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So, yeah, in the last 24 hours, we sold a car and signed the paperwork for a house. - The Allfather Jan 20, 15:01 7
- Congratulations! That's a full day! -- nm - zunk xometimes Jan 20, 15:19
- did you start last week with one red paper clip? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 20, 15:10
- Congratulations. Sounds exciting. -- nm - pmb Jan 20, 15:09
- Congrats on all of this! My only surprise is that house is not in Orlando :) - ty97 Jan 20, 15:08
- used cars are inflating faster than anything, than real estate, so blue book values are usually behind, watch out if you total your car -- nm - insurance co's are using old values Jan 20, 15:06
- Sounds fantastic! -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 20, 15:05
- Congrats on both fronts. -- nm* - budice Jan 20, 15:03
The More You Know: Rob Lowe confirms his wife taught Gwyneth Paltrow to perform 'oral' -- (link) - budice Jan 20, 14:52 4
- I've read that headline 3 times now and I both want to know more and wish I'd never heard this ever. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 15:02
- GOOP to release commemorative candle in 3.. 2.. 1.. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 15:00 2
  - "Oh, what's this scent called?" - Beryllium Jan 20, 15:01 1
    - The sticker says Linden Tree but... -- (link) - Baron Enero Jan 20, 15:20 [youtube]
14 years ago the world was introduced to Walter White - zork Jan 20, 14:36 2
- It’s not a pandemic show—Ted Lasso it ain’t. Which reminds me—Episode 6 of S6, of Queer Eye was great—they are killing it, this season—Every episode - Flavorize Jan 20, 15:09
- what's wrong with you? -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 14:42
Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary’s Monsterverse -- (link) - Remlik Jan 20, 14:35 1
- This sounds pretty cool. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 15:13
DTL: Suck on it, Tulsa! We frittered away a 12 point halftime lead but stiffened up when it counted. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 20, 14:31
Yikes. Florida man strikes again ... linked to four frozen bodies in Winnipeg. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 20, 14:27 3
- Mother fucker. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 15:15 1
  - Yep. Even the Suicide Squad wouldn't accept Florida Man. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 15:17
- that's just too sad -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 14:55
Ted Lasso performing “Patience” (Guns N’Roses cover) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 20, 14:19 3
- This is great. "Steps of Faith is a nonprofit public charity dedicated to providing prosthetic care." Here's the full telethon with a number of guests - Mop Jan 20, 15:13 [youtube]
- Jason Sudeikis was there to see AFC Wimbledon get humiliated by a 5th tier team in their FA Cup match. - Mop Jan 20, 15:05
- That's some good whistlin'! -- nm - Max Jan 20, 14:27
NFL-Cards: Tense meeting involving Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill, GM Steve Keim and coach Kliff Kingsbury yesterday -- (link*) - budice Jan 20, 14:12 7
- Kingsbury is used to failing up so he doesn't understand the reaction. -- nm - Diva Jan 20, 14:59
- Ian Rapoport says nope -- (link) - decline Jan 20, 14:21 2
  - Costanza already tried that line. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 20, 15:00
  - And that's a guy who never gets any scoops saying that! -- nm - The Allfather Jan 20, 14:47
- "fire me you fucking pussy, I'm a young white male with a winning record" -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 14:17 1
  - If anyone wants a bigger suprise than Brian Flores. This would do it -- nm - budice Jan 20, 14:18
- Kyler Murray, when reached for comment, double-clutched his phone, and then threw it in the sewer grate nearby. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 14:16
West Virginia reporter hit by car on live TV, escapes with minor injuries (warn) -- (link*) - budice Jan 20, 13:56 3
- LA: A police pursuit of a motorcycle driver came to a horrific end (warn) -- (link) - budice Jan 20, 14:01 1
  - This one earned the warning and is a probably good lesson on broadcasting high speed chases live. -- nm - Max Jan 20, 14:06
- Downside: hit by a car. Silver lining: breaking news exclusive. -- nm - Max Jan 20, 13:59
I'm with Biden on this one (the sentiment, not necessarily the tone) -- (link) - ty97 Jan 20, 13:52 5
- Whatever the tone, it's a good response. Because da fuq. -- nm - Diva Jan 20, 15:01
- comeback: "Because he's the one flirting with disaster." -- nm - Max Jan 20, 14:04
- it was a Fox reporter of course. -- nm - Jovian Jan 20, 14:01 1
  - Lol, they’re not even waiting for the invasion to frame their 180 degree turn. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 20, 14:55
- The tone was probably right as well. -- nm - spamlet Jan 20, 13:54
Netflix Stock drops nearly 20% after-hours -- (link) - budice Jan 20, 13:45 9
- How much is their debt now? -- nm - LMS Jan 20, 14:29
- time to buy. -- nm - colin Jan 20, 14:22
- Knee-jerk. It wouldn't surprise me if it rebounds to over $480 early next week. -- nm - Max Jan 20, 13:54
- slowing subscriber growth. . The company also said for the first quarter of 2022, it expects to add 2.5 million subscribers, compared to the 3.98 million it added in Q1 2021 -- (link*) - budice Jan 20, 13:47 2
  - So, they slightly beat expected growth, and still there's panic? lolwallstreet -- nm* - Inigo Jan 20, 13:50 1
    - Forecast for Q1 2022 is smaller. Hence the apparent concern -- nm - budice Jan 20, 13:54
- Revenues meet expectations. Earnings beat expectations by a lot. Stock down 20%. Go figure! -- nm - ty97 Jan 20, 13:47 2
  - All traders care about is if they beat expected gains for subscribers. -- (edited) - Inigo Jan 20, 13:48
  - Subscriber growth, or rather lack thereof? -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 20, 13:48
WWE: Mustafa Ali will not be granted his release... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 20, 13:42 2
- That’s bullshit given they’ve released everyone else. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 13:52
- How will he play Blade now? -- nm - Jovian Jan 20, 13:46
MLB kills TB/Montreal split plan -- (link) - Reagen Jan 20, 13:22 1
- Welp, move them full-time there then. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 13:33
Will - How are you looking on Belden? -- nm - spamlet Jan 20, 13:20 5
- I am a 2/2 on him, and a 2/2, 5/5, 2/2, and 1/1 on a non-max -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 13:31 1
  - Oh. Not the industrial cable brand. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- nm - JD Jan 20, 13:44
- Also where do you rankers have my 2 clear leads: Adam Torres C.1 and Austin Newsome C.15 -- nm - rollo Jan 20, 13:27 2
  - Mine are composites of a couple of difference calcs. I also put Baron's straight stat ranking behind it - spamlet Jan 20, 13:35
  - I'll run my update tonight for them. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 13:31
Kurt Warner spends 40 mins breaking down Bad Plays by the Cowboys during Playoff game -- (link*) - budice Jan 20, 13:18 [youtube] 4
- I’m watching it—it’s pretty damning for Kellen Moore IMO -- nm - Flavorize Jan 20, 13:48
- OH YEAH - WELL YOUR MOVIE SUCKS! -- nm - Skip Bayless Jan 20, 13:19 2
  - But here, try this red mole. Is it too rich? -- nm - Rick Bayless Jan 20, 13:23 1
    - Ha! -- nm - Diva Jan 20, 15:02
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 20, 13:16 [Attachment] 5
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 20, 13:17 [Attachment] 4
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 20, 13:17 [Attachment] 3
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 20, 13:18 [Attachment] 2
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Jan 20, 13:20
      - 1/2 (spoils) - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:19
I'm more likely than most on this board to be sensitive to long comix movies. FTR I thought Spiderman *flew* by. -- nm - rollo Jan 20, 13:15
Well, I think that job interview went well. Should know more tomorrow... -- nm - Ender Jan 20, 13:00 5
- Woot!! -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 20, 13:10
- best wishes! -- nm - Remlik Jan 20, 13:07
- Good luck! -- nm - MDH Jan 20, 13:03
- nice -- nm - decline Jan 20, 13:03
- Woohoo! -- nm - spamlet Jan 20, 13:02
MDH -- if you think Ghostbusters 3.5, and AQP outperformed, yikes. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 12:48 19
- It's easy to overthink it. It's an acceleration of the phenomenon that saw the $40 million opener die in the mid 00s-10s - Reagen Jan 20, 14:35
- They didn't just overperform, they massively overperformed expectations in COVID. This is all linked to expectations in COVID. - MDH Jan 20, 12:55 17
  - No, your issue was that Run Time is a factor. It isn't. It never has been. Interest in the properties is the only factor. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 13:03 15
    - I don't know what we're fighting about, but my two cents is that I work 20-25 hours more per week now than I did pre-covid, so a three hour movie is - amanda jeans Jan 20, 13:35 6
      - I totally agree with this. Length was the reason we didn't see West Side Story or House of Gucci. - zunk xometimes Jan 20, 13:51 2
        
        I would watch WSS at home maybe? maybe? HOG only if it was a drinking game, you know? -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 20, 13:52 1
        
        I want to see WSS, but I went to The 355 instead since it saved me 30 minutes. -- nm - MDH Jan 20, 13:57
      - Your IM hits the nail on the damn head. Thank you. -- nm - MDH Jan 20, 13:38 2
        
        amanda's IM makes a lot of sense, but also there are enough people invested in Batman for it to be successful without disproving her point. - Roger More Jan 20, 14:49
        
        I think by mid-March you'll be calling Batman another exception to this new runtime rule. -- nm - Inigo Jan 20, 13:52
    - Agreed it was never before. Disagree in that it's painfully obvious to me it is now. They're linked together whether we like it or not. -- nm - MDH Jan 20, 13:07 7
      - Here's the top 10 domestic films of 2021 with run times. -- (edited) - Inigo Jan 20, 13:35 6
        
        2:15 is the mark, and I'd rank them like this: - MDH Jan 20, 13:37 5
        
        I do think that shang chi overperformed. I think that unlike BW, it looked fun and ALSO it was waning delta pre omicron so people were feeling - amanda jeans Jan 20, 13:46 3
        
        That's the one there's most conflict on. - MDH Jan 20, 13:52 2
        
        You can't have it both ways. Either COVID is fully factored in or it isn't. - Inigo Jan 20, 14:03 1
        
        I agree with you. There needs to be a COVID downgrade on it. Hence why I'm most torn on that one. :-) -- nm - MDH Jan 20, 14:04
        
        No way on Shang Chi. The over/under on the 4 day weekend here was $50 million. It did $45 million more than that. - Inigo Jan 20, 13:42
  - Short answer, COVID rapidly changed expectations. Expectations from green light to current day are different. -- nm - MDH Jan 20, 12:56
If the Pumpkins 1979 was written today it would be called 2006. - spamlet Jan 20, 12:23 5
- But that would not even rhyme! -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 12:24 4
  - ~shake down two-thousand-and-six....cool kids never in the mix~ -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 12:30 3
    - Okay, I'm on board. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 12:32 2
      - *waits for my royalty checks to start rolling in* -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 12:46 1
        
        Rewrites the line just cause no one's as smart as him. -- nm - Billy Corgan Jan 20, 12:48
The phone call was perfect! Even more perfect than the one with Ukraine! - Jovian Jan 20, 12:21 [Attachment] 3
- MSNBC pointing out how Faux is parroting russian television talking points on Ukraine, backing despotic take over of a democratic country -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 15:03
- You secretly want to date him. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 20, 12:39
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 20, 12:35
Netflix Daredevil back at the top of the streaming charts -- (link) - Remlik Jan 20, 12:21 18
- It is by far my favorite Marvel series (possibly favorite Marvel anything). I've watched s1 at least a dozen times -- nm - decline Jan 20, 12:53
- I never watched the show, but I secretly really liked the movie. -- nm - MDH Jan 20, 12:25 7
  - I quite liked the show, at least the first season. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 20, 13:04
  - the directors cut is pretty darn good. The TV show is fantastic tv. -- nm - Remlik Jan 20, 12:42 1
    - Yeah, I liked the Director's cut. I guess it underperformed, but I'd have watched a sequel (Elektra was bad though) -- nm - MDH Jan 20, 13:12
  - Aspects of the movie were spot on (opening scenes, at least). But the tv series was next level. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 12:26 3
    - for me its the best of Marvel Netflix series'. Even better than the stellar season one of Jessica Jones. -- nm - Jovian Jan 20, 12:32 2
      - JJ is the best -followed by Legion, Loki, AoS & Hawkeye. -- nm - mud Jan 20, 12:56
      - Those two are equal enough to me that on any given day it could be one, or the other. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 12:33
- I finished my S1 rewatch a few weeks ago. Not sure if I will do a S2. - Spawn Jan 20, 12:23 6
  - S3 was the best season. -- nm - Remlik Jan 20, 12:42 1
    - I never saw S3. it's on my "soon" list. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 20, 13:30
  - but s3 has the one take prison fight...plus Bullseye -- nm* - Beaker Jan 20, 12:23 3
    - That's S2 iirc. -- nm - Shaun Jan 20, 12:28 1
      - 3! -- (link) - Beaker Jan 20, 12:30 [youtube]
    - Yeah, I am leaning towards it. - Spawn Jan 20, 12:25
- Good, now lets bring Punisher into the MCU and Jon Bernthal along with it. -- nm - Jovian Jan 20, 12:23 1
  - Yarp. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 12:35
Fed issued a Paper for Fed-Backed Crypto (Dollar) -- (link*) - budice Jan 20, 12:16 1
- they issued a 'paper' to discuss digital which makes as much sense as NFTs -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 15:09
What do you mean we have only had ONE 1.5B movie in the last year!?! -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 12:15 8
- I should get some N95 masks. -- nm - Shaun Jan 20, 12:19 7
  - They are *absolute*. I could probably walk through a covid cloud in one. - Spawn Jan 20, 12:21 1
    - I heard you can catch covid from getting fart in your eyes. -- nm - Max Jan 20, 12:32
  - But then how do you eat popcorn? -- nm - spamlet Jan 20, 12:21 4
    - You pour the popcorn into the mask before the show. Some of those N95s are shaped like feedbags. -- nm* - Max Jan 20, 12:33
    - I'm not much of a theatre snacker. -- nm - Shaun Jan 20, 12:28 2
      - In the before times, I was. Blamed entirely on my grandparent's drive-in. I could eat anything I wanted. Just pick it up. So, I... indulged. - Spawn Jan 20, 12:30 1
        
        As in your grandparents owned a drive-in theater? That must've been cool! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 20, 13:05
It's the 2nd anniversary of the first identified covid case in the US -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 12:15 15
- In the third decade of the fourth millennia of the history of the sniffles. -- nm - Max Jan 20, 12:28
- Was it this early? I thought it was more in February. -- nm - sycor Jan 20, 12:20 8
  - Where I was working, the pandemic response plan kicked in on January 21. One confirmed case is what it takes. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 14:01
  - Signs of supply chain issues were sooner than I remembered. Apple was closing stores in China at the end of January. -- (link) - Max Jan 20, 12:37
  - January 20, 2020 CDC confirms the first U.S. laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. from samples taken on January 18 in Washington state. -- (link) - Spawn Jan 20, 12:35
  - First death? Research suggests the first US covid death was jan 16 after the son returned from Wuhan over Xmas, she died at home -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 12:27 3
    - First case. It's also what triggered the National Pandemic Plan that Trump pretended didn't exist. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 14:02
    - Npr story -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 20, 12:34
    - First reported death was on Feb 29, 2020, in Kirkland. But it was probably far from the first actual death. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 12:34
  - Think this was the retroactive one. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 12:27
- What are *you* doing to celebrate? -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 12:15 4
  - Getting take out -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 12:28
  - Planning for the first draft of my book which begins on Feb 29, 2020. - Beryllium Jan 20, 12:16
  - Baking a doorknob cake. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 20, 12:16 1
    - *licks it* -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 15:13
Twitter is going wider with their NFT avatars test, and folks on my timeline are not having it. Some fun stuff being RT'd. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 20, 12:12 1
- And tools for muting ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 20, 12:15

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