And old people, I suppose, but that’s beside the point.
Your crap joke for the day:
An old lady was standing at the railing of the cruise ship holding her hat tight so that it would not blow away in the wind.A gentleman approached her and said,
“Pardon me, madam.I do not intend to be forward but did you know that your dress is blowing up in this high wind?”
“Yes, I know,” said the lady. “I need both my hands to hold onto this hat.”
“But madam, you must know that you are not wearing any panties and your privates are exposed!” said the gentleman in earnest.
The woman looked down, then back up at the man and replied, “Sir, anything you see down there is 85 years old. I just bought this hat yesterday!
The DVR write up: in this high seas ad venture for the whole family, Pirate Captain competes against his two biggest rivals for the title of Pirate of the Year, while he teams up with a love struck scientist to battle an evil queen
London 1837
Rule Britannia
Correct me if i’m wrong Van but i don’t think this is historically accurate
Dead right you would be TEB.
What’s best about being a pirate?
Turns ou, it’s not the scantily clad mermaids
It’s the meat ballet
Parrot?
Oh phooey. Must pause the movie. Back in five
Sorry. Gave kitty her medicine. Then figured, since I’m up, I brought the garbage bin in from the curb.
Now, where was I… Oh yes, Pirate of the Year Awards
Booty = shiny
That was mean
Poor wale
Maybe add an h in there somewhere. Anywhere you want is fine be me *shrug*
Goes to show, even pirates can be bullies
What do trophies taste like?
Time to sell baby clothes
Time Lord Doctor Darwin
Walking the plank
Queen Victoria is the mortal enemy of pirates
Pictures of sea monsters on maps are just that. Pictures
Wow, amazing welcome sign
Monkey doorman
Falling asleep to nautical sound effects
Pirate fantasies
Stop! Dodo thief!
Poor Polly
Foiled by a Rubic’s cupe
Science lovers you have been warned
The prize is… Encyclopedias
Guinea pigs!
He’s no scientist, he’s a Girl Scout!
Darwin promises a Dodo
like as in doo-doo ?
or doe-doe, as in bird?
As in the extinct bird.
(Will anyone see this mid-PBP comment?)
No escape I’m afraid.
Is this one of those, if a tree falls in a forest, type questions?
Thanks for the PBP, Bunny. I haven’t seen that movie, but I would like to. I loved the book.
Good night, Polly.
Oh hey Bunny!
Did you attend the Star Wars exhibit yet? If so, how was it?
Hey pixie, it was good. They had props from all six movies. The Identities bit was a little hokey but what are you going to do?
I have pictures I put on my iPad. I can show you them when I’m out there in Mat
Ralph and I can’t stop watching Once Upon a Time.
A TV show has successfully made us stop playing WoW for 2 whole days.
This “The Name of the Rose” Netflix DVD is obviously going to be here with me unwatched until I’m as old as Sean Connery. Right next to the Samurai DVD that I’ve also had for months. I need to get better at downtime.
Downtime? I find the concept intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
“Downtime” the newsletter for men who know how to please their women.
What?
Bazinga!
Editor-in-chief: Colonel Angus.
The Name of the Rose is well worth the effort. Fantastic movie.
The book is very good too.
Haven’t seen the movie since it came out but I recall it as being most excellent.
Our coffee machine died this morning. We only got it just before Christmas. I’d like to think it would last longer than that.
You will all be happy to know I got the coffee machine working again. Hubby will be able to fill his travel mug tomorrow to take to work once again.
Speaking of coffee makers, my cheapo Mr. Coffee finally bit the dust and I got an aeropress. ditto, do you have one?
So far, I LOVE it. I’m not yet sure what I’ll do when my mom & dad come to visit next, as dad likes to get up at 4:30 and drink a pot, but I’ll figure something out by then.
Yep, I love them. I’m not sure, but I might have mentioned them before. Anyway, I’ve used mine for years, but I’ll warn you: it is easy to throw the bottom cap away. Be careful when you are cleaning up. ๐
Yes, I’m still getting my “puck-ejection” process down!
You definitely mentioned it here before – it’s been on my wish list for a year or more.
It makes a great cup of coffee, doesn’t it? ๐
Man, it really does! In my case, it makes 3 great cups every morning!
I’m tempted to buy one buy one but judging from the YouTube videos it’s a it of a faff to make a cup of coffee.
Embrace the faff!
It’s just like a french press, but easier, especially for cleaning up.
A woman is standing at the edge of a cliff trying to get the nerve to jump off.
A passing tramp stops and says, “Since you’re about to kill yourself, if you don’t mind, could we have sex, please?”
The woman says, “No, fuck off!”
The tramp turns to leave and mutters, “Fine, I’ll just go and wait at the bottom.”
Im not sure Ive seen a more stoned drummer. This is something!
you’d better
call Tyrone (call! him!)
tell him come on
help you
get yo shit
Great song, great performance. Just trying to figure out why it’s titled as “unstaged”. Not sure what unstaged means, but pretty sure that a bunch of people performing in front of an audience on a stage doesn’t count.
a *must* watch by all. After Ever After Disney Princesses.
Okay, I feel old. The #1 WNBA draft pick today was born in 1990.
I just feel old in general.
(Ed is right, though – we’ll keep the geezer grumbles to a minimum at the MMMmmmeetup)
Man, I’ve never felt younger. Is it possible for my face to get smoother? Time to go sign up for the Iron Man! …yeah, that’s not annoying. ๐
That’s it! MMMmmmeetup Bikram Yoga!
“in general” – general zod?
And there you have the two simple rules for Mmmmeetup
1. No mean people
2. No geezer grumbling
So say we all.
CP: Guacamelee!
Fun game so far. ๐
Goodnight :Madonna:
Crap joke for a windy Thursday:
A guy dials his home phone from work. A strange woman answers. The guy says, “Who is this?”
“This is the maid.”, answered the woman.
“We don’t have a maid!”
“I was just hired this morning by the lady of the house.”
“Well, this is her husband. Is she there?”
“Ummm …. she’s upstairs in the bedroom with someone who I just figured was her husband.” The guy is fuming. He says to the maid, “Listen, would you like to make $50,000?”
“What do I have to do?”
“I want you to get my gun from my desk in the den and shoot that witch and the jerk she is with.” The maid puts down the phone. The guy hears footsteps, followed by two gunshots. The maid comes back to the phone. “What should I do with the bodies?” “Throw them in the swimming pool!”
“What?! There’s no pool here?”
Long pause… “Uh …. is this 832-4821?”
Half a coat
I was listening to a Steve Martin being interviewed for a Radio 2 folk show (about his latest CD).
Steve Martin was in LA, the interviewer was in the UK. Sound quality was crystal clear,
I think my furnace may have stopped working. It seems to be blowing cold air and the temperature in the house is three degrees lower than what we have the furnace set for.
I’ve played with it a bit but if it doesn’t come back on in about half an hour, I may have to call for service.
Hmmmm.
I feel your furnace pain, EB and am not making light, but “Iโve played with it a bit but if it doesnโt come back on in about half an hour, I may have to call for service.” is the greatest sentence ever.
๐
I’ve called the repairman. Let’s see how long it takes for him to show up.
Considering it’s age should place nicely on original iPads
Play not place.
WTF? Furnace started working again on its own. I wonder if hubby was playing with the thermostat last night. I will have to ask him when he comes home. As far as I could tell it was set for the right temperature but maybe he changed an automatic setting without realizing it.
Oh well. I have heat, that’s all that matters to me. :cheerful:
My house has gained half a degree. Only three and a half more to go
I hope so. I liked (most) of the MIB films and this seems like the same film different premise. Crazy overboard Jeff Bridges is also always fun.
I think so too.
James Hong!
CP: The Space In Between — How To Destroy Angels
In other news, I saw last night that Jared Axelrod ‘came out’ on his blog. Sorry, can’t find the link, atm. If you can, however, then you’ll note that he makes a pretty compelling case for equality of couples.
I’ve been out of that East Coast scene for awhile, and so I never got to know him and his wife, J.R., all that well, but I met them enough times to vouch for them as awesome people.
This is awesome, and an issue that I can vouch for as well. I’m bisexual too, but 99.9% of everyone who knows me assumes I’m a Kinsey 6. Bisexual doesn’t mean poly, though you can be both. Very neat post.
Snap!
That was a good article. Teresa and I were discussing “Gay Marriage” just this weekend and all our homosexual friends. We came to the conclusion that individual tastes run the gamut. There’s a tendency to apply a label to someone and then try and predict their behavior based on that label. But that is a fruitless and wrong headed endeavor, one size does not fit all. So I am heartened to see the law provide protection to those relationships. Individual liberty and tolerance have long been a corner stone in America, let’s hope that it stays that way.
CR: Hyperion – Dan Simmons
This was in a collection of top 100 scifi books, but I can’t say I’m impressed so far. He has some stock writing methods that leap out at me and bring me out of the moment. He is also really long winded and I find myself yelling at the book to just get to the damn point already. Is it just me?
Very probably.
I can remember enjoying the book at the time.
Actually that may come over as a being flippant and that was not my intention.
Hyperion was the first Dan Simmons novel I had read, and I enjoyed the plot and the characters but did get frustrated at the lack of answers.
I have lots to say about Hyperion :).
You should know that Hyperion is not a complete story; everything is resolved in the sequel, Fall of Hyperion. It really should have been published as one volume.
I read those books during my college days and loved, loved them. I liked, liked books 3 and 4, which function as a sequel. In fact, the AI stuff was a pretty large influence on that part of Spherical Tomi.
Yep, just you. ๐
I loved the book, but it really isn’t for everyone. One thing to keep in mind, this is a modern take on The Canterbury Tales. And like Jack said, you won’t know what happens until you read the sequel(s).
I got the Canterbury Tales aspect. I’m in the poet’s story right now and it is possible that some of the frustration is intentional (i.e., the poet is supposed to be long winded and no one in the group is enjoying his tale any more than I am).
Well, no one says you have to like the classics. My wife hates Tolkein. I don’t really like Asimov. *shrug* Like what you like.
Indeed, Wuthering Heights bored me senseless.
One of Kate Bush’s more overly dramatic songs.
I already have a set of likes and dislikes. I like Tolkein, Clark, Varley, Brin, Stephenson, Morrow and a whole, whole lot more. Don’t like Asimov, Greg Bear, Donaldson, but not too many. Overall, I like more than I dislike. I’ve been debating whether to stick it out and see if I can get something out of Hyperion or give up. He doesn’t seem to be a polarizing author (many likes, many dislikes) so I will stick it out and see what I can get out of it.
Van, I just finished Pat Summitt’s memoir (Sum It Up) and thought about you and your dad a lot as I read. If you don’t know who she is, she’s the winningest college basketball coach of all time whose career was cut short recently with a diagnosis of early onset dementia, alzheimer’s type. I’m not sure the book is for everyone, because it’s deep info into her women’s bball teams and history and stuff, but her foundation is of interest.
I hope Chechnya doesn’t receive backlash over this.
Morning Pan
Today is Friday. Hubby is happy. Yesterday he didn’t get home until 7pm as they were dealing with “discipline issues” at work
I don’t know why I still keep reading Topless Robot. I know they’ve turned into crap, but….
I’m the same way. Honestly, there’s a segment called “Fast Food Review.” Awesome! How many nerd stereotypes can we perpetrate at once?
I think I sent it to you, but you’d do much better reading Rob’s posts at i09.
I agree. Today there’s an extremely whiny article about how 90s anime is better than anime today.
As long as its whiny, then its par for the course.
Yep. It’s now officially removed from my bookmarks.
ditto.
CP: Zero — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Did you grab the new album?
That’s right. It came out on Tuesday. I’ll have to go get it. Atm, I’m listening to It’s Blitz.
He didn’t just grab it, he touched it inappropriately.
LOVE!
The mp3 album is on sale for $5 at Amazon. ๐
*snob*
I buy physical albums NOT MP3’s.
*Furiously downloads album*
And I pay musicians to perform in the backseat of my car!
*not really*
His name is Jack Mangan
“Spherical Tomi” really needs a theme song.
Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. A long time.
Jesus Christ American media, can you ask stupider questions at press conferences?
I just talked to a co-worker in Boston. She reported that she received a reverse-911 call in the middle of the night saying “stay in your house and don’t answer the door unless you see a police officer” from the mayor. She said it’s pretty frightening, and her home-care nurse for her mother can’t get to them.
Man, scary.
No kidding
Looks like it is just a couple of looser kids.
Couldn’t make friends or fit in so they chose to commit mass murder.
Never learned to use their words.
Perhaps they needed some more fiber in their diets…
You are a braver man than I gunga din
even the tumbleweeds are in lockdown
Good morning.
With all the bad news, I thought I’d share a positive.
I had a 2 1/2 hour MRI this morning. Turns out, the pictures prove, I still have a brain.
yay?
You know, all they had to do was ask us. We could have vouched for that ๐
Bonus points if you can tie this tragedy into your own personal cause AND somehow make yourself/your group appear to have been the real victims in all of this.
/cynical mode
You mean like CNN?
/total discloser
I have to get up kind of early in the morning (and be functional) so I am forgoing the drink tonight. It is making me surly.
/total discloser
Ill make up for it, baybay
Eerie how much that dipshit looks like a Jonas Brother.
So that’s what my subconscious was trying to tell me.
German word for the day: What is a “friedhofjodler”? Or literally translated, “cemetery yodeler?”
In the old days tuberculosis was incurable. Whoever got it eventually died from the disease. The cough of a tubercular is apparently very different sounding from that of a normal cough. In Vienna when people familiar with the sound of that specific cough heard it, they’d say “There goes a friedhofjodler.”
A good German hofjodler isn’t authentic unless it’s fried.
“In Vienna when people familiar with the sound of that specific cough heard it, theyโd say โThere goes a friedhofjodler.โ
Thus the back story for Falco’s “Vienna Calling”.
There.
Days responsabilities are done!
CD – “Frankenhefen” – My high octain, home brew Hefeweizen, whose recipe can never be reproduced.
“IT’S ALIVE”
Just back from seeing this guy perform at the folk club:
I’ve eaten at the Barrio Cafe a number of times and it is quite excellent. I didn’t know they were known for their fries though, just their great Mexican dishes.
I up for it.
On a related note, have we thought of an itinerary for the meetup?
Now that my oh-some-consuming project at work is complete and my presentation is over… I can set my sights on helping with the MMMmmmeetup planning and getting everyone settled into town.
Hit me with ideas, questions, comments, chains-whips-candlesticks, etc.
How’d it go?
I rocked it, of course.
๐
On an unrelated note. Jack, I thought I’d give you a heads up that I won’t be doing show notes on the May 7th episode :sideways:
One of these days I may get a good nights sleep.
Two links full of positivity:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31936/20-gentle-quotations-mister-rogers
http://kotaku.com/the-sweetest-thing-youll-see-today-is-a-90-year-old-gr-472924742?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow
And old people, I suppose, but that’s beside the point.
Your crap joke for the day:
An old lady was standing at the railing of the cruise ship holding her hat tight so that it would not blow away in the wind.A gentleman approached her and said,
“Pardon me, madam.I do not intend to be forward but did you know that your dress is blowing up in this high wind?”
“Yes, I know,” said the lady. “I need both my hands to hold onto this hat.”
“But madam, you must know that you are not wearing any panties and your privates are exposed!” said the gentleman in earnest.
The woman looked down, then back up at the man and replied, “Sir, anything you see down there is 85 years old. I just bought this hat yesterday!
I’ll get your new coat.
More on ‘humanity sucks balls’:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/16/boston-bombings-fake-twitter-facebook-accounts-_n_3089926.html?utm_hp_ref=uk&utm_hp_ref=uk
More on ‘shit that shouldn’t have been made in the first place, let alone remade’:
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2013/04/16/cujo-remake/
He was a great goalie. ๐
He was a playoff terror.
Not so much though, during his final years with the Coyotes. ๐
Hey Pan
It snowed again last night. So far, we’ve had a dusting of snow every night for the last week. I’m sure my calendar said it was spring.
We have 10.5 inches of snow this morning! April showers!
CW: Defiance
I’d buy that for a dollar
http://www.startrek.com/article/well-drink-to-that-vulcan-ale-coming-may-1
It’s an Irish Red? Fascinating.
CW: Defiance – Episode 1
In the words of Kevin Bacon from the EE ads; ‘too much CGI man’
That was my initial reaction, it’s settled down to lots of dodgy makeup.
Wow! it’s 9:40 already??? I haven’t said much here. And now I off to the store.
*shrug* Later guys*
CP: Hell — Tegan & Sara
Welcome to today. I won’t complain about my weather ๐
Not to worry I’m sure I can find it within myself to complain about your weather..
I’ll get my coat.
Back from my errands.
I think I’m going to go silly after lunch today and make this my Play by Play.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430626/?ref_=sr_1
Not sure what the format of the PBP will be but, as we all know, it will be awesome. :silly:
It had a better name when released in the UK.
Not as good as the Wallace and Gromit shorts, but fun none the less.
…and another Star Wars actor has died:
http://www.geek-pride.co.uk/richard-leparmentier-aka-admiral-mottie-rip/
Crap! I met him. I even resisted the urge to say “the line.”
He was very nice and gracious.
R.I.P.
Lyrids meteor shower soon:
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-lyrid-meteor-shower#.UW2Tl1K9LCQ
Ok peeps, it’s movie time
Today’s movie is The Pirates! Band of Misfits
The DVR write up: in this high seas ad venture for the whole family, Pirate Captain competes against his two biggest rivals for the title of Pirate of the Year, while he teams up with a love struck scientist to battle an evil queen
London 1837
Rule Britannia
Correct me if i’m wrong Van but i don’t think this is historically accurate
Dead right you would be TEB.
What’s best about being a pirate?
Turns ou, it’s not the scantily clad mermaids
It’s the meat ballet
Parrot?
Oh phooey. Must pause the movie. Back in five
Sorry. Gave kitty her medicine. Then figured, since I’m up, I brought the garbage bin in from the curb.
Now, where was I… Oh yes, Pirate of the Year Awards
Booty = shiny
That was mean
Poor wale
Maybe add an h in there somewhere. Anywhere you want is fine be me *shrug*
Goes to show, even pirates can be bullies
What do trophies taste like?
Time to sell baby clothes
Time Lord Doctor Darwin
Walking the plank
Queen Victoria is the mortal enemy of pirates
Pictures of sea monsters on maps are just that. Pictures
Wow, amazing welcome sign
Monkey doorman
Falling asleep to nautical sound effects
Pirate fantasies
Stop! Dodo thief!
Poor Polly
Foiled by a Rubic’s cupe
Science lovers you have been warned
The prize is… Encyclopedias
Guinea pigs!
He’s no scientist, he’s a Girl Scout!
Darwin promises a Dodo
like as in doo-doo ?
or doe-doe, as in bird?
As in the extinct bird.
(Will anyone see this mid-PBP comment?)
No escape I’m afraid.
Is this one of those, if a tree falls in a forest, type questions?
I didn’t see the comment either.
Ladies love Pardonrd pirates
Does “Pardonrd” mean well endowed?
Only on Saturdays.
Stupid auto correct
I think you meant stoopid
Elevators are slick
The bun does it for him
Booty!
http://tinyurl.com/ct8khg9
Wheee! I’m a floating head
If it starts quoting Zardoz dialogue . . .
The pistol is good! The pegleg is evil!
*grin*
It’s the Pirate King!
Banished from Blood Island! Say it isn’t so
See if I care!
Tramps. A lot like being a scientist with less experiments and more drinking your own sweat
Polly is a cracker
Pygmy elephant nuggets
Stealing a Dodo
He tastes like barnacles
Extra crunchy
Wrapped in sausages facing certain death
Said the actress to the Bishop.
Ha!
Polly is saved!
A woman disguised as a man
Is this the end of the movie?
yup. It even happened during the closing credits.
This was done by a friend of mine here in Calgary *sigh*
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=518595404863493&set=a.458177304238637.107104.458174314238936&type=1&ref=nf
More decay:
http://io9.com/these-abandoned-power-stations-are-majestic-in-their-de-473517743
Those guys at Valve are sure upping their game.
CD: Alaskan Imperial Read – Pilot Series
Frothymaltyhoppygood
This is damn funny. And Van, it doesn’t contain any spoilers.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c82d20c5b4/gay-of-thrones-ep-1?rel=player
Thanks for the PBP, Bunny. I haven’t seen that movie, but I would like to. I loved the book.
Good night, Polly.
Oh hey Bunny!
Did you attend the Star Wars exhibit yet? If so, how was it?
Hey pixie, it was good. They had props from all six movies. The Identities bit was a little hokey but what are you going to do?
I have pictures I put on my iPad. I can show you them when I’m out there in Mat
Ralph and I can’t stop watching Once Upon a Time.
A TV show has successfully made us stop playing WoW for 2 whole days.
This “The Name of the Rose” Netflix DVD is obviously going to be here with me unwatched until I’m as old as Sean Connery. Right next to the Samurai DVD that I’ve also had for months. I need to get better at downtime.
Downtime? I find the concept intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
“Downtime” the newsletter for men who know how to please their women.
What?
Bazinga!
Editor-in-chief: Colonel Angus.
The Name of the Rose is well worth the effort. Fantastic movie.
The book is very good too.
Haven’t seen the movie since it came out but I recall it as being most excellent.
Our coffee machine died this morning. We only got it just before Christmas. I’d like to think it would last longer than that.
You will all be happy to know I got the coffee machine working again. Hubby will be able to fill his travel mug tomorrow to take to work once again.
Speaking of coffee makers, my cheapo Mr. Coffee finally bit the dust and I got an aeropress. ditto, do you have one?
So far, I LOVE it. I’m not yet sure what I’ll do when my mom & dad come to visit next, as dad likes to get up at 4:30 and drink a pot, but I’ll figure something out by then.
http://aerobie.com/products/aeropress.htm
Yep, I love them. I’m not sure, but I might have mentioned them before. Anyway, I’ve used mine for years, but I’ll warn you: it is easy to throw the bottom cap away. Be careful when you are cleaning up. ๐
Yes, I’m still getting my “puck-ejection” process down!
You definitely mentioned it here before – it’s been on my wish list for a year or more.
It makes a great cup of coffee, doesn’t it? ๐
Man, it really does! In my case, it makes 3 great cups every morning!
I’m tempted to buy one buy one but judging from the YouTube videos it’s a it of a faff to make a cup of coffee.
Embrace the faff!
It’s just like a french press, but easier, especially for cleaning up.
Does it make faffuccinos?
in case anyone else struggled, as I did:
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/faff
No, but the faffe americanos are hard to beat.
CP: Toccata – Carpimus Noctum — Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Crap joke for the day:
A woman is standing at the edge of a cliff trying to get the nerve to jump off.
A passing tramp stops and says, “Since you’re about to kill yourself, if you don’t mind, could we have sex, please?”
The woman says, “No, fuck off!”
The tramp turns to leave and mutters, “Fine, I’ll just go and wait at the bottom.”
http://www.ae.com/web/browse/product.jsp?catId=cat410135&productId=0382_1556_600&cid=AE_CSE_120911_0&mr:referralID=9f9f74f6-a777-11e2-9389-001b2166c62d
Pow
I think I’m going to sew some Velcro on some arm patches. It’s one of those thing I keep meaning to do so I think today I will just do it
And what will be stuck onto your arms with the velcro patches?
Patches from XCOM & Mass Effect 3 collectors editions
Heading back home after seeing Olympus has Fallen.
Basically Die Hard with the humour surgically removed.
As long as it was done surgically and not with a butcher knife, I guess that’s ok.
My cat, who is normally quite clingy, seems to be doubling her efforts today. I can’t do anything without tripping over her.
Who wants to motivate this Pixie to complete her PowerPoint today!?!!
Be! Productive! B! E! Productive!
Go Pixie! *shakes pom poms*
Someone please tell the Canadian dollar I plan to go to the US in a couple of weeks and would appreciate it if it would stop its downward trend
Ironically, my wife now works for a Canadian company and this would help me as well.
CP: Dragline — Lo-pan
That’s some good dirty stoner rock, yo.
Sounds like big trouble to me.
In Little (Lo Pan) China?
CP: Out of Breath — Silversun Pickups
CP: Tyrone — Erykah Badu
Who do that Badu that Badu so well?
Do you know this song? It’s a crack up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1A8kfwhD_c
Im not sure Ive seen a more stoned drummer. This is something!
you’d better
call Tyrone (call! him!)
tell him come on
help you
get yo shit
Great song, great performance. Just trying to figure out why it’s titled as “unstaged”. Not sure what unstaged means, but pretty sure that a bunch of people performing in front of an audience on a stage doesn’t count.
a *must* watch by all. After Ever After Disney Princesses.
Clever and well-done.
Thanks, BP!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/after-ever-after-disney-jon-cozart_n_2867739.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=1029507,b=facebook
it is SFW
Not if you work at Disney.
Tat was really great.
super cute!
Very Hrabian!
I enjoyed the WT Funshow.
WTFunshowFTW!
You had one job, Evite. One job! Brrrllleearrrruuggfffffhhgghhh!
Brlearugfhgh?
Exfrrrggghheahactly!
People still use Evite?
Don’t cry for me Argentina, oh wait.
Musical humor!
:::)))
Just caught my first sight of the ISS as it passed over UK through a break in the clouds.
Way cool!
The Scots weren’t big fans of Maggie:
https://witness.guardian.co.uk/assignment/516e3c1de4b049aa25e5e87b/278535
Okay, I feel old. The #1 WNBA draft pick today was born in 1990.
I just feel old in general.
(Ed is right, though – we’ll keep the geezer grumbles to a minimum at the MMMmmmeetup)
Man, I’ve never felt younger. Is it possible for my face to get smoother? Time to go sign up for the Iron Man! …yeah, that’s not annoying. ๐
That’s it! MMMmmmeetup Bikram Yoga!
“in general” – general zod?
And there you have the two simple rules for Mmmmeetup
1. No mean people
2. No geezer grumbling
So say we all.
CP: Guacamelee!
Fun game so far. ๐
Goodnight :Madonna:
Crap joke for a windy Thursday:
A guy dials his home phone from work. A strange woman answers. The guy says, “Who is this?”
“This is the maid.”, answered the woman.
“We don’t have a maid!”
“I was just hired this morning by the lady of the house.”
“Well, this is her husband. Is she there?”
“Ummm …. she’s upstairs in the bedroom with someone who I just figured was her husband.” The guy is fuming. He says to the maid, “Listen, would you like to make $50,000?”
“What do I have to do?”
“I want you to get my gun from my desk in the den and shoot that witch and the jerk she is with.” The maid puts down the phone. The guy hears footsteps, followed by two gunshots. The maid comes back to the phone. “What should I do with the bodies?” “Throw them in the swimming pool!”
“What?! There’s no pool here?”
Long pause… “Uh …. is this 832-4821?”
Half a coat
I was listening to a Steve Martin being interviewed for a Radio 2 folk show (about his latest CD).
Steve Martin was in LA, the interviewer was in the UK. Sound quality was crystal clear,
Amazing at times this future we now live in.
Not snowing. That’s something at least
Go New Zealand.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/maurice-williamson-new-zealand-gay-marriage-_n_3100714.html
Sweet story! I’m doing backflips today over Brittney Griner coming out. She’s the youngster I mentioned made me feel old yesterday.
I, Lo Pan, will give you 1000$ to see you do a backflip.
That should just about cover a visit to hospital.
For him? Or me?
Cough
NSFW language
http://i.imgur.com/Aa6MoYr.gif
Ha! I often feel like that
I think my furnace may have stopped working. It seems to be blowing cold air and the temperature in the house is three degrees lower than what we have the furnace set for.
I’ve played with it a bit but if it doesn’t come back on in about half an hour, I may have to call for service.
Hmmmm.
I feel your furnace pain, EB and am not making light, but “Iโve played with it a bit but if it doesnโt come back on in about half an hour, I may have to call for service.” is the greatest sentence ever.
๐
I’ve called the repairman. Let’s see how long it takes for him to show up.
I put on a sweater.
Plunderland goes free for a while:
http://toucharcade.com/2013/04/18/freebie-alert-plunderland-plunder-the-seas-for-free-for-a-limited-time/
Considering it’s age should place nicely on original iPads
Play not place.
WTF? Furnace started working again on its own. I wonder if hubby was playing with the thermostat last night. I will have to ask him when he comes home. As far as I could tell it was set for the right temperature but maybe he changed an automatic setting without realizing it.
Oh well. I have heat, that’s all that matters to me. :cheerful:
My house has gained half a degree. Only three and a half more to go
Almost there. Just keep playing with it.
^winning.
RIPD might be fun. ๐
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X07xNrVd7DU
I hope so. I liked (most) of the MIB films and this seems like the same film different premise. Crazy overboard Jeff Bridges is also always fun.
I think so too.
James Hong!
CP: The Space In Between — How To Destroy Angels
In other news, I saw last night that Jared Axelrod ‘came out’ on his blog. Sorry, can’t find the link, atm. If you can, however, then you’ll note that he makes a pretty compelling case for equality of couples.
I’ve been out of that East Coast scene for awhile, and so I never got to know him and his wife, J.R., all that well, but I met them enough times to vouch for them as awesome people.
http://planetx.livejournal.com/510706.html
Thanks, Jack. Here’s the link: http://www.jaredaxelrod.com/main/2013/03/27/i-am-queer-and-i-am-married/
This is awesome, and an issue that I can vouch for as well. I’m bisexual too, but 99.9% of everyone who knows me assumes I’m a Kinsey 6. Bisexual doesn’t mean poly, though you can be both. Very neat post.
Snap!
That was a good article. Teresa and I were discussing “Gay Marriage” just this weekend and all our homosexual friends. We came to the conclusion that individual tastes run the gamut. There’s a tendency to apply a label to someone and then try and predict their behavior based on that label. But that is a fruitless and wrong headed endeavor, one size does not fit all. So I am heartened to see the law provide protection to those relationships. Individual liberty and tolerance have long been a corner stone in America, let’s hope that it stays that way.
CR: Hyperion – Dan Simmons
This was in a collection of top 100 scifi books, but I can’t say I’m impressed so far. He has some stock writing methods that leap out at me and bring me out of the moment. He is also really long winded and I find myself yelling at the book to just get to the damn point already. Is it just me?
Very probably.
I can remember enjoying the book at the time.
Actually that may come over as a being flippant and that was not my intention.
Hyperion was the first Dan Simmons novel I had read, and I enjoyed the plot and the characters but did get frustrated at the lack of answers.
I have lots to say about Hyperion :).
You should know that Hyperion is not a complete story; everything is resolved in the sequel, Fall of Hyperion. It really should have been published as one volume.
I read those books during my college days and loved, loved them. I liked, liked books 3 and 4, which function as a sequel. In fact, the AI stuff was a pretty large influence on that part of Spherical Tomi.
Yep, just you. ๐
I loved the book, but it really isn’t for everyone. One thing to keep in mind, this is a modern take on The Canterbury Tales. And like Jack said, you won’t know what happens until you read the sequel(s).
I got the Canterbury Tales aspect. I’m in the poet’s story right now and it is possible that some of the frustration is intentional (i.e., the poet is supposed to be long winded and no one in the group is enjoying his tale any more than I am).
Well, no one says you have to like the classics. My wife hates Tolkein. I don’t really like Asimov. *shrug* Like what you like.
Indeed, Wuthering Heights bored me senseless.
One of Kate Bush’s more overly dramatic songs.
I already have a set of likes and dislikes. I like Tolkein, Clark, Varley, Brin, Stephenson, Morrow and a whole, whole lot more. Don’t like Asimov, Greg Bear, Donaldson, but not too many. Overall, I like more than I dislike. I’ve been debating whether to stick it out and see if I can get something out of Hyperion or give up. He doesn’t seem to be a polarizing author (many likes, many dislikes) so I will stick it out and see what I can get out of it.
One small step:
http://www.uthouston.edu/media/story.htm?id=037e9d6a-1761-4d16-8c9f-f4fa091bb095
Van, I just finished Pat Summitt’s memoir (Sum It Up) and thought about you and your dad a lot as I read. If you don’t know who she is, she’s the winningest college basketball coach of all time whose career was cut short recently with a diagnosis of early onset dementia, alzheimer’s type. I’m not sure the book is for everyone, because it’s deep info into her women’s bball teams and history and stuff, but her foundation is of interest.
http://www.patsummitt.org/
Pretty great assessment of the background checks travesty yesterday:
http://davidsimon.com/dead-children-and-monied-politicians/
But Democracy works, dont you know this? When a minority of politicians and citizens wins…
David Simon expands a bit on his point in the comments. I too fear the thread, but it’s worth it to venture just a bit further down there.
. . . Yes, I know. . .
Must. Stop. Reading. Comments. On. Internet.
/no hope for humanity
THAT INCLUDES YOU, DEADPAN!!!!
For serious tho, it WILL drive you crazy. Dont let the select few that shout loudest piss you off too much. They live in sad, weak little worlds.
It’s why I stopped reading youtube comments to posted videos.
Home from lunch with my Boo. My house is nice a cozy again. I’m happy :happy:
Lo, get your clapped out VCR ready:
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/04/17/breaking-bad-premiere-date-set-for-the-final-episodes
CANNOT WAIT
Sir, the only thing “clapped out” is my penis.
“clap on, clap off, the clapper”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p_Z3Rymb4k
25 indie game to look forward to:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/04/25-indie-games-to-keep-an-eye-on/
There’s a few there that pique my interest.
There. I gave kitty her medicine and clipped her claws. She’s not very impressed with me at the moment.
You may not recognise the name but you recognise the cover:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22210378
http://www.cracked.com/video_18540_internet-party-why-nobody-gets-anything-done-web.html
CP: Waiting for an Alibi – Thin Lizzy
Impressive:
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/mario-kart-64-made-within-minecraft-is-the-best-use-of-minecraft/
How not to make a cover for a classic novel;
http://twitter.com/arrroberts/status/324868475011100673/photo/1
There’s a spider on my ceiling. Hubby is late coming home today. How did it know?
Spider sense…
Things happening in Boston.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22212946
And how.
I hope Chechnya doesn’t receive backlash over this.
Morning Pan
Today is Friday. Hubby is happy. Yesterday he didn’t get home until 7pm as they were dealing with “discipline issues” at work
I don’t know why I still keep reading Topless Robot. I know they’ve turned into crap, but….
I’m the same way. Honestly, there’s a segment called “Fast Food Review.” Awesome! How many nerd stereotypes can we perpetrate at once?
I think I sent it to you, but you’d do much better reading Rob’s posts at i09.
I agree. Today there’s an extremely whiny article about how 90s anime is better than anime today.
As long as its whiny, then its par for the course.
Yep. It’s now officially removed from my bookmarks.
ditto.
CP: Zero — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Did you grab the new album?
That’s right. It came out on Tuesday. I’ll have to go get it. Atm, I’m listening to It’s Blitz.
He didn’t just grab it, he touched it inappropriately.
LOVE!
The mp3 album is on sale for $5 at Amazon. ๐
*snob*
I buy physical albums NOT MP3’s.
*Furiously downloads album*
And I pay musicians to perform in the backseat of my car!
*not really*
His name is Jack Mangan
“Spherical Tomi” really needs a theme song.
Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. A long time.
Jesus Christ American media, can you ask stupider questions at press conferences?
I just talked to a co-worker in Boston. She reported that she received a reverse-911 call in the middle of the night saying “stay in your house and don’t answer the door unless you see a police officer” from the mayor. She said it’s pretty frightening, and her home-care nurse for her mother can’t get to them.
Man, scary.
No kidding
Looks like it is just a couple of looser kids.
Couldn’t make friends or fit in so they chose to commit mass murder.
Never learned to use their words.
Perhaps they needed some more fiber in their diets…
You are a braver man than I gunga din
even the tumbleweeds are in lockdown
Good morning.
With all the bad news, I thought I’d share a positive.
I had a 2 1/2 hour MRI this morning. Turns out, the pictures prove, I still have a brain.
yay?
You know, all they had to do was ask us. We could have vouched for that ๐
Wait… you’re NOT the Scarecrow? Who’da Thunk?
No. She’s Mrs. King.
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085088/)
Happy Birthday Mr Kimura:
http://io9.com/the-worlds-oldest-man-turns-116-today-476421355
Fucker just got caught. Its done.
Let the political falderal over this, begin!!!
Isnt that why we play the game?!?!?! ugh.
Bonus points if you can tie this tragedy into your own personal cause AND somehow make yourself/your group appear to have been the real victims in all of this.
/cynical mode
You mean like CNN?
/total discloser
I have to get up kind of early in the morning (and be functional) so I am forgoing the drink tonight. It is making me surly.
/total discloser
Ill make up for it, baybay
Eerie how much that dipshit looks like a Jonas Brother.
So that’s what my subconscious was trying to tell me.
What ever happened to Lara Flynn Boyle?
She melted
http://www.eonline.com/news/409120/lara-flynn-boyle-is-almost-unrecognizable-in-latest-pics
Does anybody here remember Lara Flynne?
I remember Errol Flynn, but just barely.
Yes.
… but I’m not admitting that I ever knew her.
Weird:
http://www.noortjedekeijzer.nl/work/my-knitted-boyfriend-2/the-product/
German word for the day: What is a “friedhofjodler”? Or literally translated, “cemetery yodeler?”
In the old days tuberculosis was incurable. Whoever got it eventually died from the disease. The cough of a tubercular is apparently very different sounding from that of a normal cough. In Vienna when people familiar with the sound of that specific cough heard it, they’d say “There goes a friedhofjodler.”
A good German hofjodler isn’t authentic unless it’s fried.
“In Vienna when people familiar with the sound of that specific cough heard it, theyโd say โThere goes a friedhofjodler.โ
Thus the back story for Falco’s “Vienna Calling”.
There.
Days responsabilities are done!
CD – “Frankenhefen” – My high octain, home brew Hefeweizen, whose recipe can never be reproduced.
“IT’S ALIVE”
Just back from seeing this guy perform at the folk club:
http://youtu.be/35o2OC62MWQ
What I wouldnt give to have you as a folk buddy
I wanna folk you like an animal.
Okay Coyotes, you go scoreless against the Sharks, but beat the Blackhawks. How does that work again?
We saw that Oblivion movie today, so we could be more like Van.
Meh. Not terrible.
Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise crazy. Strange how he keeps getting older, but the age of his female co-stars always stays the same.
Pixie felt that in spite of Lo Pan’s crush, the Eastern European actress’s performance was lacking.
Im not sure Tom Cruise’s penis gets older.
Just sayin’
Olga my Olga.
Answer me this?
Why was the movie called Oblivion?
grrrr
There’s a young lass on the bus with a R2D2 iPhone case.
Colour me jealous
My iPhone case has daleks.
On a side note, what is the plural form of TARDIS? Tardises? Tardisies? Or are they like moose using thes same word for one or for many?
Tardi?
You never go full Tardi, Jack!
Tardid?
I’m pretty sure it’s Tardises.
It snowed again lost night *sigh*
Go back to sleep!
Lay your head down child, I wont let the boogie man come.
That’s mean, Lo. The Boogieman has just as much right to get his rocks off as anybody else :happy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=205cLtJmEP0
Boogross
Bring your old Tetris carts out to play:
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/gameboy-celebrates-its-24th-birthday-and-now-i-feel-old/
I read that as “old Tardis carts”.
You know, the terrible NHL officiating turns me off more than any lockout.
Neat: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/04/21/177949605/a-wet-towel-in-space-is-not-like-a-wet-towel-on-earth
รber neat-O.
Surface tension hurts my brain
Finished drinking a Duchesse de Bourgogne. Yummy. Probably my favorite of the sour beers.
Is sour the new hoppy?
Has been for a while now. Not a big fan.
Not a big fan either, but I really like this one.
In honor of Earth Day 2013– I was inspired.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/earth-day-2013-a-glimpse-of-worlds-10-most-enchanting-forests_843542.html
Sleep DAMMIT!
Better start spinning that cocoon.
But Im already a beautiful butterfly
Wee doggie! The mmmeetup is in less than two weeks, isn’t it?
Everyday it’s a getting closer, going faster than a roller coaster..
It sure is! I will be on a plane a week from Friday. :happy:
I need to start looking at tickets for DVT to AZA.
Didn’t you do the same joke last year?
cough
What joke?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwyVWaCAD2A
^like
BTW – Last night’s Game of Thrones was most satisfying.
That Dragon Lady was most impressive.
Morning Pan
There’s this big ball of bright light in the sky today. I’m sure I’ve seen it before, just not sure when.
Great balls of fire!
Ooooh a sarcy bunny, rarely seen.
My taste buds are getting old, I’m finding this black coffee that I have in my hands rather palatable.
The maple syrup and sugar may help of course.
Nice!
New Pynchon coming out this fall:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/04/22/thomas_pynchon_bleeding_edge_first_page_novel_about_new_york_in_2001_is.html
One of these days I’ll have to try reading one of his books.
I’d recommend his latest, Inherent Vice. I love Gravity’s Rainbow, but it’s not the most accessible.
I’m not very “literate”. I read a lot, but I also like to enjoy my stories. ๐
-literate; +literary!
Some of his stuff if just really for grad school seminars. Intellectual masturbation! I don’t read for that purpose any more. I’m about the story too!
I r engineer. I no spelt gud. ๐
You might like Vineland. I’m not smart and/or stubborn enough for Gravity’s Rainbow.
< stubborn!
Disclaimer: that is not a crack at EssBee at all. Although I do suspect that she is stubborn in all of the right ways.
CP: Seventeen — Ladytron
When youre 21 youre no fun
No, this page does not have a redirect loop!
http://jl8comic.tumblr.com/image/13372482444
I think a visit to experience #3 on this list should be added to the mmmmmeetup calendar:
http://eater.com/archives/2013/04/19/eater-french-fry-heat-map.php
Interesting. I know that the Barrio Queen is a spin off of the Barrio Cafe (http://www.barriocafe.com/barriocaf233.html).
I’ve eaten at the Barrio Cafe a number of times and it is quite excellent. I didn’t know they were known for their fries though, just their great Mexican dishes.
I up for it.
On a related note, have we thought of an itinerary for the meetup?
I’ve thought about it.
Amazing:
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/inventing-the-cardboard-bicycle/
They should call it the “Re-Cycle”.
CP: Controlling Crowds — Archive
I just want people to know what I could possibly be missing just for you guys. (if I was still allowed to drink beer)
http://calgarybeerfest.com/
That looks fun!
Happy M
Happy Monday, Pan!
Now that my oh-some-consuming project at work is complete and my presentation is over… I can set my sights on helping with the MMMmmmeetup planning and getting everyone settled into town.
Hit me with ideas, questions, comments, chains-whips-candlesticks, etc.
How’d it go?
I rocked it, of course.
๐
On an unrelated note. Jack, I thought I’d give you a heads up that I won’t be doing show notes on the May 7th episode :sideways:
Outrage!
Cristy Amphlett from Divinyls just passed away.
http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/04/22/divinyls-singer-chrissy-amphlett-dies/
Oh man. I didnt know she was fighting all that