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the crazy Harbaugh coach is in trouble... -- (link) - Diva Jul 25, 11:21 5
- wait, which one is the crazy one? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 11:25 4
  - the guy who coaches the Ravens (John) doesn't really seem insane. The guy who coaches Michigan (Jim) is batshit crazy. Allegedly. -- nm* - Diva Jul 25, 11:30
  - I'm not sure either -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 25, 11:28 2
    - Jim. Jim is the Malcolm Gladwell of the family, John is the foodche....wait. Do I have this backwards? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 25, 11:30 1
      - heh -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 11:31
With their win yesterday, the Orioles have the longest streak without being swept in AL history. - Dano Jul 25, 11:19 4
- I hope B'more fans are enjoying this. They have suffered long and hard. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 11:20 3
  - taking fam to the Yankees game Fri night at Camden Yards with higher expectations than when I bought the tix in April - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 11:27 2
    - Yeah. It would be nice to see the Orioles take the Braves' approach and lock up their young talent, but with an Angelos in charge it's doubtful. -- nm - Dano Jul 25, 11:30
    - i knew you'd come by with some eeyore stuff. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 11:29
Kayla Tausche jumps from NBC over to CNN as Sr WH Correspondent -- nm - budice Jul 25, 11:15
""Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to the hospital. He is now in stable condition and no longer in ICU." -- nm - David Jul 25, 11:12
If there's anyone that still uses Instapaper, they've released some big updates lately including newsletter support. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 25, 11:10
I finally had success with the Ticketmaster Verified Fan thing was able to get two tickets for the Tues Aug 8 Taylor Swift show at SoFi - JD Jul 25, 11:05 5
- please consider yourself very, very lucky -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 25, 11:22
- The bad news, you just agreed to be a dancer. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 11:08 3
  - *jazzhands**jazzhands**spiritfingers**spiritf ingers**slide**twirl**slide* -- nm* - JD si Jul 25, 11:09 2
    - I'd totally do it but with all the cameras these days, I'd undoubtedly stand out worse than left shark -- nm - JD Jul 25, 11:15 1
      - Not good enough. Put on the shark suit. -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 25, 11:17
I got an email from MoviesAnywhere telling me I have 30 days to renew my account. - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 10:54 1
- electrons cost money to flow in the internet tubes! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 11:01
Java: Still out there. But once Oracle started sniffing around for Java Licensing $$, we got rid of it and dependent tools quick -- nm - budice Jul 25, 10:51
"Gulf stream could collapse as early as 2025" - that would be bad -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 25, 10:39 4
- Setting us up for a mashup of The Perfect Storm + The Core + The Day After Tomorrow + 2012 + Geostorm + Greenland + Deep Impact - Max Jul 25, 11:10 1
  - I want Sharknado too :)))) -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 25, 11:17
- "The new analysis estimates a timescale for the collapse of between 2025 and 2095, with a central estimate of 2050, if global carbon emissions are not reduced." swell. -- nm* - mud Jul 25, 10:47 1
  - "See!? England is now colder so how can Global *Warming* be a thing!" -- nm - TWuG Jul 25, 11:32
Megaball draw tonight, 850m pot casino window closes at 2pm slackers time -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 10:37 9
- sent -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 11:49
- sent -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 11:26
- sent -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 11:23
- Just saw this. Sending now if it's not too late. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 11:12 1
  - on my page the time stamp says 11:12 what does yours say? (wondering if it is west coast server or local time used -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 12:41
- yay. sent. thx again. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 11:10
- I sent. Maybe twice. -- nm - David Jul 25, 10:54 1
  - classic David -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 25, 11:22
- Sent -- nm - Decline Jul 25, 10:50
Cowboys Pro-Bowl Guard Zack Martin officially holding out. No show at camp -- nm - budice Jul 25, 10:24
M:I Dead Reckoning Part One: A- - Tim Jul 25, 10:21
A college buddy of mine who writes for a newspaper about sports just posted next years HoF roster and somehow had these opinions. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 25, 10:10 12
- Speaking of the Hall, there's more than 4,500 homers represented at this table. -- (edited) - spamlet Jul 25, 11:12 [Image] 3
  - I figured out it was Larry Walker after a bit yesterday -- McGriff, I wouldn't have gotten without having seen him give a speech this weekend. - Will Hunting Jul 25, 11:37
  - I saw that yesterday and had no clue that was Fred McGriff. He needs to grow that glorious mustache back. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 11:16 1
    - He was the one I couldn't figure out either. A stickied comment helped :) -- nm - spamlet Jul 25, 11:23
- If Mauer makes it in, then certainly McCann would also? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 10:26 1
  - No chance. McCann has like 60% the career WAR of Mauer. 33 vs 55. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 25, 10:38
- No Todd Helton? -- nm - Flavorize Jul 25, 10:23 1
  - He’s talking new guys. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 25, 10:37
- Still one of my favorite headlines ever: Jayson Werth is NOT sleeping with Chase Utley's Wife -- nm - David Jul 25, 10:19 1
  - Her loss. -- nm - Jayson Werth Jul 25, 10:42
- Wright was certainly on pace but this his body quit on him, which always depresses me. -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 10:11 1
  - Right…he’s a woulda but… - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 25, 10:40
Futurama invades Fortnite tomorrow -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 10:09
A federal judge said Tuesday that she's not changing her decision to let NFL coach Brian Flores put the league and three of its teams on trial -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 10:03
I'm confused. Where are we with Megamillions? -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 10:00 4
- It's confusing because power is now 3x a week. M w Sar. Mm is Tuesday Fri -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 10:41 1
  - sent -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 11:22
- I dunno. I sent in some money today just to be safe :) -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 10:13 1
  - Ok - thx. i had to get the calendar straight. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 10:21
“Dog emergency”…riiiight. -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 25, 09:56 1
- he named his penis Dog -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 10:00
The Ready Room with the Lower Decks crew is magical. -- nm - David Jul 25, 09:42 2
- Jack Quaid is a giant and he will eat us all! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 10:43
- big week for Quaid as well. That episode and being in Oppenheimer -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 10:11
Las Vegas properties around F1 circuit could have views obstructed unless fee is paid - JD Jul 25, 09:31 3
- I'm surprised they're allowed to do this, considering they're operating in public right of way? - Strongbad Jul 25, 10:29
- Sources also claim that salespeople...have even threatened that lights will be shined toward the viewing areas of unlicensed venues, blinding guests - JD Jul 25, 10:17
- I'm sure lots of restaurants and bars that hold 30 people max can afford that $45k -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 09:43
ST: What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 09:20 15
- Still haven't finished "The Starless Sea" (NM) - Marlowe Jul 25, 10:40
- Hamlet -- nm - mud Jul 25, 09:57
- "Oscar Wars" about the Academy Awards. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 25, 09:49
- Still on Babel, or the Necessity of Violence -- nm - landbeck Jul 25, 09:39
- The Wager (more than combustion engines, infectious disease theory really did bring us out of the dark ages) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 09:34
- After 2 months, my hold on the audiobook for Fairy Tale by Stephen King just came through, so will start that tomorrow. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 09:33
- About to start The Book of Night Women -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 25, 09:30
- The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 25, 09:30
- Finished Lessons in Chemistry, I do not recommend. About to start The Midnight Library. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 25, 09:23
- I just finished Nemesis Games. I guess up next is Babylon's Ashes. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 09:23
- Infinity Gate by M R Carey - Jovian Jul 25, 09:22 2
  - flagged. thanks -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 10:01
  - (btw, hard sci fi fans, I cannot recommend this enough.) -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 09:41
- Man in the High Castle, about to start Wool. -- nm - colin Jul 25, 09:22
- on an Old Man's War reread, now at The Last Colony and Zoe's Tale. Plus Book 1 of The Witcher waiting in the wings. also reading Hellboy -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 09:21
Your top 10 songs: Seven, Try That in a Small Town, Last Night, Fast Car, Calm Down, Fukumean, Vampire, Cruel Summer, Flowers, All My Life - Tim Jul 25, 09:15 36
- Oh, the group that Snoop was in before he went solo. Gah, can't think of the name though. I think Nate Dogg was the other #1. -- nm - spamlet Jul 25, 09:42 6
  - Tha Dogg Pound. Though Snoop wasn't really a member as much as worked with them a few times. It was Kurupt and Daz in the group with Snoop and other - Krusty Jul 25, 10:14 3
    - I thought there was one even prior to that? Now I'm going to have to look it up. -- nm* - spamlet Jul 25, 10:58 2
      - 213 was the original name of Tha Dogg Pound, I guess, but that's what I was trying to think of. -- nm - spamlet Jul 25, 11:00 1
        
        Ahh. Snoop didn't exist to me until he did Deep Cover. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 11:18
  - somehow, Regulate didn't go to #1! -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 09:49 1
    - Almost as surprising as the Eagles below -- nm - spamlet Jul 25, 09:56
- Two members of BTS now have solo #1 hits, making it 9 groups where multiple members had #1 solo hits. Can you name the other 8? -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 09:16 28
  - the last one: Hot Boys - Tim Jul 25, 09:40 1
    - Ah,. Yeah, no way. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 09:43
  - Blind Faith -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 09:35 3
    - nice one -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 25, 09:53
    - ah, sweet! -- nm* - Spawn Jul 25, 09:37
    - correct! Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 09:37
  - last two are the toughies: classic rock band (that didn't have any hits of their own), hip hop/rap group that I'd never heard of but has a rap legend -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 09:35
  - Genesis? Even though they weren't in the band at the same time. -- nm - Inigo Jul 25, 09:32
  - Genesis -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 25, 09:32 1
    - correct, Peter Gabriel (Sledgehammer) and Phil Collins (seven?!) - Tim Jul 25, 09:34
  - Supremes? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 25, 09:27
  - Black Eyed Peas? -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 09:26 2
    - correct, Fergie has three and will.i.am is on Usher's OMG -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 09:28 1
      - Arguing against my own answer, it seems weird to count it as a solo, when it's "featuring". -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 10:35
  - (this is an outstanding trivia question) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 25, 09:25
  - Traveling Wilburys? -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 25, 09:24 2
    - Not counted because they formed after its members had #1s -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 10:10
    - if they count, how about The Highwaymen? :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 09:26
  - NKOTB -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 09:24
  - Destiny's Child? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 09:23 1
    - correct (Kelly Rowland's is Nelly's Dilemma) -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 09:25
  - Fugees? -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 09:23 1
    - correct (Wyclef's is Shakira's Hips Don't Lie) -- (edited) - Tim Jul 25, 09:24
  - One Direction, Beatles, Eagles -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 09:17 3
    - yes, yes, no - Tim Jul 25, 09:21 2
      - cool, was fairly confident with the first two and knew Henley and Frey both had a couple hits (surprused Boys of Summer didn't go higher). -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 09:22 1
        
        #5, which surprised me as well. -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 09:25
  - (range: very easy to impossible) -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 09:16
"UPS, Teamsters reach labor deal to avoid strike" -- (link) - mud Jul 25, 09:11 8
- can they vote on it in time to avoid some of the stoppage? my understanding was that takes about a month. -- nm - colin Jul 25, 09:23 1
  - I don't think it matters when the members vote; this tentative agreement prevents the strike. - mara 🍂 Jul 25, 09:36
- ….here’s how that’s bad for Biden. -- nm - NYT Pitchbot Jul 25, 09:21
- Great to hear! I hope they get air conditioned vehicles because it's ridiculous that they're not already. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 09:19
- Thank god. This would have effected my company dramatically. We've been on pins and needles at work. -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 09:15 3
  - would have devastated small business that require daily shipments -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 09:30 2
    - I will never forget driving to Ohio to get the new comics shipment. In my Del Sol, the second time. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 09:39
    - oh for sure. and large ones that have direct contracts with UPS because of such high volume.. - Jovian Jul 25, 09:38
The Exorcist: Believer - trailer (October 13th) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 09:11 [youtube] 1
- I had this trailer last night and it was more irritating than anything with the ear-splitting noises. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 09:15
Cue Elon speculating that Bronny’s issue is vaccine related. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 25, 09:01
Silo e2-3 A+. Very intense. (spoils) But one thing that really bothers me about the show. - sycor Jul 25, 08:56 10
- spoils - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 25, 08:59 2
  - Thoughts and ep 3 thing (spoils) - sycor Jul 25, 09:11 1
    - They do. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 25, 09:11
- Based on the books, all I can say is there is an explanation. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 25, 08:59 6
  - I have a book question cause I can't remember spoils - Pippy Quintas Jul 25, 09:16 4
    - spoils for book 2 (stuff not in season 1 of Silo) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 25, 09:19 3
      - Thank you. I recall liking the tone of # 2 more than # 1. Overall it is a very original concept idea. I love it. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 25, 09:25 2
        
        Yeah spoilers. - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 25, 09:29 1
        
        thank you -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 25, 09:41
  - Good. -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 09:11
any first-term President with Biden’s economic numbers at this point in their administration would be looking at a Reagan 84 re-election -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:52 8
- but the economy is bad -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 08:57
- Yet, all anyone, Republican or Democrat, seems to want to talk about is the recession that might still happen. - Inigo Jul 25, 08:55 4
  - I don’t hear democrats talking it up. they’re voting to give the pentagon $886b this week no questions asked. -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:58
  - The number of people that say "if inflation is going down how come food prices haven't dropped" makes me want to punch something cute. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 08:56 2
    - See also snowing/cold weather and global warming denials -- nm - Flavorize Jul 25, 10:48
    - youre a monster -- nm - Gingerbread Man Jul 25, 08:57
- But, cocaine in the WH! -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:54 1
  - tsk tsk -- nm - mud Jul 25, 09:04
Rewatchables inspired question: In Devil's Advocate is Charlize Theron's acting good? -- nm - JD Jul 25, 08:49 1
- Very hammy. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 25, 09:50

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