Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #92: Podtaint, part 2

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  1. Vanamonde Says:

    Firsties

  2. Vanamonde Says:

    At least the sun is shining

  3. Scott from Kalamazoo Says:

    New Deadpan!

    However the mp3 file is a 0 size file. :(

  4. Ed from Texas Says:

    Not yet!

  5. justa J0e Says:

    four-play

    :( They’ve stuck Ed where the sun doesn’t shine.

  6. P.C. Haring Says:

    Good morning all. Jack, not sure whats going on but iTunes is refusing to download this one. I’m pulling it down manually.

  7. cynful Says:

    hmmmm, website download isn’t working for me either.

  8. melorant Says:

    The file is 0 kb. Same problem with the rss-dl. Is 0 kb the same as 0 mb?

  9. melorant Says:

    BTW, am I the only one who thinks these problems started when Farpoint Media got into bed with Podango?

  10. justa J0e Says:

    *justaJ0e shuffles his feet, looking around uncomfortably, then quickly changes the subject*

    I have the dreaded “Nasel Click” this morning. Any other podcasters here ever suffer from that? It’s the oddest thing … and infuriating to boot!

  11. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Holey Cow, Deadpan! What’s with all the snow?!?!

  12. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    On the upside, the Flames won their game (yeah!). I guess I owe my hubby eight pennies, though.

  13. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Here is a link to some local webcams. Click on any one.

    So far the snow is at three about 8cm (approx 3inches) and still falling!

  14. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Sorry, here’s the link

    http://65.104.36.247/default.asp?display=cams&area=calgary&TextOnly=

  15. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Also, the CBC’s rooftop cam

    http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/webcam/cgy_roofcam.jpg

  16. Dubshack Says:

    Welcome to the last Thursday of your life.

    And probably the last Podango upload too.

    Thats weird though, Itunes is detecting the episode. And it plays on Podango. Itunes just won’t download it.

    I actually don’t think this is a Podango problem. This looks more like the Farpoint Server problem I experienced a week ago… Supposedly there is a setting in Podpress where you set the URL for media files, and mine is always set for Farpointrecap.com even though Podango integration is on and it always detects the episodes when I upload them. Summer said this was supposed to be routed through Podango, but Jarsto said their address was bunk because they changed something (which I see they’ve done again) and that stopped working, which he was under the impression everyone had stopped using the service.

    So I dunno… I think this might be more of a temporary problem that we’ve been seeing across the FPM board that has more to do with bandwidth than anything else. But I’m sure I’m wrong.

    Damn it Jim I’m a Lindsey Lohan, not a podcaster.

  17. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Well, I’ve got to brave the snow and do some shopping.

    Wish me luck!

  18. ditto Says:

    Dang! I really want to listen to this. Stupid podango.

  19. cynful Says:

    Thank you for the insight Dubshack. I’m able to hear it off Podango directly.

    Jack, good insight and good essay. Best of luck with the life stuff.

  20. Rhettro Says:

    Yeah, I had to go to Podango’s host page to download the file. Even with this being somewhat of a Deadpan Unplugged episode, the intelligence and humor on display here is why I haven’t missed a single Deadpan. :) And I’m not blowing rainbows up Jack’s backside to advance my standing in the pod-o-sphere, I wouldn’t know what to do with advanced standing anyway. ;) L8r Pan, I have some melons to farm.

  21. justa J0e Says:

    It’s a mystery.

    FWIW - I uploaded a CCU episode yesterday afternoon with no problem and it was downloading back to me through iTunes within minutes.
    I would say that when it gets to that part of the process I have been holding my breath a LOT lately.

  22. ditto Says:

    Good episode, Jack!

    And, using my love of shoe-gazing music, I thought I’d post a semi-appropriate song. It’s from the fan perspective

    —-

    Just because they seem to understand the way you feel
    It doesn’t mean they’ll feel the same way too
    Just because they seem to hold a mirror to your life
    It doesn’t follow that they’ll be just like you

    Take no heroes,
    Its no good
    They don’t stand up to you
    Just take the bit you think they can use

    I remember when I was younger
    I thought the answers were locked in people
    So I admired the ones whose lives were a source of envy to people like me

    But do you really want to meet
    The ones who write your dreams
    Believe me, it’s a fantasy
    You won’t like the reality

    If you want heroes keep them safe
    They don’t stand up to life
    So lock them in your soul and lose the key

    (I love you, I don’t want to meet you)

    When I see you it makes me feel
    There’s someone else out there like me
    You touch my soul with what you do
    It all makes sense when I hear you

    You understand the way I feel
    I know exactly what you mean
    It’s like I’ve known you all my life
    I think of you I feel alright

    But in the flesh how would it be
    If you could really see
    The weaknesses you never knew
    Alive and staring back at you

    If you want to heroes keep them safe
    They don’t stand up to life
    So lock them in your soul and lose the key

    Lush — Heavenly Nobodies

  23. Vanamonde Says:

    For some reason the mplayer plugin for Firefox reports DP 92 to be 2.24 minutes in duration.

    It’s not only the cake that is a lie.

  24. Vanamonde Says:

    and I have no idea where this weird font comes from.

  25. ditto Says:

    GLaDOS has assumed control

  26. Rhettro Says:

    I miss my companion cube. *sniff* Why did I incinerate it?

  27. ditto Says:

    Out of love.
    Did you really want your companion cube to go through those trials and FIND OUT THE CAKE WAS A LIE?!
    *sobs*

  28. Rhettro Says:

    Well there’s that, but mostly I didn’t want to lug it around while running for my life from toxic gas. LOL

  29. ditto Says:

    That’s heartless!

  30. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    That was fun….

    an hour long trip ended up taking over two hours.

    Stupid snow.

  31. jackmangan Says:

    File troubles!! grrraaaaaaarrrrrrrgghhhhhhhmotherfuckinggoddammitgrrrrrwtf.

    OK, I’ll look into it.

  32. jackmangan Says:

    Well - you can download the show from here:
    http://podango.com/podcast_episode/1116/69192/Jack_Mangans_Deadpan/Jack_Mangans_Deadpan_92_Podtaint_part_2

    Shoulda tinyurl’ed it, huh?

  33. jackmangan Says:

    Good news, everyone! I fixed it here.
    Sorry — it was my bad.

  34. justa J0e Says:

    Wahoo!
    My iTunes has gotten hold of Jacks part_2 and it’s coming.

  35. justa J0e Says:

    … er, I mean it’s downloading. (what ever you were THINKING I meant,… stop it)

  36. Rhettro Says:

    Funny, I heard Professor Farnsworth’s voice when I read Jack’s post.

  37. Rhettro Says:

    “It’s in the trees! It’s coming!”

  38. Dubshack Says:

    Jack, whether it goes without saying or not… I really, truly apologize for the water pistols comment. I meant it in good fun but I may have gone over the line. Sorry.

  39. ditto Says:

    “It’s in the trees! It’s coming!”

    Reminds me of Kate Bush. :)

  40. ditto Says:

    Water pistols at noon. 10 paces.

  41. Rhettro Says:

    The person I was hoping would get it, got it. :)

  42. jackmangan Says:

    Dubshack, you don’t have to apologize to me about any jokes you’ve made.

    Rhett, I thought you were referencing “Lost”.

  43. Rhettro Says:

    Actually, I was referencing JOe. LOL

    But ditto got it. It’s from “Hounds of Love.”

  44. Rhettro Says:

    Jack,

    I’d like to apologize to you for the comments Dub made, since he can’t.

    I apologize to Dub for that joke.

    What else could I write? I don’t have the right.

  45. ditto Says:

    I’d like to apologize to me for the joke that Rhettro made about the joke Dub made about the apology Jack made.
    *gasp*
    *thud*

  46. ditto Says:

    You have to fight!

  47. ditto Says:

    For your right!

  48. ditto Says:

    To COM-MENT!

  49. ditto Says:

    I cant explain it.
    The things they’re saying to me.

  50. ditto Says:

    This is SO COOL!
    A blog for science tattoos!!!

    http://carlzimmer.typepad.com/

  51. Dubshack Says:

    In that case I’d like to apologize for the hundreds of sexualy explicit emails I’ve sent you over the past year, those were completely innapropriate. Tantalizing but innapropriate.

  52. cynful Says:

    mind…… going…….
    Whee!!!!!!
    Teach me to hit refresh

  53. Dubshack Says:

    I would also like to apologize to Leann for those dozen or so photos of me sexually molesting various household objects I sent her a few months ago… That was also innapropriate…

  54. ditto Says:

    That was you, Dub?!
    Wow.
    THANKS!

  55. Rhettro Says:

    ^But totally hilarious! :D

  56. Dubshack Says:

    I’d also like to apologize for this video, shot while on the clock at Burger King…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D08d11aSJSE

  57. ditto Says:

    he he HAW HAW gufaw! :)

  58. jackmangan Says:

    I have something to say about politics.

    I should say this onpod, and I might - but here goes, right here.

    Don’t believe a single poll you read this year. The newsmedia have figured out that closes races get people reading/viewing/listening/etc.
    If McCain looks to be pulling ahead, they’ll poll 18-24 year olds in Newark, NJ and tout Obama’s comeback. If Obama (or Clinton) pulls ahead, they’ll poll the Old Heh Guy Diner at 5am in Dallas, TX. and the headlines will show McCain’s miracle comeback. Expect the newsmedia to sell us a dead heat going into November.

  59. disgruntled scientist Says:

    feeling a bit tired…

    Imagining very surprised looking melon farmers…maybe they could make it a race :-)

  60. ditto Says:

    9 out of 10 melon farms would vote for Jack Mangan
    Error margin +/- 100%

  61. Dubshack Says:

    Its funny you should bring that up Jack, I was considering going on pod to discuss something parallel but along the same lines.

    On the other hand, thank God we’ve got the Polygamists taking up the airwaves for the most part this week. I mean not that its a good situation, but at least on Anderson Cooper they were doing a good job of exposing the sort of cult programming thats involved in these sorts of communities. I was a victim of a similar situation over a decade ago and some of this stuff is pretty hard to hear, but people need to hear it.

  62. justa J0e Says:

    BTW Rhett, I got it!
    In fact I had that album on cassette (2 media that are now both endangered) and STILL have the VHS collection of her music videos (3rd media going extinct).

  63. Rhettro Says:

    Cool JOe! I’m happy to hear that ditto and I aren’t the only ones on the board that love Bush.

  64. ditto Says:

    I’m going to go delve into my Bush now :)

  65. justa J0e Says:

    I once worked on a commercial for a Gubernatorial campaign.
    Before the candidate arrived at the studio, the guys from the firm that had been hired to get him elected were carrying on about what an idiot the guy was … mocking him by doing things like talking into the stapler when the phone rang, stuff like that.
    After the candidate had departed the set they continued to carry on about what a half-witt he was.

    They got him elected Governor anyway. They were VERY good at what they were hired to do.

    Is it any wonder I am as cynical as I am?

  66. justa J0e Says:

    Rhett - I am both frightened and enthrawled with Bush.

  67. Rhettro Says:

    I hear that a lot from the others I know that have experienced Bush.

  68. justa J0e Says:

    meanwhile …
    ever need to do something simple and it just turns into a HUGE thing?

    I want to scan a picture but my scanner is an old SCSI model.
    The SCSI card on my work station is kaput.
    So I thought I’d dig out my old “Performa” and use that …only I get no video out of it. So I dug out me even OLDER MAC 2Si.
    It worked … at least long enough for me to start trying to figure out how I was going to network to it … then it could no longer see it’s hard drive.
    *sigh*
    I can boot it off of the “Disk Tools” but I can’t get it t see the hard drive or either of the other two I have just tried.

    ALl I wanted was to scan some photos and now my desk is littered with partially dissasembled Macs and monitors and hard drives and various cables … and I’m no closer to getting these photos scanned then when I first decided to do so.

    *SIGH*

  69. Rhettro Says:

    Scanners are fickle creatures. Way back when, I had an old Mustek that worked with my parallel port. It did a good job but conflicted with the ZIP drive and printer that wanted the same port. So I bought an upgraded one that had a USB port that worked well until I upgraded to Windows XP. It was incompatible, so I bought an XP compatible one later. I think the computer industry just doesn’t want people to have the power to scan photos.

  70. justa J0e Says:

    Damn their eyes!

    ANy idea how to make a computer “see” a hard drive?

  71. Dubshack Says:

    I think two guys are about to have sex in our mens room at work.

  72. Rhettro Says:

    You might want to postpone your potty break. ;)

  73. Dubshack Says:

    You know I once had an affair with a married woman in a ladies room.

    Somehow this doesn’t equate.

  74. Dubshack Says:

    And to think I just got some of that “Natural Trail Mix,” you know the stuff thats just nuts… had to put it away…

  75. Rhettro Says:

    LOL

  76. Vanamonde Says:

    Do you have a digital camera JJ with a macro function?

    If you just want to grab a few photos, it’s a bit fiddly but you can use a DC to take a photo of a photo.

  77. Vanamonde Says:

    Just got back from a concert by Karine Polwart:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kYE1JD-OoY

    Bought a CD and got it signed by KR, but my unbroken record of not being able to say anything meaningful to someone I’m a fan of continues.

  78. jackmangan Says:

    Van, that happened when I met Carmen Miranda.

    (I’ve never met Carmen Miranda)

    Can’t really check out the video at work - but hey, cool about the autographed CD! Is she folky?

  79. Vanamonde Says:

    One of the advantages of going to smaller venues if that you can usually get a CD signed by the singer.

    KP (and not KR..groan) is folky.

  80. Vanamonde Says:

    The fruit, the fruit….

  81. Rhettro Says:

    The fruit is on fire?

  82. Dubshack Says:

    Ok… I think it’s time to admit the therapy isn’t working. I mean it is, it’s been helping a lot… But clearly something else is going on. Something really not normal.

    I’m going back to my medical doctor on Tuesday. We were going to do that test, but I guess there is too much else going on for me to be able to take that test and get any sort of results. So I’m just going to see him and update whats going on and we can come up with more theories. Which I’m kind of tired of, but what I’m even more tired of is living my life in a box. I want to go back to school damn it and I can’t do it like this.

  83. justa J0e Says:

    Rhettro
    you slay me

  84. Rhettro Says:

    Dub, based on your last podcast it sounded like you were making good progress. Speaking only for myself, if there are a multitude of things getting me down (physically or mentally), I find that pretty overwelming to try and tackle them all at once. I’m not sure if that is you situation or not, but if it is, my advice is to try and identify the biggest thing that is holding you back and address it. Then acknowledge any progress you make on that single issue, no matter how small. That’s what I try to do and it keeps me from getting flustrated. I wish you good luck with your doctor visit.

  85. Rhettro Says:

    Thanks JOe,

    I find my brain full of disjointed pop-culture references. There’s probably something more useful I could have filled it with. LOL

  86. justa J0e Says:

    The government puts chemicals in our toothpaste to cause that.
    If we ever managed to get our pop-culture references jointed … wait, I think i did in the 80’s

    woaaa!

  87. Rhettro Says:

    Seems like I remember getting a pamplete in the mail that was trying to get a law passed that would stoo those mind altering chemicals from being added. Of course the next day I got a letter saying that law would have a negative effect on the familys of those producing those chemicals. I felt bad and sent them 50 bucks. Ever since then I’ve been hording tubes of Crest. Not sure why.

  88. Rhettro Says:

    stoo=stop, boy are my teeth shiny.

  89. justa J0e Says:

    “Bright” in fact. They can now be tracked by geostationary, imaging satelites.

  90. jackmangan Says:

    So Dub, therapy’s working, but not covering all of the problems?
    Don’t know if these $0.02 apply, but therapy’s purpose isn’t always to make the problems go away. Sometimes it’s just to help you cope with the fact that they’re there.

  91. jackmangan Says:

    And btw - this is making the FPM email rounds. Pretty impressive what this guy has done with his hobby. I hope he doesn’t run into modeltaint.

    http://stardestroyerproject.com/48incher.aspx

  92. Amy Bowen Says:

    Listening to the beginning of Episode #92 now. LOL at the bumper! Looks like I started a bit of a running joke with my Repo Pan bumper - cool! :-D

  93. Jack Mangan Says:

    …….tumbleweeds………..

  94. Vanamonde Says:

    Home on the Range - traditional cowboy song

    Oh,give me a home where the buffalo roam,
    Where the deer and the antelope play;
    Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
    And the skies are not cloudy all day.

    Oh, give me a land where the bright diamond sand
    Flows leisurely down the stream;
    Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along
    Like a maid in a heavenly dream.

    Home, home on the range,
    Where the deer and the antelope play;
    Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
    And the skies are not cloudy all day.

    How often at night when the heavens are bright
    With the light of the glittering stars,
    Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed
    If their glory exceeds that of ours.

    Home, home on the range,
    Where the deer and the antelope play;
    Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
    And the skies are not cloudy all day.

    Oh, I love these wild flowers in this dear land of ours;
    The curlew I love to hear scream;
    And I love the white rocks and the antelope flocks
    That graze on the mountain-tops green.

    Home, home on the range,
    Where the deer and the antelope play;
    Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
    And the skies are not cloudy all day.

    The red man was pressed from this part of the West,
    He’s likely no more to return
    To the banks of Red River where seldom if ever
    Their flickering campfires burn.

    Home, home on the range,
    Where the deer and the antelope play;
    Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
    And the skies are not cloudy all day.

    Where the air is so pure, the zephyrs so free,
    The breezes so balmy and light,
    That I would not exchange my home on the range
    For all the cities so bright.

    Home, home on the range,
    Where the deer and the antelope play;
    Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
    And the skies are not cloudy all day.

    Oh, I would not exchange my home on the range,
    Where the deer and the antelope play;
    Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
    And the skies are not cloudy all day.

    Home, home on the range,
    Where the deer and the antelope play;
    Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
    And the skies are not cloudy all day.

  95. Vanamonde Says:

    Funny old thing the media.

    There used to be a factory that converted coal to coke in my local area. For years the local rag ran stories about residents complaining about damage to their health and houses from pollution from the plant.

    When the factory was finally closed down, the same rag headline was how terrible the loss of 89 jobs was to the local area.

    Ho Hum.

  96. Ed from Texas Says:

    As Van has illustrated, the news is always bad….especially when coming from the media.

    Man, that’s way too cynical for a Friday morning.

    BOOBS!

  97. Mark Forman Says:

    What a load of swill. You call yourself a podcaster?? I knew there was a reason I stopped listening to podcasts other than my own(and of course those only for the music). I didn’t get it but will only say that those really talented podcasters (are there any??) have a right to snipe at a Patser caster like you!

    Full disclosure: I like talking smack with Jack, because he knows I got his back! Mark Forman 2.0 is the way…2 bbluesman, yeahhhhhhh!

  98. JohnBoze Says:

    Jack! Can’t believe you wussed out and didn’t name names! How else can I prove my sycophant devotion to you than to actively snub those who have wronged you?

  99. Ed from Texas Says:

    Take that, Lou Ferrigno! :)

    You know, I must just be listening to the wrong podcasts, as I’ve not come across what’s sounded like abusive condescension of fans from any of the shows I listen to. I’ll count myself fortunate in that regard.

    Though, admittedly, I’ve not gotten deep into any community aspects of anybody else’s podcasts, either. So, perhaps I’ve been listening to douche-casters w/o knowing. And that’s the way I’d like to keep it.

  100. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Morning Pan.

    Our record breaking snowfall of yesterday (22cm.) is starting to melt, very quickly.

  101. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Now time for brekkie. I think I’ll make a mushroom omelette.

  102. justa J0e Says:

    “Air Out My Shorts” tends to dish out abusive condescension of their listeners … and their contributers … and their guests and each other … and then they pass out.

    It’s quite fun actually.
    In that “Wow! I want to turn away but I just can’t!” sort of way.

  103. justa J0e Says:

    I assumed Jack was speaking of the taintcasters who trashed their listeners “off-pod”.

    DAMN. I just made an “ass” out of “me”!
    Jack warned us about that.

  104. Dubshack Says:

    Welcome to the last Friday of… yeah…

  105. justa J0e Says:

    You know,
    In billards you try to put English on the ball to spin it into the pocket. In politics though, you try to spin in your pocket to ball someone who is English.

    … again, I may have that a bit off.

  106. Dubshack Says:

    I am the nutshell.

  107. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Mushrooms, doing their thing.

    According to the paper, yesterday’s snow was pretty much restricted to Calgary.

    http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/04/11/5255881-sun.html

    So I wonder who here pissed off Mother Nature?

  108. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Is it me, or does anyone else feel Dub is threatening them this week?

    “Welcome to the last Friday of your life….”

    Bwa ha ha ha

  109. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Breakfast was nummy, if a bit noisy. Does anybody know if they make gags for cats?

  110. EssBee Says:

    Morning, Pan!

    Just logged in here at the evil empire. Can’t wait to see what’s in store today. Maybe today’s the day for the frikkin’ laser beams.

  111. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    In the news…

    JAKARTA - A bid by a local government in Indonesia’s East Java province to curb prostitution by asking masseuses to wear a padlock on their pants was an insult, a newspaper quoted the minister for women’s empowerment as saying.
    the recently implemented policy in the tourist area of Batu was misguided, State Minister for Women’s Empowerment Meuthia Hatta told the Jakarta Post.
    “”It is not the right way to prevent promiscuity. It insults women as if they are the ones in teh wrong,” Hatta said.
    The paper showed a masseuse with a padlock on the waist band of their trousers and said the local administration’s move was aimed at curbing prostitution.

    Calgary Sun

    Chasity belts? Really?

  112. ditto Says:

    Holy crap, Mark Forman’s back!
    Yo BBman!

  113. ditto Says:

    Ed: I think the point was that the asshattery was happening behind the scenes and was not present in said people’s podcasts.

  114. justa J0e Says:

    Good luck with with the forces of evil EssBee.

    Does anyone else think that TEB’s article was in response to Van’s request for a gag for a cat?

  115. ditto Says:

    JOe: That sounds like “The Beer Report” too. They cheerfully inform you upfront about their abusiveness. And it’s fun too. :)

  116. EssBee Says:

    JOe: cat gag/chastity belt?! Good one.

  117. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Just heard the episode. And that, combined with the last one was very good.

    You’re not the first one I’ve heard mention this type of stuff, Jack. It was brought up in another conversation I had that, as the population in the podcasting community grows, like everything else, so does the bad that goes with a larger population.

    It’s one of those very unfortunate facts that seems to go along with life.

  118. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    On a more up note, here are some fake Star Trek Footage. The only thing is, they all start as soon as the page loads

    http://io9.com/376979/we-have-a-winner-in-the-fake-star-trek-footage-contest?autoplay=true

  119. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Ok, someone has way more time and creativity than I do

    http://www.hemmy.net/2008/04/03/minas-tirith-matchstick-model/

  120. Indiana Jim Says:

    I am Indiana Jim.

    World’s Least Disappointing Podcaster.

  121. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    This is pretty good

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iczqb3sF4Hs

  122. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Oh, oh, oh, I gotta get my hubby one of these

    http://tinyurl.com/5ewn4z

  123. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Ok, I’ll bite… Least disappointing?

  124. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Oh my god. And I thought our transit system was bad!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlNyCHlLt1Y

  125. ditto Says:

    This is horrible:
    http://www.slate.com/id/2188745/?from=rss

  126. Indiana Jim Says:

    I am Indiana Jim.

    Fourth Least Artificial Podcaster.

    1. Evo Terra
    2. Jack Mangan
    3. Adam Curry
    4. Indiana Jim

  127. Rhettro Says:

    Damn, the board’s a buzz this morning.

    Mark Forman is here? It’s 2006 all over again!

    EssBee: Logged in? Have you found new employment within the Evil Industries?

    Cat gag? Can Iz hav a hot dogg?

    Indiana Jim: Feeling Minnesota?

  128. ditto Says:

    Indiana Jim is contains only small amounts of artificial preservatives according to 4 out of 5 dentists.
    Error Margin: 100%

  129. Rhettro Says:

    I’m sweetened with Splenda, but I taste just like sugar. ;)

  130. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Ditto, my opinion of that article… YUCK.

  131. ditto Says:

    “fungating penile lesion”

    Enough said!

  132. ditto Says:

    FPL == bad!

  133. Rhettro Says:

    Can’t think of a situation when it’s good. =P

  134. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Actually, Ditto. To look on the “up” side. There might be some good in the situation if it brings to light, and helps to fix, those kinds of problems in the system.

  135. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Sorry, I meant “Actually, Rhettro”

  136. Rhettro Says:

    It works either way. LOL

  137. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Well Pan, I’m off. I have butterscotch bars that are not going to make themselves. No matter how much I will it.

  138. Debbie Says:

    Well that certainly left me squirming in my chair. Not so sure I like the being the only shout out in a two-series rant on podtaint. And I don’t even have a taint! Nor do I have my own podcast! Why’s everyboy always picking on me? /kidding

    Though even without specifics, I can think of a couple of podcasters who fit right in with this. One actually that I wish would crawl back under his rock and the others I just find amusing. If you didn’t have the bad you couldn’t appreciate the good as much.

    I miss seeing you Jack.

    Lurve, Debbie

  139. jackmangan Says:

    So if Indiana Jim is the Fourth Least Artificial Podcaster, does that make him a FLAP? And if I’m Second, then I’m a SLAP?

  140. EssBee Says:

    Rhettro - not a new job in the evil empire, same job with same evil empire.

    Debbie - how’s your backache now?

    Ditto - FPL very bad! And EW!

    You guys are kinda awesome.

  141. P.C. Haring - Teh Accountant of Doom!! Says:

    Well said Jack. Well said indeed.

  142. jackmangan Says:

    Debbie — I did also give some shoutouts in Podtaint, part 1! Sorry about the squirming. :)

    JB: I appreciate the thought, but — it’s cool. I’m not going to tell anyone who or what to listen to.

  143. Vanamonde Says:

    The last x of your life did seem a bit ominous to me…till it was explained.

    Still I feel the swift passage of time when I look at an empty strip of tablets.

  144. Vanamonde Says:

    Well an empty strip that once contained tablets.

    Which makes a little bit more sense.

  145. Rhettro Says:

    Hey Debbie’s here! Welcome Deb, don’t be a stranger at the Deadpan.

  146. Rhettro Says:

    I thought 2006, was the last 2006 of my life. Then Mark Foreman showed up and proved me wrong. :)

  147. Debbie Says:

    Hey Rhettro!

    I’m not a stranger! More like a wallflower here. Y’all have this whole clique thing going on and I can’t keep up. I’ll just stand over here in the corner and clear my throat every once in a while.

  148. Rhettro Says:

    Ain’t no clique thang, your throat clearing is wanted here.

  149. Dubshack Says:

    My therapist is postulating that I might have a parasite. I hope it’s Cloverfield.

  150. Dubshack Says:

    The DPCB is not a clique. We hunt down and shoot cliques, like Al Queda, only not by proxy of other countries.

    Actually I’ve always thought of the Deadpan comments board as the place where former Wingin’ It contributers go to retire.

    (and I was really tempted to say “where they go to die” but thats just so untrue its barely even funny)

  151. jackmangan Says:

    Only mousecliques here!

  152. Indiana Jim Says:

    @jackmangan -

    Perhaps we should get together and SLAP the FLAP

  153. ditto Says:

    Everybody is welcome here regardless of whether or not they contribute.
    We are all deadbeats. ;)

  154. Vanamonde Says:

    I find:

    cough

    helps in such situations.

  155. Vanamonde Says:

    To Mandriva or not to Mandriva.

    That is the pointless question I’m considering tonight.

  156. Dubshack Says:

    To everyone here:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=VGzxe6l1rY4

  157. Rhettro Says:

    Dub DAX doesn’t really roll off the tongue.

    Van: I Mandriva-ed, wished I would have Fedora-ed.

  158. Ed from Texas Says:

    It’s unfortunate that the constitution had to be perverted in such a way to get the case in.

    Negligence? most likely. Cruel and unusual punishment? uh uh.

  159. ditto Says:

    It’s unfortunate the constitution was perverted in the first place to deny someone that required treatment.

  160. Vanamonde Says:

    Well this has tempted me to try Mandriva:

    http://eeesite.net/2008/03/mandriva-20081-will-be-eee-friendly.html

  161. Rhettro Says:

    I was running an older version, so the new one could be better. But my only real use for Linux at all was running a voice chat server, but Skype pretty much superceded that.

  162. ditto Says:

    Yea! Now the weekend can start!!!

  163. Rhettro Says:

    It can’t start for another 3 hours for me. :(

    Looks like tomorrow is going to be filled with a lot of kid rangling. Got to take my son and his friend out to the go-kart rental place as part of a belated birthday party for my son, and my wife invited one of my daughter’s daycare friends over to play tomorrow as well. Hopefully tomorrow won’t resemble any scenes from “Daddy Daycare.”

  164. Vanamonde Says:

    Grosse Point Blank is playing on the TV.

    Cool movie, cool 80’s soundtrack, and John Cusack at his best.

  165. Vanamonde Says:

    Which leads me to The Jam:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whSYTSXm8wo

    Turn the volume up.

    Trivia - Going Underground inspired the first story for Nemesis the Warlock in 2000AD.

  166. justa J0e Says:

    go carts
    swank!

  167. Ed from Texas Says:

    Grosse Point Blank would make a good Deadpan Apalooza candidate some day.

    Still no luck on Erasurehead from Blockbuster yet.

  168. EssBee Says:

    I agree! I vote for Grosse-pan-apalooza.

  169. Rhettro Says:

    “Grosse Point Blank” was pretty funny, a good candidate for an apollooza.

    I need to add Eraserhead to my Netflix que.

  170. EssBee Says:

    Yay! Time to go home!

  171. Vanamonde Says:

    http://www2.rasterwerks.com/game/phosphor/beta1.asp

    FPS in your browser window.

    Doesn’t work in linux.

  172. Rhettro Says:

    So where’s the fabled “Deadpan Movie-apolooza” suggestion list?

    Dammit! I payed my zero dollars! I want my money’s worth!

    Oh well, might as well do one myself, it’s Friday. LOL

    Completed:
    Zardoz
    Repoman

    Bizzaire movie choices:

    Eraserhead
    Brazil
    Silent Running
    Time Bandits

    Violent movie choices:
    Fight Club
    A Boy and his Dog
    Wicker Man (original version)
    Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
    A Clockwork Orange

    Geek choices:
    Tron
    THX 1138

    Feel free to append and remove items from this list. LOL

  173. Rhettro Says:

    Actually, all those movies are pretty bizarre.

  174. Rhettro Says:

    bazaar
    bizzare
    brazer
    brassiere

    samething.

  175. Rhettro Says:

    blazer

  176. jackmangan Says:

    I think bizarre is the only thing Repo Man and Zardoz have in common. Well, I guess they’re both “Sci-Fi” in some way. Still, no restrictions around here.

    OK, here’s a thought. If Eraserhead turns out to be boring as all get out, then we’ll launch the follow up palooza a.s.a.p. What do you think?

    Are we all still cool with Eraserhead? If so, we can make that the official selection for palooza 3. Erasapalooza? Headpalooza? Lynchapalooza? (since it’s a David Lynch film)

  177. Rhettro Says:

    Lynchapalooza? Like in the Adams Family? Oh I guess that would be Lurchapalooza.

    I’m definatly up for some head.

  178. Dubshack Says:

    I realize its an extremely recent movie but I want to throw in Southland Tales for consideration, just because there isn’t another movie out there more fucked up then that.

  179. EssBee Says:

    Dubshack: I’ve been wanting to see Southland Tales! I vote for that too!

  180. Rhettro Says:

    I’m a big Donnie Darko fan, so Southland Tales is definately in the que.

  181. JohnBoze Says:

    Disclaimer–

    BTW, Jack not a wuss. I was being of the funny guy…

  182. JohnBoze Says:

    Totally Southland. Actually it happens to be enroute from Netflix for me just now…

  183. Jack Mangan Says:

    I’d be up for that too. Eraserhead still gets my vote — because it’s here (Charlie the Beer Guy’s copy), but I’d also gladly check out Southland Tales.

    OK, I’ll put a mainpage post about this - but here’s my idea. Send in VMs 206-350-TOMI with your vote for the movie for the next palooza episode (and pick any movie you want. Except Freddie Got Fingered). Whichever movie gets the most VM votes, will be the movie for our next Deadpanpalooza episode. .

  184. ditto Says:

    My vote is for Eraserhead.

  185. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    [tangent]

    *swooooooon*

    I got my mega deluxe actual cd version of NIN Ghosts today!!!

    Holy fuck its beautiful and worth every damn penny I spent on it

    [/tangent]

    and we now return to the conversation already in progress

  186. Vanamonde Says:

    Would it not be easier for Jack to post on the webpage (like he did for the NHL predictions) a section where we can enter our votes for movies we would like to get covered by a DP episode (I’m sure somebody mentioned doing this ages go)?

    Would mean no faffing around with voicemail and no international phone charges for deadpanites outside the North American continent.

  187. melorant Says:

    Jack, you are competing with Dvorak and Curry with this last podcast. No music, no jingles blah blah. No Agenda with Jack Mangan

  188. Ed from Texas Says:

    Well, just as a word of warning - I’ve had Erasurehead at the top of my queue for a good three weeks now. It shows “very very long wait” which suggests it is exceedingly popular….or there’s one copy in the system somewhere in Kansas that is going to have to make it’s way to be via carrier armadillo.

  189. Ed from Texas Says:

    Now, this looks interesting. Found via WNDR Wolf’s web empire at Disembodied Voices:

    http://disqus.com/

  190. ditto Says:

    Interesting, Ed. And good point about Eraserhead.

  191. Ed from Texas Says:

    It’s a long one, but probably one of the most important articles I’ve read in a long time:

    http://tinyurl.com/564lsw

  192. JohnBoze Says:

    Well, Eraserhead’s still on my list of movies I should watch all the way through but I’m dragging my feet on. I saw a scene in college in my Horror Film class, and was at the time very into Lynch with Twin Peaks fresh in mind. I never have gotten to it yet.

  193. justa J0e Says:

    The article is pretty spot-on, Ed.

    “After a long hibernation, China, and her 1.3 billion people - twice the population of the U.S. and EU combined - is awaking almost overnight.”

    The US stock market has been talking about this for about 2 years. It’s ironic, the US pushed and pushed to spread it’s brand of capitalism throughout the world and the success may be our downfall.

    Our high energy crises is caused LESS by our own increased consumption of oil but instead by China’s efforts to give their 1.3 billion people a western economy.
    … and they have only just started. 8(

  194. justa J0e Says:

    high energy crises = high energy prices

  195. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Hi,

    My name is TEB
    I’m 5′2″ with brown eyes and brown hair.

    My turn ons are: Movies, music and books (mostly sci fi or fantasy), hockey and gaming.

    My turn offs are: cigarettes (apologies to any smokers out there - it’s just not my thing) and people who don’t clean up after themselves.

    And I’m looking to have a little fun :)

  196. The Energizer Bunny Says:

    Oh, another turn off… People who aren’t punctual. That just drives me nuts.

  197. Rhettro Says:

    “Our high energy crises is caused LESS by our own increased consumption of oil but instead by China’s efforts to give their 1.3 billion people a western economy.
    … and they have only just started. 8(”

    110% true. We need to start to think about locally produced power. I guess we need to start mining colonies on Mars to meet demand. *shrug*

  198. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    LOL

    upon reading bunny’s post and rhettro’s post, no offense to Rhett, but methinks I will follow in bunny’s footsteps (pawsteps?)

    My name is Smarty Hottie
    my female half is 5′
    my male half is 6′4″

    turn ons: sci-fi, comic books, art, rope, handcuffs, latex, sports and stock markets

    turn offs: people who can’t laugh at themselves

    we like long walks on the beach, romantic dinner dates, and are also looking for a little fun

  199. Vanamonde Says:

    Bah humbug!

  200. Vanamonde Says:

    Midriff or middrift?

  201. Vanamonde Says:

    …and is noticing the shop assistant at GAME (wearing a tight Mario Kart t-shirt that exposed her midriff) had a tattoo of Japanese letters just above her hips is final proof I’ve turned into a dirty old man.

    cough

    Better not answer that one.

  202. Rhettro Says:

    Sha-wing!

  203. Mark From Louisville Says:

    It occurs to me I ought to participate in the communities more.

    But all I can say right now is “Here here.”

    Anyone who witnesses me getting too full of myself is allowed to slap me silly. In the meantime, though, I need to pick some stolen lyrics to phone in…

  204. jackmangan Says:

    Van, youi are not a dirty old man.

    Welcome, Mark from Louisville!

    Crap. That was my last Nut Brown Ale.

  205. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    No one wanted to date us :(

    Van you are a dirty old man. I aspire to be one 1 day.

    Dre sez: aspire to be? Ain’t you 1 now?

    Yes babe I am a dirty old man. Now come here you pretty little girl.

    Smarty Hottie’s sez hi to Mark

  206. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Shit man, I just realized I really AM a dirty old man

    I can’t believe the things I made poor innocent little Andrea do when she was just a wee 14 year old baby.

    Dre sez: you were a teenager too, and I wasn’t so innocent my dear.

    No you weren’t you little slut!

    Dre sez: Hey! What hapened to poor innocent?

    My memory came back, slut

    Dre sez: :(

    I sez: ;)

  207. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Tell them about our yoga breakthroughs today!

    Dre sez: We had yoga breakthroughs today!

    Thats what I said

    Dre sez: you told me to tell them

    Oh yeah. I did. Please continue.

    Dre sez: Thank you, sir. Lets find the poses and show them

    yes, and keep up with the sirs. It pleases me.

    Dre sez: Yes, sir.

    oh she is such a little slut.

  208. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Ah, here we go. These are the 26 poses.

    Andrea accomplished #20 today

    I accomplished #6 today

    and #8 is great for sex

    Dre sez: Hugh!

    what?

    Dre sez: Don’t give away our secrets!

    They will love us for our secrets babe

  209. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    According to that web page now that I can do standing bow pulling pose I am regulating my ovaries

    Dre sez: no silly it sez ovaries and prostate gland!

    oh! ;)

    ok we are going to finish reading that page

  210. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    the 2nd part of pose 2 is good for sex too..

    Dre sez: *rolls eyes*

  211. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Dre sez: ooo it sez #9 helps with hormone inbalances.. maybe I can get me hormones in check

    Lord I hope so

    Dre sez: *smack*

  212. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    We miss the smarty hotties of Colorado

    Dre sez: Stupid Colorado. When are they moving to Chicago?

    I don’t know. If they were here we could ask them

    we sez come here now!!!!

  213. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    #17 is the hardest fucking pose ever

    Dre sez: ever. I hate it. It makes my hands burn like crazy

  214. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    what the fuck is cervical spondylosis?

  215. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    umm.. if its called cervical spondylosis, why is it in your neck?
    Dre, is your cervix in your neck? All this time I thought I was bangin into your cervix and I was no where close?

    Dre sez: LOL

    really that is what she sez. She is laughing too hard to comment

  216. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    the blonde girly they ise often on that page is fucking hot

    Dre sez: I’d do her

    I bet you would you slut

    Oh there is this 1 girl we see often.
    mmmmm.. biggest, roundest ass Ive ever seen on a white girl. I just want to reach out and touch it

    Dre sez: and she keeps it covered!

    she do! She wears long pants and good lord I would kill to see her in some little shorts like you wear.

    Dre sez: you like my little shorts?

    I love your little shorts.

    Dre sez: *swooon*

    you have nice ass too babe

  217. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    ok pan we have grown tired of you

    Dre sez: we want the smarty hotties of Colorado

    we shall try to round them up tomorrow. See if we can’t give them a little podtaint

    Dre sez: you want to give Alvie and Addie podtaint?

    I do

    Dre sez: you’re the slut here

    I am

    Dre sez: *swoooooooon*

    night pan

  218. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    wait, 1 last thing

    #23 works for sex too

    Dre sez: Hugh stop it!

    what?

    night pan

  219. Dubshack Says:

    Welcome to the last… Oh my, look at the time…

  220. Vanamonde Says:

    Am I alone in imagining dub sitting in a chair, stroking a white cat as he types out “Welcome to the last Sunday of your life…”?

    Luckily I don’t own a Tuxedo.

    Depressing news for today:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/apr/13/nhs.cancer1

  221. Amy Bowen Says:

    Welcome to the comment board, Mark!

  222. Dubshack Says:

    No I had a point to doing it for a week but I threw my back out and the week ended with a Star Wars marathon.

  223. justa J0e Says:

    … and knitting, and knitting, and knitting …

    Hi Deadpan. Welcome Mark!
    I am attempting to update the CCU’s Wordpress software version.
    I hate it. I just want to have a podcast. I don’t want to be a Webmaster. :(

    … and knitting, and knitting, and knitting …

  224. Dubshack Says:

    It’s the perfect weekend to mow my lawn and my lawnmower is broken.

    Is this supposed to mean something? I’m confused. And hungry.

    But mostly hungry.

    I accidentally left my BBQer outside through the winter… Is it ok to BBQ chicken on a rusty grill?

  225. Vanamonde Says:

    Only if you are anemic.

  226. Dubshack Says:

    Seriously? Because both my wife and I are.

  227. Ed from Texas Says:

    Why am I reminded of an old Bugs Bunny cartoon at this point?

  228. justa J0e Says:

    Because there aren’t any new Bugs Bunny cartoon ?

  229. justa J0e Says:

    … I’m just guessing.

  230. Alvie Says:

    color me retarded, but i swear i just felt a mark foreman post…somewhere beyond the heavens….

    me gotta listen to more of that guy.

    hello noone!

  231. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Ladies, ladies.

    Calm down, it’s ok.

    I’m here now.

  232. Alvie Says:

    oh we’re resorted to mane calling now…EH???

  233. Alvie Says:

    lol.. mane = name… ugh

  234. Alvie Says:

    *burps*

  235. addie in boulder Says:

    i like mane calling.

  236. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    or Alvie.

    I’d prefer hordes of women in bikinis.

    But I’ll take you Alvie.

  237. Alvie Says:

    i dont even know what that means… oh its a hair reference isnt it?!?!?!??!?! dammit!
    *crys tears of hairless regret*

  238. Alvie Says:

    *blushes like a motherfucker*

  239. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    hairless is the new sexy dammit!

    I say it is so!

  240. addie in boulder Says:

    i agree. :)

  241. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    or if Addie would like to fawn all over me, she may.

    Addie, please fawn

  242. Alvie Says:

    so say me all!!!!!!!! bald IS beautiful… fuckem all who say otherwise

    *feigns machismo*

  243. addie in boulder Says:

    um….where’s Andrea????????

  244. Alvie Says:

    ouch!

    cmon hugh…. me n you will drink and watch the Stanley Cup playoffs… *sniff*

  245. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Andrea is getting me drinks like she is supposed to! She knows her place!

    man, I am there. I’ve been watching hockey while I await the NBA playoffs.

  246. Alvie Says:

    ill fawn over whoever wants it.

  247. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Blackhawks were not too shaby this year.

    Bulls fucking tanked

  248. Alvie Says:

    oh! oh! oh! then you know the goddamn Avs let one slip away and are tied 1-1.
    i cant believe the nuggets will probably make it.. of all the undeserving teams….

    um… crap wed better not sports talk.. lol.

  249. addie in boulder Says:

    i’m gonna watch the sex pistols while you boys talk amongst yourselves.

  250. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Oh wait till Dre sees me talking hockey

    she is not too pleased with my new sport watching interest :)

    she loves me

  251. Alvie Says:

    yeah… sorry bout your bulls…..

  252. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Sex PIstols?

    You have me and you’d rather watch the Sex Pistols???

    where’s my fawning????

  253. Alvie Says:

    dude… fucking hockey rocks. youll be hooked soon…. soon sir.

    no! no dear addie… we are here at your beck and call. tho sex pistols do fuckin rock

  254. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Dre wants to know what we’re talking about

    *ahem*

    Nothing honey!
    Your hair looks great, did you do something different???

  255. Alvie Says:

    hockey.

    er!! um!!!!!! hair.

  256. addie in boulder Says:

    LOL!!!!

  257. Alvie Says:

    i really do not like REM. is that wrong? i feel like that should be wrong… but i really dont like em

  258. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Dre is glaring at us

    quick Alvie make a sad face!

    :(

    Dre sez: oh you had he yoga girlies fawning all over you today, now you want everyone fawning all over you??

    I did have yoga girlies fawning all over me. It was wonderful.

  259. Alvie Says:

    :(

  260. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    we are not REM fans over here..sorry to all the REM fans.

  261. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Excet Dre gets all girlie when Losing My Religion comes on

    for some reason she likes that 1 song.

  262. addie in boulder Says:

    i’m sorry, i’m no good at fawning. :(

  263. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Hi Addie!!!!!

    love,
    Dre

  264. addie in boulder Says:

    that is the only REM song i like too.

    um Alvie just did something to the computer and broke it.

  265. addie in boulder Says:

    Hi Dre!!!!!

    love,
    Addie

  266. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Dre sez: I too will not fawn. And what was that about my “place”??

    umm. heh…. ummm.. you girls scare me

  267. addie in boulder Says:

    P.S. thank you for saving me from sports talk. :)

  268. addie in boulder Says:

    oooooohhhhhh. Hugh’s in trouble.

  269. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    We missed you guys on Deadpan last night.. so lonely

    *sobs*

  270. Alvie Says:

    oh fuck me running…

    *note to self, never rip a CD into itunes while posting… tis unhealthy for this computer*

  271. Alvie Says:

    yeah! sorry bout the communication mix up :)

  272. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    I am in trouble. Me and my big mouth :(
    she gonna spank me
    she gonna spank me hard

    Dre sez: No you will spank me for YOUR punishment!

  273. addie in boulder Says:

    ok, if that’s how you want to be fucked. who am i to judge?

    speaking of last night, i think i was promised some sweet, sweet podtaint, smarty hotties style.

  274. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    Communication mix-up?

    You men Dre throwing her phone in with the flour all night?

    Dre sez: well thats where the phone needed to be. No one else would listen to my mom but the damn flour!

    true fucking that babe

  275. The Smarty Hotties® Says:

    oh you guys do it while running?… kinky

    Dre sez: Oh show them our yoga accomplishments!

    we be human pretzels

  276. addie in boulder Says:

    yeah, i think that is exactly where the phone needed to be.

  277. The Smarty Hotties® Says: