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This is why I love baseball. -- (link) - The Allfather Apr 12, 20:21
AUST4 with Rhys Darby as Austin and Mike Myers as Dr Evil. They need to make it happen. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 20:15
I know about Holy Week and I'm not Catholic, I just grew up in a heavily Jewish neighborhood in a heavily Catholic city. -- nm* - . Apr 12, 20:02 4
- I didn't know about the ashes thing until I was like 30. still never seen anyone do it irl. -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 20:52 1
  - It took me a long time to figure out why all those folks had dirty foreheads. -- nm - . Apr 12, 21:00
- Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras), Ash Wednesday, Lent, Easter, Good Friday, Easter Sunday... none of it is a state secret. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 20:28 1
  - I also went to Unitarian Sunday School for awhile. The taught us about Hannukah and a few other religious holidays. -- nm - . Apr 12, 20:32
Also MDH is 100% right about ambu. Norman says he wanted more sweeping vista shots of LA but less LA overall and I agree ish. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 12, 19:44 1
- Likes this post. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 20:54
Hi my name is Amanda and I'm - Pocket Jones Apr 12, 19:42 31
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 04:36
- are you going to have to move? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 22:07
- 👍👍🥂 -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 21:00
- Congrats!! -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 20:56
- Nice! -- (edited) - Marlowe Apr 12, 20:52
- congrats new job buddy. -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 20:47
- Now you can tell us the truth about Paterno! -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 20:28 1
  - I roll my eyes at you, sir. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 20:49
- Party time!!! Congratulations! -- nm - jnine Apr 12, 20:27
- Woooooo! -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 19:59
- That’s great! I’m so happy for you! -- nm - The Allfather Apr 12, 19:56
- Congrats! -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 19:54
- Yay!! They are going to shit bricks - Pippy Apr 12, 19:47 14
  - And they oops. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 20:57
  - This is going to be the best part. - Mop Apr 12, 20:31
  - My offer is actually better than I'd expected so I don't think that they can match it per policy - Pocket Jones Apr 12, 20:00 11
    - I never understood matching. Doesn't it risk souring the relationship between the business and the employee? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 20:04 10
      - Retention bonuses in my industry are insane right now. mid five figures and heard of one six figure retention. That’s bonus besides raise. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 20:55
      - A fair number of people like their familiar job…they just want the money the new place offers. If the old job matches, stay. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 20:07 8
        
        Our office manager had carte Blanche to offer anyone leaving an 8% increase. No approval needed. - Pippy Apr 12, 20:14 7
        
        Whenever I've worked up the energy to switch, it's either been to change career tracks (with little salary diff) or for a lot more than 8%... - Beryllium Apr 12, 20:20 2
        
        The most important thing to me is the industry switch. The fact that my offer is legit sexy is icing. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 12, 20:22 1
        
        Both at once? Incroyable! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 20:23
        
        That’s what I hate—instead of “matching,” just pay people what you should for the work they do. A “system” is never consistent, or fair -- nm - Flavorize Apr 12, 20:18 3
        
        yep. when I resigned and my boss asked if there was anything they could do to change my mind I told her if they matched I'd quit anyway, and be angry. - mafic Apr 12, 20:47 1
        
        This is what I'm going to have to deal with with the non-profit org whose board I sit on. Do we pay people their replacement cost now - TWuG Apr 12, 21:47
        
        I've been asking for more money for two years. If they say "please stay, here is some cash," I still have to walk over back pay. - Pocket Jones Apr 12, 20:21
- Wooooo!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 19:46
- This means good news, yes? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 19:45 1
  - Mmmmmhmmmm -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 12, 19:45
- ruh oh -- nm - mud Apr 12, 19:43
This house (Mark Wahlberg's house) is, in a way, horrifying excess. But at least it's not tasteless. -- (link*) - Beryllium Apr 12, 19:30 1
- Looks like the Billy Madison house -- nm - Flavorize Apr 12, 20:26
Recs for colonoscopy prep day: Don't watch food network, don't read any cooking magazine, don't think about food, don't look at the kitchen. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 19:01 9
- I once had to prep for surgery by going NPO (hospital speak for 'no food or liquid by mouth') for a week. It sucked big time. - howie Apr 12, 19:45 5
  - "Dodge Durango? Get me a fork and knife." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 19:46 4
    - seriously, it was like: "Rich Corinthian Leather?" Yes please! I wanted to eat shoes. - howie Apr 12, 19:51 3
      - On the fun side: (warning: Gross)... - howie Apr 12, 20:20 2
        
        Heh. You and I have different definitions of gross. :) - Beryllium Apr 12, 20:22 1
        
        okay here's the best story: When I was declared NPO, a team came into my room and inserted a subclavian feeding tube. -- (edited) - howie Apr 12, 20:31
- bring snacks with you for afterward. -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 19:24
- For about an hour in the morning and then a few hours later for maybe 20 minutes prior to getting taken into surgery I had TV in the hospital. - Tim Apr 12, 19:03 1
  - hospitals are limited because CNN or FOX has caused fights in the waiting rooms -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 22:10
jentucky fried chicken, its the state GOP primary season for Idaho...would all the candidates please quit saying they'll secure our southern border? - crash davis Apr 12, 18:52 9
- obviously us libtards from washington -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 22:08
- They mean interstate 84— -- nm - Flavorize Apr 12, 20:10 1
  - That's how I snuck in! -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 20:26
- Watch your cornhole, buddy! -- nm - Lawrence Apr 12, 19:15
- BC! - mud Apr 12, 19:02
- I think someone who can't locate their state on a map of the US shouldn't be running for office. -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 18:53 1
  - I'm an idiot running for state reprentative and I'll stand up against the Biden agenda. No you won't, you're state & you're talking about federal sh!# -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 18:55
- they're both weird, so... yes? -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 18:53 1
  - If they'd commit to specifics and say they'll build a wall to keep Utah out, maybe I'd consider them -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 18:57
Jeopardy spoilers - Beaker Apr 12, 18:31
teeth teeth teeth teeth -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 12, 18:27 1
- I love this city! -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 18:59
YOU FOOL! -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 18:17
too bad Antlers isn't moody as hell -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 18:09
heh. wordle 3/6, 0/5 on the first 2 guesses. - mafic Apr 12, 18:09 2
- 3/6 - ty97 Apr 12, 18:41
- 6/6, Hard mode was a real pain this time -- nm - Guigue Apr 12, 18:33
I discovered yesterday that a woman I know from school/PTA knows our wonderful Callisto. - kelly Apr 12, 17:58 4
- At some point Max and a friend of mine in DC were tagged in a photo together (it was a large group). Can't find it now, but that was a small world -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 18:28
- Awwwww! Who is it??? -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 18:07 2
  - She worked with you for years at the paper. -- (edited) - kelly Apr 12, 18:32 1
    - Ahh! Yep! She’s a good one! - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 18:33
If nothing else, Robert Eggers certainly has the consistency thing down to a science -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 12, 17:56 [Attachment]
Today reached 80 and it was glorious. Tomorrow it should be... *checks forecast*... 42. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 12, 17:55
Sound on for this baseball clip -- (link) - TWuG Apr 12, 17:47
MLB reports that 24-year-old Cleveland Guardians rookie Steven Kwan hasn't had a swing and a miss in his first five games. - David Apr 12, 17:43 4
- He wasn’t in their top-10 prospects. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 18:08 2
  - Contact isn't something they're looking for today. Power, launch angle and all that stuff is what they focus on. Guys that hit for average aren't - Krusty Apr 12, 19:01 1
    - And the scouts and all are stupid. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 19:19
- *better send him down before he gets an extra year in the Majors* -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 18:00
Tom Brady's plan was to fake retire, become an exec. w/the Dolphins, hire Sean Payton, unretire and QB for the Dolphins but the Flores lawsuit - Krusty Apr 12, 17:42 5
- I feel like it's a good day for any NFL people to admit any dark secrets, to fly under the radar. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 18:13
- On the one hand, I don't see how Ross survives this. On the other hand, Synder's still there. - David Apr 12, 17:47 3
  - Snyder in trouble with the Feds. -- (link) - budice Apr 12, 17:51 2
    - trouble, or super-duper trouble? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 17:56
    - Yeah, I posted earlier. This is the thing that could set him. - The Allfather Apr 12, 17:52
LMAO. Okay sure Mike.. -- (link) - Jovian Apr 12, 17:07 4
- "I think your hair is really pretty, can I have a hug?" -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 18:01 1
  - "can I have a hug, daddy?" -- nm - cotton candy mikey si Apr 12, 18:07
- I wonder if it sounded like cotton candy randy's trademark "sweet nothings" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 17:44
- "Vladimir, I am taller than you." (NM) - Mike Pence Apr 12, 17:43
Inside an $80k+ Russian drone. Low tech, but functional. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 12, 16:47 4
- It starts with him sitting like Mr. Russian's Neighborhood. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 18:55
- The "crappy" camera they used is newer and better than mine. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 17:23 1
  - Is there some kind of OleksiyList for Ukrainian farmers to sell their acquisitions? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 17:37
- I imagine we can leverage this knowledge to our advantage. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 17:22
is 7000% funded good? (Poor Prof's impostor syndrome probably caused him to set a ridiculously modest goal that was reached in 17 minutes.) -- (link) - Tim Apr 12, 16:42 4
- So you don’t just keep your decks in the starter boxes anymore? - spamlet Apr 12, 16:59 3
  - This will be a big upgrade from the Ziploc sandwich baggie and rubber band! -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 16:59 2
    - If you sleeve your draft deck, don’t even talk to me. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 17:06 1
      - Only if I had a money card. -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 17:09
In the developing border crisis initiated by Gov Abbott where he is forcing extra security checkpoints, state Agriculture Commish says WTF? -- (edited) - Qale Apr 12, 16:32 4
- They'll blame Biden for empty shelves, inflation and the coming recession, that will likely reelect the Donald -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 18:42
- Someone doesn't want to keep his job... -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 17:50
- He could actually lose to Beto in all these continued attempts to own the libs. -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 16:42 1
  - If he loses to Beto, I’m not sure what happens with a Republican controlled Legislature and Lt. Gov. But it HAS to be better than this. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 17:09
I can't keep all the lieutenant governors of New York straight anymore. -- (link) - Tim Apr 12, 16:23 1
- (I don't think Hochul will lose it anymore, but I'm voting Jumaane Williams in the primary.) -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 16:55
Mop's Coachella streaming post led to me the Yahoo YouTube page where there's a section of previous performances, typically a song but there's - JD Apr 12, 16:21 [youtube] 1
- Topless! -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 17:20
Major stores have begun rationing baby formula after request from the FDA -- (link) - spamlet Apr 12, 16:19
oh wow! today is the 110th anniversary oif Titanic sinking.\ -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 16:17 6
- and I forgot to get it something. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 16:19 5
  - A music box that plays Nearer My God To Thee -- nm - Baruno Apr 12, 18:49
  - Maybe scuba gear or a nice necklace? -- nm - David Apr 12, 17:36 2
    - a lifeboat feels like rubbing it in. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 17:41 1
      - Not as much as an ice pick would. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 17:43
  - You might be too late for that. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 16:21
That explains one segment on Raw. - Tim Apr 12, 16:13
Cubs win again! Suzuki 2 Pirates 1. Seiya later NL Central!!!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes Apr 12, 16:12
also my timer mentioned on b2 - tRuMaN Apr 12, 16:03 1
- Damn, that sucks. Hope you feel better soon. -- nm - zork Apr 12, 16:11
If you use Plex for podcasts or web shows you need to find a new solution tomorrow -- (link) - spamlet Apr 12, 15:52
Scheduled colonoscopy for next week. ANy advice? - loosilu Apr 12, 15:49 29
- Vodka makes chugging all that liquid easier -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 18:25 1
  - You need a friend to wait for you and drive you home, take them to lunch, you'll be hungry -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 18:27
- Do a semi fast the two days before the prep. -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 16:45 4
  - can you elaborate? -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 16:53 3
    - Limit what you eat for a couple days before the prep to make the prep go easier -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 17:07 2
      - Limit everything in general? carbs/proteins? -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 17:08 1
        
        Eat less -> shit less. -- nm - Ender Apr 12, 17:40
- Just stay close to a toilet. It’s inconvenient but the worst part IMO is drinking the gross stuff. - kelly Apr 12, 16:37 3
  - This doc prescribed pills instead of the drink, he says it's much less painful. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 16:53 2
    - Sutab? That one's all the rage these days with the local gastro docs. -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 16:57 1
      - I don't know! probably! I'll let you know how it goes -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 16:58
- Get moisturized toilet wipes. The ones that claim to be flushable (but still shouldn't be flushed). -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 16:31 1
  - And it doesn't hurt to have Depends on hand :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 16:33
- Last time I didn't even have have anesthesia. It's a bit more uncomfortable but I was able to bike home right after - Guigue Apr 12, 16:17 3
  - I've NEVER had laughing gas at the dentist, always get novacaine. I had all 4 wisdoms removed at once, they were fully impacted, required a chisel. - loosilu Apr 12, 16:19 2
    - I woke up in the middle of my wisdoms and my colonoscopies. I've menionted before ... - zork Apr 12, 16:55 1
      - it's good you had no teeth in your colon. - loosilu Apr 12, 16:58
- I found several simethicone [NOT 1] anti-gas pills afterwards helped immensely. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 12, 16:10 1
  - I do have some at hand! -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 17:07
- Keep your phone, iPad, or Nintendo Switch charged and enjoy the fireworks. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 16:10
- Get ready for ... -- (pic) - zork Apr 12, 16:10 [Attachment] 1
  - lol -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 16:16
- Definitely took the time off for prep. And no, it wasn't their business. :) -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 16:01 5
  - recommendations for the day off? I assume I'm chained to the toilet. watch netflix or do you feel too sick for that? -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 16:20 4
    - Pixar movies! -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 17:08 1
      - hmm, nI'm thinking not pixar but maybe minions! -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 17:54
    - I didn't feel sick at all, honestly. - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 16:29 1
      - sounds good! -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 16:35
- my most recent one was A Monday so didn't need a day off for prep (they recommended it though). Sure - no secrets! -- nm* - Beaker Apr 12, 15:52
It's currently 76 degrees, 51 dew point, light breeze, birds chirping, buds on trees opening, and hour away from sunset -- nm - a better first Apr 12, 15:41 1
- You two should copy and paste edit your posts to switch them -- nm - zork Apr 12, 15:43
huh. maybe there is a bit of justice in the world after all (well, maybe, politics). SD AG who hit and killed a "deer" (it was a person) is being - tRuMaN Apr 12, 15:39 1
- this is a terrible first. I shall slap myself with a fish. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 12, 15:40

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