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I like this approach. Someone has been trying to get someone in my office to call them back, they haven't. They just sent a giant box of cannolis to -- (edited) - Andie Oct 31, 07:02 5
- That reminds me. I should bring donuts to work next week. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 31, 07:10
- (more to come) -- nm* - Andie Oct 31, 07:08
- 'What cannolis?' -- nm - Roger More Oct 31, 07:08
- Alert security. They may have left the gun THIS time. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:05
- Officer thinking. -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 07:05
Thousands of consumers have flooded social media to warn others about a Hyatt-managed vacation program, claiming they were duped. -- (link*) - ty97 Oct 31, 06:48 4
- Paragraph 1, this sounds like a timeshare. P3, this really sounds like a timeshare. P5, oh look, it's a time share! - Bayronmax Oct 31, 06:56 3
  - Very similar, though a bit different in that you don't own anything like you do in a timeshare. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 07:06 2
    - So even worse than a timeshare. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 31, 07:08 1
      - "The vacation club model has even less value than the timeshare system because members don’t own a share of a property," - JD Oct 31, 07:47
Happy Diwali :) -- (link) - budice Oct 31, 06:41
An excess of billionaires -- (link) - znufrii Oct 31, 06:29 2
- Is that like "a parliament of owls"? -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 06:41 1
  - It works, yeah. -- nm - znufrii Oct 31, 06:41
PSA: If you haven't already, sell your pumpkin futures ASAP. Happy Halloween, ST! -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 06:14 2
- but "they" are telling me that there will be a thanksgiving rush this year -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 31, 06:19 1
  - Big Pie with the disinformation. -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 07:04
Just bought a ticket to Night Ranger. MOTORING! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:11 11
- sadly not motor boating -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 06:51
- "super cool to hear Sister Christian that many times in a row" -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 06:40 3
  - If your NHL team goes on a Stanley Cup run, you can experience that too. - Bayronmax Oct 31, 06:59
  - such a great line -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 06:57
  - multiple top 80 hits! multiple! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:45
- Just bought ticket to Women's Hockey: USA Vs Canada. USA! USA! USA! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:33 5
  - Also bought a ticket to a Opera Idaho show, and Broadway In Boise Presents Clue. Payday mornings are dangerous. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:36 4
    - You're like the new generation of The Jax's -- nm - JaxSean Oct 31, 06:47 1
      - You two see a wider variety of shows than I would dare to. You're still the OG -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:55
    - now just get all these acts on stage at the same time, and you'll really have something there! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 06:37 1
      - thinking of pulling the trigger on the Gregorian Chants tour...that would be the cherry on top of all these acts at the same time -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:41
An Anatomy of the Inning That Doomed the Yankees’ Season -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 06:04 2
- The series was 3-1 and baseball is a team game, but that's gonna hang like an anchor around Judge unless they win soon. -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 06:43 1
  - Last nights career lowlight will unfortunately be with Judge probably until the day he retires. :( -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 06:52
The Oral History of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 06:04
The Ethicist - I Work in Data Security. Is It a Problem That My Boss Believes in Lizard People? - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 05:50 9
- So the TV Mini Series "V" was a documentary for this person? -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 31, 06:48 1
  - They Live for a different portion -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 06:52
- Shorter answer: Yes but no but yes. Thanks a lot, ethicist. You should be an economist. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 31, 06:28
- obviously, the boss's bosses are lizard people. duh. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 31, 06:19 1
  - that would explain the mayor's inaction - tru, you are a genius! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:34
- Lizard People are real Crash. Who do you think sent 2 hurricanes at Florida last month? -- nm - decline Oct 31, 05:57 3
  - Salamander People -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 05:58 2
    - who are controlled by the snake people -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 06:06 1
      - I get my insurance from a gecko person -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:09
someone used my visa debit card to make a purchase online. no biggie. just refund it and send a new card, right? - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 31, 05:49 1
- At least it did seem to get sorted. Congrats on that and sorry for the freaking hassle. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 05:54
Today in overthinking a trivial cash allocation -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 31, 05:40 12
- New running shoes! -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 06:30 1
  - Instead of just getting whatever is on sale at DSW? Surely you jest. -- nm - znufrii Oct 31, 06:35
- You clearly don’t want to mess with the spreadsheets or have a record of the money so I think you should go find a hooker that will charge that exact - Will Hunting Oct 31, 06:02
- My spreadsheet wants to know how you plan to retire in 12 years. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 05:47 3
  - Straight line modeling and magical thinking. - znufrii Oct 31, 06:06 2
    - I want number go up MORE! - ty97 Oct 31, 06:06 1
      - Don’t we all. - znufrii Oct 31, 06:33
- This is what my friends and I call "boat money." - Bayronmax Oct 31, 05:45 2
  - excellent -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 06:42
  - I like it. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 31, 05:47
- you take it out and buy something useless that you don't need but think is cool today and will just toss in a closet for the rest of your life -- nm - decline Oct 31, 05:42 1
  - Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. -- nm - znufrii Oct 31, 05:45
whoop. pay day. - tRuMaN Oct 31, 05:19 3
- I like that dance! -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 05:27 2
  - the dance is to remind me that I need to look at my 401k withholding percent for next year. - tRuMaN Oct 31, 05:40 1
    - Yay 401k! -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 06:03
Murdle: 1:55 - prayformojo Oct 31, 04:25 3
- Nice! 1:37 - Fuzzy Oct 31, 05:04 2
  - that's a nice streak you have going. meanwhile, I got thrown for a bit today by (sp) - prayformojo Oct 31, 05:05 1
    - Still, you solved it in less than 2 minutes. That's a nice win. -- nm - Fuzzy Oct 31, 05:07
now it’s a Remarkable Economy (per WSJ) -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 31, 04:22 1
- "Tell your face!" -- nm - Volnelk Oct 31, 04:29
Strands decline'd - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 03:56 2
- same - decline Oct 31, 05:23
- same - prayformojo Oct 31, 04:23
somehow, Scissor Sisters have returned -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 31, 03:32 2
- I might get tickets in case I quit my job. sash and I love the scissor sisters. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 31, 05:22 1
  - I can never forgive them for taking my mother out all night and showing her what it was all about. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 31, 05:47
Jessica Campbell, NHL’s first woman assistant coach, on the pinch-me moments: ‘I don’t take it lightly’ - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 03:31 2
- "she was the first woman ever to coach at worlds." I didn't know that. - JaxSean Oct 31, 06:27 1
  - yeah, it was a nice way to end the article -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 06:53
Wordle 1,230 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 03:16 4
- 2/6. This is my 35th 2/6. Still never a 1/6. - Bayronmax Oct 31, 05:51
- 4 - rollo Oct 31, 05:34
- 3 - decline Oct 31, 05:14
- 5/6 - prayformojo Oct 31, 04:00
xPYBG - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 03:10 4
- I have a complaint! - ty97 Oct 31, 05:28 1
  - impressive -- nm - decline Oct 31, 05:37
- BGYP - decline Oct 31, 05:17
- xxGBYP - prayformojo Oct 31, 04:21
Taylor Tomlinson might very well be my favorite comedian at this point. -- (link) - Qale Oct 30, 23:18 [tiktok]
Love the local NBC field reporter wearing a rain poncho against the champagne and beer. -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 23:06
Unlawful assemblies declared in a couple of parts of L.A.:) -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 23:02 2
- The Hollywood sign has been blacked out except for the 'D' The Vegas Spear looks like a baseball. -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 23:26 1
  - Here's a video. -- (link*) - jnine Oct 31, 02:02
Nintendo Music is an app for your phone that allows you to listen to music from various franchises. -- (edited) - Qale Oct 30, 22:07
Here's what I saw this morning. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 30, 21:21 [flickr]
David Hasselhoff in a Rivian commercial is one of those "It sounded better on paper" things. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 21:16 [youtube] 1
- agreed -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 30, 21:46
wild that Ohtani gets his ring first year out of the gate -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 20:57 8
- guess I know where Corbin Burnes wants to land -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 31, 02:12
- hee -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 31, 01:54
- no doubter but FredEx is your WS MVP -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 30, 21:23
- ahahahaha -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 30, 21:22
- love it for Teoscar too, coming here to win a WS and being a sparkplug from day one -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 21:20
- Baseball's wild in that the best team rarely wins, but this season felt like a foregone conclusion in February. -- nm* - David Oct 30, 21:17
- lol -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 30, 21:14
- also ironic that Verdugo was the final out - mr mooch Oct 30, 21:00
I hear fireworks. Disneyland or celebration? -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 20:54 1
- Ah, these are in the neighborhood - happy fans. -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 20:56
Buetane! -- nm - jnine Oct 30, 20:52 7
- parade coming -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 20:53 6
  - I'm going! Every year the Lakers' parade went down Figueroa, right outside our building, perfect place to watch. Every year, I had depos in someone -- (edited) - jnine Oct 30, 21:04 5
    - Enjoy jnine ! - eag Oct 30, 21:20 4
      - I will. It's bittersweet, they took away my season tickets for next year. -- nm - jnine Oct 30, 21:36 3
        
        Why? -- nm - David Oct 30, 21:37 2
        
        No explanation. They said it was a business decision from the top. I think it's because I sell them on stubhub or give them to friends sometimes - jnine Oct 30, 22:22
        
        assaulted Mookie. -- nm - mafic Oct 30, 21:41
And they'll sign Soto in a couple of months... - David Oct 30, 20:52 1
- I don't know if he fits in their clubhouse. They had problems with him when he was a Padre. -- nm - jnine Oct 31, 02:04
oh my -- nm - mud Oct 30, 20:52
LOS DOYERS! -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 20:52 2
- Dodgers! -- nm - con_carne Oct 30, 20:54
- Congrats! -- nm - Remlik Oct 30, 20:52
one out -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 20:51
two outs -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 20:48
oof -- nm - Remlik Oct 30, 20:28
Mookie -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 20:13 2
- six outs to go -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 20:19 1
  - three outs to go -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 20:29
this game has to set the record for most times the bases have been loaded in a WS game. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 30, 20:12
tied again -- nm - mr mooch Oct 30, 20:10
"Accidental Jump Scare" -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 30, 20:08 [youtube] 1
- HA! -- nm - Remlik Oct 30, 20:14
On Friday I had a message that the library was closing immediately for "maintenance" and would likely re-open on Monday. - Meg Oct 30, 19:51 3
- Allie just saw the picture of us all in Houston and awwwwwd it :) -- nm - colin Oct 30, 20:51 2
  - I love her smile. -- nm - Qale Oct 30, 21:52
  - 😀 -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 20:55
Nm -- (edited) - kelly Oct 30, 19:50 9
- I tried to donate and it requires student and teacher's names. Penelope isn't on the list of students if you do a flat rate donation. If you donate per event, does that mean I'll be charged for every event she does? -- nm* - jnine Oct 30, 19:59 8
  - Oh sorry!! Info inside: -- (edited) - kelly Oct 30, 20:19 7
    - Confirmed: “flat rate” is the option to pick. Also, this is her direct donation page so I’m not sure why the info is not -- (edited) - kelly Oct 30, 20:21 6
      - It brought me to her page, but when I put per event, it brought up the other stuff. -- nm - jnine Oct 30, 20:24 5
        
        Oh wait - kelly Oct 30, 20:24 4
        
        What kind of payments do they accept? -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 20:30 3
        
        Credit card and gpay. -- nm - jnine Oct 30, 20:35 2
        
        👍 -- nm - Meg Oct 30, 20:53 1
        
        Thank you, ladies!! - kelly Oct 31, 05:01
House committee will refer Andrew Cuomo for criminal false statements -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 30, 19:48
Sometimes I crack myself up. - Beryllium Oct 30, 19:40
We're about out of pitchers. Time to warm up Shohei. -- nm - jnine Oct 30, 19:32 4
- why hasnt he been used yet? -- nm - mud Oct 30, 20:05 3
  - He had surgery on his arm. He didn't pitch all year. He's still rehabbing, but he's been throwing for a few months. -- nm - jnine Oct 30, 20:12 1
    - cool. -- nm - mud Oct 30, 20:29
  - *clutches thigh and limps*. Homo. -- nm - Ty Webb Oct 30, 20:06

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