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Go Raps -- nm - zork Sep 5, 17:16
Was ST aware that there is now a Pluto TV "Survivor" channel? -- nm - MDH Sep 5, 17:10 3
- Was ST aware that there was a Pluto TV? - zork Sep 5, 17:16 2
  - Lottery bucket list: an ST TV channel run as a co-op, with STers submitting daily show programming (reruns of Psych, Better Off Ted, etc) - Max Sep 5, 17:27
  - Pluto TV is outstanding if you aren’t interested in subbing into anything. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:26
Thoughts from driving to Maine - Dano Sep 5, 17:00 1
- Sounds about right. -- nm - znufrii needs to update his handle Sep 5, 17:09
I think I’m going to shelve the K-cup machine and get a regular coffee maker. I should have done it sooner during the pandemic, honestly. - Qale Sep 5, 16:38 27
- Yeah, one of the first sacrifices we made was going back to drip coffee during the week, and only using our Nespresso on weekends. - znufrii needs to update his handle Sep 5, 17:12
- coffee machines are based on bra sizes??? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 5, 17:04 1
  - Well if that were the case, I certainly wouldn’t be wanting K-cups. I’d be drowning in boobage. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:24
- Get a french press. Do it. It's environmentally friendly and an easy integration into routines. - Beryllium Sep 5, 16:58 3
  - No. I admit to being fairly coffee unadventurous. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:00 2
    - It tastes better. It works when the power is out. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 17:10 1
      - Only if you have a gas stove -- nm - zork Sep 5, 17:13
- When would this third cup be? If you're drinking one in the morning and one at night that's 100% a k cup situation. - Ender Sep 5, 16:55 1
  - I guess I was going to two-cup the morning. Or maybe I’m prepping for when I work the polls for 12 hours or whatever. Hehehe. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 16:58
- What's your reasoning for limiting your number of cups of coffee? Health? Impact on sleep? Jitters? -- nm - Mopsy Sep 5, 16:55 1
  - I’ve actually been increasing my amount of coffee intake since I have more time to do nothing but freak out about the world. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:26
- I used a French press for YEARS, it's my go to when my Nespresso is out of capsules. - loosilu Sep 5, 16:47 10
  - Do you have the traditional Nespresso or the Vertuo? - znufrii needs to update his handle Sep 5, 17:14 1
    - I want a proper espresso machine with the tamping and the frother someday - Reagen Sep 5, 17:21
  - Also: I used a French press that David and Kim sent me, for like 8 years, till I broke it. - loosilu Sep 5, 17:09 1
    - We...give a lot of gifts. :) -- nm - David Sep 5, 17:26
  - I sometimes use a French press for my loose teas. Got a couple of small ones at Dollarama - zork Sep 5, 16:50
  - I just don’t think I’m a French press kind of guy. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 16:49 4
    - Mine makes a cup and a half. It's great coffee but an annoyingly wrong amount. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 16:53 3
      - They come in sizes. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 17:08
      - Especially since that’s like a thimble full for someone like you. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:00 1
        
        I have a travel mug that I've used for ...15? years that's like a Starbucks grande size. I usually have just one a day. - Reagen Sep 5, 17:04
- What about refillable k-cups? -- nm - zork Sep 5, 16:45 4
  - Certainly a solution. Though with a coffee maker, entertaining others when we’re allowed to do that again would be great. - Qale Sep 5, 16:50
  - in my experience it doesn't taste good. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 16:47 2
    - I suspect that's more to do with whatever you're putting into them than the concept of refillable k cups. -- nm - Ender Sep 5, 17:09 1
      - The nonrecyclable official K cups have weird internal engineering that includes freeze dried coffee powder for flavor. It's not me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 17:11
Backfilling my photos for June ... this one I took as part of the "1000 steps" challenge at work -- (edited) - Beryllium Sep 5, 16:01 [flickr] 7
- Nice although the figure behind the grass is a bit distracting - zork Sep 5, 16:48
- did you count out all the 1000 steps, or guestimate? -- (edited) - Peglegpete Sep 5, 16:31 5
  - I had to manually count, and it was difficult. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 16:44 3
    - Does your phone not work? -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 16:48 1
      - I did some tests with it, and it was almost accurate but not quite. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 16:50
    - I have a $20 pedometer that's always in my pocket or on my belt. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 16:46
  - You start skipping along hand-in-hand like a true Goonie. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 16:40
"People that died on 9/11 are losers." -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 5, 15:43
wow: U of Utah furloughs its entire athletic department -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 5, 15:33 7
- It seemed inevitable though, didn't it? What are they doing right now? -- nm - Mopsy Sep 5, 16:03 6
  - IMO, it's totally a surprise - the athletic department is usually the last thing to be touched -- nm* - prayformojo Sep 5, 16:12 5
    - Any academic institution who is cutting faculty salaries, laying people off, and raising tuition when athletic staff is doing nothing... - Mopsy Sep 5, 16:59
    - Bet the coaches are being paid. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 16:48 1
      - Bet they're not. Ours arent. - Mopsy Sep 5, 16:56
    - Some of the highest salaries are the coaches. And then there's the insurance. -- nm - . Sep 5, 16:15 1
      - The highest paid employees of the State of CA are the UC football coaches and a few basketball coaches. -- nm - jnine Sep 5, 16:51
This Week In: You Are Old. Sunday is the 25th anniversary of Cal Ripken's streak -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 15:01 3
- I was at the game the streak ended. -- nm - MDH Sep 5, 16:30 1
  - J'accuse, mon petit fromage! -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 5, 16:51
- And 24 years since Eddie became the 3rd guy with both 500 homers and 3000 hits. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 5, 15:53
"neck-romancer" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 14:58
Drove by a local theater yesterday and they appear to have pivoted to being a temporary drive-in, which makes sense as the parking lot is huge. - Tim Sep 5, 14:48 2
- I’ve got some insider information that the week after is The Pursuit of Happyness and Melancholia. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 16:42
- I think their programmer is having fun. -- nm - . Sep 5, 16:12
Quiet in here today. I hope that means that everyone is out enjoying their weekend. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 14:36 17
- Did some of my best creative writing in months this morning, so naturally the rest of the day my brain has already considered today a success... -- (edited) - Qale Sep 5, 16:43
- local band had a yard sale/fund raiser, I bought some CDs, then garage saled back, got some (new) jeans and a large artificial plant -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 16:37
- I went to the movies. It was most satisfying. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 5, 16:22
- I did some not-fun tasks earlier but now I just banged out an outline for a fun new project -- nm - con_carne Sep 5, 15:43 3
  - Here, enjoy a moment of Qale’s Retro Pleasure then and Bang On! -- (link) - Qale Sep 5, 16:45 [youtube] 2
    - It's got skaters, breaking, trannys, attitude, it's got everything -- nm - con_carne Sep 5, 16:58 1
      - Thank you for that report Stefon. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:28
- Everyone is reflecting on The Boys S2 so far. - Wakanda Forever Sep 5, 15:37 3
  - I'm reflecting that Antony Starr should buy some really nice Christmas gifts for the costume department -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 5, 16:32 1
    - Aya Cash, too? -- nm - mud Sep 5, 16:47
  - spoil - mud Sep 5, 16:27
- Picked up daughter in the city, had some breakfast, then to the neighborhood pool. It's been a good day. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Sep 5, 15:17
- Debating whether it's worth the effort to go out to the pool. It's 106F out there !! -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 15:12 2
  - Would going to the pool change it from being a ‘dry heat’ to a ‘miserable chlorinated heat’? -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 16:43 1
    - Not so long as I'm in there - and it counts as 'activity' to avoid walking. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 16:48
- I'm watching documentaries on HBO Max -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 14:37 1
  - I'm watching Narcos and uploading all of my backlogged photos from June to now -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 14:57
Although I did answer Blinding Lights in that poll yesterday, I had not heard it. Here's a take on it. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 5, 13:57
Can't imagine what possessed me to go grocery shopping on a holiday weekend Saturday 🙄 - Meg Sep 5, 13:43
now playing: Cobra Kai S01E01 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 13:42 1
- Now playing: Love on the Spectrum - JaxSean Sep 5, 13:56
Damn—Seahawks cut Shaquem Griffin (one handed player)—one of the better feel good stories of the NFL, the last couple years - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 5, 13:26 1
- The Bears still need a QB. -- nm - . Sep 5, 16:11
whoops. Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt scraps Saturday scrimmage with 44 players out -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 5, 13:24 1
- Lord. I will give him props for joining an anti-racist march a week ago, though. -- nm - Judge Bane Sep 5, 13:33
One thing I appreciated about Baby Mama was Fey's positive portrayal of a busy career person. Pop culture usually portrays these people very badly. - con_carne Sep 5, 12:49 2
- Probably 'cuz she wrotes what she knows by having lived it. - . Sep 5, 16:17
- Of course, it is Tina. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 5, 13:01
1) I hope everyone's OK. 2) This sure is a metaphor, innit? -- (link) - Reagen Sep 5, 12:15 18
- HAHAHAHAHA -- (link) - Tim Sep 5, 13:36 4
  - I wish I had a monkey's paw! -- nm - David Sep 5, 16:30
  - #Dumbkirk -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 5, 13:45 2
    - that's great. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 13:47
    - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 13:45
- Someone might have gone around in the wee hours opening up drainage ports while they were parked at the loading ramp -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 12:29 7
  - Why go to conspiracy when the obvious "stupid, drunk" explanation is right there? -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:39 6
    - It says hundreds of boats, and it looks real choppy. Might be a case of too many boats, too much alcohol, not enough experienced boaters. - . Sep 5, 16:10
    - 1 or 2 boats, sure its to be expected, 3 or 4. Hell it's Texas and yeah the are drunk and stupid, but a half dozen? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 12:49 4
      - Perhaps the boats are rentals and they are incompetent seamen -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 13:17 2
        
        My manhood is just fine! -- nm - Fragile ManChild MAGA Hat Wearer Sep 5, 13:38 1
        
        Make Seamen Great Again -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 13:53
      - Don't play into the dumbness. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:51
- I imagine there has to be some boating under the influence charges about to be filed. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 12:24 3
  - that's a BUI! -- nm - Tim Sep 5, 12:25 2
    - You call that a buoy? Now this is a buoy. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 5, 12:45 [flickr] 1
      - Barrrump...barrrump...barrump barrump BARRRUMP PUMP BUMP CHOMP -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 12:51
- 1) sure 2) yes -- nm - mud Sep 5, 12:21
Happy Birthday Freddie Mercury.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 5, 11:41 [youtube] 2
- (he's dead, pete) -- nm - mud Sep 5, 12:10 1
  - Shame on you sir! Shame! -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 12:11
Chargers, WR Keenan Allen agree to four-year, $80M extension. -- nm* - budice Sep 5, 11:32 1
- That’s going to look bad, with Taylor at the helm, I can’t see Allen being even a top 15 WR, this year -- nm - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 5, 13:23
Osama bin Laden and Spiro Agnew are trending on Twitter. Does 2020 have a time warp? -- nm - jnine Sep 5, 11:19 8
- bin Laden's niece has basically endorsed Trump saying he's the only one who can prevent another 9 11. -- nm - jnine Sep 5, 11:21 6
  - Welp, I’m convinced. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 12:10
  - and is a QAnon believer, which is sure a way to go. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 11:49
  - Reverse psychology. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 5, 11:38 2
    - America can't have another 9/11 if there isn't an America to attack -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 12:02 1
      - brilliant -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 12:30
  - *blink* -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 5, 11:25
- Ooh, now I want to start a band called Quarantine Time Machine -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 11:20
The Muppets, A. Baby Mama, B. (Netflix) - con_carne Sep 5, 11:17
Doom "running" on a pregnancy tester. (Technically it's just a video of doom, because the only controls are Pregnant and Not Pregnant) -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 5, 11:06 3
- That is pretty much what Amy's showd when she was pregnant with Logan. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 5, 11:29 2
  - The breakdown of what a digital tester actually does is hilarious and depressing. (It uses an optical scanner to read .. a 20-cent chemical test strip -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 12:43 1
    - "Let's dump some technology in there because it's too hard to read 1 line or 2" -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:57
Hey Meg - con_carne Sep 5, 11:04 3
- :) Shopping for salty snacks in a few minutes. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 11:13 2
  - Wouldn't it be great if salty language counted -- nm - con_carne Sep 5, 11:15 1
    - It can raise your blood pressure. -- nm - . Sep 5, 16:01
I think dominoes got a ratio slightly wrong in their pizza last night ... was almost tasting like a donut. It was pretty good. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 10:58 2
- Hey Bery - con_carne Sep 5, 10:59 1
  - Working on it :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 11:04
The endless intrigue of Jesse Plemons - prayformojo Sep 5, 10:54 1
- Wouldn't go that far, but there were moments in the series -- nm* - budice Sep 5, 10:56
Howard Dean with some adult language. -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 5, 10:52
Crazy finish in the works in the England-Iceland UEFA Nations League match -- nm - JD Sep 5, 10:48 1
- Oh...nooooooooo -- nm - JD Sep 5, 10:49
Colts are waiving kicker Chase McLaughlin. He’d been competing in camp with rookie Rodrigo Blankenship -- nm - budice Sep 5, 10:47
I haven't watched a lot of it, but weirdly WWE's product has improved since they debuted that silly Thunderdome. - Tim Sep 5, 10:33 4
- Smackdown was quite good last night. -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 10:38 3
  - I didn't expect Bayley to Pillmanize Sasha Banks. -- nm - Tim Sep 5, 10:43 2
    - right? jaysis. -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 10:44 1
      - That and the Heyman promo would have been incredible with a crowd. -- nm - Tim Sep 5, 10:45
Its only a paper moon sailing over a cardboard sea, but it wouldn't be make believe if you believed in me... -- nm* - zeitgeist Sep 5, 10:33
Let's talk about how corporations work. -- (edited) - David Sep 5, 10:31 10
- Ray Fisher Says He Cooperated With 'Justice League' Probe -- (link) - budice Sep 5, 11:49
- “Difficult to work with” is usually a bad thing to be tagged with, at any job...in acting, it’s the kiss of death -- nm - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 5, 10:33 8
  - Keeping in mind that a small time actor with only a few credits to his name doesn’t come out like this without great peril to his career... - Mopsy Sep 5, 10:46 7
    - I hear ya. I think, in his mind, he’s the only one without a solo movie for his character. So if he put in input, and it was ignored then when the - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 5, 11:03 2
      - Nobody wants to see that. -- nm - 45 Sep 5, 11:27
      - Comes off as complaining...if he had said, “With the release of the Snyder Cut, I have high hopes of a Cyborg solo movie,” it might’ve played better -- nm - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 5, 11:09
    - That actually kind of surprises me that Johns has a bad rap. In the comic community he doesn't -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 10:59 3
      - Oh yes, he does. I've mentioned it before. -- nm - David Sep 5, 16:29
      - Different cultures different ways of working. -- nm - . Sep 5, 15:59
      - Was about to say similar. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 5, 11:01

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