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- I heard this song on the radio five times this weekend, and I kept thinking of that. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 08:05
Now that I've seen Prometheus can someone sum up the last couple of weeks worth of discussion here? -- nm - LMS Jun 18, 08:03 3
- it sucks. it was great thought provoking movie. no it sucks. loser. hater. -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 08:04 2
  - Thanks, very succinct. -- nm - LMS Jun 18, 08:07 1
    - other than some discussion of movie plot points, that is really 90% of it. -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 08:09
*Lights up the Diva Signal* -- (link) - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 07:54 [Image] 1
- oh my -- nm - JenBro Jun 18, 08:16
nine year old school lunch blogger helps fund school kitchen in Malawi after officials tried to stop posting of pictures of her school lunches. -- (link) - zork Jun 18, 07:48 3
- that is, tried to stop her from posting the pics. - zork Jun 18, 07:49 2
  - The council soon caved in and let her continue posting pictures. -- nm - LMS Jun 18, 07:52 1
    - how could they say no to that cute little face? -- nm - zork Jun 18, 07:53
Dr. Who: clues to Amy and Rory's fate are in the 1st Matt Smith episode.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 18, 07:44
*twitch* Sprint still hasn't shown they've shipped my phone. - JaxSean Jun 18, 07:37 2
- #firstworldproblems -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:41
- ME TOO! *riots* -- nm - Strongbad Jun 18, 07:39
"I�m writing about not the difference between good and bad but the difference between good and great." - nubby Jun 18, 07:37 2
- " If Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing was the Democrat that Democrats would love to see, I think that Will McAvoy is the Republican that Democrats woul - d love to see." -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 07:53 1
  - This interview is riveting. He's never seen WW seasons 5-7, he doesn't like Sports Night. -- (link) - nubby Jun 18, 07:59
crazy summer music mashup from DJ Schmolli..... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 18, 07:33 [youtube]
New Sigur Ros video, with a very naked Shia LaBeouf -- (link) - nubby Jun 18, 07:29 [youtube] 10
- this song is stupid - I had to turn it off. -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 07:33 3
  - I dig it. -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 07:35 2
    - "You would." -- dawson -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:38
    - Not helping! -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 07:38
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  - Also: boobies. -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 07:35 4
    - well, that's a tough call then. I'm not sure boobies are enough to have to see LaBoof's junk -- nm - oblique Jun 18, 07:37 3
      - Blink and you'll miss it. -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 07:37 2
        
        That's what Megan Fox said -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:38 1
        
        Hmmm - take a better look - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 07:49
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- *pulls another two days worth of news analysis articles on the potential impact of the decision out of its ass* -- nm - NYTimes Jun 18, 07:25 5
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    - like we're able to think that far ahead? we've got a paper to publish, give us a break! -- nm - NYTimes Jun 18, 07:30 3
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        if simple mockery were a signifier of hatred, that would make me your worst enemy, no? -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 07:51 1
        
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Rock of Ages - B- - I love the music and Cruise was good and I love Hough a lot - just wasnt awesome -- nm - Capstern Jun 18, 07:16 2
- the mash ups really worked - I was surprised - WTH?? *spoils* - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 07:28 1
  - I'm learning toward the cult classic (spoils) - Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 18, 08:00
Canadian TV PSA: season 2 of Suits and White Collar both start tonight (Bravo I think). s6 of Psych continues on Global too -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 06:53
Thoughts on the finale of The Killing (spoils) - bc/nc Jun 18, 06:46 3
- I'll stick to the Danish original, it's half the number of episodes to begin with. - LMS Jun 18, 07:22
- Ill be floored if AMC renews it. I cant imagine they will, they barely promoted this season throughout its run. -- nm - Jovian Jun 18, 07:11 1
  - well there's the trial, and then appeals, so eventually it will turn out to be the detective's - zeitgeist Jun 18, 11:02
i havent read it previously, but the oatmeal's lawyers response to the "letter" is a very good piece of writing. -- (link) - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 06:42
Weekend Grading? Contraband: C-. The Cult / Against Me!: A -- nm - JaxSean Jun 18, 06:39 24
- Awesome re: The Cult. Grouplove, pretty good. Cults, surprisingly (to me) good. Electric Guest, good. -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 07:41 1
  - 1984 stage production, very very good. Really low budge -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 07:45
- Madagascar 3 : D (I fell asleep, while my 4 year old loved it) -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 07:02 9
  - Madagascar 3: B- (far better than the first one) -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 08:03
  - Oh great, here comes ML... - oblique Jun 18, 07:07 7
    - I know, right? Mentioning this movie should mean that you owe everybody on ST a coke -- nm - prayformojo Jun 18, 07:18
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      - it makes me happy i have no idea what this means. -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 07:16 2
        
        consider yourself fortunate - znufrii Jun 18, 07:17 1
        
        i use my insanity like a shield. ml cannot harm me. -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 07:21
      - I hate you all. -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 07:15
      - woot! -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 07:14
- Jaws - A-, Prometheus - B-, Take Shelter - B- (boring but good final act). -- nm - LMS Jun 18, 07:01
- dont trust the B in apt 23, B-. i really didnt watch much of anything. -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 07:00
- Rock of Ages - B+ (yeah, yeah), Breaking Bad Season 1 - B, Breaking Bad Season 2 - A. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 18, 06:57 1
  - my favorite part of s2 - spoilers - Beaker Jun 18, 07:01
- Game of Thrones: Season 1 - B+ (spoils) - Jim Jun 18, 06:52
- Battleship - C+ - colin Jun 18, 06:51 1
  - agreed -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 06:54
- Act of Valor C-, Mr. Popper's Penguins C, Community Season 2 Disc 1: A+ -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 18, 06:48
- first 2 discs of Burn Notice s4: B (getting repetitive) -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 06:45
- Groundhog Day -- B+, Iron Man 2 -- B, Thor -- B. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 06:42
- Rock of Ages C, Woman in Black B-, Gambling in Louisiana D -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 06:41
- Hatfields & McCoys, B+ -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 06:41
How drunk do we think this guy was? -- (link) - Reagen Jun 18, 06:28 [youtube] 6
- Just saw that on the morning news. Their expressions were priceless - trying so hard to continue the interview as if nothing had happened. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 18, 07:28
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  - That cracked me up -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 06:35
  - Or "Yeah, Playa" -- (link) - Reagen Jun 18, 06:32 [youtube] 1
    - I wonder if he can do a good Wilhelm Scream... -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 06:40
  - a hell of a lot more entertaining than some shouting "get in the hole" for the billionth time... -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 06:31
Abby's last day of kindergarten was Friday, but the county next to us is still is school *through the end of this week* - prayformojo Jun 18, 06:18 7
- The boys got out the Friday before last. 2nd week and they are already going stircrazy -- nm - decline Jun 18, 06:43
- Jesus, our county let out June 8th. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 06:39
- Are they on a year-round schedule? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 18, 06:30
- My wife and daughter have been out for almost a month. - spamlet Jun 18, 06:25 1
  - The last day here was May 23rd, so pretty much the same. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 18, 07:22
- Thursday of this week is the last day for ours. -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 06:23
- hey ... I was looking back at my "favorites" posts - reminded me about the sticker one - did you ever go get stickers? :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 18, 06:23
Croatia/Spain and Italy/Ireland who ya got?! -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 05:52 7
- Spain and Italy. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 07:45
- Spain, Italy -- nm - Strongbad Jun 18, 06:50 3
  - Looks like I'll have a shot to win the ST Picks if Greece can upset Germany on Friday - Strongbad Jun 18, 06:51 2
    - need Ukraine to beat England tomorrow. -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 07:09
    - *dangles bailout cheque over the stadium* -- nm - Germany Jun 18, 07:02
- Spain, Italy -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 05:58
- Croatia and Italy -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 05:52
Colin Farrell has joined the cast of one of our films! - LMS Jun 18, 04:15 7
- Yum! -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 05:52
- Which one? He's shooting a movie in my neighborhood (not LA) later this week -- nm - secretslacker Jun 18, 05:51 5
  - Oh, right.. Saving Mr. Banks. Didn't realize that was BBC -- nm - secretslacker Jun 18, 05:52 4
    - The producers kept it quiet. -- nm - LMS Jun 18, 05:59
    - A movie about how the movie Mary Poppins came to be - and Tom Hanks is Walt Disney - is this an Oscar Run movie? -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 05:58 2
      - I could totally see Hanks as Disney -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 07:48
      - It seems to hit all the right buttons to be one. -- nm - LMS Jun 18, 06:02
June 18, 1812 � War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom. -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 03:44 2
- 1873 � Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 03:44 1
  - 1940 � "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill. -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 03:45
Morning - Did Summer Stalker assignments got out yet? I couldn't see the email. - LMS Jun 18, 03:40 1
- yes! got mine on June 15th -- nm - JenBro Jun 18, 04:47
everything I do, I do it for you -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 00:19
Holy damn I want this house. I saw it from the water today. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 17, 23:09 22
- beautiful - is that Canadian dollars? yikes -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 06:05 9
  - Here at the BC/ Washington border, we call that 'par'. -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 18, 08:05
  - frankly when I saw that price, my immediate reaction is that it's a bargain -- nm - prayformojo Jun 18, 06:15 7
    - How many hours just to get to Victoria, and then a $50 (or so) ferry ride to Vancouver. That's more of a rich person's cottage. -- nm - zork Jun 18, 07:39 4
      - Four and a half hours to Victoria. Approx four hours to Vancouver. - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:51 3
        
        and I see that Nanaimo would be a faster (and probably somewhat cheaper) link to Vancouver, but still. -- nm - zork Jun 18, 07:53 2
        
        "but still" what? I go to Vancouver once a year or less. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:54 1
        
        you know, that place looks a lot like one that was featured on a show that looks at nice homes. -- nm - zork Jun 18, 08:04
    - for the view? yes. -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 06:21
    - No kidding. It includes the 23' boat pictured as well. -- nm - spamlet Jun 18, 06:21
- does the fuel :wood, wood - on the description mean it's only heated by wood? cool fire pit and outdoor grill! -- nm - JenBro Jun 18, 04:50 3
  - It probably also has baseboard electric heat, but I didn't investigate. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:13 2
    - wood furnace was my first thought -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 07:25 1
      - That's not really a thing, is it? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:52
- Very odd that there isn't a picture of the master bedroom with french doors to a deck? I see the bathroom, no bedroom. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 18, 03:40 1
  - That is the yellow bed with the big windows, afaik. You can see the French doors on the side of the exterior pic. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:11
- Nice, but can you see Russia? -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 18, 03:27 1
  - Nope! Just a scenic view of Ucluelet Harbour ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:58
- it's all fun and games till the tsunami gets you. -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 23:20 1
  - Eh, it's high enough that it's safe from a regular one. I think. ;) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 23:25
- stunning house & views. is the website generating enough for the down payment? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 23:18 1
  - Yes. - Beryllium Jun 17, 23:24
Why are they setting firecrackers off outside in the street? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 17, 22:21 3
- Because you can buy them at CVS. The firecrackers in the street started here over the weekend as well. -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 07:43
- because it is safer than shooting guns up into the sky?' -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 23:06
- Nothing says fathers day like getting arrested and having to get bailed out by dad. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 22:54
"I've never seen someone infinity-down on stupid like this." -- popehat commenter on Carreon v. Oatmeal/IndieGoGo/Wildlife Foundation/Cancer Society - Beryllium Jun 17, 21:57 8
- you missed that it also includes a other unnamed defendants as well -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 06:13 3
  - "Does" wouldn't fit -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 07:10 2
    - sure sure, whatever. now go buy that house and let us all visit. -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 07:37 1
      - I would like to, but I'd need a raise first. - Beryllium Jun 18, 08:03
- link? -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 06:00 1
  - aww, b2, thanks remlik -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 06:01
- it appears to be all he knows. waving the big legal stick has always made people back down before. -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 22:32 1
  - I guess he's getting an education, then. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 22:51
I think that the Bellagio gardens are more interesting -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 17, 21:50 10
- it will be in December! I don't give a crap! -- nm - loosi at home Jun 17, 21:56 9
  - honestly, I expect they don't. -- nm - loosi at home Jun 17, 22:07 2
    - that would mean nuns in their country's 'santa helper' outfits is a no too :(( -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 22:12 1
      - stop, please stop. -- nm - loosi at home Jun 17, 22:29
  - I bet the Vatican has a great nativity in their gardens in december :))) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 22:02 5
    - I'd go and ask where their Santa is. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 22:03 4
      - "Poland." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 22:11 3
        
        Research shows that I should have said Netgerlands, Belgium, or Turkey for the joke I was trying to make. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 22:16 2
        
        Netgearlands. Hee. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 22:17 1
        
        The land with crappy internet access? -- nm - spamlet Jun 18, 06:39

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