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It's really hard to buy my wife anything when she's always checking the credit card statements. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:47 1
- Ask a friend to charge it for you, then pay them after you've given it to your wife. -- nm - ceregon Feb 10, 20:52
I can't believe you morons had a legitimate argument over the most successful post-Friends career. nm - Dignan Feb 10, 20:46 3
- Janice -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 20:49
- It's the monkey. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 20:49
- Ross. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:48
Does anyone use Raptr.com? "Raptr is a social network that gives gamers a place to connect with one another over the games they frequently play." -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 10, 20:41 1
- I was gonna say that most gamers use Xfire, but Raptr appears to be an aggregator that integrates Xfire, amongst others. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:43
"Dear Kim, your rack is unreal." - TFox Feb 10, 20:27 3
- Your breasts look really good in that shirt. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:41
- "Dear TFox, you're a dead man." -- nm - David SI Feb 10, 20:32 1
  - Dear David: Your rack is also unreal. -- nm - TFox SI Feb 10, 20:56
ST Poll: Favorite Romantic Comedy -- nm - flavorize Feb 10, 20:27 31
- the Philidalphia Story and Sullivan's Travels -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 20:54 1
  - add Singing in the Rain -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 20:56
- Does "Romancing the Stone" count? - Fuzzy Feb 10, 20:51 5
  - I think anything you find romantic counts. If that means Dawn of the Dead or the Expendibles, so be it. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:54 3
    - well no. rom-com is a specific genre - cupixie Feb 10, 20:55
    - Schindlers List? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 20:55 1
      - You're such a sweetheart. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 21:17
  - yes -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:53
- Love Actually, 10 Things, -- nm - amoxy Feb 10, 20:47
- Groundhog Day, if that counts. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 20:47 1
  - it does -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:48
- then-Harold and Maude, now-Garden State/Love Actually -- nm - reelgirl Feb 10, 20:46 3
  - hey, punch inigo in the head about Heat for me -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:51 1
    - consider it done -- nm - reelgirl Feb 10, 21:00
  - nice choice Harold and Maude -- nm - amoxy Feb 10, 20:48
- 10HAT, Notting Hill, Love Actually -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:44
- Harry met Sally -- nm - eag Feb 10, 20:37
- Garden State or Return to Me -- nm - Stephen Feb 10, 20:34
- Garden State. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 20:30
- This might be my least favorite genre. nm - Dignan Feb 10, 20:29 6
  - we should have a viewing party, buddy - cupixie Feb 10, 20:31 5
    - 2 Dudes, 1 Cup. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 20:43 1
      - and we can talk about girls, and totally make an ST Slam Book! -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:45
    - Stop saying stuff. nm - Dignan Feb 10, 20:34 2
      - but i won't share a spoon with you - cupixie Feb 10, 20:38 1
        
        This sounds suspiciously like more stuff. nm - Dignan Feb 10, 20:41
- Alternates....Notting Hill, 10 Things I Hate About You - Will Hunting Feb 10, 20:29 2
  - Let's discuss the themes of Notting Hill again. -- nm - nubby Feb 10, 20:30 1
    - Rich and famous people have feelings too. and common folk can have rewarding lives as well. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 20:31
- Kissing Jessica Stein -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 20:29
- old skool: My Man Godfrey; new skool: maybe Annie Hall still -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:28
15 years later, it's boggling that Heat didn't get a single Oscar nomination in any category. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 20:22 18
- It definitely drags in parts. I actually don't like the NPORT subplot. But by the time the shooting starts... holy crap. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:52
- (gotta watch this one someday) -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 20:37 2
  - like, immediately. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 20:38 1
    - hey, I bought Shawshank tonight. - TFox Feb 10, 20:41
- Meh. It never grabbed me. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 20:35 2
  - *blinks* - cupixie Feb 10, 20:36 1
    - No thanks. It was dull, and self indulgent. I'd take almost any other Mann film over it. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 20:40
- Here's an easy alt 1995 BP lineup: Heat, Seven, The Usual Suspects, Toy Story, Twelve Monkeys -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 20:30 1
  - That's a pretty solid non-nom'ed tier. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 20:32
- I count at least 3 actors who should've gotten a nod. Writing, direction, hell, even sound was amazing -- nm - flavorize Feb 10, 20:28
- 1995, right? That wasn't even a strong year. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 20:23 7
  - Apollo 13 and Braveheart, right? nm - Dignan Feb 10, 20:24 6
    - Sense and Sensibility iirc, Il Postino iirc.... - Will Hunting Feb 10, 20:26 2
      - and Babe. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 20:27 1
        
        *nods* - Will Hunting Feb 10, 20:31
    - right. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 20:25 2
      - It's strange that I remember so many more details about 90's movies than I do 00's. nm - Dignan Feb 10, 20:27 1
        
        it's been a pretty crappy decade for films -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:27
*hangs head in shame after latest day Jeopardy debacle* -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:16 7
- did you fuck up the test or just forget it was happening at all? -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:18 6
  - I *wish* I had forgotten. No, I fucked up the test. Edith Piaf will haunt me forevermore. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:21 5
    - ah crap, i put maria calls -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:25
    - Si, tu regrettes quelque chose? -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 20:24 3
      - The reason you will always beat me at Jeopardy is because when it comes to names, I just FREEZE under pressure. - Mop Feb 10, 20:39 2
        
        I've been having some unconscionable blanks on authors lately. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 20:41 1
        
        i got Jonathan Frazen on the contemporary authors. i *knew* they would ask that question -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:44
So... a classmate wrote on her facebook status that she found one of the standardized patients hot. Someone reported her and she had to go to the - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 20:14 20
- Is crushing on an actor actually unethical? -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:23 3
  - *shrug* We are supposed to treat them as real patients. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 20:32 2
    - but...they're not. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 20:35 1
      - it's probably good that they be strict as hell on the social media front... - TFox Feb 10, 20:36
- Shocking. -- nm - nubby Feb 10, 20:22
- what is a "standardized patient?" -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 20:17 4
  - An actor who is portraying a patient. That is how they test our physical exam skills. Everyone gets the "same" patient. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 20:20 3
    - I keep telling Pixie to be the prostate exam patient. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 20:22 2
      - *bites her tongue from saying the obvious slam* - JenBro Feb 10, 20:28
      - He's certainly racked up substantial non-professional experience. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 20:23
- Freaking gunner students? What's that? - Will Hunting Feb 10, 20:17 9
  - Gunners are those annoying, Tracy Flick type go getters that show up in every professional school class. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 20:19 2
    - ^^^^^^ exhibit A -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:19 1
      - "*raises hand frantically* Do participation points count towards our grade?" - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 20:21
  - the ones gunning to be at the top of the class by any means necessray -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:18 5
    - though this one seems to be gunning in the opposite direction. -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 20:21 3
      - I think he's saying that some gunner reported the careless FB poster in an attempt to take her out of the competition. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 20:22 1
        
        Works for me. (nm) - Will Hunting Feb 10, 20:23
      - oh, we mean the reporter. duh. -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 20:22
    - this -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 20:20
Onion Rings N� Ketchup Doritos? Really? nm - Dignan Feb 10, 20:12 6
- Yeah, between the two flavours they're offering, it seems like the easiest choice ever. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 20:18 1
  - Though I think the Flavor A/Flavor B campaign is kind of genius. nm - Dignan Feb 10, 20:24
- i think once you've stooped to doritos level, quibbling about particular flavors is beside the point -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:16 1
  - This is what I keep telling all the people who bitch about my customer service. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 20:17
- "For when you find out your taste buds have been sexting their ex." -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 20:13
- I'd do it. -- nm - Chipacabra Feb 10, 20:13
i think i did well enough on the jeopardy test to get a call back. only five or six that i had to outright pass on -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 20:11 1
- monday starts the 3 day vs. computer shows -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 20:13
Is there a way to search for files by format on my PC? It doesn't seem to work with the search function I know about. -- nm - mara Feb 10, 19:53 8
- Have you tried "*.extension"? (ie, "*.txt" or "*.avi") -- nm - Ender Feb 10, 19:56 7
  - Yeah (.m4a). But it doesn't seem to be able to look for extensions. -- nm - mara Feb 10, 19:57 6
    - Also .wav -- nm - mara Feb 10, 19:58 5
      - are you adding the asterisk? *.wav -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 20:04 4
        
        on windows 7 it's "type:*.wav" -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 20:07 3
        
        Windows XP. Somehow I think you're talking about a method that I'm not familiar with. I'm using the "search" function in the Start menu. -- nm - mara Feb 10, 20:14 2
        
        That's where I'm doing it on Win7. It should be similar, but definitely need the asterisk, from what I remember. - JaxSean Feb 10, 20:16 1
        
        That's okay -- thanks! (Tried it with and without asterisks.) -- nm - mara Feb 10, 20:17
MH LYC - man .... 2nd time I've burnt through cheese trying to catch the silth - first time was the last "event" - I think the dev's don't let you - JenBro Feb 10, 19:34 3
- read this as "to catch the Sith" -- nm - flavorize Feb 10, 19:45
- man . . . -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 19:37 1
  - what? you know something ... as I watch these SNL skits .. I keep thinking you are a little like david spade :D - JenBro Feb 10, 19:42
You know you're playing good basketball when you turn it over on five consecutive possessions. - TFox Feb 10, 19:23 1
- OK, Vandy. Good ref-assisted robbery. Now go rest up for Kentucky. -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 20:12
well ... not much on so I went surfing ... VH1 - "remembers Chris Farley" ... settles in -- nm - JenBro Feb 10, 19:12 3
- You remember that one time? When JenBro caught VH1 Remembers Chris Farley? - prayformojo Feb 10, 19:23 2
  - RIGHT after I posted that they showed the Chippendales sketch with Patrick Swayze ... I have no idea how he kept his composure and never lost it laugh - JenBro Feb 10, 19:28 1
    - if you want to see another cast trying not to lose it, next time you watch Funny Girl, When Barbra comes out with the pillow up her dress, check out - peglegpete Feb 10, 19:31
Pau Gasol just took a bite out of Lamar Odom's forehead. -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 19:10
I can't believe the Academy put Hailee Steinfeld in the Supporting category. They saw through it when Whale Rider tried to pull that crap. -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 19:06
Amazon "Artists on the rise" free 6-song sampler. Titus Andronicus, Papercuts, Bobby Long, White Lies, The Civil Wars, and The Secret Sisters. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 10, 18:39
Last night's season two premier episode of Justified posted increases of +43% in adults 18-49 and +42% in total viewers over S1 average. - JaxSean Feb 10, 18:35 3
- We just turned off our computers, stopped answering our emails, texts and phone and watched television for an hour. - David Feb 10, 19:08 1
  - It definitely held up to my high expectations. Maybe exceeded. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 19:36
- Awesome -- nm - Pippy Feb 10, 18:44
I still want to know what Omar's got to do with it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 18:21 7
- I want to know what Omar's but a second-hand emotion. -- nm - one expert Feb 10, 19:22 1
  - if you feel like lovin me, and you got the notion, Second That Emotion. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 19:23
- You still don't get it, do you? This ain't about your money, bro. Your boy gave you up. That's right. And we ain't had to torture his ass neither! -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 10, 18:46
- *my* omar?? -- nm - amanda "internet" jones Feb 10, 18:41 2
  - You posted something on FB about photos of Omar, so I googled a photo, but thought it would be tasteless and skipped, but it was still on the clipboar - zeitgeist Feb 10, 18:48 1
    - my omar, while an actor, is far more obscure. -- nm - amanda "internet" jones Feb 10, 18:59
- And confuse them too? ;) -- nm - the liioulu with more cold Feb 10, 18:27
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 web browser goes live -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Feb 10, 18:07 12
- "It's not compatible with Windows XP." Even MS hates MS. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 18:30 1
  - It was bound to happen eventually. -- nm - the liioulu with more cold Feb 10, 18:38
- how adorable. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 18:08 9
  - Speaking of which, I can't believe Gillian is almost 1! She looks so big. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 18:12 7
    - She talked to me earlier. I'm clearly her favorite. -- nm - David Feb 10, 19:21 3
      - "Uncle Shorty!" nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 19:29 2
        
        I'm going to have to wear lifts to impress her more. -- nm - David Feb 10, 19:30 1
        
        just dangle her by her ankles - seems to work wonders for anyone. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 19:44
    - As my SIL puts it, she will be the "Queen of daycare". -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 18:14 2
      - She's going to be the Godzilla to the other kids' screaming Japanese lizard fodder. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 18:31 1
        
        just as long we don't have to hear those singing twins -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 10, 18:56
  - year i'm thinking - Danedukenuuk Feb 10, 18:11
Whatever happened to Fay Wray...(nm) - amoxy Feb 10, 18:01
Doug the Dugong is Dignan's nom de porn. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 18:01
~barbara manatee you are the one for me~ -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 17:59
looks like Facebook just flipped the switch on high res photos -- nm - stewie Feb 10, 17:59

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