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Good lord, did everyone take a long lunch? C'mon! -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 10:19
hmm, where is mop? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 25, 10:19 1
- Stalking Steve Jobs' transplant doctor for more information -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 10:19
Sad about Farrah, but I have a question to excercise your creative juices. Let's roll this sucker. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 10:10
I met Farrah thru Billy Gibbons of ZZTop. What a fun day that was! Sweet, sweet girl. RIP. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 25, 10:05
Sad and somewhat creepy story of a girl who isn't growing or aging. -- (link) - mara Jun 25, 09:58 7
- Weapon XII -- nm - Max Jun 25, 10:17
- She's going to be so hot when she's 130. nm - Dignan Jun 25, 10:10 1
  - it would be really weird if she develops breasts though -- nm - zork Jun 25, 10:13
- heh, i posted on facebook and my brother replied "she's a vampire." -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 10:09
- crazy stuff. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 10:06
- I saw this the other day. The family comes off strangely in it, but then I suppose who wouldn't? -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 09:59 1
  - Yeah, it sounds like they're pretty normal, given the circumstances. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 10:06
there's a truck/bus outside my window that has a backup signal that sounds identical to the Aliens motion tracker - prayformojo Jun 25, 09:53 1
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RIP Farrah -- nm - inargunzargun Jun 25, 09:53
RIP Farah Fawcett. -- nm - Samara Jun 25, 09:52 3
- so did they manage to get married before she passed? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 25, 09:55
- ahh. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:53
- heaven just got more nipples. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 09:53
ooooh, my gmail weather is awesome looking (we just had a thunderstorm...) -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:43
So when (if) HSX comes back, the URL will still be hsx.com right? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:43 2
- Try http:/hsx-dev.com/ -- nm - BAD Jun 25, 09:57
- no. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 25, 09:43
mmmm, let's do a lunch poll because mine was so yummy... -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:38 29
- sushi - it was delish. -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 10:07
- It's been decided. Cedars Deli. Mmmm, shawarma. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 09:53
- duck on rice with cabbage and choy -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 25, 09:52
- Meeting a buddy. Still deciding. Recommendations will be considered. Thoughts, people? -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 09:46 4
  - Sushi -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:50
  - seal flippers -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 09:47
  - burritos -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 25, 09:47 1
    - NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! -- nm - Sub's Coworkers Jun 25, 09:51
- on my way to get taco salad. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:45
- just biting into this delicious tuna sub from this new italian deli that is awseome. nm - Jovian Jun 25, 09:42
- I had a falafel - it was great. -- nm - LMS Jun 25, 09:41 9
  - Ohhh, tjhis is a good idea. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 09:50
  - re: Pilkington - Dignan Jun 25, 09:46 7
    - I've listened to their shows from the start on XFM, he was their producer and just became part of the show. -- nm - LMS Jun 25, 09:51
    - I strongly suspect he's got Asperger's. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 09:48 3
      - Oooooh. nm - Dignan Jun 25, 09:48 2
        
        (Though I have a cousin with Asperger's who has a decent (if dated) sense of humor. nm - Dignan Jun 25, 09:51 1
        
        Had a co-worker at the last place whose son has Asperger's and I suspect she does too. Never ever laughed. - Subversive Jun 25, 09:54
    - wait, is there news on Carl that i've misssed? -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:47 1
      - No, I was asking her how much of his personality is schtick. nm - Dignan Jun 25, 09:48
- leftover tenderloin and a salad -- nm - 'lia Jun 25, 09:41
- no idea. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 25, 09:41
- Ham and sharp cheddar on whole wheat with spinach -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:40
- have not decided. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 09:39
- Yogurt and an Apple -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 09:39 2
  - that's so skimpy! -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:39 1
    - Haven't been eating good the past week -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 09:53
- I am about to get sushi. -- nm - kelly Jun 25, 09:39
- roasted squash soup with garlic croutons. mmm -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:38
You can blame the stduios all you want for pushing twist endings in the marketing, but the problem with Shyamalan is that he believes his own press. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 09:26 7
- some scrips are just not brilliant -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 25, 09:38
- So he now believes he's a hack that got lucky once? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:32
- He overdoes it with all his clever little ploys, tricks, edits and reveals. Just tell the fucking story and stop trying to be so brilliant. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:29 2
  - I get sick of how every shot has to be seen through something... through a door, through a window, etc... ugh -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:33 1
    - Just hang your film school degree on a wall like everybody else -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:36
- "What if the terrorists weren't terrorists, but werewolves from the future?" -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:29
- agreed and that's more obvious with each movie. -- nm - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 25, 09:27
I found this NPR Morning Edition story strangely sympathetic, about an unsympathetic topic: NJ Town Home To Many Out-Of-Work Wall Streeters -- (link) - con_carne Jun 25, 09:22
"I find the most erotic part of the woman to be the boobies." -- nm - Mark Sanford Jun 25, 09:22 4
- Now you know why you have 2 hands. -- nm - BAD Jun 25, 09:51
- Who doesn't??? -- nm - David Jun 25, 09:23 2
  - ty -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 25, 09:31 1
    - thank god for that -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 25, 09:37
$60.6 million for Transformers 2. - David Jun 25, 09:21 21
- *gets a bit nervous* -- nm - JaxSean's Portfolio Holding TFORM2 Short Jun 25, 09:46 6
  - I did not waiver, despite a massive urge to do so. - groiny Jun 25, 09:49 4
    - I went short only cuz I expect it to have no legs at all. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 09:53 3
      - I went short...It will be a great short once it adjusts - amoxy Jun 25, 09:55 2
        
        Me too, I figure they're going to over-estimate too. -- nm - LMS Jun 25, 09:59
        
        Who knows exactly. Every dollar yesterday only counts as 1 in HSX terms. - Will Hunting Jun 25, 09:57
  - Look on the birght side: even if it's a massive long, your port is likely gone forever so you'll never take the hit! - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:47
- I think the fun will be watching how quickly the legs collapse. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:42 2
  - Yeah, collapse INTO A FREAKING CAR!! NM - Dignan Jun 25, 09:44 1
    - hee! -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:46
- "In Blighty, pic grossed north" - what, does Lewis Carrol right for them? -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 09:33 2
  - I'm assuming it's from variety, which means they have to include a few asinine name changes and substitutions. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 09:38 1
    - Oh, I knew, I just constantly make fun of Variety jargon. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 09:39
- I'm still confused how the UK box office of $14m is 71% higher than $17.6m -- (link) - LMS Jun 25, 09:32 2
  - My expectation would be that they're talking about day vs. day since the "weekend total" can get a bit fuzzy in the UK. -- nm - David Jun 25, 09:35 1
    - "The 37-day weekend total is $35 million." -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 09:36
- Wow-ee. I still think it gets a big drop, but maybe the sellouts will help push some of the business to today and the weekend. - Jelly Jun 25, 09:25 3
  - fwiw (which isn't much) I was near two theatres earlier in the day (it's thursday night here), and the evening shows were all sold out. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 09:29
  - Unless you've shorted it :) -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 09:27 1
    - Heh, true. :) I thought about it, too. -- nm - Jelly Jun 25, 09:29
- "Those aren't ideas, those are special effects!!" -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:23
ESPN is saying Rubio goes #3, but they've also heard the Curry stuff. - David Jun 25, 09:19
Heh. A FB friend's status: "I went out last night and all the DJs played vinyl. No way!! :)" - con_carne Jun 25, 09:18
LIR: con_carne: Spoilers - lileve Jun 25, 09:16 1
- Hm, that's it? *changes grade to D minus* :-) -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:19
So, I am thinking of going back to (community) college and getting my degree. I am one class away from an Associate's (or at least I was when I - kelly Jun 25, 09:14 8
- *sigh* -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 09:45
- Liberal arts? -- nm - lileve Jun 25, 09:36
- why bother getting the papers for a job you would hate? - Andie Jun 25, 09:16 4
  - If she's just one class away, I would finish it regardless. - Subversive Jun 25, 09:18 3
    - Yeah, that's what I'm saying - the last part of your IM. - kelly Jun 25, 09:22 1
      - I think it's an effort/cost calculation you sort of have to do. - Subversive Jun 25, 09:38
    - oh, for one class, yes. but if she needs to do more... -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:19
- nursing school -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:14
Mauer++! - David Jun 25, 09:09 5
- well, Mauer is the superior defensive catcher to McCann, so it is close. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 09:21
- I'll take Yadi over both of them. nm - Jim Jun 25, 09:10 3
  - homer. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 09:20
  - Fah-reak. -- nm - David Jun 25, 09:12 1
    - Maybe I should have said, "I'll trade Yadi for Mauer. Just meet me on the corner of "Ne" and "ver"." nm - Jim Jun 25, 09:13
Unbreakable, The Village, Lady in the Water, Sixth Sense, Signs. nm - Jim Jun 25, 09:08 33
- Signs, 6th Sense, Unbreakable, Happening, Lady in the H20, Village - MDH Jun 25, 09:38
- Not bad: Unbreakable, Signs. Ok: Sixth Sense. Bad: The Village. Badder: Lady in the Water. Badder than bad: The Happening. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:15 3
  - Sixth Sense = Bad????? - groiny Jun 25, 09:36 2
    - No, he is saying Sixth Sense is OK -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 09:37 1
      - whew. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 09:38
- Sixth Sense...Signs......Unbreakable.......The Village............ - amoxy Jun 25, 09:15
- sign me up as a staunch defender of The Village... - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 25, 09:13
- Best-to-worst: Sixth Sense, Signs, Village, Unbreakable, Lady, Happening. -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 09:11 1
  - Sixth, Unbreakable, Villiage, Signs, Lady. - groiny Jun 25, 09:33
- I think it'd be easier to rank "Places I Want To Be Stabbed." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:10 8
  - #1: A Hospital, #2: Across the street from a hospital, #3: A block away from a Hospital -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 09:14 4
    - #48 Near a veterinary clinic. #63 In the driveway of a mob doctor's house. #90 In dogbert's kitchen -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 09:16 3
      - #2743 in the groin. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 09:22 1
        
        That's about 2742 spots too low for my list. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 09:28
      - This thread is amusing me. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 09:19
  - L3 -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:14
  - heh. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:11 1
    - Though I must admit I stopped being willing to even see his movies after Signs. Except Happening, which looked so awful it had to be funny. - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:13
- 6th Sense, Signsm Unbreakable...Robot Chicken MNS shorts.....The Village; haven't seen the other 2 -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 09:09
- I can understand the hatey for both, but I liked The Village. Lady in the Water is horrible writing, though. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 25, 09:09 11
  - i haven't seen LITW or The Happening yet. i'm torn on whether i should bother. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 09:14 5
    - Can you appreciate a truly terrible movie and enjoy mocking it for 90 minutes? - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:22 2
      - We turned it into a drinking game (spoiler) - Guigue Jun 25, 09:24 1
        
        God that scene in the field cracked me up... - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:30
    - Lady in the Water is billed as and really is a fairy tale. - Jim Jun 25, 09:18 1
      - I agree about LITW -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:24
  - I had one issue with lady in the Water....(spoils) - Jim Jun 25, 09:11 4
    - You even liked The Happening? -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 09:13 3
      - Honestly...I bet I do. Though, what I've heard of it sounds kinda dumb... - Jim Jun 25, 09:22
      - The Happening is so awesomely bad it becomes something else entitely, and in the process becomes highly entertaining. - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:14
      - Never mind, didn't read your initial post -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 09:13
- Unbreakable, Sixth Sense, The Village, Signs, The Happening. (didnt see LIIW) nm - Jovian Jun 25, 09:09
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Connecticut Church posts "gay exorcism" video on youtube -- (link) - MDH Jun 25, 09:06 [youtube] 3
- I don't buy it. I think the video was staged. - znufrii Jun 25, 09:55
- the dark ages was a bad time for Europe - Danedukenuuk Jun 25, 09:13
- Wow I was *just* going to post this! -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 25, 09:08
I bought my ticket to Boston tomorrow last night. Plan to go to the waterfront, park, Beacon Hill, and Harvard (most looking forward to the last). -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 25, 09:05
Pour me another. -- nm - lileve Jun 25, 09:04
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- I want to go to there -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 09:06

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