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Wordle 488 4/6 - prayformojo Oct 19, 21:08 2
- 3 - 488 - GregW Oct 20, 00:48
- 4/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 21:22
So they repurposed our blue-collar town's original firehouse as an upscale hotel/restaurant with a steakhouse/sushi theme. This menu is...something. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 19, 20:54 16
- I will say the cocktail menu downstairs looks promising... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 19, 21:14 5
  - On the Merlot menu, Chateau Ste Michelle Indian Wells for $55. I realize you have to pay the sommelier and make a profit, but here it is for $12.97 -- (link) - crash davis Oct 19, 21:31 1
    - That's a pretty standard markup for a restaurant bottle, I think. - znufrii Oct 19, 21:33
  - except for the "Conshy Shoreline", wtf even is that? -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 21:17 2
    - *read coconut foam and tapped out* -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 21:21 1
      - I can only imagine they are trying to evoke to good old days of when you could actually set the Schuylkill River on fire. -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 21:23
- The Fireman Burger looks like a bunch of expensive stuff thrown together. The King Salmon with Smoked Cream interests me - crash davis Oct 19, 21:08 4
  - *looks at crash. looks at seafood chowder. raises an eyebrow.* -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 21:13 2
    - The most notable exception. Also notable, bagels with lox and a schmear -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 21:19 1
      - nm -- nm* - znufrii Oct 19, 21:23
  - I'd just love to meet the fireman who invented it. -- nm* - znufrii Oct 19, 21:09
- I'll have the NY strip with sauteed mushrooms, truffle mashed potatoes, and pecan pie. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 20:57 3
  - nothing wrong with that meal, for sure, it's just a very corporate expense account-oriented menu. - znufrii Oct 19, 21:06 1
    - Yes, quite. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 21:07
  - (In new york do they just call it a "strip"?) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 20:58
- This is attached to Hotel West & Main, which is on the corner of Elm & Fayette Streets if you actually want to know how to find it. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 19, 20:57
My first ST meetup was here! Didn't know El Cholo was about to turn 100. Yeah, that place on Western! -- (edited) - con_carne Oct 19, 20:52 5
- Was that this one in 2009? -- (pic) - Meg Oct 19, 21:06 [Attachment] 4
  - I'm pretty sure that's me and this was when Jax came to town and we met in Hollywood. -- nm - jnine Oct 19, 21:52
  - Yeah that's me🤩 -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 21:09 2
    - I think that was the wrong gathering - LAPalooza 2. This was #1 in 2004 -- (link) - Meg Oct 19, 21:17 [flickr] 1
      - I believe that may be the back of my head in one of these pictures. -- nm - jnine Oct 19, 21:53
Andor S1E7 felt distinctly ... - Beryllium Oct 19, 20:48
This week's "La Brea" had maybe the worst/cheapest CGI I've ever seen on TV -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 20:18 3
- You blast the MCU, but watch that tripe? -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 20:56 1
  - It's on in the background while I do other things. :-) -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 20:58
- That’s still on? I had no idea. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 20:50
woman unleashed a swarm of bees upon deputies serving an eviction notice on her....well, its creative for sure. -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 19, 19:45
My SIL announced her breast cancer on FB today and closed with a request that people wear magenta instead of pink. - Ender Oct 19, 19:42 6
- Hopefully she recovers quickly and you look good in magenta. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 19:59
- I'm so sorry. I wish her a recovery with out much pain -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 19:47
- curious as to why... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 19:47 2
  - "Oh and if you must go pink, go magenta, pastel isn’t really my color 😉" -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 19:49 1
    - Yo, I heard no pastels. *hot pink* -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 20:26
- F*ck cancer. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 19:44
*flips a bird at TNT* I hope no one watches your stupid Kraken game tonight! -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 19:37 4
- This is why I currently have Fubo TV and YouTube TV. -- nm - psilotum Oct 19, 21:36
- Blackout? -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 20:45 1
  - My current pkg is Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+ for $4/month. To get the game live, I'd have to step up to the $79/month tier. Nope, not for me -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 20:54
- Too many Republicans? Let me at 'em! -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 20:28
Thursday NYT crossword: That was a well done theme -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 19:19
RC & CRASH. new GRAND DESIGNS. it's the return to the unfinished money pit lighthouse from 2 or 3 years ago -- (link*) - peglegpete Oct 19, 19:15 [youtube] 1
- thank you very much -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 19:36
oh the hubris that is humanity -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 19:15 3
- HAHAHAH! -- nm - Remlik Oct 19, 19:24
- "The Seagulls - They Attack!!" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 19:21 1
  - she's doing her own research -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 19:23
TSLA misses estimates, floats possible $10b share buyback -- (link*) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 19:13
Another running record was broken in Belgium this weekend at the World Beer Mile Championship -- (link) - Dano Oct 19, 18:58 [youtube]
How Did a Minister Come to Own Hundreds of Edward Hoppers? - crash davis Oct 19, 18:55 1
- I read that as "a Munster"... -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 19:44
A little bts on Indy and Short Round meeting up agaib -- (link) - Remlik Oct 19, 18:54 2
- 👍 -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 19:47
- That made my night. Thank you for sharing! - David Oct 19, 19:04
Verlander with a generous strikezone -- nm - budice Oct 19, 18:28 3
- The ump scorecard is not going to look good tomorrow. -- nm - Krusty Money Bags Esq. Oct 19, 18:38 2
  - He's been so bad -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 18:53 1
    - Yanked one batter too late Boone -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 18:58
"Even Flow"? Hmm. I think I could own a boat with a pearl jam name, if it was as nice as this one ... -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 19, 18:21 2
- It was owned by a urologist. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 20:46
- And then for this one, I like everything about it except the name. (And the price is too high.) -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 19, 18:35
Moneyball is a movie that has no business being half as good as it is. - mafic Oct 19, 18:13 9
- I mean honestly that sounds like the perfect movie. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 19:58 1
  - "I'm very aroused." -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 20:00
- They're good for the same reason the blueprints scenes in Star Wars and Ocean's 11 are. It's secret knowledge. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 18:39 2
  - This is an interesting thought. Can you back up your work with more examples? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 19, 18:49 1
    - Redford and McDonnell attend a lecture on advanced mathematics in Sneakers. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 20:04
- I often get scene suggestions on YouTube, and Kim usually wants to watch them. -- nm - David Oct 19, 18:33
- Sorkin -- nm - Flavorize Oct 19, 18:26
- This, and the big short are good reads too. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 18:17 1
  - I was talking to someone just this weekend about the rewatchability of both of these. - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 19, 18:28
Filled out and mailed by ballot earlier! -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 17:53 3
- First vote for Zeldin is in! ;-) - Krusty Money Bags Esq. Oct 19, 18:22 2
  - That sucks -- (edited) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 18:30 1
    - I was hesitant to get on but I knew there were issues with the line and at least I would be in the city. I went from thinking I got lucky - Krusty Money Bags Esq. Oct 19, 18:36
The only political ads I ever get are republican. Do democrats not advertise? Or do they just not advertise on CBS? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 19, 17:38 8
- Demos don't spend where they can't have a chance of winning. I'm worried about WA sen Murray, as both are spending tons of money on ads - zeitgeist Oct 19, 19:51 1
  - L4. You've got to be joking, right? - Strongbad Oct 20, 06:03
- We (Chicago market) get both and lots of them. On Twitter someone wrote they counted 17 ads in the Jeopardy half hour. -- nm - Miles Davis Oct 19, 17:51 1
  - i can dig, Miles -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 17:52
- Same here. I get around half a dozen Bozonaro ads a day, and *never* got one from Lula. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 19, 17:48
- you might not be in their target PA media market (also TV ad spending is terrible bang for the buck, but campaign consultants earn commish on them so) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 17:41 2
  - I guess I'm in the Johnstown market which is proba red red red? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 19, 18:00 1
    - it MAGA country -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 18:04
Parler Accidentally Doxxed Its Most VIP Members When It Announced Kanye's Acquisition -- (link) - Beaker Oct 19, 17:32 2
- Not just the legal owners and principal officers? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 18:21
- ha! -- nm - mud Oct 19, 17:41
Drove by the Ford dealership and they had a used Mach-e for sale out front. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 17:07 1
- Was it priced more than the sticker for a new one? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 18:10
By far the hardest thing to pick up in becoming a hockey fan is the player names. SOOOOOO many Eastern Europeans... -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 17:04
Rollover from 10/17 Monday powerball -- (pic) - zeitgeist Oct 19, 16:57 [Attachment] 4
- Powerball Wednesday 10/19 set 1 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Oct 19, 16:59 [Attachment] 3
  - 10/19 set 2nd -- (pic) - zeitgeist Oct 19, 17:00 [Attachment] 2
    - Set 3 10/19 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Oct 19, 17:01 [Attachment] 1
      - Amanda is on the list and we have room for one more to claim with a 10$ pp -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 18:14
the Fifth Circuit is in reality what the Bill Buckley crowd spent 40 years pretending the Ninth Circuit was in their list of grievances -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 16:52 6
- Nah. Since 2007 the 9th has been reversed almost 3x as often as the 5th. -- (link) - Ender Oct 19, 16:59 5
  - We already know that SCOTUS is conservative, you don't need to tell us that. -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 17:54
  - which properly-authorized agency(s) has the 9th Circuit ever just vaporized based on garbage FedSoc legal mumbo jumbo? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 17:03 3
    - Is the funding source constitutional? -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 17:07 1
      - I’ll wait until the full circuit makes that determination but if it’s not that’s bad news for The Fed and a lot of other similarly funded entities -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 17:11
    - also, who watches the watchmen? i wouldn't expect a majority of FedSoc goons under John Roberts to reverse their brethren on the 5th as often -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 17:05
Black Adam 54% (44/37), Ticket to Paradise 63% (48/28), The Banshees of Inisherin 100% (88/0), My Policeman 44% (23/29), Aftersun 97% (60/2) -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 16:47 4
- Descendant 100% (33/0), All That Breathes 100% (39/0), Slash/Back 100% (27/0), Wendell & Wild 95% (21/1), The Pez Outlaw 100% (17/0), Till 100% (67/0) -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 16:49 3
  - TAR 94% (134/8), Brother's Keeper 100% (20/0) -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 16:52
  - 7 - 100% movies on a weekend must be a record of some kind right? (added a 7th below) -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 19, 16:50 1
    - *cries gravel* -- nm - The Rock Oct 19, 16:51
*checks the clock* *checks the inning* Play faster, baseballers. This isn't cricket. -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 16:43 3
- Someone say Cricket? lol -- (link) - budice Oct 19, 16:51 2
  - still funny. -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 18:07
  - "He runs 66 yards and here's his reward." -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 17:22
I like that they're doing more with Melissa on the 2nd season of Abbot Elementary. That's a juicy character -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 16:40
"How many grifters does it take to sell a hydrogen boiler?" -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 19, 16:39
Alright, first of all, my name is not Tara. And second of all, how did you get my number Martin Sheen? And third? Didn’t you, like, die or something? -- (edited) - Qale Oct 19, 16:25 1
- Is this Martin Sheen in the room with you right now? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 18:13
Every musical I've ever seen: "That first 45 minutes is amazing, but the last 6 hours drag a bit." -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 16:12 3
- Notable exception: Die Hard -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 17:06
- i guess Sound of Music had to end at 11p when they would run it on NBC growing up but always felt like 1am if i could make it that far without falling - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 16:16
- It is known. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 16:15
I’m seeing the touring production obviously, but the next show from that Broadway pool on B2 I’ll be seeing next is Tootsie. - kelly Oct 19, 16:10
Detroit Red Wings' Jakub Vrana placed in NHL/NHLPA player assistance program -- (link) - spamlet Oct 19, 16:01 3
- The program name is remarkably undescriptive. What does that mean? -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 16:25 2
  - rehab. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 16:32 1
    - At least seems to be in this case. There were rumors that’s why Washington got rid of him. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 16:33
Josh thought that was foul -- nm - budice Oct 19, 15:50 1
- Not often that the hitter is the last person in the stadium to realize they got a hit. -- (link) - Tim Oct 19, 16:01
Patreon apparently needs a patreon (the tech-ification of studios and creators is going to be the death of the industry) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 15:45
So there's this early days of the internet basketball video -- (link) - JD Oct 19, 15:41 [youtube] 4
- Which lead to this Defector article - JD Oct 19, 15:42 3
  - But I'm only posting about it cause there's a follow up - JD Oct 19, 15:45 2
    - Fun story, but I'm not sure this isn't the craziest part: -- (edited) - pmb Oct 19, 16:00 1
      - 42% of the way to a Broadway musical -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 16:06
I love that the terminology that Backyard Ultra uses for not going out for the next lap is “Refused To Continue” -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 15:31 3
- "bitched out" -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 15:31 2
  - Came to their senses -- nm - JD Oct 19, 15:47 1
    - To paraphrase competitive eating: "suffered urges contrary to running" -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 15:54
Oct. 19th birthdays: Michael Gambon (82), John Lithgow (77), Jon Favreau (56), Katja Herbers (42), Gillian Jacobs (40), Rebecca Ferguson (39) - Max Oct 19, 15:22 [youtube] 2
- And lithgow is still doing some of his best work -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 15:55 1
  - Only 77? Damn, he was a baby in All That Jazz -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 16:07
In a shocking twist, Trump caught bullshitting again. -- (link) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 15:09 10
- Also yesterday's blunder in the defamation suit by E. Jean Carrol (he's being deposed today in the suit), he said on Truth social that the case was a - pmb Oct 19, 15:35 5
  - ha ha -- nm - nelson Oct 19, 16:25
  - oops. -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 15:37 3
    - Also today, court rules that certain additional John Eastman emails are not covered by attorney-client privilege. Those emails show Trump knew certain - pmb Oct 19, 16:39 2
      - ouch. -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 16:50
      - so you're saying he's having a really bad day .. again? :-) -- nm - mud Oct 19, 16:41
- If the consequences weren't ... you know... it would be comical how much this is about his insecurities and need to impress other douchebags. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 15:18 2
  - I wonder if he has tried to copywrite, "45"? -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 16:20 1
    - "Sorry, sir, the record industry beat you to it." -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 16:29
- "I was never the president. Not the president." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 15:13
So we have Brooklyn to blame… -- nm - The Allfather Oct 19, 15:09 1
- For a lot of things, yes. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 15:13
Amanda, I didn't get the pay friend yet, do you want me to go ahead and put you on the list? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 15:08 5
- I say put her on the list and cover for her if possible until she can get it sorted out. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 15:38 2
  - her share can come out of your share then, Diamond Jim -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 15:47 1
    - No problem! -- nm - Krusty Money Bags Esq. Oct 19, 15:50
- I bought numbers for the pool - Max Oct 19, 15:12 1
  - Better to post a photo of the ticket -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 15:46

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