Arpi is using the AARP avatar as a gag to imitate OAS

but...


AARP kinda sounds like ARPI if you sound it out.

WOW!

5 nods for Pirates of the Carribean.

Quote:Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:


Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh

Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola, Ross Katz

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Duncan Henderson, Peter Weir

Mystic River (2003) - Robert Lorenz, Judie Hoyt, Clint Eastwood

Seabiscuit (2003) - Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:

Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Ben Kingsley for House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Jude Law for Cold Mountain (2003)

Bill Murray for Lost in Translation (2003)

Sean Penn for Mystic River (2003)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:

Keisha Castle-Hughes for Whale Rider (2002)

Diane Keaton for Something's Gotta Give (2003)

Samantha Morton for In America (2002)

Charlize Theron for Monster (2003)

Naomi Watts for 21 Grams (2003)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

Alec Baldwin for Cooler, The (2003)

Benicio Del Toro for 21 Grams (2003)

Djimon Hounsou for In America (2002)

Tim Robbins for Mystic River (2003)

Ken Watanabe for Last Samurai, The (2003)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

Shohreh Aghdashloo for House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Patricia Clarkson for Pieces of April (2003)

Marcia Gay Harden for Mystic River (2003)

Holly Hunter for Thirteen (2003)

Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:

Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation (2003)

Clint Eastwood for Mystic River (2003)

Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)

Fernando Meirelles for Cidade de Deus (2002)

Peter Weir for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:

Invasions barbares, Les (2003) - Denys Arcand

Dirty Pretty Things (2002) - Steve Knight

Finding Nemo (2003) - Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds

In America (2002) - Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan

Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:

American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

Cidade de Deus (2002) - Bráulio Mantovani

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh

Mystic River (2003) - Brian Helgeland

Seabiscuit (2003) - Gary Ross

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:

Cidade de Deus (2002) - César Charlone

Cold Mountain (2003) - John Seale

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Eduardo Serra

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Russell Boyd

Seabiscuit (2003) - John Schwartzman

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:

Cidade de Deus (2002) - Daniel Rezende

Cold Mountain (2003) - Walter Murch

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Jamie Selkirk

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Lee Smith

Seabiscuit (2003) - William Goldenberg

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Ben van Os, Cecile Heideman

Last Samurai, The (2003) - Lilly Kilvert, Gretchen Rau

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Alan Lee

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - William Sandell, Robert Gould

Seabiscuit (2003) - Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Leslie A. Pope

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Dien van Straalen

Last Samurai, The (2003) - Ngila Dickson

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Ngila Dickson

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Wendy Stites

Seabiscuit (2003) - Judianna Makovsky

Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Richard Taylor, Peter King

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Edouard F. Henriques, Yolanda Toussieng

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Ve Neill, Martin Samuel

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:

Big Fish (2003) - Danny Elfman

Cold Mountain (2003) - Gabriel Yared

Finding Nemo (2003) - Thomas Newman

House of Sand and Fog (2003) - James Horner

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Howard Shore

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:

Cold Mountain (2003) - T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello ("The Scarlet Tide")

Cold Mountain (2003) - Sting ("You Will Be My Ain True Love")

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Frances Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox ("Into the West")

Mighty Wind, A (2003) - Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole ("A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow")

Triplettes de Belleville, Les (2003) - Benoît Charest, Sylvain Chomet ("The Triplets of Belleville")

Best Achievement in Sound
Nominees:

Last Samurai, The (2003) - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Jeff Wexler

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Art Rochester

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David E. Campbell, Lee Orloff

Seabiscuit (2003) - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Tod A. Maitland

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:

Finding Nemo (2003) - Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Richard King

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Christopher Boyes, George Watters II

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Daniel Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Terry D. Frazee, Charles Gibson

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:

Brother Bear (2003) - Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker

Finding Nemo (2003) - Andrew Stanton

Triplettes de Belleville, Les (2003) - Sylvain Chomet

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:

Invasions barbares, Les (2003) (Canada)

Ondskan (2003) (Sweden)

Tasogare seibei (2002) (Japan)

Tweeling, De (2002) (Netherlands)

Zelary (2003) (Czech Republic)

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:

Balseros (2002) - Carlos Bosch, Loris Omedes

Capturing the Friedmans (2003) - Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling

Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) - Errol Morris, Michael Williams

My Architect: A Son's Journey (2003) - Nathaniel Kahn, Susan Rose Behr

Weather Underground, The (2002) - Sam Green, Bill Siegel

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:

Asylum (2003/II) - Sandy McLeod, Virginia Reticker

Chernobyl Heart - Mary Ann DeLeo

Ferry Tales (2002) - Esson, Katja

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:

Boundin' (2003) - Bud Luckey

Destino (2003) - Dominique Monfery, Roy Edward Disney

Gone Nutty (2002) (V) - Carlos Saldanha, John C. Donkin

Harvie Krumpet (2003) - Adam Elliot

Nibbles (2003) - Christopher Hinton

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:

Rote Jacke, Die (2002) - Florian Baxmeyer

Most (2003) - Bobby Garabedian, William Zabka

Squash (2002) - Lionel Bailliu

(A)Torzija (2002) - Stefan Arsenijevic

Two Soldiers (2003) - Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks

I was on a plane to Vegas once.

While on it, some guy died.

to exchange $28 in rolled coins ($20 dimes, $8 nickles). I walk through the 2 sets of doors and am startled by the loud, obnoxious voice of a chubby middle-aged Asian woman whose job (or at least part of it) is to greet everyone that enters. She welcomes me to Bank of America and comments on how it must be really cold out for me to be wearing a jacket. Whatever. I just smile and walk towards the tellers, 3 of whom are really really hot chicks. A 10, 8, and 7½ lined up from left to right. Of course I get the one all the way on the right. As I am handing her the rolls, the Asian woman suddenly appears next to me and offers me water. "No thanks" I reply, as I try to keep an eye on the 10.

So I get the cash and am on the way out when Chubby thanks me for coming in and walks me to the door. I open the first set of doors and take a step, then she stops me and insists on getting the door for me. I assume she means the second set of doors, seeing as how the first set is already open. So I just stand there like an idiot for a good 5 seconds waiting for her to do something. Eventually I just walk out myself, completely bewildered at what just took place.


This has got to be the most obnoxious, sarcastic display of customer service ever. No way they can be for real with this bitch. I didn't think anything of the jacket comment at first, but she had to be being sarcastic. It's 65-70 out and she damn well knew it. The water thing is equally absurd. She knew I was just exchanging some change. I was in there for no more than 45 seconds, what the fuck do I need water for?? And the whole door incident and moderate laughter that ensued pretty much speaks for itself.

Despite all of this, I am very intrigued by this bank now. If they are somehow actually for real with all of the excessive attention, what they should really do is keep the Asian behind the counter and have a hot chick or 2 greeting people, following them around and offering a beverage, food, whatever. It would be like a Hooters Bank! It would be genius!
If I ever get the motivation, I'll return there some day for a follow-up to try and find out if today was just a terrible misunderstanding or something.

I was experimenting with different skins the other day and I noticed something disturbing. This smilie: :39: has eyebrows that go up and down. You can't see that on a black background ie. the acid skin. That's so fucking stupid. Take away the eyebrows and it is pure comedy gold.

Of the last 30 years.


Discuss.

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Jamaican me crazy!

Although no longer or rarely among us, his posts helped build the backbone of this site. He helped give the board structure and focus. Now I think it's time we all recognize his greatness and show him our appreciation. Happy Birthday, flamingfish!

After working on this project for months I am finally proud to announce that I am releasing SBlueman's Tecmo Super Bowl 2004!

Here are some of the features:

* The top 28 teams in the NFL from 2004
* Edited teams, playbooks and player names and attributes
* Edited simulation code that lets the game simulate accurately
* True to form Tecmo feel and gameplay. No souped up stats.

I want to thank all the people who tested the game and gave me the feedback needed to make this a game all Tecmo fans would enjoy.

Download the game at my website: sblueman.com

I hope you enjoy my latest version and check out any of my other versions of Tecmo Super Bowl!

Custom Games by SBlueman (all NES):

Tecmo Super Bowl (1990 Edit)
This game changes the schedule for the 1990 season and fixes the rosters and attributes for players.

Tecmo Super Bowl (1991 Edit)
I fixed the attributes of teams and players to accuratly simulate the 1991 season.

Tecmo Super Bowl (1993 Edit)
I edited the schedule, rosters, simulation code and more to simulate the 1993 season accuratly.

Tecmo Super Bowl (2000 Edit)
My first Tecmo project. A simulation of the 2000 NFL season. The sim code is now accurate.

Tecmo Super Bowl (2001 Edit)
One of my top edits. Simulates the 2001 season accuratly.

Tecmo Super Bowl (2001 Edit- Fast version)
Same as above but with "souped up" attributes for the players for a faster, more challenging game.

Tecmo Super Bowl (2002 Edit)
The edited sim code, accurate rosters and graphical changes make this the

Tecmo NCAA (2001 Edit)
A simulation of the 2001 NCAA Div.1 season. Has all of that years AP's Top 25 teams.

Tecmo NFL Dynasties
Play the '76 Radiers versus the '85 Bears! All the original Tecmo teams greatest teams!