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Well 8 hours before the funeral and I've got 17 words of my "five minute reflection" written... -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 23:29 10
- I wonder where my long pants are... -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 00:27
- OK, with judicious use of quoted text I've got it up to 592 words and 3:46. If I speak deliberately I think this can pass muster. -- (edited) - Ender Aug 11, 00:21
- What comes next? Who the fuck knows? Now here's a paragraph from a C.S. Lewis book. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 23:53 2
  - Make a bullet point list of his career resume and family milestones, start there.. talk about what he did best, what he enjoyed -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 00:19
  - We can never know in this world what will come in the next; but we can work to make this world closer to the one we might envision and hope for. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 00:01
- Writing is hard at the best of times; doubly so when there is grief involved. Sorry :( - Beryllium Aug 10, 23:47 1
  - Honestly, we weren't terribly close. He was a church elder though, and I'm the elder chair, so I have to say something. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 23:56
- I would have made the world's worst preacher. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 23:31 2
  - Preachers really only need about two dozen sermons. Everything else is variation on the same themes. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 11, 00:19
  - I don't know why they went with "Toastmasters" for the speaking clubs when "Toastbusters" was right there. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 23:45
Framed 2/6 - nm - JaxSean Aug 10, 23:00
What do they do with dead chemists? - JD Aug 10, 22:20
Aug 25 for Lower Decks (I mean, that was probably known... but look! Art!) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 21:57
5/6 -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 21:37 2
- 4/6 - TWuG Aug 10, 23:27 1
  - 3/6 - Beryllium Aug 11, 00:49
Oh Wow. Beto. I loooooove this. -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 10, 21:14 8
- Texas Check, Democrat Check -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 21:47
- Honestly? spoil - znufrii Aug 10, 21:27 6
  - I saw something yesterday? that Abbott was telling supporters not to wear his campaign shirts if they go to beto's rally or they will use it to make - zeitgeist Aug 10, 22:54 1
    - The problem is Abbott doesn’t hold rallies so they’ve got nowhere else to go. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 11, 00:20
  - It was not. He allows the opposition in. There is a another video in the thread that show them complaining to police. -- (link*) - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 22:16 2
    - I don't think he staged it, but that might just make it a very thorough staging. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 22:24 1
      - Everything is a hoax! -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 22:26
  - I slightly disagree -- (edited) - Beryllium Aug 10, 21:33
Is 1917 (the movie) just one long tracking shot? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 10, 20:37 5
- It's mocked up in that way, but they use clever cuts to disguise the edits. -- (link) - Mop Aug 10, 21:08 [youtube]
- Meant to appear that way, but there are 2-3 cuts IIRC -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 20:44 2
  - Probably way more than 2-3. It's quite a beauty, in any case. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 10, 21:03 1
    - I think the number is somewhere in the 30s, and the longest shot is around 8 minutes. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 21:13
- I don't remember, but it was slow and boring to me. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 10, 20:39
Tangled sing-a-long coming to Disney+! -- (link) - Mop Aug 10, 20:17 [youtube]
ST Sandman Spoiler Poll -- So, which part of episode 6 had you crying the most? - znufrii Aug 10, 20:01 2
- Great episode but it didn't elicit that much of a response. Spoil - Spawn Aug 10, 21:12
- Spoilers - Mop Aug 10, 20:17
I thought the theme answers in Thursday's NYT crossword was kinda amazing -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 19:30 2
- my answer to these is as it usually is "I kinda liked it!" also I can never remember how to spell (sp) - mafic Aug 10, 19:51 1
  - me too! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 19:55
criminal indictments by administration -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 19:27 6
- Grant & Harding had a few -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 10, 21:46
- Chipping away at the fabric of democracy, one presidency at a time. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 20:36
- “god, these lawless democrats are a bunch of criminals” -right wing Twitter -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 19:37 1
  - obviously, the Deep State is ignoring their crimes in favor of persecuting republicans... -- nm* - znufrii Aug 10, 19:48
- amazing -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 19:31
- I just can't quite put my finger on what all the top ones have in common. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 19:30
Did you order the video filter?! -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 19:20
Hey there, Skankarooni -- nm - Max Aug 10, 19:11
Pearl likes to help me sort LEGO. -- (pic) - TWuG Aug 10, 18:49 [Attachment] 1
- #help -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 10, 19:08
Hello, Firenado -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 18:37
House in Texas with cave system included -- (link) - TWuG Aug 10, 18:24 2
- super cool -- nm - Strongbad Aug 10, 18:31 1
  - agreed -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 10, 19:22
You know what is an underrated movie? Begin Again -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 18:16 9
- I dig this movie a lot. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 22:59
- By who? I adore that movie between Kiera and the opening sequence and the plot line of the album - JD Aug 10, 20:25
- Really liked it and Levine was solid. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 20:12
- It’s delightful. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 10, 19:22
- Aside from it being Carney's best IMO, it always makes me misty - prayformojo Aug 10, 18:32
- *throws Scary Movie into the conversation* -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 18:21
- Oh seriously. I love it so much. Related: I should rewatch sing street I think. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 10, 18:20 1
  - I heart Sing Street. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 18:25
- Yup. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 10, 18:20
I would rather scoop kitty litter six times a day, vacuum morning noon and night, scrub a toilet every day than put a new bag in the damn trash can. - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 10, 18:11 11
- *swoon* You sound like the perfect roommate. I totally got the new bag. Heck, I’d even take the old bag out if you’re going to do all of that -- nm - JD Aug 10, 20:46
- After some thought I've decided I'll take you up on the offer. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 19:16
- I carry the insert out to the trash can, you...could...if you loath the replacing of the bags, just dump the insert and buy a new one, problem solved -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 18:22 1
  - wait, use the trash bag to fill a cardboard box, dump the whole thing, clean box, clean bag, done -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 18:22
- Pro tip: put the roll of bags in the bottom of the can. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 18:15 5
  - I think what I hate is shaking it out and stretching it to fit the can. It's so ... something. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 10, 18:18 2
    - you don't have to shake'm out, just drop the rolled end in, stretch the top part out.... say do you have a garbage disposer? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 18:26 1
      - Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 10, 18:31
  - put if liquid leaks through they are all gross! -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 18:15 1
    - Buy better bags and don't throw liquids away in the trash - TWuG Aug 10, 18:18
- The last thing you do with the trash bag box is stuff it back in its entrails. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 18:12
Go Go Beto -- (link) - mud Aug 10, 18:07 10
- This is awesome -- (link) - TWuG Aug 10, 18:44 1
  - whoa -- nm - mud Aug 10, 18:49
- If he loses again, he's approaching Karen Handel level losery. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 10, 18:33 5
  - His Presidential run was so short, it shouldn’t even really count. So far, he really has only lost to Cruz by a few points. -- nm* - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 20:44 3
    - His Presidential campaign was so short, it absolutely should count. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 04:37
    - He might’ve beaten Cornyn in 2020 if he hadn’t decided to run for President. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 21:00 1
      - While I want him to win, I also know that he won’t be able to do much as Governor. But that’s kind of the point. I need him to stop the bleeding. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 21:09
  - Harold Stassen... but how can Beto win if his voters can't. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 19:13
- He’s had some Republicans at many of the more far flung stops. He goes literally everywhere in the state. But, of course, they are all plants. - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 18:14 1
  - you mean like the Blacks For Drumpf that used to be placed behind him -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 18:24
So, Trump plead the 5th 400+ times. That had to be hilarious. -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 10, 17:55
Jon Rahm welcomes Eneko Cahill Rahm into the world -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 17:39
"can-voy" -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 17:36 2
- I can only hear him as Matthew, now. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 21:14
- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOO! -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 17:37
After The Rehearsal E4, I think I may be done (sp) - prayformojo Aug 10, 17:32 1
- Ahh. The more out there it gets, the more fascinated I become. Plus I’m convinced that it’s going somewhere but I can’t figure out where (spoilers) - Dano Aug 10, 17:48
There are storms in DFW apparently so a British Airways 380 that was circling over Oklahoma wanting to land at DFW is now headed to...Chicago -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 17:26 17
- I've had a few of these. Zurich-Toronto rerouted to Halifax, Auckland-Melbourne rerouted to Canberra. - mafic Aug 10, 17:34 5
  - Like Canberra is a real place -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 17:36 4
    - it was adorable "the international terminal is closed today as they weren't expecting any flights. we won't be deplaning as there are no customs - mafic Aug 10, 17:48 3
      - wow -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 18:04
      - a world capital airport, everyone! - Reagen Aug 10, 18:01
      - When my ORD-DEL flight diverted to Jaipur, we landed at like midnight so I wasn't surprised we had to stay on the plane. - ty97 Aug 10, 17:52
- Well it’s not like it can come to the 4th largest city. We got storms too. Might as well go to the 3rd. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 17:32 4
  - Yeah, I was noticing that they don't really have the option to divert to Houston. You all are on full ground stop. -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 17:33 3
    - Storms split and missed Hobby. Hah! -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 18:04
    - . -- nm* - ty97 Aug 10, 17:35
    - …in bed. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 17:34
- That's flight 380? Alternately BA (or for that matter anybody) flies A380's to Dallas? -- nm - JD Aug 10, 17:30 2
  - BA193, it's an A380. -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 17:32 1
    - I believe DFW has seen A380 service in the past on Emirates and Qantas, though I'm not sure either of those airlines is running it there right now -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 17:35
- po-tay-to, po-tah-to - they're basically the same, right? and like right next to each other on the map -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 17:27 2
  - A Qantas plane from Sydney wound up diverting to Austin. -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 17:28 1
    - A Turkish Airlines plane from Istanbul went to...Jackson, Mississippi? -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 17:29
An amusing musing on Die Hard With A Vengeance. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 17:16 1
- Googles "abstemious". -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 19:29
I think I'd definitely try a toasted marshmallow bourbon -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 10, 17:12
So there's a Tesla parked in front of my place. I was walking a dog near it and I see the driver's side window is wide open. - Krusty Aug 10, 17:11 17
- probably just on the lam after running over a kid -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 17:58 1
  - Yeah, that "test" was done by a lidar company and they straight up lie about what happened. - TWuG Aug 10, 18:01
- The windows are frameless so they drop a bit to clear the door trim when opened. If the window was open at first then closed later, that's a - TWuG Aug 10, 17:55
- For the door to be able to open, the key has to be very close. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 10, 17:42 2
  - I have quite often accidentally left my (Toyota) fob in the car. - mafic Aug 10, 17:53
  - Not necessarily. You can set it to be unlocked -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 17:51
- also: cool that you took the time and effort to do this. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 17:15
- Maybe the owner is in the trunk with the key. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 17:15 2
  - Ah yes, we call that the KIDS Fundcast Episode… I’m going to say 4 -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 17:34
  - Ah, ah, ah: the frunk. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 17:17
- 100% that it was in sentry mode and recording video. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 17:12 6
  - Possibly. The screen would have been "on" in sentry mode and showing an electronic "eye" on a white screen. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 17:53
  - and owner had a bunch of notifications they ignored. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 17:15 4
    - My car tried to notify me every time I unlocked it or started climate control or or or .... Thanks I'll mute you forever. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 10, 18:13
    - If they have their app set to give them notifications. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 17:56 1
      - Exactly. My app is on strict STFU. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 10, 18:14
    - Hmmm... Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 17:46
Now I just have to find my way around the harbor - dinner at the Brig tonight and whale watching in the morning. -- (pic) - Meg Aug 10, 17:10 [Attachment] 2
- Duplicate -- (link*) - Meg Aug 10, 17:11 [Attachment] 1
  - Bah!! -- (pic) - Meg Aug 10, 17:15 [Attachment]
D+: Figure a lot of people who have the service own the movies elsehwere. -- nm - budice Aug 10, 17:05 7
- One thing they *badly* need to figure out is that when I stop at the credits of something, I'm not going back to that episode. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 17:11 6
  - Yes; also, if a show has two seasons and an episode just dropped, don't send me to season 1's episode list when I click it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 17:18 2
    - effing Paramount Plus does that and it's aggravating -- nm - Remlik Aug 10, 17:54 1
      - HBO Max, too. Plus, the last episode of Flight Attendant shows I am 10 minutes in. I finished it. And have even watched the end again. - Spawn Aug 10, 21:09
  - the browser version seems to have removed a lot of navigation options. right now when I finish something it's just "WATCH MS MARVEL" - mafic Aug 10, 17:13 2
    - it also needs to stop pushing Group Watch. It ain't gonna happen, Disney! -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 17:25
    - It has a weird interface quirk where the controls disappear for a bit and then come back, which lets me navigate back to the main interface. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 17:18
man, the old lady who often used my email address by mistake and died 11 years ago still gets SO MUCH SPAM. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 17:03 7
- Wtf? You killed her for using your email address?? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 10, 18:22 1
  - Mail..Kimp? -- nm - Serial Mafic Aug 10, 18:36
- I have a few movie-related email subscriptions that date to about 2003. Maybe I should announce my death. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 17:08
- The elderly are prime targets. I've not been caught so far but I get constant FB friend requests supposedly from an elderly friend. -- nm - Meg Aug 10, 17:07 3
  - Of course the offers to cancel my student loans are a lot of fun. -- nm - Meg Aug 10, 17:07 2
    - Ha ha. ha ha ha how unrealistic -- nm - Millenial Cold Sweats Aug 10, 17:12
    - she's mostly getting job offers. "I need to bring three people on this week, and I just have a feeling you'd be a great fit." - mafic Aug 10, 17:11

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