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Mel Gibson to Star in ‘John Wick’ Prequel Series ‘The Continental’ -- (link) - budice Oct 18, 11:21 12
- former star I'd cross the street to avoid cast in movie I wouldn't cross the street to see if you paid me. -- nm - mud Oct 18, 11:29 9
  - Up until now I'd have considered watching it -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 11:34 3
    - they're garbage pictures (sorry, Spawn) -- nm - mud Oct 18, 11:36 2
      - No problem. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:41
      - they're not. They're quite good actually. But Gibson? he can take a flying leap. -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 11:41
  - I am torn. Will grudgingly watch when on a channel I already get. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:34 4
    - it's on Starz - does anyone actually get that channel? -- nm - decline Oct 18, 11:36 1
      - heh, I got it free last month through Amazon so we could watch the first 2 Final Destination movies :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 11:40
    - this -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 11:35 1
      - The concept is a movie I was hoping/waiting for. - Spawn Oct 18, 11:36
- Nope! Pass. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 11:22 1
  - word -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 11:41
so if I wanted to create basically a home automation control device, would a cheap kindle fire be a good idea? - tRuMaN Oct 18, 11:13 8
- If you can tie everything into Alexa, that probably works great or you could even use a Echo Show -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 11:17 4
  - I believe everything I have works with Alex - tRuMaN Oct 18, 11:24 3
    - The current gen Kindle fire has a dashboard that shows all of your connected devices. Also accepts Alexa voice commands - decline Oct 18, 11:26
    - I've settled on Alexa for my stuff. I have things like "Let's cook" set up which turns on all the counter lights in the kitchen + the sink and stove - oblique Oct 18, 11:26 1
      - their integration and AI context understanding really has improved by leaps and bounds in the past couple of years -- nm - decline Oct 18, 11:29
- Kindle has that closed Amazon ecosystem on it. I'd go with a Samsung/Google/ or other tablet with open Play Store -- nm - budice Oct 18, 11:16 2
  - I was playing around with some of my bulbs last night. I realized that I have full color changing bulbs in the living room and I've never used them -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 11:19 1
    - All of ours are colour changing, but they only get changed if the girls decide to tell the Home Mini to change them. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 11:21
Down to 6 in Backyard Ultra -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 11:01 2
- Now they play Hopscotch... -- nm - The Allfather Oct 18, 11:08 1
  - But all the rational numbers have been booby trapped -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 11:12
Who did that voiceover? It sounded like Invictus from Final Space -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 10:49
LYC - I successfully dodged the extra task downloading in my meeting today (mostly.) -- (edited) - Andie Oct 18, 10:48 4
- The important part of a meeting is showing up so you don't have things assigned to you without an opportunity to strenuously object. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:53
- excellent -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 10:50
- I'm sure the icy glare was intimidating too :) -- nm - decline Oct 18, 10:50
- Well done! -- nm - marum scarum Oct 18, 10:49
Several years ago, amoxy was my Secret Stalker... - Dark Callisto Oct 18, 10:48 5
- sweet -- nm - mud Oct 18, 11:03
- =0). He had Amy and the framed photo of a deer he took and sent sits on our dresser. -- nm* - Spawn Oct 18, 11:02
- :) miss him -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 10:53
- :-) - Krusty Oct 18, 10:52
- Aww :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 10:52
I'm really pissed off about something at work that I shouldn't be so pissed about. I hate when I'm irrational and know it but can't not be. -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 18, 10:48 1
- "Get mad, get over it." -- nm - CP si Oct 18, 11:35
Feeling pretty blessed as I looked back over the past 5 years salary history and I'm getting about a 7.5% increase each year. I extrapolated that out - oblique Oct 18, 10:46
Funny hawk! -- (link) - Jovian Oct 18, 10:46 1
- Mallard wins. Flawless victory. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 11:06
When you forget to use a safety factor for dynamic forces vs static load -- (link) - JD Oct 18, 10:44 [youtube]
Didnt know Ronald D Moore was behind 'For All Mankind'... I started this up last night and watched the first 3 eps - Jovian Oct 18, 10:35 3
- Its neat and a keeper for sure -- nm - budice Oct 18, 11:09
- I rather enjoyed the series as well. -- nm* - Remlik Oct 18, 10:44
- David liked it a bit more than I did. Definitely watch through S2 as it does improve over time. - oblique Oct 18, 10:37
Every Apple Device now comes with a Music Video -- nm - budice Oct 18, 10:31 3
- Weezer - Buddy Holly? -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 11:02
- Sadly it is Mick & David's Dancin' in the Street. -- nm - VMan Oct 18, 10:33 1
  - Unless you buy the black and white collector's edition in which case you get Ebony and Ivory. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:36
Random Roles with Tara Strong (who has over 600 credits on IMDB) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 10:28 1
- ..hooray.. -- nm - Raven Oct 18, 10:30
SITWAP? Disney delays five Marvel movies, other major releases -- (link) - oblique Oct 18, 10:27
Sinclair Broadcast Group hit by ransomware attack -- (link) - oblique Oct 18, 10:25 1
- Sadly they are not knocked off the air -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 10:36
"You can't possibly guess a Wheel of Fortune puzzle with no letters" 80's music lyrics -- (pic) - Max Oct 18, 10:15 [Attachment] 11
- Never gonna figure it out. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 18, 11:21
- spoiler - ty97 Oct 18, 10:26 4
  - How is that a spoiler? :-) Could someone spoil it for me? -- nm - marum scarum Oct 18, 10:27 3
    - spoiler - ty97 Oct 18, 10:28 2
      - omfg, you made me look up the lyrics! -- nm - marum scarum Oct 18, 10:30 1
        
        Also one of the greatest questions on Pointless. Spoiler -- (edited) - LMS Oct 18, 10:46
- Jeebus, that was released in 1987?? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 10:25 1
  - Light bulb moment. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:27
- We Built This City doesn't fit, and if the best song of the 80s is wrong, I don't want to be right. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:25 1
  - Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember? -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 10:27
- yep -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 10:24
Tim Cook is out standing in his field. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 10:12 2
- Is he helping his Uncle Jack off a horse? -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:39
- Earthy -- nm - budice Oct 18, 10:15
The Apple event so far: it's about music? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 10:03 3
- HomePod mini in more colours for me to never buy -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 10:07 2
  - (And I suppose the voice control of Apple Music is useful for the people who do that sort of thing) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 10:11 1
    - Siri, stop playing that c4ap and play something I like -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 10:22
Video of a train hitting a semi full of cars that was stuck on a train tracks...drive is ok, 4 hurt -- (link) - Remlik Oct 18, 10:02 3
- Legit had no clue there were Amtrak trains between Texas and Oklahoma. - ty97 Oct 18, 10:05 2
  - The cattle drives were to get the cows to the train depot and up to the slaughter houses in Chicago -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 10:23
  - Biden! -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 10:22
DTL: 4 Pts, 12 Reb, 7 Asst, 3 Stl, 8 Blk, 0 TO: GSc 32.7. That is a man playing amongst boys. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 09:53 10
- Woohoo! Beat Tulsa so am now in driver's seat for Shawnee's first *ever* regular season conference title. - spamlet Oct 18, 10:06 5
  - One of those games is against Stillwater and *3* players that chose them in 1/1 ties over me. - spamlet Oct 18, 10:08 4
    - You know those Stillwater a-holes are totally keyed up to ruin your season. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:09 3
      - I am concerned because their front court is *tall* and that makes my zone an issue. - spamlet Oct 18, 10:12 2
        
        Or flip my bC back to PF to get size, hmm - spamlet Oct 18, 10:21
        
        His bigs are only modest scorers and fairly unimpressive rebounders, though. I wouldn't change your D for them. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:18
- Well done. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 09:57 3
  - Just trying to find some quality wins to impress the selection committee. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:07 2
    - My team is weird. I’m #65, but have lost only 3 times to teams that are 28-2…and beaten a top 50 team…but I get no rankings love. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 10:10 1
      - On the recruiting front, my competition on Sharp has gone all in, so I have complete information to make my decision. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:33
Marvel's Hit Monkey trailer -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 09:51 [youtube] 3
- Lead Toss -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 09:58 1
  - You hope that it's lead! -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 10:30
- giggity -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 09:53
Seeing Dune in a couple of hours (despite it starring Wet Blanket Boy). - LMS Oct 18, 09:46 4
- Please post what you think. Someone is trying to drag me to this and I don't want it to be my first movie in almost 2 years. -- nm - jnine Oct 18, 10:50 3
  - Will do. -- nm - LMS Oct 18, 10:55 2
    - And see Free Guy first or Bond. -- nm - LMS Oct 18, 10:58 1
      - Free Guy is super fun -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 11:20
Dr. Strange opens on Free Comic Book Day weekend -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 09:34
The Lost Daughter Trailer - Film by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Theaters 12/17 Netflix 12/31. Starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson -- (link*) - budice Oct 18, 09:32
DC metro derailments could indicate problems in other cities’ transit systems, NTSB boss says -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 09:29 1
- geez -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 09:30
Eternals Premiere Tonight: Presentation @ 8:30p ET / 5:30p PT -- (link) - budice Oct 18, 09:20
Handy poll: What's the last thing you did around the house? Yesterday I CLR'd our showerheads -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 09:18 23
- I've been installing small hooks all over the place for convenience, and a paper towel bar under my desk to hang my headphones out of the way. -- nm - Max Oct 18, 10:17 1
  - My parents were forced to renovate due to a big leak. The downstairs (where my childhood bedroom was)needed abatement for asbestos - Max Oct 18, 10:19
- Cut back dying summer garden vegetation...clean dog poo -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 10:08 1
  - Got a new refrigerator a week ago after our 3yo Kenmore, the last one off the floor when the Sears closed -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 10:25
- put up trim in a room, moved all my office furniture into this room, setup office, cleaned up former office room so that I can paint it and fix up the - tRuMaN Oct 18, 10:07
- I'm rediong the kitchen myself... :/ - Guigue Oct 18, 10:04 1
  - repsect -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 10:07
- Organizing and thinning out Storage Items. Some Donation, Some Sold, Some Trash. -- nm - budice Oct 18, 09:52
- I tried cleaning the front of our house with "Wet and Forget" - oblique Oct 18, 09:52
- Set up a new dehumidifier in our basement -- nm - znufrii Oct 18, 09:50
- dragged an extension cord along the house, pulled it in, also positioned a hose if the sump pump needed to be on -- nm - Pippy Oct 18, 09:49
- fishtank clean -- nm - mud Oct 18, 09:40
- Nothing in a little while, though I have been working on reinsulating and then drywalling the garage. So there's that. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 18, 09:27
- pressure washed the driveway -- nm - Strongbad Oct 18, 09:27
- we went through our linen, game and medicine closets over the past couple weekends. 5 bags for the Food bank; 1 big box for library and 1 bag garbage -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 09:26 2
  - closed up the trailer Friday as well plus the PIL trailer so that is done for another year :( -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 09:29 1
    - We have one more camping trip planned. Then it's winterizing for us too. Such a sad day. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 18, 09:32
- I cleaned the inside of the garbage pails this morning -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 09:23
- I mowed while Amy expanded our back patio yesterday. - Spawn Oct 18, 09:22
- Cleaned up cat diarrhea at midnight. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 09:21 2
  - ~It starts, sometime around midnight.~ -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 09:22
  - In non-disgusting things: installed three slide-out shelves for our kitchen island. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 09:22
- Painted our laundry room and put up some pictures -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 09:18
CLE - RB Kareem Hunt miss multiple weeks with his calf injury -- nm - budice Oct 18, 09:09 1
- He's lucky it's a calf not an achilles. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 18, 09:15
QV: Two of the three QBs I started the year with are on IR. As are 3 of 6 RBs. -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 09:08
There it is! Update: Spawn: 3, Attorneys: 0. - Spawn Oct 18, 09:06 5
- Spawn:Attorney Killer -- nm - eag Oct 18, 09:22
- Nice hat trick! -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 09:18
- well done. -- nm - mud Oct 18, 09:07 2
  - Thanks. Just sucks because of stress + waste of time. One of them (the big one) was nice because I had just got a pay increase from them, at least. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 09:12 1
    - 👍 -- nm - mud Oct 18, 09:15
Jaren Jackson Jr. agrees to 4-year, $105M rookie contract extension with Memphis Grizzlies -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 09:05 1
- Phoenix Suns, Mikal Bridges agree to four-year, $90 million rookie contract extension -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 09:06
Yoshida has finished the last two laps with less than 2 minutes to spare. Don't know how much more he has in him. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 09:01 1
- Yoshi-P is running? I'm rooting for him. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 18, 09:04
Speaking of firing, I'm firing myself for not discovering that amanda map -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 08:51 4
- I am firing you for not firing yourself sooner. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 09:07 3
  - You're been fired for so long you can't fire anyone else -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 09:24 2
    - I've been fired for so long I have came back around to employed! -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 09:25 1
      - That's not how this works! -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 09:26
Reagen's fired for not informing me that there was new Peach Pit music. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 08:51 1
- I barely pay attention to singles. Albums or gtfo. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 11:02
GOTG3: May 2025 - Spawn Oct 18, 08:45 4
- Dammit!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 08:49
- Avatar 2 someday -- nm - eag Oct 18, 08:48
- More Batman reboots: 2026, 2030 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 18, 08:47 1
  - But there aren't enough zorro movies for that! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 09:10

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