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man oh man; saw a picture of my next oldest brother at my sisters for dinner...he looks oooooooooold - Beaker Apr 17, 19:48
SITWAP/this may have been known? Moon Knight and Hawkeye submitted as limited series for the Emmys. Meaning 1 season shows. -- (link) - MDH Apr 17, 19:48 1
- I saw some conjecture that (spoils) - Beryllium Apr 17, 19:52
If I weren't so self-conscious about my environment and my code, I'd consider live-streaming what I've been doing with slackertalk lately. - Beryllium Apr 17, 19:45 3
- Your biggest problem is that no matter what you do, if it doesn’t look exactly like what we have now, The Olds are gonna get scared. -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 19:57 1
  - It's the same problem that Twitter has, but minus a few billion dollars. 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 20:00
- One important possible bit of fallout from the above is that a login may end up being required to post. -- (edited) - Beryllium Apr 17, 19:56
The Pelicans had 34 points at halftime. Not great. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 17, 19:37 1
- glad to be here -- nm - budice Apr 17, 19:38
Learning how to do a backflip, in one hour (as told in a 1 minute TIkTok video) -- (link) - Flavorize Apr 17, 19:35
Curse of Oak island is "we ain't found shit" brought to literal life -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 19:30 1
- Gold Rush is filing for trademark infringement. -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 20:11
I am having trepidation about resigning. I know it's the right thing to do but - Pocket Jones Apr 17, 19:14 10
- It will show them there's a life somewhere else and they can do the same, or take your old job. -- nm - jnine Apr 17, 20:01
- Remember everything you told me. You don't owe them. You're not responsible for them. It's business. - Max Apr 17, 19:48
- Change is good. It's good for your quality of life, and the team you're leaving will have the opportunity to grow and change as well. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 17, 19:47
- Just shows why they should've valued you more. They didn't do their part, it's ok to walk away. -- nm - Flavorize Apr 17, 19:29 1
  - I know. I appreciate this. heart emoji. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 17, 19:38
- It's a lot better than just not showing up on the day you start your new job. -- nm - Ender Apr 17, 19:27 2
  - Although faking your death has some perks. -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 20:13
  - … in theory. -- nm - Roger More Apr 17, 19:33
- one of them will likely get promoted, so a step up for them. -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 19:18
- Duly Noted. -- nm - budice Apr 17, 19:15
NASCAR: Rain on the Dirt making it awfully interesting now -- nm - budice Apr 17, 18:52
I'm pretty sure that animorphs were just completely made up in the past few years. They never existed before 2020. IMHO. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 17, 18:33 2
- ... -- (link) - . Apr 17, 18:43 [Image] 1
  - heh -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 18:44
"Southeast winds 70 km/h gusting to 90. Risk of tree limb breakage and power outages." - ooh, fun -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 18:27 2
- We had that last week and did indeed lose a huge branch. Fell perfectly to not hit our fence. -- nm* - Spawn Apr 17, 18:28 1
  - Sounds like good fortune. Hopefully nothing falls on our place. - Beryllium Apr 17, 18:31
TIL: Dave Thomas was an exec at KFC until John Y Brown screwed him in a business deal. He quit vowing to become bigger than KFC, thus Wendy's -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 17:58 8
- Thomas also opened a spicy chicken chain in 1978 in Ohio. SISTER'S CHICKEN. it was great, but they are no longer around. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 17, 19:16
- TIL: TIL means "Today I Learned" and NOT "Truth In Lending" when used in contexts like this post. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 17, 19:07
- Those crooked business dealings also inspired the plot for Strange Brew. -- nm - Roger More Apr 17, 18:30 3
  - Is there by any chance a link that explains all this? - The Allfather Apr 17, 18:36 2
    - Sure - here -- (link) - Roger More Apr 17, 19:26 1
      - More -- (link) - Roger More Apr 17, 19:32
- I did not know the origin if the chili, but it makes sense. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 18:01 1
  - They precooked burger patties on predicted demand, the unused ones are probably shredded in to the chili. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 18:35
Chubbins sat on ollie's couch earlier so Ollie walked up and punched her in the face. Now chubbins is sitting on her own couch. -- (pic) - Pocket Jones Apr 17, 17:46 [Attachment] 6
- It looks like Chubby's left eye is swelling shut! -- nm - Max Apr 17, 17:59 2
  - She's winking. How YOU doin? -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 17, 18:06 1
    - ooh. That fireplace kitty is hot. -- nm* - Max Apr 17, 18:07
- Both still look rather bitter at the situation. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 17:55 1
  - They are mortal enemies, but they are aligned in their plot to take out 'that human' -- nm - ty97 Apr 17, 18:02
- they need a fireside chat talk show "so, mice am I right?" -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 17:47
Rhea Seehorn is so good on BCS. The least acty performance on the show. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 17, 17:34 6
- the fact the EMMYs haven't awarded her yet is a travesty; even moreso after the last seasons -- nm* - Beaker Apr 17, 17:35 5
  - I think she wins for sure this year. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 17, 17:40 1
    - if she doesn't the EMMYs should just give up -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 17:41
  - Im watching the latest season on NF. She's even better than I had remembered. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 17, 17:39 2
    - I'm in awe. -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 17:42 1
      - Yeah I kind of am too. It's such a quiet role with so much internal noise and she plays it flawlessly. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 17, 17:47
Dodgers starters this past week -- (link) - budice Apr 17, 17:20
Think about this… don’t answer right away. Something the Queen and Hulk Hogan have in common: Entrance music. What would be your entrance music? -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 17:18 22
- the most dangerous-sounding song ever, Would? by AIC -- nm - prayformojo Apr 17, 19:58
- the first 1:45 of Glitter and Trauma -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 17, 19:55 [youtube]
- The Prodigy - Get Your Fight On (Overkill Mix) -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 17, 18:41 [youtube]
- Big Dumb Sex or Down Incognito -- nm - The Allfather Apr 17, 18:36
- In my mind it is Hair Of The Dog by Nazareth, reality is more like Won't You Be my Neighbor -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 18:26 1
  - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Apr 17, 20:06
- Same as every time this is asked, Demolition Man by Sting. -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 18:10
- Something by Hedningarna -- nm - . Apr 17, 18:09
- Decline and fall by flesh for lulu. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 17, 18:07
- One season in softball we tried to do this. Mine was Hit Me With Your Best Shot. -- nm - Andie Apr 17, 18:07 1
  - As long as you're not the pitcher that's a good one. -- nm - Krusty Apr 17, 18:10
- I'm torn. Krusty stole one of my ideas. I also like Enter Sandman. - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 17:57 2
  - Enter Sandman is a good choice, though. - Krusty Apr 17, 18:05
  - I understand Queen Elizabeth wanted "Ante Up" too but Krusty wouldn't budge. -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 18:02
- Airship Pirate by Abney Park -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 17, 17:56 1
  - or Otherworld from Final Fantasy X. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 17, 17:59
- One would definitely be "Ante Up" by M.O.P -- (link) - Krusty Apr 17, 17:46 [youtube] 1
  - But I'd also want to use, "Intro" by DMX -- (link) - Krusty Apr 17, 17:47 [youtube]
- Bring Me The Horizon's "MANTRA" -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 17:45
- The Heavy - How You Like Me Now -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 17:41
- Either Saliva’s Ladies and Gentlemen or Puff Daddy’s Victory. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 17, 17:26
- Soundgarden - My Wave. The first 30 seconds. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 17, 17:21
have you seen this Moskva pic? -- (link) - mud Apr 17, 17:11 4
- I prefer the one where it's being towed by a tractor. -- nm - Ender Apr 17, 17:16
- Armchair experts on Twitter are observing that the life rafts are gone, so they likely abandoned ship before this photo was taken. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 17:12 2
  - Guesstimate are only 100 survived, considering the corruption, the life boats are being used as row boat rentals in Gorky Park -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 18:39
  - I’m good with that. War is hell and the soldiers dying are grunts who have limited training and decades of life ahead of them otherwise. - Will Hunting Apr 17, 17:24
You know what I kinda miss? Ben Franklin stores. - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 17:10 13
- best place to buy bifocals, fireplace inserts, and lightning rods that I've ever been to -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 18:19
- Meh, make mine Kresges. -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 18:16
- Yes and no. A former Ben Franklin that went independent. -- nm - . Apr 17, 18:11
- Vaguely recall them being a thing that exists... maybe... - Cuzzin Todd Apr 17, 17:39
- Nope, never heard of them. -- nm - Krusty Apr 17, 17:39
- Sounds/looks equivalent to Michaels in Canada. Closest Ben Franklin to Portland seems to be near Puyallup. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 17:36 2
  - I might visit it when I drive up to Winnipeg in the fall. - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 17:54 1
    - Well, keep in mind that the one I found was the "crafts and frame shop" variant -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 18:06
- Yep. I'm also watching The Food that Built America and looking up various chains on wikipedia. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 17:33
- wow, I haven't thought about one of those for about 40 years -- nm - prayformojo Apr 17, 17:22
- a who what store? -- nm - ty97 Apr 17, 17:20 1
  - sold keys and lightning -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 17:33
- Never heard of it. Wikipedia confirms it did exist, but is ambivalent on whether it still does. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 17, 17:15
Answering ST Polls -- nm - Dano Apr 17, 17:03 2
- Well ... look at it this way ... - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 17:08
- heh - prayformojo Apr 17, 17:07
Hi from Mad Maxathon at the New Bev! -- (edited) - con_carne Apr 17, 16:58 1
- nice man enjoy that -- nm - budice Apr 17, 17:10
Two hours, fifty minutes in to Barack Obama's audiobook and I'm 9% finished., -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 16:55 5
- The previous President... ah... had a penchant... you know for uhhhh... measured... words we considered... auditory...uh... perfection. -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 17:50 4
  - There are no pauses. He just has a lot to say since this is just one of a planned two books -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 17:55 3
    - He does tend to go on when speaking about his favorite topic -- nm - Baruno Apr 17, 18:01
    - This sounds alarmingly like the Fourth Volume of Caro's LBJ autobiography I'm planning to start tonight. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 17:59 1
      - One day I want to read that -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 18:03
Firefly: Expect Nothing Less between Kaylee and Simon Tam -- (link) - budice Apr 17, 16:49 1
- Always a hit. -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 18:28
love this -- (link) - Jovian Apr 17, 16:47 2
- I love how she did sit, but was bitching about it the whole time. - Diva Apr 17, 16:57 1
  - and the golden sitting patiently the entire time and the bernese who had to stretch out first. -- nm - Jovian Apr 17, 16:59
Two out of three ain't bad, and the third one is pretty fun too. I can get behind this. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 17, 16:36 2
- AEW fans be like that. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 17, 16:40
- (Assuming, of course, that the middle one is the normal definition.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 16:37
Yes, it was great. And the Cs played that last possession beautifully. -- nm - Diva Apr 17, 16:32 2
- There's just no way to defend an NBA team playing that selflessly. -- nm - David Apr 17, 16:33 1
  - I love a “team” beating a couple of top 5 players—Nets always play a bit lazy too -- nm - Flavorize Apr 17, 16:35
Bristol "dirt race": already much better than last year. - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 16:25 6
- If I have to listen to the announcers try to explain the rules and *still* not understand them, there's a problem with the sport. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 17:53
- The red dirt makes the liveries pop from the sky cam better than tarmac does. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 16:26
- Kyle Busch blew an engine? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 17, 16:26 3
  - Leave his personal life out of it and just watch the race. -- nm - TWuG Apr 17, 16:30 1
    - ~ life in the dirt lane ~ -- nm - Max Apr 17, 16:32
  - We can only hope. (minor spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 16:26
I was quite specific on the BB that I did NOT want to know why that guy was putting his man parts in a lighted pillar. It's dumber than I thought -- (link) - TWuG Apr 17, 16:25 10
- I'm confused I thought homeopathy woukd be considered unmanly. - . Apr 17, 18:02 1
  - Homie-opathy -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 18:11
- Isn't this like that taint sun worship thing we talked about a while back? Oh, I see it was discussed under the spoiler there. -- nm* - Qale Apr 17, 17:48
- has Tucker attempted *anything* seen in that montage? I'm unconvinced he's wielded a hammer. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 16:45
- Heat kills sperm so maybe let's not say anything to them. -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 16:29 5
  - Didn't this come up a couple of years ago with (spoils) - Beryllium Apr 17, 16:34 4
    - James Brolin had a thing about it. "Would not recommend" -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 16:58
    - Necrosis of the taint is no laughing matter. - TWuG Apr 17, 16:38 2
      - can't help but wonder if our Dr James Bond has any ER stories -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 23:47
      - I should take this opportunity to tell everyone to avoid the new Jackass movie. - Max Apr 17, 16:45
ST Poll: What's something you could do better? - David Apr 17, 16:24 17
- Anything that requires me to seek the advice or expertise of others. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 17, 19:00
- Human connections. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 17, 17:57 2
  - Well, I love you if that helps any. -- nm - The Allfather Apr 17, 18:37 1
    - It really does, thanks you! (NM) - Marlowe Apr 17, 21:36
- A lot of things. Including admitting I could do better at those things. -- nm - . Apr 17, 17:57
- Identifying both short term and long term goals. -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 17:53
- Spending less time looking at my phone, she posts on her phone. -- nm - Andie Apr 17, 17:15
- Speaking. -- nm - Tim Apr 17, 16:41
- Cleaning up immediately. Also I've been a shitty friend lately, but I'm working on that. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 17, 16:29
- oh, where to begin... -- nm - znufrii Apr 17, 16:28
- Home projects -- nm - Pippy Apr 17, 16:28
- Nothing. - Beryllium Apr 17, 16:27
- Completing projects. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 17, 16:26
- Accepting invitations to social outings I don't want to accept. - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 16:26
- ditto. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 16:26
- Eating. -- nm - TWuG Apr 17, 16:25 1
  - I'll go with this as I still eat like I'm in college and not like an adult. -- nm - Krusty Apr 17, 17:32
Streaming Services Scoreboard going into Earnings for Q1 22 -- (link) - budice Apr 17, 15:38 2
- I’d like to understand what Variety means by “a make-or-break moment for some companies”. - Mop Apr 17, 17:47
- The fact that they don’t all use the same metric is maddening. Even Disney is fudging their numbers. - Mop Apr 17, 17:16

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