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Unpopular opinion: Zach Wilson is just saving himself so he can take over from Sam Darnold. It's not like he's going to somehow turn into a starting - JD Dec 5, 09:25 12
- I thought he was on the team to do a job and follow orders? -- nm - Jovian Dec 5, 09:42
- He’s getting cut at the end of the year with 5.5mil guaranteed next year. No one wants a quitter, so there’s no next job now - Will Hunting Dec 5, 09:28 4
  - I think there's going to be some QB whisper type coach that will take a flier on him as the coach wants to 'fix' him -- nm - JD Dec 5, 09:31 1
    - he's a child and has no business being in the NFL. -- nm - Jovian Dec 5, 09:42
  - "You still a former starter QB who is also white?" "Yup" *backup job guaranteed for next season* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 09:29 1
    - or This! Actually being a former starter is an additional resume point over Easton Stick who is in his 5th year in the NFL -- nm - JD Dec 5, 09:35
- I mean I don't blame him, he's protecting himself for next year, but that won't win him friends in the locker room -- nm - Remlik Dec 5, 09:27 5
  - He’s getting cut and his salary is guaranteed for next year. He’s just a quitter. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 5, 09:28 2
    - This new generation of players, you're going to see more and more of this, they're not going to risk getting hurt for no chance at playoffs -- nm - Remlik Dec 5, 09:48
    - yep and yep. and they should just release him now on principle. -- nm - Jovian Dec 5, 09:41
  - he's nailed like 4 or 5 of their moms, they all hate him enough already -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 09:28 1
    - my Idol -- nm - Corey Perry Dec 5, 09:28
For fans of The Communards the Rev Richard Coles was guest on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on the last two episodes (3&4), and he was hilarious. -- (link) - LMS Dec 5, 09:16
As Reagen has pointed out: The Coyotes Are Better Than All The Stanley Cup Champs, In A Manner Of Speaking - JD Dec 5, 09:05
Map where Marijuana is legal -- (pic) - budice Dec 5, 08:45 [Attachment] 8
- What's that, I need to go back to "Ikea" in Norfolk? Yeah that seems like a good idea. -- nm* - sycor Dec 5, 09:04
- (sigh) good ol' Trump Country -- nm - mud Dec 5, 08:47 6
  - I definitely live in stupidland. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 5, 08:54 5
    - It’s an aggressive stupidland too. - Will Hunting Dec 5, 09:25 2
      - "Like books killed.." I laughed so much that my co-workers asked me if I was ok -- nm - JD Dec 5, 09:27 1
        
        yes, that was good -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 09:36
    - My sista! -- nm - Spawn Dec 5, 08:57 1
      - my brother's in rural Alberta (and hates Trudeau .. I don't what happened to him -- nm* - mud Dec 5, 08:58
I like this addition to the Vince McMahon meme -- (pic) - Beryllium Dec 5, 08:45 [Attachment]
BF Astro Playoff picture is pretty interesting. Top 4 teams have locked. Next 5 teams are at 7-6 (4) and 6-7 (1) fighting it out - oblique Dec 5, 08:39 6
- All that matters is that I (6th place) get to beat David (4th place) this week. -- nm - Spawn Dec 5, 08:41 5
  - I like the rules changes because they force hard franchise decisions. I'm down Burrow, Andrews, J. Taylor, and Tank Dell. - David Dec 5, 08:52 1
    - I need to take a look at my line-up. But at least I know Buffalo is playing this week. Losing my two starting WRs hurt against Woody as I got a zero - Spawn Dec 5, 08:57
  - I did my part this week (Thanks Etienne!) -- nm - oblique Dec 5, 08:42 2
    - He was running toward the end zone. I looked at Kim and said, "Welp, I lose." -- nm - David Dec 5, 08:52
    - After that game with Woody (losing 148.50 to 158.95) I am ready for a normal week. - Spawn Dec 5, 08:49
NCAA proposes rule to let schools, athletes enter NIL deals -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 08:28 1
- Power Four (WTF?) bosses met with Congress, told them letting athletes control their NIL was killing them. - Mop🧹 Dec 5, 08:38
Wow. USA Today bringing the sass. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 5, 08:16 2
- nice -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 08:18
- I'm so proud. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 5, 08:18
Cops were useless at Uvalde. Not surprising. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 5, 08:13
Cillian Murphy & Margot Robbie | Actors on Actors (50min vid) -- (link) - budice Dec 5, 08:11 [youtube] 13
- “It’s like ‘Inception’ of memes.” -- (link) - mud Dec 5, 08:45 1
  - wow her intelligence comes through in this (the full vid), so sharp ..(such a turn-on) -- nm* - mud Dec 5, 09:00
- Im still mad that Disney never followed up with a sequel to Tron Legacy with Murphy as the Big Bad. -- nm - Jovian Dec 5, 08:28 2
  - Not getting a sequel to Tron was such a disappointment. -- nm - sycor Dec 5, 08:47 1
    - 😏 -- nm - JD Dec 5, 08:59
- LOVE their accents -- nm - mud Dec 5, 08:24 6
  - Amy calls him my boyfriend. And I am fine with that. -- nm - Spawn Dec 5, 08:25 5
    - Amy might call Ryan my boyfriend. And I'd be fine with that. (BR2049! -- nm - mud Dec 5, 08:27 4
      - Rewatched over the holiday weekend a few weeks ago. So good. - Spawn Dec 5, 08:28 3
        
        I think I'd been a fan since Drive. -- nm - mud Dec 5, 08:39 2
        
        I guess I need to watch that one. - Spawn Dec 5, 08:50 1
        
        ! ..dude -- nm - mud Dec 5, 09:00
- Doctor Doom and Songbird! - Spawn Dec 5, 08:13
OTD in 1994 Russia signed the Budapest memo .. -- (pic) - mud Dec 5, 08:01 [Attachment] 3
- "You want your cruise missiles?" -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 5, 08:40
- “You and I remember Budapest very differently.” - Vlad Hawkeye Dec 5, 08:04 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Dec 5, 08:06
who could have possibly foreseen that giving into the terrorists on separating Ukraine aid from the rest of the budget would end terribly for Ukraine -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 5, 07:39 1
- (my post probly coulda shoulda been here) -- nm - mud Dec 5, 08:03
kilbo news network: A University of Alberta engineering researcher has developed a wireless light switch that could reduce the cost of wiring a house - decline Dec 5, 07:24 5
- "And Trudeau wants to kill it!" - Alberta Conservatives -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 5, 08:42
- sure. but... i'm still using 70 year old wiring in some places in my house. great idea, but it really puts you in a corner for future anything. - colin Dec 5, 07:54
- Interesting. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 5, 07:34 2
  - the thing about opening and closing vents and turning lights on and off is really nifty -- nm - decline Dec 5, 07:36 1
    - I could do that now (but the vents themselves aren't cheap) -- (link) - oblique Dec 5, 07:37
Amy Robach, T.J. Homes Speak Out on Firing From 'GMA': We 'Lost the Jobs We Love Because We Love Each Other' -- nm - budice Dec 5, 07:20
I’m curious - do you consider Lethal Weapon 1 a Christmas movie? Die Hard? If you split, why? - Will Hunting Dec 5, 07:15 26
- Die Hard doesn't happen if it isn't Christmas. - the wrong element Dec 5, 09:47
- No, and only technically yes. - TWuG Dec 5, 08:36
- Yes to both. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 5, 08:36
- No and yes. Die Hard has more of a Christmas feel to it, imo. I don't get that feeling from Lethal Weapon. -- nm - Krusty Dec 5, 08:21
- No and yes. Die Hard is about a Christmas Party. -- nm - Spawn Dec 5, 08:14
- Golden Globes rules: Any reference to Christmas makes it a Christmas movie. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Dec 5, 08:07
- if a human bean associates any film with xmas, then that human bean is free to call that film a xmas movie .. period -- nm - mud Dec 5, 07:55
- No. But yes. - ReluctantCynic Dec 5, 07:45 1
  - Does that make The Town a baseball movie? -- (edited) - Max Dec 5, 08:05
- No and Yes. Only Christmas bit from LW I recall is the Christmas tree arrest. DH has "HO HO HO Now I have a machine gun" "It's Christmas Theo, the - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 07:39 5
  - "Dear Bad Guys, No One Here But Us Cops. Sorry! The Good Guys" -- nm - Roger More Dec 5, 07:53
  - DH opens with Christmas Time in Hollis -- (link) - JD Dec 5, 07:42 [youtube] 3
    - I remember the music, Christmas just doesn't play an important role like in Die Hard -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 07:49
    - And closes with Let It Snow. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 5, 07:44 1
      - Dum da dum delightful -- nm - oblique Dec 5, 07:44
- No to both. -- nm - znufrii Dec 5, 07:38
- No and yes. IMO Die Hard wasnt always a Christmas movie. But it certainly is now. -- nm - Jovian Dec 5, 07:37
- Christmas movies are *about* christmas in some fundamental way. A movie that happens to take place around christmas is not a christmas movie - rollo Dec 5, 07:35 4
  - Which is why It's A wonderful Life isn't a Christmas movie. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 5, 07:41
  - then Home Alone is also not a Christmas movie. -- nm - Jovian Dec 5, 07:36 2
    - Kevin learns a valuable lesson about the true meaning of Christmas, being with family, so yes it is. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 5, 07:43 1
      - Riggs embraces life and joins the Murtaugh family for Christmas Day dinner. -- nm - Max Dec 5, 07:45
- I think the fundamental flaw in this argument is how do you define a "Christmas" movie? -- (edited) - Volnelk Dec 5, 07:21 1
  - I'd flip it around in that it feels wrong to watch christmas movies when it's not christmas season. DH doesn't seem like a christmas movie to me tho I - rollo Dec 5, 07:51
- all Shane Black movies are Xmas movies - hollywood big shot Dec 5, 07:18 1
  - That’s what I’m thinking but I haven’t ever really heard LW mentioned in the same way as DH. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 5, 07:19
Indie Spirit Awards nominees for best screenplay: -- (edited) - mud Dec 5, 07:12 11
- Marshawn nom for best breakthrough -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 5, 07:31 1
  - well deserved. -- nm - mud Dec 5, 07:32
- best new scripted series: - mud Dec 5, 07:28
- best lead performance: - mud Dec 5, 07:26 4
  - Very happy to see Birth/Rebirth get some love. It's a really good updating of Frankenstein. -- nm - Inigo Dec 5, 07:35
  - best supporting performance: - mud Dec 5, 07:27 2
    - best lead performance in a new scripted series: - mud Dec 5, 07:27 1
      - best supporting performance in a new scripted series: - mud Dec 5, 07:34
- best director: - mud Dec 5, 07:25
- best feature: - mud Dec 5, 07:24 1
  - best international film: - mud Dec 5, 07:25
Dino is a dog -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 Dec 5, 07:05 [Attachment] 1
- :-D -- nm - mud Dec 5, 07:50
Australia's first Moon rover to be named Roo-ver -- (edited) - decline Dec 5, 06:40
"we're finalizing your 2023 #AudibleStats. So far this year you've listened to 12,902 minutes" Audible is #2 in the three ways I do Audiobooks -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Dec 5, 06:17 5
- 24,924 -- nm - JD Dec 5, 07:34 1
  - 😺😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 5, 07:39
- My partner consumes insane numbers of audio books via libby and sometimes hoopla (see if you have a hoopla membership too) -- nm - colin Dec 5, 06:56 2
  - I don't have a hoopla, mainly because at the library we offer our collection on libby -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 5, 07:01 1
    - ours does both, for some reason. i think they had extra money :) -- nm - colin Dec 5, 07:05
Caveman 9-4 (1), 8-5 (2), 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), 5-8 (2), 4-9 (1) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 04:48 2
- Vampirates 9-4 (1), 8-5 (3), 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), 5-8 (3), 4-9 (1) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 04:49 1
  - Astro: 9-4 (2), 8-5 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (1), 3-9-1 (2), 3-10 (1) -- nm - oblique Dec 5, 05:41
Poor Things 92% (107/9), Fast Charlie 100% (9/0), Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 78% (21/6), The Three Musketeers Part I D'Artagnan 96% (26/1) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 04:43 3
- Coming Soon: Wonka 80% (48/12), Ferrari 73% (38/14), American Fiction 93% (52/4) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 04:44 2
  - Probably because, as discussed, musicals aren't for everyone. Jack raved about Wonka. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 5, 07:05 1
    - so did Ed -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 07:36
TV PSA: NCIS Sydney, DWTS, WWE NXT, Voice, Name That Tune, Oak Island, Wipeout, Who's Line is it Anyway?, FBI True, Found, Fargo, -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 5, 04:37 4
- Murder at the End of the World and a Christmas movie -- nm - Krusty Dec 5, 05:13 3
  - This time of year there is always a Christmas movie. -- nm - . Dec 5, 05:54 2
    - We have a big list of movies we love that we add to each year. Also, my list doesn't contain any movies, TV shows or specials that use Little Drummer - Krusty Dec 5, 06:01 1
      - Anything new we check on IMDB before we watch, just in case. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 5, 06:02
Gold found in possession of Menendez linked to home invasion robbery of the guy accused of bribing him, he had to certify the serial# in 2013 -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 5, 02:29
Meg, are you okay? -- nm - David Dec 4, 23:50 1
- B2 - hardly felt it :) -- nm - Meg Dec 5, 06:42
I think I've taken a step backwards on the crossword since vacation - crash davis 😺 Dec 4, 22:19 3
- *hands you a TV Guide from 1989* -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 5, 09:01
- I was faster today than Modnay, which is pretty rare. wasn't happy with my Monday though. -- nm - mafic Dec 5, 00:38 1
  - also faster than Monday. -- nm - mafic Dec 5, 00:39
Why don't eggs tell jokes? - JD Dec 4, 21:53 7
- because they're too traumatized... how funny would YOU be if you just got crapped out a chicken's butt -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 5, 00:51
- Because they're oeuful at it? -- nm - LMS Dec 5, 00:21 4
  - Why do the French have only one egg for breakfast? - colin Dec 5, 07:07 2
    - I love that joke. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Dec 5, 07:31
    - 👍👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 5, 07:12
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 5, 06:23
- because they always scramble the punchline? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 4, 22:11
for your pipe organ listening pleasure, one of the pieces featured in our concert: Paean on "Divinum Mysterium" -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 4, 21:22 [youtube]
someone ginned up an AI Jimmy Stewart voice to read some dumb xmas story and it sounds like shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 21:14 1
- Relatedly, somebody AIed a Frank Sinatra voice to sing the lullaby from OMITB that Meryl Streep sang, and it sounds like shit. -- nm - mara 🍂 Dec 5, 06:50
Wordle 899 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 4, 21:13 5
- 3 - Throne of the Captains-Regent of San Marino - rollo Dec 5, 05:47
- 4 - decline Dec 5, 05:25
- Wordle 899 3/6 - Beryllium Dec 5, 00:32
- Wordle 899 3/6 - Landbeck Dec 5, 00:16
- Wordle 899 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Dec 4, 23:19
Connections 177: Messy - ty97 Dec 4, 21:13 12
- purple first, no bobos - rollo Dec 5, 05:48
- X'd it - decline Dec 5, 05:27
- I had purple early but thought that was too easy. -- nm - . Dec 5, 05:26
- No issues. -- (edited) - VMan Dec 5, 05:24
- d'oh - mud Dec 5, 05:07
- 1 mistake - Will Hunting Dec 5, 04:16
- Perfect. And purple amused me. - TWuG Dec 5, 03:53
- One wrong - Beryllium Dec 5, 00:35
- I had the hard one but talked myself out of it. - David Dec 5, 00:11
- Connections Puzzle #177 - crash davis 😺 Dec 4, 23:12
- Purple first - znufrii Dec 4, 21:28
- 177: Slightly messy - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 4, 21:22

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