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Fox News really needs to fire some of its video room staff... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 19, 12:47 5
- OMG, a book signing was misrepresented! /faints/ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 12:57
- who watches the facist news net? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:50 1
  - Unfortunately, lots of people. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 12:51
- On a related note, this week's South Park was spot-on. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 12:50 1
  - I gotta say, I agree! - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 12:54
ok, so I have torchlight (ok, so I got it working monday) - tRuMaN Nov 19, 12:47 5
- What class? -- nm - eag Nov 19, 12:49 4
  - umm, the brutish kind - tRuMaN Nov 19, 12:52 3
    - Im a level 15 vanquisher - eag Nov 19, 12:55 2
      - i haven't made it to level 10 dungeon yet (I know this cause I have a quest for that level) - tRuMaN Nov 19, 12:56 1
        
        Ive done 3 non main story dungeon quest areas from the guy near the cemetary - eag Nov 19, 12:59
Cinema popcorn is nutritional horror show: US study - 6 Nov 19, 12:44 4
- well, anyone who eats a whole Large by themselves has a problem anyway. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 13:03
- again? - groiny Nov 19, 12:47 2
  - AMC is great though - they have a fountain so you can add all the *butter* you want -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 12:50 1
    - that is not butter. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 19, 12:53
Richard Blais' blog has some great stuff today. (Top Chef spoilers, I guess) - David Nov 19, 12:43 1
- I ate at his restaurant yesterday. I had the Korean BBQ burger. - Dano Nov 19, 12:46
wotd: magnetoencephalography. -- nm - b. Nov 19, 12:37
Hello USA -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 12:28 5
- I knew I sensed something wrong -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 12:41 1
  - Disturbance in the force? -- nm - eag Nov 19, 12:42
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- Did you kiss the ground after you got off the plane? -- nm - eag Nov 19, 12:33
- ::wraps you in flag:: -- nm - b. Nov 19, 12:31
Okay, Garth's review of Twilight: New Moon at Dark Horizons is hilarious (link) - Jovian Nov 19, 12:23 30
- Should we be worried about this breaking TDK's opening weekend? -- nm - Shaun Nov 19, 12:41 22
  - What are the screen count comparisons? - JaxSean Nov 19, 12:48 17
    - TWLI2 has 4024 theatres, about 340 less than TDK -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:50 4
      - The shorter running time will easily make up for that difference. - Inigo Nov 19, 12:53 2
        
        agreed on both counts -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:55
        
        I don't think it will, but it also would not surprise me if it did. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 12:54
      - Yikes. Remember when 2,000 was a lot of screens? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 12:52
    - Don't know, but yes to the IM. Also NM will likely have an at least 1.5:1 showing ratio I would think. -- nm - Shaun Nov 19, 12:50 11
      - I know some people that are seeing it 3 times this weekend. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 12:52 10
        
        really? are they older than 20? -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 12:55 7
        
        a group is going from the office tomorrow - they are all over 35 - Epiphany Nov 19, 12:58 2
        
        i have no problem with people going to see it, it's the *3 times* *already planned* i am incredulous about. - Elf Andie Nov 19, 13:01 1
        
        There's crack in those books. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 13:05
        
        A woman I work with is going 3 times and taking her friend's daughter with her. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 12:56 2
        
        that's.... a LOT of Bella -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 12:58 1
        
        I know! Tons of Sullen. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 12:58
        
        Yes. (And all women.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 12:56
        
        they should be beat down like wild beasts -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 12:54
        
        I know some of these people too. - Diva Nov 19, 12:53
  - Nope -- nm - eag Nov 19, 12:44 1
    - I dont even think it will break HPOT4 holiday opening record - eag Nov 19, 12:48
  - no chance -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 12:42 1
    - Good. I've been ignoring it so I don't know how crazy it's going to be. -- nm - Shaun Nov 19, 12:47
- Fantastic. -- nm - nubby Nov 19, 12:40
- The only review I care to read will be Ceragon's (wonders if he will go as Tom Cruise's vamp or Bella Lugosi -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:40
- Twilight sucks. Who knew? -- nm - David Nov 19, 12:38 2
  - Most of the population -- nm - eag Nov 19, 12:40 1
    - All evidence to the contrary, I fear. -- nm - David Nov 19, 12:42
- "I wonder if there might have been Oscar buzz had he taken off his pants." -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 12:27
- and it will not matter *at all*. - Elf Andie Nov 19, 12:26
new Japanese trailer for Avatar (slightly different from US version) -- (link) - giganto Nov 19, 12:23 2
- Plus I imagine the Japanese have an intrinsic understanding of this kind of weirdness. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 12:25 1
  - *poops on Reagen* -- nm - tubgirl Nov 19, 12:27
Nikki Finke sez: Producers have approached Anne Hathaway for Spider-Man 4. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 12:22 6
- I like her, but I don't think she can pull off playing Peter Parker. -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 12:32
- I'd buy that for a dollar -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:26 1
  - That could work. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 12:32
- also that NBC may uncancel Trauma -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 12:25 2
  - that would be nice, as it is basically the only original medical show on tv -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 12:41
  - That would make me very happy. -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 19, 12:27
espn Ombudsman's latest -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 12:21
New rules for charity poker tournaments in NB to be announced tomorrow: 65% can now go to prizes (was 35%), 20% for costs, 15% to the charity. -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 12:19 1
- Well it *is* for a good cause. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 12:36
Source: Williams to take plea deal in shooting case, will face prison - 6 Nov 19, 12:15
so do you think that Kare would let me in her contest now even though I missed the deadline? -- nm - zork Nov 19, 12:15 4
- i hope not -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 12:16 2
  - psst. -- (link) - zork Nov 19, 12:18 [Backboard] 1
    - Hee.... -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 19, 12:48
- no. -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 12:15
EW interviews Jane Lynch -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 12:14 1
- she should have done it in character -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:17
pfm, how was the Costco pie? -- nm - b. Nov 19, 12:12 8
- It's reeaaaally good for storebought pie - even with as many people as we have at that lunch, we can never finish -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:15 3
  - great - thanks! -- nm - b. Nov 19, 12:20 2
    - you'd definitely be safe with 6 - i'd bet that you'd have a lot left over -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:23 1
      - we have some Will-esque guys. it's amazing what can disappear. -- nm - b. Nov 19, 12:27
- I have not had the apple but their pumpkin is not good. - Epiphany Nov 19, 12:14 3
  - umm, they can just add more whipped cream? -- nm - b. Nov 19, 12:19 2
    - or one could just eat the whipped cream and forget the icky pumpkin pie part -- nm - dogbert Nov 19, 12:22 1
      - and just eat the crust too -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 12:24
Jordan rookie card graded a "10", one of only 2 known to exist sold. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 12:10 3
- I highly doubt that there are only 2 graded 10 out there. - groiny Nov 19, 12:25
- Someday, I will own this card. Someday. -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 12:13 1
  - (not *that* one. a less pristine version.) -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 12:14
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- They are hoping to get some of those KBR billions in inheritance, lots of neices and nephews name their baby after the 'rich' great uncle -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:36
- really? they went with Cheney as the last name? - Elf Andie Nov 19, 12:12 5
  - why not. pedigree matters more than reputation to some people... -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:13 4
    - (and, generally speaking, the types of people who are impressed by pedigree don't think Cheney was all that bad, either) -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:17 3
      - cheney ain't so bad -- nm - simon bar sinister Nov 19, 12:19 1
        
        *waves hand "these are not the torturers we are looking for" -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:38
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re survivor tonight: isn't russell much less likely to go home now that it, potentially, is a 5-5 draw? - giganto Nov 19, 12:10 8
- is he still there? i watched the first episode and hated him so much i quit the season then and there. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 12:38 1
  - me too! but last week he totally flipped from a jerk to the guy you're rooting for to beat the other jerks - giganto Nov 19, 12:41
- Out of curiosity, did everyone realize (spoilers) - David Nov 19, 12:30 4
  - spoils - Roger More Nov 19, 12:31
  - it has been noted. pretty smart really - giganto Nov 19, 12:31 2
    - You're giving that person a lot more credit than their play thus far would deserve. -- nm - David Nov 19, 12:36 1
      - i'm not saying that person wasn't instructed to cast the vote by others -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 12:39
- fire-starting! -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:22
Seems yearly, but some foodbank gets ripped off just a few days before Thanksgiving, nearby one lost nearly everything, what can a theif do with a.. - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:09 4
- Assuming he's in a climate zone where it will stay below freezing for a few months -- eat turkey all winter. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 12:15
- He donates them to *other* food banks. - Spawn Nov 19, 12:11 2
  - or donates them to his church food drive, with no sense of irony whatsoever... -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:18
  - He has a feast at his mansion on the hill! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 12:14
Gilly goes to wal-mart. heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 19, 12:08
Is any team going to be rooted against more at the World Cup than France now? I hope they lose to North Korea. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 12:08 4
- Ok, just watched the video...what a horrible series of calls. He should never even had a chance to palm that ball... - Jim Nov 19, 12:20 3
  - I hope France lose to New Zealand, but with World Cup qualification on the line I'd be surprised if anyone turned themselves in -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:23 1
    - and I think that usually the "turning oneself in" is that instinctual "oh crap" reaction -- nm - zork Nov 19, 12:25
  - Henry admitted to it in the press conference but said it's up to the refs to call it. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 12:21
Just read: Unseen Academicals, the latest discworld book by Terry Pratchett, B+ - znufrii Nov 19, 12:07 7
- I am putting there here: What is the early ST word on the new Stephen King - Under the Dome? - good, great or just King -- nm - Epiphany Nov 19, 12:15
- next up is the new (and last) Robert Jordan book... -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:08 5
  - actually, that's part one of three parts to the last book -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:20 4
    - wait...what???? - znufrii Nov 19, 12:24 3
      - I know. Basically the book got too long, so it is split into three parts -- (link) - Roger More Nov 19, 12:26 2
        
        I'm also wondering if I shouldn't just start reading from the beginning of the series again before I get to the new ones... - znufrii Nov 19, 12:29 1
        
        I'm seriously thinking of not reading any of them until the last book is published -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:31
The Leafs are unable to sell out their luxury boxes -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 12:06 1
- Its a sign of the times. They only got 17000 for the battle of Ontario here the other night. - AJRimmer Nov 19, 12:10
Project Runway poll. who will win tonight? Carol Hannah, Irina, or Althea? - peglegpete Nov 19, 12:06 4
- I kinda want Althea. My wife loves Carol Hannah, but - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:14
- I hope Carol Hannah, I loathe Irina, and Althea doesn't have the talent of either of them. -- nm - MDH Nov 19, 12:09
- I hope it's Carol, just because I'd like to smack the shit out of the other 2. nm - Jim Nov 19, 12:08 1
  - agreed with im -- nm - peglegpete Nov 19, 12:09
so just when i need to go to the UCLA library, the hoopleheads have taken over the campus -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 12:05 1
- Say hi to crash for me. -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 12:05
I have a cow orker that contacts me in seemingly random ways. - nubby Nov 19, 12:04 6
- quantum living -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 12:09
- What? Like via penis? -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 12:07 4
  - L$ -- nm - zork Nov 19, 12:08 3
    - *cashes it in* -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 12:11 1
      - OK come here, big boy. -- nm - Homeless Charles Bronson in front of groiny's work Nov 19, 12:17
    - and L4 too -- nm - zork Nov 19, 12:08
tempted and tried, deep down inside, I can't deny that I'm tempted. -- nm - b. Nov 19, 12:03 2
- by the fruit of another? now that the truth is discovered?? -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 12:03 1
  - I'm here to tempt you, like you know I'm meant to. devil gonna tempt you, how much do you want to?-- nm - b. Nov 19, 12:05
Kinda cool: looks like ABC Family did their own animated Christmas special this year, called "A Miser Brothers' Christmas". - TFox Nov 19, 12:03
Gnip Gnop -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 12:02
however Toronto taxpayers will have to pay for the damages from the meth lab that was raided yesterday -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 12:02
I had the home version of The Price Is Right -- nm - zork Nov 19, 12:01 5
- barney? -- nm - dogbert Nov 19, 12:08
- I had Fisher Price people and an imagination. -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 12:04 2
  - I had a rock and a bigger imagination. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 12:08
  - Star Wars were the best action figures but Adventure People were a very close second -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 12:07
- no, Bob Barker was just there banging your mom. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 19, 12:02
I loved Weebles. And Wuzzles. -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 12:00
For people here who have wikis at work - do any of you use TWiki? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:59 1
- I've used MediaWiki but now I've bought Confluence -- nm - The wraith of oblique Nov 19, 12:08
What do you guys think of 'Billy Budd'? I'm reading it but it's sort of pissing me off a lot. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 11:57 5
- I like it a lot. Love Melville in general. -- nm - Callisto Nov 19, 12:07
- "...left unfinished at his death in 1891...it was discovered in manuscript form among Melville's papers in 1924 and published the same year." -- (link) - Max Nov 19, 11:59 1
  - Joe Jackson is a busy bugger. (What board was that conversation on? B8?) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 12:00
- it's a great novella (?). (ending spoilers) - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:59
- rebel scum. no mercy! -- nm - Max Nov 19, 11:57

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