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Delaware is moving up to Conference USA in 2025 for football -- (link) - Will Hunting Nov 27, 09:14 1
- ~ c-o-n-f-e-r-e-n-c-e in the USA! ~ -- nm - John Cougar Mellencamp Nov 27, 09:20
Female Voters Have Wielded Their Voting Power in Record Numbers, Post-Dobbs, But Would It Kill Them to Fuck an Incel Once In a While? -- (link) - WaPo Pitchbot Nov 27, 09:10
Vigil Series 2 trailer (will added Dougray Scott) -- (link) - LMS Nov 27, 09:08 [youtube] 1
- and The Couple Next Door starts tonight (wife swapping drama) -- (link) - LMS Nov 27, 09:09 [youtube]
NFL - Panthers Owner David Tepper and interim coach Chris Tabor to address the media Tuesday at 10:30 am. -- nm* - budice Nov 27, 09:02 1
- HC wanted CJ Stroud, owner wanted Bryce Young. - Will Hunting Nov 27, 09:18
i'm not Florida Dems but if i were i'd probably run against the Florida GOP as a nest of big fat crooks, among other things -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 27, 08:57
"plumbing new depths of amoral sycophancy" -- (pic) - mud Nov 27, 08:23 [Attachment] 3
- Tangentially, I find it fascinating that the rhetorical conflation of the Jewish people and the State of Israel has gone essentially unexamined throughout this whole ordeal. -- (link*) - znufrii Nov 27, 09:22
- keep writing him blank checks tho -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 27, 08:55
- "Help Me Bibi-Wan Kenobi, You’re My Only Hope." -- nm - Elon Musk Nov 27, 08:40
We have our first victim in LDB. RC reported on the sheet that he's out via college football -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 08:20 5
- At least it was a decent version of the song. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 27, 08:59 1
  - Love the bullet? -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 09:08
- Reminder. You can add yourself here on the 2023 sheet or just let me know here if you're in or out -- (link*) - oblique Nov 27, 08:30 2
  - I cannot access the sheet right at work. But I'm in. I was really worried this weekend shopping but I made it. -- nm - sycor Nov 27, 08:34 1
    - same. I was expecting to be out in many stores. Definitely heard the WHAM song :) -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 08:46
ST Poll: How many Billboard Hot 100 #1s/Top 10s do you think Aaliyah has? And if inclined, what do you consider her signature song? -- nm - MDH Nov 27, 08:06 6
- my fave Aaliyah moment: -- (link) - mud Nov 27, 08:31 [youtube]
- I want to say it's something like 5 #1s. Try Again as signature song. -- nm - colin Nov 27, 08:23 4
  - She has 5 total Top 10 hits, and only 1 #1. Try Again is the #1 and her signature song to me. -- nm - MDH Nov 27, 08:26 3
    - Since it's sort of shocking "Are You That Somebody?" peaked at #21. -- nm - MDH Nov 27, 08:27 2
      - I just saw that as was like "what?!". I swear that's the song I've heard most (by far) from her. -- nm* - ty97 Nov 27, 08:28 1
        
        3/5 Top 10s are completely forgettable. I bet no one can name them. -- nm - MDH Nov 27, 08:29
is it friday yet? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 27, 07:58 1
- sure is, no work tomorrow! -- nm - colin Nov 27, 08:01
NFL-Shortest HC Tenures - 1. Pete McCulley: 9 games (1-8) 2. Frank Reich: 11 games (1-10) 3. Urban Meyer: 13 games (2-11) 4. Lou Holtz: 13 games -- nm - budice Nov 27, 07:43 3
- Frank Reich is now the first coach in NFL history to be fired in back-to-back seasons. -- nm - budice Nov 27, 07:45 2
  - Bryce Young, still has a job -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 27, 09:00
  - After a 43-year streak of no NFL coach being fired during his first season on the job, the league has gone three for three: Urban 2021, Hackett 2022.. -- nm - budice Nov 27, 07:58
weekend viewing: Giri/Haji rewatch & Lazarus Project S2 — both fab. also Inside Out (2015) rewatch -- nm - mud Nov 27, 07:13 7
- Lessons In Chemistry (B+) -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 27, 08:52
- More Twisted Metal (B+). Doctor Who (B-) It felt forced and the ending did not hit for me. Monarch 2-3 (B+) -- nm - sycor Nov 27, 08:36
- Best Christmas Ever D, Exmas..did not finish, Matt Rife Netflix special meh, also his live show meh, Mission Impossible 6 C-, Lessons In Chemistry - Pippy the Lioness Nov 27, 07:59
- Napoleon: B-. Loki S1 rewatch: A. Fantastic Four (2015) rewatch: B- (annoying they got so much right to mess up so badly). Started a Breaking Bad - Spawn Nov 27, 07:52
- Murder At The End Of The World eps 1&2-C. Fargo (new) eps 1&2-A. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 27, 07:51
- Started Scott Pilgrim series (Ep 1 & 2): B-. 1st Episode of Squid Game Challenge: B+ -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 07:48
- 5 eps of Blue Eyed Samurai A+ (it's really excellent). 3 Eps of Monarch B+ -- nm - decline Nov 27, 07:44
I'm doing my first ScreenX screening in a couple of weeks - Godzilla Minus One. -- nm - LMS Nov 27, 07:11 3
- That is an extremely confusing title which immediately evokes Garfield Minus Garfield. It's not like that, is it? -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 27, 07:56 1
  - We went over this back when the second trailer came out -- (link) - JD Nov 27, 08:20 [Backboard]
- ":/No Limit" -- nm - dylan Nov 27, 07:22
much harder than last time: Great! You scored 20 of 28 points, with 6 of 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 27, 07:03 2
- 25/28. Got stumped by the one 2 years apart. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 27, 07:42
- Same score. Shared miss. - VMan Nov 27, 07:13
New book I saw — James Patterson and Mike Lupica…. …. Why? Just why? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 07:02 1
- So Lupica can annoy you in more than one genre. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 27, 07:32
Looking at a Europe itinerary for next year and United wants to put my on Air Canada through Montreal on the return. - ty97 Nov 27, 06:49 3
- Montreal is a *gorgeous* airport though. -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 08:03
- So long as you don’t have to use their website, you’re good. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 27, 06:59 1
  - Am I though? AM I?! -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 07:14
NFL-Panthers fire HC Frank Reich. 2nd shortest head coaching tenure in NFL history. -- nm* - budice Nov 27, 06:49 1
- But he was just about to initiate a division-winning comeback for the ages! -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 27, 06:51
MLB-Free-agent RHP Sonny Gray finalizing three-year, $75M contract with Cardinals -- nm - budice Nov 27, 06:44
easy sleasy - mud Nov 27, 06:30 1
- same but different - oblique Nov 27, 07:02
Speaking of New Zealand: has anyone been there, or are there any "You have to go to" places you know of? - JaxSean Nov 27, 06:29 2
- These are Road Scholar tours that include New Zealand. Their itineraries might give you some ideas. They generally include some great places. -- (link) - Meg Nov 27, 07:48 1
  - Thank you! -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 08:46
also if anyone has ideas for my mom for christmas, please holla. she doesn't want slippers or a robe. she knits and crochets but has so much yarn. - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Nov 27, 06:22 17
- trap her a feral neighborhood cat -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 27, 08:52
- i would maybe consider getting her a rug gun.. make her own. she already has a ton of yarn and should know generally how to work with it. -- nm - colin Nov 27, 08:02 4
  - I want a gun that shoots rugs -- nm - decline Nov 27, 08:57 2
    - But nobody wants a gun that shoots jelly. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 09:10
    - potato cannon.. but full of rugs -- nm - colin Nov 27, 09:08
  - i can get Allie to sign a knitting book to her, since she's a fancy published knitwear designer :) -- nm - colin Nov 27, 08:04
- My wife and youngest daughter LOVE to crochet, and really liked these -- (link) - landbeck Nov 27, 07:43
- I got mine an electric snow shovel. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 07:30 2
  - I had never heard of such a thing. Those are wonderful. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 27, 07:53 1
    - Yeah, I went from WTF to researching and ordering one for her and resisting one for myself in a 30 minute span. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 07:59
- I was going to suggest a rug before I read your im. -- nm - Loyola Nov 27, 06:45
- Scented Candles / Incense-Oil Burner -- nm - budice Nov 27, 06:43
- Knitted rug patterns? -- nm - LMS Nov 27, 06:38
- Spa certificate! -- nm - mara 🍂 Nov 27, 06:23 3
  - this is an interesting idea. she told me this weekend she was looking for a new stylist. maybe I'll send her to leanne. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Nov 27, 06:25 2
    - I'm very much in the mode of giving my parents expendable things like food gifts. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 27, 06:47 1
      - this is the way -- nm - Lafarrow Nov 27, 09:14
CMSC (cyber monday shopping club obvs) help: I want a third nest hub but I can't decide if I should get max (hit it!) or reg. it would not go in a loc - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Nov 27, 06:18
FF: Need 25 from Jordan Addison in FJS. Need projections to hold in Astro and Fields + Herbert to net less than 32 - oblique Nov 27, 06:09 6
- Already beat spamlet 2.0, 161.40 to 99.25. I think the southern gentlemen took the week off. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 08:03 2
  - serious power outage across the board - Lafarrow Nov 27, 09:15 1
    - Your IM made me wish it was ML that I was playing. - Spawn Nov 27, 09:17
- *checks results* No notes. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 27, 06:44
- People that gamble should bet a dollar on Josh Dobbs 3+ TDs tonight -- nm - rollo Nov 27, 06:15 1
  - as long as he throws all three to Jordan Addison and the Bears score 4 on handoffs to Kmet :) -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 06:18
Wordle 891 5/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 27, 05:45 2
- 4 - decline Nov 27, 07:39
- 4 - rollo Nov 27, 06:06
TaylorSwift- Eras Concert Film - Extended Version - Streaming on 12/13. -- (link) - budice Nov 27, 05:35 3
- rental only? "will be available to rent..." also, man the piracy. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Nov 27, 05:37 2
  - Introducing millions of swifties to BitTorrent :) -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 06:13 1
    - She probably gets a cut of that too -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 27, 07:28
North Koreans given a choice of two candidates in an election (for a seat in the provincial assembly) for the first time since 1948. -- (link) - Dano Nov 27, 05:14 2
- John Jack Soon vs. Jack John Soon. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 27, 06:16 1
  - And I say your 10 cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough! -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 06:44
Somehow, on FB I’ve been getting reels of the Kelce podcast and I have to say from what I’ve seen, Jason Kelce outkicked his coverage - Will Hunting Nov 27, 05:00
New zealand to repeal first ban on smoking for the country, to fund tax cuts...so, "I don't care if you die as long as I get my money?" -- (link*) - zeitgeist Nov 26, 23:47 3
- I assume the tax cuts will also fund the additional health care costs. Oh, wait. -- nm - VMan Nov 27, 04:55
- *smh* So stupid. -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 04:39
- "National's partners in the governing coalition- the populist New Zealand First and libertarian Act - had been "insistent" on reversing the laws" - hollywood big shot Nov 27, 00:51
Connections 169. Purple is some BS - TWuG Nov 26, 23:27 5
- 2 mistakes - decline Nov 27, 07:43
- Purple was some BS -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Nov 27, 06:33
- no problems - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 27, 05:53
- Fell for the trap then perfect. - VMan Nov 27, 05:48
- Mine - znufrii Nov 27, 04:03
Watching the Celebrity Jeopardy episode with Becky Lynch, I see she got a couple right in “triple Jeopardy”. - Mop🧹 Nov 26, 21:46 2
- Yeah, they were careful to specify it was her streak of giving no correct answers, not that she got them *all* wrong. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 09:16
- (spoilers) - Baron-Yogg Nov 27, 06:19
Return to sender -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 21:34
I stole all the lamps from my brother's house. I was worried how he would react but turns out he was - JD Nov 26, 20:28 1
- ...totally in the dark? -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 26, 23:53
The book Lessons in Chemistry was loathsome. Elizabeth was unlikeable by design - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Nov 26, 20:08 2
- I liked it, but I'm very left brained. -- nm - Reagen Nov 26, 20:46 1
  - Hey, I -just- emailed you! -- nm - David Nov 26, 21:07
McDonald's Maple Bacon BBQ Quarter Pounder: Meh -- nm - Reagen Nov 26, 19:50
"Am I back? Yeah, I'm thinkin' I'm back." -- nm - Edmonton Wick Nov 26, 19:40 2
- Ducks tho. real test is the next two games against actual good teams. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 19:51 1
  - McDavid has his swagger back. He's ... no longer injured? *voice raiiise?* -- nm - Reagen Nov 26, 19:54
I’m doing not doing a full review of Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassssss Song. This is all you’re getting out of me on this controversial piece of cinema. - Qale Nov 26, 19:24
Who is Team Unicorn in Caveman? Started Mark Andrews and Aaron Jones. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 26, 19:17 3
- That would be me. Shows how much I've been paying attention this season. -- nm - znufrii Nov 26, 19:28 2
  - You’re a game out of first. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 26, 20:13 1
    - Caveman gonna cave. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 07:48
Kelly, if you’re looking for just a download version of office it’s on sale -- (link) - spamlet Nov 26, 19:11
I agree. That Chevy ad pulls at the heart strings -- nm - JD Nov 26, 19:08
I would have lost - and lost HUGE - on a bet whether Bobby Brown was still alive -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 26, 18:52 2
- I would have lost on the bet of who would turn out to be the more responsible parent: Bobby or Whitney -- nm - JD Nov 26, 19:04 1
  - Their child died at age 22, under his watch, so... you know. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 26, 20:35
Poll: will we see Loosi again or will she get lost on some yakuza controlled ginzu gangland -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 18:47 2
- Uh. She’s got a job to come back to do. -- nm - Qale Nov 26, 19:13
- not "lost on some'. but 'Takeover all of the' -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 26, 18:48
Found an 8oz package of Wagyu sirloin in the manager's specials bin for 1/2 price. Nice dinner tonight ;) -- nm - Meg Nov 26, 18:41 4
- Only $25? We paid $100 for a NY strip at Costco for a one pound piece -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 18:48 1
  - $4 and change. It was New Zealand Wagyu. -- nm* - Meg Nov 26, 18:50
- 😋 -- nm - JD Nov 26, 18:48
- savor this victory -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 26, 18:47
I switch between Hoka and on cloud sneakers depending on activity. I've been Hoka since early pandemic. I bought Hoka hiking boots after accidentally - amandaphone Nov 26, 18:29 8
- We have On Cloud now. All our daughter's nurse and optometrist coworkers wear them, we love them for standing at concerts. - JaxSean Nov 27, 06:27
- I have a pair of Hokas and like them pretty well. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 27, 05:14
- when I ran the marathon like 60% of the other runners were wearing Hoka. Nike Free for me. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 18:37 2
  - Nikes don't fit my feet. Historically I was an adidas person. (central pa problems: we don't have anyone local who sells adidas so I can't try on.) -- nm - amandaphone Nov 26, 18:52
  - Saucony Ride. Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all - Reagen Nov 26, 18:41
- People I know that wear Hoka really like them. I'm interested in giving them a try for my walks. - Krusty Nov 26, 18:37 2
  - I texted Sasha after I got my first pair of hokas "oh this is what sneakers are supposed to feel like...." they're a little heavy but really - amandaphone Nov 26, 18:51 1
    - That's a good review and I might have to stop in one of their stores and see their different models. -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 18:56
Update: I just had to get off at the second stop and wait for my correct train. -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 18:09 3
- Fun Fact: Japanese policemen started to wear white gloves in 1966. When the Beatles were scheduled to appear, the cops expected crowd control issues and didn't want to be seen touching teen girls with bare hands. -- (edited) - Howie Nov 27, 01:06 1
  - Michigan Football did the same this week. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 08:05
- Be careful. I understand that getting caught without proper fare on the shinkansen is grounds for execution. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 26, 20:38
Ravens offense a lot better when WRs catch passes -- nm - budice Nov 26, 18:08

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