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my landlord is *so* awesome. I''m always so happy to see his name in my emailbox. -- nm - amanda Jun 29, 08:13 1
- You rent from me? -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:14
Upgrade my Razr to ICS this morning. So far, not a big fan. Some of my apps no longer work and some of the settings are completely changed. Like - sycor Jun 29, 08:04
newegg's canada day sale slogan is "Raise Your Flag to awesome deals" ......... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 08:03
Today's penny arcade reminds me of Pocket Frogs -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 07:59
We can all relax - the missing Stanley Cup game-winning puck has been found! -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jun 29, 07:46 1
- I blame Pronger. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 07:57
So who wants to hear the trip to Europe story of my parents which should be turned into a comedy movie.... - Walt_Disney Jun 29, 07:44 11
- Never take cabs in Lodon, ever. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 29, 08:13 7
  - Please keep up. She is not allowed to walk far. And dragging luggage down the streets of London was not even as fun as it sounds. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:15 4
    - I know, but broken foot and all I'd have done the tube. It's quick, easy to access, and cheap. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 29, 08:17 3
      - If she had been with my dad, I think this would have been better (hes transit smart) but with just mom, cab was better even with cost. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 29, 08:23
      - if you know where you are going, and you know what stop to get out and everything, sure, but - OJ Groiny Jun 29, 08:19
      - the express trains are right in the airport and take you straight to central London. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 08:19
  - the trains from the airport are pretty good. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 08:14
  - they are the best cabs, ever, though, -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 08:14
- IIRC, our stay in London had no private washroom. Not that uncommon. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 07:57
- yikes ! that's a lot of drama. - Andie Jun 29, 07:53
- I read the first line of your IM and I thought "Yes, you could *totally* write a movie with that premise" - Reagen Jun 29, 07:46
Speaking of 21 Jump Street the movie below, I am looking to ST to validate or refute my thought about something. I hear the term 'butterface' used - bc/nc Jun 29, 07:42 7
- it means everything looks good but her face. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:45 6
  - Yup then I had it wrong. - bc/nc Jun 29, 07:47 5
    - Fergie is a good example of a butterface. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 08:01 2
      - I dont know about that one..... - groiny Jun 29, 08:03 1
        
        ok. Lady Gaga. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 08:04
    - it is still sort of true. i don't think pictures really capture Channing Tatum's appeal. -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 07:50
    - We should still go ahead and keep "butter sculpture" alive, though - con_carne Jun 29, 07:49
St poll: what is the name of your book/ screen play, that you would write if you could? -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 07:38 11
- The Imperfect Crime -- nm - ceregon Jun 29, 08:19
- Nuke It From Orbit. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 07:52
- The Mutex Code. The Prometheus Directive. Operation Nimbus. The Mehetia Infiltration. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 07:46 3
  - Prognosis Negative -- nm - nubby Jun 29, 07:57 1
    - Diagnosis: AWESOME, a Chuck spinoff -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 07:59
  - Timecop 3: The Matuzak Imperative -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 07:57
- It's Not Easy Being Groiny. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:43
- Riding Unicorns -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 07:42
- What Goes Up -- nm - nubby Jun 29, 07:42
- The 10 Rules about Bacon -- nm - Bacon Jun 29, 07:41
- win some, lose some -- nm - amanda Jun 29, 07:41
So, I'm just dabbling in it right now, purely a part-time thing in my free-time, but I've started working on a screenplay. - Don Homer Jun 29, 07:25 30
- The Wire: Even Wirier - prayformojo Jun 29, 07:41
- Don Homer! -- nm - spamlet Jun 29, 07:37
- ST names have been changed. *groynee* *Spawhn* *James VanDerBeaker* -- nm - bc/nc Jun 29, 07:35 1
  - "Who's Dwigt?" "He must have done a Find & Replace on 'Dwight', but it missed that one." -- nm - nubby Jun 29, 07:58
- starting can be the hardest part. wtg! -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 07:34
- killer robot driving instructor who goes back in time for some reason? -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 07:28
- that's pretty cool. :) -- nm - Diva Jun 29, 07:26
- cool, I need to make time to finish my book as well. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:26 5
  - "How I Killed My Brother in Law" ? -- nm - Don Homer Jun 29, 07:34 4
    - "If I Had Done It" -- nm - OJ Groiny Jun 29, 07:36 1
      - heh -- nm - Don Homer Jun 29, 07:36
    - that would be a good follow up write. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:36 1
      - I think I would be willing to do it for you before I would let you. - Spawn Jun 29, 07:54
- Awesome! -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 29, 07:25
- that's great. can you give us any vague hints about it? genre? etc? -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 07:25 15
  - It's not fully fleshed out in my head yet, but I sort of a mystery adventure. - Don Homer Jun 29, 07:29 14
    - Just don't lose the talking pie. That's your heart. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 07:42
    - include a Zombie theme. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:30 12
      - and eating old people. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:31 11
        
        :-( -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 29, 07:42 10
        
        like you're not going to have an army of Zombies working for you. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:44 8
        
        You didn't know? - Truman Jun 29, 07:46 6
        
        I have always suspected that Meg will ultimately be responsible for the Zombie Apocalypse. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:52 5
        
        I bet meg will be actually be our evil savior. Her well trained army of zombies will be our only protection - Truman Jun 29, 07:55 2
        
        She's going to make us fight each other for water. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:58 1
        
        Well, Would you rather fight mad max style, or have the zombies get you? -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 07:59
        
        kinda makes your little jaunt into the desert a bit of an unwise choice then, no? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:54 1
        
        Trust me, I was going to brain her with my keys if she went off course when she was driving us back to the hotel. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:55
        
        best smelling Zombies ever. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:45
        
        we will leave Arizona alone then. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:43
China blocked access to Bloomberg's website after a report Friday detailing the multimillion-dollar assets of relatives of the likely next President -- (link) - Beaker Jun 29, 07:21 1
- But really they just like giant glasses of pop. -- nm - Ender Jun 29, 07:25
I'm feeding the upstair neighbor's cats for 36hrs... - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:21 28
- also, you haven't lived until you've captured a feral cat and brought it into a contained space for the first time in it's life. - Reagen Jun 29, 07:48 2
  - sounds like trying to get Mel into the flea dip. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 08:00
  - actually... - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:57
- 36 hours...2,160 minutes...Are you going to have to sleep with one eye open? - amoxy Jun 29, 07:46 2
  - He's actually sweet...when he's in his home. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:58
  - *Se7en flashback* -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 07:50
- ~mmrrrwllouw~ -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 07:38 4
  - it wasn't even that guttural thing they do that ends in a hiss... - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:43 3
    - Like "No no no no" cat? - Reagen Jun 29, 07:44 2
      - It was amazingly human sounding... - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:54
      - years ago in brooklyn, one of the neighborhood cat's yowls sounded like someone saying "hello" -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 07:49
- Yeah, cats like consistency. - Kim Pine Jun 29, 07:23 10
  - my cat is more of the curious type. -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 07:54
  - Luckily mine doesn't care as long as she gets her stuff - Truman Jun 29, 07:26
  - that's what happened... - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:26 6
    - when we moved into our new house, one of our cats immediately found the spot where he could hide in between the walls and stayed there for two days. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 07:41 5
      - This is obviously a concerted effort to bring pixie back to ST, and you all have my sincerest thanks -- nm - con_carne Jun 29, 08:10
      - I'm really interested in seeing how my cat will react. probably moving him in next week sometime... - znufrii Jun 29, 08:02
      - ain't nobody getting to me here! - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:51
      - Ouch. I thought it was bad when my cat ripped a hole in underling of the box spring - amoxy Jun 29, 07:49
      - dang -- nm - Diva Jun 29, 07:44
  - That' -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:23
- the pussy always panics when alone with you. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:22 5
  - they do lose their minds, make strange noises, claw things, etc. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:23 4
    - good thing youhave a catnip dick. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:26 3
      - The first song my Pro-Pot Band writes will be called, "Catnip Dick". -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:27 2
        
        makes the bitches go limp. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:27 1
        
        That's our 2nd single..."Salt Peter Peter" - Mel Profit Jun 29, 07:29
St poll: are you vacationing next week ? -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 07:18 41
- Couple days in the Bay Area next weekend. -- nm - jnine Jun 29, 08:32
- overnight slumber party on the Cape, but no vacation really. -- nm - Diva Jun 29, 07:54
- no -- nm - decline Jun 29, 07:51
- Wednesday at home vacation! -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 07:51
- No, just Wednesday off. - Strongbad Jun 29, 07:47
- No. Didn't even know I got the 4th off until last Friday. -- nm - spamlet Jun 29, 07:41
- Just the 4th -- nm - amoxy Jun 29, 07:40
- Nope. I get two weeks a year and I take some during the NCAA tourney and the rest after the summer. - Krusty Jun 29, 07:37 4
  - So, is it easier to play black ops with sound? -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 07:39 2
    - we had a nice little run last night. - groiny Jun 29, 07:41 1
      - Until Pete showed up and ruined it - Truman Jun 29, 07:44
  - And I'm working the 4th, can't pass up holiday pay. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 07:39
- Nope ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 29, 07:36
- just for a day. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 07:35
- yes, I am going to look at a big hole in the ground: Grand Canyon -- nm - budice Jun 29, 07:30 4
  - Oooh, jealous! - MojaveMeg Jun 29, 07:38 2
    - but there's plenty of room for them all! -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 07:39 1
      - So long as they don't want to stop and park :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 29, 07:48
  - have you been before? -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 07:35
- Nope. I can't take vacation in any week with a holiday in it. -- nm - Bacon Jun 29, 07:27
- I have off Tuesday afternoon through Sunday, but nothing planned. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 29, 07:27
- Nope. I'm only off on Wednesday. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 29, 07:24
- No. But the week after that we are going away with the boys for a couple days (Hershey Park + Arts Fest!). Then New Orleans at the end of July. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 29, 07:23
- nope. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:22
- no. just a backyard bbq party for Canada Day/2 year olds bday/housewarming on Monday. -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 07:22
- friday afternoon DL. -- nm - amanda Jun 29, 07:22
- Not anymore than I am now. (nm) - nubby Jun 29, 07:22
- Depends on if you consider tent camping with a troop of Boy Scouts in 105 degree weather a "vacation." -- nm - Jim Jun 29, 07:21 11
  - Toughen those boys up! -- nm - amoxy Jun 29, 07:50 2
    - "Befpre we leave, do any of your have any food allergies? ... That is correct. You do not." -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 07:51 1
      - (or the correctly typed version of that quote) - Reagen Jun 29, 07:52
  - (No.) -- nm - Don Homer Jun 29, 07:25
  - i, for one, do not. -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 07:24
  - Does your rent have a portable generator and ac unit? -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 07:24 5
    - uh...no. The thing that pisses me off is that we have a perfectly good camper in our driveway... - Jim Jun 29, 07:25 4
      - But you aren't a scout. Why should the rules apply to you - Truman Jun 29, 07:28 3
        
        Yeah, we have fans. Also, there's no electricity in camp, so even if we took the camper, we couldn't plug it in anywhere... - Jim Jun 29, 07:30 2
        
        Heh. You are seeing why, even at age 12, Spawn realized being in the scouts was not for him. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:11
        
        sounds miserable. - groiny Jun 29, 07:32
- some of it. - znufrii Jun 29, 07:21
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also, will someone who knows my taste in movies tell me if I should see 21 jump street? -- nm - amanda Jun 29, 07:18 6
- I really enjoyed it -- nm - Remlik Jun 29, 08:19
- yes watch -- nm - budice Jun 29, 07:29
- I'll be able to tell you by the end of the day, probably -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 07:19
- absolutely. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:19
- i liked it. it is just straight up fun. -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 07:18
- I really liked it FWIW -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 29, 07:18
*and then* it was 10:16 a.m. on the last day of the year and I closed my books. - amanda Jun 29, 07:17 3
- I have ideas. -- nm - Max Jun 29, 08:21
- Well, as the year is only half over, I guess it would be anti climactic. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:14
- so let it be written, so let it be done. -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 07:20
"They're following what I'd call the Miers precedent." -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 29, 07:13
My thighs are hot for goat felons -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 07:13

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