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Oscars Shake-Up: Awards Ceremony To Move To YouTube In 2029 - TVLine WWW.TVLINE.COM After many years on ABC, the Oscars will move exclusively to YouTube in 2029 — get details on the shake-up. you mean I'll have to not watch it on a different platform?

Masturbation is touching one's own genitals or other erogenous zones for sexual pleasure, a normal, healthy, and common sexual activity without physical harm, offering benefits like stress relief, mood improvement, and better sleep by releasing feel-good hormones like endorphins. While myths wrongly link it to blindness or mental issues, it's a natural way to explore your body, discover what feels good, and can even improve partnered sex, though feelings of guilt can arise from cultural or religious beliefs.

I'll help in any way I can, no matter the personal sacrifice!

I remember when Toyota named a car model after his ex-wife.

I'd be happy to take any US paper currency that's cluttering up the place. I'm altruistic, you know. I just want to help.

People on this site are either too old to care anymore or need to stay trim for professional reasons

And, judging by Cam, complete idiots. It wasn't his joining that was moronic, it was his whining about it not being like summer camp like he expected.

I used to love the Hungarian Beef Goulash at Junior's restaurant in Bklyn. Even when they spelled it Gpoulash on the menu.

75-year-old fast food chain closing 200 restaurants, fights to survive APPLE.NEWS The chain has been in cash conservation mode as it works to avoid bankruptcy. Jack in the Box recently closed the sale of its Del Taco brand for $115 million, a massive loss on the more than $575 million the company paid for the brand in 2022. “This divestiture is an important step in returning to simplicity, and we look forward to focusing on our core Jack in the Box brand,” Jack in the Box chief executive Lance Tucker said in a press release. “After a robust process, we are confident we have entered into a transaction with the right steward for Del Taco in its next chapter of evolution."

Wildlife conservation efforts in the Patagonia region of Argentina have been so successful that rebounding populations of pumas have found an unexpected new main source of prey: Magellanic penguins. Pumas largely disappeared from the region about a century ago as they were hunted to near-extinction by sheep farmers attempting to protect the animals from predation. But GPS and camera data now reveal the highest density of the big cat ever recorded. Rebounding puma populations now eating penguins, researchers find APPLE.NEWS As puma populations increased, they began preying on an unexpected species.

Buck Rogers Star Gil Gerard Dead At 82 - TVLine WWW.TVLINE.COM Gil Gerard, best known for playing the titular hero in the NBC sci-fi favorite Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, has died at the age of 82.

Maybe this will encourage you to start frequenting some.

I don't think it's a good sign when you hope none of the week's guest characters survive.

Boots Canceled At Netflix After One Season - TVLine WWW.TVLINE.COM The tour of duty is over for Boots: Netflix has canceled the gay-themed military dramedy after one season.

I was an awkward teen who had yet to grow into my eventual avatar perfection and I found some less than perfect men attractive. The heart wants what it wants and so does the cock.

I found him fairly attractive when he was on ALL IN THE FAMILY and masturbated about Mike Stivic a few times. When I used to gather address listings for work I did his childhood building twice (the last one on the Grand Concourse {3324} on the opposite side as Yankee Stadium, right across from Penny Marshall's, which was the last one on the same side as the stadium). THE INNER COURTYARD:

One month after the debut of the "Everybody Loves Raymond" 30th anniversary reunion special, the Eye network has announced a follow-up — aptly titled "Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion Pt. 2." Airing Monday, Dec. 22 at 8 p.m., and again hosted by Ray Romano and series creator Phil Rosenthal, this fresh hour "brings fans closer than ever to the original series, with exclusive stories and heartfelt memories shared by beloved cast members gathered together to honor one of TV's most iconic sitcoms," according to the official logline. CBS promises "never-before-seen content, outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage," along with additional insight from "guest stars, writers and producers" that did not make the cut for Part 1 Read More: https://www.tvline.com/2052199/everybody-loves-raymond-reunion-part-2-premiere-date-cbs/

Anthony Geary, Luke Spencer on ‘General Hospital,’ Dies at 78 APPLE.NEWS One-half of the ultimate soap supercouple with Genie Francis, he won a record eight Daytime Emmys and starred on the ABC daytime drama...

simple solution... just leave for wherever you're going as soon as you've hit send.

Stabbed in their home. He was 78.

you mean it wasn't one?

He set out to teach an octopus piano. The results surprised even him. The task required hundreds of hours of problem-solving and patience. Musician Mattias Krantz said it was worth it. The white package that arrived at Mattias Krantz’s home in Sweden after a five-hour flight contained an octopus that Krantz saved from becoming someone’s meal. Krantz’s hopes for the octopus, which he named Takoyaki, were high — maybe unreasonably so. Within about six months, Krantz wanted Takoyaki to play the piano so well that the animal could perform “Under the Sea” and the theme from the movie “Jaws.” Krantz, who typically makes YouTube videos playing instruments he modifies, had long wanted to teach piano to an animal. Krantz said octopuses, whose eight arms can each act somewhat independently because of the neurons inside them, had the most potential. But the task proved more difficult — and fulfilling — than Krantz imagined, requiring hundreds of hours and a wealth of patience. His YouTube video detailing the teaching process has more than 6 million views. Krantz purchased Takoyaki from a Portuguese fishery in March; he did not buy the octopus from a Korean market as is depicted in his YouTube video. Once Krantz got the octopus into his home, he dumped the creature into a roughly 110-gallon tank containing rocks, sand and dog toys. The tank was connected to machines that filtered water and removed octopus waste. “You’re going to be the greatest pianist the sea has ever known,” Krantz told Takoyaki, which he nicknamed Tako. But first, Krantz had to earn Tako’s trust. On the first day in its tank, Tako hid behind rocks and didn’t eat the small crabs and mussels Krantz had fished off Sweden’s southern coast. Tako began eating on the second day, and soon Krantz gave Tako a simple task to judge whether the octopus was up for the piano challenge: Take a plastic lid off a glass jar containing crab and shrimp. Tako passed the test after about three days. Krantz then designed a piano key on his computer, 3D-printed it and set it down in the tank. When Tako touched the key on the second day, Krantz gave the octopus a treat. But Krantz wanted Tako to push the key to play a note, so he added a white lever that Tako wrapped its arms around and pulled to make a sound (Tako also broke the key off its mount a few times and hid it under rocks). After that first success, Krantz built Tako a 15-key piano — a process Tako seemed to watch closely by pressing its body against the glass. But when Krantz placed the piano in the tank, Tako sat on it instead of playing it. So Krantz tried different approaches. First, he added a blue underwater speaker that allowed Tako — whose species has poor hearing — to feel a vibration when the octopus played a key. Tako began playing random notes, Krantz said, but he wanted Tako to play particular keys to form a melody. Krantz added symbols to the keys he wanted Tako to play — circles, crosses and stripes — which Tako didn’t respond to. Krantz even added pictures of an orange crab to the keys. The octopus was interested in the pictures but not in playing the keys. But one thing seemed to grab Tako’s attention: movement. When a bubble formed in the tank, Tako chased it. So, with fishing wire, Krantz wiggled the lever on the keys he wanted Tako to play. It worked — despite Tako also spending time playing the wires like a harp. (Marine scientist Jenny Hofmeister said octopuses are attracted to movement because it might signal prey.) After a week, Tako played two notes in a row. After two weeks, Tako played a pair of notes simultaneously. But in the following weeks — after about four months of training — Tako plateaued. Plus — as expected from an octopus — Tako wasn’t focused on learning the instrument. Tako wrapped its arms around the GoPro camera in its tank, squirted water at Krantz, and, once, escaped the tank and hid in a cupboard. Krantz lost hope that Tako could learn to play. But Tako stared at the piano, which sat on the ground beside the tank, throughout the day, appearing to want to play at the usual 6 p.m. training time, Krantz said. So Krantz experimented with a new strategy. “The one thing I’m really good at is insane stubbornness,” Krantz said. In early August, he placed an acrylic tube inside the tank and inserted a crab — Tako’s favorite treat — at the top. When Tako played a key, Krantz lowered the crab closer to the bottom of the tube. Krantz called his device the “crab elevator.” Tako initially tried to retrieve the crab by swimming into the tube and attempting to pull the crab down. But once Tako saw the crab inch closer after playing a note, the octopus became more motivated to play. After a few weeks, Krantz gave Tako the crab once the octopus played seven or eight keys. In mid-August, Krantz began playing chord progressions on his acoustic guitar and simultaneously wiggled keys for Tako to play so they could perform together. Krantz fed Tako after each recital. Krantz never taught Tako to consistently play the right keys at the right times. Sometimes the piano sounded good; other times, not so much. Tako played the keys to “Baby Shark” — even if it was off tempo, Krantz said. But the fact that Tako could play keys at all was like a “fever dream,” Krantz said. Hofmeister, the marine scientist, said Tako probably didn’t know he was playing the piano; he was motivated by food. Octopuses are smart in their own ways: They change colors based on their surroundings, build dens with stones, use makeshift weapons, throw objects at targets and eject ink clouds when they’re in danger. “The octopus is not perceiving rhythm,” Hofmeister said. “It’s not perceiving, you know, tempo. It wants to do the steps it has to do to get the crab.” She said teaching an octopus to play the piano perfectly is nearly impossible. But in addition to creating music, Krantz received another benefit from the process: a friend. He has kept Takoyaki — the name means grilled octopus — as a pet. Octopuses typically live for a year or two, and Krantz said Tako, which he estimated to be about 14 months old, now sleeps most of the day. But that hasn’t stopped Tako from continuing to practice its unique skill; the octopus plays piano about every other day. The recitals still leave Krantz in awe. “I can’t believe I sit here,” Krantz said last week, “and play with an octopus.” Takoyaki, an octopus, plays piano keys with its eight arms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/12/09/octopus-plays-piano-keys-tako/

As someone who used to subsist almost entirely on frozen TV dinners, I agree. Marie Callender is too salty (not that Stouffer's is a cardiologist's recommended meal, either).

Stop being so perfect so that I stop intimidating everyone I interact with.