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wait whut now?! A Simple Favor 2 films in April -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 12:55
artists win early procedural round in one of the AI infringement suit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 12:43
I think we have the date and venue for my daughter's show. Looks like March 13 at the Historic Sanctuary in St. David's church. -- (edited) - pmb Feb 9, 12:35 4
- interesting (they have a lot of panels there for AFF). definitely a big room, pews are not the most comfortable seats in the world -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 12:44 1
  - but also just up the hill from the Driskill where I assume a lot of festers will be hanging out at night schmoozing in the bar -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 12:50
- That does look very cool! -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 12:37
- But is it romantic? -- nm - STToday Feb 9, 12:37
Addendum to weekend plans poll, there’s a lion dance for lunar new year tonight at our local IKEA for some reason. -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 9, 12:31
Katie Ledecky lost an 800m race. That hadn’t happened since the Obama administration. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 9, 12:30 5
- Better fire her coach -- nm - NFL fans Feb 9, 12:35
- Biden!... Trump, having *another* best day of 2024! -- nm* - Spawn Feb 9, 12:34
- The *first* Obama administration. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 9, 12:33 1
  - Oh, good point. -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 12:44
- The woman that beat her is now the second fastest 800m swimmer. She posted the 17th best time ever. - spamlet Feb 9, 12:31
From B2, I'm thinking of making chili for the super bowl. I have an Instapot with a slow cooker option. Best recipes? -- nm - pmb Feb 9, 12:19 9
- Have you used the slow cooker function on the IP before? - kelly Feb 9, 12:35 3
  - agreed. I ruined a mississippi pot roast this way. I don't use the IP for crock pot receipes any longer -- nm - Epiphany Feb 9, 12:54
  - I have not. So what does that do to it? How much more time needed? A lot more stirring? -- nm - pmb Feb 9, 12:36 1
    - It’s only cooking everything from the bottom up, so a pot of chili will take much longer to cook. - kelly Feb 9, 13:05
- whatever you do, don't listen to those nuts people on B2 and put cinnamon in it -- nm - decline Feb 9, 12:28 2
  - I always knew it would be cinnamon that tore us apart. -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 12:33
  - nuts -- nm - other things that don't belong in chili Feb 9, 12:30
- Something with cinnamon apparently. -- nm - sycor Feb 9, 12:27 1
  - and beans. always beans -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 12:29
The US Navy is developing a supersonic submarine. "...working on a technology called supercavitation that envelopes a submerged vessel inside an air bubble to mitigate drag." (mandy Penn State shout out) -- (edited) - decline Feb 9, 12:07 2
- exactly re: your im. nary a mention of that in the article is sucky. — nm - i.b.! Feb 9, 12:11
- Pistol Shrimp Drive -- nm - Max Feb 9, 12:09
So I bought two Friskies Li'l Soups, one shrimp and one salmon for Pippin to try. I gave one to him on my Wednesday - crash davis 😺 Feb 9, 11:58 9
- Our cats absolutely love the soups. -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 12:07
- human successfully trained - nicely done, pip! - i.b.! Feb 9, 12:03 2
  - A cat of good taste! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 9, 12:07 1
    - I think this might be next. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Feb 9, 12:59
- Our cats also love the soups. They would not appreciate the t-shirt idea from B2. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 12:01
- Lil Soup was gonna be my rap name -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 12:01 3
  - The fight between the New Englanders and the Manhattanites over the superior chowder will rock the rap world. -- nm - TWuG Feb 9, 12:03 2
    - that would be quite the beef (stew). — nm - i.b.! Feb 9, 12:06
    - I've got to roll with the Boston crew on this one. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 9, 12:06
literally no Ghostbusters fan ever:…. Sony: yeah but what if the ghosts were FAST? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 11:56
'Brian's Hat' -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 9, 11:51 [youtube]
ST Poll - Last chain sit-down restaurant you went to, and how romantic was it? -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 9, 11:46 32
- Johnny Carino's. Date night, so 8/10. Largely because we tend to do carryout so it was nice to sit with her in a booth and be without the boy. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 12:37
- I honestly couldn’t tell you the last time I ate at a chain restaurant. -- nm - kelly Feb 9, 12:33 3
  - Including local chains? -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 13:02 1
    - Oh ok. Aubrey’s last week. I was with my mom, so 0/10. -- nm - kelly Feb 9, 13:07
  - We generally don’t, but had a gift card to use up. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 9, 12:36
- The Capital Grill -- nm - Jovian Feb 9, 12:21 2
  - I want to go to the one here, but it's definitely a special occasion place based on the prices. -- nm - sycor Feb 9, 12:26 1
    - yep it sure is. we had gone there for my 50th. so not exactly romantic for me. But its the most romantic restaurant Ive been too in a long time -- nm - Jovian Feb 9, 12:36
- Jack Astor's. 4/10 -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 12:19
- Barring my ever so favorite diners, Chili's. Not romantic, they lean bar/restaurant. -- nm - con_carne Feb 9, 12:15
- Melting Pot last weekend. 10/10 -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 12:08 2
  - Trish loved The Melting Pot on our anniversary -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 9, 12:16 1
    - I always think of her when I see the name. 💕— nm - i.b.! Feb 9, 12:18
- Nando's Peri-Peri with my brother last month. Really good chicken. A pair near us seemed like they were on a date, good place for that I think. - Max Feb 9, 12:03
- I can't remember the last time I ate at a sit down chain. maybe red robin last summer? if the bartender was hitting on my friend, is that *more* - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 9, 11:59
- Lunch at a Texas Roadhouse about a year ago - decline Feb 9, 11:59
- I rarely do, but we ate a Joey restaurant here last weekend. I had a $100 GC from a work Christmas thing to use up. Romance Level 5/10. -- (edited) - Andie Feb 9, 11:58 1
  - how YOU doin? -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 12:05
- Honestly, I have no idea when I last ate at one. At least 10+ years. -- nm - Krusty Feb 9, 11:58 3
  - You should go to the Appliebee's in Time Square "for the experience" -- nm - decline Feb 9, 12:11 2
    - Ha! I think it might be the Olive Garden over there for someone's birthday. -- nm - Krusty Feb 9, 12:25
    - "I only went in there to get directions on how to get away from there!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 12:20
- White Spot. Zero. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 11:57
- black bear diner (13 states and plans for expanding farther) on saturday. 1/10.— nm - i.b.! Feb 9, 11:56 4
  - huh, we went to the Black Bear here once. We weren't impressed and haven't gone back. -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 12:10 1
    - I’ve had good and bad experiences at different locations over the years. - i.b.! Feb 9, 12:17
  - I love Black Bear. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 9, 12:05
  - There is a Black Bear in Boise. I've thought about going because I like the name.. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 9, 12:02
- coughcoughtwincoughcoughpeakscoughcough - romance is in the eye of the beholder -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 9, 11:55
- The Matador. - ReluctantCynic Feb 9, 11:55
- Altoona Outback 2/10 (the server was talking the ear off the table behind me about some other server who was a mutual acquaintance) -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 11:49
- Bonefish Grill. Family dinner so 0/10 for romance. But it can be a 5/10. - sycor Feb 9, 11:48
VP Harris’ full-throated rebuke of the Hur hit job, substantively and procedurally -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 11:44
LEGO room is reorganized. My modular street buildings are better arranged now. -- (pic) - TWuG Feb 9, 11:37 [Attachment] 9
- Few things have ever made me as jealous... -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 9, 13:23
- wow -- nm - Andie Feb 9, 12:02
- It includes every modular street building except the first 2. It also has the Ghostbusters firehouse and the Sanctum Sanctorum. - TWuG Feb 9, 11:52
- 😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 9, 11:45
- awesome -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 9, 11:42
- Very cool! I really need to get more shelving so I can start putting my Lego together. -- nm - sycor Feb 9, 11:41
- *salutes* -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 11:40
- Wowsers, this is really awesome! -- nm - Jovian Feb 9, 11:40
- The top shelf space is for the newly released Museum that I had to rearrange the room to make space for. - TWuG Feb 9, 11:39
We Were the Lucky Ones | Hulu -- (link) - mud Feb 9, 11:34 [youtube]
"Take your top off!" -- (link) - Bad Idea Jeans Feb 9, 11:31 [Backboard]
happy national pizza day - some deals given here (*tosses Krusty a NYC slice to distract him*). nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Feb 9, 11:31 1
- Support your local pizzeria! -- nm - Krusty Feb 9, 11:59
There are a lot more important places for them these days, and I already took my share, but some good thoughts would be greatly appreciated. - Spawn Feb 9, 11:24 10
- Good luck dude -- nm - budice Feb 9, 12:07
- Good luck! You got this! -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 11:55
- Awesome! They'd be idiots not to pick you! -- nm - David Feb 9, 11:52
- Eye of the tiger for you. In fact, have six.🐯🐯🐯 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 9, 11:46
- Very nice! -- nm - sycor Feb 9, 11:36
- nice! good luck -- nm - Remlik Feb 9, 11:31
- Go get it! -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 9, 11:30
- you *got* this -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 11:29
- 👍👍 -- nm - mud Feb 9, 11:28
- sweet. go get that smooth HOA action! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 9, 11:27
Chip Kelly is leaving UCLA to take the Ohio State OC job. That's interesting. -- (edited) - Volnelk Feb 9, 11:09 1
- UCLA should get Biennemy -- nm - eag Feb 9, 11:15
meanwhile, venezuela is apparently on the verge of invading guyana. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Feb 9, 11:08 1
- :( -- nm - Andie Feb 9, 11:16
Catching up from lunch. Good thoughts to znu's aunt. Also, Red Lobster is more romantic than those because it is so damned dark in there. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 11:07 6
- Thank you, and thanks everyone on b2 -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 9, 11:47 2
  - I was at work. I'd like to add my good thoughts as well. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 9, 11:48 1
    - I’ll allow it. - Znufrii, promoted Feb 9, 12:27
- our red lobster is suuuuuper bright. (I have been only once.) -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 9, 11:08 2
  - that's Mogwai rule four: no Red Lobster -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 11:20
  - The three I have been in, the only lights are those over the tables, so they are like islands but in the darkness instead of the ocean. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 11:10
Litt vs Jessica! -- (link) - Remlik Feb 9, 11:07 [youtube] 1
- An article about it said it didn't include any of the "big three", but that was clearly Donna. - Beryllium Feb 9, 11:12
Did...did Batman just kill The Flash? -- nm - David Feb 9, 10:57 3
- He could if he wanted. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 11:05 1
  - Red Death! -- nm - Remlik Feb 9, 11:21
- I hope so - decline Feb 9, 11:00
heh it’s funny because he’s really gonna do it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 10:52 1
- they did Hillary and Benghazi 7 f'n times. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 11:01
Got my SB squares: Chiefs 9, 49ers 0 and Chiefs 2, 49ers 9. Certainly could be worse -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 10:49 9
- We should do an online one for ST -- nm - budice Feb 9, 10:54 1
  - Chiefs 31, Niners 25.0 -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 11:11
- have a link to a printable one? Unsure how they are setup,,, -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 9, 10:53 6
  - You put people's names in squares first and then draw cards to assign the numbers to rows otherwise people won't buy certain spots. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 9, 11:04
  - Link -- (link) - JD Feb 9, 10:56 3
    - merci. now...how do you win at it? By quarter I assume? -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Feb 9, 11:21 2
      - Yes, we do 25% for each of Q1, Q2, Q3, and Final. -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 11:42
      - You can do it however you want. Sometimes it's 20%-20-20-40 by quarter or all on the final score or half and final. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 9, 11:25
  - No just a PDF with a bunch of names of coworkers :) - spamlet Feb 9, 10:55
Former Mets/Angels GM Billy Eppler has been suspended by MLB through the '24 World Series. IL fraud - "deliberate fabrication of injuries." -- (pic) - budice Feb 9, 10:43 [Attachment] 1
- That guy acquired Rendon and still needed to invent injuries?. Oh, wait during 2022-2023 seasons.... -- nm - JD Feb 9, 11:01
I think it is outback because of ambience. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 9, 10:43 21
- I don't think I've ever been to an outback -- nm - decline Feb 9, 11:36 2
  - Their takeout quality has nosedived since the pandemic. -- nm - Max Feb 9, 12:05
  - Steaks are okay, not great, but not bad. Salad is good. Bloomin' Onion is yum if you like that kind of thing. -- nm - sycor Feb 9, 11:49
- Sorry everyone, Staff Writer at fooddigital has spoken and the correct answer is White Castle -- (link) - Roger More Feb 9, 11:20 2
  - Romance for middle schoolers? -- nm - Max Feb 9, 11:22 1
    - Have fun storming the castle? -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 11:25
- Outback has the right balance of being able to blend into the surroundings and sound. You feel both part of the crowd and 1-on-1 - Max Feb 9, 11:19 1
  - our outbacks varied by location and even inside some - the one we went to the most was half cozier/quieter, half open and noisier, with a bar and - i.b.! Feb 9, 11:26
- It always seems kind of chaotic in those that I have been in. I thought they were going for that penal colony vibe. - Spawn Feb 9, 11:08 1
  - penal colony vibe?! - mud Feb 9, 11:10
- The thing about the Melting Pot is that afterwards your hair and clothes smell like the Melting Pot -- nm - rollo Feb 9, 11:05
- to the extent that it qualifies as a "chain" i'd go Ruth's Chris - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 10:49 9
  - I have never been. we don't have one here in sunny state college. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 9, 11:14 1
    - they're fine as spendy steakhouses go. we're lousy with other old school joints like Musso & Frank so rarely my first choice for a special occasion -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 11:18
  - Morton's? -- nm - budice Feb 9, 10:50 6
    - i think they're down to less locations than RC at this point? but the ambience is pretty much the same -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 10:51 5
      - any restaurant that costs more than your first car back in highschool damn well better be romantic as fvck -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 11:03 4
        
        a Subway can be romantic with the right person in the right city - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 11:09 3
        
        Eat fresh! -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 11:20
        
        by the lights of the daily special sign, the smell of peppers wafting… -- (edited) - i.b.! Feb 9, 11:13 1
        
        "remember when you said you were holding out for a footlong?" -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 9, 11:16
amy sedaris posted a version of the video dano linked to last night - flashdance on the move? nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Feb 9, 10:38
The rockies may tumble, ghibralter may crumble, they're only made of clay, but our love is here to stay -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 10:37

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