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May 22nd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I am the firsty!!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Sloppy seconds
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Turds.
Ed from Texas - Watchmen will not disappoint.
Off to Bed, Pan.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Splenda in hot drinks is eeeevvviiiillllllll!
Maybe if I survive to retirement age, they will have invented an artificial sweetner which actually tastes good in hot drinks.
I’m not holding my breath.
Oh female characters, try and find Oni in the bargain bin (for PCs and PS2), a female computer character that kicks ass and isn’t over sexualised.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:09 am
http://tinyurl.com/5jndj9
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:18 am
Looks like I may get some chemical help in the future:
http://tinyurl.com/667zpq
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:06 am
Yay ! new Deadpan, just what I needed to help me start today.
All artificial sweeteners are evil in anything. Of course I am biased, so you can take that opinion with a grain of real sugar.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:11 am
Eight is Great!
Jack’s non-artificial sweet audio nectar is aboard my Ipod and ready to carry me down the road.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:54 am
Talking of the Splenda “poisonous hiss?”
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:55 am
#10 here, Pan. Good morning!
New Deadpan. The day is worth carrying on with.
May 23rd, 2008 at 4:22 am
Indeed it is. My Deadpan is consumed. It was most tasty.
Jack, I’m proud of you for going back and getting your daughter a car. Though, I don’t know that anything was worse than those American Idol toys.
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:28 am
Morning Pan!
They’re saying we might get a spot of snow in the next couple of days…
I loves living next to the mountains
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:32 am
Re: the news link from Van. I see pros and cons to this. I can see it being a good thing for people like my daughter who has certain issues as a side effect (maybe not right word?) of her schizophrenia.
However, in today’s stupid society, how much trust do you really want to put in some people before you get burned?
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:43 am
Apparently I am in this show. That’s cool, my first time! Well, for this show, obviously not first time ever… excited, will listen on way to shopping.
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 am
In the news today:
WELLINGTON: Road workers in a small New Zealand town got their wish granted when a woman stripped saying she was fed up with their cat-calls.
The Israeli tourist was about to use a cash machine in the main street of Kerikeri, in the far north of the country, when the men whistled, the New Zealand Press Association reported.
She calmly stripped, used the cash machine, before getting dressed and walked away. The woman told police she didn’t take too kindly to the whistling from the men repairing the road.
“She said she had thought ‘bugger them, I’ll show them what I’ve got,” police Sgt. Peter Masters said.
-Calgary Sun
This sounds like something my mother used to do
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 am
Oh my god, Deadpan AND Maroon 5 to listen to on a Friday… I might actually stay at work today.
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:56 am
LONDON: It sounds like every student’s dream - turn over and exam paper and finding the answers on the back.
But that was what happened to 12,000 lucky British teenagers when they took their music exam last week.
The OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA) examination board said yesterday that, because of a “printing error,” papers sent tot he schools had the answers to questions on the back page.
“All exam papers have a copyright statement dealing with source material on the back page”, and OCR spokeswoman said. “This one in particular had more detail than is usual in a music paper.”
the exam board said only 5% of the overall marks on the paper were possibly affected and students would not have to take the exam over, as most students seemed to have been unaware of their good fortune.
- Calgary Sun
The students TOLD them they didn’t know the answers were on the back…
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:07 am
Note to self, must travel to New Zealand.
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:07 am
The furnace people are here to clean my ducts (quack, quack). Back in a bit.
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:08 am
I know I’m a heathen, but I actually prefer the taste of Splenda over sugar in hot drinks.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:00 am
There, my quackers are clean.
And I don’t put any kind of sweetener in my hot drinks, I’m sweet enough
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:09 am
boy do I feel dumb…
http://tinyurl.com/4pc4vc
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:16 am
HOLY CRAP JAFFEE, CITRUCEL JUST SHOT THROUGH MY NOSE. IT FUCKING BURNS ASSHOLE.
*lmao*
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:40 am
I’ve missed so much!
a repeat pan on Thursday, and a new pan on Friday.. whats going on here?!?!?!?!?!???!!????
OMG we have to catch up Hughie
Hughie sez: we shall catch up my child, do not worry
ok
RE: New Zealand.. I should try that next time I get oogled
Dear Rhettro
YOU HEATHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOu shouldn’t drink splenda.. tis not natural, sugar is natural.
breasts and cocks
Dre and Hugh
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:41 am
Van: I remember Oni. It was done by Bungie before they created Halo.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:43 am
There is just something wrong with a Hello Kitty Warhammer
http://www.exlibrismortis.org/ExLibrisnewSistersArmy.html
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:43 am
Re: “Love Hormone” thats really interesting Van, but you don’t seem too shy to me.. or is it more the inperson thing that freaks you out?
I hope something like that will help your daughter Ryah
But I agree it is getting harder and harder to trust people whether or not you have schizaphrenia (spelling???) or not
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:44 am
lol. I like the sound of Hello Kitty Warhammer.
POW! Meow!
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 am
New Zealand must have beautiful peaks. Mountain, that is.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 am
Re: Hello Kitty WarHammer
kick.ass
its cute, and its pink and it kicks ass! how perfect!
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:47 am
Words of wisdom
http://bitsandpieces.us/2008/05/21/strange-proverbs/
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:47 am
Listened to the episode on the drive in. Great stuff Jack. As the father of a daughter and a son I have the same concerns for my daughter. I think in the past I brought up how may daughter used to look at toy packaging and see if there was a picture of a girl on it. If she saw a picture of a girl she would say,”girls can play with this!” and if there was only a boy’s picture, she may ask “Can girls play with this?” And this always bothered me, because I didn’t want her to limit her choices based on what society expected of her. So I’ve always made it a point to tell her, she can play with whatever she wants to, toys are for everyone boys and girls.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:51 am
Well, I have work to do, groceries to buy, cookies to bake.
Later
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:53 am
Rhett, do you say the same thing to your son?
I think its cool that people don’t limit girls to only doing girly things, but we shouldn’t limit boys to only doing boy things. My nephew for instance is 5 and the only boy in dance class. He has a recital next weekend and is excited to all hell about it.
The other mothers look down on my sister in law for letting her son be in dance, but i think its fucking awesome. The kid absolutely loves it, and all the girls in class love him and I just think its cool.
ok thats my final thought of the day
l8r pan
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:04 am
ASH, I do. In fact when my son was very young he had a baby doll he used to take care of. And when you think about it’s a pretty natural thing. Father’s spend a lot of time caring for children it’s not just a femine role. On the opposite spectrum, women drive and race cars so why wouldn’t girls want to play with Hot Wheels.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:01 am
*Whistles at Andrea*
*Listens to Deadpan*
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 am
Hey Pan, check out our new Rugby Logo!!
http://tinyurl.com/6nj8wx
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:09 am
Yeah, I didn’t even touch on the toy aisle.
Some of you may recall a discussion here awhile back after I’d bought my daughter a pink guitar with Disney princesses on it. I see absolutely nothing wrong with little girls enjoying pink princesses and the like — as long as they don’t think that women should be damsels in need of rescue.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:11 am
Jeremy, that’s a really cute logo! Oh wait….. (just wrong)
Welcome aboard, Tosus!
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Looks like we got our first WI refugee.
I’ll pass on the rainbow smelling. LOL
My daughter has a pink guitar too Jack. She loves pink and make up and ponys and Hanna Montana and High School Musical. I don’t care about her passions that happen to be mainstream, I just don’t want her to repress things she wants to do if they don’t fall into the mainstream.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 am
Heh, someone said, “Twaa”
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 am
You guys are great daddies.
The conversation you are having right now is identical to one that I had in a graduate-level Women’s Studies course. Awesome!
What up, Tosus?
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 am
JfS, that is the coolest logo ever.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 am
Thanks Essbee, there are still some aspects of my being a father I’m trying to improve on and I get a lot of help from my wife. I really admire Jack and Ed’s devotion to their children and all the moms of deadpan as well.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
lmao. Awesome logo JfS!
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:14 am
Here is a doozy of a poem snippit from Philip Larkin:
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
Isn’t this a Cheyenne Wright Cover??
http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/hell_be_mythed
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
One of the big Colorado tornadoes touched down about 6 miles South of Evil Empire HQ. Some of my workmates got some pretty nice pictures that were posted on a local news channel website:
http://www.tiny.cc/
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:19 am
Oooops!
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 am
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-stylen hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:23 am
Fuckin’ tinyurl.
Go to 9news.com and click on the “view slideshow” at the top of the main page.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f01IBDoZGg
*man swoon*
Absolutely no offense to the Christians out there. I think those of you who hang out here are the reasonable ones, not the ones he is speaking of.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 am
Damn, EssBee, that was close to Alvie and Addie…
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:36 am
*man swoon* here too.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 am
Do Alvie and Addie still live in Colorado? I thought they were thinking of moving to Oregon.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 am
I don’t know them, but aren’t they in Boulder?
I’m in Longmont, about 20 minutes East of Boulder.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Currently playing: Map Of The Problematique — Muse
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 am
So I recently discovered Hatari an atari ST emulator for linux, and so I’ve been playing Xenon :
http://tinyurl.com/56bze2
Great ‘chip’ tune on this game.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 am
Written by this bloke:
http://tinyurl.com/5msr7v
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:22 am
This tune;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5LW07FTJbI
was based on one of DW’s compositions.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
Oh and for those that grew up with the C64, retro remixes at:
http://www.slayradio.org/home.php
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:28 am
Currently listening to a Yie Ar Kung Fu II & I Remix on Slay Radio.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 am
Hehe, *Man Swoon*… that is going on a t-shirt.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 am
I would buy that t-shirt.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:35 am
Currently playing: Disclaimer — The Offspring
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:40 am
Rhett, I hear you brotha
Hi Jeremy!!!!!!!!!!!! *mwa!!!!!*
can I man swoon too? *man swoooon*
The A’s are currently living in a plane of existence above our own where there are none of these “united states” or even “countries” you humans speak of.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:40 am
Currently listening to Suicide Express remix by BaR
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am
Currently playing
Twilight Singers - Black is The Color of my True Loves Hair
may I Greg Dulli swoon now?
*greg dulli swooooooooooooooooooonnnnnn*
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am
We are all homo sapiens.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 am
Black is the Colour of My True Loves Hair is a beautiful song.
Cara Dillon’s version is the one for me…but I have a soft spot for the cat version by that guy from the B bards.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 am
B = a name I can’t spell.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:47 am
He wrote colour
*swooooon*
it tis a beautiful song, and I have soft spot for the Dulli version (obviously)
Hugh sez: *eye roll* Like anyone thought you would like any one over the Dulli version dear
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 am
http://tinyurl.com/5q9jwt
For the Cara Dillon version.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Well, groceries are bought and cookies are baked. Now jits ust waiting for the masses to arrive for gaming.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
jits ust = it’s just
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Cookies and gaming, a winning combination.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
So over at Gogamer.com I can buy Dungeon Siege 2 for $19 or Dungeon Siege 2 and it’s expansion together for $17.50. Tough call.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I actually liked the second Dungeon Siege better than the first. Both are very linear, however, 2 is less obvious about it.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
This is us.
http://groups.google.com/group/the-friday-gaming-table
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Stupid Word Press. Let’s try that again:
This is us
http://tinyurl.com/6ytwaa
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
The only thing is my husband hasn’t put up our latest acquisition yet
http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11816.phtml
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Jack, why does WP not like gaming?
Once again: My husband hasn’t put our latest acquisition yet
http://tinyurl.com/5mse2h
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Just listened to KEXP song of the Day from 2 days ago, “Bipolar” by Factory Floor.
Whoa, Factory Floor indeed, circa 1979….totally Joy Division homage.
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I really like the Twilight Singers’ version too. Though in my case, there’s no man swooning involved.
Gimme a minute TEB — I’ll fish your comments out of murgatory.
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:24 pm
No worries, Jack. I rewrote them and hwipped WP in line.
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
So if you like playing old games on your iphone you may like one of these when they are released:
http://www.icontrolpad.com/
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Well, this is depressing:
“One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Darn I missed this on my last trip to London:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/telectroscope-lets-londoners-and-new-yorkers-gaze-at-one-another/
Coooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Prime Time - Don Maclean
Well this is life, this is Prime time
This is livin’ in the U. S. A.
Well this is life, this is Prime Time
This is livin’ the American way
I was ridin’ on the subway in the afternoon
I saw some kids ‘a beatin’ out a funky tune
The lady right in front of me was old and brown
The kids began to push her, they knocked her down
I tried to help her out but there was just no way
A life ain’t worth a damn on the street today
I passed the ambulance and the camera crews
I saw the instant replay on the evening news
Well this is life, this is Prime time
This is livin’ in the U. S. A.
Well this is life, this is Prime Time
This is livin’ the American way
Well will you take the car, or will you take the trip?
Remove annoying hair from your upper lip
What’s it really worth? Does she really care?
What’s the best shampoo that I can use on my hair?
Hey what’s the real future of democracy?
How’re we gonna streamline the bureaucracy?
Hey, hey, the cost of life has gone sky-high
Does the deodorant I’m using really keep me dry?
Well this is life, this is Prime time
This is livin’ in the U. S. A.
Well this is life, this is Prime Time
This is livin’ the American way
Well spin the magic wheel and try to break the bank
Think about your life when you fill in the blank
Here’s a game that’s real if you wanna try
One spot on the wheel that says you must die
American roulette is the game we play
But no-one wants to have to be the one to pay
You get to pass “GO”, you get to pass away
But before we start our show, here’s our sponsor to say:
“Well this is life, this is Prime time
This is livin’ in the U. S. A.
Well this is life, this is Prime time
This is livin’ in the U. S. A.
Well this is life, this is Prime Time
This is livin’ the American way”
Well down in Mexico, the laundry’s on the line
There’s where you can go if you land on the nine
Canada is nice if you’re fond of ice
If you land on the two then we’ll send you there twice
We interrupt this game for a news release:
A man has gone insane and been killed by police!
Now back to the game, that’s a dangerous play
‘Cause if they see you in C-U-B-A you must pass away
Well this is life, this is Prime time
This is livin’ in the U. S. A.
Well this is life, this is Prime Time
This is livin’ the American way
My supper’s on the stove, the war is on the screen
Pass the bread and butter while I watch the Marine
The shot him in the chest–Pass the chicken breast!
The general is saying that he’s still unimpressed.
“We had to burn the city ’cause they wouldn’t agree
That things go better with democracy!”
The weather will be fair, forget the ozone layer,
But strontium showers will be here and there
Well this is life, this is Prime time
This is livin’ in the U. S. A.
Well this is life, this is Prime Time
This is livin’ the American way
Well livin’ in the country watchin’ shadows fall
My reception ain’t too good in a power stall
Bombers in the air, missiles in the sea
Chemicals in everything, including me
They don’t keep their promise in the promised land
It’s getting mighty hard to find an honest man
But coming very soon, a show you’ll die to see
It’s called “The End Of The World”, on channel “C”
Well this is life, this is Prime time
This is livin’ in the U. S. A.
Well this is life, this is Prime time
This is livin’ in the U. S. A.
Well this is life, this is Prime Time
This is livin’ the American way
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
No one’s gonna take me alive,
The time has come to make things right,
You and I must fight for our rights,
You and I must fight to survive
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Very evil mustache on that video.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Natasha Cox is short, but cute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0QYW-ows4o
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Evil facial hair on the rest of the band members though.
cough
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Snidely Whiplash plays a mean bass guitar.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
http://www.lespaulonline.com/eimage/les_t.jpg
Did I say that Les Paul metal? Yes, yes he is.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
There should be another “is” in that post. Can you find where it needs to be?
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
It’s on the tip of my tongue.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
=P*is
Hey your right.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
you’re even
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Jeremy - on the Myth Cheif cover — Yes sorta — Phil Foglio did the drawing and I turned into the painting for the cover.
which brings me to the other thing - my day job is coloring comics, in particular the Gaslamp Fantasy (steampunk) kick ass, super smart mad science Girl hero epic
GIRL GENIUS
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/
drawn again by Phil — This comic has garnered Phil (and by extension, me) a Hugo award nomination this year — so those of you that can vote in the final round… please do
and don’t let my ability to build a Death-Ray influence your vote in any way.
Please Vote your conscious
I can build a Death-Ray
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Well, Deadpan, the wife and I had an afternoon date and caught the new Indy movie at the matinee.
We both give it a solid “MEH!”
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Congratz Cheyenne.
Sorry about the Ed. I will see Indy 4 eventually, but base on the mixed reviews, I think I’ll wait for the DVD. Iron Man is probably the most likely contender for me to see at the theatre.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Care to give details on the meh Ed?
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:06 pm
So I was listing to the latest KAMN show and David Moldower said something about an old Apple commercial with Jeff Goldblum, were they slowed his talking down to a normal conversational level and posted it on Youtube. Attached below. Freakin hysterical.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQmK1CnwOUI
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Um, let’s see.
Rainbow fart ~groan!~
Robert Asprin R.I.P. Yeah, Foglio did most of the covers, no? Did Gurney do a couple too, or am I confused? Maybe for the Ace paperbacks?
The A’s are formerly of Boulder now, though still in that vicinity, I forget just which town, tho I think Longmont’s not the one…
Hey EssBee, dunno if you saw on the other comments, I was wondering how you had heard of the deadpan? I was wondering, because last time we were in Denver, Darcy and I went out for dinner with the A’s and then went to have coffee at a lesbian bar/coffeehouse. I left a page of content in their notebook, short story content and made sure to plug the Deadpan. I doubt that is where you heard of the Deadpan, but I had to ask.
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
And so begins the US holiday weekend.
Have a good one, whether you’re here or there.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Good evening Deadpan, I’m bored and inebriated so any posts made tonight should be “interesting”.
Hearkening back to an old DP meme
Who: LostRalph (where the hell am I?)
Where: hotel in Bum fucking kentucky
Inebriation level: gamma (this will explain much)
Doing: cruising online waiting for laundry
Wearing: t-shirt, and shorts “commando style” *snicker*
Drinking: water
Listening: The Adventures of Indiana Jim ep#8
Re: Girls and societal models: I have 2 little sisters who have been exposed to me since an early age (poor them). I have been encouraging them from the beginning to be independent and to say fuck off (paraphrased) to society.
Cheyenne: I’ve read Girl Genius before and would like to congratulate you on the level of artwork in it. I wish I could vote for you for the Hugo award, you certainly deserve it.
Jack: Yet another good show, thank you for all the work you put into putting the Deadpan out on a regular basis.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Wot’s dis?
I crawl back into the Deadpan from a bout of the plague and I find LostRalph exposing himself … worse yet, he’s talking about exposing himself to his little sisters.
I’d better back out slowly before “Dateline” shows up.
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:11 pm
I guess this makes me the Deadpan equivalent of the drunk who climbs onto the stage and moons the rest of the bar?
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
ah, the qualifications require a little more then that. You will need to acquire a lamp shade (or Shriner’s hat), a bad brittish accent, and several ounces of fissionable radioactive material. (bonus deadpan points if you can pull this off whilst wearing swim fins).
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Gnashing of teeth.
Working all weekend.
Hoping for torrential rain.
May 24th, 2008 at 4:55 am
Hey, Pan. Girl and I are going to see Iron Man at the earliest show this morning. Hoping for a quiet theater. We’ve already this morning: had coffee, changed out the bait in the wasp trap outside, pulled grass out of our xeriscape front yard (grass is really hard to get rid of), and loaded the dishwasher. I’m hoping for a relaxing weekend with a little bit of yard work mixed in.
JB: Sorry, I missed it earlier. I’ve been listening to the Deadpan for a long time. I loved Jack’s Duel of the Fates on Wingin’ It, but just never subscribed until y’all called in the WI voicemail show about a year and a half back — which was hilarious, btw. I am not much of a joiner, but after being disappointed in Twitter, and looking for an online community where I wasn’t looked at as a fan/target for infomercials/ego sounding board, I decided to say howdy to the Deadpan comments board and I’m sure glad I did! It would have been a way cooler story if I’d seen your recommendation at the lesbian coffee shop, I know!
May 24th, 2008 at 5:18 am
I started writing this last night, but got called away. So, here it is, my expanded ‘meh’ on Indianna Jones:
Well, Indy had potential and certainly had it’s moments. I think they needed to spend more time on the writing and story. Some elements just made no sense.
Also, I think it was poorly edited. I don’t know if it’s ever really stood out like this to me before - scenes could have been cut a lot tighter and it would have worked better. Things were just drawn out and the various bits went on way too long. I think they could have easily cut 15 minutes or so and the movie would have been better for it.
The time frame of 1957 with the Soviets replacing the Nazi’s as the baddies seemed more about taking an opportunity to tie that era’s McCarthyism to modern America. To me, it felt pretty heavy handed. The irony is is that, while McCarthyism was about the exaggerated fear that the Reds were everywhere, in the “reality” of the movie, it seemed like the KGB and Soviet Army were operating in America with impunity.
I didn’t really get the point of the ending, it just seemed an opportunity for a big special effects show.
And, while Shia Lebouf played his material well enough, his character was too obviously written for the potential of continuing the franchise with himself as the new lead. The plot gymnastics required for this made the overall story suffer.
May 24th, 2008 at 7:38 am
I watched Southland Tales yesterday … almost twice.
Would it frighten you to know that I liked it? *
BTW - I used Amazon Unbox to download it to my TiVo. I found the picture quality to be fine. Didn’t like the time limit too much (I “rented” the film) but the time limit varies with each film.
.
* why yes, there was an asterisks after my statement but you’ll have to tune into the Slandapolooza to find out what it is.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Joe, I too finshed Southland Tales yesterday. I had been watching in parts in the morning while getting ready for work (Colbert was in reruns this week).
We started from the beginning yesterday afternoon so my wife could see what it was about. She walked out on it after about and hour and I finished it from there.
I’m still digesting it.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:25 am
This makes for a most interesting read. I think the important thing to take is that a proper balance is required in life.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1021293/How-mothers-fanatical-views-tore-apart.html
May 24th, 2008 at 9:49 am
afternoon pan!
It is a beautiful perfect 70F day in Chicago. We are sitting on our porch working on our tans waiting for Hugh’s sister and brother to get here with their gaggle of children and then we are going to go to the beach.
ooo.. baby did you save them a parking space for their ginormous van?
Hugh sez: yep
Parking around here sucks ass. If we got someone coming who needs primo parking we scope it out and park our car on the street to hold spaces. We’ve got a 1 car garage that only the smallest car can manage to get itself into.
anywho… we were thinking of panning in the sun while we waited.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:53 am
EssBee, I am glad you felt welcomed here
We are good people and we only bite when asked. May I bite you?
Hugh sez: there she goes flirting with the newer deadpanites again
Hugh sez: and you are doing an excellent job babe.
Ed- we were thinking of going to see Indy this weekend with some of the older nieces/nephews… think they would like it? Like 12-15 yr olds?
j0e I wait in bated breath for your slandapalooza review
May 24th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Ed that article looks so interesting. It is hard to break away from your parents as it is, when they are someone who is known and revered by a mass of people it has to be so much harder.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:00 am
I’ve never wanted to be a mother, but I don’t look down on people who choose that for their life. To call it servitude is a bit much.
I do feel that motherhoood requires quite a bit of selflessness, but you are never a servant to that role. I would think each person who decides to become a parent also decides on what that means to them, I imagine there are many women out there who feel they are a slave to their husband and children, but those women allowed themselves to be put into that position.. that position is not an inevitability of motherhood.
Oh look at that.. Hugh’s fam just called they are a few blocks away. Time to do the car switcheroo, than head to the beach.
We will be back at some point… have a great day pan
May 24th, 2008 at 10:21 am
I’m a slave to chaos
May 24th, 2008 at 11:11 am
I HAVE THE POWER
May 24th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Well the weather report says they will be heavy rain on Sunday and Monday.
If I had a super power, control of the rain would be nice. However I fear I would be a villain and use the power to ruin every bank holiday with bad weather.
May 24th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
TSH - On the violence level, I would rate it slightly more graphic than Iron Man. I can’t remember if you’ve seen that one yet for comparison. It is rated PG-13 and I think they do push it to a more violent level.
As I think about it, it’s probably in line with what we saw in the original Raiders of the Lost Ark when the Nazi’s get melted and sucked into the ark. If you think the nieces and nephews could handle that, then they can handle this new one.
May 24th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
For JfS in response to rainbows:
http://next-thing.net/wp-content/1192170810132.jpg
NSFW
May 24th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
She comes in colors evrywhere;
She combs her hair
Shes like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
She comes in colors evrywhere;
She combs her hair
Shes like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
Have you seen her dressed in blue?
See the sky in front of you
And her face is like a sail
Speck of white so fair and pale
Have you seen a lady fairer?
She comes in colors evrywhere;
She combs her hair
Shes like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
Have you seen her all in gold?
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots her colors all around
Like a sunset going down
Have you seen a lady fairer?
She comes in colors evrywhere;
She combs her hair
Shes like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
Shes like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
May 24th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
So ok - made a last minute decision to hit the Police concert (better not fucking rain, this is Phoenix for fuck’s sake); gonna miss game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
I have seen lots of picks for the Pens.
I’m definitely rooting for Pittsburgh, but I believe the Wings will win in 6.
This is a matchup between 2 powerhouse teams, could make for a classic.
Good afternoon, mush.
May 24th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
The Police !
very cool.
I expect a full report. BTW - Tried to phone in the contents of someone ELSE’s refridgerator (I was at a party) but got busted before I could connect,
May 24th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
*steps up on the Deadpan Soapbox*
RE: Parenthood (especially motherhood) = Servitude.
It is.
No question about it. Many of us don’t want to admit it because we all have parents and don’t want to come to grips with the fact that to some extent they acted as our servants. Let’s face it … anyone who brings you your food and your clothes (that they have cleaned) and has to wiped your bottom and bath you is in fact your servant.
Whether they are getting paid to do this or whether they are doing it out of love is merely semantics. The workload and the sacrifice are the same.
Now, if the question is “Do you feel you are HAVING to do this … or do you WANT to do this?” That is simply NOT answerable on a generic level.
One size life DOES NOT FIT ALL!
While one person may find this to be their core reason for being … another just as intelligent, just as compassionate person may find it a barely endurable burden.
Parenthood IS servitude. The degree to which you submit to it and the degree to which an individual feels about that servitude is handled in a million different but equally valid (from the aspect of human response) ways.
Further,
It is not hard to imagine that the child of a parent who was outspoken about what a burden it was to have to raise a child … would then go out of their way to make sure their own child never felt the guilt that they themselves must have had to endure. I’d bet it’s not uncommon to find parent’s trying to re-create the childhood that they felt THEY never had.
*steps back off soap box*
May 24th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I only disagree to the verbage. Servitude you can’t really walk away from, because you’re assuming a person is owned by their burdens. Responsibility on the other hand… Thats a choice no matter which way you split it.
Everything else, I agree.
May 24th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Good evening Deadpan, I hope everyone had a good Saturday, and is enjoying their evening.
And as promised, the drinking game rules I thought up for Southland Tales
Southland Tales Drinking Game
1. Take 2 drinks before starting movie, trust me it will help.
2. ½ drink for gratuitous political reference or commentary through video or audio. 1 drink if you laugh at it.
3. 1 drink when you feel bored with the movie
4. 1 drink for when a character says something particularly dumb, only ½ a drink if it’s Sarah Michelle Geller
5. 1 drink for when the bible is quoted or referred to
6. 1 drink for pretentious dialogue
7. 1 drink for a bad costume choice
8. 2 drinks for midget sighting
9. 1 drink for blood splatter
10. 1 drink for bad animation, digital or regular
11. 1 drink for product placement
12. 1 drink for a poor music choice in the soundtrack
13. 2 drinks for gratuitous voice over
14. 2 drinks if you think the scene would be improved with muppets
Hopefully they make sense since this is the first time I’ve done one of these.
May 24th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Good Saturday? No, but no sense complaining about it.
A Police concert sounds pretty nice about now.
May 24th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Iron Man was WAY fun!
TSH: Bite away.
jOe: I agree with you, and am like TSH in not wanting to be a mother personally.
ditto: good Saturday!
Okay, back to Saturday evening.
May 24th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
LostRalph,
Just off the top of my head, I think you’re looking at at least a 100 shot movie with that list.
May 24th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
The fun factor of the weekend has definitely dialed lower. Our second car is bleeding oil and it seems there is some internal engine damage. It didn’t seize, but the pinging sound means something isn’t firing right internally. If the bill goes north of $1500, well probably say screw it and get a new vehicle. =P What a way to start a three day weekend. Oh well.
In better news I assembled our new trampoline that was purchased a few weeks back. The kids love it.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Smartie Hotties: Tell your CTA buses not to cut us off on the freeway. Especially in Saint Paul.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Hey pan!
mmmkay lemme see here…
Ed- thanks for the Indy info. I think we will let the parents decide how much violence their children can see.
Jack- enjoy your show! [singing] Every breath you take. Every move you make, I’ll be watching you [/singing]
j0e- although on the surface I agree with your basic description there, the fact that all of that is choice makes it not servitude. Talk to a true slave and ask them if motherhood is the same thing than what they have experienced. Motherhood is completely a choice. and no thats not a political statement. The second a woman has sex with an unprotected man she is agreeing to the possibility of that role. ESPECIALLY if her moral fiber includes the idea that once she is pregnant she is in it for the long haul. Sex is a responsibility and parenting is the reason it is so. Thats not servitude. Anyway you look at at: Feeding and clothing someone you can hand off to someone else to do that to is not servitude. Having a close family where you are all instrumental in raising the children of that family is not servitude. Having a child and putting it in a cage is not servitude. Having a child and putting it in daycare for most of the day is not servitude. Loving your children and your family is NOT servitude.
If Hugh ever came into the position where he needed to be fed, clothed and bathed by me I would sure as hell fucking do it and I don’t see that as servitude either.
Finally I agree totally with your last statement about the child recreating their childhood with their own children
LOstRalph- I can’t wait to watch Southland Tales with those drinking rules now!
ditto- sorry you had a bad Saturday
EssBee - *bite*
Rhett - Car=boo, trampoline=yay!
JB- I will talk to the offending CTA bus for you, what the hell was it doing joyriding in Saint Paul? Stupid buses.
Didi I get everything
Hugh sez: yeah babe
May 24th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
[suburbia] I hate buses [/suburbia]
Who do you think will get our obscure punk rock reference there Hughie?
Hughie sez: Jack has seen Suburbia right?
Yep, I’m not sure who else.
Hughie sez: Weneeds to watch that again
and you call ME the masochist
Hughie sez:
Suburbia should be the next Deadpanpalooza
Hughie sez: babe everyone will fucking hate you for making them watch that movie
LOL
true dat
May 24th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Morning Pan, the weather report is wrong, the Sun is shining and I’m growling at the sky.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
ok weneeds to go to bed now
night pan
May 25th, 2008 at 12:41 am
I remember absolutely nothing about Suburbia, except watching it with real-life punk rock girls and going, “Hey, that’s Flea!”
Police concert was fantexcellent. Sting hasn’t lost one shred of his vocal ability. There were 3 important songs omitted: Spirits in the Material World, Synchronicity I and Synchronicity II. I believe the first 2 were cut because of their keyboard requirements, but no idea why they’d skip Synchronicity II. Gordon has some explaining to do. That’s not a gripe, though. They didn’t play a single bad song, and did some excellent jams on Roxanne and Can’t Stand Losing You. Wrapped Around Your Finger was awesome.
Sting is well past his greased-up Feyd Rautha days, but I think Stewart Copeland had been preserved in formaldehyde since 1984.
Elvis Costello did a decent job opening up too.
That’s my report.
May 25th, 2008 at 7:15 am
Very cool. Thanks for the report Jack!
May 25th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Well, we just got back from an early matinée of the new Narnia movie. Definitely better than Indiana Jones, IMHO. Took both the kids. My 7 year old greatly enjoyed it and was able to keep up with the story and action. Alas, it proved too long and not shiny enough for my 3 yr old, so my wife spent a good bit of time taking him out into the lobby.
Found out the AMC theaters here run a bargain matinee for $5 for any showing before noon on Fri, Sat, Sun, and holidays. That’s about a decent price for a movie ticket, I think.
Oh, and this one is definitely not the “white male action hero and his eye candy damsel in distress” formula. Susan in particular (the oldest of the two girls) is a strong character role model for the girls, I think.
May 25th, 2008 at 11:25 am
!!!!!!
Not just the Police but Costello opening up for them?!?!?
My head is going to explode.
Once again I find myself wishing I was Jack Mangan.
May 25th, 2008 at 11:26 am
BTW: The Indy 500 is getting exciting! 81 laps to go!
May 25th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Well think I will confront the bank holidays hordes on Monday and try and see Indy 4…I’m getting impatient.
May 25th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Sweet! Oddysee Mars spacecraft has landed flawlessly!!!!
I find these things fascinating.
May 25th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
http://tinyurl.com/3msgg3
Very cool.
May 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Thanks for the clip Van.
May 25th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Morning Pan, no sign of rain, but there are gale force winds.
I’ll huff and I’ll puff and blow….
May 26th, 2008 at 4:20 am
No tornadoes here today. Yet.
May 26th, 2008 at 4:35 am
Morning Pan, up on a rainy morning in Longmont.
I’ve got short ribs rubbed in the fridge - 1/2 with my 4-3-2-1 recipe and 1/2 with a mustard dry-rub I’m trying out for the first time - and hickory chips soaking. I’m going to try to smoke them in the rain. Start cooking at 8:00 means BBQ at 1:00. My illegal gay brother-in-law and his family are coming for lunch today.
Ed, thanks for the recommendation on Prince Caspian. I haven’t seen the 1st film yet, but have it here to watch today.
May 26th, 2008 at 5:21 am
Morning Pan!
Flood warnings in effect for the Bow and Elbow rivers so beware if you live near their banks.
May 26th, 2008 at 5:28 am
Ok, going back over some of the past comments. Re: Parenthood = servitude.
I would often tell my girls I was only the three C’s as far as they were concerned…
… cooking, cleaning, and cash machine
(usually I said that when I was ticked off at them for something or other)
May 26th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Sounds like a great party, SacreBlu! What’s in the dry rub? I like the name 4-3-2-1.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Just don’t add a 5 or I will be tempted to go stringy on you.
Off to see Indy 4…unless it’s sold out.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:32 am
You make plans till the cows come home, but in my experience you never know how you will react when the shit hits the fan.
That goes for parenting, a spouse getting seriously ill, etc. etc…..
May 26th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Be a treasure and put a ‘can’ in the above post.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Gawd that might get taken the wrong way, so +can
May 26th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Morning Pan.
Sounds like it’s a nice day for a white wedding.
A nice day to, staaaarrrrt agaaaaaaain.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:49 am
TEB - Re: the thee Cs - being able to say this with a smile is why any of us were allowed to live to adult … er, what ever stage of development we have arrested at. But it’s one of those “funny ’cause it’s true” things.
Smooth as Buttah - Re:4-3-2-1 Please self-refer to the Monte Python “Holy Hand Grenade” sketch as I haven’t had my coffee yet and am not up to “presentation speed” yet.
We all gotta duck, when Van’s can hits the fan!
May 26th, 2008 at 7:08 am
/Rant
Some guy on Skype is driving me nuts!!!!
So far he tried to get me to add him to my contacts. When I refused because I didn’t know who he was, he tried calling me, then he tried IM me, now he’s trying to call me again!
I don’t mind talking on Skype (actually I enjoy it), but only if I know who you are. I hate it when complete strangers try stalking me.
/end rant
May 26th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Isn’t there some sort of blocking feature?
May 26th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Ahhh, Bow River is so pretty. At least when it’s not threatening to overrun its banks, I suppose.
Sorry you have a Skype barnacle, TEB.
May 26th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Ok, didn’t think of that (must be all the rain making my brain turn to mush).
Just blocked him - Ha!
May 26th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Did you have it set to “Stun” or “Destroy” ?
May 26th, 2008 at 7:54 am
I find that I occasionally get pinged by people I don’t know on Skype. Usually it’s by other people who live in Calgary (must just do a search on the city), but sometimes it’s the very strange SWM (or even SWF) looking for fun. I could never understand that.
May 26th, 2008 at 7:55 am
J0e, I wish there was a destroy function. I always tell people if they want to Skype me, make sure I know who you are in the opening message or there’s a very good chance you’ll be refused
May 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
4 T sweet paprika
4 T Kosher salt
4 T garlic powder
4 T black pepper
TEB, tell that Skype fool to piss off.
Hope everyone is having a good, non-floody day. It’s actually COLD here today, but the smoker is still smoking so, I can’t complain much.
I just remembered that Andromeda Strain starts on A&E tonight, so must go set the DVR to record it.
May 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Make that 4,3,2,1 above. And I haven’t even hit the beer cooler yet!
May 26th, 2008 at 9:03 am
so that’s
4 paprika
3 salt
2 garlic
May 26th, 2008 at 9:04 am
and 1 pepper
(stupid WP),
right EssBee?
Must try it
May 26th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Ok, time to think about lunch.
May 26th, 2008 at 9:27 am
According to my former friend of 21 years, none of you really exist.
Where’s Leann when you need her.
May 26th, 2008 at 9:50 am
People seem to occasionally want to try to label folks one meets on the internet as “imaginary” or “unreal,” and it always puzzles me…
May 26th, 2008 at 10:24 am
That’s it, TEB.
May 26th, 2008 at 11:09 am
JB - how do you feel about “surreal” ?
May 26th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I saw Indy IV. I enjoyed it, but it’s a distant 3rd to Raiders, while still being light years better than Temple of Doom.
May 26th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
SInce it is Memorial Day here in the states I thought I’d take a moment to mention my Grandmother’s brothers - Wilbur and Stanley.
They were born in Ohio (or Indiana - isn’t clear to me) so I guess that makes them midwestern farm boys.
Wilbur joined the Navy and was in what is now called the Seabees. He died when his under water breathing equipment failed.
Stanley joined the Army and was killed in France. He was shot by a sniper as he road in the back of a jeep … 2 days after the war in Europe had ended.
Lot’s of people have served in the military and certainly lots have died so I don’t mean to raise these two up as more special then anyone else. They were family though and my Grandmother still really misses them. They were just a couple of farm boys who stepped up when it was needed so I thought that mentioning them was the least I could do.
If you have room for an extra toast today, may be you can raise a glass to Wilbur and Stanley and to those who still miss them.
May 26th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Yeah, I suppose surreal would cover it.
May 26th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
So back from seeing Indy 4 (no roman numerals it’s the 00’s for goodness sake).
Can’t disagree with Ed’s criticisms other than they didn’t stop me from enjoying the movie (the plot is S-I-L-L-Y). Nice to see the man with the hat is back.
The local arty farty cinema has been renovated and very nice it is too, even the toilets have been enlarged…so less queuing.
May 26th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
The UK equivalent of Memorial day happens in November (Remembrance Sunday is on the 9th this year) and it isn’t a bank holiday.
Most of my parents family survived WW2, although one Uncle was killed in the Atlantic when the ship he was serving on was torpedoed by a U-boat.
May 26th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
My grandmother’s 2nd husband fought in WWI, I remember the American flag over his casket at his wake.
One of my best friends growing up was deployed to Afghanistan. He came home and became a metro.
That’s about it for me, but both worth noting.
Shoobeedoo whop whop wow yeah.
May 26th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Good Memorial Day afternoon, Pan. Spent the day with the extended family enjoying just about perfect weather.
My family has been fortunate as I’m not aware of any who have served that have died in war. I’m grateful for that and I’m grateful for all those who have given their lives so that I’m free today to be Deadpan.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
I just got done with Balticon… It was very cool. I got meet alot of people Tee even kind of knew who I was. It was little creepy that very time I said farpoint people looked like I was talking about the dead.
Either that hate farpoint post Evo or they feel burned by Podango. I feel like have been riding a dead horse by pimping and following Farpoint show. I feel like have to dump my friend to me part of podcasting. I not alone when I say most of my friends postcaters. I hate to pick or not even get to talk about some friend around other friends.
Still very one is very nice to me. I just wish we could all be friends.
May 26th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
I saw the first part of the new Andromeda Strain. Wow. Uh…. Hmmm. It sure seemed like they didn’t have any science or military advisers on staff. There were some interesting moments, but for the most part, my wife & I kept stopping the DVR about every 10 minutes to talk about all the things they got wrong.
May 26th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Saw the following on Crunchgear:
http://tinyurl.com/6sxtyo
The devil makes time for idle hands.
May 26th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Got the new Andromeda strain a while back, I quit after the first part.
Morning Pan, much cooler today, and off to work I go.
A shame about FPM TO.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Morning Pan!
Got hit with a massive amount of work late yesterday. Looks like a long day in front of the computer today.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Well Balticon was where everything went to shit last year so I’m not in any way surprised.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:59 am
Good morning, Pan!
TEB, I just got to work this morning, and am buried as well, sister.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:10 am
EssBee, I’m for a long lazy lunch in retaliation for dumping extra work on my desk. How about you?
May 27th, 2008 at 6:33 am
New Watchmen news:
http://www.mania.com/watchmens-freighter-storyline-hits-dvd-early_article_58469.html
May 27th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Sad day…
My NASCAR fix is done….
Why are my hands shaking…
May 27th, 2008 at 6:52 am
don’t write post when listening to other podcast.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Well “I” shouldn’t write post well listen post casts.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:56 am
I still have spelling and gramer problems. I love my wife and editer, Theresa.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:57 am
I’m in!
May 27th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Can I have a decoder ring, Trucker?
May 27th, 2008 at 7:12 am
There was Metal, there was fire and my ears are still ringing. What an awesome time!
May 27th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Rhett, did the Rock you like a tidel wave?
oh, excuse me. I’ll try again.
*leans close to Rhett’s ear*
RHETT, DID THEY ROCK YOU LIKE A TIDAL WAVE?
May 27th, 2008 at 7:48 am
JaJ - Man I am going to need my fix…. Don’t leave me hangin’ like this!
May 27th, 2008 at 7:51 am
What was that?
May 27th, 2008 at 8:08 am
I had wondered if Trucker had a bit of a demonic possession problem while he was typing earlier….
May 27th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Oh, and I am quite well toasted from yesterday’s time in the sun. Thankfully, not crunchy.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Sing! a story when I tell you
I don’t wanna be brainless.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Crunchy toasted Texas Ed?
May 27th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Texas toast?
May 27th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Yes. The only question is: Was Ed buttered?
May 27th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Van: :O !! That was crazy.
Happy post Mem Day y’all.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:49 am
The Biggest Drawing in the World.
http://biggestdrawingintheworld.com/drawing.aspx
May 27th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Someone did grafitti on the world.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Think I’m in the “just a cynical way of making more money” camp in regards to that Watchmen DVD.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Hopefully there is always room in deadpanland for a cute cat story:
http://tinyurl.com/4p5lkd
May 27th, 2008 at 9:09 am
But I find the following quote a bit disturbing:
“She never complains, even though passengers touch her all over the place.”
Must be a few cat fondler’s in Japan…
May 27th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Rhet - So tell us … Did the big hair flow free? Is you lighter empty from the power ballads?
Or was this pre- big hair metal?
May 27th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Big concert weekend for me. Rhett and I went to see Iron Maiden last night at the Cricket Pavilion. (I see you snickering - - they put on an incredible show!)
Great great stuff.
Hope everyone enjoyed their weekends. . . .
May 27th, 2008 at 9:15 am
That WAS a cute cat story!
May 27th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Ballads? I don’t remember any ballads. LOL
Honestly, one the most entertaining shows I’ve been too. And technically, it’s NWOBHM not “hair” metal in this case.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWOBHM
There was a lack of tiny stone henges, but there was a 15 foot tall zombie shooting band members toward the end. Oh and things on fire! wOOt!
May 27th, 2008 at 9:27 am
I should have TinyURLed my Wiki link, WP does not like links to Wiki.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:35 am
If in doubt visit tinyurl.com
May 27th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Jack decryed that the last time he saw Maiden, they didn’t perform “Aces High.” Guess what the first song of their set list was yesterday. LOL
May 27th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Trucker: 0_o
Could you please condense, spell check and resubmit?
Are you commenting from a blackberry or something?
May 27th, 2008 at 9:53 am
A Leann sighting.
/faints in shock
May 27th, 2008 at 10:09 am
I don’t need anymore shocks today….No really…No more….
Next someone will be telling me that the Cubs are going to win the World Series this year…and break their 99 year streak…
May 27th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I have been around, just being a ninja.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Ok, ninja might be a bit much, more like gawker with nothing to say.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Yea! Leann is here!
You’ve been missed.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Van: You may be right, but fans of “Watchmen” have long wondered if the Black Freighter storyline would be part of the film or not. It’s an important part of the story, but it would be way too hard to incorporate it into the film. So, this DVD release is really just for die-hard fans.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I agree, but it’s something that could have been included when the film was eventually released on DVD/Bluray.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Yes, and I expect it will be included in some “special” collection. But for those that want to watch it when the movie itself is released….
May 27th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I like “ninja” !
May 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Crap! Leann’s here??
*puts on pants*
May 27th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Pants are required?
May 27th, 2008 at 10:38 am
We don’t need no stinking PANTS!
May 27th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Is it just me or has anyone else notice that FPM are dropping off like flies???
May 27th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I think Trucker tried to say something like that, but I’m not 100% sure.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:45 am
No pants needed.
That’s the rule at my house.
Some people make you take off your shoes.
I make you take off your pants.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:51 am
In related news:
Did I mention that I was about 20 minutes late picking up Rhett for the concert. . . . ?
May 27th, 2008 at 10:54 am
20 minutes, Jack? Really?
May 27th, 2008 at 10:56 am
LOL!!!!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Nice Jack….you FuckR….in 140 characters or less tell us why.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Actually, I think my car’s clock read 6:24 when I arrived at Rhett’s house.
ahem.
There was still plenty of time to get a burger and buy a t-shirt before Maiden went on.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:17 am
For the record, Jack was wearing pants when he picked me up, dropped me off and the entire time in between.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Yes, but were they zipped?
May 27th, 2008 at 11:19 am
I didn’t look that closely.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:25 am
LOOK!!!
A unicorn!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:31 am
So Jack is a Replicant…that wasn’t in the book!
cough
May 27th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Let’s play the twitter game!
I will say something really obscure and clearly snarky and directed at someone, and be mad, but never say what or who it’s all about. And then you try to guess what is going on and kiss my ass. Or I will say something like *headdesk* and you can direct message me and make me feel important.
Ready go!
Twitter is really really funny today.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:36 am
@Leann do you mean “funny” as in people who have less than 2,000 followers are trying to talk to me funny?
May 27th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Tweettaint.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:39 am
EssBee: No I mean funny as in the usual sycophants are slapping each other today. And it is HILARIOUS to watch bitches bitchslap.
heh.
Stupid bitches.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:42 am
@Leann so-and-so did whatchyamachallit. Tottary Rame.
How’s zat?
May 27th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I feel like I only see the tip of the iceberg, all shiny goodness, with a dark foreboding shadow underneath.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Okay, you made me look, and you don’t lie. Stupid bitches.