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R.I.P. Burke Shelley, 71 -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 06:11
I'm covering another teacher's online class right now. I've had a kid ask if he can - Reagen Jan 11, 06:09 1
- you should ask him if he brought enough snacks for the entire class -- nm - decline Jan 11, 06:10
I approve of Charmaine Bucco's guest appearance on Euphoria this week! -- nm - mud Jan 11, 06:06
If I could quit my job right now I would. I'm so unhappy and spend every minute thinking about what else I can do for a living. - Krusty Jan 11, 05:13 30
- Really hoping things turn around for you! It's really tough to find yourself in this position -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 06:25
- is there a Krusty Dental Fund we can send $ to? Should we set one up? Can it please have a non-paypal option? thx -- nm - mud Jan 11, 06:03 9
  - ST was very generous last year and I was so very thankful. But that's not necessary, thank you! - Krusty Jan 11, 06:11 8
    - for $500, I will hit you in the mouth with a sledgehammer and hand you a box of Chicklets. -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 08:07
    - necessary or not, I would be happy to help. -- nm - mud Jan 11, 06:14 1
      - Thanks! :-) -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 11, 06:24
    - maybe we need a fund krusty to see a mexican dentist (is that still a thing, my former inlaws did that kind of trip back in the day). -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 11, 06:12 4
      - I've thought about it. :-( -- nm - Krusty Jan 11, 06:15 3
        
        I mean, you would get to visit Texas. and see all the Texas things like, umm, hats and boots. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 11, 06:16 2
        
        I think there are some European countries where it could be even better. I think Poland is actually cheaper than Mexico. - Krusty Jan 11, 06:23 1
        
        Poland or Hungry, but you have go to twice. still works out cheaper than all that work here. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 11, 21:56
- Hope a positive change happens soon, my man. -- nm - Shaun Jan 11, 05:58
- Hang in there dude -- nm - eag Jan 11, 05:54
- Big hugs. Keep looking for an avenue. We are here for you -- nm - Pippy Jan 11, 05:52
- I've been there. Trust me, the other side exists, hang in there. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 11, 05:43
- sorry, just know we are here for your rants, and not just about NY sports teams. - tRuMaN Jan 11, 05:22 1
  - Thanks, buddy! -- nm - Krusty Jan 11, 05:36
- That sucks. I’m sorry. -- nm - mafic Jan 11, 05:20
- :( I'm so sorry man -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 05:18
- I'm so sorry. Do what you need to be happy and get out of this rut. -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 05:14 10
  - I need to get some new skills or education but also need to keep working to pay the bills. - Krusty Jan 11, 05:17 9
    - Just try to do one small thing each day to start a change. - Inigo Jan 11, 06:01 1
      - this is good advice, Inigo. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 08:13
    - Can you take night classes? It might take a little while to finish something, but if you never start, you never finish. -- nm* - sycor Jan 11, 05:23 2
      - or even google certificates to get a foothold and feel momentum! -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 11, 05:26 1
        
        I downloaded some Comp TIA+ study books thinking I could do something in IT. - Krusty Jan 11, 05:33
    - maybe the play is a new job, a change of pace that will allow you a new perspective. you could work retail or foodservice for a while to reset? - amanda jeans Jan 11, 05:22 3
      - Because of my ongoing dental issues I'm unable to work certain jobs. I'm not presentable and don't look trustworthy. - Krusty Jan 11, 05:27 2
        
        Do you have a dental school close to you? Maybe you could get some work done on the cheap by letting students practice for classes. - sycor Jan 11, 05:39 1
        
        I went to the NYU Dental School and had some work done. It's very, very slow and not really all that much cheaper. - Krusty Jan 11, 05:47
So stepson came back Positive I came back Negative - eag Jan 11, 05:08 7
- i think you can just assume if you have symptoms. Take care of yourself and I hope you get through it quickly. -- nm* - Andie Jan 11, 05:56 2
  - It feels just like a mild to medium cold right now - eag Jan 11, 06:00 1
    - glad to hear it! -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 06:18
- Ugh! So sorry and I hope you both feel much better very soon. -- nm - Krusty Jan 11, 05:52
- I hope you both recover quickly! -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 05:51 1
  - He's already on the tail end of it - eag Jan 11, 05:56
- Sorry. Feel better soon -- nm - Pippy Jan 11, 05:50
Hey, everyone! -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 11, 05:02
It is a bit chilly out there. -21*c, feels like-31*c. (That is -6*f, feels like -23*f for those south of the border.) -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 04:25 3
- It was so cold here today I could only stay in the pool for an hour. -- nm - mafic Jan 11, 05:02
- Today is one of those days I hate what I do for work. -- nm - Krusty Jan 11, 04:56
- Makes 1° sound warm -- nm - .💭 Jan 11, 04:46
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 11, 04:13 [Attachment] 3
- FRACTIFRAID - being scared of each part of something as much as you scared it as a whole. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 05:19
- ACID CAT ARTIFACT - a memento from that one concert Jason Mendoza did -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 05:09
- DARTFIC - Stories of epic bullseye scoring in bars -- nm - .💭 Jan 11, 04:29
3/6 - Will Hunting Jan 11, 03:48 27
- 2/6 -- (edited) - decline Jan 11, 05:59
- 3. - Baron Enero Jan 11, 05:50
- 4 - Marlowe Jan 11, 05:38
- 4/6 today. Query was a knife fight the other day. -- nm - landbeck Jan 11, 05:29
- 4 after a very rough start - ty97 Jan 11, 05:28
- I'm bitter. My starting word from yesterday would have hit 4/5. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 05:18
- 4 - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 11, 05:06
- Do y'all start with the same word, or vary it? -- nm - loosilu Jan 11, 05:05 7
  - I mix it up but I have certain guidelines. (spoilers) - Baron Enero Jan 11, 05:53 1
    - I start with the same basic concept - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:13
  - I vary. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 11, 05:39
  - I change words every day. I think it would get boring using the same word every day. -- nm - Krusty Jan 11, 05:38
  - I vary between a few. No rhyme or reason. -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 05:34
  - Same word(s) -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 05:15
  - I start with the same word. but I have only been playing since sunday. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 11, 05:10
- 4 - loosilu Jan 11, 05:04
- 4 this time - tRuMaN Jan 11, 05:04
- I’m not very good at this. 6. - kelly Jan 11, 04:55 1
  - Winning is winning! -- nm* - Qale Jan 11, 05:07
- 5 today - spamlet Jan 11, 04:54
- 3! First time it wasn't 4! -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 04:40
- 3 - Shaun Jan 11, 04:25
- 5 - prayformojo Jan 11, 04:19
- 4 - TWuG Jan 11, 04:18
- 4 today. - Dark Callisto Jan 11, 04:11
- Same, a bit lucky again. - mafic Jan 11, 03:55 1
  - CHEATER! -- nm - loosilu Jan 11, 05:05
TV PSA: Judge Steve Harvey, Superman & Lois, WWE NXT, FBI x 3, Our Kind of People, Wipeout, This is Us, black-ish, New Amsterdam, Beyond Oak Island, -- nm - Beaker Jan 11, 03:23 2
- Judge Steve Harvey sounds like my nightmares come true. - Krusty Jan 11, 04:58
- Naomi, The Kings of Napa, Dear Mother (NF), American Auto, Grand Crew, Abbott Elementary, Oak Island, Queens, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 11, 03:26
Dwayne Hickman died yesterday -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 10, 22:56 1
- Awww. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 10, 23:06
my money's back on Djoko's visa being cancelled. he travelled in the 2 weeks prior to coming to Australia, but said he hadn't/wouldn't. -- (link) - mafic Jan 10, 22:37 1
- I hope he gets sent back home. -- nm - Krusty Jan 11, 04:59
Natural Selection collects another Republican scalp -- (link) - Jovian Jan 10, 21:32
I think I linked this boat before, but upon re-reading it ... there's a chance that it might have a hot water shower. Whaaaaaat? -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 10, 21:26 7
- that's a pretty boat -- nm - decline Jan 11, 06:04
- PASS. it has 4 exhaust pipes sticking up in the front facing the captain & passengers :)))) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 10, 21:40 5
  - those are somewhat ostentatious stainless steel dorade vents that allow the cabin to get fresh air without sucking in water. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 10, 21:50 4
    - Is that important? -- nm - spamlet Jan 11, 04:49
    - (Also, I think the forward ones might potentially snag the jib on tacks and gybes ...) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 10, 21:56 2
      - and the cook's in the scuppers with the staggers and jags. -- nm - mafic Jan 11, 02:41
      - :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 10, 22:14
alright, let's check what's new on netflix and ... louis ck? gahhhh. Get that out of my face, netflix. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 10, 21:18 2
- Is the Louis CK special on Netflix in Canada? He's famously self-distributed his stuff in the U.S. -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 21:26 1
  - this one is "live at the comedy store" or something. not sure what vintage. Ah, 2015. -- nm* - Beryllium Jan 10, 21:27
"I hope they make a movie about the people who think Viagra can cure COVID, and I hope they call it Die Hard." -- nm - facebook Jan 10, 21:03 1
- "The CDC warns that anyone taking Viagra as a cure for #COVID19 may face stiff penalties and end up doing hard time." -- nm - facebook Jan 10, 21:04
Saban just said “they think he might have an ACL” re: Jameson -- nm - budice Jan 10, 21:01
The "cruel but fair" minesweeper game -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 10, 20:55
Bob's Burgers Movie trailer -- (link) - budice Jan 10, 19:58 [youtube] 1
- I just finishing watching it and I can't wait!!! This will get me to go to a movie theater again if I can't stream it. -- nm - Krusty Jan 10, 20:01
Mayor of Kingstown was excellent. Bleak show, but excellent. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 19:42 3
- Taylor Sheridan sure has a worldview. - Max Jan 10, 20:58
- Mare of Kingstown -- nm - budice Jan 10, 19:44 1
  - "No, the Ted Danson show. Mr Mayor of Kingstown." -- nm - Roseanne Roseannadanna si Jan 10, 20:05
My 10pm Harris Teeter closed their doors in my face at 9:45. My 1:30am Taco Bell said "We're closed" at 10:15. It's like a conspiracy here. -- nm - Max Jan 10, 19:37 8
- I finally drove up to Anaheim to make a bank deposit. Less than 15 minutes but my local branch is less than five :/ - Meg Jan 10, 20:26 1
  - I had to go into a bank today and it was hard to find a branch that was open. They're all "temporarily" closed, which means we have a covid outbreak, - jnine Jan 10, 21:45
- Starbucks have been closing at night at random unpublished times. But I'm not mad. I understand. -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 20:01 4
  - Denny's and Sharri's (that might a local chain traditional coffee shop dinner with pies) have been closing all over *permanently* -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 20:09
  - I am mad. I sat in the drive thru line at Starbucks on Saturday for 35 minutes only to find there was nobody working despite the order screen being o. -- nm - Ender Jan 10, 20:09 2
    - lol... 35 minutes in customer time is usually something like 8 minutes in real time. -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 20:34 1
      - I left home at 8:50 and pulled away from the drive thru at 9:30. -- nm - Ender Jan 10, 22:24
- our 7-11 closed at 10 -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 19:51
Not only will drinking your urine cure covid, sending you car exhaust back into the engine air intake will double your gas milage! it's the same idea - howie Jan 10, 19:31 1
- the carbon monoxide will certainly kill the covid virus in your lungs (just like it kills the lungs and you but...) -- nm* - zeitgeist Jan 10, 20:11
Did I just watch Katy Perry preform on a SpaceX launch site? That song was basic as hell, but I'd dance to it. -- nm - MDH Jan 10, 19:14 3
- Alesso is the least talented of Swedish House Mafia. (Being that he's not technically even in Swedish House Mafia.) -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 19:54
- I should add, at halftime of the college football national championship. -- nm - MDH Jan 10, 19:22
- Stop the World, I want to get Off -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 19:16
Qale B2: I missed What it feels like for a girl (remix) on my list, that was an oversight. And agree, I like way over half her catalogue. -- nm - MDH Jan 10, 19:11 1
- The Cement Garden (1993) was what did it. I mean... what a soundbyte jumpstart to a great song. -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 20:02
Andrew Luck looks like he's lost 40 pounds.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 10, 19:08 1
- they both look about 60. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 19:15
The milk case at the grocery store was nearly empty. NOW I'm worried. -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 19:00 3
- Giant was cleared out too but Harris Teeter was full two days ago and we have no snow. -- nm - Max Jan 10, 19:38
- you should get a goat -- nm - mafic Jan 10, 19:15
- I haven't seen half n half since before xmas -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 19:14
LOL. Twitter thinks the Vikings are going to consider Lane Kiffin for their HC vacancy. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 10, 18:42 1
- Vikings fans deserve it though. -- nm - spamlet Jan 10, 18:54
know what tastes good? pineapple. pineapple tastes good. -- nm - mafic Jan 10, 18:39 1
- I think you may be on to something -- nm - crash davis Jan 10, 19:05
Well, the guy I wanted ATL to draft at #8 probably tore his ACL. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 10, 18:38 1
- Pretty sure he will be available at the 8. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 18:52
Trending: Urine 74K Tweets -- nm - mud Jan 10, 18:35
What we're ultimately proving though is that Billboard Charts have always sucked, they just keep finding NEW ways to suck going forward. -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 18:34 1
- 100 -- nm - rollo Jan 10, 21:11
That Angry Birds commercial, I want to know what kind of windows those are, the birds just bounce right off and yet smash the ceramic flower pots... -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 18:31
B2 - the 80s report card was pre-Paul’s Boutique though. -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 18:20 6
- and thus perfectly deserved -- nm - JD Jan 10, 18:22 4
  - Hey, I didn’t want to rub it in Krusty’s eye. -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 18:27 3
    - He's not supposed to get rap in it! -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 18:43 1
      - What are you doing, man? That’s Krusty! -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 18:57
    - He was still rather harsh on them. -- nm - Krusty Jan 10, 18:42
- (The comment I saw was that Puff Daddy got a better than the guys who ghost-wrote his tracks) -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 18:21
What should parents do if their kid starts to eat electrical cords? - JD Jan 10, 18:12 9
- It's an ample opportunity to learn not to. -- nm - LMS Jan 11, 04:17
- go fly a kite -- nm - Ben Franklin Jan 10, 18:47
- L5. Pardon me while I post from the floor. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 10, 18:24
- Are you sure you don't mean charge them? -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 18:16 4
  - Ohm....I mean I wouldn't want to suggest something that might hertz -- nm - JD Jan 10, 18:19 3
    - Tell them to get a switch -- nm - con_carne Jan 10, 18:21 2
      - Watt? corporal punishment is getting a lot of resistance -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 18:30
      - Current..ly they are probably still sold out. -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 18:29
- 👍👍 -- nm - crash davis Jan 10, 18:16

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