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Anyway, my point is, anyone got Broadway show recommendations? - ty97 Aug 30, 12:59 11
- Gay Gay Gay I’m Just Not That Kind Of Gay is a great musical hit. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 13:12
- I'd go for Freestyle Love Supreme or Jagged Little Pill myself - oblique Aug 30, 13:11 2
  - I've seen Hamilton, Lion King, Wicked. All A/A+ shows. Not a fan of Book of Mormon. Maybe I should make our Canadians proud and see Come From Away -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 13:16 1
    - If you haven't seen it, put it at the top of the list. Seriously -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 13:16
- How to Succeed at Not Getting COVID Without Really Trying -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 13:09
- David Byrne’s American Utopia -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 13:07 4
  - Once he gets over himself and gets the band back together I'll consider it -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 13:10 3
    - ty97, starting to make sense! -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 13:14
    - I don't think that's any more likely than Elfman calling up Oingo Boingo for a reunion -- nm - JD Aug 30, 13:12 1
      - oh I'm not holding my breath -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 13:17
- Cats -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 13:02
One of my co-workers got called up Friday night. National Guard deployed to hospitals. He'll be on deployment for a month. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 12:48 3
- My brother has NG coming to his hospital. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 13:13 1
  - Alabama has 2,000 fewer RNs than in January, they say because of burn out, but I'll bet many have gone to other states paying big bucks per diem -- nm* - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:33
- one of my customers as well. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 13:06
Huh. SEC Chairman Gensler tells Barron's that banning payment for order flow is 'on the table' (This would kill all the fee-free trading platforms) -- (link) - decline Aug 30, 12:47 4
- that banning payment for order flow is 'on the table' == payment would be required again for trades? Wut? -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 13:18 1
  - That’s how they replaced the revenue from commissions. - spamlet Aug 30, 13:20
- I’ve been hearing about this for months. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 30, 13:17
- Schwab's gotta be thinking "Oh boy, we can go back to charging people commissions again!" -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 13:06
SciFi Expo here in Indy is canceled. Cast of Robocop, X-files. Riker and other decent celebs all dropping out due to coves. I expect Indiana Comic Con - Remlik Aug 30, 12:46 3
- which XF cast? some are easier to get than others. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 13:13 1
  - David Duchovany (who, btw, was the minus in my B- grade of "The Chair") -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 13:15
- bastards -- nm - decline Aug 30, 12:47
UK paper suggests that covid could have been circulating as early as May 2019 -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 30, 12:43
The Problem with Jon Stewart, trailer. -- (link) - Mop Aug 30, 12:37 [youtube] 7
- *twitch* -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:40 5
  - No. Apple TV+. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 12:41 4
    - Exactly. Luckily, "there will be a podcast". - Spawn Aug 30, 12:46 3
      - get a PS5 and you can get Apple TV+ free for 6 months - decline Aug 30, 12:47 2
        
        And while I am at it I might as well get FB, too. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:53
        
        He can't wait until February! -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 12:48
- Here's a trailer to their first "problem", The Problem With Dicks In Space. -- (link) - Mop Aug 30, 12:38 [youtube]
Lord of the Rings recasting, Ted Lasso style. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 30, 12:32 2
- Boromir. I fucking called it. 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 12:36 1
  - Do do do do do do. -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 12:36
I saw the citation of this case and it cracked me up. It is real and apparently fairly common - spamlet Aug 30, 12:30 7
- Legal fees would be 60-70,000 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:38
- Civil forfeiture is the devil -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 12:37
- 8-) so does this means there's case records where the involved parties list say a boat? or an address? -- nm - JD Aug 30, 12:34 1
  - Pretty sure I’ve seen US vs. 50,000 pounds of beef or something along this lines. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 13:12
- "Your honor, this doesn't make any cents." -- nm - Max Aug 30, 12:32 2
  - I would like to enter into the record that I had nothing to do with this post -- nm - JD Aug 30, 12:34 1
    - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 12:45
In high school English, what’s the most modern books they teach? Is there anything contemporary that likely gets taught to the next gen? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 12:30 15
- Lovely Bones, The Help, and Old School were the newest ones she's read. -- nm* - spamlet Aug 30, 13:01 5
  - The novelization of Old School? -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 13:03 4
    - Educational standards really have gone downhill. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 30, 13:10 1
      - Yeah, I read it back then! - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 13:14
    - "What did Frank the Tank really mean when he screamed out "We're going streaking!" Discuss the ramifications for his character and those affected" -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 13:05 1
      - "Demonstrate how Blue represents the Christ figure and the redemption of Beanie." -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 13:07
- ones our recent Grade 12er read that I recall were: 1984, and The Outsiders -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 12:41 3
  - the counterpoint to those examples is that I was assigned to read those. I think the outsiders in Jr High - JD Aug 30, 12:44 1
    - My teacher in 7th grade went to SE Hinton’s high school. She loved that book. Alternatively my AP Lit teacher was born in Faulkner’s hometown. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 12:48
  - The Road as well which would be fairly recent -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 12:42
- I'd wager The Alchemist finds its way in there a goodly amount. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 12:34 2
  - And then people wonder why the world sucks right now. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 30, 12:51 1
    - Elizabeth Holmes' favorite book! -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 12:56
- Logan's pRe-highschool book assignment was Life of Pi. -- nm* - Spawn Aug 30, 12:32
- I'll ask the kid when she gets home. -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 12:31
Ender news network: The Vampire Academy TV series has announced one heck of a cast -- (link) - decline Aug 30, 12:18 1
- I recognize one person on that list. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 16:36
I'm slow in realizing this, but apparently Broadway ticket sales are slow? - ty97 Aug 30, 12:16 6
- Lack of tourists will do that -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 12:46
- covid covid covid has gone the world around... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 12:28 3
  - I love my life and all that masks..... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 12:29 2
    - ..and all that jazz? -- nm - ore-o Aug 30, 14:32
    - One..single vaccination... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 12:29
- Too much coves. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:24
Algeria last month stopped using leaded gas, the last country to continue using it... -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 30, 12:09 1
- Trots out Mission Accomplished banner. -- nm - VMan Aug 30, 12:29
ST DTLers went 6-0 in the exhibition openers in season 25. We are now jinxed. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 11:52 1
- I survived a fast tempo team! - spamlet Aug 30, 11:59
So yeah: About HS football and ESPN. -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 11:52 2
- That is an insane story that I hope triggers an investigation -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 13:03
- Wow, that's quite a story. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 12:20
Me: Ziggy, will it rain today? *Outside thunder rumbles* Me: Wow, Amazon really does control the weather. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 11:51
what -- (link) - Reagen Aug 30, 11:37 6
- That was unexpected -- nm - JD Aug 30, 12:39
- Nachooooooooooo -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 12:19
- So You Think You Can Dance? wait, this could be the next olympic sport -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 12:11
- At some point, the person in white was replaced with a mannequin, but the transition is so smooth. No break in the CGI at all. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 11:57
- They're break-dance fighting! -- nm - Max Aug 30, 11:42
- It is a classic take-down move. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:38
Nandi shared her behind-the-scenes video of her performance with the Foo Fighters. -- (link) - Mop Aug 30, 11:32 [youtube] 9
- The one thing I get out of that is that she has a ton better nerves than I would have. I would've vomited walking on stage to that. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 12:00 1
  - Nah, she is doing what she was meant to do. - Spawn Aug 30, 12:08
- That’s so cool. -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 11:39
- Insanity -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 11:36
- This is actually the only footage I have seen (posted here over the weekend). Is there more? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:34 3
  - A lot of cell phone footage. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 11:35 2
    - I thought this one is fairly watchable -- (link) - JD Aug 30, 11:42 [youtube] 1
      - Perfect. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:54
- Whoa. Dave Grohl wears a wig!?! -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:33
Sometimes is seems like Carson Wentz is his own worst enemy. Sometimes. -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 11:27 3
- Yeah, but at least this is not him *having* it, just team contact. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:30
- If he had a worse enemy, we're getting into the Batman rogue gallery territory. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:28 1
  - yeah, you're cracking me up today. -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 11:29
LYC: My younger daughter is taking steps to start being a Twitch streamer. - JaxSean Aug 30, 11:27 2
- I hear one girl is making like 200k/month streaming on...oh. You said Twitch :) -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 11:30 1
  - filthy hobbitses -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 11:37
New Orleans Electric Power Infrastructure status -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 11:23 2
- There are times when twitter is fascinating and much like reddit, the really interesting stuff is in the comments -- (link) - oblique Aug 30, 11:32
- that's really bad -- nm - decline Aug 30, 11:30
ST Poll: Statewide indoor mask mandate. You are in your private office. Are you masked? Asking for a friend -- (edited) - oblique Aug 30, 11:22 18
- no, that's stupid. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 12:29
- My current rule of thumb is: if I'm wearing a shoe, I'm wearing a mask. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 30, 12:02 1
  - try not to confuse the two though, ok? -- nm - mud Aug 30, 12:03
- We haven't yet gone back to full masking. Optional for the fully vaccinated. I wear it most of the time in stores, etc., and in - Meg Aug 30, 11:50
- That's exactly what I do each day. Door open, pretty much always masked. Exceptions are partially masked to drink coffee in the morning and then - JD Aug 30, 11:38
- Our rule is that if you are in your office with door closed, no mask required. Outside, it's required. - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 11:36
- we don't wear masks in our own offices, alone. We have to wear them in the halls and all other shared spaces. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 11:29 2
  - same here, though offices = cube. -- nm - tRuMaN needs ? Aug 30, 11:32
  - This -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 11:32
- In my cubicle, I mask when I talk to people. -- nm - mara Aug 30, 11:28 1
  - this. I'm pretty isolated for now as hardly anyone is in my office. But when folks come around I put on my mask. -- (edited) - Diva Aug 30, 11:29
- Our managers shut the door to be comfortable without masks. On behalf of the employees, fuck them. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:27 4
  - Partially because I went from a cube to my current office since coming back to the office with masking in place and partially due to that last part - JD Aug 30, 11:51 3
    - Our office has an issue with management not being visible. So now, they get to close doors and not wear masks. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 12:11
    - Spoiler (Don't hit me) :) - Meg Aug 30, 11:57 1
      - Oh..yeah 8-) -- nm - JD Aug 30, 12:17
- Currently not masked, I any do ceremonies in the garden now -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 11:24
- I think it depends on how many times people come in my office. Few to none? No. More than a few times per day? Yes. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 11:24
Here's a baseball slump for the ages. -- (link) - David Aug 30, 11:10 20
- Rays vs Orioles was the most lopsided season series since 1974. -- (link) - Tim Aug 30, 11:34 2
  - Why are they done a season series already? A divisional matchup finished in August? 19 games and they can’t have any intra-division in the stretch? - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:42 1
    - Sox-Twins have been done for almost a month. - spamlet Aug 30, 11:44
- Triple digit ERA -- nm - JD Aug 30, 11:26
- More importantly, how bad were the other guys that he only lost 2 of those 5 games? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:26 4
  - maybe it was already blown out? -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:26 3
    - Right, true other guys are terrible too. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:28 2
      - "Go chew up some innings, you can't make it wor.... ah you made it worse." -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:28 1
        
        He has been a 3.50 era guy for 3 prior years…last year was a 2.50 …. He’s just infected with oriole magic -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:31
- 1.1 innings pitched in five games? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 11:23 3
  - He's a relief pitcher and apparently not a good one. - Krusty Aug 30, 11:54
  - that means he somehow managed to get 4 outs during that mess. -- nm - mud Aug 30, 11:25 1
    - and at least once was pulled before getting anyone out. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:26
- holy crap -- nm - mud Aug 30, 11:17
- Assuming no hit batters, that's an 0.826 OBP - Reagen Aug 30, 11:15
- When youre tanking on purpose, he's your guy -- nm - budice Aug 30, 11:13
- Well jeez, I could do that -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 11:12 3
  - I don't know, man. 105 pitches would be very tiring. -- nm - VMan Aug 30, 11:14 2
    - over 5 games :) -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 11:16 1
      - Misread that (only saw the 0-2). Assumed the walks were from him just rolling the ball to home plate. -- nm - VMan Aug 30, 11:19
he seems nice -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 11:10 8
- Today's Republican party -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 11:17 1
  - roid rage is a feature, not a bug! -- nm - mud Aug 30, 11:19
- Terrorist -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 11:14
- Man, Douglas Coupland really got himself in shape. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:13
- I mean, at least my school board does need this treatment. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 11:12 3
  - (Maybe it's just the trustees who are out of touch, but last year was soooo bad) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 11:13 2
    - Right? Trying to make our kids wear masks!?! KILL THEM! -- nm - Steve Lynch Aug 30, 11:18 1
      - No, the opposite, dummy. And also utterly ducking terrible budgeting. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 11:22
Bengals just traded former 1st rounder, Billy Price to the Giants. So now 1st rounders from 2014-2018 are all gone. - Volnelk Aug 30, 11:06 2
- If Ja'Marr Chase keeps getting the yips, he'll be next--So many drops in the preseason -- nm - Flavorize Aug 30, 11:08 1
  - We'll see a lot of that this year from the players who skipped 2020. -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:11
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 11:05

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