for random geekery and snarkery (snarkery where the hell did that come from?)
Or I’ve heard of this choose your own adventure style podiobook, made by I think 9volt theater. Something about through a broken magnifying glass? I’m not sure I haven’t gotten around to listening to it.
We are waiting for Hugh’s brother to come pick us up so we thought we would play by play a bit while we waited.
Its a beautiful sunny morning here in Chi town
Hugh sez: after a wonderful Saturday night
it was :)
well actually the next item in the Deadpan playlist is the Joe tribute show, but we can’t listen to that right now. But we will play that when its a better time
In case anyone is interested, The Sex is Fun podcast has been doing a whole series of shows on sex education that has been fascinating. They covered abstinence only education and how to talk to your kids about sex, and then they compare the differences between sex ed in Europe and America.
It was quite interesting if you have any interest in the subject.
Hugh sez: I don’t have phobias but I carry some crazy superstitions in my head, which I guess is like a phobia. Maybe my phobia is fear of upsetting the Gods
LOL, that sounds about right
I have a phobia of falling, and big nasty creepy crawling things
Hugh sez: You have a fear of falling because your balance is so off kilter. YOu are always on the verge of falling over
That is so true. But my balance is beginning to improve
Hugh sez: Your balance was damn good in yoga yesterday
It was! Did you see my tree pose? and that one where you twist yourself all together?
Saturday was nice. Parents came over. Grilled fajitas and rosemary blue cheese polenta. We had a birthday for me in advance of my Monday birthday. Mom made me Red Waldorf cake, and the folks got me an Apple store gift card, Vol. 1 of P.N. Elrod’s Vampire Files series, and this other hardcover with a creepy eye in a triangle on the cover…
Deadpan is the only podcast community I “belong” to in anyway. I’ve stopped listening to every other podcast I used to listen to except our sex podcasts and I just listen to those, I don’t comment on their websites. Although I have emailed the shows and they have always been so nice on email. Anywho…
Deadpan has evolved so many times. I have to admit I felt closer to the community here before, when I first started hanging out on here. We all talked together on a topic, where as now it is more of a mix some people have conversations, many post something about themselves not joining the conversation. Remember when it used to be required to start any post that wasn’t in the conversation with: “Tangent!” LOL. But I feel some of that closeness we had before has been lost. Not saying it was better before, but I felt closer to that group then. It was just different. Many of those people are still here and that closeness is still lost.
Now I feel Deadpan is a place we come to to just blow off some steam and then go. Before I felt it was necessary to read everyones comments and see what was going on with people, now I post sometimes without even looking at what was said before. Again not saying one time was better than the other, it was just the dynamic of the people involved, we got new blood in the comments and it evolved to the new dynamic with the new personalities.
I’ve made a couple really great friendships here on Deadpan, I hope to call my friends Jack, Alvie and Addie my friends for the rest of my life. A few people here we pass a friendly email once in a while, and I like to stay in touch with those people, see how they are doing. (which reminds me I have an email from Kris I need to return). Others I only see on here and sometimes we barely pass a comment to each other. So its a very interesting range of people, and personalities.
I think you need to take each person as an individual. If I were to keep coming here expecting that same dynamic Deadpan had in the beginning, I would come here and get upset that it isn’t like it was. But if your realize that you can’t get along with everyone the same, and some people are jerks, some people are just rude, and in every community you will find people you mesh with so so well and those people you foster great relationships with. Others are people who pass like 2 ships in the night.
You cannot say every person who joins a community like this wil be just like you and will act just like you. You have to let each personality have its time, let each personality express itself and then you can see which personality fits with yours.
If you think oh we are all geeks, we are all good people, you wil find yourself getting burned quite easily and often. Because being a geek doesn’t give you a free pass into the you are a nice person club.
But the one truly awesome thing about Deadpan- is that some of those people I want to know that they are ok, that I email once in a while are people I would never of made friends with in any other situation. Like Ed and Amy for instance are 2 people whom I respect very much and who knows, maybe they think I am an annoying little jerk, but they are 2 people whose opinions I value and who are so so so different from me, I probably never would of talked to them or met them anywhere but here in Deadpan. Kris as well is someone I keep in touch with once in a while and she is someone who is so different from me, but we were able to look beyond that and form a relationship where we check n each other once in a while. She knows all the goings on with Hugh and everything and even though we email or call each other once every few months, I love those emails and phone calls with her. DEadpan made that possible, and thats fucking cool as shit in my book.
HUgh sez: none of you better be looking at my womans caboose!
Many people here have seen my naked caboose, baby
Hugh sez: thats true. Isn’t my wife’s caboose fucking great?
LOL.. awwwwww. They’ve seen your fine caboose as well
Hugh sez: That used to freak me out, now I don’t care anymore. I go to your photo shows and I stand next a 6 foot photo of my cock while holding a conversation about preschools with one of my coworkers. It’s fantastic.
Or I talk to your mom about her coming over to dinner while standing next to a photo of us doing naughty things
Hugh sez: Ok, my mom seeing your photos still freaks me out sometimes.
Van: I have no suggestions on podcasts. I’ve had to drop most of the ones I listen to because I have no time to listen to them. Besides, you already listen to Deadpan so my #1 suggestion is already gone. :)
Okay, I found this online, but lost the attribution to who originally uploaded it, but I don’t claim to have invented it:
Creamy Blue Cheese Polenta with Rosemary
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1/2 cup Onion, diced
4 cloves Garlic, chopped
1 cup Polenta, quick cooking (cornmeal)
2 teaspoons Fresh Rosemary, chopped
4 cups water or vegetable stock
1/2 cup Blue Cheese
1/2 cup Half and Half
To taste: Salt and Pepper
Heat a 4 quart pan over medium heat. Add the oil, onion and garlic and saute for about 3 minutes. Add the rosemary and the vegetable stock. Bring to a boil and add the polenta slowly while whisking with a wire whip. Once it is all incorporated, reduce the heat and continue to stir with a wooden spoon. Cook until it is the consistency of thick oatmeal. Approximately 5- 8 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the blue cheese and the half and half. Taste for seasoning. Keep warm until ready to serve. This makes more than enough for 4 servings.
JB- thanks for that recipe, I’m going to make that tonight methinks. I need a side dish with my baked salmon and greens (mustard and turnip greens to be exact)
Thanks ditto :)
Reading that again I realize I didn’t say how much also our not being able to be around here as much changed our dynamic in the group too. How much my and everyone’s personal lives can change their participation in a group and therefore changing the dynamic even more.
But I think I got my basic point across (hopefully- LOL) that everyone comes into any community with different goals/personalities/personal lives and things can change at any moment and you can’t expect everyone to be just like you, and there will be plenty of people who are the total opposite of you and there will be clashes even. But just because you are all into the same 1 thing doesn’t mean you can all get along and that there won’t be people there only there for their own personal gain and won’t care who they step on to get what they want.
and can’t we all just get along dammit?????
Ok Hugh and I had more time to waste before the Cleveland/Boston NBA game 7 comes on, so we were going to try to finish this.
Hugh sez: Don’t forget those guys are coming by about 2
Yes! So we have half an hour to finish, then we gotta go
Don’t ever let anyone make you feel like they are better than you. You hold that power over your own feelings. No one can make you feel or think anything.
Hugh sez: No one is better than yourself to you, and you shouldn’t ever treat anyone like you are better than them when you are all trying to do the same thing. Like I know I am a better person than some child molesting mother fucker but I’m not a better person than you babe.
Yeah you are :)
Hugh sez: Oh you stop :)
*swoooon*
LOL
Oh crap. Doorbell rang. Thats probably one of Hugh’s fellow basketball fanatics. Lets wait and listen…
Yep. The basketball festivities have begun *sigh*
I better go be the hostess with the mostess now :)
at least I can just sit and drool over King James in peace while Hugh cavorts with his friends. LOL.
Wow, I dunno if I want to be talking about this but… There have been some equipment tests, and some basic conversations… And there may be a test run of a show that could possibly continue the Wingin’ It monicker.
But only because apparently some fans feel like the dead horse hasn’t been beaten enough.
Getting ready to hit the hay. It was a busy but enjoyable weekend. My son and I when to a couple of comic shops, I finally bought a copy of The Watchmen and have been enjoying the first couple of chapters. My son got a vampire batman graphic novel as well as a Predator one and some other assorted comics. It broke 100 degrees today and I swam in our pool for the first time this season. That makes it feel like it’s officially summer down here. And my daughter was able to swim by herself holding a flotation device for the first time ever. Based on her progress she my be swimming completely unaided in a few more weeks, which would be fantastic because I won’t worry as bad about her drowning by accident. :)
That’s cool, Rhettro. I remember that happening with my daughter a couple of years ago. She started off the summer nervous about getting the water and a few weeks later she had turned into a fish. Good times.
Eurovision song contest, eh? We’re going two weeks until the next Dr. Who and BSG here on Sci-Fi as well. I wonder if that’s the reason for the delay on our side. Is there some Eurpean equivalent of Simon Cowell that needs to be taken out over there? Hmmm.
Though, now that I think of it, being Memorial weekend may be a factor also. Or maybe they think everyone will just be going to see the new Indiana Jones move on Friday.
I think Mike just got tried of have a party at his house every week for 3 years.
Plus old wingin was full of bits. The new listerns didn’t want to make them and the show became a kind of weird sex political talkshow hybrid.
How this new show works I don’t know. I do understand the need for a free-form discussion and random Geeky bits on the farpoint.
Jack Mangan’s show is great for non sequitur and random bits.
I enjoy slices sci-fi for news but I get a frustrated when I need to make sure that all comments must reference a current TV show or movie.
I’ve been itching to be part of a comedy variety show. I don’t think I have enough material to do one on my own. But very much looking forward to being part of one. My big problem is I’ve never free on exactly the same time. And I don’t always have a good Internet connection when I’m stopped.
Okay this will be seen as further evidence why Jack shouldn’t set targets for nipple numbers every week, but this morning I went for a walk. Every so often I took a photo with my camera phone of what was in front of me. So in an effort to boost nipple number towards the 450 goal here we go:
Ed, your erection impresses me. I hope your back doesn’t hurt too much from that :) In case you haven’t already figured it out, Aleeve has amazing powers against pain.
Polenta is just a fancy way of saying grits
I thought I remember Mike and Summer saying at the end of Mike & Evo’s WI that they were getting tons of content from Mur and TD and a bunch of others.. were they? Or was it that that stuff wasn’t enough to fill or carry a show?
We watched a couple more BSGs this weekend. I have to say after a slow uninteresting start, the show sure is picking up! But I still say Starbuck = boo. I cannot stand that character. We haven’t watched anymore Who’s or anything else except Basketball.
Hugh sez: My team lost last night :( *sobs* Guess I’m switching to Spurs again.
You are a basketball team whore, Hughie :)
Hugh sez: I am. Only if my Bulls fail me like they did this year.
There are many ways to make polenta. The picture in the wiki article is from a mushy preparation, which is not one of my favorites. I tend to make it a lot thicker. The best thing to do with left-over polenta, imo, is to let it dry into a cake. Cut the cake lengthwise into long slices. The slices should be about 1.5″ square. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes. The outside should be crisp and turning golden brown. I cut open a slice and insert cheese. Blue cheese is excellent. :)
Risotto, yum! One of my favorite things! I also love polenta AND grits. Can’t wait to try the blue cheese method (maybe tonight w/ my grilled pork chops). I had grits yesterday w/ breakfast.
Morning Pan. It was 95F on my morning commute today. LOL I noticed the news had issued a heat advisory. Ya think? Also, something very geeky from NPR, a reporter in Iraq talked about how she watched “Buffy” DVD’s as a form of escapism from her assignment, comparing the growth of her character along with Buffy. LOL
Van: Awesome pictures! I should do a series of camera pics as well.
Ed: Thanks, my daughter was still excited about what she had accomplished this morning.
Ed – That IS some errection. I am man enough to admit that even I want to come play on it.
HughSH – ??? What was that about switching teams if your balls failed you again ?
Me? I’m off to record today’s CCU which I usually do 1st thing in the AM and have mostly edited by now. Unfortunately I didn’t finish writing the show until about 15 minutes ago.
Why do I do this? I don’t know.
According to this article the cheapest gas in the country is in Phoenix, AZ wile the highest is in Chicago, IL. Check out the picture of the gas at 4.49. That station isn’t even in the wealthiest part of the city.
Rhett? Jack? Who wants to take in a couple Smarty Hotties??
Yes I’m posting more links to electric cars. Supposily theses things will go on sale in the US next year and they are supposed to cost around 18K. I’m a little sceptical, they have a range of over 100 miles per charge, a top speed of just over 60MPH, recharge in 6 hours. This would work for my daily commute, but every other electric car that comes close to these specs cost a lot more. It’d be great if true. The cost of a full charge would be about a dollar of electricty. Four dollars for a week’s worth of commuting. I’m guessing you’ll have to replace the batteries every four years at a cost of 10 grand. LOL
Hypertrichophobia – fear of hair
Isopterophobia – fear of insects that eat wood
Japanophobia – fear of Japanese and Japanese’s culture
Kosmikophobia – fear of cosmic phenomenon
Ligyrophobia – fear of loud noises
Melophobia – fear of music
Nomatophobia – fear of names
Osphresiophobia – fear of personal odour
Pellagrophobia – fear of Pellagra (????)
No phobias that begin with Q
Unless you know different of course
Russophobia – fear of Russians
Sciophobia – fear of shadows
Theologicophobia – fear of Theology
Urophobia – fear of urine and urinating
Vaccinophobia – fear of vaccinations
Wiccaphobia – fear of witches and wiccans
Xanthophobia – fear of the colour yellow
No phobias begin with Y it seems
Zoophobia – fear of animals
That’s all folks!
You can fill your boots with phobias at:
http://phobialist.com/reverse.html#A-
But if you suffer from them all…you are a seriously screwed up individual and I salute you.
Well there is the Kulture Kast: http://www.kulturekast.com/
for random geekery and snarkery (snarkery where the hell did that come from?)
Or I’ve heard of this choose your own adventure style podiobook, made by I think 9volt theater. Something about through a broken magnifying glass? I’m not sure I haven’t gotten around to listening to it.
Thx LR I’ll check out kulturekast.
Morning pan!!
We are waiting for Hugh’s brother to come pick us up so we thought we would play by play a bit while we waited.
Its a beautiful sunny morning here in Chi town
Hugh sez: after a wonderful Saturday night
it was :)
well actually the next item in the Deadpan playlist is the Joe tribute show, but we can’t listen to that right now. But we will play that when its a better time
In case anyone is interested, The Sex is Fun podcast has been doing a whole series of shows on sex education that has been fascinating. They covered abstinence only education and how to talk to your kids about sex, and then they compare the differences between sex ed in Europe and America.
It was quite interesting if you have any interest in the subject.
Phobias
Hugh sez: I don’t have phobias but I carry some crazy superstitions in my head, which I guess is like a phobia. Maybe my phobia is fear of upsetting the Gods
LOL, that sounds about right
I have a phobia of falling, and big nasty creepy crawling things
Hugh sez: You have a fear of falling because your balance is so off kilter. YOu are always on the verge of falling over
That is so true. But my balance is beginning to improve
Hugh sez: Your balance was damn good in yoga yesterday
It was! Did you see my tree pose? and that one where you twist yourself all together?
Hugh sez: I did.
ok sorry.. back to deadpan..
Unshow 12
Jack is sickies!!!!
poor Jackamo!
But Deadpan 93 is going to be a bonanza!!
What Deadpanpalooza is it going to be???
Hugh sez: the suspense is killing me
when will we know which one won????
Hugh sez: something tells me it will be Southland Tales
I think you might be right!
Hugh sez: Jack needs some tea with honey for his throat
he do
jelly bean
LOL.. joe!! That is so funny! His jelly bean guess was Vanamondes guess +1
Congrats Amy Bowen!
Jack+nyquil
Greasy spoons
Hugh sez; Oh fuck we have to find our last spoons entry
*sigh*
found it!
Greasy Spoon Nipples Udder Bangles Susanna Hoffs Dickens Comments Cockles Spooges Comment-a-palooza shitzus donkus nose hairs nipples Comments solo nipples privates nipples through Ep 91 rounds 1-3
Smarty Hotties® – 18
justa j0e – 13
The Energizer Bunny – 13
Vanamonde – 11
Mr ditto swooon – 10
Rhettro – 10
Dubshack – 9
Ed From Texas – 7
Leann 2.0 – 5
Jeremy- 4
Alvie – 3
Rhettro – 3
Thomas – 3
Jackamo – 3 (even though it doesn’t count according to him)
WNDR wolfie – 2
Addie in boulder – 2
Lost Ralph – 2
Amy Bowen – 2
Trucker Overdrive – 2
disgruntled scientist – 2
psion andy – 1
Holy Fuck Batman!!!
The Smarty Hotties have committed a grave error!!
I didn’t notice episode 92 sitting there are grayed out!
we are downloading ep 92 which is the ep we should be listening to
Hugh noticed the greasy spoons ended at 91 and that Jack said 93 is the next ep
Hugh sez: Woman, I shall flog you for getting that wrong
you promise?
Hugh sez: I promise
;) don’t be too angry at me please
Hugh sez: I’ll do what I please girl
*swoooooooooooooooN*
Deadpan 92
We begin with an apology and an explanation
Jack isn’t inserting anything
*snicker*
Hugh sez: I’ll handle all your inserting babe
*swoooon*
ooo.. Dumbledore’s “special” friend
Hugh sez: Jack, you slut
So lo-fi, so Wayne’s world
jelly beans
Vanamonde wins
I think he has officially won more than Kris did when she was the champion
sphincters!
*mouse click*
Justa J0e sez fox the fox
Vanamonde sez oh oh oh oh oh
Smarty Hotties sez dorkus
Smarty Hotties sez 299 men died, 1 survived
Jacks bumping himself
Hugh sez: *snicker*
Greasy Spoon Nipples Udder Bangles Susanna Hoffs Dickens Comments Cockles Spooges Comment-a-palooza shitzus donkus nose hairs nipples Comments solo nipples privates nipples sphincters through Ep 92
Smarty Hotties® – 20
justa j0e – 14
The Energizer Bunny – 13
Vanamonde – 12
Mr ditto swooon – 10
Rhettro – 10
Dubshack – 9
Ed From Texas – 7
Leann 2.0 – 5
Jeremy- 4
Alvie – 3
Rhettro – 3
Thomas – 3
Jackamo – 3 (even though it doesn’t count according to him)
WNDR wolfie – 2
Addie in boulder – 2
Lost Ralph – 2
Amy Bowen – 2
Trucker Overdrive – 2
disgruntled scientist – 2
psion andy – 1
podtaint part deux
no animosity to anyone except Debbie
Hugh sez: why you be hatting on Debbie??
Jacks reading some of Ed’s nipple
Hugh sez: Ed you lucky dog
Ed feels he has friendships here with you people
Saturday was nice. Parents came over. Grilled fajitas and rosemary blue cheese polenta. We had a birthday for me in advance of my Monday birthday. Mom made me Red Waldorf cake, and the folks got me an Apple store gift card, Vol. 1 of P.N. Elrod’s Vampire Files series, and this other hardcover with a creepy eye in a triangle on the cover…
Seems I posted just as the Hotties of Chicago lulled for a moment in their listening posts.
How is Chicago this fine spring Sunday morning?
Jack that is so so so so so so so SO true
*pause to put my thoughts*
Deadpan is the only podcast community I “belong” to in anyway. I’ve stopped listening to every other podcast I used to listen to except our sex podcasts and I just listen to those, I don’t comment on their websites. Although I have emailed the shows and they have always been so nice on email. Anywho…
Deadpan has evolved so many times. I have to admit I felt closer to the community here before, when I first started hanging out on here. We all talked together on a topic, where as now it is more of a mix some people have conversations, many post something about themselves not joining the conversation. Remember when it used to be required to start any post that wasn’t in the conversation with: “Tangent!” LOL. But I feel some of that closeness we had before has been lost. Not saying it was better before, but I felt closer to that group then. It was just different. Many of those people are still here and that closeness is still lost.
Now I feel Deadpan is a place we come to to just blow off some steam and then go. Before I felt it was necessary to read everyones comments and see what was going on with people, now I post sometimes without even looking at what was said before. Again not saying one time was better than the other, it was just the dynamic of the people involved, we got new blood in the comments and it evolved to the new dynamic with the new personalities.
I’ve made a couple really great friendships here on Deadpan, I hope to call my friends Jack, Alvie and Addie my friends for the rest of my life. A few people here we pass a friendly email once in a while, and I like to stay in touch with those people, see how they are doing. (which reminds me I have an email from Kris I need to return). Others I only see on here and sometimes we barely pass a comment to each other. So its a very interesting range of people, and personalities.
I think you need to take each person as an individual. If I were to keep coming here expecting that same dynamic Deadpan had in the beginning, I would come here and get upset that it isn’t like it was. But if your realize that you can’t get along with everyone the same, and some people are jerks, some people are just rude, and in every community you will find people you mesh with so so well and those people you foster great relationships with. Others are people who pass like 2 ships in the night.
You cannot say every person who joins a community like this wil be just like you and will act just like you. You have to let each personality have its time, let each personality express itself and then you can see which personality fits with yours.
If you think oh we are all geeks, we are all good people, you wil find yourself getting burned quite easily and often. Because being a geek doesn’t give you a free pass into the you are a nice person club.
But the one truly awesome thing about Deadpan- is that some of those people I want to know that they are ok, that I email once in a while are people I would never of made friends with in any other situation. Like Ed and Amy for instance are 2 people whom I respect very much and who knows, maybe they think I am an annoying little jerk, but they are 2 people whose opinions I value and who are so so so different from me, I probably never would of talked to them or met them anywhere but here in Deadpan. Kris as well is someone I keep in touch with once in a while and she is someone who is so different from me, but we were able to look beyond that and form a relationship where we check n each other once in a while. She knows all the goings on with Hugh and everything and even though we email or call each other once every few months, I love those emails and phone calls with her. DEadpan made that possible, and thats fucking cool as shit in my book.
Hugh sez: word
Mr JohnBoze!!!!
Sorry I was writing a novel
Chicago is wonderful today. Sunny and a wonderful cool breeze off the lake
how is your neck of the woods?
Hugh sez: wait, rosemary blue cheese polenta sounds fucking incredible
it does! Wow I’m hungry now
I need to try making that
Hugh sez: you do!
ok back to Deadpan 92
LOL
Fool me once shame on you
Fool me twice, shame shame on me
kitty!
HUgh sez: none of you better be looking at my womans caboose!
Many people here have seen my naked caboose, baby
Hugh sez: thats true. Isn’t my wife’s caboose fucking great?
LOL.. awwwwww. They’ve seen your fine caboose as well
Hugh sez: That used to freak me out, now I don’t care anymore. I go to your photo shows and I stand next a 6 foot photo of my cock while holding a conversation about preschools with one of my coworkers. It’s fantastic.
Or I talk to your mom about her coming over to dinner while standing next to a photo of us doing naughty things
Hugh sez: Ok, my mom seeing your photos still freaks me out sometimes.
Jeffs here!
bye pan
see you next time
Yea!! Hotties!!! I agree with much of what you said.
Dub: Thanks for the rundown. It was illuminating.
Van: I have no suggestions on podcasts. I’ve had to drop most of the ones I listen to because I have no time to listen to them. Besides, you already listen to Deadpan so my #1 suggestion is already gone. :)
“Hugh sez: Ok, my mom seeing your photos still freaks me out sometimes.”
lmao
Okay, I found this online, but lost the attribution to who originally uploaded it, but I don’t claim to have invented it:
Creamy Blue Cheese Polenta with Rosemary
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1/2 cup Onion, diced
4 cloves Garlic, chopped
1 cup Polenta, quick cooking (cornmeal)
2 teaspoons Fresh Rosemary, chopped
4 cups water or vegetable stock
1/2 cup Blue Cheese
1/2 cup Half and Half
To taste: Salt and Pepper
Heat a 4 quart pan over medium heat. Add the oil, onion and garlic and saute for about 3 minutes. Add the rosemary and the vegetable stock. Bring to a boil and add the polenta slowly while whisking with a wire whip. Once it is all incorporated, reduce the heat and continue to stir with a wooden spoon. Cook until it is the consistency of thick oatmeal. Approximately 5- 8 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the blue cheese and the half and half. Taste for seasoning. Keep warm until ready to serve. This makes more than enough for 4 servings.
Sounds pretty good. :)
Good Sunday Deadpan.
I have nothing to post … but when has THAT ever stopped me?
;)
JB- thanks for that recipe, I’m going to make that tonight methinks. I need a side dish with my baked salmon and greens (mustard and turnip greens to be exact)
Thanks ditto :)
Reading that again I realize I didn’t say how much also our not being able to be around here as much changed our dynamic in the group too. How much my and everyone’s personal lives can change their participation in a group and therefore changing the dynamic even more.
But I think I got my basic point across (hopefully- LOL) that everyone comes into any community with different goals/personalities/personal lives and things can change at any moment and you can’t expect everyone to be just like you, and there will be plenty of people who are the total opposite of you and there will be clashes even. But just because you are all into the same 1 thing doesn’t mean you can all get along and that there won’t be people there only there for their own personal gain and won’t care who they step on to get what they want.
and can’t we all just get along dammit?????
Ok Hugh and I had more time to waste before the Cleveland/Boston NBA game 7 comes on, so we were going to try to finish this.
Hugh sez: Don’t forget those guys are coming by about 2
Yes! So we have half an hour to finish, then we gotta go
I don’t know any women who build train sets
Hugh sez: are there a lot of women in scifi podcasting?
I don’t really know baby. There are some I guess.
Well said Jackamo
I think most people live that way. You can do what you want until you mess with me or someone I care about.
Hugh sez: then there is that section of the human race who does want to control what everyone does
and the section of the human race who currently DOES control the rest of us
I’m definitely not innocent of hurting anyone. But I really felt shitty when I did and tried to apologize for it
Hugh sez: I can say the same, and we try to do better
Yeah thats right baby, we have always tried to better ourselves. Tried to make up for our mistakes and help people we may have hurt.
Hugh sez: We did. I thnk we are good people babe
:) me too! We rule! LOL
Hugh sez: and we are a couple of obnoxious sons of bitches too, ain’t we?
sho’nuff hughie!
*phone call pause*
*intermission music*
La la la
la la la
*/intermission music*
I still feel too much or a newbie to comment either way.
of rather than or
sigh
food I need food.
Waiting with baited breath
which is a strange expression all by itself.
Don’t ever let anyone make you feel like they are better than you. You hold that power over your own feelings. No one can make you feel or think anything.
Hugh sez: No one is better than yourself to you, and you shouldn’t ever treat anyone like you are better than them when you are all trying to do the same thing. Like I know I am a better person than some child molesting mother fucker but I’m not a better person than you babe.
Yeah you are :)
Hugh sez: Oh you stop :)
*swoooon*
LOL
Oh crap. Doorbell rang. Thats probably one of Hugh’s fellow basketball fanatics. Lets wait and listen…
Yep. The basketball festivities have begun *sigh*
I better go be the hostess with the mostess now :)
at least I can just sit and drool over King James in peace while Hugh cavorts with his friends. LOL.
Hi j0e!!
Hi Van!!
see yous later!!
Bye TSHs.
Bloody Eurovision song contest means no new Dr Who for two weeks…grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
I’m afraid I am in “Post and Run” mode today.
In military terms I am a “pop up target”.
… having now wasted those perfectly good electrons on useless information, I must go “mow the lawn”.
Actually, that is not a euphamism for something fun … I just want it to be so I put it in quotes. Seriously though, I have to go “mow the lawn”.
Had some out-of-town guests over for lunch. Now I’m making stock.
Wow, I dunno if I want to be talking about this but… There have been some equipment tests, and some basic conversations… And there may be a test run of a show that could possibly continue the Wingin’ It monicker.
But only because apparently some fans feel like the dead horse hasn’t been beaten enough.
So Dub, in your opinion, what went wrong with WI3D?
Or anyboy else with a theory.
But not the dancing demon theory…that would be silly.
I have finished “mowing the lawn” and have “cleaned up” and “had my dinner”.
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JB- that “polenta” was so nummy, it finished off a “great dinner” thanks :)
I’m “taking my husband to bed now”
j0e seemed to have so much fun with his quotes I couldn’t resist.
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Smarty B(r)itches
I resemble that Fokker!
My friends, great news! Thanks to a lot of ibuprofen, NOW available over the counter, I am sporting some major wood!
Click here to see my erection:
http://tinyurl.com/5zs687
I think I’ll be able to keep it up long time and the wife is well pleased.
Wow Ed! That’s quite the erection.
Getting ready to hit the hay. It was a busy but enjoyable weekend. My son and I when to a couple of comic shops, I finally bought a copy of The Watchmen and have been enjoying the first couple of chapters. My son got a vampire batman graphic novel as well as a Predator one and some other assorted comics. It broke 100 degrees today and I swam in our pool for the first time this season. That makes it feel like it’s officially summer down here. And my daughter was able to swim by herself holding a flotation device for the first time ever. Based on her progress she my be swimming completely unaided in a few more weeks, which would be fantastic because I won’t worry as bad about her drowning by accident. :)
Well you learn something new everyday:
http://tinyurl.com/2k6k3b
My knowledge of italian dishes could be written on the back of a matchbox.
That’s cool, Rhettro. I remember that happening with my daughter a couple of years ago. She started off the summer nervous about getting the water and a few weeks later she had turned into a fish. Good times.
Vanamonde, was that picture in the article from before or after the dish had been eaten? Yikes!
Eurovision song contest, eh? We’re going two weeks until the next Dr. Who and BSG here on Sci-Fi as well. I wonder if that’s the reason for the delay on our side. Is there some Eurpean equivalent of Simon Cowell that needs to be taken out over there? Hmmm.
Though, now that I think of it, being Memorial weekend may be a factor also. Or maybe they think everyone will just be going to see the new Indiana Jones move on Friday.
Now remember children keep hydrated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2aRDacKANs
Vanamonde
I think Mike just got tried of have a party at his house every week for 3 years.
Plus old wingin was full of bits. The new listerns didn’t want to make them and the show became a kind of weird sex political talkshow hybrid.
How this new show works I don’t know. I do understand the need for a free-form discussion and random Geeky bits on the farpoint.
Jack Mangan’s show is great for non sequitur and random bits.
I enjoy slices sci-fi for news but I get a frustrated when I need to make sure that all comments must reference a current TV show or movie.
I’ve been itching to be part of a comedy variety show. I don’t think I have enough material to do one on my own. But very much looking forward to being part of one. My big problem is I’ve never free on exactly the same time. And I don’t always have a good Internet connection when I’m stopped.
Okay this will be seen as further evidence why Jack shouldn’t set targets for nipple numbers every week, but this morning I went for a walk. Every so often I took a photo with my camera phone of what was in front of me. So in an effort to boost nipple number towards the 450 goal here we go:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14307111@N04/2504470407/
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Ed, your erection impresses me. I hope your back doesn’t hurt too much from that :) In case you haven’t already figured it out, Aleeve has amazing powers against pain.
Polenta is just a fancy way of saying grits
I thought I remember Mike and Summer saying at the end of Mike & Evo’s WI that they were getting tons of content from Mur and TD and a bunch of others.. were they? Or was it that that stuff wasn’t enough to fill or carry a show?
We watched a couple more BSGs this weekend. I have to say after a slow uninteresting start, the show sure is picking up! But I still say Starbuck = boo. I cannot stand that character. We haven’t watched anymore Who’s or anything else except Basketball.
Hugh sez: My team lost last night :( *sobs* Guess I’m switching to Spurs again.
You are a basketball team whore, Hughie :)
Hugh sez: I am. Only if my Bulls fail me like they did this year.
stupid Bulls
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Last one. Nice to see blueskies and clouds that look like balls of cotton wool, those have been a rarity this year.
404 and 46 message to the goal.
So I’m off to work, afternoon pan,
Fun pictures, Van!
Morning, everyone.
Nice work, Van. I’ll have to try and take a look at the pics another time. Too many links to click through while I’m at work.
BTW, grits and polenta are not the same, but they are very similar.
http://ask.yahoo.com/20021007.html
There are many ways to make polenta. The picture in the wiki article is from a mushy preparation, which is not one of my favorites. I tend to make it a lot thicker. The best thing to do with left-over polenta, imo, is to let it dry into a cake. Cut the cake lengthwise into long slices. The slices should be about 1.5″ square. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes. The outside should be crisp and turning golden brown. I cut open a slice and insert cheese. Blue cheese is excellent. :)
Here’s a similar recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_22324,00.html
I made about a gallon and a half of fresh stock, yesterday. Very yummy. It looks like I’ll be making risotto soon. :)
Risotto, yum! One of my favorite things! I also love polenta AND grits. Can’t wait to try the blue cheese method (maybe tonight w/ my grilled pork chops). I had grits yesterday w/ breakfast.
Damn, now I’m hungry.
Funny. As. Hell.
Chesko – How Samuel Mother Fucking Jackson Mother Fucking Saved Mother Fucking Xmas Mother Fucker: A Children’s Story
http://www.indiefeedpp.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=338872
Mmmm. That polenta recipe would go great with grilled pork chops. I’m so jealous!
Morning Pan. It was 95F on my morning commute today. LOL I noticed the news had issued a heat advisory. Ya think? Also, something very geeky from NPR, a reporter in Iraq talked about how she watched “Buffy” DVD’s as a form of escapism from her assignment, comparing the growth of her character along with Buffy. LOL
Van: Awesome pictures! I should do a series of camera pics as well.
Ed: Thanks, my daughter was still excited about what she had accomplished this morning.
Monday: You know where you can stick it.
Damn, I hate my firewall. Can’t get to Flickr anymore. I’ll have to check out Van’s photo show later.
Mark Forman is freed from murgatory.
Hello Pan,
On my lunch break right now. It’s a nice sunny day here in Big Sandy, KY. Too bad I’ll be spending most of it in a condenser.
Van: interesting idea behind the pictures I’ll have to look at them tonight back at the hotel.
Later Pan, and always remember the weather is always worse at the north pole.
Ed – That IS some errection. I am man enough to admit that even I want to come play on it.
HughSH – ??? What was that about switching teams if your balls failed you again ?
Me? I’m off to record today’s CCU which I usually do 1st thing in the AM and have mostly edited by now. Unfortunately I didn’t finish writing the show until about 15 minutes ago.
Why do I do this? I don’t know.
BTW – don’t you hate it when you pick up the Altoids tin from your desk and instead of aspirins it contains only curiously strong mints?
Are the altoids strong enough to make you forget about your headache as in “God damn these are minty!”
For Dre: Argentinian Rugby beer commercial featuring naked ruggers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Haa2zahXhxk
Having recorded, I thought I’d check in with the Deadpan one more time before I put on the head phones and submerged into audio waveforms.
Rhet – nope. The reaction was “Wow! This is one minty headache!”
Kate Bush is currently telling me about Experiment IV … mmommy, I ascared !
hmmmm, wonder if I could produce a podcast that achieved the same effect?
back to work.
Ciao.
That reminds me I need order a copy of Kate Bush’s latest.
“Wow! This is one minty headache!â€
I think that was Altoids second choice in slogans.
Considering the amount of medicines etc that have a minty taste, mint and headaches seem to go hand in hand. LOL
Turns out that was a REAL marketing failure for the “Summers Eve” people.
“It burns when inserted rectally.” was a distant third. Oh wait. What were we talking about again?
That was George Lucas’s second choice for the last Star Wars film; “Episode 3: It Burns When Inserted Rectally”.
But for some reason, he went with “Revenge of the Sith”.
Actully, it DID burn rectally when viewed as directed.
Well, I think he named the final planet “Mustafar” for a reason. ;)
Little know fact: that was actually a typo in his script. He had named the planet “Musafart” and somewhere along the line the “T” got transposed.
Juvenile?
Sure it was juvenile … but sooo much better then the joke I was going to make about his T getting bagged.
According to this article the cheapest gas in the country is in Phoenix, AZ wile the highest is in Chicago, IL. Check out the picture of the gas at 4.49. That station isn’t even in the wealthiest part of the city.
Rhett? Jack? Who wants to take in a couple Smarty Hotties??
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-gas-prices-web-may19,0,7796647.story
why does word press hate me?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-gas-prices-web-may19,0,7796647.story
eh, fuck it
wordpress wins again, I won’t comment.
oh and actually I was wrong, if my comment is ever released from murgatory the cheapest gas in the country is in Tucson AZ not Phoenix.. sorry :)
Just another reason to move here. *snicker*
Although, there is something freaky going on with the weather. We’re supposed to have a high of 105F today and tomorrow. Thursday? A high of 72F.
ASH – doesn’t Chicago have that mass transportation thing ( I was afraid to put that in quotes)
ah, I’ve been released. Thank you Jackamo :)
Yes Rhett, I asked in my original comment if you or Jack would take us poor Smarty Hotties in.
j0e- we have a good public transportation system, but still… gas shouldn’t cost that much
and yes we have excellent “mass tansportation” here too
*snicker*
I love the “quotes” jokes
WordPress goes down! You’re free, Smarty Hotties.
Sure! I’d be happy to “take you in”.
I guess I better clean out the guest bedroom. LOL
http://www.think.no/think/content/view/full/290
Yes I’m posting more links to electric cars. Supposily theses things will go on sale in the US next year and they are supposed to cost around 18K. I’m a little sceptical, they have a range of over 100 miles per charge, a top speed of just over 60MPH, recharge in 6 hours. This would work for my daily commute, but every other electric car that comes close to these specs cost a lot more. It’d be great if true. The cost of a full charge would be about a dollar of electricty. Four dollars for a week’s worth of commuting. I’m guessing you’ll have to replace the batteries every four years at a cost of 10 grand. LOL
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