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97 hrs. to kickoff! don`t wait, join our World Cup Pick-em group @ Yahoo! now: - mud Jun 8, 12:06 5
- Posted (but I don't know what I'm talking about. Heh. And hopefully it's not a dupe of the other one.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 12:34 1
  - It's different than the other one. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 12:35
- What's involved? Is it like normal pick 'ems where you have to make selections every day(ish)? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 12:11 2
  - Pick the opening 48 games now; you'll pick the knockout games when they are set. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 12:16
  - pick winner for each match, guess score for extra pts. ! -- nm - mud Jun 8, 12:13
"No Ragrats" -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 11:52 2
- None, not even a single letter? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:54 1
  - spoils - prayformojo Jun 8, 11:56
I certainly did not anticipate the way that season two of Continuum ended. -- nm - David Jun 8, 11:47 1
- heh. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 12:21
The camera crew at the Canadian Grand Prix is really really good. Wow. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 11:23 3
- Except when they showed the crowd reaction instead of what was actually happening on the turn, heh. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 12:17 1
  - Yep, that was awful. Glad the announcers called that out. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 12:20
- Very very good race right now if interested. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 12:16
best buy blu ray sale 'from' $5 -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 8, 11:13
"Due to OTHER / OTHER, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport" - ty97 Jun 8, 10:50 5
- We've got like 10 million codes if you want to borrow one. - HHS Jun 8, 11:30 3
  - I commented to a friend recently that the fact our society can support (junior/technical) college degrees in medical billing was a sign of a problem -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 11:50 2
    - (not sure the driver of the problem, but it shouldn't take two years of school to know how to do medically billing) -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 11:51 1
      - my friend the rose is a LMP (massage therapist) who does mostly medical referral insurance (post accident etc) and its a nightmare... - zeitgeist Jun 8, 12:14
- Oh great - at least we're not flying through Dallas until tomorrow. Any backup should be clear by then...Maybe. -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 11:13
The Puerto Rican Day parade is really loud. At my gf's office on the 33rd fl. of Rockefeller Center and you can hear it all plus the bass is making - Krusty Jun 8, 10:22 3
- sounds like fun -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 10:31
- I wonder if Cotto, the boxer who just fought at MSG and is from PR, will be there. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 8, 10:28 1
  - He was there last year. Not sure about this year. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 10:51
OITNB Season 2 Episode 6 (Spoilers) - amoxy Jun 8, 10:12
Now it's getting serious: Sony and Adidas are upset at FIFA over the Qatar scandal -- (link) - Reagen Jun 8, 09:43 2
- If Coke speaks up, Qatar is practically done (or would that be undone?). -- nm - zork Jun 8, 09:46 1
  - And we'll have killed all those workers for nothing! -- nm - Qatar Jun 8, 09:51
Hold up, that commercial I just saw for "Taxi Brooklyn" wasn't a joke!? -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 09:29 2
- Wasn't there a movie not too long ago with the same premise? -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 8, 10:59
- 'fraid not . . . i might watch a time or two just for the hot chick . . . after that? meh . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 8, 10:56
Well, that was....interesting. Called the limo company at 8:44 am to let them know we were off the ship and would be ready for our 9:30 (or earlier) - Meg Jun 8, 09:27 5
- The driver, in a One and a Million Chance, realized he owed you a lot of money. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 8, 09:54
- Wonder what happened -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 09:39
- I told you last week you deserved more than a town car. -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 09:35 2
  - No liquor though...all they offered us was iced water :) -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 09:37 1
    - Take it. You'll need it today in H-Town. - Qale Jun 8, 09:39
Is there a list anywhere of Box Office for re-releases? -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 09:07
Today is the day that Game of Thrones is. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 8, 08:47
ERC: Edge of Tomorrow $29.1M weekend - CinemaScore B+, Budget $175M, Males 61%, 25+ 73%, IMAX $4.1M, 3D 47% -- nm - budice Jun 8, 07:43 39
- What time is adjust again? - amoxy Jun 8, 08:42 3
  - Looking at the past month, appears that adjusts have been done between 10:00 and 10:30am PT -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 08:44 1
    - Lol, I just remembered answering that question so many times like that. -- nm - Mara Jun 8, 10:39
  - Whenever DMac wakes up. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 08:43
- Fault In Our Stars $48.2M -- nm - budice Jun 8, 08:15 12
  - Ooof. One of the most frontloaded weekends ever. I really thought it would break out past the teen girl audience at least a little bit. -- nm - Inigo Jun 8, 08:39 5
    - I was banking on the teen girls going over and over and over and over this weekend -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 08:41 4
      - Doesn't really happen any more with the quick video turnaround time. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 09:56
      - I thought this too. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 8, 09:55
      - Sat numbers might have been impacted by garduations. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jun 8, 09:46
      - Or there being more teen girls..... - Will Hunting Jun 8, 08:42
  - So they're both $10 shorts? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 08:17 5
    - Edge -4.57. Fault -10.21 -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 08:20 4
      - I bought it at $16. I'll take that gain. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 09:25 3
        
        PPDM -- nm - Mara Jun 8, 10:12 2
        
        Deja vu all over again. -- nm - David Jun 8, 11:31 1
        
        yup -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 11:47
- $48.2 million for The Fault in Our Stars. It was frontloaded, at least for the weekend. - David Jun 8, 08:07 20
  - It's also too bad USA Today slightly missed a key part of what they were quoting you on, leaving out that $25 pre-opening showing. -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 09:20 1
    - I just learned that Fox News mentioned us on air a few days ago. - Imperator Jun 8, 09:40
  - Just imagine how front loaded The Fault in Our Stars: New Moon is going to be. -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 09:11
  - I'd agree with that; nothing about the performance yet indicates otherwise. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 08:34 3
    - I expect a "see it again!" campaign among the diehards in a week or two. -- nm - Tim Jun 8, 08:37 2
      - I suggest they start that ad campaign right now. -- nm - Inigo Jun 8, 08:51 1
        
        I suggest they go with "See it again for the first time!" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 08:54
  - It almost has to just from the mechanics of it - Reagen Jun 8, 08:14 11
    - Yeah, the individual daily numbers are already low enough that legs probably can't happen. -- (link) - Inigo Jun 8, 08:45 7
      - Why aren't the Saturday and Sunday ones from that page topped with kids' movies? -- nm - zork Jun 8, 09:42 4
        
        also notice that there's a huge time of year and/or limited release bias in those two charts. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 09:50 2
        
        wow, a ton of Jan./Feb. -- nm - zork Jun 8, 10:01 1
        
        The Sunday is basically all Christmas Day and Boxing Day. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 10:13
        
        Because there's still a first day rush, and Saturday and Sunday afternoon numbers would have a greater % of discount tickets. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 09:48
      - Man, you abandoned ship fast. :P -- nm - Imperator Jun 8, 09:41 1
        
        Yup, kinda hard to ignore this type of front loading. ;) -- nm - Inigo Jun 8, 10:07
    - That $12.5 million Saturday is still pretty scary. -- nm - David Jun 8, 08:17 2
      - Best case scenario next weekend is probably $20M. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 08:53
      - I was banking on it but actually expected it to be even worse. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jun 8, 08:34
  - I always assumed it would fall off quickly after OW. - ty97 Jun 8, 08:09
- So they did aim for my demographic. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 08:05
Very tempted to buy this shirt on Qwertee -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 8, 07:18 [Image] 1
- This one is also not bad -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 8, 07:18 [Image]
This...is gonna be a long match -- nm - budice Jun 8, 07:16 2
- Does any sport have anything close to the official to participant ratio that tennis does? -- nm - Dano Jun 8, 07:18 1
  - spoils... - budice Jun 8, 08:00
We have achieved beach. It was a very long day of traveling yesterday, but we finall got to our room about 6pm. Got to walk the beach a bit. Fun - TWuG Jun 8, 05:37 4
- If you get the chance to snap a pic of Leno on the beach in a Speedo... - Cuzzin Todd Jun 8, 08:31
- Yay! (for beach - not Leno) -- nm - JenBro Jun 8, 06:48
- Have a wonderful time! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 05:49
- Jealous ;) -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 05:46
Docked in Houston...I don't wanna go home :( -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 05:31 1
- signs of a fantastic trip for 100$ Alex -- nm - JenBro Jun 8, 06:49
2 Dead, Several Injured After Phone Falls Into Open-Pit Toilet -- (link) - amoxy Jun 8, 03:34 2
- We once had a girl in camp tell her boyfriend she'd dropped his phone in the outhouse...gave him a few moments to react before she - Meg Jun 8, 04:55 1
  - regarding the IM - Beryllium Jun 8, 07:24
ok, teen punks...*this* is how you do it (teen uses stolen credit card to rent super sports car and multi million house -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 8, 01:09
time check. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 8, 00:12 4
- sql -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 01:05
- Too late for me to be still up, but I can't fall asleep. -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 00:32
- 3:15 and I have no idea where my children are. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 00:15 1
  - Or even who your children are. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 8, 09:13
News Flash: The Last Guardian has NOT been canceled! -- (link) - Mop on iPad Air Jun 7, 23:51 3
- I think I'll announce on twitter that IGN is "officially a news outlet with professional journalists" and then retract that an hour later. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 00:03
- "Officially cancelled" because of what an unnamed sourced told IGN Russia. OH WAIT, maybe we should have confirmed that first. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 00:00 1
  - I hear half life 3 is official! -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 00:01
drunk woman's response to Peyton's play during the Superbowl... - Remlik Jun 7, 23:22 [youtube]
I probably would have gone younger for Cruises role, but he works in it. I only really have complaint about the movies (Spoilers) - ty97 Jun 7, 23:08 6
- you could probably say that about most of Cruise's roles these days. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 23:56
- And we got a very odd group of trailers. I Origins in particular seemed quite misplaced. - ty97 Jun 7, 23:34 4
  - I have never heard of that (we did not have it), but yeah, they were an odd collection. - Spawn Lord Jun 8, 00:06 2
    - We got Get On Up, but not Jersey Boys. This is Where I Leave You felt like odd placement too - ty97 Jun 8, 08:04 1
      - We got Get on up, Jersey Boys and Twister 2 -- nm - amoxy Jun 8, 08:11
  - It seemed almost made for TV. The deliver us from evil trailer -- nm - Pippy Jun 7, 23:56
So, as implied earlier, TFIOS did bring the waterworks. (spoilers) - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 7, 22:31 2
- you go by yourself or with the kids? -- nm - Remlik Jun 7, 22:32 1
  - Just me. -- nm - Mop on iPad Air Jun 7, 23:12
so the creator of My Little Pony's current incarnation has signed to do an animated movie Medusa..for Sony..... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 7, 22:18 1
- cool. every time she appeared in a movie in the past, it was only for her last hours -- nm - peglegpete Jun 7, 23:00
What did they say about 'good intentions?' -- nm - Qale Jun 7, 21:47 6
- more than is said about good deeds - OAE -- You Know Who Jun 8, 09:42
- It's hard to rely on them. - timPhone Jun 8, 05:18
- As in paving the road to Hell ? -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 21:52 3
  - Exactly such. Hey, aren't you coming back around tomorrow? -- nm - Qale Jun 7, 21:53 2
    - Should be back at the hotel sometime around 11:00 am. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 22:00 1
      - I see. I'm not so sure I'm up for it, to be honest. Happiness has left me. -- nm - Qale Jun 7, 22:11
pacrat, re your earlier post about a Starbond adjusting up H$65 in the next few weeks... - IrishStephen Jun 7, 21:40 5
- i think it's around July 8 ... KHARI adjusting for How to Train Your Dragon . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 7, 21:44 4
  - Daniel Radcliff will start to lose the latter Harry Potters, he has the potential of a double delist this fall, dropping his tag near 100 70 more togo -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 23:48
  - Ah, ok, didn't go out far enough. - IrishStephen Jun 7, 22:05
  - (of course, looking at what's coming up for him after that, maybe it's a turn around and short?) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 7, 21:46 1
    - That's what's great about stars who do both indies and blockbusters - lots of money to be made :) -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 21:51
Im sorry but Cali Chrome owner little tirad doesnt wash - eag Jun 7, 21:34 1
- AP Indy was there great grandsire -- nm - eag Jun 7, 21:36
Correllation? Tracy Morgan involved in a bad accident. His starbond on HSX is way up today. -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 7, 21:30 6
- Zero delist? -- nm - Spawn Lord Jun 7, 21:34 5
  - well, he hasn't died has he? and if it were a "zero delist", then wouldn't people be shorting ? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 7, 21:39 4
    - You have nore faith in the players of HSX than I do! -- nm - Spawn Lord Jun 7, 21:41 3
      - He would delist at TAG. If he gets credit for Box Trolls in September he's about a $20 short. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 21:43 2
        
        no, they would delist him at current TAG...PSH has a movie out but no bond -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 23:49 1
        
        Yup, I was trying to recall - movie has to be in release, right? And then they halt and delist at adjusted TAG? Seems we've had something - Meg Jun 8, 05:08
The CFL avoids armageddon -- (link) - Reagen Jun 7, 21:20
OITNB Season 2 Episode 5 (Spoilers) - amoxy Jun 7, 21:18 3
- spiils.... - budice Jun 7, 21:22 2
  - That (spoils) - amoxy Jun 7, 21:28 1
    - spoils... - budice Jun 7, 21:46
Man, The Purge had a great box office/budget ratio - prayformojo Jun 7, 20:50 2
- Terrible awesome/shit ratio, unfortunately. nm - Dignan Jun 7, 22:33
- And it was such a piece of crap. One of the worst movies I saw in the theater last year -- nm - amoxy Jun 7, 21:19
Jailbreak in Quebec. May have involved a helicopter. *1,000,000 Style Points* -- nm - Andie Jun 7, 20:41 7
- I'm not forgetting things, right? Didn't that happen a couple of years ago as well? - Name Withheld By Request Jun 7, 21:12 4
  - hmm, yeah, twitter says it's the 2nd one involving a chopper -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 21:20
  - (yes) -- (link) - Reagen Jun 7, 21:20 1
    - The helicopter is green. I repeat: green. -- nm - Chief Wiggum Jun 7, 23:36
  - That occured to me as well. -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 21:13
- The Getaway. -- nm - Jnine Jun 7, 20:51
- Stuck inside these four walls Sent inside forever Never seeing no one nice again like you Mama you, mama you -- nm - peglegpete Jun 7, 20:48
YYYEeEEESs!!!!!! -- nm - budice Jun 7, 20:40

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