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mother knows best. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 06:33
I think the closer we get to the Oscars the more obvious it'll be that The King's Speech wins Best Picture. -- nm - Inigo Jan 25, 06:23 6
- I say it wins for sure -- nm - J Jan 25, 06:33
- No, this is the year for The Social Network. Especially after the Best Pic was given to The Hurt Locker last year. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 25, 06:31
- Nah. The masterpiece trumps the ho-hum, even with the academy. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:27
- I have zero desire to see this. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 25, 06:24 1
  - It was good, but it's nothing 'special'. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 06:31
- My checkbook will make it so. -- nm - Harvey Jan 25, 06:24
Crap, I'm going to have to see The Illusionist. -- nm - Ender Jan 25, 06:21
Neat idea. My daughter has been using her camera more again. Wonder if I should try this with her -- (link) - oblique Jan 25, 06:18
Actor spoils - prayformojo Jan 25, 06:17
STIS: I have Excel in my start menu (Win 7), and it used to be when I moused-over it, the last 10 documents showed up. Now they don't. - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:16 15
- right click start -> Start Menu Tab -> Privacy -- Are both Store and Display items checked ? -- nm - decline Jan 25, 06:20 4
  - yes -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:22 3
    - Look at Recent Items - Are there any excel files there? - decline Jan 25, 06:29 2
      - Jax, here might be the fix. Those recent items are in a super-secret file that may be corrupted - oblique Jan 25, 06:30 1
        
        ok trying this -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:33
- Try this maybe... - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:18 1
  - Hmm, nope. My recent items show up for other things - just not Excel anymore. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:20
- Not mouse over, right click -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:17 7
  - ? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:18 6
    - Ah. I see you said Start Menu now. Pin it to your task bar and right click on the icon. See if that works -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:22 4
      - It's pinned to my Start Menu already. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:23 3
        
        I have mine pinned to the Task Bar. More convenient -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:23 2
        
        I have a task list that is the first thing I open every day. I like to click Start >> mouseover Excel (when it displayed recent items) >> Task List. - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:25 1
        
        My point was, the pinned Excel icon on your Task Bar has a similar feature. I was curious if it was broken also or not -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:28
    - In windows 7 a mouse-over on the task bar shows running programs, a right-click shows the "action menu" -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:21
does anyone use hotmail through their android by way of a program called roadsync? - J Jan 25, 06:16 4
- Can't you just hook it up using ActiveSync to the normal android app? -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:17 3
  - the other email client on my phone is just the basic one needing basically the same info - J Jan 25, 06:30 2
    - Hmm. I thought Android had that built in (I've done it to our work Exchange server, no problem from various phones) - oblique Jan 25, 06:33 1
      - I will keep trying things then, maybe im just missing something -- nm - J Jan 25, 06:35
just in case. Today only. SquareTrade is offering 30% off their warranties with coupon code SUPER (up to $30 discount) -- (link) - tRuMaN Jan 25, 06:14
I won $50 from our local Patch site for being the closest guess to the Bears/Packers score. Thanks for your help ST! - oblique Jan 25, 06:11 8
- What did you predict? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:13 7
  - 24 Bears, 17 Packers. They based winning on the closest to the total sum score. So mine was 41 and I was only off by 3 points -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:15 6
    - Looks like I guessed Bears 20, Packers 17 so I was 4 points off. -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:24
    - So if you had said 41-0 Bears you still would have won?? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:16 3
      - I think so. Weird game, but who cares. Free gift certificate! -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:16 2
        
        (congrats! to where?) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:18 1
        
        Dunno yet. They said a "local restaurant". I hope it's someplace decent -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:22
    - wait...6 points? Either way, I won! -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:15
Wait - what about Burlesque and The Tourist?!? -- nm - The Golden Globes Jan 25, 06:09 1
- Gervais *destroyed* The Tourist in that opening. -- nm - nubby Jan 25, 06:11
woot off. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 06:09
Requisite Poll: How many of this year's Best Picture noms have you seen? - Hotkiss Jan 25, 06:04 39
- 9. Haven't seen 'Winter's Bone'. -- nm - Diva Jan 25, 06:25
- 10 -- nm - Ender Jan 25, 06:18
- 6. - Andie Jan 25, 06:16 2
  - we are movie buddies -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 25, 06:25 1
    - i know, i saw your IM and was like 'that's pretty much my exact list'. -- nm - Andie Jan 25, 06:33
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- meh, one, and its the one I am not sure is worthy. - tRuMaN Jan 25, 06:11
- All of them. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 25, 06:10
- Two. I have Inception at home to watch now though -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:09
- 5 -- nm - nubby Jan 25, 06:09
- All of them. In fact, I'm missing 9 nominations in the whole ballot.. - Marlowe Jan 25, 06:09
- 1 -- nm - decline Jan 25, 06:08
- five. I won't ever see 127 or toy, so I have three to go after tonight. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 25, 06:07 8
  - why won't you ever see TS? -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 25, 06:08 7
    - Because it's overated. - LMS Jan 25, 06:09 2
      - Not on ST. It seems to get the smackdown daily. -- nm - Inigo Jan 25, 06:21 1
        
        Yeah, there are some people on here with pretty bad taste. It's fantastic. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:22
    - she's crazy and won't watch animated movies. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:09 3
      - not all of them. just the ones with people in them, mainly. *mainly.* -- nm - amanda jones Jan 25, 06:09 2
        
        I guess I almost immediately shut out movies about kids, war, and action so you're ok -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 25, 06:10 1
        
        thanks for your blessing. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 25, 06:10
- Kings Speech, Inception and Toys 3. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 06:07
- 0.5 -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 06:06 4
  - ? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:09 3
    - Jacen vetoed toy story 3D at the halfway point. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 06:10 1
      - Jacen's already smarter than Pixie. -- nm - David Jan 25, 06:12
    - The Foxes walked out of TS3 IIRC -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 06:10
- 7, two are still to be released here (The Fighter & True Grit). -- nm - LMS Jan 25, 06:06
- TS3, Black Swan -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 06:06
- 10 -- nm - Buzz Jan 25, 06:06
- 6/10 so far, expect to have the others knocked off by the end of the week. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:06
- 3. Inception, Toy Story 3, and Winter's Bone. I'm bummed about WB, because that means it'll be one of the movies on AMC's BP Weekends. - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:05
- All of them. -- nm - David Jan 25, 06:05 5
  - When did you watch King's Speech? -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 25, 06:09 4
    - I was about to post "and why didn't you notify us immediately" until I saw who posted this. -- nm - nubby Jan 25, 06:13
    - Yesterday, but I hadn't mentioned it in case you'd want to talk about it. -- nm - David Jan 25, 06:11 2
      - heh. --nm - Kim Pine Jan 25, 06:11 1
        
        I also watched Next Avengers if you want to talk about it. -- nm - David Jan 25, 06:12
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So of the Big 8 awards, safe to say that 3 of the actings are pretty locked up and both Screenplays? - Will Hunting Jan 25, 06:02 6
- I wouldn't rule out Rush just yet. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 06:06 2
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  - He could catch up, but it'd need to be a Kings Speech romp (which I don't see happening) - Will Hunting Jan 25, 06:10
- I'm not sure Bale is a lock (Rush is up there too), and Kings Speech not a lock for original screenplay (Inception). -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:05
- BP is a two horse race, and agree with your Actor awards. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:04 1
  - Oh yeah, BP is King or Social....everyone is just happy to be there. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 06:04
Personally, I thnk The Town got robbed by Winter's Bone. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:02 3
- It was two out of three from those and 127 Hours. I had expected 127 Hours to get shut out. - David Jan 25, 06:04 2
  - Winter's Bone is not all that. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:09 1
    - It's haunting and grueling and I never want to watch it again. -- nm - David Jan 25, 06:11
can someone spoil me on animation? - TFox Jan 25, 06:01 9
- Kim was right. -- nm - David Jan 25, 06:03
- HTTYD, The Illusionist, and TS3. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:03
- Toys, Illusionist, Dragon. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:02 6
  - hmm. Illusionist better be the shiz to knock tangled out. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 06:04 5
    - It's kinda sad that in the year the animations are better than ever...they didn't have enough to get more nominees. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 06:15 4
      - Yup. Why do they only do three? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 06:26 2
        
        There weren't enough eligible films to go more. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 06:27 1
        
        Actually, I thought it was 3 or 5 (didn't think 4 was a possibility, but could be wrong). -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 06:28
      - yes, exactly this. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 06:24
I take back anything bad or sceptical I've ever said about blended scotch - znufrii Jan 25, 06:01
Oooh. Amazon to roll out Grocery delivery service -- (link) - oblique Jan 25, 06:00 1
- If it takes them the same time to deliver it as my Social Network DVD, I'm not shopping there. - Marlowe Jan 25, 06:02
Um. Why is the First Lady's Box interactive now? -- (link) - oblique Jan 25, 05:59
Congratulations to crash davis, the only one who picked all 10 Best Picture noms correct. - JaxSean Jan 25, 05:58 1
- damnit, I knew I was forgetting something last night. -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 06:00
Famous Lincoln pardon's date was fudged... -- (link) - znufrii Jan 25, 05:57
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- Danny lost out too. -- nm - LMS Jan 25, 05:58
- David O Russell feels like the extra man to me. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 05:54 8
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    - The Academy probably thought if he can get three nominated performances, he should get in (I was rooting for Nolan) -- nm - Buzz Jan 25, 06:01
  - No doubt about it. I'm shocked he got in. -- nm - David Jan 25, 05:58 3
    - Really? It was pretty much a given that he would. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 05:59 2
      - Over Nolan and Boyle? Uh uh. - David Jan 25, 06:03 1
        
        I didn't think Boyle would get it. -- nm - Diva Jan 25, 06:28
  - Right, The Coens were getting nominated, and rightfully so. -- nm - Inigo Jan 25, 05:57
  - Yes. - Kim Pine Jan 25, 05:55
Nom spoils - Kim Pine Jan 25, 05:52 4
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- That's just tremendous. -- nm - David Jan 25, 05:55 1
  - Ozark Renaissance! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 25, 05:55
- nom spoils - Buzz Jan 25, 05:54
Tron gets one lonely nom in sound editing. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 05:48 3
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  - No, it was eligible. A bunch were kicked out but not Tron. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 25, 06:02 1
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Here is the full list of nominees... -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 25, 05:47 6
- fine. I will *finally* watch winter's bone tonight. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 25, 05:48 2
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  - Atmospheric is the what I'd use to describe the film, it really felt like I was living with these people in that setting. Great movie. -- nm - Buzz Jan 25, 05:50
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  - Yeah that's total BS! -- nm - Buzz Jan 25, 05:50
  - that's always an odd category, in part due to the nomination process being totally different. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 05:49
Putin on the Moscow bombing: "Retribution is inevitable" -- (link) - Beaker Jan 25, 05:46 1
- The guy is already in a million little pieces. What re they gonna do?!? - Guigue Jan 25, 05:49
The King's Speech dominates with 12 nominations. -- nm - Buzz Jan 25, 05:46 4
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  - Me too and True Grit comes in second with 10 nominations means timing was everything when ballots were sent and that movie came out. -- nm - Buzz Jan 25, 05:52
  - You bet your wad on King's Speech, I'll take Social Network, and I'll sleep much better. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 05:52 1
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ML: what van did you get after? How is it? -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 05:45 1
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- Spoils question - Will Hunting Jan 25, 05:46 3
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    - I thought there were 4 locks in the Supporting Actress (HBC, Kunis and the 2 Fighter women) - Will Hunting Jan 25, 05:49
  - that's right. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 05:46

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