Eric - Final Countdown

"They have taken the most grave and solemn of civic moments — a funeral of a fallen colleague — and hijacked it for their own petty look-at-us gesture. In doing so, they also turned their backs on Mr. Ramos’s widow and her two young sons, and others in that grief-struck family. These are disgraceful acts, which will be compounded if anyone repeats the stunt at Officer Liu’s funeral on Sunday." - Eric @ CS Techcast

"Indonesian media say 162 people were on board. The aircraft, flight number QZ8501, lost contact with Jakarta air traffic control just after 06:15am local time, a transport official told local media. The official, Hadi Mustofa, said the plane had asked for an unusual route before losing contact." - Eric @ CS Techcast

"On Saturday, the North's powerful National Defense Commission, the country's top governing body led by Kim, said that Obama was behind the release of "The Interview." It described the movie as illegal, dishonest and reactionary. "Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest," an unidentified spokesman at the commission's Policy Department said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency." - Eric @ CS Techcast

"Before we had Google for all of our embarrassing questions, Pinterest for craft inspiration, and Craigslist for all of the odds and ends of life, more people relied on public librarians to field all manner of questions. And the New York Public Library still has records of some pretty odd ones." - Eric @ CS Techcast

Thw squirrel one still remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. - Micah

My manager emailed a link to the entire customer service department, with the comment "Sometimes we feel like we’re the oracle, but these are the next level." - April Russo (FForever!)

My favorite from the Gothamist article: Can you tell me the thickness of a US Postage stamp with the glue on it? Answer: We cannot get this answer quickly. Perhaps try the Postal Service. Response: This is the Postal Service. http://gothamist.com/2014... - April Russo (FForever!)

I went confront him but he wouldn't get out of his car. Ass. - Eric @ CS Techcast

"Apparently people who speak Arabic don’t understand what Lil Wayne’s new tat means. According to Al Arabiya News, Wayne’s Arabic script tat doesn’t say “momma’s boy” rather it reads something closer to nonsense when translated properly." - Eric @ CS Techcast

@amerzahwa Follow advice : Never Use Google Translate to Generate the Text of Your Tattoo :D #LilWayne صبي أمي هههههه - Eric @ CS Techcast

"Two men took to fightin' And Michael punched in through the door And Michael looked like some old Swiss cheese His brain was splattered on the floor" - Eric - Final Countdown

Are you fucking kidding me? - Eric - Final Countdown

"Ghostface meets Toastface. It wasn’t a comic book showdown, but a real life performance down in Perth, as Tony Starks (with Wu-Block crime partner Sheek Louch) stopped by the Toastface Grillah cafe (some of you might remember this food-centric promo mix from earlier this year), and did a quick live show going through not only some of his own hits but Wu and ODB classics." - Eric - Final Countdown

You stole my picture! Better not be stealing my wine! - Elena

Stole, haha! - Eric - Final Countdown

I think we have the same wine fridge. It had not occurred to me to put a bottle sideways on the bottom. Space saver!!! - Marie

Elena's idea, totally. - Eric - Final Countdown

All of a sudden, everything's funny. I wonder why? - Eric - Final Countdown

"sort of how we imagine Christmas on acid might be. No seriously, it all makes sense: there’s bright colors, men in pornstaches and robes, Santa Claus-lookalikes (can we talk about how Deen’s husband resembles Santa to a T?), bacon, and so much whipped cream that it in fact doesn’t even look good anymore." - Eric - Final Countdown

the dude in the red satin robe talks like Foghorn Leghorn doing a Seka film. - Big Joe Silenced

lol! - Eric - Final Countdown

"Over the weekend, Lynch blamed Bill de Blasio for the Saturday deaths of two Brooklyn cops who were murdered by a lone gunman from Baltimore. “That blood on the hands,” he said at a press conference, “starts on the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor.” To understand why he would say something so wrong and inflammatory, you need to delve into Lynch’s long, checkered history of issuing similarly insane statements. His public declarations over the past 15 years are essentially pro-police agitprop: Cops can do no wrong, while victims of their state-sanctioned violence always had it coming. They are also a deep well of masculine anxiety, hurt feelings, and barely disguised racism." - Eric - Final Countdown

"Shouty chef Gordon Ramsay's restaurant empire has been on a roller coaster ride of ups and downs over the years." - Eric - Final Countdown

The Big Fish Casino woman needs to check into one as well, for her gambling addiction. - vicster.

Oh, oranges. - Rodfather

Sorry. I wish to reject this pairing and ask for one that will keep me sane! Because this bitch is about to lose her mind with all the shit we've dealt with the last few months! - Elena

Are you sure it's strong enough? - April Russo (FForever!)

"According to prosecutors, GS9 was a “criminal street organization” in Flatbush, with the investigation indicating that they operated from January 2013 until October 2014 and the crimes from the indictment carried out with the intent to maintain and defend territory against rival gangs such as Folk Nation and Brooklyn’s Most Wanted (BMW). Prosecutors also allege that GS9′s operations were funded by drug deals and that members used code words for guns (“tone” or “socks”), drugs (“crills”) and shootings (“suntan” or “scoom”). Authorities recorded 14 separate incidents where GS9 members fired weapons, sometimes in public places, and eight instances of members being arrested for weapons possession. Multiple shooting incidents are detailed in the prosecutor’s report. The first, from July 12, involved a 22-year-old woman shot in the neck in Brooklyn who was apparently standing in between Rashid “Rasha” Derrisant and Alex “A-Rod” Crandon and a member of the rival BMW gang. Rasha shot A-Rod in the arm during the incident; the two were charged alongside Deshain “Mitch” Cockett and Brian “Meeshie” Harvey for the crime (you may remember all four of them from the lyrics to “Hot Nigga,” with the particular line, “Mitch caught a body ’bout a week ago”)." - Eric - Final Countdown

People think these gangsta rappers are making this shit up. - Eric - Final Countdown

"Larry put me inside his Cadillac, the chauffeur drove off and we never came back" - Sucker MCs, Run-DMC - Eric @ CS Techcast

"Bridwell was best known for creating the Clifford the Big Red Dog book series. First published in 1963, Bridwell eventually wrote and illustrated more than 150 Clifford titles. The series has been translated into 13 languages, and sold 129 million copies." - Eric - Final Countdown

:( - COMPLICATED MR. NOODLE

:-( - vicster.

"“I question whether this theory would ultimately prevail in either U.S. courts or in any international forum,” Maj. Gen. Thomas Romig, Army judge advocate general at the time, wrote in a March 2003 memo to the Department of the Air Force general counsel. Maj. Gen. Jack Rives, the deputy judge advocate general of the Air Force at the time, echoed those concerns. He wrote in a February 2003 memo that several of the proposed techniques “on their face, amount to violations of domestic and criminal law and the UCMJ (e.g., assault) …”" - Eric - Final Countdown

While Shaft and in the bar. I need to leave. - Eric - Final Countdown

I took gingerbread stout to a party once. We were supposed to take booze (or other beverages) that somehow represent us. I like to bake and I'm stout. :) - Katy S

A stout would be good. - Eric - Final Countdown

Flannel? - Eric - Final Countdown

I've seen Sabrina the Teenage Witch on my TV again. - Eric - Final Countdown

Girl Meets World is already on the air. - Eric - Final Countdown

Just need Clear Pepsi to make a comeback. - Eric - Final Countdown