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dear prudence chat q: she's met an amazing new guy but does not like one of the shirts he wears. - Spawn May 9, 11:49 4
- wait til he farts in bed -- nm - CQ May 9, 11:54 1
  - dear prudence chat q: she's met an amazing new guy but just ofund out that he actually farts. -- nm - Spawn May 9, 11:55
- anyone who wears a batman t-shirt, by definition, is never amazing -- nm - lord tubbington May 9, 11:51 1
  - The would not be "one" of the shirts he wears, dork. - Spawn May 9, 11:55
ST Poll: Inspired from below, if you could choose 1 movie to recast, what movie and who would you recast (with whom)? -- nm - MDH May 9, 11:48 2
- Titanic. Recast with me and Jennifer Aniston. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 11:55
- Meet the Fockers: Dustin Hoffman with Jerry Stiller (and forcing a recast of his wife also) -- nm - oblique May 9, 11:50
Jamaica. - Mel Profit May 9, 11:47 9
- congrats to you both. Jessie, Pinch, and I send our love. -- nm - CQ May 9, 11:55
- *waves* -- nm - loosilu May 9, 11:55
- Woo! -- nm - ty97 May 9, 11:53
- go on with your bad selves! -- nm - lord tubbington May 9, 11:52
- Have fun! (And congrats!) -- nm - Don Homer May 9, 11:51
- woohoo! take lots of pictures! Contragulation you two! -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 11:51
- Congrats! -- nm - decline May 9, 11:50
- Yay! -- nm - prayformojo May 9, 11:49
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dear prudence chat q: she's met an amazing new guy but they have totally opposite tastes in music - lord tubbington May 9, 11:47 12
- I've dated that guy (close enough) and it wasn't a big deal. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 11:56
- Dear Taste in music: Please put the barrel in your mouth and pull the trigger now. -- nm - Jim May 9, 11:50 2
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  - no big loss in either case from what I can tell. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 11:52
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- uh, don't listen to music when together? -- nm - decline May 9, 11:48 4
  - actually, I think it would be a dealbreaker for me not to be able to listen to music. this said, chick (or dude) needs to STFU and compromise. -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 11:52 3
    - Just as in anything, you find the common ground. -- nm - Spawn May 9, 11:53 2
      - yeah totally. my point was that "no music" us unrealistic. -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 11:55 1
        
        Yup. -- nm - Spawn May 9, 11:57
- Get Over It. -- nm - MDH May 9, 11:48
- TRAGEDY!!! -- nm - Spawn May 9, 11:48
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- I kicked a giant mouse in the butt, do I have to draw you a diagram -- nm - prayformojo, Political Prisoner May 9, 11:43 1
  - With a dry cool wit like that, I could be an action hero. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 11:45
- Challenge. -- nm - Bort's mom May 9, 11:42
I don't know why, but the band name Dale Earnhardt Junior Junior just cracks me up. -- (link) - con_carne May 9, 11:31 1
- 88 is quietly sitting 4th in the points standings this year. -- nm - Strongbad May 9, 11:38
3 year old goes on blowtorch rampage through neighborhood with dog -- (link) - oblique May 9, 11:30 6
- Find: dog. Phrase not found. -- nm - mara May 9, 11:42 4
  - weird. The gizmodo article it came from said dog -- (link) - oblique May 9, 11:48 1
    - Maybe WTAE originally had something and then edited it out. -- nm - mara May 9, 11:50
  - darn WWF -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 11:44
  - That is for the movie version. - Spawn May 9, 11:43
- "blowtorch rampage through neighborhood dog" -- nm - what JaxSean read May 9, 11:32
renters' revenge: mortgage interest deduction welfare recipients continue to lose home value monthly -- (link) - lord tubbington May 9, 11:30
My unresolved stupid Safari problem repost:My stupid Safari browser has blocked all images from one particular site (but not from others) - can't - prayformojo May 9, 11:30 2
- I asked Kim about this and she had no idea, sorry. -- nm - David May 9, 11:58
- do you have an ad-blocker running? It could be blocking a sub-domain -- nm - decline May 9, 11:50
WWII ariel photos leading possibly to Nazi gold (500 million british pounds) -- (link) - oblique May 9, 11:27 4
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  - This strikes me as National Treasure 3. BOO YAH!!!! -- nm - Nic Cage May 9, 11:29 2
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      - Anything would have been a better plot device for Indy 4. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 11:42
LYC David: I did all the D and C class missions, I'm movin' on. -- nm - Qale May 9, 11:26 1
- Very nice. The only two missions that taxed us were 62 and 64. -- nm - David May 9, 11:57
No, *seriously*, how many parts are there in this Hunger Games movie? -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) May 9, 11:25 14
- For the trilogy, 66, according to this Wiki page. -- (link) - JaxSean May 9, 11:36
- Read the Book and you'll know. -- nm - ty97 May 9, 11:29
- At least 40-50 that HAVE to be in the first film. - Jim May 9, 11:27
- 312.50 -- nm - Qale May 9, 11:25
- Less than the Harry Potter movies -- nm - JD May 9, 11:25 9
  - I was a lot more emotional about Harry Potter being cast "right" than HG. - Amy May 9, 11:39 8
    - I don't know...Did they cast Rue yet? Also: Haymitch. - JaxSean May 9, 11:47 3
      - And...apparently they did. -- (link) - JaxSean May 9, 11:49 2
        
        IMDB has the full cast...there are a ton of people already cast. Most of the Tributes. -- nm - Jim May 9, 11:51 1
        
        I think that EW page has more of the face/head shots of the cast thus far. - JaxSean May 9, 11:54
    - Without a doubt. And that's a testament to JK, IMO. -- nm - Jim May 9, 11:42
    - When I grow up I wanna play in the Hunger Games! - kids across the world May 9, 11:42 2
      - Related, I have Catching Fire for you. -- nm - Amy May 9, 11:42 1
        
        Sweet. I have about 10 minutes of Specials left. -- nm - Spawn May 9, 11:43
oh hey. be smart for me? I have a pdf I reference *constantly* from my pocket. can I put it on my iphone's home screen? how? -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 11:23 3
- open with adobe acrobat standard -> save as jpeg. (open with photoshop if needed to resize). send to phone-> set as background -- nm - decline May 9, 11:33
- Don't know if it works with pdfs, but in Safari you can click on the little arrow at the bottom and it gives you the option to save a web page to your - Don Homer May 9, 11:26 1
  - Better yet, just put it in dropbox and access that way. -- nm - Don Homer May 9, 11:36
crazy anita is out today, so we thought it'd be quiet all day. jenn and larry are having "digestive issues oneupsmanship." - amanda jones May 9, 11:21
iPad... purchased. It's absurd that the "smart cover" is more complicated to open and assemble than the iPad itself. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) May 9, 11:19
Thor ending credits speculation (spoils) - Jovian May 9, 11:16 1
- Yes. -- nm - David May 9, 11:18
Of note: Prince albums are not appropriate office music. - con_carne May 9, 11:14
LYC/ty alert (for Hunter Parrish): Picture of Weeds' stars on set filming, what the hell is going on with these outfits? -- (link) - MDH May 9, 11:11 2
- You should check your close, he stole your outfit - ty97 May 9, 11:23 1
  - Haha. Oh Aaron, the funniest thing is I know multiple guys he's been with. -- nm - MDH May 9, 11:34
Will the gaming world change again starting June 7, 2011? -- (link) - JaxSean May 9, 11:05 1
- Stream would be a great name for the follow-up to the Wii. -- nm - David May 9, 11:10
Roger Ebert is a socialist liberal hack liar -- (link) - ty97 May 9, 11:05 8
- What that letter doesn't say is that those screenings were talk radio station give-a-ways. -- nm - Qale May 9, 11:14
- Just wait til he gets a load of Part III! -- nm - prayformojo May 9, 11:14
- One thing it has in common with a few other one-star reviewed films is earning less than $5 million. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 11:12 2
  - also something tells me his office manager isn't that broken up about him leaving. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 11:21 1
    - No, this is the kind of dude who eventually shows up to work with a gun. nm - Dignan May 9, 11:27
- "supporting the looting of the products of achievers to redistribute to nonachievers" - David May 9, 11:09 2
  - I would have thought that was Crazy Dave, but he's not moving to Singapore. nm - Jim May 9, 11:12 1
    - Ayn Rand fans really are the craziest. -- nm - David May 9, 11:14
I would like to visit Sofia Vergara -- nm - con_carne May 9, 10:56 1
- ... for a week. -- nm - Spawn May 9, 10:57
Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman is tremendous. -- nm - David May 9, 10:56
Jim Caviezel: 'Playing Jesus Christ cost me my acting career' -- (link) - ty97 May 9, 10:55 18
- I remember seeing this a couple of months ago - he's signed to star in a jj abrams pilot with michael emerson. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 9, 11:30
- Jim Caviezel: "My shitty agent told me that whining about my big movie credit would provide a boost in numbers to my newest endeavor." -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 11:19
- Yeah, I dont buy this. - kelly May 9, 11:16 9
  - yep. I remember reading that and some other interviews where it was clear he was limiting himself. -- nm - b. May 9, 11:21 8
    - Hey b...do you ever feel like someone is responding to you, but you can't get a feel for who it is? -- nm - Jim May 9, 11:28 4
      - yes. it's eerie. -- nm - b. May 9, 11:31 3
        
        I hope Pujols and Lincecum collide at first base. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 11:33 2
        
        you need sexier subject lines. *shrug* -- nm - b. May 9, 11:34 1
        
        I hope Pujols and Lincecum collide in a passionate, injurious embrace at first base, resulting in throbbing injuries to both. - Will Hunting May 9, 11:35
    - And come on, let's be honest...he was never destined for much more than Eric Bana type success anyway. -- nm - Jim May 9, 11:23 2
      - Do you three have me on killfile? :) -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 11:26 1
        
        Not yet. - kelly May 9, 11:30
- I loved him in The Count of Monte Cristo -- nm - Jovian May 9, 11:14 2
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    - HWDYK amanda jones: why is the film "frequency" of note in the amanda index? (amandex?) -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 11:18
- And producing an audio version of the bible is *just* the way to distance yourself from the role. -- nm - Spawn May 9, 11:04
- Yeah, Hollywood definietly has issues with people who star in 375mil movies. - Will Hunting May 9, 11:03
- He was Number 6, right? -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 11:01
Mel Gibson's performance in Jodi Foster's Beaver disappoints audiences -- nm - oblique May 9, 10:51 21
- well, she is gay afterall :((( -- nm - peglegpete May 9, 11:24
- In all honesty though...Jodi Foster's beaver doesn't really care for what Mel brings to the table. -- nm - Jim May 9, 11:13
- sorry?? - Danedukenuuk May 9, 11:12
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  - it does seem focus grouped to turn away as many viewers as possible. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 11:14
  - i'm actually pretty curious to see it. -- nm - Andie May 9, 11:14
  - "Limited Appeal Theater" -- nm - con_carne May 9, 11:12 1
    - i.e. Dano. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 11:31
- Actually, I've heard nothing but good things about his actual performance. -- nm - Ender May 9, 10:54 1
  - "I need a woman, not a fucking little girl with a fucking dysfunctional beaver!!!" -- nm - Spawn May 9, 10:57
- Don't I know -- nm - Oksana Baiul May 9, 10:53
- "The Beaver" Eludes Geek Audiences As Projected -- nm - TFox May 9, 10:52
- link? (i'm actually surprised, i did in fact expect a good performance but a possibly inaccessible script.) -- nm - Andie May 9, 10:52 8
  - This is astute. His performance is *great*. I couldn't relate to or care about his character, but I don't blame him for that. -- nm - ty97 May 9, 10:56
  - It's fresh at RT and was at 7.0 at IMDB last I looked. This is directed hate at a currently unpopular actor. - David May 9, 10:55 3
    - There might be some Mel-voidance going on. And it might be that a guy talking about through a hand puppet wasn't going to do well either way. -- nm - ty97 May 9, 10:57 2
      - I stand by my idea of his ranting didn't even come close to the insanity of this movie premise. - Will Hunting May 9, 11:00 1
        
        Yeah, this would have bombed, regardless. - Spawn May 9, 11:02
  - this was what I thought would happen too -- nm - sycor May 9, 10:54
  - he's making up review headlines, I think -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 10:54 1
    - It's like writing Onion article headlines. It's too easy -- nm - oblique May 9, 11:04
Which brand (and model) of external hard drive would you buy if you were getting one today? - Don Homer May 9, 10:51 10
- no idear -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 9, 11:13
- Whatever drive deal I could find + my own external enclosure -- nm - oblique May 9, 11:11
- whatever is on sale at costco -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 10:54 3
  - you do know, right, that not everyone has costco? -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 10:55 2
    - a. well yeah but b. I answered the question of "would you buy if " -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 11:02
    - costco.com. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 10:59
- Anything but Seagate. Western Digital has been the manufacturer for my last two.\ -- nm - David May 9, 10:51 2
  - Thanks. -- nm - Don Homer May 9, 10:56 1
    - I don't know how much storage space you need, but we have three of this iomega drive. -- (link) - David May 9, 11:01
- London. -- nm - Spawn May 9, 10:51
Why isn't every other place in the world exactly like the Northeastern US?!? -- nm - znufrii SI May 9, 10:50 14
- *explains to you what this new-fangled invention called a "train" does* - znufrii May 9, 10:56 13
  - I think, still, you would laugh at our subway system. - con_carne May 9, 11:00
  - What cities have major trains that people use to commute to work? NYC, Chicago, DC...LA? -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 10:57 11
    - Atlanta? sort of -- nm - CQ May 9, 11:53
    - Philly has a very extensive system -- nm - znufrii May 9, 11:01 3
      - Really? I don't think I ever remember hearing about it all the times I spent around there. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 11:02 2
        
        I think here, commuter rail is under a lot of people's radar. - con_carne May 9, 11:18
        
        13 different lines, I think, cobbled together from the old Penna and Reading RRs -- nm - znufrii May 9, 11:06
    - I have grown to love our Metrolink (I think Mrs. CY uses it to commute from OC). -- nm - con_carne May 9, 11:01 3
      - and honestly, I think it's great that there's any investment in rail transit there... -- nm - znufrii May 9, 11:08 2
        
        Yeah, we've decided we're gonna go ahead and grow our economy. ;) -- nm - con_carne May 9, 11:23 1
        
        kudos to you guys if you ever get HSR up and running. :) -- nm - znufrii May 9, 11:25
    - Name a northeastern city. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 10:58
    - Boston -- nm - TFox May 9, 10:58
Now here's a GOP politician that can bring out the under-30 vote -- (link) - ty97 May 9, 10:49 1
- *guesses that Sasha Grey intends to stay far away from that particular elephant-and-donkey show* -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 10:50

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