1,035 thoughts on “Jack Mangans Deadpan #210: The Peculiar Tee and Pip”
…and then there was just the dog, chewing on what he hoped was a bone.
Nice job finishing up the conversation on the previous episode, you guys.
finishing the conversation, filling it with spam, take your pick.
I wonder if I should add spam to things to experience before the bell tolls.
After hearing about how it was originally concieved of and made, no. There are better things to do with your remaining dinners.
And as it is way past my bedtime I bid you all goodnight.
I’ll be in my bunk.
I frequently make a spam casserole, which is a huge mealtime hit. Should I admit that?
Goodnight :spam:
Nice compositions and development there, Ralph.
Everyone should go check LostRalph’s work to close out last week’s comments.
RE: Renley Borathian
The changes made to him in the show and the way the actor plays him make him come across as a spoiled and whiny wuss. In the book, he is affable and charismatic and it isn’t so difficult to buy into the Borathian banner men getting behind his claim. I think it’s going to be a tougher sell with the TV version of him.
They are really going to have to make Stannis some kind of monster to make Renley appear a better choice by comparison. If they do that with Stannis, though, I think that creates other problems for continuity and plausibility.
Ed, I didn’t see him as a wuss. Just the gayness was surprising.
Ralph, I wish I worked out 30 to 60 minutes a day. And so does my ass.
Morning, everyone!
Well today’s film at the cinema is The French comedy ‘Potiche’ (Trophy Wife).
Audience consists of 3 women pensioners, two pensioner couples, and a woman in her late 50’s (at a guess). I’m the youngest in the audience..woot!
Morning Pan,
As I embark on my journey to get back to “normal” I found a few short phrases that either helped me realize things needed to change or helped me realize the choice is the right one:
Are you happy?
Are you ok?
You know that is crazy, Right?
Why would you do that?
and my personal favorite the jaw dropped “What? really?” as I describe something I don’t find strange
Sokath – his eyes uncovered
Reaper – his eyes uncovered
Morning Pan
I’m Sick. Stupid husband who brings home all kinds of germs from school.
*sigh* oh well, I’d rather be sick now than when I’m in Arizona.
Jack, no show notes today. See above comment.
Just as a side note, there were show notes last week, Jack just ignored them.
I watched Chocolate, the Thai martial arts film, last night. It was very good.
Weird. This episode cut off on me at 24:23. I think I’m missing a few minutes. I’ll have to check later.
Well that was all very French.
I’m considering a beard change. Currently I’m at full and I think I might use this as a guide. http://imgur.com/r/funny/6dAuP
Werewolf?
I would love to try that one but I don’t have pointy ears or any hair on my head
I was considering patchy AKA the Sidney Crosby but it might be a lot of work because my beard is rather full from the top of my cheeks to nearly neck line of my shirt
Maybe you should go for the full philosopher then?
I might be able to pull that one off but my neck gets itchy once my beard is about an inch long
Bet it would look awesome if I died it gray or added strips of gray.
vertical strips not horizontal
I try everyday not to think of the contents of a haggis.
Good episode Jack, it’s always fun to hear Pip and Tee in an interview.
And for anyone who hasn’t read the book yet i highly recommend it. It’s a very entertaining read, with the right mix of fun and serious. I think fans of Doctor Who will be comfortable with it’s darker aspects, and be equally entertained by the novel.
Yes, you did send show notes for last week, Bunny. Apologies for disrespecting them.
The Show Notes for this week should be easy, anyway:
Deadpan #210:
Tee talks.
😉
Who? 🙂
Didn’t he write a book about social media called More 6? 😉
I haven’t listened yet, but I bet I could drink a few cups of tea while listening to Tee and there’d still be more Tee 🙂
Good thing I’m a fan of both tea and Tee. I am looking forward to the episode 🙂
Moved into the living room currently curled up in my snuggie, drinking lemon- honey tea and reading
CR: high Fidelity – nick hornby
Ah Tee time. Brits grab their cup, Americans grab their club.
Calgary has the largest number of golf courses per capita in Canada. We are also part of the British Commonwealth. What do we do?
I wouldn’t expect you to drink tea with tacks. Grab a club and a cub at the same time?
Feel better soon, Bunny. *hugs*
^
ditto
Feel ditto soon, Bunny.
ditto
ditto getting felt up by TEB and Rhettro, that man is blessed…
Why thank you. 🙂
Hopefully it amuses bunny as well.
Not a freebie Ed, but for a couple of bucks it doesn’t look half bad:
I’m not sure if anyone else besides me has watched Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub’s animated shorts “Blamimations!” but there are some funny ones. (Caution: Potty Mouth) http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/blamimations/
Often in the beginning sequence they pitch bad ideas for new television shows, with the plot/descriptions being humorous and the title as the punch line. Preorders of the season 1 DvD spurred them to encourage fans to right their own versions. If you go to Twitter and look for #myblams you will find some examples. I posted mine on Twitter, but what the hell I’ll post them here too.
A scientist discovers a shady food manufacturer has put out a cereal that isn’t just low in nutrition, it’s a hologram. Coming this fall, “The Trix.”
Was too wiped to do a play by play but will give my thoughts. This movie was pretty mediocre and the ending was predictable. However, given the genre, mediocre is actually not bad. I’ve seen much, much worse but, on the other hand I’ve seen better. It’s an ok movie if you’re drugged out of your gourd on neo-citron.
Neo-citron. That stuff is awesome. I don’t recall ever seeing it down here. 🙁
I must have six different kinds in my cupboard. Every symptom in existence must be covered
(House) It’s not lupus! (/House)
Terrorists try to get Keenu Reeves fired from his job by putting a bomb in his car that blows up if he exceeds 15 MPH. “Commute.”
A down on his luck cartoonist falls for a lesbian with a cronically dry vagina. Ben Affleck stars in “Chaffing Amy.”
*groan* and ouch
Yes and yes.
Weird Al’s new video is pretty entertaining. I wonder who the “double” was.
Was that a Madonna cameo or was that also a double.
I think that was a double.
Should you know the Lady Gaga source material? I don’t.
Actually, if you’ve heard any pop music for the last 30 years … you know her source material.
I heard a quote today that I identified with. I’m not sure if it’ll make you guys scared of me or not, but here goes:
“I drink my coffee without cream and sugar because life is fucking hard.”
Nah, as long as we keep you caffeinated we are safe…
True dat, my dear Van.
This is DEFINITELY my favorite song on the new Weird Al CD. It certainly helps to be old enough to know just who the hell Charles Nelson Reilly is though.
Well Pan, the Sun is shining, so sun block needs to be slapped on the head before getting my BP checked.
It’s still not leaking oil in the Gulf I hope.
Another full weekend of house prep commences. Met with the “staging consultant” yesterday. My list of activities to do got a fair bit longer.
It definitely won’t be my house by the time I’m finished, even if I still am the one paying for it.
RE: Renley – Yes, it was surprising. However, I think that was done exactly for shock effect. But, a lot of the “cock and tits” through the season seems to be inserted simply for shock and titilation value and those tended to distract from, rather than enhance the presentation. I think it also tended to lessen the effectiveness where it was appropriate, such as the end of the season scene with Danerys. I think that HBO and such premium productions suffer somewhat from a mentality of feeling they need to be “edgy” and prurient to justify themselves.
Granted, the books are pretty graphic and I do think Martin himself also strayed into excess and sensationalism at times.
“a lot of the “cock and tits” through the season seems to be inserted simply for shock and titillation”
Really? We’re just going to let that one go?
Is this place becoming all manor-fied and adulty?
*shudder*
oh, the humanities.
“Cock and tits” sounds like an english expression. Bligh me, this earl grey has gone all cock and tits.
I wonder what the flavor of something that went all cock and tits would be. I bet very few people would like it.
Hopefully it would have a less cloying smell than Earl Grey..
Hey Pan
to add the gross factor to the board, I’ve decided one of the worst things about a cold is post nasal drip.
That is all
The pre-nasal drip not so hot either.
I got an e-mail from BioWare saying they have been hacked and I should go into my account and change my password. I believe it was real because they didn’t say “go here (link) to change password. so I changed it *shrug*
MY THROAT EFFING HURTS!!!!
that is all.
I don’t think yelling will help
Yelling in print makes me feel better psychologically, though.
I stand corrected (I also stand to get more water)
When I have a sore throat, I keep swallowing just to check it’s still sore.
Did you know, if you suck on enough Halls, your tongue goes numb?
that is all
Suck the Halls with lots of gusto.
Fa La La La Laaa La La La Laaa
See how very numb your tongue goes.
Fa La La La Laaa La La La Laaa
^winning.
I think I’m going to make my hubby upset with me and clean the bathroom
that is all
Damnit! my mind is being haunted by a Lady Gaga song this morning.
Oh wait, I could mention that I enjoyed this episode and it’s interview.
I am confused though.
I guess T&P were talking about a book they have out … but do they also have a podcast?
They sure do! Tales from the Archives is a short story anthology podcast set in the same universe as the book. This is the same format and continuity relationship that P.G. Holyfield uses for his podcast “Tales of the Children.”
Runs around wildly flapping arms and happy dancing.
Blooming heck, the died of a WP doesn’t like Red Dwarf quote.
-died +fiend
I feel bad for posting my happy post then the screen refreshes and there’s sadness above it.
Octoberforthesthingpound: FAIL
You could start singing ‘Circle of Life’..I’m just saying.
what happens if I badly whistle it?
The world ends.
Was reproofer my coat earlier, that product is nasty, got some on my hands (which have felt greasy since exposure) and my eyes have been stinging all night.
So the Marian Call thinkGeek concert is going to livestreamed shortly
aww, it’s over already. well this is what mp3s are for.
The pintley app for android sucks
except for the suggestion system I think pintly in general is meh
does untapped have an android app?
CW: The girl with the dragon tattoo
CD: Anchor Steam
Somebody order a herd of tumbleweeds?
At a hotel for a conference. Posting using the wi-fi from the mall across the street. It’s been a very long day. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow.
Cars 2 – My mom took the kids to see it yesterday. They all enjoyed it and my kids said it was better than the first one. Of course, we actually enjoyed the first one, so take it for what it’s worth.
Looks like Rowling is going to be releasing a work with more backstory that didn’t fit into the main novels.
CP: I’m Right Behind You, Charlene — The Black Belles
That’s it? I sincerely hope they’re not intending to charge people for Pottermore.
And – “Men always ask me about quidditch,” Ms. Rowling says. “They just think it’s illogical — and it’s not illogical.” –
Yes it is! Why does anyone bother with the goal-scoring aspect, when all that really matters is the Golden Snitch?
In fairness since the game doesn’t end until the snitch is caught means that the other points could matter. I want to say there was also a game where they held off catching the snitch b/c the team would have lost even with the points from catching the snitch.
As for me I’m really not that interested in another book in the Potterverse, I would like to see what else Rowling is capable of writing.
supposedly it is all free. I did actually really enjoy the animation of the book coming alive. It was quite beautiful.
Yes! Quidditch is completely illogical! What would Spock say if you told him the rules of the game?
Well, about an hour into Dungeon Siege 3 and, since I was asked earlier, these are my thoughts so far. This is NOT a user friendly game. First of all, I cannot change the controls at all and, since the default controls are really stupid, the is a big point. It took me 10 minutes to figure out how to get to my inventory screen (pressing T) and then, I cannot equip items from my inventory screen, I have to go to my “equip” screen to equip items. Why they are not one and the same is beyond me. The manual is unhelpful and as good as useless. Apparently I have special abilities but I have yet to figure out how to use them. The camera tracking is almost non-existent and having to stop moving every few minutes to change the camera view is annoying. For zoom, you have two really, really close as to be useless, or only really close. Either way, you can’t see very far in front of you so don’t have any idea what you’re coming upon.
Even at its highest setting (1920 x 1080), the graphics are so-so. Game play is clumsy and not intuitive at all. I will continue playing it because I the type of personality that must finish what I start but I don’t think I can in good conscience recommend this game to others.
Now… I must find missing legionnaires.
Another thing that is annoying is this game has save points. Really? On a PC Game? I should be able to save whenever I damn well want to.
And another thing. When you are purchasing items, there are certain items some characters can’t use, you’d think the store would mark those items in some way so you don’t end up buying something useless.
Was it ported from a console? Sounds like a half ass conversion.
Thanks bunny! It’s sounding like I’ll give this game a pass.
Just gave a listen to the MOPO Part#1.
Yeah!
I eagerly await part 2, Jack!
Still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that in a certain restaurant they sprinkle parsley on fries.
Lazy Sunday round here!
Though not for me…. Only just returned from the doom drive.
I pretty much had a day of “I’m not young and invincible anymore” down time after putting in a lot of time this week working on the old house.
Took the opportunity to introduce my kids to “The Last Starfighter”. While I know the graphics were cutting edge back in the early 80’s and could easily be freshened up, there’s nothing to be done for that 80’s hair.
I don’t think I would have ever guessed that the actor who played the reptilian navigator Grig in The Last Starfighter was the same guy who played the chairman of OCP in Robocop.
Drop by here, Van, we’re expected to hit 112 tomorrow.
Goodnight :melt:
Ugh, I’m breaking out into a sweat just trying to imagine that sort of heat.
New Season of Trueblood has started, what did you think of the first episode Essbee?
I haven’t seen the new episode of true blood yet, but I expect it will be dirty. very very dirty.
I’m going to watch it later, but to quote ComicbookGirl:
Pissed off faeries, MMA, necromancers and lesbian make-out sessions all in one episode? Season 4 of True Blood is off to a great start!
web • 27/06/2011 04:43
And so the new week begins.
Does that mean it will end in FIRE?! I sure hope not!! 🙂
Well, I wouldn’t put too much faith in this three year old post, especially since IMDB doesn’t have any kind of listing for it.
Yeah couldn’t wait. Tara as kick ass MMA cage fighter and in a lesbian relationship.
I can hear Lo Pan stand to attention from here.
Cough
Van, I enjoyed the episode — love the new Tara/Toni twist. Sly B said that Treme is 1,000 times better than True Blood, but I really enjoyed it! We dig the British actress who plays the freaky new witch character.
It’ll be near 100 here today.
CW: Celebrity Rehab
Yup, was a good start to the season.
Cancel that! 80F today! Near 100 the rest of the week.
Hey Pan!
Now to catch up on comments
Locus Award list: I read Kraken, I have Blackout/All Clear in my que but haven’t read it yet. Hubby has and said it was pretty slow moving
110!!!! Jack, Jack, Jack, you guys better get your act together and cool off in the next 10 days. Do you want me to melt? It’s only suppose to get to 23C here today (a little over 70F) but will reach 26C (pushing 80F) closer to the middle of the week.
We’ve only just started season 3 of True Blood. Won’t catch season 4 until it come to DVD
this is how far behind I get when I’m not feeling great, I’m only listening to the episode now.
Oh good the coffee is ready,
Good morning Deadpan.
Morning LR *gives Lost Ralph a peck on the cheek*
Ooo, a bunny kiss now that’s the way to start the morning. :happy:
TEB, you spoil LR..
*Gives Vanamonde a big hug*
Hubby’s only got three day’s left of school. Then I may be a little more hit and miss. While I love my hubby dearly, he really messes with my rhythm when he’s home for the summer.
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doing some laundry.
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I could do with one of those suits from Dune, just to recover the salt when I walk around in this heat.
Going back a comment or six, I have 3D on my computer monitor Van, I very rarely use it. Also, if I want to have more than myself looking at the screen, I don’t have more than one pair of glasses.
Yeah that’s what I’m afraid of, still there isn’t that much of a premium these days..
Huh, I’m making Chicken quesadillas for supper tonight but realized I don’t have any salsa. Guess I’m heading out. Later Panites
CP: Science is Fun: Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory
Does that come with neurotoxin?
Silly. I already blew up that lab. 🙂
CW: Fallen Skies S1E3
I’m hoping the scrap metal collection by the aliens is either a red herring or an attempt to deny humans attempting to recover technology…if it’s because the aliens need metal..I’m done with the series.
Bad timing for my post…. not a cut at ditto’s xkcd post^^^
Oh, sure. You say that now… 😉
Now where did I put the batteries for the super secret evil plotting machine?
Where *did* I put those H batteries?
EssBee- Treme?
I have returned. Not only did I get my salsa, I also went for my daily constitutional. Now I must change into something with less cloth. I’m boiling in my jeans.
In another piece of good news, the postal strike is now over. They say we should start seeing mail tomorrow.
“Puritans thought children were ‘innately sinful and that parents’ primary task was to suppress their children’s natural depravity.”
Does this mean my children and no longer naturally depraved? Has anyone met my girls?
No, but I’ve met you. 😉
’nuff said
Yep. We like you this way. 🙂
That’s what happens when you encourage their depravity, and don’t suppress it like a proper puritan.
Puritan schmuritan. 😉
Isn’t that the newest Bangles song? Suppress Like a Puritan
Truthfully, I’m glad this law failed. Blind shopping tests have shown it’s easier for a minor to get into (or purchase) an R rated movie than get an M rated game (ratings are similar but for different media for those not into game ratings).
^like
I think the gaming industry polices itself fairly well.
Lunch time!
Bubbles with kittens! I rely like the new Dairy Queen series of commercials
Talking of ads, if you’ve played Portal 2 you’ll regonise the narrator:
Hey, the McRib is back. According to the commercial, I’m suppose to celebrate. Where’s Kool and the Gang when you need them
My life is so random.
*randomly hugs Cj*
*like*
I just want you to know the Canadian dollar is getting a little to close to par vs. The US. I’m not sue if America needs to do worse or Canada needs to do better but either way, they have 10 days to make my dollar worth more
“rebates are limited”
According to the news doctors in Canada are no longer able to meet patient’s needs. No Shit Sherlock!
Since I’m not doing bunches anyway. Mane I’ll do a movie PBP
I think Bunny and I should watch a movie together and PBP together while she’s here… but I’m not watching anything scary, unless I can get a copy of Student Bodies.. that would be super fun… well, for me? lol
That sounds like fun
“talking through a rubber chicken” that’s a new euphamism.
Ralph, have I told you lately how awesome you are? 😉
Scott Pilgrim?
I do hope we can record a Hitchhiker’s conversation too, during the Bunny visit.
I’m going to try and get to some long overdue recording this week, now that I have some more time & energy. I’m also debating on what to do next for “Ditto Recommends”.
Ok, deadline. Since nobody made a request, we’re watching The Descendant
The DVR write-up: In this terrifying thriller, James Duke uncovers a dark family secret when he decides to visit his estranged grandparents filling the death of his mother. The deeper James digs, the more he realizes he’s made a big mistake.
Bwa, ha, ha, ha, ha!
What? No nudity? Humph
So the big thing now seems to be to start every movie with a black and white film of the past
the next big thing will be sepia toned films of the past.
Looking through a box of old photos
CP: Bad Luck — Royal City
Ooh, mommy was secretive
You have to do it!
Smoochies!
This film is so 2008. Who has phones like that any more?
A vist? Are you insane?
I don’t thing grandpa approves
Hiding the handkerchiefs
Oh wait, I think it’s actually a quilt
Bus
I have to admit, once again, it’s very easy to tell this is a Canadian film
it’s all aboot the maple leaves, eh?
The last word is certainly correct
That and the rioting.
“our local something or other”
A couple of female trouble makers
Don’t.do.it
“small town maggots and big town faggots”
Really?
Truck
No hugging!
It’s an old timey phonograph
Traps
Ahhh, autumn in Quebec
My god, you can’t see the field for all the corn
The Dukes are special
Yup, Hazzard county wouldn’t be the same without them
Not allowed to play music at night
Wow, attic bedroom and all
Unpacking
I admit, that wooden horse is freaky
Red barn
Mom loved to ride him
Mom with freaky horse
Bed time
No blankets!
What do they do, turn the heat off at night?
Whoops, ripped haunted blanket
I hate to drop this in mid-Play-by-Play, but this week is almost certainly going to be a week of Un.
Ok. Next week, there will be no show notes
Hand
Need to get car smogged but the wait time just went up from 6 minutes to 22 minutes.. i think I’ll wait til after the lunch rush. http://65.82.88.75/queuecam/stationview.exe
The history of the blanket
Creepy horse likes blanket
Real maple syrup!
Ghost doesn’t like music
What’s he going to do with that axe?
Someone’s been shopping at Canadian Tire
You know, when I’m in somebody else’s home, and I find a locked shed I don’t usually try to break into it
Wow, what difference a day makes
Grandpa’s all scary looking
Hmm, suspicious.
It’s been 40 years…
Since what?
You know, when I’m in someone else’s home, looking at the picture on the walls, I don’t usually pull them a pat to see if there are other pictures hiding behind the one showing
Haunted corn field
It’s a trap!
Really?
Julius!
He’s an outsider
Why are you here!
I came here to bs and drink beer. So pour me another beer.
Ashes to ashes
Mot he’s dead, she can’t decide anything
Creepy horse
Grandpa’s pissed
Scythe
Rednecks? Rednecks? In Quebec?
What happen to daddy?
Yeah, that looks safe
Evil vision
Someone hates weather vanes
Wind a bloein’ trhrough the grave stones
CP: Are You Unloved? — Years
Oop, doorbell. Back in a bit
What are you drinking, LostRalph?
I’m back! Where was I?
Oh yes, tied to a tree listening to poetry
Death by old man
I don’ think I works that way
I’ve heard of automatic writing but automatic boning?
Any chance you can expound on this one ?
The statement is more fun than reality
He found some bones and has been trying to figure it out all morning. He zoned out and suddenly was able to assemble them
An oil lamp? Why does nobody in these kind of movies believe in electricity?
Hidden room
Music
Calling spirits?
Creepy horse again
Personally, I think mom was kind of creepy too
Setting more traps
Don’t look at the creepy horse
Playing more music
Wow, an honest to goodness flashlight! What do you want to bet it goes out right when he needs it
Strange things are afoot
The haunted blanket is the key
Huh?
I have to admit I didn’t expect that
The secret is out
I just don’t know what to make of this movie. It was neither terrifying or a thriller. Nor do I think it was trying to be. Although, I’m really not sure what it was trying to be.
It was slow moving. Had a huh ending. And screamed made in Canada. But you know, I think I kind of liked it
Although, having a real life moral at the end also was confusing
The moral was: “Don’t make movies in Canada”…?
Actually, that’s wrong, jack. Plenty of US produced movies are shot in Canada. It’s the paid by Canada movies that have a certain feel. And they’re not all bad, I highly recommend Pontypool if you’re in a zombie mood
I agree, there are plenty of good ones. Odds are, you’ve already seen one or two.
400
or close to.
You can get a nasty surprise when aiming for an exact number in your post these days.
yeah alot of comment ninjas just waiting to steal the good numbers.
Pays to be nonchalant with a bit of gibberish.
I kid the Canadian film industry. It’s a shame they had such a flap over the Maurice Richard film, because it was excellent: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460505/
Sorry ditto, I just didn’t remember you talking about boulevard before.
Just finished watching Troll 2 with my daughter. This is widely considered to be the worst movie of all time (although I don’t think it holds a candle to Plan 9 from Outer Space). Fun to watch and it got my 14 year old daughter to realize why I like to watch bad movies. She had a blast. Now that I have her understanding the concept of a good-bad movie, the next step will be to get her hooked on MST3K.
I have some audio that needs editing … still.
I need an intern.
That’s quite the euphemism, Joe.
My calendar says to say: Happy Birthday, Smooth as Butter!
Well, I already wished Happy Birthday to Kris, so I should remember to wish EssBee a happy birthday, too 🙂
Huma?
Van – I read 100k Kingdoms by Jemesin. There were a number of things I liked about it, but it didn’t nearly fit into the major fantasy subgenres. It was a little bit epic, a little bit Gaiman, and had a touch of the urban fantasy feel.
I’m not enjoying it’s sequel so much, stalled about third of the way into the book.
is it the writing or the plotting slowing you down?
Interesting rumors and news on Game of Thrones season two casting:
So apparently Good Morning America wants the next big pop star to fail since they got the guy who helped make the “Friday” video.
And are acting like that is a good thing.
EssBee !!!!!
Happy Happy Joy Joy!
Good Meh-ning, Pan.
I went to a conference this past weekend, What’s Next California. I got home on Sunday evening. What was just a cough yesterday evening is now full-blown con crud. Great. :/
So if you baking a pie, make it square..you know you want too…
and 45deg = tau/8
I don’t think a change is really necessary.
I have no strong feelings on the shape of pies, exept if they contain steak and kidney.
I wish I could find a web site that discussed how much car insurance to carry … that wasn’t sponsored by an insurance company or insurance industry group.
It’s like going to the national pie council and asking how much pie you should eat every week.
BTW – The NPC recommends the ingestion of 3.14 slices of pie a week for healthy digestion.
It is not clear if those pies are Metric or SAE.
From what I have been told it depends on the laws in the state and the value of your assets.
If you have nothing get the state minimum. the Lawyers won’t bother trying to get more than they easily can from you.
if you have many assets you might want to go more middle of the road ($100k+) then add a Law suit umbrella policy to your home owners insurance that will kick in after the car insurance policy is exhausted. but read the fine print some times they try to exclude car accidents from an umbrella policy… bastards.
from my only cursory knowledge of programming what’s wrong about having a computer call the atomic clock server January 2nd, instead of worrying about adjusting to the very second at midnight December 31.
The easiest answer is it is complicated. 😉
Can we call our bands next album, “Problem loading page” ?
will the first song be “Can’t surf there from here”?
Yes. YES!
Another track is, “Self Server”
Will it be 4.04 minutes in length?
No, there will be a track of silence 4m 4 s in length.
We can title it NACK. 😉
^Winning. This entire conversation.
What am I supposed to be singing again? It’s a Boston song, I know that. I’m thinking it was Don’t Look Back, is that it?
Yep, that’s right. TEB did an excellent dramatic reading of it a few episodes back.
Excellent. I should have extra time on my hands tomorrow as I will be waiting for a cable guy and 2 roofing contractors that all may or may not show up. Plenty of time to get this responsibility off my plate.
With a Twin Peaks rewatch I’m going through, I remembered giving Jack a bit of Cooper wisdom back when days were darker…
Do you remember which advice, Jack?
Eat more Pi?
can I have another piece of tau instead?
Oh? Is the TauFu good?
depends how many shots of tauquila you drink beforehand.
You’d think with volunteer work there wouldn’t be politics and infighting, but you’d be wrong.
Indeed, it seems that when money is not involved, politics steps in to fill the void.
And people that don’t know how to act professionally. 🙁
You know, there’s a good reason that tau will never catch on…
…you just can’t make any kind of geeky eatery name with tau. Only pi are square!
True. You might get PTaumaine poising.
J0e, Rhettro, LostRalph: Thanks for the get-better wishes! 🙂
I feel like I’ve forgotten something. Replacing pi with tau must have messed up my mental filing system.
Just add a little e and go straight to bonkers.
Tea and pie would go nicely with your tau and pi.
Amy, get better! Hugh out with the one and only JR Murdock tonight, along with the one and only Doug Kress (Trivia Doug from the old Slice of SciFi days).
I didn’t even have to use my AK. It was a good day.
I’m going to have to check with Dre to find out exactly what “Hughing out” would entail … but what ever it is, I know it’s something every guy should want to aspire to.
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE HUGH! 😉
Are any Brits awake? Van, I’m stuck doing data entry and need live-ish interaction…
I’m up JB.
And so it goes…
Well, I’m coming to the end of Fall of Hyperion. Looks like Dance with Dragons hits on July 12.
Any suggestions on something fairly short to read (listen to) to bridge the gap?
Dammit, why are there no good parodies of Don’t Look Back. Plenty of parodies of More Than a Feeling. Can’t even find a good mashup with Don’t Look Back. This is going to take some additional thought.
Processing…
Processing… still (I know it’s a duplicate message :FTB: I’m doing it on purpose)
Hmmm. Looks like the title “Don’t Look Back” has been done by Boston, The Temptations, Telepopmusik, Lucie Sylvas, Thalia… and that’s just the first page of search results. Maybe I’ll do my own mashup.
Ed, it is YA fiction, but I just finished The Hunger Games trilogy and was VERY impressed. Dystopian near-future stuff. Really quick reads.
I’m in the middle of Book 1 of the Malazan novels by Erikson. Really enjoying that, but know I need to finish by July 12!
I agree re: Hunger Games.
Currently reading “Deadline” the sequel to “Feed” by Mira Grant.
Hey Deadpan
Today I get poked, prodded, nagged and rubbed in preparation for my trip next week.
Good luck TEB.
What he said!
And I just canceled my pre-order for Dances with Dragons and ordered it on Sly B’s amazon acct. She has prime through her University gig and we’ll get it on the day of release for free!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone. It was a great day. Sly B took me here: http://www.colterra.com/ She also gave me some great gifts: 4 lbs of Grounds for Change coffee; the last two Marla Mason novels; a SHINY bumper sticker; a Best-Of Amy Poehler dvd; and some hard-to-find hair gunk that I prefer. I also got a very mean “I am 40” gift bag from my auntie with prunes and tums and all kinds of old-people things and some nice coffee mugs and some other loot. Good day!
Amy, hope you’re feeling better! Hope everyone out there with shit happening is better today.
My soon to be x and I got that a lot. It was a compliment for her (she will be 40 this year) but I’m only 32.
Get off my lawn you damn kid…
*nods*
Darn kids these days.
*rocks on rocker*
oh shut up old man and have another beer.
I’m actually the one that acts older most of the time.
Tonight I’m going to a concert in the park put on by these people: http://www.salinefiddlers.com/
I’m told concert in the park is normally attended by people in there 50 and older.
I haven’t been there to see a concert in 9 years and I loved it then.
Where did my rocker and widdlin’ knife go…
Heh? Whats that sonny? Concert? Beer? Oh my achin’ aches…
*gums*
*Internet high five*
Way to go!!!
Hey Pan
Back from the doctors. Wasn’t nagged as much as I thought I’d be. Get to see my massage therapist after lunch. Tomorrow I’ll be all melty.
I knew there was a reason I don’t like fairground rides.
We really enjoyed that one when we went to Legoland a couple of years ago. Take a couple of industrial assembly robots, paint them black and gold, attach a seat and you shake it all about.
Never got round to reading Robert E Howard’s stuff, so Podcastle covering one of his Conan stories came as a pleasant surprise (really enjoyed it):
All the gay marriage stuff is hard to comment on. Little steps . . . Second class citizenry . . . bleh . . .
It’s bloody hot.
I have the same birthday as Felicia Day.
Stolen sentences:
Fulfill your Wild West fetish where leather-clad lesbian cowgirls carry guns, snakes slither over naked breasts and sudden showers drench the sand. Maria Beatty directs this brooding Bleu Production with a haunting soundtrack by Lydia Lunch. 2009.
Well I could do without the snakes.
Morning Pan
Hubby’s only been home a day and already he’s messing with my rhythm. Oh well, maybe I’ll give him a hug anyway :cheerful:
On a different note. Only one week until I in the sweltering heat that is Deadpanland
I’m not looking forward to work next week, Summer tends towards hell where my job is concerned (air conditioning is rare and even when available is usually faulty).
Yeah, we’ve been pushing 30C here the last couple of days. While the mall and some offices have air conditioning, most people don’t (me included) so it gets a little sticky here, too
Morning, Pan.
Yesterday was one of those “no energy for anything except lying around, watching movies” days. Today, I at least have enough energy to take a shower, get dressed, and eat oatmeal sitting at the dining table. Still not well enough to go back to work, but I’m getting there.
Glad to hear you are feeling better.
One step at a time. I here the con-crud can be quite the illness.
Showers do help.
We’re not talking about your cold showers. 😉
CP: Finest Worksong — REM
It’s shame we couldn’t meet up with you while we were here, Amy!
Off to the beach for a few, then heading home.
For those of us who do not want to view the hemorrhoidal discomfort that will be Transformer 3: Dark Side of Your Moon
Well that’s me sold on never seeing T3.
Right? Thank god the franchise is over *prays*
funny how a website called topless robot rips on a movie that is basically robot action porn for being just robot action porn
*snicker*
Maybe Bay will do Voltron next
oh the humanity… maybe not the best choice of words
To be fair, it’s also being ripped on for being too much robot action porn. I guess the first half is brutally boring, then the last hour is one giant action piece – which to me would be very boring as well.
If he even touches Voltron I’m breaking off his…anything
and the robots are not actually showing any naughty bit in the movie
all the talk about porn and touching Voltron is making my mind go to bad places
Correct. The robo-balls were in the last Transcrapper movie.
Waiting for Gobots? Bay will likely do Voltron first.
The Waiting Place…
…for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That’s not for you!
“Uncle Jake”
*shudder*
Waiting for dinner companion.
That out of the way … I believe I will now go take a Salsa dancing lesson… because, well …
Well judging from a French film I once did see, you sly old devil JJ..
How can it have rained everywhere but my house?
C: cooking qinua (however you spell that), red chard, chicken.
So been invited to a folk festival by an FB friend who I’ve met once.
She has said I could stay at her house (with her partner and daughter) or camp out in the garden.
Ummm, Mr Paranoid is kicking in..
Any mutual acquaintances? Any way to meet them ahead of time and back out safely?
Nope, and the trip would end up with me in the middle of nowhere, relying on people I don’t really know.
Cluck, cluck, it is.
Dudes . . . Van, “stay at my house” is code for wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
My brain did go there, except it getting kinky with the partner bit, that and I’ve evidence that I’m more than a bit dense when it comes to social interaction.
Missed the “partner” part! Althought still could be wink-wink.
Bad Vogon poetry
I’d forgotten the badness
before palooza
repetitive haiku repeats
Many paint fumes will be inhaled this weekend. Not all of them on purpose….
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Well, that was fun.
I hear the blue paint is far out, man.
Goodnight :blue:
The order in which Michael Bay will tackle his next movies:
Voltron
Battle of the Planets
Thundercats
Gobots
She-Ra Princess of Power
Dinosaucers
Captain Planet
Plastic Man (Baby plas shows up in Plastic Man II)
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Micromachines
Galaxy Rangers
Count Duckula
Gummy Bears
Kwiky Kowala
The California Raisins
I guess Dinoriders were too commercial for him.
Blue is far out but the red is intense.
Morning Pan!
Happy Canada Day! Too Bad I have to work through it. Stupid month end.
Hooray for Canada!
I hear it’s the maple leaf state.
I’m getting a severe case of dejavuitist.
Finished the comic series Fray last night. I highly recommend it for all the Buffy fans out there.
Umm is this a new one or the old one I read in collected form a few years back?
I’m not sure, Van. I just read it on my IPad. It’s the Joss Weadon comic. Judging by Wikipedia it’s fairly old http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fray
Since Jack has decided to mess with my stats by not having a show *wiggles nose at Jack*, I’m calling the last week of June at 636 comments. Anything after that will go on July’s stats. Now give me a minute and I’ll have monthly numbers…
Ok, June 2011 had 2,092 comments. Again down from last year but still pretty good.
Yah!
I hang my head in shame, after chickening out of the folk festival visit (and probably losing a friend in the process), I done what I said I would and bought a ticket for T3.
An eternity of derision from Lo Pan awaits me.
Cluck! Cluck!
Yea for the Bunny and her numbers skilz!
+n’t
Also, season 8 of Buffy came out as a “motion comic” on DVD. While I read the comics, I still enjoyed their take.
Hmm, that could be interesting, thanks for the heads up.
And we’re back…
Transformers 3: Your Moon Has No Darkside, has a higher rating on Rotten Tomatoes than does Cars 2.
Goddammit Pixar. That’s what happens when you give Larry the Cable guy the leading roll. Did you not see Witless Protection?????? Ok no one saw that… but COME ON!
Wow. I’ve got nothing.
That’s how i feel inside…
It doesn’t deserve it, T3 was truly monstrous in being totally shit. Even the robot porn sections were snooze inducing.
CP: Strength Of The World — Avenged Sevenfold
God, they used to be so so good. First two albums are aces
I’ll have to look into them. I got City of Evil only because of Rock Band. I haven’t liked their new songs so much.
Check out “Sounding the Seventh Trumpet”. Its closer to hardcore punk than metal.
Holy…guess what I’m printing out in poster size!!!!
*sigh*
that is all.
Agreed.
Annnnnnd we’re back…….. again………….. Oh, Lo Pan already said that.
Um, at this point, I don’t think we’ll bother with the week’s Unshow. As you may have gleaned, my kids and I spent 3 days this week in SoCal, enjoying Legoland, and the beach. We also go to hang out with JR Murdock and (Trivia) Doug Kress. I guess we can just keep the conversation going on this one, right?
Yessir.
Did Legoland kick as much ass as promiseD?
Whoa! we could get into four figures again.
Oh I can get into four fingers easily.. er… wait that’s not at all what you said.
I would have expected a joke about Dead Pan going down on you but this…
ok back to the Voice Mail upgrade from hell
Your’e welcome!
Also, You’re!
Yea for the fambly trip!
I hope you had access to the “Family Vacation” station wagon.
…and this dark side of the moon crap, shouldn’t someone force fed a junior astronomy book to Michael Bay? just saying..
Yes. And to Pink Floyd. And to 90% of America who thinks there is one.
There is no dark side in the moon, really. As a matter of fact it’s all dark.
Mmmmmm. Dark Cheese.
Wootah! Isn’t J.R. awesome? Did you get to see his big truck?
I find youtube comments a constant challenge to my faith in humanity.
There is no humanity. There are only the unwashed masses that will die in a fiery apocalypse, and deadpanites.
Possibly trolling?
did I miss the bridge?
Its VERY possible… cause its something I’d do. Course I wouldnt have stopped at just 2…
WUT IZ uyou talakingabout..>
Anyway, Legoland was declared “The Greatest Theme Park in the World” by those who matter.
That Knight’s Challenge ride to which I posted a Youtube link was srsly good whiplash fun, but overall it’s still mostly a kid’s place. Legoloand is highly recommended if you have kids 13 and under. If it’s a grown-ups only SoCal theme park trip, then go to Disney.
And those who matter – matter!
Sweet to hear!
Putting a full day of work in on a stat holiday is not my idea of fun. It’s a beautiful sunny day, why am I stuck inside?
I know that feeling. You have my sympathy.
Ah the internets, to many trolls, not enough billy goats.
I didn’t read the comments, but I’m sure someone made the sunstroke joke. If not, then there you go.
And wherever I go, there you are.
Wait..
Coronal mass ejections?
Make your eyebrows extra crispy.
I’m not getting any comments through RSS. Dis someone lurking in the background change a setting? I’m looking at you Summer.
Perhaps with all of these comments we’re reaching “critical RSS mass”, causing the laws of the interwebs to start getting all wibbledy-wobbledy.
Alright… who broke the internet? I’m lookin’ at you Lo Pan.
Its what I do!!!!!
*pulls more tubes*
So the other day I finally got to listen to Jack’s Steampunk fiction. Good stuff, I think Steampunk fits you.
With work being pretty slow today (until now), I was inspired to try my own hand at some steamboat fiction. I was going to bring it a little farther, but alas, I got some real work dropped on my lap. Anyway…
Steamboat fiction, ha! Writer I am. *faceplant*
You could involve Willie with that.
Willie Scott?
INNNNNDDDYYYYY!!!!!!
Damn I would banged Kate Capshaw. Hard.
I’m trying to keep the Disney to a minimum.
Jack Brisco’s mind screamed in silent panic as he felt his weight leave him. His craft soaring so near his destination, his shock made all the more potent by his fleeting elation of nearing his target. Now falling ever faster back to the earth. “Dammit! I’ve killed myself.”
Three hundred years earlier…
The wind began to wane, but the clouds still hung to the base of the mountain. Juan Montejo shook his head sending a few rain drops off the silver brim of his helmet. His feet stood on ground that would one day be called “South America.” Juan didn’t have a name for this place other than God Forsaken. “Stupid natives and their superstitions,” Juan muttered. A cold drop of water fell off his chin and rolled under his breast plate. The wooden crucifix Juan wore around his neck began to itch. “I hope Father Alverez falls ill and dies” Juan quickly purged the thought from his mind. No sense in condemning himself to hellfire because he was having a bad day. Juan didn’t particularly dislike the priest, it just seemed as if he kept getting singled out as his errand boy. When they first made landfall, Juan was tasked with moving the priest’s belongings ashore, all seven trunks worth and that was just the start. While the captain busied himself pilfering gold from the locals, Father Alverez made fast friends with Umbitu, the tribe healer. While the priest’s true calling was to convert any heathens they encountered, he was a true affectionato of history and lore, particularily of the undocumented kind. Father Alverez kept notes of everyplace they visited mostly consisting of church business but sometimes notes about local medicinal cures and stories. In exchange for some wine, Umbito told the priest about a cure for stomach cramps made from honey and the leave of the Jibneb plant. The plant with a purple flower was said to grow amoungst some large dirt mounds along the river, deep in the jungle. Of course Juan was the one tasked to fetch them. After three hours fighting against the vines and the mosquitoes Juan finally found the plants. He also discovered the mounds housed the largest ants he ever saw. Careful as he was to pick the Jibneb, he still got bitten by one of the devils and he bled from the wound. Juan shivered, still damp from the rain. According to the description given to him from Alverez he had to be getting close. The path along the mountain was nearly nonexistent except for a few faded symbols and the occasional large sharp stone. Juan stopped for a moment and looked back, his eyes widened.
LIKES!!
Thanks Lo, I like you too. 🙂
Well bllllllush!!!
Okay, back to work.
Very cool, Rhettro!
Evil, Inc. let us go early today. i’ve been out pulling weeds for the past hour and a half. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph it’s too hot for that.
Sly B and I will listen to Jack’s newest fiction on our drive this weekend – been saving it and looking forward to it!
Thanks EssBee, have a safe trip!
Keep going, Rhett! I’m on for the Steamboat ride.
Thanks Jack, I will. I know where this story is headed so I at least need to take it to there. But for now, back to work. 😉
Hmm… methinks we at Deadpan do this on a regular basis!!!!
Is that a Terminator in your pocket?
Just glad to see you! And a terminator!
Yah! Month end is over for, well, another month
Lord have mercy, it be hot.
Yeah I’m sweating balls on my balls.
Me too.
Yowza!
lmfao
nice and relaxing isn’t it?
Yes. As relaxed as that one dude in Temple of Doom was while being lowered down to the volcano after having his heart torn out
Rhettro: I like your story!
Today is the first day of the first session of Camp NaNoWriMo, which is NaNoWriMo for people who want to write a NaNo novel at a different time of year/more than once a year. If you’re going to continue that story, you should sign up!
Maybe I will. I’m up to my neck in relatives at the moment, I’ll have a better idea of how to parse my free time in another week.
Cool! I’m pretty sure I’m going to wait for the August session. I’m too busy this month with family, vacations, and moving.
Hail, Pan.
Many fumes inhaled, but much achieved. Including coming to grips with my being a limited being not of infinite power.
But, my friend, Mr. Bacardi, will help me deal with it much better.
Is this the new house or prepping the old house?
Prepping the old house. Every time I get something done in getting it ready, I find something else that needs to be done.
One thing’s for sure – this new house I’m in now is the one they will haul me away to the funeral home from. Moving, and selling a house is something I hope to never have to do again.
So true.
Seriously!
Rhett – I too like the story.
Thanks JOe, I’ve got a couple more pages of the story in my head I need to put to paper, hopefully soon.
Gosick is over. 🙁
I have one more to go 🙁
I hope you’ve been enjoying it.
Extremely. Super original and engrossing. Sad to have it end
And, once more unto the breach. To sling the arrows of outrageous fortune in the mind’s eye. Out, out, Damned spot!
LOL! 🙂
Morning Pan
Saw the newest Piranha movie last night. Hubby said it’s now his new favouritest movie.
I wonder if it had anything to do with the two naked women making out in the lake?
Sounds kind of fishy.
Fin
I hope he didn’t have a wet dream.
Now… I have Krugs to rescue.
So….. Firefox broke its last straw for me last night. It’s a bittersweet decision, but I have to move on. We’re not done forever, I’ve just decided to see other browsers. I’m going to see how things go with Chrome, might even hook up occasionally with my main browser from years ago, IE.
Sadly, I don’t love any of them.
I use chrome. I’m ok with it.
Well, hubby saw what the temperature was in Arizona so he took me out and made my buy a hat.
One hundred…. thirteen…. degrees…. Bunny, that better be a helluva hat…
You Arizonans are all secretly Venusians and I claim my five pounds.
Just saw Sucker Punch. I know I’m in the minority, but I rather enjoyed it
Well it’s still better that T3, but then 99.999999% of movies are better than T3.
I think it’s reading time
CR: Dragon’s Ring – David Freer
Just finished watching “The Jackal” – the Bruce Willis version. I remembered most of it, but my wife had no recollection of it at all. Pretty good flick.
And, while I’ve still got firefox installed, I’ve mostly been using Chrome when I go dog paddling on the internet.
If all goes well, I may actually finish the painting phase on ye olde house.
Good luck Ed.
It’s a little late now I guess, but since you had already removed your stuff … did you consider just filling the house with paint and then draining off the excess after all the surfaces had been fully submerged?
This is my cool link to share. I do hope everyone enjoys their holiday (where applicable)!
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CW: True Blood S4E2
Well, I lost the battle and will have to switch over to a larger suitcase. I blame Jack since his gift takes up half the space in my smaller suitcase. :tongue:
It’s a mini hammond organ isn’t it?
Naw. It’s a blue white… or is it a white blue? I never could get these things straight.
I you really want to know, drop me a line and I’ll tell you, otherwise you can wait until Jack gets it and decides if he wants to share.
A Beluga whale?
When hubby gets home I guess I’ll have to get him to do something about the spider crawling on the wall.
He went out to get paperclips. He said mine were too “festive”. Just because they’re all colourful with stripes and patterns on them doesn’t make them festive 😎
Actually, unless your looking for some sort of “humane” solution to your arachnid problem … may I recommend getting out your vacuum cleaner and using the longest extension attachment tool it has.
Your spider problem will be sucked away whilst keeping it outside of your “personal space”.
The new Torchwood is looking good, looking forward to the first episode of the new season.
The first episode is on when I’m in Arizona so I’ll have to wait until I get home and watch it off the DVR
We’re actually a little confused on how the local station is advertising it. They are making a big deal on how it will be in HD, but the channel that shows it isn’t an HD channel. It will be interesting.
That is an excellent film, Ed. We watched Cars 2 at the drive-in theater and also had near-front-row seats for Tempe and Phoenix’s fireworks displays.
Good thing too, because the movie was beyond awful.
What did you kids think? My mom took our to see it while she was visiting, so I’ve not had a chance to actually see it myself yet. My kids enjoyed it, at least.
Though, if you car, the two cars were not actually together in space & time.
We just watched an old S2 episode of Top Gear last night that had a race between Darth Vader, Ming The Merciless, a Klingon, A Dalek, and a Cyberman. It was very strange
Hope you Phoenix people are hanging tough – I cannot imagine!
Jack, Sly B and I listened to Night’s Plutonian Shore on the drive home yesterday – nice! OSM, FTW! We really enjoyed it!
Huh. My kids loved Cars 2, Jack. You really hated it that much?
Morning Pan
Took three spoonfuls of cereal before I realized the milk was off. Now my tummy’s all jumpy.
So apparently Star Trek is available on NetFlix. Not in Canada. Our NetFlix gets a lot of British shows, which is great, we love them, but has a sad lack of most anything else.
We were able to order the discs through Netflix before. Nearly all of the series (minus Deep Space Nine) are now available for instant watch. I like that because I can usually fit in tv episodes better through instant watch than waiting arond for a disc with 3 or 4 episodes on it, then rushing through those episodes so I can sit around and wait for more.
Oh yeah… 2 days.
A story, for those who may or may not be getting special gourmet chocolate from me:
Last year, Bernard Callebeaut the company when into receivership. A different company bought them out around January or so (sorry, don’t remember the other company name). This new company is currently in litigation with Bernard Callebeaut the man as, apparently, he took some of the equipment and recipes when he left, which was a no-no. Meanwhile, Bernard Callebeaut has still be making chocolate but, since I’m not really a chocolate person, I have yet to try any so have no idea if they are still as good. You will have to let me know when I’m out there.
Speaking of recalls … my damn phone won’t stop “restarting”. I tried to turn it on 3 days ago and it just went into this endless startup cycle.
Gets to my home screen, goes black and then automatically starts the whole darn thing over again.
grrr.
It’s an LG VX8300 … anyone heard of a fix for this?
*sigh*
I guess I’m screwed then. That reset requires you to use the menus. I only get the main menu for about a second and a half before the phone resets and restarts.
It’s a pretty old phone. It is probably time to replace it.
Is it fair to assume you’ve already tried physically removing the battery for a few minutes? Can you boot the phone when connected to the charge cable but minus the battery?
None of the buttons are stuck, maybe making constant contact? Have you tried “the Fonz”?
One of the biggest lies–perhaps delusion is a better description–within the software industry is that code is self documenting.
Back from the store. Got something small for both Coethelia (sp?) and Rhettro and then something big for my Goddess. I better stop shopping or I won’t have room for my stuff even in the bigger suitcase.
So for those of you who may, or may not, be following my trials with this dog Santa brought us. The latest attempt at keeping her at home has failed. She broke her chainlink choke collar, jumped the fence, and is now roaming freely, we know not where.
I’m done with this dog and should she ever be found, she will be passed along to a new home.
I’m done.
Sorry to hear that Cj. That sounds pretty frustrating.
This is why I’m a cat person. I can lock them in the house forever and it doesn’t matter. (that and I don’t have to walk them when it’s 30 below and snowing outside)
I don’t believe it. I finally finished with programming on this stupid convention. I’m tired.
First day at the new place.
Stability is pri 1.
You moved? Congrats! I hope you enjoy the new place.
Yeh…. YEAH for a new place!
Woot for the new place. Will it be able to receive mail from Canada better than the old one?
Time will tell.
CP: Father Midnight — Earth
I got a mosquito bite just below my bellybutton. I am not amused
The fluff is so thick outside it almost looks like it’s snowing
No sorry, I didn’t move homes, but changed jobs. The time off between jobs was fortunately brief, but still a month-long panic attack.
Woot for the new job, then!
Yes. Let’s hope this one doesn’t blow.
What he said!!
I have strange friends. One e-mailed me about my upcoming trip “Have fun. Don’t drive the men too crazy. After all, down there they aren’t used to such excesses of feminie pulchritude in their midst.”
Pulchritude? I actually had to look that one up :cheerful:
A lovely word to use when you want want people to think you are insulting them as you give them a complement…
Heard on the commercial, ” made with 100% free run eggs”. I start to worry when my eggs have feet
I start to worry when my eggs give me the runs.
Or fertilised in your case.
:dizzy:
Aren’t you the reigning “Miss Pulchritude” in Alberta?
:tongue:
I believe they will make her claim that at immigration.
It’s amazing that TSA will let that much Pulchritude on board the aircraft!
Which just shows you guys are just as strange as my other friends
:blush:
I’m not allowed to talk to Strangers.
Where do you find strangERs, ditto?
Well, that’s exactly my point. We are the right level of strange. Any stranger and I wouldn’t want to talk to them. 😉
CW: Falling Skies. Van, still watching?
So am I Essbee, but it’s still rather slow and horribly derivative.
Oh and it still gives me Half Life flashbacks when watching it..
One of my favorite things about Summer is Vidalia onions.
Does she carry them around with her?
And now I’m off to grill pork steaks and mini-zuchinnis in the rain!
If you like Pina Coladas
And grilling pork steaks and mini-zuchinnis in the rain …
^winning! 😆
For years I thought the guy was saying Peanut Colodas.
Jack: Wow, only one month between jobs? That’s amazing! You’re really lucky really good at using those connections to have found another one so fast! Congratulations!
I managed to survive work today, despite still having this con-crud cough. I did get to take on a project that I think is pretty cool, even though it may seem tedious: “Take all these invoices and retype the key data so it’s sorted into smaller categories by the type of service or activity performed. You have until the end of the day on Thursday.” I got to set up a spreadsheet with subtotal and total formulae, so I felt like I was doing Bunny’s job. :happy:
We’re still watching “Falling Skies” here in Texas. I’m interested enough to keep watching, but will see if that holds once Eureka and Wharehouse 13 fire up for the summer.
RE: Captain America score – it sounds awfully….generic. Has a vague military/marching sound to it, but I can’t really find a theme.
Hopefully the movie proves better that the music.
Jesus fucking gar.
I have been looking through my collection of cook books to get some ideas to shake things up in our recipe rotations. I am about to go through Betty Crocker’s New Dinner for Two Cook Book (1964). This was the cook book that my mother was given when she got married to ease her transition from cooking for a rather large family (11 brothers and sisters) to cooking for only two people. I have vague memories of this book having recipes for things like green beans = open can of green beans and heat on stove. Thus, I thought it would make good play by play material. So, here goes.
Well there are certainly “from scratch” recipes in here. There is one for Vanilla Custard Pudding with all the right ingredients.
Ahhh. Here we are. Crisp Vegetable Sticks (p. 10). Cut chilled raw vegetables lengthwise into thin sticks.
Italian Green Beans with Mushrooms (p.14). Cook 1 pkg (10 oz) frozen italian green beans according to pkg directions–except add 1 can (3 oz) mushrooms for the last few minutes of cooking time. Drain.
Too bad I can’t stand mushrooms.
Chilled Apricots (p.21). One can (8 oz) apricots should be just right for two. Be sure they are well chilled.
Betty, Betty, Betty… what would I do without you?
French Onion Soup (p.26). Prepare onion soup using canned soup. To serve:…
Mmmmm. Beef with Raisin Sauce. This actually looks pretty good and will probably go in the new recipe rotation.
Green Beans and Corn (p.32). Now it advises cooking fresh green beans and cutting the corn from 2 cobs. If they have already established the precedent of using canned or frozen vegetables, why change now?
Mashed Potatoes (p.36). Really? I think this book was deliberately aimed at the target audience my mother was in. Someone who is not used to cooking for only two people and simply needs to know how much of everything to use. Unfortunately, my mother claims she always fought the advice of the book, thinking that it simply wouldn’t be enough food, and often doubled or even tripled the recipes (resulting in massive quantities of leftovers).
Here’s one for all the parents out there…
Mock Champagne (p.42). Combine equal amounts of chilled apple juice and ginger ale.
Hamburger Stroganoff (p.46). Look everyone, hamburger helper was just born.
Cucumber sticks (p.52). OK, now you’re deliberately insulting my intelligence.
Dried Beef Rarebit (p.54). Looks like cream chipped beef with cheese added in. How did it never occur to me to add cheese. I MUST try this soon.
Broiled Steak (p.59). Barbarians! Steak must be grilled.
You ate going to piss off the Inuit/Swedish deapan community UH..
I read that as boiled and thus didn’t get the quip, doh!
Boiled is even worse than broiled. Do people actually do that? Do they then put the boiled steak in an aspic?
Boiling meat is a tradition in Nordic countries and among the Inuit ( when they don’t just eat the meat raw).
/shudder
Oh look. A section on how to set the table. This really is aimed at people new to the kitchen.
Grapefruit and Avacado Salad (p.74). I’ve been kind of disappointed that I haven’t seen any of the stereotypical disgusting 60s cook book items, like anything and everything in aspic. I think this one works though. Just can’t picture these two items tasting good together.
Avocado slices and canned mandarin oranges are really good together. It’s always been a favorite easy salad recipe in my family.
Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup (p.97). First ingredient = 1 beef soupbone with meat. Screw you vegetarians!
There it is! Page 101. Knew it would show up sooner or later. “1/2 tsp. flavor enhancer (monosodium glutamate)”
Just when I got my hopes up. The recipe for Corned Beef Hash (p. 104) has a big list of ingredients. I could use a recipe for that. Wait, wait, ingredient number 5 is 1 can corned beef hash. Fuckashitpiss.
aaaand, here we are. Right back at square 1 all over again. Hot Consomme (p.105). Heat 1 can undiluted beef consomme or bouillon just to the boiling point. Serves two.
And to go with the hot consomme… Toasted Crackers. You guessed it. Put some crackers in the oven.
JELLIED CHICKEN! I found it! The aspic recipe! Chicken, olives, onions, etc. all in a mold of chicken broth flavored gelatin.
Beets in Orange Sauce… pardon me… just threw up a little in my mouth.
I dont…I think.. I really…. *mind blown*
Tomato-Vegetable Aspic. OK. That’s about it for me. The rest of the book is cooking basics (because cutting cucumbers into slices isn’t basic enough).
Not to read when you are having breakfast..ugh.
Return of power catch-up
Grats on the new job Jack.
UH what was that recipe for vegetable spears again? I don’t think I understood it.
In a pinch you can swap out the recipe for vegetable sticks and cucumber spears. But only in a pinch, this isn’t every day advice.
Thank you all. Unfortunately, I have to be more careful about revealing such facts publicly. What with a few recent life changes, it looks likely that the weekly Deadpan release day will change from Wednesdays. Maybe Monday night into Tuesday.
“Jellied Chicken”????? If only the band name joke hadn’t been beaten to death. . .
Damn that’s a shame, if only for selfish reasons.
Cough
Congratulations on the new Job Jack.
Dual stick shooter you can play in your browser (needs flash so not for iPads):
The neighbour brought out his Porche today. I think I’d be more impressed if it didn’t sound like guns going off every time he tried running it.
In a fist shaking minute, I really want to get some kids off my lawn. The next door neighbour has five kids (you heard me). The younger ones have started taking sticks and digging small holes in my yard and planting the sticks. I didn’t pay gross amounts of money last year to redo the yard just to have some kids dig it up.
Sigh, you are officially old now TEB, the sad decline into oblivion begins NOW.
Whenever the DP episode comes out in the next week, I think it’s safe to say there won’t be any show notes 😉
In a few hours I’m going to print out my ticket. I’m a quiver with excitement :woot:
Wow that’s a lot of bands, most of whom I’ve never heard of.
lots and lots of locals there. most are ok. I like it for the people watching and ability to just walk away if a band suck on one song and come back for the next if it is a good one
I’ve heard of it. I’m jealous. 🙂
I wish I were a little closer. I won’t end up getting there till 6 or so and I can’t stay that late because I work tomorrow. But at least the tickets are free. Free tickets are pretty easy to come by.
You’re gonna see Morris Day and the Time!!!!!! ARENT YOU?!?!?!?!?!??!?! Bastard!
Jungle… Looooove.
they are my favorite band!
Don’t You Never Say A Bad Word About Morris Day & The Time!
Oh… happy happy day!
Speak Dutch next time, I still wouldn’t have a clue.
Blasphemy!
CP: Woodpecker From Mars — FNM
^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was always my aspiration to be the guy whose sole purpose was to hold up a mirror onstage for Morris Day to check himself out. That’s my dream job.
I wonder what night HIS podcast comes out on?
There, it’s official. I’ve printed out my boarding pass.
I hope the Arizonians have started on my itinerary 😉
I’m hoping to get Jack into a conversation at some point to make some plans, but you know that man is a bit elusive…
Is there a conversation going?
Step 1: Stay cool.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Rhett, I will get to see you when I’m out there?
Hopefully. 🙂 My folks have been in town since the weekend and are destined to return home on Saturday. So I’ll be juggling time scheduled between them and the Deadpan folks. That said, any meetup Thursday/Friday night will be tough (not imposssible) for me. Likewise, breakfest/brunch on Saturday is probably out. Saturday night and Sunday morning is more open. But don’t let my schedule stop you from planning anything that works for everyone else. 🙂
Not yet. I’ve been busy. Um. Hey, Jack, Rhett… we need to talk… lol
Hubby just took all his 1,000+ D&D minis, packed them up and put them into storage. Why? To make room for his Warhammer stuff. *sigh*
Well, I’d like to record a Hitchhiker’s Guide discussion while you’re here, Bunny. At some point. We’ll need to discuss location and equipment.
This is ok as long as I don’t have to comment much on the newest movie. I only saw it the once and don’t remember much about it. We can’t get it on Netflix up here. The BBC series and the books are fine for me to comment on.
Oh and maybe the text adventure. I played that way back when, but only remember bits and pieces. “put towel on head” “You put the towel on your own head. The Vogon seems confused and unable to see you…”
CP: Drumming Song — Florence & The Machine
I plan on providing my thoughts about Hitchhiker’s, especially the bit about the series ending in “So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”. Nothing after that exists, imo.
Don’t forget when Arthur learns how to fly by the simple way of walking off a very high place and not falling (I think that’s in the third book, when he’s romancing Fenchurch who’s feet don’t touch the groun”
-” +d)
Romancing Fenchurch is in ‘So Long and thanks for all the Fish’ (fourth HH book)
Arthur learns to fly in ‘Life, the Universe, and Everything’ (Third book)
The radio adaption of ‘Mostly Harmless’ changes the ending slightly and in my view it works better than the book.
LIES! No such book exists, thus there can be no such adaptation. 😉
Luna the dog has been missing for over 24 hours now. It isn’t looking promising. We’ve scoured the neighborhood multiples times. The fact that she broke her collar off, leaving her identifying tags with my phone number in the dirt in my backyard is making recovery seem less possible. She is however, implanted with a microchip so should someone decide to take her to the vet or animal control, we will be contacted. At which time, I’ve been making arrangements for a new home for her with someone who is home during the day as she clearly is unable to control her separation anxiety.
Sorry about your dog CJ, it’s never easy when a pet goes missing. At least you did the right thing and had Luna chipped. If anyone takes Luna to the vet you will know.
^And per your recent Twitter, I guess I was proved right. LOL
Was the dog found? We’re all on the edge of our tumbleweeds here!
Found!
[drive by]
I twas thinking about all you lovely peoples and want to say hello
HELLO!!!!
[/drive by}
WOOOOOTIE WOOTIE WOOT!!!!
someone lost a dog?
CJ you lost your dog 🙁
I sorry
CJ tweeted that her dog was found! So all is right with the world. 🙂
CW: Burlesque
Why? As with most things, for a girl.
Luna the crazy 8 month old lab has been located and returned to me for a fee, of course.. so I have her at my house for the time being. A new owner is being considered as I won’t be keeping her.
I have enough “crazy” in my life right now… I don’t need a crazy dog too.
…and then there was just the dog, chewing on what he hoped was a bone.
Nice job finishing up the conversation on the previous episode, you guys.
finishing the conversation, filling it with spam, take your pick.
I wonder if I should add spam to things to experience before the bell tolls.
After hearing about how it was originally concieved of and made, no. There are better things to do with your remaining dinners.
And as it is way past my bedtime I bid you all goodnight.
I’ll be in my bunk.
I frequently make a spam casserole, which is a huge mealtime hit. Should I admit that?
Goodnight :spam:
Nice compositions and development there, Ralph.
Everyone should go check LostRalph’s work to close out last week’s comments.
RE: Renley Borathian
The changes made to him in the show and the way the actor plays him make him come across as a spoiled and whiny wuss. In the book, he is affable and charismatic and it isn’t so difficult to buy into the Borathian banner men getting behind his claim. I think it’s going to be a tougher sell with the TV version of him.
They are really going to have to make Stannis some kind of monster to make Renley appear a better choice by comparison. If they do that with Stannis, though, I think that creates other problems for continuity and plausibility.
Ed, I didn’t see him as a wuss. Just the gayness was surprising.
Ralph, I wish I worked out 30 to 60 minutes a day. And so does my ass.
Morning, everyone!
Well today’s film at the cinema is The French comedy ‘Potiche’ (Trophy Wife).
Audience consists of 3 women pensioners, two pensioner couples, and a woman in her late 50’s (at a guess). I’m the youngest in the audience..woot!
Morning Pan,
As I embark on my journey to get back to “normal” I found a few short phrases that either helped me realize things needed to change or helped me realize the choice is the right one:
Are you happy?
Are you ok?
You know that is crazy, Right?
Why would you do that?
and my personal favorite the jaw dropped “What? really?” as I describe something I don’t find strange
Sokath – his eyes uncovered
Reaper – his eyes uncovered
Morning Pan
I’m Sick. Stupid husband who brings home all kinds of germs from school.
*sigh* oh well, I’d rather be sick now than when I’m in Arizona.
Jack, no show notes today. See above comment.
Just as a side note, there were show notes last week, Jack just ignored them.
Did you know I babble when I’m not feeling well
babble away!
determining the metallurgy of your music:
http://i.imgur.com/ibZQj.gif
dragons?
My hubby was sick earlier in the week. I guess that’s what happens when you work around little germ machines
*cough* *sneeze*
http://tinyurl.com/6b3aayo
http://www.babelgum.com/film
http://tinyurl.com/643fw8t
http://www.summitpost.org/tower-of-babel/151174
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbling
I think I better get some work done. Sick or not, the spreadsheets aren’t going to balance themselves.
It would be a cool trick though.
That gives me visions of a person spinning spread sheets on sticks and walking away
ha that’s funny:
http://i.imgur.com/rJRzL.jpg
cute
Morning pan!
I watched Chocolate, the Thai martial arts film, last night. It was very good.
Weird. This episode cut off on me at 24:23. I think I’m missing a few minutes. I’ll have to check later.
Well that was all very French.
I’m considering a beard change. Currently I’m at full and I think I might use this as a guide.
http://imgur.com/r/funny/6dAuP
Werewolf?
I would love to try that one but I don’t have pointy ears or any hair on my head
I was considering patchy AKA the Sidney Crosby but it might be a lot of work because my beard is rather full from the top of my cheeks to nearly neck line of my shirt
here is a much better version:
http://forums.mycotopia.net/attachments/trash-talk/166411d1271603006-trustworthiness-beards-beards.jpg
Maybe you should go for the full philosopher then?
I might be able to pull that one off but my neck gets itchy once my beard is about an inch long
Bet it would look awesome if I died it gray or added strips of gray.
vertical strips not horizontal
I’m really surprised Calgary doesn’t have this
http://www.cowappreciationday.com/
Ummm, I guess everybody needs a hobby
http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/news/258750-offal-quick-the-haggis-champion-with-neeps-of-talent/
I try everyday not to think of the contents of a haggis.
Good episode Jack, it’s always fun to hear Pip and Tee in an interview.
And for anyone who hasn’t read the book yet i highly recommend it. It’s a very entertaining read, with the right mix of fun and serious. I think fans of Doctor Who will be comfortable with it’s darker aspects, and be equally entertained by the novel.
And Geist is good too.
Surf’s up.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsreleases/newsrelease20110622/
Time to reenact that Dark Star ending.
Yes, you did send show notes for last week, Bunny. Apologies for disrespecting them.
The Show Notes for this week should be easy, anyway:
Deadpan #210:
Tee talks.
😉
Who? 🙂
Didn’t he write a book about social media called More 6? 😉
I haven’t listened yet, but I bet I could drink a few cups of tea while listening to Tee and there’d still be more Tee 🙂
Good thing I’m a fan of both tea and Tee. I am looking forward to the episode 🙂
Moved into the living room currently curled up in my snuggie, drinking lemon- honey tea and reading
CR: high Fidelity – nick hornby
Ah Tee time. Brits grab their cup, Americans grab their club.
Calgary has the largest number of golf courses per capita in Canada. We are also part of the British Commonwealth. What do we do?
I wouldn’t expect you to drink tea with tacks. Grab a club and a cub at the same time?
Feel better soon, Bunny. *hugs*
^
ditto
Feel ditto soon, Bunny.
ditto
ditto getting felt up by TEB and Rhettro, that man is blessed…
Why thank you. 🙂
Hopefully it amuses bunny as well.
Not a freebie Ed, but for a couple of bucks it doesn’t look half bad:
http://toucharcade.com/2011/06/23/sonic-sega-all-stars-racing-review-a-fabulous-kart-racer/
I’m not sure if anyone else besides me has watched Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub’s animated shorts “Blamimations!” but there are some funny ones. (Caution: Potty Mouth)
http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/blamimations/
Often in the beginning sequence they pitch bad ideas for new television shows, with the plot/descriptions being humorous and the title as the punch line. Preorders of the season 1 DvD spurred them to encourage fans to right their own versions. If you go to Twitter and look for #myblams you will find some examples. I posted mine on Twitter, but what the hell I’ll post them here too.
A scientist discovers a shady food manufacturer has put out a cereal that isn’t just low in nutrition, it’s a hologram. Coming this fall, “The Trix.”
Just finished watching From Within http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063056/
Was too wiped to do a play by play but will give my thoughts. This movie was pretty mediocre and the ending was predictable. However, given the genre, mediocre is actually not bad. I’ve seen much, much worse but, on the other hand I’ve seen better. It’s an ok movie if you’re drugged out of your gourd on neo-citron.
Neo-citron. That stuff is awesome. I don’t recall ever seeing it down here. 🙁
I must have six different kinds in my cupboard. Every symptom in existence must be covered
(House) It’s not lupus! (/House)
Terrorists try to get Keenu Reeves fired from his job by putting a bomb in his car that blows up if he exceeds 15 MPH. “Commute.”
A down on his luck cartoonist falls for a lesbian with a cronically dry vagina. Ben Affleck stars in “Chaffing Amy.”
*groan* and ouch
Yes and yes.
Weird Al’s new video is pretty entertaining. I wonder who the “double” was.
Was that a Madonna cameo or was that also a double.
I think that was a double.
Should you know the Lady Gaga source material? I don’t.
Actually, if you’ve heard any pop music for the last 30 years … you know her source material.
Source material
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FrqwZyKw
Lady GaGa
It’s like she poked me in the face.
What? With her augmented breasts?
Cough
I heard a quote today that I identified with. I’m not sure if it’ll make you guys scared of me or not, but here goes:
“I drink my coffee without cream and sugar because life is fucking hard.”
Nah, as long as we keep you caffeinated we are safe…
True dat, my dear Van.
This is DEFINITELY my favorite song on the new Weird Al CD. It certainly helps to be old enough to know just who the hell Charles Nelson Reilly is though.
http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/weird_al_charles_nelson_reilly
I am sad that CNR never saw this video.
Also, 100% cranberry juice is not for whimps.
You have to be more prone to cystitis to appreciate that last comment.
Nothing shuts down the comments page like cranberry juice.
Sorry a nice lady sent me the entire line of Buffy and Angel comics and I was busy reading.
So how’ve you been?
Do we know this nice lady, LR?
..and did LR have bat his eyelashes and show his ankles to achieve such an effect..
Essbee was the one so kind, and all I had to do was email her first.
Although there was something about owing her a favor…
Nice armbar:
http://youtu.be/o85X2OVoBRY
Less action in this vid, but I think it ends the cranberry thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAajpt9SyNM
Well Pan, the Sun is shining, so sun block needs to be slapped on the head before getting my BP checked.
It’s still not leaking oil in the Gulf I hope.
Another full weekend of house prep commences. Met with the “staging consultant” yesterday. My list of activities to do got a fair bit longer.
It definitely won’t be my house by the time I’m finished, even if I still am the one paying for it.
RE: Renley – Yes, it was surprising. However, I think that was done exactly for shock effect. But, a lot of the “cock and tits” through the season seems to be inserted simply for shock and titilation value and those tended to distract from, rather than enhance the presentation. I think it also tended to lessen the effectiveness where it was appropriate, such as the end of the season scene with Danerys. I think that HBO and such premium productions suffer somewhat from a mentality of feeling they need to be “edgy” and prurient to justify themselves.
Granted, the books are pretty graphic and I do think Martin himself also strayed into excess and sensationalism at times.
“a lot of the “cock and tits” through the season seems to be inserted simply for shock and titillation”
Really? We’re just going to let that one go?
Is this place becoming all manor-fied and adulty?
*shudder*
oh, the humanities.
“Cock and tits” sounds like an english expression. Bligh me, this earl grey has gone all cock and tits.
I wonder what the flavor of something that went all cock and tits would be. I bet very few people would like it.
Hopefully it would have a less cloying smell than Earl Grey..
Hey Pan
to add the gross factor to the board, I’ve decided one of the worst things about a cold is post nasal drip.
That is all
The pre-nasal drip not so hot either.
I got an e-mail from BioWare saying they have been hacked and I should go into my account and change my password. I believe it was real because they didn’t say “go here (link) to change password. so I changed it *shrug*
MY THROAT EFFING HURTS!!!!
that is all.
I don’t think yelling will help
Yelling in print makes me feel better psychologically, though.
I stand corrected (I also stand to get more water)
When I have a sore throat, I keep swallowing just to check it’s still sore.
Did you know, if you suck on enough Halls, your tongue goes numb?
that is all
Suck the Halls with lots of gusto.
Fa La La La Laaa La La La Laaa
See how very numb your tongue goes.
Fa La La La Laaa La La La Laaa
^winning.
I think I’m going to make my hubby upset with me and clean the bathroom
that is all
Damnit! my mind is being haunted by a Lady Gaga song this morning.
I have nothing to say.
Well, other than that.
Oh, and of course that.
You know, this sort of changes my opinion of the Cpt. America movie.
http://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/captain-america-the-first-avenger/1810026349#first
Oh wait, I could mention that I enjoyed this episode and it’s interview.
I am confused though.
I guess T&P were talking about a book they have out … but do they also have a podcast?
They sure do! Tales from the Archives is a short story anthology podcast set in the same universe as the book. This is the same format and continuity relationship that P.G. Holyfield uses for his podcast “Tales of the Children.”
This is hilarious, but I also failed the pokemon question; 4/5 otherwise.
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/06/e3_booth_babe_pop_quiz.php
B. B. B. B. B.
Before it was a video game it was a collectible card game. My Boo was really into it.
According to the wiki entry, the video game came out first, at least in the country of origin (Japan):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon
Cars 2 is looking like it will easily capture the worst Pixar film title from the original Cars. Sad, but not unexpected.
^Agreed, still wait for “The Incredibles 2.”
CP: Red House — Jimi
Maybe Cars 2 needed to implement some HBO-style sensationalism.
Of course show some bare metal and the audiences will flock to it!
“a lot of “things” inserted simply for shock and titillation”
No, I can’t let that go.
does it shock and titillate you?
Directed by Richard Kelly?
This is a kinda cool article
http://x.co/Xwsq
Looking cool:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50144
Wait… what did I miss… Cars 2 isn’t going to be good?
Noo..I’m like super-excited for this movie. Don’t make me sad.
Oh wait, are you not saying the MOVIE itself bad, just the name “Cars” ???
No, we were talking about the Gary Numan song.
I don’t believe you.
how can you not trust that face!
Nooooooooo! don’t diss one of the pioneers of electronic music.
Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It’s the only way to live
In cars
+ “ka-chow!”
Lady?
CW: Futurama – Neutopia
Finished watching this over lunch. Definitely one of the best shows this year, and recent years for that matter.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=12368
Ok I want some of these for picnics
http://www.silipint.com/default.asp
DUCK!!!!!
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-asteroid-earth-june.html
Speaking of Cars…….. I’ve gotta get in mine soon. Wish me luck.
:jack:
Good luck Jack, I hope to see you sometime tomorrow at the Fool Party if possible.
I hope you have a safe drive Jack.
Safe drive Jack.
‘Infinity welcomes careful drivers’
Safe Journey Jack.
…and it’s goodbye to Columbo:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13909992
Sadness.
agreed.
ZOMG
Two weeks! Two weeks!
Runs around wildly flapping arms and happy dancing.
Blooming heck, the died of a WP doesn’t like Red Dwarf quote.
-died +fiend
I feel bad for posting my happy post then the screen refreshes and there’s sadness above it.
Octoberforthesthingpound: FAIL
You could start singing ‘Circle of Life’..I’m just saying.
what happens if I badly whistle it?
The world ends.
Was reproofer my coat earlier, that product is nasty, got some on my hands (which have felt greasy since exposure) and my eyes have been stinging all night.
So the Marian Call thinkGeek concert is going to livestreamed shortly
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/marian-call-live-from-thinkgeek-hq
or actually it’s already started
aww, it’s over already. well this is what mp3s are for.
The pintley app for android sucks
except for the suggestion system I think pintly in general is meh
does untapped have an android app?
CW: The girl with the dragon tattoo
CD: Anchor Steam
Somebody order a herd of tumbleweeds?
At a hotel for a conference. Posting using the wi-fi from the mall across the street. It’s been a very long day. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow.
Good night, tumbleweeds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_hKDp0Zlnk&feature=fvst
Now this is getting kinky with the tunbleweeds
http://youtu.be/eiHsFUQ675Y
I can’t resist a girl with huge… tumbleweeds.
Cars 2 – My mom took the kids to see it yesterday. They all enjoyed it and my kids said it was better than the first one. Of course, we actually enjoyed the first one, so take it for what it’s worth.
Looks like Rowling is going to be releasing a work with more backstory that didn’t fit into the main novels.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/23/j-k-rowling-plans-to-give-the-harry-potter-back-stories/?mod=google_news_blog
Your obscure game system of the week is Zeebo:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeebo
but can it run linux?
Yes, via a homebrew hackZ
PC and Mac freebie this time:
http://www.teamfortress.com/freetoplay/
CP: I’m Right Behind You, Charlene — The Black Belles
That’s it? I sincerely hope they’re not intending to charge people for Pottermore.
And – “Men always ask me about quidditch,” Ms. Rowling says. “They just think it’s illogical — and it’s not illogical.” –
Yes it is! Why does anyone bother with the goal-scoring aspect, when all that really matters is the Golden Snitch?
In fairness since the game doesn’t end until the snitch is caught means that the other points could matter. I want to say there was also a game where they held off catching the snitch b/c the team would have lost even with the points from catching the snitch.
As for me I’m really not that interested in another book in the Potterverse, I would like to see what else Rowling is capable of writing.
supposedly it is all free. I did actually really enjoy the animation of the book coming alive. It was quite beautiful.
Yes! Quidditch is completely illogical! What would Spock say if you told him the rules of the game?
He would say: that is illogical
http://www.shoeboxblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sweetumscat.jpg
Well, about an hour into Dungeon Siege 3 and, since I was asked earlier, these are my thoughts so far. This is NOT a user friendly game. First of all, I cannot change the controls at all and, since the default controls are really stupid, the is a big point. It took me 10 minutes to figure out how to get to my inventory screen (pressing T) and then, I cannot equip items from my inventory screen, I have to go to my “equip” screen to equip items. Why they are not one and the same is beyond me. The manual is unhelpful and as good as useless. Apparently I have special abilities but I have yet to figure out how to use them. The camera tracking is almost non-existent and having to stop moving every few minutes to change the camera view is annoying. For zoom, you have two really, really close as to be useless, or only really close. Either way, you can’t see very far in front of you so don’t have any idea what you’re coming upon.
Even at its highest setting (1920 x 1080), the graphics are so-so. Game play is clumsy and not intuitive at all. I will continue playing it because I the type of personality that must finish what I start but I don’t think I can in good conscience recommend this game to others.
Now… I must find missing legionnaires.
Another thing that is annoying is this game has save points. Really? On a PC Game? I should be able to save whenever I damn well want to.
And another thing. When you are purchasing items, there are certain items some characters can’t use, you’d think the store would mark those items in some way so you don’t end up buying something useless.
Was it ported from a console? Sounds like a half ass conversion.
Thanks bunny! It’s sounding like I’ll give this game a pass.
Just gave a listen to the MOPO Part#1.
Yeah!
I eagerly await part 2, Jack!
Still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that in a certain restaurant they sprinkle parsley on fries.
Death Rally is free for today:
http://freeappaday.com/napp.php?id=1308
Universal App, works nice on the original iPad.
Finally getting a chance to watch Season 5 of Doctor Who. First thought about the new doctor “He broke the tardis, that bastard!”
He’ll grow on you.
Yes indeed.
He will assimilate you.
Oops, wrong universe.
Actually, considing some of the writting that he had to rise above that first season he really did do quite well!
spelling spelling spelling.
tooooo much drinkie
Yep really liking it so far.
Thanks, J0e! Fun and surprising FPM Pool Party. Great to see all of those guys.
Best of all, I even saw Rhett and his wife for a bit.
wOOt!
gnm
gmm
That’s no mush.
Locus winners announced:
http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=4385
Haven’t read any on that list.
MUSH! HUH!, good god, yall!
Apparently those are the magic words that freeze the Deadpan.
I shall attempt to undo the spell.
!llay, dog doog, !HUH !HSUM
Glad to see someone else hates Family Circus as much as I do:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-family-circus-cartoons-improved-with-dick-jokes/
Lazy Sunday round here!
Though not for me…. Only just returned from the doom drive.
I pretty much had a day of “I’m not young and invincible anymore” down time after putting in a lot of time this week working on the old house.
Took the opportunity to introduce my kids to “The Last Starfighter”. While I know the graphics were cutting edge back in the early 80’s and could easily be freshened up, there’s nothing to be done for that 80’s hair.
I don’t think I would have ever guessed that the actor who played the reptilian navigator Grig in The Last Starfighter was the same guy who played the chairman of OCP in Robocop.
Amazing things this internet will teach you.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Dan+O'Herlihy&hl=en&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=3fQHTv-6JOXc0QGeq_jiCw&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1229&bih=921
Damnit, FTB!
Well, you’ll just have to cut and past that busted link above if you’re interested. Right now, I’m interested in going to sleep.
Dan O’Herlihy http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641397/ – though no pic at IMDB.
Good to be home after a trip. 🙂
Good night, Pan.
Well I, for one, think that we ought to give Tee & Pip more comments!
(Lame cheerleading, yes).
But – this is a neat project:
http://dearphotograph.com/
A restless sleep due to the warm weather.
Think I’m going to avoid going out today.
Drop by here, Van, we’re expected to hit 112 tomorrow.
Goodnight :melt:
Ugh, I’m breaking out into a sweat just trying to imagine that sort of heat.
New Season of Trueblood has started, what did you think of the first episode Essbee?
I haven’t seen the new episode of true blood yet, but I expect it will be dirty. very very dirty.
I’m going to watch it later, but to quote ComicbookGirl:
Pissed off faeries, MMA, necromancers and lesbian make-out sessions all in one episode? Season 4 of True Blood is off to a great start!
web • 27/06/2011 04:43
And so the new week begins.
Does that mean it will end in FIRE?! I sure hope not!! 🙂
Well, I wouldn’t put too much faith in this three year old post, especially since IMDB doesn’t have any kind of listing for it.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new.php?id=7990
Still, it’s a sequel I could go for.
Think I may get a 3D tv soon, still undecided on whether it’s worth it though.
Going to see this guy in concert later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X2LJ-BEBhY
CW: Trueblood S4E1
Yeah couldn’t wait. Tara as kick ass MMA cage fighter and in a lesbian relationship.
I can hear Lo Pan stand to attention from here.
Cough
Van, I enjoyed the episode — love the new Tara/Toni twist. Sly B said that Treme is 1,000 times better than True Blood, but I really enjoyed it! We dig the British actress who plays the freaky new witch character.
It’ll be near 100 here today.
CW: Celebrity Rehab
Yup, was a good start to the season.
Cancel that! 80F today! Near 100 the rest of the week.
Hey Pan!
Now to catch up on comments
Locus Award list: I read Kraken, I have Blackout/All Clear in my que but haven’t read it yet. Hubby has and said it was pretty slow moving
110!!!! Jack, Jack, Jack, you guys better get your act together and cool off in the next 10 days. Do you want me to melt? It’s only suppose to get to 23C here today (a little over 70F) but will reach 26C (pushing 80F) closer to the middle of the week.
We’ve only just started season 3 of True Blood. Won’t catch season 4 until it come to DVD
this is how far behind I get when I’m not feeling great, I’m only listening to the episode now.
Oh good the coffee is ready,
Good morning Deadpan.
Morning LR *gives Lost Ralph a peck on the cheek*
Ooo, a bunny kiss now that’s the way to start the morning. :happy:
TEB, you spoil LR..
*Gives Vanamonde a big hug*
Hubby’s only got three day’s left of school. Then I may be a little more hit and miss. While I love my hubby dearly, he really messes with my rhythm when he’s home for the summer.
tweet/
doing some laundry.
/tweet
I could do with one of those suits from Dune, just to recover the salt when I walk around in this heat.
Going back a comment or six, I have 3D on my computer monitor Van, I very rarely use it. Also, if I want to have more than myself looking at the screen, I don’t have more than one pair of glasses.
Yeah that’s what I’m afraid of, still there isn’t that much of a premium these days..
Huh, I’m making Chicken quesadillas for supper tonight but realized I don’t have any salsa. Guess I’m heading out. Later Panites
CP: Science is Fun: Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory
Does that come with neurotoxin?
Silly. I already blew up that lab. 🙂
CW: Fallen Skies S1E3
I’m hoping the scrap metal collection by the aliens is either a red herring or an attempt to deny humans attempting to recover technology…if it’s because the aliens need metal..I’m done with the series.
lmao
http://xkcd.com/917/
I think you really need to have read his book “Gödel, Escher, Bach” to get the joke.
Too tired. In lieu of my own witty comments, I’ll just post a funny webcomic link:
http://www.shoeboxblog.com/?cat=1279
Bad timing for my post…. not a cut at ditto’s xkcd post^^^
Oh, sure. You say that now… 😉
Now where did I put the batteries for the super secret evil plotting machine?
Where *did* I put those H batteries?
EssBee- Treme?
I have returned. Not only did I get my salsa, I also went for my daily constitutional. Now I must change into something with less cloth. I’m boiling in my jeans.
In another piece of good news, the postal strike is now over. They say we should start seeing mail tomorrow.
That’s great! 🙂
The Supreme Court does something right:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6318632/violent-game-law-falls-in-supreme-court?tag=topstory%3Btitle
“Puritans thought children were ‘innately sinful and that parents’ primary task was to suppress their children’s natural depravity.”
Does this mean my children and no longer naturally depraved? Has anyone met my girls?
No, but I’ve met you. 😉
’nuff said
Yep. We like you this way. 🙂
That’s what happens when you encourage their depravity, and don’t suppress it like a proper puritan.
Puritan schmuritan. 😉
Isn’t that the newest Bangles song? Suppress Like a Puritan
Truthfully, I’m glad this law failed. Blind shopping tests have shown it’s easier for a minor to get into (or purchase) an R rated movie than get an M rated game (ratings are similar but for different media for those not into game ratings).
^like
I think the gaming industry polices itself fairly well.
Lunch time!
Bubbles with kittens! I rely like the new Dairy Queen series of commercials
Talking of ads, if you’ve played Portal 2 you’ll regonise the narrator:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFzKzyX2OZA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I wnt a bouncy castle!
I can’t help but agree on that one.
Hey, the McRib is back. According to the commercial, I’m suppose to celebrate. Where’s Kool and the Gang when you need them
My life is so random.
*randomly hugs Cj*
*like*
I just want you to know the Canadian dollar is getting a little to close to par vs. The US. I’m not sue if America needs to do worse or Canada needs to do better but either way, they have 10 days to make my dollar worth more
“rebates are limited”
According to the news doctors in Canada are no longer able to meet patient’s needs. No Shit Sherlock!
Since I’m not doing bunches anyway. Mane I’ll do a movie PBP
We have three choices
Devil
The Decendant
Dead Tone
You have half an hour to decide for me.
Here is Devil
http://www.imdb.com/rg/iphone_prestitial/skip/title/tt1314655/
The Decendent
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2320351/
Dead tone
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462160/
Wow, only 9 days?
I count 10 but either way, jumping with excitement
My hubby just rolls his eyes because I’ve already started packing
Choosing our PBP films alphabetically?
LOL. I didn’t even notice thar
Thar = that
http://x.co/XzPm
That’s so like a guy
I think Bunny and I should watch a movie together and PBP together while she’s here… but I’m not watching anything scary, unless I can get a copy of Student Bodies.. that would be super fun… well, for me? lol
That sounds like fun
“talking through a rubber chicken” that’s a new euphamism.
Ralph, have I told you lately how awesome you are? 😉
Scott Pilgrim?
I do hope we can record a Hitchhiker’s conversation too, during the Bunny visit.
I’m going to try and get to some long overdue recording this week, now that I have some more time & energy. I’m also debating on what to do next for “Ditto Recommends”.
Ok, deadline. Since nobody made a request, we’re watching The Descendant
The DVR write-up: In this terrifying thriller, James Duke uncovers a dark family secret when he decides to visit his estranged grandparents filling the death of his mother. The deeper James digs, the more he realizes he’s made a big mistake.
Bwa, ha, ha, ha, ha!
What? No nudity? Humph
So the big thing now seems to be to start every movie with a black and white film of the past
the next big thing will be sepia toned films of the past.
Looking through a box of old photos
CP: Bad Luck — Royal City
Ooh, mommy was secretive
You have to do it!
Smoochies!
This film is so 2008. Who has phones like that any more?
A vist? Are you insane?
I don’t thing grandpa approves
Hiding the handkerchiefs
Oh wait, I think it’s actually a quilt
Bus
I have to admit, once again, it’s very easy to tell this is a Canadian film
it’s all aboot the maple leaves, eh?
The last word is certainly correct
That and the rioting.
“our local something or other”
A couple of female trouble makers
Don’t.do.it
“small town maggots and big town faggots”
Really?
Truck
No hugging!
It’s an old timey phonograph
Traps
Ahhh, autumn in Quebec
My god, you can’t see the field for all the corn
The Dukes are special
Yup, Hazzard county wouldn’t be the same without them
Not allowed to play music at night
Wow, attic bedroom and all
Unpacking
I admit, that wooden horse is freaky
Red barn
Mom loved to ride him
Mom with freaky horse
Bed time
No blankets!
What do they do, turn the heat off at night?
Whoops, ripped haunted blanket
I hate to drop this in mid-Play-by-Play, but this week is almost certainly going to be a week of Un.
Ok. Next week, there will be no show notes
Hand
Need to get car smogged but the wait time just went up from 6 minutes to 22 minutes.. i think I’ll wait til after the lunch rush.
http://65.82.88.75/queuecam/stationview.exe
The history of the blanket
Creepy horse likes blanket
Real maple syrup!
Ghost doesn’t like music
What’s he going to do with that axe?
Someone’s been shopping at Canadian Tire
You know, when I’m in somebody else’s home, and I find a locked shed I don’t usually try to break into it
Wow, what difference a day makes
Grandpa’s all scary looking
Hmm, suspicious.
It’s been 40 years…
Since what?
You know, when I’m in someone else’s home, looking at the picture on the walls, I don’t usually pull them a pat to see if there are other pictures hiding behind the one showing
Haunted corn field
It’s a trap!
Really?
Julius!
He’s an outsider
Why are you here!
I came here to bs and drink beer. So pour me another beer.
Ashes to ashes
Mot he’s dead, she can’t decide anything
Creepy horse
Grandpa’s pissed
Scythe
Rednecks? Rednecks? In Quebec?
What happen to daddy?
Yeah, that looks safe
Evil vision
Someone hates weather vanes
Wind a bloein’ trhrough the grave stones
CP: Are You Unloved? — Years
Oop, doorbell. Back in a bit
What are you drinking, LostRalph?
I’m back! Where was I?
Oh yes, tied to a tree listening to poetry
Death by old man
I don’ think I works that way
I’ve heard of automatic writing but automatic boning?
Any chance you can expound on this one ?
The statement is more fun than reality
He found some bones and has been trying to figure it out all morning. He zoned out and suddenly was able to assemble them
An oil lamp? Why does nobody in these kind of movies believe in electricity?
Hidden room
Music
Calling spirits?
Creepy horse again
Personally, I think mom was kind of creepy too
Setting more traps
Don’t look at the creepy horse
Playing more music
Wow, an honest to goodness flashlight! What do you want to bet it goes out right when he needs it
Strange things are afoot
The haunted blanket is the key
Huh?
I have to admit I didn’t expect that
The secret is out
I just don’t know what to make of this movie. It was neither terrifying or a thriller. Nor do I think it was trying to be. Although, I’m really not sure what it was trying to be.
It was slow moving. Had a huh ending. And screamed made in Canada. But you know, I think I kind of liked it
Although, having a real life moral at the end also was confusing
The moral was: “Don’t make movies in Canada”…?
Actually, that’s wrong, jack. Plenty of US produced movies are shot in Canada. It’s the paid by Canada movies that have a certain feel. And they’re not all bad, I highly recommend Pontypool if you’re in a zombie mood
I agree, there are plenty of good ones. Odds are, you’ve already seen one or two.
400
or close to.
You can get a nasty surprise when aiming for an exact number in your post these days.
yeah alot of comment ninjas just waiting to steal the good numbers.
Pays to be nonchalant with a bit of gibberish.
I kid the Canadian film industry. It’s a shame they had such a flap over the Maurice Richard film, because it was excellent: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460505/
I haven’t seen that one yet.
I want to see this one again:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118641/
Ah, that reminds me of this:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAC_TSR-2
Bar the political pressure from the USA.
The TSRs were always cool looking planes.
Planes are just a fad, the future of aircombat is dirigibles!
BOOOM!
Evening, DP!
NS: Treme is fantastic! http://www.hbo.com/treme/index.html
Now this is how, and why, to raise the roof.
http://www.boulevard.com/experiences/newsroom/
Good news for Lo Pan and me.
Me first. 🙂
I live in KC.
Sorry ditto, I just didn’t remember you talking about boulevard before.
Just finished watching Troll 2 with my daughter. This is widely considered to be the worst movie of all time (although I don’t think it holds a candle to Plan 9 from Outer Space). Fun to watch and it got my 14 year old daughter to realize why I like to watch bad movies. She had a blast. Now that I have her understanding the concept of a good-bad movie, the next step will be to get her hooked on MST3K.
I have some audio that needs editing … still.
I need an intern.
That’s quite the euphemism, Joe.
My calendar says to say: Happy Birthday, Smooth as Butter!
Happy Birthday Essbee!
Smooth ass butter.
Oh phew! I thought it was June 28.
Happy Birthday, EssBee!!
Happy Birthday, EssBee!
who’s up too late??
http://www.accuradio.com/player/slipstream/blues/584/
Well, I already wished Happy Birthday to Kris, so I should remember to wish EssBee a happy birthday, too 🙂
Huma?
Van – I read 100k Kingdoms by Jemesin. There were a number of things I liked about it, but it didn’t nearly fit into the major fantasy subgenres. It was a little bit epic, a little bit Gaiman, and had a touch of the urban fantasy feel.
I’m not enjoying it’s sequel so much, stalled about third of the way into the book.
is it the writing or the plotting slowing you down?
Interesting rumors and news on Game of Thrones season two casting:
http://blastr.com/2011/06/rumor-of-the-day-game-of.php
All sound quite promising.
He’ll make a fantastic Stannis.
Essbee, hope your birthday is smooth like butter.
Well maybe a low fat alternative, Essbee is getting on a bit now.
I’ll be over there, in the corner, hiding from the students.
Hey!
Thanks everybody! As I told Jack the other day, I’m pleased to have survived myself to the age of 40. Miracle!
CW: Resident Evil: Afterlife; then work.
Happy Birthday, EssBee!!!!!!!
I could have NEVER said it better myself:
http://i.imgur.com/48NAC.jpg
NSFW language
Happy day of birth EssBee!!!! *big hug*
So apparently Good Morning America wants the next big pop star to fail since they got the guy who helped make the “Friday” video.
And are acting like that is a good thing.
EssBee !!!!!
Happy Happy Joy Joy!
Good Meh-ning, Pan.
I went to a conference this past weekend, What’s Next California. I got home on Sunday evening. What was just a cough yesterday evening is now full-blown con crud. Great. :/
On a lighter note:
Happy birthday, EssBee!
Happy birthday, EssBee!
Clearly, a future Darwin Award winner:
http://gizmodo.com/5815998/this-is-why-you-dont-light-a-flammable-balloon-on-fire
just think what could have happened if he’d tried to inhale the gas before setting it on fire.
Don’t get my hopes up! 😉
🙁
Apparently you have answered the question “What’s next?”
Illness.
Get better soon Amy.
Happy birthday EssBee!
Get better Amy!
LIKE butter. Not AS butter. Pifff.
Not to get into the gory details, but that first half hour after the Vicodin kicks in… Ahh.
Ahh.
Um ‘Bad Teacher’..was so so.
I maybe desperate enough to check out Transformers 3 this week..Aarrgghh I can feel my intestine going after my brain..
Don’t do it, Van! Don’t do it!! Step away from the Bad Movie(tm)!
I agree, I’ll probably check this one out instead:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incendies
Sorry to hear that Amy, take care of yourself and I hope you feel better soon.
No time, running late! Gotta go. DPITMFW.
:jack:
CW: The Big C S2E1
Remember, it’s anti-pi day:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13906169
So if you baking a pie, make it square..you know you want too…
and 45deg = tau/8
I don’t think a change is really necessary.
I have no strong feelings on the shape of pies, exept if they contain steak and kidney.
I wish I could find a web site that discussed how much car insurance to carry … that wasn’t sponsored by an insurance company or insurance industry group.
It’s like going to the national pie council and asking how much pie you should eat every week.
BTW – The NPC recommends the ingestion of 3.14 slices of pie a week for healthy digestion.
It is not clear if those pies are Metric or SAE.
From what I have been told it depends on the laws in the state and the value of your assets.
If you have nothing get the state minimum. the Lawyers won’t bother trying to get more than they easily can from you.
if you have many assets you might want to go more middle of the road ($100k+) then add a Law suit umbrella policy to your home owners insurance that will kick in after the car insurance policy is exhausted. but read the fine print some times they try to exclude car accidents from an umbrella policy… bastards.
2 cents added!
Interesting article on the problems that the leap second pose.
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/5/107699-the-one-second-war/fulltext
from my only cursory knowledge of programming what’s wrong about having a computer call the atomic clock server January 2nd, instead of worrying about adjusting to the very second at midnight December 31.
The easiest answer is it is complicated. 😉
Can we call our bands next album, “Problem loading page” ?
will the first song be “Can’t surf there from here”?
Yes. YES!
Another track is, “Self Server”
Will it be 4.04 minutes in length?
No, there will be a track of silence 4m 4 s in length.
We can title it NACK. 😉
^Winning. This entire conversation.
What am I supposed to be singing again? It’s a Boston song, I know that. I’m thinking it was Don’t Look Back, is that it?
Yep, that’s right. TEB did an excellent dramatic reading of it a few episodes back.
Excellent. I should have extra time on my hands tomorrow as I will be waiting for a cable guy and 2 roofing contractors that all may or may not show up. Plenty of time to get this responsibility off my plate.
With a Twin Peaks rewatch I’m going through, I remembered giving Jack a bit of Cooper wisdom back when days were darker…
Do you remember which advice, Jack?
Eat more Pi?
can I have another piece of tau instead?
Oh? Is the TauFu good?
depends how many shots of tauquila you drink beforehand.
You’d think with volunteer work there wouldn’t be politics and infighting, but you’d be wrong.
Indeed, it seems that when money is not involved, politics steps in to fill the void.
And people that don’t know how to act professionally. 🙁
You know, there’s a good reason that tau will never catch on…
…you just can’t make any kind of geeky eatery name with tau. Only pi are square!
True. You might get PTaumaine poising.
J0e, Rhettro, LostRalph: Thanks for the get-better wishes! 🙂
I feel like I’ve forgotten something. Replacing pi with tau must have messed up my mental filing system.
Just add a little e and go straight to bonkers.
Tea and pie would go nicely with your tau and pi.
Amy, get better! Hugh out with the one and only JR Murdock tonight, along with the one and only Doug Kress (Trivia Doug from the old Slice of SciFi days).
I didn’t even have to use my AK. It was a good day.
I’m going to have to check with Dre to find out exactly what “Hughing out” would entail … but what ever it is, I know it’s something every guy should want to aspire to.
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE HUGH! 😉
Are any Brits awake? Van, I’m stuck doing data entry and need live-ish interaction…
I’m up JB.
And so it goes…
Well, I’m coming to the end of Fall of Hyperion. Looks like Dance with Dragons hits on July 12.
Any suggestions on something fairly short to read (listen to) to bridge the gap?
This looks intriguing:
http://www.audible.com/mt/Macbeth
Dammit, why are there no good parodies of Don’t Look Back. Plenty of parodies of More Than a Feeling. Can’t even find a good mashup with Don’t Look Back. This is going to take some additional thought.
Processing…
Processing… still (I know it’s a duplicate message :FTB: I’m doing it on purpose)
Hmmm. Looks like the title “Don’t Look Back” has been done by Boston, The Temptations, Telepopmusik, Lucie Sylvas, Thalia… and that’s just the first page of search results. Maybe I’ll do my own mashup.
Ed, it is YA fiction, but I just finished The Hunger Games trilogy and was VERY impressed. Dystopian near-future stuff. Really quick reads.
I’m in the middle of Book 1 of the Malazan novels by Erikson. Really enjoying that, but know I need to finish by July 12!
I agree re: Hunger Games.
Currently reading “Deadline” the sequel to “Feed” by Mira Grant.
Hey Deadpan
Today I get poked, prodded, nagged and rubbed in preparation for my trip next week.
Good luck TEB.
What he said!
And I just canceled my pre-order for Dances with Dragons and ordered it on Sly B’s amazon acct. She has prime through her University gig and we’ll get it on the day of release for free!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone. It was a great day. Sly B took me here: http://www.colterra.com/ She also gave me some great gifts: 4 lbs of Grounds for Change coffee; the last two Marla Mason novels; a SHINY bumper sticker; a Best-Of Amy Poehler dvd; and some hard-to-find hair gunk that I prefer. I also got a very mean “I am 40” gift bag from my auntie with prunes and tums and all kinds of old-people things and some nice coffee mugs and some other loot. Good day!
Amy, hope you’re feeling better! Hope everyone out there with shit happening is better today.
Sounds like a good time EssBee
Twas, Bunny. Good luck at the doc!
Oh! Sly B also got me these:
http://www.amazon.com/55689-Medieval-Weapon-Push-Pins/dp/B004QXEST6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=office-products&qid=1309350592&sr=8-1
Well the pop up text just sold me.
http://xkcd.com/918/
Funny usually I just want to use a Oh Shut Up Already Boulder
http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson1000.html
ok I’m done linking comics…
for now. 😀
I got an awesome compliment last night. A co-volunteer–I don’t know what else to call her–thought that both TCat & I were in our early 30s! 🙂
Arent you?!
Flattery will get you everywhere! 🙂
I’m a little scared where Lo might want to go
Maybe she was buttering you up?
I had better tuen the cynical dial from 9 to 4..
Maybe she was buttering up TCat since she was standing right next to me at the time. 🙂
Yowsa!
Just don’t say what happens in the sketch that starts at 10.42:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyReXYxc288
/whistles innocently.
My soon to be x and I got that a lot. It was a compliment for her (she will be 40 this year) but I’m only 32.
Get off my lawn you damn kid…
*nods*
Darn kids these days.
*rocks on rocker*
oh shut up old man and have another beer.
I’m actually the one that acts older most of the time.
Tonight I’m going to a concert in the park put on by these people: http://www.salinefiddlers.com/
I’m told concert in the park is normally attended by people in there 50 and older.
I haven’t been there to see a concert in 9 years and I loved it then.
Where did my rocker and widdlin’ knife go…
Heh? Whats that sonny? Concert? Beer? Oh my achin’ aches…
*gums*
*Internet high five*
Way to go!!!
Hey Pan
Back from the doctors. Wasn’t nagged as much as I thought I’d be. Get to see my massage therapist after lunch. Tomorrow I’ll be all melty.
Thinking of Maltesers for some reason…
mmmmmm. Now I want some Malteasers :pout:
Time for lunch!
ZP gushes mostly positive about Infamous 2:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3611-Infamous-2
My average was 293.2..oh well I’m not a ninja material:
http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/index.php
I didn’t fair much better 290.2. I’ll have to hang up the mask also.
254.6 ok I guess.
227.0
/crosses ditto and TEB off list of people to play Snap! with
I used to play goalie in hockey. 🙂
217.2, I did drink a lot of coffee today.
233. What’s a “goalie”?
*tosses football*
Averaged 234 but I did get a 196 in there.
My average was 295 over 5 attempts.
598.
On my smart phone.
Dogfight 1951 goes free for the day:
http://www.freeappaday.com/napp.php?id=1319
CP: Shades of Gray — Amanda Marshall
CP: Resuscitated Hope — Komine Lisa
Time to get an early dinner and then cut the grass.
They are saying we’ll likely hit 100F here tomorrow. Ick.
< Drive By >
Hi :pan:
just stopping in to say hey.
Hey.
< /Drive By >
http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/
Yeah I’ve posted that one before, but I had a pavlovian response to hey hey.
Only with less cake.
Ick is right, ditto! It was 103 here, but, you know, it’s a dry heat. 😉
Good to see Lo Pan ’round here!
I like my heat … sultry.
Sticky
moist
More hockey news:
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/29/NHL_Player_Fires_Agent_Over_Anti_Gay_Remarks/
Andrew Brunette was my favorite player while he was in Colorado. He’s still a favorite.
1 step forward, 1/2 step back
http://news.yahoo.com/ri-passes-civil-unions-bill-gov-intends-sign-003935021.html
still doing better than my state.
almost all are quiet before the coming of the un(show)
With apologies, the Unshow will have to come tomorrow night.
Suburns and sore feet here, but for great reason.
Well sounds like you had fun at least.
+n
And one last argument for pi
http://shirt.woot.com/
Would you really want a shirt about a tau-rate?
Although Tau Zero (Pohl or Anderson?) is quite catchy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLx4zonXAk
Goodnight :sick:
I knew there was a reason I don’t like fairground rides.
We really enjoyed that one when we went to Legoland a couple of years ago. Take a couple of industrial assembly robots, paint them black and gold, attach a seat and you shake it all about.
Never got round to reading Robert E Howard’s stuff, so Podcastle covering one of his Conan stories came as a pleasant surprise (really enjoyed it):
http://podcastle.org/2011/06/21/podcastle-162-gods-of-the-north/
All the gay marriage stuff is hard to comment on. Little steps . . . Second class citizenry . . . bleh . . .
It’s bloody hot.
I have the same birthday as Felicia Day.
Stolen sentences:
Fulfill your Wild West fetish where leather-clad lesbian cowgirls carry guns, snakes slither over naked breasts and sudden showers drench the sand. Maria Beatty directs this brooding Bleu Production with a haunting soundtrack by Lydia Lunch. 2009.
Well I could do without the snakes.
Morning Pan
Hubby’s only been home a day and already he’s messing with my rhythm. Oh well, maybe I’ll give him a hug anyway :cheerful:
On a different note. Only one week until I in the sweltering heat that is Deadpanland
I’m not looking forward to work next week, Summer tends towards hell where my job is concerned (air conditioning is rare and even when available is usually faulty).
Yeah, we’ve been pushing 30C here the last couple of days. While the mall and some offices have air conditioning, most people don’t (me included) so it gets a little sticky here, too
Morning, Pan.
Yesterday was one of those “no energy for anything except lying around, watching movies” days. Today, I at least have enough energy to take a shower, get dressed, and eat oatmeal sitting at the dining table. Still not well enough to go back to work, but I’m getting there.
Glad to hear you are feeling better.
One step at a time. I here the con-crud can be quite the illness.
Showers do help.
We’re not talking about your cold showers. 😉
CP: Finest Worksong — REM
It’s shame we couldn’t meet up with you while we were here, Amy!
Off to the beach for a few, then heading home.
It’s been a pleasure, SoCal.
Yeah. Really bad time to get sick. 🙁
Finally… its here.
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/06/topless_robots_transformers_3_faq.php
For those of us who do not want to view the hemorrhoidal discomfort that will be Transformer 3: Dark Side of Your Moon
Well that’s me sold on never seeing T3.
Right? Thank god the franchise is over *prays*
funny how a website called topless robot rips on a movie that is basically robot action porn for being just robot action porn
*snicker*
Maybe Bay will do Voltron next
oh the humanity… maybe not the best choice of words
To be fair, it’s also being ripped on for being too much robot action porn. I guess the first half is brutally boring, then the last hour is one giant action piece – which to me would be very boring as well.
If he even touches Voltron I’m breaking off his…anything
and the robots are not actually showing any naughty bit in the movie
all the talk about porn and touching Voltron is making my mind go to bad places
Correct. The robo-balls were in the last Transcrapper movie.
Well, Voltron 3 was quite phallic…
CP: Hurting — One Without
m/
:metal:
..and we’re back.
couldn’t help but laugh
http://katyperry.wikia.com/wiki/Kitty_Purry
So she does kiss pussy after all.
Cough
that lucky cat
That was your blatantly obvious statement for the day.
Brought to you by the letters K and Y.
to make it a little easier to take?
*Cough*
Penetrating insight there, Mr. Reaper. 😉
is that a back door compliment? 😉
Its the shaft for both of you.
Richard Roundtree or Samuel L Jackson?
those Germans sure love the hoff:
http://imgur.com/BvhCl
They make the hoff happy. Very happy.
“It rubs the lotion on its skin…”
just a few more pumps and…
ya thats it
CP: Queen – “I’m going slightly mad.”
*sigh*
waiting
waiting
waiting
waiting for what?
waiting for god?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_God_%28TV_series%29
waiting for godot?
http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2005/godot-notes-05.html
or waiting for her?
http://images.wikia.com/buffy/images/c/cd/Faith2010.jpg
*woof*
Ah yes, a nice image to send me off to sleep.
Happy to be of help.
Waiting for Gobots? Bay will likely do Voltron first.
The Waiting Place…
…for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That’s not for you!
“Uncle Jake”
*shudder*
Waiting for dinner companion.
That out of the way … I believe I will now go take a Salsa dancing lesson… because, well …
Well judging from a French film I once did see, you sly old devil JJ..
How can it have rained everywhere but my house?
C: cooking qinua (however you spell that), red chard, chicken.
So been invited to a folk festival by an FB friend who I’ve met once.
She has said I could stay at her house (with her partner and daughter) or camp out in the garden.
Ummm, Mr Paranoid is kicking in..
Any mutual acquaintances? Any way to meet them ahead of time and back out safely?
Nope, and the trip would end up with me in the middle of nowhere, relying on people I don’t really know.
Cluck, cluck, it is.
Dudes . . . Van, “stay at my house” is code for wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
My brain did go there, except it getting kinky with the partner bit, that and I’ve evidence that I’m more than a bit dense when it comes to social interaction.
Missed the “partner” part! Althought still could be wink-wink.
Bad Vogon poetry
I’d forgotten the badness
before palooza
repetitive haiku repeats
Many paint fumes will be inhaled this weekend. Not all of them on purpose….
123(pause)
123(pause)
123(pause)
123(pause)
Well, that was fun.
I hear the blue paint is far out, man.
Goodnight :blue:
The order in which Michael Bay will tackle his next movies:
Voltron
Battle of the Planets
Thundercats
Gobots
She-Ra Princess of Power
Dinosaucers
Captain Planet
Plastic Man (Baby plas shows up in Plastic Man II)
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Micromachines
Galaxy Rangers
Count Duckula
Gummy Bears
Kwiky Kowala
The California Raisins
I guess Dinoriders were too commercial for him.
Blue is far out but the red is intense.
Morning Pan!
Happy Canada Day! Too Bad I have to work through it. Stupid month end.
Hooray for Canada!
I hear it’s the maple leaf state.
I’m getting a severe case of dejavuitist.
Finished the comic series Fray last night. I highly recommend it for all the Buffy fans out there.
Umm is this a new one or the old one I read in collected form a few years back?
I’m not sure, Van. I just read it on my IPad. It’s the Joss Weadon comic. Judging by Wikipedia it’s fairly old http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fray
Since Jack has decided to mess with my stats by not having a show *wiggles nose at Jack*, I’m calling the last week of June at 636 comments. Anything after that will go on July’s stats. Now give me a minute and I’ll have monthly numbers…
Ok, June 2011 had 2,092 comments. Again down from last year but still pretty good.
Yah!
I hang my head in shame, after chickening out of the folk festival visit (and probably losing a friend in the process), I done what I said I would and bought a ticket for T3.
An eternity of derision from Lo Pan awaits me.
Cluck! Cluck!
Yea for the Bunny and her numbers skilz!
+n’t
Also, season 8 of Buffy came out as a “motion comic” on DVD. While I read the comics, I still enjoyed their take.
Hmm, that could be interesting, thanks for the heads up.
And we’re back…
Transformers 3: Your Moon Has No Darkside, has a higher rating on Rotten Tomatoes than does Cars 2.
Goddammit Pixar. That’s what happens when you give Larry the Cable guy the leading roll. Did you not see Witless Protection?????? Ok no one saw that… but COME ON!
Wow. I’ve got nothing.
That’s how i feel inside…
It doesn’t deserve it, T3 was truly monstrous in being totally shit. Even the robot porn sections were snooze inducing.
CP: Strength Of The World — Avenged Sevenfold
God, they used to be so so good. First two albums are aces
I’ll have to look into them. I got City of Evil only because of Rock Band. I haven’t liked their new songs so much.
Check out “Sounding the Seventh Trumpet”. Its closer to hardcore punk than metal.
Jus’ sayin
Awesome beer chart:
http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/poster_beer_1300.jpg
Holy…guess what I’m printing out in poster size!!!!
*sigh*
that is all.
Agreed.
Annnnnnd we’re back…….. again………….. Oh, Lo Pan already said that.
Um, at this point, I don’t think we’ll bother with the week’s Unshow. As you may have gleaned, my kids and I spent 3 days this week in SoCal, enjoying Legoland, and the beach. We also go to hang out with JR Murdock and (Trivia) Doug Kress. I guess we can just keep the conversation going on this one, right?
Yessir.
Did Legoland kick as much ass as promiseD?
Whoa! we could get into four figures again.
Oh I can get into four fingers easily.. er… wait that’s not at all what you said.
I would have expected a joke about Dead Pan going down on you but this…
ok back to the Voice Mail upgrade from hell
Your’e welcome!
Also, You’re!
Yea for the fambly trip!
I hope you had access to the “Family Vacation” station wagon.
…and this dark side of the moon crap, shouldn’t someone force fed a junior astronomy book to Michael Bay? just saying..
Yes. And to Pink Floyd. And to 90% of America who thinks there is one.
There is no dark side in the moon, really. As a matter of fact it’s all dark.
Mmmmmm. Dark Cheese.
Wootah! Isn’t J.R. awesome? Did you get to see his big truck?
Canada is 144.
Let the gross jokes begin. 😉
Did everyone watch the female armor video? No?
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6550847/female-armor-sucks
THE TASSELS OF INTIMIDATION!!
can’t forget the whip
I’ve love to see J.R. Not so much his “big truck.”
*sigh* I’m tired of month end.
JR’s truck really is big. It was a great ride. um.
LOL
OMFG… humanity…is….OMFG
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1582457/board/nest/181042807
The fiends!
I find youtube comments a constant challenge to my faith in humanity.
There is no humanity. There are only the unwashed masses that will die in a fiery apocalypse, and deadpanites.
Possibly trolling?
did I miss the bridge?
Its VERY possible… cause its something I’d do. Course I wouldnt have stopped at just 2…
WUT IZ uyou talakingabout..>
Anyway, Legoland was declared “The Greatest Theme Park in the World” by those who matter.
That Knight’s Challenge ride to which I posted a Youtube link was srsly good whiplash fun, but overall it’s still mostly a kid’s place. Legoloand is highly recommended if you have kids 13 and under. If it’s a grown-ups only SoCal theme park trip, then go to Disney.
And those who matter – matter!
Sweet to hear!
Putting a full day of work in on a stat holiday is not my idea of fun. It’s a beautiful sunny day, why am I stuck inside?
I know that feeling. You have my sympathy.
Ah the internets, to many trolls, not enough billy goats.
that statement seems a little gruff, Rhett
Baaaa!
Wrong species
Bleeeet!
Meh!
At least according to Urdu.
http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html
mæh-mæh!!!!!
My favourite quote today “she’s one of the most gorgeous women I’ve ever seen without a staple in her stomach”
BTW… 6 days.
This was fun as well –
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6537531/richard-bransons-airplane-safety-video
Oh…..Oh my.
DAMIT. Ume is playing Kanrocksas. 🙁
Yeah I missed em here too. I wish theyed stop playing giant festivals and just tour themselves.
“Kanrocksas:
Touring oneself can be quite rewarding … but should really be limited to private settings.
I see what you did there…
Holy fucking shit that’s a good lineup overall!!!! Wow!
“Kanrocksas?” Is Johnny Dare involved somehow?
Local joke is local.
Loco even.
No, not to my knowledge. He’d want a different lineup.
really:
http://imgur.com/CQDdM
Job opening!
I didn’t read the comments, but I’m sure someone made the sunstroke joke. If not, then there you go.
And wherever I go, there you are.
Wait..
Coronal mass ejections?
Make your eyebrows extra crispy.
I’m not getting any comments through RSS. Dis someone lurking in the background change a setting? I’m looking at you Summer.
Perhaps with all of these comments we’re reaching “critical RSS mass”, causing the laws of the interwebs to start getting all wibbledy-wobbledy.
Alright… who broke the internet? I’m lookin’ at you Lo Pan.
Its what I do!!!!!
*pulls more tubes*
So the other day I finally got to listen to Jack’s Steampunk fiction. Good stuff, I think Steampunk fits you.
With work being pretty slow today (until now), I was inspired to try my own hand at some steamboat fiction. I was going to bring it a little farther, but alas, I got some real work dropped on my lap. Anyway…
Steamboat fiction, ha! Writer I am. *faceplant*
You could involve Willie with that.
Willie Scott?
INNNNNDDDYYYYY!!!!!!
Damn I would banged Kate Capshaw. Hard.
I’m trying to keep the Disney to a minimum.
Jack Brisco’s mind screamed in silent panic as he felt his weight leave him. His craft soaring so near his destination, his shock made all the more potent by his fleeting elation of nearing his target. Now falling ever faster back to the earth. “Dammit! I’ve killed myself.”
Three hundred years earlier…
The wind began to wane, but the clouds still hung to the base of the mountain. Juan Montejo shook his head sending a few rain drops off the silver brim of his helmet. His feet stood on ground that would one day be called “South America.” Juan didn’t have a name for this place other than God Forsaken. “Stupid natives and their superstitions,” Juan muttered. A cold drop of water fell off his chin and rolled under his breast plate. The wooden crucifix Juan wore around his neck began to itch. “I hope Father Alverez falls ill and dies” Juan quickly purged the thought from his mind. No sense in condemning himself to hellfire because he was having a bad day. Juan didn’t particularly dislike the priest, it just seemed as if he kept getting singled out as his errand boy. When they first made landfall, Juan was tasked with moving the priest’s belongings ashore, all seven trunks worth and that was just the start. While the captain busied himself pilfering gold from the locals, Father Alverez made fast friends with Umbitu, the tribe healer. While the priest’s true calling was to convert any heathens they encountered, he was a true affectionato of history and lore, particularily of the undocumented kind. Father Alverez kept notes of everyplace they visited mostly consisting of church business but sometimes notes about local medicinal cures and stories. In exchange for some wine, Umbito told the priest about a cure for stomach cramps made from honey and the leave of the Jibneb plant. The plant with a purple flower was said to grow amoungst some large dirt mounds along the river, deep in the jungle. Of course Juan was the one tasked to fetch them. After three hours fighting against the vines and the mosquitoes Juan finally found the plants. He also discovered the mounds housed the largest ants he ever saw. Careful as he was to pick the Jibneb, he still got bitten by one of the devils and he bled from the wound. Juan shivered, still damp from the rain. According to the description given to him from Alverez he had to be getting close. The path along the mountain was nearly nonexistent except for a few faded symbols and the occasional large sharp stone. Juan stopped for a moment and looked back, his eyes widened.
LIKES!!
Thanks Lo, I like you too. 🙂
Well bllllllush!!!
Okay, back to work.
Very cool, Rhettro!
Evil, Inc. let us go early today. i’ve been out pulling weeds for the past hour and a half. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph it’s too hot for that.
Sly B and I will listen to Jack’s newest fiction on our drive this weekend – been saving it and looking forward to it!
Thanks EssBee, have a safe trip!
Keep going, Rhett! I’m on for the Steamboat ride.
Thanks Jack, I will. I know where this story is headed so I at least need to take it to there. But for now, back to work. 😉
Wonderful contest at Topless right now.
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/07/tr_contest_nerdy_character_pick-up_lines.php
Hmm… methinks we at Deadpan do this on a regular basis!!!!
Is that a Terminator in your pocket?
Just glad to see you! And a terminator!
Yah! Month end is over for, well, another month
Lord have mercy, it be hot.
Yeah I’m sweating balls on my balls.
Me too.
Yowza!
lmfao
nice and relaxing isn’t it?
Yes. As relaxed as that one dude in Temple of Doom was while being lowered down to the volcano after having his heart torn out
Rhettro: I like your story!
Today is the first day of the first session of Camp NaNoWriMo, which is NaNoWriMo for people who want to write a NaNo novel at a different time of year/more than once a year. If you’re going to continue that story, you should sign up!
Maybe I will. I’m up to my neck in relatives at the moment, I’ll have a better idea of how to parse my free time in another week.
Cool! I’m pretty sure I’m going to wait for the August session. I’m too busy this month with family, vacations, and moving.
Hail, Pan.
Many fumes inhaled, but much achieved. Including coming to grips with my being a limited being not of infinite power.
But, my friend, Mr. Bacardi, will help me deal with it much better.
Is this the new house or prepping the old house?
Prepping the old house. Every time I get something done in getting it ready, I find something else that needs to be done.
One thing’s for sure – this new house I’m in now is the one they will haul me away to the funeral home from. Moving, and selling a house is something I hope to never have to do again.
So true.
Seriously!
Rhett – I too like the story.
Thanks JOe, I’ve got a couple more pages of the story in my head I need to put to paper, hopefully soon.
Gosick is over. 🙁
I have one more to go 🙁
I hope you’ve been enjoying it.
Extremely. Super original and engrossing. Sad to have it end
And, once more unto the breach. To sling the arrows of outrageous fortune in the mind’s eye. Out, out, Damned spot!
LOL! 🙂
Morning Pan
Saw the newest Piranha movie last night. Hubby said it’s now his new favouritest movie.
I wonder if it had anything to do with the two naked women making out in the lake?
Sounds kind of fishy.
Fin
I hope he didn’t have a wet dream.
Now… I have Krugs to rescue.
So….. Firefox broke its last straw for me last night. It’s a bittersweet decision, but I have to move on. We’re not done forever, I’ve just decided to see other browsers. I’m going to see how things go with Chrome, might even hook up occasionally with my main browser from years ago, IE.
Sadly, I don’t love any of them.
I use chrome. I’m ok with it.
Well, hubby saw what the temperature was in Arizona so he took me out and made my buy a hat.
Now to kill thieves.
So Yahoo news seems to have been wiped out.
Can anyone else get through to
http://news.yahoo.com
nope. sorry. That one was me. Somehow got hold of a bad cookie.
We’re Safari, Jack. Let us know how Chrome goes for you – I wasn’t a fan.
We’re in Canon City roasting our asses off.
I was going to make a bad joke about Chick-fil-A, but I’ll show some restraint. 😉
I still really like Chrome.
God its hot here too! Canyon City has to be melty
truly melty
J0e:
http://news.yahoo.com/mathematicians-want-goodbye-pi-154001699.html
But maybe I’m only seeing it because I’m on Chrome.
Sssssh, you’ll start off the whole Tau business all over again.
That would be inTAUable.
Well Larry Crowne was a pile of sentimental mash, but still a lot more fun than T3.
Some weird continuity problems with Tom Hanks tan though..
I’m a fan of Chrome/Chromium. It keeps me synced between multiple machines with no effort.
When the rift opens and the elves come striding out, the mega corp I want to run decks for is Google.
CP: La Valse D’Amelie – Amelie soundtrack
A film well worth checking it, French quirkiness at it’s best.
Theremins still look futuristic after all this time:
http://youtu.be/d2tbdsblDFo
“This video contains content from EMI, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
Sorry about that.”
🙁
CP: Don’t Run Our Hearts Around — Black Mountain
http://ia600608.us.archive.org/28/items/blkmtn2008-02-16.sbd.flac16/blkmtn2008-02-16t11.mp3
CW: Rookie Blue S2E2
One hundred…. thirteen…. degrees…. Bunny, that better be a helluva hat…
You Arizonans are all secretly Venusians and I claim my five pounds.
Just saw Sucker Punch. I know I’m in the minority, but I rather enjoyed it
Well it’s still better that T3, but then 99.999999% of movies are better than T3.
I think it’s reading time
CR: Dragon’s Ring – David Freer
Just finished watching “The Jackal” – the Bruce Willis version. I remembered most of it, but my wife had no recollection of it at all. Pretty good flick.
And, while I’ve still got firefox installed, I’ve mostly been using Chrome when I go dog paddling on the internet.
Wow, Ghostbusters 2 is worse than I’d remembered.
The art of giving up:
http://tinyurl.com/6hbkuch
Goodnight :ego:
If all goes well, I may actually finish the painting phase on ye olde house.
Good luck Ed.
It’s a little late now I guess, but since you had already removed your stuff … did you consider just filling the house with paint and then draining off the excess after all the surfaces had been fully submerged?
Could be a time saver.
CP: Vessel — Zola Jesus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvgL58h_Y
I have so much stuff in my my suitcase, I don’t think I’ll have room for clothes. I’ll have to figure it out. I refuse to use a bigger suitcase.
CR: Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich. Damn witty stuff.
Share a paragraph with us on-pod perhaps?
:light bulb over J0e’s head: ^^
Question for the android users: is there a good e-reader app that handles multiple formats and allows”side-loading”? Something like Stanza for iOS.
If you are prepared to use Calibre to convert to ePub there is:
http://m.androidapps.com/tech/articles/2892-sideloading-ebooks-into-your-e-reader-app
Fails on your wide choice of formats though.
I’m up to half a dozen e-readers now, including Aldiko. Nothing very impressive so far.
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/07/02/lego-album-covers
Right now, there’s only a 20 degree differenc between Arizona and here. Celcius, that is.
An incredulous *only*
Still better than the Anthrax version.
They’re talking about the heat in Arizona on the news. My husband’s freaking out :cheerful:
He’s not getting mixed up with the Los Alamos fire?
heading that way ——->
Goodnight :……:
Hail, hail, rock’n roll….
Happy 4th of July everyone.
Happy holiday to all you Americans. Try not to lose any fingers when you set off your firecrackers.
Alas little danger of that around my parts. Most counties in Texas have a fireworks ban this year due to the extreme drought we’re having.
Ok Deadpan iPad owners, recently got dual pack fling:
http://tenonedesign.com/fling.php
For games that use a virtual dpad or twin stick shooters (like Geometry Wars Touch), this just makes the playing experience a whole lot better.
If I’ve already posted about this..apologies.
A decent use for coffee at last:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/04/caffenol-turns-folgers-into-diy-film-developer-decaf-wont-do/
see I’d call that the only good use for folgers coffee
*sips coffee*
Beautiful:
http://io9.com/5817869/a-years-worth-of-beautiful-time+lapse-photography-of-the-southern-sky
Last one for the day, some cancelled 60’s scifi shows..the puppet one makes Stingray look like high art:
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/28/vintage-1960s-britis.html
This is my cool link to share. I do hope everyone enjoys their holiday (where applicable)!
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CW: True Blood S4E2
Well, I lost the battle and will have to switch over to a larger suitcase. I blame Jack since his gift takes up half the space in my smaller suitcase. :tongue:
It’s a mini hammond organ isn’t it?
Naw. It’s a blue white… or is it a white blue? I never could get these things straight.
I you really want to know, drop me a line and I’ll tell you, otherwise you can wait until Jack gets it and decides if he wants to share.
A Beluga whale?
When hubby gets home I guess I’ll have to get him to do something about the spider crawling on the wall.
He went out to get paperclips. He said mine were too “festive”. Just because they’re all colourful with stripes and patterns on them doesn’t make them festive 😎
Actually, unless your looking for some sort of “humane” solution to your arachnid problem … may I recommend getting out your vacuum cleaner and using the longest extension attachment tool it has.
Your spider problem will be sucked away whilst keeping it outside of your “personal space”.
The new Torchwood is looking good, looking forward to the first episode of the new season.
The first episode is on when I’m in Arizona so I’ll have to wait until I get home and watch it off the DVR
We’re actually a little confused on how the local station is advertising it. They are making a big deal on how it will be in HD, but the channel that shows it isn’t an HD channel. It will be interesting.
:ninja:
D’oh!
This is my cool link to share:
http://blastr.com/2011/07/the-5-twist-endings-every.php
And – aww, Bunny, thank you 🙂 I’m not worthy!
For some reason … I am really okay with this –
http://blastr.com/assets_c/2011/07/4-newmar-65740.php
Annnnd she’s Catwoman!
CW: The Prestige
CD: Gatorade
Off to brave the fireworks crowds. First time with my kids since 2005. Have a good, safe one, everyone.
This will be the day long remembered as the day I finished painting the old house. Not quite independence, but a major milestone.
Now off to relax and finish watching “Moon” again.
CP: Welcome to Lunar Industries – Moon soundtrack
fyi – By God, I love Amazon.
FFyi – I’m also a bit buzzed
That is all…for now.
Geeks with money:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14016511
That is an excellent film, Ed. We watched Cars 2 at the drive-in theater and also had near-front-row seats for Tempe and Phoenix’s fireworks displays.
Good thing too, because the movie was beyond awful.
What did you kids think? My mom took our to see it while she was visiting, so I’ve not had a chance to actually see it myself yet. My kids enjoyed it, at least.
Goodnight :Sounds of Silence:
And now, a bit of awesome in the morning:
http://www.simplimg.com/product_images/8H9S35AXCYwEmO5.jpg
Though, if you car, the two cars were not actually together in space & time.
We just watched an old S2 episode of Top Gear last night that had a race between Darth Vader, Ming The Merciless, a Klingon, A Dalek, and a Cyberman. It was very strange
Hope you Phoenix people are hanging tough – I cannot imagine!
Jack, Sly B and I listened to Night’s Plutonian Shore on the drive home yesterday – nice! OSM, FTW! We really enjoyed it!
Huh. My kids loved Cars 2, Jack. You really hated it that much?
Morning Pan
Took three spoonfuls of cereal before I realized the milk was off. Now my tummy’s all jumpy.
So apparently Star Trek is available on NetFlix. Not in Canada. Our NetFlix gets a lot of British shows, which is great, we love them, but has a sad lack of most anything else.
We were able to order the discs through Netflix before. Nearly all of the series (minus Deep Space Nine) are now available for instant watch. I like that because I can usually fit in tv episodes better through instant watch than waiting arond for a disc with 3 or 4 episodes on it, then rushing through those episodes so I can sit around and wait for more.
Oh yeah… 2 days.
A story, for those who may or may not be getting special gourmet chocolate from me:
Last year, Bernard Callebeaut the company when into receivership. A different company bought them out around January or so (sorry, don’t remember the other company name). This new company is currently in litigation with Bernard Callebeaut the man as, apparently, he took some of the equipment and recipes when he left, which was a no-no. Meanwhile, Bernard Callebeaut has still be making chocolate but, since I’m not really a chocolate person, I have yet to try any so have no idea if they are still as good. You will have to let me know when I’m out there.
Forbidden Chocolate?
Only if TEB drops it down the front of her shirt.
:blink:
A preview of the Captain American score:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oDrB7agzhM&feature=player_embedded#at=164
CP: So Much For The Afterglow — Everclear
CP: “Joey” – Concrete Blond
Hubby and I went for our daily walk. It’s only 20 degrees here and we’re already melting. What am I going to do once I hit Arizona’s heat?
CP: Red Alert – Warp 11
CD: Pondering if TEB protests too much about the heat in Arizona
Stay inside with me?
Go swimming in the pool with me?
Get a pedicure with me?
Drink frosty beverages with me?
I’m starting to notice a theme there
“What am I going to do once I hit Arizona’s heat?”
Flourish?
I just got a message telling me how “remarqueable” something was. Obviously their e-mail doesn’t have a spell checker.
My car’s been recalled. How amusing.
Hilarious take on Ke$ha: homeless girl on the prowl
http://www.avclub.com/articles/vol-37-february-2011,58433/
Jesus she’s beyond retarded.
Great article!
Speaking of recalls … my damn phone won’t stop “restarting”. I tried to turn it on 3 days ago and it just went into this endless startup cycle.
Gets to my home screen, goes black and then automatically starts the whole darn thing over again.
grrr.
It’s an LG VX8300 … anyone heard of a fix for this?
Here’s a last resort measure:
http://www.ehow.com/how_7372269_factory-reset-vx8300-verizon-phone.html
*sigh*
I guess I’m screwed then. That reset requires you to use the menus. I only get the main menu for about a second and a half before the phone resets and restarts.
It’s a pretty old phone. It is probably time to replace it.
Is it fair to assume you’ve already tried physically removing the battery for a few minutes? Can you boot the phone when connected to the charge cable but minus the battery?
None of the buttons are stuck, maybe making constant contact? Have you tried “the Fonz”?
One of the biggest lies–perhaps delusion is a better description–within the software industry is that code is self documenting.
Back from the store. Got something small for both Coethelia (sp?) and Rhettro and then something big for my Goddess. I better stop shopping or I won’t have room for my stuff even in the bigger suitcase.
So for those of you who may, or may not, be following my trials with this dog Santa brought us. The latest attempt at keeping her at home has failed. She broke her chainlink choke collar, jumped the fence, and is now roaming freely, we know not where.
I’m done with this dog and should she ever be found, she will be passed along to a new home.
I’m done.
Sorry to hear that Cj. That sounds pretty frustrating.
This is why I’m a cat person. I can lock them in the house forever and it doesn’t matter. (that and I don’t have to walk them when it’s 30 below and snowing outside)
I don’t believe it. I finally finished with programming on this stupid convention. I’m tired.
First day at the new place.
Stability is pri 1.
You moved? Congrats! I hope you enjoy the new place.
Yeh…. YEAH for a new place!
Woot for the new place. Will it be able to receive mail from Canada better than the old one?
Time will tell.
CP: Father Midnight — Earth
I got a mosquito bite just below my bellybutton. I am not amused
The fluff is so thick outside it almost looks like it’s snowing
No sorry, I didn’t move homes, but changed jobs. The time off between jobs was fortunately brief, but still a month-long panic attack.
Woot for the new job, then!
Yes. Let’s hope this one doesn’t blow.
What he said!!
I have strange friends. One e-mailed me about my upcoming trip “Have fun. Don’t drive the men too crazy. After all, down there they aren’t used to such excesses of feminie pulchritude in their midst.”
Pulchritude? I actually had to look that one up :cheerful:
A lovely word to use when you want want people to think you are insulting them as you give them a complement…
Heard on the commercial, ” made with 100% free run eggs”. I start to worry when my eggs have feet
I start to worry when my eggs give me the runs.
Or fertilised in your case.
:dizzy:
Aren’t you the reigning “Miss Pulchritude” in Alberta?
:tongue:
I believe they will make her claim that at immigration.
It’s amazing that TSA will let that much Pulchritude on board the aircraft!
Which just shows you guys are just as strange as my other friends
:blush:
I’m not allowed to talk to Strangers.
Where do you find strangERs, ditto?
Well, that’s exactly my point. We are the right level of strange. Any stranger and I wouldn’t want to talk to them. 😉
CW: Falling Skies. Van, still watching?
So am I Essbee, but it’s still rather slow and horribly derivative.
Oh and it still gives me Half Life flashbacks when watching it..
One of my favorite things about Summer is Vidalia onions.
Does she carry them around with her?
And now I’m off to grill pork steaks and mini-zuchinnis in the rain!
If you like Pina Coladas
And grilling pork steaks and mini-zuchinnis in the rain …
^winning! 😆
For years I thought the guy was saying Peanut Colodas.
Volume 2 of the Portal 2 soundtrack is out:
http://www.thinkwithportals.com/music.php
Jack: Wow, only one month between jobs? That’s amazing! You’re
really luckyreally good at using those connections to have found another one so fast! Congratulations!I managed to survive work today, despite still having this con-crud cough. I did get to take on a project that I think is pretty cool, even though it may seem tedious: “Take all these invoices and retype the key data so it’s sorted into smaller categories by the type of service or activity performed. You have until the end of the day on Thursday.” I got to set up a spreadsheet with subtotal and total formulae, so I felt like I was doing Bunny’s job. :happy:
We’re still watching “Falling Skies” here in Texas. I’m interested enough to keep watching, but will see if that holds once Eureka and Wharehouse 13 fire up for the summer.
RE: Captain America score – it sounds awfully….generic. Has a vague military/marching sound to it, but I can’t really find a theme.
Hopefully the movie proves better that the music.
Jesus fucking gar.
I have been looking through my collection of cook books to get some ideas to shake things up in our recipe rotations. I am about to go through Betty Crocker’s New Dinner for Two Cook Book (1964). This was the cook book that my mother was given when she got married to ease her transition from cooking for a rather large family (11 brothers and sisters) to cooking for only two people. I have vague memories of this book having recipes for things like green beans = open can of green beans and heat on stove. Thus, I thought it would make good play by play material. So, here goes.
http://www.amazon.com/Betty-Crockers-New-Dinner-Cookbook/dp/B0007HIHVU
Well there are certainly “from scratch” recipes in here. There is one for Vanilla Custard Pudding with all the right ingredients.
Ahhh. Here we are. Crisp Vegetable Sticks (p. 10). Cut chilled raw vegetables lengthwise into thin sticks.
Italian Green Beans with Mushrooms (p.14). Cook 1 pkg (10 oz) frozen italian green beans according to pkg directions–except add 1 can (3 oz) mushrooms for the last few minutes of cooking time. Drain.
Too bad I can’t stand mushrooms.
Chilled Apricots (p.21). One can (8 oz) apricots should be just right for two. Be sure they are well chilled.
Betty, Betty, Betty… what would I do without you?
French Onion Soup (p.26). Prepare onion soup using canned soup. To serve:…
Mmmmm. Beef with Raisin Sauce. This actually looks pretty good and will probably go in the new recipe rotation.
Green Beans and Corn (p.32). Now it advises cooking fresh green beans and cutting the corn from 2 cobs. If they have already established the precedent of using canned or frozen vegetables, why change now?
Mashed Potatoes (p.36). Really? I think this book was deliberately aimed at the target audience my mother was in. Someone who is not used to cooking for only two people and simply needs to know how much of everything to use. Unfortunately, my mother claims she always fought the advice of the book, thinking that it simply wouldn’t be enough food, and often doubled or even tripled the recipes (resulting in massive quantities of leftovers).
Here’s one for all the parents out there…
Mock Champagne (p.42). Combine equal amounts of chilled apple juice and ginger ale.
Hamburger Stroganoff (p.46). Look everyone, hamburger helper was just born.
Cucumber sticks (p.52). OK, now you’re deliberately insulting my intelligence.
Dried Beef Rarebit (p.54). Looks like cream chipped beef with cheese added in. How did it never occur to me to add cheese. I MUST try this soon.
Broiled Steak (p.59). Barbarians! Steak must be grilled.
You ate going to piss off the Inuit/Swedish deapan community UH..
I read that as boiled and thus didn’t get the quip, doh!
Boiled is even worse than broiled. Do people actually do that? Do they then put the boiled steak in an aspic?
Boiling meat is a tradition in Nordic countries and among the Inuit ( when they don’t just eat the meat raw).
/shudder
Oh look. A section on how to set the table. This really is aimed at people new to the kitchen.
Grapefruit and Avacado Salad (p.74). I’ve been kind of disappointed that I haven’t seen any of the stereotypical disgusting 60s cook book items, like anything and everything in aspic. I think this one works though. Just can’t picture these two items tasting good together.
Avocado slices and canned mandarin oranges are really good together. It’s always been a favorite easy salad recipe in my family.
Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup (p.97). First ingredient = 1 beef soupbone with meat. Screw you vegetarians!
There it is! Page 101. Knew it would show up sooner or later. “1/2 tsp. flavor enhancer (monosodium glutamate)”
Just when I got my hopes up. The recipe for Corned Beef Hash (p. 104) has a big list of ingredients. I could use a recipe for that. Wait, wait, ingredient number 5 is 1 can corned beef hash. Fuckashitpiss.
aaaand, here we are. Right back at square 1 all over again. Hot Consomme (p.105). Heat 1 can undiluted beef consomme or bouillon just to the boiling point. Serves two.
And to go with the hot consomme… Toasted Crackers. You guessed it. Put some crackers in the oven.
JELLIED CHICKEN! I found it! The aspic recipe! Chicken, olives, onions, etc. all in a mold of chicken broth flavored gelatin.
Beets in Orange Sauce… pardon me… just threw up a little in my mouth.
I dont…I think.. I really…. *mind blown*
Tomato-Vegetable Aspic. OK. That’s about it for me. The rest of the book is cooking basics (because cutting cucumbers into slices isn’t basic enough).
Not to read when you are having breakfast..ugh.
Return of power catch-up
Grats on the new job Jack.
UH what was that recipe for vegetable spears again? I don’t think I understood it.
In a pinch you can swap out the recipe for vegetable sticks and cucumber spears. But only in a pinch, this isn’t every day advice.
Thank you all. Unfortunately, I have to be more careful about revealing such facts publicly. What with a few recent life changes, it looks likely that the weekly Deadpan release day will change from Wednesdays. Maybe Monday night into Tuesday.
“Jellied Chicken”????? If only the band name joke hadn’t been beaten to death. . .
Damn that’s a shame, if only for selfish reasons.
Cough
Congratulations on the new Job Jack.
Dual stick shooter you can play in your browser (needs flash so not for iPads):
http://www.realmofthemadgod.com/
Well, let’s all discuss. I can try to accommodate general public wishes.
This video is amazing. I was in the car while it was happening; I completely felt this haboob.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEUyhLP3nyo&feature=share
Heck no, I was just joking, hence the cough.
Who ordered the Sheesh Haboob?
I figured. But still, I’m open to suggestions.
Goodnight :haboob:
Suggestion
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Congrats on the new job. You produce Deadpan episodes when you can.
^
What Ed said.
What Van said Ed said.
ditto!
What Van, Ed, EssBee said.
And ditto for Reaper.
Wait… ditto I think I just gave you to Reaps…
ditto
Three freebies in the app store, these are universal work just Dandy in iPads:
http://toucharcade.com/2011/07/06/donut-games-crazy-summer-sale/
Hey Deadpan!
The neighbour brought out his Porche today. I think I’d be more impressed if it didn’t sound like guns going off every time he tried running it.
In a fist shaking minute, I really want to get some kids off my lawn. The next door neighbour has five kids (you heard me). The younger ones have started taking sticks and digging small holes in my yard and planting the sticks. I didn’t pay gross amounts of money last year to redo the yard just to have some kids dig it up.
Sigh, you are officially old now TEB, the sad decline into oblivion begins NOW.
Whenever the DP episode comes out in the next week, I think it’s safe to say there won’t be any show notes 😉
In a few hours I’m going to print out my ticket. I’m a quiver with excitement :woot:
like this? http://www.mikesarcheryleather.com/images/side_quiver_6.jpg
Ooooh, it’s all leathery :cheerful:
does “all leathery” add to the quivering? 😀
If done properly … YES!
I’ll have to keep that in mind after I get a girl friend… in a few months
morning pan, going here tonight:
http://www.summerfest.com
music over load!!!!
Wow that’s a lot of bands, most of whom I’ve never heard of.
lots and lots of locals there. most are ok. I like it for the people watching and ability to just walk away if a band suck on one song and come back for the next if it is a good one
I’ve heard of it. I’m jealous. 🙂
I wish I were a little closer. I won’t end up getting there till 6 or so and I can’t stay that late because I work tomorrow. But at least the tickets are free. Free tickets are pretty easy to come by.
You’re gonna see Morris Day and the Time!!!!!! ARENT YOU?!?!?!?!?!??!?! Bastard!
Jungle… Looooove.
they are my favorite band!
Don’t You Never Say A Bad Word About Morris Day & The Time!
Oh… happy happy day!
Speak Dutch next time, I still wouldn’t have a clue.
Blasphemy!
CP: Woodpecker From Mars — FNM
^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was always my aspiration to be the guy whose sole purpose was to hold up a mirror onstage for Morris Day to check himself out. That’s my dream job.
I wonder what night HIS podcast comes out on?
There, it’s official. I’ve printed out my boarding pass.
I hope the Arizonians have started on my itinerary 😉
I’m hoping to get Jack into a conversation at some point to make some plans, but you know that man is a bit elusive…
Is there a conversation going?
Step 1: Stay cool.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Rhett, I will get to see you when I’m out there?
Hopefully. 🙂 My folks have been in town since the weekend and are destined to return home on Saturday. So I’ll be juggling time scheduled between them and the Deadpan folks. That said, any meetup Thursday/Friday night will be tough (not imposssible) for me. Likewise, breakfest/brunch on Saturday is probably out. Saturday night and Sunday morning is more open. But don’t let my schedule stop you from planning anything that works for everyone else. 🙂
Not yet. I’ve been busy. Um. Hey, Jack, Rhett… we need to talk… lol
Hubby just took all his 1,000+ D&D minis, packed them up and put them into storage. Why? To make room for his Warhammer stuff. *sigh*
Well, I’d like to record a Hitchhiker’s Guide discussion while you’re here, Bunny. At some point. We’ll need to discuss location and equipment.
This is ok as long as I don’t have to comment much on the newest movie. I only saw it the once and don’t remember much about it. We can’t get it on Netflix up here. The BBC series and the books are fine for me to comment on.
Oh and maybe the text adventure. I played that way back when, but only remember bits and pieces. “put towel on head” “You put the towel on your own head. The Vogon seems confused and unable to see you…”
CP: Drumming Song — Florence & The Machine
I plan on providing my thoughts about Hitchhiker’s, especially the bit about the series ending in “So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”. Nothing after that exists, imo.
Don’t forget when Arthur learns how to fly by the simple way of walking off a very high place and not falling (I think that’s in the third book, when he’s romancing Fenchurch who’s feet don’t touch the groun”
-” +d)
Romancing Fenchurch is in ‘So Long and thanks for all the Fish’ (fourth HH book)
Arthur learns to fly in ‘Life, the Universe, and Everything’ (Third book)
The radio adaption of ‘Mostly Harmless’ changes the ending slightly and in my view it works better than the book.
LIES! No such book exists, thus there can be no such adaptation. 😉
Nice write up about the haboob by Jeff Masters.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
Quick update for those playing.
Luna the dog has been missing for over 24 hours now. It isn’t looking promising. We’ve scoured the neighborhood multiples times. The fact that she broke her collar off, leaving her identifying tags with my phone number in the dirt in my backyard is making recovery seem less possible. She is however, implanted with a microchip so should someone decide to take her to the vet or animal control, we will be contacted. At which time, I’ve been making arrangements for a new home for her with someone who is home during the day as she clearly is unable to control her separation anxiety.
Sorry about your dog CJ, it’s never easy when a pet goes missing. At least you did the right thing and had Luna chipped. If anyone takes Luna to the vet you will know.
^And per your recent Twitter, I guess I was proved right. LOL
Was the dog found? We’re all on the edge of our tumbleweeds here!
Found!
[drive by]
I twas thinking about all you lovely peoples and want to say hello
HELLO!!!!
[/drive by}
WOOOOOTIE WOOTIE WOOT!!!!
someone lost a dog?
CJ you lost your dog 🙁
I sorry
CJ tweeted that her dog was found! So all is right with the world. 🙂
CW: Burlesque
Why? As with most things, for a girl.
Luna the crazy 8 month old lab has been located and returned to me for a fee, of course.. so I have her at my house for the time being. A new owner is being considered as I won’t be keeping her.
I have enough “crazy” in my life right now… I don’t need a crazy dog too.
but you’d have so much to talk about.
Is this thing on?