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The Big Picture has great photos of South Sudan (the world's newest nation). #21 is my new desktop. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 18, 13:27
interesting photo of the imprint of an owl on a window -- (link) - Andie Jul 18, 13:24 4
- "Shortly afterwards, Hogwarts switched to e-mail" -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 13:25 3
  - No more Catalog Condors? -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:28
  - "Spam Filterus Blockadus!" -- nm - 5 seconds earlier Jul 18, 13:27
  - L4. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 13:26
next big thing poll: if you were going to try and write the "next Harry Potter" what would your concept be (like HP was about "wizard school/magic") -- nm - moles Jul 18, 13:24 37
- Something about teenagers going back in time and becoming dinosaur hunters -- nm - ceregon Jul 18, 13:50
- Various scenerios where hot young men in black boxer briefs perform homo-erotic dark rituals on one another as part of satanic cults. -- nm - David DeCoteau Jul 18, 13:34 2
  - isn't it usually white underwear? - ceregon Jul 18, 13:48 1
    - It depends on what's on sale I suppose at the time of filming. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 13:51
- The Next Next Starfighter. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 18, 13:34
- A mild-mannered physics professor and his research group uncover a portal to other dimensions. -- nm - nubby Jul 18, 13:31 5
  - sliders -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 13:34 4
    - A delicious entree, granted, but maybe not a great book plot. nm - Dignan Jul 18, 13:35
    - But good this time. -- nm - nubby Jul 18, 13:34 2
      - heh. Well played. Scott Bakula in the lead as Professor Bunton -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 13:36
      - "Where did this nude beach come from?" -- nm - Max Jul 18, 13:35
- are there any books lately on alien invasion/survival? - Max Jul 18, 13:31 6
  - you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a "revolution against the alien occupation of Earth" script lately -- nm - moles Jul 18, 13:32 5
    - See, I swing my dead cats in an open field to avoid this kind of bullshit. nm - Dignan Jul 18, 13:34
    - I'd like to try. -- nm - nubby Jul 18, 13:33 3
      - Well, it's three tries for a dollar, kid. And if you miss the script twice, you can get a small stuffed Garfield. - the worst carnival barker ever Jul 18, 13:35
      - "Adam Sandler's "The Cat Swinger" is just the most recent entry in those already crowded genre." -- nm - 2013 Jul 18, 13:34
      - Well, at first, the cat was alive...but then *thunk* off the Falling Skies script and now, dead cat. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 13:34
- i would like to do Madeline without all the flying bs, she was fantastic as a smart little girl -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:30 1
  - I think he means something popular, though I read it as movies. Oops. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:31
- The Magicians. - Spawn Jul 18, 13:29 3
  - magic's been done. move on, dummy -- nm - moles Jul 18, 13:30 2
    - vampires have been done... but there are still more and more series of books that are doing well. -- nm - colin Jul 18, 13:31 1
      - Fat Man, you know you're in trouble with your writing when you have to have ME edit you. :P -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 13:38
- Something akin to the Librarian movies ... mystical items. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 13:29 2
  - Tomb Raider. next. - Remlik Jul 18, 13:34 1
    - Nah, like a real series...not "Let's see Jolie's boobs again" --- Uncharted. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 13:35
- Your books will be about...uh...a magical raccoon! He has an afro! His name is Squiggles, and he shoots pixie dust out of his bunghole! - colin Jul 18, 13:28
- Lost in time. nm - Dignan Jul 18, 13:28
- a D&D type "Thieves Guild" movie. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 18, 13:27
- some fantasy shit about dolphins. chicks eat up all sorts of dolphin shit. -- nm - TFox Jul 18, 13:26 2
  - Dolphins v Unicorns -- nm - Roger More Jul 18, 13:33
  - So does my dad. -- nm - Stan Marsh Jul 18, 13:32
- Charlemagne's court! -- nm - Max Jul 18, 13:25
- sheesh, come up with your OWN ideas! -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 13:25 2
  - i'll give you an "executive producer" credit! -- nm - moles Jul 18, 13:26 1
    - godamnit I gave you a franchise idea! -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 13:35
Stage collapsed during Cheap Trick concert in Ottawa last night. Big storm, band ran off stage, stage collapsed. -- (link) - Andie Jul 18, 13:17 7
- Cheap Trick played a Bluesfest? - Spawn Jul 18, 13:18 6
  - Any port in a storm. -- nm - nubby Jul 18, 13:19 5
    - 25 Spawn Points -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:20 4
      - Have you published a Spawn Points Catalog recently? -- nm - nubby Jul 18, 13:21 3
        
        Threesome with Remlik - moles Jul 18, 13:31
        
        Batman *flips page* Batman *flips page* Batman *flips page* *sigh* -- nm - oblique Jul 18, 13:22 1
        
        There is some prime Fraggle Rock and Halo stuff in there, too. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:27
sitwap: Sin Cara suspended for wellness issues... - Remlik Jul 18, 13:17 1
- Him being on the show should violate my wellness policy. What a nightmare he's been from the word 'go.' -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 13:18
I get their press releases. This is interesting. Acorn Media (Brit TV on DVD) unleashes streaming video service. - Mop (197 lbs) Jul 18, 13:15
turntable is not playing nice with my computer today. I blame Spotify. Or something. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 13:13
Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" is like musical crack. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jul 18, 13:08 4
- It seems to parallel Waking Up in Vegas. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:08 2
  - Which is a better song, really. Last Friday Night feels more Ke$ha-like in its lyrics. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 13:16 1
    - yes it does - I like it for that. -- nm - Pippy Jul 18, 13:17
- "Katy Perry: Not Even Once." -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 13:08
my favorite bpuncer is leaving zeno's for a day job in NC. what a sad and happy day. - the endless summer of smamanda jones Jul 18, 13:05
Live every week like it's Shark Week. - Spawn Jul 18, 13:04
dear coworker, when you tell me that you've read that fox news isn't covering the phone scandal in england, I will indeed check that out. - b. Jul 18, 13:02 10
- tds played their live blog web cam of the news desk talking during a commercial break, are you gonna say anything? hell no -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:20
- Well, then you get Fox & Friends who played the victim card seemlessly. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 13:04 4
  - To be fair, they would have given the same pass to, say, a George Soros scandal. nm - Dignan Jul 18, 13:26 2
    - I heard he didn't flush last week...huge news for FN. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 13:34
    - "With a dry cool wit like that..." -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 13:31
  - With friends like them who needs enemies? -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 13:17
- the Fox and Friends segment that was linked here, however, was hilarious gold. -- nm - TFox Jul 18, 13:04 1
  - being hacked is the same as hacking! -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 13:04
- they are and they aren't - Reagen Jul 18, 13:04 1
  - just that show last week, or overall? - b. Jul 18, 13:09
Monday auction produces no new bids for Borders, company moves one step closer to liquidation (nmbl) - Brian Jul 18, 12:47 5
- I'll buy it for a dollar. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 12:47 4
  - Just remember, you get like $1.5 billion in debt with that order. -- nm - Ender Jul 18, 12:49 3
    - Just who was dumb enought to loan these guys $1.5 billion? -- nm - not2fast Jul 18, 13:00 1
      - TOO BIG TO FAIL! -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:02
    - I've always wanted to feel like Donald Trump. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 12:51
oh, so daisy has started a new funny habit. instead of just chasing her tail, she also goes after her own back leg in tail-chasing fashion - kare Jul 18, 12:46 2
- hee -- nm - moles Jul 18, 12:49 1
  - and when she "catches" her back leg she pulls it away from herself because it (presumably) hurts. - kare Jul 18, 12:50
bbs are owie. *hugs to Jack and bigger hugs to MDH* -- nm - b. Jul 18, 12:42
CNN starts streaming live to web, iOS -- (link) - oblique Jul 18, 12:39
pixie, what was the response to irrational carpool girl? -- nm - kare Jul 18, 12:38 38
- prudence sez . . . - moles Jul 18, 12:41 37
  - rar! -- nm - b. Jul 18, 12:58
  - Prudence is the hot co-worker obviously. -- nm - Inigo Jul 18, 12:48
  - obviously homelife must be so unpleasant/disfunctional that he is loath to leave the peaceful car to enter into the hell within the house -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 12:46 6
    - nothing indicated he was spending extra time int he car. -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 12:47 5
      - right. that was just pixie getting it ALL WRONG - kare Jul 18, 12:47 4
        
        where did i read that he sat in the car talking for 90 min? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:25 2
        
        oh wait, i must have confused it with a pyschic message from madonna -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:27
        
        it's called commuting -- nm - oblique Jul 18, 13:27
        
        dear prudence, this "acquaintance" of mine on an online message board is constantly misrepresenting things - oblique Jul 18, 12:49
  - whoa - thats the most aggressive thing I've seen her write -- nm - Pippy Jul 18, 12:45 9
    - Hmm, she's usually pretty in-your-face. -- nm - nubby Jul 18, 12:54 3
      - not really - she always soft sells it and then wants the readers to back her play - Pippy Jul 18, 12:56 2
        
        I mostly watch her animated letters. A lot of times she surprises me with her directness. -- nm - nubby Jul 18, 12:57 1
        
        There's direct and then there's rip someone's spine out...this trends toward the latter - Will Hunting Jul 18, 13:02
    - bordering on defensive. -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 12:46 4
      - I don't get the defensive as much as "I've had to listen to this shit for years, have you people learned nothing?" -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 12:52 2
        
        sick and tired of it on some level, anyway. -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 12:54 1
        
        This would seem to be a bad trait for an advice columnist -- nm - con_carne Jul 18, 13:06
      - " WE WERE ON A BREAK!!" -- nm - Prudence SI Jul 18, 12:51
  - yow. -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 12:45
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  - heh! -- nm - kare Jul 18, 12:44
  - Is this level of sarcasm standard in an advice column reply? Yeesh. -- nm - con_carne Jul 18, 12:43 13
    - depends on the column. you write a column, you want readers. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 12:45 12
      - Sorry. Spitting venom and making an obvious effort to make your reader feel stupid is no way to dole out good advice. -- nm - con_carne Jul 18, 12:59 11
        
        feel stupid or try to make them see just how irrational they are being by borrowing trouble in a huge way? - b. Jul 18, 13:12
        
        Well, sometimes they should feel stupid... - Stephen Jul 18, 13:05 4
        
        Call me crazy, but I think stupid, misled people should be allowed write in for advice and not receive irony and sarcasm in return to decode. -- nm - con_carne Jul 18, 13:13 2
        
        people should read answers from advice-givers before writing to them. some give touchy-feely stuff. some are more direct. if someone wants the - b. Jul 18, 13:20
        
        is this like a constitutional right now? columnists whose job is presumably to grow readership need to be more dry and less entertaining? -- nm - TFox Jul 18, 13:16
        
        it's like the people that called into Dr. Laura. - Reagen Jul 18, 13:08
        
        alternatively, don't write into an advice columnist known for her snarkiess if you don't want the potential for a snarky answer. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 13:02 3
        
        I don't think she's normally that snarky. -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 13:06 2
        
        honestly, it read as pretty direct, but it didn't seem shockingly out of the ordinary to me. i was surprised by everyone's reaction. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 13:08 1
        
        Really? I was a bit shocked, to the point I thought poxie made it up. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:09
        
        *shrug*. she seems to be doing just fine. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 12:59
  - Wow, and I thought I was being kinda harsh in my thoughts of this lady. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 12:42
71 percent of Americans disapprove of Republican debt ceiling negotiations, including 51 percent of Republicans (nmbl) - Brian Jul 18, 12:34 8
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- Of course half of those probably think they're not doing enough. - Ender Jul 18, 12:40 1
  - half? highly unlikely. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 18, 12:41
- This is what frequently bothers me the most - they don't speak for "the American people" that they claim to. -- nm - Max Jul 18, 12:37 4
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  - and the people they claim to speak for don't seem to notice is what surprises me. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 12:38 2
    - well the guy i voted for is agreeing to 75% of what they're asking for, so what can i do? -- nm - moles Jul 18, 12:40 1
      - ditto. but at least we notice. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 12:46
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- that's pretty damn warm. i love summer. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 12:44 3
  - There's "It's so hot women are walking around half naked" and then there's "It's so hot no one is walking around and people die instead" - oblique Jul 18, 12:51 2
    - sure, but i'm on the opinion you can't complain about winter and summer. so i only complain about cold. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 12:54 1
      - This is exactly where I am. If I'm gonna bitch about 10 below...I will live with the 110 bitch-free. -- nm - Jim Jul 18, 12:56
- not necessarrily the hottest, just the highest heat index -- nm - Don Homer Jul 18, 12:38
- meanwhile, *we* have stories like this one. "In 6 months, just 14 nice days in the Puget Sound region" -- (link) - kare Jul 18, 12:36 3
  - yuck. here it's insanely hot and i thought we were going to get a desperately needed rainstorm today, but it appears not. supposed to be 37*C on - Andie Jul 18, 12:43 2
    - that most everyone else is experiencing 100+ temps for weeks on end boggles my mind. (i'd rather be here and drab and gray, i suppose) -- nm - kare Jul 18, 12:45 1
      - I lived in San Bernardino without AC and yeah, it was not pleasant feeling like you're sweating while drying off from your shower -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 12:48
- I don't think "everything between Wheeling and Colorado" counts as a "city". -- nm - Ender Jul 18, 12:35
- that's messed up. -- nm - colin Jul 18, 12:32
- The one ween lives in. -- nm - Max Jul 18, 12:31
- Hotlanta -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 18, 12:31
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- Right around $400 million. -- nm - Inigo Jul 18, 12:50
- All I know is all ya'll graded Potter too damn high that's for sure. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 12:44
- The giant opening for part 1 didn't seem to make the slightest difference - I think it doesn't hit 350. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 12:34 5
  - The ending of the series will give this last Harry Potter film better legs. Well, by comparison any way... -- nm - Inigo Jul 18, 12:58 4
    - maybe yes, maybe no. How many people do you think waited? -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 13:09 3
      - I think it's the number of pedestrian fans wanting to see how it ends that makes the difference. - Inigo Jul 18, 13:12
      - I know a couple! -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:10 1
        
        And (spoils) - Spawn Jul 18, 13:11
- 400mil....I don't see the quality necessary to push it to Dark Knight final tally's. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 12:30
- $350 is a lock. I'm thinking it'll settle somewhere around $375mil. -- nm - Jim Jul 18, 12:30
- I pick $390m -- nm - Max Jul 18, 12:29
Episode 1: Sheen's going to keep bringing up the same story to his victim till the victim snaps. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 12:28
hey pusherman, any words on those comics i was looking for? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 18, 12:26
if you can't be with the one you love, love the the one you're with -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 12:25
zoom zoom -- nm - moles Jul 18, 12:25

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