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Hey, one of the writers of The Descendants is Jim Rash, who plays Dean Pelton in Community -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 16:15 2
- Well, now they have to win the Best Screenplay Oscar just to get him on stage. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Feb 21, 16:25
- spoiler! -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 16:17
Ok st help me - tRu Pad Feb 21, 15:58 11
- :( feel better soon -- nm - JenBro Feb 21, 16:24
- Metabolized by the liver, so taking it on an empty stomach will likely cause it to be delivered faster. You should be fine. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Feb 21, 16:03 1
  - Just don't wash it down with alcohol or Gatorade. -- nm - the liioulu with girl scout cookies Feb 21, 16:14
- you probably shouldn't take it on an empty stomach. - b. Feb 21, 16:02 4
  - Only in extreme dosages. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Feb 21, 16:03 3
    - not always, at all. it's how it's metabolized.. let me see if I can find something on it. -- nm - b. Feb 21, 16:08 2
      - well, heck, there's so much to weed through about its other risks (alcohol, overdoses), I can't easily find it. most general public sites refer to - b. Feb 21, 16:21 1
        
        Shouldn't mememe be b.b.b. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 16:24
- Yes -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 16:01 2
  - Tylenol can be taken without food. In fact, it looks like that's one of the reasons it was invented -- (link) - con_carne Feb 21, 16:02 1
    - we've learned more since then. I looked into it back in surgery days. it's not as obviously risky for - b. Feb 21, 16:06
Speaking of Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult are the cutest new Hollywood couple. -- nm - Dano Feb 21, 15:57 1
- I'd three way that in a second. -- nm - MDH Feb 21, 16:06
A history lesson for the history channel. -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Feb 21, 15:53 [youtube]
Speaking of planes, what am i forgetting to pack for Vegas? - Dr.Vermin Feb 21, 15:48 10
- A babysitter -- nm - Aloha, Bacon via droid Feb 21, 16:20
- weather: 45-70 no rain. but I suggest bringing a jacket -- nm - peglegpete Feb 21, 16:17
- Band-aids. -- nm - the liioulu with girl scout cookies Feb 21, 16:15
- the list of gun ranges with automatic weapons you can fire -- nm - peglegpete Feb 21, 16:10
- oh, I'll say it. - JaxSean Feb 21, 15:59 2
  - Hey Jax, word is that they cut the JANIS nudity from Wanderlust. - pmb Feb 21, 16:04 1
    - Word. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 21, 17:22
- Are you likely to spend any time at the pool? If so, swim suit. Also, decent shoes if you are going to a nice dinner. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 21, 15:54
- sun screen -- nm - amoxy Feb 21, 15:49
- Aspirin or similar -- nm - JD Feb 21, 15:49
NPR Marketplace is doing a series this week on "places made famous by movies." Today is Glenbrook North High School. -- nm - Max Feb 21, 15:23 3
- I was just talking about how I want to stay at the Overlook someday. -- nm - Dr.Vermin is waiting for that episode. Feb 21, 15:39
- I had college friends who went there. - Kim Pine Feb 21, 15:31
- breakfast club? -- nm - pixitude Feb 21, 15:28
Man on plane detained for using smoke free e-cigarette -- (link) - Aloha, Bacon via droid Feb 21, 15:14 6
- So dumb. Why even give them a hard time when they ask you to put it away?? - Jovian Feb 21, 15:24 4
  - the market for this product is at least 67% made up of people who think "Cool, now when people tell me to put this out, I can tell them to fuck off." - TFox Feb 21, 15:49
  - Because it's a free country and he should be allowed to smoke on a plane if he wants to! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Feb 21, 15:31 1
    - I should be able to bring on a bottled water but I can't - Aloha, Bacon via droid Feb 21, 15:45
  - just hide it under your Bane mask. -- nm - Max Feb 21, 15:26
- Surprised this hasn't happened sooner really. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 15:15
early market research has Hunger Games outperforming Twilight's first opening -- (link) - pixitude Feb 21, 15:10 34
- Most of the promo stuff looks great, but I'm just going to keep saying it over and over: Josh Hutcherson makes me yawn just looking at him. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 21, 15:30 7
  - mmhmm. -- nm - kelly Feb 21, 16:03
  - oh i think the lead male casting is turrible -- nm - pixitude Feb 21, 15:31 5
    - I'm willing to believe that Hemsworth could possibly add something interesting. But Hutcherson is like cold oatmeal. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 21, 15:33 4
      - I still lament that Hutcherson didn't get Spider-Man. -- nm - David Feb 21, 15:34 3
        
        "Can he swing from a web? Take a look over zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......." nm - ralph wiggum Feb 21, 15:53 2
        
        The more I watched The Social Network, the less I liked Andrew Garfield. - David Feb 21, 16:07 1
        
        Yeah, I don't care that much about Andrew Garfield either way. Seemed like a weird casting choice for Spiderman. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 21, 16:21
- wait...4 films? - znufrii Feb 21, 15:11 25
  - The plan is to split Mockingjay into two movies -- nm - amoxy Feb 21, 15:15 23
    - I get that this is a trend and all, but I don't think enough happens in the book to warrant it. - ty97 Feb 21, 15:30
    - NOt a fan of that cuz that's the book with the least plot imo. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 15:24 6
      - Oh, it's got plot out the wazoo. It's just convoluted. - David Feb 21, 15:27 4
        
        Well....I think the ending is so rushed that it detracts from the book significantly. (spoils) - Will Hunting Feb 21, 15:29 3
        
        I am right there with you. That's why I would like to see those ideas explored in detail. - David Feb 21, 15:32 2
        
        The third won't. The fourth has the (spoils) - TFox Feb 21, 15:41 1
        
        Yeah, that's right. Okay, one of the two won't. -- nm - David Feb 21, 16:06
      - No way. -- nm - TFox Feb 21, 15:25
    - I'm all for this since the ending of Mockingjay is such a clusterfuck. -- nm - David Feb 21, 15:18 13
      - except it has nothing to do with that, and everything to do with milking another $10 out of your audience. -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 15:21 12
        
        I plan on seeing the first two. Even if Mockingjay is one film, i won't bother. -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 15:31
        
        That was true of Twilight. It's only 70/30 here. -- nm - David Feb 21, 15:24
        
        I rewarded Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 1 a big fat F for the practice too. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 15:23 9
        
        Yeah, we need to talk about how you grade things. -- nm - David Feb 21, 15:25 8
        
        7 Part 1 is a disaster of a film. With a pace barely above comatose, littered with an obscene amount of worthless cameos, and then just ends. - Qale Feb 21, 15:29 7
        
        It's a slow film but nothing even close to what you describe. - David Feb 21, 15:31 5
        
        facts -- nm - TFox Feb 21, 15:54
        
        David Yates had enough time doing character study while he was busy screwing up Half-Blood Prince. - Qale Feb 21, 15:36 3
        
        Half-Blood Prince is a masterpiece. -- nm - David Feb 21, 15:37 2
        
        now, this is crazy.....they missed the tone badly -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 16:17
        
        HAHAHAHAH!! That's halarious. You've been sniffin' too much of something in Snape's private stash. - Qale Feb 21, 15:40
        
        Crazy sauce....and I'm not a huge fan of Movies 6 & 7-1/2. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 15:30
    - I figured as much, but I can't see that there's really two entire films worth of material there... - znufrii Feb 21, 15:16
  - Just skip 'em and watch Battle Royale instead. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 15:15
"Amazing Race" advance man dies from poisoning in Africa. -- (link) - MDH Feb 21, 15:09 1
- Soul books train to river Styx, throws a tantrum in Hades and participates in tribal dance at seventh circle of hell before going to heaven -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 15:37
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- I'll have to ask my nephew if they had that at their recent show in S.F. turns out they're his favorite band. -- nm - b. Feb 21, 15:39 2
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    - I like them, too. it's funny how surprised some of the next gen. kids are that I know/like modern things. ;p - b. Feb 21, 16:23
NBA: Lakers held "players only" meeting...Still mediocre...Outside of Bynum, Gasol, Bryant..producitivity is thin -- (link) - budice Feb 21, 15:05
Jason Cambell qb for the raiders denies he is a runaway groom -- (link) - eag Feb 21, 15:00
Franklin Graham is what's wrong with religion in America today. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 14:58 5
- Yes -- nm - amoxy Feb 21, 15:20
- "You know what's wrong with Skyrim these days? Everyone is obsessed with death." -- nm - Qale Battle-Born Feb 21, 15:16
- what did he do this time? -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 15:09 1
  - He said Obama wasn't really a Christian, he converted for political gain. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 15:38
- All I'm saying is that as a Jehovah's Witness, I'm opposed to blood transfusions, so no insurance should pay for them! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Feb 21, 15:01
*apologizes to Afghanistan* -- (link) - NATO Feb 21, 14:56
American Experience: Clinton Part 2 is tonight on PBS -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 14:52
from bb's, re: "the voice" -- for folks viewing for the first time, I'd caution enthusiasm for the show. the cuts and results of 1:1 battles last - b. Feb 21, 14:51
would have loved to have stumbled across this when I lived in the city... -- (link) - znufrii Feb 21, 14:51 [vimeo] 1
"beware: free apps might prove costly." nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 21, 14:42
can you guys see this? I get so frustrated. -- (link) - jonesy Feb 21, 14:41 2
- no can see -- nm - budice Feb 21, 14:42 1
  - like you care. (a guy I know pours the fests. this is his pic.) -- (link) - jonesy Feb 21, 14:56 [Image]
Sheldon Adelson considers giving $100 million to Gingrich -- (link) - amoxy Feb 21, 14:35 8
- No but really, he needs to do it -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 14:47
- Give it to me Sheldon, you're an animal Sheldon, donate me big Shel-don. -- nm - Newt Feb 21, 14:46
- "Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along." -- nm - US Supreme Court Feb 21, 14:44 4
  - I'm all in favor of them seeing in all it's ugliness what they've created. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 21, 15:09 3
    - wait till some rich idiot starts a pac and really shoots his own guy in the foot by mistake -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 16:17
    - This assumes they even care. I'm not convinced Thomas even puts any thought into his decisions. -- nm - TWuG Feb 21, 15:27 1
      - I'm convinced he's a zombie -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 16:22
- completely absurd. -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 14:43
Soooooo what's everyone been up to today? Me? Not much, just having a baby. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 21, 14:28 24
- ^5 Yay! -- nm - JenBro Feb 21, 16:06
- Awesome news! -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 21, 15:38
- Fantastic news. -- nm - MelDiva Feb 21, 15:24
- Congratulations! -- nm - Roger More Feb 21, 15:20
- YAY happy happy day -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 21, 15:12
- Fantastic! Huge congrats! -- nm - David Feb 21, 15:05
- Baby Born Healthy By Request! -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 15:03
- Yay!! -- nm - kelly Feb 21, 15:00
- Woot! -- nm - Stephen Feb 21, 14:52
- Woo hoo! Best wishes. -- nm - Krusty Feb 21, 14:46
- Yay! Good luck! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 21, 14:43
- Congrats! -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 14:41
- :) -! best wishes for everything going as smoothly and quickly as possible! -- nm - b. Feb 21, 14:38
- woot woot -- nm - Pippy Feb 21, 14:38
- ST: The Next Generation -- nm - budice Feb 21, 14:37
- Woohoo! -- nm - MDH Feb 21, 14:36
- Woo! -- nm - amoxy Feb 21, 14:35
- fantastic. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 21, 14:34
- nice! best wishes -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 14:34
- yay :) busy baby month here -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 14:33
- yee haw! -- nm - mara Feb 21, 14:31
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- *fingers crossed* -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 14:31
- Happy baby day! -- nm - CovingtonCat Feb 21, 14:30
"You're not tryin to draw psycho pension..you really are crazy." -- nm - budice Feb 21, 14:28 1
- "I'm too old for this shit." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 14:28
Package received, JenBro. Thanks! - CovingtonCat Feb 21, 14:23 1
- Okey dokey! -- nm - JenBro Feb 21, 16:21
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- I so read this wrong. - Will Hunting Feb 21, 14:27 1
  - Avatar: The Porno -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 14:27
"Why are those sunflowers moving?" -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 14:17 2
- LOLLLLL! -- nm - JenBro Feb 21, 16:08
- this is probably WAY off base from what you're referencing, but the first thing that came to mind for me in seeing that was ... - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 21, 14:19
Hey, I didn't know amanda went to Mardi Gras -- (link) - con_carne Feb 21, 14:14 [Image] 1
- I would never wear shoes like that. my goodness. have you met m... oh. wait. -- nm - jonesy Feb 21, 14:15
This seems gimmicky but maybe interesting: AUDITION, a Narrative Feature Film: One hundred actors. One love story. -- (link) - ty97 Feb 21, 14:14 4
- I highly recommend they reconsider naming their movie after one of the most sadistic Japanese horror films of all time -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 14:40 1
  - I was wondering the same thing. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 21, 14:42
- I kind of love the poster. -- nm - jonesy Feb 21, 14:16 1
  - It's really good design. -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 14:40
NMB Trish - so are you watching Bethanny Ever After? I was so glad last night to see the show return - the baby is just the CUTEST - spoilers - JenBro Feb 21, 14:10
you don't have to turn the red light, you don't have to sell your body in the night -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 14:07 2
- "This is a red light song." -- nm - peglegpete Feb 21, 14:54
- Please turn right on red, when it's clear. -- nm - Dr.Vermin is behind you and late for work. Feb 21, 14:08
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- Ichiro's numbers are impressively consistent over the last 11 years...basically has played every game..40 steals, 20 2B, 8 HR, 50RBI -- (link) - budice Feb 21, 14:35
- Yet it's probably the best use for him now given the rest of the lineup couldn't take advantage of his skillset. - Will Hunting Feb 21, 14:13

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