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I'm just going to take this gif of Cerie from 30 Rock and leave it here -- (link) - con_carne Feb 10, 10:50 [Image] 1 1
- You are a good man. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 10:52
I want to object to the claims that western reporters are just whiners about the accommodations in Sochi. - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 10:48 1
- This is a "best foot forward" event. If the accommodations represent Russia's "best foot", then - TWuG Feb 10, 10:51
I think Sweden sent an actual viking to the Olympics. - Reagen Feb 10, 10:41 7
- Where In America Can You Watch Canada's Great Olympic Coverage? -- (link) - budice Feb 10, 11:00 2
  - I friggin miss CBC. it was great. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 11:02
  - It's the same thing every Olympics. CBC needs to start bidding for U.S. broadcast rights. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 11:02
- The way the underside of the skis glow is weird. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 11:00
- Ah, there it is! That ski jumping was mind numbing. Man, that snow is *FLYING*. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 10:51 1
  - This weekend I found out ski jumping had a judging component. Then I thought less of it. -- nm - Baron Business Feb 10, 11:00
- they should get with the Scots and find some Highland Games activities that can fit into the Olympics -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 10, 10:48
House of Cards Against Humanity -- (link) - Ender Feb 10, 10:40
Uhm... I'm meeting Crank Yanker? I think he has me confused with someone else. - TWuG Feb 10, 10:37 1
- Uh, SSPEI is there doing some loaction scouting. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 10:59
"The ice accumulations remain possibly paralyzing if not historical..." -- nm - Don Homer Feb 10, 10:37 4
- We had a once-in-a-lifetime snow fall in December. And we just shattered that storm record. So... yay? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 10:49
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  - Richards? (nm) - Victor Von Doom Feb 10, 10:41 1
    - McCloud? -- nm - Mara Feb 10, 11:00
Politicians used to reject NORML, now they beat a path to their door -- (link) - con_carne Feb 10, 10:33 1
- *confuses NORML with NARAL* -- nm - Baron Business Feb 10, 10:35
Pew Report: LGBT community perception of how friendly different groups (i.e. pro sports) are -- (link) - MDH Feb 10, 10:30 3
- Survey says... WNBA! -- nm - Let's Play the Feud! Feb 10, 10:36 2
  - Is there a professional softball league? - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Feb 10, 10:37
  - Every 100th fan gets to sleep with a player! - David Feb 10, 10:36
Oh.Hell.No! - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Feb 10, 10:26 6
- Is this in reply to the Cersei post below? -- nm - David Feb 10, 10:31 1
  - heh -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Feb 10, 10:32
- yeah, and I'm totally out of line to suggest that this child will have issues in adulthood -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 10, 10:29 2
  - No, I don't think that's out of line at all. - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Feb 10, 10:31 1
    - yeah ... that's just me being snarky and / or sarcastic :) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 10, 10:34
- it isn't so much that dad isn't sleeping there, it is that a 6 year old needs to be able to sleep in his own room. sorry mom and dad, you will have - Andie Feb 10, 10:29
An old fellow cast member/acquaintance is on The Following this week, but I hate the show so much I don't think I can watch or DVR it. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 10:25 8
- at the very moment I gave up on it... -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 10, 10:34
- I think it's a safe bet he'll die by stabbing (the bad guys did it) or shooting (the good guys did it) -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 10:29 6
  - and Ryan will run head long into extreme danger, without back up even though he used to work with the FBI and talks to them throughout the episode - Mel Profit Feb 10, 10:35 4
    - I really, really hate when supposedly smart people repeatedly act in stupid ways - TWuG Feb 10, 10:43 3
      - it's sort of the current worst example of lobotomized leads. - Mel Profit Feb 10, 10:45 2
        
        He's like a teen in a horror movie. "What's the weird sound? I'll go investigate alone. At night." -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 10:57
        
        Don't give Ryan Murphy any ideas. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 10:46
  - She is playing a cop and she'll probably die in it somehow. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 10:30
Had an awesome twitter moment this weekend. Started watching the opening ceremonies and noticed Costas' eye. Figured "Twitter will know what's up" - oblique Feb 10, 10:17 4
- did you actually determine what was up with it? -- nm - Don Homer Feb 10, 10:23 3
  - He said at some point that he woke up with an infection or something like that -- nm - oblique Feb 10, 10:24 2
    - Yeah, I think it was the very first thing he addressed in the very first broadcast. Eye infection so he's wearing glasses, no contacts. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 10:27 1
      - yep ... must have been that day when you weren't supposed to use the water -- nm - JenBro Feb 10, 10:30
went to a funeral Saturday of an insurance colleague - man age 69 - but was still working in his agency - his 2 son's and all 6 grandchildren spoke at - JenBro Feb 10, 10:14 2
- i think that's great. and they obviously want people with different types of relationships to share. -- nm - Andie Feb 10, 10:17 1
  - thanks Andie :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 10, 10:29
Hey y'all. - musubi Feb 10, 10:13 26
- I knew this place has been seeming a lot less Hawaiian lately -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:43
- Hiya, moose! -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 10:33 1
  - Hey 'igo! - musubi Feb 10, 10:38
- Hey, thanks for the Hawaii advice! - David Feb 10, 10:31 2
  - You're very welcome. - musubi Feb 10, 10:35 1
    - At this point, it's all in air quotes. We will probably get specific next January. -- nm - David Feb 10, 10:36
- hey! are you going to vegas with us? -- nm - JenBro Feb 10, 10:30 1
  - Unfortunately no, I enjoy my status as more myth than man. - musubi Feb 10, 10:32
- *wields The Kragle menacingly* -- nm - Baron Business Feb 10, 10:25 1
  - The magical fabric of Ban Da Id shall protect me. (nm) - musubi Feb 10, 10:30
- hey, hope all is well. You are the Special. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 10, 10:23 1
  - As are you. (nm) - musubi Feb 10, 10:29
- My kids are weird. My daughter went to see LEGO with a friend and my son we to the Frozen Sing Along with the honor choir from school -- nm - oblique Feb 10, 10:22 1
  - I'm managed to keep my daughter unaware of the sing-a-long version. - musubi Feb 10, 10:29
- darling! *air kisses on both cheeks*. we missed you. -- nm - Andie Feb 10, 10:20 1
  - *smooches* - musubi Feb 10, 10:26
- it really was quite enjoyable. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 10, 10:19 3
  - moose jr has been singing "Everything is awesome" non-stop for the past 48 hours. - musubi Feb 10, 10:25 2
    - yes, both of my kids as well. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 10, 10:32
    - Heh, same with our 4 year-old. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 10, 10:25
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  - IT IS AWESOME. - musubi Feb 10, 10:24 4
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      - I LOVE LAMP! - musubi Feb 10, 10:33
    - It is quite good. And the last act, which I worried could get weird quickly, ended up being perfect. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 10, 10:25 1
      - Amen on the last act. - musubi Feb 10, 10:28
I wouldn't drink my US Olympic sweater. That thing's like $600 bucks. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 10:11
My Canadian Olympics feed says men's moguls just started. So why can't I find it on NBCOlympics.com? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 10:09 1
- I just started dtreaming it: -- (link) - MDH Feb 10, 10:28
Thanks for the reminder that I've still never seen Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 10:00 4
- thats some real life slacking right there -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 10, 10:22
- There's something wrong with you. This is the thing that is wrong with you. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 10:05 1
  - agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 10, 10:10
- I'll go ahead and say it. I finally saw it a few years ago and I was very...um...whelmed. - Jim Feb 10, 10:05
More Oscar trivia: Name the 11 Actors or Actresses who nominated for two categories in the same year. Name the films they were in as well. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 09:51 55
- Hints for the last three: Two actresses from the late 1930s and early 1940s. One was an actor who was nominated two times for the same film. - Inigo Feb 10, 10:14 2
  - Teresa Wright - Mrs. Miniver (heartbreaking in that)/Pride of the Yankees (also...tears) -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 10:20 1
    - Correct. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 10:22
- didn't they nominate some guy once for both acting categories in the same movie? (weird) -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 10:02 5
  - Yes. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 10:03
  - You're thinking of Harold Russell for The Best Years of Our Lives. -- nm - Baron Business Feb 10, 10:02 3
    - i thought he rec'd a special award for that. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 10:03 1
      - He got a special Oscar, and then won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the same role. Hence, my brain fart. -- nm - Baron Business Feb 10, 10:05
    - Oh no, wait. Different trivia. -- nm - Baron Business Feb 10, 10:02
- Pacino for scent of a woman and glengarry. -- nm - kelly Feb 10, 10:00 1
  - Correct. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 10:02
- Julianne Moore - The Hours/Far From Heaven -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 10:00 7
  - Gah, I knew it was someone in The Hours, but couldn't recall who. -- nm - Baron Business Feb 10, 10:02 5
    - If they wanted to name that movie aptly, it would have been The Days...cause that's how long it felt. -- nm - Jim Feb 10, 10:07 4
      - Also, Phillip Glass needs to die needs to die needs to die needs to die for that score. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 10:12 1
        
        Word. -- nm - Jim Feb 10, 10:12
      - Heh. I called it The Years at the time. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 10:08 1
        
        That joke is how Liz Lemon met the pager guy. -- nm - Roger More Feb 10, 10:10
  - Correct. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 10:01
- Holly Hunter - The Piano/The Firm -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 09:59 6
  - Holly Hunter just *disappeared*. -- nm - Andie Feb 10, 10:18 4
    - That's gonna make for a great movie. -- nm - David Feb 10, 10:37 1
      - (Do we want Nic Cage to co-star, or do we really really NOT want that? ...) -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:57
    - Not really. She was in Top of the Lake, and Saving Grace was on for a few seasons -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:26
    - She's actually worked steadily since her "star" days, just on a much smaller scale. - kelly Feb 10, 10:22
  - Correct. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 10:01
- Blanchett (Elizabeth 2 and that Dylan movie) -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 09:57 2
  - (I'm not there) -- nm - kelly Feb 10, 10:01
  - Correct -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 10:00
- Clooney - Michael Clayton & Syriana? -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 09:57 2
  - Nope. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 09:59
  - i'm a disaster today. Scratch. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 09:57
- Matt Damon (GWH), Eastwood (unforgiven, million dollar baby( -- nm - Jim Feb 10, 09:54 2
  - ah, nevermind -- nm - Jim Feb 10, 09:54 1
    - Sorry, there's a reason I worded it so vaguely, though. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 09:57
- Are we counting stuff like Matt Damon for Actor and Screenplay? -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 09:54 2
  - Sorry, no. Just acting categories. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 09:54 1
    - then scratch Emma and Clooney X2. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 09:55
- Emma Thompson - Sense & Sensibility (Best Actress/Adapted Screenplay) - Diva Feb 10, 09:53 4
  - Emma is one just not for that film. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 10:04 2
    - oh yeah - Remains of the Day and In the Name of the Father. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 10:05 1
      - Correct. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 10:06
  - Correct on the two inside. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 09:55
- Jamie Foxx. Ray (lead) and Collateral (supporting). -- nm - Baron Business Feb 10, 09:53 2
  - He supports Collateral by being the protagonist. - David Feb 10, 10:33
  - Correct. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 09:55
- Jaime Foxx - Ray, Collateral -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 09:53
- Sigourney Weaver - Aliens, Gorillas in the Mist -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 09:53 6
  - Sigourney and Gorillas in the Mist are correct. Aliens is not. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 09:54 5
    - ah right. Compressed that timeline. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 09:55
    - Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 09:55 3
      - I love Working Girl so much. One of those movies i can't turn off if i find it on tv. -- nm - kelly Feb 10, 10:03 2
        
        I watch it whenever it's on. -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 10:04 1
        
        ~ let the river run ~ -- nm - kelly Feb 10, 10:07
- who *were* nominated ^ -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 09:52
Thanks to this picture, I have discovered that each of the five boroughs has a flag - ty97 Feb 10, 09:50 3
- I hate our state flag. We really need a redesign. -- nm - Krusty Feb 10, 09:55
- Is Staten Island's a picture of a dude giving the fingerf? -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 09:51
- And oddly, none of them feature a guy getting mugged. -- nm - Baron Business Feb 10, 09:51
David would drive the realm into chaos! -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 09:49 1
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*chugs a Pepsi Max* -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 09:49 3
- Look out man, if you do that 30 times/day for 30 years, you might get cancer 1-in-100 times. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 10, 10:10 1
  - heh -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 10:58
- "Approved for use in 1981, it took until 1996 for panic to set in." -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:06
Weather Bomb! -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 09:47

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