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KB Toys files for chpter 11. It's the effin holidays! -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 09:26 2
- They have been stumbling for *so* long. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 11, 09:28
- What? No plan to ask for a bailout? It's because kids can't vote! -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 11, 09:27
Why is it that my car never breaks down or decides not to start when it's sunny and pleasant out. - kelly Dec 11, 09:24 2
- Sorry kelly. - Jelly Dec 11, 09:26
- Maybe it's a safety feature :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 09:26
philistine confession: opera does zero for me. and i pretty much love all kinds of music -- nm - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 09:23 2
- I agree, but many operatic overtures (i.e. no singing) are very enjoyable -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 09:27
- There go all your Pretty Woman dreams, then -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 09:26
I can't believe that Speed Racer has been completely snubbed this awards season! - Dano Dec 11, 09:19 5
- I'm rather surprised it hasn't gotten any technical, special effects, or sound recognitions. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 09:25
- I guess you didn't see it, then. -- nm - TaurusII Dec 11, 09:21 1
  - I saw it multiple times! -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 09:23
- I'll admit it was technically amazing looking. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 11, 09:20 1
  - (and sounding) -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 09:23
ST Poll: Favourite word used to refers to idiots these days. Mine: Doucher. -- nm - Shaun Dec 11, 09:19 12
- Douchebag (in a Count Chocula accent). -- nm - JaxSean Dec 11, 09:29
- Jacktard. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 09:27 1
  - I use this too -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 09:28
- I like "moron" or "maroon" -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 09:24
- I'm a traditionalist, so "asshole" or "fucker" -- nm - TWuG Dec 11, 09:23
- Today it's "numpty". -- nm - LMS Dec 11, 09:22
- Douche nozzle. - kelly Dec 11, 09:22 1
  - Yeah I like this one. Been used on Superficial and Geekologist here and there. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 11, 09:24
- I also picked up "doucher" for a while after seeing STEPB. -- nm - Jelly Dec 11, 09:21
- dignan - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 09:21
- yep, still jackass -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 09:20
- jerkburger -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 09:20
ST Opera Quiz -- Top 5 most often performed operas at the Met -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:17 44
- where are the Ring Cycle and Il Trovatore? -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:28 1
  - Trovatore is #12/599 - znufrii Dec 11, 09:29
- full list here -- (link) - znufrii Dec 11, 09:28
- The Valkrie? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 11, 09:27 1
  - #15/518 -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:29
- I'm stumped. My last guess would be Faust or La Traviata. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 09:27 2
  - Faust is #8/733 -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:28
  - Haw-haw! -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 09:28
- La Traviata. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:27
- La traviata -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 09:26 2
  - never heard of it -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 09:28
  - *ding* #4/943 -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:27
- Hint? Era it was composed in? -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 09:25 2
  - Verdi -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:26 1
    - I know this... Must not google!... -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 09:27
- Rigoletto -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 09:24 1
  - #7/815 -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:25
- Cosi? -- nm - Amy Dec 11, 09:24 1
  - #44/171 -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:25
- Pagliacci -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 09:22 1
  - #9/705 -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:23
- Tosca, Aida, La Boheme, Carmen, Madame Butterfly. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 09:22 3
  - Aida - #2/1103 perfs. We're only missing #4 now. -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:22 2
    - Barber of Seville? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 09:24 1
      - #13/574 -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:25
- The Barber of Seville -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 09:21 1
  - #13/574 -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:22
- La Boheme. Tosca? -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 09:21 1
  - #1/1200 perfs; #5/891 perfs. -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:21
- (not M. Butterfly...) -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 09:20 1
  - indeed, no. -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:21
- Don Giovanni. Madame Butterfly -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 09:20 1
  - #16/500 perfs; #6/818 perfs. -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:20
- Frampton, Led Zep, Clapton, Cream & The Doors. -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 09:20
- Carmen -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 09:19 2
  - #3, 945 performances -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:20 1
    - wpphoo! total guess. I can't even think of any more operas -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 09:22
- The Marriage of Figaro -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 09:19 1
  - #19 with 441 performances -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:19
- POTO. -- nm - Shaun Dec 11, 09:18 1
  - *kills you in the face* -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:19
- The one where the fat lady sings. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 11, 09:18 2
  - It's over. -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 09:20
  - *laughing* -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 09:19
No 1 Ladies Detective Agency to return for a six part series in 2009. Patterson Joseph joining the cast. -- (link) - LMS Dec 11, 09:16 5
- The first one was sooooo good. -- nm - Amy Dec 11, 09:17
- wow, do we get this in the states? -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:17 3
  - Did they show the film? -- nm - LMS Dec 11, 09:21 2
    - Next year on HBO. -- nm - Amy Dec 11, 09:25
    - film? -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:23
LYC - Amy Dec 11, 09:04 14
- Some stores offer free personal shoppers who will help you pick out outfits. -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 09:15
- In that case...don't. nm - Jim Dec 11, 09:09 1
  - That's a perfectly good option -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 11, 09:10
- tall boots, short skirt. that's my uniform now. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:07 2
  - How *you* doin'? -- nm - TaurusII Dec 11, 09:20
  - Hmmmm...*I must be good, I must be good* -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 11, 09:10
- I care - cause I related. I have mis-matched my colors/clothes at least 2 x this week. - Epiphany Dec 11, 09:05 4
  - I haven't really bought anything new in ages. I look, but don't like anything. -- nm - Amy Dec 11, 09:14 2
    - i had this problem too. about a month ago i just *forced* myself to go out shopping just for clothes. - El Fandie Dec 11, 09:27 1
      - oh, and two pairs of boots. desperately needed! -- nm - El Fandie Dec 11, 09:27
  - a couple of months ago, I wore mismatched sneakers for a week before I noticed. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:11
- Remlik? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 11, 09:05 1
  - at least he never has bad hair days. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:08
- Two words: cargo pants. - TFox Dec 11, 09:05
nominoptions are up today and I have no clue who the frontrunners are at this point. no clue -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 09:02 6
- I don't understand how we invest real money in these. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 11, 09:08 2
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  - Well, first you have to put a bunch of $20's in your scanner... -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 09:09
- I played fewer than I usually do. - Jelly Dec 11, 09:05 1
  - we need to talk to Diva, she'll know -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 09:12
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- A director-composed score that is really fantastic? "The Others". -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 09:04
- He's an accomplished musician, and think he's writtent he scores for his films for the past 20 years or so -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 11, 09:02 2
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    - There is a local jazz club here in Austin that he plays at when he is in town -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 11, 09:09
- He's been scoring all his own films lately (not sure about Gran Torino) -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 09:01
Good news of the day: My father-in-law died over 5 years ago. Two men he worked with immeadiately strated to work against his daughters to rape and - TWuG Dec 11, 08:56 10
- good news - I hope they have to return all the money they mis-spent or misappropriated - Epiphany Dec 11, 09:05 1
  - In this case the fight was over who had ownership rights and whether the two men should be considered partners or mere employees. - TWuG Dec 11, 09:21
- Congrats. -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 09:03
- wow, that so didn't go where I expected based on the subject line. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:02
- Awesome. Hope this settles it. -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 08:59
- That kicks ass. -- nm - Jelly Dec 11, 08:58
- Okay, that is an awkwardly worded subject line. -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 08:57 3
  - And the spelling sucks, too. Exuberance got the best of me. -- nm - TWuG Dec 11, 09:01 1
    - But still ... great news! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 09:02
  - Lesson One in "When Maximizing the Length of the Subject Line Goes Wrong". -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 08:59
accounting 560 final exam review: really not bad. fun in parts. I'd give it a B+. - candy canes love mandy lane Dec 11, 08:53
Oh, forgot to mention. I was bored one day in FL. I saw Australia by myself. Heh. (C-) -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 08:50 3
- You can see Australia from Florida? -- nm - Sarah P? Dec 11, 08:53 2
  - "I'm so glad to be speakin' to the good people of the country of Flori-dah." -- nm - Sarah Palin SI Dec 11, 09:04 1
    - Lord, the size of the bullet that was dodged there... -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 11, 09:26
I don't want to go see a 5-hour-plus long opera next Tuesday, do I? - znufrii Dec 11, 08:48 22
- Absolutely! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 08:54
- I think you'd like to support the Met, but no. That's too crazy for a school night. What time does it start? -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 08:52 12
  - 7pm curtain. ends just after midnight. -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 08:52 11
    - It just occured to me that you're probaby younger than me, so maybe you could! -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 08:55 7
      - and then there's the hour it will take to get home afterwards... -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 08:56 6
        
        But when else are you going to be able to see Wagner's Tristan und Isolde staged again by a world-renowned opera company? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 08:57 5
        
        whenever the Met does it next? -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 08:58 4
        
        How often do they stage it? - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 09:04 3
        
        1984, 1999, 2003 and 2008 were the most recent performances of it. - znufrii Dec 11, 09:09 2
        
        ah, yes, the 1999 staging was a new production. -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:11
        
        If it's your thing, I think you should go. -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 09:11
    - Negative. Were this on a Fri or Sat, I'd say knock yourself out. -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 08:54 2
      - unfortunately I'm busy with our Christmas show the next two Saturdays, or I would... -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:00
      - Now why would you go and ruin a perfectly good weekend like that? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 11, 08:58
- Related. In January, we are taking the kids to the North Carolina Symphony's performance of What's Opera, Doc? -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 11, 08:51
- bring a flask -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 08:51
- Can you make out during it? -- nm - oblique Dec 11, 08:50
- you? of course you do. anyone else? dicey. -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 08:50
- Fast forward to the end. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 11, 08:49 1
  - (spoiler) - znufrii Dec 11, 08:50
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- good lord. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 08:48
My New Movie Pitch: The Cowbell Killer -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 08:45 5
- How do you kill a cowbell? -- nm - oblique Dec 11, 08:53 2
  - Like this -- (link) - Dano Dec 11, 08:54 [flickr] 1
    - I said it was embarassing! -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 08:55
- Fear what you hear. *chunk* *chunk* *chunk* -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 11, 08:46
- Tageline: Need more *bang*! - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 11, 08:46
TV has license to kill movies at iTunes, Netflix -- (link) - oblique Dec 11, 08:44
*laughing at more cowbell* - kelly Dec 11, 08:43 2
- many beers consumed mind you -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 08:46 1
  - But of course. -- nm - kelly Dec 11, 08:50
TDK sells 3 million copies in a day, 600k of them Blu-Ray. - David Dec 11, 08:42 5
- I watched my non-Blu-Ray edition last night. I loves it. BR would be better though. -- nm - Shaun Dec 11, 08:44 3
  - heh. Last night Amy said she thought you had bought Blu Ray and I decided to just wait and see, and I was like, "Oh crap." - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 11, 08:45 2
    - No, I have not adopted as of yet, and probably won't for a long time. -- nm - Shaun Dec 11, 08:48 1
      - That was what I thought but when she said it I thought of the currency mix up and thought, "Comedy of errors?" -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 11, 08:50
- how are PS3 sales doing so far? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 08:43
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- you're getting a transplant? -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 08:46
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  - Oh, crap. I forgot to call in on the keg fest on Sunday. Still ticked I missed it -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 08:42 2
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      - I'm in on this one. No way I'm missing this -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 11, 08:50
  - That would be ... unfortunate ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 08:42

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