1,263 thoughts on “Un Hundred

  1. Your crap joke for the day:

    Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married. She was admired for sweetness and kindness to all. One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea.

    As he sat facing her old pump organ, the young minister noticed a cut-glass bowl sitting on top of it. The bowl was filled with water. In the water floated, of all things, a condom! When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat. The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and he could no longer resist. “Miss Beatrice”, he said, “I wonder if you would tell me about this?” pointing to the bowl. “Oh, yes” she replied, “isn’t it wonderful?

    I was walking through the park a few months ago and I found this little package on the ground. The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease. Do you know I haven’t had the flu all winter!” The pastor fainted.

  2. To get the ball rolling on the subject in this new thread – at this point, the weekend of September 13th looks workable for me.

    • Noooooo!
      Once again it will be on a day when I will be out of town.
      Just used the interwebs to try and find a comic shop where I will be and it looks like about an hours drive.
      ๐Ÿ™

  3. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is now on Netflix in the UK.

    Tom Baker (pre Doctor Who) as the villain. Lots of animation by Ray Harryhausen. Oh and tgat guy who played the Angel in Barbarella.

    Last saw it at the Flicks in the 70’s..

  4. Your crap joke for the day:

    At the end of the tax year, the IRS office sent an inspector to audit the books of a local hospital.

    While the IRS agent was checking the books, he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said,
    โ€œI notice you buy a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when thereโ€™s too little left to be of any use?โ€

    โ€œGood question ,โ€ noted the CFO. โ€œWe save them up and send them back to the bandage company and every once in a while, they send us a free roll.โ€

    โ€œOh,โ€ replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. โ€œWhat about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with whatโ€™s left over after setting a cast on a patient?โ€

    โ€œAh, yes,โ€ replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question. โ€œWe save it and send it back to the manufacturer and every so often they will send us a free bag of plaster.โ€

    โ€œI see,โ€ replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all CFO.

    โ€œWell,โ€ he went on, โ€œWhat do you do with all the remains from the circumcision surgeries?โ€

    โ€œHere, too, we do not waste,โ€ answered the CFO. โ€œWhat we do is save all the little foreskins and send them to the IRS office, and about once a year they send us a complete prick.โ€

  5. Just reading about a documentary team that unearthed a bunch of old Atari games in a Mexico Landfill.

    I’m wondering what current pop-culture item we should re-entomb in the hole.

  6. So it seems Amazon is already messing with Comixology.

    The old app on iOS and Android is being retired and you can’t buy comics with the new app you have to buy them through the web store.

    This means they don’t have to pay Apple.

  7. Well Pan today is the start of 2 weeks holiday for me, plans have turned to dust so I suspect it will be two weeks of chilling out.

    • /slightly spoilerific
      I love that I have absolutely no idea who is really the “bad guy”.
      I am beginning to suspect there IS no “good guy”.
      /slightly spoilerific

  8. Well Done, Anaheim Ducks, my hometown team for *finally* taking down the Dallas Stars!

    I look forward to a most excellent Round 2 series with your California foe.

  9. Ah twitter, I had commented that the 3 ‘Hereward and Fitz’ stories by Garth Nix weren’t enough.

    The author replied that two new ones were coming out this year…

  10. As promised, here is the hockey pool stats. First, to make sure I have people and their teams correct:

    I had Montreal & St. Louis
    Pixie had Anaheim
    EssBee had Dallas & Boston
    LoPan had Colorado & Pittsburgh
    Jack had San Jose
    ditto had Tampa Bay

  11. San Jose wins:
    Food: An Italian pasta dish. (I ate lots of Italian food with my aunt and uncle during my first trip to SJ).
    Song: โ€œRed Seas, Black Seaโ€ by Shearwater.
    Movie: Choke.
    Picture: A restaurant sign, place, thing, person, etc. with the word, โ€œJoseโ€ on it.

  12. Dallas Wins:
    Food โ€“ a Ribeye (unless your a vegetarian, then have one leaf of iceburg lettuce)
    Movie โ€“ Boys Donโ€™t Cry
    Song โ€“ All My Exes Live in Texas โ€“ George Strait
    Picture โ€“ You in either a Stetson or cowboy boots

  13. Boston Wins:
    Food โ€“ New England Clam Chowder (unless youโ€™re a vegetarian, then eat one can of creamed corn)
    Movie โ€“ Gone Baby Gone or any Lehane adaptation
    Song โ€“ Debaser โ€“ Pixies
    Picture โ€“ You drinking a Sam Adams, any Sam Adams

  14. Anaheim wins: (EssBee, this is your punishment)
    Foodโ€“ you eating an Anaheim chile in any fashion and submitting the recipe, along with your thoughts on the dish
    Movie: Any Disney movie or Disney cartoon (PIxar movies pre-breakup from Disney Corp)
    Song: โ€œMy Own Worst Enemyโ€ by Lit (little known fact that 2 band members went to my high school)
    Photo: A pic of you at Disneyland!!!

  15. Guys, I don’t think making Bunny re-enact a scene from Oz is an appropriate debt for losing a hockey series. That was a violent show.

    Come on!

  16. Essbee, I think I’ve mentioned this before
    (It’s on EZTV and piratebay), but Hinterland is rather good, Swedish noir made in Wales as one critic put it.

    • Thanks, Van! I have the first couple of episodes but haven’t watched yet. I’m a bit buried in TV currently – Mad Men, GoT, VEEP, etc, etc. But this is just the type of show I love! Will watch on the elliptical – thanks for the reminder!

  17. Ranking the songs on Faith No More’s ‘Real Thing’ album in order of preference:

    Real Thing
    Zombie Eaters
    From Out of Nowhere
    War Pigs
    Falling to Pieces
    Surprise! Youre Dead
    The Morning After
    Epic
    Woodpecker From Mars
    Edge of the World
    Underwater Love

    /random ME list
    Epic

  18. You know, probably the most impressive thing to me about the cast for the next Star Wars movie is that it will have Max Von Sydow. Whatever part he plays is going to raise the level of the movie, but really – he was already not a young guy when he gave us Ming the Merciless 30 years ago. Whenever I see something about him, I keep thinking he must have died years ago.

    Man, 85 and still kicking – http://www.cinemablend.com/new/4-Key-Roles-Show-Star-Wars-Max-von-Sydow-Dark-Side-42791.html

  19. Just a friendly shout out to TEB, the new Penny Dreadful series features a few 8 legged critters..and that’s just the title sequence.

    It’s actually too dark for my TV, I can’t see a lot of the action even with the brightness turned up.

  20. I’m going to watch a movie this afternoon. However, I’m not sure if Smurfs 2 is PBP material. Not because it isn’t silly (which I’m sure it will be) but more because I’m not sure if people want me to spoil this movie as they may want to watch it themselves.

    Thoughts?

  21. A tad bit more billards –

    I do not support torture and I am not part of the “make ’em suffer” crowd when it comes to convicted murderers.
    That being said, I honestly find I have no sympathy for this man who’s “quick and humane execution” didn’t work out that way. I take no joy from it but I also feel no sympathy.

    “Lockett was sentenced to death for shooting 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman and watching as two accomplices buried her alive in 1999.
    Ms Neiman and a friend had interrupted the men as they robbed a home.”

    • I agree with you. I know there’s alot of people who say just let them rot in jail… and that would be fine if I didnt have to pay for their jailing as a taxpayer.

      Yeah. He’ll get NO sympathy from me. Less than zero.

  22. This week has been one of good news for the company I work for. A short story in one of our anthologies has been nominated for an Aurora award (the Canadian equivalent of the Hugos), and two of our titles have been nominated for the Alberta Publishers Award in Spec Fic. This last one is especially good since only three titles make it to the short list.

  23. Hi, Deadpan!

    I just posted my last hockey debt pictures from the Olympics challenge to the Facebook group. If it’s not too late to claim a team for NHL playoffs, I want to play. Is Nashville in the playoffs this year? If so, I want to claim it. If not, I’ll take any unclaimed team.

    I’m posting this from the cruise terminal at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. My godparents organized a group cruise to Barcelona. I might post again later if I have a chance to charge my phone before I lose 3G signal. Or I might go ahead and pay for satellite Internet on the ship, just once. My plan is to maintain radio silence on the Internet for most of my vacation. Bon voyage, Pan!

    P.S.: The Deadpan voicemail line is still active, so I still call in airport updates whenever I’m in an airport. Jack, are you still receiving them? ๐Ÿ™‚

  24. Just listened to the Ask Me Another podcast content for today. What do you know, it turns out to be the First of May…

    My basement flooded on Monday, about 1/4 to 1/2 inch in many spots. Lovely.

    So I might be late on my predicted release date for Ghostlight Podcast Season Three Episode One…

    But only a little.

    Meanwhile, recording on the rebooted Idjitcast continues to be a bit problematic, but we will get it sorted by the time we record actual episodes.

  25. If you saw my car right now, you’d see a new toilet, sink, and two faucets.

    Also, today is our 1 year anniversary of our civil union, and next week is our 15th anniversary.

    If this isn’t romantic, I just don’t know what is.

    • Yes, hubby uses Comixology a lot. The email they sent when in-app purchases stopped didn’t really make it clear that was happening, and why. Hubby just assumed it followed the amazon way of making your purchases on line and they would automatically loaded to the ipad. *shrug*

  26. It’s official. I’m old. We painted our new room (converted the garage into a bedroom) last night after dinner and am EXHAUSTED. When we bought the house 12 or so years ago, we worked on the house after work for a few weeks. Can’t do that kind of stuff any more!

    This weekend, bathroom redo.

  27. Your crap joke for the day:

    A woman is at home when she hears someone knocking at her door. She goes to the door opens it and sees a man standing there. He asks the lady, “Do you have a Vagina?” She slams the door in disgust. The next morning she hears a knock at the door, its the same man and he asks the same question to the woman, “Do you have a Vagina?” She slams the door again. Later that night when her husband gets home she tell him what has happened for the last two days. The husband tells his wife in a loving and concerned voice, “Honey, I am taking an off tomorrow so as to be home, just in case this guy shows up again.” The next morning they hear a knock at the door and both ran for the door. The husband whispers to the wife, “Honey,i’m going to hide behind the door and listen and if it is the same guy I want you to answer yes to the question because I want to a see where he’s going with this.” She nods yes to her husband and opens the door. Sure enough the same fellow is standing there, he asks, “Do you have a Vagina?” “Yes I do.” says the lady. The man replies, “Good, would you mind telling your husband to leave my wife’s alone and start using yours!”

  28. This is so wonderful I could cry. I was at this conference and was one of the people that got pranked. I’ve been talking about this event and how ridiculous it was at work for days and I still have my silly headband. By they way, the way they crashed the conference was by telling us that Colin Powell was on his way to speak to us and these guys were the speakers that were to come before him.

    http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/2/posing_as_us_officials_yes_men

  29. Well I attended my first freecomicday event, got a stash of comics to peruse later.

    A lazy day ahead with a pizza night with family later for my birthday, later pan.

  30. ..and your crap Star Wars joke from twitter:

    @Darth_VaderSW: If you are dating a girl who doesn’t like Star Wars puns, you’re looking for love in Alderaan places.

  31. …and an early crap joke for this Star Wars day:

    Two guys were fishing on the Ohio River. One catches the biggest catfish either one has ever seen. He says to his buddy, โ€œWe need to remember this spot so we can come back here again.โ€ His buddy pulls a pen out of his pocket and makes a big โ€˜Xโ€™ on the bottom of his boat. The first guy looks at his buddy, shaking his head in disgust. โ€œYou idiot- what if we bring another boat next time?โ€

  32. Crap joke for the day:

    Two cowboy ranchers in Texas, they each had their own horse, but they could never tell them apart. So the first cowboy said, “I’ve got it!” The second cowboy said “What?” “I’ll shave the main on my horse.” Let’s do it!โ€ So the cowboy shaves the main on his horse. But after a while the main grew back. The cowboys are having a really hard time telling them apart. Then the one cowboy said, “I’ve got it! “What? What? Whatโ€™s your idea now? says the other” “I’ll cut the tail on my horse really small.” “Alright! Let’s do it!” So he cut the tail really short. But after a while it grew back. “Then the second cowboy said, “OK, this time I’ve got it!” You take the black one and I’ll take white one!!!!”

    • That one just earned itself a high place on my “Ultimate Truth” list…especially since I fear I would be the one to write that return note.

    • Yes, Cynful (don’t we all speak of ourselves in third person) is considering options of going to the mmmmmmMeetup, so you all have to decide timing ๐Ÿ™‚ There may be a real Cynful sighting. I may just hug Jack and Lo til their eyes pop…. with respect to significant others of course.

  33. Fun fact – Dean Menta, guitarist for Faith No More, also in the music editor for The Clone Wars. Now THATS two great tastes!

  34. Well yesterday I had a play with the Chromecast dongle I bought.

    Easy to setup, the app on my phone detected the chromecast without a hitch.

    I think I had some misconceptions on what is possible and the experience was underwhelming. No apps on my phone support streaming video files stored on the phone. There is a third party plugin for the Chromwbrowser that will let you stream video files from a computer but I thought that was a bit pointless (I have other hardware that would do that).

    Netflix and BBC iplayer work fine, but didn’t work as I expected. There is no directly controlled app on the Chromecast, control is via the apps on the phone or browser plugins on a computer.

    It’s limited to 720p output, which was fine for me.

    • I must admit, as much as I’m an android guy, I have found it hard to understand the point of Chromecast in its current incarnation. Your illustration of the limitations underscore why.

    • My latest Blu-Ray player seems to do everything I would want a Chromecast or Ruku to do, mostly just stream Amazon video.

  35. Your crap joke for this Bank Holiday Monday:

    A hitchhiker was standing by the roadside near the law school with his thumb out. A motorist stopped and asked, “Are you a lawyer?” “No,” the hitchhiker replied. The motorist drove off.A few minutes later, a second motorist stopped and asked, “Are you a lawyer?” The hitchhiker again replied that he wasn’t, so the second motorist drove off.Finally a third motorist stopped and this time the driver was a voluptuous redhead. “Hi, are you a lawyer?” she asked. After telling her that he was, she told him to get in and off they drove.After sitting and admiring the driver for a few minutes, the hitchhiker thought to himself, “This is incredible. I’ve only been a lawyer for five minutes and already I’m thinking about screwing someone!”

  36. There, my cupboard is now full. Although I was a little disappointed. I wanted to buy stuff for dinner I like but hubby doesn’t for the days he is away. Unfortunately, all the items I wanted were in “family size” quantities, not singles. Will have to rethink my dinner choices for the next three days.

  37. I don’t want to tape and tack articles on my wall. I’m the one who would have to repair and repaint once it all comes down

  38. When I grow up, I want to do something that’s scary… As long as it doesn’t involve spiders or other creepy crawlies

  39. I think I’m playing hooky from work today. It wasn’t my original intention but, the sun is out and I haven’t really done anything this morning. I think I’m just going to give into the trend and ignore the rest of the day.

  40. Speaking of Nazis in teh sky… the director’s cut of Iron Sky is now on Netflix. I’m seriously so excited I could poop. The original is one of my fav bad movies ever ever.

  41. Godzilla is turning up in a lot of commercials lately. I have the feeling we’re in for another Lorax.

      • That would actually be pretty good. The Lorax was promoting against commercialization and had more promotional tie ins that you could shake a stick at (much as Wally preached against large corporations and was created by one of the largest corporations in existence). Maybe in this version of Godzilla humanity will be saved by nuclear waste?

  42. The difference between my mom and any “normal” mother:

    I sent both my mom and hubby’s mom the exact same gift basket for mother’s day. Because mom lives in the ass-end of nowhere, I have to be picky on what I can send, even from Amazon, which is where I ordered the baskets from.

    Hubby’s mom gets the basket. Calls and says thanks for thinking of her, it was lovely, etc.
    Mom sends an email that says, and I quote: “I got your Mother’s Day care package today but I think you got ripped off.
    I’m sure that you paid more in delivery fees than what was in the basket….”
    And it goes on from there. Keeping in mind, as a gift, there was no price put into the item so she has no idea what I spent. Really, what’s wrong with a simple thank you. Isn’t it the thought that counts?

    *sigh* Her birthday is next month. I think I’m only going to send her a card.

  43. Awkward moment today….

    At the Wee People’s Dentist, waiting for said Wee Person to finish with their appt, and another Mom in the waiting area keeps falling over, asleep! Not like, “yawnnnnn, Im darn tired at 9am,” but more like, “I just took 2 Ativan, and had a few beers last night,” look.

    Im concerned for the safety of her children getting to school after their appointments.

    I asked her if she was okay. She said, “yes. Im so tired– the girls kept me up all night.”

    My cynical RN doesnt believe her. . .

    I told the office staff my concerns. I may offer her kids a ride to school, because, of course, they attend the same school as our Wee People. . .

    See- awkward.

  44. So I was sent a joke earlier about going to Scotland and asking what what their national identity was with the answer of Polish! (A vibe on apparent immigration woes).

    A few hours later stopped at a cafe on the way to Glencoe in Scotland.

    All the staff were polish, I burst out laughing…

  45. All hail Deadpan! It’s been a while since I checked in and didn’t just look over Ditto’s shoulder.
    Two items from me: 1) has a date been set for the Deadpan MeetUp yet? I know there was a lot of discussion about it.
    2) If anyone is interested, Ditto and I are again part of the Relay for Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Our team name is ORC (Organized Readers against Cancer). If you would like to make a donation: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY14PL?px=3833061&pg=personal&fr_id=59622 I’ve been trying to upload a few pics to my website, but no luck so far. You can also take a look at our team page which also connects to Ditto’s page. http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=59622&pg=team&team_id=1536532 Just remember, your donation counts as a vote of favoritism. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  46. Im not going to jump on the new craze — drawing eyebrows on babies, like I did when goating was big. . .

    I wont.

    I promise.

  47. Your crap joke for the day:

    I went to my Scottish neighbour Robbie’s funeral today and as i solemnly watched the coffin being lowered i noticed the wreaths on top spelled bob.
    “Was that his nickname” i asked his grieving widow
    “yes” she said between sobs “a recent one.”
    “Since when” i asked
    “Since we found out it was fifty quid a letter” she replied.

  48. Speaking of sharing my thoughts:

    We finally got around to seeing the 2nd new Captain America flick, which was a 100000x improvement over the first. Well done all around.

    Is a film review helpful if I’m the last to see it?

  49. Enjoyed the film, but it’s a rather slow bittersweet tale, some to consider if you want to take children to see it.

    The English dubbing was a bit insipid, but oh the clouds…

  50. MMMmmmeetup News!

    Please comment below or contact Jack about your availability for following fates for a CO MMMeeetup:

    8/9
    8/23
    9/20
    10/4

    Thanks. We will get this partyball moving!

  51. CD: Stone’s Imperial Russian Stout.

    Delicious! And not very hoppy for a Stone beer. It is reminiscent of Great Divide’s Yeti Imperial Stout.

  52. I may open a bottle of wine.
    It occurs to me that I never do this for myself … and I do not know why.
    I guess I see wine as more of a communal experience.

    Anyone want to share a Malbec or maybe a nice Chianti with me?

  53. I will have to do some checking in the morn, I’ve been putting it off because I suspect I’m not going to like the answer I find.

  54. Hey Pan

    Hubby has a 9am meeting so is still at home. It’s very strange having him home at this time of the morning.

  55. Your crap joke for the day:

    A guy walking down a street one afternoon passes an old man sitting on the side of the road with a large sack.The younger guy says to the old man, “Watcha got in the sack?”The old man responds, “I got some monkeys in that there sack.”The younger man asks, “If I guess how many monkeys you got in the sack, can I keep one?”The old man replies, “Son, if you guess how many monkeys I got in this sack, I’ll give you both of ’em!”

  56. Forgotten note from a few weekends back:

    So of course, there are a bunch of costumed characters walking around at Universal Studios, from Shrek to Lucille Ball.

    But who was it who walked into the crepe place with Marilyn Monroe for a lunch date? Yep. Shaggy from Scooby Doo.

      • I know she still has rabid supporters but they way it look sis that the mass of folks are tired as hell of her shit. And as the article stated, usually she can spin the backlash around to her benefit…not this time.

          • At the heart of this thing…

            What kind of a piece of shit mocks the kidnap of children by psychopathic warlords? I guess it’s ok to people of her mindset, since they’re only African girls.

  57. Your crap joke for the day:

    A man moved to a mountain top to get rid of the hustle and be alone. One day he heard a knock at the door and no one was there but then he looked down and there sat a snail and it said “it is quite cold out here can I come in?” the man shouted “NO why donโ€™t you all understand I want to be alone!” and he kicked the snail down the mountain. One year later there was a knock at the door and no one was there and then he looked down and there again sat a snail and it said, “What did you do that for?”

  58. For the dates Desert Pixie listed for MMMmmeetUp
    8/9
    8/23
    9/20
    10/4

    We can do any but 8/9. We already planned a birthday trip to the GA aquarium for my sister then.

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  60. EssBee, lost to Anaheim:
    Foodโ€“ you eating an Anaheim chile in any fashion and submitting the recipe, along with your thoughts on the dish
    Movie: Any Disney movie or Disney cartoon (PIxar movies pre-breakup from Disney Corp)
    Song: โ€œMy Own Worst Enemyโ€ by Lit (little known fact that 2 band members went to my high school)
    Photo: A pic of you at Disneyland!!!

  61. OK ditto/anyone else who might know:

    What are your thoughts on Bleach?

    The anime, not the Nirvana album or controlled substance.

    • Awkward

      If we have learned one thing, it is that Don likes to be in control.
      THIS was not one of those moments.
      The scene didn’t work, character wise.
      On all other levels though … I’ll be in my bunk.

  62. Tonight, in honour of the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Gameboy, I played Supermarioland on my Wii via emulation.

  63. Holy crap. Is the Canadian dollar that low? 91 cents on the dollar!!! I was rather surprised to see what some of my US purchases turned out to cost. *sigh* I guess I have to start backing off on US purchases.

  64. From the “OMG I had no idea!” files –

    Jack O’Halloran was the actor from Superman II that played Non. Jack O’Halloran’s dad is the guy that The Godfather was based on.

    Jesus.

  65. My iPad is acting stupid. Or, more to the point, I think Apple is being stupid. I can hook up to the internet fine on the iPad (this post proves the point) but any app that needs an internet connection doesn’t seem to work. How strange.

  66. The write-up: Despite constant harassment from being from “the other side “, Carol Anne Freeling has matured, and has been sent to live in a Chicago hi-rise with her uncle Bruce Nadia new wife, Pat. Carol Anne still sees things in mirrors and reflective surfaces– that she just doesn’t want to discuss. But Reverend Kane and his evil flock have followed Carol Anne to the Windy City, and they want to abduct her so she can lead them to “the other side”

    Whew, that’s quite the write up

  67. So, you have a little girl that firmly believes she can see things in all reflective surfaces. So what do you do? Give her a bedroom with floor to ceiling windows on one wall and floor to ceiling mirrors on another. That will cure her.

  68. Wait, first you said you wanted to send that “bitch daughter” back home, now she’s. The most important thing in your life? I know they say women are fickle but really.

  69. Yup, thar movie was definitely a punishment. And that’s coming from someone who regularly watches terrible horror movies.

    I don’t recommend this movie to anyone

  70. I rather enjoyed Godzilla, minus the punkass bitch asshole fucktards sitting behind us, cursing every three minutes, making me very uncomfortable, as our 10 yr old and 12 tr old are sitting next to me.

    Movies should now also include MPAA Ratings for the target audience in attendance.

    Hmmm. What could that new rating system be?

    • I was lucky when I saw Godzilla, I got a seat in the back row and all I could hear from the audience was popcorn munching.

    • From most to least annoying

      PBAF = punkass bitch asshole fucktards
      GTM = Generic Teenage Mayhem
      TMY = Too Many Younglings
      AICHWPM = All I Could Hear Was Popcorn Munching
      TPME = Theater Pretty Much Empty

  71. Damn you ditto! I picked up the Seanan Mcguire book Discount Armageddon on your recommendation. I started the day before yesterday and I’m already more than 50% through. Heaven knows I read too much as it is, what I really needed was a book that makes me spend more time reading and less time on my real work. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  72. Ralph and I are in for October 4, 2014 for the mmmmeeetup – I understand that’s the decided one.

    Anyone who wants to coordinate hotel/flight meetups stuffs… I’m my own personal cruise director.

    You know how to reach me.

  73. So Flashback by Dan Simmons.

    I know it’s an easy trap to fall into, to assume that the politics of the author comes through in their fiction.

    So the world building has some unsavoury aspects (anti-islam, anti-welfare, etc.), the plot is a fairly simple detective story set in a dystopian future (at least for the poor), but it was enjoyable enough. I also liked how he muddied the ending (drug addled dream or reality).

    Still it just felt like a pale shadow of DS’s previous works (especially Hyperion Cantos).

    • The next ebook is by Bill Bryson on William Shakespeare, amazing how much conjecture has built up over the years from such scant documentary evidence.

    • Dan Simmons is pretty damn prolific, which is probably a big part of why his books are so hit-or-miss. I’m sure he has some great ones left in him.

      It’s a lot harder to overlook political rants in works of fiction when you know they match independently published political rants from the author IRL.

    • Dan Simmons and I broke up after my first attempt to read his work. Hyperion, although loved by fans everywhere, pissed me off by ending with a non ending. To be continued is acceptable in a half hour TV show, but any other work has to have at least some sort of ending even if it is obvious that the story should continue.

      • I have heard that complaint before against Hyperion, but I disagree. Just like The Fellowship of the Ring, it’s one incomplete piece of a larger story. I loved the overall story, as well as the tales of the different characters.

        It would make for a seriously great HBO miniseries.

  74. I just watched “State of Emergency” on Netflix. It was a zombie/28 days later type film. It was okay. I’d give it 2.5 out of 5 stars. The thing is … what made it suspenseful was waiting for all those things that usually happen in a zombie flick. The sudden tidal wave of attacking undead. The “survivors” suddenly turning zombie. The military/government turning on the survivors.
    spoiler alert!
    None of that happened.
    So most of the suspense/thrill here, was actually generated by movies I had previously seen.
    If I had never seen a zombie/”people turned to crazed killers” film before … this film would have been rather boring. Almost a zombie film made for Lifetime TV.

    This has me wondering how many “zombie” pics are actually scary based on the films that came before them and not actually based on their own content?

    • pfffft.

      This guys thesis doesn’t hold water with me.
      Yes, Great Britain over the centuries showed a great deal of imperialism and used it’s military force to create and keep an empire.
      However his premise is – “Equally, understanding this background shows why there is little sense in treating the war in black and white terms of โ€˜goodโ€™ and โ€˜badโ€™ participants,”

      I’m sorry – I can see a difference.

  75. a new chinese take out just opened up down the road. its called “jackie chan chinese kitchen”.

    i dont care if it’s the worst food on the planet… i am forever eating at a place called ‘jackie chan chinese kitchen’

  76. Played a game on the weekend called Personally Incorrect. For those of you who’ve played Cards Against Humanity, this is much, much more vulgar and…gross. I’ve heard it said that Personally Incorrect is to Cards Against Humanity as CAH is to Apples to Apples. In case anybody is thinking about it, I thought I’d give you a heads up.

    Luckily we had the right crowd so it was still fun.

  77. Oh George …

    “George Takei
    5 hrs ยท Facebook

    Congratulations, OREGON! A federal district court judge in Eugene just struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, calling it unconstitutional. Importantly, Oregon does not intend to challenge the ruling, likely making it the 18th state to recognize marriage equality. It is a happy day across “The Beaver State.” Oh myyy, that state nickname…”

  78. Soundgarden’s ‘Superunknown’ turns 20. bleargh. They just released the 20th ann reissue deluxe set. I love this album but I dont think Ill pick the new fancy package up unless I can grab it used cheap. Too many albums turning 20!

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