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I realized today that this photo from 2020 has all the fixings of "artistic" photography: dutch angle, bokeh, lens flare. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 17, 10:57 [flickr]
no second vote? -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 10:55 2
- Somehow this is different and they don't have to automatically vote again. Jordan can take the GOP to the conference room and try to - decline Oct 17, 11:01 1
  - just like he used to do to athletes at Michigan State so they'd keep their mouths closed. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 11:09
After 84 years, CBC Radio will no longer broadcast the correct time once a day. The “long dash” ...was broadcast for the final time on Oct. 9. -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 10:53 [BS] 2
- How will we know what the correct time is now? -- nm - decline Oct 17, 11:02
- Going forward they will broadcast the wrong time once a day just to mess with people. -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 10:59
As I'm house / pet sitting again, here's a picture of Rascal - JD Oct 17, 10:49 [Attachment] 4
- And for contrast (lack of contrast) here's the fail picture from a previous stay -- (pic) - JD Oct 17, 11:00 [Attachment]
- That cat is maaaaaad. You better watch your step. -- nm - sycor Oct 17, 10:55 1
  - Luckily, he's not mad at me. He's mad that he got chased up there by the dogs -- nm - JD Oct 17, 11:01
- awwww. he's still mad about wearing the bowtie since Christmas -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 17, 10:50
If you still do physical media, Criteron is having a sale. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 17, 10:48
Jeffries 212, Jordan 200 -- nm - mud Oct 17, 10:43 6
- HOT MIC comment by the neutral Fox News -- (link) - Jovian Oct 17, 11:11
- Lol. Underperformed McCarthy’s first vote. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 10:56 1
  - allegedly a lot of first round "nos" (swing districts like Mike Lawler) claim they'll still vote "yes" for him in subsequent rounds but i guess we'll - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:05
- no 'other' votes for DJT -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 10:54 1
  - Jordan’s entirely his creature, so what would the point of that be? -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 10:58
- LOL! -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 17, 10:49
yikes, hospital in gaza sheltering thousands of people was hit overnight, est 500 casualties -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 17, 10:42 4
- cancel your trip Joe -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 10:45 3
  - Maybe he'll punch Bibi square in the nose -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 10:49 1
    - I'd watch that. -- nm - mud Oct 17, 10:51
  - "You know what, just keep circling." -- nm - Joe on AF1 Oct 17, 10:49
the logistics would be huge but this vote really should have been done Survivor Tribal Council style with Probst running the process -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 10:35 6
- And McCarthy plays his Shot in the Dark and wins the Speakership back. lol -- nm - Louis Litt Oct 17, 10:42 4
  - it’s been so long since I Survived I don’t even know what that gimmick is -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 10:48 3
    - Nutshell - if you think (or know) you're getting the votes, you can play your shot in the dark... - Louis Litt Oct 17, 10:49 2
      - And since I was curious, I looked. Only 1 person has ever pulled the immunity out of 9 attempts -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 10:51 1
        
        Yalp - true story. -- nm - Louis Litt Oct 17, 10:53
- Dark Brandon has the conch -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 10:36
Honest Trailers | Ahsoka -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 10:26 [youtube] 4
- "will have fans wondering which character can 'sigh' more." LOL -- nm - Jovian Oct 17, 10:36 3
  - There are some shows where I can't help but notice this a lot. - Beryllium Oct 17, 10:37 2
    - I enjoyed Ashoka well enough, but man if this didnt hit some points hard. -- nm - Jovian Oct 17, 10:41 1
      - yup. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 10:47
How good do you have to be... -- (pic) - Spawn Oct 17, 10:25 [Attachment]
I swear this happens every time. *finishes lunch of CFA salad + diet frosted lemonade* Brain: what's for desert? - oblique Oct 17, 10:18 7
- Sugar is a harsh mistress. -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 10:39 2
  - Did you just call Kilbo a sub? -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 11:10
  - this. so this. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 10:49
- Get a 2nd sandwich for dessert - you can just write it off. -- nm - the fired Citibank dude Oct 17, 10:24
- maybe try having a second beverage? drink that with the food, then move onto the desserty. — nm - i.b! Oct 17, 10:23 2
  - In order to circumvent melting, I drink the frosted lemonade on the car trip back from picking up the food and have a diet Dr. Pepper with the salad -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 10:33 1
    - *hugs my double-walled tumbler* — nm - i.b! Oct 17, 11:10
Skull Island: Rise of Kong appears an ugly mess of a thing and it might be the worst game of 2023 -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 10:18
Jordan is done for this round. -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 10:09 6
- This has been a fascinating case study. They kicked Kev out because he "compromised" with dems. Now they are finding out the hard way that compromise - rollo Oct 17, 10:54
- love it when Jeffries' vote count is ahead of the majority front runner -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 10:34
- up to 14 nos and will only get more in the next round if there’s a next round, reportedly (Kev’s revenge against Gaetz feels like) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 10:33
- Nancy Pelosi sarcastic clap from the Speakers chair gif -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 10:28
- Might have to settle this Thunderdome style -- nm - eag Oct 17, 10:14 1
  - I thought they were going to on the next to last vote for Kev -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 10:16
Stefanik, in her nominating speech describing how Jordan is a winner, includes the phrase "and on the wrestling mat" .. Dems howl. -- nm - mud Oct 17, 09:48 11
- She’s gotten less attractive as she’s gotten crazier. -- nm - Tim Oct 17, 10:36
- Jordan already lost 1 and we're only in the B's -- nm - decline Oct 17, 10:00 9
  - He isn't going to get it. -- nm - decline Oct 17, 10:09
  - I hope the dissenters stick with it and aren't just doing it for one ballot for show. (Jordan would be worse than McCarthy or Scalise). -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 10:05
  - and it was for Kev, not "present" -- nm - mud Oct 17, 10:04 2
    - and a 2nd for Kev! -- nm - mud Oct 17, 10:05 1
      - there's one for Scalise, and one for Zeldin -- nm - mud Oct 17, 10:09
  - We need "Present" though - not frickin McCarthy. -- nm - Louis Litt Oct 17, 10:04 3
    - Present is essentially a vote for Jordan. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 10:05 2
      - only if Jordan gets to the threshhold. Enough presents and the Dems votes could do it. -- nm - Louis Litt Oct 17, 10:07 1
        
        That’s simply not going to happen. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 10:07
Wow had almost forgotten a young John Goodman on one my favorite episodes of Moonlighting -- nm - eag Oct 17, 09:47 2
- We got halfway through the 1st episode and switched to something else. It was way too cheesy (though I guess in the day that was the charm) -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 10:05 1
  - the tone was intentionally arch (for better or worse) like The Thin Man but for the 80s -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 10:09
Sooo - how hard are the Dems gonna come after Jordan and the Ohio St sexual abuse? -- nm - Louis Litt Oct 17, 09:47 2
- Apparently, they are going to, um, howl. It was a full moon this morning, though, so, could be unreleated. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 10:04
- not at all. no one cares. if anyone really cared he would have been out of a job years ago. - Jovian Oct 17, 09:59
I have a "flex" room in the house which is basically a dining room but they don't want to call it that apparently. It's the first room you see - sycor Oct 17, 09:27 19
- put a pool table in there -- nm - decline Oct 17, 09:41 12
  - That's what our next door neighbor did, in what was the "living room ". Our living room is now the dining room. The dining room is now the library. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 17, 09:51 3
    - I bet this really makes playing Clue exceptionally difficult. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 10:06 2
      - Clue: Cold Case Edition -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 10:18
      - oh snap! tremendous joke -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 10:13
  - Not sure the room is quite big enough. - sycor Oct 17, 09:44 7
    - A friend of mine has a scotch room. He has a small room with a bookcase that showcases his bottles of scotch (some of them are backlit) with a chair - Roger More Oct 17, 09:59 2
      - I could do this with my bourbon collection and it's still on the list. It would make needing more lighting less of an issue. -- nm - sycor Oct 17, 10:08
      - *adds to his wishlist* -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 10:04
    - Library with book shelves along all the walls? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 09:53 2
      - FUNKO room! -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 09:56 1
        
        that just happens gradually -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 10:18
    - just cut holes in the walls for the pool cues -- nm - decline Oct 17, 09:49
- Once it might have been called a Sitting Room. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:35 1
  - Yeah probably. We considered just getting a pool table or setting up a bar and a game table. But honestly we don't entertain that much. - sycor Oct 17, 09:42
- What would people in scifi do? Or when jules verne describes an electroluminescent light that comes from everywhere, and nowhere, - Beryllium Oct 17, 09:33 3
  - I think that's the crown molding and cove lighting idea with today's technology. I can use some RGB LEDs so I can set the room to Red Alert! -- nm - sycor Oct 17, 09:35 2
    - I have a siri shortcut for that, but because i don't believe in IoT, it only turns the phone red. - Beryllium Oct 17, 09:36 1
      - You should look into Home Assistant and build pretty much everything locally. They have even recently released updates for local voice control - sycor Oct 17, 09:40
"Dozens of parking lots have opened across the country for working people who can afford a car but not rent." -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 09:15 18
- it’s so awful, especially thinking about places with weather extremes. (small annoyance about one detail ahead..) -- (edited) - i.b! Oct 17, 10:03 3
  - I'm guessing they got it from here -- (pic) - ty97 Oct 17, 10:59 [Attachment] 1
    - I googled after zeit’s post and found this - just didn’t read all the words maybe. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Oct 17, 11:05
  - probably googled for some picturesque description and that came up, but yeah, its just subdivisions alongside the freeway from SFO to San Jose -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 10:30
- This would be an expansion opportunity for AirBNB if it's not part of what they offer already. -- nm - Max Oct 17, 09:52 3
  - lol don't give them any more bright ideas CarBNB -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 09:54
  - that dude in LA tried that and ende dup with someone squating in their guest house didn't he? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 09:54 1
    - in many places, residency can be established after 28-30 days. hotels/motels/air bnb’ers often make guests leave after the relevant # then return after -- (edited) - i.b! Oct 17, 10:14
- I’ve seen this a lot—when commercial real estate hits a wall, maybe making offices into small homes? -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 09:23 2
  - It’s not so easy though - commercial office plumbing needs are different to housing plumbing needs for example. They can’t switch back and forth - Roger More Oct 17, 09:29 1
    - Dorm style! -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 10:56
- Wave of the future. I already realized storage units need to hybrid into a form of this. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:16 6
  - Let's find a way to make it the wave of the past. We need a better future for people -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 09:26 5
    - yes - it’s a good step, though, for many to have some kind of small home for themselves. there’s been successful efforts for homeless, especially vets - i.b! Oct 17, 10:08
    - Ready Player One is coming, ty. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:36 1
      - I think I finished that book? Don't really remember it though. -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 10:55
    - I still want to see Pimp My Ride but with storage units though. -- nm - Roger More Oct 17, 09:32
    - We do. But are we going to get one? Doesn't seem likely. - Beryllium Oct 17, 09:30
Killers of the Flower Moon 95% (111/6), Pain Hustlers 23% (6/20), The Pigeon Tunnel 95% (21/1), The Persian Version 87% (27/4) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 08:53 1
- still can't believe the Arclight dipshits haven't reopened the Dome yet but TCL Chinese theater it is then -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 09:22
And my annual self-assessment is due on Friday, yay! -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 08:39 15
- I'm always tempted to say "If I agree to let you rate me as a 'Meets Expectations' can I just skip this?" -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 08:49 3
  - I've had this deal with my boss for years -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 09:23
  - because the kind of work i do is basically the same from year to year with minor variations here and there i just Save As last year's review and - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 08:54 1
    - I’ve done similar. it gets silly sometimes, just making sure some of us - i.b! Oct 17, 10:18
- Ms. Znu is very demanding. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 17, 08:49 1
  - You have no idea. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 09:01
- i really phoned mine in this year even more than usual. i figure if they want to keep me they'll find a reason and if they don't they'll find one too -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 08:46
- give yourself all " above and beyond expectations" - Pippy the Lioness Oct 17, 08:40 7
  - 3 words - decline Oct 17, 08:41 6
    - 2 words - Max Oct 17, 08:51 2
      - 1 word - rollo Oct 17, 09:37
      - LOL -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 17, 09:25
    - YSMM! -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:50
    - "Chuck Norris looks up to me." -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 17, 08:43 1
      - "Bill Brasky tells stories about me." -- nm - Max Oct 17, 08:53
Britney Spears Memoir excerpts: Britney Reveals She Had an Abortion Because Justin Timberlake ‘Didn’t Want to Be a Father’ -- (link) - budice Oct 17, 08:37 22
- Jaysus -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 09:22
- (not with her, at least) -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:51
- There's been rumors flying he's been terrified what is going to come out in the book. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 08:48
- Father Body-Shamed her -- (edited) - budice Oct 17, 08:42 13
  - Mom had her drinking in the 8th Grade - budice Oct 17, 08:43 12
    - Shaved Head because of onlookers eyeballing her every day - budice Oct 17, 09:00 11
      - Sexuality was part of her marketing—not like she’s Billie Eilsih -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 09:17 9
        
        Spears not having control over her marketing/image is likely a big factor why Eilish took control of hers. -- nm - Roger More Oct 17, 09:24 8
        
        same with Sia I'd imagine -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 09:54
        
        Absolutely. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 09:26 6
        
        Yep—I think a lot of female artists learned from mistakes Britney made…additionally though…the cover of this book is her topless w/arm bra 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 09:29 5
        
        She' 41 now so probs ok. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 09:44
        
        Well, yes, but it's fine if it's her own choice. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 09:31 3
        
        that’s the thing for me about this and her instagram dancing. - i.b! Oct 17, 10:33 1
        
        It's a little weird though, that once she does have the chance, she makes the same choice as her exploiters did (wrt the book cover) -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 10:40
        
        Yep -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 09:35
      - Couldn't believe Steven Spielberg would drive for her -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 09:03
- that headline is a bit misleading. He thought they were not ready and too young (understandable for 20 yo kids). Also, her kids are now 17 & 18? -- nm - decline Oct 17, 08:40 2
  - My sister is a year older with a 23 and 21 year old. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 17, 08:51 1
    - my stepson turns 30 this weekend. 30. -- nm - Andie Oct 17, 09:02
- Move over Jada Pinkett Smith - you have been usurped in the tell all world. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 17, 08:39 1
  - I’m torn about being happy about this. britney and her traumas and issues vs. less jada is a heckuva tradeoff. :/ — nm - i.b! Oct 17, 10:20
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 08:35

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