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I drastically cut down my drinking last June (in combination with other lifestyle changes, like going to the gym and overall healthier eating) and I've never felt better in my life. I used to do kind of like you described...an occasional beer or two but at least a few days of very heavy drinking...

Gotta make at least a couple movies every year for the black folk to hoot and holler at in the theater.

I didn't say they were close to the books, I said they were almost perfectlytranslated, meaning that the (necessary) changes which were made to the story/plot/characters did not hurt the movies. Taking a book and putting it on-screen without any changes to account for the different medium is...

Daikatana made me its bitch.

Not to mention the fact that all the people working the cash registers at Taco Bell aren't in a hurry to post in this thread. Results are skewed (much like the real life picture thread).

I saw your username as the latest post in this thread. Needless to say, I am disappointed.

It's not that I don't expect him to die, but I was talking more about the random deaths that you don't expect. If a big player dies it will be pretty predicted due to the episodes leading up to it. I think Manny's death was a good example. Until that final minute or two when he was talking to...

Well like I said, I didn't agree with all of the changes Jackson made to The Hobbit. However, Christopher Tolkien was unhappy with how the LOTR were changed as well, and I think it's pretty generally accepted by most book fans that they were almost perfectly translated into film.

Christopher Tolkien is a pretentious fuckwad and if the LOTR and Hobbit movies had been made to preserve the "aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation" they would have BOMBED at the box office. Why? Because shit like that doesn't translate well into movies, and even when done well will...

When the servers are up I'll try to find a time to play a practice match with Djay. *edit* That's what I get for not refreshing the thread before posting. Oh well.

For me, the best thing it has going for it is some pretty great action scenes. It's refreshing to have a stable camera so you can actually see what's going on instead of all that shaky/blurry shit that seems popular nowadays. Plus the choreography seems stellar with the all the flipping...

I hate the bloated Best Picture category nowadays. Adding more films doesn't make it any more exciting or interesting. Hell, I can guarantee that Life of Pi and Zero Dark Thirty stand absolutely zero chance of winning against a film like Lincoln. Why are they even put into the category?

I'm in the same boat. I've always liked the Happy Hour first date due to the low cost/time/risk to reward ratio. However, the chick I just started dating gave up drinking a while ago. With her I opted to grab a light dinner after work and it went well. My suggestions for you are: 1) Go to...

Shitty situation. No offense, but going by what you described in your post, the bulk of your family seem like worthless pieces of shit and judging by the treatment you received as a child you don't owe them one damn thing. I'll just echo what everyone else in this thread has said: get out...

Yeah this is true, but if he's going to do it anyway he might as well do it right so his success chances go from 0% to 1%.

There's nothing wrong with a phone call to ask someone out. She's not going to think "I would have gone out with him, but this fucker asked me out OVER THE PHONE? Nevermind!". The problem I see is that YOU feel like you're downgrading yourself by using the phone, and that will certainly be...

Anything written (letter, text, email, whatever) is a pussy move. I'd call her up after you're all done and ask her out. Don't apologize for not asking her in person. Anyway, I seriously doubt she's into you at all. More likely she's just being friendly. The fact that you don't even know her...

Haha that's a pretty brilliant comparison. Not only do they look the same, but their sexual appetites are equally as fucked up.

Handling disconnects shouldn't be too bad. The game is really good about giving some time (4 minute countdown I think?) and reconnecting if your internet comes back up. Seems like if you have an opponent disconnect, you're required to wait the full countdown and if the opponent doesn't come back...

That makes you sound incredibly retarded. I've played all sorts of video games while on a treadmill and never had that problem. You were probably one of those kids that used to lean their whole body to the left or right when playing driving games on the SNES.

I haven't had a ton of time to play lately, but I could easily fit in at least one game a week if we get a scheduled, official tournament going.

That sounds fairly technical and difficult. I'm surprised he only makes 24/hour, that's not very much at all.

Thanks for the replies, everyone! Fortunately no one at my company expects me to become a Drupal guru (although doing so would certainly give me leverage for a raise, heh). The problem we've been running into lately is that our VP of marketing wants to do this, this, and this on our website...

It's either a trannie or a cute kitten in a person costume. Fedor's got me all confused

If your only real work experience is teaching ESL in China, whether it's at a Chinese university or a private language school, then you might as well have no experience. Overseas ESL teaching experience means exactly jack and shit to anyone outside of chain ESL schools in the USA (i.e Kaplan...

I've never seen a pure black chick who I thought was attractive. I guess it's just what you're used to? Being near Baltimore/D.C, I get black chicks recommended to me on eHarmony all the time. At this point if their name is along the lines of Olutoyin, Latoya, or a white girl's name with a...

My company has decided that I should learn Drupal, with the goal of taking over our (currently very basic) website and allowing for a lot more customization and features. Within reason they're willing to pay for any courses or books that I might need. So does anyone have any recommendations on...

Just curious, but has anyone who said they were trying to lose weight in this thread actually made any progress?

If you didn't have an SNES I'm pretty sure they actually hated you. Proof my parents loved me. I've still got it in the attic somewhere:

I was hoping this was the Pokemon edition of Keg's classic "What video game character are you?" thread on FOH.

I said it on FOH and I'll say it again here: the biggest mistake they made was killing off Batiatus. Spartacus was always the most boring character on the show (even when Andy was portraying him). The best parts were the intrigue and scheming of Batiatus. Last season had a lot less of that with...

I'm really,reallyhoping that the battle of the five armies takes up a significant portion of the 3rd movie. That has the potential to be insanely epic, even moreso than any of the battles in LOTR, so I'd hate to see it not given proper treatment. Anyway, it's been a long time since I read The...

Cannot wait. No show brings the badass as much as Spartacus.

Thread needs more Game Gear! A portable game system AND a mini color TV? OMG!

Wow I had forgotten about Funcoland. That place was amazing for finding reasonably priced games during the days of 60 - 80 dollar cartridges. Years later, during the time they were going out of business, I drove almost an hour to one to pick up an NES lightgun so I could play Duck Hunt on the...

It's ok. They're both awesome rides. Your kids are lucky they got to experience them. I've always pitied those kids who never had a chance to go to Disney World at a young age. It's just not the same when you're older.

That's not the Haunted Mansion, that's the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. Not only are they completely different rides, but they're not even in the same parks (MGM vs. Magic Kingdom). Learn2DisneyWorld!

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Given that it's based on the book and the visual style was already pretty much set in stone by the LOTR films, I doubt it would have been much different in either story or visuals.

All you fat fucks need to realize you're going to quit the gym in a few weeks and stop crowding it for people who don't wait till some arbitrary date to get in shape.