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Weekend Plans? Let's talk fun stuff (loooooong weekend, woo!) -- nm - Andie Aug 31, 08:19 3
- Actually, not much at all. Probably catch a movie but otherwise chill. I think it is supposed to rain most of the weekend here. -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 08:27
- (feel free to post on the new board) -- nm - Andie Aug 31, 08:21
- I get to scare Remlik with my driving tonight. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 08:20
I have no words. None. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 31, 08:14 5
- How did they draw all that ink without accidentally drawing a swastika or some other horribly loaded symbol? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 08:55
- marketing for the new Mayans series *really* took a jog to the left somewhere -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 08:19
- Time to replace 'Ted Cruz is the Zodiac killer' with 'Ted Cruz is an MS-13 boss' -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 08:18
- Now he looks even more like the serial killer we all know he is. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 08:18
- The "Beto was in a rock band" thing blew up in their faces and this is an overreaction. -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 08:17
crash: Judge halts first grizzly hunts in decades two days before their start -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 31, 08:10 1
- While I am on the judges side, I sort of see the state of Idaho's side on this too. So many many suckers - crash davis Aug 31, 08:16
I watched 3 episodes of Jack Ryan last night. Liking it. Liking it indeed. And the incident at the end of Ep3 was pretty damn good. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 08:04 5
- interesting. I thought I had heard that reviews were poor (obviously I'd still have watched). -- nm - amanda Aug 31, 08:20
- I'll start on that tonight, hopefully -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 08:08
- I really need to catch up Castle Rock but this is next on my list -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 08:07 2
  - I know it's a recent trend to release all episodes at once, but this "one episode per week" thing is infuriating to me now. - JaxSean Aug 31, 08:16
  - I finished Preacher last night. May take a tv break as no way any show is as much fun as that was. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 08:08
28 carries for... 22 yards? Yikes. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 31, 07:45
Tinned Fish Restaurant -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 31, 07:31 1
- If I were stupid rich, I'd give that a go -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 08:09
Declining Numbers End Some High School Football Programs -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 31, 07:30
Happy birthday, BAD! -- nm* - Krusty Aug 31, 07:22
Chicken wire. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 31, 07:17 3
- All I know is that this makes znufrii want to play factorio more - oblique Aug 31, 08:14
- I am always amazed at how ingenious mechanical engineers (and those who do the same w/o the fancy education) are -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 08:11 1
  - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 08:11
NFL Sunday Ticket no longer requires satellite tv subscription. $300 (75 per mo x4) -- (link*) - Budice Aug 31, 07:15 10
- Gross. We can get DAZN here for $20/month. -- nm - Shaun Aug 31, 07:17 9
  - It's rare to have less than three to choose from anyway. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 07:52 6
    - Assuming you have a TV service. -- nm - Shaun Aug 31, 07:56 5
      - And that is assuming you have a tv. - Spawn Aug 31, 07:59 4
        
        And eyes. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 08:01 3
        
        And at least minimal brain function. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 08:03 2
        
        And a remote -- nm - Budice Aug 31, 08:04 1
        
        Or feet - Spawn Aug 31, 08:05
  - But then you have to watch DAZN. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 31, 07:43 1
    - I had it last year. It was mostly good. -- nm - Shaun Aug 31, 07:47
Oldest surviving Maya book declared authentic -- (link) - Beaker Aug 31, 07:03
"Hell is real....and it smells like Axe Body Spray." -- okay, The Magicians finally made me laugh 8 episodes in - Will Hunting Aug 31, 06:48 5
- I enjoyed it enough, but not enough to devote myself to a second season. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 31, 06:55 4
  - S3 is straight-up great. -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 07:14 2
    - Yep, one of the best seasons of TV ever. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 31, 07:43 1
      - (I'm not quite done yet, just finished 6 short stories.) -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 08:08
  - I know the lead is supposed to be blah, but good lord...paint drying thinks he is boring. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 06:55
McAfee's unhackable crypto wallet got hacked...again -- (link) - oblique Aug 31, 06:48
Have we seen the schedule for Aretha's funeral? It's...something. -- (link) - MDH Aug 31, 06:45 11
- No will so they are using all her money for it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 07:48
- And errybody wondering how Ron Isley got 10 whole minutes. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 07:12 3
  - Hahaha, I knew you'd have some feedback on the list of singers. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 07:13 2
    - not just the singers, everyone. Ron Isley is getting more time than a US President - yeah, with a capital P. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 07:20 1
      - Cicely Tyson gets 3 minutes. She can't even make it on/off the stage that fast. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 07:45
- Seriously, Clinton alone will use up his slot and the next three. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 31, 06:50 5
  - And then he'll bust out a sax solo -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 07:46
  - Jesse Jackson gets 9 minutes, Al Sharpton 5, this funeral is going to end next week. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 06:52 3
    - Some of the early speakers might be dead by the finale. - Will Hunting Aug 31, 06:55 2
      - The comments are killing me, especially about putting food trucks outside. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 06:59 1
        
        Repast Pop-Up is genius. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 07:15
The Predator - Final Trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 31, 06:43 [youtube] 10
- Yvonne! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 08:06
- Predator dogs :) - oblique Aug 31, 06:50 6
  - we had those before -- nm - groiny Aug 31, 06:50 5
    - really? which movie did I miss then? -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 06:51 4
      - we have Predators in the Vudu group FWIW -- nm - groiny Aug 31, 06:52
      - Predators - groiny Aug 31, 06:51 2
        
        Hmm. I will make sure to watch that. I wonder if I skipped that one for some reason. -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 06:54 1
        
        "for some reason" - Spawn Aug 31, 07:49
- Flagging because it may as well be a red band trailer. -- nm - Shaun Aug 31, 06:46 1
  - Yeah I will be seeing that -- nm - groiny Aug 31, 06:50
Jfc people, mute your lines! -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 31, 06:39 1
- *farts loudly* -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 31, 06:48
49 per cent of voters now favour starting impeachment proceedings -- (link) - Reagen Aug 31, 06:30 1
- THIS IS FINE! -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 08:08
also last night I factory restored my phone for the first time since switching to android. some notes. - amanda Aug 31, 06:24 5
- Android is tailored and supported on a number of fronts. Its popularity has users with different setups, hence a variety of instrux -- nm - Budice Aug 31, 06:51 1
  - And your parents and spinster aunt don't have any clue how to make sure cloud backup is on and they're storing unique info in docs on their homescreen -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 07:18
- mostly because android is a hot mess and varies wildly between vendors -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 06:27 2
  - Whoa Pilgrim. Android is just great and work on a large number of devices because it is Open Sourced. Much like Linux, people can customize it to their needs. -- nm* - Budice Aug 31, 06:31 1
    - Google "how to start an application automatically on boot in Linux" and I'll bet you get about 15 different instructions :) -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 06:41
ugg, fridays -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 31, 06:07 1
- allday -- nm - Budice Aug 31, 06:18
do you know what this means? - amanda Aug 31, 05:50 14
- That is... a big payment. -- nm* - Spawn Aug 31, 07:59
- hoo-RAH -- nm - groiny Aug 31, 06:44
- Nice. -- nm - Shaun Aug 31, 06:40
- Bravo! -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 31, 06:18
- that's just terrific -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 06:02
- Nice. Wife still has hers, but since the % rate is so low it's always going to be our lowest priority. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 31, 05:57 3
  - mine was 3.28 (my mortgage is 3.76, for compare). it was totally mental for me, not practical. - amanda Aug 31, 06:01 2
    - I don't remember how low hers is. (private undergrad and private grad school, yikes) -- nm - Strongbad Aug 31, 06:07 1
      - I really didn't have that much. had I kept renting, I'd have been able to pay it off so much faster. also, I work in not for profit so payoff was - amanda Aug 31, 06:19
- time to register for grad school? -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 05:55
- Ahhh... that was such a great feeling -- nm - Dano Aug 31, 05:54
- Free at last! Free at last! -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 05:54
- Means PARTEE!!! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 31, 05:53
- Congrats! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 05:52
Why Chinese cinemas are empty but full -- (link) - LMS Aug 31, 05:45 1
Houston Rockets traded forward Ryan Anderson and guard De'Anthony Melton to the Phoenix Suns for forward Marquese Chriss and guard Brandon Knight -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 05:34
2024 ChikFilA Football Kickoff in September: Georgia vs. Clemson - Strongbad Aug 31, 05:31 2
- Nothing like planning ahead. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 31, 06:16 1
  - I heard a few days ago that some schools have already booked H2H series out to 2028, 2029, 2030 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 31, 06:57
Trailer for The Front Runner (Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart) -- (link) - LMS Aug 31, 05:26 [youtube] 1
- This is what I was saying about this a few days ago. - Reagen Aug 31, 05:31
Bank of America carrying water for the facist-in-chief -- (link) - TWuG Aug 31, 05:24 5
- That doesn't even make sense on a basic level. - Reagen Aug 31, 05:27 4
  - KYC/AML is big right now -- (edited) - znufrii, promoted Aug 31, 07:29
  - You don't even need to be a resident to have an account. - Marlowe Aug 31, 05:53 1
    - thinking back, I did as well. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 05:54
  - Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 31, 05:28
my favorite part of the pilot of Jack Ryan was when we put all the Russian spy's stuff in jello -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 05:19 1
- "What? No, Jack Ryan has always been Asian." -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 05:24
I forgot this in my early Friday TV PSA yesterday: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Prime Video) -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 04:52
what the flip. I am all thumbs today. I should just go home. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 04:46 2
- Or, and hear me out on this, become the world's greatest thumb wrestler. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 04:59
- maybe the chair umpire will come give *me* a pep talk today - prayformojo Aug 31, 04:53
“[Trump] has embraced the power of the presidency but shunned the responsibilities of a head of state.“ -- (link) - znufrii, promoted Aug 31, 04:24
Yorkdale Shopping Centre to reopen following shots fired -- (link) - budice Aug 31, 03:50 2
- Yep. Business as usual this morning, i am at my desk now. People are a little quieter, there's a lot of nodding, instead of conversation. That sort - Andie Aug 31, 05:49 1
  - "Could I take him? I think I could. I know I could take *her*." -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:39
Heh. I feel like something similar happened a couple years ago (or maybe it was the same incident?) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 31, 00:28 3
- iirc this was this last year -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 31, 00:30 1
  - I later noticed a date stamp in the post, it says 2014 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 00:40
- *looks over the edge* -- nm - Indiana Jones Aug 31, 00:30
I'm calling on the collective research power of ST for something. - David Aug 31, 00:22 5
- "No advertising coming onto Netflix. Period." -- (link) - GregW Aug 31, 02:12
- "Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Argues Why The Short Sellers Are Wrong" heheh -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 01:10 1
  - "Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: We Won't Compete With Cable TV" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 01:10
- Like this? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 31, 00:29 1
  - too easy -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 08:06
This is a lot of money changing hands considering that I've never heard of two of the hands. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 30, 23:12 7
- Costa is like the Second Cup of the UK. -- nm - mafic Aug 31, 03:58 5
  - What's Second Cup? ;-) - Krusty Aug 31, 04:59 4
    - it's the Harvey's of Canadian coffee chains. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 05:01 3
      - What's Harvey's? - Krusty Aug 31, 05:07 2
        
        The Robin's of Canadian burger chains. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 05:32
        
        Like Second Cup in the UK -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 05:12
- to make Whitbread you bleach and remove most nutrients from Breadfruit???? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 31, 00:32
Transpacific...NAFTA....and now...the WTO -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 30, 22:56
The power rankings go: 1) Frozen in Love 2) Very Very Valentine 3) Love on Safari - David Aug 30, 22:54 2
- Meh, they needed to make RLC a lot less unnecessarily bitchy - Will Hunting Aug 31, 04:28
- See? You should listen to me. -- nm - mafic Aug 31, 04:00
Extreme restocking, or what Utah calls "Trout Tuesday". -- (link) - GregW Aug 30, 22:21
TIL - casting spoilers for Jack Ryan (updated with an even funnier tidbit) -- (edited) - Beryllium Aug 30, 21:08
I've got two boxes of rocks in the garage I should be sorting out. There's so many other things I'd rather be doing :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 20:55 2
- run a magnet over them to make sure you don't have a meteorite -- nm - peglegpete Aug 30, 21:06 1
  - Nah, there's likely obsidian. A lot of it is flakes from tool processing. - Meg Aug 30, 21:22
Big Brother HOH comp is supposed to be on the live feeds starting at 10:30 tonight. this should mean it is also on the Pop tv nightly show. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 30, 20:36 1
- *spoilers* New HOH is - Strongbad Aug 31, 03:54
Just had the pleasure of serving Sara Sohn (Searching, Sense8). She with a possee came out on sneak preview night to watch her own movie :) -- (edited) - con_carne Aug 30, 20:26 1
- Nice!. (BTW, thanks for posting the link yesterday for Parabol) - JaxSean Aug 31, 04:33
About half way through the audiobook: Talking As Fast As I Can by/read by Lauren Graham. IMO perhaps most perfect match of character to performer - JD Aug 30, 20:21 1
- Uhm... didn't she write it? -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 30, 22:18

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