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Raising Cane’s to open its first Queens location in Flushing this summer opening 7/2 @ 39-20 Main St; previously Burger King

Raising Cane’s to open its first Queens location in Flushing this summer

How's this for some organizational pitching… The Yankees won 4-0 tonight and all four of their minor-league teams won, three of them by shut out. Including the major league team, the organization gave up three runs in five games tonight. It means absolutely nothing, of course, but I thought it was kind of cool, nevertheless

Dude, do you think anyone has noticed the Rockies have given up only 14 runs in their last 7 games? BREAK UP THE ROCKIES! 7 IN A ROW!

BATTLE OF THE BULGE ABC execs alarmed over ‘GMA3’ host’s skin-tight biker shorts pics: ‘Little to the imagination’ The images of Morgan show the affable anchor’s “package” is on full display — and make for an uncomfortable fit with ABC’s corporate parent Disney, sources said.

They should really up the ante... Loser gets full custody of both kids

ALL YOUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!! More than six years after their divorce was finalized, Flip or Flop hosts Tarek El Moussa and Christina Hall are set to reunite for a new HGTV series. It was announced on Wednesday morning as part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s Upfront presentation to advertisers that El Moussa and Hall will challenge each others’ flipping skills in (heh) The Flip Off. “Tarek El Moussa and Christina Hall built a home-flipping empire and top HGTV series with Flip or Flop. But it all came crashing down after their much-publicized divorce,” reads the official synopsis. “Now, the exes are back — along with their new spouses — for a throwdown competition to see who can find, buy, renovate, and flip a house for the biggest financial gain, and the chance at bragging rights.” The Flip Off is on track to launch in early 2025 with a “super-sized premiere.”

South Park Wants to Put Cartman on Ozempic in The End of Obesity Paramount+ Special

It took you until now to understand the point of this thread?

Wearing a pair of ankle socks right now

Is that an Australian thing? 😁😋😊🤣😇😍😁

There are multi-million dollar townhomes in NYC that aren't much wider. With a lot that size, you make make all the rooms long and moderately wide.

Slice of paradise Tiny 10-foot-wide ‘spite’ house lists for $619K in Florida In the north Florida resort city of Jacksonville Beach, an antagonistically thin home with quite the backstory has listed for sale. This 1,547-square-foot, 10-foot-wide two-bedroom house was completed earlier this year on a leftover lot, namely a small parcel of undeveloped land within a developed area. Generally, local zoning boards will give developers permission to break with building code and construct larger-than-technically-allowed abodes — but not in this case, Business Insider reported. “In this particular neighborhood, which is typical of beach areas or areas of high density, you’ll get some areas of smaller lots,” Ryan Wetherhold of Oceanside Real Estate, who holds the listing, told the publication. “What you can do on these smaller lots is you can go in front of a board of adjustment, and they’ll allow you to build more than the building code is allowed.” However, a next-door neighbor who had been using the 1952 Horn Street parcel as a garden persuaded others to complain about its development at a public hearing vote, and the board was successfully convinced to disallow adjustments. The developer took this less as discouragement than a challenge. “[To] be honest, the builder almost built this out of spite just because of that fact. ‘Oh, you don’t think we can build, hold my beer,'” Wetherhold said. Despite the home’s narrow look, the lot is 140 feet deep, which is deeper than others in the area. Also, to make up for a normal house’s amount of space, this residence has built-in seating, which helps for saving space — as they’re designed specifically for the property’s dimensions. It could also be a perk for a buyer in search of a home with little maintenance required. The property hit the market this March, but has yet to sell — although since being featured on the Zillow Gone Wild account last month, interest has been through the roof. “omggg she’s on ozempic,” commented one person. “I mean for that price you’re better off buying an RV,” wrote another. “Finally a new construction single family home in a great area of South Jax Beach for a reasonable price!” reads the listing, which promotes the two-story, three-bathroom compound as having a “unique build,” “room for a pool,” a garage and a backyard. editorial comment left by developer:

Justin Fields had ‘toxic’ relationship with Nick Foles as messy Bears detail emerge uh-oh... sounds like somebody had a case of penis envy! The crux of the issue seems to be that Fields — whom the Bears traded up with the Giants to draft — couldn’t take much constructive criticism from Foles, who attempted to advise the young quarterback only to find out that Fields was not paying attention to the Super Bowl MVP-winning quarterback. An anonymous source told Go Long the two “could not stand each other” as a result of Fields’ lack of respect during the teachable moment for the rookie.

Once this season ends, Will Trent will not return until January, but once it starts, there will be 18 episodes in a row, with no repeats or weeks off. The final six episodes of the Conners are being held until 2025 as well.

I've called it that for 50 years... I mean, people would have been aghast if they'd been served live lobster to dine on, right?

Dude, do you think anyone has noticed the Rockies are the only NL team with more than 2 wins in a row right now? BREAK UP THE ROCKIES! 5 IN A ROW!

The troubled Red Lobster restaurant chain is closing down at least 48 of its roughly 650 branches across the US, according to a restaurant liquidation company. Neal Sherman, the chief executive of TAGeX Brands, said on LinkedIn on Monday that it was assisting with the rapid closure of Red Lobsters in 21 US states, starting today. All of the equipment from the restaurants is now being sold off. "TAGeX Brands is proud to launch the largest restaurant liquidation EVER really? you're PROUD of this? through its online auction marketplace," said Mr Sherman. "The furniture, fixtures, and equipment from select Red Lobster locations MUST GO ASAP!" The closures included five branches in California and Florida, four in Colorado and Maryland, three in Georgia, New York, Texas, and Virginia, and many others across the country. It comes after reports that the Florida-based seafood chain is considering filing for bankruptcy after years of cost-cutting by its parent company. In 2023, the struggling company was further knocked off balance by a $20 endless shrimp offer that proved unexpectedly popular with customers, reportedly costing it millions of dollars. The all-you-can-eat menu option was previously a time-limited promotional offer. But when Red Lobster made it permanent, patrons ended up eating far more shrimp than the restaurant could afford, while taking up tables and lengthening wait times for new arrivals. "We were expecting an increase of 20 per cent in customer traffic, but the actual number was up to 40 per cent," said Thiraphong Chansiri, the chief executive of Red Lobster's parent company Thai Union, last November. In January, Thai Union announced it would end its involvement with Red Lobster after eating a $530m loss on its initial investment, which it blamed on the Covid-19 pandemic and the rise of interest rates around the world. Red Lobster did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

My fiancé and I have been together several years and are getting married next year. Marriage is not something he cares about, but he knows it’s important to me and is happy to get married. WHAT A BEAST! At his request, there was no proposal, and the wedding will be tiny and simple. This is all legitimately fine with me BULLSHIT!; however, I did decide I wanted an engagement ring. I know it’s easy to bash them for being a symbol of materialism and misogynistic traditions, but I’ve always loved jewelry, and having a physical symbol of my relationship is very meaningful. IT’S BETTER THAN HAVING A KID, I GUESS! My fiancé was on board until it came time to buy the ring; then he decided we should split the cost equally (which we do with all other expenses). This is really rubbing me the wrong way. ALL THAT MATTERS IS WHETHER OR NOT HE KNOWS HOW TO RUB YOU THE RIGHT WAY. DOES HE? Money isn’t an issue; he’s well-paid and has no debt, and the ring I chose costs less than $900. He just thinks it’s a silly thing to buy. NO ARGUEMENT HERE! I’ve given so much to this relationship — two cross-country moves for his career YOU DIDN’T BENEFIT AT ALL, RIGHT? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FAIR FOR HIM TO GIVE UP THE CHANCE FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT FOR YOU, RIGHT?, hundreds of hours learning his native language so I can communicate with his family DID HE ASK YOU TO?, taking on extra chores because he needs more downtime — and it hurts he won’t do this for me. That gets me feeling slighted, but then I feel weird about: 1. Expecting a ring, or any gift in the first place. 2. Expecting a ring from someone who doesn’t care about marriage. It doesn’t help that every married woman I know has a ring her partner enthusiastically bought for her, plus a nice proposal, plus a wedding much grander than mine will be. JEALOUS MUCH? I feel like I’m being materialistic even though my wants are so much less than what everyone around me got. YOU ARE A SAINT! So then I just cycle through the confusion again. Am I ignoring my boyfriend’s personality and values to push societal expectations on him YES!!!, or is he failing to show up for me? NO!!! He: Move cross-country for my career. You: Okay! He: Move cross-country again for my career. You: Okay! He: Learn a new language so you can communicate with my family. You: Okay! He: Do more of the chores than I do because I don’t feel like doing them. You: Okay! You: Marry me using a symbolic piece of jewelry that means a lot to me and costs less than $900. He: I don’t care, so fine, but you pay half even though I can easily afford it because I think what you value is stupid. You have your answer, screamingly loud and clear, don’t you? And it has nothing to do with marriage, materialism or symbols. Same answer, another way: There are so many wonderful men out there. Use what you learned here to hold out for one who loves you completely and values your happiness equally. Give yourself a chance to feel that.

One of ESPN's baseball analysts took a look at 3 disappointing teams this season. He wasn't optimistic about the Cardinals: The Cardinals have been undone by a variety of factors the past couple of seasons, with the rotation falling apart in 2023 and the offense unable to get anything going in 2024 (only the Chicago White Sox are scoring fewer runs per game). Unlike with the Astros, age is an obvious issue here: Paul Goldschmidt is 36 and struggling with a .197 average and .279 slugging percentage (he struck out four times Saturday but had two hits, including a home run, Sunday). Nolan Arenado is 33 and has two home runs. Meanwhile, the rotation, even after Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson joined as free agents, is 24th in the majors in ERA -- and the top five starters are all 33 or older. It hasn't helped that Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar, who are supposed to fill the meat of the order alongside Goldschmidt and Arenado, are both hitting under .200 as well. Tommy Edman, the projected starting center fielder, has been out all season and the decision to rush Victor Scott II to the majors backfired (he hit .085 before being sent down to the minors). And now Willson Contreras, the most productive hitter in the lineup, is out with a broken arm. The Cardinals can look back at three key decisions that help explain their struggles the last two seasons: 1. Trading prospects Zac Gallen and Sandy Alcantara for Marcell Ozuna. Looking for offense in 2018, the Cardinals acquired Ozuna, who was coming off a monster season with the Marlins. His OPS+ fell from 149 in 2017 to 107 in his first season with the Cardinals. Ozuna was OK in his two years with St. Louis -- he produced 4.7 WAR -- but Gallen and Alcantara have combined for 37.4 WAR in their major league careers so far, turning this into a disastrous trade in the long run. 2. Trading Randy Arozarena for Matthew Liberatore. Arozarena has outproduced Liberatore, 10.8 to 0.2 WAR. Liberatore is still just 24 years old, so it's too early to call this a bad trade, but he's pitched primarily out of the bullpen this season. 3. Trading Adolis Garcia to the Rangers for cash considerations. Garcia has been a two-time All-Star with 11.4 WAR in his three-plus seasons with Texas. The early returns on the Tyler O'Neill trade aren't great either, as O'Neill has been tearing it up for the Red Sox. There's no guarantee he would have had the same outcomes in St. Louis, of course, but it's yet another outfielder who has succeeded away from the Cardinals -- while their actual 2024 outfield ranks last in the majors in OPS and home runs. To be fair, the trades for Goldschmidt and Arenado have worked out, as none of the players the Cardinals gave up on those deals have done much, but their traditional player development pipeline has dried up in recent years -- or, more precisely, some of the highly regarded prospects haven't taken off. Gorman strikes out too much, Jordan Walker is back in the minors again after hitting .155 to start the season, and Dylan Carlson has been injured and seen his bat regress since a good rookie season in 2021. The lack of pitching in their farm system meant St. Louis had to dip into free agency this season just to fill the rotation. Were some of these players overrated as prospects? Is there a development issue going on at the major league level? John Mozeliak and Mike Girsch, who run baseball operations in St. Louis, have been in the organization forever (as have most of the other top lieutenants), so it was noteworthy that the Cardinals brought former Red Sox and Rays executive Chaim Bloom into the fold as an adviser prior to this season. Adding a new voice to review processes and provide new ideas makes a lot of sense. Mozeliak is signed through 2025 and he curiously signed manager Ollie Marmol to a two-year extension through 2026 back in March, but you have to wonder if jobs are on the line with another poor season. All this could also just be the natural cycle of things: It's hard to stay on top like the Cardinals have done for more than two decades -- or arguably, all the way back to the early 1980s. Like the Astros, when you win year after year, you're not drafting high. The Cardinals haven't had a top-15 selection in the draft since 2008 and a top-10 pick since 1998. No matter how good your scouting and player development departments are, it's difficult to keep hitting on those late first-round draft picks. Factor in that they have never been a big player in free agency, which means they have to nail everything else. And the Cardinals simply haven't done that in recent years. This does feel like the end of an era. Unlike the Astros, the Cardinals weren't good last year, so it's harder to be optimistic about a turnaround. Perhaps their fans sense this: Boos have been heard regularly at Busch Stadium. It's not a fan base used to losing.

She does a column (with increasingly conservative headlines) that I skip right past.

The Chisox & Rockies are no longer on pace to break the record for losses, & the Marlins are just about there. The Sox have been getting a bit more hitting, and Luis Robert should be back in a few weeks. The Rox have been getting surprisingly competent starting pitching the last few weeks.