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Now Manning and Brees are asking to be exempt from the franchise tag. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 19, 10:20 1
- Wha?!?!?! -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 10:23
the assistant who hit murdoch with the pie tweeted: "It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat" - moles Jul 19, 10:16 1
- I need to have a twitter that adds temporarily famous people, and then deletes them when their fifteen minutes is up -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 10:20
No one says "It's the coolest thing since Planking". - Beryllium Jul 19, 10:14 1
- Owling? -- nm - marcel Jul 19, 10:16
so remember how we picked up newton on friday? yeah, that didn't go so well. so we get to pick him up *again* today!! - the endless summer of smamanda jones Jul 19, 10:13
The motion poster for The Hunger Games movie. -- (link) - LMS Jul 19, 10:10 3
- hell yes -- nm - Pippy Jul 19, 10:21
- awesome -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 10:15
- I think I'm gonna drive by a Borders this weekend and try to pick this up. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 10:15
snakehead news on the radio! History Pop Quiz: in what year did the snakehead first start dominating headlines in the US? -- nm - Max Jul 19, 10:07 8
- 2002 -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 10:14 2
  - 2002 -- (link) - Max Jul 19, 10:15 1
    - Is this ST post salad? - con_carne Jul 19, 10:23
- f*ck the snakehad -- ?? -- nm - the alternate answer of smamanda jones Jul 19, 10:14
- one dollar, bob. -- nm - the endless summer of smamanda jones Jul 19, 10:13
- 2004 -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 10:12
- 2003 -- nm - Don Homer Jul 19, 10:11
- 2005 -- nm - moles Jul 19, 10:08
Nigella Lawson admits she is an "aquaholic", has been warned about dangers of her excessive water consumption. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 19, 10:05 5
- i can help her lose some water -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 10:18
- in related but less sexy news, I'm orange again from carrot consumption. oh well. -- nm - the endless summer of smamanda jones Jul 19, 10:11 1
  - this really happens? how many carrots did it take? -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 10:12
- Love her accent. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 10:09 1
  - me too. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 10:11
Library today: I bought A Brief History of the Knights Templar ($1) and borrowed The No Fail Diet for my wife -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 10:01 1
- go back and pick up Better Beauty Through Rhinoplasty -- nm - Max Jul 19, 10:05
Shipping Today: Cedar Rapids and The Adjustment Bureau -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 09:55
st poll: Whats your perfect "i just woke up and turned on the tv to find this movie" movie? - tRuMaN Jul 19, 09:52 14
- The Lost World... I... don't know why. -- nm - Buzz Jul 19, 10:23
- Demolition Man -- nm - TFox Jul 19, 10:03
- I Spit On Your Grave - con_carne Jul 19, 10:02
- Groundhog Day -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 09:55
- Lately, it's been Iron Man but over the past year, it's Up. - David Jul 19, 09:55 1
  - rap music/flash dancing - prayformojo Jul 19, 09:59
- The Big Blue Director's Cut -- nm - marcel Jul 19, 09:54
- Goonies or Tombstone. -- nm - sycor Jul 19, 09:54
- Rush Hour. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 09:54
- Magnolia. Because then I'd know that the worst single thing that could possibly happen to me that day, has already happened -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 09:53 3
  - *hits you with a frog* -- nm - TFox Jul 19, 10:03
  - +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 09:54
  - Sadly...still accurate. -- nm - pfm on the day of his vasectomy Jul 19, 09:54
- Pirates of the Caribbean 1. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:52
Rashard Mendenhall suing Champion for $1 mil -- (link) - Beaker Jul 19, 09:45 1
- for infringing the patent on his fumbling machine? -- nm - moles Jul 19, 09:46
The New Planking: Leisure Diving -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 19, 09:44 2
- I was just going to post this! -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 09:54
- way more amusing than planking. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 09:51
Baltimore mayoral candidate proposes a "bullet tax" to decrease violence -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 19, 09:43 3
- second amendment freedom isn't free -- nm - moles Jul 19, 09:50
- 'cuase you know criminals would never drive a couple of miles to buy bullets or anything. - decline Jul 19, 09:45 1
  - gah, my typing is horrendous today -- nm - decline Jul 19, 09:46
Spawn, is Tardis mobile? -- nm - Stephen Jul 19, 09:43 16
- Would not move last night. Have not tried this morning. Is the town still crewed or are they pulling it? -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 09:44 15
  - Still there. Trying to get troop strength because last night trailboss (q a's battle buddy) moved 600+ ships to q a's crystal island. - Stephen Jul 19, 09:46 13
    - out the door, but if I can move I will bring - Spawn Jul 19, 09:47 12
      - Any troops? -- nm - Stephen Jul 19, 09:49 10
        
        level 34 barracks and level 25 shipyard can spit out a lot, but will bring. - Spawn Jul 19, 09:50 9
        
        Excellent. This will be epic! -- nm - Stephen Jul 19, 09:54 8
        
        whereabouts is this going to be? i have some ships sitting around -- nm - marcel Jul 19, 10:13 7
        
        Polis at 90:52 will be where we attack -- nm - Stephen Jul 19, 10:15 5
        
        takes me 20 hours to get there :( -- nm - marcel Jul 19, 10:19 4
        
        that's good! Be there tomorrow morning. takes me 3 days! -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 10:19 3
        
        staging at Roma? -- nm - marcel Jul 19, 10:23 2
        
        Well, once spawn jumps Tardis we'll kick the tires and light the fires. Might not be much more than scraps of questions after and trailboss' armies at - Stephen Jul 19, 10:25
        
        yes (friggin mortar boats are sloooow) -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 10:24
        
        ditto -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 10:14
      - lordy i wish I could speed up the build time on my armada -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 09:48
  - Actually, I have a showing at lunch so I have to go. Will be back in 75 minutes. -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 09:45
I still can't see in Facebook settings where I can go offline. - Max Jul 19, 09:39 8
- At the bottom of the chat pane (lower right corner of all your FB screens) - con_carne Jul 19, 09:43 4
  - I have Available to Chat, Chat Sounds, Limit Availability, but no Hide Sidebar -- nm - Max Jul 19, 09:47 3
    - Did you click the little gear icon? -- nm - mara Jul 19, 10:26
    - Eh...either way, it's the Available to Chat that you want to uncheck. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 09:47 1
      - I think when you are unavailable then you can hide it. -- nm - Amy Jul 19, 09:49
- You have to click the little gear on the Chat box. You'll see a couple things...Available to Chat is one of them. - Jim Jul 19, 09:42
- there is a settings button on the char bar. It's in there (not in the regular settings) -- nm - decline Jul 19, 09:40 1
  - "chat bar" -- nm - decline Jul 19, 09:41
The "Homophobic cow" is up next. -- (link) - LMS Jul 19, 09:37 1
- Anita Bryant? -- nm - David Jul 19, 09:46
The 25 hottest female soccer players -- (link) - con_carne Jul 19, 09:36 3
- Hope Solo better be on the list for the name alone. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 19, 10:05 1
  - not just the name. - TFox Jul 19, 10:15
- #21, #13, #9 (awful picture of Heather Mitts), #6, #3, #2. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:41
Tropical storm Dora expected to become hurricane -- (link) - Beaker Jul 19, 09:34 10
- I wish we would've had a Bob this year, or a Thomas, to go with Dora. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 09:41
- are west coast hurricanes rare? -- nm - the endless summer of smamanda jones Jul 19, 09:38 2
  - they stay pretty south, in Mexico. they'll reach the Baja occasionally though -- nm - moles Jul 19, 09:42 1
    - Occasionally, jet streams will blow hurricane leavings our way. It's weird when that happens. Feels like an alternate world. It's nice. -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 10:04
- Take away her Map and she will never reach land. -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 09:36 1
  - Fuck that...take the whole backpack! -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 09:38
- Map? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 09:35 2
  - linky -- (link) - decline Jul 19, 09:37 [Image] 1
    - actually, I was refering to this -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 19, 09:39 [Image]
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Andie, did you see my post from the 8th re: the T? - bc/nc Jul 19, 09:31 2
- glad it got there eventually! stupid mail strike. were the chocolate bars totally wrecked from the heat? -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:32 1
  - Nope not at all actually. In fact I have the CC with me today. Enjoying it...slowly. -- nm - bc/nc Jul 19, 09:34
From the damned if you do, damned if you don't files: Some metal drinking bottles may contain BPA too. -- (link) - bc/nc Jul 19, 09:30
without looking up numbers is your perception of Bad Teacher that is was (a) big hit (b) middling hit (c) a bomb? -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:27 46
- c -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 09:55
- a -- nm - ceregon Jul 19, 09:53
- When foreign is included it's a big hit based on the budget I'd imagine. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 09:38
- Modest hit -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:36
- b+. Certainly not a hit, but better than average. -- nm - not2fast Jul 19, 09:33
- okay, so what if i told you it only cost $20M to make (which seems impossible, which is what made me think about this) and that it's current take is - Andie Jul 19, 09:32 30
  - Kelly and I saw it.....I wish our $17 wasn't part of that tally. It was bad. Not Love Guru bad, but bad nonetheless. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:37
  - For those stars, though, it should have been a bigger hit. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 09:37 1
    - I think hitting $100M is a pretty big hit for a June comedy esp. with all of the competition -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 09:39
  - I'd still call it middling rather than a big hit. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 19, 09:36
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    - She knocked $10 million off her price b/c of the contract clause requiring Timberlake to bang her in between takes -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 09:37 1
      - she makes $5 for every piece of popcorn she feeds A-Roid now. -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:38
    - she took less than her quote for this -- nm - moles Jul 19, 09:37 9
      - I often wonder if production budgets we see are all "below the line." Is it safe to assume talent salary is always included in these? -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 09:39 8
        
        a budget has to include salaries. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:40 7
        
        Not below the line. Isn't that the definition of "below the line?" -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 09:45 3
        
        right, talent is above the line, but if you see a production budget number, that includes the talent. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:52 1
        
        Ah, thanks. -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 09:55
        
        no, above-the-line is the cost for the talent -- (link) - moles Jul 19, 09:49
        
        but what talent are doing more of is getting higher back-end points to make up for reducing their up-front salaries -- nm - moles Jul 19, 09:41 2
        
        i think if i were a studio i'd be all about this. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:42 1
        
        yup, split the risk (and the reward) -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:43
    - that's what i thought. but it's in a couple places. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:36 1
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  - it might have cost that to market as well, remember. but yeah, it's nice margin. -- nm - the endless summer of smamanda jones Jul 19, 09:36
  - It's big for the studio...but I'd still say it's only a middling hit with the rest of the world, if that makes any sense. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 09:35 1
    - totally makes sense. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:36
  - 'Course, it should be okay for studios to produce smaller films that not everyone sees. This should be a norm, not an exception. -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 09:34 6
    - There's a reason Tyler Perry will not have to worry about work for a long time. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:44
    - Wait, spend money on movies that less people will pay to see? That's just crazy enough to work! -- nm - Studios Jul 19, 09:35 4
      - I think he means: spend $20 mil to make $100 mil rather than spend $200 mil to make $300 mil (as an example) -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:42 3
        
        i know. studios mostly don't see it this way. they want the home-run potential every time out of the gate - moles Jul 19, 09:46 2
        
        there seems to be a lack of knowledge or unwillingness to do marketing for the smaller films. -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 10:01 1
        
        they leave that to the independents - moles Jul 19, 10:05
  - *records $30 million loss* -- nm - Studio books Jul 19, 09:33
- b -- nm - moles Jul 19, 09:31
- b -- nm - kare Jul 19, 09:30
- b -- nm - nubby Jul 19, 09:30
- B -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 19, 09:30
- b -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 09:29
- not a bomb, but on the bomb side. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 09:29
- b -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 09:29
- b -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:28
- between middling and bomb. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 09:28
- B. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 09:27
*pies ST* -- nm - nubby Jul 19, 09:20 8
- *cakes nubby* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 09:28 1
  - I suggest cheesecake for this -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:29
- ~ .... I stepped in a big pile of ... Shaving cream, be nice and clean ~ -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:24 1
  - *likes* -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 09:24
- tastes like Barbasol -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 09:21
- cream pie? -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:21 2
  - Hair pie? -- nm - Booger Jul 19, 09:22
  - Is that a request? -- nm - nubby Jul 19, 09:22

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