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When you think about it, eating an entire piece of pizza is a pretty impressive feat for a one year old. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 17:14 4
- nice -- nm - amoxy Feb 25, 17:16
- Bravo! - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 25, 17:16 2
  - hell no. Put it on her tray, it goes in her mouth. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 17:17 1
    - although come to think of it, we've gotten three refusals - Reagen Feb 25, 17:19
How do I get to the poker tourney? They don't have the "home games" link anymore. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 17:13 2
- I was going to say it wouldn't be a poker tourney with you! -- nm - amoxy Feb 25, 17:16
- So as soon as I hit send I see the "home games" link. *sigh* -- nm - mara Feb 25, 17:13
kelly, The Charles is really easy to get to. There is a parking garage across the street if you don't want to park on the street. -- nm - Dano Feb 25, 16:59 1
- Also, if you can get to Penn Station, it's only a block away from the theater. -- nm - Dano Feb 25, 16:59
Hot so hot -- (link) - amoxy Feb 25, 16:56 [youtube]
Heh In my FB feed from the 49ers, "The elite QBs at the NFL Scouting Combine took the podium today..." - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 25, 16:52 6
- To be fair, they're measuring them against Alex Smith. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 25, 17:02 1
  - Heh that's funny -- nm - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 25, 17:13
- What else would Cam Newton have had to do this year for you to consider him elite? -- nm - David Feb 25, 17:00 3
  - To be fair, his #'s compare in the same realm as Vince Young's 2005 #'s - Will Hunting Feb 25, 17:20
  - Succeed in a pro-style offense for starters. - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 25, 17:11
  - His stock has been climbing lately -- nm - amoxy Feb 25, 17:05
My lettuce and broccoli sprouts are already huge. -- nm - Dano Feb 25, 16:42 3
- How *you* doin'? -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 16:48 2
  - that ain't a mushroom cap. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 16:53 1
    - another week or two and its asparagus season -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 16:57
Is there a new Justified episode quiz? -- nm - Pippy Feb 25, 16:32 2
- Here you go -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 25, 16:38
- It's just one question. The answer is ... (spoils) - Beryllium Feb 25, 16:33
Will I saw on the BB, sorry to hear about your mom -- nm - amoxy Feb 25, 16:31
Spartacus season finale is 1 1/2 hours tonight -- nm - peglegpete Feb 25, 16:26 8
- Where did you see that? - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 25, 16:38 2
  - you are right. I only saw it extending into 3 spaces on their grid, and did not read the info -- nm - peglegpete Feb 25, 16:46 1
    - Thanks. I wouldn't be pleased for the show to cut off 20+ minutes before the end. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 25, 17:00
- My DVR better not pull not shit -- nm - Pippy Feb 25, 16:31 4
  - *looks later*... I got not shit. -- nm - pip Feb 25, 16:55
  - It's on Netflix anyhow in it's entirety -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:35
  - it's not like Starz won't run it again a dozen or so times before March :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 25, 16:33 1
    - and if you have Direct TV, they have it right, on the schedule -- nm - peglegpete Feb 25, 16:34
Don't forget ST/TT poker tourney tonight at 6:30 west coast time - amoxy Feb 25, 16:25 7
- Any spots open? - spamlet Feb 25, 16:50 1
  - Yeah, it's free for all --- at PokerStars - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:54 [Backboard]
- That is weird I set it up a couple of days ago - amoxy Feb 25, 16:26 2
  - Only thing I can think; it was 9:30am and thus didn't happen. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:27 1
    - OK well it is set up now -- nm - amoxy Feb 25, 16:27
- Not according to BBs. - Spawn Feb 25, 16:25
- Umm...it's not in my listing -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:25
ok, so i've seen Silent Hill now. And I don't get the ending :-( -- nm - marcel Feb 25, 16:17
Teenager audio test. can you hear this sound? -- (link) - loosilu Feb 25, 16:14 33
- HOLY F, it took a second to start, so I had my ear up against the speaker thinking I couldn't hear it... -- nm - Max Feb 25, 17:12 1
  - On the plus side, NOW you can't -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 25, 17:14
- Nope. Turned my speakers all the way up. Nothing. -- nm - CovingtonCat Feb 25, 16:56
- actually, yes. - Kim Pine Feb 25, 16:50
- Ugh. Yes. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 16:23
- *turns on active noise cancellation* no. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 16:23
- OMG. that's what my tinitus sounds like! -- nm - Jovian Feb 25, 16:22
- yes -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 16:22 2
  - I'm the only fail so far? hee. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 16:22 1
    - well I heard it in my left ear and not my right -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 16:22
- Oh, definitely. I've done some of these tests where I couldn't hear, though. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 16:21
- Yes, Jeezus that's annyong -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 16:17
- Yes. nm - Dignan Feb 25, 16:17
- Yes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 16:16 16
  - IIRC, my threshhold is somewhere around 17500 Hz. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 16:16 15
    - Mine drops off starting around 4000 Hz. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 16:18
    - I recall reading many years ago that asthmatics typically have higher ranges of audio. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:17 13
      - Really? -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 16:18 12
        
        I'm pretty sure...I remember thinking I was pretty cool. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:19 11
        
        I'm just wondering why that would be. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 16:23 7
        
        Yeah, I dunno.... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:24
        
        why Will thought he was cool? -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 16:24 5
        
        He was young. - Spawn Feb 25, 16:25
        
        Honey, when you're me...the cool is just assumed. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:25 3
        
        wehn you assumed the mantle of King of the Buffets you lost that! - Remlik Feb 25, 16:28 2
        
        You know how many are Kings of anything? I retain the cool -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:28 1
        
        Of Leon. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 16:56
        
        is it unusual for a 7 year old to hear crazy high frequencies? -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 16:20 2
        
        Beats the hell out of me, but I read it. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:22 1
        
        looks like it comes from this 1976 paper. I'd have to poke around to see if it's held up,. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 25, 16:25
- I think so. It's a very high pitched screech. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 16:15 2
  - That's the sound of Justin Bieber staring into your soul. -- nm - Max Feb 25, 17:12 1
    - What's a Justice Beaver? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 25, 17:13
Celtics veterans are not happy about the Kendrick Perkins trade -- (link) - moles Feb 25, 16:13
the novelization of the new Red Riding Hood movie does not include the ending...instead it includes a web address - Remlik Feb 25, 16:00 4
- The address was released in a strange form of viral marketing in bathrooms across America this week. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 16:23
- well as i recall, there are two options - moles Feb 25, 16:06
- what a joke -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 16:00 1
  - that there are still novelizations of movies? Yes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 16:03
Eric Stonestreet just suggested on Twitter that he'd like to be on Justified ... - Beryllium Feb 25, 15:56 5
- I need Powers Boothe on Justified (that or SoA) -- nm - Jovian Feb 25, 16:09 1
  - either one of those shows he'd be perfect on -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 16:11
- ooo....he could be Mags brother. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:58 2
  - naw, he's far too pretty for that. Leader of the Dixie Mafia? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 16:14 1
    - that'd work -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 16:22
The Single movie edit of Kill Bill will be screening in March.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 25, 15:51 4
- Thanks! -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 16:18
- too late, tarantino already burned his rep with me. -- nm - Beryllium, circa 2003 Feb 25, 15:55 2
  - You hated his one night of directing Jimmy Kimmel Live that much? -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 25, 16:18 1
    - I held off watching KB for a few years because of the split. - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 25, 16:53
The first shockwaves from Obama refusing to defend DOMA have happened. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 25, 15:39 1
- not an onion article: Newt floats Obama impeachment trial baloon over DOMA abandonment. it really is like 1995 all over again! -- (link) - moles Feb 25, 15:48
Is it rude of me, now that I'm pretty much done playing, to leave my Cityville city just sitting there? - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 15:35 3
- Keep it going, since having a certain number of neighbors effect game play, and just ignore requests. - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 25, 16:17 1
  - err affects -- nm - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 25, 16:19
- Leaving stuff sitting there is what 99% of people playing these kinds of games do. No one will care. -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 15:39
The King's Speech recut for PG-13 rating. R-rated version to be withdrawn from theaters. -- (link) - con_carne Feb 25, 15:35 9
- is this true for Canada? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 15:57 1
  - each province has its own rating system but we typically get the same prints as the US. - Reagen Feb 25, 15:59
- hee this means i will probably see it now. -- nm - landbeck Feb 25, 15:51
- unreal. now I definitely wont be seeing it in the theaters -- nm - Jovian Feb 25, 15:45 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 15:46
- the only thing that could make me actually root against it winning on Sunday -- nm - moles Feb 25, 15:38
- Are you kidding me? How utterly ridiculous. -- nm - kelly Feb 25, 15:38
- Ugh...that scene was part of the reason it had charm. I hate Weinstein. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 15:36
- What a pussy fucking move. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 15:36
I think David is right (shudder) Sheen is going to start a porn company. He'll be the Timothy Olyphant character from Girl Next Door. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:33 2
- Did that physically hurt to type? -- nm - spamlet Feb 25, 15:54
- Does it involve him going away? - Will Hunting Feb 25, 15:35
After due consideration by the rules committee of the Academy of Drunken Arts and Sciences the gay porn set, Portman pregnancy, and Charlie Sheen rules have been adopted. - Ender Feb 25, 15:31 1
- sweet! -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 16:13
This had better be some fucking MH update. still down -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 15:28 2
- It's not a big update. More like a housekeeping update. - TWuG Feb 25, 15:34 1
  - every time I blow the horn it treats me like a new player... -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 15:37
Dignan, have you seen Pontypool? -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 15:27 4
- Yeah, why? -- (link) - Dignan Feb 25, 15:46 [Backboard] 3
  - Just curious what you thought of it. I would guess you're a Bruce McDonald fan. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 15:50 2
    - I *love* Hard Core Logo. nm - Dignan Feb 25, 15:52
    - (I think I liked it a bit more than you. B+ maybe) -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 15:50
Need some tunes for this weekend? I got a new mix ready for you. DJ SemeUke -- Breakout - Qale Feb 25, 15:22 1
Question about hospice: they also do end-of-life counseling for patients and their families, correct? Does anyone here have any experience with that - kelly Feb 25, 15:22 4
- I would imagine they help fill out the advance directive stuff. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 25, 15:41
- went through it with my mom.... - Remlik Feb 25, 15:29 2
  - What kind of counseling do they offer, exactly? -- nm - kelly Feb 25, 15:30 1
    - if I recall....grief counseling mostly..... -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:31
Hey Crash, did you know about this? -- (link) - David Feb 25, 15:21 3
- the local Wal-Mart was selling DVDs a couple years ago, I bought one on impulse buy - it was silly of me to get the whole game since I only have ever - crash davis Feb 25, 15:23 2
  - Yes but this way you have it anywhere you go. -- nm - David Feb 25, 16:42
  - It's great to see 53 minutes of you beating the Oklahoma Sooners, even if the last 10 minutes of game time make it epic. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 15:28
that Stamos quote is brutal. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 15:20 4
- Stamos'd! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 15:24
- Oh wow. Just... WOW. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 15:22
- Just another person that's booked a ticket to the octagon. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 15:21 1
  - I don't often say this and mean it, but ... I'd buy tickets to see that. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 15:23
NPR Marketplace: Salt was the riskiest movie to insure last year, largely because Jolie did her own stunts. -- (link) - Max Feb 25, 15:19 10
- with good reason too. she almost bought it in one of the wrecks -- nm - moles Feb 25, 15:20 4
  - oh yeah? -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:25 3
    - downtown LA -- (link) - moles Feb 25, 15:35 1
      - My poor baby! -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 16:00
    - She was on the phone with her agent trying to get her pay upfront instead of % on the backend. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 15:32
- They shoulda passed once they read the script. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 15:20 4
  - it was. and that's a shame. Had some potential there. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:25
  - Prediction: people will start to re-cut and re-dub movies with new dialogue (in this case, to improve the plot) and putting them out for download. - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 15:23 2
    - It was such a horribly plotted movie that I don't even care about spoiling it but here goes (spoils - Will Hunting Feb 25, 15:30 1
      - Personally I liked the movie but they should have (spoilers) - Roger More Feb 25, 15:40

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