Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

. Getting married 
  and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
  to inflict it on them.
 
  Reece Jennings wrote:
  
  I hear you!
 
  Maurice Jennings
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  KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
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  From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
  Behalf Of Astromancer
  Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
  To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
 
 
  I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...
 
  Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
  wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
  a party voyeur...
 
  Maurice Jennings
  Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
  KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
  Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
  http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
  http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
 
  _ 
 
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
  On
  Behalf Of Martin
  Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
  Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
  No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
  to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
  cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
  taken me to find three people like myself.
 
  Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
  wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
  one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
  different from others? 
 
  I revel in being that way...now...LOL!
 
  Maurice Jennings
  Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
  KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
  Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
  http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
  mesavers.com
  http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
  mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
 
  _ 
 
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
  On
  Behalf Of Martin
  Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
  Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
  Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
  with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
  Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
  question you had to anticipate... why?
 
  Martin wrote:
 
  
  Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
 
  
  movie secrets.
 
  
  I love Howard the Duck.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
  
  mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 
  
  Keith
 
  I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
  comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
 
  Martin wrote:
 
 
  
  But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 
  
  milieu!
 
  
  KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
 
  
  really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
  National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
  tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
  background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
  Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
  Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
  Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
  against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
  action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
  it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
  pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
  that flick.
 
  
  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
 
  
  plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
  down from one President to another

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

 a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




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 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
 mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:

 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest

 
 movie secrets.

 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:

 
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:


 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my

 
 milieu!

 
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I

 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
 that flick.

 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in

 
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
 down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
 truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 
 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets

 
 raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
 America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

 been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




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 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
 mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:

 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest

 
 movie secrets.

 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:

 
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:


 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my

 
 milieu!

 
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I

 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
 that flick.

 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in

 
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
 down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
 truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 
 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets

 
 raced to $65 million during its first five

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

Great roads!  I used to commute from GSP exit 143 to exit 4 every day for a
year, back
when they construction was going on to widen the road.
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 1:13 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



I hear you, Keith. I learned how to drive on the Jersey Turnpike and Garden
State Parkways.

KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: too
true! But then, I cut my teeth driving on I-30 between Dallas-Fort Worth
late night. It was me and the truckers, battling for supremacy; when i
wasn't there, i was negotiating the fast and fluid traffic of Houston. All
that combat experience makes me about as home on the Atlanta roads as Speed
Racer going up against the Car Acrobatic Team

-- Original message -- 
From: Martin truthseeker_ mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
For those who've never had the pleasure of living in-slash-visiting Atlanta,
Keith's wife doesn't like driving on the freeways because she likes
living...

KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: i
feel you. When i take days off i rarely spend all day at the house. I will
work in the yard for a while, maybe do some chores. But after a few hours i
get lonely and need to be around people. So I always go to the gym and take
classes, then meet a friend for lunch, or my wife. Or, i'll just go to the
bookstore or the park to be around people. although i love to write, i don't
often write in solitude. I like to go to a coffee shop or the park and
write. that's one reason i don't like watching movies at home only. i really
miss interacting with people at the theatre.

I think some of this is because i was often very lonely as a child. but a
lot of it is due to my personality. I really am a strong extrovert.

As for where you live, i pay a hell of a lot more mortgage for living IP
(Inside the Perimeter, the loop around Atlanta) than I'd pay if I lived in
the suburbs. The main issue was quality of life: I like the diversity closer
in, the proximity to malls and theatres and downtown (though I'm ten miles
away from the city), and the better choices in roads. In the 'burbs, there's
usually only one or two roads that one can take to get to the city, and they
often get clogged and backed up. Living closer in, one has more choices of
taking surface, residential streets to get around. My wife doesn't like
driving on the freeway much, and we can get all the way to downtown Atlanta
without ever getting on the freeway. if we lived in the 'burbs, she'd have
to get on congested roads every day. I'd lie to live truly down closer to
the city, but a house the size of the one i have now (2300 square feet), in
the same condition (1981) would cost half a million on the low end

-- Original message -- 
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com 
You know, after a decade of working at home, I really enjoyed my stint 
at Merrill Lynch and sometimes think about going in to work a Microsoft 
once I'm well. I loved the interaction with the people and the laid 
back atmosphere of the IT department. I still miss that and them. It 
was a fun place before O'Neal's influence could be felt. It puts you on 
on a social auto-pilot that you hinted at below that is difficult to 
maintain when you are self-employed, and are not required to go out. 
Right now, I live in the suburbs because my husband wanted to be able to 
reach me if I had an emergency and was incapacitated. Also its cheaper 
out here and we had to live off one salary during me illness. However, 
I've been trying to explain to my Mom that why we want to move to an 
active part of the city is because it is easier to roll out of bed and 
do things. In the past, if I had easy access to activities, I stayed 
more social. If it required a lot of effort to get through, eventually 
I would stop the activity. 

KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote:
 Having to go to work everyday helped me, as there are some folks there I'm
able to talk and joke with (none in my immediate group, unfortunately).
Having gone through this before with my dad's death, and during a period
when I was unemployed for a few months, I literally have been forcing myself
to get up and out: going to movies, bookstores, going out to eat, hitting
the gym. Christmas was the worst, because this is the first Christmas in a
decade where I couldn't go back to Texas to be with family (had to work). it
was sad and lonely being

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

For those who've never had the pleasure of living in-slash-visiting Atlanta, 
Keith's wife doesn't like driving on the freeways because she likes living...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  i feel you. When i take days off i rarely 
spend all day at the house. I will work in the yard for a while, maybe do some 
chores. But after a few hours i get lonely and need to be around people. So I 
always go to the gym and take classes, then meet a friend for lunch, or my 
wife. Or, i'll just go to the bookstore or the park to be around people. 
although i love to write, i don't often write in solitude. I like to go to a 
coffee shop or the park and write. that's one reason i don't like watching 
movies at home only. i really miss interacting with people at the theatre.

I think some of this is because i was often very lonely as a child. but a lot 
of it is due to my personality. I really am a strong extrovert.

As for where you live, i pay a hell of a lot more mortgage for living IP 
(Inside the Perimeter, the loop around Atlanta) than I'd pay if I lived in the 
suburbs. The main issue was quality of life: I like the diversity closer in, 
the proximity to malls and theatres and downtown (though I'm ten miles away 
from the city), and the better choices in roads. In the 'burbs, there's usually 
only one or two roads that one can take to get to the city, and they often get 
clogged and backed up. Living closer in, one has more choices of taking 
surface, residential streets to get around. My wife doesn't like driving on the 
freeway much, and we can get all the way to downtown Atlanta without ever 
getting on the freeway. if we lived in the 'burbs, she'd have to get on 
congested roads every day. I'd lie to live truly down closer to the city, but a 
house the size of the one i have now (2300 square feet), in the same condition 
(1981) would cost half a million on the low end

-- Original message -- 
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
You know, after a decade of working at home, I really enjoyed my stint 
at Merrill Lynch and sometimes think about going in to work a Microsoft 
once I'm well. I loved the interaction with the people and the laid 
back atmosphere of the IT department. I still miss that and them. It 
was a fun place before O'Neal's influence could be felt. It puts you on 
on a social auto-pilot that you hinted at below that is difficult to 
maintain when you are self-employed, and are not required to go out. 
Right now, I live in the suburbs because my husband wanted to be able to 
reach me if I had an emergency and was incapacitated. Also its cheaper 
out here and we had to live off one salary during me illness. However, 
I've been trying to explain to my Mom that why we want to move to an 
active part of the city is because it is easier to roll out of bed and 
do things. In the past, if I had easy access to activities, I stayed 
more social. If it required a lot of effort to get through, eventually 
I would stop the activity. 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Having to go to work everyday helped me, as there are some folks there I'm 
 able to talk and joke with (none in my immediate group, unfortunately). 
 Having gone through this before with my dad's death, and during a period when 
 I was unemployed for a few months, I literally have been forcing myself to 
 get up and out: going to movies, bookstores, going out to eat, hitting the 
 gym. Christmas was the worst, because this is the first Christmas in a decade 
 where I couldn't go back to Texas to be with family (had to work). it was sad 
 and lonely being here in Atlanta, but again I forced myself to smile when I 
 wanted to cry, to laugh when I wanted to yell.

 Having this group to talk to about stuff really helps too-more than you'd 
 believe.

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
 death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. Fortunately 
 during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting married 
 and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
 to inflict it on them.

 Reece Jennings wrote:
 
 I hear you!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




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 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:

 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest

 
 movie secrets.

 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:

 
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:


 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my

 
 milieu!

 
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I

 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
 that flick.

 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in

 
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
 down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
 truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 
 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets

 
 raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
 America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.

 
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film

 
 opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

Tracey, you should be able to google it. I took my last one online. I'd give 
you the link, but the site I pulled the link from has crashed, probably for 
good.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
Where do you find the abbreviated test? I took one long, long time ago 
and do not remember how I scored

Reece Jennings wrote:
 I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:
 
 Your Type is 
 ISTJ 
 Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging 
 Strength of the preferences % 
 78 12 38 56 
 
 Career choices: Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
 Wow!
 
 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

 _ 

 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
 people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
 there with.

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: ever
 had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which
 is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy
 internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
 energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
 running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
 extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a
 kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I
 do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to
 talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
 away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
 among the mading crowd.

 I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

 Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others
 instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
 within)
 Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut
 or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
 process)
 Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
 opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
 Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be
 (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
 needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend
 to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair
 for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
 the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change
 laws or rules willy-nilly)

 so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
 cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
 college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and
 my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
 relations person--or a minister.

 Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
 long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
 universe. :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
 The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
 prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
 multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
 make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
 parties and public events.

 I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
 make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
 speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
 mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
 sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
 for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
 and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
 down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak
 for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
 book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
 appearances. (sigh)

 At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
 relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm the
 guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

LOLLOLLOL!  My respect for your abilty to assess people, and to 
assess yourself grows...
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 1:18 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



so that fits, huh? My ENFP is strong in all areas, though my
feeling/thinking was fairly close. I guess that makes sense because, though
I'm very emotion-driven, I also have a logical, analytical side that lets me
do the math/engineering/IT things i've done in life. Still, the F is
stronger, and my makeup is really that of a writer or artist. I could be on
the street corner yelling Scripture at passersby, or playing a guitar and
harmonica, hoping for change!

-- Original message -- 
From: Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com
yahoo.com 
I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:

Your Type is 
ISTJ 
Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging 
Strength of the preferences % 
78 12 38 56 

Career choices: Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
Wow!

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
there with.

KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: ever
had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which
is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy
internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a
kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I
do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to
talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
among the mading crowd.

I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others
instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
within)
Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut
or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
process)
Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be
(right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend
to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair
for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change
laws or rules willy-nilly)

so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and
my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
relations person--or a minister.

Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
universe. :)

-- Original message -- 
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
parties and public events.

I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
 
I kept looking until I found a free test.  This is the one.
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:30 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



Where do you find the abbreviated test? I took one long, long time ago 
and do not remember how I scored

Reece Jennings wrote:
 I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:
 
 Your Type is 
 ISTJ 
 Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging 
 Strength of the preferences % 
 78 12 38 56 
 
 Career choices: Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
 Wow!
 
 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
 people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
 there with.

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote:
ever
 had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert,
which
 is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of
energy
 internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
 energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
 running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
 extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like
a
 kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people.
I
 do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just
to
 talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
 away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
 among the mading crowd.

 I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

 Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from
others
 instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
 within)
 Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the
gut
 or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
 process)
 Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
 opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
 Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should
be
 (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
 needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who
tend
 to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's
fair
 for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
 the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to
change
 laws or rules willy-nilly)

 so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
 cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
 college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests
(and
 my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
 relations person--or a minister.

 Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
 long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
 universe. :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
 The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
 prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
 multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
 make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
 parties and public events.

 I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
 make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
 speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
 mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
 sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
 for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[James Landrith]

Yeah, I prefer the independents around here as well.  St. Elmo's, Karma,
etc.

 

When my stepson's car was in the shop due to an engine rebuild, I was quite
happy to pick him up from work in the evenings.  St. Elmo's Coffee Pub was a
few blocks away from the dealership where he works.  A nice vanilla chai
latte, muffin, and a quiet corner with a book on my PDA was just the type of
quiet time I needed some nights after dealing with idiots in 12 states all
day long.  Given that he is a car salesman, his quitting time wasn't always
quitting time.  If a potential sale walked in the door 15 minutes before he
was scheduled to leave, so be it.  I was certainly not gonna rush the kid
and make him miss a sale just so I can get home.  

 

There's always more coffee and more books.

 

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:15 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 

i spend all my time seeking out independently owned coffee shops, music
stores, and bookstores in Atlanta. They're often cooler, with a different
vibe, and I love the difference in style and look--something you can't get
with corporate entities. And honestly, the more places like Starbucks--or
the big bookstores-try to give themselves the mom-and-pop look, the angrier
they make me. Even more than coffee shops, i lament the demise of
mom-and-pop bookstores. If for no other reason, I miss being surrounded by
honest-to-goodness old hardbound books with the old bindings and that great
smell.

I'm not the world's best carpenter, and Phyllis (my wife) really didn't want
an older home, so a fixer-upper was out for us. Phyllis is also much more
enamored of newer homes, and really wanted a new house with all the fixins:
granite countertops, fancy backsplash, modern lighting, etc. I tend to like
older homes with more character: too many new homes are built as part of
giant projects where everything looks alike. So we had to make a compromise
in age, price, and location. 




 



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

Does he realize how blessed he is to have you?  I'm sure he does...
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of James Landrith
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:17 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



Yeah, I prefer the independents around here as well. St. Elmo's, Karma,
etc.

When my stepson's car was in the shop due to an engine rebuild, I was quite
happy to pick him up from work in the evenings. St. Elmo's Coffee Pub was a
few blocks away from the dealership where he works. A nice vanilla chai
latte, muffin, and a quiet corner with a book on my PDA was just the type of
quiet time I needed some nights after dealing with idiots in 12 states all
day long. Given that he is a car salesman, his quitting time wasn't always
quitting time. If a potential sale walked in the door 15 minutes before he
was scheduled to leave, so be it. I was certainly not gonna rush the kid
and make him miss a sale just so I can get home. 

There's always more coffee and more books.

From: KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net
[mailto:KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

i spend all my time seeking out independently owned coffee shops, music
stores, and bookstores in Atlanta. They're often cooler, with a different
vibe, and I love the difference in style and look--something you can't get
with corporate entities. And honestly, the more places like Starbucks--or
the big bookstores-try to give themselves the mom-and-pop look, the angrier
they make me. Even more than coffee shops, i lament the demise of
mom-and-pop bookstores. If for no other reason, I miss being surrounded by
honest-to-goodness old hardbound books with the old bindings and that great
smell.

I'm not the world's best carpenter, and Phyllis (my wife) really didn't want
an older home, so a fixer-upper was out for us. Phyllis is also much more
enamored of newer homes, and really wanted a new house with all the fixins:
granite countertops, fancy backsplash, modern lighting, etc. I tend to like
older homes with more character: too many new homes are built as part of
giant projects where everything looks alike. So we had to make a compromise
in age, price, and location. 

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



 


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

INFJ (think I crossed a few letters previously)
   
  Introverted 89%
  Intuitive 50%
  Feeling 38%
  Judging 22%
   
  Can't remember the job preferences, I fear.

Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:

Your Type is 
ISTJ 
Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging 
Strength of the preferences % 
78 12 38 56 

Career choices: Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
Wow!

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




_ 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
there with.

KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: ever
had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which
is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy
internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a
kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I
do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to
talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
among the mading crowd.

I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others
instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
within)
Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut
or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
process)
Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be
(right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend
to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair
for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change
laws or rules willy-nilly)

so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and
my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
relations person--or a minister.

Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
universe. :)

-- Original message -- 
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
parties and public events.

I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak
for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
appearances. (sigh)

At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm the
guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests and
storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I
need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop for a
bit on the way home from work. My blog and commentary persona are nothing
like my meatspace personality

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

It's that introversion of mine. Even with people I know, I'm locked up. Almost 
lost a GF in college because I wandered off during a mall outing. And, by 
wandered off, I mean caught the bus back to campus and was halfway back to my 
dorm room when she pulled up in front of me in her car, really looking as 
though she wanted to dent her bumper with me.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  why is that?

-- Original message -- 
From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the 
people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go there 
with.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You 
sound like an introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply 
means you get a lot of energy internally, that you like to analyze things. 
Extroverts simply get more energy externally, from other people, but doesn't 
mean they're always running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. 
I'm a strong extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and 
hyper like a kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching 
people. I do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking 
just to talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to 
get away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back 
among the mading crowd.

I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others 
instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from within)
Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut or 
inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the process)
Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as 
opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be 
(right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals' 
needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend to 
be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair for 
all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to the 
masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change laws or 
rules willy-nilly)

so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a cosmic 
sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in college and 
now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and my feelings) i 
should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public relations person--or a 
minister.

Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm long 
winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the universe. :)

-- Original message -- 
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
parties and public events.

I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak
for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
appearances. (sigh)

At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm the
guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests and
storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I
need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop for a
bit on the way home from work. My blog and commentary persona are nothing
like my meatspace personality.

I'm not shy. I just prefer to observe and think. I hate small talk and
refuse to speak just for the sake of speaking. When I do speak, it is
because I have something real to add to the conversation. I abhor hoopla
and I suck at entertaining.

I'm not the guy screaming his head off at sporting events or concerts. If
you see me at a concert, it'll likely be a more intimate club like the
Birchmere - listening to a band, sipping a margarita - just enjoying the
music.

And I 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

thanks

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, you should be able to google it. I took my last one online. I'd give 
 you the link, but the site I pulled the link from has crashed, probably for 
 good.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Where do you find the abbreviated test? I took one long, long time ago 
 and do not remember how I scored

 Reece Jennings wrote:
   
 I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:

 Your Type is 
 ISTJ 
 Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging 
 Strength of the preferences % 
 78 12 38 56 

 Career choices: Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
 Wow!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
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 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
 people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
 there with.

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: ever
 had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which
 is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy
 internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
 energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
 running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
 extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a
 kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I
 do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to
 talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
 away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
 among the mading crowd.

 I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

 Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others
 instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
 within)
 Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut
 or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
 process)
 Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
 opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
 Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be
 (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
 needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend
 to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair
 for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
 the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change
 laws or rules willy-nilly)

 so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
 cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
 college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and
 my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
 relations person--or a minister.

 Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
 long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
 universe. :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
 The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
 prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
 multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
 make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
 parties and public events.

 I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
 make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
 speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
 mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
 sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
 for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
 and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
 down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak
 for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
 book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
 appearances. (sigh)

 At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
 relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm the
 guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Thanks :)

Reece Jennings wrote:
 http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
  
 I kept looking until I found a free test.  This is the one.
  
  Maurice Jennings
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 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
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 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
  
  
  

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 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:30 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 Where do you find the abbreviated test? I took one long, long time ago 
 and do not remember how I scored

 Reece Jennings wrote:
   
 I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:

 Your Type is 
 ISTJ 
 Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging 
 Strength of the preferences % 
 78 12 38 56 

 Career choices: Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
 Wow!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
   
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 




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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
   
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
 people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
 there with.

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote:
 
 ever
   
 had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert,
 
 which
   
 is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of
 
 energy
   
 internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
 energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
 running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
 extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like
 
 a
   
 kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people.
 
 I
   
 do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just
 
 to
   
 talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
 away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
 among the mading crowd.

 I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

 Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from
 
 others
   
 instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
 within)
 Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the
 
 gut
   
 or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
 process)
 Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
 opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
 Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should
 
 be
   
 (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
 needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who
 
 tend
   
 to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's
 
 fair
   
 for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
 the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to
 
 change
   
 laws or rules willy-nilly)

 so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
 cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
 college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests
 
 (and
   
 my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
 relations person--or a minister.

 Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
 long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
 universe. :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
 The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
 prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
 multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
 make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
 parties and public events.

 I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
 make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
 speak for itself while I get trampled

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Just took it. Some of my responses would have been different decade 
ago.  I'm a

* ENFJ
* I am a:

* slightly expressed extravert  22%
* moderately expressed intuitive personality  56%
* moderately expressed feeling personality  31%
* moderately expressed judging personality  33%

h


Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote:
 thanks

 Martin wrote:
   
 Tracey, you should be able to google it. I took my last one online. I'd give 
 you the link, but the site I pulled the link from has crashed, probably for 
 good.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   
Where do you find the abbreviated test? I took one long, long time 
 ago 
 and do not remember how I scored

 Reece Jennings wrote:
   
 
 I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:

 Your Type is 
 ISTJ 
 Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging 
 Strength of the preferences % 
 78 12 38 56 

 Career choices: Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
 Wow!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




 _ 

 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
 people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
 there with.

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: ever
 had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which
 is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy
 internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
 energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
 running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
 extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a
 kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I
 do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to
 talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
 away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
 among the mading crowd.

 I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

 Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others
 instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
 within)
 Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut
 or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
 process)
 Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
 opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
 Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be
 (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
 needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend
 to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair
 for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
 the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change
 laws or rules willy-nilly)

 so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
 cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
 college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and
 my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
 relations person--or a minister.

 Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
 long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
 universe. :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
 The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
 prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
 multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
 make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
 parties and public events.

 I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
 make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
 speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
 mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
 sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
 for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
 and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
 down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

 couldn't go back to Texas to be with family (had to work). it 
 was sad and lonely being here in Atlanta, but again I forced myself to smile 
 when I wanted to cry, to laugh when I wanted to yell.

 Having this group to talk to about stuff really helps too-more than you'd 
 believe.

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
 death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. Fortunately 
 during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting married 
 and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
 to inflict it on them.

 Reece Jennings wrote:

 
 I hear you!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




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 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
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 mesavers.com
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 mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:


 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest


 
 movie secrets.


 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]


 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:


 
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:



 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my


 
 milieu!


 
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I


 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Bosco Bosco]

: going to
 movies, bookstores, going out to eat, hitting the gym. Christmas
 was the worst, because this is the first Christmas in a decade
 where I couldn't go back to Texas to be with family (had to work).
 it was sad and lonely being here in Atlanta, but again I forced
 myself to smile when I wanted to cry, to laugh when I wanted to
 yell.
 
  Having this group to talk to about stuff really helps too-more
 than you'd believe.
 
  -- Original message -- 
  From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a
 lot of 
  death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break.
 Fortunately 
  during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting
 married 
  and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do
 not want 
  to inflict it on them.
 
  Reece Jennings wrote:
 
  
  I hear you!
 
  Maurice Jennings
  Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
  KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
  Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation =
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
  http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 
 
  _ 
 
  From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
  Behalf Of Astromancer
  Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
  To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box
 Office - :(
 
 
 
  I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going
 out any more...
 
  Reece Jennings mcjennings124@
 mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
  wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type
 person either. I'm
  a party voyeur...
 
  Maurice Jennings
  Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
  KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
  Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
  http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
  http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
 mesavers.com/ 
 
  _ 
 
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com
 ups.com
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
  On
  Behalf Of Martin
  Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com
 ups.com
  Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box
 Office - :(
 
  No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who
 makes one round
  to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then
 finds a corner to
  cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of
 life it's
 
=== message truncated ===


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I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said.

You know these things that happen,
That's just the way it's supposed to be.
And I can't help but wonder,
Don't ya know it coulda been me.


  

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RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

sounds cool. there's nothing like being wrapped in the close comfort of books, 
coffee, a roaring fire, and a comfy sofa

-- Original message -- 
From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Yeah, I prefer the independents around here as well. St. Elmo's, Karma,
etc.

When my stepson's car was in the shop due to an engine rebuild, I was quite
happy to pick him up from work in the evenings. St. Elmo's Coffee Pub was a
few blocks away from the dealership where he works. A nice vanilla chai
latte, muffin, and a quiet corner with a book on my PDA was just the type of
quiet time I needed some nights after dealing with idiots in 12 states all
day long. Given that he is a car salesman, his quitting time wasn't always
quitting time. If a potential sale walked in the door 15 minutes before he
was scheduled to leave, so be it. I was certainly not gonna rush the kid
and make him miss a sale just so I can get home. 

There's always more coffee and more books.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:15 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

i spend all my time seeking out independently owned coffee shops, music
stores, and bookstores in Atlanta. They're often cooler, with a different
vibe, and I love the difference in style and look--something you can't get
with corporate entities. And honestly, the more places like Starbucks--or
the big bookstores-try to give themselves the mom-and-pop look, the angrier
they make me. Even more than coffee shops, i lament the demise of
mom-and-pop bookstores. If for no other reason, I miss being surrounded by
honest-to-goodness old hardbound books with the old bindings and that great
smell.

I'm not the world's best carpenter, and Phyllis (my wife) really didn't want
an older home, so a fixer-upper was out for us. Phyllis is also much more
enamored of newer homes, and really wanted a new house with all the fixins:
granite countertops, fancy backsplash, modern lighting, etc. I tend to like
older homes with more character: too many new homes are built as part of
giant projects where everything looks alike. So we had to make a compromise
in age, price, and location. 

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

i'm still skeptical. Roger Ebert says your mouth hangs open--at how 
preposterous the movie is.
Question: just because the stars are over 30, does that mean the movie is then 
for the 30+ audience? Can't youngsters in their 20s still go? That was my 
question to Tracey earlier: when I was in my early 20's I didn't stay away from 
a good action flick simply because the stars were in their 30s or 40s.

-- Original message -- 
From: Mike Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
I saw National Treasure 2 last night and it was good actually. I'm
pretty much into anything that involves puzzles and decoding
something. I play a lot of turn based card games, and I enter just
about any online contest that involves puzzle solving. My favorite
online puzzle contest was the Da Vinic Code. It was really well done.
But NT2 was wayyy better then the first one. And it was cross
generational so not all movie are youth obsessed. This one was totally
for the 30+ audience. The young people in this movie only played a
minor role. You can't make Nick Cage look younger then 35 esp. with
the hair plugs he's got going on.

 

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Mike Street]

It's a family movie. So to me it was for everyone from ages 5 to 65.
It's a Disney flick to they made it with the broadest appeal possible.

On Dec 30, 2007 12:44 PM,  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:






 i'm still skeptical. Roger Ebert says your mouth hangs open--at how
 preposterous the movie is.
  Question: just because the stars are over 30, does that mean the movie is
 then for the 30+ audience? Can't youngsters in their 20s still go? That was
 my question to Tracey earlier: when I was in my early 20's I didn't stay
 away from a good action flick simply because the stars were in their 30s or
 40s.

  -- Original message --
  From: Mike Street [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  I saw National Treasure 2 last night and it was good actually. I'm
  pretty much into anything that involves puzzles and decoding
  something. I play a lot of turn based card games, and I enter just
  about any online contest that involves puzzle solving. My favorite
  online puzzle contest was the Da Vinic Code. It was really well done.
  But NT2 was wayyy better then the first one. And it was cross
  generational so not all movie are youth obsessed. This one was totally
  for the 30+ audience. The young people in this movie only played a
  minor role. You can't make Nick Cage look younger then 35 esp. with
  the hair plugs he's got going on.

  [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

  



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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, 
which is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of 
energy internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more 
energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always running 
around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong extrovert: 
going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a kid. I'm 
never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I do have 
difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to talk). But 
by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get away from 
people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back among the 
mading crowd.

I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP:  

Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others 
instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from within)
Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut or 
inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the process)
Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as 
opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be 
(right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals' 
needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend to 
be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair for 
all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to the 
masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change laws or 
rules willy-nilly)


so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a cosmic 
sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in college and 
now work as a network administrator.  According to all tests (and my feelings) 
i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public relations person--or 
a minister.

Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm long 
winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the universe.  
:)

-- Original message -- 
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
parties and public events.

I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak
for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
appearances. (sigh)

At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm the
guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests and
storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I
need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop for a
bit on the way home from work. My blog and commentary persona are nothing
like my meatspace personality.

I'm not shy. I just prefer to observe and think. I hate small talk and
refuse to speak just for the sake of speaking. When I do speak, it is
because I have something real to add to the conversation. I abhor hoopla
and I suck at entertaining.

I'm not the guy screaming his head off at sporting events or concerts. If
you see me at a concert, it'll likely be a more intimate club like the
Birchmere - listening to a band, sipping a margarita - just enjoying the
music.

And I hate being asked if something is wrong.

__
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547
AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159
MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith
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Tracey said:

 My husband has a split reclusive/ social personality as well. So, we
 encourage each other to get alone time. This was especially important
 when we were working with the business full-time.

 You are so 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

Having to go to work everyday helped me, as there are some folks there I'm able 
to talk and joke with (none in my immediate group, unfortunately).  Having gone 
through this before with my dad's death, and during a period when I was 
unemployed for a few months, I literally have been forcing myself to get up and 
out: going to movies, bookstores, going out to eat, hitting the gym.   
Christmas was the worst, because this is the first Christmas in a decade where 
I couldn't go back to Texas to be with family (had to work). it was sad and 
lonely being here in Atlanta, but again I forced myself to smile when I wanted 
to cry, to laugh when I wanted to yell.

Having this group to talk to about stuff really helps too-more than you'd 
believe.

-- Original message -- 
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. Fortunately 
during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting married 
and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
to inflict it on them.

Reece Jennings wrote:
 I hear you!
 
 Maurice Jennings
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 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:
 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
 
 movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:

 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 
 milieu!
 
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[James Landrith]

Yeah - I've been typed.  INTJ all the way.  The Wife has been typed  
ENFP and ENTJ at different times.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 30, 2007, at 1:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an  
 introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply  
 means you get a lot of energy internally, that you like to analyze  
 things. Extroverts simply get more energy externally, from other  
 people, but doesn't mean they're always running around with lamp  
 shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong extrovert: going to  
 the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a kid. I'm  
 never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I  
 do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking  
 just to talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged,  
 I have to get away from people to think and analyze or write. But  
 then I have to be back among the mading crowd.

 I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP:

 Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from  
 others instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting  
 energy from within)
 Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on  
 the gut or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts  
 to fuel the process)
 Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels  
 right (as opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely  
 on logic more)
 Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things  
 should be (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances  
 to individuals' needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as  
 opposed to Judgers, who tend to be more rigid, less focused on  
 right and wrong , but on what's fair for all, tending to want  
 a set of rules that apply as well as possible to the masses, with  
 little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change laws or  
 rules willy-nilly)

 so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings,  
 and a cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical  
 engineering in college and now work as a network administrator.  
 According to all tests (and my feelings) i should have been a  
 writer, journalist, musician, public relations person--or a minister.

 Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why  
 I'm long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being  
 wrong in the universe. :)

 -- Original message --
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
 prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
 multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television  
 host, etc.
 make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
 parties and public events.

 I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
 make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my  
 work
 speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet  
 have
 mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
 sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media  
 contact
 for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio  
 appearances
 and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
 down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words  
 speak
 for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
 book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR  
 and
 appearances. (sigh)

 At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
 relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm  
 the
 guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests  
 and
 storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I
 need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop  
 for a
 bit on the way home from work. My blog and commentary persona are  
 nothing
 like my meatspace personality.

 I'm not shy. I just prefer to observe and think. I hate small talk and
 refuse to speak just for the sake of speaking. When I do speak, it is
 because I have something real to add to the conversation. I abhor  
 hoopla
 and I suck at entertaining.

 I'm not the guy screaming his head off at sporting events or  
 concerts. If
 you see me at a concert, it'll likely be a more intimate club like the
 Birchmere - listening to a band, sipping a margarita - just enjoying  
 the
 music.

 And I hate being asked if something is wrong.

 __
 James Landrith
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547
 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159
 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith
 http://www.jameslandrith.com
 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

You know, after a decade of working at home, I really enjoyed my stint 
at Merrill Lynch and sometimes think about going in to work a Microsoft 
once I'm well.  I loved the interaction with the people and the laid 
back atmosphere of the IT department.  I still miss that and them.  It 
was a fun place before O'Neal's influence could be felt.  It puts you on 
on a social auto-pilot that you hinted at below that is difficult to 
maintain when you are self-employed, and are not required to go out.  
Right now, I live in the suburbs because my husband wanted to be able to 
reach me if I had an emergency and was incapacitated.  Also its cheaper 
out here and we had to live off one salary during me illness.  However, 
I've been trying to explain to my Mom that why we want to move to an 
active part of the city is because it is easier to roll out of bed and 
do things.  In the past, if I had easy access to activities, I stayed 
more social.  If it required a lot of effort to get through, eventually 
I would stop the activity. 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Having to go to work everyday helped me, as there are some folks there I'm 
 able to talk and joke with (none in my immediate group, unfortunately).  
 Having gone through this before with my dad's death, and during a period when 
 I was unemployed for a few months, I literally have been forcing myself to 
 get up and out: going to movies, bookstores, going out to eat, hitting the 
 gym.   Christmas was the worst, because this is the first Christmas in a 
 decade where I couldn't go back to Texas to be with family (had to work). it 
 was sad and lonely being here in Atlanta, but again I forced myself to smile 
 when I wanted to cry, to laugh when I wanted to yell.

 Having this group to talk to about stuff really helps too-more than you'd 
 believe.

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
 death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. Fortunately 
 during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting married 
 and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
 to inflict it on them.

 Reece Jennings wrote:
   
 I hear you!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




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 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
 mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

i feel you. When i take days off i rarely spend all day at the house. I will 
work in the yard for a while, maybe do some chores. But after a few hours i get 
lonely and need to be around people. So I always go to the gym and take 
classes, then meet a friend for lunch, or my wife. Or, i'll just go to the 
bookstore or the park to be around people. although i love to write, i don't 
often write in solitude. I like to go to a coffee shop or the park and write. 
that's one reason i don't like watching movies at home only. i really miss 
interacting with people at the theatre.

I think some of this is because i was often very lonely as a child. but a lot 
of it is due to my personality. I really am a strong extrovert.

As for where you live, i pay a hell of a lot more mortgage for living IP 
(Inside the Perimeter, the loop around Atlanta) than I'd pay if I lived in the 
suburbs. The main issue was quality of life: I like the diversity closer in, 
the proximity to malls and theatres and downtown (though I'm ten miles away 
from the city), and the better choices in roads. In the 'burbs, there's usually 
only one or two roads that one can take to get to the city, and they often get 
clogged and backed  up. Living closer in, one has more choices of taking 
surface, residential streets to get around. My wife doesn't like driving on the 
freeway much, and we can get all the way to downtown Atlanta without ever 
getting on the freeway. if we lived in the 'burbs, she'd have to get on 
congested roads every day. I'd lie to live truly down closer to the city, but a 
house the size of the one i have now (2300 square feet), in the same condition 
(1981) would cost half a million on the low end

-- Original message -- 
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
You know, after a decade of working at home, I really enjoyed my stint 
at Merrill Lynch and sometimes think about going in to work a Microsoft 
once I'm well. I loved the interaction with the people and the laid 
back atmosphere of the IT department. I still miss that and them. It 
was a fun place before O'Neal's influence could be felt. It puts you on 
on a social auto-pilot that you hinted at below that is difficult to 
maintain when you are self-employed, and are not required to go out. 
Right now, I live in the suburbs because my husband wanted to be able to 
reach me if I had an emergency and was incapacitated. Also its cheaper 
out here and we had to live off one salary during me illness. However, 
I've been trying to explain to my Mom that why we want to move to an 
active part of the city is because it is easier to roll out of bed and 
do things. In the past, if I had easy access to activities, I stayed 
more social. If it required a lot of effort to get through, eventually 
I would stop the activity. 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Having to go to work everyday helped me, as there are some folks there I'm 
 able to talk and joke with (none in my immediate group, unfortunately). 
 Having gone through this before with my dad's death, and during a period when 
 I was unemployed for a few months, I literally have been forcing myself to 
 get up and out: going to movies, bookstores, going out to eat, hitting the 
 gym. Christmas was the worst, because this is the first Christmas in a decade 
 where I couldn't go back to Texas to be with family (had to work). it was sad 
 and lonely being here in Atlanta, but again I forced myself to smile when I 
 wanted to cry, to laugh when I wanted to yell.

 Having this group to talk to about stuff really helps too-more than you'd 
 believe.

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
 death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. Fortunately 
 during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting married 
 and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
 to inflict it on them.

 Reece Jennings wrote:
 
 I hear you!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




 _ 

 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

I'm INTJ as well.

James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  Yeah - I've been typed. INTJ 
all the way. The Wife has been typed 
ENFP and ENTJ at different times.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 30, 2007, at 1:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an 
 introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply 
 means you get a lot of energy internally, that you like to analyze 
 things. Extroverts simply get more energy externally, from other 
 people, but doesn't mean they're always running around with lamp 
 shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong extrovert: going to 
 the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a kid. I'm 
 never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I 
 do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking 
 just to talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, 
 I have to get away from people to think and analyze or write. But 
 then I have to be back among the mading crowd.

 I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP:

 Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from 
 others instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting 
 energy from within)
 Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on 
 the gut or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts 
 to fuel the process)
 Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels 
 right (as opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely 
 on logic more)
 Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things 
 should be (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances 
 to individuals' needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as 
 opposed to Judgers, who tend to be more rigid, less focused on 
 right and wrong , but on what's fair for all, tending to want 
 a set of rules that apply as well as possible to the masses, with 
 little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change laws or 
 rules willy-nilly)

 so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, 
 and a cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical 
 engineering in college and now work as a network administrator. 
 According to all tests (and my feelings) i should have been a 
 writer, journalist, musician, public relations person--or a minister.

 Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why 
 I'm long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being 
 wrong in the universe. :)

 -- Original message --
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
 prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
 multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television 
 host, etc.
 make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
 parties and public events.

 I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
 make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my 
 work
 speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet 
 have
 mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
 sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media 
 contact
 for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio 
 appearances
 and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
 down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words 
 speak
 for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
 book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR 
 and
 appearances. (sigh)

 At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
 relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm 
 the
 guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests 
 and
 storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I
 need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop 
 for a
 bit on the way home from work. My blog and commentary persona are 
 nothing
 like my meatspace personality.

 I'm not shy. I just prefer to observe and think. I hate small talk and
 refuse to speak just for the sake of speaking. When I do speak, it is
 because I have something real to add to the conversation. I abhor 
 hoopla
 and I suck at entertaining.

 I'm not the guy screaming his head off at sporting events or 
 concerts. If
 you see me at a concert, it'll likely be a more intimate club like the
 Birchmere - listening to a band, sipping a margarita - just enjoying 
 the
 music.

 And I hate being asked if something is wrong.

 __
 James Landrith
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547
 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159
 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith
 http://www.jameslandrith.com
 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the 
people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go there 
with.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on 
you? You sound like an introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. 
Simply means you get a lot of energy internally, that you like to analyze 
things. Extroverts simply get more energy externally, from other people, but 
doesn't mean they're always running around with lamp shades on their heads at 
parties. I'm a strong extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me 
pumped and hyper like a kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD 
on watching people. I do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called 
it talking just to talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, 
I have to get away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have 
to be back among the mading crowd.

I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others 
instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from within)
Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut or 
inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the process)
Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as 
opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be 
(right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals' 
needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend to 
be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair for 
all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to the 
masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change laws or 
rules willy-nilly)

so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a cosmic 
sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in college and 
now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and my feelings) i 
should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public relations person--or a 
minister.

Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm long 
winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the universe. :)

-- Original message -- 
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
parties and public events.

I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak
for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
appearances. (sigh)

At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm the
guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests and
storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I
need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop for a
bit on the way home from work. My blog and commentary persona are nothing
like my meatspace personality.

I'm not shy. I just prefer to observe and think. I hate small talk and
refuse to speak just for the sake of speaking. When I do speak, it is
because I have something real to add to the conversation. I abhor hoopla
and I suck at entertaining.

I'm not the guy screaming his head off at sporting events or concerts. If
you see me at a concert, it'll likely be a more intimate club like the
Birchmere - listening to a band, sipping a margarita - just enjoying the
music.

And I hate being asked if something is wrong.

__
James Landrith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547
AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159
MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith
http://www.jameslandrith.com
http://www.multiracial.com
http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/
__

Tracey said:

 My husband has a split 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

 
 when I wanted to cry, to laugh when I wanted to yell.

 Having this group to talk to about stuff really helps too-more than you'd 
 believe.

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
 death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. Fortunately 
 during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting married 
 and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
 to inflict it on them.

 Reece Jennings wrote:

 
 I hear you!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




 _ 

 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
 mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:


   
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest


 
 movie secrets.


   
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]


 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:


   
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:



 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my


   
 milieu!


   
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I


   
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

I would have guessed that for both you and James, from your writings and 
opinions.  Interestingly, most corporate leaders, and just about all US 
presidents, have similar profiles. I think they're ISTJ or INTJ often. 
People with my profile--ENFP and similar--tend to be the ones trying to lead 
revolutions or social changes from outside the system. 

-- Original message -- 
From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
I'm INTJ as well.

James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah - I've been typed. INTJ all the 
way. The Wife has been typed 
ENFP and ENTJ at different times.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 30, 2007, at 1:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an 
 introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply 
 means you get a lot of energy internally, that you like to analyze 
 things. Extroverts simply get more energy externally, from other 
 people, but doesn't mean they're always running around with lamp 
 shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong extrovert: going to 
 the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a kid. I'm 
 never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I 
 do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking 
 just to talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, 
 I have to get away from people to think and analyze or write. But 
 then I have to be back among the mading crowd.

 I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP:

 Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from 
 others instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting 
 energy from within)
 Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on 
 the gut or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts 
 to fuel the process)
 Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels 
 right (as opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely 
 on logic more)
 Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things 
 should be (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances 
 to individuals' needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as 
 opposed to Judgers, who tend to be more rigid, less focused on 
 right and wrong , but on what's fair for all, tending to want 
 a set of rules that apply as well as possible to the masses, with 
 little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change laws or 
 rules willy-nilly)

 so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, 
 and a cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical 
 engineering in college and now work as a network administrator. 
 According to all tests (and my feelings) i should have been a 
 writer, journalist, musician, public relations person--or a minister.

 Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why 
 I'm long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being 
 wrong in the universe. :)

 -- Original message --
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
 prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
 multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television 
 host, etc.
 make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
 parties and public events.

 I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
 make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my 
 work
 speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet 
 have
 mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
 sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media 
 contact
 for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio 
 appearances
 and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
 down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words 
 speak
 for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
 book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR 
 and
 appearances. (sigh)

 At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
 relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm 
 the
 guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests 
 and
 storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I
 need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop 
 for a
 bit on the way home from work. My blog and commentary persona are 
 nothing
 like my meatspace personality.

 I'm not shy. I just prefer to observe and think. I hate small talk and
 refuse to speak just for the sake of speaking. When I do speak, it is
 because I have something real to add to the conversation. I abhor 
 hoopla
 and I suck at entertaining.

 I'm not the guy screaming his head off at sporting events or 
 concerts. If
 you see me at a concert, it'll likely be a more 

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:
 
Your Type is 
ISTJ
Introverted  Sensing ThinkingJudging
Strength of the preferences %   
78   12  38  56 
 
Career choices:  Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
Wow!
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
there with.

KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: ever
had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which
is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy
internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a
kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I
do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to
talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
among the mading crowd.

I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others
instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
within)
Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut
or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
process)
Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be
(right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend
to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair
for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change
laws or rules willy-nilly)

so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and
my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
relations person--or a minister.

Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
universe. :)

-- Original message -- 
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
parties and public events.

I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak
for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
appearances. (sigh)

At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm the
guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests and
storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I
need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop for a
bit on the way home from work. My blog and commentary persona are nothing
like my meatspace personality.

I'm not shy. I just prefer to observe and think. I hate small talk and
refuse to speak just for the sake of speaking. When I do speak, it is
because I

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Where do you find the abbreviated test? I took one long, long time ago 
and do not remember how I scored

Reece Jennings wrote:
 I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:
  
 Your Type is 
 ISTJ  
 IntrovertedSensing ThinkingJudging
 Strength of the preferences % 
 78 12  38  56 
  
 Career choices:  Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
 Wow!
  
  Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
  
  
  

   _  

 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
 people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
 there with.

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: ever
 had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which
 is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy
 internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
 energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
 running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
 extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a
 kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I
 do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to
 talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
 away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
 among the mading crowd.

 I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

 Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others
 instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
 within)
 Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut
 or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
 process)
 Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
 opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
 Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be
 (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
 needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend
 to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair
 for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
 the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change
 laws or rules willy-nilly)

 so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
 cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
 college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and
 my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
 relations person--or a minister.

 Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
 long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
 universe. :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
 The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
 prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
 multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
 make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
 parties and public events.

 I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
 make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
 speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
 mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
 sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
 for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
 and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
 down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak
 for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
 book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
 appearances. (sigh)

 At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
 relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm the
 guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests and
 storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I
 need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop for a
 bit on the way home from work. My blog

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

so that fits, huh? My ENFP is strong in all areas, though my feeling/thinking 
was fairly close. I guess that makes sense because, though I'm very 
emotion-driven, I also have a logical, analytical side that lets me do the 
math/engineering/IT things i've done in life. Still, the F is stronger, and my 
makeup is really that of a writer or artist.  I could be on the street corner 
yelling Scripture at passersby, or playing a guitar and harmonica, hoping for 
change!

-- Original message -- 
From: Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers:

Your Type is 
ISTJ 
Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging 
Strength of the preferences % 
78 12 38 56 

Career choices: Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management...
Wow!

Maurice Jennings
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From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the
people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go
there with.

KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: ever
had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which
is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy
internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more
energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always
running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong
extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a
kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I
do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to
talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get
away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back
among the mading crowd.

I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: 

Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others
instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from
within)
Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut
or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the
process)
Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as
opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more)
Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be
(right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals'
needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend
to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair
for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to
the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change
laws or rules willy-nilly)

so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a
cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in
college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and
my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public
relations person--or a minister.

Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm
long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the
universe. :)

-- Original message -- 
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com 
The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and
prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model,
multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at
parties and public events.

I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to
make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact
for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned
down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak
for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
appearances. (sigh)

At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

Whoa! (Backing slowly towards the door)
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:29 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



Here is weird. I'm all of the above, standing in the corner watching 
(big time voyeur), sometimes the life of the party or having fun dancing 
off in my own world. To make things worse, I do not know who is coming 
out. That is what I call weird. 

Reece Jennings wrote:
 I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...
 
 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one
round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner
to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com
yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be
the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 




 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I
sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:
 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest,
darkest
 
 movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:

 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 
 milieu!
 
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night,
as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to
go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or
mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!.
Love
 that flick.
 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
 
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book
passed
 down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
 truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
 
 Please tell me none of you

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Just think of my poor husband.  He is married to all of us.  I can 
control it, but I can not control being outgoing when I'm at parties, 
being photographed, giving speeches, or doing interviews for the press. 
  That is when my shy wanted to come out. ( Since I got sick, I do not 
have to worry about that) .

Reece Jennings wrote:
 Whoa! (Backing slowly towards the door)
  
  Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
  
  
  

   _  

 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:29 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 Here is weird. I'm all of the above, standing in the corner watching 
 (big time voyeur), sometimes the life of the party or having fun dancing 
 off in my own world. To make things worse, I do not know who is coming 
 out. That is what I call weird. 

 Reece Jennings wrote:
   
 I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
   
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 




 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
   
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one
 
 round
   
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner
 
 to
   
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com
 
 yahoo.com
   
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be
 
 the
   
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 
 mesavers.com
   
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
 
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
   


 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I
 
 sympathize
   
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:

 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest,
   
 darkest
   
 movie secrets.

 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

   
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:

 
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:


   
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my

 
 milieu!

 
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I

 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night,
 
 as
   
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to
 
 go.
   
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Astromancer]

Me three! I really wish we could have some type of get together...

Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  As do I.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even 
when I fit in I often feel like I'm an observer. I often think of 
myself like a chameleon. I used to wish we were big enough to have 
chapters so we could meet in person. Still do.

Astromancer wrote:
 You aren't alone, dude

 Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgot to add on the literal duck out of 
 water premise, which I sympathize with daily. I've always felt out of place, 
 even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:
 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.

 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:

 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
 any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
 on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
 with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
 acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever 
 or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, 
 don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and 
 loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The 
 Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And 
 Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and 
 things that go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth 
 of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to 
 the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
 flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
 Lincoln's assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit 
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas 
 Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and 
 DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough 
 guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as 
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner 
 Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it 
 hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker 
 now that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. 

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Astromancer]

I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   I hear you. I'm not a 
crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
a party voyeur...

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




_ 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
taken me to find three people like myself.

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
different from others? 

I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

_ 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
question you had to anticipate... why?

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
milieu!

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
issued on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales
of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
Bros. Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
Century Fox reported a four-day

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

I hear you!
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Astromancer
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
a party voyeur...

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

_ 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
taken me to find three people like myself.

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
different from others? 

I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
mesavers.com
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

_ 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
question you had to anticipate... why?

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
milieu!

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
America

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
death in my immediate family.  It is a hard habit to break.  Fortunately 
during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family.  Getting married 
and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too.  I do not want 
to inflict it on them.

Reece Jennings wrote:
 I hear you!
  
  Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
  
  
  

   _  

 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
 mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:
   
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
 
 movie secrets.
   
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
   
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:

 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
   
 milieu!
   
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
   
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
 that flick.
   
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
   
 plot. Mount Rushmore

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Mike Street]

I saw National Treasure 2 last night and it was good actually. I'm
pretty much into anything that involves puzzles and decoding
something. I play a lot of turn based card games, and I enter just
about any online contest that involves puzzle solving. My favorite
online puzzle contest was the Da Vinic Code. It was really well done.
But NT2 was wayyy better then the first one. And it was cross
generational so not all movie are youth obsessed. This one was totally
for the 30+ audience. The young people in this movie only played a
minor role. You can't make Nick Cage look younger then 35 esp. with
the hair plugs he's got going on.

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

Good for you and your family.  I find it impossible to be a recluse
and a spouse.  Tried it 3 times.  Almost made the bad choice again...
Luckily for her, I learned to recognize my patterns...
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 2:24 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. Fortunately 
during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting married 
and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
to inflict it on them.

Reece Jennings wrote:
 I hear you!
 
 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any
more...

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com
yahoo.com
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either.
I'm
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one
round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner
to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com
yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be
the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com mesavers.com
 mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/
 mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I
sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:
 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest,
darkest
 
 movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:

 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 
 milieu!
 
 KeithBJohnson

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

In the number as well.

Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  I hear you!

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 




_ 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Astromancer
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
a party voyeur...

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

_ 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
taken me to find three people like myself.

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
different from others? 

I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
mesavers.com
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

_ 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
question you had to anticipate... why?

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
milieu!

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
raced to $65 million during

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

My husband has a split reclusive/ social personality as well.  So, we 
encourage each other to get alone time.  This was especially important 
when we were working with the business full-time.

You are so community spirited online.  How did number 4 take it?

Reece Jennings wrote:
 Good for you and your family.  I find it impossible to be a recluse
 and a spouse.  Tried it 3 times.  Almost made the bad choice again...
 Luckily for her, I learned to recognize my patterns...
  
  Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
  
  
  

   _  

 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 2:24 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
 death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. Fortunately 
 during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting married 
 and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
 to inflict it on them.

 Reece Jennings wrote:
   
 I hear you!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
   
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 




 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
   
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any
 
 more...
   
 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com
 
 yahoo.com
   
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either.
 
 I'm
   
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 
 mesavers.com
   
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
 
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
   
 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one
 
 round
   
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner
 
 to
   
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com
 
 yahoo.com
   
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be
 
 the
   
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
 
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com mesavers.com
   
 mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
 
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/
   
 mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I
 
 sympathize
   
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:

 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[james]

The Wife and I are strikingly different.  She is a heavy extrovert and
prone to being the life of a party.  Her skills as a former model,
multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc.
make it seem effortless.  She turns it on like flicking a switch at
parties and public events.

I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more.  In the office, I have to
make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work
speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have
mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar
sentiments a few months ago).  Through my websites and as a media contact
for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances
and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly.  I've turned
down more than I've accepted.  I much prefer to let my written words speak
for me via my writings.  Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a
book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and
appearances. (sigh)

At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to
relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two.  I'm the
guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests and
storing data about who I've met or talked with that night.  At home, I
need that quiet time with a book or my laptop.  Or at a coffee shop for a
bit on the way home from work.  My blog and commentary persona are nothing
like my meatspace personality.

I'm not shy.  I just prefer to observe and think.  I hate small talk and
refuse to speak just for the sake of speaking.  When I do speak, it is
because I have something real to add to the conversation.  I abhor hoopla
and I suck at entertaining.

I'm not the guy screaming his head off at sporting events or concerts.  If
you see me at a concert, it'll likely be a more intimate club like the
Birchmere - listening to a band, sipping a margarita - just enjoying the
music.

And I hate being asked if something is wrong.

__
James Landrith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547
AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159
MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith
http://www.jameslandrith.com
http://www.multiracial.com
http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/
__

Tracey said:

 My husband has a split reclusive/ social personality as well.  So, we
 encourage each other to get alone time.  This was especially important
 when we were working with the business full-time.

 You are so community spirited online.  How did number 4 take it?

 Reece Jennings wrote:
 Good for you and your family.  I find it impossible to be a recluse
 and a spouse.  Tried it 3 times.  Almost made the bad choice again...
 Luckily for her, I learned to recognize my patterns...

  Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

It's been a year.  I still give her access to my house (she has a key), but
I'm afraid I'm sending
mixed messages by doing that.  To me, if somebody says We're friends.  No
more sex.  It's 
complicating the fact that I'm NOT going to marry you, and do NOT want a
relationship past
friendship, I would quickly say, ok.  I understand.  Here is your key.
 
But I got to see how many REALLY foul words she knew!  I tried to tell her
how lucky she was
to find out before we (I, actually) did anything stupid like marrying her,
but she just kept using
words I haven't used since my military days...well, maybe since last week...
 
But that was almost 6 months ago.  Now she's into subterfuge, trying to
change my mind.  :o)
 
She's really a nice lady (LADY), but she's too much like my  mother.
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 4:17 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



My husband has a split reclusive/ social personality as well. So, we 
encourage each other to get alone time. This was especially important 
when we were working with the business full-time.

You are so community spirited online. How did number 4 take it?

Reece Jennings wrote:
 Good for you and your family. I find it impossible to be a recluse
 and a spouse. Tried it 3 times. Almost made the bad choice again...
 Luckily for her, I learned to recognize my patterns...
 
 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
 Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 2:24 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a lot of 
 death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. Fortunately 
 during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting married 
 and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do not want 
 to inflict it on them.

 Reece Jennings wrote:
 
 I hear you!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
mesavers.com
 
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 




 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 
 Behalf Of Astromancer
 Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any
 
 more...
 
 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com
 
 yahoo.com
 
 wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either.
 
 I'm
 
 a party voyeur...

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com mesavers.com
 
 mesavers.com
 
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
 
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/
mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
 
 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com
ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one
 
 round
 
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner
 
 to
 
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

I see another party forming...Tough to have a platform if we don't talk to
folks, though...
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 3:39 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



In the number as well.

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: I hear you!

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
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_ 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Astromancer
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going out any more...

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either. I'm
a party voyeur...

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
mesavers.com
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/
mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

_ 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
taken me to find three people like myself.

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
different from others? 

I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
mesavers.com mesavers.com
mesavers.com
http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/
mesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 

_ 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
question you had to anticipate... why?

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
milieu!

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round to 
make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to cower 
in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's taken me to 
find three people like myself.

Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   Do you 
still, Howard?  I mean Martin?  It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd.  Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others?  
  
 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!
  
  Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
  
  
  
 
 _  
 
 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.
 
 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?
 
 Martin wrote:
  Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
 movie secrets.
  
  I love Howard the Duck.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
  Keith
 
  I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
  comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
 
  Martin wrote:
  
  But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 milieu!
 
  KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
 that flick.
  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
 down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
 truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
 
  Please tell me none of you watched it?
 
  
 
  National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
  Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
  Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
 raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
 America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
  The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
 opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
 issued on Wednesday.
  Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
 assassination.
  Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales
 of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
 Bros. Pictures.
  Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas
 Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
  The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks
 Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
  The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner
 Bros.
  Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

You have a very outgoing online persona.  If we ever meet, I hope I meet 
both personas

Martin wrote:
 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round 
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to 
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's taken 
 me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   Do 
 you still, Howard?  I mean Martin?  It seems to me that you'd be the
  one who is comfortable in any crowd.  Are you comfortable but feeling
  different from others?  
   
  I revel in being that way...now...LOL!
   
   Maurice Jennings
  Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
  KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
  Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
  http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
   
   
   
  
  _  
  
  From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
  Behalf Of Martin
  Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
  To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
  
  Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
  with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.
  
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
  Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
  question you had to anticipate... why?
  
  Martin wrote:
   Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
  movie secrets.
   
   I love Howard the Duck.
  
   Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
   Keith
  
   I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
   comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
  
   Martin wrote:
   
   But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
  milieu!
  
   KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
  really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
  National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
  tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
  background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
  Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
  Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
  Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
  against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
  action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
  it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
  pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
  that flick.
   But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
  plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
  down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
  truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
  
   Please tell me none of you watched it?
  
   
  
   National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
   Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
   Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
  raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
  America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
   The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
  opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
  issued on Wednesday.
   Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
  international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
  2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
  around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
  assassination.
   Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales
  of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
  Bros. Pictures.
   Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
  Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit
  Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas
  Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
   The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
  million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both
  after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks
  Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
   The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
  vehicle starring Tom

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Even when I fit in I often feel like I'm an observer. I often think of 
myself like a chameleon.  I used to wish we were big enough to have 
chapters so we could meet in person.  Still  do.

Astromancer wrote:
 You aren't alone, dude

 Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  Forgot to add on the literal duck 
 out of water premise, which I sympathize with daily. I've always felt out of 
 place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:
   
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.

 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:

 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
 any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
 on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
 with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
 acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever 
 or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, 
 don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and 
 loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The 
 Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And 
 Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and 
 things that go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth 
 of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to 
 the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
 flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
 Lincoln's assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit 
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas 
 Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and 
 DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough 
 guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as 
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner 
 Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it 
 hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker 
 now that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks 
 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Astromancer]

See?

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
Even when I fit in I often feel like I'm an observer. I often think of 
myself like a chameleon. I used to wish we were big enough to have 
chapters so we could meet in person. Still do.

Astromancer wrote:
 You aren't alone, dude

 Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgot to add on the literal duck out of 
 water premise, which I sympathize with daily. I've always felt out of place, 
 even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:
 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.

 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:

 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
 any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
 on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
 with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
 acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever 
 or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, 
 don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and 
 loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The 
 Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And 
 Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and 
 things that go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth 
 of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to 
 the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
 flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
 Lincoln's assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit 
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas 
 Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and 
 DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough 
 guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as 
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner 
 Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it 
 hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker 
 now that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

see what? you re not alone?

Astromancer wrote:
 See?

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Even when I fit in I often feel like I'm an observer. I often think of 
 myself like a chameleon. I used to wish we were big enough to have 
 chapters so we could meet in person. Still do.

 Astromancer wrote:
   
 You aren't alone, dude

 Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgot to add on the literal duck out of 
 water premise, which I sympathize with daily. I've always felt out of 
 place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:

 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.

 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:


   
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my 
 milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
 any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
 on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
 with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
 acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever 
 or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, 
 don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and 
 loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The 
 Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And 
 Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and 
 things that go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in 
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book 
 passed down from one President to another that details, among other 
 things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to 
 the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
 flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
 Lincoln's assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales 
 of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner 
 Bros. Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise 
 hit Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate 
 Christmas Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and 
 DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough 
 guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as 
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner 
 Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in 
 its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it 
 hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker 
 now that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day 
 haul of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a 
 Christmas Day estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action 
 sequel Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The 
 Great Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the 
 Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit 
 of 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Astromancer]

I figured it was so obvious, I wouldn't have to say it...I guess I was 
wrong...My apologies...

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
see what? you re not alone?

Astromancer wrote:
 See?

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Even when I fit in I often feel like I'm an observer. I often think of 
 myself like a chameleon. I used to wish we were big enough to have 
 chapters so we could meet in person. Still do.

 Astromancer wrote:
 
 You aren't alone, dude

 Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgot to add on the literal duck out of 
 water premise, which I sympathize with daily. I've always felt out of 
 place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:

 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.

 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:


 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my 
 milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
 any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
 on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
 with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
 acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever 
 or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, 
 don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and 
 loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The 
 Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And 
 Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and 
 things that go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in 
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book 
 passed down from one President to another that details, among other 
 things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to 
 the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
 flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
 Lincoln's assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales 
 of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner 
 Bros. Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise 
 hit Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate 
 Christmas Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and 
 DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough 
 guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as 
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner 
 Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in 
 its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it 
 hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker 
 now that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day 
 haul of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a 
 Christmas Day estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action 
 sequel Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The 
 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

no apology needed. I'm sleepy, distracted and multitasking. 

Astromancer wrote:
 I figured it was so obvious, I wouldn't have to say it...I guess I was 
 wrong...My apologies...

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   see what? you re not alone?

 Astromancer wrote:
   
 See?

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Even when I fit in I often feel like I'm an observer. I often think of 
 myself like a chameleon. I used to wish we were big enough to have 
 chapters so we could meet in person. Still do.

 Astromancer wrote:

 
 You aren't alone, dude

 Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgot to add on the literal duck out of 
 water premise, which I sympathize with daily. I've always felt out of 
 place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:


   
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.

 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:



 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my 
 milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people 
 contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one 
 movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a 
 couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I 
 cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, 
 preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight (just show 
 me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite what some 
 think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low brow 
 humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action 
 flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it 
 airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic 
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. 
 Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in 
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book 
 passed down from one President to another that details, among other 
 things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets 
 raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North 
 America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film 
 opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will 
 be issued on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to 
 the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
 flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
 Lincoln's assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales 
 of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner 
 Bros. Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise 
 hit Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate 
 Christmas Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 
 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and 
 DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough 
 guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice 
 as many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with 
 Warner Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in 
 its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said 
 it hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank 
 tearjerker now that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day 
 haul of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a 
 Christmas Day estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday 
 because they will include sales for 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Astromancer]

(Big e-hug for Tracey...)

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
no apology needed. I'm sleepy, distracted and multitasking. 

Astromancer wrote:
 I figured it was so obvious, I wouldn't have to say it...I guess I was 
 wrong...My apologies...

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 see what? you re not alone?

 Astromancer wrote:
 
 See?

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Even when I fit in I often feel like I'm an observer. I often think of 
 myself like a chameleon. I used to wish we were big enough to have 
 chapters so we could meet in person. Still do.

 Astromancer wrote:

 
 You aren't alone, dude

 Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgot to add on the literal duck out of 
 water premise, which I sympathize with daily. I've always felt out of 
 place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:


 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.

 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:



 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my 
 milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people 
 contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one 
 movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a 
 couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I 
 cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, 
 preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight (just show 
 me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite what some 
 think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low brow 
 humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action 
 flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it 
 airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic 
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. 
 Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in 
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book 
 passed down from one President to another that details, among other 
 things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets 
 raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North 
 America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film 
 opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will 
 be issued on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to 
 the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
 flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
 Lincoln's assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales 
 of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner 
 Bros. Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise 
 hit Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate 
 Christmas Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 
 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and 
 DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough 
 guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice 
 as many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with 
 Warner Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in 
 its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said 
 it hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank 
 tearjerker now that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day 
 haul of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a 
 Christmas Day estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will 

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

I hear you.  I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either.  I'm
a party voyeur...
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
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From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
taken me to find three people like myself.

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
different from others? 

I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

Maurice Jennings
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KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
question you had to anticipate... why?

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
milieu!

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
issued on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales
of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
Bros. Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit
Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

No doubt you will. I've always looked at my gift with words as compensation for 
the lack of words I generate in person.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You 
have a very outgoing online persona.  If we ever meet, I hope I meet 
both personas

Martin wrote:
 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round 
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to 
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's taken 
 me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings  wrote:   Do you still, Howard?  I 
 mean Martin?  It seems to me that you'd be the
  one who is comfortable in any crowd.  Are you comfortable but feeling
  different from others?  
   
  I revel in being that way...now...LOL!
   
   Maurice Jennings
  Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
  KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
  Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
   
   
   
   
  
  _  
  
  From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
  Behalf Of Martin
  Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
  To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
  
  Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
  with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.
  
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) 
   aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
  Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
  question you had to anticipate... why?
  
  Martin wrote:
   Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
  movie secrets.
   
   I love Howard the Duck.
  
   Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) 
   aladvantage.com wrote:
   Keith
  
   I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
   comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
  
   Martin wrote:
   
   But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
  milieu!
  
   KeithBJohnson@  comcast.net wrote: I
  really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
  National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
  tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
  background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
  Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
  Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
  Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
  against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
  action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
  it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
  pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
  that flick.
   But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
  plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
  down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
  truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
  
   Please tell me none of you watched it?
  
   
  
   National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
   Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
   Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
  raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
  America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
   The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
  opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
  issued on Wednesday.
   Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
  international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
  2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
  around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
  assassination.
   Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales
  of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
  Bros. Pictures.
   Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
  Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit
  Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas
  Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
   The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
  million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both
  after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks
  Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
   The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
  vehicle starring Tom Hanks

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

As do I.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
 Even when I fit in I often feel like I'm an observer. 
I often think of 
 myself like a chameleon.  I used to wish we were big enough to have 
 chapters so we could meet in person.  Still  do.
 
 Astromancer wrote:
  You aren't alone, dude
 
  Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  Forgot to add on the literal 
  duck out of water premise, which I sympathize with daily. I've always felt 
  out of place, even among the Technonerdati.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
  Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
  question you had to anticipate... why?
 
  Martin wrote:

  Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
  movie secrets.
 
  I love Howard the Duck.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Keith
 
  I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
  comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
 
  Martin wrote:
 
  
  But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my 
  milieu!
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
  any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
  Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
  on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
  with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
  acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever 
  or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, 
  don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and 
  loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The 
  Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And 
  Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and 
  things that go boom!. Love that flick.
  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in 
  plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book 
  passed down from one President to another that details, among other 
  things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
 
  Please tell me none of you watched it?
 
  
 
  National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
  Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
  Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
  to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
  distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
  The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
  last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
  on Wednesday.
  Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
  international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to 
  the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
  flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
  Lincoln's assassination.
  Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales 
  of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner 
  Bros. Pictures.
  Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
  Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise 
  hit Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate 
  Christmas Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
  The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
  million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
  after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and 
  DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough 
  guesses.
  The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
  vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as 
  many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner 
  Bros.
  Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in 
  its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it 
  hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker 
  now that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
  The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day 
  haul of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a 
  Christmas Day estimate for the box office disappointment.
  Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
  they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action 
  sequel Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The 
  Great Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the 
  Deep.
  Walt 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Here is weird.  I'm all of the above, standing in the corner watching  
(big time voyeur), sometimes the life of the party or having fun dancing 
off in my own world.  To make things worse, I do not know who is coming 
out.  That is what I call weird. 

Reece Jennings wrote:
 I hear you.  I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either.  I'm
 a party voyeur...
  
  Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
  
  
  

   _  

 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



 No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
 to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
 cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
 taken me to find three people like myself.

 Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
 wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
 one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
 different from others? 

 I revel in being that way...now...LOL!

 Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
 http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 




 _ 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
 On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
 with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
 Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
 question you had to anticipate... why?

 Martin wrote:
   
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
 
 movie secrets.
   
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
   
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:

 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
   
 milieu!
   
 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
   
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
 that flick.
   
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
   
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
 down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
 truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
   
 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
   
 raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
 America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
   
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
   
 opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
 issued on Wednesday.
   
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
   
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
 around the world trying

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

Don't know if I could cope with that kind of an earth-sea dichotomy within 
myself. As it is, I have moments when I flirt with women online, then cringe 
for hours afterward.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
 Here is weird.  I'm all of the above, standing in the 
corner watching  
 (big time voyeur), sometimes the life of the party or having fun dancing 
 off in my own world.  To make things worse, I do not know who is coming 
 out.  That is what I call weird. 
 
 Reece Jennings wrote:
  I hear you.  I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either.  I'm
  a party voyeur...
   
   Maurice Jennings
  Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
  KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
  Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
  http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
   
   
   
 
_  
 
  From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
  Behalf Of Martin
  Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
  To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
 
 
  No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one round
  to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner to
  cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
  taken me to find three people like myself.
 
  Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
  wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be the
  one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
  different from others? 
 
  I revel in being that way...now...LOL!
 
  Maurice Jennings
  Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
  KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
  Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
  http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
  http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
 
 
 
 
  _ 
 
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
  On
  Behalf Of Martin
  Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
  Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
  Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
  with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
  Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
  question you had to anticipate... why?
 
  Martin wrote:

  Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
  
  movie secrets.

  I love Howard the Duck.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
  mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:

  Keith
 
  I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
  comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
 
  Martin wrote:
 
  
  But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my

  milieu!

  KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I

  really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
  National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
  tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
  background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
  Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
  Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
  Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
  against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
  action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
  it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
  pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
  that flick.

  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in

  plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
  down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
  truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

  Please tell me none of you watched it?
 
  
 
  National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
  Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
  Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets

  raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
  America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.

  The tally consists

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

People started noticing how many diametrically opposed sides I has so 
for a while, I gave them names. But I did not want my friends to think I 
was seriously separated, so I stopped.

Martin wrote:
 Don't know if I could cope with that kind of an earth-sea dichotomy within 
 myself. As it is, I have moments when I flirt with women online, then cringe 
 for hours afterward.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here is weird.  I'm all of the above, standing in 
 the corner watching  
  (big time voyeur), sometimes the life of the party or having fun dancing 
  off in my own world.  To make things worse, I do not know who is coming 
  out.  That is what I call weird. 
  
  Reece Jennings wrote:
   I hear you.  I'm not a crowd/life of the party type person either.  I'm
   a party voyeur...

Maurice Jennings
   Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
   KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
   Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
   http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 



  
 _  
  
   From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
   Behalf Of Martin
   Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM
   To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
   Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
  
  
  
   No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who makes one 
 round
   to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then finds a corner 
 to
   cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of life it's
   taken me to find three people like myself.
  
   Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com 
 yahoo.com
   wrote: Do you still, Howard? I mean Martin? It seems to me that you'd be 
 the
   one who is comfortable in any crowd. Are you comfortable but feeling
   different from others? 
  
   I revel in being that way...now...LOL!
  
   Maurice Jennings
   Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
   KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
   Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho
   http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
   http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ 
  
  
  
  
   _ 
  
   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
   [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
   On
   Behalf Of Martin
   Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
   To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
   Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
  
   Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I 
 sympathize
   with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.
  
   Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
   Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
   question you had to anticipate... why?
  
   Martin wrote:
 
   Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
   
   movie secrets.
 
   I love Howard the Duck.
  
   Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   
   mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 
   Keith
  
   I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
   comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
  
   Martin wrote:
  
   
   But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 
   milieu!
 
   KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
 
   really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
   National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
   tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
   background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
   Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
   Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
   Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
   against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or 
 mindless
   action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
   it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
   pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. 
 Love
   that flick.
 
   But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
 
   plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book 
 passed
   down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
   truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
 
   Please tell me none of you watched

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

WOW!  THAT was a mouthful!  LOL @ the 4th time around! 


 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 
 

-Original Message-
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:37 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Confession Time, huh? I used to watch Automatic with foreign b-movie action
star Oliver Grunner, about an android  programmed to protect humans from
violent attacks who discovers a company executive trying to rape a female
employee and accidentally kills him, which leads to cover up in which the
company sends mercenaries in to kill him and the 
employee.  Have not seen it in a while, but remember liking it the 
forth time around.

Reece Jennings wrote:
 I loved 'Day of the Triffids'...Talk about a double whammy!
 Blind people trying to get away from walking, human-eating plants! 


  Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = 
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 -Original Message-
 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:58 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 I Love Night of The Comet

 Daryle wrote:
   
 Oh, is this turning into THAT discussion?

 ³Night Of the Comet². AND I bought it on VHS.

 On 12/26/07 12:15 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   
 
  
  
  

 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, 
 darkest movie secrets.
  
  I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com  wrote:
  Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in 
 the comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
   
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is 
 my
 
   
 milieu!
   
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
 wrote: I
 
   
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to 
 making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of 
 years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned 
 up. I turned it off
 
 with 45 minutes to go.
   
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage 
 and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or 
 engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie 
 snob, don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up
 recently and loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who 
 will watch The Warriors every single time it airs (much to my 
 wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of
 
 adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that
flick.
   
   
 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber 
 in
   
 plot.
   
 
   
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book 
 passed down from one President to another that details, among other 
 things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
   
 
 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office Tue Dec 25, 2:27 
 PM ET Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of 
 Secrets raced
 
   
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North 
 America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
   
 
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the 
 film opened
 
   
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be 
 issued on Wednesday.
   
 
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
 
   
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned 
 sequel to the
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
 flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
 Lincoln's assassination.
   
 
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day 
 sales of
 
   
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said 
 Warner
 
 Bros.
   
 Pictures.
   
 
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. 
 Twentieth
 
   
 Century Fox reported a four

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

8-O Movie, yes, movie, yes! LMNAO!

Martin (can't go there- likes girls and is allergic to feathers)

Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   
U...you mean the movie, right?  I mean, duck love...YIKES!!!
  
  Maurice Jennings
 Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
 KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
 Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
 http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
  
  
  
 
 _  
 
 From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Martin
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:16 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
 movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.
 
 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 Keith
 
 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
 
 Martin wrote:
  But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 milieu!
 
  KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
 that flick.
  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
 plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
 down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
 truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
 
  Please tell me none of you watched it?
 
  
 
  National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
  Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
  Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America,
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
  The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued
 on Wednesday.
  Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
 assassination.
  Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales
 of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
 Bros. Pictures.
  Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas
 Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
  The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks
 Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
  The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner
 Bros.
  Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in
 its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it
 hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now
 that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
  The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day
 haul of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas
 Day estimate for the box office disappointment.
  Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
  Walt Disney Pictures is a unit

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

LOLLOLLOL
 
 Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ 
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 8:48 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



8-O Movie, yes, movie, yes! LMNAO!

Martin (can't go there- likes girls and is allergic to feathers)

Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com
wrote: U...you mean the movie, right? I mean, duck love...YIKES!!!

Maurice Jennings
Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure?
KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
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http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com]
On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
movie secrets.

I love Howard the Duck.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
Keith

I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

Martin wrote:
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
milieu!

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced
to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America,
distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened
last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued
on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales
of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
Bros. Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit
Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas
Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both
after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks
Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as
many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner
Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in
its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it
hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize 
with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
question you had to anticipate... why?

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
 any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
 on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
 with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
 acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or 
 engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't 
 have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved 
 it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors 
 every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? 
 Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that 
 go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies 
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's 
 assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit 
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas 
 Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks 
 Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle 
 starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
 theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures 
 is a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
 (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)

 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






 There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get 
 organized along 

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[James Landrith]

They are easy to assemble - with simple male and female joints.
Occasionally, a piece of track may be cut a little off so that the fit is
tight - but that is the exception.  Overall, she ought to be able to connect
the track pieces herself.



-Original Message-
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:40 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

I was thinking of getting Kira set next year, maybe we will try Brio 
wooden tracks too.  Are they easy to assemble.  One of the reasons I put 
it off this year was tht I did not realize I would be better and I did 
not think she could assemble the tracks on her own

 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

Because, for me, it's an autopilot movie, one I can just watch and not feel the 
need either to analyze or riff it. A while back, I mentioned a movie I saw for 
the first time, A Matter of Life and Death, which I found so great that I 
couldn't make fun of it as it went. Howard is one of them. Add on the fact 
that I loved his comic, when Marvel ran it. He's in a limited series right now, 
which I'm woefully behind on.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
question you had to anticipate... why?

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
 any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
 on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
 with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
 acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or 
 engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't 
 have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved 
 it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors 
 every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? 
 Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that 
 go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies 
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's 
 assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit 
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas 
 Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks 
 Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle 
 starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
 theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures 
 is a 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

Thanks, though, early on, I did have my doubts. Nothing that anyone here did, 
fear not. I'm just a mass of insecurities wrapped in a veneer of insanity.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
 Well ya fit in here fine!
 
 Martin wrote:
  Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize 
  with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   
 Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
  question you had to anticipate... why?
 
  Martin wrote:

  Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
  movie secrets.
 
  I love Howard the Duck.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Keith
 
  I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
  comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
 
  Martin wrote:
 
  
  But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my 
  milieu!
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
  any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
  Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
  on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
  with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
  acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever 
  or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, 
  don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and 
  loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The 
  Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And 
  Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and 
  things that go boom!. Love that flick.
  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in 
  plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book 
  passed down from one President to another that details, among other 
  things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
 
  Please tell me none of you watched it?
 
  
 
  National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
  Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
  Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
  to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
  distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
  The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
  last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
  on Wednesday.
  Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
  international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to 
  the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
  flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to 
  Lincoln's assassination.
  Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales 
  of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner 
  Bros. Pictures.
  Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
  Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise 
  hit Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate 
  Christmas Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
  The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
  million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
  after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and 
  DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough 
  guesses.
  The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
  vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as 
  many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner 
  Bros.
  Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in 
  its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it 
  hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker 
  now that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
  The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day 
  haul of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a 
  Christmas Day estimate for the box office disappointment.
  Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
  they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action 
  sequel Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The 
  Great Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the 
  Deep.
  Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit 
  of Time Warner Inc. 

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Reece Jennings]

Do you still, Howard?  I mean Martin?  It seems to me that you'd be the
one who is comfortable in any crowd.  Are you comfortable but feeling
different from others?  
 
I revel in being that way...now...LOL!
 
 Maurice Jennings
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KEEP your home and  Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks!
Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com
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From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(



Forgot to add on the literal duck out of water premise, which I sympathize
with daily. I've always felt out of place, even among the Technonerdati.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Wow!
Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the 
question you had to anticipate... why?

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
movie secrets.
 
 I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote:
 Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
milieu!

 KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I
really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
down from one President to another that details, among other things, the
truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
issued on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales
of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
Bros. Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit
Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas
Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both
after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks
Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as
many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner
Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in
its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it
hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now
that Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day
haul of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas
Day estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final

[scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making 
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend.  I tried 
to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as 
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. 
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight 
(just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite 
what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low 
brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action flicks. 
Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs (much to my 
wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, 
over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick.
But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.  
Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

Please tell me none of you watched it?



 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced to 
$65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened last 
Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on 
Wednesday.
Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 international 
markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 2004 smash 
National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies around the world 
trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's assassination.
Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
$47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
Pictures.
Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth Century 
Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit Alvin and 
the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day sales. After 
11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 million, 
and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five 
days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures, 
warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle 
starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
Christmas-related chores are behind them.
The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul of 
$4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
estimate for the box office disappointment.
Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because they 
will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel Alien 
vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great Debaters, and 
the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures is 
a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  I really hope none of you fine people 
contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie 
over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years 
ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or 
engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't 
have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) 
or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every 
single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure 
cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go 
boom!. Love that flick.
But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

Please tell me none of you watched it?



National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced to 
$65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened last 
Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on 
Wednesday.
Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 international 
markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 2004 smash 
National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies around the world 
trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's assassination.
Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
$47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
Pictures.
Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth Century 
Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit Alvin and 
the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day sales. After 
11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 million, 
and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five 
days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures, 
warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle 
starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
Christmas-related chores are behind them.
The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul of 
$4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
estimate for the box office disappointment.
Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because they 
will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel Alien 
vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great Debaters, and 
the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures is 
a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Keith

I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
comfort of my home, I liked the first one.   :(

Martin wrote:
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  I really hope none of you fine people 
 contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie 
 over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of 
 years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I 
 turned it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous 
 occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the 
 money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite what some think of 
 me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw 
 Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy 
 who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's 
 consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, 
 over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced to 
 $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on 
 Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies 
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's 
 assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit 
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day 
 sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 million, 
 and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five 
 days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures, 
 warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle 
 starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
 theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures 
 is a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
 (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)

 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



  


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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Daryle]

And the Bond movies on Spike aren¹t good enough? I see I need to lend
someone my ³Transporter² DVDs.


On 12/26/07 11:52 AM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  
  
  
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote:
 I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried
 to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight
 (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite
 what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low
 brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action
 flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs
 (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of
 adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
 
 Please tell me none of you watched it?
 
 
 
 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced to
 $65 million during its first five days of release across North America,
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on
 Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
 assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros.
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth Century
 Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit Alvin and
 the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day sales.
 After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 million,
 and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five
 days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures,
 warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle
 starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many
 theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul of
 $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures
 is a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
 (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)
 
 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
 
 There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get
 organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A
 Country
  
 -
 Never miss a thing.   Make Yahoo your homepage.
 
 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
 
  
 




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RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[James Landrith]

No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 

 

The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children.

 

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 

I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

Please tell me none of you watched it?

 



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Martin]

Oh, they're helping. But there's *nothing* like the sensation of dropping your 
hard-earned cash for something, followed by the simmering, impotent rage that 
comes with the realization that you just got hosed...

Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  
And the Bond movies on Spike aren¹t good enough? I see I need to lend
someone my ³Transporter² DVDs.

On 12/26/07 11:52 AM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
 
 
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote:
 I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried
 to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight
 (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite
 what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low
 brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action
 flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs
 (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of
 adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
 
 Please tell me none of you watched it?
 
 
 
 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced to
 $65 million during its first five days of release across North America,
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on
 Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
 assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros.
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth Century
 Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit Alvin and
 the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day sales.
 After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 million,
 and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five
 days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures,
 warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle
 starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many
 theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul of
 $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures
 is a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
 (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)
 
 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
 
 There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get
 organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A
 Country
 
 -
 Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
 
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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Daryle]

Oh, is this turning into THAT discussion?

³Night Of the Comet². AND I bought it on VHS.

On 12/26/07 12:15 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  
  
  
 
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
 movie secrets.
  
  I love Howard the Duck.
 
 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com  wrote:
  Keith
 
 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
 
 Martin wrote:
  But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 milieu!
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote: I
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight
 (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite
 what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low
 brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action
 flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs
 (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of
 adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick.
  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
 
  Please tell me none of you watched it?
 
  
 
  National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office
  Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET
  Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America,
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
  The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on
 Wednesday.
  Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
 assassination.
  Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros.
 Pictures.
  Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day
 sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
  The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks
 Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
  The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner
 Bros.
  Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
  The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
  Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
  Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures
 is a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
  (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)
 
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 organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A
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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

:)

-- Original message -- 
From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed any 
ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas 
weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday 
night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes 
to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and 
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. 
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against 
low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action 
flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs 
(much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of 
adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick.
But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

Please tell me none of you watched it?



National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced to 
$65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened last 
Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on 
Wednesday.
Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 international 
markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 2004 smash 
National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies around the world 
trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's assassination.
Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
$47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
Pictures.
Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth Century 
Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit Alvin and 
the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day sales. After 
11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 million, 
and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five 
days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures, 
warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle 
starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
Christmas-related chores are behind them.
The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul of 
$4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
estimate for the box office disappointment.
Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because they 
will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel Alien 
vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great Debaters, and 
the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures is 
a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A 
Country

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

I Love Night of The Comet

Daryle wrote:
 Oh, is this turning into THAT discussion?

 ³Night Of the Comet². AND I bought it on VHS.

 On 12/26/07 12:15 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   
  
  
  

 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest
 movie secrets.
  
  I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com  wrote:
  Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 
 milieu!
   
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote: I
 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and 
 Voight
 (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite
 what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low
 brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action
 flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs
 (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure 
 of
 adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick.
   
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
   
 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced
 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America,
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
   
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened
 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on
 Wednesday.
   
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
 assassination.
   
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of
 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros.
 Pictures.
   
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas 
 Day
 sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
   
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks
 Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
   
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
 
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner
 Bros.
   
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its
 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
   
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul
 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
   
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because
 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
   
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of
 
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures
 is a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
   
 (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)

 

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

to quote Martin,

aarrrh!!!

Tracey, if you tell me you liked Gone in Sixty Seconds and 3000 Miles to 
Graceland, I'll just have to go home and cry!  :)

-- Original message -- 
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

 Keith 
 
 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :( 
 
 Martin wrote: 
  But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my 
  milieu! 
  
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine 
 people contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one 
 movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple 
 of 
 years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I 
 turned 
 it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, 
 autopilot acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or 
 clever or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie 
 snob, 
 don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and 
 loved 
 it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors 
 every 
 single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure 
 cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go 
 boom!. Love that flick. 
  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from 
 one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
 what's 
 kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! 
  
  Please tell me none of you watched it? 
  
   
  
  National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
  Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
  Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
  to 
 $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday. 
  The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on 
 Wednesday. 
  Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies 
 around 
 the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's 
 assassination. 
  Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures. 
  Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
  Century 
 Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit Alvin 
 and 
 the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day sales. 
 After 
 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million. 
  The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
  million, 
 and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five 
 days. 
 Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures, warned 
 that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses. 
  The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
  vehicle 
 starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
 theaters 
 as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros. 
  Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
 Christmas-related chores are behind them. 
  The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
  of 
 $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment. 
  Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, 
 and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. 
  Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures 
 is 
 a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp. 
  (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings) 
  
  [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get 
 organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A 
 Country 
  
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RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

lo siento!

how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's quite 
good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even Robots or 
Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin just seemed 
horrible to me from the trailers...

-- Original message -- 
From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 

The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

Please tell me none of you watched it?

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


 

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

adding all e-mails from Martin to Spam folder... :)

Wow! What did you like about it. Now I need to think of the worst, most panned 
movie that I like as my guilty pleasure. 

-- Original message -- 
From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
movie secrets.

I love Howard the Duck.

Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Keith

I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

Martin wrote:
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
 any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on 
 a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 
 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting 
 by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or 
 engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't 
 have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) 
 or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every 
 single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure 
 cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go 
 boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced to 
 $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on 
 Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies 
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's 
 assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit 
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day 
 sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 million, 
 and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five 
 days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures, 
 warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle 
 starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
 theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures 
 is a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
 (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)

 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



 


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 organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A 
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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Poor Baby.  :(   Whenever the commercials came on, I changed it, so my 
four year old would not get any ideas.  She has not heard of them yet

James Landrith wrote:
 No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 

  

 The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children.

  

  

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

  

 I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
 that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

  



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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Wow!  Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up.  Now the 
question you had to anticipate... why?

Martin wrote:
 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest 
 movie secrets.

   I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
   
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed 
 any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the 
 Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, 
 on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off 
 with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot 
 acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or 
 engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't 
 have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved 
 it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors 
 every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? 
 Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that 
 go boom!. Love that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on Wednesday.
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies 
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's 
 assassination.
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures.
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit 
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas 
 Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both 
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks 
 Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle 
 starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
 theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros.
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
 Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures 
 is a unit of Viacom Inc. Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.
 (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Can't get through either. Ugggh! 

I get a kick out of over the top Hollywoodized, corny, scifi 
blockbusters.  National Treasure, The Island, Transformers, Independence 
Day. See a trend here. You could not pay me to go to the Theater to see 
them.  just laughing a some of the ridiculous science or the silly over 
the top lines is a hoot. 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 to quote Martin,

 aarrrh!!!

 Tracey, if you tell me you liked Gone in Sixty Seconds and 3000 Miles to 
 Graceland, I'll just have to go home and cry!  :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

   
 Keith 

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the 
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :( 

 Martin wrote: 
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my 
 milieu! 

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine 
   
 people contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one 
 movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple 
 of 
 years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I 
 turned 
 it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, 
 autopilot acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or 
 clever or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie 
 snob, 
 don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and 
 loved 
 it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors 
 every 
 single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure 
 cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go 
 boom!. Love that flick. 
 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
   
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from 
 one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of 
 what's 
 kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! 
 
 Please tell me none of you watched it? 

  

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office 
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET 
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced 
 to 
   
 $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday. 
 
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened 
   
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued 
 on 
 Wednesday. 
 
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 
   
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies 
 around 
 the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's 
 assassination. 
 
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of 
   
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. 
 Pictures. 
 
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth 
 Century 
   
 Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit Alvin 
 and 
 the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day sales. 
 After 
 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million. 
 
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 
 million, 
   
 and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five 
 days. 
 Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures, warned 
 that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses. 
 
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile 
 vehicle 
   
 starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many 
 theaters 
 as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros. 
 
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its 
   
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped 
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that 
 Christmas-related chores are behind them. 
 
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul 
 of 
   
 $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day 
 estimate for the box office disappointment. 
 
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because 
   
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel 
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great 
 Debaters, 
 and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. 
 
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of 
   
 Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal 
 

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[James Landrith]

How was it?  Not very good.  At its core, the movie suffered from a plot
that involved talking and singing chipmunks.

 

For some reason, my son enjoyed it.  This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant,
Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar.

 

Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made?

 

I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick,
Radio Disney, etc.

 

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 

lo siento!

how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's
quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even
Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin
just seemed horrible to me from the trailers...

-- Original message -- 
From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com  
No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 

The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net ] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

Please tell me none of you watched it?

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RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[James Landrith]

Remember, never cross against the light...


-Original Message-
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:58 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

I Love Night of The Comet

Daryle wrote:
 Oh, is this turning into THAT discussion?

 ³Night Of the Comet². AND I bought it on VHS.

 On 12/26/07 12:15 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   
  
  
  

 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest,
darkest
 movie secrets.
  
  I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com  wrote:
  Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 
 milieu!
   
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote:
I
 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night,
as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to
go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight
 (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite
 what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against
low
 brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action
 flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it
airs
 (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of
 adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that
flick.
   
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
plot.
 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
down
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the
truth of
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
   
 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
raced
 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
America,
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
   
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
opened
 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
issued on
 Wednesday.
   
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to
the
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
 assassination.
   
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day
sales of
 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
Bros.
 Pictures.
   
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth
 
 Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise
hit
 Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate
Christmas Day
 sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.
   
 The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
 
 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both
 after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and
DreamWorks
 Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.
   
 The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
 
 vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice
as
 many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with
Warner
 Bros.
   
 Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in
its
 
 first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it
hoped
 more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now
that
 Christmas-related chores are behind them.
   
 The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day
haul
 
 of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas
Day
 estimate for the box office disappointment.
   
 Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday
because
 
 they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action
sequel
 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great
 Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
   
 Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a
unit

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Daryle]

I love this movie.  It would take a G5 Macbook Pro with some SERIOUS
aftermarket modifications to do what Jeff Goldblum did A PowerBook with NO
wireless internet access and the processing power of what, a Palm 3? That
thing was lucky to be able to fax word documents, and if I recall, it did so
with a 14.4 modem. No zip drive, so we¹re talking  what, a whole half GIG of
storage capacity? And how much BATTERY life did his computer have?

On 12/26/07 1:58 PM, James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  
  
  
 
 What?  Are you saying that one man, a Mac laptop and a few hours of virus
 coding couldn't topple the computer system of a technologically superior
 society of interstellar conquerors on the first try?
 
 You so totally have to know that Steve Jobs is an alien so Macs are, of
 course, compatible with all of the major Milky Way operating systems.
 
 I refuse to believe otherwise.
 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com ]
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:14 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
 Can't get through either. Ugggh!
 
 I get a kick out of over the top Hollywoodized, corny, scifi
 blockbusters. National Treasure, The Island, Transformers, Independence
 Day. See a trend here. You could not pay me to go to the Theater to see
 them. just laughing a some of the ridiculous science or the silly over
 the top lines is a hoot.
 
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RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

man you had me spitting out the water i was drinking when i read this. LOL!!
The movie-that-didn't-need-to-be-made?! I love it.!
It is amazing what kids enjoy. Looking bad, rememeber all those great 
cartoons--from Bugs Bunny to Rocky and Bullwinkle to Fracture Fairy Tales--that 
had adult themes and jokes mixed in among the kid-friendly hijinx? That's how 
you should make a kids' movie: enough jokes and slapstick for the wee ones, but 
intelligence, innuendo, satire, and in jokes that adults can enjoy as well. 
that's why The Incredibles is one of the few CGI films that i absolutely love.

-- Original message -- 
From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot
that involved talking and singing chipmunks.

For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant,
Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar.

Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made?

I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick,
Radio Disney, etc.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

lo siento!

how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's
quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even
Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin
just seemed horrible to me from the trailers...

-- Original message -- 
From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com  
No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 

The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net ] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
that flick.
But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

Please tell me none of you watched it?

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

Give it up, Tracey. Every parent is curse by one phenom of the times that 
he/she finds execrable, but which the kids love with a non-stop mania. It could 
be that purple dinosaur singing, non-stop, or those strange Teletubbies with 
their chirping noises and curious drug-induced-seeming plots. Or it might even 
be a halfway decent show that, after the thousandth viewing, simply makes you 
want to pull your eyes out. I remember many parents complaining that if they 
heard Barney's I love you, you love me... one more time they'd go bonkers!

In the old days parents just self-medicated while their kids zoned out on the 
stuff... not an option i know!  :)

-- Original message -- 
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

 James: 
 
 You have me living in fear of how long I can keep my daughter away from 
 commercial kids shows (we are still on PBS, Disney Pre-School, Noggin 
 and Nick Jr) or the influence of other kids who will be advocating for 
 Alfin and his ilk. Be strong... 
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
  -- Original message -- 
  From: James Landrith 
  How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot 
  that involved talking and singing chipmunks. 
  
  For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant, 
  Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar. 
  
  Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made? 
  
  I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick, 
  Radio Disney, etc. 
  
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM 
  To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
  Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( 
  
  lo siento! 
  
  how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's 
  quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even 
  Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin 
  just seemed horrible to me from the trailers... 
  
  -- Original message -- 
  From: James Landrith
  No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 
  
  The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children. 
  
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM 
  To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
  Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( 
  
  I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making 
  National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I 
  tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as 
  background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. 
  Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and 
  Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. 
  Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing 
  against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or 
  mindless 
  action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time 
  it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic 
  pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. 
  Love 
  that flick. 
  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
  Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
  from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth 
  of 
  what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! 
  
  Please tell me none of you watched it? 
  
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[James Landrith]

What?  Are you saying that one man, a Mac laptop and a few hours of virus
coding couldn't topple the computer system of a technologically superior
society of interstellar conquerors on the first try?  

 

You so totally have to know that Steve Jobs is an alien so Macs are, of
course, compatible with all of the major Milky Way operating systems.

 

I refuse to believe otherwise.

 

 

From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:14 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 

Can't get through either. Ugggh! 

I get a kick out of over the top Hollywoodized, corny, scifi 
blockbusters. National Treasure, The Island, Transformers, Independence 
Day. See a trend here. You could not pay me to go to the Theater to see 
them. just laughing a some of the ridiculous science or the silly over 
the top lines is a hoot. 



 



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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

I know it is inevitable.  I just survived Barney and Lazy Town.  Don't 
you remember just a few short days ago, I told you we had to watch the 
Grinch five times a day and then listen to the soundtrack a few dozen 
times or how we have to watch Cars, draw Cars, color Cars, build cars, 
be Cars (by poor husband is often Mater)  and play with Cars around the 
clock.  but you can't blame me for doing whatever it took to avert the 
alvin and the chipmunks tragedy!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Give it up, Tracey. Every parent is curse by one phenom of the times that 
 he/she finds execrable, but which the kids love with a non-stop mania. It 
 could be that purple dinosaur singing, non-stop, or those strange Teletubbies 
 with their chirping noises and curious drug-induced-seeming plots. Or it 
 might even be a halfway decent show that, after the thousandth viewing, 
 simply makes you want to pull your eyes out. I remember many parents 
 complaining that if they heard Barney's I love you, you love me... one more 
 time they'd go bonkers!

 In the old days parents just self-medicated while their kids zoned out on the 
 stuff... not an option i know!  :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

   
 James: 

 You have me living in fear of how long I can keep my daughter away from 
 commercial kids shows (we are still on PBS, Disney Pre-School, Noggin 
 and Nick Jr) or the influence of other kids who will be advocating for 
 Alfin and his ilk. Be strong... 

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 
 -- Original message -- 
 From: James Landrith 
 How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot 
 that involved talking and singing chipmunks. 

 For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant, 
 Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar. 

 Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made? 

 I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick, 
 Radio Disney, etc. 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM 
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( 

 lo siento! 

 how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's 
 quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even 
 Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin 
 just seemed horrible to me from the trailers... 

 -- Original message -- 
 From: James Landrith
 No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 

 The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children. 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM 
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
 Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( 

 I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making 
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I 
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as 
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. 
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and 
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. 
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing 
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or 
 mindless 
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time 
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic 
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. 
 Love 
 that flick. 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth 
 of 
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! 

 Please tell me none of you watched it? 

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

James:

It is good to hold fast to your beliefs.

You see what I'm talking about?  That as fun movie.  Watch it with a 
bunch of geeks and you are rolling hysterically all over the floor.  So 
I take the ridiculous over the top, technically accurate scifi 
blockbuster every time for a good laugh.  

James Landrith wrote:
 What?  Are you saying that one man, a Mac laptop and a few hours of virus
 coding couldn't topple the computer system of a technologically superior
 society of interstellar conquerors on the first try?  

  

 You so totally have to know that Steve Jobs is an alien so Macs are, of
 course, compatible with all of the major Milky Way operating systems.

  

 I refuse to believe otherwise.

  

  

 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:14 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

  

 Can't get through either. Ugggh! 

 I get a kick out of over the top Hollywoodized, corny, scifi 
 blockbusters. National Treasure, The Island, Transformers, Independence 
 Day. See a trend here. You could not pay me to go to the Theater to see 
 them. just laughing a some of the ridiculous science or the silly over 
 the top lines is a hoot. 



  



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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - Night Of The Comet

[Daryle]

We do NOT cross against the light.

DMK!! Is that you?!

You and Tracey will appreciate this, then, if you weren¹t aware already:

http://www.nightofthecomet.info/

And...

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Comet-Robert-Beltran/dp/B000MDFTHE/ref=pd_bbs_sr
_1?ie=UTF8s=dvdqid=1198695322sr=8-1

It is also being shown on Showtime on the 31st at 5.

This will serve as my last bad movie PSA for 2007.



On 12/26/07 1:34 PM, James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  
  
  
 
 Remember, never cross against the light...
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com ]
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:58 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
 I Love Night of The Comet
 
 Daryle wrote:
  Oh, is this turning into THAT discussion?
 
  ³Night Of the Comet². AND I bought it on VHS.
 
  On 12/26/07 12:15 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com  wrote:
 

   
   
   
 
  Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest,
 darkest
  movie secrets.
   
   I love Howard the Duck.
 
  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com
  mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com  wrote:
   Keith
 
  I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the
  comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(
 
  Martin wrote:
  
  But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
  
  milieu!

  [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
 mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote:
 I
  
  really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
  National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend.
I
  tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday
 night,
 as
  background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to
 go.
  Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight
  (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite
  what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against
 low
  brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action
  flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it
 airs
  (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of
  adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that
 flick.

  But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
 plot.
  
  Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
 down
  from one President to another that details, among other things, the
 truth of
  what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

  Please tell me none of you watched it?
 
  
 
  National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office
  Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET
  Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
 raced
  
  to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
 America,
  distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.

  The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
 opened
  
  last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
 issued on
  Wednesday.

  Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
  
  international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel
to
 the
  2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
flies
  around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
  assassination.

  Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day
 sales of
  
  $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
 Bros.
  Pictures.

  Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete.
 Twentieth
  
  Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise
 hit
  Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate
 Christmas Day
  sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million.

  The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75
  
  million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million,
 both
  after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and
 DreamWorks
  Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses.

  The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile
  
  vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice
 as
  many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with
 Warner
  Bros.

  Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million
in
 its
  
  first

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Fortunately, the Alvin tragedy has been temporarily averted.  I'm hoping 
for a year or two before we get hit.  However, I fear Alvin will get us 
in a DVD preview sometime soon, so I am somewhat resigned. :(

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 you're a naturist. Surely you can cook something up in the kitchen that can 
 be smok--er, ingested--which will leave you pleasantly numb and detached, a 
 never fadig plastic smile on your face, while allowing you to keep Kira 
 entertained!

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 I know it is inevitable. I just survived Barney and Lazy Town. Don't 
 you remember just a few short days ago, I told you we had to watch the 
 Grinch five times a day and then listen to the soundtrack a few dozen 
 times or how we have to watch Cars, draw Cars, color Cars, build cars, 
 be Cars (by poor husband is often Mater) and play with Cars around the 
 clock. but you can't blame me for doing whatever it took to avert the 
 alvin and the chipmunks tragedy!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 Give it up, Tracey. Every parent is curse by one phenom of the times that 
 he/she finds execrable, but which the kids love with a non-stop mania. It 
 could be that purple dinosaur singing, non-stop, or those strange 
 Teletubbies with their chirping noises and curious drug-induced-seeming 
 plots. Or it might even be a halfway decent show that, after the thousandth 
 viewing, simply makes you want to pull your eyes out. I remember many 
 parents complaining that if they heard Barney's I love you, you love me... 
 one more time they'd go bonkers!

 In the old days parents just self-medicated while their kids zoned out on 
 the stuff... not an option i know! :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 


 
 James: 

 You have me living in fear of how long I can keep my daughter away from 
 commercial kids shows (we are still on PBS, Disney Pre-School, Noggin 
 and Nick Jr) or the influence of other kids who will be advocating for 
 Alfin and his ilk. Be strong... 

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 

   
 -- Original message -- 
 From: James Landrith 
 How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot 
 that involved talking and singing chipmunks. 

 For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant, 
 Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar. 

 Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made? 

 I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick, 
 Radio Disney, etc. 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM 
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( 

 lo siento! 

 how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's 
 quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even 
 Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But 
 Alvin 
 just seemed horrible to me from the trailers... 

 -- Original message -- 
 From: James Landrith
 No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 

 The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children. 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM 
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
 Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( 

 I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making 
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I 
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, 
 as 
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to 
 go. 
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and 
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. 
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing 
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or 
 mindless 
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time 
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic 
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. 
 Love 
 that flick. 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in 
 plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed 
 down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth 
 of 
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! 

 Please tell me none of you watched it? 

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

you're a naturist. Surely you can cook something up in the kitchen that can be 
smok--er, ingested--which will leave you pleasantly numb and detached, a never 
fadig plastic smile on your face, while allowing you to keep Kira entertained!

-- Original message -- 
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
I know it is inevitable. I just survived Barney and Lazy Town. Don't 
you remember just a few short days ago, I told you we had to watch the 
Grinch five times a day and then listen to the soundtrack a few dozen 
times or how we have to watch Cars, draw Cars, color Cars, build cars, 
be Cars (by poor husband is often Mater) and play with Cars around the 
clock. but you can't blame me for doing whatever it took to avert the 
alvin and the chipmunks tragedy!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Give it up, Tracey. Every parent is curse by one phenom of the times that 
 he/she finds execrable, but which the kids love with a non-stop mania. It 
 could be that purple dinosaur singing, non-stop, or those strange Teletubbies 
 with their chirping noises and curious drug-induced-seeming plots. Or it 
 might even be a halfway decent show that, after the thousandth viewing, 
 simply makes you want to pull your eyes out. I remember many parents 
 complaining that if they heard Barney's I love you, you love me... one more 
 time they'd go bonkers!

 In the old days parents just self-medicated while their kids zoned out on the 
 stuff... not an option i know! :)

 -- Original message -- 
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

 
 James: 

 You have me living in fear of how long I can keep my daughter away from 
 commercial kids shows (we are still on PBS, Disney Pre-School, Noggin 
 and Nick Jr) or the influence of other kids who will be advocating for 
 Alfin and his ilk. Be strong... 

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 
 -- Original message -- 
 From: James Landrith 
 How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot 
 that involved talking and singing chipmunks. 

 For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant, 
 Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar. 

 Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made? 

 I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick, 
 Radio Disney, etc. 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM 
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( 

 lo siento! 

 how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's 
 quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even 
 Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin 
 just seemed horrible to me from the trailers... 

 -- Original message -- 
 From: James Landrith
 No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 

 The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children. 

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM 
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
 Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( 

 I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making 
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I 
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as 
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. 
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and 
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. 
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing 
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or 
 mindless 
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time 
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic 
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. 
 Love 
 that flick. 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth 
 of 
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! 

 Please tell me none of you watched it? 

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RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[KeithBJohnson]

Among the most unlikely saves, that whole virus killing the alien network in 
ID4 ranks near the top. I was yelling at the screen when that happened (while 
the rest of the audience, i might add, was cheering). I kept thinking, how 
could a conquering race that's thousands of years ahead of us have such a cheap 
ass firewall and suck-ass anti-virus software?   I also hate the 
If-the-Mothership-Goes-Down-Then-all-ohter-ships-die-because-they-draw-power-from-the-mothership
 solution. Bogus!

the save in ID4 is about as bad as Data putting the freakin' Borg *to sleep* to 
save the day in Star Trek. What?! A race of superintelligent, super adaptive 
cyborgs who learn from every race they encounter, yet their internal systems 
programming is so bad that someone can put them in Sleep mode in the middle of 
an operation, and *then* on top of that the system literally blew up from its 
non-stop repair cycle?
WTF???

-- Original message -- 
From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
What? Are you saying that one man, a Mac laptop and a few hours of virus
coding couldn't topple the computer system of a technologically superior
society of interstellar conquerors on the first try? 

You so totally have to know that Steve Jobs is an alien so Macs are, of
course, compatible with all of the major Milky Way operating systems.

I refuse to believe otherwise.

From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:14 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Can't get through either. Ugggh! 

I get a kick out of over the top Hollywoodized, corny, scifi 
blockbusters. National Treasure, The Island, Transformers, Independence 
Day. See a trend here. You could not pay me to go to the Theater to see 
them. just laughing a some of the ridiculous science or the silly over 
the top lines is a hoot. 

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Daryle]

Be glad you missed the ³Thomas² phase. My son¹s the same age. ³Thomas² type
kids are obsessive collectors,  and my  son is one. We missed Barney
completely.  We did ³Thomas², ³Cars², and ³Static Shock². Well, we¹re still
doing ³Static Shock²,  actually. (Because dad is not having a ³Superman²
phase without at  least a Green Lantern or SOME brother in the mix) I¹m so
mad they canceled that  show I don¹t know what to do. I only have it on VHS.

As for ³Lazy Town²...God bless you. That show is entirely too damn loud. We
bought those Nick Jr DVDs (they run like 6 hours!) so that  he isn¹t exposed
to the commercials between the shows and Lazy Town is on it.  As much as I
wanna support the show because of Pixel...that show is just no go. ³Dora²
also yells throughout her whole show, but at  least I can tolerate the
music.


On 12/26/07 2:43 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  
  
  
 
 I know it is inevitable.  I just survived Barney and Lazy Town.  Don't
 you remember just a few short days ago, I told you we had to watch the
 Grinch five times a day and then listen to the soundtrack a few dozen
 times or how we have to watch Cars, draw Cars, color Cars, build cars,
 be Cars (by poor husband is often Mater)  and play with Cars around the
 clock.  but you can't blame me for doing whatever it took to avert the
 alvin and the chipmunks tragedy!
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote:
  Give it up, Tracey. Every parent is curse by one phenom of the times that
 he/she finds execrable, but which the kids love with a non-stop mania. It
 could be that purple dinosaur singing, non-stop, or those strange Teletubbies
 with their chirping noises and curious drug-induced-seeming plots. Or it
 might even be a halfway decent show that, after the thousandth viewing,
 simply makes you want to pull your eyes out. I remember many parents
 complaining that if they heard Barney's I love you, you love me... one more
 time they'd go bonkers!
 
  In the old days parents just self-medicated while their kids zoned out on
 the stuff... not an option i know!  :)
 
  -- Original message --
  From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com 
 

  James: 
 
  You have me living in fear of how long I can keep my daughter away from
  commercial kids shows (we are still on PBS, Disney Pre-School, Noggin
  and Nick Jr) or the influence of other kids who will be advocating for
  Alfin and his ilk. Be strong...
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote:
  
  -- Original message --
  From: James Landrith
  How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot
  that involved talking and singing chipmunks.
 
  For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron
 Giant, 
  Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar.
 
  Someone explain to me why he liked this
 Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made?
 
  I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network,
 Nick, 
  Radio Disney, etc.
 
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net ]
  Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM
  To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com
  Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
  lo siento!
 
  how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's
  quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even
  Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But
 Alvin 
  just seemed horrible to me from the trailers...
 
  -- Original message --
  From: James Landrith   
  No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old.
 
  The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children.
 
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
] 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM
  To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
 
  I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
  National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend.
I 
  tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday
 night, as 
  background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to
 go. 
  Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
  Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at
 all. 
  Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
  against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or
 mindless 
  action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single
 time 
  it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

James:

You have me living in fear of how long I can keep my daughter away from 
commercial kids shows (we are still on PBS, Disney Pre-School, Noggin 
and Nick Jr) or the influence of other kids who will be advocating for 
Alfin and his ilk.  Be strong...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 -- Original message -- 
 From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot
 that involved talking and singing chipmunks.

 For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant,
 Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar.

 Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made?

 I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick,
 Radio Disney, etc.

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 lo siento!

 how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's
 quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even
 Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin
 just seemed horrible to me from the trailers...

 -- Original message -- 
 From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com  
 No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. 

 The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children.

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net ] 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com 
 Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing
 against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless
 action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time
 it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love
 that flick.
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot.
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!

 Please tell me none of you watched it?

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Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - Night Of The Comet

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Wow!  Who knew there were legions of fans?

Daryle wrote:
 We do NOT cross against the light.

 DMK!! Is that you?!

 You and Tracey will appreciate this, then, if you weren¹t aware already:

 http://www.nightofthecomet.info/

 And...

 http://www.amazon.com/Night-Comet-Robert-Beltran/dp/B000MDFTHE/ref=pd_bbs_sr
 _1?ie=UTF8s=dvdqid=1198695322sr=8-1

 It is also being shown on Showtime on the 31st at 5.

 This will serve as my last bad movie PSA for 2007.



 On 12/26/07 1:34 PM, James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   
  
  
  

 Remember, never cross against the light...

 -Original Message-
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com ]
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:58 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 I Love Night of The Comet

 Daryle wrote:
 
 Oh, is this turning into THAT discussion?

 ³Night Of the Comet². AND I bought it on VHS.

 On 12/26/07 12:15 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com  wrote:
   
   
 
  
  
  

 Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest,
 
 darkest
 
 movie secrets.
  
  I love Howard the Duck.

 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com
 
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com  wrote:
  Keith

 I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the
 comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :(

 Martin wrote:
 
 
 But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my
 
 
 milieu!
   
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
 
 mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote:
 
 I
 
 
 
 really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making
 National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend.
 
 I
   
 tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday
 
 night,
   
 as
 
 background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to
 
 go.
 
 Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and
 
 Voight
 
 (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all.
 
 Despite
 
 what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against
 
 low
 
 brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action
 flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it
 
 airs
 
 (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic
 
 pleasure of
 
 adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that
 
 flick.
 
   
 
 But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in
 
 plot.
 
 
 
 Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed
 
 down
 
 from one President to another that details, among other things, the
 
 truth of
 
 what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr!
   
 
 Please tell me none of you watched it?

 

 National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office
 Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET
 Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets
 
 raced
 
 
 
 to $65 million during its first five days of release across North
 
 America,
 
 distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.
   
 
 The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film
 
 opened
 
 
 
 last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be
 
 issued on
 
 Wednesday.
   
 
 Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17
 
 
 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel
 
 to
   
 the
 
 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who 
 
 flies
   
 around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's
 assassination.
   
 
 Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day
 
 sales of
 
 
 
 $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner
 
 Bros.
 
 Pictures.
   
 
 Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Thomas is still big, she is just not that into him and there was a major 
recall recently, so we embraced her inner Car to make up for not having 
the train.  Besides, have you watched Thomas the Train?  What are they 
teaching kids? how to be petty, tease friends and be cruel while 
respecting the corporate bosses !?!?!  I'm left scratching my head at 
the end of some of those episodes. 

She has not seen Static yet, but she loves Superman and Batman, so I 
introduced her to Power Puffs last week and she was hooked.  There was a 
Green Lantern Show? When?   

Fortunately, Lazytown and Barney were not obsessive, however, Dora is to 
some degree.  Most of the shows, she needs to see alot of I like or can 
tolerate.  However, once she is done with seeing them over and over  and 
over, I need a break from them all.


Daryle wrote:
 Be glad you missed the ³Thomas² phase. My son¹s the same age. ³Thomas² type
 kids are obsessive collectors,  and my  son is one. We missed Barney
 completely.  We did ³Thomas², ³Cars², and ³Static Shock². Well, we¹re still
 doing ³Static Shock²,  actually. (Because dad is not having a ³Superman²
 phase without at  least a Green Lantern or SOME brother in the mix) I¹m so
 mad they canceled that  show I don¹t know what to do. I only have it on VHS.

 As for ³Lazy Town²...God bless you. That show is entirely too damn loud. We
 bought those Nick Jr DVDs (they run like 6 hours!) so that  he isn¹t exposed
 to the commercials between the shows and Lazy Town is on it.  As much as I
 wanna support the show because of Pixel...that show is just no go. ³Dora²
 also yells throughout her whole show, but at  least I can tolerate the
 music.


 On 12/26/07 2:43 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   
  
  
  

 I know it is inevitable.  I just survived Barney and Lazy Town.  Don't
 you remember just a few short days ago, I told you we had to watch the
 Grinch five times a day and then listen to the soundtrack a few dozen
 times or how we have to watch Cars, draw Cars, color Cars, build cars,
 be Cars (by poor husband is often Mater)  and play with Cars around the
 clock.  but you can't blame me for doing whatever it took to avert the
 alvin and the chipmunks tragedy!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote:
 
 Give it up, Tracey. Every parent is curse by one phenom of the times that
 
 he/she finds execrable, but which the kids love with a non-stop mania. It
 could be that purple dinosaur singing, non-stop, or those strange 
 Teletubbies
 with their chirping noises and curious drug-induced-seeming plots. Or it
 might even be a halfway decent show that, after the thousandth viewing,
 simply makes you want to pull your eyes out. I remember many parents
 complaining that if they heard Barney's I love you, you love me... one 
 more
 time they'd go bonkers!
   
 In the old days parents just self-medicated while their kids zoned out on
 
 the stuff... not an option i know!  :)
   
 -- Original message --
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com 
   
   
 
 James: 

 You have me living in fear of how long I can keep my daughter away from
 commercial kids shows (we are still on PBS, Disney Pre-School, Noggin
 and Nick Jr) or the influence of other kids who will be advocating for
 Alfin and his ilk. Be strong...

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote:
 
 
 -- Original message --
 From: James Landrith
 How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot
 that involved talking and singing chipmunks.

 For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron
 
 Giant, 
   
 Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar.

 Someone explain to me why he liked this
 
 Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made?
   
 I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network,
 
 Nick, 
   
 Radio Disney, etc.

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net ]
   
 Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

 lo siento!

 how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's
 quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even
 Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But
 
 Alvin 
   
 just seemed horrible to me from the trailers...

 -- Original message --
 From: James Landrith   
 No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old.

 The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children.

 From: [EMAIL

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

[James Landrith]

Fortunately, my son skipped out on Thomas. He did get into wooden trains
though.  We (me, wife and my father) bought him one of those expensive Brio
sets for his 4th birthday.  For various birthdays and Christmases following,
he received add-on tunnels, new cars, etc.  Charles spent many hours
assembling, disassembling and experimenting with track configurations.

At 10, he doesn't play with it much anymore, but being of solid wood and in
excellent condition - he'll be able to pass it on (hundreds of pieces, cars,
add-ons, etc.) to his children.

I think this expensive Brio set was our way of heading off the Thomas mania
before it started...


-Original Message-
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:07 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

Thomas is still big, she is just not that into him and there was a major 
recall recently, so we embraced her inner Car to make up for not having 
the train.  Besides, have you watched Thomas the Train?  What are they 
teaching kids? how to be petty, tease friends and be cruel while 
respecting the corporate bosses !?!?!  I'm left scratching my head at 
the end of some of those episodes. 

She has not seen Static yet, but she loves Superman and Batman, so I 
introduced her to Power Puffs last week and she was hooked.  There was a 
Green Lantern Show? When?   

Fortunately, Lazytown and Barney were not obsessive, however, Dora is to 
some degree.  Most of the shows, she needs to see alot of I like or can 
tolerate.  However, once she is done with seeing them over and over  and 
over, I need a break from them all.


Daryle wrote:
 Be glad you missed the ³Thomas² phase. My son¹s the same age. ³Thomas²
type
 kids are obsessive collectors,  and my  son is one. We missed Barney
 completely.  We did ³Thomas², ³Cars², and ³Static Shock². Well, we¹re
still
 doing ³Static Shock²,  actually. (Because dad is not having a ³Superman²
 phase without at  least a Green Lantern or SOME brother in the mix) I¹m so
 mad they canceled that  show I don¹t know what to do. I only have it on
VHS.

 As for ³Lazy Town²...God bless you. That show is entirely too damn loud.
We
 bought those Nick Jr DVDs (they run like 6 hours!) so that  he isn¹t
exposed
 to the commercials between the shows and Lazy Town is on it.  As much as I
 wanna support the show because of Pixel...that show is just no go. ³Dora²
 also yells throughout her whole show, but at  least I can tolerate the
 music.


 On 12/26/07 2:43 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   
  
  
  

 I know it is inevitable.  I just survived Barney and Lazy Town.  Don't
 you remember just a few short days ago, I told you we had to watch the
 Grinch five times a day and then listen to the soundtrack a few dozen
 times or how we have to watch Cars, draw Cars, color Cars, build cars,
 be Cars (by poor husband is often Mater)  and play with Cars around the
 clock.  but you can't blame me for doing whatever it took to avert the
 alvin and the chipmunks tragedy!

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net  wrote:
 
 Give it up, Tracey. Every parent is curse by one phenom of the times
that
 
 he/she finds execrable, but which the kids love with a non-stop mania.
It
 could be that purple dinosaur singing, non-stop, or those strange
Teletubbies
 with their chirping noises and curious drug-induced-seeming plots. Or it
 might even be a halfway decent show that, after the thousandth viewing,
 simply makes you want to pull your eyes out. I remember many parents
 complaining that if they heard Barney's I love you, you love me... one
more
 time they'd go bonkers!
   
 In the old days parents just self-medicated while their kids zoned out
on
 
 the stuff... not an option i know!  :)
   
 -- Original message --
 From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com 
   
   
 
 James: 

 You have me living in fear of how long I can keep my daughter away
from
 commercial kids shows (we are still on PBS, Disney Pre-School, Noggin
 and Nick Jr) or the influence of other kids who will be advocating
for
 Alfin and his ilk. Be strong...

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
wrote:
 
 
 -- Original message --
 From: James Landrith
 How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a
plot
 that involved talking and singing chipmunks.

 For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron
 
 Giant, 
   
 Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar.

 Someone explain to me why he liked this
 
 Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made?
   
 I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network,
 
 Nick