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Mercy is the mark of a great man *poke* Guess I'm just a good one *poke* I'm alright -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 09:05
Heh. "After staring at him for a few minutes, I took a pregnancy test just to be safe." well done, kelly. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 21, 09:05
I've never found Conan terribly funny, but I'll be watching his last two shows and following him to his new home. - TWuG Jan 21, 09:04
custom online games count for the Halo Haiti charity, so Spawn are you going to play one game online tonight? - crash davis Jan 21, 08:57 4
- I might. My cables should be here any time but I guess I can move the units to a different tv. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 21, 09:08
- What's this? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 09:05
- I'm home today so i've already switched up the emblem and playing some games - J Jan 21, 09:01 1
  - you're a good man -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 09:02
Because Thursday is my Friday - weekend plans, please? -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 08:56 12
- Seeing Edge of Darkness tonight (we get a credit on it!) day off to show tomorrow, pub quiz saturday night -- nm - LMS Jan 21, 09:05 2
  - pub quiz! i need to find one. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 09:06 1
    - The Duke pubs have them -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 09:08
- going to a 3D info session tomorrow. meeting for a funding strategy session for an indie on saturday. travel show on sunday. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 09:00
- Getting together stuff for my trip next week. Making mozarella if my rennet gets here by tomorrow. -- nm - decline Jan 21, 08:58 3
  - do we know where you go? -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 09:01 2
    - err, are going? - Andie Jan 21, 09:02 1
      - Miami,/Southbeach for 6 days. My friend is running in the Miami marathon and - decline Jan 21, 09:06
- my friends are hosting a Meet the Feebles watching party. - znufrii Jan 21, 08:58
- Going to have a quiet one, few pints tomorrow night, another few on Saturday, golf Sunday. -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 08:58
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- dinner with my wife's coworkers (current and former) ... aside from that, not sure. Definitely cooking dinner sunday night. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:57
if this is actually a real product, I'd love this to be available in time for my sister's birthday next month (Desk Zamboni!) -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 21, 08:53 1
- my brother would LOVE that. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 08:57
Wouldn't it be fun if the rumors had been true and Leno did decide to dump NBC now? Here's my logic... - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 21, 08:52 1
- Path 3: The Tonight Show, with your hosts, Triumph and the Masturbating Bear! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:53
Pelosi says House will not pass Senate's health care bill without changes. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 21, 08:50 1
- *votes for Lupus* -- nm - Dr House Jan 21, 08:50
Up next: Corporations get to vote! -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 21, 08:50 6
- and have abortions -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 21, 09:07
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  - You'd think that by now anything Thomas says would just be static to your ears. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 21, 08:53 3
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      - You gotta expect this from Thomas, Scalia, Alito and Roberts. Your anger should be with Kennedy. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 21, 08:57 1
        
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LIR: Here's why I think the scorn for Leno's joke is misplaced. - musubi Jan 21, 08:47 59
- it's the rich kid in school making fun of the poor kid's family for not having money -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 21, 09:08
- You'd think he'd have at least a couple of writers on staff that could write something useful. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 21, 09:01 8
  - Have you seen his show? I don't think he does. (nm) - musubi Jan 21, 09:03 7
    - All the more reason to leave the wives and marriage stuff out of it. - Will Hunting Jan 21, 09:04 6
      - I told you jokes about martial infidelity were off limits! -- nm - Tiger Woods SI Jan 21, 09:08 1
        
        You're still news Tigger. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 09:09
      - That's BS. If Leno had an affair scandal you think Letterman wouldn't make jokes? I call BS. 100% BS. - musubi Jan 21, 09:07 3
        
        When they ain't news....I'm pretty sure Letterman would have enough respect. - Will Hunting Jan 21, 09:09
        
        Of course he would...when it happened. The Letterman/Intern thing is long over. Jay's resorting back to the only thing he has on Letterman. - Jim Jan 21, 09:08 1
        
        It's the equivalent of Fat Momma Jokes. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 09:11
- Anyone want to link me to (or type up) what Leno actually said? I haven't found it yet. -- nm - Jim Jan 21, 08:59 1
  - see my post below -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 09:00
- With all of the jokes these people make about celebrity personal lives, it's pretty hard to get outraged over this. -- nm - When in Dano Jan 21, 08:58 3
  - Yep, absolutely. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 09:02
  - Agreed. -- nm - Guigue Jan 21, 09:00
  - Word. -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 08:59
- it is sort of like the 98lbs weakling bring a gun to school... -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 08:54 4
  - Compare it to the jokes made every night by every late night host, it's nothing. - musubi Jan 21, 09:04 1
    - comparing to the entire history of jokes in late night...you're right. - Mel Profit Jan 21, 09:10
  - or a knife... - znufrii Jan 21, 08:56
  - heh -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 21, 08:55
- If the 98 pound kid took a shot with a shotgun, maybe. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 21, 08:53
- If we extend this rap analogy..Leno's attempt at a joke gets him shot. :) - Will Hunting Jan 21, 08:49 19
  - Insult humor is Jimmy Kimmel's forte. Even most good comedians can't hang with Kimmel in insults. - musubi Jan 21, 08:55 15
    - It's one thing to be the weak unpopular kid. It's another to be the weasely kid who is the teacher's pet and uses their power to hurt others. - JaxSean Jan 21, 08:58 14
      - Leno's been getting shived by the others for two weeks. He can't be expected to shiv back? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 08:59 12
        
        Sure he can. Just so far, he's not done so unless you count, "Dave likes to bone interns and isn't able to look his wife in the eye." - Will Hunting Jan 21, 09:01 5
        
        You hatey Jay, no prob. Just be realistic, he didn't cross some horrible personal threshold. - musubi Jan 21, 09:08 2
        
        I'm the anti-hatey Jay. I've pretty much said all along I like him and his brand of comedy. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 09:10 1
        
        LEAVE JAY ALONE!!!! *sobs* -- nm - musubi si Jan 21, 09:10
        
        The can't look her in the eye part is over the top (but sounds like it was an aside and not the punchline). The "Marry him" is pretty funny. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 09:06 1
        
        Letterman wouldn't need to resort to bringing in Jay's wife to carve him up like T-Giving day dinner. - Will Hunting Jan 21, 09:07
        
        No, he totally can, but he's going to get *murdered*, because he can't hang in the fight. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 09:00 5
        
        The point being, he's already getting murdered. To get mad at him for fighting back with the weak weapons in his arsenal is weak. - musubi Jan 21, 09:02 4
        
        For me it's like "You've been a comedian for the last twenty years and this is the best you can come up with?" -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 09:05 1
        
        It was either that or a joke about his health! -- nm - Leno Jan 21, 09:07
        
        Personally, I'm not mad about it. I just feel bad that he's inviting the more skilled swordsmen to carve him up even more. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 09:03 1
        
        It's not your reaction that I think is disingenuious. (nm) - musubi Jan 21, 09:06
      - Jay is Syndrome -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:58
  - The point about Kimmel is solid for the rap analogy too. - TFox Jan 21, 08:52 2
    - I won't even pretend to be able to extend a rap analogy any further. - musubi Jan 21, 08:57 1
      - I guess it boils down to whether you consider the ability to defend yourself from this stuff part and parcel with the job description. - TFox Jan 21, 08:59
- It's the same crap Letterman got for his joke about Palin's daughter. It stepped over a line, and it was a crass joke. - JaxSean Jan 21, 08:49 9
  - The crap about Letterman's joke about Palin's daughter was stupid too. (nm) - musubi Jan 21, 08:51 1
    - Indeed. It seemed very clear to me which daughter he meant ... which is why I mentioned accidental crassness, below. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:52
  - I haven't heard Leno's joke yet (I don't record the jay leno show), but is it as crass as the palin one? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:50 6
    - This is it: - JaxSean Jan 21, 08:53 3
      - People are letting their Leno hatey cloud their judgement. That joke is biting, but it's on point and in the overall context of the last two weeks... - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 08:58 1
        
        I disagree. It's Leno going after the ONLY thing he can on Letterman. He's done it a couple times this week and it's all he's got. - Jim Jan 21, 09:02
      - You know the best way to get Letterman *not* to ignore you? - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:56
    - He basically said (spoil) - musubi Jan 21, 08:52
    - (and furthermore, is it accidentally crass, or intentionally so? I think the palin one seemed accidental.) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:50
- Actually, I do think Letterman should stop. He went so far overboard night before last that he had to skip the top 10 list and musical guest. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:48 6
  - This stuff is usually pretty well timed and scripted. Did he ad lib his stuff? -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 21, 09:02
  - I disagree because of the history. IIRC, he was the perfect gentlemen after NBC/Leno screwed him. If ever there was a time to vent, it is now. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 21, 08:57 3
    - Exactly. letterman's been pretty decent about this whole thing for almost 20 years. - Jim Jan 21, 09:06
    - this is true. There's incredible history there, which is all being dredged up right now. And letterman deserves the ratings. - Beryllium Jan 21, 09:01 1
      - As for your new character post below, some dude in a suit with a squeaky voice and a big chin. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 21, 09:03
  - Really? I haven't watched a whole show of Letterman, just the clips, so I didn't know that. - musubi Jan 21, 08:51
Apart from Lost and Better off Ted, what's your favourite tv show that's currently running. (If you say CSI you're disqualified) -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 08:46 32
- Psych -- nm - David Jan 21, 09:10
- Being Human -- nm - LMS Jan 21, 09:04
- Modern Family takes it then, thanks all. -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 08:55
- Better Off Ted. Oh. Then Modern Family. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 08:54
- Modern Family. Ted is losing it at the end, not funny anymore. -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 08:53 9
  - You are crazy wrong. You're taking David Level Crazy and mixing it with Joey Wrongness, then multiplying it by Pixie Insanity. (nm) - musubi Jan 21, 08:59 4
    - I should have said "as" funny. Last season was gut busting. This one...eh -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 09:00 3
      - I will admit there have been a few "not-as-funny" episodes. It still as funny as Modern Family for laugh-out-loud moments. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 09:03 2
        
        I wish they'd pair it with MF instead of cancelling it. I wish in second place that NBC would replace Parks and Rec with it. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 09:04 1
        
        You really must give Parks and Rec a second chance. I think it's found it's voice and is very funny. - musubi Jan 21, 09:10
  - Took me a minute to realize that 'Ted' was not a reference to HIMYM. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 21, 08:56
  - You're *nuts*. This last episode was hilarious, with (spoils) - JaxSean Jan 21, 08:55 2
    - It's a funny idea but it's not LOL funny anymore. C'mon. Stooges at the end? - oblique Jan 21, 08:58 1
      - That was funny. - JaxSean Jan 21, 09:02
- Modern Family. Yet to have a *bad* episode. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 21, 08:51
- EURO Handball 2010 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 08:51
- I saw the Modern Family pilot last night. The Lion King scene is one of the funniest things on TV in years. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 21, 08:49 3
  - I am so glad they rebroadcast that (since Hulu didn't have it). Wife and I were laughing quite a bit. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 21, 08:52 2
    - "Her name is Lily" "Won't that be hard for her to say?" -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 08:59
    - I was holding my sleeping baby in my lap and had to stuff a blanket into my mouth. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 21, 08:54
- Modern Family/Friday Night Lights. -- nm - Callisto Jan 21, 08:48 1
  - Julie Bowen for the win last night! -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 21, 08:49
- define "currently running" I'll probably say Dexter, if you mean any show that hasn't ended for good yet. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 21, 08:47 1
  - Yeah anything that hasn't ended. -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 08:48
- Modern Family (nm) - musubi Jan 21, 08:47
- Modern Family -- nm - prayformojo Jan 21, 08:47 2
  - hey mojo, you get my post yesterday about errors on BOP? - musubi Jan 21, 08:48 1
    - i'll look at that, thanks -- nm - prayformojo Jan 21, 08:54
- 1/2 hour: 30 Rock. Hour long: Psych -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 08:47
- as evidenced by my 15-show list from yesterday, I can't decide. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:47 2
  - I was going to ask how do you get the time?! -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 08:48 1
    - I have a PVR ... time is irrelevant. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:49
So if I'm reading this correctly, if I play Halo tonight with Trish's and Darcy's accounts as well as my own, that will count as 3 towards Haiti -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 08:45 2
- I'm sure that's correct (as long as they're Gold accounts, which I'm sure they are) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:46 1
  - coolness -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 08:51
Let's create new characters for Conan's unannounced new show ... I vote for "Victoly, the Drunk Russian Insult Comic" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:43 1
- "Yeah, that's great ... for me to BORSCHT ON!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:43
How many of the 100 greatest Sci-Fi novels of all time (according to a very subjective list) have you read? (warning, page is very graphics intensive) - prayformojo Jan 21, 08:43 23
- 15 -- nm - Ender Jan 21, 09:06
- 17 -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 08:57
- 9, though arguably most of mine aren't true sci-fi - znufrii Jan 21, 08:52 3
  - yeah, this is not the best list I've seen. -- nm - decline Jan 21, 08:55 1
    - as a list of personal favorites, it's great. but not any for sort of objective "greatest ever" list -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 08:57
  - or "the hobbit" for that matter? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 08:54
- 62. Not a very good list, though. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 21, 08:51 3
  - I'd definitely put a JK Rowling book in there, for recognition of the impact if nothing else. -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 08:53 2
    - Easily. I was happy to see Watership Down, though. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 21, 08:58 1
      - heh add one more to my list i've read that one but in Danish where it's named "rabbitmountain" or so -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 09:01
- 24, though most of them might be more properly categorized as Fantasy -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 08:50 9
  - Well, the page title IS "...the 100 Greatest Science Fiction or Fantasy Novels" -- nm - Ender Jan 21, 09:07
  - J R R Tolkien??? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 08:52 7
    - yep, among others like Watership Down, The Mists of Avalon, Johnathan Strange etc -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 08:54 6
      - the man just about "invented" Fantasy dammit -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 08:55 5
        
        or, at least ripped it off from old myths and legends -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 08:58 4
        
        J. R. R. Tolkien played a large role in the popularization of the fantasy genre with his massively-successful publications -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 09:05
        
        provenance of the source material aside, you can't argue that he wasn't primarily responsible for establishing it as a literary genre. -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 09:04 2
        
        Of course not - my point is more "talent imitates, genius steals" -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 09:07 1
        
        gotcha -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 09:10
- 15 or so depending or the Le Guen stuff who has different names indeed in danish -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 08:50
- 39 or so -- nm - decline Jan 21, 08:48
- 11, but there are some I'm instantly adding to my list. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 08:45
so Wozniacki beat Wozniak - again -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 08:42
Odds Conan is Letterman's guest on Monday? -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 08:42 3
- That's probably part of the non-compete. -- nm - nubby Jan 21, 08:43 2
  - that stinks. would have been terrific tv. -- nm - Remlik Jan 21, 08:45
  - I think it touches on how much trouble he can poke at NBC, but I don't know if it would specifically bar him from going on talk shows - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:44
SITWAP: The new host of Family Feud (which I know no one watches) is Steve Harvey. -- (link) - TFox Jan 21, 08:41 6
- I'd love for them to give it back to a real drunken, handsy letch. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 08:44 3
  - He was so... exactly that. It's weird to watch in reruns. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 08:46 1
    - It's like watching Life on Mars... - Mel Profit Jan 21, 08:48
  - It made the men uncomfortable when Louie Anderson would grab their junk -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 08:46
- J Peterman got the boot? -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 08:42 1
  - Yep. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 08:43

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