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The Hurt Locker and Bourne Legacy both landed on Netflix Canada yesterday. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 18:04 1
- (okay, technically they "returned" or "got muttered about in a database glitch") -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 18:04
Concerning scene in Cincy -- nm* - budice Jan 2, 18:01 9
- Yup :( -- nm - Meg Jan 2, 18:06
- getting CPR on the field -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 18:05
- Yea I'm watching. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 2, 18:02
- I just turnd the game on and that is the first play I saw. I wish I would have waited a few minutes longer. -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 18:02 1
  - Been doing cpr for 9 minutes on the field. This is horrific -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 18:05
- who got hurt? was watching Canada Juniors hockey -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 18:02 3
  - video, yikes -- (link) - Beaker Jan 2, 18:03 1
    - Reminds me of what almost took down Pronger -- (link) - Reagen Jan 2, 18:10 [youtube]
  - Bills safety, took a hit to bring the receiver down, got up, immediately crumpled to the turf. -- nm - Tim Jan 2, 18:03
"....with *trash*???" -- nm* - Dr. Rick Jan 2, 17:53
Since Brazil knows where George Santos is now, they may come after him for fraud he committed there when he was 19. - Diva Jan 2, 17:50 2
- cool -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 18:05
- Diplomatic Immunity! -- nm - Lethal Weapon 2 Jan 2, 17:51
Mandy Rose made a $1 million in December. -- (link) - Tim Jan 2, 17:49 1
- I think it's hilarious that her enjoying shower sex with her boyfriend has fundamentally changed her career and financial outlook. -- nm - David Jan 2, 17:54
Rose Bowl: Last Minute TD put the Total Over in Vegas -- (link) - budice Jan 2, 17:33
Bengals vs Bills - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 17:25
Oh, it's not just renner's leg. He also had surgery for "blunt chest trauma". Which I guess means his ribs got crushed. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 17:13 4
- I saw a snowcat picture. the tracks are bigger than a WWII [& some modern] tank tracks. whatever actually happened, he's very lucky to be alive. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 2, 17:35
- He’s lucky…that sounds like Anton Yelchin’s accident in a way. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 2, 17:27
- It sounds like that doctor neighbor likely saved his life. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 17:22
- Renner in 2-D -- nm - budice Jan 2, 17:20
a new delay in the rogers-shaw merger deal (and I hope it leads to the deal being squashed) -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 2, 17:10
Wakanda Forever debuts on Disney+ on January 20th. -- nm - David Jan 2, 17:03 1
- giggity -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 17:17
The 2024 Winter Classic will be Jan 1, 2024 at T-Mobile Park (home of the Mariners). Kraken vs. Golden Knights -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 16:26 2
- And it will the first time in Vegas franchise history that the Kraken played in the Winter Classic? -- nm - Dano Jan 2, 16:45 1
  - Exactly! -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 17:23
The end of the Bengals-Bills game might get real weird. Serious storm/lightning projected to hit the area between 11 and midnight. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 2, 16:23 5
- play through it pussies! -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 17:23
- Watch the game get postponed and fantasy managers everywhere go beserk -- nm - Strongbad Jan 2, 16:43 3
  - *stressed*..."I need that 4th TD from Josh Allen" -- nm - budice Jan 2, 16:44 2
    - I only need 500 yards and 4 TD's from Burrow to win my $$ league tonight - Strongbad Jan 2, 16:46 1
      - It'll be the miracle Round in the Rain from Caddyshack *lightning and thunder* -- (link*) - budice Jan 2, 17:02 [youtube]
Fire at Beaches & Cream. Entire Yacht and Beach Club resorts evacuated. - Fuzzy Jan 2, 16:06 9
- Those Beaches -- (link*) - budice Jan 2, 16:21
- I can only find one unsourced tweet about this. What's going on? -- nm - David Jan 2, 16:11 5
  - Adding - We have reservations at Beaches & Cream on Saturday. I'll let you know if we hear anything. -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 2, 17:08 3
    - Pick me up a chocolate brownie shake, please! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 17:10 2
      - We're assuming they added baked Alaska to the menu tonight -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 2, 17:11 1
        
        dang -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 17:12
  - Story inside -- (edited) - Fuzzy Jan 2, 16:58
- I see you! - ty97 Jan 2, 16:09 1
  - Yep, that's us! -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 2, 16:11
spare a tear or two for poor unemployable Hope Hicks -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 16:02 1
- But you don't need money when you look like that, do ya honey -- nm - Jeff Beck Jan 2, 16:05
Avatar 2 Long amirite? -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 15:54 2
- Titanic’s dialogue wasn’t Noel Coward or nuthin but at least it forced Jim to write some lines other than his terrible solider-jock gung ho speak - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 15:59 1
  - Avatar 3: The Little Cubes You Put in Water to Make Soup -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 16:09
One of the GOP's first acts will be to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics -- (link) - TWuG Jan 2, 15:31 1
- This is my shocked face. -- nm - znufrii Jan 2, 15:50
The RDS (French sports network) coverage of the World Juniors has travel ads for New Brunswick. Let me tell you, the N.B. French accent is… different. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 15:19
The NFL really wants Aaron Rodgers to happen. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 2, 15:01
Fred White, a drummer for classic '70s superband Earth, Wind & Fire, has died -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 14:30
Ok, got BetMGM figured out. It registered me in Tennessee for some reason... -- nm - Ender Jan 2, 14:06 2
- "Looks like a Volunteer to me" -- nm - budice Jan 2, 16:21
- On a VPN? Does your IP lookup to TN for some reason? - spamlet Jan 2, 14:13
GO UTES!!!! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 2, 14:04
if Dems really wanted to Own The Cons they’d get behind Speaker George Santos -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 13:58 2
- McCarthy has already moved into the speaker's office -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 14:25 1
  - * election results pending -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 14:50
Oh boy. Cotton Bowl. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 2, 13:35 2
- Tulane was 2-10 last year -- nm - budice Jan 2, 13:56 1
  - Hellava comeback. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 2, 14:01
Grr, samsung has announced a new monitor but I can't buy it anywhere yet -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 2, 13:23 15
- I just bought this one today. Well I bought it last month and it was damaged, so I reordered it today. - Bacon Jan 2, 16:00
- well that's the lowest Delta E I've ever heard of! and I definitely know what that means. I will not be taking any questions. -- nm - mafic Jan 2, 14:35
- It's the most wonderful time of the year! CES! For all the products coming out in 2024... maybe. -- nm* - Mop Jan 2, 13:58
- I could see how a photographer would want that. Good luck on your search -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 13:27 9
  - Thanks. Maybe the S8 would be a better option ... similar colour accuracy, cheaper price ... - Beryllium Jan 2, 13:51 8
    - I did the comparisons and the Dell U27 something-something is really the one. - Mop Jan 2, 14:04 7
      - The U2723QE? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 14:10 6
        
        Sorry. Took me a moment to find my spreadsheet. U2723Q. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 15:18 4
        
        Thanks. Did the comparison say much about colour accuracy/calibration? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 15:19 3
        
        (firstly, sorry, yes, the 2723QE… there is no “2723Q”) -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 15:22 2
        
        Secondly, here’s my spreadsheet. I’m afraid things like “color accuracy” are something subjective and didn’t make the spreadsheet. - Mop Jan 2, 15:23 [Attachment] 1
        
        Lastly, one of our temp workers got a full time job in another department and I consulted with him about his setup. - Mop Jan 2, 15:27
        
        Or the UP2720Q (PremierColor) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 14:11
- (Also, it has a Tizen OS, which I'm not a fan of ... just be a monitor ffs!) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 13:25 1
  - You'll have to continue monitoring the situation. -- nm - con_carne Jan 2, 14:20
I think tonight I'll have salmon sandwiches and cowboy caviar. I need to figure out a soup to go along with that. -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 13:21 3
- campbell's tomato -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 13:22 2
  - Tomato is a pretty good idea. I took a can of Tomato Bisque the other day and mixed in buttermilk I was trying to use up. It was good - crash davis Jan 2, 13:25 1
    - That chowdah from New York city -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 16:13
Twitter seems to be reporting that retired football player Uche Nwaneri passed away Friday. (it's Twitter, so I'm not sure yet how true) -- nm - ty97 Jan 2, 13:08 1
- Tony Khan confirmed it -- (link) - Remlik Jan 2, 13:17
checking in on my RSS feeds ... not sure what to make of this story pairing -- (pic) - Beryllium Jan 2, 13:07 [Attachment]
MSU covers the bowl game spread with no time remaining -- (link) - budice Jan 2, 12:48 3
- Who ya got? Former polygamist or the former pedophiles? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 14:24
- I'm so glad I don't gamble. I can appreciate the insanity of what happened instead of worrying about the spread. -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 13:13
- Flick around, find out -- nm - Max Jan 2, 13:08
Speaking of Taylor Sheridan's shows, all of which I watch, I still can't figure out which message he thinks he's promoting. -- (edited) - Max Jan 2, 12:46 12
- I find Wind River to be more of a message than Yellowstone. I originally quit Yellowstone season one because of the murders. - crash davis Jan 2, 12:53 11
  - She's not quoting. That's how she always talks. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 15:01
  - I should say, Cory Lambert, Mike McLusky, and Dwight Manfredi are all clearly intended to be honorable characters. -- nm - Max Jan 2, 12:59 4
    - Dwight certainly has a code he lives by. -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 13:15
    - Yeah, perhaps one message is I think Jimmy shows you can be an f-up loser and redeem yourself through hard work. -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 13:02 2
      - He also gets more cowgirls than Pete Davidson. -- nm - Max Jan 2, 13:04 1
        
        Thinking about it, I get sort of Downton Abbey effect where I like the hands & their stories more than the Duttons. -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 13:08
  - Hell or High Water had an easily digestible message, "Fornicate The Banks" -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 12:55 4
    - I'd had it with Yellowstone around 2.02 or 2.03 - the sudden realization that it was .. - mud Jan 2, 13:00 3
      - Embrace the cinematography in the prequels. -- nm - Max Jan 2, 13:05
      - I loved 1883 much more than Yellowstone itself. I haven't seen 1923 yet. But 1883 is in my wheelhouse, ymmv. -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 13:04 1
        
        1923 is pretty good. Harrison Ford is having fun. -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 13:16
2023 resolution: fuck Home Depot -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 12:42 12
- Yes, I'm sure your local Lowe's is sufficiently "woke" enough for your business. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 2, 13:24 4
  - Hmm, that reminds me, I've got two local stores to check out that aren't affiliated with HD or Lowes -- nm* - Beryllium Jan 2, 14:35 2
    - bring back Revy! -- nm - mafic Jan 2, 15:22 1
      - I've got Castle and Home Hardware. Castle took over the Rona location. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 16:26
  - I don’t shop at either by go off, king -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 13:51
- YES! Stick it to a public corporation for the opinions of a CEO who retired in 2002! -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 12:47 4
  - Look at recent political donations -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 14:04 3
    - What corporations and execs don't donate to politicians that best serve their bottom line? - the wrong element Jan 2, 14:28 2
      - Plenty do, but if you don't want to add to that, it is certainly a good idea to not add to their profits. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 14:50 1
        
        While I agree, I don't know how it would work practically. - the wrong element Jan 2, 15:20
- Retired in *checks notes* 2002. Current age 93. I'll continue to shop my local store and help support my local neighbors that work there. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 2, 12:47
- Let them keep talking and outting themselves -- nm - budice Jan 2, 12:45
on 12/19, ten days before the article that irritated Bery - NYT did this "How Naming the James Webb Telescope Turned Into a Fight Over Homophobia" - crash davis Jan 2, 12:39 2
- Two things I take from that is that Matthew Francis isn't the best journalist and Forbes should do better. - the wrong element Jan 2, 13:21 1
  - I'll agree with you -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 13:23
4-leg Parlay cashes for $91k if Bengals win -- (link) - budice Jan 2, 12:36 1
- I don't want them to win that. - the wrong element Jan 2, 12:40
HBo Max removing seasons of The Flintstones -- (link) - Remlik Jan 2, 12:34 2
- Their logic is confounding. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 14:00
- Forcing people to pretend that people still care about The Flintstones. -- nm - Dano Jan 2, 12:44
1899 canceled at Netflix -- (link) - Remlik Jan 2, 12:20 6
- And it truly becomes (spoils) - Jovian Jan 2, 16:32
- Somehow this is not a Yellowstone project... -- nm - Ender Jan 2, 13:35
- I'm glad they did that before I started watching. I hate getting into a show that has cliffhanger and then gets cancelled -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 12:23 3
  - It does end. It does give it a final ending. that could have gone furter -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 12:31 1
    - Yep. Pity, it was decent, at least. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 2, 13:07
  - Yeah, I was waiting for them to green-light 1900 before I started watching. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 12:24
Colts: Sam Ehlinger will be Colts starter against Houston. -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 12:15 1
- midas whale - crash davis Jan 2, 12:20
Remlik, I wonder if you can do that with horses. - crash davis Jan 2, 12:12 6
- I have to think so. I know Shatner got paid extra for the horse and dog in Star Trek Generations... - Remlik Jan 2, 12:14 5
  - Thinking of that now, that had to have been a horse with a mighty strong back. -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 12:16 4
    - he was 62 then and yeah he was getting bigger...but he wasn't what he is now. - Remlik Jan 2, 12:18 3
      - yeah, he didn't expand quite as rapidly as James Doohan -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 12:21 2
        
        right after The Motion Picture...Scotty drank pretty heavily in real life -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 12:24 1
        
        He gave it all he could. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 12:25
Sasha Banks tag team partner Naomi will be joining her also in NJPW -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 12:10 3
- Good riddance. -- nm - Ender Jan 2, 13:36
- In regards to Naomi, all I see is that she will be there. - the wrong element Jan 2, 12:36
- One of the Young Bucks stand-ins was injured in his match against House of Black. - the wrong element Jan 2, 12:27
Remlik reminded me: Happy Tax Season everyone! -- nm - ty97 Jan 2, 12:07 3
- *starts fist stretching regimen to get it ready to shake at Fidelity* -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 12:09 1
  - oh, I may need lessons from you! -- nm - ty97 Jan 2, 12:10
- *twitch* -- nm - znufrii Jan 2, 12:07

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