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Face Off is pretty sweet. Why didn't anyone tell me? nm - Dignan Mar 27, 13:49 1
- We thought that Nicolas Cage *and* John Woo *and* John Travolta would make you orgasm to death. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 13:52
White People Problems: I'm going to the movies tonight for the first time in a few months, but there's nothing out I feel like I have to see - Reagen Mar 27, 13:43 10
- 21 Jump Street is very funny. I think Jeff At Home looks good as well. -- nm - pmb Mar 27, 13:51
- I was probably more motivated by water cooler inclusion than my own interest, but I was hoping for a mass crowd effect. Surprisingly I didn't feel it. - Max Mar 27, 13:46
- I'll suggest Jeff Who Lives At Home for you - ty97 Mar 27, 13:45
- If I wasn't going to see HG, I'd go see Friends with Kids. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 13:44 1
  - I want to not be reminded of kids. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 13:47
- 21 Jump, yo. nm - Dignan Mar 27, 13:43 4
  - I think it's either that or Chronicle in the $ theatre - Reagen Mar 27, 13:44 2
    - Chronicle would benefit the most from a big screen. nm - Dignan Mar 27, 13:47 1
      - Maybe if Chronicle wasn't a terrible film it would. -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 14:17
  - or this. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 13:44
Google is working on third-party commenting platform to rival Facebook�s, according to multiple reports -- (link) - ty97 Mar 27, 13:41 1
- Dear Google, stop it already. You own a big chunk of the internets - you don't need to own them all - Epiphany Mar 27, 13:46
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- counter: single payer is a hypothetical and not the law in question here. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 13:42 14
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    - Yup. Not the same. nm - Dignan Mar 27, 13:48
  - No, she's wondering why a law that preserves private insurers is seen as less constitutional than Social Security. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 13:47 10
    - Right, it's different if you're forcing people to deal with a third party. It's more constitutional to pay the government directly for services - Max Mar 27, 13:51 4
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      - But that's the argument the anti-health care folks are making. -- nm - ty97 Mar 27, 13:52 2
        
        And I think they're wrong and this law is constitutional, but I think comparing it to single payer is apples and oranges. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 13:55 1
        
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      - I guess my argument in response (though I'd like it to be a loser) is that it's the private element that makes it different. The fact that the - pmb Mar 27, 13:55 3
        
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        It is constitutional in that the government is given various powers to deal with the health, safety and welfare of the people. It can't bestow those - pmb Mar 27, 14:02 1
        
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  - That wasn't the question. -- nm - ty97 Mar 27, 13:43
New AMC show "the Pitch" coming out - 8 parts April 30th - looks interesting (sitwap) -- (link) - JenBro Mar 27, 13:31 1
- A reality show that rips off Mad Men? interesting. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 13:48
Promise to Yourself Poll: what was the last 'bargain' you made with yourself or God or the universe or whatever? - St.Vermin Mar 27, 13:29 13
- That I could buy NHL GameCenter Live if I skipped the 311 show this summer to offset the cost. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 13:40 1
  - Does that cover the playoffs? - spamlet Mar 27, 13:51
- I'm terrible at these. *terrible.* -- nm - economy jones Mar 27, 13:38
- Perhaps more of a goal than a promise, but I told myself that I'm going to send all of my roommate's rent directly to savings and not spend any of it. - ty97 Mar 27, 13:31
- I don't make promises I can't keep. -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 13:30
- Fifty million. Deal's off, jerk. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 13:29 7
  - Has anyone else ever been off by more than 100 million on a prediction? nm - Dignan Mar 27, 13:35 6
    - Dear God, if you smite Dignan right now, I'll do anything you ask of me. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 13:36 5
      - Like, the dudes who totally blew Blair Witch were only off by 25 million. nm - Dignan Mar 27, 13:40 3
        
        I still probably would have put the line at $125m two days before release. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 13:43 2
        
        I wonder if you'll ever be the same. nm - Dignan Mar 27, 13:44 1
        
        I aint been the same long before this. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 13:46
      - including quitting mayonaisse for Miracle Whip? -- nm - peglegpete Mar 27, 13:39
150 foot squid boat from Japan, washed out to sea with last year's tsunami seen floating off BC coast -- (link) - Andie Mar 27, 13:28 2
- g-g-g-g-ghost? -- nm - Tim Conway Mar 27, 13:29
- AHHH oh. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 13:28
Which Final Four coach is the biggest douche? -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 27, 13:21 3
- John Calipari for a guy who's never been to a Final Four before. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 13:28 2
  - I think people have soften on Pitino and now use all there vitriol on Calipari aka Pitino Jr - eag Mar 27, 13:37 1
    - Which is kinda why I want Louisville to win -- nm - eag Mar 27, 13:38
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- Some funny stuff, but 15 tweets in 4 hours is too much for a comedy account -- nm - ty97 Mar 27, 13:19 1
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- Hmm. I wonder if the 'cocky college student' meme has its own Twitter. -- nm - St.Vermin Mar 27, 13:12 1
  - Is that not about 40% of twitter's userbase? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 13:20
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- John 3:16 -- nm - Tebow Mar 27, 13:17
- Did he ever make it off the practice squad? -- nm - amoxy Mar 27, 13:07
- but does he know? -- nm - spamlet Mar 27, 13:05 3
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    - I was making a bad joke, that's all. -- nm - spamlet Mar 27, 13:12
  - If he doesn't, Sanchize has bigger problems than not being able to move the ball downfield. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 13:06
Ain't nothing geekier than listen to audio of SCOTUS arguments -- nm - ty97 Mar 27, 13:03 5
- well, passing the audio through dragon dictate or siri could be geekier. Certainly funnier. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 13:08 2
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    - "I was unable to find the nearest suicide booth. Commencing self-destruct in 3 ... 2... " -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 13:19
- It's probably less obvious with just audio that Thomas never says a thing. - TWuG Mar 27, 13:06
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LYC: Walked by the Capitol/Supreme Court today. The ignorance of the Tea Party signs/chants continues to stun me. - MDH Mar 27, 12:59 [Image] 3
- I want to stand right next to them holding a sign that says "No it isn't." -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 13:12
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  - It is a circus out there. The amount of anti-Obama socialist/muslim comments disgusts me. -- nm - MDH Mar 27, 13:07
Was HG shot in IMAX? -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 12:56 5
- No. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 27, 12:57 4
  - so there's no real reason to go out of my way to see it that way? killer. thanks. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 12:57 3
    - I believe David & Callisto saw it on Imax/LieMax (one of the two). -- nm - JaxSean Mar 27, 12:58 2
      - I think the shaky cam might be better. - Kim Pine Mar 27, 13:17
      - "Why must you turn this into a film house of LIES?!" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 13:00
The JOBS acts is headed to Obama -- (link) - ty97 Mar 27, 12:56 1
- This is the 'legalize fraud' bill, right? -- nm - GregW Mar 27, 12:59
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- ugh, NBC -- nm - ty97 Mar 27, 13:04 1
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resolved: I'm going to start going to the movies more often. - Diva Mar 27, 12:53 18
- I really need to get over my reluctance to go solo. I've been to all kinds of live performance but not movies :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 27, 13:27 2
  - It's cool and you do everything on your own terms. -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 13:49
  - seriously, matinees are full of singles. you won't feel weird at all. -- nm - Andie Mar 27, 13:29
- Me too. Even sitting in the 3rd row for the Hunger Games did not diminish the experience -- nm - amoxy Mar 27, 13:08
- me too actually, i barely make it to them anymore. i miss movies. -- nm - Andie Mar 27, 13:01 4
  - and this is what the hunger games did to us all. see? it made us realize, remember, why we love movies. -- nm - economy jones Mar 27, 13:03 3
    - yep - I know for certain I enjoyed it more being in a big audience and on a big screen. -- nm - JenBro Mar 27, 13:10
    - i think this is true. there are tons of movies i planned to see, and it never happened. Yet i made this happen. opening weekend. - Andie Mar 27, 13:05 1
      - Our actions clearly expose our true priorities. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 13:33
- curious - why the change? - JenBro Mar 27, 12:58 8
  - I go less because the theater aren't very convenient for me to get to - ty97 Mar 27, 13:06 3
    - I go less because getting a night without the kidlet in tow is very hard. - TWuG Mar 27, 13:08 2
      - I go less because I lost my routine when I was traveling, and because my friends don't understand the idea of solo movies. -- nm - economy jones Mar 27, 13:15
      - Not all of it. - spamlet Mar 27, 13:11
  - When I was single the big multi-plex movie theatre which plays both mass market and some arthouse fare - Diva Mar 27, 13:02 3
    - my single-movie-going fave thing was sunday matinees by myself. i loved it actually. -- nm - Andie Mar 27, 13:04 2
      - I loved sunday 10:30 or 11:00 a.m. movies alone. we don't have that here. -- nm - economy jones Mar 27, 13:06
      - oh, I'd do that too. :) -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 13:05
Dubai debuts....the Emergency Pizza Button...a refrigerator magnet device links via blue tooth to your cell/computer and sends in your regular order -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 27, 12:53
Trying to decide if taking a day off in May to do the Marvel Marathon would be worth it -- nm - Capstern Mar 27, 12:48 1
- Life is short, go for it,. -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 12:52
from the same sculptor from b2 - animal footprint shoes. -- (link) - loosilu Mar 27, 12:48
we should have a "go to the movies while you're at work" challenge sometime - pixitude Mar 27, 12:47 16
- I used to do it every Friday at lunch for about 3 years. - decline Mar 27, 13:03
- starting in june I have mandatory two days off per month. brian wants to bail every friday early and hit matinees. nm - economy jones Mar 27, 13:02 2
  - go fishing instead - decline Mar 27, 13:03 1
    - the person who wants to teach me how to fish has obligations that are far more important than am I. can I go sit in a park? -- nm - economy jones Mar 27, 13:05
- back when I was taking care of my mom I would take Thursday afternoons off to see movies - because it was the only time I could. - JenBro Mar 27, 13:00
- and anyone dumb enough to post the stub on FB for proof, deserves to be fired when the boss sees it :( -- nm - peglegpete Mar 27, 12:55 1
  - who's dumb enough to friend their boss on FB without super tight privacy controls on every post? - economy jones Mar 27, 13:01
- unlikely, short of claiming a doctor's appointment or other excuse. -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 12:52
- I did it for the first Planet of the Apes reboot. - Mel Profit Mar 27, 12:52
- I win. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 27, 12:51
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- I could totally do a matinee if it was one of my long public meeting nights. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 27, 12:50
- My manager took us to a movie once as part of work. - Kim Pine Mar 27, 12:50
- I did this once. An old friend and I went to go see Rush Hour 2 on opening day and we were back at work in time for market close. - Diva Mar 27, 12:50
- I could do it for a short movie, but not something like HG -- nm - oblique Mar 27, 12:48
- I did that in seattle. Theater down the street...would come in early. Take 2 hour lunch and come back -- nm - Capstern Mar 27, 12:48
I have seen a lot of sculptures carved into books on Pinterest, and I can't figure out how the do the cutting. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 12:47 6
- My guess is a dremel tool. -- nm - St.Vermin Mar 27, 12:58 1
  - I poked around a little. Apparently someone uses that, but the heat can turn the edges brown. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 13:52
- I've wondered that too. FWIW, there are books about altered books that might help. -- (link) - mara Mar 27, 12:52 1
  - cool, thanks. I think a lot of is kept close to the chest, too. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 12:54
- computer guided matte board cutting machines? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 12:50 1
  - all of these guys say it is done by hand. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 12:54
All your obsessions are boring and repetative. Please get new ones. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 12:46 5
- But, it's the man's birthday! -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 13:09
- We could all switch. Like, I could get into professional wrestling and Will could take up ukulele. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 13:07 1
  - Just as long as you grow to hate John Cena, I'm cool with that. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 13:13
- wait. what? (is this about RW? don't take away my radiohead!!) -- nm - economy jones Mar 27, 13:01
- even my obsession with videos of kate upton dancing? -- nm - tRuMaN, de-brained Mar 27, 12:47
ST Advise Request / MIL Update - Strongbad Mar 27, 12:46 12
- Definitely check into Social Security disability payments. Bill was on this for a number of years prior to his death - you don't - MojaveMeg Mar 27, 13:21
- It's an insurance company, of course they're cold-hearted bastards. actual helpful stuff inside - TWuG Mar 27, 12:53
- hang on ... why would it be paid under short term DI but be deemed "pre-existing and not eligible" under long term DI? that seems fishy to me - I'd - JenBro Mar 27, 12:52 8
  - I have no idea. I'm stupid when it comes to this stuff. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 27, 12:53 7
    - this is where the agent receiving the commission for the policy should be helping you - if you don't have that person - consider checking with your - JenBro Mar 27, 12:55
    - Consult an attorney with experience in this area. It will be money well spent. -- nm - TWuG Mar 27, 12:55 5
      - or this ... but the agent &/or insurance bureau help would be without fee :) (I'm cheap) -- nm - JenBro Mar 27, 12:57 4
        
        I meant "in addition". The insurance agent will be able to answer questions regarding coverage, but of no use - TWuG Mar 27, 13:04 1
        
        oh duh - right right - I get what you meant now - sorry :) absolutely correct - especially the health durable power of attorney forms - critical IMHO -- nm - JenBro Mar 27, 13:11
        
        Graci everyone. - Strongbad Mar 27, 12:58 1
        
        this may not be possible, but if there's a nursing college or something similar - maybe internships for her care are an option? also - when I needed - JenBro Mar 27, 13:05
- sounds like she'd be SSI eligible, with section 8 housing or group home -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 12:49
I've decided that I'm just not cut out for Xbox 360 FPS controllers - oblique Mar 27, 12:46 4
- i am opposite - tRuMaN, de-brained Mar 27, 12:46 3
  - I've been watching more videos of guys strafing and using the DMR and I couldn't hit 1 of 10 shots they were making - oblique Mar 27, 12:47 1
    - oh i understand that is hard to learn - tRuMaN, de-brained Mar 27, 12:48
  - I rocked the keyboard playing Doom & Quake. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 27, 12:47
Alaska: setting a high bar for racial diversity and tolerance. -- (link) - The Vermin Who Was on Fire Mar 27, 12:46
I am now invisible. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 27, 12:46

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