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New? Where the Wild Things Are trailer -- (link) - Dano Aug 6, 16:50 23
- I haven't read the book. This looks weird and totally uninteresting to me. - CovingtonCat Aug 6, 17:09
- How long is this movie? I read this to my son every couple of weeks before bed and I am curious to see how he stretches it out. Certainly what I have - HdnAgnda Aug 6, 17:06
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  - Tim Burton maybe? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 17:00 10
    - Chris Columbus, Guillermo del Toro -- nm - Max Aug 6, 17:07 3
      - Del Toro. For all the violent acts I have seen in movies the scene in Pan's with (spoils) - HdnAgnda Aug 6, 17:11
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      - yep. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 17:08
    - No - he would have made it too fanciful. The use of costumes and more practical effects make it work IMO. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 17:02 2
      - I'm the opposite I think. The monsters look FANTATIC, but placing them in the "real" world... - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 17:03 1
        
        I agree that the monsters look fantastic... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 17:08
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      - I missed the Lovely Bones trailer...I'll tron it. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 17:07 1
        
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- Is it just me or does this look like it could be a big movie? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 16:57 3
  - It's a beloved book & it looks like he knocked it out of the park. Opens in mid October so it will have to be able to stick around to get the Holidays -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 17:01 2
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      - Pearl Harbor...2nd best action trailer ever. - Mel Profit Aug 6, 17:19
- I'm seriously beginning to think Best Picture Oscar. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 16:55 3
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  - It really does seem to get at something... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 16:59
  - Or it could be HR Pufinstuf -- nm - Elvis Aug 6, 16:55
I am going to get lunch with a girl that I dated 3 years ago (dated for 2 months). We stayed friends and all that. - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 6, 16:49 4
- if she were a guy friend, would you pick him up, or fall over laughing? -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 16:56
- Hello there back-up plan! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 16:54 1
  - Hmm...he should have one of call him about 40 minutes in with an "emergency". - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 16:57
- Don't pick her up. -- nm - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 16:54
Old Dogs looks awful. $200M easy. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 16:47 1
- My beef is not with you, old woman! -- nm - Max Aug 6, 17:03
blah, I have a dentist appt at 8pm tonight -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:31 7
- that seems really really late. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 6, 16:33 6
  - *shrug* it was all they had that worked for me. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:34 4
    - (I originally had a saturday morning appt, but had to cancel to take care of wedding stuff ...) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:40 3
      - actually, no, I had to cancel to *go* to a wedding. That's what it was. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:40 2
        
        so is tonight the wisdom teeth stuff then? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 6, 16:58 1
        
        no, that's next thursday afternoon. tonight is just a cleaning. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 17:04
  - seriously. 8pm yikes. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 6, 16:33
By the way, I highly recommend "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" - really well made documentary that just came out on video this week (also on Netflix - Don Homer Aug 6, 16:30 2
- isn't that the one that has Brian Dowling in it? - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 16:35 1
  - yes, the Yale QB. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 16:46
Sharon Stone topless on cover of Paris Match (NSFW) -- (link) - CovingtonCat Aug 6, 16:29
Dawson: I think she doesn't like you much -- either - Old Antarctic Explorer Aug 6, 16:24 1
- I think she's just figure out he's not that in her. Her MySpace page has turned from a shrine to Jack to... something less than a shrine. -- nm - Mop (face it, the scale says 240 lbs) Aug 6, 16:31
Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch has undergone surgery for his cancer and is recovering. -- (link) - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 16:22 1
- Sounds like it might have been slightly metastatic. I hope they got all of it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:24
OMG, I just learned that one of my college friends has never seen Ferris. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 16:18 5
- I missed the boat on most of John Hughes' films until around the 90s -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 16:20 4
  - there is no expiration date on Ferris! -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 16:20 3
    - My first thought when I saw ty97's post was that this was about 90s ska band Save Ferris. - con_carne Aug 6, 16:22 2
      - and the name of the band came from... -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 16:23 1
        
        Exactly. I did not know this either. :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 16:26
SITWAP: Another Obama portrait from Los Angeles street poster artist Shepard Fairey. This time on the cover of Rolling Stone. -- (link) - con_carne Aug 6, 16:18
According to an e-mail I just got, Windows 7 will be become available to campus as of Aug 7th. Checks calendar... *spit take* - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 16:18
Chicago Day 1 report - JD Aug 6, 16:05 7
- You know Indie Rock has come into its own when they start playing festivals with Snoop Dogg :-) -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 16:15
- Sounds like a good first day. I assume you walked around Millenium Park a bit. It's nice there. - pmb Aug 6, 16:08 5
  - We did indeed wander Millenium Park which is very cool -- nm - JD Aug 6, 16:14 4
    - Now go to Navy Pier and ride the ferris wheel. - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 16:18 3
      - Perhaps on Monday -- nm - JD Aug 6, 16:19 2
        
        I was suggesting now because the view from the lake west is great around sunset. -- nm - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 16:28 1
        
        Oh, one othe suggestion, too late for today. The Cultural Center. - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 16:30
I just realized, these big deaths happen only when I leave ST for a few hours. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 16:02 6
- There's a pattern! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 16:04
- so you're saying that you have no alibi? :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:02 4
  - She was with Tom Selleck. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 16:18 1
    - Pfft. I'm not going to fall for that, that's the oldest trick in the book. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:20
  - I ... huh. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 16:13 1
    - (I've been following @WriteRCastle on twitter too much) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:13
Pure Pwnage is getting a TV show in Canada. -- (link) - Mop (face it, the scale says 240 lbs) Aug 6, 16:00
"You can now use Pay Pal as a method of payment if you have an Xbox LIVE account in the US" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 15:59 2
- what? who says this? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 6, 16:17 1
  - Major Tom! ... no, the other one. Major Nelson, on Twitter. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:20
*KABOOM* -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 15:50 8
- I loved that game on Atari. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 15:53 5
  - Play it now. -- (link) - Mop (face it, the scale says 240 lbs) Aug 6, 15:54 4
    - It's not the same without the paddle wheel. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 16:02 1
      - * plays on a 13" b&w tv * -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 16:02
    - When I tried to find it, I got this instead :( -- (link) - Dano Aug 6, 15:54 1
      - Not. Cool. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 15:56
- Splitting the atom again? -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 15:52
- whoop, there it is! -- nm - marvin. Aug 6, 15:51
Upper Deck doesn't do baseball any more? Yikes. -- nm - David Aug 6, 15:50 26
- yes they do. I have 2009 cards in my store right now. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 15:56 17
  - PTI says Topps has exclusive rights to baseball from now on. - David Aug 6, 15:57 7
    - Upper Deck apparently just re-upped their mlbpa deal though, so technically they could put out player cards... - Ender Aug 6, 16:05 1
      - hmmm....I wonder if by doing that they'll do more autograph cards -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 16:08
    - check your gmail. I did not see that news. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 15:59
    - (but he also sells hockey cards) - Don Homer Aug 6, 15:58 3
      - HEY! I'd kill for a decade's worth of Upper Deck hockey sets (or - epsecially - Parkhurst). -- nm - Mop (face it, the scale says 240 lbs) Aug 6, 16:16
      - That's good. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 15:59 1
        
        heh. That never gets old. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 16:00
  - Starting next year, MLB and Topps reached an agreement to make them the only licensed company. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 15:57
  - pusher man! -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 15:56 7
    - I just sent him a file of the prices I can do on boxes. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 15:59 6
      - I cannot believe you just did that. Do you offer alcoholics booze, too? -- nm - David Aug 6, 16:04 2
        
        The first one's free. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 16:13
        
        if I can get thier money heck yeah! -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 16:06
      - for a second I felt bad about calling you that, but you changed my mind. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 16:00 2
        
        glad I could correct you. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 16:00 1
        
        now you're asking for it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 16:02
- I realize they were just the bellweather, but I still hold a bit of a grudge against them for starting the ruin of sports cards. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 15:51 7
  - Remember Score brand? They started the year before UD. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 15:58 1
    - Score had a very hot Lindros rookie card...I had 3 and then his head went to mush -- nm - J Aug 6, 16:03
  - When I was seriously collecting, they were the only decent brand. - David Aug 6, 15:53 4
    - yep, they were pretty much the only cards I even looked at -- nm - J Aug 6, 15:57
    - I remember when the 85 Topps McGwire (Olympic Team) card was a big deal. - Don Homer Aug 6, 15:56 2
      - There was one year around 1990 when Bowman didn't produce much and it wound up making the cards insanely valuable. -- nm - David Aug 6, 16:00 1
        
        I think I had Score, Topps, and Bowman cards ... - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:02
Sector 0 0 1 -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 15:45
Two things: We already have the tank going unused. And we already have fish. - TWuG Aug 6, 15:42 3
- And where did those other fish go? ;) -- nm - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 15:48 1
  - In the 35 gal in the basement office. -- nm - TWuG Aug 6, 16:13
- i had a fish tank in my room as a kid and i loved, fwiw. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 6, 15:45
dawson: twittering it would be less safe, so you'd have to be more careful. However, you'd get more people fawning over it. I think that's what Mel is - Beryllium Aug 6, 15:41 19
- not necessarily less safe, as i replied on b2. lir. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 6, 15:44 [Backboard]
- I sincerely think ST is JD's perfect medium - con_carne Aug 6, 15:43 4
  - Not to mentions that we have some ability to translate the drunken posts. - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 15:45
  - pixie should write a movie wherein Jack lands on Twitter, takes it by storm, and gets all the partying NY celebs fawning over his posts and stories :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 15:44 1
    - Christian Slater can play Jack... it could be a sequel to Pump Up the Volume. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 15:51
  - seriously. - znufrii Aug 6, 15:43
- (ST's only marginally safer, being a somewhat isolated community in the wilds of the internet ... but google still indexes us.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 15:42 12
  - What does this mean? - con_carne Aug 6, 15:48 3
    - if his twitter account is "hot_tranny_mess", then yes. (It's on the second page of results) - Beryllium Aug 6, 15:50
    - I thought that was someon else. -- nm - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 15:49 1
      - Sure, but he is the one who says it :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 15:51
  - that frightens me somewhat... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 15:45 7
    - I called it "Dr. Stalk" for a reason ... truthfully, google sucks at indexing us, it's not very comprehensive. But it's enough to be wary. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 15:47 6
      - I think, just for me now, that it's good to be aware that while this is our own lil corner of the 'nets... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 15:49 5
        
        No Mel is an island. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 15:52 2
        
        If I become insanely wealthy I will be. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 15:55 1
        
        Isle of Mel, in the Ocean of Profit -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 16:00
        
        It's healthy to remember that. And also to recognize that it's always been true. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 15:51 1
        
        what really frightens me is the idea that someone could get to the material when I was Jack's age... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 15:54
groiny, give me a kiss, you big stud -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 15:41 3
- meet my samurai dildo! nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 15:42 2
  - Don't samurai commit suicide with their swords? -- nm - Redmond on a phone Aug 6, 15:48
  - Is that your latest tattoo? -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 15:44
I demand we roll back to B2! I made two good jokes just as we rolled! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 15:39 7
- You mean board id 3774? -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 15:44
- I couldn't find them. - the liioulu with questions Aug 6, 15:41
- that seems unlikely. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 15:40 1
  - Girl, you know it's true. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 15:41
- B2 from 2001? - groiny Aug 6, 15:40 2
  - that was another poster, mopp. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 15:41 1
    - The Moops. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 15:41
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- Why doesn't it do like all the banks and just ignore the elephant in the room? If you don't foreclose, it's not a loss, it's an asset! - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 15:41
We gotta stop checking the internet. They're dropping like flies!! -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 15:38
Check out my dependent variable. -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 6, 15:38 [flickr] 4
- Looks kinda like matt damon. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 15:43
- That boy's gonna play in the big leagues. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 15:39
- That is one cute deduction -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 15:39 1
  - It was either that one or "I'm statistically significant!" - Don Homer Aug 6, 15:42

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