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Kim is acting like she's gonna be a hardcore NBA fan this year. I'm gonna need better officiating. -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:48
Conversely, Arizona kind of stole a run -- nm - JD Oct 24, 18:39 1
- It looks like it's gonna be a many lead changes game. -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:41
That feels like a real missed opportunity there for the Phils. -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 18:24
I just got home from a nice dinner with Spamlet. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 17:50 13
- Sbarro? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 24, 18:11 6
  - Authentic New York pizza. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 24, 18:13 5
    - Yes, Sbarro. -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:22 4
      - And he was saying how much he liked you guys. - spamlet Oct 24, 18:46 3
        
        Kim and I probably compliment him 10 times a month. - David Oct 24, 18:47 2
        
        "He's the best" -- Kim just now -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:47 1
        
        🤗 - Krusty Oct 24, 18:49
- You weren’t supposed to bite him. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 18:01 3
  - I *am* pretty tasty. -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 18:18 1
    - I’m just jelly of your, um, jelly? -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 18:50
  - I don't hear him complaining. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 18:02
- I just got back as well. Thanks for the tour of the neighborhood and hanging out. -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 17:53 1
  - It was great to see you and show you a bit of my neighborhood. Hopefully you'll be back soon and we can go do something fun. -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 18:10
Richard Roundtree has passed -- (link) - Remlik Oct 24, 17:30 7
- Does that mean it’s up to Pam Grier now to get the job done? -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 18:02
- He was a bad mother... -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 24, 17:55
- dammit -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 24, 17:54
- Shut yo mouth! -- nm - Roger More Oct 24, 17:52 2
  - Just talkin bout Shaft! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 24, 17:55 1
    - we can dig it -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 18:26
- :( -- nm - budice Oct 24, 17:43
now I can't say with certainty that my mother broke my espresso machine, but she was the last one to use it. also she lost her visa. it's chaos. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 17:26 8
- Have you suggested that your mother apologize to the voodoo queen? -- nm - David Oct 24, 17:28 7
  - honestly, I think it's memory-related in a semi-serious way (I'm cool with the jokes tho. I'll probably make a few myself). - mafic Oct 24, 17:39 5
    - I’m sorry. It’s tough -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Oct 24, 20:03
    - :( I'm sorry, my friend. -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:22
    - Sorry to hear, that’s always rough. How long is she staying with you? -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 18:17 1
      - a month all up. leaves November 2nd. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 19:00
    - :-[ -- nm - mud Oct 24, 17:47
  - shouldnt he be the one to do that? He's the one beset with .. stuff -- nm - mud Oct 24, 17:30
The celebrities who were spies. -- (link) - David Oct 24, 17:24 2
- There are two ways to be a spy. The first way is, no one notices you. The second way is, the ONLY notice you. -- nm - loosilu Oct 24, 17:51 1
  - And then there's whatever Chuck Barris was doing. -- nm - Baron the Contrarian Oct 24, 17:54
Nancy Pelosi on Chris Hayes: "By the way? I was down to *two* votes" -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 17:14
I am definitely watching Family Matters when I get home -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 24, 17:05
So there's really now a proposal to have McCarthy be Speaker of the House with Jim Jordan as Assistant (to the) Speaker of the House? -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 17:03 5
- In response to a suggestion that he run for Speaker, the Ghost of Calvin Coolidge simply said "Suck it." -- nm - Baron the Contrarian Oct 24, 17:26 2
  - Have we asked Zombie Ronald Reagan? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 24, 17:28 1
    - hoo boy would MAGA get an earful from him! -- nm - mud Oct 24, 17:31
- reappointing the guy they just fired would be peak republican -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 17:17
- "I see nuthink!" -Sgt Jordan -- nm - TWuG Oct 24, 17:06
Go Denver Nuggets! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 24, 16:36
boy does this give a new meaning to "snail mail" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 16:22
Huh, FNL got Gary Clark Jr before he was famous. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 16:12 4
- When did he become famous? He was known in Blues circles early 00's. Was in a movie nobody saw in 2007. Played Clapton's fest in 2010 (when he became - zunk takes things literally Oct 24, 16:50 3
  - Yes, they had him in 2010 - Reagen Oct 24, 16:53 2
    - he was on NCIS: New Orleans in 2016 -- nm - Remlik Oct 24, 17:29 1
      - And that Workday commercial in 2023 with rock stars who are a lot more famous. - Baron the Contrarian Oct 24, 17:56
12 out on lap 83 (back to the road loop for night) -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 16:09 5
- 3 from Australia, 2 from Belgium, 2 from Japan, 2 from the US, 1 from Canada, 1 from Poland, 1 from Spain. -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 16:17 4
  - Oops. It's 2 from Australia and 1 from New Zealand. (The flags on the leaderboard are small and I mixed them up.) -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 17:37 1
    - big star: Australia. no big star: NZ. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 17:41
  - the Australian's a Perth local. I've met him a couple times. nice guy. very much a Running Advocate. big parkrun guy. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 17:31
  - One of the Americans, Harvey Lewis is a public school teacher in Cincinnati. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 24, 16:20
not coming up ‘tronning, has st tried plotwords? nm but: -- (link*) - b.oo! Oct 24, 16:01 5
- I should have added that it’s the unlimited version I liked better. — nm - b.oo! Oct 24, 16:56
- I just tried and had never heard of the movie it turned out to be. -- nm - pmb Oct 24, 16:03 3
  - I’ve heard of it but could not possibly name it (spoilers) - Baron the Contrarian Oct 24, 16:34 1
    - it's pretty close to your second guess in spirit -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 16:35
  - got it in two -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 16:15
YOU get to run for Speaker! YOU get to run for Speaker! YOU get to run for Speaker... - Oprah si Oct 24, 15:49 3
- Can we talk real quick about how fundamentally absurd it is that…. - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 24, 16:18 1
  - I think that kind of ego/delusion is required to be at that level in national politics. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 17:45
- If she declared the gavel one of her favourite things, demand would surely increase. -- nm - VMan Oct 24, 16:07
Is ST familiar with the phrase "tooling around"? -- nm - TWuG Oct 24, 15:47 4
- I am familiar with two meanings of it -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 16:39 1
  - Oh, two meanings of fooling. Only one of tooling. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 16:39
- I use it, so.. :) - — nm - b.oo! Oct 24, 15:58
- yes. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 15:48
Biden to NH: kick rocks -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:42
Freeway traffic cuz of this . Rush Hour about to start -- 22 East -- (link*) - budice Oct 24, 15:35 [Attachment] 3
- That'll do it :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 24, 16:06 1
  - I thought the DMV gave updates on their incident page? Now I just see the initial report. -- nm - Meg Oct 24, 16:17
- is that a body? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 15:36
Where is the Trillion Game discussion? - The Allfather Oct 24, 15:31 2
- any good? -- nm - Remlik Oct 24, 17:14 1
  - I'm in love. It's got a distinct Leverage vibe. -- nm - David Oct 24, 17:25
If only there was a government agency that could design roads to slow speeds. Oh well -- (link) - spamlet Oct 24, 15:23 8
- If only the politicians had the cojones to do automated speed enforcement. - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 24, 17:31 4
  - have you met LA drivers? they abandoned red-light cameras because paying the $500 fine was merely optional and (spoiler) nobody paid them -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 17:47 3
    - And in typical CA fashion they subcontracted the administration and they cost more than they made. -- nm - Meg Oct 24, 18:30
    - Sounds like extremely poorly written legislation. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 24, 18:14
    - No, I've never been to Cali. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 24, 17:49
- roundabouts work great, lessens the need to speed to beat the light, saves gas and brakes, calms traffic well. yeah people HATE them -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 15:32
- If only cops actively promoted safe driving rather than profiling drivers to look for outstanding warrants, drugs and guns. -- nm - mara Oct 24, 15:28
- Newsom is rolling out speed cameras in certain cities at the moment but if past is prologue the speeders will rack up thousands in fines and just keep - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:27
Maybe the Republicans should do a Backyard Ultra to choose the Speaker. -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 15:04 5
- How many laps do you think they would go? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 16:03 4
  - I think we might wind up with Speaker MTG. Isn't she a crossfitter? -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 16:10 3
    - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 24, 17:31
    - this was what I thought when you first suggested it. -- nm* - Reagen Oct 24, 16:12 1
      - Dan Crenshaw is a former Navy Seal. He would be up there. - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 16:13
Aww. Last lap Ivo, now this lap we lost Jivee. -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 15:01
the off-duty pilot who tried to take down the Horizon plane may have been on shrooms when he reached for the engine cutoff -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 14:52 1
- “You need to cuff me right now, or it’s going to be bad,” -- nm - JD Oct 24, 15:32
Hurricane Tammy is really going "and Fuck Bermuda in particular" -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 14:52
how's yer day going? there's always someone somewhere who's having a worse day, right -- (pic) - mud Oct 24, 14:43 [Attachment] 8
- on the plus side, Melania wasn't sleeping with Tony Danza :))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 24, 14:47 5
  - gossip about Pete Davidson seems pretty quiet lately....almost too quiet -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 15:04 4
    - I saw a story title the other week about him dating someone, not as well known as some previous women. — nm - i.b! Oct 24, 15:15 3
      - Meryl Streep has a chance to do the funniest thing ever -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:24 2
        
        High praise for Davidson's comedy chops. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 16:38
        
        She'd make a fine Speaker -- nm - TWuG Oct 24, 15:26
- "At least I knocked over the Speaker of the House" -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 14:45 1
  - winning! -- nm - mud Oct 24, 14:46
huh, The Ringer is down... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 24, 14:38
So, the House GOP has kneecapped the Speaker of the House, the Majority leader, and the Majority Whip in addition to the Judiciary Chair - Will Hunting Oct 24, 14:34 3
- maybe now Biden/Dems will have higher favorables on who's trusted to handle the economy (or literally anything else) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 14:49 1
  - its all biden's and democrats fault -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 14:50
- So, my plan is working.... -- nm - Gaetz Oct 24, 14:39
Today is Frozen Frenzy, FWIW. All 32 NHL teams playing with games staggered at 15 minute intervals for most of the night. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 14:33 2
- Leafs likey -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 16:45
- sweeeeet -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 24, 14:51
An outside perspective on the government shut down problem: in other countries, if the government can't pull its head out of its ass, - Beryllium Oct 24, 14:26 [mastodon] 4
- normally our government doesn't collapse over taxi driver's overtime fees, we just ignore half our business till it festers into crisis. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 14:50
- nm -- nm* - spamlet Oct 24, 14:30
- the house is elected in full every two years. but the GOP have rigged so many of their districts to make the members immune from legitimate opposition - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 14:28 1
  - If their constituents had to vote every two weeks, I bet things would be solved. Pretty fucking quickly. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 14:29
Free Pride Tape at a number of Scotia Bank branches -- (pic) - budice Oct 24, 14:17 [Attachment]
Took the Hist.Soc's tax paperwork over to the accountant. Mentioned my standard complaint that I should go out and get a real job. - Meg Oct 24, 14:12
Mark Meadows cut a deal. He's been talking to Jack Smith. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 24, 14:03 4
- with Jack Smith only, afaik. he's still fighting to get his GA case removed to federal. not sure if Fanni is bound to abide by that agmt - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:37 1
  - tho Meadows’ atty is denying some or all of ABC’s reporting (to Catherine Herridge so . . ) -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:40
- despite the tv news anchors saying there will only be so many deals made, I think all prosecutors want to flip every defendant except Trump. - Peglegpete Oct 24, 14:22 1
  - damnit, somebody got to go to jail... besides 45. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 15:35
Ivo didn't make it back in time. Jivee Tolantino finished the lap in 59:54 -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 14:02 5
- Looks like they're sending someone out to look for Ivo. -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 14:04 4
  - Oh no. -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 14:08 3
    - They found Ivo. He's a little disoriented, but seems okay. -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 14:09 2
      - "I don't know where I am" -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 14:12 1
        
        classic Ivo -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 24, 14:17
from bb, sort of fun time looking at the list of tech hubs and trying to figure out which companies/hospitals/universities/industry groups are - i.b! Oct 24, 14:02 2
- i know Bawlmer got one (because Hopkins presumably) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 14:03 1
  - yep, they’ve commercialized a predictive analytics system. - i.b! Oct 24, 14:24
At this point, who's dumb enough to think they can win? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 24, 13:49 2
- I am -- nm - Annie Agar in a Kevin McCarthy jersey Oct 24, 13:51 1
  - She’d just give them that look and we’d have a functional government again. -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 13:56
At this point they should convine just to nominate each member of the GOP one by one. It’ll be faster. -- nm* - spamlet Oct 24, 13:48 5
- This made me wonder who the Dems would be most likely to vote for. Found this progressive scoresheet -- (link) - mara Oct 24, 14:37
- This is simply an extension of their denial of service attack on democracy, they have no interest in making it faster. - Beryllium Oct 24, 13:50 3
  - ^this -- nm - Remlik Oct 24, 13:55
  - " It's not our fault there's a shut down. Dems never compromised with us to elect a Speaker." - TWuG Oct 24, 13:54
  - bingo -- nm - mud Oct 24, 13:52
TILLB (thing I learned [just] last board): IKEA makes felt tip pens -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 13:47 3
- you're saying, this is the first you've heard of them? -- nm - rollo Oct 24, 13:47 2
  - I'm not sure who is them. I've heard of IKEA, I've heard of felt tip pens, I've just not heard of IKEA felt tip pens. -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 13:50 1
    - Do you have to assemble them? -- nm - LMS Oct 24, 14:21

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