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well, poop -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 5, 19:21
Ahsoka and OMITB, or ... Only Younglings In The Building -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 19:06 1
- Ahsoka spoilers - Beryllium Sep 5, 19:26
In all my years of travel, what I have yet to figure out is the best/right way to pre-book European train from the US. -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 18:46 6
- start in Istanbul and take the Orient Express to Paris. -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 5, 19:19
- watch Eurotrip :) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 5, 19:17
- I've had good luck with Italo deals. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 19:15 1
  - I think what I mean is, get on their mailing lists. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 19:15
- I don’t think there’s many EU trains leaving from the US. -- nm - VMan Sep 5, 19:13
- oh, honey.... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 18:59
ST is quicker: which is after Wanda Vision? Loki or Falcon/Winter Soilder? -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 5, 18:25 2
- I don't think either reference WandaVision and F&WS runs concurrently with WV in the MCU timeline. Loki bounces around in the timeline -- nm - TWuG Sep 5, 18:30
- Loki. Winter/Solider is happening around the same time as WandaVision -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 18:30
progressive candidate in RI special house election splits vote with a third candidate, loses to the centrist -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 18:04
61 charged with RICO in Georgia associated with “Stop Cop City” but case is quite murky in many ways, as opposed to Trump’s. -- (link) - Qale Sep 5, 18:03 2
- from the same grand jury apparently -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 18:15 1
  - Yeah. It's true you can get anyone to indict a ham sammich. I especially think it's sadly hilarious that paying out of a bail fund for COVID tests... - Qale Sep 5, 18:40
It's messy and sometimes off the rails, but I'm really liking Ragnarok (Netflix) heading into the final season -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 17:45
I saved $12.47 in energy costs by not being here many of the last seven days. The weather in Georgia was so much nicer than here. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:40
Ohtani body double at team pic today - budice Sep 5, 17:14 [Attachment]
They finally shifted the marketing campaign for Haunting in Venice from “horror” to murder mystery. We will see if it’s too late. -- nm - MDH Sep 5, 16:56 2
- They are really churning out these Poirot flicks -- nm - Flavorize Sep 5, 17:29 1
  - even with the cannibal who they couldn't promote in the last one it still made $140m -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 17:32
Sacked Ukraine defense minister had lost a bet, that the 'winter' jackets he ordered would not turn out to be windbreakers overpriced 5x -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 5, 16:53
Eleven minutes until Starfield. Meanwhile, I'm watching Red, White & Royal Blue (S01E01) and enjoying some of the best tamales I've ever had. - ReluctantCynic Sep 5, 16:51 16
- I like tamales -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 5, 19:09
- Isn't Red White and Royal Blue a movie? -- nm - MDH Sep 5, 18:28
- I just don’t know about Starfield. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 16:59 13
  - I'm kinda jazzed for it? Not enough to buy it, but definitely enough to chomp at the bit for it on XBox GamePass. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 5, 17:02 12
    - I had a free month of gamepass so I'm dowloading it now. But I'm very skeptical, tbh. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 5, 18:11
    - I has no GamePass. Though I imagine an upgrade would be cheaper than a purchase so I could demo it. -- nm* - Qale Sep 5, 17:21 3
      - Heh. I don’t even enough enough time left on Gold to convert. I think I’m going to let Starfield sit for a while. It’s been years, it can wait longer. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 19:22
      - Check the minimum specs for running it, and if you're interested, I think I have a couple GamePass gift cards left. - ReluctantCynic Sep 5, 17:28 1
        
        Oh. I’m on XBOX. No PC. But that’s very kind of you to think of me. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:39
    - I've heard some glowing praise -- nm* - Beryllium Sep 5, 17:13 6
      - My daughter calls it a re-skinned Fallout or Skyrim. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 5, 18:04 2
        
        Fallout plus No Man Sky plus Mass Effect -- nm - eag Sep 5, 18:44
        
        this is the Bethesda way. it is known. -- nm - mafic Sep 5, 18:42
      - I’ve heard the entire spectrum from mediocre to kind of bleh to outstanding. No one is saying it is terrible or a buggy mess. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:22 2
        
        I've heard that it's impossible to understand the vast true scale of it without having played at least ten hours -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 17:28 1
        
        Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is like that. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:39
New variant of Covid doesn't appear to be more contagious and antibodies from previous infections and vaccinations appear capable of - Krusty Sep 5, 16:28 9
- I utterly fail at posting today. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Sep 5, 16:50 2
  - yay? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 16:50 1
    - Dammit. - ReluctantCynic Sep 5, 16:51
- That's good to hear -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 16:47
- I’ve been to some movies and improv shows over the last few weeks mostly unmasked. had the hint of a sore throat here and there but never progressed - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 16:37
- oh... then why the alarming increase in hospitalizations, a veritable 4th or 5th wave? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 16:29 3
  - I imagine the increase in hospitalizations would be a localized part of the puzzle based on lack of immunization/antibodies from previous rounds. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 16:38
  - Here we're not seeing a rise in hospitalizations. My best guess is cases are rising as the vaccine and exposure antibodies wear off. -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 16:35 1
    - that makes sense -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 16:51
Maybe I'll head downtown for lunch tomorrow. I've been meaning to try out the poutine at L'Authentique -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 16:25 1
- I heard it doesn't taste like the real thing -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 16:30
cable affiliate fees account for "between 20% and 47% of total revenue" for media companies like Disney. makes sense that they would want to burn them - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 16:08
LOL -- (link) - spamlet Sep 5, 15:54 5
- what is that red thing on his hand? batting glove? or artificial hand? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 16:28 3
  - Sliding mitt to keep them from injuring their hand running the bases. -- nm - spamlet Sep 5, 16:29 1
    - Looks weird but keeps them from jamming or breaking fingers hitting the bag. -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 16:36
  - Sliding glove, probably? -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 5, 16:29
- If we could only afford another kid -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 16:07
In other Baltimore news, they've promoted Jackson Holliday to AAA Norfolk. - Will Hunting Sep 5, 15:40 4
- Angels promoted $5 tickets and whatever was left of their barren farm system -- nm - budice Sep 5, 15:41 3
  - Ohtani scratched for todays game -- nm* - budice Sep 5, 15:44 2
    - Of course. Turns out that FH's friend has gifted her with tickets so we'll be headed to the stadium shortly -- nm - JD Sep 5, 16:17 1
      - Go O's, hon! -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 16:50
Poll: Do you know the name of the novel (if any!) that was the basis for A Haunting in Venice? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 15:28 13
- I never heard of A Haunting in Venice so... -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 16:07 3
  - This -- nm - decline Sep 5, 17:15
  - Getting tired of the trailer, actually. -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 16:08 1
    - Without cable I only see trailers when I seek them out or someone here posts them. It's one of the few things I miss about not having cable. - Krusty Sep 5, 16:20
- Ernest Goes to Venice -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 16:03 1
  - bingo! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 16:07
- My understanding is it is Agatha Christie's - crash davis Sep 5, 15:54
- no -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 5, 15:47
- Allegedly it’s - Roger More Sep 5, 15:35
- Merchant of Venice? -- nm - budice Sep 5, 15:30
- Death in Venice? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 15:30 2
  - (also, why hasn't "20th" gotten Hellen Mirren or the like to be Miss Marple in another AC series?) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 15:31 1
    - she was busy being Mrs Golda Meyer -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 16:30
bye bye, Enrique -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 15:20
Rand Paul kicking a little dirt on Mitch’s grave already -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 15:13
O’s (John Angelos’ grubby mitts, really) will be keeping all the profits from this weekends’ Springsteen show at Camden Yard -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 15:05 2
- Why would the atate of Maryland do that? -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 15:17 1
  - They want Angelos to sign the fucking lease. - Will Hunting Sep 5, 15:25
if you thought the daylight savings time change was bad, just wait about 200m years when the moon adds a whole hour to the day -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 14:59
Tarrio gets 22 yrs -- nm - mud Sep 5, 14:48 4
- Didn't he rat everyone out, still got that much? -- nm - colin Sep 5, 14:49 2
  - probably why Kelly banged him harder - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 14:50 1
    - :O -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 5, 16:06
- Nice! Feds wanted 30, but that's 4 more than the next highest. -- nm - TWuG Sep 5, 14:49
A prescient tweet -- (link) - Roger More Sep 5, 14:43 2
- Oh, he did it? The maniac finally did it? Twitter dot com is dead? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 15:00 1
  - Oh, sorry for the crappy first. -- nm - Roger More Sep 5, 15:18
They're always working on the roads I use in Boise. I never see them working on the roads I don't take. -- nm - crashthoughts Sep 5, 14:41 3
- But doesnt that make sense? -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 16:19
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both -- nm* - Robert Frost Sep 5, 14:50
- I always find things in the last place I look. -- nm - TWuG Sep 5, 14:45
So ESPN has a prediction of MLB's Sept/October... they ask who will be the World Series teams -- there's clearly some idiocy involved - Will Hunting Sep 5, 14:27 12
- Err, zero votes for Baltimore? So, more people think Baltimore has the best record than makes the World Series? -- nm - David Sep 5, 14:41 1
  - Right? I know playoff baseball is crazy and best teams don't make it more often than not...but Minnesota gets a vote? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 5, 15:22
- Idiocy on ESPN's baseball pages? I'm shocked to see you suggest such things. -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:31
- Toronto has had the best pitching staff since the All-Star Break FWIW. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 14:29 8
  - That's fair, but you'd think that the team 10 1/2 games up would get more postseason respect, right? -- nm - David Sep 5, 14:42 7
    - Toronto is 26-21 since the break, but 1-2 vs Seattle and 2-5 against Baltimore. - the wrong element Sep 5, 15:11
    - Going to the actual article, the guy who picked the Twins to go to the WS also picked the Brewers to be their opponents. -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 15:10 3
      - I could make a real case for Milwaukee. It basically involves their pitching standing on its head. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 5, 15:26 2
        
        I think that WS pick shows the danger of edibles. -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 15:32 1
        
        I can at least build a case for half of it. The case for the AL choice would involve multiple plane crashes. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 5, 15:35
    - Sure, just that Toronto isn't a ridiculous proposition (although they are definitely on the outside looking in, to be sure) -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 15:09 1
      - Yes, I shouldn't lump them in with Minnesota. They're not completely undeserving of consideration. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 5, 15:23
The city public works department must have come into some money. - Meg Sep 5, 14:25 2
- The reality of Infrastructure Week strikes home -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:33
- Bidenomics! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 14:27
I'm sure there's a ton of lighting/makeup/otherstuff at play, but Gal's first appearance in Death on the Nile is completely breathtaking -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 14:15 3
- well, hello. Genetic freak. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 14:22 1
  - I'm not entirely sure that I'm all that, but hello back! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 14:22
- I will not argue with you on this at all. -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:19
Falcons bump Bijan Robinson up to RB1 -- nm - budice Sep 5, 14:10
Dubrovnik is a city made up entirely of stairs. -- nm - Dano Sep 5, 14:04 7
- Plus a big wall around it so I hope the cruise ships haven't docked as it can only fit so many people. - LMS Sep 5, 15:42
- aren't you a gymnast? -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 14:23
- That place sucks -- nm - cow Sep 5, 14:13
- your travelog is really entertaining -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 14:13 2
  - where can I see it? -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 14:22 1
    - nmb -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 14:23
- ha -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 14:10
pour one out for the poor Airbnb hosts in NYC now that they're actually enforcing housing laws and regs -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 13:57
Lamborghini crashes while racing another Lamborghini in Inland Empire -- (link) - JD Sep 5, 13:55 7
- They were "likely exceeding the speed limit' - Heh. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 14:09 2
  - If they weren’t, the cars should be confiscated. You don’t own those to follow the rules. - Will Hunting Sep 5, 14:11 1
    - Not so fast, not so furious. -- (link) - JD Sep 5, 14:14
- where'd they bury the survivors? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 13:56 1
  - In legal fees -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 14:36
- unfortunately the other Lambo didn't also crash -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 13:56 1
  - Needed another Prius on the scene -- nm - JD Sep 5, 13:58
Russian general blasted in the face by bomb-rigged cellphone in failed assassination plot - crash davis Sep 5, 13:37 7
- "Can you hear me now?" "WHAT!?" -- nm - TWuG Sep 5, 14:48
- "blown up at his home in the occupied region Sunday. He had been handed a bomb-rigged phone that detonated as soon as it was activated" -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 13:47 5
  - There seems to have been a number of operations run lately that seem to state "you aren't as safe as you think you are behind Russian lines" -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:02 4
    - but unless this spy had gotten hired as his domestic or something why would a strange Ukrainian woman be handing him a phone at his home? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 14:03 3
      - They really should give these gals a cyanide capsule to chew if captured cause life in a gulag will be particularly horrible -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 14:42
      - Maybe he bought a burner at Radio Dacha and activated it when he got home? I'm not sure. -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:08 1
        
        *ding dong* "Da?" "земная акула" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 14:14
all we need is the new medicine -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 13:36 1
- No, there's already a shortage of dentists and I can't afford more dental work -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 14:46
No one from Colorado winning the Powerball, when the total was $420M makes me something something something -- nm - Flavorize Sep 5, 13:18
Most amused at the "CANCON" tshirt. I assume it's a reference to content minimums, and not the scifi festival. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 5, 13:16 [youtube] 1
- i want it. -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 13:25
all your base are belong to us -- nm - Irsay Sep 5, 13:13 2
- But I saw the sign. -- nm - Ace of Base s.i. Sep 5, 13:31 1
  - Then we stole it, the sign that is -- nm - Houston Astros Sep 5, 14:04

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