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Bery, where's the tartan shop? I thought it was on government street. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 15:45 3
- um. There's murchies and the tobacconists ... tartan shop? Oh, maybe 921 government. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 15:46 2
  - (mm, murchie's.) -- nm - b. Sep 2, 15:48 1
    - YSMM :) -- nm - Meg Sep 2, 15:49
October 2016 for Jack Reacher 2 -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 15:34 5
- Jack Reaches Further -- nm - decline Sep 2, 15:44 1
  - so if he reaches 2nd, who's boobs are they showing? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 2, 17:58
- Cruise's first sequel outside the M:I series. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 15:37 2
  - I'm glad, though. I liked the first one well enough. - Beryllium Sep 2, 15:45 1
    - yup - spoilers - Beaker Sep 2, 15:48
Yeah? Is gots a blister on my foot. I guess walking 2.5 miles on my dress shoes, 3 days in a row, was a bad idea - TRuMaN Sep 2, 15:33
Assuming sourcing is right, here's a picture, in happier times, of the 3-year-old who drowned, along with his brother (who also drowned) -- (link) - ty97 Sep 2, 15:33 1
- :( - -- nm - b. Sep 2, 15:34
lots of home runs at Fenway today. -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 15:27
vaping (well, many products used for it) linked to "popcorn lung" nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 2, 15:26 2
- it's almost as if chronic inhaling of hot organic compounds is a bad idea. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 15:30 1
  - almost. -- nm - b. Sep 2, 15:33
I'm sure Meg knows about this already. But in case not -- (link) - con_carne Sep 2, 15:00
I will watch the hell out of a Cate Blanchett/Aaron Sorkin, Lucille Ball movie. -- nm - MDH Sep 2, 14:40 2
- If he writes the script it could be Mommie Dearest level camp -- nm - jangles Sep 2, 14:46 1
  - NO, MORE CHOCOLATES! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 15:06
I'm freaking murderous. I'm dad is going around the exclusive concierge lounge of the Fairmont Empress snapping pictures with flash. - Mop Sep 2, 14:39 14
- *redirects your murderousness to the people behind the story several down* -- nm - b. Sep 2, 15:28
- Also, welcome to our first rainy stretch in three months. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 15:12 2
  - Yeah, seriously, wtf? The one downpour Victoria gets every year! -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 15:37
  - Friday and Saturday are supposed to be nice -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 2, 15:13
- make good notes. your kids will need them in 30 years :((( -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 2, 15:09
- If it's an on-camera flash without a diffuser, it's not worth using. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 15:04
- why do you hate fun mop? -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 14:54
- this described the relationship I had with my dad the last two years. - Bacon Sep 2, 14:41 6
  - Did you make mountains out of molehills? -- nm - kelly Sep 2, 14:50 5
    - My Dad got really.....hmmmm.....really weird during the last 2 years. Kind of what killed him too. - Bacon Sep 2, 15:01 4
      - And not weird enough for me to take any action. He had all his mental skills, he just chose a path less traveled. -- nm - Bacon Sep 2, 15:03 3
        
        I should watch Big Fish again. A movie I hated. When I saw it my relationship was much much more normal than later -- nm - Bacon Sep 2, 15:04 2
        
        Yeah, it might be a different viewing experience now. -- nm - kelly Sep 2, 15:14 1
        
        I will have a box of tissue handy :) -- nm - Bacon Sep 2, 15:15
Holy crap, Germany this year will accept *800K* refugees. -- nm - ty97 Sep 2, 14:39 6
- (That's 1% of Germany's population) -- nm - ty97 Sep 2, 14:48 4
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    - Of course it's a great myth that France or Germany were homogeneous to begin with. -- nm* - Reagen Sep 2, 14:54 1
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  - They've got the track record for solving these kinds of problems -- nm - jangles Sep 2, 14:49
- The UK, a couple hundred - jangles Sep 2, 14:48
Not only did Obama change its name, he also shrunk Denali by 10 feet! -- (link) - znufrii Sep 2, 14:34 6
- Okay I have to ask because I am sure it has or will happened. Has any GOP candidate said they will reinstate the name if elected? - Bacon Sep 2, 14:39 3
  - Kasich, for obvious reasons -- nm - Roger More Sep 2, 15:19 1
    - but plenty of other candidates are also douchebags and they hav... Oh. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 15:22
  - Trump (natch) -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 14:40
- Denali is less letters. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 14:36
- It's cold up there! -- nm - TWuG Sep 2, 14:35
i have a friend that needs more friends. that is all. -- nm - Andie Sep 2, 14:29 1
- is she hot? -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 14:30
So sad. A picture hit news services today (warning: disturbing) and front page of at least one paper of the body of a toddler on a Turkish beach. - ty97 Sep 2, 14:29 5
- yeah, no -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 14:38
- the photo is on their front page as well. heartbreaking. -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 14:35
- :( -- nm - kelly Sep 2, 14:32
- heart breaking -- nm - Andie Sep 2, 14:30
- (note: there are no photos or tweets in the IM. There are photos at the link though) -- nm* - ty97 Sep 2, 14:29
I'm not linking any of the recipes I found ... but a co-worker brought in a Kit Kat Confetti Cake today - OH MY GOSH - it's so effin good you guys! - JenBro Sep 2, 14:02 2
- do want -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 14:15
- Tangent: Last night I had a big bowl of ice cream before beach volleyball... It was a bad choice -- nm - con_carne Sep 2, 14:08
Article about China displaying armaments in a parade to commemorate WW2 defeat of Japan. But the graphic for top 15 defense budgets is surprising. -- (link) - Covington Sep 2, 14:01 6
- Happy VJ Day -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 2, 14:10
- Brazil was a military dictatorship until 20-30 years ago, and the armed forces still have a privileged place (which means more officers than needed, - Roger More Sep 2, 14:07
- South America countires have fought a shit-ton against each through the years -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 14:05 3
  - Not really since the 19th century though -- nm - Roger More Sep 2, 14:09 2
    - Hmm... looking more closely, the Gran Chaco War was more recent than I thought. But Brazil hasn't had a local war since 1870. - Roger More Sep 2, 14:15 1
      - The War of the Triple Alliance is one of the great "Dude, what were you thinking?" moments in history. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 15:39
The Hideous Chicago Triple Child Murder That Was Finally Solved ... After 40 Years -- (link) - Beaker Sep 2, 14:01
Gloria by Laura Brannigan is the perfect one hit wonder -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 13:58 14
- dislike immensely -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 2, 14:12 8
  - I adore this song and Laura overall. -- nm - ty97 Sep 2, 14:51
  - yeah, I kinda hate that song. -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 14:31
  - Bah! First the McDonald's breakfast craziness, now this? - IrishStephen Sep 2, 14:28 5
    - I am also against cats and dogs living together, blue colored food and chicks who wear open toed shoes and don't paint their toenails - Pippy with a bustle Sep 2, 14:32 4
      - What if they don't have toenails to paint? - kelly Sep 2, 14:49 2
        
        Do what you can! -- nm - Pippy Sep 2, 17:43
        
        What if they don't have toes? -- nm - Bacon Sep 2, 15:06
      - toad -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 2, 14:35
- there can be only one -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 2, 14:09 [youtube]
- I really hate that song. -- nm - pmb Sep 2, 14:02
- She had three top 10 hits (including Gloria). -- nm - ty97 Sep 2, 13:59 2
  - I have 2 of 3 in my music rotation. And looking for the third I just found out she died in 2004. I didn't know that. -- nm - Bacon Sep 2, 14:34
  - you take my self, you take my self control...... -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 13:59
Dean Jones obit -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 2, 13:54 19
- Question: Who does the Christian Rescue Fund rescue, and from what? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 14:18 1
  - "Persecuted Christians and Jews," I imagine mostly from Muslim countries. -- nm - mara Sep 2, 15:35
- my fave memory of Dean Jones -- (link) - Diva Sep 2, 14:07 [youtube]
- I have no idea who this person is. - groiny Sep 2, 14:00 14
  - "Double secret probation" is what these posts are making me think of -- nm - con_carne Sep 2, 14:21 1
    - that's ... a different kind of dean. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 14:21
  - he was almost as big a Disney star in the late 1960's as Kurt Russell -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 2, 14:08
  - you see Clear and Present Danger? -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 14:04 4
    - nope -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 14:04 3
      - I did see Beethoven. I guess he was in that -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 14:12 2
        
        one of those guys who has been a ton of stuff and you just don't recognize. -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 14:13 1
        
        I was looking at his page at IMDB, and there is very little that I have seen. - groiny Sep 2, 14:14
  - You haven't seen The Love Bug? -- nm - Covington Sep 2, 14:03
  - The Love Bug? Snowball Express? -- nm - jangles Sep 2, 14:03 4
    - nope and nope. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 14:03 3
      - Blackbeard's Ghost? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 2, 14:10 2
        
        nope -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 14:10 1
        
        The Million Dollar Duck! I enjoyed that as a kid, Siskel & Ebert apparently hated it. -- nm - Max Sep 2, 15:12
- a shame, I loved the Disney movies he was in -- nm - crash davis Sep 2, 13:56
If there were no religions we'd come up with some other damn excuse to be assholes to people we don't want to include in the definition of "us" -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 13:54 9
- Sure, but they wouldn't have a divine authority. nm - Dignan Sep 2, 14:38 4
  - People can have ideologies that are not religious. Ideology + certainty + "the ends justify the means" thinking can create plenty of evil. -- nm - mara Sep 2, 14:54 1
    - Of course. But certainty is enhanced by the belief it is divinely inspired. nm - Dignan Sep 2, 15:24
  - They'd invent something else. -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 14:42 1
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  - Makes the ideas stickier, for lack of a better term. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 2, 14:22
- I've read alot about the Crusades....and shit could be a whole lot worse... -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 13:54
- I think there was a Star Trek episode about this. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 13:54
"I’ve been doing this for more than 30 years so I’ve perfected various tricks for planting in thick organic matter." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 13:53
I also want to know if that rib shack ran out of food when JJ and Wilfork stopped in to eat. -- nm - crash davis Sep 2, 13:53 1
- Did you see the video of Wilfork showing up to camp in nothing but cowboy boots and overalls? - IrishStephen Sep 2, 14:31
This will end well -- (link) - Covington Sep 2, 13:52
Bery, I think Blanchett is a wrong choice to play Lucy -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 2, 13:47 29
- I betcha Carey Mulligan could do it in 15 years. My choice would be Annie Potts 20 years ago. -- nm - Max Sep 2, 14:52
- Wouldn't she be perfect? -- nm - Loyola Sep 2, 13:53 10
  - I think she'd be an interesting choice as Lucy was a blonde bombshell actress in her early years -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 14:05 9
    - she did a perfect Hepburn. -- nm - mud Sep 2, 14:09 8
      - That's what I was thinking. She was terrific in the Aviator. -- nm - Loyola Sep 2, 14:20 7
        
        God I hated that movie. (Probably nothing to do with her performance, though.) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 14:21 6
        
        hating Scorsese movies is not allowed. It is known. -- nm - mud Sep 2, 14:41 4
        
        I liked The Departed and Gangs of New York and maybe a few others -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 15:03 3
        
        If you liked Gangs then your standards for liking Scorsese movies are pretty low. -- nm - Roger More Sep 2, 15:21 2
        
        Is it better if I mostly only liked a single character? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 15:30 1
        
        I don't think I remember anything about that movie than Bill the Butcher. And maybe the opening scene with Liam Neeson - Roger More Sep 2, 16:01
        
        I liked it alot. For its scope, especially. -- nm - Loyola Sep 2, 14:27
- they'll give it to Emma Stone -- nm - Andie Sep 2, 13:51 10
  - I'm not against that. She's got a goofy streak that could play. - Will Hunting Sep 2, 14:00 9
    - Stone is something and can look the era but I don't think she'd capture the brassy voice of Lucille. -- nm - Max Sep 2, 14:45
    - I think Emma would nail the comedy and Blanchett would nail the early hollywood stuff for sure. -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 14:08 1
      - so they should do it like that dylan biopic -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 14:10
    - She'd be on the podium. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 2, 14:03 1
      - yup -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 14:04
    - We just haven't seen it yet. I think Blanchett can play anyone. (Besides, it'll be a dramatic role. Bits like "Lucy stomping grapes" will be brief) -- nm - Roger More Sep 2, 14:03 2
      - this. Lucy was an uncanny businesswoman and a trailblazer in lots of different ways. I'd like to see Blanchett portray those sides of her. - Diva Sep 2, 14:16 1
        
        yah; and I think she can do the comedy nicely, too. -- nm - b. Sep 2, 15:30
    - Say whaaaaat? -- nm - Carol Burnett si Sep 2, 14:01
- For loosi? Christina Hendricks -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 2, 13:51
- Tina Fey -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 13:50 1
  - Idris Elba. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 13:51
- Who would you suggest? I vote for Tilda Swinton. - Beryllium Sep 2, 13:50 2
  - i'm not sure who is the right actress, but she is totally wrong -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 2, 13:53
  - Someone suggested Debra Messing, which would work visually but maybe not so much for other aspects. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 13:51
All I can imagine anymore during this season of Hard Knocks is the Texans' coach's wife cringing each episode that is aired. - crash davis Sep 2, 13:47 4
- They said during the last game that there is a 'daytime' version of the show that is censored. - GregW Sep 2, 13:53
- I eagerly await his press conferences when the losing starts -- nm - jangles Sep 2, 13:48 1
  - "No f-----g comment, got that f-----s?" -- nm - crash davis Sep 2, 13:49
- he's a big old swearin' swearer. -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 13:48
"Canadian music stars Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger have announced their separation" - Beaker Sep 2, 13:47 3
- Man, we're going to get *two* shitty albums about this. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 13:55 1
  - what if one of them (most likely Avril) starts dating Taylor Swift? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 14:19
- they said they remain "the best of friends". - Beryllium Sep 2, 13:49

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