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Go Avalanche! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 13:56 1
- 3 x Game 7s. -- nm - budice Sep 4, 13:57
Live Nation and Ticketmaster Hit With New Round of Furloughs -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 13:55
Yay! The dew point's gonna dive bomb down to the lower 50s by tomorrow morning -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 13:49 1
- Low 80s, cloud cover less than 20%, pretty ideal outdoor Labor Day weekend. -- nm - Max Sep 4, 13:54
This album is available today only and supports Stacy Abrams' Fair Fight voting rights charity. Featured bands include Tegan and Sara, REM...others... - Remlik Sep 4, 13:46
WWE: The Authors of Pain have been released. -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 13:41 2
- That's quite odd. They were apparently about to come back two weeks ago. -- nm - David Sep 4, 14:08
- Hopefully they have a book deal to fall back on -- nm - decline Sep 4, 13:58
Jack Reacher’: Alan Ritchson Cast As Title Character In Amazon TV Series -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 13:39 5
- I have no idea whether he can act, as I've mainly seen him in trash like Blood Drive. Physically, he *really* fits the park, though. -- nm - David Sep 4, 14:10
- Related, but not: I want them to pay whatever money is necessary to add Michael B Jordan to the Jack Ryan series. Heh -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 14:02
- Remember when he was just "that hot guy on American Idol?" -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 13:42 1
  - No. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 14:01
- "Reach Around: Tales from the Reacher" -- (edited) - budice Sep 4, 13:41
Avs!!! -- nm - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 4, 13:28 2
- Never thought my playoff brack would be this good -- nm - budice Sep 4, 13:56
- I would like to be watching that game. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 4, 13:42
Fox News: Two former sr Trump admin officials confirm .@JeffreyGoldberg reporting that President Trump disparaged veterans (THREAD) -- (link) - ty97 Sep 4, 13:28
Howard Dean -- (link) - znufrii needs to update his handle Sep 4, 13:16 4
- Also, apparently someone told Trump that defunding Stars & Stripes in a Friday news dump would be a bad idea. -- (link*) - znufrii needs to update his handle Sep 4, 13:20 3
  - I really want to know how that kerfuffle came to be. Either they had a serious reason, or it was all an intentional shit storm ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 13:30 2
    - It’s a win-win for Trump -- (edited) - znufrii needs to update his handle Sep 4, 13:42
    - (... or maybe a dozen other possibilities I can't think of right now. It's not an either/or, just an or.) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 13:31
My weekend plans: - Beryllium Sep 4, 13:00 2
- I'm off all next week too. I'm driving to my sister's in Maine with my mom. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 13:27
- heh -- nm - Epiphany - FTW Sep 4, 13:16
Phineas and Ferb: Candace Against the Universe:A. I'm always impressed with the quality of the musical numbers written for Phineas and Ferb -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 12:59 3
- We loved it so much we went back and re-watched the pilot. -- nm - David Sep 4, 13:21 1
  - To be fair, some of the earliest episodes - like S'winter - are comedy gold and are worth rewatching any time. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 4, 13:58
- It feels like they realize when a number is about to go too long and they cut it off just then. It's such clever writing. I love it. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 4, 13:01
~ice cream chillin' chillin', ice cream chillin', ice cream chillin' chillin', ice cream chillin'~ -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 12:48
This just isn't a wacky name area, but I do have a student named Tyler Perrie. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 12:34 13
- I Can Do Bad Grades All By Myself -- nm - Max Sep 4, 13:39
- Coolio worked with a guy called Kenneth Gee. -- nm - Roger More Sep 4, 13:13
- "Yeah, well at least your name isn't Michael Bolton." -- nm - decline Sep 4, 12:56
- In grad school I knew a Charlie Brown. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 12:49 8
  - Just call me Chuck, er, wait, not that.... -- nm - JD Sep 4, 13:15
  - I worked with a Richard Marx--Everyone had to call him Rick, he almost never mentioned his last name -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 13:05 1
    - Got it, Rick but hold on to tonight and I'll have a detailed response tomorrow -- nm - JD Sep 4, 13:10
  - We had a James Bond at church. -- nm - Ender Sep 4, 12:54
  - god, that would suck. -- nm - Andie Sep 4, 12:51 3
    - (good grief) -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 13:13
    - He was the fourth or something so it was a family name. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 12:56 1
      - "These are my brothers, James, Jackson and Robert, but he goes by Bobby." -- nm - Roger More Sep 4, 13:18
- I've been watching a bunch of Schitt's Creek and I'm thinking how Moira would pronounce this name...Tyler Pear-RYE. Hitting the Rye hard -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 12:36
Pancakes for dinner tonight! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 12:31
Hey! What is your Gen Z name? Answer these questions. (you don't even put in your real name to get it - privacy for the win!) -- (link) - Andie Sep 4, 12:22 37
- Hmm. Shawn. -- nm - kelly Sep 4, 14:43
- Shawn -- nm - Todd Manning Sep 4, 12:59
- Shawn seems very popular - me too :) -- nm - Meg Sep 4, 12:39
- I'm 'Shawn' and I dig it. -- nm - Diva Sep 4, 12:32
- "Charlie?" - JaxSean Sep 4, 12:27 3
  - Yup -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 4, 13:17
  - Are you going to Candy Mountain? -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 12:37 1
    - *bites your finger* -- nm - JaxSean Sep 4, 12:38
- Zoë -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 12:27 13
  - Me too. -- nm - . Sep 4, 17:02
  - Same. Heaven help anybody who follows any trend that I inadvertently set -- nm - JD Sep 4, 12:34 10
    - that's one wacky algorithm that groups you, loosi and Reagen together -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 12:35 9
      - it's all thanks to our legendary love of cashews. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 12:38 2
        
        Not me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 12:39 1
        
        *laugh* -- nm - JD Sep 4, 12:42
      - Yeah, can't say I see it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 12:36 5
        
        I dunno. I'd like to think there's a venn diagram with more common points between the three of us past a single Buzzfeed quiz and ST - JD Sep 4, 12:41 4
        
        wild guess: all three of you like guitar-centric rock -- nm - mud Sep 4, 12:47 3
        
        (I didnt take the quiz, I was just stabbin') -- nm - mud Sep 4, 13:54
        
        I picked Harry Styles because it was the only one I'd heard. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 13:52
        
        That might pan out but I don't remember that being one of the song choices -- nm - JD Sep 4, 12:58
  - Me too. Do I look calm, cool, and collected to you? - loosilu Sep 4, 12:29
- I'm Hailey 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 12:25 1
  - You have that Hailey thing going for you. You're fun, trendy, and independent. You're very bold when it comes to the things you're passionate about, -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 4, 12:26
- I'm dead. I know almost none of the terms, shows or songs. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 4, 12:25 2
  - blindly answering: I am Shawn. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 4, 12:31 1
    - same here though not sure if its sean or shaun -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 14:12
- You got: Shawn - David Sep 4, 12:24 2
  - same here. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 12:33
  - I'm also a Shawn, but TBH I don't know any of the songs they listed, -- nm* - Flavorize Sep 4, 12:27
- I'm Emma - prayformojo Sep 4, 12:24 1
  - Me too! it was the pumpkin spice latte that got us wasn't it?! -- nm - Epiphany - FTW Sep 4, 12:27
- I am "Noah" - Andie Sep 4, 12:22 4
  - Me too! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 13:02
  - Me too! -- nm - Judge Bane Sep 4, 12:39
  - same -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 12:26
  - same -- nm - decline Sep 4, 12:25
Sadly, this is pretty much my weekend plans -- (link) - decline Sep 4, 12:20 1
- On the "Really? I though this was Friday" work complications, I might end up one upping that and having to put in some work hours to send off - JD Sep 4, 12:38
"Have you guys found that plane loaded with people in uniforms and weapons?" Ha. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 12:15 1
- I think they were called Dept of Corrections. They flew into Seattle, the Gov made a deal to clear the CHOP, so they returned to Portland -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 12:18
And 999 of them are "what the fuck", repeated 333 times. -- (link) - Reagen Sep 4, 12:11 1
- "Autobots: Transform and make sure you pull out!" -- nm - Optimus Prime Sep 4, 12:24
LYC: The Coast Guard relief teams are headed to Houston (after initial teams were there for 2 weeks). The port must be a mess. -- nm* - loosilu Sep 4, 11:57
Celeb BDays: Whitney Cummings (38), Beyonce (39), Ione Skye (50!) -- nm - budice Sep 4, 11:50 8
- That's ageist! - Max Sep 4, 13:45
- FKM -- nm - JaxSean Sep 4, 12:30
- I had the biggest crush on Ione Skye back in the day. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 4, 11:53 5
  - Does ST know who her father is? - David Sep 4, 11:57 4
    - I had no idea. Oh, and she was married to Ad-Rock! She’s virtually related to Krusty! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 4, 12:34 1
      - Ha! My closest connection besides having met them is my friend lived across the street from Ad Rock's grandmother. - Krusty Sep 4, 13:14
    - Spoiler - sure. - loosilu Sep 4, 11:58
    - nope -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 11:58
That Anna Faris news is strange. There's got to be something going on behind the scenes. -- nm* - Mopsy Sep 4, 11:28 18
- they start shooting Sept. 14th to -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 11:46 1
  - *bang* -- nm - Homelander Sep 4, 11:47
- New Title: Just Mom. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 4, 11:44
- Absolutely. I am wondering how they write her out. Do they kill her off? -- nm - Andie Sep 4, 11:34 8
  - How is that show still on the air? -- nm - oblique Sep 4, 11:41 1
    - Don't know what you mean. -- nm - Grey's Anatomy Sep 4, 11:43
  - Give her the Charlie Sheen! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 11:41 5
    - Rosalind Shays death would be good to see again -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 4, 11:49
    - or the Rosanne Barr -- nm - decline Sep 4, 11:43
    - yeah, do they repeat that? -- nm - Andie Sep 4, 11:41 2
      - Or have them go into a multi month covid isolation but with her in another country -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 11:43 1
        
        she gets a fellowship to study ancient cultures in the Brazilian jungle and will be gone for 3-5 years -- nm - decline Sep 4, 11:44
- She’s been a notorious party girl to the point where the show staged an intervention. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 11:29 5
  - Starlord done f-ed her up. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 4, 11:44 3
    - It's supposedly what broke up their marriage. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 12:03 2
      - And he's gone all farm-boy, religious, wholesome since. - Andie Sep 4, 12:10 1
        
        So, American wholesome. - loosilu Sep 4, 12:15
  - That's.... ironic -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 11:30
blue jeans microfibers are polluting the arctic -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 4, 11:21
Episode 7 of Euphoria is when the lead actress is starting to break down the plot. (Spoiler) - Qale Sep 4, 11:09 1
- that was nice -- nm - mud Sep 4, 12:02
Strongbad, my guess would be Bernadette since she didn’t show up till Larson was 19. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 11:06 2
- That's what my initial guess was too. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 4, 11:27 1
  - I don’t see she would be working as Amy ... maybe a middle-season wedge between Leonard and Penny ala Priya. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 11:29
1st 3 eps of The Boys S2 are out there in case anyone didnt notice -- nm - budice Sep 4, 11:06 1
- I noticed. I watched them all last night. Good stuff. Good horrible awful stuff. :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 11:13
Wh orders the military paper Stars and Stripes to close, vacate premises in 2 weeks, 160 yo institution -- (link*) - zeitgeist Sep 4, 11:03 19
- sad. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 12:31
- That's fucking crazy. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 11:55
- this MUST kill his military-family vote, right? - Andie Sep 4, 11:07 16
  - It's more gradually chipping away. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 11:55
  - This getting announced today after yesterday’s troops story is like a chef’s kiss of perfect timing. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 11:19 4
    - I'd missed the part of the Atlantic story where Trump said he didn't want amputees in a military parade. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 4, 11:32 3
      - In the 80s he publicly demanded that NYPD remove the homeless vets from outside his buildings. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 11:56
      - Nobody wants to see that. -- nm - Homelander Sep 4, 11:46
      - I so wish there were recordings of any of him saying that. - JaxSean Sep 4, 11:45
  - Anecdotally the Russian bounty has stuck with that group (even with former Trump supporters) more than with the general public. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 11:13 4
    - What if the pub had a story about that and this is how it gets squashed? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 11:19 3
      - I mean, I can't imagine that the US military service members would be organized enough to publish such news elsewhere. - Beryllium Sep 4, 11:21 2
        
        there is a military social media network, so soldiers don't accidentally reveal ops, location. Or uh war crimes to general public -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 12:23
        
        Losers. -- nm - Trump Sep 4, 11:27
  - I'd love to know what's behind this move. I'm surprised a reason hasn't come out -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 11:13 4
    - I'm guessing they printed a cartoon poking fun of Rumbletie Thinskin -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 12:27
    - It costs too much is the reason (15.5mil). - Will Hunting Sep 4, 11:18 2
      - Kind of like having a pandemic response team was too expensive... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 4, 13:35
      - So like 14 AMRAAMs or kudos to the Navy purchasing department: 36 Navy purchased Sidewinders (math is hard) -- (edited) - JD Sep 4, 11:24
Some new Gothan Knights info. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 4, 11:03
IN Daily totals: 1048, 673, 884, 671, 1046, 1076, 1096, 750, 603, 850, 506, 955, 1050, 1010, 618, 688, 841, 971, 1164, 832, 1140, 880, 897, 721, 871, 1110, 1044. Ugh. -- nm* - Spawn Sep 4, 10:58 2
- no fair, you edited it, now I had to edit my response. -- nm* - tRuMaN Sep 4, 10:58 1
  - But see, now that you edited you have expanded room for all kinds of stuff!!! -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 4, 11:20

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