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More ramblings on my blog: Clover Point ... check it out! :) -- (link) - Beryllium.ca (Wordpress Auto-Blogger) Dec 7, 12:15 1
- *smashes your blog* -- nm - cloverfield monster Dec 7, 12:19
I know sometimes it feels like it's all been done, but I still don't know what can get my blood boiling faster than a good Civil Rights documentary. -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 12:15 3
- Is a documentary worse than watching a movie like Mississippi Burning? -- nm - Inigo Dec 7, 12:16 1
  - When they have a lot of good stock footage and photos it's all real, not re-enactment. -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 12:18
- Being refused the right to buy a ticket to a good civil rights documentary? -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 12:16
Additional SciFi question - Voyager - I know D9 kind of blew until the war started then was good - does Voyager ever make a turn like that? -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 12:14 2
- it gets better when (spoilers, I suppose) - mafic Dec 7, 12:18 1
  - ahhhhh - Capstern Dec 7, 12:23
So out of the more modern SCIFI Tv series what have you found to be the campiest but most fun to watch inspite or because of what what was just great - Capstern Dec 7, 12:13 1
- I'd say there's plenty of camp in Buffy, but it's a great series. - con_carne Dec 7, 12:15
hope he is OK; autistic boy missing for 2 days found in woods (he wandered away from home) -- (link) - Beaker Dec 7, 12:12 1
- Ah, good. That is one of my worst fears. -- nm - Inigo Dec 7, 12:14
iTunes Canada - free code for a 20 song sampler from Starbucks -- (link) - Elf Andie Dec 7, 12:07 3
- any idea if it's good? I'd just download it, but I'm on limited bandwidth. -- nm - mafic Dec 7, 12:12 2
  - list inside... (don't know a lot of these, listening now) - Elf Andie Dec 7, 12:17
  - hmmm... "Moby, Iron & Wine, Jesse Cook, and more." -- nm - mafic Dec 7, 12:14
I'm off to the library. Later! - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 7, 12:04 4
- Mop Out. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 7, 12:13
- but why post now if you're going later? -- nm - mafic Dec 7, 12:06 2
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    - Yeah, this one was to help build the anticipation. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 12:09
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- But the series returns in March! Ahhhhhhh! -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 12:07
- I knew there was something we were missing there. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 12:00
Poll: Do you and your partner/spouse ever go to the movies togther but see different things? - Capstern Dec 7, 11:59 22
- nope. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 12:11
- we do see a lot of movies together but every so often she just cant watch something thats... - Capstern Dec 7, 12:09
- no -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 12:07
- nope -- nm - Stephen Dec 7, 12:05
- no -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 12:05
- she picks one then I pick one. and so on. We always go together. I'm still pissed I had to see Made of Honor -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 12:04 1
  - heh, that's actually the only movie I've drawn the line at. - mafic Dec 7, 12:07
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- No. Watching a movie is social experience. I need to share that with someone. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 7, 12:03 1
  - when we do this we always go to breakfast - then do the split movie and then go take a nap ;) -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 12:07
- We did this for the first time this year - she saw Coco before Chanel while I went to The Invention of Lying -- nm - Roger More Dec 7, 12:02
- No, but I could see doing this with another couple where the guys see one movie and the girls see another. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 7, 12:01
- No. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 7, 12:01 1
  - Yeah but now I can get you to go to crappy action movie with me :) -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 12:15
- no, but i wish i had done this when i was dragged to Year One. (i considered it.) -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 7, 12:00 4
  - But doesn't that give you the power to say "Remember when I saw Year One? You're going to (chick flick no guy would ever want to see) with me."? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 7, 12:04 3
    - yeah, i guess. i normally go to chick flicks with another chick. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 7, 12:08 2
      - *swoon* -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 12:09 1
        
        i really don't like dragging someone to a movie they'll actively dislike. - Elf Andie Dec 7, 12:11
- No. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 7, 11:59
- No. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:59 1
  - ... she would rather just watch it online if we are not going to see it together. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 12:00
Backboard-y - Callisto Dec 7, 11:56 3
- oh book report: Stephen King - Under the Dome. I can't stop reading but I am hating him for it. - Epiphany Dec 7, 12:03 1
  - hrm. I have that one on deck to read sometime soon. -- nm - Callisto Dec 7, 12:08
- oh book report - And Another Things (Hitchhiker series)... disappointing somehow. - Elf Andie Dec 7, 11:59
OK I think it was Spawn that told me just wait on farscape (spoilers)....holy crap... - Capstern Dec 7, 11:56 8
- *nods* -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:59
- spoilers - con_carne Dec 7, 11:58 6
  - So I asked the other day but no one said - is Andromeda any good? -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 12:00 5
    - I really liked it up until it went plaid in the last season -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 12:06 2
      - OK good to know - going to rewatch Xena and Hercules then watch Andromeda - kind of tv running in the background while gaming :) that blond evil chick - Capstern Dec 7, 12:11 1
        
        Callisto that was her name -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 12:14
    - With Sorbo? Had it's moments but nothing great. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 12:05
    - The preview was on the disc, right? :) Haven't seen it, so IDK. -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 12:01
shopko has some zhu zhu's in stock, grabm while they last -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 7, 11:49 4
- is this a petal store? -- nm - zork Dec 7, 12:01
- already gone -- nm - Epiphany Dec 7, 11:51 2
  - starter pack for 30, a figure 8 and one fake hamster -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 7, 11:54 1
    - friend them on fb and get a status report when a new 'litter' arrives -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 7, 11:56
I'd really appreciate a Ravens win tonight. My money pickem would be very happy with that result. -- nm - Shaun Dec 7, 11:46 5
- I need 26 points out of Rice and Mason or Iose the top spot in FJS - Stephen Dec 7, 12:05
- As a Dolphins fan, I have to root against the Ravens -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 11:49 1
  - As a Dolphins fan I agree! -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 11:56
- I am already in first place in Slack'em, so it can do whatever it wants. But for you, I will call for Baltimore. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:48
- I'm on my way to a 3/16 performance against the spread this week. You have to try to be that bad. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:47
SITWAP - glad to see ABC officially announce return of V in march - wooot! -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 11:44 7
- After three weeks of having no desire to watch the second episode, we finally deleted this off the DVR last night. -- nm - TFox Dec 7, 11:47 6
  - We broke up with it, too. -- nm - Callisto Dec 7, 11:51
  - I'm having a similar difficulty working up the energy to watch the 4th. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:48
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    - I think its winding up - the first 2 eps were kind of meh to me but it seems to be picking up steam -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 11:52
    - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:50
    - It says something that we have been consistently picking Stargate Universe over it when given the option. -- nm - TFox Dec 7, 11:48
Alyssa Milano asks for donations to water charity for her 37th bday - very cool. -- (link) - Elf Andie Dec 7, 11:41 2
- And claims to have slept with Tiger Woods, to boot. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 7, 11:53
- /me refrains from posting a groiny type response -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:42
It's 14 degrees, snowing briskly, 10 mph winds with a few gusts. Bogus Basin opened last night, Sun Valley opens at 1pm today. - Trish Dec 7, 11:40 [Image] 12
- heh, I'm going to the outdoor cinema tomorrow night. it probably won't get below 20C, and I can have a beer. - mafic Dec 7, 11:42 11
  - out of interest, what does that country get very wrong? - Roger More Dec 7, 11:43 10
    - good question. two spring to mind. the big one is that a lot of people are shockingly racist. - mafic Dec 7, 11:50 5
      - The White Australia policy dies hard I guess. They'll probably need another generation or two. -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 7, 12:12 1
        
        Consider that, until I left the country at 19, I'd never seen a dark skinned /non-christian except for a few transient 1/2 breed natives and an - MojaveMeg Dec 7, 12:15
      - Yeah, Australia continues to struggle with racism (especially in Perth, which tends to have more migrants from white-majority countries than the rest - Roger More Dec 7, 11:58
      - to elaborate a little: the racism is a weird one, in that people seem totally blind to it. summed up perfectly by what a friend said a while back. - mafic Dec 7, 11:58 1
        
        Perth is a whiter city than the other Australian cities, because it attracts relatively more white migrants from the UK and South Africa - Roger More Dec 7, 12:01
    - I've never been, the whole idea of vegemite seems infinitely wrong. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:44 3
      - sometimes I like to say I like marmite better just to flip people out a little. I don't really. -- nm - mafic Dec 7, 11:51
      - It's like salt! That you spread on bread! -- nm - Roger More Dec 7, 11:45 1
        
        we actually have it here at the office, i have no idea why, i've never seen anyone eat it, ever. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 7, 11:48
Amazing Race 15 quiz: -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 7, 11:40
�I admire the relationship she had with John Lennon and hope I can be a similar influence to Tiger." - Elin Woods on Yoko Ono Dec 7, 11:39 4
- You mean she wanted to make him a crappy golfer who sat around smoking pot all day? -- nm - Stephen Dec 7, 12:02
- yikes. -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 11:45
- didn't Yoko set up Lennon with a friend? Or an employee? -- nm - Roger More Dec 7, 11:41 1
  - That's the story, yes. The mistress wrote a book about it. -- nm - mara Dec 7, 11:42
Weekend movie/entertainment - New Moon (C-). The new Addams Family show headed to Broadway - (A-/B+) -- nm - pmb Dec 7, 11:37
Spoliers - Anyone watch the season end of SG-U? - Capstern Dec 7, 11:37 5
- spoiler - sycor Dec 7, 11:47 1
  - nice.... - Capstern Dec 7, 11:53
- taped it, haven't watched yet (not reading the IM either :) ) -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 11:45
- spoils - Jovian Dec 7, 11:38 1
  - wasnt....(spoil) - Capstern Dec 7, 11:40
hmmm, these Pic mosquito coils seem to be doing the trick. -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 11:24 7
- Can you just use part of one? Then relight it later? -- nm - mara Dec 7, 11:37 3
  - Never mind, found this: "�If shorter periods of use are desired, break coil into appropriate length and place in notched cut out of holder. -- nm - mara Dec 7, 11:39 1
    - these coils and the "holder" it comes with are way fragile. I already broke 2 coils by accident -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 11:41
  - sure, but I think they only last for about 5-7 hours. I got 3 going outside my shed -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 11:39
- You need mosquito coils where you are? Now??? -- nm - Agent.Vermin at 13 degrees Dec 7, 11:32 2
  - maybe it's a roundabout way of giving up smoking. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:36
  - south Florida. Effin heat wave -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 11:36
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- If a man is in love, they will do a lot to keep her. This includes buying her things. So, it doesn't matter. -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 11:42
- Time to fess up. Who did you meet? -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:32 3
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    - We're not the only species to base our mating preferences on resource levels (or acquisition skills). - Agent.Vermin Dec 7, 11:41
    - Maybe 'Beauty and the Beast' is his favourite movie? -- nm - Roger More Dec 7, 11:39
- people tend to be attracted to partners who meet their needs. - znufrii Dec 7, 11:23 4
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  - or as Tom Leykis puts it "the girl is the best the guy can attract with his income and the guy is the best the girl can attract with her looks" -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 7, 11:25 2
    - well, I guess that explains Jack and Jeri Ryan -- nm - Beryllium Dec 7, 11:29 1
      - the writers should still have made her born name 6 of 9 - chickens -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 11:31
- If he has enough money to attract a gold-digger then all he thinks about day to day are her boobs. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 7, 11:22 3
  - Hey thats just a regular old cracker -- nm - Eddie Murphy Dec 7, 11:27 2
    - We says this in our house a lot - Epiphany Dec 7, 11:31 1
      - i am sure its a wonderful cracker -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 11:35
- Overgernerallization: I'm going to guess that if you are the type of person that values money to that degree you don't care because it's just another - oblique Dec 7, 11:21 4
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    - My point was that the money-loving guy is probably only concerned with money and appearances and is just fine with the gold-digger as long as she's ho -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 11:28 2
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      - don't forget, she has to like it in the dumper..... - groiny Dec 7, 11:30
in case you need some t-shirts and don't already know: today is $9 day at threadless. -- nm - mafic Dec 7, 11:19
I'm on jury duty and some of us are in the hallway outside of the jury room. One of the prospective jurors is on his cell, loudly trying to arrange a - jnine Dec 7, 11:19 1
- maybe they will take him to his own court room in a few minutes -- nm - Epiphany Dec 7, 11:23
lir ElfAndie - never said it was bad.... I just think it's a little obsessive. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 7, 11:18 4
- SFEK - to go beyond the "animal" itself. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 7, 11:19 3
  - but, where do you think these things come from? they are all originally part of an animal. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 7, 11:22 2
    - and, as for your 'boots' comments, most of my vegetarian friends don't wear leather, period. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 7, 11:24 1
      - Yeah - milk can be got without harm to the animal, leather .. cannot. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 7, 11:25
when I'm with you, every day feels like double soup tuesday. -- nm - mafic Dec 7, 11:16 5
- when I'm with you, every day feels like taco tuesday. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:17 4
  - *waits for big sausage Wednesday* -- nm - nubby Dec 7, 11:37
  - what is the deal with taco tuesday a guy on my FB posts about it every week but doesnt explain -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 11:22
  - those guys were looking at me like I look at tacos. -- nm - Gabriel Iglesias Dec 7, 11:20 1
    - I have tickets to see Fluffy when hes in Dallas !!! -- nm - Capstern Dec 7, 11:28
I would like to do the right thing so we can get this all over with. I have had affairs with 312.50 women. - Tiger Dec 7, 11:16 3
- So glad that Charla from TAR5 is still in the limelight. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 7, 11:18
- I can't decide if midget porn or double-amputee is the less tasteful route to go here. -- nm - mafic Dec 7, 11:18 1
  - Either way, they make a good ball washer. -- nm - Tiger Dec 7, 11:18

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