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Neil Gaiman is divorced? I had no idea. - David Jun 10, 09:43 19
- He's been divorced for a few years, I believe. The dog is his. He's still friends with his wife and is now dating Amanda Palmer. - TWuG Jun 10, 09:47 11
  - I don't know who Amanda Palmer is. I thought she died on Twin Peaks. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:51 7
    - That's Laura Palmer. -- nm - lileve Jun 10, 09:57
    - Meail may be into that. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:52
    - Lead singer of The Dresden Dolls -- (link) - TWuG Jun 10, 09:52 3
      - love her. - Mel Profit Jun 10, 09:57
      - thats a scary lookin woman -- nm - Guy Jun 10, 09:53
      - And she's bi, too. -- nm - TWuG Jun 10, 09:53
    - YSMM -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 09:51
  - See? It's not weird at all to be on friendly terms with your ex. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 09:49 2
    - Don't compare your completely deranged relationship with your ex to his. - TWuG Jun 10, 09:50
    - L2 -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:50
- Supposedly dating Amanda Palmer -- nm - lileve Jun 10, 09:47
- You should read the Enquirer. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:44 5
  - Yeah, I'm not going to do that. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:45 4
    - or Heidi MacDonald's "The Beat" column -- (link) - Remlik Jun 10, 09:51 3
      - So, do they have adjacent crypts or what? -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:54 2
        
        I'm sure it's all Tea and Crumpets for them. -- nm - Remlik Jun 10, 09:54 1
        
        That picture looks more like heroine and meth. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:55
ika gripe. Three sets of 24 ships coming to buy goods. - Spawn Jun 10, 09:42 6
- I often have to micro-manage this. I wait for one fleet to arrive, then quickly restock in anticipation that the next fleet is buying the same. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:50 3
  - But 3? I need my lunch!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:50 2
    - Yeah, that's different. And the same number of ships? They all must be coming for the same thing. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:53 1
      - Last time I tried that, I was wrong. - Spawn Jun 10, 09:57
- And I hate that it works that way in reverse, too. - con_carne Jun 10, 09:46 1
  - And see, I have 12,000 wine for sale. Logic would dictate thatthey are all coming for that. - Spawn Jun 10, 09:52
As far as a Cars sequel goes, Cars was a so-so boxoffice performer but the merch has done gangbusters. So, yes, the push for a Cars 2 is tied to the - TWuG Jun 10, 09:41 4
- Maybe not "short shrift", but new characters and storylines will be put in with merchandising in mind. - Inigo Jun 10, 09:53 1
  - True, but if any studio can make a purse out of a sow's ear, it'd be Pixar. -- nm - TWuG Jun 10, 09:55
- They ares *still* making new toys. Keep seeing stuff we have never seen. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:43 1
  - Yep...Mater is a huge character for new animation; they had a new short of him with Nemo on Sunday night. - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:44
MFOX freaks over AJOLI comparison because she is way hotter -- (link) - zork Jun 10, 09:37 9
- honestly, did any of you read this? that exchange sounds far-fetched even for a crazy Lohan type. - Guy Jun 10, 09:48
- Her E! True Hollywood Story is only about 18 months away. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:44
- oy, bar none. it's like she's trying to make me think less of her. -- nm - mafic Jun 10, 09:41
- if a National Enquirer 'spywitness' reported it - it must be true! -- nm - Guy Jun 10, 09:41 1
  - lies, all lies! -- nm - John Edwards Jun 10, 09:43
- No way she'll ever be hotter than Anji. nm - Jim Jun 10, 09:39 1
  - word to the IM -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 09:40
- She needs to partake in her own version of Gia; let's find out for certain. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:38 1
  - until then...it's all just talk from Fox as a pretender to the throne. - Mel Profit Jun 10, 09:41
con_carne from B2: Cars 2 - Inigo Jun 10, 09:37 2
- I don't doubt aby of this. As TWuG suggests, I was quibbling with your suggestion that that's "all" it is. - con_carne Jun 10, 09:48
- 2nd only to Toy Story on merchandising (if even that). I wonder how DVD sales fared. - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:45
Question: Anyone here have any decking done in composite material? - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:35 7
- nano horizons supplies nanosilver to some decking companies for inclusion in composite decking. it's antimicrobial so no mold. - crabs love mandy lane Jun 10, 09:45 3
  - Who are you? :) -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 09:52
  - I love that you know stuff like this. -- nm - TWuG Jun 10, 09:51 1
    - I worked for them, you know. I know way too much about nanometals. ask me sometime about nanocopper as a cosmeceutical. I could go on for days. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 10, 09:53
- My dad did our deck in Trex a couple years ago, didn't have any complaints. - znufrii Jun 10, 09:41
- We've had these decks for a long time and I've never had a client call to submit a claim ( I'm an insurance agent ) - if there were some issue - I - JenBro Jun 10, 09:41
- Didn't know about the lawsuits but I'm fond the convenience. - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:40
LYC: they were giving free product out at the train station this morning -- (link) - zork Jun 10, 09:35
I have a hump day story that I've been saving since this weekend. - Guy Jun 10, 09:32 14
- Proper reaction to this: Step back, pull out iPhone, snap away. Also... - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:50 1
  - i got the sense that he was... - Guy Jun 10, 09:52
- where were you hiking? -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 09:44 6
  - Forest Park -- nm - Guy Jun 10, 09:49 2
    - Nice. - znufrii Jun 10, 09:52 1
      - cool. Gorge is great - endless options. Silver Falls is nice too. never heard of Ecola though. - Guy Jun 10, 09:55
  - Walmart -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 09:45 2
    - How you doin'? -- nm - Greeter Jun 10, 09:55
    - L3 -- nm - zork Jun 10, 09:46
- do you feel dirty for being used like that? heheh - Beryllium Jun 10, 09:35 4
  - reminds me of the time ... - zork Jun 10, 09:44 3 1
    - L5! that's a great story -- nm - Guy Jun 10, 09:46 2
      - i think my post should have gone right under yours instead of Bery's. Anyway, yeah it was memorable - zork Jun 10, 09:51 1
        
        ive enjoyed the same activity in a different park. certainly isnt uncommon around here. - Guy Jun 10, 09:57
Kanye West and Lady Gaga are touring together, oh lord - MDH Jun 10, 09:30 4
- maybe some day she'll tour with Katy Perry and Britney Spears instead -- nm - Guy Jun 10, 09:37 1
  - Except for her Vegas song, Katy Perry annoys me -- nm - MDH Jun 10, 09:41
- Further info, they will perform together during the show in one long set. WTF? - MDH Jun 10, 09:31 1
  - I actually think that could be interesting, if it's well rehearsed. -- nm - Subversive Jun 10, 09:37
This is old and maybe already discussed, but I keep looking at with such sadness -- (link) - ty97 Jun 10, 09:23 15
- i find it interesting that cities like Flint suffered this same fate 2 decades ago to much less outrage -- nm - Guy Jun 10, 09:35 5
  - See also...Lowell, Mass. - Mel Profit Jun 10, 09:45
  - Does Flint have abandoned 40-storey highrises? That's just creepy. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:40
  - It's a function of size. Detroit was once a major city. - pmb Jun 10, 09:37 1
    - what im getting at is that - in hindsight - cities like Flint were rather like a foreshadowing -- nm - Guy Jun 10, 09:39
  - Detroit is Detroit. Flint is Flint. - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:37
- Check out this site if you're really wanting to feel the pain. -- (link) - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:28 1
  - I actually think that forgotten detroit misses its mark somehow. like, I would like to see before and afters from a site that showcases the city. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 10, 09:41
- There was a pretty good story on NPR a copuple weeks back on why Detroit has been unable to capitalize on its music history for tourism - con_carne Jun 10, 09:25 6
  - The fact that are knocking down Tiger Stadium baffles me. - ty97 Jun 10, 09:29 4
    - *pees on history* -- nm - Yankees Jun 10, 09:37
    - It's been vacant for 10 years. -- nm - pmb Jun 10, 09:36 2
      - I get that. But why no preserve it and use it for good? - ty97 Jun 10, 09:51 1
        
        cheaper? -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 09:53
  - Why should that bother anyone? -- nm - Liverpool Jun 10, 09:27
What I learned on B2: the next time I want to start a fight on ST...slam Pixar... -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 09:17 3
- The subtler approach is to list all the Pixar films in your order of preference -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 09:18 1
  - Heh -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 09:19
- There's easier ways than that...though I won't list examples. nm - Jim Jun 10, 09:18
Gwaa and I fought an epic battle on Ika-org last night. - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:16 6
- I'm getting itchy for a big battle. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 10, 09:17 5
  - flick you asshat! -- nm - Tyler Jun 10, 09:19 4
    - I'm thinking it's about time for another go with him. - Mel Profit Jun 10, 09:24 3
      - is he in another Alliance now? maybe best to let sleeping dogs lie, especially with GOLD nipping at us -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 09:26 2
        
        GOLD is random stuff I am sure. - Mel Profit Jun 10, 09:27 1
        
        On the org side, our annoyance is elvis. His alliance kicked him out, and he joined a new one. I spoke to their leader and they kicked him out too. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:54
oh, pixie. - Callisto Jun 10, 09:15 3
- Billy Crystal's unfunny ass alone knocks it to the bottom of the pile - dug Jun 10, 09:20 1
  - You're just so sad in so many ways. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:43
- You are wise. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:17
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- So...best pick available....bullshit. They had a deal already worked with the kid. - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:16
Heh. I just got an e-mail from American Airlines entitled "Low Fares To Great Beaches" - ty97 Jun 10, 09:11
Woman throws out mattess with $1M in it and Goodwill auctions 2 donated paintings (Federico del Campo) for $134,000 -- nm - zork Jun 10, 09:06 3
- paintings linky -- (link) - zork Jun 10, 09:07
- mattress linky -- (link) - zork Jun 10, 09:06 1
  - heh "there has been no comment from her mother" that slays me. -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 09:22
so we get a "pay czar" for bailout funds just when the banks are at the point of being ready to pay the gov't back? - dug Jun 10, 09:05 3
- Not all the banks are ready to repay the bailout funds. And there's also some question about whether the ones who are able to should be allowed to -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 09:11 1
  - Should be allowed to? - Stephen Jun 10, 09:40
- I'd far prefer a much higher tax rate for high-end incomes. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 10, 09:06
Hmmm, not sure what i think of this musical - ty97 Jun 10, 09:05
here's a link describing the Apple Vinegar Kit Kat for all you sickos -- (link) - Guy Jun 10, 09:04 10
- Really, could it be any worse than Filet O Fish? -- nm - HdnAgnda Jun 10, 09:11 1
  - ~/Give me back that Filet O Fish. Give me that fish/~ -- nm - Jim Jun 10, 09:16
- I'd try it. - kelly Jun 10, 09:08 1
  - just the smell of vinegar makes me ill -- nm - Guy Jun 10, 09:17
- How long does an article have to be to state: - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:05 5
  - It has to be better than tuna mayo pizza. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 10, 09:45 2
    - that doesnt sound that bad, really. you put mayo in tuna sandwiches. same basic ingredients -- nm - Guy Jun 10, 09:51 1
      - Neither thing belongs on pizza. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 10, 09:59
  - I promise I will give a full report here when I get my hands on some. In fact. I just remembered my wife's friend works in Foreign Service in Japan. - HdnAgnda Jun 10, 09:09
  - "The surprising thing about this is that it's really not bad. " -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 09:08
Speaking: One of my sprinkler heads broke this morning. I had a fountain in my front yard. - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:03 3
- Came home a couple weeks ago to a fountain blasting out of the side of the house... - Jim Jun 10, 09:04 2
  - Geez. Is there a shut-off for that? -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:10 1
    - Yeah...just shut off the water to the system and it's good. - Jim Jun 10, 09:16
E! "Breaking News" is that Kendra is pregnant? - JaxSean Jun 10, 09:02 4
- Is this wrasslin'? -- nm - Diva Jun 10, 09:08 2
  - Only in men's fantasies. - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:09 1
    - heh-heh : ) -- nm - Diva Jun 10, 09:09
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LIR, Kelly, KitKats -- (link) - ty97 Jun 10, 09:01 [Backboard] 6
- See, I think a lot of those sound yummy. - kelly Jun 10, 09:06 1
  - I really want to try the cantaloupe - ty97 Jun 10, 09:08
- "Kelly Kit Kats" - what JaxSean read Jun 10, 09:02 3
  - Why am I picturing Kelly in black fishnets and a top hat, like a cabaret act? -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:04 2
    - ~OOOOPA DOOOOPA!!~ -- nm - Will SI Jun 10, 09:06
    - (more than usual) -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 09:04
well, that didn't take long. Letterman beats Conan for the first time -- (link) - dug Jun 10, 09:00
Poll. If a machine existed that could assess the state of your physical body at this time and from that determine with a good degree of accuracy when - HdnAgnda Jun 10, 08:59 9
- I'm a doctor dammit, not an engineer -- nm - Dr. Leonard McCoy Jun 10, 09:15
- Barring any unown condition (heart defects etc) we all already know what we should and shouldn't do to extend our lives. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 10, 09:09
- I don't think so, but I bet Estate Planners would sponsor such a machine's marketing. - JaxSean Jun 10, 09:04 1
  - And insurance companies would have a field day. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jun 10, 09:06
- Our habits have a lot to do with it too, though -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 09:02
- "Don't make plans for tonight." What the hell does that mean? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:01 1
  - Uh-oh! *Starts doing jumping-jacks but keels over from too many* Well isn't that ironic? -- nm - HdnAgnda Jun 10, 09:03
- Don't f*ck around with the time-space continuum. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 10, 09:00 1
  - Dude you just did by saying time-space instead of space-time. Oh no!! - HdnAgnda Jun 10, 09:05
Limp Bizkit to perfom at UFC 100 -- (link) - Remlik Jun 10, 08:59 2
- shut it, con_carne! -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 09:01 1
  - :) -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 09:03
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- Also: the correlation between ML posting and a board sucking is nearly 100%. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 10, 09:00 1
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mmm . . . bebe -- nm - dug Jun 10, 08:58 2
- I do love her - ty97 Jun 10, 09:04 [Image] 1
  - hubbity hubba! -- nm - dug Jun 10, 09:04

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