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WR Marquise Brown (foot) is ‘4-6 weeks,’ per league sources. Brown has a chipped bone -- nm - budice Oct 19, 14:51
Damn, Economist. That country has a family. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 19, 14:37 1
- oof! -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 14:40
Similar question to below, except pick which one is the Least interesting/last one you'd select to see? -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 14:36 9
- I'm most concerned that Groundhog Day would ruin the things I enjoy about the movie. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 15:30
- probably Sponge Bob Square Pants -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 14:53
- Honestly most of the adaptations. - spamlet Oct 19, 14:39
- Hard to say as I don't know what some of them are "about ". -- nm - Miles Davis Oct 19, 14:38
- Too many to choose from. Any of the jukebox ones for a start. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 14:37 3
  - That’s me as well. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 14:42
  - What do you mean by jukebox? Like the Carole King one? -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 14:38 1
    - That’s probably the one I’d make an exception for, but still not high on my list. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 14:45
- All of them? I've never really understood the allure. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 14:37
Tweet from Hangman Page -- (link) - Tim Oct 19, 14:30 1
- Big E and he are probably the two best liked people in wrestling. And that just makes it worse. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 19, 14:46
The Mole spoilers - Tim Oct 19, 14:29 1
- spoilers - Tim Oct 19, 14:39
Bang! Buzzer-beater sends Starkville to its first Final Four 98-95 over 3 seed Louisville -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 14:28 13
- Two buzzer beaters, two OT wins. You're freaking Valvano this year. :) -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 14:46
- YEAH! -- nm - The Allfather Oct 19, 14:45
- Woohoo! -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 14:33 9
  - Oh, and Avenge ME! - spamlet Oct 19, 14:35 8
    - My son runs Philly and has said he is retiring after this season so ... -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 14:40 7
      - That’s your son? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 14:41 2
        
        11 straight S16's (season 29-39) -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 14:49
        
        My older son ran Tallahassee Tailwaggers but gave up a while ago -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 14:43
      - Oh, really? You had mentioned he played but that's a damn good team. - spamlet Oct 19, 14:41 3
        
        Part of the reason he's retiring ... has had #1 talent many times but the secret sauce of nDTL eludes him -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 14:42 2
        
        His conference didn’t help a lot…30 losses out of 26 seasons . -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 14:43 1
        
        He should take over my team and have the opposite problem! -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 14:54
- woohoo! -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 14:32
Starkville is 2/3 to Glory! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 14:27 1
- 3 Final Four teams in 4 years. Conference ST is good. -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 14:38
Curious for the ST Crowd: If you could choose 1 show you haven't seen from the Best Musical nominees 2010-Present. What would it be? -- (link) - MDH Oct 19, 14:08 46
- I'll just load Bright Star and play it in the background and be done. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 15:05
- The sweet embrace of death. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 14:57 1
  - !! -- nm - mud Oct 19, 14:59
- I've seen Hamilton. But I'd really like to see Book of Mormon -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 14:50
- Before I give my answer of what show I want to see that I haven't, I encourage EVERYONE who can get to New York by New Years to see... - Mr. Havens Oct 19, 14:42 3
  - But since I have seen like half of these, including most of the usual suspects, I go with A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 19, 14:45 1
    - I didn’t know you were a theater guy. Which are your favorites? -- nm - The Allfather Oct 19, 14:47
  - I loved it. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 14:43
- Hamilton, Great Comet. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 19, 14:29
- Book of Mormon or Come From Away. -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 14:26 1
  - I've seen local versions of Bright Star and Spongebob. -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 14:28
- Hamilton (stupid covid.). Jagged Little Pill is second. -- nm - Andie Oct 19, 14:23
- Escape to Margaritaville or Almost Famous -- nm - David Oct 19, 14:22 8
  - Almost Famous doesn't even open on Broadway for another two weeks! -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 19, 14:46
  - *Stares at that first one* I'm asking for those nominated for Musical! -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 14:25 6
    - I can't help it when the voters get things wrong. -- nm - David Oct 19, 14:28
    - he's the one who eats at the Times Square TGIFridays before a show -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 14:27 4
      - It's a NYC company so that would actually be eating a local staple. -- nm - David Oct 19, 14:29 3
        
        Sbarro as well. - Will Hunting Oct 19, 14:32 2
        
        J’accuse, Krusty! -- nm - The Allfather Oct 19, 14:43 1
        
        They're a Brooklyn institution! - Krusty Oct 19, 14:47
- Never saw Book of Mormon so probably that but I've heard Spongebob is out there so I'd go with the kid to that. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 14:21
- Six -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 14:21
- Carole King -- nm - peglegpete Oct 19, 14:19
- Jagged Little Pill or Strange Loop -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 14:17
- We had tickets to American Idiot but, idiotically, we went the wrong date (a week early) and couldn't go the correct date. That or Kinky Boots. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 19, 14:17
- Moulin Rouge! -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 14:16 1
  - this -- nm - JD Oct 19, 14:34
- I have seen the film version of An American in Paris, but An American in Paris. - Marlowe Oct 19, 14:14
- Beetlejuice -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 14:13
- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 14:13
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. - Krusty Oct 19, 14:12 7
  - LOVED Gentleman's Guide. Re your IM, what you noticed is part of why I asked the question :-) - MDH Oct 19, 14:14 6
    - It's rather sad to me. It's as if no one is writing new or original musicals. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 14:22 4
      - They are, they’re just not getting produced on Broadway. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 14:26 1
        
        Shame. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 14:47
      - They're so expensive to put on, it's like movies. Use familiar IP in order to maximize your chance for profits. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 14:23 1
        
        the day of cheap art is over - Lafarrow Oct 19, 14:27
    - I think I’ll be getting tickets to Almost Famous pretty soon actually. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 19, 14:17
- Always heard good things about Book of Mormon -- nm - Tim Oct 19, 14:11 3
  - Hysterical. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 14:13
  - It’s … hysterical. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 14:12
  - Fun show! -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 14:12
- Waitress -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 14:11
- Hadestown. -- (edited) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 14:10 1
  - Hadestown impressed me quite a bit. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 14:13
giving out free projectiles to a city full of Eagles and Phillies fans. what could possibly go wrong? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 13:53 3
- I went into a football game once where they were giving out mini bottles of Frank's, which somehow did not deteriorate into a gassing. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 14:02
- They'll put guac on their cheesesteaks? -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 13:59 1
  - Nothing that drastic, just a little light assault -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 14:19
LuPone: “Broadway .. turning into Disneyland, a circus and Las Vegas.” -- (link) - mud Oct 19, 13:52 2
- She's not wrong. -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 19, 14:47
- The 3 shows nominated in 2020 for Musical were all jukebox. - MDH Oct 19, 14:02
I don't have all the details worked out yet, but it looks like I will spend Christmas in the County of Oranges by the City of Angels -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 13:50 5
- Oh, darn. Will you look at that... you're only a few miles away, but I'll be in Chaing Mai on Christmas Day. It'll be a shame to miss you - Mr. Havens Oct 19, 14:40 2
  - Christmas in Thailand? Interesting. I hope you have a wonderful time! -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 14:50
  - Sometime in the future, I'd like to go there in the summer. Don't know when that will be though -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 14:48
- Oh, I hope it's a few days? I'm planning to be away that weekend. -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 14:31 1
  - I'll let you know once more things are settled :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 14:39
Russia Shrinks Forces in Syria, a Factor in Israeli Strategy There - crash davis Oct 19, 13:28 5
- pffft Israel is no friend of Ukraine. - Jovian Oct 19, 13:34 1
  - Israel is only a friend to Israel. -- nm - David Oct 19, 13:55
- The E.U. agrees to place sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with drones. - crash davis Oct 19, 13:31 2
  - Ukraine’s advances have limited Russia’s options for a smooth pullback. - crash davis Oct 19, 13:34 1
    - so it seems to me the Russians have two bad choices, beat feet out of Kherson while the getting is good .. or have 10s of 1000s of troops get trapped - crash davis Oct 19, 13:43
Sent. -- nm - David Oct 19, 13:12 4
- Sent as well. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 13:32 3
  - Sent x3 -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 13:33 2
    - 4 -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 19, 13:37 1
      - hmmm doesn't show on account statement...what address did you use? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 13:57
Planes, man, I don't know. Seems substantially cheaper to book a round trip from Boise to Seattle than it does from Boise to Dubai -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 13:08 4
- Just wait until you see a situation where it's the opposite. - ty97 Oct 19, 13:11 2
  - I remember once looking at flights to PDX - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 13:15 1
    - Yep. Flights are (generally) priced based on the origin and the destination, without factoring in how many planes, etc. - ty97 Oct 19, 13:17
- maybe ty can figure that one out for me -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 13:08
zeit. window closed? -- nm - oblique Oct 19, 13:05 2
- Should be another 55 minutes -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 13:06 1
  - 👍 -- nm - oblique Oct 19, 13:08
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 19, 12:58 [Attachment] 9
- chi-chikity C -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 13:00
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 19, 12:59 [Attachment] 7
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 19, 12:59 [Attachment] 6
    - B -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 13:02
    - Answer (spoiler/not screenshotted) - prayformojo Oct 19, 13:00 4
      - 1/2 -- nm - peglegpete Oct 19, 13:27
      - 2/2 spoils? - JD Oct 19, 13:10
      - 2/2 -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 13:06
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Oct 19, 13:01
Saints players OUT tomorrow night vs ARI, WR Thomas and Landry, CB Lattimore, OL Peat and TE Trautman - Strongbad Oct 19, 12:56 9
- Everyone knows that Thursday Night Football is a terrible idea, but there's too much money in doing it. -- nm - David Oct 19, 13:13 7
  - It's the worst football and they'll keep doing it all because of money. I enjoy football but it's a terrible sport run by terrible people. - Krusty Oct 19, 13:52 6
    - The good news about baseball is that since the lockout agreement, the game has been much better run. - David Oct 19, 13:57 5
      - I'm sorry to say I disagree. I think MLB is run by people that don't like baseball. They're playing the NLCS at 1:30 in the afternoon on a Wednesday. - Krusty Oct 19, 14:09 4
        
        back when there were just two divisions, half the playoff games were during the day and even some of the WS games - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 14:15 2
        
        Don Larsen’s perfect game was a Monday during the day. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 14:16 1
        
        And houses cost $1.50 then. Things have changed and day games for the playoffs need to go away. It's not fan friendly. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 19, 14:49
        
        Baseball … for almost all of its glory days. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 14:13
- If either team scores 13 points, the internet might break. - Will Hunting Oct 19, 13:08
This one works pretty nicely as a wallpaper on my phone -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 19, 12:51 [flickr] 14
- this is my wallpaper -- (pic) - Jovian Oct 19, 13:07 [Attachment] 3
  - That reminds me that we never hear from Kate Upton any more. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 13:11 1
    - ........... full snark engaged ..... - JD Oct 19, 13:13
  - its not blurry like this though! -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 13:07
- This is mine currently (Yonge Street, 1912) - the Library and Archives teamed up and released images for phone wallpapers. -- (edited) - Andie Oct 19, 13:04 [Attachment] 1
  - hey, that's where Station Eleven starts . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 13:08
- And only 1/3rd as sinister as the pumpkin -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 12:54 7
  - I kinda disagree. As a toddler, I was afraid of grass. I still have trouble walking barefoot in it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 12:56 6
    - This isn't grass. This is corn. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 13:10 3
      - Where are the children? -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 13:20 1
        
        Elsewhere in the corn maze :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 13:34
      - I see no shucks or tassels. - Spawn Oct 19, 13:20
    - lol, you can't even hayseed right -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 13:10
    - and we've all see Honey I Shrunk The Kids. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 13:06
Introducing... - Uber Adult Escort Service Oct 19, 12:47 3
- "Do you follow the good book of the road?" -- nm - Nun Carrie Fisher Oct 19, 12:49
- "Congratulations, you've reinvented the world's oldest profession..." - Beryllium Oct 19, 12:48
- ! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 12:47

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