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Ancestry.com Australia billed $329 to my credit card. This will be fun. -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 06:51 2
- ugh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 22, 06:55
- make those charges boomerang -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 06:52
Deadpool & Wolverine | July 26 -- (link) - mud Apr 22, 06:44 [youtube] 5
- LFG -- nm - LFG Apr 22, 11:44
- I'm there. Great trailer, doesn't give away the literally everything but is fun and nails the highpoints -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 22, 07:05
- "Liefield's Just Feet" -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 07:03
- Hughkatana Matata -- nm - budice Apr 22, 06:59
- Finally - something that makes me feel like I HAVE to see it in the theatre. It's been a minute for me. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 22, 06:50
Brutal FA Cup outcome for Coventry yesterday, would have been a result for the ages going the other way. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 06:35 1
- Indeed. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 22, 06:46
lyc: this morning at the gym I finished River of the Gods by Candice Millard. Tonight I start The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 06:25 4
- I'm reading The Complete Works of HP Lovecraft. Enjoying it so far but only a few stories in right now. -- nm - sycor Apr 22, 06:32 1
  - I remember reading something like The Color Out of the Sky in high school and the next week I saw the Aurora Borealis for the first time - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 06:47
- I actually have a book I reserved to read for the first time in years. It's not very exciting though -- (link) - oblique Apr 22, 06:27 1
  - When the humans versus machines war begins, the subject of that book will seem very exciting. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 06:29
Some speculation that NFL is going to take the #8 pick away from Atlanta, for the Cousins tampering -- nm - Trending Apr 22, 05:56 6
- lol -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 22, 07:04
- I'd think having Kirk Cousins as a QB is punishment enough -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 06:27 2
  - That division is shaky - his talent to get to 9 or 10 wins could win it easily. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 22, 06:29 1
    - It seems odd in retrospect that in the RGIII / Andrew Luck draft that Kirk Cousins and Russell Wilson are the survivors - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 06:44
- Either their tampering was egregious or the NFL is just trying to flex on them for some reason. - Will Hunting Apr 22, 06:18
- yikes. if so that is some brutal management dumbassery given they didn't really need to do anything other than offer him a shit ton of money when - Beaker 🍺 Apr 22, 06:00
Strands 50 - I was completely lost on this - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 22, 05:03 10
- Perfect because I’m a nerd - Tim Apr 22, 06:30
- One hint and yellow 3rd (4th?) - VMan Apr 22, 06:27
- spoilers - ty97 Apr 22, 06:11
- Perfect - znufrii Apr 22, 05:39 3
  - Minor quibble spoils - znufrii Apr 22, 06:12 2
    - spoilers - ty97 Apr 22, 06:14 1
      - But spoils - znufrii Apr 22, 06:27
- Yeah it's pretty niche. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 22, 05:32
- Yellow first (this one was easy for me) - decline Apr 22, 05:31 1
  - spoil - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 22, 05:44
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, Voice, Neighborhood, Raw, American Idol, All American, MasterChef Jr, Bob Hearts Abishola, NCIS, NCIS Hawaii, Deal or No Deal Island - Beaker 🍺 Apr 22, 04:49 2
- MLB and definitely checking out the Fern Brady standup special. -- nm - Krusty Apr 22, 04:56
- hockey and Crisis on Infinite Earths; MasterChef for the wife -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Apr 22, 04:49
Wordle 1,038 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 22, 04:47 3
- 4 - I x'd yesterday - rollo Apr 22, 06:18 1
  - yesterday - brutal - i had the last 4 letters for 3 racks then had to choose from one 3 possibilities on my last rack -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 22, 06:40
- 4 - decline Apr 22, 05:25
Connections Puzzle #316 BYPG - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 04:35 4
- No oopsies - YPBG - VMan Apr 22, 06:22
- PYBG - decline Apr 22, 05:27
- 316 PYBG - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 22, 04:52
- GYPB - mud Apr 22, 04:47
Fogbow ˈfôɡbō NOUN A phenomenon similar to a rainbow, produced by sunlight shining on fog. - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 04:33 2
- Do snowbows or hailbows exist? -- nm - Dano Apr 22, 05:17 1
  - sundogs! -- nm - mud Apr 22, 05:22
The slavery behind those romance scams -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 21, 23:38
David Pecker (the National Enquirer boss in 2016) is reported to be Alvin Bragg’s first witness tomorrow -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 22:29
Kieran and I are having a bit of a frontend design competition. -- (edited) - Beryllium Apr 21, 22:26 4
- Image #2 -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 21, 22:27 [Attachment] 2
  - I prefer this one. I think the color choices are better, the page looks cleaner and is less busy but I'm not a fan of the font choice. -- nm - Krusty Apr 22, 04:59
  - This. -- nm - Loyola Apr 22, 04:37
- Image #1, Vote on which you like more! (And any feedback would be nice) -- (pic) -- (link*) - mydimons Apr 21, 22:27 [Attachment]
I swear Minni knows when I hit 'shut down' on the PC. Before I even turn off the monitor and speaker she's there to say Good Night! -- nm - Meg Apr 21, 22:22 1
- They certainly spend a long time studying our routines. And then they get bent out of shape when we don't follow them. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 05:00
Phish should be onstage any moment to start set 2. here's the free simulcast of the first song -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 21, 21:55 [youtube]
that escalated quickly -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 21:53 1
- (kinda jerky that only the home team gets the red light and air horn when they score a goal) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 22:40
I think I made Reagen mad at me. I was asking about the possible difference between empirical units and formula units and then about the notation for - JD Apr 21, 21:50
Huh. Kimbra and Gotye performing Somebody I Used To Know in studio. Appears to be a 2024 performance. Stunning how little he’s aged. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 21:31 [youtube]
huh. Wordle 1038: 2/6 - ty97 Apr 21, 21:14 2
- Wordle 1,038 3/6 - crash davis 😺 Apr 22, 04:39
- Wordle 1,038 2/6 - Beryllium Apr 22, 00:57
AT&T’s using several castmembers of The Office in their promos for their business internet. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 21:05 [youtube]
ESPN has got Liam Neeson voicing their Stanley Cup promos. Too bad about the Kraken. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 21:04
get your $100 Telsa hat out: “Tesla is expected to report a 40% plunge in operating profit and its first revenue decline in four years” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 20:59
Pelicans absolutely giving away this game -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 20:57 1
- turrible -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 21:03
Scapegoat! -- nm - David Apr 21, 20:32
The Canucks haven’t been in the playoffs in *NINE* years? -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 20:06 7
- They haven't played at home in that long. 2020 was all played in Edmonton. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 03:36
- 2020. -- nm - mafic Apr 21, 21:12
- Last time I remember them being in the playoffs was 14 years ago -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 20:38 1
  - I remember, it was 3000 years ago... -- nm - Elrond Apr 21, 20:40
- Now the announcer just said that Vancouver missed the playoffs the last 3 years. - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 20:11 1
  - Yeah, they made it into the 2020 bubble playoffs. -- nm - mafic Apr 21, 21:14
- Marc Crawford is the savior? -- nm - budice Apr 21, 20:10
Whistler, I hate to tell you this, but you're blind -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 21, 19:10 1
- Tom Haverford is running some sort of scam there. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 19:11
Johnny Cash sings the theme song to Laverne and Shirley -- (link) - ty97 Apr 21, 18:41 [youtube] 1
- Huh. That’s not some AI abomination. It’s an old Nissan Altima commercial. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 20:54
that fucking around in your end might not look tiring but trust me; it is fucking painful. I'd take a 2 on 1 any day than fucking around in my own end - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 18:40 4
- some people just do not know how to use the F word -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 21, 18:56
- hockey, or porn star? -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 18:42 2
  - If it is a pornstar you have to think about hockey to get that 3 minutes. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 19:11
  - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 18:44
Nelly Korda wins her 5th in a row and Scottie Scheffler is up 5 with 3 holes to play for his 4th win in 2024 - Will Hunting Apr 21, 18:26
This is the point where if you're Colorado, ideally you'd like your backup goalie to have ever played an NHL game before. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 18:25 1
- (But 10-9 is still on the menu) -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 18:28
pull your starters Jets -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 18:14
buckets will just not drop -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 18:10
Break-in at the home of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. -- (link) - Meg Apr 21, 18:06
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2024. Some of these weren't on the list of nominees we discussed a few weeks back, were they? -- (link) - ty97 Apr 21, 18:03 8
- The longer they go without admitting Weird Al, the more irrelevant they become. -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 22, 05:53
- So, pretty much “everyone”? -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 19:55
- 3 of the names I have no idea who they are nor what they sang -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 18:37
- That second name on the list puts a song in my heart. -- nm - David Apr 21, 18:12 1
  - the tribute show in LA for him was excellent. Lots of videos on youtube -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 18:14
- Good timing on that Buffett recognition guys - Will Hunting Apr 21, 18:10
- Somehow, Mariah is NOT on the list -- nm - ty97 Apr 21, 18:04 1
  - Revenge for that Christmas song -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 18:23
Iowa Women's Basketball is retiring Caitlin Clarks number -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 17:55
Hey person on ESPN, I don’t think that’s how you pronounce “Bowness”. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 17:49
President Biden Spent the Week Averting WWIII But In This Ohio Diner, Voters Wish He’d Nuked their Doordash Delivery Fees Instead -- (link) - NYT Pitchbot Apr 21, 17:41 1
- Would be weird if dinner was dash your own -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 18:22
refs letting 'em go tonight (but that was definitely a trip) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 17:34
From earlier this week… the final buzzer for the Arizona Coyotes. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 17:24 [youtube]
No way everyone in those stands bought a Jets jersey. Did they give them away at the door? -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 17:21 3
- How many Thrashers jerseys? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 17:30
- Not every single person is wearing a jersey, but, you're definitely underestimating Canadian hockey fans - Reagen Apr 21, 17:25 1
  - Them...and soccer fans spend big on team gear. I saw Seattle fans walking to the stadium and it was a sea of green top to bottom -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 18:20
Winnipeg thinking they're tough vs Lanche -- nm - budice Apr 21, 17:18 1
- nm -- nm* - budice Apr 21, 17:29
Thank you for the birthday messages!! ❤️ - Pippy with a French Beret Apr 21, 17:18 3
- happy birthday to you! :) - 🎉💕— nm - i.b.! Apr 21, 19:25
- you are the very best -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 21, 17:37
- :) -- nm - budice Apr 21, 17:18
Jeez. Local teen had to be airlifted to Seattle trauma hospital for burns n injuries to his genitals believed to be from his vape -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 17:14 3
- He’s doing it wrong. -- nm - Dano Apr 21, 17:16 2
  - It was a report on the local crime chat board so they. could be blowing smoke up my asBOOM. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 18:25 1
    - Maybe caught fire in his pocket? -- nm - Meg Apr 21, 18:39
We call it the Mick Foley. -- (link) - David Apr 21, 17:11 8
- oh good lord -- nm - Tim Apr 21, 18:03 1
  - Though it’s ironic Josh Alexander has some sort of ear injury since his thing is wearing headgear. -- nm - Tim Apr 21, 18:04
- if not HITC doesn't count -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 17:12 5
  - Nah, this one is pretty famous as well. - Will Hunting Apr 21, 17:14 4
    - I haven't seen it, but it sounds like Young's ear caught the corner of the table and stuck. Total fluke. -- nm - David Apr 21, 17:15 3
      - *shiver* - Will Hunting Apr 21, 17:34 2
        
        For fun, google his comments about Vince. He makes me sound like a Vince apologist. -- nm - David Apr 21, 17:35 1
        
        Oh, he’s one of the few people in wrestling who have been on the right side of that vocally for a while and I respect that a lot. - Will Hunting Apr 21, 17:40
Pacers 0-13 in threes so far. ugh -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 17:06 1
- Reggie Miller is spinning in his grave. -- nm - mafic Apr 21, 17:11
Caitlin Clark sold more jerseys on draft night than anyone else in sports history (passing Trevor Lawrence) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 16:46 1
- I’m loath to encourage Philly sports on any level but the Phanatic hat is jawn -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 17:03
sloppy game all the way around so far -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 16:39 7
- 5 goals in the first, as we all expected with the probable Vezina winner vs the wins leader. -- nm* - Reagen Apr 21, 16:41 6
  - *cough cough* -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 16:41 5
    - at least half the goals were the defenseman just throwing it out front of their own net...and not even hard, just little flips, terrible d-play -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 16:43 4
      - some people just do not understand playoff hockey -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 21, 16:47 2
        
        I want 10-9 - Reagen Apr 21, 16:49 1
        
        plus: Morgana! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 21, 16:57
      - That equalizer was foretold about 5 seconds in advance. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 16:45
tonight's Phish Sphere opener simulcast due to start at 7:45 local time -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 21, 16:38 [youtube]
B2 tells me not to eat Mac N Cheese made by Canadians. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 16:31 6
- I'll repeat try a can of cream of chicken soup rather than the milk/butter. it is like a little casserole (for KD) -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Apr 21, 16:47 1
  - Nope. Your post on B2 begat my post here. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 17:08
- BOXED. homemade is great and always accepted. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 21, 16:44
- As a *general* rule, Mac N Cheese is overrated. - ty97 Apr 21, 16:39
- I hate that overly goopy shit anyways. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 16:34 1
  - I enjoy a good mac n cheese. For years now I've just made it from scratch with sliced cheese from the deli but the Kraft stuff was my box brand of - Krusty Apr 21, 16:37
eenh? -- nm - mud Apr 21, 16:30
Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 16:28 1
- pretty sure Patti had beefs with most or all of the rock world (the downtown NYC scene at the least) but don’t recall her ever writing a single song - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 16:32

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