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Lenny and Carl arrive with the Buddhist temple.

Mrags, I banked that much while they still had the friend/neighbor bonus during and after the holidays. Basically, if you had a neighbor who had a lot of premium items, you would keep going in and out of their Springfield and it would build up the cash payout per house. So, instead of getting $17 per, I once got ~$30,000+ per tap x 100 friends. Gotta say that it's taken a lot of the imperative out of playing Nd trying to save up cash. This particular loophole was closed in an update. That's a somewhat common complaint about the donut use WRT the small pink buttons. They did start a 'Cancel' button next to it when you order a premium item. I actually used the 60 they give at he start of the game for stupid speed-up stuff b/c I didn't know donuts were going to be scarce like this.... Did another snake egg dump for you guys. Enjoy.

What stage does the Lifetime network movie appear? It would seem to me that the FBI photo release flushed them out. They figured they would be tracked down very soon anyway, so they just went for broke and went on the offensive.

I threw down a $50 for donuts when I got an ITunes card over the holidays. I've tried to be conservative with it, but I did get a couple of the deals that the salesman guy Max offered like the Springfield sign and the Hank Scorpio lair together for 250(iirc). I also did the friends bonus thing and racked up ~$10M --- even after getting those big $ items, I've got $7.5M left now. No one says that you need to plunk down coin for the game for premium items. You can do all the free stuff and it's still enjoyable. Haven't been on nearly as much since Jan., as I wrote maybe 10 min. a day. That Burns Manor B is me, and that's fine. I've lifted a number of things myself, i.e. my tire fire and garbage till area with the jagged gravel path.

There's actually an EA forum with add-me threads for 'neighbors' here: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/categories/show/233.page Sorry, I'm on my iPad so I can't make a link.... I really try to limit it to ~10 min a day, and try to make it during down time at that. Anything more just seems... not good.

Haven't made it on the neighborhood in a while, but I'll be returning the favor right now. Thanks. I have no idea how I'm going to make it to 12,500....

How big of a dick move was that?! The host guy was like, Take a shower first and then.... I'm sure the resort really appreciated having to clean that --- actually, probably having to drain the pool and start over with as much crap Philip had on him and the dirt contrail he left. How scrambled was that tribal? Wow. They were just frantically whispering, trying to figure out which of thir own Seven to snuff out. Then followed Philip's advice to force the two idols out. Then, the ringleader is gone and it looks like the alliance just falls apart. Well played, Malcom!

I'm with Jim here. I don't think I've ever heard of a dog that actually watched the teevee. Reacted to sounds from it, yeah, but not watched the screen. On balance, I suppose my dog doesn't really do anything that other dogs don't do. Just, he does them in spades. As my father says, "He's 500 m.p.h. down a dead end road!" When he starts slowing down with age, it'll be a welcome respite, but I don't think that's going to happen for another 10 years.... Very vocal, high-energy, curious. Maybe the only weird thing about him is that he likes being towel-dried WAAAAAY more than he ought to.

Catch-and-release keeps lawyers, judges and bailbondspeople in business, don't you know?

No "The Story of Luke" in the indies?

Take off your shoes and curl your toes into the carpet when you get to your hotel room after flights. Unless your name is Bruce Willis.

Then again, you're the one who said Monica Lewinsky was coming....

Yeah, with my tinnitus, I sleep better with some background noise. I don't remember there being a year with a particularly bad case here in CT, tho....

Not to get too off track, but I'll mention that the only "musical" movie I've liked to this point in time was the Gene Wilder "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." I might have said the Wizard of Oz as well, if I hadn't been forced to watch it thirty-eleven times in the past 3 years by my niece, God bless her.... It just gets, well, you know.

Lou Taylor Pucci also has a gem of an indie coming out on the 5th titled "The Story of Luke" about an man on the autism spectrum who takes his grandfather's last words to him to heart: to find a job and find a girl --- two things that aren't easy for people with ASD. Also stars Seth Green, Kristin Bauer and Cary Elwes (he of "Princess Bride" and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"). Coinciding with Autism Awareness Month, this movie is holding a special place in my own regard having been told by people who have studied and work in that sphere that they have "no doubt" that I have mild Asperger's / PDD-NOS. It does explain a lot of things with me.... Anyway, this movie has been winning a number of smaller film festival awards among both the critic and audience votes. It has a limited release today, 5 April, and is also available in several formats, including VOD and on iTunes. The autism spectrum is wide --- as wide and as varied as each individual on it. Everybody has challenges. We all have something. We all have a story. This is Luke's. http://www.thestoryofluke.com/ Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPZPm5ZUsg8

I'll drink to this thread!* I'm not going to believe this team can stop shooting itself in the foot until it stops shooting itself in the foot. And I've seen no evidence of such a cessation. * - non-alcoholic, de-caffeinated.

Nope. Dude's taking another run at it.

Wait a minute. Is she wearing F-me boots with yoga pants? That is so wrong, it's right!!!

I missed the first ~10 minutes of last night's ep because of the schedule shuffle with the NCAA tourney, but AR's Facebook page has a link that appeared at the start of the show, making an apology for last week's content: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151573928185953 As AJ alluded to, I come from a military family and it was very disappointing to see AR include such overt political messages as appeared in the challenges. I don't really recall a previous moment on the show where that has happened. We all know the war occurred and there's no taking it back or forgetting it, but to actually feature 'Communism is Great' and the shell of a downed American plane was in terrible taste. Not quite Jane Fonda sitting and posing and smiling at an anti-aircraft weapon that killed American soldiers, to be sure, but.... It's OK to acknowledge it, it's not OK to beat viewers over the head about something that happened 40 years ago. As if nothing has happened in Vietnam since then? I could even have understood if they'd done *one* of these and then did a hut-building or garment or food challenge or something, but the particular combination just smacked of someone's deliberate agenda. AR is about the thrill of travel and experiencing other cultures, being respectful and appreciative of them, and enjoying the moment and learning. It is and should not be some kind of guilt and/or indoctrination trip. OK, then. They apologized. We hope they steer clear of stuff like this in the future. Race on!

Yeah, I was going to say, "Being female?"

Uh-oh, I hope all this AJ-love doesn't go to his head!!

As well as I thought of him, that just makes me appreciate AJ as a person even more. I mean, I wasn't kidding above. The quality of OTW has SERIOUSLY gone down since he and tgreg left. Movies, music, headphones, tech, AR and Survivor. I post and visit so much less now. OTW is almost dead to me now b/c it's like 50 freaking threads of "Hot for...." I'm almost at the break point myself. This! This!

Someone said in another thread that he and tgreg either are taking a long break or have left TSW. I can't say that I don't understand. There's a lot of crap floating around here. But the conversation here is much the lesser for it.

Hips don't lie....

Actually, there are people who do that. One was featured for a few minutes in the movie "Amelie."