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Nascar points leader Matt Kenseth is leaving Roush-Fenway Racing after this season. - Will Hunting, Futbol Picking God Jun 26, 09:09 1
- That's pretty surprising. Reminds me of when Mark Martin left Roush - Strongbad Jun 26, 09:10
Oh that's so awesome. Friend of mine just posted a pic to FB of the presidential motorcade out in front of the Varsity - Strongbad Jun 26, 09:08
The designers at Men's fashion week in Milan certainly are going out of the box... -- (link) - Magic MDH Jun 26, 09:06 1
- does anyone ever buy the crap they show at those shows? -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 09:07
I am so done with vendors today. I'm about to write the COX rep I'm dealing with and berate him for using Comic Sans in his emails - oblique Jun 26, 09:05 3
- Seriously? Comic Sans? How does anyone think that's a good idea in business correspondence? - spamlet Jun 26, 09:10 1
  - No, but it's also 14 point and bright blue - oblique Jun 26, 09:11
- be sure to ask Alien or Aliens first... -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 09:06
strong set of amazon $3 mp3 albums -- (link) - Remlik Jun 26, 09:03
*splurt* - Strongbad Jun 26, 09:03 3
- fun -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 09:10
- *jealous up until I see the date* your face will melt off. But make enough at poker to buy a new one! - Epiphany Jun 26, 09:06 1
  - Haven't decided yet. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 09:08
Only Two in Five (43%) of All Canadians Would Cancel Cable Before Internet; A Majority (64%) of Canadians 16-34 Would Choose Internet Instead...(link) - Walt_Disney Jun 26, 09:00 1
- I just cancelled cable to get a better internet... -- nm - Guigue Jun 26, 09:01
oh *fun*... - znufrii Jun 26, 08:52 4
- Dawson's couch here you come! -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 08:54
- tell him you can't leave your new house alone that long -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:53
- Sweet! -- nm - Spawn Jun 26, 08:52 1
  - Oh wait... booo!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 26, 08:52
Ouch! Raul Mondesi, Jr., hits what looks to be a game tying HR in the bottom of the 10th -- (link) - amoxy Jun 26, 08:45 1
- ooof -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 08:50
Turkey has changed their military stadning with Syria. Anything comes near their border from now on gets the hose -- (link) - Beaker Jun 26, 08:45 1
- yep Erdogan sounds like he is ready to F them up. - Jovian Jun 26, 08:51
Wimbledon spoilers - David Jun 26, 08:41
Timberwolves send the 18th pick in the 2012 NBA draft to the Houston Rockets for Chase Budinger and the draft rights to Lior Eliyahu -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 08:31
Anyone watching the Top 100 NFL Players of 2012? 10 through 1 are tomorrow night on NFL Network! -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 08:26 3
- spoiler - Spawn Jun 26, 08:27 2
  - No. Although Peyton was #50 and he didn't even play in 2012. Shows you how valuable he is in the players' eyes. -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 08:28 1
    - Tebow #95 -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 08:29
Avatar 2,3 and 4 to start filming this fall.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 26, 08:15 51
- Oh Cameron, please just re-release Aliens. Give us a real Alien movie in the theaters to watch. - Jovian Jun 26, 08:24 40
  - It doesn't hold up well. The dialogue is brutal. -- nm - David Jun 26, 08:37 36
    - All of Cameron's films have brutally cheesy dialogue. -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 09:02 1
      - "I hope you're right, I really do. Because just one of those *things* managed to kill of my entire crew in less than 24 hours." - Jovian Jun 26, 09:07
    - GAME OVER MAN! -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 09:02
    - It's isn't Gone with the Wind but that is still one of the best movies - oblique Jun 26, 08:48 8
      - Well, Gone with the Wind suck-diddly-ucks so thank God for that. - David Jun 26, 08:50 7
        
        I just watched it recently with my son. It was great. - oblique Jun 26, 08:52
        
        *moves the 'David Level Crazy meter' to orange* -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:51 5
        
        Dude. NEVER praise that garbage to me. It's a hot button. -- nm - David Jun 26, 08:52 3
        
        hot lanta button -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:58
        
        my wife's stepmother is unnaturally obsessed with that movie and couldn't understand why I wouldn't want to visit all the related sites in Atlanta - Reagen Jun 26, 08:56
        
        "Have you ever been mistaken for a man?" - oblique Jun 26, 08:54
        
        Nudges it past orange to PiNEApllE -- nm - prayformojo Jun 26, 08:52
    - lol whatever! Go watch Prometheus again then! -- nm - Jovian Jun 26, 08:43 1
      - I might! -- nm - David Jun 26, 08:43
    - The Internets are fond of quoting Aliens, but it's not because the dialogue is brilliant. - con_carne Jun 26, 08:41
    - *Adds another mark to the list* -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 26, 08:40
    - 2 hours in the corner. -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 08:40 19
      - Absolutely nobody watches "Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." and thinks "Mmmm, that's genius filmmaking." -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 08:45 7
        
        *bangs on sarcasm detector* - Spawn Jun 26, 08:57
        
        and yet, it's a one of the best bug hunt/future military films ever done. -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 08:55
        
        And yet, it gets quoted daily. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:48 4
        
        Again, because it's funny -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 09:01 3
        
        you're confusing funny with awesome -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 09:01 2
        
        I mean, if you think relentlessly over-the-top movies are to be taken seriously at all times, there's little more I can say to you :-) -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 09:09 1
        
        :-) -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 09:09
      - I just watched it two weeks ago. I was taken aback by how cheesy it is now. -- nm - David Jun 26, 08:40 10
        
        I enjoy it as a midnight movie -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 09:02
        
        I watched it for the first time fully through on Friday and while it's better than that boring first movie, it's not a great movie in any regards imo. -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 08:42
        
        Been saying it for years...Alien is superior to Aliens. Period. -- nm - Jim Jun 26, 08:41 7
        
        Always has been. -- nm - Spawn Jun 26, 08:58 5
        
        I know...I have no idea how there's even a discussion about it. -- nm - Jim Jun 26, 08:59 4
        
        Even I can admit it is. But I personally love Aliens 10 times more than Alien -- nm - Jovian Jun 26, 09:01
        
        Don't get me wrong, they are both A+, but Alien just reworite movie making. - Spawn Jun 26, 09:01 2
        
        One of my more vivid memories as a kid... - Jim Jun 26, 09:08
        
        Well, not the same year, but close (saw them in theaters a little over a year a part). -- nm - Spawn Jun 26, 09:03
        
        It wasn't in 1990 but it is now. All of the Cameron impersonators have made Aliens less special. -- nm - David Jun 26, 08:43
  - never seen it - Paul Reiser Jun 26, 08:29
  - Prometheuses. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 08:25 1
    - ughhh -- nm - Jovian Jun 26, 08:34
- 3 more?? -- nm - amoxy Jun 26, 08:15 9
  - yeah he's got stories about the other moons around that planet -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 08:32 1
    - And this has... red people! - JCAME Jun 26, 08:39
  - Red People. Greeen People, Yellow People, -- nm - eag Jun 26, 08:18 5
    - doh! -- nm - Spawn Jun 26, 08:46
    - and they are looking for : impossiblatanium, almostunobtanium and wherethehellistheobtanium -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 08:42
    - Go Dog Go! -- nm - amoxy Jun 26, 08:19 2
      - Do you like my hat? -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 08:20 1
        
        I do not. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 26, 08:38
  - 4D, 5D and then the impossible 6D movie! -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 08:16
Police in Sweden post "missing person" alert for lost teddy bear -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:06 1
- The viral marketing for Ted has gone too far. -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 08:09
Confession: there is a Spice Girls musical coming (al a Mamma Mia). I will go see it if it comes here. -- (link) - Andie Jun 26, 08:05 24
- I'm surprised they got all five together at once, - prayformojo Jun 26, 08:10 7
  - sporty looks the best. (poor posh. she looks so old. moisturize, victoria!) -- nm - amanda Jun 26, 08:50
  - Scary Spice gotta eat! -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 08:17
  - i think they are fine with each other, aren't they? -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 08:12 4
    - As long as they all admit that *I* am what it is all about. - Posh Jun 26, 08:40
    - Don't know...but they all have their different stuff going on - prayformojo Jun 26, 08:15
    - Yep, they toured not too long ago -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 26, 08:14 1
      - 2007 apparently -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 08:16
- good god, why? -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 08:07 14
  - for the same reason i saw Mamma Mia. pure cheesy pop glory. -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 08:08 13
    - oh, I didn't mean you, I meant why are they making it in ther first place? :) -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 08:09 7
      - $ $ $ -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 08:10 6
        
        if it's true that the members of One Direction are getting $ 10 million each for a movie - then I begrudge the Spice Girls nothing. - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:17 5
        
        the OD guys can't really be getting that much? -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 08:20 4
        
        its the word on Hollywood Streets - *shrug* seems like an awful lot - they want to make a movie like the Beatles - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:23 3
        
        it seems like way too much, really. -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 08:28 2
        
        it shocking in that - " that can not be a correct figure" - but Ryan Seacrest was talking that mess yesterday - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:52 1
        
        crazy -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 09:10
    - It's so sad that the movie version of the play was so damn boring. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:09 4
      - careful. this could almost be construed as an attack on ABBA... -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 08:17 3
        
        We turned the movie off after 20 or 30 minutes, because everyone fell asleep. - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:25 2
        
        you're supposed to sing along! It's freaking ABBA! -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 08:27 1
        
        I don't sing along to movies. Not even RHPS. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:58
- Spice up your life! -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 26, 08:06
From Cracked: 6 Terrible Decisions That Gave Us Great Movie Moments -- (link) - Guigue Jun 26, 07:52 2
- These are great. The Se7en one is fanastic. -- nm - Jovian Jun 26, 08:36
- "As Time goes by" left in because Ingrid Bergman got a haircut - amoxy Jun 26, 08:04
Make sure to "Like" Oreo's on Facebook today -- nm - amoxy Jun 26, 07:51 12
- why? -- nm - amanda Jun 26, 07:51 11
  - They have a rainbow Oreo -- (link) - amoxy Jun 26, 07:53 10
    - We should use this as a recruiting tool and get people like this to come here: - oblique Jun 26, 08:08 1
      - Agreed. Hah. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:08
    - people make me sad. -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 08:04 5
      - I know. All those sad sad sheep that have Facebook. -- nm - Spawn Jun 26, 08:50
      - OTOH, I fully support people making themselves look ridiculous over things like this - Reagen Jun 26, 08:07 3
        
        give a man enough rope... -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 08:09 1
        
        ... and he'll tie himself a sex harness? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:09
        
        Indeed. Hey, let's make some sort of registry of expressed haters ... - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:08
    - Nice that everyone is being so public about how they feel, at least. Rather than hiding behind anonymity. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:02 1
      - I agree - prayformojo Jun 26, 08:03
Hilarious. Orbitz shows higher priced hotels to Mac users. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 26, 07:47 4
- Bleed those suckers dry. -- nm - Other David Jun 26, 07:51
- I suspect Hyde -- nm - prayformojo Jun 26, 07:49
- To be clear, all actual prices are the same. The difference is what gets featured. Can easily sort/filter by price. - Don Homer Jun 26, 07:49 1
  - Yep, makes perfect sense to me. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 26, 07:50
Blake Lively wore a dress, looked amazing. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 26, 07:46 10
- She does look lovely. Taylor Kitsch's receding hairline is unfortunate. - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:16
- Travolta and Preston putting on a good show -- nm - amoxy Jun 26, 07:48 1
  - What is that first vertical pic? "Here, I'll grab his dick while he grabs my ass and you snap a pic!" - oblique Jun 26, 07:50
- eh... -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 07:47 6
  - yeah, she looks kind of old and used. I mean, *for blake lively,* she looks old and used. (when does this open?) -- nm - amanda Jun 26, 07:53 5
    - Next week. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 07:55 4
      - I can not freakin wait. Bad guys vs Bad guys -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:18 3
        
        right?? right??? -- nm - amanda Jun 26, 08:23 2
        
        right! I need Del Toro to be bad in every movie - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:50 1
        
        I'm waaaay into Savages. (And the book is good too.) nm - ralph wiggum Jun 26, 17:09
Did we see the Radio talk show host who wants to "Pistol Whip" the Nuns on the Bus tour? - amoxy Jun 26, 07:44 1
- dumbass -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 09:10
Season 2 of Episodes has been great, finishes here next week. Also James Purefoy joins the cast later in the series. -- nm - LMS Jun 26, 07:39
My AmazonLocal offering today is for the little cafe at the end of my street - to bad all they sell is coffee and beignets :( - MojaveMeg Jun 26, 07:38
Canada's first act of rebellion: Force Bery to make ST canuck only. -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 07:35 4
- heheh. It's hosted in Dallas-FortWorth right now, IIRC, so if Debbie Does Dallas ... it could affect ST. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:07
- ST, eh? -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 07:44
- More likely we'd move the compound from Idaho to Saskatchewan -- nm - Roger More Jun 26, 07:42 1
  - an act of war! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 08:00
For you UV people, eBay lot for Spiderman 1 and 2 and MIB 1 and 2 -- (link) - oblique Jun 26, 07:33

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