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The Artist is fantastic, easily the best movie i've seen this year. A+ We Bought a Zoo should come with a warning for diabetics -- nm - black pixie Nov 26, 21:39 5
- *makes sure my pump has enough insulin* -- nm - kelly Nov 26, 21:51 2
  - WC Fields knew what he was talking about when he said don't work with (1) children or (2) animals - black pixie Nov 26, 21:54 1
    - L3 @ the IM -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 26, 21:56
- Wow - that's high praise - I wonder if it will play here? -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 26, 21:50 1
  - i can think of at least three Oscars it should/could win off the bat, so it should expand as the award season progresses -- nm - black pixie Nov 26, 21:51
Vandy now will have appeared in more bowl games since Cutler graduated than he has made playoff starts. -- nm - TFox Nov 26, 20:38
I qualified for the Small Business Saturday rebate....at a liquor store. - ty97 Nov 26, 20:32 10
- for all the positive for local small biz, Amex is a PITA for small biz cause they charge the highest rates -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 22:07
- I didn't leave the house. I'm sure they'll thank me. -- nm - Qale Nov 26, 22:07
- ^5 - so after the recent cooking bonanza you're now opening a bar? -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 26, 22:01 2
  - My friends had 5(!) cards registered. When I asked about an email I'd sent hubby, she said he'd get back to me as soon as he'd finished shopping... - MojaveMeg Nov 26, 22:04 1
    - Wow - that's impressive! -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 26, 22:10
- I did it for groceries. -- nm - psilotum Nov 26, 21:49
- I should have done that. My chosen small business didn't take Amex and I didn't feel like driving around to find something else. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 26, 21:11
- I got a Genghis Grill gift card. And with my purchase I got $ 5 extra GC. So my free $25 turned into $30 -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Nov 26, 21:10
- ....now just get one at a tanning salon and you are on your way. -- nm - Dano Nov 26, 20:44
- did you buy locally brewed beer? distilled spirits? (newest thing is micro distilleries) If not you failed us all. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 20:35
14 years since the last Van Halen cd. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 20:32 8
- You mean 27 years. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 20:37 7
  - well 20 since thier best cd. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 20:38 6
    - You're not supposed to wash down your crazy pills with stupid juice. nm - Dignan Nov 26, 20:54
    - *This* is why you fail. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 20:39 4
      - please. from top to bottom that cd is the best from the start to the end. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 20:43 3
        
        Not even the best Van Hagar CD. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 20:45 2
        
        look Balance was decent...but fuck was the best one. period. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 20:50 1
        
        Even Mark Stone thinks you are nuts. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 20:50
So brief quick 2 day review of Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG beta version - eag Nov 26, 20:32 2
- I got to level three tonight. I have a wicked pc so I maxed all the graphics - Bacon on a droid Nov 26, 21:49 1
  - Whats your toon - eag Nov 26, 22:02
If UCLA finishes 6-7 are they bowl eligible? -- nm - Dano Nov 26, 20:29 8
- Pac12 has assigned spots based on finish within the conference. If UCLA falls within a automatic spot then yes -- nm - budice Nov 26, 20:33 6
  - I thought there was a rule that required a team to have at least a .500 record to play in a bowl but wasn't sure if that counted PAC12 champ game. - Dano Nov 26, 20:43 5
    - NCAA has waivers for losing records plus honor commitments of placed teams at bowls -- nm - budice Nov 26, 20:44 4
      - For two more years. - Spawn Nov 26, 20:49
      - Okay.... but why have the "rule" if you're just going to grant the waiver anyway? Oh wait, I forgot this is the NCAA. -- nm - Dano Nov 26, 20:49 2
        
        BCS and NCAA are pretty separate. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 20:49 1
        
        Assuming UCLA loses and finishes 6-7 though, we're not talking a BCS bowl. -- nm - Dano Nov 26, 20:52
- No -- nm - eag Nov 26, 20:32
Just read Amoxy's Comcast story. Yep. Don't bet that it's fixed yet. You'll be calling them again before this is over. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 20:24
cry havoc and unleash the pixies of war -- nm - zombie tru Nov 26, 19:36
three days in northern NJ and I'm covinced there's something in the water here altering chick dna to make them look like Snooki. *ick* -- nm - Max Nov 26, 19:34 2
- tanning beds + alcohol -- nm - ty97 Nov 26, 20:31 1
  - don't forget that the ice in those drinks are made from NJ water -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 20:33
Paint: 2. Will and Kelly: 0. - kelly Nov 26, 19:33 2
- I hope you are getting test pots. Also the colour underneath can affect the final colour a lot -- nm - Karl_S Nov 26, 20:09 1
  - We did not get the test pots, no. Most of this paint was on a white wall (we did have to repaint over the earlier "shit brown" we attempted earlier - kelly Nov 26, 21:49
SITWAP - NATO Helicopter kills 24 Pakistani troops -- (link) - amoxy Nov 26, 19:24
Spinach and Vinegar are great for lowering Blood sugars -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 19:16
Dear Lexus: Nobody knows your jingle. Your ads are untenable. -- nm - nubby Nov 26, 19:12 9
- I think if I drove by a driveway with a car with a bow on it, I'd drive to the nearest grocery store, buy some eggs, then drive by again. -- nm - Max Nov 26, 19:31 8
  - My dad hates this time of year. "Oh great, cars with bows." - Tim Nov 26, 20:01 3
    - Well, dumbass, you don't add the bow until everyone goes to bed. - TFox Nov 26, 20:05 2
      - even in a wealthy family where dad can write a check in full, I think it would be hard to hide the purchase of a car -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 20:23
      - and by the morning she's too busy drinking mimosas and flirting with her private trainer to notice. -- nm - Max Nov 26, 20:11
  - I don't think you'd be driving though a neighborhood where a Lexus was given as a gift. -- nm - nubby Nov 26, 19:35 3
    - they tend to have gates at the main entrance to the neighborhood -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 20:01
    - true, I won't be driving through Connecticut. (dear Lexus, these ads only play in Connecticut, so don't play them here) -- nm - Max Nov 26, 19:41
    - In new jersey, if he saw such a thing, it would be a bad idea to egg it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 19:38
Poor Stephen must be having fits over this ND/Stanford game. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 26, 18:45 1
- Yeah, that game was just...brutal - Fighting Stephen! Nov 26, 23:28
We Bought a Zoo makes an interesting companion piece to The Descendants. -- nm - David Nov 26, 18:35 1
- if only to make you realize how much superior The Descendents is -- nm - black pixie Nov 26, 22:01
LYC: the wife and are are splitting up the twins at night instead of switching every other night. seems to work a whole lot better - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 26, 18:32 1
- Imagines the CQ's "tagging" in on night duty :). Hang in there! -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 26, 21:55
ROTK on Encore is all screwy. The audio is a full scene ahead of the video. - Diva Nov 26, 18:20 3
- They know there are so many endings, they want to get a head start. -- nm - Qale, Dragonborn Nov 26, 18:39
- Why aren't you high? Mel forget to make the score? -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 18:28
- Encore lost their tapes so they had to download a torrent, instead. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 18:24
Okay, so now I'm fighting these robotic spiders. -- nm - Qale, Dragonborn Nov 26, 17:55 10
- Gene Simmons sent them after you!!! -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 18:14 2
  - Haa! That movie was heelarious -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Nov 26, 18:20 1
    - "Ohhhh, I was thinking Gene *Wilder* and thought he would have been a terrible villain for a thriller." -- nm - my friend who has never seen it before Nov 26, 18:35
- I love the Dwemers. -- nm - nubby Nov 26, 17:58 5
  - They're immune to my stealthy arrow shootin'. But the machines don't seem too bad. -- nm - Qale, Dragonborn Nov 26, 18:00 4
    - It's rather ironic they're loaded with soul gems though considering they don't have souls. -- nm - Qale, Dragonborn Nov 26, 18:04 3
      - I'd assumed that that's how they worked. -- nm - nubby Nov 26, 18:07 2
        
        Ah that makes sense. Still, fascinating place if bizzare. -- nm - Qale, Dragonborn Nov 26, 18:09 1
        
        Meh, I've ran through Avanchnzel and it doesn't say cleared. -- nm - Qale, Dragonborn Nov 26, 18:38
- That sounds like a fascinating video game - prayformojo Nov 26, 17:58
Conan was a decent flick. Interesting fight scenes. -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Nov 26, 17:48 3
- For the genre I thought it was really well done. It did a great job of establishing the character and there were little nods to the stories -- nm - ceregon Nov 26, 18:40 2
  - Seriously some things I have never seen. -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Nov 26, 20:09 1
    - Ouch $70 million budget ..grossed $21k -- nm - Epiphany Nov 26, 20:14
I just went through my closets looking for things to donate goodwill and found a pile of crap. reminder: reduce your AGI! donate before 12/31! - amanda Nov 26, 17:26 3
- It seems like every time I pull out something I haven't worn in a while it ends up in the Goodwill pile... - MojaveMeg Nov 26, 18:19
- *likes* -- nm - ty97 Nov 26, 18:04
- but...its a 'good' kind of exhaustion -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 17:45
HomerSimpson: Forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday -- I'm looking forward to Slurred Speech Saturday and Sleep It Off Sunday. -- nm - budice Nov 26, 17:06
Z! True Long Island Story Episode #41 -- (link) - Tim Nov 26, 16:41 [youtube]
I'm in the vast majority, but I really dig this season of Walking Dead -- nm - prayformojo Nov 26, 16:33 5
- Kim frequently falls asleep during the show. I can usually catch her up on 20 minutes of "action" in two sentences. -- nm - David Nov 26, 18:54 1
  - That show is better than Ambien. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 26, 19:01
- I'm four episodes in. The first episode was borderline terrible, but it's really picked up. nm - Dignan Nov 26, 16:40 2
  - 1st ep was solid. 2nd ep was terrible. and then it picked up I thought (except from the well storyline) -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 16:50 1
    - There have been some very good scenes, but also some slow/plodding ones. - Beryllium Nov 26, 19:38
david, amazon but the roku 2 xs on sale today -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 26, 16:26 1
- arg, put not but -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 26, 16:28
I am doing a 24 hour call now on labor & delivery -- nm - James Bond Nov 26, 16:22 3
- Blah sorry enter key. I just helped deliver a baby. Holy moly there was tons of blood -- nm - James Bond Nov 26, 16:25 2
  - ... -- nm - PASON Nov 26, 16:31
  - *has a seizure* -- nm - Qale Nov 26, 16:31
this one is for Loosi: seven grammar jokes walk into a bar... -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 26, 16:20
Boiler Up! Purdue bowl eligible...Thanks IU! -- nm - budice Nov 26, 16:08 4
- Vandy too. Good day, good day. -- nm - TFox Nov 26, 18:02 2
  - I'm so glad Maryland didn't want Franklin. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 26, 18:23 1
    - Yeah, he's terrible. -- nm - TFox Nov 26, 18:27
- Spawn is doing a happy dance. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 16:16
dirty scoundrels bilked dozens out of a lot of money via toilet paper scam (special stuff gov regs require for septic systems, uh uh) face 20 years - zeitgeist Nov 26, 16:05
Dyin' ain't much of a livin' boy -- nm - Beaker Nov 26, 15:59
Hey Bacon - eag Nov 26, 15:59
leftover turkey sandwich is probably better than the turkey itself, - zeitgeist Nov 26, 15:58 1
- Hmm mmmm -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Nov 26, 17:47
Pilot script being developed for a Booster Gold series on SyFy -- (link) - Beaker Nov 26, 15:50 1
- Did you hear about the Booster Gold pilot being developed? -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 19:53
i was going to watch capn america, but then i found that the princesses bride is on tv -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 26, 15:43
Krusty, Runaways by the same author is just as good. -- nm - David Nov 26, 15:37 9 1
- Thanks. I'll add it to the list for when I'm done with "Y." - Krusty Nov 26, 16:12
- Ex machina by him is fantastic and I like his Doctor Strange mini seres -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 15:46 2 1
  - Incognito is really good too -- nm - Beaker Nov 26, 15:48 1 1
    - yep. Criminal by Brubaker is fantastic and I *highly* recommend Sleeper by him as well. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 15:49 1
- the first arc is awesome -- nm - Beaker Nov 26, 15:39 4
  - If by arc, you mean "42 issues", then yes. -- nm - TFox Nov 26, 15:44 3
    - (I read it in book format so not sure how long it was.) -- nm - Beaker Nov 26, 15:44 2
      - In the hardcovers, it was 18 in book 1, then 12 each for 2 and 3. -- nm - TFox Nov 26, 15:47 1
        
        the oversized hardcovers that are no longer in print. in Regular size it's the 1st 3 HC's for the 1st 18. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 15:48
and continuing the "too tired to sleep" movie marathon, I thought I'd watch source code. -- nm - amanda Nov 26, 15:35 3
- It has some issues, but it really worked for me. -- nm - Dano Nov 26, 16:01 2
  - yep. -- nm - psilotum Nov 26, 17:36
  - agreed. - Remlik Nov 26, 16:12
The Muppets was really charming. A- (spoils) - prayformojo Nov 26, 15:22 9
- ~Mah-Na Mah-Na~ -- nm - budice Nov 26, 16:03
- That first sentence had me in stitches. -- nm - David Nov 26, 15:36
- spoils.. - Remlik Nov 26, 15:24 6
  - wow, really? - prayformojo Nov 26, 15:24 5
    - yep. David spotted it right away. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 26, 15:26 4
      - So, this is another one of those things that was crystal clear to everyone but me, right? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 26, 15:29 3
        
        I knew it from other peoples' brainwaves -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 15:39
        
        I have not seen the movie but recognized him from the trailer. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 15:32
        
        I saw him right away. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 15:31
so i give thor a B, blind side a B+, and unstoppable a B- - tRuMaN Nov 26, 15:17 2
- Cap america: B+ -- nm - TFox Nov 26, 15:30
- The Mist A -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 15:21
Dozens trampled to death in Oklahoma yesterday -- (link) - ty97 Nov 26, 15:13 7
- dozens of what? -- nm - mara Nov 26, 15:40
- By Bad Bosses? -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 15:19
- *bans $2 waffle makers* -- nm - Beaker Nov 26, 15:16 1
  - note: I can't believe my b*tch mother wasn't willing to get trampled to get me one of these!! -- nm - amanda Nov 26, 15:22
- Heard that on the news. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 15:14 2
  - SITWAP! -- nm - black pixie Nov 26, 15:14 1
    - ST is nothing if not SITWAP. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 15:15

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