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WC spoils - ty97 Jun 22, 08:20
Current issue of the New Yorker contains all Canadian advertising: -- (link) - Andie Jun 22, 08:13
$75 Million just doesn't buy you what it used to - decline Jun 22, 08:09 6
- The Christian SuperChannel building has been unfinished for *years* on I-4 in Orlando. - JaxSean Jun 22, 08:20 4
  - heh. just looked it up. Someone called it the Eyesore on I-4 -- nm - decline Jun 22, 08:24 1
    - Yeah, it's totally out of place on a hill overlooking a lake, surrounded by homes and a few condos. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 08:27
  - My parents have a small creek behind their house. Behind the creek, one house down is a concrete shell. - ty97 Jun 22, 08:22 1
    - I don't think it's as bad, no. There were quite a few empty developments though that are starting to spring to life again. - JaxSean Jun 22, 08:26
- It might still get you a senator or two -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 22, 08:12
I've found ESPN2. I wonder where ESPN is? -- nm - ty97 Jun 22, 08:08 4
- Look for the Yankees, Red Sox or Lebron James...then look on (spoils) - Jim Jun 22, 08:11 3
  - what about me?!?! -- nm - Brett Favre Jun 22, 08:11 1
    - Sorry, you'll have to wait until Lebron chooses. -- nm - Jim Jun 22, 08:15
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WC HT Spoilers - ty97 Jun 22, 07:55 5
- Or...spoils - budice Jun 22, 07:59 4
  - spoils - znufrii Jun 22, 08:09
  - good points (spoilers) - ty97 Jun 22, 08:03
  - spoilers - Dano Jun 22, 08:01
  - C'mon, France has quit on this tourney; assuming they'll show pride now is wishful thinking. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 22, 08:00
Megan Fox: Box Office Poison -- (link) - decline Jun 22, 07:53 18
- I like how Jennifer's Body was supposed to be something positive. - Will Hunting Jun 22, 07:59 11
  - I liked it enough. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 08:02 1
    - ding -- nm - budice Jun 22, 08:03
  - Diablo Cody isn't exaclty a tabloid writer. She's got an Oscar. -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 08:00 8
    - And I just got that I might not have been clear.....her fame is tabloid'y, not her Juno-talent. - Will Hunting Jun 22, 08:15 3
      - I enjoy the United States of Tara which she writes as well. -- nm - pmb Jun 22, 08:21
      - agreed...I think it helped to have been a teeange girl to appreciate Juno. - Mel Jun 22, 08:19
      - yeah, i realized that's what you meant below. :) -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 08:16
    - Her fame is almost completely derived from her stripper-past turned quirky script in Juno. - Will Hunting Jun 22, 08:12 1
      - Agreed. It would be hilarious if the stripper thing was a lie. Oh, the controversy! :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 22, 08:13
    - You tell him Andie! -- nm - budice Jun 22, 08:03 1
      - heh, i'm not sure she deserved an Oscar, but still. - Andie Jun 22, 08:05
- Yeah, those Transformers movies bombed. -- nm - Dano Jun 22, 07:54 5
  - And where are the Josh Brolin: Box Office Poison articles? -- nm - Dano Jun 22, 07:58 4
    - NCFOM was panned hard! -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 08:03 3
      - I think only by me -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 22, 08:05 2
        
        I didn't see it, so I really can't say anything. -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 08:05 1
        
        I don't know that I've been more pissed off at the ending of a movie in my life. - Jim Jun 22, 08:06
LYC - in case you got them DVR'd - Scoundrels C ( I was expecting more) The Gates B- ( typical vampire stuff) - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:50 2
- I thought The Scoundrels was just a set up episode so I'll give it another chance. -- nm - Dano Jun 22, 07:53 1
  - me too - but I felt the acting by all parties was sub par -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:58
ouch: Officer shoots dog when he goes to notify a family of a death -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 22, 07:49 2
- next up: papercuts and lemon juice. -- nm - Mel Jun 22, 08:14
- ugh -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 08:01
Jax Jax Jax! we need to get Summer Stalker going (it is, after all, summer!) -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 07:48 3
- When you have a minute, you have ElfAndie mail. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 22, 08:24
- Ok, I'll update the page tonight and email you once it's ready. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 07:54 1
  - merci! -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 07:57
jeeze, I'm glad I quit. New NY state tax on cigarettes put price at $9.20 a pack ($11 in NYC) -- (link) - decline Jun 22, 07:47
Fun fact: Kevin Sorbo was the voice of Hercules in God of War 3. -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 07:45 5
- Just got rid of FF13, Demon Souls, Uncharted 2 and Saboteur through Amazon Trade-in. I may pick up GoW3 now :) - decline Jun 22, 07:51 4
  - Does Amazon have better promos than EB/Gamestop? -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 08:03 3
    - no idea. I don't know of any EB/Gamestop near me so I just always use Amazon -- nm - decline Jun 22, 08:04 2
      - The first level is totally epic. -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 08:13
      - Ahhh. Take what you can get then. I'd recommend GoW3 for sure. -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 08:05
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- This really angers me. Hopefully a high court will show some common sense and put a stop to this. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 22, 08:18 1
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- in the UK, a photography magazine is giving these "photographer's rights" things away for free -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 22, 07:42
Slate: The Inexplicable Cultural Disaster That Was Dick Tracy -- (link) - Mop Jun 22, 07:33 6
- "Now I'm Prune Tracy! Pew! Pew! Now I'm..." -- nm - Roger More Jun 22, 08:25
- That article seems to do an injustice to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ... aside from that, it's pretty interesting. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 07:41 4
  - And The Golden Child. -- nm - Jim Jun 22, 07:55 2
    - That's the eddie murphy one, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 07:56 1
      - Heck yeah!! He is the Chosen One, you know. -- nm - Jim Jun 22, 08:05
  - I thought that too. -- nm - Ender Jun 22, 07:48
WC spoilers - znufrii Jun 22, 07:29 6
- spoilers - ty97 Jun 22, 07:38 1
  - spoils - znufrii Jun 22, 07:51
- spoilers - ty97 Jun 22, 07:32 3
  - spoilers - znufrii Jun 22, 07:33 2
    - spoils - Beaker Jun 22, 07:34 1
      - yup (spoils) - znufrii Jun 22, 07:36
They should have Detective Pryzbylewski from Baltimore transfer to Dallas on The Good Guys :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 22, 07:28 2
- spoilers - Dano Jun 22, 07:48 1
  - spoilers - Beryllium Jun 22, 07:48
2018 Winter Olympics: "Munich, Germany; Annecy, France; and PyeongChang, South Korea were the only three cities to submit applications" -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 07:21 7
- Someone proposed this once: They should set up a permanent winter olympics site in Antartica and have all nations chip in to support it. -- nm - decline Jun 22, 08:02 1
  - well, it would be in the southern hemisphere's summer. -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 08:10
- Not unusual - there are only about 10-12 countries that can host a Winter Olympics - Roger More Jun 22, 08:00
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- they're all overawed by vancouver. or possibly just poor. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:45
- wow -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 07:41
- Figure Munich -- nm - budice Jun 22, 07:41
NOVA: Have you ever felt guilty and not understood why? Or felt that you're easily distracted? Most have. - Redmond Jun 22, 07:20 2
- there's a reason we call them "crazy cat ladies" -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 07:27
- Oops forgot the link -- (link) - Redmond Jun 22, 07:21
I like how McChrystal apologizes for the article, not for what he said. -- (link) - Mop Jun 22, 07:02 3
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  - "I extend my sincerest apology for this profile," McChrystal said -- nm - Mop Jun 22, 07:11 1
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Some choice quotes from the Lady Gaga "Rolling Stone" issue on sale Wednesday (first quote is my favorite) - MDH Jun 22, 07:02 3 1
- Quote #2 confuses me - ty97 Jun 22, 07:33 2
  - She's just selling her latest album now. They try to get as many singles off of an album as possible. -- nm - lileve Jun 22, 07:34 1
    - and it's working - I think they should re-release ~dirty rich~ - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:35
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There's a troubling trend at work whereby the really nice/professional/efficient employees are the ones coming down with significant illness - prayformojo Jun 22, 06:54 7
- sorry to hear this -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:00
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  - word. -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 06:58
  - *hate* cancer. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:57 2
    - ya know, if there is one universal item everyone can agree on, this is probably it. -- nm - decline Jun 22, 06:59 1
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  - yup -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 06:57
Michelle Monaghan is so so hot in the last 20 minutes of MI3 - prayformojo Jun 22, 06:43 6
- Ugh - I just do not get her - she seems so average to me - kind of like Bridgett Monahan. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 06:48 5
  - She is very average although, she seems like the type of chick you'd go from pals to married with after time. -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 07:01
  - I'm on to you and your Irish bashing. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 06:50 1
    - I would do things only seen in magazines to a certain Irish Colin Farrell -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 06:59
  - Y'all beautiful people have such high standards. (nm) - Will Hunting Jun 22, 06:49 1
    - Heh - I think in my minds eye - it is a whole blonde v brunette thing - Epiphany Jun 22, 06:51
WC question. I haven't been paying attention this weekend and dealt with a sick kid yesterday. Is USA still in the tournament? -- nm - oblique Jun 22, 06:38 19
- Vegas 40th birthday question - what are the dates - SM & I and very likely Shay are going - Epiphany Jun 22, 06:39 13
  - Count me in...any time except *this* September :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 22, 08:16
  - wait, what this? - tRuMaN Jun 22, 06:42 10
    - It is Sept. 2011 - I am having a staycation this year so I am looking/planning for next year - Kilbo said he is going to Vegas for his 40th - Epiphany Jun 22, 06:46 9
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        you could do Vegas as part of a west coast road trip... -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 07:44
      - I'd love to... - znufrii Jun 22, 07:02 4
        
        it would be awesome if you guys got to come even for an extended weekend. - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:05 3
        
        would depend on a lot of pieces falling into place at the right time - znufrii Jun 22, 07:12 2
        
        I hope it all falls into place - moving is so freakin stressful - you will need a break from all that -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:16 1
        
        I like the way you think... -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 07:18
      - hmm, yeah sure i could be interested in a trip next year. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 22, 06:48 1
        
        we could check out the gigs at The Joint at the Hard Rock - up for a possible show? -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:00
  - No plans yet. Birthday is Sept 18th, 2011. Probably wherever has a good deal :) -- nm - oblique Jun 22, 06:40
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- Yes; 3rd group game is ... tomorrow? If we win; we advance no questions to the single-elimination portion. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 22, 06:38 3
  - I think it's tomorrow at 11 AM? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:41
  - 10am ET tomorrow, yup. -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 06:41 1
    - You're correct, 10 AM Eastern. -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:44
Self-diagnosis on the internet is no fun when the diagnosis ranges from "nothing to worry about" to "you could be dying." -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:37 17
- GO TO THE ER!!!! -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 06:40 16
  - (I almost did.) - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:46 15
    - what's wrong? (hope you're okay) -- nm - Don Homer Jun 22, 06:48
    - I hope you are okay. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 06:47 13
      - Thanks. I'm sure it's nothing. (It's a little too much TMI for now.) - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:56 12
        
        I ignored my symptoms for about 6 months. - Redmond Jun 22, 07:27 9
        
        what symptoms did you ignore? -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:34 2
        
        The two big ones were. Extreme sensitivity to fluorescent light. (I wore sunglasses in the grocery store) and dizzy spells. - Redmond Jun 22, 07:36 1
        
        geesh dude - glad you are doing very good now! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:48
        
        congestive heart failure!! WHAT? Oh my gosh. How are things now? -- nm - lileve Jun 22, 07:28 5
        
        It was 4 years ago. :) I'm doing much better now. Heart is back to normal and I take several pills for it. - Redmond Jun 22, 07:31 4
        
        Good to hear things are going well. My dad has a pacemaker and meds. I miss a lot here or it goes over my head or forget it. - lileve Jun 22, 07:35 2
        
        bad memory? THAT'S ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS!!! just kidding hehe -- nm - Redmond Jun 22, 07:37 1
        
        L2! -- nm - lileve Jun 22, 07:49
        
        great news -- nm - Epiphany Jun 22, 07:34
        
        WebMD is a hypochondriac nightmare. -- nm - lileve Jun 22, 07:18
        
        *knocks on wood* -- nm - Don Homer Jun 22, 06:57
Are there really so many songs about rainbows? -- nm - Dano Jun 22, 06:37
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WC morning predicitons: MEX 3, URU 2; FRA 1, SFA 2 -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 06:33 1
- URU 2 MEX 1, SA 1 FRA 0 -- nm - zork Jun 22, 07:02
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Jun 22, 06:32

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