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If you're in Ann Arbor, Brookline, Brooklyn, Chicago, L.A., Nashville, Madison, or San Francisco you can see a Sundance film tonight. (list inside) - Dano Jan 28, 10:46
Ugh. Sports Illustrated's first mock has us drafting some scrub from Boise State. - David Jan 28, 10:46 6
- Have you ever tried putting a tight spiral on a 10 pound potato? -- nm - Ender Jan 28, 10:50 1
  - Yes. Knocked a 3 foot hole in the principal's office door. -- nm - idahoian si Jan 28, 10:51
- link? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:49 1
  - It's the main update at SI.com right now if you're interested. -- nm - David Jan 28, 10:52
- i think they do, but its strange and involves wresting in the mud with pigs. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 10:48 1
  - Wouldn't that make the field blue? -- nm - David Jan 28, 10:52
Heh, winning headline in today's news..."Police: Drivers spot naked, tattooed man on roof" -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jan 28, 10:44
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- Out of interest, what happens if they marry, he moves to the States, they divorce and he goes on welfare - Roger More Jan 28, 10:55 1
  - You stop feeding him so he doesn't breed. -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 28, 10:58
- Is this a South American thing? One of my wife's friends at work brought a dude up from Venezuela after meeting him once and they basically starting - Reagen Jan 28, 10:46 1
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As punishment for Vandy's paying off the refs in last night's basketball game, UT took their prized QB recruit. - David Jan 28, 10:41
Treasure Madness!!! -- nm - nubby Jan 28, 10:39 2
- I'm at a high enough level there that some of the mini games are now actually a bit of a challenge. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 10:41 1
  - Yeah, I'm starting to get frustrated (in a fun way). -- nm - nubby Jan 28, 11:05
Salinger letter from 1957 re: not selling the rights to Catcher in the Rye. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:39 10
- if you've written a person that can't be acted, IMO you've written a person that doesn't exist. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:42 9
  - on the other hand, movies aren't always the right medium for every character. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:48 2
    - max agrees with me, reagen! -- nm - tik tok Jan 28, 10:50 1
      - I don't know who should be getting more chills at this point, you or himm. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:52
  - Word. -- nm - Jesus Jan 28, 10:46 1
    - well the reverse is not true, obviously. :) -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:48
  - i think he's saying Holden is a character that can't be filmed in the movie sense - tik tok Jan 28, 10:45 2
    - on the other other hand, reading his letter, I think he might change his mind after having seen what the next 50 years in acting produced. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:51 1
      - Ashton Kutcher in the lead. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:52
  - Keyser Soze? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:42
Further proof Metro sucks: $.10 Fair Hike Mar-June, July 1 will new a new fare schedule aka bigger price hike -- (link) - MDH Jan 28, 10:39 7
- And let me guess: less frequent and reliable service, more accidents and deaths, even worse communication, and more excuses. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:40 5
  - it's not Metro's fault they get f'd over every year by the federal and state governments for funding - tik tok Jan 28, 10:42 3
    - Oh I agree with that aspect, the funding issue is terrible. Irritating how much prices have gone up with worse service - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:43 2
      - well, at least here they're just cutting service - znufrii Jan 28, 10:46
      - I wouldn't have a problem with a modest fare increase if they had reliable service. But waiting 40 minutes for a train at 8pm is unacceptable -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 10:45
  - Some services cut. But seriously they need to figure something out about safety. I feel horrible for those families. -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 10:42
- will new a new? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 10:40
did you ever have a friend who you thought should be the last person to get pregnant tell you they are pregnant? - tik tok Jan 28, 10:38 7
- oh hell yeah. -- nm - Diva - gay for figure skating Jan 28, 10:44 1
  - i hope she's in a better place than when we last were in closer contact - tik tok Jan 28, 10:46
- hotkiss is pregnant? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 28, 10:43 1
  - hush! -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 10:48
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  - speaking of, there's something I've been meaning to tell you... -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:41 1
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woot - Gateway 11.6" netbook (refurb) $270 -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 10:37
LIR: Mop. What convertible do you have? -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 10:37
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- I honestly can't think of any better place to have a trial than right here. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:39
- When did the US turn into a bunch of weak-kneed wimps? Do the critics not understand how this actually makes you look to the rest of the world? -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:38 5
  - seriously. And why is he even getting a trial? Just shoot him or lock him in a tiny dark room forever. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:44 3
    - because some people think this country's ideals are worth standing up for nevertheless. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:47 2
      - Yeah, I was being sarcastic for most of that post in case it wasn't clear. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:48 1
        
        except there are people out there who would repeat that verbatim without sarcasm. - znufrii Jan 28, 10:50
  - not to mention the sizable contingent who think people like him don't deserve a trial in the first place. - znufrii Jan 28, 10:40
oooh, whiteout, crazy winds. i wish work had 'snow days'. : ( -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 10:35
LLIR: Jax: I think the HTC Android devices are your best bet... -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 10:35 2
- (not sure if this is an option) my friend just got a Nexus One and is very impressed with it. - decline Jan 28, 10:36 1
  - nope, note an option for sprint users. sprint really has a somewhat lackluster selection of smartish phones. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 10:38
You know...I could see companies like Leapfrog, Disney, or others really making some smart moves into putting their educational software on the iPad - oblique Jan 28, 10:32 4
- Another thing. I don't know if the iPhone does this, but if they allowed the iPad to being targetted like an Airport Express for streaming music from - oblique Jan 28, 10:40
- hmm. Seems a bit to delicate to give to kids to play with. -- nm - decline Jan 28, 10:34 2
  - I've seen more than enough kids weilding iPhones to know that I'm sure it's plenty durable -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 10:35
  - hmmm, broken iPads = repeat buyers. we like the way you think -- nm - apple Jan 28, 10:35
Today at HWDYK: Better Off Ted, Season 2; plus, a new series on Seinfeld episodes, starting with The Big Salad -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 28, 10:31
LYC: MH version. I am now past the halfway mark. 74 out of 140 breeds caught -- nm - decline Jan 28, 10:31 1
- until they add new breeds :) -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 10:42
How to report the news, BBC style -- (link) - Reagen Jan 28, 10:31 [youtube]
Why are so asking for 1099-MISC forms and saying they need them because they're self-employed? Can that be right? -- (link) - mara Jan 28, 10:28 1
- "so many" -- nm - mara Jan 28, 10:28
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- 312.5 and they are all "Avatar" -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 10:22
- Well, soon to be Precious. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 10:19
- 4 -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:18
- none - tik tok Jan 28, 10:18 6
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    - The prefab Oscar contenders tend not to be in the Competition section. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 10:26 3
      - (and then the jury tends to go for the even more obscure stuff) -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 10:29 2
        
        did you see Renee Zelwigger and Werner Herzog are going to be on the Berlin jury together? - tik tok Jan 28, 10:30 1
        
        The HatPickotron 3000 strikes again. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:31
    - cheat in the sense that i read an article a few weeks ago somewhere -- nm - tik tok Jan 28, 10:20
of all the different 360 games I've played, I've gotten all the achievements in only one of them - normal or not? -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 10:17 16
- The only one I did was Scene It Box Office. -- nm - David Jan 28, 10:38 1
  - your xbox is on -- nm - J Jan 28, 10:43
- I've only done it once.... Assassin's Creed 2 -- nm - J Jan 28, 10:27
- i have all the achievements for Civ. but its normal to not get them all, unless you are strange. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 10:24 1
  - I'm at 45/50 for Civ -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 10:25
- fwiw, the one game I've done all the achievements on is Oblivion -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 10:22
- Very normal. Too many games have crappy ach. that aren't even fun to get. -- nm - Shaun Jan 28, 10:20 5
  - I'm not close to completing Arkham. I can do stealth rooms, but I suck at the straight up fighting. -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 10:23 4
    - I have 2 1k games: Too Human and Batman:AA. -- nm - Shaun Jan 28, 10:24 3
      - I couldn't do the challenges on AA, so I gave up and traded it -- nm - J Jan 28, 10:36
      - I've never played Too Human -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 10:24 1
        
        its sorta like mass effect 2, but with a sillier story and stranger battle mechanics. - tRuMaN Jan 28, 10:37
- Normal, definitely. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:18
- Normal. I don't think I've come close to perfecting any game. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 10:18 2
  - I'm one achievement away from completing ODST, but that is the firefight we're constantly complaining about on here -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 10:22
  - I am one away from 1000/1000 on MW1. Never gonna happen either. - Krusty Jan 28, 10:22
ST Poll: Which director should direct Catcher in the Rye? Which actor should play Holden? -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 10:17 43
- Chris Colfer (Glee), Freddie Highmore, Thomas Sangster, Dev Patel, and Cameron Bright are all in the age range. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:29 1
  - Freddie Highmore! -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 10:31
- whoever the most annoying and whiniest kid in hollywood is should play holden. - dogbert Jan 28, 10:24 5
  - you know who would get cast ? Shia. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 10:26 2
    - I think he could do it. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 10:30 1
      - I would suggest Anton Yelchin. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:39
  - Robert Pattinson -- nm - Roger More Jan 28, 10:25
  - billy bob thornton? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:25
- I don't remember too much about his character from the book, but I guess I would have suggested DiCaprio way back when. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:22 1
  - Yeah, Basketball Diaries DiCaprio would have had this in his wheelhouse. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 28, 10:23
- Taylor Lautner Taylor Lautner Taylor Lautner! -- nm - swoony New Moon fans Jan 28, 10:21 9
  - I'd hope the Holden won't be played by someone hot. That would detract from the detatchment angle. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 28, 10:23 8
    - Ok, then Robert Pattinson. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 10:31 3
      - A twenty-something who looks *older* -- that's so crazy it just might work! -- nm - mara Jan 28, 10:33 2
        
        okay, settle down, cougar. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:37 1
        
        RAAARRRR! -- nm - mara Jan 28, 10:48
    - how about the crazy preacher kid from There will be blood? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 28, 10:26 3
      - Paul Dano. He's got the right look, but he's a little too old, I think. -- nm - Inigo Jan 28, 10:32 2
        
        It's kind of like the Hamlet paradox. by the time you're good/famous enough to do it, you're too old. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:33 1
        
        You don't have to be that good to be a teenage actor in film. Directing and editing do wonders. (Stage is different.) -- nm - mara Jan 28, 10:44
- Nolan. (Memento's pacing and dialogue approach feels right and there's no action.) A complete no-namer. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 28, 10:21
- Wes Anderson and some unknown. -- nm - Inigo Jan 28, 10:20 3
  - Jason Schwartzman would have been perfect c. Rushmore -- nm - tik tok Jan 28, 10:21 2
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      - I have an inkling he may be more attractive in real life then on the screen -- nm - Epiphany Jan 28, 10:42
- Elijah Wood. Michael Gondry. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 28, 10:20
- Holden is 17. Do we actually want a known actor in his 20s (or older) playing him? -- nm - mara Jan 28, 10:19 3
  - I would nominate Alden Ehrenreich. (He still counts as an unknown, anyway) -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 10:21
  - Sure, if they can pass for a 17 year old. - Will Hunting Jan 28, 10:21
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- nobody and nobody -- nm - tik tok Jan 28, 10:19
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- Greengrass, Tobey McGuire. -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 10:19 9
  - uh, Tobey is 34. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 10:20 2
    - and also reportedly hates the book. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:22 1
      - all the better for the emo. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 28, 10:23
  - you realize Holden is a teenager? -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:19 5
    - So was Peter Parker. -- nm - Shaun Jan 28, 10:20 2
      - and when did that movie come out? -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:22 1
        
        When he was 26. -- nm - Shaun Jan 28, 10:25
    - And? He looks about 14. -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 10:20 1
      - Jeebus. Every now and then ST reminds me why I don't really watch many movies any more. -- nm - mara Jan 28, 10:21
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boss lady! -- nm - tik tok Jan 28, 10:15
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- I hope he hangs in some fashion. -- nm - Mel - gay for pixie Jan 28, 10:19 11
  - I just read that his study was based on TWELVE children? insane. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:20 10
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      - True enough, but it's about the equivalent of saying bears don't exist because you don't see any in your office. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:24 2
        
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        oh yeah, you do that once, your career is over, period. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:29
      - with 12, you don't have to fake. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:23 5
        
        Lancet is well respected, right? - Mel - gay for pixie Jan 28, 10:26 4
        
        you can do it, you just have to be up front about it. What's equally shocking here is how seriously people took the study. - loosilu Jan 28, 10:28 3
        
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        for some reason I'm fascinated by this topic. Thanks. -- nm - Mel - gay for pixie Jan 28, 10:48
        
        thanks! -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:35
- huh, I didn't realize how badly he'd actually acted. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:17

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