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Three mornings this week I've missed my train by seconds. It's pulling out when I'm swiping through the turnstile. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 06:39 2
- Why does God hate you Krusty? What have you done? -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 06:40 1
  - Heh. :⁠-⁠) - Krusty Feb 2, 06:51
NPR had a science disclaimer on their groundhog story. -- (edited) - spamlet Feb 2, 06:00 2
- Spoilers! - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 06:40
- wait, it's not? -- nm - decline Feb 2, 06:05
Framed: 6/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 1/8. - Marlowe Feb 2, 05:35
Knock at the Cabin 71% (63/25) -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 05:28
Shubenacadie Sam predicts six more weeks of winter -- (link) - Beaker Feb 2, 04:51 6
- Staten Island Chuck who has been right 80% of the time predicted an early spring. :-) -- nm* - Krusty Feb 2, 05:07 1
  - And how can we have 6 more weeks of winter when winter hasn't come this year? -- nm* - Krusty Feb 2, 05:15
- Beyond the "prognosticating rodent" part, can I point out again how little sense this makes for Canada? Only 6? -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 05:02 3
  - next you'll tell us that the World Cup picking octopus is just a fraud as well -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 05:22
  - That's why the Montreal Moose says it will be 6 more months for you guys. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 05:08
  - Very true....we all know there is at least one false spring season every year. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 05:08
I'm disappointed that top 20 bottle episodes list weren't all episodes of Inside No. 9. -- nm - LMS Feb 2, 04:48
TV PSA: L&O x3, Young Sheldon, Celebrity Jeopardy, Hell's Kitchen, Parent Test, So Help Me Todd, Call Me Kat, CSI Vegas, 1619 Project, Mayfair Witches - Beaker Feb 2, 04:41 2
- 3) Witches, Ghosts and Poker Face. -- nm* - Krusty Feb 2, 04:48
- 2: Poker Face and Ghosts (plus I play hockey tonight) -- nm* - Beaker Feb 2, 04:42
I should use this randomly generated name for a chatGPT short story: "The Ultramicrochemical Godowsky" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 00:34 1
- the microchemical dude abides -- nm - rollo Feb 2, 05:29
5,000 yo tavern discovered in Iraq with food in bowls still, an ancient 'refrigerator' -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 1, 22:20 1
- al-Ye Olde Town Pub -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 22:23
Waffle 377 - 4 waffles left. mmmmm, waffles - prayformojo Feb 1, 21:12 5
- 4 - 377 -- nm - GregW Feb 2, 06:43
- 3 - decline Feb 2, 05:41
- 4/5 - znufrii Feb 2, 04:56
- Same - spamlet Feb 2, 03:24
- but are they paleo waffles? -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 1, 21:55 [mastodon]
Poker Face episode 2 - Beryllium Feb 1, 21:10 3
- Could she just say “Oh, just one more thing…” once?! -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 21:16 2
  - episode 3 - Beryllium Feb 1, 21:36 1
    - Okay, an observation (not a spoiler) after three episodes ... - Beryllium Feb 1, 22:33
Wordle 593 - I summoned some serious mojo to get this 3/6 - prayformojo Feb 1, 21:10 8
- 3 - 593 - GregW Feb 2, 06:41
- 4/6 - Marlowe Feb 2, 05:45
- 3/6 - decline Feb 2, 05:38
- 4/6 - oblique Feb 2, 05:35
- 4 - rollo Feb 2, 05:29
- 4/6 - znufrii Feb 2, 04:54
- 4/6 you guys are good - spamlet Feb 2, 03:15
- I wanna reduce 2/6 to 1/3. Because I like math. - landbeck Feb 1, 21:50
"Avian flu spills over from birds to mammals in UK. Scientists will monitor the virus, but UK health chiefs say the risk to the public is very low." -- (link) - uh huh, sure. Feb 1, 20:56 1
- (actually, I kind of like that as a handle ... hmm) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 20:56
heh. "new gender just dropped" -- (link*) - Beryllium Feb 1, 20:54 [mastodon]
"Valentine's Day Sale: TV Seasons of You" - David Feb 1, 20:26
What happens when you boil a funny bone? - JD Feb 1, 20:13 2
- 🤣 -- nm - Flavorize Feb 1, 20:37
- oh geeeeeez -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 20:34
"Do you think this could be blood?" "That's light mayonnaise." "How do you know it's light?" "... I just know." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 20:01
YDC: I only have to file 3 state tax returns this year, that's the least in over a decade. -- nm - MDH Feb 1, 19:39 1
- pick some good ones -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 19:54
Now rewatching: Fleabag -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 19:38
Gillian Anderson asks women to send her their sexual fantasies for new book -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 19:25 6
- I wish I'd thought of this. -- nm - David Feb 1, 19:26 5
  - "Women, please send your sexual fantasies to Gillian Anderson" wouldn't have the same cachet coming from you. -- nm - Max Feb 1, 19:30 3
    - A lot of X-Files fans were looking for any excuse. -- nm - David Feb 1, 19:36 2
      - You should make the same request of your Disney writing fans -- nm - JD Feb 1, 19:58 1
        
        Never sexualize Disney, JD. -- nm - David Feb 1, 20:45
  - go get some Penthouse Letters books and rewrite some to send her -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 1, 19:29
Thursday NYT xword spoiler -- (edited) - prayformojo Feb 1, 19:24 3
- I struggled in the middle, so I got it about half way through when I decided I'd figure it out for the reference clue. spoils - mafic Feb 1, 20:25 2
  - as usual, you were way ahead of me -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 20:35 1
    - with those I usually don't bother unless I'm stuck. generally they just slow me down. -- nm - mafic Feb 1, 20:59
Any opinions on air fryers? The microwave broke, kind of don't want another. And we don't have anything like an oven for the RV. - colin Feb 1, 19:12 8
- Like znufrii, we have a toaster oven that is also a convection oven/air fryer. Very happy with it. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 20:21
- I don't have one, but everyone I know who gets one seems to love it. - mafic Feb 1, 20:19
- I love my cuisinart combo toaster/air fryer -- nm - znufrii Feb 1, 20:02 5
  - Hey hey! Is there a way to order cookies from your daughter without using FB? -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 20:22 4
    - Should be able to order directly through this link -- (link) - znufrii Feb 2, 05:02 3
      - This will count towards what A sells? I just want to make sure she gets the credit for the sale. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 05:06 2
        
        Yup, it’s her personal link. Thanks! -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 05:12 1
        
        Great, thanks! I'll place an order this evening. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 05:16
seems if I put my phone on the corner of my laptop the magsafe case makes the laptop think it's been closed. too many magnets! -- nm - mafic Feb 1, 19:06
Most recent discovery for Arrested Development fans -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 18:51
The new series of Fraiser starts shooting this week and director James Burrows will be doing the 1st two episodes -- (link) - Remlik Feb 1, 18:46 2
- I wouldn’t watch even if they had gotten DHP to come back but no Niles no way -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 18:58 1
  - But it’s set in Boston! -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 21:09
nm that was a resale site -- nm* - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 18:42 2
- Fuck off, B -- nm* - Krusty Feb 1, 18:48
- jfc. -- nm - Remlik Feb 1, 18:44
lol Reds with the power move -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 18:23
imagine being David Bowie and having to mug through this bullshit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 18:21 [youtube]
The Blacklist to end with season 10 -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 18:17 1
- ‘The Cleaning Lady’ Renewed for Third Season at Fox -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 18:18
No, LiveNation, I don't want your bullshit "virtual commemorative ticket" NFT garbage or whatever the fuck that is. -- nm - znufrii Feb 1, 18:02
Audi EV ejects its battery pack in a collision. This is very bad design -- (link) - TWuG Feb 1, 18:00 5
- First, that driver is a jerk. Second… while unintentional, I wonder if that’s safer. - Mop Feb 1, 21:15
- as are steering wheels that fall off in your hands while driving -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 18:28 3
  - That's not bad design, that's bad assembly. -- nm - TWuG Feb 1, 18:32 2
    - Well, it could be bad engineering design that allows for bad assembly. But I'd agree that that's less likely. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 18:57 1
      - There'd be more than 2 instances and probably a recall if it was bad design. -- nm - TWuG Feb 1, 21:24
Can you name the only active NFL QB with multiple Super Bowl rings? - David Feb 1, 17:51 13
- that guy who was immediately compared to Peyton Manning in terms of awesomeness? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 18:41 2
  - I wonder if Billy Volek knows how famous he is here. Like, do we come up on his search results? -- nm - David Feb 1, 19:36 1
    - No, robots aren't allowed to crawl ST. (Maybe bad robots ignore the rules, though.) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 19:43
- Rodgers -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 18:13 4
  - 4 MVPs but only one ring. Wilson's that one play away from having two, and Mahomes is a win away. -- nm - David Feb 1, 18:29 3
    - If Breece Hall had stayed healthy Flacco might have had a chance. - the wrong element Feb 1, 18:35 2
      - We were just talking about this tonight. It's not a coincidence they lost 7 out of their last 8. -- nm - David Feb 1, 18:50
      - I think I love you. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 18:45
- My guess - Todd Manning Feb 1, 18:10 1
  - That probably would have been my guess. -- nm - David Feb 1, 18:24
- is it - Reagen Feb 1, 17:59
- Spoil - Will Hunting Feb 1, 17:54 1
  - This is correct. -- nm - David Feb 1, 18:24
Does anyone here watch The Rookie? 11 minutes in, that cut makes zero sense. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 17:42 1
- No, I stopped a while ago. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 17:44
Death cult -- (link) - TWuG Feb 1, 17:36 2
- sick -- nm - mud Feb 1, 17:38 1
  - Santos charity pins. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 21:38
Celtics feeling it tonight. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 1, 17:20
Speaking of snl ad skits, this is a great one -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 1, 17:19 [youtube]
More sports on YouTube. Apparently there’s a World University Games. They just wrapped up in Lake Placid. One guess who won gold in hockey. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 17:06 4
- Trump University -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 18:09
- McGill University? -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 17:35
- Mozambique? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 17:07 1
  - You’d be closer if you were guessing who the Women were playing for Gold. - Mop Feb 1, 17:10
Daily Fail standing up for the . . . Irish? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 17:01
I’d like to see a pregnancy test commercial where they get the result they don’t want. -- nm - Dano Feb 1, 16:58 3
- SNL *must* have done that. -- nm - mafic Feb 1, 17:01 2
  - And this one -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 1, 17:10 [youtube]
  - Well, there's this one -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 1, 17:06 [youtube]
Hello, Dry January! Hellllllllllo, Rum February! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 16:50
I assume the dome sweet dome person was like "make sure you get the texas mirror and the gun belt hair dryer!" - mafic Feb 1, 16:50 1
- miners are nothing if not blunt -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 18:26
O’s decline 5-yr extension of Camden Yds lease, claiming they want to negotiate a longer term deal during the season (sure Jan) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 16:49 3
- Enjoy your new team in 2024, Tennessee. - the wrong element Feb 1, 18:27 1
  - the only thing that might complicate his plans is the lawsuit from shitheel #2 which now has a conservator running the old man's law firm - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 18:29
- Trash stadium should be replaced with a crab shack. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 17:37
Friends, thank you so much for the donations to the Special Olympics Polar Plunge!! I really appreciate it. It’s a cause close to my heart. -- nm - kelly Feb 1, 16:47 2
- I missed the info up top so I'm glad you posted your thanks. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 17:34 1
  - Oh I didn’t even realize it was linked up top!! (Thank you!) -- nm - kelly Feb 1, 17:45
I’m infinitely amused that the angry game tester on Mythic Quest is the show runner on Last of Us. -- nm - The Allfather Feb 1, 16:30 2
- also ted cruz's roommate in college -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 16:47
- also wrote on it -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 1, 16:41
CBC producer Michael Finlay dies after random street attack -- (link) - Reagen Feb 1, 16:00 2
- sad -- nm - mud Feb 1, 16:01 1
  - on Danforth Ave, Toronto, in broad daylight. -close to where I lived in the 80s -- nm - mud Feb 1, 16:04
Maybe what we need are a gallery of infographics. "We need to talk about the -isms". -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 15:49
This is in the bookstore. Is it likely to have any interest. Publication date 2012 :) -- (pic) - Meg Feb 1, 15:48 [Attachment] 12
- yeah some kid will want that the DK books are good sellers. -- nm - Remlik Feb 1, 16:04 2
  - Thanks, we should maybe give it more visibility. It's kind've buried in the stacks right now. -- nm - Meg Feb 1, 16:22 1
    - Nice job! -- nm - con_carne Feb 1, 17:52
- I can see someone wanting that. Also, I find it odd that the WWE logo is missing the E part. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 15:57 8
  - Are you thinking of the old WWF logo? I don't think the WWE logo has those extra lines on the right. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 16:13 7
    - I thought it did but after a search it apparently doesn't. -- (edited) - Krusty Feb 1, 16:16 6
      - That’s the Attitude Era logo (late 90s-mid 00s) when they had to become WWE after the lost the suit with the WWF -- nm - Tim Feb 1, 16:26 2
        
        Get the F out! -- nm - Qale Feb 1, 16:32
        
        I went and read more than I wanted to about their logo and the newish one is more corporate looking. It's still missing the E. :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 16:29
      - Maybe the first W is the bottom line, the second W is the negative space, and the E is the top line, but rotated 90°? :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 16:18 2
        
        No. :-) - Krusty Feb 1, 16:22 1
        
        Heh -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 16:24
Well this is interesting (to me and probably only to me) -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 1, 15:43 1
- (And my sincere apologies for the horrible first) -- nm - znufrii Feb 1, 15:43

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