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We have some portlanders, right? REI deals to be had ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 21, 13:13 [mastodon]
I wish you tidings of great joy on this glorious Collinsworthmas! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 21, 13:11 1
- *muted* -- nm - budice Jan 21, 13:12
Deal or No Deal Island? We're doing this? Fine, I'm pitching Our Love's in Jeopardy, a reality dating show for nerds. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 21, 12:58 2
- Fear Factorio: An e-sports competition show where you have to balance factory building with disgusting "fear" challenges -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 13:15
- Oooh, an income stream! -- nm - Greg Kihn Jan 21, 13:04
The snow is that pregnant with water, pre-slush stage where it is so heavy. I'm counting shoveling my mom's walk as working out. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 12:51
Some people really need to learn to take it easy with the rock salt on their sidewalks. - Znufrii, promoted Jan 21, 12:41 3
- The Parks Dept. is the worst with this. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 12:54
- very much so -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 12:49
- Signed, my rock-solid shoelaces -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 12:43
Dollar General Jacksonville Florida -- (pic) - budice Jan 21, 12:35 [Attachment] 2
- Oh...damn....that sucks.....this means I don't have to do your fucking job so you can increase your profit margin? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 12:49
- Takeaway: dishonest people are job creators -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 12:36
Mean Girls $11.7 ($50.5), The Beekeeper $8.5 ($31.1), Wonka $6.4 ($187.2), Anyone But You $5.4 ($64.2), Migration $5.3 ($94.7), - Beaker 🍻 Jan 21, 12:11
I wonder if parts of long covid are similar to encephalitis lethargica (from awakenings) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 12:10
Tampa Bay @ Lions - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 21, 12:05 4
- ill root for lions, this year's cinderella. -- nm* - zeitgeist Jan 21, 12:10 3
  - Yeah, though Mayfield going to the Conference Championship game would be a nice LOL Browns. -- nm - Dano Jan 21, 12:18 1
    - I think Lions win, but Ravens/Bucs has to be worst case scenario for Browns fans. - the wrong element Jan 21, 12:23
  - same -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 21, 12:12
DeSatan planning to drop out of Republican race and endorse Donald Trump, sources say. An announcement could come before Tuesday - Bloomberg -- nm - budice Jan 21, 11:47 8
- Campaign is being suspended (msnbc) just announced -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 12:00
- The fun part is...where's he go from here? - Will Hunting Jan 21, 11:55 5
  - University president. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 21, 12:59 1
    - I wish you were kidding. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Jan 21, 13:06
  - "I'm going to Disney World!" -- nm - Ron Jan 21, 12:19
  - oh you know the wife is pissed. -- nm* - Remlik Jan 21, 12:09
  - Director of that board that governs the area around Disney World? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 12:02
- lol what a fucking loser -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 11:51
Packers stuck in a Lamar situation with their losing QB -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 11:35 6
- .... that seems .... presumptive. - Will Hunting Jan 21, 11:38 5
  - The whole team took 2 months to get their shit tight, and he's played very good on their back-half run, his ceiling is closer to Mahomes' than Jones' - rollo Jan 21, 12:34 2
    - His ceiling might be there, but he's only shown it for 2 months after 2 months of Daniel Jones' play. - Will Hunting Jan 21, 12:46 1
      - Fair point about the contract stuff but on the field, until they prove differently packers.org has a lot of credibility -- nm - rollo Jan 21, 13:03
  - Justin Fields has a chance to do the funniest thing in NFC North history - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 11:45 1
    - Yeah -- being in the middle (aka Flacco-land) is a killer. - Will Hunting Jan 21, 11:54
NFL: TB@DET kickoff in 30mins. NBC -- nm - budice Jan 21, 11:27
Corey Perry to the Oilers all but confirmed -- (link) - Reagen Jan 21, 11:08 4
- Hide your moms! Hide your wives! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 21, 12:14 1
  - Hide your booze, more. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 12:43
- They could use some fight -- nm - budice Jan 21, 11:11 1
  - We're a pretty churlish bunch already but this would add to it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 11:12
Jigsaws recently...Xmas scene, movie posters, Rehoboth Beach boardwalk -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 21, 10:55 [Attachment] 1
- If you were running the DeSantis campaign, he'd be winning. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 21, 10:56
Tom Shales, Washington Post TV critic, has died of COVID -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 21, 10:53
Speaking of Bigfoot, that Sasquatch movie seems to be dividing audiences at Sundance. -- nm - Dano Jan 21, 10:48 2
- speaking of, did crash davis (or anyone else) ever see The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 21, 10:49 1
  - yeah it was decent. A touch long. But pretty good. -- nm - Remlik Jan 21, 11:03
Bigfoot sightings correlate with bear populations -- (link) - Reagen Jan 21, 10:43 2
- CORRELATION DOES NOT MEAN CAUSATION -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 11:05 1
  - As the mathematicians say, a necessary but not sufficient condition. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 21, 13:00
love to throw the mildest shade against my senile indicted frontrunner a year into the primary he's about to lock up in two days -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 10:19
for all the flattening of Gaza in the last 100 days, Hamas has only been degraded 20-30% and IDF will never destroy all the tunnels -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 10:17 3
- at this point they should just flood the tunnels with water and pour concrete in non stop. -- nm - Remlik Jan 21, 10:47 2
  - Considering the only sufficient water source would probably be seawater, that would be really bad idea if you want the area the remain habitable. -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 21, 11:28 1
    - Maybe they could release C.H.U.D.s into the tunnels. -- nm - Dano Jan 21, 12:12
Bezos mistress got some Aviation award for some reason -- (link) - budice Jan 21, 10:12
Thanks to Reagen, I'm listening to Teen Mortgage this morning. I still prefer Sprints but early 2024 is turning into the year of punk. -- nm - Dano Jan 21, 09:57 1
- Sprints is a bit more polished, TM is more in the Royal Blood/cleopatrick vein. -- nm* - Reagen Jan 21, 10:28
Haven’t bought a TV in forever, what is difference between LED and crystal UHD 4K (the latter being a Samsung) - ty97 Jan 21, 09:46
Begin Again isn't great but i had forgotten they give the big final number in a movie about Kiera Knightley getting a record deal to Adam Levine - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 09:33 6
- I recall liking this movie. Levine was solid and the song from it was solid Oscar bait. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:05 5
  - it has its schmatlzy charms but that definitely feels like a "Adam won't do the movie unless he gets his own solo number" thing. - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 10:15 4
    - I thought it was vital to the story Spoils iirc - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:25 3
      - And he's a dick in the movie. -- nm - Dano Jan 21, 10:46 2
        
        I hate Adam Levine and by association Maroon 5 because of that movie -- nm - JD Jan 21, 11:23 1
        
        I had also forgotten how much James Corden is in this -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 11:56
Crash, have you experienced the Boise Potato Trail? -- (link) - Andie Jan 21, 09:02 1
- I just heard about this a couple days ago from spamlet. In spring when I don't worry about the roads as much, I'll complete the passport - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 10:01
Speaking of great musical performances, Tom Odell was great on The Graham Norton Show last week. -- (link) - LMS Jan 21, 09:01 [youtube]
Cranford is on TV. The cast is stacked. Spoiler - LMS Jan 21, 08:46 1
- Spoiler - LMS Jan 21, 08:52
Would it be legal for a campaign to set up a charitable endeavor like a soup kitchen in a state in advance of the primary election? -- (edited) - rollo Jan 21, 07:58 1
- Political campaigns can make charitable contributions but they cannot personally benefit the candidate (like all charitable contributions) -- (link) - spamlet Jan 21, 08:17
Professional tennis is broken. Here’s how to fix it -- (link) - spamlet Jan 21, 07:57 9
- multiball. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 08:34
- How can the Saudis help? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 21, 08:29
- Penalise loud grunting? -- nm - LMS Jan 21, 08:28
- Can you copy/paste? Please and thank you. -- nm - Dano Jan 21, 08:18 2
  - here ya go - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 21, 08:27 1
    - Thanks. I'm not opposed and I'd rather see the Grand Slam tournaments own this instead of the Saudis. -- nm - Dano Jan 21, 09:02
- So you're saying pro tennis is a racket that needs to be restrung? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 07:59 2
  - nice -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 21, 08:18
  - I love this comment -- nm - rollo Jan 21, 07:59
So every other sketch on SNL last night was "Jacob Elordi is hot." -- nm - Dano Jan 21, 07:54 9
- That's not the first time. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 11:34
- Renee Rapp was prolly the highlight tbh -- nm - budice Jan 21, 08:12
- I watched an episode once. 80% of their jokes are painfully unfunny. - Loyola Jan 21, 08:01 6
  - It ebbs and flows. I think now the quality is more largely host driven than at some other times. It's really hard what they do though. - Dano Jan 21, 08:17 1
    - Your last paragraph would have been a great idea. -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 09:26
  - I watch every one and yes, the signal to noise ratio is a bit high these days -- nm - rollo Jan 21, 08:03 3
    - They lost so many heavy hitters a year or two ago with Cecily / Kate... - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:11
    - always been that way though I will say the late 2000's through the mid 2010's they were hitting pretty hard. -- nm - Remlik Jan 21, 09:19
    - The live audience would laugh at anything. I figured they all had a few drinks. -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 08:09
Jan. 21 - Don't dream it, be it. - The Rocky Horror Picture Show -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 07:47
WordDaily - Picaresque ADJECTIVE Relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero. - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 07:43 2
- (Goldfinch is a bildungsroman) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 07:47 1
  - I'd tend to agree with you but since the central element is spoiler, I see how it could be both - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 07:51
even for Meatball Ron, it's kinda shocking - hollywood big shot Jan 21, 07:43
If SCAD doesn't work out for Mac, I believe this would be her fallback -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 21, 07:17 [youtube]
MLB-LAA-Rendon: "Get a load of Tony Wage Theft over here" -- (edited) - budice Jan 21, 07:16 3
- "Tony Two-Months" 😂😂 -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 07:18 2
  - It's kinda amazing that DC drafted Stras / Harper / and Rendon in 3 years -- and Harper's the most durable and he's likely to have Dwight Evans knees - Will Hunting Jan 21, 11:13 1
    - All three have so much talent but have been broken quite often with one forced to retire. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 12:48
Dairy Queen is Offering Blizzard Bar Catering for Weddings -- (link) - budice Jan 21, 06:39 8
- I diubt my local DQ does this. I’d book them for my conference in a second. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 21, 08:26
- At the Chamber of Commerce banquet I went to last night they had a cotton candy bar. I was tempted by the thought of habanero cotton candy - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 07:50 2
  - It would probably taste like those spicy skittles they had out a couple of years ago. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 07:56 1
    - I didn't try those either. :( -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 21, 08:00
- Awesome -- nm - Pippy Jan 21, 07:03
- That’s fantastic. -- nm - spamlet Jan 21, 06:52
- TIL that the Blizzard is considered a sundae. -- nm - mara ❄️ Jan 21, 06:46
- If I went to a wedding that had this, I would love it. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 06:43
Oversimplified has returned to YouTube after a year hiatus with a video about the second Punic War. Sweet! They make some of the most - Krusty Jan 21, 05:08 [youtube]
It’s like the end of the world here with driving wind and rain. A red weather alert has been issued as storm Isha makes landfall. Advisory is to stay - Loyola Jan 21, 04:58 6
- I'm not going out today even though London is avoiding the worst of it. Too windy out there. -- nm* - LMS Jan 21, 08:20
- Watch out for flying trampolines! -- nm - . Jan 21, 06:14
- Be safe and enjoy the hurling! -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 05:16 3
  - My county team won! There must have been 10 yellow cards and one red. And a goal for the other team that was at least a foot over the line but the - Loyola Jan 21, 07:14 2
    - Was it played at Croker or locally? -- nm - spamlet Jan 21, 07:39 1
      - Croker. God help them coming back it’s rough here. - Loyola Jan 21, 07:49
TV PSA: NFL, Monsieur Spade, True Detective, The Woman in the Wall, Miss Scarlet & The Duke, Belgravia, All Creatures Great and Small, Funny Woman, - Beaker 🍻 Jan 21, 03:18 2
- I can recommend The Woman in the Wall, Miss Scarlet and All Creatures. The Tourist and Big Boys for me. -- nm - LMS Jan 21, 08:22
- Monsieur Spade, Oak Island and the N.F.L. (Go Lions! Go Bills!) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 21, 03:55
A Packers & 49ers Fan Reaction to the Divisional Round -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jan 21, 03:13 [youtube]
Current number of undelivered packages: 3. - David Jan 21, 00:08
So here's the setup, we're in Canada. So why is 6 afraid of 7 in hex? - JD Jan 20, 23:53 1
- *stomps approval* -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 21, 06:56
lets just say, I own an elephant and I open my mouth...a lot -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 23:41
I just realized I didn't go outside the house all day today. Not good but I'll make up for it tomorrow being at Stanley Ranch from 9:00am - ~4:00pm. -- nm - Meg Jan 20, 22:27 3
- Barely moved from this spot on the sofa today. Running errands all day tomorrow so I guess it’s a fair trade. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 20, 23:12
- same (it's just dumping buckets again now) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 20, 22:57 1
  - Let's hope it's just the forecast scattered showers tomorrow. We have a coach tour of 53 people in the morning and the regular tour in the afternoon. -- nm - Meg Jan 20, 23:02
13! -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 21:36
Connections Puzzle #224, prescribed order - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 20, 21:21 2
- One oopsie - VMan Jan 21, 07:42
- No mistakes - decline Jan 21, 04:58
I don’t know who Renee Rapp is but she just sung her heart out on SNL. Amazing -- nm - Pippy Jan 20, 21:18 7
- She's Billie Eilish but with volume and Dua Lipa but with high notes. -- nm - Max Jan 20, 22:55 2
  - This -- nm - Diva Jan 21, 08:34
  - Yes, accurate -- nm - Pippy Jan 21, 05:49
- Megan The Stallion!!! - Pippy Jan 20, 21:45
- Sex Lives of College Girls! -- nm - David Jan 20, 21:41
- She’s a broadway star from Mean Girls. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 21:23
- she plays Regina George in the new Mean Girls -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 20, 21:23
Wordle 946 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 20, 21:14 2
- 5 - rollo Jan 21, 07:39
- 3 - decline Jan 21, 04:55
Halfway through The Bear S2, my favorite character this season might actually be spoils -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 20, 20:55

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