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I need one person for my FFB league. Head to head with basically the BF rules. Draft is Thursday night at 9pm ET. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 30, 21:04 1
- Link to join... -- (link) - Krusty Aug 30, 21:17
On the surface this is a review of the new Margarativille Resort in Times Square but it's really a reflection on leisure and work. Interesting read. -- (link) - ty97 Aug 30, 20:31 4
- Wait... The "5 o'clock Somewhere" bar doesn't open until 5 o'clock?! -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 21:00 2
  - Inexplicably yes -- (pic) - ty97 Aug 30, 21:12 [Attachment] 1
    - And what kind of 'resort' doesn't serve breakfast? I'll accept it's a hotel but definitely not a resort. -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 21:23
- Good article. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 20:49
WWE: Charlotte vs Nia got real...real quick. - Remlik Aug 30, 19:55 7
- Here's the video. -- (link) - David Aug 30, 20:28 4
  - You can actually see Charlotte contemplating quitting. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 03:33
  - That's some garbage fire wrestling right there. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 21:21 2
    - I don't know if there were shoot punches or not, but they both look wildly unprofessional/incompetent. -- nm - David Aug 30, 21:25 1
      - It looked like a combination of missed timing, bruised egos, and probably a built up morale bust known as fuckitall. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 21:59
- Nia is the least safe wrestler they’ve had since Ahmed Johnson -- nm* - Will Hunting Aug 30, 20:11
- I’m no fan of Charlotte, but Nia’s not a safe worker. -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 19:59
StrongBad, nmbSB - crash davis Aug 30, 19:54
ML Memorial League draft report card. Four teams with A+s, four teams with Ds -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 19:42 10
- One team with a D+ and three with D-s. I'm not sure how Spawn got a D+ -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 20:06 3
  - Yeah--Yahoo is always terrible at rating--I'd love to see some teams, if you want to screenshot them -- nm - FlavorizeThis Aug 30, 21:15 1
    - It's not a normal league. It's about field goals, return yards and defense. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 21:19
  - Gosh, I have no idea either. - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 20:18
- Autodraft is a killer. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 19:43 1
  - Yeah, I have a terrible team. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 21:07
- I'm drafting Derrick Henry in every fantasy football league I can. - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 19:43 3
  - If this were three years ago, you'd be really smart to do that. -- nm - David Aug 30, 19:51 1
    - Thus, my impetus. - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 20:06
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 19:47
If you want your heart broken, watch the Bob Ross documentary on Netflix. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 19:28 2
- have not seen yet, can you give a little tease? -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 20:49
- Puts this video in a whole new context. -- (link) - Mop Aug 30, 19:40 [youtube]
now playing: Two Sentence Horror Stories -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 18:40 15
- "Don't worry," I told myself, "The Doubles can't get through this door." "I'm sure you're right," I said. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 20:51
- Literally just heard on the news (regarding Hurricane Ida). "Officials warn that it is still very dangerous outside. Flood waters may be infested - pmb Aug 30, 20:06
- The floor was covered in blood. She wouldn't tell me if it was mine or not. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 30, 19:43
- The cave could only be accessed on hands and knees. The image painted on the ceiling was like nothing we'd ever seen. -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 19:41
- She was a beauty with eyes so blue they reminded me of alpine lakes. Stretched tight across her full chest was a t-shirt simply emblazoned with the letter Q. -- nm* - crash davis Aug 30, 19:30
- This test started an hour ago. Where are your pants? -- nm - Max Aug 30, 19:15
- “I’ve been dead for 5 years. You were the one who killed me.” -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 19:12
- "I asked him his favorite movie. He said he didn't have his spreadsheet." -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 19:07 7
  - ooh, I gotta update my letterboxd. I have now watched 7 movies this year. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 19:33 3
    - Is your Letterboxd ID "mafic"? -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 19:52 2
      - it is. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 20:01 1
        
        Followed -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 20:26
  - "He said he didn't use the Internet. He told me he used a hotspot, instead." -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 19:07 2
    - "I asked him his favorite Muppet. He said he didn't know what that was." -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 19:07 1
      - "He asked me to marry him. He gave me an NFT." -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 19:11
did yet another conservative talk show host die of COVID today? I'm seeing vague stuff on twitter. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 18:37 2
- Marc Bernier was the latest one I heard of -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 18:53 1
  - definitely a new one on me! -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 20:46
Well well well well. Well well well well well well. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 30, 18:34 5
- Say. Uncle. Louder. -- nm* - EU, probably. Aug 30, 20:01
- Oh wow. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 19:04
- "Before both sides are harmed"? Eat shit, Brexiteers. Sit there in your wrongness, know that you were wrong, and know that it is your legacy. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 18:57
- if only there was some kind of organisation you could join for that -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 18:53
- Hahahahahaahahahahaahahahahaahahahahaahahahah aahahahahaahahahahaahahahahaahahahahaahahahah aahahahahaahahahahaahahahahaahahahahaahahahah aahahahaha - TWuG Aug 30, 18:37
“Died of multiple organ failure,” seems to be the code for died from CoVid without saying died from CoViD -- nm - flavorize Aug 30, 18:27 7
- Technically the dude who glued his dick shut was said to have died of multiple organ failure. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 18:58 2
  - Clearly both his dick and brain weren’t working. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 19:54
  - "That may be what he died of, but that's not what killed him." -- nm* - 10th gr. health class video Aug 30, 18:59
- There's no code! They just write down COVID. FOR EVERYTHING! It's a scam the hospitals make money for saying people died of COVID! - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 18:42 2
  - man, you should probably take the profit out of hospitals then. Some sort of ...medical care, available to all. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 30, 18:43 1
    - SOCIALIST!!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 18:45
- As one typically suddenly does for no reason. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 18:38
Last occupied barrier island destroyed and completely cut off, road washed away, few homes standing -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 18:12
DTL: I may recruit exclusively within my Conference this season. -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 18:02 1
- I am -- nm* - Will Hunting Aug 30, 18:09
Huh. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 30, 17:55 1
- Haha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 18:36
There is now only one player left in the US Open's Men's draw that's ever won a Grand Slam tournament before. -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 17:54 1
- I hope, if it is who I'm thinking, that he will be called home to be a part of the anti-vaxx protest that certainly will happen there. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 30, 17:59
Juju, who’s playing on a 1 year deal, doing the milk box challenge -- (link) - flavorize Aug 30, 17:48 2
- "Fuck up your ACL challenge" -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 17:49 1
  - He's got good JuJu -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 18:07
THE RETURN OF THE ROCKETEER’ is in the works at Disney+ The film will focus on a retired Tuskegee airman who takes up the mantle of the Rocketeer. -- (link) - Remlik Aug 30, 17:42 16
- at last the sequel to a 30-year old movie nobody watched. - mafic Aug 30, 17:47 14
  - On the list - JD Aug 30, 20:38
  - Rocketeer is loads better than Tron -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 18:13 1
    - I don't doubt it, but people liked Tron, and it made money. the Rocketeer is a movie that doesn't exist. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 18:29
  - I WILL FIGHT YOU -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 17:49 8
    - I’ll kick the carcass when you’re done with him. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 18:14 7
      - "The sequel nobody expected to the movie nobody cared about!" - mafic Aug 30, 18:28 6
        
        Did you like Captain America: The First America? Because that's the sequel to the Rocketeer! -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 19:06 4
        
        *shrug* bottom quartile MCU for sure. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 19:38 3
        
        Two hours. -- nm - David Aug 30, 19:40 2
        
        look, it's not Thor: the Dark World, but it's not Thor Ragnarok either. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 19:50 1
        
        It's an exceptional movie, and I just re-watched it two weeks ago. -- nm - David Aug 30, 20:08
        
        I will relieve myself on your carcass. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 18:34
  - Look, that IP ain’t gonna exploit itself. -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 17:48 1
    - There’s been a few aborted attempts in the last 5 years. There’s a kids cartoon. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 18:14
- You're burying the lede. It'll star David Oyelowo. -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:44
That #HudsonHawk-challenge from the backboards: I can do "The Fez" (Steely Dan) and "Tequila" (The Champs) for sure. -- nm - ore-o Aug 30, 17:29
hooray, I got my postal ballot for the Canadian election! up yours Stephen Harper, I get to vote this time. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 17:21
Indy Sportswriter eviscerates Wentz -- (link) - Remlik Aug 30, 17:19 5
- Eh, Wentz visited my cousin's daughter when she was a cancer patient. -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 17:58 3
  - nice. but he's not invested here in Indy -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 18:17 2
    - In his "defense", Manning and Luck were in their Rookie town. - Spawn Aug 30, 18:36 1
      - And he’s been there, what five months? - spamlet Aug 30, 18:52
- That's both brutally savage and totally fair. -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:26
U.S. reports 264,629 new coronavirus cases, the highest since January 9, as many states dump weekend backlogs -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 17:16
Harry Shearer, a New Orleans Resident, Says “We Dodged a Bullet” -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 17:15
weatherunderground usually overestimates, but we're looking to get northward of 2" of rain on Wednesday -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 17:02 4
- That's seems like a legitimate amount of potential rain -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 17:13
- It's raining so hard here that I thought we had a sprinkler go rogue. -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:05 2
  - Yeah, it went from nothing to holy shit where’s the neighbors house in 30 seconds -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 17:24 1
    - You're not joking. Thankfully, it blew over fast. That was intense. -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:44
START THE DRAFT!!! -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 16:55 10
- In 61 hours! -- nm - David Aug 30, 16:56 9
  - Wasn’t it the 6th? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 17:26 2
    - The 4th. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 18:38
    - "As such, I'm calling for a roster freeze on Wednesday, September 1st. Then, the draft will start on September 2nd." -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:29
  - *Marge noise* -- nm - ML Aug 30, 16:58 5
    - Don't make marge noises at me. I just locked down the hottest free agent in fantasy football management. - David Aug 30, 17:00 4
      - Which league? -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 17:49 2
        
        Astronauts -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:56 1
        
        Oh shit. -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 18:21
      - Whoa -- nm - ML Aug 30, 17:29
Can any Cavemen see players for Amoxy or Nuditarian's teams? - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 16:26 4
- Varvatos Vex (Andy M) - znufrii Aug 30, 17:05 2
  - Not sure which team is Nudie's. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 17:12 1
    - Clothing Optional I think (initials JR)? - Beaker Aug 30, 17:24
- Amoxy Lives! -- nm - mud Aug 30, 16:27
"She said I was TA." What does TA mean? -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 30, 16:25 [Backboard] 7
- look, she doesn't have an investing mind. she doesn't understand that dogecoin is the future. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 17:17 3
  - also, why bother specifying that Jenna is a fake name if nobody knows you anyway? -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 17:18 2
    - On that very small and inconsequential to the overall point item, I'm with that guy. - JD Aug 30, 17:34 1
      - yeah, but that's an ongoing multicharacter narrative. this is a one off, and giving her a name adds nothing to it. - mafic Aug 30, 17:45
- The Asshole - Reagen Aug 30, 16:29 2
  - Yes. Yes he is. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 17:14
  - ahh thanks -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 16:32
rollo, I see what you mean but I've never believed that the "anyone can rock 'n roll" ethos is ever betrayed by .. -- (edited) - mud Aug 30, 16:25 9
- IMO, kind of even more amazing Peter Hook's bass lines with New Order - JD Aug 30, 17:03 8
  - dung dung dung da dung dung/dung dung dung/dung/dung -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 17:32
  - You guys musta been avid NME readers back in the day -- nm - ore-o Aug 30, 17:13 6
    - Heh. NME was kind of like my I wish I could afford it Tower Records magazine rack magazine. Movies won out over music and my import magazine budget - JD Aug 30, 17:20 5
      - Reality Bites :-p -- nm - Ryder Aug 30, 17:27 4
        
        At this point, I've done enough life that I find myself kind of siding with Ben Stiller's character - JD Aug 30, 17:36 3
        
        I mean yes - Reagen Aug 30, 17:52 1
        
        I never did, and I turned out fine! spoiler: - mud Aug 30, 18:00
        
        Havve to re-watch it. I should get it on Blu-Ray, along with "Singles", f.ex. (That Seattle 'grunge' flick.) -- nm - ore-o Aug 30, 17:50
Reagen, I'm not touching anything until the lock. We still need 1-3 players. So, I'm hesitant to mess with any of it. - David Aug 30, 16:19
On this episode of Hoarders:Samara is a fantasy football owner who can't let go of any players, let's see if a doctor can solve her separation anxiety -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 16:05 4
- Well, my assumption is those 6 have a higher collective ADP and are better than what I could get if I threw them back. 🤷‍♀️ -- nm - samara Aug 30, 19:10
- Maybe if you guys didn't let her draft all the good players... -- nm - the wrong element Aug 30, 17:02
- I’m keeping 6 does she have me beat? -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 16:15
- This might be Deion Sanders’ year! -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 16:13
Survivor 41 cast talk - Strongbad Aug 30, 16:04 5
- Sedro-Wooley is a small town sporting many Trump signs. - psilotum Aug 30, 16:38 1
  - He's masquerading as grey Don Jr. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 16:42
- Is my nephew on this season? Because I've been pushing him to sign up. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 16:09
- #SurvivorSoWoke? -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 16:09 1
  - about damn time -- nm - psilotum Aug 30, 16:38
really funny appearance by Wes Studi on Reservation Dogs -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 15:58
now -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 15:57

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