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"concerns" -- (link) - mud Sep 12, 12:26
Snoop Dogg -- (pic) - zeitgeist Sep 12, 12:18 [Attachment] 10
- not clear how he thinks that is helpful? -- (edited) - Jovian Sep 12, 12:25 9
  - Did he actually, or is it just someone putting text on an image? -- nm - Reagen Sep 12, 12:31 5
    - lol I dont know, I didnt post it. -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 12:34 4
      - I'm just saying, there's no attribution, this is just someone haffin a laff. -- nm - Reagen Sep 12, 12:36 3
        
        Oh agreed it could be and it probably is that. But maybe Zeit did get it from him (X IG etc) -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 12:37 2
        
        He didn't as Snoop is not touring. He has one show planned for the rest of the year. This is some bullshit someone made as a joke. -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 12, 12:38 1
        
        oh god lol. lol I never would have gotten that. -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 12:43
  - well, its funny, did he even have a show in springfield? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 12:28 2
    - Not any more. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 12:32
    - it doesn't even matter. its fuel/ammunition. - Jovian Sep 12, 12:30
Don the con-vict must comply with gag order after court denies appeal -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 12, 12:15 1
- eyyy, you want the gag lifted? Then let's do the sentencing today. - Merchan Sep 12, 12:37
their hush money payments have hush money payments -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 12, 12:12 1
- wonder how much wiggling and writhing she had to perform in order to have her Daddy pay that one for her. -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 12:14
Didn't hear from the phone co (like of course not) now learn it will be another week before repairs - zeitgeist Sep 12, 12:12
PSA: Anthrax's Among the Living has songs based on Stephen King works. The title track based on The Stand and Skeletons In The Closet on Apt Pupil. -- (link*) - con_carne Sep 12, 12:03 [youtube]
"La Liga introduces ref signal for racist incidents" - Sadly the signal is not two middle fingers in the direction of the offender. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Sep 12, 11:55 1
- "La Liga regrets its choice of racism signal and will be entering sensitivity training" -- nm - Reagen Sep 12, 12:33
mandy news network: TNBC back in theaters on 10/11 -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 12, 11:48
really putting the "pan" in Panera -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 12, 11:38 6
- Footage from another angle -- (link) - Max Sep 12, 12:02 [youtube] 1
  - few people ever consider that they'll have to deal with 200 lbs of dead weight they just killed -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 12:09
- Panera will probabaly fire the worker, the fighter will sue, this ain't no waffle house -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 11:59 2
  - The fighter will have to come forward first: Glendale police told Storyful they were still searching for the suspect as of Wednesday evening. - JD Sep 12, 12:05
  - that wasn't even a full waffle house swing. waffle house woulda gone babe ruth on that bish -- nm - mr mooch Sep 12, 12:04
- "My personal hero: That, I think, was very effective," 🤣 -- nm - JD Sep 12, 11:52
Jinkies! -- (link) - David Sep 12, 11:33
Yosemite Wawona Hotel (168 years young) closed indefinitely for "assessment" (it looked pretty... rustic when i was comparing lodging for my own trip) -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 12, 11:28 1
- Oh I hope they can save it. A huge interior cavern of old growth timbers. Like the one in Yellowstone -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 11:31
ST Poll: I've never read a Stephen King book. Which one would you recommend if you could only pick one? -- nm - Dano Sep 12, 11:19 33
- Christine is a good quick read. Pet Sematary is the scariest. -- nm - Reagen Sep 12, 12:35
- Pet Sematary is an easy first one. and good. -- nm - Andie Sep 12, 12:23
- or if you're looking for a collection of novellas to start, go with The Bachman Books - Jovian Sep 12, 12:10 1
  - Just FYI, unless you find an old original copy in a used book store someplace, you can't read Rage anymore -- nm - decline Sep 12, 12:26
- Misery. It's one of the few that definitely COULD happen. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 12, 12:10 1
  - Though there was a time early during Covid that I thought The Stand was happening. -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 12:12
- The Stand (which was my gateway book into King, like how Shine on Your Crazy Diamond was my gateway into Floyd) -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 12:08 1
  - I DNF’d The Stand. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 12, 12:20
- Dark Tower Part 2… you could honestly start with reading a summary of part 1 but Part 2 is probably my favorite of all his books -- nm - Trending Sep 12, 12:08
- Four Seasons - 4 stories -- nm - Pippy: Conceptionalizer of Plans Sep 12, 11:58
- The Stand cause it's one of con_queso's favorite books. Me, I've read a few but so long ago. I remember liking Cujo. -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 11:54 1
  - Oh, I read Pet Sematary and before the movie. That was pretty cool (I don't have a thing against pets, I swear). -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 11:56
- M-o-o-n, that spells The Stand. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Sep 12, 11:46
- Salem's Lot -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 11:41 1
  - seconded -- nm - rollo Sep 12, 11:44
- Dead Zone. Or for short stories, Night Shift. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 12, 11:29
- My recommendations aren't representative of his overall career as my faves are: The Tommyknockers, Under the Dome, and 11/22/63 -- nm - JD Sep 12, 11:28 2
  - Tommyknockers is horrible. Don't make him hate King! -- nm - Andie Sep 12, 12:23 1
    - Under the Dome is horrible. -- nm - mud Sep 12, 12:24
- I’ve only ever read Eyes of the Dragon, so that one. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 11:27 3
  - Not typical King. Heavier on the fantasy. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:36 2
    - and a great read after The Stand too -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 12:15
    - Yup. The only reason I was interested in it in the first place. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 11:37
- Salem's Lot, THe Shining, The Stand (which are also 3 of his earliest books) -- nm - decline Sep 12, 11:26
- hard to go wrong with any of the 80s standalones. Dead Zone, Cujo, Pet Semetary -- nm - mr mooch Sep 12, 11:24
- for his new stuff I loved Billy Summers (but it is not horror), my favorite book of his is The Stand. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 11:24 5
  - The Stand, definitely -- nm - mud Sep 12, 11:33 4
    - Of course. But it is a thick book. Dead Zone if you want a shorter. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:34 3
      - stop copying me (and kim) - mr mooch Sep 12, 11:41 1
        
        "Which *one* would you recommend" Not three, dumb dumb. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:57
      - aye -- nm - mud Sep 12, 11:38
- Salem's Lot. It's not overwhelmingly large like IT or some of his other works. And it's one of the few books I've read multiple times. -- nm* - sycor Sep 12, 11:21 1
  - seconded -- nm - rollo Sep 12, 11:37
"Ford Patents In-Car Advertising System That Listens to Passenger Conversations" - David Sep 12, 11:14 8
- who doesn't believe our phones aren't already doing this? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 12:23
- TBF, patenting something doesn't mean you'll ever use it. it's an idea, you patent it, nobody else can do it now. -- nm - colin Sep 12, 12:16
- I mean, not that I want this, but your phone is already doing it. -- nm - pmb Sep 12, 12:09
- gross -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 11:41
- So, never buy a Ford. Got it. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 11:29
- yeah the Heutistic Advertising Listener 9000 computer. what’s the big deal? -- nm - mr mooch Sep 12, 11:22
- Hello, John Anderton! Have you thought about how good a Subway Foot Long would be for dinner? -- nm - sycor Sep 12, 11:21
- "It's not like we're going to use it! We patented it so that no one else would use it, either!" -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 12, 11:15
Hee, "Parking will be restricted." Since they created the restaurant parklets on Main Street there's maybe 15-20 spaces left? - Meg Sep 12, 10:58
wait. Kamala was wearing earrings that had small speakers built into them! thats awesome, where can people find these - tRuMaN Sep 12, 10:56 4
- witchcraft too -- (link) - mud Sep 12, 11:00 3
  - Bets are that soon we'll be getting stories about Harris practicing voodoo and sacrificing virgins.... - zeitgeist Sep 12, 11:30
  - and ice cream -- (link) - mud Sep 12, 11:01 1
    - as well as "camera angles"! -- (link) - mud Sep 12, 11:16
Linda Ronstadt bringing the heat: -- (pic) - Jovian Sep 12, 10:42 [Attachment] 10 1
- Huh, her personal life is interesting. In a decade, she dated Jerry Brown (California Governor), Jim Carrey, and George Lucas. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 11:27 1
  - I highly recommend: 'Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)' doc -- nm - mud Sep 12, 11:32
- The rapist line is *perfection*. Will give her some listens on Amazon music for this. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:13
- ~Feel the heat burning you up, ready or not~ -- nm - budice Sep 12, 11:09
- Plow King indeed -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 11:01
- "although there's that" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 10:59
- Whoa. -- nm - Pippy: Conceptionalizer of Plans Sep 12, 10:51
- Something to consider if one every becomes notable enough to have their name put on a building. - Max Sep 12, 10:51 1
  - Someone of Mexican American heritage even. -- nm - . Sep 12, 12:16
- excellent. -- nm - mud Sep 12, 10:43
starting to think Sauron is the one forging all them Super Bowl rings -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 12, 10:41 5
- i totally disagree with the person who is talking about Mahomes' response - tRuMaN Sep 12, 10:48 3
  - either he agrees with Brittany or stays with her despite it -- nm - mr mooch Sep 12, 11:03 2
    - and so? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 12, 11:04 1
      - just come out and say you’re Tom Brady 2.0 then instead of hiding behind all this “I don’t do politics” bullshit. -- nm - mr mooch Sep 12, 11:06
- good point -- nm - mud Sep 12, 10:44
Ohtani 47 - 48 -- (link) - JD Sep 12, 10:23 [youtube]
may be a video of the latest Deshaun Watson accuser says her lawyer; speaking to the NFL within 2 weeks -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 10:21
ND judge strikes down state’s abortion ban -- (link) - znufrii Sep 12, 10:21 1
- interesting and unexpected out of ND -- nm - Pippy: Conceptionalizer of Plans Sep 12, 10:36
the house is *quiet*. Not necessarily any quieter than when I'm WFH and Mac would be at school or work, but knowing that she's not coming home in the - prayformojo Sep 12, 10:18 1
- Nothing more unsettling than The Quiet. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 12:21
Glass House Record Store to close 8( -- (link) - JD Sep 12, 10:06 4
- I've always been jealous of their concerts, just too far for me. Didn't know they had a record store! -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 10:16 1
  - It's next door. I've most often used it as a way to buy tickets for the Glass House with cash and save on the majority of the ticket fee - JD Sep 12, 10:19
- were too many stones thrown? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 12, 10:09 1
  - i bet it was shattered -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 12, 10:13 [youtube]
what year did Yellow become the official color of a school bus? - tRuMaN Sep 12, 10:05 10
- when coldplay did that song -- nm - mr mooch Sep 12, 10:31
- Hex color #F5A500. Trivia about #EED202, "Safety Yellow": - Max Sep 12, 10:30
- the answer is - tRuMaN Sep 12, 10:28
- 1959 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 10:19
- 1849, when yellow was first discovered -- nm* - Beryllium Sep 12, 10:19 1
  - Excuse me?! -- nm - Johannes Vermeer Sep 12, 10:32
- 1949? (Baby boom) -- nm - Last Of My Kind Sep 12, 10:19
- Nineteen-tickety-nine -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 10:18
- 1969 -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 10:17
- 1929 -- nm - Krusty Sep 12, 10:14
That's just like uh, your opinion man but I had a fantastic time at the LP concert and really like Emily as their lead singer - JD Sep 12, 09:57 1
- 👍 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 10:01
Don't forget your Survivor, Pick 'ems and your FF lineups for tonight's game. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 09:52 3
- Unless you took the Bengals last week. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 12, 10:05 2
  - You took the Bengals in week one? That is almost as bad as taking the Colts or Giants. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:11
  - *raises hand* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 10:19
Dexter: Original Sin (prequel series) looks good…or at least the cast does -- (link) - Trending Sep 12, 09:50 2
- Can't be much worse than New Blood. -- nm - sycor Sep 12, 09:58
- ohhh Sarah Michelle and Christian Slater. Nicey. And nice to see you both again -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 09:55
Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi has been praised by police for helping a woman in distress who was on the ledge of a bridge in Nashville on Tuesday...(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Sep 12, 09:44 5
- well said, Trebek! -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:05
- ~You've gotta hold on~ -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:05
- Glad he got to her…sounds like she was half way there…and living on a prayer. -- nm - Trending Sep 12, 09:51 2
  - *bzzzzztt* “I’m sorry, the correct answer is ‘we’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got’.” -- nm - Alex Trebek is Sep 12, 10:31 1
    - 🤣 -- nm - Trending Sep 12, 10:38
Lyc run report, where the eff did that come from? - znufrii Sep 12, 09:34 4
- Pushing through. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 12:24
- How's the Half Marathon training going? -- nm - Dano Sep 12, 09:41 1
  - Heh. - znufrii Sep 12, 09:44
- woot! -- nm - JD Sep 12, 09:38
new Presence Teaser (Directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by David Koepp) -- (link*) - decline Sep 12, 09:34 [youtube]
sitwap: I love how plain-spoken this op-ed is. It's almost a miracle in how simplistic it is. -- (link) - Diva Sep 12, 09:34 1
- Oh yeah, McNamara is great and has been with the LAT for ages. She was one of the gaggle who got their Pulitzers some years back. -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 10:18
Salem's Lot trailer (Max) -- (link) - decline Sep 12, 09:16 [youtube] 12
- In -- nm - Andie Sep 12, 09:59
- I'm not a Horror genre fan, but that's a GREAT trailer -- nm - JaxSean Sep 12, 09:55
- (I will probably pick up Max for a month to watch this - and catch up on a few series I've missed) -- nm - decline Sep 12, 09:41
- I'm there -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 09:37
- It has been too many years since I've read the book. I should do that again so it's fresher in my mind. -- nm - sycor Sep 12, 09:35
- Oh hell yes -- nm - Pippy: Conceptionalizer of Plans Sep 12, 09:32
- Now do a horror movie trailer with a John Denver song. -- nm - Max Sep 12, 09:24 4
  - oh, Leaving on a Jet Plane could totally work... ~ don't know when i'll be back again..." -- nm - Andie Sep 12, 10:09
  - ~ Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry ~ -- nm - Max Sep 12, 09:57
  - 🎶 You fill up my senses, like a night in a forest Like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain 🎶 -- nm - JD Sep 12, 09:42
  - Let's not and say we did - Pippy: Conceptionalizer of Plans Sep 12, 09:33
- giggity -- nm - mud Sep 12, 09:20
"The U.S. economy is $10 trillion clear of the next closest nation (China) and larger than every other country in the top 10 combined." -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 12, 09:13 3
- Interesting per capita numbers. Wiki's list of wealth by adult medians puts USA at 15th, behind UK, Canada, and France. -- (link) - Max Sep 12, 10:49 1
  - well yeah, the gap is a separate (but related) problem -- nm - mr mooch Sep 12, 11:33
- Maybe the average person doesn't know is because only a dozen people get all that money, but sure cut their taxes so it will trickle down -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 10:20
Want to read what entitlement looks like? -- (link) - David Sep 12, 09:06
Venom: The Last Dance – Final Trailer -- (link) - LMS Sep 12, 09:06 [youtube]

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