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ST Roll a Poll: What should my "gym goals" be? I'm supposed to meet with the owner/trainer and set some goals. - oblique Aug 20, 08:39 5
- heart rate, body mass index, flat or six pack abs, sexay ass -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 11:13
- BULK BRO -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 08:44
- More of a Dad bod -- nm - decline Aug 20, 08:40 1
  - A body Tom Hanks would envy. -- nm - Max Aug 20, 08:44
- To actually *go*. - Spawn Aug 20, 08:40
Arrested on a boat! Come on! -- (link) - Reagen Aug 20, 08:39 3
- Please tell me he was sailing to freedom, Wolves of Wall Street style. -- nm* - David Aug 20, 08:40
- Postal agents have *boats* now? -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:39 1
  - borrowed from the coast guard -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 11:13
A Democracy Now! correspondent just accused Pence of trying to force Democrats into a game of "political double dutch." I'm liking this new era. :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 08:35 4
- I don't even understand what they're implying. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 20, 08:37 3
  - Two ropes that JB/KH are supposed to avoid: too left and too right -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 08:40
  - Okay Canadian. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:38 1
    - I know what Double Dutch is, I just don't know what "political Double Dutch" could be. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 08:39
There's a dating app just for tesla owners -- (link) - decline Aug 20, 08:35
Professional beekeeper removes entire colony of bees from a compost bin without any protective gear. -- (link) - Shaun of Tsushima Aug 20, 07:59 8
- Call her Ulee because she's gold. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 20, 08:25
- We have bees now. They’re (mostly) pretty chill. I would never do this. - mafic Aug 20, 08:22 1
  - "What up, b" "What'd you call me?" "Oh hell..." -- nm - Max Aug 20, 08:28
- "then I gently placed the queen on my ex's face while he slept and left the window open. Guess what happened next." -- nm - Max Aug 20, 08:19
- Impressive... -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 08:13
- da fuq -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 08:09
- laughing at that first reply. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 08:03
- NO MASK! BURN THE WITCH! -- nm - Mopsy Aug 20, 08:01
Just noticed this on my grocery receipt: WE WILL NOT be accepting returns on products over-purchased related to the pandemic. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 20, 07:57 1
- WHO ARE YOU TO SAY HOW MUCH TP I NEEDED!?!? -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:16
They just installed my new bi-directional power meter. Pros: more accurate, read remotely. Cons: No more fun watching the dial spin backwards - Reagen Aug 20, 07:56
HSX PSA: The Biden and Trump options IPO today. Both at 265 (Electoral College votes) -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:51 3
- No way I am even looking at those. I'm not altering the universe one way or another -- nm - MDH Aug 20, 08:23 2
  - You mean you don't wanna go rushing over there the next time Biden does a gaffe? -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 08:25 1
    - Correct :-) - MDH Aug 20, 08:29
I think I could have hit that Manny Machado walk-off pitch. 94mph right down the middle of the zone. Like, you couldn’t put it on a tee better. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:50 4
- Did you see this? -- (link) - Shaun of Tsushima Aug 20, 07:53 [Backboard] 3
  - That’s awesome. How many career stats Do you have? - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:04 2
    - I'm not apologizing for playing on the Beginner batting setting :) I can find career stats. Give me a minute or so. -- nm - Shaun of Tsushima Aug 20, 08:22 1
      - Career stats. 2022 was "off" because I simulated April and May. -- (pic) -- (link*) - Shaun Aug 20, 08:29 [Attachment]
The Reface app is fun. -- (pic) - Shaun of Tsushima Aug 20, 07:44 [Attachment]
I once caught a fox kit on the farm (it's not such a happy story though) - Reagen Aug 20, 07:42
At this point, the question shouldn’t be “is that associate of Trump a crook?” but more a question of “was he a crook before or after meeting DJT?” -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:41 27
- Like attracts like. -- nm - znufrii needs to update his handle Aug 20, 08:13
- Build the Wall: Kobach, general counsel. Advisor Board: Eric Prince, former Congressman Tom Tancredo, Sheriff Dave Clarke and Curt Schilling -- (link) - decline Aug 20, 07:57 3
  - So which of those names that was not arrested flipped? -- nm - ty97 Aug 20, 08:07 1
    - The former pitcher who is trying to get in the HOF -- nm* - eag Aug 20, 08:14
  - how could something Schilling was involved in be shady? -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:58
- Steve Bannon was taken into custody today by US Postal Service agents. He's expected to be arraigned today before a US magistrate. -- (link) - the ice Aug 20, 07:44 21
  - who the fuck is writing this shit. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 07:44 20
    - we should send this all back to the writing room, insist on a redo -- nm Posted by mud Aug 16 '20, 14:36 -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 07:56 1
      - :-] -- nm - mud Aug 20, 08:03
    - I did not see that twist coming. M Knight Shyamalan is jealous of 2020. -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 07:52
    - We have postal cops? - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:46 16
      - USPIS. Do you not watch Brooklyn Nine-nine? - Krusty Aug 20, 07:56 10
        
        Of course I do! *glove slap*. I do not recall such absurdity. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:04 9
        
        Ed Helms plays a guy from USPIS that Jake has to work with on a case. He has what looks like a cool name, Jack Danger, so Jake gets excited. - Krusty Aug 20, 08:07 8
        
        Gods honest truth , don’t recall that episode at all. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:14 7
        
        Season 2, Episode 8. It wasn't a great episode but had some funny parts. Terry trying to help Amy quit smoking is the side story with Jake - Krusty Aug 20, 08:20
        
        Further proof of how forgettable the show is! -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:15 5
        
        You make me sad. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 08:21 4
        
        If it was Chicago Nine-Nine I bet you would feel the same! -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:30 3
        
        I like shows not set in NYC. It would really limit my options otherwise. - Krusty Aug 20, 08:34 2
        
        Oh, I was trying to give you an excuse for liking a Samberg joint. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:39 1
        
        Have you seen Palm Springs? - Krusty Aug 20, 08:46
      - I've heard of them before - they are apparently relentless and not to be trifled with - Reagen Aug 20, 07:48 4
        
        Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these agents from the swift completion of their appointed duties. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 07:50
        
        Rain, snow, sleet or shine...they always get their man? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:49 2
        
        ::high five:: -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 07:50 1
        
        Awesome. I like yours better. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:51
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 20, 07:40 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 20, 07:40 [Attachment] 6
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 20, 07:40 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 20, 07:41 [Attachment] 4
      - 1/2 (bonus got me) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 08:35
      - 2/2 -- nm - Marlowe Aug 20, 08:35
      - 2/2 (guessed by elimination on the bonus) -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:43 1
        
        Same -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 07:58
Today’s on Qale’s Moment of Retro-Pleasure we highlight the body part most utilized by politicians. No, not their brain or their privates. Their... -- (link) - Qale Aug 20, 07:32 [youtube]
funny Bannon news is funny. (and that's a funny Reagen response on B2) -- (link) - mud Aug 20, 07:31 1
- more -- (link) - mud Aug 20, 07:36
Trump/Vance: Judge Marrero has thrown out President Trump’s effort to block the Manhattan district attorney from subpoenaing his financial records. -- (link*) - the ice Aug 20, 07:29 1
- It's not even Friday. -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 08:04
the Ragu brand is no longer for sale in Canadian grocery stores -- (link) - Reagen Aug 20, 07:24 4
- We've seen the decline for the past 2 months, I figured this was going to be the result -- nm - J Aug 20, 07:35
- I always questioned the branding, given that a lot of Albertans pronounced it raw-goo. -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 07:33 2
  - That seems like how Italians would pronounce it -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 08:30
  - So uncultured! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 07:37
Quiz: What Would Pandora Do? Biffy Clyro edition. Name first song and next three acts. (full rules inside) - Dano Aug 20, 07:24 10
- What Pandora Did: "Opposite", Highly Suspect, Coheed & Cambria, OK Go -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 07:30 8
  - The Highly Suspect seems like a very cute ploy into getting you off the old emo and into the new. -- nm - Qale Aug 20, 07:38 4
    - (These were for Biffy Clyro). The Fall Out Boy in the IM was just an example. -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 07:51
    - I did not expect those at all -- nm - Epiphany - Monkeying Down with a sickness Aug 20, 07:46 2
      - I wouldn’t put it past any music streaming service not to be seeding playlists at the financial request of a publishing company either. -- nm - Qale Aug 20, 07:49 1
        
        good point -- nm - Epiphany - Monkeying Down with a sickness Aug 20, 07:58
  - Interesting, but I can see that. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 07:31 2
    - I do like the Biffy Clyro songs that I'm hearing and enjoying the station in general. -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 07:33 1
      - I appreciate the consideration to trying them out. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 07:35
- Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Foo Fighters - JaxSean Aug 20, 07:28
Here's a game I like to play with Pandora: Predict the first three other act that will play when I seed a radio station with an act. (details inside) - Dano Aug 20, 07:20 1
Buffalo Bills’ stadium is now “Bills Stadium” -- (link) - the ice Aug 20, 07:14 11
- why? -- nm - ty97 Aug 20, 07:21 5
  - First step in picking it up and moving it to some place with less snow. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 20, 07:58
  - They don't like apostophres -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 07:39 1
    - Though they refer to them as "sky commas" -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 20, 07:59
  - All of the Bills fans pooled their table diving injury settlement money together. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 07:37
  - no sponsor -- nm - colin Aug 20, 07:32
- Bill$ Stadium -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 07:18
- at least it's not MyPillow Stadium. -- nm - colin Aug 20, 07:17 1
  - Given the Bills' offense in recent years, that might've been appropriate. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 20, 07:18
- A little late to be reacting to Silence of the Lambs. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 20, 07:16
- Allright Allright *squints* -- nm - Bill Clinton Aug 20, 07:15
Trump appeal of DA Vance subpeona denied -- (link) - Reagen Aug 20, 07:10
The Crown S4 trailer -- (link) - the ice Aug 20, 07:07
I did not have "Bannon arrested" on my Trumpfuckery bingo card. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 07:04 8
- I wonder if this is what Barr was trying to prevent when he fired Berman ? -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:37 1
  - probly -- nm - mud Aug 20, 07:39
- Really? I put everyone that has ever worked with him on mine! -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 07:35
- I thought it was the Free Square in the center -- nm - mud Aug 20, 07:29 2
  - I figured he was gross, but law abiding. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 07:38 1
    - [snork] -- nm - mud Aug 20, 07:40
- Heh. "somewhere an RNC organizer is cross-checking the speaker list against the list of people indicted today and sadly marking off names" -- (link) - decline Aug 20, 07:21
- they just can't help themselves -- nm - colin Aug 20, 07:11
Penn St. campus party rolls on -- (link) - the ice Aug 20, 07:02 3
- Does anyone see amanda ? -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:12 2
  - I'm at the office today. 100 yards from me, bomb threat. -- (link) - amanda Aug 20, 08:11
  - Look close. She's the one laying tile behind the guy doing the keg stand. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 07:13
Now Playing on Pandora: Biffy Clyro Radio -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 06:58 4
- YAAAS -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 06:59 3
  - I'd be interested to know what bands they play. - JaxSean Aug 20, 07:19 2
    - Biffy Clyro, all day, everyday -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:22 1
      - No, that's what *I* literally listen to. -- (edited) - JaxSean Aug 20, 07:24 [spotify]
RIP Allan Fotheringham -- (link) - Reagen Aug 20, 06:52 6
- Wells (his successor on the back page) had a pretty good piece that put him on the pedestal but acknowledged he phoned in the back half somewhat. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 20, 07:02 3
  - Fair. no one keeps their fastball forever. - Reagen Aug 20, 07:04 2
    - man, Rex lost his mind and makes Don Cherry sound sane -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:14 1
      - tbf he was always mostly there. -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 07:37
- my favorite part of my parents subscription was reading his last page articles. -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 06:55 1
  - Allan Bothersomelittleperson. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 06:58
Madagascar: A Little Wild promo trailer (Peacock/Hulu) -- (link*) - oblique Aug 20, 06:46 [youtube] 3
- This messes with Madagascar continuity! I will not have it! -- nm - Mopsy Aug 20, 08:03
- Boy did I misread the fifth word above. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 20, 06:58 1
  - Stupid furries -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 06:59
How dare ST talk smack about The Process! - Beaker Aug 20, 06:45 1
- They could have drafted better players in 4 of the 5 drafts by win shares. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:32
So now we know the appearance of a black fox heralds the arrest of one of Trump's scumbags - prayformojo Aug 20, 06:43 2
- one of the Divine 9 -- nm - the ice Aug 20, 06:45
- the universe is just, but inscrutable -- nm - rollo Aug 20, 06:45
Andrea, important question - ty97 Aug 20, 06:41 11
- Black Inari. They are heralds of good and guardians of the wild! - Marlowe Aug 20, 07:15
- She couldn't make it all out, but he did keep calling her Carrots. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 20, 07:09
- Man, just hope you never hear their mating call, because it is creepy af. -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 06:48 6
  - last night living in London, two foxes decided to do that right outside for hours. - colin Aug 20, 07:13
  - I woke up in the middle of the night two years ago going, "I hear a kid crying..." My wife thought I was crazy. -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 20, 06:59 1
    - It's really distressing to hear -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 07:01
  - Just picture the fox standing on two legs and speaking perfect English: "Hey baby, what up *ciggy*" -- nm* - the ice Aug 20, 06:52 2
    - w. Michael Caine's voice -- nm - rollo Aug 20, 06:56 1
      - ‘ello. you lookin’ for a good time then luv? -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 07:35
- Obviously he/she said - JaxSean Aug 20, 06:45
- He's late for a very important date. No time to say 'hello, goodbye,' He's late He's late He's late -- nm - the ice Aug 20, 06:44
First PS5 global ad as well as some info as to how some of the dev teams are using the new features of the DualSense. - Shaun of Tsushima Aug 20, 06:40

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