tkdguy Posted April 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 3 hours ago, death tribble said: Jewish festival tragedy https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56943755 Horrible! My sympathies to their families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Cygnia said: Neil Gaiman, Chuck Wendig, and More Are Uniting to Make Disney Pay Royalties Pretty sure I saw something similar some months ago. Disney, IIRC, is asserting that they owe no royalties on properties they bought. Yeah...here's the SFWA side:https://www.sfwa.org/2020/11/18/disney-must-pay/ I can't imagine how Disney thinks it's legal either, but I can't also say I'm that surprised. Disappointed, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Cancer said: Got acrophobia? I...wow. I'm not sure I have acrophobia per se, more like a fear of falling...but here they're kinda related. I don't think that rail would be high enough for me. And a less-than-healthy part of me wonders when the first person will go to the center then throw themselves over the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 1 hour ago, unclevlad said: Pretty sure I saw something similar some months ago. Disney, IIRC, is asserting that they owe no royalties on properties they bought. Yeah...here's the SFWA side:https://www.sfwa.org/2020/11/18/disney-must-pay/ I can't imagine how Disney thinks it's legal either, but I can't also say I'm that surprised. Disappointed, tho. Well, with Disney perpetually on the brink of bankruptcy, I can see how they might not feel like they have the money to pay the royalties on the properties they own. But you'd think they could scrape up a few pennies to give to those obscenely wealthy authors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Cancer said: Got acrophobia? I need to know if that thing sways in the breeze, or if it bounces as you walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Cancer said: Got acrophobia? I do now. Old Man, Matt the Bruins and Pariah 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 15 hours ago, unclevlad said: Pretty sure I saw something similar some months ago. Disney, IIRC, is asserting that they owe no royalties on properties they bought. Yeah...here's the SFWA side:https://www.sfwa.org/2020/11/18/disney-must-pay/ I can't imagine how Disney thinks it's legal either, but I can't also say I'm that surprised. Disappointed, tho. Allan Dean Foster is the first name I heard connected to this based off his Star Wars work. Lucasfilms has been paying him royalties on his novelizations, and Disney is like we're not doing that CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winner for 'Moonstruck,' Dies at 89 Ranxerox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Cygnia said: Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winner for 'Moonstruck,' Dies at 89 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 Giant lizards, hissing ducks, and pythons: Florida has an invasive species problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 No wonder we get such wild stories out of Florida--you'd have to be a crazed adventurer type to live there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 Florida doesn't really have many native inhabitants. For example, they lost the war against invasive humans decades ago. Lawnmower Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Chip shortage highlights U.S. dependence on fragile supply chain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Zillow and online real estate addiction has become a thing https://www.glamour.com/story/scrolling-through-zillow-every-day-youre-not-alone https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a36098750/zillow-use-statistics-survey/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 22 hours ago, Cygnia said: Giant lizards, hissing ducks, and pythons: Florida has an invasive species problem All the dang Yankees moving down there Really made things crazy!....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Geraint Thomas wins the Tour de Romandie https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/56963649 Lewis Hamilton wins the Portugal Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56966176 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 From Best Friends to Platonic Spouses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 43 minutes ago, Cygnia said: From Best Friends to Platonic Spouses If the laws were sane, you wouldn't have to marry someone in order to easily become financially and legally responsible for them. < grumble, grumble > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Jesse Owens' Legacy Will Live on in Cleveland with New Olympic Oak Trees Grafted from Original unclevlad, pinecone, Cancer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 No matter what anyone says about the Miracle on Ice, the greatest moments in American Olympic history came in Berlin, 1936. Pariah, Old Man, pinecone and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 On 5/3/2021 at 7:02 AM, Starlord said: Zillow and online real estate addiction has become a thing https://www.glamour.com/story/scrolling-through-zillow-every-day-youre-not-alone https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a36098750/zillow-use-statistics-survey/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 What do you do with relief money from Covid ? If you are in Japan you build a Squid statue https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56978075 Rail crash investigation in Mexico https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-56985164 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 On 5/3/2021 at 8:02 AM, Starlord said: Zillow and online real estate addiction has become a thing https://www.glamour.com/story/scrolling-through-zillow-every-day-youre-not-alone https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a36098750/zillow-use-statistics-survey/ Everyone who knows my wife has known this for about a decade now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 I'll believe this when I see it. https://golf.com/news/golf-super-league-progressing/ Of course, the PGA Tour is saying, anyone who does these won't be allowed to also be a PGA member, and it seems likely that the majors would follow suit. This has somewhat more of a chance to come about than the Super League in soccer, because it would only impact the individual golfers...but it still feels like it's just another opium-fueled delirium. The current proposal of 5 events sounds like just another variant on the Skins Game...made for TV quasi-competition. The only way to make money would seem to be TV rights, and...ok, that might work for a one-off, but I don't see it playing multiple times a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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