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David, remember that Halo match where you ended up quitting? I just realized that one of the other players left me a message on XBL - Beryllium Jun 18, 22:31
Listen here, Doll Face, Know anything about psychology? Well I've got something called a degree, and let me tell you something... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 18, 22:12
Good thing I have a butload of sulphur - eag Jun 18, 22:04 5
- uh, don't light a match....OH, you're talking about ikarium -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 22:14 4
  - I thought he was smart - eag Jun 18, 22:20 3
    - these guys are devilishly smart, it was just enough to make it an efffort for an undefended player to react to, it sorta an alarm to know that you are - zeitgeist Jun 18, 22:31 2
      - Well I just want him or her off my island - eag Jun 18, 22:41
      - oh, the guy who occupied your port and pillaged? he has a top ten milscore, good luck -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 22:32
OK, I added a confirmation box to the reset button, and I fixed a bug with the Keywords pre-filled string in the search bar. - Beryllium Jun 18, 21:53
Maybe I should hold off on Tree of Life and wait for the 6-hour director's cut. -- nm - Dano Jun 18, 21:42
awe, private detective spends two months looking for homeless man to inform him he inherited a significant amount from brother -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 18, 20:55 1
- So why would a detective go through all that trouble to gloat about their fortune to some poor guy on the street especially when they are everywhere -- nm - all the smartasses in unison Jun 18, 22:16
I have seen that scene at least 40 times and it still gets me -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 20:35 4
- Which scene? Tropic Thunder's "never go full ..." scene? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 18, 20:40 3
  - No Return of the King, My friends you bow to no one -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 20:42 2
    - ha ha. i laugh at their short little asses every time too -- nm - moles Jun 18, 20:49 1
      - someone posted about the war on the ika boards and I replied, Storm you FOOL of a hobit -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 20:52
At the Hollywood Forever cemetery waiting for Heathers to start. 8) -- nm - JD Jun 18, 20:33 10
- Leaman and Waters are here to intro the movie! -- nm - JD Jun 18, 20:58
- ha! so is my friend. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 18, 20:46 1
  - However, I find the whole idea rather creepy and probably won't do it. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 18, 20:51
- Teenage suicide? - iNubby 4 Jun 18, 20:41
- that sounds really cool enjoy -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 20:39 1
  - that's so very. -- nm - loosilu Jun 18, 20:42
- big fun! -- nm - moles Jun 18, 20:35 1
  - Exactly! - JD Jun 18, 20:41
- wait. what? -- nm - loosilu Jun 18, 20:34 1
  - There's what is called Cinespia and they show movies on the wall of one of the buildings. You sit on the lawn front. (Fairbanks lawn?) - JD Jun 18, 20:46
Thank you, Australia. - kelly Jun 18, 20:30 14
- yes, yes, a thousand times yes. -- nm - Diva Jun 18, 22:30
- You saw Thor today, too? -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 20:31 12
  - Yep, leaving now. We saw that and fast five at the cheap theater. - kelly Jun 18, 20:38 11
    - you stay for the scene after the credits? -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 21:09 5
      - All those post-credit scenes in the comic book movies mean nothing to me. -- nm - Dano Jun 18, 21:13 1
        
        they're little easter eggs for the fans (hard core ones) more than anything. -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 21:15
      - oh yeah. - kelly Jun 18, 21:13 2
        
        spoils... - Remlik Jun 18, 21:14 1
        
        I was confused by (spoils) - kelly Jun 18, 21:21
    - You could eat a four course meal off it. -- nm - iNubby 4 Jun 18, 20:40 4
      - What struck me was that he was built like a brick shithouse upper body, but he had the thinnest waist I've ever seen - Will Hunting Jun 18, 20:45 3
        
        Ryan who? - kelly Jun 18, 20:49 2
        
        Will isn't going to join us for the arty movies? -- nm - Dano Jun 18, 20:53 1
        
        Hahahahahahahahahaha! - kelly Jun 18, 20:55
interesting fact of the day ... on June 18, 1178, 5 Canturbury monks witnessed... - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 18, 20:19 2
- Where does one even find 933 candles? -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 20:30
- or a decepticon invasion -- nm - moles Jun 18, 20:20
god, volunteering sucks. how do I let myself get roped into this noise? what time in the morning? two days in a row?? - the new installation of amanda jones Jun 18, 19:59 3
- Welcome to my week :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 18, 20:37
- "Wanna come help feed the homeless?" "Sure... 6AM?!? They're homeless in the afternoon too, right?" -- nm - Jim Gaffigan Jun 18, 20:27
- p.s it feels great to give back to the community *after 10 am.* -- nm - the new installation of amanda jones Jun 18, 20:00
Marilyn Monroe white 'subway' dress from the 7 year Itch just sold. est. $1-2M..what do you think it sold for? -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 18, 19:54 4
- answer - peglegpete Jun 18, 20:06 2
  - gasp! -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 20:14
  - nice. -- nm - loosilu Jun 18, 20:09
- $1.00 -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 18, 20:05
Gotta wonder if Captain America doesnt become the victim of Super Hero fatigue - eag Jun 18, 19:30 21
- 5th if one counts Priest. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 22:05
- one can hope -- nm - moles Jun 18, 19:47
- This also looks like crap. But if it makes $60M in it's opening weekend, too, no one will care. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 18, 19:39 8
  - It will make more cause its got the whole marvel/avengers tie in -- nm - eag Jun 18, 19:43 7
    - Captain America unlike Green Lantern or Iron Man has huge name recognition... - Remlik Jun 18, 19:47 6
      - It still looks like sh!t. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 18, 20:11 3
        
        you hate everything. so.... -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 21:09 1
        
        I do? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 18, 21:40
        
        Maybe they can make a shit burger out of it -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 20:12
      - Only cause its the last link before we get the Avengers movie - eag Jun 18, 19:53 1
        
        negative and yes. -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 21:12
- I doubt it. -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 19:33 9
  - what were your Green Lantern bets? are we going to see pics of your new scalp tattoo? -- nm - loosilu Jun 18, 19:36 5
    - I gotta buy a trade paperback for David for a Comics for Troops donation thing in Oct. we're doing -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 19:39 4
      - but. tjat -- nm - loosilu Jun 18, 19:48 3
        
        that's not humiliating for anyone. -- nm - loosilu Jun 18, 19:48 2
        
        Truly depends on the comic. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 18, 20:01 1
        
        well if David won I was gonna make him buy a Green Lantern one and put an inscription on the inside about how it's his favorite -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 21:10
  - you also thought green lantern would make $140 million this weekend -- nm - moles Jun 18, 19:36 2
    - 280 dumbass -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 19:39
    - I thought it was 250 -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 19:38
Outcasts (spoilers) - amoxy Jun 18, 19:12 4
- spoiler - nubby Jun 18, 19:43 1
  - Yup -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 20:20
- The Torchwood reboot comes oin Showtime in a couple of weeks, I figure if Outcasts doesn't get better that'll take up the slack. -- nm - Trish Targaryen Jun 18, 19:22 1
  - (Starz, not Showtime.) -- nm - Ender Jun 18, 19:41
Rory Mcllroy is Danny Noonan from Cadyshack - eag Jun 18, 19:10 7
- Every time I hear his name, I think of Tin Cup - amoxy Jun 18, 19:13 6
  - Also another golf movie -- nm - eag Jun 18, 19:16 5
    - EAG, are you aware of the delta.org situation? two of your towns have the port occupied and a war has started with vendetta? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 19:33 4
      - IM ON IT -- nm - eag Jun 18, 19:34 3
        
        Im on it -- nm - eag Jun 18, 19:34 2
        
        Holy crap I got hit and hit in the right places -- nm - eag Jun 18, 19:42 1
        
        Ok massive Navy build up in motion from 2 of my other towns -- nm - eag Jun 18, 19:50
I am sure it will make a ton of money, but Cars 2 makes me sad - amoxy Jun 18, 19:09
When I saw the headline for this story, I thought "WTF, he gets thrown in jail for the IRS screwing up?" -- (link) - amoxy Jun 18, 19:07 1
- Why on earth would the bank re-use an account number? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 18, 19:19
Green Lantern C- - Jovian Jun 18, 19:03 1
- road trip with GA & a Guardian! -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 19:18
No one told me that I needed to brush up on my art and literature history before seeing Midnight in Paris. -- nm - Dano Jun 18, 18:03
The Wilderness -- The Bunker level in Little Big Planet with the rotating wheel of death is the most insidious thing I've experienced. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 17:36
Clarence Clemons has died. -- (link) - Tim Jun 18, 17:34 8
- Aww. lame. :( -- nm - JaxSean Jun 18, 19:32
- Bye Big Man. You made me love the sax. -- nm - jnine Jun 18, 18:54
- Oh no. :( -- nm - kelly Jun 18, 18:40
- Crap -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 18:18
- Damn. :-( -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 17:50
- what a shame. -- nm - loosilu Jun 18, 17:40
- awwww.... -- nm - prayformojo Jun 18, 17:39
- Dammit. -- nm - David Jun 18, 17:37
Small Indian reservation near seattle fires all non tribal employees for being white Q: do federal civil rights apply to soveriegn indian land? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 17:04 5
- It appears not - as it applies to discrimination... - MojaveMeg Jun 18, 17:51 3
  - Interesting. The Hard Rock chain is owned by the Seminole tribe. I can see this being a problem. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 18:07 2
    - I'd guess the law only applies on tribal land, not on any businesses outside of that. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 18, 18:14 1
      - I think they got all the favorable employment laws because the PtB in Washington DC thought it would make them forget about the 150 year old treaties - Trish Targaryen Jun 18, 19:18
- I believe most if not all do. BUT there could be tribal laws that supercede federal ones. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 17:15
Weiner is headed out here? He's escaping "to the Hamptons" can I just say - CQ Jun 18, 17:00
i can,t help it, but everytime i hear about rick santorum running i giggle - theliiouluonanook Jun 18, 16:52
hackers who are not lulzsec hit Sega's online network. first, Sega has an online network? -- (link) - moles Jun 18, 16:51 1
- This was my reaction. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 17:10
Poor shefox just wrote y'all a long post... And then lost it hitting the post button somehow. - TFox Jun 18, 16:38 13
- Erph :( I've managed to do that on my phone twice this week. I blame the reset button. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 18, 17:11 7
  - Does anybody ever use that? -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 17:20 6
    - I was wondering that myself after hitting it. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 18, 17:26
    - I never noticed it till now. -- nm - loosilu Jun 18, 17:25 4
      - I've used it when I've decided to do some more fact-checking before posting :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 18, 17:29 3
        
        It would probably be OK to make it confirm before erasing, right? :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 18, 17:35 1
        
        Couldn't hurt...although whenever a program asks "are you sure?" we need a "yes, dammit!!" button :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 18, 17:47
        
        we found the one person! -- nm - loosilu Jun 18, 17:34
- Women and technology. - bc/nc Jun 18, 16:43 3
  - (Don't smile; this is totally what happened.) - TFox Jun 18, 16:44 2
    - mean = tech savvy? - theliiouluonanook Jun 18, 16:48
    - no steak bomb for her -- nm - moles Jun 18, 16:46
- See? Lackluster. -- nm - David Jun 18, 16:39
this is pretty great: 1972 article on the first video game "Space War" and pretty accurate predictions about future uses of "ARPA Net" -- (link) - moles Jun 18, 16:15 4
- It's no great predication to say that every new invention will eventually be used for porn. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 16:29 2
  - pOrn paves the way as much as gamers do. I'll bet the orbit space flights won't become profitable until they feature 'private' suits for weightless - zeitgeist Jun 18, 17:07 1
    - yes, that's exactly what's been holding space travel back - moles Jun 18, 17:10
- (the internet, essentially, was the direct result of Sputnik putting the fear of god into the U.S. government, which threw tons of money at research) -- nm - moles Jun 18, 16:18
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My walking out of the theatre, gut grade for Green Lantern (3D) is a B- -- nm - Stephen Jun 18, 15:47 8
- C- - Ender Jun 18, 16:35 1
  - Sarsgaard seemed to be trying to outdo Michael Sheen in Tron Legacy. -- nm - David Jun 18, 16:39
- I first read this as you walking out of the theatre because it was so bad. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 15:55
- How much has it earned? -- nm - Epiphany Jun 18, 15:55 4
  - did 22 mil yesterday...on pace to make to 55 - 60 million -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 16:12 3
    - more than expected by the studio - theliiouluonanook Jun 18, 16:26
    - Is that good, bad or ugly? - Epiphany Jun 18, 16:24 1
      - I'd say it actually surpassed expectation. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 16:30
diva will be happy to know that disney has ordered a lemonade mouth sequel -- nm - moles Jun 18, 15:47 1
- yeah!, i mean, wha? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 18, 20:25
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Green Lantern is like Pamela Anderson as a movie. -- nm - David Jun 18, 15:43 1
- Only with Pam the middle is the good part. -- nm - Ender Jun 18, 16:36
I caught that on the backboards about the spammy books on Kindle. Ha! 'Freakshow' and 'bite.' are coming to Kindle this week. - Qale Jun 18, 15:38

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