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A game I talked about a few times on the podcast just went into full release. It's a steal at $20 -- (link) - Tim Dec 8, 11:41 1
- Thanks. Looks right up my alley -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 11:44
I guess ESPN's narrative of the day is Mike Tomlin is the problem. Yeah...I look at that team and I think the coach is to blame. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:40 1
- *checks Tomlin's career record* Yeah, that dog don't hunt -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 12:02
I'm not crying yore cryin -- (link) - mud Dec 8, 11:32 1
- aw that's great -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 11:51
Chiefs rule out Isiah Pacheco vs. Bills with shoulder injury -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 8, 11:29
Pippy Thrist Trap video from Lee Pace as he celebrates Foundation Season 3 -- (link) - Remlik Dec 8, 11:28 6
- It's like looking into a mirror. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 12:07
- Oh my. -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 8, 11:31 4
  - right? I need that diet plan he's on -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 11:32 3
    - 1) Be rich -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 11:32 2
      - well yeah. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 12:08
      - Eat the right macros and work out 5 hours a day - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 8, 11:45
‘Twisted Metal’ Renewed for Second Season at Peacock -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 8, 11:25
meanwhile in Missouri -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 11:14
Blue Jays To Reportedly Sign Shohei Ohtani -- (link) - budice Dec 8, 11:01 9
- Guesses on contract? 12yr / 550mil -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:30 1
  - 11yr / $575M -- nm - budice Dec 8, 11:35
- sweet! -- nm - mud Dec 8, 11:20
- 47 years $1.3 Billion -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 8, 11:15
- Oof. As if Dodgers fans didn't hate Dave Roberts enough already... -- nm - David Dec 8, 11:04 4
  - I was 50/50 on this in the first place as a Dodger fan - eag Dec 8, 11:15 2
    - it never made much sense in filling actual needs -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 11:16 1
      - Look at the team to the south of us Angels had Trout and Ohtani - eag Dec 8, 11:24
  - just spend it on pitching, which to be fair, Dave will fuck up too -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 11:12
LAT: who rides the subway in LA -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:52 6
- “Someone pulled out a BuzzBall as big as my head.” 🤪 - JD Dec 8, 10:58 3
  - mornings are mostly fine. it's the ride home at 8-9p where you get into Thunderdome vibes - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 11:08 2
    - I was talking to someone who manages the Hollywood Bowl about their parking issues and he asked if I'd tried the Metro. I asked him if he'd ever been - jnine Dec 8, 12:04
    - Approximately half my rides are post 10 PM and indeed. It's a thing - JD Dec 8, 11:12
- My sister somehow manages in LA without a car. She has a nifty scooter, but that's it. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 10:56 1
  - i got Mr. Bubbles in Feb 22 and still haven't cracked 3k miles on him yet. it's nice to have as a backup when i need it but for commuting? hell naw -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:58
LDB - I'm out - 6Music's The Remix had a version (it wasn't mentioned on the playlist). -- nm - LMS Dec 8, 10:50 2
- bastards -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:52 1
  - It's fine, it was a funky version, I'm seeing Godzilla -1 on Monday so knew I was going to get knocked out at some point. -- nm - LMS Dec 8, 10:54
Buttigieg and Biden dropping all kind of passenger rail news today. We'll see. - Volnelk Dec 8, 10:35 13
- love it. hope it happens -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 10:57
- Hope it goes better than the high speed rail in CA. - spamlet Dec 8, 10:55 10
  - Brightline addressed that by going electric as well as the plan is to put the rails within the already approved footprint of the I-15 - JD Dec 8, 11:03 4
    - the first sin was probably just not mapping it to the I-5 through the central valley but everybody gotta wet their beaks -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 11:06 3
      - That project is a whole different thing and I've no idea what it will take to get a North-South high speed train -- nm - JD Dec 8, 11:09 2
        
        about a trillion dollars and 50 years at this point -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 11:11 1
        
        Heh. I should put that in my last instructions. Save part of my ashes and somebody take what's left of me on the high speed LA-SF train -- nm - JD Dec 8, 11:14
  - unless you Robert Moses the costs of acquiring rights of way for straight line routes it's not economically viable in any state -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:57 4
    - It’s just the only one that’s tried. It wasn’t a slam on CA. - spamlet Dec 8, 11:22
    - use that giant tunnel boring machine and make them under the freeways since they go to same places the trains are needed -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 11:01 1
      - The far easier approach of alongside the I-15 is the plan for Brightline West for the IE to Vegas train -- nm - JD Dec 8, 11:04
    - we need flying trains -- nm - decline Dec 8, 10:59
- Anybody wanna do a few rails? -- nm - Afterparty Dec 8, 10:38
it would be cool, before he caves to the GOP on asylum restrictions etc, for Joe to see how that continues to work out for the Tories after Brexit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:22
Let’s Explore The Infinite Realm Of Hot Pot - JD Dec 8, 10:13
NYT Important Breaking News: Clear Ice Is Better Than Cloudy Ice. Here’s Why. - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 10:09 1
- Oh, ice cubes. I thought it was about road ice, which always sucks, but clear is so much worse since you don't see it coming. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 10:22
This password reset page is awesome but I would get in so much trouble if I did it -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 10:08 [Image]
Austin apparently just killed single-family zoning -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:06 9
- *passes law retroactively prohibiting municipalities from passing anti-single family zoning, somehow* -- nm - Texas legislature, probably Dec 8, 10:48 1
  - yeah the most likely reaction -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:51
- HOAs: Hold my beer. "Property owners will also be limited by ... homeowners associations that limit the number of homes built on a single lot" -- (link*) - oblique Dec 8, 10:37 2
  - you could bankrupt the HOAs making them go to court to stop each and every one -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:43 1
    - Wouldn't it just be a simple CC&R change? -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 10:45
- Texas has zoning? I thought they were notorious for not having zoning. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 10:35 1
  - Austin is ridiculous with zoning. This is a complete surprise. Someone got paid -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 8, 11:28
- It's a nice start. Well done. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 10:29
- 👏👏 -- nm - JD Dec 8, 10:28
got another Boebert up in there -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:01 2
- She's a vile nasty piece of work and also sounds like she's a whore as well. Lovely. -- nm - Jovian Dec 8, 12:34
- creepy -- nm - decline Dec 8, 10:02
lol best phishing beat ever -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 09:55
no Joe, not the AU PAIRS! -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 09:52
Challenge fans, here's an unbelievable christmas gift idea for you. - Volnelk Dec 8, 09:49
USA Network is relaunching original scripted content. Aiming to recapture the Burn Notice, Royal Pains, etc era. -- (link) - MDH Dec 8, 09:33 12
- I always chuckle a bit -- a kid I grew up with was on the first of the USA shows to really fail in that era. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:50 2
  - Had to look it up - Common Law. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:57 1
    - The fact it didn't pan out allowed Almost Human to happen, so that's a win. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:57
- *reboots Burn Notice and Royal Pains* -- nm - USA Network Dec 8, 09:48
- “pleeeeease license us moar Teddy” -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 09:48
- Your turn, Syfy -- (link) - Max Dec 8, 09:36 [Backboard]
- Loved Burn Notice, Psych, White Collar and Suits and have watched the entire seri9es of all 4 / have not watched Monk and Royal Pains -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 09:36 4
  - I started out watching Royal Pains but the story never went anywhere for me. It just the same thing every episode in a boring way. -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 10:18 2
    - Mark Feuerstein was like watching paint dry to me. There wasn’t any charm / excitement - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:34 1
      - ha ha the most annoying dude on Once & Again and it's not particularly close -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:43
  - Monk is great but this is a profoundly weird reaction to Suits randomly blowing up as pay cable is on its deathbed - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 09:50
- *checks streaming services* I don't get USA :) -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 09:35
Someone decided to mess with John Wick -- (link) - budice Dec 8, 09:27 3
- He's exactly the kind of guy I'd expect to live in a house that looks like repurposed industrial -- nm - TWuG Dec 8, 10:11
- That gun... was a gift... from Alex Winter... before he disappeared, never to be heard from again. I'll make you pay. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 8, 09:53
- Baba Yaga -- nm - eag Dec 8, 09:42
I do know my moon sign. Sun in Taurus, moon in Pisces. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 8, 09:21 3
- Looked up my moon sign. I'm Sun in Leo, Moon in Capricorn -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 09:51
- Hippy. -- nm - David Dec 8, 09:30
- People try to chat with me about signs. And Im just so lost. -- nm - budice Dec 8, 09:23
One advantage of being an Everton fan is that I was able to watch yesterday's lunchtime match at 930 PM on replay without having it spoiled - JD Dec 8, 09:10
I usually don't pay much mind to the grid construction in the crossword, but Friday's was pretty cool - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 09:01 6
- Today's was a beaut, but a little intimidating. I recommend starting in the west. - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 10:15
- Had to calm myself down and realize more than enough shorter answers to help build out and get all the longer ones. -- nm - VMan Dec 8, 09:24 1
  - That's what my experience was as well. I liked how the long spanners started eventually coming into focus -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 09:27
- indeed, I've been looking at them all since seeing the Happy Face construction the other day -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 09:02 2
  - huh, I don't think I noticed that -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 09:04 1
    - I saw it in the NYT gift shop -- (link) - crash davis Dec 8, 09:09
I finished the week at 9,840 bikini miles YTD. If my schedule holds, I'll hit 10,000 on Wednesday - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 08:59 4
- Man...your thighs must be rubbed raw. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:10
- slacker -- nm - decline Dec 8, 09:02
- 😺🐱‍👓🐱‍🚀🐱‍👤🐱‍� ��😺 -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 09:00 1
  - I'm going to need some kind of decoder key for this -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 09:04
From B2, weekend plans: Champagne tasting, art gallery event, holiday party, dance party at local venue, Boy and the Heron. Booked too much. -- nm - MDH Dec 8, 08:58 5
- House cleaning like crazy for my birthday party Tuesday -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 10:39
- Busy weekend. Have fun! -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 09:00
- Brag, much? - Spawn Dec 8, 08:59
- did you win any of those auctions after? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 08:59 1
  - I actually did :-) Didn't win the Calder, but won prints in a related auction by another artist. This gallery event is separate though. -- nm - MDH Dec 8, 09:01
Where's all the Giri/Haji content that Mop warned us about? -- nm - LMS Dec 8, 08:49 5
- I still can't remember who was Giri and who was Haji -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 8, 09:22
- Heh. It's not like he's at work or anything ;-) -- nm - JD Dec 8, 08:51
- That show's intense. I had to take a break after episode 4 (bang! bang!) -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 8, 08:51 1
  - I'm glad I watched it weekly when it was first broadcast. -- nm - LMS Dec 8, 08:54
- i can go on about Kelly MacDonald at length -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 08:50
in other news -- (pic) - crash davis Dec 8, 08:45 [Attachment]
Judge rules in favour of NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, nullifies purchase of $8M Burlington mansion once occupied by 'crypto king' -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 08:44
Bronze shield on the left arm, short sword in the right hand, he patrols the wall to defend civilization against the barbarian tribe of tl:dr -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 08:42 3
- I want you on that wall. I need you on that wall. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 08:50 2
  - You're godd@mned right, I ordered the Code Read. -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 08:59 1
    - L5. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 8, 10:17
Got an email from Papa Johns offering $10 Papa Dough to go towards an order because "they haven't seen me in a while". Yeah maybe there is a reason - sycor Dec 8, 08:41 3
- Quality is over a cliff for sure. -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 8, 09:40
- free food is free food. I'd order something non-pizza-y for pickup like maybe wings? -- nm* - oblique Dec 8, 09:04 1
  - I fully admit, I checked my email when I read it, hoping I got one. But I guess having been there in October is not long enough. -- nm* - Spawn Dec 8, 09:17
Tee-shirt in the plaza crowd on the Today Show - "Diehard is a Christmas Movie" -- nm* - Meg Dec 8, 08:40 2
- Yeah! -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 08:55 1
  - Seeing it in Dolby Cinema tomorrow night! - Spawn Dec 8, 09:13
5 now dead in 'major' cantaloupe salmonella outbreak as Canadian cases nearly double -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 08:40 17
- whenever I read the word cantaloupe I hear it in a Christopher Walken voice -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:55
- Cases spiking in Quebec. Majority of people sickened are over 65. Seems they're trying to kill my parents. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 8, 08:47
- okay new challenge: eat Canadian cantaloupe and wash it down with a Panera lemonade -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 08:45
- just saw something from the CDC the other day about this -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:43 13
  - Oh! "Avoid cantaloupe unless you know where it came from" -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:44 12
    - It's not in season so it's a bad time to eat them anyway. They're my favorite fruit but the ones from Central America are not - Krusty Dec 8, 08:57
    - 7 too many words -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 08:47 10
      - word -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 09:15
      - While technically accurate given the current situation, still quite wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:14
      - So wrong -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 08:58
      - 👎🏼 -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 08:58 5
        
        They are antaloupe food, Krusty. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 09:16 4
        
        And if you play your aim right, you now have a well-balanced meal. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:34
        
        It's the best! It's easily my favorite. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 09:21 2
        
        I'll take a good honeydew over it, but they're easily miles ahead of watermelon for me. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:34 1
        
        Much better than watermelon. Not a fan of the texture of watermelon. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 09:53
      - Avoid you -- nm - rollo Dec 8, 08:50
Emma Stone Rules -- (link) - mud Dec 8, 08:39 3
- Tangent: Poor Things will be Amy's second *in theater* movie this year. - Spawn Dec 8, 08:59
- Full convo - Emma Stone & Bradley Cooper | Actors on Actors -- (link) - budice Dec 8, 08:40 [youtube] 1
  - That was amazing to watch. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 8, 09:59
when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that spells M-O-O-N -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 8, 08:39
Maybe? -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 08:35 1
- Call me -- nm - rollo Dec 8, 08:39

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