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Minnesota Timberwolves are trading Shake Milton, Troy Brown Jr. and a 2030 second-pick to the Detroit Pistons for guard Monte Morris -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 8, 05:54 10
- Is that the Pats' Troy Brown's kid? -- nm - rollo Feb 8, 06:10
- A 2nd round pick in the NBA 6 years from now is roughly equivalent to springing for the cab fare to get him to the airport. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 8, 06:01 2
  - They've got their eye on a promising 8th grader. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 06:06
  - Seriously. That's a worthless pick. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 06:03
- NBA officials to debut sponsored patches at All-Star Game -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 8, 05:55 5
  - The soccerfication of our jerseys is ruining them. I'll never buy a jersey that advertises anything other than the team I'm rooting for. - Krusty Feb 8, 06:06 2
    - 🐯 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 06:22
    - "Which team are you rooting for?" "Uh, Emirates?" -- nm - spamlet Feb 8, 06:21
  - "MGM Grand" -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 05:57 1
    - right? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 05:57
"Joaquin Phonics" -- nm - just heard somebody say this Feb 8, 05:49
UK TV PSA: flagging in tonight's episode of Darby & Joan we get to see Bryan Brown's Cocktail skills in action again apparently. -- (edited) - LMS Feb 8, 05:46
“Our tiebreaker will be guessing how many out of 50 you’ll get right” “50, let’s gooooooo” -- (pic) - spamlet Feb 8, 05:28 [Attachment] 2
- "How many answers are 'Letters to Cleo'?" "Ummm, a bunch of them." -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 05:46 1
  - *perks up* -- nm - Ben Wyatt Feb 8, 06:18
Happy birthday, budice! Woo hoo!! 🎂🥳 - Krusty Feb 8, 05:16 14
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 10:47
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine Feb 8, 08:39
- Happy booday! -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 06:39
- thank all yall -- nm - budice Feb 8, 06:10
- Hap Pee Biff Day -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 06:06
- Happy Birthday! Hope it's a great one! -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 8, 06:03
- boo-dee-chay! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 05:55
- WOO HOO Birthday! HAPPY DAY! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Feb 8, 05:53
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 05:50
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 05:47
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Feb 8, 05:33
- happy birthday! -- nm - decline Feb 8, 05:28
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 8, 05:21
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Feb 8, 05:18
Ever seen a groundbreaking where they have a shovel with 3 or 5 handles on it. I have but I can't find one online now. Anyone have one? -- nm - colin Feb 8, 05:03 1
- I don't think I've seen one like that. Usually everyone gets their own shovel. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 05:18
Not a student name, but a parent contact: "Sthefany" -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 05:00 7
- Also Harry Kim returned to Voyager, apparently. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 05:52
- Moderately unusual names in my kid’s class: two Albys, Bodhi, Raja, Sage, Winter, and Tulsi, and kids with the same names as three of the goats. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 05:25 1
  - the *2* Albys is what strikes me the most. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 06:51
- Sthefany - -- (link) - . Feb 8, 05:14
- they were drunk. -- nm - mud Feb 8, 05:04 2
  - Or named by Sean Connery. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 05:05 1
    - "Clear enough, Missh Moneypenny" -- (link) - mud Feb 8, 05:13 [youtube]
OTD 50 years ago, Brian Eno released his debut solo album 'Here Come the Warm Jets' -- (link) - mud Feb 8, 04:59 [youtube]
Guess Tony Khan is going to try to pop a rating with Sasha’s debut instead of a telegraphed surprise like Edge’s debut. - Will Hunting Feb 8, 04:50
Feb. 8 - Everything you can imagine is real. - Pablo Picasso -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 03:25 2
- Giant spiders fighting giant cats in my basement are real?!???!? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 03:54 1
  - I suppose at times it pays to have a disciplined mind. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 03:57
WordDaily - Winkle-picker NOUN A shoe with a long pointed toe, popular in the 1950s. - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 03:22 3
- heh. that's interesting -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 03:24 2
  - Here is the link I got when I put Winkle Picker into Google Images -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 03:27 1
    - In stock at Etsy! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 03:30
Cinerdle stats after 60 games (original) - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 03:03
Connections Puzzle #242, prescribed order - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 02:43 4
- Couple of oopsies. A few head scratches. - VMan Feb 8, 06:03
- I basically guessed on each line after the first - decline Feb 8, 05:41
- d'oh - mud Feb 8, 04:55
- Connections Puzzle #242 - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 03:08
heh. very appropriate Framed for my wife's birthday -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 02:39
Wordle 964 2/6 (the ultra-rare 2 for me - only 6 times out of 761 plays) - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 02:35 7
- I *also* got it in 2. Kind of out of nowhere: - Andie Feb 8, 06:01 2
  - *whoa* -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 8, 06:12 1
    - I *almost* got a 2 -- nm - rollo Feb 8, 06:13
- I also got it in 2. I've never gotten a 1. It teased me today. - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 8, 05:34
- 6 - decline Feb 8, 05:31
- 3 - rollo Feb 8, 05:29
- Wordle 964 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 03:12
Random mock the week clip -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 8, 02:21 [youtube]
All I'm gonna say is that there's a real chance Disney claims the top two box office hits of 2024. - David Feb 8, 00:32 1
- the difference between the Pixar process and WDA being forced at gunpoint to rejigger a DTV series into a holiday feature will not be more stark -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 8, 01:09
Someone AI generated a color swatch panel, and...I'm...laughing, started out amusing and gathered steam. -- (pic) - zeitgeist Feb 7, 23:51 [Attachment] 1
- Pantone predicts 2024 color of the year will be ... Stanky Bean -- nm - rollo Feb 8, 06:09
Looking at the corner where we used to live in Studio City. Looks like a film crew there again? New house since 1976. -- (link) - Meg Feb 7, 23:17
It's snowing again in Big Bear. Poor Jackie. -- (link) - Meg Feb 7, 23:01 [youtube] 6
- Looks like sleet now. :-( -- nm* - Krusty Feb 8, 05:19
- That looks just miserable, isn't it unusual for them to have eggs in the dead of winter? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 23:15 3
  - No, I think I've heard of her dealing with snow before. I know we'd be looking at the barn owls starting about now. -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 23:19 2
    - yah, bald eagles are usually winter. which month can vary. jackie has been january-march, mostly january. this has her history and cam predecessors. -- (link) - i.b.! Feb 7, 23:50 1
      - (the reason for winter for them, is that it’s easier, in theory anyway, to keep their eggs warm in winter than cool in hot months.) — nm - i.b.! Feb 7, 23:54
- aww, I looked this afternoon; and it was cold, but she was finally uncovered. too bad it didn’t last longer. :( - — nm - i.b.! Feb 7, 23:09
I read a story about a mother who had quadruplets and named them: Eeny, Meeny, Miny and - JD Feb 7, 21:30 2
- Poor Jake Bobo. -- nm - David Feb 7, 21:39
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 21:32
*looking at a form to submit my name as a potential delegate to the state convention* -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 21:10
Tonight in my little podunk town I was front row for a lovely Canadian concert pianist/humorist named Sarah Hagen - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 20:51 6
- "Her comic timing is as solid as her musical meter." well that could really mean anything. -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 21:16 1
  - Her timing was very good -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 21:17
- You sound like you're having the same kind of fun I have in my 'village.' In an area about 1-mile square I have almost everything I need. -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 21:14 3
  - Of course there is a lot more happening in Boise, but I'm trying to enjoy everything I can in town. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 21:17 2
    - I know you're familiar with this part of the world where you can't always tell which city you're in. I feel my little area is so special. - Meg Feb 7, 21:28 1
      - That is great. That sense of community is a very good feeling. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 21:31
"Most other media executives seemed to have a genetic predisposition to oppose change and innovation and spent many years refusing to bend..." - David Feb 7, 20:18 3
- Most executives, period, I would think. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 8, 05:18
- I dunno, print media took to radio and television from the beginning. Most early stations were began by the city paper. 'net is another media -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 23:40
- History shows other industries as well. Kodak, Blackberry - JD Feb 7, 21:40
new White Sox stadium dropped -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 7, 20:08 3
- that's hot -- nm - rollo Feb 8, 06:13
- Conversely, here’s the sign in the lobby of the hotel a half-mile from MetLife Stadium. -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Feb 7, 21:38 [Attachment] 1
  - Suburbs don't want you walking and most of NJ is suburbs. I'm sure it's the same around many stadiums in the country. They expect you to drive because -- (edited) - Krusty Feb 8, 05:23
this made me lol, so sharing - going to a gym with a giant “stanley” cup. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Feb 7, 19:57 1
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 8, 03:42
the President Marianne Williamson dream is apparently dead (once again) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 7, 19:31
in other wrestling news, apparently there's a WWE event in Perth in 2 weeks and tickets are not selling well. prices cut by like 60%. - mafic Feb 7, 19:19 6
- Perth seemed like the strange choice for an Australia show. -- nm - Tim Feb 7, 19:29 2
  - though really they should've had it at the 14,000 seat arena rather that the 60,000 seat stadium. like UFC! -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 23:16
  - I have no idea, but they're advertising it as the only Asia Pacific show of 2024. - mafic Feb 7, 21:12
- oof. -- nm - Remlik Feb 7, 19:23
- It's a homecoming for a couple of the wrestlers, especially Rhea Ripley. -- nm - David Feb 7, 19:23 1
  - There was this young smiley blonde in the first Mae Young Classic and I was like she’s got some potential. - Tim Feb 7, 19:38
I'm on this episode of 30 rock -- (link) - amandaphone Feb 7, 19:18 [Backboard] 1
- But how will I ever get to use it when your analytics show Trump will lose in the fall?? Sorry Tracy, I'll find some other way to make you famous. -- nm - Max Feb 7, 19:47
Severe thunderstorm warning for Ventura County. High winds, potential for tornados. -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 19:03 3
- "Looks like rain. Sounds like rain, too." - a moment ago in the show i was watching -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 19:10
- Got shopping in early before storms tonight -- nm - budice Feb 7, 19:04 1
  - This storm looks to be a look faster moving than the last one. -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 19:39
I missed if we talked about this silliness - Pizza Hut offering breakup pizza boxes ahead of v. day. hope this wasn’t how they told all the employees - i.b.! Feb 7, 19:00
AEW: yeah, it’s a Boston Dynamite next month. - Tim Feb 7, 18:50 5
- it's in Bo$$ton -- nm - Remlik Feb 7, 19:10
- AEW Big Business. lol got Great Balls of Fire vibes. -- nm - Qale Feb 7, 18:55 3
  - Also it’s pretty funny that his BIG ANNOUCEMENT was that their show will be airing in its regular time slot next month. -- nm - Tim Feb 7, 19:00 2
    - He has learned how to troll back to WWE zealots. -- nm - David Feb 7, 19:16 1
      - Also… cocaine. -- nm - Qale Feb 7, 19:25
Fruit by the furlong has been discontinued due to inflation and supply change issues. That is all. -- nm - VMan Feb 7, 18:38 1
- Ed Furlong had no comment -- nm - budice Feb 7, 18:39
nice goal by the Leafs -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 7, 18:28
oo, putting 2 bb posts together - these could be a modern take on the gorn? nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Feb 7, 18:26 [Backboard]
Trevor Noah is producing a comedy special in Fortnite -- (link) - Remlik Feb 7, 18:17
for anyone who cooks relevant recipes, a great tip for toasting nuts from atk. - i.b.! Feb 7, 18:14
I got promoted so I sucked it up and bought pixel buds pro. 1) wireless charging 2) five day* battery life 3) avail in my favorite color "gross green" - amandaphone Feb 7, 18:12 28
- Congrats! -- nm - sycor Feb 8, 05:52
- Manger of Jesus. OWN IT! You’ve earned it! -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 7, 21:40
- Congratulations! -- nm - MDH Feb 7, 21:40
- Congrats! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 7, 19:58
- WTG! -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 7, 19:08
- pixelbudabilia! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 7, 18:47
- way to manage the pants off those analytics. -- nm* - mafic Feb 7, 18:37
- "Queen of All You Survey" -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 18:37 1
  - This is sexy but more stats than analytics :) -- nm - amandaphone Feb 7, 18:39
- Hey, congrats! That's awesome, and you deserve it! -- nm - David Feb 7, 18:36 1
  - Thank you thank you all. I'm truly happier about a cheap excuse to buy new earbuds (for SITV obvs) than anything else. -- nm - amandaphone Feb 7, 18:41
- congrats on the promotion. I think your new title should be: Maven -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 7, 18:31
- How anal are your lytics anyway? -- nm - Qale Feb 7, 18:27 1
  - nevermind -- nm - VMan Feb 7, 18:33
- Congratulations! Glad someone recognized your greatness! -- nm - spamlet Feb 7, 18:27
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 7, 18:18
- vnm -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 7, 18:18
- Nice! -- nm - Remlik Feb 7, 18:18
- Congrats on the promotion and new fancy ear buds! :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 18:16 6
  - Thanks to you both. I honestly care more about the earbuds than a new title. You know me. "I don't care what my title is, I just want to be - amandaphone Feb 7, 18:20 5
    - ("amanda. amanda, your earbuds are still in. am- she can't hear us.") - first song on new earbuds Feb 7, 18:48
    - oh wait the *earbuds* are gross green? - hollywood big shot Feb 7, 18:22 3
      - Great green! -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 18:30 2
        
        "why is there snot coming out of your brain?" -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 7, 18:32 1
        
        This (the idea of this) is 100% my favorite color. -- nm - amandaphone Feb 7, 18:34
- congratulations on your promotion and new ‘buds! :) - 🎉 — nm - i.b.! Feb 7, 18:15
- went from pinto bean counter to fava bean counter -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 18:13 1
  - Technically I'm a bean analyst, not a bean counter. So maybe like "from Chipotle team member" to "qboba team member." My beans are already counted. - amandaphone Feb 7, 18:16
between Dakota Johnson's Madame Web junket and Rebecca Ferguson more diplomatically explaining she didn't want any more MI's, good week for studio PR -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 7, 18:08 2
- speaking of johnsons*, I had to google to see if I had somehow missed a kirbie being related to dakota. nope, but they could be. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Feb 7, 18:22 1
  - They look like sisters. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 7, 22:01
first episode of Mr. & Mrs. Smith is downright sleepy -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 7, 18:02 1
- Yes. It does improve from there, but it is usually not an actioner. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 18:24
Debbie Gibson is pregnant with my two headed love child! -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 17:58
The CGI on La Brea is so bad that it actually makes it funny and okay to watch. This river scene, oh boy. -- nm* - MDH Feb 7, 17:40

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