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i should have taken a sick day today, so that I could stay home and read a book. -- nm - tRuMaN (materially correct) Dec 4, 07:25
CFP- DeSatan no like the Free Shoe U (FSU) snub -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 07:25 2
- okay the CFP did get it right -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 07:41
- We finally agree on something. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 07:38
NFL Wk 14: Pit -6 vs NE, SF -12.5 vs Sea, Mia -13 vs Ten - budice Dec 4, 07:16 1
- Maybe THE most depressing Thursday game ever. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 4, 07:53
Apparently today is national cookie day? - oblique Dec 4, 06:58 1
- "Today?" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 4, 07:00
THR: Netflix and Apple Open Door to Bundling With Streaming Rivals -- (edited) - mud Dec 4, 06:37 8
- I cancelled Netflix a month or so ago. I joined in 2001. Remember discs by mail??? - Cuzzin Todd Dec 4, 06:57 5
  - I was getting discs up until they dropped them a couple months ago. I really should drop Netflix. - sycor Dec 4, 07:10 4
    - I enjoyed getting the discs but once they decided to charge separately for discs and streaming, I switched entirely to streaming. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 4, 07:20
    - I got rid of all my streaming except Amazon (and I keep Prime for other reasons). Then for Black Friday I ended up adding Paramount, Hulu and D+. - Cuzzin Todd Dec 4, 07:18
    - Make sure to watch Trillion Game first! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 4, 07:14 1
      - Oh yeah I gotta remember to look into that. -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 07:37
- Verizon Bundles Netflix, Max With Ads for $10 per Month -- nm - budice Dec 4, 06:48
- so cable TV... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 06:47
Ugh this is going to be a long day. I am just not feeling it this morning. So sleepy and my brain doesn't want to focus on anything. -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 06:35 5
- My flu fever broke overnight so I’m feeling much more reasonably human today. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 07:40
- I’m still struggling through a cold that hit over the weekend. -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 06:39 1
  - Yuck. Hope you feel better soon. -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 07:07
- Word. And I jerked my right side the wrong way getting out of the car and now my ribs feel like someone hit them with a hammer. - Jovian Dec 4, 06:38 1
  - My arm still feel weird after trying to carry too much stuff awkwardly. Stupid getting older and straining muscles. -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 07:06
I need to up my rizz but I don't think my using the word rizz will increase my rizz at all. In fact my using rizz might decrease my rizz. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 4, 06:15 4
- There is, indeed, an inverse relationship. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 07:41
- careful you don't use the rizz too much lest you get too much jizz on ya -- nm - mud Dec 4, 06:18 2
  - I see what you were trying to do, but I think you might have missed. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 4, 06:22 1
    - instead of gettin' kissed you could just get a fist. -- nm - mud Dec 4, 06:28
One of my fantasy football teams put up 37pts. That may be the worst performance I've ever had or seen. Just awful. :-( - Krusty Dec 4, 05:41 5
- Spawn's gonna lose with 148.5 points. That's...hard to do. -- nm Posted by David (aka David) Dec 3 '23, 21:02 - Spawn Dec 4, 07:41
- FF: Astro: I need Etienne to get me 9 points. Also, Marquise Brown sucks. FJS: I need an 18 point advantage between Boyd (me) and Ja'Marr Chase - oblique Dec 4, 06:32 3
  - speaking of, when do the playoffs start in BF? next week? or two from now? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 06:35 2
    - Week 15 it looks like. So one more week of regular play. -- nm - oblique Dec 4, 06:42 1
      - merci -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 06:47
Con: I didn't get the snow day notification until I got all the way to school (It's a PD Day and it didn't go out on the parent line). Pro: - Reagen Dec 4, 05:39 5
- this reminded me of something very very important... -- (edited) - Andie Dec 4, 06:17
- how much snow do you have? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 4, 05:46 2
  - ~6 in and still falling. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 05:48 1
    - yeah missed us. daughter was excited as her app was saying 95% chance of no school...wrong! Storming here right now though -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 05:51
- it's probably nice and quiet too -- nm - decline Dec 4, 05:40
Ohio State QB Kyle McCord has entered the transfer portal.3,170 Pass yards ▪️ 24/6 TD/INT ▪️ 65.8% Comp -- nm - budice Dec 4, 05:19 6
- Dillon Gabriel QB Oklahoma Sooners entered the transfer portal. - 69.3Comp%, 3,660yds,30TD 6INT -- nm - budice Dec 4, 06:19
- does he get the million bucks from NIL for entering the portal or from the actual transfer? -- nm - decline Dec 4, 05:37 3
  - bidding war, and he'll have his choice of schools. HC refused to guarantee him the starting job for next season despite the nubmers -- nm* - budice Dec 4, 05:39 2
    - seems like a dumb move by the HC... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 06:57 1
      - He’s the worst qb they’ve started since at least 2017. - Will Hunting Dec 4, 07:08
- Jordan McCloud could show him the ropes. He's a transfer portal veteran. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 4, 05:32
What did everyone watch this weekend? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 05:18 33
- Godzilla Minus One: A. I am up to S3E8 of my Breaking Bad rewatch: A. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 07:42
- The Holdovers (B -- good but not as good as I'd been led to believe, so yeah, it's an Alexander Payne movie) -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 07:42 1
  - i haven't seen Holdovers yet and i know this is dumb even for you -- nm Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Nov 30 '23, 15:43 - Spawn Dec 4, 07:44
- I've been diving into the Squid Game world. So - we're up to date on SG The Challenge and I'm about 1/2 way through the series. -- nm - Louis Litt Dec 4, 07:28
- Spirited. B-. Not much else/ -- nm - Andie Dec 4, 07:22
- People spending money on other people's junk. Our best 2-day Christmas sale ever!! -- nm - Meg Dec 4, 07:19
- Lucifer season, not quite done yet. -- nm - . Dec 4, 06:59
- Scream 6: B- -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 06:53
- The Killer (B), Ahsoka, season one (C-) nm - Dignan Dec 4, 06:43
- Squid Game the challenge. Didn't realize it wasn't all episodes dropped at once. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 06:35
- UK Snooker Championship, A. Ronnie O’Sullivan won again. -- nm - Loyola Dec 4, 06:31
- The end of season 1 and all of season 2 of Only Murders -- nm - TWuG Dec 4, 06:30
- Lots of football. That's about it -- nm - oblique Dec 4, 06:30
- Die Hard. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 06:23 1
  - Relatedly I ordered myself a "Now I have a machine gun HO HO HO" sweatshirt this weekend. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 4, 06:58
- Nothing new, just trailers. I read a fair amount, though. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 4, 06:20
- Family Switch-C, Murder At The End...eps 1-3, C+, Best Christmas Ever-F. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 4, 06:18 4
  - have you tried watching stuff you like instead? -- nm - mud Dec 4, 06:20 3
    - I've been deferring to the other occupant here. Look, Heather Graham. How bad could it be? - zunk takes things literally Dec 4, 06:29 2
      - Heh, I thought that, then watched the trailer and realized that would be too bad even for me. -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 06:29
      - heh -- nm - mud Dec 4, 06:29
- All of Me (1984), a favorite Steve Martin movie of mine -- nm - mara 🍂 Dec 4, 06:00 2
  - backinbowl. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 06:00 1
    - Ring! *flush* Ring! *flush* Ring! *flush* -- nm - mara 🍂 Dec 4, 06:31
- The Artful Dodger S1 A+, Under the Skin re-rewatch A+ -- nm - mud Dec 4, 05:58
- Freelance B+, Blue Eyed Samurai A-, Witcher Blood Origin e1 C -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 05:57
- Eps 1-3 of Season 2 of Sweet Home (B+ maybe? not sure yet). I didn't think it possible but they went even darker than season 1 -- nm - decline Dec 4, 05:36
- Eileen - B- (I found it anti-climatic - spoiler). - LMS Dec 4, 05:35
- Miracle on 34th St.(1947): A+, Feast of the Seven Fishes: B+ and other movies I can't remember. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 05:31
- Nothing new this weekend, but last weekend: Violent Night: A-, 8-Bit Christmas: B-. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 4, 05:29
- rewatched Reacher s1: A+ -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 05:19 2
  - also watched some of Only Murders season 2. Love that show -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 06:32 1
    - I finished s3 last night. I thought it was the best season of the series by far. I absolutely loved it. actually laughed out loud many times. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 4, 06:40
TV PSA: NFL, Raw, Voice, Kitchen Nightmares, Masters of Illusion, World's Funniest Animals, 30 Coins, The Daily Show (Charlamagne the God), - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 04:57
I had been in the habit of a morning energy drink on top of a cup of coffee - broke that this weekend, but so craving one now. - Dano Dec 4, 04:55
So, Simon Biles beat Taylor Swift this week. Her return to her winning ways continues. -- nm - . Dec 4, 04:55
Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey -- (link) - znufrii Dec 4, 04:42 1
- Speaking of which, this week's Doctor Who was a good one. -- nm - LMS Dec 4, 04:53
The #Packers beat the Chiefs. I'll be goddamned. Simone Biles 1, Taylor Swift 0. -- nm - Mastodon Dec 4, 01:48
128gb google pixel 6a only $99 from walmart locked to verizon and ? -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 4, 01:32 1
- Locked to three mediocre carrier options and it's two generations behind so it might not get updates beyond a year or so. This was my previous phone - Krusty Dec 4, 05:15
Connections spoiler question - Beryllium Dec 4, 00:18 4
- Spoiler - . Dec 4, 04:53
- spoiler - ty97 Dec 4, 04:39
- Spoiler - Loyola Dec 4, 03:56 1
  - Spoiler - znufrii Dec 4, 04:43
this is an actual interesting Santos take: smooths the GOP path to expelling Gaetz depending what his own ethics report does/doesn't charge -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 3, 23:51 3
- "We didn't enjoy"? -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 05:35
- They didn't enjoy dumping Santos? Oo boy. -- nm - . Dec 4, 04:53
- Hope its Kev that introduces the bill or whatever its called -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 01:30
guess it's not just the musicians Spotify doesn't want to pay money. will reduce workforce by 17% -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 3, 23:46
You never know what's going on next door. This report says the fire set off the ammo, but neighbors say it was going off before the fire. -- (link) - Meg Dec 3, 23:09
My IT department insists on eight character passwords - JD Dec 3, 21:40 5
- Suck it!7 -- nm - VMan Dec 3, 22:30
- did you know Mannix filmed a lot at the Brady house set? -- (link*) - Peglegpete Dec 3, 22:04 3
  - I did not know that but I definitely have more than a bit of a blind spot when it comes to Mannix -- nm - JD Dec 3, 22:31 2
    - I watched both shows when they first aired, and never noticed until reading an article recently. -- nm* - Peglegpete Dec 3, 23:57 1
      - I never noticed that and i watched both. It never would have occurred to me that they were even sets. -- nm - jnine Dec 4, 01:24
streaming is going so great for Disney they're having to put stuff from Plus back into theaters -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 3, 21:39 13
- The more important info there is the a new Planet of the Apes movie. That trilogy from 10ish years back was quite good and underrated I thought. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 4, 03:01 1
  - seriously. just enough monsters, just enough fun. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 4, 05:34
- I would put the original Snow White in theatres thru new years, with $3 child and $6 adult prices for all showings. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 3, 22:09 6
  - Movie theaters really should be doing this more, but it's a pride thing that they won't. -- nm - David Dec 3, 22:10 5
    - The El Capitan was playing all of their animated movies in the daytime this summer for less $$. Lion King, Up. Not the oldest, but pretty old. -- nm - jnine Dec 4, 01:28 1
      - You take that back! The Lion King is not “pretty old”! -- nm - mafic Dec 4, 02:28
    - the studio had made 1000x costs & more back. a discounted classic holiday film would be amazing good will. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 3, 22:13 2
      - They are doing this sort of thing to a limited extent, but I'm devout that two screens should go to classics at every cineplex. - David Dec 3, 22:23 1
        
        idiots. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 3, 22:28
- They've literally been doing that since theaters reopened in 2020. You should read ST more. -- nm - David Dec 3, 21:48 3
  - other than the obligatory one-week oscar run at El Capitan, Turning Red has never been in theaters -- nm* - hollywood big shot Dec 3, 22:34 1
    - Right, so it's cool that Disney's adding these to the list. - David Dec 3, 22:58
  - (Isn't Star just the cutest?) - David Dec 3, 21:49
Fantasy Football is stupid. -- nm - Spawn Dec 3, 21:24
we can never snicker about weird japanese flavors, not after learning about beaver butt gland flavored icecream -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 3, 21:22
Heh, COD DMZ is going poorly for me tonight -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 21:22
Connections Puzzle #176 - prescribed order. I dug Purple - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 3, 21:06 9
- Same - VMan Dec 4, 07:07
- no mistakes, in order - decline Dec 4, 05:39
- Slightly different order - ty97 Dec 4, 04:41 1
  - same. - mud Dec 4, 06:08
- Perfect reverse - znufrii Dec 4, 04:31
- Connections Puzzle #176 - crash davis 😺 Dec 4, 03:29
- Ditto - TWuG Dec 3, 22:13
- I didn't get the hard one until after the reveal. - David Dec 3, 22:01 1
  - same but different - oblique Dec 4, 06:57
Wordle 898 4/6 - Sacrificial Altar - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 3, 21:03 3
- 5 - all green - rollo Dec 4, 05:58
- 4 - decline Dec 4, 05:34
- Wordle 898 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Dec 4, 03:35
holy smokes, KC-BG refs -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 3, 20:24 3
- this is what happens when T-Swiz doesn't show up to your games anymore -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 3, 20:49 2
  - she was there tonight -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 3, 20:58 1
    - GB? It must be love. -- nm - jnine Dec 4, 01:29
Refs are having a Get Every Call Wrong challenge. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 20:23 6
- I would say I'm happy the Ravens are on a bye this week, but it will probably be worse next week. - the wrong element Dec 3, 21:32 2
  - hey, it's not like people are betting millions upon millions of dollars on these games and these calls are putting the whole thing under a microscope - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 05:18
  - Browns and Steelers lost tho - hollywood big shot Dec 3, 21:34
- Cheetah might be worth the $30M -- nm - budice Dec 3, 20:46
- Falcons/Jets was still worse. I'm not even joking. -- nm - David Dec 3, 20:33
- indeed. -- nm - mud Dec 3, 20:29
B2 is milk and eggs, bitch -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 3, 20:22 1
- Freeze! Vegan Police! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 20:24
Coles Phillips was an amazing magazine cover artist 100 years ago. He created 'the Fadeaway Girl'. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Dec 3, 20:19 [Attachment] 1
- Phillip Coles was an Australian canoeist who finished 9th at the Tokyo Olympics. -- (link) - mafic Dec 3, 20:23

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