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Mikaela Shiffrin now one win from Ingemar Stenmark record -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 28, 05:26
Framed: 2/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 2/8. - Marlowe Jan 28, 05:09
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, World's Funniest Animals, SNL (Michael B. Jordan; Lil Baby), Tokyo Revengers, College BBall, WWE Royal Rumble, - Beaker Jan 28, 04:26
My current crush: "Tall people are terrifying." Ok, then, nevermind... -- nm - Ender Jan 28, 02:27
Elder Scrolls Online is doing their free play days with ESO Plus until the end of January. In case you wanted to peek in on how Tamriel is doing. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 22:52 1
- The game is fun and worth trying, but I still prefer Eorzea. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 06:36
In 26 games Kirill Marchenko has 13 goals and 0 assists. Only one player in history has started with more goals before his first assist. -- (link) - Ender Jan 27, 21:54 3
- Of note: that was the first NHL season but Malone had played several years in its predecessor, the NHA. also, forward passing was illegal at the time. -- nm* - Reagen Jan 28, 02:18 2
  - Curious where you found that. -- nm - Ender Jan 28, 02:24 1
    - A lifetime of hockey obsession. - Reagen Jan 28, 04:53
There is no escape. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 21:29 1
- NO ONE WILL SURVIVE -- (link) - David Jan 27, 21:32 [youtube]
Waffle 372 - 0/5 - prayformojo Jan 27, 21:11 3
- 3 - 372 - GregW Jan 28, 17:18
- 2 stars - spamlet Jan 28, 07:32
- 4/5 - znufrii Jan 27, 21:29
Wordle 588 4/6 - prayformojo Jan 27, 21:07 7
- 3 - 588 - GregW Jan 28, 16:25
- 4 - rollo Jan 28, 09:42
- Same - spamlet Jan 28, 07:31
- 5/6 - Marlowe Jan 28, 06:07
- 2/6, pure luck but I'll take it -- (edited) - Fuzzy Jan 28, 05:55
- 3 -- (edited) - decline Jan 28, 05:47
- 3/6 - znufrii Jan 27, 21:26
So I ran the numbers on my two CDs that mature at year-end. If I cash them now and take the penalty I come out over $750 ahead. .65% vs 4.25% -- nm* - Meg Jan 27, 20:51 5
- Yeah, lock that in. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 05:44
- See, this is why I stick to mp3s. They don't have this volatility. -- nm - Ender Jan 27, 21:56 1
  - Well, not counting the VBR ones -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 22:08
- goddamn, how much did those eggs cost? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 21:00 1
  - Oops, wasn't clear I'd be reinvesting at the new rate :) The eggs cost me a few hours online doing stupid surveys. -- nm - Meg Jan 27, 21:08
Volnelk posted this ten days ago, but it's worth reposting: basically an oral history of Marge vs the Monorail -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 27, 20:48 1
- (or - conan o'brien reminisces about monorails) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 20:48
I don’t think I’ll ever trust auto-stop again when it comes to fueling the car. The downside of failure is too awful. -- nm* - Qale Jan 27, 20:48
This (Facebook video) was from here in town two days ago. Wait for it. -- (link) - Mop Jan 27, 20:44 1
- hah. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 20:47
"Good morning, judge" "Good? It blows dead donkey dick." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:59 2
- "And what should I do?" "You ... if you see someone pull a gun ... step in front of it." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 21:28 1
  - When mags flips her mood like a lightswitch in front of raylan ... - Beryllium Jan 27, 22:46
Let's Go Kraken! -- nm - psilotum Jan 27, 19:57
Just an FYI it’s the US Figure Skating Championships this weekend. -- nm - MDH Jan 27, 19:25 2
- Any nudity? -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 20:48 1
  - Johnny Weir costume malfunction! -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 22:37
Trent Reznor with his first band on local Cleveland tv -- (link) - spamlet Jan 27, 18:58 6
- Looks like he's desperately searching for the exit. - Reagen Jan 27, 19:03 5
  - “Trent’s changed quite a b…oh never mind that’s him” -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 19:04 4
    - LOL! -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 22:04
    - Nice -- nm - budice Jan 27, 19:19
    - yup! -- nm - Tim Jan 27, 19:09
    - Right. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 19:06
lyc, first draft of my Delaware taxes are done. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 18:53
"Hey, dumbshit, where's the money? ... In the car?" - Beryllium Jan 27, 18:46 1
- and none other than wynn duffy in the very next episode -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 18:52
deepfake AI is getting very good -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 18:35 1
- That’s pretty good. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 18:44
at 190+ years: Jonathan the tortoise! -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 27, 18:30 1
- The neighborhood's really gone to hell since that Corsican showed up. -- nm - Jonathan the tortoise Jan 27, 18:55
did NYers really flood back to the city post-COVID, jacking rents back up to pre-demi levels? NY Mag is skeptical -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 18:27
There is no bottom -- (link) - TWuG Jan 27, 18:24 2
- (Jason Whitlock isn't that?) -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 18:33 1
  - Yep. He’s digging really deep this week. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 18:39
How come there's no episode of The Last Of Us every night? - Beryllium Jan 27, 18:07 2
- please don't give Zaslav any more fucking bright ideas -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 18:17 1
  - Velma-x-Last of Us! Coming in 2024! -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 22:04
Poker Face first episode is grrrrrrrreat -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 18:06 1
- Halfway through E3. My dad still doesn't understand the whole "show the murder first then flash back to how Charlie got there" thing. - Ender Jan 27, 18:57
Picked up fish and chips from a local dive tonight. Enough for two meals and enjoyed it considerably more than what I got at Red Lobster recently. -- nm - Meg Jan 27, 17:44 2
- Ooh, I haven't done fish and chips for ages. I'll have to keep that one in mind. Today was pizza, from a different place than usual. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jan 27, 17:53 [Attachment] 1
  - Nice! I did pizza as well but I made English muffin pizzas as I was too tired to walk to the pizzeria. - Krusty Jan 27, 18:02
Here's one of the photos I took at the veterans cemetery earlier this week -- (link*) - Beryllium Jan 27, 17:38 [flickr]
the Nichols video is just a distraction from the real threat to America, drag queen story hour at your local library -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 17:19
I have no idea what the price of eggs is supposed to be, but I picked some eggs up for my parents this evening. - ty97 Jan 27, 17:01 4
- California has some pretty strict laws regarding free range, etc. I can get them for 5.99 - 6.99/doz. -- nm - Meg Jan 27, 17:32
- Based on what I've read about the prices that's pretty good. We buy what I call fancy eggs and the prices haven't really gone up much on them. -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 17:06
- look at you Diamond Jim! -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 17:03
- "houses of our enemies" -- nm - prayformojo Jan 27, 17:03
Tyre Nichols video footage has been released. -- nm - budice Jan 27, 16:49 11
- "Under Tennessee laws, a guilty second-degree murder charge has a sentence of 15 to 60 years in state prison." - Beryllium Jan 27, 17:27
- It's basically a snuff film. Don't recommend viewing. -- nm - Jovian Jan 27, 17:00 3
  - the family wanted it out there so the whole country can see the truth - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 17:17
  - I understand transparency and all, but I ain't watching this or the Pelosi video -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 17:02 1
    - Oh I know. No judgement by me. And I was not prepared for the brutality of what I just watched. - Jovian Jan 27, 17:06
- With all the warnings about how badly they beat that man I can't imagine wanting to watch the video. -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 16:55 5
  - I believe it's the Wednesday Addams side of me. -- nm - Jovian Jan 27, 17:01 4
    - Knowing that they basically beat him to death is enough for me to just nope out and avoid it. -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 17:07 3
      - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 06:37
      - This -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 18:15
      - Yup. -- nm - David Jan 27, 17:10
Whoops, WWE drops Banger Bros. for Drew and Sheamus because of Bang Bros, the producers of Bang Bus and other porn. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 16:46 8
- Literally called that the instant I heard the name. - David Jan 27, 16:49 7
  - “Wait, they’re not really calling them that, are they? Oh, dear god, learn to google!!” -- nm - Tim Jan 27, 17:02 5
    - It was for a week or so but it’s dropped now. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 17:03 4
      - Sheamus’ thing on Twitter was “banger after banger” because he really was having good matches (that one with WALTER was incredible) but yikes. -- nm - Tim Jan 27, 17:05 3
        
        100% they knew and tried to sneak it past management. -- nm - David Jan 27, 17:11 1
        
        Scissor me, Daddy Ass! -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 18:01
        
        Right…I don’t even mind the name. Bang and Banger aren’t the same. - Will Hunting Jan 27, 17:10
  - Still not as bad as Gunther Stark. Google first! -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 16:50
my pen! my pen! my pen! -- (link) - mud Jan 27, 16:42 3
- #2 that's the one -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 10:36
- That sketch lives in my head on a loop. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 16:44 1
  - also, "slipped my mind" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 16:51
🎶 At first I was a tree 🎶 -- (link) - JD Jan 27, 16:00
Run for the Money ep 3 spoiler - prayformojo Jan 27, 15:53 1
- also: the narrator is *great* -- nm - prayformojo Jan 27, 16:21
Dungeons & Dragons Scraps Plans to Update Its Open Game License -- (link) - Beaker Jan 27, 15:51 1
- I'm happy for the fans of the game. -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 16:58
well well well Marie Kondo… not sparking so much joy now are we? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 15:10
Weekend project! -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 27, 14:59 3
- Wearing the yoga pants is the only part I dare try, and I'd probably still end up getting hurt. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 22:40
- starting with the lighting of the arrow on fire. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 15:40
- Pfft. The most unrealistic part of this is the lack of shoes in a snowbank. She gonna get frostbite. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 15:18
sitwap: bengals betting fan gets paid early? -- (edited) - tRuMaN Jan 27, 14:59 1
- News: “This just in…Mahomes can walk!” Bettors: “We want our Bengals 💰 back!” -- nm - Flavorize Jan 27, 15:31
This is definitely an opinion -- (link) - JD Jan 27, 14:59 1
- I don't understand it, but I'm finding it hard to disagree with. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 15:25
You can all relax, I have eggs!! Cashed in some survey points for a Target gift card - 18 free eggs!! :-) - Meg Jan 27, 14:34 3
- Nice, a $50 value! -- nm - Ender Jan 27, 16:13 1
  - And then I filled up with gas, and even with $1/Gal off it cost me $60. First fill up since before Christmas :) -- nm - Meg Jan 27, 16:24
- YEAH! In your face, broken egg! -- nm - David Jan 27, 15:04
Wet Entertainer (Diver) -- (link) - JD Jan 27, 14:26
TIL: In France if you travel for work on a Saturday you get Monday off, if you travel for Sunday you get Mon&Tuesday off. - Max Jan 27, 14:21 3
- M is currently on her two week "Tour du Nord". I feel like she should get an extra week off no questions asked. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 14:37
- LOL -- nm - America Jan 27, 14:23 1
  - I took a 3 week vacation and they wouldn't even stop assigning me new cases to work. I'm still catching up and that was 3 months ago. -- nm - sycor Jan 27, 14:40
"We'll call YOU back between 29 and 39 minutes from now" - ty97 Jan 27, 14:19 1
- Yeah, in my experience, those are almost always late. -- nm - David Jan 27, 14:26
DOJ wtfyd? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 14:18
This just in: James Dolan is a giant pissbaby -- (link) - Reagen Jan 27, 14:13 2
- He's a massive asshole -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 16:09
- What a great epitaph that would be. Hope his family is taking notes. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 14:23
Weird, the Xbox one won’t launch a game or the Minecraft update. :( -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 13:50 2
- Don't tell me MSFT screwed up another platform ... -- nm* - Beryllium Jan 27, 13:59 1
  - I haven’t played in a year so who knows -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 14:01
Trivia: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, & Walter Johnson were inducted into the newly minted Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan 29th, 1936. - Jovian Jan 27, 13:27 6
- And even then some of the writers voted against them. -- nm - Mony Baroney Jan 27, 16:22
- George Santos, duh. -- nm - VMan Jan 27, 13:55
- Jimmy Crack Corn -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 13:43
- Honus Wagner -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 13:38 1
  - Yep! -- nm - Jovian Jan 27, 13:46
- Jimmy Dugan -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 13:31
speaking of our retrograde housing policies . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 27, 13:21
It's long past time for me to upgrade my TV to a better one and OMG there is so much I do not know. - Mony Baroney Jan 27, 13:10 6
- Eh, you don't need most of it. Get a streaming device anyway. Most TV smart apps are garbage. -- nm - sycor Jan 27, 14:22
- It was a mistake to put operating systems in televisions. Keep 'em dumb! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 13:31 1
  - That threw me. I had no idea. I have a dumb 27" Sanyo I got at Wal-mart a decade ago. -- nm - Mony Baroney Jan 27, 16:21
- Extendable rabbit ears is where it’s at. -- nm - Loyola Jan 27, 13:26
- Get the most expensive one, it’s obviously going to be the best otherwise it wouldn’t cost so much. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 27, 13:11 1
  - I see no flaw with that reasoning. -- nm - Mony Baroney Jan 27, 13:21
That not how I’d want to go. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 27, 13:05
New Zealand declares state of emergency due to record amounts of rai. -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 12:35 9
- Jacinda Ardern resigns and it all goes to shit. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 20:40
- Attack of Aishwarya! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 27, 12:47 2
  - I'd watch that. -- nm - David Jan 27, 13:11
  - I volunteer as tribute! -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 12:53
- American Airline flight 35 left DFW for Auckland last night. About 5 hours into the flight, it turned around back to DFW - ty97 Jan 27, 12:40 1
  - The airwaves were flooded with rai. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 12:44
- I too would be concerned about all that Algerian/rock fusion music. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 12:38
- The music really can be annoying. -- (link*) - Spawn Jan 27, 12:37 [youtube] 1
  - satanic verses -- nm - mud Jan 27, 12:53

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