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Take THAT, cancer. My mom's operation Friday went perfectly. They assume they got it all, no chemo or radiation likely. AND, she has recovered so well - Andie Aug 4, 06:12 17
- Yay! -- nm - jnine Aug 4, 17:36
- nice -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 11:46
- yay! -- nm - Beaker Aug 4, 08:02
- woohoo! Awesome news! -- nm - sycor Aug 4, 06:57
- Yay! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 4, 06:54
- Woo hoo!!! That's awesome! -- nm* - Krusty Aug 4, 06:26
- Fantastic news! -- nm - spamlet Aug 4, 06:24
- sweet -- nm - mud Aug 4, 06:15
- yay!! -- nm - Diva Aug 4, 06:14
- You guys win at everything :) Way to go! -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 06:14
- Fantastic!!! -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 4, 06:14
- Don Homer! -- nm - the ice Aug 4, 06:13
- Great news! Andie's Mom kicks ass! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 4, 06:13 1
  - she's pretty tough for 79. -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 06:14
- Excellent! -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Aug 4, 06:13
- oh wow, that's FANTASTIC! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 4, 06:13
- Great news! -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 06:13
Heeee! -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 4, 05:32
Miner Sells Super Rare Tanzanite Gemstone for $2 Million -- (link) - Beaker Aug 4, 05:13
good lord he'd get destroyed if he sat down with anyone vaguely hostile. -- (link) - mafic Aug 4, 05:05 6
- I watched this entire interview last night. I just can't. - JaxSean Aug 4, 06:12
- There's obviously a way to answer the question you want as opposed to the one you're asked, but he's just too dumb to be able to do that. -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 06:04
- "Why can't the press just take this one chart that vaguely makes me look good, and only report on that? -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 4, 05:11 3
  - But Inigo, his paper says so, and if you listen to the people and read the books, it's true. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 4, 06:18 2
    - like he's read a book. -- nm - Diva Aug 4, 06:20 1
      - He reads. He spends a lot of time in meetings, sometimes once a day, sometimes 2-3 times a week. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 4, 06:41
For those of you looking forward to Staged, Here's Michael Sheen and David Tennant presenting an award at last Friday's TV BAFTAS -- (link) - LMS Aug 4, 05:03 [youtube] 1
- heh -- nm - mud Aug 4, 06:13
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, America's Got Talent, The Swamp, Deadliest Catch, Stargirl, Chopped, Tell Me a Story, Million Dollar Listing, What's it Worth, -- nm - Beaker Aug 4, 04:37 1
- World of Dance, Bandish Bandits (Amazon), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 4, 04:38
All men are really 12 year old boys. Astronauts test sat phone backup communications by making prank calls while waiting to be picked up. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 4, 04:10
I don't appreciate the twin peaksing of the stadium noise the nhl is doing. would swearing really be that bad? -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 02:54 1
- No cursing! Think of the children! -- nm - Mop si Aug 4, 06:03
Billy got so sad, dejected, put on his hat and start to run Runnin' down the street yellin' at the top of his lungs All I want in this life of mine is some good clean fun -- nm* - zeitgeist Aug 4, 00:59
(Like it's not obvious) this thread explains what a gross miscalculation it was for Trump to mess with TikTok - Mop Aug 3, 22:38 5
- "Burn it. Burn it to the ground." -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Aug 4, 06:12
- this is almost the only issue I think Trump's on the right side of. TikTok's gathering a huge amount of data it can't credibly say the Chinese - mafic Aug 4, 00:45 2
  - tiktok kids requested a million tickets, I don't know what those kits cost but 100,000 requests would clean out their inventory of hats at least - zeitgeist Aug 4, 01:44 1
    - 2016 presidential election spending was $1.5 billion. this is inconvenience territory, not disaster. - mafic Aug 4, 02:20
- I have no idea the legalities, but saying the Treasury Dept. should get a huge finders fee if the deal goes to Microsoft just sounds fishy. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 23:33
Oof -- (link) - con_carne Aug 3, 22:38 [Image] 3
- I laughed. Loudly. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 05:36
- [tasteless comic book world joke] Don't tell Tom King the dog died. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 23:35
- oh god -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 22:39
That's one way to make sure you get the penalty call. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 21:55
"Atlanta Braves ace Mike Soroka done for season with torn Achilles" - David Aug 3, 21:38 3
- Damn damn. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 4, 05:35
- I read: Mira Sorvino -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 23:38
- Sorry. (And here I thought that covid would be the most dangerous part of the season. Oops.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 21:59
3rd period coming up. Please don't let me take an L at 2am. -- nm - Shaun Aug 3, 21:21 2
- Nuge looks like he's about to go give the Kaiser a piece of his mind. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 21:33
- Right? I'm fucking up my tomorrow for this. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 21:29
“I don’t know John Lewis. He chose not to come to my inauguration.” -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 3, 21:13 7
- It's not even the worst part of that segment: "No one has done more for Black Americans than I have" -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 05:50 1
  - He’s right. No one. Not even the father of his political party that gave Blacks the recognition of not being goods. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 06:04
- come to think of it "He chose not to come to my inauguration" isn't a bad way to remember him, i mean there are better but it still speaks well of him -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 23:29 1
  - John Lewis also didn’t attend GW Bush’s inauguration. Bush spoke at Lewis’s funeral. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 4, 05:17
- this clip is 1000 times worse -- (link) - Jovian Aug 3, 22:35 1
  - He has a chart with 4 bars on it. That’s not even a continental level graph. Wtf? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 05:40
- He's such a piece of shit as a person, let alone as the president. -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 21:30
When Kassian has the mutton chops going, it looks like Ray Donovan has taken up hockey. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 21:10
Hee, the designated hat trick hat throwers -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 21:07
Hat Trick Girl! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 21:07
This is amusing. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 3, 20:27
LAPD is responding to a large party at a mansion -- (link*) - the ice Aug 3, 20:20 7
- it's interesting. I am hoping cops here will break up parties in fall. in spring and summer they said that they had no jurisdiction to do so. -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 21:08
- "The strippers are here!" -- nm - house party Aug 3, 20:39
- I wonder if we know anyone who drove some of the attendees. Perhaps in a limo? -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 20:39 2
  - naw, those partiers sound 'neuvo' and CY only deals with old money these days -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 23:31 1
    - especially when conservative not crazy is the right type of client he needs -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 23:37
- napalm is the only right answer. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 20:27
- The cops here broke up a huge party under a bridge. The dichotomy between them makes me chuckle. -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 20:25
Slo-mo McDavid. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 3, 20:01 3
- Is there a super duper slo-mo of that backhand? -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 20:26
- effortless. that's criminal -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 20:23
- He 100% juggled it to himself on purpose. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 20:10
Do not taunt Happy Fun McDavid. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 19:42
So will show be able to make new episodes? -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 3, 19:32 5
- Some yes, some no. Some participants might get infected. Some might die. - Beryllium Aug 3, 19:46 4
  - We were just mid season so not sure if anyone heard anything about anything -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 3, 19:59 3
    - A few things are going to ramp up soon but mostly the fall is going to be a wasteland. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 05:45
    - Perhaps I misunderstood what you meant. Are you talking about a particular show, or shows in general? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 20:04 1
      - Just in general....just tired of streaming old shows and reruns and I'm not a fan of reality shows with a few exceptions -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 4, 05:43
This photo is going to age poorly -- (link) - TWuG Aug 3, 19:23 7
- remindme! (ugh) -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 21:14
- they are all dressed in black. is there a funeral after school? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 19:36 2
  - Have to admit, it enhances their whiteness. -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 20:39
  - I mean... that’s the implication. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 20:32
- that's alot of white people -- nm - Beaker Aug 3, 19:25 2
  - The county is named ironically. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 20:09 1
    - It's right next to Wrangler County, just south of Wagoneer County. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 20:21
Invade! -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 3, 18:49
I want to say the refs have stacked the deck against the Habs, but it’s not true. The Habs are just sloppy. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 18:48 1
- Oh look, they discovered there’s another end to the rink! -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 18:57
Re: that Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. question I asked last week... Does the Mighty Ducks count? What about the Seattle Kraken? - Mop Aug 3, 18:46 1
- I think it should be pronounced "Krayken", because then it makes visual sense to me. Not that Krake is a real word, it's just how I read it. - Beryllium Aug 3, 18:52
Blizzard Workers Share Salaries in Revolt Over Wage Disparities -- (link) - the ice Aug 3, 18:43
Meanwhile it's hot in the house so I'm sitting in Abby's reading nook with the windows open. Just finish Ocean's 8 and starting now on All the Presidents Men -- nm* - prayformojo Aug 3, 18:18 2
- I'm sure I missed it while I was in Andover Mass the last week. What is happening with your wife going to boston? -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 18:23 1
  - she spoke at her high school alma mater's graduation. it was a lovely speech. she edited out most of the swears -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 18:44
grab a chainsaw and come help! -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 3, 18:16 [Attachment] 5
- Estimated Restoration: 2am - prayformojo Aug 3, 18:21 4
  - Does the entire nabe smell like fresh broken branches? -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 18:24 3
    - if only. it sells like delicious charcoal BBQ. Sombeody's cookin out -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 18:37 2
      - what about beer and wine that are getting too warm and must be drunken? -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 19:58
      - I hope they brought enough for the whole neighborhood! -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 18:53
Hej, det är jag Jag undrade om du efter alla dessa år skulle vilja träffas -- nm - David Aug 3, 18:09 6
- Gunter gleiben glauchen globen? -- nm - landbeck Aug 3, 21:24
- I'd have taken an Hemnes or a Trysil over the Hurdal. -- nm - the ice Aug 3, 18:32
- j'en comprends point. -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 18:25
- Jag talar lite svenska men min svenska är inte bra -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 3, 18:15
- Bueno -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 18:14
- Olga Foroga, mate. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 18:11
The HFPA story is interesting. I assumed that any foreign reporter in Hollywood qualified. I'd need to see their membership rules. - Mop Aug 3, 18:09
$15mil is chump change for the XFL. The Rock can probably make that on merchandising alone. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 18:06 5
- If anyone can take a terrible deal and make bank on it, it's Dwayne. But to my untrained eye, it looks like a really bad idea. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 18:08 2
  - Considering it's money he found in his couch, doesn't seem like much of a risk. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 18:22
  - XFL was catching on pretty nicely here in Houston before everything fell apart. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 18:14
- All the XFL's creditors already filed an injunction to stop the deal before it could finalize. -- nm - David Aug 3, 18:07 1
  - the investment company he did this with has ties to the NFL as well -- nm - Remlik Aug 3, 19:04
JD, How do you stop Canadian bacon from curling in the frying pan? - Meg Aug 3, 18:03 9
- put the stones on top of it -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 18:52
- PS that poutine from hockey place is not real poutine -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 18:26 2
  - Oh, I know but it's the best I'll likely find locally. And based on what I saw in Ontario a couple of years back much - Meg Aug 3, 18:34 1
    - The owner's Finnish, not Canadian. -- nm - . Aug 4, 00:48
- OMG -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 18:25
- I was so close... - Blue Punch Baron Aug 3, 18:16
- 😆 -- nm - JD Aug 3, 18:12 1
  - oh yeah, how does that feel? -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 18:26
- Hah! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 18:06
Gio!! -- nm - Jovian Aug 3, 18:02
Drunk white supremacist Florida Man attacks woman at restaurant as he praises Trump. -- (link) - Mop Aug 3, 18:02 3
- People will excuse it on the alcohol, or the mental issues. No honey, you just evil. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 18:17
- Needs more stomping. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 18:09 1
  - I appreciate how quickly - and easily - he was taken down. He was clearly drunk. Very distressed by the violence on the woman. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 18:10
This was the same at bat?! Jacob deGrom, Freddie Freeman has a family! -- (link) - Tim Aug 3, 17:57 1
- Not anymore. Mrs. Freddie needs a man who can hit the change-up. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 3, 18:25
Starring Huge *WHAT*? -- (link) - Mop Aug 3, 17:49 3
- tracts of land? -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Aug 3, 17:51
- Huge Blossoms. It's right there. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 3, 17:50 1
  - Oh, *BLOSSOMS*. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 20:33
MI & WI holding nicely: -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 17:47 2
- Hold is not enough. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 17:49 1
  - "The World Is Not Enough" -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 18:03 [youtube]
My golf game was the best ever. Though, I actually have only golfed once. It was pretty fun and I’d do it again. But not in August. No sir, no way. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 17:46 1
- I got a birdie once. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 19:41
Beaker, Grim Dawn is fine if you can grab it at a good price. Pretty standard Diablo clone. - Tim Aug 3, 17:34
Those seed packets from China are likely a "brushing scam" (new one on me) and if you've received any, your identity has likely been compromised -- (link) - TWuG Aug 3, 17:20
Krusty, thoughts? -- (link) - Tim Aug 3, 17:19 5
- It's not normal for him. He has some power but it was always to right. This was like his second HR the opposite way. - Krusty Aug 3, 17:24 4
  - I only saw Hughes' tweet because of this. -- (link) - Tim Aug 3, 17:32 3
    - So this was his second to left and he has a few to center. - Krusty Aug 3, 18:26
    - I have questions. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 17:34 1
      - Answered in the replies. -- (link) - Tim Aug 3, 17:37
That thread on B3 was an out of body experience. -- nm - Tim Aug 3, 17:14 1
- Sure, it was, "Tim" -- nm - David Aug 3, 17:16
Taylor Swift on the Hot 100 this week: - Tim Aug 3, 17:12 5
- I don't understand what she has, but it must be something. It works. -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 18:27
- The music industry is so weird right now. And not in a good way. -- nm - pmb Aug 3, 17:24 1
  - Nobody can tour right now. The moneytree is on hold -- nm - the ice Aug 3, 17:27
- I'm surprised this hasn't happened before: Taylor Swift Becomes First Artist to Open Atop Hot 100 and Billboard 200 in Same Week -- (link) - Dano Aug 3, 17:13 1
  - Because the single and album don't usually drop simultaneously. -- nm - Tim Aug 3, 17:14

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