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"Why, in my day, when we got drunk, we still went into work the next day...and it was 12 miles uphill. In snow. With werewolves everywhere." -- nm - Andie SI Dec 8, 10:00
if you need something cheery - ceregon Dec 8, 10:00 1
- ....then don't look at the puppies, because they are gone. GONE! - ty97 Dec 8, 10:01
Blackwater guards who massacred a bunch of Iraqi civilians only charged with manslaughter. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 09:56 1
- could be worse - znufrii Dec 8, 09:57
Obama: �It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption� -- (link) - Mop Dec 8, 09:56 4
- I notice 2.5 million jobs created has become "will save or create 2.5 million jobs" Hmmmm -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 09:59 2
  - Yeah, I noticed that too. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 10:00 1
    - Probably more realistic. - the liioulu with freezing rain Dec 8, 16:29
- I hope he decides to keep his blackberry. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 09:57
from b2: hellboy II, B. - kare Dec 8, 09:55
Pretty good lineup of bowl games this year. Really looking forward to the Rose. Should be a great game. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 09:55 3
- Not that I'll watch any BCS Bowl anyway, but I'd have preferred a Texas/Utah matchup. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 09:59
- And don't forget that compelling Music City Bowl. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 09:59
- Would you like some more salt to rub in my wounds? -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:58
Rumor: ABC to cancel Fables -- (link) - ty97 Dec 8, 09:53
The new HSX with real money sounds sort of cool. All the time wasted playing the game won't have been for nothing! - Loyola Dec 8, 09:52 7
- What happens to our ports? -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 09:53 6
  - Maybe Beta was simply an elaborate plan to drive people away so they could start fresh. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 10:01
  - I would imagine they'd keep a "free" version of the game as well. Or they should. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:55 1
    - they would be crazy not to keep it. not everyone will jump into the real money version, but if do well in the free version, you are much more likely - El Fandie Dec 8, 09:58
  - Probably finished with. -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 09:54 2
    - No reason to believe that's true. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 09:57
    - The suck. -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 09:54
I own 20-30 DVDs. I've watched maybe 3 of them more than once. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 09:51 2
- i own about 20. i'd say i've watched all of them at least twice. -- nm - El Fandie Dec 8, 10:00
- The only dvd's I watch every so often are Godfather 1 and 2, Das Boot, and a few Scorcese films. -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 09:53
I had a blast at Joshua Tree. Thank you BAD and Mojave for suggesting things to see. Also, it would be a mafic paradise - con_carne Dec 8, 09:48 3
- I love it there. has good climbing too. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:49 1
  - Yup, apparently that the place to go for rock climbers. We must have seen about a hundred folks doing it -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:50
- Also, I am tagged in some photos on FB, not that photos would do the place justice -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:49
"The Power of the Pardon": Commentary on the Presidential Pardon. -- (link) - Mop Dec 8, 09:42 4
- *waves "Free Conrad" sign* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 09:44 2
  - Free Hat! -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:47
  - ~He's kinda like Jesus, but not in a sacreligious way~ -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 09:45
- And Illinois residents: Is Bush going to pardon Gov. Ryan? -- (link) - Mop Dec 8, 09:43
Oh, oh! If you could rip your entire DVD collection to a laptop or portable device, would you watch more movies? - Mop Dec 8, 09:35 34
- I don't know that watching movies on a computer or laptop has caught on in the mainstream that much -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:40 11
  - I see it every time I take the ferry -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:44 5
    - *shudder* I don't miss that thing at all. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:51 4
      - I hope that w hen I go to Whislter t his christmas, I get to take one of the new C2 ferries -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:52 3
        
        and I imagine all three of them will be running then, so your odds are pretty good. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:59
        
        did you ever get to ride the fast cats? they were kind of nice. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:53 1
        
        no :( -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:57
  - I see a lot of it on airplanes. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:41 4
    - On our trip down to Walt Disney World, I watched some BBC Sherlock Holmes movie over some guy's shoulder. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:46 3
      - with Jeremy Brett? Those are the best Holmes shows. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:48 2
        
        Nah, it was a new one with Rupert Everett. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:51 1
        
        blah. I wonder if the old ones are on youtube? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:52
- Yes. I spend lots of time perusing Netflix's "watch now" library, when I have 100+ of my own that I could watch. - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:39
- no. a decent screen size is important to me...nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:39 14
  - my big widescreen monitor is great for movies :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:41
  - What if you could easily connect that remote hard drive to your TV (ala Xbox 360 or Tivo Home Networking)? -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:40 12
    - I have this via ATV. pretty cool. -- nm - jack and sally love mandy lane Dec 8, 09:51 1
      - I just PyTivo, which is better than Tivo Desktop (sadly, I discovered it a week after I paid for Tivo Desktop). -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:53
    - sure. but what if i lived in a magical happy land where the streets were paved with gold and wishes were dreams?... - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:42 9
      - The Tivo is surprisingly smooth and easy. As we enter the TV holiday break, I find that I've got plenty on my PC to keep my entertained. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:44
      - the 360 media streaming has been an unbridled joy. - Reagen Dec 8, 09:43 7
        
        Absolutely. No more burning dvds. -- nm - Shaun Dec 8, 09:51
        
        we're now about 8 years after people started telling me here that downloadable movies were coming tomorrow, and we're just now getting there.... - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:48 2
        
        I'll agree that it was slow, but it's exploded in just the last few months. - Mop Dec 8, 09:52 1
        
        i agree, it's taken off. and yet: the majority of people still watch dvd's and broadband adoption rates have stalled...nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:58
        
        The PS3 auto-discovers your computer on your home network and allows streaming. - Ken Katuragi Dec 8, 09:45 1
        
        Oh, and Ken, Boxee works with Netflix now. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:48
        
        Word. I just wish I could run tversity directly on my NAS, instead of using the Windows machine as a relay :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:45
- Nope. The only thing that would aid in, is removing some clutter from the house. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:38
- I'd only really use them on long train journeys -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 09:37
- only if I didn't have to rip them myself. had enough of that with the iPod. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:37
- No. I just don't have time. I don't watch anything anymore. But, it's nice, actually. -- nm - Amy Dec 8, 09:37
- nah. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:36
- If I could stream the entire library to my XBox? About 25% more likely. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:36
WLIR: jim, my camera takes nb-4l. not sure that i'd need two extra. -- nm - zork Dec 8, 09:34 4
- One might work in your vibrator. -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 09:36 2
  - only if it's a really weak vib.... uh, never mind. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:37 1
    - link for you. -- (link) - lileve Dec 8, 09:45
- Well, i have the 2 and a charger...basically, I've been charged with getting rid of them...and I hate to pitch 'em. -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 09:35
SITWAP: Hermione says she would go nude, if the right role required it. -- (link) - TaurusII Dec 8, 09:31 11
- I've got a role right here. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 09:35
- I'm willing to even if it doesn't require it...but that's me :) -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 09:34
- Well, if it'll save the vanilla crop... -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 09:33 1
  - winner. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:33
- frosting nipples. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:32
- L5 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:32 1
  - Hee, I don't think Taurus has noticed yet. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:37
- Is she 18 yet? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 09:32 3
  - Yes. -- nm - TaurusII Dec 8, 09:54
  - 16 in the UK -- nm - zork Dec 8, 09:33 1
    - First shoe sizes, now this? -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:34
LYC: called in (emailed really) this morning because I had a migraine (not drink related). working from home though - zork Dec 8, 09:31 3
- Last thing you should be looking at is a computer monitor. Get to bed! -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 09:31 2
  - *grabs lileve`s hand on the way* - zork Dec 8, 09:34 1
    - Wear sunglasses and drink water. -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 09:35
Here's a poll: Of all the DVDs you own, how many do you watch more than once (and which ones)? - Mop Dec 8, 09:30 23
- TV shows/seasons are most likely to get rewatched for me, in snowy-day-marathon style. -- nm - Cuzzin the Red Nosed Todd Dec 8, 09:58
- All of them. -- nm - Shaun Dec 8, 09:48
- Dazed & Confused, Wonderboys, Se7en, Fight Club, The Crow, The Rundown, True Romance -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 09:47 2
  - I gotta see me Wonderboys. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:47 1
    - Just a cool, smart and laid back piece of flick. Loves its cast and writing. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 09:59
- dawn of the dead, pee wee's xmas special, pulse, my sassy girl, warner brothers' cartoon disks, et al...nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:41
- LOTR, Deep Blue Sea, Armageddon, Dead Silence, Resident Evil, Aliens, Abyss -- nm - ceregon Dec 8, 09:38
- Most of them, otherwise why buy them. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 09:38 1
  - But of course -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:40
- Office Space, Dido Live, Garden State, and kids movies. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:36
- Too many to list. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 09:36
- Real Genius and Sneakers. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 09:35
- I have about 150 and have watched all of them several times -- nm - decline Dec 8, 09:34
- We actually watch a lot of our DVDs multiple times. We like those movies...that's why we buy them. :) -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 09:34
- More than once? Most of them. - kelly Dec 8, 09:34
- Just the workout ones. And holiday movies. -- nm - Amy Dec 8, 09:33
- I bring 64 with me wherever I go, and probably own about 100. think I've had the most use out of BSG. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:33
- The James Bond series. Futurama and Arrested Development eps. Zoolander. Armageddon. - Roger More Dec 8, 09:33
- More than once? I have 400 and I probably re-watched 300 of them. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:32 1
  - Madness! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:32
- Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:31 1
  - Truthfully, while I claim that I only buy DVDs that I'm guaranteed to rewatch, I rarely wish to invest my time in rewatching them ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:36
- honestly, the yoga ones. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:31
I've probably only bought like 10 DVD's in the last 6 months; but tv shows are my kryptonite. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:30 14
- You really need to get Netflix. Much better way to catch up on TV plus many are streaming -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 09:34 5
  - We both have Netflix. :) - kelly Dec 8, 09:36 4
    - and you still spend big $$ buying TV on DVD? -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 09:37 3
      - Yes. I don't like having to wait 3 days to watch what I want to watch at any given time. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:40 2
        
        I'm a complete impulse watcher. Almost everything I have is something that I've enjoyed the first time around enough to want it a 2nd time at any - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:41
        
        what has our society come to? ;P -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:40
- (spoilers) - kelly Dec 8, 09:32 1
  - 20 or so. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:33
- Invest in a TiVo if you haven't already. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:31
- You don't have to, Kelly buys them all. ;P -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:30 2
  - Not anymore I don't! - kelly Dec 8, 09:32
  - Nah, she's cut back too iirc. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:31
- TV shows on DVD are fun. They do kind of spoil the ability to chat around the watercooler about them, though -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:30 1
  - Or chat on ST, even :-) -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:41
Balsillie buying the Sabres (again)? -- (link) - zork Dec 8, 09:29 1
- *buzzer* -- nm - Gary Bettman Dec 8, 09:32
tell me no. tell me no. tell me no. should I take integrate marketing communications next mod? -- nm - semester break loves mandy lane Dec 8, 09:28 6
- No. Don't even go there. -- nm - TaurusII Dec 8, 09:32
- No. The jargon will kill you dead. -- nm - Amy Dec 8, 09:31
- "if you can't spell it, you can't take it!" "integrated." not "integrate." -- nm - semester break loves mandy lane Dec 8, 09:31
- . -- (link) - mafic Dec 8, 09:30
- sounds like it's about internet strategy. take it. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:30
- I'm gonna have to say "No" to that one, amanda. -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 09:29
the only reason I buy DVDs is that I spend a lot of time stuck in remote places waiting for the weather to clear. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:27 2
- that makes sense. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:30
- Penguins don't deliver Netflix? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:30
*drops trou* -- nm - Bob Strickland Dec 8, 09:27
SITWAP: Invest in the big bottle now!: Incurable fungus hits Madagascar vanilla crop. -- (link) - TaurusII Dec 8, 09:26 6
- noooooooo! I *love* vanilla. Tastes great and the odour makes me randy -- nm - zork Dec 8, 09:32 3
  - there's synthetic vanilla, so I assume we'll have to use that for awhile. bad for Madagascar though. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:35 2
    - blecch. synthetic vanilla is sure not real vanilla....nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:43 1
      - word. -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 09:47
- yep, this was on my emergent disease list a few weeks ago. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:27 1
  - Won't somebody think of the cookies???? -- nm - TaurusII Dec 8, 09:30
PSA, Microsoft Live eBay discount currently at only 8%. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:25

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