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the first contestant ever voted off Survivor has passed -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 21:59
Tried making a UI design, Looking for feedback -- (pic) - mydimons Apr 26, 21:48 [Attachment] 5
- I would move "Great Battery Life" down so that the coloured fonts line up. -- nm* - Meg Apr 26, 22:16 2
  - And don't post questions late at night on the west coast just before the board rolls. Nobody sees them ;) -- nm* - Meg Apr 26, 22:21 1
    - Board “rolls” at first post after 150 posts that isn’t a reply. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 23:57
- I like everything about it except... -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 26, 22:00 1
  - If anything I would extend that line? Little dude looks like he’s about to cycle off a cliff. I like how the background edge is blurry. -- nm - Loyola Apr 26, 22:12
Kings gonna make sure L.A. fans get a show tonight, one way or another. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 21:44
Watching an episode of the English show The Bidding Room. The auction expert talks about how Victorian items are so decorative. -- (edited) - Meg Apr 26, 21:43
guessing from the buzz on director twitter that dano is gonna lurve Challengers -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 21:20
Jason Statham Diving in the 1990 Commonwealth games -- (link) - budice Apr 26, 20:41
damn Gretch -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 20:33 5
- It looks like Tim Walz started that, but it is great that she joined in. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 20:38
- lol holy fuck -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 20:36 3
  - Oooo -- nm - Pippy Apr 27, 06:15
  - ded -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 22:01
  - … wow. 🤯 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 26, 21:10
I am an idiot. -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 20:26 6
- Turn down the tv sound and watch the game with the radio broadcast! -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 21:20 1
  - I was blacked out. I'm thinking I may cancel my subscriptions and just go radio only -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 21:27
- Braves baseball on the radio used to be so good when I was a kid, people would watch TBS with the sound off to listen to it. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 20:45
- If it's a good booth then baseball on the radio is wonderful. It's how I enjoyed baseball for so many years, especially working late shifts years ago. - Krusty Apr 26, 20:43 2
  - It is such a simple pleasure. And they won 6-1 to celebrate my return to radio. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 21:02 1
    - Nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 26, 21:04
So mom is ambulanced back to the hospital, I can only guess her kidneys are so shot they will finally put her on dialysis - zeitgeist Apr 26, 20:13 2
- I know the back and forth is really brutal. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 20:46
- Stay strong my friend. I will include her in my prayers. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 20:14
I just played Eclipse at a board game night, which is like Masters of Orion meets Risk. -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 20:03 4
- That sounds like fun -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 20:04 3
  - I'm also appreciating the mechanic of a lot of modern board games of "there are this many rounds and then it's over" - Reagen Apr 26, 20:06 2
    - I would have appreciated that as a kid playing Monopoly -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 20:10 1
      - Monopoly played to the letter of the rules goes quick, but no one does it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 20:16
The poet had written some lovely poems but she spoke in sort of an ASMR voice. I've been burning the candle on both ends occasionally - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 19:53 6
- as long as you dont snort yourself awake you're safe! -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 21:20 1
  - damn he roasted your ass -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 21:23
- and if ESPN is going to black me out of the Mariners game, I'm beginning to wonder why we have a relationship -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 20:04 3
  - Good news, Kraken games will be on KING5 and affiliated stations in the PNW -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 20:14 1
    - 😺👍 And since they kindly did not make the playoffs, it gives me plenty of time to figure out how to view that. Thanks for the heads up. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 20:15
  - and I just missed a Mitch Haniger grand salami -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 20:09
Eminem announces new album, ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’ -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 19:53
Carpool violator busted in Southern California despite ‘next level’ dummy -- (link) - budice Apr 26, 19:42 2
- Why have a dummy, just put an infant carrier seat behind you. Fyi, they catch the dummies because they wear same clothes everyday -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 20:04
- That's rude. She's just blonde. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 19:52
Bralen Trice. Real name, no gimmicks. -- nm - David Apr 26, 19:30
the first RB was taken with the second pick in Round 3 -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 19:19 1
- Nah. 2.14 was Brooks from Texas. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Apr 26, 19:23
a country supervisor was stabbed by his own child to prevent him from raping another child... another family values candidate -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 26, 19:00
“SiriusXM is required by law to pay copyright music royalties” - znufrii Apr 26, 18:21 7
- the new Taylor Swift channel was not in the original planning. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 26, 21:38
- Pandora bought a radio station in 2013 to try to get out of paying royalties. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 18:50
- Did I read recently over the air radio doesn't have to? When did THAT happen? -- nm - Last Of My Kind Apr 26, 18:47 4
  - Of course back then playing a song on the radio was a way to get people to buy your music. There were payola scandals where companies paid stations. -- nm - Dano Apr 26, 19:10
  - IIRC, broadcast stations pay a yearly license fee and were supposed to keep a log of music played so artists could get paid. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 18:58
  - "since the dawn of radio..." -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 18:49 1
    - Crazy. -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 26, 19:25
guess i could go to the Oilers-Kings game after work . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 18:19 6
- Why not? Do it! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 20:03
- It's absurd that I can be practically rink-side for $200. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 18:41 3
  - I can get an obstructed view in the nose bleed section at MSG for $412 -- nm* - Krusty Apr 26, 18:45
  - how much would it cost in Edmonton ($C) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 18:42 1
    - Evidently, roughly the same. I'm shocked. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 18:51
- From $94.00? Bring binoculars but, sure. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Apr 26, 18:23
NPR compares the Columbia University protests 2024 with 1968 -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 26, 17:57 4
- I don't know. In '68 young people had skin in the game. Theirs. I applaud the cause to stop the genocide in Gaza, and they make a valid point we're - Last Of My Kind Apr 26, 18:20 3
  - Doesn't that make the current message more powerful? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 18:24 2
    - Yes, in a way it does in that the actions in Gaza poses no direct threat to the protestors. They are advocating for others and risking arrest doing so - Last Of My Kind Apr 26, 18:44
    - in 68 it was quite a radical concept to realize that your government was lying its ass off to convince the public we should die in the jungle for??? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 18:42
I didn’t think any GOP candidate could treat a dog worse than Mitt Romney putting his on top of the car. guess I was wrong -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 17:48 1
- Justice for Cricket! -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 17:53
Rich Eisen on Tony Khan. "I just hope when he was applauding he didn't hurt himself" -- (link*) - budice Apr 26, 17:34
GDamn Middleton. -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 17:30 2
- Haliburton with the dagger! -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 17:33 1
  - all Caitlin Clark does is win -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 18:47
TKO/WWE: Nick Khan selling ALL his stock - Remlik Apr 26, 17:24
Amazon Prime has framework deal for NBA broadcast rights, per sources, putting pressure on TNT, NBC -- (link) - Remlik Apr 26, 17:20
OVERTIME! -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 17:17
New Orleans got Kool Aid -- nm - eag Apr 26, 17:15 1
- Oh yeah!! -- nm - VMan Apr 26, 18:41
fuck! -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 17:15
You sure you want to boo him Toronto -- (link) - eag Apr 26, 16:58 [youtube]
c'mon guys jfc -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 16:45 1
- I look forward to the Draft every year and then it takes for fucking ever to make picks and I end up watching something else -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 26, 16:48
Goodell floats 18 week season, 2 preseason games, 2 bye weeks and Super Bowl on President's Day weekend so the Monday is a Holiday -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Apr 26, 16:18 6
- also players can wear the big mushroom helmets in game if they want -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 16:50 3
  - aww .. but they look so stupid -- nm - mud Apr 26, 16:52 2
    - Would they paint them with super big logos? That would be sweet. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Apr 26, 18:46 1
      - Its much better to look good than to feel...well anything below your neck -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 19:02
- Fix the stupid Sunday-Thursday crap. - Will Hunting Apr 26, 16:35 1
  - This. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 16:36
START THE DRAFT Round 2!! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 26, 15:57 4
- Falcons just took another QB!! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 26, 15:57 3
  - Most important position on the field! -- nm - David Apr 26, 15:58
  - he's 31 and lost a foot to gangreen, but can really heave the ball -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 26, 15:58 1
    - Joe Milton? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 26, 16:36
Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank seized by regulators -- (pic) - budice Apr 26, 15:47 [Attachment] 2
- The Feds better keep their hands off America First Bank! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 16:22
- dammit Uncle Billy, not again -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 16:08
‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ Canceled at CBS After Three Seasons -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 26, 15:28 6
- local headline. "CSI Vegas has been euthanized, thankfully." -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 26, 16:19
- That surprises me. -- nm - David Apr 26, 15:36
- Hawaii's TV industry is pretty small. They went from Hawaii 5-0, to Magnum PI, to NCIS: Hawaii. - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 15:33 2
  - Big Island Psych. That's what they need next. -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 26, 16:12 1
    - Law & Order Hawaii. The Rookie Hawaii. FBI Hawaii. Chicago Hawaii. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 17:37
- ‘The Equalizer’ Renewed For Season 5 By CBS -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 26, 15:30
Civil War or Spy Family Code:White? -- nm - psilotum Apr 26, 15:27 3
- How often do you get to watch anime in theaters? More often now than ever before, but still, that's kind of rare. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 15:42 2
  - 98% fresh -- nm - psilotum Apr 26, 16:01
  - Not my normal bag, but I'm intrigued. -- nm - psilotum Apr 26, 15:56
They did a little generative A.I. in the film Late Night with the Devil. As a treat. So how's the backlash turning out? -- (link) - Qale Apr 26, 15:23
maybe Meatball Ron shouldn’t have been flying immigrants to the vineyard -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 15:10 2
- It was a couple years ago we heard about tomatoes rotting in the fields because they couldn't get workers (AL? FL?) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 18:40
- Something about face-eating leopards... -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 15:25
another week in the MLB season down, another TJS -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 15:09
Don't read, I only post because I have to tell someone. On the positive news side, I think I might not be dead. - crash davis Apr 26, 15:01 7
- Sounds like you're The Bachelor:Idaho. -- nm - jnine Apr 26, 18:04
- Chess players, man, they can just see it. -- (pic) - Max Apr 26, 15:44 [Attachment]
- This is like the best version of the Goldilocks story possible. - Qale Apr 26, 15:08 4
  - More like the three Billy goats gruff, but sexier. -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 15:13 2
    - That's probably more like the gay version. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 15:51 1
      - “Wait for my brother, he’s much fitter and sexier than I am.” -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 16:15
  - Did not consider that, but I think your scenario is absolutely brilliant. -- nm - crash davis Apr 26, 15:11
I want to say that I appreciate all of you once more. The kindness is intense and does make me feel less hopeless. - Qale Apr 26, 14:45 25
- you have $$ at paypal. I hope it helps. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 26, 19:36 1
  - Thank you. I am blown away at this outpouring of support. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 20:49
- Every day takes figuring out all over again how to frickin' live. - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 15:23 8
  - This might be crazy. Portland may make you happier than Houston. Think about it. -- nm - crash davis Apr 26, 15:29 7
    - wouldn't he want to live at least a long drive from Mom -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 17:51
    - I meant to say "This might NOT be crazy" -- nm - crash davis Apr 26, 15:42
    - Leaving Houston is absolutely on the table somewhere underneath all of these other notes. - Qale Apr 26, 15:41 4
      - A few ideas. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 16:12 3
        
        Not Corvallis. No one lives in Corvallis -- nm - crash davis Apr 26, 17:27
        
        I appreciate all of these ideas. - Qale Apr 26, 16:38 1
        
        You've got all the pins lined up. - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 16:46
- Have you looked into Call Center jobs? I think they are mostly work from home at this point. - Dano Apr 26, 14:59 7
  - I worked for shopNBC in the early 2000s. People's calls routed to my house, ordered what they were seeing on the show. - Qale Apr 26, 15:06 6
    - Social Security call centers, often looking for new people. Knowing feds probably not WFH -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 20:02
    - I worked for a dental insurance company. It was a regular shift M-F 40 hour work week. It was in office at the time. - Dano Apr 26, 15:12 4
      - I remember way back when you were like “I’m in a lot of debt so I’ll just take this job” and they just kept promoting you. -- nm - Tim Apr 26, 16:20 2
        
        i thought that was still where dano works - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 16:29 1
        
        I meant to add I have no idea if he’s still with the same company. -- nm - Tim Apr 26, 16:31
      - I understand. I will definitely give it another look as I'm working on applications. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 15:24
- Due to my tax situation and the end of the month, I won't be able to help much, but I'll send something like sycor. - crash davis Apr 26, 14:55 1
  - Thanks. You remain a pretty inspirational part of this. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 14:58
- You're not defeated. You're challenged. And trying times define and empower us. -- nm - David Apr 26, 14:52 2
  - One thing that I've tried hard to do is not slide into victimization when hit by all these challenges. I want to hold on to that. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 15:03 1
    - *nods* -- nm - David Apr 26, 15:04
- Big Hugs, we love you dearly. We are always here for you. in all times. -- nm - Pippy Shark Apr 26, 14:51
Rumours truly has a claim to greatest album of all time, for its timelessness more than anything else. - Tim Apr 26, 14:37 7
- it's great but unfortunately for 8-year old me, it was in the rotation of 8-tracks that my stepmother played to death on our family road trips - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 15:02
- When's that last thing you mention gonna get into HHoF or at least an honorary lifetime Grammy? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 26, 14:43 1
  - heh -- nm - Tim Apr 26, 14:44
- (I’d definitely heard their songs as a kid, but it was The Dance that probably put them on the map for a lot of folks around my age.) -- nm - Tim Apr 26, 14:43 1
  - I think it was Tusk for me. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 14:45
- not just timelessness, but timelyness (if that's a word) I'll never forget its release. It was perfect for the time, it was really good, and we sold a - mud Apr 26, 14:42
- Tapestry -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 26, 14:39
Every NFL Fan's Reaction to Round 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Apr 26, 14:29 [youtube]

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