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My Firefox start page has a cool animated Olympic torch on it. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 10:37
from radio news this morning - 1. chad everett has died (aww, memories from little kidhood watching "medical center"). 2. some scumbag, as - b. Jul 25, 10:36 1
- I remember watching "Medical Center" with my mom. She had a crush on Chad Everett -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 10:40
We have a volunteer babysitter this Friday! I think we'll get a slice of pizza and see Moonrise Kingdom. So excited -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 10:33 2
- YAY (so how much do you pay for 3 kids - two being twins?) -- nm - JenBro Jul 25, 14:28
- we haven't been to the movie theater in over a year, I think -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 10:34
Library Hold Notice: Third Gate. ML, have you read this yet? -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 10:32 2
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  - Judging by the reviews, I say it must be nice to get to a point in your career where people just buy your books because you write them - oblique Jul 25, 10:40
Throw. Strikes. - David Jul 25, 10:32
I'm not sure who I love/hate more Strasburg or Harper. (nm) - musubi Jul 25, 10:31 8
- I like Harper just because he has so many haters. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 10:38 1
  - Screw the haters, Harper's just so damn good. I hate him for being so damn good against my favorite team. (nm) - musubi Jul 25, 10:40
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  - I love/hate you more than the both of them, if that helps. - musubi Jul 25, 10:39
- I find it very hard to dislike Harper. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 10:36 3
  - If the White Sox played the Nats 18 times a year, you'd like him less than you do now, I promise. (nm) - musubi Jul 25, 10:37 2
    - nah, Morneau has been killing us for years, and I stil like the guy. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 10:38 1
      - But you'd like him more if he wasn't killing your team, right? - musubi Jul 25, 10:40
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- mini review: skip. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 10:30 4
  - "Haywire" is almost unwatchable -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 10:35 3
    - First time watching it, I liked it without understanding the motives - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:37
    - Who *are* you people? -- nm - David Jul 25, 10:36 1
      - Well, obviously they are people who are wrong. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 25, 10:46
NBC orders 10 episode series "Dracula" from Downton Abbey's producers. Stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers -- (link) - MDH Jul 25, 10:24 5
- I just re-watched Velvet Goldmine w/JRM -- and wanna say... - Old Antarctic Explorer Jul 25, 10:26 2
  - its amazing -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 10:38
  - Killer cast. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 10:33
- lets hope they don't screw it up. -- nm - decline Jul 25, 10:25 1
  - this is NBC we are talking about though -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 10:34
This morning is moving very slow -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 10:21
The AppJudgment folks made a parody of Marty Scorsese's Siri ad. -- (link) - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 10:19
11 year old boy "running away from home" get on flight from Manchester to Italy, no ticket, no passport. -- (link) - Andie Jul 25, 10:13 2
- I heard that this morning, too. awesome timing for such a security breach there. -- nm - b. Jul 25, 10:39
- Terrorist midgets are taking notes. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 10:32
Can I tell you about the weird thing that happened at my house the other night? - pmb Jul 25, 10:07 28
- open the box - JenBro Jul 25, 14:31
- I would totally be creeped out, but considering the storm and what not it's probably nothing. - musubi Jul 25, 10:36
- those analog low voltage systems get of whack pretty easily. could have moisture could have been connecting a relay and causing a false button press. - colin Jul 25, 10:33
- You're either in a Spielberg movie, or whoever installed your security system... - Old Antarctic Explorer Jul 25, 10:27
- Solar flare? I thought I saw something from another friend of mine on Facebook about basically the same time of day - oblique Jul 25, 10:25 3
  - There are many ways a sword might find itself in a field -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 10:30 1
    - Election day -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 10:33
  - Aliens -- nm - decline Jul 25, 10:25
- This is *awesome*. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 10:24
- Paranormal Activity 5 - Monocle Diaries -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 10:23
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- Aliens -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 10:15
- did you happen to receive a strange unopened box in the mail from prayformojo? -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 10:11
- yeah, that would freak me out. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 10:10
- you don't have an unopened box in your attic left byehind by the previous owners, do you? -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 10:10 9
  - No, but what was also weird is that when we looked on the tv there was a box sitting by the front door. - pmb Jul 25, 10:13 8
    - The box didn't want to be left on the door step any longer. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 10:22
    - quick! See if "Restoration Hardware" is an anagram for something sinister! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:14 6
      - ("Restoration Hardware" totally sounds like something out of a Stephen King story) -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:18 1
        
        it's the F'n CIA man! Wake up! -- nm - Mother Jul 25, 10:19
      - senior arrowhead tart -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 10:17
      - "A Warhead Terrorist - No!" -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 10:16 1
        
        does it blare righteous AC/DC tunes? 'cos that I'd be OK with -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:18
      - To narrowest diarrhea -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 10:15
- wow, that's eerie -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:08 3
  - (listen to the professional.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 10:09 2
    - (hee.) the dog is my favorite part. -- nm - b. Jul 25, 10:38 1
      - " because there is nothing in the world more exciting than when somebody is at the door). " -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 10:39
HWDY - the challenge in this quiz is figuring out who played a certain title role and pick the other movie in which title role was played by - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:05 23
- Got 13/15. - amoxy Jul 25, 10:10 1
  - same 2 I missed. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 10:11
- I believe #10 is flawed. You can verify for me though. -- nm - Shaun Jul 25, 10:08 15
  - spoils - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:10 13
    - is he not also in - groiny Jul 25, 10:11 12
      - ooh good point (I Robot Spoilers) - amoxy Jul 25, 10:12 1
        
        exact same thing I did,. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 10:13
      - He was but (spoils) - Jim Jul 25, 10:11 2
        
        I see. Tricksy. -- nm - Shaun Jul 25, 10:18
        
        aah. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 10:12
      - yeah, but - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:11 6
        
        no refers to the - spoilers - Beaker Jul 25, 10:12 5
        
        But spoilers - amoxy Jul 25, 10:13 4
        
        It's not him. (spoils) - Other David Jul 25, 10:16
        
        disagree - Beaker Jul 25, 10:14
        
        *changes that option to Hitch* -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:13 1
        
        Heh. I got it wrong just now, and was wondering what all this I, Robot talk was about. -- nm - Inigo Jul 25, 10:26
  - yes, I agree. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 10:09
- 14/15...seems pretty easy to follow to me. -- nm - Jim Jul 25, 10:08 4
  - same -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 10:10 2
    - I only missed (spoils) - Jim Jul 25, 10:13 1
      - heh, same for me -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 10:13
  - got 13. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 10:10
"One-third of the teams in the Leaders Division are ineligible for the championship this year due to failures in leadership" - prayformojo Jul 25, 09:58 3
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  - The two sweetest words in the English language: de-fault! De-fault! De-fault! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 10:28
- Seriously, if Illinois cannot win now... -- nm - David Jul 25, 10:03
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un married to Ri Sol-ju -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 25, 09:57
chinese man's penis stolen while he sleeps -- (link) - the human tater tot Jul 25, 09:57
"Everything Pitchforky." -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 09:56
WTF? Cal Ripken's mother safe after abduction -- (link) - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 09:51 1
- Was Janet Jackson involved? -- nm - eag Jul 25, 09:53
Why can't I just plug in the iPod to the usb port and sync my music files? I guess my old computer only recognizes it? so frustrating -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 09:51 1
- Bwahahaha. That's Apple laughing at you for even considering not using iTunes to sync your music -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 10:35
I'm 76% of the way through Year Zero by Rob Reid and I laughed so hard at one point last night that I woke Kim. -- nm - David Jul 25, 09:51 8
- I'm reading book 2 of the 50 Shades of Grey. I'm ashamed. - Epiphany Jul 25, 10:01 7
  - the ST mentions of this book have been making me misspell gray all week long - con_carne Jul 25, 10:10
  - Obviously the car crash syndrome - eag Jul 25, 10:05 5
    - I guess? its free so why not. *shrug* -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 10:20 4
      - Point taken -- nm - eag Jul 25, 10:21 3
        
        I'd say there is no point. I'm just stupid. - Epiphany Jul 25, 10:24 2
        
        I dont think your stupid - eag Jul 25, 10:25 1
        
        :) -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 10:40
Gay marriage to be introduced in Scotland -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 25, 09:48 9
- the King's son in Braveheart is reconsidering the war -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:50
- 2 grooms wearing kilts? HELL YES. - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:49 7
  - exactly i thought they had gay marriage since before christianaisation -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 25, 09:51
  - ik,r?!! Och! -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 09:50 5
    - we all win -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:51 4
      - You realize all Scots don't look like Gerard Butler and Ewan McGregor, right? - musubi Jul 25, 10:05 3
        
        I love Craig Ferguson. -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 10:13 2
        
        So do I, still don't wanna see him making out with Mike Meyers in a kilt. (nm) - musubi Jul 25, 10:23 1
        
        "It's a gay day for Scotland, everybody!" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 10:24
"cornstick pan" ? wtf is that? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 09:45 3
- image-google it - prayformojo Jul 25, 09:47 2
  - i have the woot off image, so i saw what it looked like, just trying to figure out why it is needed. - tRuMaN Jul 25, 09:48 1
    - That could be the fastest I've ever gone from "That's so stupid" to "Hmmm, I definitely need one of those" -- nm - rollo Jul 25, 09:52
Ed Reed reported to Baltimore Ravens training camp on time Wednesday (looks like no holdout) -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:43
SITWAP: Batman comic delayed (Batman, Incorporated No. 3) -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:41
Buddy Cop genre - 80s quintessential or more broad? - Max Jul 25, 09:40 11
- I can't think of a buddy cop movie before the 80s, but they were on TV - eg Starsky and Hutch -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 09:51 1
  - Shaft? -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 25, 10:15
- More broad -- Rush Hour for instance..... - Will Hunting Jul 25, 09:43 8
  - You could say that some genres were launched in the 80s. The raunchy high school genre for example. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 09:45 7
    - might say mid to late 70's. The collected work of Kristy Macnichol of couse -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 09:53 1
      - i had to look up what year Little Darlings was - 1980. i -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 09:55
    - Agreed....there are exceptions. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 09:50
    - Heaven Help Us. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 09:50
    - would Animal House be their grandfather? -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:46 2
      - More like they are Animal House's bastard offspring. -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 09:49 1
        
        *whistles innocently* -- nm - Otter Jul 25, 09:51
I just booked a plane ticket to Gotham City! -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:40 1
- I'm ditching work and going to the noon showing. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 09:41
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED -- nm - znufrii si Jul 25, 09:39 6
- I did what now? -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 09:43 5
  - you are to make out with a unicorn inside Chick fila - good luck. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:49 4
    - Actually, it needs to be one of these for full points. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 25, 09:55 [Image] 2
      - awesome sauce -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 10:00
      - *THUD* -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 09:58
    - nice! -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 09:51
About as LYC as you can get - oblique Jul 25, 09:39 3
- Effeminate? -- nm - mara Jul 25, 10:00
- language is a fascinating thing. -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 09:43
- 25 Spawn Points -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:41
You know the Olympics are close: 9 track and field athletes banned for doping -- (link) - Beaker Jul 25, 09:39
No ninja movies though? Poor Sho Kosugi. -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:36 5
- Wow, that name's a throwback. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 09:40 4
  - Enter the Ninja! nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 09:40 3
    - I prefer Chong Li. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:42 2
      - taht dude was a bad.ass. -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 10:33
      - American Ninja! -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 09:46
I just ate lunch, and now I'm going home for lunch. this move is called "the nicci" as my coworker nicci does it almost every day. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 09:35

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