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LDB: Not sure how but I survived TWO Christmas craft fair type events today both with music playing constantly -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 16:56
Michigan vs 'Bama; Washington vs Texas -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 16:55 3
- Are you assuming Florida St loses? -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 16:59 2
  - this was the talking heads assumption. without the FSU QB they get demoted (before the Michigan/Iowa game) -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 17:00 1
    - I'm looking for a city, looking for a city I can play in... -- nm - talking heads Dec 2, 17:04
Ugh. Does Tulane’s loss mean Liberty gets a New Year’s Bowl? -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 16:54
"The Toronto Blue Jays are reportedly the favourites to land Juan Soto" -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 16:52
We were so happy it was 15 minutes to closing and there was nobody in the sale room, and then my least favorite bookstore volunteer arrived. - Meg Dec 2, 16:47 4
- excuse me, its closing time, please bring your final purchases to register now..... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 16:55
- play this on a loop -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 16:50 [youtube]
- *holding a copy of Northanger Abbey* Do you have this in red? -- nm - Meg's "favorite" customer Dec 2, 16:49 1
  - I'm color coordinating my bookshelves so this is important. -- nm - Meg's "favorite" customer Dec 2, 16:56
Rock fans are upset. 3 Jeopardy contestants failed to name a R&R band. -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 2, 16:19 3
- *shrug* how many people in the ‘70s do you think would’ve recognised Gene Austin? -- nm - mafic Dec 2, 16:56
- I'd probably get that but not with high confidence. - B'nai B'ron Dec 2, 16:33
- it's literally the end of the world as we know it. -- nm - mud Dec 2, 16:20
I can only assume feeling my pulse in my lower left leg/ankle is not a good thing. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 16:12 1
- It's worse if the pulse is not your own. -- nm* - Max Dec 2, 16:47
Don't worry. Blofeld couldn't stop Bond, either. -- nm - David Dec 2, 16:01 1
- nice -- nm - budice Dec 2, 16:02
Chris Hayes breaks down the disconnect between actual Bidenomics and the media distortion field in reporting on Bidenomics -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 15:52
“I have seldom heard harmonies as true and as fucking angelic as yours. It’s just a glory to listen to.” -- (edited) - mud Dec 2, 15:46
heh. Tracy Bennett wrote the Sunday NYT xword -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 2, 15:45
SEC you have chosen CHAOS! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 15:38 1
- Nah. Georgia is still in, Michigan, Washington, and stick with Florida State. The idea you should get punished for losing a game you earned your way - Will Hunting Dec 2, 15:48
A LDB ruling. My jazz station just played a version that was so snazzed up I didn't recognize it till the end when the DJ said it was -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 15:27 2
- out -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 15:29 1
  - Buh bye. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 2, 15:32
It was nice to see the Dr Pepper Challenge winner throwing the football as it was intended. - B'nai B'ron Dec 2, 14:48
I liked Extraction, but good lord Extraction 2 is terrible. -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 13:42 6
- I felt that it was kind of like a call of duty cut scene. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:47
- it's got a really good 1 take scene that in and of itself is excellent, but the rest of the movie super generic -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 13:44 3
  - That’s my biggest problem. They basically said make a generic action movie. Nothing is interesting. -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 13:50 2
    - Netflix movies by the numbers. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 2, 14:42 1
      - By Algorithim i.e. The Adam Project by Ryan Reynolds -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 14:53
- It's *literally* on rails! -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 13:42
Tech question about cell phone internet signals. Are there portable Cell Phone Signal Booster so you can run a hotspot in a buidling - Remlik Dec 2, 13:34 4
- Yes. Some hotspot devices also will have external antennas that you can run a cable with to extend the antenna out a window for example - oblique Dec 2, 16:59
- I deal with stuff like that at work but it’s pretty much industrial equipment, not consumer. - Mop🧹 Dec 2, 14:44
- There are wifi repeaters -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 14:41
- Maybe? There's some sort of thing for sailboats that supposedly helps boost the signal -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:39
The Boys S4 Teaser -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:32 [youtube]
Currently drinking: -- (link) - Reagen Dec 2, 13:28 4
- Is it nitrogen charged? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 15:28
- Currently drinking tea with honey and lemon, but have a bottle of this for after the concert tomorrow -- (link) - znufrii Dec 2, 13:37
- Current Drinking. -- (link) - budice Dec 2, 13:36
- yum -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 2, 13:34
Georgia / Alabama WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 12:42 1
- Gimme Bama and the points, Ill be the bad guy here. 17-1 in games played in Atlanta, including 16 straight wins. -- nm* - budice Dec 2, 12:49
Halo Fall of Reach teaser -- (link*) - Remlik Dec 2, 12:41 3
- YouTube link. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 2, 14:01 [youtube]
- How do you fix Halo? You forget everything in season 1. - Mop Dec 2, 13:16
- direct video link -- (link) - Remlik Dec 2, 12:51
and another person reaches out, trying to add my blog to their content farm -- (pic) - Beryllium Dec 2, 12:28 [Attachment]
McMurray (Letterkenny) dropping a bunch of accents -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 12:23 [youtube]
Everton 1-0 over Nottingham Forest. Now only 2 points* short of safety - JD Dec 2, 12:23
Hanging by a Moment by Lifehouse (2001) and Levitating by Dua Lipa (2021) were also the #1 songs of the year without reaching #1 on the weekly chart. -- nm - Tim Dec 2, 12:17 3
- was there another one this year? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 2, 15:26 1
  - It’s either Last Night or Flowers, so no. -- nm - Tim Dec 2, 16:58
- It's too late now, Tim. -- nm - David Dec 2, 12:20
When the stars make you drool just like a pasta e fasul, that's amore. I hope everyone is having a good Chabertmas. - crash davis 😺 Dec 2, 11:49 1
- ♡ ♪ -- nm - mud Dec 2, 12:23
M7.7 quake in the phillipines - tsunami warning for 1000km -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 2, 11:44 [mastodon]
Target's gift cards are 10% off today and tomorrow only, max $500. - Tim Dec 2, 11:36
So, who here is interested in math & programming and wants to gawk at my pathetic and hilarious implementation of a "round" function? -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 2, 11:26 2
- Those are all certainly words. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 2, 11:30 1
  - Imagine instead of doing actual math, you converted the number to scrabble tiles and started shuffling them around. That's about what I did. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 11:38
Texas is certainly looking the part. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 2, 10:34
Italy's OTHER leaning tower in Bologna in danger of collapse -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 2, 10:21 5
- I'm beginning to question Italy's architectural robustness! Look at all those ruins everywhere! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 2, 11:24
- I can solve this with a really long rope and a pulley equidistant from Bologna and Pisa. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 2, 10:28 2
  - Best I can do is some ratcheting cargo straps -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:32 1
    - *tap tap* That ain't goin' nowhere. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 11:13
- whoa -- nm - mud Dec 2, 10:25
Euro '24 groups set -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 10:20 2
- Group D looks ugly. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 10:47
- Go Luxembourg! -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 2, 10:33
Neil Gaiman is Team Nia -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 10:05
Philippines getting beat up, 7.6 this morning and a dozen 5s n 6s since -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 10:02
Organ! -- (pic) - znufrii Dec 2, 09:15 [Attachment] 3
- But where's the puppy? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 2, 10:14 1
  - Who do you think is playing the organ? -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 13:41
- Yay!! -- nm - Pip Dec 2, 09:55
Reacher renewed for season 3 -- (link*) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 09:08 [youtube] 4
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 2, 11:37 1
  - only 3 kitties? dead to me. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 16:51
- Woo! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:25 1
  - *Jack Reacher punches Amazon Prime until his show gets renewed* -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 2, 11:25
#HouseOfTheDragon S2 trailer coming in 12 minutes, apparently -- nm - mud Dec 2, 08:48 17
- more of a teaser really. -- (link) - mud Dec 2, 09:44 3
  - 😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 2, 11:25
  - thatb last shot of the dragon is epic -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 09:52 1
    - big one, probly Vhagar -- nm - mud Dec 2, 10:24
- there are a lot of Spanish speaking fans posting under this hashtag right now and some of their replies are amusing. -- (pic) - mud Dec 2, 09:16 [Attachment] 1
  - :-] -- (pic) - mud Dec 2, 09:19 [Attachment]
- Holy Carp. Fallout trailer -- (link) - budice Dec 2, 09:02 [youtube] 8
  - 😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 2, 11:28
  - Hey, makers of the Halo series... Fuck you. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 2, 11:13 1
    - Too right. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 11:19
  - that looks fantastic -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 09:48
  - *twitch* -- nm - Jovian Dec 2, 09:37
  - "From the studio that brought you The Boys and 2 Day Shipping" is funny. -- nm - Inigo Dec 2, 09:17
  - awesome -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 09:07
  - very cool. -- nm - mud Dec 2, 09:06
- The Boys – Season 4: -- (link) - mud Dec 2, 08:53 [youtube] 1
  - 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 2, 11:34
Major golf announcement rumoured for next week. Worldwide governing bodies to mandate a new type of golf ball that would limit the distance the ball - Loyola Dec 2, 08:25 10
- Do the Saudis still own golf? Then I don't care. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 2, 10:13 4
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 10:45
  - Not yet. They have until end of this month to strike a deal. -- nm - Loyola Dec 2, 10:37 1
    - Hey. Maybe this is a sneaky way of ruining the deal -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 15:30
  - *ding* -- nm - mud Dec 2, 10:18
- dumb -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 08:44 4
  - Meh…the current technology has rendered courses unplayable. It’s a huge investment to build a course and water it. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 08:55 3
    - I mean I get that....but..fans want to see long drives. -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 09:38 2
      - When John Daly was Happy Gilmoring everything, he was at 300. Tour average this year was 299.9. -- nm* - Reagen Dec 2, 09:55 1
        
        Daly also had a fantastic short game, but that's neither here nor there. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 2, 10:10
I, for one, can't wait to see Krusty try to milk a cow. - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 07:03 10
- I just want fancy butter not to start a farm in my apartment. Where am I going to keep a cow? I learned from Bob's Burgers they don't go down stairs - Krusty Dec 2, 07:10 9
  - Install a slide, or -- better yet -- a water slide. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 2, 08:25
  - They are the stupidest, sweetest, creatures I've ever had the opportunity to interact with. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 07:21 7
    - I don't really want to make my own butter. I just wanted to try this fancy French butter that I've read many times called the best butter in the world - Krusty Dec 2, 07:42
    - Isn’t it illegal to sell raw milk now? Because listeria and stuff? -- nm - Landbeck Dec 2, 07:32 5
      - We showed the documentary Milk in the Land many years ago... - Dano Dec 2, 08:21
      - Maybe in commie pinko dictatorships like New York but not freedom loving states. - spamlet Dec 2, 07:42 2
        
        "To sell raw cow milk directly from the farm to consumers, a producer is required to obtain a Raw Milk Sales Part 2 permit." -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 2, 07:55 1
        
        "Oooh, baby I like it raw. Yeah, baby I like it raw." -- nm - Ol' Dirty Krusty Dec 2, 08:15
      - You think?!? -- nm - David Rose Dec 2, 07:33
Man. Iowa’s individual team total for today’s game is 6.5. I was all fired up to bet them under but that number is sooooo low. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 2, 05:50 2
- Yeah. If Michigan is crushing them and pulls starters, I would worry about garbage time points. -- nm* - Dano Dec 2, 06:12
- they should of got Air Bud to QB for them. Their total wouldn't be much lower -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 05:54
Dan Marino: The Greatest Quarterback to Never Win A Superbowl | A Football LIfe | NFL+ -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 04:25 [youtube]
TV PSA: NHL, College Football, NCAA BBall, UFC, AEW Collision, NBA, Thriller 40, My Demon, Planet Earth III, other stuff -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 2, 04:22 2
- Doctor Who and Strictly for me. -- nm - LMS Dec 2, 05:31
- Christmas movies all day for me as we're getting our tree today. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 05:07
Nobody loves me, but my mother, And she could me jivin’ too. Now you see why I act so funny, baby, When you do the things you do. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 00:15
Wordle 896 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Dec 1, 23:19 4
- 6 - rollo Dec 2, 08:19
- 5 - decline Dec 2, 05:57
- 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 2, 04:50
- Wordle 896 5/6 - Landbeck Dec 2, 04:24
Connections 174. Perfect - TWuG Dec 1, 23:07 9
- no bobos - rollo Dec 2, 08:24
- Perfect. I expect more purple first in this crowd. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 2, 08:09
- No mistakes - VMan Dec 2, 07:53
- same. - mud Dec 2, 06:33
- Perfect, same order as you -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 06:30
- No mistakes - decline Dec 2, 05:59
- no mistakes. that was fun - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 2, 04:54
- Connections Puzzle #174 - crash davis 😺 Dec 1, 23:10 1
  - I wish I'd gotten the third one faster. - David Dec 2, 00:13

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