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Rewatching Game of Thrones S2, one of the great WTF moments in TV history has to be (spoilers) - prayformojo Dec 27, 10:32 3
- and also (spoils) - Jovian Dec 27, 10:35
- (at least, if you hadn't read the book before that episode aired, which I hadn't) -- nm - prayformojo Dec 27, 10:34
- word -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:33
You know how Windows 8 users can get Media Center for free through the end of the year? Well, you don't even have to own Windows 8 yet to do it. -- (link) - Mop on Mac Pro Dec 27, 10:29
TT Poll: Approx how many visits did you make to the movies this year? - ~60 (god bless 5$ matinees) -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:26 5
- 15-20? -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 10:30
- I think only once to a theatre and 3 or 4 times to a drive in. -- nm - J Dec 27, 10:29 1
  - paradise by the dashboard light -- nm - charlie Dec 27, 10:29
- 10 to 15? - charlie Dec 27, 10:28 1
  - Yeah, about the same. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Dec 27, 10:29
Yahoo's top 25 movies of 2012 - Jovian Dec 27, 10:17 27
- 6 + 1 on DVD. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Dec 27, 10:29
- 9/25 -- nm - DJenBro Dec 27, 10:26
- 4/25 -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 10:26
- 16/25 -- nm - budice Dec 27, 10:25 7
  - And I thought I had a movie habit -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:26 6
    - Dude, Im in LA, near Hollywood, chicks dig hooking up at the movies. Why should I say no? ;) -- nm - budice Dec 27, 10:32 5
      - /bows before the master - i pretty much go to one a week - avengers I saw 4x in theater Skyfall 3x -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:32 4
        
        wow, i wish i had that kind of free time. -- nm - Winter Wonderlandie Dec 27, 10:34 3
        
        well Avengers and Skyfall both warranted a Midnight show...worked next day and then went Sat and Sun.... - Capstern Dec 27, 10:36
        
        keep ordering a shitload of Keurigs - charlie Dec 27, 10:35 1
        
        lol -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:36
- 3, own 2 others haven't watched yet -- nm - Beaker Dec 27, 10:24
- 2/25 - No. 1 Stephen in the nation! Dec 27, 10:24 1
  - Word. only 2 for me too. -- nm - Jim Dec 27, 10:26
- 7.5/25 - charlie Dec 27, 10:23
- 13/25 -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:22
- 7/25 -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 10:22
- 8/25 -- nm - TFox Dec 27, 10:21
- I have seen 5 of them -- nm - amoxy Dec 27, 10:21
- Looper #4? Really? -- nm - Jim Dec 27, 10:19 7
  - yea that made me wtf too. -- nm - Jovian Dec 27, 10:21
  - It was a pretty good if a little odd movie -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:21 4
    - Oh it was great. but #4 on the year? -- nm - Jovian Dec 27, 10:24 3
      - Um no. I can see it in the top 25 but Avengers was way better - tho looper seem to posses some artsy fartsy "depth" - Capstern Dec 27, 10:25 2
        
        Yep. Skyfall is very deserving of being on any top 5 list. thats fore sure. - Jovian Dec 27, 10:33 1
        
        and one of the most interesting villians in a long time as well -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:37
  - I thought maybe it was fans votes, but with Avengers being #21 - amoxy Dec 27, 10:20
the borderlands franchise is the xbox deal of the day - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 27, 10:17 4
- Played Infamous 2 (came with new PS3) and that wasnt a bad game -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:28 2
  - i liked the first infamous, never played the sequel -- nm - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 27, 10:29 1
    - It wasnt as fallout of Skyrim as I would like but it was fun and enjoyable -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:32
- I ordered it. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 10:26
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  - and Krusty on deck -- nm - prayformojo Dec 27, 10:31
SITWAP - sorry to see Leverage go but they did end it really well. Good show. -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:15
:( just learned one of the former agency owners my brother bought out died on Christmas - age 83 - cancer. He was a really good man - very sad news & - DJenBro Dec 27, 10:10 4
- does the obituary say "in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to . . . " - charlie Dec 27, 10:13 3
  - Not sure yet - it hasn't been posted. I'm thinking we'll notify our company carriers to post notice in their publications for his former industry - DJenBro Dec 27, 10:24 2
    - does your paper have a Business section? where they do blurbs on new hirings etc? - charlie Dec 27, 10:26 1
      - Thank You!!! This is perfect placement idea. -- nm - DJenBro Dec 27, 14:13
hmm, at least the new trailer for the dr who season seems to suggest at least a bit more (spoilers) - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 27, 10:10 2
- I wonder if (spoils) - znufrii Dec 27, 10:25
- love him. also, they seem to be keeping River under wraps. - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 10:23
MIT discovers a new state of matter, a new kind of magnetism -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 27, 10:07 2
- pixitude -- nm - charlie Dec 27, 10:19 1
  - :) -- nm - DJenBro Dec 27, 10:25
heh. almost no-one is here and i got stuck doing the coffee order, which i never do, i think i might have ordered WAY too much. - Andie Dec 27, 09:58 9
- fed ex me some. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 10:03 6
  - it's keurig. i ordered cases thinking they were boxes. :) -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 10:09 5
    - ooops. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 10:34 1
      - i mean, it will get used, it's just.... a lot. -- nm - Winter Wonderlandie Dec 27, 10:35
    - even better! nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 10:13
    - Jeeezus! Overtime tonight, folks -- nm - Keurig Warehouse Dec 27, 10:12
    - *thinks about 2013 first quarter numbers - Andie gets big raise* -- nm - DJenBro Dec 27, 10:12
- got to keep things interesting somehow :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 10:01
- is everyone shaking and twitching yet? -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 10:00
how the monocle came to symbolize vast wealth and privilege -- (link) - charlie Dec 27, 09:55
This poll should warm the hearts of Cowboys haters. -- (link) - GregW Dec 27, 09:53
Crap, the other day in Amazon I saw a list of book recommendations based on Kindle books I'd borrowed from the library. Anybody know where that is? -- nm - mara Dec 27, 09:47 12
- Go to the link at the top (probably says "Mara's Amazon.com"), then See All Recommendations, then select Books on Kindle on the left. - JaxSean Dec 27, 10:06 1
  - Yup, based on stuff I bought rather than borrowed. Oh, well. Thanks! -- nm - mara Dec 27, 10:13
- Amazon has a "Recommended for you" section, that drills down to Kindle. Is this it? -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 10:02 1
  - Thanks for trying, but it's not what I saw before. Oh, well. -- nm - mara Dec 27, 10:04
- Did you try just going to the Books section. There are usually some recommendations on the page. -- nm - GregW Dec 27, 09:55 3
  - Yes, they appear to be inspired by my browsing history (which is for work) rather than my download history. -- nm - mara Dec 27, 09:57 2
    - You should probably use different accounts. Under Accounts, one option is Recommendations. -- nm - GregW Dec 27, 10:02
    - Try the Kindle Store then. -- nm - GregW Dec 27, 09:58
- probably still on the Amazon website -- nm - decline Dec 27, 09:48 3
  - Yeah, that's where I've been looking. I found general product recommendations, but not books. -- nm - mara Dec 27, 09:49 2
    - tell us what the books were and we can recommend some for you -- nm - charlie Dec 27, 09:52 1
      - :-) -- nm - mara Dec 27, 09:55
americans: NHL Network is broadcasting the World Jr. Hockey games. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 09:35
IPO Seaworld...going public under ticker SEAS -- nm - budice Dec 27, 09:27 1
- "The SEAS are angry today, my friend" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 27, 10:08
McDreamy part of group buying Tullys coffee company from ch11 -- (link) - budice Dec 27, 09:21 2
- this means I have to like Patrick Dempsey now...... - groiny Dec 27, 09:29 1
  - I thought we were already tight, bro. WTF? -- nm - Patrick Dempsey Dec 27, 09:35
Trailer to submarine thriller "Phantom" looks incredibly cheesy. It's a bad attempt to remake Red October. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 09:21 [youtube]
Atlanta Braves bring back the screaming savage logo for their batting practice hats -- (link) - charlie Dec 27, 09:20 2
- andruw jones? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 09:37 1
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Canadians only, The Passionate Eye is playing "The Cove" in its website. so, you know, cheery holiday stuff. Geo-locked to Canadian IPs. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 09:16
The storm's hit Montreal. The webcams are glorious. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 09:14
EA has removed links to gun shops from their Medal of Honor web site. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 09:05
Plantation field workers set fire to their master's house, killing him. Antebellum America in the South? No. India. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 09:04
Reid says a deal is unlikely before deadline -- (link) - znufrii Dec 27, 09:02 33
- /~'It's the end of the world as we know it...'~/ - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 09:21
- people talking waiting til shortly after new year with new congress -- nm - budice Dec 27, 09:15
- laser focus -- nm - Remlik Dec 27, 09:07
- One. fucking. job. Washington. -- nm - ty97 Dec 27, 09:06 12
  - I would love to know what the founding fathers would think of what the government has become... -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 09:15 10
    - they'd probably be disappointed it hadn't devolved into a fistfight yet. -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 09:20
    - the idea that it was any less corrupt or machiavellan when the white property owners only were in charge is a lie we tell ourselves -- nm - charlie Dec 27, 09:17 8
      - I still wish there was a way to go back to a more (i think its called) federalistic government.... - Capstern Dec 27, 09:22 7
        
        *keeps all of its billions in-state* works for us -- nm - California Dec 27, 09:26 3
        
        there would still be an outflow in federal taxes paid but still would likely benefit the state if it can ever get welfare reformed -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 09:30 1
        
        welfare is not California's budget problem - charlie Dec 27, 09:33
        
        Hey I live in the state that in 2009 had the world 14th largest economy - :) -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 09:28
        
        *laughs at the last sentence in your IM* - znufrii Dec 27, 09:26 1
        
        hey dream and dream big...but I agree lol as I wrote it -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 09:27
        
        Turn Obama into some carribbean dictator..sets up hq in hawaii -- nm - budice Dec 27, 09:23
  - right -- nm - prayformojo Dec 27, 09:08
- And yet, CNN's front page and center story is still about a magical person wanting to magically create a company to buy gun companies. - Jovian Dec 27, 09:05 1
  - Santa? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 09:15
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  - you would think. - znufrii Dec 27, 09:08 1
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  - Can the Senate not pass something? - ty97 Dec 27, 09:08 8
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    - the Senate has passed a bill extending the Bush-era tax cuts for households making less than $250,000, which has not been taken up by the House. - znufrii Dec 27, 09:10
    - the Senate did pass something. last year. extending the cuts for $250k and below. Boehner won't let the House vote on it -- nm - charlie Dec 27, 09:10 5
      - The cliff is much more than just that though -- nm - ty97 Dec 27, 09:11 4
        
        there is no "cliff" -- nm - charlie Dec 27, 09:12 3
        
        Senator? -- nm - ty97 Dec 27, 09:12 2
        
        it's a canard -- (link) - charlie Dec 27, 09:15 1
        
        what? -" if 6 p.m. comes and goes without dinner on the table, you don�t need to be scared." heresy -- nm - go giants! Dec 27, 09:54
  - unfortunately by then it will be too late for most of our pocketbooks. -- nm - decline Dec 27, 09:07 2
    - technically, the IRS hasnt issued, and doesnt plan on issuing, new withholding rates until the law(s) are passed. - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 27, 09:17
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Did we ever discuss Lomas Brown's admission of letting Scott Mitchell get hurt? -- (link) - amoxy Dec 27, 09:01 1
- he should not have thrown all those picks. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 09:03
We may not end with a losing record but so far I like Tannehill and Philbin - seems finally a move in the right direction post Danny -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 09:00
The drilling into Lake Ellsworth 2 miles under the ice in Antarctica has failed. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 09:00
VON DOOM!!!!!!!! nm - Jim Dec 27, 08:58 2
- Happy to see the Broncos success...just worry bout it all riding on manning and this win streak -- nm - budice Dec 27, 09:06 1
  - This team has a lot more than Manning. That being said, i'm kinda used to everything crashing down eventually, so i keep waiting for that to happen. - Jim Dec 27, 09:09
I am in awe of how bad the Jets have effed up their QB situation - amoxy Dec 27, 08:53 10
- "I would rather see Mitt Romney win the election than my team win the Super Bowl" - Woody Johnson Dec 27, 09:35
- Rex will be back, the GM is going to be moved to just the cap expert and the owner will never sell. -- nm - Krusty Dec 27, 09:31
- Just get the feeling an owner change will only help the jets now -- nm - budice Dec 27, 08:59 2
  - Or a competent and sustainable GM & Head Coach. This is a team that went to 2 AFC title games in the last 4 years. - Will Hunting Dec 27, 09:12
  - agreed. thats why I fear they are f**ked for years. (cause I dont see that happening) -- nm - Jovian Dec 27, 09:06
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  - I can't recall a worse situation as far as the GM and HC on different pages. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 27, 09:09 2
    - I thought it was the owner that wanted Tebow -- nm - amoxy Dec 27, 09:19 1
      - He probably did; but if he wants something and the coach ignores it to this degree...you can the coach. - Will Hunting Dec 27, 09:24
- It is truly amazing -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 08:57
CHAMP!!!!! nm - Jim Dec 27, 08:48 1
- Too late...You got Mopped -- nm - amoxy Dec 27, 08:50
Vanity Fair has an extensive behind the scenes at the making of The Innocence of Muslims and how the filmmaker duped his cast and crew. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 08:48
MANNING!!! -- nm - Jim Dec 27, 08:37 2
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  - Hopefully, he's learning a little something watching Peyton. nm - Jim Dec 27, 08:41

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