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Steelers Open Thread

by John Cole|  November 29, 200912:32 pm| 266 Comments

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I’m really not looking forward to this at all.

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CBS Sunday Morning

by John Cole|  November 29, 20099:00 am| 202 Comments

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Have at it.

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Another Open Thread

by John Cole|  November 29, 200912:22 am| 95 Comments

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For reasons I can not explain, intermittent internet access at the casa tonight.

Star Trek = awesome

Angels and Demons = meh

Four Christmases- As far as the genre goes, good. I mean, it has the guys from Swingers, right.

Hopefully the intertrons will be fixed by tomorrow. I’ve set up qa CBS Sunday Morning thread to go auto if not.

We are affirmative on couch burns and off to bed.

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Saturday Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  November 28, 20096:04 pm| 381 Comments

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Doing the movie thing tonight- have Angels and Demons and Star Trek, made some pad thai for dinner that was probably the best I have ever made, and am just loving Star Trek. I don’t know how the purists reacted to the remake, but it is a lot of fun.

I love these long weekends when the only time I have to leave the house and possibly run into people is when I walk the dog.

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Open Thread

by Tim F|  November 28, 200912:00 pm| 6 Comments

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No access to my home computer today, so two photos by me. Regular photo blogging will start again on Monday.

flower-1

flower-2

Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one.

Click on the photos for a link to the photographer’s website. To see all photo threads, click on ‘photo blogging’ at the bottom of the post.

If your computer cannot read our email links at top right, my email is (remove the zeroes): portus0jackson0ii at yahoo dot com.

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Backyard Brawl Open Thread

by John Cole|  November 27, 20097:49 pm| 118 Comments

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By request.

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by John Cole|  November 27, 20093:57 pm| 46 Comments

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By request.

BTW- I think I want to mull some cider tomorrow. Any tips or suggestions or advice?

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