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Well this is beautiful; Yahoo won't connect to it's servers to test the draft thing; - Will Hunting Mar 8, 05:54 2
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  - After I rebooted, it worked; but wouldn't when I re-tried it again. - Will Hunting Mar 8, 06:07
Watchmen spoiler - nubby Mar 8, 05:26
Obligatory 'I've been up all night doing an ESX upgrade and now I'm going to bed' post. - Subversive Mar 8, 05:13
DHD: 55M for Watchmen on the weekend. -- (link) - Jelly Mar 8, 05:06 2
- Million dollar short... FUCK. -- nm - secretslacker Mar 8, 06:11
- 2.2'ish IM. Give me a kewpie doll; hit that one. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 8, 05:55
*shakes fist* Give me back my hour, dammit! -- nm - Trish Mar 8, 01:27 4
- word. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 8, 03:36
- Will you take a raincheck for October? -- nm - Father Time Mar 8, 01:49 2
  - Make it November and you've got a deal. -- nm - nubby Mar 8, 05:20
  - Well, how's that gonna do me any damn good right now? - Trish Mar 8, 03:21
Spoiler question for those who have read or seen Watchmen: - Max Mar 8, 00:40 3
- i thought - pigby Mar 8, 00:42 2
  - That could work but then it lacks setup justification - Max Mar 8, 00:50 1
    - (spoiler answer) - ReluctantCynic Mar 8, 01:13
5 game win streak babyee -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 7, 23:56
My kid's school's pizza fundraiser collected $356 for the science lab. Guess how much of that I'm responsible for. - Mop Mar 7, 22:59 9
- how many classes in the school? It is fantastic your son's class got 1/3 of the overall donations -- nm - peglegpete Mar 7, 23:19 1
  - It's pre-K though 8th and only two classes per grade. - Mop Mar 7, 23:24
- Sadly, $350 probably isn't much for a science lab. ;( -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 7, 23:13 2
  - it's more than enough to blow 3 or 4 things up :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 7, 23:30
  - They get to replace that flickering florescent light. - Mop Mar 7, 23:16
- 31.25 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 23:00 3
  - $120. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 23:10 2
    - Isn't the cut they give like 10% or something. How much pizza did you buy? :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 7, 23:14 1
      - A *lot*. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 23:15
"Even prisoners have birthdays. I saw it on an episode of Oz once." -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 22:52
can you imagine Billy Crystal as Buzz Lightyear? -- (link) - pigby Mar 7, 22:10
I'm just really happy for a guy like Jackie E Haley - mud Mar 7, 22:04 5
- He got the Oscar nomination for an amazing (and much better) performance in Little Children - secretslacker Mar 8, 06:26
- Bad News Bears! -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 22:16 2
  - he deserves a nom. for this as much as Heath -- nm - mud Mar 7, 22:19 1
    - It wouldn't surprise me. He was heart achingly good in Little Children a couple of years ago. - Trish Mar 7, 22:53
- Hey, I know you from somewhere. Did you used to sell me 8-balls behind the 7-Eleven back in college? -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 22:06
Forgive my ignorance, but for Watchmen to score $25mil on Friday, wouldn't they have to sell out every single showing? -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 22:00 7
- Oh God no. A $6961 PSA, assuming every theatre playing it was only playing it on one screen... - Mr. Havens Mar 8, 00:52
- That's lucky to be in the top 50 single days at this point, much less approaching 100% capacity. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 7, 22:41 1
  - Its actually about the 96th biggest day ever. - Will Hunting Mar 7, 22:48
- Good lord, no. -- nm - David Mar 7, 22:06 3
  - it was on like 3100 screens or something like that. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 22:18 2
    - 3,611, yeah -- nm - David Mar 7, 22:19 1
      - That's a lot of screens. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 22:43
Sasha Grey in the New York Times -- (link) - marcel Mar 7, 21:39 3
- She's really great in the Soderbergh movie and in James Gunn's PG Porn... - secretslacker Mar 8, 06:13
- or Post -- nm - pigby Mar 7, 21:40 1
  - or that -- nm - marcel Mar 7, 21:43
To answer a few of the Watchmen questions from here and B2 (spoils) - TWuG Mar 7, 21:28 22
- Oh, and (spoils) - TWuG Mar 7, 21:46 8
  - Dude, wtf are you yelling at me for? I just woke up (again). - Trish Mar 7, 22:33 7
    - Wasn't attacking. Just offering an opinion. (spoils) - TWuG Mar 7, 22:43 6
      - *spoils* - Ender Mar 8, 00:29 1
        
        D says it was "deliberate" to give her some variety. *giggle* -- nm - Trish Mar 8, 00:34
      - Those are the little details that take something from a good movie to a great movie, for me. (spoils) - Trish Mar 7, 22:55 3
        
        I agree with you about Nixon. To maybe answer your other question - Max Mar 8, 01:04 2
        
        This makes sense to me (spoils) - the darcy Mar 8, 01:33
        
        And as a reward, she gets awesome hair, I get it! (spoils) - Trish Mar 8, 01:08
- and yeah, I can criticize Snyder for a few things, but not paying attention to detail isn't one of them. -- nm - Reagen Mar 7, 21:46 1
  - oh yeah? Oh YEAH?! - mud Mar 7, 21:54
- re: the end - Reagen Mar 7, 21:44 10
  - Spoils - TWuG Mar 7, 21:52 9
    - Spoilers - David Mar 7, 22:01 8
      - I disagree completely. (spoils) - TWuG Mar 7, 22:10 7
        
        Spoilers - David Mar 7, 22:12 6
        
        Still disagree (spoils) - TWuG Mar 7, 22:25 5
        
        I'm not buying what you're selling. (spoilers) - David Mar 7, 22:35 4
        
        Spoils - TWuG Mar 7, 22:53 2
        
        Spoilers - David Mar 7, 23:06 1
        
        Spoils - TWuG Mar 7, 23:19
        
        I just want the chick's styling gel, is that too much to ask for? - Trish Mar 7, 22:48
So, Southland Tales. - nubby Mar 7, 21:07 3
- Huh. - kelly Mar 7, 21:10 2
  - I totally get that. - nubby Mar 7, 21:12 1
    - Remember. I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 22:08
Lisa Lampenelli roasts Larry the Cable Guy and makes a Chris Brown joke -- (link) - Epiphany Mar 7, 21:04 3
- The fact it's Lisa Lampinelli telling it pretty much makes certain it's not funny. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 7, 22:39
- There is not a single name in that that I want to click for. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 21:04 1
  - in the immortal words of Locke - ' Fair Enough' -- nm - Epiphany Mar 7, 21:05
First Half of "Silent Hill" was good, but then the last half, blech - amoxy Mar 7, 20:59 6
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- That's because Sean Bean makes everything better. -- nm - Trish Mar 8, 00:36
- true, true - but I liked the ending a lot. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 7, 21:03 1
  - I agree with Pippy. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 7, 21:09
- Game or movie? -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 21:00 1
  - Movie -- nm - amoxy Mar 7, 21:00
I think Adventureland is benefitting more from its SNL spot than Miss March will. -- nm - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:59
Hey you dwellers in the Eastern time zone, is SNL any good tonight? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 7, 20:59 5
- Nope... pretty bad actually... - secretslacker Mar 7, 21:03 1
  - This makes me sad. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 7, 21:06
- I have given up on SNL for now. - Spawn Mar 7, 21:02 1
  - the writing went downhill fast when Michael O'Donahue died -- nm - peglegpete Mar 7, 21:05
- About to start it. -- nm - TFox Mar 7, 21:01
Hmm. TT is down? -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 20:57 2
- Has been since yesterday afternoon... - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:58 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 20:58
Didn't take long for all the comedians/comic shows who supported Obama fully in his run... - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:49 2
- Obama was not that funny before -- nm - con_carne Mar 7, 20:57
- a job's a job. -- nm - nubby Mar 7, 20:51
Secretstalker, you should google your Watchmen mistake to see if it has made it to the official mistake list -- nm - peglegpete Mar 7, 20:43 10
- I don't think it was a mistake and think it was for what Spawn said below in his IM - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:47 8
  - Go through the alphabet forwards and then backwards? -- nm - psilotum Mar 7, 20:50 7
    - I always preferred - nubby Mar 7, 20:53 6
      - thank you Sam Kinison. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 20:59 2
        
        If he said this, I'm unaware of it. - nubby Mar 7, 21:05 1
        
        well he did a variation of that joke. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 21:11
      - Maybe you should save that for after you get them home... - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:57 1
        
        "Why would he want to kill her in public?" -- nm - nubby Mar 7, 21:06
      - Pi to the 100th digit has always served me well. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 20:54
- I figured it was on purpose. spoil - Spawn Mar 7, 20:45
Iam happy to see my grade of B+ for Watchmen being echoed rather consistently by ST. Here is my biggest problem with it (spoil). - Spawn Mar 7, 20:36 11
- I was fine with what you said in the last sentence... - Remlik Mar 7, 20:48 6
  - I'm confused - mud Mar 7, 20:59 5
    - Are you certain? spoil - Spawn Mar 7, 21:01 4
      - wow. Check again -- nm - mud Mar 7, 21:02 3
        
        spoil - Spawn Mar 7, 21:03 2
        
        ? - mud Mar 7, 21:19 1
        
        Guess I need to reread. spoil - Spawn Mar 7, 21:20
- Wow, *YOU* gave it a B+? Then I don't feel about my B-. -- nm - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:39 3
  - It is a few years too late to have the impact it should have. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 20:40 2
    - Yeah, about 20... I felt the same way about the graphic novel when I tried to reread it a few years ago -- nm - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:45 1
      - That is what I love about Miller's Dark Knight. - Spawn Mar 7, 20:55
peglegpete: no, I'm more afraid that Vermin will nab it :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 20:29
Netflix hasn't really added anything much to their Watch Now stuff lately. Disappointing. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 7, 20:28 1
- I fear they are going to " pay" for stream -- nm - Epiphany Mar 7, 20:54
lyc: in ny...met up with Dawson and ,znu. A tad late but all good. -- nm - budice Mar 7, 20:28 8
- Would be nice if people Email me once in a while. - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:40 7
  - maybe you could have emailed them instead? -- (link) - kelly Mar 7, 20:56 [Backboard] 6
    - And why don't you read his response to himself? -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 21:06 5
      - ??? - kelly Mar 7, 21:08 4
        
        Now go back and see how much I've been here between MOnday and today. - secretslacker Mar 7, 21:13
        
        ??? - Spawn Mar 7, 21:11 2
        
        *yawn* -- nm - kelly Mar 7, 21:12 1
        
        Of course. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 21:19
LIR (thanks amoxy)Speaking that issue of Amazing Spider-Man we were discussing before... - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:24 11
- I am a little let down that you are still reading it. - Spawn Mar 7, 20:37 10
  - The comic has been the best it's been since the Stern/Romita Jr. days... no shit. - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:39 9
    - Stern is coming back for a run on it later this year. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 20:46 1
      - He did a single issue a couple months back which wasn't that great. -- nm - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:47
    - If Marvel wants to send me a refund for the wasted stack of comics, I might consider it. - Spawn Mar 7, 20:42 6
      - All those stories still happened... it's not like they've been forgotten. - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:45 5
        
        I guess I should mention that I am not that much of a fan. McFarlane and JMS are the only runs I bought consistently. - Spawn Mar 7, 20:54 4
        
        stop.buying.it. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 21:00 3
        
        When did Pusher Man turn into Nancy Reagan? :) -- nm - secretslacker Mar 7, 21:13 1
        
        so I can shift his money to other things! -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 21:53
        
        Oh, I only bought the first two issues after the reboot. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 21:04
Trish, you hated the Leonard Cohen *original* of Hallelujah? :) -- nm - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:23 7
- Yes, yes I did. I much prefer Rufus. -- nm - Trish Mar 7, 22:42
- at least it was better than that crap song Songs Of Silence. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 20:46
- original /= better. -- nm - TFox Mar 7, 20:43
- So did I. - nubby Mar 7, 20:41 2
  - As did I. - ReluctantCynic Mar 7, 20:53 1
    - You kids. -- nm - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:57
- Pretty much agree with your comments on B2 otherwise. -- nm - secretslacker Mar 7, 20:25
Just Because -- (link) - amoxy Mar 7, 20:22 [youtube]

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