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Finished watching "Bodies" on Netflix. It was an A until the final episode. A-/B+ overall. (Finale spoils) - JaxSean Dec 8, 08:33 3
- my take on the finale - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 08:36 1
  - (spoils) - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:05
- Not clicking your spoiler, but this is probably my next watch after my Breaking Bad rewatch finishes. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 08:34
Is a vegan diet really healthier than eating meat? Rare identical twin study offers answer -- (link) - crash davis Dec 8, 08:18 9
- can you give us the tl;dr answer? -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:30 1
  - *sigh* - crash davis Dec 8, 08:38
- Without reading that, calling something vegan doesn't make it healthy or unhealthy. There is plenty of vegan junk food and plenty of vegan healthy - Andie Dec 8, 08:20 5
  - Did Scott Pilgrim teach you nothing? -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 08:26 3
    - It taught me that gelato is vegan. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 08:32 2
      - M&E,B! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 08:36
      - Sorbet is, gelato is usually made with dairy. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 08:36
  - I'm used to zeitgeist and pixie not reading the articles, but Andie, Andie, Andie... -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 08:23
- I can't believe they fed someone twins for this dumbass study -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 08:19
Good coverage of Shane MacGowan's funeral which is a star studded event. Nick Cave is currently performing Rainy Night in Soho. -- (link) - LMS Dec 8, 08:06
ST Poll: Most people know their zodiac Sun sign? Do you also know your moon sign? - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 08:05 17
- nope and had no idea there was such a thing -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:36
- noope -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 08:33
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Taurus. Makes sense :) -- nm - Meg Dec 8, 08:27
- "The Sun sign indicates our core self, while the moon sign represents our inner self. " WTF is the difference between core and inner? -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 08:20
- Yes. -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 8, 08:16
- I had to look it up moon again (i never remember) Moon in Aries. Sun sign is Taurus. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 08:13
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Taurus. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 08:11
- (--|--) -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 08:08 1
  - Sun sign is just your normal astrology sign. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 08:14
- never heard of such a thing -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 08:07 5
  - I'm with this. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 8, 08:30 4
    - Interesting. I always thought it made more sense as it is based on exact minute of birth and location. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 08:32 3
      - (it's all hooey) -- nm - mud Dec 8, 08:34 2
        
        now now now - Spawn Dec 8, 08:34 1
        
        heh -- nm - mud Dec 8, 08:36
- Usually, it's 4 screwdrivers and a verbal dare. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 08:07 1
  - I’m a Cancer x2 -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 08:20
5 - 62-yard FG - rollo Dec 8, 07:52 3
- *swats it away at the end line* -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 07:56 1
  - goaltending -- nm - rollo Dec 8, 08:20
- heh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 07:52
Still positive? I think the lines are darker today!!! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 8, 07:45 4
- But how do you feel? What day is this for you ? I’m so bored that I’m going to clean my house - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 8, 07:55 2
  - I started feeling much better yesterday. It was never worse than a sore throat and blocked sinuses/runny nose. - Mop🧹 Dec 8, 07:58 1
    - 👍 -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 8, 07:59
- Stay positive, Mop! -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 07:50
5MB IBM hard drive, 1956. -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 07:27 2
- "Someone go over there and stand on the Shift key for me." -- nm - 1950s IBM keyboard Dec 8, 07:45 1
  - [snork] -- nm - mud Dec 8, 07:45
Tony Robinson is one of the guest bakers on this year's GBBS Holidays!! Merry Christmas! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 8, 07:27 2
- Again? -- (link) - LMS Dec 8, 07:30 [youtube]
- oh, now I'll have to watch that one. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 07:28
Squid Game The Competition: The TV Show: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire: A-: - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 07:18 5
- I would give it a B+. (Finale spoils) - JaxSean Dec 8, 08:23
- i just started last night, i am pretty obsessed, much to my surprise. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 07:49 2
  - Even my mom has gotten into it and she hates reality shows. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 08:08
  - I was the same way. They do a great job of rolling one episode into another to keep you going. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 8, 07:50
- Yep. I looooved parts of it. Spoilers. - Volnelk Dec 8, 07:45
TFGIF: What are your weekend plans? -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 07:12 23
- Dr Who, Die Hard & decorating (more exterior). -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 08:33
- improv class -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 08:31
- Nothing planned. I really should think about Christmas cards and my Stalker package. -- nm - Meg Dec 8, 08:23 2
  - i am so glad i got all my cards out early, and most shopping done, this week and the rest of the month are *crazy*. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 08:26 1
    - I guess I do need to send emails to PCAS members, pleading with them to attend our December meeting in person and not on Zoom. - Meg Dec 8, 08:30
- Thankfully, not much. Probably work and house/yard stuff for once. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 08:20
- A little yard work tomorrow (leafs), cleaning up the house Sunday. GF is still sick and I haven't been able to keep with everything the last couple - sycor Dec 8, 08:00
- Online shopping for Xmas -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 8, 07:59
- Bday dinner for one of Dave's cousins tonight (bleh), gift wrapping, relaxing. -- (edited) - Andie Dec 8, 07:35
- Wonka tomorrow (comes out a week early here). Catch up on TV. -- nm - LMS Dec 8, 07:33
- office holiday party tonight, need to finalize holiday shopping this weekend. -- nm - tRuMaN (materially correct) Dec 8, 07:32
- Boy and the Heron tonight. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 07:28 1
  - I misread that. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 07:55
- Kids Christmas program this weekend (Saturday rehearsal, Saturday worship, Sunday worship - I run sound) -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 07:21
- Tomorrow: building an ark for the 2" of rain we're getting Sunday -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 07:20 4
  - at least it ain't snow -- nm - decline Dec 8, 07:23 3
    - brother, I only wish....... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 07:24 2
      - Oh, *we* are getting the Sunday snow. - Spawn Dec 8, 07:59 1
        
        Stupid saying, "THe ground will be warm." - Will Hunting Dec 8, 08:01
- Office holiday lunch tomorrow in Princeton. working on my home to-do list the rest of the weekend -- nm - decline Dec 8, 07:19
- Tonight, we're doing an interactive screening of White Christmas and we have a White Elephant party tomorrow night. -- nm - Louis Litt Dec 8, 07:16
- Saturday: Western Idaho Open chess tournament; be on standby as a back-up Santa for the library; Ugly Sweater Christmas party - crash davis 😺 Dec 8, 07:15
- not much. wrap some presents, hockey Sunday morning -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 07:13
The best movies of 2023 according to crash davis - crash davis 😺 Dec 8, 07:12 3
- I'm not finished .. - mud Dec 8, 07:39 1
  - I definitely want to see The Holdovers, Maestro, and An American Symphony -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 8, 07:46
- I just realized all those movies have violence next to water in them. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 8, 07:24
the teenager who lives like its the 1940s (no polio vaccine if you're truly committing to the bit, kid) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 07:06 3
- A Brit? Polio is the least of his worries. He has to dodge the blitz until he gets old enough to land on Sword beach -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 8, 07:19 1
  - Snark aside, while the phone sucks, I do love the car. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 8, 07:20
- 1900 House thinks he's soft. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 07:14
One of the applications I test is the phone automated voice system. It's repetitive but what sucks is I can't listen to music while I do it. - Dano Dec 8, 07:00
Sight & Sound names Killers of the Flower Moon its #1 film of 2023 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 06:59 2
- Their top 50 of 2023 here -- (link) - LMS Dec 8, 07:24 1
  - There is a 13-way tie for #38? -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 08:15
Inside Brittney Griner's Russia arrest, detainment and release -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 06:59 3
- LOL. Trump said he was considering going to Russia to get Griner. Sure, sure. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 8, 07:32 2
  - going to get pissed on by some Russian hookers more likely -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 07:38 1
    - win/win -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 07:54
the doomed US economy added 199k jobs in November and unemployment rate fell to 3.7%. #SorryJoe -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 06:39 5
- Good news for the disease-ridden migrant horde that MAKING IT'S WAY HERE RIGHT NOW. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 8, 06:55
- AHHHH! What if there's a recession? AHHHH! -- nm - Inigo Dec 8, 06:51 2
  - i do worry that it's all peaked a year early at this point -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 06:57 1
    - Eventually they're gonna be right. -- nm - Inigo Dec 8, 07:05
- DOOOOOOOOM!!!! -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 06:46
The Best Movies of 2023, According to John Waters -- (link) - Dano Dec 8, 06:38 5
- I've only heard of one of these movies, so they must not be that good. - sycor Dec 8, 06:59 2
  - It's John Waters' list. He has particular tastes. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 07:04
  - right? it should be 'The best Movies of 2023 that no one has ever heard of" -- nm - decline Dec 8, 07:03
- heh misread this as Roger Waters. - Jovian Dec 8, 06:41 1
  - We should also consult Muddy Waters. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 06:43
Prez Biden in LA - Friday to Sunday. There goes Rush Hour -- (link) - budice Dec 8, 06:36 1
- Somethings coming over me -- (link) - JD Dec 8, 07:13 [youtube]
The making and meaning of Doom, 30 years on -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 8, 06:15
Pink 2024 Tour in baseball and some football stadiums - MDH Dec 8, 06:12 9
- Sheryl Crow to open -- nm* - Remlik Dec 8, 07:52 1
  - (if it makes you happy) -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 08:27
- Got my seats for the STL show yesterday. Gotta love the Citi presale codes. Wheeee! -- nm - Louis Litt Dec 8, 07:17
- Sheryl Crow is opening for her at Dodger Stadium -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 06:40 3
  - Pink should open for her! -- nm - mud Dec 8, 07:17 1
    - that was my thought when i heard the ad -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 08:32
  - I'd like that -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 8, 07:16
- and Hershey. I would go see Pink though ticket price would matter. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 06:17 1
  - Just my $0.02, but I've seen her 3 times, and this tour was multiple letter grades lower than the last 2 IMO. -- nm - MDH Dec 8, 06:20
Def Leppard and Journey 2024 (baseball) stadium tour (openers rotate between Cheap Trick, Heart, and Steve Miller Band) - MDH Dec 8, 06:10 3
- If STL would have gotten Heart - I was there. Cheap Trick? Nah. nm - Louis Litt Dec 8, 07:19 1
  - I didn't know the Wilson sisters had made up. -- nm - pmb Dec 8, 08:39
- yesterday I received an email from the Mariners about this and wondered if you'd posted the tour -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 8, 06:33
huh. The bill...would over a ten-year period require hedge funds and large institutional investors to completely divest from single-family home owners - decline Dec 8, 06:04 3
- i'm all for it, but apparently Wall Street has already begun divesting those holdings themselves in reaction to market forces -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 07:09
- This is a very alarming situation and I’m glad someone in congress is paying attention. And it will never pass - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 8, 06:47
- It will never pass. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 06:08
The NBA In-Season Tournament Is Giving Us a Dream Finale (Pacers vs Lakers) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 05:50
today, in giving pills to cats, I scraped out the middle of two tenderfulls, shoved half a pill into each, and shoved the creamy center back in. -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 8, 05:48 14
- have you tried sitting them down and explaining to them that it is important medication they need, and you have their best interests at heart? -- nm - mud Dec 8, 06:54
- I've been lucky that my cats that have needed medicine took it easily. If Coco ever needs medicine, one of us will probably die. -- nm* - Dano Dec 8, 06:30
- i sometimes could give medications to Tallulah if i ground them/opened capsules and mixed it with canned tuna. - Andie Dec 8, 06:21 2
  - the smell of canned tuna literally makes me vomit. my sister suggested this as well, but I would need another human being to deliver it. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 8, 06:37 1
    - get a gas mask -- nm - decline Dec 8, 06:38
- Every food that works initially eventually doesn't. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 06:13 7
  - I feel like I have so few options because chubbins doesn't like cheese. ollie I could just tuck a pill into a piece of laughing cow and she would - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 8, 06:39
  - This is true. Here is my story. - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 06:35
  - the stick-it-down-their-throat method is what i had to do too, it's not fun, and if you have a crafty cat, you have to make sure they don't fake it - Andie Dec 8, 06:26 2
    - Oh yes. This is so true. They are super crafty. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 07:14
    - Yup. Our first cat had to take daily medication. We had to hold his mouth closed until we saw a visible gulp. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 06:34
  - That's how I had to do it with our cats but it was always a short term thing, never something we had to do daily for a long peroid. The dog was - oblique Dec 8, 06:16 1
    - Tamara got to be quite the pro at eating all around the pill. Or eventually just deciding she didn't like the treat. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 06:18
- my wife gives one of ours a puffer for his asthma like illness. Twice a day. Dude takes it like a trooper every time - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 05:51
Price is Right contestant arrives on expense-paid visit to New Westminster (he lost on TPIR but the city reached out and offered him the same trip) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 05:28 1
- A trip to New Westminster was a prize on TPIR? That’s… unusual. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 8, 06:24
LAD: -140, TBJ: +100, LAA +1,000 As a private flight from John Wayne Airport to Toronto pops up today, the odds tighten further. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 05:05 1
- TBJ? *smh* TOR. I hope it's neither the Dodgers or the Blue Jays somehow. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 8, 05:16
purple first! - mud Dec 8, 05:03 3
- *likes* -- nm - Grimace Dec 8, 07:51
- Vapour locked and X'd - VMan Dec 8, 05:45
- Purple first - znufrii Dec 8, 05:36
Poor Things 93% (136/11), The Three Musketeers Part I D'Artagnon 97% (32/1), Fast Charlie 83% (10/2), Chicken Run Dawn of the Nugget 77% (27/8) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 04:45 1
- Next Week: Wonka 83% (80/16), American Fiction 93% (53/4), Rebel Moon nsy, The Taste of Things 98% (44/1), The Zone of Interest 92% (108/9) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 04:48
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 8, 04:43 [Attachment] 1
- LIAR DON ... too easy -- nm - rollo Dec 8, 08:21
TV PSA: Penn & Teller, Shark Tank, The Last Cowboy, FBoy Island, For All Mankind, The Curse, Merry Little Batman, Mr Monk's Last Case, - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 04:42 1
- Oh my, seems I started a Poirot rewatch when I should have started a Monk rewatch. Oops. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 08:31
snooze -- nm - tRuMaN (materially correct) Dec 8, 04:38

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