Good morning, guys and dolls. I’m finally back to the office today and ALMOST looking forward to it after the last two weeks of living out of a suitcase/sitting in a borrowed cubicle at Evil HQ/being in big fancy meetings with my grown-up outfits.
My meetings weren’t WITH my clothes, btw. I was wearing the clothes.
… and for some reason I am picturing Evil Inc HQ, “grown-up” outfits include a riding crop and leather jodhpurs.
I wish.
Time to listen to the episode
Show Notes
Jack Mangans Deadpan #229: Kids Only, Part 2
The old people story
Honestly, who didn’t know Jack was a He Man?
The End of the Sidewalk
Earbuddies
Good Night Arrakis
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the ukulele
First day of school
Stolen paragraph from How to Train Your Dragon
More on the first day of school
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs
Send in content: 480-788-JMDP(5637) or e-mail: sphericaljackmatgmaildotcom
Closing Music –
You Are My Sunshine
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Re: Your Brains
As seen on the Colbert show last night;
Seems that the corporate meat puppets in the US Senate have decided to quietly slip an amendment into an unrelated bill … that would authorize the Keystone pipeline. The provision makes no attempt to address any of the concerns such as providing alternate routes. It just authorizes it as is.
Here is a petition you can sign to stop this, that will be delivered in about 2 hours. http://act.350.org/sign/kxl/
Earbuddies sent!
I was too lazy to pull out my good mic so, hopefully, the sound isn’t too harsh.
Just finished the second kids show. Bravo to all our little bundles of content.
When were earbuddies assigned?
Welcome back, ditto! Missed you and been thinking of ya!
Thanks.
Hey, my sidewal’s been shoveled. Someone’s on the ball
Yo, ditto! The EB2 emails went out last week. It’s not too late, if you want in!
I was pretty sure I mentioned it on FB, but a lot was going on at the time. Count me in if it doesn’t cause any problems.
Ok Deadpan grab your security blanket. It’s movie time.
Today’s movie is Chain Letter.
The DVR write up: Jessie Campbell and her friends receive a threatening e-mail claiming they will die if they fail to keep e message circulating in this chilly twist on the familiar urban legend
This is looking good already. It has the trifecta of a good B horror
Quoting Nietzsche
We are Borg… Oh wait, wrong show
7:15 am? Lazy bums
Chains
Duct tape
Naked girl showering
How… Creepy
Ok. This movie may be over for me
Sorry guys. I just can’t watch this movie. While its true, I do like the B horrors, even I have my limits. This one is just too disturbing for me.
Well that’s a PBP first. No sense ruining your day for a movie.
I like B horror movies that I can poke fun at. However I do not like slasher movies like the Nightmare on ElmSstreet series, nor do I like violence for the sake of violence itself so will not watch the Saw movies.
I know it’s strange but there actually is a line in horrors I can’t get across. This one crossed it.
I think I might read instead
CR: The Cloud Roads – Martha Wells
Another swell episode Jack!
The future of geek-dom seems well in hand.
+250000!
a rare siting of the speckled Lo Pan. We are blessed.
Its not my fault its speckled.
Wait, I guess it is…
Sounds like you need to try a different antibiotic.
I can never decide between the clear or the cream
What flavors are they?
The Saw movies weren’t slasher films and it wasn’t just violence for the sake of violence. Well, the first couple weren’t. It really was screw with your mind horror. #justsaying 🙂
Hey, it’s Thursday! WOO WOO!
What a fun group of Mini Deadpanites! Fun episode, Jack!
I think Sarah may be the next Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. I also just may have nightmares about zombie mushrooms.
Well that sent me to Google.
I do remember that guy, though. I assume that she’ll weigh about 900 lbs less.
🙂 whatever makes her happy & healthy.
I’m driving to California next week with the kiddos so we’ll be listening to both episodes en route. I think they’ll enjoy that! I don’t know how their Gramma will feel about it, but she can put on headphones if it bothers her!
OmGtehSQUEEEEEEEE!
I got flowers.
At work
First.Time.In.YEARS!!!!!!
Did I mention… SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I feel kinda bad throwing pistachio shells into the trashcan while the clean-up crew is here emptying trashcans…
When Bunny said she was going to go read instead of doing the movie PBP, I was like.. oh she could do a book PBP… but then really, isn’t that what a book kinda is?
Oof.. I fell and hurt my brain.
Really? Lacuna Coil is touring with Megadeath & Motorhead?
Neato! Still bummed I didn’t get to hear the Warrel Dane, Christina Scabbia duet.
I don’t know how to take this Tuesday shift… I guess I can get used to it if everyone else can.
:pan: :reaper:
Important note – the fourth Mass Effect book apparently is not winning many fans.
I was having a full blown threesome with these two dirty young bitches at work today, the white one was taking it up the arse, and the black one was licking and slurping on my balls….
Then the owner of the kennels came in and sacked me on the spot.
*A hook appears from the left side of the stage*
Followed by the rest of the pirate.
*This from the guy who said “high fructose unicorn syrup “*
I demand this on a shirt.
I can’t believe this guy. Bill O’Reilly has no comprehension of the compassiOnate side of being human.
Addiction is a lifelong, daily war with one’s mind and inner demons. He has no idea what went on in Whitney Houston’s head. Stupid, ignorant asshole.
I refuse to follow the link and possibly read what ever latest “buzz” generating thing he has said.
Bill O’Reilly is a snake oil salesman. He is totally in the “Controversy $ELLS” camp and thus, probably doesn’t even have the teaspoon of character it would take to at least believe half the crap he spews out. Given the competition in the “hate” media market these guys have to say constantly wilder things just to get the spotlight back on themselves.
I won’t play along.
BTW: that is no rant at our dear Pixie. That is my disgust for the “Controversy” sellers.
Aw man. I was so going to use that to sell chocolate bars.
NUmmmmm…
The ever popular “Controversy Cluster”
“Now even more nuts!”
Norovirus?
Post-VD Day top ‘o the morning, Panites!
Maybe Bill O’Reilly should destroy himself.
W. H. Davies
Leisure
WHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
This seems to be an excellent poem, Van…
I only skimmed it.
Thanks, guys. I’m about to hit my 11 year anniversary there and many of the people let go yesterday were around longer than me.
Today’s a new day. Have a great one!
I am happy you survived the cuts EssBee. *hugs*
Congratz Ess!
CW: Luck E3. The first two didn’t hook me, but now I’m hooked. David Milch got the juice.
Morning Pan.
Why does it feel like Friday?
In the U.S., it’s a holiday weekend. Some people have Friday, Monday, or both days off. I have both days off from my real-life part-time job, but I’ll be spending the time on my freelance gigs.
It’s a long weekend in Alberta too (though not in most of Canada). The holiday is Monday though, not Friday.
Finally kicked hubby out the door. Darn his late morning meetings.
I’ve decided I’m a bigger virtual hugger than a real life hugger.
…except maybe for Deadpanites. I’ll really hug you any time I really see you 😉
According to the news, we had ten hours of sunlight yesterday. I can’t wait until summer when we have more like seventeen or eighteen hours of sun.
Ack! I seem to have muffin crumbs down my pants. True, I had a muffin for breakfast but honestly, what’s that about? It’s not like my pants weren’t done up. Had to take my pants off and turn them inside out. I still feel little prickles.
“I seem to have muffin crumbs down my pants.”
Somewhere in the podosphere a faint scream is heard as justaJOe bites his tongue.
:w00t:
We could mine this comment for days and still find new innuendo.
I somehow hadn’t realized TEB was a muffin eater. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
It’s healthy to have a varied diet.
Muffin crumbs are prickly. *giggle*
*sigh*
This is why I live you all
Prickly. In. Pants.
*winning*
I think she meant “This is why I allow you all to live.”
Because it would have been inappropriate if she meant “This is why I lick you all”
I did mean love but hey, whatever works :blink:
Today’s “US Economic Good News” is a toss up –
You could go with “Buying a home is now more affordable than it has been in the last 20 years.” http://tinyurl.com/73ynl8t
“According to the index, 75.9% of all new and existing homes sold during the three months ended Dec. 31 could have been comfortably purchased by families earning the national median income of $64,200.”
OR
You could go with “GM’s 2011 profit is highest ever, jumping 62 percent to a record $7.6 billion”.
This is their first profitable year since 2004. It is another example of where a hugely unpopular bailout has worked.
(Satire): Elitist Justa j0e is really just an agent of the socialist liberal media, obviously planted here by Sean Penn to take way our guns and our freedom.
LOL
The extreme left considers me a capitalist pig and the extreme right calls me a socialist … so clearly I am doing something correct.
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with The Deadpan.
S a Canadian, I don’t have guns but I still fell free 😎
That being said, when I visit Deadpan Land, I’m always blown away at how inexpensive everything is compared to here, and that includes housing. I’m not sure if I should be happy we didn’t get hit as hard or sad at how expensive it is to live in Calgary
I wonder if someone visiting from Kalamazoo or Moose Jaw or Ootanaboot would have the same reaction?
True, but I was speaking from a Calgary point of view. I know certain CDN cities (Vancouver) are more expensive to live in and some (Regina) are less. *shrug*. All I can really compair to is what I know
Heh Heh.
“Muffin Crumbs”
Can that be our coffee house band’s first album?
*sticks tongue out at J0e*
Tease!
Cream crackered after a pub crawl with some work colleagues.
I wonder how many more years will pass until the last of the non-techy, non-PC-user generations will have died off. It’s a snail’s pace to get folks trained on computer basics. still.
Don’t worry, I’m sure our grandchildren will wonder the same about us as we fail to master the mind controlled machines that they will take for granted.
“A keyboard? How quaint!”
“Your THUMBS !?!?! You had to use your THUMBS!?!? “
No 2D performance of the latest Ghost Rider flick at the local cinema = fail
I think that must say a lot about the film.
Hey Pan. It’s six AM. I’ve been up for an hour already. I’m sure glad it’s Friday
So a strange thing happens in regard to our computers, maybe someone can tell us why. If I’m playing a game on my computer, it doesn’t matter if the game is off-line or online, when hubby turns on his computer it doesn’t recognize the internet. I have to either back out of my game and he reboots, or I have to reset the router (not the modem. This is through a wifi connection, we haven’t tried it wired. Why is that? Why does his computer refuse to recognize the internet if I’m playing a game? If I’m doing anything else, the computer is fine. It’s just playing a game, any game, that his computer gets stupid.
TEB: It’s likely an IP conflict from using DHCP. You can run into it fairly often if you put your computers in suspend mode and your IPs expire on a daily basis. Check to see if your router configuration allows you to reserve IPs. Then assign one to each of your computers and leave the remaining pool for your guests. I help you with the details in a bit if you want.
Could be an assigned IP ( from the router) conflict, but seems strange it only happens when playing a game.
You could reserving different IPs on the router for each computer that connects to it (including your iPads and iPhones).
+try
Thanks. I’ll give it a try on the weekend.
So today I think I’ll make some chocolate chunk cookies. I haven’t made those in a while.
That’s right! Train your kids early with The Ramones! 🙂
“Goodnight, Bene Gesserit Witch” is an awesome band name. 🙂
I didn’t care for the “How To Train Your Dragon” books.
My cookies are in the oven doing what cookies do. I decided to go wild and put mint chocolate chips in them.
The muffin crumbs will be jealous.
I believe that article #4.2.3.44.2A (ii) of the chocolate chip cookie rulebook expressly forbids mint chocolate chips, Bunny. You may be in violation.
But hubby loves mint chocolate chips. I even keep a separate container of the just for him, that way he won’t take the ones I use for baking
CP: Dogs — Pink Floyd
Animals is one of my all time favorite albums.
I nearly wet myself when Australian Pink Floyd playde “Sheep” — my personal favorite from Animals. — a fee years ago.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green
He leadeth me the silent waters by
With bright knives He releaseth my soul
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places
He converteth me to lamb cutlets
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger
When cometh the day we lowly ones
Through quiet reflection, and great dedication
Master the art of karate
Lo, we shall rise up
And then we’ll make the bugger’s eyes water
Well Pan, at the flicks waiting for ‘The Woman in Black’, place your bets on whether it’s as scary as the play,
I never saw the play.
Well the film was quite creepy, sadly they did a Wuthering Heights (the one with Lawrence Olivier) on the ending.
What to have for lunch?
Lamb?
I’m having a Philly Cheesesteak. It’s subsidized.
I was out for errands with Iris and took her out to a cafe. She had grilled cheese & applesauce, and I had a half BLT and a cup of chowder.
A co-worker sent it to me. We had a NSFW moment together.
P.S. Above is definitely NSFW or children.
Okay Deadpan, I’ve been looking for this short film for years!!!
It’s called “12:01PM”.
It is a BRILLIANT little sci-fi piece that will remind you of a VERY popular and lucrative feature film. Keep in mind though … THAT film came out 3 years AFTER this was released.
It’s on Youtube in 3 parts and the quality is not great. The video tracking issues that occure in the first few minutes do go away though.
Do yourselves a favor and watch this when you get a chance.
Loved the downbeat ending when I saw it many moons ago.
Somehow of everyone here, I’d have put money on you having seen this. 🙂
I haven’t read the short story it’s based on though, so you can put the tranq gun down.
CP: Bird On A Wire — Jennifer Warnes
The weatherman made a verbal slip he said, “if you got it off on Monday.”. I know he was talking about the holiday on Monday but his wording made my mind go there. …maybe it’s just me.
Why *isn’t * that a national holiday?
That would be a good way to take the edge off of Mondays.
What ever happened to Right Said Fred? I ask because a commercial had their sone as backing music
Seems like I remember on some “Where are they now?” show that he was working on a gay lifestyle talkshow. Not sure if that is his current gig.
I prefer the original song the band got their name from.
All three Sentinel (tower defense) go free the weekend:
Oh and Number 3 is universal for those with iPads.
Ah, Van, you’re the gift that just keeps on giving. I may have to make you and honorary uncle for my kids with all the games you’ve introduced them to.
Diary crap:
Library, Fry’s, Target – – no one had the Chamber of Secrets DVD.
No Netflix streaming.
I finally did the direct “rental” from Amazon, which failed…. One customer support call later, and it worked perfectly. Got to watch Chamber of Secrets, then read the final chapter of Prisoner of Azkaban for my daughter. Pretty good HP evening!
Goodnight :Sirius:
And then, it was Sunday.
Crap joke for the day;
A Redneck walks into a bar with a pet alligator by his side. He puts the alligator up on the bar. He turns to the astonished patrons. “I’ll make you a deal. I’ll open this alligator’s mouth and place my manhood inside. Then the gator will close his mouth for one minute. “Then he’ll open his mouth and I’ll remove my unit unscathed. In return for witnessing this spectacle, each of you will buy me a drink.”
The crowd murmured their approval. The man stood up on the bar, dropped his trousers, and placed his Johnson and related parts in the alligator’s open mouth. The gator closed his mouth as the crowd gasped. After a minute, the man grabbed a beer bottle and smacked the alligator hard on the top of the head. The gator opened his mouth and the man removed his genitals unscathed as promised.
The crowd cheered, and the first of his free drinks were delivered. The man stood up again and made another offer. “I’ll pay anyone $100 who’s willing to give it a try.” A hush fell over the crowd. After a while, a hand went up in the back of the bar. A Blonde woman timidly spoke up………. “I’ll try it – Just don’t hit me so hard with the beer bottle!”
*gonnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg*
Learning moment – Do the have “rednecks” in the UK? I thought that was a Southern US thing.
I have watched a lot of US TV and played the demo of Redneck Racing.
I thought Johnson was more of a giveaway the joke was not from this side of the pond.
You don’t have a Johnson! :wassat:
Mislead as it may seem, it’s not made of wood.
Hey pan. Busy day planned. First shopping (once hubby gets out of the shower) , then laundry, then we have to rearrange the basement to make room for this silly Bowflex we bought yesterday. The area where we want to put it is lined with 7′ tall book shelves which we have to shuffle around. Why is it, that whenever hubby makes a purchase it means extra work I have to do? Oh well, at least he’s home to help. When he got his last guitar, I had to clean out under the stairs myself
So I watched Star Wars The Phantom Menace in 3D with CJ, and kids, today.
The 3D effect seemed to be applied more to the background than center focus items, making it rather meh. I found it interesting that Lucas couldn’t resist the urge to embellish and added back in some shots. Most noticeably during the podrace.
Guess it’s been too long. I didn’t catch anything added. But, the 3D effect definitely fell into the “meh” category.
Speaking of Episode 1, a while back I attempted to make a 3D computer model of a Naboo Fighter for the Fate of the Galaxy mod. I’m still working on it, but I was approached by someone else working on a RTS game mod who wanted to use my model. Evidently they got it working in game now.
I’m now getting to that stage when I have to use a lubricant before having sex with my wife………
Usually about eight pints !!
Morning Pan.
It’s a beautiful Monday morning today
The “morning Pan” should have an egg in it.
Better in the :pan: than on the face
First you put in the Pan, then you put it in your face. 🙂
Fertilised?
Um… no.
Morning, Pan!
Random: on a dare, I now dare to ask you fine folks of the DP who enjoys the movie, Dumb and Dumber.
Tally to be tallied.
Comments welcomed.
Snark encouraged.
Is ‘it was ok’ acceptable?
I’ve never seen the movie.
I’m not sure I can claim to like or dislike it.
It had moments that made me laugh but more that made me cringe.
Only bit I enjoyed enough to remember –
Him – “What are the chances a girl like you could fall for a guy like me?”
Her – “About a million to one”.
Him – “So you say I have a chance!!!”
I didn’t hate it when I saw it in the movie theater but I’ve never desired to see it again.
Enjoy or Don’t enjoy? Do you have a category for “other”?
No. Do. Not. Like.
I haven’t seen it from start to finish, but there’s a pretty good reason for that.
I’m in the “no” category, DP.
Good morning, everyone! It’s a holiday at Evil today, and I’m making the most of it so far.
Hiya EssBee!
An Evil holiday? woot!
Are you going with the George Washington costume or Honest Abe?
I shall try to have a John Adams Ale in their honor at some point today.
Not now though. I’m off to play with power tools.
Is that like a Holiday in Cambodia? 😉
I’m in a Hilary Clinton skirt.
What a coincidence! I’m in my J. Edgar Hoover skirt today.
Oh dear, if you are going to fake an English accent at least pronounce the capital of Russia correctly.
Correct. It’s Icky-Icky-Icky-Ptang-Zoop-Boing!
Blame Pan Am.
CP: The Regulator — Clutch
Excellent band, sir.
How did I end up with not a single person on my team playing today?
I think the pool is rigged
Aint just you, sista. Tho it does seem to be all the females of the group. Hmmm….
I take that back. One just wasnt paying attention…
I have Ralph.
One.More.Day.
Can I borrow him for one?
Um. Only if you return him in the same condition, if not better, than he is now.
Speaking of the grand ol’ hockey game… I wanna congratulate everyone here who follows a team for having said team in playoff contention (you know who you are Mr./Ms. ‘Yotes, Mr. Leafs, Ms. Flames, Mr. Wings). I myself, would like to burn a certain local team to the ground and start over.
Or at least use management for a pyre…
As we are just barely in a playoff spot, I would be very happy for the season to stop now before we are kicked out again
While we don’t own that game, we have played it with others. It was fun. We keep meaning to get it but other games keep showing their shiny whenever we are at the store
One day all this will be fields yet again.
CPIMM: Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger
AAARGH!! Make it stop!
I need to get off my butt and burn some podcasts and audiobooks to CDs so I won’t just listen to the radio every day. 😛
Radio? Oh, my we may need to have an intervention….
Baby, I’m back!
Possible response:
A. And I cannot lie!
B. And there’s gonna be trouble.
C. I hit the sack, I been too long, I’m glad to be back.
Happy VD Deadpan, remember to go to the Docs if it hurts to pee.
Oh, good. It’s working again.
Peeing?
Urinating JB.
Crap joke for the day:
My wife walked in on me blowdrying my penis.She said,”what the fuck are you doing?”Apparently heating up your dinner wasn’t the right answer.
Ahhh Van.
Always the romantic!
Yo Pan. It’s very white outside and I’m very happy I work from home
On a more kid friendly note, a rather good freebie game (which maybe universal);
http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/02/off-the-leash-review/
..on iOS devices.
Good morning, guys and dolls. I’m finally back to the office today and ALMOST looking forward to it after the last two weeks of living out of a suitcase/sitting in a borrowed cubicle at Evil HQ/being in big fancy meetings with my grown-up outfits.
My meetings weren’t WITH my clothes, btw. I was wearing the clothes.
… and for some reason I am picturing Evil Inc HQ, “grown-up” outfits include a riding crop and leather jodhpurs.
I wish.
Time to listen to the episode
Show Notes
Jack Mangans Deadpan #229: Kids Only, Part 2
The old people story
Honestly, who didn’t know Jack was a He Man?
The End of the Sidewalk
Earbuddies
Good Night Arrakis
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the ukulele
First day of school
Stolen paragraph from How to Train Your Dragon
More on the first day of school
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs
Send in content: 480-788-JMDP(5637) or e-mail: sphericaljackmatgmaildotcom
Closing Music –
You Are My Sunshine
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Re: Your Brains
As seen on the Colbert show last night;
Seems that the corporate meat puppets in the US Senate have decided to quietly slip an amendment into an unrelated bill … that would authorize the Keystone pipeline. The provision makes no attempt to address any of the concerns such as providing alternate routes. It just authorizes it as is.
Here is a petition you can sign to stop this, that will be delivered in about 2 hours.
http://act.350.org/sign/kxl/
Earbuddies sent!
I was too lazy to pull out my good mic so, hopefully, the sound isn’t too harsh.
Just finished the second kids show. Bravo to all our little bundles of content.
When were earbuddies assigned?
Welcome back, ditto! Missed you and been thinking of ya!
Thanks.
Hey, my sidewal’s been shoveled. Someone’s on the ball
Yo, ditto! The EB2 emails went out last week. It’s not too late, if you want in!
I was pretty sure I mentioned it on FB, but a lot was going on at the time. Count me in if it doesn’t cause any problems.
Ok Deadpan grab your security blanket. It’s movie time.
Today’s movie is Chain Letter.
The DVR write up: Jessie Campbell and her friends receive a threatening e-mail claiming they will die if they fail to keep e message circulating in this chilly twist on the familiar urban legend
This is looking good already. It has the trifecta of a good B horror
Quoting Nietzsche
We are Borg… Oh wait, wrong show
7:15 am? Lazy bums
Chains
Duct tape
Naked girl showering
How… Creepy
Ok. This movie may be over for me
Sorry guys. I just can’t watch this movie. While its true, I do like the B horrors, even I have my limits. This one is just too disturbing for me.
Well that’s a PBP first. No sense ruining your day for a movie.
I like B horror movies that I can poke fun at. However I do not like slasher movies like the Nightmare on ElmSstreet series, nor do I like violence for the sake of violence itself so will not watch the Saw movies.
I know it’s strange but there actually is a line in horrors I can’t get across. This one crossed it.
I think I might read instead
CR: The Cloud Roads – Martha Wells
Another swell episode Jack!
The future of geek-dom seems well in hand.
+250000!
a rare siting of the speckled Lo Pan. We are blessed.
Its not my fault its speckled.
Wait, I guess it is…
Sounds like you need to try a different antibiotic.
I can never decide between the clear or the cream
What flavors are they?
The Saw movies weren’t slasher films and it wasn’t just violence for the sake of violence. Well, the first couple weren’t. It really was screw with your mind horror. #justsaying 🙂
Hey, it’s Thursday! WOO WOO!
What a fun group of Mini Deadpanites! Fun episode, Jack!
I think Sarah may be the next Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. I also just may have nightmares about zombie mushrooms.
Well that sent me to Google.
I do remember that guy, though. I assume that she’ll weigh about 900 lbs less.
🙂 whatever makes her happy & healthy.
I’m driving to California next week with the kiddos so we’ll be listening to both episodes en route. I think they’ll enjoy that! I don’t know how their Gramma will feel about it, but she can put on headphones if it bothers her!
OmGtehSQUEEEEEEEE!
I got flowers.
At work
First.Time.In.YEARS!!!!!!
Did I mention… SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I feel kinda bad throwing pistachio shells into the trashcan while the clean-up crew is here emptying trashcans…
When Bunny said she was going to go read instead of doing the movie PBP, I was like.. oh she could do a book PBP… but then really, isn’t that what a book kinda is?
Oof.. I fell and hurt my brain.
Really? Lacuna Coil is touring with Megadeath & Motorhead?
Neato! Still bummed I didn’t get to hear the Warrel Dane, Christina Scabbia duet.
I don’t know how to take this Tuesday shift… I guess I can get used to it if everyone else can.
:pan: :reaper:
Important note – the fourth Mass Effect book apparently is not winning many fans.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10390172?utm_content=science_fiction_pos1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=2_newreleases
I’ve not read any of the novels, but these reviews don’t give much hope for this fourth book.
And there we have it. Apparently this is some new meme going about:
http://i.imgur.com/dqbxB.jpg
I may have turned Austrialian this morning.
Is there an annoyingly catchy pop song to go with this conversion?
Thankfully not Ed.
After watching the latest Grimm, Amy Ackerman still looks good in a wig.
We’re a couple of episodes behind in Grimm we’re hoping to catch up on some of our television viewing this long weekend
I really think so.
-man
Morning! It’s dark outside
This bunny will be eating dinner alone again tonight *sigh*
My Goddess made me laugh this morning. A good way to start the day. :happy:
CP: In Retrospect — Battleship
There’s a nice indie/shoegaze feel to this. If you like Band of Horses, you might want to give this a listen.
http://insomniaradio.net/2012/02/14/battleships-in-retrospect-radio-edit/
Crap joke for today:
I was having a full blown threesome with these two dirty young bitches at work today, the white one was taking it up the arse, and the black one was licking and slurping on my balls….
Then the owner of the kennels came in and sacked me on the spot.
*A hook appears from the left side of the stage*
Followed by the rest of the pirate.
*This from the guy who said “high fructose unicorn syrup “*
I demand this on a shirt.
I can’t believe this guy. Bill O’Reilly has no comprehension of the compassiOnate side of being human.
Addiction is a lifelong, daily war with one’s mind and inner demons. He has no idea what went on in Whitney Houston’s head. Stupid, ignorant asshole.
http://iphone.eonline.com/article.ftl?category=Latest%20News&franchise=&id=b294486
^EssBee approved comment
I refuse to follow the link and possibly read what ever latest “buzz” generating thing he has said.
Bill O’Reilly is a snake oil salesman. He is totally in the “Controversy $ELLS” camp and thus, probably doesn’t even have the teaspoon of character it would take to at least believe half the crap he spews out. Given the competition in the “hate” media market these guys have to say constantly wilder things just to get the spotlight back on themselves.
I won’t play along.
BTW: that is no rant at our dear Pixie. That is my disgust for the “Controversy” sellers.
Aw man. I was so going to use that to sell chocolate bars.
NUmmmmm…
The ever popular “Controversy Cluster”
“Now even more nuts!”
Norovirus?
Post-VD Day top ‘o the morning, Panites!
Maybe Bill O’Reilly should destroy himself.
W. H. Davies
Leisure
WHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
This seems to be an excellent poem, Van…
I only skimmed it.
CP: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) — Arcade Fire
cool:
http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2011/02/star-wars-new-hope-told-in-icons.html
Cool 2:
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2012/02/short-film-brandon-routh-and-bret-harrison-fight-monsters-in-cost-of-living/
Sweet!
Really liked that.
Best thing Brandon Routh has ever done.
Goodnight :Kal-El:
ZP takes a pop at the latest Resident Evil game:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5373-Resident-Evil-Revelations
…and your word for the evening is:
Aubergine
Otherwise known as eggplant. 🙂
I’ll see your Aubergine and raise you Auberjonois
BENSON!
god BLESS you sir! Anyone who cracks a Benson joke is goddamn ok in my book!
ditto wins the internet. . . . Or at least a 13-channel black and white zenith tv.
Benson, Benson, Benson, Benson. . .
Always worth listening to again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2F0dHVZAm8
Hey, DP. Horrible day at Evil today . . . 36 layoffs. Luckily my direct reports and I were spared this round.
Also, hi all yous guys!
Glad to hear, EssBee.
Eeck. Still great news, Essbee.
Do you have like a safety bunker you and your reports can all hunker down in until they restore breach in EVIL CONTAINMENT ?
That is certainly disappointing. Didn’t Evil get the memo that things are improving?
Man, this one is very tempting. I may have to submit.
http://shirt.woot.com/shirts/force-equation
Thanks, guys. I’m about to hit my 11 year anniversary there and many of the people let go yesterday were around longer than me.
Today’s a new day. Have a great one!
I am happy you survived the cuts EssBee. *hugs*
Congratz Ess!
CW: Luck E3. The first two didn’t hook me, but now I’m hooked. David Milch got the juice.
Morning Pan.
Why does it feel like Friday?
In the U.S., it’s a holiday weekend. Some people have Friday, Monday, or both days off. I have both days off from my real-life part-time job, but I’ll be spending the time on my freelance gigs.
It’s a long weekend in Alberta too (though not in most of Canada). The holiday is Monday though, not Friday.
Finally kicked hubby out the door. Darn his late morning meetings.
I’ve decided I’m a bigger virtual hugger than a real life hugger.
…except maybe for Deadpanites. I’ll really hug you any time I really see you 😉
According to the news, we had ten hours of sunlight yesterday. I can’t wait until summer when we have more like seventeen or eighteen hours of sun.
Ack! I seem to have muffin crumbs down my pants. True, I had a muffin for breakfast but honestly, what’s that about? It’s not like my pants weren’t done up. Had to take my pants off and turn them inside out. I still feel little prickles.
“I seem to have muffin crumbs down my pants.”
Somewhere in the podosphere a faint scream is heard as justaJOe bites his tongue.
:w00t:
We could mine this comment for days and still find new innuendo.
I somehow hadn’t realized TEB was a muffin eater. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
It’s healthy to have a varied diet.
Muffin crumbs are prickly. *giggle*
*sigh*
This is why I live you all
Prickly. In. Pants.
*winning*
I think she meant “This is why I allow you all to live.”
Because it would have been inappropriate if she meant “This is why I lick you all”
I did mean love but hey, whatever works :blink:
Today’s “US Economic Good News” is a toss up –
You could go with
“Buying a home is now more affordable than it has been in the last 20 years.”
http://tinyurl.com/73ynl8t
“According to the index, 75.9% of all new and existing homes sold during the three months ended Dec. 31 could have been comfortably purchased by families earning the national median income of $64,200.”
OR
You could go with
“GM’s 2011 profit is highest ever, jumping 62 percent to a record $7.6 billion”.
This is their first profitable year since 2004. It is another example of where a hugely unpopular bailout has worked.
(Satire): Elitist Justa j0e is really just an agent of the socialist liberal media, obviously planted here by Sean Penn to take way our guns and our freedom.
LOL
The extreme left considers me a capitalist pig and the extreme right calls me a socialist … so clearly I am doing something correct.
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with The Deadpan.
FYI – Jobless Claims in U.S. Fall to 4-Year Low
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-16/jobless-claims-in-u-s-fall-to-four-year-low-correct-.html
No thanks to Evil Inc!
S a Canadian, I don’t have guns but I still fell free 😎
That being said, when I visit Deadpan Land, I’m always blown away at how inexpensive everything is compared to here, and that includes housing. I’m not sure if I should be happy we didn’t get hit as hard or sad at how expensive it is to live in Calgary
I wonder if someone visiting from Kalamazoo or Moose Jaw or Ootanaboot would have the same reaction?
True, but I was speaking from a Calgary point of view. I know certain CDN cities (Vancouver) are more expensive to live in and some (Regina) are less. *shrug*. All I can really compair to is what I know
Heh Heh.
“Muffin Crumbs”
Can that be our coffee house band’s first album?
*sticks tongue out at J0e*
Tease!
Cream crackered after a pub crawl with some work colleagues.
Welcome to Van’s slang of the day lesson: http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/cream_crackered
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/427404_330180620358164_131437750232453_928805_1183648990_n.jpg
^That’s the shit!
CP: Highwire Days — The Psychedelic Furs
Gawd I’m crap at rhythm games.
Thats cause youre cream crawled after working with some cracker colleagues.
Or some such…what what
Crap at this:
http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/15/beat-sneak-bandit-review/
To be fair, you had me at “pub crawl”
I wonder how many more years will pass until the last of the non-techy, non-PC-user generations will have died off. It’s a snail’s pace to get folks trained on computer basics. still.
Don’t worry, I’m sure our grandchildren will wonder the same about us as we fail to master the mind controlled machines that they will take for granted.
“A keyboard? How quaint!”
“Your THUMBS !?!?! You had to use your THUMBS!?!? “
http://www.fearnet.com/news/b25352_lets_welcome_clive_barker_back_from.html
Yikes.
But is it really him that came back from that coma?
My mobile phone company blocks that site.
Both GTA games for the iPad drop to
99cents for a while:
http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/17/grand-theft-auto-3-and-grand-theft-auto-chinatown-wars-drop-to-99c/
No 2D performance of the latest Ghost Rider flick at the local cinema = fail
I think that must say a lot about the film.
Hey Pan. It’s six AM. I’ve been up for an hour already. I’m sure glad it’s Friday
So a strange thing happens in regard to our computers, maybe someone can tell us why. If I’m playing a game on my computer, it doesn’t matter if the game is off-line or online, when hubby turns on his computer it doesn’t recognize the internet. I have to either back out of my game and he reboots, or I have to reset the router (not the modem. This is through a wifi connection, we haven’t tried it wired. Why is that? Why does his computer refuse to recognize the internet if I’m playing a game? If I’m doing anything else, the computer is fine. It’s just playing a game, any game, that his computer gets stupid.
TEB: It’s likely an IP conflict from using DHCP. You can run into it fairly often if you put your computers in suspend mode and your IPs expire on a daily basis. Check to see if your router configuration allows you to reserve IPs. Then assign one to each of your computers and leave the remaining pool for your guests. I help you with the details in a bit if you want.
Could be an assigned IP ( from the router) conflict, but seems strange it only happens when playing a game.
You could reserving different IPs on the router for each computer that connects to it (including your iPads and iPhones).
+try
Thanks. I’ll give it a try on the weekend.
So today I think I’ll make some chocolate chunk cookies. I haven’t made those in a while.
But first! …time to clean the bathroom :sideways:
ummmm
http://blastr.com/2012/02/sexy-1958-german-wtf-sci-.php
Meine Güte!
some cool Soviet Space posters
http://www.retronaut.co/2012/02/soviet-space-propaganda-posters-1958-1963/
I really love the art of those old Soviet propaganda posters. I need to find the trippy Mark Rydan piece that was inspired by them. A moment.
Oh yea, it’s as fucked up as I remember. LOL
http://www.markryden.com/images/painting/meat/sputnik/detail.jpg
Better shot. http://antijack.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/pc1707072.jpg?w=610
Ok, now I really am going to clean the bathroom.
That’s right! Train your kids early with The Ramones! 🙂
“Goodnight, Bene Gesserit Witch” is an awesome band name. 🙂
I didn’t care for the “How To Train Your Dragon” books.
My cookies are in the oven doing what cookies do. I decided to go wild and put mint chocolate chips in them.
The muffin crumbs will be jealous.
I believe that article #4.2.3.44.2A (ii) of the chocolate chip cookie rulebook expressly forbids mint chocolate chips, Bunny. You may be in violation.
But hubby loves mint chocolate chips. I even keep a separate container of the just for him, that way he won’t take the ones I use for baking
CP: Dogs — Pink Floyd
Animals is one of my all time favorite albums.
I nearly wet myself when Australian Pink Floyd playde “Sheep” — my personal favorite from Animals. — a fee years ago.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green
He leadeth me the silent waters by
With bright knives He releaseth my soul
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places
He converteth me to lamb cutlets
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger
When cometh the day we lowly ones
Through quiet reflection, and great dedication
Master the art of karate
Lo, we shall rise up
And then we’ll make the bugger’s eyes water
Well Pan, at the flicks waiting for ‘The Woman in Black’, place your bets on whether it’s as scary as the play,
I never saw the play.
Well the film was quite creepy, sadly they did a Wuthering Heights (the one with Lawrence Olivier) on the ending.
What to have for lunch?
Lamb?
I’m having a Philly Cheesesteak. It’s subsidized.
I was out for errands with Iris and took her out to a cafe. She had grilled cheese & applesauce, and I had a half BLT and a cup of chowder.
http://youtu.be/WIM-8DT-F_k
I refer back to an earlier comment… Ummmm
A co-worker sent it to me. We had a NSFW moment together.
P.S. Above is definitely NSFW or children.
Okay Deadpan, I’ve been looking for this short film for years!!!
It’s called “12:01PM”.
It is a BRILLIANT little sci-fi piece that will remind you of a VERY popular and lucrative feature film. Keep in mind though … THAT film came out 3 years AFTER this was released.
It’s on Youtube in 3 parts and the quality is not great. The video tracking issues that occure in the first few minutes do go away though.
Do yourselves a favor and watch this when you get a chance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhYe5ypkZc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJLHWLoOyqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bA81maJF4o
Loved the downbeat ending when I saw it many moons ago.
Somehow of everyone here, I’d have put money on you having seen this. 🙂
I haven’t read the short story it’s based on though, so you can put the tranq gun down.
CP: Bird On A Wire — Jennifer Warnes
The weatherman made a verbal slip he said, “if you got it off on Monday.”. I know he was talking about the holiday on Monday but his wording made my mind go there. …maybe it’s just me.
Why *isn’t * that a national holiday?
That would be a good way to take the edge off of Mondays.
What ever happened to Right Said Fred? I ask because a commercial had their sone as backing music
Seems like I remember on some “Where are they now?” show that he was working on a gay lifestyle talkshow. Not sure if that is his current gig.
I prefer the original song the band got their name from.
All three Sentinel (tower defense) go free the weekend:
http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/17/all-three-sentinel-games-will-be-free-this-weekend/
Oh and Number 3 is universal for those with iPads.
Ah, Van, you’re the gift that just keeps on giving. I may have to make you and honorary uncle for my kids with all the games you’ve introduced them to.
Makes one feel quite inadequate:
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-02/boy-who-played-fusion?page=all
Staggering.
All of my jazz fusion jokes are too obscure and unfunny. Maybe I should just read the article …
Hello Pan! Im looking for any possible reviews/opinions of Rod Rees’ “The Demi-Monde: Winter”
🙂 much thanks
I’m waiting for the “Demi-Moore” version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ESFVnZZegXs
Charts. Graphs. Facts.
Facts have no relevance in this discussion.
It’s a snap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Am7oKBD3PU&feature=player_embedded
Wow, just… Wow
I didn’t see that coming.
Port Key gone awry?
Goats have accents:
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/goats-have-accents/
I wonder if the real evil ones have English accents…
… and a goatee.
Late to skate.
Thank you and the kiddos for coming to skate and lunch. #goodtimes
It should be impossible to hurt your back by having a coughing fit. Dammit.
So many ways, including picking up a pen.
Hmmmm:
http://eschatologyjournal.org/
Diary crap:
Library, Fry’s, Target – – no one had the Chamber of Secrets DVD.
No Netflix streaming.
I finally did the direct “rental” from Amazon, which failed…. One customer support call later, and it worked perfectly. Got to watch Chamber of Secrets, then read the final chapter of Prisoner of Azkaban for my daughter. Pretty good HP evening!
Goodnight :Sirius:
And then, it was Sunday.
Crap joke for the day;
A Redneck walks into a bar with a pet alligator by his side. He puts the alligator up on the bar. He turns to the astonished patrons. “I’ll make you a deal. I’ll open this alligator’s mouth and place my manhood inside. Then the gator will close his mouth for one minute. “Then he’ll open his mouth and I’ll remove my unit unscathed. In return for witnessing this spectacle, each of you will buy me a drink.”
The crowd murmured their approval. The man stood up on the bar, dropped his trousers, and placed his Johnson and related parts in the alligator’s open mouth. The gator closed his mouth as the crowd gasped. After a minute, the man grabbed a beer bottle and smacked the alligator hard on the top of the head. The gator opened his mouth and the man removed his genitals unscathed as promised.
The crowd cheered, and the first of his free drinks were delivered. The man stood up again and made another offer. “I’ll pay anyone $100 who’s willing to give it a try.” A hush fell over the crowd. After a while, a hand went up in the back of the bar. A Blonde woman timidly spoke up………. “I’ll try it – Just don’t hit me so hard with the beer bottle!”
*gonnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg*
Learning moment – Do the have “rednecks” in the UK? I thought that was a Southern US thing.
I have watched a lot of US TV and played the demo of Redneck Racing.
I thought Johnson was more of a giveaway the joke was not from this side of the pond.
You don’t have a Johnson! :wassat:
Mislead as it may seem, it’s not made of wood.
Hey pan. Busy day planned. First shopping (once hubby gets out of the shower) , then laundry, then we have to rearrange the basement to make room for this silly Bowflex we bought yesterday. The area where we want to put it is lined with 7′ tall book shelves which we have to shuffle around. Why is it, that whenever hubby makes a purchase it means extra work I have to do? Oh well, at least he’s home to help. When he got his last guitar, I had to clean out under the stairs myself
I’ve never heard of MC5:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/02/19/michael-davis-bassist-mc5_n_1287408.html
You haven’t heard of Kick Out The Jams?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM6nasmkg7A
That appears to have passed me by.
Motherfucker!
Ouch!
So I watched Star Wars The Phantom Menace in 3D with CJ, and kids, today.
The 3D effect seemed to be applied more to the background than center focus items, making it rather meh. I found it interesting that Lucas couldn’t resist the urge to embellish and added back in some shots. Most noticeably during the podrace.
Guess it’s been too long. I didn’t catch anything added. But, the 3D effect definitely fell into the “meh” category.
Speaking of Episode 1, a while back I attempted to make a 3D computer model of a Naboo Fighter for the Fate of the Galaxy mod. I’m still working on it, but I was approached by someone else working on a RTS game mod who wanted to use my model. Evidently they got it working in game now.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/star-wars-clone-wars/images/naboo-n-1#imagebox
Behold! I give you….Monday?
Crap joke for the day:
I’m now getting to that stage when I have to use a lubricant before having sex with my wife………
Usually about eight pints !!
Morning Pan.
It’s a beautiful Monday morning today
The “morning Pan” should have an egg in it.
Better in the :pan: than on the face
First you put in the Pan, then you put it in your face. 🙂
Fertilised?
Um… no.
Morning, Pan!
Random: on a dare, I now dare to ask you fine folks of the DP who enjoys the movie, Dumb and Dumber.
Tally to be tallied.
Comments welcomed.
Snark encouraged.
Is ‘it was ok’ acceptable?
I’ve never seen the movie.
I’m not sure I can claim to like or dislike it.
It had moments that made me laugh but more that made me cringe.
Only bit I enjoyed enough to remember –
Him – “What are the chances a girl like you could fall for a guy like me?”
Her – “About a million to one”.
Him – “So you say I have a chance!!!”
I didn’t hate it when I saw it in the movie theater but I’ve never desired to see it again.
Enjoy or Don’t enjoy? Do you have a category for “other”?
No. Do. Not. Like.
I haven’t seen it from start to finish, but there’s a pretty good reason for that.
I’m in the “no” category, DP.
Good morning, everyone! It’s a holiday at Evil today, and I’m making the most of it so far.
Hiya EssBee!
An Evil holiday? woot!
Are you going with the George Washington costume or Honest Abe?
I shall try to have a John Adams Ale in their honor at some point today.
Not now though. I’m off to play with power tools.
Is that like a Holiday in Cambodia? 😉
I’m in a Hilary Clinton skirt.
What a coincidence! I’m in my J. Edgar Hoover skirt today.
I’m just skirting the whole issue.
http://tinyurl.com/6stoprh
Yoda ads for vodafone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6obEMR_aRkA
and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGCEPWJP8gc
…and for the grammer nazi’s among us:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/404184_10150815556449129_557234128_12613948_1609048920_n.jpg
Oh dear, if you are going to fake an English accent at least pronounce the capital of Russia correctly.
Correct. It’s Icky-Icky-Icky-Ptang-Zoop-Boing!
Blame Pan Am.
CP: The Regulator — Clutch
Excellent band, sir.
How did I end up with not a single person on my team playing today?
I think the pool is rigged
Aint just you, sista. Tho it does seem to be all the females of the group. Hmmm….
I take that back. One just wasnt paying attention…
I have Ralph.
One.More.Day.
Can I borrow him for one?
Um. Only if you return him in the same condition, if not better, than he is now.
Speaking of the grand ol’ hockey game… I wanna congratulate everyone here who follows a team for having said team in playoff contention (you know who you are Mr./Ms. ‘Yotes, Mr. Leafs, Ms. Flames, Mr. Wings). I myself, would like to burn a certain local team to the ground and start over.
Or at least use management for a pyre…
As we are just barely in a playoff spot, I would be very happy for the season to stop now before we are kicked out again
LOL! 😀
Tried this one TEB;
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Grid_(board_game)
While we don’t own that game, we have played it with others. It was fun. We keep meaning to get it but other games keep showing their shiny whenever we are at the store
One day all this will be fields yet again.
CPIMM: Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger
AAARGH!! Make it stop!
I need to get off my butt and burn some podcasts and audiobooks to CDs so I won’t just listen to the radio every day. 😛
Radio? Oh, my we may need to have an intervention….
🙂