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nervous -- nm - Beaker Sep 17, 05:00
I like today's Toles -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 17, 04:51
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- magic number: 8 - prayformojo Sep 17, 04:48
spiffy new cbo estimate on the cost to us taxpayers for fnma and fmcc betw 2011-2020: a cool $97 billion more.... - xi Sep 17, 04:00
note: i am neither a "foodie" nor a "gourmand"....nm - xi Sep 17, 03:53
? That Juaquin Phoenix /Letterman interview must have been a set up cause he goes into rescue mode really early, and awkward silence in t60 secs, - zeitgeist Sep 17, 00:08
Apparently I have hooked my mom on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia of all shows. -- nm - Dano Sep 16, 23:05
Looking back at my stats, I got 3rd place last Friday in my Magic draft. I may actually be getting better. -- nm - Qale Sep 16, 22:39
where are they now?: He Hate Me -- (link) - bugsy Sep 16, 22:35
Ed Asner as Perry White, Christina Hendricks as Lois Lane & others in adaption of All Star Superman.... - Remlik Sep 16, 22:24
oh fucking come on now. My hotel's employees are going on strike at 6am. -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 22:00 16
- That's what you get for oppressing brown people -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 22:22 11
  - do they have them in canada? -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 22:25 10
    - Well, it's not like our terrorist targets are going to blow up themselves -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 22:34
    - in Toronto? -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 22:26 8
      - The Great *White* North -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 22:27 7
        
        "As of 2006, 46.9% of the residents of the city proper belong to a visible minority group" -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 22:28 6
        
        i think that's even low. i've seen +50% immigrant figures for toronto....nm - xi Sep 17, 03:19
        
        Does that include the FABULOUSLY gay? -- nm - Dano Sep 16, 23:03 4
        
        That seems to be the majority in Toronto. -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 23:14 2
        
        99% fabulous, 1% ty97 -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 23:15 1
        
        this would have been funnier if you used 99.03 and 0.97 - ty97 Sep 16, 23:18
        
        I dunno. They'd have to be really, really gay. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 23:09
- Order room service now. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 16, 22:04 2
  - And fresh towels - Stephen Sep 16, 22:10
  - officer thinking. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 22:09
- what floor are you on? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 16, 22:02
Neil Gaiman to guest star on the cartoon Arthur. -- (link) - Remlik Sep 16, 21:55
So I just saw the article on the Johns Hopkins shooting ... I am pretty happy we have airport style security metal detectors and x-ray machines at - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 16, 21:51 1
- I hope they have some screening of the wannabees cause years ago when USC had security issues the soroities hired security guards - zeitgeist Sep 16, 21:56
sf giants spoiler. - b! Sep 16, 21:50
I love the new concept for the Apprentice, but spoiler - peglegpete Sep 16, 21:47 1
- heyyyyyy .... - JenBro Sep 16, 21:50
A WW2 story I'd never heard before: A Scottish solider stormed the beaches of Normandy armed with only a ceremonial dagger and bagpipes -- (link) - Reagen Sep 16, 21:42 2
- Mr. Millin was the only bagpiper to take part in Overlord because British high command had banned them from warfront service to reduce casualties. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 16, 22:25
- I want to say The Longest Day touched on it. -- nm - Remlik Sep 16, 21:50
pixie I have a question about your writing thing (yes again) - JenBro Sep 16, 21:38 2
- no. i think there are particular rules under the Writers Guild for using your actual name to be receive union credit - bugsy Sep 16, 21:43 1
  - well it figures you don't think it's good I guess ... think about it though - where they file by author's name - like in libraries - you'll be in the - JenBro Sep 16, 21:46
ika. query: we're ok to pillage inactives from treatied alliances, right? -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:25 13
- re bb q: its possible mun.clo is doing an undercover assignment - zeitgeist Sep 16, 21:42 2
  - I don't think this is it. I hope Mel clears this up shorly. -- nm - Beaker Sep 17, 04:47
  - for the im, sure; but for the subject... - b! Sep 16, 21:46
- would that it were possible to attack your own alliance members. I have one in particular to start with - Reagen Sep 16, 21:31 7
  - "I can vanish him." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 16, 21:33 6
    - would that I had that power. -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:42 5
      - "Brothers! I have decided to attack the largest military in the game who is with me? -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 21:43 4
        
        " I will join you brother. Let our whelming talent prevail victoriously!" nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 21:46 3
        
        I feel like it's Dignan punking us. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 21:50 2
        
        okay bro -- nm - JaxSean Sep 16, 21:55 1
        
        I know him as well. he is a football player and good friend of mine. oh!!!!! i don't know what's happened. "He is my Ex Leader" -- nm - psilotum Sep 16, 23:44
- Yes. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 21:28 1
  - thanks! -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:29
Kare - sorry to see bb's note about Angel and hope for the best for the time you have together. - JenBro Sep 16, 21:25 8
- you have the right person and doggies, and kare is an awesome human companion for her critters. -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:27 6
  - well that's a relief ... I've decided to add disclaimers for a while after getting the two new ST babies mixed up on who had who the other day .. - JenBro Sep 16, 21:30 4
    - kare's second dog - Lizzie - was a Katrina rescue after kare had volunteered for animal rescue down there. - MojaveMeg Sep 16, 22:28 1
      - I didn't know that, I thought she was from the shelter she volunteered with -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 16, 22:36
    - babies all look the same -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 21:32 1
      - No, no they don't. -- nm - Stephen Sep 16, 22:06
  - well, except Peter McTweeter -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 21:30
- oh :( so sad. Kare, I'm so sorry. - ty97 Sep 16, 21:26
Maybe I'm just finally winding down a bit, but every few songs that comes in my ITunes is causing me to (actually, physically) smile. -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 21:20 1
- "You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed Sing like bird, dizzy in my head Spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night." -- nm - Qale Sep 16, 21:25
having sasha barran cohen play freddy seems like having sarah palin play jackie O -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 16, 21:17 1
- Yes and no. He can obviously play different characters, so he has Palin beat right there. -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 21:19
I think it's a bad sign when I'm trying to buy another Coke Zero before finishing the open one I no longer realize is next to my arm. -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 21:04 6
- You need a Red Bull -- nm - Dano Sep 16, 21:13 5
  - and if you get to a movie tomorrow, I recommend Three by Tom Tykwer. -- (link) - Dano Sep 16, 21:21 4
    - ohhh, I loved Run Lola Run (before it came chic to love it, copycats) - ty97 Sep 16, 21:25 3
      - The Varsity is on Bloor, just west of Yonge. -- nm - Dano Sep 16, 21:32 2
        
        How walkable is that? - ty97 Sep 16, 21:34 1
        
        Walkable from where? The subway is easy peasy. -- nm - Dano Sep 16, 21:45
my White Collar spec made it to the second round (top 10%) of Austin FF's teleplay competition. whoopee. -- (link) - bugsy Sep 16, 21:00 24
- Very exiting! Congrats. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 21:47 1
  - exciting, even. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 21:48
- very nice. now write for a good show, get on the Star Trek tv show. -- nm - Remlik Sep 16, 21:44
- I was gonna make a joke, but will just say congrats. - Spawn Sep 16, 21:20
- ^5 WTG!!! -- nm - JenBro Sep 16, 21:16
- that rocks -- nm - Max Sep 16, 21:14
- Congratulations!! -- nm - LMS Sep 16, 21:14
- As well it should. It was *GOOD*. -- nm - Mop Sep 16, 21:12
- What is White Collar? -- nm - Qale Sep 16, 21:10 5
  - in my head it's: "you know, that show with bryce from "chuck"" - b! Sep 16, 21:14 4
    - I think he's doing a "What is Burn Notice?" joke there. -- nm - Mop Sep 16, 21:19 2
      - What Does b. Know? -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:22
      - When my mom gushed about all the shows she watches, I noticed, they're pretty much all USA and TNT and I thought, go figure. They're all the same show -- nm - Qale Sep 16, 21:22
    - here's the video I referenced. nm but: -- (link) - b! Sep 16, 21:15
- congrats! That's a great festival. -- nm - Dano Sep 16, 21:04 3
  - thanks. semis would have been nicer but for only my second year of speccing, i think it's a positive sign -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 21:08 2
    - Looks like I know someone who is a semifinalist in the Drama Screenplay category. - Dano Sep 16, 21:13 1
      - ah, Hoover - bugsy Sep 16, 21:17
- spoiler - peglegpete Sep 16, 21:04
- awesome! -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 21:04
- VNW! -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 21:03
- *high five* woo! -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:02 2
  - a reasonable result for being so blatantly derivative of The Sting and Trading Places - bugsy Sep 16, 21:07 1
    - a plan! good luck! :) - -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:10
Massively mulitplayer game APB (by original GTA creator Dave Jones) shutting down after 3 months after developer folds. -- (link) - Mop Sep 16, 20:54
the travelers insurance ad with the rabbits and snake made me laugh. nm but: -- (link) - b! Sep 16, 20:46 [youtube] 5
- st ate my follow-up post. "apprentice" spoiler, halfway through. - b! Sep 16, 20:57 3
  - that does it, moving along to "project runway" -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:01 2
    - you're more finicky than Morris the Cat -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 21:02 1
      - *swats the bug* -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:03
- I keep hoping the snake goes ahead and eats the rabbit anyway. -- nm - Qale Sep 16, 20:49
Nate Corddry should really be working more. -- nm - nubby Sep 16, 20:28 1
- "C'maaan Caaarddry!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 20:29
nobody! -- nm - Max Sep 16, 20:27 3
- The line is "somebody!" - Spawn Sep 16, 20:53
- loves me? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 16, 20:36 1
  - and you.... and you... and you - ty97 Sep 16, 20:38
I remember when the the Freddie Mercury biopic project was mentioned in the office a couple of months ago. I'll have to see if we're involved or not. - LMS Sep 16, 20:25
There's a guy on my flight who looks exactly like Kim Jong-il -- nm - mobile mafic Sep 16, 20:21 5
- There's a mural in SFO with someone that looks like him too. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 20:25
- If he asks for a game of golf, turn him down politely -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 20:23
- so ronery -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 20:23
- is he wearing a khaki jumpsuit? -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 20:22
- Ask him what kind of movies he likes. -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 20:21
I want a girl with the right allocations, who's fast, and thorough, and sharp as a tack. -- nm - Max Sep 16, 20:20 2
- She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler LeBaron. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 20:22
- Dude. I have not been listening to XM this week to avoid such songs. -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 20:21
Survivor spoils - TFox Sep 16, 20:17
lol. I am thinking like Dlisted. -- (link) - Spawn Sep 16, 20:17 4
- You're a catty flamer? -- nm - nubby Sep 16, 20:19 3
  - Or at least I can think outside of the box. -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 20:20 2
    - I see what you did there. -- nm - nubby Sep 16, 20:22 1
      - Schroedinger's DList. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 20:23
For comparison, here's how the IMDbPro page looks -- (link) - Max Sep 16, 20:11 6
- Doesn't look like much of an improvement to me. -- nm - Mop Sep 16, 20:55
- so they make you pay for the design -- nm - Dano Sep 16, 20:15 1
  - the old format is still there if you click "Full Filmography". - Reagen Sep 16, 20:16
- The insane thing is that they led you hide the credits, but not the big honking picture boxes. Who is that a preference for? -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 20:14 1
  - Do the actors have a wall now? -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 20:14
- so much better. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 20:12
In the least surprising admission ever: Director Casey Affleck Confirms Joaquin Phoenix "Documentary" Isn't Real -- (link) - Dano Sep 16, 20:11 1
- whoa. you don't say. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 20:16
I don't like the format of the Masterchef finale. I didn't even bother to watch the whole thing. -- nm - Dano Sep 16, 20:09 7
- Are they doing a celebrity version like in the UK? The show has been going for years but with different hosts. -- nm - LMS Sep 16, 20:47 3
  - not as of yet. this was only the first season of it here -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 20:49 2
    - It's grown in to a very popular show and the quality of the amateur chefs are outstanding. -- nm - LMS Sep 16, 20:52 1
      - unfortunately, crash davis is about the best we can muster over here - bugsy Sep 16, 20:57
- i expected them to all go head to head to get to the final two -- nm - bugsy Sep 16, 20:11 2
  - spoil me who won... (spoilers from the first half) - Dano Sep 16, 20:13 1
    - and. the winner. of the first Masterchef competition is . . . - bugsy Sep 16, 20:18
Reggie Bush, just own up to it -- (link) - amoxy Sep 16, 20:06 4
- who, honestly, gives a crap anymore? -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 20:07 3
  - The IRS. -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 20:12
  - who gave a crap, ever? -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 20:12
  - LA sports talk radio - bugsy Sep 16, 20:11

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