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TN: Tractor-trailer has spilled Alfredo sauce all over I-55 -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 17:44 8
- 30,000 pounds of bananas becoming more and more likely by the day. -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 18:03 1
  - I saw Harry Chapin live several times. always a great show. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 18:10
- Send the ... fettuccine truck? -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 17:48 3
  - I'm stealing this. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 18:27
  - I'm en route with Garlic Bread One -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 17:49 1
    - Nomnomnom. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 18:38
- AW, they need those Northern Californian tomatoes from yesterday. -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 17:48 1
  - cops in the Northeast corridor need to watch the Barilla trucks tomorro -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 17:49
in ~48 hours we're Returning To Middle Earth. I am *literally* beside myself. -- nm - mud Aug 30, 17:39 8
- Normally, I'd be like Eff Amazon like always, but you know what... not today and not for this. You enjoy yourself, Ringer. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 18:36
- I"'m clearly WAY out of the loop! what is the thing? -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 17:44 5
  - Trailer -- (link) - Remlik Aug 30, 18:13 [youtube]
  - The Rings of Power will begin streaming on Prime on Sept 2 -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 17:45
  - Rings of Power series on Amazon Prime Video, Lord of the Rings but about 2000 years before the books -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 17:45 2
    - 6000+ - mud Aug 30, 18:03 1
      - ah! that's what it was. thanks! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 18:05
- ty tried to make it happen sooner -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 17:43
Armed protesters face off in Texas over drag brunch -- (link) - znufrii Aug 30, 17:21 6
- Roanoke is a small town. Good for them for selling out the show -- nm - Pippy Aug 30, 19:04
- A news story about a church in Katy that does Drag Bingo didn't even make a blip because the church was already 'cast out' from the others. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 18:39
- Fox News is frothing about the armed antifa enforcement so scanty clad drag queens can terrify children unable to decide for themselves if they're gay -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 18:00 2
  - "How *dare* liberals arm themselves against *our* armed patriots!" -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 18:12 1
    - Literally -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 18:48
- Every time I think I live in the dumbest state possible, someone in the South dunks on us -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 17:39
That Netflix/Zaslav joke was good -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 16:58 6
- ? -- nm - mud Aug 30, 17:05 5
  - A documentary series called The Most Hated Man on the Internet made the ratings. - Tim Aug 30, 17:32 1
    - :-) -- nm - mud Aug 30, 17:37
  - It's a Streaming into the Void thing. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 17:15 2
    - Speaking of which, Twitter has a bunch of support for audio clips that has been added recently (and they are courting the podcaster market) ... - Beryllium Aug 30, 17:18 1
      - Good to know, thanks! -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:27
A sports stat from yesterday -- (link*) - ty97 Aug 30, 16:58 1
- yup, that's terrific -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 17:00
Saturday is the new Artemis launch day. Plan accordingly -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 16:55
Zillow! -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 30, 16:42 2
- i could swear that this has been zillow'd before. -- nm - Cave tRuMaN Aug 30, 16:48
- That skylight pentagram is making me think of a corporate logo. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 16:44
Has anyone here had watermelon pie before? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 16:26 2
- For a teen program a couple months ago we did a no-bake watermelon pie. -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 17:58
- Are these lyrics from Rubber Biscuit? -- nm - Max Aug 30, 16:59
Rafa Nadal is currently playing against something called Rinky Hijikata -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 16:25 1
- Is that that thing where you're on a hockey team and you spill cruditè on the ice? -- nm - rollo Aug 30, 17:11
is it friday yet? -- nm - Cave tRuMaN Aug 30, 16:02 4
- Apparently it's not even Wednesday -- nm - rollo Aug 30, 16:13 3
  - this makes me sad -- nm - Cave tRuMaN Aug 30, 16:49
  - Correct, which means I am on my way to beach volleyball! Woo hoo! -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 16:17 1
    - Crush the opposition! - Krusty Aug 30, 16:24
This is fun. RNC is refusing to pay Trump's legal bills for the classified documents defense. This actually seems like a meaningful shift. -- (link) - pmb Aug 30, 15:40 5
- let us say that some weird combo of circumstances forces you to defend him, Do you wait for the retainer check to clear before you start work? -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 16:26 3
  - It would never get past our professional responsibility committee. You would either take it pro bono or not at all and he doesn't qualify for pro bono - pmb Aug 30, 17:02 2
    - also a good way to (apparently) get fired from your cushy white shoe firm -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 17:06 1
      - I'm shocked any big firm would take him on at this point. - pmb Aug 30, 17:19
- we don't mind him making money for us, but it's time to stop him from spending any of it :) :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 15:45
Lorde skirts international incident by breaking the 90-year-old ban on swimming in the kinda-maybe-clean Potomac River. - Max Aug 30, 15:38 9
- Chicago River says Hi! - zunk takes things literally Aug 30, 16:47
- It's not so much about cleanliness, it has deadly currents -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 16:00
- People swim in the Halifax Harbour. I'd rater drink bleach. - Reagen Aug 30, 15:58
- When I heard this last night, the reaction I gave should have been caught on film. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 15:54 1
  - Full-body *hurk*? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 15:59
- I don't think I knew it was illegal -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 15:54 1
  - And yet we can huff all the whipped cream we want. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 15:59
- "Another Lorde fan said the venue booed" -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 15:42 1
  - "We just finished cleaning up that river, dammit!" -- nm - Max Aug 30, 15:49
Man Gets 3 Years in Scheme to Sell Bogus Tom Brady Super Bowl Rings - crash davis Aug 30, 15:30
Roland Mesnier, Pastry Chef to Five Presidents, Dies at 78 - crash davis Aug 30, 15:20 3
- (not by food poisoning) -- nm - Max Aug 30, 15:27 2
  - "He rated it on a par with Bill and Hillary Clinton’s “atrocious concoction of Coca-Cola-flavored jelly served with black glacé cherries.”" - crash davis Aug 30, 15:34 1
    - Done in by Bananas Foster. What a way to go. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 16:24
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 - crash davis Aug 30, 14:46 3
- in case your goal for the day is to read a truly massive obituary but you're blocked by a paywall -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 14:47 2
  - Thanks for posting all this stuff - it makes the boards better -- nm - rollo Aug 30, 16:16 1
    - Thank you. I find the articles interesting for one reason or another and I enjoy sharing them. -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 16:23
*tries to generate random words for yet another thing, ends up with "Burp Secretor"* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 14:14
Try to earn what lovers own -- nm - Jim Messina Aug 30, 14:13
If anyone's playing F1 Manager 2022 (released today) I'd love to know your thoughts on the game. -- (link) - Max Aug 30, 14:02 2
- Someone turned Formula D into a video game! -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 30, 14:59
- This feels like something I'd have loved in my HSish eyears (had I been into F1 then). Just no time for this now. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 14:50
A Frontline Shadow Economy: Ukrainian Units Trade Tanks and Artillery - crash davis Aug 30, 14:00 2
- IIRC vietnam soldiers would use captured AK47s over the supplied M16s as they were considered more reliable in a swamp -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 14:18 1
  - then you have Corporal Radar trading jeep parts for medical supplies -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 14:19
Pizza Hut Gorbachev commercial -- (link) - Remlik Aug 30, 13:59 [youtube] 4
- Im pretty sure a young Vladimir strangled a puppy or kitten when he saw this commercial for the first time. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 14:32
- the kid is a bit Nicholas Hoult-ish. (fairly certain it is not.) -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 14:23 1
  - There's a wikipedia page on the commercial which names the father actor but not the son. The girl with Gorbachev is his granddaughter. - Max Aug 30, 14:40
- pizza for dinner tonight, I guess -- nm - mud Aug 30, 14:03
Google is going to start billing me for my super idle "business" account that just hosts domain emails. - Beryllium Aug 30, 13:51 7
- I changed my email address (so 1996 of me) because of this. I was so sad to lose whatmary.org but it's so expensive just for email. -- nm - amanda Aug 30, 15:01 1
  - I've got so many domains, but I just want them to all feed into one inbox. If I'm going to have to pay for it, I may as well give the money to not-goo -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 15:13
- I don't follow. You can't verify the browser? - Mop Aug 30, 14:32 2
  - They're rejecting the browser because I never log into these accounts, and they have no data with which to verify with -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 14:36 1
    - (for the user I was trying to download & delete, to reduce the eventual bill, it hadn't been logged into for 8 years) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 14:37
- alright, let's test this out - try emailing something to [email protected] -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 14:02 1
  - hmm, seems the DNS hasn't propagated yet :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 14:07
Joe: you're not going to take down a government with an AR, you'll need an F15 Trumpers: Joe threatens to use airstrikes against patriots -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:51 2
- Nathanfillion.gif -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 14:04 1
  - Joe is inelegant but he's taking the threat as seriously as it deserves to be taken -- nm - rollo Aug 30, 16:24
I've woken up before noon (and stayed awake) for the past three days. It's super weird, there's all this *ugh* natural light... -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 13:41 1
- Let sun shine -- (link) - JD Aug 30, 13:47 [youtube]
— — -- nm* - mud Aug 30, 13:35 3
- G ? -- nm - JD Aug 30, 13:39
- heh. I was literally just about to delete my post because yours had a link! -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 13:38 1
  - NYT: -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 13:57
RIP Mikhail Gorbachev -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 13:35 4
- Gone in his prime. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 14:15 1
  - And now Putin has finally achieved full control over the Russian state! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 14:17
- I wonder if the Putinista fascists will dance on his grave? -- nm - mud Aug 30, 13:45 1
  - they're too drunk, throw up on his grave more likely -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:46
Your Himalayan Rabbit post for today -- (pic) - crash davis Aug 30, 13:23 [Attachment] 3
- Look at the fangs! -- nm - rollo Aug 30, 13:37 1
  - quick, prepare the royal hand grenade -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 14:21
- which pairs with a Himalayan Cat -- (pic) - crash davis Aug 30, 13:26 [Attachment]
Seems that JWST is going to image Eris (dwarf planet beyond Pluto) today. This should be interesting. -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 13:21 2
- they were going to image Grumpy, but even NASA is scared of Disney's lawyers -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 13:28 1
  - *thinks about it* 👍 -- nm - JD Aug 30, 13:37
heh -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 30, 13:20
Blue Jays game got a little....blue last night..... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 30, 13:16 5
- that's in foul ball territory -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:47 3
  - looks like it was high and inside, ball four take a walk -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:48 2
    - I think the real concern would be low and behind -- nm - JD Aug 30, 13:52
    - TMI! -- nm - mud Aug 30, 13:49
- "Sorry, we're going to have to ask you to finish up there, if you could please. Thank you" -- nm - Canadian Police Aug 30, 13:31
Make no mistake, the Snyder Cut is a superior Justice League movie. The regret from the WB execs is... - Mop Aug 30, 13:12 8
- We're missing the point. They hate it not because of the quality of the product but because of what it signifies. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 14:22
- That's like saying you are the most honest Trump or Bozonaro kid. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 30, 13:53 1
  - Hey! -- nm - Tiffany Aug 30, 14:01
- I didn't hate Whedon's, perhaps because I was prepared for a Superman III (or IV) like experience. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 13:17 1
  - It’s just so mediocre … and half-assed. Like they had the basics of a story and just got bored. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 13:36
- Sure, but that's a little like saying horseshit is the tastier dung. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 13:14 2
  - We're going to need a dung sommelier to chime in. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 13:17 1
    - Hello! How much does it pay? -- nm - Trump Aug 30, 13:32
Gravy got cheese now that’s poutine - Tim Aug 30, 13:06 1
- Oops! is a better song - St. Epiphany Aug 30, 13:22
is it Friday yet? -- nm - Cave tRuMaN Aug 30, 13:00 1
- Sorry, according to ty is is still Wednesday. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 13:01
ty - Jack Harlow is cuter. -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 12:59 2
- cuter than me? I'm sure. Otherwise.... -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 13:00 1
  - (this statement applies equally to the other twin too) -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 13:05
Ender, sorry to hear it but hopefully you did better than you think. And best wishes tomorrow! -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 12:52 2
- It was kinda weird anyway. They didn't have a particular client in mind and couldn't guarentee that any non-remote work would be local... - Ender Aug 30, 13:11 1
  - the IM sounds kind of weird -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 13:19
*hoses down b2 with cold water* -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 12:50 8
- also re B2, how did Tilda Swinton NOT end up in Sandman...it seems to be the type of show I associate with her -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 12:57 7
  - I fully expected her to show up as Lucifer. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 30, 12:59 6
    - I can't get over how hawt Desire is. Sex on a Stick -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 30, 13:25 1
      - Delicious -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 30, 13:39
    - "Been there, done that, had my fun with a Constantine." - Tilda Aug 30, 13:02 1
      - I agree but I wanted her there. -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 30, 13:23
    - Gabriel in Constantine was too close. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 13:01 1
      - It wouuld've brought things full circle! -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 30, 13:08
will 5pm ET please happen now? sheesh. -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 12:47 7
- This has been the longest Wednesday ever -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 12:58 4
  - you sonofab don't do that -- nm - Max Aug 30, 12:58 3
    - I spent most of today thinking it was Wednesday. Welcome to my pain. -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 13:04 2
      - I lunged at my computer thinking I was late for my Wed mtg, and briefly realized that dream where I show up to a class after it ended. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 13:06 1
        
        I helped energize you to get through the rest of the day. You're welcome! -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 13:22
- *5pm ET Alarm goes off* -- nm - Clock Aug 30, 12:51
- I was pulling for 4:30, but for you? 5pm. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:48
*boing* -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:47

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