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Yo - wasn't able to log on yesterday. Thanks for the birthday wishes!!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 20, 09:08 1
- HBD, Glad you can still have them, how are you doing? How is the new job? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 11:49
"No, you leave." -- (link) - ty97 Oct 20, 09:02
Case Keenum is your Browns starter for Thursday Night Football -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 08:53
NYC & Company expects 2.8 million foreign visitors this year, down from 13.5 million in 2019. -- (link) - ty97 Oct 20, 08:40
Cast of Eternals has been pulled from live events due to a possible COVID-19 exposure after the Marvel movie's premiere. -- (link) - budice Oct 20, 08:18 12
- But it's right there in the name -- nm - Max Oct 20, 08:44
- Am I alone in thinking that this is going to fizzle at the box office? (Relatively speaking, only when compared to other MCU films, I mean) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 08:35 10
  - pre sales are strong. Strong cast, director with a vision and passion for the movie. Should be interesting to see -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 09:05
  - I did before Shang-Chi. But now I know we are *hungry* for more Marvel escape. -- nm - Spawn Oct 20, 08:43 1
    - I still won't go to a theater were going for Spidey 3 but that's just cause we don't want to wait - eag Oct 20, 08:48
  - I thought that too; but think I read somewhere that presales have been great so far -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 08:40 2
    - Here you go. We still really only have the first day sales, but those were great (for the pandemic). -- (link) - Inigo Oct 20, 08:49
    - Excellent. I do hope that I'm wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 08:41
  - I'm confident that it will be vastly superior to the Inhumans series, but it just seems like they're trying to use marketing to make fetch happen. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 08:37 3
    - Inhumans was made purely to get Ike Pulemutter to shut up about it. -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 08:43 2
      - If it's what finally got rid of him it may be the best Marvel project of all. -- nm - the wrong element Oct 20, 09:11
      - Yean and pretty much killed the Inhumans from most of Marvel properties - eag Oct 20, 09:10
BTC $66k 🌕🚀🚀 -- nm - oblique Oct 20, 08:13
God of War - Announce Trailer | PC -- (link) - Shaun Oct 20, 08:09 [youtube]
I still hear the whistles. -- nm - Dano Oct 20, 08:00 1
- I dreamed that I was there (not running just helping) -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 08:24
Apparently you can make vodka out of thin air? -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 20, 07:59 2
- The technology behind it is apparently legit, though -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 20, 08:02
- "Son, there's no wrong way to consume alcohol"... "This is the wrong way to consume alcohol" -- nm - Ron Swanson si Oct 20, 08:01
Rahm Emmanuel is being nominated as an...ambassador? -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 07:55 6
- Sure why not. It didnt stop Woody Johnson from being named an ambassador. If a shitty sports club owner can, why not Rahm. -- nm - Jovian Oct 20, 08:26
- he's gonna cause The Brink! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 20, 08:20
- yeah I had heard this a few weeks ago when there was pushback from some folks in Chicago over it -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 08:18
- To where? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 08:07 2
  - Japan so some place actually important. -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 08:21
  - Far far away one can hope -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 08:18
Let's face it Only Murders finale spoils - Max Oct 20, 07:52 20
- My finale thoughts spoilers - rollo Oct 20, 08:24 4
  - whoa #5 -- (edited) - Max Oct 20, 08:56
  - totally agree about #2 -- nm - prayformojo Oct 20, 08:29 1
    - And - ty97 Oct 20, 08:36
  - spoilers about #4 - ty97 Oct 20, 08:28
- I think it's important to remember (spoilers) - ty97 Oct 20, 08:24
- !! I was just thinking that last night - Pippy Oct 20, 07:57 5
  - I assumed (spoilers?) - Mop Oct 20, 08:06 4
    - Honestly I don't think as an actress she has that kind of depth. I was assuming ( maybe incorrectly) she is like this in real life. - Pippy Oct 20, 08:08 2
      - Watched a lot of "Wizards of Waverly Place" years ago and she was great. Really! That was 10+ years ago though. She's been through a lot. -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 20, 08:27 1
        
        She was the low-key, sarcastic girl on that show, too. - Inigo Oct 20, 08:30
    - Spoilers - Beryllium Oct 20, 08:07
- I was a bit (spoilers) - oblique Oct 20, 07:56 7
  - This is basically what I said (spoilers) -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 20, 08:20
  - I really enjoyed it. I think it also had some of the funniest bits of the season. -- nm - pmb Oct 20, 08:02 5
    - I think it had some of the funniest bits with Steve Martin, but was also lazily written. (spoils) - Inigo Oct 20, 08:23 3
      - I'll forgive it. This was very much L.A. Story Steve Martin - Max Oct 20, 08:50 1
        
        To be clear, I still liked the finale. I just found parts of it disappointing. -- nm - Inigo Oct 20, 09:07
      - haha, that IM -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 08:24
    - Yep, LOVED it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 20, 08:20
Case Keenum is your CLE QB this week -- nm - budice Oct 20, 07:42 1
- And now, back to the countdown. - Spawn Oct 20, 08:44
Yep. So totally loving 'For All Mankind'. Finished episode 2 of season 2 last night. - Jovian Oct 20, 07:36 5
- I liked that show. A lot. Almost as much as - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 07:55
- On Season 2 of Succession. Oy. -- nm - budice Oct 20, 07:51 1
  - Oh, just wait. -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 08:21
- Check out one episode of Trying. It's really worth it. -- nm - Inigo Oct 20, 07:48
- I've started watching Foundation and See. Jury is still out on both. -- nm - oblique Oct 20, 07:38
Happy Hump Day: Eva Longoria shows off toned abs in blue bikini -- (link) - budice Oct 20, 07:27 1
- I see that and I raise you... -- (link) - oblique Oct 20, 07:37
No Man's Sky launches Expedition 4: Emergence with ridable SandWorms just in time for Dune -- (link) - decline Oct 20, 07:07 1
- If you walk without rhythm ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 08:38
WFT released kicker Dustin Hopkins and signed Chris Blewitt -- nm - budice Oct 20, 07:03
*twitch* -- (link) - znufrii Oct 20, 06:56
no? why no? -- (link) - mud Oct 20, 06:50 4
- The GOP. The party lawlessness. -- nm - Jovian Oct 20, 07:32
- “I don’t view that committee as a real committee since Pelosi’s never let us participate.” -- (link) - mud Oct 20, 07:03
- This is my shocked face. -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 06:54 1
  - Seriously. Knock me over with a feather. I am astounded. Didn't see that coming. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 20, 06:56
The current Netflix DVD Top 10 for your comments... - MDH Oct 20, 06:47 15
- I've seen Freaky only (and I worked on Supernova) -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 08:27 2
  - What was your role in the Supernova production? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 08:39 1
    - Legal & Production Assistant for one of the financiers - LMS Oct 20, 09:06
- I have seen two - Freaky, and, Land. -- nm - Andie Oct 20, 07:37
- I’ve heard of one. - mafic Oct 20, 07:26
- 0 -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 06:51 2
  - Ditto -- nm - VMan Oct 20, 07:06
  - Same -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 06:55
- 1 and it was The Marksman and it was terrrrrrrrrible -- nm* - Beaker Oct 20, 06:51 5
  - 2 I want to see: Those Who Wish Me Dead and Freaky; maybe Supernova (is that a end of the world film? the wife loves those) -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 06:52 4
    - Definitely Supernova (staring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci). And I'm curious about Those Who Wish Me Dead, too. (semi-spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 06:57 [youtube] 3
      - Spoiler - LMS Oct 20, 08:31
      - Love Firth and Tucci but I can't watch any TV shows or films on dementia. After seeing the Reader, I do need to brach out and see more serious films. - Pippy Oct 20, 08:04
      - ahh right -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 07:01
- mmmm, wonder if Freaky is on NF up here; haven't seen anything yet -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 06:49
CNN's John King has had MS for 13 years and election week last year was one of his worst weeks -- (link) - ty97 Oct 20, 06:46 1
- Wow. Would never have known. And it was like the election version of the backyard races. -- nm - pmb Oct 20, 07:02
Today is the anniversary of the release of the Take On Me video by A-ha. Without Googling, can you name the year it was released? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 06:30 15
- Jeffster is better! -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 06:48
- 85 I thought -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 06:44
- All excellent guesses! And the answer is ... (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 06:38 6
  - 21/30 I can sing at least a chorus to myself... I wonder if any 12-yr olds would be able to do that with this week's top 30 in 37 years -- nm - rollo Oct 20, 07:15
  - #1-3, 6-7 all straight bangers -- nm - MDH Oct 20, 06:45 2
    - #4 had too short a half-life to be a banger, but it was still pretty good. - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 06:53 1
      - The only reason I know they existed is because they were a joke answer on Celebrity Jeopardy -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 06:55
  - How did Drake manage to get all 30 spots two years before he was born?! -- nm - Qale Oct 20, 06:44 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 06:53
- 1984 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 20, 06:37 1
  - (I would've guessed 83 had spamlet not taken it) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 20, 06:40
- 1981 -- nm - Qale Oct 20, 06:36
- 1985 -- nm - VMan Oct 20, 06:32
- 1983 -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 06:32
- 86? -- nm - mud Oct 20, 06:32
I can fathom anyone seeing voting rights as a 'niche issue' -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 06:27 4
- Don't look at us, were just waiting for yall to ballot initiative your way out of your messes like we always do. -- nm - con_carne Oct 20, 06:56
- It's a 'niche issue' in the sense that most regular folks in America think about voting every other fall. - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 06:33
- you can or can't? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 20, 06:30
- It only matters to people who don’t have them. What about the rest of us?! -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 06:29
Gaggle, spyware used by Minneapolis schools, outs students in misguided effort to curb teen suicides during the pandemic. -- (link) - Qale Oct 20, 05:54
TITIOMADIC -all the different expressions in a language for boobs -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 05:49 1
- DOTITCAM - The Visual Representation of said language -- nm - budice Oct 20, 05:55
Good morning, ST. - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 05:47 3
- I just learn about “ Bones Day” -- nm - Pippy Oct 20, 06:15 2
  - I stumbled on it over the weekend. Friend of mine told me about it. And it's a Bones Day, pippy! -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 06:17 1
    - definitely a Bones Day! -- nm - Pippy Oct 20, 08:05
DTL: there was talk of putting together an ST invitational. Any interested? - spamlet Oct 20, 05:33 15
- I'm not worried about pseudos ... I will "fund" scrimmages with anyone who plays me who needs some -- nm - rollo Oct 20, 07:11 1
  - Same here. I'll put a schedule together. -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 07:18
- I’m in. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 06:48
- I would participate, but I don't have any scrimmage requests. I have Credits, but I like the challenge of being a Small Program -- nm - Dano Oct 20, 06:45
- Should we do it like a bracket or like a EPL table? -- nm - rollo Oct 20, 06:21 9
  - I'd like that. I thought we could do it with scrimmages, round-robin style. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 20, 06:27 2
    - I'm good to use scrims but know not everyone upgrades their accounts. -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 06:36 1
      - I don't mind going into the exhibition season as well, but I also don't want to interfere with the Tripwire participants. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 20, 06:41
  - I was thinking table so we didn't use up all our pseudos but that would preclude Tripwire participation. -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 06:27 5
    - Oh, I'm committed to the tripwire. I thought we would be using scrimmages -- nm - rollo Oct 20, 06:30 4
      - It really depends on what others want to do. -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 06:32 3
        
        I have no strong preferences, so I'll go with what others determine. - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 06:39 2
        
        Here's a simple round-robin system for an odd number of participants. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 20, 06:48 1
        
        How does it work for a number of odd participants? -- nm - Dano Oct 20, 08:00
- I'm interested. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 05:44
Happy birthday to Beryllium! Woo hoo!!!🎂🥳🎉 - Krusty Oct 20, 05:24 12
- Happy birthday boss man! -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 08:27
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian Oct 20, 07:33
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Diva Oct 20, 06:45
- Perfect time to kill Beryllium. - Qale Oct 20, 06:45
- cheers !! -- nm - mud Oct 20, 06:31
- Happy Birthday! Hope it's a great one! -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 20, 06:20
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Pippy Oct 20, 06:15
- Happy b, sir! (NM) - Marlowe Oct 20, 06:12
- happy Birthday! -- nm - decline Oct 20, 05:52
- Best Birthday wishes to you Bery! - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 05:43
- Happy birthday BE -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 05:33
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 05:26
TV PSA: MLB, NHL, Goldbergs, Masked Singer, Legends of Tomorrow, Chicago x 3, Survivor, Wonder Years, Tough as Nails, Home Economics, The Sinner, -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 05:10 5
- UK gets The Repair Shop, Hollington Drive and Shetland. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 06:18
- Batwoman, Alter Ego, CSI Vegas, Superstar, Four Hours At The Capitol, Night Teeth (NF), Found (NF), Stuck Together (NF), Challenge, Dopesick (Hulu), -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 05:14 3
  - Wu-Tang An American Saga (Hulu), Doogie Kamealoha (D+), The Making of Black Widow (D+), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 05:15 2
    - 2) Masked Singer and Wu Tang -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 06:08
    - 6: Goldbergs and Legends for me; Survivor for all of us; Chicagos for the wife; might watch Night Teeth too -- nm* - Beaker Oct 20, 05:52

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