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LYC - I read the Hatfields & McCoys' wikipedia to see how far the series went off the original story - turns out - they didn't - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:59 5
- It's the familiar story of tribal warfare. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 4, 09:06
- I was wondering that myself because I felt the Randall McCoy character was tending towards cliche as the series went on. - bc/nc Jun 4, 09:02 1
  - everyone did a great job acting - I love Paxton, Boothe & hey Mare Winninham! woot -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 09:04
- Yup. And there was a lot they left out, even. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 09:00 1
  - can you list some stuff? I find it fascinating - *spoils* - Epiphany Jun 4, 09:01
Mad Men spec question - znufrii Jun 4, 08:55 7
- Road trip to Woodstock! WOOOO! -- nm - Roger Sterling Jun 4, 09:04
- I assume an asteroid will hit the building and everyone will die. -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 08:57
- (spoiler) - Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 4, 08:56
- I thought the season finale was last night? -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:56 3
  - Nope, one more ep. -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 08:56 2
    - sure *felt* like a season finale -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:57 1
      - right? - znufrii Jun 4, 08:57
Crap. That accident I mentioned last week? The driver of the commercial truck did not make it. - Spawn Jun 4, 08:53 6
- that's just heartbreaking ... no wonder you got the wind knocked out of you when you saw it and it brought it all back ... so sorry -- nm - JenBro Jun 4, 11:08
- Aw man -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 09:04
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 09:02
- Wow. That's horrible. At the same time, I'm thankful the wreck happened before you got there. -- nm - Jim Jun 4, 09:01 1
  - Internal injuries. Cut out of the vehicle. Flown to Indianapolis. - Spawn Jun 4, 09:12
- Ugh. That sucks. :( -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 08:54
Ugh, note to self, don't drink so much on a Sunday night. I'm not hungover, just really blah. -- nm - sycor Jun 4, 08:51
Nice. Looks like they may have caught that Canadian 'body parts' serial killer in Germany -- nm - Jovian Jun 4, 08:38
NASA gets a boost for dark energy survey -- (link) - znufrii Jun 4, 08:38
"Hell with the cat, I want propellors on my limbs today" *puts a quarter in the comment bin* Totally worth it though, that's funny -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 08:37 1
- I believe the going rate is $1? - Roger More, future Prime Minister of Canada Jun 4, 08:47
people are crazy, like this guy for instance -- (link) - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 08:37
*sigh* I wanted to update my financial spreadsheet for the end of May...but I'm afraid to look at my portfolio :( - MojaveMeg Jun 4, 08:30 1
- Word. -- nm - Zuck Jun 4, 08:31
Eaton Centre shooting suspect arrested: -- (link) - Andie Jun 4, 08:29 1
- I heard on the radio that he lawyered up and turned himself in. -- nm - zork Jun 4, 08:31
watching the Batman segment on MTV Movie awards and Bale was really broken up when Heath came across the screen -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 08:23
YDC, but we now have 181 holds on 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' -- nm - mara Jun 4, 08:23 30
- i just checked the Toronto system: 2559 holds / 248 copies -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 08:35
- Thats ridiculous there should be a limit on number of holds -- nm - eag Jun 4, 08:28 11
  - Not sure what you mean. There's no limit. -- nm - mara Jun 4, 08:30 10
    - Meaning once it gets to a certain number dont allow any more holds - eag Jun 4, 08:32 9
      - That's terrible customer service though. I mean, not being able to borrow a book right away is part of being a library customer. Being told that you - Roger More, future Prime Minister of Canada Jun 4, 08:46 5
        
        so then spend the 10 bucks and buy it then! - groiny Jun 4, 08:51 4
        
        Yeah and who knows what the condition of a copy will be after 10, 20 or 30 checkouts. -- nm - bc/nc Jun 4, 08:56 2
        
        pages stuck together, paragraphs highlighted - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:56 1
        
        what is that bleach smell? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 09:00
        
        That's the way to run a library! -- nm - Roger More, future Prime Minister of Canada Jun 4, 08:54
      - Since having more holds doesn't have any negative consequences whatsover, that's not something any library would ever do. Plus, the number of holds - mara Jun 4, 08:37
      - why? i mean, if you want to wait, you can wait. there are also probably LOTS of copies. -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 08:33 1
        
        Well yeah it would depend on the number of copies -- nm - eag Jun 4, 08:38
- it is really, REALLY racy for a library - I wonder if Walmart is stocking these? - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:27 15
  - my library has plenty of books as racy as that. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 08:41
  - mine had it. -- nm - kelly Jun 4, 08:31 11
    - I'm not judging but the fact that Walmart censors albums but sells these is a bit hypocritical - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:33 10
      - Is it really that racy? -- nm - kelly Jun 4, 08:34 9
        
        yes - penthouse letters has nothing on this. the only word they refuse to use is: P - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:45
        
        it's garden variety fanfic level porn. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 08:42 4
        
        you've read it? i admit i'm surprised US Walmart would carry it. -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 08:43 3
        
        As long as nobody complains, they're all too happy to sell racy books and CDs. -- nm - David, neutral Jun 4, 09:01 1
        
        And sometimes when someone complains, they happily sell even more -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 09:18
        
        someone posted a digest of the dirty parts here. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 08:44
        
        from all accounts I've heard - yup. -- nm - Diva Jun 4, 08:36
        
        it's straight up porn, really. and other than that it's frickin' boring. they have the same conversation about 8 million times. - Andie Jun 4, 08:36 1
        
        Huh. Okay. -- nm - kelly Jun 4, 08:42
  - Think I saw it there - eag Jun 4, 08:28 1
    - ditto -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 08:29
- so you're ordering 131 more shades? -- nm - zork Jun 4, 08:25
Darn, I think I'm running out of good 30 minutes shows to watch when I have a little bit of time - Guigue Jun 4, 08:23
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- This has been the case for the past month iirc most articles. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 08:33 5
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    - And not a one of them woulda gone top 5 last year. - Will Hunting Jun 4, 09:01 3
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        No, what did he do? -- in looking at last year's draft, where's Bubba Starling? I can't find anything on him in in the minors. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 09:06 1
        
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largest Danish newspaper has my fomer BinL as the main story on front page and inside - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 08:22 4
- wow, that's incredible. -- nm - zork Jun 4, 08:24 3
  - it's a disgrace - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 08:28 2
    - at least there is evidence that he is alive -- nm - zork Jun 4, 08:30 1
      - yep the pirates failt to take the ship so now all they got is the crew - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 08:33
repost because of the awesomeness: Letters of Note: To My Old Master (from an emancipated slave) -- (link) - zork Jun 4, 08:21
just like i called it -- nm - prayformojo Jun 4, 08:20
B2 reminded me that I had this book back in the 80s -- (link) - zork Jun 4, 08:20
hunger games 2, the short list to play finnick is supposedly - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 08:18 22
- Hedlund/ Hammer I am okay with. Kitsch = hahaa. -- nm - MDH Jun 4, 08:26 14
  - Unlike Hedlund, Kitsch can act. He's the best choice but his 2012 probably takes him out of consideration. -- nm - David, neutral Jun 4, 08:41 10
    - "You're finished in this town, kid. You're through. You're washed up." -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 09:06
    - Yeah, I think it's got to be Hammer. I hope it's not Hedlund. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 4, 08:53 1
      - Hedlund needs to never work again. -- nm - David, neutral Jun 4, 08:59
    - I need Savages to be really, really good - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:46 6
      - She'll be better in it than she was in Green Lantern. But the bar has been set very, very low. -- nm - David, neutral Jun 4, 09:00 5
        
        Maybe Ben Affleck is the greatest director alive. - Will Hunting Jun 4, 09:02 4
        
        She was good in Accepted, too. Kim and I jokingly came up with a gang sign to remind ourselves that we liked her during her worst GL moments. - David, neutral Jun 4, 09:08 3
        
        So, you 2 are the ones who saw Accepted. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 09:09 2
        
        err... -- nm - kelly Jun 4, 09:10 1
        
        You see everything. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 09:14
  - Hedlund is perfect imo. (He's who I had playing him in my head when I read the books) - Jovian Jun 4, 08:29
  - Hedlund would be my 1st choice of the three. He's extremely attractive - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:29
  - he'd bring the John Carter and Battleship fans to the table! -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 08:27
- I always picture him as being older (like late 30's early 40's) -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 08:21 4
  - yeah, i was trying to remember - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 08:22 3
    - according to the hunger games wiki, he was supposedly - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 08:24 2
      - yikes but the other actors are skewing older so he can be in his 30's -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:27
      - here - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 08:25
- I guess the guy who plays Jason Stackhouse in True Blood is off the list. -- nm - bc/nc Jun 4, 08:20
- Those are solid. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 08:20
TIGER! -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 08:16
I don't watch Rizzoli and Isles but boy is Sasha Alexander attractive in the print ads. -- nm - bc/nc Jun 4, 08:07 2
- always was. the show is wretched, though. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 08:09 1
  - yeah, it is -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 08:10
Sea Ranch report - ceregon Jun 4, 08:05 6
- very nice -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:30
- I thought this was going to be about a new tasty potato chip but what you wrote about is nice too I guess. - bc/nc Jun 4, 08:11 2
  - I figured they were rebranding Tarter Sauce. -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 08:18
  - Here's a wiki link - ceregon Jun 4, 08:16
- that sounds like fun, where was this? -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 08:11
- sounds very cool -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 08:08
We're all just leaving in Gronk's World... -- (link) - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:01 7
- and...caption this. -- (link) - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:06 2
  - ..heh..Belichick's girlfriend...and I hear she's a handful -- nm - budice Jun 4, 08:12
  - "it is gonna be like a hotdog down a hallway now." nm -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 08:07
- then there's this... -- (link) - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:04
- *glares at fingers* -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:03
- I loved him in Of Mice and Men. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 08:02
- leaving? where are we going? -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 08:01
$36mil more and Avengers is halfway to Avatar's total. - Will Hunting Jun 4, 07:59 11
- Avatar happened so fast that people really didn't have a chance to appreciate its dominance. -- nm - David, neutral Jun 4, 08:10 8
  - It's the overseas markets that did it. Avengers is only ~$200 mill from Avatar domestically, but over $1.2 billion back overseas. -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 08:27
  - I think people really didn't want to believe what was happening. - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:19 5
    - and so far he's the only one to fully utilize 3D in every way shape and form. -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 08:21 4
      - agreed. Some movies have done a good job (Thor was a favorite of mine) but Avatar was the only one of them that... - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:23 2
        
        the first forest scene was downright gorgeous. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 08:45 1
        
        They continued to play with the forest scenery throughout which I thought was amazing... - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:48
      - yes and no. his 3d work when he shot only real humans - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 08:22
  - I enjoyed the comparison that was like...if you addedTitanic and the #17 biggest movie ever, they still came up short. - Will Hunting Jun 4, 08:12
- Whedonesque! -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 08:02
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Spartacus canceled...next year to be it's last... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 4, 07:54 7
- *gasp!* *cries and cries* - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:12 2
  - Don't worry Magic Mike will be on DVD in a few months to satisfy that need. - MDH Jun 4, 08:15 1
    - *perks up* -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:18
- W T F ! ! ! -- nm - Jovian Jun 4, 08:01 3
  - they renew Magic City for a 2nd season without even showing the 1st episode of the 1st season but cancel Spartacus - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:14 2
    - I just cant believe it. So bummed. - Jovian Jun 4, 08:23 1
      - agreed. they are grabbing for ratings they think will come effortlessly instead of building their own series empire - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:31
whomp-whomp-whomp-meow-whomp-whomp-whomp-whom p-whomp -- nm - AirKitty Jun 4, 07:52 15
- I'm thinking a new type of drone. -- nm - bc/nc Jun 4, 07:55 5
  - If that doesn't scare AQ for good... -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:13 4
    - No, I didn't just think of .... - MojaveMeg Jun 4, 08:15 3
      - you are one smart and devious lady. ST: Do we know anyone at DARPA? Let's get them on this. - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:17 2
        
        Rain hogfire upon them! -- nm - bc/nc Jun 4, 08:19 1
        
        now that apparently we've got them somewhat subdued we need to start messing with them... - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:21
- that guy needs to make a few more and fly them in formation. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 07:53 8
  - He could do a squirrel, and have the cat chase it around. And then a dog to chase them both. -- nm - mara Jun 4, 07:54 7
    - or a bunch of little mice ones, then they could have dogfights in the air -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 08:02 1
      - catfights, silly. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 08:02
    - and tiny heli-fleas that can launch from the dog while it's in flight -- nm - Roger More, future Prime Minister of Canada Jun 4, 08:00
    - funny! - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:00 2
      - then his neighbour stuffs his dog and adds a tiny rocket pack...the Cold War started the exact same way -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 08:04 1
        
        You know...once the armed police dept drones start I think we just figured out a way to mess with them... -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 4, 08:08
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 07:56

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