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What age range is the new Alex Rider show aimed at? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 08:49 2
- Kingsman's ABC Family little brother. -- nm - Max Nov 13, 08:53
- The series has the spirit of Horowitz’s books, which offer a heightened take on the coming-of-age story -- (link) - Beaker Nov 13, 08:51
Insurance adjuster for the missing deck: Mr Fishback. - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 13, 08:36 8
- Outhouse is a common last name around here. What's that story? -- nm - Reagen Nov 13, 08:37 7
  - The victoria royals had a great goalie named Outhouse -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 08:47
  - today, I came across the first name Serac -- nm - prayformojo Nov 13, 08:38 5
    - A young orphan, brilliant at computer programming and a passion for AI? -- nm* - Reagen Nov 13, 08:49
    - A Vulcan! -- nm - mara Nov 13, 08:49 1
      - no, a Preparer! -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 13, 08:49
    - Que? -- nm - Max Nov 13, 08:40 1
      - Sera, Sera -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:40
B Voltaggio's Thatcher and Rye - the name combines that of Voltaggio’s son, 13, and the state’s history of making spirits - replaces Volt in MD -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 13, 08:35
Tropical Depression 31 (soon to be named Tropical Storm Iota) is rapidly intensifying and headed directly for... Nicaragua and Honduras - decline Nov 13, 08:31
I've made a dramatic Executive Decision regarding Thanksgiving this year. - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 13, 08:27 6
- Solid plan all around! (NM) - Marlowe Nov 13, 08:40
- excellent! -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 08:34
- sounds like a great plan -- nm - decline Nov 13, 08:31
- if you face any revolution from the rank-and-file, let me know. I can be all about oppressing Mel. -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:31
- an excellent plan. treat yo' self! -- nm* - prayformojo Nov 13, 08:29
- Sounds like a grand plan -- nm - spamlet Nov 13, 08:28
My kid's basketball coach found me on Strava and added me to his running email list, which is nice, but - Reagen Nov 13, 08:25 3
- Reply "I'll meet you at the 25 mile mark." -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 13, 08:36
- Tell him you're a cyclist - JD Nov 13, 08:30
- My babushka is from Strava. Prost! -- nm - con_carne Nov 13, 08:28
uh huh -- (link) - mud Nov 13, 08:18 1
- Alright, electric avenue is the new replacement for electric boogaloo in joke titles -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 08:21
I am going to put on "They Might Be Giants Radio" on Pandora. Predict the 1st TMBG song played and the 1st three other artists to be played. -- nm - Dano Nov 13, 08:17 10
- What Pandora did (spoilers) - I never would have guessed the first other artist. The song makes sense but it's not indicative of the artist in general - Dano Nov 13, 08:29 1
  - That’s actually really good. -- nm - spamlet Nov 13, 08:39
- I Palindrome I. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 13, 08:27
- Particle Man. Polyphonic Spree, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Weird Al. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 08:24
- Istanbul -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 08:23
- Am I awake? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 08:22 2
  - Other artists: Moxy Fruvous, Cake, Great Big Sea -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 08:23 1
    - Weird Al. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 08:34
- Birdhouse In Your Soul -- nm - Tim Nov 13, 08:19
- Birdhouse in Your Soul, Squeeze -- nm - prayformojo Nov 13, 08:19
"You have a bad valve behind your shower faucet, we have to go in through the wall, and since your sink is at the same level on the other side..." -- nm - $92,000 Nov 13, 08:13 3
- Sounds like the doctor lost his medical license and now working for the brother in law -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 12:59
- are they fixing it with kilbo's storage array? -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:15
- Whaaaaaaaat -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 08:14
Over the past year Craig Charles has been counting down his top 40 funk & soul albums. Can you guess the top 10 artists? -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:10 47
- Parliament -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 13:04
- Bill Withers -- nm - Roger More Nov 13, 08:55 1
  - No.32 -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 09:00
- Booker-T -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:49 1
  - No. -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:51
- Otis Redding -- nm - pmb Nov 13, 08:47 1
  - No.2! -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:48
- Sam Cooke. -- nm - pmb Nov 13, 08:45 1
  - No -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:47
- 2, 8 and 10 left, you should get no.2, the other two are more obscure. -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:44 2
  - Smokey Robinson, Temptations? -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:45 1
    - No, No.23 -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:47
- Jackson 5 and/or Michael Jackson -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:38 1
  - No -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:42
- Earth, Wind & Fire, Isley Brothers. -- nm - pmb Nov 13, 08:37 1
  - No.26 & No.14 -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:41
- Curtis Mayfield, Sly and the Family Stone, Sarah Vaughn -- nm - con_carne Nov 13, 08:35 1
  - No.9, No.5, no. -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:40
- Barry White -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:33 1
  - No -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:38
- any blue-eyed soul like Steve Winwood or The Righteous Brothers? -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:29 1
  - No -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:31
- Stevie Wonder, Al Green -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:24 2
  - No.2 & No.5 -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:24 1
    - Correction, No.3 and No.6 -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:27
- Aretha -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:21 1
  - No.33! -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:22
- Prince -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:20 2
  - No.35 -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:21 1
    - ! -- nm - mud Nov 13, 08:21
- Chaka Khan and/or Rufus? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 13, 08:18 3
  - No -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:20 2
    - what???? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 13, 08:20 1
      - It's an all male top 10. - LMS Nov 13, 08:22
- Sam & Dave -- nm - Max Nov 13, 08:18 1
  - No -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:19
- Marvin Gaye, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Whitney Houston, James Brown -- nm - con_carne Nov 13, 08:16 1
  - No.1, no, no, no, see below -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:18
- Mothership Connection, One Nation Under a Groove -- nm - mud Nov 13, 08:15 1
  - Parliament Mothership Connection No.4 -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:17
- James Brown -- nm - Dano Nov 13, 08:14 1
  - No.7 -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:16
- Craig Charles, as in, Lister? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 08:12 1
  - Yes, he's an award winning DJ too. -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:15
- P-Funk has to be there. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Nov 13, 08:11 2
  - No -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:19 1
    - Correction, there's some Bootsy in the top 20. -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:48
[snorkeling] -- (link) - mud Nov 13, 08:04
Marlins hired Kim Ng as the first female GM in MLB (N.American pro sports?) history. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 07:54 5
- I still haven't walked in the glow of her majestic presence -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 13, 08:02 2
  - She doesn't want the world. She just wants your half. -- nm - Dano Nov 13, 08:07 1
    - I love you both. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 13, 08:11
- Nice! Congrats to her! -- nm - Krusty Nov 13, 07:56 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:56
huh, Matthew Berry's Love Hate weekly Fantasy column is now only viewable with ESPN+ -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 07:50 4
- They put everything from certain people behind their paywall. If you don't pay for ESPN+ there isn't going to be much to read going forward -- nm* - Krusty Nov 13, 07:55
- You want it? -- nm - Volnelk Nov 13, 07:53 2
  - Here you go - Volnelk Nov 13, 07:55 1
    - Thanks, but not Fantasying this year :) -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 08:06
Creatures that prevent all damage to all similar creatures is a much worse mechanic than milling. Change my mind. -- nm - spamlet Nov 13, 07:48 4
- Clerics and Angels would like to have a word. -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 08:04 2
  - I played a deck with nothing but dogs. Dog leader makes them all essentially indestructible and gives them +1/+1 each. - spamlet Nov 13, 08:12 1
    - Good boyes. -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 08:58
- I didn't expect anyone to throw down on my history post quite this fast, but I am impressed. -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:49
““2020 isn’t over yet” is more ominous than any four words have a right to be.” -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 13, 07:44
Buzzfeed has an entertaining review of MGIBS's stupid Santa movie. (Review linked contains spoilers.) -- (link) - mara Nov 13, 07:44
More than 130 SS agents are either infected with COVID or quarantining after Trump's campaign travels and events. - loosilu Nov 13, 07:42 6
- shameful -- nm - Remlik Nov 13, 08:32
- I saw Trump veterans day ceremony. He and Melania still not wearing a mask and she was walking with a soldier elbows together while trump walking alon -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 13, 07:59 1
  - I wonder how many agents she has schtupped -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 13:02
- manslaughter/homicide/genocide ..? -- nm - mud Nov 13, 07:55
- I'm pretty sure that after the trial of Demanjuk that we have seen the last of the SS. -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:44
- They'd better come nowhere near Biden. Any of them. -- nm - mara Nov 13, 07:44
Remember the BBC sports announcer who narrated videos of his dogs? He's got a book coming out. Might make a bood Xmas present for somebody. -- (link) - mara Nov 13, 07:41
I thought it would make me want to claw my eyes out like most preschool shows on Netflix, but Trash Truck is quite the heartwarming show. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 07:40 1
- Netflix continues to reaffirm my idea that ANYTHING can be made into a kids show. - Volnelk Nov 13, 07:59
my main areas of historical fascination: 1) ancient Egypt; 2) medieval European history, focus on England; 3) the 19th century in the US and UK - crash davis Nov 13, 07:32 11
- I spent way too many hours the other night trying to see why the Hungarians are so far from their Ugric language origin region - Max Nov 13, 08:04 1
  - The migration of these groups is becoming increasingly interesting to me. Perhaps because so much is still unknown. -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:12
- It’s random what rabbit holes I fall down into. Long term is number stations and other covert operations. -- nm - spamlet Nov 13, 08:01 1
  - If they are written well, covert ops books are great reading. -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:08
- that is a strong early contender for nerd post of the day...using Star Wars or Doctor Who to top that is like using a cheat code - crash davis Nov 13, 07:36
- I do wish I was more into history. -- nm - ty97 Nov 13, 07:35 5
  - Just watch Horrible Histories or Ghosts. -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:05
  - Last week, I found six books in the stacks whose classification I questioned. It was like they've been waiting there for me to challenge. :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:41 3
    - I drove my superiors cray at the bookshop 30 yrs ago. First thing I did, created the fantasy section (they had them in Sci-Fi) -- nm - mud Nov 13, 07:54 2
      - good job! fantasy in the sci-fi section is a pet peeve of mine -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:59 1
        
        I don't think we've ever figured it out so we just combine them in the bookstore. We're a bunch of *old* ladies who don't know better 😁 -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 13, 08:50
Cleveland Browns close facility after player tests positive for coronavirus -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 07:30
I just paid a $92k invoice for a new storage array. Of course I had to yell "92 thousand! Dollars? Holler!" No one responded. - oblique Nov 13, 07:29 10
- If I won the lotto tomorrow well I know I wouldn't bother going on no spending spree. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Nov 13, 08:42
- 🤣 -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 13, 07:52 1
  - "A wild Diva has appeared!" - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 13, 08:04
- haha -- nm - ty97 Nov 13, 07:36
- "Here's a 100K. Keep the change" -- nm - zunkskunk+ Nov 13, 07:35
- *puppy dog head tilt* -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 13, 07:34 2
  - Glad I wasn’t the only one. -- nm - spamlet Nov 13, 08:01
  - enjoy -- (link) - oblique Nov 13, 07:37 [youtube]
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 13, 07:33
- 👍 -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 13, 07:30
Speaking of knowing us, you can all update your notebooks. One week into my experiment of trying to get 7 hours of sleep per night instead of 5.5 - 6 - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 13, 07:28
Submitted without comment. -- (link) - Qale Nov 13, 07:21
Alexa, show me a complete lack of self awareness -- (link) - Reagen Nov 13, 07:18 1
- "It's definitely not me." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 07:21
LIR: This is why I hate that we removed any and all vending machines in the company. I *could* get a hot chocolate I suppose but I'm not a big fan - oblique Nov 13, 07:17 14
- Go to Starbuck's. Get a pumpkin spice latte. Tell the barista that its for your daughter. -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:19 12
  - It's like you don't even known me - oblique Nov 13, 07:20 11
    - heh, I didn't know that :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:23 10
      - I'm not sure what it is. My parents were not coffee drinkers. I have a strong aversion to the taste to the point that if it is even remotely in - oblique Nov 13, 07:25 7
        
        Agreed. Amy drinks it and I treat the entire machine and process as an evil entity in my home. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 13, 07:29 5
        
        cray -- nm - mud Nov 13, 07:33 4
        
        use 2 - i.e. cray cray -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:34 3
        
        Nah, I still love her despite it. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 13, 07:37
        
        I turn 66 next month. One's enuf -- nm - mud Nov 13, 07:36 1
        
        Happy early birthday! -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:37
        
        word -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 07:27
      - but I was being snarky, as I thought you would hate the idea :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:25 1
        
        winner winner chicken dinner 🍗 -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 07:25
- Plus, loaded with covid! -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 13, 07:18
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 07:17

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