"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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I'm going to see a free preview of the new Harry Potter movie...

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My daughter works at the movie theatre and they're doing a free preview for the employees and family members in an hour.

Who's jealous? :crackup:
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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I just got home from seeing Harry Potter Goblet of Fire. I haven't read the book, but my daughter has. She said they left out a lot in the beginning and towards the end and changed a few minor details around. The movie was good, but since I kept hearing the 4th book was the best of all of them I was expecting it to be a bit better. It's still well worth seeing, but as with most movies made from books, my daughter said the book is much better. She said the Yule Ball and Voldemort were portrayed exactly as she pictured them from the book, though.

In the previews there was a clip of a movie about penguins that was freaking hilarious. Everyone will enjoy that. The movie doesn't come out for quite awhile, though...but I'll be watching for it.
 

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I heard that one of the reasons the new movie is rated PG-13 is due to the amount of adult men who will be there seeing the movie by themselves...
 

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Originally posted by diablo
I heard that one of the reasons the new movie is rated PG-13 is due to the amount of adult men who will be there seeing the movie by themselves...
lol...could be.

It's definitely worth seeing and a good movie. At the same time, anyone who has read the book might be a bit disappointed by how much they left out at the beginning and in the maze. Those were the parts my daughter said they really left a lot out of. The movie was still almost 3 hours long, though. Draco is hardly in this one at all. The underwater scenes are cool and the mermaids are freaky looking. Oh...and Moaning Myrtle and Harry have a bathroom scene that is hilarious.

Watch for the Happy Feet preview before the movie...it's funny. I think most theatres are starting showing it at midnight tonight, too.
 

“The 22 Rules That Turned Me From Invisible to Irresistible With Women… Starting Tonight”

You can skip the expensive cars, the fancy clothes, and the endless gym selfies. Completely unnecessary.

I used to freeze the second a beautiful woman looked my way. Frustrated. Awkward. Watching other guys walk away with the girl while I stood there tongue-tied.

Then I discovered 22 simple rules that rewired my entire dating life. The anxiety vanished. Conversations flowed effortlessly. Women started chasing me for a change.

These rules trigger a woman's subconscious attraction switches. And you can start using them tonight.

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Isnt Harry Potter for kids?

Also does he ever get laid with that other wizard chick? (the nerd looking one with brown hair and suff)
 

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Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
Isnt Harry Potter for kids?

Also does he ever get laid with that other wizard chick? (the nerd looking one with brown hair and suff)
I'm 39 years old and find it very difficult to sit through most movies without getting bored. I have never had that with any of the Harry Potter movies. I own the first three and will own all of them. No, Harry Potter isn't just for kids. The books are good and so are the movies. JK Rowlings isn't a particularly great writer, but she's a phenomenal story teller. The movies do a very good job portraying the imagery you get from the book.

You should definitely see this movie, but go rent the first 3 and watch them first. Although each of the movies tell their own story, you really do need to see them in the order they came out to follow the larger plot of the series.
 

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I actually went to see it for the midnight showing with my g/f and one of her female friends... I had work at 8am the next morning (today), and thought it would only take an hour and a half - like most movies. I was wrong. At around 1:30 I was like "nothing has even HAPPENED yet"... then by 3am it was over. A 3 hour movie.

Admittedly, it wasn't bad, and the special effects at times were slick, but even though I haven't read the books (I've seen the other 3 movies either on the big screen or DVD) I have to say that the movie itself wasn't that great. On a high school grading scale I'd give it a B-.

Oh yeah, I really did expect that ghost chick to go down on Harry Potter in the sauna... after all, she was diving around everywhere else...
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Originally posted by diablo
I actually went to see it for the midnight showing with my g/f and one of her female friends... I had work at 8am the next morning (today), and thought it would only take an hour and a half - like most movies. I was wrong. At around 1:30 I was like "nothing has even HAPPENED yet"... then by 3am it was over. A 3 hour movie.

Admittedly, it wasn't bad, and the special effects at times were slick, but even though I haven't read the books (I've seen the other 3 movies either on the big screen or DVD) I have to say that the movie itself wasn't that great. On a high school grading scale I'd give it a B-.

Oh yeah, I really did expect that ghost chick to go down on Harry Potter in the sauna... after all, she was diving around everywhere else...
I think the issue with this HP movie is that the book was SO long and had so much in it that they had too much to condense for a movie. I think if they had of split the book in two and make two movies from that one it would have turned out better.
 
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