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In 24 hours, I'll be on a plane to NY. -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 11:26
Of course the other iPhones,iTouches won't be able to fully upgrade - G.waa.h Apr 8, 11:25
From BB: MIA is a joke. She "retired" from the business until "Paper Planes" hit it big, then acted like it never happened. Sellout? -- nm - MDH Apr 8, 11:23 2
- Meh, that song made the Pineapple Express trailer kick ass. -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 11:26
- it doesn't make her wrong -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:26
Seriously, Kathy Ireland looks good for 47. - Stephen Apr 8, 11:17 7
- yeah, if I weren't married and she was roofied... -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 11:19 2
  - you still wouldn't score -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:20 1
    - I can't help but laugh at this -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 11:22
- where's the latest pic? -- nm - CQ Apr 8, 11:19 2
  - b2 -- nm - Stephen Apr 8, 11:19 1
    - besides the botox lips and mouth thing, she looks great -- nm - CQ Apr 8, 11:20
- I talked into the clown's mouth but she never gave me my food. -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:18
meems. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 8, 11:17
i think there's a WHOLE lot of 47 year old women who'd be happy to look like Kathy Ireland. -- nm - Andie Apr 8, 11:16
pet peeve and annoyance in my searching the health care bill so far: be consistent with your wording! - Stephen Apr 8, 11:16 2
- Not technically a bill anymore. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 11:18 1
  - ok, true. - Stephen Apr 8, 11:25
LYC: I got some sweet new summer sneakers. Whoo! -- (link) - Shaun Apr 8, 11:15
A Facebook message I got last night: - David Apr 8, 11:14 13 1
- outstanding. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 11:28
- Somewhat related to this, your XBoxLive avatar is very dark. - Inigo Apr 8, 11:22 2
  - Yeah, Kim likes to mess around with my avatars. -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:24
  - its soot from all the betrayal explosions he receives in Halo -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 11:24
- TTPOD -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 11:19
- L5 *favourited* -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 8, 11:17
- Row row fight the black Mumpower. -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 11:16
- *raises fist in the black mumpower salute* -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 11:15
- Black MumPower!! *raises fist* -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 11:15 4
  - Black MumPower was probably Melvin van Peeble's best work -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 11:17 1
    - "Did y'all know there's a colored boy on your Christmas card?" -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:20
  - sometimes we're scary -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 11:16 1
    - *dancing. dancing hard* -- nm - Rosie Perez si Apr 8, 11:17
dawson, did Mel and Diva wind up in the Yes highlights? -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:11 15
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  - My wife and I and my cousins are in Adam Sandler's HBO concert from like 10 years ago, back when Farley was alive -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 11:22
  - Where were they sitting (I'm not seeing them in the video);. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 11:22 6
    - They're on the first row behind the Yankees dugout. You may have trouble spotting deevs since she's wearing a black shirt. -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:23 2
      - i'm scrutinizing this like the Zapruder film - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:24 1
        
        See the dude with his arms over the dugout wall...that's Mel. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:26
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      - it'll work from home for me so no worries. - Reagen Apr 8, 11:26
      - "worse than death" = very funny -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:24
  - what video player does this use? It's not loading for me. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 11:21
  - poor Big Daddy :( -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:19 2
    - It sucks for him but my stars in heaven, what great seats they had. -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:21 1
      - I'm utterly spoiled with the tickets she gets at this point. - Mel Profit Apr 8, 11:26
  - Ooh, her moment of triumph stance at the 12 second mark is fantastic. (nm) - David Apr 8, 11:18
Production Assistants need pay -- (link) - Dano Apr 8, 11:11
From the Wall Street Journal: Should gay business owners out themselves when interviewing job candidates?.....(link) - Walt_Disney Apr 8, 11:10 2
- Personally, I would, even though I'm not, just see if the interviewing was a jerk about it or not. (nm) - musubi Apr 8, 11:17
- Sushner's method seems the smartest. - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 11:16
12yo blows $1400 on Farmville on mom's credit card, won't get refund -- (link) - Hotkiss Apr 8, 11:10 9
- I'd think there'd be a flag on the card for suspicious activity after a little while. -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 11:22
- That must be an awesome farm! -- nm - Stephen Apr 8, 11:18
- that's 7000 farm cash. heh -- nm - CQ Apr 8, 11:14 1
  - I have 1. I refuse to give money! -- nm - CQ Apr 8, 11:15
- shouldn't get a refund. This is a family matter. - ty97 Apr 8, 11:14 3
  - a credit card payment is, fundamentally, a contract to pay by the cardholder. the child is under 18 and lacks capacity to enter into a contract - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:17 2
    - Which jurisdiction would this fall under (since she is British)? -- nm - decline Apr 8, 11:24 1
      - internet law can be tricky. arguably it's where the transaction is deemed to have taken place - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:28
- well, he does have a pretty awesome farm now -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:10
K.J. Choi and Matt Kuchar are in the strangest situation I can ever recall for a golfer. -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:08 7
- ? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 11:08 6
  - They're the other two golfers in Tiger's Circus. -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:09 5
    - How circus'y is it? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:09 4
      - So positive it's starting to disgust me. - David Apr 8, 11:11 3
        
        We needs hecklers! -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 11:13 2
        
        Hecklers at Augusta don't exist - Strongbad Apr 8, 11:21 1
        
        phase 2: weeding out "in the hole!" and "you da man!" -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:22
Colorado first and Arizona second. -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 11:06
one thing i used to look at all the time, but never do any more (without a good reason): Invisibles -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 11:06
iPhone OS 4 will support iPhone 3GS and iTouch 3rd Gen but older models will get most features, but not multitasking -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 11:05 1
- :( -- nm - Guigue Apr 8, 11:17
damn, no multitasking on the 3G. There goes my hopes for iSSH+Safari. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 11:05
You're Old Update: Twin Peaks premiered twenty years ago today. -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 11:04 6
- I was 3. -- nm - MDH Apr 8, 11:19
- Don't eat the clues. -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:08 1
  - ~ Loookkk how the suit burnssss ~ -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 11:11
- You're Old Update 2: Ryan White died 20 years ago today -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 8, 11:06 1
  - Reading that Wikipedia article made me angry. - kelly Apr 8, 11:18
- she's dead . . . wrapped in plastic -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:06
Musubi: re: LOST - G.waa.h Apr 8, 11:03 3
- Wait a second (spoils) - Jim Apr 8, 11:25
- Well, as to the Eloise thing.... - musubi Apr 8, 11:10 1
  - right, i hear you - G.waa.h Apr 8, 11:20
Wow. That was no subtle jab at AT&T by Jobs there. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Apr 8, 11:03 3
- What did he say? And I know this was an OS event, but still no mention of the next hardware. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 11:05 1
  - I called it! :) -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 11:06
- who had 2:03 Eastern? -- nm - zork Apr 8, 11:04
in communist Slovenia, hockey team beats YOU! -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:02 4
- And they had won! Can you imagine what they'd have done to him if they had lost? -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 11:03 3
  - my favorite part is the "wooden traffic signs they found by the side of the road" -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 8, 11:04 2
    - that's just about where I had to stop. It was turning into a Borat sketch. -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 11:05 1
      - who was naked? -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 8, 11:08
Thanks for the links guys. On a side note, i'd heard this document was over 2,000 pages, but it seems the actual text of the bill (the pdf from znu's - Stephen Apr 8, 11:00 7
- Maybe the 'original' versions... -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 11:08
- probably various intermediate versions of the bill, possibly including proposed amendments, etc... -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 11:03 3
  - and probably fattened by a large dose of rhetorical hyperbole... -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 11:05 2
    - unlike non-rhetorical hyperbole? -- nm - zork Apr 8, 11:08 1
      - well, the non-rhetorical kind is much less fattening... -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 11:11
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  - 20 point font! - musubi Apr 8, 11:02
South African fossils could be new hominid species -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 10:59 2
- Mmm - neat stuff !! -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 8, 11:08
- [insert obligatory Hyde joke] - zork Apr 8, 11:03
The Robotic Kathy Ireland received worldwide acclaim as it was revealed to the public on March 7, 2010 at an entertainment industry event. - prayformojo Apr 8, 10:59
I don't like non-accent-having Jin. (nm) - musubi Apr 8, 10:58 1
- yeah. His character has really gone backwards in quality. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 10:59
Mel: re: Kathy...I don't think that's a horrible picture; I think it's a 50'ish year old woman who spent years in the sun - Will Hunting Apr 8, 10:58 17
- a woman who hasn't ruined herself with too much cosmetic surgery, better a few wrinkles than looking like Jack Nicholson's Joker -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 10:59 16
  - I'm looking at you (as long as I can) Meg Ryan... -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 8, 11:02 15
    - Exactly. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:03
    - So sad. So very, very sad. (nm) - musubi Apr 8, 11:02 13
      - in her defense it seemed to me that her whole image was that of the... - Mel Profit Apr 8, 11:06 12
        
        I dunno...she disappeard for a bit; then came back after Quaid's adultery and tried to 'sex' it up.... - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:07 10
        
        There's little market in movies for a 40-year-old 'girl next door' - ty97 Apr 8, 11:13 1
        
        Meg was Sandy, before Sandy was. (nm) - musubi Apr 8, 11:19
        
        you've got that backwards. She was the unfaithful one. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 11:13 4
        
        Didn't he get found out later on? Either way....implosion of marriage and radical shift in image folllowed - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:16 1
        
        IIRC there was talk of him getting back on cocaine before the marriage break-up. Not sure about infidelity -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 11:27
        
        with Russell Crowe during Proof of Life, wasn't it? -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 11:14 1
        
        correct. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 11:15
        
        Especially in that movie with Mark Ruffalo. -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 11:13
        
        I may not be remembering correctly... - Mel Profit Apr 8, 11:10 1
        
        Regardless of the reasons why though, I stand by "sad, very, very sad". (nm) - musubi Apr 8, 11:12
        
        I dunno what she was thinking. But the people around her failed. someone should have told her to stop. - sycor Apr 8, 11:07
Michael Moore is a hack - sycor Apr 8, 10:58 26
- I was surprised by how good Capitalism: A Love Story is. I thought Fahrenheit 9/11 would be his best work. -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:10 3
  - I absolutely hate that FH911 is described as a documentary. It isn't. It's a rant. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 11:10 2
    - it's captures the sentiment of the moment pritty well IMO - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 11:13
    - those aren't necessarily two distinct categories. - Reagen Apr 8, 11:12
- thats directoring for ya -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 11:02
- I thought Columbine was one of his less-slanted films, fwiw :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 11:01
- So... like pretty much every documentary filmmaker out there. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 10:58 19
  - some DO try for balance, you know. - Andie Apr 8, 11:11
  - If he cuts and splices the stuff together; I think that's worse than a biased documentarian - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:02 15
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      - If you say XYZ in a sentence; that's one thing; that's reality. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:15 6
        
        only if it's made in a way that makes you think it is said in the same speach - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 11:18 5
        
        Which if you've read this thread seems to be what happened. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:19 4
        
        nope you guy's noticed it so it's not even close to manipulation - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 11:23
        
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        If you can see the clothes change, it's another sign of his stupidity - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:26 1
        
        perhaps heston said the exact same thing a 3 different locations AFTER the shooting and the only way to show it was - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 11:29
    - he's not a documentarian. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 11:09 2
      - Oh please, this is silly, of course he is. (nm) - musubi Apr 8, 11:21
      - He sure seemed happy enough to call himself one when he won awards. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:13
    - exactly. it's been a long time since I've seen it. but I remember noticing Heston's clothes change but the dialogue keeps running - sycor Apr 8, 11:06 3
      - to make the NRA and Heston look worse - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 11:09 2
        
        Sure it is. In the face of a tragedy, if you play comments from before it; that paint the person speaking as callous; that's worse. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:12 1
        
        you don't get it - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 11:16
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  - basically. lol -- nm - sycor Apr 8, 10:59
loosi: -- (link) - Reagen Apr 8, 10:55
iAd! -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 10:54 1
- that's going to go over *real* well with dislexics -- nm - zork Apr 8, 10:55

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