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Backboards: Congrats to the Inigo Fantastic 4. -- nm - Qale May 23, 18:00 5
- Additionally: Colin has it right. I fly nearly naked and with only a backpack. -- nm - Qale May 23, 18:02 4
  - alternatively you should wear like 8 sets of clothes and pack nothing -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 18:04 2
    - "Look at me! I'm chandler bing! I never need to check a bag!" -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 18:12 1
      - $9.99 a month and I will supply additional life hacks -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 18:13
  - And finally: Happy Birthday to the man with a face for radio, and formerly a comic book shop. May all your sweepers end on cue. -- nm - Qale May 23, 18:03
BlieJays City Connect -- (link) - budice May 23, 17:56
"NCAA, Power 5 agree to deal that will let schools pay players" - David May 23, 17:45 8
- Power 5? Is the PAC-2 still included? -- nm - Dano May 23, 18:04
- college sports are voluntary. they should not pay players. -- nm* - Peglegpete May 23, 17:58 1
  - alternate view: people should be paid for their labour. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 18:08
- How $2.8B billion in back payments is handled.... -- nm - budice May 23, 17:57
- i.e., the SEC and Big 10 get to buy all the top talent and the rest of the Div I schools get the shit end of the stick -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 17:46 3
  - ...which is the way it's always been, but now they don't have to hide it. -- nm - Strongbad May 23, 18:08
  - This is where Alumni Associations will come in I bet. How long before Blue Chips 2 is greenlit -- nm - Remlik May 23, 17:51 1
    - nah, there's not enough donor money outside those two conferences to make a meaningful difference -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 18:02
GO OIL! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 17:39
sending Pat Sajak out on a high note -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 17:25
i think i figured out how the Leafs can finally retake the Cup -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 17:05 1
- Italian Job-style heist? -- nm - mafic May 23, 17:12
Seattle Pacific Mall, sold for 66m, down from the 275m it turned over for 12 years ago. -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 16:59
20 people are in intensive care as a result of that turbulent flight -- (link) - Reagen May 23, 16:56 6
- Yeah, I've been thinking about my flight to Kansas in a few days. Pre-flight nerves are new to me. -- nm - Meg May 23, 17:19 4
  - I'm flying to Europe tomorrow and have no nerves. -- nm - ty97 May 23, 17:25 3
    - heading to the Taylor Swift Lisbon & Madrid shows? :) -- nm - Peglegpete May 23, 17:38
    - I'm more nervous about getting on a small charter plane in Senegal with half the C-suite next week. -- nm - mafic May 23, 17:28 1
      - Have you *seen* the weather rolling through the plains states? I figure it could be a little bumpy, -- nm - Meg May 23, 17:54
- always wear your seat belt! -- nm - mafic May 23, 17:08
Thanks for the birthday wishes, all. And hope my birthday twin's day was just as sublimely good as mine. - ReluctantCynic May 23, 16:30 12
- have any surpassed Bullitt for the best chase? -- nm - Peglegpete May 23, 17:39 2
  - all of Fury Road -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 18:14
  - Ronin ties it, at least. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 17:58
- I saw your post about the monastery. That was interesting. I hope you found some peace there too. I know I always did when I visited one. -- (edited) - Qale May 23, 16:47 2
  - I did find some peace. Maybe a bit of hope. Could still use some discernment, but we're getting there. - ReluctantCynic May 23, 17:09 1
    - It is going largely very well. I may be on the verge of locking in a regular schedule which will go a long way to providing my own peace. -- nm - Qale May 23, 17:12
- ....evil twin? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 23, 16:31 5
  - by classic star trek rules I think RC has to be the evil twin. -- nm - mafic May 23, 17:11 2
    - "oh, don't look so shocked" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 23, 17:11 1
      - "I always thought Spock was a bit of a pirate at heart." -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 23, 17:15
  - Evil twin... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 23, 16:58
  - .... and twins? - LFG May 23, 16:34
Beaker did you want invites to the Stakataka? I can send some now. -- nm - JaxSean May 23, 16:23 15
- thanks so much! got 2 of him. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 17:00
- i already did the one you are sending now :) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:40
- MopXone and OriState would love to join the party. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 23, 16:34 2
  - Crap! No more remote passes! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 23, 16:41 1
    - I am just jumping in and inviting, then jumping at 10 seconds left. -- nm - JaxSean May 23, 16:43
- (We leave today) -- nm - JaxSean May 23, 16:24 3
  - cool, you'll be back for the guy over here (who looks awesome) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:29
  - This sounds like a movie title, but turns out has never been one. Someone should spec it out and dangle it in front of Netflix. - Max May 23, 16:26 1
    - It's part 5 of the Three Body Problem, I assume. -- nm - JaxSean May 23, 16:51
- yes! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:24 5
  - I jumped when I saw you were in. If you need more let me know. -- nm - JaxSean May 23, 16:25 4
    - whatever you got :) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:26 3
      - and thanks so so much!! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:27 2
        
        sahit missed that one -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:32 1
        
        good! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:32
Have there been any primetime tv shows like Kindergarten Cop? With all the cop shows and doctor shows, cops & day care would fit right in. - Max May 23, 16:21
oh good the FedSoc goons just invented another bullshit legal standard out of whole cloth to rig their opinions. RIP "clear error" -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:20 1
- (will also be funny, not really, to reconcile "presumption of legislative good faith" with their forthcoming opinion that guts the Chevron rule) - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:21
Jupiter Ascending Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:18 [youtube]
s46 spoilers i guess? "Fire Jeff Probst" -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:18 1
- S47: Hunt Jeff Probst -- nm - LFG May 23, 16:18
Annnd my bank card got hacked. Anyone ever heard of INSTANTE EMISION? -- nm - LFG May 23, 16:06 4
- it's a side effect of ozempic. -- nm - mafic May 23, 17:31
- It seems so similar to INSTATE EMISSION, so like an emissions testing place? -- nm - Qale May 23, 17:12
- I'm sorry this happened. but INSTANTE EMISION sounds like something scrambled, Sneakers-style -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 23, 16:14 1
  - No big. 5/3 flagged it and are issuing a new card. They also had a Paramount + subscription earlier in the month. Also not me but I have to go through - LFG May 23, 16:16
do you think Jimmy Buffett actually played his show in Indy on 9/11? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:03 2
- I was at 8 of the 13 tour locations in the 1980's for Grateful Dead shows, and 1 for Buffett. -- nm* - Peglegpete May 23, 17:44
- He postponed. -- nm - LFG May 23, 16:05
Oh, and a followup from the PEDMAS discussion -- (link*) - Strongbad May 23, 15:53 [Attachment] 2
- Yeah, calculators don't understand OoO. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 16:07
- So, don't buy Casio calculators? -- nm - the wrong element May 23, 16:01
Finally watch the Conan Hot Ones. He reached levels of redness thought only theoretical, even for Irish people. -- nm* - Reagen May 23, 15:52
STIS and SITWAP: Is "George and Mandy's First Wedding" coming on CBS this Fall - Strongbad May 23, 15:37 40
- there's a handful of different spinoffs from the Today Show. -- nm - Peglegpete May 23, 17:53
- The Good Place > Futurama > The Flintstones -- nm - David May 23, 16:16
- Andy Griffith Show > Mayberry RFD > Gomer Pyle USMC -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:14
- Hot Tub Time Machine -- nm - LFG May 23, 16:14
- all the L&O shows; Chicago x 3; Grey's - Station 19 - Private Practice -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:14
- Golden Girls > Empty Nest > Nurses -- nm - Krusty May 23, 16:13
- JAG - NCIS - NCIS LA, NCIS NO, NCIS Hawaii, NCIS Origins -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:13 2
  - Star Trek TOS > Everything else -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:15 1
    - Picard is a spinoff of TNG which is a spinoff of TOS -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 16:20
- MTM > Rhoda > Phyllis -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:12 4
  - Also Lou Grant -- nm - eag May 23, 16:25 3
    - oh yeah, good answer good answer *clap* -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:26 2
      - Though that's as connected as Trapper John MD is to Mash - eag May 23, 16:28 1
        
        and After M*A*S*H! - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:30
- Good Wife > Good Fight > Elsbeth? not sure that counts since she was in in all three. -- nm - Max May 23, 16:02 1
  - I'm inclined to grant it. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 16:08
- Happy Days to Mork and Mindy then the one about the Deli -- nm - eag May 23, 15:52 4
  - Laverne & Shirley -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:11 3
    - Joanie Loves Chachi! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 16:59
    - Happy Days is itself a spin off of Love, American Style. -- nm - Krusty May 23, 16:16 1
      - Love and the Happy Days -- nm - LFG May 23, 16:18
- Cheers > Wings > Frasier -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 15:48 2
  - Yeah I have a hard time seeing Frasier as a spinoff of Wings. -- nm - Strongbad May 23, 15:50
  - Two branches on the same tree. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 15:49
- Beverly Hills 90210 -> Melrose Place -> Models Inc -- nm - Reagen May 23, 15:42 2
  - You had to have Googled this. If not, impressive pull. -- nm - Strongbad May 23, 15:49 1
    - This one I remembered because of the Simpsons joke. I knew there had to be one from AitF somewhere with how many it had. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 15:50
- All in the Family -> The Jeffersons -> Checking In -- nm - Reagen May 23, 15:40 9
  - also AitF > Archie Bunker's Place > Gloria. -- nm - mafic May 23, 16:59
  - Maude is in this group too -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 16:11 1
    - AitF > Maude > Good Times -- nm* - Krusty May 23, 16:14
  - Also AITF to Maude to Good Times. -- nm - the wrong element May 23, 15:56 1
    - Oops, missed this. Sorry. -- nm - Krusty May 23, 16:15
  - (It also depends on if you count Happy Days as a spinoff of Love American Style) -- nm - Reagen May 23, 15:41 3
    - Also if you view the various NCIS shows as spinoffs of NCIS. - the wrong element May 23, 15:55 2
      - That and all the Chicago/9-1-1s feel like cheating. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 15:56 1
        
        As would the Law and Order things. - the wrong element May 23, 15:59
- ... who are they? -- nm - LFG May 23, 15:39 2
  - Sheldon's older brother and his wife. -- nm - Strongbad May 23, 15:48 1
    - Ah. I have seen a couple BBT episodes, but never the spin off. -- nm - LFG May 23, 16:04
is reagen eating Texas BBQ for tonight's game? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 15:33 1
- game time decision -- nm - Reagen May 23, 15:34
Freestyle Festival -- (pic) - JD May 23, 15:26 [Attachment]
lyc: As a security measure, I ordered new debit/credit card numbers over the last month. Closed out the old ones -- nm* - budice May 23, 15:10 1
- what are the new numbers? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 15:11
WH State Dinner for Kenya guests: Roger Goodell, Lester Holt, LeVar Burton, Don McLean, Sean Penn, Adam Silver, Sheryl Sandberg, Wilmer Valderrama. -- (link) - budice May 23, 14:54 1
- Valderrama taking his "Fez" character from That '70s Show places he shouldn't be taking it. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 23, 14:59
it’s gonna be a good 45 days for Thick of It memes -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 14:09
They can't do surgery on Eddie Kingston's leg until the fracture heals. He's out a calendar year. - David May 23, 14:07 6
- Oh that’s awful for him. -- nm - Tim May 23, 15:26
- Did he break his leg in the ‘attack’ or somehow else and that was cover to get him fixed up? -- nm - Will Hunting May 23, 14:20 4
  - It was in New Japan. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 23, 14:20 3
    - Ouch - a suplex through a table and he slammed the railing with his leg. -- nm - Will Hunting May 23, 14:25 2
      - Yeah, it was a dumb spot. Supposed to be a brain buster but he took it as a suplex. -- nm - David May 23, 14:26 1
        
        He needs to adjust to Japan…why do something wild and risky when you can get dropped 100% on your head/shoulders to make it look crazier? -- nm* - Will Hunting May 23, 14:32
*clock radio hits 6:00, starts to play I Got You Babe* -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 13:58
Hollywood: 'Scrubs' Producer Eric Weinberg Will Face Trial, Accused of Being 'Serial' Rapist Who 'Uses His Status' -- (link) - budice May 23, 13:46
Thank you Roger. The Irish Breakfast does seem to have an assertive flavor. -- nm - crash davis May 23, 13:42 1
- Looking it up, English and Irish breakfast are both a blend of Ceylon and Assam teas, but Irish has a higher % of Assam - Roger More May 23, 13:45
ScottieSchieffler: Officer that arrested him was cited for doing donuts in a parking lot with a drunk civilian in tow. While on Duty -- (link*) - budice May 23, 13:31 5
- If he arrested the current #1 golfer on bullshit, how many poor slubs have been charged after crossing this ahole's path. -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 14:02
- you don't wanna ride with Paul -- (link*) - oblique May 23, 13:33 [youtube]
- he had also been cited for *not* having his body cam turned on that day with Scottie. -- nm - Jovian May 23, 13:32 2
  - The new videos, of what happened, are so damning—he (cop) straight up lied about pretty much everything -- nm - Trending May 23, 14:10
  - and for being the inspiration for the Seth Rogen character in Superbad -- nm - Roger More May 23, 13:40
mini displayport? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 13:29 12
- I humbly suggest that all displayport variants engage in intercourse with themselves. -- nm - mafic May 23, 17:14
- I bet that was a picture of a Surface that mandy shared. It looked *SO* Surface. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 23, 15:00 1
  - It was a surface dock. So even surfacier. -- nm - amandaphone May 23, 15:07
- We had a lot of those original Surface "tablets" and they all had that connector. Super annoying as it was very unusual for PCs at the time -- nm - oblique May 23, 13:32 8
  - our higher power windows machines are all surface laptops. we all used to use dongles to connect to external monitors but - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 23, 13:39 7
    - My dock has HDMI but not mini DP. Maybe my dock and your dock should get together and go bowling. -- nm - Max May 23, 14:00
    - docking stations and monitors acting funny are the bane of our existence right now. was *just* talking about this with the team and brainstorming long - oblique May 23, 13:41 5
      - there's some noise online from like 2022 that compatibility was disappearing, but this was like early q2 2024 that we all lost it. I actually - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 23, 13:45 4
        
        we're currently looking at these (both with and without the integrated camera) -- (link) - oblique May 23, 13:47 3
        
        only 1080p60 and 24"? What is this, the 90s?! -- nm - Max May 23, 14:04
        
        That's a rather elegant solution. -- nm - JD May 23, 13:59
        
        . . . this week on Dock Talk -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 13:49

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