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Last summer, I exchanged my manual labor in the renovation of my brother's apartment for the design and installation of a new fireplace. My brother is an architect, and I figured it'd be no big deal for him to figure out how to take my fire place out of the disco era. (At some point in the 70s or 80s, someone thought it'd be a grand idea to mirror in the fireplace. We have absolutely no idea what is on the other side of the mirror.)

So we finally got around to talking about the fireplace on Sunday, and not only has he been rethinking my fireplace, he's been rethinking my kitchen and bathroom too. The "let's take a weekend to take down the mirrors and put something else up" has turned into "let's gut the kitchen and bathroom and tie the whole house together with different uses of 1"x1" tiles." Of course, he keeps dangling phrases like "designer discount" and "can be done only for a couple thousand dollars" in front of me so I don't keep my focus just on the fireplace. At one point, I think he'd doubled the size of my house and added a whole new wing.

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There must be something wrong with me, because this whole paragraph makes me incredibly hot.

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Whatever you do, don't do this. Never decide to gut, remodel, or do any repairs to the only 2 rooms with running water. It will suck.

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I'm glad it's not just me. What can I do to get my brother to become an architect?

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Christian Slater is looking to make a film about his adventures (with Affleck) at the strip club in Vancouver which is purportely the cause of the Bennifer break up.

OK, Slater and Affleck in a strip club. How hilarious can that be? Will there be tits? Lots and lots of canadian implants? Somehow I just don't see hilarious. canadian boobs

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Peter Jackson's got no love for the Maori sound editors. Seriously though TM, you're right and all in talking about the nominees for all the awards, including the technical ones (but there were other minorities; Benecio del Toro, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shoneh), but when you analyze the winners, you've got to consider this a bit of a fluky year b/c of all the Kiwis winning everything.

Now if you want to talk about Tolkien and his book being racist, that's a legit discussion (albeit a boring and overdone one).

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Just be careful he doesn't start with gluing straw, or nailing LP's, to a wall in your rec. room.

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I have heard lots of people say similar things about Naomi Watts, and I just don't get it. I think she's gorgeous. She looks slim without looking skeletal, and I think her face is open and friendly, and very attractive. She's maybe not as "interesting" looking as some other stars (like Nicole Kidman, for example -- who is also a stunner), but very beautiful.

And as for Liv Tyler -- I saw her within the last year at a store, and she is striking (she's at least 6 feet tall, if not taller). She's interesting looking and I think she's also beautiful.

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He's more likely to try and con me into gettting a Le Corbusier chaise lounge, Eams chairs, Arco lamps, and Nogouchi coffee tables than he is to get cutsy with wall coverings. He's more of a Wallpaper than a TLC kind of guy. I worry more that he's going to dazzle me with stainless steel counters and cork floors than I am that the place will look bad after he's done with it. He half convinced me that an $18000 display kitchen at the Polyform showroom in Miami was not only a good deal, but a steal.

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I wondered why Halle and Denzel weren't there to hand out the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. Isn't that the way it usually works?

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I find Naomi to be beautiful also. Too good for Heath Ledger in my book, but some people find him appealing, I guess.

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RT-

You're really going to have to stop, or I'm going to have to get naked.

And go with granite, rather than stainless, for the counters. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. You'll get nothing but an enthusiastic YES from me on the cork floors!

And now, I need a shower.

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Sure, rub in the stay-at-home status a little more here.

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I didn't see the academy awards, but I did see the movie Monster last night. I don't recall the last time I had a movie affect me so much, both during and after.

It was a hell of a movie, and a wonderful performance. She deserved that award for certain.

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Someone has probably already said this, but as I am physically (meta- and otherwise) unable to "scroll then post", here it is:

They won 2 years ago. Last year's winners were Adrian Brody (who laid a big wet one one on Halle when he won last year -- hence the joke about the breath spray before announcing the Best Actress winner this year) and Nicole Kidman (and her other nose).

The only thing I found mildly amusing about Billy Crystal's schtick was during the "what's going through my mind" montage showing audience members' faces. For Julia Roberts: "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful; hate me because I'm rich." followed by the close-up on Oprah, "Don't you talk to me about rich, girlfriend."

Although the impromptu mugging after some random dude mentioned how he used to date Billy Crystal's cousin was somewhat droll.

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Me too. And from what I understand, I have a way better chance at RT's brother than you do.

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I guess I'll see that movie -- the clip they showed of her performance didn't really convey much.

The one I won't see is Mystic River -- I can already tell it's way too depressing of a movie for me to see. Too bad, because I have heard the performances were very good.

And as for golf (that was the subject line at one point), I'm surprised no one has commented on Tiger's send-up of Bill Murray's character in Caddyshack (what was his name? Spackler or something?).

What struck me about the ad (aside from the humor quotient -- high, in my view) was how much you could tell how buff Tiger is. Dude! That guy is BUILT! (Not that I didn't know that, but you can't really tell when he's wearing his golf duds.)

Hubba Hubba!

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Thanks for the answer. I must be getting old the way my years run together now. I think that the naked Billy Crystal opener was WAY more disturbing than the 1.8 second Janet boob flash, but maybe I'm alone in that thought.

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Yes. Amazing what you can see on HDTV.

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This just brought a random thought to mind. I was watching Jerry mcGuire by accident at some point this weekend...and it reminded me that CUb Gooding Jr. did "Radio" this year. Not a great film by any stretch of hte imagination, but I thought he did an excellent job in it which I never saw mentioned anywhere in teh press this year.

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Funny you should say that...my boyfriend, who never picks up on anyone's plastic surgery until I point it out to him, said, within her first 2 seconds of air time "wow, now I can tell she's had some work done"

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Thank you for sharing.

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Oh, shut up. I just think it sucks when a great actor give a great performance in an otherwise bad movie and gets no credit for it....His performance, while not as good as Sean Penn's, was up to par with some of the others in that group.

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I just wanted to see this combination and ordering of words one more time.

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Sorry, but I'm not especially impressed by actors who take on mentally challenged roles. I've seen too many actors of varying skill levels do it too well.

Anyone can play retarded convincingly. Just look at Hank.

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Take it to the Politics Board.

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There are people on this board who have mentally challenged relatives, including children. I won't engage in this sort of name calling with you, as it is on its face not funny, and is potentially hurtful to others.

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Were there any "no politics" rules given out, or did they threaten to use the time delay to bleep any political statements? it just was such a change form last year.

By the way Coltrane, this shows you really do care.

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No. I'm talking about his "acting".

Spicolli was his zenith.

It was a very low zenith.

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I have a theory that the new(er) muscles are actually preventing optimal performance for Woods. (1) Flexibility is more important re: (golf) power than muscles, e.g. John Daly, who is unbelievably flexible; (2) Longer, leaner muscles (purely observational) are the most ideal type for golfers; (3) A larger chest really can actually get in the way and prevent a smooth swing. While Woods' domination is still evident, he hasn't come close to that point in time when he destroyed the field and won four majors, at which point he was much leaner and had longer muscles.

Just a theory though.

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Sheesh.

Spicoli was the pinnacle of Sean's career. I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT SPICOLI.

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Oh goody, let's have the women-playing-a-man's-game argument again!

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You're right, it wasn't the zenith, it was the pinnacle. My bad.

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Holy crap, dude. Lighten up. As a conservative estimate, a good 50% of the stuff posted here can be construed as hurtful to others. How many times have I seen someone referred to on these boards as "idiot" or "moron" without repurcussions? Is there some unwritten rule that you can't take a poke at another poster unless it's a Friday?

Board ruling, please.

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I rule that Hank was probably joking and you just whiffed.

Personally I find that I have trouble playing golf. My chest gets in the way. On the other hand, if we had a sport that involved spilling food on your chest, I'd be quite good at that.

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Whiff?

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No no. I was sheeshing the first part and agreeing with the second. And it was the apex.

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Acme?

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I disagree. I think his problem is that he thinks he knows his game inside and out and can solve any problem on the fly as well as his (former) swing coach can. It's too bad that he has no one around him who will tell him that he's flat out wrong. Harmon had him working on every level. Now, he can't hit the fairway consistently and his distance and ball control isn't as good as it was.

And you can still be big and flexible. Just think Zuback:

http://www.interq.or.jp/world/eliot/...ck/zuback4.jpg

http://billwinters.tripod.com/2002Su...sonD22N20T.jpg

TM

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Photo, please