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thanks, urbandictionary! I would never have been able to guess what IOKIYAD means -- nm* - prayformojo Sep 11, 10:00
Advance warning: new podcast coming this weekend. Will take a look at 80s movies directed by musicians - Mr. Havens Sep 11, 09:59 3
- Cool. I really enjoyed your last one about the DeLaurentis films -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 10:02 2
  - Thank you. The one after the musicians one is going to be about Killer Klowns from Outer Space, which hopefully will include one of my former writers - Mr. Havens Sep 11, 10:13 1
    - Nice! I love the history lesson I get from your podcast and I learn a lot about films I didn't know or knew little about. -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 11:02
FYI. The Oral History of the Office podcast is available on Spotify. I missed this in July -- (link) - oblique Sep 11, 09:54
eeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk -- (link) - ty97 Sep 11, 09:47
"Sailing around the Norwegian Sea" -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 09:46 [youtube]
Posted without comment. Qale, please do not click on this. -- (pic) - Strongbad Sep 11, 09:41 [Attachment]
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 09:34
Wonder Woman moving from Oct. to a date later this year -- (link) - Remlik Sep 11, 09:27 8
- I love this bit. We all know it's not coming out in 2020. -- nm - David Sep 11, 10:05
- Yeah, and Dune gets pushed as well, which mud and I LIKE! -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 09:28 6
  - It seems that Dune is staying, for now. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 11, 09:57
  - how come? -- nm - rollo Sep 11, 09:32 4
    - no vaccine by Dec, maybe by May -- nm Posted by mud Sep 9 '20, 12:50 -- nm - mud Sep 11, 09:39 3
      - of the many pictures I am looking forward to, only one MUST be first seen in theater -- nm - mud Sep 11, 09:40 2
        
        If we're still at 25% capacity theaters then (or whatever), then just buy up all the tickets yourself and get a private showing -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 10:00 1
        
        sweet! -- nm - mud Sep 11, 10:01
Krug is definitely rounding down to "none", I remember reports from Dearborn and other large Muslim communities, but I like his main point that W didn - rollo Sep 11, 09:25
There's going to be an Iron Banner Freelance playlist in Season 12 of Destiny 2. -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 09:19
Ear worm -- (link) - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 11, 09:14 [youtube]
Yourefired - David Sep 11, 09:07 11
- One day, not one month -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 09:36 5
  - Talk to NordPass's PR team, bub. -- nm - David Sep 11, 10:07
  - Is that based on the new Nvidia cards? -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 10:02
  - 41 years, or, 2K years, depending on which version of my algorithm i use. -- nm - Andie Sep 11, 10:01
  - My master password is over 30 characters long, so I guess I'm somewhat safe from random crackers. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 11, 09:53
  - This is why I use the full title of that Fiona Apple album. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 11, 09:43
- This should be Biden's campaign slogan. -- nm - jnine Sep 11, 09:16
- and how many more use Yourefired! so as to meet the special character requirement? -- nm - JD Sep 11, 09:10
- HA ha, I use "YourFired" because no way they guess such a mistake! -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 09:09 2
  - I use YourEFired because of technology -- nm - rollo Sep 11, 09:20 1
    - That is... amazing. - Spawn Sep 11, 09:27
Want a reason to be happy today? It's my nephew Ezra's first birthday! Yaaayyy! -- (pic) - con_carne Sep 11, 08:48 [Attachment] 6
- I envy the little ones who are too young to know something scary is going on. Happy birthday to him! -- nm - jnine Sep 11, 09:18
- I hope that cutie has a very happy birthday! -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 08:55
- Awesome. - Spawn Sep 11, 08:51
- Super cute—cool kicks -- nm - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 11, 08:51
- Damn he's cute. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 08:49 1
  - Thanks. He's germany_bro's first, for those keeping track -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 08:52
Our 1hr PM2.5 is 111 right now. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 08:40 2
- :( Today's been the best day in many, and we're up to 198. At least it's grey outside, and not orange. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 08:48 1
  - Is this your air quality? If so, please stay safe. -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 08:56
Who else here opens up the lid from the sugar jar and just dumps it into their coffee? - Mopsy Sep 11, 08:39
TGIF. Weekend plans? -- nm - Andie Sep 11, 08:32 26
- Removing a bush and its going in a thousand directions stump so we can plant a Black Sapote tree in its place - Mr. Havens Sep 11, 09:57
- motorcycle is running, i guess ride terrified all over town. -- nm - colin Sep 11, 09:29
- Going to our new brewery tonight for a beer, before Florida opens bars up to 50% capacity on Monday. - JaxSean Sep 11, 09:12
- Doing a virtual version of my annual Italian Dinner & Wine Pairing tomorrow. It will be a demo where we cook a couple dishes together. - Diva Sep 11, 08:56 2
  - That's awesome! Enjoy it! -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 09:04
  - *love* this. -- nm - Andie Sep 11, 09:00
- No plans. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 08:51
- Football VS FSU tomorrow afternoon on ABC!!!! We'll probably lose but I don't care. Football!!!! -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 08:45
- None. :-( -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 08:44
- On vacation next week. Leaving Sunday (road trip to Manitoulin Island/Tobermory). Just prepping tonight and tomorrow. -- nm - Andie Sep 11, 08:43
- Going to a friend's backyard to eat - JD Sep 11, 08:42 [Attachment] 10
  - dang -- nm - colin Sep 11, 09:28
  - YUM!! -- nm - Diva Sep 11, 08:57
  - NICE!! -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 08:56
  - yum -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 08:51
  - whoa -- nm - Epiphany - Let me roll it to ya Sep 11, 08:46
  - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm -- nm - Andie Sep 11, 08:43 4
    - A couple of us are David Chang fanboys and apparently this is becoming our thing. When his LA restaurant starting offering takeout in July, I asked - JD Sep 11, 09:06 [Attachment] 3
      - sweet jeebus -- nm - JaxSean Sep 11, 09:13
      - !!!!! -- nm - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 11, 09:11
      - that's fantastic! -- (edited) - Diva Sep 11, 09:08
- Tidying up our basement for when we host mini-school in a couple weeks. -- nm - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 11, 08:40
- Hopefully backyard movie night Saturday or Sunday. Not much else. -- nm - pmb Sep 11, 08:38
- Yard work (mow, dump water from pool, cleanup plants on deck, maybe pull up some plants from garden) -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 08:33
- Quick trip to eldest to stock him up with groceries, etc. for his quarantine time. Probably seems ironic to visit someone in quarantine - oblique Sep 11, 08:33 1
  - Oh, and I'll watch the Bears on Sunday sometime -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 08:46
My favorite Fresh Prince of Bel-Air scene -- (link*) - Beaker Sep 11, 08:30 [youtube]
Three days of “mini-school” and A has already brought home the sniffles. *smh* - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 11, 08:20 4
- I was never sick more often than when I worked as a para in the public schools. I went to work in a busy ER after that and it was nowhere near as bad. - Krusty Sep 11, 08:22 3
  - This is just with three other kids though. Apparently that’s enough. -- (edited) - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 11, 08:28
  - They're germ factories. It's a good thing they're cute. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 11, 08:24 1
    - This is why I've never believed those claims they are unlikely to transmit the virus and why I don't understand why so few parents have them wearing - jnine Sep 11, 09:14
81 games in a season only gives you 5 or so games against each team in your league. That's just not enough games. - Krusty Sep 11, 08:17 17
- If the playoffs are seven games there is absolutely no reason teams should play anymore than that in a season. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 09:06
- Hockey and basketball make it work just fine. I'm sure baseball can do the same. -- nm - Inigo Sep 11, 08:34 8
  - Basketball is far less random and more strenuous. The better team wins 95% of the time. NHL is more random but baseball, the best loses - Will Hunting Sep 11, 09:03 2
    - That's most likely because basketball has half as many games. So, each games counts more than it does in baseball. - Inigo Sep 11, 09:17 1
      - I think it’s more likely with 12 players, 9 of which play a game, 5 who play 2/3 of the game...better wins more often. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 09:20
  - I can't speak to hockey as I don't follow it. With basketball they only play a home and home with teams in the other league. - Krusty Sep 11, 08:48 4
    - Sure, it is. It's definitely baseball. You just don't want real change. -- nm - Inigo Sep 11, 09:03 1
      - I'm fine with changes that make the sport better like a universal DH. I just don't think a shorter season is good for the game. -- nm* - Krusty Sep 11, 09:06
    - NHL is similar - home and home against the other conference - Reagen Sep 11, 08:52 1
      - Your IM is what I was trying to get at down below. -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 08:54
- That’s the thing—shortened season helps the crappier teams. 162 games, cream rises to the top. Short season...anyone can get hot for 2 weeks and get - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 11, 08:21 6
  - That's also what makes sports interesting. If at the beginning of the season you pretty much already know who makes it and who doesn't, it's not fun - Guigue Sep 11, 08:25 5
    - Home and home for the entire league, count up the points and there's a winner. Works for some of the biggest leagues in the world - JD Sep 11, 08:45 1
      - One or two games isn't enough in baseball to decide which team is better. You can't play a home and home and call it a series. - Krusty Sep 11, 08:54
    - But if the system to get the playoff teams is flawed you're going to end up with weaker teams than you should. You don't want it short enough - Krusty Sep 11, 08:30 2
      - Interesting. *checks standings* Ok, now it makes sense. -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 08:32 1
        
        My point has nothing to do my rooting interest or this season. I care about the game as a whole. I love baseball and want the sport to be the best - Krusty Sep 11, 08:44
Rewatching Hamilton, the guy who plays Hercules Mulligan and Madison doesn’t get enough love. He’s awesome. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 08:14 5
- Is it wrong that I love King George? - Mopsy Sep 11, 08:35 3
  - If you don't love Kristoff, you are a terrible person! -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 09:03
  - oh, he is the very best part. -- nm - Andie Sep 11, 09:01 1
    - He’s better in the play than the soundtrack but I’m still team Lafayette. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 11, 09:16
- His performance is one of my favorite things highlighted by this format. So many great facial expressions and nauances. I just wish they hadn't - oblique Sep 11, 08:29
So... Skip Bayliss's comments didn't go over well. -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 11, 08:13 14
- Well, good thing they gave him a stern talking to. -- nm - Judge Bane Sep 11, 09:07 1
  - ik, r? smh -- nm - Diva Sep 11, 09:07
- I'm not a sports follower, but is it a day ending in y? -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 08:50
- He was back on the air today and blamed us for misconstruing what he said. -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 08:19 8
  - Ah, the Trump defense. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 08:35
  - Of course Mr. Victim would take that stance. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 08:22 6
    - Yup. He's a bad person and there are so many good voices in sports that should be elevated over him. At this point he's only around because of these - Krusty Sep 11, 08:26 5
      - The ferocity of the response should clue him in that he's not just insensitive, but dead wrong in his opinion on how players would take it. - Reagen Sep 11, 08:48 1
        
        I think guys like him tend to dig their heels in deeper. He wasn't suspended so why should be change or apologize -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 09:13
      - Honestly I don't blame him entirely. - Strongbad Sep 11, 08:47 2
        
        For sure. He's leaning into being the controversial a-hole. - Krusty Sep 11, 09:11
        
        It helps that his stuff isn't on TV here but literally the only time I hear his name is when shit like this happens - Reagen Sep 11, 08:49
- I figured the comments would all be pro-Skip, but pleasant surprise most are the opposite and want him fired...or beaten in an alley -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 08:15 1
  - It's Deadline, so not his audience. I'm morbidly curious what Barstool assholes are saying about it. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 08:33
B2: the Liberal guy running in our riding has the most signage support of any election I have ever seen (including Federal/Provincial/Municipal) - Beaker Sep 11, 08:10
Our air quality is at 10+ now (very bad) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 08:09
Poll: Nautical phrases that have entered common vernacular. GO! (I used one on B2. "Cut of your jib".) -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 08:09 29
- Knowing the ropes, ship-shape -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 08:49 1
  - Deep six -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 08:50
- Figurehead. Lower the boom. -- nm - TWuG Sep 11, 08:45
- hoisted by his own petard. -- nm - mud Sep 11, 08:34 1
  - I'm sure there's plenty of hoisting going on around ships, but this seems to be a reference to bomb making -- (link) - con_carne Sep 11, 08:43
- Loose cannon. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 08:31
- That's my pole star -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 08:27
- Going down with the ship -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 08:25
- Get your bearings -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 08:24
- abandon ship, all hands on deck, don't rock the boat -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 08:19
- Some people talk about taking different tacks when a new approach is required ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 08:18 1
  - Or smooth sailing when things are going well. -- nm - VMan Sep 11, 08:19
- Get your sea legs -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 08:18
- Three sheets to the wind -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 08:17 1
  - Great one. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 11, 08:18
- Barge right in ---Does that work? Or is that the dad jokester in me? -- nm - flavorize Sep 11, 08:16
- Aye, aye, Admiral Butthead (more Simpsons than nautical). Keelhaul someone. Batten down the hatches. -- nm* - VMan Sep 11, 08:16
- Flippy floppies. -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 08:14
- "wind in your sails" -- nm - Andie Sep 11, 08:14 5
  - Second wind -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 08:30 4
    - Don't forget your second wind - Hughie Sep 11, 08:35 3
      - truly just don't like him *shrug* -- nm - Epiphany - Let me roll it to ya Sep 11, 08:45 2
        
        In my eyes you are not really supposed to like *any* of the Boys. Hell, anyone on the show, period. - Spawn Sep 11, 08:50 1
        
        It's kind of like Preacher in that way. - Beryllium Sep 11, 09:27
- Rising tide lifts all boats -- nm - flavorize Sep 11, 08:14
- "even keeled" -- nm - Andie Sep 11, 08:13
- Skipper is my go-to for someone when i forget their name -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 08:11 1
  - Good one, Chief! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 08:12
- Walk the plank, steady as she goes, flotsam and jetsam. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 11, 08:11
On your six. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 11, 08:08 2
- On your left. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 11, 08:27 1
  - That scene in the hospital with "on your left" while Marvin Gaye played was masterful. -- nm - TWuG Sep 11, 08:47

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