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Time Bandits was like a fever dream. It came out when I was 10 years old. I don’t know if I ever saw it more than once. Spoilers? - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 19:32 1
- On the plus side, with that done & a brief detour to the latest torturous episode of Bad Monkey, I am now catching up on Slow Horses. Season 3! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 19:36
I just found out what My Lady Jane is about, and now I can't believe it got canceled. -- (link) - David Sep 29, 19:28 [youtube] 7
- *translate this post into English* -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 20:02
- nope. not based on the Lou Reed song -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 29, 19:46 [youtube]
- Renegade Nell is sort of along these lines. I was lightly entertained. -- (link) - Max Sep 29, 19:44 1
  - And both were canceled. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 19:47
- What on earth did I just watch -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 19:44
- It’s about Lady Jane Gray who was briefly queen of England, but I have doubts about the historical accuracy of the show. -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 19:40
- I don’t remember reading about this in the synopsis. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 19:35
Is strongbad (or Kelly!) taking a CompTIA example? - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 19:02 [youtube] 5
- FWIW, I could answer that change management question he mentioned. I guess I’m management now. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 19:17
- I heard of this certification years ago, but I'm not sure if I know anyone who has ever bothered with it. Not sure what that says/doesn't say -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 19:10
- You've really never heard of CompTIA? -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 19:06 2
  - I’d wager that most of the IT folks on my campus don’t have it, and no one’s ever asked for it in any job requirements. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 19:09 1
    - Interesting. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 19:13
Kim's right. How was this never a Jimmy Buffett song? -- (link) - David Sep 29, 18:55
Holy crap, I think I remember this photo of Kris Kristofferson consoling Sinead O'Connor after she got booed at Madison Square Garden - con_carne Sep 29, 18:55 [Image]
Ravens ate their Wheaties -- nm - budice Sep 29, 18:26 3
- Don’t worry. They’ll let the Bills back in it in the 4th quarter. -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 18:40 2
  - or the 3rd? -- nm - mud Sep 29, 19:10 1
    - Regular as the mail. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 29, 19:17
what a cast on The Penguin, just terrific. They're well served by the script too. -- nm - mud Sep 29, 18:23
Unfortunately in spite of our fatigue with Hurricane Season, it continues with new systems possibly spinning up. -- (link) - Qale Sep 29, 18:16
i don't have an MBA but any show that costs you $230m is probably not going to turn a profit -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 18:03 2
- I wonder how many articles that Forbes hack is gonna keep writing about this. - David Sep 29, 18:56
- They’ll make it up on volume. $10 every time a viewer turns the volume up or down. -- nm - VMan Sep 29, 18:24
I will watch the summit on CBS now. -- nm - amanda Sep 29, 18:03
Gotham Billionares for Kamala -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 17:44 3
- Steeler watch party? I may have to reconsider my vote. -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 18:03 1
  - Yinzers For Harris -- nm - mr mooch Sep 29, 18:04
- Yeah, I would not have recognized him -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 17:52
Tory Taylor showed today why the Bears spending a 4th round pick was not crazy. Truly a key part of the win today. Averaged 55 yds per punt, with 3 - pmb Sep 29, 17:38
OK, now do that every drive. -- nm - the wrong element Sep 29, 17:33
throw another $28m on the Kamala pile -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 17:27
WATCH THE SIMPSONS!!! -- nm - David Sep 29, 17:04 3
- I haven't watched for years. The voices are throwing me off. -- nm - Max Sep 29, 17:15 2
  - Harry and Julie's are shot. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 17:30 1
    - I mean they both gotta be close to 80 by now. -- nm - mafic Sep 29, 17:34
Lord please, don’t let Jayden Daniels get hurt. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 16:41 2
- He's averaging 10.3 yards per attempt with some decent air stats. These aren't really checkdown calls like we're seeing with the rookies... - David Sep 29, 16:51
- hope Snyder is watching -- nm - mr mooch Sep 29, 16:42
The Chiefs are the worst 4-0 team ever. Just unreal. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 29, 16:34 3
- Make sure they win, we need Taylor Swift -- nm - NFL Sep 29, 17:12
- John Wick. -- nm - David Sep 29, 16:36
- Mahomes keeps breaking his weapons. nobody will be afraid to face them in January -- nm - mr mooch Sep 29, 16:35
USPS has suspended mail delivery in numerous Western NC zip codes for the time being -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 16:25
Now here’s a competitive event I can support. The 2024 European Tram Competition! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 15:52 [youtube]
I did some baking this weekend and made Italian rainbow cookies. So good! -- (pic) - Krusty Sep 29, 15:51 [Attachment] 1
- yyyyyuuuuummmm -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 15:55
so yeah Kimbrel's blown saves alone prolly cost the O's the division -- nm - mr mooch Sep 29, 15:49 5
- Definitely Alzolay and Neris's 5 blown saves each cost the Cubs a wild card spot!!! - zunk takes things literally Sep 29, 17:35
- We can say that we should have won the division by more if it wasn't for Holmes blowing more saves than anyone in MLB. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 15:54
- Nah, the O’s and Yabks each blew 21 saves and Clay Holmes was the worst (I think he was their closer) had more. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Sep 29, 15:53 2
  - Holmes tied the Yankee record for blown saves with 13. -- nm* - Krusty Sep 29, 15:55
  - Clay Holmes, Robertson was on Texas this season. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 15:54
Mandy v3 -- (link) - ty97 Sep 29, 15:46 2
- I quite like this one but as Max says it's just too small. -- nm - amanda Sep 29, 16:10
- Do you pull the bed away from the bathroom door every time you use it? -- nm - Max Sep 29, 15:51
guilds already saw this during the strikes when Gavin vetoed a bunch of pro-worker bills but he really is the fucking worst -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 15:45
Mandy -- (link) - ty97 Sep 29, 15:45 2
- I don't like the first floor for you. -- nm - amanda Sep 29, 16:08 1
  - I don't like stairs, haha -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 18:44
Diddy gonna turn States -- (link) - budice Sep 29, 15:33 8
- Did they reword the article, because that story says a Combs *accuser* is talking, not *Combs* himself. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 16:03
- who's higher than him to even flip on if he wanted to? -- nm - mr mooch Sep 29, 15:41 3
  - Someone in Trump's orbit -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 16:22 1
    - would be the funniest thing to beat the Epstein rap only to get caught on Diddy's freak tapes -- nm - mr mooch Sep 29, 16:58
  - Drake? -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 16:05
- I still can’t believe Costco doesn’t carry baby oil. -- nm - VMan Sep 29, 15:34 2
  - You're supposed to have a baby, not a case of babies. -- nm - con_carne Sep 29, 15:36 1
    - The problem with Costco kids is they come in a family six pack. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 15:50
RIP Kris Kristofferson, 88 -- (link*) - budice Sep 29, 15:25 15
- Millennium was always a mind fuck of a movie when I was a kid. I need to watch more of his stuff but he seemed pretty badass -- nm - sycor Sep 29, 18:52
- Aww. -- nm - loosilu Sep 29, 16:22
- How will they ever make that Blade movie now? -- nm - mafic Sep 29, 16:07 2
  - Spoiler: They are never making that Blade movie. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 16:12 1
    - Never say never. I got my Beetlejuice sequel 😏 -- nm - JD Sep 29, 18:55
- Oh no. Bobby McGee has slipped away -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 16:03
- damn . . . at least we'll always have the story of him telling Toby Keith to fuck off -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 15:43 2
  - supposedly apocryphal but it does make sense if it did happen -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 15:45 1
    - also stood up for Sinead back in the day when nobody else would. legend -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 16:40
- RIP -- nm - VMan Sep 29, 15:36
- Huh, so he was a Rhodes scholar with an unsuccessful music career pressured by him s family to join the Army - con_carne Sep 29, 15:34 3
  - His story is wild. -- nm - loosilu Sep 29, 16:23 1
    - Yeah I know almost nothing about him but he is inescapable whenever I investigate 70s cinema. -- nm - con_carne Sep 29, 17:02
  - Sounds like a shitass family. Hopefully he found a better one. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 15:38
- NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 29, 15:25
It is horrible but amazing in a power of nature way. I did not have Western North Carolina on a list of places when it comes to hurricane devastation -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 15:14
Mandy -- (link) - ty97 Sep 29, 15:10 9
- Nice though that is probably the narrowest kitchen I’ve ever seen. -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 15:20 5
  - “A cozy kitchen with everything in arm’s reach!” -- nm - mafic Sep 29, 16:09
  - Seriously. -- nm - amanda Sep 29, 16:04
  - It 100% was only the right originally and they added that stuff on the left -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 15:39 1
    - 100% I bang my shins walking through the kitchen every time I go to/from the bedroom. -- nm - Max Sep 29, 15:49
  - That’s so thin I’m not sure you can open the stove fully. Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 15:22
- That $1100/month HOA fee is pretty steep. - pmb Sep 29, 15:12 2
  - Financing is less challenging for co-ops here as I understand it, because everything is a co-op. - ty97 Sep 29, 15:14 1
    - I had a co-op in Vancouver and banks were a giant pain about it. Mostly because they’re uncommon there I think. -- nm - mafic Sep 29, 16:10
Mets and Diamondbacks win. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 14:51 20
- why the Nightmare Scenario is even a thing in the first place (and it's not the weather) -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 16:59
- The scenarios for tomororw since the Braves have lost: - Tim Sep 29, 15:15 2
  - What if one of the games end in a tie? -- (edited) - budice Sep 29, 15:22 1
    - "oh god yes" - Joe Buck -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 15:24
- Now that the Braves have lost, is this the scenario for tomorrow? - ty97 Sep 29, 15:13 9
  - Even with no collusion the winner of the first game would be dumb not to rest players in the second game. -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 15:16 1
    - Yep, you're calling off the dogs in the second game with Arizona's fate at stake. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 15:20
  - it's a godforsaken nightmare for everyone involved but it's still fascinating. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 15:16 5
    - I think we will go Schwellenbach in game one and then Sale in game two only if we lose. -- nm - David Sep 29, 15:20 4
      - Nope, I'm wrong. We're going with Sale in game one and then Schwelly if we lose. -- nm - David Sep 29, 16:06 3
        
        And it's flipped again. So, it's Schwelly in game one and Sale if necessary. -- nm - David Sep 29, 17:10
        
        They just announced Megill is starting game 1, so congrats! - Tim Sep 29, 16:10 1
        
        It would be wrong for our teams to have an under the table agreement, but... -- nm - David Sep 29, 16:47
  - Yup. -- nm - David Sep 29, 15:13
- Well. That’s not good. -- nm - David Sep 29, 14:52 5
  - if Atlanta doesn't come back in the 9th, it's the nightmare scenario but also the most fascinating. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 14:53 4
    - the game 1 winner is in. What do you do in game 2? -- (edited) - Tim Sep 29, 14:57 3
      - this is the last scenario you outlined earlier, right? has this ever happened before? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 15:02 1
        
        They had game 163s in the past, but since they don't anymore this is the closest thing we can have. - Tim Sep 29, 15:04
      - Call up a guy from AAA who can go 5-6 innings. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 15:00
Charlie Blackmon should get into the baseball Hall for sticking with the Rockies for 14 years - prayformojo Sep 29, 14:46 1
- he gets the Hall of Beards (and walkup music) -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 14:48
Joey Slye booted one from Mars to give the Pats some points at half -- nm - budice Sep 29, 14:38 1
- Butker misses 65 yder -- nm - mud Sep 29, 14:51
200th Hit for Arraez, .314 -- (link) - budice Sep 29, 14:27 3
- First .300 hitter for the Pads since 2008 -- nm - budice Sep 29, 14:42 2
  - That potential three batting titles for three different teams (in three years) is a much indictment of the three outcomes emphasis.as anything - JD Sep 29, 14:53 1
    - Well, he went to the Marlins so that doesn’t count. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 14:57
Is that a light on the ceiling? -- (pic) - ty97 Sep 29, 14:26 [Attachment] 3
- Did I miss real estate links??? -- nm - amanda Sep 29, 15:03
- Nannycam -- nm - decline Sep 29, 14:48
- It's a cocoon from which the third Property Brother will emerge. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 14:37
Courtland Sutton said watching Bo Nix fight to win is "really inspiring" -- (link) - budice Sep 29, 14:24
Unbeknownst to everyone, Florida State lost AGAIN yesterday. 42-16 to SMU. Yikes. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 29, 14:20 2
- the curse will continue until that twitter guy mans up -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 14:23 1
  - Though that Tweet is no longer true. -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 14:30
Spike is an equal opportunity courtside yapper -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 14:09 2
- all those Knicks courtside celebs might finally get to see a bball title in NYC -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 16:46
- Sabs & Stewie combine for 55 to take game one -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 14:55
It doesn't take a Flacco to hit a receiver this wide open for the TD -- (link) - budice Sep 29, 14:09 4
- Joe has now won a game at qb for all the Baltimore teams, both stolen and otherwise -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 29, 18:01
- Flacco joins Tom Brady as the only QBs with 30 Pass TDs against the Steelers all-time -- nm - budice Sep 29, 14:50 1
  - Joes from Delaware are good -- nm - mr mooch Sep 29, 14:53
- #elite -- nm - mr mooch Sep 29, 14:15
30 for 30 has an episode on Dude Perfect. They've officially run out of topics to cover. Shut'er down! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 14:06
Fifth time in Rodgers career that his offense did not score a touchdown, including playoffs. Two by injury -- nm - budice Sep 29, 13:45 1
- The Jets are a curse - Jovian Sep 29, 13:49
that stat line is crazy. Nix was 12/25 for 60 yards...Sutton had 3 recs for....60 yards -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 13:45
Dear White Sox fans -- (link) - budice Sep 29, 13:44 3
- PS - We still want that new stadium. -- nm - . Sep 29, 13:56
- At no point did he say he’s selling the team or firing Tony LaRussa from any type of input point. Nothing will change with his idiocy in charge. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 13:55 1
  - Yup. He needs to go. - Krusty Sep 29, 14:00

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