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Easter -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 13:23 1
- Bunny -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 13:24
Trump says Jesus could have avoided crucifixion by taking hydroxychloroquine. -- (link) - Beaker Apr 12, 13:16 2
- I love that Conan is still following the one person he picked at random shortly after he joined, and she barely tweets at all. -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 13:18
- "Beautiful substance. It's the perfect substance." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 13:17
We went very untraditional for Easter food. We had brunch with breakfast poutine and mimosas. -- (edited) - Shaun Apr 12, 13:06 9
- just our usual breakfast, sunny up eggs, pork belly as bacon, toast and COFFEE -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 13:22
- Glad you enjoyed it! I had Genoa salami on potato bread with Ben & Jerry's Milk and Cookies for a snack. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 13:13 2
  - Potato 🍞 rules. Nice! -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 13:18 1
    - It does. Happy Easter to you and your family! -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 13:20
- We ordered from our favorite barbecue place. Brisket, pulled pork, and sides. -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 13:11 1
  - Dang, nice! -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 13:18
- So did we. We did not go to my sister's so it was pizza. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 13:09 2
  - YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG WITH PIZZA -- nm - mud Apr 12, 13:15 1
    - Correct! Get this man a rum and coke! -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 13:17
Downloaded MLB The Show 19 earlier this week. Decided to make a player. Walked away for a bit and came back to some demo footage playing. - Shaun Apr 12, 13:02 [youtube] 1
- Started Death Stranding yesterday -- nm - decline Apr 12, 13:24
Nextdoor single mom just had visitors, sister and hobbies, bring Easter baskets for the kids...sigh -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 12:55 1
- Trump said Easter!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:56
Yoko Ono sings on the streets of NYC to insure residents stay inside -- nm - Some onion clone Apr 12, 12:50
First day back at work—they have people cleaning, all day, then they have a crew at night—including a robot that cleans using UV light -- nm - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 12, 12:33 1
- The one positive from this is that companies should maintain these practices from now on. - David Apr 12, 12:42
This is heartbreaking about the number of ventilators in some African nations -- (link) - ty97 Apr 12, 12:29 2
- With an 80% death rate of those who go on one, doctors are not sure if they do more harm, like maybe encourage the virus to spread faster damages -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 12:52 1
  - Laying on your back is the worst thing you can do with the disease. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:55
Sam & Dean 2 pack, Charlie, Crowley, 2 Castile's, Bobby, Watson and Sherlock...come to Butthead -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 12:27
Kinda sad that SNL's Alex Moffat did the "British sportscaster commenting on daily things" bit last night. -- (link) - Mop Apr 12, 12:19 [youtube] 9
- I mean, there's that fellow on the socials who is rocking the concept. They should've brought him in. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:35 3
  - Right. He's ripping that guy off. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 12:57 2
    - Eh, he did different bits with it. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 13:03
    - Should have had him comnent on some tape from the SNLers. -- nm - . Apr 12, 13:02
- "This is why we watch sport!" -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 12:25
- You choose odd things to be sad about. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:19 3
  - Plenty of sad bandwidth available. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 12:20 2
    - Plenty of sad things to be sad about. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:21 1
      - Is that all there is? Is that all there is to Corona virus? Then let's keep dancing, let's break out the booze and have a ball. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 12:57
Hmm, I've encountered two websites recently that hijacked initial requests and redirected the user to a site that required flash. - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:17
Here's a hot tip for some STers -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 12, 11:36
I need a new keyboa -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 11:25
1.839M reported cases - Spawn Apr 12, 11:24
This is fine. OANN suggests Covid came from North Carolina and as their source, they used the picture of the guy from 2001:A Space Odyssey. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 12, 10:49 11
- They didn’t even get the first line right. Scientists do think it came from bats, but likely had a middleman. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 12:57 2
  - Like a bioengineering lab? 🤔 -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 13:17 1
    - No, like a pangolin. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 13:24
- Uh, buried: Trump called Fox News a waste of time. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 11:55 1
  - Only because they kinda sorta said hey Donald maybe you might want to like you know tone it down just a little -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 12:23
- But her emails? -- nm - budice Apr 12, 11:26
- I think that was 3 weeks ago, but still stupidly egregious -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 11:17 1
  - More like 1,0000 weeks ago. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 11:22
- Ameri-virus! -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 11:12
- man if she had just thrown in a reference to DLNA technology. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 12, 11:01
- My God, it's full of stars! -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 10:51
34.3 million people watched Tiger King over a 10-day period. That beats Stranger Things 2 but not quite Stranger Things 3. -- nm - David Apr 12, 10:29 1
- that's an impressive number -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 10:35
Gardening update: We have a radish sprout. I repeat, we have a radish sprout. - znufrii Apr 12, 10:12 2
- That reminds me: I need to dig out the Farmers Almanac and start planting the garden this week. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 12, 10:45 1
  - The gardening calendar from the Old Farmer's Almanac is online. -- (link) - mara Apr 12, 11:53
ACNH: The Audie troll situation just keeps getting more fierce... - Qale Apr 12, 09:47 3
- Haaaaaaaa! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 10:09
- Some islands play nice, others not so nice -- nm - budice Apr 12, 09:58 1
  - Where is Jeff Probst when I need him. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 12:58
the fourth episode of Chernobyl is one damn fine hour of television (spoils) - prayformojo Apr 12, 09:34 5
- Is that part of the free HBO streaming deal? -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 10:42 2
  - It was the only HBO that I thought about watching, but when I checked for it, no. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 11:17
  - doesn't look like it -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 10:47
- great series, but harrowing -- nm - rollo Apr 12, 10:25 1
  - the harrowingest -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 10:34
Comedy legend Tim Brook-Taylor has died aged 79 from Coronavirus. He co-wrote The Four Yorkshiremen sketch. -- (link) - LMS Apr 12, 09:25 14
- But, thank God, Boris Johnson is going home! -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 11:12 9
  - Thank goodness he's healthy and going home! - Krusty Apr 12, 11:55 2
    - Especially a soon-to-be father. -- nm* - Spawn Apr 12, 13:04 1
      - Oh, right. I forgot about that. - Krusty Apr 12, 13:11
  - I’m sorry that someone with which you disagree politically didn’t die. -- nm* - spamlet Apr 12, 11:51
  - Maybe he won't try to privatise the NHS now. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 11:35 4
    - That certainly crossed my mind. Hopefully he sees how valuable they are and how well they did during this. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 11:54
    - I'm watching The Capture this weekend, 2 episodes left, Holy SHIT -- nm* - mud Apr 12, 11:40 2
      - Ah yes, I think there are plans for another series but haven't heard anything for a while. Have you seen Strike also with Holiday Grainger? - LMS Apr 12, 11:57 1
        
        nope -- nm - mud Apr 12, 13:24
- Goodie goodie yum yum :( -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 09:48 1
  - (I watched the Goodies episode where they emigrated to South Africa a couple of weeks ago. That was some awkward viewing) -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 09:49
- :( -- nm - znufrii Apr 12, 09:33
- Shame. :-( -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 09:33
Called my regular Chinese place to get my weekly take out on my way home from work. No one answered the phone. Parking lot empty. - Todd Manning Apr 12, 09:23 15
- One lacal place is closed, the other open. The rest closed long before this. Thai places still open. -- nm - . Apr 12, 13:07
- what spot? I hope it isn't the one like in oromocto -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 12:28
- maybe closed for easter? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 12, 11:28 1
  - Oh, I see I didn't include the word yesterday. -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 12, 13:02
- My favorite one still seems to be open. Not sure what I'd want to get now that I'm eating vegetarian. - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 11:22 1
  - garlic green beans, the most requested dish at our Szechuan place near here -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 11:27
- Ours is still open, thankfully. -- nm - znufrii Apr 12, 10:59
- I called three different Chinese read for take out on Friday. None of them answered. -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 10:15
- Watching some Temple of Doom this morning. Indy's waiter friend in the opening scene is named Wuhan. - B-A-ron Apr 12, 09:27 3
  - Never realised it was a prequel. Noticed the name of the club? -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 09:39 2
    - Yeah, it is where Lucas came up with the idea of prequels. Name changes, too. - Spawn Apr 12, 12:10
    - Adds fuel to the fire ... - Beryllium Apr 12, 09:46
- Every Chinese place here has been closed for weeks. -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 09:25 2
  - A lot here are closed as well. They were open for a while but slowly they started closing. Most of Chinatown is closed and sadly our regular - Krusty Apr 12, 09:42
  - that sucks -- nm - mud Apr 12, 09:29
Boris Johnson has been discharge from the horspital. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 12, 09:23
"....and in the third film he rose again." -- (link) - Remlik Apr 12, 09:16 1
- heh, I watched yesterday. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 10:52
The Circle France now on Netflix. I hope they do every country. -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 12, 09:15
Jack Reacher movies, The Rock was up for the role, but was passed over for it 10 years ago... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 12, 09:09 17
- Feels like Jack Reacher is just another Mission Impossible movie with Cruise in it -- nm* - budice Apr 12, 09:17 11
  - I believe it was the author who said that Reacher is revenge pron. Every want someone to murder the worst in society? Then read his Reacher books - Beaker Apr 12, 09:54
  - On the surface, yes. In the details ... - Beryllium Apr 12, 09:33
  - Except they are not nearly as good. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 12, 09:24 8
    - Reacher 1 was really good. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 09:27 7
      - Both were equally meh. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 12, 09:41
      - 1 is crap. 2 is solid. -- nm - David Apr 12, 09:35 4
        
        WHAT? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 09:39 3
        
        You heard the truth. -- nm - David Apr 12, 09:40 2
        
        straight from Bizarro World -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 09:54 1
        
        The Upside Down. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 11:16
      - Reacher 2 had some flaws. It was not as good as 1, but still (IMO) very watchable. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 09:34
- he would of been perfect in size (Cruise actually nailed the character dead-on, only hard to make him a 6'6" man-monster like Reacher in looks) -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 09:14 3
  - Yes, I think cruise does well with what he's got. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 09:32 2
    - the biggest problem with the first one was - spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 12, 09:57 1
      - Ah, fair point, that's very M:i ... - Beryllium Apr 12, 10:05
- He would've been great, and more in keeping with the character's stature and the mistrust and standoffishness he encounters everywhere he goes ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 09:13
SDCC has indicated the primary reason for not cancelling at this point is financial. - budice Apr 12, 08:45
These Hilarious Star Trek Videos Turn Bloopers Into Canon -- (link) - Beaker Apr 12, 08:36
Racing LEGEND Stirling Moss has died at 90 after a protracted illness -- (link) - TWuG Apr 12, 08:24
Hahaha. Oops. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 12, 07:56 1
- Haha! -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 08:25
Easter egg hunt was a success -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 12, 07:56 [Attachment] 1
- Nice! Did the kids get any? -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 10:30
The year without an Easter. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 07:37 2
- Dont look at me I wanted to open up for easter - POTUS Apr 12, 07:40 1
  - You are obviously such a Godly man. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 09:31
Star Wars fans think Colin Trevorrow's for episode 9 would have been better. Here it is in 10 minute claymation form. -- (link) - Mop Apr 12, 07:35
Happy Easter, Slackers! And special thanks to Mop for running those fun virtual game nights! -- nm - secretslacker Apr 12, 07:27 1
- Happy Easter! -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 10:33
I'd say that Tiger King is more of a white trash Shakespeare than a Rodgers and Hammerstein. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 07:12 4
- White Trash Milne -- (link*) - Beryllium Apr 12, 08:36
- White trash Puccini -- nm - rollo Apr 12, 08:34 2
  - white trash Andrew WK -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 08:36 1
    - Isn't that just Andrew WK? -- nm - David Apr 12, 10:43
Between USPS and Amazon I have about $300 worth of good stuck in transit. - budice Apr 12, 07:06 1
- Banana Bread. :) -- nm - Under the Influence Apr 12, 07:20
Heh, my 2020 VW has a CD player in the glovebox. I was surprised to see that. -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 06:37
BEWARE ZOMBIE JESUS!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 12, 06:32
Jesus has risen! Happy Easter to all STers that are celebrating today! -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 06:28 10
- Happy Easter all! -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 11:11
- Hoppity hop. This event won’t stop. Look up and look down. Eggs are all around! -- nm - Zipper Apr 12, 07:12 5
  - I was done with the event last week got in the way of getting fossiles and recipies and other stuff -- nm - eag Apr 12, 09:18 3
    - It was a bit more overkill than the New Leaf version, but it worked out in the end. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 09:32 2
      - I actually liked that I didn't have to spend hours on it today. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 10:26
      - I just sold them had no interest in crafting anything with them -- nm - eag Apr 12, 09:42
  - I have obtained all recipes. Glad that’s done. - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 08:45
- Happy happy Easter! Lent is over! I can have ice cream again! -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 12, 06:55
- I saw on FB a message on a church board. Doesn’t matter if the churches are empty, so was the tomb - Pippy Janky Jenkins Apr 12, 06:33 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 06:35

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