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The next book in the prey series for me is: Eyes of Prey. The library has it in "Talking Book Cassette" format only. WTF? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:34 1
- ... actually, after reading the synopsis, that could be a pretty brutal joke right there. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:35
In the interest of fairness: Why Blockbuster is evil. - con_carne Feb 10, 11:33 4
- Somehow I managed to be grandfathered in when they changed the in-store exchange limits. - Ender Feb 10, 11:46
- That's the crazy cool thing about walking into the store...I can rent as many movies as I want. -- nm - Jim Feb 10, 11:34 2
  - When you watch 12-15 dvds a month (and maybe you do), $5 a pop can get pricy. - kelly Feb 10, 11:37
  - I don't have the time -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 10, 11:36
Dow 7000 hat? -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 11:31
Grey's Anatomy roster spoilers (I've never watched the show, but I am being cautious here.) - David Feb 10, 11:31 2
- but it is Meredith I despise :( -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 11:33
- good. -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 11:31
ESPN News: "Eight people charged in Michael Phelps water bong incident." - David Feb 10, 11:26 11
- The war on drugs is being fought from the wrong end. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:28
- Law enforecment is doing their jobs. - ty97 Feb 10, 11:27 7
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  - Look over there! Rampant jaywalking! -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 11:33
  - Is having your picture taken with a bong a crime? - Jim Feb 10, 11:31 1
    - possession of drug paraphernalia is in some places (but I do think it's a pointless investigation). -- nm - mafic Feb 10, 11:34
  - Department resources can be allocated to more pressing crimes. So either they were bored, or there was a demand to pursue this. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:29 1
    - or someone thought they could make a name for themselves by busting michale phelps. - mafic Feb 10, 11:36
  - 16 outside people were brought in to investigate. -- nm - David Feb 10, 11:29
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- I think someone high up is confusing a "water bong" with "water board" which is no longer allowed. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Feb 10, 11:27
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- I think it's hilarious how ty is *so over* this topic. I can see him rolling his eyes to the back of his head -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 10, 11:32 1
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- Wouldn't that pretty much be the policy of any service? No one is going to give unfettered access without some kind of disclaimer allowing them - oblique, better than nubby Feb 10, 11:31
- greencine -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 11:25
- but at least your bitching about it and continuing to give netflix your money has changed things. -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 11:25 3
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    - Wait...your complaining and it hasn't even had an effect on you -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 11:28 1
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hah, more snow in Vancouver. None here. - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:21
Oh, my film fest "quick" recap - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:19 8
- that's a tight grading curve. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 11:24 1
  - Yeah, I suck at critiquing and grading. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:26
- Told you to go to JCVD! -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Feb 10, 11:21 3
  - JCVD is why I bought the pass in the first place, all the other ones were ancillary. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:23 2
    - Yet you were about to quit on it! -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Feb 10, 11:30 1
      - I was extremely tired and had just watched London to Brighton. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:33
- Anything there strike you as something we might hear about down the road as noteworthy? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 11:21 1
  - Stone of Destiny, for sure. Canadian STers might hear about Eating Buccaneers. bart got a room, maybe. - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:25
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- it differentiates between the natural, logical conclusion of circumstance, and an intentional, chosen reaction to circumstance. -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 11:30
- They seem the same to me. The latter seems like cop speak for the former. (red: not necessary) -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 11:27
- Because of, to me, denotes that the speaker agrees with the subject's actions. "On the basis of" leaves it unclear whether or not the speaker agrees - Loyola Feb 10, 11:20 4
  - Really? "I divorced him because of his affair." -- nm - mara Feb 10, 11:25 2
    - "She divorced him because of his affair" "She divorced him on the basis that he had an affair" - Loyola Feb 10, 11:28 1
      - in the second one, it may or may not be true. in the first, it is true. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:30
  - Maybe not agrees, but at the least is sympathetic to the man's actions. -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 11:22
- Yeah, cause versus decision or some such. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:18
- yes. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:17
Hey, rem that video I posted a while ago with Paul Kanjorski talking about the near financial meltdown on Sept 15? Well, FT and Seeking alpha now are - Loyola Feb 10, 11:14
Has it been discussed that Tim Geithner looks like a vulcan -- nm - eag Feb 10, 11:12 8
- Tangent: Watching Heroes last night it hit me that I am really looking forward to Sylar being Spock. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:15
- Doesn't Obama? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:13 6
  - I knew that the secret vulan invasion would happen -- nm - eag Feb 10, 11:15 5
    - Vulvan -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:18 3
      - *walks by Spawn cubicle* Hey dummy. -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 11:21 2
        
        Vulvans are from Vulva, dummy. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Feb 10, 11:22 1
        
        they are the sister race to the Midichlorians right? -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 11:23
    - Vulcan -- nm - eag Feb 10, 11:15
TT Poll: What are you reading? - ty97 Feb 10, 11:09 47
- Winter Prey. I'm working my way through the Prey series which is excellent -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 10, 11:29 1
  - I still haven't made it to #3. It's hard to find the books locally. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:29
- 1635. The Dreeson Affair by Eric Flint. -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 11:21
- still "Death Star" - Mel Profit Feb 10, 11:20
- cassandra at the wedding. -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 10, 11:19
- Watchmen. -- nm - Shaun Feb 10, 11:19 1
  - *pulls on mask* -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Feb 10, 11:20
- Flags of Our Fathers -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 10, 11:16
- It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken. And Bait and Switch: the futile pursuit of the American dream. -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 10, 11:15 1
  - nothing like alittle light, happy reading. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 10, 11:17
- Michael Martone, by Michael Martone. -- nm - Callisto Feb 10, 11:14
- Trying to get into Watchmen. I think the overhyping is making me less enthused about it. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 11:14
- Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter -- nm - decline Feb 10, 11:13
- I finished Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe. Book 6 can't get here fast enough. -- nm - David Feb 10, 11:13 6
  - I'm minorly perturbed that my library doesn't have these -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 11:13 5
    - you can't request them? -- nm - Andie Feb 10, 11:15 4
      - I'm unsure how that works. - ty97 Feb 10, 11:23 3
        
        Ty: gmail me - Beaker Feb 10, 11:35
        
        It is clearly a myth. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Feb 10, 11:28
        
        If you can find some copies to borrow, you can read the entire series in under 3 hours. -- nm - David Feb 10, 11:26
- Eclispse and it is wonderful -- nm - Epiphany Feb 10, 11:12 4
  - Ahh, I really need to finish New Moon... -- nm - kelly Feb 10, 11:18 1
    - Yes - worth it to get to Eclipse -- nm - Epiphany Feb 10, 11:24
  - I like this one too. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 11:14 1
    - I am so Team Jacob it is not even funny - Epiphany Feb 10, 11:25
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- in desperation i re-read The Nanny Diaries this weekend. My stupid books that should have arrived last Thurs or Fri from Chapters have STILL not been - Andie Feb 10, 11:11
- Shadow Dance. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 11:11
- same book. -- nm - CQ Feb 10, 11:11
- websites on South America for my trip next month -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 11:11 13
  - ooooh, where you goin'? -- nm - mafic Feb 10, 11:11 12
    - Brazil and around the horn to Chile for 2 weeks -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 11:12 2
      - also: on a boat? them's rough seas in places. ran into a lot of folks in Ushuaia still reeling from cape horn. -- nm - mafic Feb 10, 11:30
      - and coming back with spices the likes of which we've never seen? - mafic Feb 10, 11:23
    - South America. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:11 8
      - what happened to africa? or is this a vacation thing? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 10, 11:20 1
        
        I'm just answering mafic's question about pegleg. ;P -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:24
      - you're just doing this 'cause of the "noon today" thing, aren't you? -- nm - mafic Feb 10, 11:12 1
        
        karma, baby. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:13
      - you and pegleg are going together? kinky -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 11:12 2
        
        it's only kinky if Stacy lends her a 'strap on' for the trip :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 11:14
        
        in between my African jaunts. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:13
      - like what, texas? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:12
- just started, and finished The Graveyard Book, A- -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 11:10
- The Living Dead and How to Be a Rockstar Freelancer and still wading through my pdfs of the Marvel Civil War. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, multireading Feb 10, 11:10
- st. -- nm - truman mobile Feb 10, 11:10
- The Charlamagne Pursuit by Steve Berry -- nm - MDH Feb 10, 11:10
Ender/con_carne, with BB online, you can order a movie, bring it back to teh store and get a movie there instead? - kelly Feb 10, 11:09 6
- First, lemme just say the BB website has been updated recently, and it is *slow*! (hope that gets fixed asap) - con_carne Feb 10, 11:24 3
  - So, you get the free store rental in addition to a new disc being shipped, or is it an even exchange? -- nm - kelly Feb 10, 11:27 2
    - You get the next disc on your queue mailed to you in addition to the one you choose inside the store - con_carne Feb 10, 11:30 1
      - Wow, that's pretty great. Thanks. -- nm - kelly Feb 10, 11:31
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  - Terms: I'm sure it's somewhere in here - con_carne Feb 10, 11:21
sitting at the bank, closing and splitting the bank accounts is so much fun. -- nm - truman mobile Feb 10, 11:08 1
- *hug* -- nm - lileve Feb 10, 11:13
Hey, man. - nubby Feb 10, 11:08
oh, and popcorn jelly bellys are the devil. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 11:08
I'm glad I'm broke. - znufrii Feb 10, 11:08 24
- If you gave me $400, I wouldn't go to the opera. To each his own :) -- nm - CQ Feb 10, 11:10 10
  - Well, he is broke, so that should not be a problem. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:12 1
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    - 0/3 - znufrii Feb 10, 11:13 6
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        depends on how you define "regularly" - znufrii Feb 10, 11:15 4
        
        Have you been to see one at a movie theatre? - Roger More Feb 10, 11:20 2
        
        Not as of yet, I'm sure it would be a great time. - znufrii Feb 10, 11:22 1
        
        Madame Butterfly -- nm - Roger More Feb 10, 11:37
        
        BM -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:19
- I have zero desire to ever go ever to the opera ever. - ty97 Feb 10, 11:09 9
  - I used to hate opera, like hit the remote as fast as possible, now I like it, weird - zeitgeist Feb 10, 11:18
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    - Okay, I fly in that morning, but assuming everything is on time..... - ty97 Feb 10, 11:15
    - i'm out -- nm - CQ Feb 10, 11:15 4
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        animated shorts? wtf is that crapola? -- nm - CQ Feb 10, 11:18 2
        
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        yes, this is a great choice -- nm - CQ Feb 10, 11:21
    - I nominate "Watlz With Bashir" -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 11:14
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  - *innocent gaze* -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 11:11
- Take a community college course and get student ID. -- nm - lileve Feb 10, 11:09
Loyola's security career would be brief but memorable. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 11:08 4
- *laughing* thanks -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 11:15
- *gets caught on the highway behind the law enforcement funeral queue* -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 11:08 1
  - Uh huh. "Loyola, Mall C.."*blam* -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 11:11
- Reminds me of Hardison. "Good thinking, shooting out the engine block." ... "I was aiming for his leg." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:08
~smack my bitch up~ -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:07
...ella, ella, OWIE! -- nm - Rhivermin Feb 10, 11:07
Moon River, wider than a mile -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 10, 11:07

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