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Funny how fish seem to weigh more out on the water than on shore. (catching up on results for a derby my dad is in) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 9, 22:06 1
- they dehyrate? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 22:14
"If u want america to go broke thus having to join a 1 world govt.then u r ignorant! Keep the usa sovereign!" -- nm - FB status Sep 9, 21:43 1
- gr8 status upd8! go usa! -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 9, 21:48
it just seems weird, to segue from sad stories about missing people in the twin towers...and cut to a commercial -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 21:09 6
- I remember a year ago, I was watching Hotel Rwanda, and it cut to an ad for exterminators. Referring to cockroaches. - loosilu Sep 9, 21:20 3
  - yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 21:28 2
    - it was just a year after I visited the place, too. holy shit. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 21:31 1
      - edited to add: even 15 years later, you can feel the genocide everywhere. it's stunning. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 21:39
- depends on what the commercial is for ... - Beryllium Sep 9, 21:12 1
  - Cialis - muzungu psilotum Sep 9, 21:15
"Sorry about your house Mr. Fredrickson" -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 21:03
"You are guilty of murdering money, you're going to go to jail" - Stephen Sep 9, 20:58
I don't like the lowercase a the Angels are using. - Krusty Sep 9, 20:55
crash davis to the blue halo telephone. paging crash davis -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 9, 20:38
US officials may have identified one of the Al Qaeda bombing suspects -- (link) - moles Sep 9, 20:35 3
- i feel like this might be a lot of show, honestly. like, they already knew all the dudes before they went public. - TFox Sep 9, 20:38 2
  - reportedly three men, planning a car bomb attack -- (link) - moles Sep 9, 20:53
  - yeah ... it's weird. but who the fuck knows. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:40
More Ithaca rain pics. Normally, this time of year, the gorge in the second pic would have large open rock slabs filled with sunbathers. -- (link) - muzungu psilotum Sep 9, 20:08 4
- whoa!!!!! that's crazy at Beebe Lake. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:16 3
  - second pic is Fall Creek? -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:16 2
    - Yeah. That's the Thurston Ave bridge, just below Beebe Lake. -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 9, 21:08 1
      - thought so. that's where I broke my wrist one winter! :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 21:32
While I think McAvoy and Fassbender are great younger incarnations of Stewart and McKellen, I think Fassbender looks much older than he should be. - kelly Sep 9, 20:07 19
- McAvoy is two years younger in real life. -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 20:14 16
  - Yeah, but he could pull off mid-to-late 20s if he needed to. That I could believe. I think Fassbender looks at least a decade older. -- nm - kelly Sep 9, 20:15 15
    - well that works as Magneto is older than Xavier. -- nm - Remlik Sep 9, 20:19 14
      - That plus the whole being deaged. - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:23 11
        
        IT was just weird that early, 1944...they look the same age...then 18 years later, they are different enough - Will Hunting Sep 9, 20:27 8
        
        Lawrence's casting was *perfect*. -- nm - kelly Sep 9, 20:40
        
        Well, some said this movie was a reboot, anyway. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:29 6
        
        On 2nd viewing, I might bump it to A-....I really liked the main parts of it. - Will Hunting Sep 9, 20:30 5
        
        Yup. Critics liked it, and I did too. - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:32 4
        
        in the comics, Emma Frost can act -- nm - peglegpete Sep 9, 20:47 3
        
        I love her. I don't care if she can act. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:53 2
        
        January Jones? Are you related? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 9, 20:53 1
        
        no, silly, Emma Frost. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 21:07
        
        yeah, kelly really doesn't care that much -- nm - moles Sep 9, 20:24 1
        
        Just sayin'. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:25
      - Ahh, okay. Thanks. (We thought they were supposed to be the same age.) -- nm - kelly Sep 9, 20:20 1
        
        like 6 or so years...there was a bit of the Older Brother thing going for a little bit. -- nm - Remlik Sep 9, 20:26
- probably a side effect of having such a huge cock -- nm - moles Sep 9, 20:08 1
  - "He looks like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders." "Kind of." -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 20:13
Source Code: C+ good flick -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 20:02 3
- I liked it. -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 9, 21:21
- C+ qualifies as "good"? -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 20:54 1
  - C+ is the lowest grade I'll give to something I'd give a "thumbs up" - I consider it to be a barely positive rating. -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 21:01
Torchwood spoilers. - peglegpete Sep 9, 20:00 1
- "Oh Fuck" -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 21:28
Anyway, thanks for the positive thoughts on B2 and this board ... - Beryllium Sep 9, 19:47 23
- Okay, only here ofr a second but looked at B2. Here is the deal, he is not a brute or even an agressor. - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:08 17
  - thanks - Beryllium Sep 9, 20:11 16
    - That was a bit off the cuff, but I meant they are over reacting to a common occurrence. - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:16 1
      - :) I will keep it in mind. thanks again. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 20:19
    - oh, and my wife said they were describing it as thought it was the first time. As in, first time ever for the daycare itself. (!) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 20:14 13
      - crazy talk -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 20:20
      - that -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:19 10
        
        is hard to believe. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:19 9
        
        (spoils) - Beryllium Sep 9, 20:23 8
        
        fwiw, my friend's 16 month old is biting at daycare. - kare Sep 9, 20:28
        
        yeah, still hard to believe. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:26
        
        I would ask to see a copy of their rules. - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:25 5
        
        drawing blood is serious, to be fair. kid could get blood poisoning. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:27 4
        
        Agreed, just wondering if they have a policy or not. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:29 3
        
        they *should*. but they are feeding B a line of bullshit so far. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:31 2
        
        Yeah, my main thing is, yes it was a big deal to draw blood but unless K was like chomped on to the kids arm and the kid was running around with his - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:34 1
        
        ^running around with his arms (and K) above his head^ -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:34
      - They are either: a.) a new dayvare b.) new employees there or c.) not paying much attention to what went on before. - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:17
- Well, when you deny him chocolate cake, he's going to rebel. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 9, 19:53
- Now that he's got a taste for human flesh, there's no going back. -- nm - David Sep 9, 19:48 3
  - "With my brains and your brawn, we'll make an excellent team." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 19:50 1
    - "Let's make lots of money" -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 9, 19:52
  - Ravenous -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 19:49
I think I've told you all about the stray kitten we rescued 2-3 months ago. Well after ~$1500 in vet bills, she has recovered. How does she repay me? - Fuzzy Sep 9, 19:46 16
- Very nice. I hope you have a lot fun with the kitty. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 20:21
- Aww. Lucky kitty! (We refer to tearing-around time as Red Hour around here) -- nm - kare Sep 9, 20:04 6
  - Here she is when we first got her. - Fuzzy Sep 9, 20:15 3
    - so flippin CUTE! -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:32
    - Sooo cute. She's lucky to have you. - Krusty Sep 9, 20:27
    - Aww, she's got a little bow tie 'stache! Sweet. :) Glad she's doing good -- nm - kare Sep 9, 20:19
  - heh. If I was going to give it a cutesy name, I'd call it Zero Hour ... because they usually do it at midnight. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 20:08 1
    - the Kittyanapolis 500 -- nm - moles Sep 9, 20:10
- What's her name? -- nm - David Sep 9, 19:53 5
  - Cheeseburger -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 9, 19:55 3
    - You haz? -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:18 2
      - It was the first item we fed her when she appeared on our doorstep. - Fuzzy Sep 9, 20:22 1
        
        I just won the foodgiver Powerball -- nm - Cheeseburger Sep 9, 20:23
  - Cha Ching -- nm - moles Sep 9, 19:54
- Whoa, 1500 for a kitten? Not sure I could have done that. -- nm - mara Sep 9, 19:49 1
  - It was a few hundred at a time. It adds up quickly though. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 9, 19:51
The Jesus! -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 19:42
So after Contagion, I went to a Chinese buffet (which is kind of like going swimming after seeing Jaws)... but anyway... - Dano Sep 9, 19:34 1
- lol! I thought for sure this would be a story about being afraid to eat the food. - loosilu Sep 9, 19:36
I got a good enough look at the mouse to ID the species. It's a Mus musculus, or a house mouse. - loosilu Sep 9, 19:27 4
- Do you need superBrie? -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 9, 19:38 1
  - ha!!!! If I get a trap (undecided), I will use peanut butter. (one of the only other useful things I learned n grad sk00l) -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 19:41
- male or female? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 9, 19:28 1
  - I didn't get *that* good a look. but it's fat. I hope to God it's a fat male. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 19:29
Fish, I've seen both of those movies in the past 6 weeks. She pains me. -- nm - David Sep 9, 19:24 2
- I didn't know who the actress was in X-Men. I specifically looked during the credits to see who it was who was so bad. -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 19:29 1
  - I wanted her to stop talking so that I could go back to finding her attractive. It was that bad. -- nm - David Sep 9, 19:30
In my experience* 100% of kids bite when teething. - Stephen Sep 9, 19:14 19
- yes, I think it is incredibly common, and many many kids go through that stage once or twice -- nm - kare Sep 9, 20:00
- the weird thing is that Abby bit Heather fairly frequently.....like, daily. she only ever bit me twice -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 19:28 5
  - Oh, Ashlee definitely got bit more than I did... - Stephen Sep 9, 20:26 3
    - my sis weaned her twins the day Timmy the Tooth bit her. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:28 2
      - Oh, that's definitely the weaning point for lots if moms I'm sure (Ashlee included). - Stephen Sep 9, 20:32 1
        
        my poor sis. Timmy was the only one out of four to get 8 teeth at the same time. He clamped down one day, and that was IT. - loosilu Sep 9, 20:43
  - Heather tastes better. -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 20:24
- maybe the kids were just telling you what they think of notre dame (i.e. "they bite!") - dogbert Sep 9, 19:23 3
  - HA! I got video last weekend of Connor yelling "Let's GO IRISH!" - Stephen Sep 9, 19:28 2
    - my dad had me rooting for the cubs when I was a kid and I did it. you know why? I was seven and needed a roof over my head - dogbert Sep 9, 19:33 [youtube] 1
      - I know you've heard this many, many times before...but just to refresh your memory... - Stephen Sep 9, 20:25 [youtube]
- IANAP, but this makes sense to me, in the sense that at 14 months they can't understand that it hurts others. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 19:18 7
  - LOOK WHAT I CAN DO!!! -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 9, 20:22
  - I think they can at that age, or at least they can be trained ("no bite, monkey!") to know it's a bad thing. -- nm - b. Sep 9, 19:19 5
    - he's just learning signs ... he understands some words, but it doesn't seem like a substantial amount of comprehension - Beryllium Sep 9, 19:32
    - "I no monkey, I big boy, daddy" - Connor Sep 9, 19:22 2
      - Awww. Sweet boy. :-) -- nm - mara Sep 9, 19:26
      - :) -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 19:24
    - negative consequences, sure. Hurting others, that's a couple of years away. - loosilu Sep 9, 19:21
re: Ashton - I thought he was fun in his non-acting shows, such as The List and Punked. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 19:14 5
- he did ok in Butterfly Effect (imho) -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 19:15 1
  - That I actually liked him in. -- nm - Stephen Sep 9, 19:16
- Punk'd was a *lot* of fun in its heyday. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 19:14 2
  - I think my favorite episode was the one where they proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Matt Leinart is douche. -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 19:50
  - and IIRC, it was his brainchild. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 19:14
Going to watch, The Tourist. Guess what I will grade it. -- nm - Bacon Sep 9, 19:12 13
- God that movie made me want to stab someone in the face after I saw it, preferably Johnny Depp. -- nm - Buzz Sep 9, 20:56
- Solid C -- nm - flavorize Sep 9, 19:57
- B. The leads have great chemistry. -- nm - David Sep 9, 19:22 5
  - I thought it was a B, but that was in spite of somewhat awkward chemistry - kare Sep 9, 20:26
  - I could not disagree more. -- nm - kelly Sep 9, 19:28 3
    - You've been with Joey too long. His wrong is starting to rub off on you. -- nm - David Sep 9, 19:30 2
      - Oh my god, every part of that movie was just horrible. - kelly Sep 9, 19:31 1
        
        Must be something in the water there. I hope Volt uses a purifier of some sort. -- nm - David Sep 9, 19:33
- If you are smart, an F-. -- nm - kelly Sep 9, 19:14 3
  - so we know he won't give it an F-. that will narrow down the guesses -- nm - dogbert Sep 9, 19:16 2
    - heh -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 19:17
    - mrowr! -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 19:17
- check minus -- nm - dogbert Sep 9, 19:13
I *heart* ST -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 19:11 8
- Join the ST damaged heart club. -- nm - Bacon Sep 9, 19:13 2
  - do broken hearts count? -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 19:14 1
    - Broken, riped ,torn, shrreaded, damaged its all the same -- nm - eag Sep 9, 19:20
- I *bite* ST - Baby K Sep 9, 19:12 4
  - Congrats, Ken K! He looks just like you! And he bites like a PS3! -- nm - David Sep 9, 19:33 1
    - There's no way in hell my son would ever be associated with a network as insecure as that ... - Beryllium Sep 9, 19:34
  - lol -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 19:14
  - *puts you in isolation* -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 19:13

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