Oh, and echoing what the others said – sounds like a cool trip and look forward to the pictures.
Morning Pan
I was emailed 20 pages of changes needed on a book. Twenty pages! The corrections are almost a book unto themselves
Alas photography was banned.
The exhibition was not very big, but some interesting stuff in there..and how cramped capsules the cosmonauts had to put up with.
I remember they had a capsule in the Chicago Science Museum and I had a similar reaction. Did you enjoy yourself though?
I remember thinking the same thing seeing a Mercury capsule. The Apollo was downright roomy in comparison.
They had the Russian Lunar lander (that was never used) and it seemed pretty big until I saw the Full size Apollo lunar module model in another part of the museum, it just dwarfed it.
Yeah thay have one of those in the Smithsonian and the cabin is just tiny. I cant imagine how small the Russian version is. I gotta find pics!
Did you go grab a pint whilst in London
!?
Yup and yup.
Just a flying visit this time.
neato.
Dammit would I love to grab a pint in London…
Is that what the kid’s are calling it these days?
Well British pints are about 20% larger than American
You know your pints!
And they banned photography to protect the secrets of 50-year-old Soviet tech? Still sounds awesome. I’m glad you went, Van.
I suspect it was to encourage me to buy a very expensive book about the exhibition.
I just bought a fridge magnet.
Cough.
Are you allowed to take a picture of the magnet?
I didn’t ask, it’s on FB.
I’m really impressed with the new Symphony X album “Underworld”. I plan on writing an Amazon review when I get a chance, once I get out from under these work deadlines.
Are they in concert tonight with Overkill?
I knew they were coming. I didn’t know it was tonight. I might be able to attend.
Another late night for hubby. The Flames home opener starts in a couple of hours so I’ll put that on.
Meanwhile, I think I’m going to make a strawberry milkshake
Dammit ditto! How good is the new Meg Myers?
Aren’t you going to the concert next month?
Shes opening for AWOL Nation so nooooooooooooo way.
I missed her solo tiny bar show earlyer this year and Im kicking myself.
CW: Danger Mouse 2015
I just found out that they brought this show back. Seems to be done to about the same level as The Looney Tunes Show of 2011. Nothing will ever match the original, but they have managed to update into something modern (e.g., utilizing cell phones) while maintaining a similar feel to the type of comedy that the original shot for.
I enjoyed the first episode.
Oh crumbs.
Episode 2 was good as well.
You know you’re getting old when:
I was on the phone. While talking, I was puttering around the house. Among the things I did was take my iPad and put it into the bedroom. I then went to look for my phone to bring it into the bedroom too. I looked in a couple of rooms before it hit me…
I think it’s time to sit and read until the hockey game comes on
Sorry, you’ll have to type a little louder. My ears are ringing like mad from the Symphony X/Overkill concert. :metal:
They want you to want them. They need you to need them.
How the fk are Deep Purple and Yes not already in?
nine inch nails is a fantastic selection.
The Cars, Cheap Trick, Chicago (not a fan), Steve Miller (meh), The Smiths – – I’ll allow it.
Is it wrong of me to disagree with NIN?
Go and play some Quake you phillistine.
Your 90s card is revoked.
Morning Pan
That’s all I’ve got.
I see the Flames are following their standard pattern. They usually do terribly at the start of the season. It’s not until the new year that they start to get into their groove.
Holy Crap, Soulier, do you have a lot of injured players on your team.
No Nell Campbell? I suppose I can live with that. But no Richard O’Brien? It’s not like he would be the most important person being the writer and all.
I guess they didn’t want any Riff Raff in their picture.
Sicaro was a moody except cider in bleakness.
I have no idea what this means.
I think it is code!
excercise not except cider.
“a moody exercise cider in bleakness”
Nope, still doesn’t help. I have no idea what an exercise cider is. Is this something you can get at a gym?
Today is Friday! We all know what that means. Time to clean the washroom! :silly:
Why was there a BBQ potato chip behind the toilet? That was just strange.
That was me, sorry. I like to sneak into people’s houses and eat chips on the toilet.
“Slowly Growing Deaf” is not just a Mr. Bungle song.
Also – a hearty “fuck you” to my beloved Avs. Way to start the season in the worst way imaginable. As if they needed even LESS confidence than they had going into the season. A big hearty BOO!
It could be worse. They could have lost 1 – 5
No, it couldnt have. They were up 4-1 in the 3rd against a team that has been the bane of their existence and they blew it. At home. Confidence shattered.
I’m still holding onto an unfair hatred of Zach Parise. I do wish the Avs hadn’t let him get a hat trick.
I wish the Yotes could get the much hated Zach Parise, shoot I’d settle for a much hated Tejay Oshee.
It’s Thanksgiving here in Canadaland. Since it’s just hubby and I this weekend, I’ll be roasting a chicken instead of a big-ass turkey.
Merry Canadagiving. Have a roast beast!
Who knew that Stephen Hawking guy was so smart?
“If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.”
Where’s my “like” button?
I listened to an interview with James Burke where he talked about similar things, especially in regards to 3D printing. Very interesting stuff, especially the conflict between a scarcity driven market and its opposite.
Soooo all these fuckfaces posting on FB about how they are all going to boycott Campbell’s Soup do realize that FB is also anti-homophobia, right?
Haven’t seen that one yet.
Campbell’s soup mad a RAD commercial with a boy with two dads and assholes are freaking out.
Northern AZ and Southern TX Universities both in the same day.
I don’t know whether it’s better to bring attention to it or stop awarding these shooters with attention
Does it matter that this NAU shooting was not premeditated, like most of the others? No it doesn’t.
It doesnt matter, no, BUT I wouldnt classify it as a ‘school shooting’. It certainly doesn’t fit in the same vein as the others.
I havent read about TX yet.
“This is the third shooting on the TSU campus in the past two months, and the second at this apartment complex”
So no. I dont think I’d label this as a ‘school shooting’ either. Rather I’d lump it in with the everyday gun violence in every city problems in this country.
One of my friends is a little more than just miffed that the pot pie hat was left out.
What kind of Sci-Fi person am I? I’ve never heard of these books.
It’s getting rather dark and gloomy outside
Well I think I’m done messing around with PC innards. Tonight fitting of two new cards was rather laughable in it’s slowness and my creakiness and my need for a cushion for my knees.
At least the bloody things work.
Soulier, re: the trombone song:
The trombone sounds odd and out-of-place with that electronic background, but I think this is a good thing. It’s attn-grabbing in a good way.
It’s good. It hasn’t been an instant love like the past two albums, but some songs are starting to really grow on me.
Yeah I feel its really uneven at best. Kinda saddens me but there’s some good stuff still on there. Agree 100% in comparison to the last two. And those closing electomentals are just unnecessary and feels like album filler
So Rhettro is another year older.
Technically I’m a day older than yesterday. 😉
So any of you Vikings fans watched the new ‘The Last Kingdom’?
Rutger Hauer being in it is usually a sign of shittyness these days.
T Cat liked it. I saw one scene he was in and it wasn’t bad.
Happy birthday to Rhettro! :happy:
Thanks Amy.
Have a grand birthday, Rhettro!
Thanks Bunny.
Happy birthday, Ruh-ro-Rhettro! 🙂
Will do Shaggy, I mean ditto. 🙂
Rhett is clearly like Benjamin Button, getting younger with each birthday. Have a great one, Rhett!
Aw, thanks Jack. Clearly diapers are in my future.
Happy birthday Rhettro!
Also, it being NCOD, I felt it was time I told you all that I’m bi.
Mwah!
NCOD? I’m sure you mentioned being bi before.
National Coming Out Day
Doh!
Happy NCOD to one of the gayest fookin people I know!
I think I knew that about you Ess. 😉 Thank you for the birthday wishes.
What????? Its either all gay or no way! God hates the undecided!
*cough*
Happy Birthday to Rhett, our Roll20 Master!
And one of these days, I’ll get our game rolling again. Thanks Pixie!
Hubby and I went to the mall and came home with new phones. How did that happen?
6 or 6 plus?
6s. No plus
S of course, I’m living in the past.
I’ve had this Tab open for days, but never shared it:
Watched “Ghostbusters” last night for the first time in decades.
Had forgotten how much fun that movie is. Just about everyone in that film turns in a performance that far exceeds what that type of movie requires.
Some great lines as well –
– “Back off man! I’m a Scientist.”
– “Shhh Listen! Do you smell that?”
– Sigorney, possessed “I want you inside me.”
Bill “It seems a little crowded. I think there are two or three people in there already.”
re: Playboy
The only issue I ever bought was the one with Raquel Welch.
I think I still have it some where because, … Raquel Welch.
Actually, a lot of these apply to us. I know hubby loves to do #48. My cupboard has a number of almost empty boxes until hubby feels he has enough for a full bowl mixture.
The neighborhood crackpot has put up a new message on his homemade yard billboard. For a long time it’s read “Obama is a Moslem.” Now it’s “Trump for President!!!!!!!!!
You really live in a wacky section of Longmont. That’s the way most of the city used to be you know.
You know before the Moslems with money from California and Texas moved in to take er jerbs.
And lesbos, don’t forget
I didn’t want to say anything, Ess, but I think there might be lesbians living in your neighborhood.
That’s an island off of the coast of Greece.
How much better would Grease have been if the love story was between Sandy and Rizzo?
We go together like…
It wasn’t?
Tell me more, tell me more.
Reply #2:
You have to wonder just how deeply displaced from reality the “Obama is a Moslem” / “Trump for President!!!!!!!!!” neighbor really is.
Would it be too subtle to put a sign next to it that reads “I bid 1 no Trump”
Is it Friday yet?
God, yes!
I vote yes, though until marching contest season is over for my daughter in another week, time is largely a blur.
And people say American business leaders are silly.
It was a good ending. Quite frankly, it was hard to see where the show could go in a forth season with the way season three wrapped up.
That said, I had no idea there was an MMO game to go along with the show…and really don’t care about that idea anyway.
I do have to thank EssBee for the tip about “Show Me A Hero.” Only 2 episodes in, but it’s great David Simon stuff.
Apparently Dominion has been cancelled as well. Now that one disappoints me. Was looking forward to seeing how they played Lucifer in the third season.
Yet that piece of shit Dark Space got a S2.
I prefer the characters and story of Defiance, but potato,potato
Will definitely give a listen! Thanks for sharing.
Morning Pan
Today is voting day here in Canadaland. Finally, the campaigning will be over.
(this may seem sarcastic since we only had three months of campaigning but it was the longest run Canada has ever had so it seemed like forever to us here in the GWN)
How could you possibly make an informed voting decision without 24 preceding months of expensive, frivolous hand-waving and finger-pointing?
😆
John Oliver did a commentary on our election yesterday. It’s on our DVR and we’ll watch it tonight but I here it’s quite funny.
“inside the chamber of cryo-genetical fire
A magical wizard is doing a spell
Powered by robots, a whole (???) coming to life”*
*all sung in a strong Swedish accent. Did I mention that you should treat yourself to the Flash Gordon-y :metal: wonder of Gloryhammer?
I love this. May I also sing the praises of Turbowolf. Christ is that new album great
Ok, that John Oliver sketch was priceless. I highly recommend you find and watch it.
(I’d find a link but most of them don’t seem to work here in Canada)
SPEAKING of “Swedish accent” (see above)
I just received this from a pal –
Because I KNOW you are wondering what a bunch of Swedes would do in a room full of vintage synths and instruments on a cold Arctic winter night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmLeANzi0A
Last Man On Earth LOLZ
Hmmmm.
Its so good!
I’ll judge for myself when I watch it on my break.
In MacDs, cos a shit series deserves to be watched eating shit food.
#grumpy
Bloody hell, do you lot laugh at Schindlers List?
I just wanted to punch January Jones as she tortured Phil.
Ha!
Aw Van. youre losing credibility here slowly but surly.
Don’t call me Shirley.
I didnt I called you Slowly.
That sounds the same with your accent.
Ha! “Accent”. Dont you know the Western U.S has the plainest speak of all?
I know they claim that, but whether it’s true is a whole different ballgame.
Highly unlikely. This already has the look and feel of Star Wars. Classic Star Wars
Cool. My only concern would be J.J. Abrams fan servicing.
Pixie says, “It looks awesome. The end.”
Considering that most of the big cinemas chains in the uk computers crashed due to people buying tickets I don’t think I’ll be checking it out Xmas day.
Also a bit worried they seem to be retreading plot of the original 1977 film.
Because that wasnt a retread of other films? And if it is? Ah well! Stormtrropes and Tie Fighters and Sith lords and cute desert girl and HanLukeChewieLeia
I was thinking of the Death Star magnitude weapon.
I’ll take fan service over…um… the predecessors’s self service
I’m trying to think of a film where fan service ruined it. I’m coming up with blanks. Anyone care to share an example?
I mean MAYBE the second Star Trek film trying to shoehorn in a Khaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!! storyline but other than that, yeah Im not sure eother
That 2nd JJ Star Trek movie is the perfect example of crappy, excessive fan servicing.
The first JJ Star Trek is loaded with it too, to be clear, but that mostly felt fun and appropriate and satisfying.
I think it most likely that most fans will either love it or hate it. There will be little in between. There is no way to make something that all the fans will like and biggest trap that Abrams could fall into is trying to please everyone. My hopes are still reasonable. But, I think my best bet is to take Mark Hamil’s advice and just go into it expecting to see a good movie and enjoy myself rather than expect to relive what I had in 1977.
Excellent points.
But this *is* a new Star Wars *movie*, so it’s impossible to completely disconnect it from that transcendental experience from our childhoods. Animated series and musical Xmas specials are one thing, but our expectations are naturally set too high for the major theatrical releases (My theory on why the decent-to-good prequel films are widely considered the worst films ever made).
I’ll be happy if VII as good as that first JJ Trek movie.
Well it was ok is a possibility.
So TEB, it appears your country has moved a bit left.
It’s just a jump … to the left
Well I don’t know enough about Canadian politics as to whether it was a jump or a baby step..
Work is too much fun. And by too much, I mean not at all.
Sigh.
Look at it this way. It could be worse. You could live in a Star Trek world where money doesn’t exist (on Earth anyway), but people still have to work, sometimes in jobs they don’t like. In other words, you could do a job you don’t like and get absolutely nothing in return.
(seriously, *hugs*, ditto)
I never did see/hear that explained clearly. . . I once saw a scene where Picard lectured someone on how humans worked for the betterment of themselves and humanity – – but this was coming from the captain of a freaking starship. I always wondered if the plumbers would make the same speech.
Morning Pan
We have a new leader… or will in two weeks when he is sworn in. This leader is the son of a previous leader. I hope he learned something from the US when they had the same thing.
I look forward to Canada invading Belize….
Me too. I want to have the job of sitting on the beach “watching” for anybody who would try to oust us.
On a related not to an above post, it looks like John Oliver won’t be going to CDN jail.
Oooooh ‘From Bedroom to Billions’ is on UK Netflix.
It’s a documentary about the UK part in computers and gaming.
Even has an interview with the guy who wrote Manic Miner.
Watched “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” last weekend. http://tinyurl.com/prbm3op
It was a surprisingly enjoyable film. “Surprisingly” because I knew absolutely nothing about it but also I thought it was all around very well done..
No chemistry between the leads and the film makers had a rather flexible view of geography.
I will say that I was confused about locations at first (thought it might be California, then Texas, then guessed east coast) but then I was enjoying it enough that I just gave in and let all that slide.
Off to run some errands.
Later Panites!
CW: Fargo S2E2
Now THIS is good.
Looking forward to that one
At least it will be better than “The Leftovers”.
I wouldn’t go that far.
So Dr Zhivago is getting re-released at the cinemas:
In case there are Audible subscribers here, the Joe Hill comic Locke & Key has been turned into an audio drama and is free. The acting gets a bit over the top but it’s pretty well done overall. Certainly worth every penny.
Got a US audible atop punt so I did go and grab this.
-gibberish +account
Morning Pan
Today’s schedule
Royalty Statements
Book layout
My life isn’t very exciting.
Just finished Fear The Walking Deaf and give it a M’eh
Kind of what I’ve been hearing.
I just started Season 5 of Walking Dead this week (yes a season behind)
Thought it was ok, but I didn want the drug addict son to die, die, DIE!!!
Love the Walking Deaf typo. . . .and the death spoiler (although I stopped the original WD after ssn 3).
I too pictured herds of old people with Walkers shouting “Eh? What did you say? Speak up!”
This post is strangely relevant to my FNM post up there ^^.
Dude you have to stop
The n should not be there, the bloke was so annoying I wanted him to die.
Apparently Siri does something special when you wish her “Happy Back to the Future Day”!
I don’t know what it is as I don’t have a Siri, but I’m sure some of you will enjoy
It was unwhelming.
+der
I have my siri set to a male Australian voice. Siri’s reply sounded funny in that voice.
That may explain it, I didn’t have the voice switched on.
Mad McFly: Beyond Biffdome.
They delivered the keys to our new post boxes. I’m going to see if they work before they start delivering mail to them next week.
Went for a walk. Also went to see if the keys work for the new mail boxes (like the letter told me to do). The mailboxes aren’t even installed yet. Apparently Canada Post is going to start delivering mail to these (nonexistent) boxes on Monday. Their contractor better get a move on.
Not that I get much actual mail anyway. I think the only thing I got in the mail this week were the keys to the mailbox.
Also in music news – Jenny Lewis is dating… BILL MURRAY??????????
I initially read that as Jerry Lewis.
More apt
Is this the Jessica Rabbit syndrome?
Showerthought: In Back to the Future II, the scene were the older Marty gets fired via video chat, his boss said “Read my Fax!”. Interesting that the movie creators had the perception that video chat would be part of the future, but that people would still rely on faxes and not electronic communications for written correspondence….
Caution with that logic: That way lies madness.
I believe at the time fax machines were expensive business machines. In the movie, they thought the idea of people having personal fax machines was futuristic.
Further to the Siri Back to the Future thing. Try it a number of times, Siri says different things each time.
Finished ‘Broken Age’ on the PS4 tonight, nice game.
I think I’m ready for Back to the Future to be history tomorrow. It was a bit much today.
I bought a box of condoms today, and each one had a tiny musical instument attached… it was a rubber band.”
Bonus crap joke:
“An old, blind cowboy wanders into an all-girl biker bar by mistake…
He finds his way to a bar stool and orders a shot of Jack Daniels.
After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender, ‘Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?’
The bar immediately falls absolutely silent.
In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, ‘Before you tell that joke, Cowboy, I think it is only fair, given that you are blind, that you should know five things:
1. The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat.
2. The bouncer is a blonde girl with a ‘Billy-Club’.
3. I’m a 6-foot tall, 175-pound blonde woman with a black belt in karate.
4. The woman sitting next to me is blonde and a professional weight lifter.
5. The lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler.
‘Now, think about it seriously, Cowboy … do you still wanna tell that blonde joke?’
The blind cowboy thinks for a second, shakes his head and mutters, ‘No … not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times”…
Just got back from taking hubby to the airport. There should be some sort of rule about not having to drive to the other end of the city during rush hour.
I don’t understand people. There is this one bookstore who doesn’t pay their bills. In fact, our lawyer is currently in talks with them about their unpaid bills. Yet, the manager/owner of the store had the nerve to phone and ask why we were no longer accepting orders from them. :ermm:
You know, nothing Confirms the world is fucked up like finding out black cats have high euthanasia rates in the USA because they don’t get adopted because they are considered bad luck.
/sigh
Again, I don’t understand people. When we are ready to adopt again, in a few years, hubby and I have already decided we will get an adult cat that may have had medical issues (blind, missing a limb, etc) because those are also not adopted as much as cute kittens. Yet, they need love too.
Yeah as Ive said on FB Ive never heard of this. However the US is a giant country so Im sure there are sections where people still believe that shit. Overall I do question this tho.
I’ve seen similar claims on my FB feed, which of course could be bollox.
At risk of just copying my response on FB, without actual numbers or citations this specific site doesnt seem proper. Any who it would be interesting to actually dig into this and see who is still living in the 1600’s in this country
This pictures are cute, though.
Humans make decisions based on superstition and warped logic? Bollocks!
The flight from Calgary to Abbotsford is a little over an hour. However, I guess the Abbotsford airport was fogged in so the plane had to divert to Vancouver. After a few hours in the Vancouver airport, they loaded everybody up in a bus to drive to Abbotsford.
The drive from the Vancouver airport to Abbotsford should have been about an hour and a half. Part way through, the bus had to pull over for some minor repairs.
When all was said and done, hubby’s hour long trip ended up being close to six hours.
For some reason I kept reading that town name as “Absurdistan”.
Listening to Overkill on Spotify at my desk. Trying not to headbang.
Overkill in my earbuds here too. It’s been an “Ironbound” kinda day.
Indeed. \m/
you guys am the devil
Kurtwood Smith in S2 of Agent Carter.
Gawd I hope it turns out he’s the villain.
Rooting for the 49ers
Why did I read this as roofing?
Rooting for the 49ers
Rootbeer for the 49ers
Miner 2049er.
Jared “I am a sick fuck” Fogle was ordered to pay his 14 victims One Million dollars in restitution. Now, that’s NOT a million each – that’s a million split between the 14. Is it just me or does that just not seem like enough? after all, this is America where real punishment lays not in the prison system for the wealthy but in their bank accounts.
What number is enough for pain and suffering? No I don’t think it’s enough, but I don’t think there is a magic number. I don’t know his net worth though. His potential to earn future income has seriously diminished though.
Not what I’m saying. No there is no magic number for them but there is for HIM when it comes to punishment and making sure he never lives well again. There’s no magic number for his jail time for his victims either.
He made about 2 million a year the past 10 years or so, I believe.
Repulsive
No idea what he makes, but I’d assume that’s the equivalent of a $1000 for a normal person.
I never looked into the salacious details, but if there are young victims of his depravity, then why isn’t he being locked away from society forever?
That ‘Locke and Key’ audio drama must be haunted, since I started to listen I’ce had random stop/starts and skips to later chapters.
Odd. I didn’t have any issues with it at all.
I suspect it’s either the ear buds failing or the audio jack on the phone is getting dodgy.
Nice enough story, but it really needs some serious editing down to a shorter running length, they weren’t converting War and Peace.
They stayed pretty close to the comic itself. The only changes I could hear were ones that would be needed to address the fact that you can’t see what’s going on like you can in a comic book. Minor wording changes really. I think the actors hammed it up a bit too much, and I’m not sure how well the story could be followed by someone who didn’t read the comic fist. For free, it was pretty well done.
I think that was a problem, it needed to be shorter and just take the essence from the comic books.
Do you like all your audio books abridged, or just the ones based on comics? I think the real issue is that you think the comic was too long and rambly. I don’t say this entirely tongue in cheek. Comics are meant to be drawn out for many issues. Could be that only abridged audio versions of comics can stand up to that medium.
I think it might take both of you. Lo is a complex guy
CW: The Man in the High Castle E2
You can watch it now on Amazon for free this weekend, what you waiting for? Go and watch it now.
Not a fan of the tweed skirt.
It’s rather wonderful there are smokers and analog digital clocks.
Instant photography!
The Japanese killing room is creepy with the plastic seats.
That would only work if he misted through the barrier.
Ooooooh nasty!!!!
The whole series???
No, just the pilot and episode 2.
Just loaded up 6 black bags full of leaves and the tree is not even close to done. This might be the last year I do this myself . . . oy.
Time is a cruel mistress.
I’m driving up right now to jump in the pile.
I do reserve the right to hate ‘The Man in the High Castle’ if there is ever any indication of replicants, I’m giving them a pass on the origami.
Cough
Well… Hitler WAS a replicant, so I suppose we can give them a pass if it’s only him.
I’m a bit disturbed how the Japanese are portrayed, in the book they were more civilised than the Germans.
I’m well aware of the barabaric acts the Japanese performed in WW2, and the portrayal in the tv series is consistent with that, but not with how they were portrayed in the book.
There’s no hockey game showing on tv tonight. What’s that about?
CD: dageraad blonde
CE: confetti cake blizzard
When hubby’s away, I turn into a sad, bad, bunny
Ah, here we are.
Flames play at 7:00
CW: Jurassic World
It was a fun enough movie, but somewhat over hyped
If the T-Rex could cross his arms to give the finger, he’d give it to that movie.
Oh it wasnt that bad
Damning with faint praise.
No I could have said it was a pile of shit. Im allowed to enjoy films I know arent very good films
You need my permission?
I think not!
Damn
Back home. Too much traveling for work. 🙁
Welcome back, ditto!
I know we have some WWII buffs on here. Anyone seen this documentary yet?
Three strings walk into a bar and sit down at a table. The first string walks up to the bartender and says, “Bartender, three beers please.” The bartender looks at the string and says, “I’m sorry, but we don’t serve strings here.” Disappointed, the string walks back to his buddies and explains. The second string says “No problem, I’ll go get our beers.” The second string walks up to the bartender, “Bartender, three beers please.” The bartender says, “Listen man, I told your buddy that we don’t serve strings here.” Empty handed, the second string walks back to his buddies.The third string says, “No problem. Tie me in a knot at one end and fray my ends at the other.” He struts up to the bartender, “Bartender, three beers please.” The bartender proceeds to get him the beer when he suspiciously turns to look at the string and says, “Excuse me, but are you a string?” The string replies, “I’m a frayed knot!”
Looks cool! I clicked the link last night, but didn’t watch. I will.
Morning Pan
They put up our mailboxes yesterday. No more home delivery for this bunny.
“home delivery”
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just came back from shopping. Despite my not wanting to, i got some Halloween candy. I picked up a box of 100 for the half dozen kids (if we’re lucky) we will have.
Why hubby doesn’t just admit he wants the candy for himself instead of making me go through this charade is beyond me. :blink:
The good, (or bad, depending upon your point of view) thing about October is there is a ton of B horrors released. My DVR is getting rather full. I may have to do a PBP this afternoon.
I’ve been trying to watch those as well.
Last night I watched “Stonehearst Asylum” which turned out to be neither a “B” movie or a halloween film (more of a psychological thriller) but I REALLY enjoyed it so … WIN.
That one is on my PVR, I just haven’t got to it yet.
I have finished my Halloween, ambience audio mix.
It’s a 20 minute loop of “forrest presence” with slightly unsettling music mixed over top.
This year I’ve added a track from the “Portal” sound track and “Once upon a dream” from the movie Malificent. That track is surprisingly unsettling when broadcast throughout the woods in front of my house.
I should post this somewhere in case anyone else wants some halloween background audio that is not the regular campy sound fx.
You should post it to Soundcloud or some such audio-sharing site!
Besides the above, so far, I have on my PVR:
The Amazing Adventures of the Living corpse
Before I go to Sleep
Horns
The Lazarus Effect
With several set up but yet to be recorded.
It’s one of these four you will be subjected to this afternoon
Oh please do Horns, it’s one I’ve actually seen.
Horns it is. I’ll be starting in about a half hour.
Inspired by Saturday’s concert, what songs would you put in a mix that say “Halloween” to you?
The band played clips from Zombie, Creep, Living Dead Girl, Frankenstein, Highway to Hell, Timewarp…. Okay that’s what I can remember right now.
I currently have 39 songs on my Halloween playlist…
Some highlights:
Black No. 1 – Type O Negative
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave
Paint It Black – Rolling Stones
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
RE: Your Brains – Jonathan Coulton
Theme from The Day the Earth Stood Still
Plus Monster Mash and the other usual Halloween tunes.
NOT on the playlist and never will be? That “Uma Thurman” song.
Ministry’s “Everyday Halloween” on constant repeat
I’ve got 129 in my list.
Lately though I have been listening to a Pandora station named “This is Halloween Radio”.
It is predominately soundtrack music and lots of it from musicals.
So due to publisher fuckwittery the book I wanted to listen on Audible was not available. So I choose Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear.
Set in a brothel in a stream punk Wild West, 5 chapters in and I’m enjoying the plot.
Ok Deadpan. It’s that time again.
Today’s movie is Horns
The PVR writeup: blamed for the murder of his girlfriend, a man awakes one morning to find he has grown a pair of horns. Armed, now, with supernatural powers, he sets out to find the killer
Language, nudity and violence. So far, so good
Awwww. They’re in love
Foreshadowing
Or a bit time slippage..
Trying to be cute with the camera angles
I can’t decide, if I were 20 years younger, if I’d do Daniel Radcliffe or not.
He’s cute in that scruffy mutt kind of way
Protesters
Smoking! Sorry, that’s a deal breaker for me.
Did you know the first car I owned was a green Ford Pinto?
I do now.
Innocent!
The language in this movie
Sad trumpet
Ack! My system seems to have crashed. One moment please
Seriously, my whole cable systems seems to have gone. I’m rebooting it now but, if I can’t get it to work, I may have to call the service department.
Whew! Reboot seems to have worked. We now return to our regularly scheduled play by play
What new witness
He needs a drink
Bar slut!
Candle light vigil
Drinking in a tree house is never good
You know, true red heads are not as common as most fiction writers would have you think
Desecrating her memorial. Good idea
He has a bumpy head
Squeezing a pimple doesn’t usually result in horns
Donut lust
She’s a chipmunk
God I hate that kid
She wants to eff he golf pro
Burn the mommy
They are magical horns
Doctor, Doctor, give me the saw
I’m dreaming of a young redhead
Shopping kart frenzy
That’s no way to treat a teddy bear
He’s saving his cherry
Naked kart racing
His saviour
There’s the nudity
Lee bombed his hand
Pretty forest
She left it on purpose
They are sucking each others face!
Treehouse sex
Now it’s time for Doctor sex
That won’t work as a knock knock joke.
Everybody needs a homicidal preacher
Wow. Nice place his parents have
Nice mom he has
Dad’s just as nice
The news follows him everywhere
Fight!
Bar confessions
Male nudity. You don’t see that very often
Flashback!
She’s just not that into him
well ticket booked to see the new Bond flick this week.
We’ll probably see it the week after
What did that garbage can ever do to him?
Confronting the waitress
Everybody loves a good sex mirder
He sure does drink a lot in this movie
Snake in the grass
Confessions of a brother
Now she’s all wet
Now it’s a treehouse of horrors
They like to think of each other naked
His lawyer betrayed him
He loves his daughter
There’s that snake again
He’s turned into a ram
Do pitchforks really work with snakes?
It’s too cold for that snake to be real
Call him, the snake whisperer
I was with this movie until this point
Awww. Police love
Selfish brother
Making brother od
He’s tripping big time
Now he sees
The truth comes out
Crying in the rain.
Chain gang
Planting evidence
Somethings burning
Why aren’t you dead
The key to her heart
It’s a magic locket
Morse code
Never again
Let’s go for a walk
What lies you have told
Lee is gun crazy
Those aren’t horns
Ok, those are horns
Gored
That’s what boas do. They constrict
Nothing but smoke and ash
Roll credits
While admittedly there were parts of this movie that lost me, over all, I quite enjoyed it
Apparently, Daniel Radcliffe is going to play Igor in the upcoming Universal Frankenstein re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-reboot.
I think he’s suffering from Mark Hamill syndrome.
Guyveritis?
Next, he’ll be co-starring in films with Marc Singer.
lol
Shut your mouth before somebody comes up with the brilliant idea of rebooting “Beastmaster”.
Yeah, I heard about this. It’s on hold because the new, incoming government is against them. The thing is, I completely understand why Canada Post has switched to boxes. I also think, considering the expense already laid out in making and placing the boxes, it would probably be a bad idea to stop.
I bought four tickets, but I’m the only 18-49 yr old male of those four. Does the system think I’m four average 34 year old guys going to see this? Or does it have any clue that it was probably Dad at work buying four tickets for his family?
Lies, damn lies, statistics…
‘Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.’
Aaron Levenstein
keanu reeves/
Woaa! Dude!
/keanu reeves
‘s truth
Ahhh, that makes me nostalgic for my room in the 80s, when I had a poster of Heather Locklear in statistics.
What’s the statistic for people who intend to buy Star Wars tickets, but keep forgetting/procrastinating?
I’m not sure. It’s probably not 1-1.
Can’t be.
What’s the statistic for people who look at all the trailers and making-ofs and think “I’ll give it a month to hear how bad it is before I go to it. Lucas burnt me once too many” even though Lucas’ involvement is limited.
Morning Pan
Starting on a new box set today.
So new Bond flick ok, but fuck it give us a villain who want blow up the world.
My Windows 10 upgrade was probably the easiest Microsoft upgrade I’ve ever had. Of course, I waited a couple of month to let them work out the worst of the bugs.
Still, this is going to take some getting used to.
Why do they change shit up with every release?
“Oh, you need to change some simple setting? Yeah, we’ve arbitrarily changed its location. Good luck clicking around for 20 extra minutes trying to find it.”
My dad recently bought a new car and watching him nearly lose his mind trying to find some standard “car controls”, I realized that we are headed this same direction with that technology as well.
With so much being controlled by a touch screen, you now have to search for the radio controls, heater/ac/vent controls/ lights/ seat adjustments.
For the last 20 years you could have climbed in about any car and put your hand on these controls in about 20 seconds. Now you have to search through menus. Menus that very pretty widely from care to car.
Welcome to the future.
I had some wonky-ness after my laptop upgrade. A little digging and I found an extra keyboard device driver was installed. Removing it fixed a lot of my headaches. Installing and running CCleaner fixed my remaining issues.
I’ve performed 3 Win 10 upgrades on 3 of my machines. 1 tablet, 1 desktop, 1 laptop. I immediately restored back to Win 7 on desktop and laptop, because things I use on a regular basis are no longer available in Win 10 (specifically Windows Media Center, and yes, I have reasons to continue using it.) The tablet was a Win 8 device and I had purchased it with the specific reason of upgrading it to Win 10 for learning purposes. Happy to see the back of Win 8 even if only for the 3 weeks that I had it.
My assessment: Win 10 is clean, operates smoothly. If it weren’t for all the privacy invasion software fundamentally built into its core, I would have figured out how to make all my machines run on it. That said, I’m going to stick with Win 7 until they end-of-life it, then likely switch to Linux.
*sneak attack repost from previous thread*
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:
There is only so much smacking my head on my desk due to work crap that I will take.
*dittohugs*
At least smack your head on the mousepad. :-/
Thanks
First and second drink are on me
A can of Dr Pepper.
*hugs from me too, ditto*
The provincial budget is going to be announced soon. I guess I should be a good accountant and plop myself in front of the tv so see what’s happening. *sigh*
Well just bought my first Ursula Le Guin ebook, gawd knows when I’ll actually read it.
I guess there are a lot of alternative Earth’s with high levels of background radiation:
Soooo…
The new Peanuts movie .
I am torn. On the one hand it is “Peanuts” MOVIE!
On the other hand … 3D. They are in 3D?
That’s not how I remember them. Will my childhood memories be rent asunder?
More importantly for the Peanuts movie, Schultz had a very particular sense of humor and way of doing things. Any attempt at Peanuts humor now will be updated for a more modern audience. This has worked on far fewer occasions than it has succeeded. I’m not going to bother with it.
Can it be any less dignified than “Flashbeagle?”
Star Wars Christmas Special
HA! Ive never had the pleasure of being unfriended on Facebook until now. And from an ex-Deadpanite too. I must be doing something right!
Just saw Jupiter, Venus, and Mars lined up in the East sky. Great way to start the day!
Youre from Venus!!!
That really was rad tho…
Saw that too! Very cool!
Get the shard into the crystal!
That sounds vaguely dirty. I’ll take it
Morning Pan
Already have had a productive morning. Got the French translation of one of our books sent out for final approval and approved a chapter on a new audio book. Now, it’s back to the box set for me.
JF – Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
Really enjoyed this book,not a great fan of steampunk but this was good fun with it’s wild west setting.
I find Elizabeth Bear pretty reliable. I’m sick of steampunk though.
The steampunk is quite subdued in the story, only really coming to the fore near the end of the novel.
Republican debate at CU tonight. Sly B can’t even get to her office to work.
Republican politics interfering with scientific work? That’s a first.
Oh you win this day!
Van, have you watched The Affair? I just finished S1
I have and currently enjoying S2.
What a despicable bunch!
Yeah, I like the story but the two main leads are not very likeable.
If you have some time… this is a long, fascinating, heartbreaking read.
One thing I really like about Windows 10 is the multiple desktops. I’m finding it very handy.
Maybe even Jack Handy!
When you see people claiming the WHO report on processed meat causing cancer is a Muslim conspiracy on your Facebook feed..that.
Or Monsanto
That ridiculous. Especially considering it’s actually a communist conspiracy. Red meat indeed.
But youre forgetting the fascist agenda! Dien Schwien ist Divine!!!!!
I gave myself a sad. I finally listened to my Undeadpan back catalog.
I have audio loaded for a new one.
Yay! Something to look forward to
*says sweetly* Thank you Jack!
Play ball!!
Given Van’s post above, that could mean something totally different.
But go home team 🙂
Thats no moon over the stadium
I think two balls were an out in the game Van was referencing above.
CS: Chocolate Lime
Out of whiskey. Repeat, I am out of whiskey. This is not a drill
Damn, can’t help you. I’m about 8 hours away 😛
That deserves a crap joke:
Man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.
“Not a chance,” says the husband, “it is 3:00 in the morning!”
He slams the door and returns to bed.
“Who was that?” asked his wife..
“Just some drunk guy asking for a push,” he answers.
“Did you help him?” she asks.
“No, I did not, it’s 3 am in the morning and it’s bloomin’ well pouring with rain out there!”
“Well, you have a short memory,” says his wife. “Can’t you remember about three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself! God loves drunk people too you know.”
The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pounding rain.
He calls out into the dark, “Hello, are you still there?”
“Yes,” comes back the answer.
“Do you still need a push?” calls out the husband.
“Yes, please!” comes the reply from the dark.
“Where are you?” asks the husband.
“Over here on the swing,” replied the drunk..
Well deserved
Morning Pan
Another hubbiless evening in store for this bunny.
I was reading your comment and hearing that tune in my head.
+popped
Oh. I guess that’s better than thinking I’m all wet.
Gulp!
It’s almost 8am and it’s still dark outside. *sigh* I miss summer already.
I’d been meaning to read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell for years, and I’ve finally gotten around to it. Digging it. Anyone else enjoyed it without spoilers?
I was actually not inspired by the BBC show, but now I’m curious to watch. Anyone else seen it?
I’m a slow reader and I won’t have quality reading time until the 2030s, so don’t be surprised if I’m still plowing through this book at Thanksgiving.
Got the book, haven’t read it, enjoyed the TV series.
I read the book a long time ago when it first came out. I enjoyed it. Never saw the BBC series as it didn’t come out here in Canada 🙁
Just when I thought the Jared Fogle issue couldnt get any worse…
This guy needs to get shanked in prison
Not following this train wreck. Will he even do time?
They have not sentenced him, but are holding him for sentencing. Given the recorded testimony though given to the FBI (and somehow to Dr. Phil, help us) it seems that there will be charges filed, but unless victims come forward, it probably won’t be much.
The creep was recorded talking about how he would lure both boys and girls into trusting him before he did his heinous things. Oh, oh he’ll do time and get shanked while he’s doin it
Gads. He needs to be locked away from society forever.
So off to have a look round the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham.
Pocket full of quarters?
(actually, I have no idea what an arcade game would have cost in the UK. In the US it was 25cents, the “quarter”)
10p at first, 20p later.
You need to find a Robin Hood themed game if you’re in Nottingham.
Maybe Defender of the Crown.
Trebuchet Command?
Alas no Defender of The Crown, but there was Donkey Kong, Phoenix (or was it Pheenix?) and Track and Field!
A lot of the old computer and consoles were connected to CRTs so fuzzy screens were go.
Morning Pan
The I forgot to change the shower setting when I cleaned the washroom this morning. Now I really am all wet.
Great … now we are as well.
😉
Football, baseball, hockey, basketball oh my!
Are you being “Sporty Spice” for Halloween?
Ha!!
In other news, Sly B and I are tying the knot tomorrow. No ceremony – just a paper signing by our minister (aka Sly B’s brother) and a late lunch with my folks and MIIL.
Thanks Cynful for nudging me to share here.
Congrats!
“nudging”
Woot! Congratulations!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Anytime 🙂 Congratulations
*throws confetti shaped like beer*
It would hurt if I threw bottles and no one wants to waste the liquid 🙂
So had a play with the new Apple TV at the local Apple Store.
I was tempted, but resisted as really want see how it developes.
Still it was fun introducing some Apple staff to Geometry Wars 3…
“Plonky”
HA!
You are!
How DARE you! I Aint cheap…
What we’ve done this before
It’s the circle of hate!
So, I have an unhappy announcement.
Gandalf is not doing well… He’s not eating much and he’s unsteady on his feet. He’s been to the vet a bunch of times this year. . . but I worry that there’s not much we can do for him. We’ll probably need to make a decision soon.
I’m sorry Jack. *hug* Never an easy decision
What the lady wrote.
Oh Jack. *hugs* :heart: To you, Pixie, and the kids
🙁
Super lame, man. I know he’s a big part of your fam
I’m not on my computer so looking up YouTube is hard but, there is a version of the new SW trailer that has been “binksified”. You should look it up. It’s great
Fuck garnish!!!!
On a lighter note I’m off to see this slice of weird at the arty cinema:
I did laugh more in 2 hours than I did with all episodes of ‘The Last Man on Earth’ I’ce seen so far.
Shhhh….kindly fuck yourself, friend.
So it goes.
LOL
Morning PAN
We had a whole 10 kids last night. More than the two we had last year but less than our all time high of twelve.
In keeping with the day, hubby and I watched the new Poltergeist last night. It was ok
Hubby is going on a “play date” later today. The person he plays music with never knows what hubby will bring in the form of an instrument. Today hubby is bringing his mandolin
Here’s a silly piece of trivia. When I was very young, I cut off my left ring finger in a lawn mower accident. It was sewn back on but never has bent properly. A few years ago, hubby hurt his finger and has never bent properly since. It was his left ring finger.
While it is a strange thing to have in common, it’s just another thing hubby and I share :kissing:
It’s fate!
I made some roster moves last night, but it might be too little too late to beat Ryah this week. I hope my guys can mount a comeback.
Just what in the hell go into her this week?
.6 points! Although there are still Sunday night adjustments. . .
We seem to have a squirrel or something caught in our dryer vent. I’ve called pest control.
I am without a car for the next couple of days. Hubby’s car is going in for regular servicing and getting snow tires put on today so he’s taking my car. My car is going in tomorrow for the same thing.
All caught up on Agents of SHIELD.
So Ego do you think?
I don’t understand? I feel bad for a certain individual never catching a break, but ego?
*facepalm*
Now I get it. Never mind.
Yes. Most likely. Think first; respond later.
seems to be the consensus.
I like this new plot line.
I hadn’t realized how tired I was getting of the old “bad agency/bad Ward … we save the day but they are still one step ahead of us” thing, until after this last ep.
I agree. It really is time to get rid of Ward.
So if you haven’t picked this up already on the App Store:
Oh boy, I sure hope it’s another group of bland Federation types on the bridge of some immaculate starship, flying around the galaxy having encounters with humanoid aliens.
Nope, it’s about teen age cadets dealing with angst (in space!).
I already want to fuck the Vulc…. wait TEEN AGE????
So the critter in my dryer was a mouse. Pest control never showed up. Once I was ready to deal with the mouse myself (time wise. I don’t have a problem with mice), it got out of the dryer and was running around the house.
By this time, hubby was home so we chased the mouse and managed to lock it in the washroom. We also stuffed a towel under the door to make sure it didn’t escape. Then it was off to HOme Depot to get some traps. Did you know there is a sad lack of humane traps? I managed to find some but it was not easy.
Once home, we loaded two of the traps with peanut butter and carefully put them in the washroom, using a towel to block the door so the cute little critter could not escape.
A couple of hours we went to check on the traps. Not only was there no mouse in them, it did manage to escape from the washroom as it was no longer there. We’re not sure how it escapes as, the way our washroom is, the wall is tiled six inches up from the floor with no holes or other ways. It wasn’t hiding in the garbage can either, we checked.
Not sure where he went but we now have traps set up in the basement and on our main floor.
They can fit through surprisingly small holes. Do you have a sink cabinet? Is there a gap where the pipes come through the wall? I’m guessing the mouse got out through there.
Nope to the gap. The tile goes around the whole wall including the cabinets. But we did check there just in case. Either way, the traps have not been set off yet.
On a related note, it was so cute. I asked hubby, if we caught it, could we keep it as a pet. He said no to that idea.
A couple of snakes set loose in the house might solve that problem.
So I should call my Boo? She has four snakes.
Remember what happened when the Bullfrog was introduced to Australia .
There were fewer mosquitoes.
I have had it with these motherfuckin mice in this motherfuckin dryer!
Wait, that’s not right.
Enjoy your hantavirus!
While we haven’t had any in a while, it’s not the first time we had mice in the house.
Seriously. Fuck 2015.
*hugs*.
*hugs* x2
Group hug with Jack as the frosting in our Oreo of hugs.
Okay I’m feeling a little bit silly after today, but I’m sorry you’re having a bad day.
Ugh…
Super-restorative-hugs!
Thanks. All these Oreos mashed together could make delicious Cookies n’ Cream.
Stupid mouse made me do a bunch of extra work. Because it was in the dryer, I…
swept up behind the dryer and threw the whole works (broom and all) in the garbage. I then ran the vacuum in the hose as well as the in the back of the dryer where it connects to the hose. That went into the garbage (the vacuum mess, not the vacuum itself) and I threw the whole kit-‘n-kaboodle out to the garbage outside. The dryer is currently running an “antibacterial” cycle (it’s highest setting) to, hopefully, heat clean the whole thing.
Maybe tomorrow I can actually use it to dry clothes. :ermm:
Well transferring over to the new phone went smoothly.
Pet peeve: Server asked a co-worker “How much change would you like back?” instead of just bringing back all the change and letting them choose the tip after.
So a confluence of circumstances led to a fairly comical situation this morning. This year Teresa bought a bunch of Halloween decorations, including a life size witch that cackles and makes noise with movement. After Halloween, instead of storing her I put her in the backyard as a makeshift scarecrow. We recently had our back lawn seeded with winter grass and the local doves have been chowing the seed down. The witch has been working remarkably well, no doves dare land in our yard. Although last night we had a storm and we were awakened in the middle of the night to cries of “Here! Come get some candy!” The wind had blown her over and she wouldn’t shut up. I had to put clothes on and find the witch’s off switch in the rain at 4:00AM.
“I had to put clothes on and find the witch’s off switch”
Step 1
I’m not going there.
Already did!
My hubby is being mean. He felt bad for the little mouse, worried that it would freeze or get eaten or something. Now he wants to adopt another cat. This makes me sad because I really, really, REALLY want to get a new cat but all our reasons for waiting are still valid. 🙁
*hugs*
A bit freedom before being tied down again in the nicest possible way.
Yeah, we do want to do some travelling. Although, the argument is, we could get a younger cat (6 or 7) and it wouldn’t need as much care as Reeny did in her last few years. We could either kennel it for two weeks a year or have my Boo come in every day to give it loves and food.
I couldn’t use the “any cat we get would likely kill any mice that comes in the house,” argument because Reeny, our neurotic sweetie, was afraid of mice so that wasn’t an issue.
And then, there’s also the argument, the SPCA is overflowing with cats right now so they have cut the adoption fee to half for November. Who can resist one of these? goo.gl/NqAb2c
Hubby also has next week off so it would have time to get use to the both of us.
Damn it, I think we’re getting a cat.
I have decided that having to remove the Jack-o-lantern from my porch by making several trips with a shovel and then utilizing a high pressure water hose … is not enjoyable.
Work will set you free.
Too soon?
So Happy Birthday Desert Pixie.
So woke up at 6am, didn’t need to be up till 7am, so went back sleep and had a weird dream about being offered to participate in a foursome.
The other guy was Dean Cain from his Superman days, so that was never going to happen….
And of course, a big, squeezy happy birthday hug to my main squeeze.
Constantine in Arrow..WTF!
You didnt know this was coming? Hell I dont watch either show and even I knew that. So… SURPRISE?
Well, they’re both DC properties so…
I suspense I should have been warned with the new villain being into magic.
You sure are!
I love Matt Ryan as Constantine, so I’m glad to see him even in a one off. But this episode totally makes sense if you read the character list for the coming DC Legends of Tomorrow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_Tomorrow
Rupert Murdoch continues his run as Comic Book, Super Villain.
National Geographic Smash!
The loud heckling of Varlamov that is coming from directly behind our family seats is a bit excessive and annoying.
Nice of you to say but he’s terrible. Unless they’re cussing in frong of the kids… then that sucks.
He was not the Avs problem tonight – – he was very solid.
The heckling was curseword-free, but unfunny and annoying. And does anyone believe that shouting, “Hey, I heard Varlamov was Russian for ‘suck'” is going to rattle an NHL goaltender?
Watched the first episode of this season’s “Fargo” … liked it.
Yes, I’m enjoying the new season as well. Quite the cast they’ve pulled together this time.
Fuck theis season of SHEILD is really good isn’t it?
Bits of it are.
God youre hard to deal with.
I was agreeing with jj and ditto that the ward storyline is getting rather tired.
God youre hard to deal with
Stop telling Van he’s hard
Cant stop
Won’t stop
and together they are Miley…..
Surely, you can’t be Cyrus.
They are really making it a vital part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This season is supposed to take us right into Civil War. I won’t be surprised to learn that Tony Stark built a certain facility and Captain America will pay it a visit at some point.
Yessir! The more I see the more I realize how much of a waste the first half of season 1 was. Maybe it was a necessary waste but a waste nonetheless.
It’s been a long slow build, but it has been (mostly) worth it. And aside from some complaints, I’m happy.
This is something that the writers of Heroes forgot after the first season: You can’t support a broadcast TV show, or a movie for that matter, with just a comic book audience. You need more than that if you want people to watch week after week, season after season. The key, in my opinion, is interesting stories driven by good characters. That’s something Whedon really gets, even if I don’t like everything he’s done.
I certainly hope they continue to keep the movies stand-alone, for those of us who don’t follow the show.
Morning Pan
Hubby has the next week off. Expect me to be hit and miss.
RIP. I’ve seen enough to know that it’s disturbing, and not quite the slasher its name would indicate.
At the spca eaiting to finalize our paperwork. Apparently the cat we choose was here for a while. It said in her file she has a nervous bladder so would often be overlooked because of that. She is also 8 years old and a black cat with very green eyes which also didn’t help. But, she is soooooo sweet. Very much a loving cat. As we don’t have kids or other pets at home, we figured the nervous bladder thing will be less of an issue. The spca thought so too.
Will post pics to Facebook once we get her home
Eaiting = waiting
Why are green eyes a problem?
/shakes fist at world
I think it’s the green eyes in combination with the pure black. She is vet much a withcy cat. The spca did confirm that black cats are the hardest to get adopted
She’s super cute! I’m so happy you have a new kitty to purr.
“And while Canadians drink less alcohol per capita than citizens of many comparable countries, one study of 13 similar nations put Canada second only to the United States for annual drunk-driving deaths.”
And THIS is ultra surprising considering the population of Canada compared to the US. Seems neither country has found a way to control drunk driving.
Fark has a “Florida” tag for a reason.
He didn’t eat anyone’s face, so it was a win for FL.
Work done for the day. Time to visit a post apocalyptic wasteland. :happy:
So if you haven’t heard, Trump is calling for a boycott over this silly Starbucks thing. Even though I don’t like the coffee, I’m really thinking of reconsidering.
I say we boycott stupidity.
Trump and the stupid Starbucks boycott together. . . Maybe he can pull in the Kardashians and they can protest while wearing snuggies, just to combine some of the most embarrassing parts of our culture in one stupid package.
This morning I was reading an article on the guy that started all this hooey.
Turns out he’s a (surprise surprise) con artist who has a blog. He describes himself as a “social media personality”.
The whole thing was a calculated ploy meant to drive more folks to his web site, where he sells merchandise (promoting himself) and he begs for money (which he purpotidly doesn’t need because he mooches off of his very wealthy parents).
I only skimmed, but my god, that would be glorious….
Does he name his players for Crow and Tom Servo? I assume we wouldn’t get Bill Corbett or Kevin Murphy, since they’re RiffTraxing.
Hmmm…
“Mystery Science Theater has already refreshed itself once with a completely new cast, so I think it deserves to do that again,” Hodgson says. “The original cast is going to be invited back to write, produce, and do cameos as their mad science characters, and then there’s a new cast with new talent.”
CW: latest Fargo S2
Another series that’s firing on all cylinders.
I suspose I could still read the telephone directory in the stockade if it was held up for me.
Cough
+out aloud
Couldn’t hurt!
So if someone gives your work a bad review do the opposite of this guy:
I’ve read 9 of them. I agree they are all very good, though I stopped part way through the Dark Tower series.
That SIM card must have an unfeasable large amount of memory.
#agentsofshield
I’m sure it was a special one that Fitz made for her.
Probably uses Tardis Technology.
Still ready for Ward to go away.
I see Im the only one who appreciates that Ward is still around considering Marvel’s track record of the one and done film baddies (with the exception of Loki of course).
C’est la vie. Or as Thurston Howell would say…”say, Lovie….”
I can imagine Joss Whedon pitching that show to the network:
“There’s this hip, middle-aged, balding guy, see, and he hangs out with a bunch of hip, ass-kicking young people. He’s their boss, but he’s also one of the gang. Oh, and the cool old guy also sometimes gets to kick ass and say badass one-liners and hook up with hot ladies. What do you think?”
In a very special episode… Gemma finally gives Leo what he needs. The title? “Hand Over Fitz”.
In a very special episode… Leo is backed into a corner and must fight his way out. The title? “A Game of Fitzicuffs”
Off to the abyss with you!
In a very special episode… Gemma is forced into a deadly dance competition against geriatric Hydra agents. The title? “Gemma Simmons: Sweating to the Oldies”
Kris, what the shit is this downpour of cold, wet, white stuff outside?????
Didn’t you have some in May? I know it’s November but still too early.
May was the end of the last season. Normally our first real snow is mid-october. At least traditionally.
I find Colorado usually follows us in weather. We had some snow earlier in the week now it is mostly mild. You are getting the snow now and, if tradition follows, it will become mild. Relatively speaking.
Still a freakin’ high of 80 today in Orlando. Could you guys send some of that cold our way? I’ll send some sunshine your way in exchange.
This is the time of year when AZ gives the heat crown back to FL. Currently 46F/8C here.
Always happy to see people blessed with snow.
Well its true but now its about 20C and everything is turning to mush. Im not a fan of cold mush
In reviewing a contract, it’s important for the landlord to put in the following restrictions (from actual document at work):
Site may not be used or operated, in whole or in part, for any of the following
A) A “Head shop” or other business devoted to the sale of articles or merchandise normally associated with marijuana or controlled drugs or substances
B) a gun shop, shooting gallery or firearms range
C) a so-called massage parlor or business that permits the viewing of so called adult or pornographic materials
D) use involving sale or distribution of flammable liquids, gases or other Hazardous materials
E) off track betting parlor or arcade
F) a liquor store
G) A burlesque or strip club
H) any illegal activity
Happy ending unincluded
“So Called”
Lo, “The Face Part I” is kind of growing on me. Still not a great part of the album, but I like it more now.
I hear ya. It reminds me of something off of the Trainspotting soundtrack
CP: Crash Of Death — Ramin Djawadi
Person Of Interest Season 2 Soundtrack.
Well Pan, on the train, on my way to London.
There’s something familiar about this comment.
Oh, and echoing what the others said – sounds like a cool trip and look forward to the pictures.
Morning Pan
I was emailed 20 pages of changes needed on a book. Twenty pages! The corrections are almost a book unto themselves
Alas photography was banned.
The exhibition was not very big, but some interesting stuff in there..and how cramped capsules the cosmonauts had to put up with.
I remember they had a capsule in the Chicago Science Museum and I had a similar reaction. Did you enjoy yourself though?
I remember thinking the same thing seeing a Mercury capsule. The Apollo was downright roomy in comparison.
They had the Russian Lunar lander (that was never used) and it seemed pretty big until I saw the Full size Apollo lunar module model in another part of the museum, it just dwarfed it.
Yeah thay have one of those in the Smithsonian and the cabin is just tiny. I cant imagine how small the Russian version is. I gotta find pics!
Did you go grab a pint whilst in London
!?
Yup and yup.
Just a flying visit this time.
neato.
Dammit would I love to grab a pint in London…
Is that what the kid’s are calling it these days?
Well British pints are about 20% larger than American
You know your pints!
And they banned photography to protect the secrets of 50-year-old Soviet tech? Still sounds awesome. I’m glad you went, Van.
I suspect it was to encourage me to buy a very expensive book about the exhibition.
I just bought a fridge magnet.
Cough.
Are you allowed to take a picture of the magnet?
I didn’t ask, it’s on FB.
I’m really impressed with the new Symphony X album “Underworld”. I plan on writing an Amazon review when I get a chance, once I get out from under these work deadlines.
Are they in concert tonight with Overkill?
I knew they were coming. I didn’t know it was tonight. I might be able to attend.
I just bought a ticket. LOL
CP: Laughing In The Sugar Bowl — Veruca Salt
Psst. The Seether’s Louise.
Don’t be a shit:
http://www.timeout.com/london/film/daniel-craig-interview-my-advice-to-the-next-james-bond-dont-be-shit
Love it
Another late night for hubby. The Flames home opener starts in a couple of hours so I’ll put that on.
Meanwhile, I think I’m going to make a strawberry milkshake
Dammit ditto! How good is the new Meg Myers?
Aren’t you going to the concert next month?
Shes opening for AWOL Nation so nooooooooooooo way.
I missed her solo tiny bar show earlyer this year and Im kicking myself.
CW: Danger Mouse 2015
I just found out that they brought this show back. Seems to be done to about the same level as The Looney Tunes Show of 2011. Nothing will ever match the original, but they have managed to update into something modern (e.g., utilizing cell phones) while maintaining a similar feel to the type of comedy that the original shot for.
I enjoyed the first episode.
Oh crumbs.
Episode 2 was good as well.
You know you’re getting old when:
I was on the phone. While talking, I was puttering around the house. Among the things I did was take my iPad and put it into the bedroom. I then went to look for my phone to bring it into the bedroom too. I looked in a couple of rooms before it hit me…
I think it’s time to sit and read until the hockey game comes on
Sorry, you’ll have to type a little louder. My ears are ringing like mad from the Symphony X/Overkill concert. :metal:
What?
Huh? Mine are ringing too. But it was awesome!
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees are out
http://rockhall.com/voting/2016-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees-vote/
Gods I hate Cheap Trick.
Overall a “meh” class this year.
They want you to want them. They need you to need them.
How the fk are Deep Purple and Yes not already in?
nine inch nails is a fantastic selection.
The Cars, Cheap Trick, Chicago (not a fan), Steve Miller (meh), The Smiths – – I’ll allow it.
Is it wrong of me to disagree with NIN?
Go and play some Quake you phillistine.
Your 90s card is revoked.
Morning Pan
That’s all I’ve got.
I see the Flames are following their standard pattern. They usually do terribly at the start of the season. It’s not until the new year that they start to get into their groove.
Holy Crap, Soulier, do you have a lot of injured players on your team.
Yup. Time for add-drop-IR hell it seems
hmm thanks for the heads up.
CP: Brain — Banks
Working on a new track, it has a trombone solo. feedback appreciated https://soundcloud.com/souliermusic/symbiocity
So, who’s playing the sax? You?
I found this amusing
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2015/10/05/the-adventures-of-god-the-extinction-of-the-dinosaurs-explained-comic/
That wine has went straight to my head.
#crosspost
Oh so NOT piss
Quite.
The technical term is pissef.
California wine as well…bastards!!!
Show you the way to go home?
Thank goodness for ready made coffee.
I never realized that the melody for Coldplay’s “Talk” came from Kraftwerk’s “Computer Love”.
I’m getting paranoid, that the second credit card that has been compromised.
You use it in London?
Nope, I actually shredded it, only the details were used with PayPal and Apple.
Oh sorry, so it didnt get compromised in London
Tonite – Helmet at the Marquis Theater to play their seminal album, ‘Betty’, in its entirety.
Gonna be a good one
To die unsung would really bring you down.
Although wet eyes would never suit me
No PBP but I just finished watching Predestination with Ethan Hawke. I really liked that movie.
Hmm. Slipped under my radar.
Your crap joke for the day:
At the touch of her lips, it grew long and swollen.
I gasped as she squeezed and pulled expertly.
It was the best ballon giraffe I’d ever seen.
Oo, I saw this on FB! My reply:
“Then she released the tip and it flew all around the room making a farty noise.”
And then the cat choked on what was left
No Xmas card from PETA for you.
They won’t be sending a Christmas ham either.
Ill take a roast beast
Sometimes PETA can be a PITA.
bread products cannot be trusted.
In least you’re a gluten for punishment.
-least +less
-yeast + yes!
http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/rocky-horror-picture-show-cast-reunion-photo.html?mid=fb-share-vulture#
Sadly (thankfully?) not in their RHPS outfits.
No Nell Campbell? I suppose I can live with that. But no Richard O’Brien? It’s not like he would be the most important person being the writer and all.
I guess they didn’t want any Riff Raff in their picture.
Sicaro was a moody except cider in bleakness.
I have no idea what this means.
I think it is code!
excercise not except cider.
“a moody exercise cider in bleakness”
Nope, still doesn’t help. I have no idea what an exercise cider is. Is this something you can get at a gym?
+i
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicario_(2015_film)
I caught is was a movie. Just trying to figure out where the cider came in.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/324473-what-are-the-benefits-of-apple-cider-vinegar-before-a-workout/
So, you are saying it was like Se7en?
Well Emily Blunt doesn’t lose her head.
You sure? Shes married to John Krasinski after all
Forget about the cider, it’s a figment of autocorrect’s imagination.
Exercise Cider would be a terrible band name, by the way.
Morning Pan
Friday before a long weekend. Nice :happy:
How CDN elections are both the different (only 6 week run up) and the same (stupidity) as US elections.
http://mikesbloggityblog.com/in-only-ninety-seconds-rick-mercer-nails-what-this-election-is-really-about/
“nice hair though” 😆
Today is Friday! We all know what that means. Time to clean the washroom! :silly:
Why was there a BBQ potato chip behind the toilet? That was just strange.
That was me, sorry. I like to sneak into people’s houses and eat chips on the toilet.
“Slowly Growing Deaf” is not just a Mr. Bungle song.
Also – a hearty “fuck you” to my beloved Avs. Way to start the season in the worst way imaginable. As if they needed even LESS confidence than they had going into the season. A big hearty BOO!
It could be worse. They could have lost 1 – 5
No, it couldnt have. They were up 4-1 in the 3rd against a team that has been the bane of their existence and they blew it. At home. Confidence shattered.
I’m still holding onto an unfair hatred of Zach Parise. I do wish the Avs hadn’t let him get a hat trick.
I wish the Yotes could get the much hated Zach Parise, shoot I’d settle for a much hated Tejay Oshee.
It’s Thanksgiving here in Canadaland. Since it’s just hubby and I this weekend, I’ll be roasting a chicken instead of a big-ass turkey.
Merry Canadagiving. Have a roast beast!
Who knew that Stephen Hawking guy was so smart?
“If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.”
Where’s my “like” button?
I listened to an interview with James Burke where he talked about similar things, especially in regards to 3D printing. Very interesting stuff, especially the conflict between a scarcity driven market and its opposite.
Soooo all these fuckfaces posting on FB about how they are all going to boycott Campbell’s Soup do realize that FB is also anti-homophobia, right?
Haven’t seen that one yet.
Campbell’s soup mad a RAD commercial with a boy with two dads and assholes are freaking out.
Northern AZ and Southern TX Universities both in the same day.
I don’t know whether it’s better to bring attention to it or stop awarding these shooters with attention
Does it matter that this NAU shooting was not premeditated, like most of the others? No it doesn’t.
It doesnt matter, no, BUT I wouldnt classify it as a ‘school shooting’. It certainly doesn’t fit in the same vein as the others.
I havent read about TX yet.
“This is the third shooting on the TSU campus in the past two months, and the second at this apartment complex”
So no. I dont think I’d label this as a ‘school shooting’ either. Rather I’d lump it in with the everyday gun violence in every city problems in this country.
Impressive:
http://glassduo.com/en/multimedia/video
I’ve read and enjoyed all of the Expanse novels. Here’s hoping they don’t screw it up.
http://www.tor.com/2015/10/09/the-expanse-pilot-and-nycc-panel-promise-gritty-space-opera/
One of my friends is a little more than just miffed that the pot pie hat was left out.
What kind of Sci-Fi person am I? I’ve never heard of these books.
It’s getting rather dark and gloomy outside
Well I think I’m done messing around with PC innards. Tonight fitting of two new cards was rather laughable in it’s slowness and my creakiness and my need for a cushion for my knees.
At least the bloody things work.
Soulier, re: the trombone song:
The trombone sounds odd and out-of-place with that electronic background, but I think this is a good thing. It’s attn-grabbing in a good way.
Was it synth trombone or a real live horn player?
I also found the abrupt ending a bit jarring.
Go Yotes!
I can’t believe they won.
I can’t believe they won again.
Hopefully this is a trend that continues.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ef6m5V5eOw
This is seriously cool stuff.
hmmm…like it.
The next step up from Occulus Rift.
I want!
Well ok then, shutup and take my money:
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/hail-caesar-trailer/
yes
We’re definitely due for some new Coen Bros.
CD: Avery’s 21
Oh yeah ya are!
What do you think of the new Metric, ditto?
It’s good. It hasn’t been an instant love like the past two albums, but some songs are starting to really grow on me.
Yeah I feel its really uneven at best. Kinda saddens me but there’s some good stuff still on there. Agree 100% in comparison to the last two. And those closing electomentals are just unnecessary and feels like album filler
So Rhettro is another year older.
Technically I’m a day older than yesterday. 😉
So any of you Vikings fans watched the new ‘The Last Kingdom’?
Rutger Hauer being in it is usually a sign of shittyness these days.
T Cat liked it. I saw one scene he was in and it wasn’t bad.
Happy birthday to Rhettro! :happy:
Thanks Amy.
Have a grand birthday, Rhettro!
Thanks Bunny.
Happy birthday, Ruh-ro-Rhettro! 🙂
Will do Shaggy, I mean ditto. 🙂
Rhett is clearly like Benjamin Button, getting younger with each birthday. Have a great one, Rhett!
Aw, thanks Jack. Clearly diapers are in my future.
Happy birthday Rhettro!
Also, it being NCOD, I felt it was time I told you all that I’m bi.
Mwah!
NCOD? I’m sure you mentioned being bi before.
National Coming Out Day
Doh!
Happy NCOD to one of the gayest fookin people I know!
I think I knew that about you Ess. 😉 Thank you for the birthday wishes.
What????? Its either all gay or no way! God hates the undecided!
*cough*
Happy Birthday to Rhett, our Roll20 Master!
And one of these days, I’ll get our game rolling again. Thanks Pixie!
Hubby and I went to the mall and came home with new phones. How did that happen?
6 or 6 plus?
6s. No plus
S of course, I’m living in the past.
I’ve had this Tab open for days, but never shared it:
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/10/05/445994668/death-and-the-iron-maiden
Bruce looks pretty good for 57.
How did we get to only 10 Friday’s left until Christmas Hell??
At least I’m not living in a box.
Hmmm:
http://youtu.be/bljIZ-vssbQ
Oh no!
http://youtu.be/U-aVkMClvBs
Happy Birthday Rhettro. I got my boobies out just for you today 😛
Me too!
Mine are just out!
Wait, What?
“Face it pal, you just hit the jackpot”
http://imgur.com/gallery/ZpFaG Whoa x100.
These are RAD! Here’s one more
http://media.giphy.com/media/6R14aqiec4cLe/giphy.gif
Damn your eyes!
Methinks its your eyes that be damned….
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ed/5c/be/ed5cbecf3e78af95f941625854a1efac.jpg
Oh Marty!!!
Watching the first two Last Man on Earth’s this season – I remember why I adore this show. And Van there’s no cringeworthy moments!
I agree about the lack of cringing this season, haven’t laughed yet this season.
Christ, Van
He’s more fucking annoying than Rimmer and that’s saying something.
Not this year he’s not.
blowing M&Ms out of his nose annoying.
We have really LOL’d so far
Knitterz With Attitude!
I’ve never seen the show, but I’ll side with Van to even up the numbers.
Gobble, Gobble, Deadpan!
Wow, Cynful, could we be any closer in points?
I know, .10
Feeling very middle of the pack still though.
Happy belated Canadian Thanksgiving!
Hang on to your britches:
http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2015/10/half-life-3-totally-absolutely-confirmed-by-hidden-dota-2-update-file/
That’s annoying.
Well Robert Culp is no more, so probably for the best.
Strangely, I have been enjoying and laughing at ‘Blunt Talk’.
I find it annoying
Ok, great!
I wish I knew how to quit you
If NASA has their way there will be a person on Mars by 2030.
The biggest hurdle being getting everyone to agree on who is the biggest asshole that we want to kick that far off the planet.
*glances at Van*
Well as long as you take every copy of ‘The Last Man on Earth’ with you.
But what will all the people on earth with taste do?
Watch blunt talk.
DOOOOOOOOOH!
Wait…. Playboy is giving up putting in nude pictures? Did I read that right?
I only get it for the articles.
I only get it for the cartoon females.
I’ve never bought an issue.
Not exactly shocking…
If I wanted to shock you I would use electrodes.
Turn me on…
I wonder if Juggs Magazine will follow up with the same format change.
It’ll just be about pottery making.
Oh, Donna.
Morning Pan
I think every weekend should be three days long.
I would argue for four.
Do I hear five?
Going for brunch with the boss in an hour.
I like these. We usually spend long enough that I can then take the rest of the day off.
Holy shot, Gloryhammer… look at those fucking band photos
Added a few additions of my own. No pictures though.
“In 1992, war has returned to the galaxy.”
You have just made an incredible discovery.
http://www.metalasylum.net/reviews/2015/mr15060.php#.Vh0vXflVhBc
FUCK ME i CANT WAIT TO LISTEN TO THIS
Let’s keep our statements separate shall we? I’d hate to agree to one and find I’m on the hook for both.
Oh its all or nothing with me, my friend.
Your German word for the day:
Wolkenkuckkucksheim
Which translate as cloud cuckoo land.
+s
Das ist verruckt!
Gesundheit.
Hasselhoff?
Schadenfreude
Farfignewton
Dirty diesel engine.
Damn woodpecker is drumming on my house again.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KEpkS5YGcoQ/T9b82CX-fzI/AAAAAAAAOyA/xIuYUq0Nsp8/s1600/SMOKED%2BHAMS1.png
“Pecker”
I loved that movie.
Oh, I see what you did there
Been out of town for a week.
Now I am not.
Ya aint!
Watched “Ghostbusters” last night for the first time in decades.
Had forgotten how much fun that movie is. Just about everyone in that film turns in a performance that far exceeds what that type of movie requires.
Some great lines as well –
– “Back off man! I’m a Scientist.”
– “Shhh Listen! Do you smell that?”
– Sigorney, possessed “I want you inside me.”
Bill “It seems a little crowded. I think there are two or three people in there already.”
re: Playboy
The only issue I ever bought was the one with Raquel Welch.
I think I still have it some where because, … Raquel Welch.
*whistles theme to Fall Guy*
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KYGGZ11D9EE
CW: Fargo S2E1
Some serious actors here..and Ted Danson.
Kirsten Dunst eating Tater tots with ketchup…will wonders never end?
Which part of that is a wonder?
All of it.
A little slice of history:
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/margaret-hamilton-nasa-apollo/
+a zillion
This guy is funny.
Some how he manages to get the frothing masses on Facebook to think he is the social media contact for companies that have run ads with same sex couples and then he takes their comments. Often quite Hilarious.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/airicgordog/this-parody-campbells-facebook-account-is-trollin-g45b#.kn0Z5ErVa
He’s guilty of feeding the trolls, but still damn funny.
I try not to post these kinds of listy things too too often, but this one is by the brilliant and insane and Canadian artist himself.
https://www.teamrock.com/features/2015-10-13/the-12-best-devin-townsend-songs-by-devin-townsend
I’ll have to explore some of these.
And one more – – https://screen.yahoo.com/live/event/paleyfest-ash-vs-evil-dead
It’s 45 minutes long, but full of Bruce Campbell’s cursy wit.
Goodnight :boomstick:
That was fun.
Where can I find this “Ash vs. the Evil Dead” show?
Starz! (or…um.. “other” means)
Has it offically started yet?
It starts, perfectly, on Halloween
Morning Pan
Another lonely evening in store for this Bunny.
http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/b5/b5693f0868f45608c395aa1e2711916fbc63e039de4b433de3da7f9f15cce079.jpg
pfffffttt! :kissing:
There will probably be a play by play later today. Woman in Black 2 is next on my list. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2339741/?ref_=nv_sr_2).
Have you seen the Daniel Radcliffe one?
Yup. I’m pretty sure I did a PbP of it way back when. It actually wasn’t too bad. I don’t expect this one to be on the same level, though.
Once again, I have gotten so caught up in my work, I forgot to have breakfast. Now it’s time to search for something to rectify that matter.
A cool write-up on what chivalry really is.
May be NSFW for language.
http://bettermyths.com/chivalry-isnt-dead-you-just-dont-know-what-the-fuck-it-is/
Oooooh! Random Heroes 3 goes free:
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Random+Heroes+3/news.asp?c=67901
Well Pan, you were warned. It’s movie time
Two out of three ain’t bad
The telltale heart
London Calling
War. What is it good for?
Pretty woman
All night train
Hot for teacher
Strangers in the night
Harry’s song
The wheels on the bus
Everybody hurts
Baby don’t cry
Crazy train
Tombstone every mile
Keepers creepers
Keepers = jeepers
Rundown house
Living on a prayer
Sleep! Sleep! Beauty bright
Island girl
Take up thy stethoscope and walk
Stairway to heaven
Hello
Writing on the wall
Lonely children
Nothing grows in shadows
Creepy doll
Little Jack Horner
She’s so cold
Cool rider
You taught me to let go
Clampdown
Gloom despair and agony on me
Hiding under covers
Tom Dooley
My shadow
Cemeteries of London
The hat box
Phonograph blues
I’ll be watching you
A lost village
The river
Ghost town
Edward the bear
Locked in a room
Whisper
Out of the cellar
When the lights go out
Songs of Joyce
Aeroplane
First kiss
Photograph
You can close your eyes
Scream
Running with the devil
Like a nightmare
Crying in the rain
It’s a jeep thing
Haunted house
In hiding
Creaky door
Rock a bye baby
Rockaway
Ripping out a rotten floor
Night swimming
I’m forever blowing bubbles
Bittersweet ending
This was actually an ok movie
Better than the first?
No… Maybe?
Definitely on par. It was done in such a way you really didn’t need to see the first to know what was going on in this one
I hate it when a book disappoints me, especially when it’s the third book in a series and the first two were pretty good.
Re-reading “The Foundation” trilogy ?
Was it Vaguebook, part 3?
Um… Go Yotes?
I can’t believe they won their first 3 games.
Let’s hope this trend continues.
JW: The Leftovers S2E2
Bloody hell this series is really fucked up..in a good way.
Morning Pan
Today I spend my morning inputting numbers in to the computer
I agree with quite a few of these, including 48:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/sophiegadd/i-brought-my-own-bags?utm_term=.qjowkKm85#.rq8LyA8lJ
Actually, a lot of these apply to us. I know hubby loves to do #48. My cupboard has a number of almost empty boxes until hubby feels he has enough for a full bowl mixture.
Hmmmm. Anyone we know?
http://www.examiner.com/article/happy-national-grouch-day-top-10-best-movie-grumps-and-grouches
Cough
COUGH!!!!
Essbee, there’s a new detective from the BBC called River that Stars the prof from the Thor films.
It reminds me of a short lived Jeff Goldblum TV series called Raines but grittier.
Oooohh
I’m it will get shown on BBC America sooner rather than later.
+sure
Went in for a stress test this morning. They had Fox News on in the waiting room.
I’m not sure if that was supposed to be part of the test.
perhaps that was meant for an intelligence test?
Sick fucking twisted horrible scum of the earth.
There.*
*Not a response to J0es comment.
just pre-ordered fallout 4 pip boy edition. I am going to wear my pip boy everywhere.
I ordered the regular version. I think I’m a little jealous now.
omg. OMG
http://screencrush.com/marvel-moon-knight-netflix-series/
Great character, just never done properly. They usually just make him a Batman in white.
Right. Im excited theyll do it proper this time
Is Nolan directing?
You did what I see there
CP: Seventeen – Sjowgren
I wonder if I should make cookies tomorrow.
+and mail them to Colorado
😆
Hubby has requested lemon almond cookies
Lemon?? Come on, John, don’t let us all down.
These are his favourite of all the cookies I bake
Darn, looks likes Netflix has nabbed for international distribution:
http://deadline.com/2015/10/netflix-bbc-river-stellan-skarsgard-abi-morgan-1201577912/
Yeah!
Let’s go Yotes!!
Oh my gosh, it’s Pee Wee Herman’s nemesis, Francis Buxton on Agents of SHIELD!
They can just foil him with some trick gum.
Morning Pan!
That’s all I’ve got.
Hubby has left for work. Now it’s time to clean the washroom and then bake some cookies :happy:
I’ve decided I’m feeling a little lazy. I’m NOT going to clean the washroom this weekend.
Straight to the cookies it is.
Cookies are in the oven! Soon my house will smell like baked goodness.
Pretty amazing
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/15/448993361/-2-photo-found-at-junk-store-has-billy-the-kid-in-it-could-be-worth-5-million
The neighborhood crackpot has put up a new message on his homemade yard billboard. For a long time it’s read “Obama is a Moslem.” Now it’s “Trump for President!!!!!!!!!
You really live in a wacky section of Longmont. That’s the way most of the city used to be you know.
You know before the Moslems with money from California and Texas moved in to take er jerbs.
And lesbos, don’t forget
I didn’t want to say anything, Ess, but I think there might be lesbians living in your neighborhood.
That’s an island off of the coast of Greece.
How much better would Grease have been if the love story was between Sandy and Rizzo?
We go together like…
It wasn’t?
Tell me more, tell me more.
Reply #2:
You have to wonder just how deeply displaced from reality the “Obama is a Moslem” / “Trump for President!!!!!!!!!” neighbor really is.
Would it be too subtle to put a sign next to it that reads “I bid 1 no Trump”
Is it Friday yet?
God, yes!
I vote yes, though until marching contest season is over for my daughter in another week, time is largely a blur.
And people say American business leaders are silly.
http://albertapolitics.ca/2015/10/welcome-to-the-orwellian-world-of-wildrose-where-keeping-your-promises-makes-you-a-liar/
I fear for CAWKI.
Canadians Against Warring Koyukuk Insurgents?
Pumpkin Noosa!!
La Pumpkin Nostra ?
CW: San Andreas
Question: is Paul Giamatti the Richard Dreyfuss of our time?
I might need to sequester myself in a cave for awhile to ponder this one.
Would Paul Giamatti sculpt a better mashed potato mountain?
Let’s try Giamatti out with some dialogue. Picture him saying the following:
“This was no boat accident.”
Marsha Mason: “I thought you said you were decent.”
Giamatti: “I am decent. I also happen to be naked.”
“We’re actors. We’re the opposite of people.”
“I am the most renowned killer of fish in the whole United States Army Air Force.”
“You’re the most beautiful, exciting thing I’ve ever seen in my life and I don’t know anything about you.”
Yup. I think Giamatti works.
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/ermahgerd-girl-true-story Ferscinerterng.
On kindle, nobody can see your unread book pile, NOBODY!!!
Crap joke for the day:
I’ve invented a new sexual position. All you do is lie back to back with your partner, wait till they fall asleep and quietly masturbate.
I’ll call it “marriage.”
giggidy
enter 1 for “laugh”
enter 2 for “cry”
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/96227/20151016/this-spherical-robot-was-inspired-by-star-wars.htm Cool.
Soulier over for gaming. So far I’ve won the first two games of Camel Up
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153938/camel
And the bunny wins at Magic :happy:
Vikings with horned helmets? WTF Moffat WTF!
#doctorwho
Oh you mean they never wore those……? Hmmmm imagine that
Ah, the things we must suspend our disbelief for…
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRCJ1vx425sNF6ZR9Po8AgEWh-UgxLM5lfEoftkLuzA9lRZ0HaJ
Let’s go Mets
We did a cooperative magic game against a zombie hoard. We won
Today has been a good gaming day
Now… Jack the Ripper rummy
Coop Magic sounds interesting. . .
Although all we have are the hokey starter decks.
Hubby won Jack the Ripper Rummy.
Ummm:
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/offbeat/scientists-discover-mushroom-that-makes-women-orgasm-just-by-smelling-it
Bring that to the orgy and you’ll be a fun guy.
I saw what you did there!
Not forgetting:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=pictures+of+coats&view=detailv2&&id=A7FE52E1EB6504842A0245E87656696AA1008519&selectedIndex=9&ccid=8q3ICEXv&simid=608025580119853213&thid=OIP.Mf2adc80845ef06c326ea93523922d2abo0&PC=APPL
Nice coat!
Currently fighting the urge to pick apart their “scientific” test procedures. Taint easy.
So now you know:
http://slate.me/1LtUU4b
Crimson Peak was ok-ish.
Gorgeously ok-ish, though. Every shot is a sight to behold.
Agreed, gothic overload.
Ah well:
http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/16/9557863/defiance-syfy-canceled-game-will-continue-trion-worlds
🙁 Dang Syfy
Go fuck yourself siffy.
It was a good ending. Quite frankly, it was hard to see where the show could go in a forth season with the way season three wrapped up.
That said, I had no idea there was an MMO game to go along with the show…and really don’t care about that idea anyway.
I do have to thank EssBee for the tip about “Show Me A Hero.” Only 2 episodes in, but it’s great David Simon stuff.
Apparently Dominion has been cancelled as well. Now that one disappoints me. Was looking forward to seeing how they played Lucifer in the third season.
Yet that piece of shit Dark Space got a S2.
I prefer the characters and story of Defiance, but potato,potato
Granted I havent seen all of 3 yet
Working on a soundtrack for a post apocalyptic world mini web series. It’s dark. https://soundcloud.com/souliermusic/solar-flare-soundtrack
Will definitely give a listen! Thanks for sharing.
Morning Pan
Today is voting day here in Canadaland. Finally, the campaigning will be over.
(this may seem sarcastic since we only had three months of campaigning but it was the longest run Canada has ever had so it seemed like forever to us here in the GWN)
How could you possibly make an informed voting decision without 24 preceding months of expensive, frivolous hand-waving and finger-pointing?
😆
John Oliver did a commentary on our election yesterday. It’s on our DVR and we’ll watch it tonight but I here it’s quite funny.
“inside the chamber of cryo-genetical fire
A magical wizard is doing a spell
Powered by robots, a whole (???) coming to life”*
*all sung in a strong Swedish accent. Did I mention that you should treat yourself to the Flash Gordon-y :metal: wonder of Gloryhammer?
I love this. May I also sing the praises of Turbowolf. Christ is that new album great
Ok, that John Oliver sketch was priceless. I highly recommend you find and watch it.
(I’d find a link but most of them don’t seem to work here in Canada)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V5ckcTSYu8
This seems to be it.
And that was brilliant. 😀
SPEAKING of “Swedish accent” (see above)
I just received this from a pal –
Because I KNOW you are wondering what a bunch of Swedes would do in a room full of vintage synths and instruments on a cold Arctic winter night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmLeANzi0A
Last Man On Earth LOLZ
Hmmmm.
Its so good!
I’ll judge for myself when I watch it on my break.
In MacDs, cos a shit series deserves to be watched eating shit food.
#grumpy
Bloody hell, do you lot laugh at Schindlers List?
I just wanted to punch January Jones as she tortured Phil.
Ha!
Aw Van. youre losing credibility here slowly but surly.
Don’t call me Shirley.
I didnt I called you Slowly.
That sounds the same with your accent.
Ha! “Accent”. Dont you know the Western U.S has the plainest speak of all?
I know they claim that, but whether it’s true is a whole different ballgame.
The California Valley begs to differ
And, Trailer 3 is now here:
https://youtu.be/sGbxmsDFVnE
JJ, you better not screw us over!
Highly unlikely. This already has the look and feel of Star Wars. Classic Star Wars
Cool. My only concern would be J.J. Abrams fan servicing.
Pixie says, “It looks awesome. The end.”
Considering that most of the big cinemas chains in the uk computers crashed due to people buying tickets I don’t think I’ll be checking it out Xmas day.
Also a bit worried they seem to be retreading plot of the original 1977 film.
Because that wasnt a retread of other films? And if it is? Ah well! Stormtrropes and Tie Fighters and Sith lords and cute desert girl and HanLukeChewieLeia
I was thinking of the Death Star magnitude weapon.
I’ll take fan service over…um… the predecessors’s self service
I’m trying to think of a film where fan service ruined it. I’m coming up with blanks. Anyone care to share an example?
I mean MAYBE the second Star Trek film trying to shoehorn in a Khaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!! storyline but other than that, yeah Im not sure eother
That 2nd JJ Star Trek movie is the perfect example of crappy, excessive fan servicing.
The first JJ Star Trek is loaded with it too, to be clear, but that mostly felt fun and appropriate and satisfying.
I think it most likely that most fans will either love it or hate it. There will be little in between. There is no way to make something that all the fans will like and biggest trap that Abrams could fall into is trying to please everyone. My hopes are still reasonable. But, I think my best bet is to take Mark Hamil’s advice and just go into it expecting to see a good movie and enjoy myself rather than expect to relive what I had in 1977.
Excellent points.
But this *is* a new Star Wars *movie*, so it’s impossible to completely disconnect it from that transcendental experience from our childhoods. Animated series and musical Xmas specials are one thing, but our expectations are naturally set too high for the major theatrical releases (My theory on why the decent-to-good prequel films are widely considered the worst films ever made).
I’ll be happy if VII as good as that first JJ Trek movie.
Well it was ok is a possibility.
So TEB, it appears your country has moved a bit left.
It’s just a jump … to the left
Well I don’t know enough about Canadian politics as to whether it was a jump or a baby step..
Ticket to Ride goes free on the App Store:
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Ticket+to+Ride+Pocket/news.asp?c=67966
Work is too much fun. And by too much, I mean not at all.
Sigh.
Look at it this way. It could be worse. You could live in a Star Trek world where money doesn’t exist (on Earth anyway), but people still have to work, sometimes in jobs they don’t like. In other words, you could do a job you don’t like and get absolutely nothing in return.
(seriously, *hugs*, ditto)
I never did see/hear that explained clearly. . . I once saw a scene where Picard lectured someone on how humans worked for the betterment of themselves and humanity – – but this was coming from the captain of a freaking starship. I always wondered if the plumbers would make the same speech.
Morning Pan
We have a new leader… or will in two weeks when he is sworn in. This leader is the son of a previous leader. I hope he learned something from the US when they had the same thing.
I look forward to Canada invading Belize….
Me too. I want to have the job of sitting on the beach “watching” for anybody who would try to oust us.
On a related not to an above post, it looks like John Oliver won’t be going to CDN jail.
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/elections-canada-says-john-oliver-is-free-to-mock-at-our-expense/
Oooooh ‘From Bedroom to Billions’ is on UK Netflix.
It’s a documentary about the UK part in computers and gaming.
Even has an interview with the guy who wrote Manic Miner.
Watched “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” last weekend.
http://tinyurl.com/prbm3op
It was a surprisingly enjoyable film. “Surprisingly” because I knew absolutely nothing about it but also I thought it was all around very well done..
No chemistry between the leads and the film makers had a rather flexible view of geography.
I will say that I was confused about locations at first (thought it might be California, then Texas, then guessed east coast) but then I was enjoying it enough that I just gave in and let all that slide.
Off to run some errands.
Later Panites!
CW: Fargo S2E2
Now THIS is good.
Looking forward to that one
At least it will be better than “The Leftovers”.
I wouldn’t go that far.
So Dr Zhivago is getting re-released at the cinemas:
https://youtu.be/M1iQ5hQTR5s
This is one of those classic films I’ve only seen clips of.
Julie Christie /swoon
I wasn’t even aware Rod Steiger was in that film.
/hands in credibility card.
So tonight I ponder the class system.
If you all lived in the UK, and did similar jobs as you do now, most (if not all of you) would be classed as middle class.
Me, I’m working class.
Hmmmm.
A working class hero is something to be.
But you’re all fucking peasants as far as I can see.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
That is interesting to ponder.
The revolution will not be televised.
Meet Canada’s new Prime Minister (circa 1997 while he was teaching snowboarding at Whistler) http://imgur.com/8RvH62Z
… And how did you look 20 years ago?
…lying on my bed playing snes.
Snes ???
Isn’t that Captain Hook’s 2nd in Command?
The Mike Patton old age counterpart is priceless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPlmhJG_xUM
They picked perfectly.
In case there are Audible subscribers here, the Joe Hill comic Locke & Key has been turned into an audio drama and is free. The acting gets a bit over the top but it’s pretty well done overall. Certainly worth every penny.
Got a US audible atop punt so I did go and grab this.
-gibberish +account
Morning Pan
Today’s schedule
Royalty Statements
Book layout
My life isn’t very exciting.
Just finished Fear The Walking Deaf and give it a M’eh
Kind of what I’ve been hearing.
I just started Season 5 of Walking Dead this week (yes a season behind)
Thought it was ok, but I didn want the drug addict son to die, die, DIE!!!
Love the Walking Deaf typo. . . .and the death spoiler (although I stopped the original WD after ssn 3).
I too pictured herds of old people with Walkers shouting “Eh? What did you say? Speak up!”
This post is strangely relevant to my FNM post up there ^^.
Dude you have to stop
The n should not be there, the bloke was so annoying I wanted him to die.
Dude your keyboard has to stop…
The sky is very pink this morning
Well that will be upsetting the shepherds.
This applies to so very many people in this group
https://www.viralstyle.com/7shirt/bir1#pid=35&cid=1756378&sid=front
So there was this:
http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/yall-norwegians-use-the-word-texas-as-slang-to-mean-crazy/#sthash.g194YwGy.uxfs&st_refDomain=t.co&st_refQuery=/cSU84VhQUG
Ed from Crazy is NOT going to like that. . .
Apparently Siri does something special when you wish her “Happy Back to the Future Day”!
I don’t know what it is as I don’t have a Siri, but I’m sure some of you will enjoy
It was unwhelming.
+der
I have my siri set to a male Australian voice. Siri’s reply sounded funny in that voice.
That may explain it, I didn’t have the voice switched on.
Mad McFly: Beyond Biffdome.
They delivered the keys to our new post boxes. I’m going to see if they work before they start delivering mail to them next week.
*sigh*
http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/tc/2015/55494r-eng.php
Hah!
Great Scott!
Went for a walk. Also went to see if the keys work for the new mail boxes (like the letter told me to do). The mailboxes aren’t even installed yet. Apparently Canada Post is going to start delivering mail to these (nonexistent) boxes on Monday. Their contractor better get a move on.
Not that I get much actual mail anyway. I think the only thing I got in the mail this week were the keys to the mailbox.
Feel good story of the week http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/5970308-thanks-for-helping-my-daughter-even-though-you-got-laughed-at/
Rad kid
20 years today, Shannon Hoon died
Wow!! Doesn’t seem like 20
Also in music news – Jenny Lewis is dating… BILL MURRAY??????????
I initially read that as Jerry Lewis.
More apt
Is this the Jessica Rabbit syndrome?
Showerthought: In Back to the Future II, the scene were the older Marty gets fired via video chat, his boss said “Read my Fax!”. Interesting that the movie creators had the perception that video chat would be part of the future, but that people would still rely on faxes and not electronic communications for written correspondence….
Caution with that logic: That way lies madness.
I believe at the time fax machines were expensive business machines. In the movie, they thought the idea of people having personal fax machines was futuristic.
Further to the Siri Back to the Future thing. Try it a number of times, Siri says different things each time.
Finished ‘Broken Age’ on the PS4 tonight, nice game.
I think I’m ready for Back to the Future to be history tomorrow. It was a bit much today.
You really get me, Ed
He is your density.
Amen brother. Love the films, tired of today
Silversun Pickups at the Ogden in Denver 12/8
hmmmmmmmm…..
This way lies click bait
http://www.definitelyrealquotes.com/
umm… hey Ess
http://www.fox.com/article/laverne-cox-joins-the-rocky-horror-picture-show?cmpid=fox_FB_Article_S+-+FOXTV_I+-+Gallery+image(s)_Fox.com_sf14392943
Saw that!
Really?
I wonder why they decided not to choose a male actor for that part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci0C8ggQWys
Trailer 3 with only the music. Way more powerful.
Your crap joke for the day:
I bought a box of condoms today, and each one had a tiny musical instument attached… it was a rubber band.”
Bonus crap joke:
“An old, blind cowboy wanders into an all-girl biker bar by mistake…
He finds his way to a bar stool and orders a shot of Jack Daniels.
After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender, ‘Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?’
The bar immediately falls absolutely silent.
In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, ‘Before you tell that joke, Cowboy, I think it is only fair, given that you are blind, that you should know five things:
1. The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat.
2. The bouncer is a blonde girl with a ‘Billy-Club’.
3. I’m a 6-foot tall, 175-pound blonde woman with a black belt in karate.
4. The woman sitting next to me is blonde and a professional weight lifter.
5. The lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler.
‘Now, think about it seriously, Cowboy … do you still wanna tell that blonde joke?’
The blind cowboy thinks for a second, shakes his head and mutters, ‘No … not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times”…
Shit. I laughed too hard.
🙂
https://medium.com/conquering-corporate-america/10-tricks-to-appear-smart-during-meetings-27b489a39d1a#.pwk4g1d0d
This takes me back:
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Deja+Vu%3A+MacVenture/news.asp?c=68009
Morning Pan
Just got back from taking hubby to the airport. There should be some sort of rule about not having to drive to the other end of the city during rush hour.
I don’t understand people. There is this one bookstore who doesn’t pay their bills. In fact, our lawyer is currently in talks with them about their unpaid bills. Yet, the manager/owner of the store had the nerve to phone and ask why we were no longer accepting orders from them. :ermm:
You know, nothing Confirms the world is fucked up like finding out black cats have high euthanasia rates in the USA because they don’t get adopted because they are considered bad luck.
/sigh
Again, I don’t understand people. When we are ready to adopt again, in a few years, hubby and I have already decided we will get an adult cat that may have had medical issues (blind, missing a limb, etc) because those are also not adopted as much as cute kittens. Yet, they need love too.
Yeah as Ive said on FB Ive never heard of this. However the US is a giant country so Im sure there are sections where people still believe that shit. Overall I do question this tho.
http://www.top13.net/black-shelter-cat-pictures/
I’ve seen similar claims on my FB feed, which of course could be bollox.
At risk of just copying my response on FB, without actual numbers or citations this specific site doesnt seem proper. Any who it would be interesting to actually dig into this and see who is still living in the 1600’s in this country
This pictures are cute, though.
Humans make decisions based on superstition and warped logic? Bollocks!
So, without seeing the study itself, this is the dumbed down version. Doesn’t seem like a sound study and it is 3 years old: http://news.berkeley.edu/2012/10/23/cat-color/
BTW – Finished reading the only book I’ve read in the last 2 years.
It was “The Martian”.
I enjoyed it. As my dad put it, “It was a page turner”.
I feel like I don’t need to see the movie now.
Oh don’t let that stop you from seeing the film.
The Martian is probably one of the few books I haven’t read.
I know you, J0e, so I’ll warn you up front with a spoiler:
He does not meet Marvin on Mars.
John Carter?
Still there is this:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/hilarywardle/thats-not-a-tunnocks-teacake#.eu424048b
Hubby had a bit of an adventure
The flight from Calgary to Abbotsford is a little over an hour. However, I guess the Abbotsford airport was fogged in so the plane had to divert to Vancouver. After a few hours in the Vancouver airport, they loaded everybody up in a bus to drive to Abbotsford.
The drive from the Vancouver airport to Abbotsford should have been about an hour and a half. Part way through, the bus had to pull over for some minor repairs.
When all was said and done, hubby’s hour long trip ended up being close to six hours.
For some reason I kept reading that town name as “Absurdistan”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotsford,_British_Columbia
Listening to Overkill on Spotify at my desk. Trying not to headbang.
Overkill in my earbuds here too. It’s been an “Ironbound” kinda day.
Indeed. \m/
you guys am the devil
Kurtwood Smith in S2 of Agent Carter.
Gawd I hope it turns out he’s the villain.
Rooting for the 49ers
Why did I read this as roofing?
Rooting for the 49ers
Rootbeer for the 49ers
Miner 2049er.
Jared “I am a sick fuck” Fogle was ordered to pay his 14 victims One Million dollars in restitution. Now, that’s NOT a million each – that’s a million split between the 14. Is it just me or does that just not seem like enough? after all, this is America where real punishment lays not in the prison system for the wealthy but in their bank accounts.
What number is enough for pain and suffering? No I don’t think it’s enough, but I don’t think there is a magic number. I don’t know his net worth though. His potential to earn future income has seriously diminished though.
Not what I’m saying. No there is no magic number for them but there is for HIM when it comes to punishment and making sure he never lives well again. There’s no magic number for his jail time for his victims either.
He made about 2 million a year the past 10 years or so, I believe.
Repulsive
No idea what he makes, but I’d assume that’s the equivalent of a $1000 for a normal person.
I never looked into the salacious details, but if there are young victims of his depravity, then why isn’t he being locked away from society forever?
That ‘Locke and Key’ audio drama must be haunted, since I started to listen I’ce had random stop/starts and skips to later chapters.
Odd. I didn’t have any issues with it at all.
I suspect it’s either the ear buds failing or the audio jack on the phone is getting dodgy.
Nice enough story, but it really needs some serious editing down to a shorter running length, they weren’t converting War and Peace.
They stayed pretty close to the comic itself. The only changes I could hear were ones that would be needed to address the fact that you can’t see what’s going on like you can in a comic book. Minor wording changes really. I think the actors hammed it up a bit too much, and I’m not sure how well the story could be followed by someone who didn’t read the comic fist. For free, it was pretty well done.
I think that was a problem, it needed to be shorter and just take the essence from the comic books.
Do you like all your audio books abridged, or just the ones based on comics? I think the real issue is that you think the comic was too long and rambly. I don’t say this entirely tongue in cheek. Comics are meant to be drawn out for many issues. Could be that only abridged audio versions of comics can stand up to that medium.
Jessica Jones trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWHUjuJ8zxE
HUGE potential. Glad to see Marvel break out another strong female lead.
A former Dr Who is the villain.
Paul McGann?
I think you need an eye test.
I’m ore surprised you didnt rip a me a new one for mentioning Paul McGann.
I’m not a PG hater, he was also in this:
http://youtu.be/VN7–ll83Yg
No I figured you be a Who movie hater
It thought it was ok at the time.
Good man
I’ve never heard of Kilgrave. . . I know the kids will be torn, rooting against him.
That is, if the show is even kid-appropriate.
Hmmm… I’m thinking itll be as about as appropriate as Daredevil was.
Kilgrave is an excellent choice since he bridged the Daredevil and Jessica Jones comics
Also called The Purple Man:
http://marvel.com/universe/Purple_Man
CP: Sorry – Meg Myers
I get it, Lo
Oh mama!!
You complete him,
I think it might take both of you. Lo is a complex guy
CW: The Man in the High Castle E2
You can watch it now on Amazon for free this weekend, what you waiting for? Go and watch it now.
Not a fan of the tweed skirt.
It’s rather wonderful there are smokers and analog digital clocks.
Instant photography!
The Japanese killing room is creepy with the plastic seats.
That would only work if he misted through the barrier.
Ooooooh nasty!!!!
The whole series???
No, just the pilot and episode 2.
Just loaded up 6 black bags full of leaves and the tree is not even close to done. This might be the last year I do this myself . . . oy.
Time is a cruel mistress.
I’m driving up right now to jump in the pile.
I do reserve the right to hate ‘The Man in the High Castle’ if there is ever any indication of replicants, I’m giving them a pass on the origami.
Cough
Well… Hitler WAS a replicant, so I suppose we can give them a pass if it’s only him.
I’m a bit disturbed how the Japanese are portrayed, in the book they were more civilised than the Germans.
I’m well aware of the barabaric acts the Japanese performed in WW2, and the portrayal in the tv series is consistent with that, but not with how they were portrayed in the book.
There’s no hockey game showing on tv tonight. What’s that about?
CD: dageraad blonde
CE: confetti cake blizzard
When hubby’s away, I turn into a sad, bad, bunny
Ah, here we are.
Flames play at 7:00
CW: Jurassic World
It was a fun enough movie, but somewhat over hyped
If the T-Rex could cross his arms to give the finger, he’d give it to that movie.
Oh it wasnt that bad
Damning with faint praise.
No I could have said it was a pile of shit. Im allowed to enjoy films I know arent very good films
You need my permission?
I think not!
Damn
Back home. Too much traveling for work. 🙁
Welcome back, ditto!
I know we have some WWII buffs on here. Anyone seen this documentary yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9jJx0NSjw
Hitler’s moustache seems rather unrealistic.
Oh!
So yeah… Jessica Jones aint for the kiddies
http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/jessica-jones-sexuality.html
Long may it continue.
Maureen O’Hara, Hollywood actress, dies aged 95:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34628502
Huge bucket of win
Buckets of rains, buckets of tears..
My parents would watch The Quiet Man every St. Patrick’s Day when I was a kid.
Kudos to her for making it to 95.
I need some kind of voodoo
Who do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEJh2FFUUoU
Kenny Wayne Shepherd does a pretty amazing version too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6N4WbXRu-c
But I think this is what he meant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY7zqDemqZo
You get me
Ok so Harrison Ford is 73 and Carrie Fisher is 59… that means Han was 38 and Leia was 24 in Empire when they kissied and fell in love.
Oh Han you smooth operator…
Yep. She ditched the more age-appropriate suitor for the scoundrel older man.
The woman who plays Betsy Ross in Sleepy Hollow may be the worst actor Ive seen on tv in a long time.
That being said, Van how are you finding Season 3 now that the show is basically monster of the week fare?
It’s still watchable.
But yeah it’s a shadow of S1 goodness.
Not really liking this Pandora slant, but still liking it better than a lot of season 2, but I’m not Van
It would be weird if you were.
Nicked from QI:
Props to Hitler, he was the only person to actually kill Hitler…
Historically accurate
You say that, but …
http://xkcd.com/1063/
Crap joke for a lazy Sunday:
Three strings walk into a bar and sit down at a table. The first string walks up to the bartender and says, “Bartender, three beers please.” The bartender looks at the string and says, “I’m sorry, but we don’t serve strings here.” Disappointed, the string walks back to his buddies and explains. The second string says “No problem, I’ll go get our beers.” The second string walks up to the bartender, “Bartender, three beers please.” The bartender says, “Listen man, I told your buddy that we don’t serve strings here.” Empty handed, the second string walks back to his buddies.The third string says, “No problem. Tie me in a knot at one end and fray my ends at the other.” He struts up to the bartender, “Bartender, three beers please.” The bartender proceeds to get him the beer when he suspiciously turns to look at the string and says, “Excuse me, but are you a string?” The string replies, “I’m a frayed knot!”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2109173/Kate-Middleton-frayed-coat-Duchess-Cambridge-makes-unusual-style-statement.html
So ‘Hand of God’, I enjoyed it, so nice acting from Ron Pearlman and that rentabadguy actor who was in the Terminator to series.
Erykah Badu?
Ill have you know Garret Dillahunt is more than a rent a bad. See ‘Raising Hope’. Hes wonderful in that
I’ve on;y ever seen him in roles where he murders people.
Well, I mean when youre good at what you do…
While trying to track down something on youtube, I stumbled upon this tour of guitar musical history. Some here might have an interest:
https://youtu.be/xiC__IjCa2s
Looks cool! I clicked the link last night, but didn’t watch. I will.
Morning Pan
They put up our mailboxes yesterday. No more home delivery for this bunny.
“home delivery”
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just came back from shopping. Despite my not wanting to, i got some Halloween candy. I picked up a box of 100 for the half dozen kids (if we’re lucky) we will have.
Why hubby doesn’t just admit he wants the candy for himself instead of making me go through this charade is beyond me. :blink:
The good, (or bad, depending upon your point of view) thing about October is there is a ton of B horrors released. My DVR is getting rather full. I may have to do a PBP this afternoon.
I’ve been trying to watch those as well.
Last night I watched “Stonehearst Asylum” which turned out to be neither a “B” movie or a halloween film (more of a psychological thriller) but I REALLY enjoyed it so … WIN.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772264/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_18
That one is on my PVR, I just haven’t got to it yet.
I have finished my Halloween, ambience audio mix.
It’s a 20 minute loop of “forrest presence” with slightly unsettling music mixed over top.
This year I’ve added a track from the “Portal” sound track and “Once upon a dream” from the movie Malificent. That track is surprisingly unsettling when broadcast throughout the woods in front of my house.
I should post this somewhere in case anyone else wants some halloween background audio that is not the regular campy sound fx.
You should post it to Soundcloud or some such audio-sharing site!
Besides the above, so far, I have on my PVR:
The Amazing Adventures of the Living corpse
Before I go to Sleep
Horns
The Lazarus Effect
With several set up but yet to be recorded.
It’s one of these four you will be subjected to this afternoon
Oh please do Horns, it’s one I’ve actually seen.
Horns it is. I’ll be starting in about a half hour.
Inspired by Saturday’s concert, what songs would you put in a mix that say “Halloween” to you?
The band played clips from Zombie, Creep, Living Dead Girl, Frankenstein, Highway to Hell, Timewarp…. Okay that’s what I can remember right now.
I currently have 39 songs on my Halloween playlist…
Some highlights:
Black No. 1 – Type O Negative
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave
Paint It Black – Rolling Stones
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
RE: Your Brains – Jonathan Coulton
Theme from The Day the Earth Stood Still
Plus Monster Mash and the other usual Halloween tunes.
NOT on the playlist and never will be? That “Uma Thurman” song.
Ministry’s “Everyday Halloween” on constant repeat
I’ve got 129 in my list.
Lately though I have been listening to a Pandora station named “This is Halloween Radio”.
It is predominately soundtrack music and lots of it from musicals.
So due to publisher fuckwittery the book I wanted to listen on Audible was not available. So I choose Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear.
Set in a brothel in a stream punk Wild West, 5 chapters in and I’m enjoying the plot.
Ok Deadpan. It’s that time again.
Today’s movie is Horns
The PVR writeup: blamed for the murder of his girlfriend, a man awakes one morning to find he has grown a pair of horns. Armed, now, with supernatural powers, he sets out to find the killer
Language, nudity and violence. So far, so good
Awwww. They’re in love
Foreshadowing
Or a bit time slippage..
Trying to be cute with the camera angles
I can’t decide, if I were 20 years younger, if I’d do Daniel Radcliffe or not.
He’s cute in that scruffy mutt kind of way
Protesters
Smoking! Sorry, that’s a deal breaker for me.
Did you know the first car I owned was a green Ford Pinto?
I do now.
Innocent!
The language in this movie
Sad trumpet
Ack! My system seems to have crashed. One moment please
Seriously, my whole cable systems seems to have gone. I’m rebooting it now but, if I can’t get it to work, I may have to call the service department.
Whew! Reboot seems to have worked. We now return to our regularly scheduled play by play
What new witness
He needs a drink
Bar slut!
Candle light vigil
Drinking in a tree house is never good
You know, true red heads are not as common as most fiction writers would have you think
Desecrating her memorial. Good idea
He has a bumpy head
Squeezing a pimple doesn’t usually result in horns
Donut lust
She’s a chipmunk
God I hate that kid
She wants to eff he golf pro
Burn the mommy
They are magical horns
Doctor, Doctor, give me the saw
I’m dreaming of a young redhead
Shopping kart frenzy
That’s no way to treat a teddy bear
He’s saving his cherry
Naked kart racing
His saviour
There’s the nudity
Lee bombed his hand
Pretty forest
She left it on purpose
They are sucking each others face!
Treehouse sex
Now it’s time for Doctor sex
That won’t work as a knock knock joke.
Everybody needs a homicidal preacher
Wow. Nice place his parents have
Nice mom he has
Dad’s just as nice
The news follows him everywhere
Fight!
Bar confessions
Male nudity. You don’t see that very often
Flashback!
She’s just not that into him
well ticket booked to see the new Bond flick this week.
We’ll probably see it the week after
What did that garbage can ever do to him?
Confronting the waitress
Everybody loves a good sex mirder
He sure does drink a lot in this movie
Snake in the grass
Confessions of a brother
Now she’s all wet
Now it’s a treehouse of horrors
They like to think of each other naked
His lawyer betrayed him
He loves his daughter
There’s that snake again
He’s turned into a ram
Do pitchforks really work with snakes?
It’s too cold for that snake to be real
Call him, the snake whisperer
I was with this movie until this point
Awww. Police love
Selfish brother
Making brother od
He’s tripping big time
Now he sees
The truth comes out
Crying in the rain.
Chain gang
Planting evidence
Somethings burning
Why aren’t you dead
The key to her heart
It’s a magic locket
Morse code
Never again
Let’s go for a walk
What lies you have told
Lee is gun crazy
Those aren’t horns
Ok, those are horns
Gored
That’s what boas do. They constrict
Nothing but smoke and ash
Roll credits
While admittedly there were parts of this movie that lost me, over all, I quite enjoyed it
Apparently, Daniel Radcliffe is going to play Igor in the upcoming Universal Frankenstein re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-reboot.
I think he’s suffering from Mark Hamill syndrome.
Guyveritis?
Next, he’ll be co-starring in films with Marc Singer.
lol
Shut your mouth before somebody comes up with the brilliant idea of rebooting “Beastmaster”.
The original simply cannot be improved upon.
Tanya Roberts could not be improved upon.
Precisely!
Another fun Oatmeal for cat lovers
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/baby_vs_cat
Ha!
http://www.timjlawrence.com/blog/2015/10/19/everything-doesnt-happen-for-a-reason
Even if you must tl;dr, I recommend you skim the article. So much truth.
It was something that was told to me when my Dad was diagnosed with Alzheimers and it really started to kick in.
I thought it was bollox then and still do.
Shit happens, and I just don’t accept that it’s a character building exercise by some entity.
So if you were a Bond villain:
http://www.dose.com/homeanddiy/1987/When-The-Apocalypse-Comes-You-ll-Wish-You-Lived-In-This-House-Fortress?utm_source=MyLikes&utm_medium=Ads&utm_campaign=MyLikesSocial
Indie puzzler goes free on iOS:
http://toucharcade.com/2015/10/26/supremely-clever-platform-puzzler-sometimes-you-die-goes-free/
Looks like you’ve been unlucky bunny:
https://www.canadapost.ca/web/en/blogs/announcements/details.page?article=2015%2F10%2F26%2Fstatement_from_canad&cattype=announcements&cat=newsreleases&adbsc=social_20151026_54500376&adbid=658754382033367040&adbpl=tw&adbpr=17536922
Yeah, I heard about this. It’s on hold because the new, incoming government is against them. The thing is, I completely understand why Canada Post has switched to boxes. I also think, considering the expense already laid out in making and placing the boxes, it would probably be a bad idea to stop.
So, saw this today:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/26/star-wars-the-force-awakens-jj-abrams-average-fan
I bought four tickets, but I’m the only 18-49 yr old male of those four. Does the system think I’m four average 34 year old guys going to see this? Or does it have any clue that it was probably Dad at work buying four tickets for his family?
Lies, damn lies, statistics…
‘Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.’
Aaron Levenstein
keanu reeves/
Woaa! Dude!
/keanu reeves
‘s truth
Ahhh, that makes me nostalgic for my room in the 80s, when I had a poster of Heather Locklear in statistics.
What’s the statistic for people who intend to buy Star Wars tickets, but keep forgetting/procrastinating?
I’m not sure. It’s probably not 1-1.
Can’t be.
What’s the statistic for people who look at all the trailers and making-ofs and think “I’ll give it a month to hear how bad it is before I go to it. Lucas burnt me once too many” even though Lucas’ involvement is limited.
Morning Pan
Starting on a new box set today.
So new Bond flick ok, but fuck it give us a villain who want blow up the world.
+s
Bloody bot.
GWAR. Masters of the AV Club covers
http://www.avclub.com/video/gwar-covers-cyndi-lauper-227503
GWAR! GWAR! GWAR! GWAR!
Oderus would be proud
GWAR covering She Bop. This I must hear.
My Windows 10 upgrade was probably the easiest Microsoft upgrade I’ve ever had. Of course, I waited a couple of month to let them work out the worst of the bugs.
Still, this is going to take some getting used to.
Why do they change shit up with every release?
“Oh, you need to change some simple setting? Yeah, we’ve arbitrarily changed its location. Good luck clicking around for 20 extra minutes trying to find it.”
My dad recently bought a new car and watching him nearly lose his mind trying to find some standard “car controls”, I realized that we are headed this same direction with that technology as well.
With so much being controlled by a touch screen, you now have to search for the radio controls, heater/ac/vent controls/ lights/ seat adjustments.
For the last 20 years you could have climbed in about any car and put your hand on these controls in about 20 seconds. Now you have to search through menus. Menus that very pretty widely from care to car.
Welcome to the future.
I had some wonky-ness after my laptop upgrade. A little digging and I found an extra keyboard device driver was installed. Removing it fixed a lot of my headaches. Installing and running CCleaner fixed my remaining issues.
I’ve performed 3 Win 10 upgrades on 3 of my machines. 1 tablet, 1 desktop, 1 laptop. I immediately restored back to Win 7 on desktop and laptop, because things I use on a regular basis are no longer available in Win 10 (specifically Windows Media Center, and yes, I have reasons to continue using it.) The tablet was a Win 8 device and I had purchased it with the specific reason of upgrading it to Win 10 for learning purposes. Happy to see the back of Win 8 even if only for the 3 weeks that I had it.
My assessment: Win 10 is clean, operates smoothly. If it weren’t for all the privacy invasion software fundamentally built into its core, I would have figured out how to make all my machines run on it. That said, I’m going to stick with Win 7 until they end-of-life it, then likely switch to Linux.
*sneak attack repost from previous thread*
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
Actually Lejon, I did see that. I grabbed it on Amazon then. Not sure when I’ll get to it. As everybody here knows, I’m not much of a reader 😉
OK, the band Europe didn’t all that much integrity in the first place. . .
Well, “Europe” was in the name. Just look at the integrity of things like… the Euro…
Not many bands can make a 30 year career out of one song. 😉
Wow.
Scott Walker is a real piece of work.
http://tinyurl.com/q3u4vbx
We should thank Wisconsin for taking one for the team.
After that, it’s important to remember that Oct 27th is “National American Beer Day”.
So you drinking Budweiser today?
Cough
Well, that being the case, I shall drink my Ommegang, Game of Thrones, Take the Black Stout after work (http://www.ommegang.com/got/take_the_black.php)
Pubs Up!
I just had a Terrapin Walking Dead Blood Orange IPA last weekend. Pretty good for an IPA.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2372/182584/
I had a belgium beer brewed by myself … right here in ‘Merica!
Whiskey por moi!
A can of pop.
You go girl!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nita-strauss-proves-shred-guitars-not-dead-20151027
There is only so much smacking my head on my desk due to work crap that I will take.
*dittohugs*
At least smack your head on the mousepad. :-/
Thanks
First and second drink are on me
A can of Dr Pepper.
*hugs from me too, ditto*
The provincial budget is going to be announced soon. I guess I should be a good accountant and plop myself in front of the tv so see what’s happening. *sigh*
Well just bought my first Ursula Le Guin ebook, gawd knows when I’ll actually read it.
I guess there are a lot of alternative Earth’s with high levels of background radiation:
http://thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826
Soooo…
The new Peanuts movie .
I am torn. On the one hand it is “Peanuts” MOVIE!
On the other hand … 3D. They are in 3D?
That’s not how I remember them. Will my childhood memories be rent asunder?
More importantly for the Peanuts movie, Schultz had a very particular sense of humor and way of doing things. Any attempt at Peanuts humor now will be updated for a more modern audience. This has worked on far fewer occasions than it has succeeded. I’m not going to bother with it.
Can it be any less dignified than “Flashbeagle?”
Star Wars Christmas Special
HA! Ive never had the pleasure of being unfriended on Facebook until now. And from an ex-Deadpanite too. I must be doing something right!
I never even knew you were friends with Jason C….
DOH!!!!!!!!!!! Throwback joke FTW
I thought it was Klecko
LOL – 1
OMFG 6
Wow. That’s’ a way to start a World Series
14 innings. Lots of dragging people today
I only made it to 7, but good game!
Ummm:
http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/27/men-are-taking-photos-of-their-balls-in-front-of-beautiful-landscapes-5465223/?ito=facebook
I second your ummmm, Van.
Are any of the pictures yours? :sideways:
Nope, I still have all my marbles.
No.. no I know youre nuts
Did you have CCTV in your basement?
cough
Just saw Jupiter, Venus, and Mars lined up in the East sky. Great way to start the day!
Youre from Venus!!!
That really was rad tho…
Saw that too! Very cool!
Get the shard into the crystal!
That sounds vaguely dirty. I’ll take it
Morning Pan
Already have had a productive morning. Got the French translation of one of our books sent out for final approval and approved a chapter on a new audio book. Now, it’s back to the box set for me.
JF – Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
Really enjoyed this book,not a great fan of steampunk but this was good fun with it’s wild west setting.
I find Elizabeth Bear pretty reliable. I’m sick of steampunk though.
The steampunk is quite subdued in the story, only really coming to the fore near the end of the novel.
Republican debate at CU tonight. Sly B can’t even get to her office to work.
Republican politics interfering with scientific work? That’s a first.
Oh you win this day!
Van, have you watched The Affair? I just finished S1
I have and currently enjoying S2.
What a despicable bunch!
Yeah, I like the story but the two main leads are not very likeable.
If you have some time… this is a long, fascinating, heartbreaking read.
http://deadspin.com/the-hateful-life-and-spiteful-death-of-the-man-who-was-1737376537
A shaggy dog story:
https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-God-provide-scientific-proof-of-His-existence/answers/9767508
So got a phone call from a friend today. What was thought to cataracts has been found out to be a tumour pressing on his optic nerve.
He’s getting tested this week to see if it’s malignant.
Sigh.
Hugs and good thoughts.
This
Yep. Lots of hugz and good thoughts.
What everybody else said, Van.
*hugs*
I’ll add my hugs and good thoughts too. Goddamn human fragility.
I’m currently playing SOMA. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/93321-SOMA-Review
I can’t speak to the ending. And I agree with ZP the monsters feel like an add on. However, I’m really enjoying the story line.
So this happened:
http://youtu.be/NkG4okHt5n0
WTF Van?
Running sumo wrestlers are a sight to behold.
Personally, I think this counselor is grandstanding for attention, but I concede she has a valid point:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/royals/2015/10/28/edinson-volquez-father-died-world-series-game-1/74750042/
One thing I really like about Windows 10 is the multiple desktops. I’m finding it very handy.
Maybe even Jack Handy!
When you see people claiming the WHO report on processed meat causing cancer is a Muslim conspiracy on your Facebook feed..that.
Or Monsanto
That ridiculous. Especially considering it’s actually a communist conspiracy. Red meat indeed.
But youre forgetting the fascist agenda! Dien Schwien ist Divine!!!!!
I gave myself a sad. I finally listened to my Undeadpan back catalog.
I have audio loaded for a new one.
Yay! Something to look forward to
*says sweetly* Thank you Jack!
Play ball!!
Given Van’s post above, that could mean something totally different.
But go home team 🙂
Thats no moon over the stadium
I think two balls were an out in the game Van was referencing above.
CS: Chocolate Lime
Out of whiskey. Repeat, I am out of whiskey. This is not a drill
Damn, can’t help you. I’m about 8 hours away 😛
That deserves a crap joke:
Man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.
“Not a chance,” says the husband, “it is 3:00 in the morning!”
He slams the door and returns to bed.
“Who was that?” asked his wife..
“Just some drunk guy asking for a push,” he answers.
“Did you help him?” she asks.
“No, I did not, it’s 3 am in the morning and it’s bloomin’ well pouring with rain out there!”
“Well, you have a short memory,” says his wife. “Can’t you remember about three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself! God loves drunk people too you know.”
The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pounding rain.
He calls out into the dark, “Hello, are you still there?”
“Yes,” comes back the answer.
“Do you still need a push?” calls out the husband.
“Yes, please!” comes the reply from the dark.
“Where are you?” asks the husband.
“Over here on the swing,” replied the drunk..
Well deserved
Morning Pan
Another hubbiless evening in store for this bunny.
http://youtu.be/wJ_c2UaccJE
Are you saying I need to take up smoking?
I was reading your comment and hearing that tune in my head.
+popped
Oh. I guess that’s better than thinking I’m all wet.
Gulp!
It’s almost 8am and it’s still dark outside. *sigh* I miss summer already.
I’d been meaning to read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell for years, and I’ve finally gotten around to it. Digging it. Anyone else enjoyed it without spoilers?
I was actually not inspired by the BBC show, but now I’m curious to watch. Anyone else seen it?
I’m a slow reader and I won’t have quality reading time until the 2030s, so don’t be surprised if I’m still plowing through this book at Thanksgiving.
Got the book, haven’t read it, enjoyed the TV series.
I read the book a long time ago when it first came out. I enjoyed it. Never saw the BBC series as it didn’t come out here in Canada 🙁
Just when I thought the Jared Fogle issue couldnt get any worse…
This guy needs to get shanked in prison
Not following this train wreck. Will he even do time?
They have not sentenced him, but are holding him for sentencing. Given the recorded testimony though given to the FBI (and somehow to Dr. Phil, help us) it seems that there will be charges filed, but unless victims come forward, it probably won’t be much.
The creep was recorded talking about how he would lure both boys and girls into trusting him before he did his heinous things. Oh, oh he’ll do time and get shanked while he’s doin it
Gads. He needs to be locked away from society forever.
Happy National Cat Day from Uber
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/40615291-story
Warrel Dane told me I should download Concrete Blond’s “Bloodletting” album. So I did. Haven’t listened to it yet.
He told you specifically? I know you guys are tight.
I recall Bloodletting. “Joey” and “God is a Bullet” got some MTV play.
Specifically. 🙂
Who?
I saw the FB pics! Awesome!
:metal:
I really like that Album.
“Carolin” is a good tracks is the title track “Bloodletting”. That one is also on my Halloween party mix.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrel_Dane
The whiskey has arrived and all is well
Oh look. The avs decided to win a game….
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2015/10/29
Good night :mush:
So off to have a look round the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham.
Pocket full of quarters?
(actually, I have no idea what an arcade game would have cost in the UK. In the US it was 25cents, the “quarter”)
10p at first, 20p later.
You need to find a Robin Hood themed game if you’re in Nottingham.
Maybe Defender of the Crown.
Trebuchet Command?
Alas no Defender of The Crown, but there was Donkey Kong, Phoenix (or was it Pheenix?) and Track and Field!
A lot of the old computer and consoles were connected to CRTs so fuzzy screens were go.
Morning Pan
The I forgot to change the shower setting when I cleaned the washroom this morning. Now I really am all wet.
Great … now we are as well.
😉
Football, baseball, hockey, basketball oh my!
Are you being “Sporty Spice” for Halloween?
Ha!!
In other news, Sly B and I are tying the knot tomorrow. No ceremony – just a paper signing by our minister (aka Sly B’s brother) and a late lunch with my folks and MIIL.
Thanks Cynful for nudging me to share here.
Congrats!
“nudging”
Woot! Congratulations!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Anytime 🙂 Congratulations
*throws confetti shaped like beer*
It would hurt if I threw bottles and no one wants to waste the liquid 🙂
HAZAAH!!!!!
Happy for you guys!
Woot!
A heartfelt congratz to you both!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2m6sHROA3U
:heart:
http://boingboing.net/2015/10/29/the-thing-is-now-recognized-as.html
I don’t get the author’s unrelated venting about E.T., but otherwise, it’s a pretty cool story about John Carpenter’s The Thing.
I’ve always been a fan of Carpenter’s “Thing”.
Wait … that doesn’t sound right. His movie, his MOVIE!
That would totally change the tone of the movie.
Yeah, I love it when his thing sprouts insect legs and skitters around the room.
Got a phone call from friend with brain tumour.
Turns out it’s benign, but causing a buildup of fluid that putting pressure on his optic nerve.
Going to try draining the fluid and he had 60-70% chance of getting his eyesight back to normal.
I guess that is better than it being cancerous, but still can’t be fun flipping a coin on loosing sight in one eye. I wish your friend the best.
Good news!
Eyes are such sensitive things. I wish him the best.
Yea! for Van and his friend!
! thats excellent, Van
Over the phone he sounded glad that he was no longer in Limbo and a course of action was in progress.
CP: Spitfire — PSB
I love the various remixes they have done on that track.
Definitely! I still need to check out their new song.
And that reminds me yet again that I haven’t shared those photos.
I’m going to correct that now since I’m actually at home for once.
Ok. I’ll put all the photos up from the trip. It’s about 370 MB on Dropbox. Will that work for you? Then you can pick whatever photos you like.
Should be fine, thanks.
Uploaded. Link sent to you and TEB.
Thanks.
1000.
See your 1000 and raise you 1008
BTW, the album, “Sovran,” by Draconian releases today. I seriously love it. Not for everyone, of course – – but I strongly recommend checking it out.
Hmmmm…. I need to check it out
The names and plots of movies are becoming weirder these days:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700841/?ref_=cs_ov_tt
Well, it certainly has an impressive voice cast.
Oh I think Tony Mast needs to sue….
Thanks for the pics ditto. I’ve grabbed them all if you need to make space in your dropbox
Saved to my Dropbox as well.
I distrust these kinds of sites, as well as gimmicky clickbait, but – – some of these are just brilliant.
http://memes.com/donald-trump-photoshopped-into-horror-movies-will-freak-you-out/the-shining-128890
OMG the Pan’s Labyrinth one
So had a play with the new Apple TV at the local Apple Store.
I was tempted, but resisted as really want see how it developes.
Still it was fun introducing some Apple staff to Geometry Wars 3…
“Plonky”
HA!
You are!
How DARE you! I Aint cheap…
What we’ve done this before
It’s the circle of hate!
So, I have an unhappy announcement.
Gandalf is not doing well… He’s not eating much and he’s unsteady on his feet. He’s been to the vet a bunch of times this year. . . but I worry that there’s not much we can do for him. We’ll probably need to make a decision soon.
I’m sorry Jack. *hug* Never an easy decision
What the lady wrote.
Oh Jack. *hugs* :heart: To you, Pixie, and the kids
🙁
Super lame, man. I know he’s a big part of your fam
Hugz. It is never easy when this happens.
Making tortilla soup for dinner.
http://www.metalasylum.net/interviews/2015/i1508.php#.VjVCxX6rSM9
My first interview in… I have no idea how long it’s been.
Farhad Hossain is a major talent, and his answers were witty and introspective. I see a future prog-metal superstar in this guy.
Trick-or-Treat
I’ll pick Treat
I pick nuclear Armageddon.
Steve Bushcemi was great in that
He definitely was. 🙂
I never knew there was a third option.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
You fucking cunning bastard
Hmmmm:
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/orson_welles_the_paris_interview-002?utm_campaign=SnagFilms&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1446241799
Jar Jar… master Sith manipulator
http://www.tickld.com/x/jaw/this-guy-just-changed-the-way-we-see-star-wars-jar-jar?
Interesting. From a certain point of view.
I’m not on my computer so looking up YouTube is hard but, there is a version of the new SW trailer that has been “binksified”. You should look it up. It’s great
Fuck garnish!!!!
On a lighter note I’m off to see this slice of weird at the arty cinema:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lobster
Well that funny but bloody weird.
+was
I did laugh more in 2 hours than I did with all episodes of ‘The Last Man on Earth’ I’ce seen so far.
Shhhh….kindly fuck yourself, friend.
So it goes.
LOL
Morning PAN
We had a whole 10 kids last night. More than the two we had last year but less than our all time high of twelve.
In keeping with the day, hubby and I watched the new Poltergeist last night. It was ok
Hubby is going on a “play date” later today. The person he plays music with never knows what hubby will bring in the form of an instrument. Today hubby is bringing his mandolin
Here is The Binks Awakens I was talking about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFu_dxwU-sk
I see there is an extended version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo7_qW4pPrc
Here’s a silly piece of trivia. When I was very young, I cut off my left ring finger in a lawn mower accident. It was sewn back on but never has bent properly. A few years ago, hubby hurt his finger and has never bent properly since. It was his left ring finger.
While it is a strange thing to have in common, it’s just another thing hubby and I share :kissing:
It’s fate!
I made some roster moves last night, but it might be too little too late to beat Ryah this week. I hope my guys can mount a comeback.
Just what in the hell go into her this week?
.6 points! Although there are still Sunday night adjustments. . .
A truly amazing battle between you two
Sharing here, as well as FB. That conceited genius who said all of those arrogant, crappy things has turned out to be a pretty decent human being.
https://www.facebook.com/rogerwaters/videos/980544505322688/
Van
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cif9QxC3fy8
I was thinking it was from the film.
Ouch:
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/11/this-is-why-cat-sex-seems-kinda-brutal/
Seriously Van, what kind of surfing do you do to find these things?
Gizmodo is a tech site I kid you not.
The weather has certainly taken a turn for the yuck this afternoon.
It was like a summers day here.
This is who hubby is “playing” with today (and the husband of my boss). We have some awesome and quirky friends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2w1j1tUf3A
Sneaky:
https://vine.co/v/eWz90B1MX7A
I admit, I laughed 😆
Ha!
Trooper now comes in tall cans! 🙂
Sigh. No. More.
AZ earthquakes.
They happen
I gather AZ’s overreaction was the way A lot of people in England react to Snow.
Rest in peace, Gandalf.
*hugs*
*hugs*
That’s hard.
Ummm:
http://www.viralnova.com/tindafella/
This is quite funny
Funny with a capital FUN
Morning Pan
We seem to have a squirrel or something caught in our dryer vent. I’ve called pest control.
I am without a car for the next couple of days. Hubby’s car is going in for regular servicing and getting snow tires put on today so he’s taking my car. My car is going in tomorrow for the same thing.
All caught up on Agents of SHIELD.
So Ego do you think?
I don’t understand? I feel bad for a certain individual never catching a break, but ego?
*facepalm*
Now I get it. Never mind.
Yes. Most likely. Think first; respond later.
seems to be the consensus.
I like this new plot line.
I hadn’t realized how tired I was getting of the old “bad agency/bad Ward … we save the day but they are still one step ahead of us” thing, until after this last ep.
I agree. It really is time to get rid of Ward.
So if you haven’t picked this up already on the App Store:
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Edge+Extended/news.asp?c=68147
So where the fuck did the Bones crossover with Sleepy Hollow come from? Have I missed an episode?
We gave up on Bones a long time ago.
We did too. The silent retcon of Bones was very annoying.
Nope. Its called a ratings grab
It’s turning into quite the winter wonderland outside.
You are blessed.
We are blessed to have snow? I’d be happy without it.
Your chances of a white Xmas are vastly higher than mine.
Yeah, I’m ok with a brown Christmas.
I think we’ll have our customary beige Xmas here.
Do you put ornaments on the tumbleweeds?
Got to better than damp green.
Dryer critter update: Pest control thinks, by the way I describe it, it’s probably a mouse. They won’t be here until after lunch.
Strange:
One man’s obsession with Sergeant Bilko
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34639443
We all need a hobby, I guess.
A new Star Trek TV show, hmmmm.
http://io9.com/holy-crap-they-are-officially-making-a-new-star-trek-t-1740024705
Oh boy, I sure hope it’s another group of bland Federation types on the bridge of some immaculate starship, flying around the galaxy having encounters with humanoid aliens.
Nope, it’s about teen age cadets dealing with angst (in space!).
I already want to fuck the Vulc…. wait TEEN AGE????
Lo Pan’s Pon Farr
Handwritten:
http://entropymag.org/handwritten-manuscript-pages-drafts/
http://magazine.good.is/articles/study-shows-how-you-can-fly-cheap
Best time to book your flight.
http://io9.com/believe-it-fox-confirms-the-greatest-american-hero-reb-1740150305
Speaking of uninspired ideas for “new” tv shows.
I never saw the original.
Morning Pan
We had quite the rodent adventures last night.
Our adventures in mousedom
So the critter in my dryer was a mouse. Pest control never showed up. Once I was ready to deal with the mouse myself (time wise. I don’t have a problem with mice), it got out of the dryer and was running around the house.
By this time, hubby was home so we chased the mouse and managed to lock it in the washroom. We also stuffed a towel under the door to make sure it didn’t escape. Then it was off to HOme Depot to get some traps. Did you know there is a sad lack of humane traps? I managed to find some but it was not easy.
Once home, we loaded two of the traps with peanut butter and carefully put them in the washroom, using a towel to block the door so the cute little critter could not escape.
A couple of hours we went to check on the traps. Not only was there no mouse in them, it did manage to escape from the washroom as it was no longer there. We’re not sure how it escapes as, the way our washroom is, the wall is tiled six inches up from the floor with no holes or other ways. It wasn’t hiding in the garbage can either, we checked.
Not sure where he went but we now have traps set up in the basement and on our main floor.
They can fit through surprisingly small holes. Do you have a sink cabinet? Is there a gap where the pipes come through the wall? I’m guessing the mouse got out through there.
Nope to the gap. The tile goes around the whole wall including the cabinets. But we did check there just in case. Either way, the traps have not been set off yet.
On a related note, it was so cute. I asked hubby, if we caught it, could we keep it as a pet. He said no to that idea.
A couple of snakes set loose in the house might solve that problem.
So I should call my Boo? She has four snakes.
Remember what happened when the Bullfrog was introduced to Australia .
There were fewer mosquitoes.
I have had it with these motherfuckin mice in this motherfuckin dryer!
Wait, that’s not right.
Enjoy your hantavirus!
While we haven’t had any in a while, it’s not the first time we had mice in the house.
Seriously. Fuck 2015.
*hugs*.
*hugs* x2
Group hug with Jack as the frosting in our Oreo of hugs.
Okay I’m feeling a little bit silly after today, but I’m sorry you’re having a bad day.
Ugh…
Super-restorative-hugs!
Thanks. All these Oreos mashed together could make delicious Cookies n’ Cream.
Stupid mouse made me do a bunch of extra work. Because it was in the dryer, I…
swept up behind the dryer and threw the whole works (broom and all) in the garbage. I then ran the vacuum in the hose as well as the in the back of the dryer where it connects to the hose. That went into the garbage (the vacuum mess, not the vacuum itself) and I threw the whole kit-‘n-kaboodle out to the garbage outside. The dryer is currently running an “antibacterial” cycle (it’s highest setting) to, hopefully, heat clean the whole thing.
Maybe tomorrow I can actually use it to dry clothes. :ermm:
Well transferring over to the new phone went smoothly.
+data
OK.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/DataTNG.jpg
So this happens:
http://gizmo.do/Rv1R0yU
http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/steve-vais-favorite-artist-you-wouldnt-guess-it/54867
Stupid clickbait URL. It’s Tom Waits. Pretty damn cool.
Jerome Iginla deserves better
Iginla, Doan, and Ovechkin all need to wind up together on this year’s Cup-winning team. Lundqvist can be there too, as long as it’s not a NY team.
I was waiting for the punchline.
Two Canadians, a Russian, and a Swede go into a bar and order 4 drinks. The bartender says, “Sorry fellas, no Cups.”
Oh my groan….
I now realize part of the problem is drinking half a fifth of whisky a day
Your liver must be looking extra tough with all those scars.
https://youtu.be/6CTnTi1Lq60
Go:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/3/9667132/facebook-ai-go-board-game-deep-learning
I’m sure it will surprise no one that hubby and I have Go. We don’t play very often, but we do have it.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/made-of-sock#.qdBzXMjMd
Ha!
Morning Pan.
It’s a little nippy outside this morning.
Pet peeve: Server asked a co-worker “How much change would you like back?” instead of just bringing back all the change and letting them choose the tip after.
So a confluence of circumstances led to a fairly comical situation this morning. This year Teresa bought a bunch of Halloween decorations, including a life size witch that cackles and makes noise with movement. After Halloween, instead of storing her I put her in the backyard as a makeshift scarecrow. We recently had our back lawn seeded with winter grass and the local doves have been chowing the seed down. The witch has been working remarkably well, no doves dare land in our yard. Although last night we had a storm and we were awakened in the middle of the night to cries of “Here! Come get some candy!” The wind had blown her over and she wouldn’t shut up. I had to put clothes on and find the witch’s off switch in the rain at 4:00AM.
“I had to put clothes on and find the witch’s off switch”
Step 1
I’m not going there.
Already did!
My hubby is being mean. He felt bad for the little mouse, worried that it would freeze or get eaten or something. Now he wants to adopt another cat. This makes me sad because I really, really, REALLY want to get a new cat but all our reasons for waiting are still valid. 🙁
*hugs*
A bit freedom before being tied down again in the nicest possible way.
Yeah, we do want to do some travelling. Although, the argument is, we could get a younger cat (6 or 7) and it wouldn’t need as much care as Reeny did in her last few years. We could either kennel it for two weeks a year or have my Boo come in every day to give it loves and food.
I couldn’t use the “any cat we get would likely kill any mice that comes in the house,” argument because Reeny, our neurotic sweetie, was afraid of mice so that wasn’t an issue.
And then, there’s also the argument, the SPCA is overflowing with cats right now so they have cut the adoption fee to half for November. Who can resist one of these? goo.gl/NqAb2c
Hubby also has next week off so it would have time to get use to the both of us.
Damn it, I think we’re getting a cat.
I have decided that having to remove the Jack-o-lantern from my porch by making several trips with a shovel and then utilizing a high pressure water hose … is not enjoyable.
Work will set you free.
Too soon?
So Happy Birthday Desert Pixie.
So woke up at 6am, didn’t need to be up till 7am, so went back sleep and had a weird dream about being offered to participate in a foursome.
The other guy was Dean Cain from his Superman days, so that was never going to happen….
Hold out for Christopher Reeve.
Did he want you to kneel before Zod?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FtcW9u0GDE
Too obscure?
I loved that show in its day. Youtube links are just tricky to manage sometimes during the 9-to-5s.
Happiest of birthdays Desert Pixie!!!!! :w00t:
Happy birthday!
Yea Pixie!
Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!
Kitty cats!!!!!
Happy Birthday Pixie! Happy Birthday Mrs. Rhettro! Happy Birthday Guy Fawkes!
Happy Birthday Mrs. Rhettro!
Happy birthday, everyone!
It’s also Angela Gossow’s birthday, no wonder the 5th is associated with gunpowder.
and Kevin Jonas! Goddammit dont forget Kevin Jonas!!!
For I see no reason
Why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Happy birthday to all the lovely blonde ladies then! (but mostly to my Desert Pixie, of course)
Happy Birthday Mrs. Rhettro!!!
You should celly with a Yotes game tonight. We take on Patrick Roy’s Avasnatch.
Also Happy Birthday to Bryan Adams
Avasnatch, huh?
Well good luck to your Cuntyotes.
Think of the Jersey graphics!
They travel in packs.
I love all of this!
Ditto!
Well Pan, I guess I’m headed to the pet store to get some supplies in preparation for this weekend.
Don’t judge us.
Look forward to pics of your new feline friend. 🙂
“Don’t judge us.”
We’ll let the cat do that. It’s what they do.
I’m so happy you guys are taking the plunge. It will always feel too soon, to some degree. I can’t wait to see pics of your new little one.
CP: Sports Song — Weird Al
Well what do you know, our new box set is up for sale. Considering I only finished it yesterday, that was pretty quick.
http://www.amazon.com/Spells-Spirits-Urban-Fantasy-Collection-ebook/dp/B017L7G30U/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1446752713&sr=8-4&keywords=spells+%26+spirits
And of course, a big, squeezy happy birthday hug to my main squeeze.
Constantine in Arrow..WTF!
You didnt know this was coming? Hell I dont watch either show and even I knew that. So… SURPRISE?
Well, they’re both DC properties so…
I suspense I should have been warned with the new villain being into magic.
You sure are!
I love Matt Ryan as Constantine, so I’m glad to see him even in a one off. But this episode totally makes sense if you read the character list for the coming DC Legends of Tomorrow:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_Tomorrow
Jack –
New Patton project
https://play.spotify.com/artist/09P3wPH0MvtLnhwfbtzrRq
Rupert Murdoch continues his run as Comic Book, Super Villain.
National Geographic Smash!
The loud heckling of Varlamov that is coming from directly behind our family seats is a bit excessive and annoying.
Nice of you to say but he’s terrible. Unless they’re cussing in frong of the kids… then that sucks.
He was not the Avs problem tonight – – he was very solid.
The heckling was curseword-free, but unfunny and annoying. And does anyone believe that shouting, “Hey, I heard Varlamov was Russian for ‘suck'” is going to rattle an NHL goaltender?
http://www.xoxomake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/frong.png
Watched the first episode of this season’s “Fargo” … liked it.
Yes, I’m enjoying the new season as well. Quite the cast they’ve pulled together this time.
Fuck theis season of SHEILD is really good isn’t it?
Bits of it are.
God youre hard to deal with.
I was agreeing with jj and ditto that the ward storyline is getting rather tired.
God youre hard to deal with
Stop telling Van he’s hard
Cant stop
Won’t stop
and together they are Miley…..
Surely, you can’t be Cyrus.
They are really making it a vital part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This season is supposed to take us right into Civil War. I won’t be surprised to learn that Tony Stark built a certain facility and Captain America will pay it a visit at some point.
Yessir! The more I see the more I realize how much of a waste the first half of season 1 was. Maybe it was a necessary waste but a waste nonetheless.
It’s been a long slow build, but it has been (mostly) worth it. And aside from some complaints, I’m happy.
This is something that the writers of Heroes forgot after the first season: You can’t support a broadcast TV show, or a movie for that matter, with just a comic book audience. You need more than that if you want people to watch week after week, season after season. The key, in my opinion, is interesting stories driven by good characters. That’s something Whedon really gets, even if I don’t like everything he’s done.
I certainly hope they continue to keep the movies stand-alone, for those of us who don’t follow the show.
Morning Pan
Hubby has the next week off. Expect me to be hit and miss.
Later today, this.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2918436/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. I am well loved!
So the new trailer has non English subtitles just to get Lo’s juices flowing:
https://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-international-trailer-3po-new-footage-video-watch-1201635218/
Ewww. I don’t want to think about Lo Pan’s juices.
Black blood of the earth?
Motherfuckin TIE Fighters in the motherfuckin sunset
So far today I have:
Cleaned the washroom
Sent our home and vet info to the SPCA
Did up and sent out our New Release newsletter (http://eepurl.com/bFcfbz)
Now I’m cleaning out some of my kitchen cupboards.
Look at me being all busy today. :happy:
Ack, I forgot!
Hubby plans to come home early today so we can go out shopping. As such there will be no PBP so ignore my earlier post.
Now I have to restructure my entire day.
Kitty shopping???
Sunday we go to the SPCA to get a new friend. Tonight is just weekend libations and snacks.
CP: Rosie – Don Partridge
Yes, I clicked the Google link of the day.
Apparently, the saxophone is this guy’s fault:
http://time.com/4101405/adolphe-sax-saxophone-history/
So:
http://ungratefulsoup.com/2015/11/06/special-place-in-hell-overbooked-due-to-rise-in-pet-peeves/
Funny and oniony.
A little bit of history:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34639183
Have an amazing birthday, Lost Ralph!
Happy Birthday, Ralph!
Happy Lost Ralph Day!
Kung Fury on Netflix, a great show, or an amazingly great show?
Does it pass the Lo Pan juice test?
First of all, Yuck!
But yes, I think this would definitely be up Lo’s alley.
*alley*
It’s in our queue. I’m eager to bask in its cheese.
Amazingly.
Happy birthday, Ralph!
CW: Bad Words
“A player has already played and is no longer editable for today.”
OK? So why can’t I add him for tomorrow? Goddamn Yahoo.
http://www.boredpanda.com/dinosaur-straw-sculptures-wara-art-festival-niigata-japan/
The best hay-related link you’ll see all day.
So Pan I’m at the flicks waiting to go in and see the following film:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_(2015_film)
Although I’m seeing rumblings of whitewashing of 50’s Brooklyn on Twitter.
Well that was rather pleasant.
I’ve never seen the film:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34760060
RIP. I’ve seen enough to know that it’s disturbing, and not quite the slasher its name would indicate.
At the spca eaiting to finalize our paperwork. Apparently the cat we choose was here for a while. It said in her file she has a nervous bladder so would often be overlooked because of that. She is also 8 years old and a black cat with very green eyes which also didn’t help. But, she is soooooo sweet. Very much a loving cat. As we don’t have kids or other pets at home, we figured the nervous bladder thing will be less of an issue. The spca thought so too.
Will post pics to Facebook once we get her home
Eaiting = waiting
Why are green eyes a problem?
/shakes fist at world
I think it’s the green eyes in combination with the pure black. She is vet much a withcy cat. The spca did confirm that black cats are the hardest to get adopted
She’s super cute! I’m so happy you have a new kitty to purr.
The incredible shrinking text.
Goodbye HP:
http://io9.com/heres-the-winners-of-the-2015-world-fantasy-awards-1741325222?trending_test_b&utm_expid=66866090-62.H_y_0o51QhmMY_tue7bevQ.2&utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FfWJBNSx79K
I really liked The Goblin Emperor and The City of Stairs. I read My Real Children and liked it too, just not as much as the other two.
I’d forgotten…. We have self-righteous controversies around 2 spec fic awards.
So played the first episode of Walking Dead S2 on the PS4
Telltale Games sure have a handle on bleakness here.
So wait, Walking Dead S2 on the PS4? They made a video game of the super craptastic season 2 of Walking Dead. Is it much like this?
http://games.adultswim.com/worst-game-ever-twitchy-online-game.html
Ah no, the game is set in the same universe but has a different plot.
All the Telltale games are excellent. They can sort of be described as “choose your own adventures” I guess.
XBox was giving away season one a bit ago. I told hubby it was like an interactive story more than a game.
Yeah, that’s probably a better description, though your choices affect how the story turns out, to a certain extent.
I enjoyed both seasons for the game, as well as the Fables game. Bigby is awesome. 😀
Because the Hits of 2015 just keep on comin’
Yep.
I’m ready to kick 2015 off a cliff and into a river
I just hope it hasn’t already sabotaged 2016.
Can we just declare tomorrow New Year’s Day and start 2016 early? Enough of this piece of shit year.
*hugs* to everybody :heart:
*hugs*
It has been that kind of year.
Teagan!!!!!
Great job, Ryah. squeee
How did news of this series not reach me under my rock?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N272GHI/ref=s9_simh_gw_p351_d3_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-4&pf_rd_r=1307QW2K4S98YXNGRVCN&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2090149782&pf_rd_i=desktop
Pretty damn impressive lineup. Also interesting that the 2914 cover is the same one for my paperback copy of Dune.
(Twelve Tomorrows 2014, in case the link doesn’t work)
Ok ‘The Leftovers’ is firing on all cylinders in S2.
7:14 am. There is an unexplained bag of wet Cheez-Its in the bathroom garbage pail.
Scully… this means something…
Morning Deadpan!
Hubby may have the week off work but I don’t. 🙁
I snowed last night. Go figure.
It didn’t snow here, geography sucks.
I can ship you over some if you’d like. :sideways:
I would end up with a puddle.
We needed the AC in the car yesterday.
I forgot what it is like to have an active cat in the house. I’m not getting much work done.
Its not an Onion article…. jesus….
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/florida-cop-shows-up-too-wasted-to-accept-award-for-dui-arrests-from-mothers-against-drunk-driving/
*sigh*
I found this interesting. And by that I mean surprising and awful.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/how-do-we-fix-our-drunk-driving-problem/article27164204/?click=sf_globefb
“And while Canadians drink less alcohol per capita than citizens of many comparable countries, one study of 13 similar nations put Canada second only to the United States for annual drunk-driving deaths.”
And THIS is ultra surprising considering the population of Canada compared to the US. Seems neither country has found a way to control drunk driving.
Fark has a “Florida” tag for a reason.
He didn’t eat anyone’s face, so it was a win for FL.
I don’t know if anybody is interested.
http://swingtazzle.com/products/doctor-who-blue-tardis-necklace?var=FS+DoctorWhoFS+CA%2F45-54
Shipping was $10.00 for me.
We looked at this last night, by the way. . . It’s cute, but I don’t think my teen/tween would wear it.
Maybe we could find some other use of the TARDIS charm, though.
I’m sure both of these news stories are related. Just waiting for some blogger to put the pieces together.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-starbucks-christmas-cups-20151109-story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/08/giant-sinkhole-swallows-international-house-of-pancakes-parking-lot/
CP: Black Stone — Ume
Hey.
https://33.media.tumblr.com/d0568a6382dbb2d8e797a52142e3f195/tumblr_mwr50iCATD1r4z2mxo1_400.gif
I just soiled my raspberry beret.
I hope you at found it at a second hand store…
Any time!
HA!
Hmmm:
http://boingboing.net/2015/11/09/woman-smashed-in-face-with-bee.html
First of all: “Coon Rapids” Minnesota.
Second of all: did you see the woman who did it? COMPLETE stereotype of racist white trash.
Third of all: Applebees.
Add all those up and you have the epitome of what sensible Americans are striving against. Ugh.
Oh and I realize my use of “white trash” is now insensitive, but in this case fuck that.
Do we have to call them “Walmart-inclined” now?
Lara Croft Go..umm goes on sale:
http://toucharcade.com/2015/11/09/lara-croft-go-is-on-sale-for-the-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-release/
CW: Last Man On Earth
Oh shit son!!!
Snakes!
Why’d it have to be snakes?
I was hoping for more of an argument…
Oh… I know…. 8)
I didn’t laugh once.
And Im sure the world is better for it
The jury is still out on that one.
Morning Pan
Another day, more work to do.
This afternoon, I will be playing Fallout 4. Once again, I’m all a-tingle
Don’t you mean all aglow? 😉
😆
Got a copy coming in on Thursday. Not sure when I’ll get a chance to play it, my son will get a head start.
My spam subject lines are messing with my mind.
First I get one from Staples saying “Big Chair Event Starts Now!”. The spam subject line immediately below it is, “3 Bangbuddies is waiting for you”.
How did Staples know I’d need a big chair to party with my bang buddies?
CP: Turn To Dust — Wolf Alice
Thoughts on the next meet up:
We all watch ‘The Last Man on Esrth’ together and I can be the skeleton at the party.
Cough
Stockades for Van
You just want to put him in cuffs 😛
I’m not doing an Eccleston.
It would probably be my first viewing of the show, so I’d skeleton with Van, just to even up the sides a bit.
I looked for it in my various streaming options and it doesn’t seem to be an option for me 🙁
I don’t want to enter mid-stream.
I haven’t seen it yet either.
Seems we are get a lot of big name US stars doing adverts for over here.
Jeff Goldblum doing an oven advert..WTF!
I’m going to be a rebel and not play Fallout 4.
Just saying..,
So, do you think I can get this from my Secret Santa?
http://hiconsumption.com/2015/11/2015-whisky-advent-calendar/
If I win the lottery jackpot.
Ok, I’m holding you to that.
That’s pretty cool
Work done for the day. Time to visit a post apocalyptic wasteland. :happy:
So if you haven’t heard, Trump is calling for a boycott over this silly Starbucks thing. Even though I don’t like the coffee, I’m really thinking of reconsidering.
I say we boycott stupidity.
Trump and the stupid Starbucks boycott together. . . Maybe he can pull in the Kardashians and they can protest while wearing snuggies, just to combine some of the most embarrassing parts of our culture in one stupid package.
Wait, I have a snuggie.
http://www.chrismorton.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/free-crazy-dog-the_122826.jpg
Cough.
This morning I was reading an article on the guy that started all this hooey.
Turns out he’s a (surprise surprise) con artist who has a blog. He describes himself as a “social media personality”.
The whole thing was a calculated ploy meant to drive more folks to his web site, where he sells merchandise (promoting himself) and he begs for money (which he purpotidly doesn’t need because he mooches off of his very wealthy parents).
Trump fell for the scam hook, line and sinker.
OH GLORIOUS DAY!!!!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k
I only skimmed, but my god, that would be glorious….
Does he name his players for Crow and Tom Servo? I assume we wouldn’t get Bill Corbett or Kevin Murphy, since they’re RiffTraxing.
Hmmm…
“Mystery Science Theater has already refreshed itself once with a completely new cast, so I think it deserves to do that again,” Hodgson says. “The original cast is going to be invited back to write, produce, and do cameos as their mad science characters, and then there’s a new cast with new talent.”
CW: latest Fargo S2
Another series that’s firing on all cylinders.
I suspose I could still read the telephone directory in the stockade if it was held up for me.
Cough
+out aloud
Couldn’t hurt!
So if someone gives your work a bad review do the opposite of this guy:
http://gawker.com/british-writer-tracks-down-teen-who-gave-his-book-a-bad-1741713016
Dear god…
… hope you get this letter…
Excellent song
Better than “The Mayor of Simpleton” by a long shot.
Bloody hell:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/plane
This is a verified true story?! Bloody hell, indeed.
Some of it at least:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry
Lo, I am at Oskar Blues on geeks who drink night, but for a work dinner.
Dammit…. I remember those days. Not the work dinner part…
So I guess because no one is monitoring the hockey message board..
Are we not allowed to trade? I’ve tried it and gotten errors.
Also Im not familiar with “cant cut” players. Is this normal?
Answers coming tomorrow. I’d suggested no trades, since we have 2 players in the same household – – it’s possible the commish set it up that way.
We’ve been baffled by that “can’t cut” thing. I’m stuck with Phil “Dud” Kessel because of it.
The trade thing shouldnt have mattered since I think all trades have to be oked by the rest of the group… but no worries. Just for future reference.
Ill trade you Malkin for Kessel….
Just so you know, Sony is officially retiring the Betamax… so hurry up and get all those films you wanted!
There goes your porn stash.
No I still have pics of you
I knew I had a good reason for not getting my photo taken.
Was your spider sense tingling?
You could call it that.
You wanna guess what I call it?
Nope, I’m in a happy place not knowing.
I call it “Maineslining”
Ugh!
We are covered in fake blood from seeing Evil Dead the Musical tonight (3rd row, Splatter Zone – – thank you, Desert Pixie!!).
Definitely a fun time, with plenty of nods to ED2 and AoD, as well as Rocky Horror. If you go, try to upgrade to the Splatter Zone. It’s worth it.
That’s rad. There was a super small production of it going on over Halloween in EssBees hometown but I didnt make it.
Two more links, then my posting spree is done:
Cool Pluto facts:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151109-astronomy-pluto-nasa-new-horizons-volcano-moons-science/
I’ve actually read some of these!
http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/10-modern-mustread-scifi-masterpieces.html
Goodnight :Shrike:
I’ve read 9 of them. I agree they are all very good, though I stopped part way through the Dark Tower series.
That SIM card must have an unfeasable large amount of memory.
#agentsofshield
I’m sure it was a special one that Fitz made for her.
Probably uses Tardis Technology.
Still ready for Ward to go away.
I see Im the only one who appreciates that Ward is still around considering Marvel’s track record of the one and done film baddies (with the exception of Loki of course).
C’est la vie. Or as Thurston Howell would say…”say, Lovie….”
I can imagine Joss Whedon pitching that show to the network:
“There’s this hip, middle-aged, balding guy, see, and he hangs out with a bunch of hip, ass-kicking young people. He’s their boss, but he’s also one of the gang. Oh, and the cool old guy also sometimes gets to kick ass and say badass one-liners and hook up with hot ladies. What do you think?”
In a very special episode… Gemma finally gives Leo what he needs. The title? “Hand Over Fitz”.
In a very special episode… Leo is backed into a corner and must fight his way out. The title? “A Game of Fitzicuffs”
Off to the abyss with you!
In a very special episode… Gemma is forced into a deadly dance competition against geriatric Hydra agents. The title? “Gemma Simmons: Sweating to the Oldies”
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/annenet/Anorak/Jacketfront2.jpg
Kris, what the shit is this downpour of cold, wet, white stuff outside?????
Didn’t you have some in May? I know it’s November but still too early.
May was the end of the last season. Normally our first real snow is mid-october. At least traditionally.
I find Colorado usually follows us in weather. We had some snow earlier in the week now it is mostly mild. You are getting the snow now and, if tradition follows, it will become mild. Relatively speaking.
Still a freakin’ high of 80 today in Orlando. Could you guys send some of that cold our way? I’ll send some sunshine your way in exchange.
This is the time of year when AZ gives the heat crown back to FL. Currently 46F/8C here.
Always happy to see people blessed with snow.
Well its true but now its about 20C and everything is turning to mush. Im not a fan of cold mush
:mush:
Santa’s been taking dance lessons
https://youtu.be/OQX7WDBIbGU
In reviewing a contract, it’s important for the landlord to put in the following restrictions (from actual document at work):
Site may not be used or operated, in whole or in part, for any of the following
A) A “Head shop” or other business devoted to the sale of articles or merchandise normally associated with marijuana or controlled drugs or substances
B) a gun shop, shooting gallery or firearms range
C) a so-called massage parlor or business that permits the viewing of so called adult or pornographic materials
D) use involving sale or distribution of flammable liquids, gases or other Hazardous materials
E) off track betting parlor or arcade
F) a liquor store
G) A burlesque or strip club
H) any illegal activity
Happy ending unincluded
“So Called”
Lo, “The Face Part I” is kind of growing on me. Still not a great part of the album, but I like it more now.
I hear ya. It reminds me of something off of the Trainspotting soundtrack
CP: Crash Of Death — Ramin Djawadi
Person Of Interest Season 2 Soundtrack.
That Gloryhammer album… holy cheezeballs good.
Their video only enhances the cheesy appeal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGV6bCTMM5w
I cant tell if the singer is a LARPER blessed with a rad voice or vise versa. Either way he is INTO it!
Holy shit, the keyboardists other band looks amazing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alestorm
I’ve downloaded, but yet to put it on a device that will allow me to listen. *shakes fist*
Essential Canadian facts:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2942
Works for me.
Tonight’s blues soundtrack is in a foreign language.
I love this track:
http://youtu.be/epZwzWodpXo
This is pretty excellent, Van.
No one person is superhuman.
But together we can really bugger things up.
#cynic
#corporateposter
Happy Birthday ditto!!!
Lo, just saw your weather post. ‘Twas yuck! I’m in a hell work week…
Happy bday ditto!!
Yea for ditto!!!
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q239/crippledhippy/Icons/ren-n-stimpy.gif
Hasbro fail:
http://legionofleia.com/2015/11/wheresrey-hasbro-target-are-we-really-going-to-start-star-wars-this-way/
CP: The Olympic Carrier — Bear McCreary
Get outta here! Go to the new page!
Snuck back here cause I can. CAUSE I CAN
You get outta here with your pumped up kicks!
Am I allowed in the Past Page Club, or is it only for the cool kids?
Off!