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30 years to the day River Phoenix died. - Jovian Oct 31, 08:03 1
- We getting old, but it beats not getting old -- nm - Loyola Oct 31, 08:06
BEWARE THE CORN GNOME ... - Beryllium Oct 31, 08:03
WDW: Reedy Creek confirms that a Disney monorail was stuck People being evacuated. -- (link) - budice Oct 31, 08:02 1
- effin' place is falling apart -- nm - decline Oct 31, 08:02
Highest Percent Capacity on Broadway this week: Hamilton, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lion King, Sweeney Todd, JaJa's African Hair Braiding -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 07:47 1
- Lowest Percent Capacity on Broadway this week: Melissa Etheridge, The Shark is Broken, Purlie Victorious, Some Like It Hot, The Cottage -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 07:49
Highest Grossing Broadway Shows Last week: Lion King, Merrily We Roll Along, Wicked, Hamilton, Sweeney Todd -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 07:45 1
- Lowest Grossing Shows Last Week: Melissa Etheridge: My Window, The Shark is Broken, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, The Cottage, Purlie Victorious -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 07:47
Shang-Chi actor Simu Liu announced he's having Achilles surgery. So he'll be out awhile -- (link) - budice Oct 31, 07:32 1
- Guess he’ll have to go back to accounting. -- nm - spamlet Oct 31, 07:35
(f@ckers) Russians attack library in Kherson, one storey completely destroyed - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:14 2
- Blinken's children visit the Bidens for Halloween dressed in Ukraine-themed costumes - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:21
- once again I see an appearance of my favorite Ukrainian slang term for a Russian -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:15
Snow in Chicago -- (link) - budice Oct 31, 07:08 2
- Used to be not all that unusual. I trick or treated in snow flurries a couple of times as a kid. -- nm - spamlet Oct 31, 07:42
- Yep. Most won't stick, but it is sticking on our roof deck. -- nm - pmb Oct 31, 07:41
JWST: M83 -- (link) - decline Oct 31, 06:57 [Image] 5
- article -- (link) - decline Oct 31, 07:08
- 🐯🐯🐯 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:06
- *synth intensifies* -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 07:02 1
  - *tries to type out the lyrics to midnight city, fails* -- nm - rollo Oct 31, 07:35
- wow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 31, 07:01
🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN!🎃 -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 31, 06:57
Speaking of lights, i have requested this air-dry clay lamp sculpting kit for Christmas. if you know a crafty person, this seems fun: -- (link*) - Andie Oct 31, 06:50 3
- It appears they don't ship outside Canada -- nm - rollo Oct 31, 07:33
- that's a super cool idea. i like that site. -- nm - colin Oct 31, 06:52 1
  - their instagram page is full of stuff real people made. -- (link) - Andie Oct 31, 06:54
STIS: I need a new bathroom light. The current cabinet is wall to wall, will have a mirror on tracks that will roll back and forth to expose about 2/3 - colin Oct 31, 06:48 [Attachment] 3
- may be like this, wall mounted. -- (link) - colin Oct 31, 06:48 2
  - I would ceiling mount vs wall mount. the light won't be able to get around the cabinet very well. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 31, 07:14 1
    - I'd agree or wall mount with arms so that the lights actually hang above but in front of the cabinet (like an L bracket) -- nm - oblique Oct 31, 07:57
Fun Halloween story. Preface is that it’s not really a thing here. Growing over the last few years, but not commonly celebrated. Doesn’t figure into - mafic Oct 31, 06:46 4
- Yikes. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 31, 07:16
- did HE know? or did he go home? :) -- nm - Andie Oct 31, 06:48 2
  - He figured it out when he mentioned it to someone at work. -- nm - mafic Oct 31, 06:55 1
    - heh -- nm - Andie Oct 31, 06:55
Uber One commercial gets a big thumbs up -- (link) - decline Oct 31, 06:41 [youtube]
It is too cold in this office. That is all. -- nm - Baron the Contrarian Oct 31, 06:32 4
- We *just* hit 36F outdoors (noon). The office feels too warm, actually. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 09:01
- our office has been freezing for weeks. People are wearing giant thick sweaters. -- nm - Andie Oct 31, 06:45 1
  - I had the option to take my stuff and work from home. I took it. - Baron the Contrarian Oct 31, 08:01
- They apparently turned the heat on here. Currently set to match our Malaysian office -- nm - spamlet Oct 31, 06:40
New 17 team ACC unveiled it's schedule format. One of the 16 "Protected" matchups is that legendary rivalry Cal vs. SMU. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 31, 06:26 1
- I, for one, am looking forward to the inevitable Cal-Miami rivalry that will inevitably emerge. - ReluctantCynic Oct 31, 06:48
Broadway STers, interesting rumor: Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster to replace Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford in Sweeney Todd when they leave in Jan. -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 06:12
"JetBlue lost $153 million in Q3 on revenue of $2.4bn. Also sees capacity outpacing demand off peak." -- (link) - ty97 Oct 31, 05:59 1
- it's all 'cause you won't fly with them! -- nm - decline Oct 31, 06:08
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 31, 05:52 [Attachment] 3
- Did someone fart? Smells a bit TOILAVY in here -- nm - rollo Oct 31, 06:33
- Is there nothing she can't do? TAY TAY VIOLA -- nm - rollo Oct 31, 05:59 1
  - She bought out a cosmetic company. Now your nighttime cream is Oil of TAY TAY OLAY -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:45
Stupid weather. I have two big bags of candy. I need the trick r treaters to show up and take it all! -- nm - sycor Oct 31, 05:48 2
- it's a bit early for trick-or-treaters, sycor -- nm - decline Oct 31, 06:00 1
  - hehe fair enough. Hopefully the rain will stop sooner than they are predicting. -- nm - sycor Oct 31, 06:04
The best umpire in MLB is Pat Hoberg who last year had a perfectly called game in the World Series. He's not on the crew for the series this year. - Krusty Oct 31, 05:47 2
- This is my biggest problem with unions as a whole. Mostly I love them, but generally seniority and bureaucracy rule over competence and merit. -- nm - mafic Oct 31, 06:38
- The ump union would never allow it. It’s additional pay for the umps that are selected. -- nm - spamlet Oct 31, 06:15
RIP MF DOOM :-( Three years ago today the world lost one of the greatest hip hop artists of all time. -- (link) - Krusty Oct 31, 05:35 [youtube]
Hopefully the result of the UK Covid Enquiry is that Boris Johnson never returns to politics ever again -- (link) - LMS Oct 31, 05:29
Well, this could have ended a lot worse -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Oct 31, 05:02 1
- Wow. So glad he didn't carry out his plans. -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 05:40
TV PSA: World Series, NHL, NBA, DWTS, Big Brother, Voice, The Swarm, Found, Welcome to Wrexham, The Daily Show (Charlamagne The God), - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 05:01 3
- Halloween movies from the second I get home until I fall asleep as it's the last night of our month long marathon. - Krusty Oct 31, 05:15 2
  - What did you make of Bubba Ho-Tep? -- nm - LMS Oct 31, 05:21 1
    - I enjoyed it but it was a strange film. I went in not knowing anything but enjoyed it and will keep it on the list for future viewing. -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 31, 05:26
Australia declines to bid, 2034 World Cup likely to Saudi Arabia -- (link) - Reagen Oct 31, 04:55 4
- heh, 2034 -- nm - Climate Change Oct 31, 06:31
- Boooooo. Yet another World Cup to be ignored because the people hosting are very bad. They don't deserve this or anything like it. -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 05:16
- over/under on dead migrants brought in to build stadiums set at 5,000 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 05:03 1
  - Sadly, over. -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 05:16
Have we seen Gritty dancing with Wally the Emotional Support Alligator at a Flyers game? (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Oct 31, 04:52 1
- Classic Gritty. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 31, 04:59
I just got compared to Alexander Skarsgard, and I feel like I should go home now. Day won't get better than that. -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 04:33 3
- Your brother's a creepy clown? -- nm - LMS Oct 31, 05:13
- "in Big Little Lies." nm - Dignan Oct 31, 04:36 1
  - (I laughed out loud) -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 31, 05:15
James Harden sent to the Clippers -- (link) - budice Oct 31, 02:54 5
- good riddance - decline Oct 31, 05:23 2
  - I know that feeling, my friend. -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 05:27 1
    - Eventually, I think 32 cities will. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 31, 05:42
- “I’m sure he won’t quit on *us*” -- nm - Clippers GM, probably Oct 31, 05:20
- He's such an asshole -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 05:17
Wordle 864 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 23:10 4
- 5 - rollo Oct 31, 05:59
- 4 - decline Oct 31, 05:49
- 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 31, 04:14
- A completely lucky 3 - spamlet Oct 31, 02:12
"Congratulations! You solved a Tuesday Crossword in 40:54. 6 MONDAYS IN A ROW" - would have been faster if I knew movies - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 22:22 1
- There selection of the theme items was interesting -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 31, 04:05
Screw y'all. I'm going to bed at a reasonable hour. - David Oct 30, 22:15 2
- Ike Perlmutter is lurking in your closet, waiting for you to get sleepy. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 22:32
- backboard -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 22:20 [Backboard]
Connections took a while. - David Oct 30, 22:12 10
- epic. fail. - mud Oct 31, 07:55
- Completely blew it this morning. (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Oct 31, 06:13
- Perfect - LMS Oct 31, 06:07
- 2 bobos to sort out blue/purple - rollo Oct 31, 06:06
- X'd it -- nm - decline Oct 31, 05:59
- Fail - znufrii, vice president Oct 31, 05:45
- Perfect and lucky. Took a chance on yellow and then guessed blue. -- (edited) - VMan Oct 31, 05:36
- Yellow last - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 31, 04:49
- Connections Puzzle #142 - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 23:19
- Perfect. Blue was a guess. I had two and got the other two by luck. Once blue was done, the other two were easy. - TWuG Oct 30, 22:23
The Habs don’t know how to end a game in regulation time. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 21:47
scrolling through youtube, I saw a thumbnail for a dissection of the Kingsman church fight scene. - Beryllium Oct 30, 21:45
"There's not a hero in the JLA who couldn't defeat Batman if they had to" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 21:15
My friend fainted at the airport and fell on the luggage carousel - JD Oct 30, 21:07 3
- My uncle drowned in a vat of Varnish. They said it was a tragic end. -- (edited) - howie Oct 30, 21:32 2
  - 😄 -- nm - JD Oct 30, 22:14
  - 👍👍 -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 21:41
Maybe now we'll get some federal action to improve the drug supply, Minoxidil is running out, users will loose the hair they've grown with it -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 30, 20:45
Heh, received an email from the Gem Theater on Friday reminding Platinum members to make their reservations for the Tiffany Lounge. Didn't notice at - Meg Oct 30, 20:43
Docs say 'fermentable' fiber (oats, rye, barley lentils etc) provide Ozempic/waygovy like appetite suppressant without the side effects -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 30, 20:30 4
- The answer, as always, is drink more rye -- nm - rollo Oct 31, 06:28
- I know if I was offered fermented lentils, that’d suppress my appetite. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 21:40 2
  - I think they are supposed to ferment in your intestinal track. If its pre-fermented there's no fiber left....but I'm gonna try again to make sure... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 30, 22:45
  - Rye or barley on th other hand ;-) -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 22:19
let’s see if AIPAC primaries MAGA Mike and all his foot soldiers pushing the bill -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 20:22
"He's a valued customer of Offscreen Airlines" -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 30, 20:12 [youtube]
lol Florida is the land grift that never ends -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 20:03 3
- what would be the grift? you can't sue us when we refuse to pay out? - zeitgeist Oct 30, 20:15 2
  - yes collect premiums in the market that legit insurers have abandoned and if the day ever comes that there are flood/wind claims, tough shit -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 20:17 1
    - (which this asshole as a FL legislator voted to pass into law so an added layer of shitty self-dealing) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 20:18
Something I have in common with Twitter? I am also worth 55% less than I was a year ago. -- nm - Qale Oct 30, 19:58 2
- but you're still worth a lot more than Donald Trump [if he used real numbers] -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 30, 20:00 1
  - Yeah, but he reaaaaally has me beat on indictments. -- nm - Qale Oct 30, 20:11
Run RC Run! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 30, 19:55
"I'm so not ready to go to court today *and* that guy I slept with last night: opposing counsel!" "Oh god." "Who's your judge?" "The Gooch." "Oh god." -- nm - Body of Law, from Shonda Rhimes Oct 30, 19:52 1
- "huh, she's blonde." "what?" "I mean... I thought it was a nickname." -- nm - mafic Oct 31, 00:15
FG was tipped but still went thru -- nm - budice Oct 30, 19:47
five years to the point of no climate return (if we haven’t already passed it) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 19:47 1
- and the comments are why we are doomed -- nm - oblique Oct 31, 05:59
I don't really know if a separate event was needed for MacBooks and Macs but there you have it. M3 chips for everyone! -- nm* - Qale Oct 30, 19:44 2
- “Space Black” may be the most appealing thing (to me) they’ve done in years. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 21:25 1
  - I’m good with the devices I have. I was curious about a gen 11 iPad for my bestie (she’s on 8th) but it didn’t happen. -- nm - Qale Oct 30, 22:57
I had never heard of cars being part of your property taxes until the discussion a couple days ago. Now I just started No Hard Feelings and (very mild spoiler) -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 19:42 1
- The more I think about No Hard Feelings, the less I like it. (spoilers) - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 22:25
Based purely on name, I vote for Mingus Mapps. -- nm - Dano Oct 30, 19:22
So the latest Swiftie theory is that Taylor is somehow responsible for the upcoming Matthew Vaughn film Argylle. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 19:17 11
- by 2032 all media will be Taylor Swift. -- nm - mafic Oct 30, 19:38 2
  - not just media. Taylorcoin! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 30, 19:52 1
    - It was inevitable once she married and became Taylor Bankman-Fried -- nm - rollo Oct 31, 06:20
- well, being a Swiftie seems less harmful than QAnon, so if that is someone's bag then more power to them -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 19:29 3
  - It is also SCREENRANT-- The other day they had an article that said Raiders of The Lost is now unwatchable because it's "too slowly paced" -- nm - Flavorize Oct 30, 19:40 2
    - ah, a site for crazy people -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 19:41 1
      - Yep--they were getting killed on Twitter for that--and really just lambasted for being a site, run by 20 somethings with no real film knowledge or - Flavorize Oct 30, 19:45
- omg, Swift's two cats are named Olivia Benson and Meredith Grey? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 19:25 3
  - You kinda need to seek out her videos with them. (not music videos). This is long so has a bunch I have not seen. -- (link*) - Spawn Oct 31, 07:45 [youtube]
  - also, I learned that director Matthew Vaughn is married to Claudia Schiffer. That is a name I hadn't heard in a while -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 19:37 1
    - Huh. Married in 2002. Good for them. 21 years. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 21:46

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