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Beyonce 47 stop world tour -- (link) - Beaker Feb 1, 08:07
Lyc meal kit report: brisket fajita bowl - znufrii Feb 1, 07:56
Ahahahahahaha Musk locked his Twitter account -- nm - TWuG Feb 1, 07:49 3
- Has Trump posted yet? -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 07:58 1
  - Not that I'm aware. -- nm - TWuG Feb 1, 08:08
- Him not understanding how Twitter works, while firing/losing everyone that can explain it is solid work. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 1, 07:51
Dr. Phil show is ending -- (link) - znufrii Feb 1, 07:35 6
- ohhh time for a Senate run maybe?? -- nm - Jovian Feb 1, 08:08 1
  - i'd take him over Oz -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 08:09
- Good riddance -- nm - TWuG Feb 1, 07:41
- I wonder if he is as rich as Judge Judy with that show running for years. - Strongbad Feb 1, 07:36 1
  - He's also made a lot from books. -- nm - mara Feb 1, 07:45
- that's a lousy way for him to have to go out -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 07:35
From below reminds me of one of my strangest "celeb" sightings. Jeffree Star with Gamer Ninja at my local Target. We are out in the sticks so they - zunk takes things literally Feb 1, 07:34 3
- I know exactly where you're talking about, used to live off Cedar Lake -- nm - rollo Feb 1, 07:38 2
  - Close. At this time he lived in the Ivanhoe Club a little bit south. I think they moved there when he started making $$$. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Feb 1, 07:49 1
    - oh sorry, *I* used to live off Cedar Lake. Ninja does/did live in Ivanhoe, I've got some friends in there too -- nm - rollo Feb 1, 07:51
The way different districts handle snow days is interesting. Mac's school still has snow days built into the calendar. No school on those days. - prayformojo Feb 1, 07:29 13
- That seems fair. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 08:03
- My memory is that our school had extra days beyond the required built into the school year so they could cancel X without needing to make them up. - Mony Baroney Feb 1, 07:40 10
  - Those were the days. Logan's is built with no snow days. elearning has killed a part of childhood. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 07:59 2
    - Yeah. It's too bad that that bit of magic is largely gone for a good number of kids -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 08:04 1
      - It truly is a job, now. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 08:05
  - back when I was a kid, it was it better be Donner Party levels of snowfall or your butt was in class -- nm - old man crash Feb 1, 07:48 6
    - We were a pretty rural district, so the main determinant was whether the buses could make the rounds on the country roads. - Mony Baroney Feb 1, 07:57 5
      - the county roads were our determinant as well - as a kid, I felt the bus drivers were way too competent -- nm - crash davis Feb 1, 08:01
      - For us, we were a rural school in a suburban district so as long as the suburbs cleared the streets, we had school. - spamlet Feb 1, 07:58 3
        
        some of the farm kids had to walk a fair bit to alternate pick up points, but by gosh, we were going to have school -- nm - crash davis Feb 1, 08:08 2
        
        My wife also grew up in a rural area and they had formal snow routes where kids had to get to the blacktop to get picked up. -- nm - spamlet Feb 1, 08:18
        
        and it seemed like everyone owned a pair of snowmobiling boots - crash davis Feb 1, 08:10
- Ohio switched a few years ago to hours rather than days that are required to count as a school year. - Volnelk Feb 1, 07:34
Delaware has commercial air service again! Avelo began flights from Wilmington, DE to Florida this morning. -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 07:21 1
- "I wanna visit the screen door factory!" -- nm - rollo Feb 1, 07:36
"What's this word, 'dog's led'?" -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Feb 1, 07:20 3
- Clearly, dogleg. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 07:29
- It's pronounced "dog-zuld." Compare "misled." -- nm - Mony Baroney Feb 1, 07:28
- sounds like a bunch of mush to me -- nm - crash davis Feb 1, 07:22
It appears everyone in Love Actually gets to be an action hero at some point -- (link) - LMS Feb 1, 07:05
If you need waking up here's a great 30 min Fat Boy Slim mix -- (link) - LMS Feb 1, 07:01 2
- ~Getthefuckouttabedbitch, go~ -- (link*) - Reagen Feb 1, 07:22
- I'd like to praise you for this -- nm - rollo Feb 1, 07:05
FBI is at Biden’s home in Delaware as part of the classified documents investigation -- (link) - spamlet Feb 1, 07:00 3
- LOCK. HIM. UP. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 07:30 1
  - :-D -- nm - mud Feb 1, 07:58
- This is a 'planned search' -- nm - decline Feb 1, 07:05
Volkswagen Rules Out Hydrogen Passenger Cars, Will Focus On EVs Instead -- (link) - oblique Feb 1, 06:43 3
- Good -- nm - TWuG Feb 1, 07:43
- Knives Out Part 3 -- nm - sycor Feb 1, 07:15
- but the Hiddenburg commercials they filmed are going to go to waste! -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 06:44
Ozzy Osbourne announces retirement from touring and cancels all remaining shows -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 06:39 4
- The fact that he was doing anything remotely resembling touring at 74 is amazing particularly given his mileage. -- nm* - Volnelk Feb 1, 07:35
- that's a lousy way for him to have to go out -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 06:45
- Until Sharon sends him back out again. -- nm - VMan Feb 1, 06:43 1
  - *snork* -- nm - Jovian Feb 1, 08:09
Framed: 3/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: X/8. - Marlowe Feb 1, 06:32
Stark: The All-‘I Got Exactly 1 Vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame’ team — 42 names to cherish - crash davis Feb 1, 06:26 5
- Tee hee! The Mad Hungarian! -- nm - Mony Baroney Feb 1, 06:43 2
  - I haven't thought about Al Hrabosky in decades. I'm amazed I recognized the nickname you just mentioned -- nm - crash davis Feb 1, 06:47
  - And no one made a routine fly to left field more of a thrilling adventure than Lonnie Smith. -- nm - Mony Baroney Feb 1, 06:46
- " nobody made baseball more fun to cover than Adam Dunn" Clearly he's not a White Sox fan. -- nm - spamlet Feb 1, 06:31
- I shared because I knew who would be in right field and why -- (link*) - crash davis Feb 1, 06:29 [youtube]
AMD revenue $5.6B 4Q alone. In 2018, they had $6.7B for a full year. Triple that to $22B for all 2022. -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 06:13 1
- Remember when AMD was the yappy little dog nipping ineffectually at our heels? Good times, good times. -- nm - Intel Feb 1, 06:14
What's Spatial Audio and does it require upgrades to use it? -- (link) - decline Feb 1, 06:09 1
- Is this different from binaural sound? Noticed that The Dark Is Rising is recorded that way -- (link) - LMS Feb 1, 06:59
Gary Bettman’s 30 years: Don’t judge him on what he’s done, but on what could have been - crash davis Feb 1, 05:54
Celebrity/Football gossip you don't care about. Make Up Guru Jeffrey Starr rumored to be dating Justin Herbert. - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 1, 05:49 10
- I'm not doing exhaustive research, but based on the hair alone that is not Herbert in the picture. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 1, 07:05 1
  - I see your point -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 1, 07:08
- I saw that some NFL wife reached out and told him to stop because she was getting questions cracked me up. The absolute privilege. -- nm - MDH Feb 1, 06:25 7
  - I do think it’s bad form for him to play this game. - Will Hunting Feb 1, 06:54 5
    - I just looked at his post. He didn't tell anyone to guess, nor did he solicit people's opinions. He just posted a picture. This isn't on him. -- nm - MDH Feb 1, 07:05 4
      - He likes to tease the info. He was dating a NBA player and did the same type of buzz generating activities. - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 1, 07:09 3
        
        Okay gotcha. That I didn't know. (I honestly don't know who this guy is, besides knowing he's involved in youtube makeup stuff) -- nm - MDH Feb 1, 07:17 2
        
        I think it is very interesting that this new guy traveled and is staying at his ranch in Wyoming. in the WINTER!! - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 1, 07:25 1
        
        nmbMDH net worth tidbits - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 1, 07:27
  - Right?! -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 1, 06:34
I wouldn't have guessed that David Harbour is younger than me. Here he is showing off his house with Lilly Allen. -- (link) - Mop Feb 1, 05:38 [youtube] 3
- I really like him and I'm glad he seems like a really cool, nice guy in real life. -- nm - sycor Feb 1, 07:51
- old -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 07:36
- 2008 Lily Allen just came and hit 2023 Lily Allen with a steel chair. -- nm* - spamlet Feb 1, 06:26
Around 5:30am this morning, NYC got 0.4 inches of snow, ending the streak with a whimper. -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 05:28 5
- I was very disappointed to wake up to the dusting we have this morning -- nm - decline Feb 1, 05:30 4
  - A was excited to see it regardless, so *shrug* :) -- nm - znufrii Feb 1, 06:24 1
    - and that's all that matters :) -- nm - decline Feb 1, 06:29
  - If you can't make a snowball it shouldn't count. :-) - Krusty Feb 1, 05:34 1
    - Agreed! -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 05:48
Tom Brady has retired from NFL, again. -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 05:16 8
- I won't believe this until at least September -- nm - Mony Baroney Feb 1, 06:07
- Groudhog day! -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 05:54
- Going out on top! (Of who?) -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 05:40 1
  - Jeffree Star. -- nm - Mony Baroney Feb 1, 06:15
- In related news, George Santos announces he will be the next starting quarterback for Tampa Bay -- nm - decline Feb 1, 05:39
- Ooof. Lost his marriage for a pretty crappy season. -- nm - Inigo Feb 1, 05:21 2
  - That marriage was over regardless -- nm - rollo Feb 1, 05:42 1
    - she didn't leave because he unretired, he unretired because she left him already -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 1, 10:25
Its just a little chilly this morning. only -23C/-10F. May have to put a sweater on to go outside. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 1, 05:15 2
- Dude. No. That's too cold. Just stay inside. -- nm - sycor Feb 1, 05:18 1
  - Yup. I'd cancel my day at those temps. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 05:40
#6 Alex Ovechkin -- nm - crash davis Feb 1, 05:11
TV PSA: Black Panther 2 Wakanda Forever, AEW Dynamite, Price is Right, Name That Tune, Lingo, Tough as Nails, The Challenge, Sam & Kate, NOVA, The Ark - Beaker Feb 1, 04:40 1
- watching Panther 2 this weekend, will eventually binge National Treasure I expect and may eventually burn through all the Star Wars cartoon shows - Beaker Feb 1, 04:59
I'll be damned - we actually got some snow overnight. Just enough to whiten the grass. -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 04:00 11
- Lucky. We got rain. So everything is soggy and muddy. And it's trash day. - sycor Feb 1, 04:58 2
  - Garbage Day!!! -- (link) - Qale Feb 1, 06:18 [youtube] 1
    - I remember those trash cans. But also, what the hell did I just watch? -- nm - sycor Feb 1, 06:34
- -24C here today, coldest day of the year so far -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 04:40
- Same here. .4 inches was measured ending our record run. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 04:38 6
  - Mac was peeved that the school district didn't even have a delay. I was a little surprised too - usually they delay at the drop of a hat -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 04:55 3
    - I didn't even think about how much this sucks for kids as they haven't had a snow day yet this year. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 05:17 2
      - At least here kids don’t get snow days anymore. They’re virtual learning days. - spamlet Feb 1, 05:24 1
        
        If I was a parent I'd tell my kids they have the day off and to go outside and play. One day here or there isn't going to ruin their school year. -- (edited) - Krusty Feb 1, 05:32
  - hmm, they shouldnt count it, just call it exceptionally poofy rain. -- nm - tRuMaNaNaNaNa Feb 1, 04:54 1
    - Agreed -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 05:16
Waffle 3 stars - spamlet Feb 1, 03:18 4
- 4 - 376 - GregW Feb 1, 10:00
- 4 stars, #wafflegoldteam - znufrii Feb 1, 06:58
- 2 - decline Feb 1, 05:37
- 3/5 - prayformojo Feb 1, 03:23
Wordle 592 4/6 - spamlet Feb 1, 03:17 7
- 4 - 592 - GregW Feb 1, 08:48
- 3/6 - Marlowe Feb 1, 06:47
- 4/6 - znufrii Feb 1, 06:28
- 5/6 - oblique Feb 1, 05:40
- 3 - rollo Feb 1, 05:39
- 3 - decline Feb 1, 05:31
- 3/6 - prayformojo Feb 1, 03:21
they found the radioactive capsule! wasn't too far from its origin, which doesn't speak well of the specialist handling they apparently had. -- (link) - mafic Jan 31, 23:33 3
- "The radioactive capsule the size of a pea fell off a truck last month" - do you think they actually found it or just dropped another while shouting - decline Feb 1, 06:10
- "Defence officials are verifying the identification of the capsule"... It'd be super weird if they found a different radioactive capsule. -- nm* - Ender Jan 31, 23:40 1
  - If I had a nickel for every time I found a surprise radioactive capsule, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but - Dr Doofenshmirtz si Feb 1, 00:30
From what I know of the book, All Quiet on the Western Front is kind of a bullshit adaptation... -- nm - Ender Jan 31, 23:29 4
- Good movie, though. Daniel Bruhl was great. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 07:45
- I mean, it changes a couple things, omits a couple others, adds the armistice thing, but it's not that different. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 23:41 2
  - It completely ignores the major "inability to reintegrate into civilian life angle", it makes the antagonist the commander, not war in general... - Ender Jan 31, 23:49 1
    - disagree on the antagonist. a big aspect of the book is war making tyrants of little men, and that's entirely what that's about. - mafic Feb 1, 00:01
If Babylon had *opened* with the filming sequence, it would have been great. - Max Jan 31, 22:55
The Cornell Hip Hop Collection -- (link) - psilotum Jan 31, 22:17 1
- I didn't expect them to have as much as they do. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 04:40
Poker Face not-exactly-a-spoiler question - Beryllium Jan 31, 22:10 2
- I don't see any way in which he was a detective. -- nm - Ender Jan 31, 23:31 1
  - cliff should've paid more attention -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 23:43
I’m not becoming a grouchy old man, but you don’t charge for a sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit, minus cheese. You charge for sausage add cheese! - Qale Jan 31, 22:08 1
- but why is guac extra? -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 22:19
do crimes everywhere have dumb names, or just here? "charged with detaining another with intent to compel the doing of an act, and unlawful wounding - mafic Jan 31, 21:39 4
- they don't want to kink shame lawful wounding. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 05:58
- It’s the vibe of the thing -- nm - Dano Feb 1, 01:19
- Charged with illegal doing it in the butt. -- nm - Qale Jan 31, 22:06
- a lot of the old English common law ones that have endured (misprision of felony) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 21:40
the guy who tried to be Australia's Trump spent $120 million on the election last year - more than any other party - and won one seat. -- (link) - mafic Jan 31, 21:31 1
- Ha!! Sucker. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 04:46
It's overcast so I can't see the green comet. So here's the live stream instead. -- (link) - Mop Jan 31, 21:28 [youtube]
"A bird conservation charity said it had been locked out of its Twitter account for eight days after posting several tweets about woodcock." -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 31, 21:18
monkeys stand for honesty Giraffes are insincere And the elephants are kindly But they're dumb -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 21:13 1
- Endicott stands for decency. Endicott means formality. Endicott's the epitome. Endicott stands for quality. -- nm - gort Jan 31, 23:15

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