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Not gonna lie, I kind of want Space-Nine to reunite on the Discovery set (pretending it's the defiant) to pull a pre-credit stunt. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 08:56
Wayne Rooney didn't get the memo that MLS is where old washed up players go to collect easy money without working for it - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 13, 08:50 6
- That's an excellent tackle, and not something I would imagine to be legal in soccer. -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 08:57 1
  - He wins the ball cleanly before contact, that’s all you have to do. -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 09:01
- That's one of the best complete soccer plays I've seen. Brilliant. -- nm - Klaus Mikaelson Aug 13, 08:57
- As the last man, too. Nothing between the ball and the net if he misses that tackle. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 13, 08:55 1
  - Right -- it was a "What do we have to lose?" situation - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 13, 08:58
- "The old man" - he's 32! -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 08:53
Peter Strzok has been fired by the FBI. -- (link) - jnine Aug 13, 08:49 4
- I think the lesson in this is never brag to your girlfriend. -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:51 3
  - This is true, because sooner or later she will see you naked with the lights on. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 08:56
  - Not on a government phone. His lawyer said they caved to political pressure and the firing is not following appropriate policy. -- nm - jnine Aug 13, 08:55 1
    - I'll agree with that. Everything in this whole deal has been non-standard -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:56
I truly care for and respect as a person my friend pmb. However lately, I've just been filled with pity for him, you should be so too - crash davis Aug 13, 08:46 1
- I'm sure she watched a lot of Law and Order during that 15 years so she could keep up with the law. -- nm - pmb Aug 13, 09:00
LYC - Alternative Rock Festival A++ - Psychodelic Furs were awesome and I got to 2nd row of people for Echo & the Bunnymen - also great! Video on FB - JenBro Aug 13, 08:33 14
- Woo!! we all want to be Jax & Mrs. Jax when we grow up! I went to Shinedown/Godsmack last night and ELO is tonight. - Epiphany Aug 13, 08:37 8
  - I am so envious of getting to see ELO -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:38 7
    - I'm old. back to back concerts might kill me. - Epiphany Aug 13, 08:49 1
      - bummer! maybe the boss will call in first -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:50
    - yup, Wednesday night, can't wait -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 08:41
    - I had tickets for Wednesday, before I realized I was leaving on vacation tomorrow. Excited for vacation, but bummed I'm missing the show. -- nm - pmb Aug 13, 08:38 3
      - Doing anything cool like Kilimanjaro this year? -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:39 2
        
        This trip is to Israel. Should be very cool. Next spring we go to Patagonia. -- nm - pmb Aug 13, 08:40 1
        
        Awesome, I'd love to see a lot of the historical sites in Israel. -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:47
- Cool, I didn't know either of those groups were still around. I'm shooting to see Styx on the 22nd -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:35 1
  - Bret Michaels plays the 21st, I'd like to see him too but I don't know if I can swing that -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:37
- That's great. Concerts are life -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 08:35 2
  - they rebalance my soul - truly. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 08:37 1
    - Totally agree. -- nm - pmb Aug 13, 08:38
Thom Yorke is doing a small venue solo tour this winter: - MDH Aug 13, 08:29
Trump-appointed judge upholds special counsel Mueller's authority - crash davis Aug 13, 08:25 1
- Russia Sanctions Won’t Work If Trump Doesn’t Back Them Up The president’s refusal to condemn Putin undermines any economic penalties. - crash davis Aug 13, 08:26
*quickly prints off some blank character sheets at the office before anyone sees what he is doing* - crash davis Aug 13, 08:21
WWE: Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart has passed away (Father of Natalya) -- (link*) - Remlik Aug 13, 08:12 5
- He did unhinged so well -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 13, 08:59
- That's a shame. He seemed like he was doing better on Total Divas. - pmb Aug 13, 08:39
- :( Love the Hart Foundation -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 08:30
- :( -- nm - Budice Aug 13, 08:14
- oh man. I liked him. -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 08:14
ST Poll: Ideas for things to do on the last day before school starts (sophomore in HS and friends) -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 08:10 13
- Back to school shopping at the mall -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 13:12
- Police ridealong. Or mandy's mini golf idea. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 08:57
- 24 hour bender in Vegas -- nm - decline Aug 13, 08:37
- What does the sophomore and her friends like doing? -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:34
- Climb a mountain carrying your mountain bike, ride the bike down, picnic at the lake at the base of the mountain -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:28
- All night bender. Movie, Six Flags, Cubs Game, Concert, Mini roadie trip -- nm* - Budice Aug 13, 08:15 6
  - I should mention this is literally today and prep time is nil :) -- nm* - oblique Aug 13, 08:18 5
    - impromptu scavenger hunt -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 08:20 1
      - "couple kegs down by the river, cigs, some chill tunes" -- nm - Budice Aug 13, 08:24
    - Mall, Downtown, Bowling, MiniGolf -- nm* - Budice Aug 13, 08:19 2
      - MINI GOLF! MINI GOLF! MINI GOLF! (and ice cream, pref DQ.) -- nm - amanda Aug 13, 08:29
      - Picnic -- nm - Budice Aug 13, 08:25
- bacchanal -- nm - mud Aug 13, 08:12
LYC: NMS: Got myself killed by a vicious animal just before I built my hyperdrive to switch star systems so I had to start over again. Died again to - oblique Aug 13, 08:09 4
- I'm waiting for when the game stops giving me frequent quests to move before trying to settle on a planet and start grinding out technology, etc. - oblique Aug 13, 08:11 3
  - the Sentinels are way more aggressive with this update. I've still spending time running around harvesting things to repair my new broken ship -- (edited) - decline Aug 13, 08:23 2
    - Does the "quest" part stop at some point? -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 08:48 1
      - sort of? The startup stuff to get you going does stop but there are 2 main storylines in the game. The Atlas search and the search for the galactic - decline Aug 13, 08:52
I forgot my phone at home today. It's weird. -- nm - Shaun Aug 13, 08:05 1
- I hope you survive this terrible situation -- nm - decline Aug 13, 08:06
"The Browns punished Antonio Callaway by refusing to take him out of a preseason game" - prayformojo Aug 13, 08:02
Start the Draft -- nm - Budice Aug 13, 07:58
In the Year of ‘Black Panther,’ the Oscars Are in Panic Mode. Should They Be? -- (link) - Beaker Aug 13, 07:56
ST Poll - favourite song with a gap in it? - LMS Aug 13, 07:54 18
- I just want to. STOP... and thank you, baby....ot Th e Who, Teenage wasteland where they came to banjo -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 13:09 1
  - Baba O'Riley -- (link) - GregW Aug 13, 14:04 [youtube]
- Drain the Blood - The Distillers - JD Aug 13, 08:40
- Either You Dropped A Bomb on Me by The Gap Band or Young Girl by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:33
- All I Really Want - Alanis -- nm - Klaus Mikaelson Aug 13, 08:32
- Loooooooooong jacket. -- nm - David Aug 13, 08:19
- The End -- Her Majesty, The Beatles -- nm - mud Aug 13, 08:08
- We Will Rock You flowing into We Are the Champions - Beaker Aug 13, 08:03
- Crossfade - Cold. Beyoncé's Halo use to have a great but I think they took it out. - Epiphany Aug 13, 08:03
- Hmm.. I'm blanking. There was a film recently-ish that had a character that would list those, a small kid. - Marlowe Aug 13, 08:02 1
  - Oh, nevermind, it was a character from "A Visit from the Goon Squad".. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 13, 08:33
- I always enjoy the one in Stop! by Jane's Addiction -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 07:58 5
  - They've been my favorite band since the very first time I saw the video for this song in 1990. nm - Dignan Aug 13, 08:11 4
    - I vividly remember seeing that video when it was out as well. I remember thinking how different and new it was, but it still "rocked." -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 08:41 2
      - I can count on one hand how many songs grabbed me like that. Someone poll this later. nm - Dignan Aug 13, 08:44 1
        
        Where the Streets Have No Name -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 13, 09:35
    - DLTG -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 13, 08:18
- Billy Joel's The River of Dreams is the first song to come to mind but probably not my final answer. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 07:57
tech peeps help: I want to turn dialogue from a YouTube video into speech-to-text. Are there any handy tools out there for that? - Max Aug 13, 07:50 7
- 'Fraid not. There are lots of discussions on the videohelp.com forums about that subject. The tech is just too far beyond our abilities yet. -- (link) - GregW Aug 13, 13:56
- Akram Hussein on The Big Life Fix this week created a live subtitling app for a old deaf guy who hasn't been able to follow a conversion in years. -- (edited) - LMS Aug 13, 08:29 1
  - I'll check this out tonight, thanks! -- nm - Max Aug 13, 08:59
- Is it your video or someone else's? -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 07:51 3
  - YouTube has passable captioning functionality. - Mop Aug 13, 07:53 2
    - Something that would also transcribe a Netflix movie dialogue was my goal, but YT is a start. Is there a most popular tool to rip not-my-YT-vids? -- nm - Max Aug 13, 07:56 1
      - I think I used to use KeepVid but that's no longer useful. Try this. - Mop Aug 13, 08:48
Farmers are using automated laser grids to keep birds off their crops -- (link) - decline Aug 13, 07:42 4
- LASERS! -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 08:59
- Taking jobs away from the American Hero, the beloved Scarecrow. I will make steps to ensure that their jobs are saved! -- nm - President Trump Aug 13, 07:45 1
  - You know, you people are the reason my phone thought I was a conservative when I first bought it - con_carne Aug 13, 07:51
- It's my new Crop Force! You are welcome -- nm - Trump Aug 13, 07:42
And now the fire department is here doing a water rescue. - znufrii Aug 13, 07:39 4
- how much rain have you gotten? -- nm - amanda Aug 13, 07:50 2
  - Lots? -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 07:54 1
    - 3.3” in KoP, looks like. -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 07:56
- Give them a copy of the New York Post Supreme logo edition and make their day better. -- nm - Bacon Aug 13, 07:41
Signed ball by inaugural Baseball HOF inductees sells for record price -- (link) - Beaker Aug 13, 07:31 1
- (only missing 1 of the 12 inducted) - spoilers - Beaker Aug 13, 07:33
Diversity will 'destroy' what makes Canada great: Conservative MP Maxime Bernier (racist says what?) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 13, 07:22
I've recevied 89 emails so far today. 196 would be a breeze! - JaxSean Aug 13, 07:21 4
- 53 so far. - Dark Callisto Aug 13, 07:49
- Only 81 unread for me from the past week. Not bad. -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 07:27 1
  - I had exactly 100 during my vacation week; 75% were news updates so that was great -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 07:27
- How large a file is that? - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 13, 07:26
More updates on the shooting here -- (link) - Beaker Aug 13, 07:18
ST Monday Movie poll. What did you see? what was the grade? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:17 32
- Paddington 1 with my mom the night before her knee surgery: A+. The Big Sick with my mom her first night back from the hospital: A+. - con_carne Aug 13, 08:48 2
  - hope she is doing well. -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 08:49 1
    - Yes she is, thanks! - con_carne Aug 13, 09:02
- MI: Fallout: A -- nm - Ender Aug 13, 08:16
- It: C+, Agents of Shield’s last six episodes: B+, Agent Carter’s first three eps of season two: B, Elementary’s last five eps: A. - David Aug 13, 08:12
- Attack of the clogged pipe: D+ - oblique Aug 13, 07:50 4
  - that Keto diet is brutal -- nm - decline Aug 13, 08:01 1
    - kitchen. I jammed some old pineapple into the compactor and apparently it got stuck deep in the bowels of our house -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 08:07
  - EAT MORE FIBER -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 07:57
  - blech -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:51
- The Meg B+ -- nm - Jovian Aug 13, 07:48 1
  - SPOILERS - groiny Aug 13, 07:57
- Deadpool 2: A -- nm - Bacon Aug 13, 07:39
- Fargo Season 1 A-, Insatiable ep 1 to 6 C- ( will not watch the rest) - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:37
- Meg - B+ (comment on 3D inside) - JenBro Aug 13, 07:35
- Deadpool 2: B; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: B/B+ -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 07:34
- Adrift, about a 5-ish.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 13, 07:29
- BlacKkKlansman, A -- nm - mud Aug 13, 07:28
- We finished The Originals over the weekend. Pretty sure this show was WAY better than it had any right to be. -- nm - Klaus Mikaelson Aug 13, 07:22 3
  - Two Witches and a Werewolf! -- nm - David Aug 13, 08:13 2
    - Also, I saw that post you made before, but we hadn't finished the show yet, so I had no idea what you were talking about. nm - Klaus Mikaelson Aug 13, 08:53
    - I'd totally watch that. nm - Klaus Mikaelson Aug 13, 08:48
- Teen Titans Go To The Movies - B+ (catchy Michael Bolton song!). The Handmaids Tale S2 finale - B (finally something happened). -- nm - LMS Aug 13, 07:22
- Finished up S1 of The Tick (newer one) on Amazon Prime. B, I think. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 07:22 1
  - Started Cloak & Dagger on Hulu. Ep1: B -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 07:24
- Peaky Blinders season 2 and first half of season 3: A- -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 07:20 1
  - If you haven't heard enough of Red Right Hand yet - there's a great playlist for the series. -- (link) - LMS Aug 13, 07:25
- bits of Deep Blue Sea 2 made it look like it was made for SyFy. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 07:19 3
  - I couldn't even finish watching it. It's completely terrible. -- nm - Shaun Aug 13, 07:28
  - the smart shark was the giveaway -- nm - Budice Aug 13, 07:20 1
    - I'll give it this - it prompted me to read up on bull sharks and tiger sharks on wikipedia. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 07:23
- The Meg B-, Superbad A - groiny Aug 13, 07:18
Got to work and half of our parking lot is flooded, about two dozen cars stuck. -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 07:13 2
- did it flood earlier or just this morn? -- nm - Budice Aug 13, 07:18 1
  - This is the first time I’ve seen it flood in the two and a half years I’ve been here. -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 07:22
New York Post to put Supreme logo on every front page paper from now to end of time. Stock Price surges 10,000%!! -- nm - Bacon Aug 13, 07:09 3
- it's the only logical move...I don't even know what this Supreme thing is!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 07:11 2
  - It's a slightly bland creamy sauce served with chicken or turkey popular in the 70s and 80s. -- nm - LMS Aug 13, 07:13 1
    - New Yorkers are weird. -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 07:29
Vimeo Removes InfoWars Content as Alex Jones Seeks Friendly Channels for His Media Empire -- (link) - Beaker Aug 13, 07:08 4
- Is he on Daily Motion? You really have eff up for them to get rid of you. -- nm - Qale Aug 13, 07:21
- can it be considered a media empire now that all media is dumping his stupid ass? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:17 2
  - we still love him! -- nm - Twitter Aug 13, 07:18 1
    - Jack Dorsey is such a moron. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 13, 07:25

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