Turn that wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! Yeah that one.
BOOM!
Maybe that’s why they needed the enigma code.
There is this guy on the bus. His beard is grey and neck hair is grey but his head hair is jet black.
I suspect a Whig but I did fail my Agatha Christie exam in observation.
I suspect a Tory!
I diagnose Anglophilia.
I LOL
So what is the cure for anglophilia? Simon Cowell?
Well, I suppose it’s my own damn fault. Took advantage of the HBO freeview weekend to blast through Game of Thrones season 2 and of course the first episode of season 3.
And, now I’m a subscriber….
So, I’ll be watching season 3 in real time this go around. Oh, those poor ignorant fools who’ve not read the books, what a ride they are in for.
animal animal and we’re lucky
Morning Pan, off to see the following film at the flicks:
I also have to share: The kids and I watched the original Twilight Zone episode, “Eye of the Beholder” together, which was a huge success for all three of us. Even if you know the ending, it’s incredible to watch the ways they maintain the trick for the full half-hour.
I highly recommend that you watch or rewatch, if you have access to Netflix streaming, and can handle slow, old black-and-white.
Goodnight :Tower of Terror:
That was definitely a good one. I still remember the first twilight zone I watched as a kid, “The Invaders”. Even with no dialogue until the very end of the episode, it kept me interested and had an impact.
Last week I sent you a letter. I thought I’d give you a heads up. As Jack can tell you, mail service between Canada and the US can be a little flighty
A letter?! Oh, I love letters!
“love letters”
Hey Pan,
I know this is late notice, but we’ve had someone drop for tonight’s recording of Back Seat Book Club’s discussion of Snow Crash. Any of you interested in joining in the discussion? Unfortunately, I won’t be on the show and haven’t had the chance to read the book yet, otherwise I’d have jumped into the discussion.
If you have interest and are available at 10 PM Eastern tonight, (we may be fluid on that time if we have someone interested in joining in) drop me a note. Also, Skype is kind of a necessary evil for this sort of thing.
Best way to catch me is to email tony at backseatproducers.com
I would love to talk Snow Crash, Tony, but I don’t know if I can commit to that time :-/
Let me check the status of my BTDUs.
I understand why its fun… but god sweet damn am I glad I’m not a gamer.
Well, the 3rd presale offer goes on sale at 10am today for Depeche Mode. I’ve already read a bunch of hate comments on the internet about the shitty process.
Ugh. Why does buying concert tickets have to be so damn stressful?
K. So here we go:
“my powerline adapter”
“plugin down stairs”
“i have two”
“switch box”
“keep one switched off”
“probably”
I bought the original game when I was a member of a computer game subscription service. I got distracted, never opened the game and then it got chucked out.
Shame. It still makes many of the top PC games of all time.
Thanks for posting, Van. While I’d heard some grumblings, I hadn’t heard about these new developments. Seems sadly consistent with the rest of the industry.
It’s looking less and a less possible blue-collar creatives to make a livable living at their craft.
+for/+fore/+four/+4
Roger Ebert’s gone.
Wow. He’d just posted yesterday that he was “taking a leave of presence”, due to a return of his illness.
I always enjoyed his take, even when I disagreed.
End of an era. I liked what he had to say, even if he did like the first Tomb Raider movie. 😉
I DID TOO, BUTTHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!! Course I also drink beer brewed with bull nuts 😉
Such sad news to hear today. The passing of Roger Ebert. I have so many fond memories of watching “At the Movies” with my sister and cousin. My love of movies is definitely influenced by Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.
End of a wonderful era in cinema.
Happy Birthday, Amy! I hope it was a glorious day for you. 🙂
It was a very long work day, but it was productive. At my class tonight, my friends sang to me. 🙂
Thanks for the birthday wishes! I’ve just discovered that if you have a Google account and go to the Google homepage while logged in on your birthday, there’s a special birthday-cake Doodle there. :happy:
Dang, I almost forgot to wish you Happy Birthday! Have a great da.. er.. evening!
Thanks! 🙂
Fun fact:
Oakland University is in Michigan. Not across the Bay from San Francisco.
Next, you’ll be claiming that Miami is in Ohio!
It’s in Oklahoma!
Morning Pan
It’s a grey and dreary day outside today
Fun Beer warning:
Never ever ever ever ever ever ever buy Rogue/Voodoo Doughnut’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Ale. Smells like heaven, tastes like battery acid. And at 15$ for a bomber you’ll be cursing Rogue’s name.
*Groucho Marx voice* Which is different than jerking off to X-Men comics and cumming Rogue’s name.
CP: The Alter — Wye Oak
Obligatory Jenn Wasner comment
I love her voice.
Agree. I love most…things…of her.
CP: Tournament of Hearts — The Weakerthans
The best song about curling. 🙂
CPiMM: Tournament of Crackers – The Wheaterthins
Sigh. I’ve had to delete a lot of podcasts unlistened to lately. I just haven’t had the time.
CD: What to have for tea.
D is for dithering.
How about tea?
*fans self, scandalized*
That’d be like going to the bar and ordering “a beer”.
I visited a bar in SF that was run by a beer nazi. If you ordered something like a Bud Lite, or didn’t have a clue what beers were what, he’d just ignore you and not accept your order. Obviously, they had a great beer selection.
No Coors for you!
No complaints there.
Since you know about Whigs I would guess you know tea doesn’t have to be the drink..
Right, the crisps can be the beverage. Or the biscuits, what. What?
It works, my netbook now puts out enough juice via USB to let me charge my iPad.
CP: Angel Disease — Mankind Is Obsolete
In some species, the tumbleweed is detached from the plant by abscission of the plant stem; abscission has been shown in Psoralea and Kochia.
The largest tumbleweed ever recorded was 38 feet in diameter. The giant Russian thistle grew on the east bank of the Colorado River near Ehrenberg in the spring of 1963.
By the time spring winds had tumbled the giant ball to Wikieup, 92 miles northwest of Ehrenberg, it had worn down to 19 feet in diameter. An enterprising businessman hollowed it, plastered it, painted it orange, and turned it into a juice stand alongside U.S. Highway 93.
Oh, those arrows point directly at General ZodJack. . . .
Well, I’ll tumble 4 ya, too.
Come, son of Mang-EL. Kneel before Lo(d)
‘Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished.
Are we really combining Boy George, Hamlet, and Superman II? Is the category “Men in Drag”? (Terence Stamp, Boy George, 17th century Shakespearian actors)
CD: Boulevard’s Irish Ale
BTW, the red I brewed turned out much like this. I was very happy with it.
I got a rumbly in my tumbly thinking bout that
Are we really combining beer and Winnie the Pooh? Is the category “mead”? “Big bellies”? “Acting on really stupid and dangerous impulses”?
Drink up Christopher Robin.
Then I put my arms around me
And I tumble to the ground
And then I say
I think I am Lo now
Step 1: Lo
Step 2: Behold
Step 1: We can have lots of fun
Step 2: There’s so much we can do
hehe
50 years from today first contact happens. I plan to be around to see it
There’s a guy with a scythe giggling in the corner.
Useless personal information No.1:
Reaper Man was the first Terry Pratchett novel I read.
I THINK MORT WAS THE FIRST ONE I READ, NO WAIT, IT WAS SMALL GODS. I BELIEVE THAT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDATION, VAN!
( all caps was intentional )
*likes this post*
I’m obsessive enough to insist upon reading Discworld in the order the books were released, even though I know there are multiple sub-series going on and they don’t have to be read in that order to be enjoyed. That’s one reason why I’ve only gotten partway through Mort. 😛
Nice! My second favorite Death. 🙂
I read The Color of Magic first. And I’ve not read them in order. It really doesn’t matter that much for this series.
CW: Hannibal E1
The crazy looking Finnish guy has yet to make an appearance.
Morning Pan
Today’s weather forecast shows wet fog in Cow Town this morning
Doesn’t it contain giant spiders? Or was that the book’s sequel.
Beats the hell out of me. If there are spiders, I’ll close my eyes and hubby will tell me when they are gone. Pretty much like any movie that has creepy crawlies *shrug*
Little Johnny returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic.
“Why?” asks the father.
“The teacher asked ‘How much is 2×3?’ I said ‘6’”
“But that’s right!”
“Then she asked me ‘How much is 3×2?'”
“What’s the fucking difference?” asks the father.
“That’s what I said!
You know, I think I’ll keep your coat on this one.
I’m in Reno for my son’s gymnastics meet. On the elevator ride to our room was my family and Bobby McFerrin. Dooo doot doot do do doooo o doo a doooo a ew .
Don’t worry. Be happy
Rhettro has become the official deadpan name dropper..
I once ate lunch with Van.
Dear Ryah,
The next big competition our NHL teams are going to have is for Seth Jones. For we both sucketh eggs.
It was a true beatdown tonight and it was fun to watch it happen, live and in person.
That’s fine. Let’s see who’s laughing in a year from now.
No gloating here, it was just nice to see the Coyotes play such a solid all-around game, especially before a packed arena.
It looks like they’re all poised for the golf course, come playoff time.
SHUT UP YOU!!!!!!!! I DONT WANT TO HEAR YOUR oh wait no youre right. Heh har.
Dear Lo,
Let’s raise a glass and commiserate together on the amazing wonderfulness that is our hockey teams
There is a shit ton of great rock and roll coming out of Russia these days. One band, Louna, has decide to try and tackle the Western market with an English language album. They may or may not be successful, but its well worth a listen. and I wish them the best. Lousine Gevorkian may have the best female voice I’ve heard since Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara (which is unfair to day since Lou has been around a lot longer).
This song is probably their most radio friendly, if not their most impressive. Good good stuff.
A bunch of “kids” getting along with their mothers. They have a picture of Kurt Cobain hanging in the background, but I’m assuming the teen angst thing didn’t translate well.
Yeah you missed the point completely. But that’s fine.
My doh moment for the day:
Hadn’t realised Matthew Rys lead actor in ‘The Americans’) is Welsh.
So we have a Welshman playing an American playing a Russian..,
My brain hurts..
…playing a Russian playing an American, or something. But, I am surprised at his origin. I would have guessed something more eastern European somewhere.
A cupcake sandwich? Ain’t nobody got time fo that! Besides, we’re not allowed to carry knives anymore, or are we?
Better get back in now before it gets too gross…
Welcome back! 🙂
Thank You Amy. Isn’t that your voice at the end of this episode?
Yes Jack, you were there in the beginning, you’ve been a huge part of this since DotF, and you were one of the few to make a Deadpan in-studio appearance. It seems right to have you around at the end.
What are you up to these days?
I have been playing job roulette. Landing finally on a job that fits pretty well. Been guest hosting a national syndicated talkshow. Working on an original audio drama other than that not much.
Our power has been out for about half an hour now. I called the city and they have no idea when it will be back up. It’s starting to get chili in the house
An hour and still no power. I wonder if the dinner I had going in the slow cooker will still be edible
Campfire cooking on a candle?
No starving the bunny…
No fireplace. If we do campfire cooking, I don’t think I would be good for our shelter
Hubby and I have decided dinner is ruined. We are thinking of heading out to eat. The only problem is, we don’t know how far the power outage is spread in relationship to our house
Oh look. We have power. Dinner is still ruined but at least I can now make something else. The furnace coming back on is nice too.
The mind is a strange thing. The temperature inside the house only dropped by two degrees and yet my toes are cold, even in their socks. I also felt the need to put a sweater on. I go outside without a coat in colder temperature yet, when its inside my house, I’m cold. Go figure
Actually glad we’re not going out for dinner. It’s turned into a veritable blizzard out there
Well thank Cthulhu you’re not without power in a blizzard. eek.
All caught up with the latest Game of Thrones. While this is going to be an interesting season, I do think it is going to be a struggle giving sufficient play to all the disparate threads that are running along.
Shoot, I’m explaining to my wife as we’re watching that after five books, most of these threads still haven’t reached any actual payoffs.
Unless Martin starts putting out 3000 page tomes, I don’t see how he can hope to bring this story to any kind of useful conclusion in two more books.
I may get distracted by the new Mad Men episode first.
I took being sent to jail really badly. I refused all food and drink . Spat and swore at everyone and I smeared the walls with my own shite.
The family said they are never playing Monopoly with me again.
DO NOT PASS GO!!!!!!
I’ll get your pewter Tophat.
Holy Crap, look at all the snow on the ground!
Irony: 3″ of snow on the day you planned to make appointments to have the snow tires removed on your car.
You could teach Alanis a thing or two
In a movie theater?
Goodness I have a lot of windows open on my computer.
hmmmm, I actually seem to need them all too. What’s that about?
You should see my work computer. I start my day with: IE for intranet apps (mostly), Firefox for external websites, monitoring tool, telnet client, work-order database GUI, Outlook, Notepad, instant messenger, and Excel. It only expands from there as I get into multiple instant messenger conversations, open documentation files, and (sometimes) get into a different monitoring tool or remote into a server. My tech-support team has 4-screen workstations and uses all 4. o_0 I’m used to it, though.
Being the optimist, I went on line and booked appointments for the end of April to have our winter tires swapped out. Now I’m heading out. Hubby would like me to make the same thing for dinner that was ruined with the power outage yesterday. I have to go and get a few ingredients.
Later Panites
CP: Dream is Collapsing — Hans Zimmer
I’m keeping my fingers crossed it’s not going to be a total disaster:
This one could actually be worth it. While it does have a nice cult following here, Blake’s 7 really never came close to making waves over here. If anything, perhaps this would allow the classic show a bit of new interest here.
Fingers and toes crossed. I just hope they don’t try and soften Avon, he needs to be a charming bastard.
Not sure the extremely naff SFX of the original would win many new converts, but was certainly ahead of it’s time with the story arcs.
Blake’s 7 showed so infrequently on NY-area PBS that I’ve actually never seen it.
ditto. (not that one).
Blog of a 11 year old and her experience with using a Raspberry Pi:
No. Their drummer died unexpectedly. They changed their name out of respect for him.
Thats right.
My computer has been backed up. The drivers have been updated. And a virus check has been done.
And now…
… It’s movie time.
Today’s movie is Eddie: Sleep Walking Cannibal
The DVR write up: a once promising artist gets a job as a teacher, and finds his creativity recharged by a misfit with a gruesome sleepwalking habit in this ingenious black comedy
14A. Violence, coarse language and sexuality
Radio opera
He killed a deer
That’s just cruel
What a strange cop
He has a truck. I don’t understand
Viagra for artists
A dog barks
Hotshot non artist
Dreams of dead deers
Paint fight
Sure, get the stranger to take care of Eddie
Eddie likes his cooking
Eddie is gone
That’s not cannibalism.
Olaf found his muse
Essie’s been different
Ummmm..
Stupid dog should be eaten
Edie’s gone again. But at least he ate the dog so that’s ok
Cleaning up Edie’s mess
Awww. He saved the school
Telling Eddie it’s not his fault
Secret hand shake
Lance Henrickson
Should have had a better agent.
You will paint!
Now the pressure’s on
They deserve to be eaten
You’re not helping
Is it ok when you eat bad people?
It’s the cops!
Oh good. The mute man didn’t say anything
He got the town baby’s attention
Maybe he can use the murders to get the school a pool
Just one more
I need a muse. Let’s torture Eddie!
She showed him
Oh no. Lars may be in danger
She broke up with him so he could paint
He’s being mean
The first step is admitting you have a problem
Did they find a new home for Eddie?
I guess he doesn’t need Eddie any more
Eddie turns the tables
Paint til you drop
You kick the owl, you’re going to ruffle some feathers
What a strange movie
It quite changes the experience to read each of Bunny’s PBP posts as fortune cookie fortunes.
Bunny, we just got your card and gift. You are very thoughtful and generous – thank you and the Mr.!
xox
I’m so glad. It’s always a guess whether or not something I send to the US will get there in a timely manner, if at all.
You’ve given us our first card/gift! Thanks again – too generous.
I can’t get there from here.
But can you at least see Amy and UsedHair’s glowing eyes?
I thought I’d be able to subscribe to the current season of Game of Thrones on iTunes. Darn!
Ah well, lots of other stuff to watch.
Too much! Cant catch up!!
Yeah, I’m not getting caught up anytime soon, though I enjoyed the first 2 eps of the palooza.
But that’s just because you’re getting prepared to rule the world. You’re a busy boy….
Prepared? I already do.
Crap. I spoiled the surprise. 😉
Hello from the Douglas County local primary election (it’s for the mayor, city council, and school board). I volunteered for pollworker duty again. 🙂
Much different than volunteering to be the county pole dancer.
CP: Escaping The Rat Race — Overcolored
I, for one, welcome my ditto overlord.
As well you should. While I can’t improve the world, I can help keep it from falling apart.
That’s the worst campaign promise ever!
Well, see… I was never elected. I just took over. Blame the computers. 😉
Muwahahahahahahaha!
Just remember to clean your teeth first:
http://www.askamathematician.com/2009/11/since-pi-is-infinite-can-i-draw-any-random-number-sequence-and-be-certain-that-it-exists-somewhere-in-the-digits-of-pi/
Woah, check out the “Follow The Pan” thing!
I do love me the AV Club.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/beyonce-danzig-and-omar-from-the-wire-want-everyon,95700/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/dark-horse-to-retell-star-wars-the-way-george-luca,95930/
Well GOT got off to a good start.
Essbee there is of course a way if you wish, just whistle.
I am really looking forward to this. It was definitely among the top 10 books I read last year:
http://io9.com/behold-the-first-footage-from-stephen-kings-new-tv-se-464851048
This wasn’t really a response to your note, Van!
I’ll whistle via email!
CP: Party Time — Lesbians On Ecstasy
Whos on what?
As did Dr Who, the new assistant is shaping up nicely,
http://io9.com/the-20-most-epic-beards-and-mustaches-in-the-multiverse-464876798
I am really looking forward to The Last of Us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p4pYIsaZqE0
I would look forward to it but I don’t have a Playstation
Re-posting as to make sure you all take a peek at the fun of it.
The Scale of the Universe 2
http://htwins.net/scale2/
That is awesome!
I enjoyed that link too!
CP: Depeche Mode mix tape!
woot!
I’ll get you a Maxell. Make me a copy on your dual deck boombox.
Some of these jokes may have been recycled.
WOW. I had no idea that the majority of the actors on GoT look nothing like their characters on the show.
Buzz: Game of Thrones LA Premiere
My Wii still works, been months since I booted it up, I will be in the corner looking amazed.
I’m sure that news will please all of your lady friends.
More old tech still working news:
My old Soundblaster Exitgy (external soundcard) works via usb on Windows 7.
Yah!
Those damn dirty Kings.
OK, this is the most beautiful video I’ve seen in a long time.
http://vimeo.com/41669642
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/292277_358626207579093_1425368309_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/300131_359937667447947_1762276890_n.jpg
too true
You’ve got to love Calgary. Yesterday it was 18C (70F) and sunny and nice. Today it’s below freezing and snowing. *sigh*
CP: Tension In The Seconds — The Redwood Plan
I disagree with Amy’s take on the book androids. I did not find Roy sympathetic at all, which I think was the point.
Yup, most of androids come over as rather pathectic in the book in my view.
Luba Luft being an exception.
Sad news:
http://m.local.stv.tv/edinburgh/news/219947-renowned-scots-author-iain-banks-reveals-he-has-terminal-cancer/
Although (much as I hate to say it) I’ve enjoyed his mainstream fiction more than the scifi.
I liked Solaris. Both the book and the movie
I thought the idea of an unknowable sentient ocean rather good but the execution of the films not so good.
If you have a bit time to browse:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/
Turn that wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! No the other wheel! Yeah that one.
BOOM!
Maybe that’s why they needed the enigma code.
There is this guy on the bus. His beard is grey and neck hair is grey but his head hair is jet black.
I suspect a Whig but I did fail my Agatha Christie exam in observation.
I suspect a Tory!
I diagnose Anglophilia.
I LOL
So what is the cure for anglophilia? Simon Cowell?
http://www.cliffordmeth.com/files/joedef84.jpg Maybe this?
The wheels on the bus go round and round.
/I digress
What a douchebag.
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/phil_jackson_ive_never_seen_homosexuality_in_the_nba_partner/
Huh…. I dont quite get if he quite gets what hes saying.
I think he gets it. That old school macho crap is infuriating.
Wow. It hardly feels like the NHL playoff are just around the corner.
That’s because our teams are completely out of it. Cept for yours. And the Devs. Jerks 😉
I’ve paid 0% attention to hockey. I’ve been way too busy. 🙁
Raffi Torres. San Jose Shark.
Are the Yotes going to trade every forward cuz there wont be a Coyotes Team in May?
:-/
I wonder.
Calgary has been big on trades lately, why not the Yotes?
Um, because the two arent mutually exclusive?
And Sullivan is a Devil now? Is this a Yotes fire sale?
Somewhere, in the Valley, a Mangan secretively smiles.
At this rate they need to trade Doan, Smith and Vermette to the Devils then I can become a Devils fan. =P
If the Devs can take Erik Johnson off of the Avs hands *I* will become a Devs fan…
Sullivan had 1 good game. Good riddance. Oh wait, now he’s taking up space on my other team.
I resent the Penguins & their new superhuman team
Guarantees nothing. Member the NY Ranger superhero teams of the 1990’s? Have faith.
And the Wild picked up Jason Pomminville. That’s going to be a team worth watching in the playoffs.
Your crap joke for the day:
There were two nuns…
One of them was known as Sister Mathematical (SM), and the other one was known as Sister Logical (SL).
It is getting dark and they are still far away from the convent.
SM: Have you noticed that a man has been following us for the past thirty-eight and a half minutes? I wonder what he wants.
SL: It’s logical. He wants to rape us.
SM: Oh, no! At this rate he will reach us in 15 minutes at the most? What can we do?
SL: The only logical thing to do of course is to walk faster.
SM: It’s not working.
SL: Of course it’s not working. The man did the only logical thing. He started to walk faster, too.
SM: So, what shall we do? At this rate he will reach us in one minute.
SL: The only logical thing we can do is split. You go that way and I’ll go this way. He cannot follow us both.
So the man decided to follow Sister Logical.
Sister Mathematical arrives at the convent and is worried about what has happened to Sister Logical.
Then Sister Logical arrives.
SM: Sister Logical! Thank God you are here! Tell me what happened!
SL: The only logical thing happened. The man couldn’t follow us both, so he followed me.
SM: Yes, yes! But what happened then?
SL: The only logical thing happened. I started to run as fast as I could and he started to run as fast as he could.
SM: And?
SL: The only logical thing happened. He reached me.
SM: Oh, dear! What did you do?
SL: The only logical thing to do. I lifted my dress up.
SM: Oh, Sister! What did the man do?
SL: The only logical thing to do. He pulled down his pants.
SM: Oh, no! What happened then?
SL: Isn’t it logical, Sister?
A nun with her dress up can run faster than man with his pants down.
And for those of you who thought it would be dirty, say two Hail Marys!
The only logical thing to do is ask for you to get your coat.
I’m sticking with Heisenberg on the where abouts of my coat.
Its in Gus Fring’s lab, isnt it?
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/529537_638522572843866_2114005319_n.jpg
Yeah, that looks about right.
Well, I suppose it’s my own damn fault. Took advantage of the HBO freeview weekend to blast through Game of Thrones season 2 and of course the first episode of season 3.
And, now I’m a subscriber….
So, I’ll be watching season 3 in real time this go around. Oh, those poor ignorant fools who’ve not read the books, what a ride they are in for.
animal animal and we’re lucky
Morning Pan, off to see the following film at the flicks:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_(2013_film)#mw-mf-search
Which was a bit of a mind fuck.
I also have to share: The kids and I watched the original Twilight Zone episode, “Eye of the Beholder” together, which was a huge success for all three of us. Even if you know the ending, it’s incredible to watch the ways they maintain the trick for the full half-hour.
I highly recommend that you watch or rewatch, if you have access to Netflix streaming, and can handle slow, old black-and-white.
Goodnight :Tower of Terror:
That was definitely a good one. I still remember the first twilight zone I watched as a kid, “The Invaders”. Even with no dialogue until the very end of the episode, it kept me interested and had an impact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invaders_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29
Finally made the time to watch the newest Dr. Who last night. Gave me a very Spherical Tomi vibe.
Think Geek put up a bunch of April Fools products. Saddest thing about the prank is that I would definitely have bought at least half of these things.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/looflirpa/?cpg=53329693&msg_id=53329693&et_rid=908048894&linkid=53329693_feature2_looflirpa
I want some too!
Ed, agreed on the non-readers! Bwahahahaha.
Happy Birthday, Amy! Happy Birthday, Mrs. Lo Pan!
Happy birthday!
WooTZ! Birthday wishes all around!
Birthday hugs to all!
IS THAT TODAY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
BOOM!!!!!
Goes said dynamite.
Yes, and our card is late.
Morning Pan. Today’s forecast is freezing rain.
Ess
Last week I sent you a letter. I thought I’d give you a heads up. As Jack can tell you, mail service between Canada and the US can be a little flighty
A letter?! Oh, I love letters!
“love letters”
Hey Pan,
I know this is late notice, but we’ve had someone drop for tonight’s recording of Back Seat Book Club’s discussion of Snow Crash. Any of you interested in joining in the discussion? Unfortunately, I won’t be on the show and haven’t had the chance to read the book yet, otherwise I’d have jumped into the discussion.
If you have interest and are available at 10 PM Eastern tonight, (we may be fluid on that time if we have someone interested in joining in) drop me a note. Also, Skype is kind of a necessary evil for this sort of thing.
Best way to catch me is to email tony at backseatproducers.com
I would love to talk Snow Crash, Tony, but I don’t know if I can commit to that time :-/
Let me check the status of my BTDUs.
From little acorns..
“acorns”
“You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down”
*whiny voice* stop telling me what to do
This is way cooler than the Vader-ing meme going on atm.
http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/04/04/dragonball-z-ing-the-latest-trend-with-japanese-schoolgirls/
This should be called hadoken-ing. 😉
There’s a Vadering meme? Im being serious… Im soooo out of the loop.
THIS is cool tho.
Yeah. Check these out.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/04/03/The-latest-photo-meme-fad-is-called-Vadering.-The-force-may-be-strong-in
I like lil baybay one
I don’t think I’m going to click a link with that name while at work.
It’s safe.
OMFG the Blue Jackets got Marian Gaborik? Since WHEN were the Blue Jackets ever buyers?????????
I’m thinking of buying one of these as an addon to my powerline adpator I plugin down stairs:
http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/?categoryid=224&model=TL-SF1005D#down
I have two non wireless ethernet devices, if I plug them into the switch box, do I have to keep one switched off for it to work?
Yeah it probably is a dumb question.
I have no idea what anything you said/asked means, but I am so attracted to you right now.
Steady now, I may blush.
The Ouya reviews are coming in:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/4/4180242/ouya-review
I understand why its fun… but god sweet damn am I glad I’m not a gamer.
Well, the 3rd presale offer goes on sale at 10am today for Depeche Mode. I’ve already read a bunch of hate comments on the internet about the shitty process.
Ugh. Why does buying concert tickets have to be so damn stressful?
K. So here we go:
“my powerline adapter”
“plugin down stairs”
“i have two”
“switch box”
“keep one switched off”
“probably”
“Steady now”
Ouya!
LOL
I’ve been meaning to watch this…
http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/watch_jimi_hendrixs_voodoo_chile_performed_on_a_gayageum_a_traditional_korean_instrument.html
Gayageum!
That…is…perfect.
GayaWHAT?
She is quite good.
She’s better than good. She’s got a definite groove going on.
It’s Go DM Time!
Roll that d20 behind your screen!
I see you were thinking what I was thinking.
I made Live Nation my Bitch.
I also don’t know what this means, and also am so attracted to you right now.
Lord what a re whore you are today!!!!!
I’m so attracted to you right now.
re whore???
I accept that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3TlrZLpQ0
Just donated to this Kickstarted. I loved Planescape Torment
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/torment-tides-of-numenera
I bought the original game when I was a member of a computer game subscription service. I got distracted, never opened the game and then it got chucked out.
Shame. It still makes many of the top PC games of all time.
Shenanigans at Nightshade Books:
http://www.staffersbookreview.com/2013/04/night-shade-books-what-went-wrong.html
..and Michael Stackpole’s view on the situation facing authors published through NS:
http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=3288
Thanks for posting, Van. While I’d heard some grumblings, I hadn’t heard about these new developments. Seems sadly consistent with the rest of the industry.
It’s looking less and a less possible blue-collar creatives to make a livable living at their craft.
+for/+fore/+four/+4
Roger Ebert’s gone.
Wow. He’d just posted yesterday that he was “taking a leave of presence”, due to a return of his illness.
I always enjoyed his take, even when I disagreed.
End of an era. I liked what he had to say, even if he did like the first Tomb Raider movie. 😉
I DID TOO, BUTTHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!! Course I also drink beer brewed with bull nuts 😉
Such sad news to hear today. The passing of Roger Ebert. I have so many fond memories of watching “At the Movies” with my sister and cousin. My love of movies is definitely influenced by Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.
End of a wonderful era in cinema.
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/25/17461970-is-that-a-wig-or-a-bug-five-strange-sightings-in-the-peruvian-amazon?lite&lite=obnetwork
Its a Tory!
CW: Orphan Black E1
We quite liked the first episode. It kept our attention enough that we will be watching the second when it comes out next week.
It kept my attention and was worthy enough to have me add it to my “season pass” recording list.
We shall see …
Further to Saints Row the Third. I EFF’N LOVE THIS GAME!!! Burt Reynolds makes a cameo. It’s great.
Happy Birthday, Ambassador Amy Bowen!
:party hats:
:hired clown:
:cake:
:balloons:
:Lance Henriksen:
Have a super, duper B-Day Amy!
Happy Birthday, Amy! I hope it was a glorious day for you. 🙂
It was a very long work day, but it was productive. At my class tonight, my friends sang to me. 🙂
Thanks for the birthday wishes! I’ve just discovered that if you have a Google account and go to the Google homepage while logged in on your birthday, there’s a special birthday-cake Doodle there. :happy:
Dang, I almost forgot to wish you Happy Birthday! Have a great da.. er.. evening!
Thanks! 🙂
Fun fact:
Oakland University is in Michigan. Not across the Bay from San Francisco.
Next, you’ll be claiming that Miami is in Ohio!
It’s in Oklahoma!
Morning Pan
It’s a grey and dreary day outside today
Fun Beer warning:
Never ever ever ever ever ever ever buy Rogue/Voodoo Doughnut’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Ale. Smells like heaven, tastes like battery acid. And at 15$ for a bomber you’ll be cursing Rogue’s name.
*Groucho Marx voice* Which is different than jerking off to X-Men comics and cumming Rogue’s name.
CP: The Alter — Wye Oak
Obligatory Jenn Wasner comment
I love her voice.
Agree. I love most…things…of her.
CP: Tournament of Hearts — The Weakerthans
The best song about curling. 🙂
CPiMM: Tournament of Crackers – The Wheaterthins
Sigh. I’ve had to delete a lot of podcasts unlistened to lately. I just haven’t had the time.
CD: What to have for tea.
D is for dithering.
How about tea?
*fans self, scandalized*
That’d be like going to the bar and ordering “a beer”.
I visited a bar in SF that was run by a beer nazi. If you ordered something like a Bud Lite, or didn’t have a clue what beers were what, he’d just ignore you and not accept your order. Obviously, they had a great beer selection.
No Coors for you!
No complaints there.
Since you know about Whigs I would guess you know tea doesn’t have to be the drink..
Right, the crisps can be the beverage. Or the biscuits, what. What?
What ho!
http://www.okmagazine.com/sites/okmagazine.com/files/imagecache/node_page_image/article_images/miley-cyrus-september-8-001.jpg
I’ve went quite limp.
I know. She’ll do that. I should have picked a different ho.
Wow, Vanilla Ice is a babe!
Listening to too much Maiden will do that to you.
http://rockandglamour.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html
We half-watched this last night. http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/apr/02/eat-fast-and-live-longer-michael-mosley/
If I were to half-watch it again, would that be full coverage?
It seemed like an interesting concept. The part about the 101-year-old marathon guy was pretty amazing.
I only 1/16th watched it.
I remember cute mice.
CW: latest Elementary episode
I will be testing out this tonight:
http://event.asus.com/mb/2010/ai_charger/
Whoa!
It works, my netbook now puts out enough juice via USB to let me charge my iPad.
CP: Angel Disease — Mankind Is Obsolete
In some species, the tumbleweed is detached from the plant by abscission of the plant stem; abscission has been shown in Psoralea and Kochia.
The largest tumbleweed ever recorded was 38 feet in diameter. The giant Russian thistle grew on the east bank of the Colorado River near Ehrenberg in the spring of 1963.
By the time spring winds had tumbled the giant ball to Wikieup, 92 miles northwest of Ehrenberg, it had worn down to 19 feet in diameter. An enterprising businessman hollowed it, plastered it, painted it orange, and turned it into a juice stand alongside U.S. Highway 93.
http://drinkwithjim.com/drink_recipes/?id=6027
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UiSMyyj-Ac
^Like
Juice….stand?
While you can still see inside a giant tumbleweed, the lack of windows means it still meets code.
blOwSHA approved!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046469/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Boy_George%2C_Pride_London_2012.jpg/397px-Boy_George%2C_Pride_London_2012.jpg
^^ will tumble 4 ya.
Oh, those arrows point directly at General ZodJack. . . .
Well, I’ll tumble 4 ya, too.
Come, son of Mang-EL. Kneel before Lo(d)
‘Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished.
Are we really combining Boy George, Hamlet, and Superman II? Is the category “Men in Drag”? (Terence Stamp, Boy George, 17th century Shakespearian actors)
CD: Boulevard’s Irish Ale
BTW, the red I brewed turned out much like this. I was very happy with it.
I got a rumbly in my tumbly thinking bout that
Are we really combining beer and Winnie the Pooh? Is the category “mead”? “Big bellies”? “Acting on really stupid and dangerous impulses”?
Drink up Christopher Robin.
Then I put my arms around me
And I tumble to the ground
And then I say
I think I am Lo now
Step 1: Lo
Step 2: Behold
Step 1: We can have lots of fun
Step 2: There’s so much we can do
hehe
50 years from today first contact happens. I plan to be around to see it
http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2013/04/05/happy-first-contact-day-only-50-more-years-til-we-meet-the-vulcans
There’s a guy with a scythe giggling in the corner.
Useless personal information No.1:
Reaper Man was the first Terry Pratchett novel I read.
I THINK MORT WAS THE FIRST ONE I READ, NO WAIT, IT WAS SMALL GODS. I BELIEVE THAT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDATION, VAN!
( all caps was intentional )
*likes this post*
I’m obsessive enough to insist upon reading Discworld in the order the books were released, even though I know there are multiple sub-series going on and they don’t have to be read in that order to be enjoyed. That’s one reason why I’ve only gotten partway through Mort. 😛
Nice! My second favorite Death. 🙂
I read The Color of Magic first. And I’ve not read them in order. It really doesn’t matter that much for this series.
CW: Hannibal E1
The crazy looking Finnish guy has yet to make an appearance.
Morning Pan
Today’s weather forecast shows wet fog in Cow Town this morning
I think hubby and I are going to watch this tonight
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1783732/?ref_=sr_1
Doesn’t it contain giant spiders? Or was that the book’s sequel.
Beats the hell out of me. If there are spiders, I’ll close my eyes and hubby will tell me when they are gone. Pretty much like any movie that has creepy crawlies *shrug*
http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/22-things-youre-doing-wrong
Stop criticizing me!
If you’ve got a buck to spare and a need for a new game to
Play you do could worse than this:
http://toucharcade.com/2013/04/05/slayin-review/
My US USB charger arrived today, so fingers crossed I won’t need to impose on TEB this time.
😆
Although, my phone and ipad are older and have the larger plugs so my charger may not work for you anyway.
It’s a glorious Saturday spring morning!
It will be capped off thie evening with a friendly bout on the ice between the Desert Dogs and the Yeti of the Rockies.
Go Yotes!
I will be rooting for my Avs. However if a loss get them closer to drafting Seth Jones itll be a nice consolation.
Just finished Saints Row the Third. Highly recommend it. Now on to DMC: Devil May Cry.
Actually I think I’ll take a break first and hit the books
CR: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance – Lois McMaster Bujold
CW: Latest Dr Who
Your crap joke as Sunday peeks around the corner:
Little Johnny returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic.
“Why?” asks the father.
“The teacher asked ‘How much is 2×3?’ I said ‘6’”
“But that’s right!”
“Then she asked me ‘How much is 3×2?'”
“What’s the fucking difference?” asks the father.
“That’s what I said!
You know, I think I’ll keep your coat on this one.
I’m in Reno for my son’s gymnastics meet. On the elevator ride to our room was my family and Bobby McFerrin. Dooo doot doot do do doooo o doo a doooo a ew .
Don’t worry. Be happy
Rhettro has become the official deadpan name dropper..
I once ate lunch with Van.
Dear Ryah,
The next big competition our NHL teams are going to have is for Seth Jones. For we both sucketh eggs.
It was a true beatdown tonight and it was fun to watch it happen, live and in person.
That’s fine. Let’s see who’s laughing in a year from now.
No gloating here, it was just nice to see the Coyotes play such a solid all-around game, especially before a packed arena.
It looks like they’re all poised for the golf course, come playoff time.
SHUT UP YOU!!!!!!!! I DONT WANT TO HEAR YOUR oh wait no youre right. Heh har.
Dear Lo,
Let’s raise a glass and commiserate together on the amazing wonderfulness that is our hockey teams
There is a shit ton of great rock and roll coming out of Russia these days. One band, Louna, has decide to try and tackle the Western market with an English language album. They may or may not be successful, but its well worth a listen. and I wish them the best. Lousine Gevorkian may have the best female voice I’ve heard since Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara (which is unfair to day since Lou has been around a lot longer).
This song is probably their most radio friendly, if not their most impressive. Good good stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxCFRP6gTZk
Is that Gorky Park?
You take that back and you take it back now.
A bunch of “kids” getting along with their mothers. They have a picture of Kurt Cobain hanging in the background, but I’m assuming the teen angst thing didn’t translate well.
Yeah you missed the point completely. But that’s fine.
My doh moment for the day:
Hadn’t realised Matthew Rys lead actor in ‘The Americans’) is Welsh.
So we have a Welshman playing an American playing a Russian..,
My brain hurts..
…playing a Russian playing an American, or something. But, I am surprised at his origin. I would have guessed something more eastern European somewhere.
A cupcake sandwich? Ain’t nobody got time fo that! Besides, we’re not allowed to carry knives anymore, or are we?
Better get back in now before it gets too gross…
Welcome back! 🙂
Thank You Amy. Isn’t that your voice at the end of this episode?
Yes Jack, you were there in the beginning, you’ve been a huge part of this since DotF, and you were one of the few to make a Deadpan in-studio appearance. It seems right to have you around at the end.
What are you up to these days?
I have been playing job roulette. Landing finally on a job that fits pretty well. Been guest hosting a national syndicated talkshow. Working on an original audio drama other than that not much.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/483419_544287578948593_318381245_n.jpg
I’ll get you your cape.
Places to check out if you ever get captured by a submarine:
http://io9.com/8-abandoned-antarctic-whaling-stations-and-bases-that-a-471066973
Our power has been out for about half an hour now. I called the city and they have no idea when it will be back up. It’s starting to get chili in the house
An hour and still no power. I wonder if the dinner I had going in the slow cooker will still be edible
Campfire cooking on a candle?
No starving the bunny…
No fireplace. If we do campfire cooking, I don’t think I would be good for our shelter
Hubby and I have decided dinner is ruined. We are thinking of heading out to eat. The only problem is, we don’t know how far the power outage is spread in relationship to our house
Oh look. We have power. Dinner is still ruined but at least I can now make something else. The furnace coming back on is nice too.
The mind is a strange thing. The temperature inside the house only dropped by two degrees and yet my toes are cold, even in their socks. I also felt the need to put a sweater on. I go outside without a coat in colder temperature yet, when its inside my house, I’m cold. Go figure
Actually glad we’re not going out for dinner. It’s turned into a veritable blizzard out there
Well thank Cthulhu you’re not without power in a blizzard. eek.
There is the very real possibility you may be subjected to this tomorrow
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1480658/?ref_=sr_1
CD: Fort Collins’ Chocolate Stout
Yeah you are!
All caught up with the latest Game of Thrones. While this is going to be an interesting season, I do think it is going to be a struggle giving sufficient play to all the disparate threads that are running along.
Shoot, I’m explaining to my wife as we’re watching that after five books, most of these threads still haven’t reached any actual payoffs.
Unless Martin starts putting out 3000 page tomes, I don’t see how he can hope to bring this story to any kind of useful conclusion in two more books.
I may get distracted by the new Mad Men episode first.
Nice downbeat story on the Drabblecast this week:
http://www.drabblecast.org/2013/04/07/drabblecast-278-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/
Goodnight :Sunday:
Your crap joke for today:
I took being sent to jail really badly. I refused all food and drink . Spat and swore at everyone and I smeared the walls with my own shite.
The family said they are never playing Monopoly with me again.
DO NOT PASS GO!!!!!!
I’ll get your pewter Tophat.
Holy Crap, look at all the snow on the ground!
Irony: 3″ of snow on the day you planned to make appointments to have the snow tires removed on your car.
You could teach Alanis a thing or two
In a movie theater?
Goodness I have a lot of windows open on my computer.
hmmmm, I actually seem to need them all too. What’s that about?
You should see my work computer. I start my day with: IE for intranet apps (mostly), Firefox for external websites, monitoring tool, telnet client, work-order database GUI, Outlook, Notepad, instant messenger, and Excel. It only expands from there as I get into multiple instant messenger conversations, open documentation files, and (sometimes) get into a different monitoring tool or remote into a server. My tech-support team has 4-screen workstations and uses all 4. o_0 I’m used to it, though.
Being the optimist, I went on line and booked appointments for the end of April to have our winter tires swapped out. Now I’m heading out. Hubby would like me to make the same thing for dinner that was ruined with the power outage yesterday. I have to go and get a few ingredients.
Later Panites
CP: Dream is Collapsing — Hans Zimmer
I’m keeping my fingers crossed it’s not going to be a total disaster:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a471203/blakes-7-us-remake-gets-13-one-hour-episodes.html
This one could actually be worth it. While it does have a nice cult following here, Blake’s 7 really never came close to making waves over here. If anything, perhaps this would allow the classic show a bit of new interest here.
Fingers and toes crossed. I just hope they don’t try and soften Avon, he needs to be a charming bastard.
Not sure the extremely naff SFX of the original would win many new converts, but was certainly ahead of it’s time with the story arcs.
Blake’s 7 showed so infrequently on NY-area PBS that I’ve actually never seen it.
ditto. (not that one).
Blog of a 11 year old and her experience with using a Raspberry Pi:
http://appler.net/amy/
CP: Lonely’s Lunch — You Say Party! We Say Die!
Did they have to change their band name?
No. Their drummer died unexpectedly. They changed their name out of respect for him.
Thats right.
My computer has been backed up. The drivers have been updated. And a virus check has been done.
And now…
… It’s movie time.
Today’s movie is Eddie: Sleep Walking Cannibal
The DVR write up: a once promising artist gets a job as a teacher, and finds his creativity recharged by a misfit with a gruesome sleepwalking habit in this ingenious black comedy
14A. Violence, coarse language and sexuality
Radio opera
He killed a deer
That’s just cruel
What a strange cop
He has a truck. I don’t understand
Viagra for artists
A dog barks
Hotshot non artist
Dreams of dead deers
Paint fight
Sure, get the stranger to take care of Eddie
Eddie likes his cooking
Eddie is gone
That’s not cannibalism.
Olaf found his muse
Essie’s been different
Ummmm..
Stupid dog should be eaten
Edie’s gone again. But at least he ate the dog so that’s ok
Cleaning up Edie’s mess
Awww. He saved the school
Telling Eddie it’s not his fault
Secret hand shake
Lance Henrickson
Should have had a better agent.
You will paint!
Now the pressure’s on
They deserve to be eaten
You’re not helping
Is it ok when you eat bad people?
It’s the cops!
Oh good. The mute man didn’t say anything
He got the town baby’s attention
Maybe he can use the murders to get the school a pool
Just one more
I need a muse. Let’s torture Eddie!
She showed him
Oh no. Lars may be in danger
She broke up with him so he could paint
He’s being mean
The first step is admitting you have a problem
Did they find a new home for Eddie?
I guess he doesn’t need Eddie any more
Eddie turns the tables
Paint til you drop
You kick the owl, you’re going to ruffle some feathers
What a strange movie
It quite changes the experience to read each of Bunny’s PBP posts as fortune cookie fortunes.
Bunny, we just got your card and gift. You are very thoughtful and generous – thank you and the Mr.!
xox
I’m so glad. It’s always a guess whether or not something I send to the US will get there in a timely manner, if at all.
You’ve given us our first card/gift! Thanks again – too generous.