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You know, X-Factor... there's a point where we stop blaming the contestants and start blaming the format. - Mop Nov 30, 21:54
So, I'm going to be flying a helicopter tomorrow. - psilotum Nov 30, 21:50 6
- no effin way. how? -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 21:53 4
  - My friend bought a groupon, and his partner in crime backed out. - psilotum Nov 30, 21:55 3
    - so you learn how to guide the thing...but not how to land it? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 30, 21:59
    - NICE! -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 21:58
    - The instructor who chose this as a career path surely has a death wish. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 21:57
- Everyone stay inside. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 21:52
Top Chef elimination spoilers - David Nov 30, 21:50
Things I learned while watching commercials during Survivor today: Blue Bloods and CSI: NY are still on the air. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 21:38
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much. -- nm - budice Nov 30, 21:14 1
- I'll stick with my version. -- nm - Conan the barbarian Nov 30, 21:27
Happy atorvastatin day! -- nm - Tim Nov 30, 21:11 5
- man, the Google logo did not help me at *all*. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 21:29 3
  - hee. -- nm - Tim Nov 30, 21:40 1
    - on the plus side, my HDL is effin 117. that is not a typo - loosi lou who Nov 30, 21:52
  - Nice. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 21:36
- Heh. -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 21:16
Hollywood is getting its own Harry Potter World -- (link) - jingle pixie Nov 30, 21:00 8
- How relevant will it be in four years? -- nm - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 21:51 3
  - IMO, Potter is a keeper. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 21:57
  - They seriously need to expand the franchise. Star Wars stagnated after Return of the Jedi until they started printing books. - Mop Nov 30, 21:57
  - oh there are enough potter suckers out there to keep it filled for decades -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 21:52
- You've just given me a reason to come back to LA. - Trish Nov 30, 21:48 2
  - just leave crash at home. he's a pill -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 21:52
  - Do you even *read* these boards? - Spawn Nov 30, 21:50
- Geez. They'll have to tear down all the sound stages at Universal to squeeze that in. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 21:40
Teaser for Wrong (the new film from the director of Rubber) -- (link) - Dano Nov 30, 20:59 2
- that just looks wrong, I can't wait. I enjoyed Rubber -- nm - mud Nov 30, 22:07
- I want that clock. - Spawn Nov 30, 21:49
OMG!!!! Bono on the Daily Show -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 20:56
Michele Bachmann tells Iowa crowd that if she were president, we wouldn't have an embassy in Iran -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 20:52 11
- learning is overrated -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 30, 21:21
- After some research, I know that the YS has no embassies in Iran and North Korea, but they do have some in Brunei and Vatican City. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 21:00 2
  - US, that is. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 21:00 1
    - wasn't Rudy Giuliani the ambassador to Vatican City? on a related note, the Irish ambassador from my past - loosi lou who Nov 30, 21:23
- carrying on a proud 30 year tradition (nm) - howie Nov 30, 20:59 1
  - Twisting the logic around, maybe if the US never opens an embassy in Iran, Bachman won't get elected to shut it down. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 21:02
- Yanno... This one would have got me. I actually didn't know if we had an embassy there or not. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 20:57 4
  - You are not running for President, nor serve on the foreign relations commitee. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 21:00 2
    - Which is probably a good thing considering how many times I've taken trips using taxpayer money to Bankok for... buisness reasons. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 21:09
    - Are we sure? -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 21:09
  - oh hell, I still don't know! -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 20:58
No other way to start the holidays then -- (link) - amoxy Nov 30, 20:52 [youtube]
Unless that wind is 80-100mph. This seems like a joke -- nm - Karl_S Nov 30, 20:51 2
- SoCal is not prepared to handle ANY bad weather. only earthquakes. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 21:27 1
  - "We don't have weather. We have climate." -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 21:28
SoCal Edison Power Co: 14k cust w/o pwr due 2 winds. -- nm - budice Nov 30, 20:48
THR: List of Grammy Nominations: Props to Kanye with most (7). -- (link) - budice Nov 30, 20:40 1
- Imma gonna let Kayne finish, but right now, I need to tell everybody just how great I am! -- nm - Kanye "Fishsticks Lover" West Nov 30, 20:48
*waves hands*....LAX: Flights being held due to debris and wind -- nm - Guy Who Controls Wind Nov 30, 20:36 8
- that sounds like Guy's indian name -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 20:40 3
  - Wrong. - Spawn Nov 30, 20:41
  - actually -- nm - Guy Who Wears Dick On Neck Nov 30, 20:41 1
    - oh man. You are *funny* lately. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 20:57
- I love that this is news in LA. It shows how rosy your weather normal is. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 20:40 3
  - it is but the extremes can get extreeeme -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 20:40 2
    - Flight holds/delays due to wind here are a few-times-a-month occurrence, so it's interesting to read about a place where it's news. - ty97 Nov 30, 20:45 1
      - A thunderstorm is huge news in Seattle. A minor snow is major in D.C. A tornado causes newsgasms in Idaho. 45mph winds freak out the south and eastern - Trish Nov 30, 21:45
Saw my first War Whores commercial. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 20:32 3
- I've wanted to see it since the first commercial I saw, last week. - Trish Nov 30, 20:49
- Fassbender? -- nm - budice Nov 30, 20:33 1
  - That guy's everywhere. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 21:55
Whoa! I have no idea how FX got that past the censors. Especially since it's only 9pm here and it isn't pay cable. -- nm - Trish Nov 30, 20:31
In an effort to drum up business one of the gas stations close to us is running a special promotion between 10pm and 4am...$3.29 a gallon (cash only) - Stephen Nov 30, 20:26 8
- we're somewhere in the 3.20 range, last I checked. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 21:34
- There are a couple stations that offer one price for cash, one for credit. I approve. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 20:39
- that's about regular price around here. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 20:30 2
  - $2.96 today. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 20:32 1
    - Yeah, that's what I paid yesterday. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 30, 20:35
- And you'll be waiting 3 hours to get to a pump -- nm - budice Nov 30, 20:30 2
  - one pump -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 20:31
  - Ashlee filled the cars up last night, took a total of 30 minutes (filling up both cars, driving to and from...) -- nm - Stephen Nov 30, 20:31
My favortie award nominations are announced tomorrow: The Golden Satellites -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 20:26
I can smell your colon. -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 20:20 1
- can you smell my period? - loosi lou who Nov 30, 20:38
American Horror Story character spoils - Trish Nov 30, 20:20
well, this yarn sure isn't going as far as I thought it would. - znufrii Nov 30, 20:16 3
- oh, you need to give more info, now. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 21:54
- well there's the least manly thing you've ever said. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 20:20 1
  - not even close, I'm sure. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 20:22
Geek Deal: Alice: Madness Returns for $14.99 + free ship @ Gamefly tonight -- (link) - budice Nov 30, 20:14
Survivor spoilers - David Nov 30, 19:55 1
- I'm not watching this season any more, but that's not really a spoiler. -- nm - psilotum Nov 30, 20:01
Anybody watch I Hate My Teenage Daughter? I kind of hate the premise so I'll probably not check it out. -- nm - The H-Mogul Clipper Nov 30, 19:48 1
- The mid-season replacement article in TV Guide didn't have much nice to say about it. -- nm - Trish Nov 30, 19:57
LA News: Power outage at LAX and winds gusting at 47 mph; airport operations not affected -- nm - budice Nov 30, 19:45 13
- Perfectly calm here...so far. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 20:06 1
  - Watch Shatzee, dogs can sense this stuff -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 20:08
- jnine said on FB she lost power too -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 19:49 10
  - iirc, jnine is a dude -- nm - budice Nov 30, 19:50 9
    - Uh, you've met her. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 20:25
    - not a dude. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 19:53 7
      - Amoxy? -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 19:54 6
        
        a dude -- nm - Trish Nov 30, 19:58 5
        
        Some people think I look like Jeff Bridges...So, it's The Dude, not a dude - amoxy Nov 30, 20:06 4
        
        hottie! -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 20:37
        
        Babe, you'll always be The Dude in my heart. -- nm - Trish Nov 30, 20:21
        
        Jeff Bridges..umm..ooo-kay. But there is only one The Dude -- nm - budice Nov 30, 20:09 1
        
        Around these parts? Yeah. Me. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 20:23
wikipedia: "Jean-Claude Van Damme was personally offered a role by Stallone, but turned it down because he felt there was no substance or development" - Max Nov 30, 19:42 1
- *shrug* He took the gig in Expendables 2 in the end, anyway. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Nov 30, 19:58
Shame sure is getting a lot of play in the media for an NC-17 flick. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 19:41 7
- I try to see every film that actually gets released with the NC-17 rating just to help show exibitors and studios they can make it work. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 19:55 3
  - i can't remember the last NC-17 i actually watched in a theater. Henry & June maybe - jingle pixie Nov 30, 20:02 2
    - I've seen: Showgirls, Bad Education, Lust Caution, The Dreamers, Young Adam, Inside Deep Throat, Orgazmo... That's just in the top list on mojo. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 20:14
    - Aristocrats, unrated, but NC-17 -- nm - budice Nov 30, 20:08
- "Fassbender is hung like a horse" -- nm - budice Nov 30, 19:48
- "Like a woman seduces a horny man, Fassbender captivates audiences of Shame." -- nm - Max Nov 30, 19:46
- That's not what I would have pictured a guy named Steve McQueen to look like. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 19:42
Kelly, my mom has had laser surgery to, if not fix then prevent further damage of some retinal, optic nerve damage, if you have any questions I could - zeitgeist Nov 30, 19:31 5
- fyi, lasik only effects the lens of the eye, basically forcing it to curve to better focus, I think what K is dealing with is fusing the retina/optic - zeitgeist Nov 30, 19:33 4
  - I thought it affected the cornea? -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 19:57 1
    - And you would be correct. - Trish Nov 30, 20:24
  - My Mom had it several times before she eventually went blind from macular degeneration--they use the laser to lay down a grid on the retina so there's - Trish Nov 30, 19:38 1
    - my mom had some viral infection in the 60's that hit her eyes, as it got worse (she had to quit the PO) they lasered a berm around it to prevent the - zeitgeist Nov 30, 19:42
Breaking Bad makes me want to re-take Chem 101 -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 19:17 17
- what do you want to know? -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 19:35 4
  - "Is it true that there's a point on a man's head, where if you shoot it, it will blow up?" -- nm - Danny Nov 30, 19:38 3
    - that's not chemistry. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 19:55 1
      - On screen it is. -- nm - Pegg & Frost & Wright Nov 30, 21:07
    - depends on with what. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 19:39
- keep your pants on. -- nm - Max Nov 30, 19:22 4
  - Seriously, no one needs to see any more of Walt's tighty whities. nm nm - ralph wiggum Nov 30, 19:23 2
    - or any more of Walt without his tighty whities for that matter. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 19:26 1
      - Cranston is grrrrrrreat, but man is Walt a dick. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 30, 19:30
  - Whoa now, that's Chem 201 -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 19:22
- Breaking Bad makes me sad that I have no black hat skills with which I could break bad, if it came to that -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 19:21 4
  - I always figured you could go all anon and hijack every computer in victoria if you got...angry -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 30, 19:28 3
    - Nope, my skill set is rather more specialized than that. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 19:37 2
      - can you kung-fu some albanian pimps in france to get your daughter back? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 30, 19:45 1
        
        No comment. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 20:27
- Breaking Bad DVD interviews make me something something Aaron Paul. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 30, 19:18 1
  - I haven't even watched the interviews yet and oh my, yes. - ty97 Nov 30, 19:19
News is full of doom and gloom over the impending wind storm - although, from what Stephen said, it could be a rough one. - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 19:14 6
- i thought santa anas were supposed to be hot - jingle pixie Nov 30, 19:38 2
  - Already snow in the mountains - it's blowing down from there. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 20:02 1
    - We had a pretty big windstorm that started around 2pm. The temp dropped degrees--snow tonight through Friday. -- nm - Trish Nov 30, 20:26
- The high winds certainly made crossing the SM Bridge...interesting. Heh -- nm - Stephen Nov 30, 19:37
- I have bad news for you. Jim Cantore's out there to cover it. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 19:23 1
  - this is funny. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 19:55
Survivor spoilers - David Nov 30, 19:13
Fantasy Question. Start a defense. Eagles D vs. the Seahawks (Thursday Night Game), or Broncos D vs. Minnesota -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 19:13
Trish, I've got the computers set up to read US zoned DVD's and the DVD player to Aussie zone. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 30, 19:10 1
- If I still had the dvd player that also burned disks, I'd make you a copy of S2 as they play them over the next month. - Trish Nov 30, 19:56
Marge, the doll is trying to kill and the Cloud is laughing at me! -- nm - David Nov 30, 19:03 7
- Hulu just fills me with grrr. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 19:07 6
  - Seriously. Those bitches won't even let you look at 15 second clips or US commercials. - ralph wiggum Nov 30, 19:11 5
    - What happens when you use hidemyass.com? -- nm - David Nov 30, 19:12 4
      - Nothing. - Reagen Nov 30, 19:14 3
        
        Now who is the Cloud laughing at? -- nm - David Nov 30, 19:25
        
        Yeah, just locks up. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 30, 19:16 1
        
        try this site...ninjacloak -- (link) - Remlik Nov 30, 19:52
mmmm new board smell -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 19:02 3
- That's the smell of In and Out Burger's fries -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 19:02 2
  - I've never been more underwhelmed by anything as much as eating at an In-N-Out. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 19:11 1
    - Agreed. Also (imo) 5 Guys is overrated. Best fries and burgers (on the side) ever--The Boise Fry Company. - Trish Nov 30, 19:34

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