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one of those actors you always recognize has passed....Robert Prosky -- (link) - Remlik Dec 12, 05:06
Not that I was in the market for one, but I'm pretty disappointed at Sony's stance on the pricing of the PS3 this holiday season. -- nm - Shaun Dec 12, 04:55 4
- yeah I'm kind of surprised. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 04:59 3
  - The best deals I've seen from stores here have been get a free game, which equals a $60+tax saving, but still. -- nm - Shaun Dec 12, 05:06 2
    - the Sony/Chase credit card deal is cool. buy a PS3 and get a $150 credit. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 05:08 1
      - Deals down south always seem to be better than they are here. More competition I'm guessing. -- nm - Shaun Dec 12, 05:10
~ You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world .. ~ -- nm - Marcel Dec 12, 04:38
intersting discussion on quantum mechanics/time travel and the new Star Trek... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 12, 04:38 2
- Oh boy. -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 04:54 1
  - they even talk about Back to he future -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 04:59
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- *sigh* - kelly Dec 12, 05:11
whooooo, it is effing POURING rain here....nm - x Dec 12, 04:27 2
- After days of rain, I can finally see some sun today. Hopefully it stays this way. - kelly Dec 12, 05:18
- Same here, after snowing and freezing rain all night. High of 12C today! -- nm - Shaun Dec 12, 04:55
Amazon Deal of the Day; $19.98 Tomb Raider Anniversary Wii Edition. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 12, 03:56 1
- Would you get a 360 already?! -- nm - Shaun Dec 12, 04:54
CookingMama 2, Izuna 2 (for the DS), Dokapon Kingdom, Ultimate I Spy (Wii), Goosebumps HorrorLand (DW & Wii) -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 12, 03:55 1
- Thanks! I don't need games, but it made me think that a set of goosebumps dvds would be a great gift for my 8 yr old. Now I just need to find one. -- nm - sheba Dec 12, 04:26
Bill Murray is having a post mid life crisis.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 12, 03:54
Angel complete series for $50 -- (link) - Remlik Dec 12, 03:13
LYC--I'm really liking Leverage. I love "caper" type plots and this is caper on top of caper. I love the casting, especially "Lindsay" from "Angel". - Trish Dec 12, 02:01 7
- yeah it's a good remake of BBC's show "Hustle". -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 03:00 6
  - that helps explain why i didn't like it....nm - x Dec 12, 04:39 1
    - really? I liked the 1st two seasons of Hustle. Especially when they explained what they were doing. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 05:01
  - I didn't realise this was a direct remake, I have to see which cable channel it turns up on. -- nm - LMS Dec 12, 04:32 3
    - I don't think it is a direct remake. But it's awfully similiar. Even down to the woman of the group...Jamie Murray of Hustle vs. Gina Bellman of - Remlik Dec 12, 04:41 2
      - Any reference to Kudos productions in the credits? -- nm - LMS Dec 12, 04:43 1
        
        I didn't notice, but I didn't look to honest. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 04:50
SITWAP: You knew it had to happen: A World of Warcraft themed restaurant has opened. (linky) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 12, 00:55 1
- Do they call supersizing 'leveling up'? -- nm - the darcy Dec 12, 01:54
Too bad Prof. nubby missed Craig Ferguson tonight. - ReluctantCynic Dec 12, 00:47
TDESS - C. -- (link) - Jelly Dec 11, 23:50
No matter how many times I watch it, the opening of Casino Royale never diminishes in its fantastickness. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 23:34
i've taken to falling asleep with documentaries on in the background (they're usually quieter than movies). i must be getting wikked smart by osmosis -- nm - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 23:33 2
- We did this last night to a doc about Parallel Universes. And I fell asleep to another doc about String Theory. It's good, deep sleep too. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 03:48
- Yeah ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 23:34
There are several ways to kill a zombie, but the most satisfying way is to stab them in the brain with a wooden stick. - Trish Dec 11, 23:30
so she wanted to go to California to be in the film industry but chose the more expensive city that is not the center of the film industry? - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 23:27
Aloha. -- nm - psilotum Dec 11, 22:56 2
- Mr. Hand? -- nm - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 23:09 1
  - No. -- nm - psilotum Dec 11, 23:20
Oh no ... the weathermens are predicting a low of about 20 deg F in Portland Saturday night. - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 22:55 16
- It's apparently currently negative 15 degrees F in Winnipeg right now. How do people live there? -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 23:04 15
  - I get email from my stepfather in the yukon whenever it's not expected to get above -50. usually happens a couple weeks/winter. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 23:33
  - Isn't that the temperature of space? Like, won't it kill you instantly if you step outside? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 23:21 5
    - unfortunately, Dignan's existence says otherwise - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 23:26 4
      - Like Dignan ever leaves his basement ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 23:32 3
        
        duh, like the captives wouldn't get loose. -- nm - Trish Dec 12, 00:13 2
        
        Too bad those chains rust so quickly in the damp basement. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 12, 00:34 1
        
        Eventually the Stockholm Syndrome kicks in and he can even send them out for errands. - Trish Dec 12, 00:59
  - (also, you know, we have thick jackets) -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 23:06
  - The first year I went to university, it hit -40 for 13 straight days. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 23:05 6
    - This is why I now live in California, rather than southern Ontario :/ -- nm - NutMeg Dec 11, 23:06 5
      - This was Saskatchewan, so it was a dry cold. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 23:07 4
        
        at -40 it kind of has to be. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 23:33 1
        
        I get a kick out of the days when it's supercold here and it looks like the Bow is boiling. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 23:40
        
        That's what everybody says here. - Trish Dec 11, 23:26 1
        
        Yup, I much prefer a dry heat :) - NutMeg Dec 11, 23:29
We were assured tonight that the world will *not* end in 2012... - MojaveMeg Dec 11, 22:35 11
- Because it's going to end in 2011! -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 22:43 2
  - pffft. 2009. as soon as they fix the LHC. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 23:32
  - Oooh good - I don't have to worry so much about economizing, then? :) -- nm - NutMeg Dec 11, 22:47
- That's what "they" want you to think. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 22:40
- when are you gonna start using a holiday name? I suggest NutMeg -- nm - black peter Dec 11, 22:37 4
  - Hmm, hadn't thought of that. I was trying to remember what I'd used before...was it MistletoeMeg? -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 11, 22:38 3
    - i'm not sure, but we are less than a fortnight away. so any name change should be soon. -- nm - black peter Dec 11, 22:42 2
      - Oh, OK!! :) -- nm - NutMeg Dec 11, 22:46 1
        
        ***HUG*** -- nm - black peter Dec 11, 22:46
- did you ask him what the DOW will be at? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 22:36 1
  - He talked about Y2K, and the forecasts of stock market crash, empty bank accounts and planes falling from the sky... - MojaveMeg Dec 11, 22:44
ST Poll: Is Billy Bush the most useless human being on the planet? -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 22:35 7
- Yes. -- nm - Todd Manning Dec 11, 22:45
- Ryan Seacrest has to be close -- nm - black peter Dec 11, 22:45
- does "Dandrew" count as one person? -- nm - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 22:37 2
  - It just goes to show how important skill, competence, and teamwork are on TAR. -- nm - psilotum Dec 11, 23:22
  - omg. the marching. make it stop!!! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:57
- Ummm... who? -- nm - Cuzzin the Red Nosed Todd Dec 11, 22:37
- Stop listening to Q100 and yes. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 22:36
"Cake!" ... hahah ... oh, sylar, you funny guy -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:29 2
- Mass murder is always funny. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 22:31 1
  - If you mass murder alone, you mass murder with Hitler. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:33
Luke Skywalker Lightsaber auctioned for a quarter million, I guess the economy ain't hurtin everybody -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 11, 22:28 5
- Bah! it's used :( -- nm - black peter Dec 11, 22:34
- 1 dollar, Bob! -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 22:32 2
  - at least, if you blow a quarter mill on a restored 30's roadster you can drive it around and have everybody think you're cool -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 22:39 1
    - if you have a quarter million to spend on a lightsaber prop, maybe you also have the resources to "restore" it to a fucntional state? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:59
- If not for the crappy economy, I would have bid a quarter million and 1. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 22:31
I have a sinus headache the size of Montana - FJS fifth seed Dec 11, 22:22
Has Bery switch ad provider or added another one to the rotation? I've noticed an increase in quality ads. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 22:21 2
- nope, just the same google settings. I think more people are putting money into marketing this month due to the increase in sales for the holidays -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:22 1
  - Google AdSense is funny. - Mop Dec 11, 22:25
wow ... that was one intense episode of dexter. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:13 2
- spoils - TFox Dec 11, 22:14 1
  - just a touch, you mihght say -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:17
trish must never watch American Teen - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 22:09 7
- Spoilers - Dano Dec 11, 22:26 3
  - if so - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 22:33 2
    - Spoilers - Dano Dec 11, 22:39
    - oh wait, i'm just getting to that part -- nm - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 22:39
- But, see, that could be entertaining. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 22:16 2
  - It all depends on whether crash needs a new TV or not. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 22:23
  - i think she might actually stroke out before she can get to the gun -- nm - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 22:19
Kickbee ... the youngest user on Twitter. (linky) - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 22:08 2
- how did that end up in the womb? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 22:14 1
  - Well when a man and a woman love each other very much, they sometimes give each other a special hug. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 22:24
Also, any film score fans: extremely cool T-shirts. -- (link) - TFox Dec 11, 22:03
Article from last year on the absurdity behind the scenes of the Golden Globes. Did anyone else know this? -- (link) - TFox Dec 11, 21:56 2
- I didn't know how difficult it was to get into, I guess its like a coveted union job. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 22:20
- BAWWWW! -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 22:03
I want to mouth kiss the Chicago Blackhawks. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 21:51 2
- Let's just be friends. -- nm - Patrick Kane Dec 11, 21:55
- It's time to set new goals instead of revisiting past glories. nm - Dignan Dec 11, 21:52
ooh, scary ... lost ring moment. (It's too loose, gotta get it resized, but we want to show it off first during christmas ... and it would take until - Beryllium Dec 11, 21:45 8
- Oh heck, do it the way we did when we got our boyfriend d'jour's class ring--wrap brightly colored yarn around the back until it fits. - Trish Dec 12, 01:13
- build up bottom of ring with adhesive tape. wrap around bottom shank. -- nm - BAD Dec 11, 21:48 5
  - ooh, good suggestion. Could cut it into thin strips so it would be harder to notice. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 21:50 4
    - Another tip is take the ring in every 5 years to make sure the stones don't loosen up... - BAD Dec 11, 22:20 3
      - that won't be an issue -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:21 2
        
        She did'nt lose the stones, just got tired of the old ring. Reset the diamonds in new ring. -- nm - BAD Dec 11, 22:26 1
        
        ah -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:28
- Maybe she has another small ring that fits better, that she could sorta use to hold it on? - TFox Dec 11, 21:48
fucking vodafone can kiss my ass! - mafic Dec 11, 21:44 2
- Up yours, pal! - Vodafone Dec 11, 21:45 1
  - And before you take us literally, that phone has GPS. We know what you're thinking of doing. -- nm - Vodafone Dec 11, 22:29
Man, last night's UFC event was particularly brutal. nm - Dignan Dec 11, 21:42 7
- discussed earlier. Limbs aren't suppossed to do that. -- (link) - Reagen Dec 11, 21:47 [Backboard] 6
  - it looks cartoonish. - Mel Profit Dec 12, 04:50
  - ow ow ow ow ow!!! -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 22:26
  - (And probably why you don't want to be a 6'5" lightweight.) nm - Dignan Dec 11, 22:02
  - There was an equall...okay, it was nowhere near that extreme, but still a cringeworthy arm break as well. - Dignan Dec 11, 21:51 1
    - Well, Kuato's got to find some way to make a living. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 21:53
  - *gag* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 21:50
Can't remember if I made the comment on Sunday night, but rewatching the Trailer Park Boys final episode and J-Roc is rapping to a sample of.... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 21:42
Best. Survivor. Ever. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 21:27 2
- what does The Danimal say? -- nm - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 21:28 1
  - Just finished watching it. I think this season has surpassed the first to become the best season ever. -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 22:19
i know he can get the job - pigby the snowman Dec 11, 21:25
"And it pinkens your teeth while you chew." -- nm - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 11, 21:23 3
- "daffodil" -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 21:32 2
  - "antiquing" -- nm - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 11, 21:33 1
    - "I have a sexy learning disability. Kif! What do I call it?" *sigh* "Sexlexia." -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 21:49
*looks through pictures* ... some how I have acquired pippy wedding pics -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 21:22
Date was okay. I like him kinda. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 21:20 6
- *sits in his rocking chair, gently rocking back and forth, while polishing the barrel of his shotgun* - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 21:25 5
  - Well, he's got some good qualities and I do find him interesting. More than I thought I would initially. - Qale Dec 11, 21:26 4
    - Eh ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 21:38 3
      - I don't know yet. I'm probably infurating him by forcing him to be slow. ::snicker:: - Qale Dec 11, 21:46 2
        
        Yeah ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 22:04 1
        
        Oh but I am seme. - Qale Dec 11, 22:07

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