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so basically none of the supporting actors' voices in the star wars cantina are their real ones - cupixie Feb 8, 22:44 3
- He might have figured everybody knew of the Welch's rep for bar fights was universal, he probably chose them for the accents - zeitgeist Feb 8, 23:26
- This I knew. -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 22:46 1
  - nobody likes a know-it-all, spawn -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 22:48
oh brother. I just got an e-mail survey from the Ethics Committee. It asked what I think of a t-shirt that says "Be nice. I can be your doctor one - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 8, 22:31 5
- similar in tone to "be nice to your kids, one day they'll pick your old folks home -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 23:24
- kind of like a law school selling a t-shirt that says "be nice, when i pass the bar i can sue your ass for everything you're worth" - cupixie Feb 8, 22:34 3
  - Okay, I can see it being dickish. I am a really BAD judge of this stuff because like I said, I don't really get offended or get worked up over thing. - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 8, 22:38 1
    - "nice heart you got there. be a shame if anything happened to it during the operation" -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 22:39
  - well, except with the possibility of death or dismemberment. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 22:36
in real time, it's only about a day or two between the time Luke sees Biggs on Tatooine and when they reunite before the Death Star battle - cupixie Feb 8, 22:02
Just got back from The Ivy. The place was pretty empty, but 2 Bentleys parked out front. - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 8, 22:00
What's the name of the song on tonight's Glee that sampled Beethoven? TIA -- nm - ceregon Feb 8, 21:46 7
- nm but: -- (link) - b! Feb 8, 21:51 6
  - Pretty lazy, imo. - psilotum Feb 8, 22:08
  - wait, alan thicke's son? -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 21:58 3
    - is an R&B singer? colour me surprised. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 21:58 2
      - that song was years before he hit his peak, even. he was everywhere a few years ago with a couple of big singles and a #1 album. -- nm - b! Feb 8, 22:02 1
        
        Strange that Shazam was stumped by it. -- nm - ceregon Feb 8, 22:04
  - That's it, thanks. -- nm - ceregon Feb 8, 21:53
Wow. Tosh.0 is showing a naked vagina -- nm - amoxy Feb 8, 21:33
an attorney in the office asked me this today: what is the best noir movie ever made? (i said the consensus pick would probably be Double Indemnity) - cupixie Feb 8, 21:14 23
- does Sunset Boulevard not count as noir? -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 22:33 1
  - that was the movie he mentioned -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 22:35
- Body Heat -- nm - ceregon Feb 8, 22:08
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid -- nm - Max Feb 8, 22:00
- Touch of Evil -- nm - peglegpete Feb 8, 21:36
- The Man Who Wasn't There is an amazing modern entry in the genre. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 21:27 6
  - we did talk neo-noir also: Chinatown? Blade Runner?? -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 21:27 5
    - Dark City -- nm - Max Feb 8, 22:03
    - Brick -- nm - Max Feb 8, 22:03
    - The Big Lebowski is Raymond Chandler for potheads. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 21:29 1
      - lof'nl -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 21:35
    - LA Confidential? -- nm - amoxy Feb 8, 21:28
- That's probably right, although Big Sleep, Maltese Falcon and Out of the Past are all up there. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 21:22 2
  - yes to your IM -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 21:23 1
    - Out of the Past has one of the best lines ever in "Baby, I don't care." nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 21:25
- Double Indemnity has some unintentional humour that's crept in - Reagen Feb 8, 21:16 7
  - like with Fred McMurray trying to play the tough-talking heavy? -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 21:19 6
    - I'm thinking of the absurd ends it goes towards "show don't tell". -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 21:22 2
      - (oh, and the drive-through liquor store gets a nice laugh now) -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 21:22 1
        
        those still constitute about half the perth liquor stores. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 21:30
    - He's surprisingly convincing though. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 21:21 2
      - He was a good heavy. Surprisingly good in The Caine Mutiny -- nm - amoxy Feb 8, 21:27 1
        
        i bought him more in the Caine Mutiny than Double Indemnity, for some reason -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 21:28
Ok, this is not funny because someone actually died, but WTF (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 21:10 3
- Oh man, if it had been a Holiday Inn Express... -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 21:13
- She was ASSassinated -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 21:13
- all things considered, she'd probably rather *not* be in Philadelphia :( -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 21:11
Is it Christmas? -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 21:00
No Cougar Town makes me less likely to watch the ABC Wednesday night lineup at all. -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 20:55 1
- ahh come on, its anniversary date night for Claire and Phil -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 21:22
so when we pick up ground for exploration, we have to put an ad in the local paper and give people time to respond. - mafic Feb 8, 20:46
lyc: Our impending move after 18 years is distracting me.... a lot. Last week I forgot my suitcoat when I left to pickup a client, then I drove - CrankYanker Feb 8, 20:46 8
- You said something about moving closer to my neighborhood? -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 8, 20:50 7
  - There goes your property values -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 20:51 3
    - I'm not the one drinking boxed wine. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 20:53 2
      - ah, perhaps sir would like some of our chateau cardboard? I hear the january was a fine vintage. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 20:56
      - I thought Boxed Whine was a nickname we gave to Pixie -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 20:55
  - yep. - CrankYanker Feb 8, 20:51 2
    - Ah, right in the middle of pretty much everything :) - MojaveMeg Feb 8, 20:57 1
      - It's a ghost town over there. We'll be right between them and Main Place which is hopping these days. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 20:59
Am I not reading the BlackEyed Peas map correctly? Does it not show 57% thought they were average or better? - CrankYanker Feb 8, 20:40 12
- are you tone deaf? -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 20:47 4
  - Well they had technical problems but they're also not Susan Boyle....it's a rock band and I thought it was great. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 20:49 3
    - I wouldn't classify them as a rock band. -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 20:51 1
      - I didn't until I saw Slash and heard Fergie singing Sweet Child of Mine. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 20:52
    - Susan Boyle would have been better. Yes, I said it. -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 20:49
- 47% -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 20:46 1
  - oh. yeah. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 20:47
- yes, it does. the map was manipulative. -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 20:43 3
  - well, F was the largest single response they got, and that's how they always colour their maps. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 20:48 2
    - It won the electoral college. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 20:50 1
      - L3 -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 20:50
- That's Jim and it's reallly .000000057% -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 20:42
puppy bowl VII spoiler question ... - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 8, 20:33 3
- I see something about this in the Onion, so that should answer that. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 20:43
- Ask JenBro -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 20:37 1
  - Is she doing a Puppy Bowl HWDYK? -- nm - David Feb 8, 20:38
bus commute report: leaving work on the 4:56 is a must if I want to get home before 6:15. this seems crazy, since my morning commute is about - amanda "internet" jones Feb 8, 20:33 10
- marketplace? -- nm - lileve Feb 9, 06:32
- I've used the iphone kindle app. it's not bad, but a lot of page turning. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 21:00
- *cries* -- nm - Kai Ryssdal Feb 8, 20:38 2
  - oh, I'll listen on the way home. don't you worry, lame-name boy. -- nm - amanda "internet" jones Feb 8, 20:39 1
    - i'd like to do your numbers, if you know what i'm sayin -- nm - Kai Ryssdal Feb 8, 20:40
- my "to" commute is pretty much 30 minutes door to door (i know exactly when i can get my first bus in the a.m.) - cupixie Feb 8, 20:35 2
  - yeah. in vancouver my to commute was 15 minutes, at the outside. home was not less than a half hour. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 20:55
  - the bus ex I-Park comes about every 15 minutes. the connector bus comes every seven minutes. I don't get how I can time it in the morning but not in - amanda "internet" jones Feb 8, 20:38
- my bus is fucking kindle central. someday a dude is going to pull a gun, jack the kindles, and make like 2 grand. - TFox Feb 8, 20:34 1
  - I need something that fits in my pocket. I don't want to have to dig in my bag for my e-reader. - amanda "internet" jones Feb 8, 20:39
NCIS question (spoilerish for tonight, I guess) - David Feb 8, 20:32 9
- (spoilers) - Stephen Feb 8, 20:34 7
  - Okay, thank you gentlemen. -- nm - David Feb 8, 20:37 6
    - Related point, I'll bet Sasha Alexander is kicking herself that she's not still on the show. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 20:44 5
      - She is in several flashbacks in the latest episode and I had the same thought. - David Feb 8, 20:52
      - I dunno. she quit because she couldn't handle the time demands. I dont' think it got much better. -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 20:45 3
        
        That's the story at any rate. Seems like one of those "wanted to spend more time with family" PR things. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 20:47 1
        
        I think she'd just gotten married (to Sophia Loren's son). She had a baby after quitting. - loosilu Feb 8, 21:18
        
        and she is on Rizolli & llles now -- nm - peglegpete Feb 8, 20:46
- the latter -- nm - peglegpete Feb 8, 20:34
So my current travels currently have me in Knoxville, Vic which is about 40 min north? of Melbourne - JD Feb 8, 20:28 11
- That's still in Melbourne :) -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 20:43
- Fly back where and can you make it into the city? -- nm - Karl_S Feb 8, 20:33 9
  - Actually staying in Melbourne on Collins at if memory serves and flying back Friday -- nm - JD Feb 8, 20:35 8
    - I stayed at the westin on collins when I was there. it was nice. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 21:02 2
      - That's where I'm staying -- nm - JD Feb 8, 21:51 1
        
        my bed was spectacularly comfortable. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 22:18
    - Do you want to catch up before then I work in the city and live not too far from it -- nm - Karl_S Feb 8, 20:46 4
      - Thank you for the kind offer but I fear that my boss already has my schedule booked up - JD Feb 8, 20:54 3
        
        See what you can do, I don't get many ST visitors down here -- nm - Karl_S Feb 8, 20:57 2
        
        Will do as even if it is a short trip would be nice to do something fun after flying this far -- nm - JD Feb 8, 21:52
        
        You just need to come out here again :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 8, 21:01
Zooey Deschanel eyeing Fox comedy pilot "Chicks and Dicks" -- (link) - cupixie Feb 8, 20:21 4
- Soon to be renamed "Best of Both Worlds" nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 20:25 2
  - Berzerker! -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 20:28
  - "The Dude Whisperer" -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 20:26
- A better headline writer would have dropped the "eyeing Fox comedy pilot" part. -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 20:23
I don't know how the dog does it, but he's constantly getting out of the backyard, no holes under the fence, I've put chicken wire up at one corner to - zeitgeist Feb 8, 20:20
Carmelo to the Lakers would be ridiculous, but an NBA finals between a Kobe/Carmelo team and Bosh/Lebron/Wade would be most choice/epic! -- nm - flavorize Feb 8, 20:20 2
- not that either of those teams lead their conferences right now. :) -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 20:22 1
  - True! The Celtics look good too and could go far...as long as they don't have to play a 7 game series against the Bobcats - flavorize Feb 8, 20:38
Apparently Netflix thinks that the movie most like Dogtooth is ... Madea's Family Reunion. -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 20:19
Partner = 90% chance of gayness. Significant other = coin toss. nm - Dignan Feb 8, 20:11 18
- 10% chance of cowboy? -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 20:52
- I don't know how much the events of the last few weeks pepper my thoughts on this. - amanda "internet" jones Feb 8, 20:27 5
  - i guess that's one way to avoid commitment -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 20:28
  - was there news on his deal? hammered? heart attack? sniper? -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 20:28 3
    - so there was enough of him left to autopsy, and there was no medical event that caused the crash. - amanda "internet" jones Feb 8, 20:36 2
      - that's so completely odd. and terrible. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 20:38 1
        
        "my former address." It's there but not there. It's limbo. -- nm - Max Feb 8, 21:00
- Mother-effing Republic of Thieves release date has been pushed back again, this time to Nov 2011. WTF? nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 20:13 10
  - I'm sure you have no shortage of alternatives to shove down my throat. nm - Dignan Feb 8, 20:16 8
    - I'm about to start The Heroes. Mmmmm, tasty, tasty anti-heroes and pessimism. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 20:28 3
      - Blech. - David Feb 8, 21:02 1
        
        This is why I already told you you wouldn't like it. Locke Lamora, although pretty dark in spots, is much more fun. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 21:05
      - Bosch. -- nm - David Feb 8, 21:01
    - i hope you're talking about books -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 20:16 3
      - "Take that Infinite Jest, you dirty boy. Take it all." nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 20:24 1
        
        no - cupixie Feb 8, 20:25
      - I don't. nm - Dignan Feb 8, 20:17
  - it's just really not your week, amigo -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 20:15
flowers for algernon -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 20:05
This is the boring time of the year for sports for me - amoxy Feb 8, 20:05 10
- Football is it! No Football = No sports -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 20:41
- Sure - now that handball is over -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 20:25 2
  - zing -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 20:28
  - heh -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 20:27
- You can start paying attention to college basketball to get ready for March Madness. -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 20:20
- fantasy baseball prep. (but really, your solution is to start liking basketball, because it is awesome.) -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 20:19
- This is when I start watching a lot of soccer. -- nm - Stephen Feb 8, 20:13
- Yeah, the build-up until baseball. NBA Dunk Contest, once upon a time, helped kill time. Now it's NFL free agency, and last minute MLB signings -- nm - flavorize Feb 8, 20:13
- curling -- nm - peglegpete Feb 8, 20:09
- Exactly...pretty much have to watch golf until football season. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 8, 20:06

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