Out of the Blue

Apparently yesterday was National Dog Day or something. I didn't notice this in time to mention it, which is not out of disinterest... as you can probably tell from some of my posts, every day is a celebration of canine coolness at the BlueTower. Yesterday was no exception: The Gunnar-man and I went on our usual big adventure through the neighborhood, and he got to cavort with several of his dog buddies (though he missed out on his little people, as there are now some neighborhood children quite enamored of him). It seems a little cheesy to fall back on that excuse, though, so I think I will pick him up a treat for a belated dinner celebration as well.

Links: Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play: How to Be a Gent.
The Devils Daughter.
Frozen Islands New Horizons.
Links: "It is sensationalized cruelty" Game of Thrones FCC Complaints. Thanks Slashdot.
Most Hated Players in Every MLB Franchise’s History. #4 is misspelled. It's not "Orosco" either, it's "Bonilla."
Stories: 'Mr. Robot' finale pulled after Virginia shooting.
Media: Honest Trailers: Mad Max: Fury Road.
A whale of a time.
Cute Smiling Baby Gecko. Reminds me of Buddy.
Follow-up: Report: Jared Fogle's Charity Didn't Pay Out Any Grants.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 28, 2015, 10:34
Kxmode
 
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Aug 28, 2015, 10:34
 Kxmode
 
jdreyer wrote on Aug 28, 2015, 02:08:
Kxmode wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 12:26:
Today is Thoughtful Thursday

Soon it will be Cynical Saturday.

- Don’t wait for the holidays to cook your family a favorite meal
So you can make them all fat.

- Be the best friend you can be by always being there when your friend needs you the most
So he'll get the wrong idea and start hitting on you.

- Pick up the phone and say hello to a friend who’s in need of a little conversation
So you can suffer through them whining about how their life sucks.

- Invite a friend/relative over for lunch
So they get the wrong idea from your lunch treat and hit you up for $1000 to "invest" in Star Citizen.

- Get involved in volunteer work in your community
So you can violate local ordinances at get fined $300.

- Hold doors for people behind y ou
And get fined by security personnel for letting people tailgate.

- Give up your seat on a bus/train to a person who could use it more
Only to have that person die from acute arterial thrombosis caused by sitting too much.

- Allow a person with fewer groceries than yourself to cut in front of you in line
Then discover that you missed the alcohol purchase cutoff time by 30 seconds.

- Try to be more conscientious of others feelings
But misread the situation, and cause them to enter a deep depression.

- Send a person who is depressed a little note to lift their spirits
And have the opposite effect, causing the person to attempt suicide.

- Cut out savings coupons for all and any baby items as many struggling young parents will appreciate them. Leave them in eyesight on the shelves in the grocery stores diaper section
Only to get caught doing so and hear them mutter, "We don't need your fucking charity."

Devilish

Wow. You fail at life.
"...and in stonks, Fizzy Squeezy Stocklebocks leaped over Droopy Whoopy Bondfluffs, hitting 300-gigglebits to their 150-snorebucks. Meanwhile, in Whimsyland's market, the pancakes reached parity with pogo sticks."
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 28, 2015, 02:19
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 28, 2015, 02:19
Aug 28, 2015, 02:19
 
Kxmode wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 21:00:
Julio wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 19:03:
Too bad they let him buy his way out of a real prison sentence for a slap on the wrist instead.

Because as we all know Jared isn't into Lady Justice.

Okay, that was pretty good.

The thing about a lot of these charities (and political orgs), is that the overhead often leaves very little to dole out to the people it's supposed to serve. "Hey, I'm running a charity (political org)! I deserve six figures!"
If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Slava Ukraini!
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 28, 2015, 02:15
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 28, 2015, 02:15
Aug 28, 2015, 02:15
 
Retired wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 13:47:
Mr. Tact wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 13:07:
Hey guys -- I'm guessing this already got covered here, but just in case not here is a mind-numbing browser game for you:

http://agar.io/


geez, there goes my day!

Oh, yeah, kids heavy into this. On Android, I think.
If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Slava Ukraini!
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 28, 2015, 02:14
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 28, 2015, 02:14
Aug 28, 2015, 02:14
 
TheGenk wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 13:27:
I wondered why the GoT complaints started with the 5. season...
and then it hit me! They're mostly coming from the SJW tumblr PC crowd and they were simply too young to be allowed to watch GoT when it started.

The cynic in me thinks that no one minded murder after murder in season after season, but show a rape and YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR, SIR!!!
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 28, 2015, 02:08
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 28, 2015, 02:08
Aug 28, 2015, 02:08
 
Kxmode wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 12:26:
Today is Thoughtful Thursday

Soon it will be Cynical Saturday.

- Don’t wait for the holidays to cook your family a favorite meal
So you can make them all fat.

- Be the best friend you can be by always being there when your friend needs you the most
So he'll get the wrong idea and start hitting on you.

- Pick up the phone and say hello to a friend who’s in need of a little conversation
So you can suffer through them whining about how their life sucks.

- Invite a friend/relative over for lunch
So they get the wrong idea from your lunch treat and hit you up for $1000 to "invest" in Star Citizen.

- Get involved in volunteer work in your community
So you can violate local ordinances at get fined $300.

- Hold doors for people behind y ou
And get fined by security personnel for letting people tailgate.

- Give up your seat on a bus/train to a person who could use it more
Only to have that person die from acute arterial thrombosis caused by sitting too much.

- Allow a person with fewer groceries than yourself to cut in front of you in line
Then discover that you missed the alcohol purchase cutoff time by 30 seconds.

- Try to be more conscientious of others feelings
But misread the situation, and cause them to enter a deep depression.

- Send a person who is depressed a little note to lift their spirits
And have the opposite effect, causing the person to attempt suicide.

- Cut out savings coupons for all and any baby items as many struggling young parents will appreciate them. Leave them in eyesight on the shelves in the grocery stores diaper section
Only to get caught doing so and hear them mutter, "We don't need your fucking charity."

Devilish
If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Slava Ukraini!
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 28, 2015, 00:53
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 28, 2015, 00:53
Aug 28, 2015, 00:53
 
Retired wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 17:42:
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT's TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!

79 People in regular NFL Pick 'EM League last year. I wasn't going to run it this year, but that is a pretty good turnout. There is a setting in the league to drop your worst week, I will turn that on, to give you one whoops I didn't get picks in, or something happens.

PLEASE ONLY ENTER ONE TEAM PER LEAGUE - to make things easier, when you name your entry, use your BN handle.

If I see players jumping in and out of the league to improve positions, I will just take those teams out - this is for fun, let's keep it that way.
- I may just lock the league in week 2 or 3, as we have most people on there by now, maybe some will join now to be included?

Good luck everyone. Two leagues again this year.
1. Is here, and a regular pick em league. Congrats to Verno last year. With a pretty amazing 99.3%.

2. Is here, a SPREAD league, gotta play the points. Congrats to "bpar", sorry, don't remember who that is, who had a very impressive 99.5% in the spread league. Lets try and get more members in this one, very challenging, only have 20 people right now.

Here is a link to the forum with joining information if you need group name and pw.

If there are other settings you would like to see changed, throw it in the forum. Thanks.

/Might show you the 2014 season, you have to join the 2015 season. Click where it says 2014 in the tabs, 2015 is in the dropdown.

That's actually a link to last years pick em league, but it's easily changed by using the dropdown with the year.

Edit: Oh lol, maybe I should read your whole post. Leaving this so nobody can say I ain't honest.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 23:54
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 23:54
Aug 27, 2015, 23:54
 
ledhead1969 wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 21:04:
Retired wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 14:08:
Acleacius wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 13:53:
I stopped watching Mr. Robot after episode 6, don't see a way for it to recover. It doesn't surprise me it got temp pulled, the show is way more psychopathic than I was hoping.

You are missing some really good stuff then.....

^^^^
I'm sure you guys are correct to a certain extent, since the show did interest me. Obviously I'm trying to avoid spoilers...

However that was the most important and powerful relationship in the show. It couldn't ever be replaced with the other 2 potential current cast members. I'd go so far as to say, it's not possible even if there was a new cast member.
Scorpio Slasher: ... What about you boy, what do hate?
Marcus: ... Bullies. Tiny d*ck egotists who hurt people for no reason, make people lock their doors at night. People who make general existence worse, people like you.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 23:10
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 23:10
Aug 27, 2015, 23:10
 
Ah, exactly right, it is a percentile score, not a percentage.

ie.. His score compared against all the entries in the ESPN's Pigskin Pick'em.
“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” -- Carl Sagan
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 22:32
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 22:32
Aug 27, 2015, 22:32
 
Mr. Tact wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 22:05:
Retired wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 17:42:
Congrats to Verno last year. With a pretty amazing 99.3%.
Congrats Verno... there is something funky going on with the math there though. Verno scored 170 correct picks. 32 teams playing 16 games each should be 256 games, which is more like 67%.

I dunno, might be percentile of total people? No clue.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 22:05
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 22:05
Aug 27, 2015, 22:05
 
Retired wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 17:42:
Congrats to Verno last year. With a pretty amazing 99.3%.
Congrats Verno... there is something funky going on with the math there though. Verno scored 170 correct picks. 32 teams playing 16 games each should be 256 games, which is more like 67%.
“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” -- Carl Sagan
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 21:04
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 21:04
Aug 27, 2015, 21:04
 
Retired wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 14:08:
Acleacius wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 13:53:
I stopped watching Mr. Robot after episode 6, don't see a way for it to recover. It doesn't surprise me it got temp pulled, the show is way more psychopathic than I was hoping.

You are missing some really good stuff then.....

^^^^
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 21:00
Kxmode
 
28.
Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 21:00
Aug 27, 2015, 21:00
 Kxmode
 
Julio wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 19:03:
Too bad they let him buy his way out of a real prison sentence for a slap on the wrist instead.

Because as we all know Jared isn't into Lady Justice.
"...and in stonks, Fizzy Squeezy Stocklebocks leaped over Droopy Whoopy Bondfluffs, hitting 300-gigglebits to their 150-snorebucks. Meanwhile, in Whimsyland's market, the pancakes reached parity with pogo sticks."
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 19:03
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 19:03
Aug 27, 2015, 19:03
 
NegaDeath wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 09:55:
"Report: Jared Fogle's Charity Didn't Pay Out Any Grants."

What a mess this guy has turned out to be. If you can't trust a sandwich advocate who can you trust!?

Too bad they let him buy his way out of a real prison sentence for a slap on the wrist instead.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 18:11
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 18:11
Aug 27, 2015, 18:11
 
descender wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 14:48:
I don't know the proper place to post this but Steam is giving away free copies of Portal 2 and Rocket League when you pre-order a Steampad now. Sweet deal.

My 360 controller has been acting up lately, so I took a chance on the Valve controller thing. Looking at the pictures, it probably won't be much good in Dark Souls, assuming I'm still playing that in November. But look, a free game!
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 17:42
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 17:42
Aug 27, 2015, 17:42
 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT's TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!

79 People in regular NFL Pick 'EM League last year. I wasn't going to run it this year, but that is a pretty good turnout. There is a setting in the league to drop your worst week, I will turn that on, to give you one whoops I didn't get picks in, or something happens.

PLEASE ONLY ENTER ONE TEAM PER LEAGUE - to make things easier, when you name your entry, use your BN handle.

If I see players jumping in and out of the league to improve positions, I will just take those teams out - this is for fun, let's keep it that way.
- I may just lock the league in week 2 or 3, as we have most people on there by now, maybe some will join now to be included?

Good luck everyone. Two leagues again this year.
1. Is here, and a regular pick em league. Congrats to Verno last year. With a pretty amazing 99.3%.

2. Is here, a SPREAD league, gotta play the points. Congrats to "bpar", sorry, don't remember who that is, who had a very impressive 99.5% in the spread league. Lets try and get more members in this one, very challenging, only have 20 people right now.

Here is a link to the forum with joining information if you need group name and pw.

If there are other settings you would like to see changed, throw it in the forum. Thanks.

/Might show you the 2014 season, you have to join the 2015 season. Click where it says 2014 in the tabs, 2015 is in the dropdown.

This comment was edited on Aug 27, 2015, 17:58.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 16:51
Jivaro
 
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 16:51
Aug 27, 2015, 16:51
 Jivaro
 
Kxmode wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 16:47:
Has there ever been a Wookie Jedi?

Tyvokka is the first one that comes to mind.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tyvokka
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 16:47
Kxmode
 
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Aug 27, 2015, 16:47
 Kxmode
 
Has there ever been a Wookie Jedi?
"...and in stonks, Fizzy Squeezy Stocklebocks leaped over Droopy Whoopy Bondfluffs, hitting 300-gigglebits to their 150-snorebucks. Meanwhile, in Whimsyland's market, the pancakes reached parity with pogo sticks."
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 16:35
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Aug 27, 2015, 16:35
 
hahaha nice one nin.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 15:51
nin
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Re: Out of the Blue Aug 27, 2015, 15:51
Aug 27, 2015, 15:51
nin
 
Kxmode wrote on Aug 27, 2015, 15:42:
New Star Wars teaser! The black guy wields a light saber!

Total speculation with nothing to back it up:

Last big set piece - they face off in the snow. Just as Boyega is about to be killed, Luke, who's not been seen at all the entire movie, steps into the frame and blocks the killing blow. Cliffhanger. Credits roll, see ya in two years.

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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 27, 2015, 15:42
Kxmode
 
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Aug 27, 2015, 15:42
 Kxmode
 
New Star Wars teaser! The black guy wields a light saber!
"...and in stonks, Fizzy Squeezy Stocklebocks leaped over Droopy Whoopy Bondfluffs, hitting 300-gigglebits to their 150-snorebucks. Meanwhile, in Whimsyland's market, the pancakes reached parity with pogo sticks."
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