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The fields where we play softball are on the parade route - the City just cancelled our games for tomorrow night. The Diamonds are so beat up they -- (edited) - Andie Jun 17, 12:40 4
- You need to print up some "I survived the Raptors parade" t-shirts. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 12:50 2
  - god, yes, i should do that right now! -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 12:51 1
    - I want -- nm - zork Jun 17, 12:53
- All non-basketball sports are canceled until further notice. -- nm - The City Jun 17, 12:43
ESPN Just Decided to Stop Sponsoring Sportswriting’s Most Prestigious Prize. -- (link) - Beaker Jun 17, 12:27 1
- Budget crunch? -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 12:29
Dylan Sprouse’s twitter is currently hacked. - Qale Jun 17, 12:27
Josh McCown, the last remaining player from the 2002 NFL Draft, has retired. He...probably played for your team at some point. -- nm - David Jun 17, 12:04 3
- Was on 10 teams only played for 8 17000 yards passing 60 percent completion 98 tds 83 int - eag Jun 17, 12:29 1
  - And how many teams has Kaepernick played for? -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 12:32
- He helped win me a Blood Feud championship! -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 17, 12:07
Go Nigeria! -- nm - Amoxy Jun 17, 12:04
Video feed of the Raptor parade -- (link) - zork Jun 17, 12:01 11
- This is not the raptor parade Spielberg promised me. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 17, 12:34 1
  - You didn't think that Canadian Raptors would be so.... Canadian? -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 12:47
- You can get a sense of the size of crowds in this helicopter footage -- (link*) - Andie Jun 17, 12:03 5
  - Holy crap! -- nm - Amoxy Jun 17, 12:50
  - Nice!!! It's so long they ran out of avenue have turned the corner. Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 12:22 2
    - i think that's the turn towards City Hall.. :) -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 12:26 1
      - I thought it was the end of the crowd and they had run out of street. I guess I can't tell front from back from the video. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 12:59
  - That's awesome. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 17, 12:16
- But only for Canadians. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 12:03 2
  - How rude! -- nm - C-3PO Jun 17, 12:13
  - Try this one ... -- (link) - zork Jun 17, 12:13
Things that drive you absolutely fucking bonkers as a teacher - Reagen Jun 17, 11:59 5
- I can commiserate, but: no hard deadline --> no hard delivery. school kids to adults. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 12:49
- Clearly this is your fault. You need to quit giving kids so much time to do assignments! -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 12:06
- give him a D+ and let him be someone else's problem next year -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 12:05 1
  - He'll get what he gets - he'll have to pass the final to pass the class, which is not a given. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 12:11
- Have you heard of Pathological Demand Avoidance? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 12:05
Hunger Games prequel set 64 years before the original trilogy on the way -- (link) - Beaker Jun 17, 11:58 5
- I don’t hate the idea. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 12:15 4
  - I mean, technically they could do one every year for the foreseeable future. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 12:17 3
    - I'll read them for certain -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 12:20
    - If they were actually varied and interesting and not derivative, sure! -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 12:17 1
      - I mean, if Survivor included murder I might be tempted to check it out. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 12:20
Warriors took out a full-page ad in the Toronto Sun congratulating the Raptors -- (link) - budice Jun 17, 11:39 15
- Good move. Also, I see they used that ugly font they created. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 12:24 4
  - It is no comic sans. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 12:25 3
    - I was *so* tempted to use comic sans on a tee-shirt I'm designing but Cafe Press don't offer it. -- nm - Meg Jun 17, 12:48 2
      - I would write them a *very* harshly worded letter. - Spawn Jun 17, 12:51 1
        
        They also don't offer Bernard MT Condensed which I could use for the Historical Society. -- nm - Meg Jun 17, 12:58
- (Star) -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 11:53 1
  - Yeah, the Sun is tabloid format -- nm - zork Jun 17, 12:03
- If you black out every third letter, it spells "Suck it Trebek" -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 17, 11:43
- Yet it's a picture of Steph Curry - okay. -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 11:42 2
  - Face of the organization. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:49
  - that's a bit... -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 11:45
- Steph Curry broke both arms writing that -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 11:41
- very nice. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 11:40
- I am looking but can not see the asterisk? -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:40 1
  - it's in black ink. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 11:42
One of the things we talked/laughed about on the trip was the amount of paper we receive from Road Scholars. - Meg Jun 17, 11:25 1
- Hold my galvanized beer bucket. -- nm - Pottery Barn Jun 17, 11:39
Make your calendars - Sept 26, return of The Good Place -- (link) - Andie Jun 17, 11:18 1
- I find it odd that they are aging in the afterlife. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 12:10
Okay, this whole being wide awake before 6am for no reason whatsoever thing? It needs to stop. - Super Daddy Princess Jun 17, 11:15 1
- Ugh! That was happening to me last week. Hopefully things go back to normal tonight. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 11:57
Have you seen the Mariah Carey birthday cake mixup? -- (link) - GregW Jun 17, 11:14
Ready or Not - red band trailer -- (link) - Shaun Jun 17, 10:58 [youtube] 22
- Different music and it's a Blumhouse slasher. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 11:49
- I'll watch that (plus Donnie from Orphan Black!) -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 11:40 1
  - Donnie shouldn't play so innocent after what he did to Dr. Leekie. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:41
- yeah, ok -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 11:08
- Poor man's Margot Robbie? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 11:07 15
  - Hugo Weaving's niece. But it seems like the Generic Australian model has been updated from Kidman to Robbie. -- nm* - Reagen Jun 17, 11:15 2
    - She's gorgeous. Anyone seen Mayhem? Worth seeing? I've seen the Babysitter and its a lot of fun. -- nm - Pippy, YOLO for sure Jun 17, 11:19 1
      - Correct on the Babysitter. It's good for a laugh. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 11:22
  - PS: Love that Henry Czerny is getting more work. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 11:07 11
    - He went to my high school ... about ten years before me -- nm - zork Jun 17, 11:29
    - Wondered what happened to him. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 11:11 4
      - A lot of Toronto-shot television and Stratford as far as I know. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 11:12 3
        
        Stratford is a live theatre place between Toronto and Detroit. They do a lot of Shakespeare there plus other plays -- nm - zork Jun 17, 11:32 2
        
        you missed the most "important" thing about Stratford... - Andie Jun 17, 12:35 1
        
        Drunk school trips? For some reason, I didn't get that chance -- nm - zork Jun 17, 12:51
    - PPS: MRS. MCMURRAY?! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 11:08 4
      - I've never seen such an obviously "shot in Toronto" trailer like this. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 11:17 1
        
        It's no "shopping at Canadian Tire in American Gods" though. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 11:22
      - ppps Des from Republic of Doyle! -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 11:14 1
        
        yay Des! -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 11:44
- " you wanted to get married" LOL - looks great -- nm - Pippy, YOLO for sure Jun 17, 11:03
- Donnie shouldn't play so innocent after what he did to Dr. Leekie. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 11:03
Crowd chants "One more year" at Kawhi. Lowry comes over, gets "Five more years" rolling. And then.... -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 10:52
Espana/China coming down to the wire. Nil-nil is NOT AN OPTION! -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 10:45
My bro and nephew are at the parade apparently. (pic) -- (link) - Andie Jun 17, 10:40 [Image] 1
- niiiice -- nm - budice Jun 17, 10:41
BB21 Casting... looks like two houseguests might be related. -- (link) - Ender Jun 17, 10:20 3
- Also, Jack and Isabella could be exes. Both climbed Mt Kilimanjaro with their ex... -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 11:09
- Rachel and her sister? -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 10:55 1
  - God I hope not -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 11:09
OSIRIS-REx is now orbiting the Bennu asteroid at 0.4 miles (2200 ft) -- (link) - oblique Jun 17, 10:06 1
- Just looking for the best drilling sites. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 17, 10:24
LYC: Car update: After submitting my receipts, they kicked up the settlement to $4k. We are taking the salvage route so that knocks $600 off -- (edited) - oblique Jun 17, 10:02 1
- cool cool -- nm - budice Jun 17, 10:20
Immediately when I saw this listing's address, I thought, "Oh, yes, in the hammock district." -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:52
"If you catch wind of her, tell me and I'll pay you enough money to build a mansion made out of other... smaller mansions." -- nm - Tim Jun 17, 09:50
Comes in threes: Gloria Vanderbilt, Mohammed Morsi, and what other despot will die today? - Mop Jun 17, 09:48
Former Egyptian president and Muslim Brotherhood bigwig Mohammed Morsi died during his trial today. -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 09:43
This Town Comes Alive Once a Year, as Thousands of Snakes Mate -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 09:41 3
- Burn it. Burn it to the ground. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 09:45 2
  - Nuke the site from orbit. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 17, 10:40 1
    - It's the only way to be sure. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 10:48
There are sooooo many people along the Raptors' parade route that it's at a crawl. Should be over by now and not even close to half way -- nm - zork Jun 17, 09:33 1
- Tell them to get the f- out of the street! -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:41
RIP Gloria Vanderbilt, Anderson Cooper's mom. -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 09:30
ST #Fathers Poll: How was your Father's day as dad or as child? - oblique Jun 17, 09:07 17
- got absolutely shitfaced on 12 year old Dewars with the PIL (I passed out and missed supper) while they spent the evening barfing...I consider that a - Beaker Jun 17, 11:43
- Camping trip, train ride, couldn’t have been better. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 17, 09:46
- was fine for me. But for CJ it was brutal as her father passed away earlier in the week. Hit her hard on Saturday night - Remlik Jun 17, 09:38 2
  - Crap. So sorry. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:41
  - oh man, sorry for her loss. that is terrible. -- nm - Pippy, YOLO for sure Jun 17, 11:04
- I called my dad. He couldn't hear me. His hearing is failing. My children did not observe father's dad, which is fine by me. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 09:32 7
  - *HEAD TILT* -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 09:35 6
    - That's what my father said! - Mop Jun 17, 09:49 5
      - well, if that is how you feel!!! - groiny Jun 17, 09:50 4
        
        I think the fact you haven't been murdered in your sleep is the reward. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 10:05 1
        
        he has a point -- nm - Pippy, YOLO for sure Jun 17, 11:04
        
        my children are little angels every day! - Mop Jun 17, 09:53
        
        Word. -- nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 17, 09:53
- Not bad. Spent the weekend with my dad. Helped clean out their attic. Drove back yesterday and realized the AC in my car might be dying. - sycor Jun 17, 09:31
- It was great. Went out for breakfast AND dinner! And the kids were nice to me!!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes Jun 17, 09:19
- B+ mostly. -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 09:15
- Grade: A - oblique Jun 17, 09:09
LIR: Weekend Movies: Late Night: B-. Godzilla: C-. Quiet Place: A+ (no spoilers for any inside) - oblique Jun 17, 09:05 1
- Re: The Jinx. I did not know about the whole Jeanine Pirro connection. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 17, 09:10
Spawn...Spidey early screen email incoming... -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 09:03
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion for a 5-4 court, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch." - Will Hunting Jun 17, 08:46 3
- May have been from a lower court, but wasn’t there also a decision recently that the US House of Representatives couldn’t sue by itself? - Super Daddy Princess Jun 17, 08:55
- Considering how well defined the liberal and conservative sides are, some decisions are fascinating. -- nm - Tim Jun 17, 08:50 1
  - I'm pretty sure the conversation for these gerrymander cases goes like this. "We don't want to get involved...what's our play to have that happen?" - Will Hunting Jun 17, 08:58
"When they go low...we also go low. That is how you win dodgeball" - Amoxy Jun 17, 08:41 2
- Jesus. This needs to be moved up the main ESPN channel. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 09:31
- thought we were finally getting a sequel -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 08:51
No Animated Short attached to Toy Story 4 -- (link) - budice Jun 17, 08:40 2
- It'll be live action! - Mop Jun 17, 09:49
- Toy $tory 4 -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:41
Did USA win the cup? - Spawn Jun 17, 08:39 3
- Wait for it... -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 08:56
- The world cup? No. They're still playing the first round of games. One more game and then it's the round of 16 and a loss and you're out. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 08:45 1
  - Ah, thanks. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:47
Pakistan Politics:Accidental cat filter derails political press conference -- (link) - Remlik Jun 17, 08:38 4
- the party's "social media team is deemed to be the pioneers of Social Media in Pakistan." (first to be summarily executed?) -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 10:59
- IMO the best part is that he actually has "Kat" in his name. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:38
- accidental cat filter sounds like the band name for a group that plays outside dave and busters. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 17, 08:53
- i love that. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 08:40
SITWAP: Atlantic Monthly has a great article on the Malaysian 777 missing plane 5 years ago. Conclusion: no hard evidence, but likely pilot suicide. -- (link) - mara Jun 17, 08:32 3
- printed to read on the way home tonight. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 08:42 1
  - ::tear runs down cheek:: -- nm - Native American Jun 17, 08:43
- Crazy stuff when the pilot goes loco -- nm - budice Jun 17, 08:35
“What happens on the planet of Kitson is contagious...and burns.” -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 08:28 6
- Didn't realize that Jax-ur is Septa Una from GOT that rang the bell and said "Shame" -- (link) - Remlik Jun 17, 09:27
- Planet *Kinison*, amiright? -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 08:39
- See, I want to post lines from Friday, but no, you are behind!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:30 3
  - I am also behind. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:43 2
    - A non show spoiler - Spawn Jun 17, 08:43 1
      - Busy weekend. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:44

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