Jack Mangans Deadpan #181: My Mind Went Somewhere Else

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Jack Mangans Deadpan #181: My Mind Went Somewhere Else

Jack’s soliloqy

Promo – Into The Dark (http://savethevillain.com/)

Goodnight Moon (bwa ha ha ha ha!)

Deadpan is the way (we all love you Jack!)

Musical interlude

Paul Maki calls from work

Greasy Comments (It’s the Vanamonde show!)
Vanamonde (first of the week)
Vanamonde
The Energizer Bunny
Vanamonde
Rhettro
Vanamonde
Vanamonde

60 Lines part two outtakes.

Jack continues his discourse

Mark Twain? (Jack needs to brush up on his geography)

Closing Music

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1,308 thoughts on “Jack Mangans Deadpan #181: My Mind Went Somewhere Else

  1. Wow, I had all these ideas for stuff to send Jack but a special project for Slice of SciFi got me sidetracked. Sorry, Jack I’ll catch up in the next week.

  2. I feel strangely compelled to write comments. And there is a strange compulsion building to call with the contents of my fridge. We’ll see where it goes.

  3. my wireless network decided to take a shit on my just before lunch yesterday so i didn’t get to watch the event. Hopefully I’ll get to it today.

  4. what did i learn from the experience:
    1 Always carry and umbrella
    2 when Cisco is nearly giving something away it will be on a fast track obsolescences and out of support status.

  5. 6th thing I learned. NEVER EVER hand equipment in a place where your lift can’t even get to if you can help it. I would like to know how the hell he got it up there in the first to

  6. Bunny, it has been a good learning experience. before this issue i didn’t really know that much about our wireless. it is the only way we get programs to the machining centers so I didn’t want to mess with it to much. now i had to.

  7. Apparently the condensation from my wife’s ice water got into her iPhone last night. It keeps announcing that it is connected to an unauthorized device… and it isn’t connected to anything. Only six months till I can get her a new phone.

  8. NS, That might work if most of the PCs were not on the other side of cinder block walls from the Machining centers. The terminals on the shop floor running XP Embedded probably wouldn’t support the software needed to do that. and people turn off there PC at night.

  9. reaper said:
    when Cisco is nearly giving something away it will be on a fast track obsolescences and out of support status.

    What was it, if you don’t mind my asking? As a candidate for certified Cisco tech status, it’s a good idea for me to know these things. (Actually, it’s good for me to know all the things you learned. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 )

  10. Amy, Our radios are find (1220B) but the manager is the problem WLSE (Wireless LAN Solution Engine) it was available for about 6 months for $700 back in 2006. The about page says this:
    (C) Copyright 2006 by Cisco Systems Inc.
    Appliance 2.13wlse Fri Jan 6 23:20:18 UTC 2006
    WLSE 1030 Release 2.13FCS Wed Feb 22 02:00:55 UTC 2006
    (build number 299)

    for the moment I just defaulted all the radios and than set the SSID’s IP’s and turned the radios on. This model (and probably all other Cisco APs) have the radio turned off by default. kind of annoying to need to turn on a radio when the only point of the device is to be a radio.

    I also set over lapping AP’s to different channels so they don’t keep channel hopping. that confuses the radios in the Machining centers because they are not very advanced.

    Happy to help. It is amazing how frustrating it can be to have an AP 4ft above the reach of a ladder when the lift is being used in an extremely important and time sensitive project.

  11. The XP embedded would probably be an issue because those usb sticks require a driver install to work. And that’s if you had open access to a spare usb port.

    The one machine I work with that I know for certain runs XP embedded is a shrink wrapper. I can’t think of any reason for it to need wireless network access. =)

  12. So when you tell Hulu that you only want full TV episodes why does it give me excerpts and what I asked for.

    Dear Hulu,
    Stop That.
    Reap

    *looks for rolled up newspaper*

  13. EssBee, my Boo explored with her sexuality a bit before deciding to stay with the guy she’s with. Luckily for her, John and I have a very whatever attitude so she could bring them home for dinner and we would be fine. Actually, to be honest, she had this one girlfriend that I think I liked best of all her “friends” including her current boyfriend.

    Just as a side, her boyfriend is nice and I don’t have a problem with him, I just liked her girlfriend better *shrug*

  14. Dan Savage created the project after a recent suicide. It might just be the day, but it’s pretty emotional for me. I think it’s wonderful.

    I shouldn’t have just said “parents” above, also. Everyone.

  15. Yeh … is there someone who can go to Jeremy’s link and clue those people in as to where that came from … in a nice way.

    Having mistakingly read the ignorant comments first … I am unable to represent Deadpan in a kind and informative manor.

  16. Oh … and who ever is hogging the Deadpan comment line, how about taking a break. 😉
    I’ve been getting a busy signal from the comment line for over an hour and a half now.
    (seriously. Did the cat knock it off the hook or something?)

  17. Today’s movie is called Frozen. The DVR writeup:

    In this tale to make the blood run cold, three snowboarders are trapped on a ski lift as they’re heading up the Mountain. Dan, Joe and Parker manage to get on the lift, but their luck turns to terror when the chairs suddenly stop.

    Sounds like a winner to me. 🙂

  18. Rules: Really do I need to go over these again?

    Spelling, spoilers and silliness are either optional or abound. Pause in the middle to check on work. Kitty is watching too so she may have the occasional comment.

  19. A sign of class:

    Q: What did the 14 year old girl say to her dad when she lost her virginity?

    A: Get off me, you’re crushing my Malbroughs.

    That’s how you pass time on a stopped ski lift.

  20. I’m having issues with the fact they seem to abandon the ski lift/lodge/area for a week between opening. YOu’d think there’d at least be some form of security. There is here. People try to ski on off time all the time.

  21. I was going to say that like ditto, I’ve experience a total of two snowstorms with a lot of lightning in my lifetime. It was pretty creepy each time it happened.

  22. One way to warm up . . .

    Hey, I just left a test voicemail and received the file, so whatever was wrong appears to be fixed.

    While I’m glad my jokey content guilt trip worked, I do hope everyone realize it was 100% joke, especially in light of other recent community events.

  23. Both thundersnows I’ve witnessed occured on the plains of Kansas. I didn’t know that lightning could exist in a snowstorm so I was pretty freaked out the first time in happened. LOL

  24. Maybe it’s because I’m in a snow town but the things they’re doing wrong… I’d never do that. But then, I’ve never had the desire to fall off a mountain with sticks tied to my feet (ski) so it wouldn’t be an issue anyway

  25. While I know I’ll often make dumb-ass comments during a movie then turn around at the end and say it was ok and possibly recommend it, I’m not doing it to this one. Take my word for it – DON’T WATCH THIS MOVIE!!! Be glad that I went through the pain for you.

  26. Feeling more like a zombie than a human spider hybrid, although I do not have any cravings for brains. Based on my crack doctorial skills and Google Fu, I think I got bit by an Arizona Brown Spider, which is basically a Brown Recluse. Debating on going to the doctor or not.

  27. Tomorrow I have to decide which movie to watch. I have the following:

    The Fourth Kind
    Wizard of Gore
    13: Game of Death

    If there’s any you DON’T want me to do a PBP on (spoilers on a movie you may want to see yourself) let me know.

  28. Well Van, I went out jogging early last Friday morning and noticed the swelling on my stomach after I showered. It itched and I just thought it was a bad mosquito bite I got while jogging. However it has become an infected sore with necrotized tissue that matches the photos of a brown recluse bite perfectly. My new theory is that a spider got in my drawer, sat on my shorts and bit me when I got dressed before I went out. I guess that means I need to bait for spiders.

  29. Wizard of Gore and 13: Game of Death both look pretty interesting.

    The Fourth Kind looks like the kind of new movie that I tend not to like because it bases it’s “horror” on the audience believing shit that I just don’t believe (e.g. The haunting in Connecticut). I can suspend disbelief just fine. No need to try and get me to actually buy into ghosts and alien abductions.

    :gets off skeptic soap box:

  30. Anybody else watch the finale of Warehouse 13? Opinions?

    As much as I like this show in general, this whole season seemed really rushed to me. For example, love interests (particularly Pete’s) went from 0 to 100MPH across a single episode. Character development happened too fast to feel comfortable with the changes. I think they would have been better off spreading the story arcs across a few seasons or focusing on fewer arcs and developing them to a greater depth.

  31. I gave up on W13 in it’s first season.

    I did catch the season opener of “Glee” and I have to say … “Not so much.”
    I’m putting that one on my “I’ll give it three tries” list.
    If it can’t get me back in the next 2 episodes I’m moving on.

  32. I’m almost finished with the audiobook of “The Help,” and I’m really enjoying it. The writer and all of the actors do an amazing job of creating a real place and time through the words they write and say.

  33. I was disappointed with The Fourth Kind, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. UsedHair nails it.

    Also, W13 season two is much better than season one. Though I haven’t seen the finale yet. I just wish io9 hadn’t spoiled me on it. 🙁

  34. I’m going to watch W13 or Eureka today
    Now in my Hulu queue I also have Out Soured, the office, community, and modern family. Guess it is a good thing my wife is going out for a friends birthday.
    My Tivo also has the Colony and The Universe on it.

  35. I had a roommate for a while that worked at BlockBuster and I changed his name tag to say Mr. PatatoHead. he got to the car and noticed I changed it. I was very disappointed when I dropped by to get some movies. I still have that name tag hanging in my cube.

    I’m not disappointed Blockbuster’s demise either.
    I like the graph.

  36. I don’t mourn Blockbuster … but I do feel a loss of what it once was. I can remember the first video rental stores in “my neck of the woods” as a place of wonder and excitement. Inviting the gang over to watch a movie was a real novelty and when you walked into that first store there was a sense of excitement for the evening.
    Blockbuster took that and cranked it up to “11”. Of course, they killed those first mom & pop video rental shops but “the Video” was KING.

    For better or worse, Blockbuster quickly became the center of the weekend entertainment kingdom.

    Now, that era is over. While Netflix embraced technological change, Blockbuster failed to evolve. No, I don’t mourn Blockbuster (heck, I don’t even buy DVD’s. I download from Amazon when I DO get a chance to watch video) but I do feel a sense of nostalgic loss for the end of an era.

  37. We haven’t rented videos from a store in a very long time. That being said, when hubby was going for his master’s degree, he worked part time at the local Rogers Video which is a Canadian competitor to Blockbuster. So I suppose they do have a place in our hearts too (long hours, low pay, stupid customers that ask why there are black lines above and below the picture, etc.)

  38. I did also enjoy taking the boy out to browse the Blockbuster shelves and pick out a movie or 2.
    I did NOT enjoy being taken for granted as a customer and the hopelessness of ever getting ahold of cool, obscure indy flicks.

  39. We do still visit the Blockbuster store fairly regularly. We use them for the mail rental and get to trade mailed movies for in store rentals. We tend to do that if there is a new release we want to pick up.

    It will be interesting to see if Blockbuster can actually regroup in bankruptcy or if it will die off completely.

  40. I haven’t been pleased with my Blockbuster experiences for nearly a decade. I do miss my local Hollywood Videos though. They disappeared a few years back, taking with them the only real competition for GameStop. And I detest/boycott GameStop.

  41. I didn’t realize! There was a National Punctuation Day.

    I didn’t, realize there was a National Punctuation Day?

    I didn’t realize. There was a National Punctuation Day.

    I didn’t realize? There was a National Punctuation Day!

  42. Re: Blockbuster

    If they will embrace the “Netflix” business model they should be able to survive as there is plenty of room in the market. Without buying out Netflix and somehow owning the content libraries directly from the studios though, they will never be the 800 pound gorilla they once were.

  43. Ok Panites!

    In my effort to grow the comments page. It’s movie time!

    Month end is coming, so this will be the last until possibly sometime mid-month next month.

  44. Today’s move, by popular demand 😉 is 13: Game of Death. The DVR write up:IN this taut and gripping psychological thriller, a man who has just lost his job is offered a chance to win a fortune on a reality game show if he can complete 13 challenges that become increasingly bizarre and twisted.

    It gave the movie 3 stars, which is actually quite high praise as it doesn’t usually give any.

  45. The movie so far:

    We are at the half way point. Seven challenges completed. He’s bruised, battered, covered in poop vomit and the police are after him.

    What will happen next…

  46. I have to admit, this a an interesting movie and I quite enjoyed it. There were some parts I couldn’t watch but I expected that.

    The one complaint I have is the fact that this was the dubbed version. I much prefer watching subtitled version of movies

  47. I’ve was burned once by GS. I pre-ordered (and paid for) a game but, because I didn’t pick it up the day of release (one or two days later not a long wait), they sold it to someone else. Sold out of the game and I had to wait for the next shipment. They wouldn’t refund my money but gave me a gift card instead so it would still cost me to get the game elsewhere. From what I understand I’m not the only one this has happened to.

  48. Also, Gamestop, at least in Canada, has a very poor in store PC selection. They seem to prefer console games. It’s easier for me to get my PC game fix on line. I order directly from EA for things like Dragon Age or Mass Effect, etc. Amazon if I can but Amazon Canada does not carry many games. Barring that Gamestop on line. I’d rather have it delivered to me than go through the hassle of dealing with the store.

  49. I did see “Outsourced” … it wasn’t horrific like it really could have been but I just don’t know how it’s going to avoid becoming an endless, cliche’, Indian misunderstanding an American word/idea fest.

    I’ll give it another week … it’s always possible that it could be a well written show that just happens to take place in a foreign land as opposed to being endless one-liners. It could happen.

  50. EssBee sez: Oh, Madonna…

    why?????

    oh 🙂 ah yes Desperately Seeking Susan… sigh.. memories.
    1985 this Smarty Hottie was QUITE Madonna obsessed. I mean seriously scary obsessed.

    (side note which the sexier of the smarty hottie pair would appreciate: 1985 was also the year of the Chicago Bears.. will our team ever reach such glory again????)

    Hugh sez: *sobs* I heart you 85 Bears!!

    poor. poor Hugh.

    I used to be able to say every single 1 of Madonna’s lines in the movie and my friend and I would sneak out of the house looking very normal and redress ourselves ala Madonna and try and repeat the lines from the movie exactly the same way she did…. lol… omg.
    In a way I wish there was video evidence of this. Talk about embarrassing.

  51. Dear DJ Bunny

    Fucktardbot would like to thank you for your contribution to the comment count

    and to engage in a little deadpanite policing.. you could play by play the episodes too! 😉

    I know, I know.. thats my job. For which I fail miserably week in and week out.

    but again.. I’ve had a damn good excuse.

    I am working on it. Once we are back home in Chicago mehopes to be able to do it more. Sorry, Jackamo. You know we love you.

  52. lol.. funniest comment of this visit goes to.. justa j0e!!!

    justa J0e sez:

    I didn’t realize! There was a National Punctuation Day.

    I didn’t, realize there was a National Punctuation Day?

    I didn’t realize. There was a National Punctuation Day.

    I didn’t realize? There was a National Punctuation Day!

    why did I find this so histerical?
    Maybe because of my inability to use punctuation at all

  53. The only way that gets weird is if you think of the Johnny Cash song about Folsom Prison….

    No pressure about any play-by-plays. Your priorities are in the right place, Smarty Hotties.

    And speaking of priorities – – Amy, that sounds like a perfect plan.

  54. This ridiculous song stuck in my brain for years:

    Hey, back when I was going to school
    I never learned a thing
    All I did was daydream
    A-waitin’ for the bell to ring
    I had a certain teacher
    I always tried to impress her
    When she stood up in the classroom
    I would mentally undress her
    Then one day I decided
    That I would write a little letter
    She said the spelling was a masterpiece
    The punctuation could be better
    I understood what she was saying
    I got the gist of her sentiment
    She said, “I don’t mean to be degrading
    But here’s the way that it shoulda went”

    I love you period
    And do you love me question mark
    Please, please exclamation point
    I want to hold you in parentheses
    I love you period
    And do you love me question mark
    Please, please exclamation point
    I want to hold you in parentheses

    Come on, come on, come on

    Right on up to high school
    People said I was a writing fool
    All my letters became really great
    With punctuation that was never late
    But I was having trouble meeting girls
    I never knew the things to say
    Soon I had ’em all overwhelmed
    When they heard me talk this way
    Like this

    I love you period
    And do you love me question mark
    Please, please exclamation point
    I want to hold you in parentheses
    I love you period
    Do you love me question mark
    Please, please exclamation point
    I want to hold you in parentheses, come on
    I love you period
    And do you love me question mark
    Well, please, please exclamation point
    Yeah, I want to hold you in parentheses
    Oh, oh, oh
    Whoo

  55. There’s a broken beam inside of the big, big bridge
    I guess that whole thing is caving in
    Maybe it is time I learn how to swim

    I’ll be a dolphin
    I’ll be a dolphin

  56. It’s 10am already? Ive been at work since 5:30.. time is flying – I’m toying with the idea of going on break to Starbucks… do I want Starbucks?

    I really don’t.

    My tummy would be angry.

    Someone left a container of Strawberry shortcakes on my desk… leftovers.

    They are SO not my thing. They are like…from Walmart and meh.. I’m takign them to the lunchroom.

  57. Considering working on some projects for the Deadpan tonight while Darcy continues working on apparel for her sister’s rapidly approaching wedding.

    Would have last night, but…

    Yup OT

  58. TEB: That always surprises me when I hear that. Are they typical gamer girls? No. But, all of them are fairly well known for being gamers and being involved in the gaming community. Michele Boyd even plays “Riley” in The Guild. To dismiss their gamer cred solely because they are beautiful is ridiculous.

  59. MEME TIME!

    Someone posted this on Facebook.

    Let’s play!

    You can have a time machine .. BUT it can only transport you to the PAST or FUTURE and back… What do you choose?? Future ?? Past??? why??

  60. Here’s what I said:

    There are many reasons I can think of to go back to the past for both enjoyment and to correct mistakes, but ultimately, I’d fear that I’d alter the way things are now. Because I have this amazing family, I would not want to change anything… that could affect it.

    However, if I could see what lies ahead, I could possibly make a better life for my children going forward. I’d have to say the future wins.

  61. win the lottery, grab a stock market report … use the resulting funds to build a time machine to go back and forth at your own whim.
    … or maybe use the money to build a life-like “love-bot”.

    It’s a tough call.

  62. Finally cracked the seal on Halo3:ODST

    Nice to be back in the Halo universe..I’ll have to get Reach at some point.

    3.30am here, night all.

  63. Van, I commented to hubby that you should be in bed when we saw you were on line :happy:

    hubby has ODST bust hasn’t finished H3 yet so hasn’t started It yet

  64. Van – I don’t think the word forever means what they think it means.

    I really wish I had one of those tapes just so I could pester the company.

  65. The burning question though is really… does it lift and separate? How much support does it offer.

    I mean… really, breathing is important, but I need support too.

  66. EssBee – You asked about book recommendations earlier. I don’t know if Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis is available in an audio edition, but it was a really neat read. A tad slow/dry in some spots, but the story itself was good.

  67. Katy Perry is fun to look at but the sound at SNL sucks. as far as her music goes I just chalk it up to flavor of the year
    Weekend update is the part I laughed at most the rest was still just ok unless i’m forgetting a segment

  68. now to watch 30 Rock
    I think it is time to hook a PC to the Main TV. I have 13 subscription on Hulu and unless Tivo starts supporting it (or something similar) I will need a other way to get content up there. I would rather not torrent but since Tivo now support .MKV files it is tempting.

  69. I just started downloading The Gathering Storm. I read it when it came out, but I think I’ll listen now. Sly B refuses to read any more of the series until it’s all done, but I can’t help it. I’ll probably read the whole thing again.

  70. its hard to watch TV at a reasonable volume with someone mowing there lawn.

    *yells out window “Get off your Lawn”*

    wait that doesn’t make scene

  71. Just hooked up a home theater system to a turn table in my home office. Now I can listen to my large vinyl collection when I want to be distracted from doing real work. I may also try to get my daughter to start listening to music as a primary activity (as opposed to only hearing it in the background). I’m sure that if she knew about some of the incredible stories being told is stuff like Rush 2112, she would actually want to listen more. She’s missing out on so much.

  72. I have hooked up the laptop also but my wife likes to use it when when we are watching TV. it is also a very small one so the fan keeps spinning up and down. hooking the PC up will be cleaner because the TV is in front of an air return vent i can use as a cable path to leave the PC in the basement. I already have the cable extenders sitting around and with my new Job they gave me a computer for home so the old one is just sitting there.

  73. She already likes Rush and most other classic rock. I just want her to take the next step and actually listen specifically to the music instead of just using it as background noise. I just gave her my old iPhone to use as an iPod touch and she has enjoyed all of the music I put on there so far. I think that when she has the headphones on and is listening on the school bus or in the car she is reaching that next level. I’m just not sure she’s paying attention to the lyrics.

  74. I know the difference, but that doesn’t make me feel any better about the 40 minute drive home in an hour..

    MUST.WAKE.UP.

    I might need to take a brisk walk around the building!

  75. EssBee – Yes, that’s right. For those who can’t wait the six more weeks until the book comes out, you can enjoy the priveledge of paying to read the prolouge early. They’re doing the same thing on Audible as well.

  76. Of course, those who bought it are double suckers. Once for having bought the prologue early, and again because they are now amped up for the next book but still can’t get the rest of it until November.

    I think I can muster the willpower to hold out for the whole story until November.

    I’m also sticking to my vow that I won’t reread any of the WOT until the series is complete. At least now it looks like we have a good chance of seeing then end of the series.

  77. Just listened to some swell program on National Public Radio.
    They were interviewing the subject of a new book. Didn’t catch the name.
    The guy is a muslim American from New Orleans who sent his family to safety before Katrina hit but stayed behind to help.
    He and three neighbors had a small canoe and over a period of several days, they rescued numerous people.
    … until they were apprehended by heavily armed, out of state, law enforcement types who had heard all the frightening rumors and had come to town to stop the terrorist.
    Having found no terrorists, they arrest this guy and his neighbors because they were clearly of middle eastern descent.
    So this guy spent weeks (months?) in a “secret” holding facility.
    Those that ran the facilitydidn’t enter them into their records because they were Homeland Securities prisoners.
    The CONTRACTORS that had detained them and brought them there didn’t enter them into “the system” because they had incentive NOT to have them tried. Seems Homeland Security was paying THEM (and the holding facility) by the day for every “terrorist suspect” they were detaining.

    No good deed goes unpunished.
    sweet

  78. I think the Galena is for the Oktober Fest!
    I have two orders worth ‘o beer sitting here waiting to be brewed.
    FedEx took 5 days to deliver it and by then my brewing buddy had gone out of town.
    He won’t be back for 2 weeks. 🙁

    So I won’t get my Oktoberfest til November.

  79. LOL
    He has the brew pots. Plus, I think that the 3 – 4 hours of brewing/shooting the breeze may be as much fun as actually drinking the stuff.

    I do have 5 gallons of hard cider bubbling away in my brew cellar!
    I cooked that up Last Friday.

  80. well that’s 1 way of looking at it.

    personally I usually brew alone so all I care about is cranking out the beer so I can drink it later, and perfect my recipes

  81. CD: 2348 Schwartzbier Ale, homebrew again since I used an ale yeast it tastes more like a stout than a dark lager (the definition of a schwartzbier)

  82. “the archives that of the vidcast that is” minus 50 grammar points and 5min in the penalty box for me. that is an ugly fragment of a sentence

  83. re: Brewing
    I think I do like making it as much as drinking it.

    My last two batches were so strong though … you couldn’t drink ONE of them if you had ANYTHING else you needed to get done the rest of the day! Sounds like a good thing but when your talking 4 cases of this stuff, that’s a lot of lost “man hours”.

  84. BTW – the other on brewed batch is a batch of Barley Wine.

    We do a pretty good Barely Wine. Problem is, it really needs to age 3 years to reach perfection. It is very hard to let the beer just sit there for 3 years.
    We do actually have a batch that will be 2 years old this Christmas. I allow myself 2 bottles of it every 6 months. That will leave 2 still left alive at the three year mark.

  85. MEME time.

    Pick up nearest book/magazine
    Turn to page 18 and read the 1st Sentence (in honor of DP EP#181)

    “Patterned after Baveria’s premier example of the style, Advantageous Weizenbock is a luxuriously rich, devastatingly strong, and complex beer with malt, fruit, and spice character.”

  86. JJ: yeah balancing brew with man hours is a pain at times. I would love to have a barleywine available, going to brew a low end 1.080 barleywine next weekend/ week after I bottle the beer currently in the fermentor I plan to use. I’m hoping it will be dialed down enough to be drinkable by christmas, then I’ll lay in a 1.100, and a 15% abv beer so I can get them aging to enjoy.

  87. Was “Barely Wine” a typo? Barleywine can be seriously good stuff. Four Peaks does a nice one.
    And on the subject, Ommegang is one of my favorite American craft breweries.

    Anyway. Feel better, J0e.

    Van: files received. I believe we’re ready for final editing.

  88. Meme:

    “Select and use a limited number of extracts so that you can rely on the results achieved from your brews.”

    “nearest book” in the this case being decided by easiest to grab

  89. CL: Indiefeed Performance Poetry: Scott Woods – Loving a Lesbian When You Have a Ding-A-Ling

    for every guy who thinks they can turn a girl straight

  90. Good poem

    [built like that]
    ©2001 Alix Olson.

    some art’s just like a teacup,
    when you’re looking for a beer
    some art, some art, it scares you and some,
    some art’s about the fear.
    some art is a highbrow thing
    some art’s about the eyebrow ring
    some art’s about the tattoo
    some art’s about the artist
    and that art’s not meant for you:

    but my art’s not made like that
    my art’s not meant for that
    no, my art’s not built like that
    my art’s not dressed for that.

    some art’s ecclesiastes,
    some art’s about the sin
    some art it seems just heavenly
    and that’s great if it lets you in.
    some art’s all multi-colored til it goes behind the scene
    it comes out all multi-corporate
    then it only comes in green:

    but my art’s not made like that
    my art’s not meant for that
    my art’s not built like that
    my art’s not dressed for that.

    some art’s a one-hit wonder why
    they think we’re deaf and dumb
    it’s like the disciples at the last supper
    if God fed ‘em bubble gum.
    some art’s a pedigree whitewash,
    a cryptic clean cover-up
    my art don’t need no ivory badge to back up
    what’s in its gut:

    my art’s not made like that
    my art’s not meant for that
    no, my art’s not built like that
    my art’s not dressed for that.

    some art don’t care about you,
    what you say or what you do
    my art’s the Mona Lisa
    and she’s looking straight at you.
    my art wears the same clothes seven days a week
    cause my art don’t seem to care about
    what other people think.
    some art’s real nice to look at,
    some art’s all neat and clean
    my art forgot her tampon
    and she’s bleeding through her jeans.
    my art forgot her tampon
    and she’s bleeding through her jeans
    yeah, my art don’t need no tampon
    she’ll just bleed through your dreams:

    my art’s just made like that
    my art’s just meant for that
    my art’s just built like that
    yeah, my art’s just dressed for that
    my art’s just made like that
    my art’s just meant for that
    my art’s just built like that
    my heart’s just
    built like that.

    and to really get the impact listen to her perform it…
    http://ilike.myspacecdn.com/play#Alix+Olson:Built+Like+That:2005353:m2184749

  91. CW: Fellowship of the Ring extended cut

    Be warned the following play by play will contain spoilers
    because lets face it, if you haven’t watched the Lord of the Rings by now you don’t care… bastards

  92. Remember when Alta Vista hit the scene? It was so amazing, ‘cuz you could just type in what you were looking for and it would give you back a bunch of webpages with those words in them.

    And then people made webpages with all the words in them.

  93. let’s see 2500 years plus 500 years, means the ring has been hiding for 3000 years! I wonder if the knights of the round table could do better

  94. “One ring to rule them all
    One ring to find them
    One ring to bring them all
    And in the darkness binf them”

    I always liked that bit of poetry

  95. Four cloaks like to stab at feather pillows, they must be allergic to down…

    They are wraiths! the kings great kings of men were greedy and jumped into the trap

  96. Oh noes! they will never stop hunting. Time to go camping into the wild!

    Hey now, no reason to insult Mr. strider it’s hard to find a shower in middle earth

  97. tangent: so is it the hops or the alcohol that gives me the munchies when I get drunk on beer?

    and yes the only plants are hops amd barlety, Mary Jane is not in my beer

  98. As for the pg 18 meme:

    “Where are you now?”

    First sentence on pg 18 of “The Stars My Destination” by Alfred Bester, which was a pretty durned cool 50s SF book.

    Goodnight :Foyle:

    Goodnight :Ralph:

  99. now they are in the mines, critical exposition about mithril, were you paying attention?

    Jack: I actually saw a special edition of the rankin/bass hobbit last time I was in bestbuy, I was tempted to go ahead and buy just because I am that much of a geek

  100. i just realized that it has been a long time since I’ve watched a LOTR movie all the way through without nodding off

    they make good bedtime stories for me 😀

  101. Legolas critically strikes cave troll! fatality

    Frodo lives! again

    Whew saved by the mithril! told you to pay attention to that earlier exposition

  102. “When the scary things act scared, that’s usually a bad sign” – Xander Harris

    smart man that Xander, big growly noise and all the orcs ran away, this is not for the win

  103. I was halfway through the second paragraph of the Rankin/Bass review when I got a warning that some of the content was from …

    I think it was “scarlet.ru”?

    Anyway, malicious content warning, basically.

    The question is, of course, is this a normal Chrome feature or a sophisticated phishing attempt? I dunno.

  104. Galadriel knows the price of power, and more importantly what the reflection is without looking into the mirror

    besides she already has pretty ring why would she want another?

  105. Impressive.

    MEME: When first stepping on a piece of land, how do you decide whether it’s right for your home?

    The Home Design Handbook

  106. Meme: For that reason, we recommend the use of converging operations and other forms of cross-checking of results of retrospective inquiries.
    -Working Minds: A Practitioner’s Guide to Cognitive Task Analysis

    Now if we’re looking specifically for the nearest fiction book:
    “Say, Jerry,” he said to me. “Your sister tells me her dahlias are wilting.”
    -Microcosmic Tales

  107. MEME:

    Improvements in housing, heating, farming, public health, the construction of sewage systems, the washing of hands in hospitals, and, in the twentieth century, the discovery of antiboitics — all these things together transformed our life expectancy.

    Long For This World: The Strange Science of Immortality

  108. To be fair, I am sitting right beside two of my “to be read” piles of books, so I could have equally chosen

    “They did not enter the room.” – The Sunset Warrior by Eric Van Lustbader
    “As if against her will a slight answering smile warmed her ladyship’s mouth.” – The Silent Tower by Barbara Hamby

    or even
    “The indigestion came back.” – Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon. I downloaded it this morning as a free Kindle book from Angry Robot. It was featured on Scalzi’s Whatever: Big Idea series a few weeks back and I had put it on my wish list… so this was fortuitous timing.

  109. page 18 meme:

    From “Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability”:

    “Your goal should be for each page to be self-evident, so that just by looking at it the average user will know what it is and how to use it.”

  110. Meme:

    “Likewise, when the students who had normal blood sugar levels while on the high-carbohydrate diet were put on any of the other three diets, they immediately developed diabetes as demonstrated by the dextrose tolerance test.”

    First sentence on P. 18 of “Reversing Diabetes – Reduce or EVEN ELIMINATE Your Dependence On Insulin or Oral Drugs” by Julian Whitaker, M.D.

  111. I’m at work. The only book I can find in this office is a magazine:

    RC Driver, June 2010, Issue 78
    Page 18

    1st sentence: Where did you get the awesome body-paint job or wrap shown in issue 76 (short-course special) for the Slash Attack project?

  112. Finished reading “Monster” by A. Lee Martinez over the weekend. Didn’t much care for it.

    It is interesting to compare it and “The Windup Girl” that I recently finished. Both have unlikeable characters. Both have imaginative worlds. Both have a character whose life drives the events of the book. Both have some aspect of the “divine” present. The execution, however, is extremely different.

    I rather enjoyed “The Windup Girl”.

  113. EssBee – I have this unfortunate habit of collecting information, weighing it, making a decision, and then forgetting all of the information that led to my decision. I remember that GameStop is bad, but I don’t remember why. I think it might be that they employees consistently ignore my wife or treat her like she is ignorant (when she’s the better gamer out of the two of us.) But it might be related to my distaste for the way they push pre-orders, or maybe the general discomfort I have about the used game market, or perhaps something else altogether.

    If it really was the first reason, then I probably should be pissed at Best Buy also. The jerks in the computer center will literally look over her head to answer her question at me. Like she’s invisible or too stupid to breath. Grrr.

  114. NS, good reasons! I find that in Best Buy, I can’t get anyone to help me when I need it; yet I have a swarm of annoying salespeople around me when I’m just browsing.

  115. NS, I thought it was way too soon also but couldn’t help it, it is funny.
    And bonus it worked!
    I never rode a segway but i was always interested in trying it.

  116. EssBee: I find that silly since that is *not* the way it works on 360. Oh well. The disc is on the way. I prefer streaming on my PS3 since it is wayyyyyy more quiet than my 360.

  117. The Segway never really did live up to it’s name did it.
    if i remember correctly it was going to change the way people moved in there daily lives.

  118. NS, I agree. I think there is a small difference. I have heard come of her Christmas music and didn’t turn it off. But I would never buy it because I can only have so many versions of Jungle Bell Rock.

  119. I suppose Ms. Aguilera does have a good voice but I’ve never heard anything but mass-pop from her.

    I would much rather listen to a good song performed by an “odd” voice (Elvis Costello, Rikki Lee Jones, Warren Zevon, TMBG, et) then a piece of crap, corporate produced song performed by a someone with a good voice.

    Just my personal preference.

  120. back to a topic from last week.
    TWIT has not gotten Jason for TNT from BOL. Is Molly next? Add Veronica and I think they have the best Tech New Podcast I ever listened to.

  121. Bah! I just got an offer on my couch for $50 over my asking price from a college student, but decided last night to give the couch to a couple who lost their home in the Fourmile canyon fire. Damn belief system . . .

  122. Wolf enjoyed the half hour show. I’ll take your word that the lass who does the audio reviews accent is real, but gawd she over does the POSH (which breaks at certain points of the review suggesting it’s put on).

    But I’m probably talking bollox.

  123. I think I will have to bring a jacket to work. It is 60 out side, very close to that in the shop, the AC is running, even though it is about 68 in here. I think the thermostat is set for 74 or maybe higher.
    I rarely get cold also.

  124. Half hour shows seems to make the most people happy (considering I have had 3 people weigh in on the topic) 2 of them here… the half hour shows are easier to put together. So I will just stick to it.

  125. So I have a mildly self-indulgent question…
    An old friend from NJ discovered my online presence, and was asking for some Deadpan episode recommendations. This thing goes back 4 years, are there any memorable episodes or skits that I should recommend? Or have we all wasted 4+ years on hundreds of hours of pointless audio?

    My first thoughts: the 60L2 episode, maybe “Zenith”, maybe Deadpanezer (Xmas 2009).

  126. Jack: It has been a *brilliant* waste of time. 🙂

    There were a lot of good episodes. The Deadpanezer episode was pretty good. So was the first palooza for Zardoz. I even liked the Star Wars vs Dukes of Hazzard mashup. Pretty much any episode is good to start with.

  127. I thought the pointlessness was the point. I guess I need to go back and listen to all the episodes again and make an informed dicision.

    Or not…

    Memorable to me: Star Wars – Dukes of Hazzard mashup, the piece about using “Best” to end a letter, Xmas 2009, DP100, Zardozapollosa.

  128. Jack, if he likes hockey any of the chris berman interviews.
    When I started I was a little confused so I went back and listened to all the episodes. it was worth every pointless minute.

  129. reaper: There is some truth to the article, but the underlying question is where do people get their data service? This is why you see pressure from networks and cable companies on streaming video services.

  130. I think the cable companies will need to evolve not go away. They have a high bandwidth pipe to my house just use it differently. I don’t see cable comply going away if there is nothing to watch we put on the food network not matter what is on it at least ok

  131. So, my Ipod got corrupted last night. I had to restore it. Since i was in a hurry to go for a walk, I only put my current audible book on.

    Well, this morning, I forgot to put the rest of my music and podcasts on, so I get to work and having nothing to listen to.

    I had to resort to using the FM radio in my Nano. Do you have any idea how many times an hour “California Gurls” gets played on pop radio? And it’s an annoying song at that!

    I think I’m going to need to have that bottle in front of me tonight to make up for it.

  132. Okay after watching episode 2 of ‘The Event’ (which I’m rather enjoying), I predict it will get cancelled…if only because the writers have revealed it’s scifi heart far too early..

  133. Van, I was trying to put my finger on why I think it was going to get canceled because I feel the same way and I think you got it. I am also enjoying it more and more with each show

  134. My HTC Incredible is doing wacky things (like randomly deleting all my pictures) and Verizon’s customer service wants me to wait and see if it keeps happening before they replace my device. I think I’m going to wait until Saturday, find the nearest Verizon store and tell them it happened again regardless. I know there’s something wrong with the damn phone.

    bastards

  135. CL: WNDR Radio Ep. 54-3

    I have to agree the 30min is kind of a sweet spot, the 15min episodes were just long enough to tease it seemed like.

  136. That is indeed freaky, Usedhair. I’m happy to report that my Droid has been quiet solid and reliable. Much more than I could sadly say for the Palm Pre I had before.

  137. I’ve been tracking a UPS package I am waiting on. I saw that it arrived this morning at a city just about 2 hours up the interstate from me.
    Now I see that tonight … it was received at a city about 4 hours DOWN the interstate from me.

    If it was a shipment of Yo-Yo I might understand.

  138. Ahh yes. I knew you had a John in your :pan: handle somewhere. Really Big Things was one of the pieces that got me hooked on the :pan: so I would recommend it as a way to hood others as well.

    he… he… he… I said pan handle

  139. Morning Pan.

    Got to sleep. Will be doing so again tomorrow. Hubby needs more meetings

    Picked up the new Richard Castle book last night. Of course, the book I’m currently reading is 1.000 pages so it’ll be a while before I get to it.

  140. I have to go to my parents house this weekend in the UP of MI. 3/4 of the drive is through the back woods of WI. I might have to use Used Hairs idea of calling in the towns I have to drive through.
    I thought it was a great idea.

  141. Yes Van I am. However, since I had the touch before this, there’s not a whole lot of difference (except some of the sound and phone features.

    I downloaded the Skype app but haven’t configured it or figured out how to use it on the phone yet (I did just get the phone yesterday).

    the big thing is my touch was first (or second) generation so there are some things that I can now do that I couldn’t before (i.e folders, external speakers etc.)

  142. I think I’m getting a cold or allergies are kicking in. My noes is stuffed up and I even spent and extra few minutes in the seam room this morning to try to clear it up.

  143. Ok, I was able to figure out my last question. Now I have a different question. I’m making custom ringtones for my phone. I have instructions on how to do it, but it won’t let me use music I purchased from i-tunes itself (just what I have on CD). How fair is that? How do I get around that? I figure, since I actually own the music, I should be able to use it.

  144. My grump (let’s see if :ftb: puts this through)

    I figured out how to make custom ring tones (I know it’s one word but I’m hoping that’s what’s messing up WordPress) for my phone. It’s actually quite easy. However, I can’t use any music I purchased through I-tunes. only using music from CD or such. How silly is that? The one piece I want to use, of course, I can’t because I, OMG!, actually purchased it. *grump*

  145. TEB: Well, you can crack the song to make an mp3. Once you copy the song onto your droid, it is really easy to make the ringtone–it sounds like you already know that.

    An easy way to get the sound clip is just to find the song on YouTube and use one of the converters. It isn’t like you need great sound quality for the ringtone.

  146. Van, I wonder if you could tell the difference between a laugh and the normal noise goats make.
    He should have been a man and trough it in reverse.
    Just use your mirrors!

  147. I just finished watching W13 s2ep12 and… wow. That was really quite good. It was emotionally satisfying and even addressed some minor things that irritated me about ep10 and 11.

    Also, Alison is still the best actor of the bunch. She has a scene late in the episode that really just hit me as real.

  148. Conversation between me and my mum:

    Nomad_Scry: RT @jeremiahtolbert: The Event appears to be written by someone who us sexually aroused by flashbacks.

    Mum – I don’t know about aroused, but they certainly like flashbacks. Maybe it’s their way to keep viewers from doing anything else while they watch.

    Nomad Scry – They like them to a ludicrous amount. Sometimes, very rarely, structuring the story in a difficult way makes for an interesting experience. Even then it is usually detrimental to the actual story. The only time I can think of where this worked was “Use of Weapons” by Iain Banks.

    I don’t know. I’m still confused about the dissonance between the branding and the experience. The show itself was flat and interesting, the ad campaign disinteresting and over-hyped. It felt like the ads were telling me that this was going to be the new Heroes. And that’s not a good thing.

  149. Seems like all those gothic bands with female leads fit the description except Lacuna was the only one I know that is fronted by a “hot italian.” 🙂

    “Oh, that is one spicey meatball!”

  150. I got two wrong. I thought the Jewish Sabbath was on Saturday and that John Edwards hosted a show on Scifi, not lead the Great Religious Awakening.

  151. Rhettro – You aren’t exactly wrong. The Sabbath is “on” Saturday. It’s just that the day runs from sundown to sundown, so Sabbath starts when the sun sets on Friday and ends when the sun sets on Saturday. The question is a “gotcha” because it asks when the Sabbath -starts-.

  152. I got the one wrong about the suffering over time. after rereading it i saw were i when wrong. Most of the questions surprised me by how many people got them wrong. I think the Jewish sabbath was a bit of a trick question unless you just knew and the John Edwards won I narrowed down to 2

  153. I had to go back to the questions to figure out which suffering question reaper was referring to.

    I found the breakdown of answers by denomination very interesting.

  154. yesterday in my cube area it got down to 66 and the AC was on. today it is currently 81 and the heat is on.
    This might be another strike in the robot uprising.
    subtlety is there greatest strength

  155. ditto, I don’t remember exactly what the question said but the correct answer was Job. I was thinking Abraham because of the “almost killing his son faith test” thingy

  156. I find the survey a little disappointing since it is still heavily weighed towards the big 3.

    It is also surprising that Athiests/Agnostics, Jews, and Mormons were the best scorers. The first two I sort of expected, but Mormons was the surprise to me.

  157. Essbee, That will do it. I have a meeting for most of what is left of the afternoon so that will get me out of here for a while.

    I’m not leaning toward allergies because I have been sneezing a lot today.

  158. HOLY CRAP!!! the A/C just kicked on.
    I think the robots was me send in that comment and are trying to throw me off there trail.

    well played robots, well played

  159. Based on the Mormons I know, I’m not surprised. LOL But I too found the survey lacking. Sort of like a batch of trivial bits of information, most of which isn’t really paramount to one’s faith.

  160. I don’t find it surprising that atheists and agnostics (such as yours truly) did well on this test, as atheist and agnostics are more focused on the “why” of religion. The faithful don’t really need to expound on the “why”, they want to know the “what” or rather, what tenants do I need to perform to please God? In my view, the quiz was waited more on “why” category.

  161. That’s an interesting point. When I was a teen having my “crisis of faith” I was impatiently annoyed with my classmates who believed without any “why”. (Went to religious private schools) I was constantly trying to get them to examine their faiths… I wasn’t very popular. Haha.

  162. EssBee: Did you see that Wil Wheaton will be doing the audiobook for Scalzi’s “Agent To The Stars”? I really enjoyed that book so I’m sure you’ll enjoy Wil’s reading.

  163. C: Frustrated as hell with work. Taking junk home tonight, as is the new custom.

    Wish I could keep contributing to the comment count – maybe I will as I work later on. If not, BFPs all around.

  164. I also missed one question – the one with John Edwards.

    Ten years ago, I’d have done well to get three of them. But, that’s largely because I’ve been more active in the study of my own faith, particularly with how it compares to the beliefs of others.

    I’m not surprised by the general lack of knowledge, but I’m certainly disappointed at how poorly people did with questions regarding the faith they claim to espouse.

  165. I’m in the mood for some snark as I had to work late today – some guys from another department and I had to work all day to come up with a solution because of a mistake by a third department.

  166. later upgraded to the actual Commodore version. The computer would activate the drive mechanism, so I didn’t have to hit the “play” button when I wanted to load a program.

  167. My dad would play Flight Simulator (back when it was by SUBLogic). Took 2 minutes and 15 seconds to load. I remember it would always start the count down timer on the screen when he would load it.

  168. of course, the first word processor I used was called Speedscript. My dad typed it in – 15 pages of code in the back of a computer magazine. Was it BYTE? Don’t remember, but that was a common way to aquire software then.

  169. I used it to write my science fair report in 7th grade. It was about a 10 page report and the Commodore 1250 printer we got took 30 minutes to print those 10 pages.

  170. We checked over that first printout very carefully and made corrections before locking up the computer for another 30 minutes for that final printout.

  171. So, the saying:

    “Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which fills up first”

    Is that a regional thing, or fairly universal?

  172. You know, strictly speaking, We still have tomorrow as part of September.

    I wonder how TEB scores that when she comes up with here monthly totals.

  173. Ha ha:

    When the cashier at the grocer weighs your singular bulb of garlic @ $7, find a diplomatic way to tell her to remove her massive breast from the scale as she weighs it. #LFMF

  174. Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.

    Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

    This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

    And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.

  175. read a story about a kid in college (Rutgers).

    His roommate secretly recorded him having sex and then posted the scenes and images on a chat room and then they circluated through the college and consequently, that kid killed himself.

  176. if you are imagining that boy was sleeping with a girl you would say to yourself, why did he kill himself, I would imagine he would be the school hero!

    Cause yes. If it had been with a girl he would of been stud of the year.. or in fact the roommate wouldn’t of shared them at all because he would of thought his roommate was a stud

  177. more Happies:
    My MacBook Pro
    Lenny Kravitz
    Nick Cave
    Jazz
    my savage love app

    more Saddies:
    The PC they force me to use at work
    music segregation
    itunes inability to actually even out the volume between songs even though it SWEARS it is doing so, so when you listen to an old song and you turn the volume up but then a newer song shuffles afterwards and you have to turn it down.
    Kinda like how TV commercials are so much louder than the shows. I hate that.

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