Seems about time we put up a nice shiny space for your insomniac conversations, orations, perorations, soliloquys, and insights.
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Seems about time we put up a nice shiny space for your insomniac conversations, orations, perorations, soliloquys, and insights.
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Leland
BRONCOS WIN AND XFILES RE-PREMIERES…that is all.
lamh36
I’m off to bed, but wanted to just respond to you from last thread Adam.
I don’t know who’s bright idea it was to put the show on after the NFC Championship…they must have seen the social media push about it, so they send out something saying the show would be on at 10:18pm..when 10:18 passed, then they put up a time clock, counting down to the premiere.
At that point, Fox was just trolling X-Files folk…lol
As for the actual show, as a X-Files-“stan”, I’m biased (they had me at the theme song), but I loved it. Can’t wait to see the next 5 eps of this mini-series!
Who knows if it does well, maybe they’ll finally get a 3rd film, to erase the disappointment that was the 2nd X-Files movie.
Anyhoo, I’m way past my bed time
lamh36
Oh…before I go off to bed, maybe some of you guys can help me.
I used my Samsung Blu Ray to watch Netflix streaming, and just today, I noticed the audio started to skip in and out….
Any suggestions to fix it, outside of just replacing the Blu Ray or getting some extra equipment?
NotMax
Surprising lack of moaning and groaning about the snow on threads today.
Put this up the other day and that thread almost immediately was eclipsed, so for any chess players (especially those who travel), here it is again.
Adam L Silverman
@lamh36: Glad you liked it. I’ll probably get to it Tuesday or Wednesday.
Adam L Silverman
@srv: You may want to edit that, I think you meant 1st Amendment.
NotMax
@lamh36
Tried simply exiting out of Netflix and then back in?
Other old stand-bys:
Unplug the Blu-ray player, wait 15 seconds and plug it back in.
Unplug your modem (and router if you have one), wait 15 seconds and plug them back in (router first, then modem after router is up).
MomSense
@Leland:
Grrrr and I had to work on a project today so I missed it.
I did manage to hike through the wood today with the pup and view the ocean. It was exceptionally blue and clear today.
Villago Delenda Est
@Adam L Silverman: The 2nd Amendment is the only one that matters to ammosexuals. And they can’t even read it right.
Adam L Silverman
@Villago Delenda Est: @efgoldman: Noted.
Mike J
Imani Gandy @AngryBlackLady
ALLLL of this. | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bernie Sanders and the Liberal Imagination – The Atlantic
https://t.co/Z3wXRivdK7
PurpleGirl
Thanks for the nice, new thread. I’ve been watching TV for the last few hours — Million Dollar American Princesses (Smithsonian Channel) and then Downton Abby. Not in the mood to read the previous thread, I want to avoid the politics when I’m in a good mood.
Went to the supermarket today. They were almost out of bread and didn’t have what I like. Bought some snack foods. They should be restocked tomorrow on the bread. They had milk and meat and other stuff like that. Our maintenance crew did a good job of cleaning the pathways. But apparently there were problems with some Queens neighborhoods getting side streets cleaned. Mayor diBlasio promised to look into the problem and get the streets cleaned. He mentioned Sunnyside and Woodside. (I live in Woodside.) He was cognizant of the problems Queens residents caused for John Lindsay after the Feb. 1969 snow storm.
Adam L Silverman
@PurpleGirl: You’re welcome. I’m racking out in a few, but you all enjoy yourselves until dawn’s early light.
danielx
Far as I can tell, every last one of the Republican candidates is a troll or plant.
divF
@Adam L Silverman: Adam – if you are still up, I just thought to tell you that your chili from a couple of nights ago inspired me to be putting up a pot of beans (vegetarian) and a pot of meat. The beans are done, and the meat is simmering now. Thanks.
ETA: After following endless snow threads, I did not see once “They’re here ! Albino brain chiggers ! Cover your ears !”.
Glad to get that off my chest.
ThresherK (GPad)
@lamh36: When I was a kid the big attention-getting premiere was after the Super Bowl. Now it’s after the conference title game. When will it end?
Spousal unit was interested but she said “they’ll never finish on time”.
max
@NotMax: Surprising lack of moaning and groaning about the snow on threads today.
I have just finished the great snow shoveling adventure. The cars can get in and out now, the street is wide enough to drive, you can get to the mailbox.
I am fucking done, and I am not shoveling any goddamn snow tomorrow. Let it fucking melt.
max
[‘I was busy moaning and groaning about the fucking snow, but not on here because I was outside fucking shoveling. All weekend.’]
kc
The Feds are kissing Ammon Bundy’s ass but he wants more.
Omnes Omnibus
@kc: How would you go in to get them?
Adam L Silverman
@divF: hope its tasty. Lights out time.
PurpleGirl
@max: The snow that was on my terrace melted away today.
NotMax
@PurpleGirl
For some reason had it in the head that you were in Forest Hills.
PaulW
Things that’s bothering me about the latest X-Files episode: the lack of urgency, how certain revelations were not earned but presented as distractions perhaps, and lack of hugs and hand holds between Mulder and Scully.
Anoniminous
I’ll just leave this here and see if anyone picks it up.
danielx
@max:
Back when, about eighteen years ago, I justified buying a snowblower after shoveling ten inches of extremely wet, heavy snow. It was about 400 at the time if i recall correctly, 22 inch, electric start and so forth. I’ve spent about 200 in upkeep since that time, and it has been worth every penny and then some, even if i put most of the hours on it doing neighbors’ sidewalks and driveways. Plus there is no power tool like a snowblower for immediate gratification. It’s still work to horse it through deep snow, but a hell of a lot less than lifting shovelfuls.
SRW1
@srv:
Jebbie’s so desperate to get out, he’ll say anything.
Not fair to exploit people once they are non compos mentis.
Amir Khalid
@PaulW:
Scully, if I understand correctly, has moved out of the house where she and Mulder lived in the second movie.
trollhattan
@lamh36:
Try swapping in a new cable. A common weak point.
mtmofo
Morgantown WV
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3414699/Worst-walk-shame-Woman-spotted-sneaking-home-West-Virginia-snowstorm-no-pants-shoes-on.html
Yutsano
Saw a report that DC is shut down tomorrow. Of course my office will still be up and humming.
@trollhattan: You should come visit in a week. Looks like the meet-up is gonna be a good one.
Villago Delenda Est
@Yutsano: One snowy day at Fort Lewis, when I was at the office because someone HAD to be at the office, my boss (the Division G1) told me about how when DC shuts down, and they tell all the drones with brass of the Pentagon that only “mission critical” personnel need report, all these guys show up in numbers close to a regular work day because no one wants to be considered to be not “mission critical”.
BillinGlendaleCA
In my continuing “From the Archives” photo series, I present Yellowstone, From the Archives.
ETA: Also, since I’m still too sore from Thursday’s hike?.
jl
@BillinGlendaleCA: Very nice pix. Thanks. What was the hike on Thursday?
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
It shipped! The first copy of Becoming Phoebe, that I need to look over to make sure everything looks good before it goes on sale for real shipped!
Don’t mind me. I’ll just be over here checking the UPS tracking page every half hour until it arrives.
BillinGlendaleCA
@jl: It was a return to my place of birth, since it was my b-day: You Say It’s Your Birthday….
PurpleGirl
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Congratulations. Sounds good. Another step forward for you.
Ruckus
@danielx:
I’ve had to lift the snow blower and do the work in two or more passes because the snow was over the top of it and a full load would stall the stupid thing. So that’s pick up the running blower, attack the top of the pile for a while, back up set it down and attack until too deep, rinse repeat. Fortunately this was a smaller unit that didn’t weigh much more than a small lawn mower. still a double wide driveway, 30ft long was a lot of work. You are right though, much less than a shovel. Plus it blew it onto the neighbors yard.
kc
@Omnes Omnibus:
There’s no need to “go in.” Arrest them as they come out.