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Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo May 21, 05:28 [Attachment] 13
- Loamy -- nm - tRuMAN May 21, 05:53
- JamArmy -- nm - Dano May 21, 05:32 1
  - Hell yeah! You’ve been Jammed! -- nm - Councilman Jamm May 21, 05:39
- -- - Reagen May 21, 05:29 9
  - And - Reagen May 21, 05:30 8
    - That’s what I got -- nm - spamlet May 21, 05:58
    - And - Reagen May 21, 05:37 6
      - The letters don't have to be connected? You can jump around? -- nm - Krusty May 21, 05:39 5
        
        To my understanding the only rule is that the middle letter has to be used. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 05:40 4
        
        Right. The middle letter must be used, but the letters don't have to be connected. For the panagram, all the letters must be used -- nm - prayformojo May 21, 05:41 3
        
        Can you use the same letter twice like a double letter even if there's only one? -- nm - Krusty May 21, 05:53 2
        
        yup -- nm - prayformojo May 21, 05:54
        
        If so... - Krusty May 21, 05:54
Last day of finals for seniors. District wide internet is out again. Let’s see if they learned from the last time and have local copies. -- nm - spamlet May 21, 05:10
Today in professional development Zoom chaos -" Ok go meet in small groups to discuss (document)". Call ends, no breakout rooms set up. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 05:03 1
- Yay? Free to go -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 21, 05:25
Early Friday morning Video Game Poll: If you play on Xbox, do you subscribe to either flavour of Game Pass? -- nm - Shaun May 21, 04:41 6
- Yep, gamepass. I probably don't use it to its fullest but I think it's been worth it so far -- nm - J May 21, 07:11
- I do yes. -- nm - tRuMAN May 21, 05:38
- Nah. I got my handful of games I do play in the little time i game nowadays. -- nm - Will Hunting May 21, 05:36
- Yes. I wouldn't have much to play otherwise. -- nm - Krusty May 21, 05:34
- Nope -- nm - Volnelk May 21, 05:15
- Yes, I paid for the xbox game pass subscription and haven't played in like 4 months. - JaxSean May 21, 05:10
TV PSA: NHL, Shark Tank, Blacklist, Smackdown, Gold Rush, Charmed, Dynasty, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Bering Sea Gold, Army Of The Dead (NF), -- nm - Beaker May 21, 04:31 2
- Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. (Hulu), SW Bad Batch (D+), 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (Apple), P!nk: All I Know So Far (Amazon), Solos (Amazon) -- nm - Beaker May 21, 04:32 1
  - The Me You Can’t See (Apple), Trying (Apple), Pride, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (NF), other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 21, 04:34
I've booked some tickets for cinema - Judas & the Black Messiah, Nobody, In the Heights & Another Round - LMS May 21, 04:18 1
- Nice! I can't wait to see In The Heights and Nobody in a theater. -- nm - Krusty May 21, 05:35
Since being booted from CBS, Les Moonves has been trying to get a $120million severance package. That was resolved last week. Result? -- (link) - Mop May 20, 23:20 3
- ... but first! -- nm - Strongbad May 21, 04:58
- If the golden parachute goes from trust acct to CBS, how is he able to contribute "the settlement amount" to charities? - Max May 21, 03:19
- He gets to stay in the Big Brother house? -- nm - Spawn May 21, 01:07
Looks like Eurovision 2021 is happening. You can watch it on Peacock, and that Icelandic band that went viral last year before the shutdown is back. -- (link) - Mop May 20, 23:13
Dungeons & Dragons TV Show May Focus on Iconic Character Drizzt -- (link) - zork May 20, 22:56 2
- I mean cool; but the makeup I would think would make this prohibitive for a show -- nm - Beaker May 21, 04:25
- Wow, that article could have used a Charlie Day whiteboard, with all it’s speculation. -- nm - Mop May 20, 23:09
tonight's top Chef. I am convinced Jamie Tran has a huge career on tv if she wants it. she is adorable, funny, quirky, etc. -- nm - Peglegpete May 20, 22:19 4
- I agree. Carla Hall. -- nm - Strongbad May 21, 04:50
- "Not only is she a real doctor, she's a dashing special agent with a PhD in kicking your ass!" -- (link) - Here Comes Chef Tran! May 21, 03:38 [youtube]
- I enjoyed Kristin Kish's face as she processed Jamie. -- nm - David May 20, 22:21 1
  - her restaurant's menu. I will get there one day. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 20, 22:48
What even is Newsweek any more? They have a section called “My Turn” which appears to just be random essays from people. - Mop May 20, 22:01 3
- Not worth your time is what it is. - spamlet May 21, 04:49
- Here is what Twitter has to say about this… - IAmQale May 20, 22:56 1
  - That’s actually an article they published! -- nm - Mop May 20, 23:11
Thinking I've got lots of time to book my trip for this time next year. Check the schedule - they're already wait-listing March'22 :/ - Meg May 20, 21:58 2
- Mop, can you be in Portland the weekend of June 18-19 next year? 😉 -- nm - Meg May 20, 22:01 1
  - LOL. Let me check my schedule... -- nm - Mop May 20, 22:25
Heh, finally set about writing up my Kelp Highway notes and completely lost track of time. Funny how much easier it is with an interesting subject. - Meg May 20, 21:45 1
- I guess I'm going down a rabbit hole reading about the kelp highway. -- nm - Krusty May 21, 05:38
Watching Godzilla King of the Monsters and ... the blue scenes are basically black and white, but blue. It amuses me. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 21:39 1
- ... why does their plane have sonar? -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 21:48
OMG! WHAT A GAME! GO HABS! Brutal injury to Tavares, though. That was terrifying. -- nm - Mop May 20, 21:37
Oh crap. The Verge is doing another Tragically Hip weekend. -- nm - Dano May 20, 21:18
Escape attempt number 81 in Hades. -- nm - IAmQale May 20, 20:30 1
- Bad time to get Chaos cursed. A rare defeat by Megaera. … attempt number 82. -- nm - IAmQale May 20, 20:46
giggity -- nm - Beaker May 20, 19:24
Hee, Jeopardy clue (paraphrased) Three word completion of phrase 'All your bases ... ... ... -- nm - Meg May 20, 19:15 5
- 3 Little Words. quite possibly my favorite Red Skelton film. -- nm - Peglegpete May 20, 21:01
- are loaded -- nm - Peglegpete May 20, 20:31
- Someone set us up the bomb! -- nm - TWuG May 20, 20:16
- ...are out of tune ....have fat strings ...are 90 feet away ... are rather alkaline -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 19:19 1
  - not if you measure between 1'st and 3'rd or 2'nd & home. -- nm - Peglegpete May 20, 20:55
everyone here has probably seen Future Islands at least once, because this was a thing. -- (link) - mafic May 20, 18:59 [youtube] 8
- Not sure I've ever heard that song before. -- nm - Krusty May 21, 05:57
- That’s a really good performance. Looks familiar for some reason, although I don’t know why I would ever have watched it. -- nm - Mop May 20, 20:48
- singer took a lot of crap for this performance. People were knocking him slapping his chest. I think it's fun. Dave liked it. -- nm - Remlik May 20, 20:45 2
  - oh yeah, he's got energy, he's clearly passionate, and it's weird af. way better that than just standing there. but still serious weird dad energy. -- nm - mafic May 20, 20:47 1
    - he's like Morrissey's little brother who went to sing sick throat style -- nm - Remlik May 20, 20:52
- That lead singer is *30* there. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 19:03 1
  - oh sure, *none* of them are in their mid-40s. *wink* -- nm - mafic May 20, 19:16
- I saw them at re:Play. It was either them or thievery corporation where I thought the lead singer looked like angry sweaty Seth McFarlane -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 19:03
If you like sailing or whisky, you might like this video. -- (link) - Beryllium May 20, 18:52 [youtube] 3
- SO MUCH roche moutonee! -- nm - mafic May 20, 19:41 1
  - Slartibartfast's signature -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 20:01
- very nice -- nm - mud May 20, 19:19
The Pacers have had like a 70-point swing in 24 hours. -- nm - David May 20, 18:40 1
- Three weeks ago Wizards scored 154 against the Pacers. - Spawn May 20, 18:58
ALL THE OVERTIMES! -- nm - Beaker May 20, 18:38
Time to play our newest Slackertalk game. How many bands! Austin City Limits edition. -- (link) - IAmQale May 20, 18:36 24
- 25 -- nm - JaxSean May 20, 20:43
- I'm surprised Tanya Tucker is buried in the middle I thought she was a bigger star with the country/texas folks -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 19:22
- heard of: 7. seen live: 0. interested in seeing live, 1 or 2 if I can choose the setlist. -- nm - Peglegpete May 20, 19:11 4
  - am I upset my niece [who lives in Austin] and her husbands band are not listed. EXTREMELY -- nm - Peglegpete May 20, 19:12 3
    - Are they an Extreme cover band? -- nm - IAmQale May 20, 20:24 2
      - no. sometimes bar band, but mostly weddings. they keep getting awards for the wedding stuff. -- nm - Peglegpete May 20, 20:33 1
        
        thanks to me, Kaela is making her husband learn a Hot Tuna song. Water Song. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 20, 20:38 [youtube]
- 22 -- nm - pmb May 20, 19:08 1
  - Seen live - 6 -- nm - pmb May 20, 19:22
- 33 -- nm - Dano May 20, 19:06
- seen: zero. heard: 10 -- nm - Max May 20, 19:04
- Marc Rebillet is like "you got a festival? I'm there. Try and stop me. No, it'll be funny if you try and stop me." -- nm - Reagen May 20, 19:00 1
  - Also 24. And a bottom 10 lines band you should listen to - Heartless Bastards -- (link) - Reagen May 20, 19:10 [youtube]
- 11. Jon Pardi opened for Garth here. He’s terrible. All I remember was the jokes about him dry-humping his guitar. -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 18:49
- 5 counting the headliners. Now, if you want me to even guess what kind of music they play, well.. (NM) - Marlowe May 20, 18:49
- 14 -- nm - prayformojo May 20, 18:49
- Eek. 10. -- nm - David May 20, 18:45
- I know a significant non-zero number of those! -- nm - mafic May 20, 18:42 2
  - (25, lowest being Mother Mother) -- nm* - mafic May 20, 18:42 1
    - 4 live. -- nm - mafic May 20, 18:44
- 11 -- nm - Beaker May 20, 18:42
- 21. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 20, 18:40 1
  - 21 was my number as well. I'm not a festival person. -- nm - IAmQale May 20, 18:43
- 24 because I listen to a lot of AltNation. - Tim May 20, 18:39
So Jacob DeGrom is making a rehab start tonight. -- (link) - Tim May 20, 18:22 10
- He did okay I guess -- (link) - spamlet May 20, 18:55 3
  - is that good -- nm - Tim May 20, 18:56 2
    - I don't know much about baseball, but that sounds like if Ricky Bobby showed up to a go-cart race. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 23:17
    - The guy that put the ball in play should get promoted tonight. -- nm - spamlet May 20, 18:59
- Someone promote that social media person. -- nm - David May 20, 18:32 2
  - Yup. -- (link) - Tim May 20, 18:36 1
    - Stop picking on children, DeGrom! -- nm - David May 20, 18:41
- the gojira gif in the replies is great -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 18:29
- Good lord. -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 18:25 1
  - And they got Syndergaard last night! -- nm - Tim May 20, 18:26
The Cubs first baseman is a cancer survivor. Also the Cubs -- (link) - spamlet May 20, 18:00 1
- I read this earlier and was equal parts mortified and infuriated. -- nm - David May 20, 18:31
Jane Espenson wrote the *fuck* out of that last episode of The Nevers. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 17:58 16
- It was impressive. -- nm - jnine May 20, 18:11
- Well, if there is no sex, I am not interested. (NM) - Marlowe May 20, 18:07 1
  - (There is sex) -- nm - Reagen May 20, 19:13
- yes -- nm - mud May 20, 18:01 12
  - It took me way too long to figure out where [guest actress] was from and then it was "holy shit" - Reagen May 20, 18:15 11
    - Who was it? -- nm - David May 20, 18:34 8
      - Really want me to spoil you? It's one of your favs - Reagen May 20, 18:37 7
        
        I'm not sure we're ever going back. Should we? -- nm - David May 20, 18:41 6
        
        It builds a lot from the first episode and the sixth episode is a typical Joss "here's what this show has really been about" swerve. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 18:58 5
        
        A good one? -- nm - David May 20, 19:02 4
        
        it's quite good. I hope Jane Esperson becomes head writer and showrunner -- nm - Remlik May 20, 20:33
        
        yes! -- nm - mud May 20, 19:20
        
        some STers seemed happy with the season 2 pickup (I haven't watched) -- nm - Beaker May 20, 19:18
        
        I mean we'll see - that's where it's stopping for now. - Reagen May 20, 19:13
    - Haven't seen it, but I am guessing ... - Beryllium May 20, 18:32
    - holy shit - mud May 20, 18:29
Rune letters in 7'th century cow bone is changing history -- (link) - Peglegpete May 20, 17:34 1
- Well stop reading the rest of the letters before they make us all disappear! -- nm - Max May 20, 17:46
MacGyver was a top 25 show, that was winning its time slot all but one week. B Positive is higher. That explains why one got renewed but not the other -- nm* - . May 20, 17:21 5
- MacGyver’s exec producer got canceled last July. That’s a lot of it. -- nm - David May 20, 17:32 3
  - The ratings stuff is since then. -- nm - . May 20, 18:00 2
    - Yeah, but it's been a dead show walking since last summer. -- nm - David May 20, 18:31 1
      - Still a stupid decision. -- nm - . May 20, 19:45
- Friday night shows typically get alot of leeway if they deliver -- nm - Beaker May 20, 17:22
pmb: Inoki asked Uncle Eric to help stage a wrestling show in North Korea in 1995 with Ali, Flair, Scott Steiner and Norton...it was a disaster... -- (link) - Remlik May 20, 17:19 4
- It’s forced attendance. If they don’t show up they get a bullet in the head.’ And I went, ‘...all right then.’ -- nm - Beaker May 20, 18:07
- man, imagine the incidents if Scott Steiner went over there a few years later when he was in full roid rage mode... -- nm - Beaker May 20, 18:01
- Thanks. That's a wild story. -- nm - pmb May 20, 18:01
- That’s amazing -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 17:45
Down goes Tavares (not a dirty hit from what I could see either) -- nm - Beaker May 20, 16:59 3
- he seems pretty fucked up -- nm - Beaker May 20, 17:00 2
  - oh shit, I saw the hit to the leg and missed the smashing knee to the head right after -- nm - Beaker May 20, 17:01 1
    - hit and aftermath video here -- (link) - Beaker May 20, 17:27 [youtube]
I'm comparing this board to Peyton Manning in terms of awesomeness. -- nm - David May 20, 16:51 1
- This is a good first. -- nm - Max May 20, 17:17

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