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oh! and 'cause I missed it yesterday - weekend movies - Life of Pi - B+, Contraband - B, 2013 Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame Induction - A - JenBro Sep 10, 10:18 2
- I'm sorry you meant on your IM the induction of Rush. -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 10:29 1
  - heh ... I missed that part :( -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 10:31
Apple announcement has started. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:18 5
- You get apps, like it or not. But they'll change your life. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:25
- "iOS 7 will come to iPhone 5 and 4S on September 18th" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:19 1
  - Happy birthday to me! -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:20
- Link to Tech Crunch live blog. -- (link) - David Sep 10, 10:18 1
  - oh good - Al Gore (inventor of the internet) is there! -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 10:21
American Psycho sequel series in development. -- (link) - LMS Sep 10, 10:16 3
- soo... spoiler question. - colin Sep 10, 10:24
- wait. at FX? not the BBC? -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:18 1
  - Sadly no, unless Patrick Bateman had decided to move to London. -- nm - LMS Sep 10, 10:21
Really looking forward to the Sounds of Cinema season starting on Thursday. - LMS Sep 10, 10:14
anyone watch Arsenio last night? -- nm - zork Sep 10, 10:05 1
- I DVRed the last 30 mins, ST is all FIRED for not telling me Chris Tucker was the guest. -- nm - MDH Sep 10, 10:13
Apple event live blog live now. -- (link) - Max Sep 10, 10:04
Decidedly: You really can't play Smash Bros with a Wii Remote. -- nm - Qale Sep 10, 10:03 1
- And I can't play Mario Galaxy without a Nunchuck. Alright, accessories seem to be a problem with this system too. -- nm - Qale Sep 10, 10:17
Famous blades from pop culture, illustrated -- (link) - con_carne Sep 10, 09:59 2
- also, they should have ended it on Machete. That would be a great punchline ... although the last one was pretty chilling. Also ... - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:04
- Didn't they spell Voorhees wrong? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:01
Does AR mean "arrived"? (From text received at the reference desk: "Is there a way to find out if a book is AR in your system?") -- nm - mara Sep 10, 09:58 1
- Ah, no, it means accelerated reader. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 10:12
poll question (because I'm having GREAT lunch left overs) Foods that are better as left overs - GO! -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 09:57 14
- Thanksgiving foods -- nm - Jovian Sep 10, 10:21
- bolognese sauce, coq au vin. Leftover rice is great refried, with some egg and green onions -- nm - Roger More Sep 10, 10:05
- Pizza -- nm - eag Sep 10, 10:02
- Meatloaf -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 10:02
- none of them. - groiny Sep 10, 10:01 2
  - *thud* seriously? even your buffalo chix? -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 10:02 1
    - well, I eat it, but it is never better than stright out of the pot. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 10, 10:07
- many chili's, curry's and stews are better the second day -- nm - peglegpete Sep 10, 10:00
- Lasagna. Carrot cake. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 10, 09:58
- spaghettti -- nm - Jim Sep 10, 09:57 4
  - holy crap ... I'm eating Bolognese Tagliatelle Pasta left overs! -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 09:58 3
    - nice -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 10:00
    - I made bolognese sauce last week. I have lots of leftover sauce -- nm - peglegpete Sep 10, 09:59 1
      - ok - side question ... I know clove is used as one of the spices ... I'm also picking up fennel - but suspect it's from the sausage? -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 10:00
How close are Trish and Crash to Ketchum, Idaho? They can drop in and say hi to Richard Fuld, of Lehman Brothers fame. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 10, 09:56
it's only Tuesday. ugh -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 09:56
MyVegas peeps, Pirates Cove has been very good to me this morning. - groiny Sep 10, 09:54 17
- Confirmed! I just went from 20K in chips to 60K, playing for a few minutes (800/turn) -- nm - Flavorize Sep 10, 10:14
- what *is* MyVegas? (yes, i could google, but i am lazy.) -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 09:57 13
  - Facebook game. Slots and BlackJack, most of us are playing because you win bonus points which - amoxy Sep 10, 09:59 11
    - nice. does it take a million years to get something or is it actually reasonable? -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 10:01 9
      - I think Meg is redeeming comps for a room at Luxor this month - so she can confirm for us that's it's legit and worthy. -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 10:09 1
        
        nice. -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 10:12
      - I have been playing for about a three weeks and I already have a free weekend comp room at the Excalibur - amoxy Sep 10, 10:03 4
        
        Hmm, maybe I will go to the World Series of Poker if the room is free. And I win a buy-in. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:15 3
        
        (If anyone else here steals this idea, I want 3% of the cut.) -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:15 2
        
        *loses in the first ten minutes, bills you $300* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 10, 10:19 1
        
        I told you not to go all in on 8/3o but you are no better at poker than foreign policy. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:21
      - it's not that bad - especially because you can set "auto spin" and turn off sound - have it going behind other stuff. -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 10:03
      - I've been playing for a couple weeks and I've already earned enough for a free glass of absinthe. -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 10:02
    - and Shows! -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 09:59
  - it's the marketing arm of MGM Resorts in Las Vegas, they have a facebook app where you play slots and can earn comps to use in their hotels -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 09:59
- nice. My luck has not been good on any game the past few days - amoxy Sep 10, 09:56
- ^5 SWEET! -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 09:56
Go Beak, Go. - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:46 1
- I have a meeting now, hopefully won't be longer than an hour and then I can send the bombers in -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:47
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- Kenbrell Thompkins! -- nm - David Sep 10, 09:49 4
  - Not the way he played Sunday. -- nm - Todd Manning Sep 10, 09:52 3
    - I was referencing the fact that he received the most targets but yes. He did look dazed and confused. -- nm - David Sep 10, 09:53 2
      - I would guess this makes Edelman a decent play for this week. nm - Jim Sep 10, 09:54 1
        
        With BB, who knows? -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:04
- Prediction: 150 yards and 2 TDs. -- nm - nubby Sep 10, 09:47
- Mr Glass! -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:46
- Have they considered Tebow? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 10, 09:46
- And there's the problem with the Amendola signing. nm - Jim Sep 10, 09:46
- Of course he won't. -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 09:46
Mental note: never place Joey in charge of Foreign Policy. -- nm - David Sep 10, 09:41 19
- nor me... - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:51 10
  - *is worried we'll never agree on paint color for the guest bedroom* -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 10:18
  - Exactly. Hit the guys making the decision and suddenly, you'll find out they're scared of getting killed. - Will Hunting Sep 10, 09:52
  - The only thing that would have stopped me is the suspicion that this was a false flag op. - David Sep 10, 09:52 7
    - i never saw anything that convinced me 100% it was Assad. i was very against it for that reason. -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 10:13
    - this is the only incident in recent memory where I am not sure this isn't a False Flag. - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:56 5
      - My question is why he would do it when he had never crossed that line over the past few years. - David Sep 10, 10:01 4
        
        I don't disagree with any of this... - Mel Profit Sep 10, 10:12 3
        
        I would imagine the behind the scenes politics of this will make for a fascinating book/movie one day. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:14 2
        
        agreed. What surprises me is the turn around on these books and movies... - Mel Profit Sep 10, 10:16 1
        
        I think that the central players used to stay hidden to avoid blowback. In the social media era, their names get released anyway. - David Sep 10, 10:19
- How you doin'? -- nm - Spawn Sep 10, 09:44
- Joey Lawrence? -- nm - eag Sep 10, 09:43 3
  - No, Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo. -- nm - Ender Sep 10, 10:02
  - WHOA! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 10, 09:47
  - There's Nothing My Love Can't Fix! nm - Joey L si #18 Sep 10, 09:44
- Someone. Needs. To DIE!!! -- nm - President Joey Sep 10, 09:42 2
  - Nah, I'm a big believer that if it's worth fighting over, it's worth fighting to the point of overwhelmingly winning. - Will Hunting Sep 10, 09:46 1
    - DIIIIIIEEEEE!!! - President Joey Sep 10, 09:48
Listening to this Jeffrey Wright interview on Grantland. He says "you know" in essentially every sentence. I can't get past it now that I've noticed -- nm - volnelk Sep 10, 09:41
it's freaking concert season in Boston - coming up for Fall/Winter at TD Garden - Diva Sep 10, 09:40
So ST poll name a movie that you can remember most of the lines from - eag Sep 10, 09:39 55
- Breakfast Club. 16 Candles. Weird Science. Princess Bride. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 10, 10:22
- The Sound of Music, Casablanca, Pitch Perfect, Tangled. -- nm - kelly Sep 10, 10:20
- Heathers, Blazing Saddles, Casablanca, Trainspotting, Sound of Music -- nm - JD Sep 10, 10:17
- Rush Hour, I can almost recite the whole thing. -- nm - MDH Sep 10, 10:14
- I keep waiting for some smarty pantz to post Les Miserables :) -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 10:12
- When I was a kid I could repeat Lady and the Tramp verbatim. *NM* - Ender Sep 10, 10:07
- Wrath of Khan -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 10:00
- Raising Arizona -- nm - Dr.Vermin's a sly one, he already knows his ABCs Sep 10, 09:58
- Barely Legal 37 -- nm - Todd Manning Sep 10, 09:53 2
  - I presume the only dialogue is, "See? I told you I just turned 18." -- nm - David Sep 10, 09:54 1
    - So you do know the film. -- nm - Todd Manning Sep 10, 10:00
- Bull Durham would be very high on my list, but it's likely Ghostbusters. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 10, 09:53 3
  - Shawshank would be high up there. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 10, 09:54 2
    - ooohhh... this is a VERY good choice -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 10:11
    - ditto. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:57
- Time Bandits, Superman II, Aliens -- nm - Jovian Sep 10, 09:53
- Silense of the Lambs -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 09:52 1
  - Silence even -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 09:52
- A Few Good Men -- nm - David Sep 10, 09:48 1
  - You are incapable of grasping the verity of this principle! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 10, 09:50
- Blade Runner -- nm - mud Sep 10, 09:48
- Major League, Pitch Perfect. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 10, 09:47 2
  - Just saw Pitch Perfect this weekend. - nubby Sep 10, 09:47 1
    - "This ain't high school people." - Will Hunting Sep 10, 09:48
- I should add Blazing Saddles -- nm - eag Sep 10, 09:46
- Blazing Saddles, Anchorman, Boondock Saints, True Romance. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 10, 09:45 8
  - I own Boondock Saints in my Vudu now. I should probably watch it again. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 10, 09:47 7
    - yes you should, report back to me on how great it is. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 10, 09:48 6
      - TiVo ate my copy so I still haven't watched it. - David Sep 10, 09:51 3
        
        Don't bother with the sequel, only the original is worth watching. Groiny confirms it. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:05
        
        your Tivo has bad decision making skills. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 10, 09:53 1
        
        Or faulty software, one or the other. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:04
      - then tell him how long you could stand to watch the second one... -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:49 1
        
        I would not subject anyone I know to the second movie. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 10, 09:52
- Star Wars: Ep IV. Rocky 3, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Pulp Fiction. -- nm - Flavorize Sep 10, 09:45
- Star Wars trilogy. -- nm - Spawn Sep 10, 09:44
- The Artist. -- nm - LMS Sep 10, 09:44 4
  - But which of these can you recall? (spoiler) -- (link) - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Sep 10, 09:50 1
    - Most of Uggy's dialogue. -- nm - LMS Sep 10, 09:53
  - This is funny because The Artist is a silent movie! -- nm - Jim Sep 10, 09:45 1
    - Jim is channeling Big Ben Facebook QB -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:54
- Caddyshack, Anchorman, Animal House. The other night Animal House was on and I basically recited the movie along with it. -- nm - pmb Sep 10, 09:43
- Holy Grail -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:43
- Major League, Princess Bride, Fletch -- nm - Jim Sep 10, 09:42
- Jaws, Anchorman...there are many. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:42
- Singles. -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 09:41
- The Princess Bride and the entire LOTR. -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 09:41
- Breakfast Club. Ferris Beuller's Day Off. -- nm - volnelk Sep 10, 09:41
- Casablanca -- nm - peglegpete Sep 10, 09:41
- Die Hard -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:41 1
  - Animal House, Sound of Music -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:47
- Heathers -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 09:41
- Airplane is probably high on this list. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 10, 09:40
- Clue. Braveheart. Benji the Hunted. -- nm - nubby Sep 10, 09:40
- Anchorman -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 09:40
I'm available as a peace envoy if required -- nm - Dennis Rodman Sep 10, 09:39 1
- Egypt already had 3 clowns visit. They don't need more. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 10, 09:40
So, from where are we preordering our GTAV? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 10, 09:34 3
- amazon -- nm - decline Sep 10, 10:21
- I preordered on PSN. -- nm - Ender Sep 10, 10:07
- Im not but I did preorder Assassins Creed 4 from Amazon -- nm - eag Sep 10, 09:37

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