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Thanks for the birthday wishes ST! -- nm - MDH Sep 29, 17:15
WOO! FRIDAY NIGHT COLLEGE FOOTBALL! Gotta love it! Unless of course you’ve been working ‘til 5 and you need to drive around the tailgaters to get out. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 17:10
Onion/not the Onion -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 17:04 1
- “Wow! How many Kelces is that, do you think?” -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 17:11
nobody's sayin' nothin' -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 29, 16:23 3
- It's Friday afternoon nobody says anything until tomorrow's games start :/ -- nm - Meg Sep 29, 17:09
- gee, thanks - mud Sep 29, 16:49
- Sphere opens tonight, Saw X outdrawing Creator, and The Weekend -- nm - budice Sep 29, 16:38
The Creator is fabulous, near-perfection - A- -- nm - mud Sep 29, 15:42
if a mayor declares a state of emergency but doesn’t tell anyone is it really declared -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 15:19 4
- This is how you get a Republican mayor. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 17:12 1
  - Adams is already that (would have a progressive dem if they hadn't chosen to split the vote) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 17:14
- Isn't that just a formality for federal funds? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 16:30
- Schrödinger’s Catastrophe -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 29, 15:41
a sea lion at the Central Park zoo briefly swam to freedom -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 15:16
Russia will start conscripting residents of four occupied regions in a move that can't possibly backfire on them -- (link) - TWuG Sep 29, 15:14 1
- Smart! Use their OWN troops AGAINST them! -- nm - TFG Sep 29, 17:24
Shatner (on X) blocking everyone that follows a certain sports host 🤣 -- (pic) - Flav Sep 29, 14:55 [Attachment] 7
- Does this certain sports host have a name? Why is Shatner unhappy with the host? -- nm - TWuG Sep 29, 15:11 4
  - The first name that comes to mind is Ben Maller. -- nm - Todd Manning Sep 29, 15:38 3
    - Confirmed ✅ -- (pic) - Flav Sep 29, 16:27 [Attachment] 1
      - What's his deal? -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 16:46
    - Fun Fact: the producer of the show is Justin Cooper. The kid from Liar Liar. -- nm - Todd Manning Sep 29, 15:43
- he is a grumpy admiral -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 15:11
- Still ornery on twitter. -- nm - loosilu Sep 29, 14:56
The San Francisco Giants announced Friday afternoon that the club has dismissed manager Gabe Kapler. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 29, 14:34 4
- Idiots!! The GM is the issue. Didn't do shit at the trade deadline. -- nm - Bacon Sep 29, 14:49 2
  - Let's see how our last cast off manager is doing. Oh look, Texas Rangers are in the playoffs. -- nm* - Bacon Sep 29, 14:50 1
    - Bochy? He wasn't a cast-off...he retired after multiple world titles -- (edited) - Will Hunting Sep 29, 15:27
- Uhh, okay. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 14:39
DTL - 6/6, 3/3, 2/2, 1/1 with a lot of options in the net. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 14:28 7
- 6/6, 2x 3/3, and a CL without a net because I haven’t had reliable WiFi in three days. - spamlet Sep 29, 15:19
- 5/5, 4/4, 4/4 with one not so good option in the net -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 14:30 5
  - 5/5, 3/3, 2/2, and a very messy net, and I hate my team so much right now. - Baron Hardcoden Sep 29, 14:43 4
    - Ohai Will AND Rollo and my radar board. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 29, 14:58 3
      - I'll need to check my rankings, but I don't think I intend to chase the dude we're in on. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 15:46 2
        
        That’d be cool. SG is the one hole I must fill and he looks like a fit -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 29, 16:16 1
        
        Yeah, he's like 11th on my rankings of my 13 guys. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 16:48
Power billion pool tomorrow, get your tickets earlier than last minute, m'k I have to go find another place to buy them -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 14:15 2
- And I've been thinking all week that Saturday was 10/1 but I hope you'll know what I meant :/ -- nm - Meg Sep 29, 17:05
- I'm in this time. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 29, 15:21
Who here owns a french fry cutter? Pros/cons? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 14:04 9
- pros: if the nuclear apocalypse comes, you'll still be able to make french fries -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 14:09 2
  - Cons: If you end up holed up with a Belgian guy, he will say you are doing frites all wrong. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 14:46 1
    - laughing too hard to come up with a follow up. -- nm - loosilu Sep 29, 14:56
- we had a plastic one, had various sizes, including wedge. I find it quicker and less to clean to just take a chef knife and quarter then cut fries. - zeitgeist Sep 29, 14:08
- I have a French fry cutter... - Mr. Havens Sep 29, 14:08 4
  - I do Sabatier. I'm Frenchie like that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 29, 14:52
  - yup, that's what we have too, plus a saduko type -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 14:09 2
    - Wusthof, Schmusthof. -- nm - loosilu Sep 29, 14:55 1
      - Henckles and a Felix -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 15:10
stat geeks saying Browns D trending toward being an all-time D, so far— 3rd best start for a D, in the last 40+ years —only 1 red zone for opp Off -- nm - Flav Sep 29, 13:56
Who lives in a pineapple and got renewed for season 15? -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 29, 13:49
yessss . . . SF may soon ban right turns on red (the "California Stop" which is actually just not stopping) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 13:48 4
- two different things, a california stop is when you don't fully come to a stop, turning right when red is a gawd given right - zeitgeist Sep 29, 14:12 1
  - they are one and the same in my experience. even Stop signs are merely advisory in LA -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 14:14
- but you can still take a dump on the sidewalk -- nm - Bacon Sep 29, 13:56
- 👍🏽 -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 13:54
Work is being way too extra for a Friday afternoon. -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 13:27 2
- I pushed a critical fix and then took a break to airfry some potatoes -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 13:50
- this entire day has been extra extra -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 29, 13:50
Taylor Swift boosts NFL ticket prices for Chiefs vs. Jets by over 40% -- (link) - Remlik Sep 29, 13:26 6
- Paris Hilton used to get paid like $50,000 just to walk through a night club... I wonder what TS would get? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 13:36 1
  - Half as much as the Mistress of the Winter Constellations. -- nm - Orion club owner si Sep 29, 13:48
- Everything about this story is hysterical. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 29, 13:32 2
  - Truer words have never been posted. -- nm - loosilu Sep 29, 14:59
  - omg its so great. ny/nj radio guys dont understand it and try to not talk about. -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 13:38
- that’s girl math -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 13:31
LK-99 may yet prove to be superconductive -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 29, 13:25
NLRB suing Amazon for violating previous settlement agreement -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 13:24
oh thank you Pluto TV, Real Genius will work perfectly on my forced work from home day right now. -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 13:24 1
- Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? -- nm - TWuG Sep 29, 14:42
Brooklyn when the rain fell -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 13:22 2
- Otto, his bus sloshing -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 13:33 1
  - Krustofsky, his shoes wet. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 15:11
NFL: degenerate gambling for thee but not for we -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 13:18 1
- Meh. I get it. Bet on your sport should be a huge issue. Betting in general…less so. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 13:24
NFL will give away 1989 Sunday Ticket-themed friendship bracelets to Chiefs’ fans at MetLife Stadium -- (link*) - budice Sep 29, 13:05 3
- They're doing a giveaway to the fans of the road team? WTF?!? -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 13:09 2
  - because we are cool, and the Jets drool. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 29, 13:12
  - Jets fans get replicas of Aaron Rodgers’ Achilles surgical bracelet -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 13:11
Scott Hall, one of 18 co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, pleaded guilty Friday to the charges - decline Sep 29, 13:03 2
- with a toothpick in his mouth, right? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 29, 13:20 1
  - And… oooozing machismo -- nm - VMan Sep 29, 13:55
Let me get this straight, Dianne Feinstein 'dies' and the cops suddenly have a suspect in Tupac's murder?? - howie Sep 29, 12:54 1
- Aliens are next -- nm - Flav Sep 29, 13:03
NY reps who delivered Big Kev his gavel now also the party defunding FEMA -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 12:51
Jamison Williams got games shaved off…can come back now instead of after game 6 -- nm - Flav Sep 29, 12:32
Pippy/Znu . Gov Murphy has declared a state of emergency for the entire state of New Jersey effective as of 3:00 pm -- (link) - decline Sep 29, 12:25 2
- That’s why I declared it. Have you met them? -- nm - Gov. Murphy Sep 29, 13:07
- Scary—thoughts out to all NJ STers -- nm - Flav Sep 29, 12:41
GA judge rejects shitheel Jeffrey Clark's removal motion. go cry about it to the 11th Cir. with Meadows -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 12:11
ST CTTP: After the Lana Del Rey concert on Monday, how many distinct bands have we seen so far in 2023? -- (edited) - JaxSean Sep 29, 12:05 23
- all of them? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 29, 13:19
- so, *what is the answer?* -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 12:43 6
  - tRu was closest. We've seen 100 distinct bands (104 total, 4 twice, correcting below too) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 12:47 5
    - what did I win? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 29, 13:05 1
      - 1 quarter note. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 13:09
    - woo! -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 12:51
    - Very cool—any “new hotness” we should be looking out for, or surprise bands you really would recommend? -- nm - Flav Sep 29, 12:48 1
      - Country-adjacent: Maggie Rose. Pop/Rock/Experimental: Genesis Owusu. Hard Rock: Keith Wallen - JaxSean Sep 29, 12:54
- okay, so i say you see an average of 4.5 per week (some more, some less). This is week 39. So, 175. -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 12:10 4
  - Well, now I feel like we're behind with our Rookie numbers. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 12:12 1
    - heh -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 12:12
  - (also, you must be living in the future. it's still 2023, isn't it?) -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 12:12 1
    - Oops fixed. Thanks -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 12:12
- one million -- nm - decline Sep 29, 12:10
- I have no idea. Tell me more about Lana Del Rey -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 12:08 5
  - no likey -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 29, 12:10 [Backboard] 4
    - Her whole thing IS sleepy. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 12:25
    - ah sorry - I have a couple albums that I like but tbf, I have to be in a specific mood for them. I like her song writing. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 12:13 2
      - Yeah, we figured that might be the case. - JaxSean Sep 29, 12:15 1
        
        The only LDR fan I've met here is a 16 yo girl who came to the desk to ask me to help her with her laptop. Her wallpaper was nothing but - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 12:20
- 72 -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 29, 12:08 1
  - tRu is the closest - we've seen 100 artists (4 of them twice). We should end the year with around 130ish. -- (pic) -- (link*) - JaxSean Sep 29, 12:23 [Attachment]
- 32 -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 12:08
A few saintly humans in history have been total forces for good. Most all of us though are mixed bags and all we can do is the best we can. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 12:05 6
- NYT - Thanks to Taylor Swift, Ranch Dressing Is ‘Seemingly’ Everywhere - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 12:07 5
  - I for one accept our new Ranch Dressing overlords. -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 12:53
  - Ranch Dressing is gross -- nm - decline Sep 29, 12:15 3
    - Ranch flavor is gross. Ranch chips, ranch dressing, ranch ice cream, ranch iced tea. All of it! -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 29, 12:49
    - In the upcoming year, I hope to develop my own fresh yogurt/cucumber/dill dressing that will replace ranch, tartar, and tzatziki while being healthy. - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 12:17 1
      - 2 parts yogurt, 1 part pureed cucumber, 1 part chopped dill. Garlic salt, white pepper, black pepper, red pepper flakes -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 12:45
Any word on Ben Glenroy? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 11:50 1
- Still dead. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 11:58
I dreamt last night Cara Maria Sorbello was my gf and I took her home to meet my mom and sister and they all got along great. -- nm - mud Sep 29, 11:50 2
- my dreams aren't usually that vivid (or I probly just forget them) I've been binging a lot of old Challenge this month, you see -- nm - mud Sep 29, 11:52 1
  - Heh thats great. I too have had Challenge dreams from too binging of it. - Jovian Sep 29, 12:01
broken record at this point but Big Kev fails (again) to pass even the most simple continuing spending resolution -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 11:45 4
- loser. -- nm - mud Sep 29, 11:53
- How many embarrassing defeats is this for McCarthy at this point? -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 11:52 2
  - They’re only embarrassing if you have the capacity for shame, which as a rule they do not. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 29, 12:23 1
    - Ding! -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 12:25
LIR flight is changed to Philly tomorrow. I’m fine. About to hit up some tables at the casino - Pip Sep 29, 11:38 5
- tomorrow, if you get diverted to Vegas, dinner is on me. :))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 29, 12:00
- Good luck, Pippy! -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 11:51
- Sounds good, see you in a bit! -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 29, 11:45 1
  - 👍 you will need to have several drinks to catch up - Pip Sep 29, 11:54
- good call - have fun!! -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 11:39
the subway walls are fountains now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 11:35 4
- It is called a "feature". -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 12:33
- that seems structurally sound. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 29, 11:50
- That's probably what a dam looks like just before a catastrophic collapse of the whole structure. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 11:38
- Water features are getting weirder all the time. -- nm - VMan Sep 29, 11:37
We just ran into some Lions football coaches. They were in a good mood. -- nm - David Sep 29, 11:32 6
- I've got Gibbs in 3 of my 4 FF leagues and would have given them a piece of my mind. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 29, 13:21
- Got the driver’s seat in that division— -- nm - Flav Sep 29, 12:43
- “almost as easy as our other game on Sunday. it’s been a good week for getting right” -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 11:38 1
  - I was wearing a Falcons polo. -- nm - David Sep 29, 11:44
- Good for them. -- nm - budice Sep 29, 11:37
- I guess everyone was okay then. -- nm - VMan Sep 29, 11:33

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