Mindless Show Notes.
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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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.
Kurt said “sidetracked”, he he.
Yes, it’s early in the morning here.
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.
Comment.
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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.
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.
Morning Pan!
Sleeping in is wonderful!
TEB: I’d like more sleep myself. š
Except for the fact I got to sleep in, my day doesn’t change even with hubby here. I still have to work and do laundry. My cat is still a schmo and I deadpan.
I think I need to change it up a bit.
Shania Twain is Canadian by the way, Jack.
Heh.
Ok Deadpan, here’s a challenge. We need to have 1,240 comments this week to match September ‘010 comments to 2009.
Get typing!
I see a movie play by play either today or tomorrow (or maybe both if I have the time)
This is a bad week to be busy.
3rd think I leaned from my wireless problem. Always have a spare or tester when it is feasible
4th think I leaned. Update configs to areas that will not affect production first.
5th thing I learned. when lifts are not that easy to get to hang your equipment at a level you can easily get to with a ladder.
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
Reaper <==== trying to do his part.
7th thing I learned. inheriting a network sucks but it gives you a scape goat.
I knew #7 before but this experience just reinforced it.
Poor reaper.
Sorry about your network problems
I got notification that my new phone should be in next week. I’ll believe it when I see it.
No word on when hubby’s phone will be in, though.
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.
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.
reaper – Get management to spring for a bunch of these
http://reviews.cnet.com/adapters-nics/netgear-wg111-usb-adapter/4505-3380_7-30791890.html
and just plug them into EVERYTHING. Instant redundant wireless network.
Sorta.
Maybe not.
heh
http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/
Joe, Colbert is doing a rally on the same day/time/place to notch up the rhetoric. I’m not sure who’s going to win.
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.
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. š )
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.
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. =)
Wander Wolf – Remember those $40 earphones I was going to get? They came in today and -wow- they are really nice. I can hear the piano’s foot pedal clang on Adrina Thorpe’s Driving.
Damn those are good ear phones.
TEB and iPhone4..possibility of FaceTime video chat…
scary thought, Van
Ian McKellen:
http://thechive.com/2010/09/23/doctors-tell-me-these-photos-are-good-for-the-blood-25-photos/funny-pics-11-4/
Yes, I have a paperbag handy.
I don’t have a web cam on my main computer, but my netbook does have one. I also have skype on it. Never tired it though and figuring it out has never appealed to me but it does exist.
CW The event.
Smooth.
Like buttah.
I think it’s lunch time.
Taking my Boo out. Later Gators!
You can put that to use when Deadpan goes video, Bunny.
(The sound of minds wandering…)
we have a bad rap we need a new name. what a bunch of BS
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/help-rename-high-fructose-corn-syrup/
1/2 way through the event. I’m interested but not by much.
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*
CP: Sparks Are Gonna Fly — Catherine Wheel
Finished the event. WTF? I’ll watch next week but I don’t think I want a new Lost.
This is really amazing. For those of you who are parents and might learn one of your kiddos is gay, bookmark this. My/our video isn’t up yet.
http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject
Look what I found:
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2009/03/08/millennium-lee/
CP: Open — The Cure
meh
I say
meh
Back from lunch. going to set up my net book and watch a movie in a few. Must catch up on comments first.
Wow Essbee, what a great project!
For a tortured youth, this would seem to be a light in the darkness.
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*
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.
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.
Oh … and who ever is hogging the Deadpan comment line, how about taking a break. š
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?)
Ok Pan, it’s movie time!
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. š
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.
Push play now…
Violence, language and sexuality. What no nudity? This movie has gone wrong already
The mechanical workings of a ski lift. I’m scared already
pretty scenery, though.
Looking for the pretty ski lift lady
Trying to get on the lift, without paying the park fees. Evil
Girlfriends really cramp the male/male relationship.
“Why do you call me sweetie or honey?”
“what’s wrong with Parker”
“that’s my name”
Snowboards are emo
Have you ever smelled your floss? It’s just nasty.
Oh No! The chair lift stopped. I’m frightened.
Statistics don’t work on smokers
“I think chicks in helmets are hot.”
I sent content, but I sent it via the email line so I’m thinking that line has call waiting.
Now I know why I don’t ski. The guys are all “douchebags” :happy:
Hey look! They’re skiing!
AT the lodge grumping about not doing some real skiing.
HItting on the chick
Closing the hill early. Weather coming in
They don’t looked dressed for skiing.
Oh oh. They mistook the wrong group. Stopped the lift. Our heroes are still on it.
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.
“The chick on the jaws poster is hot”
“what’s the worst way to die”
“sarlaac pit”
all the lights are shutting of. They’re getting frightened.
Should we jump?
The girl is a bit of a bimbo.
What to you mean the ski resort is only open on weekends? I live in a skiing city. Once the hills are open, they’re open every day
Discussing how the girl is going to pee. The guy is just going to whip it out and go.
Thunder? It doesn’t thunder when it snows. Man these people need to get their facts straight.
Not only is there a thunder snow storm but you can see the full moon clearly. Obviously it’s one of those cloudless thunder snowstorms.
They thought they were saved, but they were wrong
I don’t know. IF they were really in an ice cold storm, you’d think they’d at least pull their hoods up.
discussing how weird it is to eat a bowl of horseshoes
Maybe it’s because I live in a winter town that’s big into skiing (even if I’m not) but the issues I see in this movie…
She dropped her mittens getting out a cigarette. I think it’s time to quit smoking
It’s only a 20′ or so drop from where he is. soft powder. Jump already!
Really? How stupid are you?
This movie makes me laugh.
eewwww. bones sticking out.
Should I shimmy the cable?
Animals are howling. Are they attracted by the blood?
It could be worse?
How could it be worse?
It could be a sarlaac pit.
In the rules, did I mention grammar and punctuation are also optional?
The level of stupidity of the people in this movie amaze me.
oh oh
I can’t feel my legs
If you rub your face it’s going to come off? That’s something I didn’t know about frost bite
I hope he falls
Ha Ha!
Is it wrong when you laugh when watching one of the characters get eaten by wolves?
My DVR says there’s still another 50 minutes of this silliness.
“cable cut through my gloves, my hands are bleeding”
Let the recriminations begin
my cat is mrrping. I don’t think she’s impressed with this movie.
Bunny, it sounds like you ought to get back to the Merlin movie.
“If you weren’t here, my best friend wouldn’t be dead right now”
Jack, believe it or not, this movie is actually better. Which of course does not mean it doesn’t suck by any stretch of the imagination.
Zoom in on the bloody hand
“I’ll get a pitbull and name him Steve after our newly dead friend”
TEB: Actually, you can have thunder snow storms, they just don’t happen very often. I’ve been through a few.
Wait a minute, the friend wasn’t named Steve. Where did Steve come friend?
Really ditto? I haven’t. What about ones on cloudless days?
Morning
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.
Bimbo froze her hand to the safety bar.
TEB: The conditions have to be just right. Lake effect usually helps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersnow
eewwww!
I stand corrected. Though you don’t see many lakes on the top of ski mountains.
AT least, non-frozen ones
She peed herself.
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.
rambling talk about relationships. boring
For the serious smasher of plastic models:
http://gizmodo.com/5643971/watch-this-125-kilojoule-diy-coilgun-smash-household-items?skyline=true&s=i
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.
I live in a winter town and I’ve never had a snow thunder storm. Now I feel left out.
Lo have you been in a snow thunder storm? Maybe it (or lack of) has something to do with being in the mountains…
They’re still rambling on about old girlfriends.
Van: Yeah, I thought that gun was pretty entertaining. š
There are a lot of continuity errors in this. Especially pertaining to the scab on her face
The chair is breaking.
Everybody chant with me: fall, fall, fall, fall
The wolves are watching
ACtually, the wolves are very pretty
I can’t recall snow and thunder at the same time, but I may have just blocked it out.
Somewhat related: bronchitis-nonstop-coughing-guy should really go home and stop contaminating us all.
don’t rock the chair…
She throws like a girl
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
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
I’m also no expert but I have trouble believing wolves would act that way, too
night falls
Morning.
I’m really hoping that chair falls
Beyond the cold, you’d think dehydration would start to be a problem by the third day
So after getting a nasty spider bit on my stomach, I’m feeling less like Peter Parker and more like Jeff Goldblum in the Fly.
Oh, pleeeze!
YOu’d think she’d at least grab her other glove before trying to leave
Frozen intestines look funny
I also wonder why nobody noticed they were missing. I know if my Boo went skiing and didn’t make it home on time, I’d have the entire world out looking for her.
She made it to the bottom
Oh thank God. The movie’s over.
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.
The Deadpan appreciates your sacrifice Bunny. š
Did the spider join you inside the teleporter, Rhett? Srsly, I hope it doesn’t knock you out too badly.
So no “Frozen” for the next Palooza?
reaper: Thank you! :happy:
Also, since I missed out on getting into Lost and I regret it, a new Lost is exactly what I do want. I shall have to watch The Event.
That depends. How masochistic are you, Jack?
I have experienced the thunder snow. it is still freaky even after as often as i have. normally twice a year
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.
Amy, any time! and i was hopping flash forward was going to be my new lost and it fell flat so i might be a little jaded by that experience.
So how did you the horrible thing bite you on the stomach? (was it in your bed, oe in your clothes…)
I refuse to acknowledge this conversation is even happening
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.
now… I have laundry to fold.
Laundry folded and put away. Now what?
Judging from the wiki entry, 13:GOD might be half decent TEB.
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.
Can I just say Rhettro:
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!
Necrotized Tissue is probably already taken as a band name.
heheh
“Aye, there is the NIPPLE rub”
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:
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.
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.
Oh … and Jeremy made me wonder, does Vic’s make a “nipple rub” ?
We don’t get WH13 here in Canada. Saw season one on DVD and enjoyed it enough that we’ll get season 2 when it comes out.
I dig W13 a lot, but we haven’t watched the finale yet so I’ve skipped UH’s post for now.
Does anyone have a good read to recommend? I’m shopping for this month’s audiobook.
Ender’s Game is pretty good if you haven’t listened to it already.
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
Was just loaned to me by someone who swore it was fascinating AND a quick read.
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.
CE: chocolate frozen yogurt
Good night, Pan.
Morning Pan, heading back home today, another long train jouney home..been fun though.
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. š
I’ve never been able to get into W13. My wife likes it, but I think we’ve still got the last six episodes unwatched on the DVR.
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.
Hey Deadpan.
Hubby comes home today so it’s all good.
EssBee I owe you an apology. You asked for book ideas and I ignored you.
You could try:
Boneshaker by Cheri Priest (a Hugo nominee); or
Finch by Jeff VandeMeer (a Nebula nominee)
I enjoyed them both.
Apparently Kate Beckensale (sp?) has signed on to do another Underworld movie. Tight black leather. Hubby will approve.
http://redrack.soup.io/post/78365289/Image
http://www.epicponyz.com/2010/09/juggler.html
This looks fun
http://futsing.homeip.net/machineshop/bottle_launcher.html
Hubby did bottle rockets with his science kids every year (he hasn’t taught science the last couple of year). It’s fun to watch him experiment in our back yard before doing it at school.
Decided to cook up some hard cider today.
Silky bugger on the train who doesn’t realise nobody is really interested in what he is saying.
very cool costume:
http://i.imgur.com/g8OOn.jpg
That is a cool costume idea, reaper
So just watched the new H50 and The Event..the former too cheesey for it’s own good, the latter was intriguing.
CP: When I’m Small — Phantogram
Nice blend of styles in this song.
I, for one, am not mourning Blockbuster’s demise.
http://gizmodo.com/5646874/netflix-dances-on-blockbusters-grave-adding-snl-and-frakking-battlestar-galactica-to-watch-instantly
Sounds like a good time to rewatch BSG. š
After I’m done catching up on Torchwood.
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 Blockbusterās demise either.
I like the graph.
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.
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.)
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.
some really cool decorating ideas
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/68356
I really like the last one
Never got into video rentals, prefer seeing films at an actual cinema.
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.
thanks for the book recommendations, y’all!
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.
CP: Kremlin Karamel — The Beat Tornados
Nice surf guitar song
I am amused by how divergent my taste in TV is from Vanamonde. It makes me smile.
See –> =D
I didn’t, realize. . . there was a: National Punctuation Day!!
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/24/happy-national-punctuation-day/?iid=moreonnf
The theme song should be Underwhelmed by Sloan.
I didnāt realize! There was a National Punctuation Day.
I didnāt, realize there was a National Punctuation Day?
I didnāt realize. There was a National Punctuation Day.
I didnāt realize? There was a National Punctuation Day!
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.
CP: She Blinded Me With Science — Thomas Dolby
SCIENCE!
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.
Today’s move, by popular demand š 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.
The rules: See yesterday’s movie for the rules for now… It’s movie time!
Another movie without nudity. Not a true B horror in my mind.
Look at the boyscout.
death to all cellphones!
An American student in some Oriental country (they haven’t specified which yet)
Ok, not student, musical instrument seller.
This movie is dubbed. It took me a moment to figure out what was wrong with the sound vs. lip syncing.
One night in Bangkok makes the tough man tumble…
I Found out where they are :happy:
Repossessed
They sure are building on the hopeless plight of this poor guy
fired
“I don’t think you know what the word try means.”
YOu’ve been replaced by a computer
Quite the ring tone.
flies
Mysterious phone call
How did they know?
Kill the fly for $1000
ah, ah, ah, ah stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Swallow dead fly for $5000
Girlfriend saw him eat the fly. She’s a little freaked out
God that ring tone is annoying
“that confused the hell out of your office”
Win get it all. Lose, lose it all
Wow, lots of secrecy
“we’re watching you”
bwa ha ha ha ha
Wow, didn’t see that coming
Challenge 3, make 3 children cry
Since I’m naming the challenges, I think it’s safe to say this episode will be more spoilerific than usual
One down.
wow, bringing back memories of his childhood. Who knew.
CP: Everybody Wants To Rule The World — Tears For Fears
Wow, the dubbing is bad in this spot.
The police station is going crazy with people complaining about mean things being done to them
At the fancy restaurant. What’s he going to do?
Challenge 5: eat a “special meal”
ewwww gross
I think I’m going to be sick
At this point, I’m not looking at the screen. I have a very high vomit reaction to some things.
Challenge 6: trade your phone for a riddle
The land of EBay
The girlfriend thinks he’s gone crazy
Riding the bus
GEtting beat up
ouch
After only six challenges he’s quite a mess
Nothings says home than a peas pudding sandwich.
Challenge 7: Walk three bus stops. Doesn’t sound too bad
I really wish this movie was subtitled, not dubbed. I have no idea what she’s Googling
This house was once a home
Chui is in the well
I think Chui is dead
ewww. creepy crawlies
REally, he couldn’t find a rope?
well, that’s disturbing.
ok, this is almost funny
Mr. Nice Guy
Intrigue
Mona looks beat upon
BAthroom break!
I got an e-mail from work basically saying the world is going to end next week. I never thought month end was that bad
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…
rejected
Challenge 8: find the number 8 and hit number 8
another funny spot
oh oh. he might have gone a little too far.
An internet game show. The girl friend sees.
I really really hate that cell phone ring tone
ooooh, tough cop
He really needs to find a change of clothes. poor man is easily recognizable
Zombie
The thought plickens
OH cool, we’ve come full circle
NIne challenges down, four more to go.
CP: Opening: I Can’t Turn You Loose — The Blues Brothers
OH look at me, I’m a big bad tough cop
Oh wow, it’s a guy
There’s a good chance, Henry’s dead
I don’t think I can look
The carnage
Girlfriend sees the bodies
You must turn yourself in.
Challenge 11: Kill the girlfriend or the girlfriend’s dog?
The cop is challenge 13
What is challenge 12?
Slaughter a cow? Seems rather banal after the last few.
pretty full moon
The final challenge (da du dum!)
Yeah, I actually saw that coming.
The poor guy’s a wreck
All for an online game
The child version of our hero doesn’t look at all like him
It would destroy me to see you turn bad
I admit, I didn’t see that coming.
Game over… or is it?
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
323. Well Pan, I did my part to raise the comment count, now do yours. We need another 1,100 comments.
Hubby’s home!!!!
make that 1,098
CE: fries from In-n-Out
CD(rinking): chocolate shake
CD(oing): studying
Unrelated thought: Beaker may be the most underappreciated of all the Muppets.
Hmmmm … which one do you suppose was the freakiest (as in “getting ones freak on”)
Personally, I think Ms. Piggie was all show and no go.
probably scooter it’s always the mousy ones
maybe the eagle he seams all repressed
Dr. Teeth?
Zoot was always my favourite muppet
Yeh, I was a Zoot fan.
just finished Eureka. I liked it.
Now Outsourced
Janice, dudes. Janice.
Why hate GameStop, NS?
OH, oh oh!!! I know why! Same reason I dislike them. Although ordering from their online store seems to not be too bad.
so, Outsourced. starting out pretty good. after you get through the first 15 minutes of setup
watching community. interesting start to the season
CW: Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Why, Bunny?
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.
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.
Oh, not cool. I’ve only ever ordered from them online. That sucks.
Oh, Madonna . . .
Now… off to kick gaming butt.
CW the Office
off to a good start
Woh, it Jim in Shipping with his son.
http://i.imgur.com/o4rEW.jpg
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.
justa J0e, I don’t think those jokes could make it much more than 1/2 a season. at least i hope they don’t.
Aidan Quinn and I were both very thin in 1985
not all that impressed with the office kinda glad it is the last season. at lease i think i heard that.
CW Modern Family
reaper, you’re binging!
I have long since known that after dinner, I don’t want to do anything except relax and maybe do some creative stuff. Tomorrow, I start taking advantage of that fact.
EssBee sez: Oh, Madonna…
why?????
oh š 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.
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! š
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.
lol.. funniest comment of this visit goes to.. justa j0e!!!
justa J0e sez:
I didnāt realize! There was a National Punctuation Day.
I didnāt, realize there was a National Punctuation Day?
I didnāt realize. There was a National Punctuation Day.
I didnāt realize? There was a National Punctuation Day!
why did I find this so histerical?
Maybe because of my inability to use punctuation at all
Happy Folsom street fair weekend everyone!
Have you spanked your submissive today?
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.
Stardunk is free on the app store today:
http://freeappaday.com/napp.php?id=433
It’s a LOT more fun that it sounds..
Funny thing is that I am rarely punctual.
But, when you are, are you more of a question mark, or a semicolon?
Jack: Thank you. :happy: The hard part, for me, is holding off on doing the relaxing, creative stuff until the end of the day.
Love it, Hottie. Neither of us had seen the flick in years.
Some would argue that I am a FULL colon.
I see your point, Joe!
Now I must dash.
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
Ellipses.
CW: Fringe S3E1
I prefer full stop.
I’m just an Ass…terisk.
BTW – Beaker is awesome
I used to have a crush on Floyd Pepper – which I know means something about me, but I don’t know what.
My kids are fascinated by the Swedish Chef.
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
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.
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
I declare that it’s LUNCHTIME!!!!!
I’m going to tweet that too.
I am also going to post again and say that I did the tweet as expected.
Not that I’m trying to increase comment count or anything.
three eighty two
No wait.. I want to help ONE more person before I go to lunch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eJmYKN_1QE
A complaint hubby heard about the above video is that the girls are too good looking to be real gamer girls.
I think I take umbrage with that.
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.
“Umbrage” always makes me think of toads.
I’m reading … er re-reading via audio Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix right now.
Impressive.
Hoopity hoo.
I’m wearing a new perfume I bought.
It’s called Bond Girl 007
Get on with your badass puns now…
You know you want to…
Sorry, the correct title is
Bond Girl 007 Forever
Though it seems to have faded since 4:30 this morning when I put it on.
hmmmm
Going to a new German/Austrian restaurant for dinner tonight.
Yum.
CP: Maybe Not — Cat Power
Slept my way through A Saturday evening..how sad is that?
Dontcha change that song… it’s my favorite record…. yaooooow!
CP: The Night Santa Went Crazy — Weird Al
Don’t you change that song.. it goes on and on again…..
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??
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.
Future = lotto ticket ftw
Future. The last thing I want to do is relive my past.
Future, too much of a scifi fan not to be curious about that.
Although would be fun to go back a few thousand years and find out how inaccurate the New Testament is….
I’ll get my coat.
CE: Pumpkin cheese cake concrete mixer from Culvers. The pumpkin spice one is better but this one is also a little piece of heaven.
Future, like Van I’m a Scifi fan and could’t help it. I like justa J0e’s idea to
I could go for some cheesecake right now.
with chocolate drizzled on top
Anyone deliver?
Cj, I’m still working on that FTP (Food Transfer Protocol)
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.
But, can you be cool and invent the too that’ll fax me a beer?
Man, that song is so dated…and it’s not even that old.
BTP might be more important than FTP
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.
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
whole shit SNL made me laugh
I think I posted this ages ago, but considering how passe video tapes are these days, the implied futurism of videotapes just make me smile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJzRpgXvM2I&feature=related
Reaper – That’s a statement I haven’t heard for many, many years.
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.
I recorded SNL. I’ll have to watch it when I get home tonight!
Going to bed at 8:30pm kinda stinks sometimes.
Also recorded SNL. We love it. We’ll watch it over breakfast this morning.
Good Grief.
it’s like angry people day. š
Not here..
Out there in the land of Twitter.
Just in case of gas attack:
http://m.gizmodo.com/5647921/the-bra-that-doubles-as-a-gas-mask-is-now-for-sale
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.
I might be too old to get Katy Perry
So say we all.
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.
Mmmm Katy Perry.
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
Oh, is she on SNL?
I look forward to getting home.
Cj, She was. The dancing during California Gurls and the consumes were a bit weird but I was surprised how well the second song went though I didn’t turn around to look because I was playing a flash game on http://www.kongregate.com/
those games a just to addicting.
Ed, what the heck is this?
http://www.amazon.com/Distinctions-Prologue-Towers-Midnight-ebook/dp/B0040ZN3M8
Oh! I get it. The prologue to the next book – seriously?! The book comes out in November.
Bitter Seeds, check NS.
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.
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.
Remember when I told you guys that I was unfriended on Facebook by someone several months ago? She messaged me to apologize!!
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
She apologized to YOU or she’s asking you to apologize?
It had darn well be the latter of the 2. š
Where’s :jack: ???
+better
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.
Music isn’t what it used to be the stories just seam to be gone from it
Rush is not always an easy sell.
reaper, you just can’t read her poker face.
Look! There he is.
I used to connect my laptop to the TV to watch videos..but settled on streaming them to my 360 using VUZE.
Jack, did you get my email with my lines attached?
EssBee, you’re not too old. You can have her.
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.
getting kids to listen to the story takes a lot some times.
I started loving Rush with Nobody’s Hero
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.
Heh. She is kinda cute . . .
She apologized to me!
Good.
didn’t I already say that?
today is a long day.
Katy Perry in an SNL Skit NSFW level 1
http://i.imgur.com/tPi31.gif
Lego Batman is fun but some of this stuff is very tedious.
I’m the kind of tired that coffee is not going fix.
Cj: It’s a good thing that you know the difference between different kinds of tired.
It’s 108Ā°F outside my house right now. Holy moly. Time for me to enjoy an iced coffee.
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!
Hey!
how
are
we
gonna
increase
the comments
this week?
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.
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.
That’s where I saw it – Audible. I said, “COME ON, Audible.”
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
in other news …
I . can’t . stop . watching . this . video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mhqeiXQQ8k&sns=em
I made it home safely.
That video is pretty intense.
people are so creative.
I wish I were creative, but I lack that particular gene. :sigh:
good evening deadpan
CL(istening) : brewing network livestream, interviewing 2 New Zealand craft brewers
CD(drinking): homebrew American Pale Ale
these spread out comments brought to you as an attempt to drive the count up. Gotta make the quota!
OK Lost boy …
unscramble the following items while listening to that podcast
elngaa
ceasdac
gulfge
fuck! what is this an online sobriety test?
elngaa = englaa, enagla, elanga, aleang, … I think there are some letters missing. I’d like to buy a vowel
Do you desire a clue ?
Joe,
I as well have become addicted to that video. However, surprised that it hadn’t had some kind of viral success, I soon discovered that it’s a duplicate.
Here’s the original upload from the good folks that produced it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iANRO3I30nM
ceasdac = caceads, decacas, cadsace, cacades, saccead, dacceas
JJ -2 LR – 0
nah, no clues I’ll try again tomorrow without distractions
gulfge = eggful, gufleg, gefgul, fuggle!
score!
hmmm if that’s the case…
elngaa =galena
englaa – algaen? no.. is that a word?
dacceas – Cascade
er um..
gulfge – fuggle rhymes with muggle gulfeg… eggful – you are making this up
and therefore ceasdac = cascade
hops FTW, although I’ve personally only brewed with two out of 3 of those
Come on get Hoppy!
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. š
So I won’t get my Oktoberfest til November.
bah, brew it anyway, or at least that’s what I’d do >.>
or is he the one with the fermentor temp control?
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.
Now I am off to see how Mad those Men are tonight.
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
man I really want to open 1 of my bottles of 3 Philosophers, but I’m saving them to compare with the 2010 vintage š
http://ommegang.com/index.php?mcat=1&scat=4&yr=1
*sigh* I think we lost CJ
and grats CJ on getting cascade right
you know considering how much cascade I use in my APA I really should have gotten cascade earlier in Justa Joe’s test.
welp the live show is over so now back to podcasts/vidcasts
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)
CW: Basic Brewing Video podcast
the archives that of the vidcast that is
elngaa = Enlarge
ceasdac = Cascade
gulfge = Engulf
Amiright?
“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
NS: Enlarge, Cascade, Engulf, those seem like D&D spells or porno chapter titles
note: I do not play D&D
… but he would if those were D&D spells!
Tonight’s Men were truly Mad.
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”.
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.
Oh, and I have a headache. š
Can’t decide if it is sinus or just regular migraine coming on.
Different remedy for different afflictions.
Meh, no mater which.
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.”
Goodnight hops.
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.
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.
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
hmmm only 519 comments os far, so I guess it’s ok for me to blabber on
CL: wander radio ep: 54-3 OH NOES! it’s the finale!
“barely wine” that phrase sounds like a challenge to me
so how many grapes do have you have to put in to be considered barely wine? and what do mix in with them? barley or honey, or both?
wander radio tangent: I fear the Dread Pirate Princess Hermione
or me maybe it could “be bare it all wine”, something tasty and strong to encourage the loss of clothing…
-me
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
Good poem
[built like that]
Ā©2001 Alix Olson.
some artās just like a teacup,
when youāre looking for a beer
some art, some art, it scares you and some,
some artās about the fear.
some art is a highbrow thing
some artās about the eyebrow ring
some artās about the tattoo
some artās about the artist
and that artās not meant for you:
but my artās not made like that
my artās not meant for that
no, my artās not built like that
my artās not dressed for that.
some artās ecclesiastes,
some artās about the sin
some art it seems just heavenly
and thatās great if it lets you in.
some artās all multi-colored til it goes behind the scene
it comes out all multi-corporate
then it only comes in green:
but my artās not made like that
my artās not meant for that
my artās not built like that
my artās not dressed for that.
some artās a one-hit wonder why
they think weāre deaf and dumb
itās like the disciples at the last supper
if God fed āem bubble gum.
some artās a pedigree whitewash,
a cryptic clean cover-up
my art donāt need no ivory badge to back up
whatās in its gut:
my artās not made like that
my artās not meant for that
no, my artās not built like that
my artās not dressed for that.
some art donāt care about you,
what you say or what you do
my artās the Mona Lisa
and sheās looking straight at you.
my art wears the same clothes seven days a week
cause my art donāt seem to care about
what other people think.
some artās real nice to look at,
some artās all neat and clean
my art forgot her tampon
and sheās bleeding through her jeans.
my art forgot her tampon
and sheās bleeding through her jeans
yeah, my art donāt need no tampon
sheāll just bleed through your dreams:
my artās just made like that
my artās just meant for that
my artās just built like that
yeah, my artās just dressed for that
my artās just made like that
my artās just meant for that
my artās just built like that
my heartās 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
damn, that’s only a 30sec sample
ah here’s the podcast of her performance
http://www.indiefeedpp.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=446327
CL: Indiefeed Performance Poetry: Omar “Ion” Holmon – 10 Coins to Mario
CD: Mustang Brewery Amber Lager
huh, apparently Google is 12 years old
CD: more homebrew APA
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
oooh Kate Blanchett voice over with elven voice under
interesting that when given the rings the elves and drawves held them up, but the humans just held onto them
Oh noes! deception
“One ring to rule them all”
big armies fight now
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.
it’s alot easier to do a play by play when you know the movie so well you can almost recite the movie line by line >.>
I remember alta vista as a search engine, it was my preferred search before google became the tentacle monstar of the internet
monstar = monster
waah! :fucktardbot: is telling me to slow down stoopid fbot
I should really go abck in the archives and look up all the DP emoticon commands
abck == back
back to the movie
the elf stabbing the orc is looks like he’s getting a disturbing amount of pleasure using his spear…
I’m just saying
oh yeah and I will be pausing as I deem necessary in order to pbp properly
but grammar and spelling may or may not be corrected >_>
yay! victory is near
uhohs, Sauron and his ring laying the smackdown now
GO Isildur! slice those fingers off
they all fall down now, but big bad Sauron is defeated
ooh, men easily corrupted and the ring has a will of it’s own
sounds like congress and lobbyists
Ring go bye bye, sucks ot be Isildur
I want an Isildur pin cushion
2.5 millinia and the precious gets gollum to carry
1st gen gollum looks really weird when compared to the later movie versions
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
ooh, darkness in the forests and in the east! Time for the ring *scary*
Bilboe Baggins is the most unlikely creature imaginable… but orcs are commonplace of course
shire reckoning is the only important reckoning, please take note
all that talk and we finally see the title of the movie
hmm time for more beer. another glass of APA is in order
concerning hobbits… bunch of insular ignoramuses
then again they do have their priorities in order: food, ale, and pipeweed
I want a hobbit to be my gardener
how can mr baggins have a simple life when he is so rich?
that humming is Gandalf!
” a wizard is never late, nor is he early” sounds like a boss that can’t take criticism to me
no change in the shire… better bring your own change if you’re shopping
oh, what is Biblo looking for? The ring was in his pocket! silly Bilbo, no way this could be a bad thing >_>
lol Biblo, should be Bilbo…
Ya fireworks!, she’s a wetblanket of a hobbit. who doesn’t like sparkly explosions?
111 years old and haven’t aged, that’s a very good plastic surgeon
I wonder what old Winyard tastes like, sounds liek a good wine to me
watch your head Gandalf, low bridges in the shire, and low ceilings
high water pants are stylin’ in the shire
what does Frodo suspect, ooo the mystery!
Bilbo is playing with his ring again
woot! fireworks and a band that’s a hell of a party
I feel like Sam at most parties
I want fireworks like Gandalf makes
uhoh tricksy hobbits are messing with the fireworks
Playing with his what?
Hobbiton is a fertile area š
I want to try the Gaffer’s homebrew too…
I think I’ll name my nect barleywine the Gaffer’s Homebrew
dragon fireworks are the best!
Proudfeet!
Bilbo is a tricksy hobbit with his speeches
Frodo suspects!
he’s inwisible!
hmm, many magic rings… where are the rest?
uhoh the ring is in his pocket, not on the mantle…
spooky music means this bad
Bilbo is being greedy/angry
ohnoes! Bilbo sounds like Gollum
Gandalf is making his scary face, even if is trying to help
the ring is still in his pocket, more dark music!
I always liked the ring theme
ring go thud, Bilbo go byebye
Gandalf no touch ring!
now he’s being extra mysterious
Frodo has the ring!
Keep it secret, keep it safe! says the wizard
hmm, scary music and scary place this is probably bad
scary cloaks on horses!
what is this city Gandalf is at? and what is he reading all these old papers for?
Isildur sounds like a greedy bastard, the ring is precious, again!
fire reveals the writing!
dogs don’t like the scary cloaks on horses, who speak in hissy whispers
looks like Voldemort has family in Middle Earth
old men whining again at the local pub
Good thing Frodo walked home and didn’t drive he looks unsteady on his feet
Gandalf was hiding in the shadows! now he’s burning the ring
Writing on the ring after being in the flames, this and the scary music makes me think this is bad
“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
Evil is stirring! The ring has heard it’s call
… Sauron must have a really good phone contract
Sauron should have put a GPS locator on his ring if he really cared about it
No one knows… except for Gollum
Uhoh the scary cloaks are coming to the Shire!
Frodo is a brave hobbit, he knows he has to leave.
Gandalf, no don’t go to Sarumon! don’t trust the white wizard
Ooo scary music!
Sam doesn’t drop eaves!
although he does hear everything >_<
The ring wants to be found!
but it’s already found by Frodo
Sam has gone farther than ever before, yay for him!
It’s elves singing! aww they sound saddish
Leaving middle earth from the Grey Havens
Sam is a whiner when he is camping
The horns in the soundtrack help Gandalf ride faster
Sarumon is an old friend! He sounds mean
The weed has clouded his mind!
Or has Sauron clouded Sarumon’s mind?
When you look into the palantir someone may be looking back
The hour is later than you think! Have checked your watch for daylight savings?
they crossed on midsummer’s eve! did they have a dream with Puck?
uhoh Sarumon is working for the bad guy!
Gandalf says he is mad, now for the grey beards to fight!
In another thousand years they would be wheel chair jousting
uhoh Sarumon got both staffs, Gandalf is in TROUBLE!
“Don’t you lose him Samwise Gamgee!” or I’ll turn you into a goon
wait wrong fantasy
Yay! it’s a shortcut to mushrooms, and not horse poo.
nice referrence to the books chapter tiltes BTW
tiltes = titles
off the road you hobbits! scary cloak coming through
he can smell the hobbits? or the ring?
No touch the ring frodo!
It was a scary cloak! duh
the cloaks are watching
Frodo has to get to Bree!
whew! they made it to fairy before the scary/screaming cloaks
20 miles to the nearest bridge!
aww poor gateman gets yelled at by hobbits for doing his job
It’s a Jackson siting! he likes carrots
Gandalf isn’t there! What do you do?
Why have a beer of course
It’s a Pint!
He’s stairing! Strider the ranger like hobbits…
Stop playing with the ring Frodo! It’s bad!
uhoh, Pippen is a chatty drunk. Little bastard
Frodo go byebye!
The eye can see him!
The eye must have really bad allergies to be so red
The stairing Strider knows what he carries, and he know about the scary CLOAKS!
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
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
Yay! for Rivendale and the elves
I want a 2nd breakfast, can I have beer with it?
Beware ballistic fruit!
fraktardbot is being bossy again
mmm, venison and a song they should have a good scotch ale to go with the roast deer
Sarumon likes to grovel, he looks like he’s going through withdrawal
time to rip some trees down
poor Gandalf has to sleep in the rain
Strider makes a great guide, he know where all the neat landmarks are, and he brings shiney swords!
mmm, nice crispy bacon, I think the wraiths want some
scary music, I really like this part, it’s one of the reasons I bought the soundtrack
head wraith knows he has the ring, don’t put it on silly hobbit
‘course he didnt listen
wraiths look like dead ghost kings in the ringworld
yeah, I know Ringworld refers to a specific series of scifi novels, but I still like the phrase
Strider to the rescue! with extra flame becuase all fights are better with fire
Frodo’s been stabbed, to the elves!
Isenguard is industrialized like a pinko commie country
but the moth is here with the soprano solo! yay Gandalf can get help!
*pause for more beer*
eww he came out of the mud and killed that orc, I guess that kinda a wash really
except he doesnt look like the kinda guy to plant flowers and live in peace
uhoh Frodo is getting sicker, find the weed Sam!
Elves are shiny!
shut up to you too FB
they are speaking elvish! sound purty
Frodo gets to ride clutched to Arwyn’s chest, this sounds good to me
uhoh scary cloak wraiths have found them
“If you want him, come and claim him!” always liked that bit
Arwyn flushed the crappy wraiths down the river
too late for Frodo though…
or is it?
Frodo lives! and Gandalf is there
Sarumon sounds like a guy that can’t let go…
The eagle save Gandalf!
It’s a big bird, but brown not yello
I’m just going to avoid all the obvious Agent Smith/Elrond jokes
Hobbits like to hug and giggle when they meet
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
Sam is right! time to leave Rivendale, but are you really going home Frodo?
Uhoh, they can’t fight both. What will they do with the ring?
People are arriving! It must be time for the council
Elron no likey men, I guess he has reason to feel betrayed.
Stoopid Isildur
So if I guy gets a charge from wielding a big sword that is already broken, what does that say?
maybe he prefers to catch?
TRust in yourself Aragorn! You are stronger than Isiluder
She loves Aragorn ,she wants to marry him
The council meeting is mostly monologues with some connecting dialogues
I always likes it personally
Gandalf knows how to make an impression when he speaks
Surprise! you have a king
aww, poor Gimlie broke his shiny axe
Time for a roadtrip!
FB whine number 4
Sounds Mordor has some EPA fines to pay
+like
Surprise! you get bonus hobbits
They are the Fellowship of the Ring! time for disc 2
Packing for the trip, some luggage is in the mind
Oh noes! Bilbo looks scary when he wants the ring!
Silly Frodo forgot to check which way to turn, I guess he didn’t read Biblo’s maps
Yay, inspiring music and scenery
Gandalf knows something about moiria, this could be bad
then again there’s not alor of good
LostRalph of the Rings… No Rankin/Bass?
alor => alot
I’m scared of the earlier adaptations, they might shatter my mind from what I’ve heard
or I’ve just been too lazy/cheap to watch them
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:
The crows are tattling to Sarumon, this is not a good thing. Just in case you couldn’t figure it out
Sarumon delivers scary exposition
Gandalf is scared of Frodo’s decision
Goodnight mr mangan, I’ll try to clean up the spam by morning
snarky elves are amusing
dark and muddy lakes are scary
this PSA brought to you by the LOTR council
Thanks, Ralph. And btw, here’s a review of the animated Hobbit that I wrote in 2005(!!!):
http://sfwatcher.com/read_review.asp?movie=82&Submit=Go
I’m not plugging something I wrote over 5 years ago. . . it just might prove useful. I’m shocked it’s still there.
all the dwarves are dead, this is very bad
and tonight the part of the hard place will be represented by the lake monster outside of moiria
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
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 š
drums mean exposition is over, time for action and violence! Caloo, calay!
Legolas looks like he smells shit when he says “orcs”
The cave troll looks like he wants his pacifier, maybe a thigh bone will do
Sam has an orc slaying frying pan! I wonder if it’s teflon coated?
The troll can smell frodo!
Aragorn to the rescue! or not
Oh noes! Frodo is stabbed
Legolas critically strikes cave troll! fatality
Frodo lives! again
Whew saved by the mithril! told you to pay attention to that earlier exposition
“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
car chase! well without the car part anyway still scary
swords are no use? what about a BFG?
The Campaign for Equal Heights protests the sport of dwarf tossing
“YOu cannot pass!” without paying toll
Wow G the grey is strict he broke the bridge b/c the balrog wouldn’t pay the toll
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.
Frodo is hearing voices! maybe he is hallucinating?
Elves surround them!
I would like to know what Gimli said to piss off the elves of Lothlorien
More shiny elves
No hiding with the elves, bad news about Gandalf
Galadriel can read your souls, no hiding from her sparkly eyes
Sam is a pretty good impromptu poet, Iwonder how he would do with slam poetry
Boromir freaks easily considering everything he’s seen
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?
Urrakai are marching! this is not good for the fellowship
Lembas! 1 small bite is good for a man, but hobbits need 4
no escaping on the banks
but no worries the elves have lots of good gifts
uhoh more ominous music, and shots of urrakai
and don’t forget about Gollum, he has not forgotten you…
If orcs usually travel in darkness how wouold crossing during the night help?
Frodo likes to wander
Boromir finally cracks, time for Frodo to disappear… again
wow Boromir turned around fast
And yet again the allergic eye can see you,
Frodo doesn’t trust men anymore
Aragorn is stronger than he thinks, good for him
Sting glow blue, urrakai time
time for aragorn to show what a badass be is
Merry and Pippen are good hobbits, and better friendyays
Yay! Boromir Kick ass man!
aww aragorn and boromir hae a touching moment
+v
I think my desire to watch the special editions of tge LOTRs movies has just been murdered.
-g +h
Frodo can’t get away from Sam
I don’t think Sam understands the concept of alone
Yay! they will save Merry and Pippen
Van: I much prefer the extended editions, not that there is really that much added. But I like the nuances they add
ok movies are over and I’m done spamming I guess it’s time for me to go pass out
Well it’s been a while since an a-z was done. So obscure words from the dictionary:
acapnotic
n. – person who doesn’t smoke
Ā
balladromic
adj. – (of missiles, etc.) maintaining course towards a target.
Ā
callisection
n. – vivisection of anaesthetized animals.
Ā
deiparous
adj. – giving birth to god or Christ.
Ā
emarcid
adj. – wilted.
Ā
fedifragous
adj. – treacherous, deceitful
Ā
gaberlunzie
n. – a wandering, or licensed, beggar
Ā
hamartophobia
n. – fear of sin or sinning
Ā
ignoscency
n. – forgiveness; a forgiving nature
Ā
jumentous
adj. – having a strong animal smell
Ā
kakidrosis
n. – secretion of malodorous perspiration.
Ā
lagan
n. – goods lying on sea-bed, often at marked spot.
Ā
machicolation
n. – apertures in parapet or floor of gallery for firing upon persons below. machicolate, v. furnish with these
Ā
naupathia
n. – seasickness
Ā
obsolagnium
n. – waning sexual desire due to age
Ā
pageism
n. – masochism fantasy of a man imagining himself as servant to a beautiful woman
Ā
querulent
adj.,n. – habitually and abnormally suspicious (person). querulous, adj. peevish; fretful; complaining.
Ā
ranunculaceous
adj. – pertaining to or like buttercups; belonging to buttercup family of plants. ranunculus, n. (pl. – li ) buttercup, especially cultivated.
Ā
sillograph
n. – writer of satires. sillographer, n.
Ā
taphephobia
n. – fear of being buried alive
Ā
ultimogeniture
n. – inheritance by the youngest son.
Ā
vicissitudinary
adj. – pertaining to change, alteration, mutation
Ā
Weltschmerz
n. – sadness over the evils of the world, especially as an expression of romantic pessimism
Ā
xerostoma
n. – dryness of mouth
Ā
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
The Scout companies are made up of Chapter’s less-experienced Battle-Brothers.
-White Dwarf April 2010
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
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
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.
ypsiliform
adj. – shaped like Greek Upsilon. ypsiloid, adj.
Ā
zeigarnik
n. – Psychology, tendency to remember an uncompleted rather than a completed task.
Ā
‘he’s had parts fitted in all the same: copper cheeks and metal arms glinting in the last of the daylight.’
-Interzone #230
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.”
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.
Is this “ironic”?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/millionaire-businessman-killed-in-segway-accident-2090858.html
I am seriously surprised by all of the high-fallutin’ stuff we’re reading (or at least have at hand) right now. What serious people we must be…
0.o
Tron Soundtrack hits the street on November 22nd.
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?
body-paint
*cough*
This?
http://www.bodypainting-festival.com/
I don’t recall who turned me on to Lost Girl (Smart Hotties?) but thank you. I hadn’t heard -anything- about it.
Halfway through Torchwood Season 2.
WTF?!
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”.
*up coming PSA*
“Think once, Think twice. Think – Don’t ride your Segway off a 30 foot sheer cliff into a river!”
Corollary: Continue not thinking — You’ll help clean up the gene pool. š
CW: Dexter S5E1
ditto – The second half of Torchwood s2 really just amps up and up and then s3 (the mini-season) is intense.
What would you say to change the conversation topic while riding a Segway?
Speaking of…
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.
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.
CW Running Wilde.
I guess it is worth a shot
Jack, I would say this:
To Soon? http://i.imgur.com/v90Id.jpg
They tend to leave me alone until I make eye contact. The benefits of looking like a serial killer, I guess.
reaper – Way too soon. And very funny.
EssBee, I always have that problem at Best Buy also.
When I looked like a serial killer I didn’t have that problem either, NS
reaper, I LOLed. I will see you all in hell.
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.
Jack, someone has to lead the way.
*rummages around for garlic salt*
You know, you shouldn’t wander into the store when you are covered in blood.
*cough*
So Running Wilde was ok I’ll give it another try.
Next The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.
CP: Lies To Me — 54-40
Incredibly stupid: To get Netflix to work on my PS3 I have to order a special disc from Netflix?
Yep, ditto, you need the DVD. Once you have it, though, it works awesomely.
Ditto, thats were I went wrong?
reaper: perhaps?
*cough*
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.
you need a disk for the Wii Netflix also. and it also works awesomely also
The chainsaw probably didn’t help.
Jack: But it is sooooo cool!
CPIMM: Because I’m Awesome — The Dollyrots
Emo rat
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9e3edYReT1qzcdguo1_500.jpg
purfect!
http://twitter.com/kanyejordan
Yep. This sums up the religion debates rather nicely.
http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson758.html
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret is pretty funny so far but i can see it running out of steam quickly.
Well, the writers definitely don’t understand math.
Maybe I should have left the butcher knife at home to…
… and most important a warm inviting Smile!
Now theres thinking:
http://www.greenboxny.com/ecoincorporated.com/Alt_Video.html
I’m very sleepy right now.
I have to remember to call in a dumb-ass memory.
Huh. I hadn’t even heard of Battle of the Blades. Sounds entertaining. š
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/35295-Jeremy-Roenick-joining-the-judges-panel-on-Battle-of-the-Blades.html
CP: She-La — 54-40
Oh wait…
I just got it!
Segway … change topic …
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.
it would take me 30 minutes to get to work on a segway. I wonder how they handle in snow.
is the battery case sealed well enough so you don’t have to worry about water or rain
RE: emo rat:
That’s the best picture I’ve seen of Billy Corgan in awhile. . .
Was Jimi Heselden death an accident or just the first casualty in the war of the machines.
Jack, he looks better with hair I think
ooooooo
http://mashable.com/2010/09/26/saturday-night-live-netflix/
And, as I learned from JRMurdock’s Kerrang Magazine RT, today marks the 24th anniversary of Cliff Burton’s death.
Thats funny
*scroll scroll*
wait what… thats not funny
http://i.imgur.com/jl0Dc.jpg
http://www.puppet.org/museum/pix/img_skeksis.jpg
The advantage of living close to a largish University:
Selling a couch on Craig’s List is a piece of cake.
… and yet, the cake is a lie.
I bought a couch from and estate sale for $1 when I first moved out but there was no cake. no lie!
LIES!!!
Was there a cake of lye?
And a band that does music for adult programming is called Wank Punter:
http://www.myspace.com/wankpunter
Was the cake couched in lies?
Was it an Italian Leather sofa and did you lie on it?
1. Did someone leave the cake out in the rain?
2. I wonder if Wank Punter can get wah-wah pedal endorsement deals. (I’m afraid to click that link, ditto)
Because what your were told about the cake was sofa from the truth.
I shall recline further comment.
J0e, if you keep digging beneath the cushions, I’m sure you’ll find more.
CW: Dexter
Ah, Jack changed my mind.
Today was long, but I had a nice lunch.
I had leftover garlic knots and gave them to my co-workers who said that I am “amazing”
:blush:
CD: Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks
CD: studying
Smelly bondage?
Deep sigh. Just in general.
Internet access at work is being… interesting right now. It seems like a good half the internet is
I’d rather have a bottle in front of me….
A bottle of Jack?
Damn NS, now I have a bad Christina Aguilera song in my head.
???
Is there a good one?
justa J0e, maybe. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt.
Even a blind squirrel will come across a nut now and then.
I always thought Aguilera could sing. I just didn’t care much for the music.
A difference without distinction?
Trying to get a nut to move your butt
To the dance floor, so yo what’s up
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.
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.
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.
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 . . .
Also, Cj, you know I love you. But crimany, godaddy, stop sending me emails would ya?
-not +now
proof reading is a good idea.
Wander Wolf – loved the latest episode. Loved the Horcrux song!
Thank you EssBee… Plans for episode 55 already in motion – with a genre not played on WR – No it is not polka music…Although
If a nut falls in the forest when that blind squirrel is having a crap..does it make a sound?
though not proof reading helps to pad the nipple count
If the nut hits that squirrel the sound might be more entertaining.
*chuckle*
Stephen Colbert testifies before Congress last Friday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ9E-taLT3I&feature=player_embedded
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.
Dammit. I didn’t even make the Polka crack yet and he’s already shot it down.
reaper – You don’t ask for much, do ya. Just the original BOL plus Howell.
And yeah, I’d love it too.
Currently in CCH.
Playing in background: IRM — Charlotte Gainsbourg
NS, No pie in the sky dreams for this guy. I just want it all, is that too much to ask?
Nay I say. Nay!
I totally agree with the recommendation to use Ad Block.
http://gizmodo.com/5649652/why-you-should-use-adblock-plus-even-if-you-dont-block-ads
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.
*sigh*
Work is sucking today.
TEB –
YAY!
Oh, wait. Bad sucking.
Boo!
Because of intermittent computer outages in Ontario, I won’t be able to finish my work today. This means working extra to get month end done.
*sigh*
Christina Aguilera has always had the best voice and body of her class of whiny, spoiled brats.
On an up note, hubby’s Driod came in yesterday. He sent me a message saying he’s not getting any work done because he’s been spending so much time playing with the new phone.
Is “bad sucking” sort of like pizza, you know even when it’s bad it’s still pretty good?
not when it comes to work, Rhett
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.
Sorry TEB.
Sounds good Wolf.
I like the 1/2 hour shows too, wolf
CW: The Event epp 2
Sorry for the work suckage, Bunny. Me. Too.
The Skeksis are running rampant these days.
very true graphic:
http://i.imgur.com/iDhyv.jpg
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).
Jack: It has been a *brilliant* waste of time. š
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.
CP: Undertow — Lush
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.
Very zen: To see the point there must be no point. š
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.
is the cake a lie again?
The cake never was so how could it be a lie?
To have your cake you must not have cake…
…but you must lie about it?
CP: I Believe — Rymes With Orange
I wasn’t sure before but now I know the A/C is broken.
I just saw a penguin waddle from one cube to the other.
…or maybe I should lay off the DayQuil…
Thanks š I swear I wasn’t fishing, although I am always curious as to what sticks and what doesn’t.
…The penguin is a lie
interesting article about cable:
http://theweek.com/article/index/207507/cable-tvs-impending-death-4-signs
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.
CP: The Boys In The Bright White Sports Car — Trooper
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
Why do I work with software when software hates me?
*thud*
*thud*
*thud*
ditto I think it hates us all
*looks around for some Advil*
The “Sixteen Pieces at a Time” series was also a standout.
Personally, I think Deadpan could stand some more pizza deliveries.
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.
That’s pretty bad.
Still.
It could be worse. It could have been Kesha.
Ke$ha
Glitter ho. š
Tally ho!!
ho down
A ho talley?
Was Poison Ivy a garden ho?
Are we having a hoedown?
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/300607/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-will-elude-kiss-for-11th-straight-year/
Bon fucking Jovi??
Great Scott!
thumbs up on the 16 pieces story
Come ON!
And in this corner…
http://www.totalprosports.com/2010/09/28/greatest-nhl-player-wayne-gretzky-vs-mario-lemeux-infographic/
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..
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! this kicks ass!
http://erkie.github.com/
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
I’m making asteroid noises as play with that reaper…
Van so was I.
all HTML elements killed in the making of this comment deserved it.
hehe
http://www.bannedinhollywood.com/15-unusual-sexually-charged-photo/
i think i missed 1/2
http://www.bannedinhollywood.com/top-20-illustrated-sexual-euphemisms-sfw/
Was it on Deadpan that I heard Really Big Things? I know Paul’s lurking around here somewhere. Isn’t he Johnny Null?
Hey Pan, just testing out my new I-phone.
Carry on.
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
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.
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.
CL: Jonothan Coulton – I Feel Fantastic
Now whenever I listen to Coutlton I picture this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9F6zGP3kkc in my head.
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.
goodnight shipping industry
Good song, but this music video makes me think I’m watching an IKEA commercial :p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHlJODYBLKs&feature=channel
Today is gonna be one of those days. Oy.
The download files expired! arrrrgh.
Goodnight, :moshpit:
Really Big Things was mine, UH.
Well, is mine, I haven’t disowned it or anything…
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
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.
How is that Follett book, Bunny?
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.
it’s the internet someone was eventually going to go there
http://i.imgur.com/Wqqxv.jpg
EssBee it’s ok but I wouldn’t go beyond that. It’s definitely not as good as the first one. No where near as epic feeling.
Well reaper maybe you ring in any lovecraftian beings you observe as you travel the back woods and go mad..
Oh, and as an aside, it takes place about 200 years after the first, although that shouldn’t affect how good or bad it is.
Sooooo TEB, how you liking the new phone?
Van, I will have to keep my eyes peeled. and also and ear open for any banjos.
drives me crazy:
http://i.imgur.com/4tGU6.jpg
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.)
There we go. That seemed pretty easy.
On a different subject, I got notification yesterday they are going to recall my car in November. Fun times.
Finally kicked hubby out the door. Now it’s party time :happy:
wow thats is a wonderful response:
NSFW level 1 for language.
The tidel is: black man hoses down white lady for calling him a nigger
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb8gWLJVUs8&feature=watch_response_rev
*digs through boxes*
were did that disco ball go
Hey Van, maybe you can answer a question. Can I use a piece of music I own (i.e. a song I purchased and already have on my i-phone)as a ringtone? Or do I have to get custom ringtones from the i-tunes store?
just over 250 comments to go!
*pad pad pad*
I just finished a HUGE project at work. Whew.
Damn :ftb: I asked Van a question and it put me in purgatory. hmmm.
NEVER question Van!
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.
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.
Ok WordPress. Now you’re starting to piss me off!!!!
Van, when Jack releases my questions please look and, hopefully, answer.
CP: Blast That (ft. Black Milk) — Nottz
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*
Apparently it has something to do with i-tunes DRM. I figure, they’re both apple products, I legally purchased everything (the phone, the music), I’m not giving it away, I should be able to use it
It’s the evil DRM TEB.
You try recording the track as it plays in iTunes using Audacity.
Or (wasteful I know) burn the bought track to CD, and reimport the track.
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.
TEB: Yes, the vile worde ringethtone triggers the :ftb:
Or install doubletwist:
http://www.doubletwist.com/
and remove the DRM using that.
My “filtered” post suggested using a Youtube converter to get the clip. It’s not like you need quality for the ringy.
thanks Van, that was sort of the question I asked that WordPress didn’t want me to post. I’ll try that.
DRM = jumping trough hoops to use your legal content
No DRM = just do what you want
Ha! I am the greatest! I figured out a way around it.
However that program you showed me Van will be good for my hubby.
CW: Blu-ray Firefly commentaries.
Very pretty.
Now to go and fill my larder.
Well we already knew that…
Another looney with too much trust in GPS:
http://i.engadget.com/2010/09/29/swiss-van-driver-gets-stuck-up-a-glorified-goat-track-blames/
I bet the goats had a good laugh..
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!
Misread goats as ghosts.
stunning pic of STS-133:
http://i.imgur.com/0r2vM.jpg
Baaah! Boooo!
There goes Casper, throwing the ghost goat.
At least it wasn’t a ghost cow.
MooBoo.
http://io9.com/5649902/the-birds-of-prey-sing-about-aquamans-tiny-penis
Maybe NSFW via inuendo.
interesting religion quiz
http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/
I got 1 wrong
Kevin Smith, Birds of Pray, Damn who is going to crap on Aquaman next.
There, my groceries are bought. Now I’m eating pistachios while pretending to work, In truth I’m making ringtones for my phone. What do you thing, Seal’s Kiss by a Rose for hubby?
why oh why does word press hate the word ring tone?
anyway. Home now.
I always thought ring tone was redundant.
But I don’t think :ftb: is thinking that far ahead.
CW W13 Ep 12
CE Rotini and meat sauce
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.
“Rotini and meat sauce”
Somehow I am picturing a hot, Italian lead singer and her all-male back-up band.
NS, just finished it and yep me 2
Religion quiz ate my first three answers. Very strange, that. I had no idea on 12 & 15, and simply got 14 wrong.
And 4 was an almost gotcha.
LOL, JOe. “Rotini and meat sauce”
Not caught up, just had to share:
http://jezebel.com/5651091/cnn-anchor-was-set-up-for-seduction-by-fake-acorn-pimp
Class.
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.
I was intrigued (think that’s the word reaper used) by the first episode of The Event. I haven’t seen the second yet.
“Somehow I am picturing a hot, Italian lead singer and her all-male back-up band.”
The sounds suspiciously like Lacuna Coil.
Re: Acorn Pimp
Wow.
Just wow.
…
Is that because the rest of ’em are Norwegian, not Italian?
Hmmm… I thought they were all Italian, I guess I should read the wiki.
Oh, no, I was referencing Withiin Temptation, Neverwish, all the other female vocal symphonic dark rock groups.
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.” š
“Oh, that is one spicey meatball!”
Once again I’m far behind. Hoping to catch up today and maybe even send some content.
Corin Tucker’s new song, “Doubt”, is great.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/free_mp3/2010/08/download-the-corin-tucker-bands-riley.html
reaper: I only got 1 wrong too
Not Lacuna Coil.
http://www.myspace.com/mastercastle
Otherwise meets criteria of āSomehow I am picturing a hot, Italian lead singer and her all-male back-up band.ā (Nobody said the band had to be good, right?)
=D
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.
That’s pretty funny Nomad.
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-.
Being brought up in the midwest, I haven’t had the opportunity to talk with a Jew about their religion. Thanks for the clarification Nomad.
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
I was only unsure about the last one. Like reaper, I knew it was one of the two. I guessed wrong.
“penne and meat sauce” would sound more like an opera singer with a quire.
funny thing is some of that knowledge about religion I got from south park.
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.
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
That’s why you don’t feel well, reaper!
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
Job was one of my mother’s favorite biblical characters, so I was covered there. Everything else was knowledge I absorbed second hand. LOL
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.
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.
I knew about Job from Sunday school. Plus, I read Heinlein’s funny take on the same story.
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
oops was = saw
damn dyslexia!
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.
It’s obviously the simple things that amuse me. I’m having way too much fun creating custom rings for my phone.
I mad Kiss From a Rose by Seal for my hubby. Everybody say it with me… awwww :heart:
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.
+awwwwwww…
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.
Tonight is going to suck. I should have been asleep hours ago.
and TEB: Awwww!
*hugs* Scry. Now go to sleep. :sleeping:
CP: The Devil In Stitches — Bad Religion
CP: Even Flow — Pearl Jam
Software sucks.
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.
WHEEEEEEEEETOOOOOON!
What’d I miss these last 18 days?
dunno
I still owe you a call too
i just got done with a 2 hour meeting and now it is 68 in my office.
again well played robots well played
Wow, sorry for the long delay, Bunny (and ditto). Your comments are freed.
Oddly, there was one of mine in the spam filter too.
Getting some open source stuff to work is like sticking your hand in an open car door and slamming it closed on your hand. Repeatedly.
Jack: No problem.
I’ll have the eggs, spam, spam, and eggs.
135 comments to go to meet Bunny’s decree.
Yes you do sir!!! Especially the heavy breathing type.
Thanks, ditto – I put that on my wish list!
I think I’m getting scammed on Craig’s List. I HATE that.
I don’t like SPAM!!!
But I can stand JAM!
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.
“Three days ago I died. And they think I’m fine. But they’re wrong.”
Spam Craig’s List and Spam.
Oh crap, CNN let the cat out of the bag. Metal is for nerds.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/09/29/warriors.of.rock.nerds/index.html?hpt=Mid
I pretty much agree with the assessment.
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.
So, how many more comments to we need to come up with tonight?
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.
Thankfully, though, I’ve now got this bottle in front of me.
So, had Deadpan expressed an opinion on Lucas plan to re-release the Star Wars movies in THREEE DEEEE!!!!
Buzzz, Buzz, bu buzzz buzzzzz buzzz buzzzz…..
Hmm, apparently I’m on my own tonight.
Eh, 1240 – 1083 mean there’s …. hang on.
157 more comments?
Required to beat last September?
Well, fumdar, how am I going to manage that?
Probably will have to keep comments short.
A game perhaps?
Of course, being a good 80’s kid, I immediately recall:
“Shall we play a game?”
The only winning move is not to play.
Wait, did I just declare myself a loser?
‘Cause I’m definitely a playa…
I wonder what the FTB’s threshold is for posting too quickly.
Hmm, wonder if Wargames would be a Palooza worthy consideration.
Let’s play Global Thermonuclear War
Well, there’s something our kids are not likely to identify with.
Three more to make 1100. I can do at least that much for the cause.
Of course, I’m also slowly working on getting Wingin’ It 69 to make the 2000 comment threshold.
It’s vaguely disturbing to think that show was some four years ago.
And yet, here we are, on the verge of Deadpan 182.
Wonder if we’ll get a reference in the new show:
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2238094592/tt0090217
Back when Kim Katrall was pretty hot.
D’oh, Cattrall, even.
But, then, we already knew that, didn’t we?
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm875534336/tt0090728
I did not realize she was in Police Academy…hmmm.
4.9 seems generous for this one….which means, yes, I did see it back in the day.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093493/
Only 7.2 for this one?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102975/
COME ON!
Well, how about that. Happy Birthday, Chuck!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157048/
Mass Effect being made into a movie? Not quite sure how I feel about that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1482455/board/
Every five year old needs their own computer, don’t they?
At least so they’ll stop fighting with their older sister over who gets to play on the computer?
Funny, I don’t remember fighting with my younger brother over computer time.
Oh, yeah…..
Of course I’m posting too quickly, FTB! We’re on a mission from God, or TEB at least.
Anyway, we didn’t get our first computer until the early 80’s. The might Commodore 64
Started off using a tape recorder for “storage”
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.
Eventually, we got the mighty 128kb 5.25″ floppy drive.
The box for that drive was as big as the Commodore 64 itself and about as quick as molasses.
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.
My mistake, it was subLOGIC, mutha fucka!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubLOGIC
I guess it must have been 1984 when my dad played fight sim, then.
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.
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.
We checked over that first printout very carefully and made corrections before locking up the computer for another 30 minutes for that final printout.
Strange the memories like that which have stuck with me through the years.
1240, eh? At 1126 now. Not looking too promising.
Of course, I’m probably putting to much thought and effort into these comments.
It’s hard to try to shift from quality to quantity. Just not my style.
Shit.
FTB seems hell bent on preventing me from commenting at a rate adequate to succeed.
Finally managed to use my free $5 WOOT coupon.
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?
Around here, it’s not uncommon to respond with that when someone declares
“I wish [something”
Hmm, definitely a quiet hump day night around here.
“hump day night”
Seriously?
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.
Does she count the actual comments over the course of days, or just take the weekly totals for the podcasts uploaded during the month.
Could all this be a waste of time? Will the 200+ comments we’ll get tomorrow for a fresh Deadpan count for September?
Better safe than sorry, I suppose.
99 bottles of beer on the wall…..
No, no, I’m not going to resort to that.
BTW – TRON had better not suck. There will be blood running in the streets if it does.
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
That’s a good point.
Which begs the question – would such a breast be able to repel vampires?
DITTO!
ED!
I believe I have made it perfectly clear that I really don’t need a new camera, yes?
No, I don’t believe you did.
You like camera, yes?
darn, apparently I’ve still got some convincing to do.
I better hurry, the D7000 starts shipping in October.
FYI – You are not a real boy of the 80’s if you did not at some time lust after this:
http://www.justinssite.com/images/1982%20Lamborghini%20Countach%20navy%20fsv=KRM.jpg
Click
Though, according to the guys at Top Gear, it sounds like it was a rather miserable thing actually own and operate.
Vrrrooooom
Still, the Countach was the quit quintessential 80’s supercar.
Nothing else Lamborghini produced after this ever quite struck the same cord.
Countach Chocula?
Although, this one does come awfully close:
http://www.blancpain.com/e/news/gallardo_blancpain
I broke the pan
Night pan
Though, I must confess, I’ve never heard of Blancpain.
Later, ditto.
Though, really, doesn’t “Blancpain” sound more like the name of a band TSH would listen to?
I really should go to bed.
73 more to go?
Shit, I say, shit.
Can we draft this guy for president?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130197557
Well, friends, the heart is willing, but the mind is weak.
I hand this off to you folks in the less 11pm type time zones.
1. Deborah was a Catholic girl,
she held out to the bitter end.
2. Carla was a different type,
she’s the one who put it in.
3. Mary was a black girl,
and I was afraid of a girl like that.
4. Susan painted pictures sitting down
****like the Buddha sat.****
5. Reno was an aimless girl,
a geographic memory.
6. Cathy was a Jesus-freak,
she liked that kind of misery.
7. Vicky had this special way
of turning sex into a song.
8. Kamala who couldn’t sing,
kept the beat and kept it strong.
9. Xylla was an archetype,
the voodoo queen the queen of rap.
10. Joan thought men were second best
to masturbating in the bath.
11. Sherri was a feminist,
she really had that gift of gab.
12. Kathleen’s point of view was this:
take whatever you can grab.
13. Seattle was another girl
who left her mark upon the map.
14. Karen liked to tie me up,
and left me hanging by a strap.
15. Jeannie had this nightclub walk
that made grown men feel underage.
16. Mary Ellen who had a son
said “I must go,” but finally stayed.
17. Gloria the last taboo
was shattered by her tongue one night.
18. Mimi brought the taboo back
and held it up before the light.
19. Marilyn who knew no shame,
was never ever satisfied.
20. Julie came and went so fast,
she didn’t even say good-bye.
21.Well Rhonda had a house in Venice,
lived on brown rice and cocaine.
22. Patty had a house in Houston,
shot cough syrup in her veins.
23. Linda thought her life was empty,
filled it up with alcohol.
24. Katherine was much too pretty,
she didn’t do that shit at all.
Uh-uh. Not Katherine.
25. Pauline thought that love was simple,
turn it on and turn it off.
26. Jean-Marie was complicated,
like some French film-maker’s plot.
27. Gina was the perfect lady,
always kept her stockings straight.
28. Jackie was a rich punk-rocker,
silver spoon and a paper plate.
29. Sarah was a modern dancer,
lean pristine transparency.
30. Janet wrote bad poetry
in a crazy kind of urgency.
31. Tanya Turkish liked to fuck
while wearing leather biker boots.
32. Brenda’s strange obsession
****was for certain vegetables and fruit.****
33. Roweena was an artist’s daughter,
the deeper image shook her up.
34. Dee-dee’s mother left her father,
took his money and his truck.
35. Debbie-Rae had no such problems,
perfect Norman Rockwell home.
36. Nina sixteen had a baby,
left her parents lived alone.
37. Bobbie joined a new-wave band,
and changed her name to Bobbie-sox.
38. Eloise who played guitar,
sang songs about whales and cops.
39. Terri didn’t give a shit,
****was just a nihilist.****
40. Ronnie was much more my style,
she wrote songs just like this.
41. Jezebel went forty days
drinking nothing but Perrier.
42. Dinah drove her Chevrolet
into the San Francisco bay.
43. Judy came from Ohio,
she’s a Scientologist.
44. ****Amiranta here’s a kiss,****
I chose you to end this list.
Eighty-eight lines about forty-four women.
New car
caviar
daydream
think I’ll buy me
a football team.
I’m tired
that’s not a song lyric.
I’m tired.
Well, I guess it is part of SOME song lyric SOMEWHERE.
Like maybe a Beatles tune …
“I’m so tired
I don’t know what to do.
I’m so tired
but my mind is set on you.”
I like Peter Gabrielle.
… and cheese.
Not usually together though.
Although, I guess there is no reason NOT to eat cheese while listening to Peter Gabrielle.
I have nothing really, to tell you.
I’ve been cutting wood.
I smell of sawdust.
… and fear …
… or is that desperation?
Hmmm … essence of failure?
A new fragrance from Paris Hilton.
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 ā or rather had ā 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.
Goodnight Douglas Adams
Justa j0e asplosion!
It’s been a while since we hit 1200 hasn’t it
I feel like 1300 needs to be reached….
thats 60 comments… do I have 60 comments in me?
egads
of course I do. I’m a chatty girl
even with myself! You should hear my internal arguements!
does talking to oneself count as masturbation?
do vegetarians eat animal crackers?
I should be napping
but I have too much work stuff on the brain
I was going to nap and then stay up and do some work
but my brain won’t rest
how does 1 quiet an unquiet brain?
does deadpan quiet an unquiet brain?
does deadpan masturbation quiet an unquiet brain?
ok.. trying to keep it PG
this edits my ability to comment consistently
heh
this is a family show afterall
although what is so wrong about sex?
Sex is an act of love, but we are completely willing to show kids violence without skipping a beat.
this has always disturbed me greatly
speaking of disturbing…
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.
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
but no, he was sleeping with his boyfriend. So he became a mockery.
and killed himself
so so sad
ABCs of things that make andrea happy/sad
A
Happy: Amaretto
Sad: Apathy
B
Happy: Books
Sad: Bullies
C
the PG version
Happy: Cake
Sad: Cruelty
D
The PG version
Happy: Dresden
Sad: Defeatists
E
Happy: Easter bunny chocolates
Sad: Earaches
F
The PG version
Happy: Foggy days
Sad: Frightful things
G
Happy: Grapes
Sad: Grouches
H
Happy: Hughie
Sad: Hughie when he’s sick
I
Happy: Ian Curtis’s genius
Sad: Ian Curtis’s lack of faith in himself or a desire to live
J
Happy: Joy Division
Sad: Joy Division
same as above
K
Happy: Kiwi’s
Sad: Killing
L
Happy: Love
Sad: Lying
M
Happy: Music
Sad: Moochers
N
Happy: Neopolitan ice cream
Sad: Nazi’s
O
Happy: Oreo’s
Sad: Opulence
P
oh god.. these 2 letters are so difficult 4 me!!!
Happy: Pizza!!!! Chicago style pizza!!!!!
Sad: Pizza: California style
Chicago needs to come out here and show em how its done.. puhlease people
Q
Happy: Queers
Sad: Queer haters
R
Happy: Ravioli
Sad: Racketeering
S
*sigh*
Happy: Skinny Puppy
Sad: Skinny Puppy- that Dwayne can no longer share his immense, incredible talent with them.
T
Happy: oh god…. Tea
Sad: Torture
U
Happy: Unity
Sad: Ugliness (of the human spirit not of visual attractiveness)
V
Happy: Valentines Day
Sad: Violence
W
Happy: Waltons!
Sad: Walton, Olvia not being here
you know what else makes me happy?
Walrus’s š
X
Happy: Xylophones!
Sad: x- that I can’t think of anything with an x
Y
Happy: Years ahead of me and hugh
Sad: Yard work
Z
Happy: Zebra stripes
Sad: Zoo abuse
I have to sneeze
sneezing makes me happy
sneezing 16 times in a row when you are trying to drive does not make me happy
Ya know, I think this worked
by the time I finish this cookie I will have forgotten all about this
cause I don’t believe in any of that fate crap
Besides Hugh, I think music and art make me the most happy in this world
if my life was music-less or art-less I would crumble
and if it was Hugh-less.. oh jeez.
Can’t imagine how bleak that would be
*shudders*
or imagine how horrible life would be without deadpan?
that would be a sad sad existence
cause then what would be the way instead?
Death metal is the way?
*R rated comment deleted from mind*
ahh success
and how appropriate that my self-edited comment was 1300
Definite add to the things that made me sad column is censorship
I feel better now.. my brain has been quieted
I shall get to work now
night pan
OHHHH yeeeah!!!
Just had to share
my itunes just shuffled to Pat Benatar- Hit Me with Your Best Shot
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.
Damn. The Energizer Bunny knocked me out.
=D
Sounds painful NS.
And restful.