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DHop out for rest of season—could come back for playoffs -- nm - flavorize Dec 15, 12:50 1
- Dennis Hopper? I think he's out for much longer. -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 13:12
Cyrano cast exposed to COVID. Appearances cancelled -- (link) - budice Dec 15, 12:46 4
- BLAME THE NOSE! -- nm - eag Dec 15, 13:02 1
  - "Cocaine causes COVID" - 50% drop in drug use overnight -- nm - budice Dec 15, 13:03
- Boy, if there were ever an IP where you'd expect understudies to cover for you... -- nm - Max Dec 15, 12:52
- Well that stinks for them. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 12:51
DTL: Our next game is on the Ocho! Hopefully we don't screw it up. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 12:44 1
- I'm very concerned about my next. That guy has got some trees. He might outrebound me by 30. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 12:53
Noomi Rapace is a shape-shifting witch girl in the upcoming You Won't Be Alone - Trailer -- (link*) - budice Dec 15, 12:42 [youtube] 4
- Okay, but what character is she playing? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:51 2
  - Black Phillip -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 12:52 1
    - "There he is!" "Where?" "There!" "What? Behind Noomi Rapace?" "He *is* Noomi Rapace!" "You silly sod! You got us all worked up!" - Max Dec 15, 12:57
- Is this a sequel to The VVITCH? I would be entertained if there were a Witch universe where Black Phillip appeared in various eras up to present. -- nm - Max Dec 15, 12:49
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 15, 12:40 [Attachment] 8
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 15, 12:41 [Attachment] 7
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 15, 12:42 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 15, 12:42 [Attachment] 4
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Dec 15, 12:57
      - 2/2! -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 15, 12:45
      - Ugh. 1/2. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 15, 12:44
      - 1/2 - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 12:43
  - nm -- nm* - prayformojo Dec 15, 12:41
wow, good for Travis Hunter and Jackson State -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 15, 12:34
...wherein I just ordered folks to go out there with bolt cutters and bring me back 8 computers. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 12:25 6
- That's one way to deal with the supply chain issues -- nm - JD Dec 15, 13:01
- If you don't have enough bolt cutters, have them use hacksaw on catalytic converters and trade for laptops -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 12:55
- A Mop always pays his debts -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 12:27
- Christmas shopping complete! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:26
- you sir, are a tyrant! -- nm - decline Dec 15, 12:26 1
  - Oh, you can't imagine. I'm the "I don't give any shits" guy at work right now. my bosses are running interference. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 12:59
Went to check the ticket situation for Friday on the Cineplex site and may have had another thing spoiled. No worries, it's just a dumb kid's movie. -- nm - Shaun Dec 15, 12:12 7
- Rookie mistake. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 12:14 6
  - How dare I try to find out the status of my ticket! -- nm - Shaun Dec 15, 12:15 5
    - Two words: Spider. Monday. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 12:16 4
      - That's when I bought it. But covid had prompted changes here, so I was checking to see if ticket purchases for the 17th onwards were still blocked. -- nm - Shaun Dec 15, 12:19 1
        
        Blame Canada. - Spawnta Dec 15, 12:44
      - I forwarded the "here are your tickets" email to my friend so I wouldn't even have to click. I am beginning to doubt shaun's commitment to the spider - amanda jeans Dec 15, 12:18 1
        
        Aunt May will straighten Shaun out -- (edited) - budice Dec 15, 12:24
WWE: Owens has always struck me as a mercenary type so I’m not surprised he’s staying even though I didn’t think he would. - Tim Dec 15, 11:55 7
- WWE, Fox, USA all interested in MJF -- (link) - Remlik Dec 15, 12:37 1
  - They'll have new ownership by 2024 anyway. - The Allfather Dec 15, 12:46
- I also suspect Sami didn't want to leave, but yeah. Owens lives close to Disney World, and his family goes all the time. - The Allfather Dec 15, 12:07 1
  - No real room for him in AEW (yet). He's 37 so it's probably the biggest contract he'll ever get. He's on a global stage - Remlik Dec 15, 12:23
- you're at the top of your profession and being paid accordingly. Why leave? He may be perfectly happy compared to others -- nm* - Beaker Dec 15, 12:03 2
  - You leave because your best friends are running a company that's gonna put yours out of business. - The Allfather Dec 15, 12:09 1
    - yeah but you want security too. as you mentioned, it will hopefully always be there. I wonder if his contract gives him something if WWE gets sold? -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 12:19
Appeals court reinstates health worker coronavirus vaccine mandate in half of US(those states involved w/ suit) -- (link*) - budice Dec 15, 11:54
What with today's news I wonder how many people will actually turn up for No Way Home tonight. -- nm - LMS Dec 15, 11:51 4
- What'd I miss? -- nm - sycor Dec 15, 12:11 1
  - you caught omicron from posting on ST -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 12:21
- Too many. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 11:59 1
  - I've never seen the cinema foyer so busy! -- nm - LMS Dec 15, 12:04
my 4pm meeting just cancelled!!!!! -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 15, 11:50 4
- Gives you time to now go find a CheeseCake Factory! -- nm - decline Dec 15, 12:10
- your 5pm meeting invitation just arrived though -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 11:52
- Is today the new 17th? -- nm - Max Dec 15, 11:51 1
  - no. note that I do have to work over break. I just don't have to work all day every day. I'll probably take three days off off. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 15, 12:14
I’m really looking forward to watching Rendezvous with Rama on HBO Max. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 15, 11:50
If I had a multiverse machine I would go watch movies I liked made by different directors I like. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 11:46 48
- Francis Ford Coppola does Lemony Snicket and 9r Little orphan Annie -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 12:59
- Terry Gilliam’s The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 12:58
- Chris Columbus’s Eyes Wide Shut -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 12:57
- Clint Howard's Apollo 13 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:54
- Robert Altman’s A Quiet Place -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 12:42
- Tim Burton's Die Hard. -- nm - pmb Dec 15, 12:39
- also: Replay - directed by *anyone* -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 12:34
- Spielberg’s Harry Potter 7, Part 2 -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 12:31
- Daren Aronofsky's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 12:30 1
  - (w the Requiem for a Dream score) -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 12:33
- Dr. Uwe Boll's Hukkle - prayformojo Dec 15, 12:17
- Guy Maddin's Alice in Wonderland -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 12:15
- Miloš Foreman's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:13
- Tarantino's Passion of the Christ -- nm - budice Dec 15, 12:12 1
  - Quentin Tarantino’s Knives Out -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 12:15
- Ridley Scott's It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:06
- Wes Anderson's Boyz in Da Hood. -- nm - LMS Dec 15, 12:06 1
  - I was thinking of going with The Usual Suspects. -- nm - VMan Dec 15, 12:07
- Kevin Spacey presents Boyhood -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 12:00 2
  - Ew. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 12:04 1
    - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 12:05
- Michael Bay's Showgirls -- nm - budice Dec 15, 11:59 1
  - GdT's Avengers -- nm - budice Dec 15, 12:00
- Wes Craven's - The War of the Roses -- nm - VMan Dec 15, 11:59
- Zack Braff's Murder on the Orient - Beryllium Dec 15, 11:58
- Roland Emmerich presents The English Patient -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 11:57
- Zach Snyder's The Hunger Games - Beryllium Dec 15, 11:57
- Kathryn Bigelow's Batman (1989) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 11:54
- Star Wars: A New Hope by Robert Zemekis? -- nm - ReluctantSanta Dec 15, 11:53 2
  - So what's the parameters of that universe? That he's doing it with the same technology limitations of 1977? Or the equivalent of now? - JD Dec 15, 11:58 1
    - I was assuming that the time period remained the same, but shifted to a different universe. But ... -- (edited) - ReluctantSanta Dec 15, 12:22
- Francis Ford Coppola's Schindler's List? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 11:50 3
  - Mel Gibson's Schindler's List -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 11:59 2
    - Hah. At least my gentile suggestion would've been faithful to the story. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:00 1
      - I guess there's always Mel Gibson's The Unbearable Lightness of Being Amon Goeth. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:01
- Michael Bay’s Remains of the Day? -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 11:48 12
  - Daren Aronofsky’s Love Actually? -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 11:49 11
    - It couldn't be worse than the version in this universe. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 15, 13:14
    - ooooo...I'd watch that -- nm - JD Dec 15, 11:51
    - Julie Taymor’s Pearl Harbor? -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 11:50 8
      - The Wachowski’s Training Day -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 11:55 7
        
        Richard Linklater’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 11:59 6
        
        Kevin Smith’s Pride and Prejudice -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 12:02 5
        
        Peter Jackson’s Clueless -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 12:05 3
        
        Woody Allen’s Passion of the Christ -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 12:08
        
        Guillermo del Toro's Without a Clue -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:07
        
        A nine hour, 5 part, epic series. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 15, 12:06
        
        "I'm not even supposed to be here today." -- Mr Darcy -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:03
ST Poll: When was the last time you ate at The Cheesecake Factory - Strongbad Dec 15, 11:44 24
- September 2010, in Seattle on our way home from our Alaska cruise. Also, I think, the only time I've eaten at Cheesecake Factory. -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 12:32
- Never -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 12:23
- We get $10/mo from our AMEX Gold card so about every other month I remember and grab a slice of cheesecake. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 12:17
- It's been several years. But I think I have a gift card to there. -- nm - sycor Dec 15, 12:14
- Three or four years ago. Ours isn't very good. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 15, 12:11
- I've went in to grab a slice of cheesecake for takeout but I've never had their food -- nm - J Dec 15, 12:07
- i think, never. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 15, 12:04
- There was some kind of takeout burger deal about a year ago. -- nm - psilotum Dec 15, 12:01
- Infinity ago -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 11:59
- Never as I've never even seen one but on TV. -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 11:58
- Would've been March of 2010 at a fraternity conference in Michigan. Somewhere north of Ann Arbor, IIRC. -- nm - ReluctantSanta Dec 15, 11:50 2
  - Twelve Oaks Mall Novi, Michigan - ty97 Dec 15, 11:53 1
    - That's the one! I remember the mall. - ReluctantSanta Dec 15, 12:23
- Might be as long as over 20 years ago, actually, when I lived in Boston. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 11:47
- I don't think I've been since I lived in Texas? -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 11:46 1
  - (Which was 11-12 years ago) -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 11:46
- Um. A decade ago, maybe? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 11:46
- I ate there one time, decades ago. -- nm* - Spawnta Dec 15, 11:45
- I've never even seen a cheesecake factory. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 15, 11:45 3
  - My sister! -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 11:59 1
    - For you, definitely possible to not have seen one -- nm* - ty97 Dec 15, 12:25
  - unpossible -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 11:51
- at least 15 years ago -- nm - decline Dec 15, 11:45
- 17 years? -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 15, 11:45
Several Attractions Closed, Guests Stuck Due to Power Outage at Disneyland -- (link) - budice Dec 15, 11:42 3
- *shakes fist at AWS* -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 11:47
- "Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain, Haunted Mansion Holiday, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad are among the attractions currently unavailable. -- nm - budice Dec 15, 11:44 1
  - Oh common, there's gotta be reports of Pirates eating the guests -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 12:53
now playing: Shake It Up by The Cars. I have a very specific memory associated with this. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 11:41 2
- the cars are a band I don't realize how much I love until I hear them. I have never owned a cars tape or CD but I lover them. often when I hear them - amanda jeans Dec 15, 11:44 1
  - They are on my shortlist of bands I never saw live that I should have. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 11:44
The Utah Jazz are hiring Danny Ainge to oversee basketball operations -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 11:27
heh, Biden re: Meadows - "worthy of being held in contempt." -- nm - mud Dec 15, 11:24 1
- (he's gonna regret that remark) -- nm - mud Dec 15, 11:28
Percentage of America with no religious affiliation has nearly doubled in the past 15 or so years -- (link) - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 11:23 5
- "About 30% of adults do not have a religious affiliation, six percentage points higher than it was five years ago" - Spawnta Dec 15, 11:28 3
  - You know that’s likely a fair number of people who chose Trump over their faith. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 11:35 2
    - I honestly do not think a very large number of people give up their faith. I think it is more people entering adulthood, plus those.... aging out. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 11:49
    - I doubt many of them felt the need to choose, actually. -- (edited) - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 11:38
- all the more full for the stakes when you start burning them for heresy -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 11:24
holy crap that Kevin James as Sean Payton Netflix movie looks like dogshit (also congrats Sean Payton, they make you look like a terrrrrrible parent) -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 11:19
thanks to spawn & colin for ruining my day. -- nm - mud Dec 15, 11:14 9
- Trade ya. This coldest morning of the year we were stuck with supervisors who didn't know how to work the HVAC. Still trying to shake the blah feeling -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 11:36 1
  - I had the windows down at lunch. 61F! -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 11:44
- He is worth reading but you don't walk away from it with a complete story. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 11:16 4
  - I'm refering to the diss of my fave new filmmaker, the source material is meh -- nm - mud Dec 15, 11:19 3
    - he's a great film maker. that's probably just not a good choice. will it be watchable? sure, as much as Dune was.. but will it be great? - colinberry sauce Dec 15, 11:44
    - I would rather see him work with better material but I expect he will make it better. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 11:21 1
      - yeah! then do Blade Runner 3 next!! -- nm - mud Dec 15, 11:24
- bunch of meanies -- nm - decline Dec 15, 11:14 1
  - :-] -- nm - mud Dec 15, 11:26

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