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time -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:13 2
- for -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:13 1
  - roll -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:13
Apparently Elon's Starlink satellite chain is super bright and visible when it passes over. - Reagen May 25, 09:54 1
- That's not his satellites. That's his ego. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 09:59
Promotion playoff finals all weekend. Today is League Two. Spoilers. - Volnelk May 25, 09:22 2
- I love this kind of stuff. I'm weirdly fascinated by all the promotion levels in international hockey. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 09:26 1
  - It’s super cool. Spoilers. - Volnelk May 25, 09:38
So remember the bathroom issue where a pipe between the walls broke and ruined the bathroom of the downstairs unit? - Tim May 25, 08:22 1
- In BC, in a condominium, because the pipe was inside the wall, it would be the responsibility of the strata corporation to cover the costs, IIRC. -- (edited) - Beryllium May 25, 08:32
Jeez. Elton John really schlepped out to LA for those Troubadour shows when he had *nothing*. They were full of a who's who and started his career. -- (link) - con_carne May 25, 07:23 1
- It's a great scene in the film. -- nm - LMS May 25, 08:42
Baby anacondas born at NE Aquarium in an all-female exhibit. No males involved. -- (link) - Diva May 25, 06:18 15
- Nature, uh ... finds a way. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 07:07
- Sir Mix-a-Lot is confused as well. -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 06:19
- Where was Sir Mix a Lot? -- nm - Reagen May 25, 06:19 12
  - *hand over heart* -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 06:21 11
    - That might be the single funniest mental image I've ever gotten from this place. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 06:23 10
      - “I swear fealty to one nation under butts.” - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero May 25, 10:25
      - and I don't even get it -- nm - mud May 25, 07:35 8
        
        Like a national anthem, maybe? -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 08:21 7
        
        Oh, nevermind, I got it. Like amazing grace at a funeral. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 08:54 6
        
        It was the Pledge of allegiance. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 08:57 5
        
        the *hand over heart* part of it is easy! the post requires googling, or knowing two or three things to make the connection! - mud May 25, 09:07 3
        
        I see now that this post would've been better suited in response to bery rather than R. - ah, well. -- nm - mud May 25, 11:07
        
        I said it was the funniest image *I've* ever had, not that *you've* ever had - Reagen May 25, 09:12 1
        
        I was merely saying that I didn't get it. I'll try not to engage you in the future. -- nm - mud May 25, 09:22
        
        Ah! Thanks. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 08:57
Sweet, the flickr mobile apps are working now ... -- (link) - Beryllium May 25, 00:02 [flickr] 2
- Begging to be cropped -- nm - con_carne May 25, 06:47 1
  - Very much, yes -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 07:06
Blech. The smoke starts rolling in this weekend. -- (link) - Beryllium May 24, 21:54 1
- :-[ -- nm - mud May 25, 07:11
twitter has the weirdest follow suggestions for me lately. top 3 are Masta Ace, Rah Digga, and... MDH? - mafic May 24, 21:37 5
- Do you follow a lot of rappers? The first two are rappers and Masta Ace is pretty good though he never got mainstream popular. - Krusty May 25, 08:38 2
  - You could be completely making this up and no one would have a way to check. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 08:50 1
    - And if you follow rappers on Twitter do you rap the tweets to yourself as you read them? - con_carne May 25, 10:26
- Ha! Well then follow me. As Mop said I’m a great tax exempt tax Twitter :-). In reality I don’t tweet much -- nm - MDH May 25, 04:52
- That last guy sucks. - Qale May 25, 03:30
Amanda Eller, missing for 16 days in Hawaii has been found in the forest less than 4 miles from her car, alive. I have questions. -- nm - MDH May 24, 21:35 4
- BOOM! Lost? -- nm - Qale May 25, 03:31
- it's a particularly hilly and dense place, easy enough to roll down a hill and get lost. dummy for not bringing her phone though. - mafic May 24, 21:43 1
  - I don’t bring my phone when I run. Granted I’m on the national mall. -- nm - MDH May 25, 04:42
- Drugs are bad, mkay? -- nm - Spawn May 24, 21:36
I have just discovered that all mail from my company's IT contractor is blocked by said IT contractor's chosen spam filter. oops. -- nm - mafic May 24, 21:18 2
- That makes sense. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess May 25, 07:53
- At&T called me about an appointment but their own ap marked it as Telemarketer and blocked it. -- nm - Spawn May 24, 21:34
For all of the negative buzz, Aladdin's likely to do more than $100 million in four days. - David May 24, 19:42 1
- it's that weird movie where nobody expects much from it, but everyone still wants to see it. nostalgia is poison, folks. -- nm - mafic May 24, 21:07
When did the Cubs sign girls? - . May 24, 19:32
What/If on Netflix is an odd series. It feels very Shondalandish -- nm - prayformojo May 24, 18:46
Whiskey Cavalier totally canceled on ABC. -- nm - David May 24, 18:42 4
- CBS just launched "Blood & Treasure" which runs 13 episodes and is fairly similar in tone/style. - Max May 25, 08:28
- I guess my plan to catch up is pointless. - Beryllium May 24, 18:49 2
  - I thought the last episode was satisfying (even knowing it was the last). -- nm - Harry Tuttle May 24, 19:29 1
    - That's good. I skipped the final episode of Almost Human because I thought it would make me sad. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 19:34
Charges to be dropped for gamer dude who SWATTED a rival, police killed a guy at the old address -- (link) - zeitgeist May 24, 17:29 3
- Actually, he was the intended victim. - the wrong element, bad guy May 24, 17:54 2
  - Yes - though an added detail: Viner threatened to swat Gaskill, and Gaskill gave his old address and said "I'll be waiting" - Roger More May 24, 18:02 1
    - He's mostly the victim, so I guess deferred prosecution is OK. The guy who ordered the swatting got probation. While the guy who made the call... - Mop May 24, 22:19
LYC: Buffy rewatching update - Strongbad May 24, 17:25
Mammoth Mtn ski area is expected to stay open until August - after another 1 1/2 feet of snow in the last storm. -- nm - Meg May 24, 17:20
The owlet is being put back....... -- (link) - Meg May 24, 16:56 1
- And busy catching up on missed meals. -- nm - Meg May 24, 17:04
Powerball is over 300 million and mega ball is just under 400 -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 16:53
Taika Waititi + Akira = ... Legendary? -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 16:24 1
- No Legendary has been focusing on Kaiju movies. Akira is Japanese but not Kaiju. I can see why you are confused. (NM) - Marlowe May 25, 08:20
I ate all the cookies last night - Amoxy May 24, 16:23 1
- What a monster. -- nm - Qale May 25, 05:33
"loophole" -- (link) - mud May 24, 16:22
Your favorite dried fruit? - Amoxy May 24, 15:20 19
- N/A -- nm - Spawn May 25, 10:42
- Pineapple. - kelly May 25, 10:11
- probably mango or plantain. -- nm - mafic May 24, 20:07
- Pineapple. And mango. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 24, 19:19 1
  - Are we talking about regular mango, or spicy mango? -- nm - Qale May 25, 03:31
- B-A-N-A-N-A-S -- nm - Strongbad May 24, 16:54
- Banananana chips? -- nm - Qale May 24, 16:25
- Mango - Meg May 24, 16:13
- Raisins -- nm - Krusty May 24, 16:11
- Cranberries -- nm - Shaun May 24, 16:04
- peppers are hi on my list -- nm - peglegpete May 24, 15:50 2
  - ^-- smart man. I completely forgot that those counted. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 16:02 1
    - you'd remember if one tried to kill you :) -- nm - peglegpete May 24, 16:30
- "Elton John" -- nm - budice May 24, 15:41 1
  - *golf clap* -- nm - Mop May 24, 15:42
- Apricots -- nm - Bacon May 24, 15:40 1
  - I agree with Baconcumber -- nm - Dano May 24, 16:58
- Dates -- nm - con_carne May 24, 15:28
- A dried apricot once tried to kill me. I still eat them, but purely for vengeance. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 15:24
Heh, 82deg in Olathe, KS with "Rain, heavy at times, starting in 69 min." At least it's sunny here today, so far :/ -- nm - Meg May 24, 15:08
Owners of Noah's Ark replica sue insurers over rain damage -- (link) - budice May 24, 15:04 2
- but the whole point of the ark is they expected rain -- nm - peglegpete May 24, 15:13
- God Dammit! -- nm - The Onion May 24, 15:12
"because our country is under siege by atheists and communists" there is a group that wants to split WA/OR/ID into 51st 'christian' state -- (link) - zeitgeist May 24, 14:50 4
- I went and looked them up. they have an official state rifle, which is more than a little sad. -- nm - mafic May 24, 21:14
- Oh wait. It's nutjob Matt Shea. I was taking them seriously before I saw his name. - Mop May 24, 15:10
- There's 50 other Christian states? -- nm - Mop May 24, 15:09 1
  - under god -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 16:57
"Now it’s time for Jazz Plus Jazz Equals Jazz. Today, we have a recording of Benny Goodman, played over a separate recording of Miles Davis" -- nm - prayformojo May 24, 14:39
High drama at Starr Ranch Sanctuary last night. Oldest of the two surviving owlets was accidentally dragged out of the nest by the male. We thought - Meg May 24, 14:15 [Attachment] 4
- Accidentally. Right. - Mop May 24, 15:11 3
  - That's a dinosaur. They turn into elegant birds. -- nm - . May 24, 19:26
  - Heh, takes them a while to evolve from their dinosaur ancestry. -- nm - Meg May 24, 15:34 1
    - According to the video the male came in to steal a prey item (which he does) and the chick was hanging on or caught up in it and was dragged out. -- (edited) - Meg May 24, 15:37
I am now at that point of unpacking where it is taking me 17 minutes to find the shoes I took off this morning. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 24, 14:01 2
- Just do what everyone else does and shove all the boxes in closets and don't think about it for the next ten years -- nm - decline May 24, 15:17
- Walk of shame eh -- nm - con_carne May 24, 14:02
First American Financial Corp leaked 885 million records related to mortgages. SSNs, bank acct #s, drivers licenses, tax records, wire details... -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 13:58 3
- Their HQ is just down the street -- nm - budice May 24, 14:44
- They shouldn't have done that. -- nm - Mop May 24, 14:41
- Going back to 2003. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 13:58
The Bob Emergency video also made me realize that Bob Gibson had the greatest season for a pitcher ever. -- nm - Tim May 24, 13:50 2
- And he had a heart attack during the 68 season -- (link) - Amoxy May 24, 15:14
- And Bob Sanders was a defensive game changer who just couldn't stay healthy. -- nm - Tim May 24, 13:51
So it's still a year away, but if Legoland is your thing, the currently under construction Legoland New York is about 30 minutes from where I live. - Tim May 24, 13:42 2
- I might have interest -- (pic) - JD May 24, 14:32 [Attachment] 1
  - Cute... 1969 pieces. -- nm - VMan May 24, 22:01
you know who's kinda scary? -- (link) - mud May 24, 13:40 14
- The thing that is still stunning to me is that anyone could look at the extensive connections between Trump and Russia, comments by Papadopolous, - pmb May 24, 14:40
- Who? -- nm - Krusty May 24, 13:48 6
  - Deputy Assistant to your fakeprez for the 1st seven months of his "administration" -- nm - mud May 24, 14:07 5
    - Thanks. His name doesn't sound familiar at all. -- nm - Krusty May 24, 14:19 4
      - He was the racist one. -- nm - Strongbad May 24, 17:21 1
        
        Heh. :-( - Krusty May 24, 19:05
      - aka Hugo Drax -- nm - Jovian May 24, 14:26
      - He was the one who liked dressing as a proto-Nazi. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 14:22
- The only thing scary about Gorka is his enormous melon. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 13:44 5
  - I’d like to solicit him to do the audio book for Freakshow just to force him to sound like he embraces such filthy things I write. -- nm - Qale May 24, 16:28 2
    - The man's on edge already and you want to set off his gay panic defenses? -- nm - Reagen May 25, 06:35 1
      - [snork] -- nm - mud May 25, 07:16
  - this is getting into Col Kurtz territory (apocolypse now getting a 40th anniv release this late summer) -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 14:38
  - easy for you to say, living up here. Get enough of his ilk in an administration, it'll be Gilead over the border -- nm - mud May 24, 13:52
Apparently my social security number has been suspend (sic) due to suspicious activity. - Cuzzin Todd May 24, 13:27 7
- My pc was hacked according to a robot voice. I didn't know I had one. -- nm - . May 24, 19:29
- I hat when that hapens (NM) - Marlowe May 24, 14:28
- Now how will you get your refund from the Microsoft class action settlement (a new robo call this morning ) -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 13:34
- You could borrow this one. -- (link) - Beryllium May 24, 13:32 [youtube] 1
  - what a great clip. That 2nd test was me at the hospital the morning after my asthma attack -- nm - mud May 24, 13:48
- Yup, happens all the time. -- nm - Meg May 24, 13:31
- I hereby want to apologize for using it. I had no real choice. -- nm - Spawn May 24, 13:30
So. Many. Hats. -- (link*) - Spawn May 24, 13:22 8
- I need one. It rains a lot here. -- nm - deckard May 24, 13:24 7
  - I don't remember him ever wearing one. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 13:26 6
    - (hence mud's post) -- nm - Spawn May 24, 13:30 5
      - (but it just proves that Deckard was an idiot and Gaff was the real hero.) -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 13:32 3
        
        yeah, and I was the real hero too! Not Mulder! -- nm - Cigarette-Smoking Man May 24, 13:36 2
        
        Well, I mean, yeah. He was. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 13:37 1
        
        (Sidenote: Chris Carter is a low-rent George Lucas and modern X-Files is like Phantom Menace ...) -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 13:39
      - If he did, I'd bat it off him -- (pic) - roy May 24, 13:32 [Attachment]

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