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*dances for nubby* nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:27 5
- *reconsiders my bucket list and finds it wanting - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:29
- for more dangerous than dancing with wolves -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:27 1
  - *far - colin Apr 22, 13:28
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  - I'm makin' it rain up in here! - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado Apr 22, 13:29
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- rookie -- nm - Kobe Apr 22, 13:28
Alright one more before the roll. Morgan Freeman's best/Worst - amoxy Apr 22, 13:23 8
- that one where he helps some dumbass white guy learn about life and love even though his character had a rough time -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:31
- Electric Company / The Bonfire of the Vanities -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 13:30
- Se7en/Wanted -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:26
- I'm going out on a limb, having never seen it, but Bucketlist for worst? Best: Red's a tough one to go against, but I thought he nailed Somerset. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 22, 13:26 2
  - Lean On Me, perhaps? -- nm - zork Apr 22, 13:26 1
    - Crazy Joe Clark will get you for that one. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 22, 13:28
- That one where he played the President. -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 13:23 1
  - It was both his best *and* worst! -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 13:25
Pippy... if you ever find yourself in Houston, there are a few places that make a really good caipirinha -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:21 1
- SM is down there weekly lately - I might be down for a weekend trip at some point. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:28
fyi: it is National Park Week...free entry (hey that's $20 a car load) through sunday -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:20 5
- and Jack can't even use his printer? This government's priorities are wacked! -- nm - decline Apr 22, 13:24 3
  - do we really want jack to print out his manifesto on govmint paper? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:28
  - admission booth workers get unpaid leave for the week! -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:26 1
    - this was planned over a year ago...but they are planning 5 day weeks and off season closures -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:40
- website says through Friday? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado Apr 22, 13:22
turntable? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado Apr 22, 13:19 2
- Not in a music mood today -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 13:29
- is it friday already? - groiny Apr 22, 13:19
mel's post gave me an idea - what's on your ST Food/Booze/Travel Bucket List? Feel free to list any and all - Diva Apr 22, 13:08 25
- go to cambodia and have a lobster dinner that costs more than a dollar, seriously that sounds awesome, travel around italy, france -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:23 1
  - drink a bottle of a 100 pt roseblum, a $200 bottle of pappy van winkle -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:26
- ooh - Beryllium Apr 22, 13:18
- This years Top Chef winner *and* the runner up, to travel with me, booze with me, and cook for me. - Jovian Apr 22, 13:14 3
  - if you get the chance, Chef Kevin Gillespie's Gunshow in Atlanta might be up your alley. no menu, you sit in the kitchen, you eat what you're given. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:17 1
    - this appeals to me and there is stuff I won't eat - so its stepping out for me to try this. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:18
  - hell yes. -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:15
- I want to go to Bora Bora of the Fiji islands. I also want to gamble in Monaco -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:14
- Travel: Basically anywhere I haven't been. Not much in food I'm dying to try. I don't drink. -- nm - spamlet Apr 22, 13:13 1
  - you are a real buzzkil, mister. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:14
- Food: I'd like to try some fois gras. Booze: maybe some (real) absinthe. Travel: spacewalk in low orbit. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 22, 13:11
- Sushi in Japan, Pork in Spain, Wine in France, Beer in Belgium - colin Apr 22, 13:11 1
  - I also now want to try Russ & Daughters after seeing the episode from Louis this season. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:12
- Food: Something that's still alive, Booze: see my poll below, Travel: The exact opposite side of the world. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 13:10 4
  - other things on my booze bucket list - znufrii Apr 22, 13:15 3
    - This makes me sad. (Both of them, really). - Spawn Apr 22, 13:27
    - you've never blacked out? -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:19 1
      - nope. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 13:20
- Food - Something Curtis Stone cooks for me, drink, ?, Travel, Scotland. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:10
- god. my list is so long. Just take the entire run of No Reservations and let me relive it -- nm - decline Apr 22, 13:10 2
  - hell yeah. - znufrii Apr 22, 13:13
  - wouldn't that be amazing? -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:10
- Food: I sorta want to try dog someday* Travel: Top place I want to get our Eastern Europe (Prague especially), Brazil, Thailand - ty97 Apr 22, 13:10 1
  - if you try dog, make sure you have guinea pig too. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:14
- Food - Fugu, Booze - 7 layer drink, Travel - Madagascar. -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 13:09
Re: the West, Texas explosion, one witness said the school had been evacuated the previous week due to another fire at the plant. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 13:08
Dead By Dawn, in a tweet reply to Mop, gave me an MC Hammer earworm. -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 13:06
So it only took three decades to purge the putrid memory that is Legend.... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 22, 13:02 7
- in the first moments of the film my friend pointed out that ... - zork Apr 22, 13:15
- what what what?! - Jovian Apr 22, 13:09
- DTM -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 13:04
- i have such fond memories of legend.... - x Apr 22, 13:04 3
  - reads twice as manatee. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:05 2
    - First you want to vomit as Storm, now this? -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 13:06 1
      - it is clearly Monday, and I have not gotten into the ST swing yet. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:06
ST Poll -- What's on your Booze Bucket List? - znufrii Apr 22, 13:01 53
- Westvleteren beer. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 13:17
- Ouzo, that drink the Brazilians drink, sake in Japan, absinthe ( though I probably should never do this), flaming dr pepper -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:12 20
  - mmm...ouzo... -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 13:23
  - There's something Colombians drink, a licorice drink that is absolutely lethal. - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:19 1
    - heh - sounds crazy. lol. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:29
  - ouzo is greek -- nm - zork Apr 22, 13:16 2
    - note, the comma, ass. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:18 1
      - a comma would be correct still if she were describing ouzo, "the brazillian drink", to us -- nm - zork Apr 22, 13:20
  - I had a couple real rough nights with Mr. Ouzo. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:16
  - cachaca? (so good, so lethal) -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:14 12
    - something that starts with a P? its very common - not sure. someone on the cruise ship was talking about it -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:15
    - love me some caipirinha -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:15 10
      - on. the. floor. (not really, but we did a bunch during mel's 40th b-day celebration and they were great.) -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:16 5
        
        I remember how we built up an immunity to them after the first day. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:20
        
        can I get these here? do bartenders know how to make them? have the ingredients? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:18 3
        
        yep. -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:21
        
        yes. little sugar, lime, and cachaca. easy to find. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:19 1
        
        so cachaca goes into caprinis. woot. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:30
      - I think this is it. Its insanely popular there? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:16 3
        
        it is. it's harder to get good cachaca here, but still good quality is available. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:20
        
        a caipirinha is a cocktail made with cachaca. if you like rum, you'll like these! -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 13:19 1
        
        yonh! -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:25
- crossed off the last one in 2012: Screaming Eagle wine -- nm - ceregon Apr 22, 13:10
- My Booze Bucket List... - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:10
- Bucking Bronco (it looks delicious!) -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 13:09 4
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    - Especially with the Storm hat! -- nm - David Apr 22, 13:12 2
      - hmmm. wondering if I picked this up yet. ya know whats annoying?? - Jovian Apr 22, 13:16 1
        
        There is a way to get ever Gear item. - David Apr 22, 13:21
- I had a dream that I sipped a PBR last night. - Beryllium Apr 22, 13:07
- all of them. -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 13:05
- DIY -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:04
- None. -- nm - spamlet Apr 22, 13:04
- Absinthe, maybe -- nm - con_carne Apr 22, 13:04 12
  - That was on my bucket list for a while and I did it once - amoxy Apr 22, 13:06 11
    - I didn't mind it but didn't really feel any differently. - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:26 3
      - as I recall, Reagen said that the authentic stuff was just ... booze -- nm - zork Apr 22, 13:29
      - we had some czech stuff with wormwood in portugal. it was a completely different type of 'drunk' feeling. we loved it. -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 13:29
      - My friends brought authentic stuff from France. I only had two sips before stopping - amoxy Apr 22, 13:28
    - It was ok. I expected it to taste minty becaose of the color. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 13:22
    - I didn't like it. -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:09
    - its ouzo on steroids...i suppose it would make an interesting ingredient in some fancy $12 cocktail ...actually its what they made before finding juni -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:09 1
      - it would be a really expensive cocktail ingredient, it's best with the chilled water dripped through a sugar cube serving method -- nm - ceregon Apr 22, 13:11
    - isn't it? it's a step above jaeger.. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:07 2
      - I actually like jaeger a lot -- nm - con_carne Apr 22, 13:08 1
        
        Then you may like it. If you like Black Licorice -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 13:10
- eh, nothing right now. i've already had a 1996 vintage Cantillion geuze, so i'm way ahead of the game :) - colin Apr 22, 13:04
- A seven layer drink -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 13:03
- Knocked that shit out a decade ago. -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 13:02
- already did it. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:01 3
  - okay, now answer the goddamn poll. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 13:03 2
    - to have a Black and Tan with amoxy at 9:00 AM in Vegas. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:04 1
      - likes* ok I'll have a Guiness at the guiness brew pub -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:07
Same thing except for Nicolas Cage - amoxy Apr 22, 12:58 36
- Well, he did win an Oscar for something. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 13:17
- National Treasure, Con Air and The Rock are his best... -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 13:16
- Best: Con Air & The Rock & Matchstick Men & The Weather Man & Lord of War ... worst: Adaptation. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 13:13
- Face/Off, those flaming skull motorcycle movies -- nm - ceregon Apr 22, 13:12
- Con Air/The Rock/Valley Girl - worst - too many -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 13:11
- The Rock, Ghost Rider -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:10
- oh he's done tons worse than Gone....that numbers one comes to mind. Ghost Rider 2 -- nm - Remlik Apr 22, 13:05 11
  - That is the worst one I have seen -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 13:06
  - his early stuff is wretched. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:06 5
    - what? it is way better than the current stuff. -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 13:07 2
      - everything until The Rock (except for Raising Arizona) was pretty bad. He had a good streak of at least entertaining films for a bit... -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:08 1
        
        Moonstruck. Valley Girl. Honeymoon in Vegas. Wild at Heart. Raising Arizona. Leaving Las Vegas. All better than The Rock. -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 13:10
    - Peggy Sue Got Married = blech. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:06 1
      - Birdy, Rumble Fish.. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:07
  - what's that one about the witch? -- nm - decline Apr 22, 13:06 3
    - Season of the Witch . man that sh!t was bad -- nm - decline Apr 22, 13:06
    - sorcers apprentice -- nm - peglegpete Apr 22, 13:06
    - , Season of. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:06
- Best is probably Raising Arizona, but I might go all the way back to Valley Girl. Worst? That's just too tough a call. -- nm - pmb Apr 22, 13:05
- Matchstick Men/Vampire's Kiss -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:05 2
  - Adaptation, 9MM, and Raising Arizona are very close though. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:05 1
    - Fun 9mm Fact: (three words that don't go together too often) He actor who plays Machine played Frank Sobotka on The Wire. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 22, 13:08
- Leaving Las Vegas / Knowing (of those i have seen.) -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 13:04
- Best: Adaption (though I haven't seen most of his movies) Worst: (again, same caveat) Kiss of Death -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 22, 13:04 4
  - Actually, scratch that for Best. It's close, but yes, Con Air would be a better Nic Cage "role". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 22, 13:05 2
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    - 8MM is a much better Cage freaking out movie... -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:06
  - ooh, right. i love this. and Raising Arizona. -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 13:05
- The Rock ties with Valley Girl / 8mm -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 13:04
- i'd agree with your best. he's probably in worse movies than face/off, but i *hate* face/off....nm - x Apr 22, 13:01
- You have to wait until Left Behind is released to fully answer this poll. (nm) - spamlet Apr 22, 13:00 3
  - Remember.. Astro Boy counts.. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:09
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    - It will be fantastic. (nm) - spamlet Apr 22, 13:05
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  - yeah, Con Air and maybe the Rock are my favorite Cage movies. - groiny Apr 22, 13:01
who knew? MLS brought in intra-league loans this season -- (link) - zork Apr 22, 12:58
We have met the enemy, and he is us. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 22, 12:57

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