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O's six outs away from avoiding the sweep with a one-run lead -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 11:40 1
- three-run lead now... of course that didn't matter on Tuesday -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 11:43
Oh hey remember when we said your area was going to get new carpet NEXT Friday? Yeah we're ahead of schedule, can we start tomorrow? - sycor Aug 10, 11:35 3
- do you even have power back yet? -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 11:41 1
  - ha! Yeah it came back the next morning around 11:30. So, about 16 hours without power. The office never lost power. -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 12:00
- just shove everything in a closet -- nm - decline Aug 10, 11:38
Hayley Williams of Paramore probably has Covid but they can’t say so because of cancellation insurance? -- (link) - Tim Aug 10, 11:35 27
- Daughter’s boyfriend got it after attending a convention. Seems like a new surge no one is talking about. - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 10, 11:41 26
  - They're talking about it around here. A lot of us are just in denial. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 12:11
  - I've seen reports about increased numbers here in NC but haven't read too much. -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 11:55 3
    - San fran finding 40% positive tests at Walgreens -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 11:57 2
      - Yikes. I guess I should read the articles I've been seeing. And read up on the new symptoms. -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 12:03
      - that's... a lot. -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 11:58
  - I've seen several reports of a surge. The epidemiologist I follow had it first. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 10, 11:46
  - SDCC was a confirmed superspreader event, GenCon probably too. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:44 1
    - Anime Matsuri is this weekend here. DragonCon is in Atlanta on Labor Day week and end. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 11:50
  - There's been local news reports about a surge and the NYT had something about a rise in cases the other day but it's not front page news. - Krusty Aug 10, 11:43 6
    - I haven't been masking at all this summer, but i will be again as we move into fall and things move indoors again. (also, will be getting boosted this - Andie Aug 10, 11:48 5
      - Good call, I should get another booster this fall before people coughing and sneezing starts to pick up. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 11:53 3
        
        yup. It'll be an annual thing each fall for me: flu shot + covid booster -- nm - decline Aug 10, 11:57 2
        
        We’re a year or two away from them being combined into one shot, thankfully. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:58 1
        
        that will be nice -- nm - decline Aug 10, 11:58
      - I have noticed an increase in masks lately. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 10, 11:48
  - I’m off this week but last week I used more Paxlovid than I have in the previous 2 months. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:43 10
    - Not to sound too glib, but isn’t this what we wanted? A managed virus? -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 11:50 9
      - it's all good news, but i think it's a good reminder that it's not going away. We have controls and we can live normally again, but, just like the - Andie Aug 10, 11:56 3
        
        the symptoms for this strain are also apparently different. still the sore throat/cough but not the same cardio/respiratory issues as past strains -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 12:00
        
        Long Covid is real. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:57 1
        
        Yep. My ex-wife has/had it. I haven't heard from her recently, but she was complaining of long term issues including - sycor Aug 10, 12:02
      - I mean this is my thought too. I simply don’t understand why we are still talking about it. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:53 2
        
        I understand why we are talking about it. But it’s a marathon not a race. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 12:30
        
        Because it is still an issue. We talk about the flu every year as well because it kills a lot of people and Covid is going to be the same - Krusty Aug 10, 11:56
      - We had a chance to eradicate it but people got mad they couldn’t have dinner at Olive Garden so now we made into a deadlier flu. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:51 1
        
        I mean, that's a bit of an oversimplification, but yes that was a factor. - sycor Aug 10, 11:58
Kylie Minogue’s Vegas residency ticket sale debacle has the gays in a ‘Padam’-level meltdown - JD Aug 10, 11:34 4
- It was a disaster. I gave up. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:52 2
  - Nooooooo!! You have to represent!! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 10, 11:53 1
    - The wait was hours long only to be told tickets didn’t exist. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:53
- Yikes -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 10, 11:44
Jack Smith wants the DC trial to start picking a jury on January 2, lol -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 11:16 4
- hell yeah -- nm - mud Aug 10, 11:18
- LOCK HIM UP -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 11:17 2
  - assuming a conviction on any of the counts by March/April, then it's a question of how fast DOJ can expedite the appeal process before November - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 11:28 1
    - pretty good odds he could be a convicted felon on or about Super Tuesday when the nomination would be out of reach for any other candidate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 11:43
A Karen that is mad she sent her order to the wrong Starbucks is peak Karen. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 11:14 2
- Just make my coffee you peon! -- nm - Karen Aug 10, 11:16 1
  - One may ask why I keep going here. It’s because I love the baristas. They are often alt folks that I adore and want to give them love. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 11:17
Lil Tay's family says she's alive, actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 11:07 4
- Relevancy at any cost. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 11:14
- Her brother, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 10, 11:10
- O-Tay -- nm - budice Aug 10, 11:09
- well, i mean, GOOD. -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 11:09
Dick Durbin sends feckless tweets. Jim Comer actually issues subpoenas -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 11:03
lol now it's a proposed "noble debate" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 11:02 3
- I wished I’d won the lotto so as a new billionaire, I could have whooped both their asses. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 11:16 2
  - or just My Bodyguard them. pay some MMA champ to do it for you -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 11:21 1
    - I won’t even need to send in my newly formed militia of femboys. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 11:32
Iowa State has an official Vodka -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 10:57 3
- That seems like a poor decision. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 10:59 2
  - Colleges showing their true colors with typical vices: Money & drugs -- nm - budice Aug 10, 11:02 1
    - marketing with youth attracting colorful graphics and cartoon characters. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 11:18
These two chubby bulldogs are coming to stay with me tomorrow. -- (pic) - Krusty Aug 10, 10:57 [Attachment] 5
- two sweet lumps -- nm - Jovian Aug 10, 12:01
- Awwwww -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 10, 11:45
- kibble and bits -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 11:13
- ahhhhhh, i love them. -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 11:09
- paging wiggie -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 10:58
R.I.P. Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), 64 -- (link) - mud Aug 10, 10:48 1
- Or so they would have you believe... -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 10:48
WGA has notified members that Carol wants another meeting about more meetings (now that earning calls are done for another quarter) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 10:42 6
- What's up with SAG? Are they currently just letting WGA negotiate with a plan to do their negotiations after? -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 10:52 3
  - afaik, there are no negotiations going on right now for SAG. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 10:55
  - the reasoning i've seen is studios need scripts first, then actors (but WGA also says they're not going back to work until SAG has a deal too) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 10:55 1
    - (because of pattern bargaining, if WGA gets a compensation/ AI structure that works for them, it's one that presumably they know SAG would also take) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 10:58
- DEADLINE: WGA & AMPTP To Resume Bargaining On Friday -- (edited) - mud Aug 10, 10:43 1
  - “expecting” to receive counter proposals - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 10:50
A pretty good case that Garland and DOJ haven't been slow walking the Trump investigation and charges. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 10, 10:36 1
- nice read. thanks -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 11:08
the guy hanging our drywall has a really good singing voice - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 10, 10:34 1
- Gypsum Idol -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 10:49
Clarence Thomas is really sunk now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 10:28
when you’re a D-List flunky, they probably don’t let you do it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 10:24 1
- ahh the rumored to be co-conspirator #6. Hes good people! -- nm - Jovian Aug 10, 10:26
Uh huh, sure. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 10:16 [mastodon] 4
- Sounds about right. 3 of their 4 users are happy. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 10:22
- Why would anyone willingly put themselves in this position? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 10:18 [mastodon] 2
  - the money (which she’ll still probably have to sue for, if she ever gets paid at all) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 10:22
  - (speaking of pretzels) -- nm - mud Aug 10, 10:20
the first draft of Last Voyage of the Demeter was written in 1998 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 09:52 2
- Hopefully they got rid of all the references to "gettin' jiggy with it". -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 10:12 1
  - Sailor 1: "This beast is straight from the depths of hell!" Sailor 2: "These pretzels are makin' me thirsty" -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 10:16
DTL: we have a new answer for best player ever… 1st 3x PoY - Will Hunting Aug 10, 09:23 3
- I was looking at his stats just yesterday. Insane stuff. - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 09:52 1
  - I have no idea how coaches make this happen. Do you think they just set shooting to 9 and let them loose? My guys always shoot for lower % when I try -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 10:11
- Belden and Guisti have the same number of titles tho, so there's that -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 09:38
Neymar has received an offer to join MLS -- nm - budice Aug 10, 09:06 1
- "Wanna score 800 goals? We've got, like, highschool sophomores playing mid back" -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 09:19
LIR for pfm - NYT xword took twice as long today. Was banging my head and hitting things trying to find the theme/trick. Nasty puzzle. -- nm - VMan Aug 10, 09:04 3
- It took me about 12 minutes, a little slow for Thurs but not excessive. - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 11:19
- I've been mad about this all day. I had it completed and correct several times. It is sooo goddamn stupid that - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 10, 09:19 1
  - I had to google and remind myself of the rule(s). -- nm - VMan Aug 10, 09:34
I've decided Yorkshire Tea make the best adverts -- (link) - LMS Aug 10, 09:03 [youtube] 5
- then there's this one -- (link) - LMS Aug 10, 09:05 [youtube] 4
  - and this one -- (link) - LMS Aug 10, 09:06 [youtube] 3
    - How BIG is their marketing budget?!! - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 10, 11:52
    - *mouthing along* -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 09:24
    - nice! -- nm - mud Aug 10, 09:22
Pablo Larraín fans!!! 'El Conde' Nflx Sept.15! -- (link) - mud Aug 10, 09:02 1
- "I've made mistakes" ..[awkward looks] .."accounting mistakes" -- nm - mud Aug 10, 09:04
17'th century Vampire child Burriel found in Poland. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 10, 09:01 4
- At least they were smart enough to exhume during daylight hours -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 09:58
- (see above!) -- nm - mud Aug 10, 09:03
- Mop's the descendent of vampires? -- nm - decline Aug 10, 09:02 1
  - That checks -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 09:04
Disney's Galactic Starcruiser write-off averages out to $2.5m per room -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 08:56 1
- Math adds up -- nm - budice Aug 10, 09:00
Give me Phil Mickelson's money and I'll promise to gamble 900M or less. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 08:54 6
- He’s a man of the people Reagen. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 09:05
- Give me his money and I won't gamble at all. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 08:55 4
  - Won't someone please think of the bookies! -- nm - VMan Aug 10, 09:18
  - 90% to charity -- nm - mud Aug 10, 08:57 2
    - Imagine what $900M would do if you put that all in Kiva, for micro loans— -- nm - Flavorize Aug 10, 08:58 1
      - What's Kiva's cut? Because the execs might just take the money and run. :-) -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 10:10
30th anniversary celebration of The Shawshank Redemption to be held next year in Ohio at filming locations. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 10, 08:53 15
- Finally, it can happen: Shawshenheimer! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 09:45
- I've been on the tour of the prison they used for that. Was pretty neat even though I'm not 100% sure I've actually watched the movie -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 08:58 13
  - Don't feel bad - I'm sure there's one of us who has never seen The Princess Bride -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 09:32 4
    - To deflect shrapnel from my friend kilbo, I've never seen 'Galaxy Quest'. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 09:55 2
      - neither have I -- nm - mud Aug 10, 10:18
      - Oh *that's* not right! -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 10:15
    - what is this, shit on Castle Rock Thursday? -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 09:54
  - I'm judging you right now. -- nm - LMS Aug 10, 09:16 1
    - So am I :) It is one of those films where I've seen so much of it and its been so long I just can't recall if I ever really sat down to watch it - oblique Aug 10, 10:15
  - "Yes, it truly was a Shawshank Redemption." -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 09:16
  - "Oh my holy god." -- nm - Jovian Aug 10, 09:13
  - Dude. Just.... dude. -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 09:05
  - what the HELL??!! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 10, 09:01
  - Delete this, before you get cancelled by ST -- nm - Flavorize Aug 10, 08:59
  - jfc -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 08:58
LIR hey mafic, I'll take one of those webcams. Find anything else interesting? -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 08:52
Darcy was supposed to fly in to Boise at 1:30 pm today. She just called and said Delta oversold the flight and was offering a $1200 - crash davis 😺 Aug 10, 08:49 8
- About $100 an hour and you don't have to kill anyone for it..or yourself -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 10:10
- Gift card? Hold out for cash! - sycor Aug 10, 08:54
- We had standing instructions to always take the money when flying home. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 08:52 1
  - I didn't think of it but should have done so, as she just called saying she might have been too late responding to the offer - crash davis 😺 Aug 10, 09:12
- give her my best when she gets to town -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 10, 08:51 1
  - will do -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 10, 08:52
- wow - yeah -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 10, 08:50 1
  - That was an easier decision than picking Barkley for my pick-up game against fifth graders. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 10, 08:51
Drywall is finally going up! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 10, 08:49
Tomorrow is new car day! -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 08:45 7
- wahooooo! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 10, 09:01
- Do they just set it to drive to your house? - Spawn Aug 10, 08:54 5
  - only taking right turns -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 08:59
  - :-] -- nm - mud Aug 10, 08:57
  - I wish. But I only need to drive to Bloomington and not St Louis this time -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 08:55 2
    - I was going to say that's not too much closer but then I remembered where the Tesla shop was. Yeah, that's closer. - spamlet Aug 10, 09:04 1
      - Plus, it's a straight drive, no bridges, no real traffic. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 10:12

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