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There are only 13 Republican women in the House. Two have now announced their retirement. Martha Roby announces she will not seek sixth term -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:19
South Carolina murder suspect recaptured after daring jailbreak - I'm not sure why he wasn't able to blend in while on the lam... -- (link) - decline Jul 26, 11:38 1
- Teally, he needs a few on his eye brows and cheeks if he was to fit in with the locals -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 13:48
Go home, google maps, you’re drunk. - Super Daddy Princess Jul 26, 11:26 8
- the odds of something happening during the 25 mile detour that cost you more than 4 minutes is probably high -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 26, 11:41 5
  - yeah, but it's the Schuylkill -- nm - decline Jul 26, 11:46 3
    - yeah but the alternative is the turnpike and 95 -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 26, 12:05
    - What could go wrong in a place that ends with kill? -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:47 1
      - Literally everything? - Super Daddy Princess Jul 26, 11:53
  - This too. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 26, 11:45
- heh, see I would totally do this -- nm - decline Jul 26, 11:31 1
  - From KoP I’ll usually go back roads to the Commodore Barry. From home I’ll just suck it up and take the Schuylkill. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Jul 26, 11:37
92 days since this movie, and I still adore it. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 26, 11:25
wherever he's gotten to, happy birthday, hyde!! :) - -- nm - b. Jul 26, 11:23
This is neat: the Mercury Mets and MLB’s awkward Turn Ahead the Clock Night. -- (link) - Tim Jul 26, 11:18
Maggie Q, Alice E, Sofia V and Uma T apparently once made a movie together -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 26, 11:11
Meet the poor guy who's been asked “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” every day for the last 4 years -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 11:02 3
- Logically speaking, it's more like a bread taco. -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 11:10 1
  - Not with a solid in it! -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:01
- "I’ve gotten more than a thousand calls about whether a hot dog is a sandwich." -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 11:03
I know people are wondering but I will not play for Team USA at the FIBA World Cup -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:58
Netflix: Big Mouth gets 3 season order.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 26, 10:43
TGIF - Weekend plans? -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 10:27 40
- Running FFB mock draft simulations. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:55
- Nothing tonight, Jaguars training camp tomorrow along with friend's bday party, housework Sunday. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 11:52 3
  - aren't you a bit old to be attending training camp? -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:05 2
    - They saw me run the 40 in 40, so yeah, I'm a shoo-in to make the team. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 12:13
    - Well, it IS the Jags. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jul 26, 12:07
- quiet weekend w/ mostly house stuff - decline Jul 26, 11:33
- Nothing tonight!(praise Him). Tomorrow - Yanks v. Sawx, Sunday - audition. Trying out new recipes. -- nm - Diva Jul 26, 11:16
- Seeing ELO tomorrow night. -- nm - pmb Jul 26, 11:10
- Sitting on the beach, earning 100% -- nm - Max Jul 26, 11:04
- I'll be enjoying my two favorite hobbies: cutting wood and riding a motorcycle. Pity there isn't a way to do both at the same time. -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 26, 10:48 3
  - yonh! -- nm - Diva Jul 26, 11:24
  - those steroids worked fast! -- nm - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 11:03 1
    - yyyyeeeeaAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 11:08
- put the carb back on the bike, RIDE LIKE HELL. also, start some mead batches. -- nm - colin Jul 26, 10:47 13
  - I’d love to have the time to get back into home brewing. Never tried making mead though. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 26, 11:29
  - I want to make some but the honey is so bloody expensive. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 10:50 8
    - you should get your own bees - then you'll have free honey! -- nm - decline Jul 26, 10:59 6
      - plus bears -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 11:07 1
        
        free bears!! -- nm - colin Jul 26, 11:13
      - VA set aside $160k for providing bee keepers with hives and supplies.. thought about applying, but they are a TON of work. -- nm - colin Jul 26, 11:06 3
        
        save the bees, save the world -- nm - decline Jul 26, 11:07 2
        
        i'm actually letting a TON of paper wasps nest around, including one that's up to about 20 members.. they're major pollinators. - colin Jul 26, 11:13
        
        yep -- nm - mud Jul 26, 11:08
    - yep. i do small batches (1.5 gal), so they're costing around 20 to 45/batch. i just found greek honey at the food salvage store for $2.50/lb. - colin Jul 26, 10:53
  - oh, and go to an art show by a local artist. -- nm - colin Jul 26, 10:49
  - There's been talk of a meadery built like right across the street from work for the past 3 years. Still not there. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jul 26, 10:49 1
    - never gonna happen. you don't even need to boil anything, it's just honey, water, yeast ... and patience. - colin Jul 26, 10:50
- Yard work, Shadowbringers, typical weekend errands. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jul 26, 10:47
- home organization, tv watching, hanging with friends -- nm - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 10:42
- Building Lego Death Star (assuming it shows up this afternoon), going to OC Fair to see Depeche Mode cover band opening for Berlin - JD Jul 26, 10:37 3
  - With your friend Peter? -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:40
  - wait what?! Did you get a good deal on it? I demand pictures when done -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:39 1
    - Assuming you're referring to the Legos, I signed up for the highest level with Netbricks - JD Jul 26, 10:46
- Working on Sunday. Spending tomorrow sorting out the house, developing a podcast, and playing Star Wars: Armada. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 10:34 3
  - A podcast? If you can share, what's the topic? -- nm - JD Jul 26, 10:51 2
    - I've got two in the mix, and the topic of this one is "games and the law" -- e.g., laws of videogames, legal systems within tabletop RPGs, or ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 10:57 1
      - I'll get in line for the games & law podcast right now. - Max Jul 26, 11:37
- heading to my brother's place near Pictou tomorrow morning. Then heat pump installed Tuesday then to the Lake (PIL 50th wedding anniversary party - Beaker Jul 26, 10:30
- Heading to the shore for MIL and nephew’s birthdays -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 26, 10:30
- Packing for the following (long) wknd, relaxing. (YAY!) -- nm* - Andie Jul 26, 10:29
I am shocked that a racist Canadian pos would cherrypick stats for his racist rantings -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 26, 10:14
This is my first year in 12 years not playing fantasy football. I might just stop watching NFL games altogether... -- nm - colin Jul 26, 10:13 11
- I won't be watching NFL games either. And I've declined to attend the usual trek to a Seahawks home game. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 10:37 10
  - Yeah, have not been to a Colts game in three years IIRC. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:12
  - what's your reason? -- nm - colin Jul 26, 10:47 8
    - The whole Tyreek Hill mess was the final straw. - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 11:04 7
      - agreed, it's way out of whack. i don't know.. it's like any boycott - i want to support players and employees, but don't want to support owners and - colin Jul 26, 11:08 2
        
        I've thought about that, too. Haven't really come up with anything, but I'm trying. - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 11:13 1
        
        i feel ok supporting bars, watching games, but if i can keep money going into the NFL's hands via live games, merch, etc, i think that's a step.. - colin Jul 26, 11:16
      - Valid. -- nm - David Jul 26, 11:05 3
        
        I'm also taking the $100 I would've spend on a ticket to a Seahawks game and donating it to a domestic violence shelter in Kansas City. - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 11:10 2
        
        very cool -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 12:24
        
        that's excellent! -- nm - colin Jul 26, 11:13
Lucifer to get 6 additional episodes for final season (bringing final season total to 16 episodes) -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:09
Today's inexplicable earworm: a medley of Honeymoon Suite - Feel it Again and Paul Janz - Every Little Tear. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 10:07 3
- I heard Feel It Again yesterday! -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jul 26, 10:42 1
  - I haven't heard it in ages. Don't know where it popped out of. - Reagen Jul 26, 10:45
- TaP -- nm - mud Jul 26, 10:12
Twitter stock up 10% -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 10:04
I have vague memories that Disneyland had special nights for adults only but I'd never of anyone wanting to ban those without kids from the parks -- (link) - JD Jul 26, 10:00 5
- Those are some issues, for sure. The flip side of this - Reagen Jul 26, 10:44 1
  - I'm definitely with you on that one. That aint right. The only character interactions that Veronica and ever had was at meals or if there wasn't any - JD Jul 26, 10:49
- I maintain that the FB post is either fake or satire. -- nm - David Jul 26, 10:31 1
  - I could see it being a heat of the moment type post - JD Jul 26, 10:41
- We shall call her, the Ruiner of Fun. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jul 26, 10:10
Whew, the precautionary boil order for my neighborhood has been lifted. No sign of any contamination. - Baronfiki Jul 26, 09:58 4
- best to drink some boiling water just to be safe. -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:01 3
  - Better chase it with some whiskey just to be safe -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 26, 10:04 2
    - the Bogart cure? -- nm - colin Jul 26, 10:16
    - boiling whiskey? -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:05
I'm on steroids for the next two weeks, so I'll have to put off my dream of playing pro ball for a little bit longer - prayformojo Jul 26, 09:58 3
- Hobbs, Shaw, and pfm -- nm - budice Jul 26, 10:14
- *Gives you a 50 game suspension* -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 26, 10:02
- They're staring a separate league where steroid use is not only allowed but also required. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 26, 09:59
UFC 240 tomorrow night (Holloway vs Edgar and Cyborg vs Spencer) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 09:57 1
- Rooting for Edgar. Feels like the dude has been fighting forever. Max and Cyborg will be tough to beat. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jul 26, 10:06
black hole research confirms Einstein's Theory on Relativity still works -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 26, 09:56
“No drugs in his system, and just what I assume is a therapeutic level of bourbon.” -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:43
HULU renews The Handmaid's Tale for a 4th season -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:36 1
- terrific news, I've been waiting for -- nm - mud Jul 26, 10:09
I asked my trivia team to name the dirs. on the Cinemascore list, they got 4. I expected they would get 6-7, the other 4-5 are real head scratchers -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 26, 09:07 6
- Now ask them about the directors with F's. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 26, 09:59 1
  - In total they guessed about 50 directors (this went on for a painfully long time) and ONE of the guesses is on the F list. -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 26, 10:01
- Has antone here ever been polled by Cinemascore? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 09:29 1
  - Let's ask him. Antone!! You around? -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 26, 09:34
- Two of them are religious film guys. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jul 26, 09:10 1
  - It's -this- close to being a GREAT trivia question -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 26, 09:33
NYG WR Corey Coleman - torn ACL. WR Sterling Shepard - fractured thumb, likely back for Week 1. -- nm* - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jul 26, 09:01 1
- Current Giants WR Corps - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jul 26, 09:03
WTH? Sean 'Diddy' Combs is dating Steve Harvey's step-daughter Lori Harvey - who is the ex-girlfriend of Diddy's son - he's 49 & she's 22 - decline Jul 26, 08:51 12
- My favorite of these stories is Bill Wyman who at one time was married to the daughter of the woman that his son married. - pmb Jul 26, 10:13 3
  - He was 52 she was 18. He first met her when she was 13. divorced in 1993 -- (link) - Remlik Jul 26, 10:24 2
    - That's a hard looking 18. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 10:26 1
      - She's english, she was a model before the marriage and it was the late 80's.... -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 10:41
- And the winner is Miss Puerto Rico -- nm - budice Jul 26, 09:49
- Good grief! I still am anxious to know why P Diddy's baby momma died suddenly in her home - she was like 49! -- nm - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 09:00 2
  - wasn't it pneumonia? -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 09:05 1
    - I see you are right - thank you. - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 10:41
- gets popcorn - waits for the ding .... :D -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 08:55 2
  - you have been replaced as the resident dating young punching bag. -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 08:57 1
    - yaaaaaa #finally well I have been with Angie for 7.5 years and she is only 3 years younger... #graduated -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 09:10
- So???? -- nm - Morgan Freeman Jul 26, 08:53
Netflix's Secret Obsession is their answer to Lifetime's " women in peril' movies. It is watchable. *shrug* - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 08:51 3
- i watched it - it was like an 1994 Made for Television movie. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 08:54
- you should follow your own advice here -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 08:52 1
  - its The Vow scenario: if you had amnesia and woke up in the hospital and Channing Tatum said he was your husband - you say " OKAY!" -- nm - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 09:01
Will, it also helps that he was routinely throwing 250 innings a season those years. - groiny Jul 26, 08:50 2
- And the 20 game winner is an endangered species -- nm - amoxy Jul 26, 09:05 1
  - right, also a casualty of the bullpen heavy mentality now. - groiny Jul 26, 09:06
Year and Tears episode 3 spoilers - Inigo Jul 26, 08:49
FWIW - this series of comedy panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue has been pure filth - LMS Jul 26, 08:47
"WNBA Experimenting With Hockey-Style Substitutions For All-Star Game" - David Jul 26, 08:46 1
- Lisa Leslie is being held back by the ref as she was not holding onto the tag rope!!!!! -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 08:48
Beaker, you realize that chemicals have multiple uses, right? -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 08:45 12
- is this the Beyond Meat dog food thing? I post that kind of jokingly as every other day I see a post on FB slamming it for being dog food. They need - Beaker Jul 26, 09:25 10
  - I had a look through the ingredient list and there's literally nothing there that troubles me - Reagen Jul 26, 09:38 9
    - Is this like the Subway / yoga mat thing -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 26, 09:45 8
      - that was so stupid. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 10:09
      - not really. Beyond Meat has a lot of additives in it and some are jumping on the fact that they bear a striking similarity to dog food -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:50 6
        
        Which ones are they claiming? - Reagen Jul 26, 10:08 5
        
        beats me. It's just a meme on FB I see a lot lately -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:11 4
        
        it's probably the same additives that are added to every canned/packaged food product of any sort. -- nm* - Andie Jul 26, 10:17 1
        
        My favourite of these panicky health scares was the lady upset that airplanes weren't pressurizing cabins with 100% oxygen - Reagen Jul 26, 10:24
        
        "You know who else breathed oxygen? Hitler." -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 10:15 1
        
        stop trying to use facts to spoil my dog food jokes God dammit -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:17
- Shoot or snort. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 08:46
MIA signs WR Allen Hurns, released by DAL earlier this week. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 08:40
TGIFFFFFFFFFRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIDDDDDAAAAAA AAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 08:39 1
- meh -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 26, 08:40

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