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REDMOND! -- (link) - CrankYanker Jun 2, 21:33 [Image]
sitwap: "Alma," an animated short from Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas. -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 2, 21:23 [vimeo] 1
- Wow! (spoilers) - flavorize Jun 2, 21:39
Your depressing story of the day: man suddenly goes blind on Mt. Everest, left to die. -- (link) - nubby Jun 2, 21:23 1
- Touching the Void 2! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 2, 21:31
SYTYCD spoilers - Dano Jun 2, 21:10 1
- spoils - CrankYanker Jun 2, 21:30
Wow, Michelle Forbes on TNG, and not Ro. -- nm - nubby Jun 2, 20:53 2
- who'd she play? -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 20:56 1
  - ah...Dara in Half A life...the one with David OGden Stiers. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 20:57
Rumor has it that Griffey told Jim Joyce he was tired, and then Joyce misheard it and effed the announcement up. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 20:34 1
- Jim Joyce wouldn't even call Nathan Lane out. -- nm - Dano Jun 2, 21:18
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- See what happens when you take their steroids away? -- nm - Dano Jun 2, 21:19
- That's where my thinking went, too. -- nm - Mop Jun 2, 21:15
- There were only 10 perfect games until 1990; there have been 10 more since then. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 20:25 2
  - at this rate, by 2017 every game will be a perfect game. -- nm - mafic Jun 2, 20:57 1
    - "At the end of the year 1978, sales of disco records were through the roof, if these trends continue....." (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 20:59
I'll bet a lot of the sports "personalities" who will bemoan Jim Joyce's blown call will be the same ones who complain - musubi Jun 2, 20:21 2
- the problem is not individual achievements, it's those who pursue individual achievements to the detriment of their team. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 20:22 1
  - It sucks, but it didn't affect the outcome of the game. Yet somehow *this* is the blown call that is supposedly the impetus for ump reform? - musubi Jun 2, 20:57
�After the last eight years, it�s great to have a president who knows what a library is.� -- (link) - znufrii Jun 2, 20:12 3
- Yeah, it's not like W was married to a librarian or anything... *NM* - Ender Jun 2, 20:14 2
  - stupid followup question. Did she actually ever work as a Librarian? - Truman Jun 2, 20:23 1
    - Yes. - Ender Jun 2, 20:29
Students at Minnesota's Carlton College turned the school's observatory into a giant R2D2 -- (link) - H-Mogul Jun 2, 20:11 2
- it's been done (nmbl) - howie Jun 2, 20:33 1
  - that one's weak. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 20:35
"squeel like a piggy!!" -- nm - b! Jun 2, 20:05 8
- i wouldn't be surprised if he posted this in the agora to introduce himself to his new island neighbors -- nm - 'lia Jun 2, 21:00 1
  - Oink -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 2, 21:08
- I thought you were a vegan? -- nm - H-Mogul Jun 2, 20:12 3
  - that's a quote from our redmond. - b! Jun 2, 20:19 2
    - the piggy squeel was because of what new town i was posting from -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 2, 20:57 1
      - oh! ha! I didn't notice it in the original, and it wasn't in the response to you. -- nm - b! Jun 2, 21:29
- That's where the bacon comes from -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 20:06 1
  - I'm not sure I want to think about what you and dignan do in the ika. hills. -- nm - b! Jun 2, 20:11
I really want a BP Cares shirt so I can wear it like five years from now. like my "free winona" shirt *just now* became fashionable to me. -- nm - miss amanda jones Jun 2, 20:03 12
- And dumb 20-yr-olds will be baffled by the implied irony. -- nm - Mop Jun 2, 21:33
- Frankie Says Relax -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 20:11
- CHOOSE LIFE -- nm - pixie say relax Jun 2, 20:06 9
  - except people won't get the reference, and you'll get beat up by militant pro-choicers. -- nm - mafic Jun 2, 20:09 7
    - i don't rock the oversized Wham! style anymore anyway -- nm - pixie say relax Jun 2, 20:11 6
      - "anymore" -- so you did? we need pictures. -- nm - b! Jun 2, 20:15 5
        
        this is close though -- (link) - pixie say relax Jun 2, 20:33 2
        
        hee. and aww, that just looks like average geeky white kid style. - b! Jun 2, 20:40 1
        
        i tried to get the robert smith hair. god, i tried - pixie say relax Jun 2, 20:44
        
        the 90s were all baggy. i don't know if i have any good pictures though -- nm - pixie say relax Jun 2, 20:17 1
        
        *sidles up next to pixie, wearing an I'm With Stupid t-shirt* -- nm - prayformojo Jun 2, 20:19
  - right? there are so many awesome ones. lucas used to have a BIG FUN tshirt. -- nm - miss amanda jones Jun 2, 20:07
Heh.. Even the batter put his hands in his head, as if thinking "What??!" (NM) - Marlowe Jun 2, 20:02
I really hope Persons Unknown is better then Harper's Island and Happy Town. I can't see it being worse. :) -- nm - H-Mogul Jun 2, 19:53 2
- pixie craps better tv shows than Happy Town -- nm - Dano Jun 2, 19:57 1
  - actually - pixie say relax Jun 2, 20:21
I can't find the James Joyce joke to go with this evening's baseball events. -- nm - Dano Jun 2, 19:35 3
- Probably an eye patch something something but I can't make it work. -- nm - Callisto Jun 2, 19:50
- U-miss-these -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 19:47
- A Portrait of The Pitcher as a Fucked Man -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 19:39
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- wasn't this a boston legal episode? -- nm - mafic Jun 2, 20:07
- BP introduces Oil Ocean -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:38
- I love it! -- nm - BPGlobalPR Jun 2, 19:36
- genius -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 19:35
*blows another one for Johan* -- nm - Mets lolpen Jun 2, 19:28 1
- Don't forget us! (nm) - Pathetic run support Jun 2, 19:36
Some day Carla Gallo will take a role that doesn't involve humiliating herself. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 19:22
I wonder if anyone has numbers on what percentage of airline fatalities are on their first flight - oblique Jun 2, 19:15 1
- Your IM stole my joke. -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:16
Sigh, facebook has jumped a shark, I am now friends with a Piece O. Broccoli -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 2, 19:12 7
- i think this simply implies that you've jumped the shark. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 19:34
- oh, I forgot the f'n link, here you can friend it too. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 2, 19:20
- My favorite thing on facebook right now is a picture of a cat with a piece of bacon taped to it. - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:15 3
  - There used to be this picture of groiny with a garter on his head that would do that to me - oblique Jun 2, 19:19 2
    - That's a TT/ST classic!! -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 2, 19:31
    - I've seen it. Dig it out and post it. - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:19
- yes, facebook jumped the shark -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 19:13
The pay sucks but so far unemployment is kind of exciting (though I'm sure that runs out quickly the longer it lasts). - Dano Jun 2, 19:06 2
- I know my circumstances are different, but once I considered it retirement, rather than unemployment, I felt so much better. - MojaveMeg Jun 2, 19:29
- nmbDano - Qale Jun 2, 19:18
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- i dunno, there's so much infrastructure built into that franchise at WETA already. it would be hard for any director to screw them up -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 19:06 7
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  - David DeCoteau would find a way. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 19:21
  - *enter Bobcat Goldthwait* -- nm - oblique Jun 2, 19:12 4
    - Who has made some very good movies. -- nm - Dano Jun 2, 19:18 2
      - Dude had Nikki Cox as a girlfriend. That's what I remember him for. -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:20
      - shhhhh - oblique Jun 2, 19:19
    - William Shatner would do it. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 19:17
can you imagine if that had happened to the dude who won a million dollars for pitching the first perfect game in MLB 2k10? - wheezy Jun 2, 19:03
i need to find a decently cheap 32" tv that has a tuner built in that will accept non-digital cable signals - Truman Jun 2, 19:00
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the video game industry wants to help with the bp oil spill -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 2, 18:54
Joyce has reportedly apologized to Galarraga - Reagen Jun 2, 18:50 12
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  - He should ask MLB to reverse his call - eag Jun 2, 19:11 6
    - That would be a HUGE MESS -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:12 5
      - If it was a call that decided a game - eag Jun 2, 19:16 4
        
        Then during the World Series there is a blown call and people will flip out and order it to be changed. - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:18 3
        
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        There's also the classic 1985 blown call by Denkinger that cost the Cards the series. -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 20:09 1
        
        Very similar play to the one tonight. -- (link) - Krusty Jun 2, 20:11 [youtube]
  - I think he saw the bobble and called him safe because of it... -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 18:58 2
    - He said he thought he beat the throw. -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 19:05 1
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- spoils - Beryllium Jun 2, 18:51
I think the best thing that will come out of today's Cleveland game is that MLBB is going to have to change some archaic rules -- nm - peglegpete Jun 2, 18:46 3
- hell, even cricket has instant replay. -- nm - mafic Jun 2, 18:52
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  - like lights in Chicago? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 2, 18:48
Speaking of humpday and porn, is there any equivalent MF of Girlfriend Films? i.e. more focused on the woman, woman directed, etc? -- nm - JD Jun 2, 18:45 5
- Yes. -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 18:48 4
  - mmkay. Guess I deserved that for the format of the question. So any suggestions with regards to studios that I can check out in this style? - JD Jun 2, 18:49 3
    - It wasn't a you deserve it answer. It was a I know there are, but my ex was the one that got them and I don't remember the director. - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 18:55 2
      - I did a Google search to try and recognize her name. - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:12 1
        
        I call some 70's porn star that tried to direct her own but didn't get much business -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 2, 19:22
King Kong's tracks on Santa Monica beach -- (link) - wheezy Jun 2, 18:42
Trishy! So I bought a dozen brown, cage free, organic eggs. Yummy! - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 18:34 11
- I was very strong on my first foray into Trader Joes today. I'm not quite ready yet for cookies, candies, and cheese, so I finished up with - MojaveMeg Jun 2, 18:48 6
  - Megg . . . Meggggg -- nm - Peppermint Joe Joes Jun 2, 18:49 5
    - Once in a while I should just ignore the nutrition label and buy what I'd like. But one look at the fat content and I cringe :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 2, 18:54 4
      - b. eats me by the box. hasn't done her any harm -- nm - Peppermint Joe Joes Jun 2, 18:57 3
        
        b. threw a long-expired box of you away a couple of weeks ago. -- nm - b! Jun 2, 20:01 2
        
        *goes to facebook to change relationship status* -- nm - Peppermint Joe Joes Jun 2, 20:14 1
        
        cute. -- nm - b! Jun 2, 20:24
- As far as I know, the color of the eggs doesn't affect the egg in any way. - Krusty Jun 2, 18:38 3
  - She was saying orange yolks. Maybe it's what they are fed. - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 18:39 2
    - I'd guess it's what they're fed that makes the difference. - Krusty Jun 2, 18:43 1
      - in that case, i guess they weren't fed with ginko. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 18:44
in retrospect, Cabrera had no reason to not leave that to the 2Bman. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 18:32
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- I'm not sure we can. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 2, 18:46
- Re: ruling it an error - Reagen Jun 2, 18:33 3
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    - I agree. - musubi Jun 2, 19:42
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 18:34
- I'm not a baseball fan any more, but I understand your position on this completely. At this point, it is basically ironclad ammunition for replays. - Beryllium Jun 2, 18:30 3
  - You do realize the games are slower because they're on televison already? -- nm - the liioulu with odd day Jun 2, 18:34 2
    - The games are slow because it's a bunch of guys standing in a field. They're slower because it's televised. They'd be even slower with pauses to - Beryllium Jun 2, 18:41 1
      - (Ironically, though, I'd rather watch soccer. Which is even more literally just a bunch of guys standing in a field.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 18:43
- If you are calling THAT game you better be fucking right. - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 18:30 8
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    - very much less of a story yes -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:09 1
      - The guy didn't get ulcers for 9 innings to have his heart ripped out. He would have already known he wasn't working a PG -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:10
    - It would still be a story, if that was the lone baserunner. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 2, 19:08 4
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        It's just like all the people that say games in september mean more than the start of the season - Gwaahjo Jun 2, 20:09
        
        Well, the situation is the only reason ESPN would pay attention to the game. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 2, 19:32
        
        You should become a lawyer. -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! Jun 2, 19:16
The NHL at least has the decency to have a ref named "Mr Magoo". -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 18:27
What's the big fucking deal? -- nm - Bud Selig Jun 2, 18:26 2
- That's what I'm asking! -- nm - Joe Biden Jun 2, 18:28
- no idea. it looked fine to me -- nm - French Olympic judge Jun 2, 18:28

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