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New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie in the Works with David Koepp Writing - decline Jan 22, 11:14 1
- 1 out of 2 ain’t bad. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 11:26
"his willingness to keep the government funded is quickly proving disqualifying" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 22, 10:41 1
- (ironically, one of the easiest fixes for this would be all the big GOP vote sink states to unrig their hyper-gerrymandered districts) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 22, 10:42
Happy 90th birthday to my dad. Had a fun talk with him last night. We've "adapted" to the challenges of his dementia, so - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 22, 10:31 7
- happy birthday. my dad made it to 92. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 22, 11:03
- That's great! Happy birthday Dadfm -- nm - spamlet Jan 22, 10:56
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 10:45
- Happy birthday to your pops! -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 10:41
- happy birthday to him, and yay for a fun talk! :) - — nm - i.b.! Jan 22, 10:37
- Very nice! Happy Birthday! Glad you are able to enjoy the time with him as much as possible. -- nm - sycor Jan 22, 10:34
- 90 is damn impressive -- nm - decline Jan 22, 10:33
What's hilarious its Jason that's suppose to be the semi down to earth a family man with 3 kids - eag Jan 22, 10:15 3
- this is pretty wholesome, though. -- (link) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 22, 10:36 1
  - "Yes, Mr. Kelce, but please describe for the jury: what was your state of attire after your brother scored his *second* touchdown?" -- nm - courtroom transcripts Jan 22, 10:45
- Dad just finished his job and had a weekend with his brother. -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 10:33
hopefully AOC learned a few lessons about getting pressured into going all-in on a losing presidential candidate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 22, 10:14
STIS: Anyone ever been to/have recommendations for Buenos Aires or Santiago Chile? -- nm - MDH Jan 22, 10:14
Pink has extended her 2024 Tour with arena dates - MDH Jan 22, 10:09
I think I've watched this like 10 times and around viewing 8 while still laughing I started to feel bad for #35 -- (link) - JD Jan 22, 10:07
DTL: Good luck Honolulu. Not that you'll likely need it. -- nm - spamlet Jan 22, 10:05 1
- Back at you. We may have used all our luck in the first round. 64% shooting including 13 for 17 from three. - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 22, 10:11
WWE2K24: Roman Reigns will be playable once a month. -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 09:56 1
- Cover — Cody Rhodes // Deluxe Edition Cover - Bianca and Rhea. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 10:02
Some thing called Peacock told me that Season 7 Superfan episodes of The Office are now available - oblique Jan 22, 09:54 1
- Ive just started watching some of these. Ill just say they definitely left a lot of stuff on the cutting room floor on these episodes. - Jovian Jan 22, 10:16
Maybe commonplace, maybe highly unusual, but the Bears GM, HC, and new OC all have the same agent. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 22, 09:54
Apples Never Fall series trailer - : Annette Bening and Sam Neill Try to Protect Their Perfect Family from Dark Secrets -- (link) - budice Jan 22, 09:45 [youtube]
Michael Mann‘s “Ferrari” will become available on digital starting Jan. 23 -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 09:44 3
- Ferrari vs Ford vs Ferrari -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 10:21 1
  - I chuckled. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 22, 10:23
- "on demand", I assume (i.e. Vudu, iTunes, etc.) -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 09:52
I know I should feel guilty about complaining but three days of rain is enough! :( -- nm - Meg Jan 22, 09:34 6
- For the year. -- nm - jnine Jan 22, 10:27 1
  - :-) -- nm - Meg Jan 22, 10:30
- *stares in pacific northwest* - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:41 2
  - (It did briefly rain today, but it's only overcast now. I've experienced rain in California; it's generally not so subtle.) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:59 1
    - Yup, overcast is worse. Just pour down and get it over with dammit. -- nm - Meg Jan 22, 10:29
- I will feel that way soon. Rain from Wed-Sun in the forecast. With temps back up around 70. Stupid NC weather. -- nm - sycor Jan 22, 09:37
Picked up a bottle of Pecan Praline Whisky this weekend. The sign next to it suggest making whisky pancakes. Sub half the water with whisky. - sycor Jan 22, 09:30 14
- don't you make pancakes with milk? (note: I don't cook; I just kind of always assumed.) -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 22, 10:24 2
  - I have no made pancake in a long time, but I assume it's more for instant pancake mix. A lot of those just call for water. Like Bisquick. -- nm - sycor Jan 22, 10:25 1
    - Bisquick uses milk for pancakes -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Jan 22, 10:41
- If The main function of a booze isn't "drinking it", you've gone wrong somewhere. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 09:37 5
  - But... wine is used all the time. Same thing right? - sycor Jan 22, 09:40 3
    - I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Jan 22, 10:16
    - The main reason to buy wine is to drink it, maybe 1% of my wine gets cooked with. Probably not even that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 09:46 1
      - I have more than enough to drink too spare a bit for a novelty breakfast. -- (pic) - sycor Jan 22, 09:51 [Attachment]
  - *laugh* -- nm - JD Jan 22, 09:38
- Love that stuff. its great. Never made pancakes though -- nm - Epiphany Jan 22, 09:31 4
  - It's this kind. I haven't tried it before. But now I'm wondering if the Knob Creek Smoked Maple would make a good pancake. - sycor Jan 22, 09:36 3
    - no photo -- nm - Epiphany Jan 22, 09:42 2
      - Oops -- (link) - sycor Jan 22, 09:46 1
        
        that's the one I got!! love it. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 22, 10:23
Putin really not a fan of the new season of True Detective -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 22, 09:18 2
- if that was true, I wonder what politicians would say. so I doubt it is true. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 09:24
- Keep it up, chuckles. We're already going to take back Crimea. Do you want the Kuril Islands or Kaliningrad next? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 09:20
"Hey Neil, can you show me how to play Cinnamon Girl here in Central Park?" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 22, 09:16 3
- That's far out! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 22, 09:49
- Was that encoded in like 1980 or how many times has it been reposted / recompressed? -- nm - JD Jan 22, 09:29 1
  - the guy says "far out" so feels even like the 70s maybe -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 22, 09:32
Meanwhile in Missouri -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 22, 09:10 9
- another scarier angle -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 22, 10:06
- It ain't just MO - everything here is just a solid sheet of ice. We've salted our deck at least 6 times since 5am, just so our dogs can go out - Louis Litt Jan 22, 09:50 2
  - We've carried our 15 year old daschound to the grass all morning so she could go out. - spamlet Jan 22, 09:52 1
    - Yeah - we have one that LOVES it - the other 2, notsomuch. -- nm - Louis Litt Jan 22, 09:53
- "When you remember it's taco night for dinner." -- nm - Max Jan 22, 09:30
- OMG -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 09:18
- yikes. I guess that one home owners silver lining is that it clipped their car and not their house. -- nm - Jovian Jan 22, 09:13 2
  - in fact it looks like that parked car halted most its momentum from actually hitting the house. -- nm - Jovian Jan 22, 09:15 1
    - I don't think it even hit the car???? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 22, 11:15
How to Dance In Ohio to close on Broadway February 11. -- nm - MDH Jan 22, 09:05
The Black Crowes Spring 2024 Theater Tour - MDH Jan 22, 08:57 6
- I saw them and they didn't do She Talks to Angels because Chris"s voice wasn't feeling it. I wanted my money back. -- nm - jnine Jan 22, 10:39
- Awww..Kate Hudson's first rocker husband -- nm - Epiphany Jan 22, 09:31
- I have mentioned on ST, I saw them (try to) open for ZZTop back in the day. - Spawn Jan 22, 08:58 3
  - I saw them at NIU in my college days. It was in the field house where they play basketball and I distinctly remember when they turned the lights on - oblique Jan 22, 09:01
  - Saw them open for Petty and, same. But I love thier records. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 22, 09:00 1
    - word -- nm - Spawn Jan 22, 09:00
I'm a 49'ers fan if I'm any type NFL team fan but this kind of made me want to cry -- (link*) - JD Jan 22, 08:49 [youtube] 1
- yeah his heartbreak was kinda cruel to watch. I think if the clip continued he talked a bit about his team having like almost no chance to get into - tRuMaN Jan 22, 09:01 1
This could be completely made up OR it could be the story behind the Alaska door plug blowout -- (link) - ty97 Jan 22, 08:48
Superbowl Winner odds: 49ers +140 Ravens +210 Chiefs +400 Lions +750 -- nm - budice Jan 22, 08:47 2
- I guess the oddsmakers value Kansas City a lot — only reason the best team in the league with a strong head to head win over the favorite isn’t #1 -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:25
- The best thing about SF making the SB would be the repeats of their previous appearances. - the wrong element Jan 22, 09:15
The Applebees card goes on sale in 15 minutes. I know I'll be fighting many of you to get the card, but if I don't get one, I hope you do. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 08:45 16
- what card? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 08:47 15
  - $200 "Date Night Pass". -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 08:48 14
    - my question is, well, could a person use it without a date? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 09:03 6
      - I doubt the limit is enough to cover a single person, much less two. It's basically $30 off your tab. Period. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 09:21 2
        
        Uh, probably saying too much but with alcohol exclusion I think $30 would do fine for FH and I - JD Jan 22, 09:26 1
        
        For Logan, Amy and I, our bill for carry out last night was $42. -- nm - Spawn Jan 22, 09:36
      - Will Hunting would eat both meals, so, yes. -- nm - Spawn Jan 22, 09:03 2
        
        That’s the clean version of self-love. - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:23 1
        
        That's a vision of not fancy like Applebees that I wish I could unsee -- nm - JD Jan 22, 09:27
    - applebees-prod Whoa there! You might need to wait a bit. Currently we are receiving more requests than we are comfortable with! To try your request a -- nm - Spawn Jan 22, 08:55 6
      - 9 am... and it's down. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 09:00 5
        
        9:02 and it's sold out. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 09:02 2
        
        I tried for David, but yeah. :( -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 22, 09:12 1
        
        Yeah, between lunches and dinners, I could easily have used it weekly. -- nm - Spawn Jan 22, 09:37
        
        I have the app (used it yesterday, even) and today it was telling me they had updated their security and I would need to request a password reset. - Spawn Jan 22, 09:02
        
        The service is unavailable. -- nm - JD Jan 22, 09:01
B2: L3 The water was supposed to be in the waterpark, not the lobby. - JD Jan 22, 08:42 [Backboard] 1
- I can only imagine how many times the staff heard a variation on that. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Jan 22, 09:35
Travel question (probably for ty97): I know airlines hate it when you book a round trip and then only use one leg... - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 08:41 10
- If it's not something you do commonly, it shouldn't be an issue as things do happen sometimes. However - ty97 Jan 22, 08:54 1
  - True enough. Thanks! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 08:55
- why not just book the one-way then? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 08:52 3
  - as with most things $$$ -- nm - JD Jan 22, 08:53 2
    - oh I get that, trust me, trying to figure out the flights for my north atlantic cruise in may was maddening. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 08:54 1
      - *In some cases*, a round-trip is cheaper than one-way. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 08:54
- skip lagging -- (link) - oblique Jan 22, 08:44 3
  - I don't want to be "the guy who doesn't show up for their appointed flight". Is canceling ahead of time more forgivable? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 08:47 2
    - Did you know you have airline rights? The Constitution says you do! -- nm - Better Call Saul Jan 22, 08:54
    - I think anything you do with the airline will be subject to fees or fare changes. -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 08:53
I really want this habibi welcome sign for my house but -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 22, 08:36 2
- I have a Mezeh near by but haven't gone there yet. State College needs a Lebanese Taverna. - Max Jan 22, 08:42 1
  - I still haven't been to our mezeh. it's the old yallah problem: I need to walk by yallah to get to mezeh and oops I accidentally got yallah. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 22, 08:46
Anyone remember a 1985 series, Otherworld? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 08:36 4
- Only ting memerbal bout eitty fife is da Bears my frien! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 22, 09:04
- Not at all and it looks like something that I would have had interest in watching -- (link) - JD Jan 22, 08:40 [youtube] 2
  - No clue about this one at all and I was watching all that stuff in 1985 -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 08:47
  - Jonathan Banks as the heavy is the only thing I remember. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 08:42
Hit Man trailer - Glen Powell, Adria Arjona -- (link) - budice Jan 22, 08:33 1
- Screenplay by Linklater AND Glen Powell? -- nm - Volnelk Jan 22, 09:29
I found the next place Andrea is staying -- (link) - ty97 Jan 22, 08:31 1
- i wish! -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 08:32
Have you been following the uproar over Reese Witherspoon's snow cones? -- (edited) - Meg Jan 22, 08:25 14
- Is she using snow to make them? Seems fine to me as long as it's a few inches thick and clean. -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 10:29
- I have and I agree. super gross. I'd never. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 22, 09:30 2
  - would you stick your tongue out and let rain hit your tongue? *fresh* snow is pretty pristine. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 09:52
  - Why? We would just put a big pot outside and catch the snow. Not like we were scraping it up off the ground. -- nm - sycor Jan 22, 09:45
- Wait...that's a real thing? - Will Hunting Jan 22, 08:40
- Does she eat them out of the Stanley Cup? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 22, 08:39
- No, and I hope to remain blissfully unaware of the details. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Jan 22, 08:39
- Oh, not phrasing. -- nm - JD Jan 22, 08:37
- Snow cream is something I like to make any time it snows. You just don't want the first bit of snow. - sycor Jan 22, 08:33 1
  - Depends where you are! Some places there will be less because of the work we've done on scrubbing sulfates, nitrates, etc. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 09:14
- dear god, snow maple taffy is like a whole winter festival thing in places here, or snow cream. everyone calm down. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 08:32
- The planet ain't what it used to be. -- nm - Spawn Jan 22, 08:32
- I took a photo last week of my 9 year old eating snow from our driveway. - Beryllium Jan 22, 08:27 1
  - Don't Eat The Yellow Snow -- (link) - mud Jan 22, 08:35 [youtube]
The worst part about that missed FG is that was our best chance to get the touchback rule changed. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 08:20 4
- Sounds like it's changing regardless. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 22, 08:36
- nothing bad about that missed FG -- nm - mud Jan 22, 08:22 2
  - I am nominally a Chiefs fan but Buffalo has suffered enough. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 08:23 1
    - *thinks back to how many times they blocked Dan Marino's path* - Spawn Jan 22, 09:38
:-D -- (link) - mud Jan 22, 08:19
Pixies and Modest Mouse co-headline with Cat Power opening, Summer 2024 Amphitheaters - MDH Jan 22, 08:19
Doobie Brothers with either Robert Cray or Steve Winwood, Summer 2024 Tour (Jax show) - MDH Jan 22, 08:18 1
- Nice! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 22, 09:16

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