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sitwap: Breaking...Peyton needs another neck operation and may be out indefinately... - Remlik Sep 4, 20:41 3
- *ratingsgasm* -- nm - ESPN Sep 4, 20:42
- Bill Polian: I don't now anything about it honestly. -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 20:42 1
  - Mortereport says no other procedure planned right now -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 20:46
Get a preview of tomorrow's Google Doodle. A tribute to Freddie Mercury who would have been 65 Monday. -- (link) - not2fast Sep 4, 20:40
Yep, Tivo's promoting the pilot of "New Girl" on its menu. You can preview the first episode if you have a Tivo. Or, you know, BitTorrent. -- nm - Mop Sep 4, 20:37 1
- or just watch any other random Zooey Deschanel movie - moles Sep 4, 20:39
it seems somewhat cruel to have the only showing of the day for tree of life be at 935pm. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 20:22
So that's where Merle went. -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 20:18
don't tell max. "Gotcha" is this week's midnight movie at the New Beverly -- nm - moles Sep 4, 20:15 1
- ! -- nm - Max Sep 4, 23:36
hee! speaking of piano lessons for quitters, NPR reviews Hugh Laurie's new blues record. and he HATED piano lessons. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 4, 20:11 3
- ps. his English accent is *mostly* convincing. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 20:26 2
  - being a British native, it's not much of a stretch for him -- nm - moles Sep 4, 20:29 1
    - you think? - loosilu Sep 4, 20:31
This is a genius way to turn a negative into a positive in Las Vegas. -- (link) - David Sep 4, 20:10
I am surprised at how little I have done this weekend. Everyone needs a "couch potato day" every once in a while, but - yikes. I dragged myself out of - kelly Sep 4, 20:09 6
- Faaaaaaaaaat. -- nm - TFox Sep 4, 20:23 2
  - Also known as "Pierce the Dickish" nm - ralph wiggum Sep 4, 20:31
  - haaaaaaaaaate. -- nm - kelly Sep 4, 20:26
- there is NOTHING wrong with that. I hope you enjoyed the hell of out it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 20:21
- welcome to my life -- nm - Murphy Sep 4, 20:11 1
  - seriously. - kelly Sep 4, 20:13
Tonight's old movie: Sunset Boulevard. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 19:33 1
- you will like it -- nm - peglegpete Sep 4, 19:54
Something cool I just found out is that Vudu sells 3D movies now. - David Sep 4, 19:13
Warrior is the best movie so far this year. - Jelly Sep 4, 19:13
Breaking Bad is on. -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 19:00 3
- I'm catching up. Just started the last three, back-to-back-to-back. -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 19:06 1
  - That's gonna be fun -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 4, 19:19
- and Iron Chef -- nm - peglegpete Sep 4, 19:04
I really don't miss Netflix as much as I thought I would. Redbox is doing fine -- nm - Ducks till the end! Sep 4, 18:51 10
- Amazon Prime has been pretty good so far. I'd like to see them stream to my TV like Netflix did. Hoping that comes soon. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 4, 19:01 3
  - FWIW, if you buy a Roku, you can do this. I just checked and they're selling for about $50-$60 on eBay. - David Sep 4, 19:11 2
    - The Amazon is the only plus I've found thus far of the Roku we got. - JaxSean Sep 4, 19:51 1
      - Sell yours to Fuzzy! -- nm - David Sep 4, 20:10
- Oh and the GF gets Blurays from the library. We are seeing Despicable Me on the public dime. -- nm - Ducks till the end! Sep 4, 18:53 5
  - If someone invented the concept of the library today, it'd get sued out of existence. -- nm - Mop Sep 4, 20:38
  - so, your own tax dollars. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 18:58 2
    - i can't believe they would let public money be spent on something as frivolous as kids animation -- nm - moles Sep 4, 19:01 1
      - Fine, but we've got to cut the budget somewhere else. -- nm - Eric Can'tor Sep 4, 19:08
  - pinko. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 18:58
Mmm - white corn can be sooo sweet. -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 4, 18:51
Weekend movie report: The Corn is Green, B+. Taxi Driver, A. Holy crap, Taxi Driver is dark. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 18:40 18
- First 5 Episodes of Torchwood Miracle Day C- (spoilers) - amoxy Sep 4, 18:52 1
  - those were poorly edited with to much meaningless scenes. the last few have been wonderful and very tight -- nm - peglegpete Sep 4, 19:55
- You talking to me? -- nm - amoxy Sep 4, 18:45 1
  - still a classic. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 18:48
- paul schrader was in a "bad place" when he wrote it -- (link) - moles Sep 4, 18:44 11
  - although Schrader felt the film (Bringing out the Dead, possibly considered a sequel) went awry when Nicolas Cage was cast in the lead -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 19:45 1
    - The book was fantastic. The film was crap on a cracker. -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 19:46
  - very cool article by the way. It is so weird to me, though, that people only talk about the violence. Never about the 12 year old prostitute. - loosilu Sep 4, 18:55 3
    - not so far fetched. a common way was to have some local teens bring girls to a bad ass party, so the potential vics sneak out of their house to go - zeitgeist Sep 4, 19:04
    - it was a huge controversy -- nm - moles Sep 4, 19:01 1
      - I am glad to hear that. it doesn't seem obvious today, from what I read. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 19:14
  - Through modern eyes, Jodie Foster's role is quite shocking. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 18:49 2
    - sad fact, until recently it was not that much of a stretch, a couple years ago a 12yo was found murdered, reporters asked about her arrest record and - zeitgeist Sep 4, 18:58 1
      - oh, I'm fully aware they exist. But I have a feeling most child prostitutes are nothing like Jodie Foster. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 18:59
  - Then were is YOUR Oscar winning script at? -- nm - Ducks till the end! Sep 4, 18:45 1
    - Pixie isn't in a dark place, he just hasn't found a flashlight for his cardboard box yet -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 4, 19:37
- That is SOOOO racist! -- nm - Ducks till the end! Sep 4, 18:42
- the man who wasn't there, A+ -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 18:42
Finally. The rain has started here. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 18:36 1
- falling on your head like a memory? -- nm - moles Sep 4, 18:38
my four year old niece in the background while I'm on the phone with my brother: - Max Sep 4, 18:28 1
- "stop killing my soul with your damn blueberries!" -- nm - moles Sep 4, 18:34
Heh, local news showing live coverage of a driver at a Long Beach boat ramp that launched his pickup along with the boat. - MojaveMeg Sep 4, 18:26
RIP Leroy Selman -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 18:16
i so want a beer, but I'm going out tonight and can't get a head start, sigh, grilling lobster of all things -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 18:07
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- *pets his Joseph Addai* - Beaker Sep 4, 18:08 5
  - Yeah because teams stuffing 8 in the box will get him HUGE yardage -- nm - Ducks till the end! Sep 4, 18:44 1
    - how'd the Ducks do yesterday? I was away. -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 19:00
  - Beaker understands football. -- nm - TFox Sep 4, 18:41 1
    - for my third RB, I will pet him -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 18:52
  - yeah, Old Man Collins will keep them honest -- nm - moles Sep 4, 18:09
- *ratingsgasm* -- nm - ESPN Sep 4, 18:06
The casting for The Debt is so obviously reversed on what it should be that it was confusing at times. - Max Sep 4, 17:59 3
- I agree. Saw it today. Still not sure what i -- nm - MDH Sep 4, 18:32 2
  - ugh. what id give it. -- nm - MDH Sep 4, 18:32 1
    - AA+ -- nm - S&P Sep 4, 19:12
Fassbender in Shame (from Variety): "Completely unself-conscious about the full-frontal nudity and graphically simulated sex acts required of him..." -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 17:57 2
- uhh, thewhatnow? -- nm - kelly Sep 4, 19:54
- no shame at all. -- nm - Max Sep 4, 18:00
Do I need to watch Band of Brothers before The Pacific? :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 4, 17:52 4
- Is there a new True Blood tonight? -- nm - Pippy Sep 4, 18:04
- not really. separate casts, separate settings, separate stories -- nm - moles Sep 4, 18:03
- The Pacific will be a real let-down after BoB though. Not bad by itself, but no comparison. -- nm - not2fast Sep 4, 17:59
- BoB is the best thing ever aired on TV so I would say yes -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 17:53
Fifteen minutes into Megamind, and it pales in comparison to Despicable Me. -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 17:13 16
- I was bored by Despicable. At least the dialogue in Megamind kept me interested. -- nm - Max Sep 4, 17:46 3
  - i feel the same. but i saw Megamind in the theater, so i was more of a captive audience. -- nm - kare Sep 4, 18:25 2
    - how was The Smurfs? -- nm - moles Sep 4, 18:28 1
      - it was... watchable. - kare Sep 4, 19:09
- Yes. -- nm - kelly Sep 4, 17:27
- alot of great music in it -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 17:26
- We are watching DM tonight and I have never seen it. -- nm - Go Ducks! via droid Sep 4, 17:15 9
  - It's way cute. We are watching Knight & Day. " this is not your 1st rodeo woman" - Pippy Sep 4, 17:21 8
    - " I'll kill myself and then her!" -- nm - Pippy Sep 4, 17:38 7
      - i love Knight & Day. and i don't care who knows it! - kare Sep 4, 18:26 6
        
        It was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. -- nm - Ducks till the end! Sep 4, 18:44 4
        
        you also loved Sherlock and hated my Paul's last flick. so this is consistent. ;) -- nm - kare Sep 4, 19:10
        
        You're weird and dumb and have terrible movie taste and are an Oregon fan. -- nm - David Sep 4, 18:58
        
        Its so unserious. -- nm - Pippy Sep 4, 18:48 1
        
        I know, what they were TRYING to do. I just hated how they did it. -- nm - Ducks till the end! Sep 4, 18:48
        
        Lol. -- nm - Pippy Sep 4, 18:35
the cylons were created by man - dogbert Sep 4, 16:48 9
- spoiler - peglegpete Sep 4, 17:22
- if that were true they would be 36DD with legs that went on forever -- nm - Go Ducks! via droid Sep 4, 17:13 5
  - Did you not see Number 6? -- nm - Ender Sep 4, 17:30 4
    - I am NOT a number!!!!!!! -- nm - Patrick McGoohan Sep 4, 17:52
    - they forgot the DD -- nm - peglegpete Sep 4, 17:51 2
      - Persnickety bastard. Like you wouldn't kill for a Helfer sexbot. -- nm - Ender Sep 4, 18:02 1
        
        Helfer would be nice. But I'd prefer President Roslyn. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 4, 18:32
- what a bunch of crap - moles Sep 4, 16:49 1
  - familiarity breeds contempt - zeitgeist Sep 4, 17:37
One of the most surprising things ever on TV for me was (NCIS huge spoiler) - Beaker Sep 4, 16:42 2
- very much so. spoil. - loosilu Sep 4, 18:36 1
  - oh, and also - loosilu Sep 4, 18:38
Tweets land two mexicans in jail for terrorism, in the midst of drug wars doing really ugly massacres they tweet that kids were being taken at school - zeitgeist Sep 4, 16:23 2
- Breaking Bad season finale! -- nm - Heisenberg Sep 4, 16:44
- Geezus. -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 16:42
I have just discovered the fastest way to become the worst parent ever; after a decade of benign ignorance, I announced today that we would no longer - landbeck Sep 4, 16:11 13
- Next announce an internet tax. -- nm - Max Sep 4, 17:47
- it'll be a matter of days until the children rob a bank. you can't just stop stealing cold turkey, you have to ease into it -- nm - dogbert Sep 4, 16:19 7
  - maybe there is a rehab program? (and if so, where can I download it?) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 16:21 6
    - My middle daughter pointed out she couldn't delete any pirated media from her ipod without pirating the program to do it. - landbeck Sep 4, 16:27 5
      - then how'd it get there to begin with? I call foul. (I too am trying no piracy. man, it's costly.) -- nm - amanda claire jones Sep 4, 17:03 2
        
        Loaded by her big sister using (ta-da!) pirated software. -- nm - landbeck Sep 4, 18:30
        
        the only thing I pirate is game of thrones, since I can't legitimately buy it anywhere. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 17:48
      - have her take it into anchorhead in the morning and have its memory wiped -- nm - moles Sep 4, 16:48
      - fire will work -- nm - dogbert Sep 4, 16:36
- I suppose it would suck less if one of those badass extortionist lawyers decided they'll take your house in exchange for all those movies and songs -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 16:16
- get to the roof. we'll send in a chopper to extract you -- nm - moles Sep 4, 16:15 1
  - L3! -- nm - Pippy Sep 4, 16:38
- Gawd you're like that Lars Ullrich guy...prolly sleep with that Tipper Gore gal who bans video games too -- nm - the dude Sep 4, 16:13
somebody come over & save me. I bought a loaf of La Brea bakery Sourdough bread this morning, and I am at the point where I am done cutting slices and - peglegpete Sep 4, 16:03
planet zurich -- (link) - marcel Sep 4, 15:30 [flickr] 3
- that's awesome! you should sell these. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 15:52
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 15:46
- Fantastic! -- nm - psilotum Sep 4, 15:44
The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes -- (link) - Beaker Sep 4, 15:26 11
- Sick kid: I want to kid Bin Laden. SEAL Team 6: Well, this is against every rule in the book, but since it's Make-a-Wish, here, hold this RPG. -- nm - Mop Sep 4, 16:34 1
  - Bin Laden loves a good joke. -- nm - psilotum Sep 4, 16:35
- And WTF is wrong with Ina Garten? - amoxy Sep 4, 16:23 4
  - I thought she claimed she never got the request herself, her staff turned it down. - loosilu Sep 4, 18:41
  - and here she is wearing shoes. do her lies know no end? -- nm - dogbert Sep 4, 16:26 1
    - is she actual royalty? -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 19:15
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 16:24
- wow, seattle made to number one, I mean its seemed like half the city turned out to help the kid play super hero -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 16:14
- Okay, #1 made me tear up a little. -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 15:49 2
  - you too? glad I'm not the only one who was rooting for dr. dark and blackout boy -- nm - dogbert Sep 4, 15:57 1
    - of course the kid would never have had a chance defeating them if sig wasn't out opie fishing -- nm - dogbert Sep 4, 16:00

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