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James Franco, Russell Crowe, IM Global team on Scott Rudin's 'Blood Meridian' -- (link) - LMS May 5, 10:12 8
- darkest novel I've read. -- nm - mud May 5, 10:15 1
  - definitely -- nm - decline May 5, 10:19
- Thanks! The news hasn't broken on the other site yet. -- nm - Roger More May 5, 10:15 4
  - I'm going to go leak this so Pippy can't get in on to the initial jump at 12:01am HSX time. -- nm - Will Hunting May 5, 10:19 1
    - And ...done. -- nm - Will Hunting May 5, 10:24
  - Cannes announcements are going to keep me busy and it hasn't even started yet. -- nm - LMS May 5, 10:17
  - Still listed as a Concept. -- nm - GregW May 5, 10:17
- It's OK, people. James Franco is just directing. But Ryan Reynolds is acting! -- nm - Mop May 5, 10:15
Team Iron Man for me -- nm - eag May 5, 10:11 1
- You will feel the first of my totalitarian might! -- nm - Mop May 5, 10:15
It also goes to the nature of the disaster - Reagen May 5, 10:08
"Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media" <-- This is a thing that exists. -- nm - Mop May 5, 10:08
~4 donuts and counting...~ -- nm - Diva May 5, 10:07 3
- speaking of donuts, this place has the best name ever.... -- (link) - groiny May 5, 10:25
- So jelly you got Hamilton Tix - been seeing interviews & articles - did not know the connection to "Heights" - so cool! -- nm - JenBro May 5, 10:09 1
  - hi honey! -- nm - Diva May 5, 10:13
Nintendo will not even do a Nintendo Direct for E3. Well, there you go. Nintendo is effectively taking the rest of the year off it seems -- nm - Qale May 5, 09:54 5
- Did you see my post earlier about how the rumour is that the NX will use cartridges instead of optical discs? -- nm - Shaun May 5, 10:20
- "We won the war against Sega, not realizing that Sony and Microsoft were the real enemies all along!" -- nm - Hitler reacts in the bunker May 5, 09:56 3
  - My Own Worst Enemy cause every now and then I kick the living shit outta me -- nm* - Qale May 5, 09:57 2
    - Hey? Maybe silly question, but did your car insurance have comprehensive included? It might pay water damage ... - JenBro May 5, 10:12 1
      - I didn't have full coverage because it is a 11 yr old car with 250k miles. Bawww. -- nm - Qale May 5, 12:05
Shane Black talks The Nice Guys (and more) on this week's The Treatment -- (link) - mr. sassafras jeans May 5, 09:53
Mark Hamill has confirmed that alternate opening for SW:TFA. -- (link) - ML May 5, 09:51
oh dear . . . urinating teen showers Vegas tourists from zipline -- (link) - mr. sassafras jeans May 5, 09:48 2
- that's golden ... -- nm - call me Ishmael May 5, 09:51
- I'm surprised people aren't throwing up on tourists -- nm - Pippy May 5, 09:49
#DogsAtPollingStations has been the highlight of my day. -- (link) - LMS May 5, 09:41
WTF is an Amazon Dash button? -- nm - znufrii May 5, 09:39 7
- From how I understand it, it's for people to lazy to ask Alexa to reorder something, or to get on their phones/computer and order something. Just push - JaxSean May 5, 09:41
- out of something like laundry detergent? hit the button and it comes to your door. -- nm - CQ May 5, 09:40 2
  - Seems cumbersome to need one for each thing you buy. -- nm - znufrii May 5, 09:42 1
    - Amazon helpfully provides other methods of purchase here at http://www.amazon.com -- nm - ML May 5, 09:50
- Amazon's newest way to separate you from your money -- nm - decline May 5, 09:39 2
  - Do they have one for beer yet? -- nm - CQ May 5, 09:41 1
    - that is the greatest idea ever -- nm - decline May 5, 09:47
So do you put your disaster stuff in a bag, so that it's easier to carry, or something else? - volnelk May 5, 09:36 2
- Ours are in backpacks (in case we have to walk) but those are inside of plactic totes (in case we can drive). -- nm - landbeck May 5, 09:37 1
  - That makes a lot of sense. Thanks. -- nm - volnelk May 5, 09:41
Happy Cinco de Mayo ST! -- nm - JenBro May 5, 09:35
Moved up to 201! But H$80m behind 199. - spamlet May 5, 09:34
Happy birthday Redmond! -- nm - kelly May 5, 09:32 18
- Hope you have a great baconlicious day! -- nm - Strongbad May 5, 10:21
- Bacon Bacon Bacon Bacon Bacon Bacon -- nm - amoxy May 5, 10:15 1
  - baked beans, spam, spam, and spam ... -- nm - call me Ishmael, in a quaint littleBritish eatery May 5, 10:22
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist May 5, 10:12
- Happy bday -- nm - eag May 5, 10:04
- happy bday!! -- nm - Diva May 5, 10:04
- cheers! -- nm - mud May 5, 10:02
- Happy birthday, Redmond! Pro tip: wish yourself a lousy birthday! -- nm - David May 5, 09:52
- oh happy day ! -- nm - call me Ishmael May 5, 09:51
- Happy birthday, newest Pittsburgh Penguins fan! -- nm - Will Hunting May 5, 09:48
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline May 5, 09:46
- Happy birthday, Redmond! Woo hoo! -- nm - Krusty May 5, 09:40
- Happy, Happy!!! -- nm - Meg May 5, 09:38
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet May 5, 09:36
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JenBro May 5, 09:35
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Pippy May 5, 09:35
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 May 5, 09:33
- Don Homer!! -- nm - Beaker May 5, 09:32
today's interview: matt h. I pre-love him. poll: how will I feel about him after interview? -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 5, 09:29 4
- "There are 6 pizzas for 8 people, is that enough?" - spamlet May 5, 09:35
- "What would you say your daily caloric intake is, Matt? Just ballpark number" -- nm - mr. sassafras jeans May 5, 09:33
- you'll want to have his babies -- (edited) - decline May 5, 09:30 1
  - I think it's a cat -- nm - CQ May 5, 09:32
I've never thought of keeping an emergency bag. Will do that this weekend. - kelly May 5, 09:28 45
- this is a good wiki how link about how to build one that i bookmarked..... - x May 5, 09:39
- First time I heard the term "go bag" was when Mac gave hers to Maggiein the Boston Bombing episode of the Newsroom -- nm - JenBro May 5, 09:38 1
  - my go bag came from Patton Oswalts in Justified. -- nm - groiny May 5, 09:39
- if anyone cares - this is what is in ours - Andie May 5, 09:34 34
  - do payphones even exist anymore? And where's the booze ? -- nm - decline May 5, 09:48
  - suggestion: add a roll of ducttape to go with the electrical tape...aren't payphones a quarter now? Some granola bars wouldn't go wrong either -- nm - Beaker May 5, 09:47 8
    - oh, there is plenty more i could have, but, i figure this is okay (and still easy to carry) -- nm - Andie May 5, 09:51 5
      - (I'm more adding stuff as I think of it for mine now so it is all in one place :) (good list)) -- nm - Beaker May 5, 09:52 4
        
        and they were just giving away backpacks with Coors Light too so that will be a nice holder for all this. sweet -- nm - Beaker May 5, 10:03 1
        
        I'm adding some post-its and a memory stick too -- nm - Beaker May 5, 10:08
        
        :) the big one i don't have is water. -- nm - Andie May 5, 09:53 1
        
        we always had 2 big jugs set aside in a closet. Flashforward a couple years: one of them let loose and water everywhere -- nm - Beaker May 5, 09:58
    - payphones are 50 cents. but they take dimes. :) -- nm - Andie May 5, 09:50
    - pair of scissors -- nm - Beaker May 5, 09:49
  - i'm supposed to have an earthquake survival kit handy, i guess - mr. sassafras jeans May 5, 09:46 3
    - Sassafrass Jeans? -- nm - JenBro May 5, 09:47 2
      - Kimbecile . . . -- (link) - mr. sassafras jeans May 5, 10:02 [youtube] 1
        
        Ahhhh -- nm - JenBro May 5, 10:08
  - Great pack! I want to do a blog for our insurance web page about "Go Bags' - there are some cool sites with great packing tips for fitting things into - JenBro May 5, 09:43
  - if the civilization goes to shit, the last thing I am worrited about is TP. -- nm - groiny May 5, 09:40 3
    - you say that now, but wait till you are trading blow jobs so you can use something other than poison ivy to wipe your butt -- nm - Beaker May 5, 09:42
    - it's not for, like, the apocalypse. - Andie May 5, 09:41 1
      - I am not exactly in forest fire area, or tornado area, or hurricane or erathquake central.... - groiny May 5, 10:17
  - Nice. -- nm - znufrii May 5, 09:40
  - Bring an extra sock. Once Americans start moving up you won't have any working pay phones. Put the roll of dimes in the sock and use it as a weapon - Covington May 5, 09:39 5
    - *blinks* i had no idea you were this BAD ASS!!! -- nm - JenBro May 5, 09:46 3
      - I just had a steroid shot. Watch out! -- nm - Covington May 5, 09:57 2
        
        He's on the JUICE!! -- nm - Pippy May 5, 10:02 1
        
        Right? -- nm - JenBro May 5, 10:13
    - don't need the dimes. fill the sock with sand, it's just as effective....nm - x May 5, 09:44
  - I would mock you, but then something would happen and Karma would be like, "Dontcha wish you had Andie & Dave's emergency pack?" -- nm - JaxSean May 5, 09:39 2
    - i really don't think i'll ever need it. but you never expect to, you know? - Andie May 5, 09:40 1
      - it's really good to have one... - x May 5, 09:42
  - That's a *great* pack. Actually, I need to add some phone chargers to ours. -- nm - landbeck May 5, 09:36
  - what are those crazy end-of-the-world preparers called ? -- nm - decline May 5, 09:35 3
    - Doomsday Preppers. That show got cancelled I think when 50% of the subjects got put in prison -- nm - Beaker May 5, 09:43
    - it's a really small bag. honestly. it's just if you had to spend a night or two in an evac place, it would be better with a few basics, you know? -- nm* - Andie May 5, 09:36 1
      - (basically, it's a day pack. the one i use for baseball is bigger.) -- nm - Andie May 5, 09:45
- It's always a good idea to think about what you would grab if you only have ten minutes. If prepared beforehand, it will be instinct in the moment. - Name Withheld by Request May 5, 09:32 4
  - We have our "grab if tornado" list and that is the beginning of the evacuation list. -- nm - spamlet May 5, 09:44
  - I can pack for a week in 10 minutes. -- nm - JaxSean May 5, 09:39
  - guns, porn, booze....nm - x May 5, 09:35
  - My plan has pretty much been "grab the kid and the insulin". Not worried about the dog bc he's up our asses 24/7. No way he won't be following us out. - kelly May 5, 09:34
- and make sure to have lots of snacks - decline May 5, 09:30 1
  - And games/toys for ... well, yes, Will, but you know. -- nm - landbeck May 5, 09:34
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- (link) - ML May 5, 09:24 7
- Fracking!! -- nm - Pippy May 5, 09:47
- According to "Berk Biryol, a seismologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill" so, you know... -- nm - Mop May 5, 09:40
- The Rock is our only hope! -- nm - Beaker May 5, 09:32
- doom song -- (link) - Capstern May 5, 09:28 [youtube]
- Everybody east of the Mississippi? Your f*cked. -- nm - decline May 5, 09:28
- Florida's going to have a snap-site? -- nm - Will Hunting May 5, 09:27
- i question that science. -- nm - Andie May 5, 09:27
Alberta goverment issues update: - Andie May 5, 09:21 9
- Is that a 7 digit phone number? -- nm - Mop May 5, 09:35 1
  - 310 is a government toll free exchange. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 09:48
- Saw an interesting Tweet that merits some discussion: 80,000 people moved out of a city in hours. No deaths, shootings, injuries, looting. #Canada - Name Withheld by Request May 5, 09:29 6
  - There have been some reports of looting, FWIW. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 09:50 1
    - Those must be fresh. There was nothing on Google News. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 5, 09:57
  - "no shootings"? Even in Alberta, that's a low bar. -- nm - Mop May 5, 09:37
  - um, there have been recent pre-hurricane evacuations of millions of people in the US that have gone smoothly -- nm - decline May 5, 09:32 2
    - I suppose that is correct. The mind just runs to the instances where it broke down. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 5, 09:33 1
      - that's cause Canadians are all negative nelly's -- nm - decline May 5, 09:40
Somehow, my wife is getting worried because I'm hosting a derby party. She has zero to do for it. - CQ May 5, 09:21 6
- Women! Am-I-right? -- nm - Mop May 5, 09:40
- Just tell her to get a hat. -- nm - JaxSean May 5, 09:36
- If she didn't divorce you already for the Coors Light, you're fine -- nm - mr. sassafras jeans May 5, 09:30 2
  - psssst. She likes Coors Light too! -- nm - CQ May 5, 09:31 1
    - Oh honey -- nm - mr. sassafras jeans May 5, 09:32
- tell her that derby parties throw themselves. all you really need is bourbon....nm - x May 5, 09:23
#TeamSquirrelGirl -- nm - Reagen May 5, 09:19
*whispers* Bush really did do 9/11. Run with that -- nm - CIA May 5, 09:18 1
- Stop it! Don't encourage him! -- nm - NSA May 5, 09:22
Ok storms you can go away now. -- nm - sycor May 5, 09:18
if i'm the houston rockets, i am launching an all out assault for frank vogel.....nm - x May 5, 09:18 2
- heh, I was about to reply, "Or the Kings." -- nm - Spawn May 5, 09:18 1
  - yeah, i'd say if houston doesn't come calling he should just go the thibodeau route..... - x May 5, 09:26
If you have not seen Ant-Man but are seeing Cap 3, watch this. -- (link) - Spawn May 5, 09:16 [youtube] 8
- hmmm not sure that helps - try searching for something like (spoilers?) - Capstern May 5, 09:21 3
  - Uhm, it helps quite a bit considering. Also, a point I believe is left out of B2 talk is that Scott Lang was (spoil) - Spawn May 5, 09:25 1
    - got it thought it was more about why the falcon/antman thing is funny -- nm - Capstern May 5, 09:27
  - like this -- (link) - Capstern May 5, 09:22 [youtube]
- But that's just a scene from Civil War. -- nm - Mop May 5, 09:20 2
  - That was the post credit scene of Ant-Man. -- nm - Spawn May 5, 09:25 1
    - Budgets are tight on a $150million movie. Gotta cut corners somewhere. -- nm - Mop May 5, 09:34
- thanks! -- nm - mud May 5, 09:18

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