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Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 1 - Official Trailer | Prime Video -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 7, 10:41 [youtube]
Thoughts and prayers request. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 7, 10:39 9
- Just looked. So very sorry. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:08
- That's a great article (got some dust in my eyes) and she sounds like an amazing person. Your family sounds pretty special. - sycor Dec 7, 10:57
- I'm so sorry. -- nm - David Dec 7, 10:47
- Good thoughts for her and you. -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 10:41
- all my best & love. I have a friend who went into hospice care last week. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 7, 10:41 2
  - Right back at you. -- nm - znufrii Dec 7, 10:48
  - I'm sorry to hear this as well. -- nm - David Dec 7, 10:47
- you got'em. She sounds like a pretty great human. -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 10:40 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 7, 10:48
Russians recruiting arrested migrants about to be deported for military service, rounding them up at Finnish border crossings... -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 7, 10:29 1
- I'd be shocked if they WEREN'T already doing this. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 10:47
Weird. Our 2024 work holiday schedule was published. We are closing early on March 1st "In Observance of Leap Year" -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 10:29 1
- Uh, what? If anything you should open later to respect the Leap Year party! -- nm - sycor Dec 7, 10:42
I wonder what Lauren Mayberry's solo stuff is like... -- (link) - JD Dec 7, 10:21
This is tangential to Diva's post, but I wanted to share. We met an extraordinary woman yesterday. -- (edited) - David Dec 7, 10:21 2
- We have Gannett too, they sold their building before the pandemic. Now there's no personal delivery, just postal mail. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 7, 10:27
- that's a tragic story. :( -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 10:24
someone used my safe gmail address to sign in at up in the air in murfreesboro, TN. I now get six to ten emails per day from up in the air. - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 7, 10:11 5
- I just called Uline to get 3 names off their catalog mailing list. Seems over the years 3 presidents of the society have ordered on a new account. - Meg Dec 7, 10:25
- Ugh! That's some bullshit. -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 10:19
- That sucks. My GF never deleted email and signed up for all kinds of stuff. It took forever to get filters setup and unsubscribe from all the junk. - sycor Dec 7, 10:15 2
  - Unsubscribe seems to work for maybe a week, tops. They unsubscribe you but you magically wind up on a "different" list for the same stuff. -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 10:20 1
    - I'm totally onboard for an "email tax" -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 10:21
Krispy Kreme has Elf themed doughnuts including a Buddy breakfast doughnut. -- (link) - sycor Dec 7, 10:10
Las Vegas University shooter was a professor who had applied for a teaching position. 60 year old white man -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 7, 09:58 2
- "There have been more than 630 mass shootings in the US this year." -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 09:59 1
  - time to call for some more Common-Sense Gun Law reforms, Dems - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 10:07
I need this day to end. -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 09:46 1
- especially cruel that it happened to you of all folks, as you love this season more than Anyone. Best Wishes and a very happy New Year to you! -- nm - mud Dec 7, 10:37
I had my baby - Julie Nolke -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 7, 09:44 [youtube]
Pats/Steelers over/under at 30 (dipped as low as 29.5); lowest since 2006 divisional playoff game between the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 7, 09:42 1
- i'm rolling the bones on the Pats defense this week - Lafarrow Dec 7, 10:47
The Ringer - Baldur’s Gate 3 is the game of the year in what may be the greatest year of gaming -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 7, 09:28 3
- I'd be hard pressed challenging that assertion. There's maybe a couple of years in the 80s that might qualify. - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 09:39 2
  - an open world next gen Ultima game is my ultimate wish in gaming. -- nm* - Jovian Dec 7, 10:28 1
    - I would meet you there. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 10:48
Congratulations Eric Adams! You've beaten them all! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 09:26
Hey, remember broadcast TV? Last night *ALL* the networks aired a brief tribute to Norman Lear at 8 PM. Yes, even the CW! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 09:25
McDonald's plans 10,000 new restaurants by 2027 -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 09:22 20
- opinion: their quarter pounder with cheese may be the best cheeseburger on the market. -- nm - Jovian Dec 7, 10:29 5
  - It's awful. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of places that make better cheeseburgers. -- nm - Krusty Dec 7, 10:38 1
    - Nope. The McD up at work makes this perfectly. -- nm - Jovian Dec 7, 10:41
  - 5 Guys on lines 2, 3, 4, and 5 -- nm - rollo Dec 7, 10:35 2
    - Vera's On Davie on line 7 -- nm - mud Dec 7, 10:38
    - I do miss my local Five Guys -- nm - Jovian Dec 7, 10:38
- yes, the reason i don't eat at mcdonalds is because there isn't one close enough to me. -- nm - colin Dec 7, 09:27 1
  - The one negative of my new freeway commute is that the McDonalds and gas stations, etc that were at the midway point now take several minutes ... - Spawn Dec 7, 09:34
- We just had a new CosMc's (McD spinoff restaurant) open nearby -- (link) - oblique Dec 7, 09:26 11
  - I know you fired him (didn't we all?), but no need to block ty97. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 09:28
  - have you gone? I am intrigued. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 7, 09:28 8
    - I haven't. My friend who works for McD corporation IT did. Here's what he said - oblique Dec 7, 09:52 5
      - Not at all what I expected from the menu. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 09:59
      - will mixed bag mcpops please report to my desk? " mixed bag McPops ("Fluffy little pillows of delight," to quote him - I liked all three flavors)") -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 7, 09:58 2
        
        I laughed at that because it comes from our college town. They had "beer nuggets" (basically pizza dough + sauce) and had them on the menu as "Puffy - oblique Dec 7, 10:07
        
        I have never heard of these, but if they are like the pictures I just googled, I need them in my mouth hole. -- nm - sycor Dec 7, 09:59
      - Sounds like McD's version of bougie. -- nm - sycor Dec 7, 09:58
    - Me too -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 7, 09:40
    - word -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 09:32
  - I think that's *the* CosMc's. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 7, 09:27
Man no one around here does BOGO sushi for take-out anymore. So annoying. -- nm - sycor Dec 7, 09:17
Hot Ones - Mark Ruffalo -- (link) - budice Dec 7, 09:07 [youtube] 1
- The constantly crumbling of grown men on this show just serves to remind me how women like Billie Eilish just slammed those wings. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 10:06
Need a new Xbox controller? Okay with a white one? Save $25 at lenovo with code MXBOXWH plus free shipping. $34.99 plus tax. -- (link) - sycor Dec 7, 09:04 2
- Wow. I do indeed need a new controller! And the color will help me differentiate it from the duds. Thank you! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 09:13
- Looks like an ideal controller. For guests. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 09:10
Still testing positive but my symptoms are nearly gone. No sense of smell, though. When do I get that back? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 08:59 2
- For my own trajectory, how many days in are you? -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 7, 09:41
- Hopefully soon. But potentially months... or longer. -- nm - sycor Dec 7, 09:07
Thursday crossword - spoilers - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 7, 08:55 1
- once you know its happening - Lafarrow Dec 7, 10:51
Free Speech for the People has filed suit in Oregon to bar Orange Jesus from the ballot for the 2024 Presidential Election. -- (link*) - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 08:54 3
- Even if it succeeds, it won't change the Electoral counts as only locked blue states would remove him, that might motivate red state voters even more - zeitgeist Dec 7, 10:39
- "in an Oregon bar" -- nm - what I read Dec 7, 08:56 1
  - That would make this lawsuit even more better. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 7, 09:11
happy hanukkah, this year even more than most -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 08:34 1
- indeed. -- nm - mud Dec 7, 08:36
Dec 7th used to be America's 9/11 and 82 years later it's fading into a historical footnote status -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 08:17 3
- In that context, I guess we learned something as a country as while there were calls for it, we didn't actually round people up at Santa Anita - JD Dec 7, 08:31 2
  - yes and no. we had The Patriot Act and Gitmo instead of "internment" -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 08:32 1
    - We learned to be more 'subtle' -- nm - JD Dec 7, 08:35
will the Berners blame this on Buttigieg too? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 08:15
McDonalds opening a new restaurant called CosMc's -- (link) - ty97 Dec 7, 07:57 2
- ew. -- nm - colin Dec 7, 08:39
- They must be planning to move the few working ice cream machines to those locations for the McFlurries. -- nm - sycor Dec 7, 08:15
"Okay, fine fine Ohioians, you can have your marijuana!" - Jovian Dec 7, 07:54 6
- "While it would have been legal for citizens to [issue] there would be no place for them to legally [it]. Now no black market.” "Ah-HA." "No wait!" -- nm - precedent, baby Dec 7, 08:34
- Dammit! The Ohio GOP is catching on! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 7, 08:08 4
  - *includes some anti-abortion shit in the amendments* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 7, 08:20 3
    - They would never - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 7, 08:44 2
      - All those stoners gonna have unprotected sex and make a lot of voters I mean babies, Pippy. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 09:24 1
        
        Heh. Horny stoners -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 7, 09:42
OTD 50 years ago YES released their 6th album Topographic Oceans, ELP their 4th: Brain Salad Surgery, Gong their 4th: Angel's Egg and Wings their 3rd: Band on the Run -- (pic) -- (link*) - mud Dec 7, 07:47 [Attachment]
More on our Return to Office Policy as folx have started getting sternly worded emails when they don't come in 3 times a week - - Diva Dec 7, 07:44 33
- So basically if you can't make it into the office three times in a week for whatever reason, you should just not come in at all that week. -- nm - pmb Dec 7, 08:07 2
  - yup. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 08:25
  - That's what it sounds like to me. -- nm - sycor Dec 7, 08:12
- I think the expectation here is 60% of working days monitored over a four-week period. - znufrii Dec 7, 07:58 24
  - what do they base that on? badge-ins? -- nm - colin Dec 7, 08:37 16
    - Yup -- nm - znufrii Dec 7, 08:45 15
      - find a work buddy to badge you in! -- nm - colin Dec 7, 08:48 14
        
        We actually have someone who got caught driving to the office, badging into the garage, and then turning around and going home -- nm - znufrii Dec 7, 08:58 13
        
        there is someone in our office who is doing something like this. he comes in at night, swipes and then turns around and goes home. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 09:31
        
        i like how it's now treated like a CRIME to not come into the office and do laptop work. -- nm - colin Dec 7, 09:01 11
        
        But, “collaboration”. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 7, 09:14 8
        
        right? there's no sense to it. it's using employees to protect real estate assets, that's about the only reason i've seen. -- nm - colin Dec 7, 09:28 7
        
        Separately, we’re trying to unload our two office buildings here, and lease back one of them to consolidate our space even further. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 7, 09:36
        
        there is no substitute for an in-person workplace, from a teamwork perspective. there just isn't -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 09:35 5
        
        My job is maybe 1% team work. You have a caseload, you work your caseload. The only thing teamwork about it is when someone has a question. Skype, - sycor Dec 7, 09:52
        
        But there's a fair amount of "work" that doesn't require a team - JD Dec 7, 09:44
        
        Depends on the team and the work required. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 7, 09:44
        
        that's not what this is fully about. It's a power issue and it's about wresting control back away from employees. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 09:39 1
        
        *ding* -- nm - znufrii Dec 7, 09:45
        
        Yep. And not that long ago it was okay go into a bank with hat, sunglasses and a mask and no one batted an eye. -- nm - sycor Dec 7, 09:07 1
        
        Yup before the clerk would have hit the alarm button before you got to the counter. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 7, 09:17
  - We're currently mildly encouraging people to come in twice a week between T-Th. Next year the plan is to make it "mandatory" to come in on Tuesdays. - pmb Dec 7, 08:11 6
    - It must be nice to be treated like an adult. We have "anchor" days once a month. Mandatory in the office for everyone on the team. - sycor Dec 7, 08:13 5
      - Conversely, I'd bite my arm off for these policies. We've been back in the office full time for uh, years? Sometime in 2021 -- nm - JD Dec 7, 08:48 2
        
        Then there are some of us that never were able to WFH. - Spawn Dec 7, 09:27
        
        Well, currently I'm in the office full time as "punishment" because they weren't happy with my caseload. Caseload is fine now but I have to wait - sycor Dec 7, 08:59
      - dang. Someone on my floor was bereaved and didn't come in 3x that week. She got an email. That's messed up. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 08:33 1
        
        Yeah it's basically, "We can't risk someone taking advantage so everyone is punished" mentality. Government work is basically a giant daycare. - sycor Dec 7, 08:41
- Then if you get a "two week vacation", that should mean you take off three weeks, right? -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 07:52 1
  - 5 weeks off, if i understand this correctly. -- nm - colin Dec 7, 08:36
- we have been in the office full time for about a year and a half, and people are leaving for hybrid/wfh jobs. This is the concession for 2024: - Andie Dec 7, 07:51
- Our CEO made the overriding call to have Work-From-Home a standard with Collab Hubs in certain cities. All Office Real Estate is being sold-off. -- nm - budice Dec 7, 07:50 1
  - CIO wanted people in-office, but CEO overrode that. Just no place to put people now. So not much turning back unless they want to spend the money -- nm - budice Dec 7, 07:51
I'm amused by reports that shows were 'on hiatus' during the strike. Maybe technically correct but in fact you were unable to continue production. -- nm - Meg Dec 7, 07:41 1
- "The Strike" is basically every studio suit's Tibor this year for all their fuck ups -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 08:10
sycor: Not to make fun of any social anxiety you may have, but "Yeah I hated people, but that was different" kinda made me laugh. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 07:36 1
- No worries, it was meant to be light hearted. I've had to do more shopping in the last few weeks since the GF has been sick. I'm not sure if the - sycor Dec 7, 07:41
Next movie you expect to see in a theater? -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 07:34 26
- Dune -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 7, 10:48
- Whatever Kim wants. -- nm - David Dec 7, 10:05 1
  - Saltburn his ass, EDC -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 10:43
- Iron Claw -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 7, 08:49
- The Boy and the Heron. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 7, 08:40
- Wonka on Saturday -- nm - LMS Dec 7, 08:39
- The Incal -- nm - colin Dec 7, 08:38
- My daughter wants to see the Hunger Games prequel this weekend. So that. -- nm - pmb Dec 7, 08:13
- Maybe Argylle - I have still not been back to theater since COVID. And now that I don't work there, I don't want to pay for it. -- (edited) - sycor Dec 7, 08:09
- Godzilla Minus One -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 08:04 7
  - Godzilla and His Plus One at the Wedding -- nm - Max Dec 7, 08:36
  - this or Napoleon -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 08:10 5
    - wait to watch napoleon at home. that way you can take a nap in between scenes like I did. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 08:35 2
      - the only temptation is they're showing it in 70mm at the Vista -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 08:41
      - 😆 -- nm - JD Dec 7, 08:37
    - As one that has seen both, I recommend G-1. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 08:13 1
      - i'll take it under advisement -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 7, 08:18
- Probably Wonka -- nm - Jovian Dec 7, 07:47
- No idea. Probably get some ideas here though. We'll get to the theater when Thing 2 is back from school. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 7, 07:47
- Deadpool 3. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 7, 07:46
- Small chance we finally see Napoleon this weekend, but more likely Wonka at Christmas. -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 07:42 2
  - My Unsolicited Napoleon Review: -- (edited) - Diva Dec 7, 07:47 1
    - that is 100% not surprising to me. -- nm - Andie Dec 7, 07:54
- Poor Things ! -- nm - mud Dec 7, 07:41
- Die Hard -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 07:38
- I have tix to AMC Screen:Unseen on Dec. 11th, so I don't even know! - Diva Dec 7, 07:37

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