Jack Mangans Deadpan #159: Deadpan Force

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Jack Mangans Deadpan #159: Deadpan Force

With special guest – J.R. Murdock

Jack meets Charlie the Unicorn

The death of Jack’s hard drive. Where’s the moment of silence?

Promo – On the Edge of Darkness (http://www.ontheedgeofdarkness.com/Site/Welcome.html)

Talking to J.R. Murdock (http://www.ofgnomesanddwarves.com/)

Help Jack and JR create the next Hollywood blockbuster. Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3YPX5CL and vote

Cj at the Deadpan mmmmmeetup.

Back to Jack and JR and the next Hollywood blockbuster.

The Pixie Pilot calls in.

More on the next Hollywood Blockbuster. Don’t forget to vote. Deadline is by the next full length Deadpan.

Look for J.R.’s special guest appearance on The Dead Robot’s Society (http://deadrobotssociety.com/)

Looking for the Pixie Pilot

Greasy Nipples
Lejon from Chandler (first of the week)
Nomad Scry
The Energizer Bunny
Johnny Null
The Smarty Hotties
Justa J0e
ditto
Lo Pan
Vanamonde
Nomad Scry

Many discussions went on the Deadpan Board. Regardless of your opinion of the just passed Health Care reform remember, it comes down to one thing really, Deadpan is the Mother Fucking Way.

Thanks to Amy Bowen for some Deadpan mmmmeetup files. Will edit and, hopefully, will be able to post soon.

Looking for more content to replace that lost with the death of the hard drive

Send in content: 206-350-Tomi (8664) or e-mail: sphericaljackmatgmaildotcom

Outro music, Keeper, recorded at the Deadpan mmmmmmetup.

1,418 thoughts on “Jack Mangans Deadpan #159: Deadpan Force

  1. Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please
    I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees
    Come jump in, be my friend, let us do it again
    Hit the town, fool around, let’s go party

    Errr… wrong lyrics?

  2. There, hopefully that bit of sugar will make for a sweeter week of deadpan.

    Though, perhaps I’m showing my age, but I’m rather disappointed that googling for the lyrics required me to go to the second page of results before Sammy Davis Jr. came up.

  3. So listening to Ruby Fruit Radio and my fav line from a song today is:

    Oh I, I hate People, but I, I like you.

    CD: getting freaked out by bustops in the middle of nowhere.

  4. DP soon…… for now must prepare to run training session for people who could give a rats ass that Im running a training session. McJoy.

    SOOOOO glad the bar awaits me after work

  5. Loved the opening, and a sage closer. Good work, Jack. JRMurdock, well done as well. Well. Wellington. Oh, also really liked the song. Very touching.

  6. Sometimes, finding the source of Jack’s openings require a bit of hoop jumping but, I admit, that was one of the easier ones to identify.

  7. *opens vent* WHY THE HELL can PLC making company’s realize Windows XP won’t be supported forever Server 2008 and windows 7 are getting more popular and 32bit or single core processors are the way off the past!
    *closes vent*
    Hallelujah, Holy Shit! Where’s the Tylenol?

  8. That sounds like a good idea bunny. And why would they support vista and not server 2008 or maybe 7? A 12+ year old software package will work on 7 but not the one that came out 2 years ago WTF!

  9. Take your Ritalin, OK?
    OK, you’re in a forest.
    Forest?
    With Heather Locklear.
    With Heather?
    And you’re very warm. Very…
    ..warm?
    Warm.

  10. I’m using XP at work. Next machine we’ll upgrade to 7 or whatever is out at that point.

    I think 32-bit is going to be around longer than we all think it is.

    Do you think single-core machines are truly going away, even with the pushing of “cloud” apps on to the general populous?

    It’s an interesting time to project the future.

  11. Figure out the link yourself (copy/paste is good)

    I hate to admit it, but I don’t listen to audio books. I don’t have enough time to listen to the podcasts I download, let alone adding books to that list. Besides, there’s still something about the feel and smell of old fashioned paper in your hands.

  12. JN, Now that even atom processors are duel core I think they might. I do think 32bit isn’t going away but 64bit is coming on strong. I understand many programs won’t be able to take advantage of both cores but being able to have one core to max out and not effect the rest of the system is very nice.

  13. good point bunny, if more programs could take advantage of more than one core more apps might really fly. We upgraded some engineering laptops from 32bit xp with 4gb of ram to 64bit 7 with 4gb of ram and the engineers are very very happy with the change. we might get 2 more years out of those laptops

  14. reaper: As for multi-core support, we are getting there. The problem is that, as a whole, programmers in the industry don’t know how to write thread-safe code. Work is being done to make that easier, but we’ve still got a long way to go.

  15. Ditto: I don’t know the first thing about coding and don’t ever plan to learn. but I think in many cases you don’t have to use more than one core. I’m not talking about bigger programs like an engineering package that surely would take big advantage of that. The big thing I wonder about is the difference between 32 and 64 bit. is the coding significantly different? the only thing i know about the practical difference is the ability to address more memory.

  16. I’ve heard that there may be a slight increase in security between a 32-bit and a 64-bit OS, but I don’t recall why.

    As far as multi-threading goes, how many apps do you have running right now? I’ve got a bunch. Even without a big honkin’ process running, you can see improved performance given the total workload. Also decreased heat production.

    To my knowledge, part of the issue is also the OS itself. They’re generally not that efficient in using the multiple cores yet.

  17. I can see the call now:
    Phone Tech: Have you tried truing off and on again.
    EssBee: I’m going to try jumping into this phone to strangle you.
    Phone Tech: Maybe I should let you talk to a supervisor…

  18. reaper: There can be a difference for even non-memory work. It entirely depends on what you are doing; e.g. number crunching vs reading a document.

    JN: For security, I think it has more to do with key generation support, but I’m not really sure. I have a ton of apps running. I tend to stress the systems I use even though I don’t game on my PC. And yes, my system is 64-bit Vista.

    I agree about OSes. But, I think both Vista and Window 7 have pretty good multicore support. And OSes are always getting better. Efficiently using multicore requires a lot of compiler support which is where many of the problems lie for the general application developer. A lot of work is still being done on dealing with memory caching issues.

  19. I look at the process list and the count is 95 (10 are chrome). I did notice a huge increase in speed with 64bit win7 over either XP or 32bit win7.

    JN, I also notice a single processor being full and the others not being used at all happens a bit less with the jump to 7 so i guess they are doing a little better than before but there is always room for improvement.

  20. crap it’s only 11 and I’m getting hungry. I don’t like taking lunch this early because the “afternoon” seams very long.

  21. Lejon: It’s my understanding that an OS forcing an application to multi-thread would be well-neigh impossible, at least without sacrificing any gain that multi-threading would produce.

  22. Van, I think you might if you upgrade to 4gb or more. My work PC is always using 55-65% of the physical memory and I have 4gb now.
    I haven’t ever tried more than 4GB on a desktop but my current home PC is the first that would support more than 4gb.

  23. 🙁 Was going to watch another B movie today. Unfortunately it looks like there was a two week period where the DVR wasn’t recording properly. Had to dump a half dozen movies. No movies that appeal to be are on today to record. Hopefully there will be something again soon.

  24. JN: She was interesting, but I hate the fact that her minions have taken to calling her philosophy Objectivism. Plus, while enlightened self-interest looks good on paper, it only works when people *are* enlightened.

  25. ditto: Yeah, that’s pretty much my take re: enlightened folk. As far as “Objectivism”, that’s the term she used.

    But getting back to the enlightened, doesn’t her philosophy encourage people to better themselves? I’m sure 99% or more of the population isn’t exactly living up to their potential, myself included.

  26. I should’ve started that by saying I only know what I’ve just heard from two T.V. interviews posted on YouTube, so I know very little.

  27. JN: My confusion. I didn’t realize she came up with the term herself since I haven’t studied her philosophy in depth. I know it based on some reading I’ve done and through discussions with friends that are non-radical Objectivists. As for self-betterment, I think that was implied by the ethics she espoused.

  28. Why is there nothing to watch on TV during the day? I have 400 channels and, unless I like soap operas or talk shows, which I don’t, there’s nothing on.

    *sigh*

    It’s a good thing I like to read too

    CR: Dracula The Undead – Dacre Syoker & Ian Holt

  29. That and getting caught out by Columbo with a potato stuck in a exhaust pipe.

    Playing Rommel in some TV series with David Soul.

    Starring in one of the first ‘interactive movie’ games (Voyeur).

    …and voicing the bad guy in Half Life 2.

  30. weird thing I really like about win7: I have the option to change the background at a set interval and since I have it set the change every hour so it changes on the hour.

  31. I didn’t realize that the new Luc Besson movie, “Les Aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec”, was based on a fairly old Belgian comic series.

  32. reaper: Nice! I’ve used that on just about every Linux distro I’ve run. I also run apps that do the same thing on this XP box, but I opt for 15 minutes, since I get easily . . . SQUIRREL!

  33. RE: Multi-Threading – I wasn’t thinking about single processor programs being forced to multi-thread, I was figuring that the OS should recognize single processor programs to be directed to a single core while other traffic (multi-threaded and otherwise) is directed through the remaining processing power.

  34. I must be one of the few people in the world that doesn’t like cake (other than carrot) I’ll take a rhubarb pie over cake any day.

  35. Jack and JR, you have succeeded in putting together an entertaining show in spite of having a shortage of material to work with. Thank you so much for stepping in to help out, JR. And yes, I’ve already voted in the poll. :happy:

  36. Pie beats cake easily for the only reason cake exists is to get frosting into your mouth. Now Pie with frosting… oh man… I’ll be in my bunk!

    Amy: Thank you, you are too kind 🙂 I was just stepping in to help out. Hopefully all that was on Jack’s HD isn’t lost.

    Lo: Rum cake… hmmm I may be changing my mind.

  37. # Lo Pan Says:
    March 25th, 2010 at 2:21 pm e

    Black Forest Rum Cake… its like an orgasm in your mouth. Mess included

    ————– Lo Pan, it sounds like you’ve got a little Captain in you.

  38. Well, today was total shit work-wise. I think I’ll go talk Sly B into sushi tonight.

    And that in no way references back to my next-to-last comment.

  39. “You guys may as well be speaking Klingon. Actually, I’d understand Klingon more.”

    I love you, EssBee 🙂

    Yes, I am working to get caught up….

  40. Enjoyed the rather spontaneous bit of Pan, Jack. I’ve also got a plan for the team of heros:

    Zed, Killers of Brutals (duh!)
    Zed, Wizard of the First Order (Sword of Truth series)
    Zed (Zed’s dead, Baby) (Pulp Fiction)

    And, for a little variety….

    Adrian Zmed
    General Zod

    This stuff practically writes itself.

  41. Really, it’s the same joke as “What did the Pink Panther say when he stepped on an anthill?” That one was popular around second grade…

  42. In fact, when I finally got the Durham, I realized my brain had been so clouded by “Dead ant dead ant, dead ant dead ant dead ant,” that I could not corrrectly process Durham into the similar punchline…

    Deadpan: Pulling apart childhood jokes since 2006…

  43. Well, MY lights are on, but the rest of the building is dark. And it’s dark outside.

    CP: LOST cacklecast

    CD: answering metric ass ton of email

  44. Evil is what “e”mail means! Us sys admin’s just told everyone it meant electronic so they would be so afraid.

    *giggle in corner*
    *now elaughing in corner*

  45. There’s a Durham in Connecticut. I don’t know how it’s pronounced elsewhere, but around here, it’s pronounced “DER-em”.

  46. I’d love to switch to metric, but I have such a hard time visualizing a meter versus a yard, and so on. I’ll work on it.

  47. Yknow I enjoy that cacklecast up until they start playing listener feedback. Kinda meh after that point. Fridays cast is always better anyway.
    *cackle*

  48. Dunno about the Captian… but any girl I date, no matter her lineage, gets a little German in her.

    *rim shot*

    (The rim shot in no way references any of the previous aforementioned posts)

  49. I’m listening to Wednesday’s cast, and did have to stop at listener feedback. My tolerance for junk I don’t want to hear on pod is extremely low right now!

  50. Root for the ‘Yotes unless they play the Avs ;).

    Dunno, Colorado is 6 points away from being out of the playoff and 5 points out of 3rd place overall. Oh the wacky wacky west

  51. My boss messed up yesterday and sent me Wednesday’s reports again instead of today’s in advance. Then she took today off. As a result, I was done my work an hour ago (hence the cookie baking now). I love early release work days. :biggrin:

  52. TEB: I don’t know. There’s a lot of variety this year. Chicago and Montreal are both in the playoffs. It would be nice to see an Original Six team other than Detroit win for a change.

  53. Nice test, Nomad. Mine cuts off after 20. But thats like I have to close my eyes and think of nothing else while I listen for it.

  54. Yeah “Shoegaze” is suddenly the hip thing to be labeled. Dunno how that happened. Used to be uber specific label.. now its kinda just not. This is not what The Catherine Wheel intended!!!!!

  55. Lo, thanks for test-taking. I wasn’t sure if it was just a silly joke… you know, where they pretended to put sounds in after 17k.

    I wear 30db ear muffs at work (which is to say, I actually wear my hearing protection, unlike all of my co-workers) and I’ve noticed my focused hearing has improved since I began wearing them.

    If I’m not paying total attention I don’t hear a damn thing. Heh.

  56. reaper: I don’t like cake either, except for my sister’s Tres Leches cake… otherwise, I’m a pie guy all the way

    EssBee & Lo Pan: RE: Black and Tans – I’ve enjoyed my share, but at one point I discovered something at a bar called a Black satin (this name apparently varies on the pub) which is essentially a black and tan without the Bass Ale and using a split of Champagne instead… Very Tasty. There’s also the Black Velvet (again, name varies with pub) which is the Black and Tan with Cider instead of Bass ale. Or, you could go stricktly Irish on it, and have a Half and Half, which is Guinness and Harp.

    Oh, God, I miss drinking…

    TEB: I am impressed with your Royal Conversion powers. Now, how are you at making cheeseburgers?

    #officially-playing-catch-up-to-make-up-for-the-driveby-last-night

  57. /realizes I’m a dumbass

    Crap, I never did give you feedback on Droid apps!

    /

    Alright, some of my faves

    Aloqa – pretty good location based directory. Specially for finding places to eat when you don’t know where you are.

    Where – another location based directory. Overall, I like Aloqa better, but Where gives prices for gas stations in the area and I was able to get from the maps to Google Navigation. This one came in very handy when it came time to find the cheapest gas near the car rental center at the Phoenix airport.

    Handcent SMS – replacement to the built in messaging app. Will give an on screen popup when you get a message along with a reply box. Major cool – you can use the Android voice recognition to dictate a message to send instead of fumbling with the keyboard.

    Daily Strip – (stop it you pervs!) Quick access to a couple dozen comic strips that are accessible on the web. Much easier than trying to bookmark websites.

    Shazam – originally for Iphone. Google specifically got with the makers of this one to get it on Android. You can use the phone mike to listen to a song playing from just about any source. The program samples the music and will then report back on the song name and artist. It’s a bit hit and miss, but impressive when it works.

    Dock Simulator – you can use this to put your phone into either the “multimedia dock” mode or the “car dock” mode. The pricey docks that Motorola sells use magnets to trigger the Droid to switch. This program does the same thing with software instead.

    XE – Currency converter

    Speedtest – allows you to run a test of your bandwidth.

    That’s a good start for now. All of those apps are free. I’ve not yet found a paid app that I’ve been willing to shell out for yet. The one I really want and would pay for is Ewallet, which I used going back to my PocketPC days. They make an Iphone/Touch version that I have, but haven’t made an android one yet.

    Time for lunch…..

  58. Random responses:
    I knew a guy who’d made a homemade potato gun, back in the day. I get it.
    Catherine Wheel’s singer is Bruce Dickinson’s cousin, I think?
    The version I’d heard as a kid repeated “dead ant”, not “Durham”.
    A new Nevermore track! Iron Maiden is also coming to town in June! Maybe I’ll send my lawyer, since I probably won’t be able to afford tickets for myself (here’s hoping, Rhett).
    Mayor McCheese is probably the creepiest.
    Ed, you are truly an awesome human.
    Bunny, I’m biased toward the Coyotes, of course.
    Speaking of hockey, I’m formulating a new singing wager idea for the upcoming NHL playoffs. Are people game? It starts next month, will run into June.
    Are there any remaining Olympic anthems coming? (aside from mine)

  59. I’ll try the test a little later. I can easily hear that high-pitched ringtone that kids were using (still using?). Very annoying. So, I’m doing well for my age. But I have tinnitus as well. I’d trade.

  60. As I was saying, I will take the test later. I can easily hear the high-pitched ringtone that kids were using (still use?). It’s annoying. But, I also have tinnitus. I’d trade.

    Let’s see if this one makes it.

  61. Back from the grocery store. My cupboards are now full for another week.

    Scry: I have a bent canal in one of my ears. I consider myself lucky at 14

    Scry: My name has a front stressed vowel but I still think I’m damn sexy, which is opposite of that study 😉

    Lejon: Make your own damn cheeseburger

    Jack: You should know I’m always up for wagering silliness

  62. I up for the NHL challenge, but if I go for the Coyotes, I’d probably be subjecting the Pan to a lot of singing and no one wants that. I was born in Detroit though, so I guess I can get behind the Wings.

  63. Lo Pan: Nice reference!

    Huh, I guess I’ve aged a lot, ear-ily speaking. I can hear 15 if I get near the speakers. Anything less I can easily hear a room away. Crap.

  64. Ok, most of the apps on my iPhone are games, but other than that:

    Shazam – Ed explained what it was..cool to show off.

    Skype – works well on the ohne apart from incoming texts disrupting conversations.

    Echofon – Twitter client

    Facebook – too obvious to explain.

    Firstclass – an app for accessing Open University’s student conferences.

    eReader – ebook reader from Fictionwise.

    Fstream – for listening to internet ‘radio’ stations.

    Metro UK – app for downloading and reading the electronic edition of a free paper.

    Layar – Augmented Reality browser uses the GPS and compass to show nearest pubs, cafes, etc on top of a live feed from the inbuilt camera.

    Pocketgamer – app for reading the pocketgamer web content.

    Ocarina – play a virtual Ocarina using the phones inbuilt mic.

    Stanza – another ereader.

    TrueHDR – combines two photo to increase dynamic range of a scene.

  65. So, while I did have an awesome night, my morning has been a bit less awesome.

    My parent/teacher conference (at 7:45am ugh!) went well..

    Then my 8:30 doctor appointment to have my knee re-checked ended with me getting an expected Synvisc shot in my knee. The doctor had trouble getting the needle into an area of my knee that didn’t have bone spurs and as such, I had a major panic attack after about the 7th stab.

    Once she was finally done with the injection I broke out in a major sweat and nauseated dizziness. It wasn’t a pretty sight at all (I’d assume since I couldn’t see a damn thing through it all)

    A nice visit with some smelling salts, a cup of water, and nurses rushing around me taking vitals (all while my son continued to play with his Leapster) eventually got me back to normal.

    I think I need a nap after all that.

  66. So I’m about to send out a group email to everyone who’d agreed to record something for the 60 Lines thing – basically confirming your interest in participating. I guess that makes this afternoon the deadline to sign up and be a part of it. . . .

    If I don’t hear back from you, I’ll assume you’ve changed your mind, which is also ok.

  67. Jack: Nope. You’ll love the dry wit in it.

    Sure, it has some of the basic formulas in it–son vs father, misfit outcast, etc–but it rises above them, imo. The animation, score, and characters were all great.

  68. Job interview today.

    Negatives: call center tech support, starting pay much lower than from last job, long commute

    Positives: Really awesome product, relaxed environment, speedy advancement with good performance, flexible hours

    I won’t talk specifics as to not jinx it.

  69. < RANT >

    I’m at work on freaking Saturday, and the least you’d think could happen is that there’d be no calls.

    Well, that noise is all in someone else’s house, ’cause ’round here, the band’s playin’ a different beat.

    MAKE IT STOP!

    < /RANT >

  70. Break a leg, Maki.

    Speaking of hockey, here’s the kernel of the idea:

    For the playoffs, we use Survey Monkey polls to associate a song (or a band? let’s say 1 song for now. . . ) with each of the 16 playoff teams. (Egs: Straight Outta Compton for the L.A. Kings or Lump for the Washington Capitals) Everyone gets to pick 1 or 2 teams. If/when your team is eliminated, you need to record yourself singing 30 to 60 seconds of the victorious team’s “anthem”.

    What do you think, sirs?

  71. jack: Late one, but wanted to mention I really like Rising Sun. I’ve got it on *gulp* VHS.

    WNDRWolf: Cool. I think I heard your bumper on their show once, or something like that. Anything in particular that we can look forward to?

    Lejon: Lady J is a reformed goth, as well.

    jack: I’m still “go” for the 60 line thing. Just haven’t checked my mail yet.

    EssBee / Lo Pan: I’m planning on revisiting Big Trouble in Little China over the weekend as well. Also on VHS. At least it’s not Betamax.

    JohnBoze: Good luck!

  72. Went to a meeting last night of a new Hackerspace opening up in western Mass. May be pretty shiny.

    On a less fun note, I seem to have done a lovely number on my back. Laying flat down on the floor is the only thing that isn’t painful, to varying degrees. Funny thing is, this is the first time I can recall of screwing up one side, not the whole lower back at once. It’s rough lifting my right leg. Ah, well. At least it’s a good time for this to happen. I should be fine-ish come Monday.

  73. Awesome! (not about Null’s back. That sucks). We have about 2 weeks to think about songs for playoff teams.

    With Null’s confirmation and Andrea’s last-minute Facebook note, we’re a go on the 60 (now 68) Lines thing! Emails with lines will go out this weekend.

  74. And on an odd front, there’s this couple we’ve been hanging out with roughly once a month. Nice couple, she’s a stay-at-home mom to a <1 yr old boy, he works with Lady J. He's owned a sidearm for quite some time, goes shooting pretty regularly, and so on. He's actually been working on going in to the National Guard, and doing rather well. Anyhow, I got a phone call today. He's been fired. For carrying at work. That's right. He's the sole provider in his household, with a child, and he knew he would get into hot water if someone found out. He knowingly took the risk and still carried his piece into a retail store, and carried it on his person, concealed, for his shift. Actually, every shift, except when it was being repaired. Words fail me.

  75. On a white-trash note (nearly as many notes as hells today), I still did some grocery shopping today. Returning to my car, there was a pretty old, white minivan parked one space away from my car. A family of four was disembarking (or “were disembarking” for Vanamonde 🙂 ). The wife (assuming they’re married) carried the baby. The husband, clad in a Tapout shirt and jeans worn in the fashion of a teenager in a ghetto, walked alongside his other son, I’m guessing roughly eight years old.

    This son was saying something to the father that I couldn’t make out, but it had the cadence and tone of teasing.

    The father replied with affection, begun with a chuckle as though finishing a favorite family limerick, “How about I smash your fucking head into the side of that door?”.

    I was shocked, to say the least.

    In New England, we have a habit of droppin’ our gs.

  76. Vanamonde: Thanks for the suggestion. I’m stubborn, I really don’t take anything. I won’t even take Aspirin unless things get out of hand.

  77. JN: sorry about your back. Hope you can find relief soon!

    Bunny: Don’t get sick! *snuggles*

    Update on me: My knee issues should be ending soon. It seems the gel injected is working. I’m still sore from the actual injection, but the scary crackling noises have stopped. Woot!

    Took the kids to see How to Train Your Dragon and it was a huge success all around. I love love loved it! It’s captivating and the characters are immensely lovable!

    I will own… er, I mean the kids will.

    *cough*

  78. Oh, and lastly, since my back has now chosen that I have some time off from working around the house, working out, and so on, I can hopefully submit some new content. One idea I have requires multiple people saying “Deadpan”. Does anyone have an easily-accessible collection of various Deadpanians saying “Deadpan”? And perhaps Jack himself? Or Jack, can you send me you?

  79. I’m glad everyone is on the mend, sort of?

    Johnny, I’ll try to get you some “Deadpans”. Do I have your right email address? The hotmail account linked to your old moniker? If not, then email me with an updated one.
    Word.

    :jack:

  80. I haven’t been to the beach in about 2 years (even though I’m less than 30 minutes from it) It was an AWESOME day. I got a nice burn one (missed a spot). Had a good time. Water was FREEZING!

    JN: Hope you’re feeling better.

    JN: I have a mic and I’ve been known to speak into it. 🙂 Let me know what else you might need.

  81. JRMurdock: Nice. I’ve had some of my best beach-days when there was snow on the ground, or it was near-freezing.

    Thanks.

    Will do!

    My e-mail is either johnny_null over the Yahoo way, or Jack has my old address.

  82. JN: I’ll gladly record myself saying “Deadpan” when I get my microphone back. It’s on loan to the World Languages department at the local high school for speaking-test purposes.

    TEB and ditto, this next one is for you. @earthhour posted the following to Twitter earlier tonight: “Canadians, we think you’ve sent us the greatest #earthhour photo so far: http://bit.ly/aXR1Ob take a bow!”

  83. TEB – One of the points the author, ah, points out is that the sample group on HotOrNot is primarily a bunch of dimwits (I’m more than paraphrasing), so the results may not be typical. And I think your name is really nifty, which is kind of fitting since you are. 😉

  84. SPeaking of “Nevermore” type…uh…stuff. It seems tat Nightwish did a cover of W.A.S.P’s “Wild Child”. My god I must hear this

  85. Soooooo the Avalanche are second only to the Oilers in man games lost to injury this year aaaaaand its showin. I suppose theres a real shot they may miss the playoffs and therefore I should prolly start thinkin of another team to pick for the Deadpan Hockey Jam. Just in case.

  86. Morning Pan!

    Just a quick hop in.

    JB: I have all my digits crossed for you.

    Van: I hope she does jump. She’s my least liked character in Caprica

    I think the song for Pittsburgh should be The Kid is Hot Tonight by Loverboy

    Amy: Alberta is notorious for actually using more energy on Earthday than usual

    Hubby’s happy. He’s well enough now that he can go on his play date today. Lots of music will be made.

    Now to search for some Tylenol. While the stories talk lots about next week, they don’t often mention the crucifixion of the Bunny the week before because it was thought that the never ending pounding in her head was actually a sign of the devil.

    -Bunny out-

  87. We watched Brothers. Pretty much great acting overall, especially from the older of the children. Not really a movie that I would have chosen, but it also wasn’t as violent as the ads make it seem.

    Still violent, of course, just not a Woo or anything.

  88. A definite improvement in my back. I still may take a day off tomorrow. If I do, it’ll be the third day that I have taken off of work since I began working. Not too bad.

  89. Well, I just finished cleaning the house, and I’m drinking the last of the rum, in tribute to WNDRWolf’s very good recent episode.

  90. Ha! No longer have Audacity on my main computer (new computer coming next week so started to clean up). Realized I don’t have the MP3 converter for Audacity on my netbook. Downloading it now so may go a little slower on the music for the ages.

  91. Oops. That post was supposed to be a suggestion of a song for the Phoenix Coyotes. Although, actually, I would prefer either “Desert Rose” or “Arizona” in that spot.

  92. I did my part to raise the comment count – now do yours. We now only need 500 comments to deadline in order to triple last year.

  93. Silver Surfer

    When this game came out from Virgin for the console (I think NES or Sega I forget which) they had a contest where if you had a high score you sent in a photo of your score and went into a drawing. I received like 1000 photos of the same picture from this one kid.

  94. Actually if the Avs make it I’m going with “Get Out of Denver” by Bob Seger.

    Cause right now my hockey team needs to think about whether they wanna go to the playoffs of go home. Snarf.

  95. [very important] Speaking of, ol’ VH1 had the top 100 one hit wonders of the 80’s on the other night. They, in their ever present wisdom, picked “Come On Eileen” and the best one hit wonder of the decade. That song may be the worst song of that decade. Boo to VH1… boo I say. [/very important]

  96. Far and away, reaps. Far and away.

    Movie notes I saw How to Train your Dragon yesterday. Fuckin awesome. VERY surprised and pleased. Highly recommended to those of you who havent seen it.

    Also saw Hot Tub Time Machine. Worthy installment into the gross out comedy genre. Ending was a total piece of shit and the entire film was a rehash of Back to the Future, but it was free. Otherwise rent it. Enough lolz to make it entertaining.

  97. Morning Pan!

    Downtown was a bust.

    I think the internal fan on my work laptop is kaput. At home I have it on an external laptop cooling fan but when I work at the office, it’s docked so doesn’t have that external fan. I got about an hour out of it before it overheated and shut itself down. Am now at home again working from here. My giant 1,500 page report will just have to wait until they fix my work computer. Breaks my heart.

  98. Lo Pan: Agree about Dragon. It is the first movie in a long time where, at the end of it, both T & I wanted to see it again. Disappointed to hear about Hot Tub. I was hoping it would be better than that. Still, I wasn’t expecting much.

    Now, I’m just waiting for Kick Ass. 🙂

  99. I feel old today, I hurt everywhere. Had to defrost the freezer this weekend which involves going up and down stairs about a dozen times to transfer food, than rolling around on a tile floor for an hour to remove the plate covering the coils. than sitting on that tile floor for about 2 hours emptying the drip tray. Than putting the parts back on was another hour rolling around on the floor. releveling tool 2 hours on the tile floor because the damn thing keep “making some weird squeaking noise.” than another dozen trips to transfer the food back.
    I didn’t know my hips or elbows could turn that color purple.

  100. Tron 2, Kick Ass, Iron Man 2, The Losers… thus far seems it could be a banner genre summer. We’ll see what surprises and what sucks.

  101. Hubby is on Spring Break for the next two weeks. He’s in composition mode. Another advantage of being home this morning is I also get to hear him putting together his music. I love listening to him play :wub:

  102. reaper, I also feel ancient today. This weekend was spent up/down ladders, scraping, sanding, painting, demolition, construction. Man, I’m tired. And the house is only 1/2 painted.

  103. Bunny, but than you don’t get the pride of a job well done and…
    fuck that you have the right idea…
    at least on the first part for me

  104. Damn, that’s impressive. I also find it interesting that it “may” be found “insensitive”. Like it’s on the cusp.

    Now, if he said “furries”, I’d agree.

  105. Damn, that’s impressive. I also find it interesting that it “may” be found “insensitive”. Like it’s on the cusp.

    Now, if he said “furries”, I’d agree.

  106. Crap. Jack, I mispelled my name again, I’m way impressive. I just re-posted, you can dump that post. I’ll try to limit my fat-fingerisms.

  107. Lol… Scry your favorite commenter on Topless Robot strikes again…

    “demoncat said:
    the black widow would want to keep her true origin secret so no doubt the film makers planned on Scarlet talking with out one. one of the reasons besides fans of iron man will want to see the movie. that and finaly see what role Oliva munn is playing. in it.a talk about fan over load of goodness. Scott pilgrim , tron and iron man . fans will wind up wearing themselves out going to the theatres
    Posted 03/29/2010 at 10:04:23 AM”

    Engrish???? PUH-Lease!!!!

  108. Lo Pan: I agree.

    I think Munn should be nuked as well. I had no idea she was doing anything. She’s earned some level of “fame” by acting like a whore at the drop of a hat. I’m all for fun and games, but if that’s your one trick, time to move on. She’s not even that hot.

  109. Let Lo Pan sort em out.

    Where has she acted like a whore? Ive only seen her on Attack of the Show and didnt mind her. Also shes pretty damn hot imo.

  110. TEB: That is so awesome! I’d love to be somewhere where I could overhear someone composing music. I’m on Spring Break this week (really, though, all that means anymore is that I get one Wednesday night off when I would otherwise have gone to a class), and my dad is on Spring Break this week and the next. Actually, that also means no elementary-school volunteering for me for the next two weeks, because the school will be closed.

  111. The one time I painted the outside of the house, it was an older house with exterior walls made of horizontal boards, so it was relatively easy. I’ve never tried to paint exterior stucco.

  112. I can’t wait for lunch. I have left over pork lo main from a restaurant called Yummy Chinese Restaurant.
    I love herring them answer the phone: “haalow dis yummy”

  113. NH – the rednecks of the NE. Yeeeeehaw.

    Also – who knew youStrip was still around! (See ad on right side)

    Also – third comment down:

    Olivia Munn on G4 for has said that some Anime makes her ashamed to be half-Japanese. This guys just parroting what’s already in the media.

    An entire side dedicated to fail and filled with it. That’s about as marvelous as those “deadliest crashes” tv shows.

  114. I watch quite a bit of anime. There is some seriously whacked stuff out there, but it is a fraction of the whole. To label all anime as bad is the same as labeling all TV bad simply because of a few bad shows.

    Blame the story, not the medium.

  115. I like the music article, ditto. Oh that author is such a LawnGuyland chick – – I can almost hear her raspy cigarette voice in her complaints.

    Funny, I actually still really dig all of those songs, except the Meat Loaf and Bruce Springsteen. And ok, I’m also pretty done with November Rain.

    I’ll concede, however, that in every case, I always thought the lyrics were meaningless, pretentious prattle.

    I’d have definitely added “More Than a Feeling.”

  116. I never said much between songs, just read off what had just been played.

    We were required to play one vinyl record every week, which for me was usually “MCs Act Like They Don’t Know” by KRS-One.

  117. So tonight, two of my new colleagues from Dallas are flying in, and I’m entertaining. Tomorrow is the day for my team’s launch meeting. Ugh.

  118. We have literally just spent 20 minutes trying to decide if people are available on April 15-16 for a meeting in Dallas. 5 of the 7 people (not me) on the line make in the $200-$300K range.

    We still don’t know if there will be a meeting.

  119. JR, ditto, I can’t assess those remarks as valuable to the big picture. We should all roll up our sleeves and be team players and work hard to bring something to the table.

  120. Candidly, I agree with Jack. But also challenge him on his general attempt to steal my thunder and take credit for my blahblahblah.

  121. EssBee, just be grateful you get to have such meetings on the phone where you can vent your righteous anger in real time here on the board.

    Some of us get to live them face to face with no where to run.

    And, shouldn’t $200-300K people have “people” to tell them when and where to travel?

  122. Thanks for reaching out, EssBee. I value your contribution and I’m filing it away. If we put our heads together and burn the midnight oil and pinpoint brick-and-mortar solutions, I’m sure we can structure some productive light at the end of the tunnel.

    I think this game is eating my soul. I’m going to stop.

  123. Jack, I am confident that we’ll find some synergy, but only if we keep noodling. Soup-to-nuts. Transparency. Touch points. Branding. Mission. Strateg . . .

    AAAAAH!

  124. I’m not at work. I have a case of the … unable to be at work at the moment.

    :sick:

    I will sleep.

    If any of you see me online at some ungodlyish hour of the night – please send me to bed.

  125. SQUEEEEEE!!!! Somebody just came by my QAC station to get a replacement Census questionnaire!!! Moments like that where I actually serve my purpose are SOOO gratifying! :biggrin:

  126. Amy, there’s a way to get a replacement?

    I ask, because I have received like 5 notices that I will get one, but one never arrived. I suppose I could do a search online to have one resent to me?

  127. Also, at the theater this weekend for the Dragon movie, I saw a trailer for the new Karate Kid movie with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.

    Now it’s my turn for my childhood to feel canoodled.

  128. Cj, and everyone else: Yes, there is a way to get a replacement Census form if you haven’t received one in the mail. The replacement for it is called a Be Counted form, and it can be obtained from designated Be Counted sites staffed by people like me.

    Everyone, if you haven’t gotten a Census form in the mail yet, or have lost or misplaced yours, please use this search tool to find your nearest Be Counted/Questionnaire Assistance Center site and its hours:

    http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/bcqac-textview.php

    It saves $4 of taxpayer money if you complete and send in a Be Counted form (we QAC Reps only cost $12.50 an hour, whereas Enumerators, the people who go door-to-door to collect data, cost $16.50/hour).

    (However, if you have received one by mail and haven’t lost it, please fill that one out and mail it back.)

  129. ^Cool.

    Good night, Pan.

    (I’m seriously planning on listening to some music while working tomorrow, just so I can post CP: messages here all day so we can hit that comment goal. 🙂 )

  130. So, today is all about synergy and being a collaborative center of excellence in the field of blowing up planets and deadpan comment goals.

  131. morning pan I’m glad I don’t have any synergy meeting at my new job. We do have meeting that aren’t necessary but the info is good to have. we talk about any safety incidence, how much money we made/lost, cost of raw materials, current capacity, up coming projects, general state of the company. my last company never shared with us any info about anything. it really makes we feel better about the company and how open and honest they are with us. guess it is easier to do that when you only have about 200 employees

  132. Oh Nomad, you made me literally lol right now. Poor demoncat…. and by “poor” I mean “get thee to a writing seminar! Stat!”

  133. Ah! It seems Teenage Fanclub has a new album out. My question? Why does Teenage Fanclub have a new album out?

    I dont think I wanna see Badu nakey.

  134. Fucking Hockey gods!!!!! Calgary is only 4 points behind the Avs! Oh Bunny this is gonna be a wicked last part of the season. Stupid Avs.

  135. Calgary has bee four points behind for most of this last third of the season. I wouldn’t worry about Calgary as much as the “Stupid Avs.”

  136. Welcome reaps!!!

    No Bunny, I mean they had a hit in ‘Merica. Thats why I know them. Theyre one on those early 90’s alternagroups ala Lemonheads that had one hit and faded away unless you were in the college radio scene. They kinda sucked IMO.

  137. Funny story. I’m currently listening to Lejon’s TTM. There was a promo for Pip’s Kiwi podcast. In it a woman screams. My hubby’s in the other room, heard the scream, came into the office asking if everything was ok. I laughed and told him is wasn’t me. He’s so cute. 🙂

  138. While I admit to being one of those 25%, I’m not quite sure I see the point of that article. Really – so what?

  139. Lo, you’re safe. The “naughty bits” are blurred out in the Badu vid. It is also very oversat and blurry (probably so they didn’t have to get permission from all the people walking by.) The most interesting part is about halfway in when you can see the guy in a red hoodie following along after her picking up her discards.

    Oh and the shocking final second. That was… yeah. Dude.

  140. Lo Pan. I can back that up with a real world event. When we were in Arizona going to Sidona. There were four of us in the car, yet only one of the four brought an i-pod to hook up to the car stereo. See, one in four 😉

    *licks Lo Pan’s nose*

  141. Lo Pan, That is the part I have only heard about. i just couldn’t bring myself to watch. I also skip through the puking part because it just goes on to long.

  142. Wolf! We can haz topic?!

    The 45% of adults owning a portable media player stat is interesting. The 54% of them using it in the car is … obvious?

    I used to do that in my Scion xA (because it had a jack. I miss my xA. [weeps]) but since that got squashed, I just put my ear buds in while driving. The darling dearest uses a tape deck adapter with her PMP. So 100% of my sample owns multiple PMPs and uses them whilst driving.

    I should go publish my findings. [only midly sarcastic]

  143. The length of the puking part is what gives it its beauty, reaper. I lose it every time I watch it.

    ditto said “teenage head”. Thats illegal you bastard! Heh

  144. It reminds me of the family guy “I hit my shin” thing. It is just way too much. the kids love it but after 5 seconds I’m thinking “I get it and have moved on why didn’t you”

  145. Your plan will fail! You’ll never keep the world leaders distracted here for 9 hours!

    Oh no? I’ve got Arec Barrwin!

    Dear God!

  146. I’m not a big fan of “funny” movies and TV. I get angry for some reason. For example:

    Movie: funny stuff
    Me: Hahaha
    Movie: more funny stuff
    Me: Ha
    Movie: still more funny stuff
    Me: This blows.
    Movie: Yeah, well… You do too!
    Me: [O.O]

  147. Yeah Bunny! Yous sing it!

    ditto if you come here Ill make you real coffee.

    Nomad – thats why youre dead inside. Dead….inside…

  148. I admit I have to be in the right mood, but some funny is better than others. I don’t watch sit coms on TV. Not a big fan of most Wil Farrell movies, for the most part I find them rather inane, but I did enjoy Elf. Not a fan of Adam Sandler movies for the same reason. But I did enjoy the South Park Movie and Team America. *shrug* I guess they just have to hit me right for me to enjoy a comedy.

  149. “As actors, it is our responsibility to read the newspapers, and then say what we read on television like it’s our own opinion”

  150. I don’t know. Part of it is the whole (I’m only partially kidding) raised in a cult thing where I simply don’t have the cultural references that everyone else does.

    Part of it has to be that stupidity makes me angry. Even if it makes me laugh first. It is a fine line between “happy funny silly” and stupid.

    … Unrelatedly, Bunny says “I’m so ronery…” and I start CPIMM: Divinyls.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFEfmbAeEDY

  151. I think it’s safe to say we’re going to surpass my goal. We’re only 100 comments away from tripling March last year and we still have most of today and all of tomorrow… Now to think about April’s goal…

  152. Elf was okay. The first time.

    I loved Stranger Than Fiction. I don’t know if it is supposed to be a comedy because it made me tear up real good.

    That’s my Ferrell.

    Sandler, for the most part, has gotten better over time. I detest pretty much anything up to the Wedding Singer. I utterly hated Click. Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, and Sean Astin combined couldn’t save that one.

  153. I haven’t liked Ferrel in anything, though I haven’t seen Stranger Than Fiction yet. Sandler is hit and miss for me. I liked Waterboy, Zohan was silly and over-the-top, and The Longest Yard was much better than I expected.

  154. ditto, funny – but since I’ve never seen Avatar or Lost, I really can only enjoy the 1st two columns.

    They need a column for those of us that love all 3.

    Yes, I know I fall in the “Star Trek” column because of the obvious, but I’ve never had sex with a girl who has pointy ears.

    Just sayin’

  155. They have that wrong. I never got spanked by a light sabre. Sex role playing for Star Wars means dressing up in a Princess Leia costume (you know which one I mean)

  156. On that chart, I am none of the above. If I had to pick one using the chart, I’d go Browncoat.

    I almost said I’d go Brown, but I affeared what all of you sick bastards would do with that one.

  157. “Needless to say, Kick-Ass was not the kind of comic-book movie Hollywood studios wanted to make—every major studio passed on the adventures of a teenage crime fighter (Aaron Johnson)—but now that Lionsgate is releasing the independently made film, director Matthew Vaughn expects there will be some backlash from parents’ groups and political pundits.”

    Methinks Lionsgate hit the jackpot here.

  158. M. Night Shamalayan sez:

    “I love the [Twilight] series, and Catherine [Hardwicke’s] movie, it was one of my favorite movies of that year,” he said. “Really, I thought tonally, it was a perfect movie. I called her up after I saw ‘Twilight’ and was like ‘That was amazing.’ So I’m a big fan.”

    FUCK and NO. We’re fucked on Last Airbender. Arent we?

  159. Hopefully going to see Kickass tomorrow. It’s indie nature means the arty farty cinema is showing it…less teenagers hopefully.

  160. RE: Wil Ferrell – The man is abismal, but popular. His name on the cast is reason enough for me to skip the film, no matter how many people say the film is worth it. That being said: Stranger Than Fiction was completely worth all the tooth-pulling it took to get me to see it. Good flick. Everyone has a winner now and then.

    RE: Adam Sandler – Not quite as abismal as Wil Ferrell. He at least has made multiple films worth watching, like Punch Drunk Love and The Wedding Singer. I like Waterboy in spite of myself. At best, though, he’s 50-50 hit or miss.

    Cj: have you been the girl wearing the pointy ears?

    M. Night Smalmylamarama has proved over and over that he knows nothing about film… but he can direct, so there’s hope for Air Bender… As long as he doesn’t edit the film…

  161. Your love is…
    ike finger nails on a chalkboard.
    Your love is…
    like throwing myself overboard,
    A breakdown on a motorway,
    A heart attack on Christmas day,
    Like scaling a cliff
    then falling off,
    Like trying not to cough,

    And I didn’t see this one coming,
    now I’m in too deep
    I didn’t see this one coming,
    now I’m in too deep
    I think I’ll just keep swimming
    down, down, down
    There’s no point in trying
    to turn back now

    I’m drowned
    I’m drowned

    Your love is…
    like sand inside a bathing suit
    Your love is…
    a symphony with the sound on mute,
    A letter to the wrong address,
    Or red wine on a wedding dress,
    Like broken bones
    in my playing hand
    Like trying to swallow
    sand

    And I didn’t see this one coming,
    now I’m in too deep
    I didn’t see this one coming,
    now I’m in too deep
    I think I’ll just keep swimming
    down, down, down
    There’s no point in trying
    to reach dry ground

    I’m drowned
    I’m drowned

    Your love is…
    like one last breath of salty air
    Your love is…
    like a map that leads to nowhere,
    A wine glass on a concrete floor,
    The overuse of metaphor,
    The straight ahead
    in a sideways glance,
    Like the misstep
    in a dance,

    And I didn’t see this one coming,
    now I’m in too deep
    I didn’t see this one coming,
    now I’m in too deep
    I think I’ll just keep swimming
    down
    There’s no point
    in turning ’round

    I’m drowned
    I’m drowned

    –Drowned, by Tim Minchin

  162. M. Night Smalmylamarama: What a twist!

    Wil Ferrell: Elf was really good too, but yes, Stranger Than Fiction was his best work. The man can actually act.

    Adam Sandler: YOU CAN DO IT!

  163. Waterboy is worth watching once. And Happy Gilmore is funny on multiple viewings, but I don’t care to see any other Adam Sandler movies. Will Farrel? I kinda liked Old School, but he wasn’t the main character.

  164. Still not fully caught up, just needed to heap venom upon Adam Sandler (although Punch Drunk Love was excellent).

    Will Ferrell is really funny, was consistently the best of his SNL generation, yet all of his movies suck. Except Stranger Than Fiction.

  165. I actually, kind of like Audacity, other than its lack of stability and its strange way of changing my mic’s input levels. On the topic of microphones I find it odd that the built in mic on my $35 Sansa Clip sounds way better than my hand held digital recorder, my PDA or any of my microphone headsets for the computer. It’s somewhat inconvient to record to the player then upload the waves into Audacity, but it still sounds better than any other way. I guess I need to spend the big bucks on a decent USB mic.

  166. Damn WP put me in purgatory hell!!!!

    I repeat:

    *sigh*

    When hubby said he “needed an accessory for his pedal”, I thought it would be less… stringy

    *sigh*

    (kind of loses impact the second time around.

  167. I told him all these are his version of a mid-life crisis. The funny thing is, he totally agreed with me.

    I guess it’s better than a new sports car with a blond seat cover 😉

  168. Love Emerald City

    Love the Sarah Silverman video

    Love the BSG stealthiness

    Love that I spent a total of $97.00 and change on groceries today and my coupon savings were $99.00 and change.

    neato

  169. Re: the Sarah Silverman video. There is actually a response video called I’m F’ing Ben Affleck that is quite funny as well.

  170. Hubby better hurry up and restring. The whole purpose of these purchases is for MY listening pleasure. I don’t care about him at this point.

  171. Hubby’s laughing at me. Among other things my computer came with a ball cap (swag as my hubby says). I’m wearing the cap as I put my computer together.

  172. Bears don’t dig on dancin’
    They just don’t dig it.
    Bears don’t dig on dancin’

    Horses don’t mind being ridden
    Dogs just love to do our biddin’
    Mice find mazes quite relaxin’
    Bubbles really cared for Michael Jackson
    But bears don’t dig on dancing

    Budgies like to play with bells
    Lassie lifted kids from wells
    Elephants like shifting logs
    Dissection is fun for frogs
    But bears don’t dig on dancing

    Wee canaries mining coal
    Ferrets bred to fit in holes
    Dogs take blind folk into town
    Kangaroos Jump Around.

    Bears are surprisingly disinterested in dancing.

    If you go into the woods today,
    You’d better go in disguise.
    If you go into the woods today,
    Prepare for a big surprise.
    Cos every bear that ever there was
    Will gather there for certain because
    Today’s the day the bears are having a rave.

    All around are grumpy bears
    Sitting there on plastic chairs
    Hanging out in sullen pairs
    They just don’t dig on dancin’

    Bears just cannot keep the beat
    Most of them have two left feet
    They like fighting and eating meat,
    And hibernating, lazy fuckers
    They just don’t dig on dancing

    You can hire the best DJ
    They won’t boogie anyway
    Bears all reckon dancing’s gay.
    Homophobic hairy fuckers
    Just don’t dig on dancin’.

    Bears don’t dig on dancin’
    They just don’t dig it.
    Bears don’t dig on dancin’

    Dolphins like autistic kiddies
    Cats are good for aging biddies
    Pigeons fly to bring you letters
    Sheep get shorn to make your sweaters.

    Camels hump, donkeys haul
    A seal can catch a rubber ball
    I’ve seen monkeys wearing pants
    But bears think they’re too good to dance
    Motherfuckers don’t dig on dancing.

    –Bears Don’t Dig on Dancing, by Tim Minchin

  173. Lejon, Butter cream is awesome but is also the worst offender to my innards.
    I have to eat carrot cake slowly because of that which is one of the few good cakes.

  174. Devon Miles

    One man can make a difference, Devon Miles is not that man, he’s the man behind the man that can make a difference. This is the story of the guy who pays to have the Knight Industries Two Thousand repaired and maintained. His is the story of the Knight Abider.

  175. > Go left

    You can’t go left.

    > Go left

    You can’t go left.

    > Go left

    I’m telling you, you can’t go left.

    > Go left

    I just said you can’t go left. Aren’t you paying attention?

    > Go left

    This is the last time I’m telling you. You can’t go left.

    > Go left

    Okay, you go left.

  176. re: Robotech: I actually think Toby Maguire may be a pretty good pic. I don’t know who this Kasdan chap is, but he seems to have pretty good credentials. That all being said, it’s going to be a CG-fest, and will look like shite. What I wouldn’t give for some crazy kit-bashing fools to take that project over.

  177. Vanamonde: Really? That’s hilarious!

    My father told me the old text-adventure game Hitchhiker’s Guide had a segment in the game that basically went kind of what I posted, and you couldn’t win the game unless you were stubborn enough to get the program to allow you to go left. I’d kill someone.

  178. Work was okay, had to take things slow, but work in general seems to be very good rehab.

    I’ll have to catch up on e-mails tomorrow-ish.

  179. I won’t lie. Take my geek card if you like, but I won’t lie. I just started watching BSG. I heard all the complaints about the ending, but I guess I don’t get it. The mini-series and first couple of episodes that’s all they talk about… God this, God that, let’s pray, God will lead the way, etc, etc. So why again is everyone all mad about the ending?

    I’ll keep watching. Even though I know how it ends. It’s about the journey, not the destination. LOL

    I’m picking out a thermos for you… not an ordinary thermos for you…

  180. “The mini-series and first couple of episodes that’s all they talk about… God this, God that, let’s pray, God will lead the way, etc, etc. So why again is everyone all mad about the ending?”

    Dont even base on what the ending should have been on the mini-series and first few eps.

    The journey kicks fucking ass. And thats all you need.

  181. While I liked season 1 of BSG the best, the series as a whole was excellent. With the rest of the series so good, I don’t think it was possible for the writers to meet all the fanboy’s expectations.

  182. BSG = the shit. it is one of the few shows I intend to get on a blu-ray box set (lost is the only other at this point) this show is all the journey and if the journey didn’t end so soon I would be happy for maybe 2 more seasons than it got. maybe Capricais my answer to the more season question
    At that point might have gotten watered down but I could live with. I’m not sure how they could have strung it along that far but hay ER got 13 years, the Simpsons are still going, (insert other example here) made it that far.
    Off to watch lost in 10 minutes!

  183. I’ll suffer through a sucktastic journey in the hopes of an excellent destination. I will not suffer a terrible ending though. I will not add BSG to my collection because the ending didn’t provide the answers that were promised, it wasted time breaking characters, and was insulting to the series as a whole.

    On the other hand, I pretend that almost all of Roswell season 3 does not exist because it is totally out of character for the show. I understand why the producers did what they did… but no.

    Part of the reason I am savoring my way through Farscape is that I totally expect the ending to blow. And I just don’t want to spoil my good memories.

  184. I had a laser pointer and the cat loved it, but I used it so much that the on/off button broke (and I couldn’t figure out how to open the casing to replace it.)

    My wife bought a cheap little keychain laser pointer and… the cat would retrieve it. We don’t know where he drug it off to last.

  185. RE: BSG – Awesome, Awesome, Questionable but good, Awesome… but that last half hour…Yeah, two weeks in an editing chamber with the shit they cut out, and I could fix that.

    NS: The last ep of Season 4, which officially is the last ep of the series TOTALLY BLOWS…but not because it was bad. When you get to that point, you will see the “to be continued” notice display… but know this, IT WAS THE SERIES FINALLY. There was no indication that any more Farscape would be made at that point. So, I recommend holding off watching the follow up mini-series The Peacekeeper Wars for 6 months, in solidarity with those of us that had to put up with 18 months of waiting for anything on it.

    and no, I’m not BITTER at all…

  186. Lejon: You have mentioned that before, so I’m pretty sure that you are not bitter, not at all, about it. I was lucky enough to watch the first season and a half before losing cable. When I finally got cable again, Farscape AND TechTV were both gone.

    At least I had Mythbusters still.

  187. I feel events are conspiring against my attempt to see Kick Ass today. Vandalism on the track means it’s going to be easier to reach the cinema than get back home.

    Hmmmm!

  188. So I managned to transfer all my files last night but, while apple found all my music/podcasts it didn’t transfer my playlists. I guess I’ll have to re-sort everything out.

  189. I’m lovin’ the Windows Easy Transsfer. It did everything, including my outlook settings – just had to type in my passwords and away I went.

  190. “Though, I do think “The Plan” was much worse than the end of the series.”

    Ed I own The Plan (got it for Xmas) so I was able to view it more than once. After a couple viewings its my opinion that its 30minutes of awesome, 30 minutes of ok, and 45 minutes of complete ass. That being said, The Plan didnt almost destroy my love of the series as the last 30 minutes of the show did.

    Really, just watch The Plan for boobs and the awesome scenes of the Cylons blowing the hell out of the Colonies.

  191. NS – I think you are very funny! :silly:

    Ed – Happy Birthday to your little one!

    Good Morning Bunny and EssBee!

    Van – I hope the movie lives up to its name!

    Long Pan and Wolf – Good Morning. Boobs FTW.

    JN and ditto – Good Morning. Boobs FTW. (I got nothing else and it “bares” repeating)

  192. Is it wrong that I want to take my coffee into the shower with me? I really don’t like having to leave it while I shower. I miss it so much for those 15 minutes.

  193. Nomad Scry: A friend of mine gave me his copies of Details magazine. In general, it’s just a pretty bad rag. But of particular note are the models in many of the ads and shots used in said rag. It’s as though middle-school-age children suddenly are wearing multi-thousand-dollar outfits and drinking booze. I must be approaching the same age as the sphinx.

  194. Nomad Scry: Hahaha. Yes, Ministry doesn’t shoot for melody or clarity.

    re: serial number:

    Nomad Scry Says:
    March 31st, 2010 at 7:13 am

    There is something about 11th’s forehead that makes me think he is quite a bit older.

    I was just typing to hear myself type.

  195. And in regards to stucco:

    You can even get stucco. Oh, can you get stuck-o. These plots of land come with my personal guarantee. Why, if this land doesn’t double in value within the next year, I don’t know what you can do about it.

    /nipple-babble

    /for now

    /maybe

  196. Well, I liked the lyric that Lo quoted. It was evocative. But I can’t say I like their music. I mistakenly thought I did and picked up one of their albums at a yard sale and was disappointed to find it was noise. I’m even more disappointed if the lyrics are usually good.

    I wish the neighbor would cease vacuuming.

  197. I can readily agree that Ministry is not for everyone. Lady J loaned a coworker their Filthpig album. She said she made it about halfway through the first song.

    I think Psalm 69 is solid, as is The Land of Rape and Honey. Filthpig is good, but probably only for people who are already fans. However I bought another album years ago, it had the song “Over Your Shoulder” or something like that on it. I thought is was a big pile of steaming bird poop.

  198. On a similar subject, we often talk about the high quality of some lyrics in Pearl Jam’s songs, which you can rarely make out. It’s disappointing.

  199. Still can’t figure out why my home computer hates iTunes. When I play a video in iTunes (just like when I play a flash-based game) my processor goes up to 100% usage and I get LAG! Sound is always good, but the video doth sucketh. I think I”ll blame my video card (or lack of as it’s an on-board chip set)

    NS: go cut her power 🙂

    JN: Ministry RAWKS! WOO WOO!

  200. Nomad Scry: I can surely understand, then.

    JRMurdock: We HAVE been tight-keyboarded, haven’t we?

    Rhettro: Well done. I already am yelling for kids to get off of my lawn.

  201. I remember seeing Saturday Night Fever in theaters. God I feel old now. But I don’t feel as old as WNDR as my oldest is 12 and my youngest is 12. 🙂 There can be only 1!!!

  202. I remember walking through a mall with my folks. I saw a sign offering the movie “Staying Alive” in a cinema. I said I wanted to watch it, clearly just getting into violence. I was told it wasn’t the genre of movie I thought it was. I assumed they were lying.

  203. Yep. I have a couple interesting scars from a house iron. Probably should be a dumb-ass memory, but I was 3 or 4. I had some other, less severe, burns. I’m not afraid of fire, but I do respect how much that shit hurts.

  204. EssBee you are to kind. I was a bit older when the oldest was born…
    FYI – It took almost four years for the number of episodes of Wander Radio to be larger than my age. (Although that happened recently…)

  205. Oh, and every time I refresh, the Pixie part at the top of the page reminds me of the pixie bits in this episode. I thought they were really comical.

  206. I have interesting scars on my arms from when I took a lighter and started to burn a plastic rope (broken) that was used for our swings and it melted quickly and dripped on my hands and arms. I remember looking at it burning on my hand and freaking out and WIPING it off and watching it spread. Being 8 I didn’t think to rub it in the dirt or anything. NOOOO I rubbed it on my pants :))

  207. Good Morning, :pan: !

    The 11th Doctor (matt smith) is 26 years old… the forehead thing, does make me wonder though…

    My wife actually used to listen to Ministry… and Sisters of Mercy… I wonder if we have any CDs…

    I received a couple small burns when cooking Caramel Corn…So basically I haven’t had any real experience in this area… but Hot Caramel…OUCH…

  208. Well I’m going to be very predictable here.

    Kick Ass was kickass.

    But I haven’t read the comic book it’s based on.

    Oh fans of first season of the new Dr Who, will notice a bad guy playing a heavy….

  209. EssBee: I saw a sign once saying that no outfit is complete without dog hair. We, by necessity, agree. Of course, we have a cat and a dog, so we’ve got both corners covered.

  210. *turning all music discussion back to Nevermore* The Nevermore has a kick ass song called “The Psalm of Lydia.” The lead singer of Nevermore did a good cover of the Sisters of Mercy song “Lucretia My Reflecton.”

  211. ditto: Thanks for the heads-up. I believe this is rather old news, but always good to bring up again. Adobe is an abomination, security-ly-speaking.

    A partial solution is use another PDF reader, like SumatraPDF.

  212. I wonder if it has anything to do with the movie support that is part of the format. There’s some weird stuff in here.

    JN: Yeah, Adobe certainly should be doing better than they have.

  213. Jack: Interesting. I started skimming that. There was a good talk about this during The Last HOPE. I also read there was a study that showed people liked music more if they thought other people would like it.

  214. “Blink” is a great book that I read a year or two ago. In it, there was a discussion about not only the production of music, but the fact that corporate radio uses a *formula* to determine whether a song should be a hit or not, and how often the song should be placed into the rotation. The interesting thing is that there was an artist that was highly followed on the web and highly requested on MTV and yet the formula hated him. So, he never got any airplay.

  215. The following sentence comes from my desk calendar.

    When spoken aloud, it sounds like a more sensible sentence.

    Un petit d’un petit, S’etonne aux Halles
    (This is the first line of a poem from Mots d’Heures: Gousses, Rames by Luis d’Antin Van Rooten. Despite appearances, the poem and book title are in English, not French)

    Can you tell what it is?

  216. Has ZP liked anything recently? I’m trying to remember the last thing he didn’t totally rip upon.

    Rapturous Turpitude

    You know you wanna…..

  217. [catchup post]

    TEB: Glad to hear your new computer is working so well for you.

    Happy birthday to Ed’s and Rhettro’s little ones!

    Re: Cj’s lunch of muenster on pumpernickel: You know what’s delicious? Make a sandwich with muenster cheese and apricot jam on
    rye bread, and then grill it until the cheese is all melted. It’s AMAZING.

    JR: You’re welcome!

    [/catchup post]

    CE: brownie
    CD: tea

  218. I know of one PDF reader that is not vulnerable to the exploit (there is a sample PDF available that attempts to launch cmd.exe). Jack probably knows which one I’m thinking of :woot:

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