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Obviously Oscar should be hosted by Chris. Which Chris? All of them! -- nm - Qale Dec 7, 08:57 7
- Rock! -- nm - Sputnik Dec 7, 08:58
- I second the motion. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 08:57 5
  - You start with Rock. He does the monologue. Towards the end, Hemsworth stumbles out. “Sorry I’m late” - Qale Dec 7, 09:00 4
    - Christian Bale walks on stage and the other Chrisses push him off, saying he doesn't belong in their group. -- nm - Roger More Dec 7, 09:02 3
      - Chris Evans comes out all beardy with his dog. The Internet gets pregnant. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 09:07 2
        
        I hope you're all recovered from the big teaser reveal that Cap is beardless. (I haven't seen Pippy post and I'm worried) -- nm - Roger More Dec 7, 09:11 1
        
        I saw that and I'm worried for her as well. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 09:12
"that potato is vibrating" -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 7, 08:46 3
- must. have. it. -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 08:59
- the living embodiment of Trump's self esteem -- nm - rollo Dec 7, 08:52
- what is it?! kill it! kill it with fire!! -- nm - mud Dec 7, 08:51
Here, have a Christmas tapestry -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 7, 08:16 1
- Ah yes, the famous Bruyeux Tapestry. -- nm - Baron Gifts Dec 7, 08:22
~How did Hanukkah start? you all wonder / Judah Maccabee, dinosaur hunter! / He came to Earth from outer space / He hunted dinos for 8 straight days! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 7, 08:01
Oh, Chicago, never change. -- (link) - Baron Gifts Dec 7, 07:46 4
- Wow, that's rather awful election fraud and shameful tactics. -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 07:55
- The article is probably fair, but I despise that writer. He's a crotchety, old, white man. -- nm - pmb Dec 7, 07:55 2
  - sorry pmb. It has to be said. --nmbim - oblique Dec 7, 08:20 1
    - While in the abstract, maybe not unfair, but in this case I meant crotchety, old, white man in the "white privileged (and thinks that's fair), - pmb Dec 7, 09:10
On the theme of button-pushing comedy, there's no way this could ever go wrong -- (link) - Roger More Dec 7, 07:42 2
- In order of least likely to break out in violence to most - Reagen Dec 7, 07:46
- oh geez -- nm - prayformojo Dec 7, 07:43
‘Aquaman’ Dives Into China With $25M Friday For Record Warner Bros & December Bow -- (link) - decline Dec 7, 07:39
A History of Violence 2018: Mandy -- (link) - Beaker Dec 7, 07:35
Derrick Henry just scored another TD -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 07:32
Not sure if I have told this story here. My second MIL was a child in Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor Attack. - Bacon Dec 7, 07:28 12
- It reminds me of this woman. -- (link) - David Dec 7, 07:41 1
  - Oh she's a treasure. I thought this entire video was from Hawaii until she said at the end she left there in 1971 -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:46
- how many MIL have you had? -- nm - decline Dec 7, 07:36 3
  - Currently 3 -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:38 2
    - ... hopefully that is the last. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 07:46 1
      - That is the plan, stan -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:47
- dang. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 07:36
- they essentially did that scene in the movie iirc. very neat story. -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 07:29 4
  - Which movie? -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:31 3
    - Pearl Harbour -- nm - Roger More Dec 7, 07:31 2
      - The Canadian version, with Paul Gross and Victor Garber. -- nm - Mop Dec 7, 08:52
      - Ah that's cool. Well I can say that part of the movie is accurate. I heard this story before that movie came out. I have to watch that again. -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:33
Uhhh... -- (link) - Reagen Dec 7, 07:23 7
- Deleted. What did it say? -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 07:30 3
  - picture or Chris Rock and a story about Kevin Hart not hosting the Oscars anymore -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 07:32 2
    - I'm shocked that Sputnik would get a detail like that wrong. -- nm - Roger More Dec 7, 07:36
    - Yeesh. -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 07:33
- Did they not do any kind of vetting? -- nm - prayformojo Dec 7, 07:28
- jeebus. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 07:27
- Wow. -- nm - David Dec 7, 07:24
Destiny 2: the EP shotgun is now mine. -- (pic) - Shaun Dec 7, 07:23 [Attachment] 10
- Got my Titan through most of the Forsaken storyline last night. Right after Petra gave me the bauble for the Dreaming City, Spider said his piece and - Spawn Dec 7, 07:40
- is that from level 7? i have done that about 4 times this week and still havent gotten a drop. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 7, 07:35 6
  - Yep. It dropped on my 10th clear or so. Odds go up each time you don't get it, so I'd say keep going. It's the only weapon in the loot table this week - Shaun Dec 7, 07:36 5
    - yeah, I should farm for it more. trick is finding a world with enough people on it. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 7, 07:37 4
      - Agreed. But eventually after fast travelling back and forth, you should find one. 4 people should be enough. More is better though clearly. -- (edited) - Shaun Dec 7, 07:39 3
        
        i've had groups of 5 fail, the 6th person seems key. - tRuMaN Dec 7, 07:43 1
        
        I was shotgunning wizards and Thunderlording the shriekers when necessary. - Shaun Dec 7, 07:48
        
        Also worth noting, the drop comes from the boss himself, not the chest. -- nm - Shaun Dec 7, 07:41
- EP just takes too long for me. -- nm - David Dec 7, 07:24 1
  - It took me about 4 hours total over 3 nights to get it. -- nm - Shaun Dec 7, 07:29
i met with a friend of a friend of a friend last night who lives around the corner, and she needed someone to look after her cat for 6 days around New - Andie Dec 7, 07:14 6
- The news here is always full of float construction stories around this time. They generally focus on groups like Girl Scouts, etc. -- nm - Meg Dec 7, 08:39
- Fast forward one year - ty97 Dec 7, 07:21
- How is Harvey Cat doing anyway? -- nm - David Dec 7, 07:21 3
  - Pretty good. Just the last few weeks he's been a little teeny bit more removed. Not on our laps *quite* so much. I am monitoring and trying to - Andie Dec 7, 07:28 2
    - We just found out there's a pill you can give a cat that will de-stress them. When you have to take him, it's something to investigate. -- nm - David Dec 7, 07:40 1
      - oh, thanks! -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 07:43
Trump said Friday he will nominate William P. Barr, a veteran of the first Bush administration, as his new attorney general -- nm - decline Dec 7, 07:07 1
- (at least he's got actual experience in government - unlike Kathy Kraninger (CFPB) or Heather Naurt (UN Ambassador)) -- nm - decline Dec 7, 07:08
Because of course they did. Liberty U hires Hugh Freeze - Will Hunting Dec 7, 06:53 3
- NCAA schools are worse than NFL teams ever imagined being. -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 06:59 1
  - To be fair, NFL owners are also the primary NCAA boosters. -- nm - David Dec 7, 07:21
- Yes, they hired a whore monger. It’s perfect. -- nm - David Dec 7, 06:54
This is a top tier meme. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 7, 06:26
10% off everything today at ebay. I finally bought nest protects. -- nm - amanda Dec 7, 06:24
Tokyo Disneyland is getting a Beauty and the Beast ride and here are early looks at the animatronics. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 7, 06:22 16
- Mix it with this and things can get creepy. -- (link) - Spawn Dec 7, 08:39 [youtube] 1
  - hmm .. -- nm - deckard Dec 7, 08:46
- effin' robots -- nm - decline Dec 7, 07:09
- Wow. -- nm - kelly Dec 7, 07:07
- I like it. It looks real without traveling to the uncanny valley. -- nm - Inigo Dec 7, 06:49 9
  - yeah, what kind of witchcraft is that? -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 06:50 8
    - Tokyo Disneyland is amazing. It’s not owned and operated by Disney, so they have to try harder. -- nm - David Dec 7, 06:58 6
      - Japan is like, "Hey, that thing you're in to? We're waaaaay more obsessed with it than you are." - Reagen Dec 7, 07:05 5
        
        The funny thing is that Disney licensed the same deal with Tokyo and Paris. They recently bought back Paris because the French sucked at it. - David Dec 7, 07:21 3
        
        France: "that thing you are into? We are, how you say, so over it" -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 07:24 2
        
        but the next week, they'll be like, "Who are you to resist it, huh? Come on, my last paycheck bounced. My children need wine!" -- nm - prayformojo Dec 7, 07:30 1
        
        ha! -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 07:36
        
        This is so entirely true it's not even funny, until it is again. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 07:07
    - "Moar Servos!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 06:52
- nice. -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 06:49
- Goodness, that's impressive. -- nm - MDH Dec 7, 06:46
Always a crapshoot but I survived a Madrigal dinner performance last night without encountering LDB. Oddly, I'm going to another, different, Madrigal - oblique Dec 7, 06:22 5
- Just remember what all those “Fa la la”s really stand for... -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Dec 7, 06:34
- I didn't know Al Madrigal could sing. - Krusty Dec 7, 06:26 3
  - It's basically a Renaissance style performance usually by HS choirs this time of year. Songs are mostly Christmas but often done in a production - oblique Dec 7, 06:30 2
    - Sounds like a fun dinner for the season. I hadn't heard of it before. -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 06:32 1
      - I don't worry much about the song being sung but they also typically have orchestra kids playing filler music and I'm suspect that they might -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 06:35
God of War wins GOTY at The Game Awards. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 7, 05:55 [youtube] 2
- It was a bit suprising considering how RDR2 was sweeping the awards and I actually expected Spider Man to win some -- nm - eag Dec 7, 06:13 1
  - Yeah, I figured that RDR2 (not R2D2 people!!!!) was just going to completely sweep. -- nm - Shaun Dec 7, 06:15
Former Los Angeles Angels infielder Luis Valbuena and former Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jose Castillo died in a car crash Thursday in Venezuela -- (link) - Krusty Dec 7, 05:40
Saw singer/songwriter Tom Odell on the tube this morning. -- nm - LMS Dec 7, 05:39 1
- Here's his best known song - Another Love -- (link) - LMS Dec 7, 06:34 [youtube]
Lessons Learned From Finally Beating Destiny 2's Black Armory Forge -- (link) - Shaun Dec 7, 05:27
John Kelly expected to resign soon -- (link) - zork Dec 7, 05:25 4
- *rubs hands together* -- nm - Bob Mueller Dec 7, 08:02
- To be replaced by one of those weighted inflatable clowns that pop up when you hit them. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 06:31
- Heh. For the 17th time. -- nm - Jovian Dec 7, 06:22
- These stories get floated so often that I won't believe it until they tweet it. -- nm - Baron Gifts Dec 7, 06:02
*cues up Geoff Collins' music* -- nm - Strongbad Dec 7, 05:25
Avengers: Endgame trailer -- (link) - LMS Dec 7, 05:13 [youtube] 19
- *twitch* -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 07:54
- I am gonna laugh and laugh if (spoils) - Reagen Dec 7, 06:37 6
  - Prepare to laugh. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 08:08 2
    - Well at least 50% laugh -- nm - eag Dec 7, 08:23 1
      - ... 50% cry -- nm* - Spawn Dec 7, 08:56
  - Couldn't they just...(spoils) - Inigo Dec 7, 06:44 2
    - "Long game, motherfuckers!" - Reagen Dec 7, 07:16
    - Don't even try to make a rational logical argument for how they (spoilers) - oblique Dec 7, 06:49
- Definitely more teaser than trailer, but cool nonetheless. -- nm - Shaun Dec 7, 05:26 2
  - I'm guessing that once Captain Marvel comes out a new trailer will be released that features her in Avengers: Endgame. -- nm - Inigo Dec 7, 05:44
  - yup. very. -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 05:38
- Oh, spoilers! - Marlowe Dec 7, 05:17 7
  - Spoilers - TWuG Dec 7, 06:00 5
    - One thing we know. (spoilers) - Marlowe Dec 7, 06:09 4
      - If Marlowe was Thanos he would have just wiped out all the Avengers and accomplished the same thing. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 08:29
      - Too Many Avengers -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 06:41 1
        
        astronomy avenge -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 07:20
      - Enter the Great Lakes Avengers. -- nm - Baron Gifts Dec 7, 06:17
  - Basically. -- nm - Shaun Dec 7, 05:26
tonight is the office holiday party. it has a theme. yet not a holiday theme. - tRuMaN Dec 7, 04:44 3
- black jeans, a tshirt from a punk band, black leather jacket...mousse your hair all spikey -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 7, 11:07
- White t-shirt. Black Sharpie. Make a GO-GO tshirt and wear jeans. DONE! (Bonus points for coloured or white sunglasses) -- nm* - Andie Dec 7, 06:00
- Ray-Bans and underwear -- nm - zork Dec 7, 05:26
TV PSA: Frontier (s3 in Canada), Blind Spot, Dynasty, Fresh off the Boat, Last Man Standing, Gold Rush, RuPaul, MacGyver, Speechless, Cool Kids, -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 03:58 1
- Crazy Ex-GF, Hell's Kitchen, Hawaii 5-O, Midnight Texas, Live PD, Z Nation, Blue Bloods, Van Helsing, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 04:00
Tackling the final piece of GHWB's legacy -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 7, 03:22
Geek Deal: EBay 10% off sitewide with PHLDAYTEN code. Starts now, good for 24 hours. Code is good for one entire order per account, up to $100 discount. -- nm* - budice Dec 7, 03:08
I guess I should try and get caught up on The Good Place ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 7, 01:39
Ari Fleischer said someone was missing from the Bush funeral... -- (link) - . Dec 6, 23:39 2
- Alternate Headline: Poetical Flourish Backfires -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 23:55 1
  - Yep. That is all that was. -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 04:08
I feel like the Bortles Jersey Penguin on The Good Place didn't get enough internet love. -- nm - David Dec 6, 22:38 1
- I missed that, but can D'arcy Carden retroactively be given an GG nom now? -- nm - Baron Gifts Dec 7, 06:07
You know what ... ? - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 21:52 1
- Not keeping him gave you a better season. - David Dec 6, 22:05
Movie idea: serial killer stalking death row inmates (8 have died on San Q death row this year, one stabbed, one suicide, several by fentanyl/meth -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 6, 21:43
Hanson broke ribs? Has anyone checked on Loosi? -- nm - zork Dec 6, 21:19
Kevin Hart stepping down (was he actually up yet) as Oscars host. -- nm - zork Dec 6, 21:19 3
- Did he put someone in the Sharpshooter? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 7, 04:17
- Not at all surprising that his time as a host was so short. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 7, 03:22
- Well, I suppose that's good of him (instead of issuing some forced/insincere apology just to keep the gig). -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 21:40
Started watching "Bolt" with kieran last night. He seems to like it. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 21:14
Someone went to Wikipedia and listed Derrick Henry as the new owner of the Jaguars. Lolz. -- nm - samara Dec 6, 20:58

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