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Think 3.5 hours is bad? Check this out! (I think it's what sauvee mentioned) NEW LINE CINEMA CELEBRATES DECEMBER 17 RELEASE OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING WITH EXCLUSIVE SCREENING SERIES SPECIAL EXTENDED EDITION PRESENTATIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING AND THE TWO TOWERS CULMINATE IN THREE-FILM MARATHON Los Angeles, CA, August 22, 2003 - Leading up to the December 17 release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final film in Peter Jackson's epic dramatic trilogy, New Line Cinema will release a limited number of 35mm prints of the Special Extended Editions of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers in theaters across North America. The special screening series will culminate in an unprecedented marathon of back-to-back presentations of the Extended Editions followed by a special screening of The Return of the King. The announcement was made today by Rolf Mittweg, the studio's president and chief operating officer, worldwide distribution and marketing. From December 5 - 11, the studio will release 100-150 35mm prints of the Special Extended Edition of The Fellowship of the Ring in cities across the country. On December 12 - 15, these prints will be replaced with Special Extended Edition prints of The Two Towers. On Monday, December 8, and Monday, December 15, both films will be presented back-to-back. Then, on Tuesday, December 16, participating theaters will show a one-time-only marathon of both Extended Edition prints followed by an 11pm screening of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The official opening of the film will commence at 12:01 AM on Wednesday, December 17, 2003.

Lurker does not participate in normal forum discourse, but he's out there...watching, reading every message. Generally, he is quite harmless. In fact, his silence usually reflects a natural reticence rather than any sinister motives. He is content to let the other people haul the conversational freight and, if a fight breaks out he will observe quietly. Occasionally, however, some mysterious impulse drives him to de-lurk and attack. Other Warriors regard his unexpected assault as an ambush, and invariably turn on him savagely. But Lurker seldom sticks around to fight it out, rather, after a brief exchange, he slips away, never to be heard from again. :shaky:

Damn! I'll be thinking of you guys! Stay safe. Isabel churns west-northwestward 9/15/2003 12:34 P.M. Buzz Bernard, Sr. Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Isabel, still an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane, continues to track inexorably toward the U. S. The hurricane, currently centered about 500 miles east of Nassau, Bahamas, and looking a bit more raggedy in satellite imagery than it did yesterday, is churning toward the WNW but is forecast to shift to a more northwesterly course today. It remains likely that Isabel, as a major hurricane (winds in excess of 110 mph) and possibly still as a category 4 monster, will thunder ashore sometime Thursday along the Mid-Atlantic coast. No location from North Carolina to Long Island is off the hook. The exact location of Isabel's landfall may be difficult to predict due to the extreme angle at which the storm could be approaching the coast, especially if it stays out to sea north of Cape Hatteras. A very tiny change in the hurricane's direction of movement could shift its landfall by a hundred miles or more. Although Isabel is not a particularly large hurricane, its wind field will expand dramatically as it nears the U. S. and encounters a building high pressure area over the Northeast. Thus, even though the strongest winds should occur someplace along the Mid-Atlantic coast (wherever Isabel comes ashore), gales eventually could pound beaches as far north as Maine. In the meantime, the first harbingers of Isabel's fury will be building surf and rip currents along the Eastern Seaboard. No high surf warnings have yet been issued, but it shouldn't be long before some are. Today, large swells and dangerous surf are battering portions of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Greater and Lesser Antilles.

Yep - I'll be there, "getting my groove on" with M.J.!

"Join Michael Jackson and a host of celebrity superstars as they dance the night away at the Klub KIIS Dance Party at Neverland Ranch" Oh Damn - I thought that said "Klub KIDS"!

Vermont It Should Be: Yep :laugh:

Welcome to the left-coast contingent hotcheme! Hope you have a job lined up, it's brutal out here. . . Definitely YES to a SF board!!! I'll PM Dave a.s.a.p. . . and for all you Cali kids out there, don't forget to vote CooKie for Governor!!

Happy Birthday Vicman! :hoparound This Day In History -- August 28 1609 Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. 1850 Richard Wagner's opera, Lohengrin, premiered at Weimar, Germany. 1922 The first commercial to be broadcast on radio aired on station WEAF in New York City. The ten minute advertisement for the Queensboro Realty Company cost $100. 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial to civil rights demonstrators. 1968 Anti-Vietnam war protesters and police clashed in the streets of Chicago while the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president. early 70's Vicman arrives. :hoparound

The internet in California has been taken over and re-appropriated to the 138 candidates for Governor. I am one of those running so I get my few minutes a day. My platform -- cookies for all!!! Miss you all! PS - Tiny: QE is my absolute favorite show right now.

I heard ephedra makes you sterile.

My thoughts exactly! Bring on the steak, beer & junk food!!! :arrow:

They fixed it! Behold the power of nerds!!

It provoked me out of my lazy lurker state.

Whose

shady vic

I'm on sabbatical -- I will fill in as techie geek when necessary. PS - sorry had to hijack that for a sig. too good not to.

Ozzy's DJ son - Louis Osbourne on the flyer - Louise

Hmmm. . Cookie for gov! I like it! I will be registering pronto reval. I'm still working out some computer bugs so I'll post those pics up soon. Meanwhile, answer me this (from 1015's site). Is this a typo, or is there really a Louise Osbourne? Does Ozzy have a techno-oriented daughter too?

Hey there everyone! Well I'm finally all hooked up out here in CA. The apt. is more or less set and I've got an internet connection (finally). Been lurking around this morning and it seems like things are going well in DC The road trip out here was great. Stopped in Indianapolis, Kansas City -- then spent a few days in Colorado, on to Salt Lake City and finally here. Crazy scenery after St. Louis (well, except for Kansas, which was boring as all hell) . Cali is good so far. The weather is otherworldly, it's freakin' Groundhog Day each morning when I open up the blinds -- sunny, cloudless and warm each and every day. Pretty bizarre to me but I think I can get used to it. Today is when I'm officially diving into the job hunt. It's kinda miserable out here for techies (front page story every day about how awful the unemployment rates are) but we'll see how it is for the stuff I'll be looking for. I've been poking around downtown San Jose for clubs and such (meh) and hopefully I'll be headed into S.F. soon for some more investigation. I hope everyone is doing well -- I miss DC and you guys tons! PM me if you're interested in my new contact info. and let me know if you want me to post any pics of the road trip/apt. Talk to you soon! cookie

Lookee what just came out!

Baby you're all that I want When you're lying here in my arms I'm finding it hard to believe We're in heaven We're in heaven Oh, thinkin' about our younger years There was only you and me We were young and wild and free Now nothing can take you away from me We've been down that road before That's over now You keep me comin' back for more Baby you're all that I want When you're lying here in my arms I'm finding it hard to believe We're in heaven And lovin' is all that I need And I'm finally there in your heart It isn't too hard to see, We're in heaven We're in heaven Now nothing can change what you mean to me There's a lot that I could say But just hold me now Cause our love will light the way Baby you're all that I want When you're lying here in my arms I'm finding it hard to believe We're in heaven And lovin' is all that I need And I'm finally there in your heart It isn't too hard to see, We're in heaven Now our dreams are comin' true Through the good times and the bad I'll be standing there by you We're in heaven And your loving is all that I need When I'm finally there in your heart It isn't too hard to see We're in heaven Oh oh oh oh oh oh We're in Heaven.