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"tell him it was me. I want him to know." -- nm - Jovian Aug 11, 12:48 1
- Heh. -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 12:49
Gave my reflection. Didn't seem to ruin the funeral. Got the body in the coffin in the ground on time. -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 12:42 5
- Actually, that last part's a lie.The dinner back at church got started like an hour later than planned. I didn't expect the cemetery to be 30 min away -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 12:57
- I'm sorry for your loss. -- nm - David Aug 11, 12:52
- You were needed and you came through. Good man. -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 12:45 2
  - This. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:58
  - And I made $80 from my share of the preacher's honorarium! -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 12:55
I don't know if anyone else watches these videos but this guy cuts up boots and sneakers to show what's inside and how they're made. - Krusty Aug 11, 12:41 [youtube]
Well, two hours of watching but no whales :( We did see dolphins, including Patches a local celebrity. -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 12:40
I'm gonna have such a blow out for my 50th birthday! I'm an animal! This is gonna be wild! - Mop Aug 11, 12:35
The math on how EVs reduce energy use -- (link) - Reagen Aug 11, 12:34 5 2
- interesting, very interesting -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:58
- i think the question mark is how demand scales relative to total grid capacity when you move from >1% of vehicle sales to 100% (eventually) - hollywood big shot Aug 11, 12:41 2
  - I bet we get a lot of energy back when we turn off those gasoline refineries :) -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:56
  - I think you're mixing apples and puppies, which is a cruel thing to do to a puppy -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:56
- I was told that there would be no math -- nm - decline Aug 11, 12:37
I need a good meal and a nap. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 11, 12:23
Make sure you go see the movie Easter Sunday this weekend in… um… Mid August. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 11, 12:21
Cardinals minor leaguer Chandler Redmond hits for the home run cycle in a game - Will Hunting Aug 11, 12:06 10
- that's cool! -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 12:31
- That's pretty cool -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 12:28
- never? amazing -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 12:15 6
  - There's only been 18 4 homer games, period. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:20 5
    - I take it we're not counting the softball league I used to play in -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:00 3
      - Or the wiffle ball games we played on the block. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 13:01 2
        
        Well, Crash still is. His nickname was ghost runner because he was never on base. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 13:05 1
        
        that is because you forgot to tell me that there was candy on second and it was mine if I could just get there - crash davis Aug 11, 13:10
    - I saw a guy do it in Little League. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 12:32
- Wow. Fantastic! -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 11, 12:14
2 minute warning! -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 12:04 16
- Former Guys response to Garland - Jovian Aug 11, 12:45 1
  - Wouldn't that be a question for him to ask his DOJ? -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 12:52
- it's over, right? -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:09 11
  - Yes. It was brief. Basically a long winded "we don't comment on ongoing investigations." -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 12:11 10
    - Fox focused on the "wherever possible", pretty much "why couldn't they have given Trump another chance to comply?" -- nm - Max Aug 11, 12:38 1
      - of course. -- nm - Jovian Aug 11, 12:48
    - So you're saying there's an ongoing investigation? -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 12:34
    - If they called a press conference, i have to believe they were planning to say more and the delay was the decision being made not to. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:12 6
      - I would have been shocked if he said more than he did. I think the key point (timing wise) was when he said they have just now filed a motion with - pmb Aug 11, 12:16 1
        
        ah, okay, that makes sense to me -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:31
      - Eh. It was an announcement that the warrant and inventory receipt, which DJT has, will be made public - TWuG Aug 11, 12:15
      - Which ... might be a great tactic for redirecting discourse. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:14
      - good point -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 11, 12:13 1
        
        Nah, letting 45 twist in the wind. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 12:14
- Department of justice will unseal limited portions of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant -- nm* - Jovian Aug 11, 12:07 1
  - and he stands by the FBI doing their job -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 11, 12:09
Here's a thought on that "Facebook turns over DMs to police" story -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 11:55 1
- And apparently e2e is coming to Messenger next year -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 11:57
where the eff is merrick garland? -- nm - amanda Aug 11, 11:40 15
- Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 11:51
- Washington DC I presume -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 11:51
- if they're doing this to placate the right wing, it's a mistake - Reagen Aug 11, 11:47 3
  - Can't worry about them getting pissed over criminal charges when they can't get over Happy Holidays or vegan options at cracker barrel -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 14:00
  - I have a meeting at 3, reagen. less editorializing, more hurry up. -- nm - amanda Aug 11, 11:49 1
    - This is funny. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 11, 12:29
- Waiting for confirmation that DJT is in custody? -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 11:43 4
  - That'll be the day -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 11:59
  - if there was a warrant out for him, the secret service was told and his detail probably did the arrest or keep him in custody for DOJ -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 11:49
  - From your lips…. -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 11:48
  - sweet -- nm - mud Aug 11, 11:44
- he got lost on the way to the podium -- nm - decline Aug 11, 11:42 3
  - I recruited him to look for my sock. -- nm - mud Aug 11, 11:43 2
    - He is artfully crafting some sockpoenas -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 11:49 1
      - booo -- nm - mud Aug 11, 11:52
How dp we get out of this completely ridiculous timeline? -- (link) - TWuG Aug 11, 11:37 4
- I dunno. I really really like Pop-Tarts. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 11, 12:30
- seems like a perfectly harmless project, might be fun -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 11:56
- Plot and casting via MadLibs -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 11:47
- Plot - the guy's wife leaves him for a poptart -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 11:41
VisCap: How Much Gold is a Bitcoin Worth? -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 11, 11:33 1
- But how much does 3,560 tonnes of bitcoin weigh? -- nm - Max Aug 11, 12:10
Wordle: 2. Heardle: 2. Globle: You've got to be kidding. -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 11:33
Weird Quordle words today: 5 3 8 7 - oblique Aug 11, 11:22
The Jets get their man. Duane Brown is signing with the Jets. :-) - Krusty Aug 11, 11:15 2
- *makes raspberry noise* -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 11:55 1
  - Sorry, buddy. I'm going to root hard for him to play well and make another Pro Bowl. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 13:01
prediction. I'm almost 100% sure it was Trump shooting his mouth off that gave the FBI & DOJ the info there were more classified papers at Maro Lago -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 11:14 2
- Trump is the insider informant! -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 11:26 1
  - The Strange Case of Heckyl and Lyde -- nm - Max Aug 11, 12:06
Robinhood in trouble -- (link) - TWuG Aug 11, 11:12 1
- "to the rescue!" -- nm - littleJohn Aug 11, 11:14
so I lost a sock this AM doing laundry. I've looked everywhere and now going mental. If any of you .. - mud Aug 11, 11:03 2
- sock it to me??? -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 11, 11:24
- Sorry, but those house elves don't free themselves -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 11:10
speaking of TJ's algorithm, I didn't understand his response to Angela's protest. It was like an incomplete sentence or something. -- nm - mud Aug 11, 11:01 1
- btw, he's hilarious. Where has this show been all my life! -- nm - mud Aug 11, 11:09
Krusty News:Reebok and ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Join Forces for Dinosaur-Themed Sneaker Collection -- (link) - Remlik Aug 11, 10:53 2
- Jurassic World Dominion? Very timely! -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 12:34
- I did just but my first pair of Rebooks in about 30 years but not those. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 10:55
I'm 11 books behind schedule for my reading challenge. Bah. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 10:46 9
- per kindle, I have read 134 books so far in 2022. -- nm - Cave tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:10 2
  - nice. You've got me beat (I've read 103) -- nm - decline Aug 11, 12:22
  - You monster. - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:13
- I'll crush my record for books read in a year this year/ rereading the whole Prey series was a good choice - Beaker Aug 11, 11:05
- hey, I actually read a book this week (well, last week)! In 2 days! The It Girl (Ruth Ware) - i dug it -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 10:59 1
  - I've got that sitting on the desk. Since I just renewed Blood Meridian, maybe I will switch to that -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 11:00
- I'm X books behind where X = whatever goal I may have set. -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 10:56
- my pace is definitely a bit slower this year when compared to last year -- nm - decline Aug 11, 10:51
- right now I'm reading Blood Meridian, my book review so far "jeeezus kerist" -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 10:49
Garland to speak at 2:30 eastern -- nm - Jovian Aug 11, 10:43 2
- the DOJ & FBI spent 3 weeks going over every detail a dozen or more times before signing off on the search. TRUMP STILL LIES. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 11:26
- "the former president is a bloody crook, you people haven't heard the half of it!!" -- nm - mud Aug 11, 11:07
Does anyone here use a WordPress website with the Jetpack plug-in. If so, I have a question inside... - Mr. Havens Aug 11, 10:42 4
- Do you use a VPN? -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 11, 10:48 3
  - Nope. -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 11, 10:50 2
    - Yuck. Try reaching out to support. - Dark Callisto Aug 11, 10:51 1
      - I have. No response after two days. -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 11, 10:55
RATM cancel their UK and European tour dates due to the leg injury to Zach de la Rocha. That really sucks for everyone. -- (link*) - Krusty Aug 11, 10:40 5
- Doesn't Dave Grohl have a throne Zack can borrow, or is Axl still using it? -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 11, 10:42 4
  - I read that they actually reached out but Zach liked sitting on the equipment trunk. It seems the travel and everything is too much. - Krusty Aug 11, 10:53 3
    - Maybe not rage against the machine so much when you're 52, Zack. -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 11, 10:57 2
      - Someone has to do it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 11:16 1
        
        Now more than ever. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 12:32
Trubisky to start for Steelers' preseason game #1 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 10:36
A power outage in downtown Toronto? This can only mean one thing. (Someone forgot to pay the hydro bill!) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 10:29 5
- Twitter video seems to think its because a crane on a barge hit a transmission line down by the Don River. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 11, 11:28
- yeah, it's pretty big (not at my office or house though.) -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 10:42 3
  - The map is here - it's all downtown, and, traffic is a disaster because there are no traffic lights. -- (link) - Andie Aug 11, 10:46 2
    - TBF, when is traffic in Toronto NOT a disaster? -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 10:47 1
      - i mean, true. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 10:47
In the first 20 post All Star break games, the Ms faced the Astros & the Yankees 13 times. They went 10-10 which I find to be quite cromulent. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 10:29 6
- You caught us at a good time though the M's look pretty good now. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 10:42
- And since it is a law of physics that only one of the Ms or 'Hawks can be good at a time, right now football season is looking grim -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 10:30 4
  - Maybe the Kraken will account for all the sucking. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 10:32 3
    - they're still in the lovable expansion team phase where all sucking is forgiven -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 10:36 2
      - but I do get to remind Mop that the Kraken finished ahead of Les Canadiens -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 10:41 1
        
        Dude... *EVERYONE* finished ahead of the Habs. That's hardly something to crow about. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 15:31
There was a subpoena for the Trump documents. The seizure came when the documents weren't turned over. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 11, 10:28
Okay, let the grand debate begin... - David Aug 11, 10:27 25
- 3, probably -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 11:57
- I want to say 1 just to annoy ML, but I vote 3. - the wrong element Aug 11, 11:49 1
  - this -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 12:21
- #3, because it is good and right and holy -- nm - ML Aug 11, 11:00
- 3 -- nm - Volnelk Aug 11, 10:57
- *smacks a rock on a rock while picking his ear* -- nm - Cave tRuMaN Aug 11, 10:57
- #3 -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 10:41
- (I love the draft and all the light smack talk in it.) -- nm - amanda Aug 11, 10:37 3
  - It IS fun to watch ML crush the regular season and lose in the playoffs. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 10:48 2
    - every year! -- nm - ML Aug 11, 11:00 1
      - Do worse in the regular season. - the wrong element Aug 11, 11:51
- #3 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 10:37
- #3 -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 11, 10:34
- #3 works for me -- nm - decline Aug 11, 10:34
- I think I'm going to drop out -- I generally haven't looked or cared this year. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 10:33 4
  - I would be sad to see you go -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 10:50 3
    - I didn’t really pay attention last year and I’ve paid far less this year. It’s time. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 11:05 2
      - He's saying you have an ugly butt. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:14 1
        
        That's his face - ML Aug 11, 12:54
- #3, I will be polite unless it is ML who disagrees with me. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 10:32 4
  - I think ML is wanting #3. He's said he's keeping his entire team. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 10:37 3
    - I pretty much knew that I wouldn't get to use my politeness exemption. But he should keep Antonio Brown for giggles -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 10:40 2
      - Uh ... -- (link) - ML Aug 11, 12:53
      - no, money down! -- nm - ML Aug 11, 11:01
- #3 please. rewards good drafting and good team building -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 10:28
"American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (Michael Madsen In Person)" - con_carne Aug 11, 10:27 1
- I hope they reboot Vengeance Unlimited one day ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 10:27

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