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    Living with someone of the TV generation

    I definitely think counseling would help her. It sounds like she's still very attached to her mother, whatever she might say, and she still sees the tv as comforting because it replaces her parent. If it were me, I would sit her down and explain to her how you feel about the situation. Ask...
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    What is it that makes you do that voodoo that you do so well?

    So far the trend seems to be lawyers, IT/programmers, and insurance companies :) I work at an insurance company also. I process incoming requests from agents to become licensed and appointed with our company to sell our products to customers. It involves knowing each state's regulations on...
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    Truely Scarriest Horror Movies Ever?

    Event Horizon made me throw up. Of course, I was half-drunk. But still... That one scene in Exorcist III where nurse is putzing around at the nurse's station. She goes into a room, comes back out, there's no music or anything. She putzes around some more, goes into a room, comes out...
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    What kind of music do you like?

    What exactly is "Women's" ? Do you mean just artists that more women than men like (Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, etc) or do you mean "soft rock", or what?
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    Buffyesque horror movies

    I don't think there's lots of comedy-horror out there like Buffy and Angel. However, if you like the writing on those two shows, get the Firefly DVD's from Netflix. The same director did that show. It's not horror, but it is very, very funny.
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    Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-SPOILERS!!!!

    I think JKR has been building towards Harry being the DADA teacher the whole time. For one thing, the DADA profs never hang around; for another, he taught his fellow students very well during the DA meetings. If Hermoine teaches anything, it'll be Runes; she's always talking about Runes this...
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    The Grudge sucked

    <!-- / message -->I'm confused. This is the last sentence in a paragraph concerning primarily Firefly. It was my understanding that Firefly only lasted one season? Or do you mean season 3 of Buffy?
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    Modern TV Commercials

    Movie theaters. Is anyone else annoyed that after you pay $8-10 per person to see a movie, they force you to watch 3-4 commercials for Pepsi and sneakers and sports cars, before you can see the movie you paid to see? Of course, you could wait and come in just when the movie is starting, but...
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    Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-SPOILERS!!!!

    Why does Peter Parker tell Mary Jane to go away? Out of a sense of honor. He doesn't want anything to happen to his girl, plain and simple. Of course, she's not going to let him push her away, but he probably figured he needed to make the effort anyway.
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    Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-SPOILERS!!!!

    Neville is probably my favorite character in all of the books. I think that, in part, he reflects what Harry could be - for example, sometimes he says 'Why do these things always happen to me?!?" and the others comfort him. Harry, for various reasons, doesn't always have the option of whining...
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    Jury Duty

    Don't worry, you'll get plenty read while waiting for the voie dire (sp?) process to finish, if you're chosen or if you have to stay and wait for them to dismiss you. Bring at least 2 books in case one gets boring :) I was on a jury for a week (well, 2 juries within that week, actually) and...
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    Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-SPOILERS!!!!

    No, you are correct. He was introduced as the new teacher of the course in the beginning of Book 1.
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    Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-SPOILERS!!!!

    Perhaps Draco IS his son? Hmmm? Narcissa was naughty and wanted to marry into a full-blooded family, she denied her half-blood lover? That would explain a lot of his bitterness.
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    [July] What are you reading?

    The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (http://www.dianagabaldon.com/) It was published in 2001 and the long-awaited next book, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, is coming out in September. Yahoooooo! But it's been a while since I read Cross, so I'm re-reading so that I'm up to speed. For those of you...
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    Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-SPOILERS!!!!

    Wormtail is petrified of Voldemort, not loyal. Loyalty only goes so far in cowards. I don't think Wormtail would be as obedient if he thought he had a chance to be free to Voldemort forever. Severus Snape is the Half-Blood Prince. Otherwise, since you don't really care, I'm not going to...
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    I think I'm going crazy . . .

    Huzzah! We rock! Of course, I'm transplanted from Northern Virginia, but that's ok, I like it here! I agree. This is why I primarily shop at Walmart when I can bring myself to tough the crowds. My preference is Walmart > Target > Hy-vee. Walmart is by far the cheapest in Cedar Rapids...
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    Rate Spielberg's War of the Worlds

    I thought the bodies floating down the river was pretty horrifying. I don't particularly like gorefest horror films, and I especially don't like gorefest sci-fi films. I don't need to see entrails and brains to know people died horribly. Hmm. I thought the force of being rayed on the...
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    Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-SPOILERS!!!!

    R.A.B >> Something Amelia Bones? We know Voldemort killed her... perhaps she had the real locket and has hidden it somewhere? Very sad to lose Dumbledore :( Poor Harry loses everyone who stands up for him... I don't think book 7 will be set at Hogwarts. For one thing, he said he's not...
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    Sexy mutant for X-men 3?

    Who's Michael Boreanaz? Or do you mean David Boreanaz who starred in the vampire show Angel? Can anyone recommend what I can do if I want to read the XMen comic series from the begininng? Are there graphic novels I can get? Or do I have to collect each issue? Any references would be...
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    Harry Potter is sitting in a UPS warehouse

    Did you get an email from Amazon? I did, and it said generally that I'm guaranteed to have the book by 7 pm on Saturday, whether it was shipped UPS or US Mail. Not leavin the house tomorrow, fo' sho' !!
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