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Half marathon* done - prayformojo Jan 6, 04:22 4
- Fantastic!! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jan 6, 05:58
- Yayyyyy! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 6, 05:37
- Awesome! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 05:31
- Very nice!!! -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 05:11
Jan. 6th - All you need is love. - John Lennon & Paul McCartney -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 6, 04:13
Remember 45 touting hydrocloroquine as a miracle cure, report says 11% higher death rate to those prescribed, some 17,000 -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 6, 01:56
Connections Puzzle #209 1 mistake - prayformojo Jan 6, 01:42 1
- Connections Puzzle #209 - crash davis 😺 Jan 6, 02:17
TV news, the passenger closest to the exit door that blew off had their shirt removed by the sudden depressurization. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 01:38 1
- Sure..next we'll find out he's a romance novel model. -- nm - . Jan 6, 05:56
Wordle 931 4/6 - prayformojo Jan 6, 01:33 3
- 3 - rollo Jan 6, 07:09
- 4 - decline Jan 6, 04:36
- Wordle 931 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Jan 6, 02:24
You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad luck child Well you havin' a good time now, but that'll be trouble after awhile -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 01:30
It comes out, I'd watched four and a half episodes of The Expanse before I gave up on it. Trying again. - Spawn Jan 6, 00:05 2
- I tried twice and just couldn't get into it -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 01:05 1
  - Me too and I love Thomas Jane -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jan 6, 05:38
I'd kind of forgotten about some of 90s music - JD Jan 5, 23:30
so the Aggies have been selling nukes to Qatar then? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 22:08 2
- We really have to end Hamas. I could say “before they do something terrible” but too late for that. - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 22:13 1
  - I guess the saving grace would be them relying on Aggie’s’ know-how for the stockpile -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 22:15
Fascinating. This scrawny rock climber enters a grip strength competition against “strongest man” competitors literally twice his size. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 21:58 [youtube]
The college championship football game with UW vs Michigan has been dubbed the Ted Bowl -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jan 5, 21:24 [Attachment] 1
- Let’s not. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 21:59
A family visint a relative in San Diego find a body in the freezer, an 81 yo woman missing for 9 years. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 5, 21:14
almost forgot, the rollover tickets got nothing so the casino is closed. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 5, 21:11 1
- Thanks for doing this for us -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jan 5, 22:40
Night Swim - CinemaScore C -- nm - budice Jan 5, 21:09
The Holdovers slips into #2 in my list of movies for 2023. About 20 minutes too long. Here's my 2023 list. - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 21:08 2
- I left Tetris off my previous list. I really liked that one as well. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 6, 04:12
- Man, I watched a lot of movies in 2023. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 22:01
Pink Floyd dropped a bunch more concerts. this time from 1973. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 5, 21:05
Alaska Airlines flight returns to Portland after side panel on 2-month-old plane appears to blow out mid-flight -- (link*) - budice Jan 5, 20:13 3
- Mid-Air Vid -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 21:49
- Early AVgeek consensus (which could prove to be wrong) is that it is a 'plugged exit' that blew out. - ty97 Jan 5, 20:34
- Doesn't look like the seat got jettisoned as previously reported. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 20:19
Fender Bender nearby tonight. Something about cars on sidewalks. -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 20:04 6
- even for LA's largely unpoliced traffic, this past week seems to have been especially deadly with hit and runs -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 20:16 4
  - Another one in Anaheim tonight, driver ran into two groups of pedestrians. One woman killed. Breaking news on NBCLA late news -- nm - Meg Jan 5, 23:07 2
    - CBS news - -- (link) - Meg Jan 5, 23:08 1
      - another one on PCH (no fatalities for a change) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 23:32
  - Figure cops get extra holiday OT money, then largely R&R the week after -- nm* - budice Jan 5, 20:19
- that pole split the side of the car like peeling an orange -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 5, 20:09
The Ms traded Robbie Ray for a dude they let walk the previous year? We'll see but smells like a salary dump to me -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 5, 19:54 2
- They actually took back more money. The Giants threw in 3mil to even it out. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 20:22 1
  - Thanks for the info. I don't know how those two guys were getting paid more than Ray. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 5, 20:53
I just got back from my first ever dance fitness class. I'm convinced I'm currently the worst hip hop dancer in Idaho - crash davis 😺 Jan 5, 19:41 6
- C'mon, it's Idaho, there must be worse. -- nm - . Jan 6, 05:54
- I bet you’re better than Mike Crapo -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 20:32 1
  - Even as a politician, Crapo doesn't lie as well as the two women who run the class and told me that I did "so well" - crash davis 😺 Jan 5, 20:50
- we can't all be Nureyev on our first day -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 5, 19:57 2
  - I bet Nureyev was Nureyev on his first day -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 5, 19:59 1
    - maybe -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 5, 20:08 [Image]
Star Trek Picard movie being written -- (link) - Peter Kilmer Jan 5, 19:35 1
- I'll watch it, but I demand to see (spoils) - Beryllium Jan 6, 00:42
US Secretary of Defense been hospitalized since Monday and the Pentagon didn't notify the public until late Friday. -- (link*) - budice Jan 5, 19:18 2
- What minor elective surgery puts a guy in the hospital for 4 days? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 19:27 1
  - botched hernia repair? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 19:42
An Alaska Airline plane from PDX to Ontario, CA reportedly suffered a rapid decompression after takeoff when, um, part of the plane blew out. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 5, 18:54 10
- Doesn't look nearly as scary from this angle - ty97 Jan 5, 19:07 3
  - N704AL Boeing 737 MAX 9 delivered to Alaska Airlines new on October 31, 2023. -- nm - ty97 Jan 5, 19:11 2
    - A Halloween plane? really? everybody on board should get a free frogurt cause dayam, that craft is cursed -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 5, 19:56
    - should still be under warranty then -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 19:15
- Holy shit. Good thing that seat was unoccupied. The approach to PDX down the gorge is hell. - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 19:03 2
  - Almost certainly the pilots declared an emergency which would have given them clearance to land however they needed to. - ty97 Jan 5, 19:05 1
    - *selecting from the menu* "yes, yes, in one piece, please. The passengers will appreciate that." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 19:06
- apparently that seat (somehow, in the age of fully-booked flights) was unoccupied -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 19:02 2
  - I saw that, though I also saw something saying an 'unoccupied seat was ripped out'. This being breaking news, some details may be wrong. -- nm - ty97 Jan 5, 19:03 1
    - "well . . . now it's unoccupied" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 19:06
Pacers 150 Atlanta 116 -- nm - Peter Kilmer Jan 5, 18:32 6
- To us, defense is more of a theoretical. -- nm - David Jan 5, 19:46
- I hated 74-67 basketball but this crap is equally stupid. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 18:37 4
  - the average PPG in the 1980s was 110 -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 18:40 3
    - Oh, I know … the Nuggets had games like 160-157 a fair bit but it’s just… - Will Hunting Jan 5, 18:42 2
      - The Pacers box score makes it looks like their offense was fun to watch. 50 assists for 60 made FG -- nm - JD Jan 5, 18:50
      - 4 of the top 13 team averages ever are this year. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 18:44
Hayley Williams signed a 20 year contract at 14 years old?! -- (link) - Tim Jan 5, 18:16 5
- Can a 14-year-old even do that legally? -- nm - David Jan 5, 19:51 2
  - Replies suggested it was a six album contract which did that long as This Is Why was their 6th album. - Tim Jan 5, 21:24
  - not on their own -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 19:56
- must have looked pretty good in 2004 when napster was decimating the industry -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 18:26 1
  - well most streaming hardly pays any better.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 5, 20:00
this dialogue wouldnt seem too out of place on the page of a Sopranos script. -- (link*) - mud Jan 5, 18:10 [Attachment]
Golden Globes Sunday night on CBS immediately after the Chiefs-Chargers game. Ratings probably gonna be huge. But wait, there's more! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 17:51 5
- The Golden Globes really want Taylor Swift to attend. They basically created a category so they could nominate her. Will she? Maybe... -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 17:52 4
  - I'm pretty sure the 'Cinematic and Box Office Achievement' category was created before her smash success at the movie theater. -- nm - mud Jan 5, 18:14 1
    - her movie didn't earn 1/9th of a Barbie or an Oppenheimer - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 18:32
  - The big question is whether Travis Kelce will attend. The Chiefs are resting him and the game is in L.A. Game ends at 4. Globes start at 5. - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 17:57 1
    - He'll need to charter a helicopter, not sure where it could land near the event. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 5, 21:09
Started playing The Holdovers on Peacock, kid points at the TV and says "I've seen that!" - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 17:50
122 Hall of Fame ballots revealed - Tim Jan 5, 17:43 4
- (still makes me laugh that currently the only two guys who thought Beltre wasn't first ballot worthy both voted for *only* Manny and A-Rod.) -- nm - Tim Jan 5, 17:45 3
  - What two are those, - Will Hunting Jan 5, 18:39 2
    - This guy -- (link) - Tim Jan 5, 18:51 1
      - and this guy -- (link) - Tim Jan 5, 18:51
Now reading: How To Archer The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written by Sterling Archer -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 5, 17:34 1
- in the on deck circle -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jan 5, 17:38
Jan. 5th - I yam what I yam. - Popeye the Sailor (Elzie Crisler Segar) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 5, 17:28 1
- one of my favorite Popeye sunday pages -- (pic) - Peglegpete Jan 5, 18:13 [Attachment]
"Kavanaugh...will step up" to keep Trump on ballot, says Trump lawyer -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 5, 17:24 3
- Roberts under authority of the new code of conduct orders Thomas to recuse himself, 4-4 tie decision leaves the Colorado order intact without reaching - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 19:45
- It's like they don't believe that matters, just personal opinion and obligation. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 18:55
- If they can't vote for Trump, surely they'll just vote for RoboHitler?! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 17:31
Israel scrambling to come up with plan for Gaza amid mounting frustration from Washington -- (link) - znufrii Jan 5, 17:18 1
- YOU MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 17:58
"He's like that angry, pissed-off detective from that movie." "Which one?" - Beryllium Jan 5, 17:14 1
- Reacher spoils - Beryllium Jan 5, 17:18
Godzilla Minus One is the best monster movie ever made. - Jovian Jan 5, 16:54 1
- the monster stuff is great but the cultural subtext goes from an apology for Japan's role in WWII to, by the final battle, all these vets basically - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 17:08
Whoops -- (link) - Reagen Jan 5, 16:52
Glynis Johns passed away yesterday at age 100. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 5, 16:44 2
- I've got an aunt who turned 102 today. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 16:45 1
  - So suck it, Glynis! -- nm* - Reagen Jan 5, 16:49
Burying the lede: Gerard Butler Reprising ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Role In Universal’s Live-Action Adaptation -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 16:37
Remember, tomorrow is Pippy Day! After Epiphany, your Christmas decorations just become decorations. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 16:35 1
- We are taking ours down tomorrow. How convenient -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jan 5, 17:28
Michael Bolton has/had a brain tumor -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 16:24 2
- Hope he has a speedy and full recovery -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 16:42 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 5, 17:30
oh no shit? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 16:19 4
- Who knew that the Chinese liked femboys so much. -- nm - Qale Jan 5, 17:54
- Propaganda. Zuckerburg and Bezos about to make another payment to their Congress people - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jan 5, 17:30
- Are cats in the interest of the Chinese government? -- nm - jnine Jan 5, 16:36 1
  - Cat spies!! They want our secrets! Or our catnip -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jan 5, 17:32
“We have to get over it” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 16:14 9
- Human filth, as bad as any Nazi who ever walked the Earth -- nm - Jovian Jan 5, 17:05
- It's like he's trying to see if there's anything he could say that would upset his base. -- nm - jnine Jan 5, 16:39 2
  - his whole game is making the rest of the world either eat his shit or suffer the consequences. and there are a lot of shit-eaters out there -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 16:45
  - Those kids were probably libs anyway. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 16:44
- "In the Middle Ages, people had 10... 12... kids, and maybe 2 or 3 lived to adulthood. We promise to bring you back to those good old days!" - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 16:38
- "I promise dead kids in every school if elected. You'll get over it. - TWuG Jan 5, 16:15
- so much for thoughts and prayers -- nm - budice Jan 5, 16:15 1
  - Right?! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jan 5, 17:33
- swine -- nm - mud Jan 5, 16:15
Battlestar Galactica series in the works again at Peacock. -- (link) - LMS Jan 5, 16:02 1
- And yet still no Buck Rogers remake -- nm - TWuG Jan 5, 16:07
LegalEagle had a good segment on Fucko's Colorado and Maine bans. - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 15:56 [youtube]
EW has learned that Starz does not have plans to develop a third season of Minx. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 5, 15:55 1
- We're lucky that the second season wrapped and that Starz agreed to air it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 15:57
they're back! -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 5, 15:42 [flickr] 1
- Awesome! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jan 5, 17:34
so i ordered something from Etsy before christmas, etsy says it was supposed to ship by Dec 27th, but there is no update to the status. at what point - tRuMaN Jan 5, 15:29 2
- I'd skip straight to requesting a refund. I had an Etsy purchased delivered, but it had a broken piece... - David Jan 5, 15:47
- December 28th would have seemed appropriate to have made an enquiry. -- nm - Loyola Jan 5, 15:32
Qale’s Moment of Retro Pleasure. Cause & Effect. You Think You Know Her. (1990) -- (link) - Qale Jan 5, 15:10 [youtube]
what was your favorite “coin flips are totally random” moment? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 15:01 3
- “You can’t roll a spin-down life counter die instead of a real d20” vibes here. -- nm - Qale Jan 5, 15:19
- I never assumed they were, but are close enough. They are not perfect cylinders so variations on either side have to have some effect. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 15:07
- nope. -- nm - mud Jan 5, 15:04
Cuban is still mid to me as techbros go but he does generally reward his team when he makes out -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 15:00 1
- Yeah, but he sold the Mavs to Sheldon Adelson's family. Did the apple fall far from the tree with these folks? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 5, 16:36
I finally received my crash davis christmas card extravaganza extraordinaire spectacular! It's quite a thing. thx! -- nm - mud Jan 5, 14:49 3
- It's amazing. I still have it on the table like a centerpiece. -- nm - jnine Jan 5, 16:43
- He put us all to shame. -- nm - Meg Jan 5, 16:01
- yup, we have ours still up. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 5, 14:51

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