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Mike Birbiglia sums up the primary voters pretty well. -- (link) - Volnelk Feb 13, 20:32 2
- Oh wow some of those responses -- nm - JackDawson Feb 13, 20:38 1
  - yeah.......... - ty97 Feb 13, 20:44
I am trying to eat some food and my wife has turned on Dr. Pimple Popper. NOT COOL! -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 20:30 8
- By "food", do you mean a boston cream donut? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 20:32 7
  - New England style Clam Chowder -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 20:33 6
    - A New England clam chowder donut sounds awful -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 20:40 3
      - What if it was a sourdough donut? Like soup in a sourdough bread bowl? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 20:44 1
        
        Then it's just going to be messy but not disgusting. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 20:45
      - He raises a good point. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 20:43
    - the best style! But it doesn't much resemble a pimple, so you can't really eat it in a way that would disgust the show viewer -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 20:38 1
      - I'm the one who is disgusted. I'm trying to eat and some hillbilly has a huge thing hanging off his shoulder that he says "smells like ten dead rats" -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 20:39
DICE Awards livestream starting now -- (link) - Max Feb 13, 20:02
Billie Eilish went with the tragically damaged tone for Bond. I was hoping for something like Tina Turner. -- (link) - Max Feb 13, 19:54 5
- I'm planning not to listen to it until the film comes out. In April. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 20:17 1
  - ha, you'll probably hear it more often than a Bloomberg ad before then -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 22:27
- The song sounds good to me -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 20:10
- Watching the Oscars, I was wishing they'd asked Cynthia Erivo. -- nm - Roger More Feb 13, 20:02
- yeah, it's....no -- nm - prayformojo Feb 13, 19:56
After watching IM1 I decided to watch all the IM (inc Avengers) movies. Pretty amazing, watching Tony's arc. Lines from AoU. - Spawn Feb 13, 19:53 2
- Further spoilers for that line. - Beryllium Feb 13, 20:00 1
  - Niiice. Also Ultron: "I think a lot about meteors. The purity of them. Boom! The end." I am going to start calling that incoming asteroid, Ultron. -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 20:18
You may not know this about me, but I had a walk-on role in the Lego Movie... - howie Feb 13, 19:50
I guess I missed the Internet having a fight today about whether or not to recline your airplane seat? -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 19:37 16
- Immediately after the FAs stop paying attention why? -- nm - JackDawson Feb 13, 20:25
- you're always within your rights to do it, but if your flight's during the day and shorter than like 4 hours you're being a baby. - mafic Feb 13, 19:44
- The answer to that is always NEVER. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 13, 19:41 13
  - You've never been on a long haul flight I guess -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 20:32
  - Why? They recline but no one is supposed to ever do it? - Krusty Feb 13, 20:13 11
    - Nope, anyone reclining in front of me is going to pay -- nm - Bacon Feb 13, 20:29 10
      - But why? Does the seat actually hit your legs? -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 20:33 9
        
        Legs aren't the issue for me. It is taking my two feet in front of me and turning it into a foot and a half. - Bacon Feb 13, 20:40
        
        Unless you’re a midget - oh, wait... -- nm - JackDawson Feb 13, 20:36 7
        
        So you're good? - Krusty Feb 13, 20:39 6
        
        Honestly on most planes even before you recline it’s super tight. Reclining touches 90pct of peoples legs— but it’s a feature of the plane— if the per - JackDawson Feb 13, 20:41 2
        
        Okay, thanks! - Krusty Feb 13, 20:44
        
        half of the newer seats today, the recline options is more of your seat cushion moving forward than your seat going back -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 20:43
        
        Haha I was talking about Redmond!! -- nm - JackDawson Feb 13, 20:40 2
        
        I say I am 5'8 and my wife says nope. She's right I was 5'8 when I was 18 but I have shrunk to 5'6ish -- nm - Bacon Feb 13, 20:42 1
        
        You post taller. - Krusty Feb 13, 20:46
Honestly, this music works better. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 13, 19:24
I've talked about my love of WPA art before. 59 Parks does modern WPA style prints if you're bored and want to look at something pretty -- (link) - crash davis Feb 13, 19:22 2
- I really like those park posters -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 20:15
- I will look at this! Thank you! -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 19:29
Remember earlier this week when “Bloomberg is a racist!” had the potential to be a thing? -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 19:21 1
- Heh -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Feb 13, 19:24
Hey, robot slave lady? Busty Alexa? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 13, 19:02 3
- D'Arcy Carden never getting an Emmy nomination for - Tim Feb 13, 19:07 2
  - you've been wrong about everything* up until now, when you finally got something right! - prayformojo Feb 13, 19:08 1
    - When I can make one of the funniest people I know laugh, that's always a good feeling. -- nm - Tim Feb 13, 19:11
Torn on the artistic merits of posting a slightly retouched photo (to remove a blemish). -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 18:56 7
- I decided to go with the unretouched version. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 13, 19:01 [flickr] 6
  - ooh, a triptych - getting fancy! -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:11 3
    - indeed! I figured out how to align things pixel-perfect for it in Photoshop. - Beryllium Feb 13, 19:14 2
      - I liked the results. Good job. -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:17 1
        
        Thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 19:18
  - "Hunger (2020) -- $5,000" -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 19:06 1
    - Needs more duct tape. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 19:19
I went to my property management office and as I walked in the door they recognized me and greeted me by name. - Mop Feb 13, 18:49 3
- Uh, yeah. Why wouldn't they? -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 19:01
- I hope you get a place you love -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 18:58
- the people next door are moving. the house/estate/garage sale starts tomorrow -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 13, 18:52
On the 30th anniversary of the Pale Blue Dot photograph, NASA’s JPL scientists touched up the photo. -- (link) - Mop Feb 13, 18:46 1
- It is not an improvement. -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:50
"Days as champions: 22. Days sober: Omega - 13,268 Hangman - 0" - Tim Feb 13, 18:42
I’ll add my voice to those who like Billie Eilish’s Bond song. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 18:39
Earlier I had opened up FB to see what Reagen was talking about. A quick scan showed me nothing other than kilbo knows some "interesting" folks -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:39
the project engineers next door are getting a telephone induction. on how to use a telephone. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 18:27 1
- watching Green Acres :) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 13, 18:31
Bill Walton is equally annoying and entertaining as a game announcer. Like precisely equally. And yes, Bacon, I am rooting for the Ducks. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Feb 13, 18:24 1
- he's not much better reviewing Grateful Dead concerts -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 13, 18:32
I realize my posting lately has been a little... blue lately. I'm Astros-sorry about that. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 17:31 5
- What’s going on? -- nm - David, Troll Summoner Feb 13, 18:34 1
  - I’m channeling George Carlin. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 18:39
- everyones posting is blue -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 13, 18:18
- That’s understand... HEY! That’s like saying sorry, not sorry! -- nm - Qale Feb 13, 17:36 1
  - Thank U Next Pitch -- nm - Astroana Grande Feb 13, 18:13
spoiler from last week's Project Runway - Peglegpete Feb 13, 17:27 1
- spoiler - crash davis Feb 13, 18:35
This sums up my thoughts on the Astros apologies this AM -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 13, 17:26
Did not expect Alaska to join OneWorld ever. DEFINITELY did not expect American SEA-LHR and SEA-BLR (!) -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 17:21 50
- Should I know LHR and BLR? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:42 28
  - London Heathrow for the first. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 18:48 27
    - BLR = Bangalore/Bengaluru -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 18:58 4
      - thanks, I was thinking weird things like Belarus -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:01 3
        
        My nasty habit of speaking airport codes - ty97 Feb 13, 19:01 2
        
        I knew it was your airport code, I just wasn't deciphering :). I think I got BLR = Belarus from an Olympic broadcast. -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:03
        
        I do it too, but I had to look that one up. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 19:03
    - Thank you. I wouldn't have thought of a Seattle to London flight, so I never would have gotten it. -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:52 9
      - London-Vancouver has been on since the early '90s at least. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 18:59 3
        
        just so you and ty know, Seattle and Vancouver are not the same thing -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:00 2
        
        But aren't they? -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 19:01 1
        
        no. Seattle's weird and rainy. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 19:01
      - SEA already has three airlines flying to London - ty97 Feb 13, 18:57 4
        
        much has changed, I flew Seattle to Copenhagen when I lived there and I don't see it on your list...also there are new airlines ther -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:59 3
        
        SAS ended the Copenhagen flight in 2009 after 42 years of flying it - ty97 Feb 13, 19:04 2
        
        I liked SAS. Who the fudge is Condor? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:05 1
        
        German leisure airline (I'm guessing like Norwegian or a long haul RyanAir? Dunno, never flew them) -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 19:06
    - Oh. Huh. I would never travel across the Atlantic again without a stop in Iceland. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 18:50 11
      - Why? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:53 10
        
        It’s beautiful. And it turns a 7-9 flight into a 5 hour flight, a nice mini-vacation in Iceland, then a 2-4 hour flight. - Mop Feb 13, 19:20 6
        
        I *like* my flights to Europe to be at least 9 hours because they are redeyes and I need sleep. - ty97 Feb 13, 19:26 4
        
        Lucky bastard -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 19:31
        
        I have the option of taking a 17-hour direct flight to London. I think I'll stop in Dubai instead. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 19:30 2
        
        For a 17-hour flight, I can see breaking it up. Though I've done the DFW-HKG 17 hour flight a few times - ty97 Feb 13, 19:38 1
        
        yeah. if it's a work trip I'll do it. we give clients the option of business or rest day. they always pick business. I've done YYZ-HKG and LAX-MEL/SYD - mafic Feb 13, 19:42
        
        Interesting. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:23
        
        the question here is really, given the option, why wouldn't you stop at a plate boundary? -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 19:00 2
        
        I think LAX takes care of all my plate needs. And why are paleontologists weird? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:02 1
        
        they're totally different plate boundaries. that's like saying Vancouver and Seattle are the same city. - mafic Feb 13, 19:07
- Wait ... what? Seriously? - ReluctantCynic (also with side eye) Feb 13, 18:24 3
  - Thanks American Airline for e-mailing me to tell me. They like me that much. - ty97 Feb 13, 18:26 2
    - Well ... - ReluctantCynic (also with side eye) Feb 13, 18:30 1
      - I don't know what prices are like there - ty97 Feb 13, 18:38
- I really need WestJet to join an alliance. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 17:29 12
  - They have a partnership with Delta but haven't shown must interest in an alliance as far as I can tell. - ty97 Feb 13, 17:43 11
    - Alaska *barely* flies to Canada. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 18:04 6
      - Seattle And Alaska are basically Canada, let's be honest -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 18:05 5
        
        piffle posh -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:55 1
        
        *hands you some poutine*. There there crash, there there -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 19:05
        
        I barely let Vancouver be Canada. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 18:10 2
        
        yeah, but you're basically a newfie now. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 18:11 1
        
        I don't like donairs or lobster. They'll have me on the run if it ever gets out. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 18:13
    - aka the worst alliance. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 18:00 3
      - Yeah, it's definitely the weakest alliance. -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 18:02 2
        
        Delta will turn on Westjet the moment Air Canada says they have an idol. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 18:04 1
        
        AC seems pretty happy in Star, I don't see any reason they would leave -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 18:07
- oh, that's slightly more convenient for me. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 17:22 3
  - (but also that's a bit of a shock) -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 17:22 2
    - I have no idea if American just had a genius moment or if they are off their rockers launching this. - ty97 Feb 13, 17:39 1
      - Yup, my main problem with them is the 'hubs.' They still have some old U.S.Air routes through Phoenix, but otherwise it's Dallas or Chicago. - Meg Feb 13, 18:05
new dinosaur species identified -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 13, 17:12 3
- It ain't no Reaper of Death. -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 17:16 2
  - palaeontologists are so weird. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 17:17 1
    - Oh, you don't know the half of it. - Spawn Feb 13, 17:18
[an error occurred while processing this video game headache directive means I’m not getting old, this has always been the case.] -- nm - Qale Feb 13, 17:10
ST: What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 17:10 15
- Princess Bride and Before They Are Hanged. -- nm - Ender Feb 13, 19:09
- ST. Duh. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 18:46
- A helluva lot, I just realized. But my favorite book right now is Fortuna by Kristyn Merbeth. Great space opera. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Feb 13, 18:29
- "Season of Storms", the last Witcher book. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 13, 18:20
- The Good Girl by Mary Kubica -- nm - Epiphany Feb 13, 18:06
- Into the Fire by Gregg Hurwitz. Latest Orphan X book -- nm - JD Feb 13, 17:51
- The Affirmation by Christopher Priest (which despite all appearances is not a self-help book) -- (link) - Beron Cherry Feb 13, 17:40
- I'm about through Return of the King. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 17:27
- Margaret Atwood - The Testaments. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 17:16
- Rereading some Terry Pratchett faves. Just finished Jingo, starting on Maskerade. -- nm - znufrii, human scum Feb 13, 17:16
- nothing currently. But I have a friend who lives in Reading Pa. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 13, 17:13
- Books for the trip: Verse for the Dead, Last Wish (The Witcher), Disney Demystified 1 and 2, The Irishman and The Rythym Section -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 17:11 2
  - Best. Book Poll Answer. Ever. -- nm - David Feb 13, 17:13 1
    - Sadly, he may have to be DQed as he is not technically reading them. -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 17:17
- This post. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 17:10
Sea-Henge -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 13, 17:09

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