I'm saddened to hear this
news because this show is a weekly Saturday morning staple in my house.
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Posts: 5514 (07/21/08 1:24 PM) To hell with dogs -
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Posts: 6009 (07/21/08 1:31 PM) That's Glay-bay if |
Initially I was sad too, but this may be good.
Roeper's going to do another movie show. Ebert is officially out at the show as well and he's taking his Thumbs with him. I'm guessing this means Roeper may be doing a show with the Thumbs. At the Movies will still exist. Don't know with who but I'll be quite happy if they have AO Scott and/or Michael Phillips. Which means two good movie critique shows! Yea! |
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Posts: 13266 (07/21/08 1:43 PM) 100% U.S. Grade A |
Is Ebert on anyone's death pool?
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mdbuffalum |
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Posts: 8611 (07/21/08 3:46 PM) First comes love,
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From a conversation with a coworker, it blows my mind that people go on vacation without hotel reservations for every night.
Also, I just got PISSED on the phone with someone from Verizon (goddamn motherfuckers) and now I'm sick to my stomach. I'm totally, completely conflict averse. |
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Posts: 17916 (07/21/08 6:50 PM) Lets his hookers |
He copyrighted thumbs up and down? Hmmm... didn't the Roman's do that 2000 years before that fat bastard was stealing popcorn from 5 year olds because
he finished off his 400oz tub in 15 minutes?
Screw this I am now the copyright holder of taking a shit. And I'm going to make everyone pay up the ass each and every day. |
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roanokes star |
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Posts: 1667 (07/21/08 6:55 PM) SWF looking for SM
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Shouldn't that be pay OUT the ass?! :P
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celiviel |
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Posts: 6986 (07/21/08 7:09 PM) Got interrobanged |
The writer of that Ebert article needs to learn the difference between a copyright and a trademark.
But yes, Ebert owns a trademark on Two Thumbs Up (it's no: 74587944 in the USPTO database) in the area of "television programs and appearances in the field of motion picture critiques". Other movie reviewers can't co-opt the thumbs up/thumbs down without being slapped with a lawsuit, but time-traveling Romans should be free to indicate their Gladiator pleasure/displeasure. |
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celiviel |
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Posts: 6988 (07/21/08 11:03 PM) Got interrobanged |
Allergies. KILLING ME. AAAAAAA-CHOOOOOOOO!
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Posts: 6012 (07/22/08 12:23 PM) That's Glay-bay if |
oz, the news on At the Movies' new direction: http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/2008/07/lyons-and-manki.html
So no Phillips or Scott either |
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ozlifter |
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Posts: 5519 (07/22/08 12:29 PM) To hell with dogs -
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Hmm, I guess I'll reserve judgment until I actually see the new show, but I'm a little apprehensive right now.
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Posts: 5626 (07/22/08 12:38 PM) Who? |
A triple play:
1) Allergies. *sniffle* 2) You know it's not going to be your day when you flick up the flag on your mailbox and it flings bird shit in your face. 3) Hurricane Dolly. Why must this happen on the week I have to cover Ready.gov? Also, the structure of Ready is one of extreme bureaucracy - meaning only the most antiseptic or incompetent things can get through the review process. Yesterday I got a panicked phone call because the Ready PA logo had the website too close to the word "Ready." This was, of course, exactly what I was asked to do. It is also something that can be fixed with any basic image program - which I know the Ready PA people have since they created the example - but I still had to listen to a fretful, "I'm going to have to run it by everyone to see if this violation will be allowed." I should also mention that it took half a dozen emails and two spreadsheets before the Ready chick realized she forgot to mention what in the logo needed editing in the first place. All I can do is hope that Ready.gov is actually some genius satire of the government, because it's far too depressing to take it seriously. |
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chrizpco |
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Posts: 5631 (07/22/08 2:41 PM) Who? |
More Ready.gov bitching:
I made a change to the hurricanes page on our demo server and sent it off to get approval. (On USFA, the site I normally cover, when we get a change it's ALREADY be approved and can be posted immediately.) I got an approval back, so I pushed it live. Then I got an email saying, "No! Two more people have to approve of it first!" Uh, too late? Note that we got an urgent email last night telling us to prepare for changes as soon as the day began. It took until 1pm for the changes to arrive and those changes have yet to be approved. (But they're live anyway, whee!) Yeah, it turns out the Ready organization is a bureaucratic panic over the Wall Street Journal calling and asking about a disputed quote in an ad. Someone might be held accountable for an error. OH SHIT! What has hundreds of heads, but no brains? The government! *ba-dum-ching* |
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Posts: 11667 (07/22/08 3:09 PM) Official Towel Girl Of
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backpack + cramps = ouch. I bailed halfway and lounged in the woods.
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Posts: 17922 (07/22/08 7:09 PM) Lets his hookers |
On the http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/index.html page there's an error in the Baseic Emergency Supply Kit section. Add a shotgun and shells for
possible zombie attacks and push it live.
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roanokes star |
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Posts: 1668 (07/22/08 9:18 PM) SWF looking for SM
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I hate men. That is all.
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Posts: 8618 (07/23/08 1:11 PM) First comes love,
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We're going on vacation starting Saturday and it's supposed to be 61 in San Francisco. Stupid Bay Area weather!
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chrizpco |
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Posts: 5633 (07/23/08 1:28 PM) Who? |
More Ready bitching!
These are my tasks for today: 1) Make the ReadyPA logo fit the draconian Ready guidelines. This is a problem, because the guidelines require Foundry Wilson Normal font. Our company does not have that font. This means doing my job is going to cost the company a few hundred dollars to purchase the font. The company offering the font is ridiculously unreliable. Our fax machine is ridiculously unreliable. The entire situation has turned into a massive clusterfuck, all because Pennsylvania wanted to be cool and replace the set-in-stone tagline. Assholes. 2) Do...something for a minor league baseball promotion. Since all instructions are placed in a single cell on a spreadsheet, they are reduced to meaningless blurbs. Do they want a press release? Do they want a new section? Does this content need a blurb to go with it? If so, can someone provide that blurb? Am I being asked to do anything that makes sense? This promotion is another clusterfuck in the making. I was told to put a banner in the splash page flash for this, which is something I can't do. That also requires a new (redundant) page being created. I also need a banner, which they have provided. The banner is of a baseball and says, "Pitch In!" That's it. Shouldn't there, yanno, be some actual information on the banner? This site is run so inefficiently. THIS is why they have to review everything before it goes live - because they provide no direction until AFTER the content provided has flailed around helplessly. Two more days of this... (I do totally want to edit in a page about zombie attacks.) |
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ozlifter |
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Posts: 5525 (07/23/08 2:30 PM) To hell with dogs -
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Is it soul-scorchingly hot anywhere else? Stepping outside is like stepping into hell here.
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Posts: 17924 (07/23/08 3:39 PM) Lets his hookers |
About 2 hours ago we had one of those rare thunder storms that makes it look like night during the middle of the day. Lasted about an hour.
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Posts: 13268 (07/23/08 3:43 PM) 100% U.S. Grade A |
It's gorgeous up here in Milwaukee. I think it's a perfect 75. Absolutely perfect.
In Denver, where I woke up this morning, it was in the 90s, but so dry that the sweat didn't have time to collect. It would just appear and then get whisked away by the thirsty flowers. While going through the security checkpoint line I followed the instructions put forth by the TSA usher to form a line on either side of each podium. This made a double queue so each agent could bounce back and forth between wary travelers. A tap on my shoulder, followed by a rather self-righteous woman telling me that they've been waiting in line and I should too. "Sorry lady, I'm just following the directions TSA gave to me." This was confirmed by the agent repeating the instruction to form a line on either side of the podium. I got through before her and somehow even managed to resist tossing her a smug grin. This was followed by being seated in such a way that I was completely surrounded by three screaming children. There should be a law against that. |
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