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I'm sure Max knows this, but you can save waterlogged books, papers, photos by freezing them -- (link) - oblique Mar 8, 11:07 1
- yes ask the librarians in colone about they are pritty great in that -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 8, 11:09
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- I hate them with a passion of a thousand burning suns - suns that shine down on my sand castles of hate - Epiphany Mar 8, 11:09
- great, more attention for them... -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 11:08
"I love that nine-year-old me had so much fun with the movie, but it really is kind of awful" -- Callisto for the win. -- nm - David Mar 8, 11:02 2
- Lucas has always said he was making a kids movie so . . . - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 11:03 1
  - And he succeeded in making a kind of awful one! A G-Force for the 1970s! -- nm - David Mar 8, 11:06
TV PSA: Trauma is new tonight on NBC at 9pm -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 11:00 7
- Trauma: Not dead yet -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 11:02
- House is also new tonight...finally. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 11:01
- what? I thought that was cancelled - I have not watched the season finale yet -- nm - Epiphany Mar 8, 11:01 4
  - It stopped for the Olympics, rumored cancelled, then order for 3 episodes, then 3 more. - MDH Mar 8, 11:02 3
    - Awesome!! I really like it - Glenn is so damn hot - Epiphany Mar 8, 11:04 1
      - I really want this show to get picked up. But unless it jumps big in the ratings it's not happening. -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 11:05
    - I deleted all of "Three Rivers" last night since CBS has effectively cancelled it - oblique Mar 8, 11:03
Canada to switch to plastic bank notes in 2011 -- (link) - Reagen Mar 8, 10:57 8
- what happens if you leave a few notes in the pants and boil them? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 8, 11:00 2
  - You get hobo stew? -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 11:01 1
    - pricey and clean pants -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 8, 11:03
- Making literal Canadian Tire Money all that much closer to realisty. (nm) - musubi Mar 8, 10:59
- I don't really have an attachment ... hopefully the effort isn't a dismal failure. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 10:58 2
  - Our Aussie posters can chime in but I've heard nothing but positives about the bills. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 11:01 1
    - I'll testify that the clear windows in the bills look neat. - musubi Mar 8, 11:04
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It's worth noting (and only to me) that the Commonwealth of MA and the -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 10:56 26
- IRS hsve accepted my tax returns. ST Poll #whew! - Where are you in the process? - Diva Mar 8, 10:57 24
  - Havent' started. Too busy prepping other peoples right now. -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 11:01 1
    - MDH: Stud Accountant. -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 11:02
  - Should be done, but not. Perhaps this weekend. (nm) - musubi Mar 8, 11:00
  - waiting for my mf'in 1099 from my previous job - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 11:00 1
    - :( -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 11:10
  - Most of my refund is already spent. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 11:00 5
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      - Cruise, airfare, new tires, new glasses, new super CD-G karaoke machine... - Jim Mar 8, 11:02 3
        
        *picks "Paradise By the Dashboard Light". gets shot* -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 11:04 2
        
        My partner HATES when that song gets picked. No one who picks it can ever sing it. And it's not even that hard. My *one* is American Pie. Ugh. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 11:05 1
        
        it's like, 16 minutes of torture for the party. And the people who pick it aren't ever too happy either. -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 11:07
  - Met with accountant this weekend. Forgot all my W-2 and related tax documents at home (1.5 hour drive from my house), muddled through - oblique Mar 8, 11:00
  - Just filed this morning and getting a small refund from both feds and state. - ReluctantCynic Mar 8, 11:00 1
    - your IM is teh awesome. -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 11:01
  - I have not started, and I need to - I got a lead on a lady who will help me - I normally always owe - Epiphany Mar 8, 10:59 7
    - !! -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 11:00 6
      - $3k last year he was not amused -- nm - Epiphany Mar 8, 11:03 5
        
        I can see you now, running around all cute/sexy and smiley with just a few too many withholdings. - Diva Mar 8, 11:06
        
        bitch better have my money -- nm - SM SI Mar 8, 11:04 3
        
        L3! - Epiphany Mar 8, 11:07 2
        
        Whenever I need to earn some extra bucks quick I resort to 'dancing'. it's been pretty effective so far. -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 11:09 1
        
        *takes notes "- learn to dance and be Diva-licious"* -- nm - Epiphany Mar 8, 11:16
  - Not filed yet, will probably just mail in the forms. getting precisely $1 back from federal. - znufrii Mar 8, 10:58
  - shit, I need to do that. - ty97 Mar 8, 10:58
- pink dinosaure went..... -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 10:57
wtf - "light snow pellets"? It's snowing in simple geometric shapes now? -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 8, 10:54
I wish Barbra Streisand would go away and stay away. (nm) - David Mar 8, 10:51 4
- Well...now that a woman won best director...maybe she will. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 10:54 2
  - I expected her to say "My work is done" and vanish in a beam of light. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 10:55 1
    - It was horrible presentation. Even if you insist on that "The time has come" line, don't leave a huge pause afterwards. - ty97 Mar 8, 10:56
- *cough* -- nm - Kristen Stewart Mar 8, 10:52
"Meatballs!" -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 8, 10:50
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- Been there, done that. A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 11:06
- 2 -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 10:55
- 2. Though the other parts of the vacation were pretty spectacular as well - JD Mar 8, 10:51
- 2 -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 10:50
- It has to be one of the best. You will hopefully be on Cloud 9 the whole time. -- nm - con_carne Mar 8, 10:49
- depends on whether or not he wants to tip his hand quite yet. - znufrii Mar 8, 10:49 6
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    - (spoiler) - znufrii Mar 8, 10:52 2
      - this makes me so happy - you deserve someone who is worthy of you - congrats to you both - Epiphany Mar 8, 11:00
      - Congrats to you both!! -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 10:58
    - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Andie Mar 8, 10:52 1
      - Congrats indeed. If not for this post (Andie's), I would have missed it entirely. (nm) - musubi Mar 8, 10:56
- the cruise ship could burn down - still going to be A+++++ -- nm - Epiphany Mar 8, 10:49
- unless we both ended up in a third world prison, or in bed for days with food poisoning, you gotta assume it's an A+. -- nm - Andie Mar 8, 10:48
- Short of losing a leg in a shark accident, that's an A++++++ -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 8, 10:48 1
  - even then, it would still be "the most memorable vacation ever" :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 10:49
- 2 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 8, 10:48
- A++++ -- nm - Beaker Mar 8, 10:47
There seems to be a general bias against mainstream media as art. - Fuzzy Mar 8, 10:46 11
- That's quite an easy thing to say in the era of bloggers, and their taking over what "the critics" do -- nm - con_carne Mar 8, 10:59
- it's the age-old distinction between art and craft. -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 10:53
- Ah yes, The Kinkade Effect. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 10:48
- Course, this is diminished by the fact the 2nd largest grossing movie ever also won the most Oscars - Will Hunting Mar 8, 10:48 7
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    - You had at least 3 big movies win Oscar this decade (Gladiator, LOTR3, Departed) - Will Hunting Mar 8, 10:51 3
      - I think each of those 3 examples is the academy handing out a lifetime achievement award. - Fuzzy Mar 8, 10:58 1
        
        I think you're correct in your observation, but I think it's a lot deeper than something that can be dismissed as simple elitism. - znufrii Mar 8, 11:01
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    - Shakespeare and English Patients were not blockbusters -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 10:49 1
      - the english patience? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 10:51
Sean Hayes (Jack from Will & Grace) finally comes out! -- (link) - MDH Mar 8, 10:45 9
- He was in? -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 10:45 8
  - he actually says that? ("I was never in.") he just never wanted to sit down and say 'yes, i'm gay.' he sort of implies if you didn't know that, you - Andie Mar 8, 10:46 6
    - We were discussing Jack vs Billy Crystal's character in Soap last night - Epiphany Mar 8, 10:53 5
      - I loved Soap. - Mel Profit Mar 8, 10:57 4
        
        it is a bit dated but we laughed a lot - it is so easy to see why they gave Benson his own show - and it is horribly un pc -- nm - Epiphany Mar 8, 11:05 1
        
        There used to be a station here that would show reruns...I'll have to see if it's still on. - Mel Profit Mar 8, 11:08
        
        The last couple of years kind of got out of hand though - eag Mar 8, 11:01 1
        
        Those are the ones I remember. - Mel Profit Mar 8, 11:07
  - Haha read the quick clip. You're dead on, although he never acknowledged it. -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 10:46
Conversation my friend Matt sent me that he was having on FB. Apparently Scripture predicts Earthquakes -- (link) - MDH Mar 8, 10:44 [Image] 4
- Methinks your friends friend actually hasn't read much of Matthew 24 or understood what it is saying -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 10:49
- This will surely drive the sinners straight into the pews. -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Mar 8, 10:48
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- So do geologists. Every schoolchild, in fact, knows that earthquakes will occur. -- nm - mara Mar 8, 10:47
I never expected to see that much of Jamie Kennedy. -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 10:42 1
- Don't be hatin'. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 10:43
/waves hand. Trade me Johan. (nm) - musubi Mar 8, 10:39 9
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  - Are you coming on to me? (nm) - musubi Mar 8, 10:43 2
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      - I hate that you planted the Johan seed in my mind, - musubi Mar 8, 11:03
- relatedly: Mel has trademail. -- nm - TFox Mar 8, 10:39 4
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  - Oh boy...brb. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 8, 10:41 2
    - If you post your roster, I can assure you that you will get more trademail. (nm) - musubi Mar 8, 10:41 1
      - end of the week people, end of the week. - Mel Profit Mar 8, 10:45
so, i checked wiki to see how long it's been since Cameron and Bigelow divorced (married 89-91 fyi), but i didn't realize he was on wife #5! -- nm - Andie Mar 8, 10:35 22
- Raise your hand if this surprises you. - TWuG Mar 8, 10:38 20
  - i knew about Bigelow / Hamilton / Amis. Wasn't aware of #1 and 2! -- nm - Andie Mar 8, 10:38 19
    - Bigelow looks 100x better than his current wife -- nm - Gwaahjo Mar 8, 10:42 1
      - Bam Bam Bigelow looks better than his current wife -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 10:42
    - I'm eagerly awaiting word he's traded Amis in for Saldana cuz really..who wouldn't at this point? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 8, 10:41 14
      - word - she's beauuutiful -- nm - Epiphany Mar 8, 10:46
      - Amis is ten years *younger* than Bigelow. nm - Dignan Mar 8, 10:43 3
        
        she has GOT to cut her hair (Amis). with her rather large forehead and all that straight hair, it's a bad bad combo. -- nm - Andie Mar 8, 10:47 1
        
        Some conditioning hair rinse is also in order. -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 11:03
        
        Amis reminded me of Farrah last night - Will Hunting Mar 8, 10:44
      - Or Michelle Rodriguez who is also in Avatar -- nm - eag Mar 8, 10:42 6
        
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        Someone should tell Olivier Martinez. - Reagen Mar 8, 10:45 4
        
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        There was the Kristianna Loken story, but then she married a dude too. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 10:55
        
        Well, that's not that fair when the dude she's switching teams for looks like that. - Will Hunting Mar 8, 10:45 1
        
        she's never going to fully switch teams - she just likes to field a few balls on the other side - Epiphany Mar 8, 10:48
      - She needs to eat a sammich. Her left and right sides were in danger of swapping places last night. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 10:42 1
        
        Yeah, she looked scary -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 8, 10:43
    - you can trace them through his imdb credits - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 10:39 1
      - I wonder if him and Sigourney have had a off camera fling -- nm - eag Mar 8, 10:43
- with the last three a variation on a theme. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 10:37
Kiplinger's run-down of GOP presidential hopefuls. -- (link) - mara Mar 8, 10:34 12
- Honestly...I can never see this country having a president named "Mitt", "Newt" or "Huckabee" So they're out. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 10:42 9
  - I await President Jordan something 30 odd years from now. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 10:46 2
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      - Running mate Britney really pulled down the ticket. (nm) - musubi Mar 8, 10:52
  - Word. -- nm - President Joey Jojo Junior Shabadoo si Mar 8, 10:44
  - Barack Obama broke the funny-name barrier. -- nm - mara Mar 8, 10:44 2
    - What am I, chopped liver? (nm) - Grover Cleveland Mar 8, 10:46 1
      - pfft...amateur! -- nm - Millard Fillmore Mar 8, 10:46
  - and yet somehow we ended up with "Barack". Go figure. :) -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 10:43
  - "Jimmy" would seem unlikely. -- nm - Max Mar 8, 10:43
- *hopes there are enough candidates to form a circular firing squad* -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 10:41
- scary lineup -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 8, 10:37
Some of the stuff we sent off to auction made it into the brochure. Makes me happy. Hopefully it'll bring top dollar - TWuG Mar 8, 10:34 2
- I'll take the... - Old Antarctic Explorer Mar 8, 10:58 1
  - Bzzt. Bzzt. Bzzt. - TWuG Mar 8, 11:03
i think someone in the TV is a masochist - Danedukenuuk Mar 8, 10:32
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