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Seems it's music rabbit hole night. I made the mistake of looking up Canadian pop band "Sky" tonight. - Mop Aug 14, 20:13 [youtube]
Thanks to an old episode of Todd in the Shadows, I have seen and heard this, and now you have to as well. -- (link) - Qale As Folk Aug 14, 19:52 [youtube]
Buffy 45, Willow 48, Xander 51, Giles 68, Cordelia 52, Oz 48, Angel 53, Darla 50, Drusilla 57, on Aug 20 Spike will be 60 -- (edited) - crash davis Aug 14, 19:29 1
- *SMACK* - ty97 Aug 14, 19:36
Met my very first STer in-person after all these years - SyrDragon Aug 14, 19:11 [Attachment] 11
- Had a great time yesterday (albeit hot)! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 15, 06:12
- you picked a good one for a first -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 21:53
- Awesome thanks for sharing the photo - Pippy Aug 14, 20:03
- Y’all some good lookin’ folks. -- nm* - Qale As Folk Aug 14, 20:01
- Nice. -- nm - budice Aug 14, 19:42
- LOVELY! -- nm - Mop Aug 14, 19:24
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 19:22
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Aug 14, 19:22
- Good people. -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 19:18
- You met some of the best! -- nm - Meg Aug 14, 19:17
- Nice! The Jax's are awesome! -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 19:14
I love Nina Simone so much. -- (link) - mafic Aug 14, 19:11 [youtube]
Sorry, if ST was slow for a minute, it's 'cause I was doing some deep searching. - Mop Aug 14, 19:05
Day Shift: A-. Pretty entertaining and I hope they make a second one. (spoils) - sycor Aug 14, 18:45 1
- I'll go a solid B. I'll watch whatever sequels they bring forward in the same universe for sure. much fun -- nm - Beaker Aug 14, 18:51
The fact that we're not talking about The Resort in glowing terms the same way we speak about Only Murders In the Building is, itself, criminal! -- nm - Mop Aug 14, 18:16 3
- I watched the first episode earlier and it was pretty good. I had to stop so I could watch it with Theresa. -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 20:14 2
  - YAY! -- nm - Mop Aug 14, 20:15 1
    - Your championing it made me check it out and I'm glad I did. -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 20:16
As U.S. Seeks to Close Guantánamo, Saudi Center Could Be an Option - crash davis Aug 14, 17:41 2
- How many nuclear secrets to we have to sell them in exchange? -- nm - Mop Aug 14, 18:17 1
  - None. What they want got declassified. -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 18:39
damn you wordle (421, 6/6, spoils) - Beryllium Aug 14, 17:34
weird mining company metrics: "last quarter we produced enough copper for 3.5 million MRI machines!" uhhh... sure? is that a lot? -- nm - mafic Aug 14, 17:18 8
- How much is that in bananas or giraffes? -- nm - .🎡 Aug 14, 18:41 1
  - "Yes, we have no copper bananas" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 19:31
- how many bitcoins will that make -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 17:31
- I found this copper...how much is it worth? -- nm - Local Meth Head Aug 14, 17:27
- How many Hideous Lucille Ball statues? -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 17:26
- "Will they be used in making 3.5 million MRI machines?" "Um no, our copper is used for doorknobs and witing for eletric chairs" -- nm - Roger More Aug 14, 17:22 1
  - Just waiting for the Australian started, brain eating virus 🦠…Oh! You need 3.5M more MRI machines? We just *happen* to have the copper needed - Flavorize Aug 14, 17:42
- "how much copper could there possibly be in a single MRI machine? Ten dollars?" -- nm - Lucille Bluth Aug 14, 17:22
NYT Critic's Pick - ‘Emily the Criminal’ Review: Survival Strategy Aubrey Plaza’s wonderfully nuanced performance anchors this absorbing story of a - crash davis Aug 14, 17:12 1
- Really looking forward to seeing this -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 17:15
A question for Meg (based on experience and expertise): I stepped off a train and found an older lady and her table of wares. - ReluctantCynic Aug 14, 16:41 5
- Yet another reason why I adore and appreciate ST. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 15, 18:09
- I only ever buy directly from the vendor/maker or from a trading post where I know the family and he knows the maker. I'd be curious to know if they - Meg Aug 14, 16:55
- go back, return all her crap and take all your money back - explain you were exploiting her and tonight she can eat jewelry and righteousness not food -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 16:53
- commerce. Navajo have been at train stops for over 100 years selling jewelry, pottery, rugs and other hand-crafted items. you did good -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 14, 16:52
- Never go on any guided tours, in inner Mexico—exploitation galore -- nm - Flavorize Aug 14, 16:45
Looking up the rental prices for the first of three major developments here in town, out of curiosity. Starting at just under $2000 for a 500 sf studio. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 14, 16:36 6
- I've posted before that new 400 SF studios here (central PA) are $1500 per month. (By compare my mortgage is like $1300 per month.) -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 14, 17:55 3
  - I'm guessing a lot of that is driven by student housing demand? -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 17:57 1
    - Yes sure. I live .8 miles from the gates so you'd think I'd be location-impaired from a pricing standpoint - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 14, 18:05
  - (I guess important to note my house is 1231 SF.) -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 14, 17:55
- Yeesh. Twenty years ago, I thought splitting $2,000 rent for a decent sized two bedroom townhouse in DC was outrageous. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 14, 16:44 1
  - the 2brs are comparable in price to the zestimate for the 2br we lived in in brooklyn 12 or so years ago. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 14, 16:57
Trish has started binging Buffy. I forgot how much I liked Drusilla back then. It has been about a decade and a half and hearing all the good lines - crash davis Aug 14, 16:30 2
- Mad I missed the villains thing. Your list hit mine so I will add Spike and Dru from Buffy. Oh, and Catwoman, duh. -- nm* Posted by Spawn Aug 8 '22, 1 -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 19:22
- Computer Science at Sunnydale High is like Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts - you don't want that job -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 17:04
PGA: Zalatoris nets his first win -- nm - budice Aug 14, 16:17
Showing Mac The Big Short for the first time. Halfway through, and she's getting mad. - prayformojo Aug 14, 15:12 9
- Have her read the book. -- nm - David Aug 14, 16:41
- at what a hack Adam McKay is? - hollywood big shot Aug 14, 16:21 7
  - yeah! -- (link) - mud Aug 14, 16:59 [youtube]
  - 89% on the the tomatometer, 7.8/10 on 424K votes at IMDB, the critics and America agrees - major hackage -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 16:50 4
    - Now f*ck off. -- nm - Margot Robbie in a bubble bath Aug 14, 17:32 1
      - I'm a simple man with simple tastes, so of course that was my favorite scene -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 17:34
    - Melissa Leo's character from Standards & Poors is recovering from laser eye surgery, so she's blind while doing her job - Adam McKay si Aug 14, 17:20 1
      - Fair enough point - but on this particular film with this issue, I don't think much subtlety should have been used -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 17:29
  - I'm a fan. - zunk takes things literally Aug 14, 16:28
When I see people in our Target wearing mouse ears I want to ask what they forgot to pack :) -- nm - Meg Aug 14, 14:55 3
- Alcohol -- (edited) - Spawn Aug 14, 15:58 1
  - That could very well be. I must remember to check their carts :) It's in the middle of hotel row so that and snacks would be likely. -- nm - Meg Aug 14, 16:11
- Hee! -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 14, 15:56
Maren Morris & Zedd Tease a Follow-Up to ‘The Middle’ (I’ll leave the rest unsaid) -- (link) - Dano Aug 14, 14:21 1
- Malcolm or Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn? -- nm - Mop Aug 14, 15:37
why hasn't Trump released his Mara Lago security videos of the FBI planting evidence yet? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 14, 14:17 7
- planting the documents that he declassified, but didn't tell anyone or document anywhere, you mean? -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 16:07
- Even if there was no malicious intent I wouldn’t expect competence from the administration in anything including document handling. -- nm - Dano Aug 14, 14:23
- Because his entire life hasn’t been about proof, as much as muddying the waters ot truth. - Will Hunting Aug 14, 14:23 2
  - Considering that the weekend news anchors were devoid of any Republican Senators or leaders, giving interviews - Jovian Aug 14, 15:22 1
    - Cowards. -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 17:33
- Why would he? Facts are his nemesis. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 14:18 1
  - (Technically I misread this as being about raid footage, not nonexistent planting footage, but my answer is still accurate.) -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 14, 14:39
nobody's sayin' nothing' -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 13:36 1
- I'm still in bed -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 13:42
huh - Andy Dwyer and Shauna Malwae-Tweep dated? I don't remember this at all -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 12:00 1
- (very briefly apparently! and he ended it!) -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 12:06
Bullet Train $13.4 ($54.5), DC League of Super-Pets $7.2 ($58.3), Top Gun Maverick $7.2 ($673.8), Thor Love & Thunder $5.3 (325.6), Nope $5.3 ($107.5) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 14, 11:20
Just confirming, David De Gea had money on his opponent yesterday, right? -- (edited) - Will Hunting Aug 14, 11:20 1
- Hasnt been top form for some time now. Granted the teams have been mediocre, -- nm - budice Aug 14, 11:40
"Of course we’ll win & European civilization’ll die." -- (link) - mud Aug 14, 10:56 1
- I hope they can find reverse in those Russian tanks -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 10:59
Hmm, reports that Social Security adjustment for 2023 could be 9%. Meanwhile some prices have increased by 30% or more :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 14, 10:53 1
- Fun fact: neither price of food nor gas is part of cost of living, inflation index as they considered fluctuating commodities -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 10:57
and while that's not what the Premiere League should be: I'm putting significant portion of bankroll on that Conte wipes the floor with Tuchel 😏 -- nm - JD Aug 14, 10:30 7
- Despite the 3' height difference! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 10:36 3
  - They're going to fight like their playing philosophy and this ain't no rope a dope and Conte's passion overwhelms Tuchel -- nm - JD Aug 14, 10:44
  - "The Italian Stallion vs the Berlin Wall" -- nm - budice Aug 14, 10:39 1
    - ~Celebrity Deathmatch opening~ -- nm - budice Aug 14, 10:40
- Its on -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 10:33 1
  - Tuchel is full of it. He said it was about eye contact. Dude isn’t trying to make a second of eye contact. He knew what he was doing. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 14, 10:58
- 100% -- nm - Volnelk Aug 14, 10:30
Wow. That's what a striker can do for a team -- nm* - JD Aug 14, 10:25 1
- Managers gonna play the Feud! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 10:29
What was Jacksonvilles chant? -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 10:22 3
- When playing the Browns? "NO MEANS NO" -- nm - JaxSean Aug 14, 10:28 1
  - Saw, “You’re a sick f***” being yelled at, over and over -- nm - Flavorize Aug 14, 12:29
- Watch Flagler Grow!!! - prayformojo Aug 14, 10:24
"What's on Donald Trump's laptop?" -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 10:21
There are two flies inside my kitchen window screen. Given that I keep my house hermetically sealed, the only possible source is clearly paranormal. -- nm - Mop Aug 14, 10:04
TV PSA: Big Brother, Celebrity Family Feud, Chesapeake Shores, Biography WW Legends: DX, Colosseum, $100,000 Pyramid, Animal Kingdom, Love Life, -- nm - Beaker Aug 14, 09:59 4
- Alchemy of Souls, Blood & Treasure, Evil, Tales of the Walking Dead, MLB, Who Do You Think You Are?, Vice, The Chi, Grantchester, Love Island, -- nm - Beaker Aug 14, 10:01 3
  - Westworld, Power Book III (Raising Kanan), Anarchists, City on a Hill, Bridge & Tunnel, Cobra, Final Straw, P-Valley, Last Week Tonight with John Oliv - Beaker Aug 14, 10:03 2
    - HGTV Ugliest House in America season finale is also tonight -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 14, 10:40 1
      - Yeah, Evil is Season Finale, too. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 16:01
Giving snakes their legs back -- (link) - TWuG Aug 14, 09:47 [youtube] 2
- Twitter vid -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 09:54
- No. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 14, 09:49
My kids dropped by last night and surprised me with a birthday cake! Yum! Cake for breakfast! -- nm - Mop Aug 14, 09:47 2
- Nice to both! -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 11:56
- ~Mop is great. Eating that chocolate cake.~ -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 14, 09:52
On Fri, I saw this trailer for Bros. It looks promising and I hereby request approval to laugh. -- (link) - Barons Barons Barons Aug 14, 09:28 [youtube] 4
- Dot-Marie Jones! Bowen Yang! Laughing seems inevitable. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 11:31
- Actually looking forward to this. -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 09:48
- It cracks me up that they have 1 trailer for gay men and 1 for straight people they want to crossover to. -- nm - MDH Aug 14, 09:31 1
  - Oh, I’ve seen the other trailer! -- nm - Mop Aug 14, 10:03
Here’s a great way to start your Sunday. -- (link) - kelly Aug 14, 09:05 2
- So it's not just cats :) -- nm - Meg Aug 14, 09:42
- 😆 that finish -- nm - JD Aug 14, 09:21
Two parents tasered by police while trying to enter school on lockdown in Arizona -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 14, 08:54 2
- Not seeing the outrage. Especially since the idiot getting tazed was armed. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 14, 09:05 1
  - It's a little more complicated - the guy who got arrested (but now tazed) was the one who was armed. - Roger More Aug 14, 09:55
Precious Leather Major leaguers form deep relationships with their gloves. You can look, you can touch, but don’t even think about trying it on. - crash davis Aug 14, 08:42
The dealership model is hurting manufacturers and customers. - TWuG Aug 14, 08:20
Armed Trump supporters have gathered outside the Phoenix, Arizona, FBI office -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 08:11 9
- Like six of them. -- nm - David Aug 14, 10:00 3
  - And The FBI is closed on Sundays. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 10:04 2
    - Closed on Sundays, eh? -- nm - Criminals Aug 14, 12:34
    - The story is from yesterday. Pictures taken around 9:30 I think and there were people leaving before noon -- nm - zork Aug 14, 10:08
- If you gotta cover your face, how legit is the thing you’re doing? Doesn’t help the “not an insurrection” crowd -- nm - Flavorize Aug 14, 08:15 2
  - I support people covering their face during protests, regardless of which side they're on. - Beryllium Aug 14, 11:07 1
    - If people want to wear masks, like Co-Vid masks 😷…cool. But ski masks and sun glasses 👓… -- nm - Flavorize Aug 14, 15:17
- THIS IS FINE. -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 08:15
- oh joy -- nm - mud Aug 14, 08:15
Framed: 3/6. Moviedle: 4/6. Actorle: 2/8. Wordle: 6/6 - Marlowe Aug 14, 07:58 1
- Wordle in 3 - rollo Aug 14, 14:23
c'mon, Forest! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 07:49 5
- This weekend has been super frustrating in that paying for peacock plus doesn’t mean you get access to the games broadcast - tRuMaN Aug 14, 08:28 2
  - Let this be your friend -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 14, 09:04
  - It’s USA network now. NBC Sports no longer exists. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 14, 08:52
- 🙂 Ted Lasso spoils? - JD Aug 14, 07:59 1
  - Little prick -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 09:04
Paging JaxSean on Discord... -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 14, 07:40
Heather does indeed turn around at the far side of the Capitol (between the Capitol and the Supreme Court) but the whole area was blocked off, but - prayformojo Aug 14, 07:40
Last week: 190mi; 5270mi (Accra, Ghana); 2730 to 8K; -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 14, 07:35 [Image]
I appreciate the people posting these drone vids of the volcano in Iceland. -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 14, 07:28 [youtube] 2
- Aren't you a little big for a drone? -- nm - The Princess Aug 14, 10:29 1
  - I'll need room for myself, the boy and two drones. And no questions -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 10:54

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