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AICN TABLETOP: Massawyrm checks out the Warhammer 40,000 Blood Angel Codex!!!
Hola all. Massawyrm here.
The demo copies of the BLOOD ANGELS codex have hit the street and from here on out the question isn’t how good will it be? The question is: is it TOO good. Of course this is the question we’re always asked every time a new codex streets, but this time the question might be valid. The new codex is magnificent, a powerful apology to those of us who have endured the steady suck of the free stop-gap codex that has held us over for roughly three years. No longer are we straddled with expensive troops, lists that just aren’t competitive. Instead, we now have a large selection of rocking elite choices, each better and more versatile than the one before it; an incredible selection of heavy choices, each better than their C:SM equivalent; Fast Attack slot tanks; and a Death Company unit and dreadnoughts as troop choices. It is an army whose sum of its parts far outstrip the sum of most other codexes.
So let’s begin with the one part of the codex that blows: our army power. Easily the worst Space Marine army ability out there, it will make you beg at times for Chapter Tactics. It works like this: AFTER deployment, you roll 1d6 for each infantry unit. On a roll of A 1, the unit gets Furious Charge and Fearless. 2-6 you get nada. So effectively, 1/6th of your units will, on average, be Furious and Fearless. But you don’t get to choose. Will it be your Assault Troops or Vangaurd Vets? Or i=will it be your Devestator Squad or, like most of my games, a Tactical Squad. Army advantages in games SHOULD NOT be random. It’s bad game design. On average it will be a cool little boon. But it is nothing you can ever count on. So put it out of your head now.
So how did GW and writer Matt Ward balance that out? By making everything else in the codex better.
TROOPS: Tactical Marines, Scout Squads (with no Telion upgrade) and Assault Squads make up the bulk of the choices – all at C:SM prices. The DEATH COMPANY is now a 0-1 Troop choice that starts at 60pts for 3 DC and an option to buy up to 27 more for 20pts a piece. They can be equipped with power weapons and fists as well as jump packs for 10 points a model. They come with a couple new abilities, loads of transport choices, Lamteres as an Upgrade character, but most importantly CANNOT be controlled by Chaplains any more. They are once again Electric Football incarnate. But for each 5 DC you buy, you can buy a Death Company Dreadnought as a non-scoring Troop choice. Make no mistake about it, Blood Angels just became THE Dreadnought army. Expect to occasionally encounter 8-10 Dread armies – probably accompanied by a Combat Squaded Assault Squad to collect objectives.
FAST ATTACK: all of the usual suspects are here – but you’re almost never going to see any of them on the field. The big story here is that you can now take BAAL PREDATORS as a fast attack choice. The tanks now count as Fast Vehicles as well as Scouts (so they can outflank or scout move before turn 1). They also come with the ability to swap out their Assault Cannons for a Flamestorm Cannon. Dug in troops taking advantage of cover saves are no longer safe.
HEAVY SUPPORT. Everyone wants to talk about the STORM RAVEN, a new 200pt skimmer transport that can carry 12 troops (or 6 jump pack clad ones) in addition to a Dreadnought (at the same time). They look like fun and certainly spice things up a bit, but at 200pts a pop they’re not the offensive game changer everyone is screaming that they might be. Personally, I find the big news to be the fact that everything in the codex, and I mean EVERYTHING, that has a Rhino chassis, is now a FAST vehicle. Rhinos? Fast. Predators? Fast. Vindicators? Yeah. Fast. This changes the very nature of how these tanks work. Vindicators are now great reserve units, coming in when needed to move in and hit anything within 36” of your reserve edge. I’ve been running an army with three of them and it is devastating. And with Baal Preds as Fast Attack choices, you can now run a list with 6 fast tanks, controlling the board with armored firepower while your JP or Rhino bound troops sweep in to claim objectives or clear stubborn, dug in units. The other big news is that you Cannot BUY Land Raiders as a heavy support choice; they are Dedicated Transports now.
DEDICATED TRANSPORTS. All the usual suspects, all fast if they weren’t before…except for Land Raiders, which now have Deep Strike. I’m not as scared of deep striking Land Raiders as everyone else seems to be. They’re great for storming objectives late game, but their deep striking footprint is huge and they have nothing to save them from mishaps. A bad scatter roll could send them back up for a turn, or worse, kill a 450+ point unit altogether.
ELITES. The meat and potatoes of any Blood Angels list. In the previous codex, Elite slots were often ignored for lack of solid choices. It was not uncommon to encounter a BA army without any Elites whatsoever. But now, you will be hard pressed to find an army that hasn’t exhausted their slots. There are simply so many choices, all of them god, that figuring out where you want to start as an army starts here. Sternguard make an appearance, though I think they will be rare choices. Chaplains are not HQ choices, they’re elites. So are Sanguinary Priests, who can be bought for 50pts a piece, each upgraded differently (with bikes, Terminator armor, jump packs and weapons) and each counts as an independent character who gives Furious Charge and Feel No Pain to any unit within 6”. Priests are going to be the big, competitive edge you’ll find in most lists. The other nasty addition is Furioso Dreadnoughts, slightly tougher variants of the Death Company Dread that have a number of swell upgrades, including making them Librarians with a choice of any two powers from the Librarian list.
HQ. Meh. This is what I find most intriguing about this codex. There are a number of cool HQ choices, but most of them are pricey and do very specific things to very specific builds. Not as universally useful as a number of the C:SM choices, I honestly feel that you will actually see something rather unprecedented in BA armies – armies led by simple Captains or Librarians in order to squeeze in as many points as possible from the other slots. The only really interesting choice is the Reclusiarch, a grand supreme Chaplain that makes Death Company reroll both missed to-hit and to-wound rolls. Other than that, everything is flavorful, but expensive.
All in all, I really like this new codex. It is a hell of a lot weirder than anticipated, but really, truly feels like something that will play very different than Codex Marines. The big looming question is simply whether or not this Codex will cause a number of people to buy a gallon of Simple Green and a couple cans of Red primer. I can say this: all of my stray marines not locked into one of my specific Codex Marine builds are being drafted into the Blood Angels. They’ll be my core army from here on out.
Until next time friends, smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em.
Massawyrm
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Jees im so cool
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Mar 17, 2010 10:04:53 AM CDT
just playing Warhammer Battle March on 360
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
after the shamozzle that was Bloodbowl, I am pleasantly surprised. The game is quite large, the graphics are fine and the strategy is addictive.
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I dabble in 40k, and have an Inquisition based army - for reference.
My question is simply that isn't the unbalanced power creep in each new codex too much for you hardcore 40k'ers?
My main game is Warmachine, which just released their first rules update since the game came out, and they completely rebalanced all the factions against eachother at the same time - while also doing a public beta test of the new rule set.
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40K is no question THEE wargame, but I wish they would have cheaper alternatives for miniatures like cut outs or chits. It's one reason why I like Squad Leader.
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as Heavy Support? Sounds more like you don't have to.
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Its harder to find than the Holy Grail.
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...of the Emperor and the Golden Throne?
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Mar 17, 2010 1:04:53 PM CDT
RKDN... I live in Australia, but forget it man...
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
the game is buggy as hell. Dissapearing skill points, corrupted saves. You name it.
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I forsee more people playing Dark Eldar. :)
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I play and collect Imperial Guard and have to say that this new codex sounds horrifically powerful. Death company are bad enough but now they've got dreads coming out the ass...? Oh and there Librarians too?!!!Thats it, time to deploy a battery of Deathstrike missiles!
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Can't wait to continue the fight for humanity with the new codex!!!
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You think I'm prejudiced?
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...as opposed to a scroll, or loose papers flying around.
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Mar 19, 2010 9:33:55 AM CDT
It's not like I wouldn't let an Asian man shine my shoes.
by subtitles_off
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Porn stars going on a campaign: http://tinyurl.com/yezfqkd
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Codices? I hope Sixies types "Codices leave!"Better yet, "Codpieces leave!"'Cause that sounds Warhammery.
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...here's an exact definition...
A codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a book in the format used for modern books, with separate pages normally bound together and given a cover.
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like she just wants to orgy."Screw this nerdy bullshit! Let's get to the pudenda!"
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Yep, she's just there for the weed.
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...sounds like a bestseller to me.
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It may work for the high school nerds. Fool me once shame on you... Don't get fooled again.
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You get to surprise-sex my pudenda with your warhammer!"
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Paladins & Pudendas: The Dungeon Master's Pudendum
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But yeah, the small talk at a P&P session has got to be priceless. I dare not even try to create an example without risking bursting a vital artery.
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...n. 1. A hand tool consisting of a handle with a head of metal or other heavy rigid material that is attached at a right angle, used for striking or pounding pudenda.
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Celebrities playing a tabletop RPG. Steven Colbert, Vin Diesel and other celebs who have admitted to playing along with non plaers who would be fun like Rip Taylor. As they are playing they are controlling actors who represent their characters in a dungeon set. There is constant interaction between the players and the actors portraying their character fighting cgi monsters.
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...DRUNK HISTORY.
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Mar 19, 2010 10:13:54 AM CDT
I'd love to see Jerry Stiller and Don Rickles share a table
by yackbacker
Great idea, Stabby.
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Mar 19, 2010 10:19:30 AM CDT
...what if the monsters aren't CG? What if the monsters...
by flickapoo
...are washed up celebrities under 75 lbs. of the worst latex and prosthetics money can buy?
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one assignment was to create an origin story for a God/Goddess. Mine was banished from the heavens and fell so hard to the earth, he created the Gulf of Mexico. The story was from a fictitious book called... something something Codex (I forgot the other words!)
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Only needed a few rulebooks to get started, pencil and paper, some friends, and an unlimited imagination.
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what up gents? Is that Funny or Die Drunk History Flick? With Will Farell and Don Cheadle? That was funny.
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Jerry Stiller, Don Rickles, Rip Taylor and Joan Rivers getting drunk and playing D&D while wannabe actors act out their characters' every move. I'd watch that over pronstars any day.
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oh wait...thats Kotex. Is it to early for this shit?
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...what's cool about it is that it started the same way all our stuff starts...two drunk guys late at night.
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I feel that their needs to be a certain polish to shows these days. Besides the cgi would be super cheesy and the monsters would actually be actors in mo-cap suits in green screen dungeons.
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I always liked the Reno 911 sketch where their games get out of control.
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Thanks Mac!
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Mar 19, 2010 10:29:34 AM CDT
...STL, I'm glad you felt free to declare your secret love...
by flickapoo
...that's what Pedalback is all about.Secret love that is...and confession.Not RPGs necessarily. Not that there's anything wrong with that.I'll shut up now.
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was a this girl smashed off wine (Scary maybe)and she was recounting the relationship between Abe Lincoln (Farell) and Fredrick Douglas (Cheadle). Mixing the word fuck liberally in with abolitionist history is pretty hilarious.
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Subs is probably regretting this BAMPH now.
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this is PB 25.0
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...lying on top of the bathroom trash can.
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Yeah..uh..ok.
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It certainly feels that way in my house once a month."Run for your life. The 'Old Battle Axe' has a battle axe!"
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...wasn't directed at you...I was just enthusiastically firing up into the air like a cowboy.
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a bit ago, it sounded like you were "coming out" to him.Be gentle with him, ST.
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...to boys talking about feminine products. Reminds me why I love this place.
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Watch all the boys scooping all their dice and little figurines off the table.
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The rest of us were, um, just dangling our warhammers.
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Sorry about the Shelter silliness... and, wow. I shall never doubt your collective love again. ☺ Pie for everyone.
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Mar 19, 2010 10:57:17 AM CDT
I wonder if Yack ever smashed through his writer's block.
by subtitles_off
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WE ARE OUT OF PUDENDA PIE. FOREVER. BECAUSE THAT IS JUST GROSS. Plus, pudendæ are, like, $72.99 a pound. You have to harvest them by hand. Very labor intensive.
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...that's an intrigued look...right?
I raised eyebrow says "...hey Flick...I like the dragon you're waggin'". -
The nerds I knew would never let me play with them. They were such a-holes.
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is the opposite of Pudenda Pie
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Because it's got little stabby spikes.
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...in the pie case, the next morning when you come in there are, like, 80 little mini pies in there.
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Mar 19, 2010 11:04:21 AM CDT
What it is? Glorious day. Of course I'm stuck inside.
by colonelfatheart
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WTF than intrigue.
LIke "Gotta keep an eye on your so you don't slip into my bed at night and spoon me." -
Course, I'm not stuck inside, but I prolly won't move my not-that-fat carcass outside until the sun goes down anyway.
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I can't afford to support all those little ones! i hope Obama is putting programs in place to make sure they all have a bright future.
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That's a 4-hour commitment. I'm questioning whether it's worth it.
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makes me wanna punch any Tea-Bagger I see in the face.
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what the fuck is up with 10 stars? Really IMDB? Really? Looks like star envy.
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Look, I want journalists to ask the tough questions of our leaders, regardless of partisan politics. But I don't want those rude fucking interruptions, either. The most infuriating thing about that video, though, is the handjob he gave Bush.
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..."dragon you're waggin'" line.
I think I'm gonna to go ahead and say that all the time...
Just warning you. -
10 foot BLUE PUDENDA'VI!!!!
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UNLEASH...HELL!Or, is it RELEASE HELL?Oh, I dunno.One of those.In 3D!
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Not in my casa anyway.
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wheres our pizza man?get itwheres our pizza man?
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but I ended up liking it a bit. It's been a while since I saw it, though, so I don't know if you can trust my opinion on it. I don't really care to revisit it, either, because it's so goddamn long.
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this morn?
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it seemed like a line you were very proud of.
Use it with gusto. I won't hold you against me...er...it...it!! Dammit! I like women! Leave me alone! -
Mar 19, 2010 11:17:38 AM CDT
Just the idea that those whackjobs have been successful,
by subtitles_off
basically, at derailing any momentum for progressive change there might have been two years ago, makes me sick. It's like that Texas text book crap, which is so much more serious than I first thought.A small group of idiots with that much influence is frightening.
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dive, man, dive!
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I've commissioned corned beef 2.0 just now- the smell of coriander and cloves fill my head. I'll be banging out pages again in no time.
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I thought that was funny when that first came out. Who was the ad wizard that came up with that one? *looks for wampa1
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is the only 4 hour film i revisit yearly.
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didn't like the way we played reindeer games.
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He does a really good job of summing up the disgust.
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And you'll be ok
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4.333333333333333 hours long.
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Nice ST. i like "in" humor.
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Is that I think there are a lot of people running as Republicans now who basically despise the party and are RINO's. John Runyan, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles is running for
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although still powerful, political base in this country. They're in their death throes (to borrow a term from Darth Cheney), and they're going to take a bunch of us down with them.
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I'll see Stewart skewer it, but that'll only make me feel a little bit better.If you ever run into any maniac Conservative again, whining about media mistreatment of their side, you have my permission to use the "R-word" on him.
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I just saw a commercial for Red Steel 2 for the WII. Never even heard of Red Steel 1. Anybody know anything about these? I kinda wanna swing my WII controller around my living room like Sanjuro.
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they did. The media is blowing them way, WAY out of proportion, because it gets ratings. Period. It's what they do. Remember, big-corp news is, first and foremost, a business. NOT a service for the populace.
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gets busted at the center of a child-pornography ring.
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and not even associated with the independent party....just independent in the literal sense. I can like dem stuff or hate it. I can like rep stuff or hate it as well. I'm not tied to one political ideology. Like people during election time voting straight party ticket. WTF?
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as opposed to progressive anti-government groups like the anti war activists who have been around for years and get little to no coverage.
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But they certainly have had their effect on the politicians.
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I really do believe that he has 100% become the person we see on screen and hear on the radio. To be that fucking nuts, you have to believe it in your DNA. The only thing that will put an end to him is if a Republican gets into the White House again... and even then, I think he'll find a way to continue spewing his hate and fear.
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is that the Democrats at least try and pretend they care about the people.
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...first time I've ever done that. I wanted as many Republicans as possible out of office, after the Bush years. It is not likely I will ever do that again.
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Mar 19, 2010 11:34:32 AM CDT
This person sums it up well with regard to the media:
by colonelfatheart
"Compare the MSM's coverage of the allegations against Bill Clinton for his misbehavior with their coverage of the allegations against the Pope for his misbehavior. The Beltway pundits have wrung their hands about Obama's choice of Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff more than they ever did about McCain's choice of Palin as Vice Presidential nominee. The modern GOP is more outraged about Democratic parliamentary tactics than about the fact that many Americans will die this year due to lack of health care -- and the MSM just follows right along." http://tinyurl.com/y8qb5qu
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The GOP PRETENDS to care about the people... the rich ones, the hard-working WHITE ones, and the ones with penises. And the ones who go to church. The difference between the Dems and the Reps is that the Dems are too reasonable. They make a real effort to see and accommodate the other side... often to their downfall, sadly.
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He has an unlimited amount of things to bitch about because conservatives aren't setting the agenda. He'll always have a gig should he so desire, regardless of who's in power, but he's at his all-time peak now. In fact, I think he's coming down the other side of the mountain already. As is the Republican backlash against Obama. The Dems will still lose seats in November, but you can already sense the beginnings of the next national mood swing happening.
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The Republicans push the individual over the collective good. Anything that means the majority of people benefit they equate with "socialism." They actually pander to the common man with their cultural issues, but all they really care about are reduced taxes for the rich. I challenge anyone to come up with one Republican bill that benefits the middle class or working poor.
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did dave thomas say that?
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Sorry.
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I lean mostly toward the Dems, but I also vote socialist or pro-pot in other races. If I vote Republican, it's in local races, since my town is in a county that's largely run by a bloated and venal Democratic machine.
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i still think the time is off. i found nothing on any suck\h thing as a directors cut..194 is the running time im finding on IMDB and WIKI
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You've got a Republican party that is beyond cynical in its tactics and choosing to obstruct policy instead of deal in good faith. Yet, the Democratic leadership is doing something with Parliamentary process that I think betrays their ideals as well. And the tone of things is awful- I feel like we're descending into levels of nastiness that have not been explored in such a vast and common way.
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They actively work AGAINST the interests of the individual because they are in the pocket of the military and corporate interests, which are anti-individual to the very core.
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hahahah
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Dave Thomas says everything, Sixies.
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Mar 19, 2010 11:47:44 AM CDT
The parliamentary process thing is blown out of proportion.
by colonelfatheart
You have a majority, you use it. That's what it's for. If you have to vote through a ledger or whatever, so be it. There is no better example of the media's cognitive dissonance than their reporting on the Dems' intention to pass health reform "without actually voting" and following it up with a tally of the votes for and against the bill. If millions of lives and a huge chunk of our economy weren't at stake I'd laugh because it's so goddamn absurd.
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And that's why I think the tea baggers are gonna bite them in the ass. No all of them are as dumb as we think.
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Mar 19, 2010 11:48:12 AM CDT
OK, gents... I need to take my child into the sunshine.
by scarywaitress
And I need to go to the post office. And do the grocery shopping. And buy skinny jeans at the Gap, cause they make my ass look gooo-oooo-oood. And I want some sushi. And I need to get an oil change for my car. So, I'll catch y'all in a bit.
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means of passing progressive, sweeping legislation in the face of such juvenile obstruction, then do it.
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It's depressing that we're at that point. But it's these fucking "Blue Dogs" that really burn me. Why the fuck are you even a Democrat? Because you rode the wave on 2006 and 2008? You took the party's money but now you're worried that you're gonna be out on your ass, so suddenly you don't like health care reform? It's all fucked. Seriously, I'm just glad I have a corned beef cooking right now.
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forever. My issue is with these clowns who know they're lying. They're just saying outrageous, ridiculous, indefensible stuff because it's on their script. They need to be exposed. And, they're constituents who believe them need to stop using my air.
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On their site.I'm talking about the length of the two discs that I have right in my hands. Part One is 144 minutes long. Part Two is 156 minutes long.Granted, those could be mis-prints, too.I guess I won't know how long it is until I pop it in and watch it.
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**throws down dice and places figures on table**
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ive seen that before form netflix..where a 1:40 run time is printed as 140 mintues..
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Four fat, rich, white merfers in Texas.Everything else is just play-acting.
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cant complain too hard..i see they sent both discs
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Mar 19, 2010 12:00:22 PM CDT
Ok, my 3rd level thief checks the room for traps and secret door
by stabby
I rolled a 20. Critical Success!
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Let's cuddle.
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i just envisioned Sean Connery saying that line..from INDY 3..when they arrive in berlin..son, we are Pebrews in an unholy land...lets cuddle.HAHAHHA
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Not nearly enough cuddle lines from that old, ass-slapping Scottsman!
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when I was surprise sexing her.
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http://tinyurl.com/ylouawl
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http://tinyurl.com/yf8ll54 Gotta love the old Italian dude's off to the side. Lunacy!
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GOOOOAAAAALLL!
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http://tinyurl.com/ylbrbs8
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you just grabbed a mouse."Good LAWD!
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What's my THAC0?
what's my THAC0!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?! -
And then I saw her package.
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I was a 1st edition nut. Fuck that second edition shit.
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To Hit Armor Class 0 = THAC0.
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Mar 19, 2010 12:55:51 PM CDT
...it's 70 degrees outside, you guys need to stop posting...
by flickapoo
...for a while...I don't want to miss anything.
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That was a 2nd Edition thing.
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Gary Gygax, R.I.P.
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tourney.If I knew anything about D&D, I'd join in, but I don't know my THAC0 from my Gygax.
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THAC0 existed back in the days of the DMG with the Efreeti on it (even earlier).
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who brings his buddies home after school to make fun of all you kids in the basement playing with your wizards and waggin' your dragons.
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I misread your post.
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I can see your Efreeti.
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And he was a 6'5", 240lbs football star and burnout. He now works as a bouncer.
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that's ok. I did a double take for a second.
Here's what I played:
D&D (that came in those colored boxes)
AD&D 2nd Edition
Star Wars 2nd Edition (D6)
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...D&D was the same as Devil worship.
REAL Devil worship...playing D&D was inviting demons into your life and heart, and would lead directly to suicide, insanity, and worse...masturbation. -
I played D&D (Keep at the Borderland and Isle of Dread, muthafuckas!)
AD&D - 1st edition (love the old Player's Handbook with the lizardmen and the alter)
Top Secret
Gamma World
Boot Hill
Marvel Super-Heroes RPG
Star Frontiers
Chill (1st and 2nd)
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Red and Blue, Basic and Expert sets at home.
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I insanely tried to kill myself by masturbating as a kid.
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at college for a very short time. That's as close as I got until a friend's kid got into Heroclix.I know two board games: Scrabble® and Backgammon.
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Anyone here ever play Axis & Allies?
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Am I a real geek?
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Gamma World! Marvel superheroes! I forgot about those two.
Isle of Dread was the first campaign I sent people out on. We had a girl playing with us, and well, she didn't know what the hell was going on. That was the last time a girl played with us. -
Two of my favorites. I expanded beyond TSR to Aftermath, Champions, Gurps.
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Sweet...I have them as well, in the basement somewhere.
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Was awesome...we'd get so pissed off at one another that usually someone would storm off or others would swipe the board clean with one swift arm movement. *shifts eyes side to side*
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as geeky.You and I ought to run off and start a Progressive vampires Club or something.
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..."rock & roll" was literally the devil's music. That "natives" in Africa used specific drum beats to summon specific demons and spirits...and that those same drum beats were used in rock & roll to summon demonic spirits of lust and frenzy.
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Until we started getting older and our taste diverged...we were all REH, Moorcock, Lovecraft and Lieber fans, and the girls wanted more Tolkien, Mist of Avalon and kind of Romantic Fantasy stuff. I think they wanted D&D: Twilight.
Rakehel the Rogue does not glitter. -
...kid for several consecutive summers.
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With the shmoo like alien race called the Dralasites?
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Until my girl, who at the time was not my girl, betrayed me and murdered my empire in cold blood, despite our having a truce.
Axis & Allies was a big part of my childhood too.
But my true favorite barely qualifies as a board game- Crossbows & Catapults. That game was unending fun. I could play that today and still love it all the same. -
just to have girls interested in that kind of fantasy is better than having girls just interested in....*sighs* New Kids on the Block, George Michael. *weeps*
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David Bryne.
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I always played the Imperial Japanese, and the Axis always one. The reason why is because I seriously wrote like a ten page strategy for how the Japanese can win the war. It was the "Japanese Papers" and the guys I played against hated seeing me pull out those papers.
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were your parent's friends from "the commune"? You know...that fenced community down the road where people wear funny clothes and only come into town for "supplies"
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...Tolkien > (REH, Moorcock, Lovecraft and Lieber [in no particular order, all good stuff]) > MIST OF AVALON.
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Drasalites, Vrusks and Yarzarians. Oh my...
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But you really don't want to base a heroic adventure game on his stuff. I mean, unless you like to have your characters walk a lot.
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nice. Seemed like Axis had a significant head start at the beginning of a campaign. I always started with USA, because I didn't want to be around anyone. But that basically sealed my fate, when it took forever to send troops overseas and spreading my units too thin.
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My friends and I were into a mix of pro wrestling, metal, industrial music, Stanley Kubrick movies and drinking. And the geeky/freaky girls I knew/associated with were spoken for or shut ins. Or lesbians. Or behemoths.
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in those Sears/JC Penney catalogs that had the big sections of toys...when you used to look through those for your Xmas list. I always wanted that game.
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What fuck is a Flcik? Sounds like a Star Frontiers race - enemies of the Sathar.
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They're stealing our jobs!
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Mar 19, 2010 1:21:11 PM CDT
...STL, the scary thing is that they were just garden variety...
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...Evangelical fundamentalists.
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...basing a game on Tolkien anyway...I was a Tolkien fundamentalist, a game would be blasphemy.REH, Moorcock and co. are great, but fair game.
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Out of the group of guys I played with, none of our parents had any problems with role-playing games.
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D&D game.
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That would make for a very interesting and humorous campaign.
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referring to your childhood masturbation thingy..i quote simpsons..think of it as a game bart, see how many times you can do it in one hour, and then try to beat that record.
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I used to play SW RPG on IRC. It worked very well and you could log the entire conversation, and convert into a semi-story afterwards.
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That was a RPG I used to run Suicide Squad missions on.
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Mar 19, 2010 1:26:38 PM CDT
...don't worry STL, I still got to do most of what I needed...
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...to do. You just got really good at hiding those IRON MAIDEN mix tapes...thank for the Sony Walkman.
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And play the Pedalavengers.
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Sign me up ASAP!
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Yarzarians were Wookie-like flying apes and Dralasites were Shmoos of course. Star Frontiers had some crazy-assed ship to ship combat rules.
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For star ship combat. I had a friend who just loved that game - I liked it but he fucking lived it.
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Just as in the mini-series. We each got two characters. I used Scarlet Witch to make Thanos' hand disappear, then Dr.Doom took the gauntlet. Everybody else killed me before I could do anything with it, tho. I still maintain that I only made them think that they defeated me.
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Now that was a fucking module.
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one of the best games that you could play to exercise your mind. I think the whole stigma of dungeons, dragons, spells, witches, etc. made people cautious. Plus it didn't help with that one made for tv movie (?) showing kids playing d&d in a cave and killing someone or someone killing themselves. I forgot what it was about.
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With Tom Hanks.
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He ended up believing he was his character. I picked it up for a buck last year. It was worth it for the last scene, tho. Hi-larious!
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and I was raised Catholic and we played in our kitchen all the time. I think it's just the Fundamentalists that are crazy about stuff like that.
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Beat me to it!
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I read wikipedia and I had some of the plot wrong. I didn't know Hanks was in that!
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Mar 19, 2010 1:41:09 PM CDT
'moose has been advocating an online RPG for weeks, but
by subtitles_off
I think he meant more of the video-oriented thing. I dunno about his interest in board-based stuff. Still, even though I couldn't participate, I'd dig on watching you guys do it. You could play right here? How would the dice-rolling stuff work?
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Curse you Richards!
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After the modules in the Basic and Expert Sets my groups campaigns were all home made for the most part. Gamma World and Aftermath were my favorites. I loved the Post-Apocalyptic genre. Gamma World had the awesomest crazy-assed flow chart for learning to use ancient technology (advanced to present day). It was almost impossible to get through that thing without shooting yourself or blowing yourself and everyone else up.
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Something Public School never taught me.
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We could actually use a conferencing program to play if we really wanted too.
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Never dabbled in Post-Apocalyptic RPGs. Well, until Fallout 3, I guess.
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to roll dice for Star Wars RPG. It was pretty cool.
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awesome post-apocalyptic game from the 80s that I had on my C64. Precursor to fallout
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but I heard nothing but problems for the PS3 version. Might pick it up anyway when it gets down to $20.
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called maptools (I think)...basically a chat program with a place to draw maps and stuff.
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http://rptools.net/
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Once we bought some of the add-ons there's been some freezing issues, but not much before that. Do yourself a favor and pick that sucker up. I'm playing thru it for about the fifth time.
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We would really need someone who wants to be the DM to make this happen. But, I look forward to my Rogue/Assassin character Stabby McStabster Marquis de Stabbenstein.
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Bart Clinton, the Hawk's Eye.
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Subhumans_Off of Subterrania.
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I'll think on it. But Bart Clinton is the character I made for Elder Scrolls IV:Oblivion. Goddamn, this is making me want to go home and play video games.
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...chick possible.
If you're going to get fragged, you might as well look good doing it. -
if no one else wants to. I usually DM anyway. If someone else wanted to step up, I'd be more than happy to try my luck at as a player.
Time to dust the books off! -
Natalie Portman as a babyhttp://tinyurl.com/y8jxy4a
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..."...not enough maaanna..." I want it to be female.
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You heard it here first.
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What version are we playing. Or is there another game other than D&D you'd rather play? Got any superhero games? I could see Subby getting into something like that.
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...and listening to her abuse her female character all day, making her moan about manna was oddly arousing.
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Does DM have to be responsible for a lot of stuff, or can a noob handle it? You guys have to decide on a game and a time and drum up players. Sounds like there are three players commited already: Stabby, ST and Teddy. With 'Lop and Flick as interested possibles, depending on schedules.
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I don't know the first thing about it. Wouldn't want to drag the thing down.
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My friend and I were unemployed at the time and rented Diablo for PS2 I think and played it for an entire week straight almost all day long. Only stopping for beer runs and to fire up the grill. That was the best week ever. That must be what it's like to be Kevin Smith when you're not making a movie.
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Your character exists on a sheet of paper, and all the action is in your head. It's a lot of fun when you get into it. My buddy Starman tried it for the first time last year and really dug it. Also, if it's D&D we're doing then I'm way out of practice my own self.
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But being a DM can be a huge responsibility. You are basically the producer, director, DP, editor, writer (unless you use a module) and the entire supporting cast.
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Boy Scouts have been accused of a "massive" sex-scandal cover up. There is something called "The Perversion File" about to be unleashed on the public.
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I guess we are, at that.
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ST is the DM.
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which would make the whole thing a lot easier. But that's really up to STLost.
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...to the hyuks.
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I see a Boy Scouts-Catholic Church merger coming up!
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among Chineses factory workers. http://tinyurl.com/yfktw64
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Lemme summon a few skeletons.
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now thanks to Subby.
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http://tinyurl.com/y9nrhs2
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http://tinyurl.com/yhjxfpu
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...to time. It's like a good board game in its perfect simplicity.
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Awesome post.
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...I wonder why he's never dropped by.
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i want Palin to be tossed to the wolves...she can take her children with her..karmas a frozen bitch
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Emil's in ROBOCOP.
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who emerged from the UnderDark to wreak havoc on the World of Greyhawk in our campaign
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on whatever we're playing. What would be easier than D&D?
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But that's just me.
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...she's cute in a puffy scrapple® sort of way.
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She could masturbate to death. On live TV. That'd be fun.
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Second-hand puff.
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I like your style, dude.
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Everybody's been laughing at you for three years, woman. Get with the program.
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I want to see her find nuts in grizzly squat, like Bear Grylls.
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reboot of The Hogan Family.
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http://tinyurl.com/yjkypkl
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http://tinyurl.com/yjakruw
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http://tinyurl.com/n39rkh
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http://tinyurl.com/5mqur9
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"This girl called me up out of the blue and told me I totally Bristoled her. Now, I have to go with her to lamaze classes!
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"Your mother s#cks c@cks in Hell, Karas!"
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Mar 19, 2010 2:58:32 PM CDT
Mrs. Poole was their neighbor, played by Edie McClurg
by colonelfatheart
She's got that "you betcha" accent.
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Open Gaming License
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never seen that before.
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it weren't for her mother being such a complete whack-job."
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Dead on arrival, wasn't it?
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I took her to prom, and I never even got half-way to bristol."
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They would play dress up a lot on that show.
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Don't know if anyone thought of that before, but I think it could catch on since it accurately describes how most Republicans function with their reptilian brains reacting primarily to fear and survival instintcts.
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teen bristoling, and we have to do something about it."
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Mar 19, 2010 3:04:35 PM CDT
Let we forget, this was Sarah at college #4 or 5 I think...
by yackbacker
http://tinyurl.com/ye8szqc
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Mar 19, 2010 3:04:58 PM CDT
STL here is the D20 OGL; that way nobody has to buy a rule book
by stabby
http://tinyurl.com/4rvhj
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Because that's what I want to be. Something cool like a Satyr or a Leprechaun.
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Mar 19, 2010 3:20:42 PM CDT
I want to see a short film about going back in time to that mome
by yackbacker
Where I could go there, offer her some free booze and have my way with her (no, not Bristoling). But post-coitus, I would be laying in bed with her, saying "Sarah Heath, you stay the fuck out of politics and we'll always be cool." She'll probably roll her eyes at me and say "Aw geez, politics? I just wanna play 'hoops and drink High Life!" And I'll reply "Sarah, don't fucking lie to me. I know you're thinking deep down about some wishes and dreams involving being our first lady president." She'll pause, give me a funny look and admit she used to play out the scenario with her Barbie dolls when she was a kid. I'll tell her that was all fine, I wanted to be a fireman and a soldier too, but my flat feet and poor eyesight prevented me from that future much as her mild form of retardation will keep her from achieving her dreams.
After that encounter, I'd have a scene where I find Todd Palin and shoot him in the dick. The end. -
She looks dumb and annoying back then too.
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Truncated headline to my last post.
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with poison on its blades. Saving throw vs. Poison please!
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Those big-haired, loud chicks always made me question my burgeoning heterosexuality in the eighties.She's has a LOT of work done to try and increase her heat.
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So that we can organize our online RPG.
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"Oh yeahhh. Oh yeaaaaah. Ooooh. Ooooh. You betcha ... yoooooouuuu BETCH-BETCH-BETCH-AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!"
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THE END.HA!
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Where we go back in time, have sex and change history.
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"Virgin Queen? My ass ... And what's with that nubbin' you call a clitoris?"
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Debuts on The History Channel in May.
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...cross eyed version that came out just a couple years later?
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...and I recently learned that both my brother and I touched it to the Virgin...eleven years apart.
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Mar 19, 2010 3:34:59 PM CDT
The Virgin was definitely a prototype for Puffy Scrapple.
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That's what you should title your memoir.
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"touched it to The Virgin...eleven years apart"Later the brothers would learn, to their horror, that their Dad had initiated the family tradition, 15 years hence."Yeah, I touched it to all seventeen pieces, 'cause I couldn't be certain. Flick, your eyes all crossed like that, I didn't know if you'd grow up to be a virgin toucher, a messiah messer, or a camel groper."
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Thanks..I'll take a look at that this weekend. (OGL website)
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a thread for discussing the Ten Principles at The Shelter.
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Flickapoo and brother find something they have in common. Um, how did that conversation get started?
Flickapoo: Heh, look at Mom and Dad's nativity. Mary is smokin'.
Brotherpoo: Yeah.
*Look at each other*
Flickapoo: No way...
Brotherpoo: You too???
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That's easy. Sally Hemmings.
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"I always wondered why the dust would settle particularly heavy in that one spot on The Virgin. BOYS!!!!!"
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Cock-blocking Thomas Jefferson.
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...AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
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time traveling sexploits...a la Bill and Ted's excellent adventure
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-MommaPoo
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I hope the people that have been talking about doing a third Bill & Ted movie are reading this.
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MommaPoo and DaddyPoo are out for a nice December dinner, alone.
Mommapoo: This is such a wonderful dinner, thanks for suggesting it honey.
Daddypoo: My pleasure. I also have a surprise when we get home. The boys said while we were gone, they would put all the Christmas decorations up.
MommaPoo (Concerned): Um, even the nativity?
Daddypoo: Especially that. They were so excited.
MommaPoo: Dear God! We have to get home! -
http://tinyurl.com/pedalbackYou gotta be registered on Google, but you can set up a ghost account if you want. If you do, just make sure you refer to yourself using your handle, so we know it's you.
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...being who we are, it was a lot more involved. It was more like...
FlickaPoo: you too!?
BrotherPoo: oh, yeah! How could you not?
F: I know, with her robe off one shoulder like that...
B: yeah, and I don't have a particular thing for underarms, but that crevice just looks warm, and moist...
F: you want to sniff it, don't you?
B: yeah, or something...I'm sot sure what I wanted, but I wanted it bad.
F: I even like how the blue robe is reversed at the neckline, and the inside is coral pudenda pink...soft folds...
etc...etc...etc...
etc...etc...etc...
etc...etc...etc...
etc...etc...etc...
etc...etc...etc...
etc...etc...etc...
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You could go on all night, if you wanted. We wouldn't mind.
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Wifepoo: What is this? *removes Virgin Mary statuette from backpack
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I'll do that.
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Mar 19, 2010 4:18:13 PM CDT
...I had to stop or you'd all be touching it to the Virgin too..
by flickapoo
...then we'd be like blood brothers...but you know...different.
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You haven't seen a dirty nativity scene until you've made Mary put on a donkey show in the manger.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
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Oh yes, Brotherpoo. Definitely.
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commute home. Catch you guys on the other side! Peace and pudenda!
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...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Keep it real.
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as the "Virgin" Mary and Milton Berle as The Donkey.
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Sorry. I suck at following directions.
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Manger things have happened. That should be the tagline for the pronographic Bible movie.
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vastly exaggerated
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A Pebrew with graphic arts talent should do mock-up of a porno video cover for A LAY IN A MANGER, with Sarah Palin's face superimposed on a prone Virgin Mary being mounted by a donkey. The box should, of course, feature the tagline: "Manger Things Have Happened!"
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doing? I think that would be the coup de grace. As well as a Mary/Wisemen four way.
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"Donkey now our gay apparelFala-alFala-laFabulous!"
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...as a LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS FAN, so I said that was good, because his initiation was going to be shooting a puppy with a bb-gun.
Loth countered that as a kid he used to molest guppies, and could we just count that?
Subs said sure, but could he call him Guppy?
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You don't hear those thing being called cool enough, IMO.
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Mar 19, 2010 5:07:48 PM CDT
anna nicole smith's estate wont get any of the millions
by six demon bag
from her dead husband..his dead son won the ruling..everyones dead!!!break me off some of that!!
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with the head of glen beck..
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TWO E.T. QUOTES IN THIS THREAD!! ROCK ON!
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Update your profile, check out READ ME FIRST, and knock yourself out. Be sure to check out The Archives and The Pending Principles Proposed for Pedalbacking.
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That's good work there.
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It would've been great if you'd told the bitches too leave right off the bat. Too late now. Maybe next time.
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that took the bite out of The Subbary® the yesterday? That little bugger was the opposite of cool.
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that films not getting ANY attention!and who defuck is this "wannabe alexandra dePaul" annette kellerman??
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You got anything to adjust or add to?
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But the rules usually don't let you play characters with -10 Charisma.
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http://tinyurl.com/yzz36zb
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You seem to have covered all the bases, tho. For now, I'm off to see 'The Runaways'. Because it's free and I've got time to kill. Adios for now, amigos.
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We don't want to Pedalback her during her first week on the job. She might freak.
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06:51:18
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http://tinyurl.com/yzxrpbp
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she was snarky
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did you both get IN THE LOOP?
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But I haven't watched it yet what with St. Pats and all.
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Kristin Stewart is a pudenda with a capital C and I will not support her career in any way.
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And I'm not really in the mood to watch tv. Yet, I'm bored and trying not to drink this bottle of wine one of my clients gave me.
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I understand it's been too cleaned up. Fuck that shit.
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I'm going to crack open a bottle of two-buck Chuck when I get home.
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...delicate. I like that.
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my attention span was treated accordingly..it WAS preety fooking funny.
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TEddy should def Some Guy The Runaways if anyone else sees it this weekend.
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Have a good one. And keep fuckin' that chicken.
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...cream cannoli at this point.
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Dude knows how to do a profile.
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BTW, night Colonel.
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Everybody have a good one.Welcome to Core Peeberhood, Brother Guppy.
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Catch you all on the flip side.
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And not only am I truly gladdened to see so many other regular Talkbackers who were hardcord RPGers back in the day - for the record, I GM'd STAR WARS 1st Edn, but played in CALL OF CTHULHU 3rd Edn, ROLEMASTER (you CAN role-play in Middle Earth, 'cos that's where a good 70% of my RPG days were spent :D ), TUNNELS AND TROLLS 1st Edn (Take That You Fiend!!), D&D 3rd Edn, etc etc - and to hear some truly buried shit from my childhood. I mean, MAZES AND MONSTERS!! And Flickapoo, I was a regular Methodist churchgoer right when the whole hysterical "Roleplaying is the DEBBIL!!" shit hit the evangelical fan, so I had all that shit to deal with too...
Fuck! I can't believe so many others had the same childhood I had!!
If this TB eventually finds an online RPG group going on, Karrias Bladespear is at your service. I'm off to bed. Thanks for a top read and more laughs than a Virgin's pudenda should reasonably cause :D -
D&D player...and Professional.
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...and lived to say FUCK! about it...we're like war buddies.
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2 things could not be at further ends of the spectrum.Sometimes I feel like the PB is a fire engine with steering at both ends only it has jack knifed and is taking up the whole road barreling down the street at 90 mph.It's so awesome.
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I want to be the PedalMaster, or PM.
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I bow to your RPG greatness.
We are thinking about running a game here. Actually it looks like two games...a D&D game and a Pedalback RPG.
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Great analogy with the fire engine and the PB.
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a bowl. Stuck watching the woman play Dragon Age and fretting about the upcoming health care vote.
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I don't care. Sometimes I love the sound of my own voice.
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Mar 19, 2010 11:00:40 PM CDT
Another buddy of mine started to send his manuscript
by colonelfatheart
out to agents today. He already got two goddamn rejection letters.
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It's a pretty good book, tight and engaging.
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Stuck home on a Friday night, just waiting. The time trickles away, only anticipation fills the moments. And, Christ, it's hot in here.
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the Pedalback at the top of the list.
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I did have a glass of two-buck chuck earlier, but that's nothin'.
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How can you feel like be Cheeses without beer, Colonel?
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...for what it's worth.
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I don't fucking know. Like I said, sometimes I like hearing my own voice.
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haven't had time to catch up....
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I want to be able to wake up Monday morning or whatever and fucking strut into work (I work in the Heart of Darkness, mind you) knowing full well that the president just put his dick on the table in the GOP conference cave or whatever and started taking bids for who'd be the first one to suck it.
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going to be ratified?
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Mar 19, 2010 11:25:55 PM CDT
This might be the most hilarious and depressing thing
by colonelfatheart
I've read in a while: http://tinyurl.com/yeyy9qn
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...Cheeses, the big heal care vote...probably on Sunday.
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Mar 19, 2010 11:27:20 PM CDT
The only place I can get beer now, Cheeses, is at a bar.
by colonelfatheart
NJ 7-11s don't sell beer, and the liquor stores close at 10.
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Mar 19, 2010 11:27:53 PM CDT
No, the Heart of Darkness that at the heart of NYC's darkness.
by colonelfatheart
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Are they turning it all over to Oral Roberts? "H-EEE-al..."
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Mar 19, 2010 11:29:21 PM CDT
look at em make fun of a misspelled word with a mispelled word..
by cheeses_of_nazareth
simple one too...
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Sorry, I don't have enough alcohol in me to spell properly...
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You know the government has all of our best interests at heart when they vote on stuff like this...
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...a Russian soldier in Stalingrad.
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...ha! Cheeses, that's just mean, man.
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Mar 19, 2010 11:35:09 PM CDT
Yeah, Cheeses, I'm still cynical about it, but I like the idea
by colonelfatheart
that health insurance companies won't be able to drop people just because they happen to get cancer, or pregnant.
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Million-yard stares. Looking for the next big thing, or from where the ax will be swinging?
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Have a good night, Cheeses.
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Mar 19, 2010 11:42:07 PM CDT
Back when I used to submit my short stories to Sci Fi mags...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
I got back more handwritten words of encouragement and explinations why the story needed work etc, etc than I ever expected to after reading about how to get ready for rejection and getting NO response...I still have tham all, I'll have to dig them out...its pobably 10 to 12 responses to 25-30 form letters..."we are sold until..." The only thing I actually sold was that poem for $2...But, it made me feel good to know some editors liked what I was doing...Too, bad life and family have to take precidence over dreams and aspirations from time to time...
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Ain't it the truth. Have a good one, Cheeses. Thanks for sharing.
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Maybe, Mac is up....
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Flick, remind me to never invite you over for Christmas, not without giving Mary the night off from Nativity duty first, anyway…Subs…there’s gotta be a way we can play internet Scrabble® against one another…These guys wanna play D&D’s, RPGs and WMDs…I’d love to watch…(and thanks, Stabby for nominating me for Dungeon Master, but, I am not worthy…I would love to help PLOT an adventure…but, I don’t know the first thing about that stuff…that was my younger brother‘s generation…and he wasn‘t into it, so I was rarely exposed to it, even though I am a card carrying geek…)I, however, LOVE Scrabble®…I’m sure you would be the first real challenge, Subs, that I’ve had since my last ex-wife….Damn was she good…It was all about the numbers…nothing about the letters, or the words they formed…She was evil with the tiles…numerically speaking…
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Mar 20, 2010 1:18:11 AM CDT
All of you waking up tomorrow and reading this...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
This is especially for all of you worried about this weekend's vote..Just listen to the words while you enjoy your individual morning's rituals into 'awakfulness'...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzrUqAtUcpUStart your day off on a positive note....Well, sort'a...
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Mar 20, 2010 1:22:52 AM CDT
“Life is funny….Skies are Sunny….Bees make honey…”
by cheeses_of_nazareth
Never ever forget that....EVER!!!!
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I have an appointment with the ass-crack of dawn....and it's been REAL bitchy ever since Daylight Saving's Time rolled into town...
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I just woke up wondering what type of job I would have if I was allowed to choose any career. My answer: SEAL CLUBBER! Now that's a job title that will earn you the ability to stop all conversation in a bar. It's a powerful job. It would be even better if you were able to provide some anecdote about how you came to your career choice. "Yeah, I used to fill vending machines. And one day, I just decided I needed to hunker down and do something with my life. I'm gonna beat the shit out of some fuckin' seals."
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Anybody seen this one? It's a classic. Seriously, a stunningly great film. It has changed my mind as to what film can be. A true work of art.
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It must be late. My choices are between crap, news, and phone sex infomercials.
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Definitely one of Moore's weakest entries. The fiery, fuel-injected righteous indignation he had on display to such good effect in "Farenheit 9/11" seems manufactured and naive in this movie. It also is completely zapped of any levity, one of the main draws to his previous efforts. Seemingly every time Moore is on screen, the narrative either hits on an obvious point about corporate greed or stops completely to try an ill-timed Borat-style stunt. However, the film is not without some strengths. It starts with a pretty gripping intro about home eviction and in the middle is a genuinely affecting expose on corporate short-selling of life insurance that was moving and exasperating. Seriously, that section of the movie should have been the movie. An interlude about a strike was also quite effective. But, unfortunately, Moore steps back in front of the camera and starts bitching about complicated derivatives and how GM cut jobs before filing for Chapter 11. There's a better movie in there somewhere, but for any actual fire-branding educational journalism on the evils of the economic meltdown, I'll stick to Matt Taibbi's mind-blowing Goldman Sachs articles in Rolling Stone.
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See y'all later.
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Mar 20, 2010 2:33:08 AM CDT
9/11 and the bank bail-out were an inside job
by winona_ryders_pussy_juice
so is the global warming hoax. wakey wakey. www.infowars.com
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and I'm STILL the only one up?!?!?!?! Good grief. Lazy boys.
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1. I wanted to play D&D so bad when I was a teenager- but the nerds wouldn't let me in- that I STILL want to play. I have no idea how, of course... but it always looked like fun. 2. The racism and xenophobia endemic in the Evangelical Christian faith has a long and deeply rooted history. Glenn Beck is less surprising when you consider that Flick's parents were part of a community that believed that African music = devil worship, 20 years ago- and that that theory extended back to the birth of rock-n-roll. They said the same shit about jazz, too, fyi. It is nauseating. Yet another reason I am no longer a Christian. 3. Sarah Palin was never hot. That crazy-ass personality shone through, even when she was young and "unsullied" by the GOP. Oh, and she couldn't play the flute for SHIT. She should have done a pole dance, that would have been WAAAAAY more interesting. Or done something... er, different... with he flute. 4. OK, so basically, if there's an organization that has anything to do with large numbers of young boys, there WILL be a pedophilia scandal. It's only a matter of time. 5. Flickapoo and his brother were filthy little boys. How... surprising... 6. Two-buck Chuck is NOT this "great wine" like they said it was, back when it first became famous. I know they like to talk that shit about how it beat out expensive Cabs in a blind taste test... to which I reply, the judges were morons, or drunk, or the expensive Cab was corked. Two-Buck Chuck IS JUST FRANZIA IN A GLASS. You want good Cab? Find Sean Minor. 7. I FUCKING HATE TWO-BUCK CHUCK. It came to be because growers were overplanting and overcropping, and they had WAY too much juice and nowhere to put it. IT IS NOT GREAT QUALITY like they said: if it were, it would have been used to make more expensive wine. You think Kendall Jackson wouldn't have loved to up the production of their $30 Cabernet? But they didn't... even the whores at KJ didn't want the juice that became Two-Buck Chuck. GODDAMN IT. 8. I don't judge anyone for drinking it, though. If you like it, that's cool. I don't even heat the wine itself so much, I just hate the hype around it. 9. I would KILL at online Scrabble. BRING IT. I AM THE HUMAN SPELLCHECK. 10. Y'all are lazy. GET UP, BITCHES. PB DOESN'T SLEEP.
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Scary, I don't pretend to be an oenophile. The stuff's good enough for me, mainly because it doesn't taste like ass juice (at least to me), and it's very, very affordable. So I defer to your expertise. However, I'm always looking to expand my wine horizons, so if you could recommend some affordable reds (particularly pinot noirs), I would greatly appreciate it.
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Wines differ from state to state... I know NJ and NY, but outside of that it can get tougher. And, I stress again... I DO NOT JUDGE PEOPLE based on what they drink. You could have said you were drinking Carlo Rossi, and I wouldn't have said a word... but that whole Two-Buck Chuck hype is a sore spot for me. It gave people who didn't know much about wine a way to get uppity about it... I hate wine snobbery. I really hate it.
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Watch it be one of my peeps. That would be awesome. If you say Ramsey Liquors I will just die. I LOVE those guys.
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It's $4 on the East Coast, right?
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Appointment with the would-be DJ for the wedding. Keep typing, Scary. I'll catch up later.
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ON THE $6 BILLION PROGRAM TO TRAIN THE AFGHAN POLICE. "More than a year after Barack Obama took office, the president is still discovering how bad things are. At a March 12 briefing on Afghanistan with his senior advisers, he asked whether the police will be ready when America's scheduled drawdown begins in July 2011, according to a senior official who was in the room. 'It's inconceivable, but in fact for eight years we weren't training the police,' replied Caldwell, taking part in the meeting via video link from Afghanistan. 'We just never trained them before. All we did was give them a uniform.' The president looked stunned. 'Eight years,' he said. 'And we didn't train police? It's mind-boggling.' The room was silent."
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Got to sleep late today...I'm on duty tomm morn though!
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How goes your Saturday morning?
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BTW, when I drink wine, I like to stick to Three Blind Moose pinot grigio. Not incredibly high quality and it's cheap as hell, but it's got a delicious, crisp taste and a pretty cool logo. Yep, that's how I make a wine choice. The logo.
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March 19th, 2010 ..."No matter how you shake or dance, the last little dribbles stain your pants." The last little dribbles @ Node #44124 ...FOX News strokes the C- President who saved us all from turrurism and yells at the B+ President who thinks he can save us from Evil Stupid. Good times. (http://tinyurl.com/yh2b255) ...Sixies, typing Spanish, claims to have the sexual organs of a female. ...What about Rip Taylor? ...How'd we get to WAYNE'S WORLD? ...Digital confetti, all over The Pedalback ...Listverse.com's 10 Most Memorable Swimming Pool Scenes doesn't include Seymour Butts' Pool Party Orgy or the scene from SHOWGIRLS. ...We all get on the BAMF! bus. Node #44317 ...67,179th ...Epic Beard Man wants to know what a codex is. ...Porn stars playing Dungeons & Dragons because they must be bored with orgies (http://tinyurl.com/yezfqkd) ...Word of The Day #1: Codex - n. (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) 1. A book in the format used for modern books, with separate pages normally bound together and given a cover. ...Stabby proposes a new RPG: Paladins & Pudenda. ...Word of The Day #2: Warhammer - n. 1. A hand tool consisting of a handle with a head of metal or other heavy rigid material that is attached at a right angle, used for striking or pounding pudenda. ...Stabby has an idea for a show based around celebrities playing RPG using CGI characters performed by other celebrities. Flick is reminded of "Drunk History." ...Mac confuses "codex" with "kotex." Nah, nobody's gonna run with that. ...Sixies tells the bitches what they oughtta do @ 10:32:11 A.M. ...Ahoy, EssDub! ...A recipe for tarts: One banana cream pie. One pudenda pie. Barry White on the radio. Leave refrigerated overnight in close proximity to each other. Yield: 80 pie-lings. ...ST raises an eyebrow at Flick waggin' a dragon. Spooning is out of the question. ...Just how long is the movie REDS? ...100 politicians and 17 Tea-Bagger whack-jobs walk into a bar. Bartender says, "I'm sorry, we don't allow retards in here. What are you whack-jobs drinking?" ...EssDub admits to straight-slating her ballot to get rid of as many Reptilicans as possible, but she doesn't think she'll ever do that again. ...Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, said, "I read your blog because you seem outraged about the right things." ...Yack thinks there oughtta be a Leash Law for "Blue Dog" Democrats and advocates a big Pebrew cuddle. ...Sean Connery does what he was born to do with Alex Trebek's mother. ...Some Italians go nuts. (http://tinyurl.com/yf8ll54) ...I don't know what it is, but I'm gonna take a photo of it. (http://tinyurl.com/ylbrbs8) ...'Lop joins the D&D talk. ...Favorite RPGs and other board games. ...RPGs and rock-n-roll and The Devil's influence on excessive masturbation. ...The Peebers begin the prep for an online RPG. If interested, notify STLost or Stabby. Shelter members can discuss plans there, as well. ...Tom Hanks once starred in a D&D cautionary-tale called MONSTERS AND MAZES. ...Natalie Portman as a baby (http://tinyurl.com/y8jxy4a) ...Meanwhile, 'moose is hyucking with The Palinback. (http://tinyurl.com/yhjxfpu) ...Some of The Peebers think Bristol Palin is puffy scrapple®. ...WARNING: This might offend you - A crucildo, a.k.a. a dildifix (http://tinyurl.com/yjakruw) ...Mutants & Masterminds (http://tinyurl.com/5mqur9) ...Word of The Day #3: Bristol - v. 1. To engage in unprotected sexual intercourse as a minor and, esp., lecture other minors against the practice of unprotected sexual intercourse. ...Sarah Palin in college (http://tinyurl.com/ye8szqc) ...Yack suggests a new high-concept series about a group of brave time-travelers changing the course of history by surprise-sexing famous women of various epochs. ...Um, Flick and his brother used to, um, touch their youknows to The Virgin Mary figure of their mother's 12" nativity set. Colon-El, upon hearing the story, is inspired to write a Christmas carol - "Donkey Now Our Gay Apparel" - and conceive a new porno movie - A LAY IN THE MANGER, starring Sarah Palin, as "Mary," and Milton Berle, as "The Donkey." This summer, MANGER...THINGS...HAVE...HAPPENED! ...If he were a time-traveler, Guppy would cock-block Thomas Jefferson by surprise-sexing Sally Hemings. ...Meanwhile, Sixies is first and reserves our next BAMF destination. ...A couple of leprechauns (http://tinyurl.com/yzz36zb), (http://tinyurl.com/yzxrpbp) ...spud mcspud wants to play, too. ...Mac describes Peeberdom as "a fire engine with steering at both ends only it has jack knifed and is taking up the whole road barreling down the street at 90 mph." ...Col. works The Night Shift by himself, feeling like "Cheeses without the beer," until Flick shows up to fret about the Health care Reform Bill vote with him. ...On ex-lawyers and writers (http://tinyurl.com/yeyy9qn) ...Cheeses makes fun of mis-spellings by mis-spelling and tells the guys not to worry because the government has "all of our best interests at heart." ... -
She said she likes packages.
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BTW, last I looked, "REDS" was around 3h20m. It's boring as hell, but beautifully shot.
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"At the end of the day, when we take a vote, he's not going to be out there supporting me and running my elections. It's going to be up to me to run my election. And it's up to me to decide on my own that this is in the best interests of my district." - Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, D
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That's right, ditch digging.
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He's the guy who demanded that your Average Joe be way more involved in politics... and the reason the unwashed masses of blithering idiots (i.e., TeaBaggers) have any influence at all. Who needs the beverage?
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That's because I'm a selfish prick. I already have decent insurance that I don't use as it is, so I don't really give a shit what happens. A public option would be nice, but whatever happens, the Republicans will post massive gains in November and go about quickly dismantling everything the Democrats put together like some douchebag drunken surfer trampling on a kid's elaborate sand castle. Oh well.
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They'd have to basically take over completely, and I don't think they will do that. Not enough people are back in love with the GOP yet, who fell out over the Bush years.
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I'm trailing off a very slight hangover (this is more due to the 4 hrs sleep I got than the beers I drank last night). And now, I gotta go and make good on a day of errands I have to finish. How be you all?
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...the current employer based system makes it nearly impossible for the self employed to afford coverage...more than $10,000 a year on average. That's just too much for the self employed to absorb.
If I get seriously ill, I'm fucked.
And on the non-personal side, it's ridiculous to have your care tied to your employer these days...people don't spend 40 years working for Ford the way they used to. Having to change every time you change jobs is ridiculous, and forbid you get sick during the transition between jobs...you may never get coverage again. You're damaged goods. -
http://tinypic.com/r/9rswpf/5
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Or the short memories of the voting public. It's not about people falling back in the love with the wingnuts, but about the wingnuts ability to galvanize a vocal hatred of those in power.
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I have a problem with politicians not doing anything because all that matters is the next election. We did not vote them in to campaign for the next election. We voted them in to pass laws. I've had it with career politicians. TERM LIMITS PLEASE!!!
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Ahll be bahck.
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My girl just upped her phone plan to include unlimited texting. I thought this would be a good idea, ya know, let her start texting people. Oh no... now I get texts all the time! And they're mostly sweet requests like "Can you pick up a bottle of pino grigio before you come home?" or other innocuous queries. But I've got a feeling they're going to add up if this pace continues. I feel like Chuck Heston on the beach in PLANET OF THE APES. Damn you!!!!
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[IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/23wa13r.jpg[/IMG] Please help me get it off!!!
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I think term limits on representatives and senators is a pretty decent idea. It would at least get rid of the whole name recognition thing. But then we lose the plot to "The Distinguished Gentleman" and I'm not sure I want to live in that world. And Flicka, I understand what you're saying. But I'm the type who never goes to the doctor anyway. I broke my foot a few months ago and I still didn't go. And I actually have pretty decent coverage. I think without a public option that the entire enterprise of reform is relatively useless.
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That's an awesome picture.
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...EVERY THIRD TEXT SHALL BE A DIRTY TEXT, ON PAIN OF (filthy punishment of your choice)!
That sort of thing usually works for me...you're not making it sound as though you don't want to hear from her, and either 1- she texts you less. Good for you. 2- she follows the rules and dirty texts you. Good for you. 3- She breaks the rules and must dance for your pleasure. Good for you. -
Or was it Tina Fey? Either way, I don't need that shit on my favorite tv show. It's bad enough I gotta see her stupid ass everywhere the fuck else.
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1981.Directed by and starring Warren Beatty. With Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Maureen Stapleton.This historical romance wants to be a sweeping epic. Beatty and Keaton portray Jack Reed and Louise Bryant, two young American progressives who were present at the heart of the Soviet revolution in Russia in the mid-19teens and separated by its aftermath in the 1920s. At just over three hours long, the pacing is mostly frenetic, cramming too much information into the allotted time - successful only when it slows down for a few moments' worth of intimacy and argument. It's engaging as a portrait of a passionate, idealistic, disillusioned and redeemed relationship. It's a fucking useless muddle as a depiction of a hopeful, fearful, dangerous moment in history. Doesn't help that the ending is a complete fabrication. Doesn't help, either, to have portions of it narrated by a couple dozen actual "Witnesses," contradictory old codgers with memories as wrinkled as their skin and nothing much interesting to say. Not nearly enough of David Lean-y style grandeur. Not nearly enough focus. Too much Hollywood fuzzy lighting.★★★☆☆ ½
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Why are Sawyer and Miles cops? And why was Sawyer dorking the redhead. I've missed the first part of the season and now I'm...well...lost.
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Gimme your star rating for CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY because I want to put your review up in The Shelter Archives, if you don't mind.
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I'm so rude.
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"I pity the phone."
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On a five star basis, I'd give it three and a half. Pretty average, effective in parts but overall a disappointment.
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I don't even own a cell-phone.
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I showered.
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Oddest thing I've ever seen in that crazy ass factory. Apparently the rabbi comes in every where to bless our glue, to make sure it's kosher. That's the coolest thing I've ever heard. I really wanted to question him about "A Serious Man."
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whomever they cast as Captain America? At least 18 years of one's life? Ugh. Don't do it Chris.
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That's a bad thing, 'cause almost everyone I know has a blatant refusal to call me. In their defense, I refuse to answer my phone, so maybe texting is the only way people can actually get a hold of me.
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I thought kosher was all about what one ate.Yeah, I'm ignorant.
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I don't see how an actor would be able to refuse a deal like that. no matter what, you've got work for a while. No falling off the radar for you.
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That was one of the many reasons that the whole ordeal was dismaying and fascinating.
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We have a lot in common. I don't have caller ID, either, so I just let the phone ring. Maybe I'll check voice-mail in a day or two. Whatever.I'm casual.I don't want to be available to pick up some pinot on the way home. And, I don't need to know, right this minute, the funny thing you just saw at the coffee shop. Think about it, let it stew, add some intriguing details, even if you have to make them up, and tell me about it when you see me. It'll be better if I pretend to care to your face. I'm better at it.No wonder I'm single.
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The second storyline this year takes place in an alternate universe where the plane never crashed on the island and the castaways are all better people with better lives for the most part. Why they are all still connected is yet to be revealed.
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in front of a green screen until you're in your mid-40s? No thanks!
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I just cannot see The Marvel Universe being worth nine movies.You couldn't find nine Bond movies or nine Dracula movies that I thought the world could do without.
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Mar 20, 2010 11:51:14 AM CDT
Hehe. "It'll be better if i pretend to car to your face."
by lotharius3rd1118
That's funny, man. My thing is that whenever someone calls my cell, I pick it up and stare at until the person calling just goes away. Even worse about texting is the proliferation of "drunk texting." It's much worse than drunk dialing, because at least you can follow the flow of a conversation during a drunk dial call. Not so with drunk texting.
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that the dude in that new Fox show Human Target play Captain America. I think that is a pretty inspired casting choice. Lothar I won't go into the myriad of reasons Krasinski is not right for the part.
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It's so awesome to just be able to text a chick rather than have to talk to her sometimes. And chicks generally feel the same way. At least I think so. I'd have to defer to EssDub.
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Eventually everyone will have to converge.
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I think that is misinformation. They don't even know if Cap America is going to be a hit. It could be another Fantastic Four. That must be wrong. You figure 3 Cap films at the most. And 3 Avengers films tops. It must include small cameos in other films. That would make sense and would not be so bad on an actor.
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should have some purpose behind it.Can you, for example, turn a phrase like Col. or Stabby?Can you muse like Flick or Yack?Do you speak in malapropisms like Cheeses types?If not, why am I listening to you?"Uh-huh.""Yes.""Uh-huh.""That's nice.""OK""Uh-huh.""Really?""Nothing.""Sunny. 65 degrees.""Uh-huh.""OK."
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I would wanna choke a bitch. Maybe if you're date was being insanely obnoxious and you can drop text moonings and various other bits of mischievous rudeness.
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Mar 20, 2010 12:02:42 PM CDT
Texting anyone when you're in the physical company of someone el
by subtitles_off
"Excuse me, I'm going to be rude for a minute. You don't mind? Don't bother answering. The question is moot.""Um, why am I here, again, exactly?"
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The lack thereof was one of the things I hated about the Batman series. And it really bothered me that Katie Holmes was replaced by Maggie Gylenhall in TDK as terrible as she was. I know it doesn't seem to bother most people, but it does me.
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where everyone is at every second of the day, you know, just in case, well, alrighty, people have managed for hundreds of years, but, whatever, I get it. You can, so you must.But a society of people asking "what are you doing?" 24/7 is ridiculous. You gotta admit, 89% of the time - at least - the answer is "nothing."
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has to do with cameos. Like RDJ popping up in "The Incredible Hulk." Not nine actual movies. I read one TBer saying that they would rather see Evans doing The Flash. Now that I would watch with a lot less trepidation than a smarmy Captain America.
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It's not like "Rachel Dawes" was so integral they couldn't have named the character something else.
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any other Scrabblers...
http://www.quadplex.com/
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wait a minute...
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If Evans becomes Captain America what happens when they make the inevitable Secret Wars movie? AND THERE WILL BE A SECRET WARS MOVIE!!!
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Mar 20, 2010 12:12:41 PM CDT
It's also very hard to keep a text conversation going.
by lotharius3rd1118
You write something witty, you get a reply of "lol." Ooh, thanks for giving me something to play off of. "What r u doing?" "Eh. not much. u?" "Eh. not much." "Taylor is sooo hot." "yeah." Wow, I'm glad someone took the time out of their day to write than little exchange down for prosperity.
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So I gotta ask. What's Secret Wars?
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as The Flash than as Green Lantern, but I don't know. Those are just visuals and type-castings in my head. These guys are actors. You have to expect them to be able to act. They don't have to be the same thing in everything they do.I had the same gut reaction against John Krasinski as Stabby did. I really like John Krasinski, too. I just get a different picture in my mind when I hear "Captain America."I'm not saying Chris Evans fits my mental image any better, either. I liked him as "Johnny" in FANTASTIC FOUR - it was just a junky movie. Actually, I think he has shown too much personality for Captain America. If any role ever called for a muscled, square-jawed BLANK STARE, it's C.A. I mean, where's this generation's Dolph Lundgren when you need one?
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I really don't like the replacement of Terrence Howard with Don Cheadle as Col. James Rhodes. But they kind of look the same so it may not bother me as much. (Please not this was sarcasm.)
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And, it diminished RDJ in my mind, too. If you believe the pre-press to IRON MAN, Howard was really important in getting Downey involved in the first place.Nothing against, Cheadle, but it'd be like getting Danny Glover as "Lucius Fox." Um, just write the character out.
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Mar 20, 2010 12:21:00 PM CDT
That's another reason this 9-picture deal thing is hogwash.
by subtitles_off
Nobody can keep a cast intact for nine movies.
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A god-like being kidnaps all the Super Heros and Super Villains in the Marvel Universe and puts them all together on a secluded planet to play war games against each other.
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I love me some Don Cheadle, but it sucks to see one actor's take on a character and then have it switched up in the next movie of the series. I think this'll be a particularly jarring transition.
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I mean as far as an army Col.
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Kinda sounds like a cross between Battle Royale and that episode of Futurama with all the Star Trek OS cast on a planet ruled by an all powerful fanboy. I'll have to check it out.
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I want grace jones as capt. America!!
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I think "Secret Wars" is huge. It's an epic "Crisis"-style crossover event. Plus, I think there have been two of them.I could be wrong, though.
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I really wanted to see him be able to use his military training to fuck some shit up as War Machine. Then again, I'm still a little disappointed that they are not already diving into the Tony Stark alcoholism subplot.
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As saying that. They don't wanna more more the 300k for the actor playing the cap'n
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Most terrifying Bond girl in history, and that's coming out of a time when a Bond girl could be a man.
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And yes there were 2. I never read the second 1. But, I believe they are both collected as graphic novels.
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Everyone knows I'm not that much invested in any Marvel character - any superhero character for that matter.And, that's precisely the reason I might enjoy CAPTAIN AMERICA more than the last four Batman films. No investment in the character means I can just take the thing as it is on-screen. Since I'm expecting it to be dumb, when it isn't - X-MEN II, SPIDER-MAN II, IRON MAN - I can enjoy it. Then, on the other hand, when it is useless - all the other Marvel movies I've ever seen - I don't get all that worked up about it.
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He was solid in SUNSHINE
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they're just going to have to throw out that contract anyway. No actor is going to settle for less than $3 million over 20 years to be part of a "franchise."
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Just don't bring any of your new friends home with you, OK, son? They're kind of creepy.
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CAPTAIN AMERICA has a lousy director - IMO - so it doesn't matter who gets cast in it.
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Awesome 'moose!
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Think marvels trying to lowball here.. And considering that this character is supposed to be the "leader" of the avengers..the actors who salivating at 300k are basically noobys..actors with charm and chemistry won't even look at the script for 300k!
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Fuck around, 'moose. That was a pretty funny read. Also, kudos to your fearlessness on wading into that wretched hive of scum and villainy known as the Palinback.
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In honey I shrunk the kids...or Timmy Dalton in the rocketeer
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is a term for Down Syndrome. And Trig is such a weird name that it can't be just a coincidence.
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I didn't know that. Also, I'd be reluctant to call Johnston a lousy director. A lousy storyteller, maybe. but he's got a good visual style and can pace a movie with the best of them. His films are streamlined, sleek, and entertaining. "October Sky" is another primo example along with the old-school blast of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."
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Down syndrome, or Down's syndrome (primarily in the United Kingdom),[1][2] trisomy 21, or trisomy G, is a chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British physician who described the syndrome in 1866.
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RE:Trig, I can't believe more hasn't been made of that connection.
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Answered an ad while a student at Cal State-Long Beach, which was looking for employees. That ad was for George Lucas whom Johnston became acquainted with. He was employed a storyboard artist who would watch Lucas do his editing. Eventually, Johnston decided to leave Lucas' company and travel with the money he had saved up. But Lucas suggested that he go to USC film school (his alma mater), which Lucas would get him to the front of the line for applicants, pay for his tuition, and keep Johnston as a part time employee with his salary. Johnston said he would have been crazy not to accept the offer and immediately said yes.
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gobble the goo!
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Kind of makes sense.
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It was pretty bad. Still, I dodn't want to hold that against the man, 'cause I've seen him do some pretty terrific stuff before. Gotta admit, Stabby, that's a hell of a connection on the name of the Palin baby.
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allegations?
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who has posted photos she alleges to prove that Palin does photo ops with a more photogenic Down's Syndrom child.
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Shit, go ahead and tell me. If anything I may be able to use it to push my family into blind conservative rage.
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Hahahahahahhahahahaha! I'll have to look that up to get the fireworks started this Easter.
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I just looked up and it's fucking snowing! It was seventy damn degrees yesterday. Man, Mother Nature is one schizophrenic bitch these days.
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a severely damaged ear, but there are also photos of her holding a baby during the election with perfect ears. It sounds so whacked. But, when you think of someone callously naming their baby after his condition, and you consider the level of theater that person applies to their conduct, it's not entirely inconceivable.
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Will the real Tri-G throw up.
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And speaking of which I should get out for at least a little while on this nice day. Talk to you gents later.
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She was recently in my area on her way to some sort of speech in Little Rock. She stopped at a Wal-Mart and was wearing camo pants. she also made jokes about how Arkansans make moonshine. She actively insulted all the people around her and they ate it up. At this point, nothing about her would surprise me.
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It looks like my outdoors activities will be postponed for the day. Maybe I'll just stay in and drink.
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I think I'll come back and drink with you. It's not snowing here, but it's gray and rainy.
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Talk at you later.
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Mar 20, 2010 3:01:32 PM CDT
Flick, I'm definitely going to throw that out there re: texts
by yackbacker
Thank you, sir. You may have a dirty manger but you possess a brilliant mind.
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http://tinyurl.com/yc9el5d
Didn't know this happened... Then again, of course it wouldn't be a big story in America. I was just listening to all of his music last week. Weird.
You'll probably recognize him for his work on Samurai Champloo (an anime from the creator of Cowboy Bebop).
nujabes.ytmnd.com
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the one time i wanna quickly catch up and I can't find it. No bigs. Somebody gimme a quick run down of the current topics. I'm lazy today.Oh....hello everyone. How are you?Forgive me. I have lost all patients with the "real world".
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We've been talking wine, Chris Evans as Captain America, REDS, Sarah Palin's prop baby, texting, and the weather. 'moose just dropped a link to a hip-hopper from Japan who was killed in an accident.
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What else do I wanna know..?.....How YOU doin?*wink*
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We had a productive day. Found our DJ. Bought some merferin' corned beef and cabbage, and now we're lettin' it simmer.
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Corned beef is very popular this week.
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Mar 20, 2010 4:17:20 PM CDT
So REDS turned out to be pretty OK for you, Subs, huh?
by colonelfatheart
Flawed but somewhat good. The woman and I are planning on some TOTAL RECALL action tonight, and I got IN THE LOOP yesterday, so it's shaping up to a pretty good next couple days.
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I ate a huge plate of corned beef, cabbage and potoato's on the official day and now I have "the hunger" for it.
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Now that you've contracted a DJ, it's all downhill, and you can call her "the woman," huh?
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I have Dead Alive and Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day at home. Revisiting Dead Alive...for obvious reasons.
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"The asshole."
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Electric Slide bull shit. Worst part of any wedding. No conga line either. In fact just elliminate any kind of group fun. Horde all the fun for yourself.
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Do elaborate.
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usually she is right.
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Mar 20, 2010 4:23:30 PM CDT
No Chicken Dance. No Electric Slide. No Cha Cha Slide.
by colonelfatheart
We want dancing, but none of that bullshit. This DJ knows what the fuck he's doing, too.
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Hopefully it'll go right over her grandparents' heads.
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Seasons 3-5 were my introduction to the series and seem to be the best. The first movie wasn't that great.It is a "The Office" style show as in, it is a reality/fiction about 3 guys in a Trailer Park. Ricky, Julian and Bubbles. Seems like each season begins with someone getting out of jail and ends with someone going back. They spend most of their time with get rich quick schemes, drugs, and dodging the Park Patrolman, Mr Lahey (the best character imho) a gay drunk.Ellen Page got her start in the early seasons.It is so fuckin funny/Canadian.
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SHAUN OF THE DEAD.
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Higher baby!
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He got out three years from now just to commit more crime
A businessman is caught with 24 kilos
He’s out on bail and out of jail
And that’s the way it goes
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i know the song, just never knew the name I guess.
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sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This aint funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose
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Yours, Subs?
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IN THE LOOP is awesome, Col. I think you'll like it.I don't know why "Trailer Park Boys" sounds so familiar to me. Where might I have seen it?
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Scandal, I live in Fear and Red Beard the other day. Where should I begin?
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...who that is at the shelter.
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It's Music Trivia Saturday Night.Sometimes I just don't feel up for it, though, you know?
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I recorded those other two as well.I also got DERSU UZALA from Netflix. I could have my own little Kurosawa marathon.
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http://tinyurl.com/yz78ydr
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a gun strapped to his leg. I'm guessing some sort of anime character?
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It seems like I work everyday cause I'm off Monday and Tuesday and usually I am babysitting my niece or preoccupied with family or girlfriend stuff and I only pop in once or twice on those days.I'm on here the most when I am at work. My schedule is about to change to 4a.m.-1p.m. Monday through Friday though.
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I can't see it. bullshit.
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all weekend long. These slobbering ignorant fucks need to be exposed and their leaders embarrassed back under their rocks.
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Fight fire with fire! I want to start punching people in the face, just like I said yesterday.
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as if they have a right to their point of view.
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"They are who we thought they are!" We better not let 'em off the hook.
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But I don't think I could do the zombie shift. You cool with that?
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where was this kind of outrage over a war fought strictly for the profit of our leaders. Try to help people and your a fagg*t/n!gger. Kill a whole nation and your a hero.I'm moving to a trailer park in Canada.
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But it is the media's responsibility to call them on it and ridicule them for it. And we have a responsibility to treat them as they are: spoiled fucking children who need a good crack on the ass and permanent timeout. Or, failing that, punches in the fucking jaw. Fucking media. I saw Jon Voigt on TV today being interviewed with the teabagger horde, and the interviewer was treating him as if he were some noble leader of a righteous movement. They camera panned around at the crowd around him. A great lake of caucasian faces crinkled in masks of red rage.
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Weekends off is key. I'll be able to hit up happy hours during the week and whenever they cancel a newscast for the holidays it is the morning shift. They usually will do the 6 and 11 come hell or high water.
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I'm against Freedom of Speech for Tea-Baggers. You have to either have graduated high school or be making progress toward your GED, or you're not allowed to go outside.People need that air.
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Guess which network it was on?
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Or is he just acting outrageous until his daughter agrees to speak to him again?
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Mar 20, 2010 5:16:44 PM CDT
Where are all the smart, intelligent, reasonable Conservos?
by subtitles_off
You know, the ones who were wringing their hands and demanding respect for Dubbya and Cheney? Why aren't these people opening their fucking mouths now?
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I used to work shit like 4 pm-12 am and 5:30 pm to 1:30 am. But it was cool because I was single and the bars around Atlantic City were open late. Shit, there are bars IN Atlantic City that never close.
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http://tinyurl.com/yg4e5y2
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You know that. You start taking away free speech from one group, it opens the floodgates. This, of course, goes without saying... For example, if someone decided to call me ScaryCunt, they would have every right to do so... but if you take away his or her right to do that, it's only a matter of time before I won't be allowed to retaliate and call them MotherFuckingDouchebag. See, you force ONE immature group to watch its mouth, you have to force us ALL to... and I can't support that. It is sick, though, that basically the only people calling the DoucheBaggers out on their bullshit are Stewart and Colbert. Oh, and Voight is a twatwaffle. Always has been, always will be.
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Mar 20, 2010 5:22:43 PM CDT
In fairness, David Frum, one of Bush's ex-speechwriters,
by colonelfatheart
has been condemning this lurch toward Beck-ian insanity and Limbaugh-esque derision. He's one of the few on the right to actually warn the GOP about the consequences they face in being obstructionists on health care. He says the GOP, by refusing to even negotiate, has missed its chance to be part of a landmark legislation that will help define the nation for decades to come and will pay the electoral price, if not in the upcoming midterm elections, but in subsequent ones.
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...they're at the crest of the Crazy Wave. See, bitching about the president is only unpatriotic if he's the guy YOU voted for. I thought everyone knew this.
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is the dude that throws $2 on the guy...if everyone did that, it is essentially all they are asking.
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He says things I agree with.
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Motherfuckers. The last gasp of a dying racial majority. A violent death rattle. Everyone's gonna get splattered with blood and phlegm.
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Is the god of the Pedalback today.
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Totally in favor of rounding everybody up who wants to be on a public street parroting an uninformed "opinion," asking them a few specific questions and, if they answer incorrectly, removing their reproductive organs. And their tongues.
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I used to sell video games, goddamnit.
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I don't care. Where's reasonable debate gonna get me?
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I'm not surprised.
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I'm just so angry I can't see straight.At least I'm not out on the street throwing rocks at some asshole in a Stone Cold Steve Austin tee-shirt.)
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It's his job to know things. Except sometimes when he's surprised to learn a new Metal Gear has been built.
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Or, Mr. Snake?
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The rantings are partly inspired by the awesomely insane plot in the games, which deal with the illuminati (aka The Patriots, aka La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo) being computers that run every fucking thing across the board.
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He's partly inspired by Snake Plisskin, so bless ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, while you're at it, Col.
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I was making a protest line of snow angels outside. Then I chased a squirrel and fell down a holler and twisted my ankle. All in all, not bad for an Arkansas Saturday.
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Except the teabaggers. They can suck shit.
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gonna run a bitchin' image of Batman through that ASCII program of yours for me?
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http://tinyurl.com/yfyqhey
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I've been saying simply outrageous things.I think I'm done, though, now.
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Homo Raindow?
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probably hate it.
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I like rainbows.
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in the face of the guy with Parkinson's has earned the Douchebag of the Year Award. I'm a pacifist by nature, but I wouldn't brake for that asshole if I saw him crossing the street. I can't remember the last time I felt this disgusted with the state of our nation. What ever happened to common decency? Or just simple compassion for that matter. Kind of wish there were some 1960's Birmingham cops with fire hoses aimed at those jackasses. Give them an idea of what actual oppression is.
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Mar 20, 2010 5:59:08 PM CDT
I do agree that you should have to pass a test...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
to register to vote. In Texas you don't even have to show identification...
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"...you won't see me again..." and she plucks Daryl Hannahs eye out.
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Oops.Didn't I say I was done saying outrageous things?
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Who you calling a malapropism?
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in the Union. That honor still goes to Mississipi.
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I just can't wrap my head around the existence of a state that actively protects an area of land that is nothing but an infestation of bugs and killer reptiles. That's why I'm passing along the petition NUKE THE EVERGLADES! It's the only reasonable thing to do.
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I'm sure it was already talked about but, how does everyone feel about Chris Evans as Cap? Cheeses..your a comics guy.
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I complimented your malapropisms as a more interesting alternative to texting.
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bulk him up...and, sure, why not..?Capt don't talk a lot, anyway....and he has the handsome face goin' on...I would rather see the dude from Human Target, though...
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that I thought John Krasinski was a decent pick. I'm sure Chris Evans will do fine, but I don't really see him in the part.
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I'm just going off the thread on the front page here.
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"Not Another Teen Movie" is on. I hate all of the lame spoof movies that have become a cinematic STD in the last few years, but that one had some pretty funny moments. Particularly with the Molly Ringwald cameo.
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Maybe I should look that word up...Lotharman....you should join the 'Pave the Earth Foundation'...One Earth, All Asphalt...
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How dumb would Evans be to pass up the offer? 9 picture deal and it isn't like he is getting these meaty roles.
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but not a particularly clever one would be "Cack the Fowboys."
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cause it had Leslie and that Naked Gun feel. Disaster Movie on the other hand was a disgrace. I watched it with a friend who likes dumb shit and neither one of us could make it through the movie. One of the very few movies I have deemed unwatchable.
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getting better roles, depending on the schedule for those nine pictures.Like I said earlier, unless that can be two films and seven brief cameos, he'd be something of an idiot to commit to wearing a rubber muscle suit into his forties.
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I'd be a lot more interested in the project if Johnston weren't the director, though.
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I don't want to do the whole Earth. There are some parts that are interesting and pretty. But the Everglades gotta go. I think we can stand to take out a few of the world's deserts while we're at it. I mean, really, why preserve the desert. There's nothing there. That's why it's a desert. The same goes for the Alaskan tundra. Pointless waste of land. But after that, I'm cool with just letting nature be.
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Nine movies with Captain America?Not unless they're planning four reboots, anyway.
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You can't sign professional atheletes for half that at a time...So if the other 7 films never get made....does that mean Chris still gets paid?
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and Travis Van Winkle would have been a good fit. He is normally the douche but he could be Cap and he definately has nothing going on.
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White-bread, square-jawed, jock-next-door.But they both skew too young.
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of all the Marvel Superheroes.
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I heard he was going to play both Gorbachev and Reagan in the supernatural romance "The Wall of Desire." I even heard that director Woody Allen was going to have him play the roles as long lost twins born to a vampire Egyptian mummy and that there was going to be a powerful scene where Evans Reagan confesses his love of Evans Gorbi atop the Berlin Wall while fending off a horde of zombies raised by the demonic Joe McCarthy.
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away with it. He is a name people know and he has "the jaw". Getting to that age your talking too Subs. Mark Valley is to old I think Cheeses. What is he gonna look like in picture 9?
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Casperman...I bet he grew up to look JUST like Cap...square jaw and all...
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I get your point.But you never know. My point is, any actor, with any aspirations or ambitions at all, isn't likely to commit 20 years to a comic-book franchise.
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a genetic hybrid of Cera, Cruise and Bale?
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on some stuntman and create Captain America in a computer.
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that movie has it all. I hope the Cold War gets a proper reperesentation with interpretive dance.
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wasn't around when they made the last Captain America movie. He would have been a good fit in that little masterpiece.
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If he shines as Cap, and a chunk of the other pictures in the deal are indeed cameos, he may well end up with some juicier roles.
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Cruise and Downey could've sold AVENGERS.Downey, Evans and "the guy who plays Thor"?
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Friday the 13th.
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were going to do a hypnotic dance number at the beginning that brought today's audience up to speed by dancing through recreations of the most important moments of Russian-American relations.
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steely gaze then Casper can't handle it. Dude is standing in the display of a Macy's window right now.
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after a gorgeous week of 70's...Just sayin'...
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That boy was kinda coming into his own with his last few movies. And, while I'm not a big fan of "Mad Men," Jon Hamm would have been a better fit in the age group that the Avengers will be in by the time they get to making it.
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and, I don't have to be anywhere until Monday morning....
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Don't feel inadequate.
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Cobes is on sabbatical....but yes.
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It's been snowing in my neck of the woods for most of the day. Mac, that joke about van Dien in the display window of Macy's is a sublime bit of genius. My hat is off to you, sir.
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...seems like it could be a subjective imaginary line, like time zones or something.
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of the 2 FF movies...besides when the dyed blonde Invisible Girl was all in puplic in her underwear...more than once,actually
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I guess I better get cooking. time to smoke a bowl, put "Big Trouble in Little China" on in the background, and make a Jack and Coke.
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Making him a serious icon seems off to me.
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Mar 20, 2010 6:46:11 PM CDT
...hey Colonel, I found a sample of that donkey/elephant...
by flickapoo
...magazine cover if you still want it.
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yesterday.
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"I'm gonna tell you a little story and I don't wanna here 'Act of God'...."
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I opened my first beer at 5:30 pm CST...I also smoked my first bowl at that time. It is now 6:50 PM CST and I am halfway thru my 4th beerand about to load my second bowl...That's about as zero as I go...Also, I have been up since 6:00 AM CST and last ate around 2:00 PM CST....
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...to send your address to Subs, and have him forward it to me...
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My family, McQueen, , Paul Verhoeven and of course Casper Van Dien. If not for his one note emoting none of this would have been possible.
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I could email it to you directly, if that's no problem.
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Has anybody seen the extended sequence after the brothel attack where Gracie Law give Jack a health drink made up of a lot of crazy things. At the end of the scene he goes off on a rant about going after the bad guys. "Let me at 'em. I'm ready goddammit!" "Or give me some more of this stuff and put on a ball game." That was awesome.
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...but that old one, the one with the wolves, and you fight Liquid Snake on top of a Metal Gear at the end...that was a big gaming experience for me.
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he is essential to STARSHIP TROOPERS' success.
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Liquid Snake.
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Mar 20, 2010 7:07:32 PM CDT
Casper could be essential to Cap, too, Colonelman...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
I mean, c'mon...'Lop's opinions, notwithstanding... Cap IS a one note character...
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in various states of undress, posed ridiculously? They're the real heroes!
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Time for dinner. See ya around.
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I think that will go on my list of shit to watch tonight. You're right, Col. It was actually his sterile, dry delivery that gave that world its uniform focus. NPH was just aping van Dien in that movie.
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...sorry it was ever born. You teach it a hard lesson.He did say that's what he was having...right?
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RE: comic books.I told you yesterday they plan to make Bruce Wayne his own great-grandfather. Well, they also plan to bring his father back from the dead.I hate comic books.
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regularly with van Dien are upset about all the notice he gets. I mean, he couldn't do what he does every day if it weren't for their support. REAL AMERICAN HEROES!!! My hat's off to you, Mr. Half-Naked Mannequin Forced to Pose with Casper van Dien. MR. HALF-NAKED MANNEQUIN FORCED TO POSE WITH CASPER VAN DIEN!!
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http://tinyurl.com/yccrl5t Hmmm..she isn't the one with an arm off though, and she was in Worlds Greatest Dad. Who knew?
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...symbolism with a fucking hammer, baby.
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as they read it, am I?
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from the dead. In fact, I thought they had already done it and that Thomas Wayne was now a supercriminal bent on Batman's destruction. That might be the single dumbest storyline in the history of comics. Imagine the meetings for that one: DRUNK GUY, "I've got an idea. Let's take everything that's worked for the last eighty goddamn years and shit all over it!"
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...I have a feeling there are some good jokes flying, but I can't figure out what's going on for once.I'm dimly aware of this van Dien guy, but I got nuthin'.
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I sang it as I was writing it.
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there are mannequins in Sierra Leone with no arms....I'll thank them as well.
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It is a dying artform and form of entertainment...Because it doesn't know it's core audience...and it doesn't have the class to just suck that train dry respectfully, with entertaining plausable stories, and make the transformation into Motion Pictures and direct to DVD cartoons...
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Ripping off Heinlen...Sheesh...
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i know that i have millions of dollars across town that i don't care about.
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pretending to be Thomas Wayne in order to drive Batman crazy. I shit you not, these are the current plot points in Batman comics: His dead sidekick, Jason Todd, has been resurrected as a result of Superboy punching a hole in time or space or something. Bruce Wayne is now a time-traveler, as a result of being shot by some kind of ray gun belonging to Darkseid. One of his clones had been substituted in his grave after being dressed up - by Superman - in a spare bat-costume. Said clone corpse has been body-snatched by somebody in order to be used somehow to raise zombies of dead DC characters. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne has a biological son who is dressed up as Robin and partnering up with Dick Grayson who is now "Batman," while some other dude has had facial reconstruction in order to masquerade as "Bruce Wayne."I really hate comics.
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...if you decide to get a PS3. I'll leave you with one MGS4 spoiler: You get to control a fixed up Metal Gear... REX, the same one you fought Liquid upon.
In the meantime, catch-up:
http://tinyurl.com/yj7ekvf
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Catwoman has had her heart removed, frozen by Mr. Freeze, held for ransom - because, you know, why ransom the whole person when you can ransom her organs one at a time? - and finally replaced by some superhero with magical healing powers (but not the scar-free type of magical healing powers.) So, she's running around being Catwoman and occasionally experiencing chest pains while punching the Penguin, or something.I hate comics.
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Casper van Dien, the soap opera star of "Starship Troopers," was tossed out earlier as a possible candidate for Captain America. Mac made a pretty solid joke about van Dien's non-acting earning him a coveted job as a display mannequin in the Macy's department store. Subs asked if whether the rest the mannequins in provocative states of dress are the real heroes. I wrote the praises of mannequins working with van Dien to the tune of the Budweiser Salutes commercials.
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Older than you. Unemployed. Upset about Batman comics.That's gotta be a new geek low.I'm so embarrassed.
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...I played the old METAL GEAR on my PC, and loved it. After that I was an XBox guy...HALO, and SPLINTER CELL etc... My DW played the next METAL GEAR, but it didn't look that great to me, especially after SPLINTER CELL. I like to run a few years behind, so instead of getting a 360 I got a PS2, mostly to play GOD OF WAR and stuff. I hear that Vietnam-ish looking METAL GEAR (3?) is very good...true?And will MG4 come out for 360? Because I think that's where I'm going next.
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Give me a fuckin' break...Gave it all up, except Green Lantern, 'till the end of the Sinestro Wars...It's an EXPENSIVE fuckin' habit to develop...I just finally went cold turkey...
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...are they the new kind of mannequins?...the kind with erect nipples?
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I've been saying outrageous things and hate comic books. The other guys have all been drinking. 'moose has been hyping Solid Snake. Col. left to go have dinner. Mac admires casper van Dien's ability to impersonate a mannequin. You're mostly caught up.
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Please, for the love of God, tell me that that's not what's actually happening in those comics! I had to read your posts numerous times trying to process the idiocy of those plot lines.
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It's been a three-way battle between the Pedalback, Capback and Cuntback all day long.
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You look that big sucker right in the eye and you tell him what Jack Burton always says at a time like that. Have you paid your dues, Jack. Yes, sir. The check is in the mail.
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or the little old basket case on wheels?"
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Was that any good? I can't remember...
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Kim Cattrall in both Big Trouble in Little China and Mannequin!
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Or Kim "Vulcan Chick" Cattrall?
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Exaggerating only slightly for humorous effect, but, yes, the most "human" of the superheroes has gone off the frigging rails.
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Don't remember much about it though. Definitely Vulcan Kim Cattrall.
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My brother has been bitching about the direction that the Batman comics have taken for the last year or so, but I had no idea how bad it has gotten. And I was so excited when I heard that Neil Gaiman would be working on it. Thank God I don't read comics anymore.
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Where the subterranean monster leaps out of a wall and eats one of Egg's warriors. Egg throws a spell to banish it. EGG: It will come out no more. JACK BURTON: (nervous as Hell) WHAT?! WHAT WILL COME OUT NO MORE?!
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...the stuff you guys are talking about I guess, but I've been to a few independent comics shows in NY...the kind made by one guy with a pencil and $200 worth of printing costs...
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"You tellin' I'm comin'! And Hell's comin' with me, you hear! Hell's comin' with me!" That man does badass like nobody's business.
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you don't have to tell me lotharman
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...for me to, in good conscience, recommend it. Now, if they produce a Slim model to follow PlayStation's suit, which has been rumored recently, with the right alterations, then I'd say go for it. There's nothing worse than buying an expensive console and a few months later, out rolls a better, cheaper version. With the possibility of the infamous Red Ring of Death being a distant memory, I'd wait.
There's no chance of MGS4 releasing on Xbox 360. There will be a spinoff game called Metal Gear Solid: Rising for the 360, but it's so intrinsically tied to MGS4 plot-wise, I don't know how it will make sense to newcomers.
Keep your PS2 (PS3 is not PS2 compatible), and get the MGS collection I linked to. Each game is sorta required playing to get the story, which is so complicated it's insane.
MGS4 is best in the series and it is worth buying a PS3 Slim for. It's also the last in the series, other than a few remaining spinoffs to come, which can be ignored.
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But I also heard it is awesome. Also, do you need to have played the previous 3 to understand the story. I don't have a PS2.
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but BioWare doesn't deal with Sony. And I can't live without my BioWare RPG's. Fucking Mass Effect is one of the coolest series in the history of video games. A Mass Effect movie is something that I could certainly get behind and have high hopes for. Drago Age: Origins was also a lot of fun and anyone who hasn't played Jade Empire needs to stop what they're doing and get ready to be wowed.
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I take it.
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Hope he wins...
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I just came up with that one today. Don't know if somebody already did or not.
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It was rather abstract and out of "continuity." it sort of applied the Batman mythology to Gaiman's trademarked interest in "story-telling." I enjoyed it. It stands alone, apart from all the other stuff which is Grant Morrison. (He's another writer who has done great batman stuff in the past, but now he's off his gourd.)
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How many beers so far? Wish I had some herb.
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Your friends may get me in a rush, but not before I turn your head into a canoe. I fucking love "Tombstone." Easily the last great Western ever made. Everything about that movie is golden.
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Takes place during the Cold War in Soviet jungles. You don't play as Solid Snake per se; you play as Naked Snake (aka Big Boss, the father, or source, of the clones Solid, Liquid, and Solidus). I won't say much more, but I will say this, you can literally eat raw snakes to survive.
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But new...better...weed was introduced into the equasion 2o minites ago......Daughter has friends...
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A girlfriend gave me a copy of Neverwhere in high school and I since have read the awesome duo of American Gods and Anansi Boys. He's tremendously imaginative. And the book he wrote with Terry Pratchett "Good Omens" is one of the funniest books I've ever read. For anyone who hasn't read it, you need to desperately find a copy at your local B&N or Border's and bask in the glory of a comedy about the Apocalypse.
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You could play MGS4 and enjoy it as a newcomer, but the references to previous games would be lost on you. It's got superb action, so there's at least that level of it to enjoy.
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I'll pick up his run and check it out.
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Liquid, Solid, Naked, Gaseous.Plumbing.
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handy-dandy, easy-to-use volume, in both hardcover and trade paperback editions.
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Mar 20, 2010 8:51:12 PM CDT
About to crack open a bottle of wine with Soon to Be Mrs. Fathea
by stabby
Just kidding! No, but my girl is heading over soon. Sans weed unfortunately. I need a daughter with cool friends.
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There's plenty of cheesy, melodramatic voice acting throughout the series (at least in the English dub), but that's part of its charm. Another part of its charm, is the irreverent humor peppered throughout.
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Shoulda picked it up.
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...and Mass Effect. Both are truly excellent.
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good book
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...for MGS4 on PSN. It's a digital encyclopedia of pretty much everything in the series, with detailed explanations of all you need to know. It automatically hides spoilers for MGS4 until you've completed the game (it checks for save file).
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Yeah, those are artists in the comic medium, just doing it because they love doing it. When I was heavily into comics in The 90s, I used to really enjoy that kind of stuff more than anything.I'm no kind of collector of comic books anymore. I've outgrown them, I guess. I've just had a lifelong interest in Batman so I keep one eye peeled.
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They all left, my daughter and her friends....and, they left me a few nuggs...I wish I could share...
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from message boards.
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He typed, even though he had already posted the corresponding header.
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That help? No? Oh well, just watch "Naked Lunch" for a few minutes. That'll fuck you up.
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It was a little slow in the mid section when he's hiding out the entire time, but motherfucker what an original, interesting story. The semi-quasi-sequel Anansi Boys was also ten kinds of fabulous. Have you read Good Omens, Flicka?
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WTF! Thanks anyway lothy.
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as a novelist. His style feels like an unholy union between Lewis Carroll and Stephen King, and it all adds up to a pretty rich experience. Gaiman is the Godiva chocolate covered cheesecake of fantasy writers.
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Contact High via inter-tubes ala' Bananna Splits....Not jokin' at all....
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Actually, I was smoking some opium that I found in a box of Star Wars toys earlier. This has been a happy day.
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...his stuff is a little hit or miss for me...but I liked AMERICAN GODS, a lot.
One of my favorite things about it is that it manages to enchant the real America that depresses the shit out of me...the America of highways, and rest-stops, and 7-Elevens.The style is rambling, and anything goes...very much in the spirit of Pedalback. -
GOOD weed...!!!!!!!!
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the need to start in with Good Omens. It is actually funnier than Douglas Adams' Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 'cept it's about religion which gives it an even greater wealth of silly shit to play around with. An entire chapter told from the POV of a Satanic hell hound finding his place in the world is worth the paperback price alone.
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that was one of Greedo's eyes! (See ad banner above)
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I've resorted to the sauce now. Rand out of Jack and have settled for some leftover Captain Morgan. That Wild Turkey American Honey in the corner better start minding me or it's gonna get drunk too.
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This dude who used to work at the station is making some kind of "Kick-Ass" type superhero comedy short. They needed someone to run audio.I got paid in credit only.
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...I snobbishly avoid co-written novels...I'm not sure why.
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Credit to where?
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...all I really want in life is credit, and sex.
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Then you probably missed The Illuminatus Trilogy. One of 'moose's favorites. And mine.
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that I found in a box of Star Wars toys earlier. This has been a happy day."..."An entire chapter told from the POV of a Satanic hell hound finding his place in the world"...What do these posts have in common?
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audio operator...........MacReady452
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...watch out for bad guys.
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but I'd be lying. What is it?
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Duh-duh-dee-duh, I'm stupid. But how cool would it be to work on something where somebody says, "Hey, I can't pay you in cash, but I do have these coupons to Best Buy." I'd work for that.
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Our resident conspiracy theorist. Flick it's great satirical scifi about secret societies and a fun fast read. It's also a magick spell of paranoia-based mindfuck. Highly recommend.
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is the oddest way I've ever heard of saying, "I need to take a piss."
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just reserved at my library...thanks for the tip, Stabby
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on original XBox. Great game, cool story, and started the trend of lesbian scenes in BioWare games which is always a bonus. Mass Effect 2 has been amazing. I've played it through three times and I'm still discovering shit, but I wish the straight story of the game was a little more in depth. It sets up nicely for Mass Effect 3, though. KotOR was awesome, but I admit to having a soft spot for KotOR II: TSL. Different company made it and it shows in some of the level designs, but its a fun game with a pretty interesting storyline.
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Illuminati=Federal Reserve....Wiki or Google it ...10th beer alert and no food alert...Will eat...
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Mar 20, 2010 9:45:02 PM CDT
...I just tried to reserve it too, but they don't have it...
by flickapoo
...and they usually have everything.I think it's a conspiracy.
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on my wish list on amazon.com. Should be getting it in a few days. Good, because I was getting burnt out on Dan Simmons novels.
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after that good weed the question is, when will you stop eating?
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until the grocer store down the street runs out of Oreo's. That's when the confusion sets it. It belongs now to the baby down the hall. Wouldn't I feel it comin' back again, like a rollin' thunder chasin' the wind. Forces brewin' from the center of the earth again. I can FEEL ITTTTTTTTT!
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That "Dr. Who piss" joke was aces, fellas! Aces!Don't even try laughing now.
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Sheesh!I'll take Vocabulary That Should Never Be Used in Rock Music for $500, Alex.
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After smoking good weed, I would rather eat some eggs and/or some kind of deliciose cooked meat...
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isn't that the highest form of flattery?
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Not even a chuckle.
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that is why i am a permanent shade of purple.
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There's always Spelling Anmesty on Saturday night.
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Are they still together?
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The Throwing Copper album was a pretty solid rock essential for the mid-90's. But then...eh. They may be working on the soundtrack for the Sarah Palin Christian porno from the earlier PB. Though, that's an instant where placenta's falling to the floor is just highly inappropriate.
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Utter fucking chaos! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
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aces. A slice of fried gold, my friend. A little late for a laugh, but hey, I'm drunk and forgot to type one.
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As the waiter at the end of the film
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That's awesome!
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Be careful.
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And, the bands last two albums were in 2006 and 2008, and both were live recordings.I mean, they were recordings of live performances.It goes without saying that all of their records were Live records. You know what I mean.
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Mar 20, 2010 10:40:36 PM CDT
Alright, I'm popping an all time fave into the DVD player
by lotharius3rd1118
That's right. I'm gonna watch "The Big Chill." This movie has it all. Eighties fashion: check. The Band: check. Assorted motown favorites: check. Glenn Close's boobies: check-e-rino. Kevin Costner is dead: Super check.
Jeff Goldblum: Check. Drugs, wine, and talk with old friends: priceless. -
The old soderbergh film...haven't seen it in forever
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...a good album. All the stuff since has been patchy, but makes for a good mix if you pick and chose.
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Remember Spelling Anmesty.
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You're just rubbing it in now. Makes it worse. Makes it like I had to beg for a laugh.HA!
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Keep quoting big trouble and tombstone!!
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...out for the night, but refreshed one more time, just for the hell of it...I'm officially gone...
to HA! or not to HA!? -
You're here but only casually?You're always here in our hearts, Flick.
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If Subs types a joke, and no one HA!s, can it really be called a joke?
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I've seen the cover art, but never had an urge to watch it. But, then again, I don't particularly like Soderbergh. I have yet to see a movie of his that I found even kind of likable, 'cept maybe "Ocean's 13" which I credit my enjoyment to the amiability of the cast and my inundation in booze.
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...lurking in the shadows, HA!ing to myself while wearing pijama bottoms and no underwear...
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Or, have nightmares about?
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You got no shorts on.
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Hold on nothin'. The people in this town are sufferin' and I'm tryin' to make a living off that like some goddamn vulture. If we're gonna have a future in this town it's gotta have some law and order.
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Type @ yas later.
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It's one of those films that's seen thru the eyes of a child..like ET black stallion and WTWTA...it's a less showy film to be sure..I think his third...a gem if you can find it..I don't think it's on DVD.
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...that felt all romantic...It's the no underwear thing, isn't it...
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Time for sleepies, boo.
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Sorry, Subs, but aside from the imminent (is that correct?) coolness of Terrence Stamp, I thought The Limey was a mess. Uninteresting and horribly edited. How did filmmaking come to a point where good editing constituted cutting to random shots or replaying the same mundane shot over again from a different angle. That style is what I hated most about Traffic as well. Just nearly impossible to pay attention to due to the oddball editing. And Soderbergh has an infatuation with draining too much color out of his shots. I just don't like him.
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Just found out it had Alia shawkat in it..she was funny as maebe.
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Good hanging with you, man.
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"You're a daisy if you do."
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I don't know why it didn't bother me in THE LIMEY, because I know exactly what you're talking about.G'night.You too, Sixies.
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She was not only great in the deep pile of greatness that was "Arrested Development" but she was pretty terrific in "Whip It." I heard she's only got a small, almost non-existent part in "The Runaways." It's nice to see her getting work anyway. That movie won't show up in my area for a while, so I'll wait in anticipation. It looks good though.
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Where you going with that shotgun?!
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Fuck me, how did Val Kilmer not get a Best Supporting Actor nomination for that movie?
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I'll put you out of your misery! Gotta love some crazy, coked out Michael Biehn in his prime.
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He said turn loose of him!
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JACK BURTON: "I don't know. I feelin' kinda...invincible." WANG: "Yeah, I've got a very positive attitude about this." JACK BURTON: "Is it hot in here or is it just me?"
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I'm honestly surprised you were able to sort out what Powers Boothe says at any point in that scene. Kudos, man.
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What?!?!? What won't come out no more?!?!
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Mr Burton.
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"Alright, from here on out things will be pretty normal. Just follow my lead and stay quiet." Opens door to reveal an army of Chinese warriors. Closes and locks door. "We may be trapped."
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Whenever Kurt Russell and John Carpenter get together, gold is spun. The commentaries on BTILC and The Thing are freakin' priceless.
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by Jack Handey. "If you ever see an old woman slip and fall on the sidewalk, you may be tempted to laugh. But you wouldn't be laughing if you were the ant that she fell on."
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Check back later. JACK: What you got one on order?!
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Echo. Echo. Echo. Echo. Oh well. May as well sing. Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Padmujon, Brando, The Kind and I, and The Catcher in the Rye. Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac, Sputnik, Chau en Lai, Bridge on the River Kwai. Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia, Hula-Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no go. U2, Sigmund Reid, Payoalla, Kennedy, Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo! We didn't start the fire. It was always burnin' since the world's been turnin'. We didn't start the fire! No we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it!
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Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide, Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan. Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline. Moonshot. Woodstock. Watergate. Punk Rock. Homeless vets. AIDS. Crack. Bernie Goetz. Hypodermics on the shore, China's under martial law. ROCK AND ROLLA COLA WARS! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE!!! We didn't start the fire!
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A long, long time ago. I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while. But February made me shiver. With every paper I'd deliver. Bad news on the doorstep. I couldn't take one more step. I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride. But something touched me deep inside the day the music died. So bye bye Ms. American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And good ole' boys are drinkin' whiskey and rye singin' this'll be the day that I die. This'll be the day that I die.
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Talk to everyone later. I'm gonna drag my ass outside and make a fucked up snow angel.
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I've lost my notebook and this week's comics. Got a little smashed at a We Are Scientists show the other night and prolly left em on the bus. Lost all my notes on the PedAvengers.
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Don't go see this alone unless you look old enough to have been a fan of the band itself back in the day or young enough to be fans of the actresses, or you will realize at some point in the movie that you maybe you are at that moment being perceived as a big perv by someone around you. I mean, I couldn't just stand up in the middle of the movie and explain that I got in for free, right? That said, I could watch Kristin Stewart smoke cigarettes for days. Onscreen smoking is lost art these days, but she's got it.
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I don't care enough to check.
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Mar 21, 2010 1:37:00 AM CDT
Johnny Depp in Polanski's 'The Ninth Gate' come to mind.
by tedkordlives
Another great onscreen smoker. Did he smoke in Pirates? No, I guess no smoking in a Disney movie. Tho it seems that getting drunker than shit is perfectly fine. It IS part of the ride after all. So to speak.
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Disneyland (and Disneyworld) has been showing thousands of kids a day, for over fifty years, just how much fun it is to get drunk with your friends? Cheeses, where are ya when I need ya?
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Fixing a typo on a post from an hour ago.
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To balance the nerdiest of nerdy talkbacks. From the topic down to every last TB post this reeks of nerd. Not the good kind of nerd either, but the misfit one with juvenile humor and soiled pants.
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...have a an 87% chance of being A- a fourteen year old girl, or B- an adult male pedophile....
but you're just M!ssundaztood, right?
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Mar 21, 2010 8:34:23 AM CDT
..."From the topic down to every last TB post this reeks"...
by flickapoo
...weird that you would read the whole thing...were you touching yourself?
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When UP came out...someone said they didn't wanna be looked upon as weird for seeing it without having children with him..he said he liked Disney pixar films...but he also liked masturbating in theatres...makes me laugh still.
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I spewed coffee on myself. Way to start the day!
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Mar 21, 2010 9:17:39 AM CDT
I never understood that "We didn't start the fire" lyric.
by scarywaitress
OK, so then WHAT is the point of that song? I guess, just so Billy Joel can show us how he raps? The chorus is: We didn't start the fire It was always burnin', since the world was turnin' We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it, but we're tryin' to fight it. RIGHT? If we didn't light it, but all of the things in the verses are in celebration of said fire, WHY are we trying to fight it? My theory: Billy Joel is an angry person who likes to fight. Any excuse to fight is good for him, even if it doesn't make sense. PS, I whipped those lyrics out my memory... so maybe I got them wrong? I should probably have googled them...
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...he spots the headline...he tries to stop himself (he's been trying to stop), but he can't.
This Talkback just reeks of nerd...and he should know. He's smelled every variety of nerdflesh there is to sniff...
He's partial to pasty marching-band nerd...that oddly mildewy sweat under the cheap uniform...the accumulated and hastily laundered sweat of generation after generation of oboe playing nerddom.
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He was all pissed off, when the interviewer mentioned that he was not seen as rock-n-roll, and he said- this I remember vividly- "I'm not soft rock. I have a hard cock." He went on to insult his fans over this, because he felt that the soft-rock label was insulting. It changed my mind about him for two reasons: 1. Anyone who plays a piano and sings about Italian restaurants and thinks he's hard rock needs to check himself and 2. I always thought he was a nice guy, and this interview made him look like a total jack-off prima donna. I haven't been a fan since.
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It was TRIED to fight it, not TRYIN' to fight it. So, my argument stands. The song is a mystery to me.
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I listened to the Storm Front album- on cassette, on my mother's Walkman- until the tape fell apart. I REALLY loved Billy Joel's music... ALMOST as much as I had loved Barry Manilow in my pre-teen childhood years. That's saying a LOT.
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Love lazy Sunday mornings.
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thing with Billy Joel through ROLLING STONE. He had that obnoxious "Still Rock n Roll To Me" song on the radio and said in an interview something to the effect of the "disco sucks" crowd being "racist."ROLLING STONE printed my letter calling him out, and they printed a response from him in which he basically said, "See that? They're stupid, too." So, I wrote back, specifically targeting his soft-rock, old man- leering-at-Catholic-school-girls bullsh! and ended admitting I must just be prejudiced against Italians.Reading tha exchange, a kid down the hall at my dorm named Louis, brought me the first Prince album I'd ever listened to. And, my life was forever changed.So, I guess I owe Billy Joel, in a way, but he's still #3 on the list of worst popular music performers, ever. Smack dab between Bon Jovi and The Fray.
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I've been carrying that story around with me for two decades... I tell people, and they blankly look at me and restate their own opinion of his music. He really is an a-hole.
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Teddy's gotta star from scratch on "THE PEDAVENGERS ALREADY ROSE! THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WAY AFTER THAT!"?
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So much emotion, to waste on such an average subject. Are they WORTHY of being on anyone's list, for any reason? And I ask this, fully admitting that, every now and then, when a song of theirs comes on the radio- and I'm alone in the car- I don't turn it off.
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So he can sniff 'em!
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Mar 21, 2010 9:46:52 AM CDT
And Jon Bon Jovi may not be a titan of deep creativity...
by scarywaitress
but at least, unlike Billy Joel, he's a good person... unless, of course, you have a story proving otherwise. But he currently, when not writing the same song for the 103rd time, spends most of his time doing humanitarian work. I mean, shit.
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There's a science to the list, and if I go against the science The List becomes suspect. The Fray came barreling out of the gate with a quantity of suck that earned them the spot formerly held by Hootie and The Blowfish.Suck so rancid, it knocked John Mayer out of The Top Five.
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1. Gene Simmons. (He was mean to Terri Gross on NPR during his interview. NO ONE is mean to Terri Gross, she's a very reasonable person. He was just a dick.) 2. Toby Keith. (That AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! repertoire of his is just god-awful. Anyone who writes the official music for the Teabagger movement is on my list of people to hate.) 3. Billy Joel (for reasons already stated.)
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Hootie was truly a stench unto Heaven. The fact that Darius Rucker would sing every song- EVERY SONG- no matter how sad the lyrics- with a big ol' smile on his face was irritating in the extreme. I still hate that band.
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But there are five or six KISS songs that give you that whole "12 yr-old boy just discovering what his dick is for" feeling, redeeming their existence as a rock-n-roll outfit.Toby Keef is abominable. He's in that Bob-Seger-lite category that I never hear, so I never even consider it. When you mix it with the chemicals needed to check it's awfulness, it just fizzes away into inconsequence. Just like that other ex-NFL-playing, country bumpkin whatzisname, the dude who was in the Sandra Bullock movie.
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When you retire from football, there are really only two viable career options. One, obviously, is to become the "color" commentator for some sports broadcast, presumably football, college or pro, but you could probably transition into soccer and-or the Olympics, if you had to.Two, you can appear in commercials for used-car dealerships. I don't think you ever have to be on the lot with customers. You just show up, every once in awhile, and shove the dealer into the back seat of a minivan or something, and that's it.Performing music is not an option. Thank you for your kind attention.
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I bought a coffee maker with some of my spiffy new bonus check money...so, I am enjoying home brewed coffee this morning...mmmmmm....
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Did you hear he's abruptly quit the never-ending cash-grab Two Pianos Tour with Elton John? Considering that's Joel's only source of income and relevance (when's the last time you heard him on, even, adult wimp-rock radio?), I'm predicting a big breakdown and rehab in Billy Joel's immediate future.By the end of June.
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...cheese with coffee, especially for breakfast.
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Yeah, he’s a dick…You would be too if Christy Brinkley divorced you and left you with a daughter who looks just like you instead of her…But, just like movies and director’s private lives (Polanski, etc…)shouldn’t the artist be kept separate from the art…? I remember a time when Elton John’s true sexuality was ‘coming out’ and he took a lot of grief for it, but, I always said, I didn’t care if he surprise sexed farm animals for fun, I liked his music….I also happen to like almost all of Joel’s body of work…
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...maybe that's what tradeskilz was hoping to sniff this morning.
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Mar 21, 2010 10:25:55 AM CDT
Billy Joel was a dick before he ever met Christie Brinkley.
by subtitles_off
You can't blame her.My theory has always been, had Elton John not "come out," thereby suffering the misplaced wrath of all the hard-rock Queen and Judas Priest fans who could just not tolerate that proximity to homosexuality (hehehehe) and losing his spot as pre-eminent rock-pop piano man of the times, there would never have been any reason for anyone to even have heard of Billy Joel.
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I hope tradeskilz comes sniffing around again...I got some socks I think he might be interested in...they smell like a locker room...
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The Fray's inclusion on my list has knocked Lynyrd Skynyrd's post-plane-crash chugga-chugga out of the Top Ten. I may have to recalibrate my measurements.Could be, The Fray and Hootie are tied at #4, which would move everything below them back up a notch.
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Nursing a delightful hangover this morning. Got nearly two inches of snow dumped on me yesterday and now my cable is out. So, what up? I still kinda liked the first Hootie and the Blowfish album. It was one of the first CD's I ever bought. No argument, however, on the relative uselessness of Toby Keith or the burgeoning prickitude of Billy Joel. I just like "We Didn't Start the Fire." It had a memorable music video. Toby Keith's only purpose in life is to keep being a stupid redneck so that Trey Parker and Matt Stone can continue ripping him to shreds on South Park.
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1. Styx2. Bon Jovi 3. Billy Joel 4. The Fray/Hootie and the Blowfish (tied) 5. John Mayer 6. Whitesnake/Night Ranger (tied) 7. Madonna 8. Journey 9. Duran Duran 10. Lynyrd Skynyrd chugga chugga (post plane-crash) Yeah. I'm satisfied with that.
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[tosses some fish flakes into the bowl, using my fingers, so, sniff these, tradeskilz]
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Except to say that he wasn’t always a giant prick…I was really into Country Music in the early 90’s and his first albums were wonderful for that genre…9-11 really fucked him up…he saw a way to make money, like Alan Jackson did, off of the pro-America movement afterwards….Alan Jackson is the true King Prick of the Country Western World…This I know from personal experience because he cost me money by bringing his own crew to sell t-shirts and souvenirs although his contract had said we would sell them. He threatened to pull the show if his people didn’t sell…of course the MGM relented…Prick…
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'Cept Journey. I like Journey. And John Mayer has put out some decent tracks since arriving on the scene. Plus, I honestly have to respect someone who's wormed their way into the panties of both Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston.
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I wish I could figure out how to type the Sideshow Bob groan of disgust. You're right Cheeses, he's actually worse than Toby Keith and his pandering leach off of tragedy styles. 'Cause Alan Jackson has always been a stupid redneck.
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"Vultures" and "Belief." You gotta have at least four decent tracks to counter your general musical douchiness.Like I said, it's all scientific, and you can't really dispute science.
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That's the second day in a row. I'm gonna get a complex, if this continues.
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Styx, Billy Joel, Whitesnake, Madonna, Journey, Duran Duran….these make up the soundtrack of my life…sad but true…I can’t hate on any of them…
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We all know, you're a man who defies science.
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Smoking weed and drinking coffee is something I haven’t done in decades…it’s a unique caffeine/THC buzz that is very stimulating…
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Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Stones, Bob Seger, The Eagles and The Bee Gees. That's our formative soundtrack.
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But, I found many of those later in life…I lived so far out in the country when I was a kid and we only got a few radio stations and most were country western…the others were light rock mainstream. I only knew about KISS because my best friend in high school was obsessed with the group…I lead a churchy sheltered life until the 1980’s…
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Anybody want to take a whack at the pinata that is the director of THE AVENGERS movie?
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I thought you hated disco, Subs…they created it!!!!
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and healthy slection of BB King, John Lee Hooker, and The Beatles. As well, as assorted motown classics of the 60's. My hgih school years were sparked mostly by Alanis Morissette, the appearance of Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Pearl Jam, and the plethora of one hit wonders that popped up with wild abandon in the mid-90's.
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So, you were introduced to rock mainly by MTV? I'm crying a little bit, here.
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but I can't deny they were on the radio from the moment I turned it on at age 7 to the moment I learned to switch the station at age 14.
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disco. They didn't invent it. They just latched onto it before any other pop band.
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I hopped over to that TB a little yesterday and proclaimed that I didn't have any ill will towards LL on the prospect that he may be directing The Avengers. But then someone mentioned David Yates being the director and I thought that was a fairly interesting choice. Either way, that has got to be the most unenviable directing gig in the history of directing gigs.
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Mar 21, 2010 11:02:53 AM CDT
Louis Letteropener directed THE INCREDIBLE HULK, right?
by subtitles_off
Aside from the terrific first ten-or-so minutes, that's a pedestrian piece of work. If CLASH OF is successful, he might get the gig. if it turns out, as I suspect, to be lesser-Del-Toro, ala HELLBOY, I think they'll go somewhere else.They'd be wise to try to grab George Miller from the stalled JUSTICE LEAGUE situation.
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Hatin’ on the EAGLES??? Who hates on the Eagles…? Right behind the Beatles and Stones in the list most influential group in music history …that is without checking any facts…just a gut instinct…
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You've got Dylan, Hendrix, Cream, Zeppelin, Stones, Black Sabbath, and one of the prog-rock bands (I don't care, whichever one was first) on that "influential" list ahead of The Eagles. The Eagles owe their spot to Jackson Browne and The Bryds, anyway.
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Mar 21, 2010 11:10:57 AM CDT
Not to mention James Brown, Marvin Gaye and The Temptations.
by subtitles_off
Joni Mitchell, The Kinks, and The Beach Boys.Jeebs, The Eagles are in there, somewhere, but they're not even Top Ten.
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Don't fuck with the Madge!
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That's about right, though, anyway. Dylan, The Beatles, Stones and Zeppelin were twice as influential as whoever comes next on the list.
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Beatles, Stones, Eagles….most covered songs…copied styles, etc…Dylan, J. Brown and Hendrix are not groups…the are on a separate list…
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he must have gotten carried away, finding things for tradeskilz to sniff.Somebody go see if he passed out with his face in a plate of cheese or something!
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...watch out for bad guys, guys.
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much bigger genres than country-rock. I won't deny AN influence for The Eagles, although that's only due to record sales and radio hits - the true influence, source, whatever, of that genre is CREEDENCE. I will fight you, though, if you insist they belong next to The Beatles and The Stones.That's just crazy talk.
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Watch out for muggers and pickpockets and stuff…
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early Eagles hits are covers, right?
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if your style is a copy to start with. The Eagles influence was more on country than rock because it combined country with R&B, beginning with "On The Border."
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aren't country anymore.
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BTW, have a good time in the ole' NYC, Flick. I love that town. If you have a chance to catch a Broadway show, see if Avenue Q is still playing. I love me some dirty puppet shows.
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She's a huge Sesame Street fan. Avenue Q would scar her for life.
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But, you hit it right on the head when you said because of airtime…I guess that is what I am trying to say…general population exposure and influence on the music we listen too and continue to try and emulate…Let me put it this way, if we stopped ten random people on the street and asked them to name as many songs as they knew from each group…the Beatles, the Stones, the Eagles, Led Zepplen, Creedence, the Beach Boys, Cream, and Black Sabbath….Which groups do you think would have the most entries? From which group can you name the most songs?I know this isn’t very scientific, but I’m not felling all that scientific this morning anyway …
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Though a lot of that probably has to do with having severely lowered expectations. I truly despised Ang Lee's overindulgent mess of a movie and found myself very entertained by the Ed Norton movie. I thought the action was fairly exciting and the effects were cool. It also had an occassionally sly sense of humor that I found to be a great relief after too many overly serious superhero movies.
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I can name more Beatles songs than the rest. Creedence is a close second. Followed by the Stones. Then the Beach Boys, sadly. Then the Eagles, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplen, and Cream. Really I'm surprised at just how little Creedence has come up in this conversation thus far.
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if he took his toddler to see Avenue Q. HA! Just imagine Toddlerpoo walking around the house singing "The Internet is Good For Porn."
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Mar 21, 2010 11:36:18 AM CDT
I liked the second Hulk much better, too, Lotharman...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
Liked the comic panel shots in Lee’s, but that ending sucked donkey balls…
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I can't sing 'em. Seriously, I can't associate many of those songs with their correct title. Same goes with The Eagles. Since I couldn't stand their songs, the only record of theirs I ever owned was "Hotel California," and I can name only five songs from that one. Add to that "Take It to the Limit," and "Desperado," and that's it (though, yeah, I "know" more of their songs). When you say "influence," I don't think "exposure." I think direct impact on the music of a number of bands from that point on. A band with greater exposure can influence other bands, but, if they aren't the originators of that influence in the first place, they don't belong third on the list of real musical innovators.
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that killed Lee's Hulk for me. Sure the movie was too slow and rediculous anyway and the ending was underwhelming to the extreme. But those damn panel and split-screen shots. Most of them were showing completely pointless actions that no comic panel would focus on, some of them even showing the same action as another shot. And then there was that horrible shot of Josh Lucas dying in an explosion where he is just frozen in mid-air while animated flames engulf him. That was one of the stupidest, most ill-conceived, most self-important blockbusters of the last decade. A truly awful film. Should have one a Razzie.
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in influence. I even CAPITALIZED them!Had Cheeses said, Beatles, Stones and Creedence, I probably would've even let that slide and given him a big, internet high-five. I like Creedence more than I like The Stones. (More than The Beatles, too, if I'm being scientific.)
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We were talking about different things…I’m willing to bet that the average Joe knows the most songs by the Beatles, followed by the Stones, and next by either Eagles or Beach Boys, depending on age…then Led Zep…and so forth…
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Great song. Although I'm not sure how much longer I can continue talking about classic rock before I just start rambling about the Decembrists and Kings of Leon who are playing on my pandora station right now.
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I don't think they were particularly successful, but I understood what Lee was trying to do - reference comic book panels.If not for that ridiculous, nonsensical ending, I think Lee's HULK is every bit as artful for the comic-book movie genre as THE DARK KNIGHT.Neither of those movies is one I feel I ever had to see or would likely see again.
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And Lynyrd Skynyrd is our Rolling Stones.
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would probably know more Creedence than anyone else, including the Stones. But that's just in my mid-South environment. Maybe things are different in other parts of the country, but around here Creedence still plays on practically every station at some time or another.
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Good Call...
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Cheeses, I think the list would probably go: Stones, Beatles, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Stevie Wonder. I don't think Beach Boys even make the list.I think, though, you ask anybody in their 20s that question, and you'd be shocked how long it probably took them to correctly name a song by any of those groups.
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just no the execution. They were so ineptly placed and really confused the action. And if he was going to do that it would have been nice if he had actually tried something creative with them, instead of just random blocks. It was a half-formed cool idea that got pulled off with the highest level of laziness. At least TDK had entertainment value.
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Creedence is our Stones. The Beach Boys is our Beatles.The Eagles are our Alabama.
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Don't fuck with the Madge!
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on my list of suck.I guess you can't always trust science.
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Have a great day!
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And I really believe that Lynyrd Skynyrd pre-plane crash was probably the greatest American rock band ever. The only American band imo that can compare to the Beatles or the Stones.
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When I die, and I watch my life flash before my eyes - well, meander in front of my eyes (it's not been the most interesting life so far) - the soundtrack will be more Bon Jovi than everything else. Problem is, I like everything they did up to CROSS ROADS, then CRUSH was okay-but-a-little-meh, and from BOUNCE onwards, completely MEH. Shame really, but I credit it to me being 16 years old when I discovered SLIPPERY WHEN WET in 1988 and being a die-hard fan from then on. I also loved JBJ's two solo albums, BLAZE OF GLORY (amazing stuff) and DESTINATION ANYWHERE (loving his bluesy style in that). Yep, you can't hate the Jovi - cheesy, maybe, but his songs run through my life like letters through a stick of rock.
As for the Hootie... my ex girlfriend was a major fan and got me listening to them. But apart from I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOOO-OOU (which remains their only chart hit in the UK), the only song of theirs I'd ever admit to liking is HOME AGAIN, which is a wonderfully melancholic piece of melodrama that I listened to a lot back when I used to feel way more sorry for myself than I do now. These days, a swift kick in the ass gets me out of that funk - that and some G'N'R or Andrew WK on full volume.
Now all that goodwill I earned with my RPG background and Flickapoo-style upbringing, I've lost by admitting to my Bon Jovi love and occasional Hootie flirting. ScaryWaitress will now never speak to me again... -
I have a toddler and a filthy house, is all. I need to be better about keeping you gents posted about the minutæ of my daily life, so you don't think I'm upset and bailing or anything. Anyhoo, I'm off for the afternoon. Got plans that involve dressing like a lady [blushing] so I'll catch y'all later. Be well, Peebers!
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The end of Josh Lucas in HULK is one of the most unintentionally funny things I've ever seen in a movie. When that shot froze and a thick white line appeared round Josh, I laughed so hard I coughed popcorn through my nose in the middle of a packed auditorium. possibly the most entertaining things about that movie :D
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I thought "It's My Life" was a helluva comeback... unfortunately, I guess so did they, because all of their big rock singles sound like riffs of that... which, of course, all sounds like Livin' On A Prayer... but I don't hate. They're simple folk who like to rock. Emphasis on simple, is all. Spuds, your posts amuse me. I shall certainly not be dissin' on ya. I'm out! Behave. Well, sort of.
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You're not going to get me to hate on pre-crash Skynyrd, but I won't rank them higher than Creedence Clearwater Motherfucking Revival, The Bryds, The Temptations, or, even, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers or R.E.M. I will, proudly, however, advocate them above all American hard-rock acts, including Aerosmith, prog-rock acts, and country-rock acts, including The Allman Brothers, though not in "influence," because, well, obviously, Skynyrd is playing within the boundaries of a pre-existing type of music.
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... on the List of Suck. Tied with Barbra Streisand. Except that, those two together in any way would cause my eyes to bleed.
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Working at the weekend sucks, and is the reason I'm in and out like Gerard Butler at the Playboy Mansion. Though not as much as my sister's life sucks, seeing as some pikey piece of shit stole her £10K Land Rover Defender last night after work. Fucking scum. I hope the damn thing explodes with them inside...
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At least not until he gets a listen to some really good music.
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I have plans that include dressing up, too. Ess, can I borrow your heels, or are you wearing them?
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Just don't think their as influential. And yes, Skynyrd was doing hard rock but they pretty much created Southern Rock, mix of country and hard rock. So I think they were influential.
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Mar 21, 2010 12:15:14 PM CDT
"...in and out like Gerard Butler at the Playboy Mansion..."
by cheeses_of_nazareth
HHHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!
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It's nice to know somebody can go out and is not snowed in.
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Lay Your Hands on Me was one of the best arena rock songs I've ever heard.
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use condoms, please....
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Yeesh. Did you see that photo of her with the scrawny but ripped arms and veins like electrical cables? She looked like something that'd come at you in a haunted pyramid. Hideous.
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I dig maybe two of their songs..maybe
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death shot. It was easily the dumbest, most insane thing in the entire movie.
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LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME, RAISE YOUR HANDS, IT'S MY LIFE... They do know how to get a stadium rocking.
Though I did get to see them at the Britannia stadium in Stoke on Trent (UK) in 2001 on the CRUSH tour, and I gotta say, I was disappointed. His voice wasn't up to hitting the high notes on his early stuff - so we got that low-key acoustic bullshit version of LIVIN' ON A PRAYER that takes all the balls out of the song - but at least Sambora's shit was on point. When he emerged done up as a cowboy to do WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE though, Mrs Spud-To-Be damn near slid off my back. By the end of that song, I looked like I'd run three marathons... -
omissions from my list of American musical influences. Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Williams,Sr., Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. After those, it's all imitation everything, anyway.Type @ yas later!
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with a British accent. Cracks me up every time.
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Let’s see one of you change your entire persona every 5 years for three decades and keep a shred of your sanity intact…Can’t be done…just like Mohamed Ali…you pay the price for repeated exposure…
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I get the Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Muddy Waters influence. But Little Richard, not so much.
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1. Nickelback
2. Aerosmith
3. Lenny Kravitz
4. Creed
5. Hootie and the Blowfish
6. John Mayer
7. Bon Jovi
8. Poison-Cinderella-White Snake, etc.
9. Styx
10. Kiss
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Stabby just lined up a great night out at my favourite watering holes :D
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I am fond of Aerosmith though. I understand the negativity, but I really like their music. You could take Aerosmith off and put Fall Out Boy on and I'd say it's a pretty decent list of American shit. Glad to see Nickleback and Creed get their just deserts.
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Every time I see that "TITANS... WILL... CLASH" tagline, I see in my mind the tag line:
MANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED!
Then I collapse in hysterical laughter, and Mrs Spud-To-Be rolls her eyes in that aw-bless way she does so well... :P
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Without Little Richard, there's no real danger in pop music. No threat. Only a part of the human libido has got representation.Before Little Richard, everything was in missionary position.
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that makes him influential? Gotta say, I can take it or leave it. Without Little Richard we'd be without American Idol and the world may be a happier place. Little Richard must be stopped!
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So, Kid Rock gets the 10 spot and kicks Kiss off the list. The 10 year-old kid in me hated putting Kiss on there anyway.
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except Nickelback is Canadian
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The abomination that was Aerosmith in the 90s to date far outweighs Toys in the Attic.
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Then his inner douche took over.
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Then my list has to be North American Bands, because Nickelback is the worst band ever!!! And needs to be No.1 on my list.
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X-MEN ORIGINS:WOLVERINE.
Only read a handful of X-Men titles and the only other history I have is with the 3 X-Men movies. This one is in a similar vein, and it's just mediocre.
I was fine with the origin story (I have no clue what it is like in the comics), but the ending felt too rushed and convenient. His brother comes in to save him in the nick of time. Then Gambit saves him from falling cooling tower in nick of time. Then he happens upon his dying GF to finish her plotline. Then Stryker comes in to finish his arc. All within 5-10 minutes. Felt really contrived.
But Wolverine's GF was hot.
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That damn song on the Armageddon soundtrack was very nearly soul-crushing.
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to be at the top of the worst North American bands. That's a lot of square footage!
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At least for me. The adamantium bullets in Stryker's gun. Earlier they say that's the only thing that can kill him, and then later they say the it won't kill him. "I know," says Stryker. "But it'll destroy his memory." WHAT?!
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Or the fake death of the GF fooling Wolverine into thinking she's dead. Stupidest plot twist I've seen in a long time. That movie was boring, contived, pointless, and bombastic from start to finish.
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As has Madonna..I mean it was practically essential to change your musical output in the 80s lest you be a One hit wonder..I applaud Madonna for surviving..but I don't want her to advise me on marriage.
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But I really don't think his persona has changed all that much. And his music has maintained a relative symbiosis throughout his career, with a slight foray into techno in the mid-90's. Madonna goes through wild transformations though. She even changed her nationality.
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Mar 21, 2010 1:12:31 PM CDT
Bowie isn’t quite sane either….hasn’t been for a LONG time…
by cheeses_of_nazareth
At least he stays busy running the Guild of Calamitous Intent in the Venture Universe…
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Colonel, do you read me?
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Meryl?
Why won't anyone answer? Damn! Who are these people? -
into an eagle." Fuckin' A, Venture Bros.
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Liquid!!! You're behind this, I know it!
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What!? Where did my weapons go?
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Who am I dealing with here? Do you know anything about The Patriots?
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It was her first time. She liked it.
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Colonel, my cover is blown! Why aren't you answering? Grrr...
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Not even for the fact that she liked it, but that she gave it a shot.
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Is there some deep meaning you can pull from this movie that will help me with my mission? If not, can I eat anything from it?
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Usually she always nixes my "Hey let's watch a movie tonight!" idea. And she even wanted to watch it in my game room with the bigscreen tv ("since we haven't done that yet" she said). At first we couldn't decide what movie to watch, and then I remembered I bought "Clash" last week, and since the new one is coming out soon and she's expressed some interest in it, she said yes. It was funny though, as we watched she kept going back to mythology- "I don't remember who Calibos was..." and "Who is Thetis?" She's also a big fan of Maggie Smith. Who I must say, was still quite hot in "Clash of the Titans".
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Find the Golden Helmet of Perseus, and your mission will be successful.
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Mar 21, 2010 1:35:54 PM CDT
I don't think Clash of the Titans can help you, Snake
by lotharius3rd1118
But I've got a cardboard box you can use to sneak around your enemies.
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Equip --> Cardboard Box C
See ya! You'll never find me. -
Maggie Smith.
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Sneaky bastard.
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You have to live, so you don't die. Decide your future. Make your fate. I have no idea what I'm saying anymore.
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You really won't find me now. I'll see you later if I can figure out why my Codec is busted.
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We're all counting on the success of your mission. And with that, I've got to check out for a while. I got to see if I can get to the grocery store in the snow. Yay!
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Mar 21, 2010 1:47:11 PM CDT
So, 'Bustin’ Codecs' is what you kids are callin’ it nowadays…
by cheeses_of_nazareth
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"All over her bare naked chest…"
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Raise your Hands from Bon Jovi without also mentioning one of the greatest entrances in any movie.....Barth and Lonestar in Spaceballs!I cut my rock teeth on BonJovi and Def Leppard(before moving to harder shit)so when John Candy was rocking to Raise your Hands on the space RV it made me throw up horns. That riff is killer too.
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Mar 21, 2010 3:25:02 PM CDT
MMMMMmmmm, let's go to McDonald's...One Year Later...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
http://tinyurl.com/yjh8wm8
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thought i was here alone.
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I have a Mickey D's in my backyard and this is making me feel like I could possibly be living next to a toxic waste dump.
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the is always with you...it surrounds you and keeps you apart, seperate,unique from other things...
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Is all petroleum based food product…like Velveeta® cheese and Jaggermeister® …including their salads…
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Did Teddy ever post anymore of the Peebvengers after those first 3 installments the other day? I don't wanna miss any of the serials we have going on. and Pedal Trek had Conti confronting Asi last I knew. Is this right? I hate being away so long.
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what else?Twinkies for sureMonster Energy DrinksStarbucks
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I got some loose ends to tie up in the story and then it ends in a couple more installments…
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Nyquil®...licqurice...7-11 hot dogs...
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http://tinyurl.com/3dz4az
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There was a convenience store called '9-11'.…They were open two hours later than the other 24 hour stores, which was EXTREMEMY convenient for me…
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an OE 40oz and a burrito.
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Uncomfortably energetic...Made with real lightning...Fuck you, Mother Nature...
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KENYANS!!!
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try the others at your own risk. 2 is almost better than that one though.
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Spicy or mild? The 40 ozer, I mean...
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circa 1992. They filmed some of it at the Jr High in the town I went to high school in. I was in HS during this, but remember them coming to town and using local kids for the school scenes.
http://tinyurl.com/ybudccs
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I think that is Crazy Horse..that shit will FUCK you up.
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my work computer is fuckin stupid
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Preposterone!!!! Find a new God!!! HHHHAAAA!!!....May contain Anna Kornikovia...
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You'll be good at Art and Irony.Similar to Bear Blasting and Hump Catting
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http://tinyurl.com/yh9phjs
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then I saw the 7 thoroughbreds. That has to be a pretty penny. Is sweet grass what I think it is?
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$350 a quarter oz...SWEET, SWEET GRASS....
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I haven't seen SPACEBALLS all the way through. Now it's the top of my "Must Watch" list!
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That just be some next level shit
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Nashville Pussy, Clutch and Mastadon all coming around next month. It is gonna be a busy music scene.
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and they need 216. I'll go NO. Not my choice. Just my guess.
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Catching up...
RE: Little Richard. It's not about his flamboyance. It's about the "Oooooooooooooooh. Wop-bamma-lamma-bamm-loo." It's about that release of inhibitions. Michael Jackson didn't invent none of that shit! That didn't exist in pop music before Little Richard.
RE:"American Idol." That isn't nothing but a continuation of the bubblegum pop explosion of The 70s which led to the boy band craze of The 80s which became Disney Pop in The 90s and Aughts. It isn't creativity. It's just Popular Entertainment as a Career Option for kids who got too much attention at their elementary school talent shows. Sure, there's a superficial connection to the great vocal tradition of soul singers like Otis Redding and Aretha, but it's manufactured. The "American Idol" contestants aren't musicians. They aren't song-writers. They aren't artists. They don't belong in the same discussion.
"The flies ignored The Happy Meal. What does that tell you?" It explains a lot about childhood obesity and declining educational standards. You are what you eat, indeed. 3 installments of "PedAvengers?" I only found 2. Teddy's prolly gonna have to rewrite, now that he's lost his notes. Mac, I'm collecting all that stuff, and, eventually, it'll get posted in its entirety you-know-where. "Sports! You'll be GOOD at them!" I remember that being posted in Pedalback before. It really is hilarious. WOLF MOUNTAIN. it's got that actor in it with that huge prosthetic-looking jaw. That guy was in other things, too - titles escape me - and I always wondered why they slapped the same DICK-TRACY-looking fake face on him. That has gotta be some sort of reconstruction. Don't mess with Crazy Horse, man. You'll lose some blankets and some of your backyard lawn implements. Crazy Horse's descendants go for the white devil's throats! -
Mar 21, 2010 5:00:56 PM CDT
Health Care will pass, or they wouldn't be voting on it.
by subtitles_off
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Sorry you put on a tie for nothin'....
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Very authoritative...
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I've put on a bit too much weight for my good suit.Maybe that's why these interviews haven't been going my way.
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Chef must have had something stuck in his cheek when he did the Yack test.I never send back food, though. Never.
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But I wore the same suit I wear to some of my interviews.I only own three.
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If I wore a suit and tie to dinner with my folks, it had better be for a funeral...
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My Ex and I were at Morton’s Steak house, a swanky place in Vegas, and I watched the cook drop a steak on the floor, pick it up with tongs and put it on a plate? I never took my off of that steak and watched as they eventually sat it down right in front of me… I told the maitre' de what I had seen, he confronted the cook who shrugged and nodded and I got a new steak and our meals for free….I watched that steak ,too…didn’t let them spit or piss on it or anything…I like open hearth grills…
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That's a great story. I think if I saw something blatant like that, I would have the balls to get up and walk out. But I just can't gather up the gumption to just complain about the taste or the service. I just don't ever frequent the place again.I have been known to leave a bad tip if I felt the service was poor.
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If I don’t get my check in a reasonable amount of time after I am finished eating, especially if I have asked enough people to take my money and nobody seems to want it…
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when we hadn't seen our server since she brought us our meal. I had even ordered a second drink which I never got. The couple of tables around us, even were kind of twittering about getting no service. I always wondered if some emergency had happened, or something. The bill was probably twice that, at least, but I only had my cards.Now, I don't ever carry cash unless I know I need it, so if that happened to me now, I'd probably do what you did.
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I bet they'd never bother calling.
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I posted earlier. It should be seen by all. 3:44:17 there are 2. watch both.
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So funny!!!!"More energy than a fighter jet...Made out of...BICEPS!" HA!
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You FIND A NEW GOD!"
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KING OF THE JUICE!
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I can't find any reference to his jaw not being real. That CAN'T be right.
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That tops the KENYANS! riff from the first one.
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I flipped the NCAA on just to check things out. They came back from commercial and showed the cheerleaders.I said to myself, "Self...those girls look way to young for you."Now I have a mix of pride and disappointment. Happy I don't lust after little girls/sad that I don't lust after little girls(18 years and up of course).
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I just find it so funny. That and Al Gore getting blasted in teh face with the globe.UNACCEPTABLE!
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Douche-Fag!"
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I love that
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I'm ashamed to be laughing so hard.
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I guess I should if your laughing that hard at them. I always thought they were just cheap knock offs cause they weren't from the same dude.
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hahhahahahahaah
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But what could be?
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Grab your Bag, It's On.If that doesn't sound like you're propositioning my nuts, then I don't know what does?
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1930363
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smirking and nodding every once in awhile.That was the best part.
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Cheeses and I were ranting on earlier.Nothing really on that site, though, nearly as funny as Powerthirst. Has that dude done other stuff?
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try this though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wS5xOZ7Rq8
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"You want some of this, bitch?"
"No, you don't give a fuck."
"You want some of this, bitch?"
"No, you don't give a fuck."
"You want some of this, bitch?"
"Just say you don't give a fuck."
"You don't give a fuck." -
Now I don't give a Fuck."
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nobody steals the PB Subs.That reminds me....My friend lives in New Mexico. She went out to start her car and warm it up (it gets cold in New Mexico too, yeah I was also surprised). Ten minutes later she walks out to go to work and someone had stolen her car right out of her driveway.That is why we have to be ever vigilent in the PB. Bunch of savages I tell ya. Meanwhile they wanna give illegal immigrants legal drivers licenses.Now I'm just speculating.
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He will always be Kuffs to me. I just watched him smash a toilet with a sledgehammer.
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Stole it out of her driveway, or is she in an apartment complex?Man, I don't leave in the winter without two sets of car keys, so no matter where I park, if it's a brief stop, I can lock it and leave it running.I'm just begging for somebody to smash a window and drive off in my car.
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himself into a permanent Baloo a long time ago.
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Reason NUMBER FUCKING ONE to have a problem with Star Trek.
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he is on The Forgotten.Yeah, it was right out of her driveway.
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some kind of ambassador or something.
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Did they change the title?
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Commander of the Star Fleethttp://tinyurl.com/bxwoyg I'm so sorry Trek fans.
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It's IMDB'ed. Akiva Goldsman has a part in it. That's the longest fucking cast list I think I've ever seen!
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Tyler Perry?
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Star Trek. Perry doesn't even list it cause he is a douche.I knew Goldsman was in it. He is one of Bana's thugs isn't he?
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Why would Abrams say, "You know who would make a good Admiral..?...That CRAAAAZY Madea."Bob Orci: "Genius."
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How many of those people have lost their homes in 12 - 15 months?
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Vulcan Council Member #1.
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why would he play a bad guy?
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Just the two of usWe can make it if we tryJust the two of uuuuuussssYou and I
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Simon and Simon
Batman and Robin
Butch and Sundance
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One that allows me to Pedalback while I work.
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Daughter and I just watched Wolverine…Whata piece of ….something pungent and weird…talk about your plot holes and disingenuous storylines…
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On the Superhero Movie Scale, would you say it's a SILVER SURFER?
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How ya like them CG claws when he is looking at them in the mirror?You couldn't slap some knives on his hands. The Fuck?!
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So he asked to be in it...it's the only film
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But, it was below Daredevil levels of bad…
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He'll step up."Yeah. Tyler Perry. So what? At least Oprah wasn't in it."
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Citizen Kane.What do you mean, "You liked him in it." Sixies? It's not like he had much to do. I just thought he was a total distraction. He couldn't have been more distracting if he was wearing the Madea clothes.Sorry. This sounds confrontational. My issue isn't with Sixies or Trek. Perry just rubs me the wrong way for reasons I can't quite articulate.
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My boy's got the skin of a 'gator.He and I had an epic battle over Michael Jackson vs. Fleetwood Mac back before Pedalback even got a name. He don't mind disagreeing.
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and then go back and delete 90% of what you just wrote cause you come off like a raving lunatic?That is what I just did with Tyler Perry in that last post.
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what is the comparison?
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Over all value, I guess.Number of memorable, important songs, maybe?I think Michael Jackson is one of the most over-rated things in pop culture history.
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Hisself...have I seen any of his films? No. The guys made millions and he's called the shots..that's pretty rare these days. he really doesn't offend me and in the trek film, had I not known he'd be in it beforehand, I wouldn't have noticed. I didn't find him distracting as others have claimed. It's not like he played a vital role
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I just settle for coming off like a raving lunatic.
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Ha!! Seems like Iotas ago.
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I didn't know he would be in Trek and when he popped up I think i actually looked around the room to see if anyone else was seeing what I was seeing. 50% of Trek fans probably had no idea who he even was and didn't even care. For me though it was a WTF moment.
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Watched it at work on my iPhone. Seemed like a studios greatest hits package of what they thought fans wanted....and will.I.am was in it... Nuff said!
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they raped the shit out of deadpool too. unforgivable.
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Well, that puts a cherry on top of the suck sundae and then craps all over it.
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Tyler Perry and said, "Oh yeah? Well I still got you beat, little man!"
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You mean "Eons," but that is probably my favorite typo in a long time. Uh, sorta!
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MJ must have more "iconic" songs. I don't really care for either more than just passing interest but when Jackson put out a video it was an EVENT. If it was "iconic" i gotta go Jackson. The most iconic child molester to ever make music.
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What Up with That? also. Poor Lindsey Buckingham always left just sitting there.
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Continuity of the x films...
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Guns and Frickin' Roses has more iconic songs than Michael Jackson. Nirvana has more iconic songs than Michael Jackson. Had Quincy Jones never hired Eddie Van Halen to play on a Michael Jackson song, that dude would've been forgotten thirty years ago.
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6 really good, important songs, only two of them iconic.I'm exaggerating with Nirvana, of course. I do that. I exaggerate. I rave like a lunatic.You've met me, right, Mac?
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I'll take GnR any day over anyone we just mentioned. Not really a Nirvana fan though. Pretty overrated in my opinion.
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Thriller, Billie Jean and Beat It are all iconic and off one record. I struggle to call any other songs iconic. So you were only off by one song. What iconic songs does Fleetwood Mac have? Landslide? iconic?
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Sixies and I discussed this for a couple of hours. And not once did one of us call the other an idiot. At least, I don't remember that.I think, to tell the truth, that was the moment I became a Pedalbacker, even if I didn't know it yet.
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Really enjoyed it. Favorite character was probably the Cheshire Cat. I really liked that the March Hare was a twitchy, cracked out insane character due to all the tea he'd been drinking. Back in college I drew a series of pictures based on Alice in Wonderland if Tim Burton had directed it (who knew I was such an Oracle at the time). And for my Mad Tea Party scene, I envisioned the Mad Hatter and March Hare as being extremely cracked out due to sleep deprivation from all the caffeine. Anyhoo. Saw a trailer for Dreamworks'
"How to Train Your Dragon". Which got me thinking: why does EVERY Dreamworks animated feature end with a rock song? And why does every title font look exactly the same (compare Kung Fu Panda and Dragon). And why do all the commercials do the disingenuous thing of calling it "Dreamworks' Dragons" when the title says something completely different? Can you tell I don't like the way Dreamworks... well... works? -
those must be the three. I can't believe I'm still talking about this. Thanks for hanging in there with me Subs;)
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Your the first person I have heard with anything positive to say about Alice.
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The Chain Rhiannon Gold Dust Woman You Can Go Your Own Way And my personal favs... Never Going Back Again TUSK
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But on the whole, my gf and I really liked it. It wasn't too extremely different from the source material just for the sake of being different (the way characters were designed, I mean), and I thought it provided a nice arc for Alice. Helena Bonham Carter did a really good job, and we both thought Anne Hathaway's comical parody of the way Disney princesses move was very funny.
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http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/pixarvsdreamworks.jpg
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Did it pass? Was that tonight?
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"Thriller" is not even on my list of 6 good songs.
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And despite the Republicans claim that Democrats are doing the "wrong" thing by trying to "ram this through"... its legal, and its been done many many many times before by BOTH sides. The times are a-changing and change is scary. Let's just hope it all works out for the best.
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Mar 21, 2010 9:57:34 PM CDT
But it is telling that a bipartisan group said re: the Bill...
by d.vader
That it WOULD save us a shit-ton of money in the coming years. I think that is very telling. As is the Republican response that the bipartisan group is wrong.
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Mar 21, 2010 9:58:57 PM CDT
Subs....Thriller IS iconic, even if you don't want it to be
by macready452
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We weren't nearly as high on it as Vades, but we both saw a few positives.And, my man, I'll hang with you anytime I can.Iconic Fleetwood Mac songs are "Dreams," "The Chain," "Go Your Own Way," "Rhianon," "Landslide," and "Don't Stop" or "You Make Loving Fun."
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I think the majority of the world would say its iconic. Especially when pretty much everyone on the planet knows it, and you have prisoners in countries like Indonesia participating in large group dances set to the song.
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Iotas ago was purely intentional.. Just thought it would be funny
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But the song is thin air.
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I'm still smiling.
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I thought there was a song I was missing on my list.
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We were talking music."Thriller" is a bubble-gum song. Right down to the stupid Vincent Price rap.
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He better be held to his promise, dammit!
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And everyone dances it at Halloween parties. They even danced it in Ferris Bueller (despite the song not being played). People know the song when they hear it. If the video is iconic, so is the song. Bubble-gum songs CAN be iconic. Though it sounds like the definition of what the word "iconic" means is where the contention lies.
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And everyone dances it at Halloween parties. They even danced it in Ferris Bueller (despite the song not being played). People know the song when they hear it. If the video is iconic, so is the song. Bubble-gum songs CAN be iconic. Though it sounds like the definition of what the word "iconic" means is where the contention lies.
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And "Grandma Gets Run Over By a Reindeer" gets played every Christmas.Like those, "Thriller" is a junky novelty song.I'm not budging.
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Well, it sounds like all the crazy fanatics really DO have representation in Washington. Fucking asshole.
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I'll still think you're wrong =). Iconic doesn't have to mean "Good" in my mind.
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Rush Limbaugh is packing to leave the United States! Whoo-hoo!Yeah, I think you could stretch the word "iconic" to mean things that are simply universally-recognizable. The thing about "Thriller" that is universally-recognizable is the video. And, it's not even very original. The song is barely hummable. A song can't be "iconic" if it isn't even hummable.
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It wasn't the bill that was damaging their reputations, it was their inability to pass the bill. When all is said and done, when you remove FOX News' dishonest, libelous characterization of the bill, it is still something that the majority of Americans support and favor.
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A country that has universal health care. Heheheheh. Ass. (and yes, I mean iconic to be "universally-recognizable... and I can hum the song =P)
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Gonna do a little happy dance before bed.Y'all have sweet dreams.
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And thus I question every poll.
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Amen.
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Just don’t smoke any of em...
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Nirvana isn't as legendary as they are made out to be. They may have ushered in the grunge area, but looking back, they are pretty average sounding.
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We are talking about Rush. Commute. Catch yall in a few.
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The Republicans wouldn't have such a problem with it. By that, I mean, most of the opposition to this Health Care reform seems to stem simply from the way the opposition and support identify themselves.
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downed airplanes, riots, buildings on fire, cats and dogs living together. It's gonna be crazy!
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buckaroo banzai theme song. That's iconic!
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But then I've never *GASP!* seen it. SHHH!!
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All the crazies are going to grab their guns and start making threats. Its going to be scary, like I said.
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That the Democrats are doing what they think is right. Unfortunately, the Republican talking heads would rather label them as power-mad villains and thugs wanting to subvert the regular American to their will. And there are too many uneducated idiots out there that believe it.
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Gotcha...gotcha. Your secret is safe...for now..
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Watched a movie about Woodstock...with Dimetri Martin...Now watching music videos of Daughter's choosing...
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I do not give a hit who the motherfucker was who shouted "babykiller" on the floor was. He's a fucktard. HEALTH CARE PASSES!!!!! HELL YEAH.
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Good to lay eyes, as they say...
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Shit I mean BEER alert. A fourth bear alert would be funny. Anyway, four beers and half a bottle of wine at a nice Indian restaurant I took my gf to after the movie. Watching "The Monster From Another Planet" or something (Japanese) and editing video.
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let it be true. PLEASE tell me Rush is ACTUALLY packing to leave the country. Please. Please, God. I never ask you for ANYTHING anymore... you know, since I stopped believing you exist...
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He's as good as following up on his promises as Alec Baldwin was (though I love him still).
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vimeo.com/10250385
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How ya been?
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I watched that fat twatwaffle for 2+ minutes... and I concluded that he has NO IDEA how to win the lottery. There's two minutes I will never get back.
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And I got another week of busy ahead. I need a BREAK, man... this weekend did not provide it. See any good videos yet?
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...it involves vitamins and supplements of various forms, moderate exercise, NOT being fat, and less alcohol consumption than I would like. Shakin' what your momma gave ya burns a surprising amount of calories, btw.
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Just rehashes of prior hits...
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the ass-crack of dawn awaits. Go with balls, gentlemen. I raise my glass to your collective health.
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And I drink COPIOUS amounts of orange juice. ALL THE TIME. Its all I drink. And its why I maintain that I haven't been sick in 6 years. That and the fact that I let my chihuahua lick my nostrils and perhaps pass on some of those bacteria-fighting agents that live in his mouth.
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Gatoraid and coffee will get me thru another day...Praise ...
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this proves my point. Someone makes a bad joke and then we have 20 nerds adding to the already awful joke. You like to sniff panties lol. No no he like to sniff MEN panties *spits out coke laughing* nono no guys he like to sniff jockstraps in the sauna *holds stomach while laughing out loud* I just farted on my finger, tradeskilz can sniff that *giggle uncontrollably*
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It smells like ... victory. Haha, fuck yourselves, Fox News.
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there is this thing called video games right now, its sort of cool and fun
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March 20-21, 2010 ...Saturday ...Guppy on the third shift: Seal-clubbing as a career choice; THE ROOM and UNIVERSAL SOLDIER; unimpressed by Michael Moore's CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY ...EssDub HATES Two-Buck Chuck wine in capital letters. ...Frustrations with government ...Yack's being inundated with unlimited texting. ...Mr. E.T. (http://i43.tinypic.com/23 wa13r.jpg) ...☆☆RIGHT-BRAIN CINEMA☆☆™: REDS - unfocused historical romance ★★★☆☆ ½ ...Bless the glue. Make it kosher. Jewish school children can eat it without offending Yahweh. ...A nine-movie commitment to "Captain America" - a long-time in the rubber-muscle straitjacket ...Scrabble® online (http://www.quadplex.com/) ...'moose is still poking the Palinites, commenting on Sarah Palin's "nipples of steel." Is her baby named after his developmental condition? Trisomy G, or TRI-G, is a term for Down Syndrome, and Palin's son is named Trig. ...Snow in Arkansas ...Col. and The Future Mrs. Col. hire a DJ for their wedding. ..."White Lines" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five: "Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!" ...Friggin' Tea-Baggers (http://tinyurl.com/yg4e5y2) ...I type some outrageous things. ...Solid Snake ...Ween "Piss Up a Rope" (http://tinyurl.com/yfyqhey) ...Snow in Dallas ...Liquid Snake ...Jack Nicholson's daughter probably has a name. Let's just call her Jack Nicholson's daughter. Everybody else does. (http://tinyurl.com/yccrl5t) ...Nut-shelling the absurdity of current Batman comics. ...Glitchy 360 ...Naked Snake ...STLost and Flick both love AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman. ...Smokin,' drinkin,' back-pedalin,' and good timin' ...Mac gets paid in credit. Credit as in, "roll credits." That and sex, plus $35, is all Flick needs to live, says Flick. ...Always put the seat down after you "stream a Dr. Who" or your female significant other might get pissy. ...Guppy sings that song by Live about gravity. You know, the one that has "placenta" in it. ...Mac self-flagellates when he mis-spells, or, all the time, whichever is the more infrequent. ...Soderbergh? Meh. I like THE LIMEY and THE INFORMANT!, though, and Sixies likes KING OF THE HILL. ...Quoting from TOMBSTONE and BIG TROUBLE ...Flick's got no shorts on under his PJ bottoms. Sunday ...All The Best Girls Have Chinese Eyes ...Guppy sings "American Pie" and "We Didn't Start the Fire." ...Teddy's lost all his "PedAvengers" notes. He also warns against older men seeing THE RUNAWAYS alone, because they'll seem like a perv stalking the crowd of mostly tweenie girls. ...tradeskilz wants the place to smell more like a locker-room. ...EssDub thinks Billy Joel's a jerk, so I tell her about the time he called me stupid on the ROLLING STONE Letters page. ...EssDub lists the top three assholes in music, with Toby Keef sandwiched between two slices of Billy Joel and Gene Simmons. ...I list the Ten Worst Rock Acts. ...Cheeses nominates Alan Jackson for King Country Prick, and he thinks The Eagles are nearly as influential as The Beatles and The Stones. Stabby agrees with him. I'd argue against their points all day long, but I have to get dressed up, so I ask EssDub if I can borrow her heels. ...Meanwhile, Ess is going somewhere, dressed to kill. ...Meanwhile-while, Flick's day-trippin' to The Big Apple. ...The panel shots in Ang Lee's HULK made everybody laugh. ...spud likes The Jovi. ...Stabby lists North American Rock That Sucks with Nickleback at the top. ...MANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED! ...STL rates WOLVERINE as mediocre, but he thinks Wolvie's girlfriend deserves ★★★. ...Sixies compares Madonna to Bowie. If I'd've been there, I'd've smacked him. ...Solid__Snake has a busted Codec. ...Young Maggie Smith was grrrrr-able. ...McDonald's® food will be the last thing on Earth. Used to think it would be cockroaches, but they'll all die out because they won't eat McDonald's®. ...Powerthirst: KENYANS! (http://tinyurl.com/3dz4az) Powerthirst II: "You will win at SPORTS! You will win at ART!" (http://tinyurl.com/32blxg) ...Robert Z'Dar's unnaturally large jaw (http://tinyurl.com/ybudccs) ...Cheeses and I share Bad Restaurants stories. ...Mac and I share a lot of laughs: "Grab your bag, it's on." Really, Southwest Airlines?; Extended WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1930363); Not giving a f@ck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wS5xOZ7Rq8) ...Tyler Perry in STAR TREK ...Cheeses really wanted to like WOLVERINE but admits it's DAREDEVIL-level bad. ...Remembering Michael Jackson vs. Fleetwood Mac. ..."Thriller," song-wise, at least, is non-conic, says I. I also say, "Nonny-nonny, boo-boo, infinity, Vades." GRIN. ...Vades enjoyed Burton's ALICE, particularly the design of the characters. ...Pixar vs. Dreamworks, ©ourtesy Slashfilm.com (http://tinyurl.com/dadboq) ...Health Care Reform passes. Now, Rush Limbaugh needs to keep his promise to move out of the U.S. ...STL expects to wake up to The End of America, uh, sorta. ...The Lottery Guru (vimeo.com/10250385) -
T-BAG in STARGATE, you FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK YOUR LOSTS and BSGS and CARPRICAS and 24s and FRINGYS and BAYWATCHES!!! SGU IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER SG-1 and ATLANTIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mar 22, 2010 8:31:33 AM CDT
T-BAG in STARGATE UUNIVERSE SHIT YOUR PANTS NOW!!!!!!!
by dioxholsterreturns
I FUCK YOUR MOMS!!!!
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Mar 22, 2010 8:33:32 AM CDT
Footage of Beck's reaction to the HCR bill's passage:
by colonelfatheart
http://tinyurl.com/34vazd
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http://tinyurl.com/34vazd
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http://tinyurl.com/34vazd
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I'll check back later.
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you will cum your pants watching it!!!!!!
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Mar 22, 2010 8:44:40 AM CDT
Robert Knepper cast on Stargate Universe!!!!!!!!!!!
by dioxholsterreturns
Robert Knepper will play Simeon, a member of the Lucian Alliance, in a story arc spanning six to seven episodes Simeon is a dangerous Lucian Alliance soldier. He was a seasoned criminal before being recruited by the Alliance. He’s strong and intimidating but more crafty and wiry than big and muscular. Scary in that you’re never sure what he will do. He also holds secrets that are desperately sought after by Earth and those on board Destiny — secrets he would die or worse, kill to protect. He’s an antagonist for several episodes before he finally comes into serious conflict with Robert Carlyle’s character Rush and they are forced to face off.
http://tinyurl.com/y8vlxxe
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YOU SAD LOSERS, YOU WORK FOR LITTLE PAY WHILE I DO NOTHING AND GET LAYED ALL DAY WITH SUPER HOT CHICKS!!!!
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I think it's time to move..and I hope Obama calls them on their bluff..cut off all fucking ties...let Mexico fuck them up the culo
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And holy crap, he played piano while on ChatRoulette! http://www.urlesque.com/2010/03/21/ben-folds-chatroulette-merton-live/
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And was arguably one of the best parts of the show.
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and BAMF outta here.
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How come nobody told me about this????
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This is the US version of what we call the National Health Service here in the UK, am I right??
The NHS works fine when the greedy fat bastards at the top arenn't inventing new ways to syphon off the "bonuses" for their own little nest eggs. Like most decent socialist ideas, they only work if the workforce keeps a beady eye on the greedy fuckers at the top, and have some plans in place as to what to do when the greedy bosses start taking so much money that the service suffers.
It's EXACTLY the problem we have in the UK with the bosses of the NHS - their wages and "bonuses" carve so deeply into the NHS budget pie, that the patients (or "service users" as these Labour motherfuckers would have us call them) and their treatments suffer as a result. A decent Government would be keeping the leash tight on these bastards and keeping this snouts-in-the-trough shit under control, but as out current Government are doing EXACTLY the same thing on a grander scale with ALL our taxes, the situation just gets worse.
So when the US version of the NHS kicks i n, just stop the greedy fuckers at the top before they even THINK of getting their fat paws on that cash. It belongs to all of you, and the poor bastards that have to use the services.
I've never been more ashamed to be British. The British Bulldog never-say-die spirir has become the spirit of me-me-me, where-there's-blame-there's-a-blame and I-didn't-do-it-I'm-not-to-blame. We're a bunch of lazy fat complacent fuckers, and we deserve the shit Government we get. The revolution can't happen quickly enough... -
to see those two twatwaffles on my computer screen. I want to savor the victory surrounded by the bosoms of my friends and loved ones. Wait, that didn't come out right...
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My rant made my typing go to shit. Now THERE'S a surprise.
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"me-me-me, where-there's-blame-there's-a- blame and I-didn't-do-it-I'm-not-to-blam e. We're a bunch of lazy fat complacent fuckers, and we deserve the shit Government we get..."
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You know, with the McSpud surname. In which case, of course, you have even MORE love for the British gov't, historically... isn't that right?
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Mar 22, 2010 9:36:56 AM CDT
you think the sea level will lower once rush limbaugh leaves?
by six demon bag
scientific question of the day..
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Besides, the more Obama succeeds, the richer that... er, silly old woman... gets. Beck, too. Those whores are going NOWHERE.
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had better be on top of their game. I am more afraid than ever that someone is going to try something. I am really, really worried.
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Catch you all in the evening...
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in no way was i comparing musical skills of bowie to madonna...that would be just silly.but they did change numerous times in the course of their career..otherwise both wouldve been laid to waste..bowie basically changed EVERY album, musically and physically...and you could say that dylan did too..
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...at least for now. They stoke the fires of angry bitter impotence...they need the world (their imaginary world) to be going to hell in a hand basket. Their followers need an excuse for their failureosity. Much easier to blame The All Powerful Brown Man, keepin'em down.
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claim that obama is a dictator..i dont think they comprehend the meaning of the word..this bill LEGALLY went thru the senate, the house, and now him..thats the way it works..had this been a war doctrine like in the previous decade, it never wouldve floated through the senate and house..georgie boy wouldve just signed it and said FUCK OFF!also the red states are already talking sucession...like little whiny babies who got picked last for the game and now want to take your ball and go home..
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for when I have to come to work in an old beat-up makeshift convertible (ie: sawed-off top) and sling a sword over my shoulder, while carrying a handgun and shotgun, smoking a cigar, and have to drive through various automobiles abandoned on the road, while I watch cities burn and fend off people turned cannibals. Isn't that supposed to happen when the health-care was signed into law?
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Reminds me of the skit Eddie Murphy did - can't remember if it's in DELIRIOUS! or RAW - where he's talking about being the first black president:
"You'd have to give speeches like this - *runs up and down stage manically* My fellow Americans, as your President I feel - I'm not too happy doin' this shit!". And right there is some redneck motherfucker with a rifle going *moves arms left and right* "He won't stand still!".
I know Eddie was joking, but shit, it'd be a shame if the first decent Pres you've had in YEARS got shot by a dumb shit too stupid to breed outside his own immediate gene pool. Secret Service agents - get some range practice in, and keep an eye out for those dumbass pesky rednecks!! -
You know us in the UK - whatever becomes popular i the US, ends up popular over here within a few years.
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thats all delirious!
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Someone needed to tell her that those links weren't actually Rusty Trombone Limpballs and Gland Peck.
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that was partially filmed in the town I went to High School. They filmed the scenes at the hospital in Stephen King's "The Stand" miniseries in the local hospital..and some scene they are walking on a desolate highway. That was a big deal in our community.
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What's shakin?
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actually growing a pair for change. The measure still doesn't go far enough, IMHO. We still need a public option or a Medicare buy-in available to everyone, but this is a giant step in the right direction.
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...if it had failed, nobody would have touched health care again for at least twenty years...now there's plenty of time to tinker and expand.
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...happened relatively quickly...then eventually they just make it automatic, opt-out sort of thing, and voilà!
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relatively speaking. If the Dems hold on to majorities this year, and I think they will despite a batch of losses, I think it may come after financial regulation is finished.
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Mar 22, 2010 11:08:01 AM CDT
whos to say it wont get scuttled by the next GOP president?
by six demon bag
is that possible?basically im sick of the people saying they dont wanna pay for OTHER peoples health care...
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...to roll this sort of thing back in the past. The same types who hate health care reform hated medicare and social security back in the day too, but now those programs are untouchable sacred cows.
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is that much of the GOP was steadfast against Medicare in the 1960s. Now they're stoking fears that Obama wants to cut your Medicare. Hell, there are teabaggers who hold signs saying, "Keep gubmint out my Medicare!!" (slaps forehead) Also, Alf Landon (R-Melmac) ran against FDR on a platform to repeal a brand new social safety net program called Social Security. We saw how that turned out. Hell, if a Constitutional amendment for presidential term limits weren't ratified, we'd have FDR's corpse presiding over the nation today.
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So I'm waiting to hear what the bad news is. This health care stuff is good and Republicans are crying cause EVERY SINGLE ONE was against it. So to me this is a "look at the birdie" moment.Everyone look at page 5B of your local major paper and see what is going on in Afghanistan. That is what we should be concerned with.I don't really know if anything is happening. Just that theory.
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...railing against public programs...and saying that "I've been at the bottom, I've been on welfare and food stamps, and the government didn't come to help me out!!"...?
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No one cares what you think Craig.Yeah yeah....I know who he is.
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What an idiot.
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I was thinking about it last night. And reading some of the very threatening comments over on FoxNews.com are pretty scary. They all but pretty much tell the politicians to watch their backs.
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if you don't have HBO then you have something to look forward to.It has all the guys who were really there telling the story before you watch the episode like Band of Brothers did. That was and is my favorite part of these mini-series.
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signs advocating the use of Browning handguns to "fix" the situation or some such thing. The Secret Service will need to be on their game more than ever.
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Hows it hanging Colonel. Vades don't waste good interneting over on FoxNews.com. Thats just quality time we could be spending together. I almost turned from CNN over to Fox and then decided against it. If I wanted to see beautiful women with stupid opinions I'll just watch porn.
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I was watching the votes last night.
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LOL at your porn comment, Mac.
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About a painter (Toshiro Mifune) who is caught in a photo with a popular singer and the libelous stories that get printed about them. The real story, however, centers around the poor, morally weak lawyer they hire, played by Takashi Shimura. He has a young daughter bed-ridden with tuberculosis and ends up taking bribes from the magazine editor. There's a moment on Christmas Eve where the drunken attorney and Mifune's painter go to a bar. There, Shimura and another drunk start crying about what bad men they are, and how in a week it will be a new year and they promise to be better men in 1950. Then they start signing Auld Lang Syne, and the band starts playing, and everyone in the restaurant starts singing, the waitresses, cooks and customes; all the other poor and destitute souls. It was a very moving and powerful cinematic moment.
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SCANDAL Shûbun 1950. Japanese. Sub-titled. Black-n-white. Written and directed by Akira Kurosawa.A young painter (Toshirô Mifune) is photographed in the company of a famous singer, and the photo is used in a sensationalized tabloid story. The two sue the newspaper for libel, but their case is jeopardized when their lawyer (Takashi Shimura), a desperate, weak-minded man with a dying daughter, accepts a bribe. Kurosawa is working with obvious, sentimental melodrama, here. Though it's one of his slighter works, there's a terrific, optimistic heart on display, as exemplified by a bar scene set at Christmas-time where the drunken lawyer vows to become a better man. ★★★☆☆ DERSU UZALA 1975. Russian. Subtitled. Co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Made when Kurosawa could not find financing to make films in Japan, this is the 1976 Best Foreign Language Oscar winner. A troop of Russian cartographers meet "Dersu," a woodsman in the Siberian forest who becomes their guide. The captain of the expedition develops a deep bond with the hunter, and meets him a second time five years later. This film is similar in style, if not tone, to Herzog's AGUIRRE, and it's genuinely exciting in several "man against the elements" sequences. I've read reviews that criticize the second half of the film, but I felt real joy at the characters' reunion and unsentimental grief at "Dersu's" decline. A magnificent performance by Soviet Asian, Maksim Munzuk, in the title role.★★★★☆
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And I never got to see what happened right after the verdict to the case was announced.
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Right when Obama was elected I thought he would roll around in a Pope style bubble. Every time I see him just strutting around it makes me think he is the bravest guy out there. I don't think anything could damage this country more than if someone killed him. Millions of people would give up all hope.
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SCANDAL-ous, I dare say.
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http://tinyurl.com/m3zt2a
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No Pacific for me.
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and Beck just lets it go. He looks like the Stay-Puft marshmallow man. So white and bloated. Just like the assholes he is the mouth piece for.
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What a coinkydink! And we both mention the same great Christmas Eve bar scene!
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I ended up working all week last week, coming home after midnight each night, with no time to watch the Kurosawa films I had DVR'd from TCM. So today, I'm trying to catch up. Just watched Scandal. Next it's going to be "The Idiot". And I need to make some room, bc tomorrow is Kurosawa's 100th bday and they're playing movies ALL DAY. And I have to work AGAIN tomorrow and won't get to watch.
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The artist makes a speech to the press about "we've just seen a star" (remember the stars reflected in the fetid pond?). Then, my DVR cut it, too, but I doubt anything beyond the lawyer exiting the courtroom happened in that last minute.
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Though I prefer Crow T and Mike Nelson.
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Better save a bullet for themselves cause a n overpopulated prison full of minorities (and others) will make that person their bitch until he gets the gas chamber.
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Unfortunately it was subtitled in Spanish. I tried to translate best I could, and I understood they were talking about the stars (Mifune even made mention during that pond scene that Shimura could still become a star- something like "we mortals don't know what God has planned for us"). But I didn't quite get anything else. It looked like, immediately after that convo with the press, we cut to a windy street with Shimura's beaten-down and hunched lawyer walking away. And it looks like he walks right beside a wall of posters that seem to be ads for that Amour magazine.
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you would see an outrage that would shake FOX News to its core and the end of Beck and Limbaugh. The average American would rise up in a single voice of disgust that would chase the whole neo-con, Republican ugliness into a dank hole so deep they'd not crawl back out for another forty years.
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Mar 22, 2010 12:03:26 PM CDT
I just wish Beck would realize (bc I think he's too dumb to see
by d.vader
That what he is doing and promoting is extremely dangerous bc there are too many wackos out there. And these pundits need to be taken to task for their recklessness. Its a free country and they can say what they want of course, but there will be consequences and they need to understand that.
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At least he's not given some Hollywoodesque hero moment.
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I hope everyone heard about Bernie Madoff getting the shit kicked out of him in prison. Broken nose and ribs I believe. I got great satisfaction from that. God bless those violent drug addicts.
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It's #44346, folks. We don't even have to discuss it.
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Mar 22, 2010 12:07:27 PM CDT
Flick, it'd be like the murders of The Kennedys and King.
by subtitles_off
The here-to-fore uninvolved and silent majority would rattle the walls.
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So I woke up this morning and there was fire and brimstone raining from the sky. Mass hysteria! Actually, health care passed and no one but the wingnuts seem to notice, 'cept that dude with the mullet at the gas station who was talking about 're-education camps' or some such nonsense. I didn't give a shit. This is the same guy who wanted to beat my ass for wearing an Obama T-shirt after election day. I really hope that nothing happens that gives the GOP the opportunity to repeal this. It at least deserves a chance to see how it works. It's a pipe dream to think that idiots like Beck and Limbaugh will disappear, though. This is the best thing that ever happened to them. I hope it's not wrong to say that I still like Craig T. Nelson. At least as an actor. It seemed that he was talking about the pointlessness of the Wall Street bailouts as opposed to health care reform. Can't say it would be a bad thing if someone ingenious bastard managed to steal every last cent from the coffers of Goldman Sachs.
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Mar 23, 2010 8:33:56 AM CDT
This talkback is competing with the Lostback for length
by royston lodge
Yet doesn't seem to have much to do with Warhammer...
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You too Royston? I come back here for the first time in days, see this topic competing with the Tolkien epics and think "Shit, there must be a HELLUVA lot of 40K fans around here..."I guess not.
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