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I think that the best thing to come out of Comcast/NBC is the synergy in sports broadcasting. - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 4, 12:50 3
- except other than NFL sunday, NBC has no sports -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:52 1
  - They have Bob Costas! -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 4, 12:53
- The Ducks would look better winning on NBC? -- nm - Redmond Dec 4, 12:51
Xbox 360 is already back. That's good. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 12:45 11
- Halo time!!!! - groiny Dec 4, 12:47 4
  - I need to get it all hooked back up and such. - Will Hunting Dec 4, 12:49 3
    - You are lazy. -- nm - Shaun Dec 4, 12:49 2
      - Not lazy....apathetic. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 12:49 1
        
        fat and lazy is no way to go through life son. - groiny Dec 4, 12:51
- They have it down pat, I will give them that. -- nm - Shaun Dec 4, 12:46 5
  - Well thats because they dont actually repair yours and send it back to you - eag Dec 4, 12:48 4
    - I got mine back when they fixed my RRoD. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 4, 12:52
    - With the same serial #? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 12:49 1
      - You got the same serial#? - eag Dec 4, 12:52
    - Still. It's like a 8 working day turnaround. -- nm - Shaun Dec 4, 12:49
I believe Captian Morgan Spiced Rum and Eggnogs will be on tap for this evening. With nutmeg of course. -- nm - Shaun Dec 4, 12:45
ScarJo as Black Widow in IRNM2 -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 12:44
McJordan burger also a good recommendation -- nm - budice Dec 4, 12:41
damn, for a second i thought Deevs was FB friends with Sela Ward -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:31 2
- my old professor's wife would be flattered. -- nm - Diva Dec 4, 12:36 1
  - I wonder is she used to substitute teach? -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:36
Nate Silver's World Cup 2010 advancement probabilities for each country/team. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 4, 12:26 2
- I am so happy with the draw for Italy and the U.S. Both should be able to advance. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 12:31
- That guy takes all the fun out of everything. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 4, 12:27
In head scratching news: Apple in 'advanced' acquisition talks with Lala -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 4, 12:26 5
- DAMMIT!!! I like lala, and it's a lot cheaper than anything out there. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:29
- they've got them on their knees -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:27
- It's probably just to keep Google from having it. Lala has been integrated into Google searches. -- nm - TWuG Dec 4, 12:27 2
  - This is going to turn into a real life shooting war some day. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 4, 12:28 1
    - Apple willlose when the arm their soldiers with weapons that use proprietary bullets. -- nm - TWuG Dec 4, 12:29
YoSafBridge -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 12:25
That Wired article about James Cameron really made me like him. - Dr.Vermin Dec 4, 12:25 8
- everyone who works with him has no qualms about saying he's an egotistical maniac - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:39 1
  - ...with results to show for it! - Agent.Vermin Dec 4, 12:44
- "I had my F*ck you money. Time to go play." - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:28 5
  - Well, Lucas did his part to advance film making. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:39 4
    - Beyond Star Wars? - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:49 1
      - ILM has done more than can be counted. I have not read the Cameron stuff so I can not do a comparison, just saying that Lucas has done a lot. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:51
    - Lucas's problem is that he forgot he is not a very good screenwriter - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:40 1
      - same reason he didn't get a new director? -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 12:43
Woman wants sex book withdrawn from public library. The Effing Librarian wonders how they ever acquired it in the first place, and so do I. -- (link) - mara Dec 4, 12:22 15
- I have no issue with a library carrying any book, no matter the subject. I do have issues with 1 person thinking they get to decide what others should - TWuG Dec 4, 12:32 1
  - Libraries need a porn section. -- nm - Diggie Dec 4, 12:34
- Thanks. I just ordered from their website! -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:27 3
  - I hope I'm your secret stalkee! -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 12:28 2
    - *delivers personally* -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:30 1
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- The mara sutra! -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 12:25
- Ha! I live maybe 20 minutes from downtown Pah-Tas-Kah-Lah - TWuG Dec 4, 12:24
- people without a lot of money deserve mindblowing sex, too, mara. -- nm - b. Dec 4, 12:24 4
  - *licks palm, slicks back hair* -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:26 2
    - spit in the hair, always alluring. -- nm - b. Dec 4, 12:28 1
      - hasn't failed me yet -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:34
  - Great point! -- nm - psilotum Dec 4, 12:25
- I sneak pornographic books into my library all the time. nm - Dignan Dec 4, 12:23 1
  - national geographics aren't enough for you? -- nm - b. Dec 4, 12:25
I think ML is on the right track. After the kid arrives, the guy might end up wanting to spoil it with things like Santa and the Easter Bunny. -- nm - zork Dec 4, 12:22
TT Controversy Showdown 2: Name a polarizing movie. nm - Dignan Dec 4, 12:21 24
- The Passion of the Christ -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 12:37
- Armageddon -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 12:30
- The Matrix Reloaded. -- nm - Shaun Dec 4, 12:29 1
  - good one -- nm - Don Homer Dec 4, 12:30
- Pulp Fiction? 2001: A Space Odyssey? Titantic? Pearl Harbor? -- nm - mara Dec 4, 12:23 2
  - Somebody likes Pearl Harbor? -- nm - Don Homer Dec 4, 12:25 1
    - Hotkiss! -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:26
- Star. Ship. Troopers. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 4, 12:23
- English Patient, Shakespeare in Love -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:23 3
  - How could anyone dislike Shakespeare in Love? -- nm - Don Homer Dec 4, 12:24 2
    - cause it beat Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:25 1
      - you're probably right, but that's a lame reasonl. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 4, 12:27
- AI, Blair Witch, The Village, Star Wars -- nm - Don Homer Dec 4, 12:23
- Napolean Dynamite -- nm - AJRimmer Dec 4, 12:23 2
  - Wasn't it specifically noted as the most difficult movie to predict in the Netflix Preferences Challenge? -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 12:26
  - Oh yeah. - Don Homer Dec 4, 12:23
- The Abyss, Hudson Hawk, Star Wars, Superman Returns -- nm - zork Dec 4, 12:23 2
  - Who doesn't love The Abyss??? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 4, 12:23 1
    - *raises hand* boring POS that I paid to see while dating mrs. zork (and she fell asleep during it) - zork Dec 4, 12:29
- Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo -- nm - TWuG Dec 4, 12:22
- Wyatt earp -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 4, 12:22
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- The POLAR Express - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:21 1
  - did you slap your thigh when you said that? -- nm - b. Dec 4, 12:26
I haven't decided what to tell Lil' Vermin about Santa yet. - Dr.Vermin Dec 4, 12:20 26
- "He's a fat guy who brings good children presents. But that spoilt snotty kid? He'll get better presents than you" -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 12:29
- If and when my kid ever asks about Santa, I will make him read "Hogfather" by Terry Pratchett -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 12:26 9
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    - Unicornland can really swerve. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:36
    - you haven't even read the book. - znufrii Dec 4, 12:28 6
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        because it address the subject of Santa Claus perfectly. -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 12:31 4
        
        Yes, a book where the Santa Claus figure disappears and is replaced by Death. Perfect. -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 12:38
        
        For an adult or for a 5 year old? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:33 2
        
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        It's not my fault it's too sophisticated for you. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 12:45
- let them be a kid! you can break the Santa is not real news when they are 7 or 8. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 12:25 6
  - Exactly. Why deny a kid the magic? -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:31 4
    - My hope is that magic can be found somewhere between "real" and "not real". -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 4, 12:39 3
      - That comes later, when they actually are of a comprehension to understand the difference - Will Hunting Dec 4, 12:47
      - Christmas was one of my fondest childhood memories. - groiny Dec 4, 12:41 1
        
        Easily. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:43
  - (or 9 or 10...or whenever they choose to stop believing.) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:31
- I know that I will never lie if kiddo asks: "Is Santa real?" or "Is there really a Tooth Fairy?" - psilotum Dec 4, 12:22 6
  - "What do *you* believe?" is how I've posted it to my kids. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:29
  - Yes he is real. I am Santa. You are Santa. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:23 4
    - I would like to subscribe to this philosophy. Do you have a pamphlet? -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 4, 12:27 2
      - I think it's this. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Dec 4, 12:28 1
        
        Don't make me cry. - Spawn Dec 4, 12:31
    - You are delusional. -- nm - psilotum Dec 4, 12:25
- WTF are you talking about? -- nm - Baby Vermin Dec 4, 12:21
LIR: lia': I buy my raviolis from a store called Pastosa, they're only in NYC as far as I know. - Krusty Dec 4, 12:20 2
- dayum! i'm so jealous! -- nm - 'lia Dec 4, 12:29 1
  - My sister worked there in the '80s, we had more Nutella than a supermarket in our house. - Krusty Dec 4, 12:35
are we ready for Round 1, Group E? -- Which of each pair of movies below would you rank higher than the other. - znufrii Dec 4, 12:19 [Backboard] 6
- Monsters, Darjeeling, Quills, Watchmen, Napoleon. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:24
- Group 1: N/A, Lock Stock, Goldmember, Kong, Beckham Group 2: Monsters, AI, N/A, Neither, Neither -- nm - MDH Dec 4, 12:22
- Monster, Inc, Neither, Quills, Photo, Super SIze Me -- nm - AJRimmer Dec 4, 12:22
- A, A, n/a, A, B -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 12:21
- Monsters Inc, n/a, Quills, n/a, Super Size Me -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 12:21
- my answers - znufrii Dec 4, 12:20
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- I like how "he lives faraway" was one of the reasons you weren't going to get married. -- nm - Shaun Dec 4, 12:28 1
  - What, you are allowed to marry outside of your home area? -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:40
- She didn't lie about you, she evaded the question and the bit about school was hardly in the big fat lie, probably she's used to thinking about you in - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:24 3
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    - how about, "well jimmy, your uncle jack is not married yet because he's doing it wrong" -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:54
    - Well, you were sitting there playing *video games*. I had to make an excuse. -- nm - Sis Dec 4, 12:49
- "Leave your tooth under your pillow for the tooth fairy." "Santa is coming down the chimney." And, you know, all the religion stuff. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 4, 12:21
It's not gay if it's an elf. -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 4, 12:19
TT Controversy Showdown: McRib - Love or Hate? (nm) - budice Dec 4, 12:19 10
- never tried it. the concept seems kinda...well, nasty. -- nm - Diva Dec 4, 12:37 2
  - it's a sammich and it's made of fake pork ribs - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:47
  - word -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:38
- hate -- nm - Don Homer Dec 4, 12:24
- Not good -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 12:24
- Vile concoction that probably tastes like dignan's poop dollop of a heart. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:23
- like so many fast food things, i have to eat one just to remind me why i don't eat them -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:21
- never had -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 12:20
- Awful. -- nm - TWuG Dec 4, 12:20
- Love. nm - Dignan Dec 4, 12:19
Halo's double exp weekend is Ranked Griffball - tRuMaN Dec 4, 12:18 3
- what was funny last night was "We have to make sure we do not run out in the middle....." - groiny Dec 4, 12:19 2
  - yeah, I should have said what I was gonna do - tRuMaN Dec 4, 12:21 1
    - "oh what the hell!" - groiny Dec 4, 12:24
I just noticed that this opens here this weekend. Now I know what my weekend plans include. -- (link) - Dano Dec 4, 12:17
spawn spawn span -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:16 5
- pixie pixie ickie -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:17 2
  - i summoned you because they have Cars jammies at the Disney place - mr. squiggles Dec 4, 12:19 1
    - He has several but I will check theirs out. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:20
- Span! Glorious SPAN! -- nm - Viking TWuG Dec 4, 12:17 1
  - SPAM? where's musubi? -- nm - 'lia Dec 4, 12:19

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