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[George]

And since we're so close...

[George]

Oops...too late.

[George]

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]THE SIZE THREE FONT DANCE!![/move]

[Jrand73]

True, DRCILLA LIZ....true.....

[Jrand73]

Jog is very close to jpg isn't it?

[Jrand73]

Computer sounds super, DR PENNYO.

Remember when hard drive meant a difficult trip?

[Cillaliz]

And a keyboard only played music

[Cillaliz]

And a mouse was something you'd never want on your desk

[Cillaliz]

and a monitor was a ship from a war long ago...

[Cillaliz]

and a disk was something in your back that hurt a lot if it slipped

[Jrand73]

Ah yes....way back in the 20th century!

[Jennifer]

Re: last night's Dancing with the star results.


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I don't mind that tucker is gone since he was the worst dancer. But there were some things that surprised me. How would willa (3rd place with the judges) end up in the bottom 2. And how could sara (the country singer is that her name?) not be in the bottom 3?

Will must have gotten the lowest votes. And jerry springer and the country singer must have gotten a lot of votes.

I believe the system is the same as last year. You get points based on your position (not score) and that is added to your ranking from the fans. So really the first placed person (mario this week) could not have gone home (i think judges votes count for more in a tie).

I thought will was quite good and has lots of potential. I wonder if people are voting for who they are fans of previously. Or who they think is the best dancer.

[Jennifer]

As for the shootings in montreal yesterday.  Well of course it is all over the news here. Actually my sister's husband was eating lunch at the mall across the street from Dawson cegep WHILE THE SHOOTINGS WERE HAPPENING. So he could see the people running into the street.

I think around 20 were hurt, one girl dead. I think most (or even all) of the others are expected to live. I think they are going to update that at 4pm.

The police entered the school and shot the gunman. I believe he had 3 guns.

The entire montreal paper is page after page of stories. Really sad.  It brings back really bad memories of the 1989 Polytechnique shootings here. I had just started university at the time. And i remember that december a gunman killed many women at one of the french universities.  And then also in 1992 during the summer, a professor at my university went on a rampage (after not getting tenure) and killed 4 professors.

Really scary stuff.

[Jennifer]

I am excited for survivor to start tonight. And for TAR to start on sunday.

[Matt H.]

Day has continued to be beautiful but we got more heat than they forecast. Got to 81 this afternoon. It'll be even hotter in the upcoming days.

[Matt H.]

I spent the afternoon with two mediocre movies. I started off with the remake of ALFIE. Wonderful actors in this (Jane Krakowski, Marisa Tomei, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon, Dick Latessa, Omar Epps, Jefferson Mays), but Jude Law just doesn't have the cocky charm (for me) that Michael Caine did, and, as I've said before, there was no real reason to remake what was already so well done the first time.

It wasn't a bad film, and there were moments of emotion that I kind of liked. But I kept thinking the entire time I watched it that I'd rather be watching the 1966 version. I guess if you've never seen it, this one was OK.

[Matt H.]

Next up came FANTASTIC FOUR. As comic book movies go, it'd not be among the best. Johnny Storm irritated the heck out of me, and I found the love story kind of lame. Emotions on display were very one dimensional and as variable as the wind, but I guess for younger kids, this might be an OK version of the comic book. (I never was into Marvel Comics so I can't say if it's an accurate depictuon of that world.)

I read that there will be a sequel to this one. Give me X-MEN or BATMAN any day.

[Matt H.]

I still have SHOCK TREATMENT from the INHD channel. I'm not sure I've ever seen more than five or ten minutes of this movie before.

[Cillaliz]

Re: last night's Dancing with the star results.


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I believe the system is the same as last year. You get points based on your position (not score) and that is added to your ranking from the fans. So really the first placed person (mario this week) could not have gone home (i think judges votes count for more in a tie).

I thought will was quite good and has lots of potential. I wonder if people are voting for who they are fans of previously. Or who they think is the best dancer.

The system they announced is 50% of the score is the fans vote. If you go to the website each person can vote 11 times.  Seems like a pretty crazy system to me.  I don't know if there's a limit on the text messaging, but that costs money, so I'm sure that would be self-limiting at some point

[Cillaliz]

Re: last night's Dancing with the star results.


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 I wonder if people are voting for who they are fans of previously. Or who they think is the best dancer.

I think it's a mix of both.  I thought Jerry Springer was a lousy dancer, but he was very entertaining to watch and looked like he was genuinely having lots of fun. He just wants to learn to dance so he can dance at his daughter's wedding...how do you not keep him around til he can dance? Besides he's Jerry Springer, he has lots of crazy fans who will keep voting for him. I do think he was genuinely shocked that he wasn't voted out.

I think they do a great job of casting to get the mix they get. The show is a lot more fun than if it was just who's the best dancer or if everyone was a good dancer.  Plus there is lots of room for some of them to improve.

[Maria]

Re the TOD... This isn't right on topic, but addresses it and is well worth reading, in any case...
 
The Dali Lama's Instructions for Life

1.  Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2.  When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

3.  Follow the three R’s:
Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

4.  Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5.  Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6.  Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

7.  When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8.  Spend some time alone every day.

9.  Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
 

[Matt H.]

Heading down now to clean the bedroom areas, do a little reading, and then tune in some TV for the evening. I believe I've seen at least one of the GREY'S ANATOMY episodes, so I may be substituting with something else in that event.

WBBL.

[Danise]

Evening folks.

I've been looking forward to DWTS--It one of the few shows I make time to watch (along with Lost and Boston Legal).

I have TIVO catch them for me and then I watch them in parts when I have time.  I did see most o DWTS the first night.  I'm not suprised on who was voted off.  He did sit in a chair for most of the dance.

Gotta run!  Have a good evening!

[Ron Pulliam]

What a day

What a day....


But there was no auto-da-fe!

We had an all-morning Town Hall Meeting for my agency in a nearby burg.  

Afterward three of us went to a little cafe called "Creasian"...very nice.  Tempura asparagus, followed by Szechuan chicken (3-alarm variety) with Jasmine rice.

Yummy.

[Cillaliz]

Well, they are dropping like flies... the other lawyer in the office has been out sick all week and now one of the secretaries is gone.  I am planning to stay healthy. I will not be sick on my trip

[Cillaliz]

Think I'll shut down ye old computer and start getting ready to go home....Yeah! tomorrow is Friday. I am most happy about that

[PennyO]

Well, my loan application/information has been faxed!  Now, all I have to do is wait for things to be done by other people and then on October 2nd, I'll be a condo owner!![/i]

Oh, BABY!!! Congrats, Georgie Boy!!

[DearReaderLaura]

Congratulations, George!

[TCB]

Word of the Day:  I went to school with one.

[George]

Thanks PennyO and DearReaderLaura!  It hasn't quite sunk in that it's really happening, but I suppose all the stuff I have in storage is a pretty good indicator.