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LYC: Maybe I shouldn't check Facebook while I'm at work. - con_carne Jan 22, 12:47 1
- You should just delete your account. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 22, 12:55
I've seen the Mamma Mia! play (in Vancouver, when it was touring), and most of the Mamma Mia! movie. The movie was shit. - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:45 3
- really? i thought the movie was pretty bad, as a movie, but enjoyable, somehow. i thought Streep was *great.* -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 12:46 2
  - I watched it while in Whistler. It drooooooooned on, and I almost dozed off. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:49 [flickr]
  - This was my take as well. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:47
Called credit card company... - Dano Jan 22, 12:41 9
- You at least spring for the rust-proof undercoating on your card, right? -- nm - Ender Jan 22, 12:46
- *steals identity* -- nm - Credit Card Customer Service Rep Jan 22, 12:43
- Good on you. Especially the being proactive part. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:42 5
  - I was just kicking myself because I used to be so bad about these things, and I've been really good for like five years now. - Dano Jan 22, 12:45 4
    - Should've asked for the late fee removal too. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 22, 12:46 3
      - Nah. I deserve that. -- nm - Dano Jan 22, 12:47 2
        
        really? I think not. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 22, 12:48 1
        
        Yes. I knew the payment due date. I missed it by one day. A one-time penalty seems fair to me. -- nm - Dano Jan 22, 12:52
- Nice. -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 12:42
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- also, *eats a Krispy Kreme donut* -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 12:36
- in other news, the sky is blue, and sun remarkably rose in the East this morning. - znufrii Jan 22, 12:35
What the heck is in the water at Virginia Tech? -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 22, 12:31
Does anyone think that Winslet's being (suprisingly?) nominated for Best Actress in "The Reader" diminshes her chances of winning? - Diva Jan 22, 12:30 47
- seems like it would indicate strength, as voters not only liked her enough to nominate her, but move her from one category to the other. - Reagen Jan 22, 12:33
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  - It's also interesting because up until now, industry scuttlebutt has been that they were pushing her for Supporting for "The Reader". - Diva Jan 22, 12:34 1
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- Somehow, I think Meryl Streep will win. - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:32 41
  - Mamma Mia! for Best Picture! -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 12:48
  - I think Viola Davis takes home the only statue for Doubt this year. - znufrii Jan 22, 12:39
  - She hasn't won since Sophie's Choice. (1981?) -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:35 29
    - She's so due then. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:35 28
      - but ... she's already seen as one of the best actresses in Hollywood, and doesn't need another statue to raise her salary. Winslet is still young and - loosilu Jan 22, 12:37 6
        
        Winslet just got her 6th Oscar nom before age 32?...i don't think anyone believes her career needs a boost. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:38 5
        
        they like giving it to women with a long career ahead of them. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:38 4
        
        Word. -- nm - Jessica Tandy Jan 22, 12:44 3
        
        you had to go back 20 years! -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:45 2
        
        Believe it or not...that was just something I knew. I didn't have to go back for anything. -- nm - Jim Jan 22, 12:46 1
        
        my point was, it doesn't happen often. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:46
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        Oscar likes young in this category though. - Reagen Jan 22, 12:37 18
        
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        Not on her best day is she cuter than Kate. -- nm - Jim Jan 22, 12:45
        
        also this role was in many ways somewhat more of a departure for Hathaway, and more impressive for that. - znufrii Jan 22, 12:43 1
        
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        I love Anne, but I don't know if she's cuter than Winsey. I could just eat her up. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:41 9
        
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        I don't know - Doesn't Kate get all nekkid in "The Reader"? The lechers love to vote for that stuff and call it 'a brave performance'. - Diva Jan 22, 12:46 6
        
        However, it's Kate Winslet. She gets nekkid more often than Jenna Haze. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:48 1
        
        Can't that be special anyways? -- nm - Lecher Voter si Jan 22, 12:55
        
        Hey hun...we should go see The Reader. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 22, 12:48 1
        
        you so funny... -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:56
        
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        I'd agree if Kate hadn't made getting nekkid a regular occurrence. -- nm - Jim Jan 22, 12:47
        
        sometimes I think you *are* gay. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:43
        
        I think if Kate wasn't there, it would. - Reagen Jan 22, 12:40 2
        
        I think I need to watch this Extras ep tonight. -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 12:43
        
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        Winslet is plenty young. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:40
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  - Streep gets nominated for almost everything she does but has only won twice. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 12:34 8
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      - I thought Meryl was pretty hammy in this one. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:36 6
        
        What did you think of the movie? - kelly Jan 22, 12:38 5
        
        Il iked it enough - I had already seen it on the Bway and I think it was a more than adequate transfer. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:39 4
        
        Oh, I didn't realize it was on Broadway. -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 12:42 3
        
        It was a very good production. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama as well. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:44 2
        
        I second this - znufrii Jan 22, 12:46
        
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- I think it ups her chances since she did not get a double nom. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:31
Got home & took off my gray buttondown shirt w/black & red pinstripes. Now I just have on my black slacks & a black t-shirt that I wore - HdnAgnda Jan 22, 12:30 2
- 5 bucks if you go around your house singing Johnny Cash songs. -- nm - Trish Jan 22, 12:33 1
  - I'm home alone so you're on! -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 22, 12:38
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- It did. It just didn't get read. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 22, 12:41
- I thought it already had, otherwise I would've. -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 12:32 1
  - although shutting down the CIA's secret torture regime is probably more noteworthy. -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 12:34
- [shrug] It's not a surprise, is it? - Dr.Vermin Jan 22, 12:32 6
  - Maybe they'll send them to Alaska. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:34 3
    - They could put them in a huge fenced in area and have them dig oil fields. - Trish Jan 22, 12:36 2
      - Or we could always hunt 'em from helicoptors! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 22, 12:36 1
        
        Yay! -- nm - a random wolf Jan 22, 12:38
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    - Man, you complain when people knock him, you complain when people praise him. You want ST to be an Obama-free zone??? - Dr.Vermin Jan 22, 12:35
- I thought it did. It did over at HSXTT... -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:32 1
  - TWuG posted a link to a draft of it yesterday -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:33
Why on earth did I say I'd stay late tonight? I so desperately want to be doing anything but working right now. -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 12:24 2
- *raises hand* - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:25 1
  - Oh, I'd be at a movie or something. - kelly Jan 22, 12:26
I just freaked myself out. - Trish Jan 22, 12:23 5
- I still have a link, but I've relocated it far and out of the way -- nm - budice Jan 22, 12:25
- "big bird" made me laugh -- nm - prayformojo Jan 22, 12:24 1
  - I've been calling her that since week one! - Trish Jan 22, 12:28
- the DMac impersonator si an Obama cutout. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:23 1
  - *giggle* Obama is living in a corner of our kitchen for the time being. - Trish Jan 22, 12:25
LIR to prayformojo. Glom is not the word you are looking for. - HdnAgnda Jan 22, 12:21 1
- He should have pressed charges. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:24
Obama administration asks Ex-Sun CEO Scott McNealy for a letter on the benefits of open source. -- (link) - budice Jan 22, 12:21 8
- Obama's done enough for his first few days. He needs to take it easy. All these new laws n stuff. Laws are bad, mmkay. -- nm - Loyola Jan 22, 12:26
- and post it online, where anyone can copy it, edit it, and distribute it freely. -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 12:24
- There are no benefits to open sores. -- nm - P. Hilton's ex(es) Jan 22, 12:23
- He should ask Perkins instead. - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:22 4
  - I'd bring in peeps from OSDL, FSF, Linus Torvalds -- nm - budice Jan 22, 12:25 3
    - ...W3C, Apache, OSI -- nm - budice Jan 22, 12:28
    - No, don't talk to Linus, he's been a dick recently. The real person to talk to is Cory Doctorow. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:26 1
      - (However, his hot air balloon might prove difficult to track) - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:27
They should do the switch now, and just stream a "please switch, here are instructions" message on the analog channels until then - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:20 1
- Pfft. That makes way too much sense to actually work. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 22, 12:24
Speaking of Wieters, ESPN is having a chat with him in about 40 minutes. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 22, 12:19
Holy crap, that quiz was tough. 14/25. -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 12:19 7
- 10 -- nm - amoxy Jan 22, 12:26 1
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- Jiminy Christmas - That was difficult. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:20 4
  - "not an oscar winner" will be significantly easier, i think - prayformojo Jan 22, 12:22 3
    - uh...are you writin' it? -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:23 1
      - already written -- nm - prayformojo Jan 22, 12:25
    - a) Schinder's List b) Godfather c) Gone with the Wind d) Love Guru. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:23
Wild. Interviewee on Fresh Air says that drone pilots have higher rates of PTSD than ground troops because of what they see. -- nm - Max Jan 22, 12:18 5
- could it also be that they're going into enemy territory? -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:22 2
  - drone pilots? sometimes those dudes are in, like, arizona.... - x Jan 22, 12:32 1
    - ooooh, they're not inside the plane. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:33
- I find t hat so surprising that I'd almost call it shocking. WarGames was *wrong*? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:21
- author of "Wired for War" from the Brookings Inst. -- nm - Max Jan 22, 12:20
I'm taking the final part of the CPA tomorrow, should know if I pass in 4-5 weeks - MDH Jan 22, 12:18 7
- heh. you are better than me. after failing twice - tRuMaN Jan 22, 12:24 1
  - Hey you. - Trish Jan 22, 12:31
- 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, a peso: all those for mdh, stand up and say so! - prayformojo Jan 22, 12:23
- Thanks everyone :-) - MDH Jan 22, 12:21
- Do it. Do it. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:21
- Knock 'em dead, kid -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 12:20
- good luck! -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 12:19
And here's the original Nielsen press release that spells out their definition better. - Reagen Jan 22, 12:18 3
- also, go NYC in the regional breakdown - znufrii Jan 22, 12:30
- I'm dubious of the "Under 35" numbers, I would think they're the most likely to have bought a new TV recently, and thus not affected by the upgrade. -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 12:26 1
  - but they'd also have less money and more likely to scrimp by not having cable. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 12:27
is iis it non sequitir day?...nm - x Jan 22, 12:17 7
- it is always non sequitor day for me. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 12:26 2
  - SEQUITUR! -- nm - ST spelling bitch Jan 22, 12:27 1
    - meh. spelling is for dorks. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 12:31
- Purple monkey dishwasher. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 22, 12:20
- Banana Hammock! -- nm - JD Jan 22, 12:18
- leaky stigmata -- nm - prayformojo Jan 22, 12:18
- lolhyde? -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:18
He doesn't want to know what I do to him while he's asleep. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:17 1
- Dress him up in cute little outfits? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 22, 12:18
Bery, we need a button that will generate a random battle sequence in Flash between a sasquatch and a unicorn. - TFox Jan 22, 12:16 1
- ~My horn can pierce the sky!~ -- nm - Princess Unicorn Jan 22, 12:17
I think I got away with one there... -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 22, 12:16 4
- and you're returning to the scene to brag? Rookie mistake! -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 12:19 3
  - sometimes what seems like braggin' is really just picking a fight. - Mel Profit Jan 22, 12:23 1
    - *winks and nods once* -- nm - William 'Diva' Wallace Jan 22, 12:26
  - I was juuust waitin' for the roll... -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:21
It's sort of a ...cladogram of band names. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:16
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- They missed "Detht�ngue". -- nm - TaurusII Jan 22, 12:19 1
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- I just want to point out that under "Pointless Misspellings", they misspelled Led Zeppelin. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:18 2
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    - whatever, they spelled it different than the band spelled it! -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:21
- They've been around for years :-) -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 12:17
- mexican santa! --nm - prayformojo Jan 22, 12:17

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