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17 game NFL season in the works for 2022 -- (link) - Booooker Oct 18, 09:31 2
- Hire me back, I'll still go 8-8! Muahahahaha! -- nm - Jeff Fisher Oct 18, 09:32
- Whoo sweet. -- nm - No one ever Oct 18, 09:32
To the surprise of no one, CC Sabathia's career is over. -- (link) - Will Hunting Oct 18, 09:30 1
- that just sucks -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 09:32
Just noticed that iTunes has a bunch of movies in the "Own for $4.99" section. CAUTION! Mostly MGM or Lionsgate (i.e. *NOT* MA compatible). - Mop Oct 18, 09:29
Ah fantasy football. Just benched McLaurin for Lazard. Dat Niners DEF is brutally great against WRs this year. -- nm* - Shaun Oct 18, 09:29
Bad night for knees: Zion expected to miss weeks with knee injury -- nm - Booooker Oct 18, 09:28
Comics Today: Old Man Quill #10, Firefly #10, Knightfall: Tales from the Dark Universe one-shot -- nm - Booooker Oct 18, 09:07
For the women of ST. - Amoxy Oct 18, 08:54 3
- You can't post a video like that unless you hand out complimentary fans. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 09:13
- This seems like the appropriate rebuttal. -- (link) - Mop Oct 18, 09:10
- Sweet sassy molassy. I think *I* ovulated. -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 09:04
It’s frickin blue-sky gorgeous in DC today, I wonder if I can play hooky. -- nm - Max Oct 18, 08:52
The Long Read: The Wing, or, does a private, members only, instagram-ready female empowerment club for $2000/year really count as “feminism”? -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 18, 08:36 1
- this is how sex cults start -- nm - kilboooooo Oct 18, 08:36
US will no longer use floppy disks to coordinate nuke launches...um, what? -- (link) - kilboooooo Oct 18, 08:21 6
- "It now has a highly-secure solid state digital storage solution." *gets hacked* -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 09:07
- Well, that's good. -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 09:06
- "and is unhackable precisely because it was created long before the internet existed" That's not how these things work. -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 08:47 1
  - Umm...it kind of does in this case? At least by all most common modern attack vectors - JD Oct 18, 09:35
- Hah! Got an AOL error message -- (link) - Amoxy Oct 18, 08:41
- "Hello, Dell? We'd like to order 100 laptops with those fancy new optical drives. .... what?" -- nm - DOD doh Oct 18, 08:34
I'm looking at my notes from a meeting and I cannot decipher this word I wrote. It looks like "oatmeals" but that can't be right, can it? -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 08:13 2
- we're going to need photographic evidence. ENHANCE! -- nm - kilboooooo Oct 18, 08:16 1
  - Aha! Antivirals. So close. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 08:17
F-R-I-D-A-Y. Weekend plans, please. -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 08:10 20
- International Food night group tomorrow night, normal girls activities. Mostly a normal weekend. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 09:19
- Double Tap, and maybe upgrading my phone. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 09:14 3
  - Ooooh, what phones are your potentials? -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 09:18 2
    - The US military recommends the Princess model. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 09:25 1
      - So iPhone XS Max? Gotcha. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 09:26
- HS Football tonight. Doughnuts with Dad at my daughter’s preschool tomorrow. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 18, 09:13
- Seeing Pat Benatar Sat night, driving to Northern California on Sunday to visit parents - JD Oct 18, 08:52
- Arch. Soc. board meeting tomorrow. Museum tour Sunday. I believe I have Monday off :) -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 18, 08:46
- work. Poker tom. night. Dinner w/son Sunday night -- nm - Amoxy Oct 18, 08:40
- High School football, Double Tap or Joker, Dinner with friends, Bear game Sunday, hopefully sell car. Too much... -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 18, 08:36
- Double Tap!!! -- nm - David Oct 18, 08:21
- Trunk or Treak (HONK!), tomorrow is a trip to ISU for marching band, Sunday might be a horse competition (trying to get out of that) - kilboooooo Oct 18, 08:14
- Doing some work around the house, moving boxes, yard work, probably some shopping for kitchen reno stuff. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 18, 08:14
- Avalanche vs Lightning Saturday in Tampa, Caring Chefs event Sunday night in Jax -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 08:13
- Going to this Curious Clairvoyance event. In a 1920's home/museum, it's a whole night of period authentic 'spiritualism' activities. Seance. Tea - Andie Oct 18, 08:13
- mow lawn, move trampoline, cleanup furnace room, decorate for Halloween; maybe hosting movie night for daughter's friends -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 08:12 3
  - scary movies? -- nm - decline Oct 18, 08:16 2
    - doubtful, one of the girls is scared of everything (while our daughter likes watching scary movies alone with no lights on) -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 08:19 1
      - I see you've trained that one well -- nm - kilboooooo Oct 18, 08:20
- Not sure; kiddo is recovering so plans are tbd if any -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 08:11
People aren't responsible for their last names, but ones I see out here all the time: Outhouse, Mailman, Whynot. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 08:07 5
- these three sound like a setup in a great joke -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 08:12 2
  - third base! -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 08:12 1
    - The Aristocrats. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 08:18
- yeah, that first one won't do. -- nm - mud Oct 18, 08:09 1
  - Our local hockey team had an outstanding goalie by the name of Griffin Outhouse. I think he might be NHL-bound currently. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 09:09
UK's first Chick-fil-A outlet to close in LGBT rights row -- (link) - LMS Oct 18, 07:50
China just called Adam Silver a liar. They say they never asked for Morey to be fired -- (link) - Boooker Oct 18, 07:49 5
- Fuck you China for making us support Adam Silver. -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 09:05
- Yeah, I'm gonna believe Silver on this one. -- nm - David Oct 18, 07:58 2
  - oh for sure; I think China is just pissed that he would say what everyone already figured -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 08:02
  - "I mean, that's where we'd draw the line. We in China aren't monsters." -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 08:00
- You could get a damn good college paper on marketing/PR and/or international relations out of everything since the Morey tweet - Boooker Oct 18, 07:51
*blink182wtf.gif* -- (link) - Reagen Oct 18, 07:44 3
- "he can use all the video cameras installed in every room to get us a better deal!" -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 07:56 1
  - Ivanka best check the vents. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 07:56
- I like contrarian takes, but good god that's brutal. -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Oct 18, 07:49
While I'm not a much of a mobile/phone game person at all, it's nice to see that Google is bringing Stadia support to the Pixel 2s. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 07:34
*pats his KC DEF pickup* - kilboooooo Oct 18, 07:28
Popcorn Champs: The Exorcist -- (link) - Boooker Oct 18, 07:19
Beaker quick! Scheer is at the Picaroons Roundhouse right now! -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 07:13 1
- probably gonna ban beer or something. -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 07:17
EB Games: got the IT2 t-shirt and a Disney Halloween candy bowl for $5 Fridays and grabbed IG-11 as I'd hoped to do for regular price -- nm - Booooker Oct 18, 06:45 1
- I bought the long sleeve Freddy shirt with the claw marks down the arms. For $5, sure, i'll take a long sleeve tshirt. -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 07:40
Signal boost: That piece JD posted on the Lines of Code That Changed Everything is a terrific read. Lots of v interesting stuff -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 18, 06:41 [Backboard] 4
- I really want to see what ' : ( ) { : | : & } ; : ' does, but don't want to crash a server -- nm - decline Oct 18, 06:53 2
  - DAMMIT -- nm - Bery, just now Oct 18, 06:59 1
    - hahahaha -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 07:00
- word -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 06:50
"Can we borrow your car? I have my license." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Oct 18, 06:40 8
- Does his license say McLovin? -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 07:26
- What age of kids do you teach? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 06:52 2
  - This was a kid in the hallway. Probably 17. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 07:24
  - 12 year olds -- nm - Pippy - Bomb Cycloner Oct 18, 07:00
- did you say yes? -- nm - decline Oct 18, 06:44 3
  - He needs it to get them beer. -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 07:48
  - Not after that Gene Hackman incident in '71. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 06:52 1
    - I for one think watching License to Drive in class today would be educational. -- nm - Max Oct 18, 06:54
Having had the exact same injury as Mahomes experienced last night, I feel like I can contribute my expertise on the matter. - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 06:37 2
- makes my stomach turn to even think about that kind of injury -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 06:40 1
  - yup -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 07:47
the 'ceasefire' didn't even last a day -- (link) - decline Oct 18, 06:34 3
- will this effect DJT's Nobel Peace prize? -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 07:13 1
  - No, not unless he starts his own prize. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 09:12
- “Not a ceasefire” -- nm - Turkish Janet Oct 18, 07:01
Little Monsters: B+ Not that it matters, but even when she's partially covered in zombie gore, Lupita Nyongo is almost distractingly beautiful in this -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 06:32 2
- She always is. :) -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 07:02
- She is a strong candidate for my laminated list. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 06:38
The Outer Worlds - Official Launch Trailer -- (link) - Shaun Oct 18, 06:29 [youtube] 5
- It looks and feels like it is a Fallout/Bioshock mashup - Jovian Oct 18, 07:15
- I cannot wait!!! -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 07:13
- I'm in -- nm - decline Oct 18, 06:31 2
  - Fallout New Vegas in space? Seems like it could be cool. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 06:33 1
    - I believe the developers have cautioned people not to make this comparison. I think it’s because the length and breadth of the game is more focused. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 06:52
So The Lighthouse shoot sounds 'interesting' -- (link) - LMS Oct 18, 06:25
“Abominable” map drawn to include China’s claims in the South China Sea sparks protests and censorship -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 18, 06:25 1
- the NBA should stay out of the map business. -- nm - Booooker Oct 18, 06:44
Gunfights in the capital of Mexico's Sinaloa state yesterday as security forces located one of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's sons -- (link*) - Booooker Oct 18, 05:29 8
- Gunfights in Sinaloa is my fourth favourite Tom Waits album. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 05:39 7
  - I’m pretty sure I remember The Refreshments doing a cover of one of those singles too. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 06:53 6
    - this may be the first Refreshments-related post in the history of ST - prayformojo Oct 18, 07:01 5
      - Their second (and last) album is underrated. -- nm - Tim Oct 18, 07:38
      - Mekong remains one of my favorite songs ever. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 07:27 2
        
        Thank you for your time, here’s to life. -- nm - Tim Oct 18, 07:36 1
        
        One of the best live shows I've seen. Brian Blush looked so damn cool with his cowboy hat, sunglasses, purple crushed velvet jacket and gold guitar -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 07:38
      - We can talk it out over a cup of joe and you can look deep into my eyes, like I was a supermodel. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 18, 07:16
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir make history in the first all-female spacewalk -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 05:17 1
- I'm enjoying imagining this scene like the beginning of Booksmart. "Are we going back in or? we're just going to stay out here?" -- (link) - Max Oct 18, 06:30 [youtube]
Yeow. Getting the heat exchanger on our furnace replaced today. It will take two guys 6 (!) hours. - prayformojo Oct 18, 05:12 3
- One to install the new part, five to keep exchanging heat manually while the system's offline. -- nm - Max Oct 18, 06:02 2
  - I'm glad they're doing this today - we haven't been able to run our furnace for a week. Getting a little nippy in the house (63F right now) -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 06:12 1
    - gonna be in the low 40's tonight so probably good timing -- nm - decline Oct 18, 06:25
The Irishman 100% (80), Maleficent 2 43% (135), Zombieland 2 69% (95). Old one: Joker 68% (484...is this a review record? cause that is a lot) -- nm* - Booooker Oct 18, 05:10
TV PSA: MLB, NBA preseason, American Housewife, Charmed, Smackdown, Hawaii 5-O, Blacklist, Fresh off the Boat, Dynasty, Gold Rush, Magnum PI, Live PD, -- nm - Booooker Oct 18, 04:51 2
- Blue Bloods, Couples Therapy, Bill Maher, Van Helsing, Netflix: Living with Yourself, Great British Baking Show, Interior Design Masters, MeatEater, -- nm - Booooker Oct 18, 04:54 1
  - Unnatural Selection; Amazon: Modern Love; Hulu: Looking for Alaska; UFC Fight Night, other stuff -- nm* - Booooker Oct 18, 04:55
Drake Valiant - Today in names Oct 18, 04:27 1
- names like that always make me think of the WKRP episode when Les met Steel. -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 05:19
Superintelligence (SNTEL) releasing on HBO MAX. Currently at H$20. -- (link) - GregW Oct 18, 02:15
Christina Hendricks and Snozzberries have split up after 10 years. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 02:10
This band may come to regret their name. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 00:49 1
- jeeeeez, that's f'''''up -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 02:46
Hmm. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 00:40 1
- Too bad most voters aren't interested in the truth when promised are made -- nm - con_carne Oct 18, 00:57
"I realize I dropped the puck." -- nm - . Oct 18, 00:00
Another fun evening at the Gem for a performance of Bright Star...and another 50/50 win.....$330!!!!! -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 17, 23:06 1
- What a -- dare I say it -- monstrous performance! -- nm - David Oct 17, 23:28
I'm surprised that there hasn't been any Good Place discussion tonight. (mild spoilers) - David Oct 17, 21:43 4
- Here was my thinking. (spoils) - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 06:16
- that show's still on tv? -- nm - decline Oct 18, 05:50
- saving up the season, haven't watched any episodes yet -- nm - Booooker Oct 18, 04:55
- Ironically, (actual spoils) -- (edited) - Beryllium Oct 17, 22:25
Oh. US just hit the EU with 7.5 billion dollars worth of tariffs -- (link) - Amoxy Oct 17, 21:40 4
- eh, for this particular one it's sort of reasonable? Airbus and Boeing both get massive subsidies and rail against the other's. -- nm - mafic Oct 17, 22:02 1
  - The EU wants to impose sanctions because of Boeing. -- nm - . Oct 17, 22:33
- WTO approved due to illegal subsidies for Airbus. -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 21:59
- it's good thing no US businesses do any business with anyone on that continent, or we will be in big trouble next week :) -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 17, 21:42
OMG--that Paul Rudd, Hot Ones interview is classic. I won't ruin it, but about 17:00 minutes in...it takes a very Paul Ruddian turn. -- nm - Flavorize Oct 17, 21:24 5
- He should totally be a batman villain. Maybe with some sort of comedic theme around his persona. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 22:54 3
  - King Tut -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 03:53
  - The Ruddler? -- nm - . Oct 17, 23:41 1
    - Marvellous! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 23:56
- genius. -- nm - Max Oct 17, 22:14
Verlander, Greinke, Cole, Altuve, Correa, Bregman. This team has 6+ legit Hall of Fame candidates. - David Oct 17, 21:19 1
- And we could be up 3-1 right now but the Yankees have squandered every opportunity they've had over the last three games. - The Bleaken Oct 18, 05:50
RC. more Grand Designs season 20 -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 17, 21:00 [youtube]

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