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There's currently a group of employees striking at Loyola-Marymount (where the next Dem debate is). All 7 candidates now say they won't cross the picket lines -- nm* - decline Dec 13, 12:12 1
- The last one had to be moved from UCLA because their employees were on strike. Obviously LA is too political for politics. -- nm - jnine Dec 13, 12:15
Wow. Terrell Suggs got released. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 13, 11:50 4
- That makes the rumor about his Arizona signing more believable. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 13, 12:20
- In youth football in Minnesota, he was a center. The quarterback was Joe Mauer. The other 9 kids on the team were invisible. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 12:12
- 49ers absolutely need him...They'll be some gamesmanship with other teams putting in a claim for him. Long shot that the Ravens get him back. -- nm - Flavorize--strolling through Disney+ Dec 13, 11:56
- This is the moment I discovered that he was still playing this season. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 13, 11:52
It's Friday, so here's an easy one: "(man from this state) died from meth overdose before he was eaten by alligator." -- (link) - Mop Dec 13, 11:36 6
- Alaska! -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 12:00
- how dare he attempt to turn an alligator into a meth addict :((( -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 11:53
- Florida. It's always Florida. -- nm - David Dec 13, 11:45
- Oregon. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 13, 11:39 2
  - Bigfoot got rid of the last gators in Oregon in the late 1900's. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:40 1
    - did Bigfoot give them a decent Burriel? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 11:55
Pro golfer arrested in Florida prostitution sting called "Operation Santa's Naughty List" -- (link) - decline Dec 13, 11:12 8
- Well, at least you know he was going to double bag it. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 12:10
- "Among the arrested suspects: A Disney security guard who showed up naked to try to buy sex from an adult undercover detective", I'm sure he was doing - jnine Dec 13, 12:02
- Was this before or after he was eaten by a gator? -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:54
- Please be Patrick Reed, please be Patrick Reed -- nm - Strongbad Dec 13, 11:28 2
  - Tiger vs the field -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 11:34
  - John Daly gotta git sum! -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:33
- I thought the PGA changed the rule so you could leave your pin in the hole. -- nm - Baron-pum-pum-pum Dec 13, 11:13
- "Individual of some note arrested along with other people of less note." -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:13
Here. watch a 90 minute video of Mark Hamill in conversation with Frank Oz. -- (link) - Mop Dec 13, 11:08 [youtube] 4
- Aside: That's Frank Oz as the attorney in Knives Out. He's fucking hilarious. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:13
- Too long for my watching that is. -- nm - Baron-pum-pum-pum Dec 13, 11:12 2
  - But it ends with Frank riding around on Mark's back! -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 13, 11:14
  - Watch or don't watch. There is no try. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:12
Take with salt shaker but this poll has Lindsey Graham up 47-45. -- (link) - Tim Dec 13, 11:08
thief took Facebook hard drives with payroll data from a worker's car -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 11:08
We're getting a new university president. It's LSU's former president. I really have to ask "Why?" This seems to me, at best, a lateral move. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:05 2
- He obviously wanted to be closer to you, Mop -- nm - decline Dec 13, 11:09 1
  - You can't rule that out. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:09
STIS: White Elephant Gift ideas $20-40, to quote: A regular gift (no gag gifts) that someone would want. Keep in mind that teenagers will take part - JD Dec 13, 10:37 8
- I just bought an Anker Soundcore 2 speaker for a gift. Tested it out and was really impressed. It's on sale right now at Amazon for $30. -- nm - sycor Dec 13, 10:57 1
  - Anker Powercore 20100 mAh Power Bank is on sale also, 40% off, so around $30. -- nm - sycor Dec 13, 10:58
- Drone, Jelly Comb USB Station -- nm - David Dec 13, 10:56
- any fans of anything? a couple Funkos maybe for something a little different? Mandalorian and IG-11 maybe? -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 10:52
- andie beat me to it, an external battery for a phone charging. ear buds -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 10:51 1
  - canister of illy coffee (can itself is kinda cool, useful for keeping things) -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 10:52
- portable phone charger. starbucks/amazon gc. -- nm - Andie Dec 13, 10:48
- Have you must -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 13, 10:46
I told you today was going to be shit. Apparently I have absolute power at AT&T - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 13, 10:30 6
- Yep, I was on the other side of that a few years back. - Baron-pum-pum-pum Dec 13, 10:48
- AT&T drops out of FCC speed test program so it can hide bad results -- (link) - Max Dec 13, 10:38 2
  - Richard! -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 11:08
  - It's like when VW rigged their emissions tests, except no one cares. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 10:55
- Nice. Silver Lining, people can pay you to keep their phones active. -- nm - budice Dec 13, 10:38 1
  - My bad to begin with. We have a dmarc that has the "test jacks" for POTS lines as well as the punchdown. We've always just used the test jacks in - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 13, 10:42
Happy birthday to Christopher Plummer (90) and Dick Van Dyke (94). -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 10:07
Someone in my family ate at Sci-Fi Dine-In yesterday, and it wasn't me. - David Dec 13, 09:52 1
- Jack Jack on his way to U. of Chicago? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 10:28
6 Underground: Cish. The cast has some fun, other than that it's layer upon layer of silliness - prayformojo Dec 13, 09:35 3
- I can't wait to get over this cold so I can have some shots and watch this and just enjoy the silliness - sycor Dec 13, 10:31 2
  - Why wait? -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 13, 11:15 1
    - right? alcohol kills cold and flu germs. Everyone knows that. -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 11:33
Interesting take on Google Docs from a writer -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 13, 09:31 2
- Hmm, I should write a book on ST. -- nm - David Dec 13, 09:50 1
  - nm (I realized that the joke didn't work without knowing where my head was going.) -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Dec 13, 09:53
FF: I wish I had a statistic on how many Lamar teams are still alive in their league's playoffs - Strongbad Dec 13, 09:15 14
- I had him in over 40% of my best ball tournament leagues...tripled my $. We’ll see how the season long ones turn out -- nm - Flavorize Dec 13, 09:56
- Heh. And then there's me in Vamps who apparently manages like the Redskins or something -- nm - JD Dec 13, 09:42 1
  - You have a solid core. There's a path to 2020's finals there. -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Dec 13, 09:49
- I still think it is pretty crazy that you have to go down to #17 before you hit a non-QB in total points in Astro/Yahoo except for McCaffery at #5 - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 13, 09:36 2
  - I traded TY Hilton for Henry, right after Luck's announcement in my $$ League. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 13, 09:39
  - Henry saved me in Super Feud after David Johnson shit the bed -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 09:37
- I thought you'd be well ahead this morning in Super Feud, but your opponent having Ingram hurt bigly -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 09:36 1
  - Yeah. I've got Lamar in SF, playing against him in Astronauts. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 13, 09:38
- I lost last week in Cavemen. ML lost in QV, but yes, he's been huge this year. -- nm - Inigo Dec 13, 09:29 1
  - I attribute my QV performance last week to my players taking a rest before the playoffs began :-D -- nm - ML Dec 13, 11:27
- My 10 win team went out last week. Faced Drew Brees, Jared Cook, Zeke, Robert Woods & Gurley. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 13, 09:24
- I'm doing okay, but there's one league where I missed getting him by one spot in the 12th round. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 13, 09:16 1
  - ML has him in our IDP dynasty league, might be playing him in the championship next week. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 13, 09:19
- Doesn’t ESPN publish that? Or maybe not until the postseason. -- nm - spamlet Dec 13, 09:15
Poll: Weekend plans? -- nm - Andie Dec 13, 09:12 19
- 2 hangovers -- nm - decline Dec 13, 11:17
- It’s all work this weekend. I was off last weekend so it is needed. -- nm - Qale Dec 13, 11:01
- I have to work (sigh) but it's not sooooo bad. picking up my credenza sunday, so cleaning and prepping saturday night. -- nm - amanda Dec 13, 11:00
- birthday party at dawsons, 'early' wedding Saturday morn at some fancy historical gardens, drive into seattle to pickup something I won on an ebay -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 10:56
- Kids musical thing at church all weekend. Tonight dinner with my parents at another local church with daughter's madrigal singers - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 13, 10:50 1
  - will she sing LDB again? -- nm - decline Dec 13, 11:16
- Wife's birthday today so going out to a nice dinner with friends. Unfortunately I've been working for about the last 30 hrs. straight. - pmb Dec 13, 10:38
- Work tonight, party tomorrow, Dinner and DS9 on Sunday -- nm - Amoxy Dec 13, 10:29
- Sneaker event tonight, making gingerbread cookies and Christmas shopping all weekend and hopefully meeting up with Jax on Sunday afternoon -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 10:09
- Playing Santa Claus for a school’s Winter Bazaar down my street. -- nm - landbeck Dec 13, 10:02
- Come in to work to move my office, stress about presents. -- nm - Max Dec 13, 09:52
- Visit my mum in hospital, Frozen 2, Strictly final. -- nm - LMS Dec 13, 09:43 1
  - best wishes for LMS's mom! -- nm* - Andie Dec 13, 10:49
- NYC. Wolfgang's tonight, Ninja tomorrow, hopefully hang with Krusty a bit Sunday - JaxSean Dec 13, 09:40
- Christmas party tomorrow weather permitting (about an hour away) -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 09:35
- Bunco with the ladies tonight. Date night tomorrow night. Hopefully getting presents wrapped. -- nm - kelly Dec 13, 09:31
- Unboxing more kitchen stuff and figuring out where everything goes. - znufrii, human scum Dec 13, 09:26
- Tomorrow night is date night; probably seeing Jumanji or at least dinner out. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 09:14
- nothing tonight. apparently making a full christmas turkey dinner tomorrow (long story, found out yesterday). Arts fair on Sunday. -- nm - Andie Dec 13, 09:13
Cavemen and Astros... Do me a solid. Who finished with the top three records in your league? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 13, 09:06 4
- Truman was #2, Nuditarian was #3. Targaryan Foster is #1 and is ? (and #4 was Znu) -- nm* - Beaker Dec 13, 10:55
- I looked at Cavemen, but I'm unsure who a couple of the names are -- nm - decline Dec 13, 10:00
- Astros: JFields, Kilbo, ML -- Spawn was 4th. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 09:08
- nm -- nm* - Strongbad Dec 13, 09:08
Ah yes, the 'fraudulent SSI' people are busy again this morning :/ -- nm - Meg Dec 13, 08:54 1
- They are playing the most dangerous of games. - Will Hunting Dec 13, 09:04
All the big announcements from the 2019 Game Awards -- (link) - Beaker Dec 13, 08:36 1
- Xbox... everything else. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 08:38
I bought my son 2 monitors, for his birthday (yesterday) and Christmas. I wasn't planning on buying him a computer... - Mop Dec 13, 08:31
FF JuJu Owners -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 13, 08:31
Man, it's gonna be a long time before I get used to saying Xbox Series X instead of Xbox One X. Frankly, that's poor branding. - Mop Dec 13, 08:30 10
- Sexbox. The short title will be Sexbox. -- nm - sycor Dec 13, 10:32
- Microsoft brands everything X and I’m not sure why. -- nm - spamlet Dec 13, 08:36 7
  - If you can mark an X, you're my kinda people! -- (link) - Jerry Boyle Dec 13, 08:46 [youtube]
  - I think it's pretty obvious why. -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Dec 13, 08:40 [youtube] 4
    - And yet Quimby is still in office. So unrealistic! -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 08:43 3
      - Is it? - Cuzzin Todd Dec 13, 08:44 2
        
        I'm getting you a new sarcasm detector for Christmas. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 09:27 1
        
        Ditto. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 13, 10:18
  - They should have called it Windows OS X instead of Windows 10. Because, fuck you Steve Jobs! -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 08:37
- Is that the name of their new console coming out next year? - Cuzzin Todd Dec 13, 08:36
Popcorn Champs: Jaws -- (link) - Beaker Dec 13, 08:20 2
- Other than him missing the author of the book a few times, this is a great column. - Will Hunting Dec 13, 08:36 1
  - (I've liked all his series of articles. The year-by-year for Action Movies and Superhero movies preceded this ongoing one) -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 08:37
Krusty or Ty: where can we get the best pizza closest to where we are? - JaxSean Dec 13, 08:06 20
- Is it Alfredo's Pizza or Pizza by Alfredo? -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 08:31 1
  - yes -- nm - decline Dec 13, 10:06
- Dominos -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 08:16 1
  - Yep -- nm - J Dec 13, 08:57
- Marta/Brunetti? -- nm* - budice Dec 13, 08:14
- Isn't there a John's of Times Square around there -- nm - Flavorize--strolling through Disney+ Dec 13, 08:11 3
  - Not from NY and not sure how close to you but ate there, is great, and a nice room. -- nm - zunkskunk Dec 13, 08:16 1
    - Same owner as the fantastic place that's down in the Village so I'm not surprised you enjoyed it. They make a great pizza -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 08:19
  - 44th and 8th. Also a good option for the area -- nm* - Krusty Dec 13, 08:15
- Joe's on 40th -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 08:11 3
  - got it. perfect, thanks -- nm - JaxSean Dec 13, 08:17 2
    - No problem. I hope it's great! -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 08:19 1
      - Very good, thanks. Crust was a little burnt (they're slammed, went at noon), but very good. - JaxSean Dec 13, 09:28
- Sbarro -- nm - decline Dec 13, 08:08 2
  - I'd eat at Red Lobster before that. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 13, 08:10 1
    - Wait, is there one of those nearby? I suggest that. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 08:12
- In New York? You can't. -- nm - groony Dec 13, 08:07 3
  - I don't have 6 hours to wait for a Chicago style. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 13, 08:09 2
    - Good burn. -- nm - zunkskunk Dec 13, 08:17 1
      - A good burn might give NY style some flavor. -- nm - groony Dec 13, 08:30
So the artist known as c...I can't with that. Grimes has released her previously leaked single that is titled 4ÆM - JD Dec 13, 08:06 4
- 4 Elon Musk. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 08:23 1
  - 🙄 -- nm - JD Dec 13, 08:24
- For a second I thought it was "4 EM" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 08:09 1
  - I thought "4-LOM". - Spawn Dec 13, 08:11
Inside the NFL's gutsiest playcall: Saints' Super Bowl XLIV onside kick -- (link) - Beaker Dec 13, 08:03 1
- I kinda hate you right now. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 08:05
Happy Friday the 13th -- nm - decline Dec 13, 08:01
PIG TESTICLES KEEP REFRIGERATED -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 13, 07:59 2
- But serve at room temperature. -- nm - zunkskunk Dec 13, 08:12 1
  - Yeah, but *which* room? -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 08:12

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