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how much did the matrix movies make? Keanu apparently got 10m + 10%, 15m + 15%, & ... - zork Apr 6, 21:31 3
- The reason they re-released the Titanic was so that it might at least break even, hollywood accounting wise -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 21:33 2
  - cool. in 2061 we will re-release John Carter in holographic. -- nm - Disney Execs. Apr 6, 21:45
  - wow, ... only in Hollywood can a movie make something like A BILLION FREAKING DOLLARS and some wiseass accountant be able to say it didn't break even. -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 6, 21:44
Pippy nmb... - Krusty Apr 6, 21:18 3
- (laughing) This is the same thing that happened to me with her. I thought I was drawing "Poolboy" when the word was "Oilfield." - JaxSean Apr 6, 21:21 2
  - Heh. :-) Maybe you're right about an error. - Krusty Apr 6, 21:46
  - It would be really disturbing if she had. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 21:30
heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 6, 21:05 [Image]
I'm sorry ML, that was the worst drawing I've ever done. I panicked. -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 20:51 4
- You and I almost just had a Poolboy/Oilfield fiasco. - JaxSean Apr 6, 21:02 1
  - yeah, I was looking at the letters and thinking I could almost make artery out of them. -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 21:17
- worst? oh I doubt it. - loosi Apr 6, 20:58 1
  - I think yours and my game is broken. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 21:09
If this is true, I will be very sad and very pissed (DR WHO possible future spoilers-2nd hand from my daughter) - amoxy Apr 6, 20:49 7
- current rumors.... - Remlik Apr 6, 21:03 5
  - the Doctor spells it with a u - zork Apr 6, 21:06 4
    - so "rumor" -- nm - pixitude Apr 6, 21:08 3
      - the English are a quaint people aren't they? - Remlik Apr 6, 21:10 2
        
        lyc: the word "quaint" sends Londoners into paroxysms. - loosi Apr 6, 21:15 1
        
        will do! -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 21:19
- WHAT? oh no. -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 21:02
finally saw the trailer for Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter. it looks just silly -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 20:45 1
- Because the Title sounded so Refined -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:46
Yellow Tail is cheap hooch. Just saying. - Bacon Apr 6, 20:44 2
- there are certainly much better australian wines out there, but it's not bad. -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 20:50
- Don't be knockin' my wine of choice ;/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 6, 20:46
"Teen sells kidney for iphone" Hmmm Apple must have had t hem on sale. -- (link) - Bacon Apr 6, 20:40 2
- we heard about this a year ago -- nm - zork Apr 6, 21:37
- last name of Crowe, I reckon? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 20:42
I am going beer bottle hunting! 400 units, ten floors, 2 recycling bins per floor. what will I find? -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:39 7
- I'm always surprised how other places don't have deposits on beer bottles and cans. - zork Apr 6, 21:34
- 10, 9, 8 = nothing. -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 21:30
- tetnus -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 20:54
- things i would be ashamed to be seen picking out of a recycling bin -- nm - pixitude Apr 6, 20:40 3
  - oh please. they put it in there 20 minutes ago. and it's green! -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:41 2
    - *Looks at your red hair, sees you digging for beer bottles, assumes you are Irish* -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:43 1
      - look, I like to smell them. is that so bad? -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:59
Current weekend estimes from DL: Hunger Games #1 with up to 40. American Reunion 25. Titanic 20 (3-day) -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 20:39 1
- That's a pretty good hold for Hunger Games if accurate. -- nm - Tim Apr 6, 20:41
so this hoarder lady not only doesn't throw out expired, rotten food but she cooks with it too? - pixitude Apr 6, 20:33 2
- I would still eat it -- nm - Will Hunting si Apr 6, 20:35
- oh, I guess you haven't watched it before. -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:35
RIP Thomas Kinkade, age 54 -- (link) - ty97 Apr 6, 20:18 10
- Of note: no national site has confirmed yet. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 20:37 1
  - MSNBC confirmed -- (link) - Bacon Apr 6, 20:45
- it was a Happy Death -- nm - Bob Ross Apr 6, 20:34
- Whoa. -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:34
- 54?! He paints like a 89 year old white haired dude! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:23
- I hope loosi has an alibi. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 20:22 4
  - The dude had serious talent. too bad he went the kitsch route. He is Celine Dion. -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:34
  - Like she'd do anything to make his art more valuable. -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 20:26
  - I know right? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:23 1
    - being on the opposite side of the country is a good alabi -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 20:27
So, Ika.orgers, I see it as we have three choices: - flavorize Apr 6, 20:18 2
- Do not engage SCRUF. They will be waiting for you. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 20:40 1
  - And MIN/CWG is not our fight. We're just in the way. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 20:40
rackin frackin pieces of copper -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 6, 20:05
Navy pilot was extremely apologetic to residents. "I'm sorry I destroyed your house." -- (link) - loosi Apr 6, 20:01
Went 2 and 3 tonight in Magic playing G/B Heartless Summoning. I have a card called Tree of Redemption that lets you switch life totals with it. - Qale Apr 6, 19:59 1
- Tree Wizard! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:01
While on my way to pick up my date she texted asking for an extra 15 min. So now i am sitting outside waiting. How can someone always be running late. - Jamez Bond (aka Igor) Apr 6, 19:53 24
- hmm, my brain read your handle as "yam-ez". heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 20:52
- High Maintenance!!! -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:51
- Dump her. Not even joking. -- nm - David Apr 6, 20:48
- Im not the first, and I won't be the last, to tell you this... - Stephen Apr 6, 20:10 5
  - I can see where it would be irksome -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:16 3
    - it doesn't really bother me. I can see she tries, there's just something that prevents her from actually being on time. - mafic Apr 6, 20:35 1
      - my mom does this. has always done it. the weird thing is, she has an internal clock and she knows EXACTLY what time it is. - loosi Apr 6, 20:37
    - Yes, irksome, let's go with that... - Stephen Apr 6, 20:30
  - my dad has been used to it for 46 years! -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:11
- welcome to my life. it ain't gonna change. -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 20:10 9
  - do you have a steady girl now? can we hear about her? -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:10 8
    - I'll say yes. I think we've vaguely heard about her before. she's a pharmacist, she's half vietnamese, and she knows all the words to baby got back. -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 20:18 4
      - Mafic and ....wait for it..... Mafchick -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:52
      - I can't think of a bad word to say about her. Very happy for you. :) -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:36 1
        
        (if you really want something she's kind of terrified of commitment, but yeah, me too.) -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 20:49
      - That is awesome - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:20
    - Pretty please - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:15 2
      - using AU is still good :)) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 20:18 1
        
        Hee -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:24
- hee!!! it will always be like this with her. TRUST ME. -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:07
- because you put up with it -- nm - pixitude Apr 6, 20:03
- Don't expect that to change. - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:02 1
  - my sistah! -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:07
- You always come too early! -- nm - Igor's Date Apr 6, 19:59
I agree with Dano. -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 6, 19:53
Tonight's wine is Yellow Tail Pinot Noir -- nm - Dano Apr 6, 19:42 13
- they are my go to. -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:07
- Yellow Tail has some decent selections -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:01 9
  - Indeed. I often buy those if I want something a step above 'camping wine' -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 6, 20:03 8
    - I'm very very fond of their shiraz. -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:08 7
      - my australian wine recommendation of the night (if you like shiraz): anything from the barossa valley, particularly 2006 and 2010. -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 20:16 2
        
        We get a lot of Australian wines here, and most of them very reasonably priced. - MojaveMeg Apr 6, 20:19 1
        
        the country's hugely overproducing, so there's a glut. you can get really good wine here for $10/bottle - mafic Apr 6, 20:23
      - Oh yes! -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 6, 20:09 3
        
        also the riesling! -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:10 2
        
        Yes! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:14 1
        
        cheap riesling = 7 up. Also, I MUST recommend Vino Verde from portugal. - loosi Apr 6, 20:41
- that's an interesting Seder choice :) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 19:51
- I like that one. Very underrated -- nm - flavorize Apr 6, 19:47
I dug the Hunger Games a whole lot. B+ -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 19:34 1
- So you are Team Katniss? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 20:01
S E X -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:30 3
- bow chicka wow wow -- nm - budice on fire Apr 6, 19:35
- L3! Drunk/drugged Bacon...we've missed you! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 19:31 1
  - Drunk Dial Marriage Proposals incoming ........ -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:30
So does the Draw Something app on the iPhone do anything other than spin Loading Game? -- nm - Dano Apr 6, 19:28
Coca Cola not kosher for passover this year -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 6, 18:51 12
- I've got a couple of two liters of Kosher Coke this year. Yay for grocery stores in Jewish neighborhoods. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 6, 20:05
- Meh. Get it from Mexico. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 18:55 10
  - This must be why you repost so much, you don't read the articles others post. :-) - TWuG Apr 6, 18:57 9
    - It seems you understood the article less than I did. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 19:08 5
      - It said the non-kosher aspect was the new caramel ingredient. It then discussed the separate - TWuG Apr 6, 19:19 4
        
        Additionally, I'm assuming Coke changed the caramel formula across the board and not just for the stuff bottled in Calif. - TWuG Apr 6, 19:25 3
        
        The article pretty clearly states that it's just California. -- nm - Ender Apr 6, 19:55
        
        I don't, as they don't make it in only one place. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 6, 19:31
        
        it'sbottled/manufactured indifferent locations. i think theycancustomize it for different places if they have to -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 6, 19:29
    - well it does, corn is not kosher for passover as it is a grain (I think) and there's no way of telling how much time passed between raw, ground ... - zeitgeist Apr 6, 19:06 2
      - The discussion of corn syrup v. sugar was to explain why Coke releases a Passover product to begin with. The reason this year's product can't - TWuG Apr 6, 19:21
      - for ashkenazi jews it might be okayfor sephardic -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 6, 19:20
Bacon! What kind of wine you drinking? - amoxy Apr 6, 18:49 5
- Canoe Ridge 2007 Merlot! Hic!!!...a.a..a.a Now we are watching the movie, Wind. Mathew Modine and Jennifer Grey (pre nose job( -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:29 3
  - never heard of it, but what was dinner? -- nm - loosi Apr 6, 20:08
  - was that a sailing plot? -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 19:52 1
    - Yes, it was good. -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:31
- on b2 -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 6, 19:24
"We got a Xena, Jackie Chan..and a Robin Hood" -- nm - budice on fire Apr 6, 18:41
CSI: NY (maybe not so spoilerish) observation ... - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 6, 18:37 1
- spoiler - peglegpete Apr 6, 18:54
"My God! If we don't do something soon, Hitler will be the eighth Wonder of the World". Watching the first episode of Danger 5. -- nm - Under the Influence Apr 6, 18:24 1
- love that show. -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 18:27
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- NBC? -- nm - Under the Influence Apr 6, 18:32
Pixie, here is a day late birthday gift -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 6, 18:17
John Carter 2: Lord of Uranus -- (link) - pixitude Apr 6, 17:47 1
- did we know the reason why they took out mars from the title? apparently, ... - zork Apr 6, 18:20
Tim Siedell: Baseball is Life -- (link) - GregW Apr 6, 17:44 1
- Heh damn your link title! -- nm - Stephen Apr 6, 17:45
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- *laughing* - kelly Apr 6, 20:56
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- I was talking to my Mom on the phone and she said he though a temper tantrum today. I guess that is is. - Bacon Apr 6, 17:38 2
  - *looks at calendar* yep, ends with a Y. he's such an angry jerk. - zork Apr 6, 18:23
  - though = threw -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 17:38
oops, I did it again. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 17:30 5
- We are going to see Zumanity in 2 weeks. Have you seen it? -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 17:34 4
  - no. need any restaurant ideas? -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 18:12 3
    - all the places at the Cosmopolitan & Aria are great -- nm - peglegpete Apr 6, 18:13 2
      - Nudity? -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:28 1
        
        Ha! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 19:30

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