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- "The only thing worse than the walk of shame has to be the police report of shame" - con_carne Aug 10, 08:30 2
  - My motto is: "It's never a walk of shame, it's the stride of pride" - MDH Aug 10, 08:31 1
    - It just sucks when they literally take more than they give. - Spawn Aug 10, 08:34
- Haha "How big was he?" I would've died -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 08:30 1
  - Well, as I said, I alawys took pics. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:31
- Yeah, if that happens to me I just accept that my stuff is gone and forget about the police report. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 10, 08:26 4
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  - word. -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 08:32
  - Yup. He can't remember anything anyway so he's no help to the police in finding him. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 08:30
  - Especially if I don't have a photo. - Spawn Aug 10, 08:27
The other thing that gets me about the Patrick Kane story: What, you're not leaving a tip? -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 08:22 1
- It is all very bizarre. He has seemed like a really good kid here (at least until now). The whole thing is hard to fathom. -- nm - pmb Aug 10, 08:24
I am re-watching Mad Men from the beginning with my wife who has never seen it before. Awesome. I didn't mind watching it alone but watching it as a - HdnAgnda Aug 10, 08:09
LYC: Remember the Zambians I didn't hire? Our local staff took my list and hired some of them for other jobs. Just got a few more thank you notes. - loosilu Aug 10, 08:08 5
- You really need to go visit so they can have that ticker-tape parade they've been planning these past few weeks. ;) -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 10, 08:14
- did they hire the guy who claimed you hired him? -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 08:11 3
  - heh, no. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 08:11 2
    - (I actually warned them about him) -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 08:11 1
      - I'll be back. -- nm - Zambian Applicant Aug 10, 08:15
Hey ML - Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Screen Daily all give The Time Traveler's Wife mildly positive reviews. - Dano Aug 10, 08:04 10
- Which is weird considering that we're embargoed until opening day... but the movie is definitely good. I'd recommend it. -- nm - secretslacker Aug 10, 08:29 3
  - Tangent: I am *so* psyched for Inglorious Bastards. - Spawn Aug 10, 08:30 1
    - I'm liking what I'm seeing in the trailers so far. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 08:32
  - You're not a "trade" I guess. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 10, 08:29
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  - This one I am seeing the movie, then reading the book. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:14
  - The reviews seem to suggest that they stripped a lot out of the book to streamline the love story. Don't know how much you'll miss that "other stuff" -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 08:13 2
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    - if they go all Hollywood ending - I am going to be disappointed to the max - Epiphany Aug 10, 08:14
- I keep thinking back to that comic strip someone posted here a few weeks back showing the missing, vital component to time travel. Anyone still have - HdnAgnda Aug 10, 08:11
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Weekend Movies: GI Joe (D-), Julie and Julia (B+), A Perfect Getaway (C-), Thirst [1949] (C+), The Ugly Truth (D) -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 07:52 33
- GIJOE F, Perfect Getaway D (would be a B if I didn't notice an outrageous "cheat") -- nm - ceregon Aug 10, 08:04 7
  - Care to spoil the cheat? -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 08:12 6
    - Sure (spoiler for ridiculous twist) - ceregon Aug 10, 08:22 5
      - I didn't like the movie, but the one thing I'll say to defend that cheat (spoilers) - Danoslam Aug 10, 08:29
      - and it's pretty bad when they movie has to *advertise* that there is a twist, which of course makes it obvious what it was, without even seeing it. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 08:23 3
        
        Yup, as soon as I saw the ad that announced "the twist" I knew what it was -- nm - Stephen Aug 10, 08:29
        
        IIRC it used to be pretty common for older movies to advertise that. - con_carne Aug 10, 08:28 1
        
        That might have worked when audiences were less savvy and cynical about moviegoing and more willing to suspend disbelief. - znufrii Aug 10, 08:30
- 5 movies in ONE weekend??? maan i'm glad if i have the time for one - Danedukenuuk Aug 10, 08:01 1
  - Yeah, it was a slow movie weekend. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 08:09
- This is England: A -- nm - farmer ted Aug 10, 08:01 2
  - Shane Meadows rules. -- nm - LMS Aug 10, 08:04 1
    - Somers Town is one of my favorite movies of the year. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 08:06
- HPOT6 - B. -- nm - pmb Aug 10, 07:59 15
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    - I didn't hate it at all. There were things to like. It was a bit too long and I didn't like some of the choices they made on changing things from - pmb Aug 10, 08:06 13
      - spoil - Spawn Aug 10, 08:08 12
        
        Spoil - LMS Aug 10, 08:15 3
        
        that was my peeve. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 08:34 1
        
        (but i still gave it a B+ i think.) -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 08:34
        
        Yeah, this one was all kinds of wrong. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:18
        
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        I didn't feel that. -- nm - pmb Aug 10, 08:18 6
        
        Explain (spoil) - Spawn Aug 10, 08:19 5
        
        Explain more what you mean. - pmb Aug 10, 08:23 4
        
        spoil - Spawn Aug 10, 08:25 3
        
        more on this (spoils) - Elf Andie Aug 10, 08:36
        
        Ok, I remember that to some degree, but I don't remember it so much as a (spoil) - pmb Aug 10, 08:30 1
        
        spoil - Spawn Aug 10, 08:37
- GI Joe, D. Good Will Hunting, A. Tombstone, B-. -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 07:54 3
  - GI Joe may not have been great, but come on, it was an entertaining popcorn flick -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 07:59 2
    - It certainly wasn't boring, and the effects/action scenes were mostly solid - con_carne Aug 10, 08:04 1
      - It certainly was boring. The only thing keeping it from an F is the Paris chase scene. All the other "action" sucked. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 08:05
WaPo: As Dubai's glitter fades, foreigners see its dark side. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 10, 07:47 7
- I saw some of the living conditions of some of the foreign (i.e. Indian) workers there. The words "refugee camp" come to mind. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 07:51 6
  - that's not surprising. what was your impression of the city besides that? -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 07:53 5
    - Somehow, "it was great, except for the refugee camps" is not a ringing endorsement. :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 10, 07:56 3
      - I've always been curious how excessive the excess is. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 08:00 2
        
        I didn't really see much of that, because I was working 12 hour days and wasn't with a rowdy bunch. - Reagen Aug 10, 08:03 1
        
        So, kind of like Atlanitc City in that regard? -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 08:11
    - Kind of a Disneyland version of the Middle East - Reagen Aug 10, 07:56
Repost: Probably the stupidest move by an athlete you will read this year (beats up a cabbie for 20 cents in change) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 10, 07:46 2
- Your NHL 10 coverboy, too. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 07:48
- oh come on - we still got 4 months left to the end of the year - T.O. is plotting right now how to throw under this bar -- nm - Epiphany Aug 10, 07:48
I do seem to recall someone being rather publically arrested recently for just yelling at a cop. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 07:46 4
- While they were performing a traffic stop (and arrest ?) - Stephen Aug 10, 08:21 1
  - No, even better! In the privacy of ones own home! - Spawn Aug 10, 08:23
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- You'd think that would have made the papers -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 07:48
for those that like pancakes, there is the ChefStack automatic pancake machine. -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 10, 07:43
for those that care. Zune HUD interface video. -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 10, 07:40
Will Hunting: Yes, there are limits, I'm just saying that it's not a crime. In order to be arrested, they would have to commit a crime. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 07:39
Who's brilliant idea was it for me to have a Monday 9 am dentist appointment while on vacation? - Tim Aug 10, 07:32
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- What a shame. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 07:33 16
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    - He was very good but not Mariano good. - Krusty Aug 10, 07:48 14
      - at the top of his career, percival was probably better than mariano. - tRuMaN Aug 10, 07:51 13
        
        No. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 08:02 9
        
        Coke tried to earn his nickname back last night. - Krusty Aug 10, 08:04 8
        
        I know! As soon as that happened I thought of you and dawson - Man, I was cussin'! -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 08:21
        
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        They win despite Girardi. - Krusty Aug 10, 08:13 5
        
        If you ask me, and no one did, Pettitte was getting stronger as the game went. I would have tried him at least for the first out at top of the 8th. - Diva Aug 10, 08:22 3
        
        Yup. Unless Pettite said he was tired he should have gone back out for an out or two. If he can get a quick out - Krusty Aug 10, 08:26
        
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        Way to have faith! How did you did in the bar trivia? -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 08:32
        
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        I really don't think so. - Krusty Aug 10, 08:00
        
        The only year he'd really be considered better than Rivera was 2002. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 07:58
        
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- 312.5 million a month -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 10, 08:02
- I love how Bank of America rounds up purchases made with your debit card to the nearest dollar. - Redmond Aug 10, 07:32 3
  - Anyone shaving their balance so close to their limit/available funds that less than a buck would make a difference... - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 07:40 1
    - yeah - technically speaking, they may as well already be overdrafted. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 07:41
  - I actually think it's a great idea, depending on how they handle it (do they update it for each charge, or transfer it all at the end of the month) -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 07:33
- 37billion. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 07:31 13
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    - I refuse to believe this. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 07:41 11
      - check your math. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 07:42 10
        
        Oops. Still, $125 for every single American still seems way high. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 07:44 2
        
        not really, you're talking an average of four overdrafts in a year. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 07:48 1
        
        What percentage of the total population has a bank account, do we think? - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 07:50
        
        Math is hard, especially for those with out advanced degrees... hey... wait a sec... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 07:44 6
        
        As a computer science student, I can totally confirm that higher math destroys the ability to perform lower math. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 07:44 4
        
        I just did five fractional-dimensional Cauchy integrals at once. Some slack could be cut. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 07:46 3
        
        Sorry... had no idea how seriously you'd take my joking jab, didn't mean to mock your math abilities. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 07:57 2
        
        He is clearly just making stuff up now. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:20
        
        *MATH SMACKDOWN!!!!!!!* -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 08:04
        
        EMETIB - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 07:44
- $100 million -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 07:31
- $25 million. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 07:31
- $1.00 -- nm - decline Aug 10, 07:30
according to Mark Lester, when MJ was 16 or 17 a "very famous female child star" tried to have her way with him and he was traumatized. - loosilu Aug 10, 07:25 21
- how old would Drew Barrymore have been? and was she loaded at the time... -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 07:34 10
  - ET was '82 or '83 and she was only 5. Too young but yes, she was probably loaded. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 07:38 2
    - ... on reeses pieces. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 07:40 1
      - It's a gateway candy. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 07:41
  - i'm not sure she was born then. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 07:36
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    - which means it probably couldn;t be any of the Facts of Life girls either...dammit. TOOTIE! -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 07:38 4
      - well, apparently MJ himself told people it was Tatum. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 07:39
      - they were all older than Drew. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 07:39
      - How about Mrs. Garret? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 07:39 1
        
        "Michael I think it's time I taught you the facts of life...like I did George Clooney" -- nm - Mrs Garret Aug 10, 07:43
- Marci Marcia Marcia!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 07:32
- Annette Funicello! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 07:31
- so how long ago was that? how old was he when he died? -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 07:26 7
  - he was 50 when he died. so 33, 34 years ago. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 07:27 5
    - Susan Dey maybe? -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 07:31
    - i'm going with Tatum ONeil. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 07:27 3
      - wow, apparently back in 2004 she denied it was her. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 10, 07:33 1
        
        which, apparently, was a direct response to MJ stating on a TV doc that she tried to seduce him. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 10, 07:36
      - That was going to be my first guess. Two other stars from the time were Jodie Foster and Kristy McNichol, but they turned out gay. - loosilu Aug 10, 07:28
  - 50 I think. so it would have been the mid 70s. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 07:27
Why Neo-Con love Jon Stewart -- (link) - znufrii in a crowded theater Aug 10, 07:25 1
- Nice. Facebook'd. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 07:30
"Hey, EL, you stink." -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 07:23
by the way, i ate the most delicious food ever this weekend. brie baked in the over with brown sugar, cinnamon and dried cranberries. - Elf Andie Aug 10, 07:22 2
- oh, yum... -- nm - znufrii in a crowded theater Aug 10, 07:23
- baked in the *oven* -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 07:22

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