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halfway through The Sandman and I'll just say (no spoil) .. - mud Aug 5, 16:15
It's Friday and I haven't given a thought to dinner. Guess my pandemic Friday night takeout, support local business, routine is fading. -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 16:03 7
- I just picked up Chinese! - zunk takes things literally Aug 5, 16:44 4
  - I remembered I had a gift card for Domino's. Their website sucks :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 16:53 3
    - Between your original post and just now, I placed & picked up an order using the dominos website. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 16:54 2
      - Maybe the canadian site sucks less -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 16:54 1
        
        Mine was for future pickup which wasn't noted anywhere on the confirmation. -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 17:07
- Bubba Gump shrimp! Oh, you didn't mean it as a quiz. Never mind. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 16:11 1
  - Nah, that's too close to Disneyland ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 16:13
This is bad: Trish got a text from Donald J. Trump. It basically said that since she hadn't contributed any money, she wasn't on his team. - crash davis Aug 5, 15:56
Tesla stock splits 3 for 1 on August 25. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 5, 15:48
Anne Heche was seriously injured when her vehicle crashed into a home -- (link*) - budice Aug 5, 15:25 4
- I hate TMZ but they are reporting serious burns. -- (link) - Andie Aug 5, 16:35
- That is wild! -- nm - Epiphany! Aug 5, 15:33 2
  - As was this. Police had called off the pursuit and were following from the air. Guy gets out and lays spreadeagle on the ground waiting for them. - Meg Aug 5, 15:36 1
    - !! -- nm - Epiphany! Aug 5, 15:54
Jan 6 did not exactly attract the best and brightest -- (link) - TWuG Aug 5, 15:14 1
- Missed opportunity for “they’re not sending their best” -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 15:29
Just a reminder. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Aug 5, 15:07
$45.2 million in punitive damages -- (link) - znufrii Aug 5, 14:58 6
- I love that for him. -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 16:21 1 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Aug 5, 16:24
- Celeb net worth sites say he's worth $5m personally. A forensic economist testified he and his media company are worth much more. -- (edited) - Max Aug 5, 15:19 2
  - I just don't see how they get a penny out of him. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 15:24 1
    - Ask how much money Fred Goldman has gotten out of OJ. Depp ain’t getting Heard money either -- nm - Epiphany! Aug 5, 15:27
- Playing the CSI intro music “ YEAHHHHHHH” - Epiphany! Aug 5, 15:00
Peter Jackson Says Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Series Ghosted Him -- (link) - budice Aug 5, 14:48 15
- But they still include his name in the marketing -- nm - . Aug 5, 16:15
- How does his agent let that happen? -- nm - Max Aug 5, 15:23
- They probably saw what he did with the Hobbit films. -- nm - TWuG Aug 5, 14:52 9
  - that made $3 billion? -- nm - mud Aug 5, 14:57 8
    - That I didn’t bother watching after the first one. (But I don’t blame Peter Jackson) -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 15:31 1
      - I sure do. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 5, 16:06
    - Lucrative and good aren't necessarily the same thing. -- nm - TWuG Aug 5, 15:03 5
      - but your post suggested producers would shy away from someone for failing both. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 15:15 3
        
        I'm suggesting that they should try for "good" instead of hoping the IP alone is enough to bring viewers. -- nm - TWuG Aug 5, 15:17 2
        
        but the pictures in question are good AND they made $3 billion, so your initial post doesnt made sense. Go reread it, I'll wait here. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 15:19 1
        
        We have different ideas of what constitutes "good". -- nm - TWuG Aug 5, 15:24
      - jack-nicholson-nodding-greedily.gif -- nm - Amazon si Aug 5, 15:05
- no hard feelings, though: - mud Aug 5, 14:51 1
  - Huh. Amazon actually commented on the rights issues involved. That's been unmentioned mostly so far. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 14:52
- aaaand ... so what? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 14:51
DTL reveal: 4/4, 2/2, 2/2, 1/1. My face is doing the full McKayla. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 5, 14:39 2
- 3/3, 2/2, 1/1, CL -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 14:51 1
  - There are 2 guys I radared that absolutely no one else touched. Remarkable. - Barons Barons Barons Aug 5, 15:27
Text messages between Sergio Garcia and Greg Norman have surfaced from the LIV Golf lawsuit -- (link) - budice Aug 5, 14:36
verdict reached on punitive damages in Sandy Hook trial. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 14:35 6
- I hope that means they got something unanimous. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 14:41 5
  - $45.2 mil -- nm - mud Aug 5, 14:49 4
    - Now we're talking. -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 14:58 1
      - And damages on 2 more cases to come. -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 14:59
    - Awesome -- nm - Jovian Aug 5, 14:55
    - sweeeeeet -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 14:50
Three years ago when I visited my brother we were trying to convince my S-I-L to sell her artwork. She didn't think it was competitive in the - Meg Aug 5, 14:17 16
- We are our own worst critics -- nm - . Aug 5, 16:14
- Please don’t be too threatening in extracting your commission - their mental health is important -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 15:35
- I need to have them send me some photos. These are all I have and she does much more than this - including wonderful seascapes that Bery would love :) -- (pic) - Meg Aug 5, 15:13 [Attachment] 2
  - "Behind the rabbit?" "It *is* the rabbit!!" -- nm - Max Aug 5, 15:24
  - those are great. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 15:17
- wow! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 5, 15:09
- great -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 14:50
- Wow! That's remarkable! -- nm - David Aug 5, 14:42
- 👍 -- nm - JD Aug 5, 14:42
- that's great! -- nm - Diva Aug 5, 14:41
- 🐱‍👤🐱‍🐉 -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 14:36
- impressive, sometimes you can be too criticial of your own efforts -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 14:35
- Fantastic! -- nm - Epiphany! Aug 5, 14:34
- Wow! -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 14:33
- Awesome! -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 14:28
- nice! -- nm - mud Aug 5, 14:21
Just as a reminder, my first five picks in the 2021 Astrodraft were: WR Jefferson, QB Allen, TE Pitts, RB Javonte, WR Chase. - ML Aug 5, 14:12 4
- yes, you had a very pretty draft but it still didn't keep Strongbad from winning -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 14:38
- You know the price for Jonathan Taylor. -- nm - David Aug 5, 14:25
- I took Jonathan Taylor as the Round 1 Selection 1 choice - JD Aug 5, 14:19
- Is that "Trash Talk"? -- nm - budice Aug 5, 14:16
If ground turkey shaped into a patty is a turkey burger, what would you call ground ham shaped into a patty? -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 14:01 1
- Sausage burger -- nm - TWuG Aug 5, 14:08
Canada Extends Criminal Law Jurisdiction to the Moon - crash davis Aug 5, 14:00 5
- Lunar orbital in 2024? That sounds... optimistic. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 14:08 4
  - I just imagine this call from NASA "Hello, Russia? You want to be d!@ks and quit the ISS. Fine, Canada is riding shotgun with us to the Moon" -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 14:18 2
    - Next up in space headlines: "Canada trains Canadarm to flip the bird" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 14:21 1
      - hee -- nm - mud Aug 5, 15:22
  - Welcome to Artemis. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 14:11
Thread on how "Democrats are promoting crazy Republicans" misses the point and isn't even really true -- (link*) - Reagen Aug 5, 13:56 6
- I liked what Carville said last week. To paraphrase, he's no qualms about it, anything goes, but it usually "doesnt work" and sometimes backfires. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 14:20 1
  - especially when they got the worst possible candidate to go again hillary -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 14:37
- *Ding* Especially the part where it isn't the Democratic Party's responsibility to fix a broken GOP. - TWuG Aug 5, 14:16
- Yeah. I mostly agree and noted earlier that the ads run here that "promoted" the more extreme republican governor candidate were never saying he was - pmb Aug 5, 14:06
- Yeah. They could run the same ad in the general as an attack ad. It's the Republicans' fault if they helped the candidate in the primary. -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 14:00 1
  - "How dare the Democrats make us vote for the craziest candidate!" -- nm - TWuG Aug 5, 14:17
Matt Smith: "Do we need another sex scene?" -- (link) - budice Aug 5, 13:44 1
- I like the show but they’ve just got too many wieners. -- nm - Butters Aug 5, 14:35
The power just went out. I can stop working, right? -- nm - David Aug 5, 13:43 13
- Was that acceptable in the 1800s? Get outside and dig something. -- nm - Max Aug 5, 14:11 1
  - Times have changed, Zaslav. -- nm - David Aug 5, 14:27
- I wanna go back to last month when we were in drought. This massive storm daily shit is bullshit. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 13:53 2
  - It has been... something. - Dark Callisto Aug 5, 13:56 1
    - I heard a jungle cat in my backyard, it’s so overgrown. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 13:59
- Wow, those solar guys are getting really aggressive - oblique Aug 5, 13:52 5
  - We had to call in Lafarrow. That's how bad it got. -- nm - David Aug 5, 13:58 4
    - That's a name I haven't heard in a very long time. OMG that's not good as well as good for you - JD Aug 5, 14:12 2
      - Why do I still read your IMs? I should know never to read your IMs. -- nm - David Aug 5, 14:26 1
        
        🤷‍♂️ -- nm - JD Aug 5, 14:57
    - "I will accept your suicide note as an apology." -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 14:05
- The Beatings don't stop until the emojis improve -- nm - The Dom si Aug 5, 13:45
- NO. NEVER. GET ON THE BICYCLE-POWERED GENERATOR AND PEDAL UNTIL YOUR LEGS FALL OFF, OR SOCIETY WILL EAT YOU UP AND SPIT YOU OUT. -- nm - Late-Stage Capitalism si Aug 5, 13:44
I have motion-activated camera on a ledge next to my front door. Now a local lizard has decided to play in front of the camera all day. - howie Aug 5, 13:11 6
- say hello to my little friend -- (pic) - howie Aug 5, 15:33 [Attachment] 1
  - cool. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 16:13
- 😁 -- nm - JD Aug 5, 14:13
- I love it. I haven't seen my little leezards in a while. I miss them. -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 13:30
- this is fantastic. -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 13:26 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 14:55
Long week. I'm ready for bed. -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 13:10 11
- this week was crazy busy, decide my cocktail: do i want pina coladas or margaritas tonight? -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 13:27 10
  - Margs -- nm - budice Aug 5, 13:42 1
    - This shortening, which I've only seen for the first time today, makes me think of "Marg, Warrior Princess" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 13:43
  - G&T -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 13:38
  - amaretto stone sour (optionally frozen) -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 13:32
  - Porque no los dos? -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 13:29 3
    - only because i need to buy all the stuff - don't feel like carting both on the subway! -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 13:30 2
      - Okay that's a reasonable answer. -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 13:35 1
        
        Pina Coladas and Margs are better choices in my opinion. More summery drinks. -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 13:35
  - yes -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 13:27 1
    - also in the mix suddenly - kahlua milkshakes. -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 13:28
Sandman spoiler-ish - mud Aug 5, 13:07 1
- more - mud Aug 5, 14:00
This storm just whipped up south of us and blew east out over the ocean -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 5, 13:06 [Attachment]
LIR wait, hamburgers have crab in them? -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 13:04
4/6 - znufrii Aug 5, 13:04
I think this couple needs to rethink this hashtag for their wedding -- (pic) - zeitgeist Aug 5, 12:56 [Attachment] 2
- what is meat cepeda? Is it good? -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 13:01 1
  - Made by hall of famer Orlando. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 13:36
so I should watch the sandman this weekend? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 5, 12:54 7
- And The Outlaws. -- nm - LMS Aug 5, 14:59
- *nods* -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 13:07
- or Prey - decline Aug 5, 13:02
- I think I’m watching They/Them on Peacock. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 5, 13:00
- No. - Spawn Aug 5, 12:56 2
  - but what if the corner is not a corner but a - tRuMaN Aug 5, 12:58 1
    - but also, I should look at my BF keeps as well - tRuMaN Aug 5, 13:00
Best post on B4 -- (link) - Todd Manning Aug 5, 12:51 [Backboard] 1
- I dunno, I'll take 32 cents over a Pence. And 32 of them, oh hell no -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 12:59
Dave Shaw auction is open through tomorrow at 6pm central. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 5, 12:36 1
- Excellent. I will peruse it while watching Sandman tonight. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:54
Important question -- (link) - ty97 Aug 5, 12:36 2
- Because curry and samosa DO NOT LIVE ON THE SAME SUBCONTINENT. Seems like an idea though. Is the curry supposed to be the filling? Poured over? -- nm - con_carne Aug 5, 12:44 1
  - Dipping sauce? Curry seems like chili, goulash, plasma, a state of its own -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 13:02
(harley quinn spoilers?) -- (edited) - Bane, probably Aug 5, 12:32 1
- (the boys spoilers?) - Spawn Aug 5, 12:55
Gas is dropping 11c/l here tomorrow, fyi. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:31 1
- Why is the president bragging about it? - Spawn Aug 5, 12:53
The offensive coordinator of the Jags is...Press Taylor. -- nm - David Aug 5, 12:29
Man, he really has a punchable face -- (link) - Jovian Aug 5, 12:26 2
- Gotta be tough going through life with a name that sounds like Douche and to also be one -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:32
- Kid, your face is... -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 12:29

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