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today in 223? kim out all day (son, leg). camille in late (back). alana out this aft (closing on house). nicci out to lunch since 11:00. - amanda Oct 15, 10:08 1
- this would be the most fun blog (if it weren't for the fact that it would cause troubles) -- nm - JenBro Oct 15, 10:14
This Sony all-in-one is basically a 20" tablet. -- (link) - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 10:07
My son (12) wants to see PA4. Never seen 1-3. ST voting begins....now -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 10:03 32
- Not a chance. -- nm - Stephen, No. 5 with a bullet! Oct 15, 10:13
- No, No, good Lord, No! -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 10:12
- What, you think he's not going to be able to pick up on Hightower's gun obsession or something? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 10:10 5
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    - The best of the series is clearly #3. Back in Training! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 10:12
  - (gah! FAIL!) - Beryllium Oct 15, 10:11 2
    - dumbass -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 10:12
    - *pats you on the head* - oblique Oct 15, 10:12
- I would say no. I think, "would any of my friends' kids be able to handle that?" no. they are all older. -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 10:09
- Rent PA1 and watch it with him and see how he handles it. - Dr. Vermin Oct 15, 10:07 4
  - I was tempted to use my $2 in free Amazon credits on just this idea. PA2 is free for streaming but it seemed dumb to start with that one -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 10:08 3
    - While they all share the same plotline, I think you can jump around within the series and not really ruin anything. -- nm - Dr. Vermin Oct 15, 10:09 2
      - I meant dumb because it was the worst of the three :) -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 10:10 1
        
        Ah. :) That one is my 3-year-old's favorite. - Dr. Vermin Oct 15, 10:13
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- What's great is they're really not violent, right? So all you'd be doing is giving him night terrors, which is fine. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 10:07 2
  - Yeah. Freak him out real good, and then that night drive the point home with the Floating Head of Death routine -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 15, 10:08 [Image] 1
    - I'm trying to think of a movie like this I saw at that age. Neon Maniacs maybe. Nightbreed was a little later. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 10:09
- if it's anythign like the first two... don't let him waste his money. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 10:06 1
  - heh. I've never seen any of them in the theater. I was thinking this also :) -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 10:07
- They can be intense, but are bloodless. Depends on what he can handle, if he wants to see it, he's probably ok. -- nm - ceregon Oct 15, 10:06
- PA4? -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 10:06 1
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- Depends on how desensitized he is -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 10:06 5
  - This would be the first real horror movie. He's seen Alien/Aliens and stuff like that - oblique Oct 15, 10:06 4
    - I'd likely not use the PA series as a first exposure to horror, at 12 yo especially. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 10:08 3
      - That's a good age for all-time classic Halloween. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 10:10
      - yeah this is my thing. -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 10:09
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- Whatch 1 (or 2 - which is on Netflx streaming) with him to guage how he handles it. -- nm - decline Oct 15, 10:05
- prolly not -- nm - budice Oct 15, 10:04 1
  - unspoiled lowdown... - budice Oct 15, 10:06
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm very interesting in seeing how the new Alex Cross movie will open - prayformojo Oct 15, 10:02 4
- I don't buy Tyler Perry as an action cop *at all* and that's regardless of his Madea roles. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 10:05
- I'm not so sure. If you drew a Venn diagram of the Alex Cross and Tyler Perry fanbases, this movie looks like it's outside the circles. -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 10:03
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  - I don't know if you can call it that or not - prayformojo Oct 15, 10:04
Whoa, Japanese firm buys 70% stake in Sprint/Nextel. -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:55 4
- I bought a bunch of shares of sprint and clearwire 11 months ago kind of on a whim. I mean, not actually. - amanda Oct 15, 09:59
- You f*ck with my unlimited data and I will f*ck with you. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:57 1
  - I wouldn't hold my breath on that one staying around much longer. -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:58
- Probably just to buy the Sprint girl's panties for vending machines. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 09:57
Dear Prudence... I teach my former affair partner's kids... - Don Homer Oct 15, 09:49 15
- Here is the response... - Don Homer Oct 15, 10:07
- I saw this movie on Lifetime. It ends badly for you -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 10:00
- Dude, they aren't afraid you're goign to rekindle your affair with the wife. - loosilu Oct 15, 09:57 3
  - That can't be a serious concern. They wouldn't leave the kids in his class. - Dr. Vermin Oct 15, 10:04 2
    - Unless they're bait, like in that SVU episode I was watching last night. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 10:06
    - you are right. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 10:05 1
- The parents needs to transfer their kids to another school since they clearly can't let it go -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:56 4
  - except my guess is that somewhere in their teacher's code of conduct is something about not sleeping extramaritally with students parents -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 09:57 3
    - I have no doubt - but they seem to be the ones on edge. I'd think as a couple - for the health of the marriage - move the kids -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:58 1
      - I'm guessing there's not alot of health left in the marriage if you're worried about a teacher getting it on with your wife via your kids -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 10:00
    - what kind of crazy school district would have that? -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:57
- bang the dau, man. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 09:55
- Definitely talk to the boss. -- nm - David Oct 15, 09:53
- You should have done the second to last sentence two years ago -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 09:53 1
  - This. -- nm - volnelk Oct 15, 09:54
You are casting Magic Mike 2. Pick a secondary title, like New Bigger Mike, and cast 5 new male actors. -- nm - ceregon Oct 15, 09:48 15
- Slacker Mike, with Beryllium, ML, Redmond, Tru and kilbo - Roger More Oct 15, 10:13
- (this was a fun poll ... but I'll stop now - mostly 'cause I was reaching on those - but it was fun none the less) -- nm - JenBro Oct 15, 10:11
- Epic Mike - Michael Weatherly, Jeffrey Donavan, Nathan Fillian, Jon Hamm, Ashton Kutcher -- nm - JenBro Oct 15, 10:08
- Tragic Mike - Kenneth Branaugh, Gary Oldman, Phillip Seymore Hoffman, Edward Norton, Javier Bardem - JenBro Oct 15, 10:04
- Bigger, Stronger, Uncut -- nm - budice Oct 15, 10:01
- Ginger Mike - Eric Soltz, Sean Penn, Seth Green, Ewan MacGregor, Shaun White -- nm - JenBro Oct 15, 10:00
- Magic Michelle. Starring Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Abby Cornish, Emily Blunt and Kate Beckinsale as the saavy veteran. -- nm - volnelk Oct 15, 09:58 1
  - Correct. One gold star for you. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 09:59
- Magic Mike 2 - Banana Hammock Boogaloo. The cast of Gossip Girl - set it in a gay male strip club -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:58
- Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Phillippe. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:56
- The Magic Expendables: Stallone, Ahnold, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 09:54 2
  - with Chuck Norris as the lone wolf who strips alone, but finds out it's okay to strip with a group once in a while. -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 10:05
  - God no. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:55
- Enduring Mike -- nm - David Oct 15, 09:53
- Magic Mike 2: Junior Magic. Efron, Hunter Parrish, Jamie Bell, Ryan Gosling, Ian Somerhalder, David Henrie, Logan Lerman - MDH Oct 15, 09:52
Alan Arkin is the latest guest on KPCS. This. Will be awesome. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:47
Campaign seeks public support for congestion-pricing plan on Chicago-area roads -- (link) - ty97 Oct 15, 09:40 27
- not only that but I have to be a "Plus" member to even read that story -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 09:46 2
  - Really? I'm not. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 09:47 1
    - when I clicked from Google it worked -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 09:49
- You built those roads... but you can't use them. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:45 1
  - well, they're not going to maintain themselves... -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:47
- Expect more metro areas to go this route over time. - Strongbad Oct 15, 09:43 21
  - I love the idea of pay-for-what-you-use. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 09:47 20
    - so the poorest wouldn't be able to use anything. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 09:50 7
      - If people are that poor, I doubt they can afford a car and are using transit so it's a moot point, but..... - ty97 Oct 15, 09:54
      - It has to be part of a system. Meet the poor's needs through better public transport, and subsidise the poor who use it. -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 09:54
      - in this scenario, existing capacity would be free to use, the congestion charge would be for using the proposed new express lanes. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:53 4
        
        Or completely new bypasses (like they've done in FL and I think TX) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 09:55 3
        
        right. - znufrii Oct 15, 09:57
        
        I think there are two items at play. Funding new highways via tools, and congesting pricing on existing highways. - ty97 Oct 15, 09:57 1
        
        We agree. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 09:57
    - Yep. It's called a "gas tax". -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:49 11
      - Incorrect. - Strongbad Oct 15, 09:51 10
        
        the reason hybrids should benefit there is to compensate for the costs borne by society (pollution, etc.) of fossil fuel consumption. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 10:05 2
        
        By the same rules that allow hybrids to use HOV lanes, those could be added in as well -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 10:12
        
        I'm fine with that in theory. - Strongbad Oct 15, 10:11
        
        I'll grant you that it's imprecise, but that was certainly the premise of the design. - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:55 6
        
        the only other option would be to drastically increase the gas tax to actually be able to cover the costs of system maintenance and expansion. - znufrii Oct 15, 10:01 1
        
        I'm fine with this just like I'm fine with increasing property taxes to actually pay for our schools. I'm f-ing sick of deficits - oblique Oct 15, 10:02
        
        Yes, that was the premise when it began. As technology has developed, the equity of the gas tax has declined. - Strongbad Oct 15, 09:56 3
        
        You put a toll on a road, it's never gonna come down. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:57 2
        
        Good. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 09:58
        
        That's the point. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 09:57
Over/Under: # of Minutes before Obama mentions "47%" tomorrow night. 10? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 09:35 8
- Depends on the questions. He's certainly going to use it, but if the first questions are about energy policy and Afghanistan, he'll save it for later -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 09:49
- 3. Everyone already pointed out how he didn't bring it up last time, providing free press, so he doesn't need to bring it up this time. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 09:37 1
  - free press for what? you need to beat that horse dead. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 09:38
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  - Same here -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 09:39
  - *ding* -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 09:38
  - Why do you hate America? -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:37
  - Ditto. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 09:37
sonofabitch! pledge drive season! -- nm - Max Oct 15, 09:33 2
- I am volunteering four shifts this drive. -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 10:10
- Just wait, Max. -- nm - Mitt Romney SI Oct 15, 09:35
speaking of reading, i just can't get into A Casual Vacancy. I am trying, but... - Andie Oct 15, 09:32
Boy, it takes a minute to sink in, but today's Penny Arcade is *seriously* NSFW. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:25 2
- Why did it take a minute? -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 09:26 1
  - stamina -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:27
Loosi, if you're still looking for cities to nuke/unleash a biological attack on I nominate Palo Alto! - Stephen, No. 5 with a bullet! Oct 15, 09:20 2
- heh. well Phoenix is getting it today. - loosilu Oct 15, 09:38
- Hee! -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 09:20
st anniversary assist requested - creative writing style - ideas for sillyness? - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:17 16
- Smiles at just the right moment, catastrophes laughed off -- nm - David Oct 15, 09:52
- How about times you were the only one on MY side - JenBro Oct 15, 09:34 3
  - brilliant! its true - so many times it was just us against the world -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:52 2
    - # 8 and # 13 left - this is hard! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:54 1
      - can you do 13 as something relating to luck? (since 13 is usually an unlucky thing?) - turn it around maybe somehow? -- nm - JenBro Oct 15, 10:11
- x times watching Magic Mike or some romantic comedy guys usually hate but you like -- nm - ceregon Oct 15, 09:31 1
  - I like this - -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:34
- "places we've done it" for $100 Alex -- nm - budice Oct 15, 09:20 3
  - If we make it the 900th anniverasry, I'll be sure to put it on the list - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:22
  - "In the butt, Bob" -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 09:20 1
    - LOL -- nm - JenBro Oct 15, 09:31
- Vacations you've been on (x trips to the beach), concerts (other hobbies) attended, Lil Pip's years of schooling you've seen together? -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 09:19 1
  - " 4 year old you loved and raised as your own" -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:21
- Is October the go-to month for married STer anniversaries? - TWuG Oct 15, 09:18 2
  - awesome!! You should do a list! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 09:19
  - My parents have their 28th this month too -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 09:19
CY...Nice! ;) -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 09:16
MDH - are the Stones touring again, or is it just those few dates? - kelly Oct 15, 09:16 3
- 4 total dates (NJ/London) in 2012 to celebrate their 50th. Massive World Tour being planned for 2013. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 09:17 2
  - Oh, that's great. Hopefully I can see them next year. Thanks! -- nm - kelly Oct 15, 09:21 1
    - Also, oto bad you don't live in IA/OH. Springsteen is doing free rallies with Bill Clinton for Obama there. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 09:22
*seconds JackDawson's recommendation of Cloud Atlas* -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:11 4
- Is it any different than Robin Williams' "Being Human"? -- nm - Max Oct 15, 09:20
- The first bit dragged a bit for me, but it's not really ramping up. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 09:16
- i read this on my e-reader and i sort of wished i had a hard copy instead. there were times i wanted to leaf back through to see something and it's - Andie Oct 15, 09:14 1
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Instant replay now! -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 09:10
Word. -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 09:08

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