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Glasnow and Dodgers are finalizing a five-year, $135 million contract -- nm - budice Dec 15, 08:08 2
- He’s never pitched more than 121 innings in a year, he’s only eclipsed 20 starts once…sure, pay him like he’s a Cy Young contender - Will Hunting Dec 15, 08:18 1
  - *shrug* pitch him like once a month until the last month of the season. To the Dodgers, playoff wins are literally priceless - JD Dec 15, 08:22
Weekend Plans? -- nm - Andie Dec 15, 07:56 11
- Depeche Mode tonight, Bowling Club Christmas Party Sat -- (link) - JD Dec 15, 08:06 [youtube] 1
  - i saw them earlier this year (thanks JenBro!) - they were GREAT -- nm - Andie Dec 15, 08:08
- Church staff dinner at our house tonight (I made 3 lasangas - 1 vegetarian/gluten-free that we cooked last night, 2 meat prepped to cook tonight). Playing -- (edited) - oblique Dec 15, 08:05 2
  - How is the vegetarian/gluten-free lasagna taste? My oldest has Celiac so always looking for good stuff she can make -- nm - JaxSean Dec 15, 08:16 1
    - I'll let you know tonight :) I used this recipe with the barilla oven-ready gluten free noodles -- (edited) - oblique Dec 15, 08:19
- Freezer delivery tomorrow. Car detail tomorrow. So stuck at house. May as well clean and do chores. - sycor Dec 15, 08:04
- Driving to see Christmas lights tonight, maybe? -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 15, 07:59
- Library Open Mike tonight, Lions pub crawl tomorrow, breakfast at the American Legion and then Elks Christmas party Sunday -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:59
- Friendsmas tonight, going to see Mae Saturday night, test drive a Fisker Sunday in Orlando then drive up to Jax for the week -- nm - JaxSean Dec 15, 07:59
- nothing tonight. have to do an online ethics seminar for a board position tomorrow. comedy show and dinner tomorrow night. sunday, i think dave's son - Andie Dec 15, 07:58 1
  - What I momentarily read: online ethics seminar for a comedy show -- nm - JD Dec 15, 08:18
the first time I knew who Andre Braugher was when I saw him play Iago in a 1990 Folger (?) production of Othello - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 07:51 2
- I saw him in Glory and thought he was good. I thought the Freeman guy was great, and I thought the Denzel guy overacted. My first time seeing all 3 - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:55
- Glory was the first for me. I'll have to look that up. -- nm - Inigo Dec 15, 07:55
Excel help pls! I know how to remove duplicates in Excel, but how do I easily find duplicates? - ty97 Dec 15, 07:46 4
- I usually do a formula. Sort by the column where the duplicate occurs (say, col A) - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 07:53
- According to Blade Runner, you hire someone like Harrison Ford -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:52
- Conditional Fomatting? Highlight Cell Rules >> Duplicate Values -- nm - JaxSean Dec 15, 07:48 1
  - This. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 07:56
You're all better off working on your own furnaces. Just don't let Bumpus's dogs into the house. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:37
College Bowl Pick'Em History. Here's rules from the 2001-2002 season still on the ESPN site. Winner got a Compaq laptop, 2nd place a Compaq mp3 player -- (link*) - budice Dec 15, 07:29
Rebel Moon reviews dropping ... 17% (4/20) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 07:25 10
- "is at once eminently watchable and insanely derivative.' -- (link) - Remlik Dec 15, 07:39
- Reacher was 100% now down to 96%, someone's fun meter got stuck in suck -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:30 5
  - I gotta admit I just do not see the appeal of this show. Concreteneckguy likes to punch people. That's pretty much it. - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 07:41 4
    - I don't like what I've read of the Lee Child books. Yet somehow there seems to be a sly humor that underlies the TV show - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:48 3
      - Serinda Swan is always fun to watch. I really liked Breakout Kings and she should have been a much bigger star. -- nm - sycor Dec 15, 08:03
      - I'm glad you're liking both of those. i'm gonna try Slow Horses while I still have Apple for a few weeks based on your all recommendations -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 07:52 1
        
        Shrinking on APple + is quite good. -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 07:54
- (I mean, I'm still gonna watch it) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 07:27 2
  - It can't possibly be worse than Jupiter Ascending, can it? -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 15, 07:29 1
    - umm .. nah -- nm - mud Dec 15, 07:36
Voyager 1 is having issues -- (link) - oblique Dec 15, 07:22 4
- "about 15 billion miles away". oh, is that all? -- nm - Andie Dec 15, 07:59
- You're an IT guy. Surely fixing a 46 year old computer 15 billion miles away is easy -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:23 2
  - That doesn't even take into consideration the time on hold until you can get someone from the help desk. -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 07:57 1
    - And the transport time for the punchcards. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 15, 08:10
Passengers are getting rowdier and doing so way more often and THIS is usually to blame -- (link) - ty97 Dec 15, 07:19 1
- More time to drink during delays. -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 07:44
A Chargers & Raiders Fan Reaction to Thursday Night Football -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 07:17 [youtube] 3
- Why do I like football? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:35
- I need David to wake up so we can watch this! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 15, 07:18 1
  - glad I didn't spoil anything but the funniest one in a while, I've been laughing at work watching -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 07:19
"The dolls and children's backpacks were intentionally placed near a tunnel shaft connecting to a large tunnel network that extends under nearby .." - mud Dec 15, 07:12 [Attachment] 2
- good god, these people are horrible. -- nm - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Dec 15, 07:20
- Hamas are dicks. - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 15, 07:19
I am Beyonce this morning -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:07 [Attachment] 4
- ooooh! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 15, 07:13
- nice! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 07:08 2
  - "Alexa, put a ring on it" "I've put a ring on your shopping list" actual conversation that just happened 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:11 1
    - buwhaaaaa -- nm - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Dec 15, 07:22
It was a little chilly this morning. *checks thermostat* Well shit. Furnace isn't working. - sycor Dec 15, 07:05 5
- there is a rash of non working thermos in our group -- nm - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Dec 15, 07:22 1
  - my thermostat is fine, but my furnace is making a loud rattling noise - decline Dec 15, 07:31
- Hopefully it is just a dirty sensor -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:15 1
  - After some light editing, the MPAA will reduce it to R. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 15, 07:18
- You should merge with Andie's apartment -- nm - oblique Dec 15, 07:06
famous upholder of classified intelligence document protections "lost" their Russian binder -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 15, 07:01 2
- I'm sure the documents are some place safe. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 15, 07:18
- that is not good -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:03
what should I get for lunch today? I have a haircut at 11 so will be out and about. a million chicken mcnuggets? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 15, 06:59 1
- Double Filet-o-fish -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:09
Christmas: 10 Days to go -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:57
not content with bombing Palestinian journalists to death in Gaza . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 15, 06:52 1
- Related: visa ban on illegal West Bank settlers won’t affect US citizens leading the movement -- (link) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 15, 06:59
Wife work drama - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 06:43 1
- Sounds like someone is about to be unemployed. -- nm - sycor Dec 15, 07:07
Wonka $3.5M thu prev, $35-40M weekend. -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:26 3
- i am surprised this is so low. -- nm - Andie Dec 15, 06:31 2
  - Though this (at least used to be) the common pattern for December releases. Low opening but huge legs. -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 06:58 1
    - Tommy Tune-style legs. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 15, 07:23
Youngest update: one of her teachers has a Youngest Beak Curse Tracker on his blackboard (currently at 2) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 06:24 3
- good for her -- nm - a fellow pottymouth Dec 15, 07:33
- fuck yeah -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 15, 06:56
- that's kind of funny -- nm - Andie Dec 15, 06:24
Realizing how much money was left on the table, the theaters around me almost exclusively switched to English dubbed for Boy and the Heron. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 06:21 4
- My daughter is driving an hour away to see the non-dubbed version. So lame. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 15, 07:55
- Heh. I struggled to find a time for subtitled, which is what I prefer unless I just have it on in the background. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 15, 07:13 1
  - (but saw it last week, so I was good. Glad we went when we did.) -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 15, 07:14
- i hate it for foreign live actions but makes total sense for animated -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 15, 06:57
NYTpitchbot goes back 99 yrs? -- (pic) - mud Dec 15, 06:21 [Attachment]
speaking of heat, our thermostat stopped working at some point over the summer apparently, we haven't done anything to replace it. our condo is so hot - Andie Dec 15, 06:16 2
- When I lived in my apartment in Arlington, I routinely had to keep my windows at least cracked all winter because of the heat in the building -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 06:18 1
  - That’s a feature, not a bug, apparently. - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 15, 07:40
pop quiz: When we switched insurance, I indicated Mac would qualify for the Good Student discount. They asked to send in a transcript, which I did - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 06:10 14
- the reason is - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 06:22 3
  - Ugh. - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 15, 07:35
  - eyeroll - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 15, 07:15
  - Send Jack Reacher to their office -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 07:05
- they want grades on 0-100, not 0-4. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 15, 06:18
- Transcript needs to be for this year, I suppose. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 15, 06:16
- cause fuck you that's why -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 06:15
- Overflow error. The field only accepts values up to 4, so it rolled over to a large negative. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 15, 06:14 4
  - heh. not the reason, but I could see this happening -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 06:16 1
    - "You got a Z minus in math? How is that even possible?" -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 15, 06:19
  - The Gandhi error. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 06:15 1
    - See, spamlet gets me. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 15, 06:20
- It’s for a full 4yr school, not a current student -- nm* - Will Hunting Dec 15, 06:12
- because she only got a 4.0, not a 6.0. duh. -- nm - tRuMaN (materially correct) Dec 15, 06:11
Girl Scout summer camp registration opens today. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 15, 06:09 1
- Girl fee $10; Scout fee $25, Fee fee $20 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 06:16
When WIRED asked the chatbot, initially called Bing Chat and recently renamed Microsoft Copilot, about polling locations for the 2024 US election - decline Dec 15, 06:03 1
- JFC -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 06:04
The AFC West is bananas this week -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 06:02
Lol, even right wing media recognizes the sham Biden impeachment inquiry for what it is. -- (link*) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 15, 05:30 1
- they also know the rest of the media will bend over backward to pretend to believe the GOP is actually mad about it for the sake of "balance" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 15, 07:08
Wonka 83% (158/32), American Fiction 92% (87/8), The Zone of Interest 91% (133/13), The Taste of Things 98% (50/1), Rebel Moon Part 1 nsy -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 04:39
Canadian PSA: Gamestop $5 Fridays is all Funkos (at least 400 at $5, some are $40 originally; easy Christmas presents) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 04:33
TV PSA: Reacher, Shark Tank, Smackdown, AEW Rampage, The Family Plan, For All Mankind, The Curse, Fellow Travelers, Barbie, The Last Cowboy, - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 04:21 5
- It's Christmas TV shows and movies for the next three days as I wrap gifts and make gingerbread cookies. I need to make 100+ cookies so fun times! -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 06:08
- Reacher, get caught up on Survivor and Amazing Race. Eventually watch The Family Plan when we get Apple again -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 04:35 3
  - Did Reacher add on 20 more pounds of muscle? good grief - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Dec 15, 06:51 1
    - I think he did. He was on Rosenbaum's podcast talking about how hard it is to run now cause he carries so much muscle -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 15, 07:01
  - watched Reacher S2 eps 1&2 last night (TNF was just unwatchable). So, so good. -- nm* - decline Dec 15, 06:05
Wordle 909 6/6 - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 02:24 3
- 5 - 2-ft putt - rollo Dec 15, 06:38
- 4 - decline Dec 15, 05:30
- 3/6 - ...and a pack of warm beer that we can con-sume *KICK* - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 04:07
Its the 15th anniversary of the Geo Bush shoe throwing incident at some Iraq presser.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 15, 01:27
That’s a pretty blink and you’ll miss it pick-6 though -- (link) - Tim Dec 14, 23:41 1
- It was an unreal play that was so inconsequential that it may not get seen by many, but man it was cool. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 15, 04:47
63-21 final score was Scorigami. -- nm - budice Dec 14, 23:15
Connections 187. Perfect with purple first - TWuG Dec 14, 22:30 7
- No issues. - VMan Dec 15, 06:31
- got it but not like any of you so far - oblique Dec 15, 05:45
- 1 mistake - decline Dec 15, 05:40
- yellow last!:-) - mud Dec 15, 05:14
- no mistakes - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 15, 04:11
- Connections Puzzle #187 - crash davis 😺 Dec 15, 02:19
- Meanwhile I got a perfectly normal progression - Beryllium Dec 15, 00:31
I would have pictured Murderbot as more androgynous than Skarsgard, but I think he'll capture the "fuck do I have to deal with this?" part -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 20:50 2
- I wonder if they'll do some kind of tie-in with the Vision Pro ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 22:32
- It's unexpected but it'll be fine. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 21:25
i had forgotten FX had a jive-ass morning show once with a puppet co-host. they had Elliot Smith on as a guest -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Dec 14, 20:49 1
- oh wait that's Tom Bergeron being a dick to him -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 14, 21:00
Is this the biggest 2 game point swing for a team ever? -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 20:32 1
- answering my own question, no, the record is 64. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 20:34
Yeah, when the train left the station It had two lights on behind Whoa, the blue light was my baby And the red light was my mind -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 14, 20:24
"I'm roo-roo-rooting for you." -- nm - Valentine's Day Down Under Dec 14, 20:23 1
- *snicker* -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 20:25
Oh hey, that is Serinda Swan -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 14, 20:20 3
- Also making an appearance: Christina Cox. (No, not Courteney Cox) - Beryllium Dec 14, 21:45
- Indeed. And also, teamed back up with Dom Lombardozzi ... a tiny little Breakout Kings reunion -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 21:22
- My forever Zatanna. -- nm - David Dec 14, 20:36
We need to get ty97 one of these. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 14, 20:11 5
- its just the frame, blankets not included...does Ty smoke? they would have to be fire resistant -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 14, 20:26 2
  - So we throw in a gift card to Target or Bed Bath & Beyond or something. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 14, 21:41
  - that means he can take it to the pool in summers. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 14, 20:27
- That's awesome! -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 20:23 1
  - yup -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 14, 20:26

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