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Weekend plans?? -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 07:11 15
- Nothing special, football watching...fix the wind damaged canopy frame -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 13:37
- Casino, farmers market, cleaning out some junk drawers -- nm - Epiphany Jan 19, 07:29
- rehearsal tonight and tomorrow. Football. Audition on Sunday, attend matinee of 'Trouble In Mind' and football in the evening. -- nm - Diva Jan 19, 07:27
- Wife is going out of town so nothing really. May see a movie and work a bit tomorrow. -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 07:27
- GF's birthday so we are going to my dad's for family time and birthday dinner at Bonefish Grill. - sycor Jan 19, 07:18
- All I have right now is seeing Jagged Little Pill tonight. -- nm - Louis Litt Jan 19, 07:16 1
  - Nice. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 07:17
- Just cleaning up around my place which has been neglected for weeks. -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 07:15
- Currently on a train to Montreal. Going to Biodome. Museum. Rooftop solarium hot tub. - Andie Jan 19, 07:14 3
  - *takes notes for April trip* -- nm - Epiphany Jan 19, 07:29
  - Nice! Have a great trip. - spamlet Jan 19, 07:29
  - nice! -- nm - Diva Jan 19, 07:23
- our house reno wraps up tomorrow (was supposed to be today, but snow), rest up for next weekend -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 19, 07:13
- hug my daughter as much as she'll let me :) -- nm - oblique Jan 19, 07:12 1
  - ☺️ -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 07:13
very important alexa question: google home no longer allows me to set a media alarm to wake up to a radio station (NPR obvs. this is not ok. - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 19, 07:04 8
- Yes, you can set a routine to do this - so it's not an alarm per se, but a routine to start NPR at a specific time -- (edited) - decline Jan 19, 07:17 6
  - We have a routine when we tell Alexa "Good Night" to turn off the lights and turn on the alarm, for instance. -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 07:33
  - Apparently, this is how the Google Home now operates as well. They deprecated the "set an alarm to play x" function. - TWuG Jan 19, 07:27 1
    - Reason? probably for both versatility and to kill off old code that routines now duplicates -- nm - decline Jan 19, 07:30
  - ok cool. so which alexa do I want? does it matter? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 19, 07:22 2
    - I don’t think it matters. We have the original tall one and several Dots. - spamlet Jan 19, 07:26
    - don't think it really matters. I have the original tube one, an echo dot, and the echo show 15. The 'kids ones' have parental controls - decline Jan 19, 07:25
- I don't have Alexa but NPR has this Alexa setup guide -- (edited) - Max Jan 19, 07:14
LYC: My wife's former student who is currently on tour with the national tour of Mean Girls got to debut as Cady Heron last night in Calgary, AB - oblique Jan 19, 06:37 2
- That's awesome! I was following the posts about your daughter and am so glad she's doing better. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 06:53 1
  - Thanks. Was great to have her home last night. Still a challenging road ahead - oblique Jan 19, 07:05
TWuG! What in the world would cause a Tesla to roll backwards at a stoplight? Some crazy Tesla driver in front of me on the way to work today did it - oblique Jan 19, 06:18 8
- They have it set to "roll" at a stop and it may have been slightly up hill to the light. - TWuG Jan 19, 07:24 2
  - Interesting. Thanks. Last thing I needed this week was a Tesla rolling into me :) -- nm - oblique Jan 19, 07:28 1
    - I'm glad they're removing the other options from new vehicles. - TWuG Jan 19, 07:31
- Who takes their foot off the brake at a red light? Or am I the weird one? -- nm - sycor Jan 19, 06:44 4
  - I do sometimes if it’s a long one and a flat stop -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 06:46
  - I do in my EV but only because I have Auto Hold which, when activated, will keep the car in place - oblique Jan 19, 06:46 2
    - Yeah, I've used "hold" since I started driving EVs. It's the most efficient mode. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 07:29
    - Ah, I didn't know that was a thing. -- nm - sycor Jan 19, 07:10
sometimes a news headlines just makes you giggle.. Over 580,000 beds are under recall because they can break or collapse during use -- (link) - tRuMaN Jan 19, 06:13 1
- Giggity. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 06:14
My ex's wife died today. She had liver cancer. - Inigo Jan 19, 05:39 12
- Oh, I am so sorry. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 06:34
- Big hugs. I'm sorry you have to deal with this -- nm - Epiphany Jan 19, 06:20
- I hope you all find peace. truly. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 19, 06:14
- I’m sorry for the kids and for your ex. Hopefully things will go well today for you. -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 06:12
- A maybe controversial opinion: it is ok to feel relief at someone's death. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 05:45 4
  - Yep. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 07:34
  - I definitely do, but I need to let that go for today at least. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 06:07 2
    - Today but not forever. It may be good to share your perspective with your kids about manipulative relationship signs as they become independent. -- nm - Max Jan 19, 07:18 1
      - That's a good idea. I'm also gonna have a honest discussion with them about what I saw as grooming. - Inigo Jan 19, 07:26
- Sorry to hear all of this. I hope this all passes quickly -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 19, 05:43
- Very sad. :-( Best of luck with everything. -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 05:42 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 19, 06:21
11 Rules for Hiring an NFL Head Coach -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 19, 05:34
Proposed LA 6th district. LOL. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 19, 04:54 4
- Paging Dr. Mander, Dr. Gerald Mander. - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 05:18 2
  - Pretty sure this was the one they had to build after a court order. - Will Hunting Jan 19, 05:20 1
    - Makes sense. We were on the same page. :) -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 05:23
- My guess, when you get told you need a 2nd black-majority district in a state, you gotta get creative in linking towns together. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 05:17
Well that was fun. Pipe burst last night flooding the lobby. Water park is closed today so we’re leaving, and there’s over an inch of snow already. - Znufrii, promoted Jan 19, 04:44 2
- The lobby _is_ the water park now. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 06:57
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Jan 19, 06:54
I.S.S. 66% (43/21), Founders Day 56% (15/12), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell 96% (25/1), Which Brings Me To You 69% (9/4) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 19, 04:40
TV PSA: Reacher, Zorro, Chad, Shark Tank, Transplant, Penn & Teller, Smackdown, Masters of Illusion, AEW Rampage, World's Funniest Animals, - Beaker 🍺 Jan 19, 04:38 1
- Reacher season finale :( and I may try out Zorro -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 19, 04:38
Happy birthday, Truman! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Jan 19, 04:37 7
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 19, 06:54
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 06:20
- Monkey! -- nm - decline Jan 19, 05:43
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 05:13
- thanks. my office has been balloon bombed, and I have a shiny curtain thing over the door, so I feel special. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 19, 04:50 1
  - Nice! :-) I hope it's a wonderful birthday weekend! -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 05:08
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 19, 04:38
WordDaily - Tenebrous - ADJECTIVE Dark; shadowy or obscure. - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 03:25 1
- I learned that one from Bard's Tale III! - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 05:22
Jan. 19 - You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. - Christopher Robin (A.A. Milne) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 03:04
Wordle 944 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 03:01 2
- 4 - decline Jan 19, 05:56
- Wordle 944 4/6 - golden dome but nothing else - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 19, 03:41
Snowpocalypse day five -- I remember leaving the house once some time ago. Or maybe that was a dream of someone else. - David Jan 19, 00:59 1
- We so seriously are at the point that we need a grocery trip but our road is a sheet of ice. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 19, 06:30
Do any ST lawyers have access to Bloomberg Law for a cut and paste? - David Jan 18, 23:47
Do you remember what product they were advertising in that campaign where Snoop Dogg said he was giving up “smoke”? - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 23:08 1
- an improved fire pit for $500? maybe its the product more than the marketing -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 01:01
Connections #222. Perfect with purple second. - TWuG Jan 18, 22:34 4
- 1 mistake - decline Jan 19, 05:59
- No oopsies. - VMan Jan 19, 05:50
- 2 mistakes - prayformojo Jan 19, 03:56
- Connections Puzzle #222 - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 02:59
I knew a guy in college who drove a Yugo. He went to the auto parts store and asked if he could get a battery for it. -- (edited) - JD Jan 18, 21:22
12! -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 20:45 4
- (and now if Nashville can close out on the Kings...) -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 21:05 2
  - If? -- nm - David Jan 18, 21:11 1
    - When. -- nm - David Jan 18, 21:39
- yeah, crash -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 18, 20:52
RGIII and Jay Gruden still going at it days later -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 18, 20:43 1
- Now do Jared Goff and Sean McVay -- nm - budice Jan 18, 20:56
Daughter is disappointed. -- (pic) - Meg Jan 18, 19:59 [Attachment] 8
- repost, Meg realizes her Viking experience cruise is far more immersive than expected. -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jan 18, 22:17 [Attachment]
- it's worse. they don't make towel animals for the guests at night. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 20:12 1
  - 🐘😉 -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 20:43
- I can't say for 100% that they'll even have a rowing machine onboard -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 18, 20:02 4
  - I want to do the longer Columbia River cruise but single rooms are pretty much sold out the rest of the year. -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 20:11 3
    - The Columbia would be fun. I think the Mississippi would be a blast. I'm afraid I'd have to solve a crime on the Nile though. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 18, 20:19 2
      - This is the one I really want, but from Clarkston to Portland on the American West - that I was on before. -- (link) - Meg Jan 18, 20:55 1
        
        We sailed the Mississippi on the old Delta Queen from Memphis to New Orleans back in 1970. -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 20:57
The Veggie (NYT newsletter): It’s potato degrees outside - crash davis 😺 Jan 18, 19:43
I went to late dinner with person A tonight after all. It was fine. But I still feel a bit manipulated and pissed off. - amandaphone Jan 18, 19:27 3
- person A needs to pay. and not for dinner. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 19:44 1
  - I wound up buying. So..... sigh. -- nm - amandaphone Jan 18, 19:55
- It looks like I missed something but I'm sorry. We're in your corner. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 18, 19:32
American Airlines attendant arrested - recorded several minors using aircraft restroom -- (link*) - budice Jan 18, 19:18 1
- Buried towards the end of the article there is the mention of AI generated imagery which is the new frontier. Technology I thought maybe could… - Qale Jan 18, 19:43
Crash! You need to do this for us. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 18, 18:58 6
- Thanks for the link. I'll do it. Probably start more in the springtime as the freeway isn't the safest place right now. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 18, 19:34
- Boise Fry Co. has been featured on Food Network before. The Bourgeoise fries are fried in duck fat and sprinkled with truffle salt - crash davis 😺 Jan 18, 19:23 3
  - I've done duck fat roast potatoes and they're aces. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 19:25 2
    - Ottolenghi has a good duck fat potato recipe (plus prunes and caramel). I do it all the time. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 19:34
    - Duck fat does indeed live up to the hype. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 18, 19:32
- for the last time, he's not going to the zone of death! -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 19:11
Q: does a jet have to be at a minimum height for the oxygen masks to work? Passengers say the O2 masks didn't work -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 18:41 1
- maybe didn't pull them towards themselves sharply enough? if they're deployed they're potentially active, but they don't always flow automatically. -- nm* - mafic Jan 18, 18:56
New Japan posts that Okada will leave when his contract expires on January 31st. - David Jan 18, 18:33 5
- If he does go to WWE, they're going to set up for a match with WALTER at WM. -- nm - Tim Jan 18, 20:14 4
  - That sounds about right. They'd immediately position him for the wrong belt. -- nm - David Jan 18, 20:21 3
    - Meh. WWE isn’t as up the internet fan’s asses as AEW. There’s no reason/expectation to bring in a guy the fans don’t know and make him a top 4 spot - Will Hunting Jan 18, 21:20 2
      - Says the guy who thinks it was fine for Samoa Joe to start in NXT. -- nm - David Jan 18, 21:49 1
        
        I don’t recall that being said ever. Vince didn’t like him and made him earn it. He should have been much bigger. - Will Hunting Jan 19, 07:04
the rich lady who ran over those two kids is apparently trying to pin the blame on her (adulterous) lover, former pitcher Scott Erickson -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 18, 18:08 1
- There's a lot going on here. But that woman drove through two kids and should go to jail for the rest of her life. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 18:33
Taylor Sheridan: I need to direct me one of those moon movies… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 18, 17:43 3
- "*I* am the voice of Native American stories. In my movie, they won't just talk about killing their enemies, they'll do it." - Taylor Sheridan - Max Jan 18, 17:53
- losers. Mine had Sam Rockwell. -- nm - duncan jones Jan 18, 17:48 1
  - mine had Peter Coyote! .. and my wife. -- nm - r polanski Jan 18, 17:52
Uvalde also overwhelmingly re-elected Abbott for Gov. so, they apparently just don't care. -- nm - Qale Jan 18, 17:10
power still out, going on 70 hours now with no official restoration time yet, but down to ~250 houses in the town that are still offline. - mafic Jan 18, 17:08 5
- It's times like these a battery on your solar with grid isolation would be great. -- nm - Karl_S Jan 18, 19:39 1
  - it's on the list! or a fully electric car. unfortunately the list is quite long. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 19:45
- Damn! So sorry you're still dealing with this. Hopefully it comes back on any minute now. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 19:21 1
  - it's not so bad, except for having to buy a generator. mildly annoying not to have internet at home. no WFH! -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 19:33
- :( -- nm - budice Jan 18, 17:10
Is Twisted Metal worth it? Watched the first episode and was a little underwhelmed. -- nm - Jovian Jan 18, 17:07 3
- We enjoyed it for a light, easy, kind of goofy show. I like Mackie and Beatriz a lot though. -- nm - sycor Jan 19, 06:26
- it's ok. nothing special. Though Samoa Joe as the ICE Cream man is pretty good -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 17:50
- 1st episode is where I stopped. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 17:35
also you can add bacon to your Impossible Whopper if you're one of those chaotic neutral types -- nm - Tim Jan 18, 17:03 2
- There's a taco, burrito place that has a grilled vegetable combo that's great, but I'll add extra meat which isn't included - zeitgeist Jan 18, 17:57
- "Yes, yes, you're very clever." -- nm - BK cashier Jan 18, 17:09
The most recent episode of the Rex Chapman podcast Owned was about ST's beloved Toronto Maple Leafs. Will Arnett was on as he's apparently - Krusty Jan 18, 17:01 2
- i don't care if he cheated on Amy Poehler to the point of divorce, he's okay in my book -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 18, 17:53 1
  - Given Amy’s kid looks like a mini Louie CK, I’m not thinking him stepping out was the issue. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 18:26
Ukraine hit an oil terminal... in St. Petersburg. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 16:57 3
- 1 000 miles...wonder how they evaded radar tracking? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 18:34 1
  - It’s Russia. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 23:10
- holy sheet -- nm - mud Jan 18, 17:14
Heh, saw my cross-driveway neighbors outside so stopped to tell them about the strange "water dept" visitor I had a couple of weeks ago. She looked - Meg Jan 18, 16:49 5
- :))))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 18:02
- So if they reboot Tremors, you know who to refer -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 17:53
- respond "only 5? I have 6 on me right now" -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 18, 16:56 1
  - "Including 2 you'll ne-ver find" -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 17:26
- Zombie issues solved here. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 16:51
The Habs are down 2-1 in the first, but up 1-0 where it counts... fist fights! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 16:47
Preferred: A little spam or no spam, but you have to check your junk folder sometimes for emails? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 16:46 1
- I rarely get inbox spam, the emails in my spam folder have some legit but still "commercial " messages -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 18:36
Loudermilk Season 1 is an A....solidly entertaining and really funny -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 18, 16:43 3
- I had never heard of this show until yesterday, and apparently it just showed up on Netflix. - Tim Jan 18, 16:48 1
  - #1 on Acquired in 4 weeks! Or maybe #1 on Movies, because Nielsen... 🤷 -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 16:51
- Ron Livingston is never not great. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 18, 16:46

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