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ST Poll: Super Bowl. Who you got? -- nm - Dano Dec 29, 05:59 11
- Pats. nm - loosilu Dec 29, 06:09 3
  - Perhaps in some alternate universe... -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 06:11 2
    - the one where Colts fans cry! -- nm - loosilu Dec 29, 06:13
    - No, they are out of the race there too.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 06:11
- uh, Texas Longhorns? -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 29, 06:03
- If Big Ben is healthy, Pittsburgh over Carolina in a very boring Super Bowl -- nm - Strongbad Dec 29, 06:03
- Carolina 27 Indy 21 -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Finalist Dec 29, 06:01
- Indianapolis over Carolina -- nm - Dano Dec 29, 06:01
- Chad Pennington Super Bowl MVP!!! (over Carolina) -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 06:00 1
  - And if not Miami, than I hope Tennessee wins with Kerry Collins as MVP. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 06:06
- Who's left? I need choices to choose from. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 29, 06:00
13 kinds of sex every couple should have...........(from aol health) - CrankYanker Dec 29, 05:49 11
- I totally expected a different kind of list... -- nm - Amy Dec 29, 06:04 2
  - ANAL!!! ;)))) -- nm - Spawn si Dec 29, 06:05 1
    - *spit take* -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Finalist Dec 29, 06:06
- I somehow think that the baby food of ISPs and content is not the best source for sex advice. -- nm - auld lang syne loves mandy lane Dec 29, 05:57 1
  - What? Are you saying these authors aren't qualified to write this list? - CrankYanker Dec 29, 06:02
- Even better is when you combine like 9 of those things at once. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:51 5
  - Except for 8 and 13 together, it can be done.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 05:53 2
    - Marathon / Hope We Don't Get Caught sex would be interesting. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 29, 05:54 1
      - A 3-4-6-7-11-13 combo sounds so very natural.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 05:56
  - I combine #8 with all of them. -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Runner-up Dec 29, 05:53
  - Spontaneous combustion. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 29, 05:53
Israel continues to kick the crap out of Hamas -- (link) - Beaker - Caveman Runner-up Dec 29, 05:48
Surprise of the Day: Study finds that teens who make premarital abstinence pledges are just as likely to have sex and less likely to use protection. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:40
After several years flatlining, global temperatures have dropped sharply enough to cancel out much of their net rise in the 20th century. -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 29, 05:11 7
- there's lots of snow and it's cold! global warming can't be real! - mafic Dec 29, 05:49 3
  - I'll never understand why some people are just so deadset against the idea of it all. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:51 2
    - Some of us are searching for the truth and understand how easy it is to bias computer models despite every good intention and peer support -- nm - Strongbad Dec 29, 06:01 1
      - And some people are natural skeptics who are easily convinced by people who have a vested interest in not changing the ways things are done. -- nm - znufrii Dec 29, 06:02
- wow, this guy comes across as a gynormous douche to me. (Booker, not Strongbad. :D) - JaxSean Dec 29, 05:37
- Al Gore saved the Earth! -- nm - Dano Dec 29, 05:20
- Global Cooling!!!! -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Runner-up Dec 29, 05:11
Extended weekend movies: "Gomorra", 6+; "Seven Pounds", 6-; "Marley & Me", 6.. Also, on DVD, among other things, "WALL-E", 8+.. - Marlowe Dec 29, 05:07 45
- Bolt: B... Hamlet 2: B+... The Fall B- - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 29, 06:12
- Wall-E - A- (up a little bit from the first viewing, iirc), Ghost Town - C. -- nm - kelly Dec 29, 05:50 4
  - You didn't like Ghost Town? - JaxSean Dec 29, 05:56 2
    - Meh. (spoilers) - kelly Dec 29, 06:00 1
      - I think (spoils) - JaxSean Dec 29, 06:06
  - I *knew* you had a soul! (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 05:53
- TDESS: C+, Benjamin Button: B+, Tropic Thunnder DVD: A -- nm - MDH Dec 29, 05:45 3
  - did you listen to the DVD commentary on Tropic Thunder? -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Runner-up Dec 29, 05:47 2
    - I haven't yet, will this week though. -- nm - MDH Dec 29, 06:00 1
      - it is a must -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Finalist Dec 29, 06:03
- Lawrence of Arabia: A+, Gran Torino: A, Valkyrie: B-, Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo: A++ -- nm - Diva Dec 29, 05:43 22
  - cool that you liked Lawrence, love that movie. -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Finalist Dec 29, 06:05 3
    - I watched it on an IMAX screen in Chicago 10 years ago.. The show started at 10pm.. I was wide awake the whole time.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 06:13
    - confession - I turned this movie off after an hour. I *wanted* to like it, really I did! - kelly Dec 29, 06:10 1
      - well now you can skip an hour ahead. -- nm - Remlik Dec 29, 06:11
  - I *really* want to see Gran Torino. -- nm - kelly Dec 29, 05:49 15
    - same for me and the wife -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Finalist Dec 29, 05:51
    - It's gooood. -- nm - Diva Dec 29, 05:49 13
      - I have become a big Clint Eastwood fan over the last few years. - kelly Dec 29, 05:52 12
        
        Some of his early his earlier directorial work is quite overlooked. For instance: Bird, A Perfect World, Play Misty for Me. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:55 3
        
        I saw Misty *years* ago (it was one of my grandmother's favorites). I saw APW a few months ago and really liked it. -- nm - kelly Dec 29, 05:57 2
        
        I need to see APW. -- nm - Diva Dec 29, 05:59 1
        
        Me too.. All of the 3 mentioned above, actually.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 06:00
        
        He's one of the few directors out there who have improved as they got older. And he's a hoot in this. -- nm - Diva Dec 29, 05:54 6
        
        I still consider Mystic River his masterpiece (though I know some here don't like it), but what's really amazing is that he should end up being rememb - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:57 3
        
        I think it's a toss-up between that, MDB and "Ungorgiven".. - Marlowe Dec 29, 05:58 2
        
        Yep - a lot of his actors get nominated for Oscars and win them. -- nm - Diva Dec 29, 06:00 1
        
        Heh.. I remember thinking after MDB won: "Damn, he directed half of the Oscar winners in the last 2 years!" (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 06:02
        
        did he direct A Perfect World with Costner? one of my faves of his. -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Finalist Dec 29, 05:56 1
        
        yes -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:57
        
        Outlaw Josey Wales!! -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Runner-up Dec 29, 05:52
  - I echo that Breakin 2 grade. Highlight of the weekend. - MDH Dec 29, 05:46 1
    - You are a true friend. -- nm - Diva Dec 29, 05:47
- Marley and Me C+, Hitch C+, Slumdog Millionaire A-. -- nm - Jelly Dec 29, 05:35
- night at the museum: b -- nm - prayformojo Dec 29, 05:25
- Bedtime Stories: B. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 29, 05:23
- You know, you're completely throwing off the ST ratings system by using numbers instead of letters, right? :) -- nm - secretslacker Dec 29, 05:12 5
  - I know.. I could use letter grades up to J, if you think it's better.. ;-) - Marlowe Dec 29, 05:15 4
    - WEll, in that case, I'd give The Love Guru a Y- -- nm - secretslacker Dec 29, 05:36 3
      - Which leaves me wondering what would get a Z+.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 05:41 2
        
        10,000 BC? -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:51 1
        
        Worst thing I've seen is "One Night at McCool's", but "10k BC" is the worst in recent years.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 05:55
- A Christmas Story (A), Christmas Vacation (B-). -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:10
- Tropic Thunder: B+ (RDJ owns Stiller and Black in the DVD commentary as well) -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Finalist Dec 29, 05:08 1
  - also: Elf: B+ (how can anyone hate this movie??) -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Runner-up Dec 29, 05:11
fyi... Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360 or PS3) on sale at Amazon today for $35. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:02
This is pretty cool if you like Weird Al -- (link) - Beaker - Caveman Runner-up Dec 29, 04:59 [youtube]
RIP Harold Pinter -- (link) - LMS Dec 29, 04:57
Teaser trailer for Lesbian Vampire Killers! -- (link) - LMS Dec 29, 04:51
Today is going to be a long day. It's so quiet in the office, and the parking garage was relatively empty. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 04:42
Romo collapsed in the shower after the game...rib injury.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 29, 04:15 1
- And the people who write in to comment were so sympathetic... -- nm - Diva Dec 29, 05:55
Congrats to Shaun on his Caveman victory -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Runner-up Dec 29, 04:13
actress Dina Meyer (Oracle from Birds of Prey) to be on Burn Notice... - Remlik Dec 29, 03:58 2
- ANy nudity? -- nm - secretslacker Dec 29, 05:13
- And Starship Troopers, of course! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 29, 04:27
Good luck to Will Hunting - surgery today - Epiphany Dec 29, 03:31 15
- *good vibes* -- nm - Dano Dec 29, 05:19
- good luck will! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 29, 05:16
- Good luck with it, Will! (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 05:04
- Best wishes. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 29, 05:02
- best wishes, dude! -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 05:01
- Good luck! -- nm - LMS Dec 29, 04:31
- Hope everything goes well -- nm - amoxy Dec 29, 04:25
- best of luck! ask for Brad Pitt. -- nm - loosilu Dec 29, 04:14
- word -- nm - Beaker - Caveman Finalist Dec 29, 04:12
- Yup, according to facebook it is. Good luck, dude! (I don't know what the surgery is for, tho.) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 29, 04:10 3
  - He's getting his nose re-broken and straightened out. - kelly Dec 29, 05:06 1
    - eesh. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 29, 06:01
  - "deviated septum", wink wink. -- nm - loosilu Dec 29, 04:14
- agreed. -- nm - Remlik Dec 29, 03:42
- Yeah, it's today. -- nm - kelly Dec 29, 03:36
Wallace & Gromit tops Xmas day TV viewing. -- (link) - LMS Dec 29, 03:15 6
- the Gavin and Stacey Xmas special was pretty good. No way they could have done that and not do series 3. Liked the Dr. Who special as well. -- nm - Remlik Dec 29, 03:24 5
  - Spoilers - LMS Dec 29, 03:31 4
    - oooo....Dr. Who Question... - Remlik Dec 29, 03:41 3
      - No idea. - LMS Dec 29, 04:08 2
        
        I had just remembered that McGann had shown up in the diary...are the radio dramas considered 'canon'? -- nm - Remlik Dec 29, 04:11 1
        
        Definitely, they're all part of the same universe. I haven't heard them all yet but they work on their own. -- nm - LMS Dec 29, 04:21
GASP! Delaney Bramlett passed away Saturday morning. This is his wife's note about their sad Christmas Day. - CrankYanker Dec 29, 02:52
I've never been kicked out of a bar or club and sometimes I even get lucky with one of the staff :) - Stacy Dec 29, 00:21 2
- I've been thrown out of more bars than I'd care to count. sometimes with cause, sometimes without. - mafic Dec 29, 03:01
- I wonder if the Persian Aub Zam Zam is still there on the Haight... - designated zeitgeist Dec 29, 01:57
I actually got 86'd from my namesake bar, the zeitgeist in San Fran, the bitch bartender didn't like me and hated my dog and tossed me out. - designated zeitgeist Dec 29, 00:07
Over two days, I've made it halfway through Season 2 of Dexter (again). - ReluctantCynic Dec 29, 00:02 4
- Season 3 is, IMO, vastly superior to Season 2 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 29, 00:27
- I -- nm - psilotum Dec 29, 00:06 2
  - 'm too much of a wuss to watch that show by myself. -- nm - psilotum Dec 29, 00:07 1
    - I'm at turns fascinated and severely creeped out. - ReluctantCynic Dec 29, 00:16
Something for New Year's Eve -- how to tell when it's time to leave the bar. (linky) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 28, 23:20 9
- when JackDawson shows up. -- nm - znufrii Dec 29, 06:03
- 1. They kick you out. - psilotum Dec 28, 23:21 7
  - Also ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 28, 23:33 6
    - perhaps my most shameful act ever, - psilotum Dec 28, 23:35 5
      - Ye gods ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 28, 23:37 4
        
        I decided it was a good idea to show off and - psilotum Dec 28, 23:39 3
        
        That is ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 28, 23:44 2
        
        and stupid -- nm - Stacy Dec 29, 00:23 1
        
        No. Stupid is refusing to play darts! -- nm - psilotum Dec 29, 00:31
Woot! has something specific for us slackers: Slacker 8GB WiFi Internet Radio Player with 40 Stations $70+5 -- (link) - designated zeitgeist Dec 28, 22:54 3
- It's a really interesting idea. And I think Woot is a great way to promote it. - psilotum Dec 28, 23:09 2
  - So you can only listen when at home, at a coffeehouse or workplace with wifi access? -- nm - designated zeitgeist Dec 29, 00:00 1
    - No, it just updates the songs when you have wifi access. -- nm - psilotum Dec 29, 00:07
Heh. I was wondering why I couldn't access Amazon earlier today -- (link) - oblique Dec 28, 22:49 1
- The Level3 outages caused some issues with SlackerTalk's hosting provider. Nothing major, though. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 28, 22:56
Have we seen this? The National Videogame Archive (for Britain) at Nottingham University? (linky) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 28, 22:39
vacation photos! :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 28, 22:37 7
- oops, got a little excited there -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 28, 22:38 [flickr] 6
  - Tigerlilly looks upset with the blanket. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 28, 22:52 3
    - Indeed. I just tried out the R/C helicopter with her, though, and she's addicted to it. She's searching the house for it after I put it away. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 28, 22:56 2
      - I have a mini-R/C helicopter somewhere. I'll have to pull it out and try it as a cat toy someday. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 28, 23:50 1
        
        I get it. - psilotum Dec 29, 00:42
  - you got gears of war II! -- nm - kare Dec 28, 22:46 1
    - I did!! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 28, 22:55
R-O-L-L -- nm - oblique Dec 28, 22:35 3
- *starts waving hands around in the air* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 28, 22:38 2
  - like you just don't care? -- nm - oblique Dec 28, 23:05 1
    - Absolutely! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 28, 23:12

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