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Phone calls on Monday mornings are so annoying. Ugh. Now I have to change a motor and fix a leak. Stupid Mondays -- nm - CQ Aug 20, 06:06
someone is going to have to email me if the BF draft starts this week - tRuMaN Aug 20, 05:56 2
- Somewhere I read that it'll start next Monday. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 06:13 1
  - I think some people need to post their rosters/keepers first. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 20, 06:17
for those that play forza 3 - tRuMaN Aug 20, 05:34 1
- We need like 6 - 8 people on at once. I had fun though. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 06:11
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- spy game is probably in my top 25 favorite movies ever. -- nm - amanda Aug 20, 05:53 4
  - he has at least 3 in my top 25. Spy Game, True Romance, Enemy of the State, Cole Trickle -- nm - CQ Aug 20, 06:02 2
    - Crimson Tide is up there for me. Love that movie. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 06:03 1
      - he likes Denzel, huh? -- nm - CQ Aug 20, 06:04
  - That's one of those movies I had to see a 2nd time to appreciate. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 06:01
- It really does. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 20, 05:26
- has word come out yet as to why? -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 05:23 3
  - It's pure speculation on my part, but the first thing I would think of is that he had some sort of terminal diagnosis or something. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 05:30 1
    - That was what I was wondering given his age. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 20, 05:47
  - He left a note, but understandably we don't know what's in it. - nubby Aug 20, 05:25
Heh. Todd Akin (the 'legitimate rape' dude) is on the House Science committee. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 20, 05:14 14
- *sigh* -- nm - Embarrassed Missouri-an Aug 20, 05:40 9
  - here is part of his follow up email which i just dont understand - tRuMaN Aug 20, 05:42 8
    - And yet...we're a red state, so I'm sure he'll beat Claire. It's absolutely amazing. -- nm - Embarrassed Missouri-an Aug 20, 05:44 7
      - yeah - tRuMaN Aug 20, 05:47 6
        
        And all of the Akin ads I'm seeing these days are doing their best to say that a vote for McCaskill is a vote for Obama... - Jim Aug 20, 05:49 5
        
        i know. i dont get how his party can support his nomination with all his comments in the last week or so - tRuMaN Aug 20, 05:52 4
        
        honestly, I don't see the party taking issue with either of the first two. -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 05:56 2
        
        At least a few don't seem to take issue with the last one, either. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 20, 06:14
        
        its a culmination of things. - tRuMaN Aug 20, 05:58
        
        " Ted you ignorant slut!" -- nm - Party Aug 20, 05:53
- "let's burn down the observatory so this never happens again!" -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 05:22
- There should be a basic science test required to be on that committee. -- nm - nubby Aug 20, 05:16 2
  - They should just make up a busy-work committee for the least thoughtful Congresspeople to sit on. -- nm - Roger More Aug 20, 06:08
  - if there was a basic science test, math test, and history test for addmittance to Congress, 99% of our current Congresspeople would fail. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 20, 05:35
FBI probed GOP trip with drinking, nudity in Israel... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 20, 05:11
Good morning from Gloucester Harbor(side). - CovingtonCat Mobile Aug 20, 05:10 1
- hello! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 05:19
Heard on the radio: significant layoffs at the Tonight Show and Leno is taking a massive paycut to avoid more firings as well. -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 05:07 2
- Well, when you make $30M a year and never spend any of the money from that job, you can afford a pay cut. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 20, 06:09
- link -- (link) - amanda Aug 20, 05:39
The Cabrera fake website story might be my favorite sports story in a few years. Hilarious. -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 04:45 2
- Not until there's a Korean animated reenactment. -- nm - nubby Aug 20, 05:17
- Funniest story since the Whiz-inator. -- nm - Jim Aug 20, 05:14
Nice to see Ty and his brother yester, I hope I didn't tire them out too much doing traditional English things. -- nm - LMS Aug 20, 04:33 3
- Did you teach them anything about cricket? -- nm - Roger More Aug 20, 05:57 2
  - I only had 6 hours, mostly stuck to food, booze and the arts. -- nm - LMS Aug 20, 06:02 1
    - Mmmmm... Jellied eels and spotted dick. -- nm - Roger More Aug 20, 06:15
August 20, 1920 � The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. -- nm - Harry Dresden Aug 20, 03:32 2
- And it's been all downhill since. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 20, 04:53
- sfan -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 04:27
also semi-related to b2: whenever one of the guys I work with is in Alice Springs, he gets oysters. Alice is about as far from the ocean as you can - mafic Aug 20, 03:30 1
- we noticed the bread in the supermarket was frozen with a new best before date, the old one was a month before it -- nm - Karl_S Aug 20, 05:39
glad to see Will Hunting finally got around to his nickelback hometown pilgramage. -- nm - mafic Aug 20, 03:27
But only love can break your heart / Try to be sure right from the start / Yes only love can break your heart / What if your world should fall apart? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 02:08
breaking bad spoiler - zeitgeist Aug 19, 22:38 3
- I thought... (spoils) - BlueKopo Aug 19, 22:58 2
  - Hmmm. What happened there? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 19, 22:59 1
    - Blue, you're right, that issue was down played all this time as mere backstory....NWBR, major spoils... - zeitgeist Aug 19, 23:08
3.0 earthquake in arkansas ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 22:31 8
- And looks like you've had a couple off the coast today? And I hadn't heard about that 7.7 off the NE coast of Russia. - MojaveMeg Aug 19, 22:41 7
  - There is something wrong about that 7.7 near Russia. NO size able aftershocks 5.0 or larger. - Bacon Aug 19, 22:49 5
    - Underground nuclear test? -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 19, 23:00 3
      - Normally that's what it would mean, yes. Or else Putin had tacos. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 23:07 2
        
        I don't think so considering USGS has the depth at 625 km -- nm - zork Aug 20, 01:12 1
        
        they had an accident with the drill? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 01:15
    - Different Fault Lines for Different Folks -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 22:52
  - yeah, 4.5 and 5.5 off tofino -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 22:43
Watching Unstoppable. Geeeeeez. (spoils) - Beryllium Aug 19, 22:28 1
- this movie is better than it has a right to be -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 05:20
My friend just sent me this link. We passed this accident coming through Needles... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Aug 19, 22:18
LYC - my fuel log and analysis for the trip. From leaving with a full tank through my last fill-up in Needles. - MojaveMeg Aug 19, 22:09 8
- I'm still doing the fuel count for our trip but we did 7700km -- nm - Karl_s Aug 19, 23:03 2
  - 4784.56 miles - that's some trip! But you had fun right? -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 19, 23:05 1
    - Had an absolute ball. Although it was nice to get home last Thursday. -- nm - Karl_s Aug 19, 23:10
- I get 18ish in my saturn suv 6cy but some who drive angelicly get 22 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 22:15 2
  - Exactly. The Xterra runs real comfortably at 80 and resists anything less :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 19, 22:24 1
    - seriusly, my car does NOT do dressage, it wants to sprint -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 22:32
- if you spent about $3.75 per gallon, fuel cost $323.51 -- nm - peglegpete Aug 19, 22:13 1
  - $321.72 :) Lowest $3.29 in Grants and Santo Domingo Pueblo, and highest $4.90 in Needles. I knew I should have topped up on the Arizona side but - MojaveMeg Aug 19, 22:22
It's almost RiffTrax time on Toonami Aftermath. You're just in time for Schnappi if you hurry. -- (link) - Qale Aug 19, 22:01 3
- If only Galaxy Express 999 would end. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 22:04 2
  - first riff looks to be Sixth Sense. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 22:10 1
    - I know I'm replying to myself, but I have to reiterate, it's hard to watch riffs on movies I really really like. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 22:35
True Romance is a Top Ten favorite of mine. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 19, 22:00 1
- it's not White Boy Day is it? -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 03:28
Wow! I worked on that film as an extra for a few days and saw Tony Scott a lot. Pink shorts, with a cigar always. Shocker -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 21:49 21
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  - He did Man on Fire, correct? The one with Denzel? -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 21:55 14
    - yes -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 22:00 13
      - That is my favorite Scott movie. Top Gun at the time and age I was was awesome. Man on Fire is just good work -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 22:01 12
        
        yes - I like that one a lot. Very much. -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 05:58 1
        
        my favorite -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 06:05
        
        It's between that and Crimson Tide, I think. -- nm - Reagen Aug 19, 22:12 3
        
        Great soundtrack. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 05:25
        
        It's been ages since I saw Crimson Tide. I should track it down. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 22:13 1
        
        It's also great! -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 22:14
        
        Enemy of the State is my favourite of the ones he has directed that I've seen ... I haven't seen Man on Fire, though. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 22:03 5
        
        awesome movie. it is what The Punisher should have been -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 03:27
        
        Man on Fire is excellent, you really should watch it, soon! - Stephen Aug 19, 22:07 1
        
        I can't! I was going to watch it tonight, but it's not on Netflix Canada. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 22:08
        
        Man on Fire is very raw and gritty. It's just a good piece of work. You may just walk away stunned or numb. -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 22:04 1
        
        And far, far better than the book. -- nm - Roger More Aug 19, 22:05
- which film? -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:50 4
  - The Fan -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 21:51 3
    - can we see you in it? -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:51 2
      - If you get the letterbox version. Three scenes I am driving my white saturn, one I am walking with a woman as the Hummer goes driving by fast. -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 21:54 1
        
        I kept all my pay stubs and information packets -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 21:55
heh my niece complained about having to go back to school tomorrow, so I made the obligatory Uncle post about "wait until you have to work for a - Stephen Aug 19, 21:48 1
- LOL!!! I have to say, every August/September, I still get my jollies knowing I never have to go back to school, ever. I will take the real world ANY - loosilu Aug 19, 21:50
I didn't realize he was Ridley Scott's brother... -- nm - kelly Aug 19, 21:39 7
- I knew only because of Numbers, which I watched with my dad the first few seasons. -- nm - Stephen Aug 19, 21:42 1
  - always liked that show. Great cast and the procedural aspect was different than the CSI's. -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 05:05
- shockingly, I did know. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:41
- RKD and Kim used to have a lot of fun with the Scott brothers in the early days of BOP News. -- nm - Other David Aug 19, 21:41 2
  - I might be misremembering but was it something involving a rumored World's Finest film? - Tim Aug 19, 21:48 1
    - They were rumored to direct every movie for 18 months, it seemed. - Other David Aug 19, 21:51
- if I knew this, i'd forgotten it. -- nm - Tim Aug 19, 21:41
sitwap: Tony Scott dead by suicide.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 19, 21:36 15
- C'mon Mop -- it's the top post of B2. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 21:39 8
  - damnit I just got back online from playing Xbox! - Remlik Aug 19, 21:41 7
    - it was on this b! twice! -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:41 6
      - Pete doesn't look down. He is a busy man. -- nm - Other David Aug 19, 21:45 5
        
        three whole posts! -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:49
        
        damnit! I didn't see it! I saw the news and posted before looking down! - Remlik Aug 19, 21:48 3
        
        look, at least you got it right, this time. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:49 2
        
        unlike ML. -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 21:49 1
        
        don't divert! -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:51
- promethius wasn't that bad -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 21:39 2
  - Wiggie... -- nm - Other David Aug 19, 21:40 1
    - Don't drag me into this mess, pally. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 19, 22:18
- for once I BEAT YOU in a death posting. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:38 2
  - That's awesome! - Beryllium Aug 19, 21:38 1
    - look dude, I know it makes me a bad person. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:41
Tony Scott thing seems to be real. horrible. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 21:34
Netflix Canada only has 2 tony scott films ... The Fan, and Unstoppable. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 21:33 17
- I was in the movie The Fan! -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 21:48 5
  - in the world's craziest baseball game put on film? -- nm - Reagen Aug 19, 22:09
  - That explains...a lot! -- nm - Stephen Aug 19, 21:49 2
    - It was filming at the same time as The Rock. One day on that and I moved to the other thinking Denero movie would be much bigger. -- nm - Bacon Aug 19, 21:57 1
      - hahahahahahah ... I suppose it was prudent at the time, though. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 22:00
  - *nods knowingly* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 21:48
- Unstoppable was ok. -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 21:36 10
  - I think it's pretty great. -- nm - Other David Aug 19, 21:39 1
    - solid, solid film. -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 21:40
  - I liked Unstoppable, The Fan was horrible. -- nm - Stephen Aug 19, 21:38 4
    - It's Redmond's fault -- nm - Roger More Aug 19, 22:19
    - I saw the fan in theatre - I agree -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 21:40
    - agreed. that was bad. but True Romance and Last Boy Scout make up for that one -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 21:39 1
      - 2 of my favorite action movies ever. "touch me again I'll kill ya" -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 05:00
  - I've heard that, but I watched Pelham 1-2-3 a few months ago and I need time to get over that -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 21:38 2
    - Watch the original. It's a great film and 100x better than that mess with Denzel and Travolta. - Krusty Aug 19, 22:22
    - *much* better than that -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 21:40
Help Me Rhonda -- nm - Other David Aug 19, 21:30

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