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February: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
March: American On Purpose by Craig Ferguson

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test - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 8, 23:23 (3)
- ooh, this won't affect your board stats at allllllll ... *snicker* -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 23:28 (2)
  - what stats? -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 8, 23:56 (1)
    - there's a leaderboard on the left menu, under 'Board Stats'. One of the metrics is wordcount. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 23:59 (0)
Hmm, my wife's MacBook pro arrives this week some time ... Just in time for Apple to refresh the line this month. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 8, 22:54 (1)
- acquaintance was waiting for Mac to build a smaller, not larger screened laptop to do word pro on - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 8, 22:59 (0)
for the abs sw issue: toyota just announced the full 2010 prius recall, and some lexus hybrids, too.. nm but: -- (link) - b! Feb 8, 22:50 (1)
- geez. that includes a separate recall of some 2010 camrys for a power steering/brake issue. -- nm - b! Feb 8, 22:53 (0)
"it's hard to make a stronger impression than Amanda does with her drawings of syphilitic vaginas" - z-droid Feb 8, 22:32 (0)
OSNews: Windows 7 "battery bug" not a bug at all; the batteries really are in need of replacement. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 8, 22:23 (0)
tap.tap.tap.tap. -- nm - b! Feb 8, 22:09 (2)
- GBT? -- nm - dj roomba Feb 8, 22:11 (1)
  - '/~war. what is it good for? protectin' our wee peoples, say it again!,,'/~ -- nm - b! Feb 8, 22:23 (0)
your Word of the Day ... dentriloquist ... - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 8, 21:45 (1)
- my word of the day: gonorrhea -- nm - dj roomba Feb 8, 22:01 (0)
The "Moon Landing" episode of Modern Family (just watched it) was killer. My God I laughed. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 21:34 (0)
too bad Jennifer Jones ain't Team Canada at the Olympics - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 8, 21:28 (0)
ABC picks up pilot featuring Micheal Chiklis (Vic Makey) in a superhero show... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 8, 21:24 (2)
- Where's my goddamned Fables series! -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 21:28 (0)
- He was also the Commish. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 21:26 (0)
(lawyers look away!) some of these character laptop/phone decals are pretty cool. -- (link) - b! Feb 8, 21:18 (2)
- Those are pretty damn cool, actually. --nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 21:42 (0)
- The Magritte is clever. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 21:22 (0)
That was an unintentionally funny moment on The Late Show... - Mel Profit Feb 8, 21:14 (1)
- normally the fans in the winning town riot and trash the place, in NOLA's case, who would notice -- nm - z-droid Feb 8, 22:21 (0)
iTunes Store is not working!!! WHY, STEVE JOBS?! WHY?!!! -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 21:11 (3)
- Hey tomorrow we can talk about taking out that heavy hitter in our area. -- nm - Redmond Feb 8, 21:14 (2)
  - I hope it happens soon. I'm building up like mad and can't maintain this military level. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 21:17 (1)
    - I'm building up like mad, too, but I won't be free to hop online 'til about 6:00 pm our time. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 21:52 (0)
FV question for anyone that plays. How are you guys getting horse shoes to send out? - Stephen Feb 8, 20:47 (0)
Love to prove that, wouldn't ya? Get your name into the National Geographic -- nm - Mayor Vaughn Feb 8, 20:26 (2)
- This was no boating accident! -- nm - Redmond Feb 8, 20:27 (1)
  - Porkers, Mr. Hooper? Talkin' bout . . . porkers?? -- nm - Quint Feb 8, 20:48 (0)
The 300 hours of HD TiVo's time at the top of the heap was short-lived. - David Feb 8, 20:25 (7)
- Do you record and save/not delete a lot of shows? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 8, 22:10 (1)
  - I think David's philosphy is "Never Delete, Never Surrender!" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 22:11 (0)
- You may be joking, but I've already programmed my Tivo to record Olympic curling and purged a number of shows to make room. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 20:29 (4)
  - Oh, this household does not joke about Olympic Curling. Kim already has her hat out. -- nm - David Feb 8, 20:30 (3)
    - Does it say "Hurry" and/or "Hard"? -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 20:32 (2)
      - No, sorry. I made a "hurry/hard" joke yesterday. There's at leas ta 48 hour moritorium between such jokes. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 21:02 (1)
        As a Canadian I honour no such restrictions. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 21:05 (0)
Nurse to Stand Trial for Reporting Doctor -- (link) - Mop Feb 8, 20:21 (2)
- That's ridiculous. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 8, 21:36 (0)
- it's one of those hell hole 100 degree 100 percent humidity towns where getting any doc, even one with a mailorder degree is nearly impossible -- nm - z-droid Feb 8, 20:37 (0)
Atlanta's MARTA system's 'yellow line' goes through Doraville, where, you know, a whole bunch of Asian people live. Kinda causing some annoyance. -- (link) - Qale Feb 8, 20:14 (5)
- ah, so *they're* the lobby that switched us from yellow no. 2 tests to computer-based. -- nm - Max Feb 8, 20:29 (0)
- Isn't "marta" the woman from Arrested Development? - Beryllium Feb 8, 20:24 (0)
- Did they put it on the map, on the map, on the map, on the map, on the map, on the map, on the map, on the map, on the *map*! -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 20:19 (1)
  - Aaauuughhh! Leave me alone Luke Wilson! -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 20:25 (0)
- "Can you say racist? Racista! Yay, you said it!" -- nm - Doraville Feb 8, 20:19 (0)
"That was the end of Grogan... the man who killed my father, raped and murdered my sister, burned my ranch, shot my dog, and stole my Bible!" - David Feb 8, 20:14 (2)
- You;re too late - the Romancing the Stone quiz ran a couple of days ago -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 20:27 (1)
  - That's what had it in my head. -- nm - David Feb 8, 20:28 (0)
re: Standolyn. Someone on the discussion boards asked where her name came from. she said - loosilu Feb 8, 20:09 (21)
- Maurgald -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 22:58 (0)
- Dougvy or Ivlas -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 8, 22:36 (0)
- The combination of my parents's names would one or the other. - psilotum Feb 8, 22:26 (0)
- arthoyce? jarthur? -- nm - sluttella Feb 8, 21:15 (1)
  - jort. nm - Dignan Feb 8, 21:49 (0)
- lewele or michwis - z-droid Feb 8, 20:57 (0)
- delussel? russores? -- nm - mara Feb 8, 20:56 (0)
- multiple possibilities. my fave may be: jacrite. -- nm - b! Feb 8, 20:45 (0)
- Thonia or Somas. -- nm - Tim Feb 8, 20:42 (0)
- Marstopher. Or Christaret. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 20:28 (0)
- Linaul. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 20:22 (0)
- Jayne. nm - Dignan Feb 8, 20:18 (5)
  - That's a girl's name. -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 20:22 (0)
  - The hero of Canton? -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 20:20 (3)
    - Stood up to the man and gave him whatfor. -- nm - David Feb 8, 20:24 (2)
      - with the business end of his buggy whip! -- nm - dj roomba Feb 8, 20:26 (0)
      - This must be what going mad feels like. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 20:26 (0)
- Rupdy - dj roomba Feb 8, 20:14 (0)
- Paulan. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 20:13 (0)
- Jedward. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 20:11 (0)
- Barbert. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 20:10 (0)
FKM -- (link) - zork Feb 8, 20:07 (0)
ST Poll. Marry one, Robin or Lilly? Robin for me please. -- nm - RedmonD Feb 8, 20:05 (8)
- Robin's hotter, but she's got all kinds of relationship issues. She's the classic "F" in "MFK". -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 20:27 (0)
- Lilly. I would not even date Robin. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Feb 8, 20:20 (2)
  - And with this Robin has been validated as the correct choice. - Redmond Feb 8, 20:22 (1)
    - You'll marry anything. -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 20:22 (0)
- As much as I used to be in love with Alyson Hannigan, Robin. (AHANN does enjoy showing off the pregnacy boobs, though.) (nm) - Tim Feb 8, 20:13 (0)
- Robin -- nm - amoxy Feb 8, 20:11 (0)
- Robin -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 20:08 (0)
- mouse hunt? -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 20:07 (0)
Beer review: Hibernation Ale puts a hole in one side of your brain. Baltic Porter puts a hole in the other side. -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 20:05 (5)
- I'm drinking some kinda ipa that is so h h hoppy it's curling my tongue -- nm - z-droid Feb 8, 20:29 (1)
  - high in dietary silicon! -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 20:36 (0)
- Hibernation is from Great DIvide. Baltic Porter is from Duck-Rabbit. -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 20:06 (2)
  - I need to find some of this Hibernation Ale. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 20:22 (1)
    - oh, it's goooood. we fought over it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 20:23 (0)
book reboots should be done for LOTR and ... Wheel of Time! - zork Feb 8, 20:05 (0)
Have we seen this pic from yesterday -- (link) - amoxy Feb 8, 19:56 (7)
- stupid ass Esiason last night: "That right there is the most tender moment a father can share with his son." - TFox Feb 8, 19:59 (4)
  - he described it as "precious" not "tender" -- it was one of my favorite moments of the day, and I thought he noted it well. here's the clip. nm but -- (link) - b! Feb 8, 20:40 (0)
  - also, sucks to be the other 99.999999% of fathers who won't win the Super Bowl. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 20:00 (2)
    - Boomer never won either. -- nm - The 49ers Feb 8, 20:42 (0)
    - I feel sorry for the kid. Most likely, his life has already peaked -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 20:35 (0)
- diaper check! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 19:57 (0)
- that baby's totally going to have a complex. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 19:56 (0)
You know what needs a reboot? Avatar. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 19:49 (18)
- I say that Harry Potter has to be remade but it has to be completely rewritten. Can't leave any trace of Rowling - zork Feb 8, 19:59 (4)
  - we could set it in New York and use Greek gods! -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 20:02 (3)
    - and someone should be in a wheelchair, preferably played as an in-joke by an otherwise over-the-hill actor! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 20:03 (2)
      - Rip Torn is in jail and can't throw the wrench now. -- nm - RedmonD Feb 8, 20:04 (1)
        Maybe we can get Pierce Brosnan. I hear he's got free time aplenty. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 8, 20:06 (0)
- crativity? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 19:54 (0)
- I say we reboot Twilight... but lets keep the current film series on pace. - TFox Feb 8, 19:53 (2)
  - I wouldn't put it past Warners to just keep making Harry Potter films on a loop until the end of time. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 19:58 (0)
  - Hey, it's nothing Lost isn't trying. -- nm - David Feb 8, 19:55 (0)
- You know what we should reboot now, to save us the time? Justice League. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 19:52 (0)
- The Last Airbender should still call itself Avatar: The Last Airbender. $600 million guaranteed! -- nm - Tim Feb 8, 19:51 (0)
- Wolfman. I mean sure, it's not out for another few days, but let's go ahead and remake it again. -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 19:51 (0)
- oh wait. I'd like to preboot Prince of Persia. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 19:50 (5)
  - Wouldn't that be a preboot? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 8, 19:59 (3)
    - Did I lisp? -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 20:04 (1)
      - ooops... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 8, 20:06 (0)
    - It says preboot, but I just wanna say preboot a few more times. It's one of those fake words that sounds even funnier the more you say it. Preboot! -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 20:02 (0)
  - Now that we know people want to see the story, we could reboot Dear John and try to make it good this time. -- nm - David Feb 8, 19:52 (0)
I stand corrected. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 19:48 (1)
- you're a semi-obscure reference to a 1980's Prince song ?? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 8, 21:45 (0)
I saw Avvie for the 4th time today. Was surprised I could use my moviewatcher free ticket to get into LieMAX. - Qale Feb 8, 19:47 (0)

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