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My daughter is out -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 07:38 10
- terrific! -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 07:52
- Hooray and hopes for continued healing! -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 07:51
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 07:44
- nice -- nm - budice Jan 18, 07:42
- great -- nm - decline Jan 18, 07:41
- That's great. -- nm - pmb Jan 18, 07:40
- Hooray! Great news! -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 07:40
- Good thoughts. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 18, 07:39
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 18, 07:39
- Great news! -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 07:39
USA Today is leaving their headquarters building in northern VA and combining with their other office in DC. -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 07:24
Dana Carvey returns to podcast after death of his son, Farley's mom sent him a letter -- (link) - Remlik Jan 18, 07:22 1
- i listened to it yesterday. They didn't discuss it much, just that Dana thought it would help him to work and it was pretty light in tone. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 07:32
this is some Final Destination shit -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 07:12 3
- He came *this* close to being arrested for an illegal transgender procedure -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 11:23
- "Didn't call the police because it was on private land." + "Steering malfunction." = "Drunk as hell" -- nm - TWuG Jan 18, 08:53
- A kid in my karate class 30+ years ago… his dad was on a country road and came around a corner where a farm vehicle was. - Will Hunting Jan 18, 07:29
noted Jerseyphile Sen. Fetterman gives Andy Kim his endorsement to replace Bobby Goldbrick (and a big f.u. to the Murphys) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 18, 07:08 1
- ~rock me gently~ is a great song by Andy Kim -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 07:10
Belichick will have a second interview with the Falcons brass -- nm - budice Jan 18, 07:08
finally a brave soul in NYC -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 18, 07:06 1
- He's going to get a few challengers. I liked Stringer until he was accused of sexual assault. Though, I'm not sure what happened with that - Krusty Jan 18, 07:18
Ravens add RB Dalvin Cook to roster, waive Melvin Gordon -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 06:40 1
- nice -- nm - budice Jan 18, 06:46
It's 1:30 AM in Melbourne, Australia and they're still playing tennis. Australian Open spoilers - Dano Jan 18, 06:36
Related to snowy/bad weather below: ST - what is your worst driving in bad weather story? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 06:24 16
- No snow but did a 180 on an offramp in my F100 pickup. It was a truck-stop exit and I was sure one of those big guys would be right behind me. - Meg Jan 18, 07:50
- Wasn't me driving, but when I was a kid we had a big surprise blizzard on April 1. A friend and I had a tennis lesson. His father was supposed to - pmb Jan 18, 07:34
- Most challenging - 45 mile drive from Frederick Md to Fairfax Va in an 87 Iroc-Z thru 9” of snow. - Will Hunting Jan 18, 07:24
- I spun out a few times trying to get home on rural two lane highways during snow storms but my favorites were when I was working for the family - spamlet Jan 18, 07:23
- I'm sure I've shared this before (I have quite a few big driving in snow stories). - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 18, 07:12 1
  - AND when I was in high school, I was in marching band. We were invited to the Cotton Bowl and it was a pretty big, fun trip. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 18, 07:22
- that crazy unexpected snowstorm in NJ a few years ago that no one was prepared for and turned my 20 minute ride home into 4 hours. -- (edited) - Jovian Jan 18, 06:52 2
  - I think that might be the same snowstorm from my story. -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 06:53 1
    - oh yea I would say it almost certainly that same night. - Jovian Jan 18, 06:57
- That time work waited to long to close and I offered to give an employee a ride home. - Dano Jan 18, 06:50
- The famous Raleigh snowpocalypse picture. Luckily wasn't in that. No accidents, just taking an hour or so to get home for a normally 15 minute trip - sycor Jan 18, 06:47
- i can think of a couple. one was in high school and myself and 4 others drove to Toronto to do a university tour (2 hour trip in normal conditions). -- (edited) - Andie Jan 18, 06:40
- Driving home from Trenton, back when I was still in NYC for work, in a Chevy Cobalt, blizzard conditions, 10mph on the PA turnpike. -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 18, 06:40
- Driving from Pittsburgh to Rochester, NY in a RWD '86 Mustang convertible before Christmas back in the early 90's. Tried to beat a storm at night - decline Jan 18, 06:33
- Driving to school as an idiot 17 year old in a storm, right wheel grabbed the edge and pulled me into the ditch, literally burying the car - Reagen Jan 18, 06:28
- I remember driving with my mother to Gander to pick up my father from a business trip; massive snow storm going maybe 5-10 km / hr on the highway - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 06:26
Plan for $400 million monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia draws protest (just openly taunting zombies at this point) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 06:21
Buffalo Bills fans are sacrificing one person per game to "The Pit" -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 06:16 2
- that amused me -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 06:20
- "A 29-year-old man (hero?), who was under the influence of “LSD, cocaine and marijuana,” had walked into a porta-potty, covered himself in feces, and - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 06:17
CNBC has been doing interviews at Davos this week outside like they're College GameDay or something. -- nm - Three Quark Baron Jan 18, 06:05 1
- Like a laundry list of Epstein Associates -- nm - budice Jan 18, 06:09
BAFTA Noms: Director - Scorsese, Gerwig, Lathimos snubbed. Best Actress - Gladstone snub - budice Jan 18, 05:43 1
- snub list - budice Jan 18, 05:47
Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Ride Actually Goes Off the Rails -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 05:38 3
- How about no, you crazy Japanese bastards? -- nm - Three Quark Baron Jan 18, 05:57 2
  - it seems like just 1 set of rails does but the coaster is still on a 2nd set below you just can't see it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 05:59 1
    - Right, the maintracks are fake and don't do anything. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 06:26
Philly gonna see 6in snow -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 05:30 8
- get your TP and Storm Chips and Storm Beers now! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 06:03
- Oh, fun. - Znufrii, promoted Jan 18, 05:50 5
  - go slow, stay well back from other vehicles is about all you can do (other than staying off the road of course...can you work from home tomorrow? :) ) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 06:04 4
    - We’re actually going to be at Great Wolf Lodge in MD tonight so that where we’ll be driving from. - Znufrii, promoted Jan 18, 06:41 3
      - Where GWL in Maryland? - Will Hunting Jan 18, 07:25 2
        
        There’s apparently one in Perryville -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 18, 07:31 1
        
        And it’s right across from the Hollywood Casino there. Hmmm….. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Jan 18, 07:37
- Weird. All the other data sources say 1-3 - decline Jan 18, 05:34
Reba McEntire will sing the national anthem for Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas - budice Jan 18, 05:27 1
- Will there also be Voice-style judges in rotating chairs? -- nm - Three Quark Baron Jan 18, 05:56
ISS 69% (29/13), Founders Day 70% (14/6), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell 100% (23/0), Which Brings Me To You 67% (6/3), - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 05:17 2
- nice -- nm - budice Jan 18, 05:17 1
  - it is about 30 points higher than I was expecting, so that is good (same for Founders Day) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 05:31
RIP, P.D.Q. Bach -- (link) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 18, 05:10
can someone tell me why I always wake up before my alarm, even when I turn off my alarm? -- nm* - tRuMaN Jan 18, 04:47 4
- Backstop. That's what I do. Hate it when it jerks me out of a sound sleep so I try to beat it to the punch. -- nm - Three Quark Baron Jan 18, 06:00
- training -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 04:53 1
  - Yup. Your internal clock goes off before the alarm. When I set an alarm I would always wake up a few minutes before it went off. Loyola isn't far off - Krusty Jan 18, 05:17
- Pretty obvious; it’s to make sure you turn it off before it wakes you. -- nm - Loyola Jan 18, 04:51
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, Law & Order, L&O SVU, L&O OC, Hell's Kitchen, Son of a Critch, SEAL Team, Children Ruin Everything, The Traitors, - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 04:41 1
- get back to The Brothers Sun watching -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 05:17
BAFTA film nominations -- (link) - LMS Jan 18, 04:20 4
- How many for you? -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 04:44 3
  - Not many, 3 Outstanding Brit Film noms - Old Oak, Rye Lane, Scrapper. 3 in shorts, and best actress for Rye Lane (probably stealing Lily Gladstone's - LMS Jan 18, 05:03 2
    - Congrats on the noms and hopefully they turn into wins. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 05:13 1
      - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 18, 05:14
I don't need a new table lamp, but I'm tempted -- (link) - LMS Jan 18, 03:38 6
- Do it! -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 04:43 4
  - Nowhere to put it or plug it in. -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 05:16 3
    - your desk at work! -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 05:58 1
      - If I only had a desk at work. - LMS Jan 18, 06:09
    - Damn. That would be a fun lamp to have. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 05:18
- ~I don’t need a new table lamp………..but I’m tempted~ - Loyola Jan 18, 04:35
If you have a moment, a friend’s son is on this list of best high school basketball players in MD. Vote for Max! -- (link) - Landbeck Jan 18, 03:23 3
- done! -- nm - i.b.! Jan 18, 09:12
- Done! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 18, 05:07
- Done! -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 04:44
The Avengers is being rebooted! -- (link) - LMS Jan 18, 03:23
"So, a lumberduke, huh? Wow." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 02:20
Wordle 943 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Jan 18, 01:57 3
- 3 - inchworm - rollo Jan 18, 05:35
- 3 - decline Jan 18, 05:26
- 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 18, 03:10
Connections Puzzle #221 purple first, I'll be impressed if others don't get blue by default. - LMS Jan 18, 00:31 6
- In order. I knew what purple was but did blue first just because. -- nm - Three Quark Baron Jan 18, 06:10
- No oopsies. - VMan Jan 18, 06:07
- Had to bulldog my way through purple - rollo Jan 18, 05:40
- no mistakes - decline Jan 18, 05:31
- Connections Puzzle #221 (one mistake, on blue) - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 18, 03:17
- Connections Puzzle #221 spoiler - crash davis 😺 Jan 18, 01:54
uhhh... what exactly are you doing to that Moreton Bay Fig, Novak? -- (link) - mafic Jan 17, 22:59 1
- They are special trees. This one's in the Ventura, CA historic district. -- (link) - Meg Jan 17, 23:09 [flickr]
BC owners scramble to sell their short term rentals ahead of new law. - Mop🧹 Jan 17, 22:33 [youtube] 1
- Considering how small the places are they're definitely going to need to drop prices as they're only going to be a draw for a select few people. - Krusty Jan 18, 05:23
Beethoven's 5th, but with a ref and play by play. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 17, 22:06 [youtube]
Two simultaneous fifth set tiebreakers at the Australian Open. Good guy won one, bad guy won the other. -- nm - Dano Jan 17, 21:08 1
- "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the racket." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 21:39
big 1861 vibes coming outta Texas -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 17, 21:02 1
- It’s the Wild West -- nm - Pippy Jan 17, 21:35
LOL. Get your shit together, FAA. "fly.faa.gov" doesn't work but "www.fly.faa.gov" works. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 17, 20:06
ugh, I feel sick. someone I’ve followed for years posted anti-covid vaccination comments, said we were lied to, she’s voting for rfk jr. this was -- (edited) - i.b.! Jan 17, 19:47 2
- this but my cousin (who moved to FL to be closer to her two young grandchildren) reposting anti-vaxxer shit - hollywood big shot Jan 17, 20:07
- sometimes I wonder if "lemming"ism isn't part of the genetic code. we let aholes lead us into stupidity, after a disaster reason takes over for awhile -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 19:55
Oklahoma bill would have student furries removed by animal control. Yes, it was put forward by a Republican. How'd you guess,? -- (link) - TWuG Jan 17, 19:38 3
- why does he hate school sports mascots? -- nm* - tRuMaN Jan 18, 04:31 1
  - Ooo....if this passes I hope there are many calls to animal control during high school and college games. -- nm - . Jan 18, 05:17
- Why do they gotta make me side with furries, dammit? -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 20:19
It's too frigging cold here. (Made it to Nashville) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 17, 19:30 1
- Yeah, we're currently experiencing something called "winter." I'm not a fan. -- nm - David Jan 17, 19:36
Looks like a Russian A-50 (AWACS type aircraft) was shot down. Ukraine is claiming they did it. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 17, 18:44 1
- *two* of them at 1/3rd billion each -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 18:53
Seems highly unlikely that the White House wouldn't know where the Secretary of Defense was, given that there's a room at the Pentagon that tracks him -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 17, 18:41 [youtube]
My client today kept calling every other day asking dumb questions, sounded like Rooster T Leghorn ,repeating phrases multiple times -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 18:32 2
- I say, I say! Boy! Are you listen' to me? Pay attention! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 17, 18:49 1
  - *giggles* pretty much -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 18:53
Noah Hawley definitely had a statement to make with this season of Fargo. - Reagen Jan 17, 17:59 9
- next: A L I E N ! .. woooHOOOO -- nm - mud Jan 17, 18:03 8
  - Ridley must be thrilled he was shitting on Prometheus in the trades -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jan 17, 18:12 7
    - KCRW podcast "The Business" interview with Hawley. It's a good listen. He - indeed - shits all over Prometheus prequels. I'll allow it. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 17, 18:31 1
      - Ah, I see. The Variety just quotes the podcast. I was just listening to it this afternoon. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 17, 18:32
    - to be fair it was shit. Run sideways you stupid person! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 17, 18:21 4
      - but there's a nice way to say that ("I loved Prometheus but even Cameron's Aliens was totally different from the original, and that's what i want to - hollywood big shot Jan 17, 18:25 3
        
        don't hire experts on xenobiology who go poking fucking eggs laying in an alien wasteland! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 17, 18:30 2
        
        and don't know that snakes are dangerous creatures! -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 18:30 1
        
        just send a few Aliens to Gallifrey. I want to see Time Lord/Aliens. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 17, 19:31
Pacers: Haliburton is questionable tomorrow with hamstring strain... - Remlik Jan 17, 17:42 2
- he should stick to wellsite services. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 17:47 1
  - How do you think he strained it? - Three Quark Baron Jan 17, 17:51
LA Senate passes revised congressional map, heads to LA House. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 17, 17:38 2
- Gonna presume it's fucky. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 17:56 1
  - i think they did create a second majority AA district b/c two GOP reps are getting cagematched into a new single one -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 17, 18:08
Richard Simmons disavows Pauly Shore-led biopic -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 17, 17:31 2
- Til, Richard Simmons is still alive. I thought he was held in seclusion for dementia, or held captive by some cult -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 18:30
- Aww, that's too bad. It's a rare role that Shore was born to play. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 17:41
power's been out for 2 days, and apparently a battery has died somewhere because my alarm keypad is making a constant high-pitched tone. - mafic Jan 17, 17:20 8
- Yuck. What caused the outage? -- nm - spamlet Jan 17, 17:35 7
  - rooting for the Oilers -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 17, 17:47 1
    - I guess it does happen about as often as biblical thunderstorms, but the power went out a day earlier. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 22:54
  - a truly enormous thunderstorm. it hailed on a 40C day. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 17:45 1
    - Oh that's fun. -- nm - spamlet Jan 17, 18:06
  - spiders? giant spiders? poisonous spiders? kangaroos? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 17, 17:37 2
    - little outages (and sometimes fires) are often caused by possum vs. power line. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 17:46
    - wolf bat. it's always the wolf bat. -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 17:42
YouTube: Here you’re a nerd, wanna watch a 90min reenactment of an Axis and Allies world championship match? -- (link) - spamlet Jan 17, 17:15 [youtube] 2
- It is the cricket test match of board games. -- nm - Three Quark Baron Jan 17, 17:55 1
  - Tourney rules apparently set a 5 hour time limit per game. -- nm - spamlet Jan 17, 18:11

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