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Actorle: 2 - Shaun May 4, 05:36 1
- 1 - Diva May 4, 06:27
Ukraine releases recording of intercepted phone call between Russian soldier and his mother -- (link) - Reagen May 4, 05:22 4
- Well, I won't be reading that. -- nm - Diva May 4, 06:22
- Ho. Ly. Smoke. That's a fun early morning read. -- nm - Volnelk May 4, 05:38 1
  - happy f*cking mothers' day. -- nm - amanda May 4, 05:48
- :-[ -- nm - mud May 4, 05:27
Doctor Strange 2 80% (117/30), Operation Mincemeat 89% (25/3), Happening 100% (75/0) -- nm - Beaker May 4, 05:13 2
- Is that the much anticipated sequel the M.Knight's classic The Happening??? - Cuzzin Todd May 4, 05:21 1
  - No silly, this is the movie version of What's Happening -- nm - Todd Manning May 4, 05:28
Cell Phone emergency alert going today in some parts of Canada. Just a head's up -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 05:11
"Is a seagull a bird?". "... Yes." "Is a squirrel a mammal?" "..." - Classroom Transcripts May 4, 05:11 1
- ".. what else would they be?" "well, birds aren't real anyways!" -- nm - mud May 4, 05:22
TV PSA: Moon Knight, NBA, NHL, Survivor, Goldbergs, Masked Singer, Flash, AEW Dynamite, Conners, Kung Fu, A Million Little Things, Domino Masters, -- nm - Beaker May 4, 04:31 2
- Good Sam, Temptation Island, The Circle, Meltdown: Three Mile Island, Beyond the Edge, Good Trouble, The Porter, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 4, 04:33 1
  - 4: Moon Knight, Survivor, Goldbergs, NHL. -- nm - Beaker May 4, 05:05
Happy birthday, Strongbad!! Woo hoo!! 🥳🎂 -- nm - Krusty May 4, 04:22 5
- Thank you! -- nm - Strongbad May 4, 06:27
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun May 4, 05:21
- Happy Birthday! 🎂🎁🎈 -- nm - Flavorize May 4, 05:20
- Hbd! -- nm - Diva May 4, 05:15
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker May 4, 04:28
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo May 4, 03:45 [Attachment]
This season of Picard may be worse than Halo. - Mop May 4, 00:13 4
- also I don't watch Star Trek for stories set in the present. a couple episodes in a TNG season sure, but 3/4 of the season is too much. - mafic May 4, 02:06
- Never should have let Jean Luc take his helmet off. -- nm - Ender May 4, 00:52 2
  - Admiral Cheeks -- nm - Max May 4, 02:00
  - I'm holding out for the Book of Kamin spin-off that's actually a backdoor fourth season of Picard. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 01:22
Hurray! It’s Watchathon Week at Xfinity. What does that mean? Apparently I can watch select offerings from Netflix and Amazon! -- (edited) - Qale May 3, 23:11 1
- Is It Cake?! -- nm - David May 3, 23:14
This has been floating around for at least a decade and is likely fake, but... -- (link) - David May 3, 22:39 1
- I'd never heard of that forum before, but it is relevant to my interests. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 22:56
I need a new starter word. I got a hole in one on Wordle. - David May 3, 21:09 5
- I start with ADIEU and follow with STORY. Gives me all vowel options and some very common consonants. - Fuzzy May 4, 04:59
- Apparently, we use the same starter word... - Cuzzin Todd May 4, 04:52
- I have a starting word with 3 vowels from the ETIONARS letters. - Landbeck May 4, 01:19 1
  - I use STERN to start (i am more about knocking out consonants, vowels seem easier to me), then if i have nothing to go from on that i use PLAID -- nm - Andie May 4, 06:07
- BRIDE -- nm - Qale May 3, 21:48
Posterdle #2022-05-04 1/6, 15 seconds - prayformojo May 3, 21:07 2
- Spoiler - Diva May 4, 06:21
- 14 - Shaun May 4, 05:35
Moviedle #2022-05-04 2/6 - prayformojo May 3, 21:06 2
- 2 - Diva May 4, 06:17
- 1 - Shaun May 4, 05:33
Worldle #103 5/6 - prayformojo May 3, 21:05
Wordle 319 3/6 - prayformojo May 3, 21:03 9
- 319 3/6 - GregW May 4, 13:09
- 4 - decline May 4, 05:51
- 4/6 - znufrii May 4, 05:42
- 3 - rollo May 4, 05:34
- 2 - Shaun May 4, 05:23
- 4/6. Could've been 2 - oblique May 4, 05:23
- 3 - Diva May 4, 05:19
- 3/6 - TWuG May 4, 01:35
- 3 - Todd Manning May 4, 01:33
The Hockey Gods don’t want this game to end, and we’re happy to oblige. -- nm - Mop May 3, 20:28
Amazon offering $4k/year to employees that need to travel for health care -- (link) - prayformojo May 3, 20:18 3
- Soon to include out-of-state abortions! -- nm - Mop May 3, 21:09
- Like, the miles of walking they do all day? -- nm - Max May 3, 20:25
- That's good. Better would include no longer giving millions to lawmakers who make that travel necessary. -- nm - TWuG May 3, 20:23
Final Jeopardy spoilers - Beryllium May 3, 19:58 4
- The list of national anthems I can name is decidedly small. - Baruno May 4, 05:43 1
  - I described to my kids that there are three types of national anthems - Reagen May 4, 05:50
- Dude... -- nm - Diva May 4, 04:53 1
  - I pavlovianally started the next line. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 05:05
PIT-NYR: first one to 100 shots on goal wins! -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 19:57 2
- OK, fine: 150 -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 20:41
- The #1 Star of Tonight’s Game… -- (pic) - Mop May 3, 20:31 [Attachment]
Ja Morant just might make something of himself one day -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 19:45 2
- But he'll never capture Daenerys' heart. -- nm - Baruno May 4, 05:44
- Kid is amazing. That whole team is more talented than people see. Going to be a legit small market team, like Milwaukee is for awhile -- nm - Flavorize May 3, 19:50
So…Ozark final scene (spoilers) - Flavorize May 3, 19:43
Man. This is Us. I don't know if anyone here is watching, but damn. - pmb May 3, 19:42 6
- It's so well done It's hard to watch. My dad is heading down the Rebecca path. It's tough. Good thing Justin Hartley is so hot. -- nm - jnine May 3, 19:49 5
  - My wife's mom is also. I fear that the storyline is going to be gut wrenching when they finally drive it home -- nm - oblique May 4, 05:31
  - We just went through this with my father in law. We spent about a week there every month for over a year during covid until he passed last October. - pmb May 3, 19:52 3
    - Thanks. I spent the month of March there. I try to go with the flow. but he's super into creating chaos for fun. I don't know how my stepmother - jnine May 3, 20:17 2
      - You have my sympathy. That's gotta be really hard. -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 20:19 1
        
        Thanks. Everybody's going through something. I'm lucky he has someone taking care of him. -- nm - jnine May 3, 20:35
Man, Top Chef S1E1 was a mess... -- nm - Ender May 3, 19:38
Well, at least Josh Mandel didn't win... -- nm* - Ender May 3, 19:37 10
- But unfortunately neither did Barbara Mandrell -- nm - rollo May 4, 05:45
- And with Nina Turner’s loss (again) people should really see what the Dems vote for versus what Twitter thinks. -- nm - MDH May 3, 19:47 1
  - All I see was people dunking on her. -- nm - Tim May 3, 19:55
- So which awful option did? -- nm - pmb May 3, 19:43 6
  - the one who was polling in distant third on April 14 before he got the Orange Mussolini endorsement -- nm - Jovian May 3, 19:46
  - Hillbilly Elegy. -- nm - Ender May 3, 19:44 4
    - So still really awful. -- nm - pmb May 3, 19:46 3
      - Meh, they say the same shit, but to his credit Vance doesn't actually believe a word he says. -- nm - Ender May 3, 20:48 2
        
        And that's...better? -- nm - znufrii May 3, 20:50 1
        
        Right? It certainly doesn't make him less awful. -- nm - pmb May 3, 20:56
Someone call Mel and whisper "mindcrime". OTD in 1988 Operation Mindcrime from Queensryche is released -- nm - Remlik May 3, 19:35 2
- I do not think one album was played more than this that summer at hs house parties. -- nm - Jovian May 3, 19:48 1
  - also. Jovian factoid: When I flew to Disney World that summer, I smoked pot in the Newark airport bathroom and cranked Anarchy X on my Walkman as I - Jovian May 3, 19:51
So let's talk about Dr. Different and the Crazy Amount of other Existences. - Remlik May 3, 19:26
there's currently one commercial that makes me reach for the mute button - prayformojo May 3, 19:07 4
- The DirecTV Stream Wonder Woman ad was tired after 1 airing. But now they’ve got that Ghostbusters one that’ll appreciate two whole times. -- nm - Mop May 3, 20:33
- Uber Eats -- nm - Meg May 3, 19:45
- For me it's - Beryllium May 3, 19:36 1
  - same -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 20:04
and GO AVALANCHE -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 18:56 6
- Yes! -- nm - Flavorize May 3, 19:34
- Ummm, that score - J May 3, 19:17 3
  - We might miss Saros. -- nm - The Allfather May 3, 19:26 2
    - Hopefully it is just the two games -- nm - J May 3, 19:48 1
      - I have my doubts. But karma owes PFM an ass whuppin' for that first post, so maybe! -- nm - David May 3, 21:11
- Usuck -- nm - The Allfather May 3, 19:14
"I'm ready for some *precedented* times" -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 18:41 1
- You mean like 1939-1945 -- nm - rollo May 4, 05:43
Bad call in New York. No way that was goaltender interference. -- nm - Mop May 3, 18:40 1
- But the consequences is God’s greatest gift to mankind. - Mop May 3, 18:44
Subway Series gonna be rocking this year, I suppose. -- nm - Tim May 3, 18:25 2
- Free footlongs with every home run! -- nm - Mop May 3, 20:35
- 🤞🏼 -- nm - Krusty May 3, 19:03
The Trump endorsement worked in the end, I guess. -- (link) - Tim May 3, 18:20
it's Blake, in a walk! -- (link) - mud May 3, 18:08
AllRise! -- (link) - budice May 3, 17:53 1
- 💪🏼 -- nm - Krusty May 3, 18:20
Plating a dinner of leftover rotisserie chicken while watching Master Chef Australia. Interesting :) -- nm* - Meg May 3, 17:52 1
- Sliced chicken breast, sauteed Mexican squash and mushrooms, "German" potato salad, with bacon/tomato jam on the side. -- nm - Meg May 3, 19:03
Some unfortunately pertinent advice for modern America. -- (link) - Beryllium May 3, 17:37 1
- Present Day America: the rehash of XVIIIth Century America. (NM) - Marlowe May 3, 18:05
What does ST think of "Our Kind of Traitor" (2010 novel and 2016 movie both)? I may read the book and then watch the movie.... -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 17:27 7
- Book is good enough. Not quite the Smiley Cycle, but good enough. (NM) - Marlowe May 3, 17:35
- I've read 4 or 5 of his but not that. Plot seems pretty topical! The film has a super cast as well. I'm intrigued! -- nm - mud May 3, 17:32 5
  - I'm behind on my book goal, and the library's ebook program doesn't have the next Smiley novel for me, so this seemed the next best choice. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 17:34 4
    - which next Smiley? maybe I have it. -- nm - mud May 3, 17:36 3
      - #3, which I believe is The Spy Who Came In From The Cold -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 17:37 2
        
        whats your e - I'll send it -- nm - mud May 3, 17:39 1
        
        Firstname dot last name at g -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 17:48
Problem: solved -- (link) - prayformojo May 3, 16:56 1
- I see nothing bad that could come of that. -- nm - Baruno May 3, 17:59
Go Caps! -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 16:50
Slow Horses S1 8/10, if you like Gary Oldman it is a must watch -- nm - crash davis May 3, 16:00 2
- Yep. Stuck the landing, too, unlike Tokyo Vice. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 16:43
- yep. Big Fun. -- nm - mud May 3, 16:25
a wild fox gets into the National Zoo and kills 25 endangered flamingos -- (link) - Peglegpete May 3, 15:37 4
- foxes are such murdery assholes. -- nm - mafic May 3, 17:30
- AND A DUCK -- nm - Spawn May 3, 15:41 2
  - Oh no, what kind of duck? -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 15:49 1
    - Howard -- nm - mud May 3, 16:24
Sometimes, in battle, there can be a battlefield victory that ultimately costs the "victor" the war as a whole. - Beryllium May 3, 15:17 3
- Divorce -- nm - budice May 3, 15:38
- Pearl Harbor -- nm - Max May 3, 15:31 1
  - "Which version are you?" "January '42!" "You seem upbeat." "We control the Pacific! When are you?" "January '46." "Ooh, do we control the Atlantic?" -- nm - Japanese Julie Nolke May 3, 15:43
BTW, I have blocked "Strange" on ST so feel free to use it to talk about me. -- nm - Spawn May 3, 15:13 7
- What about The Stranger? -- nm - Max May 3, 15:30
- spa-Strange-wn I wonder how this will look to you -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 15:26
- "Fetch me my Thesaurus!" -- nm - rollo May 3, 15:19 1
  - "It appears to be enchanted. How ... unusual." (As the book flips itself to the correct page for the replacement word) -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 15:23
- What if I say it with an affected accent, like "Stee-range"? -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 15:18 1
  - French accent: sroonj -- nm - Pocket Jones May 3, 16:09
- What is that strange lump on the back of Spawn's neck? Is he growing a second face? -- nm - Baruno May 3, 15:16
A- for Strange from Jack. -- (link) - Volnelk May 3, 15:10
DTL: Denver is 0-2 vs ST, 16-3 against the rest of the league. -- nm* - Baruno May 3, 15:02 6
- Quite a game - down double digits for most of the first half, Starkville gains the first tie score of the game 86-86 with 19 seconds left. Goes to OT -- nm - rollo May 3, 15:10 5
  - Immediately down 7 in OT (1 minute of game time), 2 minutes later it's tied again 96-96, and then we take our first lead 98-96 -- nm - rollo May 3, 15:12 4
    - Trade the lead for a couple minutes then - they make a 2 with 14 seconds left to tie it up, we miss a buzzer beater and we're in 2OT -- nm - rollo May 3, 15:13 3
      - After making a 3 to close to 108-107 we proceed to miss our final 8 shots from the field and lose 114-108 -- nm - rollo May 3, 15:17 2
        
        Poor Alejandro is beating himself up over that missed FT near the end of OT1. -- nm - Baruno May 3, 15:21 1
        
        He's been very good for me but not great - weak FT and tendency to get into foul trouble, and his shooting never improved -- nm - rollo May 4, 05:36
Your sweet nature, darling was too hard to swallow. I've got the solution, I'm leaving tomorrow. And now as I stand and stare into your eyes. - Spawn May 3, 14:49 1
- f r e a k -- nm - mud May 3, 14:58

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