Time management fail on my part. There shall be audio in a new post coming soon.
1,542 thoughts on “Out in the Scrolled”
Crap joke in a firsty. I’m on fire today.
A vacationing penguin is driving his car through Arizona when he notices that the oil pressure light is on. He gets out to look and sees oil dripping out of the motor. He drives to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.
After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town. He sees an ice-cream shop and, being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot. He gets a big dish of ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands he makes a real mess trying to eat with his flippers. After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he’s found the problem. The mechanic looks up and says “It looks like you blew a seal.”
“No no,” the penguin replies, “it’s just ice cream.”
Tea Leoni.
So there.
WHERE????????
Over there, with clogs on.
She can keep them on
Heck, I’D put them on if she ask me to.
Hubby had a “breakfast cookie” this morning. I, on the other hand, went a little more healthy with cereal. I think I’m a little envious.
What is a breakfast cookie? and does it contain bacon?
A breakfast cookie is having a chocolate chip cookie, that I made yesterday, for breakfast.
/anti climax
r form of booze to enjoy, a chocolate liqueur from Austria,
It’s that tasty I’m wiping the dregs up with my finger.
If it is the one I’m thinking of, I totally understand. Delicious. 🙂
All this Katrina talk.
Dredging up things I’ve suppressed.
Not helping me in an already down month.:(
I will apply more booze until it goes away.
meh! and pah!
sorry man
Thanks.
Rx?
Vodka shots and beer.
You’re doing a heck of a job, Brownie.
Just re-watched “Tomorrow Never Dies”, part of my quest to watch every Bond film from beginning to end.
Besides being as good as I remembered it being, I had TOTALLY forgotten that Sheryl Crow did the theme song. IMHO it is one of the Top 10 all time best Bond themes and I don’t know why I didn’t even remember it.
Also, the ending credits song “Surrender” by K.D. Lang also kicks Bond soundtrack a$$
Also, they should have given Michelle Yeoh her own spin off franchise. I’d go to the theatre to see further adventures of Agent Wai Lin!
Hmmm….Not the best but certainly not the worst of the Brosnan films
Michelle was damned impressive in the flick.
While Sean Connery will always be my favorite Bond, I’ve seriously enjoyed the reboot with “Mad Dog” Daniel Craig.
Oh oh. I think I convinced a friend to join our madness. Be forewarned. :ninja:
Is it your hubby incognito?
Nope. Sorry Van
Attended a Retro Video Game Expo today with Pix and the kids. Much fun was had! The 4 of us played a few levels of Gauntlet at the true arcade machine. Other arcade highlights:
Pac Man, vector graphics Empire Strikes Back, and Rolling Thunder.
The biggest nostalgia kick, however, was the Asteroids knock off on the Vectrex system.
The Vectrex was cool, always wished I could have afforded one at the time.
Having an emulator on my phone helps of course.
Hi. I’m new. I won the ‘most consistent effort’ award in grade 6.
I won the ‘least likely to get to grade 9’ in grade 11.
Welcome, Soulier! Any friend of Ryah’s is. . . likely to be a bit eccentric.
:cheerful;
Welcome Soulier.
Welcome. We may seem slightly off but we’re nice. No trolls to speak of
Well, I do live under a bridge and billy goats don’t take kindly to me.
Baaaaad.
*kick*
😉
Thanks everyone.
Hiya Soulier!
I’ll just go ahead and get my apology out of the way right now.
🙂
Finished the ‘Bad Ass trilogy’ tonite. You know… the awful films starring Danny Glover and Danny Trejo?
Here’s the Lo Pan verdict:
Bad Ass – Yes!
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses – Not quite as “Yes!” but still actually fun!
Bad Asses on the Bayou – what a piece of fucking shit.
Cannot wait for Bad Asses in Bangkok. Assuming the actually make it.
I had to Google, never even heard of the film series.
Also never heard of
Yo, Soulier!
You left your salad in our fridge.
It’s mine now! Mine! Mine! Bwa ha ha ha ha!
True fact: Soulier thinks he’s a hot shot musician because he is nominated for a Western Canada Music Award. I, personally, don’t think he’s a real musician until women start throwing their underware at him. 😉
I wonder if after they throw their underwear, they will be impressed with my synthesizer?
Feel free to share a link to your music, if you’d like, Soulier. I promise, we’ll all throw undergarments at our internet devices while listening.
I watched Spartacus: Gods of the Arena last night. This is the third series I’ve been impressed by Jamie Murray. I might be developing a little crush.
SHES MINE!
Ok ok I cant have em all… heh
Hey, I share Lagertha, surely we can compromise on Jamie too
Ah yes! Glad we can be adults about this *cough*
FInally got to the Season 4 Finale of “Breaking Bad” last night.
That seems like a really good place for them to have stopped the show. For this show it was a “high” note.
I almost don’t wan’t to watch the last season. Given the character’s past performance … this can only end badly.
Nah. While I agree they certainly could have ended at 4 they just couldnt have. Theres too much to come. You wont be disappointed. Its almost like a prologue season. Its wonderful.
Yup, I would have been quite happy with it ending on S4 and Wakter on top,
Walter even.
Love me some Gus Fring. The remaining episodes are good too.
CW: S1E1 Fargo
Enjoy!
Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Deadpan boards, Soulier!
I’ve had a project to work on each of the last three weekends in a row, counting the current one. (I work last-half-of-the-week shifts, so my ‘weekends’ are Sunday through Tuesday and every other Wednesday.) Here’s what I’ve been up to:
Aug. 16-18: Type up the contents of 900 raffle slips to make a customer contact list for the local Renfest (yes, they are paying me to do this)
Aug. 23-26: Beta-read a book manuscript for a friend (this one was completely pro bono)
Aug. 30 – Sept. 1: Deep-clean my apartment (they’re spraying for pests on Tuesday the 1st, so I really have until tomorrow night)
That’s my life lately. I’ve had some creative projects going on, too, but nothing ready to share yet.
HI AMY!!!!
So THAT’S where all my motivation has gone. YOU have it!
🙂
Hi, J0e! I’m very happy to share 🙂
Wow, that’s impressive. I spent that time perfecting the art of making chicken wings, and finding reasons not to go to the gym!
😆 Thanks!
Judging by a lot of the reviews, I’m pretty glad I gave up on Dark Matter. I still have to watch the last couple of episodes of Killjoys.
Anyone else watched the premiere of Fear The Walking Dead? I really liked it.
I watched it so you didn’t have too!
Bleurgh!
Fingers crossed it doesn’t get renewed.
I saw the first of the “Dark Matter” double feature SciFi was showing Saturday night.
It was okay I guess. Based on one episode, I’d say it felt like a thinly fleshed out re-boot of Firefly.
(or was that Friday night? It all runs together)
I watched the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead (second episode is waiting on the DVR until tonight). It makes me realize how brilliant it was to start the Walking Dead with Rick waking up in the hospital after all the shit had gone down. The first episode was way too much family drama. When the parents were stuck getting off the highway I thought, alright the shit is finally about to go down. No such luck. The whole process is taking way too long. I will, of course, give it a few more episodes before I decide whether or not to continue watching.
Hubby still watches Dark Matter but I gave up on it pretty quickly.
However, we both quite enjoy Killjoys.
The thing I like the most about Walking Dead is that it isn’t about zombies, it’s about the people. And I’m glad that that sensibility is being applied to Fear. I figured it would be a “slow” unravel as the apocalypse started, but I found the first episode moved quicker than I expected. I haven’t seen last night’s episode yet.
Watch the two available episodes of FTWD, interesting.
Things are falling apart rapidly. I hope Tobias will join the team. 🙂 He gets it.
Funke?
RIP Wes Craven
Holy fuck…no
Im crushed. Fucking fuck cancer
🙁
Wow. How influential were his big movies on the culture of our youth? I have always held “The Serpent and the Rainbow” as a criminally underrated masterpiece.
R.I.P.
I just found zip files of all the lcars computer sounds from star trek tng. Proceeding to setup my phone notifications and ringtones accordingly. http://www.lcarscom.net/sounds.htm I can’t imagine how long it took someone to record, edit, and package this all together!
Daddy-in-law is coming in to town tomorrow. Must get the guest room ready.
Monday?!
*sigh* Unfortunately.
Mondays dont mean quite so much when you’ve worked your ass off all weekend.
I’m not sure that’s really how that saying goes..
Van, give Lo his ass back.
Isn’t this a Primus song?
I was under the impression it was Dani doing the heavy lifting?
cough
It’s another smoky day here in Canadaland. I can’t wait until I can open my windows again.
Now! Time to fold laundry.
Once again the excitement that is my life, rears its ugly head.
I just made an amazing discovery!
My laundry dries better if I actually remember to turn on the dryer. Why didn’t I think of that sooner?
So I am unimpressed with taste of the UHT milk I recently bought.
However I did find it amusing that UHT milk is sold refrigerated in the USA because consumers don’t trust milk that isn’t stored in a fridge (if Wikipedia is to be believed).
Ummm ok.
the hell are you talking about and what is uht milk?
Oh boxed milk? No its not refrigerated here. Some are just so you can have chilled milk right away if you want it – but theres whole aisle sections dedicated to it.
A woman is cooking eggs in the kitchen when her husband comes running in…
Immediately, he sees the eggs and gasps in horror. “Be careful! CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh, my GOSH!”
The wife, startled at her husband’s violent reaction, dashes to the fridge to get some butter.
“You’re cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW!”
The wife, concerned by the status of her husband’s mental state, forgets about the butter and goes running to the eggs.
“WE NEED BUTTER! Are you CRAZY??? Where are we going to get the butter? They’re going to stick! HURRY!”
The wife runs to the fridge
“CAREFUL about the eggs! CAREFUL. You NEVER listen to me when you’re cooking! Never! Turn them quickly! Oh not that quickly, don’t you know how to cook? Are you insane? Turn the DAMN EGGS!”
At this point, the wife starts crying, since she has no idea what to do.
She gasps “What is WRONG with you? I know how to cook eggs.”
The husband simply smiles, remarks “I just wanted to show you what it feels like while I’m driving with you in the car”, and leaves.
Then there is this little beauty I saw:
Dear America,
You elected George H.W. Bush – we gave you Celine Dion
You elected George W. Bush – we gave you Nickleback
You elected George W. Bush – we gave you Justin Bieber
Do not elect Donald Trump. You don’t want to know what’s coming next.
Oh, Canada!
But by that logic, Rush was your response to Richard Nixon.
Chilliwack – Reagan
54-40 – um… Clinton?
The Edinburgh Tattoo is playing on the TV.
The venue looks bigger on the TV than it does in real life.
CP: History Eraser — Courtney Barnett
I made a “casket for my mic” as Van put it. Although I think I did something wrong. I seem to be covered in glue.
Well that sounds like you’ve got yourself into a sticky situation.
Tacky comment
You’re not supposed to sniff it, you know.
Looks like I picked a bad day to quit mic Caskets.
Thats…what….she…
/PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT/
Consumers Union has launched a new campaign to pressure the phone companies into giving every customer free robocall blocking. The technology exists but the phone companies are looking out for the intere$t of others.
If you’d care to sign their petition!
As someone that works in the telecom industry, I have to say this won’t work, or at least not well. That’s why robocallers are called “bad actors”: they don’t obey the rules. Better tools will improve blocking, but they won’t stop robocallers.
i do have a pi, but not in this setup. That would be a cool idea though!
She used a
Raspberry P I
The kind you find in a second hand store
Raspberry P I
And if it was warm she wouldn’t use it much more
Raspberry P I
I think I love her
Raspberry P.I.? Did she have a big Tom Selleck mustache?
“The burdens of hipsterism.”
Actually that will be our third album.
While it will fail to be a financial success, it will receive much critical acclaim and oddly enough, become a darling of the College radio circuit … but only in an ironic way.
What’s coming after hipster?
Poster
is that anything like a posterior?
Then we’ll truly hit bottom.
Youre such as ass
Let’s see… the beatniks came after the hipsters. Or if you follow the timeline straight up, it would be “Rock’n’Roll”.
My guess is we’ll skip beatniks in our return down the timeline and progress straight on to copying the hippie movement next.
hmmm, interesting. I wish goth would have branched off into something else.
Like a chain of theme Restaurants.
We do have Alice Cooper’s restaurant in downtown Phoenix. All of the staff wear runny eyeliner, like his.
YOu can have anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant.
“The Pumpkin Spice Must Flow”
I have to remember to not be drinking while clicking these links….
The euphemism is back muthasuckas!
That got a literal LOL from me.
In re-examining Metallica’s catalog, the jump from Ride the Lighting to Master of Puppets is astounding
Agreed, although Ride the Lightning is still a pretty amazing achievement.
Now that you say that, the jump in maturity and sound from Kill Em All to that may be just as great.
Honestly because theyve become such a caricature of themselves its hard to remember that they truly were pioneers that created 2 masterpieces of not just metal but music in general
And it’s my distinct honor to be the first here to wish Ed from Texas a happy birthday!
One last box of books to unpack so they can hoover up dust on the bookcase.
#soovercollectingphysicalthings
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, Ed!
:w00t:
Have a beerific day Ed
Well done Ed!
Morning Pan.
I booked Friday off so it’ll be a four day weekend for me. :silly:
Same here.
Tooth extraction on Friday means the weekend will probably be less fun than usual.
My Boo will often do x-rated art commissions. She has one client who will occasionally tip her with one of these. https://bad-dragon.com/products (NSFW)
She’s actually got a bit of a collection now. She puts them on display like art work and doesn’t actually use them… at least, that’s what she tells me anyway.
I’d hate to think that one of those fans was next to us in the theater during the latest Jurassic Park film.
Sad. In my youth, he provided me with great mirth.
I didn’t know he was still with us, but yeah, as terrible as that movie is, it brought much joy to my youth. He was such an instantly likable onscreen presence. RIP.
I’m watching The Strain S1. So far, I’m interested!
Are you a Person of Interest?
There aren’t in the same league.
Per an earlier discussion. The panel we did on audiobooks is now up and can be found here http://youtu.be/NGG0_8l6Bhk
As noted last night, I saw Aussie Pink Floyd for the 4th(?) time now. Great as always – – I already can’t wait to see them again next year.
For the first time, though, they had an opening act: Led Zeppelin 2. They had the look down, and it seemed like young Robert Plant had been cloned to create their vocalist. My cohorts were less impressed with them, though. The songs were good, but not album perfect. One guy said they should have been called, “Lot Sloppin”.
heh!
So Kim Davis is going to jail. Good. But Im afraid this is going to make her that much more of a martyr to the crazies.
Crazies gonna Craze!
I have been glad to see some self identifying Christians mentioning how this whole issue was covered and resolved over 2000 years ago when Jesus was quoted as saying “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesars.”
ie ….. Dude, if you’re gonna play in the man’s sandbox you gotta play by the man’s rules.
Thus pointing out that this clerks actions are of her own making. In the terrorist world I think she is what’s known as the “lone wolf”.
Any panites have an opinion of Dish Network or Direct TV that they’d care to share?
Yes. Both can suck a chode.
We switched to DirecTV a few months back. I don’t know how it compares to Dish, but the image quality was noticeable over cable. Over the last six months we had one storm that was strong enough to impact viewing. Overall, I much prefer it to cable.
What do you do for Internet?
Do you have a solution that let’s you stream Internet?
We still use the cable company’s internet. Since Mrs. Rhettro works from home and requires internet service for her job, her company pays for it.
Local cable company for me too. Last time I had Direct TV was just for viewing, and that was 10 years ago.
Cable company keeps dropping out on me. Both Internet and Cable 🙁
Streaming Netflix has become painful. It used to be really good. Then a new company bought mine at the end of last summer. They dropped BBCAmerica on New Years and almost immediately the Netflix Streaming became problematic.
My next door neighbor and my neighbor across the street both dropped these clowns within the last 2 months.
Unfortunately the alternative cable company doesn’t offer BBCA. One of my neighbors has also reported that heir service drops out as well. Dropped out for 30 minutes just a week ago.
So I am looking at the Satalite guys but it seems I would still need the Internet service of my sketchy cable providers.
I am afraid the whole scenario is sub-optimal. 🙁
DirecTv and AT&T are now linked. I have DirecTV for cable and AT&T for internet. Same bill. You might be able to get internet through AT&T.
Doubt and a small sliver of vanity do not a good combination make.
Oh my. Is it that time again?
Bad movie time!
Today’s movie is Hybrid
The PVR write up: Mercenaries infiltrate a secret laboratory and come face to face with the results of horrific experiments involving human and alien dna
I smell an Oscar in the making
Another movie with only 2 of the three requirements to have a good bad horror movie
Prison. And all the experiments that go with it
Corey car wreck
Corey? Who the eff is Corey?
Should be fiery
Former Soviet Republic of Azerjestan
Is that a real place? Google, here I come
Can’t tell. All but one reference I found were related to this movie
Now we are in the playa negra prison in sub-Sahara Africa
Time to put together a task force
I just want you to know, I have no idea what’s going on
If these are an elite tea,, I hold no hope for the rest of their army
If the tea’s not good, what hope do the soldiers have?
Maybe they should switch to coffee
Mines!
Not yours but mines!
Cool mask
Who is the boss of you? Me! I am the boss of you
Here’s to our freedom
Ok, I understand this correctly, they are infiltrating some sort of prison camp
Prisoner babe
Crime of passion
Now they need to go a half mile underground
She wants to go down
…to the tunnels
Harris sleeps with a gun in his hand
They are being followed
Their radios are off line
It attacked from the shadows
Stay sharp. Nobody likes it if you’re dull
Well, that can’t be good
They’re being gassed
Bug man attacks
Who brings a syringe to a gun fight
I don’t think they are following proper hygiene procedures
Don’t wake me up before you go go
She finds being on her knees uncomfortable
The specimen is about to give birth
The cintilla project
That 16 year old is five
Aw. He’s a nice little alien boy
I’m not paid to understand this
Slow witted specimens
She’s no longer in pain
I am not an assassin. I just kill people for money
That wasn’t very nice
2,000,000 million pounds makes you a killer
Oh he has the capacity all right
Meanwhile, bag to the bug-eyed monster
That wasn’t morpheme
I don’t think that went according to her plan
The poop has hit the effing fan
We’re an elite team of mercenaries trying to get away from an alien. How? By taking the elevator
And that worked about as well as you would expect
I kill you with my decapatation device
That’s what happens when you power your death ray with an iPhone battery
It can talk
Time for a sandwich break
And now he’s naked
And the insect boy enters the public
What a throughly baffling movie
It’s gotten rather dark and gloomy outside
The rain is really coming down
Real life or movie?
real life
The dormant aliens, reawakened from the rain, emerge from the muddy ground.
Real life or movie?
Topless lesbian mud wrestling
Is there enough water in the state for that?
It’s monsoon season.
That’s not how you eat a cheeseburger.
Officer Whiffle explains to the mother why her son is full of snails.
Janitor mops up snail trail.
Is this the pitch for a “Go FUnd Me” project because if it is, you had me at “cheeseburger”.
The “Go FUnd Me” account is to get me to stop.
My boss has asked me to go to Edmonton in a couple of weeks to represent us at the Alberta Publisher’s Awards. That means I have to go out and get a dress.
The good thing is, we’re guaranteed to win as all the books in the Spec Fic category are ours
Congratz!
A dress!? Pictures or it didn’t happen.
Seriously – – that’s an awesome thing. Congratulations to you and your whole team.
Yea!
On your way to being Media Moguls!
All by the same publisher…fix?
Justa: I see that Person of Interest is now on Netflix. I’ve added to my list.
We canceled dish about 18 months ago, put a HD antenna on the roof. And haven’t looked back
Give it time, it really kicks into gear near the end of the first season.
EssBee – How do you get Netflix? Do you have an Internet Cable company?
Oh we have Comcast Internet. Thinking of switching to Verizon soon
any suggestions for a good store for magic the gathering cards?
You are entering the den of the beast, sir! Beware. There be expensive, addictive monster purchasing there. 🙂
Most stores sell them but Sentry box here in Calgary would probably be the biggest
We picked up the free Magic starter packs this weekend, but have yet to play. The fact that these even exist validates my theory that Magic is crack for geeks.
“Hey kid, wanna try? The first one’s free…”
We’ve been with DirecTV for some 15 years now and generally been happy with it – especially the picture quality compared to what we see family and friends have with cable, DISH, and U-verse.
Now, for internet, we’ve been using U-verse since moving to the new house. It works well, though AT&T refuses to let me give them more money by offering me the higher speed tiers. We’re currently maxed out on the 45Mbps tier. Has been plenty good for streaming.
Well tooth out, time to feel sorry for myself.
*pats Vanamonde’s head*
I hope you feel better quickly.
On my way home got a text saying someone had made a fraudulent charge to my Credit card..grrrr!
You shouldn’t loan your wallet to strangers while under mind altering medication such as the pain narcotics. 😛
Did make me wonder if the Dentist had been hacked as the payment was made 20 minutes after I paid the dentist.
Times like these, try to recall how Duke Leto’s tooth extraction went.
Well, let’s see how them Duke boys are gonna get out of this one!
Sesame seed bagel for breakfast = yum
I had pumpkin bread with whipped cream cheese.
Porridge, a slice of toast with peanut butter and raspberry jam on top.
Coffee (w/cream and Agave)
Ok, Cynful wins
JJ gets bonus points for putting Agave in a sentence.
JJ gets bonus points for putting Agave in a sentence.
Vanamonde gets bonus points for being able to post the same sentence twice without WordPress throwing conniptions.
Apparently 2 of Van’s time streams are monitoring this forum.
My first though when I saw Van’s link was, “I agree. Life would be better with more Mac & cheese”
KD’s tunes were decent, if a bit Lite FM.
Is this post about k.d. lang?
Her Album “Drag” was brilliant in SO many ways.
It’s pretty bad when you have a day off and you don’t know what to do with it.
I think it’s time to play a game.
CP: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeros
how many times have you blown your cover?
Lots
I had to google Agave and I’m now befuddled why he wants to add that to coffee.
Its a natural sweetener and delicious. Thats why.
So is Stevia, it just fails on the second part.
Thats where agave does not. Also it being in liquid form helps
Stevia responds in a chemically different manor than does Agave, in the Laboratory that is my mouth.
To me, Stevia tastes very bitter.
As do most nutra-sweeticles. My useless superpower is the ability to taste these laboratory fabricated sweeteners no mater what they are in. Bake Nutra Sweet into a cookie and I get an unpleasant, long lasting after taste with the very first bite. 🙁
I left my chai latte in the fridge, at home, as I ran out the door this morning – LATE for work!
Ugh. Like every product it has various produced and more natural forms. Not all are “sweeter than honey: (in fact I beg to differ completely on that) and you arent supposed to use a ton, so the fructose level shouldnt matter unless youre dumping half a cup in your coffee at a time
Everything in moderation including moderation.
It’s honey-like. It’s sweet. It works.
Like Van. Minus the sweet.
You overestimate my ability to ‘work’.
Bonus points … I believe it ferments into Tequila but I haven’t tried that . Yet.
now there is a homebrew market that has not been tapped…
currently downloading metal gear V.
Solid Snake vs. humanoid lizard aliens??
I just finished Ground Zeroes. Will wait until daddy-in-law leaves before I pick up my next big game.
Just finished the intro. So epic. There was even a fiery unicorn petronas.
yes, but whilst inside a cardboard box
I love the box! That has got to be one of the best ways to hide ever. :happy:
Agent: Hey Snake, we created a high tech protective nano armour that will cloak you and shield you from ballistics.
Snake: Nah, just give me some cardboard.
There was a guy at the Video Game expo cosplaying as Solid Snake, carrying around a cardboard box. My son had to explain the joke to me.
The last Metal Gear game I played was the first one on the NES.
CP: Paper Boats (feat. Ashley Barrett) — Darren Korb
Closing credits music from Transistor.
Van, how is your face? I meant to post this early this morning and the day has gotten away from me. The old country remedy for lost/pulled tooth pain in my family is to steep a tea bag and put it on the sore spot for a few minutes. It stings at first but does numb the pain quickly.
Xox
Not to bad, the soluble paracetamol is keeping things under control.
Is that what the kids are calling it now a days?
Just reading that GoFundME has issued a policy to keep people like our least favorite KY Court Clerk from reaping financial benefit from hateful or criminal actions.
I hope this is true.
I’d think they would have to since it was actually a criminal act?
Yeh. Some claim she scores the “double elimination” because she was also involved in “discriminatory acts”.
Still, I’m sure Faux News will give her, her own show.
CP: Personal Jesus — Mindless Self Indulgence
Yeah y’are!
Looking forward to this album. 🙂
CW: Last Passenger
A thriller set on a train.
The set that is the train carriage seems a bit old fashioned for a film set in the 21st century.
Why has DJ Utopia not come out with a new Friday Night Dance Mix ?
CW: pawn stars watching people get fleeced out of their family heirlooms
We’ve decided the Lego Movie is the best option for the evening
I think you will find that EVERYTHING IS AWSOME!!!!
Darkness. No parents…..
Nice. Lego is a beautiful thing
..and you’ve just blown your cover.
..or you should have used a better box.
CW: Addicted to Fresno
I went with “Sum of All Fears” tonight.
Am left wondering if this picture has taken the award for highest “body count”.
That honor used to belong to “Die Hard 2”
So if we see a football stadium packed full of people, then see a nuke under it, then see a mushroom cloud from outside of town, then here someone report that there is nothing left for a half mile around it … Doesn’t count.
Yet in the Die hard movie the count all the passengers on a plane that crashes even if we did not see those people themselves on screen when they died.
I question the methodology of http://moviebodycounts.com/
well the Earth was destroyed in Hitchikers TV and film (and radio and book)’so that’s quite a few billion.
Didn’t The Master destroy a whole bunch of solar systems back in the old days of Doctor Who?
If I’m remembering that wrong, then it’s down to a population ccomparison between Alderaan and Earth.
I have a feeling September is going to be ‘sort through all the random stuff I was forced to move in the process of cleaning my apartment’ month. I know it will feel good to not have some of this stuff hanging around anymore. 🙂
Hard objects in pillows, what is the world coming too:
I have a scar at one eyebrow from when I was little. A kid had a soup can in one of those over-long touque and hit me in the face with it when we were in the school yard
People at your school were walking around with home made weapons and attacking each other in the yard? Did you go to school in a prison?
The disembodied voice of JJ on the latest Escape Pod.
HA!
I am everywhere-ish.
???
It was the 500th episode and listeners had been asked to ‘phone in’, one of them played was from JJ.
Crap joke for the day:
A friend to another, “what are the names of your dogs?”The she responded that one was named Rolex and the other Timex.Her friend said, “Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like that?”
“HellOOOooo,” answered the blonde. “They’re watch dogs.”
Chris Hemsworth take note: this is the true Thor. I don’t recall the video being b&w, though. It’s a shame we can’t re-experience it in glorious full color. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1MrpMjop9Q
By the way: this is not satire. I remember this from my childhood. And to be fair, we found it ridiculous and terrible, even in 1984.
Holy wow!
Okay, I’m finally watching John Wick
Is he the Wicker man?
cp: witcher 3 and mgs 5. I seem to be spending a lot of time riding horses in both games but switching from an AK47 to a dwarven battle axe.
I almost never rode my horse in Witcher 3. However, I did find it amusing when I went to an island without him and, after a cut scene, he was suddenly on the island next to me.
Crap joke for the day:
A man boarded an airplane and took his seat. As he settled in, he glanced Up and saw the most beautiful woman boarding the plane. He soon realized She was heading straight towards his seat. As fate would have it, she took The seat right beside his. Eager to strike up a conversation he blurted out, “Business trip or pleasure?”
She turned, smiled and said, “Business. I’m going to the Annual Nymphomaniacs of America Convention in Boston.”
He swallowed hard. Here was the most gorgeous woman he had ever seen Sitting next to him, and she was going to a meeting of nymphomaniacs!
Struggling to maintain his composure, he calmly asked, “What’s your Business at this convention?”
“Lecturer,” she responded. “I use information that I have learned from my Personal experiences to debunk some of the popular myths about sexuality.”
“Really?” he said. “And what kind of myths are there?”
“Well,” she explained, “one popular myth is that African-American men are The most well-endowed of all men, when in fact it is the Native American Indian who is most likely to possess that trait. Another popular myth is That Frenchmen are the best lovers, when actually it is men of Mexican Descent who are the best. I have also discovered that the lover with Absolutely the best stamina is the Southern Redneck.”
Suddenly the woman became a little uncomfortable and blushed.. “I’m Sorry,” she said, “I shouldn’t really be discussing all of this with you. I don’t Even know your name.”
“Tonto,” the man said, “Tonto Gonzales, but my friends call me Bubba”.
Well Pan, off to see American Ultra at the flicks.
Which was fun enough in a gory kind for way.
Just a pity most of the best sequences were include in the trailer.
Speaking of Wicker Man, the new Iron Maiden double album is out! Anyone heard it yet?
No.
Its on my to-hear list for sure
Not yet, but soon.
Van, they’re your country’s greatest ambassadors! It’s unpatriotic for you to reject Iron Maiden!
Did you see “Ed Force One” is a 747 now? Someone should clue these guys in that they just aren’t popular anymore.
Is today a holiday? Yes
Am I doing a bit of work? Yes
*sigh*
I’m with you working on the holiday. I had to travel to Roswell, NM to work on Friday and Tuesday. That leaves me in middle of the desert, NM for 3 days with nothing specific to do. I went to a beer fest in Albuquerque on Saturday and the Carlsbad Caverns yesterday. That about taps out things to do. So I’m working today and work is letting me take the holiday some other time.
Day off and I didn’t do any work.5
I wouldn’t wish that state on anyone.
Would Breaking Bad have been as good if set in Montana?
So many good ones. I’d have trouble picking a favorite.
I do remember this one though Van. Just the other day I was trying to describe the basic idea to someone.
It’s been so long since I had head it, I couldn’t remember which podcast it had been on.
80…sheezuz. Life full of win. Love the Specials. I need to re-examine their catalog
I do applaud his long successful life. The Specials were that cool, unusual band my Irish friend was into, back in the day. . . when ska was a genre, not a brand.
oh my, fuck yes. It may be small, but hopefully sturdy
A pub’s closing and a totally plastered customer struggles to get to the door, then to walk home, despite only living a few hundred yards from there. He literally crawls on the pavement all the way back home, drags himself up the stairs and eventually reaches his bed after two hours. He wakes up the next morning, and his wife tells him:
“You were really drunk last night weren’t you?”
“Yeah, why? How do you know?”
“You left your wheelchair at the pub.”
Yesterday I pulled my hair back in a ponytail and told hubby I could take scissors and simply cut off my ponytail and my hair would be amazing. He wasn’t convinced and asked me not to do it. He obviously doesn’t watch the same movies and tv I do.
C-3P0 would report much better odds of survival in that asteroid field!
crap joke –
A guy comes home from work to find his wife packing her bags. “Where are you going”, he asks.
“I’m going to Vegas. I found out I can get paid $500 there, for things I do with you for free.”, she replied.
A few minutes later the husband starts packing.” And what do you think you are doing?”, the wife asks.
His reply? “I’m going to Vegas too. I want to see how you are going to live on $1000 a year!”
Now to start on everything else I put on the back burner while I was getting year end together :ermm:
(Who wants to tell her there are actually still 3 months left til year end?)
😆
CW: Dr Foster E1
A woman goes OTT when she discovers a blond hair on her husband’s scarf.
Off Topic, Totally?
over the table?
It’s the plot synopsis.
On the town?
Over The Top.
Oh, I thought it was Old Tyme Tyrannosaur.
In Ottawa.
I’ve been dying to say that it seems like Batman’s upper body keeps getting wider and wider through the years, but it seems like it peaked in 2008 and has been back on the decline.
I could understand a corset. And I’ve seen the super wide shoulder style use for both Batman and Superman. But, I’m seeing more and more like the second one from the left here where his body style comes to resemble something on the order of a tank.
Was this the Alchemy game? I tried to click your link, but apparently the evil word “game” appears somewhere on the page.
Last night we tried the new Orville Redenbacher popcorn chips. We tried both butter flavour and BBQ. Both were terrible. We shan’t be doing that again.
Hubby and I have talked about “cutting the cord”. We have decided the only thing standing in the way of getting rid of cable is the BPL and F1 races he watches. If we can find a way to watch those, time shifted not live, I’m sure we could cut our cable bill in half.
It’s rather strange reading the DP negative comments about cable. Over here if you want high internet speeds cable is usually the better option (if you live in a supported area).
My negative is about Cable tv viewing. We’re still attached to the local cable company for our internet connection.
Same
Same but soon to be switching to Verizon
That’s the same here. Even if we shut off cable tv, we’d still use the cable company for our internet.
Cord cut 4 years ago. Havent looked back
It’s Friday. That means it’s now time to clean the washroom.
*sigh*
Soulier, had to move gaming to Sunday didn’t you? 😉 Now we have an empty day that another friend wants to fill up with their time. That’s two days in a row we will be people-filled. *sigh* Having all these games is not necessarily a good thing :cth:
My washroom is nice and clean. Now, nobody use it and it won’t get dirty again. :silly:
Do you remember when emoji’s were called emoticons? Why did that change? :face:
Blame the Japanese. ‘ji’ means character, so it was their translation of emoticon. Emoji caught on with the rest of the world since it means the same thing but is easier to say.
Well, at least we don’t blame Canada :whistle:
I blame Japanese Canadians.
:alien:
I’ve always considered emoticons to be asci character based. Emojis are these new fangled graphical elements.
Back in my day, you had to tilt your head to see if the person you were talking to was happy or sad.
Get off your lawn?
Can you tell I’m trying real hard to avoid my work? :ninja:
Washroom cleaned, work done for the day. One advantage of being at your desk by 6am is you are done your work early. I now have most of the day to enjoy myself. :angel:
Only two episodes left of Narcos to watch, enjoying the series so far and the theme music is great:
I’ve been through most of these. It’s a little odd hearing Conan’s words spoken by a geeky-sounding narrator, but the guy gets 1000 points for doing the time and getting these readings done. Robert E. Howard was a man of his time, but also pretty underrated as a writer. Some real classics here:
Kreg Steppe pointed this out: a Nerdist article leading to a site of audiobooks for 80s movie novelizations.
Van, they have Bladerunner!
Ack!!!
I have a dream…
Was every single f#%^ing one of them written by Alan Dean Foster?
baa!
The Strain-eeek!
Morning Pan
Hubby is off to work. I plan to do some grocery shopping later this morning. Let’s see if he remembered to put what he needed on my list.
Off to the store. Then I need to hem a pair of hubby’s pants. I’m being very wifey today, what’s that about?
There’s probably a blues song about that.
RIP Moses Malone
I admit, I had to look him up. I don’t know basketball stars that well. Still, sixty is pretty young now a days.
Way too young. 🙁
The girl overseeing the self checkout mush have been bored. As I’m scanning in my groceries, she proceeded to tell be all about her gull bladder surgery last week. Even after I was done, paid, and loaded my groceries she continued talking to me about it so I couln’t (politely) leave when I was ready. It was very strange.
What gall she had!
I’m fine with chatting. It’s just usually inane stuff about the weather, and stuff like that. I think having a discussion on your gull bladder surgery is a little personal for someone you don’t know standing at the checkout.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, no!
Oh I get what you did….
*sigh* I didn’t until second read. I blame the rain.
I’m sidelined at home this morning while the A/C gets fixed. (Its only 98 degrees)
My morning coffee buddy is #Oreo. She is joining me in the living room, as we don’t want a half-baked #Oreo in Sophie’s room. We are watching The Price Is Right.
Pandora is actually only watching #Oreo.
:-/
Not that I really mind having attractive young women strike up conversations with me. . . but it seems to happen every time I wear my Doctor Who t-shirts out in public.
It always leads to them saying, “Who’s your favorite Doctor?”
“Um, Peter Davidson. . . Yes, the dad of the wife of your favorite Doctor. . . Yes, from the 80s. Yes, way before you were born. Yes, I should have just said David Tennant.”
To be clear: I have no delusions or even secret hopes that these girls want to talk about anything other than Doctor Who. Come on now.
Tom Baker you whippersnapper!
Boy, do I have a surprise waiting for you when you get home tonight. . .
I’m sorry but Peter Davidson was my favourite of the original batch of Doctors. However, Tom Baker is hubby’s.
Earthshock (a PD story) was one of my favs of the old Who.
Adric dying was the cherry on the cake.
I better not forget my sonic screwdriver.
Maybe DP has knitted you a scarf…
I love you Jack, but I’m not sure I love you a Doctor Who scarf worth
It’s still dark out. There should be a rule you don’t have to get up when it’s still dark if you don’t want to.
Gooood Morning!
*waves hello to Pixie*
Off for brunch with friends. :happy:
Question for the tumbleweeds (kind of a sprawling question, so I’ll keep it simple):
Does anyone still geek out over music? Does anyone get possessed by individual songs? Are those days gone, or did they only ever really exist for music geeks?
Is the contemporary music appreciation experience more like:
“I like this artist/DJ/sound/genre/album/radio station/Pandora station?”
I think it exists for everyone up to a point in time in your life – be it age, life happenings, etc. Then after that I think its only for music geeks. I know I have so many friends that thru jr high and high school we couldn’t get enough of certain groups, albums, songs, concerts… but that group has REALLY dwindled to maybe one or two of us that still feel the same way. So I cant speak for others or other generations but I still listen to my music in artist clumps, in whole albums… its rare that I put my music on shuffle or listen to a pandora type station. To be blunt – its who Im dorking out on at the time that gets put into rotation.
Hubby still geeks out over music (O.M.G. the new Iron Maiden album just came out!!!). He will often take an evening and listen to music just by one artist. I’m more of a shuffler.
Yeah, that Public Service Broadcasting album was the last one and that Go! track got loads of plays from me.
I still geek out about specific songs or artists, but I know I’m a music enthusiast and not afraid to share. Not to mention, I have a wide variety of artists I like so you can’t pin down a specific genre that fits me (my Pandora shuffle is a huge mess, but it makes sense to me). I think a lot of people try to relate to others or to blend in by sharing their favorite station or genre as time goes on. It’s safer sometimes. I just experienced this today with a movie choice (“Oh, you’re a horror enthusiast.” “Um, not really.”)
Of course, I’ve had to do the “If you like this artist, you might also like….” thing in a previous job
Like most things, on this I go both ways. I have times when I just obsess over one band or one bands albums for weeks (Tegan and Sara, Sleater-Kinney, Cortnie Barnett) and times when I create a huge playlist and shuffle for weeks.
And a tumble weed will answer…
I’d bet there are smaller circles of young people who still geek out about a song. My take would be that the sheer volume of entertainment options be that music, games, movies and stories has diluted the singular attention music used to get. And music geekdom seems to only come to fruition when a person is a young enough that the music they listen to is a unique experience, but old enough to appreciate the experience. Basically there’s a short window of time a person can get hooked, but there’s a lot of things competing for their attention.
Yeah, I was going to also ask if it’s more of a young person’s game. . . when you have time and room in your head to obsess over something like a song – – and as Rhett said, when your database of songs is much smaller; i.e., when a song can sound unique to you and not sorta similar to 100 others.
Me: I do geek over artists, but I do also geek over songs, and even moments in songs. I rarely Pandora, and when I do, it’s a mining expedition to discover new gems.
Pandora is my alarm on my phone. Alarm and sleep function are what I use them for the most.
Today I woke up to Weird Al’s “Tacky”
The hierarchy could go something like:
-I like Heavy Metal.
-I like classic New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
-Iron Maiden! Up the Irons!
-I love their “Killers” album!
-OMG, the obscure song, “Prodigal Son” on side 2 is so good!
-OMG, that part of the “Prodigal Son” guitar solo where you hear Dave Murray’s guitar pick create that harmonic noise on the string!
As an aside my 17 year old son is starting to show an interest in music and has told me his favorite bands right now are Linkin Park and early Metallica. There’s talk amongst his peers that the 80’s was the last great decade for music.
That’s fun cause among my daughters peers its the early 90’s that was the greatest. Shes 4 years younger than your son. Its interesting isnt it! Course I suppose the age of the parents can be a guiding factor too. Cough
Jungle Book – 1893, Sherlock Holmes – 1887, Peter Pan – 1911, Marry Poppins – 1934… Can we please stop remaking things this old? Next thing you know we’ll be making an endless stream of movies and TV shows based on comic book characters dating back to the 1930s… hmmmm. Now I’m even more depressed.
Captain Caveman laughs and hits you with a club,
Wouldn’t he tear of Grendel’s arm and beat you with it?
Only if he hasn’t had a cup of coffee.
The movie “the breakfast club” defined a generation. Has there been any equivalent movie to define generations since?
Do you mean Breakfast Club perfectly reflected the 80s? Or that it was a huge influence on kids and culture?
Excellent question. I’d pose the film Slacker either way for the 90’s generation. Near perfect.
Funny, Slacker was the first movie that came to mind for the 90s. Singles would probably be the second.
Oh Singles is a good one. That was definitely inspired my the generation while Slacker inspired a generation. Great films
I didn’t know anyone who was inspired by Slackers, but a lot of those people were very familiar. Singles was also a perfect mirror of 90s culture.
I hate to say it, but Clueless and Heathers also accurately satired some pieces of the 90s.
Jack Mangan, I guess I was thinking that it was reflecting the stereotypes of high school at the time. I haven’t seen Slacker- putting that on the list!
My son is 26. He would likely claim Donnie Darko for his generation.
I’m interested in The Bastard Executioner because I love Kurt Sutter so much. Will probably spring for the iTunes subscription.
Not in to medieval dramas so probably going to give it a miss.
Oh an FX region blocking the TV series website, it’s 21st Century!!!!!!
Why are people douchebags?! By people, I mean journalists. By journalists, I mean Fem-Nazis. By Fem-Nazis, I mean the jackasses of The View.
I can’t even believe the ignorance that poured out of the co-hosts, specifically Michelle Collins and Joy Behar, when they were mocking and criticizing and degrading the contestants of the Miss America pageant. What assholes.
What stupid, insignificant, unrelated blue, poser bitches. I’m disgusted by their tone, lack of compassion, and plain cattiness.
I can’t even say more right now. I’m flabbergasted that none of those women have a nurse in their circle of friends or family.
And imo, no apology from these hags will fix this.
*mic drop*
Pixie, RN out.
Femi-nazi?
Yes. I call these women Fem-Nazis. The View has always prided itself on having their hosts be a reflection of the current, modern American Independent Woman. I was a loyal viewer when the show first began in the late 90’s. I was the young, independent, working, strong, opinionated American Woman. The array of hosts on the show reflects the spectrum of the American Woman with their strong views-whatever side of the coin they fall on.
So, for Michelle Collins to laugh and mock two young American Women just because they are contestants in a beauty pageant disgusts me. Not only does she belittle Miss Colorado’s profession – a Nurse, but she also made a comment about the contestant who played the violin. Yes, it is the Miss America pageant and yes, these women parade on stage for 2 hours and wear ridiculous clothing and bikinis, who cares. Our society made that. What IS good is to see 52 women who are college students, pursuing a career to better themselves, and they are physically fit, healthy, and have talents – such as playing an instrument, singing opera, have a passion to be a bedside nurse, want to be a teacher, etc.
The attitudes of Joy Behar and Michelle Collins during this segment just shows they are so far removed from real people, doing real jobs. It also tells me that most people have no understanding, or in Michelle Collins case, do not care about what it means to be a nurse. And Michelle Collins seemed to also belittle the Alzheimers patient in the nurse’s story. Alzheimers is such a globally devastating disease that we do not understand as a society – along the same vein as Mental Illness. It is taboo and causes a person to act wild or child-like, uncontrollable. They are exhausting to care for and to understand.
So fuck her.
So. . . after a quick skim of Google. . . it looks like Joy Behar and her famously ill-informed colleagues mocked Miss Colorado for wearing a stethoscope to talk about nursing during some pageant speech?
I see mental illness in this article more than any real malice.
If only this happened during her Star Trek heyday and her spectators were middle-aged men instead of children. Then it could have been a community service than a menace.
Doctor Who 3D viewing and sneak peek was good. I won’t give spoilers but I can’t wait for some reactions from this group.
I had no idea this was happening! It’s going on tonight here, but it’s a school night, and tickets for 4 would be $76(!!!!!!).
Late to the game, as usual, but I’ll chime in on the topic RE: Music Obsession
Admittedly, at this stage of my life, I’ve also collected a pretty good swath of music and have several playlists in my Itunes (yes, I’m a crotchety old fart who still runs around with his music collection on an iPod). I’ve got too much to hit everything regularly, though I do have a playlist made up of only tracks that I haven’t listened to in at least a year that I’ll put on to revisit the old favorites.
Probably the only artist that I still keep a regular interest in is Weird Al. And, at this point, I’m more likely to hear his parody version of a song than the original he’s based it from.
(yes, I’m a crotchety old fart who still runs around with his music collection on an iPod)
The fact that crotchety old farts are running around with iPods (rather than 8 tracks or cassettes) makes me feel old
The fact that kids are running around with vinyl just makes me confused
I’m a crotchety no-Fi iPod man too. I want to have my tunes with me during the road mutant years in the future, after the apocalypse cuts us off from the Cloud and wireless access to the Web.
Sadly, Apple sees us as obsolete.
Morning Pan
Just for the record, I have never seen The Breakfast Club.
Actually, I’ve never seen Slackers either
hmm, it occurs to me, I’ve also never seen an episode of The View. Except maybe the last 5 minutes of a few episodes at it’s on just before the news
Same here.
..and I don’t even know what ‘The View’ is.
Van, you’re better off that you don’t. It was a good concept when it began, but should have died at least five years ago.
Bunny, Slackers would make for a great PBP movie. If you recall our collaborative “9 Inch Smurfs” song, I pilfered a bit of Slackers dialogue for the bridge part.
You can tell school is in full swing. Hubby is starting back with late nights. Another lonely night for this Bunny.
John Oliver did a piece on Miss America last year. I recommend you look it up. Basically, Miss America claims they give out more money in scholarships than any other pageant or like programming. They discovered Miss America’s claims are correct. However, what they don’t tell you is Miss America only gives out an average of about $500 a year in scholarships (or something like that). Sad when you think about it.
I find nurses are a lot like teachers. no one really understands what you do, your under-appreciated and undervalued until someone actually needs your service.
It’s the same with people who play bass guitar, you only get noticed if you make a mistake.
😆
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Unlike bassists, though, nurses do get the hot groupies.
Interesting. I haven’t done any of the formal photo ops, but just about every celebrity I’ve met has been very gracious. If you want to chat, I think you have a better time at the meet and greet booths than the photo ones.
This is one of those rare case where the comments on the page enhance the conversation. I’m sure his experience is 100% true; I’ve just never been in the situation where I felt pressured to pay a huge amount for the privilege of 10 seconds in the presence of some celebrity.
To be fair most Non Welsh people would have a problem as well:
Justa- FYI I just got a season pass to S9 of Dr Who on iTunes for ~$23. If you buy make sure to get the SD version to save about $10
We don’t need no stinking HD!!!!!
Thanks for the update EssBee.
I have finally tracked down a provider who will give me BBCA
Bad news – won’t be installed until next Tuesday. 🙁
Good news – I have finagled an invite to a Dr. Who viewing party this Saturday night. 🙂
Well phone updated, just waiting for the iPad to update before bed.
In other good news.
I ran across 3 bottles of Barley Wine I made back in 2009 that was supposed to be ready in 2010.
I tried one last night. nom
However, I think it will be “ready” in another year. So now I must hide the remaining bottles from myself.
I recall when this occurred.
Well … okay, they didn’t tell anyone about it at the time but I do recall when it DID get reported in the paper.
As I recall it was not reported as front page news.
Interestingly enough … the US had it’s own scare. My father was an engineer working on the US’s radar defense system back then.
One January evening, just after midnight, the computer warning system lite up with an an unknown incoming object coming over the pole. Then another and another. It looked for all the world like a massive strike had been launched. Fortunately, the US defense system had many more people in the “Launch Chain” than the Soviets seem to have. As it turned out, the folks who wrote the object tracking and cataloguing software … had failed to put in code to account for “Leap Year”. They were seeing space objects they already knew about but they suddenly weren’t arriving at their “normal” times.
Want . to . play . a . game ?
Turn your key, sir.
I really dont know how this planet survived the Cold War
Just wait until President Trump and Putin get into a dick measuring contest.
“Incoming!”
Everybody die now.
I’ve just realized that I have been getting M. Night Shyamalan confused with Shia LaBeouf.
That moment, you realize you’re actually just one of Shia LaBeouf’s alternate personalities and everyone else on the Deadpan board is as well.
I see wrecked franchises.
Morning Pan
Busy day today.
Go Bunny go!!
Oh, oh, hubby’s in trouble. He decided my desk needed dusting the other day. Which is fine but I can’t find my flash drives.
Haven’t clicked yet – – will it be the Special Editions?
Oh Im sure. Theyre the easiest to procure.
Crap joke for the day:
A five-year-old boy was mowing his front lawn and drinking a beer. The preacher who lived across the street saw the beer and came over to harass the kid. …”Aren’t you a little young to be drinking, son?” he asked.
“That’s nothing,” the kid said after taking a swig of beer. “I got
laid when I was three.” …”What? How did that happen?” ..”I don’t remember. I was drunk.”
No coat for you. Straight to bed with no supper.
Deadpan is the motherfucking way
That was my first Siri post
She has a potty mouth.
CP: Grateful Ghost – Megan Henwood
I could grumble about latest changes at work but WTF I need to sleep.
I’ve been rooting the past couple of years for this guy to get a Cup win. He’s one of our best, one of the best ever, and – – a few dumb comments notwithstanding – – he’s not a scumbag. I hope he can get that championship before he’s done.
So I got the message loud and clear.
My use of FemNazi was not meant to be derogatory towards feminists
or liberals or any other group of people. It was used as slang out of emotion I felt for stupid comments made by stupid female journalists.
Just like when people use the words: Shit, Fuck, Asshole, etc.
My apologies to those who felt personally attacked or who felt I am the ignorant piece of shit here.
Somebody needs a hug and a purring kitty on her lap.
*hugs*
While it is generally a term used by the far right to put down strong women … or pretty much any woman who speaks up for herself and others (i.e. – doesn’t “know her place”) – I took into account who was using the term and therefore NEVER personally took it as being used in that vein.
*hugs*
Last post of the night from me is the most important, although the Solar System video is also a must:
Just over 2 weeks left to donate to Tony Mast’s Sausage Fest for Breast Cancer research!
I couldn’t remember if I donated yet this year so I did it just in case.
Thanks for the pimpage! I just noticed this.
Thanks for the donation, Bunny!
Morning Pan!
I have a tiring next couple of days. Around lunch I get my boss and we drive up to Edmonton (approx 3 hr. drive). We go to the Alberta Publishers awards dinner. Then, first thing in the morning I drive home. I plan to be home for lunch as we have company coming over later in the day for gaming.
I’m already tired.
Going to try and make some “Wibledy Wobledy,Timey Wimey Jello Shooters” for tomorrow nights Dr. Who premiere party.
Now, how to put clock faces on Jello?
There’s always room for Jell-O if it’s bigger on the inside.
It may be drunker on the inside.
The Western Canadian Music Awards are this weekend.
How can an educational text that’s supposed to be a factual account of real events be “not patriotic enough?”
Ask North Korea…
It’s sad, but I know that education has been watered down for some time. It takes special teachers and students to get to the why. I know that we found it odd that we spent 2 days in US history on Harvey Milk, but my teacher didn’t say a word. He just showed us a documentary (pre the Sean Penn movie)and then told us he was available for questions after class. Not the same as “Manifest Destiny” but along the same lines as “Okay, this happened. Let’s dig for more info.”
You know the 14 year old that was arrested because the school administration freaked and thought his clock was a bomb?
I just read something that makes you wonder what their real motivation was.
Consider the following –
They didn’t evacuate the school, like you do when there’s a bomb.
They didn’t call a bomb squad – like you do when there’s a bomb.
They didn’t get as far away from him as possible, like you do when there’s a bomb.
Instead they put him and the clock in an office: not like you do when there’s a bomb
Then they waited with him for the police to arrive, and then they put the clock in the same car as the police.
Then they took pictures of it.
Did they really think it was a bomb? Or did they just think they needed to send a message to a Muslim.
The fallacy with that is that it’s applying logic and rational procedure to illogical, irrational people.
The more I see of this story and the pictures of the device…the less sympathetic I find myself feeling for this kid. I really want to avoid having to reach for the tinfoil hat. About the best I can say for him is he had incredibly poor judgement.
He showed it to his science teacher that morning and HE examined it and new what it was (and wasn’t).
This all could have been avoided if they had simply ASKED the kid what it was and why he had it at school and then talk to the science teacher he had shown it to that morning (and who had examined it and NEW exactly what and why). Instead they went directly for the police?
Why?
SO now they are saying they knew it wasn’t a bomb and are suspending him for a “bomb hoax”. Forget that they were the ones who cried “bomb” and not him.
*sigh*
ALL that aside – here is a post on that revelation that still makes me laugh:
“A fake bomb WITHOUT fake explosives or a fake detonator. Just a timing circuit with an LED display.
By that reasoning, he was just a fake Delorean away from making a fake time machine.
Great Scott, Marty, this Muslim kid is trying to take us…
BACK TO THE FUTURE!”
Now in Edmonton. It’s not that exciting
Were we expected to think Edmonton would be exciting?
Of course these things are built for debate and disagreement.
Some good choices but I would put. ‘Pyramids of Mars’ on top.
The horrible 90s Eric Roberts TV special is rated suitably low, but the egg moon one was right down there with it, which is bollocks.
Are you really going to gripe about goofy faux science in a Doctor Who episode?
Well after watching the first episode of the new Who series:
Dear Mr Moffat, don’t be like Asimov, the Who verse doesn’t need retrofitting every fucking villain and the kitchen sink.
That is all.
Retrocon not retro fitting
Apparently, my hair deserves a better car that what I drive now…
?
For the benefit of the Facebookless:
Got to spend the day at EJ’s school volunteering as a WatchDOG. Spent most of the day helping in EJ’s class. Toward the end of the day, a couple of the kids were trying to figure out what kind of car I drive.
After a few reasonable guesses that weren’t correct, they went with a Lamborghini or a Ferrari. I asked if they thought I looked I could afford one of those.
One of them replied “With that hair, YES!”
I’m not quite sure how I should feel about that one…
I picked it up. I’m sure I’ll get around to it… eventually.
So I tempted fate today and upgraded my laptop to Windows 10. So far no major issues, although I still need to track down some drivers.
I’m good for about 2 hours on the interstate.
Got and old version of MAME working in Windows 10, played some Shinobi and Super Sprint..woot!
-n
It is with a heavy heart that Ii must announce the cancellation of Stranger Danger hockey this year. We lost 80% of the players including the commissioner due to life fuckery. We hope to have it back up and running next year.
I responded to this on FB (shame on me) – – I’d be up for doing a different league with managers from around the Pan.
What Jack Said
Well today I rescued President Ronnie and got to see the end screen on Bad Dudes vs the Dragonninja.
I only ever played Bad Dudes off of a 5 1/4″ floppy on my first PC, on my dazzling monochrome green monitor.
I never did get to President Ronnie. Or likely even beyond the first level.
So it turns out that Inuits are genetically adapted to process saturated fat without clogging up the arteries.
So all those Omega 3 supplements are probably a waste of time…unless you are an Inuit.
Which considering their diet would be a case of taking coal to Newcastle.
+s
Hey folks, tune in at 9pm Pacific time and cheer me on at the western Canadian music awards! I’m up for best electronic album of the year. http://m.ustream.tv/channel/GxUg6BJCgVe
Fingers crossed! Congrats again on the nod!
Can do
Love me hanging out with some Cattarins!
name dropper!
Say what??
It was great to see you again, even though the time was too short. 🙂
So I hadn’t watched the first Star Trek movie since the 80s (?). This would have been a great Palooza film.
It’s really a decent film – – just slower than slow.
There was a lot of visualizing mens’ “junk” in this movie, thanks to the crewmembers wearing Longjons as their Starfleet uniforms…
Tragic story about the actress who played Lt. Ilia. 🙁
Even at the time I enjoyed the first ST film.
Of course it also one of the few films I saw with my Dad at the cinema..so memories.
Hey panties,
I have created a new fantasy hockey league with Mr. Mangan’s wise input. Join our league
! We need 8 more teams. Jack and I are on separate teams this season.
LMK if you want the link. I have already emailed it out to Ryah, Ditto, Lo, and Lo’s friend, Nick.
Joined!
Morning Pan
I have 31 emails this morning. Seriously, I closed my computer down about 6pm last night. Why did I get 31 emails on a Sunday night.
I guess I better do my hockey homework before this weekend.
Wait, draft is this Sunday at 3pm my time? I’m not sure if I can make it. Soulier is coming over for gaming. Will have to see what’s planned.
No worries- draft day n time can be changed. I just had to pick something.
Send me your top 2 time slots, including date.
I would go with Saturday any time, or earlier on Sunday. Of course, if Soulier does join our pool than it will be moot as he can join the draft when he’s over. I don’t think he’ back from BC until tomorrow so we can poke him then.
I’ll shall make contented sigh in my ignorance of what you are going on about.
Hockey pool. Want to join, Van? 😆
Damn Americans!
I was reading something this morning. In it was this: EZEP. It took me three tries before it made sense simply because we say Zed, not Zee. :silly:
Us too!
Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.
Fun fact. “Zee” actually came out of England from Thomas Lye’s ‘Lye’s New Spelling Book’ in 1677. To be fair it was Noah Webster who made it “official” here but that wasnt until 1800. So as per usual before you damn us, look to make sure our poppa didnt do it first. Nyeh!
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”
Yeah but the present is just a different version of said country.
No wait…
I don’t wear suits.
Thought it best get that out in the open early.
Bet you would if I asked properly
Nope, too constricting, I start to panic.
What about a nice blouse and skirt?
… again, if Lo Pan asked nicely.
I’m not Scottish!!!!!!!!
Y’ar if I say y’ar
Not a bloody pirate either!
Robe perhaps?
Poor Van
He’s just a paper doll for the rest of us Panites. 😉
Ack! flashback to what my sisters used to play with.
I’ll get your coat.
Yarr! I was too busy on Talk Like a Pirate Day to post here. Went to work, then helped my friends install flooring in their house. It was a good day.
I’m posting here now because I just ran across this question in the textbook I’m reading:
“Short notes placed in different parts of a program explaining how those parts of the program work are called _______.
a. comments
b. reference manuals
c. tutorials
d. external documentation”
I mentally replaced “comments” with “nipples” and “Ernest Borgnines” and giggled. 🙂
Short notes placed in different parts of a program are the mother f-ing way.
Jackal by Konami (one of my fav arcades) and Atari’s Star Wars.
The former plays great with Xbox controller that latter does not.
But those vectors still look cool.
Vector Star Wars and vector Empire Strikes Back are about as good as arcade games can get.
Ok, for those interested in WW2, go on YouTube and search ‘The Secret War’ .
Look for 7 part series from the BBC, some good stuff covered and people who had served at the time.
OH YES
I knew you would.
I should have added from 1977.
That part kind of concerns me ( the age of the show) but it in itself is a nice historic piece of the times
Some of the enigma stuff was still classified at the time, but other episodes should still hold up.
But bloody hell this was the show (episode 4 in particular) that got me interested in German ww2 tech.
I will look!!
Crap joke for the day:
This 6’6″ guy kept staring at me in the pub last night.
After about half an hour i’d had enough so went up to him and said,
“If you keep staring at me mate, you’ll be spending the night in a&e”
“I’d like to see you fucking try.” He said.
So i stabbed his missus.
In all my years of playing in bands and with friends, tonight was the first time I’d ever played “Misty” with another musician. I feel like I’ve earned a long overdue merit badge.
SO from here on out I can ask you to play Misty for me?
Bunny boiler!!!
Seriously, who would ever hire a guy with a gravelly, whispery voice like Clint Eastwood to be a DJ?
Well off to see Everest at the flicks.
After ‘The Imimitation Game’ farce I’m not going to look up the true story that Everest is based on. I enjoyed the film.
Been away for a while. It will take some time to catch up on a bunch of things.
Morning Pan
There’s this bunny who likes to sit near in our front yard in the mornings. Once again, he was there to greet me when I opened the curtains. :cheerful:
Poor bunny, every morning the disappointment of finding out you aren’t actually a rabbit.
:biggrin:
I’m not sure I’ll be able to join the hockey pool. Life and work schedule are insane right now, and I’m forced to cut a lot of my fun time just to get stuff done. Keep me posted, and I’ll see what I can do, but I’m not making any promises right now.
Awww. Hope life gets better, ditto. *hugs*
Thanks. I don’t think it will change any time soon. 🙁
Jack said:
“So I hadn’t watched the first Star Trek movie since the 80s (?). This would have been a great Palooza film.
It’s really a decent film – – just slower than slow.”
I currently have, on one of my portable hard drives, at least 2 hours’ worth of unedited audio recordings of me and some of my local friends talking about movies. They are the earliest beginnings of a podcast (if I can ever make time to sit down and edit it). I will probably need supplemental content, so I might like to take the Palooza format and run with it every once in a while, if the Deadpan is okay with that.
Go for it! I don’t think Jack has copyright the palooza 😉
My attorneys are prepared to take action if anyone ever discusses a film on a Podcast.
(I kid. It would be fantastic if you picked up the Palooza torch, Amy!)
Thank you so much, Jack! :happy:
Time to get supper going. Making chili so I want it to do its thing in the slow cooker.
We bought a box of Girl Guide cookies yesterday. Hubby then spent the evening gnawing on them. I asked if there will be any left for the weekend. He was honest in his answer of “no”. I then asked if I should make some cookies on Friday.
Now, to figure out what kind of cookies I should make.
There was a beetle of some kind crawling around in my kitchen sink. Now there is a beetle of some kind in the Calgary sewer system.
I’m not very nice when it comes to creepy crawlies.
Ringo deserves no better.
Now that’s failing the emission test. 🙂
Hey y’all! We have an active fantasy hockey league now- but we want more teams!!!
Ditto and LoPan and Soulier… Are you in??
If we’re short on people, I can see if hubby is interested. I’ll ask him when he gets home tonight.
Me and Nick will do it tonite. As far as draft goes, just let it autodraft for me. I probably cant make a draft.
Pretty sure Cynthia said she was also interested. Not sure if you sent her one or not
Cyhful!
*ahem*
Cynful!
Hey guys.
Since I haven’t done this yet, but did get in on the fantasy hockey league… so I was here anyway and figured… pimpage!
Sooooo Sausagefest is happening again.
If you are so inclined and have the ducats to spare…
The news people said it had something to do with it being leap year next year.
Science!
Or perhaps..
Horology!
RIP Yogi Berra. Baseball/pop culture icon. 90 is a fine time to go.
“Yogi, you want me to cut this pizza up into 8 slices?”
“No, I’m not hungry enough for 8 pieces. Cut it into 4.”
He was one-of-a-kind.
R.I.P.
Not impressed with first episode of the new Muppet TV series.
We have it on our DVR. Will probably watch it tonight.
OK, I’ll say it. . . the shrimp is funny. And that’s about it for post-Jim-Henson Muppets.
The human actors spoil it for me.
I’ll be the dissenter here. I liked the first episode of the new Muppet TV series. They are getting back to more adult oriented humor. Not that they original Muppet Show was super adult oriented, but they took a huge step up from Sesame Street. I think this is as close as we’ll get to a version of the Muppet Show that could happen now. I’m not crazy about “The Office” format, but it is just as much a part of current culture as the variety show format was part of the culture of the original show.
My comment is based on the Muppet movies and the previous attempt to reboot the show. I haven’t seen the new one.
I should also add: the 4D Muppet thing at Disney California Adventure is a blast.
Your bad taste joke of the day:
VW apologises for their cars spewing out noxious gases in the US.
They stated the cars were meant to go to Israel.
Cant say I did Nazi that coming.
Boo.
Ok, time to start the slow cooker again. Not sure how it came to be I’m using it two days in a row but *shrug* that’s the way life is when you live in a box, I guess.
Sweet. New Metric and Meg Myers! 😀
BOTH!
Separate or playing together?
If they ever played together I would emit so hard YOU would feel it
And David Gilmour and Dead Weather.
That Gilmore album intrigues me. Never been a Dead Weather fan tho I do love VV
I’m debating on weather or not to cut my hair short again. Hubby and I have had a week long discussion on this matter.
My inner feminist has told me to shut up.
I don’t even know what that means.
I think you rock both looks well! We definitely need before and after pictures, if you go for the chop.
CW: Gotham S2 E1
My suspension of disbelief is sorely tested by having a woman in the same prison as the proto-joker.
Ah it’s Arkham, sanity is restored.
Still I’m sure segregation by sex would be the norm in a mental institution.
I’m told that he and his wife are from different cities in the U.S. Toward the end, when she asked where he wanted to be buried, he said, “I don’t know. Surprise me.”
I have decided to make pinwheel cookies today. A play by play will be forthcoming once I’m ready to start.
The sky is a pretty shade of pink today.
Ok Deadpan! It’s cookie making time.
This recipe is made in sections so there will be brief breaks while he dough sets
First, I’m going to put butter and sugar in a bowl and mix them together
Next, we’ll add an egg to the mixture
Now it’s time for baking powder
And vanilla
I love the smell of vanilla
Flour time!
Some doh-head forgot to take her ring off befor she started using her hand to mix the dough
Now that this is throughly mixed, we decided the dough into two equal parts
Decided = divided
Now we are going to melt some chocolate in the microwave
The chocolate is taking its sweet time to melt
Now that the chocolate has melted, we will mix it into one of the halves of dough
Now we put our chocolate and vanilla balls of dough and put them in the fridge to firm up. While they are doing that, I’m going to clean the washroom.
Now that my washroom is nice and clean, it’s back to the cookies
First il going to take the vanilla dough and roll it out on a piece of parchment paper (the recipe calls for wax but my parchment paper has a bigger roll so I’m using that)
Then we take the chocolate dough and do the same thing
Then we take our chocolate dough and place it on top of the vanilla
Then we take the whole thing and roll it into a log
Now the dough has to firm up a bit, so the cookie dough log is put in the freezer while I clean the kitchen
There, that should be long enough
Now I’m going to take my log (yeah, yeah, I know) and cut it into cookies
There! Now I have a whole bunch of cookie screaming for mercy in the oven
In about ten minutes, I’ll have pinwheel cookies.
Soulier is coming over on Sunday so you will have to eat the vicariously through him
hmmm, I think I cut my cookies a little too thick. They just don’t seem up to my usual standards. 🙁
I’m still hungry.
Pinwheel cookies were a huge favorite of mine as a kid. My mom still makes them every year around Xmas time.
CP: Skinny — The Dollyrots
Thumbs up on The Muppets. I like the nods to the classic series and the writing on the 1st Ep. Trying not to spoil it for others *cough*
Also, really loving Scream Queens first ep. Especially the covers of 80s and 90s songs in the background.
I found it painfully unfunny.
WE thought it was cute enough. We’ll watch the next episode.
Yeah, I’ve heard mixed reviews. I’m passing on it just because I have no time to watch the stuff I know I like, let alone new shows.
It occurs to me I haven’t eaten yet today. Now to figure out what would make a good brunch.
Pinwheel cookies?
Nope. Decided to go for egg salad. Eggs are on the stove now.
I have been recruited to assist the OR Scheduling office for the hospital for the next month or so.
So now I sit on my butt and do data entry for 8 hrs a day. #highestpaidadminever
Well you certainly have less gore and more hardening of the arteries.
So I thought I would give audible a try with the 30 day trial.
For the trial I got ‘The Traitor Baru Comorant’ by Seth Dickinson.
It’s about young woman who wants to free her homeland from an Empire by becoming a top class agent for the empire.
The Empire mixes Victorian tech (sailing ships but with torpedos) and machvellian strategy and psychology.
Good stuff, oh and if you like Hollywood endings, give this one a pass.
Thanks for the review. I may have to check this one out.
Hubby listens to a lot of audio books. I tried it for a while but it didn’t fit with my lifestyle.
Yeah I find fitting audio books into my day rather difficult, so don’t think I’m going to be a big consumer, but going to do the three months at half price trial and probably quit after that.
But the book is worth checking out in paper or ebook forms.
Audiobooks can be great for a commute. As a cheapskate, I’ve done ok with Librivox, as noted in the comment above:
I completed this in the arcades as it’s relatively easy game.
I did not know that they used audio samples from Rambo and Conan for the screams and grunts.
Yeah, when you kill the big boss, he shouts, “Adriennnne!”
“Golden Axe is a war zone”
Look, it’s me.
*TAG*
You’re it.
No, You’re it.
*tag*
This has been your Drive by of the week.
Have you asassinated Steven Moffat yet?
I don’t want him dead. If we kill him, he won’t learn nothin’
I recall discussing Capaldi with you last year. . . We should talk again, now that I’ve actually seen his entire first season.
Overall, I like his Doctor quite a bit, and I liked most of his ssn 1 episodes. I think people sometimes forget just how nutrageous the show could sometimes go for Eccleston, Tennant, and Smith.
The choice of The Doctor isn’t my issue. I love Capaldi. So far, every actor given the role in the BBC series has embodied The Doctor, and that’s as it should be.
I hate the direction the stories have gone. Dumbed down retellings of fairy stories, mediocre retellings of better works by better writers, a lack of subtlety for his political points-of-view, and some seriously shitty writing (Yes, I’m looking at you Tyrannosaurus rex in London.)
Moffat has come close in several episodes to turning his speeding locomotive around and almost given me hope, only in the last few moments of the ep to fuck it up. The first ep this season; however, has left me wondering why I don’t just stop watching now and save myself the misery of another bad series, and it’s a two-parter. It should draw me in, not put me off.
So disgusted by Moffat’s whole run.
Yup. That’s why I completely quit after Matt’s first season.
No. I binge watched basically from Second season Tennant thru first season Smith. Now while I agree with your assertion there’s outrageous aspects to all seasons, Moffat somehow was so talented he turned fun outrageous into insipid and insulting.
i feel… strongly…about this
I actually agree with all of that, although I still did find myself more engaged and entertained by the best of last seasons than I ever recall being during Smith’s tenure. I’m cautiously hopeful for season 2.
I feel largely the same about pre-Moffat Who as well, though. We’re just in the midst re-watching the Tennant 2-parter with the Dalek invasion (where Davros comes back, and there’s the mad Dalek, and Rose is strutting around with a BFG rifle). Go and rewatch it too, if you can. That shit is bananas.
Well that’s something I wouldnt know cause I havent seen Capaldi. ALTHOUGH Ill ask you – could I skip the Smith seasons and go strait there?
Ok agreed!! However you hit the nail inadvertently on the head in your previous post when you said “…how nutrageous the show could sometimes…” SOMETIMES being the key word. That’s all I felt ALL THE TIME during Moffatt. I think that’s the key difference
While Tennant is my favorite Doctor since the reboot, two of my favorite episodes are during the Matt Smith era. Gaiman, who wrote one of those two, is scheduled on this season’s roster as well. I admit I have scoffed at times, but I am not ready to give up on the series.
I should go on record as saying that I LIKE “nutrageous”.
It is my favorite breakfast cereal.
I hope we didn’t already chase Lejon away with our Moffat-era Doctor Who talk. I do think he should choose between Sherlock Holmes and The Doctor. That, or turn over the next James Bond film to him as well. Give him control over England’s major pop heroes.
His penchant for the zany-beyond-belief showed up in the last Sherlock finale.
Holy SHIT that was him that wrote the last Sherlock series wasnt it? Fucking almost ruined that too
I thought he was the show runner on all the Cumberbatch Sherlock.
Yeah but he only had (from what I can see) head writing credits on last series
1. not chased off… not yet. Just tend not to be online as much anymore.
2. Moffat needs to stay show runner for Sherlock, but leave writing to his partner from the first two seasons.
3. Nutrageous can only get you so far in life, then you need to stop pissing off people and tell good stories.
4. Someone needs to fire Moffat. He can’t just keep hiding behind his 3 hugos anymore. He’s not bulletproof.
*Waves at Lejon*
Hey there!
#GABF?
Where all the beer loving half drunk people were milling about when we met in Denver last year.
Not # Green Alligators Biting Farmers?
Or # Greek Albinos Bring Flatulence?
Goosed Albatross Being Fierce
Great American Beer Festival
Ta.
No surprise, hubby and I picked up a new game. It’s called Star Realms. For those that play, think Dominion in space.
All I remember of her books is that woman who would chew her food then spit it in a bucket so as not to swallow the food.
It was totally residuals, and totally over the top but hubby and I enjoyed Furious 7
The Fast and the Residual.
Sigh. I meant ridiculous
Seriously, enough.
Cliff Burton was killed 29 years ago today. So let it be written.
Jack Burton, still going strong…
It’s all in the reflexes.
R.I.P. Cliff.
CW: Heroes Reborn E1
Why am I doing this? why?
..and Chucks the bad guy..fuck!!
You do love your spoilers don’t you? Yes I watched and in true Heroes fashion, nothing is always as it seems to be. I am on the fence about this. I will continue watching preparing to be disappointed.
Taking the kids to see The Visit (their request). A bunch of old people between us and the theater exits, to up the creep factor.
Side note: I can’t believe I’m giving this punk more of my money.
I second Vanamonde’s “meh.” We need to stop encouraging M. Night Shymana,ndwerworjw by buying movie tickets.
Still, the kids had fun with it, there were a couple of truly unsettling scenes, and it was solidly in the PG-13 range.
Still better than most of his previous films, which is not saying much.
Careful. Not all of his previous films
I said most, for me anything after Unbreakable.
Youll say what I SAY YOU SAID.
Also I still love Signs and Ill defend the first 2/3 of The Village to the hilt. After that, well everyone knows the story.
I agree with that too.
I believed for the first 2/3 of the Village that all of the bullshit was leading up to an amazing payoff. Yeah.
I acknowledge that Signs is a terrible Sci-Fi movie, but it’s a really wonderful story, with some great, memorable scenes. I’ll defend that as his last worthwhile flick.
And yes, The Visit is his best since then.
The problem with the Signs was the dumber than dishwater notion that the aliens were averse to water, it rather coloured my old attitude to the film.
Sometimes we have to learn to say no to our kids when it’s for their own good, or even for the betterment of mankind.
Soulier will also join the secret santa
This makes you sound like the KGB.
Soulier is no longer invited over. We played two round of Star Realms and he won them both :tongue:
We are currently listening to the new Iron Maiden (their 18 minute opus is currently playing), while waiting for our food to arrive
Playing board games stuff DJ Bunny.
Soulier, do you know Dan Mangan (no relation) personally?
… And he won the next game of Memoir 44.
We’re going to play Lords of Waterdeep next. Let’s see if he can make it a sweep
Lunar eclipse has begun, it hasn’t went red yet.
Too cloudy to see it here. Boo
For once it nice and clear here.
Strange that this is the first lunar eclipse I’ve witnessed.
Worth staying up for, but time for bed.
I won Lords of Waterdeep!
Woo hoo!
:happy:
Well Ticket booked to see ‘The Martian’ this week.
I promise there will no no mention that the dust storm is scientifically inaccurate..oooops.
Lol. Yeah, but I’m ok with that. 😀
Altered Images is playing on the TV and it’s not THAT song.
I’m going to add Claire Grogan to my list of retro crushes.
Oooh Texas is playing now, not my fav song but still.
The little bunny wasn’t in the front yard to greet me this morning 🙁
An app on phone took a disliking to iOS 9 and crashed the phone. After rebooting, phone wouldn’t connect to Internet or wifi. Several reboots later, still no connection.
Only when I uninstalled the app and rebooted did connectivity return.
Grrrr!
ditto! You saw that Lush is reuniting for at least one night. Here’s hoping for a new album. Hell if MBV can do it…
I saw! I saw! I hope they record the concert and release that along with the reissues! Such an under-appreciated band.
CP: Keep You On My Side — Chvrches
There’s water on Mars. No get yo ass to Mars!
Just got my tickets to see The Iron Giant: Signature Edition. 😀
YES!
Cumberbatch is my favorite Doctor.
Me too!!!!!!!!! Cause Matt Smith is my favorite Sherlock
🙂
The news said today is national drink a beer day in the US.
Even though I’m not American, I think I will still celebrate after work tonight
Dear Cynful
Re: Your hockey team name.
Once again, my mind went into the gutter. Care to join me?
Revelling in the muck
Bunny
Oh, it went through 3 changes before it landed on that name. I considered the gutter as an option.
(and yes, I knew what you really meant. That didn’t stop my mind from taking a left turn upon reaching its destination)
mmhmm, if there’s a double entendre, I probably will enjoy it. A triple one even more.
Next, you’ll be finding innuendo in a sonic screwdriver.
JF – City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett (audio book)
Not a great fantasy fan but this was bloody brilliant.
Some great world building, interesting characters and plot that rattles along.
Good stuff.
I agree. I quite enjoyed this book. Looking forward to the next one.
Hubby and I were discussing the food chain. According to him sharks eat bears. Bears eat wolves.
Have I mentioned how much I love my hubby?
Wolves eat carabo
Carabao eat rabbits. Rabbits eat gophers.
Oh, hubby, hubby, hubby
Are the gophers the bottom, then?
I drank what?
uhoh
Trying to get caught up on SHIELD before tomorrow.
Mockingbird!!!!!
I would have been doing that if I hadn’t been catching up on homework. Wrote my first Python program from scratch today. Some parts of the reading and studying were hard, but getting it to run correctly and submitting it were really gratifying. :happy: (Intro to Programming is mandatory for the AS program at my local community college.)
Cool Amy!
David Lee Roth. I see your name up in Vegas lights.
Wow. Van Halen in 2015. Wow.
I only have enough room in my life for a few crazy; DLR just threw me over my
limit tonight.
Eddie Van Halen’s updates to eruption are insane. David Lee Roth is insane.
This is doing the rounds on FB:
I was in England again a few weeks ago, mostly in small towns, but here’s some of what I learned:
* Almost everyone is very polite
* The food is generally outstanding
* There are no guns
* There are too many narrow stairs
* Everything is just a little bit different
* The pubs close too early
* Pubs are not bars, they are community living rooms.
* You’d better like peas, potatoes and sausage
* Refrigerators and washing machines are very small
* Everything is generally older, smaller and shorter
* There are very well behaved dogs everywhere
* People don’t seem to be afraid of their neighbors or the government
* Their paper money makes sense, the coins don’t
* Everyone has a washing machine but driers are rare
* The reason they drive on the left is because all their cars are built backwards
* Hot and cold water faucets. Remember them?
* Pants are called “trousers”, underwear are “pants” and sweaters are “jumpers”
* The bathroom light is a string hanging from the ceiling
* “Fanny” is a naughty word, as is “shag”
* All the signs are well designed with beautiful typography and written in full sentences with proper grammar.
* There’s no dress code
* Doors close by themselves, but they don’t always open
* They eat with their forks upside down
* English are as crazy about their gardens as Americans are about cars
* They don’t use facecloths or napkins
* The wall outlets all have switches, some don’t do anything.
* There are hardly any cops or police cars.
• There are 5,000 year old rocks still standing around. No one is sure why
* When you do see police they seem to be in male & female pairs and often smiling
* Black people are just people: they didn’t quite do slavery here
* Everything comes with chips, which are French fries. You put vinegar on them
* Cookies are “biscuits” and potato chips are “crisps”
* HP sauce is better then catsup
* Obama is considered a hero, Bush is considered an idiot.
* After fish and chips, curry is the most popular food
* The water controls in showers need detailed instructions
* Folks don’t always lock their bikes
* It’s completely normal to see people dressing different and speaking different languages
* Electronic devices work fine with just a plug adapter.
* Nearly everyone is better educated then we are
* If someone buys you a drink you must do the same.
* There are no guns
* Look right, walk left
* It’s not that hard to eat with the fork in your left hand with a little practice. If you don’t, everyone knows you’re an American
* Many of the roads are the size of our sidewalks
* There’s no AC.
* Instead of turning the heat up, you put on a jumper
* Gas is “petrol”, it costs about $7 a gallon and is sold by the liter
* If you speed on a motorway, you get a ticket. Always.
* You don’t have to tip, really!
* Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Cornwall really are different countries
* Everyone here has a passport, only 14% of Americans do.
* You pay the price marked on products because the taxes (VAT) are built in.
* Walking is the national pastime
* Their TV looks and sounds much better then ours
* They took the street signs down during WWII but haven’t put them all back up yet.
* Everyone enjoys a good joke
* There are no guns
* Dogs are very well behaved and welcome everywhere
* There are no window screens
* You can get on a bus and end up in Paris.
* Everyone knows more about our history then we do
* Radio is still a big deal. The BBC is quite good
* The newspapers can be awful
* Everything costs the same but our money is worth less so you have to add 50% to the price to figure what you’re paying
* Beer comes in large, completely filled, actual pint glasses and the closer the brewery the better the beer
* Butter and eggs aren’t refrigerated
* The beer isn’t warm, each style is served at the proper temperature
* Cider (alcoholic) is quite good.
* Excess cider consumption can be very painful.
* The universal greeting is “Cheers” (pronounced “cheeahz” unless you are from Cornwall, then it’s “chairz”)
* The money is easy to understand: 1-2-5-10-20-50 pence, then-£1-£2-£5-£10, etc bills. There are no quarters.
* Their cash makes ours look like Monopoly money.
* Cars don’t have bumper stickers
* Most doorknobs, buildings and tools are older than America
* By law, there are no crappy, old cars
* When the sign says something was built in 456, they didn’t lose the “1”
* BBC 4 is NPR
* Everything closes at 1700 (5pm)
* Very few people smoke
* You’re defined by your accent
* No one in Cornwall knows what a Cornish Game Hen is
* Soccer is a religion, religion is a sport
* Europeans dress better then the British, we dress worse
* The trains work: a three minute delay is regrettable
• Drinks don’t come with ice
* There are far fewer fat English people
* There are a lot of healthy old folks wandering around participating in life instead of hiding at home watching tv.
* If you’re over 60 and English, you get free bus, rail travel and tv.
* Displaying your political or religious affiliation is considered very bad taste
* Every pub has a pet drunk
* Their healthcare works, but they still bitch about it.
* Cake is one of the major food groups.
* Their coffee is mediocre but their tea is wonderful.
* There are still no guns
* Towel warmers!
How accurate is it, Van?
Some true, some generalities, some wishful thinking.
And a few out of date (the 1700 finishing time for example).
I have yet to visit your island, Van, but it did seem as if the author had some rose-tinted glasses.
Van owns an island?
He even has his own guards with tall, fuzzy hats.
Really, no napkins? How do guys with beards get by? Napkins are essential when there is all kinds of hair floating around your pie hole.
That one is wrong.
Morning Pan
Last night we finished Wayward Pines (leading to our strange discussion on the food chain). We very much enjoyed it.
Terrible pun from Twitter:
@ndmckeown: Interviewer – “So are you comfortable with performing the assassination in highland dress?”
We have a box set going out next week. I’ve never assembled a box set in eformat before so there is a bit of a learning curve. Since my boss wants to put out six of these suckers in the next year, I better learn how to spin.
Feel free to pimp here, if your bosses are ok with it. I’d like to know more about the boxed sets.
Sure Jack. It will be one of those $0.99 deL on Amazon. We are putting it together but only one story in it is our.
I know my boss is more excited for the one after as Charles deLint has agreed to put a book in it.
CP: Connection — Silversun Pickups
I got a letter from the government the other day
Opened it and read it, it said they were suckers
They wanted me for their army or whatever
Picture me givin’ a damn, I said, never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
About a brother like myself because I never did
I wasn’t with it but just that very minute
It occurred to me, the suckers had authority
Poem? Song? Booze addled ravings?
Tricky or Public Enemy?
yes.
I’m impressed, you guys! (or just old and stuck in the past). I love the PE version and recall when Tricky was the darling of the 90s, but I was unaware of his 2013 cover.
“… the rugged, bottom-heavy design of a U.K. plug makes it an almost scientifically perfect caltrop.”
I’ll remember that next time I’m part of a D & D campaign
It’s because they don’t use any napkins.
Refrigeration is the devil’s work.
AKA Thermodynamics. 😉
Morning Pan
Today we wrestle the box set to the ground and finish it off. My todo list is getting awfully long.
Well that conjures up a certain image.
No mud or hot oil involved 😉
So enjoyed ‘The Martian’.
Still haven’t forgiven Scott for Bladerunner.
Hubby informed me that he will be home late three days next week. Three Days! *sigh* I always see less of him in the first few months of the school year.
So it’s been 50 years since Thunderbirds first aired.
And 25 years since Thunderstruck first hit the airwaves
30 years since Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
7 years since Tropic Thunder.
PS. You NEVER go full Vanamonde…
so is anybody up to writing a haiku about your first kiss?
After we finished
She stared at me and said “ew!”
Why’s adults do this?
*Why’d
Is Why’d allowed?
Why wouldnt it be?
First time I’ve seen someone use it
In a haiku or ever?
Ever
Really? So not even like “Why’d you do that to me?” or “Why’d Bill put that where it didnt belong?”
Only written out as why do
Well I’ll just have to find a more eloquent way
Replace “why’d” with “wide”.
My question is why?
No, that doesn’t work.
Fine.
Furtive glance in backseat
Hug and he moved in closer
Asshole lied after
Redhead at Renfaire.
She flirted; I was clueless.
The ‘Free Kiss’ card worked.
(This haiku is fiction)
First kiss wasn’t great,
Because of her Funyuns breath,
– – Also her mustache.
Why are we doing this, Van?
Book competition
Twenty in hot tub
A late start for this Pannite
And, she was Irish
33 years since the edison twins
24 years since Edison’s Medicine
..yet the Model 3 is still a few years out.
Just paint it black.
Why’d you wanna do this?
Nope, your original is better.
The Tesla song??
Amen brother…
it’s flower day at work. a fundraiser where we can buy a flower for a fellow colleague, and the proceeds go to the united way. i want a whiskey day.
I would whole heartedly support that.
We have had pizza day and Ice Cream Social for United Way this week.
I just finished conditioning a Humidor, in which I set up a shot-glass of distilled water and humidor humidifier for 48 hours. I loaded up the box with 24 cigars, but had the shot-glass of water left over. I didn’t want to waste the water, so I poured a shot of Glenmorangie into it and drank it down. It was extra nice, since the cedar of the humidor parially leeched into the water. Added tasty hints to the whiskey.
and that’s all i have to say about that.
*Partially…
The humidor now contains 23 cigars, and actual humidifying equipment.
You would think combined USB3 and Gigabit ethernet PCie cards would be more common but you would be wrong.
On a more depressing note, a friend whose eyesight had been deteriorating and was diagnosed with cataracts , has been told it’s not cataracts and he needs more tests.
So fingers crossed.
*hugs* to you and your friend, Van
I do hope for the best.
CP: Next Generation of Space Exploration (Rosetta Launch) — Atanas Valkov feat. Professor David Southwood and Astronaut Alexander Gerst
Someone told me there were alternative ways to get sodium than eating salt.
I’ve just realised how wrong that was.
Doh!
Um… they are right. Plenty of things have sodium in them. For instance a potato naturally has something like a couple dozen milligrams of sodium in it.
Bah… next you’ll be trying to tell us that sodium is actually a metal that catches fire when it comes in contact with water!
And an egg has 70 mg of sodium in it
Umm no you need sodium chloride, sodium by itself would kill you.
Of course there is sodium bicarbonate and hydroxide.
I wish we as a society were ready to take steps toward solving this problem. But we’re not.
I really think we are. Its just a loud screaming (and well armed) minority with money holding us back. Makes no sense. Maybe thats just wishful thinking
Sheriff: “I will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act.”
BBC: Here is his name… here is a section of the article titled “Everything We Know about …”
Nice to know American journalism in not alone in giving a rat’s ass about anything but dragging in readers at any cost.
So many fuckwits in the UK who still think the British Empire was a good idea.
Well.. I mean it was if you were English at that time.
“England! What’s that behind your back?”
“Oh, its just India and a number of other countries…”
All right Deadpan, it’s time.
It’s been awhile so I’ll go over the rules.
The movie will most likely be terrible. Although, to be honest, I expect this one will be worse than most.
There will be spoilers. But most of this play by play will most likely not make much sense out of context.
Auto correct and typing errors will happen. Feel free to laugh at them.
Finally, you are allowed, nay encourage, to participate
Today’s movie is The Devil’s Hand
The PVR write up: terror overtakes a religious community when six young women, all born on the same day, begin disappearing as their 18th birthday draws near
Today’s play by play will have no theme, just a normal pbp
Oh. As an FYI, I just finished a giant slurpee so expect a few breaks as I feel the need
This movie is starting well. The warning said it had the three elements of a good bad movie
Wood burning pics
I don’t understand why the 18th birthday is important. Isn’t that a modern, arbitrary date of adulthood?
Hey, it’s Miles O’Brien
Six girls, all born on the same night
Wow. Our first body came early in this movie
Five girls swimming in the lake
… And one naked boy
Mouth to mouth
Don’t tell the elders about the naked boy
Look. It’s Alice’s door
Run!
That place needs a little work
Yeah, I knew that wouldn’t work
Yeah. They’re best friends
Don’t do it
What a bloody mess
Satan desires young flesh
Never go to the far side of the lake
We are living in a material world
Satan has been invited to New Bethleham
Time to get their rave on
He knows squat about astronomy
Vision time
And the body count keeps rising
Only sin can breach our walls
The last one standing will be the drama queen… Oh wait
We’ve been through this before
How did that get there?
She wields that axe like a pro
That’s just crazy talk
Break time! Back in a bit
I’m back!
Where was I…
Holding hand by the lakeside
Aw, her first kiss
Well, that was a strang reaction
Stand before the community!
That’s right. Blame the girls
She wasn’t very good at that
Wow. That was almost comical
Strip so I can look for signs of the devil
Naked butt!
I hope O’Brien kicks it soon. I really hate his character
I would want to be shunned if I lived there too
Stop!
Trevor is the sheriff’s sun
Mommy?
Beating
She’s got a wet head
Now she’s got wet lips
… And now she has wet nether regions
Forgive
Evil step-mom is leaving
Ruth?
Time for another vision
The eye of God sees you
Open the door!
Or maybe you shouldn’t have
Don’t run
Don’t trust people in hoods
See. What did I say?
The bells. The bells!
And another one bites the dust
She needs to be purified
Time for torches and pitchforks
Time for an exorcism
She bit his ear
25 minutes to midnight
Kill me
Wouldn’t really happen
she is the one
The prophesy. The prophesy!
And finally he bites it.
Movie is over.
Thoughts: this movie was actually better than I thought it would be. It is not the best either. I would put it in the middle of the pack
The Devil’s Hands are Billy Idol’s playthings.
At least, I think that’s how the old saying went.
Does Billy Idol have a glass hand?
Nick Cave has a red right hand
He does have Eyes Without a Face.
Bunny said:
“Soulier will also join the secret santa”
Awesome! Glad to hear. :happy:
Oh Agents of SHIELD…. fuck me am I glad youre back
HaZAAAH!
I didn’t get to watch the season opener until last night.
Two words –
Yoga pants
And, may I just say, Hellooooooo, Daisy
She hurts my everywheres.
What about Mae in her golf clothes?
Whelp I guess Ill buy Iron Maiden tix. I dont want them to be another band that I end up not seeing and regrettng
The upcoming tour will be in support of their new album. That should be a good concert to see, but you should be aware: they’ve begun doing “Best of the classic material” tours every few years. If you can only do one Maiden concert, then I’d recommend waiting for the next “Best of” one.
How many more do they have in them tho?
Barring disaster, I’m pretty confident they have at least 5 more road years in them.
But really, my true recommendation is to see them on both tours.
I actually fully support gun owners’ rights with sane restriction, but I really don’t want to hear about any fucking mass shooter’s inalienable right to bear arms.
In breaking news… my tub is collecting water. I have poured Draino into it. In an hour, we will give an update on how this clog turns out.
You will all be happy to know that my tub is no longer clogged. :silly:
CP: Rittaikidou — Hiroyuki Sawano
Jack, this is what I’ve been wrestling with for the last couple of weeks. While we put it together and are doing the promotion/sales, only one of the books in it was actually published by us.
I have never been more intuned or alligned with Pres. Obama, than I am right now with regards to his speech from last night. He said everything and he said it right.
HopeForChange
I don’t know how to say this without sounding like I am against some sort of stricter control on guns … I’m am not against that, although I have no clue as to what a work-able plan would be … THAT being said –
I feel like we are in a zombie apocalypse and everyone is arguing over whether or not we should be forced to wear Kevlar helmets to keep our brains from being eaten. Aren’t we as a country ignoring the real problem which is we are now surrounded by all these Zombies?
Yes – separating the nut bags, sociopaths, mentally ill and just plain criminals from guns would be a big help but that doesn’t do anything about the fact that we now have a critical mass of nut bags, sociopaths, mentally ill and just plain criminal people who want to KILL the rest of us.
Good luck getting congress to address THAT issue.
Find a way for zillionaires to profit off of mental health treatment.
How do we as a culture learn to collectively decide to take responsibility for our mentally ill, and find ways to reach them before they hurt themselves or others?
But yes, let’s disarm them.
New Electric Six is out. “Bitch, Don’t Let me Die.”
Great title, not a great album. In fact its probably one of the lowest quality IMO. HOWEVER, the song “When Cowboys File For Divorce” is an instant classic.
A dietitian was once addressing a large audience in Chicago.“The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks erode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. Vegetables can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?”
A 75-year-old man in the front row stood up and said, “Wedding cake.”
Morning Pan
I guess I better do some homework in preparation for today’s draft
We did have a dusting of snow last night. I think we shall stay warm and snug in the house today
In happier news, The Martian was really really really excellent.
Who’s auto drafting and who’s going to be there today?
I’m going to try to be there.
I just verified on Yahoo Sports our league page and the draft is set to begin at 4:30pm Arizona time, which is currently in Pacific Standard Time zone.
See you there, Bunny!
Depends on when I’m done with the festival, but I’m going to try to be there
If at first you don’t succeed, taking up skydiving. Was probably a bad idea.
Ok, I have food in me. I’ve started with the drink. I’m ready to draft!
I have my list of 10 players for each position. I also have NHL.com pulled up so I can check for players once everybody else has stolen the ones I want. 😉
I’ve also loaded Skype in case we want to curse each other.
I only just saw this. Sorry I missed your cursing!
To get J & I in the mood, we will be watching the NCAA’s newly inaugurated team- The Arizona Sun Devils, take of University of Arizona from the Coyotes Arena. Should be a fun game!
So yesterday I saw the date stamp on my Dell desktop that was the assembly date.
8th October 2007
So that’s officially the longest I’ve owned the same PC.
Next year I plan to replace mine. I will have had it for five years.
Just ordered a gigbit Ethernet card and uSB 3 PCIe card, so barring total failure should keep going for a while yet.
Seven years is the longest I’ve managed to eek out the life of one of my computers. I generally average around 4-5 years before hardware failures or performance problems really forces me to replace the system.
When I was working at the University of Colorado archives I had the honor of helping Scott Carpenter’s daughter, Kris, do a bit of research for the biography she was writing about her dad. It was the one time I actually got to rummage through CU’s Scott Carpenter collection and look at all of the raw film and photos he took during Aurora 7. Pretty rad stuff
I have also apparently been too sheltered. That was a good one.
haha, “han says he can do the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. But me? I like to take my time”.
So, to answer a question from FB, I’m hopefully going to London tomorrow to see the Soviet Space program exhibition at the Science museum.
Thing is, it’s a bit out my comfort zone for a number of reasons too boring to mention.
So was travelling to Deadpan Land, Van. I have faith that you will manage this just fine. Besides, Soviet Space Program. Should be worth it.
I agree. It sounds awesome. 🙂
You take pics so me can live thru you!!!!!
Ha!
Joke: Just remind those commies who beat their asses in space! Murica fuck yeah!
Serious: What Bunny said. That sounds amazing, and like something you’ll find worth the stress. I can’t wait to see the pictures.
Let’s speculate on what might put Van out of his comfort zone at the Russian space exhibit.
1. Yakov Smirnoff selling uncomfortable hugs.
2. Recovered pieces of Mir labeled “Not Radioactive”.
3. Bernie Sanders t-shirt shop.
Images of Blade Runner at the “Future Now!” exhibit
Aarrrgghhh!!!
LOL
*cue crying*
LEAVE VAN ALONE!
HA!!!
Morning Pan
I’m cold. Do you think I would be less so if I put some cloths on? I think I’m going to test that idea out.
There. I’m showered and dressed. I even threw in a load of laundry.
Now it’s time to pretend to work.
Turns out I missed a doctor’s appointment yesterday. I was sure it was today. My doctor was not pleased with me.
I may have to miss a dental appointment.
I have to admit I still haven’t figured out How to use Apple Pay on the phone.
BTW, I really meant to edit together some audio files last night. I’ll do my damnedest to make that happen tonight. Even if I don’t, though, I’ll create a new page, so we don’t have to surf 1500 comments to reach the “Leave a Reply” field.
No word on whether or not she was attacked by an alien beach ball.
is this a filking song?
If you’ve never seen the cheesy, wonderful, ultra low-budget film, Dark Star, then I highly recommend it. John Carpenter’s first movie. We all watched it for a past Deadpan “Palooza” segment. This weird little song is played over the opening and closing credits, for song reason.
I love that song.
Some genius made a mashup album of weezer and kanye songs.
Its called “Yeezer”
Crap joke in a firsty. I’m on fire today.
A vacationing penguin is driving his car through Arizona when he notices that the oil pressure light is on. He gets out to look and sees oil dripping out of the motor. He drives to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.
After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town. He sees an ice-cream shop and, being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot. He gets a big dish of ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands he makes a real mess trying to eat with his flippers. After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he’s found the problem. The mechanic looks up and says “It looks like you blew a seal.”
“No no,” the penguin replies, “it’s just ice cream.”
Tea Leoni.
So there.
WHERE????????
Over there, with clogs on.
She can keep them on
Heck, I’D put them on if she ask me to.
Hubby had a “breakfast cookie” this morning. I, on the other hand, went a little more healthy with cereal. I think I’m a little envious.
What is a breakfast cookie? and does it contain bacon?
A breakfast cookie is having a chocolate chip cookie, that I made yesterday, for breakfast.
/anti climax
r form of booze to enjoy, a chocolate liqueur from Austria,
It’s that tasty I’m wiping the dregs up with my finger.
If it is the one I’m thinking of, I totally understand. Delicious. 🙂
All this Katrina talk.
Dredging up things I’ve suppressed.
Not helping me in an already down month.:(
I will apply more booze until it goes away.
meh! and pah!
sorry man
Thanks.
Rx?
Vodka shots and beer.
You’re doing a heck of a job, Brownie.
Just re-watched “Tomorrow Never Dies”, part of my quest to watch every Bond film from beginning to end.
Besides being as good as I remembered it being, I had TOTALLY forgotten that Sheryl Crow did the theme song. IMHO it is one of the Top 10 all time best Bond themes and I don’t know why I didn’t even remember it.
Also, the ending credits song “Surrender” by K.D. Lang also kicks Bond soundtrack a$$
Also, they should have given Michelle Yeoh her own spin off franchise. I’d go to the theatre to see further adventures of Agent Wai Lin!
Hmmm….Not the best but certainly not the worst of the Brosnan films
Michelle was damned impressive in the flick.
While Sean Connery will always be my favorite Bond, I’ve seriously enjoyed the reboot with “Mad Dog” Daniel Craig.
Oh oh. I think I convinced a friend to join our madness. Be forewarned. :ninja:
Is it your hubby incognito?
Nope. Sorry Van
Attended a Retro Video Game Expo today with Pix and the kids. Much fun was had! The 4 of us played a few levels of Gauntlet at the true arcade machine. Other arcade highlights:
Pac Man, vector graphics Empire Strikes Back, and Rolling Thunder.
The biggest nostalgia kick, however, was the Asteroids knock off on the Vectrex system.
The Vectrex was cool, always wished I could have afforded one at the time.
Having an emulator on my phone helps of course.
Hi. I’m new. I won the ‘most consistent effort’ award in grade 6.
I won the ‘least likely to get to grade 9’ in grade 11.
Welcome, Soulier! Any friend of Ryah’s is. . . likely to be a bit eccentric.
:cheerful;
Welcome Soulier.
Welcome. We may seem slightly off but we’re nice. No trolls to speak of
Well, I do live under a bridge and billy goats don’t take kindly to me.
Baaaaad.
*kick*
😉
Thanks everyone.
Hiya Soulier!
I’ll just go ahead and get my apology out of the way right now.
🙂
Finished the ‘Bad Ass trilogy’ tonite. You know… the awful films starring Danny Glover and Danny Trejo?
Here’s the Lo Pan verdict:
Bad Ass – Yes!
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses – Not quite as “Yes!” but still actually fun!
Bad Asses on the Bayou – what a piece of fucking shit.
Cannot wait for Bad Asses in Bangkok. Assuming the actually make it.
I had to Google, never even heard of the film series.
Also never heard of
Yo, Soulier!
You left your salad in our fridge.
It’s mine now! Mine! Mine! Bwa ha ha ha ha!
True fact: Soulier thinks he’s a hot shot musician because he is nominated for a Western Canada Music Award. I, personally, don’t think he’s a real musician until women start throwing their underware at him. 😉
I wonder if after they throw their underwear, they will be impressed with my synthesizer?
Feel free to share a link to your music, if you’d like, Soulier. I promise, we’ll all throw undergarments at our internet devices while listening.
I cant. Commando and all that.
http://soundcloud.com/souliermusic (makes sound of silk undergarments cutting through the air)
I’m sure Jack will encourage you to resurrect the keytar. The silk will be surely flying after that. Or something. 😉
Before the internet questions could still be weird:
http://hoodlock.tumblr.com/post/106989692469/digg-this-is-what-people-asked-the-library
I watched Spartacus: Gods of the Arena last night. This is the third series I’ve been impressed by Jamie Murray. I might be developing a little crush.
SHES MINE!
Ok ok I cant have em all… heh
Hey, I share Lagertha, surely we can compromise on Jamie too
Ah yes! Glad we can be adults about this *cough*
FInally got to the Season 4 Finale of “Breaking Bad” last night.
That seems like a really good place for them to have stopped the show. For this show it was a “high” note.
I almost don’t wan’t to watch the last season. Given the character’s past performance … this can only end badly.
Nah. While I agree they certainly could have ended at 4 they just couldnt have. Theres too much to come. You wont be disappointed. Its almost like a prologue season. Its wonderful.
Yup, I would have been quite happy with it ending on S4 and Wakter on top,
Walter even.
Love me some Gus Fring. The remaining episodes are good too.
CW: S1E1 Fargo
Enjoy!
Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Deadpan boards, Soulier!
I’ve had a project to work on each of the last three weekends in a row, counting the current one. (I work last-half-of-the-week shifts, so my ‘weekends’ are Sunday through Tuesday and every other Wednesday.) Here’s what I’ve been up to:
Aug. 16-18: Type up the contents of 900 raffle slips to make a customer contact list for the local Renfest (yes, they are paying me to do this)
Aug. 23-26: Beta-read a book manuscript for a friend (this one was completely pro bono)
Aug. 30 – Sept. 1: Deep-clean my apartment (they’re spraying for pests on Tuesday the 1st, so I really have until tomorrow night)
That’s my life lately. I’ve had some creative projects going on, too, but nothing ready to share yet.
HI AMY!!!!
So THAT’S where all my motivation has gone. YOU have it!
🙂
Hi, J0e! I’m very happy to share 🙂
Wow, that’s impressive. I spent that time perfecting the art of making chicken wings, and finding reasons not to go to the gym!
😆 Thanks!
Judging by a lot of the reviews, I’m pretty glad I gave up on Dark Matter. I still have to watch the last couple of episodes of Killjoys.
Anyone else watched the premiere of Fear The Walking Dead? I really liked it.
I watched it so you didn’t have too!
Bleurgh!
Fingers crossed it doesn’t get renewed.
I saw the first of the “Dark Matter” double feature SciFi was showing Saturday night.
It was okay I guess. Based on one episode, I’d say it felt like a thinly fleshed out re-boot of Firefly.
(or was that Friday night? It all runs together)
I watched the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead (second episode is waiting on the DVR until tonight). It makes me realize how brilliant it was to start the Walking Dead with Rick waking up in the hospital after all the shit had gone down. The first episode was way too much family drama. When the parents were stuck getting off the highway I thought, alright the shit is finally about to go down. No such luck. The whole process is taking way too long. I will, of course, give it a few more episodes before I decide whether or not to continue watching.
Hubby still watches Dark Matter but I gave up on it pretty quickly.
However, we both quite enjoy Killjoys.
The thing I like the most about Walking Dead is that it isn’t about zombies, it’s about the people. And I’m glad that that sensibility is being applied to Fear. I figured it would be a “slow” unravel as the apocalypse started, but I found the first episode moved quicker than I expected. I haven’t seen last night’s episode yet.
Watch the two available episodes of FTWD, interesting.
Things are falling apart rapidly. I hope Tobias will join the team. 🙂 He gets it.
Funke?
RIP Wes Craven
Holy fuck…no
Im crushed. Fucking fuck cancer
🙁
Wow. How influential were his big movies on the culture of our youth? I have always held “The Serpent and the Rainbow” as a criminally underrated masterpiece.
R.I.P.
I just found zip files of all the lcars computer sounds from star trek tng. Proceeding to setup my phone notifications and ringtones accordingly. http://www.lcarscom.net/sounds.htm I can’t imagine how long it took someone to record, edit, and package this all together!
Fascinating.
Check out this cool new website!
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/08/specials/cnn-digital-20/
Ah, here’s where you folks have gone hiding! Well, I’ve found you again and I’ve got my polka balls ready this time!
Welcome Soulier! Joe’s apologized in advance, so that’s good. That just means it’s now my turn to apologize for Lo Pan.
Cad!
Morning Pan
Today I’m going to make one of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTeUeRxAS7M
That casket for the mic is creepy.
Daddy-in-law is coming in to town tomorrow. Must get the guest room ready.
Monday?!
*sigh* Unfortunately.
Mondays dont mean quite so much when you’ve worked your ass off all weekend.
I’m not sure that’s really how that saying goes..
Van, give Lo his ass back.
Isn’t this a Primus song?
I was under the impression it was Dani doing the heavy lifting?
cough
It’s another smoky day here in Canadaland. I can’t wait until I can open my windows again.
Now! Time to fold laundry.
Once again the excitement that is my life, rears its ugly head.
I just made an amazing discovery!
My laundry dries better if I actually remember to turn on the dryer. Why didn’t I think of that sooner?
So I am unimpressed with taste of the UHT milk I recently bought.
However I did find it amusing that UHT milk is sold refrigerated in the USA because consumers don’t trust milk that isn’t stored in a fridge (if Wikipedia is to be believed).
Ummm ok.
the hell are you talking about and what is uht milk?
Oh boxed milk? No its not refrigerated here. Some are just so you can have chilled milk right away if you want it – but theres whole aisle sections dedicated to it.
Damn you for making me think about this
I’ve heard trying to milk a uht is dangerous.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-temperature_processing
As I said I’ve only got the wiki entry to go on.
As I said, you say ‘tomato’ I say ‘fuck off’
Take it up with Trappist the Monk.
http://tinyurl.com/ozmc72s
My TV doesn’t get the UHT channels.
My turn for a bad joke:
A woman is cooking eggs in the kitchen when her husband comes running in…
Immediately, he sees the eggs and gasps in horror. “Be careful! CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh, my GOSH!”
The wife, startled at her husband’s violent reaction, dashes to the fridge to get some butter.
“You’re cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW!”
The wife, concerned by the status of her husband’s mental state, forgets about the butter and goes running to the eggs.
“WE NEED BUTTER! Are you CRAZY??? Where are we going to get the butter? They’re going to stick! HURRY!”
The wife runs to the fridge
“CAREFUL about the eggs! CAREFUL. You NEVER listen to me when you’re cooking! Never! Turn them quickly! Oh not that quickly, don’t you know how to cook? Are you insane? Turn the DAMN EGGS!”
At this point, the wife starts crying, since she has no idea what to do.
She gasps “What is WRONG with you? I know how to cook eggs.”
The husband simply smiles, remarks “I just wanted to show you what it feels like while I’m driving with you in the car”, and leaves.
Then there is this little beauty I saw:
Dear America,
You elected George H.W. Bush – we gave you Celine Dion
You elected George W. Bush – we gave you Nickleback
You elected George W. Bush – we gave you Justin Bieber
Do not elect Donald Trump. You don’t want to know what’s coming next.
Oh, Canada!
But by that logic, Rush was your response to Richard Nixon.
Chilliwack – Reagan
54-40 – um… Clinton?
The Edinburgh Tattoo is playing on the TV.
The venue looks bigger on the TV than it does in real life.
CP: History Eraser — Courtney Barnett
I made a “casket for my mic” as Van put it. Although I think I did something wrong. I seem to be covered in glue.
Well that sounds like you’ve got yourself into a sticky situation.
Tacky comment
You’re not supposed to sniff it, you know.
Looks like I picked a bad day to quit mic Caskets.
Thats…what….she…
/PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT/
Consumers Union has launched a new campaign to pressure the phone companies into giving every customer free robocall blocking. The technology exists but the phone companies are looking out for the intere$t of others.
If you’d care to sign their petition!
Go to https://consumersunion.org/end-robocalls/
Or type EndRobocalls.org into your browser.
As someone that works in the telecom industry, I have to say this won’t work, or at least not well. That’s why robocallers are called “bad actors”: they don’t obey the rules. Better tools will improve blocking, but they won’t stop robocallers.
a pile of cats. Happy monday! http://i.imgur.com/Ah1rDhf.gifv
Warning: Cuteness overload
Those big kitties just need skritches behind their ears.
Light as a feather, stiff as a board
There’s a slice of innuendo just waiting to happen.
Kids these days:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/27/the_raspberry_pi_is_succeeding_in_ways_its_makers_ialmosti_imagined/
You can explore the works of an electronic music pioneer:
http://www.ubu.com/sound/derbyshire.html
Well I hope I’m not tempting fate for asking work to allocate me holidays in July.
2016
Mwahahaha
Hubby wants to go to the Grande Canyon. Hopefully there won’t be any snow in 2016.
Just high temperatures.
And big crowds.
I blame Jack and Pixie for these issues. Having a wedding in Arizona in July. What were they thinking? 😉
We’re actually going to have stillsuits for the guests, like Fremen of Arrakis. The ceremony will be performed on the back of a Shai-Hulud.
Spice cake for everyone!
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/46/50/69/465069f6ca5d82532f09b5229d6c1288.jpg
Morning Pan
I am neither showered or dressed. One of the big advantages of working from home. :biggrin:
My feet were getting cold so I am now clean and clothed.
Tonight I’m going to “clean the kitchen”! By which I mean I’m going to clean the kitchen.
We do what we must
because we can.
The death of a euphemism.
I consider the dishwasher one of the greatest inventions of all time.
As a former biscuit baker/dishwasher, I whole heartedly agree. I still may have some nerve damage.
Why have we never had your biscuits?
I will make you some next Mmeetup.
Should I plan on making sausage cream gravy too?
My arteries say no.
Your heart says yes
When it comes to fatty food my heart is a whore.
But your mind is a virgin
I refuse to be corrupted by your fantasies.
It’s a beautiful morning. The sun is shining and there is not really smokey out. I think I’m going to go for a walk.
Perfect walk weather. Spent an hour in nature. Saw a hawk dive-bombing another bird. It was pretty cool.
live modular techno session from yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmPlEPI7V84
Hey Van, is that a Raspberry Pi
Only if it’s going incognito.
i do have a pi, but not in this setup. That would be a cool idea though!
She used a
Raspberry P I
The kind you find in a second hand store
Raspberry P I
And if it was warm she wouldn’t use it much more
Raspberry P I
I think I love her
Raspberry P.I.? Did she have a big Tom Selleck mustache?
Before or after 1999?
Ok it’s click hole but I still laughed:
http://www.clickhole.com/blogpost/sex-positive-culture-still-has-long-way-go-it-catc-3016?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=twitter
You act as if clickhole isnt full of brilliance
I get mixed up with which site is a source of ire this week.
The burdens of hipsterism.
Oh! That one is actually http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/
“The burdens of hipsterism.”
Actually that will be our third album.
While it will fail to be a financial success, it will receive much critical acclaim and oddly enough, become a darling of the College radio circuit … but only in an ironic way.
What’s coming after hipster?
Poster
is that anything like a posterior?
Then we’ll truly hit bottom.
Youre such as ass
Let’s see… the beatniks came after the hipsters. Or if you follow the timeline straight up, it would be “Rock’n’Roll”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_modern_Western_subcultures#/media/File:1900-*_Western_Culture_Timeline.jpg
My guess is we’ll skip beatniks in our return down the timeline and progress straight on to copying the hippie movement next.
hmmm, interesting. I wish goth would have branched off into something else.
Like a chain of theme Restaurants.
We do have Alice Cooper’s restaurant in downtown Phoenix. All of the staff wear runny eyeliner, like his.
YOu can have anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant.
“The Pumpkin Spice Must Flow”
I have to remember to not be drinking while clicking these links….
The euphemism is back muthasuckas!
That got a literal LOL from me.
In re-examining Metallica’s catalog, the jump from Ride the Lighting to Master of Puppets is astounding
Agreed, although Ride the Lightning is still a pretty amazing achievement.
Now that you say that, the jump in maturity and sound from Kill Em All to that may be just as great.
Honestly because theyve become such a caricature of themselves its hard to remember that they truly were pioneers that created 2 masterpieces of not just metal but music in general
And it’s my distinct honor to be the first here to wish Ed from Texas a happy birthday!
One last box of books to unpack so they can hoover up dust on the bookcase.
#soovercollectingphysicalthings
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, Ed!
:w00t:
Have a beerific day Ed
Well done Ed!
Morning Pan.
I booked Friday off so it’ll be a four day weekend for me. :silly:
Same here.
Tooth extraction on Friday means the weekend will probably be less fun than usual.
Happy bday Ed!
ED! Cmere ya big ol lug!
I think today I’m going to try my mic casket.
looking to supplement your income? Creating dinosaur erotica can be quite lucrative https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3jcgjj/how_would_you_go_about_making_an_extra_500_a/
My Boo will often do x-rated art commissions. She has one client who will occasionally tip her with one of these. https://bad-dragon.com/products (NSFW)
She’s actually got a bit of a collection now. She puts them on display like art work and doesn’t actually use them… at least, that’s what she tells me anyway.
I’d hate to think that one of those fans was next to us in the theater during the latest Jurassic Park film.
So XKCD is looking for data:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1e8htNa3bn5OZIgv83dodjZAHcQ424pgQPcFqWz2xSG4/viewform?c=0&w=1
What a strange survey. But took it nonetheless.
Happy birthday to the beard rocker, Mr. Ed!
Wait… that doesn’t sound quite right. 😉
Beard rocker
Beard rocker
Coming on strong
A real show stopper
Bloody memes:
http://www.joemygod.com/2015/09/02/snopes-swats-down-latest-wingnut-meme/
It just confirms people are stupid.
Now I want us to have a peak somewhere named “Black Power Mountain.”
On iOS Transister has went halfprice:
http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/02/transistor-has-dropped-to-half-price-so-go-grab-it-now/
Great game. Unfortunately you need at least an iPhone 5, iPad 4, or iPad mini 2. 🙁
Soooo not my HTC G2?
iOS was a bit of a giveaway.
you are.
Happy F*-Stupid-Cancer-Birthday, Ed!!
(Tho, the two are not related)
Happy Happy
No. They arent.
Wow, the wind has decided to really pick up
Thanks for all the well wishes, even Lo Pan’s!
Hey! and HAH!
Aussie Floyd just nail it every damn time.
Goodnight :YouCrazyDiamond:
Disney’s Love Bug actor Dean Jones dies at 84:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34134851
another one bites the dust 🙁
Sad. In my youth, he provided me with great mirth.
I didn’t know he was still with us, but yeah, as terrible as that movie is, it brought much joy to my youth. He was such an instantly likable onscreen presence. RIP.
I’m watching The Strain S1. So far, I’m interested!
Are you a Person of Interest?
There aren’t in the same league.
Per an earlier discussion. The panel we did on audiobooks is now up and can be found here http://youtu.be/NGG0_8l6Bhk
As noted last night, I saw Aussie Pink Floyd for the 4th(?) time now. Great as always – – I already can’t wait to see them again next year.
For the first time, though, they had an opening act: Led Zeppelin 2. They had the look down, and it seemed like young Robert Plant had been cloned to create their vocalist. My cohorts were less impressed with them, though. The songs were good, but not album perfect. One guy said they should have been called, “Lot Sloppin”.
heh!
So Kim Davis is going to jail. Good. But Im afraid this is going to make her that much more of a martyr to the crazies.
Crazies gonna Craze!
I have been glad to see some self identifying Christians mentioning how this whole issue was covered and resolved over 2000 years ago when Jesus was quoted as saying “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesars.”
ie ….. Dude, if you’re gonna play in the man’s sandbox you gotta play by the man’s rules.
Thus pointing out that this clerks actions are of her own making. In the terrorist world I think she is what’s known as the “lone wolf”.
Any panites have an opinion of Dish Network or Direct TV that they’d care to share?
Yes. Both can suck a chode.
We switched to DirecTV a few months back. I don’t know how it compares to Dish, but the image quality was noticeable over cable. Over the last six months we had one storm that was strong enough to impact viewing. Overall, I much prefer it to cable.
What do you do for Internet?
Do you have a solution that let’s you stream Internet?
We still use the cable company’s internet. Since Mrs. Rhettro works from home and requires internet service for her job, her company pays for it.
Local cable company for me too. Last time I had Direct TV was just for viewing, and that was 10 years ago.
Cable company keeps dropping out on me. Both Internet and Cable 🙁
Streaming Netflix has become painful. It used to be really good. Then a new company bought mine at the end of last summer. They dropped BBCAmerica on New Years and almost immediately the Netflix Streaming became problematic.
My next door neighbor and my neighbor across the street both dropped these clowns within the last 2 months.
Unfortunately the alternative cable company doesn’t offer BBCA. One of my neighbors has also reported that heir service drops out as well. Dropped out for 30 minutes just a week ago.
So I am looking at the Satalite guys but it seems I would still need the Internet service of my sketchy cable providers.
I am afraid the whole scenario is sub-optimal. 🙁
DirecTv and AT&T are now linked. I have DirecTV for cable and AT&T for internet. Same bill. You might be able to get internet through AT&T.
CP: Water (OST) — Atanas Valkov
So this was just announced:
http://loudwire.com/black-sabbath-2016-final-tour/
Doubt and a small sliver of vanity do not a good combination make.
Oh my. Is it that time again?
Bad movie time!
Today’s movie is Hybrid
The PVR write up: Mercenaries infiltrate a secret laboratory and come face to face with the results of horrific experiments involving human and alien dna
I smell an Oscar in the making
Another movie with only 2 of the three requirements to have a good bad horror movie
Prison. And all the experiments that go with it
Corey car wreck
Corey? Who the eff is Corey?
Should be fiery
Former Soviet Republic of Azerjestan
Is that a real place? Google, here I come
Can’t tell. All but one reference I found were related to this movie
Now we are in the playa negra prison in sub-Sahara Africa
Time to put together a task force
I just want you to know, I have no idea what’s going on
If these are an elite tea,, I hold no hope for the rest of their army
If the tea’s not good, what hope do the soldiers have?
Maybe they should switch to coffee
Mines!
Not yours but mines!
Cool mask
Who is the boss of you? Me! I am the boss of you
Here’s to our freedom
Ok, I understand this correctly, they are infiltrating some sort of prison camp
Prisoner babe
Crime of passion
Now they need to go a half mile underground
She wants to go down
…to the tunnels
Harris sleeps with a gun in his hand
They are being followed
Their radios are off line
It attacked from the shadows
Stay sharp. Nobody likes it if you’re dull
Well, that can’t be good
They’re being gassed
Bug man attacks
Who brings a syringe to a gun fight
I don’t think they are following proper hygiene procedures
Don’t wake me up before you go go
She finds being on her knees uncomfortable
The specimen is about to give birth
The cintilla project
That 16 year old is five
Aw. He’s a nice little alien boy
I’m not paid to understand this
Slow witted specimens
She’s no longer in pain
I am not an assassin. I just kill people for money
That wasn’t very nice
2,000,000 million pounds makes you a killer
Oh he has the capacity all right
Meanwhile, bag to the bug-eyed monster
That wasn’t morpheme
I don’t think that went according to her plan
The poop has hit the effing fan
We’re an elite team of mercenaries trying to get away from an alien. How? By taking the elevator
And that worked about as well as you would expect
I kill you with my decapatation device
That’s what happens when you power your death ray with an iPhone battery
It can talk
Time for a sandwich break
And now he’s naked
And the insect boy enters the public
What a throughly baffling movie
It’s gotten rather dark and gloomy outside
The rain is really coming down
Real life or movie?
real life
The dormant aliens, reawakened from the rain, emerge from the muddy ground.
Real life or movie?
Topless lesbian mud wrestling
Is there enough water in the state for that?
It’s monsoon season.
That’s not how you eat a cheeseburger.
Officer Whiffle explains to the mother why her son is full of snails.
Janitor mops up snail trail.
Is this the pitch for a “Go FUnd Me” project because if it is, you had me at “cheeseburger”.
The “Go FUnd Me” account is to get me to stop.
My boss has asked me to go to Edmonton in a couple of weeks to represent us at the Alberta Publisher’s Awards. That means I have to go out and get a dress.
The good thing is, we’re guaranteed to win as all the books in the Spec Fic category are ours
Congratz!
A dress!? Pictures or it didn’t happen.
Seriously – – that’s an awesome thing. Congratulations to you and your whole team.
Yea!
On your way to being Media Moguls!
All by the same publisher…fix?
Justa: I see that Person of Interest is now on Netflix. I’ve added to my list.
We canceled dish about 18 months ago, put a HD antenna on the roof. And haven’t looked back
Give it time, it really kicks into gear near the end of the first season.
EssBee – How do you get Netflix? Do you have an Internet Cable company?
Oh we have Comcast Internet. Thinking of switching to Verizon soon
TMI, Bruce. And please, never use the word, “beavering” again. ESPECIALLY not in this context. . .
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-says-common-sexually-transmitted-virus-caused-his-tongue-cancer/
I don’t want to contribute to the Kim Davis noise, but this is sheer brilliance.
http://www.shewired.com/entertainment/2015/09/03/17-genius-tweets-person-who-allegedly-sits-next-kim-davis
any suggestions for a good store for magic the gathering cards?
You are entering the den of the beast, sir! Beware. There be expensive, addictive monster purchasing there. 🙂
Most stores sell them but Sentry box here in Calgary would probably be the biggest
We picked up the free Magic starter packs this weekend, but have yet to play. The fact that these even exist validates my theory that Magic is crack for geeks.
“Hey kid, wanna try? The first one’s free…”
We’ve been with DirecTV for some 15 years now and generally been happy with it – especially the picture quality compared to what we see family and friends have with cable, DISH, and U-verse.
Now, for internet, we’ve been using U-verse since moving to the new house. It works well, though AT&T refuses to let me give them more money by offering me the higher speed tiers. We’re currently maxed out on the 45Mbps tier. Has been plenty good for streaming.
Well tooth out, time to feel sorry for myself.
*pats Vanamonde’s head*
I hope you feel better quickly.
On my way home got a text saying someone had made a fraudulent charge to my Credit card..grrrr!
You shouldn’t loan your wallet to strangers while under mind altering medication such as the pain narcotics. 😛
Did make me wonder if the Dentist had been hacked as the payment was made 20 minutes after I paid the dentist.
Times like these, try to recall how Duke Leto’s tooth extraction went.
Well, let’s see how them Duke boys are gonna get out of this one!
Sesame seed bagel for breakfast = yum
I had pumpkin bread with whipped cream cheese.
Porridge, a slice of toast with peanut butter and raspberry jam on top.
Coffee (w/cream and Agave)
Ok, Cynful wins
JJ gets bonus points for putting Agave in a sentence.
JJ gets bonus points for putting Agave in a sentence.
Vanamonde gets bonus points for being able to post the same sentence twice without WordPress throwing conniptions.
Apparently 2 of Van’s time streams are monitoring this forum.
Just as long as they don’t cross…
More on KD:
http://theboeskool.com/2015/09/01/four-reasons-from-a-christian-perspective-why-kim-davis-is-100-wrong/
My first though when I saw Van’s link was, “I agree. Life would be better with more Mac & cheese”
KD’s tunes were decent, if a bit Lite FM.
Is this post about k.d. lang?
Her Album “Drag” was brilliant in SO many ways.
It’s pretty bad when you have a day off and you don’t know what to do with it.
I think it’s time to play a game.
CP: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeros
how many times have you blown your cover?
Lots
I had to google Agave and I’m now befuddled why he wants to add that to coffee.
Its a natural sweetener and delicious. Thats why.
So is Stevia, it just fails on the second part.
Thats where agave does not. Also it being in liquid form helps
Stevia responds in a chemically different manor than does Agave, in the Laboratory that is my mouth.
To me, Stevia tastes very bitter.
As do most nutra-sweeticles. My useless superpower is the ability to taste these laboratory fabricated sweeteners no mater what they are in. Bake Nutra Sweet into a cookie and I get an unpleasant, long lasting after taste with the very first bite. 🙁
I left my chai latte in the fridge, at home, as I ran out the door this morning – LATE for work!
Boooooo
Yes you did. It was delicious. :devil:
Hmmmm:
http://io9.com/that-ancient-romans-vs-chinese-movie-is-a-total-so-ba-1728660272?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Stranger Danger Draft Day date set?
not yet.
Hahahahaha:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_nectar
Ugh. Like every product it has various produced and more natural forms. Not all are “sweeter than honey: (in fact I beg to differ completely on that) and you arent supposed to use a ton, so the fructose level shouldnt matter unless youre dumping half a cup in your coffee at a time
Everything in moderation including moderation.
It’s honey-like. It’s sweet. It works.
Like Van. Minus the sweet.
You overestimate my ability to ‘work’.
Bonus points … I believe it ferments into Tequila but I haven’t tried that . Yet.
now there is a homebrew market that has not been tapped…
currently downloading metal gear V.
Solid Snake vs. humanoid lizard aliens??
I just finished Ground Zeroes. Will wait until daddy-in-law leaves before I pick up my next big game.
Just finished the intro. So epic. There was even a fiery unicorn petronas.
yes, but whilst inside a cardboard box
I love the box! That has got to be one of the best ways to hide ever. :happy:
For those who don’t know what I’m talking about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNUReQWf78
I also found this cool tribute to Snake’s box.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Jw2QtSYjA
Agent: Hey Snake, we created a high tech protective nano armour that will cloak you and shield you from ballistics.
Snake: Nah, just give me some cardboard.
There was a guy at the Video Game expo cosplaying as Solid Snake, carrying around a cardboard box. My son had to explain the joke to me.
The last Metal Gear game I played was the first one on the NES.
CP: Paper Boats (feat. Ashley Barrett) — Darren Korb
Closing credits music from Transistor.
Van, how is your face? I meant to post this early this morning and the day has gotten away from me. The old country remedy for lost/pulled tooth pain in my family is to steep a tea bag and put it on the sore spot for a few minutes. It stings at first but does numb the pain quickly.
Xox
Not to bad, the soluble paracetamol is keeping things under control.
Is that what the kids are calling it now a days?
Just reading that GoFundME has issued a policy to keep people like our least favorite KY Court Clerk from reaping financial benefit from hateful or criminal actions.
I hope this is true.
I’d think they would have to since it was actually a criminal act?
Yeh. Some claim she scores the “double elimination” because she was also involved in “discriminatory acts”.
Still, I’m sure Faux News will give her, her own show.
CP: Personal Jesus — Mindless Self Indulgence
Yeah y’are!
Looking forward to this album. 🙂
CW: Last Passenger
A thriller set on a train.
The set that is the train carriage seems a bit old fashioned for a film set in the 21st century.
Ah it was set in 2004:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Passenger
Why has DJ Utopia not come out with a new Friday Night Dance Mix ?
CW: pawn stars watching people get fleeced out of their family heirlooms
We’ve decided the Lego Movie is the best option for the evening
I think you will find that EVERYTHING IS AWSOME!!!!
Darkness. No parents…..
Nice. Lego is a beautiful thing
..and you’ve just blown your cover.
..or you should have used a better box.
CW: Addicted to Fresno
I went with “Sum of All Fears” tonight.
Am left wondering if this picture has taken the award for highest “body count”.
That honor used to belong to “Die Hard 2”
http://moviebodycounts.com/
hmmmm.
The count only “visible, on-screen kills”.
So if we see a football stadium packed full of people, then see a nuke under it, then see a mushroom cloud from outside of town, then here someone report that there is nothing left for a half mile around it … Doesn’t count.
Yet in the Die hard movie the count all the passengers on a plane that crashes even if we did not see those people themselves on screen when they died.
I question the methodology of http://moviebodycounts.com/
well the Earth was destroyed in Hitchikers TV and film (and radio and book)’so that’s quite a few billion.
Didn’t The Master destroy a whole bunch of solar systems back in the old days of Doctor Who?
If I’m remembering that wrong, then it’s down to a population ccomparison between Alderaan and Earth.
Well he did almost destroy the universe:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logopolis
CW: Tank Girl. Yet another appearance from Lo Pan. Amazing the places he shows up.
James Hong is rad. He simply acts to act. Even has his own acting school
http://www.jameshong.com/#!adult-workshops/czcj
There’s no guarantee he’d be the teacher of the class but Id be lying if I said I wasnt tempted
You and me both!
Aw man, we missed it!
July 25 and 26th 🙁
It’d be worth the price of admission to recreate this scene with him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS2fEd1nhe8
Happy belated birthday, Ed!
Feel better soon, Van!
I have a feeling September is going to be ‘sort through all the random stuff I was forced to move in the process of cleaning my apartment’ month. I know it will feel good to not have some of this stuff hanging around anymore. 🙂
Hard objects in pillows, what is the world coming too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34162336
I have a scar at one eyebrow from when I was little. A kid had a soup can in one of those over-long touque and hit me in the face with it when we were in the school yard
People at your school were walking around with home made weapons and attacking each other in the yard? Did you go to school in a prison?
The disembodied voice of JJ on the latest Escape Pod.
HA!
I am everywhere-ish.
???
It was the 500th episode and listeners had been asked to ‘phone in’, one of them played was from JJ.
Crap joke for the day:
A friend to another, “what are the names of your dogs?”The she responded that one was named Rolex and the other Timex.Her friend said, “Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like that?”
“HellOOOooo,” answered the blonde. “They’re watch dogs.”
http://cdn.blessthisstuff.com/imagens/stuff/img_wall_street_dog_trench_coat.jpg
Space geekery for the day:
http://www.vox.com/2015/4/17/8432733/space-maps
Have some fairy cake.
Chris Hemsworth take note: this is the true Thor. I don’t recall the video being b&w, though. It’s a shame we can’t re-experience it in glorious full color.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1MrpMjop9Q
By the way: this is not satire. I remember this from my childhood. And to be fair, we found it ridiculous and terrible, even in 1984.
Holy wow!
Okay, I’m finally watching John Wick
Is he the Wicker man?
cp: witcher 3 and mgs 5. I seem to be spending a lot of time riding horses in both games but switching from an AK47 to a dwarven battle axe.
I almost never rode my horse in Witcher 3. However, I did find it amusing when I went to an island without him and, after a cut scene, he was suddenly on the island next to me.
Crap joke for the day:
A man boarded an airplane and took his seat. As he settled in, he glanced Up and saw the most beautiful woman boarding the plane. He soon realized She was heading straight towards his seat. As fate would have it, she took The seat right beside his. Eager to strike up a conversation he blurted out, “Business trip or pleasure?”
She turned, smiled and said, “Business. I’m going to the Annual Nymphomaniacs of America Convention in Boston.”
He swallowed hard. Here was the most gorgeous woman he had ever seen Sitting next to him, and she was going to a meeting of nymphomaniacs!
Struggling to maintain his composure, he calmly asked, “What’s your Business at this convention?”
“Lecturer,” she responded. “I use information that I have learned from my Personal experiences to debunk some of the popular myths about sexuality.”
“Really?” he said. “And what kind of myths are there?”
“Well,” she explained, “one popular myth is that African-American men are The most well-endowed of all men, when in fact it is the Native American Indian who is most likely to possess that trait. Another popular myth is That Frenchmen are the best lovers, when actually it is men of Mexican Descent who are the best. I have also discovered that the lover with Absolutely the best stamina is the Southern Redneck.”
Suddenly the woman became a little uncomfortable and blushed.. “I’m Sorry,” she said, “I shouldn’t really be discussing all of this with you. I don’t Even know your name.”
“Tonto,” the man said, “Tonto Gonzales, but my friends call me Bubba”.
Well Pan, off to see American Ultra at the flicks.
Which was fun enough in a gory kind for way.
Just a pity most of the best sequences were include in the trailer.
Speaking of Wicker Man, the new Iron Maiden double album is out! Anyone heard it yet?
No.
Its on my to-hear list for sure
Not yet, but soon.
Van, they’re your country’s greatest ambassadors! It’s unpatriotic for you to reject Iron Maiden!
Did you see “Ed Force One” is a 747 now? Someone should clue these guys in that they just aren’t popular anymore.
https://www.ironmaiden.com/iron-maiden-and-the-book-of-souls-go-jumbo-on-massive-2016-world-tour.html
This cannot be unwatched.
http://youtu.be/8-FKpWiHijo
I didn’t watch, just in case.
It’s Kashmir compared to “The Super Bowl Shuffle” by the Chicago Bears.
So there is this:
http://youtu.be/QajyNRnyPMs
I loved this. I don’t know why, I just did.
Bravo. This is brilliantly done.
Texas approves.
That is WIN!
OMG Damon Wayans…
Bonus crap joke:
I went to the doctors suffering from premature ejaculation .
He said “it must be very stressful for your wife ”
I said “to be perfectly honest it’s getting on her tits
sexy
CW: Horns
My opinion of this film is going to be coloured if the lawyer friend is the murderer.
Damn!
Now my perception of the movie is coloured by the huge spoiler.
I’m kidding. I was never going to watch that shit.
I want either but jesus christ, Van. Im going to have to stop coming on here if you cant keep the spoilers in your pants.
Damn could have meant I was wrong.
Did anyone hear about Kansas State’s marching band half time show, featuring star trek’s enterprise and the KSU Jayhawk?
Kansas State Marching Band Apologizes After Accidentally Delivering NSFW Halftime Performance
http://t.co/xajPEJoK1V
Trust me. KU didn’t take the offense the media says they did. It ws hilarious.
Ricki and the Flash today at the flicks.
Last time I saw a Meryl Streep film at the cinema it was ‘Death Becomes Her’.
OK. I have to admit this mashup is pretty well done.
http://actionagogo.com/2015/09/03/look-the-star-warsa-team-mash-up/
Is today a holiday? Yes
Am I doing a bit of work? Yes
*sigh*
I’m with you working on the holiday. I had to travel to Roswell, NM to work on Friday and Tuesday. That leaves me in middle of the desert, NM for 3 days with nothing specific to do. I went to a beer fest in Albuquerque on Saturday and the Carlsbad Caverns yesterday. That about taps out things to do. So I’m working today and work is letting me take the holiday some other time.
Day off and I didn’t do any work.5
I wouldn’t wish that state on anyone.
Would Breaking Bad have been as good if set in Montana?
I don’t see this ending well.
http://geektyrant.com/news/1990s-nicktoons-are-getting-a-live-action/animated-crossover-movie
Talking of Escape Pod. I’ve been listening for about ten years and this is still my favourite story:
http://escapepod.org/2006/01/25/ep038-lalchimista/
I see the customer as Merlin.
So many good ones. I’d have trouble picking a favorite.
I do remember this one though Van. Just the other day I was trying to describe the basic idea to someone.
It’s been so long since I had head it, I couldn’t remember which podcast it had been on.
wTF:
http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2015/08/bbc-fires-met-office-after-93-years-of-weather-forecasting/
Crap mini joke:
What do you get when you cross a rooster and peanut butter?
A cock that sticks to the roof of your mouth.
I smell chili.
Are you drinking beer?
are you snorting beer?
Sleeping til whenever FTW!
I tried doing that but hubby forgot to shut his alarm off so it started beeping at 5am.
(jack’s went off at 0730)
We both ignored it – we said, “HA! You do not win today, Alarm! We win!”
Ready to feel old?
Its now been 3 times as long between Metallica’s Black Album and now than from Kill ’em All to the Black album.
Youre welcome.
Back to the care home with ta!
Back to the meaning BACK TO THE MEANING OF…..LIIIFE
Time – taking its toll on you / with lines to crack your face.
You have been dying since the day you were born
Makes me feel like this guy
https://img1.etsystatic.com/049/1/7585222/il_fullxfull.726398377_eqjl.jpg
So this happened:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/04/the-specials-trombonist-rico-rodriguez-dies-aged-80
Of course he did get to 80, so that’s past the cutoff for Lo’s sympathy.
Cough
Sorry if I dont feel bad for folks who have a full life who dont quite get to the part where they involuntarily shit themselves. Ass.
0100111101101011001011000110011101110010011001010110000101110100
Ok, great
Indeed.
80…sheezuz. Life full of win. Love the Specials. I need to re-examine their catalog
I do applaud his long successful life. The Specials were that cool, unusual band my Irish friend was into, back in the day. . . when ska was a genre, not a brand.
oh my, fuck yes. It may be small, but hopefully sturdy
http://www.therealstanlee.com/disney-has-released-a-remote-control-millennium-falcon/
What a hunk of junk!
That’s no drone.
https://www.facebook.com/NickelodeonAustralia/videos/909821012426653/
Don’t they realize that bad jokes are our civic duty?
“The worst” idea “in Scotland.”
http://metro.co.uk/2015/09/07/trainspotting-2-is-happening-danny-boyle-confirms-original-cast-are-returning-5379664/#mv-a
I think I would prefer seeing that than Bladerunner 2.
How about “Bladespotting” ?
Morning Pan
I would like to go back to bed now.
Oh year end, why do you mock me with your over abundance of paperwork?
If you want to scare the kiddies:
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/texas/asylum-tx/
Ok, maybe Montana was a bad idea:
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/today-in-nope-hordes-of-hobo-spiders-invade-montana-homes-to-escape-the-cold/
Don’t click TEB.
Shouldn’t those spiders be riding freight trains?
don’t google images of hobo spider bites. GROSS!
Blecchh. Why did you make me do that, Soulier?
I think I got a case of the “Boxcar Willies”.
+15
CP: Waterfall on the Moon – Yellow Dog
John Shirley recommended the story. I’d never heard of this zone, but it might be worth a look around.
http://freezineoffantasyandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2015/08/jupiter-ring.html?m=1
Crap joke for the evening;
A pub’s closing and a totally plastered customer struggles to get to the door, then to walk home, despite only living a few hundred yards from there. He literally crawls on the pavement all the way back home, drags himself up the stairs and eventually reaches his bed after two hours. He wakes up the next morning, and his wife tells him:
“You were really drunk last night weren’t you?”
“Yeah, why? How do you know?”
“You left your wheelchair at the pub.”
Yesterday I pulled my hair back in a ponytail and told hubby I could take scissors and simply cut off my ponytail and my hair would be amazing. He wasn’t convinced and asked me not to do it. He obviously doesn’t watch the same movies and tv I do.
Well you know what happened to Samson.
He was finally allowed into Disney Land?
Well there was a cheap beer..
Bring on November 20th!
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/fall-tv-preview-guide-new-c1440026500375/photo-the-man-in-the-high-castle-photo-1440025338220.html
My BT client is on standby.
99 days until Star Wars
My eyeballs just have to hold out that much longer.
Morning Pan
Another day wrangling with numbers
Lo Pan, how was it?
??? Should Dani be worried?
I assume he needed a cigarette afterward.
The concert was rad. Thanks!
Huzzah! All the accounts balance. Now to take a break before I move on to the next project.
There are magpies congregating on my neighbour’s roof. It’s kind of creepy
I hope you kept count:
One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret,
Never to be told.[1
A journey I wish upon no one http://imgur.com/a/6jBAq
🙁
Truly heartbreaking.
I’ve seen this before. Truly sad.
Amazingly I have no interest in the newly announced iPad Pro.
My sister will be disappointed again this year.
Hubby and I are getting new iphones this year. That’s enough money to give apple in one year.
Hello beautiful people. Life is kicking my ass!
/shakes fist at life.
*hugs* EssBee
It’s ok to kick back!
Swoooon
EssBee thinks we’re purty
/shakes fist at beautiful people.
Wait.
Nice fist
*shakes fist*
Can you twerk a fist?
I wouldn’t, some people might interpret it as a sexual act.
cough
twerk fist bump
Jack,
The Credit Card Awakens Edition!
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Awakens-X-Wing-Miniatures/dp/B014TKHEPA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441829319&sr=8-1&keywords=the+force+awakens+core+set
How is that different from what we have? Does it have more lens flares?
New pilots, ship variants and Bruce Willis.
http://toptenfilms.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Armageddon-Bruce-Willis.png
C-3P0 would report much better odds of survival in that asteroid field!
crap joke –
A guy comes home from work to find his wife packing her bags. “Where are you going”, he asks.
“I’m going to Vegas. I found out I can get paid $500 there, for things I do with you for free.”, she replied.
A few minutes later the husband starts packing.” And what do you think you are doing?”, the wife asks.
His reply? “I’m going to Vegas too. I want to see how you are going to live on $1000 a year!”
If you have a few minutes to kill:
http://randomstreetview.com
It’s like geoguessr with spoilers.
Infinity Blade III goes free for the day on iOS:
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Infinity+Blade+III/news.asp?c=67402
25 Years ago today we were introduced to Will Smith as an actor.
“Now this is the story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down….”
“…and I’d like to take a minute just to sit right here and tell you all how I became obsessed in the Church of Scientology”
So it’s been a quarter of a Wilennium.
Dont…
Wouldn’t that be a quarter Wilentury?
Don’t get Fresh with me! (It’s like he said; girls of the world ain’t nothing but trouble.)
Awe, but I’m the good kind of trouble most of the time.
Of course!
Morning Pan!
Took daddy-in-law to the airport this morning. Hubby and I are looking forward to getting back into a routine again.
On this day in history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken
Well, that was… strange
Year end it done! :w00t:
Now to start on everything else I put on the back burner while I was getting year end together :ermm:
(Who wants to tell her there are actually still 3 months left til year end?)
😆
CW: Dr Foster E1
A woman goes OTT when she discovers a blond hair on her husband’s scarf.
Off Topic, Totally?
over the table?
It’s the plot synopsis.
On the town?
Over The Top.
Oh, I thought it was Old Tyme Tyrannosaur.
In Ottawa.
I’ve been dying to say that it seems like Batman’s upper body keeps getting wider and wider through the years, but it seems like it peaked in 2008 and has been back on the decline.
http://i43.tinypic.com/255j81z.jpg
It’s his corset
I could understand a corset. And I’ve seen the super wide shoulder style use for both Batman and Superman. But, I’m seeing more and more like the second one from the left here where his body style comes to resemble something on the order of a tank.
http://www.gamekudos.com/images/managed/7341_fullsize.jpg
Maybe he got bred with the Hulk somewhere when I wasn’t paying attention.
I’m no Bat-scholar, but I think the thick Batman first appeared in Dark Knight Returns, when Bruce Wayne was supposed to be a stout geezer.
*stout geezer* that pesky blinders has a lot to answer for.
-s +a
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-of-these-new-veggie-burgers-plant-blood-1412725267
Fascinating.
Morning Pan
The game I bought last time we got together was awarded best new designer, and was a runner up for game of the year by Dice Tower.
http://www.dicetower.com/dice-tower-awards/2014
Was this the Alchemy game? I tried to click your link, but apparently the evil word “game” appears somewhere on the page.
Last night we tried the new Orville Redenbacher popcorn chips. We tried both butter flavour and BBQ. Both were terrible. We shan’t be doing that again.
Hubby and I have talked about “cutting the cord”. We have decided the only thing standing in the way of getting rid of cable is the BPL and F1 races he watches. If we can find a way to watch those, time shifted not live, I’m sure we could cut our cable bill in half.
It’s rather strange reading the DP negative comments about cable. Over here if you want high internet speeds cable is usually the better option (if you live in a supported area).
My negative is about Cable tv viewing. We’re still attached to the local cable company for our internet connection.
Same
Same but soon to be switching to Verizon
That’s the same here. Even if we shut off cable tv, we’d still use the cable company for our internet.
Cord cut 4 years ago. Havent looked back
It’s Friday. That means it’s now time to clean the washroom.
*sigh*
Soulier, had to move gaming to Sunday didn’t you? 😉 Now we have an empty day that another friend wants to fill up with their time. That’s two days in a row we will be people-filled. *sigh* Having all these games is not necessarily a good thing :cth:
My washroom is nice and clean. Now, nobody use it and it won’t get dirty again. :silly:
Do you remember when emoji’s were called emoticons? Why did that change? :face:
Blame the Japanese. ‘ji’ means character, so it was their translation of emoticon. Emoji caught on with the rest of the world since it means the same thing but is easier to say.
Well, at least we don’t blame Canada :whistle:
I blame Japanese Canadians.
:alien:
I’ve always considered emoticons to be asci character based. Emojis are these new fangled graphical elements.
Back in my day, you had to tilt your head to see if the person you were talking to was happy or sad.
Get off your lawn?
Can you tell I’m trying real hard to avoid my work? :ninja:
Washroom cleaned, work done for the day. One advantage of being at your desk by 6am is you are done your work early. I now have most of the day to enjoy myself. :angel:
Only two episodes left of Narcos to watch, enjoying the series so far and the theme music is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPsY7yVhek
CD: Crabbie’s
CP: Victor Vran
All in all, it’s looking to be a good evening.
So I am currently building a hot wire, styrofoam cutting table for the building of Cosplay weapons.
Anyone have any advice on this?
It was either that or perfect my doomsday device.
What kind of Cosplay weapons?
well the wheelchair and metallic arm probably wouldn’t suit you..
YES!!!!!
Dr. Strangelove FTW
I’m going to start, with the attempt to build a “Portal” gun.
Oh, for a second I thought this meant you were planning a Dr. Strangelove cosplay.
I should build a replica of the War Room for your wedding reception.
There’d be no fighting in there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0326qkd I didn’t know this was coming up quite this soon.
I really like Capaldi quite a bit, so I’m definitely ready for more.
🙁
As to an earlier thread “Why I hate my cable company.”
They dropped BBCA from their line-up.
I know have no way to watch this.
Unless maybe someone in the UK knows how to make it secretly available through the inter webs. :angel:
I’m sure the sharing of knowledge can be arranged.
We subscribe to Dr. who on itunes
Talking of internets, new Swedish drama called ‘Beck’ starts on the BBC this weekend.
Well it’s new to the UK.
Oooh!
I like both ideas — Van’s and EssBee’s.
Does iTunes give you the current season of Who ?
Or Amazon?
CD: Boulevard Wheat + Archer Farms’ Blood Orange soda
A different twist on a radler.
Yum. Had a Funky Pumpkin from Blvd last night. Quite nice.
Colorado Fireside Whiskey for me
Tia Maria and coke.
Vodka.
Did a lot of Vodka shots last night.
So … not doing anything tonight.
That’s got to be better than Tila Tequila and coke.
Leinekugel Berry Weiss for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H6amDbAwlY
Crap joke for the evening::
A man walks into a zoo.
The only animal in the entire zoo is a dog.
It’s a shitzu
woof
The boy who cried woof.
Guardians of the Galaxy for fam film night.
Still pleases immensely
http://www.borrandoapapa.com.ar/erasing-dad-english/
I’ve been through most of these. It’s a little odd hearing Conan’s words spoken by a geeky-sounding narrator, but the guy gets 1000 points for doing the time and getting these readings done. Robert E. Howard was a man of his time, but also pretty underrated as a writer. Some real classics here:
https://librivox.org/author/937?primary_key=937&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results
So there was this:
http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2015/08/abandoned-buran-rotting-wind-tunnel-shuttle-model/
Wooden spaceships. Who knew the Soviets were so steampunk?
So Van, was “The Visit” as insultingly, mind-numbingly, depressingly, wretchedly stupid as “The Happening?” Or even “The Village?”
Nope, just a run of the mill shocker, but certainly better than ‘The Village’ .
I never got round to seeing ‘The Happening’.
Justa, yes current season will be on itunes
intrigueing
or “intriguing” even.
/ waits to see if Lo is old enough.
#crosspost
Bae = yes
Books = no
Bae also means poop in Danish.
CW: An Inspector Calls
2015 BBC adaption Of the play.
Nicely done but the ending was spoilt a bit by making the nature of the Inspector less vague.
CW: (and almost finished) The Civil War documentary on netflix. what’s up with the south.
Coming from a Canadian, that comment could encompass all of us down here. . .
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2TNJGmfnjsdWMBsG6O-ReA/videos
http://www.audiobooksforthedamned.com/
Kreg Steppe pointed this out: a Nerdist article leading to a site of audiobooks for 80s movie novelizations.
Van, they have Bladerunner!
Ack!!!
I have a dream…
Was every single f#%^ing one of them written by Alan Dean Foster?
baa!
The Strain-eeek!
Morning Pan
Hubby is off to work. I plan to do some grocery shopping later this morning. Let’s see if he remembered to put what he needed on my list.
Off to the store. Then I need to hem a pair of hubby’s pants. I’m being very wifey today, what’s that about?
There’s probably a blues song about that.
RIP Moses Malone
I admit, I had to look him up. I don’t know basketball stars that well. Still, sixty is pretty young now a days.
Way too young. 🙁
The girl overseeing the self checkout mush have been bored. As I’m scanning in my groceries, she proceeded to tell be all about her gull bladder surgery last week. Even after I was done, paid, and loaded my groceries she continued talking to me about it so I couln’t (politely) leave when I was ready. It was very strange.
What gall she had!
I’m fine with chatting. It’s just usually inane stuff about the weather, and stuff like that. I think having a discussion on your gull bladder surgery is a little personal for someone you don’t know standing at the checkout.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, no!
Oh I get what you did….
*sigh* I didn’t until second read. I blame the rain.
I’m sidelined at home this morning while the A/C gets fixed. (Its only 98 degrees)
My morning coffee buddy is #Oreo. She is joining me in the living room, as we don’t want a half-baked #Oreo in Sophie’s room. We are watching The Price Is Right.
Pandora is actually only watching #Oreo.
:-/
Not that I really mind having attractive young women strike up conversations with me. . . but it seems to happen every time I wear my Doctor Who t-shirts out in public.
It always leads to them saying, “Who’s your favorite Doctor?”
“Um, Peter Davidson. . . Yes, the dad of the wife of your favorite Doctor. . . Yes, from the 80s. Yes, way before you were born. Yes, I should have just said David Tennant.”
To be clear: I have no delusions or even secret hopes that these girls want to talk about anything other than Doctor Who. Come on now.
Tom Baker you whippersnapper!
Boy, do I have a surprise waiting for you when you get home tonight. . .
I’m sorry but Peter Davidson was my favourite of the original batch of Doctors. However, Tom Baker is hubby’s.
Earthshock (a PD story) was one of my favs of the old Who.
Adric dying was the cherry on the cake.
I better not forget my sonic screwdriver.
Maybe DP has knitted you a scarf…
I love you Jack, but I’m not sure I love you a Doctor Who scarf worth
Have a jelly baby.
So Lo wasn’t old enough:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Place_(TV_series)
Cough
Oh THAT comment. No… no I wasnt
Saw the last episode of ‘Narcos’ tonight, great series but really can’t imagine what they can do for S2 as it’s already reach Escobar’s last year.
Is there a movie that could define the current generation like “the breakfast club” defined its generation?
Well, that’s awkward…
http://cheezburger.com/8506345728/based-on-this-tweet-good-morning-america-has-never-seen-the-lion-king
Apparently Scar works for NBC now.
Morning Pan
It’s still dark out. There should be a rule you don’t have to get up when it’s still dark if you don’t want to.
Gooood Morning!
*waves hello to Pixie*
Off for brunch with friends. :happy:
Question for the tumbleweeds (kind of a sprawling question, so I’ll keep it simple):
Does anyone still geek out over music? Does anyone get possessed by individual songs? Are those days gone, or did they only ever really exist for music geeks?
Is the contemporary music appreciation experience more like:
“I like this artist/DJ/sound/genre/album/radio station/Pandora station?”
I think it exists for everyone up to a point in time in your life – be it age, life happenings, etc. Then after that I think its only for music geeks. I know I have so many friends that thru jr high and high school we couldn’t get enough of certain groups, albums, songs, concerts… but that group has REALLY dwindled to maybe one or two of us that still feel the same way. So I cant speak for others or other generations but I still listen to my music in artist clumps, in whole albums… its rare that I put my music on shuffle or listen to a pandora type station. To be blunt – its who Im dorking out on at the time that gets put into rotation.
Hubby still geeks out over music (O.M.G. the new Iron Maiden album just came out!!!). He will often take an evening and listen to music just by one artist. I’m more of a shuffler.
Yeah, that Public Service Broadcasting album was the last one and that Go! track got loads of plays from me.
I still geek out about specific songs or artists, but I know I’m a music enthusiast and not afraid to share. Not to mention, I have a wide variety of artists I like so you can’t pin down a specific genre that fits me (my Pandora shuffle is a huge mess, but it makes sense to me). I think a lot of people try to relate to others or to blend in by sharing their favorite station or genre as time goes on. It’s safer sometimes. I just experienced this today with a movie choice (“Oh, you’re a horror enthusiast.” “Um, not really.”)
Of course, I’ve had to do the “If you like this artist, you might also like….” thing in a previous job
Like most things, on this I go both ways. I have times when I just obsess over one band or one bands albums for weeks (Tegan and Sara, Sleater-Kinney, Cortnie Barnett) and times when I create a huge playlist and shuffle for weeks.
And a tumble weed will answer…
I’d bet there are smaller circles of young people who still geek out about a song. My take would be that the sheer volume of entertainment options be that music, games, movies and stories has diluted the singular attention music used to get. And music geekdom seems to only come to fruition when a person is a young enough that the music they listen to is a unique experience, but old enough to appreciate the experience. Basically there’s a short window of time a person can get hooked, but there’s a lot of things competing for their attention.
Yeah, I was going to also ask if it’s more of a young person’s game. . . when you have time and room in your head to obsess over something like a song – – and as Rhett said, when your database of songs is much smaller; i.e., when a song can sound unique to you and not sorta similar to 100 others.
Me: I do geek over artists, but I do also geek over songs, and even moments in songs. I rarely Pandora, and when I do, it’s a mining expedition to discover new gems.
Pandora is my alarm on my phone. Alarm and sleep function are what I use them for the most.
Today I woke up to Weird Al’s “Tacky”
The hierarchy could go something like:
-I like Heavy Metal.
-I like classic New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
-Iron Maiden! Up the Irons!
-I love their “Killers” album!
-OMG, the obscure song, “Prodigal Son” on side 2 is so good!
-OMG, that part of the “Prodigal Son” guitar solo where you hear Dave Murray’s guitar pick create that harmonic noise on the string!
As an aside my 17 year old son is starting to show an interest in music and has told me his favorite bands right now are Linkin Park and early Metallica. There’s talk amongst his peers that the 80’s was the last great decade for music.
That’s fun cause among my daughters peers its the early 90’s that was the greatest. Shes 4 years younger than your son. Its interesting isnt it! Course I suppose the age of the parents can be a guiding factor too. Cough
There’s probably something to that. LOL
Here’s Why Disney Characters Rarely Have Mothers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/15/disney-characters-moms_n_5825428.html
Jungle Book – 1893, Sherlock Holmes – 1887, Peter Pan – 1911, Marry Poppins – 1934… Can we please stop remaking things this old? Next thing you know we’ll be making an endless stream of movies and TV shows based on comic book characters dating back to the 1930s… hmmmm. Now I’m even more depressed.
Captain Caveman laughs and hits you with a club,
Wouldn’t he tear of Grendel’s arm and beat you with it?
Only if he hasn’t had a cup of coffee.
The movie “the breakfast club” defined a generation. Has there been any equivalent movie to define generations since?
Do you mean Breakfast Club perfectly reflected the 80s? Or that it was a huge influence on kids and culture?
Excellent question. I’d pose the film Slacker either way for the 90’s generation. Near perfect.
Funny, Slacker was the first movie that came to mind for the 90s. Singles would probably be the second.
Oh Singles is a good one. That was definitely inspired my the generation while Slacker inspired a generation. Great films
I didn’t know anyone who was inspired by Slackers, but a lot of those people were very familiar. Singles was also a perfect mirror of 90s culture.
I hate to say it, but Clueless and Heathers also accurately satired some pieces of the 90s.
Jack Mangan, I guess I was thinking that it was reflecting the stereotypes of high school at the time. I haven’t seen Slacker- putting that on the list!
My son is 26. He would likely claim Donnie Darko for his generation.
I’m interested in The Bastard Executioner because I love Kurt Sutter so much. Will probably spring for the iTunes subscription.
Not in to medieval dramas so probably going to give it a miss.
Oh an FX region blocking the TV series website, it’s 21st Century!!!!!!
Why are people douchebags?! By people, I mean journalists. By journalists, I mean Fem-Nazis. By Fem-Nazis, I mean the jackasses of The View.
I can’t even believe the ignorance that poured out of the co-hosts, specifically Michelle Collins and Joy Behar, when they were mocking and criticizing and degrading the contestants of the Miss America pageant. What assholes.
What stupid, insignificant, unrelated blue, poser bitches. I’m disgusted by their tone, lack of compassion, and plain cattiness.
I can’t even say more right now. I’m flabbergasted that none of those women have a nurse in their circle of friends or family.
And imo, no apology from these hags will fix this.
*mic drop*
Pixie, RN out.
Femi-nazi?
Yes. I call these women Fem-Nazis. The View has always prided itself on having their hosts be a reflection of the current, modern American Independent Woman. I was a loyal viewer when the show first began in the late 90’s. I was the young, independent, working, strong, opinionated American Woman. The array of hosts on the show reflects the spectrum of the American Woman with their strong views-whatever side of the coin they fall on.
So, for Michelle Collins to laugh and mock two young American Women just because they are contestants in a beauty pageant disgusts me. Not only does she belittle Miss Colorado’s profession – a Nurse, but she also made a comment about the contestant who played the violin. Yes, it is the Miss America pageant and yes, these women parade on stage for 2 hours and wear ridiculous clothing and bikinis, who cares. Our society made that. What IS good is to see 52 women who are college students, pursuing a career to better themselves, and they are physically fit, healthy, and have talents – such as playing an instrument, singing opera, have a passion to be a bedside nurse, want to be a teacher, etc.
The attitudes of Joy Behar and Michelle Collins during this segment just shows they are so far removed from real people, doing real jobs. It also tells me that most people have no understanding, or in Michelle Collins case, do not care about what it means to be a nurse. And Michelle Collins seemed to also belittle the Alzheimers patient in the nurse’s story. Alzheimers is such a globally devastating disease that we do not understand as a society – along the same vein as Mental Illness. It is taboo and causes a person to act wild or child-like, uncontrollable. They are exhausting to care for and to understand.
So fuck her.
So. . . after a quick skim of Google. . . it looks like Joy Behar and her famously ill-informed colleagues mocked Miss Colorado for wearing a stethoscope to talk about nursing during some pageant speech?
Miss Colorado’s speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYoCW1DQWQE&feature=youtu.be
-unrelated blue
+unrelateable
Mot a political comment
The View’s segment on the topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNQW9l5_2y4&feature=youtu.be
Yikes
http://wate.com/2015/09/15/star-trek-voyagers-kes-charged-with-exposing-herself-to-children-in-harriman/
I see mental illness in this article more than any real malice.
If only this happened during her Star Trek heyday and her spectators were middle-aged men instead of children. Then it could have been a community service than a menace.
Doctor Who 3D viewing and sneak peek was good. I won’t give spoilers but I can’t wait for some reactions from this group.
I had no idea this was happening! It’s going on tonight here, but it’s a school night, and tickets for 4 would be $76(!!!!!!).
A freebie on Steam:
http://www.pcgamer.com/amnesia-the-dark-descent-is-free-on-steam-today/
creepy game.
Late to the game, as usual, but I’ll chime in on the topic RE: Music Obsession
Admittedly, at this stage of my life, I’ve also collected a pretty good swath of music and have several playlists in my Itunes (yes, I’m a crotchety old fart who still runs around with his music collection on an iPod). I’ve got too much to hit everything regularly, though I do have a playlist made up of only tracks that I haven’t listened to in at least a year that I’ll put on to revisit the old favorites.
Probably the only artist that I still keep a regular interest in is Weird Al. And, at this point, I’m more likely to hear his parody version of a song than the original he’s based it from.
(yes, I’m a crotchety old fart who still runs around with his music collection on an iPod)
The fact that crotchety old farts are running around with iPods (rather than 8 tracks or cassettes) makes me feel old
The fact that kids are running around with vinyl just makes me confused
I’m a crotchety no-Fi iPod man too. I want to have my tunes with me during the road mutant years in the future, after the apocalypse cuts us off from the Cloud and wireless access to the Web.
Sadly, Apple sees us as obsolete.
Morning Pan
Just for the record, I have never seen The Breakfast Club.
Actually, I’ve never seen Slackers either
hmm, it occurs to me, I’ve also never seen an episode of The View. Except maybe the last 5 minutes of a few episodes at it’s on just before the news
Same here.
..and I don’t even know what ‘The View’ is.
Van, you’re better off that you don’t. It was a good concept when it began, but should have died at least five years ago.
Bunny, Slackers would make for a great PBP movie. If you recall our collaborative “9 Inch Smurfs” song, I pilfered a bit of Slackers dialogue for the bridge part.
You can tell school is in full swing. Hubby is starting back with late nights. Another lonely night for this Bunny.
John Oliver did a piece on Miss America last year. I recommend you look it up. Basically, Miss America claims they give out more money in scholarships than any other pageant or like programming. They discovered Miss America’s claims are correct. However, what they don’t tell you is Miss America only gives out an average of about $500 a year in scholarships (or something like that). Sad when you think about it.
I find nurses are a lot like teachers. no one really understands what you do, your under-appreciated and undervalued until someone actually needs your service.
It’s the same with people who play bass guitar, you only get noticed if you make a mistake.
😆
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Unlike bassists, though, nurses do get the hot groupies.
Another special event that may appeal to DP members
http://www.fathomevents.com/event/roger-waters-the-wall/video/41184
Mr. Mangan took me to see Roger Waters: The Wall a few years ago. What an amazing performance and visual experience.
I’ve decided today is a snuggle in my snuggie kind of day
I’m having vegetable ramon soup for lunch. I decided to do something crazy and added actual vegetables
I kinda love this typo.
*sigh*
:cth:
Hey Ho! Its hot, blow!
For those DPers with iOS devices , iOS 9 is available for download.
Needs a wifi connection so no upgrading till I get back home.
did my phone. Haven’t started on my Ipad yet.
i’m rocking colorOS on my chinese android phone. It has a motorized rotating camera.
A fun short story:
http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html
An interesting article. Found via AVClub.com.
http://thewalrus.ca/ron-weasley-made-me-sad/
Interesting. I haven’t done any of the formal photo ops, but just about every celebrity I’ve met has been very gracious. If you want to chat, I think you have a better time at the meet and greet booths than the photo ones.
This is one of those rare case where the comments on the page enhance the conversation. I’m sure his experience is 100% true; I’ve just never been in the situation where I felt pressured to pay a huge amount for the privilege of 10 seconds in the presence of some celebrity.
To be fair most Non Welsh people would have a problem as well:
http://youtu.be/GZPhPf-0pYM
Justa- FYI I just got a season pass to S9 of Dr Who on iTunes for ~$23. If you buy make sure to get the SD version to save about $10
We don’t need no stinking HD!!!!!
Thanks for the update EssBee.
I have finally tracked down a provider who will give me BBCA
Bad news – won’t be installed until next Tuesday. 🙁
Good news – I have finagled an invite to a Dr. Who viewing party this Saturday night. 🙂
Well phone updated, just waiting for the iPad to update before bed.
In other good news.
I ran across 3 bottles of Barley Wine I made back in 2009 that was supposed to be ready in 2010.
I tried one last night. nom
However, I think it will be “ready” in another year. So now I must hide the remaining bottles from myself.
We’ll look after them for you here, J0e.
Phooey. No Pacific Rim 2.
http://tggeeks.com/blog/?p=1645
Yeah. Sucks.
So he’s just this guy you know:
http://apne.ws/1UWsNiI
I recall when this occurred.
Well … okay, they didn’t tell anyone about it at the time but I do recall when it DID get reported in the paper.
As I recall it was not reported as front page news.
Interestingly enough … the US had it’s own scare. My father was an engineer working on the US’s radar defense system back then.
One January evening, just after midnight, the computer warning system lite up with an an unknown incoming object coming over the pole. Then another and another. It looked for all the world like a massive strike had been launched. Fortunately, the US defense system had many more people in the “Launch Chain” than the Soviets seem to have. As it turned out, the folks who wrote the object tracking and cataloguing software … had failed to put in code to account for “Leap Year”. They were seeing space objects they already knew about but they suddenly weren’t arriving at their “normal” times.
Want . to . play . a . game ?
Turn your key, sir.
I really dont know how this planet survived the Cold War
Just wait until President Trump and Putin get into a dick measuring contest.
“Incoming!”
Everybody die now.
I’ve just realized that I have been getting M. Night Shyamalan confused with Shia LaBeouf.
That moment, you realize you’re actually just one of Shia LaBeouf’s alternate personalities and everyone else on the Deadpan board is as well.
I see wrecked franchises.
Morning Pan
Busy day today.
Go Bunny go!!
Oh, oh, hubby’s in trouble. He decided my desk needed dusting the other day. Which is fine but I can’t find my flash drives.
The first six SW films might be coming to Netflix soon…
http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-amc-theatres-marathon-teased/
But will it feel like 1977?
Haven’t clicked yet – – will it be the Special Editions?
Oh Im sure. Theyre the easiest to procure.
Crap joke for the day:
A five-year-old boy was mowing his front lawn and drinking a beer. The preacher who lived across the street saw the beer and came over to harass the kid. …”Aren’t you a little young to be drinking, son?” he asked.
“That’s nothing,” the kid said after taking a swig of beer. “I got
laid when I was three.” …”What? How did that happen?” ..”I don’t remember. I was drunk.”
No coat for you. Straight to bed with no supper.
Deadpan is the motherfucking way
That was my first Siri post
She has a potty mouth.
CP: Grateful Ghost – Megan Henwood
I could grumble about latest changes at work but WTF I need to sleep.
Vent if you need.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/alex-ovechkin-turns-30–no-rings–but-practically-everything-else-hockey-163029398.html
I’ve been rooting the past couple of years for this guy to get a Cup win. He’s one of our best, one of the best ever, and – – a few dumb comments notwithstanding – – he’s not a scumbag. I hope he can get that championship before he’s done.
So I got the message loud and clear.
My use of FemNazi was not meant to be derogatory towards feminists
or liberals or any other group of people. It was used as slang out of emotion I felt for stupid comments made by stupid female journalists.
Just like when people use the words: Shit, Fuck, Asshole, etc.
My apologies to those who felt personally attacked or who felt I am the ignorant piece of shit here.
Somebody needs a hug and a purring kitty on her lap.
*hugs*
While it is generally a term used by the far right to put down strong women … or pretty much any woman who speaks up for herself and others (i.e. – doesn’t “know her place”) – I took into account who was using the term and therefore NEVER personally took it as being used in that vein.
*hugs*
http://www.iflscience.com/amazing-video-shows-our-solar-system-scale-across-seven-miles-desert
Last post of the night from me is the most important, although the Solar System video is also a must:
Just over 2 weeks left to donate to Tony Mast’s Sausage Fest for Breast Cancer research!
I couldn’t remember if I donated yet this year so I did it just in case.
Thanks for the pimpage! I just noticed this.
Thanks for the donation, Bunny!
Morning Pan!
I have a tiring next couple of days. Around lunch I get my boss and we drive up to Edmonton (approx 3 hr. drive). We go to the Alberta Publishers awards dinner. Then, first thing in the morning I drive home. I plan to be home for lunch as we have company coming over later in the day for gaming.
I’m already tired.
Going to try and make some “Wibledy Wobledy,Timey Wimey Jello Shooters” for tomorrow nights Dr. Who premiere party.
Now, how to put clock faces on Jello?
There’s always room for Jell-O if it’s bigger on the inside.
It may be drunker on the inside.
The Western Canadian Music Awards are this weekend.
Good luck, Soulier!
No shit!? Good luck, Soulier!
^What he said!
Yea! Music real purdy like!
This makes me want to vomit.
http://www.hcn.org/articles/will-ap-history-changes-bury-manifest-destinys-more-sordid-past-1
How can an educational text that’s supposed to be a factual account of real events be “not patriotic enough?”
Ask North Korea…
It’s sad, but I know that education has been watered down for some time. It takes special teachers and students to get to the why. I know that we found it odd that we spent 2 days in US history on Harvey Milk, but my teacher didn’t say a word. He just showed us a documentary (pre the Sean Penn movie)and then told us he was available for questions after class. Not the same as “Manifest Destiny” but along the same lines as “Okay, this happened. Let’s dig for more info.”
You know the 14 year old that was arrested because the school administration freaked and thought his clock was a bomb?
I just read something that makes you wonder what their real motivation was.
Consider the following –
They didn’t evacuate the school, like you do when there’s a bomb.
They didn’t call a bomb squad – like you do when there’s a bomb.
They didn’t get as far away from him as possible, like you do when there’s a bomb.
Instead they put him and the clock in an office: not like you do when there’s a bomb
Then they waited with him for the police to arrive, and then they put the clock in the same car as the police.
Then they took pictures of it.
Did they really think it was a bomb? Or did they just think they needed to send a message to a Muslim.
The fallacy with that is that it’s applying logic and rational procedure to illogical, irrational people.
The more I see of this story and the pictures of the device…the less sympathetic I find myself feeling for this kid. I really want to avoid having to reach for the tinfoil hat. About the best I can say for him is he had incredibly poor judgement.
He showed it to his science teacher that morning and HE examined it and new what it was (and wasn’t).
This all could have been avoided if they had simply ASKED the kid what it was and why he had it at school and then talk to the science teacher he had shown it to that morning (and who had examined it and NEW exactly what and why). Instead they went directly for the police?
Why?
SO now they are saying they knew it wasn’t a bomb and are suspending him for a “bomb hoax”. Forget that they were the ones who cried “bomb” and not him.
*sigh*
ALL that aside – here is a post on that revelation that still makes me laugh:
“A fake bomb WITHOUT fake explosives or a fake detonator. Just a timing circuit with an LED display.
By that reasoning, he was just a fake Delorean away from making a fake time machine.
Great Scott, Marty, this Muslim kid is trying to take us…
BACK TO THE FUTURE!”
Now in Edmonton. It’s not that exciting
Were we expected to think Edmonton would be exciting?
http://io9.com/every-single-doctor-who-story-ranked-from-best-to-wors-1468104049
Of course these things are built for debate and disagreement.
Some good choices but I would put. ‘Pyramids of Mars’ on top.
The horrible 90s Eric Roberts TV special is rated suitably low, but the egg moon one was right down there with it, which is bollocks.
Are you really going to gripe about goofy faux science in a Doctor Who episode?
Well after watching the first episode of the new Who series:
Dear Mr Moffat, don’t be like Asimov, the Who verse doesn’t need retrofitting every fucking villain and the kitchen sink.
That is all.
Retrocon not retro fitting
Apparently, my hair deserves a better car that what I drive now…
?
For the benefit of the Facebookless:
Got to spend the day at EJ’s school volunteering as a WatchDOG. Spent most of the day helping in EJ’s class. Toward the end of the day, a couple of the kids were trying to figure out what kind of car I drive.
After a few reasonable guesses that weren’t correct, they went with a Lamborghini or a Ferrari. I asked if they thought I looked I could afford one of those.
One of them replied “With that hair, YES!”
I’m not quite sure how I should feel about that one…
Hmmmm:
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/white-kid-builds-nuclear-reactor-and-homeland-security-offers-help/
Crapjoke from Twitter:
@CrowfootJim: When women get to a certain age they start accumulating cats. This is known as the many paws.
*slow clap*
How the fuck did you do this!
You will realize that it is not the post that bends, it is you!
Free crime novel:
http://amazon.com/dp/B004R9QT9Q/
I’ve never heard of the author.
Free allows more room for experimentation.
I picked it up. I’m sure I’ll get around to it… eventually.
So I tempted fate today and upgraded my laptop to Windows 10. So far no major issues, although I still need to track down some drivers.
I’m good for about 2 hours on the interstate.
Got and old version of MAME working in Windows 10, played some Shinobi and Super Sprint..woot!
-n
It is with a heavy heart that Ii must announce the cancellation of Stranger Danger hockey this year. We lost 80% of the players including the commissioner due to life fuckery. We hope to have it back up and running next year.
I responded to this on FB (shame on me) – – I’d be up for doing a different league with managers from around the Pan.
What Jack Said
Well today I rescued President Ronnie and got to see the end screen on Bad Dudes vs the Dragonninja.
I only ever played Bad Dudes off of a 5 1/4″ floppy on my first PC, on my dazzling monochrome green monitor.
I never did get to President Ronnie. Or likely even beyond the first level.
So it turns out that Inuits are genetically adapted to process saturated fat without clogging up the arteries.
So all those Omega 3 supplements are probably a waste of time…unless you are an Inuit.
Which considering their diet would be a case of taking coal to Newcastle.
+s
Hey folks, tune in at 9pm Pacific time and cheer me on at the western Canadian music awards! I’m up for best electronic album of the year.
http://m.ustream.tv/channel/GxUg6BJCgVe
Fingers crossed! Congrats again on the nod!
Can do
Love me hanging out with some Cattarins!
name dropper!
Say what??
It was great to see you again, even though the time was too short. 🙂
So I hadn’t watched the first Star Trek movie since the 80s (?). This would have been a great Palooza film.
It’s really a decent film – – just slower than slow.
There was a lot of visualizing mens’ “junk” in this movie, thanks to the crewmembers wearing Longjons as their Starfleet uniforms…
Tragic story about the actress who played Lt. Ilia. 🙁
Even at the time I enjoyed the first ST film.
Of course it also one of the few films I saw with my Dad at the cinema..so memories.
Hey panties,
I have created a new fantasy hockey league with Mr. Mangan’s wise input. Join our league
! We need 8 more teams. Jack and I are on separate teams this season.
LMK if you want the link. I have already emailed it out to Ryah, Ditto, Lo, and Lo’s friend, Nick.
Joined!
Morning Pan
I have 31 emails this morning. Seriously, I closed my computer down about 6pm last night. Why did I get 31 emails on a Sunday night.
I guess I better do my hockey homework before this weekend.
Wait, draft is this Sunday at 3pm my time? I’m not sure if I can make it. Soulier is coming over for gaming. Will have to see what’s planned.
No worries- draft day n time can be changed. I just had to pick something.
Send me your top 2 time slots, including date.
I would go with Saturday any time, or earlier on Sunday. Of course, if Soulier does join our pool than it will be moot as he can join the draft when he’s over. I don’t think he’ back from BC until tomorrow so we can poke him then.
I’ll shall make contented sigh in my ignorance of what you are going on about.
Hockey pool. Want to join, Van? 😆
Damn Americans!
I was reading something this morning. In it was this: EZEP. It took me three tries before it made sense simply because we say Zed, not Zee. :silly:
Us too!
Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.
Fun fact. “Zee” actually came out of England from Thomas Lye’s ‘Lye’s New Spelling Book’ in 1677. To be fair it was Noah Webster who made it “official” here but that wasnt until 1800. So as per usual before you damn us, look to make sure our poppa didnt do it first. Nyeh!
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”
Yeah but the present is just a different version of said country.
No wait…
I don’t wear suits.
Thought it best get that out in the open early.
Bet you would if I asked properly
Nope, too constricting, I start to panic.
What about a nice blouse and skirt?
… again, if Lo Pan asked nicely.
I’m not Scottish!!!!!!!!
Y’ar if I say y’ar
Not a bloody pirate either!
Robe perhaps?
Poor Van
He’s just a paper doll for the rest of us Panites. 😉
Ack! flashback to what my sisters used to play with.
I’ll get your coat.
Yarr! I was too busy on Talk Like a Pirate Day to post here. Went to work, then helped my friends install flooring in their house. It was a good day.
I’m posting here now because I just ran across this question in the textbook I’m reading:
“Short notes placed in different parts of a program explaining how those parts of the program work are called _______.
a. comments
b. reference manuals
c. tutorials
d. external documentation”
I mentally replaced “comments” with “nipples” and “Ernest Borgnines” and giggled. 🙂
Short notes placed in different parts of a program are the mother f-ing way.
Soulier, I missed the cast. I hope you’re not too bummed about it. . . It’s seriously pretty awesome that you were nominated.
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/2015_western_canadian_music_award_winners_revealed
Seconded
Tonight’s arcade games:
Jackal by Konami (one of my fav arcades) and Atari’s Star Wars.
The former plays great with Xbox controller that latter does not.
But those vectors still look cool.
Vector Star Wars and vector Empire Strikes Back are about as good as arcade games can get.
Ok, for those interested in WW2, go on YouTube and search ‘The Secret War’ .
Look for 7 part series from the BBC, some good stuff covered and people who had served at the time.
OH YES
I knew you would.
I should have added from 1977.
That part kind of concerns me ( the age of the show) but it in itself is a nice historic piece of the times
Some of the enigma stuff was still classified at the time, but other episodes should still hold up.
But bloody hell this was the show (episode 4 in particular) that got me interested in German ww2 tech.
I will look!!
Crap joke for the day:
This 6’6″ guy kept staring at me in the pub last night.
After about half an hour i’d had enough so went up to him and said,
“If you keep staring at me mate, you’ll be spending the night in a&e”
“I’d like to see you fucking try.” He said.
So i stabbed his missus.
In all my years of playing in bands and with friends, tonight was the first time I’d ever played “Misty” with another musician. I feel like I’ve earned a long overdue merit badge.
SO from here on out I can ask you to play Misty for me?
Bunny boiler!!!
Seriously, who would ever hire a guy with a gravelly, whispery voice like Clint Eastwood to be a DJ?
Well off to see Everest at the flicks.
After ‘The Imimitation Game’ farce I’m not going to look up the true story that Everest is based on. I enjoyed the film.
Been away for a while. It will take some time to catch up on a bunch of things.
Morning Pan
There’s this bunny who likes to sit near in our front yard in the mornings. Once again, he was there to greet me when I opened the curtains. :cheerful:
Poor bunny, every morning the disappointment of finding out you aren’t actually a rabbit.
:biggrin:
I’m not sure I’ll be able to join the hockey pool. Life and work schedule are insane right now, and I’m forced to cut a lot of my fun time just to get stuff done. Keep me posted, and I’ll see what I can do, but I’m not making any promises right now.
Awww. Hope life gets better, ditto. *hugs*
Thanks. I don’t think it will change any time soon. 🙁
Jack said:
“So I hadn’t watched the first Star Trek movie since the 80s (?). This would have been a great Palooza film.
It’s really a decent film – – just slower than slow.”
I currently have, on one of my portable hard drives, at least 2 hours’ worth of unedited audio recordings of me and some of my local friends talking about movies. They are the earliest beginnings of a podcast (if I can ever make time to sit down and edit it). I will probably need supplemental content, so I might like to take the Palooza format and run with it every once in a while, if the Deadpan is okay with that.
Go for it! I don’t think Jack has copyright the palooza 😉
My attorneys are prepared to take action if anyone ever discusses a film on a Podcast.
(I kid. It would be fantastic if you picked up the Palooza torch, Amy!)
Thank you so much, Jack! :happy:
Time to get supper going. Making chili so I want it to do its thing in the slow cooker.
We bought a box of Girl Guide cookies yesterday. Hubby then spent the evening gnawing on them. I asked if there will be any left for the weekend. He was honest in his answer of “no”. I then asked if I should make some cookies on Friday.
Now, to figure out what kind of cookies I should make.
There was a beetle of some kind crawling around in my kitchen sink. Now there is a beetle of some kind in the Calgary sewer system.
I’m not very nice when it comes to creepy crawlies.
Ringo deserves no better.
Now that’s failing the emission test. 🙂
Hey y’all! We have an active fantasy hockey league now- but we want more teams!!!
Ditto and LoPan and Soulier… Are you in??
If we’re short on people, I can see if hubby is interested. I’ll ask him when he gets home tonight.
Me and Nick will do it tonite. As far as draft goes, just let it autodraft for me. I probably cant make a draft.
Pretty sure Cynthia said she was also interested. Not sure if you sent her one or not
Cyhful!
*ahem*
Cynful!
Hey guys.
Since I haven’t done this yet, but did get in on the fantasy hockey league… so I was here anyway and figured… pimpage!
Sooooo Sausagefest is happening again.
If you are so inclined and have the ducats to spare…
http://sausagefeststl.com/
You’ll note pimpage above too. 😉
A reminder is welcome.
Been there, done that.
But did you buy a hat?
‘One Million Moms’ can heartily go fuck themselves
Wait til the rise of One Million Muppets.
Happy Autumn Deadpan!
A bit late aren’t you?
Nope. For some strange reason, autumn falls on the 23rd this year.
http://time.com/4043175/first-day-fall-when-start/
The news people said it had something to do with it being leap year next year.
Science!
Or perhaps..
Horology!
RIP Yogi Berra. Baseball/pop culture icon. 90 is a fine time to go.
“Yogi, you want me to cut this pizza up into 8 slices?”
“No, I’m not hungry enough for 8 pieces. Cut it into 4.”
He was one-of-a-kind.
R.I.P.
Not impressed with first episode of the new Muppet TV series.
We have it on our DVR. Will probably watch it tonight.
OK, I’ll say it. . . the shrimp is funny. And that’s about it for post-Jim-Henson Muppets.
The human actors spoil it for me.
I’ll be the dissenter here. I liked the first episode of the new Muppet TV series. They are getting back to more adult oriented humor. Not that they original Muppet Show was super adult oriented, but they took a huge step up from Sesame Street. I think this is as close as we’ll get to a version of the Muppet Show that could happen now. I’m not crazy about “The Office” format, but it is just as much a part of current culture as the variety show format was part of the culture of the original show.
My comment is based on the Muppet movies and the previous attempt to reboot the show. I haven’t seen the new one.
I should also add: the 4D Muppet thing at Disney California Adventure is a blast.
Your bad taste joke of the day:
VW apologises for their cars spewing out noxious gases in the US.
They stated the cars were meant to go to Israel.
Cant say I did Nazi that coming.
Boo.
Ok, time to start the slow cooker again. Not sure how it came to be I’m using it two days in a row but *shrug* that’s the way life is when you live in a box, I guess.
Sweet. New Metric and Meg Myers! 😀
BOTH!
Separate or playing together?
If they ever played together I would emit so hard YOU would feel it
And David Gilmour and Dead Weather.
That Gilmore album intrigues me. Never been a Dead Weather fan tho I do love VV
I’m debating on weather or not to cut my hair short again. Hubby and I have had a week long discussion on this matter.
My inner feminist has told me to shut up.
I don’t even know what that means.
I think you rock both looks well! We definitely need before and after pictures, if you go for the chop.
CW: Gotham S2 E1
My suspension of disbelief is sorely tested by having a woman in the same prison as the proto-joker.
Ah it’s Arkham, sanity is restored.
Still I’m sure segregation by sex would be the norm in a mental institution.
It’s that bloody serial bad guy actor AGAIN FFS!
Somebody give that guy a hero role…
Who?
Him:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Frain
Yeah, he seems to show up everywhere.
I had to dig to see what I recognized him from – Orphan Black is what I was thinking of.
Doggy style of there, missionary over here and Dirty Sanchez? … all the way in the back.
Oh Rhettro *giggle*
Happy Bi-visibility Day!
You better shape up.
Cause I need a man?
Hermaphrodite
At least my comment made sense.
Damn I didn’t know that was a requirement.
Stop shaving with asparagus kangaroo paint chips!
May Maxmillian drump the yonder out your fandango
Machine wrapped, with butter.
Your a smooth operator.
Tonight’s arcade games:
A brief dalliance with Shock Troopers (Commando on steroids on the Neo Geo)
..and Cabal
The latter may just be played on a non scrolling screen, but some good blasting action.
Hmmmm:
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-09-23/actors-are-reciting-pop-songs-like-shakespeare-and-the-results-are-incredible
..although this guy got there first:
http://youtu.be/zLEMncv140s
I love Peter Sellers
I second your Peter Sellers love!
fun article about Yogi Berra’s famous sayings
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/yogi-berra-yogi-isms-quotes-explored.html?_r=0
I’m told that he and his wife are from different cities in the U.S. Toward the end, when she asked where he wanted to be buried, he said, “I don’t know. Surprise me.”
So Lo, the Chinese may have your fingerprints:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/world/asia/hackers-took-fingerprints-of-5-6-million-us-workers-government-says.html?_r=0
You could always learn to sing this:
http://youtu.be/MDLeirHHWKs
What are they going to do? Take all my savings that I dont have?
Well there goes your CIA cAreer.
Have a tongue sandwich!
I hear tongue sandwiches are an acquired taste.
This joke could be piercing.
In retrospect, my joke is worse.
Well it’s preferable to a knuckle sandwich.
Open faced?
You’ll have to go somewhere else for some S&M.
How about PB&J ?
Morning Pan
I feel old https://www.distractify.com/bethbuczynski-look-away-painful-nostalgia-ahead-1347608711.html?ts_pid=2&ts_pid=2&ts_pid=2
Morning http://i.imgur.com/9hxbavJ.gif
I admit, I laughed
😀
Oh look, an iOS update. How …
Just a little bitty one.
must… pull mind… from gutter… :angel:
Innuendo for an iOS update?
You must be new around here. Welcome to Jack Mangan’s Deadpan.
Tonight’s word is:
Knickebein
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/watch-the-warriors-recreate-their-last-subway-ride-home-20150923
Can you dig it?
speaking of old…
Morning Pan
I have decided to make pinwheel cookies today. A play by play will be forthcoming once I’m ready to start.
The sky is a pretty shade of pink today.
Ok Deadpan! It’s cookie making time.
This recipe is made in sections so there will be brief breaks while he dough sets
First, I’m going to put butter and sugar in a bowl and mix them together
Next, we’ll add an egg to the mixture
Now it’s time for baking powder
And vanilla
I love the smell of vanilla
Flour time!
Some doh-head forgot to take her ring off befor she started using her hand to mix the dough
Now that this is throughly mixed, we decided the dough into two equal parts
Decided = divided
Now we are going to melt some chocolate in the microwave
The chocolate is taking its sweet time to melt
Now that the chocolate has melted, we will mix it into one of the halves of dough
Now we put our chocolate and vanilla balls of dough and put them in the fridge to firm up. While they are doing that, I’m going to clean the washroom.
Now that my washroom is nice and clean, it’s back to the cookies
First il going to take the vanilla dough and roll it out on a piece of parchment paper (the recipe calls for wax but my parchment paper has a bigger roll so I’m using that)
Then we take the chocolate dough and do the same thing
Then we take our chocolate dough and place it on top of the vanilla
Then we take the whole thing and roll it into a log
Now the dough has to firm up a bit, so the cookie dough log is put in the freezer while I clean the kitchen
There, that should be long enough
Now I’m going to take my log (yeah, yeah, I know) and cut it into cookies
There! Now I have a whole bunch of cookie screaming for mercy in the oven
In about ten minutes, I’ll have pinwheel cookies.
Soulier is coming over on Sunday so you will have to eat the vicariously through him
hmmm, I think I cut my cookies a little too thick. They just don’t seem up to my usual standards. 🙁
I’m still hungry.
Pinwheel cookies were a huge favorite of mine as a kid. My mom still makes them every year around Xmas time.
CP: Skinny — The Dollyrots
Thumbs up on The Muppets. I like the nods to the classic series and the writing on the 1st Ep. Trying not to spoil it for others *cough*
Also, really loving Scream Queens first ep. Especially the covers of 80s and 90s songs in the background.
I found it painfully unfunny.
WE thought it was cute enough. We’ll watch the next episode.
Yeah, I’ve heard mixed reviews. I’m passing on it just because I have no time to watch the stuff I know I like, let alone new shows.
It occurs to me I haven’t eaten yet today. Now to figure out what would make a good brunch.
Pinwheel cookies?
Nope. Decided to go for egg salad. Eggs are on the stove now.
I have been recruited to assist the OR Scheduling office for the hospital for the next month or so.
So now I sit on my butt and do data entry for 8 hrs a day. #highestpaidadminever
Well you certainly have less gore and more hardening of the arteries.
So I thought I would give audible a try with the 30 day trial.
For the trial I got ‘The Traitor Baru Comorant’ by Seth Dickinson.
It’s about young woman who wants to free her homeland from an Empire by becoming a top class agent for the empire.
The Empire mixes Victorian tech (sailing ships but with torpedos) and machvellian strategy and psychology.
Good stuff, oh and if you like Hollywood endings, give this one a pass.
Thanks for the review. I may have to check this one out.
Hubby listens to a lot of audio books. I tried it for a while but it didn’t fit with my lifestyle.
Yeah I find fitting audio books into my day rather difficult, so don’t think I’m going to be a big consumer, but going to do the three months at half price trial and probably quit after that.
But the book is worth checking out in paper or ebook forms.
Audiobooks can be great for a commute. As a cheapskate, I’ve done ok with Librivox, as noted in the comment above:
http://jackmangan.com/out-in-the-scrolled/#comment-184872
I’ve found some great audiobooks at the library. Concur on the commute tool as well as late night drives
I seem to be having difficulty with my lifestyle
Stay off the pan galactic gargle blasters.
Both my personal and professional work is done. I think it is now time to kill some mechanized monsters.
CP: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 3
CP: Crystals — Of Monsters And Men
And now new Silversun Pickups too! 😀
Sweet! Gravity Rush (Daze) 2 is coming out next year. 😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aff8j1dnglM
Tonight’s arcade is Golden Axe.
I completed this in the arcades as it’s relatively easy game.
I did not know that they used audio samples from Rambo and Conan for the screams and grunts.
Yeah, when you kill the big boss, he shouts, “Adriennnne!”
“Golden Axe is a war zone”
Look, it’s me.
*TAG*
You’re it.
No, You’re it.
*tag*
This has been your Drive by of the week.
Have you asassinated Steven Moffat yet?
I don’t want him dead. If we kill him, he won’t learn nothin’
I recall discussing Capaldi with you last year. . . We should talk again, now that I’ve actually seen his entire first season.
Overall, I like his Doctor quite a bit, and I liked most of his ssn 1 episodes. I think people sometimes forget just how nutrageous the show could sometimes go for Eccleston, Tennant, and Smith.
The choice of The Doctor isn’t my issue. I love Capaldi. So far, every actor given the role in the BBC series has embodied The Doctor, and that’s as it should be.
I hate the direction the stories have gone. Dumbed down retellings of fairy stories, mediocre retellings of better works by better writers, a lack of subtlety for his political points-of-view, and some seriously shitty writing (Yes, I’m looking at you Tyrannosaurus rex in London.)
Moffat has come close in several episodes to turning his speeding locomotive around and almost given me hope, only in the last few moments of the ep to fuck it up. The first ep this season; however, has left me wondering why I don’t just stop watching now and save myself the misery of another bad series, and it’s a two-parter. It should draw me in, not put me off.
So disgusted by Moffat’s whole run.
Yup. That’s why I completely quit after Matt’s first season.
No. I binge watched basically from Second season Tennant thru first season Smith. Now while I agree with your assertion there’s outrageous aspects to all seasons, Moffat somehow was so talented he turned fun outrageous into insipid and insulting.
i feel… strongly…about this
I actually agree with all of that, although I still did find myself more engaged and entertained by the best of last seasons than I ever recall being during Smith’s tenure. I’m cautiously hopeful for season 2.
I feel largely the same about pre-Moffat Who as well, though. We’re just in the midst re-watching the Tennant 2-parter with the Dalek invasion (where Davros comes back, and there’s the mad Dalek, and Rose is strutting around with a BFG rifle). Go and rewatch it too, if you can. That shit is bananas.
Well that’s something I wouldnt know cause I havent seen Capaldi. ALTHOUGH Ill ask you – could I skip the Smith seasons and go strait there?
Ok agreed!! However you hit the nail inadvertently on the head in your previous post when you said “…how nutrageous the show could sometimes…” SOMETIMES being the key word. That’s all I felt ALL THE TIME during Moffatt. I think that’s the key difference
While Tennant is my favorite Doctor since the reboot, two of my favorite episodes are during the Matt Smith era. Gaiman, who wrote one of those two, is scheduled on this season’s roster as well. I admit I have scoffed at times, but I am not ready to give up on the series.
I should go on record as saying that I LIKE “nutrageous”.
It is my favorite breakfast cereal.
I hope we didn’t already chase Lejon away with our Moffat-era Doctor Who talk. I do think he should choose between Sherlock Holmes and The Doctor. That, or turn over the next James Bond film to him as well. Give him control over England’s major pop heroes.
His penchant for the zany-beyond-belief showed up in the last Sherlock finale.
Holy SHIT that was him that wrote the last Sherlock series wasnt it? Fucking almost ruined that too
I thought he was the show runner on all the Cumberbatch Sherlock.
Yeah but he only had (from what I can see) head writing credits on last series
1. not chased off… not yet. Just tend not to be online as much anymore.
2. Moffat needs to stay show runner for Sherlock, but leave writing to his partner from the first two seasons.
3. Nutrageous can only get you so far in life, then you need to stop pissing off people and tell good stories.
4. Someone needs to fire Moffat. He can’t just keep hiding behind his 3 hugos anymore. He’s not bulletproof.
*Waves at Lejon*
Hey there!
#GABF?
Where all the beer loving half drunk people were milling about when we met in Denver last year.
Not # Green Alligators Biting Farmers?
Or # Greek Albinos Bring Flatulence?
Goosed Albatross Being Fierce
Great American Beer Festival
Ta.
No surprise, hubby and I picked up a new game. It’s called Star Realms. For those that play, think Dominion in space.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147020/star-realms
I’m expecting LIGO will soon detect gravitational waves emitted by your board game collection.
Tiffany’s been interested in that game for awhile. Let us know what you think!
We quite enjoyed it. Of course, I won’t the initial game so that might play a factor in my enjoyment 😉
I noticed you can get a free version on ios or android. 🙂
Won’t = won
Seriously, I do have a tiny bit of spelling and grammar knowledge
http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2008/11/17/early-days-of-cyberpunk/ to read later.
Pat Cadigan in the comments.
All I remember of her books is that woman who would chew her food then spit it in a bucket so as not to swallow the food.
It was totally residuals, and totally over the top but hubby and I enjoyed Furious 7
The Fast and the Residual.
Sigh. I meant ridiculous
Seriously, enough.
Cliff Burton was killed 29 years ago today. So let it be written.
Jack Burton, still going strong…
It’s all in the reflexes.
R.I.P. Cliff.
CW: Heroes Reborn E1
Why am I doing this? why?
..and Chucks the bad guy..fuck!!
You do love your spoilers don’t you? Yes I watched and in true Heroes fashion, nothing is always as it seems to be. I am on the fence about this. I will continue watching preparing to be disappointed.
I’m avoiding this show.
And this article makes me glad I avoided it.
https://www.vox.com/2015/9/25/9396443/heroes-reborn-premiere-recap
Yeah. I refuse as well
I will give many things a chance:
http://www.avclub.com/review/heroes-reboot-you-deserve-and-one-you-need-right-n-225759
TEB and Soulier,
Will you two discuss Fantasy Hockey today?
I spoke to Soulier, he will join our hockey group.
Hmmmm:
http://io9.com/you-wouldnt-know-is-the-latest-jonathan-coulton-portal-1733267575?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Taking the kids to see The Visit (their request). A bunch of old people between us and the theater exits, to up the creep factor.
Side note: I can’t believe I’m giving this punk more of my money.
I second Vanamonde’s “meh.” We need to stop encouraging M. Night Shymana,ndwerworjw by buying movie tickets.
Still, the kids had fun with it, there were a couple of truly unsettling scenes, and it was solidly in the PG-13 range.
Still better than most of his previous films, which is not saying much.
Careful. Not all of his previous films
I said most, for me anything after Unbreakable.
Youll say what I SAY YOU SAID.
Also I still love Signs and Ill defend the first 2/3 of The Village to the hilt. After that, well everyone knows the story.
I agree with that too.
I believed for the first 2/3 of the Village that all of the bullshit was leading up to an amazing payoff. Yeah.
I acknowledge that Signs is a terrible Sci-Fi movie, but it’s a really wonderful story, with some great, memorable scenes. I’ll defend that as his last worthwhile flick.
And yes, The Visit is his best since then.
The problem with the Signs was the dumber than dishwater notion that the aliens were averse to water, it rather coloured my old attitude to the film.
Sometimes we have to learn to say no to our kids when it’s for their own good, or even for the betterment of mankind.
Soulier will also join the secret santa
This makes you sound like the KGB.
Soulier is no longer invited over. We played two round of Star Realms and he won them both :tongue:
We are currently listening to the new Iron Maiden (their 18 minute opus is currently playing), while waiting for our food to arrive
Playing board games stuff DJ Bunny.
Soulier, do you know Dan Mangan (no relation) personally?
… And he won the next game of Memoir 44.
We’re going to play Lords of Waterdeep next. Let’s see if he can make it a sweep
Lunar eclipse has begun, it hasn’t went red yet.
Too cloudy to see it here. Boo
For once it nice and clear here.
Strange that this is the first lunar eclipse I’ve witnessed.
Worth staying up for, but time for bed.
I won Lords of Waterdeep!
Woo hoo!
:happy:
Well Ticket booked to see ‘The Martian’ this week.
I promise there will no no mention that the dust storm is scientifically inaccurate..oooops.
Lol. Yeah, but I’m ok with that. 😀
Altered Images is playing on the TV and it’s not THAT song.
I’m going to add Claire Grogan to my list of retro crushes.
Oooh Texas is playing now, not my fav song but still.
My fav Texas song is this:
http://youtu.be/5n1mfhFBYdg
My favorite Texas song is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vppbdf-qtGU
My favorite Texas song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJEwrw4VEls
I knew what that was going to be, but I clicked anyway…
I’ve always liked this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_LxlUXnthw
Morning Pan
The little bunny wasn’t in the front yard to greet me this morning 🙁
An app on phone took a disliking to iOS 9 and crashed the phone. After rebooting, phone wouldn’t connect to Internet or wifi. Several reboots later, still no connection.
Only when I uninstalled the app and rebooted did connectivity return.
Grrrr!
ditto! You saw that Lush is reuniting for at least one night. Here’s hoping for a new album. Hell if MBV can do it…
I saw! I saw! I hope they record the concert and release that along with the reissues! Such an under-appreciated band.
CP: Keep You On My Side — Chvrches
There’s water on Mars. No get yo ass to Mars!
Just got my tickets to see The Iron Giant: Signature Edition. 😀
YES!
Cumberbatch is my favorite Doctor.
Me too!!!!!!!!! Cause Matt Smith is my favorite Sherlock
🙂
The news said today is national drink a beer day in the US.
Even though I’m not American, I think I will still celebrate after work tonight
Dear Cynful
Re: Your hockey team name.
Once again, my mind went into the gutter. Care to join me?
Revelling in the muck
Bunny
Oh, it went through 3 changes before it landed on that name. I considered the gutter as an option.
(and yes, I knew what you really meant. That didn’t stop my mind from taking a left turn upon reaching its destination)
mmhmm, if there’s a double entendre, I probably will enjoy it. A triple one even more.
Next, you’ll be finding innuendo in a sonic screwdriver.
Bwahaha, you haven’t? 😀
It can open anything.
http://www.drinksmixer.com/drinkb1c6388.html
CP: Too Bad, So Sad — Metric
WOO HOO!
That’s the perfect response in so many ways. 😀
JF – City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett (audio book)
Not a great fantasy fan but this was bloody brilliant.
Some great world building, interesting characters and plot that rattles along.
Good stuff.
I agree. I quite enjoyed this book. Looking forward to the next one.
Hubby and I were discussing the food chain. According to him sharks eat bears. Bears eat wolves.
Have I mentioned how much I love my hubby?
Wolves eat carabo
Carabao eat rabbits. Rabbits eat gophers.
Oh, hubby, hubby, hubby
Are the gophers the bottom, then?
I drank what?
uhoh
Trying to get caught up on SHIELD before tomorrow.
Mockingbird!!!!!
I would have been doing that if I hadn’t been catching up on homework. Wrote my first Python program from scratch today. Some parts of the reading and studying were hard, but getting it to run correctly and submitting it were really gratifying. :happy: (Intro to Programming is mandatory for the AS program at my local community college.)
Cool Amy!
David Lee Roth. I see your name up in Vegas lights.
Wow. Van Halen in 2015. Wow.
I only have enough room in my life for a few crazy; DLR just threw me over my
limit tonight.
Eddie Van Halen’s updates to eruption are insane. David Lee Roth is insane.
This is doing the rounds on FB:
I was in England again a few weeks ago, mostly in small towns, but here’s some of what I learned:
* Almost everyone is very polite
* The food is generally outstanding
* There are no guns
* There are too many narrow stairs
* Everything is just a little bit different
* The pubs close too early
* Pubs are not bars, they are community living rooms.
* You’d better like peas, potatoes and sausage
* Refrigerators and washing machines are very small
* Everything is generally older, smaller and shorter
* There are very well behaved dogs everywhere
* People don’t seem to be afraid of their neighbors or the government
* Their paper money makes sense, the coins don’t
* Everyone has a washing machine but driers are rare
* The reason they drive on the left is because all their cars are built backwards
* Hot and cold water faucets. Remember them?
* Pants are called “trousers”, underwear are “pants” and sweaters are “jumpers”
* The bathroom light is a string hanging from the ceiling
* “Fanny” is a naughty word, as is “shag”
* All the signs are well designed with beautiful typography and written in full sentences with proper grammar.
* There’s no dress code
* Doors close by themselves, but they don’t always open
* They eat with their forks upside down
* English are as crazy about their gardens as Americans are about cars
* They don’t use facecloths or napkins
* The wall outlets all have switches, some don’t do anything.
* There are hardly any cops or police cars.
• There are 5,000 year old rocks still standing around. No one is sure why
* When you do see police they seem to be in male & female pairs and often smiling
* Black people are just people: they didn’t quite do slavery here
* Everything comes with chips, which are French fries. You put vinegar on them
* Cookies are “biscuits” and potato chips are “crisps”
* HP sauce is better then catsup
* Obama is considered a hero, Bush is considered an idiot.
* After fish and chips, curry is the most popular food
* The water controls in showers need detailed instructions
* Folks don’t always lock their bikes
* It’s completely normal to see people dressing different and speaking different languages
* Electronic devices work fine with just a plug adapter.
* Nearly everyone is better educated then we are
* If someone buys you a drink you must do the same.
* There are no guns
* Look right, walk left
* It’s not that hard to eat with the fork in your left hand with a little practice. If you don’t, everyone knows you’re an American
* Many of the roads are the size of our sidewalks
* There’s no AC.
* Instead of turning the heat up, you put on a jumper
* Gas is “petrol”, it costs about $7 a gallon and is sold by the liter
* If you speed on a motorway, you get a ticket. Always.
* You don’t have to tip, really!
* Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Cornwall really are different countries
* Everyone here has a passport, only 14% of Americans do.
* You pay the price marked on products because the taxes (VAT) are built in.
* Walking is the national pastime
* Their TV looks and sounds much better then ours
* They took the street signs down during WWII but haven’t put them all back up yet.
* Everyone enjoys a good joke
* There are no guns
* Dogs are very well behaved and welcome everywhere
* There are no window screens
* You can get on a bus and end up in Paris.
* Everyone knows more about our history then we do
* Radio is still a big deal. The BBC is quite good
* The newspapers can be awful
* Everything costs the same but our money is worth less so you have to add 50% to the price to figure what you’re paying
* Beer comes in large, completely filled, actual pint glasses and the closer the brewery the better the beer
* Butter and eggs aren’t refrigerated
* The beer isn’t warm, each style is served at the proper temperature
* Cider (alcoholic) is quite good.
* Excess cider consumption can be very painful.
* The universal greeting is “Cheers” (pronounced “cheeahz” unless you are from Cornwall, then it’s “chairz”)
* The money is easy to understand: 1-2-5-10-20-50 pence, then-£1-£2-£5-£10, etc bills. There are no quarters.
* Their cash makes ours look like Monopoly money.
* Cars don’t have bumper stickers
* Most doorknobs, buildings and tools are older than America
* By law, there are no crappy, old cars
* When the sign says something was built in 456, they didn’t lose the “1”
* BBC 4 is NPR
* Everything closes at 1700 (5pm)
* Very few people smoke
* You’re defined by your accent
* No one in Cornwall knows what a Cornish Game Hen is
* Soccer is a religion, religion is a sport
* Europeans dress better then the British, we dress worse
* The trains work: a three minute delay is regrettable
• Drinks don’t come with ice
* There are far fewer fat English people
* There are a lot of healthy old folks wandering around participating in life instead of hiding at home watching tv.
* If you’re over 60 and English, you get free bus, rail travel and tv.
* Displaying your political or religious affiliation is considered very bad taste
* Every pub has a pet drunk
* Their healthcare works, but they still bitch about it.
* Cake is one of the major food groups.
* Their coffee is mediocre but their tea is wonderful.
* There are still no guns
* Towel warmers!
How accurate is it, Van?
Some true, some generalities, some wishful thinking.
And a few out of date (the 1700 finishing time for example).
I have yet to visit your island, Van, but it did seem as if the author had some rose-tinted glasses.
Van owns an island?
He even has his own guards with tall, fuzzy hats.
Really, no napkins? How do guys with beards get by? Napkins are essential when there is all kinds of hair floating around your pie hole.
That one is wrong.
Morning Pan
Last night we finished Wayward Pines (leading to our strange discussion on the food chain). We very much enjoyed it.
Terrible pun from Twitter:
@ndmckeown: Interviewer – “So are you comfortable with performing the assassination in highland dress?”
Hitman – “Well I’ve kilt before…”
I’ll get you your bagpipes.
i’ll show you my tattoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DNe5Ybmk08
Just a quick hop in. Very busy today.
We have a box set going out next week. I’ve never assembled a box set in eformat before so there is a bit of a learning curve. Since my boss wants to put out six of these suckers in the next year, I better learn how to spin.
Feel free to pimp here, if your bosses are ok with it. I’d like to know more about the boxed sets.
Sure Jack. It will be one of those $0.99 deL on Amazon. We are putting it together but only one story in it is our.
I know my boss is more excited for the one after as Charles deLint has agreed to put a book in it.
CP: Connection — Silversun Pickups
I got a letter from the government the other day
Opened it and read it, it said they were suckers
They wanted me for their army or whatever
Picture me givin’ a damn, I said, never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
About a brother like myself because I never did
I wasn’t with it but just that very minute
It occurred to me, the suckers had authority
Poem? Song? Booze addled ravings?
Tricky or Public Enemy?
yes.
I’m impressed, you guys! (or just old and stuck in the past). I love the PE version and recall when Tricky was the darling of the 90s, but I was unaware of his 2013 cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZJTM03UByU
The cover was done in 1995. I have NO idea why it says 2013 there :). Great cover tho.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Steel_in_the_Hour_of_Chaos
Seriously inspired. The Tricky version “Black Steel” is also excellent.
Well … I did it.
Last night I finally reached the last episode of Breaking Bad.
A brilliant show in SO many ways but OH so hard to watch.
Now on to …?
Nothing. Let it settle in your gizzard for a while before you move on
Go get yourself some tasty fried chicken.
Mr. Robot… Definitely Mr. Robot.
For your reading list:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1396743007
Should we participate in the research?
hic
I grabbed it but I’m not sure when I will get to it.
Hmmm:
http://m.fastcompany.com/3032807/why-england-has-the-best-wall-sockets-on-earth
“… the rugged, bottom-heavy design of a U.K. plug makes it an almost scientifically perfect caltrop.”
I’ll remember that next time I’m part of a D & D campaign
It’s because they don’t use any napkins.
Refrigeration is the devil’s work.
AKA Thermodynamics. 😉
Morning Pan
Today we wrestle the box set to the ground and finish it off. My todo list is getting awfully long.
Well that conjures up a certain image.
No mud or hot oil involved 😉
So enjoyed ‘The Martian’.
Still haven’t forgiven Scott for Bladerunner.
Hubby informed me that he will be home late three days next week. Three Days! *sigh* I always see less of him in the first few months of the school year.
So it’s been 50 years since Thunderbirds first aired.
FAB
And 30 years since Thundercats first aired
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats
And 25 years since Thunderstruck first hit the airwaves
30 years since Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
7 years since Tropic Thunder.
PS. You NEVER go full Vanamonde…
so is anybody up to writing a haiku about your first kiss?
After we finished
She stared at me and said “ew!”
Why’s adults do this?
*Why’d
Is Why’d allowed?
Why wouldnt it be?
First time I’ve seen someone use it
In a haiku or ever?
Ever
Really? So not even like “Why’d you do that to me?” or “Why’d Bill put that where it didnt belong?”
Only written out as why do
Well I’ll just have to find a more eloquent way
Replace “why’d” with “wide”.
My question is why?
No, that doesn’t work.
Fine.
Furtive glance in backseat
Hug and he moved in closer
Asshole lied after
Redhead at Renfaire.
She flirted; I was clueless.
The ‘Free Kiss’ card worked.
(This haiku is fiction)
First kiss wasn’t great,
Because of her Funyuns breath,
– – Also her mustache.
Why are we doing this, Van?
Book competition
Twenty in hot tub
A late start for this Pannite
And, she was Irish
33 years since the edison twins
24 years since Edison’s Medicine
..yet the Model 3 is still a few years out.
Just paint it black.
Why’d you wanna do this?
Nope, your original is better.
The Tesla song??
Amen brother…
it’s flower day at work. a fundraiser where we can buy a flower for a fellow colleague, and the proceeds go to the united way. i want a whiskey day.
I would whole heartedly support that.
We have had pizza day and Ice Cream Social for United Way this week.
I just finished conditioning a Humidor, in which I set up a shot-glass of distilled water and humidor humidifier for 48 hours. I loaded up the box with 24 cigars, but had the shot-glass of water left over. I didn’t want to waste the water, so I poured a shot of Glenmorangie into it and drank it down. It was extra nice, since the cedar of the humidor parially leeched into the water. Added tasty hints to the whiskey.
and that’s all i have to say about that.
*Partially…
The humidor now contains 23 cigars, and actual humidifying equipment.
You would think combined USB3 and Gigabit ethernet PCie cards would be more common but you would be wrong.
On a more depressing note, a friend whose eyesight had been deteriorating and was diagnosed with cataracts , has been told it’s not cataracts and he needs more tests.
So fingers crossed.
*hugs* to you and your friend, Van
I do hope for the best.
CP: Next Generation of Space Exploration (Rosetta Launch) — Atanas Valkov feat. Professor David Southwood and Astronaut Alexander Gerst
Someone told me there were alternative ways to get sodium than eating salt.
I’ve just realised how wrong that was.
Doh!
Um… they are right. Plenty of things have sodium in them. For instance a potato naturally has something like a couple dozen milligrams of sodium in it.
Bah… next you’ll be trying to tell us that sodium is actually a metal that catches fire when it comes in contact with water!
And an egg has 70 mg of sodium in it
Umm no you need sodium chloride, sodium by itself would kill you.
Of course there is sodium bicarbonate and hydroxide.
Sodium pentothal.
What’s your PIN?
https://goo.gl/3R46TN
S-S-S-S, A-A-A-A, F-F-F-F, (and so on)
Damn woodpecker is tapping on my house siding.
maybe it’s trying to communicate. see this chart to decrypt: http://morsecode.scphillips.com/morse2.html
-. . …- . .-. — — .-. .
-. . …- . .-.
— — .-. .
You may need to re-space those, J0e. I got Nevrmre
The crow knows.
I must ponder J0e’s comments, weak and weary.
So the movie “Serenity” came out ten years ago. Can you buy walkers on Amazon?
You can buy Walkers crisps in the UK.
They’re north of the wall.
Over the Wall came out 28 years ago.
Over The Hedge came out 9 years ago. 🙂
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093692/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Also 28 years ago.
Attack on Titan: Part 1 – pretty good! Also pretty fucking gross.
http://jezebel.com/olympic-level-troll-hijacks-hln-segment-on-edward-snowd-1733833133
From Stephen Jacob on FB. Don’t get hung up on the guy’s Twitter name.
Morning Pan
Time to have a shower.
And yes, when I first read that comment in the preview, I thought “Pan group shower??”
I’ll wash Ed’s back.
:whistle:
Why does everyone keep dropping the soap?
I think I have shampoo in my eyes
elder scrolls online, to buy or not to buy?
I generally don’t go for MMO’s. I don’t like dealing with on-line gamers. I’ll wait for the next actual Elder Scrolls game.
Yes, i was leaning that way too.
CP: Thousand Eyes — Of Monsters And Men
It’s been awhile, Deadpan. In an hour or so, we will all be subjected to this little beauty
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2290739/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
More human fuckery:
At least 10 killed in college shooting in Oregon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34419802
So fucking done with this shit.
I wish we as a society were ready to take steps toward solving this problem. But we’re not.
I really think we are. Its just a loud screaming (and well armed) minority with money holding us back. Makes no sense. Maybe thats just wishful thinking
Sheriff: “I will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act.”
BBC: Here is his name… here is a section of the article titled “Everything We Know about …”
Nice to know American journalism in not alone in giving a rat’s ass about anything but dragging in readers at any cost.
So many fuckwits in the UK who still think the British Empire was a good idea.
Well.. I mean it was if you were English at that time.
“England! What’s that behind your back?”
“Oh, its just India and a number of other countries…”
All right Deadpan, it’s time.
It’s been awhile so I’ll go over the rules.
The movie will most likely be terrible. Although, to be honest, I expect this one will be worse than most.
There will be spoilers. But most of this play by play will most likely not make much sense out of context.
Auto correct and typing errors will happen. Feel free to laugh at them.
Finally, you are allowed, nay encourage, to participate
Today’s movie is The Devil’s Hand
The PVR write up: terror overtakes a religious community when six young women, all born on the same day, begin disappearing as their 18th birthday draws near
Today’s play by play will have no theme, just a normal pbp
Oh. As an FYI, I just finished a giant slurpee so expect a few breaks as I feel the need
This movie is starting well. The warning said it had the three elements of a good bad movie
Wood burning pics
I don’t understand why the 18th birthday is important. Isn’t that a modern, arbitrary date of adulthood?
Hey, it’s Miles O’Brien
Six girls, all born on the same night
Wow. Our first body came early in this movie
Five girls swimming in the lake
… And one naked boy
Mouth to mouth
Don’t tell the elders about the naked boy
Look. It’s Alice’s door
Run!
That place needs a little work
Yeah, I knew that wouldn’t work
Yeah. They’re best friends
Don’t do it
What a bloody mess
Satan desires young flesh
Never go to the far side of the lake
We are living in a material world
Satan has been invited to New Bethleham
Time to get their rave on
He knows squat about astronomy
Vision time
And the body count keeps rising
Only sin can breach our walls
The last one standing will be the drama queen… Oh wait
We’ve been through this before
How did that get there?
She wields that axe like a pro
That’s just crazy talk
Break time! Back in a bit
I’m back!
Where was I…
Holding hand by the lakeside
Aw, her first kiss
Well, that was a strang reaction
Stand before the community!
That’s right. Blame the girls
She wasn’t very good at that
Wow. That was almost comical
Strip so I can look for signs of the devil
Naked butt!
I hope O’Brien kicks it soon. I really hate his character
I would want to be shunned if I lived there too
Stop!
Trevor is the sheriff’s sun
Mommy?
Beating
She’s got a wet head
Now she’s got wet lips
… And now she has wet nether regions
Forgive
Evil step-mom is leaving
Ruth?
Time for another vision
The eye of God sees you
Open the door!
Or maybe you shouldn’t have
Don’t run
Don’t trust people in hoods
See. What did I say?
The bells. The bells!
And another one bites the dust
She needs to be purified
Time for torches and pitchforks
Time for an exorcism
She bit his ear
25 minutes to midnight
Kill me
Wouldn’t really happen
she is the one
The prophesy. The prophesy!
And finally he bites it.
Movie is over.
Thoughts: this movie was actually better than I thought it would be. It is not the best either. I would put it in the middle of the pack
The Devil’s Hands are Billy Idol’s playthings.
At least, I think that’s how the old saying went.
Does Billy Idol have a glass hand?
Nick Cave has a red right hand
He does have Eyes Without a Face.
Bunny said:
“Soulier will also join the secret santa”
Awesome! Glad to hear. :happy:
Oh Agents of SHIELD…. fuck me am I glad youre back
HaZAAAH!
I didn’t get to watch the season opener until last night.
Two words –
Yoga pants
And, may I just say, Hellooooooo, Daisy
She hurts my everywheres.
What about Mae in her golf clothes?
Whelp I guess Ill buy Iron Maiden tix. I dont want them to be another band that I end up not seeing and regrettng
The upcoming tour will be in support of their new album. That should be a good concert to see, but you should be aware: they’ve begun doing “Best of the classic material” tours every few years. If you can only do one Maiden concert, then I’d recommend waiting for the next “Best of” one.
How many more do they have in them tho?
Barring disaster, I’m pretty confident they have at least 5 more road years in them.
But really, my true recommendation is to see them on both tours.
:metal:
Sorry to go billiards, but this really got under my skin today. The infographic in this article is fucking horrifying.
http://www.vox.com/2015/10/1/9437187/obama-guns-terrorism-deaths
I actually fully support gun owners’ rights with sane restriction, but I really don’t want to hear about any fucking mass shooter’s inalienable right to bear arms.
Fuck me. This is infuriating.
And to counter the seriousness of hte last post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOJ32F4v-04
Morning Pan
I have been given today off. Now, what to do?
The weather lady said we might get snow tonight.
In breaking news… my tub is collecting water. I have poured Draino into it. In an hour, we will give an update on how this clog turns out.
You will all be happy to know that my tub is no longer clogged. :silly:
CP: Rittaikidou — Hiroyuki Sawano
Jack, this is what I’ve been wrestling with for the last couple of weeks. While we put it together and are doing the promotion/sales, only one of the books in it was actually published by us.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016227BRE?keywords=gods%20%26%20dragons&qid=1443801195&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2
Our next box set will feature a book by Charles de Lint.
Looks cool!
Nice Short story riffing on Lovecraftian themes:
http://www.tor.com/2014/05/14/the-litany-of-earth-ruthanna-emrys/?utm_content=buffer439b9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
I have never been more intuned or alligned with Pres. Obama, than I am right now with regards to his speech from last night. He said everything and he said it right.
HopeForChange
I don’t know how to say this without sounding like I am against some sort of stricter control on guns … I’m am not against that, although I have no clue as to what a work-able plan would be … THAT being said –
I feel like we are in a zombie apocalypse and everyone is arguing over whether or not we should be forced to wear Kevlar helmets to keep our brains from being eaten. Aren’t we as a country ignoring the real problem which is we are now surrounded by all these Zombies?
Yes – separating the nut bags, sociopaths, mentally ill and just plain criminals from guns would be a big help but that doesn’t do anything about the fact that we now have a critical mass of nut bags, sociopaths, mentally ill and just plain criminal people who want to KILL the rest of us.
Good luck getting congress to address THAT issue.
Find a way for zillionaires to profit off of mental health treatment.
How do we as a culture learn to collectively decide to take responsibility for our mentally ill, and find ways to reach them before they hurt themselves or others?
But yes, let’s disarm them.
New Electric Six is out. “Bitch, Don’t Let me Die.”
Great title, not a great album. In fact its probably one of the lowest quality IMO. HOWEVER, the song “When Cowboys File For Divorce” is an instant classic.
Stream it here http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/10/electric_six_re_1.html
So:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/nihilistic-password-security-questions
Good stuff.
Two thumbs up for Con Man
Wow, not only is Kim Davis’ Lawyer a lying douche bag … he included the POPE in his lie.
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/the-real-story-behind-the-1269547693457462.html
“This is what it sounds like when a pope gets mad.”
Surely a special place in hell for THIS guy.
Well, it’s a cold and rainy Saturday.
Van, we need one of your “crap jokes©”.
A dietitian was once addressing a large audience in Chicago.“The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks erode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. Vegetables can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?”
A 75-year-old man in the front row stood up and said, “Wedding cake.”
Morning Pan
I guess I better do some homework in preparation for today’s draft
We did have a dusting of snow last night. I think we shall stay warm and snug in the house today
In happier news, The Martian was really really really excellent.
Who’s auto drafting and who’s going to be there today?
I’m going to try to be there.
I just verified on Yahoo Sports our league page and the draft is set to begin at 4:30pm Arizona time, which is currently in Pacific Standard Time zone.
See you there, Bunny!
Depends on when I’m done with the festival, but I’m going to try to be there
If at first you don’t succeed, taking up skydiving. Was probably a bad idea.
Ok, I have food in me. I’ve started with the drink. I’m ready to draft!
I have my list of 10 players for each position. I also have NHL.com pulled up so I can check for players once everybody else has stolen the ones I want. 😉
I’ve also loaded Skype in case we want to curse each other.
I only just saw this. Sorry I missed your cursing!
Pretty underwhelming:
http://io9.com/an-official-new-back-to-the-future-short-finally-brings-1733588148
Draft done! Let the battles begin!
Yea! I hope you guys have fun!
Yay Hockey season!!!
To get J & I in the mood, we will be watching the NCAA’s newly inaugurated team- The Arizona Sun Devils, take of University of Arizona from the Coyotes Arena. Should be a fun game!
Fork ’em Devils!
Time’s running out!
http://sausagefeststl.com/
Been there, done that
One giant ass ipa and a crabbies later, one of us has had too much to drink
CW: Spy
This is a fun movie
We stayed up late to play Dominion for the first time. Seems like a fun game! Lots of permutations and possibilities and strategies.
*winning*
So I was looking at an old text conversation on Skype, before the first meet up and I type:
True, but a one off to see people I will probably never see again
Funny how that worked out.
Cough
+d
Today’s classic arcade was Donkey Kong.
I still suck at this game.
Hate those barrels that go down the ladders…
I always preferred the sequel where you spray bug spray into his crotch to keep him away.
So there is a thing called Orange wine, but it’s not made from oranges.
WTF!
That sounds terrible anyway.
CW: From Darkness E1
New BBC detective series riffing on Nordic Noir.
Happy 60th, Sputnik.
Cool Sputnik article.
http://space.io9.com/all-hail-sputnik-the-first-robotic-overlord-to-orbit-o-1734513274
Beep, beep, beep, beep….
Oh we’re back to Morse are we?
Do you need a diagram to understand?
No. Why dont you put on a 50’s cocktail dress and explain it to me
Because you would then look at me and not the diagram!
Duh! Now say that again but…slower…this time
Speaking of which, The Iron Giant: Special Edition was wonderful, and the new scenes were great; one small, one big.
I need to see it
I think it was a one time movie showing. It will be out on video next month, I believe. It was great to see it on the big screen though.
Morning Pan
I shall be alone for dinner.
It’s a hard life for a bunny.
While hubby is working late, I too shall be working late. Attending a book launch for one of our authors.
Why.
http://www.techinsider.io/transformers-5-6-7-8-movies-in-the-works-2015-10
Any reason for the cautious optimism we all had before the first one released?
……………
Nah, probably not.
… The preceding statements have been deleted from the historic record…
“Workers”
http://time.com/4060687/mcgraw-hill-slavery-trade-textbook/
So yesterday I saw the date stamp on my Dell desktop that was the assembly date.
8th October 2007
So that’s officially the longest I’ve owned the same PC.
Next year I plan to replace mine. I will have had it for five years.
Just ordered a gigbit Ethernet card and uSB 3 PCIe card, so barring total failure should keep going for a while yet.
Seven years is the longest I’ve managed to eek out the life of one of my computers. I generally average around 4-5 years before hardware failures or performance problems really forces me to replace the system.
CP: Cradle (Better Nature) — Silversun Pickups
http://mentalfloss.com/article/69391/why-curiosity-rover-forbidden-collecting-water-mars
Basically, it’s to avoid contamination. I was expecting the reason to be some kind of stupid political thing.
Also its not water. Its black oil.
You mean black blood of the planet?
Indeeed!
The spice must flow.
CW: The Leftovers S2 E1
This town is fucked up.
and down.
and back and front.
Down in front!
Side to side, side to side.
… does it need an enema?
Cool:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/page1
very cool
When I was working at the University of Colorado archives I had the honor of helping Scott Carpenter’s daughter, Kris, do a bit of research for the biography she was writing about her dad. It was the one time I actually got to rummage through CU’s Scott Carpenter collection and look at all of the raw film and photos he took during Aurora 7. Pretty rad stuff
I dare someone to break all these dress code rules at once http://imgur.com/6PWbMEx
I think I’ve walked past that place!
I think I watched you do it!
Erm…
Were you wearing long socks, a muscle shirt, a funny hat, a swimsuit, a bodysuit. . . ?
No offensive clothing? Would that be like a polyester suit?
I hide the dirty minutes under my dirty mattress and they are making me itch
I’m working on this track with a blade runnerish sound. Maybe some replicants will dance to it one day. https://soundcloud.com/souliermusic/blade-running
This is seriously excellent, Soulier. Fantastic groove. Kinda Mitch Murder-esque, minus the 80s Miami Vice hokiness.
I dig it…though a little less so when the vocal element kicks in.
thanks!, yeah not sure about the vocal either I just dumped it in at the end to see if it would work.
It’s a few years old, but new to me, and fking hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JltXS4oqTeI
I have also apparently been too sheltered. That was a good one.
haha, “han says he can do the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. But me? I like to take my time”.
So, to answer a question from FB, I’m hopefully going to London tomorrow to see the Soviet Space program exhibition at the Science museum.
Thing is, it’s a bit out my comfort zone for a number of reasons too boring to mention.
So was travelling to Deadpan Land, Van. I have faith that you will manage this just fine. Besides, Soviet Space Program. Should be worth it.
I agree. It sounds awesome. 🙂
You take pics so me can live thru you!!!!!
Ha!
Joke: Just remind those commies who beat their asses in space! Murica fuck yeah!
Serious: What Bunny said. That sounds amazing, and like something you’ll find worth the stress. I can’t wait to see the pictures.
Let’s speculate on what might put Van out of his comfort zone at the Russian space exhibit.
1. Yakov Smirnoff selling uncomfortable hugs.
2. Recovered pieces of Mir labeled “Not Radioactive”.
3. Bernie Sanders t-shirt shop.
Images of Blade Runner at the “Future Now!” exhibit
Aarrrgghhh!!!
LOL
*cue crying*
LEAVE VAN ALONE!
HA!!!
Morning Pan
I’m cold. Do you think I would be less so if I put some cloths on? I think I’m going to test that idea out.
There. I’m showered and dressed. I even threw in a load of laundry.
Now it’s time to pretend to work.
Turns out I missed a doctor’s appointment yesterday. I was sure it was today. My doctor was not pleased with me.
I may have to miss a dental appointment.
I have to admit I still haven’t figured out How to use Apple Pay on the phone.
BTW, I really meant to edit together some audio files last night. I’ll do my damnedest to make that happen tonight. Even if I don’t, though, I’ll create a new page, so we don’t have to surf 1500 comments to reach the “Leave a Reply” field.
A co-worker was actually here this weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2F0dHVZAm8
No word on whether or not she was attacked by an alien beach ball.
is this a filking song?
If you’ve never seen the cheesy, wonderful, ultra low-budget film, Dark Star, then I highly recommend it. John Carpenter’s first movie. We all watched it for a past Deadpan “Palooza” segment. This weird little song is played over the opening and closing credits, for song reason.
I love that song.
Some genius made a mashup album of weezer and kanye songs.
Its called “Yeezer”
Its surprisingly wonderful
http://www.avclub.com/article/kanye-west-and-weezer-meet-greatest-mashup-album-a-226384
Hey Bunny, a friend of mine wrote this, and I thought it might interest you. She just had a successful Kickstarter to fund book 3 in the series:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25470171-wild-card?from_search=true&search_version=service
New thread is here!
Well Pan, on the train, on my way To London.
And, apparently, I’m on my way to a new thread…