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is she gonna blame this on Scott Erickson too? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 19:17 3
- She is so entitled. No remorse. The relationship with the husband is so interesting. They've been separated but living together for years and he - jnine Mar 18, 21:05
- def what you want to do before the court has sentenced you -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 19:23 1
  - Ok, contacting witnesses and jurists I know is illegal but why would talking to daughter about requesting a new trial? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 20:07
DONDI is on peacock! Who was supposed to tell me?? -- nm - amandaphone Mar 18, 19:15 2
- I talked about it on the podcast this week! The original was such a guilty pleasure and this is a lot of fun! -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 19:22
- Irwin Hasen -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 18, 19:16
Blake Snell is headed to the San Francisco Giants on a two-year deal $62M -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 18, 18:58 1
- "oh yeah the Angels are in the running." - $150M 2024 payroll - Trout & Rendon make up 50% of it -- nm* - budice Mar 18, 19:34
literally nothing about Elton in this cover blurb turned out to be true -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 18:33 4
- I'm amused that they have an NFL story as one of their ledes. - David Mar 18, 19:36
- I’d like to know more about cocaine in Hollywood. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 18:56 2
  - I'm sure it's cheaper in Huston than LA -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 20:08
  - fake news! -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 19:14
I’m not prepared to say it’s not Kate in that pap shot just that it’s *profoundly* weird that this is the best the royals can come up with after weeks -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 18:23
Currently resisting the temptation to bid on a domain. But also, just learned about São Tomé. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 18:20
Paul Giamatti's father is best known for: -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 18, 18:07 8
- ...being the first and third touring manager for The Oogieloves -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 18:14 3
  - WTF is an Oogielove?!?! -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 19:24
  - He also discovered Sydney Sweeney in a JC Penney. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 18:20 1
    - and also illegitimately fathered - prayformojo Mar 18, 18:42
- Banning Pete Rose and dying a week later. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 18:14
- Banning Pete Rose from baseball. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 18:10
- Inventing fusili -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 18:07 1
  - Spoilers - Beryllium Mar 18, 18:08
pixie switzerland is expensive because investors bought up the franc. The Swiss can't afford to live there they drive to other countries to buy stuff -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 17:59 2
- Switzerland has the second highest wealth per person in the world. -- nm - MDH Mar 18, 18:08 1
  - "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded." -- nm - Max Mar 18, 22:25
Weird little storm cells popping up all round. That one missed a little to the east, but we heard the thunder. -- nm - Meg Mar 18, 17:44
And now my Mom is headed to the hospital she can't hold her food down - eag Mar 18, 17:42 8
- Hugs for all our mothers. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 20:12
- Oh, that's too much, I am sorry. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 19:53
- oh man. sorry to hear -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 19:00
- good thoughts for her and you -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 18, 18:58
- :-( So sorry. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 18:10
- sorry. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 18, 18:02
- :-[ sorry -- nm - mud Mar 18, 17:48
- I'm very sorry eag. I'm sending out best healing wishes and vibes to her and you. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 18, 17:45
If the NFL Was Scripted: Free Agency -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Mar 18, 17:42 [youtube]
Richard Dreyfuss = Boomer Richard Dreyfuss. Paul Giamatti = Gen X Richard Dreyfuss. - crash davis 😺 Mar 18, 17:40 4
- nevermind. I read wrong above -- nm* - Peglegpete Mar 18, 18:02
- I had to chec when Giamatti was born and assumed wrongly. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 17:51 1
  - I cannot figure out how that old dude is only 1 year older than me -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 18:05
- more Ned Beatty than Dreyfuss -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 17:42
Local Headline: Chipotle Manager Masturbates In Front Of Customers -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 17:39 1
- Before COVID, I’d have wondered why. Now? The customers probably deserved it. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 18:57
The algorithm is weird, this just came through my twitter feed -- (link) - ty97 Mar 18, 17:27
huh, I heard this was coming but for the first time YouTube just got mad I have an ad blocker and made me disable it. -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 17:09 1
- You mad, bro? -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 17:14
fucko & pals have appealed the GA trial court judge's ruling that Fani Willis can stay on the case if Nathan Wade resigns (which he did immediately) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 17:01 7
- They also aren’t still boning, right? Like, that stopped before the trail started. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 19:00
- Can someone explain how her shady hiring decisions have any impact on the merits of the case whatsoever? -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 18, 17:47 2
  - literaly nothing whatsoever. Donnie's D list attorneys are scraping to find technicalities in order to delay. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 17:52
  - the judge ruled specifically the defendants had not proved any prejudice to them from Wade's appointment (but still had to go for appearance's sake) -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 17:51
- And the other one, Fucko the Judge down in FL apparently made some ruling tonight that has everyone scratching their heads. -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 17:15 2
  - ordered proposed jury instructions from both sides (which serve to tell jurors what the law is) based on an incorrect legal reading of the Prs Rec Act -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 17:17 1
    - search the Bedminster property so Smith can remove this case to NJ -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 17:36
WWE: Raquel Rodriguez has been removed from the active roster. Presumably because of the illness she’s been battling - Will Hunting Mar 18, 16:59 2
- She has Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.... - Remlik Mar 18, 17:06
- It sounds horrible, she returned to TV, flew to Australia for the PPV and then had a flare up, and wrestled the match anyway. -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 17:00
Best thoughts to zeit and his mother. -- nm - MDH Mar 18, 16:55 5
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 18, 17:43
- Thanks. I'm on my way back soon. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 17:27
- Hear, hear! -- nm - na-Baron Mar 18, 17:22
- yes -- nm - mud Mar 18, 17:17
- indeed! -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 17:05
I know it works b/c it looks creepy AF but I was alive in 1979 and there was no such thing as a white William Shatner ghostface mask sold in any store -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 16:54 5
- Wasn't it flipped inside out and then painted? -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 17:34 1
  - Yes -- nm - J Mar 18, 19:14
- But were you in LA? -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 17:14 2
  - I was closer to Haddonfield Indiana than you -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 17:32 1
    - You mean Illinois? - Spawn Mar 18, 17:41
Your top 10 songs: We Can't Be Friends, Lose Control, Beautiful Things, Carnival, Lovin On Me, Texas Hold Em, Act II: Date @ 8, Greedy, I Remember Everything, Yes, And? -- (edited) - Tim Mar 18, 16:49 30
- That is too many $ in one listing. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 19:04
- I generally on principle refrain from listening to a song from someone whose name is a sentence -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 17:34 5
  - I got 5 rounds of alimony to pay, man! -- nm - Ben Folds Mar 18, 17:39 4
    - He is running out of black t-shirts. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 19:04
    - I had no idea he had this history wow -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 18:04
    - I’m pretty sure between the BF5 and his solo catalog, there’s at least one song about each wife. -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 17:41 1
      - I think I got off the train at Songs for Silverman, which was, Jesus Christ, 19 years ago -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 17:44
- Life is a Carnival -- (link) - The Band Mar 18, 17:20 [youtube]
- Put me down as being interested whenever K-pop make this. Any chance of putting artist names in the OM instead of song titles? -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 17:15
- she has NINE #1's??!! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 18, 16:59 5
  - The way the charts work today, it's not so difficult for a big name to do that. (See Drake and his 77) -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 17:23 2
    - Taylor probably has 800 -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 17:24 1
      - Tay is second to Drake in top tens with 49. -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 17:26
  - yep - Tim Mar 18, 17:02 1
    - I’m sensing some strong diminishing returns here. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 19:07
- (I post these things to keep you people young! You don't have to like them, you just need to be vaguely aware of them!) - Tim Mar 18, 16:54 9
  - I appreciate it. I'm listening to Texas Hold Em at this moment and now I'm curious about the album. May listen to all of it later. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 18, 17:24 4
    - Now I'm listening to Teddy Swims. I like it. Is there a Teddy Bikes and a Teddy Runs, ie a Teddy Triathlon? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 18, 17:27 3
      - Lose Control doesn't do it for me but I can see why it's a hit. The Door is the song I'm into. -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 17:28 2
        
        Lose Control has sort of that old soul vibe that I like. I'll listen to your suggestion after my walk. Thanks Tim -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 18, 17:30 1
        
        😺 -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 17:31
  - I like the Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, and Zach Bryan -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 17:00
  - I appreciate all on going daily or weekly bits like these -- nm - TV PSA Mar 18, 16:58
  - Though I just heard a new Teddy Swims song and it's kind of a banger, and also that's not what I expected him to look like. -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 16:55 1
    - *googles* - ty97 Mar 18, 17:22
- No Justin. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 16:54 3
  - Timberlake? -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 16:56 2
    - Yeah. He has a new album. It has to be a disappointment to not have a song in the top 10. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 16:59 1
      - Selfish (which sounds like a ripoff of Nick Jonas' Jealous) debuted at #19, has been floating around the 30s since. -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 17:05
- Heard 4 of them (both Ariana, Beyonce, and Tate McRae) -- nm - MDH Mar 18, 16:54
Late Night With the Devil 100% (53/0), Immaculate 70% (23/10), Ghostbusters nsy, William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill 100% (10/0), -- (edited) - Beaker 🍻 Mar 18, 16:44 1
- Late Night With the Devil is a trick. It makes me want to see it and yet I do not like horror films. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 19:10
Welcome to BoomerTalk -- nm - Tim Mar 18, 16:36 4
- We like David despite his advanced age though -- nm* - ty97 Mar 18, 16:37 3
  - You've sounded 70 since you were 25. -- nm - David Mar 18, 16:39 2
    - mature beyond my super young age -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 16:51
    - ...50 years ago? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 16:50
are people with top national security clearances allowed to get prescriptions for personal ketamine use? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 16:26 3
- well no. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 17:55
- Well if you build space rockets for the good ole USA, they'll let you do anything and with zero pushback from the public -- nm* - Jovian Mar 18, 17:05 1
  - It's the Stark/Hammer Way™️ -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 18:07
NYT: 22 of the Funniest Novels Since ‘Catch-22’ - prayformojo Mar 18, 16:22
Mr Beast’s philanthropy channel on YouTube is worth checking out. We watched a video last month where he paid for 100 cleft palate surgeries in - kelly Mar 18, 16:12 4
- Nathan’s filling me in. He’s also: - kelly Mar 18, 16:23 1
  - he's found homes for dogs at shelters a bunch of times too. It is how he met the guy who oversees a lot of his philanthropy -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 18, 16:28
- that's terrific -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 16:15
- certainly worthy. -- nm - mud Mar 18, 16:14
pixie, I've been to Zurich a couple of times. Switzerland can be expensive but that's why Ibis exists. -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 16:11
Trump can’t find an insurance company to underwrite his bond to cover the massive judgment against him in the NY civil fraud case per his lawyers - Max Mar 18, 16:05 5
- Apparently he should ask Mr. Beast. - zunkstump Mar 18, 16:14 2
  - By coincidence his new video is titled - Don't Say Something Racist for 48 hours, Win $470 Million -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 18, 16:23 1
    - ha! -- nm - mud Mar 18, 16:31
- or he could just be lying (like he apparently was in the Carroll case when he made a similar "can i just not pay?" motion) but then ponied up -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 16:12
- outside of foreign governments, his only hope is to win the lottery. if he does, there has to be an investigation because it had to be rigged. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 18, 16:06
the only show I remember travelling for was Zeppelin in Minneapolis (from Winnipeg, we drove) in January 1975. -- nm - mud Mar 18, 16:04 5
- Vegas to see The Who, Vegas to see U2, DC to see U2, various shows within a couple hundred miles, too many to list. -- nm* - Spawn Mar 18, 17:12
- a very worthy road trip. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 18, 16:06 3
  - it was alright, I had never seen them. -- nm - mud Mar 18, 16:08 2
    - the first show of the 1975 American tour. here's a board recording. -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 18, 16:13 [youtube] 1
      - cool. -- nm - mud Mar 18, 16:29
Now drinking, from a local brewery. It's better than I expected because the staff told me it was "experimental" -- (pic) - Strongbad Mar 18, 16:03 [Attachment]
....and *now* I have seen the last two episodes of The Office -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 16:01
I'm still laughing at the thought of asking a 25-year-old who is more famous between MrBeast and Kylie Minogue. -- nm - David Mar 18, 15:54 16
- Even her sister would suggest MrBeast is ubiquitous. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 15:59 1
  - not sure if i've ever seen him or any of his videos. doubt i could pick him out of a lineup -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 16:13
- Is this 25 year old American or British? -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 15:55 13
  - Literally doesn't matter in the least. -- (link) - David Mar 18, 15:57 12
    - I teach high school and don’t know a single thing about Mr Beast other than he’s on Fortnite for some reason. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 18, 16:06 11
      - I know the name, but didn't know why I knew it, now I know. -- nm - zunkstump Mar 18, 16:09
      - who tf is mr Beast -- nm - mud Mar 18, 16:07 9
        
        ditto. I never heard of them -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 18, 16:14
        
        One of the few on the shortlist for biggest celebrities in the world. -- nm - David Mar 18, 16:09 7
        
        The world is weird. -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 16:10 5
        
        And ST got old. -- nm - David Mar 18, 16:21 3
        
        MDH barely know who he is! -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 18:48
        
        The world has always been weird TBH. But yes, you all got old as well. -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 16:26 1
        
        Speak for yourself, Grandpa. I'm Gen Z to the core. -- nm - David Mar 18, 16:34
        
        Some worlds. -- nm - zunkstump Mar 18, 16:13
        
        certainly unworthy. -- nm - mud Mar 18, 16:09
The Acolyte (Star Wars) D+ on June 4th. Trailer hits tomorrow -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 18, 15:54 1
- is D+ average review rating? -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 18, 16:07
The Andrea I knew would have gone to Miami. - ty97 Mar 18, 15:53 1
- She would have won the tickets though. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 16:14

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