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South Carolina governor is apologizing for his unexplained absence. "I was in Argentina." huh, weird, but okay. "having an affair." *headsmack* - Max Jun 24, 11:32 6
- *and* the woman is married with two kids?? -- nm - Max Jun 24, 11:37
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  - If he adds "...with a 15 year old boy" we'll have the Trifecta. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:37
- Yeah, I was just about to post that the other shoe has dropped. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 11:35
- I've totally written off the whole concept of free will. -- nm - mara Jun 24, 11:34 1
  - But was that your choice? -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 11:36
More MLB trivia. Since the beginning of last season...Albert Pujols has come to the plate with the bases loaded 10 times...guess his average? -- nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:27 15
- spoiler - Jim Jun 24, 11:31 6
  - How many intentional walks? -- nm - psilotum Jun 24, 11:33 3
    - none in those 10 ABs. :) -- nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:34 2
      - Would you, in that situation? -- nm - psilotum Jun 24, 11:35 1
        
        yes. every time -- nm - CQ Jun 24, 11:36
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  - Wow. -- nm - Jelly Jun 24, 11:31
- 1 -- nm - CQ Jun 24, 11:30 1
  - *ding* -- nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:31
- .750. Guessing probably two walks/sacrifices or something like that. -- nm - Jelly Jun 24, 11:29
- I should actually change that...in his last 10 appearances stretching back into last year. Sorry. -- nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:29
- .400 -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 11:29
- on his roid cycle or between cycles? -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 11:29
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  - higher -- nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:29
I'm gonna watch the U.S. soccer team get punished. I hope Torres score 4. -- nm - CQ Jun 24, 11:25 1
- Reminding us that we have a soccer team punishes the U.S. much more than our team losing -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 11:28
ST Quiz: What is the largest number of films nominated for Best Picture Oscar in a single year? -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:21 8
- 10 -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 11:23
- 15? -- nm - Max Jun 24, 11:23
- 12? -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 11:22 5
  - *ding* -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:23 4
    - In 1935 and 1936 there were 12 Best Picture Nominees. The winners were: It Happened One Night and Mutiny on the Bounty, respectively. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:25 3
      - yet only 3 nominees for director/actress/actor (in 1935 anyway) -- nm - Roger More Jun 24, 11:28 2
        
        And 8 Sound Recording Nominees. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:30 1
        
        well, it was new back then -- nm - Roger More Jun 24, 11:37
I thought summer was supposed to be warm. wtf? -- nm - CQ Jun 24, 11:19 14
- We're having great weather! -- nm - Vermin SI Jun 24, 11:35
- It will be 104 here today...Hot enough for you? -- nm - amoxy Jun 24, 11:32
- we're at 30*C (that's 87*F) -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 11:25
- Has it really been that cold up there? (We've had temps in the 80s and 90s for the last few weeks.) -- nm - kelly Jun 24, 11:25 4
  - it's not cold cold, but 66 now and damp and drizzly. -- nm - CQ Jun 24, 11:26 1
    - and it has rained every day of June and most of May. -- nm - CQ Jun 24, 11:28
  - Cold. And wet. As fuck. - TFox Jun 24, 11:26 1
    - That sucks. It looks like we're getting some decent weather tomorrow though, so hopefully that helps. -- nm - Jelly Jun 24, 11:28
- 95F at lunch. And the AC in Amy's car is out until next week. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 11:23
- currently 97F and climbing to above 100F, how 'bout I send some of our hot weather your way? -- nm - 'lia Jun 24, 11:23
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- I feel like we suddenly moved to Scotland. -- nm - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 24, 11:21 1
  - seriously. I know I'm pretty much surrounded by water, but man -- nm - CQ Jun 24, 11:24
- We're getting a good enough dose of it. I'm off for a game of golf soon. -- nm - Loyola Jun 24, 11:21
MLB Trivia, Odd Factoid Edition: The Cardinals have not had a left-handed *starter* record a Win since June 2006. - musubi Jun 24, 11:17 6
- Another odd factoid...the Cardinals had a pitcher record a 2-hit shutout against the Mets since the 70s. nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:23
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  - Yup. (nm) - musubi Jun 24, 11:35
  - This has to be it. -- nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:22
- Ankiel? -- nm - CQ Jun 24, 11:19
- Bud Smith? -- nm - David Jun 24, 11:18
Posit: Dano's 2nd five for last year is generally a stronger slate of films than the actual nominees. - TFox Jun 24, 11:17 2
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  - Yup. I wouldn't have accepted a list from last year without Slumdog and Benjamin Button on it. -- nm - Jelly Jun 24, 11:21
And the oscar for best film never to win an award for the period of March-April 2007, is!...................*suspense* -- nm - Loyola Jun 24, 11:10 4
- And the Oscar for the best picture with the letter Z in its title goes too...... Zoolander! -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 11:20 3
  - *cries, runs out of room* -- nm - Z Jun 24, 11:21 2
    - *cries even harder* -- nm - The Wizard of Oz Jun 24, 11:23 1
      - I'm just happy to be nominated -- nm - Zardoz Jun 24, 11:24
I don't understand this notion that "Oh, now a nomination won't mean as much." On the contrary, I think a nomination might now mean more. - con_carne Jun 24, 11:09 13
- I think what was well discussed before/after the last oscars was what best picture actually means. - Loyola Jun 24, 11:18
- More always dilutes the few -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 11:17 2
  - Not if the few were bought and there was no real competition to begin with. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 11:19 1
    - you will end up with more tentpoles nominated not less -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 11:22
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  - Being a nominee can now mean more than "Look, I beat the Weinsteins!" -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 11:17 3
    - they'd been pretty absent from Shakespeare in Love until last year. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 11:18 2
      - They blew their wads on Chocolat and needed time to recover. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 11:18 1
        
        also they got booted from their own studio. The Weinstein Company still doesn't have much juice in terms of getting screens. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 11:20
- How would a nomination mean more when there's more of them? - Will Hunting Jun 24, 11:11 2
  - Because now we can look beyond the ones that star Philip Seymour Hoffman -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 11:14 1
    - Why would we want to do that? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 11:17
- Or, heaven forbid, some foreign language films. -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 11:09
1995 would be a good year to add five: Toy Story, Usual Suspects, Heat, Twelve Monkeys, Before Sunrise -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 11:08 7
- why? would that change who won? -- nm - zork Jun 24, 11:10 6
  - Hey... - lileve Jun 24, 11:28
  - I think yes. The overwhelming number of choices to nominate may not push voters, but when they suddenly see the list of 5 I bet many regret it. - Max Jun 24, 11:14 2
    - I bet there were a lot of people last year wishing they had gone ahead and cast their Dark Knight or Wall-E vote. nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:15 1
      - Or they didn't vote at first because they hadn't seen them, but they then go see the nominees after the announcement. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 11:17
  - It really could have, imo. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 11:12 1
    - Sure it could have. People who felt these were better films than the nominees could now vote for them, instead of an also-ran. - Jim Jun 24, 11:15
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- ... at the same time. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 11:11
- *note to self: No longer refer to Joseph Brooks as "prolific".* -- nm - The Academy Jun 24, 11:08
The Onion predicted the future of razor technology. Maybe they will predict the future size of the oscar nominee list. - Beryllium Jun 24, 11:05
i expect a 1-5 movie will win anyway. this is money (ad) driven considering they recently also changed to accept studio advertising -- nm - zork Jun 24, 11:03 7
- I wonder how the director of a 1-10 film will feel when he's not nominated for best director. - Loyola Jun 24, 11:07 6
  - There is often one difference between the 5 Picture Nominees and the 5 Director Nominees. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:12 3
    - If they went from 5 to 6...not that huge a deal....a doubling is knee-jerk change. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 11:13 2
      - Everyone does a top 10 list at the end of the year though. It's not an absurd number of films to consider as "the best". -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 11:16 1
        
        It's not absurd, but it is a 100% increase from generations of precedent. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 11:18
  - Good point. Let's do 10 nominations for directors too. -- nm - AMPAS Jun 24, 11:09 1
    - *Sues you for discrimination* -- nm - SAG Jun 24, 11:11
We needed an Alliance Brothel Lia -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 11:02 2
- ...and you've decided to make yourself alliance pimp-daddy? - 'lia Jun 24, 11:05 1
  - Well if Mel wants to give me a title that is up to him. *flips red light switch* we are now open!! I also have a few studs for the ladies -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 24, 11:08
If they has done this last year, a film like Australia would probably have been nominated. - Loyola Jun 24, 11:00 3
- I doubt that, given how much money plays into the noms. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 24, 11:05
- Last year had a pretty strong 2nd tier with Wall-E and Dark Knight. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 11:00 1
  - Yeah. WALL-E, The Dark Knight, The Wrestler, Doubt, Revolutionary Road, Frozen River, would all have been in consideration. - Callisto Jun 24, 11:07
My Guesses for the "Other 5 Nominees" if last year had 10: Changeling, The Dark Knight, Doubt, Wall-E, The Wrestler -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 10:59 10
- Do they do 2 sets of voting for this? Like...a vote for the nominees and than another vote for the winner? Anyone? -- nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:02 3
  - After the nominees are chosen, it's a clean slate and then they vote again. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:03 2
    - In that case...this could change everything. Last year could have been totally different. More... - Jim Jun 24, 11:05 1
      - The nomination procedure is also done with a preferential voting system, not with a straight number of votes. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:08
- No love for Delgo, huh? -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 11:00
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  - Changeling is Clint and got three nominations including a major category (actress) and a 2nd tier category (cinematography) -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:02 2
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      - No writing nomination for Rachel. It only got Hathaway. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:29
  - I agree with this post. -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 11:01
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- Oh, I don't think it's a guarantee it will work. I just feel missing out on The Dark Knight last year pushed them over the edge. - Inigo Jun 24, 11:02
- It would be very interesting if they turned it into a top ten show by revealing the vote counts. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 10:59 3
  - better yet, start with 13 nominees, and vote one off every week... -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 11:03 1
    - each week would have a different theme - cinematography, supporting actress, etc -- nm - Roger More Jun 24, 11:05
  - I was wondering if a countdown show for Best Picture would work. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 11:00
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Tru, your workshop should be in a non-crystal town. (nm) - musubi Jun 24, 10:56 10
- it is in a crystal town, I had pillaged crystal in another town, so I spent it on the research. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 24, 10:58 7
  - You don't have an optician in your crystal town? - musubi Jun 24, 11:02 6
    - wait... - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 24, 11:03 5
      - Sort of. Opticians discount the ammount of crystal needed to "buy" researches. - musubi Jun 24, 11:05 4
        
        Hmmm...never thought of this. Thanks. -- nm - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 24, 11:16
        
        sure, but why would I wait and use up 7hrs of transport time? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 24, 11:08 1
        
        Depends on the level of your optician. It it's high level, that's a lot of crystal that could pay for other upgrades. - musubi Jun 24, 11:14
        
        Which should all be in your crystal town. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 11:07
- Why? - Will Hunting Jun 24, 10:57
- Errr, that should be "shouldn't be in a non-crystal town". - musubi Jun 24, 10:57
ST Poll -- If they split up the 10 best film nominations by half-year, which 5 movies from the first half of this year would get nominated? - znufrii Jun 24, 10:55 9
- Because I loves me some animation, I nominate Coraline. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jun 24, 11:11
- serious answers - Trek, Up, Away We Go, maybe State of Play? -- nm - Roger More Jun 24, 11:01 3
  - State of Play was majorly awful. -- nm - Loyola Jun 24, 11:02 2
    - You just made my Bonehead list. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 11:24
    - was well reviewed on RT (and here) -- nm - Roger More Jun 24, 11:02
- watchmen and oscars should never be in the same sentence. except for that one. -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 10:59
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- Imagine That -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:57
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop -- nm - Roger More Jun 24, 10:57
IDCITWAP: This site has been making the rounds of sports blogs, pretty funny stuff (link) - musubi Jun 24, 10:54
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- We want Brent! We want Brent! We want Brent! -- nm - amoxy Jun 24, 10:54
- Knowshon!!! -- nm - Jim Jun 24, 10:52 6
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    - I'm sitting #4 in the Blood Fued...so pribably no chance of me getting him. - Jim Jun 24, 10:55 4
      - There may be a shot. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 24, 11:03
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        Well, that would be awesome. I'd love to be able to get my boy out there. nm - Jim Jun 24, 11:03 1
        
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