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QAnon Shaman gets 41 months -- nm - mud Nov 17, 08:51 3
- "On September 3, 2021, Angeli pleaded guilty to a single count of obstructing a congressional proceeding and agreed to accept the prosecution's - ty97 Nov 17, 08:57
- on the low end of the sentencing guidelines -- nm - decline Nov 17, 08:54
- awesome -- nm - Jovian Nov 17, 08:52
Target blows past quarterly earnings expectations and says shelves are full for holiday season -- (link) - ty97 Nov 17, 08:45 7
- but I heard Biden destroyed the supply chain very strongly? -- nm - Jovian Nov 17, 08:53
- TGT -5.17%, go figure. -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 08:48 5
  - "shares fall as retailer focuses on keeping customer prices low" -- nm - budice Nov 17, 08:50 1
    - There it is. Gross margins are down 260 bps. -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 08:54
  - Sales have been AND the shelves are full!?! - Spawn Nov 17, 08:50
  - Buy on the rumor, sell on the news is still the axiom right? -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 08:49 1
    - Basically retraced its past five days of gains so yeah. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 17, 08:54
Finally! I have a Zoom interview at 2:30 today.🤞🏼🤞🏼 - Krusty Nov 17, 08:44 5
- Good luck! -- nm - jnine Nov 17, 10:42
- yay! -- nm - mud Nov 17, 08:52
- *fist pump* -- (pic) - Spawn Nov 17, 08:47 [Attachment]
- Go you! -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 08:46
- remember to put pants on -- nm - decline Nov 17, 08:45
NFL to intensify COVID protocols for the holidays. For everyone but Aaron Rodgers. -- (link) - Diva Nov 17, 08:41 2
- Whenever Goodell gets challenged in the inept commissioner contest, he manages to dig deeper. - Will Hunting Nov 17, 08:55
- and Carson Wentz -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 08:55
Lunar eclipse tomorrow night for most of us -- (link) - decline Nov 17, 08:18 8
- Not good if your a Warewolf or Moon Knight -- nm - eag Nov 17, 08:36
- it's funny - that photo makes it look like the moon is several times larger than an airplane! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 17, 08:23 2
  - query - do flat earthers think the moon and the other planets, are also flat? (i really don't know the answer.) -- nm* - Andie Nov 17, 08:38 1
    - some do and some don't -- nm - decline Nov 17, 08:41
- sweet -- nm - mud Nov 17, 08:19
- cats have been going bonkers the past few days; wonder if this is the reason -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 08:18 2
  - everyone seems grumpy today. I'm going to blame the moon -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 08:29 1
    - M-O-O-N, that spells surly. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 17, 08:30
Watching Andrew Wiggins play these days, I'm starting to think there might be something to the ST joke that getting vaccinated gives one super powers -- nm - JD Nov 17, 08:15
I can't even have a nice dream about hanging out with friends without coronavirus intruding. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 08:10 5
- I actually had a dream that included mud last night. - Spawn Nov 17, 08:11 4
  - ha! like I'd do that! (spoil) - mud Nov 17, 08:13 3
    - I honestly could not even remember who it was that I had murdered by the time the dream shifted to it. The last part of the dream was me introducing - Spawn Nov 17, 08:30 1
      - :-D -- nm - mud Nov 17, 08:50
    - Righteous!! -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 08:15
"I mean I thought I did until today" -- nm - prayformojo Nov 17, 08:08
Not sure if any of you are looking for seasoning or oil jars, but these little things are cute. Just got one, I like. -- (link) - colin Nov 17, 08:07
Helen Mirren as Golda Meir: -- (link) - mud Nov 17, 08:05
important: when are we going to start sharing cool xmas gift ideas? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 17, 07:56 12
- Good question. We need some fresh polls. I"ll try and post one on the next board. -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 08:15 2
  - And I'm pretty sure I'm getting my sister this Rocky Horror blanket. She absolutely loves the movie so I think this will be perfect. -- (link) - Krusty Nov 17, 08:17 1
    - quilted, nice. -- nm - Andie Nov 17, 08:19
- obviously you're getting pasta bowls -- nm - decline Nov 17, 08:08
- I thought we already had? I want a Pulp Fiction NFT. -- nm - Spawn Nov 17, 08:06 7
  - Obviously we should gift David an Atlanta Journal and Constitution Braves NFT. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 08:16
  - NFTs are stupid. Don't encourage QT. -- nm - mud Nov 17, 08:09 5
    - This is honestly the very first time I have ever heard of one that made my ears go up. -- nm - Spawn Nov 17, 08:11 2
      - you're a fan. - mud Nov 17, 08:17 1
        
        SPOILER - Spawn Nov 17, 08:44
    - Miramax sues director Quentin Tarantino over his plans to sell digital collectibles based on his 1994 film 'Pulp Fiction.' -- (link) - decline Nov 17, 08:11 1
      - (yes, that's what this subthread refers to) -- nm - mud Nov 17, 08:14
CPAC president said PBS should be defunded for 'Sesame Street' having an Asian-American muppet -- (link) - budice Nov 17, 07:26 6
- Weren't they the ones screaming about canceling Dr. Seuss? -- nm - pmb Nov 17, 08:25
- so much for building a tent for all. -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 08:13
- Not only is that despicable, it’s not even factual. I believe Sesame Street is now on HBO. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 08:07 3
  - It is on HBO but it also goes to PBS as well after 6 months I believe -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 08:14
  - You think they care about facts? -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 08:12 1
    - Of course not. Also: It’d be perfectly okay if the muppet wasn’t even Asian-American but just, like, Asian. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 08:17
Abbotsford RV business on fire: -- (link) - mud Nov 17, 07:20 1
- more (this is in a flood) -- (link) - mud Nov 17, 07:28
The Mike White honeymoon is over. Flacco to start for the Jets this Sunday. -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 07:13 8
- J-E-T-S -- nm - Spawn Nov 17, 07:54
- That's one of the quickest reversals of fortune ever. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 17, 07:26
- Ridiculous...simply ridiculous. -- nm - Flavorize Nov 17, 07:26 4
  - He looked like a college level QB on Sunday. That was his shot and he blew it. - Inigo Nov 17, 07:36 3
    - Bills DEF no slouch either -- nm - budice Nov 17, 07:40 2
      - No doubt, but they gave him plenty of time to throw. He just kept throwing to the wrong team. -- nm - Inigo Nov 17, 07:47 1
        
        Maybe he's red-green color-blind -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 17, 07:59
- huh, I missed that he'd been traded -- nm - decline Nov 17, 07:19
Turning Red trailer. -- (link) - Mop Nov 17, 07:11 [youtube]
Company-wide email: Department Holiday Decorating 12/3/21 3:30-5pm - oblique Nov 17, 07:09 9
- Could have been worse - could have been 12/31/21 3:30-5pm -- nm - prayformojo Nov 17, 07:43
- Stop trying to make work fun! Let me do my job and then sign my paycheck. I blame Millennials. - Dano Nov 17, 07:14 5
  - and shut up with your zoom happy hours. nobody wants that! -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 17, 07:54
  - I'm guessing they had a ton of people doing this for days/weeks throughout the time frame -- for a lot longer than 90 minutes - Will Hunting Nov 17, 07:45 1
    - My "issue" generally with this is that there isn't any guidance as manager for things like budget. Am I supposed to tell the team - oblique Nov 17, 07:56
  - Millenials? Mandatory fun seems like much more of a boomer/Karen thing. -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 07:41 1
    - And an excellent Weird Al album. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 17, 07:50
- Get in the spirit! OR ELSE. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 07:11
- Queue Moroccan Christmas. I'm holding out for the Finer Things Club -- nm - budice Nov 17, 07:10
One thing about Shang Chi (spoils) - eag Nov 17, 06:58
It's 8:49 and I'm already contemplating what to have for lunch. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 17, 06:49 5
- French Onion Soup sounds good -- nm - budice Nov 17, 07:08
- chili. Let's hear your unpopular opinion about what goes in chili! -- nm - Max Nov 17, 06:50 3
  - Spaghetti - and served in a pasta bowl. -- nm - Dano Nov 17, 07:09 1
    - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Nov 17, 07:33
  - It's hard to go wrong with chili, but I'm pro-beans. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 17, 06:59
maybe unpopz opin: I don't like eating from pasta bowls. just give me a regular bowl and call it a day. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 17, 06:43 19
- I accidentally had a pasta bowl one time. Never again. -- nm - Spawn Nov 17, 07:55
- yeah, pasta works just fine in a normal bowl, or a plate. it's fine. -- nm - Andie Nov 17, 07:09 2
  - We have the same plates we got when we were first married. Some days I dream about having new plates, maybe square but then I'm like...it's plates -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 07:11 1
    - I also replaced my 20 year-old plates/bowls with new ones this year -- nm - decline Nov 17, 07:18
- I just bought a set of pasta bowls because I am the anti-Amanda -- nm - decline Nov 17, 06:44 5
  - your kitchen is obviously way larger than mine. part two: who has room for more than one kind of bowl? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 17, 06:47 4
    - actually it's pretty tiny, but priorities!! -- nm - decline Nov 17, 07:16
    - Who even has room for one type of bowl?! -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 06:58 1
      - You do in your fancy new apartment! -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 07:12
    - I have them on a rack in the cabinet above the sink. They slot in with the regular plates just fine for me. But I can see space being an issue in some - Krusty Nov 17, 06:51
- I....huh....what.....there's a ....difference? -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 06:44 8
  - The curved up edges just restrict access to the food. Bowls are for soups (like Tom Yum!). -- nm - Max Nov 17, 06:45
  - ok I just googled pasta bowls and yeah no need for those. -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 06:45 5
    - I love them. -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 06:46 4
      - yeah, we use them alot -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 07:09
      - I'd rather spend my money on pasta than more bowls! :) -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 06:47 2
        
        Ehh, pasta's cheap. I like having the nicer bowls to eat it out of. :-) - Krusty Nov 17, 06:49
        
        It's got a real nice profit margin. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 17, 06:49
  - Yes. Pasta bowls are wider and shallower than a normal bowl. I'm a big fan of them. Sorry, Amanda. -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 06:45
Happy Tiger King 2 day! -- nm - loosilu Nov 17, 06:38
I kept reading your posts as "Spider Monkey" and was gravely disappointed when the trailer finished -- nm - prayformojo Nov 17, 06:33 5
- It's Steiger Monday. In the Heat of the Night and On the Waterfront. -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 06:41 3
  - Oh right, the actor everyone always asks if I was related to because they don’t know how to spell. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 17, 08:39
  - It's Geiger Monday. We'll have a disaster movie night! -- nm - mud Nov 17, 07:14 1
    - It's Rick Monday! Time for some dingers! -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 07:20
- *goes back and rereads* Aw, dammit. I did too. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 17, 06:39
DC Published some COVID stats today, of most note: 100% of COVID hospitalizations are unvaccinated -- nm - MDH Nov 17, 06:33
for $700M over 20 years; I'd change my name to crypto.com too -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 06:24 4
- I'd tattoo it across my forehead -- nm* - Krusty Malone Nov 17, 06:27 2
  - "haha you loser" "they pay me $35 million a year" "lucky bastard" -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 06:28 1
    - Exactly. Plus, hats still exist. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 06:59
- I'd change my name forever for $250k tax free. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 17, 06:27
Port of Houston has brought in 11% more more containers in September than the same month a year ago. So, the supply chains are improving. Kinda. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 06:14 9
- A big part of this is that we're just buying more stuff, and the supply chain can't keep up. -- nm - Inigo Nov 17, 06:34 5
  - Yes. The economy rebounded from pandemic levels quicker than expected. Ports were bringing in record numbers 2nd half of 20 and all of 21. - Strongbad Nov 17, 07:47
  - What I don't understand is how everyone's going to buy less stuff after COVID, so where does it end? - Max Nov 17, 06:44 3
    - Stop buying new stuff was my lament the other day. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 07:09
    - all of the land that could be new ports is luxury houses. in WWII, the population was much lower, less dense at the edges. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 17, 07:04 1
      - I'm dense in the middle -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 07:07
- In other local news: Kroger workers here voted 2nd time to strike, have not yet set date to do so. Pay and health care are their demands. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 06:29 1
  - And finally:Harris Co will not seek independent investigation against Astroworld Fest. County Judge (an admin role) outvoted by Commissioners. -- nm* - Qale Nov 17, 06:31
- yay for supplies! -- nm* - ty97 Nov 17, 06:16
TV PSA: Goldbergs, Legends of Tomorrow, Drone Racing League, AEW Dynamite, Masked Singer, Survivor, Wonder Years, Conners, Tough as Nails, Batwoman, -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 06:13 4
- Alter Ego, Home Economics, CSI Vegas, A Million Little Things, The Sinner, NHL, Samantha Bee, Tiger King 2 (NF), Marvel’s Hit Monkey (Hulu), -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 06:15 3
  - Christmas Flow (NF), Dopesick (Hulu), NBA, The Challenge, Hard Knocks (in season - Indy Colts), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 06:17 2
    - 1: The Masked Singer -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 08:21
    - 3: Goldbergs, Legends, Survivor; 4 if Hit Monkey is on here (I assume D+ will get it like they Only Murders) -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 08:17
Tommaso Ciampa did the Steiner math. That is funny. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 17, 06:13 1
- Terrence Howard declared it accurate. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 17, 06:32
LIR: Ender. That Xbox Game pass question is interesting. I never considered that I could play cloud games using our subscription - oblique Nov 17, 06:11
Happy Birthday Shaun! -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 06:08 4
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine Nov 17, 10:45
- Thanks, and thanks on B2 as well!! -- nm - Shaun Nov 17, 08:23 1
  - Happy happy!!! -- nm - Spawn Nov 17, 08:32
- Hurray! Shaun finally can buy those Rated M for Mature games! -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 06:11
I do admire how they threw in spider monday in the last five seconds like it’s a thing we all know and love. points for confidence I guess. -- nm - mafic Nov 17, 06:05 7
- Be there or be square. -- nm - Max Nov 17, 06:33
- it's cyber monday. but for spiders. how is that not great? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 17, 06:23 1
  - it's cider monday, for haters. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 17, 06:26
- Trailer spoilers based on Spawns B2 comment. - TWuG Nov 17, 06:09 3
  - I just think spoil - Spawn Nov 17, 08:55
  - There are multiple spoils - mafic Nov 17, 06:11 1
    - I don't think so. Spoil. Then again... -- (edited) - Spawn Nov 17, 08:08
The business end of SpaceX's Starship. 12 million pounds of thrust. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 17, 06:03
Happy Hump Day! -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 06:01 2
- We are seeing a show downtown tonight so my wife wanted to drop me off at work (45 minute drive). Here's how it went: - oblique Nov 17, 06:05 1
  - This story includes less hump than I expected. -- nm - mafic Nov 17, 06:07

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