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- No picture? Boo. How are we supposed to know if she's hot or not? -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 12:15 1
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- Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing ... -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:12 1
  - nothing in the job description or HR manual that says I can't -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:35
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY took in $11.91M on Tuesday. 5-Day domestic total stands at $117.95M -- (link) - Broot Aug 6, 11:59 13
- Your summer box office champion: Guardians of the Galaxy. Who (other than Spawn) would have thought that in January? -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 12:07 1
  - Not until the trailer. nm - Dignan Aug 6, 12:20
- not related to GOTG, just curious - MiniPoll - do you have cheaper movie tickets on Tuesday where you live? -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 12:01 10
  - Nope -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 12:04
  - our main chain still does i think. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 12:04
  - Nope. Not sure why Tuesday is always bigger than Monday. -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 12:03
  - Yes, can get them as low as $4. -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 12:03 4
    - What the... which theaters do this?! -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 12:06 3
      - AMC here in tacoma -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:36
      - here - These theaters get a lot of family traffic. All showings before 6pm for $5 -- (link) - Broot Aug 6, 12:11 1
        
        Cool, thanks! -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 12:15
  - Tues or Wed depending on the theater. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 12:02
  - nope. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 12:02
Has it been mentioned yet that former NFL QB Scott Mitchell and OL Damien Woodey are gonna be on the next Biggest Loser? -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 11:52
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- GOP. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 6, 12:05
- Unfortunately for America it'll be the GOP. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 12:05
- As crazy as this sounds coming from me, the GOP. -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 12:01
- How much of a difference will it make tho? Repubs control House, Prez is Dem. -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 11:55 9
  - healthcare reform gets kicked to the curb, the republican agenda is the only thing to get off the hill to be vetoed by obama, worse than clinton's 2nd -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:34
  - Confirmations and having 1/2 of the voting federal government vs 25% (1/2 of the 1/2) is a huge step - Will Hunting Aug 6, 12:11 3
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      - He's not the man we voted for. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 12:14 1
        
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  - Passing legislation that Obama would then veto, which they can't do now. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:56
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      - Would be nice to have a legislature that could do all of its job rather than bit and pieces. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:14
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- I'll go 51/49 D. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:52 4
  - I think that's where I am too. I think the Dems will hold on, but barely. -- nm - pmb Aug 6, 12:01
  - My question is whether the Reps gaining control would help or hurt their chances for 2016. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:56 2
    - Reps may not have qualified candidate for Prez -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 12:01 1
      - More or less qualified than Obama in 2008? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 12:23
- 50/50, Biden breaks ties. -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 11:51
- Democrats. -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 11:51
Why non-elite QBs get elite contracts -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:44 4
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  - Flacco's deal is really a 3 year $62 million contract. He'll either be let go then, or restructured. -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 11:53 1
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  - They're more insurance than anything. They're just there in case they're still good enough to employ in 2 years. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 11:50
uBeam promises wifi-like charging of your devices using ultrasound -- (link) - zork Aug 6, 11:42
My relatively short answer for Dawson from B3 about how you get over past failed relationships and dive in again is to try to take your ego out of the - pmb Aug 6, 11:40 3
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  - Well the hassel factor is really a different issue (and I totally get that too). Ultimately there I think it's just deciding that the upside of being - pmb Aug 6, 12:00 1
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Today at work we can view the transition from a molehill to a mountain. -- nm - Dano All In Aug 6, 11:37 1
- aka Wednesday -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 11:44
New study: Aspirin cuts cancer rates -- (link) - Beaker Aug 6, 11:37
Wikipedia fights back against Europe's 'right to be forgotten' -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:32
Terminator: Genisys? Really? -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 6, 11:29 2
- Is the band going to do the theme song? -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 11:43 1
  - At least the band spells it right. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 6, 11:44
ST Poll: Do you leave a radio/TV on for your pet(s) if you go away on vacation (or for any length of time)? -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 11:28 14
- we leave the TV on, not so much for the dog, but so burglers think someone is home -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:38
- Fun fact - my mother's cat loves to watch golf. if golf is on tv she run right up and sits and stares at the screen. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 11:57 2
  - when I was a kid, we had a cat that tried to be a part of hockey games -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:09 1
    - on TV, that is. Our current dog, Brody, used to jump into real basketball and soccer games. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:10
- No, because we are not crazy people. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 11:39
- No, they can't agree on a station. -- nm - mara Aug 6, 11:37
- Nope but I don't leave my pets alone for long periods of time. I have a radio on all day in the bathroom but that's for the humans. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 11:37
- nope. -- nm - decline Aug 6, 11:32
- yeah, we leave the tv on a 24 hour news station if we are gone overnight. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 11:31 3
  - Not Animal Planet? -- nm - Dano All In Aug 6, 11:38 2
    - No, there could be sounds on there that could scare domestic animals. Constant human voices is better. - zork Aug 6, 11:44
    - heh. no. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 11:41
- No. -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 11:29
- always leave the radio on for the cat when we go to the Lake or on vacation -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 11:29
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free "First in Series" books from kobo -- (link) - zork Aug 6, 11:28 2
- "the first taste is free" - Beaker Aug 6, 11:29 1
  - Almost all fo those look to be aimed at ladies. Ah well. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 11:32
I'm kind of excited about reading The Quick, by Lauren Owen, although I won't get it for another week or two. Anybody else reading it? No spoils, pls! -- nm - mara Aug 6, 11:20
Corpse of Saudi Arabian man who died after being in Sierra Leone is being tested for Ebola. -- (link) - zork Aug 6, 11:17
Jimmy Carter: Ending this war in Gaza begins with recognizing Hamas as a legitimate political actor. -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:08 3
- yeah, good luck with that. -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 11:27
- "Hey everyone. Shooting rockets and being terrorists works! Everyone should try it" -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 11:23
- Hamas needs to act like a legitimate political actor for that to happen. - TWuG Aug 6, 11:10
Former Auburn TE Philip Lutzenkirchen had a .377 BAC the night of his fatal car crash -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:04 10
- That's a level where bartenders should be sued. - David Aug 6, 11:22 1
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 11:23
- I would drink too if I had to spell that last name all the time. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 11:05 7
  - I'd love to know how many drinks over what amount of time can get a 260-pound guy up to a .377 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:12 6
    - 30 shots over the course of 3 hours would just about do it. -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 11:31 5
      - sorry, 6 hours, not 3 -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 11:32 4
        
        (without puking) -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:36
        
        basically 25 more shots than the number of hours you've been drinking. -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 11:35 2
        
        so basically 1-1/2 to 2 bottles of hard liquor -- nm - decline Aug 6, 11:39 1
        
        sounds about right. -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 11:40
to be clearer on my current academic issues . . . i've been trying to bend over backwards not to come across as pissy to these folks in the dept . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 11:00 1
- Forget emails at this point. Get on the phone. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 11:08
Added a riser to my desk to raise my monitor to be closer to eye level. I hope muscle memory adjusts quickly - TWuG Aug 6, 11:00
(lir)..Celeb BDays: Adrianne Curry(32), Marisa Miller (36), Soleil Moon Frye (38), Asia Carrera (41), Geri Halliwell (42) -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 10:48 1
- (incoming BF trade email) - Strongbad Aug 6, 10:54
Here is a question for you: Star Wars and Avengers 2 are both currently scheduled for 2015. Should Disney pu\sh Star Wars to 2016? - David Aug 6, 10:41 44
- I think JJ and Kathleen Kennedy have asked for that. but Disney has said no. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 11:31
- Depends on what all movies form other studios they can crush then. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 11:17
- Nah, they have 6 months between them and then some tentpole in 2016 already.... - Will Hunting Aug 6, 10:58 1
  - Right. SW7 needs to impress. - Mel Profit Aug 6, 11:05
- Don't know an answer to question 1. But question 2...I think this totally depends on how the films look. - Jim Aug 6, 10:57
- Screw that. I want my DIS stock to grow. A mega-year with AVNG2 and STAR7 will pad my portfolio -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 6, 10:55 11
  - This is what I was thinking (although I don't hold the stock). One huge year will push the price up more than two good years, and it will settle at a - zork Aug 6, 10:58 10
    - Only based off public perception. Disney's film studio is a very small part of their profit. -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 10:59 9
      - sure but investors will expect merchandising and other licencing to go up also. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 11:01 8
        
        Even those are teeny compared to what Disney (the network) and ESPN bring in profit. - Inigo Aug 6, 11:04 7
        
        To wit, Disney's quarterly revenue was $12.5 billion. -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:15 6
        
        If they each brought in (a big if but) $1B, that's hardly insignicant. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 11:19 5
        
        I presume you mean in box office. Keep in mind that billion dollar films are lucky to have profit margins in the range of 25%. - David Aug 6, 11:21 4
        
        FYI, from their earnings report, Media Networks and Parks and Resorts accounted for about 81% of profit for the quarter. - Inigo Aug 6, 11:36 2
        
        Interesting. I take it that it's because of inventory levels that need to be kept. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 11:40 1
        
        Not sure. Maybe they just don't make as much off each doll/figurine as we think? - Inigo Aug 6, 11:45
        
        You guys keep switching back and forth between revenue and profit. And I already mentioned that the factors you refer to will get a boost. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 11:26
- I think from a financial perspective, Disney wants the best financial year, they can. - Inigo Aug 6, 10:53 1
  - What I suspect Disney wants is a Very Star Wars Christmas in 2015. -- nm - David Aug 6, 10:55
- Considering they'd need to basically double SW3's opening weekend to top Avengers 1 - Strongbad Aug 6, 10:50 1
  - I generally agree with your logic but it isn't a one to one comparison. Sith earned $50 million on a Thursday. - David Aug 6, 10:54
- I don't see the point in pushing SW into 2016. Sure, having #1 two years in a row is good, but having the top 2 films in 2015 - TWuG Aug 6, 10:45 22
  - I agree on IM, you have 30 years worth of reasons why it can beat A2. - groiny Aug 6, 10:47 19
    - Any info out there on whether we're getting a trailer sometime this fall? Disney must have a big holiday movie of some sort it can attach it to. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 11:08 4
      - Wing Commander 2* - David Aug 6, 11:17 2
        
        Still love that game. Horrible movie though. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:23
        
        *golf clap* -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 11:18
      - Big Hero 6 would be my guess. -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 11:09
    - Avengers earned $623 million and was passionately loved. That is a huge gap for Star Wars to overcome. - David Aug 6, 10:58 12
      - Sure. But that 30 years of waiting for something good, plus all the fans of the animated/book/comics stuff, I think gives it - TWuG Aug 6, 11:02 10
        
        That's revisionist history. People applauded before, during and after the trailers for Phantom Menace. -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:18 9
        
        had the last 3 movies never came out, you would think SW was a lock to take the title. - groiny Aug 6, 11:22 8
        
        Yes and no. Kids loved them, so they will be jazzed to see more. Adults hated them and eagerly await redemption. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 11:40 1
        
        I was hoping others thought this as well. The No-Lucas factor will bring a fair number of adults back in the fold. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 11:45
        
        those 3 movies, kids at that point loved them. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 11:36 1
        
        Exactly. And they now are of age to buy tickets on opening weekend. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 11:39
        
        Well, *I* wouldn't but some would. :P -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:23 3
        
        JOSS WHEDON. -- nm - dayvid Aug 6, 11:27 2
        
        He is better than Zach. -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:32 1
        
        That's like saying a cold beer on a hot summer day is better than getting castrated. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 11:36
      - how many years apart were they? - groiny Aug 6, 11:02
    - To your IM: Absolutely. If the trailers have even a touch of the prequelness about them, that'll hurt. - TWuG Aug 6, 10:50
  - re: IM, I'd say they did something terribly wrong if SW7 did not beat Avengers2 -- nm - zork Aug 6, 10:47
  - #1 back to back years is worthless, the only reason to delay would be if you felt one would eat into the BO of the other. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 10:47
pacrat - if you are going to call in an hour, call now. the Dept Head may very well not be at his desk anyway. - Andie Aug 6, 10:39 10
- that's basically what I've been doing today in emails, asking for suggestions etc as to what i need to do at this point . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 10:51
- I can't say enough that when I was a TA, I dreaded dealing with ALL CAPS or shouty voicemail students. I would sooner ignore and hope they didn't - peggy ann m Aug 6, 10:43 8
  - i occasionally get calls here from people asking for 'the president' , and - Andie Aug 6, 10:47
  - Yeah, I can see that, but she's also pretty much failed to do her job. -- nm - TWuG Aug 6, 10:47 6
    - oh, she has. but if you want a resolution, you still need to play it right. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:48 5
      - (it depends on your priority - do you want them to know you are mad and they are wrong, or do you want it fixed? those are different things actually.) -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:50 4
        
        They are, but she may not be needed to get a fix. Hell, I'd be begging admin for a new adviser at this point. - TWuG Aug 6, 10:53 2
        
        oh, i would be calling the dept head today. i am just saying, know exactly what you want them to do before you call. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:55
        
        Her manager should be able to give her a kick without telling who ratted on her. I assume that this is not an isolated case. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 10:54
        
        *finger to nose* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 10:51
Bloomberg: Republican Civil War Costs $135 Million, Senate Odds Up -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 6, 10:38
Word. -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 10:37 2
- Have you chosen one yet? -- nm - OAE -- You Know Who Aug 6, 11:25 1
  - Oh, I have...but you probably don't want to hear it -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 11:30

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