Interesting! I’ll have to see if it works in the U.S.
I think this may just be for Kindles ?
Nope for android device that can access Amazon’s App Store.
+ any
To quote from the article:
You can download any of the apps to your Kindle Fire or other Android device — you just have to make sure you have the Amazon Appstore downloaded too. See the full list of available apps below:
sooooo not for Macs … or TRS80’s ?
Not for Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum and ZX81, Oric Atmos, Camputers Lynx, Jupiter Ace, Dragon 32, Memotech MTX500, Grundy NewBrain, Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, etc.
The more reports I hear from Comiccon, the more I get excited for Mad Max Fury Road
I saw the trailer, but….
Couldn’t they just have called it Fury Road?
I’m just say’n
That’s enough for me
I’m CR: Mr. Mercedes – Stephen King. I’m about mid-way and really recommend anything he’s written in the past 3-4 years. Since Under The Dome, or maybe even Duma Key. This one doesn’t seem to have the supernatural element, but he’s been known to pull a freak thing at the end . . . it’s super scary.
Crap joke for the day:
A blonde is terribly overweight, so her doctor puts her on a diet. “I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you, you’ll have lost at least five pounds.” When the blonde returns, she’s lost nearly 20 pounds. “Why, that’s amazing!” the doctor says. “Did you follow my instructions?”
The blonde nods. “I’ll tell you, though, I thought I was going to drop dead that third day.” “From hunger, you mean?” asked the doctor. “No, from skipping.”
“He then launched into a series of questions about the star’s views on the increasing legalization of same-sex marriage, urging her to agree that the LGBT community has television to thank for its current level of visibility. ”
Today, one of my last free days of summer, really felt like a summer day to me of yester year —
Spalshed around, rode water slides, and spent about 2 hrs in a wave pool – that felt likey old home of the beaches in SoCal. I’m sunburnt, ate junk food and ice cream, and am now utterly spent! I just wish Jack could’ve been there for the majority of it today.
So the editor of Interzone just informed (by email) me that I’ve won a ‘Under the Skin’ DVD in a competition.
Nice! 😀
YAH!
WIN!!!
Today’s awesome SPAM subject line – from “Maria”: Congratulations! You recieve lucky numbers of Good Fortune!
The hell I did, Maria. The hell I did.
Forward that bitch over to me!
The luck missed you and hit me…
I don’t think I said so here, but last Friday I scheduled shoulder surgery for September 4th. When you guys are here for the mmeetup, I’ll likely still be in a sling! Today, I’m grumpy because it HURTS LIKE A MOTHER and I wish I hadn’t put it off so late for Evil, Inc. considerations. Grr.
I wish you hadnt too, lady!
So, our MMMmmmeetup arm-wrestling competition is off?
Hang in there, kid. Let us know know what we can do from afar. And from aclose, when we’re there.
Yes, it’ll have to be all thigh-wrestling this year.
:shocked:
There goes JJ blood pressure.
Cough
Started this last night. So sad, and a quick glimpse at a concert poster from my late friend’s band was shown. So far, I recommend it if you can stomach lots of footage of Courtney Love:
I too just recently saw this film for the first time. Enjoyed it and the different animation style.
CP: Colorblind — The Last 3 Lines
Such a c-o-o-o-ld fing-a-a-a-a. — Plays IMM every time I look at this page.
One of you guys should name the next posting.
I’m giving that Shirley Bassey impersonation a 3.
I literally just thought that. Every time…
CW: Knights of Sidonia E1
I’ve enjoyed the show, though the soft character animation style leaves a little to be desired.
It was causing a bit of eye strain for me.
Jennifer Lawrence causes eye strain for me
Maybe a combination of my TV and Netflix.
Watched an episode on my phone no problem, watched a couple of more on my TV tonight and the eyes train was back.
CP: Testament – Sins of Omission
False! Sense of pride! Satisfies. There’s no reason for suicide.
Did myself a favor and watched the original Death Race 2000 (David Carradine!!) followed by the 2008 remake (Jason Statham!!). Both equally satisfying. Then I truly fucked up and watched Death Race 2 and 3. Why, lord??? Not even a wonderful Danny Trejo and all the half boobs in the world can save that drek. God it was worth it tho.
Setting the scene:
Its been a long and hot Phoenician summer August day and im tired. Bouts of insomnia have plagued me for about 3 weeks now amd Im tired.
I retire to my room, turn on my 32″ television and hit the Home button on my Roku remote. There is an image of an Asian man, standing in a “Im Dolf Lundgren-Im gonna fuck you up” type pose amd he is smiling. Its obciously a digital movie poster. The name of the movie… wait for it…
Operation Condom
Okay, it was really Operation Condor
Talk about Big Trouble in Little China.
So, fellow Marvel 99-cent-ers, I have to recommend the Kraven’s Last Hunt story arc from the mid-80s. It’s a bit tricky to track down the right ones, and pretty goshdarned fucked up for a mainstream, Comics-Code-Approved set of comics, but it’s also pretty brilliant stuff. The best thing I’ve read so far this month.
I’m going to have to admit I screwed up.
The Dog in GOTG was Cosmo not Laika.
GOTG?
Guardians of the Galaxy.
Get Off The Ganja
Girlies Ogle Teenage Gandalf
Ok Van, I have a question for you. I typed in “A Dark Room” into my ipad app store to get the game you mentioned above. It was the first thing that showed up but #2 was a game called “Slave Girls – Escape the Tied Girls” I was going to put a link to it but couldn’t locate one. Anyway, the picture is pretty much as the description. It’s three girls in cheerleader costumes time up in an office.
While I got The Dark Room, I think I’ll give this second game a pass. 😉
..and the question?
Sorry. The question was, did you get the second app? :devil:
I don’t even want to know the text commands for tthat game.
Call Lo?
Hello what?!
I suddenly felt a disturbance in the force.
By by “the force” I meant …
CW: Big Trouble in Little China
I’m reminded that while fun it’s not my favourite John Carpenter flick.
Youre doing it wrong 😛
Lo, I’m not sure I’m going to be able to share accommodations with this guy…
btw, who’s John Carpenter?
/run away!
Eddddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!
…and I just read the first part of the a comic that I read in the 70’s featuring baddie Brain Drain.
I had read part 2 in the 70’s
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs a
( cont’d )
che.
An American on facebook just informed me she has never heard of Tia Maria liqueur.
Ummmm…
I bought a bottle of that in Jamaica maaaany years ago.
I like it, but can’t say that I have had any since.
Looking for craft beer advice from the Colorado crew. My son will be driving from Colorado to Florida to visit us and I thought it would be a great opportunity to have him bring me some beers that I can’t otherwise get here. These are the breweries that I can’t find here. Please let me know which are your favorites:
Wynkoop
Upslope
Twisted Pine (all we seem to get here is Ghost Face Killah
Steamworks
Odell
Grand Lake
Durango
Spanish Peaks
Upslope +1000. The Brown Ale is my fav. The IPA is delish, and the Craft Lager is my summertime fav – low ABV, quenching.
Wynkoop is quite nice. Cant go wrong with the Belgorado Ale
If you can find Twisted Pine’s Cream Stout I’d highly advise
O’Dell is by far my fav Northen Co brewery. Pick ANYTHING. Its literally all good.
Durango is ok. But just ok. Same with Grand Lake
Unfamiliar with Spanish Peaks and Steamworks
Thanks. I’ll send some green eyed Chinese ladies in payment for your beer advice.
Well, I imagine all those pundits back in the Spring predicting “Guardians of the Galaxy” would be Marvel’s first bomb aren’t feeling terribly smug at the moment.
I think Marvel did a pretty masterful job with the marketing buildup and slow reveals over the last several months and it looks to be paying off.
I still won’t catch it in the theater, but I look forward to catching the Blu-ray later on.
No Guardians of the Galaxy today. Hubby is sick, sick, sick. 🙁
🙁
What J0e said. 🙁
Definitely sorry to hear that. I hope he gets well soon.
We saw it today. It was a lot of fun.
CW: Outlander E1
My teenager inner self is rolling on the floor laughing at me watching. A time travelling romance story.
Diana Gabaldon knows/knew who I am! I hope her series gets huge.
(Kanye West keeps telling me to stop dropping names)
Got your shit togetha
Get weller
Strawberry Jam
Robocop
Didn’t go underground.
Your 2014 Warped Tour line-up today was as follows –
Screamo band
Screamo Band
Goth metal screamo band
Screamo band
Normal looking grindcore band
Screamo band
Yellowcard
Screamo band
Screamo band
Less than Jake
No shitty 90s faux punk band?
No but one band did a cover of Lit’s ‘My Own Worst Enemy’… so that was double awful
In one of my weird weekends, I’ve had a fever in which I went home from work and slept for almost 19 hours straightish, my parents’ 50th anniversary party, and watching of Guardians of the Galaxy. I will be going back to work tomorrow. There were many good points even though it doesn’t sound like it.
You feel better too, Cynful! I hope you were able fully enjoy the good parts.
Ugh. I’m not religious by any means, but this pisses me off as much as the extreme right blasting god in my face every moment. Message heard. You dont believe. We get it.
I had to stop listening to a podcast because of something similar.
pros·e·ly·tize 1: to induce someone to convert to one’s faith
2: to recruit someone to join one’s party, institution, or cause
It’s the same no matter what your belief system.
Bin + go
Geologic podcast?
Was it that transparent?
George’s strong opinions have put people off before.
I actually agree 100% with the sentiment in that article. Atheists are an oppressed minority at this point in America – – there are places where a doubter’s open expression of their worldview would endanger their families, employment, homes, well-being, etc. Our society talks a big game about acceptance and tolerance, but we need to be better about actually making it happen.
That said, the smugly superior Atheists also need to stop being dicks. I’m also annoyed by the atheists who immediately shut down any metaphysical discussion or expression with “no, it’s all garbage.” Let people have their harmless beliefs and superstitions, man.
But see usually that oppression and endangerment come from the complete other side of the spectrum – at least in my experience. I honestly believe the vast majority of atheists and believers lay really close to each other in the middle. Its just the fringe shouts the loudest so they seem larger than they are.
*Bunny shrug*
And while we’re at it, why are there so many songs about rainbows?!?!?!?!?
I belong to the Kermit and the Muppets view of spirituality
Help! Help! I’m being repressed!
You want repression?! I’LL SHOW YOU REPRESSION!!!!
*blink blink*
*blink blink*
Ok. How was that? Did it look right? 🙂
Perfecto!
Thanks. You know, you were right? Those lessons worked wonders. 😀
Excellent use! Your next lesson will be how to act like an idiot while actually being an idiot. It took time, but Ive perfected this as well
Today’s google doodle is rather nifty. (I sounded like Van there)
Should take a weekend to get you talking Geordie like a native.
We binged out on The Killing Saturday – I’m very satisfied with how it was all tied up.
God I cant wait! We binged on Drunk History and Maron and need to finish the last season of Warehouse 13. And then.. its Killing time
RE: Outlander – I tried to read the first book and didn’t even get as far as the time travel part (spoiler alert?). Just couldn’t do it . . . I may try the TV show.
If that’s a spoiler I already let that cat out of the bag when I posted on the subject.
As noted elsewhere..I’m in the ‘it’s all tastes like beer’ camp.
Ok Russian River is great… but to have 4 in the top 20 in the WORLD? Nay.
I’ve never had any of these.
As I wait for my chips to cook, I’m doing my bit to get Matt Mango 0.001p.
On spotify
Really digging ‘The Leftovers’ TV series, well worth checking out..
It looks like one I’d really enjoy – looking forward to it! I saw Christopher E. is in it?
Yeah, I hope he gets typecast!!!
Dance for me monkey.
This ain’t no planet of the apes.
This aint no disco either
Are you sure? With that shirt? I don’t think so.
Burn baby burn!
Disco inferno!
^^ This sentence takes on an entirely different meaning when spoken by a pirate.
That poor, poor monkey.
Finally got around to seeing this very short–about 7 minutes–documentary on Satoshi Kon’s editing style. Really worth watching. http://vimeo.com/101675469
I really miss the guy’s art. He was unique.
RIP Studio Ghibli?
Restructuring depending on whose doing the translation.
I was thinking about it and was wondering who the ‘man’ in you and Sly’d relationship is. I mean how do you know youre a lesbian if youve never had sex with a man? How DO you have sex anyway? Are you attracted to yourself? (you like girls after all, and youre a girl, so… yknow. Youre so pretty, what do you have against dick? Since Michelle Rodriguez is dating that dude from High School Musical, that means shes strait now right?
I wish I were that dude from HSM. Things would be so much easier…
Lo Pan’s one man show “The Archie Bunker Monologues”.
And if a lesbian trips in the woods and no one is there to hear her, is she still a lesbian?
I’m not sure if I am scared or curious what got into Lo’s brain tonight
He’s getting in touch with his inner … hey! Stop touching that!
Just riffing on ignorance…
Tsk Tsk, you could have been a bit less direct and used the terms princess and knight.
cough
wheeze
TEB: You still interested in doing a BTiLT recording?
Bacon Trouble in Lettuce and Tomato.
I just self editted. You’re welcome.
I’ll take one for the team, here Cynful.
…”special sauce, lettuce, cheese on a …
Sesame seed buuuuunn.”
And I mean, SPECIAL!
Yes, but I won’t be able to do it until sometime after this coming weekend.
“sext: hey baby, wanna come back to my place and help me try to map it? bring lots of paper and if possible a weapon”
Also – this raises the point that if you were to receive a sext saying “I want you inside of me. All of you.”
You should probably ask for a clarification on that “all” bit.
Well it would make a good plot for a horror flick.
Morning Pan!
Now, back to work
“On a scale of one to America, how free are you tonite?”
#patrioticpickuplines
I kinda wish I was that guy from HSM too, Lo.
We have that in common…
Could I be the guy from HSM if it didn’t mean I had to be that guy from HSM?
Only if you give me a quick “GO WILDCATS!”
Also: guess, that’s quite an assumption, often, yes, nothing at all, no.
HA!
Shit, where’s my notepad?
Your crap joke for the day:
Two guys were fishing down by the Ohio River on different sides of the riverbank at night. Guy number one was catching a whole bunch of fish for his family, but guy number two hadn’t caught any and was frustrated and called out to guy number one “How come you’ve been catching all them there fish and I ain’t caught a single one?”Guy number one replied, ” I don’t know…. why don’t ya come on over here?””I don’t know…. I don’t see a bridge, and their aint no boat, and I don’t swim to well”Guy number one picks up his flashlight, turns it on, and replies, ” Why don’t you walk across this here beam off light?”Guy number two was outraged and replied “do you think am stupid? When I get half way you’ll turn it off!!!”
dim.
I am so happy it’s 10 a.m. so I can have my hard boiled eggs.
Did Katie Couric really ask her what she has down there? jesus
Out and about running errands.
On an unrelated thought, why does my GoodReads mobile app no longer posts my reading updates to Facebook? It stopped working a few months ago. It use to. I’ve had the same I-devices for the last year. Strange
A crow is sitting on the fence of the parking lot and staring at me. I think I wants to savage my soul
Wow. That sounds like one of those “sexts from the void”.
I’ve eaten lunch. Just waiting on a phone call so I can pick something up for this weekend’s do
Oh oh. A second crow has landed on the fence. Quick, does anybody know any rituals to save yourself from evil soul sucking birds?
I just attended an hour-long meeting where 4 pigeons tapped non-stop on the pane from the outside windowsill. Maybe today begins the Rise of the Planet of the Avians.
A shotgun from S-Mart? 🙂
Still no phone call. Heading out anyway. I want to get home at some point today
Is hubby on the mend?
He actually got out of bed today. It’s a start.
CP: The Queen Is Dead — The Smiths
/DANCEMONKEY
Monkey Dance Off! 😀
Either the ebola outbreak is how the zombie apocalypse starts or its how the corporate world take over starts. Either way its Resident Evil or Judge Dredd…
Judge Dredd has cooler gadgets, fingers crossed now.
JW: Halt and Catch Fire season finales.
Great stuff, fingers crossed for S2, but ended rather well if it doesn’t happen.
In less than 8 weeks I get to see some of your faces. Unless you wear a mask. Or something explodes. I have to create my own squee moments okay?
That’s a lot of pressure, that mask is looking like a good idea.
…and considering the 777 track record this year, something explodes might be construed as not in good taste.
/feeling jinxed.
Not meaning that. Sorry about that. I have a tendency for my vehicles to decide they want attention when I attempt a vacation which is where I was thinking
No worries, just me panicking.
Holy shit.. that means in less than 8 weeks I have to make room in my house…
Yeah!
If nothing else Im shoving Van under the back porch, Ed on the couch, and the Jack/Tif in the front in a tent.
Lucky sods!
They don’t call me Harry Potter!
But Brit!
We’d prefer a yurt.
I can maybe do a berber
I told you we were staying too, right?
It’s going to end up looking like an escher painting at this rate.
Ess you guys can have the playroom closet! Best room in the house
I’ll sleep out front in the car. Nothing creepy about that.
Anyone want the garage?
Dibs!
I recently discovered this track on Spotify and I’m rather loving it:
That’s it. I’m packing up my popsicle sticks and going home.
“I’m packing”
/sexts from Texas
hehe
Make this so. Immediately
You’ve got your shit together.
Your crap joke joke for the day:
A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store and he does a double-take. He recognizes that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and offers to buy the cat for two dollars.The storeowner replies, “I’m sorry, but the cat isn’t for sale.The collector says, “Please, I need a hungry cat around the house to catch mice. I’ll pay you twenty dollars for that cat.”And the owner says “Sold,” and hands over the cat.The collector continues, “Hey, for the twenty bucks I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer. The cat’s used to it and it’ll save me from having to get a dish.”And the owner says, “Sorry buddy, but that’s my lucky saucer. So far this week I’ve sold sixty-eight cats.”
Me-ow
CP: Hysteric — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah!
Was reading the Dresden Files “Its a Jungle Out There” graphic novel and what did I see? Harry Dresden quoting Jack Burton.
Ah Jim Butcher… you do know how to please.
Nice! I’ve been a fan of the books for a lot of years. I think he’s really begun to phone it in on the last several. Also, without spoilers, has become pretty creepy old guy in the latest one. That being said, I’d like to check out the graphic novel!
This was written in 2008 i think… so it was maybe pre crap? I dunno I havent read anything past Fool Moon. Creepy old guy huh?
Yes!
I do love the character a lot. Very cool idea.
I’ve only read the first 3, which were very ok, but easily readable. He’s certainly guilty of ogling his own female characters (all curvaceous women attracted to Dresden, naturally) in those books.
I hear the series really takes off in # 4, so I’m a keep going.
Another cool urban fantasy along the same lines, but less testosterone-ish, is by T.A. Pratt. Can’t remember the name of the series, but I think ditto recommended a few years back. They are so good.
^Marla Mason series
Am I the only one who loved the TV show?
No, I loved it. Canceled too soon!
And how! Ill check out the Marla Mason
He writes books under Tim Pratt and I liked this standalone novel he wrote:
And August 6 is apparently the *official* National Root Beer Float Day, in case you needed an excuse today (but only in the US).
Hey that’s today!
Now I want root beer.
I had a root beer float today and thought of Mason Rocket.
Nothing defeats home in human kind like reading trolly comments about Becky Hammon being hired by the Spurs. Oy, people suck.
-m, +p
Yeah. Boy we’ve “come far”. Its just a section of good ol boys that still believe them broads is only good for fuckin and cookin.
A thousand years from now (assuming there are still humans), there will be knuckleheads declaring that people of other ethnic groups/sexual identities/political sensibilities/religious groups/nationalities/shoe sizes/etc. are inferior.
The good news is that those knuckleheads’ numbers will continue to shrink. In our lifetimes, we’ve seen their viewpoints go from mainstream to fringe.
Neat article, but after reading the first sentence, I am led to believe that 19th century amateur scientists helped Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton come to their discoveries. Is there an issue of time travel I’m missing?
omg Rhett thats a GREAT observation. A giant bag of fail for the author on that
Excommunication for their heresy!
Shift over, four days off, yehaa!
My concentration has taken a vacation again today.
Just don’t take that vacation at Concentration Camp.
During my 99-cent Marvel binge, I’ve noticed that old comics often used “FAPPP!” as a sound effect word*. I’m guessing that comics in the internet age don’t use this anymore.
*onomatopoeia
Oddly, that sound is heard whenever Jennifer Lawrence is seen
X-Men: First Fap?
Silver Linings Fapbook
Okay I have to ask, considering the uproar over remaking one hero a Muslim, if the Quasar/Heather being an item was the first portrayal of a lesbian relationship in a Marvel comic?
/waits for Lo to do some research
Cant research til I see film… then I’ll research for hours
Sod research, Bailey’s it is.
I have to say, Van, you seem downright cheery today.
Too much Baily’s may end up in sod research…
Weekend off, normal service will resume on Tuesday.
Let’s go, Broncos!
Cant look tonite. Still too painful
I feel dirty, but I love football so much.
Me you both… dont feel dirty. Embrace
Justaj0e: did you get to see the Boston Crusaders?
Ah-mazing!
I shall carry over from FB togere, my DCI: Big and Loud Live PBP-
I was late getting here… Lame
I missed 4 or 5 corps… lamer
Madison Scouts — what a horn sound! Love that all-male squad!
BlueStars — Happy 50th Anniversary! Nice misic, just not my fave
Boston Crusaders — LOVED IT! Im a fan! Intense, unique show and beautiful flugle horn solo
Missed the Boston Crusaders.
I wonder if there will be a TV broadcast of the finals at a later date?
DCI Update — Swan Lake. BIG sound! <3 Phantom!
P.S. The guy sitting near me, is very passionate and nearly knocked my drink out of its cupholder, because he could not contain himself.
Blue Knights — That One Second
Beautiful storytelling and touching. Im not a fan of alot of narration during the show, but this was appropriate
It was just too much voice over for me. I thought it distracted from the efforts of the LIVE humans who where doing there best on the field.
As I’ve said before … I can find that kind of pre-produced, recorded entertainment elsewhere and opera/musical theatre can be seen in LOTS of places.
There is(was?) only one place you could go for an evening of precision marching and professional playing.
The Cavaliers — Immortal
WOWZA!!! What a fucking show!!!
Vampires, dancing with skeletons, and shuffling marimbas on the field!!!!
Carolina Crown — Out of This World
Trampolenes??!! Wow. Nice show
Santa Clara Vanguard — Scherezade: Words 2 Live By
We all love this percussion! General Effect amd Drill rocked!
Quote of the night: “I had my brass-gasm with Carolina Crown…”
Random trivia/eerie small world/total coincidence
My boss’ daughter is in percussion with the Boston Crusaders.
Can I get an autographed tshirt? 🙂
^groupie
From DCI–
Bluecoats — TILT
OK I take it back… GE and visiual go to Bluecoats. What an fabulous show!
DCI Update — Promise- an American Portrait
Technical perfection. Show entertainment — meh
Amd finally, The Blue Devils – Felliniesque
Welp, they are always the complete package. No exception this year
Desert Pixie, everyone, with the DCI PBP. Desert Pixie!
Fav tweet of the day :
@KameronHurley: Fav question from that interview was “What would Heinlein or Tolkien think of your work?” My legit response: “I don’t care.”
I have no idea what DCI is.
🙂 I had to look it up too: DrumCorps International
Would love to have everyone sit through at least one live performance of one of the top World Class Corps.
Even if it was not your thing, you would be blown away at the skill and intricacy of these kids. Not to mention the thrill of being surround by that VOLUME of pleasant sound.
Today’s plan is to see the following film at the arty cinema:
Then you’re in for a not very good film if you believe the critics. And you probably shouldnt believe.
As always, best to find out for myself.
Sometimes I trust critical and public consensus. Apparently, this causes me to miss the occasional gem. (e.g., I’m apparently missing out on the cinematic joys of Howard the Duck, because I’m trusting broad cultural sentiment).
There’s not much joy in that film.
Unless you count copious amounts of Lea Thompson in bra and panties. Which I do.
That’s why I prefer Fast Times at Ridgemont High. aka Lea Thompson sans bra and panties.
Also Phoebe Cates sans bra. Yeah thats a great film
The first theatrical releAse of a Marvel character in the US dontcha know.
Cough
Are you sure?
– in the US
Hack
Film wasn’t too bad, very worthy and all that.
Apart from a couple who decided in an almost empty cinema to sit right next to me.
Fuckers!
That could be distracting.
It happened once, I refused to be distracted.
So this old dog is going to go see if he has learned a new trick yet.
I am getting in the car and making the long drive to another track meet today.
The weather does not look at all cooperative but I managed to overcome a LOT of adversity at my last meet and did very well. Jut have to do it again.
This is another “street vault”. Part competition, part public performance art.
I want 11′ this time!
Go jJ, GO!
Talking of old dogs, souping up old soviet space probe data:
I’ve been meaning to tell Roaming Asshat that Pixie and I tried out the new Brass Tap that opened here in Mesa. Great beer selection (Avery!), and OMG, the pretzel pizza was tiny/delicious. According to their website, Brass Tap is the Starbucks of breweries in FL. Have you ever been?
Zaya is shaping up to be a interesting comic. There’s obviously a GitS influence in the art and story.
They don’t have any locations in the Orlando area yet, so I haven’t even heard of them. They are supposedly coming here soon so I can update when I get to try going to one.
” I’m not trying to condemn anyone’s lifestyle, but at the same time, I am a man of God, and I have to stand up for my principles.
WTG for standing up for your principles! Now go fuck yourself.
Words fail.
Who knew? Breckenridge Nitro Vanilla Porter is really tasty on draft.
oooh Oooh I knew I knew!!!
Brass Tap?
I’ve only had the bottled non-nitro, which is only ok. Not Brass Tap again – – we met some folks at a new taproom/coffee bar in Scottdale.
Interesting. That’s one of my fave beers. I agree tho hat on draft is superior. That’s another brewery worth going to here. Ah to pick and choose
Just watched The Grandmaster on Netflix. An extremely flawed, extremely beautiful masterpiece of Chinese cinema. I know the Weinstiens butchered the fuck out of it for its US release. Would love to get my hands on the Chinese region free blu-ray. Nonetheless its a HIGH recommendation.
Talking of Tom Cruise, watched the first MI film last night.
Still fun, TC looks very young (1996 was so long ago), and they didn’t fuck with the theme tune.
Pity about turning Phelps into the bad guy though.
Yeah, the Scooby Doo reveals at the end wrecked the movie for me.
RE: Knight of Sidonia
Finished watching all the episodes this week, enjoyed it but as mentioned found the art style a bit of an eyestrain.
..and your dumb moment, I didn’t discover till watching the last episode that dialogue in English had been recorded…doh!
CP: Out Of Our Minds — Melissa Auf der Maur
Would still do.
Ah I see from FB Ed did go and see GOTG at the cinema.
Suppose I should do same. One day. Dammit i’m still waiting for xmen to come to the cheap theater!
CW: Snowpiecer
This film is bonkers.
But The Tilda Swinton character’s accent is ace.
She’s like Wallace’s sister, no Gromit though.
I’m surprised the actors say the dialogue with a straight face.
..and now the info dump about the train.
The school section is particularly surreal.
Always bring a Uzi to an egg parade.
First class is rather natty.
Misty yellow with a splash of red.
Come on Chris don’t sleep on the job.
Very 70’s
Caveman orgy.
Just the last ever ciggie to smoke before the finale.
Now Cannibal angst.
“This film is bonkers.”
I literally LOLed.
Well that ‘s an invitation that’s hard to refuse.
Ed Harris!!!!!
Gilliam????? This is Brazil for the 21st century.
I wonder if it’s called Thomas.
Madness is a temptation.
Kiddies in Thomas oh my.
The fuse it lit.
Timber!!!!!
The train set is broken.
Since I ‘m a glass half empty kind of guy, I suspect the polar bear is going to have a feast today..
Sod Brazil, that film was Zardoz for the twenty tens.
Captain America had the beard, but thankfully, not the diaper.
CD: Epic Brewing “Escape to Colorado” IPA
yes. I think I will
Aren’t you already there?
Its also a…mental… state
Is that before or after you’ve imbibed?
Um. Yes.
I just got my ass kicked at glow-in-the-dark minigolf.
Its such a sweet, glow-y ass, too.
“twisted” pretzel beer, pineapple beer, glow-in-the-dark putt putt golf (which I only won by 2 strokes, btw), & artisan ice cream with Mr. Mangan.
This Jack Mangan guy is a definite keeper!!
*creak*
Ssssh you’ll frighten the tumbleweeds.
So we just finished season 1 of Boardwalk Empire. Good stuff! Very reminiscent of the Godfather, but that’s not a bad thing, in this case.
Ask the sheep
For their beliefs
Do you kill on gods command?
First mistake. Last mistake. That’s Mustaine at his full potential right there.
Yeah. Its amazing that the biggest blessing ever was that Metallica kicked him out of teh band. That way we got 2 classic thrash bands. Until Metallica turned bonkers.
I win the prize for worst segment sentence post evar
Take no prisoners
Take no shit
Went to see GOTG tonight.
I liked.
And then there was 1
I spread disease like a dog.
Discharge my payload.
Don’y forget … Persieds Meteor shower peaks tonight and tomorrow.
Cloudy, no meatballs.
🙁
Could any of you social media savvy kids recommend the best site for posting videos for sharing with others?
I shoot video at these track meets I go to and I’d like a site that would allow me to organize the clips by event and allow people to view them over the web or download them.
Seems to me that youtube wouldn’t let me organize them like that and didn’t allow for downloading. The only other one I am aware of is vimeo but I am not sure if they have a “privacy” option.
Yes. Some of us are not creative, but strictly analytical.
Right, so what makes them better than us? That is, why do you hate so see them struggle more than ‘regular’ people?
Questioning here, not attacking.
Lo, as someone who counsels those who are grieving, I’ve learned it is not that they are better than us, it is that they are visible and tend to touch more lives through that visibility. I’ve seen families who have had private ceremonies of 10 family members and others who have had whole communities involved. It doesn’t make it any more poignant or sad, it just brings awareness to something that most people don’t see in their every day.
Hmm. Well, that’s fair and to the point.
My $0.02:
Very well said, Cynful.
I won’t speak for Pixie, but I think I know where she was going with this. It’s just as tragic if the career Burger King fry chef is critically depressed as it is for the broke-ass artist in NYC – – but a creative type is someone who’s taking strides to connect on a deeper level with their identity and with existence itself. By nature, a depressed creative type is deeper into their existential wrestling match. . . That does not make their pain any sharper or duller than a ‘regular’ person’s, nor their suicide’s any more or less tragic – – but it does make their struggle more poignant and visible to us on the outside.
Elliott Smith is possibly the “celebrity” suicide that’s touched me the most deeply, because he’d conveyed through his music pieces of the misery that killed him. Listening to his songs now – – and watching Robin Williams clips from now on – will always carry a sense of loss and waste, along with the basic enjoyment.
OK, that was $0.05.
And then some people are just shallow, single-minded, bigotted assholes
No words.
Robin Williams brought me a great deal of laughs and joy at times in my life.
As silly as his Mork character seems now, when I was a kid it was something my whole family would watch together and we would LAUGH together. Giving me those memories was quite a gift.
I am very sorry he was not able to escape his demons.
Same here. Mork & Mindy was a staple of my childhood.
Indeed – while he’s had a lot of iconic roles that I will remember, Mork and Popeye are the ones that made the bond.
I imagine his new series (which was pretty damn funny) not getting renewed was a pretty major blow to him.
Same here. Our generation was introduced to him as Mork and as (the criminally underrated) Popeye- -while the hip adults were tuned in to his cocaine-fueled stand-up. We could forgive his occasional transgressions like Hook and Bicentennial Man because he always remained likable and reliably manic funny. And unlike most other comedians, he could really deliver in the serious roles.
It’s a goddamn tragedy that someone who brought so much joy and life to so many would succumb to his own unhappiness.
holy shit robin williams is dead
Anyone out here, in Deadpanland, using Show Box either on their Android or on their PC/Mac?
Im looking for feedback.
The greatest challenge our civilization faces is mental illness. Not even religion has caused as much damage.
That’s a great debate. A truly deressing one, but a great debate nonetheless.
+p
I guess you could argue that destroying lives in the name of religion (or for any reason) is an act borne of mental illness.
Ooh, good add on
We’ve definitely seen a lot of tragic losses related to mental illness or addiction in the past 5 years. Hopefully Robin Williams’ energy and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s are hanging out together in the ether.
Now I am picturing Professor Doctor Honeydew and his assistant Beaker in a bar fight with the Sons of Anarchy.
Well, another WWC done. Now I must get the place ready for hubby’s parents who are coming in tomorrow. One day I might have a chance to rest.
Wooo – oh.
Today’s Schedule (in no particular order):
Shower
Make Bed
Make Guest Room Bed
Laundry
Grocery Shop
Empty Guest Room (How did it become a storage room for boxes of stuff?)
Clean both upstairs and downstairs washroom
Go to Sentry to pick up books they didn’t sell at WWC
Holy crap. That’s a lot of stuff to do today! I better get started.
So, let’s see how we’re doing with our check list.
Make bed – Check
Make Guest Bed – Check
First of two loads of laundry in washer
Clean upstairs washroom
Not bad for the first hour.
Now time to fill my larder.
CP: The Collector — NIN
Hubby needs to de-spider the guest washroom before I will clean it.
Though I feel bad for Robin William’s family, and was a bit shocked by the news, it has had little impact on my life. I still have to work, get though the day, and generally survive my life.
ditto
Guys I really dont think its impacting any of our lives.. .so… yeah
Still a tragedy though.
Right. There’s some degree of emotional impact after any tragedy outside of our doors – – whether it’s the death of an entertainer who’s brought us joy, a natural disaster, or the horrible actions of horrible people.
And after any of these things, we do all still have to face our daily responsibilities.
*every* suicide is a tragedy, imo.
Agreed! Which… is what I was trying to convey above before the thread went to confusionland
Yeah, though I’m not trying to diminish other people’s thoughts about Williams or his suicide. I prefer to look back on the memories he gave me with happiness.
Marc Maron just reposted his WTF interview with Robin Williams this morning if anyone is interested. Great conversation if I remember correctly, but frank talk about drug/alcohol addition if that kind of thing pushes buttons for you.
Downloaded!!
Oh yeah. At WWC, I found out the queen always keeps a vibrator in her pants. We know this because she always starts her speeches with, “It gives me great pleasure…”
That explains the Royal Guards’ tall fuzzy hats.
Talk about generating a buzz at the Con!
Bloody computers!
Installed new SSD, cloned old HDD to SSD, wouldn’t boot to SSD.
Tried various BIOS settings and changed boot priority, but it would always boot from HDD.
In the end had to unplug the SATA cable going to the HDD and then it would boot from the SSD.
sigh
Loads stuff fast now though.
not to mention the 3.5 inch desktop kit has the screws hples in the wrong place, so the SSD is just stuck inside the case without being secure.
sigh part 2
Oh and the cloning software didn’t work when I used the auto setting (the old HDD had a higher capacity), has to manually select the partitions to be scaled.
For the metal-inclined among us. I think the most shocking item is the early picture of Overkill in makeup.
Holy shit.
“Arguably Anthrax’s heaviest and darkest album, ‘Persistence of Time’ wasn’t just a response to the oft-criticized humor of ‘State of Euphoria,’ but the gut-wrenching warehouse fire that destroyed most of the band’s priceless instruments.”
This is more frightening to me than any of the other sensationalist, scare-tactic headlines in the news right now.
I fear that the militarized, post-Patriot-Act, local law agencies’ abuses of power will only continue to get worse.
Agreed. Unfortunately. Denver is already notorious for shoot first, ask later
Why do canned air dusters get so cold when you use them?
because science!
When you compress a gas and then quickly release it, the gas cools.
Odd, cause when I quickly compress gas and release it…
There’s definitely a chilling effect in a room: people leave quickly. 😉
Blam!
I’m surprised SlyB didn’t know that.
I’m sure she does, Van! She is the science girl in our house.
Not exactly. When you compress a gas, it heats up. So, that can gets hot when it is filled. When a gas expands, it cools. As you use the air in the can, the remaining gas expands (is under less pressure) so the can gets cold. The faster you do this, the faster the cooling occurs.
The science gloves come off…
Not really, as the gas in the can would have reached ambient temperature by the time Essbee came to use it. So the compression causing heating was irrelevant in this case.
It wasn’t irrelevant. I was pointing out that expansion will cause cooling while compression caused heating. I was trying trying to be a bit more informative. In fact, the relevant law is the Combined gas law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_gas_law
So today is the day to try a different hayfever medication as the usual one was useless yesterday.
Which made me drowsy.
Today I am battling the extreme discomfort of multiple bits from “midges” (as you called them on that side of the pond).
After an sleepless night of itching, I have now taken Benadryl.
Which made me drowsy.
Just discovered there’s a localish film festival and I can’t go:
My new girlfriend just said, “After an orgasm, I like to kiss and cuddle, then fall asleep in each others arms. What about you?”
I said, “I usually delete my browsing history and throw the tissues away.”
“achoo”
Now THAT’S something to sneeze at.
Morning Pan
Still have guests in the house. Since before WWC it’s been go, go, go. I need everybody to go away (except hubby) and give me some time to breath
I have lots on my DVR to do play by plays on. I also told ditto I’d do a Big Trouble recording with him. I need people to leave just so I can do those.
It’s been a hell of a week, and now T-Cat is sick. I know how you are feeling.
Maybe we need to move the MMMmmmeetup to some quiet, secluded tropical beach for a week of relaxation.
Yes! Oh, yes!
Ummmm.
I’m with you, bub
If we get the Sep/Oct rain they are predicting, Longmont might have several beaches when you’re here!
…and now I’m beginning to wonder if meeting up in October in Colarado was a good idea.
Midge bights (chiggers/no-see-ums) driving me nnnnuts!
pirate walks into a bar
barkeep looks at him. says ‘are you a pirate?’
pirate says ‘arrr’
barkeep says ‘is..is that a ship’s wheel in your pants?’
pirate says ‘arrrrrr’
barkeep says ‘what’s it doing there??’
pirate says ‘arrr, its driving me nuts’
Do you think he was “planking” ?
its possible. for sure he was swabbing the poop deck
Rick Perry!
FTW!
I never thought they’d ever pin any thing on that character.
your next president!
wait…
Ed for next governor of Texas! The seat should SHOULD be open soon.
I may be a fool, but I’m no idiot.
You taint neither!!
Well, I don’t mean to leave this evening on such a down note, but I had to share this cause it hurts:
They lived down the street from us. The boy was one of my son’s best friends and they were regularly either at our house or at theirs. I haven’t told him yet. Quite frankly, I don’t know how. It’s not something I can even relate too, but I know he is going to take it poorly. There are several boys in our neighborhood all of the same age that are friends with each other. This was also the only child, so now the mother is alone after losing her husband and child all at once.
So, whatever age your kids are, give them and your partners an extra hug and hold them close the next time you can.
Very sad 🙁
Well that is a hell of a thing for a 10-year-old to have to process. 🙁 It’s a hell of a thing for anyone to have to process. That poor family.
Your boy does benefit from having some great parents to be there for him.
Sending you hugs too, Ed.
Just seeing this Ed.
I suspect this has been a tough morning for the EfT house.
I can see that this is going to be one of those defining, “growing up” moments in your son’s young life but Jack is right.
Your son has you in his corner to help him move through this. That is big.
god dammit. So sorry for your son, man. That poor mom. Jesus…
Sympathies and hugs from the both of us.
Thanks, all. About the only consolation for the mother at this point is she has a strong collection of friends here in the school district looking after her.
*hugs* for the From Texas family
So sorry Ed. Hugs man.
On a more trivial note I was considering going to see Expendables 3.
I mentally slapped myself and made other plans.
Slap yourself again. I want to see Expendables 3. Sometimes you need a check your brain at the door kind of movie.
I’ve seen exactly none of the Expendables movies. I’m far too mature and sophisticated for such nonsense.
(Says the guy who posted the fap-joke .gif above)
Man those are fun, stupid movies. I love them. I agree with Bunny.
Hmmmm.
Dont.
Think about tomorrow?
Not when I can rule the day
I tend to see the Expendables as the opposite of the Transformers movies… Taking all the action stars of my youth, combining them together and managing to not rape my childhood.
I was psyched when I heard these were being made. It was the bleah general reaction that kept me away. Seems like a serious wasted opportunity.
The first one wasn’t too bad, but No.2 was so dire it put me off seeing 3.
Are you kidding? #2 was all I ever wanted in a film. Too glorious for words
The scene where the young lad recounts how his dog was killed..WTF! I actually stuck my fingers in my ears to stop listening.
Blah? The first 2 made over 500 milion world wide. Or do you mean critically not acclaimed? Cause thats true.
violence.
electro violence
Face the music, now the time has come.
On a even more trivial note, installing the SSD has transformed my old desktop (it originally came with Vista – ugh), Windows 8.1 now runs rather nicely.
john Chu won for best short story (The Water that falls from nowhere).
Mary Robinette Kowal won the best novelette award.
Charles Stross won the novella award for Equoid.
For which story?
Which Mary Robinette Kowal. . .
(Yes, I could just look it up)
The Lady Astronaut of Mars
I figured. That’s a pretty wonderful little story. Good for her.
Best novel award went to Anne Leckie for Ancillary Justice.
Well that ceremony was rather dull.
I really liked the book even though her writing style–intentionally done for the character–annoyed me a great deal during the first half of the book.
I’m probably being unkind, but watching the Hugo awards made me think what a ghetto scifi fandom is.
Thanks for the email Jack.
CD: Avery’s 21. Delicious.
Agreed
Judging from Tee Morris Facebook post, I think I know what Jack’s vaguebook post above was about. Damn that sucks. Can we just excise this whole last week from history and get a do over?
And another thing…people suck.
I had been searching a bit for articles about the crash to see if any more updates about the cause were available. There aren’t. But, that hasn’t stopped a handful of anonymous aviation “experts” from weighing on the competency of the father and his piloting skills – all from single photo of the crash site.
I tell you, the one who patents the technology that lets me reach through the screen to punch somebody will retire wealthy enough to impress Scrooge McDuck.
Ed, it will be at least six months to a year before the FAA reports come through. It sucks that people are speculating and speaking from lack of knowledge. I’m sorry for that. If it is what happened in the case of one of my group members the Mom will want that FAA report when it becomes available; not for her grief or the gruesome details, but for the liability. Again, I am sorry for you and your community that you are going through this.
Not reading comments is good advice for a lot of stuff on the internet.
That’s disgusting, Ed. These armchair Lindberghs should keep their fucking speculations to themselves.
I really hate this species. Clueless daft fucks hiding behind the wall of anonymity. Vans right, stay off the boards.
And free is nice. Maybe I’ll give this book a shot.
CW: the latest ‘The Leftovers’
Still bloody brilliant.
It’s on our DVR waiting for us to actually have a little time.
It’s rather nihilistic.
i reject this notion
you mean it’s full blown, hardcore, pants wetting nihilistic?
“full blown”
Teresa and I have watched ever episode. The acting and character development is really good. Although I think I have given up on the notion that I will ever understand everything that is going on. I get the feeling the writers said “okay we have this unexplained event, but we aren’t going to ever explain it, just write how characters react in that world.” Which I guess is okay, if you know that going in.
-ever +every (except last nights, it’s on the DVR)
From what I’ve read they have no intention of revealing what happened, the series is about how the aftermath is dealt with.
That’s what I figured.
Today at work, I felt like I gave cancer an ” F* YOU!” as I assisted with implanting radiation seeds in a patient, with cancer.
Han not only shot first, he was the only one to shoot.
Ok, must stop. Thinking of a terrible Star Wars porn I saw where they stole the line “Thanks for letting me come first, Han”
I really need some time off.
No, no, no! The line was, “Thanks for coming after me, Han.”
Ok, work I am doing.
I’m looking forward to watching SW like it was 1977.
The whole political crap revolving around the Hugos & Nebulas this year has been stupid in the extreme.
You don’t think Vox is a racist?
I don’t think that part is in contention. He totally is, as well as a misogynist, bigot, and all around asshole. It’s the whole thing that essentially revolves around “we write better stories than you do” when it is really an argument about conservatives vs liberals. Which is also a moronic duality.
Why is there so much drama around these awards events?
Well they certainly wasn’t any drama at the actual ceremony.
The extreme cuteness may just counteract some of the recent ugliness.
That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.
Morning Pan
In-Laws leaving tomorrow. While hubby’s parents are the best and we really get along, I am looking forward to them leaving. I really haven’t had any down time since before WWC.
Hubby and I have been practising this neat little trick. Being left handed, he had a bit of trouble with the arm crossing part but now folds shirts like a pro.
The world will end not with a bang, but with a Bardarbunga.
*like*
“An orange alert indicates that a volcano is showing “escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption””
Oddly enough, that is the same reason that the Deadpan MMmmmmmeet-up has been put on orange alert.
Hubby’s grandmother, who is 98 and lives here in Calgary, seems to be reaching her ending. She’s not in the hospital or anything but is just acting…wrong. As such, hubby’s parents are now talking about staying longer.
I’m torn. I want things to go quickly so I can have my house to myself. But then, it is hubby’s grandmother.
*sigh*
All the best to your family, Bunny. 🙁
hugs from the both of us
Managed to find another source of Space Battleship Yamato, oh what fun, crazy physics and ocean metaphors pushed too far.
that is half the fun. 🙂
Oh yeah, really am loving it all over again.
Are you watching the original or the reboot?
The reboot, only saw the original in the heavily edited theatrical release it got in the UK in the 70s.
Yeah, a number of my cds and dvds are already dying.
SPEAKING of which … on my todo list today was to ask you guys if any of you have a favorite “cloud storage” site.
I’m tired of storing stuff on media that fails.
Anyone?
I just go with Drop Box. Not imaginative I know but *shrug*
P.G. Holyfield update from a few minutes ago:
“Dear friend, or beloved friend PG… Patrick… Is in active decline. If you want to see him, come today. We understand realities of life will prevent most of you from being here, but if you send your messages we will read them and share them. We are sorry to have to so publicly share this urgency, but we are trying to reach everyone as quickly as able. If you can please share out this update, we would be very grateful.
His mind is still with us. He may sleep most of the the time if you visit. We have space and your visit would be a grace, however we may need to ask you to wait a bit for him to be ready to see you in a moment of strength.
the last week has been very sad for all of us in one way or another.
I need a little bright spot.
Van, today is Aviation Appreciation day.
He’s probably still “up in the air” about that.
Me 163.
No Komet
Whooooooosh!
Actually I figured you wanted to give “Aviation Appreciation day” it’s props
but you were waiting to see if it would really take-off.
You got that Wright!
In somewhat happier news (hopefully), I can report that a plane ticket, hotel room and car rental have all been booked. Now all I need to do is check my vaccination records.
You have to be vaccinated to visit Colorado?, I heard Lo doesn’t bite.
Cough
Much.
Just wait til you see the “delousing” they have planned for everyone.
Just heard an “in depth” story on this on NPR.
By all accounts of many witnesses, this was a “suicide by cop” thing.
In coherent man with a big knife grabs a bunch of stuff from a convenance store and then goes out into the street to have loud rambling conversations with himself. Two cops arrive on scene and tried talking him down. He finally produced big knife, raised it over his head and came at them. At which point they drew their guns and fired when he was 3-4 feet away.
A city alderman(woman?) was one of the ones who called the cops on the guy and was one of the witness to all of this.
I think we need a Deadpan group hug!
*hugs* to all.
hug pile on TEB’s bed!
Boing!
The world will end not with a bang, but with a Boing!
Is that your Big Boing theory?
You know you are all grown up when you have to check bin collection dates on the local council website.
I have definitely done that!
Tuesdays! They collect on Tuesdays.
…you were talking about here right?
Recycling, garden waste and general waste go in different bins which are collected on separate weeks.
So it’s possible to put the wrong bin out if you aren’t careful.
I just put them all out every week. Im terrible at remembering that stuff.
As long as you remember that we’re all coming (and some staying with you) in 50 (?) days
meh.
Netflix has been having streaming problems tonight.
#1stworldproblem
However, that being said, my grandmother moved out to BC to die and is still alive and kicking. I spoke to her yesterday morning and she had plans to go to a movie that afternoon. Strange how life is.
For the past while, iTunes has been resetting the metadata for songs purchased through the iTunes store. Since I modify that data, I find it very annoying. Fortunately I buy very little from Apple.
I still haven’t forgiven them for their DRM’ed files.
Me neither. I use Amazon almost exclusively for my music purchases. Unfortunately, due to licensing, there are some things I can only buy from iTunes. Which really annoys me.
I ain’t defend’n them or noth’n … but wasn’t the whole DRM thing a measure drawn up to appease music industry executives and the Skeksis at BMI and ASCAP who never have really gotten on board with this whole change in technology?
Isn’t Lars from Metallica to blmae for that?
For St. Anger? And the Load/Re-Load atrocities? And the Lou Reed collaborative abomination? And the bullshit cover choices diluting Garage, Inc.?
Holy shit. I went into this saying, “There’s no way people didnt take this out of context”.
But yeah… its that bad after all.
He’s still pissed that The Rock didnt want him in the new Hercules movie
HA! At least he blamed Obama for it.
On the guy killed Tuesday: video has been released that seems to contradict the story justa Joe recounts from NPR above.
I hate to sound similar to the asshole contingent out there. . . .
. . . but since it hasn’t been said yet here, I’ll post the reminder that most cops do an admirable thing, every workday. The majority of them deserve our respect and gratitude. If you’re in real danger, then these are the men and women who will risk their lives and safety to protect you from that danger.
That said, I recall many instances of 5.0 hassle and power tripping, when my only crime was being a long-haired white kid. It’s the minority of bad police who fuck things up for everyone else. That’s more a problem with humans, though, than it is with cops, specifically. There will always be a number of abusers, any time you have an authority group. The real danger is when that authority gets too much unchecked power. And tanks and military outfitting in the suburbs.
It’s pretty much the same of any group. Just takes a few as*h*!&$ to get everyone in the group viewed badly.
You can have 500 people protesting loudly and vehemently BUT non-violently and if a dozen thugs start throwing rocks or smashing windows … the shoe crowd is labeled a mob.
As for giving cops military weapons … Very few people can have shiny new toys and resist the urge to eventually use them. In the case of a taxpayer funded organization, they are also feeling a STRONG pressure to use those toys in order to justify the upkeep and maintenance of the items. We’re finding out just how bad an idea it is.
🙁
If so, it takes an already sad event and makes it … (loss of words).
Did you see a link for that video?
The only discrepancy I saw was that the cops appear to get out of their car with their guns drawn.
Given the way the suspect was acting and that he had his hand tucked in his waste band as though he had a gun … that seems more than prudent. You can then clearly hear tho officers telling him to drop the knife and you can clearly hear the guy screaming shoot me as he is going right for the closest officer. Given they had their guns drawn and were clearly telling him to stop and he wasn’t going to do so there is no question in my mind that this was clearly a “him or them” situation. Seriously. there is no way you go at any human being (much less a cop) with a weapon drawn and him pointing a gun at you and not expect that outcome.
As I heard one person say earlier this week. The cop has every right to go home alive at the end of the day as anyone else.
Perhaps the most striking thing to me is the commentary of the guy shooting the video. He says that this guy is F*&^ed-up and is going to kill anyone who gets close to him and it is all just a big laugh to him … until the guy is killed. The video starts with no humanity and ends with a loss of human life.
All just awful.
I really disagree. I think that a kill shot was incredible overkill. Couldn’t they have shot him in the leg? There is just no value for human life demonstrated in the video at all.
It’s a terrible way for that situation to end. Wounding is a nice idea but I just don’t see how that was at all possible in this situation.
6 seconds after they stopped their car he was walking towards them with his hand tucked in his waistband and he starting scream “shoot me”. 18 seconds after they pulled up the guy was maybe two steps away from the closest officer, still approaching and screaming… and the cops started firing. If the nearest cop lowers his gun to fire at the leg and misses – he has a knife in his face. If the guy is high on certain drugs and the the first shot isn’t lucky enough to destroy the guys knee cap or break a bone – the cop has a knife in his face.
With only 18 seconds of data and only another (maybe) 2 seconds before one of them is stabbed(possibly fataly) I just can’t question their response to the emendate threat.
I CAN feel bad for the guy though. I don’t know what went wrong in his life to get to that point but the societal importance of addressing those things before violence occurs has never seemed more obvious.
I clicked the link for further horror. The Thriller album cover may have been my favorite.
I…adore..this
The Hermione one was too good. 🙂
Cage-zilla is surprisingly absent.
“Cage-zilla” (!!!!)
I gave my brother-in-law nightmares with that one. 😉
CP: Warm Shadow (Dactyl Remix) — Fink
Are we doing a Fantasy Hockey League this year?
I need to get my scouting gear together and start scouting.
That’s the plan. We’ll send out an email soonish
Me, Me! Oh me! I must make up for last year’s dismal showing.
TEB: Did you get the new First Aid Kit album? 🙂
umm. Did now.
ditto speaking of Phantogram (as listened to above, are you a fan of Voices? Try as I might I just cant get into it. It lacks the sweetness and urgency of Eyelid Movies and Nightlife.
Love me some Sara Barthel, tho. Hard.
Yeah, I do really like Voices. I know it is a bit of a change, but it works for me. 🙂
I shall re-invest!
I’ll loan it to you and then you can decide.
Done.
This week can go fuck itself.
(Please watch video above of kitten hugging a baby rat to counter the negativity of this comment)
Hard.
… and now Sarah Bareilles is telling me she’s not going to write me a love song.
great
NOW what did you do?
Convince her to write a song about not writing you a love song…
How about writing a song about writing a song about not writing you a love song?
When the hell did The Faint pout out a new album and why wasnt I told??
Morning Pan
Today’s Schedule:
Two loads of laundry
Tyche Newsletter
Tyche bookkeeping
Lunch with friend
Buy weekend libations.
I pulled a back muscle this morning doing my workout. Add that to sore tummy muscles from yesterday (nothing pulled, just sore). And I’m feeling very old today.
ditto! Did we want to start talking about a time to talk Big Trouble? Van, do you have anybody? If not, did you want to join us and make it a three way?
The three of us could be fun. 😀
I definitely want the recording!
No problems with the threesome (cough), but wondering how we can record it (not sure if the software I use can record a skype conference call)
Kristen Wiig is 41 today.
I’d still do her like she was 39.
Blatant Plug:
One of our books is in a special 8 pack of ebooks. The entire pack is on for $0.99 at Amazon
Oh as with most pron parodies, it will be mostly all fail
I’d buy that for a dollar.
In Soviet Russia, pron parody buys YOU for a dollar!
Lo: Folder is in Dropbox.
Appreciate it
Speaking of Jizzbucket, I am attempting to use Google Drive.
My first attempted at storing something there, apparently only mirrored it there. Got rid of it from my computer and it disappeared from GD. **rolls eyes**
Trying again, this time by uploading through the web. It is taking a very long time.
file upload is now at 76%.
Been trying to upload one file all this time. It IS 1.7gb but with about 20gb of stuff I want to store – I am seeing the folly of storing on “the Cloud”
So did Lando, eventually.
Oh. Jack.
Would it help if I got a cape?
My upload speed on broadband is a bout 100k/s so uploads can take a long time.
On the plus side the NAS drive supports uploads to google drive, so I can leave file uploads to that and let it chug away all night.
1000th comment. Just cause I can
Can someone explain to me why Mythbusters is downsizing?
“going in a NEW DIRECTION” ie “we cant afford them all anymore”.
Also, Kari got too hot and blinded people every week.
Perhaps the “build team” will go on to do their own show.
… Or perhaps build a working Deathstar.
So a network glitch in San Francisco, meant my mothers luggage didn’t get transferred onto her flight back to London. Which wouldn’t be a problem (although still a bloody hassle) but almost all her medication was in the bag.
Oh it’s going to be a fun day tomorrow..
Hoo boy. I weep for thee.
Uncool!
Turned our pretty painless in the end, her bag was dropped off by courier the same day.
On a steamier note, there’s a Kate Bush documentary playing on BBC 4, I had forgotten how bendy she was…
Do you really want me to break out that video again? 😀
She’s like a rubber band girl.
Too bad she was running up that hill, now she is over it.
Desert Pixie and I had excellent times tonight at Fate with Dan Shaurette, Evo Terra and his wife, Sheila, Dani Cutler, Debbie Walker, and Ruth Carter (who some of you may have met when you were here).
Glasses were raised to Patrick. It was a necessary and a good thing.
Ok, so I’m going to solicit name suggestions for the next page, since the scrolling on this one is getting to be a bit much. I have a few ideas, but I’d rather use yours.
Have at it!
The Man Who Scrolled the World.
Dr. Scrollglove
The Man Who Scrolled Me
Scrolling Down the River
The Man with the Scrolling Gun
You Only Scroll Twice
Scroll Another Day
For Your Scrolling Only
…Pick your favourite James Bond Movie and Scroll with it 😉
Scroll to the Hills
Almost Scrolling
Enter the Scrollman
Scrolling Can I
Again pick your favourite song and scroll with it.
You mean, “Like a Scrolling Stone”?
Or “Octoscrolly” ?
From Russia with Scroll
Syncscrollicity
Scroll if you want to, scroll around the world
Got a little B-52s playing in my head atm
Dr Jack or how I stopped worrying and learned to love to scroll.
Somewhere in the Pan is a link to a cartoon with people telling those who have the flu or cancer to “just get over it”, “pull yourself together” that sort of thing. I thought that is one of the best reflections of our society towards those who suffer from it.
I hadn’t commented before but I think that the thing that shook me so much about Robbin Williams death was – If a guy like him, who could put so much funny and happiness into the lives of others couldn’t overcome depression. What hope does the average guy struggling with the same thing have?
Strangely enough, I find myself agreeing with both of Rollins’ articles. On one hand agreeing that the person who commits suicide is willfully abandoning those who love and depend on them and at the same acknowledging there is no way of understanding the depth of pain and sorrow that led them to take their life.
Further to Jack’s comments above:
Space, Canada’s version of the SyFy channel,has a daily TV show on what’s happening in the world of Genre. The three hosts did a Sin City parody called, A Troll To Cry For. It’s quite cute
Big Trouble In the Dog Days of Deadpan
“It’s Scrolltastic!”
Scroll and Scrollability
Romancing the Scroll
Miami Scroll
Scrollrider
Law and Order: Scroll Unit
Life, the Universe, and Scrolling
um…I got nothing.
Also “Scrull” about the dude with the flying bladed mouse wheel.
Oh, very nice. I kick myself for not having thought of that one.
So many goodness!
So …. Dr. Who
meh
Then I watched an ep of Buffy TVS from season 3 then I watched the last episode of Castle from season 7 then I watched the premiere ep of Chuck.
By FAR … Chuck was the best of the bunch. I had forgotten how much fun that show was.
Could you understand him with the Scottish accent?
re: the new who – Actually, comments WERE made about how hard he was to understand. The consensus though, was that it wasn’t an accent issue but a diction issue. As though he had a mouthful of marbles or something.
Right Pan, I’m off to see Lucy at the flicks.
Which was very strange.
That’s because we only use 10% of our brains. 😉
Yeah the science was bollox!!!!!!!!
Ted Chiang did it so much better in one of his short stories.
Was it fun though?
Some of it was.
I’ve never seen “Waiting for Godot”, but I think Lucy could be retitled “Waiting for Morgan Freeman”.
Reposting to ensure that this James Brown Japanese ad isn’t missed. I’m sure that what he sacrificed in dignity, he replaced with crack cocaine. And soup, apparently.
At least he wasn’t wearing a Kimono.
Well THATS unavailable.
More wisdom from twitter:
@AvoidComments: Seeing a good internet comment is like finding money in your clothes: nice when it happens, but not something to base your life around.
Oh wow, having the SSD installed makes the hibernate function actually bearable on the desktop PC.
Woot squared!
Not that I actually use the hibernate function very often.
Normally, I’m completely the opposite of an IPA drinker, but this was hardly bitter at all and the flavors were astoundingly well balanced. Very nicely done.
Suge Knight shot 6 times outside a party hosted by Chris Brown.
Vanilla Ice is being sought for questioning.
Too cold.
So that Jodorowski’s Dune flick is fascinating, especially for anyone who has strong feelings(of any kind) for the book or the actual film.
The movie version that Jodorowski wanted to make would have been completely bonkers (hat tip, Van).
I just don’t know what to say. Was jello not enough?
I always thought porridge/oatmeal wrestling would be more sporting due to the time factor.
As we all know, the longer that stuff sits after you make it, the stiffer and harder it gets. Heaven forbid you let it sit in a bowl all day. You just about have to chisel it out.
So make them wrestle in that. The longer the wrestle the more difficult it becomes. If the match lasts to long 15 minutes they become stuck like flies in amber. Then you could place bets on how long it took them to get out.
Then again, maybe I am missing the whole point of the activity.
“…the stiffer and harder it gets. Heaven forbid you let it sit in a bowl all day. You just about have to chisel it out”
I think I need a ciggie…and I don’t smoke.
Morning Pan
It’s a beautiful sunny morning right now. The temperature is suppose to reach 21C which is just perfect in my mind.
CL: Guardians of the Galaxy mixtape playlist on Spotify.
CP: One Mint Julep — Ray Charles
Off to fill the larder. Wish me luck in my hunting.
This afternoon, I’m going to do something I haven’t done in a while.
Make sure you have your B grade goggles on.
Groceries bought, kitty litter cleaned. Now back to looking at numbers.
Was the Suge Knight shooting retalliation for Biggie Smalls?
17 years later…
I also theough Jodorovsky’s dune doc was fascinating… I was following his dream all the way! I saw it, I felt it and I wanted it to happen. That man has some spunk at 83 years old!
Having Giger make some artistic sets and pieces would’ve been neat to see. I wonder if Alien would have looked any different.
I want to find Magma and listen to a few of their songs.
In about an hour, you will be subjected to this amazing film.
Before we do, since it’s been awhile, let’s go over the rules. Yes, believe it or not there are rules.
a) Spoilers. Yeah, sort of. My descriptions are usually pretty vague but still.
b) Spelling. Between auto-correct, my fingers, and trying to keep my typing of the play by play in sync with the movie, yes there will be spelling errors.
c) Movie type. While I have been surprised by the occasional gem, it is not to be expected. I fully expect this movie to be “B”ad, bad, bad.
d) Theme. This time I think I’ll do a “dear diary” theme.
Are we ready? Good. See you in an hour.
Hey Bunny! Let’s start a new thread for the PBP 🙂
All we need is a name. There were too many good suggestions above, so I’m going to solicit votes right now.
Standouts (off the top o me head):
The Spy Who Scrolled Me
The Man Who Scrolled the World
Scrull: About the Dude with the Star Thingy
There were many other goodies, though.
Vote now, vote early, vote often! Bring Edgar Allen Poe along if you can! (too soon?)
I vote for Scrull.
Edgar Allen Srull Was Here
Scroll by scroll
Yo, Mangan!
We makin’ changes or not?
I’m ready to entertain
All righty, then. We’ll go with the Scrull thingy. (Uno momento, por favor)
No wonder why my fingers have been cramped up, almost like stone!
Scrollfingerrrrrrrrrrr!
Get a touch pad and get RSI in a different way.
Wasn’t that a Bond villain? 🙂
In English , spiders don’t survive the vacuuming process:
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992007000300005
Of course the downside to seeing GOTG on the last day of July is that the kiddie quota is rather large today.
Woot! New thread! 😀
GOTG was fun.
Lo will lurve the post credit scene.
Walking out of the cinema, two young lasses in front of having discussion about how the various post credit sequences linked to the comics.
go Laika!
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/740/Tax23ScenskeesFromAMarriageS5.jpg
Close but no cigar!
http://i.imgur.com/lFPmh2U.png
Woof!
Morning Pan.
That’s it. Now back to wrestling with a stupid program book.
CP: Train — 4 Non Blondes
Yes!
You know…
She do…
http://guff.com/never-ask-the-internet-for-photoshop-help-this-guy-learned/
heehee
Maybe of use to some:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/31/amazon-appstore-giveaway
Interesting! I’ll have to see if it works in the U.S.
I think this may just be for Kindles ?
Nope for android device that can access Amazon’s App Store.
+ any
To quote from the article:
You can download any of the apps to your Kindle Fire or other Android device — you just have to make sure you have the Amazon Appstore downloaded too. See the full list of available apps below:
sooooo not for Macs … or TRS80’s ?
Not for Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum and ZX81, Oric Atmos, Camputers Lynx, Jupiter Ace, Dragon 32, Memotech MTX500, Grundy NewBrain, Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, etc.
The more reports I hear from Comiccon, the more I get excited for Mad Max Fury Road
I saw the trailer, but….
Couldn’t they just have called it Fury Road?
I’m just say’n
That’s enough for me
I’m CR: Mr. Mercedes – Stephen King. I’m about mid-way and really recommend anything he’s written in the past 3-4 years. Since Under The Dome, or maybe even Duma Key. This one doesn’t seem to have the supernatural element, but he’s been known to pull a freak thing at the end . . . it’s super scary.
Crap joke for the day:
A blonde is terribly overweight, so her doctor puts her on a diet. “I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you, you’ll have lost at least five pounds.” When the blonde returns, she’s lost nearly 20 pounds. “Why, that’s amazing!” the doctor says. “Did you follow my instructions?”
The blonde nods. “I’ll tell you, though, I thought I was going to drop dead that third day.” “From hunger, you mean?” asked the doctor. “No, from skipping.”
Life is much more fun when you skip.
But I still would like to try http://www.bubble-ball.com
I actually like this one!
CP: Famous Last Words — MCR
I may have found a new vacation destination for a few of you here:
http://www.hulu.com/#!watch/650100
Minus the Space
http://www.hulu.com/#!watch/650100
Loveland – just saying
Any way we could get a mix of Love Land and The Holy Land Experience????
Stupid US only videos
Love Anna Paquin:
http://www.salon.com/2014/07/31/watch_anna_paquin_school_larry_king_on_bisexuality/
“He then launched into a series of questions about the star’s views on the increasing legalization of same-sex marriage, urging her to agree that the LGBT community has television to thank for its current level of visibility. ”
BLEARGH!
What an old fart.
And I always thought he was so hip and with it.
RIP Dick Wagner
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6193999/dick-wagner-dies-alice-cooper
Wow, sad.
Today, one of my last free days of summer, really felt like a summer day to me of yester year —
Spalshed around, rode water slides, and spent about 2 hrs in a wave pool – that felt likey old home of the beaches in SoCal. I’m sunburnt, ate junk food and ice cream, and am now utterly spent! I just wish Jack could’ve been there for the majority of it today.
Me too.
Virtual pinball, get a table for free:
http://toucharcade.com/2014/07/31/guardians-of-the-galaxy-pinball-update/
So the editor of Interzone just informed (by email) me that I’ve won a ‘Under the Skin’ DVD in a competition.
Nice! 😀
YAH!
WIN!!!
Today’s awesome SPAM subject line – from “Maria”: Congratulations! You recieve lucky numbers of Good Fortune!
The hell I did, Maria. The hell I did.
Forward that bitch over to me!
The luck missed you and hit me…
I don’t think I said so here, but last Friday I scheduled shoulder surgery for September 4th. When you guys are here for the mmeetup, I’ll likely still be in a sling! Today, I’m grumpy because it HURTS LIKE A MOTHER and I wish I hadn’t put it off so late for Evil, Inc. considerations. Grr.
I wish you hadnt too, lady!
So, our MMMmmmeetup arm-wrestling competition is off?
Hang in there, kid. Let us know know what we can do from afar. And from aclose, when we’re there.
Yes, it’ll have to be all thigh-wrestling this year.
:shocked:
There goes JJ blood pressure.
Cough
Started this last night. So sad, and a quick glimpse at a concert poster from my late friend’s band was shown. So far, I recommend it if you can stomach lots of footage of Courtney Love:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1796503/
OMG Ive wanted to see this. Netflix?
Yep, streaming! Look for the Ten Minute Warning poster!
For the record, I love Hole. I just think Courtney Love has some demons that make her nearly intolerable when she’s not acting or singing!
They were definitely a defining band. ‘Live Through This’ is truly classic.
Totally agree with both your comments. 😀
Her detractors will tell you that all of her best songs were written by either Kurt Cobain or Billy Corgan.
I don’t know; I wasn’t there.
True or not, the delivery matters a great deal. How many good songs have been butchered by bad artists?
Too many, ditto. Too many.
Go on, ditto, take everything! I want you to.
Heh. I went to school… in Deadpan Land. Yayayayayaya.
Today I wrassle the WWC program book to the ground and make it my bitch.
HA!
Well it certainly conjures up an image,
Me covered in paper, ink, and paper cuts?
That about sums it up,
Fifty shades of printer ink?
CP: Story of Love — Voice of America
I think today is a good day for bbq for lunch!
!
Bass
OooooooWHITE lines…
Aaaaaaa-get higher, baby-aaaaaaaaa-get higher, baby-aaaaaaaa
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/31/nasa-validates-impossible-space-drive
You cannae change the laws of physics Captain..
This would be swell!
Get your zork on:
http://toucharcade.com/2014/08/01/freebie-alert-chart-topping-text-adventure-game-a-dark-room/
I loved the Zork games. Both the old text adventures and the graphic games that came later.
CW: Lilo and Stitch
I missed it at the cinema, time to rectify that.
Surprisingly fun movie.
I like it a lot. Chris Sander’s art style is pretty refreshing, imo.
http://www.kiskaloo.com/
I too just recently saw this film for the first time. Enjoyed it and the different animation style.
CP: Colorblind — The Last 3 Lines
Such a c-o-o-o-ld fing-a-a-a-a. — Plays IMM every time I look at this page.
One of you guys should name the next posting.
I’m giving that Shirley Bassey impersonation a 3.
I literally just thought that. Every time…
CW: Knights of Sidonia E1
I’ve enjoyed the show, though the soft character animation style leaves a little to be desired.
It was causing a bit of eye strain for me.
Jennifer Lawrence causes eye strain for me
Maybe a combination of my TV and Netflix.
Watched an episode on my phone no problem, watched a couple of more on my TV tonight and the eyes train was back.
CP: Testament – Sins of Omission
False! Sense of pride! Satisfies. There’s no reason for suicide.
Did myself a favor and watched the original Death Race 2000 (David Carradine!!) followed by the 2008 remake (Jason Statham!!). Both equally satisfying. Then I truly fucked up and watched Death Race 2 and 3. Why, lord??? Not even a wonderful Danny Trejo and all the half boobs in the world can save that drek. God it was worth it tho.
Setting the scene:
Its been a long and hot Phoenician summer August day and im tired. Bouts of insomnia have plagued me for about 3 weeks now amd Im tired.
I retire to my room, turn on my 32″ television and hit the Home button on my Roku remote. There is an image of an Asian man, standing in a “Im Dolf Lundgren-Im gonna fuck you up” type pose amd he is smiling. Its obciously a digital movie poster. The name of the movie… wait for it…
Operation Condom
Okay, it was really Operation Condor
Talk about Big Trouble in Little China.
So, fellow Marvel 99-cent-ers, I have to recommend the Kraven’s Last Hunt story arc from the mid-80s. It’s a bit tricky to track down the right ones, and pretty goshdarned fucked up for a mainstream, Comics-Code-Approved set of comics, but it’s also pretty brilliant stuff. The best thing I’ve read so far this month.
I’m going to have to admit I screwed up.
The Dog in GOTG was Cosmo not Laika.
GOTG?
Guardians of the Galaxy.
Get Off The Ganja
Girlies Ogle Teenage Gandalf
Ok Van, I have a question for you. I typed in “A Dark Room” into my ipad app store to get the game you mentioned above. It was the first thing that showed up but #2 was a game called “Slave Girls – Escape the Tied Girls” I was going to put a link to it but couldn’t locate one. Anyway, the picture is pretty much as the description. It’s three girls in cheerleader costumes time up in an office.
While I got The Dark Room, I think I’ll give this second game a pass. 😉
..and the question?
Sorry. The question was, did you get the second app? :devil:
I don’t even want to know the text commands for tthat game.
Call Lo?
Hello what?!
I suddenly felt a disturbance in the force.
By by “the force” I meant …
CW: Big Trouble in Little China
I’m reminded that while fun it’s not my favourite John Carpenter flick.
Youre doing it wrong 😛
Lo, I’m not sure I’m going to be able to share accommodations with this guy…
btw, who’s John Carpenter?
/run away!
Eddddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!
…and I just read the first part of the a comic that I read in the 70’s featuring baddie Brain Drain.
I had read part 2 in the 70’s
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs a
( cont’d )
che.
An American on facebook just informed me she has never heard of Tia Maria liqueur.
Ummmm…
I bought a bottle of that in Jamaica maaaany years ago.
I like it, but can’t say that I have had any since.
Looking for craft beer advice from the Colorado crew. My son will be driving from Colorado to Florida to visit us and I thought it would be a great opportunity to have him bring me some beers that I can’t otherwise get here. These are the breweries that I can’t find here. Please let me know which are your favorites:
Wynkoop
Upslope
Twisted Pine (all we seem to get here is Ghost Face Killah
Steamworks
Odell
Grand Lake
Durango
Spanish Peaks
Upslope +1000. The Brown Ale is my fav. The IPA is delish, and the Craft Lager is my summertime fav – low ABV, quenching.
Wynkoop is quite nice. Cant go wrong with the Belgorado Ale
If you can find Twisted Pine’s Cream Stout I’d highly advise
O’Dell is by far my fav Northen Co brewery. Pick ANYTHING. Its literally all good.
Durango is ok. But just ok. Same with Grand Lake
Unfamiliar with Spanish Peaks and Steamworks
Thanks. I’ll send some green eyed Chinese ladies in payment for your beer advice.
Well, I imagine all those pundits back in the Spring predicting “Guardians of the Galaxy” would be Marvel’s first bomb aren’t feeling terribly smug at the moment.
I think Marvel did a pretty masterful job with the marketing buildup and slow reveals over the last several months and it looks to be paying off.
I still won’t catch it in the theater, but I look forward to catching the Blu-ray later on.
No Guardians of the Galaxy today. Hubby is sick, sick, sick. 🙁
🙁
What J0e said. 🙁
Definitely sorry to hear that. I hope he gets well soon.
We saw it today. It was a lot of fun.
CW: Outlander E1
My teenager inner self is rolling on the floor laughing at me watching. A time travelling romance story.
Diana Gabaldon knows/knew who I am! I hope her series gets huge.
(Kanye West keeps telling me to stop dropping names)
Got your shit togetha
Get weller
Strawberry Jam
Robocop
Didn’t go underground.
Your 2014 Warped Tour line-up today was as follows –
Screamo band
Screamo Band
Goth metal screamo band
Screamo band
Normal looking grindcore band
Screamo band
Yellowcard
Screamo band
Screamo band
Less than Jake
No shitty 90s faux punk band?
No but one band did a cover of Lit’s ‘My Own Worst Enemy’… so that was double awful
In one of my weird weekends, I’ve had a fever in which I went home from work and slept for almost 19 hours straightish, my parents’ 50th anniversary party, and watching of Guardians of the Galaxy. I will be going back to work tomorrow. There were many good points even though it doesn’t sound like it.
You feel better too, Cynful! I hope you were able fully enjoy the good parts.
Last of my Sunday posting frenzy:
Two branches up for GotG.
I am groot!
Hmmm:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28616115
Ugh. I’m not religious by any means, but this pisses me off as much as the extreme right blasting god in my face every moment. Message heard. You dont believe. We get it.
I had to stop listening to a podcast because of something similar.
pros·e·ly·tize 1: to induce someone to convert to one’s faith
2: to recruit someone to join one’s party, institution, or cause
It’s the same no matter what your belief system.
Bin + go
Geologic podcast?
Was it that transparent?
George’s strong opinions have put people off before.
I actually agree 100% with the sentiment in that article. Atheists are an oppressed minority at this point in America – – there are places where a doubter’s open expression of their worldview would endanger their families, employment, homes, well-being, etc. Our society talks a big game about acceptance and tolerance, but we need to be better about actually making it happen.
That said, the smugly superior Atheists also need to stop being dicks. I’m also annoyed by the atheists who immediately shut down any metaphysical discussion or expression with “no, it’s all garbage.” Let people have their harmless beliefs and superstitions, man.
But see usually that oppression and endangerment come from the complete other side of the spectrum – at least in my experience. I honestly believe the vast majority of atheists and believers lay really close to each other in the middle. Its just the fringe shouts the loudest so they seem larger than they are.
*Bunny shrug*
And while we’re at it, why are there so many songs about rainbows?!?!?!?!?
I belong to the Kermit and the Muppets view of spirituality
Help! Help! I’m being repressed!
You want repression?! I’LL SHOW YOU REPRESSION!!!!
*blink blink*
*blink blink*
Ok. How was that? Did it look right? 🙂
Perfecto!
Thanks. You know, you were right? Those lessons worked wonders. 😀
Excellent use! Your next lesson will be how to act like an idiot while actually being an idiot. It took time, but Ive perfected this as well
Today’s google doodle is rather nifty. (I sounded like Van there)
Should take a weekend to get you talking Geordie like a native.
All I need is the visor?
Or a a log.
Freebie alert on the App Store:
http://toucharcade.com/2014/08/04/freebie-alert-starborn-anarkist/
We binged out on The Killing Saturday – I’m very satisfied with how it was all tied up.
God I cant wait! We binged on Drunk History and Maron and need to finish the last season of Warehouse 13. And then.. its Killing time
RE: Outlander – I tried to read the first book and didn’t even get as far as the time travel part (spoiler alert?). Just couldn’t do it . . . I may try the TV show.
If that’s a spoiler I already let that cat out of the bag when I posted on the subject.
Bugger:
http://www.themarysue.com/is-studio-ghibli-shutting-down/
Get ready to disagree:
http://trove.com/me/content/ucoUP?chid=144766
As noted elsewhere..I’m in the ‘it’s all tastes like beer’ camp.
Ok Russian River is great… but to have 4 in the top 20 in the WORLD? Nay.
I’ve never had any of these.
As I wait for my chips to cook, I’m doing my bit to get Matt Mango 0.001p.
On spotify
Really digging ‘The Leftovers’ TV series, well worth checking out..
It looks like one I’d really enjoy – looking forward to it! I saw Christopher E. is in it?
Yeah, I hope he gets typecast!!!
Dance for me monkey.
This ain’t no planet of the apes.
This aint no disco either
Are you sure? With that shirt? I don’t think so.
Burn baby burn!
Disco inferno!
^^ This sentence takes on an entirely different meaning when spoken by a pirate.
That poor, poor monkey.
Finally got around to seeing this very short–about 7 minutes–documentary on Satoshi Kon’s editing style. Really worth watching.
http://vimeo.com/101675469
I really miss the guy’s art. He was unique.
RIP Studio Ghibli?
Restructuring depending on whose doing the translation.
CP: Marlene on the Wall – Suzanne Vega
One of my fav songs.
Must check the video later.
http://themindunleashed.org/2014/03/happens-build-cube-one-way-mirrors.html
Hey Ess I had a few quick questions for you..
I was thinking about it and was wondering who the ‘man’ in you and Sly’d relationship is. I mean how do you know youre a lesbian if youve never had sex with a man? How DO you have sex anyway? Are you attracted to yourself? (you like girls after all, and youre a girl, so… yknow. Youre so pretty, what do you have against dick? Since Michelle Rodriguez is dating that dude from High School Musical, that means shes strait now right?
I wish I were that dude from HSM. Things would be so much easier…
Lo Pan’s one man show “The Archie Bunker Monologues”.
And if a lesbian trips in the woods and no one is there to hear her, is she still a lesbian?
I’m not sure if I am scared or curious what got into Lo’s brain tonight
He’s getting in touch with his inner … hey! Stop touching that!
Just riffing on ignorance…
Tsk Tsk, you could have been a bit less direct and used the terms princess and knight.
cough
wheeze
TEB: You still interested in doing a BTiLT recording?
Bacon Trouble in Lettuce and Tomato.
I just self editted. You’re welcome.
I’ll take one for the team, here Cynful.
…”special sauce, lettuce, cheese on a …
Sesame seed buuuuunn.”
And I mean, SPECIAL!
Yes, but I won’t be able to do it until sometime after this coming weekend.
That works for me. 🙂
Ummmm:
http://io9.com/are-you-more-turned-on-or-terrified-by-sexts-from-the-1616212426?rev=1407227981113&utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
I like this.
Should I be worried about that?
“ur genitalia panic and scatter”
Haw Haw!
“sext: hey baby, wanna come back to my place and help me try to map it? bring lots of paper and if possible a weapon”
Also – this raises the point that if you were to receive a sext saying “I want you inside of me. All of you.”
You should probably ask for a clarification on that “all” bit.
Well it would make a good plot for a horror flick.
Morning Pan!
Now, back to work
“On a scale of one to America, how free are you tonite?”
#patrioticpickuplines
I kinda wish I was that guy from HSM too, Lo.
We have that in common…
Could I be the guy from HSM if it didn’t mean I had to be that guy from HSM?
Only if you give me a quick “GO WILDCATS!”
Also: guess, that’s quite an assumption, often, yes, nothing at all, no.
HA!
Shit, where’s my notepad?
Your crap joke for the day:
Two guys were fishing down by the Ohio River on different sides of the riverbank at night. Guy number one was catching a whole bunch of fish for his family, but guy number two hadn’t caught any and was frustrated and called out to guy number one “How come you’ve been catching all them there fish and I ain’t caught a single one?”Guy number one replied, ” I don’t know…. why don’t ya come on over here?””I don’t know…. I don’t see a bridge, and their aint no boat, and I don’t swim to well”Guy number one picks up his flashlight, turns it on, and replies, ” Why don’t you walk across this here beam off light?”Guy number two was outraged and replied “do you think am stupid? When I get half way you’ll turn it off!!!”
dim.
I am so happy it’s 10 a.m. so I can have my hard boiled eggs.
/hasitreallycometothis?
/unfortunately
/danceMonkeyDance
There’s no way this is true:
http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/doctor-who/238016/brian-blessed-turned-down-doctor-who-lead
Dude… Brian Blessed would have take than role to 11. Dammit, history missed out on this one
He would have bust the TARDIS’s hifi.
All for it if handled properly
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Galaxy-Quest-2-May-Actually-Happen-Here-Why-66548.html
I’d buy THAT for a dollar!
Mixed feelings
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/08/05/jennifer-lee-frozen-wrinkle-in-time-adaptation/
Mixed veggies
http://www.mmmeatshops.com/images/products/large/706.jpg
seriously tho, remember this thing?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290382/
I welcome a well done adaptation
I really want to be her when I grow up. What a fierce person:
http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2014/08/05/watch-laverne-cox-schools-gayle-king-respect-gender-identity
Did Katie Couric really ask her what she has down there? jesus
Out and about running errands.
On an unrelated thought, why does my GoodReads mobile app no longer posts my reading updates to Facebook? It stopped working a few months ago. It use to. I’ve had the same I-devices for the last year. Strange
A crow is sitting on the fence of the parking lot and staring at me. I think I wants to savage my soul
Wow. That sounds like one of those “sexts from the void”.
I’ve eaten lunch. Just waiting on a phone call so I can pick something up for this weekend’s do
Oh oh. A second crow has landed on the fence. Quick, does anybody know any rituals to save yourself from evil soul sucking birds?
I just attended an hour-long meeting where 4 pigeons tapped non-stop on the pane from the outside windowsill. Maybe today begins the Rise of the Planet of the Avians.
A shotgun from S-Mart? 🙂
Still no phone call. Heading out anyway. I want to get home at some point today
Is hubby on the mend?
He actually got out of bed today. It’s a start.
CP: The Queen Is Dead — The Smiths
/DANCEMONKEY
Monkey Dance Off! 😀
Either the ebola outbreak is how the zombie apocalypse starts or its how the corporate world take over starts. Either way its Resident Evil or Judge Dredd…
Judge Dredd has cooler gadgets, fingers crossed now.
JW: Halt and Catch Fire season finales.
Great stuff, fingers crossed for S2, but ended rather well if it doesn’t happen.
In less than 8 weeks I get to see some of your faces. Unless you wear a mask. Or something explodes. I have to create my own squee moments okay?
That’s a lot of pressure, that mask is looking like a good idea.
…and considering the 777 track record this year, something explodes might be construed as not in good taste.
/feeling jinxed.
Not meaning that. Sorry about that. I have a tendency for my vehicles to decide they want attention when I attempt a vacation which is where I was thinking
No worries, just me panicking.
Holy shit.. that means in less than 8 weeks I have to make room in my house…
Yeah!
If nothing else Im shoving Van under the back porch, Ed on the couch, and the Jack/Tif in the front in a tent.
Lucky sods!
They don’t call me Harry Potter!
But Brit!
We’d prefer a yurt.
I can maybe do a berber
I told you we were staying too, right?
It’s going to end up looking like an escher painting at this rate.
Ess you guys can have the playroom closet! Best room in the house
I’ll sleep out front in the car. Nothing creepy about that.
Anyone want the garage?
Dibs!
I recently discovered this track on Spotify and I’m rather loving it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFs4isCJQEI
CP: WTF w/ Claire Danes
Just finished it! Shes good.
I so hate the way he talks over people.
That’s it. I’m packing up my popsicle sticks and going home.
“I’m packing”
/sexts from Texas
hehe
Make this so. Immediately
You’ve got your shit together.
Your crap joke joke for the day:
A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store and he does a double-take. He recognizes that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and offers to buy the cat for two dollars.The storeowner replies, “I’m sorry, but the cat isn’t for sale.The collector says, “Please, I need a hungry cat around the house to catch mice. I’ll pay you twenty dollars for that cat.”And the owner says “Sold,” and hands over the cat.The collector continues, “Hey, for the twenty bucks I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer. The cat’s used to it and it’ll save me from having to get a dish.”And the owner says, “Sorry buddy, but that’s my lucky saucer. So far this week I’ve sold sixty-eight cats.”
Me-ow
CP: Hysteric — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah!
Was reading the Dresden Files “Its a Jungle Out There” graphic novel and what did I see? Harry Dresden quoting Jack Burton.
Ah Jim Butcher… you do know how to please.
Nice! I’ve been a fan of the books for a lot of years. I think he’s really begun to phone it in on the last several. Also, without spoilers, has become pretty creepy old guy in the latest one. That being said, I’d like to check out the graphic novel!
This was written in 2008 i think… so it was maybe pre crap? I dunno I havent read anything past Fool Moon. Creepy old guy huh?
Yes!
I do love the character a lot. Very cool idea.
I’ve only read the first 3, which were very ok, but easily readable. He’s certainly guilty of ogling his own female characters (all curvaceous women attracted to Dresden, naturally) in those books.
I hear the series really takes off in # 4, so I’m a keep going.
Another cool urban fantasy along the same lines, but less testosterone-ish, is by T.A. Pratt. Can’t remember the name of the series, but I think ditto recommended a few years back. They are so good.
^Marla Mason series
Am I the only one who loved the TV show?
No, I loved it. Canceled too soon!
And how! Ill check out the Marla Mason
He writes books under Tim Pratt and I liked this standalone novel he wrote:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strange_Adventures_of_Rangergirl
CP: Broods — Mother & Father
And August 6 is apparently the *official* National Root Beer Float Day, in case you needed an excuse today (but only in the US).
Hey that’s today!
Now I want root beer.
I had a root beer float today and thought of Mason Rocket.
Nothing defeats home in human kind like reading trolly comments about Becky Hammon being hired by the Spurs. Oy, people suck.
-m, +p
Yeah. Boy we’ve “come far”. Its just a section of good ol boys that still believe them broads is only good for fuckin and cookin.
A thousand years from now (assuming there are still humans), there will be knuckleheads declaring that people of other ethnic groups/sexual identities/political sensibilities/religious groups/nationalities/shoe sizes/etc. are inferior.
The good news is that those knuckleheads’ numbers will continue to shrink. In our lifetimes, we’ve seen their viewpoints go from mainstream to fringe.
Point!
Put a bird on it:
http://www.bust.com/carrie-brownstein-spills-the-beans-on-fred-feminism-and-fear.html#.U-Jsm7HDZ5Y
oh yes yes yes!
Dating St. Vincent?!
/faints
“rumor”
Still works for me
CP: Low Key — The Redwood Plan
A question posed by a friend: What would you get if you mated Groot and Audrey II?
The raccoon dies.
http://blog.popcap.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/3/2014/01/pvz2sunflower.png
http://s919.photobucket.com/user/thebaboon/media/Animated%20Gifs/Dramatic_Alpaca.gif.html
My favorite .gif of all time.
Apologies if this is unfunny – – I haven’t watched yet. It looks like comedy gold.
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/christian_televangelists_listen_to_stairway_to_heaven_forwards_hilarity_ens
Its kind of very wonderful
Then there is this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28659783
Spectacular!
The huge foreheads needed to figure out the speeds and trajectories that were required to do this just astound me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yMy7JuGpJM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIRPcICB-iY
MMM. Coffee. You are all I want on earth.
I’ve been on a chai latte kick lately. But, I share your afinity for some AM aromatic goodness!
That a some sweet sweet Dickin’s cider.
yup. gonna be that kind of day
I can never get enough tea, but my cup today is 70% coffee, 30% diabetus vanilla caramel cream. Yep, AZ schools are back in session.
Happy DCI Finals Thursday, everyone!
Im so looking forward to my annual tradition of catching the Finals of this season’s corps!
Who has a favorite?
justaj0e?
ditto?
If you’re talking ‘Fan Favorite” I have to go with “The Academy”.
If you are talking about having a chance to finish top 10 … “Spirit of Atlanta”
Chance to Win? I got nothin’
CP: Out Of This World — The Cure
Hmmm:
http://m.historyextra.com/feature/weird-and-wonderful/10-astronomers-you%E2%80%99ve-probably-never-heard
Neat article, but after reading the first sentence, I am led to believe that 19th century amateur scientists helped Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton come to their discoveries. Is there an issue of time travel I’m missing?
omg Rhett thats a GREAT observation. A giant bag of fail for the author on that
Excommunication for their heresy!
Shift over, four days off, yehaa!
My concentration has taken a vacation again today.
Just don’t take that vacation at Concentration Camp.
oof.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Maisie_Knew
Anyone seen this film? It seems like a difficult viewing, but it also seems sadly somewhat relevant.
🙁
Ugh 🙁
Let’s follow that up with some levity:
http://theoatmeal.com/pl/minor_differences5/suit
That could be “office differences between Longmont and Dallas”
SNAP!
Does anyone else think Lo sounds like an old Batman comic/episode today?
WHAP!
BIFF!
http://tinyurl.com/p44lg3y
During my 99-cent Marvel binge, I’ve noticed that old comics often used “FAPPP!” as a sound effect word*. I’m guessing that comics in the internet age don’t use this anymore.
*onomatopoeia
Oddly, that sound is heard whenever Jennifer Lawrence is seen
X-Men: First Fap?
Silver Linings Fapbook
Okay I have to ask, considering the uproar over remaking one hero a Muslim, if the Quasar/Heather being an item was the first portrayal of a lesbian relationship in a Marvel comic?
/waits for Lo to do some research
Cant research til I see film… then I’ll research for hours
Sod research, Bailey’s it is.
I have to say, Van, you seem downright cheery today.
Too much Baily’s may end up in sod research…
Weekend off, normal service will resume on Tuesday.
Let’s go, Broncos!
Cant look tonite. Still too painful
I feel dirty, but I love football so much.
Me you both… dont feel dirty. Embrace
Justaj0e: did you get to see the Boston Crusaders?
Ah-mazing!
I shall carry over from FB togere, my DCI: Big and Loud Live PBP-
I was late getting here… Lame
I missed 4 or 5 corps… lamer
Madison Scouts — what a horn sound! Love that all-male squad!
BlueStars — Happy 50th Anniversary! Nice misic, just not my fave
Boston Crusaders — LOVED IT! Im a fan! Intense, unique show and beautiful flugle horn solo
Missed the Boston Crusaders.
I wonder if there will be a TV broadcast of the finals at a later date?
DCI Update — Swan Lake. BIG sound! <3 Phantom!
P.S. The guy sitting near me, is very passionate and nearly knocked my drink out of its cupholder, because he could not contain himself.
Blue Knights — That One Second
Beautiful storytelling and touching. Im not a fan of alot of narration during the show, but this was appropriate
It was just too much voice over for me. I thought it distracted from the efforts of the LIVE humans who where doing there best on the field.
As I’ve said before … I can find that kind of pre-produced, recorded entertainment elsewhere and opera/musical theatre can be seen in LOTS of places.
There is(was?) only one place you could go for an evening of precision marching and professional playing.
The Cavaliers — Immortal
WOWZA!!! What a fucking show!!!
Vampires, dancing with skeletons, and shuffling marimbas on the field!!!!
Carolina Crown — Out of This World
Trampolenes??!! Wow. Nice show
Santa Clara Vanguard — Scherezade: Words 2 Live By
We all love this percussion! General Effect amd Drill rocked!
Quote of the night: “I had my brass-gasm with Carolina Crown…”
Random trivia/eerie small world/total coincidence
My boss’ daughter is in percussion with the Boston Crusaders.
Can I get an autographed tshirt? 🙂
^groupie
From DCI–
Bluecoats — TILT
OK I take it back… GE and visiual go to Bluecoats. What an fabulous show!
DCI Update — Promise- an American Portrait
Technical perfection. Show entertainment — meh
Amd finally, The Blue Devils – Felliniesque
Welp, they are always the complete package. No exception this year
Desert Pixie, everyone, with the DCI PBP. Desert Pixie!
Fav tweet of the day :
@KameronHurley: Fav question from that interview was “What would Heinlein or Tolkien think of your work?” My legit response: “I don’t care.”
I have no idea what DCI is.
🙂 I had to look it up too: DrumCorps International
Would love to have everyone sit through at least one live performance of one of the top World Class Corps.
Even if it was not your thing, you would be blown away at the skill and intricacy of these kids. Not to mention the thrill of being surround by that VOLUME of pleasant sound.
Today’s plan is to see the following film at the arty cinema:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s_Pocket_(film)
Then you’re in for a not very good film if you believe the critics. And you probably shouldnt believe.
As always, best to find out for myself.
Sometimes I trust critical and public consensus. Apparently, this causes me to miss the occasional gem. (e.g., I’m apparently missing out on the cinematic joys of Howard the Duck, because I’m trusting broad cultural sentiment).
There’s not much joy in that film.
Unless you count copious amounts of Lea Thompson in bra and panties. Which I do.
That’s why I prefer Fast Times at Ridgemont High. aka Lea Thompson sans bra and panties.
Also Phoebe Cates sans bra. Yeah thats a great film
The first theatrical releAse of a Marvel character in the US dontcha know.
Cough
Are you sure?
– in the US
Hack
Film wasn’t too bad, very worthy and all that.
Apart from a couple who decided in an almost empty cinema to sit right next to me.
Fuckers!
That could be distracting.
It happened once, I refused to be distracted.
So this old dog is going to go see if he has learned a new trick yet.
I am getting in the car and making the long drive to another track meet today.
The weather does not look at all cooperative but I managed to overcome a LOT of adversity at my last meet and did very well. Jut have to do it again.
This is another “street vault”. Part competition, part public performance art.
I want 11′ this time!
Go jJ, GO!
Talking of old dogs, souping up old soviet space probe data:
http://www.mentallandscape.com/V_DigitalImages.htm
“copious”
Swordingo goes free again:
http://toucharcade.com/2014/08/08/freebie-alert-hack-and-slash-adventure-swordigo/
I’ve been meaning to tell Roaming Asshat that Pixie and I tried out the new Brass Tap that opened here in Mesa. Great beer selection (Avery!), and OMG, the pretzel pizza was tiny/delicious. According to their website, Brass Tap is the Starbucks of breweries in FL. Have you ever been?
Fairly fine fan film for Fallout fans. http://youtu.be/Q9UwlAAnlmg
fucking fantastic!
fwafwafwa
Zaya is shaping up to be a interesting comic. There’s obviously a GitS influence in the art and story.
They don’t have any locations in the Orlando area yet, so I haven’t even heard of them. They are supposedly coming here soon so I can update when I get to try going to one.
I think we’re getting closer to Skynet
http://news.msn.com/science-technology/scientists-make-cheap-fast-self-assembling-robots
Someone here secretly works at Universal:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-universal-acquires-anne-rice-vampire-chronicles-20140807-story.html
wow!
This time around, Lestat really needs to be:
-blonde
-not Tom Cruise
Agree but Tom gets a bad rap for this role.
He delivered a great performance. Everyone in that film did.
He’s just an easy target.
Oh that he is.
Really??
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/08/florida_church_cancels_gay_mans_funeral/
” I’m not trying to condemn anyone’s lifestyle, but at the same time, I am a man of God, and I have to stand up for my principles.
WTG for standing up for your principles! Now go fuck yourself.
Words fail.
Who knew? Breckenridge Nitro Vanilla Porter is really tasty on draft.
oooh Oooh I knew I knew!!!
Brass Tap?
I’ve only had the bottled non-nitro, which is only ok. Not Brass Tap again – – we met some folks at a new taproom/coffee bar in Scottdale.
Interesting. That’s one of my fave beers. I agree tho hat on draft is superior. That’s another brewery worth going to here. Ah to pick and choose
Just watched The Grandmaster on Netflix. An extremely flawed, extremely beautiful masterpiece of Chinese cinema. I know the Weinstiens butchered the fuck out of it for its US release. Would love to get my hands on the Chinese region free blu-ray. Nonetheless its a HIGH recommendation.
Talking of Tom Cruise, watched the first MI film last night.
Still fun, TC looks very young (1996 was so long ago), and they didn’t fuck with the theme tune.
Pity about turning Phelps into the bad guy though.
Yeah, the Scooby Doo reveals at the end wrecked the movie for me.
RE: Knight of Sidonia
Finished watching all the episodes this week, enjoyed it but as mentioned found the art style a bit of an eyestrain.
..and your dumb moment, I didn’t discover till watching the last episode that dialogue in English had been recorded…doh!
CP: Out Of Our Minds — Melissa Auf der Maur
Would still do.
Ah I see from FB Ed did go and see GOTG at the cinema.
Suppose I should do same. One day. Dammit i’m still waiting for xmen to come to the cheap theater!
CW: Snowpiecer
This film is bonkers.
But The Tilda Swinton character’s accent is ace.
She’s like Wallace’s sister, no Gromit though.
I’m surprised the actors say the dialogue with a straight face.
..and now the info dump about the train.
The school section is particularly surreal.
Always bring a Uzi to an egg parade.
First class is rather natty.
Misty yellow with a splash of red.
Come on Chris don’t sleep on the job.
Very 70’s
Caveman orgy.
Just the last ever ciggie to smoke before the finale.
Now Cannibal angst.
“This film is bonkers.”
I literally LOLed.
Well that ‘s an invitation that’s hard to refuse.
Ed Harris!!!!!
Gilliam????? This is Brazil for the 21st century.
I wonder if it’s called Thomas.
Madness is a temptation.
Kiddies in Thomas oh my.
The fuse it lit.
Timber!!!!!
The train set is broken.
Since I ‘m a glass half empty kind of guy, I suspect the polar bear is going to have a feast today..
Sod Brazil, that film was Zardoz for the twenty tens.
Captain America had the beard, but thankfully, not the diaper.
CD: Epic Brewing “Escape to Colorado” IPA
yes. I think I will
Aren’t you already there?
Its also a…mental… state
Is that before or after you’ve imbibed?
Um. Yes.
I just got my ass kicked at glow-in-the-dark minigolf.
Its such a sweet, glow-y ass, too.
“twisted” pretzel beer, pineapple beer, glow-in-the-dark putt putt golf (which I only won by 2 strokes, btw), & artisan ice cream with Mr. Mangan.
This Jack Mangan guy is a definite keeper!!
*creak*
Ssssh you’ll frighten the tumbleweeds.
So we just finished season 1 of Boardwalk Empire. Good stuff! Very reminiscent of the Godfather, but that’s not a bad thing, in this case.
I can’t believe this is real. If it is.
http://betabeat.com/2014/08/civilians-in-abandoned-mcdonalds-seize-control-of-wandering-space-satellite/
Faith in humankind/scared for humankind
Ask the sheep
For their beliefs
Do you kill on gods command?
First mistake. Last mistake. That’s Mustaine at his full potential right there.
Yeah. Its amazing that the biggest blessing ever was that Metallica kicked him out of teh band. That way we got 2 classic thrash bands. Until Metallica turned bonkers.
I win the prize for worst segment sentence post evar
Take no prisoners
Take no shit
Went to see GOTG tonight.
I liked.
And then there was 1
I spread disease like a dog.
Discharge my payload.
Wow. Lee Ving of iconic punk band Fear also has a movie career.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898962/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The more you know.
*shooting star*
Did you get that stimulated by the link?
No. Ms. Lawrence was not in said link
Yeah I didnt know 2/3 of these.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/american-slang-as-guessed-by-a-british-person
Thanks, Lo. I didn’t even realize I was down to clown.
Um… stop yo cakin’
uff-da!
Looks like a slow day. Who brought the deck of cards?
So one of my powerline adapters failed. I just bought another pair as it was only 5 quid more for two and least I’ll have a spare.
So… Van brought the cards?
No.
Only if it’s Cards Against Humanity or Munchkins….
I love to play cards!
Go fish!
I gots a full pair
In your hand? or on the table?
http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.22830443.6575/fc,220×200,black.jpg
BINGO
Put those back
We finished Orphan Black S1 last night. Man, that got great in the last 2-3 episodes!
It keeps getting OMG-er. 🙂
I am only 3 eps into season 3. I have really liked it.
D’oh. I meant season 2.
Just no:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1018579240/night-trap-revamped#
Don’y forget … Persieds Meteor shower peaks tonight and tomorrow.
Cloudy, no meatballs.
🙁
Could any of you social media savvy kids recommend the best site for posting videos for sharing with others?
I shoot video at these track meets I go to and I’d like a site that would allow me to organize the clips by event and allow people to view them over the web or download them.
Seems to me that youtube wouldn’t let me organize them like that and didn’t allow for downloading. The only other one I am aware of is vimeo but I am not sure if they have a “privacy” option.
Anyone?
Bueller?
It ‘s his day off.
Livejournal? (I kid, I kid)
Flickr allows you to post videos.
Vimeo?
vimeo.com
Damn shame:
http://www.nerdist.com/2014/08/exclusive-concept-art-for-long-simmering-blakes-7-series/?doing_wp_cron=1407777496.2650840282440185546875
HOLY CHRIST!
RIP robin williams.
Damn demons in our minds, I hate to see creative people struggle the most, IMO
http://news.kron4.com/news/breaking-actor-comedian-robin-williams-found-dead/
i see you saw that…
Wow. This is a terrible loss for our species.
as opposed to ‘regular’ people?
Yes. Some of us are not creative, but strictly analytical.
Right, so what makes them better than us? That is, why do you hate so see them struggle more than ‘regular’ people?
Questioning here, not attacking.
Lo, as someone who counsels those who are grieving, I’ve learned it is not that they are better than us, it is that they are visible and tend to touch more lives through that visibility. I’ve seen families who have had private ceremonies of 10 family members and others who have had whole communities involved. It doesn’t make it any more poignant or sad, it just brings awareness to something that most people don’t see in their every day.
Hmm. Well, that’s fair and to the point.
My $0.02:
Very well said, Cynful.
I won’t speak for Pixie, but I think I know where she was going with this. It’s just as tragic if the career Burger King fry chef is critically depressed as it is for the broke-ass artist in NYC – – but a creative type is someone who’s taking strides to connect on a deeper level with their identity and with existence itself. By nature, a depressed creative type is deeper into their existential wrestling match. . . That does not make their pain any sharper or duller than a ‘regular’ person’s, nor their suicide’s any more or less tragic – – but it does make their struggle more poignant and visible to us on the outside.
Elliott Smith is possibly the “celebrity” suicide that’s touched me the most deeply, because he’d conveyed through his music pieces of the misery that killed him. Listening to his songs now – – and watching Robin Williams clips from now on – will always carry a sense of loss and waste, along with the basic enjoyment.
OK, that was $0.05.
And then some people are just shallow, single-minded, bigotted assholes
No words.
Robin Williams brought me a great deal of laughs and joy at times in my life.
As silly as his Mork character seems now, when I was a kid it was something my whole family would watch together and we would LAUGH together. Giving me those memories was quite a gift.
I am very sorry he was not able to escape his demons.
Same here. Mork & Mindy was a staple of my childhood.
Indeed – while he’s had a lot of iconic roles that I will remember, Mork and Popeye are the ones that made the bond.
I imagine his new series (which was pretty damn funny) not getting renewed was a pretty major blow to him.
Same here. Our generation was introduced to him as Mork and as (the criminally underrated) Popeye- -while the hip adults were tuned in to his cocaine-fueled stand-up. We could forgive his occasional transgressions like Hook and Bicentennial Man because he always remained likable and reliably manic funny. And unlike most other comedians, he could really deliver in the serious roles.
It’s a goddamn tragedy that someone who brought so much joy and life to so many would succumb to his own unhappiness.
holy shit robin williams is dead
Anyone out here, in Deadpanland, using Show Box either on their Android or on their PC/Mac?
Im looking for feedback.
The greatest challenge our civilization faces is mental illness. Not even religion has caused as much damage.
That’s a great debate. A truly deressing one, but a great debate nonetheless.
+p
I guess you could argue that destroying lives in the name of religion (or for any reason) is an act borne of mental illness.
Ooh, good add on
We’ve definitely seen a lot of tragic losses related to mental illness or addiction in the past 5 years. Hopefully Robin Williams’ energy and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s are hanging out together in the ether.
http://laughingsquid.com/muppet-characters-appear-to-sing-and-dance-to-the-beastie-boys-1992-hip-hop-song-so-whatcha-want/
This. Hard.
made me happy
Tequila!
Now I am picturing Professor Doctor Honeydew and his assistant Beaker in a bar fight with the Sons of Anarchy.
Well, another WWC done. Now I must get the place ready for hubby’s parents who are coming in tomorrow. One day I might have a chance to rest.
Wooo – oh.
Today’s Schedule (in no particular order):
Shower
Make Bed
Make Guest Room Bed
Laundry
Grocery Shop
Empty Guest Room (How did it become a storage room for boxes of stuff?)
Clean both upstairs and downstairs washroom
Go to Sentry to pick up books they didn’t sell at WWC
Holy crap. That’s a lot of stuff to do today! I better get started.
So, let’s see how we’re doing with our check list.
Make bed – Check
Make Guest Bed – Check
First of two loads of laundry in washer
Clean upstairs washroom
Not bad for the first hour.
Now time to fill my larder.
CP: The Collector — NIN
Hubby needs to de-spider the guest washroom before I will clean it.
Though I feel bad for Robin William’s family, and was a bit shocked by the news, it has had little impact on my life. I still have to work, get though the day, and generally survive my life.
ditto
Guys I really dont think its impacting any of our lives.. .so… yeah
Still a tragedy though.
Right. There’s some degree of emotional impact after any tragedy outside of our doors – – whether it’s the death of an entertainer who’s brought us joy, a natural disaster, or the horrible actions of horrible people.
And after any of these things, we do all still have to face our daily responsibilities.
*every* suicide is a tragedy, imo.
Agreed! Which… is what I was trying to convey above before the thread went to confusionland
Yeah, though I’m not trying to diminish other people’s thoughts about Williams or his suicide. I prefer to look back on the memories he gave me with happiness.
Marc Maron just reposted his WTF interview with Robin Williams this morning if anyone is interested. Great conversation if I remember correctly, but frank talk about drug/alcohol addition if that kind of thing pushes buttons for you.
Downloaded!!
Oh yeah. At WWC, I found out the queen always keeps a vibrator in her pants. We know this because she always starts her speeches with, “It gives me great pleasure…”
That explains the Royal Guards’ tall fuzzy hats.
Talk about generating a buzz at the Con!
Bloody computers!
Installed new SSD, cloned old HDD to SSD, wouldn’t boot to SSD.
Tried various BIOS settings and changed boot priority, but it would always boot from HDD.
In the end had to unplug the SATA cable going to the HDD and then it would boot from the SSD.
sigh
Loads stuff fast now though.
not to mention the 3.5 inch desktop kit has the screws hples in the wrong place, so the SSD is just stuck inside the case without being secure.
sigh part 2
Oh and the cloning software didn’t work when I used the auto setting (the old HDD had a higher capacity), has to manually select the partitions to be scaled.
You can wake up now and have a look at this:
http://untappedcities.com/2013/09/03/6-paris-abandoned-metro-stations-and-an-abandoned-tunnel-vintage-trains/
Those psychedelic French:
http://io9.com/mindbending-french-posters-for-cult-scifi-and-horror-mo-1618671067?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
It’s like a bunch of Jean-Michel Jarre album covers.
Nothing silences the conversation like a 70s New Age Techno artist reference.
I caught my first computer virus on a remix of Oxygene that a friend sent on a floppy for the Atari ST.
I wonder if anyone born after 1990 would even understand the above sentence as the English language.
Cuteness Alert!
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5671145
Panda Babies!!!
Wow. Look at these transformations of these kids who march in Drum Corps during the suer months.
http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=9E36900F-6862-4E60-80A3-BED313122203
Hard work.
..and it’s goodbye to Lauren Bacall:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28767401
She was one of the great ones
RIP. Apparently it’s going to be that kind of week.
This week is fired. 🙁
CP: Arabella — Arctic Monkeys
In-laws coming in some time today. They are driving so I’m not sure exactly what time they will be in.
Is it wrong I have a problem with people in their late seventies driving through the mountains?
http://loudwire.com/20-facts-you-probably-didnt-know-about-anthrax/
For the metal-inclined among us. I think the most shocking item is the early picture of Overkill in makeup.
Holy shit.
“Arguably Anthrax’s heaviest and darkest album, ‘Persistence of Time’ wasn’t just a response to the oft-criticized humor of ‘State of Euphoria,’ but the gut-wrenching warehouse fire that destroyed most of the band’s priceless instruments.”
Gawd the Manhattan writers are so full of shit.
Then there is this:
http://news.distractify.com/fun/scary-panoramas/?v=1
Ew!
New favorite thing ever…omg
Why are they allowed to be named for a sports arena, but not allowed to open a casino? (indian tribal community in the coty of glendale)
http://arizonasports.com/43/1758300/Glendale-shifts-name-of-arena-to-Gila-River-Arena
From the files of “how long can you last?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqrblgFsqEc
00:00:13.27
You may win with that time
7 seconds
CP: Think Of You — MS MR
So there *is* a designed plot ending plan, & apprently has been all along!
George R.R. Martin Admits Some Game of Thrones Fans Already Know How the Series Ends
Oh that link didnt work
http://www.lefthandersday.com/
Happy today, fellow lefties!
!tooW !tooW
Only when Jennifer Lawrence is on screen…
CP: Shriek — Wye Oak
Have you heard their cover of ‘Running Up That Hill’? Its as terrific as their ‘Mother’ cover
http://www.avclub.com/video/wye-oak-covers-kate-bush-205299
Paul Bissonette wins:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/paul-bissonnette-uses-helicopter–glacier-water-to-win-ice-bucket-challenge-143921242.html
I hate this word… but that’s epic
Ladies and gentlemen (specially you, Jack)… I give you the video for ‘Southpaw” by Tomahawk.
http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/08/watch-mike-pattons-tomahawk-as-terrifying-puppets-in-video-for-south-paw/
One more link,
I really do think:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6214232/20-most-forced-rhymes-music-ariana-grande-break-free?mobile_redirection=false
Here’s were Lo breaks free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eRzOYhLuw
Oh. Fuck. This… hard.
Way to go, Internet…
http://www.newsweek.com/congrats-internet-you-trolled-robin-williams-grieving-daughter-twitter-264490
I refuse to click.
I don’t want to know the horrors I am sure are there. 🙁
dont do it.
Just out star gazing.
Saw 3 pretty good meteors in the last hour. 2 left “pixie dust” trailing behind them.
I saw 10 last night but they weren’t as bright/big.
No meteors but I did get a glimpse of the ISS through the gaps in the clouds.
Let the Aqua-Momoa swooning begin. http://io9.com/jason-momoa-will-officially-be-aquaman-in-batman-v-sup-1620111374
Am I alone here today? Looks like the Coyotes will have the toughest travel schedule of all NHL teams this season. Great.
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/555882469295915008
Echo…echo…
Well may as well run the gauntlet!
Throws out Groot to trip Lo
Groot the Wanderer?
Now Groo would be a good film role for Jason Momoa. A shame he fears being typecast as a barbarian.
Right. Now he’s being typecast as an Atlantean . What with Stargate Atlantis and all that…
Something tells me you’re not talking about Groo from Angel.
HaHa Essbee!! +10,0000 points!
Lest we forget Jason’s humble acting beginnings…
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0409594/?ref_=m_nmfmd_act_16
“Intrigue abounds at the Grand Waimea Hotel”
I may be an idiot but Im no fool.
Another app goes free on the App Store:
http://toucharcade.com/2014/08/14/freebie-alert-blueprint-3d-a-clever-3d-puzzler-by-fdg-entertainment/
Enjoying the last one you alerted us to.
Touching Robin Williams piece by one of my favorite columnists:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/180960/robin-williams-and-moment-magic
Early stage Alzheimer’s too. Blech.
Parkinson’s in another report.
Yeah youre right. I mis-typed.
Unrelated:
Not quite the dramatic alpaca, but a close 2nd in .gif greatness:
http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/354/018/b57.gif
Dear god!
Heart-breaking stuff:
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/08/incredibly-powerful-photo-taken-today-howard-university
wow. That student pic says it all
This is more frightening to me than any of the other sensationalist, scare-tactic headlines in the news right now.
I fear that the militarized, post-Patriot-Act, local law agencies’ abuses of power will only continue to get worse.
Agreed. Unfortunately. Denver is already notorious for shoot first, ask later
Why do canned air dusters get so cold when you use them?
because science!
When you compress a gas and then quickly release it, the gas cools.
Odd, cause when I quickly compress gas and release it…
There’s definitely a chilling effect in a room: people leave quickly. 😉
Blam!
I’m surprised SlyB didn’t know that.
I’m sure she does, Van! She is the science girl in our house.
Not exactly. When you compress a gas, it heats up. So, that can gets hot when it is filled. When a gas expands, it cools. As you use the air in the can, the remaining gas expands (is under less pressure) so the can gets cold. The faster you do this, the faster the cooling occurs.
The science gloves come off…
Not really, as the gas in the can would have reached ambient temperature by the time Essbee came to use it. So the compression causing heating was irrelevant in this case.
It wasn’t irrelevant. I was pointing out that expansion will cause cooling while compression caused heating. I was trying trying to be a bit more informative. In fact, the relevant law is the Combined gas law.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_gas_law
Let’s keep the gases discussion noble.
I will, but only periodically.
Dimitri would be proud.
Mandatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoDh_gHDvkk
I was going to go with “Jumping Jack Flash”.
Clever, J0e! But you should really get the Led out.
This is powerful stuff.
http://www.arseniohall.com/video/show-highlights/4127_Prentice_Powell_Performs_Good_Father/
I am verklempt.
I share because it’s funny shit
http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/gloriously-hilarious-ways-to-use-the-poop-emoji?bffbdiy&s=mobile
So today is the day to try a different hayfever medication as the usual one was useless yesterday.
Which made me drowsy.
Today I am battling the extreme discomfort of multiple bits from “midges” (as you called them on that side of the pond).
After an sleepless night of itching, I have now taken Benadryl.
Which made me drowsy.
Just discovered there’s a localish film festival and I can’t go:
http://whitleybayfilmfestival.co.uk
Grrrrrr!
Your crap joke for the day:
My new girlfriend just said, “After an orgasm, I like to kiss and cuddle, then fall asleep in each others arms. What about you?”
I said, “I usually delete my browsing history and throw the tissues away.”
“achoo”
Now THAT’S something to sneeze at.
Morning Pan
Still have guests in the house. Since before WWC it’s been go, go, go. I need everybody to go away (except hubby) and give me some time to breath
I have lots on my DVR to do play by plays on. I also told ditto I’d do a Big Trouble recording with him. I need people to leave just so I can do those.
It’s been a hell of a week, and now T-Cat is sick. I know how you are feeling.
Maybe we need to move the MMMmmmeetup to some quiet, secluded tropical beach for a week of relaxation.
Yes! Oh, yes!
Ummmm.
I’m with you, bub
If we get the Sep/Oct rain they are predicting, Longmont might have several beaches when you’re here!
…and now I’m beginning to wonder if meeting up in October in Colarado was a good idea.
You’ll LOVE it, Van!
We’ll bring some palm trees from AZ.
Rain I can handle, flight cancellations less so.
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/08/14/angry-local-newspaper-letter-of-the-day/
Somewhat related to Ed’s FB post from earlier today.
They killed biccies the bastards!!!
Is “biccies the bastard” a Game of Thrones character ?
..and thus a grammar nazi was born.
Doesn’t he look cute in his nappies and lil mustache?
wut the actual fuck?
I . am . so . confused
Brian Blessed and Hawkwind ..WTF:
http://youtu.be/a8pGS4cWbHo
Vindicationsk:
http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/08/robin-williams-popeye
Such a shame it took his tragedy for this movie to get the love it deserves.
I was disappointed with the film:
http://www.sunshinedna.com/
Midge bights (chiggers/no-see-ums) driving me nnnnuts!
pirate walks into a bar
barkeep looks at him. says ‘are you a pirate?’
pirate says ‘arrr’
barkeep says ‘is..is that a ship’s wheel in your pants?’
pirate says ‘arrrrrr’
barkeep says ‘what’s it doing there??’
pirate says ‘arrr, its driving me nuts’
Do you think he was “planking” ?
its possible. for sure he was swabbing the poop deck
Rick Perry!
FTW!
I never thought they’d ever pin any thing on that character.
your next president!
wait…
Ed for next governor of Texas! The seat should SHOULD be open soon.
I may be a fool, but I’m no idiot.
You taint neither!!
Well, I don’t mean to leave this evening on such a down note, but I had to share this cause it hurts:
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Three-dead-in-plane-crash-5692009.php#item-32373
They lived down the street from us. The boy was one of my son’s best friends and they were regularly either at our house or at theirs. I haven’t told him yet. Quite frankly, I don’t know how. It’s not something I can even relate too, but I know he is going to take it poorly. There are several boys in our neighborhood all of the same age that are friends with each other. This was also the only child, so now the mother is alone after losing her husband and child all at once.
So, whatever age your kids are, give them and your partners an extra hug and hold them close the next time you can.
Very sad 🙁
Well that is a hell of a thing for a 10-year-old to have to process. 🙁 It’s a hell of a thing for anyone to have to process. That poor family.
Your boy does benefit from having some great parents to be there for him.
Sending you hugs too, Ed.
Just seeing this Ed.
I suspect this has been a tough morning for the EfT house.
I can see that this is going to be one of those defining, “growing up” moments in your son’s young life but Jack is right.
Your son has you in his corner to help him move through this. That is big.
god dammit. So sorry for your son, man. That poor mom. Jesus…
Sympathies and hugs from the both of us.
Thanks, all. About the only consolation for the mother at this point is she has a strong collection of friends here in the school district looking after her.
*hugs* for the From Texas family
So sorry Ed. Hugs man.
On a more trivial note I was considering going to see Expendables 3.
I mentally slapped myself and made other plans.
Slap yourself again. I want to see Expendables 3. Sometimes you need a check your brain at the door kind of movie.
I’ve seen exactly none of the Expendables movies. I’m far too mature and sophisticated for such nonsense.
(Says the guy who posted the fap-joke .gif above)
Man those are fun, stupid movies. I love them. I agree with Bunny.
Hmmmm.
Dont.
Think about tomorrow?
Not when I can rule the day
I tend to see the Expendables as the opposite of the Transformers movies… Taking all the action stars of my youth, combining them together and managing to not rape my childhood.
I was psyched when I heard these were being made. It was the bleah general reaction that kept me away. Seems like a serious wasted opportunity.
The first one wasn’t too bad, but No.2 was so dire it put me off seeing 3.
Are you kidding? #2 was all I ever wanted in a film. Too glorious for words
The scene where the young lad recounts how his dog was killed..WTF! I actually stuck my fingers in my ears to stop listening.
Blah? The first 2 made over 500 milion world wide. Or do you mean critically not acclaimed? Cause thats true.
violence.
electro violence
Face the music, now the time has come.
On a even more trivial note, installing the SSD has transformed my old desktop (it originally came with Vista – ugh), Windows 8.1 now runs rather nicely.
The horror, the horror:
http://www.avclub.com/article/here-are-alison-brie-and-jennifer-lawrence-godawfu-208218
Came for the awful. Stayed for the Alison Brie cleavage.
Big sale on Japanese games on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/japaneseindiefestival
World End Economica has been on my try list. It is written by the author of Spice & Wolf, which is an excellent anime.
Oh, WTF. Sorry to vaguepan; was asked to keep quiet about some terrible news, which should be released later today.
Life can be an asshole.
That doesn’t sound good.
ugh
Agreed.
So watching the live stream of the Hugo ceremony.
Ummmm.?
Why has the lass got antennae, talk about feeding the stereotype.
This reminds me of that terrible Brit award ceremony with Mick Fleetwood and Sam Fox.
Kameron Hurley won best fan writer.
SFSignal won the best fan cast.
The lass taking the award for Patrick Hester has a horrible fake flower in her hair.
A Dribble of Ink won the best fanzine, Aidan Mohar looks quite dapper.
http://aidanmoher.com/blog/
First time I looked at the site.
Lightspeed magazine won the best semi-pro fanzine.
The guy who does a lot of the narration has a cool voice in real life.
Now we have the roll call of the dead.
No photos like the Oscars just a load of text,
Lawrence Santoro got mentioned.
Julia Dillon won the best artist:
http://www.juliedillonart.com
Ginger Buchanan won the award for best editor.
Ellen Datlow won the best editor (short form) award.
Game of Thrones won the short form award.
Gravity wins the long form award.
I enjoyed that film.
Missed who won the graphic novel award.
Kameron Hurley won again for best related work.
Found it on twitter:
@jimchines: Here’s @doctorow accepting the Best Graphic Story Hugo Award for Randall Munroe’s “Time.”
#HugoAwards http://t.co/Rd12iDXrh4
john Chu won for best short story (The Water that falls from nowhere).
Mary Robinette Kowal won the best novelette award.
Charles Stross won the novella award for Equoid.
For which story?
Which Mary Robinette Kowal. . .
(Yes, I could just look it up)
The Lady Astronaut of Mars
I figured. That’s a pretty wonderful little story. Good for her.
Best novel award went to Anne Leckie for Ancillary Justice.
Well that ceremony was rather dull.
I really liked the book even though her writing style–intentionally done for the character–annoyed me a great deal during the first half of the book.
I’m probably being unkind, but watching the Hugo awards made me think what a ghetto scifi fandom is.
Thanks for the email Jack.
CD: Avery’s 21. Delicious.
Agreed
Judging from Tee Morris Facebook post, I think I know what Jack’s vaguebook post above was about. Damn that sucks. Can we just excise this whole last week from history and get a do over?
And another thing…people suck.
I had been searching a bit for articles about the crash to see if any more updates about the cause were available. There aren’t. But, that hasn’t stopped a handful of anonymous aviation “experts” from weighing on the competency of the father and his piloting skills – all from single photo of the crash site.
I tell you, the one who patents the technology that lets me reach through the screen to punch somebody will retire wealthy enough to impress Scrooge McDuck.
Ed, it will be at least six months to a year before the FAA reports come through. It sucks that people are speculating and speaking from lack of knowledge. I’m sorry for that. If it is what happened in the case of one of my group members the Mom will want that FAA report when it becomes available; not for her grief or the gruesome details, but for the liability. Again, I am sorry for you and your community that you are going through this.
Not reading comments is good advice for a lot of stuff on the internet.
That’s disgusting, Ed. These armchair Lindberghs should keep their fucking speculations to themselves.
I really hate this species. Clueless daft fucks hiding behind the wall of anonymity. Vans right, stay off the boards.
http://www.gofundme.com/pgfund
This is the shitty fucking news.
whoa… out of nowhere
🙁
Morning Pan
Managed to ditch the in-laws for a few hours yesterday and finally saw Guardians of the Galaxy.
Thoughts?
It was a fun movie. Although I did ask about the tapes degrading over the 20 or so years. (trying to be as spoiler free as possible)
It left lots of avenues open for sequels.
My thoughts exactly! Otherwise, it was very realistic.
😆
Do you think Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel did motion capture or were they just voice actors?
I read They didn’t, at least the Raccon was done before Beadley cooper recorded his dialogue.
Ed, I just read the news here and on FB. Hugs to you and your son.
ditto, the in-laws leave on Wednesday. Assuming all is well with you, I can record any time after that.
Sounds good
CP: Born In Chicago — Paul Butterfield Blues Band
I’ve never read his stuff, but I know he’s garnered some respect.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CIOFODY/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_ask_0-SwH.0K4CBJN
And free is nice. Maybe I’ll give this book a shot.
CW: the latest ‘The Leftovers’
Still bloody brilliant.
It’s on our DVR waiting for us to actually have a little time.
It’s rather nihilistic.
i reject this notion
you mean it’s full blown, hardcore, pants wetting nihilistic?
“full blown”
Teresa and I have watched ever episode. The acting and character development is really good. Although I think I have given up on the notion that I will ever understand everything that is going on. I get the feeling the writers said “okay we have this unexplained event, but we aren’t going to ever explain it, just write how characters react in that world.” Which I guess is okay, if you know that going in.
-ever +every (except last nights, it’s on the DVR)
From what I’ve read they have no intention of revealing what happened, the series is about how the aftermath is dealt with.
That’s what I figured.
Today at work, I felt like I gave cancer an ” F* YOU!” as I assisted with implanting radiation seeds in a patient, with cancer.
Its not much, but it’s something.
You ain’t see this right:
http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/18/6030725/star-wars-hd-despecialized-edition
It’s where Han shot first.
Han not only shot first, he was the only one to shoot.
Ok, must stop. Thinking of a terrible Star Wars porn I saw where they stole the line “Thanks for letting me come first, Han”
I really need some time off.
No, no, no! The line was, “Thanks for coming after me, Han.”
Ok, work I am doing.
I’m looking forward to watching SW like it was 1977.
The whole political crap revolving around the Hugos & Nebulas this year has been stupid in the extreme.
You don’t think Vox is a racist?
I don’t think that part is in contention. He totally is, as well as a misogynist, bigot, and all around asshole. It’s the whole thing that essentially revolves around “we write better stories than you do” when it is really an argument about conservatives vs liberals. Which is also a moronic duality.
Why is there so much drama around these awards events?
Well they certainly wasn’t any drama at the actual ceremony.
Van, you have some film review competition:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/18/sarah-palin-turns-film-critic-to-praise-the-giver
She has better legs than me I would have to admit.
The hairy dead moose legs from her last hunting trip?
It would have been a better headline if she praised “The Guyver”.
Is that where she tries to kill you you with a tin can and some string?
and Jimmy Walker.
Dy-no-mite!
A bottle of Johnny Walker and some dynamite.
I’ll fake it through the day with some help from Johnny Walker Red,
Send the poison rain down the drain to put bad thoughts in my head.
Who on here is a Sons of Anarchy fan?
I have so much to discuss, Im bursting at the seams!
T Cat is, but I haven’t kept up with it.
I love it. My summary of the show so far: I can’t tell if I want to be Gemma Tellar, or marry her.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10100762491732412
The extreme cuteness may just counteract some of the recent ugliness.
That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.
Morning Pan
In-Laws leaving tomorrow. While hubby’s parents are the best and we really get along, I am looking forward to them leaving. I really haven’t had any down time since before WWC.
Hubby and I have been practising this neat little trick. Being left handed, he had a bit of trouble with the arm crossing part but now folds shirts like a pro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIDUDhpjhqo
Are you referring to left-handedness as a disability??
Absolutely not. Some of my favourite guitar players are left handed. 😉
Hmmm:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28843968
The world will end not with a bang, but with a Bardarbunga.
*like*
“An orange alert indicates that a volcano is showing “escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption””
Oddly enough, that is the same reason that the Deadpan MMmmmmmeet-up has been put on orange alert.
Hubby’s grandmother, who is 98 and lives here in Calgary, seems to be reaching her ending. She’s not in the hospital or anything but is just acting…wrong. As such, hubby’s parents are now talking about staying longer.
I’m torn. I want things to go quickly so I can have my house to myself. But then, it is hubby’s grandmother.
*sigh*
All the best to your family, Bunny. 🙁
hugs from the both of us
Managed to find another source of Space Battleship Yamato, oh what fun, crazy physics and ocean metaphors pushed too far.
that is half the fun. 🙂
Oh yeah, really am loving it all over again.
Are you watching the original or the reboot?
The reboot, only saw the original in the heavily edited theatrical release it got in the UK in the 70s.
I also love the theme song.
Damn you Tomorrow’s World:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/08/18/340716269/how-long-do-cds-last-it-depends-but-definitely-not-forever
Yeah, a number of my cds and dvds are already dying.
SPEAKING of which … on my todo list today was to ask you guys if any of you have a favorite “cloud storage” site.
I’m tired of storing stuff on media that fails.
Anyone?
I just go with Drop Box. Not imaginative I know but *shrug*
P.G. Holyfield update from a few minutes ago:
“Dear friend, or beloved friend PG… Patrick… Is in active decline. If you want to see him, come today. We understand realities of life will prevent most of you from being here, but if you send your messages we will read them and share them. We are sorry to have to so publicly share this urgency, but we are trying to reach everyone as quickly as able. If you can please share out this update, we would be very grateful.
His mind is still with us. He may sleep most of the the time if you visit. We have space and your visit would be a grace, however we may need to ask you to wait a bit for him to be ready to see you in a moment of strength.
Email Pamela starstryder@gmail.com for address
In love and sorrow,
Viv & Pamela”
🙁
Very sad.
🙁
the last week has been very sad for all of us in one way or another.
I need a little bright spot.
Van, today is Aviation Appreciation day.
He’s probably still “up in the air” about that.
Me 163.
No Komet
Whooooooosh!
Actually I figured you wanted to give “Aviation Appreciation day” it’s props
but you were waiting to see if it would really take-off.
You got that Wright!
In somewhat happier news (hopefully), I can report that a plane ticket, hotel room and car rental have all been booked. Now all I need to do is check my vaccination records.
You have to be vaccinated to visit Colorado?, I heard Lo doesn’t bite.
Cough
Much.
Just wait til you see the “delousing” they have planned for everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ38PGV_3wg
Not to visit, just to leave.
Yeah!!
justaJoe, any chance you are coming to our fair state?
I’m sure we can get him there.
If someone can find justaJ0e’s address, I can get the chloroform.
Send me a respirator and do an aerial disbursement of the chloroform.
This is about the only way I see of sneaking out of here.
I see several of us are going to have to make a detour.
Is it really kidnapping if the fellow really wanted to go anyway?
GLAD YOURE COMING, RHETT!!!
/credits
🙂
Another black man has been killed by police:
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/08/police_shoot_and_kill_another_black_man_near_ferguson.html
*sigh*
I’m honestly surprised there havent been more situations like this in the last few days. everyone seems trigger-happy as hell.
Two thoughts:
-Why have the police become a para-military force? Judge Dredd is supposed to be satire. . .
-I’m astounded and sickened at the logical Rube Goldbergs being constructed in order to point the blame at Obama.
Did you see the John Oliver video about this?
I have not. Link, please?
I might argue some points, but he makes a good case. And things have very definitely–tragically–been mishandled.
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/226583/john-olivers-monologue-on-ferguson-is-absolutely-perfect/
I’d add this powerful piece to the discussion:
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/19/americas_new_racial_low_point_more_crying_black_mothers_and_tear_gas_on_our_dreams/
Just heard an “in depth” story on this on NPR.
By all accounts of many witnesses, this was a “suicide by cop” thing.
In coherent man with a big knife grabs a bunch of stuff from a convenance store and then goes out into the street to have loud rambling conversations with himself. Two cops arrive on scene and tried talking him down. He finally produced big knife, raised it over his head and came at them. At which point they drew their guns and fired when he was 3-4 feet away.
A city alderman(woman?) was one of the ones who called the cops on the guy and was one of the witness to all of this.
I think we need a Deadpan group hug!
*hugs* to all.
hug pile on TEB’s bed!
Boing!
The world will end not with a bang, but with a Boing!
Is that your Big Boing theory?
You know you are all grown up when you have to check bin collection dates on the local council website.
I have definitely done that!
Tuesdays! They collect on Tuesdays.
…you were talking about here right?
Recycling, garden waste and general waste go in different bins which are collected on separate weeks.
So it’s possible to put the wrong bin out if you aren’t careful.
I just put them all out every week. Im terrible at remembering that stuff.
As long as you remember that we’re all coming (and some staying with you) in 50 (?) days
meh.
Netflix has been having streaming problems tonight.
#1stworldproblem
Gotcha covered, buddy:
http://popcrush.com/weird-al-yankovic-first-world-problems-video/
OMG, Godzilla 1998 (aka Matthew Broderick crapfest) is soooooooo bad.
But, Rifftrax Godzilla 1998 was super fun(ny)!!
Thanks, Jack for a fun date night!
xoxo, DP
It was definitely a fun night for dinner and (three middle-aged guys mocking) a (terrible) movie.
Will ditto or I have any guests in August 2016?
http://midamericon2.org/
Looks super fun.
Morning Pan
http://www.dorktower.com/2014/08/19/guardians-of-reality-dork-tower-19-08-14/
(minor Guardians of the Galaxy spoilers)
CP: Jolene — Dolly Parton
Spotify’s 70’s playlist FTW
CP: Paradise by the Dashboard Light — Meat Loaf
CP: Go — Meg Myers
CP: If You Leave Me Now — Chicago
Wise words from twitter:
@_corysmith_: You should only send pictures of your dick to someone if you lost it and want help looking for it.
CPIMM: Detachable Penis — King Missile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4
Detachable detachable detachable detachable detachable. . .
Good (not perfect, IMO) piece about the HS football team in Furguson, MO. Do yourself a favor and don’t read the comments:
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/08/19/ferguson-missouri-unrest-mccluer-high-school-football/?xid=nl_siextra
Sports Illustrated isn’t exactly a beacon of top-notch journalism, but yes, that’s a good piece on an affected, overlooked part of the community.
Do you think it’s rather sad that Expendables 3 gets a 12A rating but the rom com with the Daniel Radcliffe gets a 15 rating..
Not in this case. E3 was toned down exponentially to get that rating and garner more viewership. A move that I dont think was very wise.
Does Radcliffe show off his dumbledore in that film?
My sister didn’t mentioned that.
No need.
If you want to see it, just ask me and I’ll show you my screensaver.
“The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter.”
Oh, well done.
Well I’ll find out tomorrow. For myself.
It was all rather tame I’m afraid, no junk was on display..at least in the version for the UK.
I see a ham and cheese toasty in my near future.
Facebook just yanked Van’s post.
Ah no I delete it in this case and pm the bloke asking the question.
+d
Ah, them coppers still aint got ya
“yanked Van’s post.”
“for myself”
CP: Cruel Scenario – Bananarama vs. A Tribe Called Quest
Ok, even watching 20 minutes of the 1977 version of Star Wars made me realise that it really, really didn’t need George Lucas tinkering.
Youre just now seeing this?!?!?!?!? heh.
It takes me a while to decide to turn around.
I’ll let the appropriate people break the news on Facebook. I’ll break it here.
Rest in peace, P.G. Holyfield.
Im sorry, Hunney and everyone else who knew him here and elsewhere.
May PG be at peace and smiling down upon his family and those who touched his life, while on this Eartg
Damn.
What the man from Texas said.
R.I.P. and hugs to all who loved him. I know lots of folks who did.
*hugs*
Thoughts be with you and his fam.
Your mini crap joke:
If I refuse to take a nap am I resisting a rest?
http://www.baxterboo.com/p.cfm/zack-zoey-reflective-thermal-dog-jacket-raspberry
Morning Pan!
We are family free… for the time being.
However, that being said, my grandmother moved out to BC to die and is still alive and kicking. I spoke to her yesterday morning and she had plans to go to a movie that afternoon. Strange how life is.
You know what they say about creaking doors..
They need to be oiled?
THey are on the verge of becoming unhinged ?
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/creaking+gate+hangs+longest
Cuteness alert!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHZ_SFw1Q8M
CP: Nothing But Trouble — Phantogram
Ugh. I hate iTunes.
.i suspect you have company.
For the past while, iTunes has been resetting the metadata for songs purchased through the iTunes store. Since I modify that data, I find it very annoying. Fortunately I buy very little from Apple.
I still haven’t forgiven them for their DRM’ed files.
Me neither. I use Amazon almost exclusively for my music purchases. Unfortunately, due to licensing, there are some things I can only buy from iTunes. Which really annoys me.
I ain’t defend’n them or noth’n … but wasn’t the whole DRM thing a measure drawn up to appease music industry executives and the Skeksis at BMI and ASCAP who never have really gotten on board with this whole change in technology?
Isn’t Lars from Metallica to blmae for that?
For St. Anger? And the Load/Re-Load atrocities? And the Lou Reed collaborative abomination? And the bullshit cover choices diluting Garage, Inc.?
He deserves his share of blame, yes.
I like most of Load.
Not a Whiskey in a Jar fan? heh
“I like most of Load.”
Oh, Hercules, say it isn’t so:
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/21/kevin_sorbo_writes_an_insane_rant_on_ferguson_calling_protestors_losers_and_animals/
Holy shit. I went into this saying, “There’s no way people didnt take this out of context”.
But yeah… its that bad after all.
He’s still pissed that The Rock didnt want him in the new Hercules movie
HA! At least he blamed Obama for it.
On the guy killed Tuesday: video has been released that seems to contradict the story justa Joe recounts from NPR above.
I hate to sound similar to the asshole contingent out there. . . .
. . . but since it hasn’t been said yet here, I’ll post the reminder that most cops do an admirable thing, every workday. The majority of them deserve our respect and gratitude. If you’re in real danger, then these are the men and women who will risk their lives and safety to protect you from that danger.
That said, I recall many instances of 5.0 hassle and power tripping, when my only crime was being a long-haired white kid. It’s the minority of bad police who fuck things up for everyone else. That’s more a problem with humans, though, than it is with cops, specifically. There will always be a number of abusers, any time you have an authority group. The real danger is when that authority gets too much unchecked power. And tanks and military outfitting in the suburbs.
It’s pretty much the same of any group. Just takes a few as*h*!&$ to get everyone in the group viewed badly.
You can have 500 people protesting loudly and vehemently BUT non-violently and if a dozen thugs start throwing rocks or smashing windows … the shoe crowd is labeled a mob.
As for giving cops military weapons … Very few people can have shiny new toys and resist the urge to eventually use them. In the case of a taxpayer funded organization, they are also feeling a STRONG pressure to use those toys in order to justify the upkeep and maintenance of the items. We’re finding out just how bad an idea it is.
🙁
If so, it takes an already sad event and makes it … (loss of words).
Did you see a link for that video?
See the update:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/08/19/3473247/police-officers-involved-in-fatal-st-louis-shooting/?elq=~~eloqua..type–emailfield..syntax–recipientid~~&elqCampaignId=~~eloqua..type–campaign..campaignid–0..fieldname–id~~
The only discrepancy I saw was that the cops appear to get out of their car with their guns drawn.
Given the way the suspect was acting and that he had his hand tucked in his waste band as though he had a gun … that seems more than prudent. You can then clearly hear tho officers telling him to drop the knife and you can clearly hear the guy screaming shoot me as he is going right for the closest officer. Given they had their guns drawn and were clearly telling him to stop and he wasn’t going to do so there is no question in my mind that this was clearly a “him or them” situation. Seriously. there is no way you go at any human being (much less a cop) with a weapon drawn and him pointing a gun at you and not expect that outcome.
As I heard one person say earlier this week. The cop has every right to go home alive at the end of the day as anyone else.
Perhaps the most striking thing to me is the commentary of the guy shooting the video. He says that this guy is F*&^ed-up and is going to kill anyone who gets close to him and it is all just a big laugh to him … until the guy is killed. The video starts with no humanity and ends with a loss of human life.
All just awful.
I really disagree. I think that a kill shot was incredible overkill. Couldn’t they have shot him in the leg? There is just no value for human life demonstrated in the video at all.
It’s a terrible way for that situation to end. Wounding is a nice idea but I just don’t see how that was at all possible in this situation.
6 seconds after they stopped their car he was walking towards them with his hand tucked in his waistband and he starting scream “shoot me”. 18 seconds after they pulled up the guy was maybe two steps away from the closest officer, still approaching and screaming… and the cops started firing. If the nearest cop lowers his gun to fire at the leg and misses – he has a knife in his face. If the guy is high on certain drugs and the the first shot isn’t lucky enough to destroy the guys knee cap or break a bone – the cop has a knife in his face.
With only 18 seconds of data and only another (maybe) 2 seconds before one of them is stabbed(possibly fataly) I just can’t question their response to the emendate threat.
I CAN feel bad for the guy though. I don’t know what went wrong in his life to get to that point but the societal importance of addressing those things before violence occurs has never seemed more obvious.
And, to bring something a bit lighter (or possibly the most horrifying of all?):
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/08/nicolas-cage-as-everyone-internet-meme
I clicked the link for further horror. The Thriller album cover may have been my favorite.
I…adore..this
The Hermione one was too good. 🙂
Cage-zilla is surprisingly absent.
“Cage-zilla” (!!!!)
I gave my brother-in-law nightmares with that one. 😉
CP: Warm Shadow (Dactyl Remix) — Fink
Are we doing a Fantasy Hockey League this year?
I need to get my scouting gear together and start scouting.
That’s the plan. We’ll send out an email soonish
Me, Me! Oh me! I must make up for last year’s dismal showing.
TEB: Did you get the new First Aid Kit album? 🙂
umm. Did now.
ditto speaking of Phantogram (as listened to above, are you a fan of Voices? Try as I might I just cant get into it. It lacks the sweetness and urgency of Eyelid Movies and Nightlife.
Love me some Sara Barthel, tho. Hard.
Yeah, I do really like Voices. I know it is a bit of a change, but it works for me. 🙂
I shall re-invest!
I’ll loan it to you and then you can decide.
Done.
This week can go fuck itself.
(Please watch video above of kitten hugging a baby rat to counter the negativity of this comment)
Hard.
… and now Sarah Bareilles is telling me she’s not going to write me a love song.
great
NOW what did you do?
Convince her to write a song about not writing you a love song…
How about writing a song about writing a song about not writing you a love song?
What if you paid for it?
That’s between you and Pixie, Jack :blush:
Trust me, you always pay for it in the end.
…wait
er, not what I meant.
You had better start singing about gold.
“In the end”
…. you knew it was coming
“it was coming”
“it was coming”
so nice you came twice
Bet your bottom dollar.
And that’s the end of that. 🙂
Times passes..
CD: Stone/Heretic/Beachwood Unapologetic Collaboration IPA
When the hell did The Faint pout out a new album and why wasnt I told??
Morning Pan
Today’s Schedule:
Two loads of laundry
Tyche Newsletter
Tyche bookkeeping
Lunch with friend
Buy weekend libations.
I pulled a back muscle this morning doing my workout. Add that to sore tummy muscles from yesterday (nothing pulled, just sore). And I’m feeling very old today.
ditto! Did we want to start talking about a time to talk Big Trouble? Van, do you have anybody? If not, did you want to join us and make it a three way?
The three of us could be fun. 😀
I definitely want the recording!
No problems with the threesome (cough), but wondering how we can record it (not sure if the software I use can record a skype conference call)
Kristen Wiig is 41 today.
I’d still do her like she was 39.
Blatant Plug:
One of our books is in a special 8 pack of ebooks. The entire pack is on for $0.99 at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Dragons-8-Fantasy-Novels-ebook/dp/B00MQNEXEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408716201&sr=8-1&keywords=Gods+and+Dragons
(and many other ebook stores)
Wow. I’ve decided I have NO idea what you do for a job…
Lo, I work here http://tychebooks.com/
My name is now in the copyright page of a half dozen books.
Thats it. I’m going to film a porn parody called ‘The Jizzbucket Challenge’. I’m going to make a fortune.
Will there be a webpage dedicated to Jizzbucket Fail?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdo49dIJ6fM
Or this
http://entertainment.ie/wtf/Watch-All-the-greatest-Ice-Bucket-Challenge-fails-so-far/281491.htm
Oh as with most pron parodies, it will be mostly all fail
I’d buy that for a dollar.
In Soviet Russia, pron parody buys YOU for a dollar!
Lo: Folder is in Dropbox.
Appreciate it
Speaking of Jizzbucket, I am attempting to use Google Drive.
My first attempted at storing something there, apparently only mirrored it there. Got rid of it from my computer and it disappeared from GD. **rolls eyes**
Trying again, this time by uploading through the web. It is taking a very long time.
file upload is now at 76%.
Been trying to upload one file all this time. It IS 1.7gb but with about 20gb of stuff I want to store – I am seeing the folly of storing on “the Cloud”
So did Lando, eventually.
Oh. Jack.
Would it help if I got a cape?
My upload speed on broadband is a bout 100k/s so uploads can take a long time.
On the plus side the NAS drive supports uploads to google drive, so I can leave file uploads to that and let it chug away all night.
1000th comment. Just cause I can
Can someone explain to me why Mythbusters is downsizing?
“going in a NEW DIRECTION” ie “we cant afford them all anymore”.
Also, Kari got too hot and blinded people every week.
Perhaps the “build team” will go on to do their own show.
… Or perhaps build a working Deathstar.
I hope so. Either one.
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/rob-halford-the-10-records-that-changed-my-life-605970
Now this I have to read. Their debut album came out 40 years ago? Judas Priest!
Its about exactly what you’d expect.
40 years??? Judad Pr.. wait you said that. Uriah Heep!
Actually, you did not say “Judad”
Oiy Vey!
CP: Champagne and Reefer – Muddy Waters
Well you are coming to my house tonight . . .
I said ka-zam!!!
Film at 11?
*sigh*
To dreeeeeeeam the immPOSSible dreeeeeeeaaaam!
Sleep at 11.
Too much weed then 😛
I dont do that! Anymore! Very much! Not that theres anything wrong with that!
Now…. booze on the other hand…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/TaraxacumOfficinaleSeed.JPG
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/screencrush.com/files/2012/07/Weeds.jpg
Armagayddon:
http://youtu.be/Ervtik_7jYQ
“So much… equality”
Brilliant…
woot!
Well done.
So a network glitch in San Francisco, meant my mothers luggage didn’t get transferred onto her flight back to London. Which wouldn’t be a problem (although still a bloody hassle) but almost all her medication was in the bag.
Oh it’s going to be a fun day tomorrow..
Hoo boy. I weep for thee.
Uncool!
Turned our pretty painless in the end, her bag was dropped off by courier the same day.
On a steamier note, there’s a Kate Bush documentary playing on BBC 4, I had forgotten how bendy she was…
Do you really want me to break out that video again? 😀
She’s like a rubber band girl.
Too bad she was running up that hill, now she is over it.
Desert Pixie and I had excellent times tonight at Fate with Dan Shaurette, Evo Terra and his wife, Sheila, Dani Cutler, Debbie Walker, and Ruth Carter (who some of you may have met when you were here).
Glasses were raised to Patrick. It was a necessary and a good thing.
And I’ll leave you with this, that I read earlier today. Nobody doesn’t have an opinion about Frank Miller.
http://www.wired.com/2014/08/frank-miller-sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for/
Goodnight :Dark Knight:
A few sales on the app store with retro games:
http://toucharcade.com/2014/08/22/dotemu-summer-sale/
Hmmmm:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/if-white-characters-were-described-like-people-of-color-in-l?s=mobile
Ok, so I’m going to solicit name suggestions for the next page, since the scrolling on this one is getting to be a bit much. I have a few ideas, but I’d rather use yours.
Have at it!
The Man Who Scrolled the World.
Dr. Scrollglove
The Man Who Scrolled Me
Scrolling Down the River
The Man with the Scrolling Gun
You Only Scroll Twice
Scroll Another Day
For Your Scrolling Only
…Pick your favourite James Bond Movie and Scroll with it 😉
Scroll to the Hills
Almost Scrolling
Enter the Scrollman
Scrolling Can I
Again pick your favourite song and scroll with it.
You mean, “Like a Scrolling Stone”?
Or “Octoscrolly” ?
From Russia with Scroll
Syncscrollicity
Scroll if you want to, scroll around the world
Got a little B-52s playing in my head atm
Dr Jack or how I stopped worrying and learned to love to scroll.
Scrollshack
The Downward Scroll
Where is my Scroll
Bloody hell a LostRalph post.
Sorry Van I didn’t mean to startle you.
We missed you guys last night, Ralph!
“Have at it!”
Interesting train of thoughts and consequences.
http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/08/21/henry-rollins-fuck-suicide
http://henryrollins.com/news/detail/an_apology/
Somewhere in the Pan is a link to a cartoon with people telling those who have the flu or cancer to “just get over it”, “pull yourself together” that sort of thing. I thought that is one of the best reflections of our society towards those who suffer from it.
I hadn’t commented before but I think that the thing that shook me so much about Robbin Williams death was – If a guy like him, who could put so much funny and happiness into the lives of others couldn’t overcome depression. What hope does the average guy struggling with the same thing have?
Strangely enough, I find myself agreeing with both of Rollins’ articles. On one hand agreeing that the person who commits suicide is willfully abandoning those who love and depend on them and at the same acknowledging there is no way of understanding the depth of pain and sorrow that led them to take their life.
Further to Jack’s comments above:
Space, Canada’s version of the SyFy channel,has a daily TV show on what’s happening in the world of Genre. The three hosts did a Sin City parody called, A Troll To Cry For. It’s quite cute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZJg_h7Oxg8
I always kind of wanted to be in Doctor Who.
I suppose, if I really had to, I’d settle for being in Karen Gillan…
;p
http://m.shutterstock.com/images/127211720
To Lucy or not to Lucy this is tonight’s question.
Scarlet it is.
http://bit.ly/1BPymIU
I call foul.
Jack, you got some splain’n todo!
At least it wasn’t a photo of a chimp..
Get ready to rumble:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28913165
CW: The first episode of the new season of Dr Who.
1.5 hours before it’s here. They are re-showing the Christmas episode in lead up to it now.
NO SPOILERS!!!!!!
You know we’ve come a long way, two women in a loving relationship can be portrayed on TV aimed at kiddies..as long as one f them is a reptile…
I’ve never seen “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”
Sure, I may be missing a good movie, a social document of the 80’s.
But I can listen to “Moving in Stereo” without having to hide an erection, so that’s a plus at least…
Nothing wrong with a little “hide the erection” on a Saturday night.
Well you’ve just ruined a classic track by The Cars.
Shake it… up?
Moderation? Maybe if I delete the web link?
How about if I use the defunct email address, then am I not in moderation???
Lost Ralph AND JohnBoze in one afternoon!
But speaking of Who, we still have something like 4 eps on the DVR to watch before tonight.
I watched “Big Trouble…” for the first time a month or two ago.
I have a few episodes of other podcasts to work on, what are we looking at for timing?
I plan to announce a BTiLC deadline soon, but I guarantee you’ll have enough time. It’d be great to get a (cough) second contribution from you!
Off to dinner!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10204471731535327
To Jacks post about show title:
Big Trouble In the Dog Days of Deadpan
“It’s Scrolltastic!”
Scroll and Scrollability
Romancing the Scroll
Miami Scroll
Scrollrider
Law and Order: Scroll Unit
Life, the Universe, and Scrolling
um…I got nothing.
Also “Scrull” about the dude with the flying bladed mouse wheel.
Oh, very nice. I kick myself for not having thought of that one.
So many goodness!
So …. Dr. Who
meh
Then I watched an ep of Buffy TVS from season 3 then I watched the last episode of Castle from season 7 then I watched the premiere ep of Chuck.
By FAR … Chuck was the best of the bunch. I had forgotten how much fun that show was.
Could you understand him with the Scottish accent?
re: the new who – Actually, comments WERE made about how hard he was to understand. The consensus though, was that it wasn’t an accent issue but a diction issue. As though he had a mouthful of marbles or something.
Right Pan, I’m off to see Lucy at the flicks.
Which was very strange.
That’s because we only use 10% of our brains. 😉
Yeah the science was bollox!!!!!!!!
Ted Chiang did it so much better in one of his short stories.
Was it fun though?
Some of it was.
I’ve never seen “Waiting for Godot”, but I think Lucy could be retitled “Waiting for Morgan Freeman”.
Seacon 1979:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMga-1TVZWc
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10204471731
Reposting to ensure that this James Brown Japanese ad isn’t missed. I’m sure that what he sacrificed in dignity, he replaced with crack cocaine. And soup, apparently.
At least he wasn’t wearing a Kimono.
Well THATS unavailable.
More wisdom from twitter:
@AvoidComments: Seeing a good internet comment is like finding money in your clothes: nice when it happens, but not something to base your life around.
Oh wow, having the SSD installed makes the hibernate function actually bearable on the desktop PC.
Woot squared!
Not that I actually use the hibernate function very often.
Ummmm.
…and then there is this:
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/infiltrating-london-subterranean-exploration-in-the-british-capital
A good innings and all that :
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28923074
I still rate the original ‘Flight of the Phoenix’ as one of his best performances.
CD: Terrapin Guano Loco (Chili Pepper Brownie) – The chili isn’t overpowering, just ads a touch of heat. Nicely done.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2372/126500/
CD: Sierra Nevada Electric Ray – IPA from the Beer Camp Series collaboration with Ballast Brewing.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/127725/
Normally, I’m completely the opposite of an IPA drinker, but this was hardly bitter at all and the flavors were astoundingly well balanced. Very nicely done.
Suge Knight shot 6 times outside a party hosted by Chris Brown.
Vanilla Ice is being sought for questioning.
Too cold.
So that Jodorowski’s Dune flick is fascinating, especially for anyone who has strong feelings(of any kind) for the book or the actual film.
The movie version that Jodorowski wanted to make would have been completely bonkers (hat tip, Van).
Good link to the James Brown miso ad:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PS12JTP4v9c
School starts again…and my wife gets her sanity back 🙂
Not for another week here, still time to enjoy the quiet mornings.
The public system doesn’t start for another week here. Hubby’s schools start today.
I see the director of ‘Where Eagles Dare’ has just died.
WTF:
http://www.worldgravywrestling.com
Wait… this isnt ‘Mericuhn??
I just don’t know what to say. Was jello not enough?
I always thought porridge/oatmeal wrestling would be more sporting due to the time factor.
As we all know, the longer that stuff sits after you make it, the stiffer and harder it gets. Heaven forbid you let it sit in a bowl all day. You just about have to chisel it out.
So make them wrestle in that. The longer the wrestle the more difficult it becomes. If the match lasts to long 15 minutes they become stuck like flies in amber. Then you could place bets on how long it took them to get out.
Then again, maybe I am missing the whole point of the activity.
“…the stiffer and harder it gets. Heaven forbid you let it sit in a bowl all day. You just about have to chisel it out”
I think I need a ciggie…and I don’t smoke.
Morning Pan
It’s a beautiful sunny morning right now. The temperature is suppose to reach 21C which is just perfect in my mind.
CL: Guardians of the Galaxy mixtape playlist on Spotify.
CP: One Mint Julep — Ray Charles
Off to fill the larder. Wish me luck in my hunting.
This afternoon, I’m going to do something I haven’t done in a while.
Make sure you have your B grade goggles on.
Groceries bought, kitty litter cleaned. Now back to looking at numbers.
Was the Suge Knight shooting retalliation for Biggie Smalls?
17 years later…
I also theough Jodorovsky’s dune doc was fascinating… I was following his dream all the way! I saw it, I felt it and I wanted it to happen. That man has some spunk at 83 years old!
Having Giger make some artistic sets and pieces would’ve been neat to see. I wonder if Alien would have looked any different.
I want to find Magma and listen to a few of their songs.
In about an hour, you will be subjected to this amazing film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1634121/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Before we do, since it’s been awhile, let’s go over the rules. Yes, believe it or not there are rules.
a) Spoilers. Yeah, sort of. My descriptions are usually pretty vague but still.
b) Spelling. Between auto-correct, my fingers, and trying to keep my typing of the play by play in sync with the movie, yes there will be spelling errors.
c) Movie type. While I have been surprised by the occasional gem, it is not to be expected. I fully expect this movie to be “B”ad, bad, bad.
d) Theme. This time I think I’ll do a “dear diary” theme.
Are we ready? Good. See you in an hour.
Hey Bunny! Let’s start a new thread for the PBP 🙂
All we need is a name. There were too many good suggestions above, so I’m going to solicit votes right now.
Standouts (off the top o me head):
The Spy Who Scrolled Me
The Man Who Scrolled the World
Scrull: About the Dude with the Star Thingy
There were many other goodies, though.
Vote now, vote early, vote often! Bring Edgar Allen Poe along if you can! (too soon?)
I vote for Scrull.
Edgar Allen Srull Was Here
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Yo, Mangan!
We makin’ changes or not?
I’m ready to entertain
All righty, then. We’ll go with the Scrull thingy. (Uno momento, por favor)