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Canadian Army has a new logo, and we're entertained -- (link) - budice May 3, 19:13 5
- (It isn't the new logo) -- (link) - Reagen May 3, 19:21 1
  - "The icon launched today is a supplementary design only that will be used in the bottom left corner of certain communications products" -- (link) - budice May 3, 19:28
- I look forward to the LEGO set -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 3, 19:20 1
  - It looks like a lego set that was shat out by a large (and unhappy) bear -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 19:27
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty May 3, 19:18
oh i could go see the Atlanta baseball team lose to the Dodgers tonight after work -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 18:59
2x batting champion Luis Arraez traded to San Diego. -- (link) - Tim May 3, 18:59 4
- Miami needs to be strip-mined and moved to Oakland. - Will Hunting May 3, 19:08 3
  - It won't ever happen, but it's time to talk about contraction again. -- nm - Tim May 3, 19:12 2
    - Nah, there's towns that would support teams -- Portland and Nashville are dying for teams. - Will Hunting May 3, 19:14 1
      - Along with new ownership, some not even trying to be competitive -- nm - budice May 3, 19:17
Really thought they were gonna tie it there. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 18:47 2
- Lindholmed in -- nm* - budice May 3, 18:51
- hard to score when there are 3 players and a goalie laying in front of the net. that was fun -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 3, 18:48
*refs have enterred the chat* -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 3, 18:45 1
- that was a fucking crazy last 30 seconds -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 3, 18:47
YES! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 3, 18:41 1
- yikes -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 18:45
argh. put. the. puck. inthenet -- nm - mud May 3, 18:26 2
- Let's Go Preds! -- nm - J May 3, 18:37 1
  - ha! -- nm - mud May 3, 18:41
Caitlin Clark doing Caitlin Clark things in her first preseason game -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 18:15
The Fall Guy was fun. Lampshading: The Movie. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 17:47
I wish you all a happy Radical Optimism release day. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 3, 17:46
I was kinda ambivalent about the college kids setting up encampments but these Ole Miss frat boys really turned me around on it -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 17:43
Beef burgers topped with pulled beef brisket sounds heavenly. -- nm - sycor May 3, 16:50 6
- ayup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 3, 17:32
- With beef buns and beef sauce. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 16:56 4
  - And beef lettuce and beef cheese - Beryllium May 3, 17:01 2
    - I'll just have a beef Coke. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 3, 17:55 1
      - NO BEEF COKE. PEPSI. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 18:28
  - I'll take the sushi boats so long as there's no avocado. -- nm - Meg May 3, 16:58
perfect. - mud May 3, 16:46
Step by step video: The guy who does those "50s Panavision" movie trailers breaks down how he does them. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 3, 16:40 [youtube] 1
- I want to like them (the lighting is fantastic), but they squick me out. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 17:02
Trying to decide if I should give Red Lobster another chance to make a decent fish an chips. Last time it was not good. - Meg May 3, 16:35 6
- I enjoy Red Lobster, but there are only certain dishes you get. Fish and chips is not one of them. -- nm - MDH May 3, 18:11
- The fish sammich I had from Culver's last week was so good I forgave them for forgetting my fries. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 3, 17:23
- you may not be able to go to them in a few months -- (link) - Peglegpete May 3, 16:58 1
  - And then we'll have another Asian restaurant in the neighborhood. I still need to try the new BBQ place around the block. -- nm - Meg May 3, 17:04
- Unlimited shrimp! - sycor May 3, 16:37 1
  - They have all kinds of shrimp specials but they're all combos and I just like grilled shrimp. I'm a picky eater :) -- nm - Meg May 3, 16:49
Amazing Race spoilers - Beaker 🍻 May 3, 16:29
Some of this is tenuous, but this guy breaks down what's wrong with the plot to Madame Web. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 3, 16:15 [youtube] 1
- "Here's what smells in this flaming pile of garbage" -- nm - Reagen May 3, 18:13
As an aside: Areas north of the Bayou City have suffered tremendous amounts of rain over the last two days. 15+ inches in some spots. - Qale May 3, 15:45
I accepted the job offer for Wal-Mart. Background check and all that takes time. Then orientation will be scheduled. It's a new day, yes it is. - Qale May 3, 15:29 46
- !!! -- (edited) - i.b.! May 3, 19:29 1
  - b! - Qale May 3, 20:55
- I'm so glad to hear this. I knew you'd land on your feet, you're too good of a person not to. - LFG May 3, 19:01 1
  - I really do try to live by that Golden Rule even when you know you aren’t going to be treated well in return. - Qale May 3, 20:51
- Yay! -- nm - Marlowe May 3, 18:50
- Happy for you. -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 17:36
- 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 3, 17:18
- Hell yeah -- nm - Tim May 3, 17:08 1
  - I am not playing favorites in who I reply to. I’m just trying not to take over more boards than I already have with this. I promise I love Kim most… - Qale May 3, 17:15
- Fantastic! -- nm - znufrii May 3, 17:03 2
  - Fan-freakin-tastic even. Okay I’m going to go rest now. -- nm - Qale May 3, 17:07 1
    - Get some rest. Hydrate. Take your meds. We love you. -- nm - znufrii May 3, 18:09
- Congrats, man! Glad to hear it. And don't be afraid to continue to look for something else too. Don't settle. Be the best Qale you can be. - sycor May 3, 16:45 1
  - It’s a job that I do well and most of the time enjoy. The dynamic will be quite different, and some of that will be a positive. - Qale May 3, 16:59
- congrats -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 16:18 1
  - I’m sure I’ll be completely overwhelmed and think this is the worst thing ever at least more than once very soon. But that’s okay. - Qale May 3, 16:43
- nice! -- nm - Remlik May 3, 16:17
- So very happy for you. There will always be challenges, take each day as it comes. - Meg May 3, 16:06 1
  - You’re one of the strongest here. And the competition is mighty strong with this group. - Qale May 3, 16:12
- Congratulations! -- nm - Dano May 3, 16:06
- YEAH!!!! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 3, 15:58 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 3, 15:59
- Awesome!! So very happy for you!! Best of luck! -- nm - Krusty May 3, 15:50 1
  - Thank you. It’s a start. Once I get my claws into it for real it’ll be something. -- nm - Qale May 3, 15:54
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 3, 15:48
- WOOOOHOOOO! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 3, 15:47
- 👍👍 -- nm - mud May 3, 15:44
- Fantastic. Congratulations. -- nm - pmb May 3, 15:34 1
  - Thank you. It’s going to be a chaotic, very challenging environment. But my goal is to just narrow the view and do what needs to be done. -- nm - Qale May 3, 15:39
- Welcome to Walmart, get your $hit and get out. -- (edited) - Qale SI May 3, 15:33 9
  - Look, I’m just pre-qualifying for when I’m old and have to just be a greeter. -- nm - Qale May 3, 15:34 8
    - you arent old already? -- nm - tRuMaN May 3, 15:35 7
      - I am 45. Not the best place to be restarting something, again, but we start where we are. -- nm - Qale May 3, 15:36 6
        
        I was 50 when I became an atheist minister -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 16:12 1
        
        I did not know you were an atheist minister. Just that you did weddings. For some reason this makes you cooler. +Some amount of sycor points -- nm - sycor May 3, 16:39
        
        I started college when I was 49! ;) -- nm* - Meg May 3, 16:04
        
        I think it's the perfect place to be restarting something. Hell, I was almost 55 when I restarted my something of a law firm. - ReluctantCynic May 3, 15:59 1
        
        I completely understand and thought I was pulling that whole ‘best time to start is right now’ kind of mentality. -- nm - Qale May 3, 16:09
        
        You're fine. Get outta your head. Go play Fallout. -- nm - David May 3, 15:38
- I am so happy for you, and I'm happy for them to get such a great person. Offline, let me know what your immediate needs are. -- nm - David May 3, 15:33 6
  - Right now my only need is to ease down from the ‘survivor mode’ anxiety and get some real rest. -- nm - Qale May 3, 15:37 5
    - Well, if there are bills that could be a problem in the short term, let me know, and we'll talk. -- nm - David May 3, 15:39 4
      - Thanks. That is one of the key elements that makes this a good fit is I don’t need a car *today* to work. So that fund is parked… heh. - Qale May 3, 15:42 3
        
        Okay, fantastic. With more time, I'm confident whisper can find you a viable car. -- nm - David May 3, 15:43 2
        
        PS: A future step is a Prosper loan. - David May 3, 15:44 1
        
        Maybe not that name brand product itself, but generally speaking, yes. The rate hikes swamped me. -- nm - Qale May 3, 15:46
i'm happy for LA comedy folks who will get another season of Night Court to act on -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 15:05 1
- 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' Returning to ABC for 25th Anniversary -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 3, 15:07
Giancarlo Esposito joins the MCU in a secret role (not Professor X) -- (link) - Remlik May 3, 15:00 12
- Twitter is trending with him as…Galactus -- nm - Trending May 3, 17:46
- Jubilee? -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 17:38
- Moleman -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 16:18
- excellent. -- nm - mud May 3, 15:44
- I bet it's Professor X! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 15:37
- I don't actually know this one, but he'd be brilliant as Doctor Doom. -- nm - David May 3, 15:21 1
  - he's the right age against Pascal for it. -- nm - Remlik May 3, 16:17
- Dazzler -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 15:14
- Synch? Probably easier than a Morph character would be -- nm - Trending May 3, 15:11
- Rick Fury? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 15:09
- Blue Marvel? -- nm - Trending May 3, 15:08
- older Doom? Puppet Master? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 3, 15:06
Darvin Ham is the first NBA coach to be fired after winning the In-Season Tournament -- (link*) - hollywood big shot May 3, 14:59
Boy, today was something. A gas line outside my school was hit. We evacuated 300+ 3-8 year olds (pre-K was still in the building) to the ADT call - kelly May 3, 14:51 15
- Yikes! Glad everyone is okay -- nm - sycor May 3, 16:47
- Kayleigh in 2nd grade sold 3 alarm packages after she answered a phone nearby. -- nm - Will Hunting May 3, 15:50
- the alarm co had enough space? I would have figured on a neighborhood church -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 15:00 1
  - It eventually will be a church, but they still need to pave the road and cut a path through the woods to the church. -- nm - kelly May 3, 15:03
- Wait, what? Am I gonna die? -- nm - David May 3, 14:52 10
  - Eventually? -- nm - Will Hunting May 3, 15:49 3
    - Oh, I'm glad we're joking. Your wife just LEFT ME TO DIE!!! -- nm - David May 3, 15:50 2
      - I assumed you knew!!! I figured KUB would have sent something out! - kelly May 3, 15:58
      - Actually it was Knox County emergency who did that. -- nm - Will Hunting May 3, 15:50
  - Are you a 3-8 year old kid? -- nm - Qale May 3, 15:33
  - Someday, but we certainly hope no time soon. -- nm - ty97 May 3, 15:00 1
    - Kelly's school is literally, not figuratively, in our backyard. -- nm - David May 3, 15:20
  - No, the explosion won't kill you. - Beryllium May 3, 15:00 1
    - (Oh, my mistake - this joke is a callback to a recent post from Dano, I thought it had been from you) -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 15:01
  - They shut it off. It’s on the section of the road that still needs to be paved, on the other side of the school. Not your side. -- nm - kelly May 3, 14:58
I love that I can still pull up a themepack and install it in Windows 11. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 14:47
neither Skydance nor Sony/Apollo offers seen as likely to be approved by the Paramount board lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 14:43 5
- Fortunately, they have zero authority and just about as much voting power. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 14:46 2
  - as the article details, they're just following Shari's lead to avoid the shareholder suits. she doesn't want either deal -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 14:51 1
    - Four board members and a CEO jumped ship because they opposed the sale. Now Shari's not gonna sell? - Mop🧹 May 3, 16:05
- Is that Byron Allen's music? -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 14:45 1
  - Just did layoffs yesterday. -- nm - David May 3, 14:47
have some flowers :) -- (link) - Beryllium May 3, 14:41 [flickr] 2
- oo, lovely! nice shot. -- nm - colin May 3, 15:10 1
  - Thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 17:36
you're one of the top singers/guitarists in the world. what song[s] do you play when the Stones invite you onstage? - Peglegpete May 3, 14:37 5
- Not Fade Away would be one. The cover that was there first single. One of my songs. Honkeytonk Women. -- nm - LFG May 3, 18:59
- Immigrant Song or Pinball Wizard. If I'm gonna be on stage with the Stones, I'm going down a rock and roll god. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 15:47
- James Taylor: How sweet it is to be Loved by You -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 14:43 2
  - Paul Simon: either Me and Julio or diamonds on the souls of her shoes -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 14:47 1
    - Adrian Belew: Burning down the House n Life During Wartime -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 16:14
YouTube (yes, YouTube) wants me to watch Blast From the Past. I assume this is Fallout related. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 14:09 1
- it is. It's been popping up on a lot of "if you like Fallout, check this out" lists -- nm - Remlik May 3, 14:13
"Whoever they got to play the volleyball coach is not very good." -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 3, 14:07 [youtube] 1
- "No way you find a stick that good." L4 because it's true. -- nm - Max May 3, 14:16
wait they actually got Don Draper and Roger Sterling for that dumb Pop Tarts movie?! -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 14:04 1
- That movie is bonkers on multiple levels. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 14:08
UK foriegn secretary says Ukraine can use their weapons against targets IN russia -- (link) - zeitgeist May 3, 14:01
So, if you’re a Jeopardy Masters player, are you always that good, or do you build up to it? Because… DAAAAAMN. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 13:56 3
- i feel like i could probably still go through the full audition process but playing bar trivia with the youths at our company, also acutely aware that - hollywood big shot May 3, 14:54 1
  - Music categories just kill me. It's just too fractured. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 16:56
- We're all vikings at something. Theirs is Jeopardy. -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 14:03
Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh wee, Henry, you ain't movin me, You better feel that boogie beat, And get the lead out of your feet, Roll with me Henry, Roll with m -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 13:53
vacation all i ever wanted -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 13:52 1
- show off! (grin) -- nm - JenBro May 3, 13:54

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