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Speaking of The Shinning ... watching it in HD makes it scarier. -- nm - Beryllium ... NEW ZOMBIE Nov 2, 09:23
*runs over more spiderants with his vehicle* - tRuMaN Nov 2, 09:22 1
- lollol -- nm - Jovian Nov 2, 09:34
Geek Deal: Harry Potter Half-Blood Prince DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital Combo $18 on Amazon (preorder) -- (link) - budice Nov 2, 09:20 1
- Watchmen "Ultimate Cut" $30 on Amazon preorder for 11/10/09 -- (link) - budice Nov 2, 09:23
Started out as a weird Halloween article but soon morphed into an interesting read on Privacy in the new technolgoical age -- (link) - oblique Nov 2, 09:19
Roger Avary Tweets from behind bars -- (link) - budice Nov 2, 09:18
Coming Soon: Orchestra Hero? -- (link) - znufrii Nov 2, 09:13 4
- I'm already yearning for the Tchaikovsky DLC. -- nm - ReluctantArcynic Nov 2, 09:22
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  - Skanking in perfect rhythm. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 09:19
  - Tambourine attachement for the Wii-mote! (nm) - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:19
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- I like this. -- nm - ReluctantArcynic Nov 2, 09:12
- since i've given up watching, can you tell me (spoiler) - prayformojo Nov 2, 09:11 2
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Off to give blood in a few. I am a hero! Hehe. -- nm - Shaun Nov 2, 09:05
for dessert last night: half a pumpkin pie -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 09:05 7
- Discount candy! I had almond and dark chocolate M&M's -- nm - con_carne Nov 2, 09:14
- Ours was "Do we have anything in the fridge? Okay, that." -- nm - David Nov 2, 09:08 2
  - on an unrelated note, - prayformojo Nov 2, 09:09 1
    - he's a glutton for punishment. - Callisto Nov 2, 09:11
- jealous -----> - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:06
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  - me too, -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 09:07
I the new Dodge Challenger downtown the other day and it looked fantastic. This guy added all the bells and whistles. It spoke to me. I know the - HdnAgnda Nov 2, 09:02
Hotkiss, you don't have to wear a white shirt and a pearl necklace. - Andie Nov 2, 08:59 3
- Employers generally aren't looking for fashion plates, they're looking for cubicle farm denizens. - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:05 2
  - i agree, but i don't think she has to be boring, just safe in an unknown environment. -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 09:07 1
    - Oh for sure, I was agreeing and adding to your response. (nm) - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:10
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I just spoke with a woman in London named "Nacressa". What are the odds that's her real name? -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 08:56 6
- On the one hand, it's weird. On the other hand, I can't imagine anyone choosing that name for themselves. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 09:02 1
  - it sounds like a name a goth teenager would invent. -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 09:13
- a search of US census records for that name turned up zero hits. -- nm - Max Nov 2, 09:00 1
  - Google turns up a total of 280 results for "Nacressa", and I bet they're all the one Andie's talking about. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 09:08
- How's that pronounced, NAH-cree-sah? na_CRESS-ah? nay-CREE-sah? - !qnsnw Nov 2, 08:58 1
  - nah-CRESS-ah -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 08:59
How did Ron Paul get left behind on this whole teabagging movement? - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:49
Nate Silvers gives No on 1 the slight advantage in Maine. -- (link) - znufrii Nov 2, 08:46 9
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  - Nate Silver: ...if a Glenn Beck-ian conservative is able to win a district that shares a frontier with Vermont and Canada... - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:54
  - I found that amusing as well. - znufrii Nov 2, 08:49
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  - you're gonna lose our bet. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 09:19 4
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      - *laughing* "That'll move the chains!" -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 09:21
      - that's not what I was saying at all. - znufrii Nov 2, 09:21 1
        
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- "Republicans: Inexplicably proud to consistently be on the wrong side of history." nm - Dignan Nov 2, 09:09
- I didn't know Larry Johnson had voting rights in NJ. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 2, 08:55
Looks like the St. Pete Times is doing a number on the Church of Scientology. -- (link) - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:43 1
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Kinda sad: So I walked about 3 miles yesterday, and it wasn't a problem. But today my legs are a little sore. -- nm - Dano Nov 2, 08:38 2
- Yep, I walked 1.5 miles each of the last two day and I'm stiff. Really need to get serious about it again. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 2, 08:49
- I'm not walking 3 miles unless it's to Dairy Queen! -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:40
Weekend Movie Poll: Pan's Labyrinth B, Trick 'r Treat C, The Hangover B- -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 2, 08:37 25
- 17 Again: A-, Philadelphia Story: A+, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen D--. -- nm - David Nov 2, 09:07
- This is It - B+ -- nm - Diva Nov 2, 08:57
- Monsters vs Aliens, C- (nm) - !qnsnw Nov 2, 08:55 7
  - my kids love it, hence I must as well. -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 09:15
  - *directs complaint to Musubi for his poor grading* -- nm - David Nov 2, 09:07 1
    - Really? You thought MvsA was anything beyond mediocre? - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:13
  - I'm in awe that it made 200million. - Will Hunting Nov 2, 08:59 2
    - Did it really? I was so thoroughly....meh. It wasn't horrid, but it wasn't good, it was mostly just....forgetable. (nm) - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:08 1
      - I remarked to Kelly that I've seen more character development in pornos. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 09:13
  - *nodding* -- nm - kelly Nov 2, 08:55
- What Ever Happaned to Baby Jane, B+ -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 08:51
- Ice Age 3: C, Role Models: B-. -- nm - kelly Nov 2, 08:50
- Caberet - A, Shackleton - B -- nm - LMS Nov 2, 08:50
- Shaun of the Dead: A+ -- nm - Shaun Nov 2, 08:47
- Role Models (again)....B-. Wasn't quite as funny as the first viewing. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 08:47 1
  - Ice Age 3....B. had some cute fun moments. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 08:47
- The Magician (Clive Owen): C -- nm - Max Nov 2, 08:46
- 17 Again: B+, The Philadelphia Story: A. -- nm - Callisto Nov 2, 08:44 4
  - "This is the voice of doom calling. Your days are numbered, to the seventh son of the seventh son." - kelly Nov 2, 08:48
  - I *LOVE* "the Philadelphia Story". Can't trump a good Carey Grant comedy. Did you ever see the Sinatra/Bing/Grace Kelly remake, "High Society"? - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:47 2
    - Did you see Seth McFarlane and Curtis Stigers covering Did You Ever? -- nm - LMS Nov 2, 08:51
    - High Society is in the plans, for sure. - Callisto Nov 2, 08:51
- That Darwin thing with Desmond on Nova: B-. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:41
- Alien: B+, Aliens: A, The Lost Boys: C, The Lives of Others: A-, Blade Runner, B- -- nm - Guigue Nov 2, 08:40
- Pan -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 08:38
What bothers me most about NY 23rd is that it's basically my neck of the woods. - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:35 1
- The fightin' 23rd! -- nm - Colbert Nov 2, 08:37
Poll: informal polling in my office suggests that there were fewer trick-or-treaters this year. Do you think it'll still be a popular custom in 2100? - Max Nov 2, 08:34 6
- Yeah. This year for me is easily attributable to so-so weather concerns - Will Hunting Nov 2, 08:44
- I had 54 two years ago, 84 last year, 62 this year. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 08:43
- Probably but more for basic necessities like bread, water, and medicine. I got Zithro! I got Deer Park! I got a rock. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 2, 08:37
- The commercialization of Halloween guarantees its survival. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:36 1
  - *ding* -- nm - con_carne Nov 2, 08:55
- No, I saw less Halloween spririt this year too. Too much paranoia on the parents part. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 2, 08:36
I'm not sure why EW/King chose that particular passage to be the sneak-peek for Under the Dome, but: Snore City - prayformojo Nov 2, 08:30 1
- I'm a little disappointed he didn't name it Dome Depot. -- nm - David Nov 2, 09:08
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- We can only concentrate on one thing at a time, and right now that's Health Care -- nm - The Media Nov 2, 08:34
- No sexy there. - znufrii Nov 2, 08:34 3
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    - The only non-US articles that come up for me on an (English) search of Google News is Cayman Islands saying "Phew - not as bad as it could have been" -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 08:40
    - I'd be surprised if it weren't... - znufrii Nov 2, 08:39
LIR: 4Pray...Mojo -- Come to Jesus - OAE Nov 2, 08:28
Someone on ST should go for this. The Simpsons Online Scavenger Hunt to begin November 9, winner goes to LA for a table read -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 2, 08:27
The most amusing thing about this article is not that it confirms the partisan shift in cable news media outlets -- (link) - znufrii Nov 2, 08:24
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- In related news, Jack Torrance's novel posthumously released -- (link) - Ender Nov 2, 08:24 3
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    - reading that thing cover to cover would make me....somethin somethin -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 08:31 1
      - Go crazy? -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 08:32
- and Forrest Hump was really about the Swine Flu. -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 08:19
- I honestly preferred the miniseries. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 08:11 2
  - I did as well. Stephen Weber will never be confused with Jack Nicholson...but it followed the book much better. -- nm - Jim Nov 2, 08:17 1
    - I liked Weber's portrayal a more. - Will Hunting Nov 2, 08:20
- What it really was was the slaughter of one of the scariest novels I've ever read. -- nm - Jim Nov 2, 08:10 10
  - As if Kubrick would ever have been satisfied to make the movie exactly like the book -- nm - con_carne Nov 2, 08:25
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 08:18
  - Interestingly, I just finished the book, which I think is great and all... - Callisto Nov 2, 08:13 6
    - It's likely one of those things that depends on what you did first: read it or saw it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 2, 08:21 1
      - Maybe. I think I *might* have felt that way if I'd read the book first. - Callisto Nov 2, 08:27
    - Wow...I HATED the Kubrick version. To me, it was an amazing performance from Nicholson and little else. - Jim Nov 2, 08:16 2
      - I love... - Callisto Nov 2, 08:25 1
        
        The score in that movie should've won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Just. Haunting. -- nm - Shaun Nov 2, 08:46
    - ...but Edgar Allen Poe wrote one of the scariest stories of ALL TIME. -- nm - Max Nov 2, 08:15
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Sweet...Bronco fans kicked out of the Ravens stadium yesterday for....gasp...standing. -- (link) - Jim Nov 2, 08:08 7
- Just like O's fans at Camden Yards! - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 2, 08:20
- I shoulda tried that. - Brandon Marshall Nov 2, 08:19 2
  - Well, you did leave as quickly as possible. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 2, 08:26 1
    - The announcers called Marshall out once for alligator-arming a pass...and then another time for running a pattern that was real lackadaisical - Will Hunting Nov 2, 08:33
- This happens a lot actually. I sit pretty close to where they were (section 123). - Inigo Nov 2, 08:17 2
  - To sober people? - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 2, 08:30 1
    - What usually happens is Fan A from Team A stands. Ravens fans yell. - Inigo Nov 2, 08:41
Ford posts $1 billion Q3 profit -- (link) - Beaker Nov 2, 08:08 2
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- Still running a $1.3 billion loss for the year, though. -- nm - TWuG Nov 2, 08:09
sitwap: BBC America to air Doctor Who special on December 19 -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 2, 08:06
Doesn't Billy Ray, a country star, come from a conservative background? How did Miley and her sisters turn out so slutty? -- (link) - Hotkiss Nov 2, 08:05 3
- Seriously? Have you met Bristol Palin, the knocked-up teenage daughter of an - apparently - leading conservative voice in this country? -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:44
- They followed the money. -- nm - TWuG Nov 2, 08:25
- They tried not to be robots. Let this be a lesson. -- nm - Max Nov 2, 08:06
from B2 the flowchart for the lyrics to Hey Jude ... i hate to be technical but... - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 2, 08:03 3
- That would represent the last 25 minutes of the song. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 08:06
- weird. i've always mistaken you for the inspired type. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 08:04 1
  - i tend to be inspired ... i guess i'm just not this morning because i'm ... - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 2, 08:52
Paramount tracked more than five million IP addresses that have downloaded "Star Trek" since it premiered in May. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 2, 08:02 3
- If you used a computer to pirate copyrighted content, you should have your power cut off. It only makes sense. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 08:39
- Hello? Anybody here? Helloooooooo? -- nm - Slackertalk in 5 minutes Nov 2, 08:14 1
  - Hello! -- nm - PeerBlock Nov 2, 08:37
Is it 4:30 yet? -- nm - amoxy Nov 2, 07:59 1
- 26 minutes to go. -- nm - LMS Nov 2, 08:04
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