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2B Ozzie Albies left tonight’s game with a right pinky finger fracture. -- nm - budice Sep 17, 18:33 2
- That's a whole different level of pinky swearing -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 18:39
- Yeah, he's just cursed this year. He'd been back one day. -- nm - David Sep 17, 18:34
Alright ST: I left the Tierra Whack set early for Fontaines D.C. so here's hoping - JD Sep 17, 18:00
I was stalked! It's like Christmas. A vinyl, a shirt, candy and presents for Jack. He knew they were for him, he started ripping into the box. Thank - jnine Sep 17, 17:45 [Attachment] 2
- have you listened to the album? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 18:53
- Nice! Jack's so cute! -- nm - Krusty Sep 17, 18:25
MASH: Alan Alda and Mike Farrell celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1st episode -- (link) - Remlik Sep 17, 17:39 1
- *blows whistle, throws flag* Farrell wasn't even in that episode! He didn't come along until Trapper left. -- nm - Barynn Sep 17, 18:46
Hunter Greene has 8 strikeouts of 101+ mph so far tonight. Only Verlander has more than that in his career (9) in the pitch tracking era. -- nm - Ender Sep 17, 17:33
Home around 4:00, after about seven hours on the road. The last 75 miles were a nightmare. *So many* cars. Photos will take a while to edit. -- nm - Meg Sep 17, 17:03 3
- *brings you a big drink and lottsa hugs!!!* -- nm - Min & Moe Sep 17, 17:16 2
  - Oh, you were gone? -- nm - Real Minnie and Mojo Sep 17, 17:19 1
    - They won't be home until tomorrow and likely won't give a damn :) -- nm - Meg Sep 17, 17:24
I got stalked today -- (pic) - zeitgeist Sep 17, 16:57 [Attachment] 4
- Yay! -- nm - Beaker Sep 18, 08:19
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Sep 17, 18:26
- very nice. ..hmm, that's not a Neil Young tee, is it -- nm - mud Sep 17, 16:59 1
  - A music festival in maplemoose Canada with Larkin Poe in the line up -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 18:29
Appalachian State is having a bit of a year -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 16:28 11
- TBF... It's Troy, a school I didn't know existed until 30 seconds ago... -- nm - Ender Sep 17, 17:01 10
  - -20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Sep 17, 18:41
  - My youngest sister got her bachelor's degree from there. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 17, 17:35
  - DeMarcus Ware, the perennial Pro Bowler for Dallas, played there. -- nm - David Sep 17, 17:25 3
    - Didn't know he existed until 30 seconds ago either. -- nm - Ender Sep 17, 17:26 2
      - BE A BETTER FOOTBALL FAN -- nm - David Sep 17, 17:36 1
        
        or at least a bowling fan since DeMarcus Ware was a pro bowler -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 17:55
  - How have you not heard of Troy? The often seems to play against a big school or two. - ty97 Sep 17, 17:05 3
    - Previously known as Troy State! (until they bowed to relentless pressure from Tim!) -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 17:17
    - App State, Marshall, and Old Dominion are the only members of the Sun Belt conference I'm convinced aren't made up. -- nm - Ender Sep 17, 17:16
    - (I'm not saying beating Troy is a huge feat, but I'm surprised if someone hasn't heard of them) -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 17:06
Rep Gaetz at Texas Youth Summit -- (link) - budice Sep 17, 16:16 1
- Gross! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 17, 16:19
Heh, a towable camper trailer.. for bikes! -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 17, 15:57 6
- I'm still not clear: is this a camper for keeping your bikes off the road? or does the shell ride on your bikes? -- nm - Max Sep 17, 16:50 2
  - It's a bike-towed caravan -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 16:54 1
    - ooHHHhhh. - Max Sep 17, 16:57
- might work...if you didn't have kids...or get two and you wife can haul the other kid...hmm maybe ads for this will replace that folding Kayak -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 16:16 1
  - I'm thinking "mobile office", not actually camping -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 16:18
- (apparently my amazon detection code has a bug ... heheh) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 15:58
Appy St Hail Mary -- (link*) - budice Sep 17, 15:49
Other Husker Coach floats: Matt Rhule, Luke Fickell(Cincinnati), Lane Kiffin -- nm - budice Sep 17, 15:44 1
- I'm beginning to like Matt Rhule. Need to look into Fickell. And ... - ReluctantCynic Sep 17, 16:50
Arch Manning 290k breakdown. Was actually for 9 recruits. - Spawn Sep 17, 15:40 3
- Those buffet prices are outrageous. -- nm - Ender Sep 17, 17:05
- And the parents were getting *loaded*. - ReluctantCynic Sep 17, 16:57
- At least they had one meal that wasn’t a buffet. -- nm - mafic Sep 17, 15:46
I always dig the style of the end credits on She-Hulk -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 15:38
What would you talk to Ted cruz about if you were stuck beside him on a plane? Related: can voight-kampff be administered on a plane? -- (link*) - Beryllium Sep 17, 15:23 6
- you know Sihks get hauled off planes all the time because people freak out about 'muslim' terrorists, complain to the stew he's suspicious -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 16:19
- If I see Fled Cruz on my flight, I’d immediately get off. He is the one soul the Devil will collect in person. I’m not going to be on that flight when - Epiphany Sep 17, 16:19 1
  - If he comes through my line at HEB, I might not survive. -- nm - Qale Sep 17, 18:49
- Not a damn thing. But I'd take the armrest. -- nm - TWuG Sep 17, 15:46 1
  - I'd try and take the meal, drink, snacks, or whatever as they came by if he wasn't paying enough attention. -- nm - VMan Sep 17, 15:48
- I'd ask if his kids talk to him anymore. -- nm - .🎡 Sep 17, 15:26
Per HSX prices, only 3 movies on track for $100M between now and year-end: Black Adam, Wakanda Forever, and Avatar 2 -- nm* - budice Sep 17, 15:17
Posting from an iPhone 14 Pro. - Tim Sep 17, 14:16 8
- LYC,a guy in my game goes by timatthebeach, and I always think it is you. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 15:22 2
  - He must be my evil twin because I never go to the beach. - Tim Sep 17, 15:47 1
    - Spawn's tim is the other tim. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Sep 17, 17:36
- Day Phone New! -- nm - budice Sep 17, 14:56
- New Phone Day! -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 17, 14:55 1
  - We’re making it a thing! -- nm - Tim Sep 17, 15:04
- HAPPY NEW PHONE DAY! May the Silicon Be With You! -- nm - Mop Sep 17, 14:31
- YEAH!!! -- nm - David Sep 17, 14:17
Are all the old Beavis and Butthead episodes on P+? I’m only seeing a smattering of episodes - spamlet Sep 17, 14:12 4
- That's what I'm seeing as well. Starts with 1 episode of Season 3 and then random episodes throughout later seasons. -- nm - Mop Sep 17, 15:17 3
  - Hmm thanks for confirming. We’re on the lower plan so wasn’t sure if it was just because of that. -- nm - spamlet Sep 17, 15:30 2
    - They had them all, but Paramount rotates content a lot. - The Allfather Sep 17, 15:39
    - Peacock keeps offering me deals to return. I left because I was unable to watch anything. It's the only streaming service free or paid I can't view. - .🎡 Sep 17, 15:34
Znufri, thanks for this grapefruit/gin recommendation. It’s lovely. - Volnelk Sep 17, 14:09 1
- Nice! Glad you liked it. - znufrii Sep 17, 14:36
Tom Ford’s Orgy of Glitz The 1970s, ’80s and ’90s came together on the last day of New York Fashion Week. -- (edited) - crash davis Sep 17, 14:04 7
- I havebeen happy with your postings of articles, but fashion week coverage needs pics. - .🎡 Sep 17, 15:29 1
  - you're right, I've got to figure out an easier process to post photos from them -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 17:57
- Tom Ford is million dollar ego dressed in forty dollar style. -- nm - Max Sep 17, 15:11 1
  - sports smack talk doesn't hold a candle to fashion smack talk -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 17:58
- Where the ‘Rust Belt’ Meets the Runway At New York Fashion Week, a big metal bag made in the Midwest helped represent “female hysteria.” - crash davis Sep 17, 14:11 2
  - What Does Power Dressing Mean Today? A new crop of designers at New York Fashion Week redefine the term. - crash davis Sep 17, 14:23 1
    - Vogue Builds a World In the former meatpacking district, Anna Wintour staged a commercial extravaganza with one eye on global domination. - crash davis Sep 17, 14:32
I’ve watched two movies with Liv Tyler and Ethan Embry today. -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 14:04 4
- one is obvious, can't think of the other -- nm - mud Sep 17, 14:08 3
  - Can’t Hardly Wait? -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 14:47
  - that thing you do -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 14:34 1
    - yeah. only seen parts of that, ~20 years agoo -- nm - mud Sep 17, 14:44
Kurt Warner’s son is starting for Temple today, at QB (as a freshman) -- nm - Flavorize Sep 17, 13:18
Either Russia is staging a propaganda operation in Kherson or Russian units are fighting each other -- (link) - Reagen Sep 17, 13:18 8
- Fox News: Brave Russian soldiers must fight each other since Ukraine poses so little threat. -- nm - David Sep 17, 13:59 1
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 14:21
- Near the beginning of the clip, it looks like there is a return fire round skipping off the street. -- nm - zork Sep 17, 13:55 1
  - yeah you're right...then the APC stops firing for awhile and it looks like someone runs away -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 14:06
- If they took each other out it helps. -- nm* - .🎡 Sep 17, 13:40
- tangential: I watched Richard Engel Reports last night. Russian war crimes was the subject, and it made me sick to my stomach. -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 13:39 1
  - fortunately, I followed it up with She-Hulk, live action Pinocchio and live action Aladdin. I felt better after that. -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 13:40
- While I'm reminded that the spark that started the Russian Revolution was on board the Battleship Potemkin... - Mop Sep 17, 13:26
I watched "Fury" last night for the first time. It was alright. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 13:05 4
- I've never seen tracer rounds like that depicted on screen before. That tank battle was incredible. -- nm - Max Sep 17, 15:08
- It's a big ol' Dad Movie. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 13:26
- aight -- nm - budice Sep 17, 13:10 1
  - I mean, I also watched Band of Brothers for the first time this year, so maybe that took a little of Fury's steam? Heh -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 13:11
Letter Boxed solution spoiler -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 17, 12:41 [Attachment]
Vman: haha for the KW bit. Volnelk: TFC do that at the 23rd minute to celebrate the team's first ever goal. - zork Sep 17, 12:35 3
- Honourary Canadian - Windsor, ON - VMan Sep 17, 15:43 2
  - A guy that I went to high school with was in charge of the GHIB project for a while but when Trudeau guy in they shook things up. - zork Sep 17, 15:55 1
    - No. We're very Americanized. And, as a whole, they are wonderful people. Detroit vs. everyone attitude kinda seeps through and unites this whole area. - VMan Sep 17, 16:06
This seems like a good time to mention Nebraska would have saved $7.5 million by keeping Scott Frost three more games. - David Sep 17, 12:17 2
- They were trying to salvage any recruiting … proactive and terrible is better than obtuse and terrible. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 14:09
- Huskers Wiki already updated -- (link*) - budice Sep 17, 12:42
I seriously regret not sports betting with that Oklahoma / Nebraska line. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 12:09 8
- What was the line? -- nm - JD Sep 17, 12:16 7
  - Started game at -10.5 got down to -3.5 per b2 -- nm - spamlet Sep 17, 12:17 6
    - WHAT?! -- nm - David Sep 17, 12:18 5
      - Once Nebraska went up 7-0, the line dropped to -3.5. -- nm - Flavorize Sep 17, 13:53
      - Right? That’s an 11pt game if Nebraska was a legitimate 7-5/8-4 team. Not one losing to Georgia Southern. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 13:06
      - Ok. That's a messed up line when even David has that type of reaction 😆 -- nm - JD Sep 17, 12:19 2
        
        *I* might have bet on that. Were Nebraska fans that delusional about Frost's (negative) impact? -- nm - David Sep 17, 12:20 1
        
        Right? -- nm - spamlet Sep 17, 12:31
So apparently my teen kids are over the moon that the Heathers musical is on Roku Channel. - Mop Sep 17, 12:05 3
- Same, she watched it last night after I sent it to her. - spamlet Sep 17, 12:07 2
  - I've been sniffing around the reboot series that got abruptly scrapped a couple of years ago. It's still not any streamer. - Mop Sep 17, 12:18
  - Yay? A new generation of at least tangentially Heathers fans -- (edited) - JD Sep 17, 12:13
Urban might not make it out of the stadium -- nm - budice Sep 17, 12:03
Streaming: Id just rather pay $5 for no ads on a stream service -- nm - budice Sep 17, 11:59
"Russell Gage, Mike Evans, and Julio Jones all appear on the optimistic side of questionable." - David Sep 17, 11:25 2
- Meanwhile, J Taylor is going to get 50 touches. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 17, 11:45 1
  - They're gonna Earl Campbell him. He'll be a shell of himself by 2026. - David Sep 17, 12:14
A new busload of 50 migrants, including a one-month old child, were dropped in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ Washington, D.C., home Saturday. -- (link) - budice Sep 17, 11:14 11
- My first question was going to be if the drivers are complicit, but I'm thinking at this point all the companies have to be aware of what's happening - Max Sep 17, 11:29 1
  - The DoJ should immediately charge all companies involved with human trafficking. - Jovian Sep 17, 13:03
- Fucking monsters. (The governors, I mean.) -- nm* - Beryllium Sep 17, 11:18 8
  - I honestly don't get it. They had the mid-terms sewn up if they focused on certain issues, but they moved the conversation to areas they are weak in. -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:31 7
    - Elections are all about firing up your base to get them out to vote. This fires them up. Sticking it to democrats fires them up. Doesn’t matter what - pmb Sep 17, 12:14 1
      - It’s diversion cause they are losing on the abortion issue. - Epiphany Sep 17, 15:17
    - They're convinced they're owning us over this, combined with going off the popular idea that Martha's Vineyard is where all the Liberals live - Reagen Sep 17, 12:06
    - They aren’t playing for Nov 2022. DeSantis is playing for 2024 and this might actually play in Texas for Abbott. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 11:32 3
      - Dem PR should be "Yum, thank you. We'll send the additional populace to the states that will give us more Congressional seats." -- nm* - Max Sep 17, 11:41
      - They have less cooperation and discipline than a front line Russian Army unit -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:39
      - yup -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 11:38
The melancholy of an empty diner -- (link) - znufrii Sep 17, 11:10 1
- I know diners have their own aesthetic, but some of these interiors hurt my eyes -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:17
fiction - Murder in the Mohalla In Aamina Ahmad’s stunning debut novel,“The Return of Faraz Ali,” a police officer is asked to cover up a young girl’s - crash davis Sep 17, 11:09 1
- This caught my eye as we got in the latest book by the reviewer, Omar El Akkad. Now I'm interested in two books :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:14
Son for Richarlson, that's new? -- nm - JD Sep 17, 10:47 4
- 😮 well that seems to have worked - JD Sep 17, 11:03 3
  - Yeah Son’s form has been trash. It was time. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 11:05 2
    - It’s better now. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 11:16 1
      - A bit 😆 -- nm - JD Sep 17, 11:29
Colts: Mike Pittman out -- nm - budice Sep 17, 10:46
Rise in Deaths Spurs Effort to Raise Alcohol Taxes Alcohol taxes have been stagnant for years. But after the pandemic sent alcohol-related deaths soar - crash davis Sep 17, 10:43
Michigan thanks UConn for showing up -- nm - budice Sep 17, 10:33
Hire Urban Meyer shirts in the stands -- nm - budice Sep 17, 10:18 6
- Starts the "They deserve him" chant. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 17, 10:47 2
  - :-( -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 17, 10:49 1
    - UT fans rebelled when the university tried to hire that trashbag, Greg Schiano. Y'all need to do the same if this gets serious. -- nm - David Sep 17, 11:12
- They'd be better off hiring Josh Lambo. -- nm - David Sep 17, 10:38
- Does this answer your question, Will? -- nm - spamlet Sep 17, 10:28 1
  - I would have followed up with "Is there that much stupid money in Nebraska?" but apparently they've answered that as well. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 10:35

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