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The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed goaltender, Ilya Samsonov on waivers. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 18:20
friendly reminder that Hudsucker Proxy is a NYE movie -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 18:14 2
- So is The Poseidon Adventure -- nm - Dano Dec 31, 18:18 1
  - Had someone tell me the other day she'd never take a cruise after seeing Titanic and The Poseidon Adventure :/ -- nm - Meg Dec 31, 18:27
S2 of Welcome to Wrexham is just really really really well done. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 18:12
I remembered Matt LeBlanc and Mimi Rogers were in Lost In Space. I forgot Gary Oldman, Heather Graham, and Lacey Chabert were as well. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 18:04 1
- That movie is very nearly the sole reason I know lacey chabert's name -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 18:05
Torn ACL feared for Miami Dolphins LB Bradley Chubb -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 17:47
One of my favorite Myvegas friends, a major chip/coupon collector/distributor died a day ago, just a month after retiring and moving into a house - zeitgeist Dec 31, 17:45 1
- Sorry for your loss. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 31, 17:52
love to be a Job Creator -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 17:13
Congratulations! You solved a Monday Crossword in 17:55. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 17:09 6
- But it's not Monday... - sycor Dec 31, 17:37 2
  - They release the Mini and the Crossword real early. I can't get Connections and Wordle until midnight my time. And Spelling Bee is even later -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 18:02 1
    - yeah, Sunday and Monday crosswords are released at 6pm Eastern. Spelling Bee, as my wife can tell you, comes out at 3am -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 31, 18:08
- nice! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 31, 17:11 2
  - Thanks. I know you'll be ten minutes faster, but I'll take it -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 17:15 1
    - You're definitely making a lot of progress - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 31, 17:41
Happy New Year all and congrats Woody on the Astro win. Made a game of it but not enough in the end. 146 to 158 -- nm - oblique Dec 31, 16:46 1
- Samara in Vamps all but wrapped up and Caveman still up for grabs with Znu the front runner -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 17:07
Borowitz: Donald announces he is skipping the campaign and going straight to claiming he won already. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 16:43 1
- if SCOTUS reverses the Colorado decision that means Joe can just stay in regardless of the election results i guess -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 16:51
Now Playing: Krull. First time watching it. -- nm - sycor Dec 31, 16:38 10
- Man the special effects feel like they're lacking even for 1983. Lucas really did set a bar. -- nm - sycor Dec 31, 17:29
- When I was a kid, the Glave or whatever the weapon was called was the coolest thing ever. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 17:26
- one of the “hey, it worked for George Lucas so we just need a princess in peril and some cut-rate Harrison Ford to rescue her from… stuff” -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 17:23
- Okay so didn't know there were space ships. And a tree trunk space ship at that. I thought this was more fantasy than sci-fi fantasy. -- nm - sycor Dec 31, 16:47
- Sad nerd confession. I tried watching it in the 80s. I never made it through it -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 16:44 5
  - I never even tried -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 31, 17:05
  - A young Liam Neeson is in it -- nm - eag Dec 31, 16:46 3
    - The library has it right next to Kull The Conqueror. One weekend, I'll check both out. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 16:50 1
      - Never saw this either. It came out a few months before I started working at the movie theater. I'll have to check it out as well. -- nm - sycor Dec 31, 17:00
    - Yes was pleasantly surprised by that in the opening credits. -- nm - sycor Dec 31, 16:47
Ah, wonderful - Herkermer Homolka crosses paths with Jonathan Carnahan and Mycroft Holmes. -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 31, 16:35
Happy New Year everyone. The year we finally get rid of the Tories so that's one thing to look forward to. -- nm - LMS Dec 31, 16:13 5
- and garrammit I hope this is the year we squash the magats -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 16:42
- Happy New Year! -- nm - sycor Dec 31, 16:36
- indeed! -- nm - mud Dec 31, 16:24
- 😺 Happy New Year -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 16:24
- Happy New Year to you! I hope they get crushed. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 16:19
I have Amazon video credits to use. Thing I learned browsing: Matt Rife has a move where he plays a vampire stand up comedian. -- nm - Dano Dec 31, 16:08
5 players have had 3 games with a perfect passer rating (with at least 15 attempts). Can you name them? - the wrong element Dec 31, 16:05 13
- Hints for the other two. - the wrong element Dec 31, 16:35 3
  - Steve Young and Warren Moon -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 16:41
  - Kurt Warner and Roethlisberger -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 16:37 1
    - That would be them. - the wrong element Dec 31, 16:40
- Favre, Peyton, Lamar, Rodgers. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 16:07 6
  - Lamar is the third that I thought obvious, given he got his third today. - the wrong element Dec 31, 16:11 5
    - I figured that Favre had enough games where his receivers bailed him out enough to be special. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 16:12 4
      - His highest was apparently 154.9. - the wrong element Dec 31, 16:17 3
        
        the dead dad game? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 16:18 2
        
        Maybe not the best name for it, but that was the one. -- nm - the wrong element Dec 31, 16:22
        
        Never before had WR’s done more to make a qb look good. - Will Hunting Dec 31, 16:22
- Brady, Manning, Marino, Montana, Purdy -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 16:07 1
  - I'll assume you don't mean Eli and give you credit for him and Brady. -- nm - the wrong element Dec 31, 16:09
I wasn't planning on making it to midnight tonight, by 7:00 seems excessively early to go to bed. -- nm - Dano Dec 31, 15:59
Watching the Rick Astley NYE concert on BBC1. Turns out he's got more than one hit. - LMS Dec 31, 15:53 3
- Two #1s in the US -- nm - Tim Dec 31, 16:01 2
  - 🎶Together forever and never to part🎶 -- nm - JD Dec 31, 16:06 1
    - He puts on a good show. -- nm - LMS Dec 31, 16:11
Has anyone read the Commonwealth Saga by Peter Hamilton? -- nm - colin Dec 31, 15:39
123123 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 31, 15:29 2
- Said best here. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 16:15 [youtube]
- My wedding clients today wanted to marry at 12:31 today but their witnesses were 15 minutes late... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 15:36
Romo likes Browning so much he wants to take him behind the Middle School and get him pregnant -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 15:12
I'm going to try this walking challenge in 2024... - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 31, 15:05 3
- Post saved -- nm - sycor Dec 31, 16:37
- I've been wanting to try these guys. Of course, I want to travel from the Shire to Mordor -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 15:13 1
  - Seems like a fun way to do it! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 31, 15:49
According to Fitbit, I burned 1,126,968 calories in 2023. I aim to increase that dramatically for 2024 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 14:59 2
- unless I can burn 57000 calories in the next 5 hours I will fall short of my record year. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 15:08 1
  - Okay, I know the speed force seems like its only in comics and the Flash movie, but ... -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 15:11
Local crime, the "Kia boys" bored of smashing stolen kias into stores to steal are now randomly sideswiping cars on the freeway -- nm* - zeitgeist Dec 31, 14:48
Panthers’ owner Dave Tepper threw his drink at a Jags fan -- (link) - budice Dec 31, 14:34 1
- Maybe he was thirsty? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 31, 14:45
Connections - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 31, 14:25 4
- No mistakes. Purple seemed to obvious, thought it was misdirection - ty97 Dec 31, 14:37 2
  - Obvious but spoils - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 31, 14:41 1
    - agree, but I say seven -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 14:47
- Today's Connections was an asshole. -- nm - samara Dec 31, 14:27
Ten early games and three late games should be against the law. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 14:18
100 baseball Hall of Fame votes known - Tim Dec 31, 14:15 6
- I always liked Todd Helton. I hope this is his year. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 14:43
- Two people voted for only Manny and A-Rod. Two anonymous ballots voted for only Beltre and Mauer. -- nm - Tim Dec 31, 14:22
- Net +/- for holdovers - Tim Dec 31, 14:17 3
  - If A-Rod came back for one game would that restart his clock? -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 14:21 2
    - quiet, you! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 31, 14:22 1
      - Like he hasn't considered it. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 14:24
new best prank dropped -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 13:59
Oh look Tee Higgins is injured again what a shocker -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 13:59
A Cardinals & Eagles Fan Reaction to Week 17 -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 13:55 [youtube]
found the solution to London’s housing prices -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 13:55 1
- Not like they would sublet the city pied a terr...n9t even airbnb -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 13:59
also wild that they’ve done this all without Mark Andrews -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 13:52 7
- I normally don’t like the “bench the starters” routine but given how Lamar’s injuries have sabotaged at least the last 2 seasons… bubble wrap him now. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 14:10 3
  - Does two weeks off bring up a potential rust issue? -- nm - Dano Dec 31, 14:17 2
    - Possibly. It was too much time off last time. - the wrong element Dec 31, 15:56
    - Maybe but we know they can’t handle an injury to him. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 15:53
- There's a possibility he's back for the playoffs. - the wrong element Dec 31, 13:56 2
  - it’s actually probably been better for Lamar’s development to not have him as a first read -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 13:58 1
    - I agree that it probably helps. - the wrong element Dec 31, 16:02
Whoo, this is almost a bucket list item - but can't be booked online. Have to go through a 'concierge' :? -- (link) - Meg Dec 31, 13:52
Chicago Bears officially on the clock. It’s a long clock, but they’re on it. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 13:41 3
- I've seen enough. I've seen a lot of growth in Fields this year and I would stick with him rather than start over with a new rookie. This team is - pmb Dec 31, 14:28 1
  - agreed. trade now to 3 or 4 from #1 and still get who you want -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 16:01
- 116 days, three hours, and some odd minutes. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 31, 13:50
2023 the year in walking: walked 61.37% of the days in the year (224 walks of at least 3.5 km) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 13:36
Happiest of New Years ST and may 2024 exceed everyone’s greatest expectations! See you all at the STEclipsestravaganza!!! -- nm - JenBro Dec 31, 13:28 8
- Whatwherewhen is this? -- nm - Diva Dec 31, 16:36 1
  - Niagara Falls, I think -- nm - mud Dec 31, 17:49
- happy new year to you as well!! -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 31, 14:16
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 14:14
- Happy New Year to you and yours! -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 14:11
- You, me, and Crash at least. I don't recall who else said they were going. Any more news from CC? -- nm - Meg Dec 31, 13:56 2
  - kilbo -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 14:14
  - I can't leave mom that long -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 14:00
Denmark: After 52 years on the throne the Queen is stepping down and her son, 55, is taking over -- (link) - Remlik Dec 31, 13:16 2
- Her husband seemed to be a petulant dick, refused to buried next to queen's plot because he didn't like prince title -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 13:27 1
  - LOL. Jealous of his son. What an asshole. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 31, 13:43
Hanukkah doesn't start until after Xmas this year, that's as late as I ever remember -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 13:14 4
- 2024, maybe. Hanukkah 2023 started Dec. 7th. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 31, 13:23 3
  - It's 2024 already in Asia so its *this* year to me -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 13:29 2
    - But it's not 4722 yet. -- nm - Dano Dec 31, 13:45
    - heh -- nm - mud Dec 31, 13:30
New Sphere's Eve -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 31, 13:14
I think 56-19 is a scorigami. -- nm - the wrong element Dec 31, 13:14 1
- 1084th unique final score -- nm - budice Dec 31, 13:21
So now that game last night really looks large -- nm - eag Dec 31, 13:13 7
- whyzat -- nm - mud Dec 31, 13:23 6
  - Because the Eagles lost. If the Lions won, it would’ve been significant. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 13:25 5
    - ah -- nm - mud Dec 31, 13:29 4
      - Yep Lions would be #2 seed and Philly be #3 Dallas would be 5 -- nm - eag Dec 31, 13:42 3
        
        As of now its Dallas 2 Detroit 3 and Philly 5 -- nm - eag Dec 31, 13:45
        
        It would also mean that SF wouldn't clinch the #1 seed this week. Them and Detroit would both be 12-4. - Will Hunting Dec 31, 13:43 1
        
        and f'ing Rams won, so I'm like "go Seahawks!" -- nm - mud Dec 31, 13:47
Taskmaster New Years Treat is live! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 31, 13:10 [youtube] 5
- Hmm, wait. That’s the 2023 episode. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 31, 13:11 4
  - Although it just dropped. Does that mean we won’t get the 2024 episode tomorrow? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 31, 13:25 3
    - Youtube has apparently been weird lately. - the wrong element Dec 31, 13:41
    - They usually wait a day or so to put things on YouTube. So maybe tomorrow. I'll just go watch it using a VPN later. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 13:34 1
      - The New Year's Treat doesn't air until Jan. 3rd so it'll be a few days. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 13:38
Watched the last 9 seconds of the Giants game - ty97 Dec 31, 13:10
Thank you Arizona Cardinals! -- nm - Da Bears Dec 31, 13:00
ugh -- nm - Remlik Dec 31, 12:57
Looking more likely that Miami is a wild card team. -- nm - the wrong element Dec 31, 12:56 1
- A couple of things for those that think they will still win the division. - the wrong element Dec 31, 13:05
Stopped by the library just in time for the Noon Year's Eve balloon drop countdown. Parking lot was *full.* Has to be one of the most popular events. -- nm - Meg Dec 31, 12:52
David and I just calculated that the average wait time for Avatar Flight of Passage this week was 3 hours, 22 minutes. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 31, 12:50 2
- You could probably ride Soarin' ... 6 times in that? - Reagen Dec 31, 12:58 1
  - This week, only 2.5 times. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 31, 13:35
Wonka $23.95 ($134.9), Aquaman 2 $19.5 ($77.8), Migration $17.2 ($54.3), The Color Purple $13.0 ($45.3), Anyone But You $9.0 ($25.1) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 12:19

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