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I’m not saying I might be interested in applying for a vacancy on our school board, but I’m also not *not* saying it. -- (link) - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 08:46 3
- See what happens when you get vaxxed -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 08:52
- I've thought about that but once I do more than five minutes thinking I nope out hard. - spamlet Dec 7, 08:52 1
  - Honestly, I don’t have any time for that sort of commitment. I could definitely see myself wanting to get involved more in local politics once I retire, though. -- nm* - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 08:53
Due to changes in how things are billed now in our dept, ppl try to get me off a conf call as quickly as possible to avoid running up charges. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 08:44
An analysis of NFT trades ... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 7, 08:42
LYC - San Diego conference in Feb booked - SyrDragon Dec 7, 08:37 1
- Im closest in OC -- nm* - budice Dec 7, 08:38
In Tennessee news... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 7, 08:35
OTD 80 yrs ago: Pearl Harbor. -- (link) - mud Dec 7, 08:24 2
- Why did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor? -- (link) - Beaker Dec 7, 08:30 [youtube] 1
  - good breakdown here of the attack -- (link) - Beaker Dec 7, 08:37 [youtube]
Variety: Apple, Adam McKay, Jennifer Lawrence Team on Elizabeth Holmes Movie ‘Bad Blood’ -- (link) - mud Dec 7, 08:21 11
- Flipping through the channels last night, JLAW was on Colbert. Did I know she was pregnant before this? If so, I forgot. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 08:51
- You know what streaming needed? Another Elizabeth Holmes project. -- nm - Mop Dec 7, 08:25 8
  - Hey, there's real money in constantly re-vilifying the concept of a female CEO. - Beryllium Dec 7, 08:27 7
    - my hot take: I'm rooting for her acquital. - mud Dec 7, 08:31 4
      - b) is incorrect. She committed fraud on a massive scale. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 08:41 3
        
        People forget the thousands (if not more) of real people that got forged medical test results in all of this. - spamlet Dec 7, 08:48 2
        
        Don't take my post as sympathy. It's annoyance that her infamy is being buoyed by these projects that could be seen as sexist and exploitative. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 7, 08:51 1
        
        It's the flipside of all the positive media she received before it all came crashing down. - spamlet Dec 7, 08:53
    - What I find comical is that Kate McKinnon left a Theranos project to work on a Carol Baskin project. I wonder if that was the right move. -- nm - Mop Dec 7, 08:28 1
      - I think it probably was for her. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 7, 08:40
- Setup for a Best Actress Nod -- nm - budice Dec 7, 08:23
Omicron Covid variant 'almost certainly' not more severe than Delta, top US scientist Fauci tells AFP -- (link) - ty97 Dec 7, 08:20 5
- See your family and chill, my friend. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 08:50
- *handwaving freakou…oh* -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 08:43
- But I've already set my hair on fire..... -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 08:27
- That's just... anti scare tactics! -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 08:22 1
  - In the business, we like to call those "calming tactics" so that people aren't put off by the word "scare". -- nm - jousty Fauci Dec 7, 08:50
Twenty years ago, ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ seduced audiences with the perfect heist: the robbing of several Las Vegas casinos. -- (link) - Beaker Dec 7, 08:16 1
- “I’ve never even been to Belize.” - Will Hunting Dec 7, 08:36
OTD 50 yrs ago: Wings release debut album Wild Life. -- (link) - mud Dec 7, 08:03 1
- Lots of Mumbo, there. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 08:05
Today's work sighting is the "Sits on something for 3 days then starts asking questions about it 20 minutes before the meeting" cat. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 07:59
Weird. In Krusty League, budice and I are the only 10-3 teams and this week we play the only 3-10 teams. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 07:56
What is a good gift ($15-20ish) to buy someone who loves spending her summers on her boat at the lake? -- nm - kelly Dec 7, 07:44 13
- Sunblock (seriously though, maybe a nice sun hat?) -- nm - ty97 Dec 7, 08:20
- Toadfish.com has a bunch of stuff that we've bought for our sailing friend. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 7, 08:05 1
  - I got the non tip drink holder. Thanks!! -- nm - kelly Dec 7, 08:28
- Something to secure her beer? -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 07:53 2
  - Yep, we bought one of these as well for our friend at the site above -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 7, 08:07 1
    - I think I need that, and I don't have a boat. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 08:27
- Some fun little accessory for the boat that will remind her of you. And how big of a boat? - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 07:50
- maybe like a painted sign with something Lake-ish on it? We have one that says "Go Jump in the Lake" or something like "I'd rather be boating" / - Beaker Dec 7, 07:50 2
  - the one at my brothers home says "at the Lake we forget to count the days" -- nm - JenBro Dec 7, 09:27
  - $20 worth of diesel cause driving boats is fucking expensive -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 08:07
- Good Suntan lotion, beach towel, water bottle. -- nm - groiny Dec 7, 07:47
- a floating/watertight phone vault.. one of those watertight bags you pop your device into. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 7, 07:46
- Shark Repellant -- nm - Batman Dec 7, 07:46
STIS: Gut check me on this.. I have a guy I've known for a while professionally I'm trying to work with. He's not vaccinated. - colinberry sauce Dec 7, 07:43 15
- I would keep him outside of the company as a consultant if I could like you suggest. The possibility for it becoming too difficult to work together - pmb Dec 7, 08:00 1
  - understood on the IM.. my uncle had a business partner start acting crazy and it was an expensive break up. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 7, 08:07
- I would work with a rabid chupacabra if I thought it would help business. -- nm - groiny Dec 7, 07:50 3
  - As always, the voice of reason appears. -- nm - spamlet Dec 7, 08:10 1
    - it is exactly why Keith Olberman still gets work. -- nm - groiny Dec 7, 08:32
  - haaa -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 7, 07:53
- I agree on your last point: People shouldn't be judged solely on their political positions. - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 07:48 3
  - thanks.. good thoughts. - colinberry sauce Dec 7, 07:53 2
    - Have you chatted about an LLC? - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 08:31 1
      - it's because we're planning on operating in multiple states, having employees in multiple states, and providing health insurance. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 7, 08:34
- depending on location/country he might not be allowed to work unvaxxed. Some unpaid leaves around here -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 07:48 4
  - he's in Virginia, like me, working for a small company. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 7, 07:51 3
    - as groiny says: Business is business. But also agree I'd keep them outside your company structure as given stats, unvaxxed are more likely to get - Beaker Dec 7, 07:52 2
      - true.. and we're very early in. i would not be able to afford paying him full time until we're in the millions in revenue due to his title. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 7, 07:56
      - up here I'd worry about guilt by association, but down there likely not a thing -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 07:53
On the plus side, This song just reminded me of how much I loved this show back in the day. -- (link) - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 07:22 [youtube]
"I don't need high school, I'm gonna work fishing boats. You can earn $150 a day." - Classroom Transcripts Dec 7, 07:04 15
- It's the pirate life for he. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 7, 08:39
- My work team volunteers at a space that teaches children budgeting/financial literacy. It's great, but simultaneously heartbreaking. - MDH Dec 7, 07:54 1
  - Guarantee this kid thinks retiring = mooching off his mom. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 08:21
- Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Billy Joel Songs -- nm - Max Dec 7, 07:41
- has he watched Deadliest Catch? -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 07:32
- well, shit, why am I working? -- nm - groiny Dec 7, 07:32
- Big Theo Huxtable energy -- nm - rollo Dec 7, 07:28 1
  - 👍👍👍 - prayformojo Dec 7, 07:55
- Does your school have a financial literacy course? -- nm - ty97 Dec 7, 07:09 5
  - This kid needs literacy literacy, but yes, it's a part of math. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 07:48
  - do those even exist? -- nm - groiny Dec 7, 07:32 2
    - i just had my dad explaining how you take out zero interest loans for everything you need, then get a second job to pay it off before the interest hit -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 7, 07:47 1
      - yeah, I have had similar conversations with my kids for years. - groiny Dec 7, 07:49
  - that's where he learned not to spend all his money on drugs -- nm - decline Dec 7, 07:11
- Solid life plan in the IM, for sure. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 07:07
Los Angeles Chargers WR Keenan Allen has the Coves -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 06:56 1
- New Orleans Saints WR Deonte Harris suspended three games; DE Cameron Jordan put on COVID-19 list -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 07:02
One of the docs I work with gave me an except of a paper submission he's working on with blanks he needs filled in. It's like Medical Mad Libs. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 06:50 3
- Try plugging in these words and see what happens: ideopathic; lacrimal; distal; DAH; jejunal; vagotonic -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 07:02 2
  - Heh, this doc would like that. It's mostly numbers, but there are spaces for microorganism names. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 07:17 1
    - "Ideopathic" and "Ineffable" are words I try to throw in legal filings whenever I can. - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 07:41
11 Questions with Graham Norton -- (link) - Beaker Dec 7, 06:49
this is a fascinating thread -- (link) - Jovian Dec 7, 06:39 5
- soooo cooool -- nm - prayformojo Dec 7, 07:08
- It's the rapture obvie. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 06:58
- that's really neat -- nm - decline Dec 7, 06:55
- Fascinating and the pictures are amazing. -- nm - pmb Dec 7, 06:55
- any reports of super powers developing? -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 06:40
Potential No. 1 pick Kayvon Thibodeaux to declare for NFL draft, skip Oregon Ducks' bowl game -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 06:37 1
- With a name like that, he should play for New Orleans. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 06:38
So Ovechkin is on pace for 60+ goals and 60+ assists. - Will Hunting Dec 7, 06:21 10
- Seeing Connor and Leon on top of the scoring race is nothing new, but Ovie is *tearing* it up this year. It's damn impressive. -- nm - Shaun Dec 7, 06:38 1
  - I do wonder how they’d fare if they weren’t on the same line. That’s almost a guaranteed 2points per goal. It’s Jagr/Mario like. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 7, 08:16
- At current rates, Joey Votto is on pace to strike out 0 times next year! -- nm - Ender Dec 7, 06:24 1
  - The NHL is like 30% done the season. But given baseball won’t play … so is baseball. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 7, 06:27
- Is that a lot? -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 06:22 5
  - He’s on pace for 129 points … which would be the most for anyone since 1995/96. - Will Hunting Dec 7, 06:25 4
    - and yet behind 2 Oilers in points and 1 in goals *insert your playoffs flameout comment here* -- nm* - Beaker Dec 7, 06:37 3
      - Fun fact: Connor McDavid has won more playoff series than Auston Matthews. -- nm - Shaun Dec 7, 07:54 2
        
        yeah but does he look as good clean shaven? -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 08:28
        
        Funner fact: Connor McDavid was 7 the last time the Leafs won a playoff series -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 08:27
Lyc. Today is going to suuuuuuuuuck. - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 06:11 18
- Good luck. But that is why all three of my shots have been on Fridays. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 08:03 2
  - But then you don’t get to call out of work the next day if you need to. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 08:41 1
    - Uhm, then why aren't you calling out? - Spawn Dec 7, 08:52
- Atta boy, do your thing and then feel good about what you got done -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 06:36
- I am there with you in spirit. - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 06:32
- laundry is relaxing -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 06:22 5
  - Not if my shoulder keeps twinging every time I move it it won’t be. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 06:23 4
    - Is it possible to call out for a day? Shut it all down and let yourself heal for a day? Is there anything, truly pressing, that can’t wait a day -- nm - flavorize Dec 7, 06:34 3
      - clothes don't clean themselves, flavorize -- nm - decline Dec 7, 06:35 2
        
        What about clothes made of cats? -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 06:36 1
        
        Billion-dollar idea. - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 06:46
- Shot fog was real. My Japanese class was an adventure. - spamlet Dec 7, 06:19 4
  - スパムさん大丈夫ですか -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 06:33 1
    - はい、今お元気です。 -- nm - spamlet Dec 7, 07:17
  - Could be a lot worse, so at least I can be thankful for that. Also, note to self, stop getting shots in the same shoulder you like to sleep on. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 06:21 1
    - Are you me? - spamlet Dec 7, 06:32
- and SNOW tomorrow! -- nm - decline Dec 7, 06:12 1
  - F*ck. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 06:13
"If I see a dreidel, I'm going to be very upset." -- nm - No Context Classroom Transcripts Dec 7, 06:07 2
- That can be taken in a couple different ways… -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 7, 06:12
- *hides his plate of latkes* -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 7, 06:12
the backspace key on my work latop is broken. I am a comically bad typer. let;s see how this goes! -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 7, 05:56 5
- died from exhaustion? -- nm - JenBro Dec 7, 07:08
- We got new computer a bit ago at work. The "home" key is next to backspace, it's absolutely awful. -- nm - MDH Dec 7, 06:20
- highlight and delete? -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 7, 06:16
- I'm pretty sure you can map keys on your keyboard with this app. (for instance map the f12 key to backspace) -- (link) - decline Dec 7, 06:04
- I see a lot of "left-delete" in your future. -- nm - Ender Dec 7, 05:59
One upside of the coaching carousel is seeing a FB post about a coach leaving 9 years for Tennessee and finding he just went 2-10 at Arkansas State. -- nm - Ender Dec 7, 05:48 1
- I was fine with that as well. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 7, 07:02
I went to cancel my The Athletic subscription since it went to $8 a month but then they offered it to me for $2 a month for a year so I'm back in. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 05:38
A.P. Bio cancelled by Peacock -- (link) - oblique Dec 7, 05:37 2
- How long were these kids in high school?! -- nm - Mop Dec 7, 08:49
- Glenn Howerton is now free for Seasons 37-43 of Its Always Sunny… -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 7, 06:14
Dear Google Drive: if I haven't turned on notifications yet, I'm not gonna. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 04:56 2
- Coolcoolcool, we’ll check back in a couple of days. -- nm - Google Dec 7, 05:01 1
  - GMail: "Mail! mf'er" (Eurotrip) -- nm - budice Dec 7, 05:27
TV PSA: NBA, FBI x 3, Voice, Resident, WWE NXT, Bering Sea Gold, LIVE Facts of Life and Different Strokes, Oak Island, Riverdale, Our Kind of People, -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 04:45 4
- People's Choice Awards, Last OG, Abbott Elementary, The Claus Family 2, Centaurworld (NF), Nicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo) (NF), Queens, -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 04:48 3
  - Top Gear, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 04:49 2
    - I heard on morning radio about the live Diff Strokes and FOL, that's a hard no from me dawg - SyrDragon Dec 7, 06:42
    - 0) Looks like it'll be all Christmas movies and TV episodes for me tonight. I'm good with that. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 05:39
NFL Playoff Schedule (if the season ended today) - Strongbad Dec 7, 04:35 1
- Those AFC matchups are dynamite -- nm - rollo Dec 7, 06:24

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