where it is going to become inevitable -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 10:46 4
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        republicans changed the rules from 60 to mere 50 -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 11:05 2
        
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- just think what he'll be able to accomplish in the NEXT two years!! -- nm - decline Oct 18, 10:36 1
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MKM Partners is saying that the WWE will lose $12-$16 million in operating income if they cancel with Saudi Arabia. - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 10:32
can you understand this Glaswegian accent? -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 10:31 4
- It's in plain English. Easy. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 10:41
- I guess I watch too many shows with Scots, I understood him just fine -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 10:39 2
  - I think the older guy got hung up on the pronunciation of "disability" -- nm - mud Oct 18, 10:41 1
    - and the acoustics in that old building might be bad too -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 10:42
Idiocracy is probably the most prophetic movie of our time: Study finds 16.4 million Americans think chocolate milk comes from brown cows -- (link) - decline Oct 18, 10:30 8
- Well, technically it *could*. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:00
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- so I don't go completely into depression, that number corresponds to 7% - its too high, but 7% stupid is manageable, maybe -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 10:34 5
  - How does 7% stupid compare to 7% unvaccinated, if there's an idiotfluenza outbreak? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 10:44 1
    - it will be rough -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 10:47
  - I was reading an article on reddit that had to do with something space related and the number of people who commented that people they know didn't know -- (edited) - oblique Oct 18, 10:39 2
    - *boggles* - I read something like that and I wonder "what the hell do they think they are instead?" -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 10:41 1
      - My favorite comment was "They explained this in the Lion King, there is no excuse" -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 10:43

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