Note:
This post has nothing to do with the hokey magic shuriken I think there was a cyclops and an old guy with a spider ex-girlfriend film, “Krull,” it’s just a snappy word-blending of “scroll” and “Krull.”
Who knows, maybe Krull will come up in the comments.
It’s movie time!
But not Krull.
Should get the palooza treatment. Just saying.
Not to be mistaken with Kull
Quicker than the human eye.
Today’s movie is called Intruders (not to be mistaken with the tv series of the same name)
The DVR write up: Two children in Spain and England are terrorized by a hooded, faceless phantom that seemingly sprung to life from the pages of the horror stories they wrote
Dear diary, some movies have subtitles. Why?
The secret is that only the good ones have subtitles.
Why do I doubt that
I know, I now, I look shifty.
Dear diary, the monster from my story attacked mom. It was scary
Dear diary, mommy was mean to me. I was telling her a story when she made me go to bed
Dear diary. When I get a cat, I’m going to name it Meow, because I have no imagination
Crap joke for the day:
A defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse.
In the defence’s closing statement, the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick.
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you all,” the lawyer said as he looked at his watch. “Within one minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this courtroom.” He looked toward the courtroom door. The jurors, somewhat stunned, all looked on eagerly.
A minute passed. Nothing happened.
Finally, the lawyer said, “Actually, I made up the previous statement. But you all looked on with anticipation. I, therefore, put it to you that you have a reasonable doubt in this case as to whether anyone was killed, and I insist that you return a verdict of not guilty.”
The jury retired to deliberate. A few minutes later, the jury returned and pronounced a verdict of guilty.
“But how?” inquired the lawyer. “You must have had some doubt; I saw all of you stare at the door.”
The jury foreman replied:
“Yes, we did look, But your client didn’t.”
Dear diary, I snuck out of the house in the middle of the night. It was raining. Me and Meow got wet
Dear diary, I’m pretty sure I saw this movie.
Oh well, *shrug* onward I say
Dear diary, no more stories before bedtime. Nightmares are not our friends
Dear diary. Today I saw a bullet shaped building. Mom said I’ll know what a real bullet is when I grow up
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/175-5985739-3071527?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Bullet+sex
Dear diary, I love the English. They do silly things like call their cats Winnie. How silly is that?
Is that a better name for Pooh?
Dear diary
Today I climbed a tree. Stupid cat
Dear Diary
I put my arm down a hole in the tree. Bugs don’t bother me.
Just as a side note: I have seen this movie. Probably did a PBP on it too. But! Will still watch it as entertaining you is paramount
Dear diary
I’m a plagiarist! Fear me! Beam ha, ha, ha.
Beam! Really auto correct? How does bwa becom beam?
Dear diary
Today is my birthday. Let the rain of presents begin
Dear diary
Daddy gave me a teddy bear for my birth day. He must die!
Dear diary
The teacher liked my story. Now I must finish it…
Dear diary. Today I saw moms boobs. She was in bed with dad
Dear diary
I’m having nightmares. I blame mom’s boobs
Dear diary. Today it rained blood. I spoke Spanish. It was strange
Dear diary
Church today. Mom spoke to the priest “in private”
Dear diary
Smart people use safety lines. Stupid people don’t
Dear diary.
Daddy rescued a stupid person today. He was a hero
Dear diary
I have no face
Dear diary
I may be twelve, but daddies still help keep the monsters away
Dear diary
I stabbed at the monster then daddy set fire to it. No more nightmares for me
Dear diary
Mommy is a bitch
Dear diary
I am Spanish again. It’s also raining. Again. I hate being Spanish
Dear diary
The monster came back. Luckily it’s the Spanish me he’s after so everything’s ok
Dear diary
The priest came by. He said he wanted to see me but I really know what he was after
Dear diary
Daddy is starting to believe me
Dear diary
Protect me!
Dear diary
Daddy fought Hollow Face for me. I love my daddy
Dear diary
He stole my mouth now I can’t scream
Sorry for the delay. Stupid solicitor came to my door as I was typing
Dear diary
Spain!
Dear diary, no one expects the Spanish Intruders.
It’s the comfy chair for you.
Dear diary
The evil spreads. I want to hide under my covers
Dear diary
Ther was an old man in my room when I woke up. He said he was a priest but I have my doubts
Dear diary
Today, mommy and daddy took me to a shrink. I’m not crazy
Dear diary
The new alarm daddy installed is rather loud
Dear diary
I think the stories are true…
Dear diary
He came again tonight. Once again, daddy came to my rescue
Dear diary
The malice think daddy is Hollow Face. How can I tell them they’re wrong when I have no voice?
Ow! My kitty bit me. I think she’s trying to tell me something
Dear diary
The priest can’t see him. I’m scared.
Dear diary
Momis packing. We must be going on a trip
Dear diary
The shrink says daddy and me were hallucinating. They are wrong
Dear diary
Did I mention mon’s a bitch
Dear diary
They’re making daddy go away. Please make them stop
Dear diary
Why can’t I stop writing the story? Maybe he would go away if I stopped writing about him
Dear diary
Tonight mommy and the priest had a sleep over. They were so busy, they wouldn’t come when I screames
Dear diary
Today Grandpa checked the tree. It was empty. It’s all my fault
Dear diary
Daddy is Spanish. Who knew?
Has ut ended yet?
Dear diary
I think a pipe burst. My room is full of water… And tree roots… And…I’m scared
So that’s a no then.
:cheerful:
Dear diary
I have no face. Please help me
Dear diary
Grandma killed hollow face. She’s bad ass
Dear diary
Hollow face is free
Now it’s over.
I was kind of ok with this movie. Not great, but better than some of the schlock I see
CD: Sucking on a Chocolate Lime
CW: The train S1:E1
while baking cookies and prepping steaks for fin din
Ugh. Inmean, the Strain
Its gross!!! And gorey!
-fin +din
I was wondering…
However, it’s after 5, and I’m still chained to my desk.
No worries. Steaks are just soaking up some marinading juices. š
There is lots of vulgar language amd gestures on this show.
Necessary? Probably not
I am in the wrong line of work:
http://www.cracked.com/article_21450_5-successful-people-who-everyone-forgets-are-exposed-frauds.html
It’s amazing that any of these scumbags can get to sleep at night.
So I am assuming this is just for fun
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvzDZLgCMAENCtU.jpg:large
… but the more I think about it the more it probably needs to be a REAL emergency sign.
God beer Ill do anything for you
God beer just tell me what you want me to
CW: The Emmys Backstage Live online.
Just so you know, Weird Al Yankovic’s “Beat Drama Series Medley” is fabulously funny; from the view and sound I have. Look out for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bQdc5W-LBU&feature=player_embedded
Off to the dentist with the sounds of Bachmann-Turner Overdrive playing in my phone.
Glad to see youre taking care of business.
Well you know you ain’t seen nothing yet.
So my wife has long standing back problems that make it hard for her to sit for too long. Thus, we spend a lot of time at our pool table in the living room while watching TV. Thus, we watch a lot of easy material like SyFy movies and Jerry Springer. Last night I decided to try something a little more involved and we watched The Dark Night because she had not yet seen it. She said it was hard to follow. The punchline of this story is that the next DVD coming from Netflix is Shutter Island.
I see a bad moon arisin’
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin’
I see bad times today
Looks like youre in for nasty weather
Southland Tales next after that?
Morning Pan
Been at work for a bit now and just realized I haven’t signed on to the Deadpan. What’s that about?
Games in real life
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2014/08/26/dorkly-comic-how-long-youd-last-if-your-favorite-games-were-real-comic/
Heading home after seeing Sin City 2 and wondering why I bothered.
Did the freedom-hatin’ muslim liberal kenyan occupy school teachers win in the end?
Are we back on the butt jokes? š
I like Alba’s butt and I cannot lie.
did you like the first one?
You know Lo I actually did. The sequel isn’t a patch on the original.
Ok. Cause I really liked the first one so just wanted some context
“just wanted some”
Lo always wants some…. at least that’s what it seems like
You’ll just have to imagine I’ve posted a link to the terrible, terrible, terrible related Van Halen song.
Aw, cut D.L.R some slack, Jack.
Hey, hey, ha-hey, one break….. comin’ up.
Well … he’s no Sammy Hagar.
Who himself is no Gary Cherone…
Well, he’s not my my my Cherone!
CP: Mother’s Little Helper — The Rolling Stones
I feel a sudden urge to watch Scott Pilgrim again..
Some one killed the pan!!!!!!
Well, Deadpan– our own Pan(dora) greatly appreciated us celebrating Nat’l Dog Day by taking her to “The DP” as we like to call it. I expect a happy and very sleepy pup tonight, all night long.
*happy face*
Morning Pan
Kitty goes to the vet today for her semi-annual checkup. She’s going to hate me all day.
Does this mean theyll be selling cups of Horton’s in Burger King soon?
What people tend to forget is Tim Horton’s was owned by Wendy’s for about ten years or so until it was spun off again. They still have a working relationship as it’s fairly common to see both Wendy’s and Tim Horton’s sharing building space. I don’t see how Burger King is any different than that.
Yeah, I agree. And so far they say there isn’t any plan on cross branding. Personally, I much prefer Tim Horton’s food over BK. We’ll see how that changes. š
T Cat likes to point out that it is impressive that TH has branded donut holes so well, that many Canadians don’t even know that that is what Timbits are. š
I tend not no forget since I tend not to have known that in the first place
I’ve been to TH once while in Buffalo. It was okay. I wasn’t particularly impressed.
People forget that although BK is based in Florida, the parent company is a Brazilian company. Reports are that Warren Buffett is impressed enough to buy in.
I don’t think I’ve ever partaken.
I hate to get all “Billiards” here but it’s hard to get around this one.
Turns out this merger is a tax dodge.
According to the financial sites, the “new” company will be “based” in Canada. Therefore … no corporate tax dollars for the US.
Oh, BK will still get all of the protections and incentives of operating in the US.
They just won’t have to pay US tax on the money they make while enjoying those perks.
BTW – Last year (I just personally looked up the financials) BK made a NET profit of 270.5 MILLION dollars. Yes, that was the cash they were wallowing around on AFTER they had paid all of those US taxes they are trying to avoid.
They ended their year with their HIGHEST profit margin ever and it has gotten even higher the first two quarters of this year.
Just something to keep in mind when you see Corporate shills shedding crocodile tears at the taxes they are supposed to be paying and threatening to move their headquarters out of the country to get “relief” from the onerous burden. They aren’t even close to going bankrupt due to taxes.
Jennifer Lawrence is dating the dude from Coldplay.
I am become death…
Lo you have to save her from his miserable mediocrity.
Good luck with that.
But who would save her from mine?
Hopefully they will cancel out.
“Hi Jen, my name is Lo. I’m a middle aged, unsuccessful, pasty, bald, beer gutty American. Wanna grab a drink or maybe just do it?”
Challenge… accepted…
Apparently, “Hi, I’m a middle-aged, vaguely European guy with gobs of talent that’s been squandered to create middle-of-the-road, weepy versions of Hootie and the Blowfish tunes” works for some guys on the Hollywood blondes.
And another thing! I don’t give a crap where you work. If you’re good to the people (or Chinese Elemental demons, in some cases) closest to you, and considerate to the people who *ain’t* closest to you, then that’s all the success that matters, in my book.
Its a good book!!
At the vet. Reeny is in the room being examined. Judging by the howls, she is not impressed
Poor Reeny :(. Are you sure she isn’t just reacting to the news about the Coldplay guy and Jennifer Lawrence?
Those may be my howls youre hearing….
CP: The Monster — Eminem
Your crap joke from the day:
A Scottish lad and lass were sitting together on a hill in the Highlands.
They had been silent for a while, when the lass said, āA penny for your thoughts.āThe lad was a bit abashed, but he finally said, āWell, I was thinking how nice it would be if yeād give me a wee bit of a kiss.āSo she did so.But he again lapsed into a pensive mood which lasted long enough for the lass to ask him, āWhat are ye thinking now?āTo which the lad grumbled, āWell, I was hoping ye hadnāt forgotten the penny!ā
CW: intruders E1
John Simms doing a crappy US accent.. Oh the shame.
But at least it’s slightly better than the other English guy who plays plays normally bad guys and is playing one here.
Did they break the Master?
Well he survived episode 1…
HP recall 6 million power cords:
http://www.cnet.com/news/hp-recalls-6m-laptop-power-cords-for-fire-and-burn-hazard/#ftag=CAD590a51e
My HP netbook was one of them, just ordered a replacement.
CP: Coldplay: Clocks
No kidding. And I just listened to “Trouble.” They happened to be next in the playlist.
YOU SONOVABYATCH
Just think he’s whispering sweet nothings in Jennifer’s ear now.
Oh, I’ll bet they are just weepy versions of Hootie and the Blowfish nothings.
HA!
What like, “Ive already made an Apple… let’s make a Cherry”?
Or stuff like: “Hey baby, I totally got away with ripping off that Joe Satriani song.”
or “Wow, I totally just jumped from Iron Man’s girlfriend to Magneto’s.”
CP: Wolf’s Law — The Joy Formidable
So many young people dying this year…
http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/bummer-alert/suicidal-tendencies-bassist-tim-rawbiz-williams-has-died-r-i-p
He’s not from any of the ST incarnations I know, but it’s still a damn shame. 30!
Man. I also wasnt familiar but damn.
CW: Forever E1
Hate, hate, hate the narration..grrrr!
..and keeping what happens to his body when he does a mystery is just bloody annoying.
Dies not does
Damn the luck about Jennifer Lawrence. How and Lo Pan and I supposed to have a battle to the death over her when we meet up in October? Damn inconvenient of her.
See! Selfish!
Lord I forgive her though
http://www.lucilleroberts.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/jennifer-lawrence-vogue-640×400.jpg
Guardians passes 500million worldwide.
Member back in Feb when i09 and all those folks were saying itll be Marvel’s one failure. Whoops.
(Think I remember Ed mentioning this a while back)
How did The Flash get his abiities?
Is he an alien?
Exposed to some radioactive matter?
Born with them?
. . .
Grandmaster Flash? I believe his abilities come from the Furious Five.
Lab accident and lightning.
Flash Gordon, however, gets inspired by Dale’s ridiculous arm-flappy cheerleading.
Approves:
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s–ZTY5kb-u–/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ona0obmrfgobvvthst0d.jpg
Also, the Flash origin is shown around the 6 second mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFhWZz7-X_M
justaJ0e, I wasn’t ignoring your BK billiards, above, I just don’t have anything but snark to say in response.
How can I boycott a place where I already never ever eat?
No worries. Not much to be said.
Corporations are more “people” than you or I, you know.
Morning Pan
I was loading boxes with books on Tuesday so now my back is sore. Today I get to help move the bookcases the books were in. I have a feeling my back will still be sore tomorrow.
I think my shredder is dying a slow and painful death.
http://tinyurl.com/llt9xm
…and now for a mini pub crawl.
Is that measured by ceiling height or square footage?
I’d join you but I think my boss would disagree on timing.
Alas it ‘s the usual mundane explanation of visiting a few pubs.
Ummm, yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2V7jMl-r20
My God! Just look up Caramel Kitten in YouTube. She’s a twerking machine
Still better than the Nicki Minaj “Anaconda-Fart Remix.”
12 seconds.
We’ve decided on doing a small Fantasy Football pool at work. I’ve been told I need a team name and I’m not feeling creative right now. Supervisor said since this not going to be on company systems, a NSFW name for the team is okay. Any ideas?
If you really want to go NSFW and offend everyone, you could just call them the Redskins, although, I’m a fan of “Porkskins” or “Potatoskins” myself. “Foreskins” might still be a bit weird for a team with co-workers.
If you want to offend those who hit their girlfriends I enjoy “Beats by Ray” or “The Rice Beaters”.
Well, I doubt if this is the case, but if they’re them kinds of good ol’ boys, then I’d go with “Your secret attraction to Michael Sam.”
I’ve named my team the “Band of Misfit Toys”
I was also dead last in my league last year, so there’s that.
Our actual Fantasy Hockey team is named for the local roller derby dames.
I just realized that, for probably the only time ever, our entire fantasy hockey league will be in town, together…
The Clock Ticks Into The Afternoon.
Oh I doubt that…
I’ll have my picks ready in case we want to do the pool when we are all in Colorado.
I’m excited about this news!
http://www.eonline.com/news/574365/netflix-paid-how-much-to-stream-the-blacklist
I enjoyed the series when It was on Sky.
New brewery opened up in EssBee’s tow, ‘300 Suns Brewery’. Checked it out and was well pleased. The greatest surprise came when I ordered a growler of Belgian Pale Ale and found out that that specific ale was a contest winner brewed my the brother of my best friend since high school. My fried passed a few years back, so it was a great ‘raise of the glass’ to my buddy.
That’s a cool tribute.
For the first time in over 20 years I ‘m getting stressed out at work.
Oh no! *hugs* and hopes for the best.
Morning Pan
Today’s schedule:
shower
do dishes
book edits
bookkeeping
Shopping for libations and snacks for tomorrow’s gaming
Oh, and clean the washroom. I totally forgot I need to do that today too.
There. My body’s clean, my dishes are clean, and my washroom is clean.
Now it’s time to clean up a book layout.
So does Adam Baldwin being a dick on twitter reduce your enjoyment of Rewatching Firefly?
I though watching The Last Ship was punishment enough.
I try and ignore celebrities as much as possible. And personally, I’ve been enjoying The Last Ship.
(ditto secretly has every episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians DVR’ed)
I’m saving them to torture you with ’em. š
The Last Ship has had some good bits, but the terrible acting of the guy playing the Captain and Adam Baldwin rather takes the shine off it for me.
The Russian stereotype bad guy added rust.
But heh the new Baddie on the season finale was a good change..
Well, it is a Michael Bay production, so I expected some of that. It’s entertaining, but best enjoyed when you don’t think about anything. š
I have been known to stop watching an actor or actress or stop listening to a musician based on how they treat others. My thinking is I don’t want to support their behavior with my dollars and attention. I know they have no idea who I am or will stop the behavior if they ever knew (like they would even care), but it makes me feel a little better.
Time to spend money!
Let’s see…
Alcohol
3 types of salty
1 type of sweet (I’m thinking of getting gummi bears because, well, gummi bears
Smarties (to make Smartie cookies)
Pop
I think it will cover it.
Back in a bit.
Yay for smartie cookies…. or for us US folks the semi-equivalent of M&M cookies
I purchased a new toilet from Amazon the other day. After submitting the payment information Amazon asked if I wanted to share that I made this purchase on my Facebook account.
“Go me! I just purchased a new toilet on Amazon!”
or not.
If you order 2 or more they come by an 18 wheeler, tractor trailer.
Now all your neighbors know you are replacing your toilets.
LOL
Also don’t celebrate its first use with Instagram.
not even with a filter
Pinterest
Pisserest ?
Just had a guy walk past me in the hall and say, “Baby Metal.”
So it’s going to be that kind of a day, huh?
Did he have steel stars embedded in his forehead?
Lo, not too crowded at 300 Sons? We haven’t been there yet when there was even a parking spot. We just keep driving in those situations.
Was a great time to go – about 630 after the after work rush left. It was 2/3 empty. I only tried 3 of their 10. The ESB was good, the stout so-so, and the red very good.
RE: Van’s mention of Adam Baldwin. Ugh. Just saw him in an episode of Leverage too:
http://www.themarysue.com/video-game-harassment-zoe-quinn-anita-sarkeesian/
I have been following some of this, but wow… this travesty is even worse than I thought. And Baldwin’s behavior is inexcusable.
As for Sarkeesian’s videos, I highly recommend them. It’s food for thought, which is part of what outrages these privileged fucktards that out to get any woman involved in games. Or comics, for that matter.
Frankly, I have the depressing impression that the political climate of the past decade is triggering a regression in not only civil discourse, but civil rights as well.
I agree, ditto. The pendulum is gonna swing back now in the US. Creepy to read stuff like The Handmaid’s Tale and imagine what could be on the horizon. B & I have wondered if registering a civil union was a wise move . . .
Deeply, deeply appalling. It’s tempting to dismiss as solely the behavior of bored, unsupervised, ignorant, socially-underdeveloped, young bullies, but sadly, this doesn’t seem to be the case. Adam Baldwin, for one, is a grown man with smart, progressive colleagues. These peopel should know better
Further to ditto’s comment, here is a write up on criticism vs. hate
http://www.newstatesman.com/future-proof/2014/08/tropes-vs-anita-sarkeesian-passing-anti-feminist-nonsense-critique
Further to this, I am the gamer in the house. That’s not to say hubby doesn’t game, but, we both agree, of the two of us, I go farther, and deeper, and play way more games than him. However, while nowhere to the degree of these two ladies, I still have the stereotype placed on me.
When the super duper special edition of whatever game comes to the door, inevitably the courier asks if this is for either my husband or my son. Sometimes I say it’s for me but mostly I just ignore the question as I don’t want to get into a discussion about my gaming habits.
And heaven forbid I play an on-line game. If it comes out I’m female, well the comments can be down right rude (I had one person ask me to take a picture of myself nude and post it). I tend to stay away from on line games. I prefer playing by myself.
Just my two cents worth.
I’m proud that my group of gaming friends don’t act like this. I worry about their sons though. We all know what peer-pressure is like at that age. It is possible they are these kinds of morons. No one should pretend such threats are harmless. But this is the same community that believes Swatting is a “harmless” prank. It’s reprehensible. It makes me ashamed to be a gamer.
Such behavior is unacceptable. I really hope this is a vocal misogynistic minority. A lot of creepers out there.
Of course it’s the minority, Rhett. Nine times out of ten your loud, drum bangers are the minority. Just like most of the stereotypes of any group are (usually) the minority. It’s the unusual ones that get the press after all.
CW: True Blood finale
After this I can watch something else.
I hope the workday stress has abated, Van.
Yes, all all down to a bungled holiday swap, grrrr!
Theyre doing it wrong.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=55161
Doc Doom was the only good part of the FF films
You didn’t like the cloud placeholder for Galactus in FF4 2?
See I had blocked that out
The cloud Galactus was bad, the central plot of how stressful it is to plan a wedding was worse.
I haven’t seen the buried Roger Corman FF film from the 90s, but how much worse could it be? These are Batman-and-Robin depths of bad.
Dont ask that until youve seen it. Its near impossible to watch
Ooooh Kalingrad:
http://io9.com/russia-responds-to-canadas-sarcastic-geography-lesson-1628466415
š
Further to above, Time to play!
CP: Transistor (http://www.gamespot.com/transistor/)
Cool. I’ve been thinking about getting that eventually.
Me too.
I’m enjoying it so far. I’m only a few hours into it. It’s by the makers of Bastion and has a similar feel to it. Fairly quite with an interesting story line.
That moment, when you’ve decided to buy something from Amazon, then you decided to read all the customer reviews.
Now I’m dithering on buying some noise cancelling headphones.
In a related note: http://www.dorktower.com/2014/08/26/asking-for-it/
Ok, maybe not completely related but still, funny.
A little harsh tosee Arizona ranked at #35 š
But I guess that means I’m missing out on some amazing beers and i must branch out more.
http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/every-state-in-the-usa-ranked-by-its-beer
However, Colorado is ranked 3rd. Something to look forward to.
IMHO we should be ahead of Oregon and behind California… but thats just me.
Pixie lists are dumb. Worry not about lists
I sure hope we can surpass Iowa someday….
I guess when we are in Colorado we should all get a pint of Coors.
Youre fired!
So it seems it’s good to live in Texas:
http://observationdeck.io9.com/can-we-talk-about-the-bonus-situation-1628750084?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Youd have to have Ed verify that
You know, it’s just one of those things that you can’t really explain to those outside. Though, I expect the Colorado and Arizona folks have similar sentiments about their home turf.
It’s a big place.
Unlike Otisburg, which is a little bitty place.
CW: Divergent
CH(oping): the film is better than the book
And?
How could it not be?
I cant stop laughing, but then, at the end, it got creepy
http://www.buzzfeed.com/candacelowry/kids-who-shut-down-picture-day?s=mobile
Finally checked out “American Hustle” last night. So much talent in that cast, but I think the whole added up to much less than the sum of its parts.
What Ed said. It was fine, but not equal to the hype.
Watching Star Wars has reminded me that even as a kid, I wanted the Empire to win.
cough
Cooling cookies have created a state of panic.
I think I saw that as a Huff-Post headline.
Cooling cookie chaos conundrum causes calamitous kitchen craze!
(I guess that’s more of a Batman ’66 headline)
“THEY’RE SOOOOOO DELICIOUSSS!! I NEED A COOKIEEEEE NOWWWW!”
my preeeeccccious
Hey Deadpan
What if Spiderman was drawn like Spiderwoman?
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/spiderwoman
My eyes!
After dithering about noise cancelling headphones I went and bought these:
http://www.techmadeeasy.co.uk/2011/07/19/review-lindy-noise-cancelling-headphones/
Should still have time to return them if they turn out to be crap.
My 2 cents on NC Headphones in general.
The expensive ones seem to do a really good job. The not expensive ones … not so much.
They do a good job canceling a constant noise like an engine, motor, computer hum, that sort of thing.
I have never purchased a pair because what I want to use them for is noise canceling while I mow the lawn. The NC Headphones I have tried were NOT hardened for that sort of hot, dusty, dirty environment. Amazes me that Bose has never made a “Sports” model of these.
I’m an earbuds guy really, just wanted these for the flight in October as jetliners have a lot of background noise.
I could have went the NC earbud route, but since the reviews I’ve read mentioned you need a perfect fit for the NC to work that gave me pause (I’ve never got earbuds to fit in my ears properly).
Also since I’m not an audiophile and most of the music I listen to is highly compressed I couldn’t see much point spending hundreds of pounds on Bose.
I’ve tried the Bose and found them quite good. But I too balked at the cost.
I have a set of the standard Bose earbuds that I quite like for their audio reproduction … but after only about a year and a half of use the rubber coating on the wires has actually cracked and left exposed wire.
Considering the cost, that’s pretty shameful.
We liked Divergent quite a bit. Made us like the story more.
Just watched The Butler. Pretty good.
Ramona got hacked :
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/nude-photos-of-jennifer-lawrence-and-others-posted-online-by-alleged-hacker
Where’s Lo Pan been all day…. ?
Ive been sore. Very very sore
Is that what they are calling it these days>
Your weekly dose of madness:
http://www.wboc.com/story/26367051/cambridge-maces-lane-middle-school-teacher-on-administrative-leave
Dangerous stuff that scifi.
Ah Labor Day, time for the Tumbleweeds to play.
Hi Van!
Hi Van!
Hi j0e!
Hiya Pixie!
A day off for you as well?
Yep, I am unlaboring today, with Mr. Mangan.
woot woot
So, is Labor Day something that we imported with the Mayflower?
Nope!
This one is actually home grown.
We have a Labour Day holiday today as well. Not sure if we stole if from you Americans or if there is some other reason it’s the same.
I’m impressed with your American spelling, Van!
This is an apology to EssBee and Sly B. Sorry my email auto-fill decided you needed a spreadsheet. š
CW: Latest Manhattan
Oh dear, playing the Germans are ahead card a second time.
If I was lusting after Olivia Williams I would stop watching.
Cough
Wasn’t not was
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKupOsaJmk
On FB Desert Pixie wrote:
“Murphy’s Irish Stout on Nitro”
I get the Irish stout, but what does on nitro mean?
I wish I could answer that,but….
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Nitro/O.F.R./2977/
Nitro beers tend to be creamier and less bubbly/carbonated. It also makes for a richer and thicker head.
In response to head…
cough
But seriously, I found that I did not really enjoy the nitro head on this Murphy’s. It tasted lile pure chemical to me like when you use up the last of the whipped cream from the can and all you get is those few drops of cream, along with a zap of nitrogen?? ick
I’ve had other beers on nitro and didnt have the same feeling as I did today.
http://www.metalasylum.net/feature/feature12.php#.VAUVq3kg-Yk
New feature at the Asylum, featuring some stuff from me.
nice š
JW: Boardwalk Empire,season 2 finale. I’m really impressed with this show.
Me, too. Except for Eli. That guy is a puts.
Well since it is the 2nd of September here, Happy Birthday Ed from Texas!!!!
Which begs the existential question – since Van offers me birthday greetings from the future, am I already older in the U.K.?
Maybe I’ve just walked into an episode of “Through the Wormhole”. Morgan Freeman, help figure this out!
Well since you are now the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything…
Happy Happy Joy Joy!
Off to see this flick today at the arty cinema:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/11061158/Keeper-of-Lost-Causes-review-grit-and-promise.html
Not too bad at all.
I found the lack of Jumpers disturbing.
The shock of a postive portrayal of a Arab Muslim character.
Too much info dumping near then end.
Worth checking out.
Indeed (read the last line if you’ve missed the point):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/dont-like-jennifer-lawrence-girls-4145154
Useless info: 2nd of September 1752 was the day Britain switched to the Gregorian calendar, the next day was the 14th of September.
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/julian-gregorian-switch.html
Happy Bday Ed!
Happy birthday Ed!!!!
Happy birthday, happy happy birthday
Morning Pan!
I did something girly and picked up the new Sims 4. I’m hoping my pre-orders for Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry 4, Dragon Age Inquisition, and The Witcher 3 will offset my moment of female gaming madness š
Tsk, tsk..
happy birthday, Ed!
Happy Happy Birthday, Ed! We must celly in Denver
Happy Ed from Texas Day!
Yee Haw! Don’t Panic.
Yo Ditto!
Accept me from Skype so we can do our talk thingies tomorrow.
I thought we were talking about Big Trouble …
Yeah. Big Trouble thingies :happy:
done
i’m glad you are doing the recording, MS has screwed up my desktop installation of skype, at least it’s still working on the phone.
An old Deadpan guest and an awesome guy:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/piper-at-the-gates-of-hell-an-interview-with-cyberpunk-legend-john-shirley
Read a short story by him in Interzone last week.
So new headphones arrived, and I can’t get the lid off to put the battery in.
/shakes fist
..and now I have, it certainly mutes voices, but the real test will be crossing the pond.
muffled rather than mute.
..and the lid is broken which is why it was so difficult to remove.
sigh.
…and I selected a replacement rather than a refund, could slap myself.
Ah Spotify, thank you for informing me that Essbee listened to ‘Kung Fu Fighting’ by Carl Douglas.
The classic one hit wonder.
I’ve tried to eliminate my social media network from seeing my music updates from Spotify and Pandora. Unfortunately they sometimes slip through.
Oh I wasn’t bothered, just didn’t think that one hit wonder had crossed the pond.
I’m totally going to play that song now, just for you Van!
“Everyone was Kung-Fu Fighting!”
“Those kicks were fast as lightning!”
Good song to kick off a little BTiLT!!! š
I was rocking out to the 70s station last week – loved it!!
May need to watch some of these later:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Watch-Princess-Bride-Re-Imagined-Horror-Movie-66926.html
OK, really may need to watch some of these Liquid Television shorts later!
http://io9.com/5848426/mtv-releases-the-insane-liquid-television-archives-to-the-masses
Brace for 90s nostalgia overload. . . Believe it or not, kids, there was a time when MTV was an agent for subversive creativity.
These were quite good.
Ed you sexy fucker….
Theyve blocked the pan at work! All blocked!!
They got to you, too? There is no justice, my friend.
Thank you all for the birthday well wishes. Continuing on standard orbital pattern.
Blocked? This workplace needs an enema.
Morning Pan
It’s raining outside. Hard. This actually makes hubby quite happy. He was going to do his ice bucket challenge today but it may have to be postponed.
Ditto, Van, I guess we should figure out who’s initiating our threesome.
http://youtu.be/C2Q0cozkYJs
FYI: Home Depot had a data breach.
https://threatpost.com/home-depot-investigating-possible-massive-data-breach/108037
not that I’m counting or anything, but did it occur to anyone else that four weeks until we’ll be packing for Colorado?
Oh yes, hence the purchase of noise cancelling headphones.
Colorado?? Isn’t it cold there?
Temps are dipping into the 40s at night already, so everyone bring a jacket!
My goodness Colrado is getting more welcoming every day.
+a
I shall also be bringing a woolly hat
I might be able to knit one for you too š
Happy Anniversary…not:
http://io9.com/the-shocking-news-that-greeted-the-world-75-years-ago-t-1630002287?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Today I played some Impossible Mission (C64 version).
I wasn’t very good at it.
Forgive me, some of these are kinda funny:
http://www.tickld.com/x/the-25-best-two-line-jokes-ever-14-is-priceless
I’ll get 25 coats.
My first laugh of the day.
My nerves are burnin, my stomach’s churnin, there’s only one thing I need.
Now THERE’s some nostalgia for us! Funny, I thought the exact same thing when I read Joe’s comment.
This is an interesting development. Could mean hospice/comfort care soon.
http://www.eonline.com/news/575572/joan-rivers-leaves-intensive-care-unit-remains-on-life-support
Hmmmm:
http://www.staffersbookreview.com/2014/09/the-series-is-dying-and-the-internet-is-killing-it.html
I think I feel dumber for having read that. Although, to be fair, I’m not even familiar with most of the authors and series referenced in it.
I’ve certainly found plenty of things to read thanks to even my limited connection to social media – And if this guy thinks no one talks about later books in a series, he apparently missed the frenzies that went along with the last “Wheel of Time” books and Brandon Sanderson’s second “Stormlight Archive” novel.
So, the last paragraph just confirms that the whole article is BS and it’s just the author’s WAG without any supporting data. And yeah, I think I wasted my time reading the article.
Personally, I tend to hate long series. I’m almost always disappointed by the end. It’s like most long running TV shows: the stretch out the story too far, run out of ideas, and end up pissing off the fans.
I do look fondly on the old days where book series were rare and stand alone novels were king.
But time moves on and markets change.
Ack! My Skype recorded has decided it needs to update. For those who may be waiting for me… one moment please.
I’m ready.
Ditto, oh ditto. Wherefore art thou, my ditto
*stern voice* ditto, you will not be late!
Nice to chat to both of you !
Now I have to like the Dallas Cowboys. What has this world come to?
You’re allowed to like a player without liking the team. There was a lot of that going on during this year’s Stanley Cup Finals.
I wanna be a cowboy
and you can be my cowgirl
Where’s Trigger?
Among the rest of the four legged friends.
Ditto, Van, and I had a nice BTiLC talk. Although, I think we spoke more after the recording then before.
Jack, I have to do a bit of cleaning. Will get the audio file to you some time tomorrow.
Thank you, ditto, Bunny, and Van! I look forward to hearing it. With that, we’ll probably be ready for the first episode to drop in the next few weeks.
There were quite a few times in the old days that I used audio recorded after we’d both signed off (with the guest’s permission, of course).
CW: Legends E1
30 minutes in and it’s a bit shite,
Sean Bean US accent..grrrrr!
That should be further down
Sigh
Even Storm Troopers need a place to live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT16bUAGs0A
Hubby’s ice bucket challenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpjLjwfeNH0
Well done, sir!
If you want to fly ET, then Titan is the way to go..just wrap up warm;
http://what-if.xkcd.com/30/
Good luck manana Ess!
Op?
What Lo said!
EssBee!!!!
Phoenix Mercury is in WNBA FINALS!!!
Can u make a game??
Morning Pan
Today’s schedule:
convert two books to e-version
Year End closing
lunch with my Boo
BTiLC audio to Jack
KirkusReviews picks for September:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/top-picks-speculative-fiction-reads-september/
I saw Ed asking for book recommendations on that other site last night. Ed, did you settle on anything yet?
RIP Joan Rivers. You helped open the doors for women in comedy.
81, she had a good run.
Her mean jokes were sometimes a bit beyond my liking, and I never cared for the superficiality she promoted, but I applaud her legacy as a pioneer in women’s comedy and as someone who held firm against hypersensitive PC grumbling without spewing hate. RIP.
She actually stopped at our table during Comic Expo in April.
Sheep vs Quadcopter:
http://boingboing.net/2014/09/04/quadcopter-vs-ram.html
CW: Castles in the Sky
BBC one off drama about the early development of RADAR in the UK.
Eddie Izzard plays a good Boffin.
http://rothcpa.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/20121008-1.jpg ?
Well he does have specs in this.
..and I enjoyed that.
The drama and not the specs.
Many Boffins died to bring you that information
http://guff.com/14-life-hacks-to-simplify-cleaning-your-house/
Oh thisll come in handy… what with only 4 weeks til I have…um.. lotsa company
It’s a Chinese Hell? š
Holy shit you have no idea the current ‘Hell of the Still Not Unpacked After a Year’ it is here. heh
So probably best to avoid any offered sandwiches.
Cough
Don’t get in any elevators. š
My sandwiches are the shit, yo.
Dig?
Beeth, make samwheel.
I kerl the beeth out
Jack – I did elect to take on Lo Pan’s WW2 Panzer General memoir. I think I needed a change up like that in my reading.
Great!
Ill expect a 10 page, double spaced, 12 point font research paper on the 7th Panzer division. Due October 4th.
Oh Ill need 3 primary sources not including the memoir as well.
Typed up in Microsoft Works.
Would it be okay if he just presented it in the form of a modern dance piece?
Listen to me closely. Im not good at much. I dont make much money and I dont have a great career. But I take history very very seriously. I kick ass at it and its a passion of mine. So no. Please take this seriously.
Then again if there’s pasties and a Chewbacca outfit involved… fuck what I just said.
I don’t know why we never utilized all the history knowledge and enthusiasm around here.
What’s this about Chewbacca eating a Cornish pasty?
Sing along now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPzTGx96P6U
…and yes I know that anybody who takes history seriously will hate that film in so many ways.
I thought Han chewed first…
So replacement headphones arrived.
They work and do cut down on background npise.
The style reminds me of headphones from the 70’s an audiophile brotherinlaw bought.
Before I get blocked…. have a great day e’eryone! Lick ma balls!
Morning Pan
Jack, sorry I didn’t get the audio to you yesterday. I’ll get it to you sometime this weekend, I promise.
Trying to find a courier that will ship liquid across the border is hard.
I sure hope this post has nothing to do with the one above it. . .
Alcoholic beverages?
Just don’t want big trouble in little Canada.
Yes. I thought I shouldn’t bring local brews across the border in my suitcase. Border crossing can be hit and miss with how much of a hassle it is. I thought I’d ship some instead. The problem is, so far, I’m not having any luck finding someone who will ship international.
Any suggestions?
I brought 16 beers across the border from Montreal in my checked bag. From the US Customs and Border Patrol Website: There is no federal limit on the amount of alcohol a traveler may import into the U.S. for personal use, however, large quantities might raise the suspicion that the importation is for commercial purposes, and a CBP officer could require the importer to obtain an Alcohol and Tabacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) import license (which is required for all commercial importations) before releasing it. A general rule of thumb is that 1 case of alcohol is a personal use quantity – although travelers are still subject to state restrictions which may allow less.
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/190/kw/bringing%20beer%20into%20the%20U/session/L3RpbWUvMTQxMDA4ODAzMS9zaWQvTTlUb1pOMW0%3D
“the border is hard”
CP: Mani — The Appleseed Collective
I don’t know if I’m allowed to find this is funny but I do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K5nigZzgf4Y
Imagine The Onion or College Humor. Now imagine them actually standing a chance of being murdered because of their satire.
Speaking of Babymetal. . .
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2014/09/04/345778225/deal-with-it-headbangers-babymetal-is-here
Apparently even NPR has taken notice.
Good read. Thanks for sharing. š
\m/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/world%E2%80%99s-largest-dinosaur-discovered
Getting ready to depart for my last Track Meet of the season!
The Pole Vault is on Sunday afternoon but first I am making a loooong drive to Indianapolis to buy some used poles.
I made contact with the current owner about a week ago. 2 days ago I sent him a message asking, for an address and/or phone number. Oh, and can I get a bank check instead of cash.
15 minutes ago I got back from standing in line at the bank for cash … and discovered that he had finally responded. He’d like a money order instead of cash. Never fails.
*facepalm*
Used poles sounds like:
-the name of a shitty 90s Nu-Punk band
-A wacky, unfunny 80s comedy
-A creepy, grainy 70s porn
-A risky idea?
The next time you take a sip of the hard stuff remember it’s for your family:
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/truth-wont-admit-drinking-healthy-87891/
There’s a programme on Sky with two blokes in a fake shed talking about fly fishing.
If they had spoke Russian I may have understood more.
hi from surgery recovery land. oof.
pixie, no travel for me but i have been cheering the mercury all season!
xox to all yall
Get well soon!
What Van said *hug*
So I really should read the Amazon’s small print.
The US USB adaptor is actually being shipped from the US.
I was wondering why the estimated delivery date range covered the whole of September…
hello.
thats what i thought. this blocked out during the day is lame lame
Houston, we have a problem.
That’s a mighty weird looking avatar you’re sportin’
Shit am I not allowed to mention sports here?
I’d only be bothered if Houston actually had a sports team…grumble grumble.
Houston is lacking the best kind of sports team.
oof
Wait arent the Rockets good?
Beware if your neighbours cat has a fancy collar:
http://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-to-use-your-cat-to-hack-your-neighbors-wi-fi/
Today I’m being a rebel, I’n eating Oreo’s without twisting, dunking or licking.
Crunch!
Oreo’s = yuck to me.
He’s a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
I’m not a great fan myself, there are better cookies.
I’ve uploaded our BTiLC talk to DrobBox for Jack to grab.
Once again, thanks to Van and Ditto for a great conversation.
Grabbing soon. Thank you all!
Nicked this link from Lejon’s FB feed:
http://youtu.be/6B22Uy7SBe4
Bloody brilliant.
Joe Bonamassa, great guitarist but when speaks he reminds me of Deputy Dawg.
I’m sure Musky would agree.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746321/Jack-Ripper-unmasked-How-amateur-sleuth-used-DNA-breakthrough-identify-Britains-notorious-criminal-126-years-string-terrible-murders.html
So it wasn’t the Loch Ness Monster after all. . .
So you want a short back and sides with that stabbing?
too soon?
So it wasn’t this guy? http://tinyurl.com/p2ne55x
Isn’t that the original voice of Winnie the Pooh?
9 out of 10 for style, 3 out of 10 for practicality:
https://www.slow-watches.com/the-product
Ummmm:
http://rodddles.tumblr.com/
Funny, creative, a little sad?
I’m actually rather bemused some at some of the women using the tinder app (judging from the photos)’, you wouldn’t think they would need an app to get a hookup.
But I’m going into fussy duddy mode again,
WTF?
Hmmmm:
http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/04/uncomfortable-plot-summaries/
I can only wonder how this guy would summarize The Deadpan….
At least BTiLC is covered!
CW: Phoenix v Chicago
Was there much blood?
not going there
I make it no secret I don’t like creepy crawlies. So, just to enforce my phobia…
I was on the roof today. A stupid bug, in one of our trees overlooking our roof, bit me. My thumb hurts.
*grumble, grumble* stupid bugs.
It is their planet. . .
*like*
Just to get in the mood.
http://youtu.be/D03E9kUTTtQ
This is the greatest thing ive seen. And ive seen it for years. Ah rhett, me loves ya
Speaking of…. the BTiLC comic is fantastic. It perfectly encapsulates the tone and goofiness of the film. You can tell its done for fans by fans.
You may want to miss the upcoming DP episode.
Cough
Nah Ill just skip over the curmudgeony no fun sections…
double cough
You need some lemon syrup for that cough?
Ah Calgary. Where it can be sunny and 24C one day, and snowing the next. *sigh*
Feels like a good day to start building an ark.
I don’t think you look grizzled enough to be Noah.
Where’s Russell Crowe when you need him?
CP: Lame Claim To Fame — Weird Al
Kitty discovered my basket of fresh from the dryer clothes. A perfect thing for this cold and blustery day. :cheerful:
Well everyone. Welcome to Phoenix, Arizona- land of the lakes for freeways and floating manhole covers.
But it’s a dry flooding.
And is it really necessary to send a weather alert, notifying me of the Flooding every 30 minites??
Every. 30.minutes.
It really is impressive. I-10 is five lanes, each way and its a lake now
http://www.azcentral.com/picture-gallery/news/local/phoenix/2014/09/08/monsoon-rain-floods-valley/15276631/
Hope everybody in Deadpan land is safe and dry.
JW: Season finale of ‘The Leftovers’
Been a while since A TV series has managed to effect me emotionally ..but boy did this do that in spades.
CP: (Theme from) The Monkees
ditto, you monkey around!
Mom is PM’ing me on FaceBook about her latest fad. Make her stop.
Latest fad ?
Something about psychopaths and animals. There was also a link but I have learned never to follow links mother sends. She hasn’t learned about being wary of viruses yet.
I think, in this case, she doesn’t understand about PM’ing. It looks like she pm’d everybody in her “friends” list instead of simply making a post on her page.
Someone’s been fiddling with this reality’s “Wacky Quotient” settings again. . . Seems like they started yesterday. I’d like a return to relative normalcy, please.
3pm. I think I’m done with work for the day.
CPIMM: I Hear You Knocking — Dave Edmunds
Two mainstream songs from ditto in a row.
Time to check for pods in the garden..
In other news, it’s cold enough to drag the quilt out from the cupboard.
And that was Van with the weather.
CP: Black Flag – TV Party
When they play this live now, do they still call out “Hill Street Blues!” and “Fall Guy!”? Or do they update it with current stuff?
“The View!” “Orange is the New Black!”
Ok, it can stop snowing now. Please
http://trafficcam.calgary.ca/loc88.jpg
Stay safe, Bunny!
(2-for-1 post)
For all you SOA fans:
http://www.spin.com/articles/sons-of-anarchy-final-season-bohemian-rhapsody-cover-stream/
Morning Pan
It stopped snowing. All the snow on the roads seems to have melted. Now if we can just melt the snow on my lawn…
So it turns out FedEx, Purolator, and UPS will only ship alcohol from a licensed establishment to a licensed establishment. Now going to contact the brewery and see if they will ship across the border.
Well I’m off to see the following film at the flicks:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_I_Go_to_Sleep_(film)
I haven’t read the book it’s based on.
Nice to see Colin playing against type.
Hubby’s birthday is not for a few months but I figured out what I’m getting him.
http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/original-dungeons-dragons-rpg
Cool!
My birthday is next month. š LOL
Web Filter Violation! I wonder if it was the word, “dungeon” . . .
CP: Steel Concrete — Mad Mav
I would love to know who in Texas has my number :
00 1 (210) 249-0540
TX, USA
Meanwhile in the UK, Harvey Keitel is doing Burglar Alarm ads.
Hopefully not by re-enacting his most memorable scenes from Bad Lieutenant.
Van, http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/2102490540
If you do a Google search on this number, it’s amazing how many people are getting harassed by them.
Ta TEB, I shall block the number.
http://www.avclub.com/article/rocket-and-groot-make-complete-sense-calvin-and-ho-208982
Ah bugger:
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/09/graham-joyce-in-remembrance
I haven’t read all of his novels but the ones I have read I enjoyed.
https://twitter.com/Oatmeal/status/509409983583113216
New iPhone I’ll probably get at some point, no interest at all in the new Apple smart watch.
Hubby’s contract is up soon so he’ll probably get the phone. Doesn’t need a watch. The phone tells the time very nicely.
This is the most interesting announcement of the day for me:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/09/u2-release-new-album-songs-of-innocence-for-free-on-itunes/
I enjoyed it.
I now have a long list of ebooks on my phone that I have yet to read.
At least the phone doesn’t get bigger, unlike my pile of real books…
Actually… The new iphone is bigger š
Those whacky Public Utilities …
I just got my water bill from last month. It showed I used 249,300 gallons of water.
Even funnier … I have automatic bill pay.
I called the water department. The Mrs. lady there ask if maybe I had done some extra watering. I pointed out that I would have had to spray nearly 7800 gallons of water a DAY for 32 days straight, to use that much and ask her if it was actually possible to spray that much and not now be in the middle of a small pond?
She is sending someone out to re-read the meter.
Did you tell them about the shark infested moat to keep out the coyotes?
Maybe they thought you were in the middle of filling up your Olympic size swimming pool.
I suppose it is possible I have a leak in my secret, submarine base.
You’d better not be trying to film Waterworld 2, J0e. One was bad enough.
CP: Cool for Cats – Squeeze
…and I shall say goodnight with this:
http://youtu.be/LuxxFG9l1Q8
Hey, Deadpan. ‘That guy’ is back so it must be time for SAUSAGEFEST!
http://www.sausagefeststl.com
We’ve got about 3 1/2 weeks left to collect about $1000 of our $1600 goal for this year.
Any money we collect beyond that and during the event will go directly to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
http://www.bcrfcure.org/
Thanks!
How did this get through the sausage filter?
For serious: I will be donating. And what are the Deadpan groupthink thoughts on doing our MMMmmmeetup in St. Louis next year for Archon/Sausagefest?
(Just putting it out there for discussion. I’ve got a wedding to think about, so I don’t know yet how much travel we can do next year ourselves.)
Hmm maybe it was that other guy who also has access to the admin panel. š
That would be INCREDIBLE if you guys made the MMMmmmmmeetup part of Archon/Sausagefest. It really is a great party and there are plenty of games and panels and other geekyness to enjoy. Also, costumes, a dance, a masquerade and free beer on Friday and Saturday night with your con badge.
Ah, it’s my favorite time of year!
As for a Deadpan edition of Sausagefest – count me in. Of course, I travel anywhere, so you can count me in for wherever.
A web based AI for playing X-Wing Miniatures solo. http://xwing.runbam.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/xwing_ai_1.7.0b2/index.htm
There’s nothing wrong with playing with yourself, Rhett
Can’t read your comment Lo. I think I’m going blind.
Turning Japanese?
I really think so.
“I can’t shake him!”
waitaminute…
Bless you, Mel
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/mel-brooks-leaves-11-finger-handprints-cement-article-1.1932863
Awesome!
Jack, Rhett…thoughts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMs9yNlBp4c
Im intrigued by this new album. Besides Kirk it guests Chuck Billy and is produced by Dan the Automator of all people.
It reminds me quite a bit of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCjobAeMBos
Oh Mastodon…
Pretty cool. The vocalist reminds me of old Accept.
Of course, I know what album I’ll be buying around my birthday.
http://youtu.be/dywhFx-piIE
Wow, that sounds very Nevermore.
While we’re talking thrash bands, I spotted the new Arch Enemy single recently:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InRMwptcgAo
I hadn’t heard about Angela Gossow leaving the band, so I was a bit puzzled at first by the new singer.
OK, that’s the last :metal: post from me this evening.
Yah, Angela hand picked her replacement before she left, Alissa White-Gluz formerly of “The Agonist.”
It’s a kind of real-world uncanny valley, hearing those sounds coming from her. . .
For the love of all that’s good in the world, don’t read the Youtube comments.
Wisdom from twitter:
@saladinahmed: If you think an Apple watch is going to make you look like Dick Tracy, you’re half right.
On Bladerunner and shot glasses:
http://www.filmandfurniture.co.uk/2014/09/guest-feature-matt-cole-self-confessed-geek-discusses-blade-runner-combines-multi-cultural-past-retro-fitted-present-plus-details-iconic-whiskey-glasses/
Now that was an impressive article. I don’t drink whiskey and I want some of those glasses that I have no use for.
The power is out here. You don’t realize how dark a house can be until all the LED lights from clocks and such are off
Apparently, on Monday, we broke a record for snowfall. Wonder if the same happened
*sigh*
No shower for the Bunny. Our tankless hot water system requires power to heat the water. I guess I’m going to be a dirty girl for a while
No power = no computer
No computer = no work
I guess it’s reading time!
Cant’ you claim reading time for work? š
I will today :cheerful:
Run BM, see?
I hope you’re not speaking of where my mind went. Go see a doctor
Was that the band formed when Run DMC split?
You got it!
Ex Lax Cool J?
It’s starting to get chilly in the house. I hope the power comes back on soon
Idle hands and all that :
http://bagofdelights.tumblr.com/post/89652612113/classic-childhood-books-from-yesteryear
You know you are getting old when you start listening to top 100 pop tracks playlist on Spotify and don’t recognise ANY of the songs.
You need to get out more? š
Still no power. Kitty’s quite happy with the whole thing. She has been able to sleep on my lap the whole morning
It’s funny how the mind works. Whin it’s 19C outside, I think it’s a wonderful day and will go outside in a tshirt and no jacket. It’s no 19C in my house and I felt the need to put a sweater on and my nose is cold.
*sigh*. I hope the power comes back on soon
Your crap joke for the day:
A man walks into a hamburger shop and orders a regular meal. Later, the waitress brings his meal to him. He takes a bite out of it, and notices there’s a small hair in the hamburger. He begins yelling frantically at the waitress, “Waitress, there’s a hair in my hamburger! I demand to see what is going on!”So, the waitress takes him back where the cook is and to his demise, he sees the cook take the meat patty and flatten it under his arm pit. He says, “That’s disgusting!”Then the waitress says, “You think that’s disgusting you should see him make donuts.”
win
Still no power. It really is stating to get chilly in the house
We need volunteers to go keep Bunny warm! Anyone?
Nice!
http://english.bouletcorp.com/2014/09/05/kingdom-lost/
indeed!
CP: Stuck on You – Meiko
It’s been over four hours and still no power š
My iPad is down to 20% charge. Not sure how much longer I can read on it. My phone is at about 50%. Would think about leaving the house but won’t for two reasons
1). Old arthritic kitty need some place warm to curl up on
2). Most of my end of the city is out. Have no place to go that would be any better
Although, apparently they have power at hubby’s work. It’s too bad kitty hates to travel and hates people or I would head over there with her
Or maybe not. Apparently most of the traffic lights are down between here and there. Hubby said it took a long time to get to work
Gads. Be wary of mutants with mohawks on the road. š Fingers crossed for the power company to get their shit together soon.
Hmmm. No power means no tea, or any other hot beverage.
My toes are cold
It’s now lunch time here in Bunnyland. Kitty will have to live without a warm lap for a bit so I can make a sandwich or something. I refuse to be cold And hungry
Just got a call from my boss. Apparently they’ve been without power for about five hours too. She lives at the other side of the city. Go us!
Here’s hoping you get warmer soon, Bunny!
Cool. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/09/artist-kevin-weir-creates-ghostly-animated-gifs-using-archival-photos-from-the-library-of-congress/
And another cool link to keep you warm (minds out of gutters!):
http://io9.com/marching-band-transforms-into-giant-tv-set-and-plays-cl-1632200524
Especially for the DCI folks among us.
Let’s see…
Nope. Still no power. Six hours and counting
You’d think six hours of doing nothing but read would be heaven. However, I really do wish I had something else to do.
I also wish I had fully charged my iPad last night. And am very happy I did charge my phone
Ummmm:
http://boingboing.net/2014/09/10/99-red-balloons-played-on.html
Seven! Seven powerless hours! Bwa ha ha ha ha!
Was it the snow that caused the powercut?
Yeah Van. It’s a heavy wet snow so it broke tree branches and power lines throughout the city
Time to break out the camp stove for a cup of hot tea?
That only works if you have a camp stove
Make sure the raptors haven’t broken out of their enclosure.
CP: Australia – Manic Street Preachers
Now I wait to see if Lo gets it.
Well he does play a mean guitar
CP: Devil’s Taken Her Man — Miss Li
Tell my *cough* loved ones *hack* That I managed *gasp* to las eight hours *wheeze* before succumbing *cough, cough* to… The darkness *gurgle*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s
Bunny??
http://grizzlybomb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FrozenJackTorrance.jpg
Now the electric company’s website is down. I’m sure it was getting inundated with people like me constantly checking the status of their neighbourhood
Now enmax is lying. Their web site came back up. It says my neighbourhood has only been without power since lunch time. Uh-uh. 7am. *grumble, grumble* stupid power company
With all the noises, I fear I may need some roof repairs once this is all over. We have (had?) a lot of tall trees that overhung our roof
I’m told that Calgary has power again. I hope the rumor is true.
Let’s see if this comment makes it past rhe spam filter.
So… Jared Leto, of 30 Seconds To Mars, is on tour with Linkin Park (WOOT WOOT) amd a story surfaced yesterday about Jared’s manhood and theres a gif of his grabbing, stroking, boasting? his junk while on stage.
http://starcasm.net/archives/287560
Side Note: 30 Seconds To Mars and Linkin Park are stopping by Phoenix tonight for a show– this Pixie will be there, oogling Chester and you know I will be watching for some Jared Junk
30 Seconds To Linkin Park
Well, damn.
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/james-bond-villain-richard-kiel-dies-at-74-1201303251/
Though, honestly, I hadn’t realized he was still alive.
That reminds me, he starred in an cheap stAr wars knockoff in the late 70 ‘s:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Humanoid
I just re-watched the movie Hysterical with Richard Kiel about 3 nights ago. Spooooooooooooooooky.
Not Eegah!
Watch out for snakes!
Hey Pan
We have power! And it doesn’t seem to be a false alarm like yesterday. With the exception of a brief 10 minute blip, we were without power for about twelve hours. Twelve. Hours. I think that’s the longest outage we’ve had in the 20 years we’ve lived in this house.
Sorry Guys but there won’t be some Alberta brews at the meetup. I really did try. None of the big three couriers (FedEx, Purolator, UPS) will ship alcohol across the border, nor will either of the breweries. I know I brought some in my luggage one year but won’t now as it’s only getting harder to do so. It really depends upon the border agent at the airport and I’d rather avoid any delays or hassles.
You will just have to come to Calgary if you want to try the local fare š
For all those Deadpanites in the know, sorry I’ve become such a drama queen. With our dollar being only $0.90 I have to be a little more careful in my spending.
Hey, don’t worry about it. The important thing is you get to come and we get to spend time with you. You’ll just have less of a drive and thereby can have more of Lo’s alcohol stash.
Damn it WordPress! I don’t care if I did it before. If I want to š Cynful’s comment, I should be allowed to!
š š š š
Cynful’s statement x10000.
I drink much to quickly to ever have a stash…
Lots of fake blood from a first person POV:
http://vimeo.com/62092214
Was that from the PS4? Graphics have come a long ways.
Nah, just stunts and SFX
Brillaintly orchestrated bit of action sequence.
I’ve got the next four days off.
Strange to think that the next time I have the whole weekend off I should be in Colarado.
Colorado is better, but if you wanna go there instead you can
I wondered why the computer was laughing at me.
http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2009/8/27/beer-comparison-porter-vs-stout-100-more-infographic.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29131757
The real historical subject of Dan Simmons’ The Terror and the upcoming mini-series.
“the biggest archaeological discovery the world has seen since the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb almost 100 years ago”
Even mean, animals are still cute
http://diply.com/trendyjoe/32-animals-being-total-jerks/50083
CP: Runaway — Imperial Teen
Gawd. My mind feels like it has been put through a wine press.
Are you offering us tasters?
(hope you’re day gets better *hugs*)
No comment. š
More like the past month. Work has been especially taxing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4rCviCLhkE
Sorry, ditto š I’ll also join you for a glass.
To completely feed into the rumours I spoil my cat. I picked up a heating pad today so she would have a warm spot to sleep in my office.
Keep it constantly warm, in case of future power outages!
The cat?
One would hope so.
No surprise, but still something to be concerned about:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/american-shakedown-police-won-t-charge-you-but-they-ll-grab-your-money-1.2760736
This was exactly why I was trying to get a money order instead of cash on that trip I took last weekend.
I had heard about this abuse.
Don’t. Push. Grandpa. Cause. He’s. Close. To. The. Edge.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/the-adventures-of-grandparents-on-facebook#4axmixz
Apologies for the buzzfeed link, but this is seriously hilarious.
Sometimes it makes me wonder is Facebook’s gonna take us under
Now that was pretty damn funny.
Hah! I mentioned the wig at the time:
http://youtu.be/LOyVy7CTUJE
I dnt rhink I saw it here, but Im sorry if its already been posted…
If you have an Apple device, you will have U2’s new album waiting for you to download off of the cloud– for FREE!!
Just throwing that out there
Songs of Innocence-U2
Not a fan of U2, will give this freebie a miss.
The new Sanctuary is sounding like it will be an equal to Nevermore! Can’t wait for October!
http://youtu.be/tI07kqOoLLA
Does Amanda Tapping sing a dodgy english accent? oh wait…
I’d buy that too.
Cool, just bloody cool:
http://www.norwegiancreations.com/2014/08/bus-stop-pac-man/
..and off to the flicks to see this:
https://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/whats-on/films/view/a-most-wanted-man
Very a slowed pace, downbeat sort of film.
Morning Pan
Had a productive morning so far. I’ve cleaned the washroom, have my second load of laundry in the washer, converted one of our books to eformat. Now today, I think I’ll clean my desk.
Hubby was looking at the FaceBook posts I did when the power was out. He said he could tell at what point I started losing my mind. :silly:
Did you find it? Was it under the kitty?
No, it seemed to be connected to the electrical grid.
I have a clean desk! Hubby is going to faint with shock when he sees it.
Your crap joke for the daY:
In the future, the occupants of an airliners cockpit will be the pilot and a dog.
The pilot is there to feed the dog.
The dog is there to bite the pilot if he touches anything else.
Your silliness of the day
http://weknowmemes.com/2014/09/no-hipsters-no-wait-no-hamsters/
One for the Tempe locals:
@BethCato: My 1st ever booksigning is at @changinghands Tempe in a week! 7pm! Eat cookies! Buy THE CLOCKWORK DAGGER! http://t.co/XLnyfHpYGF
Are you a fan of her or her book? I don’t know her. Or her cookies.
Stop googling her cookies.
It sounds interesting, and there is a lot of buzz, but I haven’t put any money down and just put the book on my Amazon wishlist.
Some big rule changes quietly pushed through.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=730165&cmpid=nhl-twt
Including expanding the #$%#@$&! trapezoid?! Come on!
Rule 1.8 ā Rink – Goalkeeper’s Restricted Area
The trapezoid will be expanded by two feet from the goal post on both sides of the net.
More goals? More money from ads?
The trapezoid just hinders the goalie’s actions outside of the net. And slows the game down and makes a farce of the sport.
I’ll stick to old computer games.
..and on twitter there a changing the lyrics to the Spider-Man theme and going off at tangents:
@cynixy:
Spider Man? Spider-Man?
I never was
A grammar fan.
Is there a hyphen?
I don’t know.
Online buddies tell me, though.
Look outā¦
+trend
Now to look for a dark place to see the Aurora, I’m not hopeful.
Here it’s not a dark place so much as a non-cloudy place.
Clear skies tonight predicted, I’m off to be like old Doctor Who and see in what can be seen from the old quarry.
Haze and light pollution..ack!
http://www.universetoday.com/114503/clear-skies-tonight-go-out-and-see-the-aurora/?utm_content=bufferc394c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
There have been aurora sightings reported in AZ, but I don’t know if they were as far south as Phoenix.
Mesmerizing.*
http://brucesterling.tumblr.com/post/97035791728/its-won-a-moral-victory-no-matter-the
*Mesmerising, for those with a queen.
Steampunk short story collection goes free:
http://www.moorereppion.com/steampunk-salmagundi-free-until-saturday/?utm_content=buffere085a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Its cold. Its time for a Wasatch Black Pumpkin Imperial Stout
Wow, 1984.
http://www.guitarworld.com/new-sensations-50-iconic-albums-defined-1984#slide-1
Wow, 1994.
http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994
What a GREAT year. Although I assure you, Motley Crue’s self titled album defined nothing.
Bjƶrk
If she was home she could see this:
https://twitter.com/DaveThroupEA/status/510534337809637377/photo/1
Clearly, an inter-demensional rift has opened.
Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk
Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk BjƶrkBjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk
Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk
Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk BjƶrkBjƶrk Bjƶrk Bjƶrk
Sometimes you just need a good, old fashioned Bjƶrking.
Well, my week of recovery is over. I had a follow up with my surgeon today and all is going according to plan.
Miss you all!
Good to hear.
Woot!
Excellent!
Bjƶrk!
Congratulatory hugs to EssBee!
It’s been a long, difficult, but relatively successful week. I’m celebrating with some Tank 7.
I just want you to know.
I think I’ve had too much to drink
Actually, I take that back. There’s no thought involved. I KNOW I’ve had too much to drink
My new words for today:
Murk lurker
Durdler
Typhoid rats are the best
However they are crap at playing chess.
Quote of the evening:
C island has tunnels for you to enter
Hubby just doesn’t know how to deal with me when I’ve had too much to drink
“C island has tunnels for you to enter”
previous comment brought to you by a bunch of Sky vodka
I need to book my next vacation at C Island.
looooong waiting list
Under the C,
Under the C,
Everything’s better, down where it’s wetter
Take it from me.
The Internets will be closing for the evening as Jack Mangan has just won them.
Thank you for playing and good night.
A little bit of history, covering the US version of the PCEngine console:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/225466/stalled_engine_the_turbografx16_.php
..and it’s goodbye to Mr Loderunner himself:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/225543/Obituary_Lode_Runner_creator_Douglas_E_Smith.php
Insensitive jokes about his manner of burial immediately come to mind.
Truly one of the best 8bit games of all time.
Listening to the new U2 album (I’m allowed to call it an “album” ’cause I’m old an stuff.)
I like it … but, when I finally heard a track that sounded like a distinctly different song I checked. It was track 8. So everything before that sort of sounded like all the same song.
Ham Holy Burger is actually a Restaraunt:
http://hamholyburger.co.uk/
I wonder if burger comes with a blessing…
I’m skeptical.
The bun is two communion wafers.
The best part of saturday waking up is the breakfast beer in my cup
How medieval of you, kills bacteria as well.
Ill make a breakfast mixture of Kahlua, Baileys, and tea for you
Sounds like we’re going to be in for quite a weekend!
Hey Im just here if you need me. I dont expect you to do all liquid all the time. heh
” all liquid all the time”
Another Chinese hell ?
Speaking of which … it seems that somebody emptied my vodka bottle last night.
No breakfast for me.
Ive.. got your refil
Oh joy there will be a 5th volume of The Middleman.
Hmmmm:
http://starllex.tumblr.com/post/51785994393/this-is-my-favorite-post-of-all-time
Bwahahahahahahahahahhaha!
The ending was worth it all š
Right on:
http://zenpencils.com/comic/148-stanley-kubrick-answers-a-question/
So if a German designed plane is built in Spain by a Spanish company, is it still German?
That is the question for the night folks.
Cough
‘Juankers’ is still a better name…
I’ve just got your joke, ooooops.
Blame it on booze soaked neurones.
To be fair I thought the name ‘Casa’ was your joke. Historical aviation fail on me
Do you love Malcolm? Do you have 180$ to well spend?
http://news.entertainmentearth.com/2014/08/14/firefly-malcolm-reynolds-16-scale-action-figure/
Hmmm… I thought his pants would be tighter.
So this actually happened:
A girl was wearing a Nirvana shirt at my daughter’s school.
My daughter: Oh awesome I love Nirvana. Whats your favorite song?
Girl: Oh its a band? I thought it was a clothing line.
My daughter: *shakes head and walks away*
http://tinyurl.com/lj36zup
Thats the idea!
Well at least she’s getting good experience in the disappointment of preconceptions.
Ummmm…
Ermmm
Your crap joke for a lazy day:
A woman takes her 16-year-old daughter to the doctor. The doctor says, “Okay, Mrs. Jones, what’s the problem?” The mother says, “It’s my daughter Darla. She keeps getting these cravings, she’s putting on weight, and is sick most mornings.”The doctor gives Darla a good examination, then turns to the mother and says, “Well, I don’t know how to tell you this, but your Darla is pregnant– about 4 months, would be my guess.” The mother says, “Pregnant?! She can’t be, she has never ever been left alone with a man! Have you, Darla?” Darla says, “No mother! I’ve never even kissed a man!” The doctor walked over to the window and just stares out it. About five minutes pass and finally the mother says, “Is there something wrong out there doctor?” The doctor replies, “No, not really, it’s just that the last time anything like this happened, a star appeared in the east and three wise men came over the hill. I’ll be damned if I’m going to miss it this time!”
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eYhPzPyUEdo/TNMeQjaezhI/AAAAAAAAAjk/iVVGQNHqYOA/s1600/Dreamcoat.png
‘Players are also no longer able to do a “spin-o-rama” on penalty shots or in a shootout.’
Come on NHL
I’ve spared you all from terrible jokes about ramen, Obama, and Rama. You’re welcome.
Oh good grief.
“Sandy Hook Truthers”
I didn’t even know these people existed until just now.
I wish I still didn’t.
Yes. Approximately 98-99% of our species just sucks.
I refuse to google
Goodnight :moon:
So this morning has a played a bit of the Spectrum version of Loderunner.
I wasn’t very good.
Today I finally get to see ‘How to Train your Dragon 2’.
Later pan.
The worse thing is sitting through ads for the Crap films aimed at children.
Although. ‘book of Life’ looks like it could be fun.
..and I’m alone in the cinema..woot!
I’m aiming to see both Box Trolls and Book of Life sometime.
We met the Box Trolls during a recent weekend jaunt to Universal! That should be a fun one.
Well that was fun .
Yeah. It wasn’t quite as good as the first, but I really liked it. And I was a bit surprised by one particular plot choice. It makes sense, but I did not expect them to go there. š
Morning Pan
Today’s schedule:
Minor edits on two books
empty kitty litter
take out trash
audio edits.
CP: Obsession — Lila Rose
Arrrrggg!
So, I set up a brand new Apple account for publishers. It took about three weeks to set it up and go through Appleās process.
Today I went on to our new ITunes account. It said I needed a program called ITunes Producer to upload books. It turns out, this program is only available for Mac. I phoned Apple help desk and they confirmed, you can only use a Mac to upload books. She suggested, if we do not have a Mac, we would have to go through an aggregator (such as Smashwords). Which we do now, we were simply trying to cut out the middleman costs. She also told me this information was on the FAQ of their account set up. Silly me, I thought the set up was fairly straight forward and did not need, therefore did not view, the FAQ, just the instructions on on to set up an account.
*sigh*
I did look up Mac emulators for Windows but am a little leery of putting such a thing on my high-end gaming PC.
*grumble, grumble*
These are the stories I remember when some Mac zealot starts going off about the evils of Microsoft.
Too true. Apple is just as bad as any of them, though many fanboys disagree.
While it doesn’t stop the burning from the annoyance of all this … seems like you wouldn’t need a very powerful or even modern Mac to upload word docs to the web. Maybe you can pick up an “old” Mac for a few hundred bucks that would do the trick.
Nope, did some checking. The newest version of the software will only run on newer macs (much like older iphones don’t get the updates to Ios any more)
Besides, I don’t want to get a mac just for the one application. I guess we’ll stick to paying aggrigator fees.
http://cargocollective.com/nickacosta/Star-Trek-in-Cinerama Cool.
Those are quite well done
Automata has some potential. š
http://io9.com/automata-trailer-shows-off-a-robot-action-movie-that-ge-1624643662
CP: I Sat By The Ocean — Queens Of The Stone Age
For those not connected with me on Goodreads, here are my thoughts on the book Lo Pan recommended for me – “Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck”
This is not a book I would have normally found on my own. But, a good friend recommended it and I am most grateful that he did. It is a recollection of World War II that everyone should read.
These are the memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck and in it he shares his experiences of his life as an officer in the German army leading up to and through World War II. It also gives his account of the five years he spent after the war in a Soviet POW camp and his eventual return to life as a civilian.
This book is not a glorification or romanticization of war. It is not a defense of Hitler’s Germany, nor an apology. It is an explanation of how men who were patriots of their country had that loyalty twisted and abused in Hitler’s quest for world domination. It is a view “from the trenches” and gives great insight into both the details of the battles von Luck fought in, and the thoughts and feelings of him and his men through the various stages of the war.
While I did find the narrative bog down from time to time with the details of movements during some of the campaigns, what really makes this book a standout are von Luck’s insights into how the German army viewed the war as well as the descriptions of encounters that he had with his enemies both as captor and prisoner. von Luck also brings into this collection additional stories from his companions who got separated from him over the course of the war – of people he befriended in Paris during the time Germany initially occupied it, of subordinates captured by the Americans in North Africa and the time they spent in POW camps in the American Midwest, of the woman who was for a time his fiance before his capture and five year internment.
In war, governments seek to make their citizens see the enemy as something not human. von Luck makes nots of the Nazi propaganda machines efforts to make the German citizens see the Soviets as “sub-humans” at the time that Hitler broke his non-agression pact with Stalin and started the disastrous invasion of the Russian homeland. This book shows that all of these peoples – Russians, Germans, French, Brits, even the Americans – weren’t just “others” but were men doing their best to follow the orders of the civilian leaders under difficult circumstances. It is a book anyone who would claim the mandate of leader of a country should read to better understand the human face of war and the young men whose lives are spent engaging in “politics by other means.”
This goes on my must read list now. Thanks.
Sounds like a strong endorsement. Did you do audio or text?
Wow!
You had me at … well, all of it,
Hmmmm:
http://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/theres-something-about-blade-runner
“Never once caused him any harm”??
Otherwise, yes, Deckard is a bastard.
I discount his whole essay off-hand because he admits to having been clueless about the whole “Decker as villain” thing.
It becomes clear from Decker’s first meeting with the police guy that he is wrestling with the whole issue of “Am I a good guy or bad guy” himself. Who really is human and who really is a robot. Who is bad who is good.
If Ebert is only just now getting that then I have trouble putting any other weight behind his “revelations” on this film.
I could go on and on about BR. Instead I’ll point out that the reader commentary below the article is surprisingly quite good.
Man that’s well said. Now I wanna read it again. Super happy you enjoyed it!!
I love 9pm time because the kids are in bed and that means its me and whiskey time. Tonite’s flair is Fireside Colorado Bourbon Whiskey by Mile High Spirits. A bold blend best served chilled. Smokey, a touch of peat, nutty with a hint of vanilla.
Now, that being said none of the kids are even close to asleep and its still kee-razy here. Its time to take a 5 minute bourbon break.
/personal twitter post
hmmm
Sorry. I suddenly pictured the scene from the Shinning where Jack puts his head through the hole he has just chopped in the bedroom door.
Gerry Anderson Tribute..contains strings :
http://youtu.be/zu6x3yQJgXY
Goodnight :Saturday mornings:
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2014/09/mari-shiba-inu-is-meanest-dog-in-japan.html
CP: The Pretender — Foo Fighters
Lo: What do you think about that Phantogram album?
Well Ill say I did enjoy it more than the first listen. Its CERTAINLY not a bad album, just not the Phantogram album Id grabnwhen in the mood, you know? I honestly am all for band growth, I think Im just too attached to Eyelid Movies
So, for whatever reason, we did not end up going with Clone Wars as our Doctor Who stand-in, but I might have to watch on my own. If I’m completely hooked, then I’ll try again to sell it.
http://io9.com/how-clone-wars-ahsoka-tano-made-the-star-wars-franchis-1537984315
“When watching Clone Wars over these last several years, I frequently felt that the show was working to undo the damage done by the prequel films.”
And this is a movie I’d love to see. Here’s hoping a screening comes to Phoenix.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/22/heaven-adores-you-is-more-celebratory-than-salacious-about-elliott-smith.html
Morning Pan
Had an interesting morning. Our internet was down for several hours. I spoke to our provider and they said they were doing some work in the area and it was probably related to that. They would have to look into it. It is finally up.
Between losing power last week, and losing the internet today, I think I’ve had enough issues for a while.
All may be fair in Love and War … but apparently NOT in pay for men and women.
Reference, please?
“Senate Republicans Once Again Filibuster Paycheck Fairness Act ”
http://www.rttnews.com/story.aspx?Id=2384650
Yea. Go, old, rich white guys.
http://m.space.com/27164-nasa-space-taxi-decision-webcast.html?cmpid=514630_20140916_31707466
This could be one giant leap back in the right direction.
Good to see but sucks that a local company was left out.
So if Amanda Palmer sang Coin Operated Boy (as Dresden Dolls) and now she’s married to Neil Gaiman, does that mean he’s an automaton?
*courtesy Cynful’s weird mind*
Is she perhaps, a “fembot”?
Well he did sing the Fireball XL5 theme.
CP: Bios — Hiroyuki Sawano
I think I’m mad at Lego. I bought a couple of flash drives on sale. The look like Lego pieces and came two in a package. When I opened the packages it turns out only one was a flash drive, the second was simply a Lego piece. My “on sale” flash drives will turn out to cost more than non-Lego normal ones since I now have to purchase two more. Stupid false packaging.
Stupid Corporate evil.
Even the cake was a lie.
Bad days at work really test a person’s inner strength.
Sort of like convenience store, breakfast burritos.
but different.
Shattering illusions everywhere
http://io9.com/10-lessons-from-real-life-revolutions-that-fictional-dy-1634087647?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
http://m.ifunny.mobi/i/9uU44Qq92
CW: The Knick E5
I’m beginning to enjoy this series.
I should add as a follow-up, since it was asked – I did take in the audiobook of Panzer Commander. Narrated by Bronson Pinchot…
Yes, that one – http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001621/?ref_=nv_sr_1
And he nailed it. For the audible version of my review, I added that Bronson’s narration made me feel like the Colonel was sitting in the room with me, personally sharing his great story.
Mr. Pinchot has apparently made a respectable career for himself as an audiobook narrator, though this is the first time I’ve listened to a book that he’s narrated. He’s definitely joined my list of narrators who make it much more likely that I’ll choose to listen to a book for.
Dont be re-dick-oh-los
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHZWWFmaFcI Doesn’t exactly evoke grizzled WWII Nazi General.
I’m getting kinda tired of the pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache. /complaining
Perhaps it is the din from your rice crispys? /riffing
Much more PG than some of my thoughts š
I had forgotten how good the Christians were.
The band that is,
They announced that Odile is headed toward Arizona. Don’t you feel lucky?
Waxing up the surfboard?
Shoukd I stay happy with my ignorance?
Just be mindful of flooding.
Morning Pan
Today I get to peruse a bunch of French book reviewers websites. Thank goodness for Google Translate.
http://image.qpicture.com/image/m/artist-marcel-marceau/marcel-marceau-40207.jpg
I asked this guy to help, but never heard any response from him.
I’m sure the fact that he’s dead played a part in the lack of response š
Are you sure he isn’t just pretending to be trapped in a box?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pd2wt/broadcasts/2014/09
The Story of Funk.
Talking of history:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/the-little-known-soviet-mission-to-rescue-a-dead-space-station/
I can stick my my toe through one of my trainers .
Time to break out the new set.
The new iOS update is taking ages to download.
#firstworldproblems
I updated a few days ago and I am sensing that my battery now discharges much faster š
I’m wondering if a bunch of stuff, buried deep in the background of one or more apps, has been turned on.
Happens every time.
“discharges much faster”
Well that was underwhelming.
I’d have gone with “buried deep”
So tonight is brought to you by KahlĆŗa and the new Coke Life.
The amount of sugar in the KahlĆŗa blocks the nasty aftertaste of the Stevia.
Coke Life?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_Life
I coulda done that š Is it any good/different/interesting/nauseating?
Tastes better that diet coke, but still has an after taste from the stevia.
http://tinyurl.com/nbbso4l
!!
Your obscure film of the day:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_of_Fear
Christopher Lee wears a balaclava with one eye hole.
My mistake it has 2, but the TV showing is very dark.
You dose of “only in Japan”:
http://kotaku.com/the-most-embarrassing-gameplay-experience-of-2014-1636234278
Ha. Hey ditto, while you are there I wanted your expert opinion. My son has indicated he would like to learn a little computer programming. I know there is a lot of debate on the subject, but what would you recommend as a first language? I’ve heard good arguments for Java, Javascript, Python, C++ and even PASCAL.
It depends on what he wants to do. I’d personally recommend Python. It’s a good language and I think he’d pick up better habits than with the other languages. Java and Javascript might be more immediately useful, but they can be very messy to learn.
If you need recommendations on books or sites, let me know.
Thanks ditto. š
“Web Filter Violation”?? (For the kotaku, not the Python discussion.)
Yup. Once you see it, that message will make sense.
Yeah. I probably should have said NSFW.
I guess I should have known š
Morning Pan
Did the IOS update on my phone. It seemed to have killed my phone. It is now trying to recover and restore my phone.
Woo Hoo?
I had to reboot mine twice after the update, seems fine now.
Mine took a while to come back to life.
I also discovered that it had turned on the cell service for every single one of my apps!
I think that contributed to the amazingly shortened battery life.
Did you know, in two weeks, I’ll be in Lo-Bee land?
(Or is that Ess-Pan land?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEfA6hhhK90
Can’t wait! Haircuts for everyone!
What really surprised me is the Amazon comments are all serious. I expected better :silly:
Squee
Well that was fun.
Now, what do I want for lunch?
Crap joke for the day:
A mother was walking down the hall when she heard a humming sound coming from her daughter’s bedroom When she opened the door she found her daughter naked on the bed with a vibrator. “What are you doing?” She exclaimed. The daughter replied, “I’m 35 and still living at home with my parents and this is the closest I’ll ever get to a husband.” Later that week, the father was in the kitchen and heard a humming sound coming from the basement. When he went downstairs, he found his daughter naked on a sofa with her vibrator. “What are you doing?” He exclaimed. The daughter replied, “I’m 35 and still living at home with my parents and this is the closest I’ll ever get to a husband.” A couple of days later the mother heard the humming sound again, this time coming from the den. Upon entering the room, she found her husband watching television with the vibrator buzzing away beside him. “What are you doing?” She asked. He replied, “Watching the game with my son-in-law.”
http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/vulvatron-gwar-new-frontwoman-metal/
Mildly NSFW (they’re apparently prosthetics).
Speaking of outer space stuff:
http://io9.com/gaze-in-wonder-at-the-best-astronomy-photographs-of-the-1636299867
We are finally getting our yard put back into order after last week’s snow. The are cutting dangerous branches from our trees and hauling them all away.
Let’s not have to do that again shall we.
Two weeks!! EEk!!
Every day it’s a getting closer, going faster than a roller coaster..
So very ill-prepared….
This just breaks my heart. Every day.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/caught-between-parents/201106/parental-alienation-is-emotional-abuse-children
I can only slightly imagine. Ugh, man
Although I’m nearer Scotland that the rest of you I am not Scottish.
I think we could all stand to be nearer some Scotch.
Oh you said it!
No came through.
I’m steeling myself for a load of patriotic bullshit.
http://youtu.be/PjYHvAly_IE?list=PL2CA2441B95853D2D
Thanks, beer!
Talking to your beer..that never ends well.
My hefeweizen disagrees. It has very strong opinions.
Alright, for those of you in America at least, Brandon Sanderson’s first Stormlight Archive book “The Way of Kings” is being offered as a free ebook now on both the Itunes and Amazon Kindle bookstores. Itunes started it as part of the roll out of IOS 8 (though you don’t need to have IOS8 for it) and Amazon apparently price matched it.
Not UK, the barstewards!
Although to be fair we did get a Robin Hobb book.
Sanderson was in Calgary last month for WWC. I already have an autographed copy.
:mush:
Morning Pan!
Time for a shower.
I’m going to be really bad today and not clean the washroom. However, I will have to do it either Monday or Tuesday as I’ll be away from the house the next two weekends. Between Edmonton Expo and the mmmmmeetup, I have a busy time coming up.
Your crap joke for the day:
A few weeks after having an operation, I saw my doctor about my convalescence. “What have you been doing?” he asked.
“Just sitting around all day, drinking tea, surfing the internet, texting my mates,” I said.
He got angry and said, “I told you not to return to your job at the council offices for at least two months.”
wut? LOL
http://tinyurl.com/nlb8u2r
CP: Dots And Dashes (Enough Already) — Silversun Pickups
T Cat was wondering, in the wake of the Scottish referendum, when will Canada vote to separate from the US? š
Never! In fact, I’m baffled we’ve never, um, “liberated” Canada. Maple Syrup is way more valuable than oil.
CP: “One of our Submarines” Thomas Dolby
CP: “Save a Prayer” Duran Duran
Supper is eaten, now it’s time to do some research.
We’re moving some things around in the bunny household. My computer, that normally plugs directly into the router needs to go wifi. Since the machine doesn’t have wifi built into it, I have to see if I can fine something that plugs into the ethernet port. Or, baring that, USB. As long as it’s decent and stable. I’d rather it not go down all willy nilly while I’m in the middle of work or, even worse, in the middle of a game.
Was today really Talk Like A Pirate Day? Was it really that quiet? Is geek culture over pirates?
I sure hope so. š
Can we also start moving on from zombies?
Aside from The Walking Dead, which I still enjoy, I think that’s a good idea. š
Thought the new Zombie Nation was rather crap.
Hello…
I must be going.
Oh no you dont!
What? You like Lionel Richie better? š
Ooh! But its you Im looking for
As a non beer drinker I’m stArting to think I’ll be the Skeleton at the meet up ‘part’y’
Have no fear, Amigo. You won’t be alone.
I assure you there will be items that adhere to your tastes
*(Some assembly required, batteries not included, some settling may occur during shipping, objects in mirror are closer than they appear)
Meatloaf? Is that you?
Two out of three ain’t bad.
I wont do that
Lo Pan and Van by the dashboard light.
You took the words right out of my mouth
Morning Pan
My computer is now wireless. So far, seems to be working ok.
I’m going shopping this week for Deadpan goodies. On my shopping list I have:
Kinder Surprise
Kinder Bueno
Coffee Crisp
Smarties
Caramilk
Aero
Hawkins Cheeses
Ditto and T-Cat specifically requested the Caramilk and Aero bars. Do I have any other requests?
Was it the Meat Loaf?
For crying out loud
His name was Robert Paulson.
Whatever happened to Saturday night?
It had a sex change to Sunday Girl.
Pulp Fiction, motherfuckers! (You may have noticed that I dig this movie)
Great sountrack as well.
It was cool remembering where all of those songs on the soundtrack go in the movie.
Steve Buschemi?!!??!!
Right Pan, off to see the new Liam Neeson flick:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Walk_Among_the_Tombstones_(film)
CP: BombJack (arcade)
Still good!
Your crap joke for a lazy Sunday:
A woman came home just in time to find her husband in bed with another woman. With superhuman strength borne of fury, she dragged her husband down the stairs to the garage and put his penis in a vise. She then secured it tightly and removed the handle. Next she picked up a hacksaw. The husband terrified, screamed, “Stop! Stop! You’re not going to……to….cut it off are you?!” The wife, with a gleam of revenge in her eye, said, “Nope. You are. I’m going to set the garage on fire.”
Please, no one find an appropriate coat image to post for this joke.
Van, how was the movie?
It was ok, probably best waiting for it to come Netflix or DVD.
It did suffer from ‘is this the end?’ itis.
Liam Neeson seems to settled in his niche.
Posted a new show. Just because.
That’s cheating.