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TB: Playoff Lenny back on a 3yr deal -- nm - budice Mar 22, 05:35
Quordle 5 4 8 6. -- (edited) - oblique Mar 22, 05:16
TV PSA: Superman & Lois, FBI x 3, Judge Steve Harvey, WWE NXT, iHeart Music Awards, Young Rock, My Mayor, This is Us, Oak Island, To Tell the Truth, -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 04:58 4
- UK has the finales of This is Going to Hurt and Cheaters, also The Witchfinder and The Great Celebrity Bake Off (with Alex Horne!) -- nm - LMS Mar 22, 05:05
- black-ish, The Thing About Pam, Shackleton's Endurance: The Lost Ice Ship Found, NBA, Jeff Foxworthy (NF), Abbott Elementary, Naomi, Chopped, other - Beaker Mar 22, 05:01 2
  - 2: Oak Island (we get it Sunday) and I'll watch the Shackleton show if we get that up here too -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 05:06
  - 2) To Tell the Truth & Abbott Elementary -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 05:03
Crazy personal fact. Ketanji Brown Jackson was class president of Miami Palmetto HS in 1988. My buddy was president in 1989 and 1990. - Volnelk Mar 22, 04:47 1
- Not with that attitude. -- nm - Reagen Mar 22, 05:48
A giant container ship ran aground in Chesapeake Bay and has been stuck there since the 13th -- (link) - spamlet Mar 22, 04:41 1
- heh, its another Evergreen ship. heh. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 22, 06:41
The LME Nickel market finally really reopened today. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 22, 04:39
4 of the biggest new BBC dramas have been renewed - Vigil, The Tourist, The Responder and Time (The Outlaws had already been renewed). All great. - LMS Mar 22, 04:35 3
- Isn’t Vigil about a murder onboard of a submarine named… Vigil? - Mop Mar 22, 05:16 1
  - What are the chances?! -- nm - LMS Mar 22, 06:05
- Sweet! -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 05:02
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 22, 03:48 [Attachment] 5
- MAGA PICNIC PANIC: Will there be too little pork rinds or too many people of color there? -- nm - rollo Mar 22, 05:59
- PC GAMING / MAC GAMING: The age old debate -- nm - rollo Mar 22, 05:57
- GAP MANIC - having to shop for jeans -- nm - . Mar 22, 04:39
- MAGIC PIN - Do you like bowling? Do you like crepes? We know you do. So, come on down! -- (edited) - VMan Mar 22, 04:37
- PIC-A-NIC MAGIC - Yogi Bear’s greatest gift -- nm - spamlet Mar 22, 04:13
WWII is still going on between Russia & Japan. -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 22, 00:21 3
- The two guys whose job it is to negotiate that peace treaty must have the best job security in the world. -- nm - Mop Mar 22, 05:12
- yep. time to grab the Kurils. -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 00:23 1
  - People's liberation front of Krill says fvck you and the whale you rode in on... -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 22, 17:51
Your car is not safe in a tornado, no matter that apparently this one was… kind of. -- (link) - Qale Mar 21, 23:41 2
- He’s way too close to that storm even if in the right direction at least. -- nm - spamlet Mar 22, 03:46
- Wow. You don't normally see pickup trucks doing breakdance moves. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 23:44
guy applies for personal license plate "UNKNOWN" and immediately gets dozens of parking tickets.... - zeitgeist Mar 21, 23:30
My main problem with Wordle is I keep coming up with 6 letter words. -- nm - . Mar 21, 22:48 2
- CÆSAR -- nm - Max Mar 21, 22:57
- Too true but even more so with Canuckle and Hogwartle -- nm - zork Mar 21, 22:48
Apparently Geddy Lee is doing a guest spot on Murdoch Mysteries ... as one Thomas Sawyer. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 22:31 6
- if you are relatively famous and Canadian and haven't been on Murdoch Mysteries, you might not be as famous as you think you are -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 04:43 1
  - My stepfather was on the episode they filmed in Dawson. -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 05:56
- Everything about that sounds stupid. -- nm - David Mar 21, 22:35 3
  - Murdoch Mysteries is great fun. If you watch it and hate it, your heart is a cold, dead husk. -- nm - TWuG Mar 22, 06:27
  - I cannot disagree. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 22:43 1
    - (I can appreciate the silliness factor, though. Trying times call for more lighthearted silliness.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 22:43
Curse you, Avalanche! -- nm - David Mar 21, 22:20
That package that was out for delivery this morning is now "undetermined". It's weird that Chewy knew about the delay befor Fedex did. -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 22:18
Man, this episode of TOS is going through redshirts at a prodigious rate. -- nm - Ender, nocturnal dumpster goblin Mar 21, 22:17 10
- have you read Red Shirts by Scalzi? great fun -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 04:44 1
  - I have. -- nm - Ender, nocturnal dumpster goblin Mar 22, 13:08
- 3 down, I think there's only one left. (Spock took a hit for Kirk as well, but Bones magicked up a potion to save him.) -- nm - Ender, nocturnal dumpster goblin Mar 21, 22:19 7
  - There's a second one, actually, but she's a hot blonde, so I think she's safe. -- nm - Ender, nocturnal dumpster goblin Mar 21, 22:23 6
    - Ahh, she's there to make out with Chekov (or "Pav" as she calls him) and thus spread the concept of sex to the redskinned natives. -- nm - Ender, nocturnal dumpster goblin Mar 21, 22:40 5
      - They just took out the last male redshirt. And in the attack one of the redskinned natives left a huge body paint smudge on Kirk's uniform. -- nm - Ender, nocturnal dumpster goblin Mar 21, 22:45 1
        
        I'm torn on all this CGI they've added. Also, Kirk's voice in the opening credits seems really muffled in S2. -- nm - Ender, nocturnal dumpster goblin Mar 21, 23:20
      - This is the one with David Soul? -- nm - zork Mar 21, 22:43 2
        
        Yes -- nm - Ender, nocturnal dumpster goblin Mar 21, 22:46 1
        
        Don't give up on him, baby -- nm - zork Mar 21, 22:47
Top Chef S9 E13 - and the guest judge is Pee Wee Herman :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 21:45 3
- ... Paul Reubens, or actually Pee Wee? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 21:47 2
  - (One would be an interesting but odd choice - the other would be a bit irritating. That's my guess, at least.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 21:53 1
    - The irritating one :) -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 22:01
Appearing in this episode of Being Erica: Drake. - David Mar 21, 21:34
Okta may have been breached. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 21, 21:20 7
- Fuuuuuuck -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 22, 04:17
- Basically, if true, half the plot of The Net just happened for real. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 21, 22:01
- The alleged perpetrators are based in Brazil and previously hacked Nvidia and Samsung -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 21:38
- Layperson hearing that sentence: "who cares?" Tech person hearing it: "HOLY FUCK WHAT THE FUCK" -- nm* - Beryllium Mar 21, 21:36 3
  - Yeah yeah, just get back to work and tell us what to do about this, brainiacs. -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 05:26
  - not necessarily, I know it from work and personal accounts usage. - i.b.! Mar 21, 23:54 1
    - Ah, fair. It's been slowly taking control of all authentication - particularly since they bought Auth0. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 00:25
wordle, a frustrating 5/6 - mafic Mar 21, 21:04
Wordle 276 4/6 - prayformojo Mar 21, 21:04 8
- 3 - decline Mar 22, 06:01
- 5 - rollo Mar 22, 05:55
- 4/6 - oblique Mar 22, 05:11
- 4 - J Mar 22, 03:51
- 6. Yikes. - loosilu Mar 22, 03:25
- 3/6 - spamlet Mar 22, 03:12
- 3/6 -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 21, 21:27
- 4/6 - David Mar 21, 21:14
Worldle #60 2/6 (100%) - prayformojo Mar 21, 21:02 7
- 3 - spamlet Mar 22, 03:14
- Got it in one. Spoilers - Mop Mar 21, 23:25
- 2/6 - znufrii Mar 21, 21:29
- same - mafic Mar 21, 21:03 3
  - that's not what I thought that looked like -- nm - prayformojo Mar 21, 21:04 2
    - Yup. -- nm - znufrii Mar 21, 21:29
    - me neither, but I guess I'm not surprised? -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 21:05
At Night: Strong tornado outside of Crockett Texas -- (link*) - budice Mar 21, 20:58 3
- Chingadaras -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 21:02 2
  - You go Pippy - eag Mar 21, 21:08 1
    - One doesn't want to be around a chingadera, no. -- nm - con_carne Mar 21, 21:22
You can now make groups of games on Nintendo Switch, but it isn’t that useful. So… Nintendo. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 20:51
and now Esquire's 50 best sci-fi books of all time. (34/50, pretty good list). -- (link) - mafic Mar 21, 20:33 1
So yeah, Deep Water isn’t good but man Ana de Armas is something else. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 21, 20:32
Imagine seeing this from 20,000 feet up -- (link) - Jovian Mar 21, 20:23
Now playing: Being Erica pilot. - David Mar 21, 20:16 1
- (Or maybe I watched a few and forgot?) -- nm - David Mar 21, 20:16
Gov. Abbott spent 3 billion sending Texas state troops to the border and has nearly nothing good to show for it. -- (link) - Qale Mar 21, 20:15 6
- I'm quite serious when I say: how? How could it have possibly cost that much? -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 20:16 5
  - 10,000 troops deployed for a year, plus building a wall. - mafic Mar 21, 20:29
  - Time more than anything, I have to assume. It's an ongoing, open-ended, unspecific mission. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 20:21 3
    - Is the mission "Go to the border and literally set money on fire?" -- nm* - ty97 Mar 21, 20:22 2
      - I'm sure there'd have to be a little dance of some kind -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 21:44
      - Well, it was also mull around in insufficient barracks, catch COVID, and have your pay delayed too. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 20:31
Is The Endgame simply a sexier version of The Blacklist? -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 20:12 2
- Kind of in a reverse way. I hope for a crossover actually. -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 20:33 1
  - It has struck me as crossover material. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 23:28
American Song Contest night 1 spoiler - crash davis Mar 21, 20:12
I really liked the voice of the guy from RI. But for shock value, its a tie between the K-Pop artist from OK and the cowboy rapper from WY -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 19:59 5
- RI guy described his song as "if Chris Stapleton, Adele, and Sons Of Anarchy had a baby" -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 20:02 4
  - KILL IT WITH FIRE -- nm - David Mar 21, 20:19
  - I just don’t like Stapleton…he’s too country. - Will Hunting Mar 21, 20:04
  - Did the showrunners tell them "think of a way to describe yourself" - ty97 Mar 21, 20:03 1
    - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 20:13
Tickets procured for The Lost City for Saturday. -- nm - MDH Mar 21, 19:40 3
- I think I want to go see Everything Everywhere All At Once, it's apparently opening here. -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 19:58 2
  - I want to see both of these movies. But not in theatres. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 21:54
  - Oh! I don’t think we get that this weekend but I will check. -- nm - MDH Mar 21, 20:34
A caravan full of humanitarian supplies was looted by russian troops -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 21, 19:24 1
- Ask yourself who’s more needy? Ukrainian people in bombed out shelters or Russian troops with no mre’s, no gas, and no shelter since - Will Hunting Mar 21, 19:40
I do hope that MelDeevs made it to DFW -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 19:17 3
- We"re here. Checked into hotel outside DFW. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 20:12 1
  - Well that's good news! Best wishes for uneventful travel the rest of the way home tomorrow! -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 20:17
- Me too. This storm has been telegraphed for days now and absolutely had no chance of not living up to expectations. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 19:35
Iowa, pink haired woman who describes herself as "Lady Gaga meets Pat Benatar" and plays the keytar -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 19:15 2
- I am prepared to be let down* but I do love that description - ty97 Mar 21, 19:17 1
  - it is on network -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 19:19
CT throwing down: Michael Bolton just dissed NY pizza - crash davis Mar 21, 19:03 10
- Why are we suddenly talking about Michael Bolton? Am I Replaying? -- nm - David Mar 21, 19:39 8
  - He's representing the state of Connecticut in the American Song Contest, a new series that debuted tonight which is apparently like Eurovision... - ty97 Mar 21, 20:01 7
    - Can I petition to stop this before it becomes a thing? -- nm - David Mar 21, 20:08 6
      - That's just the kind of talk you'd expect out of TN. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 20:41
      - Future episode contestant spoilers - ty97 Mar 21, 20:19 3
        
        Well, it'd be nice to see Macy Gray again. -- nm - David Mar 21, 20:19 2
        
        Tune in Mondays! The contest takes place between March 21 and May 9, 2022, and airs on NBC.[3] The show is hosted by Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson.[2] -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 20:24 1
        
        In the words of a Daniel Bryan tag team, HELL NO -- nm - David Mar 21, 20:41
      - You better get that petition rolling. A lot of time has been lost -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 20:14
- ahh, he's going for the anti-NY vote, not a bad play. -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 19:08
Looks like we could be facing a grocery workers strike soon. Fun. - Meg Mar 21, 19:03
Tesla owners waiting in line in the desert to buy electricity on their way home from Vegas -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 19:02 1
- This is my biggest concern with EVs. Need way more infrastructure with charging stations. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 21, 21:02
SOCIAL Q’S - Do I Really Need to Tip for Drip Coffee? A reader is turned off by a local shop’s new gratuity-seeking efforts. - crash davis Mar 21, 18:51 4
- I love that minimum wage here is a reasonable amount and that tipping basically doesn't exist. - mafic Mar 21, 20:12 1
  - I honestly think there isn’t any social pressure to tip for coffee. Always think of it as good karma…any change or a spare bill goes in. -- nm - Flavorize Mar 21, 20:36
- I say tip if you wanna and it makes you feel good. Don't if you don't. Thank you for coming to my QaleTalk. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 19:35
- Summary of all of these: Dear Social Q, I’m a terrible person, please agree with me that my actions should have no consequences. -- nm - Flavorize Mar 21, 19:25
Your top 10 songs: Heat Waves, Stay, Super Gremlin, abcdefu, We Don't Talk About Bruno, Ghost, Easy On Me, Enemy, That's What I Want, Bad Habits - Tim Mar 21, 18:47 9
- nevermind see it now. ABCDEFU - #1 for Rick Dees (he was promoting a new #1 and when that song came on both girls got up and left the room) -- nm* - Beaker Mar 22, 04:48
- So that's just Gayle, eh? Not the version with Royal and The Serpent? Boo! -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 19:37 2
  - That's the version the alternative stations play but the regular one has the most airplay/streams. -- (edited) - Tim Mar 21, 19:39 1
    - I'm starting to believe that Billboard is a lot like Whose Line is it Anyway where the points are made up and don't matter. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 20:43
- only the fifth for Imagine Dragons? - ty97 Mar 21, 18:52 3
  - Which is still a lot for an actual rock band in the 21st century. - Tim Mar 21, 18:56 1
    - I would have guessed at least a couple of those that didn't make top 10 had considering how much they were played. -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 19:08
  - even I can name four ID songs -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 18:54
- All Billboard board. -- nm - MDH Mar 21, 18:48
Tim, you around? This Billboard Hot 100 relates tweet is making me mad. -- (link) - MDH Mar 21, 18:46 2
- I don't get it, but Twitter replies claim she sang on the song and isn't credited. -- nm - Tim Mar 21, 18:49 1
  - There’s a lot of rumor/drama that Ashanti and Christina Milian “actually” sang on a bunch of her hits instead of her own voice. -- nm - MDH Mar 21, 18:51

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