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‘Gladiator’ sequel? ! -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 11:33 6
- When this catastrophically flops and people start wondering why, everyone can just shake their heads. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 11:46
- boo, give us the Djimon Hounsou sequel storyline, and the Danny DeVito Napoleon from Get Shorty. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 11:39
- "Normal Paul" sounds like a band name -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:37 3
  - First single: I Am Not The Walrus -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 11:39 2
    - Then the band fractures and that one guy starts another one called "Wangs" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:40 1
      - The one they told us was dead might be the last one alive -- nm - aud lang zeit Jan 6, 11:59
New wrinkle: McCarthy may win speakership by promising rules changes to extremists, but moderate Rs may vote against rules package -- (link) - mara Jan 6, 11:30 3
- I'll believe it when I see it -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 11:33
- "I voted for him before I voted to remove him." -- nm - Moderate R in February Jan 6, 11:32 1
  - And with his concessions he's made it easier to vote him out now -- nm - Eag Jan 6, 11:34
Met my neighbor in the stairwell. She said hello. - Baron, Provisional Vamps Champ Jan 6, 11:22 [Attachment] 4
- hypnocat -- nm - Max Jan 6, 11:31
- it's like a baby chubbins (with less chub)! -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 6, 11:29 1
  - PreChubbins -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 11:31
- kitty! -- nm - oblique Jan 6, 11:27
Interesting point. Short term vs long term for McCarthy. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 6, 11:19
The Dolphins will start 7th round pick Skylar Thompson at quarterback for the Sunday game against the New York Jets -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 10:55 4
- did the Jets have announced that Flaco should start, as Thompson is more skilled than Wilson and they want a fair game? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 10:57 1
  - Flacco is starting for the Jets—Brown is starting for Ravens—Daniel will start for Chargers if Ravens lose -- nm - Flavorize Jan 6, 11:08
- They've both been eliminated from the playoffs, right? So... -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 10:57 1
  - Dolphins can clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Jets and a Patriots loss or tie this week. -- nm* - Beaker Jan 6, 11:00
Former Madden cover athlete Peyton Hillis is in critical condition after saving his kids from drowning. -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 10:41 2
- Goodness. Reminiscent of Joe Delaney. -- nm - Baron, Provisional Vamps Champ Jan 6, 10:45 1
  - And more recently Shad Gaspard -- nm - The Allfather Jan 6, 10:56
Last call for megabillion pool -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 10:36 5
- Any chance you post those included as you near closing? -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 11:19 1
  - Done -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 12:02
- sent -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 6, 11:00
- sent -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 10:54
- sending -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 10:44
Vince McMahon officially back on WWE Board of Directors. Stock trading halted on stock exchange. Company wide Zoom call at 3:30 p.m. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 6, 10:34 10
- well that didn't last long -- nm - decline Jan 6, 10:39 8
  - Less than six months. The new Executive Chairman of WWE remains under investigation by the SEC. -- nm* - The Allfather Jan 6, 10:40 7
    - 2 board members quit in addition to the 3 who were replaced to allow Vince back. The one guy ran the ethics investigation. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:43 6
      - The problem is that they literally cannot sell without Vince due to the way he structured the company. - The Allfather Jan 6, 10:46 5
        
        What’s his end game? He couldn’t handle not being in charge…so he’s going to sell and guaranteed not being in charge after - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:52 4
        
        Oh, you won’t believe this. - The Allfather Jan 6, 10:55 3
        
        How many texts has Andrade sent to TK in the past 24 hours? - the wrong element Jan 6, 11:30
        
        Him, Elmo and that other guy should found a company and call it Ego Unlimited. -- nm - Jovian Jan 6, 10:56 1
        
        All Egon Page? -- nm - Danhausen Jan 6, 11:39
- That was quick. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 10:34
Ah, crap. Forgot I have to write goals at the end of my self-assessment. - spamlet Jan 6, 10:31 5
- promote me to Sr. Vice President of Vices now! -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 10:55
- "Convince those jackholes in the C-suite I deserve better." -- nm - Baron, Provisional Vamps Champ Jan 6, 10:42
- Enhance my professional development to align with the goals and mission of the company -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 10:40
- world domination -- nm - decline Jan 6, 10:33
- I put it down, every time—make them speak to it and outline how you get there -- nm - Flavorize Jan 6, 10:32
Gosar went for Kevin down 7 holdouts -- nm* - zeitgeist Jan 6, 10:19 1
- Thanks for doing the pool again today. I sent in the other night, so here's crossing my fingers. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 10:37
I fell down a rabbit hole. Yes, I could display the current electricity price on this 16x16 LED display... -- (link) - oblique Jan 6, 09:58 5
- EV related thing I can't stop thinking about: if, in fact, an ad for spiderman is played on the front screen of my afeela, do I get paid? -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 6, 10:02 2
  - "Enjoy movie news from Maria Menudos at :08 every hour." Imagine if there are that many pharma ads. I can't take any more Skyrizi jingles. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 10:43
  - LOL, right. -- nm - Honda Jan 6, 10:04
- You can get the info in home assistant then just use an old tablet as a dashboard and display the info -- nm - sycor Jan 6, 10:01 1
  - Home Assistant is my top project to work on this weekend. I have a Raspberry PI in the box I've never used. I just fell into a pit of "whoa, that - oblique Jan 6, 10:07
Fun trivia I heard yest. When you fly in a commercial plane at 35,000 ft, how close are you to space? What % of the way do you think? 50%? 5%? 90%? -- nm - Volnelk Jan 6, 09:44 16
- 13.3% of the way to getting your astronaut badge. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 10:07
- The answer is... - Volnelk Jan 6, 09:58
- Define "space" -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 09:54 8
  - My definition - Beryllium Jan 6, 09:56 6
    - yeah! did Branson's stupid glider or Bezos' stupid pod reach that? -- nm - mud Jan 6, 09:58 5
      - Bezos' Blue Origin NS-16 mission reached (spoils) - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:04 4
        
        Virgin Galactic Unity 22 reached (spoilers) - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:05 3
        
        thx! -- nm - mud Jan 6, 10:05 2
        
        Virgin Galactic hasn't launched one since then, whereas Blue Origin has had 4+ crewed launches -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:08 1
        
        yeah, it was pointed out earlier (by kilbo I think) that the Blue Origin will be useful for stuff -- nm - mud Jan 6, 10:16
  - Well, it's... - Volnelk Jan 6, 09:55
- 0.1% -- nm - decline Jan 6, 09:49
- 10%ish -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 09:48
- To clarify, it isn't multiple choice. The correct answer isn't any of those. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 6, 09:44 2
  - No, but it's between two of them. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jan 6, 09:45 1
    - Oops, I'm off by a large factor ... 😂 although I think my original statement is still true -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 09:47
McCarthy picking up some votes in the 12th ... at least 2 based on the ovations -- nm - rollo Jan 6, 09:39 14
- The fact that he's got to make individual concessions is excruciating and disturbing. - Mop Jan 6, 10:39
- 8 but not to Roy yet. Probably 10 switchers as I noted earlier that's not enough. -- nm* - spamlet Jan 6, 10:05 9
  - how many need to flip? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 10:18 6
    - 3 of these people have to (final answer) -- (link) - spamlet Jan 6, 10:43 1
      - They will need to flip Crane, Harris and Rosendale. - Jovian Jan 6, 10:48
    - I think edit: two more but if the Gaetz band stays together they have five to block no matter what. -- nm* - spamlet Jan 6, 10:20 1
      - yea its Boebert, Goode, Gaetz, Rosendale and I forget the others. -- nm* - Jovian Jan 6, 10:23
    - 16 I believe. they now have 14. -- nm - Jovian Jan 6, 10:19
    - 16? -- nm - mud Jan 6, 10:19
  - Apparently there is the Roy faction and the Gaetz faction and there are 10 votes in each faction -- nm - Eag Jan 6, 10:11 1
    - looks like it'll be 13/7 -- nm - mud Jan 6, 10:19
- 2 more. -- nm - mud Jan 6, 09:42 2
  - make it now 5 of the 20 -- nm - Jovian Jan 6, 09:51 1
    - But still won't be enough round 13 here we come -- nm - Eag Jan 6, 09:54
Launch window for the UK's first ever space flight opens Monday. -- (link) - Ender Jan 6, 09:37
'House members blocking McCarthy speaker bid meet at offices of ex-Trump chief Mark Meadows' -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 09:33 1
- Oh thats nice. Meadows should be in a goddamn jail cell. -- nm - Jovian Jan 6, 09:45
Ooh... *wiggles butt* It just occurred to me that I could place blankets over the collapsed parts of my crappy couch. This might just work... -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 09:30
Okay, I would have lost that bet. St quiz: How long is a moment? (answer in spoiler, as I will be busy for several moments) - Spawn Jan 6, 09:30 3
- I learned something today -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 09:36
- "Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking. Just a moment." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 09:33
- Wow. A cool thing to know, thanks. -- nm - mara Jan 6, 09:32
Inigo, etc: I assume it's very small, but what are the chances Me3an beats Avatar this weekend? I haven't seen Thursday numbers. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 09:25 7
- I'd say Me3an needs to do at least $35 million to beat Avatar this weekend. My guess is it does around $30 million. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 10:13
- I *just* bought M3gan tix for Sunday. Still haven't seen Avatar. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 09:31 1
  - And this is why you remain my ST Wife!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 11:25
- Just came in. 6.8m domestic for Avatar, $2.75m for M3GAN -- nm* - spamlet Jan 6, 09:29 3
  - So, not much a chance. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 09:44 2
    - That's just for Thursday previews. Megan's Friday number will be bigger than Avatar's. It just depends on what the weekend number is. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 10:27 1
      - With 95% RT, I expect good WOM. -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 11:34
what the GOP needs to do is build a K3vin doll -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 6, 09:19
YDC: After 2 months of release, P!nk's "Never Gonna Not Dance Again" is being sent to US radio (it failed to chart on the Hot 100 so far) -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 09:18 4
- I'd...heard it on US radio. (it's meh). It actually made me lament that's it's been quite some time since she had a great song. -- nm* - ty97 Jan 6, 09:24 3
  - When it came out I said it was her best since 2012. I'll stand by that, but it shows how weak the last decade was. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 09:27 2
    - And hmm re: US Radio, the announcement was it's being sent to "US Contemporary Hit Radio" I guess I'm confused? -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 09:27 1
      - CHR = Top 40 I think? I might have heard it on a 'mix' station which I think might be classified Adult Contemporary Hits or whatever - ty97 Jan 6, 09:28
Netflix renews Wednesday for a 2nd Season...(least surprising post of the day) -- (link*) - decline Jan 6, 09:16 [youtube] 4
- Excellent -- nm - Jovian Jan 6, 09:21
- Counterpoint: McCarthy loses 12th vote -- nm* - rollo Jan 6, 09:18
- given that it's Netflix . . . a lil' surprising -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 6, 09:18 1
  - They typically shank you after 3 seasons, not 1. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 10:15
Sunday matchup: Skylar Thompson vs Joe Flacco -- nm - decline Jan 6, 09:09
wordle in 4 - rollo Jan 6, 08:52
Breakfast is at 1, Lunch at 4:50 and supper at 9 -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 08:46 1
- aka, my weekends. -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 08:47
I believe I've been stalked. Won't know for sure till I get home but the wife says a package is there for me/ -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 08:45 3
- insert obligatory open the box gif here. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 09:21 2
  - it was awesome. Thank you so much! the wife and kids are excited to make the doughnuts! -- nm* - Beaker Jan 6, 10:28 1
    - you do realize that you wont get any right? - tRuMaN Jan 6, 10:58
I would want that jar, but not $25 want it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 08:43 23
- That jar would be good for my moonshine cherries. -- nm - sycor Jan 6, 09:57
- There are $15 versions out there. -- nm* - Ender Jan 6, 09:03 2
  - - -- (link) - Ender Jan 6, 09:05 1
    - what am I a hobo? -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 09:06
- Yep. Plus, it's not that hard to stick a fork in it. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 08:50 4
  - to be fair, that applies to pickles maybe but olives are squirrelier from a forking perspective. if you buy the large jar of olives (I do), the - judge amanda jones Jan 6, 09:52 2
    - The last bread & butter chips aren't exactly stationary targets either. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 10:21 1
      - sandwich stackers, rookie -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 6, 10:39
  - SO. Much. Mess. -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 08:51
- yup -- nm - decline Jan 6, 08:46
- I sort of want a set that varies in size so I could do kraut pickles, kimchi, and olives. -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 08:46 11
  - that's a lot of jars! Nobody got time for that many jars, crash! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 08:57
  - oh, and the smallest one for capers -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 08:47 9
    - Capers are smaller than olives? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 08:48 4
      - Capers are the only pickled/brined item that is in my fridge 100% of the time. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 08:59 2
        
        Not even herring?! -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 09:34 1
        
        Herring go in the freezer -- (edited) - Beryllium Jan 6, 09:35
      - Yes. Non-pareil (up to 7 mm), surfines (7–8 mm), capucines (8–9 mm), capotes (9–11 mm), fines (11–13 mm), and grusas (14+ mm) while olives are between 1.5 and 3 cm. -- nm* - Spawn Jan 6, 08:49
    - how big is your fridge? I can barely fit a can of pop in ours -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 08:48 3
      - What is this, a kitchen for ants?? -- nm - Max Jan 6, 08:52 1
        
        I just wanted to make an omelette! -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 6, 09:49
      - #brinelife -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 08:48
- this -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 08:45
welp, my partner is ripping out our kitchen. i can hear the banging downstairs. rip our sanity for a few weeks. -- nm - colin Jan 6, 08:43 1
- Note: this is the first you have heard about it. -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 08:56
Call a doctor if your console is upright for more than 4 hours ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 6, 08:37 3
- I could on my entertainment center beside my TV. But I'm not a crazy so it's inside the entertainment center. -- nm - sycor Jan 6, 09:32
- Who the hell has the space to stand up a console? -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 09:23 1
  - I don't know. Good question. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 09:24
Yes, accent must include frequent use of "hoser" and "eh". -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 08:37

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