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Marijuana company buys California gold-rush era ghost town, anticipating a "green rush" -- (link) - mara Aug 4, 09:34
When a photo looks like a Rockwell painting -- (link) - mara Aug 4, 09:24 7
- Is there any video ? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:43 1
  - I think this is it -- (link) - mara Aug 4, 09:50
- (Scroll down and see it as a Rockwell painting, too.) -- nm - mara Aug 4, 09:37
- It's the kid on the left that really makes it Rockwellian. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:33
- that is all kinds of awesome. And yes, seriously, what is the guy in the hat that looks like Bob Eucher doing? -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 09:28 2
  - The guy facing the wrong way? The video shows that it bounced from that side, I think. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 09:52
  - I was thinking Nick Searcy, but yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:32
Blue Apron Plans to Cut 24% of Staff Barely a Month After IPO -- (link) - ty97 Aug 4, 09:23 18
- Jeff Bezos: My Advice To Anyone Starting A Business Is To Remember That Someday I Will Crush You -- (link) - Mop Aug 4, 09:46
- I blame Crash. -- nm - jnine Aug 4, 09:42 4
  - Yeah, I join and it goes in the dumper. They better have not laid off the dude who packs and ships my order. -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 09:44 3
    - I've been with them for over a year. My needs johnny come lately. -- nm - jnine Aug 4, 09:45 2
      - if they want to grow, they've got to satisfy the newbs - sorry old-timer -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 09:46 1
        
        I'm going to move to Amazon/Whole Foods meals. Please don't follow, ruiner. -- nm - jnine Aug 4, 09:53
- Cut staff forms rival company Red Apron. Violent turf war ensues -- nm - con_carne Aug 4, 09:34 2
  - The correct answer was Gray Apron -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 10:27
  - Splatoon 2! -- nm - Qale Aug 4, 10:10
- I am sure quality won't suffer at all -- nm - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:32
- what will every podcast in the world do now?! -- nm - Tim Aug 4, 09:30 7
  - there is still Me Undies, they'll be okay. -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:31 6
    - They had a nice sale a few months back at MeUndies and I own a single pair. - Shaun Aug 4, 09:32 5
      - I have 3 pair (friends bought me a gift card), and I really don't like them that much. - JaxSean Aug 4, 09:45 4
        
        Brag, baby, brag -- nm - Mrs Jax SI Aug 4, 09:50
        
        After finally getting some, I've decided I don't like boxer briefs -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 09:47
        
        ST is old. This post should be eliciting all *sorts* of responses. -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:47 1
        
        I've decided I can only perv on groiny - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:59
Not sure why I never thought of it but can you imagine being a Secret Service assigned to Trump? - Spawn Aug 4, 09:21 1
- I'm sure some of them are perfect assholes and are quite comfortable protecting Trump. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:32
Is Mooch still having his press conference today, or did someone finally convince him what a bad idea this was? - Mop Aug 4, 09:20 5
- He canceled it. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 09:25 2
  - Did he get paid to be quiet? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:29 1
    - He gets to live. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:32
- SCARAMOOCHIVISION!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:21 1
  - Mooch Headroom -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:31
Did we see the Cubs-Diamondbacks bullpen rain delay games? Since they moved the bullpens inside the outfield walls they can only be seen by cameras - pmb Aug 4, 09:20
Presumably in an effort to suck his boss's dick, Sessions says Justice Department will be reviewing policies related to media subpoenas. -- (link) - Mop Aug 4, 09:18
Newsweek -- (link) - Spawn Aug 4, 09:15 3
- If you had fb, you would know this is my profile picture. -- nm - jnine Aug 4, 09:46
- That is all sorts of fantastic -- nm - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:30
- "will solar eclipse be unnatural disaster?" Ik,r? PANIC! -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:17
Pizza robots and en route baking is the future!! -- (link) - Shaun Aug 4, 09:10 1
- I look forward to the "Still baked by hand in our wood fired ovens!" ads. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:18
"The romantic comedy Little Italy stars Hayden Christensen..." - Shaun Aug 4, 09:07 14
- He's still acting? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 4, 09:15 2
  - Still? He never started. - David Aug 4, 09:50 1
    - It may be a trick, but it's a hell of a trick. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 09:52
- it's super low budget. (also with Emma Roberts.) -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:08 10
  - Emma Roberts, star of such blockbuster hits as uuhhh.....ummmm.....eerrrrrr - ty97 Aug 4, 09:10 9
    - She was absolutely fucking amazing in Scream 4. It's not her fault that they botched the ending. -- nm - David Aug 4, 09:52
    - We're the Millers made 150mil + -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 4, 09:49
    - "The chick from Hotel for Dogs" usually clears up any confusion with other famous Emmas right quick -- nm - con_carne Aug 4, 09:23
    - I liked Scream 4 -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 09:15
    - The Cults' Go Outside video -- nm - JD Aug 4, 09:15
    - i will say, Nerve is an underrated movie. -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:10 3
      - Definitely a pleasant surprise. -- nm - David Aug 4, 09:52
      - it is - Dave Franco is so cute in this movie -- nm - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:31
      - Nerve, starring Casey Neistat! -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:13
Guys. -- (link) - Tim Aug 4, 09:04 1
- Heh, I am up to the episode where he sets up shop in Sam's office. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:09
Israeli PM Netanyahu's son in social media row over dog poo (crash note - this was begging to be shared) -- (link) - crash davis Aug 4, 09:02
LYC: Both my daughter and my parents will be in Canada next week. Unrelated trips -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 09:00 39
- where in Canada? (it's kind of big. :) ) -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:07 18
  - Parents are in Nova Scotia and my daughter is...on a lake? :) somewhere north of wisconsin -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 09:10 3
    - Perhaps one of the Great Lakes? -- (edited) - Andie Aug 4, 09:12 2
      - The Whiteshell is a huge cottage area near Kenora, Ontario. That would likely fit the bill as "north of Wisconsin". -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 4, 09:33
      - I'll check the map tonight when we drop her off to see if I can see which. I'm sure they are pretty small and I know they are relatively remote -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 09:21
  - Well sure, but really it's just Toronto, Montreal, and a whole lot of trees -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 09:07 13
    - Ten minutes from my house, there's a lake with a sandy beach. - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:13 5
      - i can walk to a sandy beach from my Toronto condo in 7 minutes. -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:14 3
        
        Nice! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:30
        
        I can walk to a beautiful, toxic river in 5. -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 09:15 1
        
        perfect! -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:15
      - (I guess that's off topic, but I hadn't really made use of the lake until last weekend so I was pondering the proximity) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:14
    - city boy, western Canada rocks! -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 09:09 3
      - Everything west of the Hudson River sucks. - ty97 Aug 4, 09:10 2
        
        you poor deluded fool, you probably think Broadway matters too -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 09:13 1
        
        I will cut you. -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 09:19
    - And Vancouver. We have 3 cities. -- nm - Shaun Aug 4, 09:08 2
      - I loved Vancouver. I need to spend more than two days there. -- nm - Meg Aug 4, 09:19
      - That's just part of Seattle though -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 09:08
- Roo just got back from Hamilton - said it was the Detroit of Canada. I requested maple syrup and Justin Trudeau, I got neither. - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:03 17
  - My name is Alexander Hamilton - ty97 Aug 4, 09:04
  - it is. Why on EARTH was she in Hamilton (of all places.) -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:03 15
    - Bravo Con - she said she will not be going back. She loved Toronto. She tried poutine. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:07 2
      - oh good, i'm glad she saw somewhere else. What was the poutine verdict? -- nm* - Andie Aug 4, 09:07 1
        
        said it was delicious - she loved all the food they ate, but they ran out of items at the diners - eggs? waffles? - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:09
    - Really good deal on tickets, maybe? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:04 10
      - sure, i can see flying to Hamilton then just bussing or something to Toronto or, really, anywhere else. -- nm* - Andie Aug 4, 09:05 9
        
        Really good deal on tickets to Hamilton, I mean. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:09 1
        
        :) -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:10
        
        " lots of aggressive homeless people" - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:08 4
        
        There's a bit of that in Toronto too, though not as much as NYC -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 09:11
        
        well, i guess the IM is a nice gesture. -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:09 2
        
        nice but weird -- nm - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:10 1
        
        downtown Hamilton is really depressed. - Andie Aug 4, 09:11
        
        wait - was there just a big Con there? i think maybe there was. -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 09:06 1
        
        yes - they flew in to Toronoto then train/bus over to Hamilton - she said it was cheap and easy. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 4, 09:07
    - Ti-cats obvie. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 4, 09:04
- Also, your wife. - Spawn Aug 4, 09:01
- Refugees normally go in waves. -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 09:01
Funny tweet regarding our current situation. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 4, 08:55 2
- What happened? Where's Beaker? What have you done with Beaker?! -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:40
- :) -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 08:58
Though I was only at Lollapalooza relatively briefly yesterday, it looks like they made some really nice upgrades. Biggest is that instead of the - pmb Aug 4, 08:54 2
- Good to hear about the mud mitigation attempts. One year I went, a storm came through and afterwords was *bad* - ty97 Aug 4, 08:57 1
  - I remember that year. That was among the worst. More recently it still became a big mud pit after rains. -- (edited) - pmb Aug 4, 08:59
"Whoa, windows? I don't think I can afford this place." -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 08:53
We knew this right? Newly elected WV Governor Jim Justice has announced he's flipped from Democratic to GOP at a Trump rally -- (link) - MDH Aug 4, 08:52 7
- He hardly seemed like a Democrat. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:14 1
  - Kinda like Trump being a republican? -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:15
- I knew it yesterday afternoon. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:02
- He pulled a Churchill. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 4, 08:56
- He should have to refund all party funds expended on him. - crash davis Aug 4, 08:53
- News came out earlier in the day, but yeah. Note though that he flipped from GOP to Dem like 2 years ago -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:53 1
  - yup -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 4, 09:08
Gin Blossoms "New Miserable Expierence" released 25 years ago today -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 08:48 3
- Dignan should jam out to Hey Jealousy to celebrate that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:01
- I heard that due to Whispers at the bus stop -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 08:51 1
  - Well la dee da, city slicker. Not all of us live in a mass transit area -- nm - con_carne Aug 4, 09:28
Ugh, who wants a *house* with a *yard* and *exterior maintenance needs* No no no -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:47 23
- My delightful rental house has landscape service. I come home and the law is mowed. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:47
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  - I will be sure not to marry him! -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:59
- Me! But only so I can kick the kids outside and have some peace and quiet inside. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 08:50 8
  - Oh mygod why are you wrestling on the couch I told you to stop wrestling on the couch 8 times in the last 20 minutes ahh just stop -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 08:57
  - Ugh, who wants kids, who require a house and a yard and maintenance? -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:51 6
    - Nmb ty - znufrii Aug 4, 08:53 4
      - Nova -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:54 3
        
        Ah. Conshy would be super convenient for him then. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 4, 08:55 2
        
        If anything comes of this (academic hiring is so weird, so who knows) will definitely be hitting you up -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 09:05 1
        
        Please do. Happy to show off my town. -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 09:06
    - "Daddy, I'm hunnnngrrryyy!!" "I fed you on Tuesday, why are you so needy?" -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:51
- It's cathartic! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 4, 08:49 2
  - I hate it. It's why I pay kids to clear weeds. I'll mow but that's it. -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 08:58 1
    - heh, Logan took care of the fence weeds* this past weekend, first time. - Spawn Aug 4, 09:04
- you city boys are weird -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 08:49 7
  - Even *owning* a condo stresses me out. Renting is the way to go -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:49 6
    - Also, Florida? Really Jax? - ty97 Aug 4, 08:50 5
      - Just think of all the money you'd save in state taxes! - JaxSean Aug 4, 08:51 4
        
        And city taxes too. Though Florida summers *SUCK* -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:52 3
        
        Pfft. Like you go outside. - JaxSean Aug 4, 08:53 2
        
        I spent a week at my parents' house last month and the weather was the worst. - ty97 Aug 4, 08:55 1
        
        Yeah, but ... Pub Subs. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 4, 08:56
Farscape: Ben Browder got the role in Guardians 2 because James Gunn is a huge fan of the show -- (link) - Remlik Aug 4, 08:47
On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being worst, Kamloops B.C.'s air quality is 49. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 4, 08:46 8
- What is this, metric? American Air Quality Index is measured on a different scale? -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:23
- Portland is right up there, too. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Aug 4, 08:53
- Sounds like pollen counts in Atlanta. High: 25-50 Extremely High: 50-100 Today's Reading: 6000 -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 08:52
- the only time I hear of Kamloops is when its burning around there - is it burning around there again? -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 08:47 4
  - Kamloops is an old Secwepemc tribal word for "let the motherfucker burn" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 08:53 2
    - I thought it meant "Land of Souvenir Shops". -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 08:54 1
      - That's all of southern bc and the island -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:00
  - basically all of B.C. is on fire - Reagen Aug 4, 08:51

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