Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #90: The Deadpan Program

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  1. Vanamonde Says:

    Firsties

  2. Vanamonde Says:

    Morning Pan, at work, an extremely dull grey day in prospect.

  3. Ed from Texas Says:

    Wow, I get to finish in the top three this week!

  4. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    fourth!

  5. Ed from Texas Says:

    I’ll plead the fifth.

    Fine show this week and great content from all. I shall be most interested to hear the upcoming expose on the podcast “community”.

    And, while I’m not familiar with the film, I would be surprised if “Bring ‘em Young” would have fewer females than Brigham Young.

    You’ll just have to tune in and listen for yourself to have a clue what that means.

  6. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Morning Pan!

    How are we this bright, sunny Thursday morning?

    Now to hit the showers.

  7. Rhettro Says:

    Yep, it’s sure to have all the trappings of a VH1 special. Jack Mangan’s Behind the Podcast.

  8. Thomas Says:

    I loved the scene when Jack was roid ragin in the late 90s and he beat the crap out of the Pets.com puppet, I totally didn’t see it coming.

  9. jackmangan Says:

    Neither did that puppet, Thomas.

  10. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Awwwwwwwwww. That’s sweet, Jack!

  11. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Well, I’m showered, fed and even shopped. Now to listen to podcasts while I work :)

  12. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Trucker: nice twist on Hillary’s commercial. lol

  13. Dubshack Says:

    Actually that was me doing the Hillary commercial. Sounds like it was well timed. *lol*

  14. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Ooops. Sorry, Dub. Still funny as hell.

  15. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I AM A HONKY!

  16. Rhettro Says:

    Yeah Dub,

    Your Hillary parady had me laughing pretty hard on my commute this morning.

  17. Rhettro Says:

    And apologies Jack, I promised content but didn’t deliver. I was going to do some “contents of my…” and a stolen paragraph, but couldn’t find the ideal recording situation. Good thing everyone else stepped up to fill the void. I need to collect my thoughts this weekend and send you some polished product.

  18. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    What?! No do overs????
    Crap!

  19. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I like the closing music, Jack. :)

  20. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Yeah Van, for spelling flavour the “correct” way :)

  21. Rhettro Says:

    This is pretty funny.

    http://tinyurl.com/342fo7

    Why is this funny? Because I grew up with the author and we were casual friends. Hawker City is based on the small town we grew up in, there were a few “Frosty Queens” I could think of in that town.

  22. Rhettro Says:

    He also wrote this movie.

    http://tinyurl.com/2o9a28

    Again based in Kansas. In one line Daniel Stern mentions the small town we grew up in. My wife and I both laughed out loud about that.

  23. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Still waiting for that CD of your music, Jack.

  24. Rhettro Says:

    http://tinyurl.com/39v7s9

    And this movie about the sexual exploits of a young architectural student. Um wait a second…

  25. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    This is a pretty cool song: The Duke Spirit’s “Lassoo”. It’s the KEXP song of the Day.
    http://www.digitalwell.washington.edu/dw/1/51/80/800e8b0d-1e7b-4ae8-9d28-c4d0fa9bbc05.mp3

    It’s like a modernized Spaghetti Western song.

  26. Rhettro Says:

    I thought it was “flava”

  27. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Haven’t seen either of those movies, Rhettro.

  28. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Jack, I had a tear in my eye at the end, while I stood with my hand over my heart…

    Of course, now you have to placate the other listeners - so does that mean next full cast it will be the English national anthem?

  29. Rhettro Says:

    Pretty low distribution, but I do highly recommend “Dead Simple.” It’s actually a pretty good movie. I would pass on “Kept” though.

  30. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I’m disillusioned that I don’t know about the disillusionment.

  31. Rhettro Says:

    I’ll be disillustioned if we don’t get a Flash parody of BTM.

  32. Rhettro Says:

    “Jack Mangan, was held in high esteem by all of his podcast listeners, unbeknown to them that he actually faked his Steven King interview.”
    *cue music*

  33. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I have only one thing to say to that
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs

  34. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    OOooo OOooo!!

    Watchmen character photos!!!

    http://rss.warnerbros.com/watchmen/

    ooo!! ooo!!!

  35. Rhettro Says:

    “Nursing a bad Coke habit the dead protitutes were piling up. His friend didn’t think he could fall much lower. That was until they found he had switched to Crystal Pepsi.”

    *cue music*

  36. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    And more in the spam category…
    “Good news for your lover and you! - V vsn ia en gr neh a’s H yj ea io rtf tx elt Benefit V gh ia bc gr jz a may have more”

    ENGLISH MF! :)

  37. Rhettro Says:

    I actually have no idea was a protitute is.

  38. Rhettro Says:

    Do you type it?

  39. Rhettro Says:

    Cool photos Jeremy. I gotta read Watchmen ASAP.

  40. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    JfS: I’m pretty excited.

  41. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    So, why are there nipples on Ozy’s suit and not on Night Owl’s?

  42. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Owls don’t have nipples, Duh!

  43. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    D’oh! Of course!

  44. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87938060&ft=1&f=1001

    Wait, wha???

    The pentagon awards a $40 billion contract to a European company over a US one that’s had it for 50 years??

    I’m sorry, but that is fucked up.

  45. Rhettro Says:

    ^^Agreed.

  46. disgruntled scientist Says:

    hehehe Owls with nipples

    Iz grab tem n they sez Hoo!!!

  47. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Im N UR Tuftz, tweekin UR nipz!!

  48. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Er, tw33k1n UR h00terz!!

  49. Jack Mangan Says:

    How many licks does it take?

  50. Debbie Says:

    I have nothing witty to say.

  51. Rhettro Says:

    Hooters. LOL

  52. disgruntled scientist Says:

    a 1..a 2hoo, a three…crunch…a three :-)

  53. Debbie Says:

    I’m listening to Oh Canada and I have no idea why.

  54. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    just cuz :)

  55. disgruntled scientist Says:

    Probably the same reason why the Tales from the Crypt theme has been playing in my head for a month :-)

  56. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    We’re subversive

  57. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Via The Dilbert Blog: Japanese woman acquitted of crime cuz here breasts are too big.
    http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080304p2a00m0na028000c.html

  58. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    *her
    d’oh

  59. Debbie Says:

    I figured such large breasts deserved an extra e, right?

  60. jackmangan Says:

    dis-sci: Thanks for getting the Tootsie Pop joke :)
    Rhett: No worries, no apologies necessary. Life comes before podcasting.
    Thanks for the comments about the music ditto and TEB, but I didn’t write “O Canada”. I think that was Alanis Morisette.
    That’s Debbie from East Mesa, folks. Deadpan was just ending its podcast day in Canada.

    Watchmen film is actually going to happen - w00t!

  61. Thomas Says:

    Jeremy because the US company deserved it because they had a crappier product that didn’t work as well by that logic the American car industry…er. Actually there is an American Manufacturer on the contract as well.

  62. Vanamonde Says:

    So todays word I cannot pronounce properly is:

    ephemeral

    Looking forward to Watchmen movie, just keeping my fingers crossed they don’t screw it up.

    Oh and I would go with Land of Hope and Glory over God Save The Queen, any day..

  63. Thomas Says:

    Further thought if it were Halliburton who had the contract for the last 50 years would you have the same opinion?

    The review provcess from the stories I read that in the 9 categories they were judging the Boeing product missed the requirements by a large margin, the other companies aircraft nailed the product specs, so good for them I tend to say.

  64. Vanamonde Says:

    I remember there being a lot of ill feeling when the MOD canceled the Nimrod AEW3 project and bought US AWACs. Even though the MOD good reasons for doing so,

    This time the shoe is on the other foot.

  65. Vanamonde Says:

    +had

  66. Vanamonde Says:

    Anybody paraphrasing that song and singing:

    I hate you cos your breasts too big

    Is obviously mad and needs to locked away…

  67. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I don’t know, Van. I always liked the Sex Pistols’ version of “God Save the Queen”. ;)

  68. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Thomas: I agree. Tradition isn’t a good enough basis to award contracts. Or to conduct science, for that matter.

  69. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    69!

  70. Vanamonde Says:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THYgeETrkPs

    If you have never heard of this work by Elgar.

  71. jackmangan Says:

    I’ll hit all Youtube links at home later.

    In the meantime:
    http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=255

  72. Vanamonde Says:

    The ideal present for the masochistic game player:

    http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=25875

  73. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Sounds like it needs to come with a ball-gag, Van.

  74. disgruntled scientist Says:

    no prob Mr. Mangan

  75. disgruntled scientist Says:

    awe yeah Vanamonde!! Bring on the VR!!

  76. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Am I the only one that thinks this will be used by the teledildonics crowd in a heartbeat?

  77. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    *Looses Frantically*

  78. Vanamonde Says:

    http://www.xbox-modchips.com/tutorials/xshok.htm

    Now that is a truly scary mod…

  79. Amy Bowen Says:

    I thought the “It’s 3 A.M.” ad parody was funny, too.

    I’m sorry to hear about your disillusionment, Jack. :-(

  80. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I like this shirt :)
    http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/irish/female

  81. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    And, yes, while I do like red-heads, I really do find the slogan funny.

  82. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    We are about 1/6 of our way to Jack’s goal!

  83. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Redheads and BOOBS!!! :)

  84. Vanamonde Says:

    A lovely combination

    cough

  85. Vanamonde Says:

    Jeff Lang doing a cover of a Richard Thompson song:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wirxd8q39-A

  86. Rhettro Says:

    I kind of like this t-shirt.

    http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=800

  87. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Worst Shots Ever Created:

    http://www.twelvestone.com/forum_thread/view/38249

    *BARF*

  88. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Followed by the Worst Shorts Ever Created:

    http://www.twelvestone.com/forum_thread/view/38250

    hehe.

  89. jackmangan Says:

    My eyes!!!

  90. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    my porn list was 10 mins long…. I need to spend more time with my wife.

  91. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    I have my trucker a hair cut. The means I hit a brige… I was in Chicago… I am just glad I till have a job…. Yet I this have a podcast to write and it’s late. fucking hell.

  92. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    500

  93. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    nipples

  94. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    I

  95. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    will

  96. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    do

  97. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    my

  98. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    best

  99. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    When does the fear stop. I just want a job and work. I work hard. I don’t have lot of shit. I don’t want alot of shit. I just want to work and not lose my job.

  100. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Welcome to the Age of Corporitocracy.

  101. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Shit! 100sies!!

  102. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    wifey says I need to rape less.

  103. Phoenix Leann Loveths Jack Says:

    0_o

  104. Rhettro Says:

    o_O

  105. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    to much rape in the last few Down the Road tales…

  106. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    0_O

  107. Jack Mangan Says:

    This is a funny list:

    http://www.spinner.com/2007/03/27/the-worst-lyrics-ever-no-20/

  108. disgruntled scientist Says:

    o_o

  109. Phoenix Leann Loveths Jack Says:

    oh yea?

    I call your 0_o and raise you a

    ^ ^
    0 _ o

    >

    [—]

  110. Phoenix Leann Loveths Jack Says:

    and of course the damn WP screwed my thingie all up.
    Stupid wordpress.

  111. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    WP screwed the pooch

  112. JohnBoze Says:

    The pooch liked it

  113. JohnBoze Says:

    Jack stands on guard.

  114. JohnBoze Says:

    You crazy Canadians, with all your extra U’s and all the transposed er’s like in “Centre” and all that.

  115. JohnBoze Says:

    So, Eraserhead, eh?

  116. JohnBoze Says:

    Yah, I said “eh,” what the fuck ya gonna do about it?

  117. Phoenix Leann Loveths Jack Says:

    Funniest thing EVAR

    http://www.spike.com/video/2807468

  118. Ed from Texas Says:

    Morning, Deadpan. I think I’m just going to strap a kite to my back and ride the wind into work this morning.

  119. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    blow job?

  120. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    This electric, robotic mower is pretty cool.
    http://gizmodo.com/364924/husqvarnas-autonomous-solar-powered-lawnmower-never-mow-again

    Too bad it doesn’t cut a large enough area.

  121. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I’m soooooo sleepy. :(

  122. Thomas Says:

    Mornin Pan…

    still waiting for the coffee to kick in.

  123. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    xkcd does a gygax tribute
    http://xkcd.com/

  124. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    You only reach out on my machine
    Well, is it easier surrounded by beeps?
    Beep
    I love you
    Beep

    The Trucks — Messages

  125. Jack Mangan Says:

    Deadpan!

    From a recent John Buccigross column:

    “The purpose of youth sports is to teach the value of exercise as it pertains to health and its byproduct of an energetic existence. It is to teach the value of improvement. We improve when we are nurtured, loved, respected and “pushed” by enthusiasm, energy and affection. There is no upside to demeaning, embarrassing or yelling at a preadolescent athlete in terms of winning and losing. Have organization and order, yes. But they should all play.”

  126. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    kewl quote!

    I’ve been hoping you could get him back for a second interview.

  127. Vanamonde Says:

    http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Story?id=4396156&page=1

    In this day and age I wouldn’t have thought it was worth a news story.

  128. Rhettro Says:

    More dental hyjinks this morning. wOOt! okay not so much, but I’m close to done. I wouldn’t wish having to have multiple caps on anyone, but I console myself that the end result would be a lot like cosmetic dental work. Feel like I just got back from Extreme Makeover. =P

  129. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Leanne, I see your

    ^ ^
    0 _ o

    >

    [—]

    And raise you a

    ( o Y o )

  130. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    B ( o Y o ) BIES RULE!!

  131. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    yeppers

  132. Rhettro Says:

    ( o Y o )

    make me go

    ~8

  133. Phoenix Leann Loveths Jack Says:

    o

    m

    gah

    I need some cool hwip

  134. Jack Mangan Says:

    You cahn’t have B ( o Y o ) BIES without cool hwip.

  135. Rhettro Says:

    You could but they wouldn’t be as sweet. LOL

    Bring on the hwip. Hwip it good! *groan*

  136. Phoenix Leann Loveths Jack Says:

    HAAHHAAHHA!!!

  137. Amy Bowen Says:

    Speaking of cool hwip: Thanks to a typo on a Facebook event page, my intramural soccer team is having a Sprots Banquet tomorrow night. :-)

  138. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Mmmm, Sprots!!!

    Rhett, don’t you mean:

    “Makes me go

    8===D “

  139. Vanamonde Says:

    Well at least it wasn’t sprouts, that would be too inedible.

  140. Vanamonde Says:

    I’m lost among the ASCii

  141. Rhettro Says:

    Maybe Jeremy, but your ASCII is a tad to intemidating for me to fully commit.

  142. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Weee!!!

    Conspiracy Theory -o- rama!!

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2030707978100913713

  143. Jack Mangan Says:

    The “hwip” is in reference to the hilarious Family Guy clip Leann posted here last night. /tweet

  144. Vanamonde Says:

    It pisses me off, why couldn’t there be a conspiracy to combat human induced climate change or malnutrition in the developing world?

    Bloody fake moon landings and mars probes…fucking amateurs.

  145. Vanamonde Says:

    pardon my french.

  146. Rhettro Says:

    So it wasn’t influenced by George Rhab, I mean Hrab? I’ll check the vid when I get home.

  147. Rhettro Says:

    Interesting, while Googling “Fucking,” the word “Amateurs” seems to appear in 99% of the found pages. You’re onto something Van.

  148. Vanamonde Says:

    I’m calm, I’m breathing deeply, I’m light headed

    thunk

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  149. Dubshack Says:

    drugs don’t seem to solve anything do they

  150. Dubshack Says:

    (*)(*)

  151. Ed from Texas Says:

    At last, the end to a truly nasty day. And I get to do it all again tomorrow. I may get to check in a bit on Sunday if things go well.

  152. jackmangan Says:

    Good luck this weekend, Ed.

    And to everyone who needs it.

  153. Vanamonde Says:

    Working Saturdays is a bitch.

    Morning Pan, another day of grey and howling winds.

    Spring is almost here.

  154. Amy Bowen Says:

    Van: True. Thankfully, we’re not having sprouts at our Sprots Banquet. We’re having pizza. :-)

    Bedtime for me, a little earlier than usual. Got a very full, very exciting day planned for tomorrow.

    Good night, Deadpan. Good night, mush.

  155. JohnBoze Says:

    Greetings from Marshall, MN! Darcy has a childcare conference, and I have no idea what Fox and I will do…

    It’s pretty darn cold.

  156. Rhettro Says:

    Enjoy Marshall JB. I’m working at the office for a few hours this Saturday morning. =P But I’m dreaming about exchanging my current guitar amp for an upgraded version. We’ll see if that pans out.

  157. Rhettro Says:

    I finally watched the Family Guy link. Hilarious! LOL Have some pie. LOL

  158. Dubshack Says:

    There was a punchline to that and they left it out… I wonder if I can find it…

  159. Vanamonde Says:

    Well I saw ‘The Bank Job’ tonight at the cinema. It was slagged off by a lot of critics, but I fond it enjoyable enough.

  160. Phoenix Leann Loveths Jack Says:

    LOOOONG day. But extremely rewarding. Details later.

    :)

  161. Amy Bowen Says:

    The Sprots Banquet was fun. We ate really good pizza, and handed out silly, goofy prizes to everyone on the team. Mine was for “Most Improved,” and I got a toy bow and arrow set, because my soccer-team nickname is “Bowflex.” The pizza place had an arcade, and we played DDR.

  162. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Happy daylight savings time!

  163. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Hugh sez: fuck daylight savings time :)

    Yeah, its really too much sun. We don’t like too much sun. A little sun is ok, but c’mon.. does it really need t be sunny until 9 at night?

    Hugh sez: No, it doesn’t

    agreed

  164. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    smarty Hottie® reasons day light savings time sucks

    1. We like more darkness

    2. You have a friend over who has to leave at 3:30 in the morning and suddenly at 2 am when you’re having a really great fucking time with your friend and its 3am and they need to start thinking about leaving.

    Hugh sez: Big boo!

    Boo!!!

    3. We don’t like having sunlight until 9pm… 7pm is just fine. 9pm is just too mucho. Night time is when our creative sides flourish, you take away our night time and you take away our creative time.

    Hugh sez: we need to live in Alaska

    :)

  165. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Amy

    we are intrigued by your Sprots banquet

    Congrats on most improved!!!

    Little known Andrea factoids:

    1. She used to play soccer when she was younger
    2. she was a goalie
    3. she was actually pretty good but then she hit puberty and stopped

    The reason I was good though was because I had trained for years playing goalie when we would play soccer at home- my 2 brothers against me and my dad. My brothers played ruthlessly and never went easy on me so I toughened up and girls were no match for me :)

  166. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    night pan!

  167. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    wait before we go to sleep we both have something very important to tell you guys….

    UNDERWEAR!!!!!!

    the word of the day is underwear. Every time you hear or say underwear you have to scream

    night for real this time
    night mush
    night underwear
    *mwa*

  168. Ed from Texas Says:

    And, at last, a day of rest. 14 hours yesterday trying to bring gas prices back down a little for all my friends in Deadpan land.

    Today - rest, for tomorrow it picks up again in earnest.

  169. Vanamonde Says:

    Well considering how many times I actually hear or say the word underwear in my day to day life…I don’t think I will be doing much screaming today.

  170. Amy Bowen Says:

    TSH: Thank you! This is my first time being on an organized sports team, ever. It’s an intramural indoor soccer team. We’ve probably played three or four games against other teams, and had a bunch of practice sessions. We play on Sunday nights, and tonight is our last game.

    Last night’s Sprots Banquet was held at a local pizza restaurant, to celebrate the end of this quarter of school and our team bond. In case you missed my earlier post, it was a Sprots Banquet because our team manager made a typo when he created the Facebook event page.

  171. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Jeremy Sez, Alaska Rules

  172. Rhettro Says:

    So I contemplating selling some items for the first time on eBay. Not terribly thrilled. I’ve got an amp, PA system, speaker stands and a wireless mic. About $1800 worth of big items. I want to get close to $900 for the lot. I’m disheartened by the amount of BS I need to wade through to make this happen.

  173. JohnBoze Says:

    Marshall was actually dullish, with good food.

  174. Ed from Texas Says:

    Rhettro,

    You may have better luck with Craigslist. Sold my truck with an ad I posted on it last year.

    Ebay seems to have degenerated from a true auction site into a large flea market full of full time sellers.

  175. Ed from Texas Says:

    Looks like a quiet weekend here at the bar. I bet business picks up come the morrow. Though, I’ll either be busy continuing to fight the fire from the weekend, or catching up on my main project that has gone dormant in the meantime.

    Forget time travel, I just want a time producing machine. Who’s never said “I just need a little more time”

    Of course, such a piece of plotonium would pretty much render every sci-fi show for the last 50 years moot.

  176. justa J0e Says:

    Hi Deadpan. Later Deadpan.

  177. justa J0e Says:

    (where did my [driveby posting] tags go?

  178. Ed from Texas Says:

    You just blew by so fast, they didn’t have time to deploy…

  179. Phoenix Leann Loveths Jack Says:

    I just said underwear

  180. Thomas Says:

    under where?

  181. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Amy your welcome :) thats awesome. I hope your game went well last night.

    Speaking of soccer…You should see the movie Bend It Like Beckham (if you haven’t already)

    I’ve never been on an organized sports (or sprot) team before myself. I was on the soccer team with my school, but we were pretty young and didn’t do that many games, It was really more of a youth social thing around soccer.
    I let myself get talked into a volleyball league once but got tired of being eye candy so I never did that again. It was actually fun, but we played on the meat market beaches here in Chicago and it was just disgusting with the guys leering at us and the comments and ugh. Shame cause I actually like volleyball.

    Hugh used to do the inner city basketball thing years ago.. Not really organized, but would hang out with the dudes at the city parks and play basketball every night. Same guys would come out every night, every couple nights and play. Mix up teams and stuff. Hugh used to love doing that, but life got in the way ya know?

    Ok.. not sure why I just went into all of that :).. Oh I know why its 3:30 in the morning and Im fucking exhausted and talking gibberish

  182. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    [underwear] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA [/underwear]

  183. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    what if I told you guys I wasn’t wearing any underwear right now…

    *cheesy porn music starts*

  184. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    yep. yep, yep… *sigh*

    it’s almost 4am and I am talking to myself on Deadpan.

    It was a slow weekend here, you guys are going to have to pick up our slack for us for a while. I think we will try to play by play next weekend but then we are going to be taking one of those breaks I mentioned before. Won’t be around for 2-3 weeks probably.
    If anyone is reading this, please send good vibes our way during that time, we will be needing them.

    Our weekend was quite hectic here actually. Lots o’ shit be happening here. Got a lot done this weekend which was good.

  185. Vanamonde Says:

    Well after that post I’m so glad I have ice cubes handy.

    Morning Pan, the UK is getting a battering weather wise:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7285859.stm

  186. Vanamonde Says:

    I’ll send good vibes from the UK via smoke signal TSH.

  187. Vanamonde Says:

    Which I’ll not even attempt to do in ASCii art, a man got to know his own limitations.

  188. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Ok. I need to go visit the sandman now

    night pan
    night cockles
    night mush
    night underwear

    [underwear] AAAAAAAAA [/underwear]

    I like using underwear tags.. it pleases me

  189. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    thanks Van :)

    have a good day over there

  190. Ed from Texas Says:

    It will be interesting to see how the [underwear] tag is rendered in IE8, since it’s supposed to be standards compliant and all.

  191. Rhettro Says:

    Now you can’t complain about leering and not wearing underwear so close together. LOL

    Ed: After reading all the red tape over at eBay to get anything of any worth sold, I think I am going to take your advice and list on Craigslist. My new strategy is to list my big items on Craigs and try to sell some smaller items over on eBay. Then after 4 months or so if I haven’t sold via Craigslist, I’ll put them on eBay. My goal is to get rid of a bunch of old gear so I can get a new snazzy amp. :)

  192. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    *Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn*

    Why can’t I go back to sleep? :(
    Stupid work.

  193. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    “Green Grass and High Tides” sucks on drums.
    Over.

  194. Rhettro Says:

    Are you refering to Rock Band? LOL I made it through my first batch of songs on drums, I was struggling on the last song. I don’t know what it is but I feel like I’ve been digging myself out of a hole the last few weekends. Lots of choirs, OT at work etc. Not much free time to devote to Rock Band. =P One of these days I’m going to have a weekend to myself. Some day.

  195. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Yep, I am. GG&HT is the last song. It’s like “Free Bird” except you haven’t heard of the song.

    I like the song, but on drums it gets difficult, especially at the end. I’m trying to finish it on medium, but I get pretty tired towards the end. Who needs WiiFit when you have drums on Rock Band? lol

  196. Amy Bowen Says:

    TSH: I have seen Bend It Like Beckham. Good movie.

    Last night, our team one by default because not enough registered players showed up from the other team. We played a scrimmage game anyway, and lost. We still had fun, though.

  197. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I like Bend It too. Good movie.

  198. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Of course, I’m waiting for Jack’s movie: “Bend It Like Deadpan”. :)

  199. Rhettro Says:

    I need to add Bend It to my Netflix que. I always wanted to see it, but forgot about it. LOL

    I was going to say Rock Band’s drums are a work out. I alternate feet for the bass pedal otherwise I start to cramp.

  200. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Rhettro: This wired article has some really good tips.
    http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/01/rock-band-featu.html
    I’m still working on some of them, but the advanced kick pedal tip really cuts down on the cramps.

  201. Rhettro Says:

    Thanks ditto, I’ll take a look at it over lunch today.

  202. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I love xkcd. I have said that before, haven’t I. lol

    http://xkcd.com/394/

    Personal favorite is kb, though you have to remember the FDIV bug.

  203. Jack Mangan Says:

    catching up, part 1:

    Randall Munroe is a twisted genius.

    That’s great about your sprots team, Bowflex! The soccer movie will have to be called “Bend it like Bowen”.

    We had a justa j0e sighting!

    Good vibes to TSH! AZ is blissfully daylights-savings-adjustment-free.

  204. Jack Mangan Says:

    catching up, part 2:

    Rhett: I agree with Ed. Avoid eBay altogether. Use Craiglist for everything. AZCentral must have a classifieds section too.

    Ed, please get those oil prices down. Just don’t overwork yourself.

    We had a JohnBoze sighting!

    Van: I’d love to see the wordpress-distorted ascii smoke signals.

    Thomas: Under there.

  205. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    try code tags for ascii art.

    Like this:

    ( o Y o )

  206. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Yay boobies!!

  207. Jeremy from Seattle Says:


    .--. |V|
    / \ _| /
    q .. p \ /
    \--/ //
    jgs __||__//
    /. _/
    // \ /
    // ||
    \ / \
    )\| |
    / || || |
    |/\| || |
    | || |
    \ || /
    __/ || \__
    \____/\____/

  208. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Nope, didn’t work.

    You slow down wordpress!!

  209. Thomas Says:

    Ya know Gulliver was HUGE in Lilliput, just like Deadpan.

  210. Amy Bowen Says:

    Jack: LOL! :-)

    Oops. Typo in my last comment. Obviously, I meant “our team won by default.” -_-;

  211. Vanamonde Says:

    Not sure whether it’s firefox or I’m running linux on my Eee PC, but the tags don’t appear to work other than the smiley faces.

    Oh and due to the inclement weather, my shoes are leaking.

  212. Vanamonde Says:

    _
    (` ). _
    ( ). .:(` )`.
    _( ‘`. :( . )
    .=(`( . ) .– `. ( ) )
    .–. (( (..__.:’-’ .+( ) ` _` ) )
    _( `. `( ) ) ( . ) ( ) ._
    ( ) ` __.:’ ) ( ( )) `-’.-(` )
    ( ` . ) ) ( ) –’ `- __.’ :( ))
    `–(___.-’ (_.’ .’) `( ) ))
    (_ ) ` __.:’

    ..—–.—-..,___.–,–’`,—..-.–+–.,,-,,…_.–..-._.-a:f–.

    Look more like clouds to me, and af aren’t my initials.

  213. Vanamonde Says:

    Well they did look like clouds till wordpress screwed them up…darn WP bot.

  214. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Van its

  215. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    ok, that didn’t work….
    Its the brackets next to the “M” with code in it. like [code][/code] but with

  216. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    still don’t work.

  217. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Van, give this a try:
    http://www.thunderguy.com/semicolon/wordpress/code-markup-wordpress-plugin/

  218. jackmangan Says:

    Ok - before runch, I’m gonna start an alphabet game.
    Funny devices used in cartoons:

    A - Anvil.

  219. jackmangan Says:

    B - bomb. (specifically, the one that looks like a bowling ball with a fuse)

  220. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    One nice thing about Rock Band is that it got me listening to Flyleaf. I had only heard of them in passing, but I enjoyed “I’m So Sick” enough to pick up the re-release of their debut album. Good stuff.
    http://www.myspace.com/flyleaf

  221. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    C- carrot

  222. Rhettro Says:

    D - Dynomite

  223. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    E - elastic band (giant ones of course)

  224. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    This gaming remake of Bourne might or might not be good.
    http://kotaku.com/365086/jason-bourne-beats-people-up-good

  225. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    F - Flying Wingsuit

  226. Rhettro Says:

    I was going to say.

    F- Foreign Legion.

    LOL

  227. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    DAymn. I forgot that one. Hawsome.

  228. Rhettro Says:

    Now if I could think of something half way decent for G.

  229. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    I was going to put down Grand Canyon, but that’s a place and not a thing.

  230. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    And gun is too lame. :(

  231. Rhettro Says:

    I didn’t think Ghost stood out much either.

  232. Rhettro Says:

    What about Gusher of the oil or water variety?

  233. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    G - gum (chewing gum)

  234. jackmangan Says:

    H - hats. (Yosemite Sam, Donald Duck, Papa Smurf, Mushmouth; the list goes on)

  235. Rhettro Says:

    H - Hillbillies

  236. Rhettro Says:

    I - I-beams

  237. jackmangan Says:

    I - igloos

  238. Rhettro Says:

    J - Jack Hammers

  239. Rhettro Says:

    K - Kangaroos

  240. jackmangan Says:

    L - Linus’s blanket.

  241. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    Heh, PC Weenies references XKCD today:

    http://pcweenies.net/comics/2008-03-10_pcw.jpg

  242. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    M - Moose antlers (on Bullwinkle)

  243. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    And this is an interesting Photo Essay, sorta NSFW though:

    http://lovebryan.com/features/uncledirty.php

  244. jackmangan Says:

    N - nipples.

    (as in rubber nipple salesman. No sir, I don’t like it.)

  245. Rhettro Says:

    O - Orange hair

  246. Vanamonde Says:

    Pussycat, Compact

    The car driven by Penelope Pitstop in Wacky Races

  247. Jack Mangan Says:

    Q - Quagmire’s bachelor pad (Family Guy)

  248. Vanamonde Says:

    Robotech from the cartoon series.

  249. Vanamonde Says:

    Spacecruiser Yamato

    Sunken battleship converted to a spaceship.

  250. Vanamonde Says:

    Thunderbird 2 from the japanese anime Thunderbirds 2086

  251. Vanamonde Says:

    Just ignore me, I’ve got the wrong end of the stick again.

  252. Rhettro Says:

    U -Uranium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator

  253. Vanamonde Says:

    R - for Rockets (Duck Dodgers and Roadrunner cartoons)

  254. Dubshack Says:

    I like how I call my doctor today, tell the nurse about the drug overdose and the panic attacks and inability to drive places and how even in deep meditation, or deep sedation, I’m still feeling this uneasy feeling in my gut like something physically might be wrong… And she says the Doc will call me tonight.

    Then I get back to work and decided to make some more of this “stomach ease” tea I’ve been drinking for the past couple of weeks. And out of happenstance look at the ingredients list to find that it contains barley malt… the lesser known twin to my wheat allergy.

    Well at least now I know. Of course its the chicken and the egg at this point. I started drinking this tea because my stomach was hurting in the first place… So now that I’m removing the thing that was supposed to help but was further hurting my stomach, I’m still back to what was hurting it in the first place. And in time and observation terms, the last few weeks worth of symptoms mean absolutely nothing. How do I explain that one to my doctor.

  255. Dubshack Says:

    S = Suppository

  256. Rhettro Says:

    V - Valkyries

  257. Vanamonde Says:

    In what cartoon was a suppository used?

  258. Jeremy from Seattle Says:

    http://www.philipkdickfans.com/weirdo.htm

    Whoa!

  259. Vanamonde Says:

    Wobbly lines

    Especially if you watch Dr Katz cartoons

  260. Jack Mangan Says:

    X - X marks the spot.

    . . . “Suppositories” for S; I certainly never saw that episode of Scooby-Doo.
    Gives a whole new meaning to “Scooby Snack”.

  261. Vanamonde Says:

    X-ray specs

  262. Vanamonde Says:

    Y for Yodalling

  263. Jack Mangan Says:

    Z - Zero is my hero. (Who remembers that Electric Company cartoon?)

    Done.

  264. Vanamonde Says:

    Phew!

  265. Vanamonde Says:

    …and don’t think I ever saw that last one.

  266. Vanamonde Says:

    Dan younguns don’t appreciate classic cartoons:

    http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/03/10/rumor-wacky-races-to-be-dug-up-again-for-the-wii/#comments

  267. Ed from Texas Says:

    Vanamonde, I’m so glad there’s at least one other person in the universe besides me who remembers Thunderbirds 2086.

  268. Ed from Texas Says:

    Definitely liked the Kb/kB/KB comic. Oh yes, I remember FDIV.

  269. Ed from Texas Says:

    Interesting - Eraserhead is now in my Blockbuster queue with a “Very Long Wait” indication. I’m probably requesting the only copy in the system that’s going to have to make it’s way from Atlanta or something. Zardoz took forever as well. But I am undeterred.

  270. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Dub: That sucks, but at least you know about the tea now. Maybe you can find a different tea that helps.

  271. Amy Bowen Says:

    Tweet: RAR. Tonight was not wasted. I finished my last essay for Japanese language class, and worked on the accompanying presentation. Must finish tomorrow.

    Good night, Deadpan. Good night, mush.

  272. Evilshadowmuppet Says:

    I love how deadpan always pulls me in when im at school… Just grabs me

    by the ear, punches me in the face and drop kicks me right to the site.

  273. Vanamonde Says:

    Maybe you should listen to something more relaxing..like white noise on a dead channel.

  274. Trucker Overdrive Says:

    I haven’t posted in a few days… So i am posting…

  275. Rhettro Says:

    Hey Dub, were you in WordPress Hell? Didn’t see your post until today. Anyway, glad you figured out the tea thing. Perhaps you can substitute green tea in it’s place?

  276. Dubshack Says:

    I found another tea this morning that has barley in it, I’d been drinking it all weekend, but my wife bought it for me on Friday… So I’m still no closer to the source.

  277. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    How do you figure out what’s in a tea?

  278. Rhettro Says:

    Hmmm… My tea says that it has dried tree leaves in it. Who knew? ;)

  279. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    You have to cut back on that T(HC). :P

  280. Jack Mangan Says:

    Would that mean Dub was pot tea trained?

    Holy crap, that’s not funny at all. . .

  281. Rhettro Says:

    Can you make tea from pot? I’ve heard of a tea pot before, but I thought it was something else. No wonder the British are so fond of the stuff.

  282. Ed from Texas Says:

    Mr. Pot, there’s a Mr. Kettle on the line for you….

  283. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    [totally lying] [not that I EVAR tried it] why yes Rhettro, you can [/not that I EVAR tried it] [/totally lying]

    it does gives new meaning to teapot doesn’t it?

  284. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    whilist in Amsterdam I purchased pot milk for coffee and tea, pour it in instead of your usual creamer or milk and viola - pot coffee

    made the flight home absolutely wonderful. Truly, the best way to fly 9+ hours

  285. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    if this is true, i need to figure out who I need to sleep with to make SURE I can photograph NIN

    that is all
    Andrea Smarty Hottie® out

  286. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    oops forgot the link :)

    http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/49172-radiohead-nin-to-top-lollapalooza-2008-bill

    heh

    Andrea Smarty Hottie® out2

  287. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Have fun, TSH! That sounds awesome.

  288. Jack Mangan Says:

    Good luck, Dre! That would be fantastic.

    Because you care, here are the 20 most recently played tracks on my iPod:

    2 Ghosts I - Nine Inch Nails
    1 Ghosts I - Nine Inch Nails
    Little Brother (Electric) - Grizzly Bear
    Wicked (LP Version) - Ice Cube
    The Long Road - Eddie Vedder & Nusrat Kahn
    Fascination Street - The Cure
    Replica - Fear Factory
    Zero Signal - Fear Factory
    How I Could Just Kill A Man - Cypress Hill
    Aerodynamic - Daft Punk
    Ace of spades - Motorhead
    Sprout and the Bean - The Moscow Coup Attempt
    Like Swimming - Morphine
    My Last Words - Megadeth
    9 Ghosts I - Nine Inch Nails
    8 Ghosts I - Nine Inch Nails
    7 Ghosts I - Nine Inch Nails
    Rumble - Link Wray & His Ray Men
    Along the Way - DeVotchKa
    Black Mirror - The Arcade Fire

    . . . Wow, I really am a honky.

  289. Rhettro Says:

    Have fun Drea, I’m guessing Trent Reznor.

    I haven’t been listening to much music lately, mostly Gamma Ray while jogging. That and the Six String Bliss podcast. LOL

  290. Rhettro Says:

    I think when you look up “honky” in the dictionary it says something to the effect of “one who listens to Gamma Ray and/or Helloween.” LOL

  291. Rhettro Says:

    At least I try to keep it as metal as this guy.

    http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j284/JudokaUSA/CoolMisc/laihofender.jpg

  292. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Oh I haven’t gotten the gig yet.. just wondering who I have to sleep with so i can :)

    Although if they are headlining the chances I can photo them are very very high. In past lollapaloozas they put all the photographers on the headliners- although with more than 1 headliner a night…

    I do hope Rhett is right and Trent is the one i have to sleep with

    lemme go see what is my most played on this computer…

  293. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Rhett you are so way more metal than that tool :)

  294. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    LOL.. oh this is embarrassing..

    *ahem*
    My top 20 played on this computer:

    Toward The Waves The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    I’m Ready The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    Bonnie Brae The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    Forty Dollars The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    Candy Cane Crawl The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    If I Were Going The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
    Gentlemen The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
    There’s Been an Accident The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    Underneath the Waves The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    Be Sweet The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
    They Ride The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    When We Two Parted The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
    Fountain And Fairfax The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
    What Jail Is Like The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
    My Curse The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
    Now You Know The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
    I Keep Coming Back The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
    Dead to Rights The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    Powder Burns The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    I Wish I Was The Twilight Singers Powder Burns
    Debonair The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen

  295. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Sorry i didn’t format mine as nicely as Jack did

    ok back to packing :(
    I hate packing

  296. Rhettro Says:

    Some how, I think I could have guessed that playlist. LOL

    Teresa emailed me to let me know that our next dinner out with her friends happens the first week of May. She says odds are we’ll be eating at Barrios, which is an awesome Mexican food place. Of course it’s 15 minutes before lunch and now I can’t stop thinking of food. I wish she would have emailed me two hours from now. =P

    One of my favorite styles of food is Southwest cooking. People have been telling me to try Richardson’s but I haven’t yet. I’ve lived in Phoenix over three years I haven’t eating there. Time to re-evalutate my priorities.

  297. Rhettro Says:

    http://www.barriocafe.com/reviews.html

    Oh man.

    http://www.burningembersphoenix.com/

    Almost lunch. LOL

  298. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Currently playing: The Warmth by Incubus

  299. Mr ditto swooon Says:

    Sounds good, Rhettro.

  300. Jack Mangan Says:

    That Hell Kitty guitar is hilarious.

    I know what I typed.

  301. Rhettro Says: