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heh, a guy interviewed after seeing Avatar just called it "Dances With Wolves in space." - Elf Andie Dec 18, 05:48 5
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  - i've been actively avoiding reviews, i'm pretty sure if i'm going to enjoy this i need to go in knowing as little as possible. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 18, 05:51
  - i -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 18, 05:50
- that's exactly what I thought. it's surprisingly apt. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 05:49 1
  - and so does that mean good thing ot bad - I actually liked DWW but could have used more aliens and blasters -- nm - Capstern Dec 18, 05:52
Building a nuclear bomb is one thing, but shutting down Twitter? This means war! -- nm - Dano Dec 18, 05:47 2
- Imagine if they'd shut down Farmville. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 05:50
- that was a creepy looking hack page we got. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 05:48
any legal types online now? -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 05:44 3
- I'm legal. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 05:44 2
  - Not in Texas. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 18, 05:47 1
    - Nobody's legal in Texas. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 05:49
Henry Goodman was opposite me on the tube this morning - he was recently in Taking Woodstock -- (link) - LMS Dec 18, 05:42
Wasnt around yesterday but I will assume there was discussion of the IRMN2 trailer - any synopsis....I think well I had geekgasm (spoilers) - Capstern Dec 18, 05:37
hey, little sister: - prayformojo Dec 18, 05:06 1
- Take me back home, yeah! -- nm - David Dec 18, 05:16
Openly gay Canadian MP sends out Christmas card with a picture of him and his spouse...3 guesses what ensues... -- (link) - Beaker Dec 18, 04:43 2
- similar story with a picture of the card in question -- (link) - Beaker Dec 18, 05:27
- "So crazy hateful people should probably just walk away from the keyboard now," she wrote. "Yes, backward, just like that, slowly, hands in the air. - Beaker Dec 18, 04:48
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- Their backup defense picked off one of the best QBs in football to win a game. It's a glass half-full/half empty situation. -- nm - David Dec 18, 04:10 3
  - Obviously I do not watch Jax enough. Garrard and "one of the best QBs in football" doesn't compute for me. -- nm - Christmas VacaShaun Dec 18, 05:25 1
    - He's a mini-McNair. -- nm - David Dec 18, 05:42
  - What this does do is put the winner of Miami/Tennessee in surprisingly good playoff shape. -- nm - David Dec 18, 04:12
goddam thats embarrasing indeed - Danedukenuuk Dec 18, 02:58 1
- it must be a hard life without the ability to taste anything - Danedukenuuk Dec 18, 03:06
Auschwitz death camp sign stolen -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Dec 18, 02:55
ika question: do steam giants attack and damage walls? -- nm - Zhu-Zhugeist Dec 18, 02:06 2
- I think so. IIRC, I've taken out small walls with them exclusively. -- nm - psilotum Dec 18, 02:17 1
  - They are not very effective, though. -- nm - psilotum Dec 18, 02:17
Avatar kicked ass. B for general execution, but A+ for visuals, themes, and those intangible things that make you forget it's a movie. - Jelly Dec 18, 00:35 3
- you're on crack. it isn't even the best scifi movie of the year. - mafic Dec 18, 00:59
- it wont get a Best Picture nom and I ahvent even seen it, too many other good movies out there this year for this to even be considered seriously. -- nm - Stacy Dec 18, 00:43 1
  - There are 10 movies getting nominated this year instead of 5, and this will have both good reviews and strong business. - Jelly Dec 18, 00:51
Nothing about twitter on CNN yet ... maybe they have a moratorium on stories that could ostensibly be seen as a victory for Iran? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 23:28 4
- Blackberry's were offline as far as email for a day or so, world did not collapse, in fact far too many said, good and f'm so there, - Zhu-Zhugeist Dec 18, 00:42
- but there's something on twitter about cnn wanting something on twitter. nm but: -- (link) - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 23:33
- or they've filled up on salad. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 23:29 1
  - salad fills up NO-ONE! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 23:29
I think it's so fitting that Comic Book Guy says "Worst. Episode. Ever." during the credits for Saddlesore Galactica. -- nm - David Dec 17, 23:23 4
- You're brave to try and endure that again. - Reagen Dec 17, 23:28 3
  - When they announced they were going HD, this was one of the stated goals. I expect all of the remaining Simpsons discs out in the next 2 years. -- nm - David Dec 17, 23:34
  - probably because they can just click a single button and get access to BluRay revenue at the same time -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 23:29 1
    - well... yes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 23:32
Is there an ST College Bowl Pick 'em group set up yet? - Stephen Dec 17, 23:21
Goooo Rogers. Bleh. From a coworker, re: Rogers 3G - "data service was down from 1:45pm until 9:00pm. " -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 22:58
*pulls up Twitter* That's....strange. -- nm - David Dec 17, 22:52 15
- ohh thats why my net is so fast today -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 18, 02:45
- our long international nightmare is over (it's back) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 23:15 2
  - The quickness of the news cycle on even fits the Twitter theme. -- nm - David Dec 17, 23:17 1
    - oh, are you talking about CNN:RT? :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 23:19
- techcrunch is on it -- (link) - marcel Dec 17, 23:09 2
  - I'm thinking I'm going to go meta-recursive and re-tweet that. -- nm - David Dec 17, 23:14 1
    - looks like it was a DNS redirection thingy stuff they did -- nm - marcel Dec 17, 23:20
- twiter down. nothing on google. nothing on cnn. then *foreheadslap* .. ST knows! -- nm - marcel Dec 17, 23:08 1
  - This place is ridiculously tremendous about that sort of thing. -- nm - David Dec 17, 23:24
- I was going to joke "Iranians?" but apparently that's the case. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 23:04 3
  - It took me a moment to process what I was looking at vs. the url I had typed in. - David Dec 17, 23:14
  - Someone got a screencap -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 17, 23:07 [flickr] 1
    - you lose, b. wins. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 23:10
- *loads CNN, half-expects it to have BREAKING NEWS about twitter being down* - Beryllium Dec 17, 22:57 1
  - "iranian cyber army"? nm but: -- (link) - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 23:04
2 things I'm kind of peeved at right now. (1) I get a (snail) mailer to renew Wired Magazine, but I can't do it online. Mail only. (2) In this - JaxSean Dec 17, 22:41 6
- are you sure it's actually from wired? nm but: -- (link) - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 22:43 5
  - Eek. No, this is a deal direct from Conde-Nast Publishing. Two years for $15. - JaxSean Dec 17, 22:47 3
    - fwiw, it's 2 years for 20 on their site right now (with a free shirt), or via amazon. - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 22:57 2
      - ok thanks. I'll probably just mail it in, but it seems like for "Wired" magazine, they'd be on top of stuff like this. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 23:03 1
        
        definitely. -- nm - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 23:05
  - (wired does let you renew online - if price is the thing, you can ask them to match.) -- nm - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 22:46
I'm getting just a little tired of having my living room full of patio furniture...... - MistletoeMeg Dec 17, 22:34
This is why we can't have nice things episode 2379... - Stephen Dec 17, 22:00 9
- This is why you're bedroom should be off limits -- nm - Little drummer Karl Dec 17, 22:07 2
  - *snort* That's what we said at first too... -- nm - Stephen Dec 17, 22:11
  - Bedrooms are *never* off limits. nm - The GOP Dec 17, 22:08
- Ah, I sometimes miss family life......sometimes :) -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 17, 22:03
- are the stacks in any particular order? -- nm - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 22:01 3
  - Rodger Corman movies are boss, dad! -- nm - Connor S.I. Dec 17, 22:05
  - No. He was doing a one for this pile, one for that pile, one for that pile, etc., etc. - Stephen Dec 17, 22:04
  - probably sorted by flavour -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 22:03
- believe me, puked up tinsel is the lesser of three possible outcomes. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 22:01
I left a comment on an LJ post *two years ago* and someone just replied. The post? An Edward Gorey adaptation of "The Trouble with Tribbles". -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 17, 21:57
Avatar: very meh. Exactly like I thought. It's gorgeous, but cliched and poorly written. - Inigo Dec 17, 21:45 13
- it's the third best scifi movie I've seen this year! -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 00:18
- Is it suitable for an 8-year old? Other than the battle stuff, anything you would think twice about? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 22:04 6
  - Yeah, I was just going to ask this, but for a 5 year old. - Stephen Dec 17, 22:10
  - There's some language and a really mild sex scene. Some of the beasts might scare an 8 year old. - Inigo Dec 17, 22:07 1
    - Nicey, thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 22:12
  - Two words: blue vagina. nm - Dignan Dec 17, 22:06 2
    - "Right in the smurfin' parking lot?" "Smurf yeah!" "No smurfin way!" -- nm - Inigo Dec 17, 22:09
    - Woo hooo! -- nm - Dr. Manhattan Dec 17, 22:08
- Well, at least it's only suffering from Transformers 2 syndrome, and not X-Men Origins: Wolverine syndrome -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 21:50 4
  - Pearl Harbor syndrome? -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 17, 22:37 1
    - that might be the most accurate one posted so far -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 22:50
  - I think it has Phantom Menace syndrome. -- nm - Inigo Dec 17, 22:01
  - Maybe the Star Wars Episode 3 syndrome? -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 21:56
Just because -- (link) - amoxy Dec 17, 21:41 [youtube] 5
- That's not hotties of the day! -- nm - Red Nosed Reindeer Poop Dec 17, 21:45 4
  - No hotties tonight - amoxy Dec 17, 21:47 3
    - I got your back, sick-chick. Here's some hotties of the day for Redmond -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 17, 22:11 [Image] 2
      - 4 -- nm - Red Nosed Reindeer Poop Dec 17, 22:20
      - I'm afraid no. 7 would hurt me. -- nm - OLD SAINT BAD Dec 17, 22:15
*is in Florida* -- nm - ty97 Dec 17, 21:37 1
- I woke up because I felt a disturbance in the force... -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 21:40
Car chase LIVE and being simulcast on AM news radio! Started in L.A. over an hour ago, now entering San Diego at 90 mph, no lights on the vehicle. - CrankYanker Dec 17, 21:22 7
- is it santa? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 21:37
- live video link (nmbl - ho-ho-howie Dec 17, 21:28
- driver is on the phone with his ex-wife, distraught over what might happen if he stops. heh, news anchor said he should be worried about what might - CrankYanker Dec 17, 21:23 4
  - Took him out outside a state prison :) -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 17, 21:51 3
    - Glad that is not my truck,. -- nm - OLD SAINT BAD Dec 17, 21:58
    - fitting end. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 17, 21:54 1
      - the end is the beginning is the end -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 21:56
heh Reagen from b2, nice that in the link to the "it wasn't political at all" there's a video from Matthews show saying "of course it was political" - Stephen Dec 17, 21:21 10
- just like Lieberman's stand against any form of public option was "principled" -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 17, 21:30
- eh. We're taking Chris Matthews seriously now? :) - Reagen Dec 17, 21:24 3
  - heh...that's a good point - Stephen Dec 17, 21:55 1
    - Well I can't now. He didn't use the gavel. He shoulda used the gavel!! -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 22:09
  - (as further evidence, apparently Franken supports the amendments Lieberman was trying to make at the time) -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 21:34
- Like the censure of the "YOU LIE!" guy, we are making too much of this. - con_carne Dec 17, 21:24 4
  - Well it's a 24 hour news cycle, you've got to fill the air waves with something... - Stephen Dec 17, 21:56
  - It's just a bunch of pompous windbags ... being pompous windbags. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 21:51 2
    - are you calling me a windbag? - Stephen Dec 17, 21:57 1
      - You're neither pompous, nor a windbag. The same cannot be said of your elected representatives. Of either party. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 21:58
I may end up being way wrong, but I'm not in the over 80 million for Avatar this weekend camp at all. -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 21:19 5
- $80 million is my production, but there are a lot of scary signs out there about it doing worse. FWIW, ERC is saying 80-100. -- nm - David Dec 17, 23:13
- It's not insignificant that a huge proportion of the tickets are going to be a premium prices. - Reagen Dec 17, 21:23 3
  - I don't know why, but I get this weird thought in my head that those may be the only major seats going. - Qale Dec 17, 21:25 2
    - and even if its just those theatres filled, that's still huge business. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 21:35 1
      - Well, on average out of the 110 or so predictions I've made this year, I get within 40% of the correct answer. I'm sticking with 67 million. So... - Qale Dec 17, 21:37
LAM: Final exam for my advanced Excel class is now history. - con_carne Dec 17, 21:17 4
- =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,15), "!!!") - JaxSean Dec 17, 21:29 2
  - Thanks! This was for accounting though, so we spent a lot of time with a few formulas, rather than trying to cover them all. - con_carne Dec 17, 21:33 1
    - *perk* report? :) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 21:35
- woohoo! -- nm - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 21:25
LIR - chocolate covered cherries don't count unless they're filled with kirsch. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 17, 21:11 5
- The best fruit covered in chocolate is coconut. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 17, 21:13 3
  - We don't have any ST posters named "coconut" ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 21:33 2
    - Why? Did Nubby change his stripper name????? -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 21:35
    - ... although I did name my NAS that ... but that would be too crunchy -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 21:34
- Well hellooooooo missy. -- nm - kirsch Dec 17, 21:12
Why thank you, Remlik -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 21:06 2
- for what? -- nm - Remlik Dec 17, 21:07 1
  - nmbl -- (link) - con_carne Dec 17, 21:13 [Backboard]
[an error occurred while processing this b! directive] -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 21:05
Pippy is lurking the boards. I have proof!!! Don't talk about Pippy in a bad way until she leaves. -- nm - Red Nosed Reindeer Poop Dec 17, 21:02 6
- Check out Ika if you can. Cherdi is gonna need some naval support. - Inigo Dec 17, 21:09
- who ever has anything bad to say about her? -- nm - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 21:03 3
  - Well nobody. To her face, duh! -- nm - Red Nosed Reindeer Poop Dec 17, 21:04 2
    - I don't think you need to write a book. a wee post-it should suffice. -- nm - b!, merry and bright. Dec 17, 21:04 1
      - we should write teh book for him. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 17, 21:08
- Maybe I'm talking to her, about you, in a bad way. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 17, 21:02

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