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'Hades' is the first video game to with a Hugo Award -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 20, 06:38
Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas returns to Miami after 48 passengers and staff tested positive for Covid-19, company says. -- (link) - decline Dec 20, 06:36
weekend viewing: Spider-Man: NWH A+, Space Sweepers C+, Station Eleven eps.1-3 A,A+,A- ..can't wait for more! -- nm - mud Dec 20, 06:36 9
- Hawkeye of Kingstown: A+. 1883: Satisfies western cravings. -- nm - Max Dec 20, 07:43
- SMNWH - A- -- nm - LMS Dec 20, 06:52
- King Richard: B+ -- nm - Dano Dec 20, 06:46
- Finished latest season of Succession: A. King Richard: B (Will Smith is an A though) -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 06:42
- SMNWH: A++, The Shrink Next Door: B-/C+, repeat watching (with kids) of Ron's Gone Wrong: A, 8-bit Christmas: B+ - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 20, 06:40
- Spider A, Castle for Christmas C-, Love Hard B-. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 20, 06:39 1
  - Station Eleven: B/B+; 8 Bit Christmas: A -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 06:40
- Hellboy (the newest one) B- (was ok, would watch a sequel, but Stranger Things dude is not Ron Pearlman); NFL C- -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:37 1
  - also the Critical Role Chritmas episode from a couple years ago: A+ -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:39
this was a weird (but made me happy) sale on FB Marketplace. Have some Funkos up and one of them is Dougall from Outlander - Beaker Dec 20, 06:35 2
- That is strange but my guess is she doesn't have a lot of friends to share her love of the show with and figured she would share it with someone - Krusty Dec 20, 06:42 1
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:53
The Witcher: Blood Origin series trailer -- (link) - budice Dec 20, 06:32 2
- giggity -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:41
- Michelle Yeoh makes everything better. -- nm - decline Dec 20, 06:37
I don't love the source but I also expect it's the truth - NHL backing out of the Olympics -- (link) - Reagen Dec 20, 06:26 3
- the 3-5 week quarantine if players tested positive while there spelled the end for that -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:29
- I heard this on my local sports radio this morning too -- nm - decline Dec 20, 06:29
- Yeah I don’t know how they take the chance at this point. -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 06:27
The NY Giants had Fan Appreciation Day yesterday...The gift for the season ticket holders? a free medium soft drink. -- (link*) - Beaker Dec 20, 06:22 13
- When we had season tickets the Bears would send or do nice things before the season started. I don't recall ever getting STH stuff in season at games. - zunk xometimes Dec 20, 06:44
- lol yep. they were ripping this on AM sports radio late last week when it was announced. -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 06:36 1
  - "could I get a small popcorn too?" "sure, that'll be $20" -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:38
- "if you bought four season tickets, that entitled you to only one free medium soda" -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:22
- That's like $50 savings. -- nm - ty97 Dec 20, 06:22 8
  - a little crippled boy asked for more "Please sir, may I have some more?" and the Giants security escorted him from the building -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:23 7
    - This is a obvious lie. - ty97 Dec 20, 06:24 6
      - Pepsi Zero > Coke Zero -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 06:30 4
        
        I’m sorry this is bananapants crazy. -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 06:34 3
        
        Pepsi Z has a bite that Coke Z is lacking since the formulation change. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 06:38 1
        
        I haven’t had it lately so maybe that’s the case. I retract saying it’s crazy. - spamlet Dec 20, 06:42
        
        Diet Pepsi >> Diet Coke -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:36
      - "But, sir the doctors say a large Pepsi might cure me!" "Rough him up a little on the way out too" -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:27
Robert Eggers' 'The Northman' trailer -- (link) - mud Dec 20, 06:18 2
- I read that as Dave Eggers at first and was very confused. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 06:51
- What's the opposite of subtle? -- nm - LMS Dec 20, 06:47
I've been stalked! - Dano Dec 20, 06:14 1
- There's more heading your way. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 20, 06:17
Rafa tests positive for Coves. Aussie Open in doubt. -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 05:59 4
- This could be the 1st Grand Slam Tournament since the 1999 US Open (tennis) that does not have at least one of Federer/Nadal/Djokovic in the main draw -- nm - Dano Dec 20, 06:10 3
  - What’s up with Novak? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 20, 06:11 2
    - anti-vaxx moron -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:30
    - Probably not vaccinated. Last I heard Australian Open has said they are going to keep to a strict policy. -- nm - Dano Dec 20, 06:16
Schumer will put BBB on the floor in early January -- (link) - ty97 Dec 20, 05:47 14
- Great job Chuck -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 06:38
- Bluff. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 20, 05:56
- So, his grand plan is after 9 months of not selling the bill well enough, put his vulnerable senators and the GOP to the test in order to play a PR - Will Hunting Dec 20, 05:55
- Forcing vulnerable senators to vote on a dead bill is brilliant strategy. - spamlet Dec 20, 05:52 7
  - *shrug* you can't always be running for election or nothing will ever change or get done. - ty97 Dec 20, 05:56 6
    - The first rule of leadership is you protect your vulnerable members. - spamlet Dec 20, 06:16 2
      - He obviously thinks he can use this to try to get something done. -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 20, 06:17 1
        
        He’s not dumb but he hasn’t exactly shown brightly during this whole process. -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 06:43
    - IMO, this is all about ending the expanded child tax credit. - Inigo Dec 20, 06:01 1
      - So, he’s arguably to the right of Mitt Romney on this and thinks that’s a politically tenable position for the party? -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 20, 06:45
    - Nothing is getting passed after 1/31/22. That’s the start of election 2022. -- nm - MDH Dec 20, 05:58
- Because backing Manchin into a corner has worked so well, so far…*smh* -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 20, 05:50 2
  - Almost as well as the ceaseless insulting and browbeating. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 20, 06:23
  - See my reply above. I'm not so sure it's that dumb. - Inigo Dec 20, 06:02
Easy money. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 20, 05:36 [Backboard]
NFL trivia: What team has the best point differential in 2021? -- nm* - Inigo Dec 20, 05:34 3
- it was the Pats, so I'll say the Pats -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 06:17
- GB? -- nm - Krusty Dec 20, 05:41 1
  - +57, #9. -- nm - Inigo Dec 20, 05:44
The Oral History of ‘Scream’ -- (link) - Beaker Dec 20, 05:24
TV PSA: NFL, Raw, Dynasty, Reopening Night (HBO), Landscapers (HBO), Elite Short Stories: Samuel Omar (NF), Below Deck, Christmas stuff, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 04:50 3
- UK has The Girl Before and Xmas editions of Mandy (Diane Morgan comedy) and Would I Lie To You. -- nm - LMS Dec 20, 05:17 2
  - Would I Lie To You special? Sweet! -- nm - Krusty Dec 20, 05:45 1
    - Guests are Jim Broadbent, Ardal O'Hanlon, Rose Matafeo and Angela Rippon. Also hurry up and watch Father Ted to fully appreciate comedy genius Ardal. -- nm - LMS Dec 20, 06:51
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 20, 03:47 [Attachment] 4
- ARAMAIC CHIC - when dead languages come back in style -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 06:35
- MARCHTIC - a nervous habit when spring rolls around -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 05:00
- MACHIRT - laptop with a missing U -- nm - .📯 Dec 20, 04:33
- ARCHAIC ARMCHAIR CRITIC - your leading authority on early 1970s La-Z-Boys -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 03:49
Caveman: the #1 and #2 seeds are out, #3 is 99% gone. -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 03:18 9
- I still have a chance! -- nm - decline Dec 20, 05:54
- *smh* - znufrii, boosted Dec 20, 05:15
- If projections hold, Vamps will have #1,#2,#4,#6 advancing. Realllyyyyyy hoping on that #6 seed to pull it out. -- nm - Shaun Dec 20, 05:04
- I feel kinda bad. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 20, 03:46 1
  - half the fun is bitching about the losing :) -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 04:56
- Astro: good to see that mine and ML’s teams both spit the bit in the playoffs as usual. - spamlet Dec 20, 03:34 3
  - Losing to Tua and a kicker! -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 05:01
  - Astro: 1-3-5-7 favored to advance. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 20, 04:58
  - ML doing ML things -- nm - Strongbad Dec 20, 04:56
Started Destiny 2 last night. I "own" Destiny 2... I have no clue how much of the game I'm actually allowed to play... - Ender Dec 20, 03:16 5
- How many of the expansions do you "own?" -- nm - Shaun Dec 20, 05:05 2
  - I think 0. -- nm - Ender Dec 20, 05:11 1
    - Ok, afaik on PS you can claim all prior expansions for free aside from Beyond Light. -- nm - Shaun Dec 20, 05:32
- I also played my first game of Fortnite the other day. Again, confusing. - Ender Dec 20, 03:25 1
  - For Fortnite, change your lobby to Solo if you are playing alone. It can be confusing for sure, especially with the completely new island. - Shaun Dec 20, 04:42
Spider $258-$260M on the actual -- nm - budice Dec 19, 23:57 1
- That's good. -- nm - Shaun Dec 20, 05:32
Some late night gift wrapping. My body is not made for sitting on the floor and wrapping presents. - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 22:25 3
- Kitchen or dining room table is always best for not injuring yourself wrapping gifts. Nice work with the short sheet! -- nm - Krusty Dec 20, 05:03 2
  - yup, my wife is using her puzzle table this year rather than on the floor and enjoys it much more -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 05:17 1
    - I used to be a floor wrapper but I end up sore at the end. -- nm - Krusty Dec 20, 05:25
Just watched an old episode of Project Runway where the contestants had to make performance clothes for Thunder from Down Under. It was a - Meg Dec 19, 21:48 3
- I remember that. even the people who had prior experience doing men's clothes screwed up bad -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 19, 21:58 2
  - And the judges being so taken by the models they forgot to score the outfits :-) -- nm - Meg Dec 19, 22:19 1
    - Nina better be getting paid a huge fortune. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 19, 22:31
So pretty sure he has a fractured nose. Clinic didn’t have the best resolution but he’s got enough to see a crack, they think. - Will Hunting Dec 19, 20:56 6
- He was going to be a Luke Wilson. Now he’s gonna be an Owen Wilson. -- nm - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 22:23 1
  - Wow. -- nm - Owen Wilson Dec 19, 22:42
- Oof. I'm sorry. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 19, 20:58 3
  - As dumb as it was, it could have been a lot lot worse and he handled it well. - Will Hunting Dec 19, 21:02 2
    - glad he's doing better -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 19, 21:37
    - I feel bad for the kid, but also… I was right there with him on my dumb kid injuries, so normal. -- nm - Qale Dec 19, 21:03
how often does Tom Brady get shut out? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 19, 20:04 4
- Well, shit, there goes my Caveman season. -- nm* - znufrii Dec 19, 20:30 2
  - You're not gonna be the only one. That's a brutal reversal of fortune for Tom Brady owners. He's #2 overall on Yahoo. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 19, 20:52 1
    - Brady, Fournette, Gronk and Succop. - znufrii, boosted Dec 20, 05:16
- 2006 was the last time? thnaks NBC -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 19, 20:10
This has been an F- football game. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 19, 20:04
Ted Lasso claymation Christmas short, using the real cast for voices -- (link) - flavorize Dec 19, 19:51
The Witcher quote spoils for S2 episode 4 -- (edited) - Beryllium Dec 19, 19:45
Blocking people on twitter isn't nearly as satisfying as bullying them with my sock. - colin Dec 19, 19:43 2
- To be clear - colin Dec 19, 19:50 1
  - Tim is a smart dude with bad takes! -- nm - Qale Dec 19, 20:15
Someone, on ST, was talking about good, original Christmas songs, from this century—Ed Sheeran and Elton John made one… -- (link*) - flavorize Dec 19, 19:41 8
- I admire Ed's total commitment to the shtick. - loosilu who Dec 20, 06:33
- I think Kelly Clarkson's Underneath the Tree will become a Christmas classic. -- nm - Inigo Dec 20, 05:49
- wife LOVES it. I like it well enough -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 05:21
- There's some good ones on this Christmas Chill mix (it's LDB free) -- (link) - LMS Dec 20, 04:41
- I'm not even a little embarrassed to admit that this one by the Joan Brothers has gotten a lot of play from me the last couple Christmases. -- (link) - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 19, 20:22 [youtube]
- Warning -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 19, 19:59
- Thanks, I hate it. -- nm - Ender Dec 19, 19:46 1
  - Impossible—it’s so Britishly cheesy, in a good way—just clean fun -- nm - flavorize Dec 19, 19:50
D.C. third-graders were made to reenact episodes from the Holocaust by library instructor -- (link) - Ender Dec 19, 19:33
Crazy afternoon. Got to Stanley Ranch about noon to open up for the 1:30 tour. Worked my way to the back of the 2-acre property and there's someone - Meg Dec 19, 19:29 2
- That last line... I feel like I'm inching closer and closer to wanting to do just that some days. -- nm - Qale Dec 19, 20:16 1
  - No you don't - or at least until you survive to my age ;) -- nm - Meg Dec 19, 20:31
TBBucs: Chris Godwin has a right knee injury. Mike Evans has a hamstring injury. Both out of the game -- nm - budice Dec 19, 18:42 4
- Fournette out too, now -- nm - flavorize Dec 19, 19:28
- Mike Evans and Chris Godwin have both been downgraded to OUT. -- nm* - budice Dec 19, 18:56
- Evans probably the final nail in my Astro season. -- nm - spamlet Dec 19, 18:52
- Godwin's looked hyperextended -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 18:42
Kyler Murray joins the “Can’t beat the Lions” club -- (pic) - flavorize Dec 19, 18:39 [Attachment] 1
- Which reminds me—it’s worth tracking down the “5 Timers” sketch that Paul Rudd did on SNL, yesterday—some good laughs there -- nm - flavorize Dec 19, 18:40
Sam Elliott being Sam Elliott on 1883. -- nm - Max Dec 19, 18:33 3
- Coincidentally, that's also the year he was born. -- nm* - Ender Dec 19, 19:35
- Sam Elliott is very good at being Sam Elliott. -- nm - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 18:39
- That’s archival footage of him from 1883 -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 19, 18:35
James Webb Space Telescope launch now scheduled for Christmas Eve. -- nm - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 18:28
Screw it. I'm very proud of this episode. SITV is live now for everyone. Merry Christmas! (now with the right link!) -- (link*) - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 18:27 [spotify]
Dumbest smartest kid ever. - Will Hunting Dec 19, 18:27 5
- It felt like a good idea at the time. - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 18:29 4
  - We’re at the Urgent Care having that checked. He’s not really showing much signs of head injury other than the nose breaking his tumble. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 19, 18:32 3
    - ah, poor kid! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 18:37
    - Is there anything we can do? -- nm - The Allfather Dec 19, 18:36 1
      - Nah … but the offer is appreciated. - Will Hunting Dec 19, 18:39
Why would a car company partner with a movie subtitled, "No Way Home?" - howie Dec 19, 18:23 5
- Have you seen the names of some cars? -- nm - .📯 Dec 19, 19:49
- Why would a car company want to share a name with a 25th-century alien god? - Beryllium Dec 19, 19:47
- I've got about 254 million reasons they might want to... -- nm - Ender Dec 19, 19:37
- If I'm a car company I don't want you at home. I want you out there...discovering new roads. -- nm - Max Dec 19, 19:00 1
  - But I want a car I can rely on to get me home after all the discovering. --nm - howie Dec 19, 19:03

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