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The EW list is completely invalid based upon its exclusion of Blair Witch and The Hitcher. *ducks* -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:36 9
- I don't watch many horror movies. Not my thing. But I saw BLAIR, and it scared the shit out of me. -- nm - Mop Oct 28, 08:38 3
  - The list tells me that I watch more of them than I think I do, but BLAIR made an absolute wreck out of me. -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:39
  - Yup -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 28, 08:39
  - ditto -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 28, 08:38
- Ducks. Now that was a little known but scary as hell movie. I think the tagline was 'Birds of a feather kill together.' -- nm - The Legend of Sleepy Hdn Oct 28, 08:37 1
  - I love it! Give me a 2 page write-up by Friday! -- nm - Hollywood Producer Oct 28, 08:39
- The Hitcher is one of the few movies where I thought the remake and the original were equally good -- nm - decline Oct 28, 08:37 1
  - I didn't see all of the remake, but what I did seemed solid. Sean Bean doesn't miss. -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:40
- I might agree, -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 08:37
Does this make any sense? - kelly Oct 28, 08:35 8
- Mine always has given a huge discount if you buy stuff direct in bulk. Like if you have a regular medication. -- nm - Amy Oct 28, 08:39
- so, you get them for free if you order 3 months at a time, from the company that does pump supplies? - colin Oct 28, 08:39 1
  - Yep. - kelly Oct 28, 08:41
- Sadly, yes. -- nm - All Hallows' Deeve Oct 28, 08:37
- Yep, that makes sense. I mean, not like in actual sense, but in health insurance benefit terms, absolutely,. -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 08:37
- Perfectly, unfortunately. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 08:36
- Yes, it's called "corporate reach-around" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 08:36 1
  - no, it's called "leveraging existing relationships." -- nm - hippie mafic Oct 28, 08:39
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- Our local daily has been striking for two weeks and I can't say I miss it too much, but I honestly wonder what the business model can be going forward - Name Withheld By Request Oct 28, 08:37 2
  - bloggers? :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 08:38 1
    - As one of the most well-read political bloggers in the province...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA - Name Withheld By Request Oct 28, 08:41
Free television time - just give a speech somewhere 5 times a day. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 28, 08:31 3
- Has ST discussed Nader's Guinness run? 321 10-minute speeches to at least 10 people at a time on a single day? -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:34 2
  - I could say that Ralph's become a joke, but then someone would point out that this happened to him a long time ago. -- nm - Mop Oct 28, 08:36 1
    - He's gone plaid -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 08:37
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- I'm going basic. -- nm - Halloween cAndie Oct 28, 08:30
- I know me too - I need something different. -- nm - All Hallows' Deeve Oct 28, 08:29 4
  - Divisection? -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:37
  - The Diva Wears Prada -- nm - Roger Morbid Oct 28, 08:35 2
    - Or Divabolique -- nm - Roger Morbid Oct 28, 08:36 1
      - This one's interesting... -- nm - All Hallows' Deeve Oct 28, 08:37
let me just go on record as believing that consumer confidence is an almost useless metric.... - x Oct 28, 08:28 5
- C'mon. It's a reflexive metric, like TV ratings. Better than "## think that we're in a recession," anyway. -- nm - Mop Oct 28, 08:35
- Consumers certainly appear to think the sky is falling," - ty97 Oct 28, 08:31
- No surprises there. - ty97 Oct 28, 08:30
- "Consumer confidence dropped from 64.3 to Q..." -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 08:29 1
  - The Calvinball of social sciences... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 28, 08:30
Grrr. Left 13 points on the bench in Astronauts and 10 points in Jockstrap at QB - kilboooo Oct 28, 08:21 3
- Why would you go and do a foolish thing like that? - Spawn Oct 28, 08:26 2
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    - Lets not get DLC. My 5-3 record is respectable, at least. - Spawn Oct 28, 08:33
"Ky-Lar was my mate!" -- nm - Worf Oct 28, 08:20
finally watched A Scanner Darkly - pretty good, had some great druggie scenes, weak ending. - colin Oct 28, 08:18 8
- it was all about the military-industrial complex, man! -- nm - hippie mafic Oct 28, 08:23 5
  - My mystery novel went sadly awry. It was geologist on geologist crime. -- nm - Amy Oct 28, 08:24 4
    - any cannibalism? -- nm - hippie mafic Oct 28, 08:31
    - it metamorphized on you? -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 08:28 1
      - I bet it was going to be called "ultramafic" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 08:28
    - Sounds igneous. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 08:26
- Yeah, this is where I think I fall on the movie. I left thinking, "That was cool, but what was it saying?" kinda thing. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 28, 08:19 1
  - i just enjoyed the little things, like the scene with the bike ("why's it an 18 speed?").. didn't try to take too much commentary away from it. -- nm - colin Oct 28, 08:31
In fairness to myself: scary movies were banned in my house, completely. I didn't really get to start catching up until college. - TFox Oct 28, 08:16 6
- Catch it on cable - AMC runs it just about every other weekend it seems -- nm - decline Oct 28, 08:27 2
  - Is it pretty much the same watching it like that? -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 08:27 1
    - yeah, the cable version is barely cut up - decline Oct 28, 08:32
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  - It sort of backfired, in that I thought those kind of movies were way scarier than they actually are. - TFox Oct 28, 08:26 1
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EW's top 20 scariest movies of all time (link) - Jovian Oct 28, 08:14 10
- John Larroquette narrated Texas Chainsaw Massacre! you learn something every day. -- nm - Halloween cAndie Oct 28, 08:31
- I didn't remember that Poltergeist was realized a week before ET -- nm - amoxy Oct 28, 08:30
- *loves the shot they chose for Se7en* -- nm - con_carne Oct 28, 08:19
- 1 of 20 is one of the most overrated movies of all time IMHO (great book, one of his best...) -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 28, 08:17 4
  - dont make me fight you! The Shining is the best horror movie ever made. nm - Jovian Oct 28, 08:23 3
    - Just imagine how much better it woulda been without Jack being 'Jack'. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 08:35 1
      - Ooh, if it had starred Peter Fonda instead of Jack? Me likee. -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:38
    - I couldn't make it half way through that movie twice, until I saw the final scene, and then I thought "that's it?" Not scary any more. -- nm - Max Oct 28, 08:30
- And here is a list from boston.com, which is ok, but kinda sucky b/c it has some ridiculous omissions. -- (link) - TFox Oct 28, 08:17 1
  - #32. Session 9 - I watched this one night at around 2 am by myself and it scared the bejesus out of me -- nm - decline Oct 28, 08:21
For Canadians: Canadian Tire is testing out selling groceries at two Ontario stores....(link) - Walt_Disney Oct 28, 08:11 4
- They really need to change that name. -- nm - Mop Oct 28, 08:32 3
  - My niece calls it "Canadian Strawberry". -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 08:37 1
    - That's totally what the logo looks like -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 08:39
  - How about "Canuck Tire"? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 08:34
dude from NB only Beaker has heard of throws hat in ring for Liberal leadership -- (link) - Reagen Oct 28, 08:07 9
- LeBlanc is a wild card. Can't win this time out because the Libs aren't going for unknown quantities this go-around, but look for him in the future. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 28, 08:11 5
  - I realize it's not their power base, but man should they ever try for a western leader one of these times. -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 08:21 3
    - first you have to find a grit west of thunder bay. it's a pretty short list. - hippie mafic Oct 28, 08:29
    - I tend to agree, but it's not the Liberal way. Compare how the Tories tried to work the east (and Quebec) with their conventions...Meanwhile... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 28, 08:25
    - How about Keith Martin :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 08:24
  - I agree with this post. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 28, 08:14
- yeah, haven't heard of him...now get ole Frank McKenna in the race and we'll talk ;) -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 28, 08:10 2
  - Do you read The Calgary Grit's blog at all? He had a run down of "Frank McKenna Should Run" stories going back to 1989! - Name Withheld By Request Oct 28, 08:13 1
    - What if Pat McKenna ran? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 08:24
Election Day is a week from today!! - con_carne Oct 28, 08:04 3
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- I'm hoping that all the people waiting 8 hours to vote now means election day has no lines. -- nm - JCVDano Oct 28, 08:17
- Next Tuesday cannot arrive quickly enough -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 28, 08:10
You know, for someone who loves scary movies, I have some ridiculously glaring omissions in my have-seen list. - TFox Oct 28, 07:55 40
- so yea, in this order: watch Jaws, The Thing (Carpenter's), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Donald Sutherland one), and then Hellraiser. nm - Jovian Oct 28, 08:12
- Hellraiser's not a comedy? Interesting -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 28, 08:10 1
  - It isn't that far removed from Evil Dead. If Clive Barker had any sense of humor whatsoever he could have a hearty laugh at his little emo self. -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:15
- Watched Videodrome on acid when I was in High School. Worst decision ever. - Jovian Oct 28, 08:09
- When I was 7 we were supposed to go see Superman IV, but it was sold out. We saw Jaws IV instead. I didn't get back in a pool for _years_. -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:09 4
  - When I was 5 my parents took me to Jaws with them. I cried for entire 2 hours -- nm - decline Oct 28, 08:11 1
    - It's not your fault, decline. It's not your fault. *grasps decline by the face* It's not your fault! -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:13
  - I'm more surprised that you didn't go back in a movie theatre for years -- nm - Roger Morbid Oct 28, 08:09 1
    - To my little mushy pea brain, anything with Michael Caine was high art. -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:11
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a great film. - colin Oct 28, 08:08
- long live the new flesh....nm - x Oct 28, 08:05
- Watch Jaws #-D first... -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 28, 08:05 1
  - 3-D -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 28, 08:05
- You're in for a treat - con_carne Oct 28, 08:03 2
  - The Thing still scares me. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 28, 08:05 1
    - :( -- nm - Ben Grimm Oct 28, 08:06
- I think I saw Jaws. I saw one of them, at least, who knows which one. -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 08:01 1
  - IMO, there's only one. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 28, 08:04
- dude... -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 28, 08:00
- How do you live with yourself? Go rent Jaws, Invasion Hellraiser and the Thing. -- nm - ST Supreme Leader Spawn Oct 28, 07:59 1
  - nods. -- nm - decline Oct 28, 08:00
- Jaws?? That's something I'd more expect from a ty97. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 28, 07:57 1
  - I'm sure if he sees it he'll hate it too. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 28, 08:00
- You've never seen Jaws? - Will Hunting Oct 28, 07:57 11
  - That is th emost shocking. That is a movie that I will stop and watch whenever it is on. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 08:01 10
    - ditto...I can't not watch it. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 28, 08:10 4
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      - At least THAT one actually IS scary. Unlike some other movies... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 28, 08:18 2
        
        Hey, it's ok. You just need superficial scares. That's Ok. They make movies for morons too. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 28, 08:21 1
        
        You'll have to send me a list of movies you've seen so I have it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 28, 08:27
    - The drunken Shaw speech is among the best scenes in movie history - Will Hunting Oct 28, 08:02 4
      - It is one of those things that if I had never heard, I think I would feel incomplete. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 08:10
      - word. -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 28, 08:07
      - "...oh and the high pitched screamin'..." - Mel Profit Oct 28, 08:07 1
        
        and then...(spoilers) - Mel Profit Oct 28, 08:14
- I've only seen two of those. - Reagen Oct 28, 07:57
- Wiw - I've seen Jaws, Robermary's Baby and The Thing, and I hate scary movies. -- nm - Roger Morbid Oct 28, 07:56 3
  - *Rosemary's* - what is wrong with me? -- nm - Roger Morbid Oct 28, 07:57 2
    - Drunk in the morning? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 28, 08:04 1
      - no, sadly -- nm - Roger Morbid Oct 28, 08:10
My frightening Halloween nick -- nm - President McCain Oct 28, 07:54 1
- My firghteninger Halloween nick: -- nm - President Palin Oct 28, 08:07
*creams for full page portfolio* -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 07:50 5
- Loss is also showing in red, and sort by release is....sorta working -- nm - Scorpion Oct 28, 07:53 4
  - still baffled by the way i'm making/losing money, since so little is moving. - colin Oct 28, 07:55 3
    - Yeah, something's rotten in Denmark. I've lost about 12 mil overall, so I'll gladly take my senseless 1.5 gain today. -- nm - emoticreature from the black lagoon Oct 28, 08:07 2
      - yep. i've lost 6M since the new HSX launch -- nm - colin Oct 28, 08:09 1
        
        down over $10 mil -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 28, 08:13
My friends, Joe the plumber didn't ask to be famous, but I flatly refuse to shut the eff up about him. -- nm - John McCain Oct 28, 07:50
LIR: Jax. I think you can kinda "trick" it into generating a subquery like this using CONCATENATE - kilboooo Oct 28, 07:49 3
- Another option that might make more sense is to use a JOIN to a subquery. I'm not sure the syntax is exact but it's more "standard" than the concat - kilboooo Oct 28, 08:00 2
  - Yeah, I'm playing with this. It didn't like Concatenate, but I'm thiking you're on to something here. Thanks! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 28, 08:04 1
    - Let me know how it works. It'll bug me unless I know it's right :) -- nm - kilboooo Oct 28, 08:14
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- major thumbs up from me. I can't stop playing it. - Remlik Oct 28, 08:19
- that's 6.22 in savings - go for it! -- nm - decline Oct 28, 07:50
Sheba, what would your idea be toward solving the issue in Afghanistan? - Will Hunting Oct 28, 07:49 14
- "McCain will nuke my goats!!!" -- nm - Afghani Goat Herder Oct 28, 08:08
- You know you've lost when you have to have your meetings in a hole. -- nm - John Stewart Oct 28, 08:03 3
  - Of course that depends on exactly how you define "lost". - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 08:06 2
    - yes. hunted into living in holes. most of your allies are dead or could turn on you at any moment...party time -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 28, 08:08 1
      - By your definition or mine, it would be defeat ... but of course our definition isn't the one that counts in this instance. -- nm - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 08:13
- Have we not been throwing money at underlings for years in Afghanistan and Iraq for years, expecting to bring them over to our side? - John McCain Oct 28, 07:57 4
  - We've made substantial progress upon realizing "Our way or the highway" isn't a method to control a populace. - Will Hunting Oct 28, 08:06 2
    - If we ever stop screaming, "We're right! Side with us against everything you've ever believed!" and actually learn about them and start saying, "Hey, - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 08:11 1
      - That's what you're saying when you bring negotiations into it. - Will Hunting Oct 28, 08:34
  - auto nick. :( -- nm - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 07:58
- troop surge! - mafic Oct 28, 07:53
- "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. " -- nm - Ripley Oct 28, 07:51 2
  - Alas, you can't kill a belief system or an idea. Not even with nukes. -- nm - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 08:01
  - C'mon, we'd only succeed in bombing that place UP to the Stone Age. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 07:51
God bless Mrs. Amanda Jones. -- nm - nubby Oct 28, 07:46 2
- she's a lot older than I would have thought. -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 07:47 1
  - she posts young. -- nm - mafic Oct 28, 07:51
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