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  1. opiate82

    2013 NFL Season

    That Saints do not look like a team that is capable of going to Seattle to win a game.
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    The Good Wife

    So my wife has been watching this forever now, I just assumed it was another Army Wives, Wives of Timbuktu, etc. type show. I really do think they kind of fucked themselves with the name. I picked it up part way through the series to this point and am enjoying it so far. If you haven't watched...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Yup a good seer is needed to 'finish' off a good sous-vide cooked steak. One of the reasons I think sous-vide steaks are superior to grilled alternatives is that basically the entire piece of meat is cooked to your liking. Even a rare steak, when grilled, is going to be cooked beyond rare...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    You know you're getting old when.....

    The big one I have been noticing lately is "when all the doctors you visit are younger than you." Shit, I'm not even that old yet, fucking overachievers.
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    Smartphones

    AT&T hitting back at T-Mobile.ATT desperate to steal T-Mobile customers, offers $450 to switch | Ars Technica Also good for those who went Nexus 5 route: Glad to see that competition is finally forcing these big carriers to be price competitive.
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    I don't know about now, but a couple of years ago when I was buying a new TV, a big issue with all the Smart TV was that all of the data was routed through a manufactures servers first. I just read an article recently about how Samsung was basically collecting data on what you were watching (but...
  8. opiate82

    2013 NFL Season

    More on these playoff games not being sold out: Another note, Seattle (which sold out its playoff game in like 30 minutes) has a "pay as we play" policy where they take your payment info but don't charge you for anything until they have clinched it.
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    2013 NFL Season

    Apparently there was some deal with GB where the season ticket holders had to prepay for two home playoff games or some shit and they all said "this team, 2 home games, yeah right!" So that is why it isn't sold out yet. I'm sure they will have no problems actually selling out.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    It will work, just make sure to account for the temp loss when you put the steak in.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Brewer sends Starbucks $6 check and letter after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from them for his "Frappicino" beer.
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    Art

    I agree. We have this family friend whose brother started making these terrible splatter-paintings. He then put a ridiculous price tag on them, spewed out some bullshit about their "meaning" and used some of his past business connections to get them up in galleries. Now he sells these paintings...
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    2013 NFL Season

    I think they need to change the playoffs so that the #1 seeds get to choose their matchup for the divisional round once the wildcard round is over.
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    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    One of their two O-line coaches (just saying). I expect Roman to be gone as well but I'm not sure that is a bad thing. I think he is fine right up until calling a game then it is "herpderp we have 5 yards to go, Frank Gore and the opponents #1 run stopper on the sidelines, lets throw 3 straight...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    In going through this IVF stuff my wife has been all pumped on hormones that has killed her drive (hers was higher than mine). Probably been over a month since we last had actual sex. I still get some other types of "action" almost daily because she is conscience of it and doesn't want to be...
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    2013 NFL Season

    The Rams have given Seattle problems and Seattle is really struggling against physical defenses as of late. Obviously if I was picking straight up I would pick Seattle but if before last week you asked me which game the Seahawks would be more likely to take a loss in, Arizona or St. Louis I...
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    MLB Hot Stove '13-'14

    Thing with some of these contracts is that there are a handful of teams that recently got pants-on-head-retarded TV money. Naturally players salaries were going to inflate along with the increased revenue. I think there are only a couple more years of these huge TV deals before the bubble...
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    The Christmas Haul Thread

    What? Further explanation needed... I got a bunch of new beer brewing equipment. An oxygenation system, some stainless steel dry-hoppers and a conical fermenter.
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    HDTVs

    I agree.
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    CTRL + V

    chemically castrated
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    2013 NFL Season

    Frank Gore Calls His Own Number in 49ers Victory After the series of terrible play-calls that cost them a Super Bowl victory, can't say that I blame the guy.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Yeah, that is what I meant, connective tissues. Not down with the culinary lingo and got confused.
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    2013 NFL Season

    I have no rebuttal to that.
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    2013 NFL Season

    Seems like around this thread any time any team starts winning the fans of said team spend more time having to defend their fandom than they do having relevant discussion.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Yeah pretty much. For my beer I just tape it to the outside of my fermenter with some insulation wrapped around it. The model I posted is actually dual stage, so it will either heat or cool depending on temp. For sous-vide purposes I only use the heating portion obviously. I believe there are...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    You do sear it at the end. I get a small cast-iron skillet as hot as I can get it and sear it for about 30 seconds a side. I have also used the inferred searer on my BBQ as well. As far as flavor it actually comes out better because of the way the fats break down by slow cooking it. Many other...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    So I have one of these little $18 temperature controllers (Amazon Link) that I used to keep a consistent temperature for fermenting my beer in a little insulated chamber that I have. I realized last night that it could be used for another purpose. Combined with a crock-pot I can also use it for...
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    2013 NFL Season

    I am 99% sure that ball hit the ground, but that isn't 100%. I can say with a 100% certainty that Seattle wasn't coming back anyways with the way their offense played today. Hope the Niners lock up a playoff spot tomorrow night, don't want it coming down to the Arizona game.
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    Smartphones

    That deal was nixed by the FCC iirc. And I am willing to give TMO my business, even if their service is inferior, if they continue to work on killing the current service provider model. But TMO is at least a serviceable option in my area, and they charge a very fair (low) price for that...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    2013 NFL Season

    Yeah, there are 3 teams that had legitimate reasons not to be interested in Peyton Manning, New England, Green Bay and New Orleans. If Manning offered his services to any other team and they turned him down they deserve to be the worst team in the league.
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    The Beer Thread

    I always felt the Rogue went to far with their adjuncts. Rather than having complementary notes of flavor, the beer just taste like a juice of whatever they added to the beer (bacon juice, chipotle juice, etc).
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    2013 NFL Season

    The problem with Joe Buck is that he has an inexplicable ability to make the greatest moment in sports feel like you are watching grass grow.
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    The Beer Thread

    Not really. IPAs are now way too mainstream for hipsters. Hipsters in my area are all about sours and meads now.
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    The Beer Thread

    Appreciate the offer but I am trying to go 100% homebrew right now. Have around 25 gallons of it in some form of conditioning and/or carbing up at the moment. Finally got my process down to where I can make what I consider a commercial quality brew. In theory I should save a lot of money vs...
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    The Beer Thread

    Firestone Union Jack is my go-to IPA right now, perfectly crafted West Coast IPA. Ballast Point Sculpin is also amazing but harder for me to find, and when I do it is usually only in 22s. Unfortunately Russian River pulled its distribution to WA so I haven't had a chance to try any of their...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    2013 NFL Season

    Manning has always thrown one of the ugliest balls in the NFL.
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    I put about 2 grams in each bottle, which is the equivalent of about 4oz of dry hops for a 5 gallon batch. Close to how much I put in most my IPAs. I also usually dry hop in the fermenter or in the keg before carbonation. The CO2 in the BL will have a small impact on the flavor, but for the...
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    The Girls Who Broke Your Heart Thread

    Yeah, if she wasn't willing to do anything about it, that is okay. But just so you know,nowshe is going to lose a bunch of weight and starting dating a douche just to get back at you, or depress-eat her way to 260...