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I saw some of "Pulp fiction" on cable. Couldn't get into it. George

The "keep your friends close..." line is from Sun-Tzu, ca. 400 BC. I've heard it in a number of places. "Family buffers" on the other hand, is not a term I'm familiar with! George

Yo, Wolf! George

Since Katie (Gen-2) is apparently having some sort of brain surgery (Godspeed, Katie), I'll jump in: "How long've you been in the tow business?" "Oh, I don't do this for a living, I do this for fun! I just always liked fixing things. I was an engineer, fact of the day." "As in trains?" "Space shuttles." "I went back to check on my own, personal files, and they've been classified. I mean, my files." "It's not my fault that there are things about yourself that you're just not cleared to know." "Yeah, I'd hate to stumble across something that if I told me, I'd have to kill me." "I figured it all out. I know what you're up to." "In regards to...?" "I know that you have a device that can... create a wormhole, or, uh, bend time, or make you invisible... or a wormholing, time-bending, invisibling device, that shields you from the mind." "Yes, he said "invisibling"." George

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought it was about VP's plagiarism. Take BG Leonard's class, give it a new name, NOW IT'S MINE! :lol: George

That's easily enough corrected! George

Technically, it is, for this thread. If more than one artist recorded it, then any one would be correct. (Unless differences in the lyrics identify a particular artist.) George

That could be from any number of movies. "The Godfather"? George

No, actually, soul searcher got it first. George

Okay, then. Helen Slater House in the Hills Michael Madsen George

At first, I thought it was this actor And I wondered when he became a minister. But that's John SCHUCK. George

I would agree. Of course, for me, the one line would have been, "I tied my own shoes once. It is a highly-overrated experience.: :lol: George

Obscure enough, I'd say. :unsure: George

Dooj, I still remember you calling me to tell me why you had moved, and then put RumRunner on the phone! :) I enjoyed our discussion on "climate change," but now I wish I could have spoken more with him on a less superficial level. Just another thing I assumed I'd have time for later. :( You have my deepest condolences. Love, George

Yes, there was a Supergirl movie. My avatar is Green Lantern, not Robin. Uma Thurman was not in Supergirl. (She did play Poison Ivy in one of the Batman flicks.) I know some others have seen Supergirl, so I'll wait before continuing the thread myself. George

These seem familiar, but I can't place them. George

Creator Peter O'Toole Supergirl George

Yep. The first is T-Pau and Spock, the second, Spock to Stonn. Your turn! George

Waysider is correct George

Actually, that's not nearly as bizarre as you might think. You can combine two horribly toxic chemicals, sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid, and get salt water. Obviously, the attempt to mitigate the oil spill is more complex, but anything that can break down the longer molecules in the oil will make the system more biodegradable. As long as the dispersants aren't toxic to the marine biota that eat the oil fragments, the net effect will be to improve the water quality. Oil leaks out underwater all the time, and various microbes have evolved to use the oil as food. (For that matter, it happens on land, too. Have you ever wondered where all the blown tire fragments on the highway wind up? Microbe food!) Unfortunately, a leak this size overwhelms the system, so it will take many years to recover fully. The Pemex oil spill in the Gulf 30 years ago made a mess of Texas beaches for years, but it all eventually got cleaned up by Mother Nature. George

Certainment! You're up. George

"Come on everybody, clap your hands!" "Ohhh, you're looking good!" George

"Chantilly Lace" by the Big Bopper "Come on everybody, clap your hands!" George

"Bon appetit!" "I'm not kidding you; I'm not. Someone is going to publish your book. Someone is going to read your book, and realize what you've done. Because YOUR BOOK is amazing. YOUR BOOK is a work of genius. YOUR BOOK is going to change the world." "These damn things are as hot as a stiff c--k!" "You are the butter to my bread, you are the breath to my life." "I have to murder and dismember a crustacean." George

I got my undergraduate degree at MIT. I think most of the students there had Asperger's to some degree. The ability to focus is essential to success there, and who can tell if you have no social skills when you're all geeks? :lol: Congratulations, by the way. George