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sitwap: Holy shit did you see this performance of the song Alfie by Cynthia Erivo...wow. -- (link) - Remlik Dec 28, 10:59 [youtube]
no Powerball winner, up to $760m -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 10:56 6
- Cranks open the casino window -- (edited) - zeitgeist Dec 28, 11:00 5
  - Sent -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 28, 11:19
  - Sent -- nm - Tim Dec 28, 11:10
  - sent :) -- nm - decline Dec 28, 11:08
  - money sent. I screwed up and sent too much :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 28, 11:04 1
    - I'll roll it over if there is a next one -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 28, 11:21
drag her ass Geordie -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 10:36
Vikes: Starting rookie QB Jaren Hall over Mullens /* DragonForce - Through the Fire and Flames in the distance */ -- nm* - budice Dec 28, 10:33
Ha, and also I want to see this -- (edited) - Reagen Dec 28, 10:04 [BS] 11
- No, everyman for himself is not a central tenant of Buddhism, I looked it up. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 28, 10:49
- The idea that Trump is God’s messenger is the biggest what-the-fuck idea I’ve ever heard re: religion and we’ve seen Catholics defend child rapers. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 28, 10:31 1
  - It is and it isn’t. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 28, 10:36
- it’s a giant opening for Dems to take the cultural high ground (never mind policy) and none of them ever bring it up -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 10:25
- hee! what makes me nuts is that these people are NOT going to church on any type of regular basis, not doing Bible Study, NOT helping out in their - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Dec 28, 10:10 4
  - They can't be doing all of those things because then they might learn they aren't being very Christian. -- nm - sycor Dec 28, 10:23 3
    - I laughed in my maga friends face the other day when he said he goes to church every Sunday w the family. - Jovian Dec 28, 10:56 1
      - ahhhh Italian-Americans, the biggest hypocrites on Earth. - Jovian Dec 28, 10:57
    - true -- nm - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Dec 28, 10:52
- “Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women!” -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 28, 10:09 1
  - Conan 1:15 -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 10:47
ST poll: what is your favorite quote by a celebrity? not a movie quote, something they said -- nm - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Dec 28, 09:37 14 1
- Not a celebrity per se, but the economist from The Big Short, Daniel Kahneman: "Nothing is as important as you think while you are thinking about it." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 28, 12:58
- The future ain’t what it used to be. -- nm - Dano Dec 28, 10:55
- You get a car, everyone here gets a brand new car. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 28, 10:51
- “You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf. - Keanu -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 28, 10:37
- "Give peace a chance."-John Lennon -- nm - jnine Dec 28, 10:20
- “Make good art.” - Neil Gaiman -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 28, 10:14
- “There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.” - Robert Fripp -- nm - mud Dec 28, 09:52
- "Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party." - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 28, 09:49
- “Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself.” — Miles Davis -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 09:47
- Not a celebrity, but: "In spite of everything, life is beautiful" -- nm - prayformojo Dec 28, 09:46
- "I think quotes are very dangerous things." - Kate Bush -- nm - mud Dec 28, 09:44
- Possibly the one about "the house it paid for". Or "you lose", though that was a politician and not a "celebrity". -- nm - Beryllium Dec 28, 09:42
- Maybe “I don’t know her” -- nm - MDH Dec 28, 09:41
- It changes. At the moment, "Well done is better than well said." -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 09:41
This is now the 4th time in the last week my mother has said she wants to see Saltburn. I look forward to her report. -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 09:11 6
- My family watched it on Christmas night. I fell asleep about 20 minutes into it. It got mixed reactions from the crowd. Theresa didn't like it. -- nm - Krusty Dec 28, 09:44
- my dad (82) fired it up at random b/c prime has it on the front page and I couldn’t tell him he would hate it fast enough -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 09:15 4
  - due to his age, or lousy taste? (it's in my '23 top ten) -- nm - mud Dec 28, 09:30 2
    - mainly b/c I watched PYW and am confident that Emerald Fennell is a hack -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 09:48 1
      - that was in my 2020 top ten. I'm confident that new directors like her will save cinema from the hacks. -- nm - mud Dec 28, 09:51
  - She knows what she's getting herself into, sorta. -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 09:23
gas prices predicted to continue to fall in 2024, raising serious questions about president biden’s reelection prospects -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 09:11 2
- It's wild and depressing to realize how much of approval is tied to a thing they have no control over - Reagen Dec 28, 09:12 1
  - Energy costs will always be up there with food costs. So much political value is associated with DOW which has metastasized... - zeitgeist Dec 28, 10:46
Just opened some mail I brought with me today. And first piece is a jury duty summons. Not sure I want to open the rest now. -- nm - sycor Dec 28, 08:50 1
- TAP -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 08:51
Kate Hepburn on folks who don’t “like” musicals -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 08:45 5
- Not sure if it was her, but desperately trying to get her into a musical despite no singing voice they invented rap in the 50s, failed -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 28, 10:54
- It's a genre, and people have preferences. Some people don't like sci fi or horror or romance, or ... - Reagen Dec 28, 08:58 1
  - I struggle to understand lyrics and the more stretched out a word gets in sing the more trouble I have. So musicals - TWuG Dec 28, 09:49
- Okay okay okay, I will see Rogers the Musical. -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 08:53 1
  - After What If ... S2, now I want to see (spoils) - Beryllium Dec 28, 09:04
Do you want to bet on a dude eating cake? CAKE PLANE. -- (link) - Kelsey Grammer si Dec 28, 08:43 [mastodon]
Microsoft wants to know how you Edge -- (pic) - budice Dec 28, 08:42 [Attachment] 3
- Oh my. "This post has been deleted" - Did they really not know what they were asking or did they want attention with plausible deniability? -- nm - Dano Dec 28, 10:42
- Since M$ borked the rewards points, I use Edge a lot less. -- nm - sycor Dec 28, 08:46
- well that would not be appropriate for ST I don't think. -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 08:43
LYC: Pokemon Go: caught my second daily incense spawned Articuno without using my MasterBall. - Beaker 🍻 Dec 28, 08:37
favor: can someone please draw me a picture of a toilet and post it? I can't draw and need a rudimentary toilet drawing. thank you. - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 28, 08:35 5
- here, free hand! -- (pic) - JaxSean Dec 28, 09:29 [Attachment] 1
  - bice thanks!!! -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 28, 11:00
- Here you go. -- (pic) - Spawn Dec 28, 08:37 [Attachment] 2
  - whoa -- nm - mud Dec 28, 08:48
  - ! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 28, 08:42
so much for all those “strike proof” network lineups -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 08:16 1
- Im looking forward to watching The Floor though - Jovian Dec 28, 08:26
Cleanup on aisle 47: - Jovian Dec 28, 08:14 20
- Maybe she was over-prepared and had too many lawyers in her ear like those Ivy League presidents -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Dec 28, 09:18 3
  - she’s been giving variations of the same cowardly answer for 15 years or more -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 09:50
  - It's the difference between running to win the primary vs running to win the general - Reagen Dec 28, 09:30 1
    - Or running for 28. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Dec 28, 12:30
- In which Nikki learns that answers that work in SC don't necessarily work everywhere -- nm - Fuzzy Dec 28, 08:48
- by Sunday fucko will be tweeting “CONFEDERATE NIKKI HALEY LOVES SLAVERY BUT I ENDED SLAVERY ON DAY ONE! ASK THE BLACKS HOW MUCH THEY LOVE TRUMP!!” -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 08:24 6
  - If he had actual political acumen and wasnt just a fascist, he would have already laid down some attack on her. But he's been silent. -- (edited) - Jovian Dec 28, 08:28 5
    - .. but in the end he'll pick Nikki anyways. Posted by mud Dec 22 '23, 10:17 -- nm - mud Dec 28, 08:46
    - He doesn’t need to attack her. She’s 15points behind (at least) and just shot her own foot off. She took care of his problem herself. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 28, 08:40 3
      - they are/were very close in NH though -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 08:41 2
        
        Polls are 4% or 14% for him leading. Let’s call it 10%…and she just shot her foot off in the Live Free or Die state about owing people. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Dec 28, 08:44 1
        
        Oh I already said below that it probably just cost her the NH primary. But it wouldnt hurt for King Dipshit to bury her further and lock NH down. - Jovian Dec 28, 08:47
- another takedown by the woke police -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 08:19 7
  - "Yes, sign me up for harassment by right wing assholes, sure I'll tell you my name" -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 08:51
  - I figured MAGA that do not want her for VP did it! -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 08:33 1
    - If it was a plant (and I dont think it was), it was definitely someone in Team DJT -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 08:37
  - yes yes, it was a plant. the easiest question of the night. - Jovian Dec 28, 08:21
  - but also the naturally-flowing follow up to “it was government intervention in their freedom” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 08:21 2
    - for the record, I do believe this costs her the NH primary. -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 08:24 1
      - no way. -- nm - mud Dec 28, 08:45
The week between Christmas and New Years -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 28, 08:04 2
- I wish. - Spawn Dec 28, 08:29
- Yep. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 28, 08:24
2024 will see the return of Wallace & Gromit to the big screen for the first time in 16 years -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 07:57 1
- Awesome. -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 08:11
And of course the phones are down. Not like I need to call people. -- nm - sycor Dec 28, 07:52 3
- If phones were down Id secretly celebrate - budice Dec 28, 07:53 2
  - Normally I'd be okay with it. But since the office has been closed for 5 days, there's a lot of calls I need to make to doctors/hospitals to get info - sycor Dec 28, 08:03
  - =and= email down, oh no Mr Bill -- nm - budice Dec 28, 07:55
"LAPD" used by home invaders to gain entry -- (link) - budice Dec 28, 07:48
Another dream where I remember a forgotten-about space that would be perfect as an office. - Beryllium Dec 28, 07:47
Down to the final three contestants on Squid Game Challenge. - Jovian Dec 28, 07:40 4
- I liked both it and the original, but was pleasantly surprised at the Challenge -- nm - prayformojo Dec 28, 08:39
- Really? Hmm. I would have thought without them actually dying, it would lose the appeal. -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 08:36 2
  - I love competition reality shows though. Survivor, BB, TAR, The Challenge. So this was right in my wheelhouse. -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 10:11 1
    - Yep. It’s great. I have a slight issue with the finale, but it’s ok. -- nm - Volnelk🍊 Dec 28, 10:40
I just placed my order for my 25 yr service award- I went classic watch style instead of modern style. -- (pic) - Will Hunting Dec 28, 07:36 [Attachment] 4
- newb -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 09:41
- Congrats and enjoy it! -- nm - Krusty Dec 28, 08:55
- fancy-pants -- nm - decline Dec 28, 07:52
- 😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 28, 07:40
Crap. I forgot about the Olympics. I plan to be gone before they start but I wonder if that messes with my Europe plans. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 28, 07:32
Checks to see if Mikaela Shiffrin is still the absolute greatest... -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 28, 07:14 1
- all I got to say on that -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Dec 28, 07:16 [youtube]
A new Twister film is coming called Twisters but it’s not a sequel and not a reboot -- (link) - decline Dec 28, 07:12 1 1
- Ah yes, the well-trod Twister Cinematic Universe. -- nm - Three Quark Baron Dec 28, 07:24
Htf is it Thursday already? -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 28, 06:58 1
- Days have lost all meaning. Can I got back to the office now? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 28, 07:33
5 - Dhenuka - rollo Dec 28, 06:46
Ugh. First day back at work. I should have taken today and tomorrow off. -- nm - sycor Dec 28, 06:46
If you are still in a fantasy football playoff don’t let the fact that today is already Thursday sneak up on you. -- nm - Volnelk🍊 Dec 28, 06:27
"ah i see the problem. this robot is set to "union-bust" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 05:30
purple first! - mud Dec 28, 05:06 5
- No oopsies. - VMan Dec 28, 07:51
- Purple first - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 28, 07:07
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 28, 06:42
- Nice. Blue for me. (spoils) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 28, 05:32
- in order - decline Dec 28, 05:15
Happy birthday, mud! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Dec 28, 04:36 17
- happy birthday to you, dear muddy!! :) - — nm - i.b.! Dec 28, 10:17
- happy birthday -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 28, 09:35
- cheers, everyone!! You are all very very very very good :-) -- nm - mud Dec 28, 08:44
- Happy happy, joy joy! - Spawn Dec 28, 08:10
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 28, 07:48
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Dec 28, 06:55
- Happy Birthday!!!! -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 06:42
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 28, 06:41
- Happy Birthday, mr. mud! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 28, 05:32
- Happy Birthday! Have a great day! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 28, 05:31
- Happy birthday!! -- nm - jnine Dec 28, 05:25
- happy birthday -- nm - decline Dec 28, 05:07
- thanks yous! ..69! hahahaha -- nm - mud Dec 28, 05:02 2
  - ::refrains from sexy birthday dance:: -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 08:11
  - Ha! Have fun with that all year. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 28, 05:08
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 28, 04:53
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Dec 28, 04:39
Does Lauren Bornert have to move (residences) to switch Colorado districts? It feels weird that she can just run wherever. -- nm - amandaphone Dec 28, 04:33 3
- Nope. House members just have to live in the state they are elected from. The Washington Post found 20 members living outside their districts in 2017 -- (link*) - spamlet Dec 28, 06:34
- Apparently not. A Republican will win that district but you’d assume not living there would hurt her in the primary. -- nm - Dano Dec 28, 04:40
- Boebert. Sorry. On phone sleeping in. -- nm - amandaphone Dec 28, 04:39
TV PSA: NFL, What If?, NBA, College Football, Son of a Critch, Transplant, Children Ruin Everything, SEAL Team, Pokemon Concierge, - Beaker 🍻 Dec 28, 04:22 3
- Seal Team Pokemon would be a cool show -- nm - decline Dec 28, 05:16
- enjoying What If season 2 quite a bit. But I've always enjoyed the comics like that a lot (What If in Marvel and Elseworlds in DC) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 28, 04:28 1
  - word. Last night's was a bit... unexpected. Line spoiler from night before. - Spawn Dec 28, 08:34
Loosi - It was corporate policy. An nervewracking -- nm - . Dec 28, 03:47
wake up! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 28, 03:01

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