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J.J. Abrams Turns Down 'Star Wars' -- (link) - budice Dec 26, 09:18 4
- i like his reasons for turning it down. they seem to be in the right place. -- nm - Diva Dec 26, 09:33
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  - Yeah, I just can't see the same guy doing Trek and Wars and making them both work. -- nm - Jim Dec 26, 09:26
- maybe there's hope for it yet - prisoner 24601 Dec 26, 09:24
Today's FML (probably not the only one, it's only 9am) - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 09:16 14
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- I SO couldn't be single in this era. For that reason...I can't tell what's legal or not legal anymore. - Jim Dec 26, 09:18 11
  - I couldn't either. Fucking Twilight. -- nm - David Dec 26, 09:25 2
    - Not to mention, I found my one. How many beautiful, talented, intelligent women are gonna like the looks of my fat ass? - Jim Dec 26, 09:27
    - you don't glimmer? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:25
  - there are days when I wish I was single again, but then again, there are days when I am thrilled not to be. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:18 7
    - (Have you seen This Is 40 yet? You need to.) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 26, 09:20 4
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        No. It's not 40-specific. But I think it's much more relateable to "married for many years with kids" set. - JaxSean Dec 26, 09:28 1
        
        LOL @ IM - I saw it Monday & guess what scene I'm laughing about for your IM? Spoiler - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:30
      - maybe this weekend. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:21
    - word. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 26, 09:20 1
      - it would give me a great reason to get in shape again, thats for sure. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:21
- just throw your bait out there anyway, see what you reel in. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:17
Season 4? Already? (not clicking the link) -- nm - Diva Dec 26, 09:12
gianormous Downton Abbey S4 spoiler (seriously don't click if you don't want to really know) -- (link) - prisoner 24601 Dec 26, 09:10 1
- they eat scones with their tea! Sorry, didn't mean to ruin the excitement! -- nm - Beaker Dec 26, 09:11
okay, the roads are ad enough that I won't make the deliveryman come bring me food. *now what*?? what will I eat? - amanda Dec 26, 09:10 1
- Oh! Is it pick your soup game? Italian Wedding! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:13
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- Sounds to me like A needs to leave B AND drop the new bad news lover guy. -- nm - Jim Dec 26, 09:11 13
  - Thinking about it more, I think it would depend on A's issue with B...because there must be one. - Jim Dec 26, 09:16 10
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      - I think you remind A that he has a lot invested in his relationship with B and if B is really addressing the issues they've had, he really should - pmb Dec 26, 09:24 1
        
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      - Wow, that's tough. Again, 18 years is a lot to throw away...what's your gut tell you to do? -- nm - Jim Dec 26, 09:19 6
        
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        Of course you can't tell him what he should do. But you can help his understand what the issues he's facing are and help him clarify his own thinking -- nm - pmb Dec 26, 09:25
        
        Yuck. Sounds like a sucky situation...I'd say you're probably dead on with your thoughts. - Jim Dec 26, 09:24 1
        
        yeah, I would probably be pissed off if I were Dawson. - groiny Dec 26, 09:25
        
        its a bit selfish of them to drag you into this - you haven't really seen them or spoke to them in 2 years - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 09:24 1
        
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  - yep. and get his head together. -- nm - Diva Dec 26, 09:13
  - ~what I really need to do is find myself a bad news lover~! nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:12
- Well, you're a decent guy so you'll do a decent thing, regardless of your history with B. - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 09:11 1
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- be a man, and leave B. Don't be fuckin around on the side. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:09 1
  - This. Either stop messing around or leave and let B move on with his life. - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 09:21
- Sounds like A is going through a mid-life crisis -- nm - amoxy Dec 26, 09:08
so... I got my mom a cashmere scarf. guys, the roads are terrible. *terrible.* don't go out there. I almost slid off twice. -- nm - amanda Dec 26, 09:03 7
- Nice! What color? -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:07 2
  - it's sort of child-woven in greys and whites and off-whites. it's very grown-up. -- nm - amanda Dec 26, 09:08 1
    - Awesome choice - will "go" with lots of options! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:12
- cashmere -- nm - budice Dec 26, 09:04 3
  - Kashmir. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:05 2
    - it was a led zep marathon on the way home. no kashmir sadly. (we call that song "sex while stoned on a waterbed.") -- nm - amanda Dec 26, 09:06 1
      - *fires up Kashmir when amanda comes over* nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:07
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"The first song recorded on the ISS" begs the question: couldn't we have just waited for Sarah Brightman to arrive? -- (link) - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 08:58
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My proposal for a presentation at a conference in Spain got accepted. Now I have to write a 10-page abstract in the following Microsoft Word style. -- (link) - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 08:54
If you new iPhone/iPad charging device also happens to charge old iPhones, iPads, or anything using microUSB... Apple's not gonna let that happen. -- (link) - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 08:52 2
- dude. -- (link) - amanda Dec 26, 09:05 1
  - Dude! Now, all we need is an adapter that doesn't look like a trash can. Unless it's Mr. Fusion. -- nm - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 09:07
Look what Adrian Peterson got for Christmas (pic) -- (link) - budice Dec 26, 08:48 [Image] 1
- Kyrie Irving got this....not from his wife though I'm thinking... -- (link) - Beaker Dec 26, 08:52
CEOs of Best Buy and Zynga made BusinessWeek's list of worst CEOs of 2012. -- (link) - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 08:47
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- F*ck no. If I want to do something, I do it. -- nm - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 08:53 1
  - this. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 26, 09:03
- We're going to start running again, 3 - 4 miles three times a week. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 26, 08:53
- Set a budget, Get fit, Work less overtime, Travel more, Be Kind & Good. - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:51
- I'm not going to feel bad for people in situations they made or can get out of - I'm going to feel sad for them - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 08:50
- No. - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 08:49
- lose weight, drink less, snack less. -- nm - Beaker Dec 26, 08:48
- I never do them. -- nm - Krusty Dec 26, 08:48
The general who heads Syria's military police has defected and joined the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's regime -- (link) - Beaker Dec 26, 08:41 1
- "Hey, guys. Sorry about all the kidnappings, torture and executions. We're totally cool, right?" -- nm - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 08:53
13 overlooked deaths of 2012 -- (link) - Beaker Dec 26, 08:37
LIR - JenBro - biggest score at the mall was a pair of Easy Spirit shoes for $14.99...seems they're closing that store and everything was - Meg Dec 26, 08:32 1
- Ooooohhhh nice! I love getting deals on shoes - that is an awesome price! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:35
Dec 25, 1990 � The first successful trial run of the system which would become the World Wide Web. -- nm - Beaker Dec 26, 08:31
Christmas Eating Poll -- How much did you eat/drink? - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 08:31 20
- Oddly I have not had a drink since last Friday - Food wise - did buffet yesterday & pizza the day before. - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:49
- nice, we do a Xmas morning Brunch as well -- nm - Jovian Dec 26, 08:45
- not nearly enough of either but I plan to rectify that somewhat tonight. Yeah - I think I'll pick up some more wine on the way home. -- nm - Diva Dec 26, 08:42
- Way. Too. Much. - pmb Dec 26, 08:40
- mediocre burger at the Roosevelt Hotel and junior mints at the movies -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 26, 08:38
- I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm still at 188 lbs. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Dec 26, 08:36 7
  - which way? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 08:37 6
    - Holding steady. -- nm - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 08:46 5
      - I mean, you trying to drop more? or trying to gain some? - groiny Dec 26, 08:48 4
        
        Oh drop, definitely. While I don't look particularly rolly-polly, I just recently dropped below "obese" on BMI. -- nm - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 08:55 3
        
        what are you, like 6 foot? - groiny Dec 26, 09:01 2
        
        I know. BMI sucks. I'm only 5'9" or 5'10" on a good day. -- nm - Mop (188 lbs) Dec 26, 09:12 1
        
        aah, so probably 188 makes more sense for you then. - groiny Dec 26, 09:14
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  - oooh, deer fajitas sound delish... -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 08:37
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  - ^5 - We had green beans almondine, broccoli w/shrooms, baked macaroni and cheese, garlic and truffle mashed potatoes, stuffing/gravy, rib roast - Diva Dec 26, 08:47
- Kept it pretty cool...Couple omelets, Awesome NY Strip steak with bomb mash potatoes, snacked for the most part on deli stuff. Xmas cookies too. :) -- nm - budice Dec 26, 08:32
- eating, I did not do too bad, but I did drink more than I have in a long time Christmas Eve. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 08:31 1
  - Oh sure - answer Znu's poll just fine! &$}*#+%£|@ !!!! - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:34
Dec 26, 1846 � Trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevadas and without food, members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism. -- nm - Snow Dec 26, 08:27 6
- 1860 � The first ever inter-club association football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground - Snow Dec 26, 08:28 5
  - 1919 � Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee. -- nm - Beaker Dec 26, 08:28 4
    - 1966 � The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach. -- nm - Beaker Dec 26, 08:29 3
      - 1982 � Time's Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer. -- nm - Beaker Dec 26, 08:29 2
        
        1996 � Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. -- nm - Beaker Dec 26, 08:30 1
        
        I wonder if Toddlers and Tiaras will end this way? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 26, 08:35
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- Now -- nm - amoxy Dec 26, 08:35
- 3 -- nm - Beaker Dec 26, 08:32
- 2:30 pm -- nm - Diva Dec 26, 08:24
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Karoke Poll - say all of ST DOES make either a Vegas or Boston Spring trip & winds up at a Karoke Bar - what song would you sing OR pick for who? -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:22 49
- Znu!!! Just thought this! "I've got friends in low places". Hahahahhahaa - can sing it to ALL of us! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:09 3
  - eh... - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 09:15 1
    - Hmm ok I'll keep thinking! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:18
  - *blank stare* nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:10
- someone needs to sing Sweet Caroline -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 09:05 1
  - That can be the guy's who "don't sing Karoke" group song! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:08
- Pippy!!! "You can leave your hat on" !!!! (oh yes!) -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:59 10
  - Yes! I'd be up for that - you have to do it with me though - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 09:03 1
    - Amanda - Pippy - Andie - to the stage! ST's sexy ladies trifecta! - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:17
  - OR - Prince's "Get Off". !!! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:00 7
    - you seem to have really thought this though - prisoner 24601 Dec 26, 09:01 6
      - IKR??? For you I am thinking something "clubby" 70's - for your DJ days - like Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:06 3
        
        oh no - prisoner 24601 Dec 26, 09:07 2
        
        Hee - ok I'll keep thinking! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:20 1
        
        there ain't enough booze in vegas -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 26, 09:21
      - leave her alone, she is having a good time. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 09:04 1
        
        wait till she makes you sing some Chris Brown - prisoner 24601 Dec 26, 09:19
- Loosi - Mmm Bop - Hanson Brothers!!! Hee - she'd never do it I bet? -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:56 3
  - its actually a tough song. Just like everyone thinks Respect would be an easy sing - not so much -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 09:04 1
    - it really is. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 26, 09:04
  - no way, see below. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 26, 08:58
- I don't karaoke. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 26, 08:56 2
  - Rats - that only means you have to be part of a group then. :)) -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 09:01 1
    - if you mean the group that leaves, sure. :) - Loosi Lou Who Dec 26, 09:01
- Considering how much karaoke roulette we play, I'd sing about anything people put me in for (as long as I know the song, obvie). -- nm - Jim Dec 26, 08:50
- TFox, Jax & Will Hunting - "Walk This Way" - the Run DMC/Aerosmith version! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:46
- Here Comes Your Man - prisoner 24601 Dec 26, 08:45
- Since they don't usually have hip hop songs and if they do they're crap, I'd go with something from RATM. -- nm - Krusty Dec 26, 08:37 2
  - no Ice Ice Baby for you? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 08:38 1
    - Ninja Rap I'd do. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 26, 08:39
- Jack Dawson - something Sinatra - maybe "Ain't That a kick in the head" ? - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:32
- Diva - Tears of a Clown (heard Smokey sing it recently on the radio - I love that song!) I bet she'd ROCK it! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:29
- no one will karaoke with Diva around. - groiny Dec 26, 08:24 16
  - I did - amoxy Dec 26, 08:36 6
    - depends on how much I drink then. - groiny Dec 26, 08:36 5
      - That night in Vegas, after I sang "Friends in Low Places", mafic and I were going to sing "It's Raining Men" - amoxy Dec 26, 08:38 4
        
        yall need to do this dressed like Magic Mike! -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 08:53 1
        
        this -- nm - Diva Dec 26, 08:56
        
        LOL I *heart* that song!! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:43
        
        I missed most of that karaoke night there, I do not recall what I was doing instead. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 08:38
  - Poll ruiner! Just for that I'm making you sing "Welcome to the Jungle"! Hah! -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:27 3
    - I have a karaoke machine in my basement. I am not opposed to tearing up a song or two in public. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 08:28 2
      - Sounds emotional. Beaches soundtrack? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 26, 08:29 1
        
        Blue Bayou. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 08:29
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    - this. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 08:34
    - that would be like measuring dicks with John Holmes. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 08:25 2
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        nevermind, arguementative Jack. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 26, 08:26
Working on Boxing Day! Time to do some shopping... -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Dec 26, 08:20 2
- I'm considering getting a 32" Samsung smart tv -- nm - Beryllium Dec 26, 08:28
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MANNING!!!! -- nm - Jim Dec 26, 08:14 2
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- Master of the house ... -- nm - DJenBro Dec 26, 08:20

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