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New shoes Tuesday. #Nike PG 4. Black/White/University Red. They’re very comfy. (at Hagerstown, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKhAz71spPw/?igshid=rq78iygqepm3

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Michael Jordan co-owns a NASCAR race team

Michael Jordan co-owns a #NASCAR race team. Will he help make NASCAR great again?

Basketball legend and athletic shoe icon Michael Jordan is branching out into the world of NASCAR. Jordan is co-owner of 23XI Racing team along with fellow co-owner and current NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin. Bubba Wallace will be the driver for 23XI Racing, not Hamlin. Hamlin will continue to drive for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Speaking of Joe Gibbs Racing, 23XI Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing will be…

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Sony in talks to buy Crunchyroll for $957 million

Sony in talks to buy Crunchyroll for $957 million

Sony Corp is in final talks with AT&T to buy U.S. anime streaming service Crunchyroll. The offer is reportedly for 100 billion yen ($957 million). That’s a lot of money for an American based anime streaming service.

Sony already owns a U.S. based streaming service. Funimation is a competitor of Crunchyroll and Sony owns 95% of Funimation.

I’ve subscribed to both over the years. I haven’t…

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Los Angeles Dodgers, champions of the 60-game season

Los Angeles #Dodgers, champions of the 60-game season!

The Los Angeles Dodgers did something last night they’ve failed to do since 1988: Win the World Series.

It’s not like they haven’t tried. The Dodgers have tried to win the World Series a lot. They just haven’t been able to get it done. That is, until last night. What enabled the Dodgers to win a World Series again, finally? First, they bought another team’s best player. Then, thanks to COVID-19,…

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McFarlane Toys Batman Flashpoint figure is NOT in stores now

McFarlane Toys Batman Flashpoint figure is NOT in stores now

I saw this ad on my Facebook feed. It says there’s a McFarlane Toys Batman action figure from the Flashpoint crossover comic book event “in stores now.” It also says it’s only available at Target. These two statements contradict each other. If it’s a Target exclusive, that means it’s not available at any other store other than Target.

It’s not even available at Target until November 29.

Target…

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CDC updates the definition of 'close contact' and COVID-19

CDC updates the definition of 'close contact' and #COVID19. Will anyone pay attention?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its definition of “close contact” with someone infected with COVID-19.

From the CDC website:

Someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period* starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to test specimen collection) until the…

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Jesus cured Alabama football coach Nick Saban of COVID-19

Jesus Christ cured Alabama football coach Nick Saban of #COVID19 #RollTide

Remember a few days ago when news broke that Alabama head football coach Nick Saban tested positive for COVID-19? Well, about that. It turns out the lord Jesus rid his 68-year-old body of the highly contagious virus. In fact, he’s now so healthy that he will be able to coach his team in tonight’s tonight’s nationally televised game against No. 3 ranked Georgia.

The man tested positive for…

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Nick Saban tests positive for the coronavirus. Roll COVID-19

Nick Saban tests positive for the coronavirus. Roll #COVID19

Word came out yesterday that Alabama head football coach Nick Saban tested positive for COVID-19. I want to say I’m surprised, but that’s not the case.

When the South East Conference (SEC) announced that beginning the college football season would begin as scheduled, I just assumed they made the conscious decision that football was more important than the health and safety of its student-athletes…

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Batman Vol. 1: 'Their Dark Designs' comes out Oct. 20

Batman Vol. 1: ‘Their Dark Designs’ comes out Oct. 20

I’ve been waiting for this book to come out. It begins with Batman #86, the first Batman comic with someone other than the garbage person known as Tom King as the writer.

Beginning with issue 86, James Tynion IV took over the writing duties. Do you know what I like best about James Tynion IV? He never blocked me on Twitter because of who I follow. I don’t think he blocks anyone. He doesn’t seem…

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Remember what I said about deactivating Twitter? About that...

Silly human. Twitter quits you, you don’t quit Twitter.

My attempt at quitting Twitter has ended in complete failure. I reactivated my account this morning.

Why did I do this? I realized I was missing out on things. A lot of information is conveyed through Twitter. When you cut yourself off from Twitter, you are removing yourself from the flow of timely information. For example, I didn’t learn…

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I forgot how unintentionally funny Mike S. Miller is

American Illustrator Mike S. Miller

YouTuber Deadwood Dale did a live stream with fellow YouTuber Adam Friended. Their guest was none other than the great Mike S. Miller. The result was comedy gold. Mike S. Miller was creating the comedy. The problem for Mike was that he had no idea he was bringing the funny.

I knew Mike was getting serious when he uncoiled his greasy ponytail and let his hair…

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Quartz Hill High School will drop the 'Rebels' mascot

Quartz Hill High School located in the Antelope Valley, 60 miles north-east from Los Angeles, announced it is dropping its mascot. The Quartz Hill Rebels are no more. Instead, the Rebels will be called… something else.

A small yet vocal group of people associated with Black Lives Matter decided the name and mascot were racially insensitive. For years the mascot was a cartoony Confederate officer…

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GameStop claims to be 'essential retail' to avoid COVID-19 shutdown

GameStop claims to be 'essential retail' to avoid #COVID19 shutdown

States and municipalities are ordering non-essential businesses to close their doors and wait out the COVID-19 pandemic. The corporate leaders at GameStop have rudded their collective brains together and devised a way to avoid any government ordered shutdown: they are claiming to an essential business.  From Kotaku:

“Due to the products we carry that enable and enhance our customers’ experience…

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Kobe Bryant 1978 - 2020

Kobe Bryant 1978 – 2020

Kobe Bryant

Like a lot of people, I was shocked to learn about the death of Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant this past Sunday. People die all the time. Even celebrities die all the time. It’s part of the normal human condition. That doesn’t male it any less devastating when it happens.

Compounding the horror of Kobe’s death was how it happened: the  Sikorsky S-76 helicopter…

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NPC: Comicsgate's new slur for non-Comicsgate people

NPC: Comicsgate’s new slur for non-Comicsgate people

Two Comicsgaters just hanging out talking about how SJWs are ruining comic books.

Comicsgate supporters have come up with a new term for people who don’t support their movement: NPC.

It stands for “Non-Player Character.” It comes from table-top roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. The term later migrated over to video games. An NPC is a character in the game who looks and acts like…

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Boogie2988 called Newsweek reporter about r/SamandTolki subreddit

Boogie2988 called Newsweek reporter about SamandTolki subreddit

If you’re like me, you probably wondered how Newsweek reporter Steven Asarch learned about Boogie2988’s lame attempt to bait members of r/SamandTolki. You can read the article he wrote here.

Wonder no more because Asarch shared this info on Twitter:

Boogie cold-called Steven Asarch at midnightto whine and complain about a subreddit? What a freak show. The neon sign on his wall is so very…

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I bought this Batman Black & White statue for the shelf over my desk. I didn’t think this through. Now I get to see his crotch front and center as he bat spreads in front of me. (at Hagerstown, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B42apfIHt2T/?igshid=11p1y4vrxvcy6