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LYC: My writing exercise asked me to list 26 words I liked each using the next letter of the alphabet. It was harder than I expected. - IAmQale May 23, 10:53 3
- this is great, I will do this later today - xenophobic -- nm - crash davis May 23, 10:59 1
  - xylem. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 11:07
- Tangent, this is how we decided on A’s name. -- nm - znufrii May 23, 10:56
HAHAHA! softball mishap.... -- (link) - Remlik May 23, 10:36 1
- It's a good thing he helmet had those bars... -- nm - Ender May 23, 11:38
Beaker, I see your comment below and I don't know if you get GEICO commercials in Canada. Here is my favorite -- (link) - crash davis May 23, 10:33 [youtube] 2
- yup, love that commercial -- nm - Beaker May 23, 10:34 1
  - I think it is a brilliant 30 second piece of filmmaking -- nm - crash davis May 23, 10:54
I’m sure Mossad is just as surprised as you are -- (link) - spamlet May 23, 10:32 1
- oops -- (link) - Beaker May 23, 10:33 [youtube]
GEM STONKS ON ARENA! -- nm - spamlet May 23, 10:23
EPL: ManU went unbeaten on the Road (12W7D). First time thats happened since Arsenals 03-04 Champ Team -- nm - budice May 23, 10:11
Gangs of London epi 7 spoilers - Beaker May 23, 10:06
Well, I guess we helped the home crowd get to see Aguero off in style -- nm - JD May 23, 09:33 1
- Really in style. -- nm - JD May 23, 09:37
I've just watched Peter Rabbit. Story is quite similar to Parasite including using a fruit allergy as a plot device. - LMS May 23, 09:22 6
- 1 or 2? -- nm - spamlet May 23, 09:36 5
  - TIL There's a PR2 coming out next month -- nm* - Beryllium May 23, 09:38 4
    - I think it came out in the UK this weekend for the holiday -- nm - spamlet May 23, 09:43 3
      - I watched 1, but yes the second is out here now. -- nm - LMS May 23, 09:44 2
        
        I behind on Wittertainment but thought I saw it in the podcast title. - spamlet May 23, 09:46 1
        
        It'll be interesting to see if James Corden's parents feel compelled to write in again. -- nm - LMS May 23, 09:51
SoCal: Viral TikTok Party arrived in HB unannounced. Rioting & Many arrested. (#adrianskickback) -- (link*) - budice May 23, 08:47 2
- Looks like they trashed the pier. -- nm* - Meg May 23, 09:29
- Two things: Part of this is probably quarantine blow off related. And also, my TikTok experience is very, very different than this. nmbnyah. - IAmQale May 23, 09:03
Gang violence in Springfield, MO -- (link) - TWuG May 23, 08:40 7
- I checked the map to see if I ever stopped at that convenience store. - Barontronic May 23, 09:34 2
  - Yup totally. -- nm - spamlet May 23, 10:42
  - If I ever went to a Kum and Go I'd remember. -- nm - zunk xometimes May 23, 09:52
- So, the Family Values Gang shot off at a Kum and Go? -- nm - Will Hunting May 23, 08:50
- There's a lot packed into that sentence. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 08:49 1
  - Brevity is the soul of clickbait -- nm - TWuG May 23, 08:54
- Nothing says “family values” more than shooting up some honkies, I guess. -- nm - znufrii May 23, 08:42
Eurovision spoilers - mafic May 23, 08:13 1
- He is a very sensitive werewolf drummer, thank you very much. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 09:41
"Interestingly, Moby Dick was based off of a real whale - prayformojo May 23, 07:36 4
- ST confession: I’ve never read it. -- nm - znufrii May 23, 09:52 2
  - Same. I think maybe the only Melville I've read is Bartleby, because of Archer. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 09:54 1
    - Not an easy read -- nm - Roger More May 23, 10:50
- But it’s just about a whale, right? No other context or meaning -- nm - spamlet May 23, 08:37
EPL: ManU emptied their bench for the lineup today -- nm - budice May 23, 07:21 3
- and still have a spot for KDB 🙄 -- nm - JD May 23, 08:13 1
  - Might be sad nap time -- nm - JD May 23, 08:16
- ManCave: All 10 matches shown -- (link) - budice May 23, 08:13
Looks like Zach Wilson took his OL and some other guys to the Islanders playoff game last night. Dan Feeney is rocking a strong mullet while downing a - Krusty May 23, 07:06 1
- McSorely-esque. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 08:18
Very sketchy situation. Belarus/Russia essentially kidnapped a journalist by faking a bomb on a plane situation, forcing the plane to land. -- (link) - Volnelk May 23, 06:56 1
- And the rest of the world will send them a strongly worded email and more sanctions that they'll just get around as usual. -- nm - Krusty May 23, 07:09
First named storm of the yet to officially start Hurricane Season, Ana, becomes a Tropical Storm -- (link) - Dano May 23, 06:54 1
- The season essentially has been un(officially) moved back to May 15th as of this year. -- nm - IAmQale May 23, 08:35
Chi Modu, possibly the greatest hip hop photographer ever, has passed away at 54. :-( -- (link) - Krusty May 23, 06:49
F1 / Monaco drama spoils - budice May 23, 06:47
Lil Nas X had a wardrobe malfunction during the stripper pole scene -- (link) - Pippy May 23, 06:44 [youtube] 3
- SNL was like, that’s our season finale, let’s get out of here before the zombies from Fox News shamble from down the street. -- nm - IAmQale May 23, 08:45
- aka The Lenny Kravitz -- nm - Barontronic May 23, 06:52
- When you feel the cold on the pole -- nm - budice May 23, 06:48
Champions pre-COVID: Patrick Mahomes: 24 Kawhi Leonard: 27 Collin Morikawa: 23 COVID Champions: Tom Brady: 43 LeBron James: 35 Phil Mickelson: 50 -- nm - budice May 23, 06:35
Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo May 23, 06:23 [Attachment] 3
- Tnetennba. -- nm - Barontronic May 23, 06:44
- 10 - Dano May 23, 06:24 1
  - Or BentLove -- nm - Dano May 23, 06:29
Happy birthday, Remlik! Happy birthday, RC! Woo hoo!!! - Krusty May 23, 05:24 18
- HBDX2 -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 10:37
- indeed -- nm - crash davis May 23, 10:29
- may you both have a great day, and many more birthdays -- nm - Peglegpete May 23, 10:02
- Hope you both have a great day! -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ May 23, 09:53
- Thanks everyone -- nm - Remlik May 23, 09:11
- One of those guys is highly, highly collectible. The other one is Remlik. -- nm - IAmQale May 23, 09:06
- Happy birthday, Pete! Happy birthday, Joel! -- nm - David May 23, 07:43
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH May 23, 07:13
- cheers !! -- nm - mud May 23, 06:41
- Happy birthday guys! -- nm - spamlet May 23, 06:30
- Happy birthday! It's a twofer! -- nm - jnine May 23, 06:19
- Happy Birthday RC and Remlik! -- nm - Dano May 23, 06:13
- Happy b, guys! (NM) - Marlowe May 23, 06:00
- Happy BDay -- nm - budice May 23, 05:59
- Happy Birthday - Pippy May 23, 05:59
- happy birthday, guys! -- nm - loosilu May 23, 05:55
- Happy Birthday Remlik! Happy Birthday RC! -- nm - . May 23, 05:43
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker May 23, 05:34
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, American Idol, Simpsons, 2021 Billboard Music Awards, Equalizer, Legends of Tomorrow, Duncanville, Big Trick Energy, Bob's Burgers, -- nm - Beaker May 23, 05:05 4
- NCIS LA, Good Witch, NCIS NO, In Treatment, Mare of Easttown, Pose, The Chi, Flatbush Misdemeanors, Black Monday, Master of None (NF), -- nm - Beaker May 23, 05:08 3
  - Atlantic Crossing, Girlfriend Experience, Fear TWD, Gangs of London, Death and Nightingales, Bleepin' Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 23, 05:09 2
    - 2: Legends and Gangs of London, plus some hockey probably...plus a local comicbook auction on FB -- nm - Beaker May 23, 06:34
    - 2)The Simpsons and Bob's Burgers. -- nm - Krusty May 23, 05:49
Pokemon race at Walmart -- (link) - Beaker May 23, 04:57
Column about a new podcast, 70 over 70, interviewing well-known people over 70 years old. Sounds interesting. -- (link) - ty97 May 23, 04:18
sometimes I say yes when I oughta know -- nm - zeitgeist May 22, 22:40
How even a simple wedding can become a disaster... they planned on this park by the puget sound, former gravel quarry, it has a million dollar bridge - zeitgeist May 22, 19:43
D/D+ -- nm - prayformojo May 22, 19:33
Hehe, I'm not the only one. -- (link) - Beryllium May 22, 19:12 4
- The difference between the two movies is the difference between a shotgun and a salad shooter. -- nm - David May 22, 19:13 3
  - I liked both, but they exist in different realms -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 19:21 2
    - For starters, Army of Darkness is good. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 19:21 1
      - Like a Zombie Multiverse -- nm - budice May 22, 19:23
I'm watching Canada/Scotland in curling right now, and the 4th end's last shot seems doomed for both teams. -- nm - David May 22, 18:51 1
- And the person choked. -- nm - David May 22, 18:52
3 hrs 49 min in, Tig is the only remotely good thing about Army of the Dead -- nm - prayformojo May 22, 18:43 15
- eh...for a zombie action movie it's decent. to long but decent. -- nm - Remlik May 22, 19:05 11
  - It doesn't start until 45 minutes after it starts. -- nm - David May 22, 19:07 10
    - I read some reviews this morning and not one was good. Some absolutely hated it while others just mostly disliked it. -- nm - Krusty May 23, 07:13
    - I haven’t watched yet but the repeated initial pace comments make me sad as it seems to be completely opposite to his Dawn of the Dead start -- (edited) - JD May 22, 20:40 2
      - It is glacial in points for sure. It really needed a hard edit. -- nm - Remlik May 23, 10:39
      - It's kind of ironic because (minor spoils) - Beryllium May 22, 21:18
    - Like a YouTube video -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 19:11 1
      - or a food blog that tells a story before you get the instructions -- nm - Remlik May 22, 20:20
    - The opening was solid. But the start of the plot took way to long -- nm - Remlik May 22, 19:09 3
      - Perhaps if they hired an actual Film Editor -- nm - budice May 22, 19:13
      - If the opening were any slower, snails would have passed it. -- nm - David May 22, 19:11 1
        
        I meant the opening sequence in vegas with the song playing I liked that. After...it needed an edit -- nm - Remlik May 23, 10:39
- really? I thought that whole thing was terrible, took me out of the movie -- nm* - Beaker May 22, 18:46 1
  - If she weren't in it, it would have no redeeming value. - David May 22, 18:49
- Only six more hours to go! -- nm - David May 22, 18:45
ST is old. Scott Kazmir started an MLB game today. -- nm - David May 22, 18:36 3
- i'm not old, you're old. -- nm - tRuMaN May 22, 18:38 2
  - Were you shaking your fist at a cloud while saying that? - Cuzzin Todd May 22, 18:59 1
    - no. no i wasnt. - tRuMaN May 22, 19:43
Rick Santorum fired from CNN over comments about Native Americans -- (link) - znufrii May 22, 18:00 1
- Sounds like a cheap excuse, none of the anchors wanted to have him on... -- nm - zeitgeist May 22, 18:55
Oh and I didn’t realize that the Romeo/Juliet guy? He’s challenging Liz Cheney for her seat. -- (edited) - znufrii May 22, 17:56 6
- He and a half dozen or so others -- nm - ty97 May 22, 18:00 1
  - That's like half of Wyoming. -- nm - Tim May 22, 18:00
- He could still win. -- nm - Tim May 22, 17:59 3
  - C’mon. I doubt many Republicans would vote for a deranged sex criminal just because he had an R next to his name. -- nm - mafic May 22, 18:56
  - I mean, it's the dream of a lot of those guys for sure.. (NM) - Marlowe May 22, 18:01 1
    - On a midsummer night. -- nm - David May 22, 18:34
Krusty Alert: Andrew Yang asked for his favorite Jay-Z song -- (link) - Beaker May 22, 17:52 10
- PSA, D'Evils, Where I'm From, Friend or Foe, 99 Problems, Brooklyn's Finest, Dead Presidents II and U Don't Know. -- nm - Krusty May 22, 20:41
- I'm struggling to think of any Jay-Z songs without looking them up. -- nm - Max May 22, 18:05 7
  - And that's why you wouldn't say he's an artist you love. He did and you just can't do that and look credible. -- nm - Krusty May 22, 20:42
  - 99 problems..... Big pimpin..... Empire State of Mind .... Crazy in love.... -- nm - tRuMaN May 22, 18:13 2
    - Several songs with the N word in the title (free advice to Mr Yang: don't pick any of those!) -- nm - ty97 May 22, 18:41 1
      - I mean if he was cool he would. -- nm - tRuMaN May 22, 18:43
  - Concrete jungle where dreams are made of - ty97 May 22, 18:10 1
    - That song is all Keys. -- nm - Max May 22, 18:58
  - yeah I would have no idea...but I'm not a new Yorker either... -- nm - Beaker May 22, 18:06
- Sabotage was a good choice. -- nm - ty97 May 22, 17:57
I hate movies with stupid kids who are stupid just for the sake of plot -- nm - Beaker May 22, 17:48 4
- Stupid kids grow up to be stupid Prometheus explorers. -- nm - Max May 22, 18:06
- Counterpoint: kids are stupid. -- nm - Reagen May 22, 17:51 2
  - Study Reveals: Babies Are Stupid - Cuzzin Todd May 22, 18:06 1
    - stupid babies need the most attention! -- nm - Beaker May 22, 18:07
I know I live in a swamp, but the rain has been pretty relentless. -- nm - IAmQale May 22, 17:35 5
- Water Song. Hot Tuna -- (link) - Peglegpete May 22, 17:56 [youtube]
- Rolling Stones -- (link*) - Peglegpete May 22, 17:48 [youtube]
- Mission in the Rain -- (link) - Peglegpete May 22, 17:46 [youtube]
- When you're lost in the rain in Juarez, when it's Easter time, too And your gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through -- (link) - Peglegpete May 22, 17:45 [youtube]
- I shall give you a few rain songs starting with Bob Dylan -- (link) - Peglegpete May 22, 17:42 [youtube]
Sunny day so I spring cleaned parts of the garage and then took the kids on a bike ride. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 17:31
Trump’s DC hotel raised prices to avoid being overrun by QAnon rabble -- (link) - znufrii May 22, 17:24 3
- This story is amazing. -- nm - David May 22, 17:54
- he always raises prices when his followers come to DC -- nm - Peglegpete May 22, 17:32
- Sound like time for a GoFundMe..... -- nm - ty97 May 22, 17:26
May 22 Birthdays: Michael Constantine (94), Richard Benjamin & John Nolan (83), Bernie Shaw (81), Thomas Schlamme & Bernie Taupin (71), Morrissey (62) - Max May 22, 17:16 [youtube]

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