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Two things I'm didn't know until recently: Gaiman is pronounced "Gaym'n" and Coraline is pronounced "Core-uh-line" (not "Core-uh-leen"). nm - ralph wiggum Feb 12, 22:17 2
- I always pronounced 'em "Guy-mon" and "Core-ah-line." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 22:19
- I had the same mispronunciation in my head on the second one of the book title. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 22:19
Dammit, who is this redhead on 30 Rock? IMDB is giving me nothing. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 22:11 1
- I believe her name is Maria Thayer -- (link) - Winterpeg Feb 12, 22:21
Hey! Michael Scott and I have the same thumb drive! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 21:53
Plane crash into a house in Buffalo. - Qale Feb 12, 21:51 10
- 3'rd problem for Southwest this week. an engine of thiers caught fire during take off today here in LV -- nm - peglegpete Feb 12, 22:03 1
  - this was some express thing operated by Colgan -- nm - zork Feb 12, 22:04
- Oh, geesh. -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 21:52 7
  - A little after 10... sorry it was so late to hit CNN and ST. This is unlike us. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:54 6
    - it was posted at 40 minutes ago (below) -- nm - zork Feb 12, 21:56 3
      - Oh. Bery posts so much sometimes his posts get lost to me in a blur. Of course, this IS his site. - Qale Feb 12, 22:01 2
        
        so you read from right to left? ;-) -- nm - zork Feb 12, 22:03 1
        
        On this site, kind of. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 22:04
    - Drudge has longer story. -- (link) - Qale Feb 12, 21:54 1
      - I'm flipping between the Buffalo channels and will pass along anything new -- nm - zork Feb 12, 21:59
We used to have a Negro Baseball League, and a White League. Now it's Major League Baseball. We now have the first African-American President. - Redmond Feb 12, 21:51 39
- I hear ya. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 22:16 [Backboard]
- If you don't find value in it, don't pay attention to it. -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 22:00 4
  - I was simply looking for other points of view as I said. I come here to have discussions. I pay attention because I am not blind and deaf. -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 22:02 3
    - well, that's my point of view on the matter, if it's not relevant to how I experience film, it's not worth the time for me to pay attention to it. - znufrii Feb 12, 22:06 2
      - I choose to see something that doesn't make logical sense, and post about it here. -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 22:09 1
        
        did I say you shouldn't have? -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 22:10
- The Oscars started in 1928. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed 56 years later. - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 21:57 31
  - You aren't getting my point. Are they needed still? Baseball was pre 1900s, Did we need Negro Leagues to continue? -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 21:58 20
    - I do get your point. I'm just saying that if it took 56 years to start undoing racism in Hollywood ... - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 22:12 2
      - Er, that didn't make sense. Let me try again. - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 22:15 1
        
        I guess the fact it is looking for wrong for me is a sign progress is being made. I would have accepted it as no big deal 20 years ago. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:18
    - Negro Leagues were needed b/c black players weren't allowed in MLB. - TFox Feb 12, 22:00 16
      - Fair enough. We all know there would never be a White Image Awards. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:01 15
        
        There shouldn't be, but since we put it there as the ones who created the problem, not really our place to start complaining about it. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 22:03 14
        
        I am not even complaining about it. I am just wishing we could get past the division between the many groups. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:06 13
        
        eventually they will become less meaningful for people, as they recognize more and more the increasing opportunities availabel to them. - znufrii Feb 12, 22:08 8
        
        Well I believe in the all men are created equal. So, because I am white it's not my place to have an opinion and to express it? - Redmond Feb 12, 22:12 7
        
        no one said you couldn't express your opinion. - znufrii Feb 12, 22:15 5
        
        and honestly, you are right, it is divisive, and I hope we get past it some day as well. -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 22:18 2
        
        I am confident I will see it in my lifetime. I wish MLK could have. -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 22:19 1
        
        it might take a while, but I think we'll get there. -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 22:20
        
        I don't see how attacking Nick Fudge solves anything. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 22:16 1
        
        Oh, see now you've just gone too far! -- nm - Tiny-Voice ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 22:18
        
        I don't think that's what znufrii was saying. - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 22:13
        
        It's a big big step, but one that surprised a lot of people, which implies to me its going to take some time for all the progress to sink in. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 22:08 3
        
        Big Step absolutely. I didn't vote for the man because of his color. However, I was very happy with the side effect benefit it would also have. -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 22:13 2
        
        But not, like, in a week. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 22:13 1
        
        Let it go, man. - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 22:20
  - That subtraction is iffy, but the point about 1964 being not long ago at all is solid. :) - TFox Feb 12, 21:58 9
    - MLK believed all men are created equal. Why wouldn't Robert Downy Jr. be eligible for an Image Award? He is a man is he not? -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 21:59 8
      - I think it is premature to say that we have all as a society caught up to racism to the point that we can start pointing the finger at blacks... - TFox Feb 12, 22:03 7
        
        It's my opinion that it hurts more than it helps. You will have people say, "look they are racist so I can be too". -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 22:04 6
        
        I'd say the onus is on us to try to fix the problems we created, not on them to make it easier for us. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 22:05 5
        
        Yeah, even that statement though understandable is divisive. When you say we, I take it because I have white skin I was part of the problem. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:08 4
        
        But being born in 1969, you surely understand that you can't ask your elders, who experienced things we didn't... - TFox Feb 12, 22:11 3
        
        Nope. My Grandmother used to use the word Colored, and Oriental. Not for bad reasons, but because it was just in her vocabulary. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:15 2
        
        OK, sure, but I think that is a little different than saying, "hey, folks, some of us white folks think this Image Awards is causing problems." - TFox Feb 12, 22:18 1
        
        Get what I am seeing here. I don't have a problem with the Image Awards as an award show. I think it does more harm to the people getting the award. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:24
- I don't think we're quite there yet. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 21:55
god love ya Baltimore. your city is falling down around your head but damn if they try and take away your beer pong -- (link) - pigby Feb 12, 21:27
LYC: Really looking forward to some bizarre protein powder flavors. - Jelly Feb 12, 21:24
Don't I get to write off the loss when the price of stock I own plummets? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 21:24 4
- When you *do* incur the loss you can deduct a maximum of $3,000 per year and any balance can be carried over. - MojaveMeg Feb 12, 22:27
- not until you sell it. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 21:25
- not unless you cashed in and took a capital loss i would imagine -- nm - pigby Feb 12, 21:25 1
  - Ahhhhhh... that makes sense. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 21:29
I'm having trouble deciding which part of 30 Rock I love the most tonight. -- nm - Max Feb 12, 21:18 1
- are you "pretty" sure about any of them? -- nm - pigby Feb 12, 21:20
a plane just crashed into a house in Buffalo -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 21:15 3
- Passenger plane. Continental. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 21:19 2
  - happened at 10:20 eastern time. 44 passengers, 4 crew all dead according to CBS in Buffalo. Two on ground ... - zork Feb 12, 21:48 1
    - was arriving from Newark, NJ. and possible that Canadians were on board because many in Toronto area drive across to Buf. for cheaper fares -- nm - zork Feb 12, 21:55
Sorry, had to duck out for survivor, and the realtor stuff took longer than expected -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 20:45
What Was I Thinking: Porn Star Boyfriend -- (video link) - nubby Feb 12, 20:33 1
- 3 minutes of my life I'm not getting back. Glad I didn't stick around for the last 90 seconds. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 21:19
happy birthday cheeta! -- (link) - pigby Feb 12, 20:27 1
- (if it's true). -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:32
Is there such a thing as network attached storage that lets you plug in other USB drives? - Reagen Feb 12, 20:25 14
- Yeah--- oh. Well, in that case, no. In terms of NAS, I'm very much leaning towards the HP MediaSmart Server. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 21:20
- I'm pretty sure (50%) my Buffalo Linkstation allows that. -- nm - Max Feb 12, 21:03 2
  - Is this what you have? -- (link) - Reagen Feb 12, 21:19
  - how can 50% be "pretty" sure? -- nm - pigby Feb 12, 21:15
- What exactly are you looking to accomplish? -- nm - Subversive - daddy x 2 Feb 12, 20:55 4
  - set up network storage and hook up my existing (non-networked) external drive to it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 21:10 3
    - Looks like the buffalo drives can do that, like max said. However, they start at about $400 and go up at tigerdirect.ca - Subversive - daddy x 2 Feb 12, 21:13 2
      - what about a USB over ethernet server? - Reagen Feb 12, 21:33
      - ~ two buffalo drives go round the outside, round the outside, round the outside ~ -- nm - pigby Feb 12, 21:21
- probably, but I cannot remember the names of them right now. - tRuMaN Feb 12, 20:32 4
  - that's basically what I'm doing right now, but it's not going to be convenient forever for a number of uninteresting reasons. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:33 3
    - what reasons? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 12, 20:35 2
      - old, slow computer is one of them. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:37 1
        
        probably cheaper to buy a new cheap computer than the nas drives that have this feature. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 12, 21:15
Survivor ... (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 20:22 7
- spoiler - peglegpete Feb 12, 20:56 2
  - more spoilers - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 20:57 1
    - (spoils) - Roger More Feb 12, 21:00
- you mean the female version of Gary Busey -- nm - J Feb 12, 20:28 1
  - Precisely. Although the Mormon dude is pretty hot. (more spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 20:34
- "What's a pace?" -- nm - amoxy Feb 12, 20:26 1
  - palm tree? stick? pace? -- nm - CQ Feb 12, 20:27
ok, so i stayed away a little while after my 'posting debacle' of earlier this week...is it safe for me to show my face around here now? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 12, 20:20 18
- umm...link? - znufrii Feb 12, 21:34
- Nope. I'm still holding a grudge. - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 20:58 2
  - Noted. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 21:27
  - We could discuss if Miley is racist for her "goofy face" photo. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:01
- no, that landbeck is *crazy* - pigby Feb 12, 20:23 1
  - um.... landbeck? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 12, 20:25
- Welcome back -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 20:22
- That kind of depends on you, don't it? -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:21 9
  - what if i said i'm sorry if i stepped on someone's toes ? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 12, 20:23 8
    - what if you said you were sorry you wished rape on women? -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 20:24 7
      - ok, look. can i have everyone's attention for a moment? i'm sorry for the comments i made the other day, ok?... - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 12, 20:29 6
        
        noted, and i appreciate it, no matter how late the sentiment might be. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 20:32 5
        
        well, i *was* a little hesitant to show my face for fear of a mob bearing torches and pitchforks heading for the windmill -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 12, 20:50 4
        
        You had ample opportunity and people prodding for what should have been an obvious apology, when you were here. - TFox Feb 12, 21:26 2
        
        All right, dude. We get it. - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 21:40 1
        
        Thanks for that, it really means a lot. He commented, I was merely explaining. - TFox Feb 12, 21:45
        
        he weighs the same as a duck! burn him! -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 21:15
- "Do as you wish." -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 20:20
So, I found out I can amortize my bar license dues over my lifetime and take it as a deduction, but I have no idea how to actually do that. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 20:18 2
- isn't that kinda sketchy? like it assumes you'll always be a due-paying member of the bar?? -- nm - pigby Feb 12, 20:21 1
  - It seems like it, and I actually only paid bar dues for four years, but ... - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 20:23
Wayne Gretzky's kid is 6-4 as a sophomore.. -- nm - David, Drunken Adulterer Feb 12, 20:01 6
- Yeah, but is he a dad? -- nm - Dano Feb 12, 20:08
- make him bleed -- nm - pigby Feb 12, 20:04
- isn't he stuck behind Joe Montana's kid in the depth chart? -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:03 3
  - Is this a FNL thread? -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 20:05 1
    - kind of. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:06
  - He is, but they're apparently best friends. -- nm - David, Drunken Adulterer Feb 12, 20:04
Oh, I heard today. Valentine's falling on a weekend really hurts companies that depend on flower deliveries. - Redmond Feb 12, 19:59 5
- I'd give an opinion, but I don't want to be considered histrionic. -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 20:02 4
  - You are like a histerectomy. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 20:04 3
    - Nubby is Hister -- nm - Nostradamus Feb 12, 20:08 2
      - Nubby's name is Schicklergruber? - Mel Profit Feb 12, 20:11 1
        
        This thread is starting to get Dennis Millery -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 20:17
Dear Super Capers: oh, it's on. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 12, 19:57
do you mind if i deliver these flowers right to your desk at work, valentine? -- nm - pigby Feb 12, 19:56 3
- To be my Valentine you could start out heading up into the Observatory. Spin the star charts to enter the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. Put the pieces - Olmec Feb 12, 20:05
- Only after I quit my job. -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 19:58 1
  - ... and right before I set the building on fire. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 19:59
halo? :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 19:54 3
- I'll play for a bit. -- nm - David, Drunken Adulterer Feb 12, 20:06 1
  - But you're not there, liar. -- nm - David, Drunken Adulterer Feb 12, 20:08
- (I haven't watched survivor or eaten yet, so I will have to duck off at some point in the middle) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 19:54
oh sh!t - znufrii Feb 12, 19:48 5
- wait.....box of wine? - Will Hunting Feb 12, 20:16 2
  - but he'll spend $90 on a single malt -- nm - zork Feb 12, 21:37
  - Blue + Yellow Organic Malbec, it's one of the few wines-in-a-box my local wine shop carries, and it's damn good -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 20:51
- ...here comes... -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 19:50
- Oh, just Dawson it. - TFox Feb 12, 19:50
"What's a Pace?" -- nm - amoxy Feb 12, 19:48 1
- heh -- nm - CQ Feb 12, 19:49
It's Groundhog Day! -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 19:47 1
- lol, wut? -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 19:47
*random Office quote* -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 19:47 3
- Your a bastard -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 19:47 2
  - to easy! -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 19:47
  - You're -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 19:47

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