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I'm pretty sure I've had at least one concussion. I Supermaned off the front of my bike going down a - Reagen Aug 20, 09:32 2
- I stood up on my bed once and brained myself with the full speed ceiling fan. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:32 1
  - I'm sorry but I laughed at this. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 09:36
nmbMiff, did you find work? -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 20, 09:31 1
- Oops, I think I have my episodes mixed up -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 20, 09:32
Singer Scott McKenzie - 'San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair)' - dead at 73... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 20, 09:23 2
- *explodes* nm -- nm - Scott Steiner Aug 20, 09:25
- Uh oh. The Scottfecta is almost complete. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:24
HEY, STers! - miffed67 Aug 20, 09:22 4
- Hey MIFFY!!!! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 09:29
- Holding a poll question for the roll :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 20, 09:27
- trying to function on about 3 hours of sleep. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:26
- Mourning the death of Tony Scott ... and talking about concussions, for some reason. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:23
Every time I see Starter for Ten, yet another cast member has become famous. -- nm - LMS Aug 20, 09:22 1
- I love that movie. -- nm - kelly Aug 20, 09:26
Ugh: ABC developing a steampunk Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn detective show -- (link) - MDH Aug 20, 09:18 1
- Is Lucy Liu goingto play Huck Finn? -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 09:19
SITWAP: Tony Scott death is not only totally tragic... - Old Antarctic Explorer Aug 20, 09:11 19
- Guess... accolades and admirers not equal happiness -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 20, 09:30
- I knew from watching The Last Boy Scout that he was either going to dance a jig or jump off a bridge.... -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 09:29
- Uh, that may be true if it's someone you know, but I don't think any of us are feeling responsible somehow for this... -- nm - Stephen Aug 20, 09:28 2
  - Speak for yourself. - Spawn Aug 20, 09:30 1
    - Well, of course it's *your* fault! -- nm - Stephen Aug 20, 09:31
- i think (maybe it is more that i 'hope') it's going to come out that he had a serious illness. it just feels like - Andie Aug 20, 09:14 13
  - ABC News is reporting that he had inoperable brain cancer. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 20, 09:31 2
    - goddamn cancer -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 09:32
    - That'd do it. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:32
  - I hope the same, but we may never know. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:18 6
    - He left a note -- nm - decline Aug 20, 09:18 5
      - "Fucking Domino!" nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:22
      - which may be kept private. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:20 3
        
        but someone may then know. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 20, 09:21 2
        
        I meant "we" the public. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:22 1
        
        as apposed to the royal 'we' -- nm - decline Aug 20, 09:30
  - I am hoping the same - that it was his way of saying "I decide how and when and where - _______ illness doesn't get to say" - JenBro Aug 20, 09:17 2
    - Early reports said there was a note in the car - I guess it will be up to the family to release any details as they see fit. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 20, 09:20 1
      - or to the hundreds of gossip sites and magazines which will pay big money for a copy of said note -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 09:26
Mel - you didn't go watch Old Ironsides cruising across the harbor yesterday? -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 20, 09:11 1
- unfortunately the To Do List prevented it. - Mel Profit Aug 20, 09:12
MLB Trivia, Uh-oh Buck edition: Only twice in the last 70 years has a MLB season completed with no mid-season managerial changes. Name those years. - musubi Aug 20, 09:02 19
- I wonder if Mills just came to the end of his rope and the team fired him instead of having him quit. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:27
- 2000 and 1994? - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:24
- 1995? -- nm - Skyscraper builders si Aug 20, 09:04 5
  - Nope. (nm) - musubi Aug 20, 09:08 3
    - Then, 2000? -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 09:10 2
      - *ding* One moose point for Krusty/skyscraper builders everywhere. (nm) - musubi Aug 20, 09:16 1
        
        I was out of years Buck got fired. I know he was let go by Texas in the mid 2ks but I don't remember the year. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 09:18
  - *sfan* -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 09:04
- I don't know but firing Mills was ridiculous. He has a AAA team (at best). What did he expect? -- nm - spamlet Aug 20, 09:04 8
  - Ha. I missed the news of his sacking. Buck's job no longer in jeopardy! (nm) - musubi Aug 20, 09:07
  - All I know is that it appears it was a good thing for Showalter and the O's. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 20, 09:07
  - Yup. They should fire the GM for building that team. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 09:06 5
    - They already did. (nm) - musubi Aug 20, 09:08 4
      - I missed that. Still makes no sense to fire the manager too. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 09:10 3
        
        it all depends if it looks like the players have given up. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:11 2
        
        It sucks, but Mills had to have taken the job knowing that he'd likely be a scapegoat at some point. Not *this* early, but at some point. (nm) - musubi Aug 20, 09:17 1
        
        managers on rebuilding teams generally do not last long. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:18
- 2005. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:03 1
  - Nope. (nm) - musubi Aug 20, 09:05
Breaking Bad spoils - Jovian Aug 20, 09:00 1
- kudos to your shopping skills will become the new nice housecoat mrs loopner -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 12:42
Is Alice in Wonderland really about drugs? -- (link) - LMS Aug 20, 08:54
this is incredible considering she probably can't see the beam in the way Dolly Parton hasn't seen her feet in 50 years -- (link) - zork Aug 20, 08:49 10
- Pfft. We eat our lunch hanging off the edge. :-) - Skyscraper builders si Aug 20, 08:55 8
  - trivia: THey're called "skywalkers". -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 08:56 7
    - They're called psychotic. - Skyscraper builders si Aug 20, 08:58 6
      - especially early in the last century, many were first nations people. just didn't have that fear built into them -- nm - zork Aug 20, 09:07 4
        
        They still do it today. but it's not "no fear", if you learn about them. they just learned to overcome it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:17
        
        Here they used a lot of European immigrants as well as some Native Americans. - Krusty Aug 20, 09:10 2
        
        Yup, most of the Chicago skyscrapers were built the same way. I have a distant relative that did it. - spamlet Aug 20, 09:14 1
        
        The Mohawks are famous for their high steel work (books, movies, etc.) I remember being at the top of the CN tower and meeting a Mohawk man that - MojaveMeg Aug 20, 09:17
      - yep, I've checked out videos on youtube before. You couldn't pay me enough to do that. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:01
- Darwin award candidate. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 08:52
What's the best way to tell a woman that you just want to be friends? - ceregon Aug 20, 08:48 45
- Don't ever actually tell a woman that you don't want a girlfriend now, because if you ever change your mind she'll hold that shit against you forever. -- nm - Max Aug 20, 09:33
- How 'bout the truth? - Stephen Aug 20, 09:30 1
  - That's way too adult. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:32
- I wouldn't do the fake girlfriend thing - could backfire - just be honest. Say "no - I just want to be part of this group of friends - not to date" -- nm - JenBro Aug 20, 09:14 1
  - "I don't want my dog to be jealous" nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:15
- I have to get the genital scabs heal for a bit., nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:06
- You can say that you're 'cooling your heels' for a spell -- for now... - Old Antarctic Explorer Aug 20, 09:05
- whatever you do, dont follow tips from Shane on Big Brother -- nm - Jovian Aug 20, 09:04
- "I like cock" nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 08:59 4
  - You liking cock isn't going to help me in this situation. -- nm - ceregon Aug 20, 09:31
  - Sleep with her dad. "I love you... like a daughter." -- nm - Max Aug 20, 09:30
  - i think we have a winner. -- nm - Jim Aug 20, 09:05
  - then there's that. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 20, 09:00
- I so feel your pain. I hate that it's unacceptable to be off the market without a fake significant other. - amanda Aug 20, 08:56 7
  - do we think that trashy girl in the second picture is actually Amanda Bynes? -- (link) - Andie Aug 20, 09:09 5
    - (this shouldn't be here, but, whatever) -- nm - Andie Aug 20, 09:15
    - That's not her. They used the wron picture. Here is the trashy Amanda Bynes picture making the rounds -- (link) - decline Aug 20, 09:12 [Image] 3
      - hmm. on second thought . maybe it is. the purse is the same. -- nm - decline Aug 20, 09:13 2
        
        so is the broach ring, the bracelets (although one is on the other wrist), and the shorts ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:31
        
        holy shit if it is -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 09:28
  - um ok -- nm - ceregon Aug 20, 09:04
- be honest? -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 08:53 6
  - ikr? -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 20, 08:54 5
    - I think you said it in the IM - SyrDragon Aug 20, 08:54 4
      - she may move on and not wait around. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 08:57 3
        
        It doesn't sound like he's interested at all. -- nm - spamlet Aug 20, 09:01
        
        and the downside? -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 09:00 1
        
        I was stating this cause he thought if he said " I don't want to date anyone right now." she might wait til he was ready - Epiphany Aug 20, 09:12
- tell her you like boys -- nm - decline Aug 20, 08:52 4
  - but I also like girls -- nm - ceregon Aug 20, 09:04 3
    - "... so you have to be up for lots of threesomes" -- nm - zork Aug 20, 09:09
    - that might do it, right there. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:08 1
      - *ding ding ding* -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 09:09
- F her sister? but seriously - Epiphany Aug 20, 08:49 11
  - that was going to be my suggestion (the serious one) - zork Aug 20, 08:50
  - so tell her I already have a girlfriend? -- nm - ceregon Aug 20, 08:50 9
    - Who lives in Canada -- nm - decline Aug 20, 08:58 4
      - Don't fake SOs live in Miami now, or is that over? Actually Dubai might be good. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:04 1
        
        Well, she travels back and forth from LA to Miami Beach to Dubai - being a super model and alll -- nm - decline Aug 20, 09:18
      - ~Her name is Alberta, she lives in Vancouver, she cooks like my mother and sucks like a Hoover!~ -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 08:59
      - and is a supermodel. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 08:59
    - sure, but if you tell her about someone you just met, she'll see that even though you already knew her, you picked someone else. -- nm - zork Aug 20, 08:51 1
      - that can backfire. she might think new relationship, this is a good time to compete for you. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 08:52
    - yes. (women do this all the time) -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 08:51 1
      - fake girlfriends? -- nm - zork Aug 20, 08:51
I think I got a mild concussion on new years eve one year (dec 31 2009, maybe?) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 08:47 1
- Dec 31 2010, that is. I was in a fog for the rest of the day, if not longer. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:10
Jim's car accident sounds like a Clerks thing - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:47 2
- heh...well, it might not have been 37 times...but it was more than a few. I know I posted the pics and stuff here after. - Jim Aug 20, 09:00
- sounds incredible - lucky to be alive -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 08:48
Have we done weekend movie poll yet? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 08:46 26
- Paranorman: A- And The Raid: Redemption B- -- nm - MDH Aug 20, 09:18
- Wanderlust: B. The Swell Season: B -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 09:15
- Jaws (A+), Donnie Darko (A), Ratatouille (A-). -- nm - Don Homer Aug 20, 09:12
- Coppola's Gatsby: A. - Old Antarctic Explorer Aug 20, 09:06
- Expendables 2: B -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 09:00
- Real Steel B-, Hunger Games still an A. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 20, 09:00
- lockout C, descendants mostly A-, wimbledon still pretty great (pixie made me). -- nm - amanda Aug 20, 08:57
- Woman in Black: B, Hunger Games: A+ and better than I remembered, Silent House: F. Contraband: C-. -- nm - David Aug 20, 08:56
- The Raid: Redemption: A. Abduction: C+ - decline Aug 20, 08:53
- Brave - B. -- nm - LMS Aug 20, 08:51
- Bourne Legacy - F+ - Mel Profit Aug 20, 08:50 4
  - oh - it's not that bad. -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 08:55 3
    - It's pointless, muddled in the extreme, it wastes everyone in the cast, it somehow makes Renner useless in a movie. - Mel Profit Aug 20, 09:10 1
      - I can understand your mind because I've felt that way about other movies, but I disagree about this one. -- nm - Max Aug 20, 09:35
    - Hey, he gave it a "+" which considering his earlier posts, surprised me. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 09:07
- Killer Joe B- -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 08:50
- Friends with Kids - B+ -- nm - pmb Aug 20, 08:50
- Expendables 2 B-, You Only Live Twice C+, Her Majesty's Secret Service B-, Diamonds are Forever B+, Let and Let Die B -- nm - ceregon Aug 20, 08:49
- All I saw this weekend was another hour and a half of Downton Abbey S1, which I liked. - kelly Aug 20, 08:48
- Fast Five - C-, Hanna - C- -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:48
- Paranormal Activity 3: B- (it was in B/B+ territory until.....[spoiler]) - prayformojo Aug 20, 08:47 1
  - exactly seemed like a different movie -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 08:50
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  - I haven't seen it yet, but looks like a gross travesty compared to the book. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 20, 09:15
- Woman in Black - B, Hunger Games - A (still), Silent House - D. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 20, 08:46
- Being Elmo: A+ and Tetris: From Russia with Love: B+ -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 08:46
My least favorite word is also "moist". -- nm - kelly Aug 20, 08:45 2
- Why? I've seen a number of women say this, but seems there are worse words. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 20, 09:16
- "Moist and Fudgy" might be the funniest packaging I've seen all month. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 08:49
Pippy wins B2 -- nm - zork Aug 20, 08:41 1
- You & Ms. Zork had some interesting concussions -- nm - Epiphany Aug 20, 08:43

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