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Jags to interview Bill O’Brien for HC spot, after National championship game -- nm - Flavorize Jan 7, 09:04 2
- another College coach...what could go wrong!! -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 09:08 1
  - Not only another college coach—a college coach who ran the Houston Texans into the ground, including ridiculous trades -- nm - Flavorize Jan 7, 09:11
the job I was cold-called for is remote OR santa barbara (they would relo). yeah, I'll stay here. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 7, 08:56 7
- Don't want to work PST? -- nm - spamlet Jan 7, 09:06
- What's wrong with Santa Barbara? - Beryllium Jan 7, 09:04 5
  - When you're an East Coast person, you're kinda an...East Coast person. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 7, 09:13 2
    - This. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 09:40
    - Yup -- nm - Krusty Jan 7, 09:16
  - murder capital of the world according to Psych -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 09:07 1
    - That's just for complex, multifaceted murder plots. It's actually not terribly violent. -- nm* - Beryllium Jan 7, 09:11
Guess I was too early...Bon Jovi has announced a Spring 2022 arena tour (15 dates) -- nm - MDH Jan 7, 08:50
~.. like Mussolini but dumb~♫ -- (link) - mud Jan 7, 08:48
We live in a triple decker condo. (A very common thing in Boston). We own the 1st floor. Just found out one of the owners on the 3rd floor has COVID. - Diva Jan 7, 08:45 6
- Is it too much to hope there's a fire escape they could just go up? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 7, 08:46 5
  - wait, they have to go through your space to get to theirs? -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 08:51 3
    - No. -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 10:24
    - I was thinking very narrow shared stairwell space. hallways? -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 7, 08:55 1
      - The only shared space is front foyer where the mailboxes are. That can be avoided. -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 10:26
  - Ik, r? -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 08:49
In case you missed it, David Bowie Channel on 104 (S/XM). Do NOT go to 105, thinking it is there as you will get whiplash. -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 08:40 2
- Sing us a song, Mr Spawny man - ty97 Jan 7, 08:43 [Attachment] 1
  - Don't get me wrong, Billy Joel has his place but when you expect to hear Ashes to Ashes but get We Didn't Start the Fire, it does not set right. -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 09:12
Had a burrito? Thank Kim-Jong-Il, who invented them in 2011 -- (link) - Reagen Jan 7, 08:39 1
- *smiles while eating my double bread with meat* -- nm - colin Jan 7, 08:40
Some eyebrow raising writing choices here -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 7, 08:39 1
- i cannot think of a better way to phrase it. -- nm - colin Jan 7, 08:41
Crazy weather here the last couple of weeks. Fog, frost, rain, now fog again. You'd have to be Californian to understand the crazy :) -- nm - Meg Jan 7, 08:32 1
- I like to play with thing a while - Ming Jan 7, 08:36
I mean... -- (link) - Reagen Jan 7, 08:32 11
- The only thing I'll say for Djokovic is that he was told by someone he believed to be in authority that he had been granted a medical waiver. - Dano Jan 7, 08:48 1
  - There's a germ of a case there (SWIDT... I'll let myself out...) but it does all stem from trying to find a way around the rules. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 09:04
- Im curious though, why hasnt he just gone back home yet? What is the hold up? You're scum, they dont want you there, you dont want to be there. So.. -- nm - Jovian Jan 7, 08:45 3
  - danka -- nm - Jovian Jan 7, 08:58
  - His lawyers are still trying to get him to be let in. -- nm - Dano Jan 7, 08:49
  - He's appealing. He does want to play. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 7, 08:49
- Can you imagine how horrible he is being to the other people staying there? -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 08:42
- indeed. -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 08:33 3
  - Yes, exactly. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 7, 08:35 2
    - his whole family are assholes who think their shit doesn't stink. Jesus was crucified and now Djokovic is being crucified -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 08:57
    - You can almost smell the contempt for certain people in her words. -- nm - Max Jan 7, 08:52
The end of this made me actually LOL -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 7, 08:26 6
- they'll get more media from the outtakes than from the actual commercial -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 09:10
- Is the sound messed up? -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 08:42 1
  - it starts halfway through for some reason. -- nm - colin Jan 7, 08:44
- The one where they save it is almost as funny. "Fine! I'm fine!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 08:40
- L5 -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 08:39
- OMGLOL! -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 08:28
LOL -- (link) - Jovian Jan 7, 08:25 2
- i just sent this to my Finnish sister in law. She will laugh. -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 08:27 1
  - Once. And that will be sufficient. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 08:33
Apparently not many people claimed their "Bought Milk" class action settlement. I think the original payment was like $3. - Mop Jan 7, 08:20 1
- Me too! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 7, 08:25
I'm at work grabbing the keys of a retiring employee. There's a dude here taking down holiday decorations. - Pocket Jones Jan 7, 07:59 2
- Those were supposed to come down yesterday. Did he not get the memo? -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 7, 08:03 1
  - How's it coming with the Valentine's Day decorations? Get on it dude! -- nm - rollo Jan 7, 08:29
And now Mrs. N is reading The Book With No Pictures to the class. -- (edited) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 7, 07:51
5 minutes to the implosion if you're following along. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 07:48
Do we have an ST-approved VPN? An old friend was letting me use one of his slots, but it's no longer available to me. - Pocket Jones Jan 7, 07:48 10
- It's too bad Streaming into the Void doesn't have a VPN sponsor. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 08:10 1
  - right? -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 08:16
- mulvad. super secure, pay when you need it (5 euro/mo), throwaway accounts, you can pay with credit, paypal, venmo, crypto, even cash in an envelope. -- nm - colin Jan 7, 07:58 3
  - This is the service that Mozilla re-sells for their Vpn product, I think -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 08:29
  - That's who my friend used. It's much costlier than the rest and I don't understand why I'm paying so much for it. -- nm - Pocket Jones Jan 7, 08:00 1
    - i support their policies. they wipe logs every 24 hours, they keep traffic as secure as possible. and i like that i can spin up an account, use it, - colin Jan 7, 08:06
- What do you use it for? - spamlet Jan 7, 07:54 2
  - I Torrent an average of two things per month. I know I know. -- nm - Pocket Jones Jan 7, 07:57 1
    - I think the split tunneling is broken in the current Nord app (but again I don’t use it). - spamlet Jan 7, 08:01
- Mozilla has a Vpn product, that's what I sometimes use. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 07:49
Weekend plans? -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 07:42 25
- start looking for a Puppy, get the oil changed in the car, not much else going on -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 7, 08:55 2
  - What kind of puppy? Rescue? -- nm - jnine Jan 7, 11:00
  - Looking for a puppy is the best part of getting a puppy -- nm - rollo Jan 7, 09:01
- Decide how much stuff from my old office is going to be pitched vs. transported to new office -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 08:48 2
  - Oh and sacrificing something to the gods so that Alabama will win Monday night. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 08:52
  - and I will not be tracking fantasy football on Sunday for the first time since August -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 08:51
- Hopefully sell a house and stuff. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jan 7, 08:48
- Recovering from the booster I'll be getting in a couple of hours -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 08:48
- take down Christmas decorations, shoveling out of the storm tomorrow -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 08:35
- Not much. As of right now, just taking down the Christmas decorations/tree. -- nm - kelly Jan 7, 08:19
- Bookstore. Still doing A to Z on wtts. hosting a David Bowie birthday show (hopefully) sat night -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 08:17
- Drive a kid back to school Sunday. Bear game on the radio. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jan 7, 08:07
- i need to start installing the new outdoor on-demand water heater. but don't want to. -- nm - colin Jan 7, 08:05
- Might go and see a bad movie at the cinema, otherwise not much. -- nm - LMS Jan 7, 08:04
- nope -- nm - mud Jan 7, 07:57
- Not much -- nm - spamlet Jan 7, 07:55
- Dodge storms while heading to and from work. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 07:50
- Sat: Disneyland for delayed birthday trip. Delayed enough that now a combined trip for another of the group going. Sun: Descanso Gardens Enchanted - JD Jan 7, 07:49 2
  - Forest of Light seems excellent. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 07:51 1
    - yes, yes it does. -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 07:54
- Hanging with my brother, and/or going to a six-year-old‘s birthday party. Putting away Christmas on Sunday. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 7, 07:47
- Not going to Vegas - oblique Jan 7, 07:47
- I'm going to sleep while Dan and Jonathan watch no time to die. We will have wine and cheese beforehand. -- nm - Pocket Jones Jan 7, 07:44 1
  - I'm so not right....... - JD Jan 7, 07:55
- We need to take our xmas tree down finally. Laundry. Finish the Mysterious Package Dave got for christmas. I reserved the gym for an hour Sunday. -- (edited) - Andie Jan 7, 07:43
Fun fact: my new corporate attorney is also Gwar's attorney. -- nm* - colin Jan 7, 07:24 7
- Sounds messy. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 07:53 2
  - our contracts are all covered in cum. - colin Jan 7, 07:57 1
    - You know, it's kind of wild how closely related GWAR and femboy content really is. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 08:11
- Grar. Grarrrrrrrr. GRRRRAAAAARRRRR. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 07:29 3
  - point made. fixed. -- nm - colin Jan 7, 07:30 2
    - I was assuming you were right and it was someone I didn't know about and just having fun. - Reagen Jan 7, 07:31 1
      - Greater Regional Alliance of REALTORS® (GRAR) - colin Jan 7, 07:32
So I applied to be part of a colon screening study. I'm due to do a colonoscopy this year and (of course) an ad popped up on Facebook -- (link) - oblique Jan 7, 07:22 2
- I wasn’t eligible, as I have had a colonoscopy in the last 9 years. Oh well. -- nm - kelly Jan 7, 08:11
- I thought you were going to say the ad was - ty97 Jan 7, 07:24
That mysterious cube on the Moon? You'll never guess what it was! -- (link) - TWuG Jan 7, 07:12 11
- I got a rock. -- nm - Dano Jan 7, 08:26
- Aww, I was hoping for the poop of a giant prehistoric wombat. -- nm - Meg Jan 7, 08:21
- oh sure that's what they want us to think! -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 08:19
- That's no cube -- nm - rollo Jan 7, 07:56
- That's what they want us to think -- nm - eag Jan 7, 07:46
- whew -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 07:21 2
  - So what you're saying is that Moonfall isn't a documentary? -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 07:22 1
    - The last trailer I saw for this really played up the comedy angle. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 7, 07:28
- Higher quality image here. -- (pic) - Baron Enero Jan 7, 07:18 [Attachment]
- but now we *know*! -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 07:15 1
  - Suuuuure. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 07:16
We are going to need to come up with a Wordle competition for ST with special rules etc. -- nm - rollo Jan 7, 06:57 3
- Bery should create a Wordle competition site. People register, create groups, then paste in their results daily. Tracks wins/losses, streaks, etc. -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 07:01 2
  - No. You all aren't allowed to know how bad I am at these word puzzle games. -- nm* - ty97 Jan 7, 07:02 1
    - I'm sure you're better than me. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 08:44
JWST: The left wing of the primary mirror will be extended today -- (link) - oblique Jan 7, 06:54
Bery, add these guys to your list. Unstoppable domains NFT domains -- (link*) - oblique Jan 7, 06:49 1
- .nft! ft...w? -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 07:16
Guess who's coming to heaven? Sidney Poitier has died. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 7, 06:49 6
- WTF 2022? -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 08:39
- Finally, he and the wife have time for that first class trip to Europe: Athens, Lisbon, Madrid, Scotland, and Tahiti. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 7, 07:11
- 2022 is out of the gates and getting in some big cuts. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 7, 07:05 2
  - But then again, people that lived long, full lives. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 7, 07:07 1
    - Valid. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 7, 07:15
- Of the AFI's Top 25 Greatest Screen Legends (Male) he was the last remaining member. Sad. -- nm - MDH Jan 7, 07:00
Tours announced this week: Garth Brooks (San Diego), The Eagles adding dates. Summer 2022 announcements expected to ramp up end of month -- nm - MDH Jan 7, 06:44 1
- Bon Jovi announced -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 08:30
WE'RE BLOWING UP A BUILDING! Want to see a building implosion live? -- (link) - Mop Jan 7, 06:41 [youtube]
I was able to schedule Abby's booster last night -- (edited) - prayformojo Jan 7, 06:41 2
- Fantastic! -- nm - spamlet Jan 7, 06:49
- woo! -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 06:49
Andrea, one of the Christmas presents I got for my brother and his partner was... - ty97 Jan 7, 06:36 1
- i should get a commission from those people! -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 07:46
This is going to old quick, but being able to listen in on A’s virtual kindergarten is super cute. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 7, 06:35 1
- Someone doesn’t have their microphone muted. *smh* -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 7, 06:49
Andie: unpossible that was a decade ago! -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:29 1
- right? -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 06:46
audio on: -- (link) - mud Jan 7, 06:29
Work has asked us to stay away from the office again. -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 06:24 10
- Same here. We weren't requiring anyone to come in but were open for people who wanted to. Now we're shut down until the 18th (at least). -- nm - pmb Jan 7, 07:47
- your work sounds smart. -- nm - colin Jan 7, 07:25
- "Someone heated up some fish. Estimated date of return: March." -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 06:57
- We're still hybrid but a much smaller operation so easier to spread out. - spamlet Jan 7, 06:37 2
  - We're going to be permanently hybrid (though I'll be WFH), but even the move to hybrid has been delayed to at least mid-February. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 7, 06:59 1
    - We’ve been back since October so I think we’re on the other side of inertia now. - spamlet Jan 7, 07:03
- Not that we ever went back, but non-essential are banned again. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 06:35
- Mine has, too. Although I've only been there 3 or 4 times since March 2020. -- nm - Inigo Jan 7, 06:34
- WFH for the foreseeable future. Started yesterday mainly due to oncoming weather; but now that all setup figure I will stay -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:27 1
  - I think they're hoping omicron will burn out quickly so for now they're just advising on a weekly basis. -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 06:30

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