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FedEx destroys Jackie Robinson exhibit on its way to Negro Leagues Museum. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 27, 19:41 1
- That really sucks. Also, never use FedEx. They're the worst delivery company. -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 19:45
Lego fans will appreciate this FB post -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 27, 19:35 4
- I have dozens! -- nm - TWuG Mar 27, 19:40 3
  - I've never seen one until just now -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 19:42 2
    - I'm always surprised at how well they work. Very well engineered -- nm - prayformojo Mar 27, 19:46 1
      - Most that I have are in orange, but 1 in blue and, several in the old style in green -- nm - TWuG Mar 27, 19:48
I've made my first Gimlet. I like it. -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 19:27 3
- that was my drink for years. bombay gimlet, extra rosies. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 27, 19:54
- Now that bottle of gin purchased at least 18 years ago won't sit here until I die -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 19:40 1
  - Watch Out Stanley Tucci -- nm - stim-mie Mar 27, 19:45
11 minutes into Sound of Metal it's suddenly the worst horror movie imaginable and I don't know if I can continue. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 19:23
"The Funniest Suicide Squad Trailer Dropped" -- Gamespot - David Mar 27, 19:09 2
- They are not wrong. - Spawn Mar 27, 19:21
- Wait there’s another one? -- nm - spamlet Mar 27, 19:14
I, uh, got hot tonight in Arena. -- (pic) - spamlet Mar 27, 19:01 [Attachment] 3
- Congrats. I’ve never done it. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 27, 19:35
- awesome! -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 19:02 1
  - I think 14-1 tonight but on iPad so nothing recorded on untapped. - spamlet Mar 27, 19:03
15 of the rarest and most valuable Funkos -- (link) - Beaker Mar 27, 18:56
no oral for you! -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 18:40
The moment we realized Kim would read *literally* anything we put in the show notes, I knew it was going to be a long night... -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 18:40 4
- Go Fvck yourself San Diego -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 20:44
- I am really impressed, like seriously impressed that you managed to get some of the panel to participate during the tournament - JD Mar 27, 18:42
- "Go fuck yourself Disneyworld" -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 18:41
- Disney... pause... Premier Access! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 27, 18:41
holy shit this game... -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 18:25 5
- Rats. -- nm - ML Mar 27, 18:33 1
  - What disappoints me most is that Volnek is going to use the result to justify the decision to not watch today's games - JD Mar 27, 18:41 [Backboard]
- So... - stim-mie Mar 27, 18:31 1
  - "I heard all of you praying, but frankly I don't give a shit who wins a basketball game. No go be nice to those less fortunate." -- nm - Jesus Mar 27, 18:35
- wow -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 18:31
While I have no memory of Pac-Man Fever from 1982, I can remember every bit of Fantasy by Aldo Nova from 1982 -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 18:24 4
- The helicopter intro all the way to "I know! I know!" -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 27, 18:30 3
  - I was young, so I thought the guitar work on that was badass. Little did I know back then :) -- nm* - crash davis Mar 27, 18:32 2
    - I cranked it up with the top down this week! -- nm - Spawn Mar 27, 18:37 1
      - 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 18:38
San Diego Comic-Con announces dates for their 2021 convention in November. It will be a three-day event over Thanksgiving weekend. -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 27, 18:16 1
- That means DragonCon is all but assured to go on as usual Labor Day weekend. -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 18:29
our oldest is out for her first night drive at a friends house...my wife is getting mad cause I keep sending her Toonces the Driving Cat gifs... -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 18:14
As far as I can tell the collection of channels that A&E and History are part of are not on any streaming service. Is this right? - IAmQale Mar 27, 17:42 3
- skadoosh -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 27, 17:51 2
  - Thanks Kung Fu Panda. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 27, 17:55 1
    - Oh. I thought skadoosh was the name of a new streaming service -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 18:11
Canada is sending its top specialist to help with EverGiven container ship in the Suez Canal -- (link*) - stim-mie Mar 27, 17:22 1
- Ah, good choice. We should also send an apology specialist. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 17:37
Trying "bubly". So far I don't hate it as much as other such beverages. It still has the unpleasant tang of co2 water, though. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 17:21 4
- I hate them. -- nm* - Ender Mar 27, 18:42
- All of them are terrible, just pop open a White Claw, bro. -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 17:24 2
  - Is that the English spelling of "La Croix"? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 17:28 1
    - Ain't no laws while drinking claws -- nm - JD Mar 27, 18:44
I stumbled across a new YouTube crush today. Tom Carroll. Cute with a British accent who talks about science stuff. -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 17:16
If Savannah is any indication, the pandemic is over - JaxSean Mar 27, 17:11 2
- My buddy took his daughter to SCAD for a college visit and they both came back with COVID. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 27, 17:55 1
  - Not helping. We're double masked, but it's PACKED -- nm - JaxSean Mar 27, 18:19
...everyone always hopes for Oral... -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 17:06
On March 27, 1982, 'Pac-Man Fever' by Buckner & Garcia peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 27, 17:01 4
- I had Alexa retrieve and play that for me. Wow. No memory absolutely whatever. I've totally repressed this song. I mean I must have heard it. -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 18:16
- I bought that 45. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 27, 17:04 2
  - I think I recorded it off the radio -- nm - JD Mar 27, 19:12
  - I had the full album on cassette. I’ll google now, but on my own I can’t name another song from it. I have a vague recollection of a Donkey Kong song. -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 17:12
We endured the Snyder Cut last night. While better than the Whedon version, I don't understand the good reviews. - Diva Mar 27, 16:41 12
- It’s not good, but it’s such an improvement over Whedon’s incoherence that I understand why people like it. - mafic Mar 27, 18:05 5
  - I think there's a decent movie in there somewhere but it's such a muddled mish-mash, it's not really worth looking for it. - Diva Mar 27, 19:07 1
    - It is easily the best of his DC movies. - Spawn Mar 27, 19:23
  - It's Batman vs. Superman/Man of Steel level terrible. If it can't even clear that bar, it's awful. -- nm - David Mar 27, 18:09 2
    - I don’t disagree, but Whedon’s was well below that. -- nm - mafic Mar 27, 18:24 1
      - Yep. -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 19:08
- Now the black and white version! -- nm - spamlet Mar 27, 16:43 2
  - Yeah, cuz that will make the story better! -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 19:17
  - And next the Just Black version! (NM) - Marlowe Mar 27, 16:56
- it didn't make me want to be physically sick...B+!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 16:41 2
  - I pulled out the noose and the even got on the chair, but I didn’t go through with it. B+ -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 17:25 1
    - I didn't want to gouge out *both* of my eyes-just one of them - B+! -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 20:42
The Netherlands is (not) getting the shaft, thanks to the blockage in the Suez. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 27, 16:03
ST What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 15:51 14
- An Argumentation of Historians by Jodi Taylor -- nm - Ender Mar 27, 18:44
- I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are - Rachel Bloom -- nm - kelly Mar 27, 17:23 1
  - So you came here??? - Cuzzin Todd Mar 27, 17:26
- "Dead Cold", by Louise Penny (NM) - Marlowe Mar 27, 17:06
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 27, 17:02
- the Bridge on the River Kwai movie credits as it ended. I seem to be a year older than Sir Alec Guinness was, when Star Wars was released. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 27, 16:44 1
  - Caught that in the theater a couple years ago. It was amazing -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 18:06
- Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 27, 16:21
- Democracy In One Book Or Less by David Litt -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 16:09
- The Winter 2021 edition of the Administrative Law Review (vol 73, no 1). But after that, I'll get back to Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect - ReluctantCynic Mar 27, 15:57
- Blue Zones by Dan Buettner - Dark Callisto Mar 27, 15:57
- Probably continuing my Discworld reread with Monstrous Regiment next. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 27, 15:55
- Masked Prey (the newest by John Sandford) and almost done A Brief History of the 100 Years War - Beaker Mar 27, 15:52 1
  - I've flown through half of Masked Prey today. Love the way Sandford tells his stories -- nm* - Beaker Mar 27, 17:06
say what? -- (link) - mud Mar 27, 15:37
Shock and Awe: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fires almost every member of Homeland Security Advisory Council -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 27, 15:23 2
- "Wah! Wah! Bi-partisanship! Wah!!" -- nm - Republicans Mar 27, 15:59
- Good riddance to at least 2 of them -- nm - TWuG Mar 27, 15:35
Mar 27. Birthdays: Julian Glover (86), Austin Pendleton (81), Art Evans & Michael York (79), Stephen Dillane (64), Quentin Tarantino (58) - Max Mar 27, 15:23
500 British expats in Spain getting deported after Brexit -- (link) - Reagen Mar 27, 15:13 4
- ha ha -- nm - nelson Mar 27, 15:20
- Absolutely no pity for someone stupid enough to vote so obliviously against their own interests and then whinge about it. - Beryllium Mar 27, 15:16 2
  - agreed -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 27, 15:21
  - Leopards, faces, etc. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 15:17
Hey mud ... (and anyone else who has a BC area code) -- (edited) - Beryllium Mar 27, 15:09 1
- hmm .. -- nm - mud Mar 27, 15:20
This game is better. -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 15:05
LaMarcus Aldridge plans to sign with the Brooklyn Nets -- nm - stim-mie Mar 27, 14:56 6
- wow, all the rumours I saw had him going to the Heat -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 15:50
- That's pretty awesome. I'll be watching the Nets more often. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 27, 15:37
- I just came to post this. Can't wait for the playoffs! - Krusty Mar 27, 15:23
- Potential Starting 5: Irving, Harden, Durant, Aldridge, Griffin -- nm - stim-mie Mar 27, 15:03 2
  - Joe Harris isn't losing his starting job and Griffin isn't starting. He's not getting real minutes right now. -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 15:25 1
    - Though he did have 17pts. in 20 minutes last night. But I can't see him starting. -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 15:27
go Nova! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 27, 14:53 1
- Fun fact: no va is Spanish for "it doesn't go" -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 14:58
There's something call footvolley on Root Sports right now. -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 14:40 2
- I've heard of the first but not the second -- nm - JD Mar 27, 14:52 1
  - Pervert. -- nm - David Mar 27, 15:01
PBROS will play Dr Fate in Black Adam. - Spawn Mar 27, 14:39
On the occasion of this afternoon, I am moved to write the following poem about the storage shed in our carport: - prayformojo Mar 27, 14:10 2
- I had a similar storage place once, same deal -- nm - stim-mie Mar 27, 14:18
- Worthy of Poe. -- nm* - Reagen Mar 27, 14:14
Congrats Beavers fans!! 👏🏼👏🏼 -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 14:06
"And that'll do it! What a surprise!" - ReluctantCynic Mar 27, 13:57 3
- I wish they’d stop being surprised. -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 13:58 2
  - Yup. A single storyline can play out for only so long, right? - ReluctantCynic Mar 27, 14:02 1
    - But their opponent just got done mopping the floor with a number 1 seed, had two players that had previously been to a Final Four - JD Mar 27, 14:51
“Biden has achieved more in two months than those who like to trumpet their radicalism manage in a lifetime.” -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 27, 13:51
This is a hell of a Denzel impression. -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 27, 13:45
This game is worse than Georgia's governor. -- nm - David Mar 27, 13:29 1
- Agreed. So much worse than Oregon State's game in Round 1 last weekend. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 27, 13:50
Flag Smashers is an inherently stupid name for a group. How are you smashing cloth? -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 13:24 1
- smash the symbols that represent nations! -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 13:42
GO DEEP! -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 13:17
I took a tumble on my Pokewalk today on one of Houston’s fine sidewalks. First skinned knee in decades, I’d think. Kalki would be proud. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 27, 13:05 2
- I’m a very stupid Pokewalker. I’ve stumbled and fallen a few times. Glad my phone has a case. - Mop Mar 27, 13:19 1
  - Yeah, I don’t think anyone saw. And for some reason I put my phone in a case three days ago. It’s normally naked! -- nm - IAmQale Mar 27, 14:20
24-16 is the argument against upsets. - Volnelk Mar 27, 12:57
Test -- (edited) - Diva Mar 27, 12:57 6
- Who dis? -- nm - Spawn Mar 27, 14:39
- the picture looks real nice. --nm - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:15
- no viruses! -- nm - Max Mar 27, 13:13
- Sweet! -- nm - spamlet Mar 27, 13:09
- nice! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 27, 13:08
- A+++ -- nm - Pippy Mar 27, 13:04
March 1997, DVD players were released in the United States -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 27, 12:55 2
- It’s amazing how many iterations of technology there have been in less than 25 years. -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 13:22 1
  - But this, *this* one is the last one. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 14:14
Oh, so 2021 is going to be *that* kind of year. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 27, 12:49 3
- Just wait for Evergreen International Aviation to get involved. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 27, 13:59 2
  - “The Spruce Goose has jackknifed across the runway at PDX...” -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 14:51 1
    - I'll get the matches -- nm - TWuG Mar 27, 14:54
WWE: Road Dog Jesse James had a heart attack.... - Remlik Mar 27, 12:45
Textbook end of half possession -- nm* - JD Mar 27, 12:34 4
- *TURNS HEAD ALL THE WAY AROUND* -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 12:41
- The Catholic guilt is truly starting to settle in. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 27, 12:35 2
  - "Just put me in, Coach!" -- nm - John Constantine si Mar 27, 12:39 1
    - John Constantine, Occult Quarterback. Any Given Resurrection Sunday. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 12:46

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