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“Sounds like you want the recipe for an Edge Salad.”
Makes no damn sense. You invite any girl over to make dinner for her she knows you trying to get in there.
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“Sounds like you want the recipe for an Edge Salad.”
Santa looks like he’s offering to check your coal bag for lumps.
now that my mother in law has moved in we are carrying on the tradition of hanging up Pervert Santa for the season
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Santa looks like he’s offering to check your coal bag for lumps.
Did you thoroughly enjoy the Bears beating the shit out of the Eagles today? If you did, oh boy is this one for you. If you didn't? Well, piss off. open.spotify.com/episode/5ipT...
452. The Gang Gets Its Ass Kicked By The Bears - RECRAP - Bears 24, Eagles 15 - Pointless Exercise Podcast
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November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Did you thoroughly enjoy the Bears beating the shit out of the Eagles today? If you did, oh boy is this one for you. If you didn't? Well, piss off. open.spotify.com/episode/5ipT...
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Greatest city on Earth
November 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Greatest city on Earth
Then why are they paying Brandon Woodruff $32 million?
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Then why are they paying Brandon Woodruff $32 million?
With an Ian Happ option for how much coffee you can drink.
One year, $6 million, plus all the Ian Happ coffee you can drink
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
With an Ian Happ option for how much coffee you can drink.
Hahahaha. Must have just barely topped Jed's offer of one year, $6 million.
BREAKING: The New York Post has learned Dylan Cease to Blue Jays. $210M, 7 years
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Hahahaha. Must have just barely topped Jed's offer of one year, $6 million.
It’s just so lazy and dumb.
Why are people so fascinated by this stat? It's like Cronin's entire raison d'etre.
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It’s just so lazy and dumb.
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Carter Hawkins has assured us that after that wildly successful 2025 season in which the Cubs won...nothing, they will not "rest on their laurels." @praz.bsky.social and @olegkup.bsky.social and I discuss. open.spotify.com/episode/0YkC...
451. No laurels on which to rest - Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
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November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Carter Hawkins has assured us that after that wildly successful 2025 season in which the Cubs won...nothing, they will not "rest on their laurels." @praz.bsky.social and @olegkup.bsky.social and I discuss. open.spotify.com/episode/0YkC...
Carter Hawkins should never be allowed to speak. @olegkup.bsky.social, @praz.bsky.social and I talk about him giving the Cubs credit for something they didn't do. www.pointlessexercise.com/podcast-no-l...
Podcast: No laurels on which to rest
Carter assures Cubs fans that they won't let the runaway success of 2025 go to their heads
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November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Carter Hawkins should never be allowed to speak. @olegkup.bsky.social, @praz.bsky.social and I talk about him giving the Cubs credit for something they didn't do. www.pointlessexercise.com/podcast-no-l...
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This is certainly the Lede of the Year, if not the Story of the Year. It is a fantastically over-the-top treatment of a preposterous series of events.
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This is certainly the Lede of the Year, if not the Story of the Year. It is a fantastically over-the-top treatment of a preposterous series of events.
Carter Hawkins has assured us that after that wildly successful 2025 season in which the Cubs won...nothing, they will not "rest on their laurels." @praz.bsky.social and @olegkup.bsky.social and I discuss. open.spotify.com/episode/0YkC...
451. No laurels on which to rest - Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
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November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Carter Hawkins has assured us that after that wildly successful 2025 season in which the Cubs won...nothing, they will not "rest on their laurels." @praz.bsky.social and @olegkup.bsky.social and I discuss. open.spotify.com/episode/0YkC...
They are also making Heat 2. That started as a book, and the book at least was great. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_2
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
They are also making Heat 2. That started as a book, and the book at least was great. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_2
It's already coming: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adv...
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It's already coming: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adv...
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LEFT: Mark Kelly, shirt covered with medals.
RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.
RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
LEFT: Mark Kelly, shirt covered with medals.
RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.
RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.
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Don’t worry I got his second favorite book too!
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Don’t worry I got his second favorite book too!
It’s the same loser shit that some Cubs’ fans were on about with Theo. The only way they know how to react is by finding ways to be miserable.
matt abbatacola needs to be stopped. a complete drain on society.
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It’s the same loser shit that some Cubs’ fans were on about with Theo. The only way they know how to react is by finding ways to be miserable.
Wocka wocka wocka
Bezos does now seem to like brand new things that come in pairs..........
a teddy bear with a hula hoop around its neck is standing in front of a microphone
ALT: a teddy bear with a hula hoop around its neck is standing in front of a microphone
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Wocka wocka wocka
Amazon rushes those out because it's Bezos' favorite book.
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Amazon rushes those out because it's Bezos' favorite book.
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Uhh…well, they could actually take some salary back in the deal. That “roadblock” only exists if they let it.
The Marlins Will Face a Potential Roadblock in Any Effort to Trade Sandy Alcantara
www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2025/11...
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Sandy Alcantara Trade Efforts May Hit a Wall This Offseason
Sandy Alcantara is an intriguing Cubs trade target, but will he even be available?
www.bleachernation.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Uhh…well, they could actually take some salary back in the deal. That “roadblock” only exists if they let it.
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You come to me on this, the day of my daughter’s Toyotathon
November 16, 2024 at 11:41 PM
You come to me on this, the day of my daughter’s Toyotathon