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National Cinema Day on Sunday - $4 tix for all formats are live on some sites -- (link) - budice Aug 21, 06:46
I watched "Rent-A-Cop" last night starring Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli (with Dionne Warwick). Wow that was something. -- nm - MDH Aug 21, 06:43
Dallas getting cooked, 100+ temps -- (link*) - budice Aug 21, 06:15 3
- It is ridiculous and I hate it here. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 21, 06:48
- Every time I talk to my dad, he tells me how amazing it is there with no watering restrictions, and how he uses 60k gal of water a month - colin Aug 21, 06:17
- It is coming for us on Wednesday/Thursday -- nm - oblique Aug 21, 06:17
There are now 3 named storms in the Atlantic with 2 more expected to form in the next 48 hours -- (link) - decline Aug 21, 05:59 [Image] 3
- If we didn't name them, there'd be fewer. - Bari Seldon Aug 21, 06:11 1
  - stop 👏 naming 👏 them 👏 -- nm - colin Aug 21, 06:15
- Welcome to the party pal -- nm - budice Aug 21, 06:08
As of yesterday, I have repainted every room in my house. -- nm - Dano Aug 21, 05:23 21
- Three takeaways from the effort. - Dano Aug 21, 06:50 5
  - I'm sorry. This needs to be a couple thousand more words, and I don't see -any- affiliated links. -- nm - Qale Aug 21, 08:26
  - this is so helpful. Thank you. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 21, 07:10
  - Excellent, thank you. And how much do you charge? -- nm - mara 🍂 Aug 21, 07:00 2
    - Offer two meals a day and a bed in the storage shed and negotiate up from there. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 21, 07:11 1
      - And a cabana boy of my choosing. -- nm - Dano Aug 21, 07:25
- Awesome!! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 21, 06:49
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 21, 06:44
- Read this quick on my phone without my glasses and I thought it said you rented every room in your house. :) - Jovian Aug 21, 06:40 1
  - Which room has the highest rent? Kitchen or bathroom? -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 21, 07:14
- Congrats! That’s some dedication! Must feel good to have done it all, yourself. -- nm - Flavorize Aug 21, 06:20
- Rapture ready. -- nm - Loyola Aug 21, 05:49 1
  - actually, yes, that was the color he used in the hallway. Benjamin Moore 143A, if I'm not mistaken -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 21, 05:51
- So yes, the walls really are closing in on you - oblique Aug 21, 05:41
- Looks good. nm - Dignan Aug 21, 05:40
- Well on your way to House of Theseus. -- nm - mafic Aug 21, 05:39 1
  - +25 Baron points -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 21, 05:44
- Nice!! How long did it end up taking to get it all done? - Krusty Aug 21, 05:38 2
  - It took about three years. I wasn't in a rush. I would do a room and then take a many month break before doing the next one. -- nm - Dano Aug 21, 06:37 1
    - 👍🏽 I hope you love it and feel good when you come home. -- nm - Krusty Aug 21, 06:45
- Now why would you go and do a thing like that? -- nm - sycor Aug 21, 05:25
even though the rest of Canada is burning up, here the Lake we go to is as high right now as anyone can ever remember it for being August. - Beaker 🍺 Aug 21, 05:19 1
- There's a waterfall here that normally dries up by mid July that is pouring like Niagara still. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 05:30
Happy birthday, Spamlet!! Woo hoo!! 🥳🎉🎂🎁 - Krusty Aug 21, 04:41 8
- happy bday spam-a-lam!! -- nm - Diva Aug 21, 07:14
- Happy Birthday!!!! Hope it's a great one! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 21, 07:07
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 21, 06:49
- indeed! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 21, 06:42
- Happy Birthday! 🍦 & 🍪 for everyone! -- nm - Andie Aug 21, 06:25
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Aug 21, 05:33
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - . Aug 21, 05:17
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 21, 05:08
It’s a connections miracle! - spamlet Aug 21, 02:33 3
- a Connections *birthday* miracle! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 21, 05:34
- It's a little obvious but the key is not jumping on the first thing you see and submitting it. - Volnelk Aug 21, 05:17
- mine - decline Aug 21, 05:15
it's like....who died and left Aristotle in charge of ethics?!? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 21, 02:28 1
- I loved this joke, in part because I knew the punchline. :) -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 21, 06:22
Wordle 793 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 21, 01:49 4
- 5 - rollo Aug 21, 06:17
- 4/6 with some bad luck - Fuzzy Aug 21, 05:44
- 4 - decline Aug 21, 05:12
- Same - spamlet Aug 21, 02:35
looks like the LA area escaped worse case scenarios, a couple inches of rain, Antelope Valley/Baker/Hemet got socked -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 01:02 2
- crazy amounts of rain but the winds never really blew hard -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 21, 01:08 1
  - The winds were east of the center Yuma and Western Arizona -- nm - eag Aug 21, 06:17
mastodon is bringing it tonight: California opts to have all natural disasters on one day to clear rest of week. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 00:45 1
- Getting an earthquake during a hurricane is the sort of story you get when your writers are all on strike. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 00:45
i hate to ever say Logan Paul is right but -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 21, 00:35 4
- Lunkhead No Like Thinky Movie - Make that front page news! -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 03:28
- I’m fairly comfortable being on the side of Not Logan Paul. -- nm - spamlet Aug 21, 02:33
- "this movie about physicists is just people talking!" is certainly a take. -- nm - mafic Aug 21, 00:39 1
  - oh would that it had been three hours of physics talk - hollywood big shot Aug 21, 00:42
Mmhmm. - Beryllium Aug 21, 00:01 [mastodon] 1
- unless you have grandkids beholden to you, you'll have a hard time getting alcohol in the old age home without visitors bringing you some. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 00:44
Saudi Border Guards Accused of Killing Hundreds of African Migrants - crash davis 😺 Aug 20, 23:17
Connections #71 a perfect reverse solve - TWuG Aug 20, 22:22 3
- I got - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 21, 01:56
- almost the same, but reverse green/blue. - mafic Aug 20, 23:02
- Mine (with a huge spoiler) - David Aug 20, 22:58
Canadian fire fighters are facing another problem, equipment being staged for their use when the fire gets there...is being stolen -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 20, 22:15 2
- When the judge finds out Trump got into Canada… -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 20, 22:26 1
  - they don't allow criminals to enter -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 00:13
Craig & Jillian on Killing It are hands down the best non-couple couple on TV right now -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 20, 22:11
Someone flying into Spokane WA took this shot as they were on the approach to the airport... -- (pic) - zeitgeist Aug 20, 21:49 [Attachment] 1
- One does not simply glide into Mordor. - VMan Aug 20, 21:53
State Fair fun fact: Idaho is #1 in potato production and #7 in wheat. Each Idahoan would have to eat 63 potatoes and 288 slices of bread each day to - crash davis 😺 Aug 20, 21:37 9
- I mean a bit high on the bread, but I bet you're close on potatoes. -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 23:21 3
  - Just reporting what the signs at the fair said. You decide. - crash davis 😺 Aug 20, 23:40 2
    - don't pretend you don't eat >50 potatoes/day crash. -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 23:45 1
      - Well, not today. At the fair, I did a hot buttered corn (on a stick), 2/3s of a colossal onion, a large lemonade, and one beer of the year and I was - crash davis 😺 Aug 20, 23:52
- Or...hear me out, you could drink a bottle of vodka a day...ok maybe two -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 21:43
- State Fair fun fact: Idaho ranks #1 in the nation in the production of Austrian Winter Peas, accounting for 92% of the national production. - crash davis 😺 Aug 20, 21:39 3
  - Don't tell PETA: It takes about 1,000 cowhides to produce all the footballs the NFL uses in a single season. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 20, 21:41 2
    - State Fair propaganda: Of every dollar spent on food in the US, farmers see about 3 cents. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 20, 21:43 1
      - Those Deadliest Catch crabbers get about that, a big King crab gets them $5 and we pay 50 a pound -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 21:44
The AL West is starting to get nerve wracking for me -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 20, 21:13
Catching up on the last season of Barry. Nothing this dark should be this funny. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 20, 20:46 2
- and it wasn't -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 20, 21:01
- Yep. Just finished it. Also, Noho Hank is one of the best characters ever created for tv. -- nm - pmb Aug 20, 20:59
that is a lot of rain -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 20, 19:40
DM from daughter asking about locusts :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 20, 18:59 13
- Err, what about them? -- nm - The Allfather Aug 20, 19:14 12
  - The third wheel for this duo -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 20, 20:06 [mastodon] 9
    - Bery turned into Remlik so gradually... -- nm - David Aug 20, 20:13
    - Ooh, and there's a tornado warning near san diego too -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 20:07 7
      - Now I wonder if there are any sports teams called the Locusts -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 20:17 5
        
        the town of Locust Valley has a team called the Hornets, I mean come on... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 20:20 4
        
        maybe the hornets parasitize the locusts? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 20:23 3
        
        possibly, Locust Grove has a baseball team, the Pirates -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 20:24 2
        
        Well, I suppose it could be argued that pirates parasitize the groves -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 20:26 1
        
        then they'd be Bandits, Marauders, Vikings... but unless there's a marina they wouldn't be pirates -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 20:32
      - Eh, that was just part of the hurricane. -- nm - Meg Aug 20, 20:14
  - Possible next plague - or disaster ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 20, 19:20 1
    - We already had the plaugue it was DJTs 4 years of presidency -- nm - eag Aug 20, 20:24
Starfield is about 140 GBs of space to put all that, uh, space in. -- nm - Qale Aug 20, 18:08 3
- About 125 GBs of which are just for the bugs. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 20, 18:13 2
  - they call those Unintentional Features now, get with the lingo.. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 21, 05:53
  - Well, they're space bugs this time, so I'm doing my part! -- nm - Qale Aug 20, 18:14
lol "it said parent race" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 20, 18:05 2
- This needs the Jordan "Fuck dem kids" meme treatment. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 18:25 1
  - also love that she throws her husband under the bus for not showing up - hollywood big shot Aug 20, 18:30
I90 today -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 20, 17:59
Chris Meloni FTW -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 20, 17:55 1
- OH!! -- nm - mud soprano Aug 20, 17:56
Scottie Scheffler with another T5 (T2) or better start—Historic type season for him—if you don’t count wins, probably better than any Tiger season -- nm* - Flavorize Aug 20, 17:39
Where is the saints charger game played tonight? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 17:34 1
- Whore Island? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 20, 17:35
Rumor: John Krasinski is rumored to play Batman in Andy Muschetti's The Brave and The Bold. -- nm - Remlik Aug 20, 17:16 27
- Can’t. He’s already done a Marvel movie. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 20, 20:57
- Another ... Batman? - Will Hunting Aug 20, 17:23 25
  - As long as they have a scene where his parents get murdered. -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 18:14 1
    - that's actually going to be a Max Original: "Pearls" (the Martha Wayne series) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 20, 18:16
  - studios have lots of new ideas, they barely even need writers. -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 17:36 2
    - and what we'd really like is to direct. -- nm - producers Aug 20, 17:45 1
      - But… we were the one’s caved! -- nm* - Directors Aug 20, 18:49
  - 4 new Blue Beetles next please -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 20, 17:30 1
    - John, Paul, George & Ringo -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 20, 18:37
  - Matt Reeds Batman films are on their own trajectory. No need to mess with a Billion Dollar franchise. This one will be part of Gunn's DC slate -- nm - Remlik Aug 20, 17:29 12
    - In this economy? 😱 -- nm - Flavorize Aug 20, 17:45
    - Hold on, so the proposal is two different Batmans at the same time? -- nm - spamlet Aug 20, 17:43 2
      - just imagine how confused Gotham will be -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 17:45 1
        
        ?? -- (pic) - mud Aug 20, 18:00 [Attachment]
    - oh. And Gunn and company never said the Batman of Brave and the Bold is Bruce. now follow me for a second... - Remlik Aug 20, 17:36 3
      - functionally that's not really any different than them all being Bruce Wayne. like everyone already gets that they're different takes. - mafic Aug 20, 17:57 2
        
        If it's his kid...it'll just be a different type of pearl necklace flashback. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 18:20 1
        
        kinky -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 18:49
    - Matt Reeves' The Batman earned $369.3 million. He'll need three of them at that rate to reach $1 billion. -- nm - David Aug 20, 17:32 3
      - NM -- nm* - Will Hunting Aug 20, 17:36 2
        
        That’s actually entirely my fault. I glanced at the top line on the-numbers, not the global one. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 20, 18:03
        
        when you kill domestic exhibition, it's your last refuge -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 20, 17:38
  - There might be three before it's all said and done. Zaslav refused to kill Joker sequels or the sequel to The Batman with Pattinson. - David Aug 20, 17:28 2
    - I mean...those projects are ones I'd stick with....huge hits and Oscar awards...make Pattinson your franchise will keeping Joker off to the side. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 17:34
    - one of the very few smart moves by Zaslav. -- nm - Remlik Aug 20, 17:30
  - Would explain JK non-involvement with F4 -- nm - budice Aug 20, 17:28
  - I guess this will be fourth-wall-breaking batman -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 17:26
Why Isn't New Zealand a Part of Australia? -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 20, 17:08 [youtube] 1
- short version: 19th century was racist. -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 17:40
Not to diminish my west coast friends, but our own little tropical system is unfortunately going to miss Houston. We'll continue to bake this week. -- nm - Qale Aug 20, 16:51
Don't just stand there, let's get to it. Strike a pose, there's nothing to it -- (pic) - Fuzzy Aug 20, 16:38 [Attachment]
JD, Damarai Gray is headed to Saudi Arabia. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 20, 16:34 3
- and was never heard from again -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 20, 16:58 1
  - I think you're thinking of Deanna Gray -- nm - JD Aug 20, 17:00
- Probably the best for both him and the club. Everton needs the funds and he deserves to get paid and play regularly which neither was likely to happen -- nm - JD Aug 20, 16:57
All Los Angeles Unified schools will be closed tomorrow. -- nm - Meg Aug 20, 16:23 1
- San Diego too -- nm - budice Aug 20, 16:23
Olga Carmona's father passed away on the day she scored the winning goal for Spain in the WC finals -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 20, 16:18 1
- Damn. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 20, 16:43
You'd have to sandblast the grin off Mel's face. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 15:55
10 minute recap of 4 seasons of Star Wars Rebels (watch before Ahsoka) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 20, 15:49 [youtube] 1
- Very nicely done. If you're a Star Wars fan but haven't watched Rebels, it actually ties together several of the movies and series. Well worth it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 20, 16:27

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