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Ted Lasso Eyeing Season 4 Renewal at Apple TV+, With Several Stars Poised to Return -- (link) - Remlik Aug 24, 14:27 7
- Ted’s Family -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 15:23
- David called it, before the show even was showing its final episodes, that they’d be back -- nm - Trending Aug 24, 15:19 2
  - the rest of the cast was always a yes. question will be how much Sudekis is actually in the season -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 15:21 1
    - Skip him. Have it focus on the AFC Richmond Women's Team - JD Aug 24, 15:31
- Only if they bring back the S1 writing team. S2 was disjointed plot-wise and S3 was … apparently not good at it either -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 14:30 2
  - writing room was pretty consistent across all seasons afaik. It was Sudekis who bigfooted the s3 scripts by all accounts I read -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 14:51 1
    - My pitch: Ted is brutally murdered. Everyone is a suspect! Benoit Blanc is brought in to solve the mystery. - King Of Oklahoma Aug 24, 15:19
Just got a compliment from the checkout person at Whole Foods on organizing my groceries on the belt so efficiently - znufrii Aug 24, 14:27 1
- 😉 -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 15:00
NLRB rules that Amazon really is the employer of 3rd party delivery drivers who are technically self employed contractors... - zeitgeist Aug 24, 14:25 1
- Good. -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 14:27
flipping channels, wondering if there was a football game on, ESPN is featuring a *highschool* game -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 14:03 1
- Heeeey. The Lions are good now, man. -- nm - VMan Aug 24, 14:05
Kamala has secured the ceasefire -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 14:02 2
- Never thought I’d see the day. Probably last as long as the other truces. -- nm - VMan Aug 24, 14:04 1
  - Yup. Make it through 1 1/2 practices -- nm* - Epiphany Aug 24, 15:07
Ted-less Lasso? -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 13:58 3
- Only if they bring back the S1 writing team. S2 was disjointed plot-wise and S3 was … apparently not good at it either. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 14:24 1
  - I would expect Ted to do a lot of FaceTiming in from the states for a minute every other episode or something -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 15:02
- Somebody's wearing their Bad Idea Jeans today -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 24, 14:09
It was on this day in 2019 at an Iron Maiden concert when everyone was looking at their phone reading the news that Andrew Luck was retiring -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 13:40
Ramblin Wreck! -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 13:18 1
- This. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 13:46
My brother in AR had his identity stolen. This is a friendly reminder that you can freeze your credit for free. - Baron of the Rings Aug 24, 12:43 1
- but if they stole your identity they could just go online and unfreeze it -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 13:54
I wanna wake up where you are I won't say anything at all So why don't you slide? - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 12:41 2
- over here And give me a moment Your moves are so raw I've got to let you know You're one of my kind -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 14:28
- Who doesn’t like a little Goo? -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 12:43
-- nm* - con_carne Aug 24, 12:06
"Danger 5" ... that might be a fun show to watch -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:03
Dr Fauci was hospitalized for West Nile virus..also a "record number of skeetos found in Vegas with the virus -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 24, 11:32 3
- There are no mosquitoes in Las Vegas. Mosquitoes breed in swamps. This is a desert. What have you got for me? -- nm - Ben Geisler Aug 24, 12:21 1
  - The squitoes that carry West Nile are dry weather ones. (Many summers of that explanation.) -- nm - . Aug 24, 15:39
- Fortunately for us what gets transmitted in Vegas stays in Vegas. -- nm - Max Aug 24, 12:16
Operation Rainbow Bridge -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 11:21
Did you know about the drawn out political scandal Musk is involved with? Should drag on for years. - zeitgeist Aug 24, 11:21 1
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 12:07
The level of social hacking, malicious software, and exploiting phone NFC hardware is impressive. NGate Android malware relays NFC traffic - JD Aug 24, 10:54
FB Marketplace is getting elaborate in its offerings - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 10:38
holy moly, those two astronauts will be stuck up there until February! -- (pic) -- (edited) - mud Aug 24, 10:29 [Attachment] 7
- So, what's the actual issue? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 10:30 6
  - They're Trumpers and coming back sooner would be good for Kamala. -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 11:15
  - they know what they did -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 10:38
  - The Boeing Starliner is malfunctioning and isn't safe for them to use to return.... - Remlik Aug 24, 10:38
  - Boeing's Starliner sucks. More technically, there's a concern that a helium leak issue is indication that the maneuvering thrusters are not reliable -- nm - JD Aug 24, 10:37
  - They have Super Bowl tickets! -- nm - Max Aug 24, 10:37
  - They saw that movie, and it shamed them too much to leave. -- nm - David Aug 24, 10:37
what the cars stole from us -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 10:28 13
- Rick Ocasek is a monster. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 12:01 1
  - Super models were so pissed that Paulina married him, it let every geeky guy in the world think maybe they had a shot.... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 14:47
- It's gross. The only people who miss it are parents who won't be able to dump off their kids for two hours for a Lord of the Flies reenactment. -- nm - David Aug 24, 10:38 7
  - That sounds... positively wonderful and exactly the sort of experience kids are missing these days? -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 11:26 6
    - You may want to re-read Lord of the Flies. -- nm - David Aug 24, 11:40 5
      - Sucks to your assmar. -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 12:46
      - The only movie I ever considered walking out on midway. -- nm - Max Aug 24, 11:54
      - what do you think the Cars did to their drivers? -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 11:43 2
        
        You're confusing it with Planet of the Apes. -- nm - David Aug 24, 11:52 1
        
        Did they have cars? -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 12:14
- otoh, Magic was my summer 84 jam and Shake It Up and My Best Friend's Girl are always good -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 10:31 2
  - Heartbeat City is a perfect album. I wore that tape out that summer. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 12:20 1
    - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 12:26
“we’ve seen enough” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 10:25
megamillies up to $575m -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 10:20
With a little snooping on FB I found a photo ;) -- (pic) - Meg Aug 24, 09:38 [Attachment] 1
- Awww! Congrats to the happy couple -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 11:16
So much for more affordable housing - -- (link) - Meg Aug 24, 09:31 2
- Inevitable but it is a shame. There is something about orange groves that I love. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 10:23 1
  - Our oranges locally were pretty much gone when we moved here in 1980, and were replaced with strawberries. I think there's maybe - Meg Aug 24, 10:53
The setup: Layla retrieves her last bat as the Clearwater Threshers' bat dog -- (link) - JD Aug 24, 09:29 3
- The payoff: The rookie's first appearance -- (link) - JD Aug 24, 09:30 2
  - 🐶😂 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 10:27
  - 😂😂 -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 09:59
Pussy Island was very good. -- nm - LMS Aug 24, 09:23 2
- *slowly backs up into the door opening after walking toward the cafeteria* - Will Hunting Aug 24, 09:27 1
  - Blink Twice pka Pussy Island -- nm - LMS Aug 24, 09:35
Heh -- (pic) - mara Aug 24, 09:19 [Attachment] 3
- :-P -- nm - mud Aug 24, 10:12
- Foo Fighters dragged into this and they had some words -- (link) - con_carne Aug 24, 10:05
- heh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 09:22
I had forgotten how awful training for a marathon is. Long run days wind up being almost a complete lost day with the run and then recovery. -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 09:17
rain on the playa again this year -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 08:59
NFL - Reason #5 for Having a good OL -- (link) - budice Aug 24, 08:51 1
- That definitely wasn't pretty OL play. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 09:15
Back on pace 🤦🏻 -- (link) - JD Aug 24, 08:40 [Backboard] 3
- Sure. Fine. Whatever. -133 GD -- nm - JD Aug 24, 08:47 1
  - yay. It's over -- nm - JD Aug 24, 09:04
- it's been a nightmarish start -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 08:44
took me a second: -- (pic) - mud Aug 24, 08:24 [Attachment] 1
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 08:56
Cool- CNN has Knoxville as one of their 10 places to visit — they call out our favorite brewery and restaurant. Xul and Abridged. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Aug 24, 08:19 4
- It also mentions my good friend Jody! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 24, 09:17 2
  - Jody! -- nm - David Aug 24, 09:48
  - *tips back a Xul-Aid for Jody!* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 09:20
- Fried green BLT certainly sounds intriguing -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 08:57
Keanu signed a 1-day contract with junior hockey team Windsor Spitfires. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 24, 08:12
Huh. Kamala Harris went to Westmount High School. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 24, 07:39 1
- Wyld Stallions played her prom? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 09:13
Who is Dan Wilson? What to know about Mariners new manager -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 07:24 5
- UK band was best known for its 1988 UK number 3 hit single "Mary's Prayer". -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 24, 08:08 1
  - Save me, save me. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 24, 11:39
- I hope he does well but it's a bit of an odd choice since he's never been a full time manager at any level. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 08:06 1
  - It is an odd choice but as a hardcore Mariner fan favorite, he might avert the J6 style insurrection where the fans storm Mariner offices. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 08:43
- Dan Wilson and Edgar! I'll get out my flannel and grunge CDs while I eagerly await to hear what Buhner is going to do. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 07:29
I fear we'd fare very poorly if we were to compete on The Amazing Race. We barely survived 2 hours in the Louvre yesterday. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 24, 07:22 2
- L'Orangerie is delightfully tiny and the cafeteria has these tiny cheese pizzas which fortunately each of my kids will eat. Win-win! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 24, 08:16 1
  - PHOTOS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 08:55
Perfect! You scored 28 points, with all 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. (I had to think a looooong time for the last one) - prayformojo Aug 24, 07:19 2
- Perfect! You scored 28 points, with all 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. (I did pause for about 30 seconds on the last one) - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 07:28
- me too! - mud Aug 24, 07:27
Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez rejoins Mariners as hitting coach -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 07:16
Colorado banned a reporter from asking Deion Sanders questions at press conferences. Also, they call him Coach Prime which is embarrassing - Krusty Aug 24, 06:47 16
- He took on too much—got the worst team in CF and turn it around. Gotta be brash to raise the NIL funds needed to get the best players - Trending Aug 24, 07:45 7
  - He remade a program in his image and it sucked as much as before. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 07:52 3
    - If he can just get to 5-7 it will suck the same as before. - Last Of My Kind Aug 24, 08:08 2
      - You didn’t hire him and sell your university’s soul for 5&7. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 08:11 1
        
        "it sucked as much as before." - Last Of My Kind Aug 24, 08:34
  - I think they finished in last place so maybe it's not working as he thought. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 24, 07:52 2
    - He’s got two, future rd 1 picks (if not both top 10-15)…Going to win 5-6 games minimum IMO -- nm - Trending Aug 24, 08:00 1
      - Year 2 of hiring players with that schedule, if he wins 5 games, he should be walked to the airport. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 08:04
- Knowing how faculty feels about athletics programs, I expect everyone outside of CU Athletics feels they're a bunch of clowns. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 24, 07:23
- I dunno, man. The reporter called him "the Bruce Lee of B.S." and called the program a "circus". That's mean! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 24, 07:10 1
  - If he was a reporter, that would be out of line. He's a columnist, so he writes his opinion and it is what it is. (Yes, I know you're being sarcastic) -- nm - Last Of My Kind Aug 24, 07:21
- I'd like to think the other journalists would support Keeler but, based on this story, doubtful. - Last Of My Kind Aug 24, 07:10 1
  - It very much sounds like they have plants to ask the questions he wants to answer. Things look shady at CU. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 07:51
- I want him to fail so badly, it’s almost unhealthy. He’s a joke. I thought his tackling was soft but Jesus. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 06:51 2
  - He's such an egotistical person it's sickening. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 07:53
  - He’s going to fail upwards—he’ll be the Cowboys coach, for the start of the 2025 season -- nm - Trending Aug 24, 07:22
The Wrecking Crew, action comedy w/ Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista, Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, and Miyavi (!) into production in NZ -- (link) - mud Aug 24, 06:02
Murdle 8:33 - prayformojo Aug 24, 04:58
Murdle 3:57 - Fuzzy Aug 24, 04:32
Strands #174 Yellow 1st - decline Aug 24, 04:22 1
- that was a damn mess - prayformojo Aug 24, 04:31
Connections Puzzle #440 YBGP - decline Aug 24, 04:12 2
- PGBY - mud Aug 24, 05:44
- BGYP - prayformojo Aug 24, 04:21
Wordle 1,162 2/6 - decline Aug 24, 04:10 1
- Wordle 1,162 4/6 - prayformojo Aug 24, 04:18
Greg Maddux and Barry Bonds talk through their thought process for one at bat from 1998 (spoiler: Barry won) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 00:27 [youtube] 1
- postscript: Maddux would face Bonds 45 more times and never allow another home run -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 00:29
the chargers had to put out a press release for team members getting stuck in an elevator -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 22:50 2
- "It was, uh, team-building exercise. Congrats, guys, you passed!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 05:45 1
  - Archer did it -- nm - rollo Aug 24, 13:41
OK Teacher gives class QR code to that Brooklyn online library of banned books, state revokes her license -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 23, 22:45
“Sub-creatures! Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, the Traveller has come! Choose and perish!” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 22:21
lol Kari Lake -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 22:08 1
- he was less subtle with the cop -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 22:39
Walk off Gran Salami and fastest to 40/40 Shohei! -- (link*) - eag Aug 23, 21:40 2
- I wish I could be as happy for him as I am with most other guys but that contract has really soured me on him. - Krusty Aug 24, 05:43
- poor schmuck with the green glove had it before the guy next to him interfered -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 23:23
Really it just boils down to how girthy is the mpox vaccine? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 20:28 3
- why did you have to choose that word? -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 20:50 2
  - Because I had caffeine today and all of the resulting energy is going into stupid internet jokes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 21:09 1
    - pfffffft -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 22:04
Movie night -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 20:25
Kinda sad that the only AEW action figure here on clearance is a genuine badass Eddie Kingston. -- nm - Qale Aug 23, 20:25

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