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March 28th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Firsties? LOL
March 28th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Hhwip it good!
March 28th, 2008 at 10:01 am
You cahn’t have bathroom drawers without coo lhhwip.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Ain’t that the truth.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Has anyone seen Rendition yet?
It would be a hard enough movie to watch, but watching it with the full knowledge that we are actually doing this to people right now doesn’t sit well with me at all. I found the movie profoundly disturbing.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:20 am
6
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March 28th, 2008 at 10:21 am
It doesn’t sit with me at all and I haven’t seen the movie. What I’ve read is very upsetting.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Jack: my WP login account has disappeared. Do you know what’s going on?
March 28th, 2008 at 10:26 am
I haven’t seen it, I don’t really want to and I’ve opposed torture from day one.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Agreed. I’ve also been opposed to the preemptive strike philosophy too. It’s nice to see McCain say the same, but its too little too late imo.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:39 am
You break it you buy it.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Elevensies what a treat!!
March 28th, 2008 at 10:41 am
maybe not
March 28th, 2008 at 10:46 am
You want a cookie?
March 28th, 2008 at 10:51 am
There’s nothing special about 15…..
March 28th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Should we start calling it Pod-ain’t-go?
March 28th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I loved disgruntled scientist’s contribution this week. :)
March 28th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Pod-taint-go?
Tainted love, whoa.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:03 am
19 is legal to drink in Canukland
March 28th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Got some cheesecake icecream with walnuts and caramel in it. Cookies sound good. Maybe tomorrow…
Thanks for the compliment Rhettro :-) I thought of patriotic music when I did that.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I find walnuts to taste very bland, so much so that when I have one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut_Whip
I eat the sweet and dump the nut.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Darnit that sounds delicious!!
Nutty Buddy is the closest thing we have to that in the SEUS.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:23 am
cooohip
March 28th, 2008 at 11:47 am
hhwalnut hhwip?
March 28th, 2008 at 11:58 am
kewl hip
March 28th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Van says “I eat the sweet and dump the nut” and no one jumps on that?! It must be Friday.
Hey ditto, it looks like Summer deleted all registered users because of the recent WordPress hacks. Sorry, but that seems to be the safest way to keep hackers out. I’ll let everyone know if it ever becomes safe to allow registered users again.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
So I get this mass mailing letter from my county commissioner that states;
“Today I am pleased to make available to you and your family through the Department of Homeland Security a free smoke detector in hopes that lives in our community will be saved. Please install this device immediately as directed in the instructions.”
I kid you not.
So, rest assured that money that was alocated to protect you and your family from being killed in some mass attack by foreign terrorist … has instead been given to county governments to buy smoke detectors.
Because where there is smoke … there is TERRORISM!
March 28th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
If you house caught fire do to a terrorist’s nuclear attack, wouldn’t you want a smoke detector to alert you to that fact?
Jack: I figured that was just English slang for something tame that just sounds provocative to Americans. Sort of like “having a fag on the lift.”
March 28th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
“If you house” *slaps head*
Pat, I’d like to by an “R” for $500. Thanks.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Rhet – re:“If you houseâ€
repeat after me, “cool whip”
March 28th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Evidently, Ebonics is a second language for me.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Here joe, have some pie.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
The US government spending money on tech that will save lives rather than snuff them out.
Wow.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
It’s too crazy to ever catch on.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
lets see … roughly 300,000 residents in this county times the bulk, discount price of probably $5 a detector … that = PORK!!!
Care to bet that DHS didn’t give the county truckloads of detectors but instead just wrote somebody a check!
Further more, I’ll bet they get to keep the rest it even if I don’t go down there and ask for my detector?
I’d feel a lot safer if they loaded a plane with 300,000 smoke detectors, flew over known Talaban strongholds, and then dumped the things on their heads from a very high altitude.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Better yet … I’d feel safer if they spent the money on portable generators, color TV’s, WII playstations and Guitar Hero THEN gave all of it to the Taliban.
I’ve seen what that has done to OUR productivity. I’ll bet that would keep them busy for MONTHS!
March 28th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Well waste is endemic to any large organisation. At least the smoke detectors will save lives.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
THAT is the response that makes me so irate about this!
Some politition somewhere KNOWS he will get away with this BLATENT mis-use of funds specifically ear-marked for protection fro terrorists because they know that NO ONE will publically make a scene about something that is (A) free and (B) will save lives.
If they want to give away free smoke detectors GREAT! Just first tell the public you are going to tax them all in order to raise the money to give these things out to everybody.
Oh wait … THAT would run counter to the Conservative’s smaller government claim.
I know … let’s DEFRUAD the tax payer … let’s tell them we will tax them for the defense of the country from terrorists and the re-allocate the money for projects we know they would NEVER choose to be taxed to support.
CAN YOU TELL THAT I HATE THIS TACTIC!!!!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Yup.
I just think they are worse things the US Government does that are worth getting angry about.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
There should have been more punctuation in the above sentence.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Zeropunctuation – wave of the future.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
“ear canals raped by a man wearing a sandpaper condom”
Just one of the highlights from the latest ZP.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I liked the “swallow one end of barbed wire, pull it out your bum and floss yourself to death.”
March 28th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I’ve never seen/heard Zero Punctuation. Surprise.
Is it good?
March 28th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
ZP is EXCELLENT! :)
March 28th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation
You can start with any, but the Heavenly Sword and RE5 episode was the one that got me hooked on ZP.
Yes it’s good.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Here’s the linky to his game reviews:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/tags/zero%20punctuation
March 28th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
lol
Van beats me by a hair
March 28th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I first picked him up from his “Call of Duty 4″ some time back.
CoD4 has been highly addictive for me as of late, btw.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Damn, now I just want to watch a ton of them, but I’m still at work. One hour, 19 minutes to go. :)
March 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I hear good things about CD4, but I still haven’t finished CD1 on my PC. Too many games, so little time. The only game I’m sort of staying current with is Blacksite: Area 51. Getting closer to done on that one, but I only seem to play it once every two weeks as it is. LOL
March 28th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Wait a second Ed. Are you playing CD4 on the PC or 360? If 360 we need your Xbox Live ID pronto.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
I DVR’d “Bender’s Big Score” and started watching last night. I thought the body powder made from Fox Executives, sorry BOX Executives was pretty funny.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Old skool today, C64 versions of Tapper and Q*bert via VICE.
So is the new Futurama worth buying Rhettro? lot of reviewers have been unimpressed with BBS.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Count me disappointed with BBS. It starts off really funny, but then runs out of gas. And laughs.
Hey, I used to play tabletop RPGs with this guy:
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/03/gallery_larping?slide=3&slideView=2
March 28th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I’m only half-way through, but no I don’t think it’s worth buying, renting sure.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
^That’s pretty hardcore. :)
March 28th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
That photo makes him look like a store front mannequin.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Heh. Hopefully Wired will figure out that they posted the audio at the wrong bit rate. Either that, or Doug has changed into one of Justa J0e’s chipmunks.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I need to play CoD4 too. Still working on Mass Effect.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Oh gawd I’m having a flashback to playing a table top war game set around the Battle of Jutland in WW1.
The rules were so complicated that me and a couple of friends spent the whole afternoon moving ships around but never actually sinking any enemy ships.
Computer war games were a pleasant surprise after that.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I remember playing Reforger 88. :)
March 28th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Sounds like the Wolfpack (U-boat) game my friends and I tried back in the 80’s. Insanely complicated. I don’t think we got past 6 turns after several days of effort.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
lmfao
http://www.uberg33k.com/albums/Funny/tmbar_Will_the_madness_never_end.gif
When will the madness end?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Trucker Overdrive with a few words on pod taint.
I feel kind of bad beening a star fucker, myself. I was however interested in trying to talk Jack into doing the previously on for an upcoming episode on my show. As far as thinking that this is all some kind of lofty enterprise that were all going to get rich on is a little bit absurd. I remember when college girls ran around in their underwear before low resolution cameras that updated every two minutes as young men masturbated hoping they got to see some jennicam nipple. I still have some saved stills from it. I know that pod casting will not last. I know that it’s fledgling days are long over. I know that its golden age may have already come and gone. I know that if you get two people together one of them is a douche bag, and it’s never you.
I also know that before pod casting my days usually consisted of over eating and wasting far too much money at strip bars. Now they consist of answering e-mails from fans and friends and getting in touch with creative people as we learn the art of storytelling together. I have reached out to like-minded individuals and conversed with people who I fervently disagree with.
I now have hundreds of people listening to my story and enjoying it. I am writing. Something I’ve wanted to do since I was nine years old. I don’t plan on taking the publishing industry by storm. I just hope that I can reach a level that some small publishing house can take my work put it into print and somewhere it will set on a strangers shelf. I don’t do this for my own ego. I do this because I want to say I’ve accomplished something in my life. That’s not fame. That’s accomplishment which is its own reward. You call pod casting a hobby. It is that, as well as a passion. I know from your work that you have passion, life and energy, Mr. Mangan. I hope you take this darkness and despair and turned it into something beautiful. You owe it to your self if no one else.
By the way, Trucker just talked about his taint.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Alas, Rhettro, no XBOX360 for me. While we do have a Wii at the house, at heart I have always been a PC gamer and that is the version of CoD4 that I routinely get shot up in over and over and over.
I did just recently earn my golden desert eagle, though.
March 28th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Trucker: I think it’s best summed up by “beware of personal hubris”. It doesn’t matter what industry you are in, what you do, or how well you do it, if you start believing you are better than everyone else then you are asking for trouble.
I’m glad it’s working for you, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t big problems out there.
March 28th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Agreed ditto.
March 28th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
And I will say what I saw today from one of these fuckers, although provided some fun gossip relief between Jack and I, was just holy fuck ridiculous.
However, the timing of this sycophant’s outburst couldn’t have had better timing, in relation to what Jack talked about in this show.
In fact, it pisses me off so much, I just might have to come out of my sworn silence in podcasting to have a “McEnroe fit” (and those are always entertaining)
It is really a shame. Meaning there are a lot of folks out there who just may have been onto something good, but are completely cutting off their noses to spite their faces.
Stupid dummy dum dums
March 28th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I
am
SO
glad
I
NEVER
got involved
with
twitter.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
My opinion of Twitter hasn’t changed since day 1.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
agreed Twitter is stupid, it clearly needs so cool HWIP.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
so=some
March 28th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
coolHWIP
awesome :)
March 28th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Comment #75.
Goodnight Mmmmmmmmmmmm ush.
March 29th, 2008 at 4:24 am
And, once again, we’ve survived to the weekend.
The wife and I watched the two BSG specials on Sci-Fi last night. I’m definitely fired up again for the the start of season 4 next Friday.
March 29th, 2008 at 5:32 am
see looksie… we come back and the shows return :)
Hugh sez: w00t!
Hugh and I have a cool new artist studio we are renting
Hugh sez: its hawesome
:)
we are going to go play there now!
Hugh sez: when are we going to start breaking in every room?
on that note, we bid you farewell
Hugh sez: so long, farewell
March 29th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Welcome back SH ! Have fun storming your studio!
ED – waaa. I missed the specials. I think I’ll go put on some coffee and then make SURE I have the TiVo set to record the season!
March 29th, 2008 at 6:16 am
You can fox the fox
you can rat on the rat
you can ape the ape – I know about that
March 29th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Ditto’s fucking killing me here today.
So did I miss something again? I’m always missing thing.
Also, not only is my Magic Couch here, THE SAMURAI IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!exclamation point!!!!!
I knew it was that stupid alternator. Now I just gotta get a new muffler on it so it stops leaking black smoke into the cabin.
Thats it for me today, I’ve got a xanax overdose hangover to nurse…
March 29th, 2008 at 9:00 am
kewlwHHip
March 29th, 2008 at 9:01 am
I thinking about getting a Korean wife and open a small, minimally lit store that sells only beer and “Adult” magazines.
March 29th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Cool. Myspace just added a “Categorize your Friends” Function, allowing me to express how I really feel about the people on my friends list.
http://friends.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewcategories&friendID=87830186&MyToken=8134f958-8e3a-469c-bfc5-407de6a8b9cb
March 29th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Whilst waiting for my “to go” order of Thai food yesterday, I noticed a “Beer” store across the street and thought I would pop over and see if they had any Aventis or Tres Pistols. They didn’t. It was however, just as described in my previous post.
Complete with the couple that could be me and an Asian female to be named later.
“Grow old with me … and let’s sell domestic beer and porn”.
In mentioning this to some friends who had lived in that area some years ago, they told me they were quite familiar with the store. They called it “The Beer and Beaver”.
I offer no explanation or apologies. Sometimes life is what it is.
March 29th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Cinema trailer for the upcoming series of Dr Who:
http://tinyurl.com/2h4hx7
March 29th, 2008 at 11:04 am
*Looks way up the board* Wow, ditto posted the words of a wise sage, I’m in complete agreement. I think the common misconception is when people rally around a particular interest, be it podcasting, knitting or bowling, they think the activity defines the group. That is to say, they must be good people because they are interested in the same things I am. But that is complete bunk. Bad apples don’t selectively choose interests other than your own. It’s the people that define the group, not the group’s activity.
March 29th, 2008 at 11:05 am
*Looks a short way up the board* Wow, justa JOe posted the words of a wise sage. LOL
March 29th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Rhett: I think what you said also encapsulates in a HUGE fucking way what happens in Religion. The problem there is, Religion is DEFINED by the bad apples. It doesn’t matter how many there are, those are the only ones people see and dismiss everyone else because of it.
On the other hand, nobody ever died over a belief in podcasting. So maybe I’m just stirring the pot.
Speaking of, is it just me, or do I just feel completely baked off my ass today.
March 29th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Give it time, something really nasty will happen sooner or later.
March 29th, 2008 at 11:31 am
As to religion, if the religion you follow is run by bad apples, then stop supporting it.
March 29th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Hey Dub, good to see you here. Religion is such a personal thing, it’s hard to talk about as a coherant subject, it just means so many different things to different people, maybe even 180 degrees from person to person. But I do agree if you look at a lot of this mega-churches, the idea that “the interest defines the group” runs rampant there.
March 29th, 2008 at 11:33 am
I was going to say that an obvious exception to my point is when the group’s interest is blatantly evil like the KKK or NAMBLA, the interest really does define the group. LOL
March 29th, 2008 at 11:48 am
As for my own religious beliefs, I think I let it be known here before I’m agnostic. That is to say, I don’t think anyone knows whether God exists or not and most likely we will never know, at least while we are alive. As such, I don’t look down on people who are persuing a faith. There is something to be said for trying to live a moral life, being a good person and treating others like you would like to be treated. At it’s core, I think any good religion would stress that. Beyond that, what difference does it make? We have a collection of stories that’s sole purpose (hopefully) is to either inspire you to do these things or frighting you if you don’t. Everything else is just branding, in my opinion. :)
March 29th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Wow. Let them speechless, my work it done. Well anyway, I hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive weekend. L8r
March 29th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I vary between agnostic and atheist.
I also don’t think life has a point other than what you make out of it yourself.
But I’m sure I’ve mentioned that before.
March 29th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
But going to catholic school as an infant has given me a lifelong distrust of Christianity.
March 29th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
thanks j0e, its good to be back :)
Deadpan is a place that I respect everyones religious choices, we come from all walks of life and as long as everyone here respects everyone elses choice its all good to us.
Hugh and I count ourselves among the athiests, but that works for us and don’t necessarily feel our way is better than anyone elses. But that is the choice we made…
Hugh sez: but how come sometimes you just say oh God over and over if your athiest?
LOL
oh I am so hitting submit now
Hugh sez: submit woman, submit now
March 29th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I suppose:
Oh, Ooooh, Ooooooooooooh Metaphysical being I don’t believe in
Has the same ring to it.
March 29th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Now that doesn’t make sense.
Hasn’t quite got the same ring to it.
March 29th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
and i have 6 years of catholic school to thank for my atheism
Hugh sez: and 20 years of praying to the church of Hugh
:)
Yeah you guys think the catholic god is full of fire and brimstone, try worshiping in the church of Hugh. He is 1 evil motherfucker. Although really the church of Hugh just involves a lot of March Madness and head.
Hugh sez: you know me so well
ok pan. Smarty Hotties out
Hugh sez: we shall return shortly
March 29th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Van.. LOL
that was hi-larious
:)
March 29th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Hi TSH!
*swooooon*
March 29th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Jack, anxiously awaiting the second half to your essay.
Rhettro, agree with you. There is always a social structure in any collective and there are always people who treat you poorly even if they don’t see that they are.
I’m a bit baffled in what is going on, and happy to be on the periphery on this one.
I say if they give you bananas, make pudding.
March 29th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Well it’s bye bye GMT, allo BST.
Subtract one hour from tonights sleep.
March 29th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Join the club! :)
March 29th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Beyond dreams and nightmares a little midget sits at my bed he sits there laughing at me and screaming I don’t know what he saying he is still in all the punctuation my comment I don’t know where his laughter ends and my sentences began
March 29th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I need to write but I am tired where do I began at the beginning I guess or at the end and work backwards have I done that before I don’t know but there are many ways to start in all of them are bad naughty naughty little clown has stolen all my punctuation again I need to find in and take back my!
March 29th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
trucker … back away from the portal … slowly
March 30th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Is there cake?
March 30th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Trucker better trademark that, I have a friend that could turn that into a song.
I always say the Navy runs strongest in my blood but a large portion of my mother’s side of the family is Catholic, but I can’t say I have any experience with that what so ever. What scared me away from churches for all time was the 11 years of horror that was the Jehovah’s Witnesses. I dunno if I even want to go there. But yeah, it shaped me… In a few good ways, but some really horrible ways also that now require medication…
I did a complete 180 after leaving that and looked at becoming a Wiccan or a Pagan, but found so many parallels in the communities I came to the conclusion that human beings, given any subject to flock around, will eventually exude the same sort of extreme behavior that generationally damages people. Whether this is a new thing, like since the 90’s, I have no idea. I can only speak from my own experience.
What eventually led myself to a simple label of “Christian” is a number of very hardcore and personally emotional events in which I came to the realization that the downfall of organized religion can’t be blamed on God, and that for me personally validating his existance in my own life is something that has been very powerful and uplifting, and while I’m somewhat comfortable sharing my belief I’m not comfortable forcing that belief on others… People have their own idea of what motivates them and what has power over their lives, and if it works for them then I will applaud it, support it, but what I have is mine and if you think thats cool than great, if you don’t think thats cool then fine, people don’t have power over my life.
I don’t look to Christianity as a crutch to my own shortcomings, of which I have many. I do believe that God lifts up those who lift up themselves. I have a very hard time interacting with society after what was done to me. I don’t blame God for that. But every day I personally try, against every feeling and hardship I experience to be the person society expects me to be, even though the sad truth is I can never be who *I* expect me to be. And yet I can come to a place where I make that effort, and where I fall short I can leave it to God to determine if I can go further.
And I’m not one of these nutjobs who thinks he can talk to God. I don’t hear voices (anymore anyway, it’s been at least a decade and God was never one of them) but the thing is now… It’s about patience, understanding, and a willingness to not be selfish and give yourself to what may be inevitable. God doesn’t speak in the English language, he only speaks in ways that you have to be willing to see. Which therein lies the problem, because I would argue that humanities ability to interpret anything is flawed on a number of levels.
I listen to a lot of independant church podcasts and have yet to find a church I 100% agree with (though there are a few that the jury is still out on). So whether or not I ever walk into a church again for anything other than a wedding or funeral is questionable. (and hopefully not a wedding, I hate those) But I leave that possibility open, because one day God may say “Ok you’re ready for kids” and I want my children to have an open mind, and I want them to have the choice to believe what they chose to believe. It was a choice I wasn’t given as a child, and thats one reason my therapist agrees that I’ve never had one.
Yeah… Rambling Dubshack… He’s just lonely is all… Gonna go back to the magic couch now… (though I suppose if I get all me chores done I could go pick up an air filter for the Samurai… I’d try to get the mold out of the carpets but its snowing today… always snowing around here…)
March 30th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Don’t ever post directly after waking up in the morning.
March 30th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Giant steps are what you take,
walking on the moon.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I’ll have a side order of Saturn V’s with my steak.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
http://tinyurl.com/264qts
March 30th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
And here’s the one that still exists:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/legolam/9774130/
I heard an urban legend many years ago that NASA lost all the blueprints to the design and can’t build anymore w/o pretty much starting over. Take that for what it’s worth.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Hey Cynful: you’re free from moderation purgatory (murgatory?)
We’ve spent the weekend moving from one apartment to another (same place, different unit)
Moving teh sucks.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Murgatory. I like it!
Moving teh ub3r suxors!
March 30th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Well, after about 50 hours–I did *all* the side quests–I finished Mass Effect. Wow. It’s the best game Bioware has done yet: a great immersive environment, fun game play, and a fantastic story. There were a few predictable elements, and a couple of twists that I thought were obvious, but then again… I was wrong about a few paths that I thought they were going to take, and the major plot twist completely surprised me. Well worth picking up!
March 30th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Heavens to Murgatory! ;)
March 30th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Hhhhhhiiiiiiiii mr ditto swoooooooooooooon
Hugh sez: fuck, here we go again
you are so jealous of my ditto love
Hugh sez: I am. I love ditto more than you do
do not!
Hugh sez: I do
I love him more!
Hugh sez: I’m bigger than you, there is more of me to love ditto with
LOL
you are a man of big love
Hugh sez: I’m all big. I do everything big
*swooooon*
March 30th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
but I win ditto cuz I have boobs. ditto likes boobs
Hugh sez: I like boobs too.
boobs for everyone!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Hugh sez: I am ascared of what podtaint is
sounds like a venereal disease
Hugh sez: it does
or a podcast about the taint
Hugh sez: it taint pussy and it taint ass?
Podtaint: it taint radio, and it taint a blog or something
March 30th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Hugh sez: I think I caught podtaint from some ho on Rush Street once
ewww
March 30th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Do you think if we go from our greasy spoon winnings lunch with Jack we will get podtaint since he is a podcaster?
Hugh sez: We will make sure to wrap ourselves in latex so we don’t catch podtaint from him
:)
whats the cure for podtaint?
Hugh sez: maybe a good shower will wash it off
maybe you need to go get baptized to remove podtaint
Hugh sez: or a colon cleansing
eewwwww
March 30th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
wait I know what podtaint is…
podtaint is how tainted we all were after watching the first 10 minutes of Star Wars Episode 1 and that whole fucking podrace shit
Hugh sez: that was some serious fucking podtaint, yo
Yo!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Phone call!
Hugh got a phone call, I’m going to get us some drinkies then maybe we will podtaint oursevels with some hot Jack Mangan podtaint action
mmm mmm good!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
you must of been a dance commander
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of2WzZx9AhA
March 30th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
it would be awesome if we could dance
March 30th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Hugh sez: I want to make it last forever
March 30th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
you must of been a dance commander
March 30th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
alrighty.. it’s been a long long time since we have play by played
Hugh sez: too long. Do you think we revirginized?
LOL.. oh fer sure we did. Maybe since we revirginized we won’t catch podtaint
Hugh sez: yeah.. and Jack’s gonna pull out before he cums
LOL
*submit comment*
March 30th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #90: The Deadpan Program
March 30th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
farpoint media powered by podango podtaint
Hugh sez: we have to end every sentence with podtaint
March 30th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
twofer
March 30th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
good heavens
March 30th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
motherfucker
slow and horrible
aka John McCain’s black baby
LOL
March 30th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Jack isn’t disillusioned
Hugh sez: no, he is podtainted
he just broke deadpan and almost laughed
March 30th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Hugh sez: mmmmm porn
March 30th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Hugh and I were discussing that there needs to be an adult Netflix
Hugh sez: Called Sexflix
Yeah sexflix, online adult movie rentals
Hugh sez: it needs to exist
March 30th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Hey! We’re in the running to be douchebags!!!
Hugh sez: w00000t!!!!! Actually no baby thats not right
its not?
Hugh sez: a fine lady such as yourself could never be a douchebag. Obviously I am the douchebag
NO!! You taint!
Hugh sez: I want some taint!
podtaint?
Hugh sez; Dre taint
LOL
*submit comment*
Hugh sez; hit it mama
March 30th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
vanamonde!!! *swooooooooon*
Hugh sez: Amy Bowen!!! *swooooooooooon*
March 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
I love it when she gets all Japanese on us
Hugh sez: *swooooon*
Amy Bowen dumb memory
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Amy, we forgive you for your won ton/pot sticker snafu
donkus
March 30th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Dear Jackamo
Please show us pictures of your donkus
breasts
dre and hugh
March 30th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Dear Dre
Why did you tell Jack that I want to see pictures of his donkus?
lick taint,
-Hugh
March 30th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Dear Hughie
I sez that because I want to see pictures of it and I felt maybe Jack would be more likely to comply if we BOTH requested it
I sorry
cock lover,
dre
March 30th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Dear Dre
I forgive you
Please reply to Jack and correct your error
nipple licker
Hugh
March 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Dear Jackamo
I would like to see pictures of your big donkus, Hugh on the other hand has absolutely no interest and if you were to send said pictures I can guarantee that Hugh would not be looking at them.
infected girl,
dre
March 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
git er done!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
racism sucks ass
honky!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
2008 year of the honky revival
I am a honky. motherfucker
March 30th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
ditto!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*swoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnn*
*passes out*
March 30th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I love ditto’s sweet voice. Its so sexy.
Hugh sez: you just want to hear him talk dirty to you
I do :)
March 30th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Alvie bumper
Why sure! Climb into my spoon!!!
*evo swooooooooooon*
solo nipples
Oh fuck.. I need to go find the last time we did spoons
Hugh sez: we should find a video for our intermission while we search for it
March 30th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
this video is trentastic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0u0AG_floQ
oh and did you see his summer US tour dates.. yeah.. notice that Chicago was omitted from the tour.. yeah.. and notice Chicago fits so snuggly right about Lollapalooza time..
*swooooooooon*
March 30th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
there is no fucking you, there is only me
March 30th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Greasy Spoon Nipples Udder Bangles Susanna Hoffs Dickens Comments Cockles Spooges Comment-a-palooza shitzus donkus nose hairs nipples Comments through Unshow 9
Smarty Hotties® – 16
The Energizer Bunny – 11
justa j0e – 10
Mr ditto swooon – 8
Dubshack – 7
Vanamonde – 7
Rhettro – 6
Leann 2.0 – 5
Ed From Texas – 5
Jeremy- 4
Alvie – 3
Rhettro – 3
Thomas – 3
WNDR wolfie – 2
Addie in boulder – 2
Lost Ralph – 2
Amy Bowen – 2
Trucker Overdrive – 2
Jackamo – 1 (even though it doesn’t count according to him)
disgruntled scientist – 1
March 30th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
justa j0e- depends
Ed from texas 70% Dixie
Vanamonde – after taste flavour
rhettro – mush
smarty hottie – Deadpan 89 long one
Hugh sez: I’ve got a long one
you do baby
(sorry Jackamo)
Mr ditto swoooooon – fire!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Greasy Spoon Nipples Udder Bangles Susanna Hoffs Dickens Comments Cockles Spooges Comment-a-palooza shitzus donkus nose hairs nipples Comments solo nipples through Ep 89
Smarty Hotties® – 17
The Energizer Bunny – 11
justa j0e – 11
Mr ditto swooon – 9
Vanamonde – 8
Dubshack – 7
Rhettro – 7
Ed From Texas – 6
Leann 2.0 – 5
Jeremy- 4
Alvie – 3
Rhettro – 3
Thomas – 3
WNDR wolfie – 2
Addie in boulder – 2
Lost Ralph – 2
Amy Bowen – 2
Trucker Overdrive – 2
Jackamo – 1 (even though it doesn’t count according to him)
disgruntled scientist – 1
March 30th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
stolen from the 80s
March 30th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Ed From Texas
*swoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn*
March 30th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Hugh sez: you have no idea what a maneater Dre is
I am no such thing
Hugh sez: Yeah. Whatever babe
:)
March 30th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
that is all
Jessica satan bumper
March 30th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
poo?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
heh
he sez genitals
March 30th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
ca ca?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
oh reeeeeeeeally?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
poo poo?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
poo are you?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
No one ever wants to come out half assed
March 30th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
poo is me?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
oh very true…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
did i am interrupt play by play?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
you are, but its ok :)
We have not seen you round these parts in a long while Mr Alvie
Hugh sez: Alvie is around my parts?
you perv
March 30th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
is the loverly Mrs Addie swooon there too?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
i….have…. no response to that.
er….. well maybe i do ;)
March 30th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
yeah shes round here somewhere…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
wait Mrs Addie Swoon sounds like she would be the wife of Mr ditto swooon
March 30th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
let me zip up and shell be with you shortly…
*runs away really fuckin fast*
March 30th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
heh
March 30th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
here!
you better run, fucker.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
heh2
March 30th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
gah!
this monkeys gone to heaven
March 30th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
heh3
fuck you wordpress, I’ll show yous comment too quickly
March 30th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I hope you guys brought condoms, it seems that we might all be catching podtaint by hanging out here
Hugh sez: and podtaint is worse than herpes
March 30th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
yeah!!!! yeah WP!!!! fucknut!! bastardo! pizzo di merde!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
it’s ok. i’ve been immunized against podtaint.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
podtaint? um….. is that like castchode?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
ooo good for you Addie, I think we need that too
castchode.. LOL
Hugh sez; you chode
March 30th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
oh…. oh no you dinna…..
March 30th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
We don’t actually know this episode is called podtaint.. and we were wondering it it was like taint
Hugh sez: taint pussy, taint ass
he loves that line
Hugh sez: I do
March 30th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
did you know the literal definition of a chode is “a penis that is wider than it is long”? oh indeed
March 30th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
oh, and a “Taint” is technically the skin between the balls and asshole. oh its true…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Well you know…
its not how far down the hallway you go, its how wide you open the door
so chode is a good thing
Hugh sez: taint isn’t a bad thing either
no, it taint!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Alvie dun edjumacated us
Hugh sez: we taint very smart
March 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
that is so true…..so true.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
oh…. true. and, um, how many doors you open down the hallway? er.. wait that nakes no sence.
also, the peanut is niether a pea nor a nut… oh wait, it IS a nut
March 30th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
i meant true about the chode.:)
March 30th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
LOL
wait did Addie just call us dumb?? ;)
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
doh! she beat us to the punch
Hugh sez: you women are so fast
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
wait, did Hugh just call us ho’s?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Hugh sez: you ho
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
mmm, no. HOWEVER im, pretty sure she called ME dumb in a roundabout way :
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Hugh is sooooo romantic
Hugh sez: Ho
March 30th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
oh ouch…..*yucks it up*
March 30th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
i did?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
ohhhh yeah…..
March 30th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
oh and that wasnt me impersonating gthe Kool Aid man….
Ohhhhh yeh!
but that was…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
oh and that wasnt me impersonating the Kool Aid man….
Ohhhhh yeh!
but that was…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Alvie is the Hawaian Punch dude
oh yeah!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
woah WTF?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
LOL
I put Hawaiian Punch
LOL
I am a mega big dorkus
March 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
was that Mach Man yall just did? OHHHH YEAH!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
we heard you the first time!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
I just got a feeling of deja vu
March 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
*looses control of situation*
yeah like i had it in the first place :)
Mach Man? oh i kant tipe
March 30th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
We are all having slightly different conversations with ourselves on the same topic
LOL
Hugh sez: we should just all get on the phone together, it would be easier.. yet probably even more confusing
March 30th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
and we would all talk over ourselves.. I mean c’mon.. we are all a bunch of talkers
Hugh sez: no one can talk quite like you babe
oh I think Addie can keep up with me just fine!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
wow, i have trouble doing this, i would not be able to handle a 4way on the phone. now another type of 4-way…that’s a different story. ;)
March 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
lol….. oh my yes!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
oh lordy……. heh
March 30th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
oh I think we can all handle THAT 4way
Hugh sez: I like the way that girl thinks
March 30th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
er… what just happened?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
er… wait i know what happened :)
March 30th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
we just committed to having a 4 person orgy, Alvie
We will be on a flight to Denver in a couple days. We will bring our own toys.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
i know. it’s easy to think that way around yous. :)
March 30th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
toys!!!!!!!!!!!! like 3 3/4″ gi joe circa 1984 and 1977 Star Wars Kenner… oh, wait… heh
March 30th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
:)
we bring out your inner pervert
Hugh sez: I have that affect on women.. I’m used to it
*rolls eyes*
March 30th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
how about a flight to Vegas on friday, where i will be celebrating my birthday, which i just found this out moments before coming on here? only it would have to be a three way cause Alvie isn’t going. :(
March 30th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
ooo! Kinky! I’ve never done it with a G.I. Joe!!.. oh wait you didn’t mean what I’m thinking you meant…
Hugh sez: G.I. Joe would probably hurt
probably.. LOL
March 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
*innocently sets up “Cantina Scene” with SW figures*
March 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
YOU LEAVE POOR JOE OUTTA THIS!!!!!!!
*sucks thumb*
March 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
awwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ooo.. Danni alone in Vegas
Hugh sez: heh
we’ll be there *wink*
March 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Hey guys, Hugh is getting sleepies
methinks we are gonna go
March 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
indeed. me am staying here and taking care of the sith younglings while shes gone. ill probably be half eaten by the time she gets back…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
oh ok! well gnite to you all! take care
March 30th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
k, have a good sleepies. night, night. :)
March 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Oh Alvie, that is so true. You watch those younglings
goodnight :)
it was good to see yous here again. Deadpan missed you
No.. WE missed you :)
March 30th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
lol long as someone did ;). thank you :)
March 30th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
awwwww, we missed you too.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:45 am
Actually, Jack has 2 (even though they don’t count)
March 31st, 2008 at 5:11 am
Morning Deadpan.
and now I am off to write/record/edit today’s CCU.
By Deadpan
March 31st, 2008 at 6:52 am
Front 242
March 31st, 2008 at 6:54 am
I also had the episode number wrong
Greasy Spoon Nipples Udder Bangles Susanna Hoffs Dickens Comments Cockles Spooges Comment-a-palooza shitzus donkus nose hairs nipples Comments solo nipples through Ep 90
Smarty Hotties® – 17
The Energizer Bunny – 11
justa j0e – 11
Mr ditto swooon – 9
Vanamonde – 8
Dubshack – 7
Rhettro – 7
Ed From Texas – 6
Leann 2.0 – 5
Jeremy- 4
Alvie – 3
Rhettro – 3
Thomas – 3
WNDR wolfie – 2
Addie in boulder – 2
Lost Ralph – 2
Amy Bowen – 2
Trucker Overdrive – 2
Jackamo – 2 (even though it doesn’t count according to him)
disgruntled scientist – 1
March 31st, 2008 at 7:27 am
Mehning. Again.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:37 am
Yawn. Mehday. =P Talk about the weekend that wasn’t. I worked at the office for half the day on Saturday, then spend the rest of Saturday and all day Sunday moving crap from my garage to my shed I recently built. I need two days off now. In other news, my son is 10 years old to day. Yes I know, both my son and daughter have March birthdays. Evidently the 4th isn’t the only day for fireworks in July.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:06 am
There must be something in the water in Deadpan Land – Today is my son’s 3rd birthday. Happy birthday to your son, Rhettro.
Apparently mine didn’t get the memo that the terrible two’s are supposed to be finished now.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:16 am
Gratz on the birthdays.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:20 am
Wow Ed I didn’t know. Congratz to your son as well! In my experience the terrible twos end somewhere around the second half of the fives. LOL
March 31st, 2008 at 9:52 am
My shih tsu funny enough, but not really, has the massive shits today. Like I have had to keep her diapered. Good times.
Vet at 2.
*sigh*
and moving is fun.
that is all.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:58 am
(if anyone asks – I wasn’t here)
Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
Fish don’t fry in the kitchen;
Beans don’t burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin’
Just to get up that hill.
Now we’re up in the big leagues
Gettin’ our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it’s you and me baby
There ain’t nothin wrong with that.
Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:59 am
It was a cold and frosty morn… Before leaving his home a young and naive Psionandy hits the update button on his phone. Aha he says, there is a new episode of Deadpan. This will surely brighten up my day.
The eponymous Psionandy had been a little depressed of late, for he had grown tired of the squabbling and bickering from the parents on some of the forums he used to frequent… Then there were the blog-wars… where he’d seen friends and people he liked and respected attacked, slandered and stabbed in the back by others he once liked and respected.
Nevermind, he’d left all that behind now as he found the cosy, friendlyness of the podosphere comforting., And now all he had to do was sit back on the train and enjoy the deadpan ride…..
ahhhhh nuts!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:11 am
netflix for pron is http://www.bushdvd.com very good
March 31st, 2008 at 10:44 am
Hugh duz: *click*
Hugh sez: oooooooooo
March 31st, 2008 at 10:44 am
I’ve been away from Deadpan for awhile, and wow! The shit has hit the fan, hasn’t it?
I’m brand new to twitter — is there anything redeeming there? Or should I step away quickly while I have no attachment to anything or anyone there?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:54 am
I’ve just started playing with twitter… I think it’s fun.
but like anything else i suppose there’s people who i wouldn’t want to listen to… so if i find any i don’t listen to them.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:54 am
Hey, you’re out of murgatory, EssBee. .
I say you should have fun and enjoy whatever you want in the new media world. Just don’t let anyone treat you like you’re inferior.
Happy birthday to the Deadpan Jrs.!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:01 am
How about inferi? ;)
March 31st, 2008 at 11:06 am
Thanks, Jack. I was only in murgatory for about 10 minutes.
I agree about the fun and enjoyment. I have experiences a few WTF moments in Twitter already, but just blocked those turkeys immediately. Life is going on right now, isn’t it? No need to deal with turkeys.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:24 am
I’ll take inferi!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:29 am
SOLD!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:29 am
Twitter is for letting the world know when you are pooping.
That’s what I think!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:32 am
Yeah whatever Twitter is to you depends on who you are following. Unfortunately for me there are a handful of podcasters that that use Twitter as a big marketing tool and reading through all the post is sort of like getting called by a telemarketer every so many minutes. It’s an interesting premiss, but for my needs, I’ll stick to email. :)
March 31st, 2008 at 11:34 am
OK, ,I read through all 27 tweets from over the past year, and I mentioned toilet once and pooping once. The rest was from bars.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:53 am
Heh:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/28/nhelmet128.xml
A “Jedi Master” is attacked by someone dressed as Vader.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:54 am
That all makes sense. Thanks!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
You don’t know the power of the Dark Side!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:10 pm
So today’s experiment is to see if a high dose of vitamin C will forestall a cold (already got the sore throat).
As to twitter..what is worse the person posting they have just had a shit or the person who keeps on reading posts like that.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I can’t even get away with Facebook, far too overwhelming.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Van: Don’t buy the Vitamin C Myth
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5184850
Plus, taking too much will give you diarrhea.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I think that the person who keeps reading posts like that is way more pathetic. I joined twitter for fun and friends, but I can totally see the telemarketing analogy Rhettro made. I’ve already gone in and shifted my priorities (i.e., list of who I follow).
Good luck w/ the sore throat.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:16 pm
When I have a cold coming on it’s time to reach for the warm ribena and a spoonful of honey…
…. not sure if its the fluid, vit C, natural antibiotics or just the placebo thing… but it makes me feel better.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Your task for the week.
I am giving all of you an assignment and you have until Saterday night to complete it so there is NO excuses.
You are to go out and purchase some vanilla ice cream and a can of Root beer. If you just can’t do root beer, Coke-a-cola (or even orange or grape soda) is acceptable.
Come home and place the icecream in your freezer and the soda in your fridge.
You will also need to precure a straw. These can be obtained from most fast fod resturaunts.
OK – one night this week after you have had dinner, you are to banish all of the children and all of your problems into some other part of your house for a while. Make sure you have on your “comfy” clothes or better yet … your P.J.s
Scoop some of the Vanilla ice cream into the tallest glass you can find. Open the can of soda and slowly pour it into the glass. Listen to the bubbles. Put the glass close to your face so that the bubbles tickle your nose. They are your friends.
As the foam recedes, continue to add soda until you’ve gotten as much in as you can.
Now, put in your straw and take the glass and the longest t-spoon you can find and go sit in your comfiest chair. This chair may be in front of the TV but only if you are watching mindless entertainment. No news is aloud.
Eat/drink the soda.
Higher marks will be given to those who can make the soda last for an entire episode of their favorite show.
Your assignment is complete.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:17 pm
My spwell chekr is fired
March 31st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Joe…
What a fantastic idea.. you are a star!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Bonus points if you’re able to combine spam with Justa J0e’s assignment.
Hey, I’ve received a bunch of e-mails over the weekend, but the move has sucked away almost all of my time. If you’ve written me recently, I’ll write you back.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
http://bbluesman.com/2008/04/01/some-guy-named-joe-and-cancer/
March 31st, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Isn’t that called a floater?…or ice cream and pop when I was a lad.
A nice addition is adding some tinned pears (you need a big glass) in fruit juice and NOT syrup.
Oh and use Irn Bru rather than root beer or cola.
..and yes take the pears out of the tin…tin is not fit for human consumption.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
:)
Creativity is encouraged with this assignment but not if it runs the risk of “complicating” things.
While the ice cream soda will NOT prevent the common cold, if administered in the prescribed manor it can help to stave off the karma cold.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Ah a root beer float:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer_float#Root_beer_float
There goes the magic.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Hopefully a distance relative of the Karma Chameleon.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Cancer sucks. Joe rules!
March 31st, 2008 at 2:03 pm
As a rule I don’t drink “floaters.” But I have enjoyed the occational “Root Beer Float.” ;)
March 31st, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Well I’m enjoying one now, made with diet pepsi, but soothes a sore throat.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:33 pm
It’s a bit brown, but it does have plenty of bubbles;
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2232/2378693298_19f8db85f8.jpg?v=0
Very nice it was too. Assignment complete, sadly I didn’t have any tins of spam.
Burp!
March 31st, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Thanks Joe. Due to my therapy I’m not allowed to have sugar or stimulants of any kind, so that helps.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:42 pm
By the way, I’m releasing actual *audio* tonight on the FPR feed, so… *lol*
March 31st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Well there is always egg and chips dub.
Unless starch is banned as well.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Yeah I know starch is a glucose polymer.
Whose a pretty polly?
March 31st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
http://www.x-dezyn.com/temp/halp.jpg
Heheheh!
March 31st, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Dub – you will be excused from your assignment if we can find someone else to cover you. Anyone? Anyone?
hmmm – maybe Jack could make one for his kids to share.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I can’t have sugar, but i’m completely visualizing that root beer float…. gah that would be great right now…
Hey, i gotta question for you guys…
if you saw a [flyer, banner, business card, picture, etc] for a website called
The Charleston Geek and Gamer
(uh, assuming you lived in or near Charleston)
would you be interested in visiting this website?
i’m struggling with the name because a few people have suggested that the term “geek” might turn people off…
I agree that this is a possibiity, maybe even a likelihood, but… it just… the name just kind of .. fell out, i mean, im struggling to think of anything else….
what do you guys think?
(fyi, if this helps, the website is a sort of hub for local businesses and an aggregate of local and regional “geek” news, and a calendar of local events and a place to plan local events and build groups) [
March 31st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Wow, now *I’m* having Jack’s problem.
Except I can’t seem to access the site at all. Anyone want to jump to farpointrecap.com really quick and tell me if it loads? And if it does, is it just extraordinarily slow?
I threw the audio on Podango thinking at least it would get to the feed, but Itunes is still giving me timeout errors on that as well. So I dunno. I know you can view it here though:
http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=1314
March 31st, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Hey Dub, it plays from the podango site ok for me.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I don’t know how you attempt to beat podango into submission but her is what works for me.
First I “add new episode” but I DO NOT attach the audio file to it.
Then, I go to “Manage FIles” and use the “Upload Files”button to upload the show.
Once the file has uploaded I refresh that page again until I see the new show in the list. Over to the left it will say something like “no show associated with this file” You click on that and it will give you a dialogue box that allows you to select an episode to attach the file to. Hopefully your new episode is there.
This method has worked for e on my last 4 or 5 episodes.
BTW – I don’t have the new FPR on iTunes yet.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I’m gonna go ahead and volunteer to drink Dub’s root beer float!
March 31st, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Good Show there EssBee!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Good show.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:21 pm
I can’t even access Farpointrecap.com, so it isn’t Podango.
I do most everything from the wordpress side… While the episode is uploading I do the shownotes and hit “Post,” then I edit the entry and add the episode (usually by then it shows up). Then I go to Podango.com and Manage Files, assign the file to the blog entry. Then I edit the episode and set the release date. I might be overdoing it but this does it for me every time.
Except this time because I can’t even access the website. And I’m not talking about logging in, its telling me the site doesn’t exist.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:06 am
morning pan, it’s bikram yoga time
namaste
April 1st, 2008 at 4:07 am
299 men died, they sent 1 back to tell the story
April 1st, 2008 at 4:07 am
300!
April 1st, 2008 at 4:54 am
Goodmorning Deadpan.
Dub. I am now able to connect to http://www.farpointrecap.com though I don’t see your new episode there . It is also still hasn’t shown up in my iTunes.
Morning SH !
April 1st, 2008 at 4:56 am
Morning Pan!
Nice holiday. Although it was certainly a shock going from an average of 80 degrees to having to shovel the sidewalk on Sunday :)
April 1st, 2008 at 5:01 am
I have to admit that I took juvenile glee in watching the footage of Dubya throwing out the first pitch to open Baseball season.
Apparently not even the Evil NeoCons can arrange to vette an entire baseball stadium!
The must have been piping in the Star Spangled Banner at a large volume through Dubyas ear piece in order to drown out THAT chorus of booing.
DO you suppose they will have to create a whole new branch of the Secret Service just to follow him around for the rest of his life and make sure he never reads a newspaper, sees a news program or finds out what Americans and the rest of the world really think of him?
April 1st, 2008 at 5:02 am
TEB !!!!
I was just wondering last night how the trip went!!
April 1st, 2008 at 5:04 am
Heard the episode yesterday. You can hwip my drawers any time, Jack.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:05 am
Trip went good, J0e. Saw, the Star Trek Experience (of course), Elton John and Penn and Teller.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:06 am
Hubby out of the shower. Now it’s my turn. Back in a bit.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:08 am
hwwip it good
April 1st, 2008 at 5:19 am
There, clean body. Now waiting for my hubby to leave before I stick some food down my gullet.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:53 am
Here in Calgary, at a hockey game, some guy was beat up and sent to the hospital because he wore an Edmonton Oilers jersey to a Calgary vs Edmonton game.
How stupid is that?
April 1st, 2008 at 6:00 am
April Fools letter of the day:
Dear Abby: To say I am upset is an understatement. My wife of 22 years, “Verna”, was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Verna always programmed our VCR and as a result, I have no idea how to record my favourite sporting events.
I begged my daughter to show me how to operate it, but she’s still mad at me because when sheasked me if her blaser made her look fat, I replied: “No, it’s those double cheeseburgers you’ve been scarfing down two at a time that make you look so fat.”
I’m thinking if I run a personal ad in the paper I could meet a nice lady and get my mind off all the sports I’m missing. Here’s how I plan to word it: “SWM seeking single female. Race, age adn looks unimportant. Please send picture of car.”
I know you get hundreds of letters every day with the same exact problems that I have, but please tell me what to do.
-Calgary Sun
If this is a real letter, I’m Mickey Mouse :)
April 1st, 2008 at 6:25 am
today’s quize
without looking on the net … what is the video broadcasting standard for the following countries?
1) Burma
2) Austria
3) Morocco
Bonus round) Saudi Arabia
April 1st, 2008 at 6:28 am
I’m don’t know the answer to any of those (although my guess is none). Tell me of knowledgeable one.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:28 am
of = oh
April 1st, 2008 at 6:52 am
Ok I’m at work and I still can’t get the site.
I was able to connect to the site once yesterday Joe, but I couldn’t log in to upload the show… I had to do it on the podango side. I haven’t been able to connect since.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:53 am
beep BOOP!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:01 am
We’re all happy to see the return of TEB!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:04 am
TEB – I shall let the rest of the rable have a chance to guess. BTW: Where IS Jeremy?
April 1st, 2008 at 7:09 am
Thanks, Rhettro
April 1st, 2008 at 7:17 am
Sounds like your Vegas trip was a sucess.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:17 am
It was.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:22 am
Jack and I should have drove up for lunch. LOL
April 1st, 2008 at 7:37 am
That would have been cool!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:38 am
:)
April 1st, 2008 at 7:42 am
Next time.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:43 am
Sounds like a plan.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:05 am
OK
Here is the answer to #1
1) Burma = NTSC
April 1st, 2008 at 8:26 am
They have television outside the U.S.? Who knew?
:)
April 1st, 2008 at 8:34 am
2)France – NSFW
April 1st, 2008 at 8:36 am
I guess it really is April 1st isn’t it.
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html
April 1st, 2008 at 8:37 am
Well according to:
http://www.kropla.com/tv.htm
The TV standard for Saudi Arabia is:
SECAM B/G, PAL B
April 1st, 2008 at 8:48 am
1) Burma = NTSC
2) Austria = PAL
3) Morocco = SECAM
Bonus round) Saudi Arabia
That’s why it was the bonus round question. Saudi Arabia has a “Dual” broadcast standard.
Of course being the “Dubya” variety of U.S. allies – neither of their 2 standards are NTSC.
BTW: No points for Van … “without looking on the net …” Although since he has completed his homework assignment already he is excused from after school detention.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:36 am
Well the UK uses PAL, and used it way before Dubya.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:41 am
Sure … but if you were going to pick a SECOND standard, I’d imagine it would make at least economic sense to pick the one used by the U.S.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:44 am
Or China, LOL.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:45 am
You were in murgatory again, Sarah from Charleston. But now your comments are flying free.
In Soviet Russia, state broadcasts you!
April 1st, 2008 at 9:53 am
Yeah! Sarah’s here!
“if you saw a [flyer, banner, business card, picture, etc] for a website called
The Charleston Geek and Gamer
(uh, assuming you lived in or near Charleston)
would you be interested in visiting this website?”
I know I would, but I’m the quinesential geek. It’s the same reason I gavitate toword sites like ThinkGeek.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:11 am
Stupid f*#king April 1st. . . .
Everyone should do that root beer float today, in honor of Joe Murphy, Our Missing Ninja.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:17 am
You know I think I have some root beer and ice cream at home, I may just be able to pull it off. Joe, I’ll be drinking a cold one in your honor tonight, I’m sure you would think that was brilliant. :)
April 1st, 2008 at 10:36 am
Hi Sarah -
The “Geek” title, while very descriptive – is also very limited.
Unless you are specifically targeting ONLY those who are part of the “”GEEK” joke I wouldn’t use the term.
I believe many members of the general public who are “outside” of the geekosphere would view it as a disparaging term and shy away from it.
In marketing you want the possibility of attracting as many different demographics as possible … or at least, “limiting” yourself as little as possible.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:40 am
How about Guru?
April 1st, 2008 at 10:41 am
Dub – chopping my way through my podjam and finally got to FPR:007.
Funny open!
Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t get it … but in my eyes, getting lampooned or skewerd on the FPR is the podcasting world’s equivent of having Weird Al Yankovic parody your song. The music Industry may decide who is this weeks “star” by as an artist you KNOW you have arrived when Weird Al spends his time and considerable talent on YOU!
:)
April 1st, 2008 at 10:55 am
Hi Pan
April 1st, 2008 at 11:03 am
The beautiful lull
the dangerous tug
we get to feel small
from high up above
and after a glimpse
over the top
the rest of the world
becomes a giftshop
The pendulum swings
for the horse like a man
out over the rim
is ice cream to him
the beautiful lull
the dangerous tug
we get to feel small
but not out of place at all
We’re forced to bed
but we’re free to dream
all us human extras
all us herded beings
and after a glimpse
over the top
the rest of the world
becomes a giftshop
I don’t know what to believe
sometimes I even forget
and if it’s a lie,
terrorists made me say it
the beautiful lull
the dangerous tug
we get to feel small
from high up above
from high up above
The Tragically Hip — Gift Shop
April 1st, 2008 at 11:07 am
If you hate not having enough control over what scripts run when you visit a site, you should check out NoScript:
http://noscript.net/
April 1st, 2008 at 11:08 am
hello EssBee
April 1st, 2008 at 11:10 am
Hiya EssBee
April 1st, 2008 at 11:10 am
I would totally check out the Charleston Geek and Gamer, and I live in Colorado!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:13 am
Heh, BBC FT April 1st W
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds9K5cRHnLA
April 1st, 2008 at 11:14 am
I was musing over on the forums that season 4 of BSG may be Moore’s allegory for the biblical Revelations. Am I off my rocker–more than usual, that is–or does that make sense?
April 1st, 2008 at 11:26 am
I don’t think you’re off your rocker, ditto. I just finished a rewatch of Season 3, and what struck me is 1) Starbuck’s significance as some kind of messiah figure while Baltar and others think HE is the messiah, and 2) Roslin’s psychic/mental/drug-induced connection to the Cylons there at the end of S3. I don’t see a biblical Revelations connection there.
Since I’m fairly new here, I won’t geek all the way out. I could, though, if anyone wants to. I’m super excited about Season 4 premiering this Friday.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:28 am
I’m super-excited about the new season too.
This only struck me today when I was reading a few things, so I haven’t fully explored the idea. I posted the parallels here:
http://www.farpointforums.com/showthread.php?tid=1888
April 1st, 2008 at 11:28 am
Just downloaded episode 9 of S4 of Lost to find it’s fake and April 1st joke.
groan
April 1st, 2008 at 11:32 am
That’s kinda funny, actually. Normally, I don’t like April Fool’s jokes.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:39 am
Okay, that’s pretty awesome, ditto. Would you like it if S4 was RDM’s allegory for Revelations?
What would that mean (if anything) given the Mormon foundations of the series?
Man, I love that show.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:44 am
Doesn’t matter to me as long as it stays good.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:45 am
“Would you like it if S4 was RDM’s allegory for Revelations?”
I love how many layers there are in this show. And, if Moore uses this to add another I will be happy, so long as he keeps up the great storytelling.
“What would that mean (if anything) given the Mormon foundations of the series?”
Don’t know. I know only a little about Mormonism. I guess I need to pick the mind of one of my friends.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:49 am
I agree with that 100%. It’s fun to think about!
I don’t know much about Mormonism either. I find the idea of basing something like this show on a codified mythos really fascinating.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:57 am
National Geographic lampooned!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/photogalleries/Harvardlampoon-pictures/index.html
April 1st, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Whut dya think about Gmails back to the Future feature?
April 1st, 2008 at 12:45 pm
That was hilarious. When I first saw it, it didn’t click that it was a joke.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I was the same way.
What is up with the comments on Slice’s Contest Posts:
http://tinyurl.com/3ahe6d
I had to ad my own…
April 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
lmfao.
That was brilliant. :)
April 1st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I also found LJ’s new member gag funny.
http://news.livejournal.com/107460.html
I’ve been Rickrolled!
*gag*
April 1st, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Spam bot maybe?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:08 pm
That’s hilarious, Jeremy.
Good contest! Sci-fi replica watches cheap online pharmacy Paris Hilton lesbians.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Jeremy,
That was just weird over on Slice. It sure looks like some kind of spam. But why?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Totally hilarious, Jeremy.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Yah, I had to play along too.
We’ll see if I clear moderation.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Just listened to this, albeit a little late, and all I can say is wow… Tell us how you really feel Jack. I had no idea there was a lot of tension in the podosphere. That’s a little disappointing to hear. Oh well.. Such is life I guess.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Thanks Joe, but don’t put me on that kind of pedastal… I’m just a guy who picks out random audio and makes silly stupid jokes about it.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:26 pm
And hey, the site and feed seem to be working now. Go Summer! Or other mysterious forces of the internet!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:26 pm
The pipes!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:04 pm
No strangling cats in a skirt please!
There is enough noise pollution as it is.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Fooking BST has screwed up estimation of the time difference.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:56 am
Ever wake up when you have a sinus infection with just a huge chunk of shit getting coughed up… Everytime I go through this therapy that happens to my brain and I realize just how fucked up my life was and how fucked up I was to other people, and I end up feeling nothing but shame over things that happened when I was 13 years old… It’s pathetic…
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:31 am
The culture of therapy is yet to catch on here in the UK, at least among the working classes.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:34 am
Back to the mono days of arcade machines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0FEdCIJEM&feature=related
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:35 am
Ah, comments are still on this board. Silly me, I was commenting on the other one :)
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:35 am
Thought I was all alone in this world
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:36 am
Well, to repeat what I said on the “Joe” thread…
Ditto, when you come on to the boards, since I know you’re Canadian too, have you heard anything about the rumor we’re going to lose the $5 bill and have it replaced with a $3 coin?
We have the Loonie and Toonie, what would we call this one? The Threenie?
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:39 am
Wow, Van. I actually remember playing that game. I would have been about 10 then and thinking is was great fun :)
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:41 am
It’s not so bad TEB. In the UK there was a lot of fuss when the 1 pound note was replaced with the one pound coin (a 2 pound coin was added later), but you get used to it.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:42 am
I’ve played it at the time and via MAME, but without the periscope it’s not as much fun.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:47 am
I don’t mind the replacement of paper money with coins (we’ve done it with the $1 and $2) I just find it strange they’re not going to do a $5 coin but instead replace it with a $3 coin
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:51 am
Funny story about our $2 coin (the Toonie). Normally there is a picture of a polar bear on the coin, however we occasionally put out commemorative coins, including one with a pink cancer ribbon and one with a red poppy to remember our Vets. When the poppy one first came out, the US would not allow them to cross the border. The story was, they thought there was a micro-chip embedded in the poppy, used for spying on them.
Americans can be so silly :)
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 am
I don’t think it’s an issue now, but it was amusing to hear at the time.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:53 am
TEB: I’m pretty sure that’s an April Fool’s joke.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:57 am
Ditto commented on the other thread that the $3 coin might be an April Fool’s joke. At first my husband and I thought so at first as well, but we’re not so sure now.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:01 am
I’ve found nothing in the business pages of The Globe & Mail and the CBC. I’ll keep looking, but until I find a business analysis of the situation, I will continue to believe this is just a joke.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:01 am
As an April Fool’s day joke, the local brewery put a “sample” of it’s newest beer in the paper. The beer was called Hydrate. The idea was you cut out the sample from the newspaper and put it in a glass of water…
It was amazing the number of people who fell for it. Apparently the brewery got some complaints from people saying they didn’t like the new beer. (they did also get some calls from people playing along describing how wonderful the heady taste was)
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:03 am
It was actually a news story on the CBC radio we heard it. Last night about 6:30 (ish). That’s the only reason we sort of believe it. CBC news hour is not usually known for its sense of humour.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:05 am
Besides, isn’t the rule, you’re not supposed to do April Fool’s joke after 12 noon?
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:10 am
The only think I can find is a special $3 gold collectors coin made by the mint in 2006:
http://tinyurl.com/2smlbb
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:11 am
Cool! I don’t even remember that.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 am
Well I found this:
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/169413
Don’t know if the the Toronto Star is the Canadian equivalent of The Guardian (serious news) or The Daily Sport (big boobs found on the moon).
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:56 am
Some programmers like to go hardcore:
http://www.qotile.net/xype/thrust.html
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:01 am
As a non programmer I can’t help but admire a guy who writes a game by entering all the program code in hexadecimal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skool_Daze
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:05 am
Van: That’s the $2 coin with the commemorative poppy that TEB was talking about.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/2004_Poppy_Quarter.jpg/100px-2004_Poppy_Quarter.jpg
There is no spy camera in that coin.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:23 am
Maybe there’s no camera in YOUR coin Ditto…
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
I suppose it makes more sense if the coins were planted on people who work in the defense industry rather than a massive production run of bugged coins.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:49 am
I could just see what people would here if they bugged my quarter…
“Dear, what do you want to do tonight”
“I don’t know, what do you want to do? is there anything on TV?”
“Nope.”
“So what do you want to do?”
“Anything you want..”
and so on and so forth. Very exciting.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 am
Well if you both played RISK it would sound more exciting than it actually was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yf4A0dGyAE
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 am
Yes, we quite enjoyed Red Dwarf when it was on TV. We also have them on DVD. I liked the original cute brunette Kachanski (sp?) better than the newer blond one.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
You may find the lead singer of Altered Images a wee bit familiar then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgqD826HGuI
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:33 am
WP needs a EDIT your own message option…grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40K2S0-5Xo0&feature=related
For a hint of the original video.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:33 am
cool, Van. I sent the link to my husband.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:35 am
Cool. Now off for lunch.
Ta!
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:43 am
KEWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RvB box set!!!!
http://www.roosterteethstore.com/dvdbox.html
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 am
I liked:
* Stops bullets 6x more effectively than a normal RvB DVD*
*actual ballistic tests inconclusive.
lol
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 am
Yes, but will it stop a plasma grenade?
“Is it a spider?”
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
Wow. Spiders & RvB drive everyone away.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 am
This does not bode well
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080402/full/452513a.html
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
Ooooooh shiney:
http://tinyurl.com/2l868z
A vectrex emulator in Java, includes game roms (including several homebrew efforts like Thrust and Patriots) and overlay graphics, and runs on Windows, OSX and Linux.
Written by a french guy, which may offend those of a patriotic persuasion.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFTcO5XmJU0
Lykke Li “Little Bit”
Gotta love lyrics that say:
And for you I keep my legs apart
And forget about my tainted heart
And I will never ever be the first
To say it but still I get over
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Heh. Tracked down the video for the song, eh? I’ll check it out. :)
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
ditto – can you give synopsis of RvB ? (I won’t even make you do it as a Haiku)
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
The Wiki article does a good job:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_vs_blue
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
You can watch all of season 1 here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5603805953315746797
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
It’s hard to give a synopsis since the show is so off the wall. It’s a funny, twisted look at “military” life, gaming, and the world in general.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I’ve known of RvB for sometime, I just haven’t seen a single episode. Maybe this weekend.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Maybe the best way to describe it is this: Imagine if Douglas Adams was a FPS fan and he created a show based on Halo. Of course, that’s probably way off base.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
not to distract you from your assignment (have you had your ice cream soda yet?) but this looks intrigueing -
Clementine Martini recipe
2 oz Svedka® clementine vodka
1 oz Orange Curacao liqueur
1 oz triple sec
1 oz cranberry juice
1 oz Canada Dry® orange soda
1/2 oz ginger ale
Add the vodka, orange curacao and triple sec to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well and strain into a martini cocktail glass. Float the cranberry juice, then the soda water, the the ginger ale. Garnish with a clementine wedge (if available) or a lightly flamed orange peel twist, and serve.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
^Sounds much better than the Chlamydia Martini, which has the same ingredients but requires one to drink it as a body shot of an infected hooker.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Oh Rhett. . . . .
Bonus points if you can combine Joe’s concoction with a tub of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
So that would be a Fabio Martini?
I don’t think I care much for the sound of that….
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Evening, Pan.
What a shit day today at work. I’ll take one of those martinis. Hold the ICBINB, please.
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:20 pm
“sorry EssBee” (steps behind bar)
“One ‘Day Eraser’ coming right up!”
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Okay, that hits the spot! Thank you, sir! It goes well with my re-watch of BSG Razor. You are a prince.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
… and a bargin at half the price!
I still haven’t seen Razor.
I did show “What the Frak is going on” to a non-BSG watcher tonight to see if it was really as good as I thought it was.
It was.
She did say that all of the names were right on the edge of being way to much way to fast but she “got” the story and seemed intrigued!
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Well as a time check:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frak
Caveman with a yoyo.
April 4th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Jack Mangan, I love your absolute sincerest honesty about the crap that goes on, because after all, people are people no matter where you go. Those who find themselves in your story ought to take note. I appreciate being brought back to focus and understanding of the potential for elitist thinking.
Like any medium of expression, whether print or sound or visual, there’s always the dichotomy between doing it “for the art” or doing it “for the money.” Nobody starts doing anything because they hate it, they do it becasue they love it. But if this “new media” is really going to be “new,” that relationship aspect must be maintained. That community aspect is what made it what it is/was. It’s what has made this deadpan community what it is. It’s what made “that Dragonpage thing” fun until FPM became the 30-ton gorilla that caused the great breakup.
I’ll be frank. I want to be a writer, and I want to get paid for it. I see podcasting as a vehicle for expression, as the radio show I always wanted when I was a kid. Do I think I’ll make money in podcasting? No, and I’m cool with that. Do I think it is a tool for promotion of a book? Yeah, I guess, not because it’s inherently effective, but because it’s fun! I enjoy getting other like-minded people together to supply voices and make something together. For me it’s all about mutual promotion. We all play promos from each other’s shows because we want to support each other and promote this medium.
But we are supposed to be the generation, the social segment, that rebels against those in authority, and yet some of us allow someone else to have a sort of authority over us in this medium. I am merely myself. I am Indiana Jim, take me or leave me, but don’t make me your leader, and don’t try to be mine. Either way, it’s about community and mutual support. We don’t need more network gatekeepers. Those are the people to whom we mail jars of peanuts.
Dubshack, you’ll always have a friend here, dude. I love the stuff you post, and I am right there with you in the episodes of shame and self-loathing. I do far too much of that, perhaps. Keep getting better.
April 4th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Would you tell me if I betrayed you, Jack? I might not have, but tell me if I’m in the Taint, would ya?
February 9th, 2009 at 7:58 am
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