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Digging into that incident in Belgorod in Russia, I started turning up pictures of old men being conscripted into the Russian army. -- (link) - Mop Oct 15, 20:35
who lives in a pineapple under the sea? -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 20:25 5
- That one Cleveland Guardians fan? -- nm - David Oct 15, 20:35 2
  - I haven't decided which name I like less, Guardians or Commanders. -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 20:37 1
    - As a Destiny player, I vastly prefer Guardians. -- nm - David Oct 15, 20:38
- I'm not sure, but I bet they're a swinger. -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 20:33
- spongbob squirtpants -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 20:31
The favorites are doing terribly in the playoffs thus far. -- nm - David Oct 15, 20:18 1
- (Sorry, Krusty. That was *brutal*.) -- nm - David Oct 15, 20:19
Day 3 of being a hockey fan and my team is 0-3 and has given up 14 goals. This seems par for the course... -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 20:15 3
- Some observations... -- (edited) - Ender Oct 15, 20:43
- Which team is that? -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 20:33 1
  - Blue Jackets. (Which are apparently named after Civil War uniforms rather than Ohio-born Shawnee war chief Blue Jacket...) -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 20:34
What an exciting night of baseball!! -- nm* - Samara Oct 15, 20:12 2
- Sorry, Crash. I was rooting for your boys. -- nm - Samara Oct 15, 20:14 1
  - Hey thanks. But at least I won't hear that "longest playoff drought in pro sports" thing anymore :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 20:18
It’s about time those overpaid baseball players did a full day’s work. -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 20:06
After chess club, I went to our town's highland games festival. I drank a Irish Death, a stout that was creamier than Guinness. Then I had - crash davis Oct 15, 20:02
The problem with The Winchesters, as I see it, is that, realistically, it can only go for 32 seasons before it catches up to the original show... -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 19:53 1
- I posted in the wrong place -- nm* - Qale Oct 15, 20:05
shit just got real in South Bend -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 19:52
Well phucc. Still a great season guys. In the offseason, beef up the offense. Start by replacing Kelenic -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 19:32 3
- Bummer. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 19:36
- Rats. Sorry, crash -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 19:35 1
  - Thanks, but I was prepared for this. There is one team they just can't seem to beat and unfortunately, this match-up was against them -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 19:40
Yeah, not talking all that shit about me missing from the playoffs now are you, MFers? -- nm - Free Extra Inning Base Runner Oct 15, 19:25 3
- Shut up. No one likes you. -- nm - Vacant World Heavyweight Champ Oct 15, 20:08
- F*ck that shit. This is baseball. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 19:26 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 19:33
Pan Solo -- (link) - budice Oct 15, 19:22
4 1/2 minutes in, Calgary 2 Edmonton 1 -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 19:20 10
- ummmm.... -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 19:39 7
  - I'm getting some sort of BS about being blacked out on the Kraken, so I thought I'd watch the battle of Alberta -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 19:42 6
    - Who's the Kraken's RSN? Is it a Bally? -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 20:17 5
      - I'm not sure. I went to ESPN+ and they offered me the Kraken broadcast and the Golden Knights broadcast and then told me I'm blacked out on both -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 20:20 4
        
        Looks like they're on something called "Root Sports Northwest". Any chance you get that in Idaho? -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 20:25 3
        
        I used to but then I've cut back on all my streaming packages. I'll check around on it. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 20:27 2
        
        What did you watch the Ms on this year? -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 20:35 1
        
        a MLB app through the fire stick -- nm* - crash davis Oct 15, 20:38
- Give the Trans Am a wax and break out the Jordache jeans, the 80s are back, baybee! -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 19:21 1
  - Calgary 4 Edmonton 1, this game is fast paced -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 19:35
“Beautiful day for a ballgame. Let’s play two.” -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 19:17
poop -- nm - mud Oct 15, 19:13 1
- that is a nice word for it -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 19:14
AC Green scored more frequently than this. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 19:12
Do they still close the beer concessions after the 7th inning? Or was that just the Giants at Candlestick? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 19:00 6
- I would have spent soooooo much money on food if this were a game at Citi Field. -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 19:10 3
  - just crossed the 7 hour mark - Reagen Oct 15, 19:11 2
    - I can't believe the Mariners had a guy to pinch run. -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 19:14 1
      - That’s an odd decision since he’d lost a step or two since the game started -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 19:16
- they do, yeah -- nm - psilotum Oct 15, 19:03 1
  - But a Coke would have started to ferment at this point. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 19:10
wordle 483 in 2 - Beryllium Oct 15, 18:58
This is taking *forever* -- nm - John Isner Oct 15, 18:52
Knucklebump farms and Emmanuel the Emu is in a bad space—avian flu, brought by wild geese has killed almost all birds on the farm -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 15, 18:50 1
- Some of you might remember Emmanuel and Ellen the emus -- (edited) - Flavorize Oct 15, 18:53 [Backboard]
Update: Goal Post in the River -- (link*) - budice Oct 15, 18:44 2
- A great ending to the goal post saga -- nm* - Flavorize Oct 15, 19:12
- Why? It didn't do anything to them... If anything, it's the reason they won... -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 18:50
Heh, email from social security telling me I can log in to my account for my new benefit amount - in December! -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 18:42 1
- I read it as 'Please stop calling us' -- nm - GregW Oct 16, 06:23
omg, this is exhausting and stressful -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 18:29 9
- Wondering what’s the line on the Yankees game ending before this one? -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 18:31 6
  - And the bar we’re at switched to the dodgers game. Wtf? -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 18:48 2
    - they can't do that, tell them to switch back -- nm - mud Oct 15, 18:51 1
      - Don't worry they'll flip back after the Dodgers game. -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 19:04
  - I was thinking the same -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 18:46 1
    - There's 5 games in the series, but they shouldn't play them all in one night -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 18:48
  - That would be funny if there was one -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 18:42
- I'll shut up. I probably just jinxed it -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 18:30 1
  - no doubt -- nm - mud Oct 15, 18:32
Refrigerator biscuits baked in the air-fryer really aren't that bad. And certainly quick. -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 18:26
Voting went well. Boating went well. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 18:26 3
- Voting and Boating 2022! -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 18:29 1
  - ~boats n' votes!~ -- nm - con_carne Oct 15, 19:23
- I should have done my ballot and dropped it at the library as I went by there today. Although I'll likely be at the PO tomorrow. -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 18:28
I can't finish watching episode one of the watcher. Is cannavale supposed to be so unlikable? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 15, 18:23 5
- The only time I've found Cannavale watchable was in Ant-Man. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 19:12 2
  - Spy, he was fun in a short role -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 19:21 1
    - He was great in that Julia roberts show. But not likable. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 15, 19:59
- shoulda called it The Can't Watcher -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 18:26 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 15, 18:35
Goal Post in the Streets. I repeat, Goal Post in the Streets -- (link) - budice Oct 15, 18:19
Rings of Power up to epi 5 spoilers - Beaker Oct 15, 18:04
the Phillies' theme for the postseason run is apparently "Dancing On My Own." -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 17:51 6
- I assume not the Robyn version? -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 18:26 1
  - It appears to be a remix of the Calum Scott version. -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 18:29
- "Top of the 65th inning 0-0" -- nm - budice Oct 15, 17:53 3
  - "Now coming in to pinch hit is the first player in Major League history to bat in the same game during which he was conceived." -- nm - Barynn Oct 15, 18:01
  - Gotta bring out the classics. -- (link) - Tim Oct 15, 17:54 1
    - Jon Bois: What if we held a baseball playoff game and didn't give the players bats? -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 17:58
🤣—Goal posts are leaving the stadium 🏟 -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 15, 17:42
See How They Run is a fun little love letter to Agatha Christie with just a touch of Wes Anderson to it. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 17:41
Chris Landon gets it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 17:37 3
- "Guy whose movie bombed is mad about it." - David Oct 15, 17:46 1
  - Wasn’t it one of the first movies post COVID? -- nm* - spamlet Oct 15, 18:08
- This is quite the exclamation point to the rant -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 15, 17:39
One of the stars of the revival of “1776” gave an absolutely unhinged interview with Vulture. -- (link) - MDH Oct 15, 17:34 22
- Heaven forbid an artist speak to what’s important to them in their work. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 18:28 5
  - Honest question, did you actually read the whole thing and have that takeaway? -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 18:29 4
    - Most of it. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 18:32 3
      - Yeah, nothing wrong with trashing your bosses. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 18:39 2
        
        They seem fully cognizant of what’s important to them in their art. They are not the producers’ bitch. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 18:45 1
        
        “Fascinating” is probably a much better description than “unhinged” -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 18:55
- brutally honest maybe but coming from a clear-eyed view of what she wants as an artist - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 17:45 12
  - the whole thing sounds fucking exhausting. Do they ever have time to just ... exist? -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 18:00 11
    - what Hamilton hath wrought (mostly for the better, have no idea whether these changes to 1776 are for the better but...) - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 18:04 9
      - The NYT review said the production “was a fundamental misunderstanding of the musical” -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 18:16 4
        
        Variety praised it. and it's getting a Broadway run so somebody must see something in it to sell tickets -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 18:17 3
        
        The Broadway open ended run was cancelled. It’s now a minor run to prepare for a tour. You’re welcome to look at the financials. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 18:21 2
        
        i've never even seen the original so i have no dog in the fight but revivals put all kinds of new spins on old shows year in year out. some work some - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 18:25 1
        
        Oh just an FYI I’m not a fan of the original show. Just thought this interview was wild. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 18:26
      - I'm all for scrambling things up. I've never seen the play and have zero baggage related to it for a couple of reasons - Reagen Oct 15, 18:10 3
        
        Another line from the review: “the current revival seems interested in the casts experiences at the expense of the audienxe@ -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 18:18
        
        Jeremy Harris minced no words about his ambivalence with taking Slave Play big on Broadway, and it did fine. groups that have been marginalized can - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 18:15 1
        
        A Strange Loop is a great example of your IM. Done well. And one of the best shows I’ve seen. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 18:24
    - I started skimming. I cannot imagine what the interviewer must have been doing. - David Oct 15, 18:00
- Whoo boy -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 17:41 2
  - RIGHT?! there’s too many jaw drop moments in this to count. She’s finished on Broadway after this. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 17:44 1
    - People who give interviews to industry mags about how they hate their jobs and their bosses are stupid always work out well in the end, right? - spamlet Oct 15, 18:01
And...we go to the 13th -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 17:24 5
- ... 15th -- nm - psilotum Oct 15, 18:15 4
  - 16th -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 18:43 3
    - 17th -- (edited) - psilotum Oct 15, 18:50 2
      - Longest scoreless game....18, this games is legal age -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 19:08
      - 18th -- nm - psilotum Oct 15, 19:08
Rothko is, alongside Rushka and Lichtenstein, part of my holy trinity of modern painters. -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 15, 17:18 2
- This is a correct take. Rothko’s paintings feel like another world you can walk into. -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 17:36 1
  - Y'all want to pretend that ain't the Emperor's junk out there flapping in the breeze, have at it. I calls em as I sees em. -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 18:02
Tony Khan should just sign Dalton Castle to an AEW deal. - Tim Oct 15, 17:18
Guess this is appropriate for this board. -- (link) - Tim Oct 15, 16:59 3
- This one is sad but true. -- (link) - David Oct 15, 17:14
- Inspire everyone who works there to get as far off the planet as possible…and Alabama jumped in with “we got just the place!” - Will Hunting Oct 15, 17:09
- Lol! I saw this earlier -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 17:03
LYC making a spooky drink, it’s the season…Corpse Reviver No. 2 - Epiphany Oct 15, 16:58 1
- I would definitely drink this -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 16:59
There will be a lot of Hooker’s conceived tonight in TN -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 16:43 1
- Hooker and Hyatt—a natural combination -- nm - Flavorize Oct 15, 17:32
that was a hell of a 4th quarter -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 16:40
that was one ugly ugly kick :) -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 16:37 3
- I have no idea how that went 40 yards -- nm - The Allfather Oct 15, 16:38 1
  - They could have nailed him for moving prior to the snap. He was already half a step in. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 17:11
- Check his foot for illegal substances. Ball had too much spin to be natural. -- nm - Barynn Oct 15, 16:38
Had ‘em the whole way -- nm - The Allfather Oct 15, 16:36 1
- Nice. -- nm - budice Oct 15, 16:36
EXCELLENT!!!!! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 16:36
that dude gettin' laid tonight -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 16:35
I’m pretty sure I could have robbed Ace Hardware just now given no one was there or paying attention to the store. Game is on. Must not look away. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 16:24 2
- if you gonna steal, do it right now -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 16:34
- Same here, sparesly staffed ones. Also Auto Parts stores. -- nm - budice Oct 15, 16:25
“…and the astonishing return of Jim Brown.” -- nm - The Allfather Oct 15, 16:16
Tennessee-Alabama has been super entertaining -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 16:16 2
- Jed-Getaway -- nm - peglegpete Oct 15, 16:22 1
  - Heh. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 15, 16:23
NWBR check your team in Vamps -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 16:12
Hallmark movies are going places. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 15, 16:05

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