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Dammit! I just found out that yesterday, the stanley cup was less than 1km away from me. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 19:30 5
- you were near the Hockey Hall of Fame? all the rest out there are copies :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 19, 19:36 4
  - It's in town for hockey day in canada tomorrow. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 19:37 3
    - Apparently the grey cup is in town, too -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 19:38 2
      - That should be prohibited by law. What's the designated survivor? The Canada Cup? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 20:25 1
        
        A big gulp in regina. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 20:40
I keep hearing cars get stuck, and I know I shouldn't laugh. But... -- nm - David Jan 19, 19:25 6
- ~Nearer My God To Thee~ -- nm - Titanic violin Jan 19, 20:22
- It’s their own damn fault for being out on this ice rink. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 19:31 4
  - Our DoorDash driver (understandably) wouldn't come to our road. We had to meet him at the power station. - David Jan 19, 19:34 3
    - I remember icy events while being a pizza boy. A couple times we switched to carry out only. It sucked, but losing your ride meant losing your means. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 20:11
    - They haven’t touched any side roads here. It’s embarrassing. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 20:03
    - This isn't Knoxville, but it's close enough. -- (pic) - David Jan 19, 19:57 [Attachment]
Pawn Stars' Rick Harrison's Son Adam Dead at 39 After Overdose -- nm - budice Jan 19, 19:23 2
- Adam wasn’t a part of Pawn Stars and that poses its own kind of intrigue here. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 20:13 1
  - Harrison is a Trump supporter, which comes as zero surprise, so I could see wanting to stay clear of him. - TWuG Jan 19, 20:28
Caleb Downs to Ohio State. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 19, 18:33
I think I might be the only person enjoying the Jay Gruden-RG3 fight. We need more of this. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 19, 18:17 1
- I dig it, but at one point I thought they were joking because I missed the first part. -- nm* - Diva Jan 19, 18:23
I am going to burn Nielsen to the ground!!! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 18:08
Video: How the US Transports Its Nuclear Weapons. Which of these "Holy Shit!" facts is the most "HOLY SHIT!!!"? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 18:01 [youtube]
Patriots HC Jerod Mayo has interviewed Wes Welker to be his OC. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 19, 17:57
The Navy is *400 months* behind on their sub building goals. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 19, 17:55 1
- And they just started yesterday! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 18:04
Lleyton Hewitt’s kid is in the Juniors draw at the Australian Open -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 17:48 2
- today in: We Are Old -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 19, 18:20 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Diva Jan 19, 18:22
WWE: Seth Rollins suffered a torn MCL and a partially torn meniscus during his match on Raw.. - Tim Jan 19, 17:38 1
- oof. poor guy. So....winner of the Royal Rumble wins the belt! Like in 92 -- nm - Remlik Jan 19, 18:06
Call of duty is hyping the boys again. Does a new season start soon? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 17:13 1
- mid-2024 at the earliest, sounds like -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 17:22
SpaceX launch at Vandenberg at 6:15 PT tonight. -- (link) - Meg Jan 19, 16:49 1
- Apparently scrubbed. -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 19:46
about $2,350 too rich for my blood, but that photo is *cooooool* -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 19, 16:31 5
- What photo? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 16:53 4
  - ack. this one -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 19, 16:53 3
    - *right-click, set as desktop* Copyright foiled again! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 18:04 1
      - I’ve closed my laptop, but I was able to save as a photo on my phone. is there some protection that comes into play? -- (pic) - i.b! Jan 19, 19:40 [Attachment]
    - Ah. Yeah, that's alright, I guess. - Beryllium Jan 19, 16:57
Meanwhile, the start of True Detective was weiiiiiiird - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 19, 16:22
If Conservatives were serious about the border, they would stop doing so much cocaine. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 16:08
OK, stick with me here... Buzz Cohen is hosting two Jeopardy! matches. - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 16:07 1
- I dislike that Mayim got pushed out but I did like Buzzy's turn as guest host. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 17:07
today is my nieces 4'th wedding anniversary and her brother's son is 1. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 19, 16:01 2
- This sounds like a riddle... *YOU* are the son! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 16:04 1
  - it gets better. Toby [the brother & baby father] was born on my father, his grandfather's birthday. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 19, 16:10
Ravens TE Mark Andrews (ankle) will not play vs. Texans -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 19, 16:00
HBO Max has cancelled The Flight Attendant. -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 15:52 8
- It was a critical success....how could they not cancel it? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 16:12
- Here's hoping someone else picks it up. - the wrong element Jan 19, 16:08
- I think I watched the pilot. Did we find out how (spoiler) - ty97 Jan 19, 16:01 3
  - Yes but it was so long ago I forgot. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 19, 18:35
  - Shoulda kept with it. It's great and fun and used some narrative devices I've never seen before. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 17:21
  - Yes. In season one. -- nm - David Jan 19, 16:21
- Eff Zaslav. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 19, 15:59
- wow, I thought that was popular (at least season 1) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 19, 15:58
Hello Amanda and Kilbo and Spammy. I think this will amuse you -- (link) - ty97 Jan 19, 15:50 5
- This is super funny. -- nm - amandaphone Jan 19, 19:18
- LOL, guilty. -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 16:00 3
  - I do use my priority pass though!!!! - ty97 Jan 19, 16:01 2
    - Also they apparently just opened the third CSR lounge at LGA B, which will be useful on the (rare) occasion I fly American -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 16:03 1
      - Also also - ty97 Jan 19, 16:05
"You know nothing of my work. You mean my whole cognitive test is wrong. How you got to be president of anything is totally amazing." -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 15:42 4
- It is intended to measure brain damage, not IQ...now going person man woman seems very low effort -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 16:08
- All presidential candidates should be required to take the Wonderlic exam so we can mock them like NFL players -- nm - Strongbad Jan 19, 15:53 1
  - I am curious how often teams passed on a better player due to his Wonderlic. - the wrong element Jan 19, 16:04
- whale, kangaroo, turkey! I a genius!! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 19, 15:48
HO TT O GO This is so dumb that it's contagious, well IMO -- (link) - JD Jan 19, 15:27 [youtube] 5
- I feel like I'm going to end up on a list, just for watching this video. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 16:00 4
  - If the conspiracy rumors are true and they track wristbands all around the festival grounds, Goldenvoice will know that I went to the set -- (link) - JD Jan 19, 16:07 [youtube] 3
    - On Colbert last night. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 17:53 [youtube] 1
      - British Chvrches. There. I said it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 18:02
    - What the hell, JD! Why do I keep clicking! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 16:09
LYC: I tried a new Indian place for lunch today. - Strongbad Jan 19, 15:24 1
- Damn that looks tasty and I'm going to make it tonight -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 16:23
CNN has a Fani Willis update. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 19, 15:22 11
- This is an internal HR issue...it would be more of a concern if she paid using public funds, state credit card -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 16:12
- It’s a delay tactic, nothing new from Trump. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 15:45 7
  - Nah. Reading from even anti-Trump people is this could be a real problem. - spamlet Jan 19, 15:49 6
    - I’m not convinced the case will be given to someone else, but even if it does, it’ll still need to be pushed. This is not some rando case to drop. - Qale Jan 19, 16:11
    - It's a bad look. I'm not sure it's necessarily an ethical violation. She was clearly in a relationship with the guy. That should have been a reason - pmb Jan 19, 16:05 4
      - "in an abundance of caution, to avoid even the appearance of a conflict, i'm transferring the case to Joe Schmoe as lead prosecutor for the remainder" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 18:09 1
        
        Benson and Stabler could handle it. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 19, 18:18
      - In the filing he said that the divorce case was accidentally not sealed at first and that’s how he got the info. -- (edited) - spamlet Jan 19, 16:18 1
        
        Still on the same team. -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 16:26
- meh -- nm - mud Jan 19, 15:29
- I guess they got the receipts (literally) -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 15:28
crash! "Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg Spent Two Hours Transforming Into Bigfoot for ‘Sasquatch Sunset’" -- (link) - mud Jan 19, 15:08 1
- "The actors insist they didn’t go Method to embody the Yeti, but they did attend several days of “Sasquatch School” on set" - crash davis Jan 19, 15:12
thanks, Brexit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 14:54
New Scientist magazine, aka Killjoy magazine - crash davis Jan 19, 14:51 2
- The way they just casually undermine my perception of Uranus is the most hurtful. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 15:57
- ignore that link -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 14:51
ST What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 19, 14:40 23
- I just finished “better hate than never” by chloe liese. I wanted something lighter, it’s chick-lit-y, but it had some terribly laughable (spoilers) - i.b! Jan 19, 19:32
- The Galaxy and the Ground Within -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 18:00
- I keep meaning to start Ambiguous Loss but am also kinda dreading it - ty97 Jan 19, 15:58
- Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett. How to Do Nothing, by Jenny Odell. And Intuitive Eating. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 19, 15:44
- ST -- nm - Strongbad Jan 19, 15:22
- HELOC disclosures -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 15:11
- The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi. Pointed rather than neutral, but giving me incredible context & history on what's going on now. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 19, 15:06
- a book about A&R for script research. read Trust over Xmas (B+ the big mystery at its heart was kinda "really?" but otherwise well done) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 14:56 2
  - Ooooo...an A&R based project? -- nm - JD Jan 19, 14:58 1
    - only tangentially - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 15:03
- James Rollins - Tides of Fire -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 14:51 2
  - His last few have been...meh. - Will Hunting Jan 19, 15:01 1
    - This isn’t great so far to be honest. -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 15:51
- I've got to finish the following four in the next two weeks: - crash davis Jan 19, 14:45 3
  - The Secret History is great -- nm - mud Jan 19, 14:50 2
    - I trust your assessment as it came out twenty years plus ago and there are 12 people waiting for the copy I have to surrender in 18 days -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 14:54 1
      - It’s a solid yarn. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 15:25
- Master of the Revels: A return to Neal Stephenson's D.O.D.O. -- nm - JD Jan 19, 14:44
- Just finished Spellbreaker by Charlie Holmberg. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 14:43
- have finished The Song of Achilles (really liked it) and Archaeology From Space (was ok, my non-fiction read) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 19, 14:41 3
  - I loved Song of Achilles. Circe was good too, but not quite as enthralling to me. -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 14:52 2
    - I liked Circe more but this was also good -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 15:22 1
      - just placed a hold at the Library -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 19, 15:26
The online ordering link for my closest restaurant isn't working - I may starve tonight :( -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 14:38 6
- Sounds like a job for Jose Andres! -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 14:46 5
  - I need to learn more about Asian food then I'd have so many more choices, and the Smoker Queen should be opening soon right around the corner! -- (link) - Meg Jan 19, 14:55 4
    - My favorite variety of Asian food is Korean -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 14:59 2
      - now I want bibimbap. — nm - i.b! Jan 19, 19:34
      - I've enjoyed Korean BBQ, I should look for that. -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 15:15
    - The Smoker Queen looks good. Also, I'm not an Asian food expert but I think there are some on ST who are -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 14:57
Comments don't matter -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jan 19, 14:28 [youtube]
What's that sound? It's the first The Twenty of 2024 featuring new music from Lil Nas X, Ariana Grande, The Kid Laroi, Noahfinnce, The Black Keys... - Qale Jan 19, 14:21 [spotify] 6
- Wow. Haven’t thought of Marvelous 3 for a while. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 19, 15:57
- Did you ever listen to Electric Callboy - Every Time we Touch? -- nm - gort Jan 19, 14:57 4
  - Euro dance remake of a Euro dance song? -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 15:17 3
    - yes, and? -- (link) - gort Jan 19, 15:45 [youtube] 2
      - It seems uncomfortably close to parody -- (link) - JD Jan 19, 15:51 [youtube]
      - I didn’t find it to be all that interesting. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 15:46
Look, we all saw the link saying DJT smells, right? - Spawn Jan 19, 14:20 1
- Maybe Mar-a-Lago serves really good black bean chili? -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 14:22
oh, hi, Honolulu -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 14:17 3
- Ha! Maybe I shouldn't have suplexed San Fran if that's my reward. :D -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 19, 14:32 1
  - You really did take out not getting the regular season championship on them. - spamlet Jan 19, 14:34
- 🤙 -- nm - JD Jan 19, 14:18
JetBlue and Spirit File Notice of Appeal -- (link) - ty97 Jan 19, 14:13
Fidelity: spamlet, your tax forms are available! - spamlet Jan 19, 13:57 3
- Fidelity: spamlet, you are not to share this news with ty -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 14:47
- *shakes fist at Fidelity* -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 14:14
- LIES -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 14:13
Calibombs is a Vegas burger place I just heard of. their big thing is putting a blooming onion on a burger. all the reviews rave. I gotta try them. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 19, 13:50 [youtube]
I haven't purchased a Sports Illustrated since 2016 but in the late 20th century I had a subscription and enjoyed it. I kept a few issues. - zunk takes things literally Jan 19, 13:48 [Attachment] 7
- I kept exactly one per year. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 14:19 2
  - sadly pages are all stuck together -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 19, 15:44
  - my favorite athletes, Cheryl, Christie, Paulina, Rebecca, Kate, et al -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 14:26
- very nice. -- nm - mud Jan 19, 14:16
- The Curious Case of Sidd Finch -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 19, 13:56
- it takes some real effort to lose money on a business dedicated to professional sports in america -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 13:56 1
  - Here It Is: One More Obit For ‘Sports Illustrated’ - JD Jan 19, 14:04
Our interim library branch manager is Tim Scott. I'm so easily confused :/ -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 13:46
Bear, Actually -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:44 [mastodon] 3
- They like walking upright the same as whales like jumping out if the water. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 16:16
- "It could be ... but it isn't" -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 15:04
- (don't tell crash) -- nm - mud Jan 19, 14:36
Separate cars for 45 and Melania -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 13:43 4
- maybe he really does smell -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 14:16 3
  - Biggest Asshole in the entire history of our species, so .. there's that. -- nm - mud Jan 19, 14:38
  - and has syphilis -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 14:22 1
    - just like his idol Al Capone -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 14:37
when the mob does their usual bust out, they catch a RICO charge -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 13:38
I really don't mind if you sit this one out. your words but a whisper your deafness a shout... -- nm* - zeitgeist Jan 19, 13:34 1
- I may make you feel, but I can't make you think. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 13:40

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