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NOW! -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 15:57
Kathryn Bigelow to direct ‘Aurora,’ an adaptation of the David Koepp post-apocalyptic novel -- (link) - mud Mar 31, 15:34
DeSantis calls for end to Disney’s ‘special privileges’ in Florida -- (link*) - budice Mar 31, 14:55 15
- Disney could single handedly destroy FL. they literally don’t have an income tax because of Disney. See what that does to your constituents. -- nm - MDH Mar 31, 15:23 1
  - I mean, assuming Disney would leave. That's not realistic. - pmb Mar 31, 16:11
- Disney has the authority in Florida law to go nuclear. State lawmakers tried to revoke that ability in 2019, but the effort failed. -- (link) - budice Mar 31, 15:21 4
  - Yeah, this is in one of my books. -- nm - David Mar 31, 15:31
  - Oh, you mean literally. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 15:26 2
    - Pretty sure they have a secret reactor underneath Tom Sawyer Island -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 15:50 1
      - need it to keep Walt's head frozen properly -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 15:53
- Do it, asshole. -- nm - Tim Mar 31, 15:13 1
  - Let them fight. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 15:29
- What percentage of Florida’s economy is Disney related? -- nm - Volnelk Mar 31, 15:06 1
  - Barely 70%. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 15:21
- We were just laughing at this. Keep fighting with them until they claim statehood, moron. -- nm - David Mar 31, 15:02 3
  - Seriously, they own the entire center of the state. Aren't they their own municipality as well? -- nm - pmb Mar 31, 15:03 2
    - It's also hilarious (and frustrating) that they make "cancel culture" plus freedom of choice and expression as their sword to die on, unless they're - pmb Mar 31, 15:21
    - I've actually been meaning to ask some ST lawyers and political consultants about this. -- (link) - David Mar 31, 15:18
Diving into a kitchen remodel, looking at appliances. Induction stoves are pricey. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 14:47
I hate clothes shopping. -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 31, 14:37 7
- I love clothes shopping! :-) - Krusty Mar 31, 15:09 3
  - You've got to go with a mix, wool/linen (not common), linen/cotton (less wrinkly), and linen/silk (also not common) -- nm* - . Mar 31, 15:38 1
    - I'll see what that cotton mix is like but linen has been a fabric I've avoided because of how easily and quickly it wrinkles. - Krusty Mar 31, 15:49
  - Word - Spawn Mar 31, 15:23
- Also, I thought I might still be a 38R. I am in fact now a 41R. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 31, 14:39 2
  - Been working out, big man? -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 15:10
  - seems every 10 years I gain a size.... I like the darker blue -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 15:05
Speaking of IBM Watson, I was going to shit-talk IBM at my session this morning... - Mop Mar 31, 14:26
I got shot #4 90 minutes ago. Moderna. the first 3 were all pfizer. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 14:26 4
- Ooof good luck bro. I was PPM and man that M was bruuuuuutal. -- nm - Pocket Jones Mar 31, 15:17
- going for shot for sometime in April for the 6 months. -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 14:32
- I have J&J and MOderna, probably gonna make the last one Pfizer. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 14:27 1
  - I'm glad I had a choice this time. I wanted someone not named Pfizer for the small differences in this shot. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 14:38
DTL: Shitty way to lose - rollo Mar 31, 14:25 2
- At least they didn't call a foul on you. - Baruno Mar 31, 15:59
- on a brighter note, 25% of the way through the season and my PG Alejandro Smith is 28% of the way to breaking the conference AST record so, fun -- nm - rollo Mar 31, 14:38
IBM Watson is back to invade the Grammys -- (link) - budice Mar 31, 14:12
*drives back to Russia in radiated tanks* -- nm - Chernobyl troops Mar 31, 14:04 1
- I bet they'd show up real good under infrared vision -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 14:14
I've never seen You've Got Mail but have discovered that Meg's Ryan's bookstore* from the movie is on my block - ty97 Mar 31, 14:00 8
- I'm starting to wonder if you have ever seen *any* movie after today. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 31, 14:29 2
  - Seriously. Does he know how this board was born? -- nm - Pocket Jones Mar 31, 15:17 1
    - I thought the orange looked nice. -- nm - tie97 Mar 31, 15:56
- For more info on movie locations close to where ty lives, consult this map -- (link) - Roger More Mar 31, 14:09
- It might have never b een a bookstore. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 14:00 3
  - com e a gain -- nm - budice Mar 31, 14:03 2
    - shu t up -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 14:04 1
      - o k -- nm - budice Mar 31, 14:06
I've been thinking it about over the day and I still can't grasp just how much I enjoyed the show put on by this plucky group that doesn't even have a - JD Mar 31, 13:56
Speaking of feints -- (link) - Roger More Mar 31, 13:45 1
- 1/47 ... "ok, let's see where this goes" -- nm - rollo Mar 31, 13:50
just got pulled into a project to build EMR tools around... - Mel Profit Mar 31, 13:32 6
- Have your people NEVER seen a movie??? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 13:52 2
  - this can go one of two ways... Jason Bourne or zombies -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 15:09 1
    - Orrrr... zombie Jason Bourne! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 15:22
- wow. that's impressive -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 13:42
- speak of the devil -- (link*) - budice Mar 31, 13:41
- please don't ever tell anyone that again. - St. Epiphany Mar 31, 13:35
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 31, 13:29 [Attachment] 10
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 31, 13:30 [Attachment] 9
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 31, 13:30 [Attachment] 8
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 31, 13:31 [Attachment] 7
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Mar 31, 14:23
      - 2 -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 14:21
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Mar 31, 14:19
      - 2/2 -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 14:04
      - 2/2 -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 13:54
      - 1/2 -- nm - St. Epiphany Mar 31, 13:40
      - 2/2 -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 13:36
The statement about asking him to leave sounded like ass covering, especially after that initial one where - Reagen Mar 31, 13:26 8
- "Do you think they meant it like, "Would you like to leave??" or like, "Would you like to leave?" "I think it might be the second one." -- nm - Max Mar 31, 13:32 1
  - I can kind of imagine Geoffrey asking this of Will ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 13:46
- Good. The Will Smith story is played out. Pivot to the b.s. Academy response. -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 13:31
- I thought so. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 31, 13:29
- also, and.... - ty97 Mar 31, 13:27 3
  - I'm with Qale, I can't believe this thing has these kind of legs - St. Epiphany Mar 31, 13:34 2
    - Comedians are keeping it alive. They're wondering who will be the first to take a punch onstage. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 13:58 1
      - They should start their own comedy club -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 14:00
Oof. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 31, 13:23
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should do somethings -- (link) - decline Mar 31, 13:15 2
- James Cameron is leaning in. -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 13:54 1
  - "Ah, yes, blue people. Love that movie." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 13:56
for the first time in 38 yrs (Beverly Hills Cop) I may watch an Eddie Murphy picture: -- (link) - mud Mar 31, 13:12 7
- Cue the "You've never seen Coming to America?!??!!?!?!!!" posts -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 13:14 6
  - No Bowfinger? -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 13:28
  - is it worth it? -- nm - mud Mar 31, 13:21 4
    - Distinguished Gentleman is worth a look. Nutty Professor is Brilliant (Jerry loved it). -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 14:31
    - I watched it a couple of years ago and was amused, so sure, but if it's not you're thing I'm not going to judge. -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 13:25
    - there's several sequences that play on a loop in my brain. -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 13:24 1
      - Yup. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 31, 14:08
Halo episode 2 is live. -- nm - David Mar 31, 12:53 3
- Dude needs to keep his helmet on, that's my only real issue with the first episode -- nm - J Mar 31, 15:35 2
  - I asked Logan if he wants to watch the second, "Hmm. I mean, he took his helmet off in the *first* episode." -- nm* - Spawn Mar 31, 15:40 1
    - Smart kid - J Mar 31, 16:16
Podcast listeners, NYT The Daily has a very interesting talk with Nate Silver about how the Democrats have more or less taken back the Congressional -- (edited) - con_carne Mar 31, 12:38 1
- So they'll only lose 55 seats instead of 60. -- nm - Baruno Mar 31, 13:13
Mrs. Zork and I walked out of Hudson Hawk. Was trying to be every type of movie genre one after another and failed at them all. -- nm - zork Mar 31, 12:34
I miss the Cheney Administration era GOP when this was the worst thing they'd suggest... -- (link) - Mel Profit Mar 31, 12:25 12 1
- Because they're making that gig economy money! Thank you, boomers, for making future generations richer than your own. -- nm - Max Mar 31, 12:50
- *rolls eyes* The Boomers are always looking to take from the young, never from themselves. -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 12:37 9
  - I remember an exhaustive study, done years ago, posted here which basically said they have taken many trillions than they've put in. - Mel Profit Mar 31, 12:41 8
    - The one I think of it in this article: - Roger More Mar 31, 13:11 1
      - And the chart -- (pic) - Roger More Mar 31, 13:12 [Attachment]
    - not this was it? -- (link) - ty97 Mar 31, 12:46 5
      - or one of these? - ty97 Mar 31, 12:47 4
        
        or possibly one of these - ty97 Mar 31, 12:48 3
        
        It's almost like there's a lot of material out there. (Thanks) -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 31, 12:49 2
        
        haha, a lot of these are opinion pieces without a deep analysis to back them up, but I think I also read the think you read, just can't recall where -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 12:53 1
        
        Yes, it wasn't an Op Piece but more analysis from a Think Tank I thought. Glad someone else remembers it. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 31, 13:11
- Says the guy who gamed the system with a loop-hole to accumulate 100's of millions in his IRA -- nm - decline Mar 31, 12:31
Pro-Bowl linebacker Bobby Wagner signs with Rams 5yr/up to $65M -- nm - budice Mar 31, 12:23
One thing about Moon Knight ep 1 (kind of spoils) - eag Mar 31, 12:22
Heh, my brother is asking me about Series I bonds. I should get a referral fee from the government. -- nm - Baruno Mar 31, 12:08
Clearly, oblique just needs to give up TV. -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 12:06 3
- he should just mount the TV on the ceiling and fill the room with pillows to lay on -- nm - decline Mar 31, 12:08 2
  - And mirrors around the tv where he can enjoy the show while watching the show. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 12:14 1
    - I have enough room I can probably install a dancer pole also -- nm - oblique Mar 31, 13:43
100% watching this: "White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch" -- (link) - MDH Mar 31, 12:02 [youtube] 7
- you and I are the same person. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 31, 12:19 1
  - Swing by DC if you're on tour with The National. -- nm - MDH Mar 31, 14:50
- A couple months ago, I watched a Von Dutch documentary on Hulu. I hope this one is just as entertaining -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 12:09 4
  - I never owned any Von Dutch or A&F product, I don't believe. - JaxSean Mar 31, 12:24 1
    - Same for me on every word -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 12:25
  - I just want to see a lot of hot shirtless men. -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 12:15 1
    - I think we're going to watch the same show, just with different motivations for seeing it -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 12:17
What do astronauts use to tie their shoes? - crash davis Mar 31, 11:58 4
- they don't need shoes, they walk on astro turf -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 15:26
- string theory -- nm - Max Mar 31, 12:52
- If athletes get athlete's foot, what do astronauts get? - prayformojo Mar 31, 12:00 1
  - I think I like you better than an average astronaut. You seem more down to earth. -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 12:03
Well the Razzies have responded to the Bruce Willis news and there getting shredded -- (link) - eag Mar 31, 11:57 15
- I don't think they need to apologize for not knowing, but they should apologize for being hacky as hell the last dozen years or so. -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 13:55
- I had a similar thought when I heard the news, "maybe that's why he went quantity over quality lately, he knew this was coming." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 13:31 5
  - Though it also sounds like his management was milking him for whatever they could get -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 13:43 4
    - *ding* -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 13:55
    - Maybe, but he could've said "No." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 13:54 2
      - He's got an entire network of people telling him to say 'yes'. - Roger More Mar 31, 14:00
      - “Hey, you’ll get a million dollars a day.” No is not an option. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:58
- I don't think they should change a thing. But I'm tempted to agree that now might be a good time for them to stop. - Beryllium Mar 31, 11:59 7
  - But don't take away his prestigious award! -- nm - Max Mar 31, 12:54
  - Meh, they should actually try instead of being lazy as hell. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 12:14 5
    - If only there was a recent example of a bad joke about a disability that backfired horribly which they could have learned from. -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 12:25 2
      - Piecing together a timeline of events, I ... don't understand what you're saying. :) - Beryllium Mar 31, 13:37 1
        
        (then Razzies statement on Bruce's retirement) -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 13:44
    - Will is 1,000% correct. - Baruno Mar 31, 12:22 1
      - Didn't sandy B do the same thing? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 13:36
Silly me. My new garbage disposal is apparently going to be ready for pickup at Ace on 4/6. Oh well, didn't need to grind anything up this week -- nm - oblique Mar 31, 11:55 2
- Tik Tok plumbers say never to put egg shells in them. They get coated with grease and grime and cause hardened cloggs in the pipes. - St. Epiphany Mar 31, 12:58
- "Oh so this is how the peasants do things ALL the time? Marvelous!" -- nm - Stede Bonnet Scraping Food Into the Bin Mar 31, 12:06
The XBox Series X is really the least sexy looking console ever, isn't it? Especially when you consider the PS5 looks like a - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 11:54 3
- My first thought: How the hell am I going to pack this thing for travel? -- nm - Max Mar 31, 12:55
- The PS5 is alarmingly big to me. It’s waaaaay taller than I would’ve guessed. The X is…..fine. Doesn’t bother me. -- nm* - Volnelk Mar 31, 12:34 1
  - The X looks like one of those minimalist desktop computers. The PS5 looks like a really expensive campus rec building. -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 13:27

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