Non-Harry Potter topic thread

Harry Potter Forum

Okay... since we seems to like to talk about other things, let's use this thread in the HP room to talk about whatever we want. How does that sound to everyone? Post what you want, and if you're responding to something that someone else posted, please check the "quote" box to take what they've posted into your quote as well. Then, when we end up with tons of posts in here, we will know to what each post is regarding to. Does that make sense?

did u make this fur me??????
how nice!!!
now what do i talk about........

Not for you, for everyone!!! It's so we can talk about whatever we want in this particular thread, without going off topic!

gosh!!!!!!!

i read in the H.P. movies thread that yur mom was a teacher,
see i knew u had teacher genes.

Oh thats too funny! Actually, my mom is a teacher, I have aunts that were teachers, a cousin, and some other relatives that are cousins. There's a lot of teachers in my family line... but no one that has taught at the college/university level. So, I hope to be the first, if that's where I decided to go eventually.

Man!!!!
how many threads do u make in a day i juat got here and like the whole top row of H.P. u made all of them and i know u made them lately cuz no one seems to have written in them but i m on my way : )

ummmm........
i don't know whick common room i belong to ,
i know i belong to either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw but i have one each of the 2 descriptions?
what should i do???
HELP ME!!!!

You should post wherever you want. You can try out both houses, and see if there's one that you end up liking more than the other. Or, you can post in all four, and see if there's one that you want to be in. How does that sound?

I posted all those the other night, because we needed some new and fresh topics in here. I'm trying to get more people in this forum, everyday. I would like to see it become a largely visited forum of familiar names.

Hey Mike.... we always seem to be in here at the same times. Good morning!!!!

Hiya. Actually it's afternoon over here, but good morning anyway. lol

Oh yeah... you're in the UK. I didn't even look at that.
Well, good afternoon to you. It's just 7am here.

It's afternoon over here -really warm too. Everyone thinks it always rains in Britain, but it's only in Spring and Autumn -Summer's great!

No, I don't have that misconception. It's a bit chilly here now in San Diego. Something that people here think is that we always have the greatest weather. It's summer now, and it's been extrememly hot and really humid. I can't wait till Fall... but it's still not cold at that time.

At least you get Fall. All we get is Autumn -lol.

Well, when I say "Fall" I'm talking that it get's a little cooler here, etc... We don't have the actual season here. We don't have leaves on trees turning colors, we don't have snow. *Sniff* I miss that sort of stuff. But, I do live in America's Finest City.

I live about 20 minutes from where the Titanic set sail.

Near where the Titanic set sell, 45 minutes from HP's house!!!
You just have a bit of history all around you, dontcha?!

lol. Columbus probably lived next door. I said I'm about 35 minutes from Harry because that's where Surrey is. I doubt there's actually a place called Prive Drive. The neighbours would get a bit p***ed off with all the tourists. But in Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy, Will comes from Winchester -I can bike there in 10 minutes!

this year i really hate the summer .. it is freaking hot for days and then we get the biggest thunderstorms and tons of rain and then it gets way to hot again ..

KJ, why is San Diego the finest city in the US?

last fall (autumn *lol*) we went on a trip around the Southwest - i just LOVED it .. we didn't hit San Diego though .. we enjoyed the national parks a lot and we got married in Vegas (can you imagine *hehe*) ..

if i could choose though, i would love to live in Wisconsin - the summers are quite nice (not that hot, but sunny) and the winters are just awesome - nice and cold and lots of snow ..

ineli

ineli, that's the city's "slogan." All of them have one, and that's what San Diego's has been for as long as I can remember. It's called that because we have tropical weather year round, we're right on the beach, and 45 minutes from the mountains, and snow. It's a paradise, that has too many people though.

Wisconsin, eh? I've been there, and would never want to live there. But, I think that I would LOVE to live in Colorado. My brother lives there, and he's in a town of like 40,000 people. It's beautiful, right off the Rocky Mountains, they get snow, but not too much, they have great weather.

Wisconsin - dairy land .. home of the cows *hehe* ..

i am very much a winter person, i couldn't even live in San Diego .. and then .. i like cheese, that helps ;o)

i spent a year in Wisconsin and i really enjoyed it .. here is my favorite picture:

http://www.ineli.de/bilder/StevensPoint2.jpg

we try to win a Green Card as well, but chances are pretty low ..

our dream is to live in Canada, though ..

ineli

Now that's a great picture. Love those snowy nights, just sitting in your window, with the lights off, watching the flakes fall. Ahhhhhhh.... I miss living in the mountains. *sigh*

(grrrrrrr.....jealousy) all we get on British mountains is wind!

Awe, I'm sorry, Mike. I will try to "will" some snow your way. How's that? Will that make you happy?

yay -thank u. Dunno if other people would be too happy with snow in July though.

Oh... I will wait till November than. Give me a rememberal, just in case November comes, and passes, and I didn't do as you wanted.

I'll have to get a rememberal to remember to send you a rememberal though.

:LOL: Well then, I guess that we better go and buy them NOW while we remember, right?

yeah, you have to come thousands of miles to get to diagon alley though. I can catch the train and be there in half an hour.

Well, what if I just go to the nearest portkey? I could be there before you even reach the train station!!!

i didn't know San Diego was America's finest city???
i have been there a few times and it was really nice and the houses were huge!!!!
i don't know if all of San Diego is like that or if i was just in the good side of town but it was nice....and really hot

Oh, I'm not saying that it IS America's finest city... just that it is our cities slogan. It is amazingly beautiful though. I love that you can have great weather year round... wear shorts year round. But, I love seasons, and trees changing colors, and snow.

Alright fellow Hogwarts family... I'm going to bed!!!

Good night...

Or... good day, depending where you live!

good morning .. sleepy heads *hehe* ..

how come, America doesn't have a school of witchcraft and wizardry of its own? .. of course i can understand that you rather come to Hogwarts, but still I'd like to know ..

i can see you all in November - with your remembralls bright red and you have no clue ..

wouldn't you love Hogwarts in winter? .. or Christmas? ..

ineli

I was wondering why there's never been mention of any school in America. I wonder if that's just because JKR isn't mentioning them all. But, we know that there are wizards in America, because they caught portkeys in the beginning of book 4 for the International Quiddich Championship game.

Yeah... laugh at us now. Our rememberals will be red and we won't have a clue why!!!

my dear KJ ..

that thing is called a Remembrall .. not a rememberal ... to be honest, i looked it up just to make sure i wouldn't make a fool of myself

she never mentioned a wizarding school in Germany either .. what a pity

by the way .. what exactly do Pottermaniacs think where Durmstrang is? ..

ineli

oh, i forgot something .. i wanted to show you that one site where all the different translations of certain people and things and charms and stuff is ..

personally i found it quite annoying to watch the HP - movies in German and finding out that so many things are called totally different .. for example the Remembrall, which would be an Erinnermich in German .. weird, isn't it?

here is the website:
http://www.eulenfeder.de/int/

ineli

Durmstrang? Well, because they talk about the COLD weather, snow, etc... and their accents... I was thinking that it was somewhere in Russia.

Hey, about the school in America...i think there was a thing mentioned in book 4 about a Salem witchcraft institute, or something? **could be my imagination**
I bet there's a wizarding school in each country, only not all of them are so good to be in the Triwizard Tournament. Wonder where Croatian would be**???

Well, maybe there is a school of witchcraft and wizardry in Salem, Mass. I don't know though. It could be anywhere, really. I prefer to think that it would be in the mountains somewhere that didn't have a populated town close by. So, in the Rocky Mountains, or the Applachian Mountains. Yeah... that's what I would think.

Good night, miniluv. I've got to get to bed. It's working on 10pm and 5am is going to roll around to fast!!! Talk to you tomorrow.

Oh, I went to chat with you, from the invite that you sent me. You never showed up!!!????

Just thought I'd say today was the hottest day on record in the UK. It got up to 37.4'C at Heathrow -yay.

that's nothing...here the record is 44.5'C at Ion Simion...
37 is what we had yesterday

actually it was 38 but it's close,no?

It might have been higher than the number I gave; that was before all readings were collected. It's kind of pathetic the way people are complaining about the heat because they moan when it's cold too.

Our temps in San Diego have been in the 100's degree F the past few days, and the humidity is driving me up the wall. We were already over 70 F with almost 75% humidity at 5am this morning. I HATE HOT WEATHER!!!! *sniff*

Amen! I live in San Diego County, and it was a miserable weekend. Hot and sticky. Saturday it was 97' in the shade at my house.

Oh yeah... I know the feeling! So, where in SD do you live, fuscia? I'm in Hillcrest. At least we get a bit cooler temps here than some places like Santee and Lakeside and El Cajon. My partner works in El Cajon, and I feel sorry for her. It's HOT out there.

I live in <removed> . At least we don't get as hot as El Cajon. I hate having to go to El Cajon to visit relatives because of that oppressive heat out there.

Oppressive is the word for the heat of the El Cajon area!

O.k. this is the non-harry topic thread, so, could someone tell this old, decrepit person-o.k. i'm gasp, 35 - what "lol" means?

lots of laughts

or, laughing out loud

Thank you both. None of my friends my age knew what it was. Their best guess was "between the two of us".

np

well see y later..i have to go and buy something later today and i must sleep too..bye

Good night Nion

Fuscia, I'm 32 years old. I know because I've been using the internet since AOL came out. I learned those things from asking others in chatrooms!!!

Hey Maja... it's 3am here, and I'm STILL up! Can't sleep!
Did you get some sleep?

full 6 hours. That's enough for me. have in mind: you won't grow taller if you don't sleep enough!

I'm going offline for a couple of minutes, too...
so bye folks...

I don't need to grow. I'm 32 and at my full height!!!

Hey guys... just wanted to say to have a GREAT Saturday.
I'm going to my partner's boss' house for a company party.

See ya'll tonight or tomorrow!!!!! Have a good one!
And, read some Harry Potter today... it will make you smile!

Fuscia... back from the Zoo already? I live just a few moments from there. I'm in Hillcrest. Anyway... it's hot! I wouldn't want to be there in this heat that SD is experiencing lately.

Okay guys... I'm headed to work! Talk to you later!
Have a GREAT day.......

See ya later!

Okay... I'm here at work. Takes me 2 minutes to get here from my front door. I will check back throughout the day.

I have to go now guys, I'll be back later!

Bye bye Mike... talk to you later

Hey K.J., the zoo was quite nice yesterday. Perfect weather. It just took forever to leave. We lost my son's pass, so we didn't leave till 5. OH, sorry about the Head Boy one on the 50 list. My husband thinks only us Americans will get it. Oh well.

I guess by the time you did finally get there, it was nice.
I just can't wait for the weather that we've been having lately to move on outta here. I love wearing shorts, but to need them at 5:00am, just to keep from sweating is a bit too much.

sorry you guys in SD are having such hot weather. in NY, it's been staying in the 70's. but the night we had the blackout, the temperature was in the 90's with lots of humidity, and i had no air conditioning!!

It's okay. We're used to getting a little heat wave now and again. Just doesn't happen often, and when it does, we just like to moan and groan, and hear ourselves complain.

Yeah... I remember when you had that blackout, and the news was saying how hot it was there, and people were stuck, and couldn't get home, so they were just sitting and laying down right there on the sidewalks. That would not be fun.

Sorry about the blackout, I can't imagine how all of those people dealt with being stuck in elevators and subway cars. Panic attack! We are not used to having humid weather here. So, when it gets into the 90's and is humid, then we start moaning. We have had nice weather for the last few days, but it will jump up to the 90' this weekend. NOTE: for anyone wanting to visit San Diego. I suggest late September or October. The Arizona tourists have all gone home, the temperature is beautiful, and the beaches are perfect and you can actually park at them.

Sherry is right about late September or October. Perfect months! Though, I love November - March too. I just wish that we had weather like living in the mountains, with the trees all going through the color changes, and some snow, etc... but, that's what happens when you live on the beach in a tropical area.

And, if anyone ever visit's San Diego... it would be cool to meet up and say "hi."

Hey can someone clear this out to me -- what are these titles under our nicknames, like KJPotter has the title 'Deputy Headmistress'? Can you choose it yourself or...?

Maga... those "titles" each stand for the amount of posts that you've made. Mine is a customed title because I am staff for INReview, and we have that option!!! I could ask the admin if any of you are allowed to have custom titles, but I really can't promise anything.

Thanx KJ but don't worry, it's no big deal. I was just wondering what it was.

Okay... well, I sent a pm to my admin, and just asked him if it's something that we can offer those who do ask.

hey Kris,I was wondering what's beyond Definitively Illumined?(5000 posts)

I don't know. There isn't a list somewhere that tells about them, as far as I know.

We all got way so I moved these in here.


fuscia:

for agent mike,

"mr." fuscia wants to know if Neville Longbottom reminds you of Neville Southall?

Disclaimer-Fuscia has nooooooo idea who that is.

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KJPotter:

Hey "MR. fuscia"... who in the world are you talking about???
~Prof. Potter

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fuscia:

my husband- it was his question. He and Mike both follow English Premier League Football. The second Neville guy is supposed to be famous in Brittan.

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KJPotter:

Ohhhhhhhhh... I wouldn't know that! Now, let's discuss American Football, and I'm allllllllllll ears!!!! Two more weeks till the season starts!!!!

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Maga88:

Aaaah Neville he's in....ummm.... Arsenal, right? or somewhere...

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fuscia:

Sorry Kris, mr. fuscia and myself are soccer fans, but I will wish whatever football team you like a great season. With me it is only 2 more weeks until my stained glass class starts again!!!!!

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Maga88:

I <3 u Mrs and Mr Fuscia *'soccer' rocks!!!*
**sooo totally Milan fan**

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fuscia:

great taste in teams Maja!

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Maga88:

:-) i know :-)
What's your favorite team?

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fuscia:

My husband loves Real Madrid. I like them also, but I don't get to see many games-little kids u know. My husband used to be a huge AC Milan fan until they acquired Leonardo. No American could follow a team that has him-World Cup 94.

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Okay... I've pasted these over here. Continue with this chat here, please!! Thanks!

Ummm... yeah, a little bit too early for me... '94.
Yeah, Real Madrid is a champion. Only it was kind of stupid to me when David Beckham joined the team, i always pictured Man Utd and Real as two biggest european rivals, and it was kinda like Harry Potter starts playing for the Slytherin Quidditch team. Everyone thinks that's stupid but that's how i felt.

Why are you guys all over-looking the greatest team in the world? Southampton are on their way to the top. They were in the FA cup final last season (true; they didn't beat Arsenal, but not that many teams do.) We started this season with an away draw, we've got James Beattie, and now that Man Utd. have lost Beckham, we all know what direction they're going in. We'll have Real Madrid by the b**** in a few years, you'll see.

My apologies to Mr. Fuscia, I have no idea who Neville Southall is, but then my knowledge doesn't stretch far from Saints. Fusica, could you ask him what team Neville plays for?

Husband is at work, but I asked and he said that he was retired, but a famous player for England. Oh, and Real will be sooo hard to beat. My fav on the team is Raul.

Mr fuscia here.Neville Southall was a Welsh international and goalkeeper for Everton in the eightys,at the time he was considered one of the best in the world. He kept playing for several years after that ,gained a TON,but could still move well, which was truly amazing from a man of his ...um... stature .As far as Southampton even competing with Real Madrid,they need 2 things.1 -American goalkeeping.2-About $50million US.(the FA cup is within reach though) ps.Leonardo almost killed Tab Ramos with a vicious elbow(crushed his skull).pps.I liked the movies, haven't read the books.

Mr Fuscia... nice to meet you!!! This is me... I'm a dancing banana!!! No really, I am.... see, I live in Hillcrest here in San Diego... and I'm a fruit!!!!!

Just wanted to say Hi and it's nice to see ya posting on here, along with Sherry.

Still
What a card! It should be noted that since our four-year-old son is obsessed with the first two movies, Mr. fuscia has viewed the first one over 20 times and can recite dialog along with it with a perfect accent for each character. The second movie, we are still working on, son afraid of the spiders.

Yeah I guess you guys do grow some good keepers

Yeah, yeah...
Anyway, Landon Donovan is cute.
**cheers for the American 'soccer'!**

Mr fuscia here,call me Ron.Thanks 4 welcoming me 2 the board Kris,I had already figured out that you are a fruit ,but thanks 4 making it obvious.Best carne asada in town is at El Cuervo in Hillcrest.

Mike, no disrespect 2 english keeping, just braging on our boys over there.
ps.There is a young american named Freddy Adu, he is 15 and he just turned down an offer from Inter Milan for $1million US. The kid looks like the next Pele,still early though.

Hey... I don't think that I've ever heard of El Cuervo. Where in Hillcrest??? I need to check that out. I like to go to Carmen's, over by Kearny High and Mesa College. They have great carne asada, and I love getting that on a torte bread. BEST SANDWICH!!! Oh man... I'm drooling. Gotta have it now. I love mexican food.

MR F here

110 w washington st.
DONT go there between 12-1pm,all the hospital workers from mercy hospital jam the place and it will take you forever to get some food.

Can anyone tell us what Boxing Day is?

Mr F here
Mike, I take back everything I said about your saints, the way they performed against Man U , they can compete with anybody!
What a keeping exhibition!It looked like Tim Howard was interfered with on the goal, but the officials missed a handball in
the box early so it worked out ok.

By the way, I had tickets to see the match, but I sold them to a friend because I needed the money for a new phone. As you can imagine, I've bruised myself with whatever I could find since.

MR F here
I know how you feel, I turned down tickets to USA VS COLOMBIA
WC'94, my forehead still hurts.

As my area is a mixed batch of Saints and Pompy (Portsmouth) supporters, you can imagine the tension in the air now that they are in the Premiership, and higher than Saints no less.

Hey Meg... how are you doing?

Okay... so I hope that you all know that this is STILL me. I just dropped the Potter from my name. Still the same person.

Well I just don't know...we can't all handle big adjustments like this....I mean, first it's KJPotter, then KJ...what next? Fuscia's gonna be Fus? Or Fu?

PS. lol

I guess that I could just eventually become, K... like in Men In Black. Just the initial. How's that work for you?

Well... that is a possibility. But, I don't know. Sherry might not like that change!!! We could make her Mrs. Fuscia, and give Ron his own acct... Mr. Fuscia. But, I like them together!!!

Hey... how about we just call you, Agent!

kris, we'd know you anywhere. and by the way: i like your new signature. i have a feeling i know why you chose it...

Kris is right, I don't like the "Fu" name. I will remain Fuscia. Ron gets to be Mr. F. especially since he has not read the books, only seen the movies-gasp!!!!

Reese, glad that you like the sig! Yes, I'm sure that you do know WHY I put it on here. And, I do believe that you, my friends here in HP, would truly know me anywhere!!!

Sherry... Ron hasn't read the books? Oh man... I don't know if we can allow him to post in here anymore. I think that he will just have to e mail with Agent Mike from now on. He's banned from here!!!

PS... Sherry, Ron... haven't we had ENOUGH of this dang humidity? It's almost midnight and I'm dying here.

OKay... Ron is off the hook!

I'm really sorry to hear that you're sick! And this humidity is killing me. I'm just sweating bullets today. Though, it could be due to the fact that the Chargers are losing right now, 24 to 0. ARGH!

It's not too bad over here at the moment. No humidity, and it's that time of year when there's not a cloud in the sky but the air's still cool and fresh. Unfortunately, thanks to the predictability of British weather, I'm not looking forward to what's coming next -LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF RAIN.

YEAH!!! There's agent mike! Welcome back... we've missed you!

Apologies for the loooooooooooooooong absence, college and what not. Good to be back.

Mike... we totally understand. We miss you... but understand!

Just don't forget us... okay?

Don't worry, the college is half an hour's walk away, so I'm only occupied during the day.

Ohhhhhhhh.... goodie, goodie gumdrops!

How's school going, by the way?
I started my one class for the semester last Saturday!
Today is my second meeting in there. Three hours... and it's History. Talk about falling asleep!

I'm studying chemistry, biology, maths and product design at the moment, so I've got 5 hours of each of those every week, excluding homework. But it's better than school, because of all the free periods and socialising and stuff, plus the canteen does great prawn and mayo sandwiches.

Sounds like a lot of work!!! Too much for me. I work 40 hours a week, have that 3 hour class... and 8 hours of study time outside of class. That's enough. Not to mention the gym, daily for an hour. I have a packed schedule. But, I manage. I don't want to take on any more.

Welcome back Agent Mike. We missed you. Glad to hear that college is going well. What is your major in college? And brave man, chemistry, biology, and math in the same term. WOW! And to think I got a lecture for taking biology & geography the same term.

Yes, your system is different. You have to Major in something to get a degree over here. I think it is wonderful that you want to be a pediatrician. My son Damon loves his. He thinks everything he says is gold. Just think, when you are a doctor you can wear Harry Potter ties to work!!

Wow, I never thought of the Potter ties. The whole emotional reward of bringing joy to sick children is one thing, but the ties!

Oh yeah... and you could even give kids little things, like a bookmark, or something simple like that... with the latest characters of what they like. Giving to kids is so easy and so much fun. It's a great joy in life to be responsible for putting a smile on a childs face... and you are going to have that opportunity throughout life, Mike.

All of the Pediatricians in our kids Dr.s office wear ties with animals, fun stuff. When they go to the hospital, they wear scrub hats with prints on them. They really help the kids to be relaxed. OH, don't forget the sticker drawer. Harry Potter stickers are great!!!

Oh yeah... we must not forget the sticker drawer. Or, bandaids with cartoon characters on them. And balloons, or popsicles. My pediatricians office always had a huge freezer filled with popsicles for the kids. We loved getting shots just for that reason.

Wow, my paedeatrician didn't even keep his needle draw closed. I'm gonna give kids the life my doctor almost took away from me <cue the emotional patriotic/life-long-struggle music>

Okay... where is everyone??? Sherry, I know where you are. Mike, did you get lost a pile of books, with all those classes? Meg, where are you... the games aren't the same. You know it all. Nion, I haven't seen you forever. Maja... where have you been???? Reese... you haven't written me in a long time. Did you run off with your hula hoop and forget all about us in here?

Man... I'm missing all of you!!! I can't wait for the next book or movie, just to be able to talk to you guys. I miss you all.

Don't be silly. We don't need to use the books or films as an excuse to talk. But yes I have been lost under my pile of books. And alot of my free time is used to calm my brain down. But don't feel like you're being ignored KJ!

We miss all of the Harry Potter crowd. This board is wonderful. It is a place where people are funny and respectful. May it continue for a very long time.

Yes... that is one thing about the HP forum. We can laugh about a lot of things, discuss, etc... and we are all respectful to each other. That's rare.

For Agent Mike,aka lupin,

I have a theory that your Saints are suffering because you don't spend enough time with Harry Potter. ......just kidding. Hope the Saints do well.

Sherry

That's a good idea/theory. I think that there is a possibility that you're right.

tah-dah!

OKay... what were we talking about in the other thread. And were we EVER off topic in there! I need to give myself some warning points. But, I can't... I'm a mod, and we can't have 'em! Oh well... I will just have to settle with a little self lecturing instead!

Oh man... 30 posts to go, and I will have 3000 posts!!! I'm climbing up to the top!!!! Only two other people ahead of me!!!

You shouldn't lecture yourself too much. Heck, there are only 3 of us in here, so only two of us to lead astray!

Grant and Kris-fav tv show?

It WAS Xena (just because I'm in love with Lucy Lawless), but that isn't on anymore. So, it's a tie between CSI: Vegas and 7th Heaven. What polar opposites those two are.

How about you, Sherry?

I love too many shows, I think

I think my all time favorites were Quantum Leap and Picket Fences... however I haven't seen them in so many years (my mum has most of Quantum Leap on video though)

I also used to love Buffy, but that's all over now

Now I like Friends and CSI. And the Simpsons

Okay, that's my answer: all time favorite show = The Simpsons

Well, that is a hard one. I like ER, well for Goran mostly, bad SHerry, bad bad!!! I like Scrubs. That would be my fav. right now. I am waiting for 10 to watch the Brotherhood of Poland NH, I just love Randy Quaid.

Guilty pleasure: at Christmas I HAVE to watch Christmas Vacation. Love that movie.

Well... that's one way to get an answer!
We also have to remember that you get shows a year or more after we do. Which, I don't like.

Oh man... we watch that movie EVERY Christmas. Heidi won't watch it at ANY other time. Hey.. maybe we can do that together this year!

Yeah! Not Christmas without the Grizwalds!