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Xfinity showing Apple + shows for free this week. say "FREE THIS WEEK" into your Xfinity remote and you can watch stuff -- nm - Remlik May 16, 08:04 1
- #ad -- nm - Qale May 16, 08:16
Is this an appropriate craft for 4 year olds? -- (pic) - TWuG May 16, 08:01 [Attachment] 3
- Yes. -- nm - Qale May 16, 08:17
- I don't think a four year old would know of other connotations for an aubergine. However, I must ask: what is wrong with a carrot? -- nm* - crash davis 😺 May 16, 08:06 1
  - There are other veg being made, including a carrot. -- nm - TWuG May 16, 08:08
I was having a good dream before I woke up. - Beryllium May 16, 07:53
Interesting article about the future plan/direction of Jeopardy! -- (link) - Volnelk May 16, 07:50 1
- When they called this tournament the Masters, it was clewr where they were going. I'm ok with it. -- nm - Mop May 16, 07:59
Crazy, Seth Towns enters transfer portal. He's 26, this will be his 8th season, and he still has two years of eligibility left. - Volnelk May 16, 07:40 3
- “The best part is I get older but they stay the same age” -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 16, 07:46
- He'll have a PhD when he's done. -- nm - Mop May 16, 07:43 1
  - And be playing alongside his kid. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 07:44
NBA Lottery #1 - WHO GETS VICTOR Poll: Pistons/Spurs/Rockets all at 14%, Hornets 12.5%, Trailblazers 10.5%, Orlando 9%, The field 26% -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 07:33 3
- in order of who I hope: Raptors, Spurs, Magic -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 07:34 1
  - I'd be cool with Spurs too. I just hope it isn't the Rockets or Hornets so I'm sure it will be. -- nm - Volnelk May 16, 07:45
- Orlando is my pick. They'd be fun. -- nm - Volnelk May 16, 07:34
The Extraction 2 trailer is the best thing you'll see today. -- (link) - Mop May 16, 07:27 [youtube] 2
- the teaser gave away too much so avoiding. will definitely watch and also rewatch #1 beforehand too -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 07:33
- That is a very good Russo trailer. But I doubt it will be the best thing I see all day -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 07:31
At the Real Embassy, Netflix’s ‘Diplomat’ Draws a Diplomatic Response - crash davis 😺 May 16, 07:24 3
- This is the kind of nonsense that Ambassador Wyler would not tolerate. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 08:29
- The above contains spoilers for The Diplomat. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 07:25 1
  - Also you don't hear about Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan being interested in The Night Agent. #crashwasright -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 07:26
This is pretty excellent. 60's movie stars as superheroes and villains: -- (link) - Jovian May 16, 07:21 12
- That's not Redford's photo is it? Also "Woody Allen" looks like RDJ. -- nm - Max May 16, 09:57 1
  - Also I'd put McDowell as Riddler, Jerry Lewis as Spiderman. James Arness or Lee Marvin as Thanos. -- nm* - Max May 16, 10:06
- Ann-Margaret as Mystique instead. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 08:43
- imo, the most elegant Catwoman ever -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 07:58
- I would kill to see Price as Strange -- nm - TWuG May 16, 07:48 1
  - lol right?? that one too would be just epic. -- nm - Jovian May 16, 07:55
- That is fun. Sean Connery is totally wrong for that as is John Wayne but the rest are fantastic -- nm - oblique May 16, 07:41 1
  - a Gene Wilder in his prime now, playing The Riddler, would have been awesome -- nm* - Jovian May 16, 07:47
- Yowza, Grace Kelly. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 07:27 2
  - I mean... -- nm - Jovian May 16, 07:29 1
    - It goes on the mantel net to Lisa...Carol...Fremont. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 07:42
- Very cool. -- nm - Volnelk May 16, 07:24
Jada Pinkett Smith's "Queen Cleopatra" on Netflix is the lowest-rated show in Rotten Tomatoes history -- (link) - decline May 16, 07:11 5
- It’s not even her lowest rated project on RT, unless you’re talking audience score, which is trash anyway. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 May 16, 07:37
- Lot of people upset at the main premise of the series that Cleopatra was black. -- nm - Mop May 16, 07:30 2
  - Racists are big mad, yeah. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 16, 07:42 1
    - The Egyptians are mad too. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 07:49
- should of cast Cleopatra as a white woman. Tried to tell her. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 07:17
Mexico’s Lavish Presidential Plane Arrives at Its New Home in Tajikistan - crash davis 😺 May 16, 07:11
10 years ago May 16, 2013: series finale of The Office -- (link) - Max May 16, 07:08 [youtube]
just rabid antisemitism or big mad because the guy dumped all his Tesla stock? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 07:05 3
- Yes. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 16, 07:42
- boilerplate antisemitism - Jovian May 16, 07:09
- (but really it's not just Soros) -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 07:08
Ukraine says it shot down Kinzhal missiles, one of Russia’s most advanced weapons. - crash davis 😺 May 16, 07:04 1
- Time to give the Patriot missile system another parade. -- nm - Mop May 16, 07:31
sorry Jake. After yesterday, you and I are through. That 2-hour block in the PM is off-limits in the mudverse - now a dedicated Nicole Wallace viewer! -- nm - mud ♪ May 16, 06:59 2
- geez yous guyz this is a big step for me! -- nm - mud ♪ May 16, 07:45
- he sure is getting eviscerated in my twitter -- nm - mud ♪ May 16, 07:01
State department issues warning for Jamaica, Columbia -- (link) - oblique May 16, 06:44 4
- Just took the entire family to Jamaica for Spring Break. -- nm - Volnelk May 16, 06:54 2
  - and? any truth to the warning? -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 16, 07:31 1
    - We didn't see anything that ever gave us pause. There was one semi-scam in the airport when we got there but it was low key. - Volnelk May 16, 07:45
- Missouri? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 16, 06:48
So, West Jet has issued a lock out notice. I am booked to fly next Wednesday. I am not optimistic at this point. -- nm - Andie May 16, 06:39
15yo Memory pics popping up from May 16, 2008 at the Hoover Dam with Shades, Bacon, Amy, and Spawn -- nm - Max May 16, 06:29 5
- MOM WIPES!!! -- nm - Bacon May 16, 19:55
- Wasn't Meg there? -- nm - loosilu May 16, 06:42 3
  - Was that the time Karl came over? I know I took him to the dam but don't believe I was there with the group. -- nm - Meg May 16, 07:15 2
    - Ah, no that was 2005. 2008 was Quark's and Marlowe and Amoxy at Valley of Fire. -- nm - Meg May 16, 07:21 1
      - I got 9 year old Lotus of Siam dinner -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 10:49
I just had my first ever iced coffee. - Loyola May 16, 06:27 27
- Good for you for trying something new though. Sometimes you don't like stuff, but sometimes joy can be found. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 07:37 1
  - Agreed. Plus, taste buds change all the time, so if you tried something 10 years ago and didn't like it, try it again. - JaxSean May 16, 07:40
- Fun fact: I take cream in my iced coffee. Cream in hot coffee is gross. -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 16, 07:17 1
  - same -- nm - decline May 16, 07:18
- Do you put anything in your coffee usually? If you drink black coffee, yes, it's gross. - JaxSean May 16, 07:14 1
  - Ok, Wrongy McWrongerson. -- nm - loosilu May 16, 07:32
- never had, never will -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 07:03
- I can’t drink cold coffee. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 16, 06:58
- First of all, coffee is gross -- nm - oblique May 16, 06:28 18
  - Yup. I am a tea drinker, though. :) -- nm - Dark Callisto May 16, 07:35
  - who hurt you? -- nm - loosilu May 16, 07:31
  - I didn't like coffee until probably my 30's. Started with Caramel Macchiatos (because I used to drink 2 16oz Mountain Dews a day - JaxSean May 16, 07:17
  - I'm on team coffee is gross. My dad and GF can go through multiple pots of coffee a day when we visit him. - sycor May 16, 06:59
  - And from that day forward, ST was divided into two houses. The one where people are correct and the one where people drink coffee. -- nm - Volnelk May 16, 06:55 1
    - If this is wrong, I dobn't want to be right. -- nm - loosilu May 16, 07:32
  - The day I allow kilbo to be my arbiter of taste is the day I give up on life. -- nm - Roger More May 16, 06:54
  - coffee is life. Life is Coffee. coffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffee!! -- nm Posted by mud ♪ (aka mud) Apr 30 '23, 11:32 -- nm - mud ♪ May 16, 06:53
  - I needed something to cool down. It’s 23 degrees here. I’m not able for it. I don’t know how ye stick the heat over there. -- nm - Loyola May 16, 06:51 6
    - *laughing* when it’s that cold in Australia I see people in their puffy coats. -- nm - mafic May 16, 07:20
    - that's sweater weather -- nm - decline May 16, 07:10
    - In Ireland? - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 16, 07:07 3
      - Dingle peninsula. -- nm - loosilu May 16, 07:52
      - Cliffs of Moher! Giant’s Causeway! The Burren! Skellig Michael! - mafic May 16, 07:23 1
        
        Done! Probably on this trip. Done! Not hitting Kerry on this trip. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 16, 07:43
  - nectar of the gods -- nm - Jovian May 16, 06:49
  - *ding* -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 16, 06:32
  - this right here is crazy talk -- nm - decline May 16, 06:32
The Microsoft/Activision saga continues. The status now is EU 👍, UK 👎, US ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- (link) - decline May 16, 06:27 1
- Also JP 👍 which you know just burns Sony's britches. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 06:30
Marvel SNAP spoilers -- (pic) - Flavorize May 16, 06:19 [Attachment] 2
- Love it. That's a good cheap filler card. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 06:23
- spoilers? the card is featured to buy in the token shop :) -- nm - oblique May 16, 06:23
Someone, in France, should be getting an email to confirm a job interview, that came to me. Is it the applicants fault, or the scheduler? It has a - Andie May 16, 06:03 5
- You could probably get an HR email for the company with a couple of clicks and send them a note -- nm - decline May 16, 06:19 4
  - it's not direct from the company, it's a service type thing. (and in France) -- (edited) - Andie May 16, 06:20 3
    - This is one of thiose things that you could make worse by trying to help. -- nm - loosilu May 16, 06:44 2
      - For sure (it is a VERY cool company though - link) - Andie May 16, 06:54 1
        
        They’re a cel service company. I have one of their SIM cards for site. Looks like a tech division of them tho. -- nm - mafic May 16, 07:17
NBA Lottery Day! And also Nuggets-Lakers. Should be a fun night. -- nm - Volnelk May 16, 05:44
Digits - znufrii 🦄 May 16, 05:21 1
- mine - decline May 16, 05:40
4 waffles - znufrii 🦄 May 16, 05:13 2
- 4 - 480 - GregW May 16, 08:22
- 4 - decline May 16, 05:33
Someone in the office is spoiling an upcoming Inside Number 9 episode, luckily I already knew about it. -- nm - LMS May 16, 04:22 2
- microwave some fish and put it in the radiator -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 04:42 1
  - Easy there Satan. No need to punish to entire building. -- nm - sycor May 16, 07:02
TV PSA: FBI x 3, Jeopardy! Masters, 911 Lone Star, Judge Steve Harvey, The Wall, Weakest Link, Angel City, NBA Draft Lottery, -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 04:21 1
- 911 Lone Star for the girls; D&D if we get it here, Oak Island on Sunday and plan to finish The Night Agent -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 06:59
Wordle 696 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 16, 04:03 3
- 2 - 696 -- (edited) - GregW May 16, 11:36
- X -- nm - decline May 16, 05:32
- 4/6 - znufrii 🦄 May 16, 05:04
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is now available on Paramount+. -- nm - Ender May 16, 02:43
I don't think there's any actor who is born to play a role they haven't yet more than Nathan Fillion as Indiana Jones. -- nm - David May 15, 23:47 10
- Hal Jordan. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 07:55
- I'm still curious to see Dougray Scott's Wolverine. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 06:07 1
  - I've seen it. It was great! -- nm - Eric Stoltz May 16, 06:24
- he was a better Nathan Drake -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 04:32 [youtube] 1
  - werd -- nm - tRuMaN May 16, 05:19
- Harrison only got it because CBS wouldn't let Tom Selleck out of shooting Magnum P.I. - hollywood big shot May 16, 01:09
- ... No. -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 00:00 [Image] 3
  - I just don't think it works -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 00:01 [Image] 2
    - (But if they tried it, would I watch it? Absolutely. Opening day.) -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 00:05
    - well, maybe Florida Jones -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 00:02 [Image]
Tried watching Beef. I think it has promise, but I can't get past the anxiety-inducing tension. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 23:06 2
- Yeah I have that on my list but it seems a little heavier than I want to deal with right now. -- nm - sycor May 16, 06:46
- I agree. Watching stressed people, stresses me out. -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 16, 06:27
Julie Andrews, boy oh boy -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 22:59 [youtube] 4
- man. that looks like it was fun. -- nm - Andie May 16, 06:24 2
  - My Fair Lady whooped all that B'way softball ass -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 07:04 1
    - and still going to this day, apparently -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 07:18
- Mackenzie Davis could fit -- nm - Max May 16, 06:08
Vegas: Tropicana notified employees Hotel turned into MLB Stadium within 2 years -- (link) - budice May 15, 22:30 4
- I don't think they can fit a stadium inside the hotel. -- nm - mafic May 15, 22:34 3
  - No foul territory. All deflections off walls are live. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 05:39
  - Fans are a problem, but make the ceilings in play and fences at 200ft and you could manage... -- nm - Ender May 15, 22:59 1
    - (I mean, this wouldn't be the first Tropicana Field...) -- nm - Ender May 15, 23:25
Kim and my baseball teams won 30-1 tonight. That's gonna be hard to top this season. -- nm - David May 15, 22:16 1
- When do you play the A’s? -- nm - Dano May 16, 05:11
Wood fired Pizza - JD May 15, 22:10 1
- i smell a sexual harassment suit -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 22:22
lol cope -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 22:06 2
- Roger Ailes sold Murdoch on the idea of a news network that would tell conservative audiences exactly what they wanted to hear. - howie May 15, 23:21 1
  - he'd first dreamed it up two years into Nixon's first term -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 23:28
meanwhile in Texas -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 21:40
Okay Mariners, I see you treading water at 21-20 while I took my eye off the ball and put it on the puck. Time to pick up the pace boys -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 15, 20:34 1
- Cal Raleigh hits one out of Fenway tonight -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 15, 20:51
In ECHL hockey news, the Idaho Steelheads earn a five kitty salute as they win the Mtn Div finals and move onto the Western Conf. finals 😺😺😺😺😺 - crash davis 😺 May 15, 20:21 4
- ECHL hockey is great fun. - JaxSean May 15, 20:47 1
  - That rocks -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 15, 20:55
- I've been to a Steelheads game in Boise. -- nm - Mop May 15, 20:24 1
  - To my shame, I haven't. Everyone I know who has been to one tells me they are great fun. The conference finals has tickets available in Toledo, but sold out in Boise -- nm* - crash davis 😺 May 15, 20:26
And so my interest in this year's NHL playoffs is done. -- nm - Mop May 15, 20:19 1
- you mean the hockey hotbeds of Carolina, Florida, Vegas and Texas don't get you all into the hockey spirit??!! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 04:41

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