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Ugg, FF7r has a dancing section -- nm - tRuMaN May 2, 18:26 2
- lol, yeah.. - Marlowe May 2, 18:26 1
  - Indeed. - David May 2, 18:30
FWIW, the National Theatre also has Frankenstein with Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller flipping their roles. -- (link) - Mop May 2, 18:16 [youtube]
Watching the new season of B99 (not really spoiler) - spamlet May 2, 18:10 1
- Keep watching. -- nm - Andie May 2, 18:11
Andy Dalton 1 year deal to the Cowboys -- nm - Remlik May 2, 18:07 1
- Didn’t see that coming, but he’s from Texas, lives in Texas and went to school in Texas, soooo.........hello leverage on Dak. -- nm - Volnelk May 2, 18:13
My mother... WHO WORKS IN A HOSPITAL... “They didn’t make this much of a big deal about H1N1. And you know the regular flu kills a lot of people too.” - Qale May 2, 18:02 17
- oh my actual God. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 18:42
- Yeah, I'm really at the FUCK ALL THESE PEOPLE stage. - JaxSean May 2, 18:25
- See how busy Galveston is tonight? Live webcam! -- (link) - Qale May 2, 18:24
- Yeah, I had that argument with a coworker. My answer was along the same lines. It’s probably 50 times as deadly, - mafic May 2, 18:13
- "I make the news every night. I'm kind of a big deal." -- nm - The Legend of COVID Burgundy May 2, 18:11
- We are at double the annual flu deaths. It’s usually like 30-40k -- nm - Will Hunting May 2, 18:11 7
  - that's 30-40 PER YEAR!!!!!! we are at 66k in TWO MONTHS -- nm - loosilu May 2, 18:46
  - It's hilarious how the goalposts have moved on that total, even - Reagen May 2, 18:39 1
    - "car accidents kill tens of thousands every year!" - Tim May 2, 18:44
  - Also, flu is a catch-all term for a bunch of different conditions. It's a maddening comparison. - David May 2, 18:13 1
    - Right, pick one: "deaths are being lumped into Corona totals" or "flu deaths are pretty severe each year!" - Reagen May 2, 18:30
  - *with* all the restrictions. -- nm - Andie May 2, 18:12
  - *throws up arms* Fuck it. I’m out! -- nm - Qale May 2, 18:11
- I think we're at more than a typical 4-month flu season in just six weeks already. -- nm - Max May 2, 18:09 2
  - I think I was going for the whole sum of an entire year of flu deaths on that stat. -- nm - Qale May 2, 18:11
  - this coming month is going to be brutal. -- nm - Remlik May 2, 18:11
- *stares in MOTHER PLEASE** -- nm - ty97 May 2, 18:06
Is Strongbad around? -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 2, 17:59
FF7 Hard Mode is comically difficult. -- nm - David May 2, 17:52
that 32-post twitter thread by Kurt Eichenwald is something, eh? -- nm - mud May 2, 17:46
Starlink is supposed to be very bright here in about 4 mins. I will attempt to take an ok picture. -- nm - Shaun May 2, 17:32 2
- Boo. No sighting. -- nm - Shaun May 2, 17:42
- Note: Not the corn. -- nm - Open Baron May 2, 17:40
I'm drinking a beet/cherry juice to help with my gout and it strangely manages to taste like both those things separately and not a mixture of the two. -- nm* - Reagen May 2, 17:16 7
- Get pills. -- nm - Shaun May 2, 17:42 2
  - oh I've got all the pills. -- nm - Reagen May 2, 17:49 1
    - ~ they're multivitamin. And I'm losing bladdercontrol. 'cause the side effects they're supplying... it's electrifying~ -- nm - Max May 2, 18:00
- How does someone in the 21st century get gout? Could I get gout? What if I'm an asymptomatic carrier? - Max May 2, 17:19 3
  - It's a kind of arthritis - Reagen May 2, 17:30 1
    - a build up of uric acid. my gout hit me for the first time in 15 years at the end of January. for some reason my toe is not back to 100% - Peglegpete May 2, 17:59
  - It's very common. Yes. No. -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 17:28
If you think about it, it's never too early for kids to see their first Scorsese film. -- nm - Reagen May 2, 17:08 8
- Taxi Driver -- nm - mud May 2, 17:47
- Hugo -- nm - gort May 2, 17:26 3
  - (yes) -- nm - Reagen May 2, 17:31 2
    - Asa Butterfield is *shockingly* profane in the director's cut -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 18:03 1
      - Then Chloe Moretz starts painting the walls of the train station with brains. -- nm - Reagen May 2, 18:29
- Well look, they need to start The Irishman right off, otherwise they may not make it through all the way before keeling over. -- nm - Qale May 2, 17:14 1
  - If they see Gangs of New York, they will have very effed up ideas about the Irish in America. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 17:16
- I'm thinking about it. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 17:13
Out of nowhere I just thought about USA Cartoon Express and Lancelot Link:Secret Chimp. Anyone else grow up on that? - Volnelk May 2, 16:59
Wanna watch a naughty movie celebrating 25 years? Supreme and Larry Clark has got you covered with KIDS, streaming free. -- (link) - Qale May 2, 16:45 2
- Such a great film but it has some hard to watch scenes -- nm* - Krusty May 2, 16:59 1
  - Most definitely. I wished the NC-17 rating would have come through. -- nm - Qale May 2, 17:10
We just rearranged our living room furniture. Only slightly, but it feels *so weird* (mostly in a good way) - prayformojo May 2, 16:39 6
- I missed it all, can I ask what the surgery was? -- nm - loosilu May 2, 16:44 5
  - open heart triple bypass surgery -- (link) - prayformojo May 2, 17:00 [Backboard] 4
    - do you have family history? -- nm - loosilu May 2, 17:18 2
      - nope. given family history, diet and exercise, this was a complete surprise -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 17:27 1
        
        I get that. My dad, with zero risk factors, needed quad bypass. - Open Baron May 2, 17:37
    - Oh, wow. I did not expect that. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 17:17
My marathon times have been: 5:42, 5:11, 4:54, 4:40. In 15 more marathons, watch out Kipchoge. -- nm - Dano May 2, 16:29
Because I want to be more like Dano, I'm watching the SXSW movie shorts series on Amazon Prime. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 2, 16:11 4
- Been many years since I watched shorts, but I saw the VERY FIRST Pixar short, called Luxo Jr. It brought the house down. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 16:46
- If you want to be even more like Dano you should start running marathons. -- nm - bacon May 2, 16:31 1
  - I said "more like" not "exactly like." - ReluctantCynic May 2, 17:56
- I always tried to carve out time for one, and hopefully two, of their shorts collections when I went. - ty97 May 2, 16:14
Another live look at the David/Kim household courtesy of Strange Planet -- (link) - spamlet May 2, 15:58 5
- Ingest your leaves. -- nm - Open Baron May 2, 16:22
- Cross-breeding flowers is Serious Business. -- nm - Qale May 2, 16:14 3
  - Indeed! Trying to breed all the black ones at the moment. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 2, 16:21 2
    - I might start fencing up my flowers. They kind of go out of control I’ve noticed otherwise due to no wilting anymore. -- nm - Qale May 2, 17:11 1
      - Yeah, they get out of hand fast. I'll keep letting them go until I have my town map complete. - Dark Callisto May 2, 17:25
ST Poll — What is good today? - znufrii, drinking an 18 year-old scotch May 2, 15:37 55
- This cheesecake I made -- (pic) - Roger More May 2, 18:39 [Attachment]
- My mail-order plants arrived in good shape and are in the ground. I think I'm going to like these guys: -- (link) - mara May 2, 18:26
- I unpacked the kitchen... mostly. -- nm - Mop May 2, 18:03
- We have been indulging in the local small butcher in the neighborhood weekly. This week: bone in rib eyes. - JaxSean May 2, 17:46
- The Ikea swedish meatballs I made for dinner. -- nm - Ender May 2, 17:28 3
  - Are the instructions for those easier than for their furniture? -- nm - znufrii, drinking an 18 year-old scotch May 2, 17:31 2
    - - -- (link) - Ender May 2, 17:38 1
      - (But I actually used WaPo's version of the recipe.) -- (link) - Ender May 2, 17:40
- Got to see my brother get married under bright blue skies, and saw the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds roar up the Potomac. -- nm - Max May 2, 17:17 1
  - That's awesome you were able to be there. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 17:20
- I got my Mother’s Day present early - a fire pit. Currently sitting outside enjoying the fire, waiting to roast marshmallows, wine in hand. - kelly May 2, 17:15 6
  - OMG, outside fires are the best. Happy Mother's Day! -- nm - mara May 2, 18:20
  - sweet -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 17:28
  - that all sounds awesome! can you share fire pit pics when you fire it up? -- nm - loosilu May 2, 17:21 3
    - Here: -- (pic) - kelly May 2, 17:27 [Attachment] 2
      - Fire!!! -- nm - Pippy The Scamp May 2, 17:30 1
        
        Better now. -- (pic) - kelly May 2, 17:43 [Attachment]
- Some friends made us a couple face shields, we sat in their backyard socially distant for awhile till the wind picked up -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 17:02
- Long river walk this morning. Watching the Michael Sheen arc on 30 Rock. Remembered the date and mailed Mother's Day Card. -- nm - Andie May 2, 16:44
- Listening to Stretch Armstrong DJ right now and I'm about to have a nice steak dinner thanks to some very kind friends. -- nm - Krusty May 2, 16:26
- I have people who care about me. What more could anyone ask of life? -- nm - David May 2, 16:25 2
  - Right? :-) -- nm - Krusty May 2, 16:48
  - A bunch of cats -- nm - bacon May 2, 16:26
- Celebrated my friend Sarah's birthday. About 8 of us met up in North Portland, went for a walk in the rain with her and her dog, George, and ... - ReluctantCynic May 2, 16:10 1
  - Awww -- nm - Pippy The Scamp May 2, 16:27
- Slept all night, spaghetti bolognese, Last Kingdom on Netflix -- nm - loosilu May 2, 16:07 4
  - So I should watch Last Kingdom cause it’s good or it’s got hawt sexy Vikings? - Pippy The Scamp May 2, 16:28 3
    - Oh girl. Girl. HAWT. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 16:30 2
      - OK, watch the first episode, it's violent but great. The kid is the star. The kid grows up at the end of the ep. And, *chef's kiss* -- nm - loosilu May 2, 16:34
      - (but it's also really really good) -- nm - loosilu May 2, 16:30
- I received a rebate check I was half expecting to never see. -- nm - Meg May 2, 16:05
- It was a beautiful day. Worked out for the first time in 2 weeks and took a walk. -- nm - pmb May 2, 16:00
- Broke my marathon record even though the last four miles were brutal -- nm - Dano May 2, 15:57 10
  - Wow. WOW. -- nm - mara May 2, 18:21
  - Nice! -- nm - Krusty May 2, 16:36
  - That’s really impressive doing it on your own. - spamlet May 2, 16:31
  - Woot! -- nm - Pippy The Scamp May 2, 16:30
  - Was it easier or harder to keep yourself motivated being on your own? -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 16:12 3
    - So much harder when it started to hurt. The last time I stopped at my car/water stop it was a bit of a challenge to convince myself to keep going. - Dano May 2, 16:22 2
      - Man. I'm so, so impressed by your discipline. Seriously. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 16:32
      - Way to push through! Not stopping those stops makes the PR a lot more impressive -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 16:26
  - Whooo! Own your own as well -- nm - JD May 2, 16:09
  - That's fantastic. -- nm - pmb May 2, 15:59
- We finally found a Chinese restaurant near us that’s open. About to have dinner. - spamlet May 2, 15:57
- Beautiful walk through the trails this morning. Sloppy joes for dinner later - Pippy The Scamp May 2, 15:52 1
  - Those things may not be mutually exclusive. -- nm - Qale May 2, 15:56
- I just ordered a Papa Murphy's family sized cowboy pizza, going to be good soon -- nm - bacon May 2, 15:51
- the postman delivered the Cthulhu candle I bought on Etsy -- (pic) - Peglegpete May 2, 15:49 [Attachment] 5
  - Nice! Unlike Qale, I love it! -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 2, 16:10 3
    - here is the seller on Etsy. They have a dozen or so colors and many scents, as well as a lot more candle designs. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 2, 16:18 1
      - I also bought this candle -- (pic) -- (edited) - Peglegpete May 2, 16:18 [Attachment]
    - It’s one of those bad means good things. -- (edited) - Qale May 2, 16:14
  - Thanks, I hate it. -- nm - Qale May 2, 15:56
- It’s Saturday which means KK Slider is on the island to take requests! -- nm - Qale May 2, 15:44
- The weather is angry (which around here is usually a fun ride, and not an imminent threat). Chicken pot pie is good. Kids are quiet at the moment. -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 15:40
Another poll showing Texas as a tie. Might be time to start taking that for real as a possibility. -- nm - Reagen May 2, 15:30 5
- Is that good or bad? -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 15:33 4
  - Considering it's a ten point shift from 2016... -- nm - Reagen May 2, 15:34
  - (Flipping texas blue would be interesting, if that's the tie being discussed.) -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 15:34 2
    - It’s been very slowly trending purpleish for about 20 years now as the population diversifies. Beto build an infrastructure and Trump is toxic. - Tim May 2, 15:37 1
      - He will need to spend money there which is not a place you want to spend money. -- nm - Will Hunting May 2, 16:07
Ok! Did some googling in regards to Ori, and I ended up completely restarting my XBX. Played a bit and a lot of the slowdown is gone. - Shaun May 2, 15:27
Everyone's doing it, build a tank for your cat. -- (link) - Meg May 2, 15:18
Forget HSX. Bring back MovieBoss! -- nm - Mr. Havens May 2, 14:57 4
- Completely and totally. - spamlet May 2, 15:57
- I’d love to know what happened to the crew. -- nm - Tim May 2, 15:32
- Yes! -- nm - Qale May 2, 15:23
- Yup!! -- nm - Meg May 2, 15:06
very good Walt Simonson interview done this week -- (link) - Peglegpete May 2, 14:23 [youtube]
Somebody wrote this in the comments section of an article about soccer starting back up in England; - Loyola May 2, 14:18 3
- Putting all the teams in one, isolated place to play is a definite possibility -- nm - zork May 2, 16:48
- So they can't test her, but she thinks "Everyone can be tested, everyone can isolate. It can be done?" -- nm - JaxSean May 2, 14:24 1
  - He/she is likely alluding to the fact that all participants(sans supporters) in a match can be tested,for a trivial amount of money, relative to the - Loyola May 2, 14:30
earthquake in Puerto rico...5.5 -- (link) - zeitgeist May 2, 14:13
This storm cell is the pitts. -- (link) - Beryllium May 2, 13:47 1
- those Texans are 'toast'...has Jack dawson been in texas long enough to be a Texan now? -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 14:11
reminder. Monday is Star Wars Day -- nm - Peglegpete May 2, 13:23 4
- Thanks for the heads up to avoid the internet on Monday. - Krusty May 2, 13:31 3
  - Only 2 days until Rebels and Empires report. - bacon May 2, 15:57
  - At least Disney is trying to kill it. -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 13:48 1
    - More good news today! Thank you! -- nm - Krusty May 2, 13:53

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