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Kingdome, Candlestick, Ampitheater, Chicago Stadium places I saw events that no longer exist. -- nm - . Mar 24, 14:54
Because when you think of yummy wasabi-based snacks, your mind naturally goes to Ukraine first -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 14:52
I missed that Edward Jay Epstein died of COVID six weeks ago. There's this gem in his NYT obit. - David Mar 24, 14:27 1
- Here's the obit if you want to read about one of the modern world's most interesting people. -- (link) - David Mar 24, 14:28
New Pacific Airlines (formerly Northern Pacific Airways) will suspend all scheduled flights next week. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 14:24
timesofisrael.com: "Demonstrators wearing Batman masks march for hostages in Central Park" -- (link) - mud Mar 24, 14:21 1
- pic -- (pic) - mud Mar 24, 14:25 [Attachment]
Ghostbusters $45.2, Dune 2 $17.6 ($233.4), Kung Fu Panda 4 $16.8 ($133.2), Immaculate $5.4, Arthur the King $4.4 ($14.6) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Mar 24, 14:12 1
- Late Night with the Devil Sunday estimate $666,666 (nice) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 24, 14:16
Milk Chamberlain lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 14:08
TWD: the ones who live spoilers - Beaker 🍻 Mar 24, 14:06
But the horrifying truth that this doesn't tell you..... -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 24, 13:34 [Attachment] 4
- Soon to be a DreamWorks Animation movie... - David Mar 24, 13:59
- Eventually the web grew so large as to ensnare the entire world. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 13:50
- then they escaped. now they are back. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 24, 13:40
- Still a better narrative than Madame Web. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 24, 13:38
Ovechkin scored 2 more goals, his 7/8th in the last 5 games. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 24, 12:57
WA had a 1 million dollar ticket last night, I'll keep you posted -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:56
holy shit. Tammy Murphy OUT in NJ senate race -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 12:47 5
- Huh. I didn't see this coming. Stunning turn for her and the race. I was rooting for Kim to beat her. -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 13:03 2
  - either they got inside info that the county line was getting injuncted or a health issue thing -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 13:07 1
    - or she just didn’t want to pay for the fight with Andy Kim it would take to win outright -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 13:08
- NJ.com story -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:59
- Was just coming to post. Wow -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 12:55
Ryan and Cyril O'Reilly doing commercials for Allstate is just the best (I wonder if that is their mom from the show?) -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Mar 24, 12:35
Sure USt. do the 'due -- nm - budice Mar 24, 12:10
nm -- nm* - Strongbad Mar 24, 12:04
sports betting, the notoriously risk-free place to park your money -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 12:02 17
- This attempt at humor needed to be broader, requiring an exaggerated delivery of the punchline "risk-free investment". As delivered it was too deadpan - Joke Reviewer Mar 24, 14:23
- Rece Davis statement. -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 24, 13:52 1
  - now back to your regularly-scheduled episode of BetESPN brought to you by DraftKings -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 13:56
- Folks, when you're right 52% of the time you're wrong 48% of the time. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 13:13 6
  - With a 10% to the house you need to be right almost 2/3rds of the time just to break even. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 13:30 3
    - Your math is wrong. It's about 55%. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 13:52 1
      - Unless you choose really crappy wagers like 10 team parlays with a huge house edge. - Strongbad Mar 24, 13:54
    - A horse track bettor said the only fool proof way to win is to put some cash in an envelope when bet put more in, if you win take some out. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 13:32
  - Wow, that's a really big shoe. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 13:28
  - but there's only a 10% chance of that -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 13:16
- The DOJ will use this clip in the future. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 12:45
- Words have meaning, Rece. Risk-free might be listed as an actual antonym of gambling on some services. - David Mar 24, 12:15 5
  - If I bet it all and lose, I’m suing because they told me it was risk-free. -- nm - Tim Mar 24, 12:18 4
    - no no no, I said "risk free" the rise in the voice at the end forms it into a question rather than a statement -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 24, 12:37 2
      - Works on contingency? No, money down! -- nm - Tim Mar 24, 12:38 1
        
        heh. there is a radio commercial here that does the No money down and i always do that bit. every time :) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 24, 12:40
    - This really might be a thing. They may need to bench Rece for a month. -- nm - David Mar 24, 12:29
"Raul, congratulations on 16 years with LinkedIn!" - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 11:59
Oh, so it's really bad then. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 24, 11:21 2
- Apparently that’s how you get her to defend her players. - Will Hunting Mar 24, 11:58 1
  - So she's the Bob Knight of female coaches -- nm - eag Mar 24, 12:06
That was a game I wanted both teams to win. - The Last Of My Kind Mar 24, 11:21
now watching: The Tay-Tay Movie -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 24, 11:14 5
- I’ve watched it maybe three or four times now. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Mar 24, 11:31 2
  - Okay, this Marjorie song made me tear up a little -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 24, 11:42
  - wow. I'm certain I'll rewatch it, but I dont know when. -- nm - mud Mar 24, 11:33
- the sequins budget for her tour had to be something something. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 24, 11:20 1
  - She is definitely very sparkly -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 24, 11:31
the boredom of waiting for adobe to recognize the text in a 250 pg pdf is real -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 24, 11:07
If you're shooting 62% at this stage of a game, it should NOT be tied. -- nm - David Mar 24, 11:02 2
- I've never seen a team needing to foul so many times just to force free throws. - na-Baron Mar 24, 11:10 1
  - Texas had to do this against UT last night, too. It makes you wonder about the refs. -- nm - David Mar 24, 11:11
The internet claim that today is the first time it’s ever been Palm Sunday, Purim, and Ramadan on the same day seems unlikely. - Qale Mar 24, 11:00 2
- Ramadan started in approx 622. 1991 chances? I see closer to 1400. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 24, 11:34
- All three move through the year, the latter two a lot. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 11:05
Pac-12 not going away quietly -- nm - budice Mar 24, 10:47
So, yesterday, the NCAA women’s tournament had to replace a ref at halftime of the UT-Chattanooga game because the ref attended UTC - Will Hunting Mar 24, 10:42 1
- Glad some NCAA enforcement is working. -- nm - budice Mar 24, 10:43
No, person at Target, breaking your giant basket of sh*t into multiple orders does not mean you can use the 10 items or fewer lane. - na-Baron Mar 24, 10:35
huh...Hozier sold out Ruoff Music Center, that's a 25K plus venue. -- nm - Remlik Mar 24, 10:34
happy breakfast club day to all who celebrate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 10:34 3
- on a Sunday? that's just cruel and unusual. -- nm - mud Mar 24, 10:49 2
  - You mess with the bull, young man, you'll get the horns. -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 10:50 1
    - endangering the lives of children would be unwise at this juncture in your career, sir -- nm - mud Mar 24, 10:59
Ippei Mizuhara claimed in his Angels media guide he graduated from UC Riverside in 2007. The school shows no record of that being the case. -- (link) - budice Mar 24, 10:16 1
- Ohtani in starting lineup this afternoon -- nm - eag Mar 24, 12:04
This is fun. This guy made a 360 spinning guitar. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 10:16 [youtube]
can’t wait for the private equity bosses to fire all the doctors for AI -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 10:16 1
- It's good enough for star trek with holo doc -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:39
James Acaster has not yet announced any gigs past July. Fringe Festival is in August. Hmm... -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 10:13 1
- Also, is there something about growing up and living in Britain that makes your hair red? Because he's been touring in the U.S. - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 10:14
Georgia transfer running back Trevor Etienne was arrested for DUI early this morning, younger bro of Travis -- (link) - budice Mar 24, 10:06 1
- L4. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 12:05
Terre Haute FTW -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 09:58
ah concealed carry for me but not for thee -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 09:02
when Chuck Todd makes you look like Chuck Todd -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 08:55 6
- That's 2 minutes and 22 seconds of Chuck Todd prattling on. I'm sorry... what was the question? -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 09:53 1
  - publicly dragging the NBC brass on-air for hiring her (esp for that simp) is kind of a big deal. not that it will make Welker any less turrible as his - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 10:12
- glad they finally found some backbone. let's see if they keep to it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 09:09 1
  - well, don't watch the clips of her actual sit-down with Ronna before this -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 09:28
- All of Ronna's skeletons are coming to the fore, and if they include 45, all the better -- nm - budice Mar 24, 09:08 1
  - not on MTP, however -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 09:28
I'll be honest. I couldn't tell you the plot to Despicable Me 3. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 08:39 1
- Pierre Coffin, that you? -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 09:12
need an updated specialized edition of Bugsy, Barry Levinson -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 24, 08:24
Anyone playing Helldivers 2? I'm seeing decent online hype for it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 08:13 3
- i want to play it, I just havent yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 24, 10:39
- yeah I have as well. Looking forward to playing it. -- nm - Remlik Mar 24, 10:34
- I just saw there was a big movement to open it up to Xbox users to get more players. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 24, 09:39
Here's your taste of adorable this morning. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 07:57 1
- So cute!! 😍 -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 08:07
Cine2Nerdle #507 - crash davis 😺 Mar 24, 05:41 4
- bah, didn't get #5 -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 06:21 3
  - and did awful on Reversal -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 06:26 2
    - I bombed on Reversal, for example spoiler - crash davis 😺 Mar 24, 07:22 1
      - nice, I was clueless even on that one -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 07:36
I'm off to see the Vietnamese film Mai this afternoon. Anyone heard of it? It's the no 1 box office hit of all time in Vietnam apparently. - LMS Mar 24, 05:27 6
- Does it have Sydney Sweeney? Then it’s crap!! -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 10:13
- Just watched, it's pretty much a Philip Sparks story with the rare fantasy/zombie element. -- nm - LMS Mar 24, 09:38
- Oh Mai -- nm - budice Mar 24, 08:13
- First I've heard of it. -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 06:32 2
  - Incidentally if Steve doesn't get sacrificed during a task in some Taskmaster/ Inside No 9 mashup this series I'll be disappointed. -- nm - LMS Mar 24, 06:38 1
    - Haha! I'm so looking forward to this season. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 24, 06:49
Strands, two hints - znufrii Mar 24, 05:26 6
- 2 hints, spoilers for todays puzzles - rollo Mar 24, 07:31
- No issues. Missed a couple and then stared for a while. - VMan Mar 24, 07:17
- Spoiler-ish - Fuzzy Mar 24, 05:43 1
  - but in a way also thankful? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 06:36
- 1 hint that was tough - decline Mar 24, 05:36
- also needed hints - prayformojo Mar 24, 05:33
Wishing a nice Palm Sunday to all the STers that celebrate. -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 05:25
Sunrise pano -- (pic) - znufrii Mar 24, 05:08 [Attachment] 2
- I do believe I smell some fresh mountain air. -- nm - con_carne Mar 24, 08:40
- Nice -- nm - Andie Mar 24, 05:15
Connections - decline Mar 24, 05:06 6
- purple last. - mud Mar 24, 07:22
- purple 2nd - rollo Mar 24, 07:14
- No oopsies - VMan Mar 24, 07:08
- Yellow purple blue green - prayformojo Mar 24, 05:32
- Connections Puzzle #287 - crash davis 😺 Mar 24, 05:27
- Mine - znufrii Mar 24, 05:11
Wordle 1,009 5/6 - decline Mar 24, 05:04 3
- 4 - rollo Mar 24, 07:12
- Wordle 1,009 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Mar 24, 05:37
- 4/6 - prayformojo Mar 24, 05:32
Bullies in school do better later in life -- (link) - znufrii Mar 24, 05:03
The Gentlemen, B+ - Loyola Mar 24, 04:17
TV PSA: March Madness, American Idol, Simpsons, Krapopolis, Great North, Grimsburg, CSI Vegas, Call the Midwife, TWD: The Ones Who Live, Tracker, - Beaker 🍻 Mar 24, 04:04 1
- Alice and Jack was the biggest waste of my time in a long while. But others have loved it. - LMS Mar 24, 05:33
PB next draw is Monday 3/25 (800m) and MM is tues 3/26 1.1b remember to put nic and draw dates you want to be in the pool. Its gonna be daily 4 now -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 01:08 3
- pb money sent -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 24, 09:31
- Sent for both -- nm - znufrii Mar 24, 05:34
- Let’s pledge 10% of our winnings to charity, so we’ll get good karma. Because right now we’re winning 100% of nothing every draw. -- nm - Loyola Mar 24, 02:54
PokemonGo: I mislabeled one of my scatterbugs as River when it was Sun. So now I’m missing River. I’ve also never seen a Icy Snow. -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 00:08 3
- I got you, friendo. Nm - ralph wiggum Mar 24, 06:18
- I have an Icy Snow. Looks like Finland is where you want to make friends. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 24, 01:06
- This sentence would make a lot more sense if we thought you were a CIA undercover agent contacting your handler. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 00:43
Candlestick, notably, but many other baseball stadiums. -- nm - psilotum Mar 23, 22:25 3
- House of Blues We Ho. Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal. Roseland in NYC too, huh? -- nm - con_carne Mar 24, 08:29
- The Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome for me - na-Baron Mar 24, 07:19 1
  - me, too -- nm - psilotum Mar 24, 15:37
no powerball winner saturday. $800m+ for the next draw -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 21:59
Market square arena -- nm - Spawn Mar 23, 21:57

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