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well, i did get my unused vacation check - Truman Aug 23, 10:14 5
- woo-hoo! cash that baby now! -- nm - Diva Aug 23, 10:33
- Drinks are on Truman! - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 23, 10:19
- nice. How has his attitude been since you gave notice? -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 10:16 2
  - mostly schizophrenic, so not a change for normal. -- nm - Truman Aug 23, 10:17 1
    - from, not for -- nm - Truman Aug 23, 10:17
I finally watched Into Darkness last night. Still processing it, but it was better than I was expecting. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 10:08
Facebook Is New Bouncer At Finnegan’s Irish Pub in Stockton, CA -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 23, 10:08
So, it's basically a bring-your-own picnic flash mob... -- (link) - znufrii Aug 23, 10:08 1
- Or, as people on a warm Saturday afternoon call it... "a picnic in the park". -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 23, 10:22
The 4G on the new iPad is pretty damned great. - David Aug 23, 09:58 3
- I was going to get a 4G iPad when the next gen comes out, but I've reconsidered and I'm going to get a hotspot instead. - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 23, 10:23
- It's weird to me how little I care about the iPad. My aversion makes no sense. I had literally no idea that new ones were released recently. - Amanda Aug 23, 10:09 1
  - It's only new to me. They are due for a refresh in November. -- nm - David Aug 23, 10:10
L3. Terrell Owens suing former agent Rosenhaus for $6.5 million -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 23, 09:55 2
- Who was the Broncos guy with the fax thing? Dumervil? He should sue his agent. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 23, 10:18
- he should sue NBC for cancelling Go On -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 09:56
COOL ... Las Vegas "Restaurant Week" happens 8/23 - 8/30 ... Pete!!! What 'cha eatin? -- nm - JenBro Aug 23, 09:54 1
- Aww, now if it were September and not August :( -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 10:01
Does Tebow make it past Tuesday's cutdown? And if he is cut, is that the end for him? - amoxy Aug 23, 09:53 3
- done and done -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 09:54
- until he is ready to accept a new position, I think he gone. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:53 1
  - yep. we'll see how much pride is worth to him. -- nm - colin Aug 23, 10:04
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- He said that pretty soon after the Super Bowl, if not before. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 23, 10:24
Walt for a pair, me, budice (with budice's 9-10 to be picked whenever he gets back). -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 09:48 12
- Will pick in five mins. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 23, 10:22
- He should be assigned a player. If Jim is not around to do that, the draft is on hold. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:50 10
  - Oh, I'm supposed to assign players? -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 09:54 2
    - When the clock expires, yes. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:56 1
      - K. -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 10:00
  - Does he have a kicker? If not, would a Vampirate please tell me who is the highest ranked free agent kicker on Yahoo? -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:51 5
    - Highest ranked FA Kicker on Yahoo is Justin Tucker - BAL -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 09:54 4
      - Someone please post on the board that Tucker is assigned to him per the commissioner. - David Aug 23, 09:55 3
        
        Okay, my pick stands. Walt's up for two. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 09:58 1
        
        Thank you, gentlemen. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:59
        
        Done. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 09:57
  - Really? Okay. I waited 90mins so figured it was all good. No worries. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 09:51
don't get me wrong - I like The Town - just saying I think the acting talent in the film is what brought it justice - JenBro Aug 23, 09:45
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- I figured. Snyder is *crap* and they know it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:42 27
  - When did Snyder become the new Michael Bay? - David Aug 23, 09:46 26
    - He's good up to and including the opening credits. - LMS Aug 23, 09:52 5
      - 300 is fine nut nothing special to me. Dawn of the Dead is a masterpiece. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:54 4
        
        300 is a great movie as long as things are going FASTslllooowwwFAST! - Mel Profit Aug 23, 10:16
        
        Without thinking about it much, that might be my favorite remake of a film. Loved it! -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 09:56 1
        
        I think I like Halloween more, but it is close. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:56
        
        yeah, I also agree with this. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:55
    - Some things his talent fits and some things his talent doesn't. -- nm - TWuG Aug 23, 09:47
    - When his big budget stuff made him 1-note. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:47 18
      - I think Sucker Punch is one of the most fascinating misses of the 2000s. - David Aug 23, 09:49 17
        
        agreed and the story wasn't even the problem I don't think. I don't know why it missed. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 10:11
        
        I think the PG-13 really hurt it. That movie desperately wanted to be rated R. -- nm - Ender Aug 23, 09:57 11
        
        if it had any nudity, I might have whipped it out in the theater. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:58 10
        
        Our entire theater was horny as people exited. I have never seen anything like it, even including Bound. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:59 9
        
        you go too far, sir. - Mel Profit Aug 23, 10:13
        
        I'll be eternally grateful to the film for this: -- (link) - Ender Aug 23, 10:01 6
        
        but then she turned into......this..... -- (link) - groiny Aug 23, 10:03 3
        
        who's that boy next to Joan Cusa-- gah! -- nm - Max Aug 23, 10:18
        
        I don't care, I'll always have this: -- (link) - Ender Aug 23, 10:11 1
        
        I think I prefer..... this.... -- (link) - groiny Aug 23, 10:18
        
        We have that poster framed on the wall. - David Aug 23, 10:02 1
        
        I do not even know how to pick the hottest chick from that movie. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 10:04
        
        so much encaged vagina is never a good thing. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 10:00
        
        I think visually he's great...much like the Wachowski's have been - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:53 2
        
        Both challenge expectations, which I love but I understand most people hate. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:57 1
        
        I think I would choose to watch Watchmen again over having to watch a soccer game. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:59
        
        I agree with you on this, however. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:51
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within a year -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 09:35
twitter: "I've just seen Christian Bale going to Affleck's apartment with some Huey Lewis records and an axe." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 09:34 9
- twitter: "Was not aware until today that the role of Batman was this century's Ham\let." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 09:37 1
  - nice. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 09:38
- hey, Bale had his shot, and decided to be greedy, so he blew it. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:35 6
  - Uh, no. He did not want more money. He wanted a real director. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:37 5
    - Who's directing? Who would have been better? -- nm - Amanda Aug 23, 10:10
    - I heard he asked for what, 50 million? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:37 3
      - That's a "stop asking me, I'm not interested" money. If they match it, he then starts - TWuG Aug 23, 09:39
      - I also heard he was offered 60 million and said no. Who knows? - Spawn Aug 23, 09:38 1
        
        yeah, lots of reports are that just doesn't want to be stuck in the role for any money. that's anti-greedy. -- nm - zork Aug 23, 09:40
Watchmen was painful to watch, boring, and if not for Rorshach, I would have left the theater. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:33 42
- Such a boring movie. I would say that a 20minute lesbian scene may have been able to help, but Akerman couldn't act that well. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:38
- The only interest I took in it was in comparing it to the book, which I had just reread. - TWuG Aug 23, 09:38 6
  - I think this was where I was. Enjoyed it as an exercise, but that's about it. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 09:40
  - the movie managed to make boobs boring. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:39 4
    - Actual quote from me to kelly "Does the guy have bigger breasts than Akerman?" -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:40 3
      - she is not really all that hot in the first place. - groiny Aug 23, 09:49 2
        
        Sin City! -- nm - Shaun Aug 23, 09:58 1
        
        yeah, but maybe in color this time. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:59
- The trailers didn't even interest me enough to ever see it. nm - Jim Aug 23, 09:37
- I can't disagree that it was largely boring, but nevertheless I found it interesting enough to enjoy. - Beryllium Aug 23, 09:36
- I agree completely. I turned it off since I didn't make the mistake of watching it in the theater. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 09:36
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- Your loss. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:35 19
  - I even watched it again on video, just in case I was wrong. - groiny Aug 23, 09:37 18
    - You make me sad. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:38 17
      - I have no idea what was in the movie that made you enjoy it. - groiny Aug 23, 09:40 9
        
        I also enjoyed the Comedian, but he was in it so little. I did enjoy watching Rorshach, but I did not like the character - amoxy Aug 23, 09:42 8
        
        how can a movie about heroes be depressing???? - groiny Aug 23, 09:48 7
        
        It's supposed to be. Moore examines the reality of a vigilante vs. the media heroicized myth. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:53 6
        
        yeah, but I did not care about any of that. - groiny Aug 23, 09:54 5
        
        That's my point. You checked out on the core concept. Obviously, you were going to hate it. -- nm - David Aug 23, 10:00 4
        
        how can you get invested in characters that you don't care about? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 10:04 3
        
        I have this problem a lot. With Watchmen, I already loved the characters from the book so that factors in. -- nm - David Aug 23, 10:06 2
        
        Those of us who did not read the book were bored and lost and ultimately gave up - amoxy Aug 23, 10:10 1
        
        Yup. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 10:14
      - Looking at this thread, only you and Spawn are defending the movie - amoxy Aug 23, 09:40 6
        
        It is an extraordinary deconstruction of the superhero myth and a best case scenario adaptation... - David Aug 23, 09:41 5
        
        I think it was the best they could have done faithfully to the book -- that said, it was still boring as hell. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:46
        
        Sadly, "best case adaptation" translated to boring piece of crap on a cracker. - TWuG Aug 23, 09:44
        
        *ding* -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:42 2
        
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        yeah, it does not bode well for the future. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:48
- Agreed -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 09:35
- You sit at the side of DLC. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:35 8
  - you just like big blue dicks. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:36 7
    - Oh, the comment is not just for Watchmen. Your movie choices for a while have been suspect. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:37 3
      - I see so few movies these days, that I really get pissed when I watch a stinker. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:38 2
        
        I see so few movies these days because I'm *afraid* of sitting through a stinker. - Beryllium Aug 23, 09:39 1
        
        I'd hate for you to have to sit through a Bery-rated B+ movie. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:41
    - You can take out big blue -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 09:37 2
      - That's what she said -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 09:38
      - that is why he never watched avatar. - groiny Aug 23, 09:37
I'll give budice another fifteen and then make my pick. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 09:33 1
- That's fair and since it's the end of the draft it's not likely it'll be a pick that makes or breaks his season. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 09:44
ST Poll -- Weekend Plans? -- (link) - znufrii Aug 23, 09:32 20
- FF Money league Sat afternoon, ST PPR Auction Sunday night, driving back & forth from Greenville -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 10:03
- and I've got my two fantasy football drafts on Sunday night. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 09:56
- Might go see The Counjuring or We're the Millers, otherwise Breaking Bad and Fringe S5 d2 to watch. -- nm - LMS Aug 23, 09:50
- SO excited .. family get together on Sunday at my brother's house on the Lake - meeting my newest "Great" Nephew Aiden - and we're opening one of the - JenBro Aug 23, 09:48
- Dayton Film Festival -- nm - Ender Aug 23, 09:41
- Family dinner tonight. A big bbq at friend's tomorrow. Sunday absolutely nothing (come hell or high water.) -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 09:41
- Memorial service tomorrow, birthday dinner Saturday night, church Sunday. - spamlet Aug 23, 09:38 1
  - Oh, and BINGO Sunday night (and hopefully another draft) -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 09:39
- City Chase!! -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 09:37 1
  - woo! -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 09:41
- Resting since I've been sick for the last two days. Draft on Sunday night will be the highlight of my weekend. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 09:37
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- FF money league Saturday morning, Declan's birthday party Saturday afternoon, and Sunday we're taking the boys to their first football game. -- nm - Stephen Aug 23, 09:33
- Vacation starts in about 3 hours! Heading to The Lake -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 09:33
- We have rugby here? huh. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:33 3
  - This. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 09:38
  - Oh, mandate tongiht and dad in town form Florida Sunday so Incredible Pizza Experience, and lots of NFL all weekend. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:34
  - I know, right? -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 09:33
- Worlds End tomorrow, making lasagna tomorrow night with my son -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 09:33
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- He meant Big 10: utterly irrelevant most of the 2000s. - David Aug 23, 09:34 3
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    - I hope it's not Bayless. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:36 1
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- he realizes the SEC plays in college right? -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 09:33
- L2 -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:32
- Who does he consider Alabama? The Giants? -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 09:32

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