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in case anyone was interested, the acupressure back/neck tool, used just a bit today, really helped! - i.b. Jul 20, 20:52
OITNB Season 3 Episode 9 *(Spoilers) - amoxy Jul 20, 20:26
My posting here continues to plummet. I suck as a SlackerTalker. (Or do I over achieve as merely a Slacker?) -- nm - Qale Jul 20, 20:19 2
- I've been very lazy lately myself ... just busy time of year. -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 20:31 1
  - I want to say I've plateaued, but it's at a low so it's not really a plateau. -- nm* - tobor.2 Jul 20, 20:44
~you watch me bleed until i can't breathe ... i'm shaking, falling onto my knees ... now that i'm without your kisses ... i'll be needing stitches~ -- nm - Dano Jul 20, 20:10 1
- '/~needle and thread, gotta get you out of my head..'/~ -- nm - b. Jul 20, 20:21
I'll say this about Ant-Man, one of its negatives is that it SPECTACULARLY fails the Bechdel test. (spoils) - TWuG Jul 20, 19:50 7
- No on one point. spoil - Spawn Jul 20, 20:50
- wait, an Ant-Man movie was misogynistic? What has this world come to? -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 20:18 4
  - I'm not sure that it necessarily follows that that should be true. - TWuG Jul 20, 20:23 3
    - Disney has a notorious rep for being less than progressive gender wise. - tobor.2 Jul 20, 20:32
    - I'm riffing on the notorious storyline from the comics - Reagen Jul 20, 20:28 1
      - Fortunately, *that* is completely absent from this version of the character. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 20:37
- This is regrettably true. -- nm - Emoticripple Jul 20, 20:12
Watch the Netflix documentary "Tig". That's all I am saying. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 19:41 3
- I've been reading about it. -- nm - tobor.2 Jul 20, 20:34
- I haven't seen it, but she was so good with terry gross in the past couple of years that it made me go look-up more of her. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 20:04
- Trailer -- (link) - Mop Jul 20, 19:46 [youtube]
With that sparse hair, Zach Johnson could be Prince William's brunette brother. -- nm* - zork Jul 20, 19:36
Saw an ad in the subway this morning for Full House: The Musical starring Perez Hilton. This might still be playing during TIFF. -- nm - zork Jul 20, 19:34
Oh great, a new challenger for the title... - David Jul 20, 19:33
Can anyone recommend a cat repellent to stop a cat spraying my front door? - Meg Jul 20, 19:29 17
- a shotgun -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 20:44
- For a few thousand dollars I can make the problem go away -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 20:02 6
  - I could do it for a lot less but I like that neighbor and he really loves his cat ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 20:10 5
    - Cats are awesome is why. I won't ever get a male cat though -- nm - Bacon Jul 20, 20:25 4
      - snip snip. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 20:28 3
        
        if only that stopped the spraying. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 20:32 2
        
        if you do it young, it does. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 20, 20:32 1
        
        trust me, that is not always the case. it can reduce it in some kitties, stop it in others; but then there's the other set. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 20:34
- This guy from animal planet uses motion detected devices to scare other cats away - JenBro Jul 20, 19:36 3
  - Unfortunately I share a front walk with the neighbor and our doors are just a few inches apart. And it's likely his cat. -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 19:41 2
    - I considered electrifying the screen...but thought better of it ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 19:41 1
      - cactus -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 20, 19:47
- trading the 2 of them in for a dog is still not an option? :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 20, 19:36
- A Sheltie. They yap at anything that approaches your door. -- nm - zork Jul 20, 19:33
- anything with citrus. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 19:32 2
  - Hmm, which pointed me to citronella spray. I must try it. -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 19:35 1
    - Vinegar might work too. -- nm - tobor.2 Jul 20, 20:35
1. I wish this album had existed when E was really young. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 20, 19:18 2
- Huh. Apparently there are dozens of those albums. Who knew? -- nm - Volnelk Jul 20, 19:40
- I have the one, based upon Radiohead songs...pretty good -- nm - Flavorize Jul 20, 19:21
Well, that's it. I've gone rogue. - Mop Jul 20, 19:12 1
- Of course, when I'm on Comcast, I get 76/12 Mbps. With this, I get... - Mop Jul 20, 19:16
Oh... I like this house. -- (link) - Dano Jul 20, 19:00 5
- Very nice. Looks like you'd just have to repaint. -- nm - iSpam Jul 20, 19:33
- that is so cute that I want to hug it. :) - -- nm - b. Jul 20, 19:13
- That house is adorable. I like it a lot -- nm - kelly Jul 20, 19:08
- Everybody shares 1 bath -- nm - budice Jul 20, 19:06 1
  - It would just be me. -- nm - Dano Jul 20, 19:06
The organizer of yesterday's event sent a thank-you to all participants. One of them has already 'replied all' to thank her for the opportunity :) -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 18:55
Today starts Week 2 of no gym. I definitely won't be back until next Monday at the earliest. I think I may go insane. - kelly Jul 20, 18:50 6
- I'm still having trouble walking comfortably - I know how you feel :( -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 19:10 1
  - I have a 5k on Saturday so if ever there was a time to be hitting the gym regularly, this would be it. Oh well. - kelly Jul 20, 19:13
- *imagines Kelly bench pressing Nathan*. (how's he doing? All better?) -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 18:56 3
  - He's doing much better, thanks. Still has a pretty nasty cough, but the double ear infection seems to not be a problem now. (he's still on antibiotics - kelly Jul 20, 19:00 2
    - :) kids are amazing at rebounding - he's such a cute kid! The pumpkin of blueberries was great! -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 19:29 1
      - It's the perfect size for him. He used the pumpkin, I used his ginormous plastic Easter basket, heh. -- nm - kelly Jul 20, 19:31
Krusty... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 20, 18:46 [youtube]
Ha! Headline of the day: "Drunk Squirrel Wreaks Havoc at Private Club" (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Jul 20, 18:42 2
- I am going to find a way to work "sozzled squirrel" into conversation. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 18:55
- i'm thinking thankfully Bullwinkle also wasn't there & drunk -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 20, 18:46
"That's why everybody loves Rodcocker" - amoxy Jul 20, 18:33
WLIR for Colin... -- (edited) - tobor.2 Jul 20, 18:24
Speaking on extroverts: I have a co-worker who is like a particularly excitable Golden Retriever. - ralph wiggum Jul 20, 18:06 12
- You should ask me about my work sometime. You'll be shouting "Praise Jesus!" when I'm done. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 19:49
- We had one like that, but she also had a very loud voice. Eventually we trained her to have a "morning voice" early in the day. -- nm - zork Jul 20, 19:30
- the person at my office who will take forever to look up when I'm standing in her door waiting before I talk so I don't interrupt her is the WORST -- (edited) - JenBro Jul 20, 18:24 2
  - For a few thousand dollars I can make the problem go away -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:36 1
    - unfortunately, she does our paychex ... otherwise ... heh -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 18:39
- "Also, she does not respect the headphones or the closed door. Just barges right in and starts chatting. Blargh." this would drive my wife insane - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:10 6
  - I feel like the Ron Swanson to her Leslie Knope. Only with slightly less facial hair and a lot more impatience. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 20, 18:22 1
    - "You mean I've been sitting with an *empty* land mine on my desk all these years?" -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 18:24
  - yah, that kind of disrespect really bugs me, too. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 18:12 3
    - Unless the building is on fire, SHAAADUP -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:15 2
      - Also, her office is diagonal to mine and is in the direct line of hearing. So I get to hear every phone conversation - ralph wiggum Jul 20, 18:28 1
        
        Literally the first words out of her mouth where, Loud Lady and Likes to Talk Guy were off today so I got some work done. - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:35
big brother update..spoils - Peglegpete Jul 20, 18:00 2
- spoils - Jovian Jul 20, 18:05 1
  - *spoilers* - Strongbad Jul 20, 18:24
so I saw some headline over the weekend about singer/actress rita ora breaking up with her boyfriend. I clicked because of the photo. - b. Jul 20, 17:52 5
- Note the toe of his shoe wrapped in duct tape ... guess he no longer gets a clothing allowance -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 18:28 1
  - hee, I did notice that and that the other shoe looks like it'll be needing taping soon. he's being green that way! -- nm - b. Jul 20, 18:31
- Tommy's kid is going to play a great villain in Suicide Squad -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 17:59 1
  - hee, I had a similar thought; but I got distracted thinking of her prior ex-bf calvin harris and forgot to post it. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 18:01
- see why can't dudes like him get in the middle of a rap beef? -- nm - jangles Jul 20, 17:57
icfsnmfp: not L.T. the lb, but this lawrence taylor (young british artist) song is promising. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 20, 17:36 6
- this is the best version I could find in a quickety search - sam hunt joined taylor swift in chicago yesterday. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 20, 20:23 [youtube]
- looking to see what other songs "future" has done, and dude has taken issue with some punctuation in the past. (nsfw nsfw) nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 20, 18:45
- while I'm music-ing, I just remembered to google about this. why some electronica/synth music makes me feel queasy. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 20, 18:14
- we've had someone who was a big ben folds fan, iirc? he has a couple of new songs out. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 20, 18:05 [youtube] 1
  - kare -- nm - jangles Jul 20, 18:08
- (note for mop: soundcloud is one of the sites that shows "this tab is playing audio" in chrome.) -- nm -- (edited) - b. Jul 20, 17:39
You know what's a challenge? Two introverts raising an extrovert. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 17:34 11
- I think the opposite would be harder. -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:00 10
  - Harder on the kid. "Why are you just sitting there reading? Don't you want to have a playdate?" nm - ralph wiggum Jul 20, 18:02 9
    - For us, it's the challenge of explaining why we wouldn't inviite everyone we know including (shudder) coworkers to our BBQ - Reagen Jul 20, 18:20 1
      - LOL to the im -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:26
    - "There must be something wrong with you if you'd rather go for a walk in the bush than hang out in the mall with your friends" - Meg Jul 20, 18:10 4
      - "Why aren't you out getting exercise in the sunshine?" - tobor.2 Jul 20, 18:32
      - Yeah, my grandmother used to pull that shit on my mom, sister and me. "Why can't you be more like your cousins?" nm - ralph wiggum Jul 20, 18:24
      - A Meg in the Mall is worth 2 Megs in the Bush. I couldn't resist -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:11 1
        
        AND that sucks. -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:14
    - Yep, my thoughts too. The extrovert kid probably just leave Mom and Dad in the dust and find a group of friends like himself/herself -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:03 1
      - Yeah, I read that and thought about the kid's point of view not the parent's for some reason -- nm - Seaweed Jul 20, 18:04
"Ex-Bills tight end Buster Barnett's mistress kills his wife then herself" -- nm - David Jul 20, 17:18 5
- That is just dumb. Now he will go out and get a new one. -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 17:30 2
  - A new what? - eag Jul 20, 17:32 1
    - Woman. -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 17:36
- yikes. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 20, 17:20 1
  - That's awful. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 17:29
Cuban Embassy reopens in Washington DC after 54 years -- (link) - amoxy Jul 20, 17:14 2
- Someone tell Hyman Roth -- nm - eag Jul 20, 17:38
- Those LIFE magazines in the lobby are going to be realllly outdated. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 17:33
People, people! This is important! It's Miami Fashion Week, with amazing bikinis (and video)! -- (link) - Mop Jul 20, 17:06 3
- not clicking, but that reminds me that I had a very happy thought tangent on my walk in from my car this morning. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 20, 17:14 2
  - He looks a lot like Bradley Cooper (face) -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 18:44 1
    - yah, in some angles he does. I didn't take the time to find any of my past-posted faves. here's one. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 20, 18:50 [Image]
*bong* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 17:03
Anthony Geary Leaves General Hospital With All Guns Blazing -- (link) - Todd Manning Jul 20, 17:02
About the Gawker resignations, they're upset that management interfered with editorial, right? - Mop Jul 20, 16:57 4
- I'm surprised they are still able to breathe being stuffed that far up their own assholes. -- nm - Qale Jul 20, 20:22
- I think when I wrote "prompt", I meant "point", but I'm not sure. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 17:06
- "No thanks for trying to save your ass, then? OK." -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 17:03 1
  - whoever it was who said last week that they seem sadly deficient in grownups continues to be right. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 17:10
I wondered if it was just our local Anna's Linens that was closing...guess not :/ - Meg Jul 20, 16:52 1
- we had never-ending closings of some here. your im is on point - I never found - b. Jul 20, 16:56
Let the grave-robbing commence -- (link) - ML Jul 20, 16:51 1
- I wish they'd let readers vote for who they hire (or don't). -- nm - b. Jul 20, 16:55
yo, all these "Con Edison has reduced voltages, please limit usage of electricity and A/C" messages are FUNNY. - ty97 Jul 20, 16:48 1
- Limit usage? I pay my bills, get me more power. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 17:16
Rachel Dolezal Works in a Salon Doing Weaves and Braiding Hair Now -- (link) - ty97 Jul 20, 16:42 1
- At least she gets to do what she loves. -- nm - ML Jul 20, 16:43
Breaking News! Honeymooner buys $40 camera. Makes a stink when her honeymoon pictures turn out like shit. -- (link) - Mop Jul 20, 16:41 3
- Wrong link. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 17:18 2
  - it's the top link on the right side. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 17:19 1
    - Found it. This is why you should read reviews. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 17:31
Woot, I received my $12 in unclaimed property from the state. It turns out to have been a jury duty check I never cashed. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jul 20, 16:40 1
- nice! I found a possible couple of hundred unclaimed for my mom a couple of weeks ago. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 16:43
I'm out. -- (link) - ML Jul 20, 16:38 5
- hey everyone, tell ML to take me off killfile. -- (link) - Tim Jul 20, 17:24 [Backboard] 1
  - I was on vacation! -- nm - ML Galaxy Jul 20, 17:34
- Japan is going to start mocking our flavors soon. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 16:52
- yeah, that's disgusting. -- nm - mud Jul 20, 16:50
- except it's "only in the u.s." (that and the other flavors for this year's dealio were posted last week.) -- nm - b. Jul 20, 16:42
Waller County (TX) DA says it is too soon to rule death of black woman in police custody as suicide. - ty97 Jul 20, 16:32 3
- I missed this: they were going to releasing the dashcam footage today (not sure if they did that at press conference a little while ago or not) -- (link) - ty97 Jul 20, 16:36 1
  - delayed, now set to be released tomorrow. I read about the content from her family's lawyer's perspective earlier - I want to see it. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 20, 16:41
- Yeah, I'd take a job in Texas over my dead body. - Mop Jul 20, 16:35

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