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Snappy soccer headline - prayformojo Feb 5, 12:39
LIR Yay Pippy watched Uncle Peckerhead! - sycor Feb 5, 12:39 2
- very weird. I can't wrap my head around it enough to give it a grade. - Pippy Feb 5, 12:43 1
  - Yeah that sounds about right. I guess the weirdness of it is what made me enjoy it so much. I wasn't great, but felt fresh and really enjoyable. -- nm - sycor Feb 5, 12:45
Happy birthday to Darcy! And the departed Hank Aaron. (Nm) - musubi Feb 5, 12:12 3
- Happy birthday, Darcy! -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 12:41
- I F you, M Darcy and K Hank (since he is already dead). -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 12:24 1
  - If I what? Oh. OH! - musubi Feb 5, 12:36
Bears reportedly have best offer out for a Wentz trade—this offseason is 🍌 -- nm - Flavorize Feb 5, 12:11 2
- they saw him play this year right? -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 12:12 1
  - It honestly doesn’t pass the smell test. Could be 🦅 and/or agent trying to push up the price for Colts -- nm - Flavorize Feb 5, 12:32
Trying too hard, but I appreciate the attempt -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:09 4
- I thnik I can almost see the Prius sticking out from under it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 12:58
- "Stoner Creek"! -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 12:23
- The sequel never quite measures up, does it? -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 5, 12:23 1
  - Khan says whaaaat -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:25
Kyle Rittenhouse has fired his Lin Wood-adjacent lawyer -- (link) - Reagen Feb 5, 12:05 3
- Let them fight. -- nm - Mop Feb 5, 13:06
- I love how the lawyer talks about himself in the 3rd person -- (pic) - Flavorize Feb 5, 12:31 [Attachment]
- but is he still in the wind? -- nm - decline Feb 5, 12:31
I should watch snl while I do my super manual money moving work. right? right. thanks. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 5, 12:02 3
- The skit twins was the best bit. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 12:02 2
  - it was definitely a weak episode - the last skit was cringy -- nm - Pippy Feb 5, 12:19 1
    - Hoping for a good one this weekend. Did yo see the closing credits? We did not get it but saw it online. -- nm* - Spawn Feb 5, 12:19
Band name of the day: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 11:52 3
- I'm hoping they become successful enough to inspire the tribute act: Psychedelic Porn Strumpets -- nm - JD Feb 5, 12:31
- TALLY-HO!!! -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 11:57 1
  - It's a solid track. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 11:58
Bauer => Dodgers -- (link) - budice Feb 5, 11:49 25
- Yesssssssss -- nm - Tim Feb 5, 12:42 1
  - Right?! *High fives Tim* -- nm - musubi Feb 5, 12:43
- "Trevor Bauer will make more money in 2021 than the entire roster of 3 different MLB teams (Pirates, Orioles, Cleveland Baseball Team)" -- nm - decline Feb 5, 12:32 2
  - That looks bad for those teams more than anything. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 12:36 1
    - Honestly, since there is a CBT "soft cap" there should be a CBT "soft floor". - musubi Feb 5, 12:41
- Do the Harlem Shake -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 12:20
- 3 years for 101 mil -- nm - eag Feb 5, 12:13 12
  - This is how I imagine David reacted to the Bauer signing -- (link*) - musubi Feb 5, 12:18 11
    - I expected Dodgers or Yankees all along. -- nm - David Feb 5, 12:26 10
      - Us? We were never going to pay him what he wanted. The Mets were a much more realistic landing spot. - Krusty Feb 5, 12:35 4
        
        I'd be curious if the Mets offer was more or the same and he decided L.A cause he was born there went to school there -- nm - eag Feb 5, 12:47
        
        Only because they're pressed up to the CBT by Giancarlos contact, or they're be doing their drunken sailor thing. -- nm - musubi Feb 5, 12:37 2
        
        They're just not going to blow past the luxury tax which they would have done years ago. They refused to spend on multiple good arms and bats. -- (edited) - Krusty Feb 5, 12:40 1
        
        They haven't "not cared" about spending since Steinbrenner, but they are still the spending boogeyman. - musubi Feb 5, 12:43
      - I fully expected dodgers or Angels (till they dropped out, but my wilpon Mets ptsd had me worrying. - musubi Feb 5, 12:35 4
        
        The Mets made him a good offer, is my understanding -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 12:36 3
        
        Meta offered more total dollars if reports are to be believed but a lower average annual value. - musubi Feb 5, 12:39 2
        
        I wonder what it would take for Bauer to opt out after this year - JD Feb 5, 12:44 1
        
        A historic deGrom-iamn cy young season, outside of that, I see zero chance. -- nm - musubi Feb 5, 12:45
- Hooray! I came in just to post this. - musubi Feb 5, 11:57 4
  - mububi! -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 5, 12:00 1
    - Mandy! -- nm - musubi Feb 5, 12:07
  - My birthday gift to you! -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 12:00 1
    - Aww shucks. - musubi Feb 5, 12:07
- Confirmed -- (link) - budice Feb 5, 11:52 [youtube]
Here's the Quebec maple video i made -- (link*) - Beryllium Feb 5, 11:46 [flickr] 4
- Nice. Did you like the soda? -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 12:38 1
  - he's Canadian and it's got maple in it. He can't help but like it -- nm - decline Feb 5, 12:43
- And here's the first one, BC Raspberry -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:12 [flickr]
- well done. -- nm - mud Feb 5, 11:50
Hellooooo mileage reimbursements. -- nm - Tim Feb 5, 11:38 5
- Yup -- nm - spamlet Feb 5, 11:42 3
  - They gave us a log in to an app (Concur) to submit mileage for the clinics. Just found out how my pharmacist can approve them. - Tim Feb 5, 12:25 2
    - We use Concur. I really like it. -- nm - spamlet Feb 5, 12:50
    - I tried to get us to use Concur for invoicing pre pandemic. Never took. Still stuck using paper. -- nm - oblique Feb 5, 12:26
- justremember it costs on average 70 some cents a mile to drive over the life of the car, something many uber drivers don't understand -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:41
"READ THE STANDING ORDERS!" goes in the pantheon with "AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 11:31 1
- although "You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver" has a lovely sense of gravity to it, like it's taking place in a Tolkien novel. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 11:38
Inside Man is my favorite Christopher Plummer joint -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 11:24 6
- Dolores Claiborne -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 5, 11:58
- Dragnet. nm - Johnny Lawrence Feb 5, 11:47
- Remember (2015) -- nm - mud Feb 5, 11:46
- Up -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 11:43
- My favorite role of his was Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. My favorite movie of his was 12 Monkeys then Inside Man. - David Feb 5, 11:30
- Ala Hal Holbrook. He was good in everything. -- nm - budice Feb 5, 11:26
Ontario teachers pension fund gains $500M cashing in on GameStop -- (link*) - oblique Feb 5, 11:13 5
- If Trump was still POTUS he would try to stop this somehow. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 12:02 1
  - You are damn straight - it would not have gotten past day 1 -- nm - Pippy Feb 5, 12:20
- OTPF is kind of like a mini-Berkshire. They used to own the Leafs, and they own part of YES. They own bizarre things like airports in the UK. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 11:19
- What a poorly written headline. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 5, 11:17
- Technically on a not GME stock whose value rose by being associated with GME -- nm - JD Feb 5, 11:15
set oven to 400, lay bacon out on pan, bake until desired level of crispy. -- nm - colin Feb 5, 11:10 10
- I've got a pork belly I need to figure out what to do with. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 11:57 4
  - Sell a futures contract for that bad boy! -- nm - spamlet Feb 5, 12:05 2
    - Pair with some Orange Juice for a Breakfast ETF. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 12:07 1
      - Scrapple SPAC. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 5, 12:10
  - my new favorite pizza from a place by me is pepperoni, two kinds of sausage, pork belly, and bacon. it is perfection. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 5, 12:00
- I actually want to try doing it in our air fryer one of these days. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 11:13 1
  - works really well -- nm - oblique Feb 5, 11:14
- Lay bacon on parchment paper on a pan. Fixed it for you. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 11:11 2
  - i usually do a foil boat to help with cleanup. -- nm - colin Feb 5, 11:23 1
    - This. And put bacon in cold oven then turn on heat. -- nm - sycor Feb 5, 12:33
Cry HAVOC and let slip the dogs of war!. Plummer was a big fan of Star Trek TOS..... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 5, 10:57 [youtube]
Analytically, Democrats should encourage Texas to secede. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Feb 5, 10:45 8
- If only Bugs Bunny really did let Florida go adrift back in 1949. -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Feb 5, 12:28
- sell it to mexico -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:39
- I mean, it would get Ted Cruz out of the fucking country, so how bad could it be? -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Feb 5, 11:29 3
  - Right? -- nm - David Feb 5, 11:35 2
    - I'm just picturing the attempt to build a wall around the entire state -- nm - JD Feb 5, 11:38 1
      - Throw in Oklahoma, makes it easier. -- nm* - Reagen Feb 5, 11:42
- I can make a lost of a bunch of states that are welcome to go. In fact, as you say, encouraged. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 5, 10:53 1
  - Just the one would destroy Republican politics in the US. - David Feb 5, 11:25
The Wandavision PhotoOp at Disneyland -- (link) - budice Feb 5, 10:45 11
- Clever girl. -- nm - Mop Feb 5, 10:47 8
  - I cannot read this phrase without hearing John Hurt in Contact. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 5, 10:54 7
    - hunter dude in Jurassic Park for me -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 10:57 6
      - This is what I was referencing, only because no one has ever actually watched Contact. -- nm - Mop Feb 5, 11:18 1
        
        I have. - Beryllium Feb 5, 11:47
      - Always and forever. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 11:12 3
        
        Well... -- (link) - Spawn Feb 5, 11:25 [youtube] 2
        
        wow -- nm - mud Feb 5, 11:53 1
        
        Some people have waymore time on their hands than I do. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 12:04
- I'm just about to write about this. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Feb 5, 10:46 1
  - No worm for you! -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 10:55
Dept of Transportation already stylin and profilin -- (link) - budice Feb 5, 10:42 8
- System of a Town -- nm - budice Feb 5, 11:44
- Straight Outta South Bend -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 11:06
- Blue Cheer -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:03 2
  - Quicksilver Passenger Service -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:10 1
    - omg..scrolling down someone got "Ok Commuter" -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:44
- Ready OK. - Fozzie Baron Feb 5, 10:53 1
  - Pete has Spiritfingers -- nm - budice Feb 5, 10:54
- I think Amthrax is my favorite -- nm - oblique Feb 5, 10:44
WH Press Sec: “Why is the President going to Delaware?” -- (link) - budice Feb 5, 10:37 11
- "The White House beds are lumpy and he sleeps better at home." "He's taking Air Force 1?" "His lawn is long enough for landing and takeoff, yes." -- nm - Max Feb 5, 12:26
- Ritzy vacations to Wilmington on *my* dime? No thank you sir! -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 11:10
- It is nicer and less expensive than Maralagoo -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:05
- I mean, it's so far away from DC. At least 4 stoplights. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 5, 10:46
- Who is that and how can we make him regret asking that question? -- nm - Mop Feb 5, 10:44
- Which reporter is asking this question? -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Feb 5, 10:44 1
  - If I’m not mistaken it’s the same reporter that has been in many of these dumb question clips. So it’s the AP. -- nm* - Qale Feb 5, 10:57
- That's beyond dumb and his follow up question was even dumber. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 5, 10:43
- NO reporter should be allowed to ask that question after 355 games of golf by Trump and extreme amounts of travel to Maralago. - Pippy Feb 5, 10:40 2
  - pretty sure we can guess why the reporter asked that question. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 10:57 1
    - yes, yes I can. -- nm - Pippy Feb 5, 10:59
Diva, if you're looking for something smaller than the 17" here are a few options. These do only have the 8GB of ram but have the faster SSD (I don't expect you'd need 1TB these days) -- (edited) - oblique Feb 5, 10:35
Diva.. i also keep an eye on /r/laptopdeals on reddit. they post a variety, most deals last a few days... when i start shopping, i generally get my - colin Feb 5, 10:34
Fundamentally don't understand these people. Morgan Wallen has been "cancelled" for using racist language. Far right now has effort to chart his music - MDH Feb 5, 10:32 8
- they will die on any hill that "triggers libs", no matter how terrible and even self-harming. -- nm - colin Feb 5, 11:24
- I am going to miss Whiskey Glasses. - Pippy Feb 5, 10:38 1
  - but fewer of 'us' listened to CW...and its cheaper to pwn liberals listening to something they would anyway than it is to pwn wallstreet by buying GME -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:09
- Country Music should be about TJ Osborne at this moment -- nm - JD Feb 5, 10:37
- Yeah, that tracks. *sigh* -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 10:33 3
  - Never underestimate some people's desire to be anonymously horrible -- nm - rollo Feb 5, 10:34 2
    - Or even un-anonymously. Non-anonymously? Nonymously? -- nm* - znufrii Feb 5, 10:35 1
      - Eponymously? Or is that just an aspiration? -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 5, 10:56
LYC: we got the final grade for my daughter in that college English class - oblique Feb 5, 10:29 7
- Nice. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 10:47
- C is for "see ya later, high school!" -- nm - rollo Feb 5, 10:33 1
  - "C for Complete, D for Done. BS, More the Same, Piled Higher and Deeper" -- nm* - budice Feb 5, 10:35
- whew... -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 10:33
- Nice. Thats the thing about college -- (edited) - budice Feb 5, 10:32
- oh heck yes. -- nm - colin Feb 5, 10:32
- Yay!! -- nm - Pippy Feb 5, 10:31
“Janet Yellen is our treasury secretary, okay? I think she knows a little something about inflationary risks.” -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 5, 10:29 4
- "I was the US Treasury Secretary. I am in some position to make that call." -- nm - Larry Summers in Social Network Feb 5, 10:50
- *** loud noises *** GOLD STANDARD! *** loud noises *** -- nm - Mop Feb 5, 10:33 1
  - Crazy gold standard lady’s nomination to the Fed was officially withdrawn yesterday, I think. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 10:40
- yep. -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 10:32
yep. stank. -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 10:29 1
- Three-decker toadstool and sauerkraut sandwich on line 2 -- nm - rollo Feb 5, 10:32

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