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another *moderate* Republican chimes in today. "when I called him effin Crazy, it was just jokes!" -- (edited) - Jovian Feb 2, 12:06
NHL TV ratings drop is easily explained away but there are other real problems - crash davis Feb 2, 12:03
MLB farm system rankings: Keith Law ranks all 30 teams on prospects, Dodgers stay No. 1 (spamlet, don't read) - crash davis Feb 2, 11:55 5
- We graduated a lot of talent the last couple of years so not surprised. -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 12:04 4
  - Yeah, all our top prospects became solid mlb players way ahead of schedule. It’s a good problem to have. -- nm - The Allfather Feb 2, 12:13
  - I'm trying to look out for you! -- nm - crash davis Feb 2, 12:08 2
    - My favorite white Sox blog posted a story with this kicker this morning. Almost did a literal spit take -- (pic) - spamlet Feb 2, 12:10 [Attachment] 1
      - funny but ouch -- nm - crash davis Feb 2, 12:13
Anyone here do yoga? -- nm - oblique Feb 2, 11:47 11
- I've been doing the DDP Yoga for the last year and half or so. -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 12:07
- No but I've been thinking I should start. It may help with the back pain I've been having. And could definitely improve my flexibility. - sycor Feb 2, 12:06 1
  - It helped a lot when I had back pain. Highly recommend. -- nm - loosilu Feb 2, 12:14
- I used to. I've started doing yoga mediations (from YT) to go to sleep. -- nm - loosilu Feb 2, 12:05
- Infrequently these days, but used to do it a lot. -- nm - mafic Feb 2, 12:02 5
  - don't you have goats? - oblique Feb 2, 12:05 4
    - We (mostly jokingly) talked about having (or hiring them out for) goat yoga. -- (edited) - mafic Feb 2, 12:14
    - I want to see you do yoga with a fully grown billy. - loosilu Feb 2, 12:07 2
      - I'm the worst for self-directed exercise. I can't even motivate myself to do the PT exercises at home. I really work best when someone is "yelling" - oblique Feb 2, 12:09 1
        
        Then tell your yoga teacher what your concerns are. They can often tailor a routine for requests. -- nm - loosilu Feb 2, 12:12
- I used to watch 20 Minute Workout. As the pilot below shows, that means I do yoga. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 11:48
Adrenaline from Bandslam remains one of my favorite performed-by-characters-in-the-movie songs ever -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 2, 11:33 [youtube]
voyeur poll: what's something you accidentally saw/overheard that you can't unsee/hear? at an office happy hour, i could hear someone in the women's - hollywood big shot Feb 2, 11:18 5
- over heard my father in law proposition my cousin in law - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 2, 12:13
- That guy at Coachella with the too small G-String and too large sack -- (link) - JD Feb 2, 11:25 [Backboard]
- I had a list in my head of dudes in the office that saw didn't wash after using the restroom. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 11:19 2
  - What part of "your ass is a germ factory" don't they understand? -- nm - Max Feb 2, 11:24 1
    - nm -- nm* - Spawn Feb 2, 11:25
My mid-workout biking sprints have definitely gotten faster. In the fall, I was maxing out at ~0.7 mile/minute. Now Im regularly better than 1.1mi/min -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 11:08 2
- My mid-workout bikini -- nm - What Beak read Feb 2, 11:11 1
  - My mind-workout bikini -- nm - What Spawn read Feb 2, 11:56
POWERBALL IS $700m on saturday. Are we having a pool? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 2, 10:54 1
- I would dip my toe in it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 11:17
AITA? Yes, yes you are. No mitigating factors, 100% Ahole -- (link) - TWuG Feb 2, 10:50 10
- Could he respect his wife any less? -- nm - loosilu Feb 2, 12:09 1
  - he undercut her achievements every chance he got. -- nm - Diva Feb 2, 12:41
- "I have never actually flown a plane." Then you are not a pilot. -- nm* - Mony Baroney Feb 2, 11:42 3
  - Exactly. No matter how many hours people play Call of Duty they're not soldiers. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 12:12
  - You're a writer when you've published, you're a pilot when you've landed a plane that just needs refeuling - Max Feb 2, 12:10
  - He is a pilot virgin. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 11:46
- When I read this sort of stuff I immediately assume none of this is real. Because otherwise this person needs help. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 11:26 1
  - A good portion of that subreddit is a creative writing exercise. I could actually believe this one though. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 11:32
- The responses on the reddit are what you might expect, gloriously so. -- (link) - . Feb 2, 11:19
- Also lately my stewardess has been preparing meals out of mostly pretzels and cookies, and asks for my credit card each time. This is not First Class. -- nm - The Pilot Feb 2, 11:14
Canadian groundhog Fred la marmotte found dead moments before Groundhog Day event in Quebec -- (link*) - budice Feb 2, 10:49 9
- they didn't have a backup marmot? -- nm - loosilu Feb 2, 12:10
- And Rian Johnson has the plot to his next Benoit Blanc mystery. -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 11:29
- Muuuuurder -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 11:01 2
  - Settle down, Tisiphone. -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 11:49
  - Groundhog Gang didn't want their turf stepped on -- nm - budice Feb 2, 11:08
- "I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life." -- nm - TWuG Feb 2, 10:51
- ...signaling the beginning of the next ice age -- nm - decline Feb 2, 10:51
- Welp…that’s a bad sign. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 2, 10:50 1
  - 200 more years of dumbness -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 10:51
Leaping Lanny Poffo, Macho Man Randy Savage's equally talented brother, has died. - David Feb 2, 10:47 11
- More talented than his brother but didn't have the promo skills of his brother -- nm* - Eag Feb 2, 11:22
- *throws a frisbee in the his honour* -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 11:09
- 1st person to do a Moonsault in American Wrestling -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 10:49 8
  - He was incredibly gifted in the ring, so much so that he really couldn't do most of his stuff as a perennial heel. -- nm - David Feb 2, 10:54 7
    - He signed a WCW deal to come in as Gorgeous George as Macho owned the rights, and was told not come but kept getting a check to stay home - Remlik Feb 2, 10:57 6
      - They definitely went a different way with Gorgeous George. Remember Team Madness? -- nm - The Allfather Feb 2, 11:40 4
        
        Adrian Adonis? -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 11:45 1
        
        No….think the exact opposite - Will Hunting Feb 2, 11:56
        
        yup. she had a rough life after. they weren't good for each other. -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 11:43 1
        
        We did get Molly Holly out of it, though. -- nm - The Allfather Feb 2, 11:46
      - If he isn't in the HoF he should be -- nm - Eag Feb 2, 11:26
Larry Hogan apparently is short circuiting. -- (link) - Jovian Feb 2, 10:43 2
- the only reason he was even popular as MD gov is Dems have the supermajority so could always override anything he vetoed - hollywood big shot Feb 2, 10:57
- "HooooooooGAN" - Colonel Trump -- nm - TWuG Feb 2, 10:44
Well that's not something you see every day: "Human penis found at Alabama gas station" -- (link) - decline Feb 2, 10:25 3
- the bay area in the 70s had a news tease: male member found on railroad tracks FILM at 11 -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 10:46
- What is it with gas stations? They're like one of those things, but for weird-ass shit. - Charlie Cale si Feb 2, 10:31 1
  - "Sir...sir...you forgot your..." -- nm - . Feb 2, 11:11
Beyoncéssaince is gonna make Taylor’s tour tickets look like an open mic night -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 2, 10:23 3
- She's going after Elton's record. His tour made $817 Million -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 10:57 2
  - Beyonce isn't breaking any record unless she increases the number of dates massively. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 11:10 1
    - is there more demand for bey than for tay? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Feb 2, 11:11
I don't know if this is real (it's fucking absurd if it's real, so it's probably not real) but ... Twitter api pricing chart -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 2, 10:20 [mastodon] 3
- it wouldn't surprise me if it is real -- nm - decline Feb 2, 10:22 2
  - me either. Musk doesn't subscribe to the view that Twitter is "infrastructure" It is a product and thus access to it should be monetized -- nm - oblique Feb 2, 10:27
  - I'll be very interested to see if it breaks any "log in with Twitter" authentications -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 10:26
Semantle Jr.: ugh. 63 guesses, 16 green, 7 hints - prayformojo Feb 2, 10:15 1
- weird: I got Sr. in 25/6/0 - prayformojo Feb 2, 10:28
ChatGPT may be the fastest-growing consumer app in internet history, reaching 100 million users in just over 2 months, UBS report says -- nm - decline Feb 2, 10:13 1
- I haven't used it yet. Is it an app or a website or both? -- nm - Inigo Feb 2, 10:28
AOC spitting fucking fire -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 2, 10:01 10
- I would LOVE for the rumor to get floated out there that she might run for President or be a VP candidate. Just to watch the GOP - Turd Ferguson Feb 2, 11:03 2
  - she gets death threats daily. i think they don't need any more excuses -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 2, 11:07 1
    - from across the room, even -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 11:17
- Hell yeah! -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 10:37
- was there a single GOP member present in the chamber at the time? -- nm - mud Feb 2, 10:33 1
  - who cares if there wasn't? These things need to be said and it's in public view now. -- nm - Diva Feb 2, 12:51
- Preach Girl Preach! -- nm - budice Feb 2, 10:15
- that's the most animated I think I've seen her -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 10:04 2
  - I’m sure Hakeem will walk it back by sundown -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 2, 10:18
  - It's not like she's Harrison ford suddenly waking up from sleepwalking through press junkets... so she must be really fired up. (haven't watched yet) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 10:08
Nothing ever good has ever come of my mother calling me and saying "Your father is okay, but....." - ty97 Feb 2, 09:41 18
- omg -- nm - Diva Feb 2, 12:07
- Read this at lunch (cannot post from my phone). So very sorry. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 11:27
- did he at least get to eat his McDonalds? -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 11:10
- Glad he's being feisty. -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 11:05
- Damn dude. I have some bubble wrap I can spare if you need some for him. -- nm - sycor Feb 2, 10:53
- Holy shit. Hope he recovers quickly. Rough couple of weeks. So many McD's have entrance doors literally 2 feet from the drive thru lane. Dangerous. - zunk takes things literally Feb 2, 10:21
- The person who hit him needs to McPay. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 10:17
- oh man, that's rough. i hope he's okay and out quickly. -- nm - colin Feb 2, 10:11
- Jebus! I hope he's fine and out of the hospital very soon. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 10:02
- I'm not liking this season of ty's parents. Tell the producers to get better storylines. -- nm - Dano Feb 2, 09:48 4
  - I'm ready for 2024 -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 09:51 3
    - Wait, they 10 months ahead in writing? They are the Days of Our Lives of parents! -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 2, 09:57
    - 2023... -- (link) - Dano Feb 2, 09:56 [Image] 1
      - 100% -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 09:59
- Good lord. -- nm - The Allfather Feb 2, 09:46
- yikes. glad he is aware and speaking. hope he recovers quickly Ty -- nm - Jovian Feb 2, 09:46
- Glad it wasn’t more serious but praying for a quick recovery with no serious issue -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 09:45
- damn. Glad it wasn't more serious. That's really scary -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 09:44
Nice. My fav maintenance man that had cancer (diagnosed back in October) and later beat it could actually taste a banana this morning. - Spawn Feb 2, 09:40 4
- excellent -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 10:04
- sweet -- nm - mud Feb 2, 09:51
- Nice indeed. (A bit jarring to go from "nice" to "cancer" though. Rollercoaster! Heheh) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 09:41 1
  - ****HAD*****!!!!! -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 09:41
Some of you may have noticed this already... The Comics Journal wrote a review of (ST-adjacent) Jonathan Baylis's So Buttons comic. -- (link) - Mop Feb 2, 09:31
that Zillow house is gorgeous. too bad it's in NJ... -- nm - colin Feb 2, 09:30 1
- Yeah, it's one of the few "gone wild" houses that I haven't hated in some way - TWuG Feb 2, 09:36
The top contenders of NASA astronauts to go to the moon next. -- (link) - Mop Feb 2, 09:26 6
- Can we make the selection a reality show? -- nm - The CW Feb 2, 09:59
- I'll go! wait for meeeee! -- nm - Woman running on the pier holding a daiquiri Feb 2, 09:41
- George Santos and whom else? -- nm - Jovian Feb 2, 09:30
- I'm still not quite sure that I've absorbed that if all goes well, we will get to see people walking on the moon (presumably live) -- nm - oblique Feb 2, 09:30 2
  - I don't expect it to actually happen until 2026 or later, but yeah. That'll be a thing to see. Looking forward to it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 09:36 1
    - Especially since the SFX are so much better now. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 09:37
Meanwhile, on Paramount Mountain... -- (link) - Mop Feb 2, 09:20 [youtube]
Screencap from the first part of the Final on The Challenge last night. (spoilery and a little graphic) -- (edited) - Jovian Feb 2, 09:19 [Attachment] 2
- At least it wasn't a watermelon. -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 09:22 1
  - heh (spoils) - Jovian Feb 2, 09:26
for dessert tonight: the classic pairing of s'mores and cherry mulled wine -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 09:18
What kind of psychopath decided that a loaf of sandwich bread should contain an odd number of slices? - znufrii Feb 2, 09:14 10
- When I have peanut butter sandwiches I have three halves. As in fold each one over. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 09:41
- Use the stump? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 09:21 6
  - The "stump"? You mean the "heel"? -- nm - TWuG Feb 2, 09:30 2
    - My foot has a heel. I wouldn't put that near my mouth. - Beryllium Feb 2, 09:34
    - heh. my brother when he was little would only eat the 'ends'! Was so funny and bizare. -- nm - Jovian Feb 2, 09:33
  - What? No way. I thought you were cool, man. I thought you were cool. -- nm - sycor Feb 2, 09:22 2
    - They're good for open face peanut butter and jam toast -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 09:34 1
      - (Fold them in half to make it a crusty taco) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 09:35
- ** -- nm* - hollywood big shot Feb 2, 09:19
- a very good one? They've obviously trained well... -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 09:15
WAIT FOR MEEEEE!!!! -- nm - Woman running on the pier holding a daiquiri Feb 2, 09:04 8
- Bacon's wedding cruise we were doing that coming back from the rum tour (thankfully we made it but it was stressful). -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 09:18 2
  - This is why I want to book our excursions through the cruise line instead of taking off on our own. -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 09:21 1
    - I would 99.99% agree with this. - JaxSean Feb 2, 09:24
- Speaking of cruises, had a dream earlier this week that I’d forgotten our passports and didn’t realize it until we were almost at the airport - znufrii Feb 2, 09:10 4
  - *Technically* since it leaves from Miami and returns to Miami, you likely just need your Driver's License. - JaxSean Feb 2, 09:28 2
    - I figured that might be the case, but then again I’d also probably be murdered before getting on the boat anyway… -- nm* - znufrii Feb 2, 09:36 1
      - "who brings a weedwhacker on a boat?" -- (link*) - budice Feb 2, 09:39 [youtube]
  - My first thought was, "You need a passport to go to Miami now?" And then I got a little excited that they kicked FL out of the country. - sycor Feb 2, 09:18
For Znu - The Daughter Song (Tom Wilson AKA Biff from BTTF) -- (link) - Beaker Feb 2, 09:00 [youtube] 1
- Heh. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 2, 09:04

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