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qotd after the roll -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 12:39
You're crying today, and it'll be because of this article. Mo Gaba, Orioles and Ravens fan, died at 14. He was an incredible person. -- (link) - Inigo Aug 12, 12:19 2
- Good gravy, that's an article -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 12:34
- That is a * superb * lead in into the story -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 12:27
my internet just doesnt wanna internet for me today. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 12, 12:16 7
- Have tried turning it off and back on again? -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 12:21 4
  - and jggle the cables too -- nm - decline Aug 12, 12:22 3
    - hmm, anyone wanna jiggle my cables? - tRuMaN Aug 12, 12:24 2
      - ::shakes your tree:: -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 12:26
      - Try the AP jigglr -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 12:26
- maybe the Help Desk can help - the ice Aug 12, 12:16
- clean the tubes -- nm - decline Aug 12, 12:16
Do you have any exceptions in your sports philosophy? I root for all Boston sports except the Celtics, and Washington teams except the football team -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 12:11 12
- Never Argentina, except when they play US in Basketball. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 12, 12:40
- All Philly, reject all Chicago except I am kind of a Blackhawks fan now -- nm - rollo Aug 12, 12:38
- St. Louis teams, except football (yeah i know, eff off) where I always root for the Broncos. -- nm - Daniel Prime Aug 12, 12:25
- Tonnes, when fantasy is involved. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 12:21
- When I cared about other sports besides baseball, my team choices from childhood were....inexplicable. - Tim Aug 12, 12:18 1
  - In Indiana we had no NFL when I was a very young, I heard what I thought was the Miami Daltons and I was instantly a fan. - Spawn Aug 12, 12:22
- i root for all football teams against the patriots, except the Raiders, then I hope for a potential on field calamity where both teams have to forfeit -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 12, 12:17 1
  - Same, except replace Raiders with Cowboys. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 12, 12:38
- I'll root for any PA team - except Penn State - decline Aug 12, 12:16
- I root for Boston teams except for the friggin Sawx. - Diva Aug 12, 12:15 2
  - I continue to give a nod of respect to the Bills and Sabres as I had many friends from college who were fans of those teams. -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 12:19 1
    - that's kind of how I feel. I never want them to lose but my fandom has waned since moving away back in the mid 90s. -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 12:23
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I am not sending my kids back to school -- (link) - mud Aug 12, 12:01 3
- Georgia? Yeah, no. -- nm - oblique Aug 12, 12:13
- Privilege and Wealth? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 12:06 1
  - *finger to nose* -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 12, 12:29
Heh. Uber Boat -- (link*) - oblique Aug 12, 11:55 1
- I got to sit outside on the back as there was plenty of space. -- nm - LMS Aug 12, 12:06
Only 2 OT's? Man o man -- nm - the ice Aug 12, 11:53 2
- Holy overcommit. That was an easy one. -- nm* - Shaun Aug 12, 12:23
- No idea what that goalie was doing, but I'll take it -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 12:09
Remember this post? -- (link) - Reagen Aug 12, 11:49 [Backboard] 4
- Yep. No way that wasn't going to happen -- nm - TWuG Aug 12, 12:25
- Guess what, I dare you -- (link) - Reagen Aug 12, 11:49 2
  - Did they crop out the one black kid? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 12:25
  - This is my shocked font -- nm - oblique Aug 12, 11:51
That derecho really f*cked Iowa's sh!t up. 300K people still without power (600K is all the Midwest). 43% of the corn crop damaged -- (link*) - decline Aug 12, 11:48 4
- We actually had a tornado in the city from it. I don't remember that happening in my lifetime. -- nm - pmb Aug 12, 12:33 2
  - Also, we were told the city would send people for the tree on our house in 5 days. -- nm - pmb Aug 12, 12:34 1
    - dang. -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 12:38
- They're such insidiously powerful storms -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 12:07
This nine minutes on Kamala Harris by PBS Newshour is pretty good -- (link) - con_carne Aug 12, 11:44 [youtube]
Has anyone watched Love on the Spectrum on Netflix? - Inigo Aug 12, 11:28 6
- Add to My List'ed -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 12:08
- I sympathize with what you're facing. My nephew has talked a lot about dating lately, and it freaks his parents out. -- nm - David Aug 12, 11:46 2
  - My son doesn't really know if he wants a relationship or not. -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 12, 11:58
  - Overshare? - oblique Aug 12, 11:49
- I was listening to a podcast the other day (true crime so not related) and the host was raving about it -- nm - decline Aug 12, 11:38
- Netflix obviously thinks i should watch this - it's always a preview when i turn it on. Will check it out. -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 11:29
Poll *mostly* for the ladies, but hey, men are free to answer of course. When was the last time you put on lipstick? - Andie Aug 12, 11:28 15
- over 15 years ago I did Halloween in drag -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 12:28 1
  - ... and never stopped wearing it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 12:35
- Before March. I rarely wore it anyway. -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 12, 12:09
- A couple Halloweens ago when I was Snow White for an office costume contest. -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 12:07
- Never. -- nm - mara Aug 12, 11:57
- June 30 for the Cocktail Hour taping. And then wore a mask over it :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 12, 11:56 1
  - My mom's masks are all smeared inside -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 12:27
- March, and I barely bother with any make up now, or bras. -- nm - LMS Aug 12, 11:52 1
  - This: "Retraining for Real Life" -- (link) - Andie Aug 12, 12:05 [youtube]
- 1992. I dressed up as a cheerleader for a skit show. -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 11:52
- maybe 6 or 7 years ago for rocky horror.. - colin Aug 12, 11:41
- Last week for a virtual gig. -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 11:38
- 1976 -- nm - mud Aug 12, 11:30 2
  - Do RHPS showings count? -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 12, 11:38 1
    - of course. -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 11:44
LA: Pink's Hot Dogs Reopening -- (link*) - the ice Aug 12, 11:07 2
- Socially distancing that line would make it reach Griffith Park -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 11:15
- It's seriously the best. I think I just don't like grilled because it ends up tasting like the other things. -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 11:12
Zero NBA players tested positive for coronavirus out of 342 tested at Orlando campus since last results were announced Aug. 5, -- nm - the ice Aug 12, 11:04 5
- Now release the herpes numbers. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 12, 11:14 1
  - 342 out of 342 have herpes. -- nm - the ice Aug 12, 11:17
- And the first set of teams will leave the bubble today. This idea has succeeded. -- nm - David Aug 12, 11:14
- In theory, that's the way a bubble is supposed to work. But it only works if people follow the rules. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 12, 11:08 1
  - That's how the whole damn thing is supposed to work - oblique Aug 12, 11:16
Anyone watching the Alienist? Spoiler - Mopsy Aug 12, 10:59 5
- Dead kids? No thanks, TNT! -- nm - Max Aug 12, 12:48
- No, I hated that book so I'm prejudiced against the entire series. -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 12, 11:21 3
  - I loved the first book but never got around to the second. I guess I lucked out. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 12, 11:31 1
    - (To be clear, it was the first book I hated. Didn't know there was a follow-up.) -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 12, 12:10
  - No face huggers, no thanks! -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 11:22
Freaks - You're One of Us trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 12, 10:59 [youtube] 2
- Aw I was hoping is a sequel to Freaks and Geeks tv show which was great. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 11:27
- Aw I was hoping is a sequel to the Emile Hirsch movie which was pretty good. -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 11:25
LIR colin, RE Mulan on "other" services. - sycor Aug 12, 10:58 5
- I think it was David who told me that Mulan wouldn't be available on other platforms (at least initially). -- nm - Mopsy Aug 12, 11:35 1
  - "other" platforms. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 11:39
- Yeah it'll be available on the 4th. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 11:33
- i'm always shocked how fast entire seasons that drop show up... like, so fast. -- nm - colin Aug 12, 11:31 1
  - Oh yeah. When Twilight Zone S2 dropped overnight, I think it was all available by that same afternoon. -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 12:10
"Bills sign coach Sean McDermott to multiyear extension" -- "ESPN's Adam Schefter that it was a six-year deal" -- nm - David Aug 12, 10:58 1
- Give him credit, they made some naoise last year -- nm - the ice Aug 12, 10:59
A connect Rubik's Cube! How'd we ever live without this?! -- (link) - Mopsy Aug 12, 10:57 2
- This reminds me I need to watch the Speed Cubers thing -- nm - oblique Aug 12, 11:00 1
  - Heh. Watching it right now. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 12, 11:01
Don't worry Krusty, Pelosi is on it -- (link) - oblique Aug 12, 10:53 1
- Sigh. Where is the urgency? People are struggling and they can easily offer a lifeline and they're just arguing in the press. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 12, 11:07
The Carolina/Boston game, delayed until this morning due to the 5th-OT marathon Columbus/Tampa Bay game yesterday, is 3-3 and headed to OT as well. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 12, 10:53 1
- Actually got me to add NBC Sports to my Roku. Which I didnt have activated for some reason -- nm - the ice Aug 12, 10:54
My predictions for Tenet and Mulan: $5 million and 12 million. -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 10:50 20
- Movie theaters are in for a long, cold winter if Tenet does $5 million. - David Aug 12, 11:00 19
  - I think it'll do amazing at drive-ins, but not sure there's enough theaters open to make more. - Inigo Aug 12, 11:07 10
    - I *hate* seeing highly visual movies at drive-ins. There is just too much lost. - Spawn Aug 12, 11:11 9
      - One of BOP's folks wants to start a drive-in theater. I would have soooo much fun programming one. -- nm - David Aug 12, 11:16 8
        
        LYC - Spawn Aug 12, 11:25 7
        
        That's really quite sweet. Which movies are strongest in your memory? -- nm - David Aug 12, 11:47 6
        
        In '73 I was six. That was when I was old enough to start really appreciating them. Westworld, American Graffiti, The Sting, Walking Tall, - Spawn Aug 12, 12:01 1 1
        
        nice -- nm - mud Aug 12, 12:03
        
        I'm guessing ESB -- nm - mud Aug 12, 11:58 3
        
        That was right after the divorce. It was a few years before I started staying with my grandparents again. - Spawn Aug 12, 12:08 2
        
        I don't think I knew that you have a sister. -- nm - David Aug 12, 12:31 1
        
        I talk about my niece on occasion. Not as much my nephew. Sister is a shrink, husband an anesthesiologist. They both voted for Trump for one reason: - Spawn Aug 12, 12:39
  - Yup. If Tenet can't lead a comeback charge at the box office, no studio is going to want to sacrifice their tentpole feature at that alter. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 12, 11:07 5
    - Agreed, but it's gonna bomb, not because of lack of interest, but because the country isn't ready to open yet. - Inigo Aug 12, 11:11 4
      - No, see. He is *saving* movie theaters! -- nm - David Aug 12, 11:14
      - Ironic, given Nolan's adoration for the theatrical experience. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 12, 11:12
      - - next year + (a good) immunization -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 11:12 1
        
        yes -- nm - mud Aug 12, 11:27
  - Because they won't be able to afford to turn on the heater. -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 11:04 1
    - It's funny because it's sad but true. -- nm - David Aug 12, 11:09
I like how it took less than one whole day of playoff hockey games before OT effed up the schedule. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 10:50 2
- Might happen again. Carolina's reply though. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 12, 10:52 1
  - That’s some great twitter banter. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 11:01
No googling please: At which manor house did Oasis play to 250,000 people over a weekend in 1996? Bonus point for naming the county. -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 10:49 5
- TimesUp ST: Answer - Oasis played Knebworth in Hertfordshire -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 11:00 2
  - heck they show that in the documentary. -- nm - Remlik Aug 12, 11:38
  - Heh, I wondered why I kept thinking Knebby. - Spawn Aug 12, 11:09
- All I remember is it was two nights. (which I guess is given in your question). -- nm* - Spawn Aug 12, 10:50 1
  - I was gonna say something but...😊 -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 10:59
I'll spoil for everyone, Forbes' list of Top Paid Actors: - MDH Aug 12, 10:49 17
- Quarter of that money is from Netflix -- nm* - LMS Aug 12, 11:48
- Is the list exclusively male by design? (NM) - Marlowe Aug 12, 11:32 1
  - Yes. Women's list coming soon. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 11:33
- Affleck is the biggest "Huh, what?" on that list. -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 11:11 8
  - Jay and Silent Bob Reboot! - Spawn Aug 12, 11:21 7
    - Triple Frontier on NF is part of it -- nm - decline Aug 12, 11:23 6
      - Filmed in 2018! -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 12:27
      - I have Netflix and I am at best vaguely aware of that movie. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 11:26 3
        
        Pretty sure that's Netflix's business model -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 11:30
        
        It was watchable. Not nearly as good as Old Guard, but watchable. Almost as good as Extraction. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 11:28 1
        
        yup, just decent -- nm - decline Aug 12, 11:32
      - Wasn't he in some kind of basketball or sports movie recently? -- nm - oblique Aug 12, 11:23
- Will Smith and Adam Sandler... *THANKS* Netflix. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 12, 10:57 2
  - Reynolds too (and possibly Wahlberg) -- nm* - decline Aug 12, 11:15 1
    - I remember ST wondering when Ryan Reynolds would get his due because he was so good in Just Friends:) -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 11:21
- I took your hint correctly, but guessed the wrong person. -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 10:52
- Hey - I guessed Jackie Chan! -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 10:50
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Aug 12, 10:47 1
- Boideman -- nm - rollo Aug 12, 12:31

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