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Dermot Mulroney as Jim Rockford? uhm...no. -- nm - the liioulu with waxy buildup Mar 2, 16:40
WAP? HBO has picked up the pilot for Game of Thrones and ordered production for 9 episodes (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Mar 2, 16:35 2
- more Sean Bean stank - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 16:41
- They've been sniffing around it for at least a year. I love this opening shot. -- (link) - landbeck Mar 2, 16:37
Speculation as to what happen between Infinity Ward developers of MW 1 and 2 and its parent company Activision -- (link) - eag Mar 2, 16:13 2
- wow. -- nm - Remlik Mar 2, 16:31 1
  - it sounds like IW really got dicked around ... I'll have to follow those two execs and see what their next projects are. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 16:39
seven classic movie moments you didn't know were improvised -- (link) - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 16:07 10
- "Partway through, Kubrick had to stop the filming to ask Ermey what the hell a 'reach-around' was." nm - Dignan Mar 2, 16:23
- I've only seen bits and pieces of Full Metal Jacket. I hadn't seen that drill sergeant scene. That's hilarious :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 16:22 2
  - Such a great film. That scene is hysterical, it's much longer than that 30 sec clip. - Krusty Mar 2, 16:23 1
    - Didn't Ermey get an Oscat nom for that? - the liioulu with waxy buildup Mar 2, 16:25
- #3 still creeps me out -- nm - amoxy Mar 2, 16:15 3
  - Doing better ? -- nm - eag Mar 2, 16:16 2
    - Yeah, much better - amoxy Mar 2, 16:18 1
      - Other than an annoying sinus allergy or cold not sure on which it is - eag Mar 2, 16:21
- I knew #2 so it must be relatively well known. -- nm - loosilu Mar 2, 16:10 1
  - There's a story about how the swordsman trained for months for that scene ... and it was basically cut. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 16:22
oooh, high of 9*C on Saturday (that's 48*F). I proclaim winter is over! -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 15:38 16
- High of 13C here ... I proclaim that winter never even showed up. It was an Ovechkin Winter. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 15:53
- I go by the lows, but Saturday is my first day of spring too. -- nm - mara Mar 2, 15:44
- SHHHHH!!! That's what it wants you to think! - Cuzzin Todd Mar 2, 15:43
- did you even have winter? -- nm - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 15:40 12
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    - We had both and I am beyond ready for the end of it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 2, 15:58 2
      - i think i always hated march the most living back east. never warm enough to feel like spring and just enough late snows to still feel like winter -- nm - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 16:03
      - Moi aussi. - the liioulu with waxy buildup Mar 2, 16:01
    - i swear you were in Mexico every other weekend.... -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 15:53 1
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  - a smidge in the past week or two. it snowed and everything! -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 15:42 5
    - 262 inches (so far) back home in Maryland - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 15:47 4
      - *grumble* -- nm - kelly Mar 2, 15:55
      - i was just there for training for 3 weeks. it snowed 65 of those inches while i was there. kind of fun because i knew i was leaving. -- nm - binge eating fedup Mar 2, 15:50
      - that's an awful lot. last year we had record snow and it wasn't that much, i'm sure. - Andie Mar 2, 15:48 1
        
        Here we had a record snow (one day record total) but some of precipitation came in the form of rain. - the liioulu with waxy buildup Mar 2, 16:03
T-minus 90 minutes until the They Might Be Giants concert. They're performing "Flood" all the way through. - JaxSean Mar 2, 15:33 5
- eh -- nm - the liioulu with waxy buildup Mar 2, 15:56
- *jealous* - kelly Mar 2, 15:37 2
  - This will be the 20th time Suzanne has seen them. - JaxSean Mar 2, 15:43 1
    - I'm not sure. -- nm - kelly Mar 2, 15:48
- Why is the world in love today? Why are we marching hand in hand? -- nm - mara Mar 2, 15:33
lyc, God of War 3 pre-ordered. amazon says it will be delivered on release day. - tRuMaN Mar 2, 15:28
heavy rain save glitch lets you control a nude madison (the female) in the game. -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 2, 15:15
My first weekend of college, we play football as a dorm experience; get done back in the rooms and a guy comes by, "Anyone wanna play rugby?" "Sure.. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:57 14
- I would have loved to have played some rugby in university. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 2, 15:05
- I have a coworker who plays rugby (still). -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 15:02
- One of my roommates played on the rugby team (club sport). He was a crazy mf. -- nm - pmb Mar 2, 14:59 11
  - Yeah, this was just a random club sport. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 15:01 10
    - Out of interest, why wouldn;t you consider rugby? I mean, you don't have padding, but there are far fewer collisions that US football - Roger More Mar 2, 15:06 9
      - I was a 140lb weakling with no upper body strength. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 2, 15:09 5
        
        Ah - say no more -- nm - Roger More Mar 2, 15:11
        
        Be the ball, Will. nanananananananananah. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 15:10 3
        
        *gets spiked after the other guy scores a rouge* - Will Hunting Mar 2, 15:12 2
        
        a 'try' -- nm - Roger More Mar 2, 15:19 1
        
        I can see it now. "Mom, I got a try in the rugby match today." "Well, I'm glad you gave it your best. That's all we can ask for." - Will Hunting Mar 2, 15:27
      - My view of it is exactly your IM -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 15:08
      - my memories of the rugby players at my university was they got naked. - Andie Mar 2, 15:07 1
        
        This, and dressing up in ladies' clothes (I'm very grateful I grew up in an Australian Rules state) -- nm - Roger More Mar 2, 15:08
The ending of the gold medal game couldn't have been more perfect for the NHL. - Tim Mar 2, 14:57 1
- Except for one minor problem. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 2, 15:01
Naomi Campbell on the lam! -- (link) - mara Mar 2, 14:53 1
- she actually scares me. -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 14:54
Okay, Consumer Reports helped me decide. I think I'll get a 4GB Toshiba Satellite laptop. -- (link) - mara Mar 2, 14:52 1
- LYC, but I have one of these (except AMD processor) and it rocks. -- nm - elybow Mar 2, 15:42
TT poll - What sports did you play in high school and college? - pmb Mar 2, 14:47 31
- I didn't attend high school, and the college I went to was a community college - if it had a sports program, I didn't give a shit. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 16:37
- n/a -- nm - znufrii Mar 2, 16:36
- ha ha! none. -- nm - loosilu Mar 2, 16:06 2
  - My college didn't have teams until the last year I was there. - the liioulu with waxy buildup Mar 2, 16:21 1
    - mine did. I have always hated athletic competition of every kind. -- nm - loosilu Mar 2, 16:41
- College? Sports? -- nm - the liioulu with waxy buildup Mar 2, 16:06
- Cross country and track in HS. Only dorm and intramurals (basketball, flag football) at college -- nm - JD Mar 2, 15:22
- football, baseball -- nm - dogbert Mar 2, 15:12
- Debate Squad -- nm - OAE Mar 2, 15:08 1
  - No you didn't. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 2, 15:15
- soccer and wrestling, nothing organized in college -- nm - Max Mar 2, 15:03
- Baseball and volleyball. I still play volleyball indoors and on the beach. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 15:02 1
  - I played basketball in an outside league, not for my school. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 15:03
- Cross-Country, Soccer, and Track (in H.S.) -- nm - Stephen Mar 2, 15:01
- football & basketball in HS, water polo in college -- nm - ceregon Mar 2, 14:55
- Volleyball, curling and fastball in high school. Little bit of most team sports recreationally after that. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 2, 14:54 5
  - Curling was/is a high school sport?!? - JaxSean Mar 2, 14:56 4
    - Sure. There was provincials. Though you curled as a junior if you were any good and had ambition for more. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 2, 15:04
    - A friend a Bowling, Golf, Water Polo, etc teams. Besides golf that seemed insane to me. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 14:58 1
      - Golf always seemed fringe-y to me, but understandable. I can even understand Water Polo, since most high schools (in my area) had pools. - JaxSean Mar 2, 15:01
    - oh, i curled in high school, i forgot. - Andie Mar 2, 14:57
- Baseball in highschool. -- nm - Remlik Mar 2, 14:52
- One year of Soccer and two years of Lacrosse. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 2, 14:52
- Basketball and Baseball in HS. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 14:50 1
  - College: Just intramurals but Softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, football, dodgeball -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 14:52
- Basketball in HS, nothing in college. Unless you count beer drinking as a sport. -- nm - mara Mar 2, 14:50
- h/s football (very shortly). - tRuMaN Mar 2, 14:50 1
  - err, college, nothing. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 2, 14:50
- hs, track, spearchucker -- nm - peglegpete Mar 2, 14:48
- high school i played volleyball and basketball. college - nada. -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 14:47
- I only tried out for tennis in high school. Tried the track thing in college. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:47
My nose has been sore all day, like I got punched in the face. I must have slept *really* wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 14:39 7
- Did Naomi Campbell beat you up? -- nm - Remlik Mar 2, 15:01 1
  - This must be it. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 15:12
- i bet your cat punched you in the face for some insult you gave it. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 2, 14:51 1
  - Like a cat needs a reason. -- nm - mara Mar 2, 14:53
- pets? did your cat jump on your head while you were sleeping. - Andie Mar 2, 14:48 1
  - Quite possible. Or it got my face with its tail, and I swatted in my sleep. (Pow!) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 14:56
- vivid dreams? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 2, 14:46
anyone know where I can get a Fantastic Four blue silk bathrobe? I tried a google search :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 2, 14:32 2
- ask Stan Lee for his.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 2, 14:38
- and Remlik can't sew :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 2, 14:35
Will ran an 11.2 sec 100 yds in college? Wait, what? - musubi Mar 2, 14:30 17
- 12.1 100m - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:33 13
  - You ran track in college? Did TT know this? - musubi Mar 2, 14:35 12
    - I tried out for the team; didn't quite make it. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:37 2
      - That's very cool. (nm) - musubi Mar 2, 14:42
      - Heh. -- nm - kelly Mar 2, 14:41
    - I think I saw a super skinny picture once. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 14:37 4
      - Yes. That old pic was what made me think "distance runner", rather than "sprinter". (nm) - musubi Mar 2, 14:40 1
        
        I was just about to add that too. I was thinking more distance runner. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 14:42
      - Yeah, I graduated college at 145lbs -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:38 1
        
        i hope you're 300 lbs now...*grumble grumble* skinny people make me depressed. don't take it personally.... -- nm - binge eating fedup Mar 2, 15:37
    - there are probably lots of people who played sports in HS/college (or tried to in HS/college) that st doesnt know about. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 2, 14:36 3
      - *shrug* I'm sure there are. I just didn't picture Will as a sprinter. - musubi Mar 2, 14:40 2
        
        I can't run distance; my asthma kills me - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:42 1
        
        11.2 seems pretty great to me. (nm) - musubi Mar 2, 14:45
- I can believe it - didn't he tell a story once about how he was three weeks away from being a black belt? - Roger More Mar 2, 14:32 1
  - Yeah. I had no upper body strength, but lower body was all fast-twitch. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:35
- there was a free buffet at the other end. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 2, 14:31
So, TFox was not kidding about trying to trade with everyone. (nm) - musubi Mar 2, 14:27
The Pro Bowl is going to be the week before the Super Bowl again, but it'll be back in Hawaii this time. -- nm - David Mar 2, 14:27 3
- *skips it again* -- nm - Bryant McKinnie Mar 2, 14:27 2
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    - Probably from standing around at the clubs all week long. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:31
LYC: I'm going with another year with a split Oscar decision. Avatar for Picture, Bigelow for Director. -- nm - Qale Mar 2, 14:24
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  - So please, buy the cars we don't know what's wrong with and may kill you...but at least it's cheap. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:24 5
    - I'd like to see the fine print of the financing deal -- nm - Roger More Mar 2, 14:25 4
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        Heh - I didn't mean for there to be a serious response :) -- nm - Roger More Mar 2, 14:30 1
        
        Lawyers are a notoriously literal bunch. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 15:04
      - "Well, if it kills you, we forgive the loan ..." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 14:25
Netflix new releases today: 2012, Bitch Slap, Gentlemen Broncos, Ponyo, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee -- (link) - Max Mar 2, 14:19 8
- If you're looking for a film to watch with the kiddos, you'll all enjoy... - OAE Mar 2, 15:09
- I have 2012 at home today (you're welcome, Will!) and Pippa Lee arriving tomorrow. - kelly Mar 2, 14:29 5
  - none of today's yet -- nm - Max Mar 2, 14:34
  - Nonsensical useless destruction, what could be better - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:30 2
    - the first part of this message could be a tagline for boderlands. - tRuMaN Mar 2, 14:31
    - We shall see... -- nm - kelly Mar 2, 14:31
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- tv: Parenthood premieres tonight, Southland restarts -- nm - Max Mar 2, 14:20
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- and a boom boom. nm -- nm - Shake Ya Rump Mar 2, 14:20
Happy Birthday sh............! -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 2, 14:19

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