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David Tennant filming scenes for Dr Who 60th anniversary, along with his companion Donna. -- (link) - jnine May 15, 11:46
He's had a big weekend. -- (link) - David May 15, 11:18 1
- I think that kid is gonna go places. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:20
Happy birthday, Wayne! Go Yankees! -- nm - David May 15, 10:55 3
- Kopech is doing his best! -- nm - spamlet May 15, 11:49 1
  - He's doing great for us so far. -- nm - Krusty May 15, 11:51
- Yeah!! -- nm - Krusty May 15, 11:43
Thanks for the birthday wishes! 🤗 -- nm - Krusty May 15, 10:18 9
- Happy Birthday! Hope you're having a great day! -- nm - zunk xometimes May 15, 11:53
- Happy happy, joy joy! -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:16
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 11:11
- HBD! Don Homer!! -- nm - Beaker May 15, 11:07
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Epiphany! May 15, 11:06
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine May 15, 10:56
- Happy BDay -- nm - budice May 15, 10:36
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 10:35
- Happiest of birthdays sir!!!! -- nm - ty97 May 15, 10:23
Oh Everton, you so crazy.... -- nm - prayformojo May 15, 10:02 2
- *sigh* -- nm - JD May 15, 10:41 1
  - Sorry. That was kinda disastrous for them. -- nm - prayformojo May 15, 10:45
Wrexham finishes second. Is going to need to come through a playoff to get promoted. -- nm - Volnelk May 15, 09:40
I know he's got his fans here, but once I finally get through Kaiju Preservation Society I will not be giving Scalzi another chance. - Cuzzin Todd May 15, 08:58 3
- try Red Shirts. (I love pretty much everything of his I have read) -- nm - Beaker May 15, 09:33 1
  - No. - Cuzzin Todd May 15, 10:35
- I've only really read the Emperox series and I quite liked it. Didn't seem to suffer from those issues? -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 08:59
Richardson!.....er..DCL -- nm* - JD May 15, 08:42 1
- That one's definitely Richy -- nm - JD May 15, 09:18
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium May 15, 08:36
Might have been discussed but Verizon has a pretty incredible upgrade deal if you have an unlimited plan. - zunk xometimes May 15, 08:31
Firestarter opened with $3.8M. That’s horrendous. -- (edited) - MDH May 15, 08:28 6
- My guess is that they dumped it direct to streaming and the theatrical was only done contractually with little to no promotion -- nm - Dano May 15, 08:50 4
  - I honestly was surprised when I saw it on the AMC site and thought I had mis-remebered it was going to be streaming. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:18
  - Bout sums it up -- nm - budice May 15, 08:50 2
    - Just looked up the reported budget: $12M so this was never a big play. When it turned out bad, I assume it was better to just dump it. -- nm - Dano May 15, 08:57 1
      - Also, we can't blame streaming since it made less overseas than it did domestically. Just a bomb from the beginning. -- nm - Inigo May 15, 09:19
- I'm not sure how or why a sequel to a bad King movie got made. It was going to bomb no matter what. -- nm* - Inigo May 15, 08:48
ST Poll: What is the purpose of this (see photo)? - Flavorize May 15, 08:02 5
- Vampire -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 11:15
- Less about what he did do and what he was going to do. -- nm - Roger More May 15, 08:52
- Prevents bodysnatching. Freshly dead folks used to get dug up for medical purposes quite frequently. -- nm - TWuG May 15, 08:46
- Extreme introvert. Didn't want anyone stepping on their grave. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 08:36
- Keeping him from the Rapture - Epiphany May 15, 08:08
With the mention of PCU I looked some stuff up on it - first choice for the band was Nirvana, which would have been... Awkward. Second choice was -- (edited) - Reagen May 15, 07:09 1
- Which choice was the P-funk All Stars? -- nm - Volnelk May 15, 07:12
Oklahoma gets General Booty -- (link) - Dano May 15, 06:48 4
- Definitely a 1 seed in the names bracket -- nm - Baruno May 15, 07:18 1
  - the Name of the Year Bracket petering out is sad. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 07:23
- He's ordering you to protect that Booty. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 07:10 1
  - Duty. Honor. Booty. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:56
NYT editorial: Canceling student debt across the board is still a bad idea -- (link*) - Strongbad May 15, 06:42 4
- Tangent: How is NYT an opinion leader if they insist on hiding their terrible opinions behind a paywall? -- nm - Roger More May 15, 08:29 1
  - You get what you pay for? -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:52
- This argument conflates two separate issues, imo. - znufrii May 15, 08:03
- Perfect is the enemy of the Good. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 07:11
Framed: 2/6 - Marlowe May 15, 06:31
c'mon, Hammers! -- nm - prayformojo May 15, 06:27 5
- Don’t hurt ‘em? -- nm - spamlet May 15, 06:30 4
  - I use this reference pretty liberally. *Very few* people get it. Breaks my parachute pants-lovin' heart -- nm - prayformojo May 15, 06:34 3
    - Pray we don't alter them further. -- nm - VMan May 15, 10:09
    - You are 2 legit to quit using it though. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 06:48 1
      - I can't touch this post. -- nm - Dano May 15, 06:53
Over to you, Newcastle. Do us a solid? -- nm - Volnelk May 15, 06:14 1
- 👎 -- nm - J May 15, 07:00
Biking: Last week: 175; YTD: 3175; til 5K goal: 1825; 3175 miles from home puts me in Santarém, Pará, Brazil -- (link) - prayformojo May 15, 05:38 [Image]
Actorle 60 4/8 - prayformojo May 15, 04:31 2
- Actorle- 1 - Diva May 15, 08:24
- 1. 4th day in a row! - Baruno May 15, 07:21
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo May 15, 04:19 [Attachment] 3
- META DAVID - When David refers to himself in the third person in a post. -- nm - Dano May 15, 07:03 1
  - Such posts often include the grammatical construction known colloquially as the DATIVE ME. -- nm - Baruno May 15, 08:23
- "I don't come out of my ambulance for anything less than full cardiac arrest." -- nm - DIVA EMT May 15, 06:54
Posterdle #2022-05-15 - prayformojo May 15, 04:19
Heardle #79 1/6 - prayformojo May 15, 04:18
Moviedle #2022-05-15 2/6 - prayformojo May 15, 04:17 1
- 1/6 - Marlowe May 15, 06:32
Worldle #114 2/6 - prayformojo May 15, 04:16 1
- 3 - Diva May 15, 04:40
Artle - 4 - Diva May 15, 03:21
Wordle 330 2/6 - TWuG May 15, 02:09 7
- 330 4/6 - GregW May 15, 13:25
- 6 - rollo May 15, 08:43
- 3/6 - Marlowe May 15, 07:31
- 4/6 - znufrii May 15, 06:42
- 4 - decline May 15, 05:47
- 4 - Diva May 15, 04:45
- 5/6 - prayformojo May 15, 04:15
happy birthday, Krusty!! :) - — nm - i.b.! May 15, 01:24 10
- indeed -- nm - crash davis May 15, 08:54
- HBD :) -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 08:40
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian May 15, 08:04
- cheers!!! -- nm - mud May 15, 07:10
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano May 15, 06:48
- Woo Hoo! -- nm - mafic May 15, 06:41
- Happy birthday Krusty! -- nm - Diva May 15, 06:40
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet May 15, 06:28
- Happy b, sir! (NM) - Marlowe May 15, 06:25
- Happy birthday Brother Krusty! -- nm - prayformojo May 15, 06:23
So African Aspen Pharmacuticals says they will stop making covid vaccines because there are few orders for them -- (link) - zeitgeist May 15, 00:52 1
- (Producing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.) -- nm - Ender May 15, 01:28
Anything Goes on Great Performances looks just right for ST, Sutton Foster and some guy from Ted Lasso. -- nm - . May 15, 00:51
how much digital help does a singer need, post malone has auto tune and vocal multipliers -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 00:16
Went to a parade today. -- (link) - Beryllium May 14, 23:11 [flickr] 1
- (arr, a piratey parade) -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 23:11
I had asked my board for their input on scholarships by today. I'm debating sending the following email - - Meg May 14, 22:41
Cambridge University powers a computer with Blue Green Algae in AA battery sized container, surprised it lasted more than a week... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 14, 22:02 3
- They actually shut it down as the data was... wrong. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:53
- So they suspend the bacteria in this cell, in some kind of matrix, to use it for its energy? Hmm. HMM. -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 22:17 1
  - Do algae dream of electric scum? -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 22:40
OILERS!!! -- nm - The Allfather May 14, 21:47 2
- For a close game, that never felt in danger. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 03:22 1
  - How a 8-0 game ends up 2-0. And likely the last gasp for the Old Guard on the Kings. Brown retiring, Quick not likely far behind, Kopi too -- nm* - budice May 15, 06:08
Just saw Matrix Resurections - eag May 14, 21:25 9
- If the 2nd and 3rd keep making money, even if it gets rediculous, they'll keep making more -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 22:04
- Luckily for you, they answered that question inside the movie itself. -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 21:49 6
  - True--But, what isn't answered is how they spent $190M making it. -- nm - Flavorize May 14, 21:59 5
    - Ya got me there. Maybe WB handed them a blank cheque? -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 22:02 4
      - It ain't cheap to have that many people jump off buildings to their deaths... -- nm - Ender May 14, 22:06 3
        
        Putin might be able to come up with a few volunteers -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 22:39 2
        
        3/4 of Russia's defense budget goes to the defenestration industry. -- nm - Ender May 14, 22:56 1
        
        Someone should have warned them about the Defenestration Industrial Complex. -- nm - spamlet May 15, 06:29
- I think you mean Whoahawai'i? -- nm - Max May 14, 21:31
Actorle - 1 - Will Hunting May 14, 21:21
LYC: So one of the Charity FF drafts, the scoring is so 🍌 that I just got half mocked, in a 18 team league, at pick 36…for choosing Kelce over Miami D - Flavorize May 14, 20:58 [Attachment] 3
- I think the positional value at TE is probably better. - the wrong element May 14, 21:36 2
  - The Bills D would've been the 11th best "player" to have, overall, last year. Negative points for every pass, rush, target...If a player has the ball - Flavorize May 14, 21:47 1
    - But where was the Bills defense drafted? - the wrong element May 15, 07:48
Okay, I'm still not entirely sold on Lincoln Lawyer, but ... - Beryllium May 14, 20:57 3
- that woman does not age -- nm - Remlik May 15, 07:01 2
  - She's older than me but looks younger than me. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 08:58 1
    - The lead in that show is my age and ... I guess looks my age. Heh. Which doesn't feel old enough for the character. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 08:59
SNL: Unearthed surveillance from the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp trial -- (link) - budice May 14, 20:57
"I'll do it." -- nm - Max May 14, 20:42
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium May 14, 20:23
Bery: I hope you love your bike and I think you made a good choice with the red. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 19:57 1
- Thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 20:00
Now Watching: Four Brothers -- nm - RelutantCynic May 14, 19:35 1
- The Sons of Katie Elder, remake. -- nm - Peglegpete May 14, 19:58
Framed: 4 - RelutantCynic May 14, 19:29 1
- 3/6 - nm - JaxSean May 15, 01:32
Bang & Olufsen sounds like a 1980s slapstick cop TV show -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 19:16 6
- They had that brand of noise canceling headphones on my flight from Hawaii to DFW and I was it struck me as a strange brand. -- nm* - ty97 May 14, 19:18 5
  - their name was huge in the 80's for high end home stereo electronics -- nm - Peglegpete May 14, 19:29 4
    - *stylish* high end audiophonics... remember the vertical LP player -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 19:48 3
      - I loved their stuff. -- nm - pmb May 14, 19:54 2
        
        they've always been on my list of places to shop after I won the lottery -- nm - Peglegpete May 14, 19:56 1
        
        Ah, like the Leica store for me -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 20:22
Can you blow me where the Pampers is? -- nm - Reagen May 14, 19:09 4
- “If you’re nice to them, they bring you things?” -- nm - Will Hunting May 14, 19:19 1
  - "What's up, babes?" "Pack up your rape culture and take a hike!" "You want a brewdog?" "We're not interested in your penis!" -- nm - Max May 14, 19:57
- "You're majoring in a 5,000 year old dead language?" -- nm - Tim May 14, 19:17
- “Latin…best I can do.” - Will Hunting May 14, 19:17
Nice boat. I wouldn't turn down a free one. - Beryllium May 14, 19:07 1
- yeah. operational costs are gonna be silly high. not to mention no signs of it being childproof yet. -- nm - Peglegpete May 14, 19:37
#gkg -- nm* - budice May 14, 19:05

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