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30 years ago today, Dave returned to Late Night on CBS after NBC fucked him over -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 18:21
At about 1 o’clock I told the guys I wanted to go home. I was lat my wits end and needed a break. I went home at 3. - Mop🧹 Aug 30, 18:20
Here's a reason to root for the Mets in September. I did this last year at a buck each. -- (link) - Tim Aug 30, 18:20 1
- starting on September 4th, I think that is admirable -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 30, 18:23
Trump depo in the NY fraud case released today (he couldn't run the company while president b/c he was saving us from WWWIII) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 17:53 1
- i'm not sure this is how attestations under oath or penalty of perjury actually work - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 17:56
23 km on my bike instead of in my car today. That's not bad. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 17:31 6
- Nice. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 17:45
- 53 floors in 20 min for my first stair climb training session of the year -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 17:39 4
  - That sounds good. And painful. Keep it up! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 17:46 3
    - it's okay for the first week. but also murder -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 17:48 2
      - Murder -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 18:10 [youtube] 1
        
        Thought maybe it would be this, instead ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 30, 18:16 [youtube]
This Nebraska volleyball story is insane. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 30, 17:30 1
- ESPN? had an article on it...it's really a good one. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 17:49
if this was her teaching “firearm safety” I’d hate to see the unsafe part -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 16:52
znu, apologies for delays. I've picked in Cavemen, so you're up! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 30, 16:51 1
- No worries. Back to you, JF, Tru, decline, etc. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 16:55
The Martian is heading to the Bronx*. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 30, 16:30 7
- I saw their top prospect’s (as ranked by MLB) last game at High A last week before they moved him to AA. -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 16:43 2
  - Nice! Good game? -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 16:45 1
    - Not as fun as the game I saw last month (Brooklyn 8, HV 7, 28 total hits) but still a nice night -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 16:48
- This one might be a bit early ... he's doing okay at AA, but it's not like he's killing it and they need to get him up to see where he stands. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 16:38 1
  - 8 games at AAA with a 1.124 OPS, hilarious combination of small samples size and AAA being a launching pad. - Tim Aug 30, 16:42
- Austin Wells, too. Might as well see what they can do. -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 16:33 1
  - Yup. It'll be interesting to see what he does with not much time in AAA. Wells should do well as a pro. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 16:44
QV: David, Al, Mark -- nm - budice Aug 30, 16:25 5
- We just got home after a rough couple of hours. Posting now. -- nm - David Aug 30, 16:30 4
  - you guys ok? -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 16:31 3
    - Yeah, Kim's eyes aren't better so the poor thing needs more tests. -- (edited) - David Aug 30, 16:36 2
      - :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 17:41
      - ugh :( -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 30, 16:39
bluesky code - Remlik Aug 30, 16:24 1
- two more: - mud Aug 30, 16:58
Vamps: JD, NWBR -- nm - budice Aug 30, 16:18 3
- Drafted. Next up 13-3 NWBR, 13-4 Krusty, 13-5 Elliott, 13-6 Shaun, 13-7 shay, 13-8 JackFoley, 13-9 Bacon, 13-10 Beaker -- nm - JD Aug 30, 16:22 2
  - Tank Bigsby is such a great name. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 16:24 1
    - Krusty, Elliot, Shaun…. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 17:08
Weekend project! -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 30, 16:16
"Mitch is [...] not a joke" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 15:51
meanwhile in Nebraska -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 15:48 2
- seems fine, he's wearing a seat belt. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 17:18
- The guy cut half his windshield and roof of the car..jeez that horn goes halfway into the next lane - zeitgeist Aug 30, 16:03
yikes when even Jake Sherman is starting to “ask questions” about how long you can last -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 15:39
I have just been informed everyone has been saying Ahsoka's name wrong for years. proper annunciation is: ASS OKAY!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 15:18 3
- Ass is always okay. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 15:28 1
  - I dunno. You might be doing something wrong if it is just ok. -- nm - JD Aug 30, 15:35
- We Brazilians knew that already. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 30, 15:26
The Colts not getting what they felt was fair value while simultaneously not valuing Taylor is mindbending. - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 30, 15:04 1
- clown.show. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 16:16
like Willie Sutton’s banks, “It’s where the money is” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 14:58 1
- A lot more ppl cutting corners on their returns than 25 years ago -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 30, 14:59
.nm -- nm* - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 14:33
DTL: Spoilers - rollo 🐙 Aug 30, 14:32 4
- The oddsmakers took a bath on that one. I'm honestly shocked as I figured the Starkville juggernaut would run us over. - spamlet Aug 30, 14:36 3
  - I've been living on better shooting than I have a right to expect (+8 overall) but the Cephs d is legit (+15, 3E 9G) so kudos for pinning 95 on us - rollo 🐙 Aug 30, 14:47 2
    - We’re +8 shooting as a team as well but our starters are +9 int so I think that’s helping. - spamlet Aug 30, 15:00 1
      - My title team was +75/-4 which I've never gotten close to again. I thought this team (+56) had the secret sauce to go all the way -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 30, 15:10
I’ll be out of pocket for a bit and can’t update the draft thread. Fight amongst yourselves. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 14:18 6
- you all heard her. get to it! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 30, 14:22
- That 'yourselves' would be 12-9 NWBR, 12-10 JD, 12-11 budice, 13-1 budice, 13-2 JD, 13-3 NWBR, 13-4 Krusty -- nm - JD Aug 30, 14:22 4
  - I'm logged in. Posting in one minute. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 14:47 3
    - Done. JD, budiceX2, JD, then moi. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 14:53 2
      - Done. budiceX2, JD, NBWR -- nm - JD Aug 30, 15:00 1
        
        pick shortly thx -- nm - budice Aug 30, 15:45
this question to The Ethicist… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 14:15 13
- She's going to totally dump his ass because she has a strong work ethic and she's going to realize he's been sitting around pretending to work while - jnine Aug 30, 23:57
- I don't think prenup is an issue, she makes her own professional income. Just divide the houses etc. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 16:09 1
  - When I was a fast buck kiddie pix photog I knew a salesman that told his girlfriend he was a bank robber ala Heat. - zeitgeist Aug 30, 16:11
- The deception is awful. Why he kept it secret is an issue and the why will play a huge part in how the spouse handles the news. - TWuG Aug 30, 15:20
- Heh. You with held for 15 years already, what is forever mute at this point? -- nm - Pip Aug 30, 14:46 2
  - it'll slip out sometime and it only gets worse for him the longer his ass keeps lying -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 14:48 1
    - Easy. "Honey now that my trust fund is about to kick in on my 45th birthday I'm thinking about retiring early to focus on [blah blah blah]" -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 30, 15:00
- “Upper middle class”, lol -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 14:38 5
  - Maybe they live in Manhattan? :D -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Aug 30, 14:41 4
    - After making their mortgage, their Tesla and BMW payments, and funding 1 over the top vacation a quarter, they barely have anything for groceries! -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 30, 14:54 1
      - You left out the mortgages on the dozen rental properties they own. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Aug 30, 15:01
    - Even then…. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 30, 14:52 1
      - Oh I agree wholeheartedly. I am the agree-est. - 99 Luftbaron Aug 30, 15:00
Serious parenting win. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 30, 14:03 1
- very nice! :) - — nm - i.b! Aug 30, 15:55
Jim Cameron stories man… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 14:00 1
- As a painter, he's my hero. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 15:52
I wouldn'ta thought that it'd be Polyphonic Spree that would turn in one of the more convincing covers of Lithium, but here we are - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 30, 13:59 3
- it's not a million miles from I Got A Girl, though. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 14:10 2
  - link? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 30, 14:49 1
    - Same dude -- (link) - Reagen Aug 30, 16:24 [youtube]
boy Blake Masters bout to do it (again) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 13:54 1
- He's gotta pull an income in somehow. (hes probably also very jealous of Kari Lake's ability to fleece the public) -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 14:02
Kim and I are offline for a couple of hours due to an important follow-up with her optometrist. -- nm - David Aug 30, 13:45 5
- Good exam vibes! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 30, 14:01
- best wishes! -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 14:00
- Healthy thoughts going her way! -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 13:51 2
  - Boyd's already gone, please re-pick -- nm - samara Aug 30, 13:52 1
    - Done again -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 14:04
Vampirates: Krusty, NWBR, JD, Budice x 2, JD -- nm - samara Aug 30, 13:42 10
- Vamps have officially forged ahead of the Cavemen...as it should be. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 13:43 9
  - Jinx post! -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 13:44 8
    - and right before NWBR's turn, are you insane? -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 13:45 7
      - He's been around today and gave his digits out just in case, so we should be good. Cavemen don't scare me. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 13:48 6
        
        Krusty picking Boyd is on you -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 13:53 5
        
        At least part of the reason there's a parallel list being kept on the board ;-) -- nm - JD Aug 30, 14:06 3
        
        I checked the burn list before I drafted but not the first page of the draft thread. My bad. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 14:08 2
        
        I was going to buy you a limited edition only 100 pairs made Nike special shoe but I changed my mind now. -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 14:15 1
        
        Rats! -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 14:22
        
        I'm drafting for Shay but I can't add her players in Yahoo. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 13:54
MJ +10.62% -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 30, 13:27
Starbucks jumps into NFTs as if the year was 2019. -- (link) - Qale Aug 30, 13:11 1
- There’s a bunch of HArry Potter NFTs too, now -- nm - Flavorize Aug 30, 13:20
Why Can’t Trump Step Aside for Ramaswamy -- nm - NYT Pitchbot Aug 30, 13:00 6
- wouldn’t be surprised if he picked him for the veep slot, which will be insane -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 13:14 5
  - ~crazy insane - got no brain~ -- nm - Strongbad Aug 30, 13:44
  - Vivek, which is absolutely not pronounced like cake, he’s trolling us, won’t stand to not be the man. He comes from the top of the India caste system. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 13:16 3
    - This pile of human filth who could die horribly tomorrow and I would cheer, is going to flame out within 6 months. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 13:17 2
      - What’s the politician equivalent of crisis actor? After seeing that video of him, asking a question of Sharpton at his town hall (when he was 18) - Flavorize Aug 30, 13:24 1
        
        oh he's 100% DJT proxy in all this. (and also Elon helped show everyone Republican's love affair with techbros, prior to) -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 13:28
the capo di tuitti capos are having another sit-down -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 12:57
Hey, tRU, before I pick in Cavemen, go ahead and go in and pick one more. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 30, 12:54 3
- its ok, I could never be mad at you for all the help you do for the draft, and putting up with David. - tRuMaN Aug 30, 14:28 2
  - back on track with Kim and then Zx2 (and you took my next pick ;)) -- nm - decline Aug 30, 16:29 1
    - payback and all that. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 30, 16:40
Heh, has anyone tried using Fidelity this morning? They're having a "small problem" - Meg Aug 30, 12:53 2
- Was working for me this morning, but tried again just now and nothing. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 13:22
- Worked for me about 45 minutes ago. -- nm - jnine Aug 30, 12:57
How 31 Ukrainian troops (a third with no combat experience) led the liberation of Robotyne -- (link) - spamlet Aug 30, 12:44 2
- Because Russia's military is apparently Shockmaster? -- nm - the wrong element Aug 30, 12:57
- Was it robots? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 12:51
Vamps: Beaker's draft card, Baron x 2, Beaker's draft card, Bacon, Foley -- nm* - samara Aug 30, 12:41 8
- Sorry, commish, JD already took The Boys. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Aug 30, 12:47 7
  - I'm in Hell. -- nm - David Aug 30, 12:48 5
    - keep it going, drafters -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 12:51
    - You're up. -- nm - David Aug 30, 12:50 3
      - The flash of light I did not see did not erase my memories. Done. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Aug 30, 12:55 2
        
        I searched for Dallas. It was listed as Cowboys. That's my luck this week. -- nm - David Aug 30, 12:57 1
        
        Beaker's card is back up -- nm - samara Aug 30, 12:58
  - Don't tell Homelander. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 30, 12:48
judge to Peter Navarro’s executive privilege claims: gtfoh -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 12:40 1
- I hope that loathsome creep has a prison cell in his future. -- nm - mud Aug 30, 12:44
Merrick Garland staring at a butterfly: “Is this voter disenfranchisement?” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 12:37
JF, I was *very* surprised that Ace returned. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 30, 12:36 2
- Maybe someone should convince him to open a joint bank account with his mom. - the wrong element Aug 30, 12:53 1
  - I feel sure Phil probably has a therapist with April being such a big mental health advocate and supporter of therapy herself. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 30, 12:57
Steam weekly sale is a bunch of strategy and spreadsheet games -- (link) - spamlet Aug 30, 12:34
I really enjoyed, "Who Is Erin Carter?" on Netflix. We ran through the season in two days. I hope there's a second season. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 12:28 4
- On the other hand, Who is Aaron Carter? ... I advise you to skip that one -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 30, 13:22
- I started it last night. Good so far. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 12:51
- yeah I really liked the lead (Evin Ahmad) in Snabba Cash earlier, it was nice to see her again. -- nm - mud Aug 30, 12:31
- agreed -- nm - decline Aug 30, 12:29
Vamps: Foley, Bacon, Beaker, Baron x 2, Beaker -- nm - samara Aug 30, 12:27 1
- Whew, made it home in time. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Aug 30, 12:42
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 12:26

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