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May 8th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Firsties
May 8th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Insert witty comment here —->
May 8th, 2008 at 2:06 am
Wow, checked my iTunes first thing and no Deadpan, but I find this page and check iTunes again and it is dl’ing…
May 8th, 2008 at 2:09 am
I’ll wait to hear about episode title before trying to work it out…
May 8th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Oooh, a fifth of Deadpan comments.
And, my Ipod is ready to carry my out my Deadpan needs through the morning commute.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:35 am
… and again I am to sixy for this post.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:58 am
I’m out magazine hunting (they can be really sneaky). Won’t be able to listen to the latest DP till I get home.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:30 am
I don’t think I’ve ever been this high in the list of comment before,,
Magazine? is that like one of those blog site things that come in pre-printed format?
May 8th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Perfect 10, yo!
Morning, Pan.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Or, maybe I can’t count . . .
May 8th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Alas no magazines, I really should purchase the ebook versions but I like having the physical version too much.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:09 am
andy – the list can do that to you. ;)
May 8th, 2008 at 6:09 am
meh – podthroat
May 8th, 2008 at 7:06 am
I didn’t get up early enough to download the Pan for my commute. I’ll try to stealthily secure a copy on my work comp.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Anyone catch that piece of crap “Children of the Grave” last night? It was like Ghost Hunters, but really lame. With tons of visual effects and stuff. Not good for a “documentary” on ghost hunting.
Uhg.
I’ma gonna listen to Deadpan at werk too.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Jeremy – I watched 2 minutes of “Children of the Grave” and couldn’t stand it! Did you really watch the whole thing? My girl is a big “Most Haunted” fan, and I don’t really even care for that, so it was a bad bet for me from the get-go.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:15 am
k, Deadpan downloaded and digested, no pepto needed. Cheers to disgruntled scientist, Amy and Jack Jaffe for their contributions. Oh and Jack was funny too. ;)
May 8th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Ouch!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:18 am
I do enjoy “Ghost Hunters” but all the others I could do without. I did like the GH spoof on Supernatural. “Ghost Facers!” LOL
May 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Damn! And Vanamonde! Crap, the A.D.D. must be kicking in pretty bad this mornng.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am
lol
May 8th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Actually I have a good recent Dumb Ass Memory about having a friend purchase concert tickets and my A.D.D.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:22 am
I prefer my ghosts to be fictional.
I’ve never seen a ghost.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:28 am
So my horoscope for the day starts off:
“The nutty behavior that’s been happening in your social circle might be driving you nuts, but it doesn’t directly involve you — so don’t insert yourself into the drama today.”
Well that’s a relief. LOL
I also think “insert yourself into the drama” could be a new euphemism for something.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:30 am
It’s times like this that I’m glad I don’t watch much television.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Yeah, me neither or heard one even. I have had some things happen that would fit into what I would call the paranormal though.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:39 am
I’ve had dreams that have come true, but the events were so trivial (plots in TV shows for goodness sake) that I suspect it says more about rehashing of plots than anything paranormal.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:41 am
My paranormal stuff is tame though, but the stories from my mother’s side of the family is straight out of the X-Files. The people telling the stories are all sincere, but not having first hand experience I can’t say what they thought happened actually happened. Strange tales to be sure though.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I am currently proving that I cannot listen to the Deadpan AND edit audio at the same time.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Everyone is familiar with the “stream of concious.” That is to say you have thoughts through out the day that lead you to different thoughts, but they are all connected. Well, when I was a teenager, I use to get these thoughts that were disconnected, like memories of events that hadn’t happened and they would be occompanied with the oddest emotion, like I wasn’t supposed to have them. But they always came true. I don’t know if my subconcious mind was just extra perceptive or what. In any event, I can’t explain it.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:03 am
I did not watch the whole thing. I couldn’t. The guys were such tools too. Ech.
Speaking of Ech…WTF is up with Amy Winhouse??
*anti-swoon*
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_02/winehouseWENN_468×351.jpg
May 8th, 2008 at 9:04 am
huh, weird…try this page:
http://www.twelvestone.com/forum_thread/view/37115?offset=1000
5 posts down.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:10 am
“We’re all stars now, in the Dope Show.”
May 8th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Interesting that we have Children of the Grave and Iron Man movies right now. Is War Pigs next?
I saw that CotG was on, but watched a bit of the David Gilmour concert before I did the Pan. His new stuff sounds more like Pink Floyd than the last few Pink Floyd albums.
Morning mehsh.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:27 am
For whatever reason when I hear the name David Gilmour, I think of Paul Gilbert. Paul Gilbert had a concert on TV?!!! LOL
May 8th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Gilbert and Sullivan
May 8th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Ed Sullivan
May 8th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Ed from Texas
May 8th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Debbie does Dallas.
or er
Texas Longhorns
May 8th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Longhorn Steakhouse
May 8th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Foghorn Leghorn
May 8th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Shoehorned Continuation:
Colonel Sanders.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Colonel Tigh
May 8th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Ty Cobb
May 8th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I don’t think I understand the rules.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Talking of Tetris, if you computer or phone can handle mid files, download some Gameboy tunes from:
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/gameboy/index-sz.html
May 8th, 2008 at 11:26 am
That Music A is catchy.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I don’t know how I feel about this:
http://manbabies.com/
May 8th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Cobb salad
May 8th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Okay, in another shameless attempt to boost nipples, computers I have owned, in chronological order:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Bought it in 1983 with a student grant. Was an issue 2 model that was prone to overheating. Finally failed and WH Smiths (who sold computers in those days) replaced it with a brand new issue 3 model.
Still have that one in it’s original box.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Okay, in another shameless attempt to boost nipples, computers I have owned, in chronological order:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Bought it in 1983 with a student grant. Was an issue 2 model that was prone to overheating. Finally failed and WH Smiths (who sold computers in those days) replaced it with a brand new issue 3 model.
Although I bought a lot of games I only added one bit of hardware. A box that provided a joystick port and the ability to hit a button and save memory contents to tape.
Still have that one in it’s original box.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_ZX_Spectrum
May 8th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Okay, in another shameless attempt to boost nipples, computers I have owned, in chronological order:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Bought it in 1983 with a student grant. Was an issue 2 model that was prone to overheating. Finally failed and WH Smiths (who sold computers in those days) replaced it with a brand new issue 3 model.
Although I bought a lot of games I only added one bit of hardware. A box that provided a joystick port and the ability to hit a button and save memory contents to tape.
Still have that one in it’s original box.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_ZX_Spectrum
May 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
http://tinyurl.com/3pcbwl
May 8th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Next one was an Atari ST, the STFM model with a single side 3.5 inch floppy. Later upgrade the ram to one meg and the internal floppy to dual sided. Also added an external floppy drive. Bought it in 1987, first computer I bought with my second job.
Sold it to so I could afford to buy a Supra modem, imported from the USA (v32bis…oooh the speed).
http://tinyurl.com/qquwx
May 8th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Next one was a PC, a IBM compatible with a 386DX (33Mhz) processor from a now defunct company called Micorsurgeons. No sound card, 2 megs of ram and a 20mb hard drive. Later added a soundcard.
Had an intermittent fault which would make it reset for no apparent reason. Eventually give it away to my brother-in-law.
http://tinyurl.com/yu9r8j
May 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I had an Atari ST emulator on my last PC. Some great games on that machine.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Next one was another IBM compatible, a 486DX (33Mhz). Improved the playing of Doom no end. Later stuck a DX2 upgrade chip in.
http://tinyurl.com/h3fog
May 8th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Here is a list of all the computers I’ve owned.
1985 Atari 800XL
1987 Atari 130XE
1989 Amiga 500
1991 IBM 486-33
1994 IBM 486-100
1996 P1-200MMX
1998 Celeron 333
2000 P3 750
2003 P4 2.8Ghz
2008 AMD X2 4000
Starting with the 486-100 forward were computers I assembled myself.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Next one was a Pentium 133Mhz IBM compatible. I added a voodoo 1 card to that which had a pass through cable for the old videocard as it didn’t support 2D graphic operations.
GL Quake looked sweet.
http://tinyurl.com/f87vp
May 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
The next one was a 450Mhz Pentium 2, top of the range for 2 months, then Intel released the Pentium 3.
First PC for me with an Nvidia card (a TNT).
http://tinyurl.com/365sz6
Give both Pentium machines to a friend as I upgraded.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
The next machine was my first to use and AMD CPU, 2700XP. Came with an ATI card with the 9700 chipset.
Broke down last year and I had to get a new PSU. Still got the computer, but use it rarely now.
http://tinyurl.com/2k6xrh
May 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Latest one is a dual core PC from Dell….zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
http://tinyurl.com/yumd5u
May 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
The zzzzzzzzzzz was for Vista.
I’m now officially over getting high spec PCs, been using the Eee PC for a few months now, very low spec, but does almost everything I need a computer for now these days.
New games I leave to consoles, although the PC is still great for playing old games via emulation.
http://tinyurl.com/ypry8s
May 8th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/centrifugal_force.png
WIN!
May 8th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Oh and great games for the Atari ST (in my view):
Dungeon Master
Oids
Carrier Command
Damocles
International Karate +
Nebulus
Rainbow Islands
Xenon
May 8th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I’ve never used an abacus…the shame.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Although there is an emulator:
http://jpswycaffer.com/downloads.html
Just a pity the games are crap…
May 8th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
poDANGo is being a bitch at the moment.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
any news on Dub? I wanted to know how his Sister was?
May 8th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
That was funny but boy I sound crazy…
May 8th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Oh crap – OK, time’s up – NHL Conference Finals predicitons:
Flyers over Penguins in 7. (But go Penguins)
Red Wings over Stars in 6. (But go Stars)
No idea – these are 2 tough series.
OK, mullet wig off. Back to other Deadpan topics :)
May 8th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Well if the Red Wings get beat, I guess it would be okay if it was by the Stars. I lived in Dallas for almost a year once.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I dunno…… the Penguins are so damn good, I probably should pick them. I just think that they’re young enough to get flustered and frustrated by Biron.
OK, switching my pick. Pens in 7.
Oops – sorry, putting the mullet away.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Alright guys (and gals) fess up!
What are you doing for mother’s day?
May 8th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
having an affair
May 8th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Going to see my mom and sanding/painting her patio chairs. JOe?
May 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Sending an e-card from Neopets, probably. And making a good, long phone call, because typing the e-card idea made me realize just how lame it sounds.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Oh, hi Jack. I should email you. Are you on the road?
Sister is doing ok I guess. They took the catheter out so she’s peeing on her own. They never did tape her ribs, or do surgery on the lacerations. Never got a definite diagnosis on the shoulder, she still can’t feel her arm. But she pretty much still looks like a smurf, and I guess it might be a month or more before they release her from the hospital.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Just finished recording raw audio on FPR 9. Man if I had any less energy it would be a huge Steven Wright joke.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Alright, did anyone else read that Van had the STFM model of an Atari ST and try to figure out what the M stood for after “Shut The Fuck….”
Or am I just weird?
May 8th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
As for Mother’s Day, my parents are coming in to visit and my mom gets to see her grand daughter’s karate tournament.
Still my favorite picture of all time:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimate_ed/1812508388/
May 8th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
sports- meh! Between hockey and basketball I tell you… Although I was watching LeBron today *swoooooon* he is purtey.. he strong like bull.. even though he was playing sub par. Hugh isn’t here to make any predictions. I will leave that to him :)
Mothers Day- Saturday we are taking my mom to dinner then over to my brothers house to be with her grandson, Sunday we are driving his mom out to the burbs and meeting up with the other siblings and her grandkids.
anyhoo. I didn’t come here to talk sports or mothers day…
May 8th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I am giving you a ear bud via comments.. yeah yeah I know I should call it in.. Jack read this for me if you want :)
Our current music obsessions
Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts and The Slip
The Kills – Midnight Boom
Estelle- shine
Portishead- Third
Madonna – Hard Candy
The Presets – Apocalypso
Ladytron – Velocifero
goodnight pan
May 8th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
oh wait, a final thought…
May 8th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
My sugar is raw, sticky and sweet.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Think I will need a cold shower after that comment.
As for Mother’s day, it’s been and gone in the UK.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:27 am
Best wishes for your sister Dub.
RE – Mothersday. I get a little more time. Mom is going with Dad to see his mother for mothersday. Sometime next week I’ll probably take her to lunch and then help my sisters plant some flowers or something at her house.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:28 am
oh … and a “meh” for today and the rageing sinus infection I have seemed to have woken up with.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Oh no, JOe! Take care of that.
Happy Friday, Pan. I don’t know about y’all, but I sure as shit am happy I don’t have to come to work tomorrow.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:08 am
I wish you sister a speedy recovery, Dub.
Ed, that’s awesome your daughter is doing well in karate.
I sure don’t want to come to work tomorrow, but I don’t think there is anyway to avoid it. Too many things stacked up around me. =P June should shape up to be a lot less taxing on me.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Seems as though I bruised my left index finger. I think that’s God’s way of punishing me for practicing black metal. LOL
May 9th, 2008 at 7:27 am
okay … I went back to bed after that last post and now I feel much better. Good enough to at least make some coffee.
Now, to deal with the fact that I am hours behind for the day. :?
May 9th, 2008 at 8:37 am
I need a shower and a shave but I don’t really have time.
I’m either going to have to get a waterproof lap top or an assistant.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:47 am
http://www.electricmotorsport.com/store/ems_electric_motorcycle_gpr-s.php
An interesting commute option for those of us in warmer climates.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:00 am
The red version looks cool.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:02 am
But the price is a bit step.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Steep even.
To many drivers who don’t look for motorcyles on the roads these days.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:16 am
That’s a sweet looking bike.
A quick glance at the site didn’t reveal a 0-60mph time. I wonder about that and how far it can go on a charge.
Say, maybe one of you bored, World Wide Internet surfers can find some plans for turning my Honda CB200 into an electric vehicle.
Back to work for me.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:33 am
It says 35/60 miles range for power/economy settings on the website.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:39 am
It’d be better if it had twice the range and half the cost. I’m hoping future releases will provide that, but who knows?
May 9th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Here’s what you’re looking for, Rhett:
http://www.gsmotorworks.com/
I think it even comes standard with a Devo hat.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Not so cool, unless you have mod tendencies.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:03 am
“Whip it good!”
Back in the late 80’s I bought a 50cc Honda scooter, because all the cars in the same price range had reliability issues. LOL It’s tank held less than a gallon of gas and I would fill it up for 50 cents every 9 days or so. The gas station attendant used to joke with me about why I even bothered coming in to pay. But it got me thinking if gas prices really do go up to $15 a gallon, what recourse does the average American have to save money on his/her commute. Right now, I don’t think the economy of scale would save you money with the electric motorcycle, but an 80cc scooter could pay for itself in two years at current gas prices. Just doing a bit of brain storming.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:07 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrophenia
Scooters and more scooters..
May 9th, 2008 at 10:08 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrophenia
Scooters, scooters everywhere.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:10 am
http://tinyurl.com/h5t2t
Scooters, scooters, everywhere.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Dammit Van, you killed the page with Quadrophenia!
(kidding, of course)
Here’s Jaromir Jagr in drag:
http://japersrink.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-funny-because-its-true.html
May 9th, 2008 at 11:19 am
I have “mod” tendencies.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:22 am
I think I have just about hit nirvana. A few months ago I purchases a book as audio CD’s with the plan to import then and listen to them via my Ipod. I started off with the dumbass approach and just imported each CD as a set of tracks, which proved annoying.
I later learned about joining all the tracks on a CD into one file for importing. Definitely a big step up.
Today, I’ve learned that, with a bit of file manipulation, I can actually get my Auidobook CDs to show up in the audiobook section of Itunes/Ipod instead of mixed in with all my music. This is a pretty good link (though, I skipped a bunch of the steps as I thought they were overkill) to get you through it.
http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/itunsabk.htm
I’m definitely going to have to see what my library has now for audiobook CD’s available.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Today’s mildly related, NASCAR trivia bit.
The amount of fuel the NASCAR Cup series uses in a year at races and test sessions.
175,000 gallons.
for perspective … that is about how much fuel the rest of America uses … every 4 hours.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
And now, to make your brain hurt:
http://www.humorsphere.com/fun/8787/colortest.swf
May 9th, 2008 at 11:36 am
I don’t get a consistent score..lol
May 9th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Went through a number of time till I got it 100%.
There is a similar test in Brain Games on the NDS.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Never commented on this cast before. I like this cast. A whole helluva lot.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I have too much time on my hands. Putting SP3 into google, brings up the following map reference:
http://tinyurl.com/6o79h9
Coooeeeeeeeeee!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Breaking scary news:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFlSjtUIBDMVj9iFqsaSYEypMdpAD90I9BJO0
May 9th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
got 75% first time…lets take it again!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I am the MASTER!!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Ed! This is a virtual KISS for you. I am so happy to have that link re: audiobooks.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
*justaJ0e dashes into the bar and steps between EssBee and Ed *
WOOHOOOO!!!!
*then he dashes off down the hall of doors*
May 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
In what way is an “Audiobook” file different from a reg. file. That seems like a whole lotta trouble to make a sound file.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Thanks, Dickey! Welcome to Deadpanland.
Did I just see Justa J0e run through here?
May 9th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
*jaj emerges from the trap door behind the bar.*
Hi Dickey!
Welcome to the party.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Hi Dickey, welcome to the insanity. ;) Uh-oh, my masters are looking my way. Got to put the chains back on. *whip crack*
May 9th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
So the Avengers is playing on the TV and Emma Peel is looking as delightful as ever.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
It was a real downer that day I found out most of her fight scenes were done by a man in a wig.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Oh and a young John Wood (Falken from War Games) is playing an obsessive keeper of birds.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I find Emma very aPeeling.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Ah Emma is wearing her jumpsuit, a fight scene will be happening soon.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Mmmmm, jumpsuit…
May 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
You see some famous actors in the Avengers, Ron Moody (Fagan in the Oliver musical) is on screen now playing an eccentric prof.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Not sure what I’m gonna do with my night. Fox has a bit of a cold again, so Darcy went to the premiere of her play alone. She’s going out with some friends and staying in Little Canada overnight, so the men run the house tonight.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Ah Emma has just karate kicked one of the bad guys into a pool.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
that right I am “TO” on this site. not Jack Jaffee.
There can be only one Jack…
Hey Dub… I having Sam do a reading of Bob. I haven’t heard from you so. I did want to hit you up for a reading with you sister in the still bad off. I glad to hear she is slightly better.
Are you happy the the clockwork ornge bit? I don’t think I got the lines just right?
Yes, I am on the road until Balticon… It is a full 4 weeks out. I start to o loopy after two weeks. I start making weird calls to Slice and Winging it… Going to try not doing that this time.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Another short fight sequence and the bad guys are defeated…wahoo!
May 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Dimmu Borgir is hard on the index finger.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
… and the tongue!
May 9th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
That last post was meant to be “tongue in cheek”
May 9th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
FPR 9 is now online. Given my new setup I basically decided to wing it. Hence the name of the show…
I dunno what to say about it, you guys are gonna have to tell me. *lol*
May 9th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Tell you what to say about it?
May 9th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
There, I have completed my ADFD segment for Rachel Ruzzo, one of my Ten Things I do Without Pay over at my LJ, which is johnboze DOT livejournal DOT com
‘toopid WP LJ hater…
May 9th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Not for the faint of heart:
http://gizmodo.com/389198/pleo-gets-thrashed-at-the-hands-of-a-battlebot
May 10th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Ah, hardscape plans, only 30 more minutes of work then I’m outta here. :)
May 10th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
So something weird happened today:
I realised that my right hand has visibly aged more than my left hand.
Bloody UV.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Sigh:
http://tinyurl.com/42v4he
May 10th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I missed the oppotunity to link the aged hand to a Sinbad movie and Doctor Who….
May 10th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Are we going to hit 500 comments on this?
May 10th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Well you never know.
It was Tom Baker.
May 10th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
It’s Kurt from dark age. I’m really enjoying that podcast. I don’t know what it is. But I’m hooked. I think it’s just the fact that there is utterly no pretension. It’s just a simple, fun popcorn novel. Congrats!
I’m really getting caught up in the characters.
May 10th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Anybody got a link to where I could download Southland tales?
May 10th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
After today’s live wingin it taping I needed a place that was free of drama. I need a place for free expression of intelligent ideas came forth an abundance. A place resplendent in diverse thinking. I couldn’t find it so I’m posting on the deadpan.
I like boobs
May 10th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Well, one nugget of wisdom that Wingin It (or at least Mennenga) has been right about – everything’s better with boobs.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
So, my parents are in town for the weekend, which means free baby sitting for the wife and I. So naturally we went out on a date for Mother’s Day.
After dinner, we decided to check out the new Iron Man. I have essentially zero knowledge of the comics, so came in with only the trailers and various positive recommendations from pod and email land.
The wife and I had a blast with it and we had a crowd that was cheering and laughing out loud through the film – it was quite festive.
And, thank’s to FPR #9, I knew to stay to the end of the credits. Most excellent.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Like Jack says, everything is better with Sam Jackson. :)
As today’s WI… It appears the situation isn’t good. Supposedly there will be an announcement soon.
All I can say is, thank god for Jack Mangan.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Missed the live feed due to work.
Care to give details about what is wrong?
May 11th, 2008 at 4:28 am
If you have a bittorrent client, then you can take your pick at:
http://tinyurl.com/3h2kp5
you can even watch it in German.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:29 am
Southland Tales that is.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:34 am
Nice interview with Ted Chiang at Starshipsofa:
http://www.starshipsofa.com/
May 11th, 2008 at 4:50 am
An articles by Richard K Morgan about infighting in the scifi genre:
http://www.richardkmorgan.com/article_soundfury.htm
May 11th, 2008 at 4:50 am
-s
May 11th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Happy Mothers Day to all the Deadpan moms, and all wives/mothers of Deadpanites
and the dads who have to be moms sometimes,
and the people who step in as moms sometimes
and the people who mommy us constantly out of love
Hugh sez: and the wife who knows when I need her to mommy me even when I don’t
:)
and the husband who can defuse the situation and make mothers day with my mom so pleasant
and the mother-in-law who loves me like her own
un beso grande
*mwa*
Feliz dÃa de madre panitos de muerte
May 11th, 2008 at 5:01 am
Yeh …what she said, I second that!
Especially that last part about “Felix with the mad pants”. I don’t know what it was but it had a nice ring to it. :)
May 11th, 2008 at 5:41 am
Google translates TSH’s last line as:
Happy mother’s day of death panitos
Which sounds rather ominous.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:17 am
Well, Vanamonde, that was definitely an interesting read from Mr. Morgan (who I admit I’ve never heard of). I am thankfully that I’m not plugged in enough to such things to even know that there’s so much bickering among Sci-Fi/Fantasy writers.
I don’t read nearly as much as I used to and it seems most of what I do read these days tends to be continuations of works from authors that I started with years and years ago. I tend to rely on friends who are more plugged in to show me something new. I find, probably as a matter of coincidence as much as anything, that I tend more toward fantasy, though I’ve read plenty of Trek and Star Wars novels as well as “hard”(er) scifi. At the end of the day, it has to come down to the story and the characters, though. If those are missing, then I don’t care if you have “fantasy” FTL drives, or superconducting magnet driven rail guns.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:17 am
And, Happy Mother’s Day!
May 11th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Morning Deadpan!
The sun is shining brightly.
We’ll be seeing Iron Man later today.
Don’t forget to call your mummies and apologize for being the brats I know we all were when a kid :)
May 11th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Now to catch up on the comments.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:54 am
OH, and a big thank you to Jack. (He knows why.) The gesture was appreciated even if it didn’t seem like it at the time.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Going waaaay back in the comments. My first computer was a Radio Shack Colour Computer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Computer
I had a lot of fun with that thing.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Jack, why for did WP eat my comment on my first computer?
Does it not like what I had?
Here is the wikipedia link (again). But I spaced it out so maybe it will keep it (which means you’ll have to put it into your browser instead of linking :( )
http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Color_Computer
May 11th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Followed by the Tandy 1000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_1000
May 11th, 2008 at 7:02 am
Still eating my comments with links (boooooooo). I think I’ll try it again.
Followed by the Tandy 1000
http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Tandy_1000
May 11th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Besides the fact this song was done first and best by Harry Nillson, not Mariah Carey, what else is wrong with this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgL2MKfWTo
May 11th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Hang one of these on a window, then see what the comments are…
http://www.bloggerheads.com/happy/
May 11th, 2008 at 7:24 am
You know, I think I could watch this thing for hours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42hgPLL8IrA
May 11th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Since I’m obviously alone in the pan, here is my tribute to Mother’s Day…
A pack of hungry wolves had suronded the skunk family. Mother skunk said, “Let us spray.”
May 11th, 2008 at 7:26 am
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean a mother.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:27 am
I once knew an electrician, whenever he screwed up, his mother grounded him.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:28 am
If your mother’s sister is against poker, does that mean your auntie is anti-ante?
May 11th, 2008 at 7:28 am
When I talk about the insides of my computer, I think it makes my mother bored.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Do you think the mother of an English Philosopher’s was a simple person? Maybe it’s because she was Ockham’s raiser.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Why isn’t Mother’s Day and Labor Day celebrated at the same time?
May 11th, 2008 at 7:32 am
The mother of the famous Mongolian leader used to read him The Little Engine That Could. He liked the part that said “I think I Khan, I think I Khan….”
May 11th, 2008 at 7:34 am
One year, when I went out on Halloween night, I was upset when all I was getting were oats. I blame my mom for telling me to yell “trigger treats”
May 11th, 2008 at 7:36 am
When she caught me playing with matches, my mother was flaming mad
May 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
After Jack sold the cow, he had to come home to his mother and spill the beans.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
When you become a new mother, are you given roses and baby’s breath?
May 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Ok, I have things to do.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Ah the Coco, in the UK they released a computer that was based on Motorola reference design called the Dragon 32:
http://tinyurl.com/2oby8s
Useless information No. 101 – Matthew Smith wrote Manic Miner on a TRS-80.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Manic Miner in javascript:
http://tinyurl.com/6pgh62
Switch the music on…Hall of the Mountain King..nice!
May 11th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Wow, are we ever going down memory lane..
Well, must call my mother, then off to the movie
Bye!
May 11th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
So TEB, did you stay after the credits and what did you think of the movie?
May 11th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
On the WI thing, those of us listening got freaked out as it appeared Brian walked out in the middle of recording, and just before the live feed was cut off he was heard saying “I’m done, this isn’t fun anymore.”
I said there I wasn’t for sure but it sounded planned to me, and everyone said if it was planned it was awefully damned convincing and not very funny.
Supposedly there will be an announcement next week about what is going on. But I did get an email from Brian last night, and I dunno if he’s trying to hold the suspense or not, but he sounded pretty damn happy, I would say ecstatic. I dunno what’s appropriate to let out, but he’ll be at the pool party and he’s not quitting Farpoint Media, but his involvement with Wingin’ It and beyond that… I actually don’t know. He didn’t say.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Just a quick hop in as I’m making dinner.
Hi Van, Yes we stayed until the end and saw the 30 second bit. As for the movie itself, I enjoyed it. Not a heavy thinking movie but a good popcorn movie.
Now must check on my roast. Don’t know if I’ll be in tomorrow as I have to go into the office.
Later.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
So, perhaps all isn’t well in FPM land after all. Most unfortunate.
You know, honesty, if WI was just the gang sitting around for an hour geeking on various topics for the week, I’d be just fine with that.
I think they’re placing too much importance on listener generated content. They’re fine when they come along, but they’re not why I listen to WI3D.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I agree with Ed.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Umm…. 196thies!!!!
May 11th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
It’s been a busy week, so sorry I haven’t dropped by until now.
Go Pengins!!! :)
May 11th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I’m there for the listener generated content.
Well ok, just one listener in particular and her content…
May 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I saw Iron Man and liked it. I was speed at all the hype over the last sceen. Told people not to leave and people stay just because I told them not to. We all waited though the 10 mins of credits just to see a Sammy walk on roll.
Still the movie was better then F4
May 12th, 2008 at 2:16 am
200 is 2/5 of 500
Remember to “grease up” by the end of today.
May the best Van win.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Indeed. We are going to need some inspiration to make the goal this week.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Looks like it was a pretty brutal weekend for Speed Racer. Its a disaster no matter how you slice it ($20 million open for a $120 million movie).
Iron Man is #1 again with over $50 million. Someone sagely commented that Iron Man made more in week 2 than most movies make in week 1.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:28 am
Next week brings Prince Caspian and then the new Indianna Jones movie.
Later we’ve got Batman and some others that I can’t remember. It’s been a while since I’ve found myself looking forward to going to the theater in the summer.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:33 am
You know, it has been quite enjoyable to see the media’s dissapointment that Jenna Bush didn’t have a big spectacle of a wedding in DC. Best of luck to her and her husband.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Man, I’ve had breakfast, driven to work, and now sit ready to start my day and the Deadpan is still sleeping in.
Don’t make me get the bucket of ice water!
May 12th, 2008 at 3:51 am
morning pan!
ditto was here!!!
Ah yes Ed, how much local coverage did that wedding get there in Texas?
Her dress sure was pretty. I wish her and her husband much happiness too. Lord knows marriage is a job :)
Hugh sez: I would think being married to me was like a vacation ;)
:) it is Hugh, it is
We had a goal this week? Why did no one tell me? Whats our comment goal?
Maybe we can help later, right now we gotta go.
l8r pan
May 12th, 2008 at 3:52 am
Ed you get your ass to work yo! :)
have a good day
May 12th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Morning, Pan!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Still need to listen to the latest ep…
May 12th, 2008 at 7:15 am
Listening now…
May 12th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Morning Ed,
Morning ASH,
Morning EssBee,
Morning ditto,
Morning John Boy.
Another whirlwind weekend. Saturday I worked at the office for a few hours, put some items up for sale at iSoldit, bought flowers and gifts for my wife for Mother’s Day and took my son out to the store so he could buy a gift for my wife. On top of all that did all the laundry. Then on Sunday, my wife’s company hosted a Mother’s Day outing at Waterworld and we spent five hours swimming, sliding down water tubes, etc. LOL It was a good time. But the weekend flew by and I have a mountain of work to get done.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:20 am
I didn’t know there was a lot of drama over at WI. Based on what I’ve read here about Brian and the last conversation I had with MRM, I have a notion of what may be coming. LOL I hope I’m right.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Dumb Ass Memories!!!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:25 am
I’ve been trying to see if I both my schedule and finances will allow me to go to the Pool Party. I have no idea at this point.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:34 am
kiss ass!
golden nugget!!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:38 am
JACK! Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Savior of the Podiverse!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:45 am
My favourite Narnia book is ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ (the parallel worlds denoted by puddles appealed to me) so not looking forward to Prince Caspian..may give that one a miss.
Indy 4 I will see no matter what the reviews say.
So the cinema choice for tomorrow is Speed Racer or Doomsday…even though Doomsday looks like a UK version of ‘Escape from New York’ the combination of former Lara Croft model Rhona Mitra and Speed Racer looking a bit crap is leaning me towards Doomsday.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:46 am
I have accepted your mission, sir!
500 here we come!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Rhona Mitra
*swoooon*
I’ll skip Speed Racer.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Cooooooool Whip!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Oh and nice plug JB for the movie Palooza on the sliceofscifi voicemail show.
Just a pity Crazy Joe hated Southland Tales with a passion.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Van SHALL NOT WIN AGAIN!!!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Muwahahahahahahahaha
Muwahahahahahahahaha
Muwahah
*grk*
*cough, hack*
*thud*
May 12th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Now that sounds painful.
Egg and chips and onion rings..mmmmmmmmm!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:54 am
I’d say odds are good that I will see Iron Man, Speed Racer and Indy 4 in the theatre.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:00 am
I don’t think I’ll ever bother to watch Speed Racer. But I will go see Indy 4 and Prince Caspian.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:04 am
226 not even close to the beast
May 12th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Past the half way mark though.
Can anybody explain why probiotic yoghurts taste so much better when consumed several weeks after the expiration date?
May 12th, 2008 at 8:25 am
I’ll probably put Speed Racer in the Blockbuster queue. My 3 year old is interested in it.
Based on news and previews, I think I’ll be spending a fair number of weekends at the theater this summer.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Pictures of Rhona Mitra as Lara Croft:
http://tinyurl.com/2jz9ak
May 12th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Hi ditto, hi Rhettro, hi Vandamonde, hi Ed, hi Smarty Hotties!
Is the Southland Tales alooza the next episode?
May 12th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Damn, I still need to put Southland Tales in my queue!
That was a nice plug on the Slice VM show for the next Panapalooza event. Though, Crazy Joe’s desire to punch someone after seeing it has left me a bit skeert.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:28 am
You know, coverage of the Bush wedding down here was actually quite subdued. Frankly, most of the local news that I saw was favorable to the notion that they were making it a small private affair. Definitely a contrast to the grousing I saw from the national news media.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:28 am
That’s exactly how I felt after watching “A Boy and His Dog.” But I’m still glad I saw it.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Isn’t the paoolza DP 96 or is my memory playing tricks on me.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:33 am
So, went to the office for a few hours this morning.
It’s a four block walk from the train station to my office (and back of course).
I wore new shoes.
Bad idea. Am now limping around the house in bare feet trying to decide if I should put band-aids on the blisters or not.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I saw Southland Tales, and don’t agree w/ Crazy Joe if that helps y’all.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Ain’t it the truth :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIUQw1w5OqM&fmt=18
May 12th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Haven’t been able to find Southland Tales yet. Will check out the local HMV tomorrow.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:40 am
OK – been off the grid all weekend….. the last posts I read were Van’s about the Avengers. Time to play catch-up.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:41 am
my head is in a fog today. :(
Can’t focus. Like sitting on the beach all day drinking your favorite alcoholic beverage … only without the beach… or beverage – and with all the stress of a “normal” day.
meh
May 12th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Okay, fav Atari ST games, NOT in alphabetical order.
First up is Defender of the Crown:
http://tinyurl.com/66ur9q
The original box opened up to look like a cinema popcorn containing..red stripes.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:46 am
You can play a flash version at:
http://tinyurl.com/6q4hro
May 12th, 2008 at 8:51 am
The classic Dungeon Master:
http://tinyurl.com/5dww2k
The screecher plants were frightening as your torch burnt out…especially if playing in the dark.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Oids:
http://tinyurl.com/683fbt
A combination of Gravitar and Choplifter.
Brilliant game.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Holy cow! I remember playing Dungeon Master. It wasn’t on an Atari though…
May 12th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Blood Money:
http://tinyurl.com/p5xf4
Great tune (if a bit tinkly) on the ST, I’ve seen the painting used for the box cover on a Larry Niven book.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Wow, you’ve got a better memory than I, Van. I don’t think I remember any of the games I played on the Coco.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Found this list. Now that I look at it, I do remember some of them.
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/coco_game_list.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Prince of Persia:
http://tinyurl.com/5e4wzv
Played this game on the PC, Atari ST, SNES, Megadrive, and Gameboy.
Still got the sequel POP2 (for the PC) upstairs somewhere.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Played this one
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/3dghost.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:12 am
And this one
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/adtrench.html
(really, just helping to bring the numbers up :) )
May 12th, 2008 at 9:12 am
You can play a flash version at:
http://tinyurl.com/6dabam
May 12th, 2008 at 9:13 am
OK, caught up.
I had lots of active plans with the little ones this weekend, but then got sick on Friday, made the best of it by seeing Iron Man and Speed Racer.
Iron Man had good performances, great action scenes, good acting, a great cameo (thanks for the scoop to stay through the credits!), and a tired, formulaic story. But hey, it was still fun.
Speed Racer is getting bad reviews? If you have a kid of your own or someone else’s to take, then absolutely go see it. It’s a fantastic kids’ movie – and you’ll be able to shut off your brain and be dazzled. Just remember that the movie was not aimed at adults.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Morning pan. Deadpan numma 94 wuz teh good.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Apollo was ok (for its time)
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/apollo.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Who didn’t play Astro Blast?
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/astro_blast.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:16 am
This was a series I enjoyed playing on my Atari 800XL back in the day.
http://damianov.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/phantasie3front.jpg
May 12th, 2008 at 9:16 am
I remember Blood Money, Van. Holy cow. Dungeon Master too.
I’d better get my ass in gear for Southland Tales. That’s slated for Deadpan 96.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:16 am
And the closest I ever get to doing anything athletic
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/athletyx.html
That’s it for the A’s. Time to think about lunch, then must do a dump run.
Maybe will come back and do B’s if not, then tomorrow.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Barbarian next, in there were two games for the ST called that, the Palace game first:
http://tinyurl.com/59w2f9
Nice music and an icky sound effect when you performed the decapitation move.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Now for the Psygnosis one:
http://tinyurl.com/5s5ymb
Nice graphics, but the mouse/icon control method was crap for an action game.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Carrier Command:
http://tinyurl.com/5o3xeq
Bloody Amazing for the time, invading an island was great fun.
Never heard the theme music until I installed a doubled sided floppy drive in my ST.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Barbarian! Where the little guy came out and kicked the head!
OK sorry, go on. :)
May 12th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Shouldn’t forget Populous:
http://tinyurl.com/29mwqd
THE game that kicked started the popularity of the god game.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:30 am
I remember playing Populous! That was a lot of fun.
Ok, now back to cooking lunch.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:33 am
The Secret of Monkey Island:
http://tinyurl.com/kev2r
Disk swapping was a pain on the ST, but I can still hum the theme tune..in fact I’m humming it now!
May 12th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Ok, a quick rundown of the B’s while I wait for my Boo to get her butt out of bed for lunch…
Bagitman
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/bagitman.html
Do you notice how COCO games were all ripoffs of others?
May 12th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Operation Stealth:
http://tinyurl.com/69goe3
A good adventure game spoilt by somewhat by silly arcade segments.
The theme tune was very catchy.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Body Parts
It was interesting seeing if it came up with the same wording you did :)
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/bawdyparts.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Bedlam
As Yes, the good old text adventures
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/bedlam.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Blackbeard’s Island, just a half step up from the text adventure
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/blackbeardsisland.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:39 am
A lot of the early computer games were ripoffs of arcade machines TEB.
Loads and loads of Space Invaders, Asteroids, Pacman and Galaxian clones.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Blockhead… hmmmm, another ripoff?
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/blochead.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Last year my wife, bless her heart, bought me a pretty snazzy little guitar amp. A 75watt guitar amp known as the Spider 3 from Line 6.
http://tinyurl.com/4k5c5q
It’s a nice little amp. It simulates a wide variety of tones and is easy to use. It’s also one of the best selling amps on the market today. However, I soon found out that in the “guitar community” it is somewhat considered the Herb Tarleck of guitar amps. The tones it produces are fairly synthetic sounding and a little hissy after you get used to it. It’s a good introduction to a wide variety of tones, but once you’ve identified the tone you want, it’s better to get the actual amp being simulated. Plus you won’t be using any of the other tones. LOL
On Saturday, I put the Spider 3 as well as a few other items up for sale on Ebay. The proceeds of this sale along with part of my stimulis check will go to purchase this bad boy: http://tinyurl.com/4et6wj
When I posted my intentions on one of the guitar boards I frequent this was one of the responses I got. LOL
“Man, you’re going to shat your pants just from the white noise that comes from that Krank after coming straight from a spider 3. o.o
Congrats on it! =]”
So I’m just waiting on my check. Based on my guitar skill this is sort of like buying a Bentley for a chimp to drive, I’ll try to keep my poo flinging to a minimum.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am
That’s true, Van.
Buzzard Bait was another game I played that was very close to a game that’s been discussed to death lately…
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/buzzardbait.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Falcon:
http://tinyurl.com/6ee24w
Flight sim, came with a door stopper of manual and I could never land the plane.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:44 am
That’s cool Rhettro. My husband uses a Roland Micro Cube for practice and to take to the school when he’s roped into playing for concerts and such
http://www.roland.com/PRODUCTS/en/Micro-CUBE/index.html
It really gives good sound for such a little thing.
I’m not sure what his other amp is, though
May 12th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Blochead looks like a Q*Bert clone TEB.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Ok, really, really going to have lunch now
May 12th, 2008 at 9:48 am
F29 Retaliator:
http://tinyurl.com/5vpw74
More arcadey than Falcon, but great fun, Even played two player dogfights over a modem link on the PC version.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Another World:
http://tinyurl.com/l3u5m
The use of vector graphics was innovative at the time, and it had quite a long intro which was unusual for games of that period.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Ok I’m off out for a walk, so the last one for now.
Balance of Power:
http://tinyurl.com/54vjrz
Nice case, and unusually for the ST, the game too played in medium resolution (just 4 colours) rather than the usual low res (320×200 16 colours).
May 12th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Although judging from the screen shot on the wiki page, it could also be played in the high res mono mode (640×400).
May 12th, 2008 at 10:03 am
That’s cool TEB. The Roland Cube gets favorable reviews over at Ultimate Guitar.
According to UG, amps to avoid are the Spider 3 and the Marshall MG.
Practice solid state modeling amps the Roland Cube (for metal players) and the Vox AD series (for rock, blues and punk players) get high marks.
Entry level tube amps like the Peavey Valveking and Crate Palamino get thrown around a lot.
I’m not going to be playing an arena anytime soon, so my needs for a tube amp in the 100 watt range is way overkill. What I wanted was a high quality low wattage tube amp that had insane gain. The Krank was about the only one that fit the bill, everything was way to big and loud. Yeah it’d be nice to have a Bogner Uberschall, Framus Cobra or Diesel Herbert But besides the spare $3000 I don’t have, I don’t hate my neighbors that much. :)
May 12th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I loved Populous, as well as Falcon. Though I don’t have Falcon anymore, I did keep the ACM manual from the 3.0 version of the game.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:06 am
You guys are posting like mad!
May 12th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I used to play Falcon 1 on my Amiga. And I loved, LOVED, Falcon 3 for the PC. I still have Falcon 4 for my PC but it wasn’t nearly as fun as past versions.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Don’t know if you guys know him, but C.A. Sizemore lost his wife this morning.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Totally agree, Rhettro. Falcon 3 was t3h aw3s0m3! I have a weakness for good flight sims. Finished Ace Combat 6 not too long ago. While it’s not an accurate sim, it was lots of fun and beautiful to watch.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Diezel Herbert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LztorP3LMyU
Framus Cobra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbwKe6Y5Njw
Bogner Uberschall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTCXstwBZgk
Krank Rev. Jr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuM6-rPXQgE
May 12th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you’ll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine
Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
Echo & The Bunnymen — The Killing Moon
May 12th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Oh Crap EssBee. How?
May 12th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Yeah. Just saw Debbie’s post over on the forums. That’s horrible.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:19 am
I’m not sure – just saw on Twitter that some guys had set up a donations page for him: http://casizemoregift.chipin.com/ca-sizemore
May 12th, 2008 at 10:39 am
http://lifehacker.com/389482/blow-your-friends-up-as-you-surf-with-pmog
Interesting…
May 12th, 2008 at 10:48 am
I’ve met C.A. Sizemore; you may have heard some of his Deadpan (or other podcast) contributions – - he’s a good guy. My heart goes out to him; he’s way too young to have to face this.
Thanks for letting us know, EssBee.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I’ve met C.A. a couple of times. Never really chatted with him but I know he is pretty tight with the rest of the Farpoint gang. I can’t imagine what it would be like to suffer a loss like this. My heart goes out to him and his family.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Came back from doing something evil. Had a Peanut Buster Parfait from Dairy Queen :)
May 12th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Just read the back posts. That sucks. I don’t know what I’d do if anything ever happened to my husband :cry:
May 12th, 2008 at 11:38 am
I’ve been watching all this unfold on Twitter all day. My thoughts and prayers are with C.A. Sizemore.
On a lighter note…
Jack: Indiana Jim posted the following on Twitter:
“LOL @JACKMANGAN’S DEADPAN 94!!!!”
Thought you should know.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I’ve been depressed enough over the last little while, so I’m going back to COCO games I’ve played.
On to the C’s
Cashman – oh, what I could do with those dollars now
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/cashman.html
May 12th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Caterpillar
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/caterpillar_edson.html
May 12th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Is that LOL in a straight Tetris piece way or LOL in a twisty Tetris pieces eight times in a row way?
May 12th, 2008 at 11:45 am
CC – Thello
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/ccthello.html
I still like to play Othello occasionally
May 12th, 2008 at 11:45 am
A centipede clone TEB.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Caterpillar that is.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Crash. sort of a sequel to Donkey Kong it was kind of fun
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/crash.html
May 12th, 2008 at 11:49 am
That’s it for the C’s. Must do a bit of work, then will come back to continue my part in bringing up the comment numbers.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Computer languages I’ve worked with, in alphabetical order:
Ada
Awk
May 12th, 2008 at 11:54 am
CRASH was also the name of an excellent UK based computer games magazine…
May 12th, 2008 at 11:56 am
B:
BASIC
May 12th, 2008 at 11:58 am
C:
C/C++/C#
May 12th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Oh My God (and I mean Oh My God not OMG), I completely forgot about this little guy! I used to waste a lot of time making him move in various ways.
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/dancingdevil.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
D
(none)
E
(none)
May 12th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Desert Rider. A long way from Need for Speed
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/desertrider.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
And of course, Donkey King. The COCO version of Donkey Kong.
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/donkeyking.html
What happens if we pass 500?
May 12th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
And who can forget their first Dragon Slayer?
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/dragonslayer.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
F:
FORTRAN
May 12th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
G:
(none)
H:
HTML
May 12th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
For some reason WP doesn’t like it when I link to wikipedia :(
Trying again with a different link
Dungeons of Daggorath.
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/daggorath.html
I remember the very pixelated sounds as the bad guys would get “closer”
May 12th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I:
(none)
J:
Java
May 12th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
K:
(none)
L:
LaTeX, Lisp
May 12th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
M:
m4, maple, mathematica, MATLAB
May 12th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
N:
(none)
O:
(none)
May 12th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
P:
Pascal, Perl, Postscript, Prolog, Python
May 12th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
OPL….. Basic inspired Macro language used on Psion handhelds….
( I dabbled)
May 12th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Heh, heh, Ditto worked with latex… :D
May 12th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Q:
(none)
R:
Rexx, RPG
May 12th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
No E games that I played
May 12th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
S:
Scheme, sed, SGML, Smalltalk, SQL
(I forgot about ASN.1)
May 12th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Don’t like latex, TEB? ;)
May 12th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
T:
Tcl/Tk, TeX, TL1
May 12th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
And, that’s about it.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I guess, there’s also UML and XML.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
While I didn’t play this game, Fembots Revenge is a cool name
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/fembotsrevenge.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I did play Firecopter
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/firecopter.html
I thought it was fun watching the flames go higher and higher. I guess that meant I wasn’t a very good firecopter operator.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
F19 Stealth Fighter was my favourite flight sim ever on the old Atari ST
May 12th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Onto the Gs!
Galagon. One of my favorites
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/galagon.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Of course, who didn’t play Ghost Gobbler (or it’s better known version :) )
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/ghostgobbler.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Gomoku
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/gomokuandrenju.html
My husband and I still play Go occasionally.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Quick Tip TEB if you want to beat the Wordpress Bot, enter your link at:
http://tinyurl.com/
then post the shortened one here.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
No Ruby on Rails, ditto?
May 12th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
You can find out more about the Crash games magazine at:
http://www.crashonline.org.uk/
May 12th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I played Hall of the King II but not 1 or 3
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/hallofthekingii.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
thanks, Van. I’ll keep it in mind for my Wiki links that WP seems to hate.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Back to Atari ST games, I shouldn’t forget Mercenary and Damocles:
http://tinyurl.com/43hwks
Mercenary for the ST came with the expansion disk and a map.
I had moved onto PCs and didn’t buy Mercenary 3.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Yup, even tried to play Hockey way back when.
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/icehockey.html
Bunches different from the NHL games we now play on the Play Station
May 12th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I always had trouble jumping from vine to vine on this one
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/juniorsrevenge.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I had moved onto PCs by the time Mercenary 3 had come out, which is why I didn’t buy it.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I played a lot of text adventures way back when
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/killermansion.html
Now I’ve moved up to graphic adventures like NWN
May 12th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Then there was Super Sprint, a great arcade conversion on the ST:
http://tinyurl.com/4a7ldh
Very addictive, played that game for hours.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
JfS: Nope, I haven’t gotten to Ruby yet, mostly because I don’t do much web or database development.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
International Karate +
http://tinyurl.com/53×4sx
Some great bone crunching samples on that one.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Starglider:
http://tinyurl.com/4s569k
Great into tune and some nice samples (LOCKED ON TARGET).
May 12th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I actually enjoyed this game quite a bit
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/lansfordmansion.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
And really, who didn’t play Leisure Suit Larry?
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/leisuresuitlarry.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Then there was the sequel Starglider 2, technically more advanced than the original game, I preferred the sequel:
http://tinyurl.com/4jy9jk
May 12th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I never did get the hang of Marble Maze
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/marblemaze.html
May 12th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Okay, I played Leisure Suit Larry.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
This was a great game! It was sooooo cheesy
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/ninjawarrior.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
*no longer feeling left out*
May 12th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Last but not least of my fav Atari ST games was Captain Blood:
http://tinyurl.com/53mk3j
Weird but fun French game With psychedelic planetary explosions, sampled JM Jarre Music, strange aliens sounds and some great graphics for the time.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
So Essbee, have you ever seen the movie Trainspotting?
May 12th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Phantom Slayer
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/phantomslayer.html
Now that I think of it, I think all the COCO games were pretty cheesy
May 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
If you haven’t, might change your mind about the acting abilities of Ewan McGregor.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
For some strange reason I really got a kick out of Pooyan. Maybe it was the name…
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/pooyan.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Was early days TEB, I can forgive many things about the 80’s computer games.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I remember wasting a lot of time playing Qiks at the arcade, can’t actually remember if I had it for the COCO, but figure I mush have since I enjoyed it so much
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/qiks.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Another text adventure
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/raakatu.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
another fun adventure game
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/samsleuth.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Anybody remember Projectyle? Great, fast-paced sports game for the ST and Amiga. Kind of an obscure one – but a lot of fun.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-st/projectyle/screenshots
May 12th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Yes, I know it seems like I played a lot of games, but remember the COCO had three incarnations and I had all versions.
Also, I still do play a lot of games. I tend to average about one or so a month
May 12th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I used to get so mad at this game, it was constantly telling me I was thirsty
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/sandsofegypt.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Yep! Saw Trainspotting, Van. I agree with you on Ewan M. there. I’ll soften up my critique of him in my next random nonsense blog post.
I wrote that while Miss Potter was playing in the background. And don’t even get me started on Moulin Rouge!
May 12th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Of course there was Space Intruders, based on …
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/spaceintruders.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
And who didn’t play tetris?
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/tetris.html
Sorry Jack, I hated the straight pieces. I usually wanted a little piece, not the great big ones. :)
May 12th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
A more advanced adventrue
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/interbankincident.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
… based on Super Street Fighter 2 Hyper Championship Edition?
OK, procrastination ends here. Back later.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Search the fireplace!
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/topreservequandic.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
One of the first strategy games I played. I prefer the economic based games (like Stronghold) over the fighting ones (like the Stronghold expansion)
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/warlords.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Ah yes, Zaxxon. Shoot everything.
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/zaxxon.html
May 12th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I guess that’s it for COCO games. I thought I played Zork on the COCO but it must have come out later as I didn’t see it on the list.
I think I played all the Zork games. “Who is the boss of you? Me! I am the boss of you!” – Zork Grand Inquisitor
May 12th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Ok, now really have work to do.
Se you all tomorrow.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
http://www.krankamps.com/audio/let%20it%20krank.mp3
:)
May 12th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
@Amy – I did see Indiana Jim’s LOL at Deadpan 94, thanks.
OK, procrastination ends here.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Okay I forgot Xenon:
http://tinyurl.com/3r2jyk
Great tune, oh so shiney metallic graphics.
The site above covers more Bitmap Brother games, most came out on the ST.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
TEB – I LOVE Moulin Rouge!
It is the sort of whacked out, trippy, three-stoogesesque chick flick that my buddies and I would have written if someone had sent us to the beach with a case of Captian Morgans Rum and told us to write a chick flick or they would kill us.
“You wanna *hic* chick flick? *hic* Oooh we gosha chick flick for ya ! *hic*”
May 12th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I have to confess that I turned off Moulin Rouge about 15 minutes in.
Speedball 1 (from Bitmap Bros.) was also a fun ST sports game.
OK, procrastination stops now.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
My wife got Moulin Rouge on DVD as a gift four years ago. We still haven’t watched it. LOL
May 12th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
More sad news:
http://tinyurl.com/6fel2e
Ten thousand people just snuffed out.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Anyway, 00.38 hours here, night mush/pan/drunksittinginthecornersingingeskimonell
May 12th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Wow, it’s like the days of old. You missed a day at Deadpan and you miss 200 comments.
Well done :) I’m so proud of all of you *sniff, sniff*
May 12th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Well Hugh and I will contribute our own ABCs to the comment numbers
what ABCs should we do Hughie?
Hugh sez: ummm…. ABCs of *blank look*
Music? comic books? Women you’ve loved? Places we’ve been?
Hugh sez: How about comics
mmkay :)
May 12th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Sekshul poes-i-shuns?
May 12th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
ABCs of comic books we’ve read
A
Amphigorey
Animal Man
Azrael
Alice Cooper
Angels and Visitations
American Freak
American Virgin
Anita Blake Vampire Hunter
May 12th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
LOL
May 12th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
For Jeremy:
ABCs of Sexual positions we love
(because would we be the smarty hotties if we didn’t make it dirty?)
A
Anal
May 12th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Comics B
Batman
Black Diamond
Black Adam
Blood
Books of MAgic
Books of Faerie
Breathtaker
Booster Gold
Brooklyn Dreams
Boys
Black Orchid
Bite Club
May 12th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Sexual Positions B
ermmm.. we just realized we don’t know all the fancy names for all dem positions
ummm… Booty?
We are going to have to cheat
oooo.. god bless the internet:
Bottom corner of the bed
Hugh: *taking notes*
May 12th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Comics C
Catwoman
Crossing Midnight
Childrens Crusade
Crime Bible
Chemist
Crow
Civil War
May 12th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Sexual Positions C
oooooo
Sexual Positions B
Butterfly
Blow of the Bull
Sexual Positions C
Churning
May 12th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Comics D
Death
Deadman
DMZ
Doctor Who
Dresden Files
Detective Comics
May 12th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Sexual Positions D
Doggy
Congress of the Dog
Dear to Cupid
Aphrodite’s Delight
May 12th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Comics E
Eternals
Emily Strange
End League
Enigma
May 12th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Sexual Positions E
Equal Feet
Embrace of the thighs
Sexual Positions C
Crabs position
Hugh sez: I had no idea thats what it was called, that be 1 of me favorites
Clinging Creeper
Couch
Chushita
Circling tongue
Crow
Sexual Positions D
Deer
Sexual Positions A
Ass
Sexual Positions B
Boars Blow
Back to E
Elephant
Encircling
wow that website is mighty distracting.. in case anyone is interested:
http://www.tantra.org/kamasutr.htm
May 12th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Comics F
Fables
Faker
From Hell
Foundations
Flex Mentallo!!!
May 12th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Sexual Positions F
Flower In Bloom
Flag of Cupid
Feet Yoke
face to face
knot of fame
Hugh sez: Reading some of these I am SO glad we are both doing yoga
:)
Fellatio
May 12th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
ok a couple more letters then we will have to stop for tonight probably
May 12th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Comics G
Grendel
Guy Gardner
Gotham Underground
Girls
May 12th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Sexual Positions G
Garuda
Gramya
giving a blow
May 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Comics H
Hellblazer!!!!!!! *John Constantine swooooooooooooooon*
Hellraiser
May 12th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
w00t!!!! The Smarty Hotties cum roaring back!
Pun totally intended.
May 12th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Sexual Positions H
Hirana
Hugh sez1: *swooon*
Hastika
Hansabandsa
Hansa-lila
Hugh sez2: *swoooon2*
Hugh sez3: wow is it getting late!
lol
May 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
lol
we try ditto, we try
Ok we have to cut out for tonight
we will be back tomorrow for some more comics and sexual positions
Hugh sez: we offer something for the whole family
May 12th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
oh wait 1 more thing I wanted to say when we got here
I put gas in my car today and drove around looking for the cheapest gas I could find which was $4.10
thank fucking God I drive a hybrid and don’t commut anymore
unfuckingbelievable
so when the fuck are we going to stop questioning Obama’s preacher and focus on the real fucking problem people????
why are we not revolting and demanding they do something about this???
Hugh and I are lucky we live quite comfortably, but I sure know a hell of a lot of people who don’t.
I was outraged
May 12th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Smarty Hotties! Alphabets lists! I gotta read.
in the meantime:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nations_slicked_back_hair_men
OK, no more procrastinating….
May 12th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Good find, Jack.
I need to remember to visit the Onion more often. They know how to speak truth to power:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/37314
May 12th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
And, if you have not seen Moulin Rouge, watsa matta you? Great film, even though tragic.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
@Jack – Oh, good. Sorry I was so quick to assume that you didn’t read Twitter today. I know I read it much more often than I post anything.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Well that list of sexual positions was certainly an education.
May 13th, 2008 at 2:52 am
You know, I was ready to write off Speed Racer to the DVD list. Captain Jack’s drive by review shall make me take a second look. I know my son is interested. He may be getting a visit to the matinee this weekend.
May 13th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Morning Pan!
Going back a couple of posts, I subscribe to the Onion podcast. One minute of daily silliness :)
May 13th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Morning Ed, TEB!
It’s rainy and cold in Colorado this morning.
May 13th, 2008 at 6:09 am
Morning EssBee. We finally have a little bit of sun, here.
May 13th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Cloudy here, we have a slight cool front coming through. It’s only going to reach 83F for a high today, but Saturday we should be near the 100F mark. Finally. I think I’ll be able to start using my pool from this weekend forward. :)
May 13th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Well that’s depressing, Rhetto. Unless you have an indoor pool, not quite swimming weather here, yet.
May 13th, 2008 at 7:23 am
Well off to the store. Future Shop has Southland Tales so I think I’ll pick it up, then get a few groceries.
May 13th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Yep, I need to secure a copy of SLT.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:06 am
I’m thinking of trying the Amazon Unbox service for this.
For $4 I can download it to my TiVo. Then once I start watching it I think I have 24 hours to finish viewing it.
Anyone tried this yet?
May 13th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Well I went and saw Doomsday…
..as I watched this poor ‘Escape from New York’ ripoff (the main character only has one eye for fook’s sake) I was thinking that I should have went and saw Speed Racer instead.
Ah well the pizza was nice,
May 13th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Cloudy rainy here too. But its kinna warm.
I’m gonna have to check that tantric site out. The names sound so intriguing.
Everyone should remember my fave from GYGO… Reverse Cowgirl!
w00t!!
May 13th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Its almost $4 per gallon here too…almost….I am trying to get Kerry to ride the bus. She is almost there.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Doomsday looked like a rental to me Van.
The average price of gas around here is $3.47. I’m glad my Civic get 37MPG. It’s been a lot better than when I was commuting in my 4runner. If thinks get much worse though, I might buy a Honda Helix scooter and ride it to work and let my wife take the Civic.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:33 am
You still have it cheap, it’s about 10 dollars a gallon here.
Of course they sell it in litres these days.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Bikes/Motorbikes/Scooters FTW.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Well certainly, compared to the rest of the world we have cheap gas. The problem occurs though that as we spend more money on gas, it doesn’t get spent on other things and drives up the cost of everything else. Really the only thing the US government can do to lower prices is to issue a bold commitment to increase domestic production of oil, of which we have a lot of untapped, unconventional reserves and new efficiency standards. That would help the short term. Long term, we need to make transportation get most of it’s energy needs from the grid and support the grid with renewable energy. But there are a lot of special interest to fight to get that to happen.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Got my copy of Southland Tales. Will watch it tonight. To add the gas woes, I filled my car on the way home. Gas is $1.30 a litre (x4.4 = $5.72 gallon). Ouch!
Alberta is supposed to oil country. You couldn’t prove it to me.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Ugh. The USPS stealth increased the postage rate to 42¢
May 13th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Wow, people are asking a lot more these days for bikes on Craigslist.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Does Canada have a lot of refinery capacity? That would be a factor.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:07 am
I noticed that in Phoenix’s Sunday paper, there was an article about how motorcycle sales where increasing and we would see a lot more models with fuel efficiency number touted.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Okay, back to work. *grumble*
May 13th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Sorry, Rhetto got side tracked. In answer to your refinery capacity question… beats me.
I didn’t know there would be a test :)
May 13th, 2008 at 9:35 am
did a brief google search. I have no idea what this means, but here’s Canada’s refineries.
http://www.cppi.ca/Refining_Marketing_Distribution.html
May 13th, 2008 at 9:37 am
448
May 13th, 2008 at 9:37 am
449
May 13th, 2008 at 9:37 am
450!
Yeah
May 13th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I think it’s safe to say we’ll meet Jack’s goal of 500.
Now it’s lunch time. Then I think I’ll make some blueberry muffins.
Later!
May 13th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Holy Moley!
http://www.vimeo.com/993998
That had to take a lot of time.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Seinfeld D20 http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?comic=274#60
May 13th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Yesterday was my 9th anniversary — how long have you all been coupled (if you are)?
May 13th, 2008 at 9:55 am
I can’t see there being any progress unless people can be weaned off the car.
The cynic inside me laughs at that and thinks only when civilisation undergoes a collapse will we finally kick the car habit.
No I don’t own a hammer and sickle.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Congratulations, EssBee! How did you celebrate?
Van, that sounds like red commie hippie traitor talk to me. What kind of American are you, anyway? Oh wait. . . .
That D20 Seinfeld was very well done.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:13 am
We just went out for sushi — nothing too fancy.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:23 am
“I can’t see there being any progress unless people can be weaned off the car.”
If american cities were designed from the ground up to do that it would be one thing. But we have all these rural areas and large sprawling cities. We could add bus routes, light rail and car pool, but with these large expanses of space and the cities designed for car traffic, it will be hard to impose these things. I’m unsure if the retrofitting of these old cities would save us any energy in the long run verses changing the nature of cars themselves. In Europe, the cities have evolved around public transportation. That isn’t the case here.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:25 am
hey pan
[pessimism]
I think once the human race stops acting like sheep and demand they fix things, then things will be fixed.
We have all the resources on this planet to make anything we want happen, but we let the few control us.
You know our constitution says we have the right to revolt against our gov.. I think its high time we did.
But thats just my pessimistic opinion
[/pessimism]
my next post will contain no pessimism in it
May 13th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Now the eating of raw fish, unless you are stuck on a raft in the middle of the pacific, is a practice I’ve never got the hang of.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Congratz Essbee! In August I’ll be celebrating 20 years of marriage. Teresa and I dated three years before marriage, so I guess I’ve been in my current relationship 22 going on 23 years.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Congrats EssBee!! Thats awesome :) This pessimist does still love a good romance :) and good sushi too!
Hugh and I have been together 20 years this Oct, and we will be celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary this Nov. Lord knows how he can still stand me after all this time ;)
May 13th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I hasten to add I’ve never been stuck on a raft in the middle of the pacific ocean, but I have read about it.
cough
May 13th, 2008 at 10:29 am
My Mother and Father celebrated 50 years of marriage at the beginning of May.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:29 am
*ahem*
I just had a total man moment
Hugh sez: we’ve been together 21 glorious years dear
oops :) heh
May 13th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Wow! 15, 20, 22-23! That’s awesome y’all!
May 13th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Hugh isn’t going to do a Maurice Chevalier in Gigi impression is he?
May 13th, 2008 at 10:36 am
http://er.neoxer.com/lyrics/gigi.html
May 13th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Congratz to you folks Van.
Congratz to the Smartie Hotties.
And thank you Essbee. :)
May 13th, 2008 at 10:40 am
awwww.. :)
Van, LOL.. no he isn’t
May 13th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Looks like we might make it to 500 even before we finish our ABC lists
but regardless we will complete them this evening
have a good day all
May 13th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Thirty more comments needed!
May 13th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Congradtulations EssBee.
Jeremy – that animation WAS “Holy Moley!”
May 13th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Kerry and I celebrated our 14th together annversary last month. 9th Wedding anny is coming up in Nov.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Hey Van, that song is appropriate. I find, just to give my hubby a good natured dig, I’ll start going…
I remember where we went on our first date. Do you?
What was I wearing? What were you wearing?
What were we wearing the first time we slept together?
etc.
I don’t really expect him to remember, it’s just fun to watch him squirm.
I find women, generally, have a better memory for silly little things like that.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Some people have too much time on their hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShf2VuAu_Q
May 13th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Um, TEB, why would you mention your first sexual encounter with Mr. Energizer Bunny, then link to that Youtube video? Is there some connection?
Congrats on all the successful long relationships around here :)
May 13th, 2008 at 11:22 am
No connection, Jack. I have a very disjointed mind :)
May 13th, 2008 at 11:37 am
While I enjoyed the series when it was out, I find myself unsure of the upcoming movie
http://www.xfiles.com/main.php
May 13th, 2008 at 11:40 am
I didn’t think the first movie was that bad, even if it left too many questions unanswered. Maybe the second Xfiles movie will be a good one.
So a fellow worker has claimed Indy4 is getting slated by the critics anybody seen any negative reviews?
May 13th, 2008 at 11:46 am
I was one of the few who really liked the first X-Files movie. It wasn’t stellar, but it filled in a few holes and transitioned well into the next television series. As far as the new movie being a fresh start, why bother? I can understand the new Trek being a reboot of sorts because it’s an entirely new cast. But what’s the point of rebooting a series with the same actors? I think I’ll pass. Didn’t the series end with Mulder and Sculley and their magical baby on the lamb from the government or such? I guess I could go to wikipedia. LOL
May 13th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I haven’t heard anything yet, Van. I thought it might be a little early still.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:47 am
EssBee: It will be 7 years soon
May 13th, 2008 at 11:51 am
The first X-Files movie was enjoyable enough, but then the series jumped the shark and seriously went down hill. I’m done with the franchise, so I’ll probably only rent the new movie when it hits DVD.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:57 am
I liked the first X-Files movie well enough. I’m with JOe, though, and am done w/ the franchise. This will probably be a DVD rental for me. I DO want to catch Iron Man and Speed Racer in the theater, though!
May 13th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I enjoyed the year after the 1st film, and then stopped following it. I did end up watched the last 4 episodes to see how it would end. And as typical, they didn’t really wrap up anything. And now they are just going to ignore those last episodes. LOL I blame that on poor writting. Once things got going, they should have planned for seven seasons and a final ending.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I DID enjoy the X-files movie although it wasn’t as good as some seasons of the series.
It was just fun to see those characters in full length, big screen action.
It was no “Serenity” though.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
…er, well nothing else really is “Serenity”.
What I meant was the comparison between a good series “Firefly” and it’s excellant follow on movie “Serinity” vs. a good Series “X-files” and it’s just good movie version.
oh, like THAT cleared anything up!
May 13th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Clear as mud J0e :)
May 13th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Actually, I did understand and I agree completely. To me the X-Files movie was ok, but not great. There were better and there were worse episodes in the series.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
^Yep,
Count me amoung those who are “done” with X-Files as well. LOL
May 13th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
X-files movie has a great soundtrack album, as does the TV show.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Yeah, Mike Snow did the soundtrack to “Ghost Whisperer” too.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I could never get into Ghost Whisperer. Maybe I’m the wrong gender.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I’m assuming the only reason to watch it is JLH :)
May 13th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Loved both soundtracks to the X-Files movie.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
498 Stay on target
May 13th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Ok. Maybe this is really 498 :)
May 13th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Where did everyone go?
May 13th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
500!
May 13th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
500!!!!
May 13th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
D’oh! Ninja’d by TEB :)
May 13th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I win 8)
May 13th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Yep, you do.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
So, what do I win?
May 13th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Obviously the chance to be alone in Deadpan Land.
Hallloooooooo…
May 13th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
………. cool hwip in your bathroom drawers…….?
May 13th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Ohhhh, If I put cool hwip in my drawers, can my hubby help clean it off?
May 13th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
On that note, I’m off.
Ta
May 13th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Sorry I was in a meeting. Didn’t mean to abandon everyone. Yeah, JLH is the primary reason. LOL That an the pickins for Friday television are pretty slim other than BSG of course, but it’s on a lot latter.
May 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I’m not sure eye candy is enough, Rhona Mitra couldn’t save Doomsday for me.
May 13th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Yeah, but you bought a ticket for that. I don’t think I’ll be paying money to go see Garfield. LOL
May 13th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Yeah 2 hours and 13 minutes I won’t be seeing again.
May 13th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I got onto both podiomedia chat and wonder radio. All talk about my book. It’s very cool. I feel like a man actual podcaster or something. I want to jump up and down and scream and say that I’ve arrived. But then realized that’s kind of silly. Still, every time someone says they like my book it makes me so happy. Is that wrong?
I don’t want to be in egotistical jackass. In the end even Chris Miller founder of podiobook says himself the podcasting really is just a hobby.
Still I got on a show to talk about my book!!!!
I going to be on Tale Chasing next. :-)
I also told him about Kurt’s Dark Age as well. sorry… DARK AGE!!!
May 13th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Hmm, you know things are serious when TSH is sounding like a republican!
May 13th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
The wife and I have been together for nearly 17 years and will be having our 15th anniversary in September. Then we both turn 36 – yeow!
May 13th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
I suppose TO the real test will be when somebody tells you they didn’t like your book and what your reaction to that will be.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
I must confess, after the X-files movie, I was pretty much done with the show. I plan to see several movies at the theater this summer – X-files 2 is not one of them. meh!
May 13th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Vanamonde, I’ve had a few of those already. People who just couldn’t get into it. Or people who thought Theresa’s reading was flat. People who felt the story couldn’t hold their attention. People who thought it was just too weird. I’ve had people turn me down for interviews because I was too small time for them. I’ve gotten lots of rejections. The second I leave a farpoint media show, suddenly no one has ever heard of me.
I’ve been at this sense October. It’s just now people are realizing I have my own show.
I take it you’ve tried it and are not into my show?
That’s cool. I assumed that Dubshack didn’t like my show either. I was still friends with him. I was shocked to find out that he was still listening. lol
May 13th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
No I haven’t tried your show yet TO, I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I’ve got a serious backlog to catch up on.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Anyway, early shift tomorrow, so night pan.
Don’t let the bedbugs bite.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Cool, Van… If you ever have the time. or not :-) I still like you!
May 13th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
unless you don’t like me. then your dead to me!!!. :)
May 13th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Congrats, TO.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Ditto you may live… thank you…
May 13th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Ed.. if I didn’t like you so much I might have to hurt you for saying I sound like a republican ;)
Congrats on the book stuff Mr Trucker.. may I call you Mr??
Anywho.. Your smarty hotties are sitting on the couch watching NBA playoffs (c’mon Detroit!!!!) and were going to continue our ABCs
May 13th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I am going to get some pizza hut, comando style… aka I need wash my unddies.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
[footnote to the above comment]
in all actuality although I consider myself a liberal, the true republican ideals- before they went all religious on me were actual ideals I agree with.. but not so much right now…
[/footnote to the above comment]
May 13th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Comics I
I Am Legend
Industrial Gothic
Infinite Crisis
Intersections
In Her Darkest Hour
Inanna’s Tears
Invisibles!!
May 13th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Sexual Positions I
umm.. I guess there are none
Hugh sez: I got one
wha?
Hugh sez: My nickname
your nickname?
Hugh sez: The Impaler
LOL
Sexual Positions I
Impaler
May 13th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
*pause*
May 13th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Comics J
Jack of Fables
Jonah Hex
JLA
Justics League of America
The Joker
Jackson 500– a very cool book indeed!
May 13th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Sexual Positions J
The Jack Mangan *swooooon*
Hugh sez: The Jack Mangan always makes the ladies go nuts
Jewel Case
Janukapara
Hugh sez: Oh we gotta try that one
:) *swoooon*
” If you lift your lover
by passing your elbows under her knees
and gripping her buttocks
while she hangs fearfully from your neck,
it is “Janukurpara” (the Knee Elbow).”
Hugh sez: I’ve got 1 more: Jackhammer.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Comics K
Killing Girl
Killing Pickman
Killer
Kabuki
Kill Your Boyfriend
May 13th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Sexual Positions K
Kama Sutra
Kaurma *swoooon*
” If, seated face to face,
your toes caress the lovely woman’s nipples,
her feet press your chest
and you make love holding each other’s hands
it is “Kaurma” (The Tortoise).”
kshudaga
Kirtibandha
Knot of Flame
Sitting erect, grip your lover’s waist
and pull her on to you,
your loins continuously leaping together
with a sound like the flapping of elephants’ ears:
this is “Kirtibandha” (the Knot of Fame).
We missed a J: Jaya
Kulisha (ie wheel barrow)
May 13th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Comics L
Love & Rockets
Lucifer
Losers
Lost Books of Eve
Lost Ones
May 13th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Positions L
Lovely Lady in Control
lilasana
Lotus
If, sitting facing her,
you grasp her ankles and fasten them like a chain
behind your neck, and she
grips her toes as you make love,
it is the delightful “Padma” (the Lotus).
May 13th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Comics M
M
MiracleMan
Metal Men
Maus
Maxx
Mice Templar
Moonshadow
May 13th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Almost done downloading Southland tales. God help us all.
May 13th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Positions M
Madandhvaja
Monkey
Manmathpriya
Mare’s Trick
Mukula
Hugh sez: Thats like that yoga posture I keep telling you we should try
it is
” She draws her limbs together,
clasping her knees tightly to her breasts,
her yoni, like an opening bud,
offered up for pleasure:
this is known as “Mukula” (the Bud).”
Marditake
Mayura
Milch Cow
Marjara
Mallaka
Hugh sez: thats a yoga posture too! We need to become experts!
we do!
She lies on her front,
grasping her ankles in her own hands
and pulling them up behind her:
this difficult posture is known to experts
as “Mallaka” (the Wrestler).
May 13th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Comics N
New World Order
Neverwhere
Northlanders – a new one we really like
May 13th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Positions N
Nirghata
Natural
Nimitta
Hugh sez: *swooooon*
When your lover catches your penis
in her hand and, shaping
her lips to an ‘O’, lays them lightly to its tip,
moving her head in tiny circles,
this first step is called “Nimitta” (Touching).
Nagabandha
Hugh sez: *swooon2*
May 13th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Comics O
Overman
Outsiders
May 13th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Positions O
One Knot
One Foot
Outer pincers
Orissan
May 13th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
c’mon Detroit!!!!!!!
Hugh sez: w00t!
May 13th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Comics P
Preacher
Pride of Baghdad
Persepolis
Phonogram
Pax Romana
Programme
May 13th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Positions P
Prenkholita
Pressing
Palm
Padma
Pestle
May 13th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Comics Q
ummmmm…..
uhhhhhh….
errrrr…..
May 13th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Positions Q
Quivering Kiss
May 13th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Comics R
Robin
Rogan Gosh
Rush City
May 13th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Positions R
Reverse Cowgirl!!
Reversed
i
Hugh sez: *swooooon*
f, with one of her feet
clasped in your hand
and the second placed upon your shoulder,
your young lady enjoys you,
it is “Viparitaka” (Reversed).
Rubbing
Ratirahasya
Rustic
May 13th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
how did i fuck that up?
Hugh sez: that is odd babe…
May 13th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Comics S
I know we have read other S comics, but I reserve S for :
Sandman
Hugh sez: it deserves its own
May 13th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Positions S
Sky foot
squeeze
Striking
swing
sucking hard
stride
steadied
suspended
striking at the tip
swallowed whole
Hugh sez: *mega fucking swooooooooooooooooon*
When she senses that your orgasm
is imminent she swallows up the whole penis,
sucking and working upon it
with lips and tongue until you spend:
this is “Sangara” (Swallowed Whole).
May 13th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Comics T
Tapping the vein
Tank Girl
thats all I can think of
May 13th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Detroit w00t!!!!
May 13th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Positions T
Sacred Thread
Tongs
tongue massage
*swoooon*
Let your tongue rest for a moment
in the archway to the flower-bowed Lord’s temple
before entering to worship vigorously,
causing her seed to flow:
this is “Jihva-mardita” (the Tongue Massage).
circling tongue
touching
tala
Tripod
thunderbolt
May 13th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Comics U
Unmen
Underground
Umbrella Academy
unique
May 13th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
positions U
I’m not seeing 1 right away
but now is the time of the evening that we must leave you
Hugh sez: night pan
night pan
we’ll try again tomorrow
May 13th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Anybody going to Dragoncon that would be interested in room sharing. My wife and I are housebroken and have all her shots. We wanted to go to Dragoncon but were too late to get a room. We want to find somebody to go halvesy with just asleep on the floor. We have an air mattress. Feel free to get in touch with me e-mail if you’re interested. JackJaffee@gmail.com.
May 14th, 2008 at 3:26 am
morning pan … and still my cold lingers on.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Morning, JOe! Sorry about your cold!
May 14th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Morning Pan!
It’s velcro’s 50th anniversary. Rip it up today!
May 14th, 2008 at 6:09 am
I’m celebrating that anniversary with my ankle brace. Yay, velcro!
May 14th, 2008 at 6:12 am
Right now I’m listening to the workers trying to pull out my old furnace before they put in the new one. It’s very distracting.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Ah the wonder of velcro, that scene in 2001 on the lunar shuttle would have been impossible without it.
What do you mean it was just a set?
May 14th, 2008 at 6:16 am
http://www.velcro.com/50years/index.php/pages/home
May 14th, 2008 at 6:51 am
If you are really bored you can see graphs of search trends in google:
http://www.google.com/trends
Have a fiddle but leave the ego at the door.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Wow, is the Pan working again?
May 14th, 2008 at 6:53 am
If you are really bored you can see graphs of search trends in google by entering some keywords:
http://www.google.com/trends
Have a fiddle but leave the ego at the door.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Freakonomics?
May 14th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Oh, yea! Trucker said I could live. :)
*snork*
Now, it’s off to soul sucking work I go.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:59 am
James Garner has a trend graph. Who knew?
ok, back to work.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Seems to be now TEB.
Obviously a glitch in the system that hints at the true nature of reality.
It has something to do with Tweed.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:01 am
*insert pithy comment here*
May 14th, 2008 at 7:01 am
The air impact wrench they’re using to uninstall/install the furnace makes the floor all vibratey. It tickles the feet :)
May 14th, 2008 at 7:02 am
TEB – don’t tell them about that or they will charge you extra. ;)
May 14th, 2008 at 7:04 am
Tell them to install THIS furnace with velcro!
May 14th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Also Mr TEB may get jealous.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:12 am
J0e, would they charge extra for that much velcro?
Van, What Mr. Bunny doesn’t know won’t hurt me :)
May 14th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Bunnies want bounce
May 14th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Hard to say TEB. *insert innuendo*
As for what Mr. Bunny doesn’t know … I hear that the furnace guys have LOTS of duct tape.
… and on that note, I’m off to run errands and then eventually get lunch.
Ciao
May 14th, 2008 at 7:29 am
It turns out it’s not the air impact, its a jackhammer. I guess my old furnace was put in, then the cement basement floor was poured after.
Apparently this was normal for houses this old.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Holy Crap. It’s been 17 years since The Commitments came out. What an awesome movie. Too bad only Van would be able to see their tour this year.
http://www.thecommitments.net/
May 14th, 2008 at 8:10 am
I have nothing useful to offer – other than to congratulate everyone for meetings Jack’s challenge for a 500 comment week.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Dare we say…. 600?
May 14th, 2008 at 8:37 am
I say 700!
May 14th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Heh Here is a conversation starter for yous:
http://tinyurl.com/6n8eky
May 14th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Re: Commitments: I WILL be in the UK then….
May 14th, 2008 at 8:48 am
So the hookers said they knew something was wrong when the kids wanted to play XBox instead of getting down to business???
The fact they were only kids didn’t trigger something?
As far as I know, regardless of your profession, pedophilia is still illegal.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:49 am
I don’t buy the “they were people of restricted growth working with a traveling circus,” excuse.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:50 am
You would think they would ask for ID or something.
(Sorry, I find the stupidity of these hooker amazing)
May 14th, 2008 at 8:51 am
lmao
“They told the suspicious working girls they were people of restricted growth working with a traveling circus, and as State law does not allow those with disabilities to be discriminated against they had no right to refuse them.”
May 14th, 2008 at 8:51 am
JfS: you going to go?
May 14th, 2008 at 8:52 am
“Ralph’s ambition is to one day become a politician.”
Ya think?
May 14th, 2008 at 9:06 am
They ask for ID when selling alcohol, regardless of what the “excuse” by the purchaser is. Why not ask for ID when selling sexual favours?
Ah yeah, $1,000
May 14th, 2008 at 9:20 am
597
May 14th, 2008 at 9:20 am
598
May 14th, 2008 at 9:20 am
599
May 14th, 2008 at 9:20 am
600!
May 14th, 2008 at 9:21 am
601 – Lunch time!!
May 14th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Back from runchie!
May 14th, 2008 at 10:39 am
It’s ABC time again!
Places I’ve visited.
A – Alaska
May 14th, 2008 at 10:40 am
A _ Alberta!!
May 14th, 2008 at 10:43 am
B – Banff
May 14th, 2008 at 10:45 am
C – Clearwater
May 14th, 2008 at 10:45 am
B – British Columbia
– Banff
May 14th, 2008 at 10:46 am
C – Canmore
May 14th, 2008 at 10:46 am
D – Dinosaur Provincial Park
May 14th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I haven’t travelled that much, so most of my list will be fairly limited in distance
May 14th, 2008 at 10:47 am
D – Drumheller
May 14th, 2008 at 10:48 am
E – Esterhazy, SK
May 14th, 2008 at 10:49 am
D – Dallas
May 14th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Drumheller is cool
May 14th, 2008 at 10:50 am
E – Emporia
May 14th, 2008 at 10:51 am
E – Edmonton
May 14th, 2008 at 10:51 am
F – Fort Riley
May 14th, 2008 at 10:51 am
F –
G – Great Falls
May 14th, 2008 at 10:52 am
H – Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
May 14th, 2008 at 10:53 am
G – Great Bend
May 14th, 2008 at 10:53 am
H – Herington
May 14th, 2008 at 10:54 am
I – Innisfail
May 14th, 2008 at 10:55 am
I – Independance
May 14th, 2008 at 10:56 am
J –
K – Kelona
May 14th, 2008 at 10:56 am
F – Fathom Five National Marine Park
May 14th, 2008 at 10:57 am
K – Kamloops
May 14th, 2008 at 10:57 am
G – Gurnee, IL
*shudder*
May 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Sorry
B – Brandon
May 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
“The escort girls who were released without charge, told the arresting officers something was up when the kids said they would rather play Xbox than get down to business.”
Or it could just be a gamer convention. Geeks!
May 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Kamloops was fun :)
May 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
L – Lethbridge
May 14th, 2008 at 10:59 am
H – Halifax, NS
May 14th, 2008 at 10:59 am
L – Las Vegas
May 14th, 2008 at 10:59 am
L – Los Angeles
May 14th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I – Iowa
May 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
J- Junction City
May 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
K – Kansas City
May 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
J – Juneau, AK
May 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
L – Lee’s Summit
May 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
M – Medicine Hat
May 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
N – Nanton
May 14th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Mission
May 14th, 2008 at 11:02 am
K – Kailua, HI
I bet you thought I’d do Kansas City too :)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:02 am
K – Kapalua ;)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Well, they DID just “Win a World of Warcraft tournament”
No to Commitmtents…
Listening to the Presets….
May 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am
O –
P – Princeton (BC not U)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am
L – London
May 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
M – Montreal
May 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Q –
R – Roseau
May 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
N – Newton
May 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Warcraft, Whorecraft, I can see how they got confused.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
R – Red Deer
May 14th, 2008 at 11:05 am
I still say the whores were dits
May 14th, 2008 at 11:05 am
N – New Jersey
May 14th, 2008 at 11:05 am
O – Ottawa, KS
May 14th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Sorry ditz’s
May 14th, 2008 at 11:05 am
P – Pittsburg, KS
May 14th, 2008 at 11:06 am
S – Salmon Arm
May 14th, 2008 at 11:06 am
O – Oslo
TEB: Yes, they definitely were.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:07 am
R – Regina
May 14th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Hmmm, I could have used High Prairie for H. Oh, well.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:07 am
S – Sprague
May 14th, 2008 at 11:07 am
P – Philadelphia
May 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Q – Quebec
May 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am
S – Steinbach
May 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am
R – Rome
May 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am
T – Toronto
May 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Going back…
B – Burlington
May 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am
S – Saint Petersburg, Russia
May 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Q – Lake Quivera LOL
May 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am
U –
V – Vancouver
May 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Man Ditto, You’ve travelled. I’m envious.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
V – Vassar (MB not U)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
T – Trenton
(I didn’t want to reuse Toronto)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Now this is spooky, I’m using the optical out on my soundcard, my Dolby digital decoder box is showing no input, but I’m still getting sound.
Hit that twilight sound music.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
V – Victoria
May 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
TEB: Thanks. I’ve been lucky :)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:12 am
V – Vulcan (AB not the planet)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:12 am
R – Roeland Park
May 14th, 2008 at 11:13 am
S – Salina
May 14th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Okay to join the fun, ancient monuments and castles I’ve visited, NOT in alphabetical order:
Stonehenge
http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/
May 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am
T – Topeka
May 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am
W – Winnipeg
May 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Avebury:
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-avebury/
In it’s own way even more impressive than Stonehenge.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Ulysses
May 14th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Were we supposed to have links? Damn, now I’ll have to start over again :)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:15 am
It’s really cool when everyone joins in. And I’m refusing to do university for U. Grrr.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:15 am
XYZ – none that I can think of
May 14th, 2008 at 11:15 am
V – Valley Center
May 14th, 2008 at 11:16 am
W – Wamego
May 14th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Tintern Abbey:
http://tinyurl.com/5q5mvf
Not only an impressive ruin but some fine scenery as well.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Europe has some of the best (ancient) landmarks
May 14th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Nope, you don’t have to do links.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Tynemouth Priory and Castle:
http://tinyurl.com/6lxqlu
Near the sea..nice!
May 14th, 2008 at 11:18 am
X – St. Xavier high school
May 14th, 2008 at 11:19 am
U – Urbana, IL
May 14th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Warkworth Castle:
http://tinyurl.com/65dkry
A good place to explore..it’s huge.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:19 am
V – Verona
May 14th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Y – Yates Center
May 14th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Z – Zenda
May 14th, 2008 at 11:20 am
700 (I think)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Lindisfarne – castle and Monastry (ruined):
http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/
May 14th, 2008 at 11:20 am
W – Wales
May 14th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Nope, Rhetto beat me with Z
May 14th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Rhettro hit 700 TEB
May 14th, 2008 at 11:22 am
But you already knew that..lol
May 14th, 2008 at 11:22 am
No one want to be beaten with Z, because it has those sharp corners.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Just remember, Ditto and I say Z. Not Z like you Americans :)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:24 am
St Paul’s Church Jarrow:
http://tinyurl.com/6cp5ow
One of the oldest churches in the UK, over 1300 years old.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I say Z properly too TEB!
May 14th, 2008 at 11:25 am
X – Marks the Spot
Y – York
Z – Zoo ;)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Just out of curiosity, Van. Do you say Zed, or Zee.
I ask because I know we share spellings (i.e. colour as opposed to color), so I wanted to know if we pronounce it the British way or our own way.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Yea! We are past 700. That’s far more than Jack’s goal. Everyone give themselves a good pat on the back!!!
May 14th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Ok, answered my question before I asked ;)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I should post some links to ancient monuments and castles in Kansas.
Mushroom Rock
http://tinyurl.com/4dt7f4
May 14th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I pronounce it Zippadeedodah!
May 14th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Well, I have to get back to work.
Talk at y’all later. :)
May 14th, 2008 at 11:28 am
We have the Royal Tyrell Museum. You don’t get older than their exhibits!
http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/
May 14th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Brinkburn Priory:
http://tinyurl.com/6xnvqz
A very spooky building with some great stainglass windows
May 14th, 2008 at 11:29 am
A good pat on the back, like Patricia Arquette? Sounds interesting.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Nichols Hall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichols_Hall
May 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I don’t want Patricia Arquett on my back :P
Maybe my hubby…
May 14th, 2008 at 11:31 am
I have work to do.
later
May 14th, 2008 at 11:32 am
The dutch windmill in Wamego, KS.
http://www.wamego.org/dutchmil.htm
May 14th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Ball of twine in Cawker City.
http://www.kansastravel.org/balloftwine.htm
May 14th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Okay one last one for now, Yorkminster, which is of course in York:
http://www.yorkminster.org/
Great view from the top of the cathedral, but be warned the staircase is narrow and if you fallback you will knock everybody over like bowling pins.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Mount Sunflower
Highest point of elevation in Kansas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sunflower
May 14th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Lebanon, KS The geographic center of the 48 states.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/7032
May 14th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Kansas waterfall at Pillsbury crossing.
http://jaredks.blogspot.com/2007/04/waterfall.html
May 14th, 2008 at 11:43 am
The Hays House in Council Grove.
http://www.kansastravel.org/hayshouse.htm
May 14th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Okay that’s about all I could think of. Cool links everyone. I’ve got some work of my own to get back to.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Dang, forgot the castle link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichols_Hall
May 14th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Looks like Wordpress didn’t like my Kansas castle link. I’ll try again.
http://tinyurl.com/434dmq
May 14th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Holy crap! I’m about 100 nipples behind!
May 14th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
‘Cause the man from Mars won’t eat up bars where the TV’s on
And now he’s gone back up to space
Where he won’t have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop
and you don’t stop
Just blast off
sure shot
‘Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin’ cars and eatin’ bars
And now he only eats guitars, get up!
May 14th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
All of us with wings.
Wow, look at what you guys have accomplished today!! :)
So many nipples, so little time. . . .
May 14th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I know what you mean Jack. I’ve got this box of unused tassles.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Guess What! The installers found our missing snake!
The amazing thing is that it’s still alive after all this time.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
wow TEB, I wonder what it’s been eating?
May 14th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Apparently, since they only eat once a week, they can actually last a long time without eating. I didn’t think it was this long.
My daughter is out of the house (and of course forgot to take her phone), so I fed the thing but don’t know what to do with it now (should I put it in the cage with the other two?)
May 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Obvioulsy being cold blooded has an advantage in lean times.
May 14th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Oh and EssBee:
-d
May 14th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
crap – sorry! I’ll fix it tonight. Vanamonde. I can do it!
May 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Thx
So I heard the following on a BBC radio show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ySdocMeBW8
My first 45 was this song.
Ciggies in music videos..those were the days.
May 14th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
So to boost the nipple count a bit more, what was the first record you bought?
Don’t be put off by the 45s, CDs and downloads are allowed for the young ones out there.
May 14th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
My first album was the LP of the Saturday Night Fever movie soundtrack!
May 14th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I can’t remember if the first Album I bought was Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds or the movie soundtrack to ‘The Black Hole’.
May 14th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I recall my mom getting me some Neil Diamond cassette, along with the Close Encounters soundtrack, at a very young age.
Wow – how 70s. . . with my thick, brown-framed glasses and plaid pants, no doubt.
May 14th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
The first album I can recall buying with my own money was
I’m Kool Moe Dee by Kool Moe Dee
May 14th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
My parents bought all my music until I was in my mid-teens.
The first album *I* bought was “Kilroy Was Here” by Styx.
May 14th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
1st Album (Cassette) I got was one by “Chicago”.
… but first purchase? hmmmmm
May 14th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
You’re gonna laugh, I think the first album my dad bought me at a very young age (like 6) was a Barry Manalow album. I was a sucker for “O, Mandy.” I think I got Elton John’s “Yellow Brick Road” soon after. The first album, (8-track no less) I can remember buying was AC/DC’s “For Those About to Rock” sometime in Jr. High.
May 14th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Les Paul rocks. LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_A2nL6mAWk
May 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Let’s see first albums…
1st I remember receiving would be “Dare To Be Stupid” by Weird Al
1st I bought would be Americana by Offspring.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
And just to help boost the comments a silly bit of verse I thought up the other day.
“Energizer Bunny, hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the deadpans and punning them on the head.
Along came Jack Mangan and he said
Energizer Bunny stop scooping up the deadpans and punning them on the head. Call them into the show instead.”
It obviously needs work. Oh well I think I’ll have alot of time alone with my thoughts in the days to come.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Congrats to all the ccouples still together.
To Rhettro, or whoever asked about amazon unbox: On my laptop purchasing videos it works fairly well. As fpr the quality of this particular video you’ll have to wait a couple days until I get around to watching it.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Thanks Ralph. That be me!
May 14th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Ah sorry about that justa joe, I was too lazy to scroll back up ;)
May 14th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I can’t remeber the first Album/45 I bought but the one that stands out in my mind, the one I can remeber stnding there holding in the store and then buying … would be Alan Parson’s Project “Turn of a Friendly Card”.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Did it include a song about a giant laser on the moon?
May 14th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Wow, you guys did go to town this afternoon. I’m having trouble coming up with the first recorded material that I bought. Some early ones that spring to mind are Weird Al, the Top Gun soundtrack, and the soundtrack to the Transformers (the original). Those are all mid 80’s and I’m sure I bought stuff before that, but I can’t remember what they would be.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Hmm, I just though of some “Stolen from the 80’s” candidates that I’m going to have to record in the coming weeks.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Of course thoughts of Dare to be Stupid remind of seeing this in theater
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABGOXvERUiA
May 14th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Yeah, we get the message
adiós
May 14th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
The very first 45 that I remember having was Popcorn, which we talked about before.
The very first album my parents bought me was a greatest hits album of Jerry Lee Lewis.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Where are The Smarty Hotties going?
May 14th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
I wanna have the job of the girl in the new DCFC song:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pq-yP7mb8UE&feature=user
There are at least 6 locations around the world that they flew her to for this video. :(
May 14th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
My first two albums (CDs; I bought them together) were the Simpsons TV soundtrack “Songs in the Key of Springfield,” and… “Spice,” the first Spice Girls album. Yeah, I was 12 or 13 at the right time to be a fan.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
ditto – Don’t know? The last TSH post said they were stuck on “u” (the position, not ditto) and would try again tomorrow.
TSH are posting cryptically !
May 14th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
goodnight Mush
I leave you with this thought -
One town’s very like another
When your head’s down over your pieces, Brother
May 14th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
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