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Ridley will answer all your Prometheus questions... in 30 minutes of deleted scenes on the blu-ray (link) -- (link) - Buzz Jun 11, 07:26 1
- this is my not shocked face at their being a directors cut. -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, also crazy) Jun 11, 07:27
WSOP spoilers (spoilers in link title as well) -- (link) - Beaker Jun 11, 07:09 1
- Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker EVERY YEAR? What, are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas? -- nm - Matt Damon from Rounders Jun 11, 07:15
Fear of the dark may cause some insomnia in adults -- (link) - Beaker Jun 11, 07:06
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- ahh cool. lightning hit something within a couple hundred feet of my house - tRuMaN (CPA, also crazy) Jun 11, 06:59
i cant stop laughing, new cards - tRuMaN (CPA, also crazy) Jun 11, 06:53 13
- Just so long as they spelled your name right ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 11, 07:29
- "Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number, I'll be your CPA maybe?" -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 07:13 1
  - Yay, ad campaign for Truman to start freelancing :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 07:19
- hate to say it, but that's normal. The firm name/logo should be the biggest thing on there. -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 07:04 3
  - yeah, thinking back, my cards have all been like that. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:10 2
    - I don't think I've ever had cards, so all y'all stop complaining! ;) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 07:12 1
      - *marks post for secret stalker* -- nm - oblique Jun 11, 07:12
- I don't think that's too odd. My name and title are below the logo and quite a bit smaller. -- nm - spamlet Jun 11, 07:00 2
  - must be an accountant thing :) - oblique Jun 11, 07:05 1
    - Yes, but I don't work for a firm. All of our cards are that way. -- nm - spamlet Jun 11, 07:08
- did they at least put CPA? -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 06:59 1
  - yes. i almost want to take a picture of the card for st. almost. -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, also crazy) Jun 11, 07:00
- I think in honor of that, I am going to modify my board collapsing script to shrink all your posts to 8pt -- nm - oblique Jun 11, 06:57
I'm going to Mop it up this week since I was on vacation starting with: Watchlist on Amazon Instant Video? Kickass -- nmbfinally! - oblique Jun 11, 06:48
I missed Game of Thrones so much last night - True Blood is a poor substitute - Epiphany Jun 11, 06:41 4
- I'm surprised you're still watching it. I gave up at the beginning of last season. - Don Homer Jun 11, 06:43 3
  - I truly might give it up. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 11, 06:48 2
    - holding out for more paquin boobies? -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:49 1
      - meh - only - Jessica is the reason for the hold out - haaaa. Alcide is " rawr" worthy. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 11, 06:58
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- Damn it! - Krusty Jun 11, 07:28
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- According to this, he suffered a seizure... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 11, 06:51
- He was released shortly afterwards, fwiw. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 11, 06:30 2
  - He was actually supposed to be here this morning for a visit. I assumed it would be canceled, but haven't heard anything yet. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 11, 06:34 1
    - here as in your city or your office? -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:46
- in other news, apparently our Commerce Secretary is someone named John Bryson -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 06:26
- But drugs and alcohol are not considered a cause per the radio. - spamlet Jun 11, 06:24 4
  - Investigators haven't ruled out either drugs or alchohol... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 11, 06:41
  - maybe a bad financial transaction is behind it somehow -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:30
  - he just watched him some NASCAR! -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 06:27
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One thing about Prometheus that cracked me up was that (spoilers) - prayformojo Jun 11, 06:19 4
- Great moment but also one of those stupid things. It's hard to believe that a device programmed for surgery wouldn't have (spoilers) - oblique Jun 11, 06:22 3
  - I thought spoilers - Redmond Jun 11, 07:17 1
    - I was very bothered by the fact that there was almost no discussion/acknowledgement that (spoilers) - oblique Jun 11, 07:24
  - I thought it was more that - prayformojo Jun 11, 06:26
hmm, today i brought in my cpa certificate to work - tRuMaN (CPA, also crazy) Jun 11, 05:58 7
- Yeah, he sucks. Out of curiosity, what percentage of people at your office have a CPA? -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 06:42 1
  - as there are now only 4 people in the office, 2, me and the boss - tRuMaN (CPA, also crazy) Jun 11, 06:45
- just think, in a couple of years you'll be looking back at the distant memory of him. - zork Jun 11, 06:24
- that's so freakin cool (not the boss, CPA)!! well done! - colin Jun 11, 06:16
- He is a turd. We know and we are so proud of you!! - Epiphany Jun 11, 06:11
- That'll be $37.49 for the cards -- nm - Tru's Boss Jun 11, 06:09 1
  - even though they are in a vistaprint box -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:48
i am not surprised that david is expressing love for prometheus (at least on facebook), but i dont agree with him - tRuMaN (CPA, also crazy) Jun 11, 05:57 8
- i enjoyed it as well, actually. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 06:18
- I enjoyed it but I haven't tried to deconstruct the "message" much either. I was disappointed in some of the things noted here about the movie (plot, - oblique Jun 11, 06:09 2
  - we spent about an hour last night trying to parse together a message (spoilery) - Andie Jun 11, 06:22 1
    - (spoilers) - oblique Jun 11, 06:24
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  - I agree. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 11, 07:04
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- I probably wont' see this until video, but not surprised people are finding it disappointing. Ridley Scott hasn't had a great movie in over 20 years. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 11, 06:06
I think I want to try to incorporate the "spoilers" concept at a work meeting sometime - Banzai! Jun 11, 05:49 1
- ha - " It's just a spreadsheet Bob!" -- nm - Epiphany Jun 11, 05:51
U.N. could tax U.S.-based Web sites? -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 11, 05:40 7
- It's hard to figure out what's going on in that article, but that's not a tax. - Roger More Jun 11, 06:41 2
  - yeah, implement a "system access fee" like they did to use when cell towers started going up (and have managed to keep is going 20 years later) -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:45 1
    - ugh. use=us and is=it -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:45
- But they haven't implemented the email tax yet! -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:28 1
  - Actually, that was reading so much like an Onion article that I had to stop after a few paragraphs. -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:33
- that's a *fantastic* idea - znufrii Jun 11, 06:26
- cause the UN needs another reason for people to hate them. -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 05:50
French Open spoilers - prayformojo Jun 11, 05:03
maybe the great underrated thing that Bery did for ST was to include the "link only" box on the search page - prayformojo Jun 11, 04:37
NFL Dynasty Experts League draft -- (link) - Beaker Jun 11, 04:37
NY Giants starting left tackle arrested on DWI -- (link) - Beaker Jun 11, 04:33
Woodward and Bernstein: 40 years after Watergate, Nixon was far worse than we thought... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 11, 04:27 1
- great read -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 05:01
June 11, 1184 BC � Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes. -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 03:45
Wake up - prayformojo Jun 11, 03:23 1
- I *was* awake around that time...but managed to get back to sleep :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 11, 07:20
i'm sure there could be some STers on this blog -- (link) - marcel Jun 11, 02:10
hmm, I just mixed up Ed Harris and Ed O'Neill in a joke tweet to eric stonestreet ... oops. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 00:26
FB locals are all excited, gas is just below $4 -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 10, 22:42 3
- we found a place around 10 minutes away from our house that is 4 cents a litre cheaper plus you get 3.5 cents per litre off groceries at Sobeys - Beaker Jun 11, 06:14 1
  - nice. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 06:54
- Dropping nicely here...I still figure it'll be the most expensive part of my trip in August. - MojaveMeg Jun 10, 22:46
Stop being demure, you're already on the bed -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 10, 22:37 1
- heh -- nm - Epiphany Jun 11, 05:48
Tonight's 1st RiffTrax is Jaws. -- nm - Qale Jun 10, 21:59
'Depraved' sex acts by penguins shocked polar explorer -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jun 10, 21:21
I'm on our 3rd Oz book, and I gotta say they're *great*. So much better than the movie. -- nm - Mop Jun 10, 21:06 3
- Just finished listening to Anne Hathaway read Wonderful Wizard. Really interesting to see how the filmmakers modified things. -- nm - Ender Jun 10, 21:14 2
  - 1985's Return to Oz appears to be a mash up of every other Oz book ever written. - Mop Jun 10, 22:31 1
    - Hated that movie -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 00:34
Don't forget to sign up for Summer Stalker! -- nm - JenBro Jun 10, 20:56
I love the reveal in Book of Eli -- nm - prayformojo Jun 10, 20:44 15
- I own this movie and I haven't watched it yet. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 20:50
- I wasn't surprised by it. I thought it was obvious. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 10, 20:47 13
  - That's the thing, it was. The trailer/ any 30 seconds of that film combined essentially reveals it. -- nm - MDH Jun 10, 22:54
  - I didn't see it coming at all (spoiler) - prayformojo Jun 10, 20:48 11
    - I didn't see it at all and felt cheated (spoils) - amoxy Jun 10, 21:11 8
      - that's sort of the way I felt...(spoilers) - Mel Profit Jun 10, 21:17
      - *spoils* - Ender Jun 10, 21:17 6
        
        did they... - Mel Profit Jun 10, 21:18 5
        
        I thought that was the clear implication at least. -- nm - Ender Jun 10, 21:23 4
        
        spoils - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 10, 22:07
        
        it makes sense... - Mel Profit Jun 10, 21:25 2
        
        *spoils* - Ender Jun 10, 21:28 1
        
        interesting. I could see this. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 10, 21:30
    - Me either -- nm - Epiphany Jun 10, 21:01
    - Me too! - JenBro Jun 10, 20:52
LIR: GIna Gershon was rumored to have been in a relationship with Gillian Anderson for years. -- nm - loosilu Jun 10, 20:24 4
- Her rumored Sex Partner List is very excellent. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 10, 20:37 3
  - you can't say this and then not post it! -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 05:02
  - Gillian or Gina? -- nm - Remlik Jun 10, 20:45 1
    - good point. - Mel Profit Jun 10, 20:45
I'm pitching a new series: Everyone Hits Pete Campbell. - Reagen Jun 10, 20:16 3
- "Toby, come quick, Pete's getting his ass kicked by Andy Warhol." -- nm - Max Jun 11, 00:02
- *spoils* - epiphany Jun 10, 20:27
- Kinda like that scene in Airplane! -- nm - amoxy Jun 10, 20:23
Thoughts on Mad Men season finale (no real spoilers) - kelly Jun 10, 20:06 12
- this was by far the worst season of the show. 3 good episodes, but the rest and the finale were klinkers...time to end the show -- nm - Remlik Jun 10, 21:41 1
  - Blasphemer! -- nm - JenBro Jun 11, 04:20
- *spoils* - epiphany Jun 10, 20:31 4
  - Did anybody else think (spoils) - amoxy Jun 10, 20:41 3
    - briefly. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 20:54
    - Ha! No, but that would have been great. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 10, 20:46
    - Heh. I did. -- nm - kelly Jun 10, 20:45
- I'm OK with it (spoilers) - amoxy Jun 10, 20:09 2
  - I guess I feel like (spoilers) - kelly Jun 10, 20:19 1
    - I really think (spoils) - amoxy Jun 10, 20:30
- agreed. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 20:08 1
  - And (spoilers) - amoxy Jun 10, 20:12
very interesting Promotheus theory,.,,, -- (link) - Remlik Jun 10, 19:56 5
- WTF? -- nm - The Olmecs, the Han, the Aboriginees... Jun 10, 23:56
- All I know is if it's slow and boring, I'll just make out in the theatre. I win either way! -- nm - Qale Jun 10, 20:38
- If people keep changing what the movie was about maybe they will finally find a good movie. Spoilers - Bacon via droid Jun 10, 20:18
- BORING!!! -- nm - Redbert Jun 10, 20:04 1
  - BORG? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 10, 21:22
Mad Men (spoils) - znufrii Jun 10, 19:54 2
- Spoilers - amoxy Jun 10, 19:55 1
  - Spoils - amoxy Jun 10, 20:04
Aww crap! Walking Dead thing in July is just preview. - JenBro Jun 10, 19:42 6
- As long as Breaking Bad starts around then, I'll deal. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 20:09 1
  - Breaking Bad is back July 15th. Can't wait! -- nm - Krusty Jun 10, 20:20
- Wasn't that the plan all along? -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 20:05 3
  - Right - it's just they threw up another me tion a few days ago that made it sound like new season was - JenBro Jun 10, 20:15 2
    - the black and white first episode should be sweet though -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 05:04
    - Ah. When Remlik and I saw Steven Yeun and Lauren Cohan, they were talking October so I have just stuck with that. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 20:22
Mad Men (Spoilers) - amoxy Jun 10, 19:38
Good movie. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 19:11 1
- Hell Yea! -- nm - philDick Jun 10, 19:20

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