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The Natinals are 12 games away from being eliminated from the post-season. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:48 1
- They are so bad they deserve to be misspelled? -- nm - Redmond Aug 24, 18:57
I beginning to think that there may have been some historical innacuracies in Inglourious Basterds. -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 18:46 2
- Just a few? -- nm - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 18:56
- spoiler - Max Aug 24, 18:48
Ghost Hunters on Wed to deal with the ghost of John Wilkes Booth. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:40 14
- Oh man, do *not* tell him who's President. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:44
- As a skeptic, I can't help but think that these shows are about a bunch of people walking around aimlessly for the whole time. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:42 8
  - I am a skeptic, and yet have seen things on Ghost Hunters I'd definitely classify as weird. - TFox Aug 24, 18:55
  - O it's Gerry: The Television Show? -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 18:47 1
    - spoiler - Reagen Aug 24, 18:51
  - but nubby sometimes they even say "I challenge you to face us"! -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:44 3
    - "Do not tempt the Lord thy God." -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:50
    - sometimes there's a thingamabob in the photos! -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 18:46
    - and yet they are no Ghost Facers!! - Epiphany Aug 24, 18:45
  - from what I have seen, yes. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 18:43
- You're kidding. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 18:41 3
  - nope they just ran a promo on SyFy. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:44 2
    - I should email them and tell them they're looking in the wrong place. He's in my office. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 18:45 1
      - do it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:53
"you know?" No I don't know!@ -- nm - lileve Aug 24, 18:39
"Director's Cut - Over 24 Minutes Longer Than the Version Shown In Theatres!" - what movies do you NOT want to hear this for? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:35 7
- English Patient -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 18:48
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- Any 'film' in the BloodRayne franchise. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 24, 18:41 1
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- The Thin Red Line. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:40
- Any Paul Thomas Anderson movie. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 18:39 1
  - I love him, and still agree with this. -- nm - TFox Aug 24, 18:51
Argh, helping a friend draft...He had a chance to take Moreno - amoxy Aug 24, 18:33 9
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  - Although he apparently had a good day today. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:44 2
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      - Crap, my bad, I was thinking of Beanie Wells. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:55
  - And Vick just went in the draft -- nm - amoxy Aug 24, 18:38 4
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      - Yes -- nm - amoxy Aug 24, 18:40 2
        
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        Yup...It is at my friend's work and somebody is drafting for the Managing Partner - amoxy Aug 24, 18:42
If I could have one TV wish for the season, it's that FlashForward will be good. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:23 8
- mine would be that someone would convince Steve Carrell and partners that a Rockford Files remake is a terrible idea. -- nm - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 18:44 1
  - agreed...but seeing Steve Carrell as Renegade (another Cannell production) would be cool. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:53
- I need Daybreak and V to be good -- nm - Jovian Aug 24, 18:41 1
  - Daybreak? - nubby Aug 24, 18:42
- whend does that start? -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:28 1
  - 9/24 -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:42
- I'd say that Glee stays good. That's all I need. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 24, 18:26
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iStockPhoto rejected 10 of my first bath of 15 submittals (2 are still pending review). Only 3 photos accepted. I'm very irate about this. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 24, 18:21 8
- I think the gold rush for istock has been over for awhile. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:28 3
  - Oh, I agree. I wasn't doing this for the money (don't think there's much to be made). I was just doing it for fun. Rejection is not fun though. - Fuzzy Aug 24, 18:35 2
    - what would be nice, though, is if the ones they do approve sell somewhat briskly -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:36 1
      - (Then, at least, the rejection percentage would seem worthwhile) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:36
- Ick. Well, in addition to subjective quality judging, they also have to do subjective "need" judging. - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 24, 18:27 1
  - I think your IM is the key. They keep dinging me for artifacting, but I checked every one of those pics at 100% before I submitted it. The EXIF may - Fuzzy Aug 24, 18:33
- Put them on flickr and add them to the Getty thing they are doing. -- nm - lileve Aug 24, 18:22
- bath = batch -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 24, 18:21
Where are the pictures of skanky 18-year-olds tonight??? -- nm - David Aug 24, 18:19 8
- Older than 18, but here's Jamie Chung . -- (link) - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:00
- Cool your jets, I am doing a draft - amoxy Aug 24, 18:34
- Taylor Lautner still has a few months. -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 18:28 1
  - Word - Epiphany Aug 24, 18:43
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  - Hee. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:24
- I have some 8 year old....oh, missed a 1 there. -- nm - Cappie SI Aug 24, 18:20 1
  - *finds 18 photos of one-year-olds* -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 24, 18:23
My Latte is wearing off, time for a nap. -- nm - Stacy Aug 24, 18:19
DX out messing with Vinnie Mac. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:08
Very jealous, Lauren is going to see Green Day tonight - amoxy Aug 24, 18:06 8
- *seethes with jealous* I want! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 18:44
- Saw them twice on the American Idiot tour. Good shows. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 24, 18:14 1
  - saw them on that tour also, was blown away - amoxy Aug 24, 18:37
- they were just here, tickets were really cheap. -- nm - Stacy Aug 24, 18:11
- wow, I'm jealous now too -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 18:07 3
  - I would have gone, but she wanted to stand up by the stage - amoxy Aug 24, 18:08 2
    - I hear ya - but can you imagine a live version of 21 guns? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 18:44 1
      - That would be - amoxy Aug 24, 18:55
Funicular! - CrankYanker Aug 24, 18:02
Havens if you are around you are Inactive and being attacked on .com -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 18:02
Me is happy with the winner of The Great American Road Trip. (only watched the last few eps though) -- nm - Jovian Aug 24, 18:02
Tim Gunn is still the pinnacle, but the Australiam version of him is pretty good as a Tim Gunn type mentor. - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 17:57
Matt Taibbi's bipartisan smackdown of all politicians on health care is another great piece from him - Stewie Aug 24, 17:52 3
- "But...it'd put the insurance business out of business." - The Insurance Business. -- nm - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 17:59 2
  - "And they government will kill Grandma and my baby!!!!" -- nm - Sarah Palin Aug 24, 18:00 1
    - "And Obama's a Socialist!" -- nm - Some members of the right Aug 24, 18:16
hmm -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 24, 17:50
Amazon had 2 more years of pay AVG for $12 today? Damnit, can't believe I missed it. -- nm - TFox Aug 24, 17:33 2
- my microsoft one care is better, I had lots of issues with AVG. -- nm - Stacy Aug 24, 17:37
- AVG kind of sucks. Try NOD32. - Subversive Aug 24, 17:35
A nicely written piece on the underdiscussed romantic element of District 9. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 24, 17:33 1
- It wasn't under-discussed. I called it the meanest Photoshop ever. - David Aug 24, 17:43
So I bought a hat today with my high school's mascot written on it, and a sticker on the hat said they donated money to the school, but my Mom, the - Stacy Aug 24, 17:22 10
- nigerian hat scam? -- nm - dogbert183 Aug 24, 17:43 1
  - They got me for a Los Angeles Raiders cap. -- nm - CrankYanker Aug 24, 18:04
- "written on it" should have been your first clue - proper hats are usually embroidered -- nm - Guy Aug 24, 17:31 3
  - it is embroidered -- nm - Stacy Aug 24, 17:32 2
    - ...by hand? -- nm - Subversive Aug 24, 17:33 1
      - doubtful -- nm - Stacy Aug 24, 17:35
- "I keep dialing fifty-nine fifty, but it doesn't seem to ring..." -- nm - TFox Aug 24, 17:24
- Wait a minute, did I miss something and you're repeating grade 6? -- nm - Subversive Aug 24, 17:24 2
  - This Billy Madison sequel sure is strange. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 17:44
  - haha guess I should have said my alma mater. -- nm - Stacy Aug 24, 17:28
We've received: Last King of Scotland. We've shipped: Shooter. - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 24, 17:20 1
- the books that Shooter is based on are awesome. -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 17:22
Five myths about foreign health care: -- (link) - Reagen Aug 24, 17:18 11
- Thinking these are myths is what Hitler would have wanted! - BB Aug 24, 17:53 1
  - Don't be stupid, be a smartie, come and join the Nazi party! -- nm - TWuG Aug 24, 18:04
- 700,000 Americans forced into bankruptcy every year by medical bills. Insane. -- nm - Subversive Aug 24, 17:49 5
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  - And the answer the politicians came up with to reduce that number? Make it harder to declare bankruptcy. -- nm - TWuG Aug 24, 18:03 2
    - And yet bankruptcy's are up. -- nm - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 18:32
    - The Milton Waddams solution! -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:07
- ""When could we do it?" I asked. The doctor checked his computer and said, "Tomorrow would be pretty difficult. Perhaps some day next week?" - David Aug 24, 17:42
- Great little article. I especially like #5 (which will likely shock no one). -- nm - TFox Aug 24, 17:23 1
  - "...they just like to." -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 17:37
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- That sums up my fantasy season in a nutshell. - Subversive Aug 24, 17:37 2
  - I had alot of those guys in our Dingers League -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 17:38 1
    - Yeah, those guys all were my stars last year when I won the dynasty league. This year I didn't even break .500 - Subversive Aug 24, 17:39
There was a time when, as I planted a colony, I worried about my neighbors. I wonder these days if my neighbors think... - Mop (234 lbs) Aug 24, 17:05
Dirk Nowitzki's ex gets 5 years in prison -- (link) - Beaker Aug 24, 17:03
I certainly couldn't pull off Landa's leather trenchcoat. Not by a long shot. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 17:02
So, if I get Reagan right real life games have no effect on Fantasy Football? -- nm - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 17:01 16
- for any given individual player, results can vary wildly. Aaron Brooks was a top fantasy QB when he played but sucked ass in reality. - Reagen Aug 24, 17:05 13
  - Ah, so we're both right. - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 17:08 12
    - its all relative to any given leagues scoring system and to the other players/teams available. does the Bears D suck compared to Detroit D? -- nm - Guy Aug 24, 17:15
    - well, no, since the subject was fantasy football. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 17:10 10
      - Ah, so all I said was Bears?!, to someone else and you answered by being a kneejerk? - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 17:14 9
        
        I wonder if I can puzzle through your clever riposte. - Reagen Aug 24, 17:16 8
        
        Well, that is a first. - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 17:18 7
        
        Is anyone else writing a romantic comedy about them or did I get exclusive rights? -- nm - David Aug 24, 17:29 1
        
        "No, I'm Sid." -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 17:32
        
        heh. -- nm - kelly Aug 24, 17:28
        
        I kind of like his snarky pseudo-apologies of late. I don't mind the pretentious ass-ness as long as it varies in form from time to time. - Dr.Vermin, :) Aug 24, 17:21 1
        
        I do find it amusing that people treated me being sarcastic as somehow out of character. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 17:24
        
        you could never insult me. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 17:20 1
        
        I know that to be a lie. -- nm - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 17:22
- individual player stats get taken into account after the season ends, right? - Beryllium Aug 24, 17:03 1
  - ..... - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 17:06
Note to self: must remind wife later that putting "son is sick with a mystery illness" in her FB status can start nationwide panic like Gamera. - TFox Aug 24, 16:58 2
- That dihydrogen monoxide can be a killer. -- nm - BB Aug 24, 17:57
- Oh-oh. - the liiouu minus an l Aug 24, 17:09
Guy...Troy Pa...i'm not even going to try and spell his last name and Fitzgerald are on Madden 10 -- nm - Stephen Aug 24, 16:58 1
- poor Fitz -- nm - Guy Aug 24, 17:07
near-full-length grey Koolah australian duster, that's what I have. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:57 1
- (I do believe it is made in Canada, however) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:59
I'd want to trim about a foot and a half off the bottom of that Dr. Who coat. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 16:57 3
- It looked "just right", to me. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 17:00
- But then it would just be a waist coat on you. -- nm - Stephen Aug 24, 16:57 1
  - heh. Depends how long the XL size would actually hang. - Reagen Aug 24, 16:59
blow chucnks -- nm - lileve Aug 24, 16:56
'/~I like my sugar with coffee and cream. well, I got to keep it going keep it going full steam..'/~ -- nm - b. Aug 24, 16:56 1
- Too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean. -- nm - TFox Aug 24, 16:59
*ahem* -- nm - kelly Aug 24, 16:56 1
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