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31 dead at Quebec seniors residence -- (link) - Beaker Apr 11, 16:10 2
- There’s a retirement home here that has 55 residents sick and growing. It’s the same company that owned the one in WA. - spamlet Apr 11, 16:19 1
  - Similar here. Only came to light when most of the staff didn't show up for two days. I think only one dead, but many infected. -- nm - Meg Apr 11, 16:30
They're not saying who yet, but one of the WWE performers had COVID-19. - David Apr 11, 16:00 3
- I am going to boycott watching WWE!!! that won't be hard -- nm - Bacon Apr 11, 16:27
- It's an employee but not an in ring performer. - Remlik Apr 11, 16:18 1
  - Vince reminded all talent that two weeks will be added to the end of their contract should they need to be quarantined. -- nm - Qale Apr 11, 16:32
State Farm joins in with rebates on auto insurance (tv ad) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 15:55 1
- Come on Farm Bureau, save Amy some $. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 16:11
Finally got out for a nice walk in the sun. Now my allergies are kicking in - I can't win :-( -- nm - Meg Apr 11, 15:47 1
- me too, there's some gonzo pollens out there today! -- nm - mud Apr 11, 16:18
Cyrus Habib went blind at 8. Went to Columbia for college. Yale Law. Lt Gov of WA. He's not running for reelection so he can become a priest -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 15:30
I've been watching a lot of Yesterworld on YouTube lately. Man... did Disney ever get anything in their theme parks right the first time out? - Mop Apr 11, 15:25 3
- As shown in Disney Demystified Volumes 1 and 2! -- nm - David Apr 11, 15:57
- EPCOT was not supposed to be about "rides", but stimulating experiences -- nm - rollo Apr 11, 15:29 1
  - That was also the mantra for Disney-MGM. You were supposed to "experience" Hollywood. There were only 2 "rides" when it opened... - Mop Apr 11, 15:34
more on remdesivir: -- (link) - mud Apr 11, 15:18 1
- "But there was no control group, making the findings hard to interpret." -- (link) - mud Apr 11, 16:09
One month ago right now... -- (link) - David Apr 11, 15:16 [Backboard] 4
- ~Happiness is just a Flaming Moe away~ -- nm - budice Apr 11, 15:57
- I’m not used to being the cautious one. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 11, 15:53 2
  - "hold me I'm scared NO DON'T THERE'S A VIRUS" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:54 1
    - Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared -- nm - Qale Apr 11, 16:34
holy f, that BBQ pulled pork was delicious. to make it last longer, we served it over homemade spaghetti - prayformojo Apr 11, 15:10 6
- The cabernet cocoa rub was underwhelming - Reagen Apr 11, 15:13 5
  - is it just cab and cocoa or is there sugar and pepper/spice in the rub too? -- nm - rollo Apr 11, 15:20 3
    - yes to the other stuff. -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 15:29 2
      - just thinking about the bitter aspect of the cocoa, if the ratios were different -- nm - rollo Apr 11, 15:33 1
        
        it's probably better in a shorter cook time. -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 15:45
  - Pizza was yummy, as always. -- nm - VMan Apr 11, 15:17
remember when I said he was obviously lying that he hadn't read Navarro's memo? - mud Apr 11, 15:05
I’ve said it several times, but Shea Serrano is awesome. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 11, 14:57
" — quoting CSPAN callers praising him this afternoon, including one who suggests his opponents want the death count to be higher" -- (link) - mud Apr 11, 14:57
Airforce Thunderbirds do a flyover of the Vegas strip -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:47
I've just encouraged my parents to go lick the doorknobs of public buildings. Why would I do that you might ask? - Cuzzin Todd Apr 11, 14:44 15
- In commiseration, I'll say: "Good for you!" - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 16:40
- My mom is a bizarre case in that she has become more conservative over the years, but she also works in health care. She knows the score, yet China!! -- nm - Qale Apr 11, 16:37 2
  - China is invading, yannow. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 16:40 1
    - I mean, that is the plot for Fallout so... -- nm - Qale Apr 11, 16:43
- Remind them that 20% required hospital treatment 5% intense care...most of these survivors are fvcked up for life. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 15:58
- (how were the wings?) sorry your parents are buttheads. -- nm - amanda Apr 11, 14:55 1
  - Saving them for later, but I'm sure they're tasty. They always are. :) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 11, 15:03
- I’m sorry it’s so frustrating. Big hugs to you. We are all dealing with it on some level. I’m not sure if that makes it easier. - Pippy-‘‘tis the night before Easter Apr 11, 14:53 3
  - :-[ -- nm - mud Apr 11, 14:59
  - Are you sure he's not trying to kill her for the insurance? -- nm - David Apr 11, 14:54 1
    - Heh. You are not the first to ask that question. It’s a complicated situation for a simple man doing his best. - Pippy-‘‘tis the night before Easter Apr 11, 15:21
- I was talking to Feathers last night, and he was relaying a similar story. I think a lot of us are dealing with that. - David Apr 11, 14:49 2
  - I am once again thankful for a sane family. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 16:05
  - Luckily they are taking it all seriously for the most part, venturing out only for groceries (and Wings), not both going into the store and such. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 11, 15:03
- You can only take so much. - Spawn Apr 11, 14:48
ST: Recommend a movie, TV show or book that people might not otherwise know about -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 14:24 15
- Wisdom of the Ennagram. Helped me figure out stuff about people. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 11, 16:39
- John Hodgman's trilogy of Complete World Knowledge: The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require and That Is All. - Tim Apr 11, 16:12
- Been watching the last season of You're the Worst on Hulu. -- nm - pmb Apr 11, 15:34
- Art of Self-Defense -- (link) - gort Apr 11, 15:17 [youtube] 3
  - I saw it in the before times on a big screen! -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 15:26 2
    - me too. top 10 last year. -- nm - gort Apr 11, 15:35 1
      - Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 15:36
- Duke of Burgundy (Hulu) ... if you liked Secretary. Not for prudes. -- nm - rollo Apr 11, 15:14 2
  - Oh....really -- nm - Pippy-‘‘tis the night before Easter Apr 11, 15:23 1
    - haha I was thinking of Dano when I recommended it, but you would probably like it as well. Some might say it moves slow but I was pretty riveted. -- nm - rollo Apr 11, 15:31
- Just started The Thick of It on Hulu (The Office except with foul mouthed British politics) after watching Death of Stalin on NF (Armando Ianucci) -- nm - con_carne Apr 11, 15:03
- Baraka -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 11, 14:29
- Make out with Violence -- (link) - Dano Apr 11, 14:28
- TV Show: Corner Gas (comparable: Kim's Convenience or Schitt's Creek), Book: Thunder Road trilogy by Chadwick Ginther (Comparable: American Gods) -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 14:25
- Fortuna, by Kristyn Merbeth. Really good space opera sci-fi. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 14:25
Here is Dawson's fascinating article about Quarantine life. -- (link) - David Apr 11, 14:19 8
- Good read! -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 15:47
- Nice! -- nm - Pippy-‘‘tis the night before Easter Apr 11, 15:25
- Great reading! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 11, 15:02
- Thanks David! I love that picture (and that picture) -- nm - JackDawson Apr 11, 14:38 3
  - Very nice! -- nm - Marlowe Apr 11, 15:12
  - Thank Kim! Those were all her! -- nm - David Apr 11, 14:40 1
    - Figures!! Thanks Kim! -- nm - JackDawson Apr 11, 14:44
- I really have to see that movie some time -- nm - prayformojo Apr 11, 14:28
Recall of Healthy Choice microwavable Chicken and Faro bowls for undeclared minerals...aka *rocks* -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:18 1
- Just a bit of roughage. -- nm - GregW Apr 11, 15:04
ST Poll: You can only choose 3–Batman edition - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 11, 14:17 [Attachment] 10
- Sprang, Infantino & Adams -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 11, 16:01
- West, Keaton and Animated -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 15:22
- 5 for sure ... 2, and... 6 based on the cowl -- nm - rollo Apr 11, 15:10
- Michael Keaton, TAS, LEGO. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 11, 15:08
- 4,5,7 -- nm - mud Apr 11, 14:34
- 4,5,7 -- nm* - Shaun Apr 11, 14:26
- 4, 5, 9 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 14:24
- 1, 4, 5 (I think - depends on which movies 3 and 4 are, I can't tell from the pictures) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 14:22
- 2, 4, 5 -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 14:20
- 3. 4. 5 -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 14:19
spamlet, I'm noticing you and I match up on music pretty well ... you were the only one to correctly include Siamese Dream, the best grunge album -- nm - rollo Apr 11, 14:15 1
- I may never have been more proud than just now. - spamlet Apr 11, 14:31 [Attachment]
false negatives are messing things up, Chinese test is only 60-70% accurate, ours is worse -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 11, 13:36
ST Poll: You can only choose 3–Children’s Fantasy Novels Edition -- (edited) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 11, 13:27 [Attachment] 12
- Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 14:21 3
  - I almost went Percy. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 14:22 2
    - once you go Percy you never go back -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 14:23 1
      - Alice is so ingrained that she wins out. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 14:44
- Fowl, Potter and Alice. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 14:20
- Potter, Inkheart, Eragon -- nm - rollo Apr 11, 14:14
- Alice, Coraline, HP. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 11, 13:48 1
  - This. -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 13:51
- Alice is the only one I've read -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 13:35 1
  - Oh, I read Narnia but didn't like it. -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 13:35
- Potter, Narnia, Coraline -- nm - David Apr 11, 13:28 1
  - Yep. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 11, 13:36
Amazing. (Swearing) -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 11, 13:17
Speaking of ScarJo, this alternate scene in Endgame is just so SO much better than what they eventually used. HUGE HUGE ENDGAME SPOILERS - Diva Apr 11, 13:07 10
- I don’t like it; much less more than what was there. (Spoils) -- (edited) - Will Hunting Apr 11, 14:03
- I'm with Diva. That would add a lot to the character's resolution. -- nm - David Apr 11, 13:24 5
  - It made everything she'd been working on since the snap that much more important. SPOILER - Diva Apr 11, 13:27 4
    - yep, that's been my number one complaint - Max Apr 11, 14:03 1
      - Right. It's yet another weird form of comic book sexism. -- nm - David Apr 11, 14:20
    - Also bookends their relationship, which started with Whedon’s Avengers -- nm - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 11, 13:28 1
      - Yep. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 13:30
- Disagreed on all counts. Spoil - Spawn Apr 11, 13:20 2
  - nah, Ruiner. wrong again. let us agree to disagree. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 13:22 1
    - In my defense, they talked about this in the commentary. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 14:18
Oh, did I forget to post the picture? Of course I did. -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 11, 13:07 [Attachment] 2
- damnit, i'm gaining weight just looking at it, that's restaurant pretty .. we need a warning for food p0rn -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 13:31
- drooling now. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 13:12
Krusty -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 12:51 1
- I got an automated message telling me my claim was recorded and they'll call me back if they have questions. So now I'm waiting for them to call - Krusty Apr 11, 13:12
I wonder who would be good to reboot the old john candy skit, Wok on the Wild Side? About a chef detective. - Beryllium Apr 11, 12:32 8
- Melissa McCartney -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 13:35
- Awkwafina -- nm - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 11, 13:30
- Jon Faverau or Kevin James. -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 12:57
- Bobby Lee? -- nm - VMan Apr 11, 12:54
- There goes donny yen again, let's go live -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 12:43
- Scarlett Johansson. -- nm - Shaun Apr 11, 12:35
- BBC made a series using that premise. Different cuisine though -- (link) - JD Apr 11, 12:35 1
  - Sounds delightful! I'll check it out. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 12:41
Can we all agree to temporarily raise the bar for what’s considered an “alcoholic?” -- (link) - Beaker Apr 11, 12:26 4
- No. Just don’t attend any meetings. You are thus not an alcoholic, topping out at ‘a drunk’. -- nm* - Will Hunting Apr 11, 13:53
- Neighborhood recycling. -- (link) - jnine Apr 11, 13:44 [tiktok] 1
  - I dunno, seems normal to me -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:20
- tired: hiding easter eggs for the kids to find wired: hiding little airline bottles of booze for you to remember where the F*$# did I put it.... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 13:28
mousetraps/ping pong -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 11, 12:24
Animal Crossing: The natural urge would be to try and get everything in the fishing tournament today. - Qale Apr 11, 11:59 2
- I'm using the tourney to amass bells. - Dark Callisto Apr 11, 12:01 1
  - I just keep seeing a lot of people new to the franchise getting caught by min/maxing. -- nm - Qale Apr 11, 12:03
Dawson, I also wonder if the rich are exporting it a they run off to other places. - ty97 Apr 11, 11:54 6
- Related: French police turn back private jet from UK whose passengers were heading to a villa in Cannes -- (link) - znufrii Apr 11, 11:57 2
  - "Seven men and three women".. "The men, aged 40-50, and women, aged 23-25" -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 13:35 1
    - At least they weren’t underage? -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 13:48
- So their positive tests wouldn’t show up in the nyc data you mean? -- nm - JackDawson Apr 11, 11:56 2
  - Unclear. I think the state is getting numbers from hospitals directly. -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 11, 11:59 1
    - Right -- nm - JackDawson Apr 11, 12:13
Latest Rasmussen Trump favorables -- (link) - TWuG Apr 11, 11:51 3
- All since he started talking. - Will Hunting Apr 11, 13:52 1
  - I hope this isn't just wish-casting -- (link) - Reagen Apr 11, 14:00
- Good -- nm - JackDawson Apr 11, 11:53

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