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The Adam Cole contract debacle is what led to the former SVP of Talent Relations being let go. Apparently, it’s not good when the SVP of Talent - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:47
Good god. WWE isn’t bringing Becky back till October because they don’t have a concrete plan for her. *mouth agog* - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:41
best Ping Pong you will see today -- (link) - Beaker Aug 2, 11:38 3
- That's awesome. Can they run around the table like that? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:42 2
  - Yes, in fact, if the ball spins back to the other side you can hit it while in your opponent's territory -- nm - zork Aug 2, 11:44
  - Yes. He just did. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:43
Lyc, I need a nap. -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 11:34
One of my favorite things this weekend was my wife's reaction to the Ghostbusters afterlife trailer in front of Jungle Cruise. She was giddy -- (edited) - oblique Aug 2, 11:29
This week, I was confident, formal, and friendly. - David Aug 2, 11:25 4
- tl;dr -- nm - zork Aug 2, 11:30 3
  - That's the grim future writers face. -- nm* - David Aug 2, 11:31 2
    - "brevity is the soul of wit" -- nm - mud Aug 2, 11:47 1
      - Said by noted laconic...William Shakespeare. -- nm - David Aug 2, 12:01
Yeah, I think she’s smitten with CU. -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 11:13 5
- The place we stopped for lunch has Mac and cheese that reminds her of her favorite (dearly departed) place by us. - spamlet Aug 2, 11:23 3
  - Was it that mac and cheese place by The Loop? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 11:30 2
    - Yes. Yes it was. -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 11:31 1
      - Then I completely understand. - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 11:34
- Go Buffs! -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 11:14
LYC: We hit Hyatt Explorist after our Iowa trip this weekend. 15 nights left to Globalist -- (edited) - oblique Aug 2, 11:10
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 11:04 15
- *schwinggg*. The writer of that seems to have forgotten that the Hobbit movies were filmed and released after 2003. -- nm - zork Aug 2, 11:36
- 😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Aug 2, 11:14 3
  - my passion for life and will to live long is fed by having big things to look forward to. - mud Aug 2, 11:24 2 1
    - *pouts* -- nm - Dune Aug 2, 11:26 1
      - 81 days! -- (edited) - mud Aug 2, 11:33
- THR: -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 11:07 9
  - it will focus on the Second Age of Middle Earth in "a time of relative peace, thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit - decline Aug 2, 11:27 7
    - Hobbit Farmville: The Movie -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 11:50 1
      - (0),(0) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 11:53
    - I believe that quote is highly inaccurate. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 11:36 4
      - *relative* peace plus it won't stay peaceful for long -- nm - zork Aug 2, 11:42 3
        
        among other stuff, we'll see how Sauron got all the rings forged. -- (pic) - mud Aug 2, 11:44 [Attachment] 2
        
        Next on History ... Forged In Middle-Earth Fire. Round 1: forge Shadowfax's stirrups, Rd 2: forge an Elvin sword, Rd 3: forge the Ring of Power - zork Aug 2, 11:50 1
        
        Wow. Wow wow wow. Wow. -- nm - Producer Guy si Aug 2, 12:12
  - It's just 8 hours of "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!" and "What's taters?" on a loop. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 11:09
android help: I want a calendar app that syncs to exchange. I don't want outlook on my phone because I don't want my email on my phone. - amanda jeans Aug 2, 11:01 11
- I have Google Calendar for my/our personal use, and the stock Android Calendar syncs with Outlook (though I turned it off because it sucked). - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:38
- Don't use Android, but a google reveals: Nine -- (link) - oblique Aug 2, 11:33 4
  - nine is not approved for use by penn state -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 2, 11:49 1
    - hmm. I'm going to guess that there isn't a readily available list of approved software either, is there? -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 11:49
  - I will try this and make out near you if it works. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 2, 11:44 1
    - now I wonder what you would do for a $30 app :) -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 11:48
- I don’t think fantastical has an android app does it? -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 11:03 2
  - only apple. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 2, 11:03 1
    - Yeah, I’m just not familiar with the Android ecosystem anymore. -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 11:30
- I use Google -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 11:02 1
  - my sync doesn't work properly. I added a bunch of stuff to today last week and they don't show up. it's like it syncs once a week or something. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 2, 11:04
Around this time 25 years ago I was a "Nielsen Family" - I had received the viewing diary to fill out for a week. - Dano Aug 2, 10:50 9
- Your post made me wonder what happened to Lacy Chabert. From wikipedia "Chabert has also appeared in 18 Hallmark Channel movies and 4 Hallmark Movies" -- nm - crash davis Aug 2, 10:59 5
  - The fact that you don't know this makes you VERY different from me. -- nm - David Aug 2, 11:06 1
    - I agree -- nm - crash davis Aug 2, 11:08
  - She is the queen of cheesy Christmas movies -- nm - decline Aug 2, 11:05 2
    - Candace Cameron Bure would like a word. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:34
    - Usually under her married name Underall. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 11:07
- I remember being a Nielsen Family as a kid. This was probably late 70s/early 80s -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 10:54 2
  - I was a Nielsen family in college. It was difficult logging all the tv with 3 roommates. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 11:11
  - so can I blame you for the Hardcastle & McCormick cancellation? -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 10:55
Man, I hate Parcast and Spotify. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:42 1
- Yup -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 11:03
Wentz out 12 weeks for foot surgery. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 10:21 8
- Poor Norm -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 10:59 1
  - Thank you! I wasn't sure if I was the only one seeing that. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 11:19
- Pessimist! -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 10:26
- Well, that saves their first round pick. -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:22 4
  - Apparently the injury dates back to high school. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 10:35 1
    - Then those 12 weeks should be just about up. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 10:48
  - 5-12 weeks! It could still be ours! - decline Aug 2, 10:27
  - Someone in the Colts org did a Nancy Kerrigan on his foot -- nm - budice Aug 2, 10:25
BTW, I successfully replaced the solenoid VVT on my car this weekend. Not quite sure if it fixed the issue since after leaving it in the garage during - oblique Aug 2, 10:11 2
- Nice! Hopefully it fixes the issue. -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 11:35
- ... and now the car is capable of vertical take off. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 10:17
there's a marvelous shot of the ISS at the 0.10 mark of this vid (don't blink, it's only ~3 sec. long): -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 10:10
Mud, yes a Deadwood rewatch. I watch the whole series probably every year. I love it. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 2, 10:10 2
- I used to do this with Harper's Island (2009) until it disappeared from all streaming services. (I did rewatch the Deadwood movie last month though) -- nm* - Jovian Aug 2, 10:36
- very cool. I've seen it 3 times, time for a return! -- nm - mud Aug 2, 10:11
Magic Key - Disneyland's new annual pass program. Details coming tomorrow. -- nm - budice Aug 2, 10:07 3
- 300% more and 25% less benefits? - Pippy Aug 2, 10:08 2
  - if only we knew someone who would know the ground floor details.... - Pippy Aug 2, 10:26 1
    - Budice is MUCH more plugged in at Disneyland than I am. -- nm - David Aug 2, 11:32
Hey, Will. My boosters are already making "We Want Hartford" signs. I told them to simmer down. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 09:57 8
- My streak of PTT Final Fours ends at two. -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 10:12
- Maybe we will meet up in the Sweet16 -- nm* - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:02 6
  - Spamlet was also in our quadrant. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:03 5
    - Yeah about that… - spamlet Aug 2, 10:28 4
      - Bench him, and then he can pout. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 10:30 3
        
        Stamina still isn’t a thing right? - spamlet Aug 2, 10:56 2
        
        Officially it's not, but sometimes I wonder.... - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 11:05 1
        
        Same deal here. The last two games have been terrible shooting wise. -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 11:13
Go Akzhol Makhmudov! Get me 900 points in Greco-Roman Wrestling! -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 09:53
Mary L Trump vs Meghan McCain -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 09:48 1
- Ahhh Meghan, the good German. -- nm - Jovian Aug 2, 10:40
NFL in Austin? Reports say Buffalo Bills may consider a move to Austin as the franchise negotiates to build a new stadium. -- (link) - Remlik Aug 2, 09:45 4
- They won’t even be the most popular team in the city. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 09:46 3
  - Austin FC, baby! -- nm - zork Aug 2, 11:46
  - Maybe the Bills should join the SEC -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 10:12 1
    - Their player payroll would have to go up to meet the market. -- nm - pmb Aug 2, 10:16
"The first fans to watch Tokyo 2020 events inside a venue arrived at the Izu Velodrome after more than a .." -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 09:34 4
- Not quite true. There was public at the Fuji Speedway for the road cycling events, since that's outside Tokyo (so outside the state of - Marlowe Aug 2, 09:45 1
  - ah -- nm - mud Aug 2, 09:49
- ...and now they all have COVID. -- nm - Reuters, probably Aug 2, 09:43 1
  - And that’s just from the American athletes -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 09:45
WWE has come to terms in release of Ric Flair and quietly released JoJo (bray’s partner / mom to kids) about 6 months ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 09:34 13
- Saudi: Possible Queen of the Ring tourny may happen. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 09:46 2
  - It’s so very WWE to make women wrestle there in a significant match. -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:20 1
    - MBS just needs to hijack the smaller jet this time. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:54
- Is AEW going to reunite the 4 horsemen? -- nm - pmb Aug 2, 09:39 3
  - They could but I also think Flair realized all his social posts with Andrade were causing awkwardness. - David Aug 2, 10:21
  - I could easily see that … this was Ric’s request though so not a pure budget thing like they said with Bray and Braun. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 09:44
  - Yup. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 09:42
- Who's JoJo? -- nm - eag Aug 2, 09:35 5
  - Of JoJo' Circus fame? -- (link) - Spawn Aug 2, 09:38 [youtube] 3
    - rockin'!♫ -- nm - mud Aug 2, 09:51
    - I really dug JoJo's Circus -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 09:42 1
      - Yeah, only clown I ever liked. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:42
  - Backstage announcer who had 2 kids with Bray 12 months apart. Jose Offerman’s daughter. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 09:36
LIR: Dano. Winner! -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 09:25 4
- Yep. That's where it's from! -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 2, 09:42 1
  - We say this quite a bit in my house - Pippy Aug 2, 10:03
- He has the prettiest whore mouth? -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:26 1
  - also true -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 09:26
Foo Fighters - A. Always fun. And Dave's daughter can sing. -- nm - pmb Aug 2, 09:25
Krusty: it's not proven yet, but there's a suggestion that covid attacks the pancreas and can cause type 2 diabetes -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 09:23 2
- Ahh, I hadn't read or heard that yet. Scary if it does happen. -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 09:30
- swell -- nm - mud Aug 2, 09:29
‘The Chi’ Renewed For Season 5 By Showtime -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 09:17
That was some great timing I just had. I went to check the tracking on something and it said out for delivery and a minute later my bell rang for the - Krusty Aug 2, 09:16 3
- Maybe your checking *caused* it to arrive. -- nm - mara Aug 2, 09:48 1
  - anything is possible!!! - mud Aug 2, 10:00
- sweet -- nm - mud Aug 2, 09:29
Today the US hit 70% of adults with at least 1 dose of the vaccine -- (link) - decline Aug 2, 09:15 2
- So now we can get the dumbfucks explaining herd immunity. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 09:18 1
  - Or, as I aggravatingly see it all the time: "heard immunity" -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 09:47
What do we think Pearl Jam gets for a private party? Start at 500K? - zunk xometimes Aug 2, 09:14 4
- Ages ago ST linked to the site. MDH? -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:16 3
  - Private events are a whole other price range (aka much higher). Pearl Jam’s floor for a normal show was over $1M -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 09:25 2
    - I'd do it for cost because obama. or very publicly donate my fee to anti-trump causes. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 2, 09:30 1
      - I'd imagine they are doing something similar. -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 10:16
How it started: *sees fb meme about rejection sensitive dysphoria* “oh great, another way for snowflakes to force us to tiptoe around their feelings” - znufrii Aug 2, 09:14 10
- heh, my mental conditions are a minefield that I long ago decided to keep the shrinks out of. - Spawn Aug 2, 09:18 7
  - It's your prerogative, but suggestion that knowing what being triggered is and when it's happening to you makes anyone a better disc board participant -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 09:39 3
    - There’s a distinction between knowing what your triggers are, and knowing what they are called in a clinical setting, though, I think. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 2, 09:45
    - Eh, I am a high functioning sociopath and I get by okay. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:42 1
      - I'd almost put money on it being a running joke in psychology that every student diagnoses themselves that way at first -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 2, 09:51
  - If millennials would just stop talking about all this mental health stuff, it wouldn’t be an issue! -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 09:22 2
    - "Okay, *everyone* is f-ed up. So, we are all the same." -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:24 1
      - ~Come celebrate! Life is hard!~ -- (link) - znufrii Aug 2, 09:35 [youtube]
- RSD is a big topic in the ADHD circles (my wife helps moderate a large ADHD women's facebook group). Legit -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 09:15 1
  - Yup. - znufrii Aug 2, 09:24
speaking of theatre! student theatre schedule is up!!!!!! -- (link) - amanda jeans Aug 2, 09:14 1
- kilbo, you should go to this instead. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:15
As of August 1, 2021, all passengers 18+ must be vaccinated in order to board a domestic flight - ty97 Aug 2, 09:10 5
- the correct answer, honestly. make it very inconvenient (and costly) to be unvaccinated and people will get vaccinated. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 2, 09:15 4
  - I really want the FAA (or airlines but they won't on their own) to make this a rule here -- nm - ty97 Aug 2, 09:15 3
    - I agree with you but they tried to do that for Cruises leaving the US and look what happened, so thats a pipe dream. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 2, 09:19 2
      - It's a question of authority. The cruise ship thing related to a CDC order. An FAA or DHS order regarding flights could be different, in theory - ty97 Aug 2, 09:25 1
        
        Also, flights are only a few hours where cruises are days long -- nm - zork Aug 2, 11:41

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