ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 151

The Streep Ullman Project needs to get into the studio like yesterday -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 10:13
"Bros" comes to on-demand tomorrow. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 10:13 2
- I am informed by someone who would know that the marketing dudes at Uni responsible for Bro’s are evangelicals, which probably didn’t help Billy -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 10:21 1
  - One of the funniest movies I've seen in years. Hoping it finds love on streaming. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 10:24
Also, I’m now apparently going to be in Minneapolis in December for work. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 17, 10:07 4
- who did you piss off? -- nm - decline Oct 17, 10:08 1
  - It’s my own damn fault for raising my hand, really. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 17, 10:22
- Beautiful time of year in the twin cities! -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 10:08 1
  - He'll be able to enjoy some brisk runs while he's there - decline Oct 17, 10:17
CAR trades WR Robby Anderson to ARI. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 17, 10:02 2
- "Cardinals’ WR Marquise Brown suffered a potentially season-ending foot injury Sunday" -- (link*) - budice Oct 17, 10:30
- And DHop is back -- nm - budice Oct 17, 10:04
Confirmed: Harrison Ford joins the MCU as General Ross -- (link) - Remlik Oct 17, 09:52
Lyc run report, 2.1 miles, 22:38 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 17, 09:51 5
- I'm starting to build my distance back. Did 10 miles yesterday. -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 10:29
- You're ready for the ultra -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 10:05 3
  - 50/50 whether I could complete the first lap in time. But even that’s an improvement. -- nm* - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 17, 10:19 2
    - Based on your 5K time you would have no problem completing one lap. -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 10:20 1
      - Running on a trail would be my only concern. Could easily do it flat. -- nm* - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 17, 10:23
“ Easterby began his NFL career as a character coach” -- nm - The Allfather Oct 17, 09:41 5
- team chaplain! -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 10:15
- Characters as hand puppets. "OK Kids, Mr Garrison asks" -- nm* - budice Oct 17, 09:59
- I thought that said cheerleader coach, which is maybe the one way it would have been weirder. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 09:49
- It's such a bizarre story. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 17, 09:42 1
  - I mean, if you can’t trust Littlefinger…. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 17, 09:45
This just seems greedy. We already gave traded them Brandon Marsh -- (link) - JD Oct 17, 09:37 [Backboard]
eek: Russian tower block in flames as military aircraft crashes -- (link*) - mud Oct 17, 09:35 1
- more -- (link) - mud Oct 17, 10:00
NFL - AZ Cards trade for CAR WR Robbie Anderson -- (link*) - budice Oct 17, 09:34
mo' money! mo' money! mo' money! -- (link) - mud Oct 17, 09:24 2
- not too shabby. But the owners of Parler certainly have that beat in getting Kanye to purchase their dead platform. -- nm - Jovian Oct 17, 09:29
- crooks gonna crook -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 09:26
This cultural difference always fascinates me: a 20-something colleague in London says he's never tried peanut butter. - Max Oct 17, 09:21 3
- the surstrommung country should probably sit this one out -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 10:11
- There was a reddit thread this weekend about what non-Americans think every American had in their house. PB was a lot of the conversation -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 10:05
- pod person -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:23
amanda, re Watcher and Cannavale - Andie Oct 17, 09:13 4
- oh wait... The Watcher series is about that house in Westfield NJ?? - Jovian Oct 17, 09:31 2
  - i mean, it is, but it isn't. -- nm - Andie Oct 17, 09:53 1
    - oh so you mean they really took some license with it? - Jovian Oct 17, 10:18
- also, i love how the dialogue implies Richard Kind and Margo Martindale are extremely elderly, but, like, hardly. They aren't young, but they aren't decrepit either. -- nm* - Andie Oct 17, 09:24
DTL: well, that sucked. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 09:03 5
- I won't be going for my third consecutive PTT Championship Game appearance. -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 09:16
- You got spammed, too? -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:04 3
  - HA HA HA - Lafarrow Oct 17, 09:16 2
    - I welcome you back to the top of the league. Plenty of room here. But your run of opponents scoring season lows can't continue. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:25 1
      - i never left - just wanted you to see what it felt like - Lafarrow Oct 17, 09:30
Kevin Spacey granted partial dismissal of claims in sexual misconduct trial (Spacey taking the stand later today) -- (link*) - Beaker Oct 17, 08:57
Went to the beach this weekend with dad and GF for mom's birthday and to spread her ashes. It's a strange feeling. - sycor Oct 17, 08:53 9
- that's an emotionally heavy thing to do. -- nm - Andie Oct 17, 09:08 3
  - I'm trying not to contemplate how relatively close my wife and I are to having to deal with this in the near future - oblique Oct 17, 09:17 2
    - My dad will be 79 in Feb. My mom was 73, but it was a heart thing. - sycor Oct 17, 09:54
    - My father is turning 97 soon. I'm not convinced he won't outlive us all. -- nm - pmb Oct 17, 09:20
- Well done. This weekend I saw footage of a skydiver releasing a man's ashes. I had to wonder how much of him ended up inhaled by her. -- nm* - Spawn Oct 17, 08:54 4
  - Our flying school used to offer a disbursal service. There was a knack in how to hold the box to avoid blow-back. I remember one that didn't have it. -- nm - Meg Oct 17, 09:42
  - its like a porn star - Lafarrow Oct 17, 09:21
  - Yeah that seems like a not great idea. I was worried about the wind and I just standing on the ground. -- nm - sycor Oct 17, 09:01 1
    - And the diver did not know the man, but the family asked her to! -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:02
I need Mike Williams to score less than 7 tonight to win Caveman and I need him and Jerry Jeudy to score more than 10 to win Vamps - Beaker Oct 17, 08:50 3
- I need Jeudy + Ekeler to get 2 more points than Sutton tk beat Kim. - Strongbad Oct 17, 09:58
- I mean, the Bills won, take your future loss and be happy. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 17, 08:53 1
  - I fully expect the "sweet spot" will actually see me losing both somehow :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 08:55
Heh. I like the Iwo Jima inspired one, but I'm torn on whether it's appropriate to use that photo that way -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 17, 08:49
Bills’ Jordan Poyer travels to Kansas City in van due to collapsed lung from rib injury: Source -- (link) - spamlet Oct 17, 08:44 1
- 15 hour drive... -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 08:47
Addition to weekend viewing report... Iliza Shlesinger: Hot Forever: B+. -- (edited) - Barynn Oct 17, 08:44 1
- Halloween Ends: F (for Final), Rings of Power finale: A, Lower Decks S1E1-5: B (I can see it getting better as it goes). Rookie: A. spoil for R - Spawn Oct 17, 08:47
Trusscon Level raised to 5 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 08:34 5
- "It is good to see the PM, and not as the Leader of the House of Commons had to reassure us, under the desk" - Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves -- nm - LMS Oct 17, 08:54
- Why? She's not going to answer any questions, she's sending someone else for that. -- nm - LMS Oct 17, 08:50 3
  - The cat? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 08:51 2
    - As if Larry would follow her order on a normal day -- nm - LMS Oct 17, 08:53 1
      - Is Danny John-Jules available? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 08:54
Creed III 1st photos.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 17, 08:33 6
- I remember seeing Creed in theaters. The audience was electric during the final fight. - MDH Oct 17, 08:39 5
  - agreed. and you know...I wouldn't mind a Drago movie about he and his Dad. -- nm* - Remlik Oct 17, 08:51 3
    - "My son is unimpressive and doesn't work hard. I will adopt bear cub to make me proud. And you will feed it." -- nm - Drago Oct 17, 09:01 2
      - *GREENLIGHT!* -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 09:14
      - I would watch that. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:05
  - Magical. -- nm - NKIDM Oct 17, 08:40
My mom won $1600 playing slots this weekend. She won $900 last month. As in, left with that much more than what she arrived with. - Spawn Oct 17, 08:30 6
- all properly reported of course -- nm - IRS agent 69 Oct 17, 09:32
- awesome!! can you tell her that Pippy wants to know her favorite slot? thanks in advance Momma Spawn -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 17, 08:40
- vnb -- nm - mud Oct 17, 08:37
- tell her to bet it all on the Broncos tonight -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 08:31
- nice! Sizzler on Mom! -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 08:30 1
  - heh. Her best friend is a gambler, so they go together (roadtrip). So Mom can take the gambling or leave it. So fun to see her making bank! -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:40
the contest my wife won is narrowing down the choices remaining. she'll be one of 32 others with a chance to win...what would ST pick if they won? - Beaker Oct 17, 08:25 23
- Kitchen for sure -- nm - Strongbad Oct 17, 09:57
- new kitchen -- nm - decline Oct 17, 09:55
- I won free pizza and soda for a year in college at a basketball game once for racing an RC car during halftime - oblique Oct 17, 08:59 1
  - "does this sound like a man who had all the pizza he could eat?" -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 09:00
- People don't realize that free blank for a year isn't really what it says on the tin. I'd go with Calgary. But they wouldn't let me into the country. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 08:50 5
  - I once won free bread for a year. They sent me 52 coupons of a loaf a piece. I'd never eat that much bread. - Meg Oct 17, 09:16 1
    - nice IM! -- nm - psilotum Oct 17, 09:47
  - ?? -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 08:59 1
    - I have a DUI from a decade ago. (I learned my lesson.) -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 09:50
  - correct. unknown how much it is (my guess is around $4k as they had $4k spending sprees at a couple other places that got the boot earlier) -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 08:56
- Gotta be the kitchen. -- nm - Meg Oct 17, 08:31 1
  - of the 3 complete sets, it would be (we just got new furniture and dining room within the past 5 years) -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 08:33
- trip for 2 to Cayo Coco Cuba (7 days) -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 08:28
- cuba -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 08:28 8
  - this is likely what we do...I cannot convey how mad she was at Vegas getting the boot though - Beaker Oct 17, 08:30 7
    - who would rather go to vegas than get a new kitchen? -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 17, 08:54 1
      - we've never been :) (plus our kitchen stuff is in good shape) -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 17, 09:21
    - Why is it narrowing the prizes? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 08:32 4
      - the contest is called The Eliminator :) . caller 93 gets to eliminate 1 prize. they started with 36 - Beaker Oct 17, 08:34 3
        
        I just realized that "free gas" meant "free gasoline", not natural gas. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 08:42 2
        
        it would be fine, but would drive me crazy. Might be free but I could still get it for 7 cents a litre cheaper at Costco than other stations -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 08:48 1
        
        It cost me $93 to fill up from a quarter tank on Saturday. -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 17, 08:50
- 1 or 3 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 08:28
I've been cleaning up my tech piles, found a bunch of thumb drives. One has a bunch of audio books on it and a file called Cyrano's Ballad.mp3. - colin Oct 17, 08:24 1
- I can't decide if that's better or worse than unused footage from KIDS Fundcast #1 with Mini Cyrus. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 08:51
Countries still running after 51 Hours (212.5 miles): US, Australia, Belgium, Japan, Hungary, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Mexico, Italy, Singapore -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 08:21 1
- Singapore is out -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 08:55
YDC: Highest Grossing Broadway Shows last week: The Music Man, Hamilton, The Lion King, Wicked, MJ. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 08:17 12
- where does Funny Girl rank? I thought she was packing the house -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 08:44 2
  - $1.6M weekly gross, full audience. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 08:58 1
    - cool, merci! -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 09:00
- And yet Music Man is closing????? -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 08:19 2
  - Hugh Jackman's contract ends. Producers didn't want to find another A List, to make less money. (Not the decision I would make). - MDH Oct 17, 08:21 1
    - Also, word is that's the theater "Back to the Future" is eyeing too. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 08:28
- Lowest Grossing: Cost of Living, Topdog/Underdog, The Kite Runner, 1776, Death of a Salesman -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 08:18 5
  - Highest % Capacity: Phantom of the Opera (over 100%), MJ, Moulin Rouge, Funny Girl, The Music Man -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 08:18 4
    - Phantom was PACKED this weekend. (Such a great show) -- nm - kelly Oct 17, 09:29
    - Lowest % Capacity: The Kite Runner, Topdog/Underdog, Into the Woods, The Piano Lesson, Cost of Living -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 08:20 2
      - I didn’t realize Kite Runner was made into a show. - spamlet Oct 17, 08:21 1
        
        It stars Aram from The Blacklist. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 08:22
Fencing Can Be Six-Figure Expensive, but It Wins in College Admissions How niche sports offer a pathway to the Ivy League and other elite schools. - crash davis Oct 17, 08:13
Titans, Nashville reach deal for domed, $2.2B stadium (located east of Nissan Stadium along the East Bank) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 17, 08:05
(it is 38 degrees right now, and this is a featured NYT recipe today, so I'm sharing) Modern Hot Toddy - crash davis Oct 17, 08:04
Anybody want a new cash rewards credit card? I just got the Chase Freedom Unlimited card and can do referrals. -- (link) - mara Oct 17, 08:00
That wild "1776" interview I posted Saturday? Yeah, back stage was wild this weekend at the show. - MDH Oct 17, 07:58 18
- I just read it, i get some of her points but then she says things like "I feel like I am going to work." Um, you are. -- nm - Andie Oct 17, 08:40 5
  - And not just that, work that many would kill for. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:41 4
    - oh, 100%. What i mostly get from her is entitlement and non-gratitude. - Andie Oct 17, 08:46 3
      - and when she says she will give 75%, not 100, to a role she isn't invested in, who is going to hire her? -- nm* - Andie Oct 17, 08:48 2
        
        Network tv. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:53
        
        "You're at, like, an 11. We need to get you down to 5, 5 1/2 tops. Just phone it in." -- nm - Barynn Oct 17, 08:51
- She sounds....like a lot. I read that interview and man the ego involved... - Remlik Oct 17, 08:31 3
  - have you met actors? - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 08:33 2
    - "No actors or dogs allowed." -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:53
    - heh. Yeah....the local ones.....are....a lot -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 08:52
- Didn’t call that at all 😂 -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 08:08 1
  - I will wait for znu's opinion. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:17
- "I think the directors are idiots and if they get mad about it, its racist"? -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 08:07 5
  - they should be more appreciative -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 08:09
  - Exact quote: "I'd be sad to lose the job but my termination would only be further proof of this industry's inability to adapt & change for the better" - MDH Oct 17, 08:09 3
    - or way way way waaaaaaaay off -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 08:27
    - "I'm bigger than this two bit town!" -- nm - Barynn Oct 17, 08:23
    - Yeah, I couldn't quite finish the interview but I also picked up vibes of "this show sucks but the paycheck is good". - crash davis Oct 17, 08:14

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)