Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #99: Goofy Gym Class Goggles Happiness
Lay Shw Nos
gene wilder court jester opening
introbab
geologic podcast promo
more bab
poetfox Deadpan is the waaaaaaaay
Scott from Kalamazoo Deadpan is the Way project
80s perspective
Climb into my spoon
Pink Floyd cover
80s perspective
Stolen Paragraph
:::::::Cynful channels David Gilmour
:::::::EssBee channels Jim Butcher
Contents of Vanamonde’s fridge
Scott from Kalamazoo Deadpan is the Way project – part 2
80s perspective
TEB Dumbass/Crazy Parents memory
outrobabble
Original music – Archipelago
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July 17th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Only the lonely….
July 17th, 2008 at 2:12 am
Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
July 17th, 2008 at 3:08 am
Aqui es numero tres. Buenos dias, Deadpan!
July 17th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Now that is just showing off EssBee..
July 17th, 2008 at 4:54 am
CE: Chocolate covered raisins.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:56 am
The streaming audio is still playing back too fast.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:01 am
7 again!
July 17th, 2008 at 5:09 am
Can anybody click on the play button on the website and tell me if the audio plays back fine? just wondering if it’s a quirk with my linux system.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:10 am
Sounds fine to me, Van.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Very strange, I just checked and DP 97 plays fine but 99 plays like Jacks on crack.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:16 am
Anyway I’m off iPhone hunting..
/switch on melodrama mode
I maybe some time…
/switch off melodrama mode
July 17th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Van, you cracked me up this morning w/ the “CE” thing. Hahaha!
CD: Tazo China Green Tips tea
CP: yesterday’s Democracy Now!
Jack, your music is awesome. I LOVE it. As they say at the mariachi concerts, “Otro! Otro!”
July 17th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Quick public note to Jack: I know you’re self conscious, but your music is great. Thank you for sharing.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Morning Pan!
Only in for a short time. In laws still in town for the next week, so still busy, busy, busy :)
July 17th, 2008 at 7:05 am
mmmm…. crack….
July 17th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Jack “Danny Kaye” Mangan strikes again.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Does that mean Jack is ambidextrous and has an identical twin?
I’ve watched too many old movies…
July 17th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Jack “The Musical” Mangan
July 17th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Jack “Which one’s Pink?” Mangan
July 17th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Jack “Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!” Mangan
July 17th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Still no bloody 3G iPhones.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Any clean ones?
Ba-dump-dum!
July 17th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Remember “Greed it good”? That was an ’80s movie.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:45 am
Jack “Emmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm” Mangan
July 17th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Jack “Total Digression” Mangan
July 17th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Jack “Survey Monkey Master” Mangan
July 17th, 2008 at 7:51 am
ditto, do you have an AKA?
July 17th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Well I have a fondness for gadgets, it’s a character flaw I know..
July 17th, 2008 at 8:08 am
I’ve been known as “Da Grease Man” and “Mr ditto swoooooon”. :)
July 17th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Go go gadget Vanamonde!
July 17th, 2008 at 8:18 am
I like both!
CE: A banana
July 17th, 2008 at 8:20 am
“Would you like to pet my Survey Monkey?”
July 17th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Ditto, I was thinking the same thing. Didn’t the 80’s give us the yuppie?
Of course, I think the 80’s were a different place for people of our age than it was for the baby boomers.
July 17th, 2008 at 8:41 am
The yuppie! Knitted squared-off ties! Floppy disks!
July 17th, 2008 at 8:54 am
This conference call makes me want to shove spikes in my ears.
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
July 17th, 2008 at 9:03 am
When I’m on calls like that, ditto, I estimate the amount in salaries being spent. Then I really get mad.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:14 am
The problem is they really believe they are being productive. :(
July 17th, 2008 at 9:16 am
CP: Shades of Gray — Amanda Marshall
July 17th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Direct quote from an Evil, Inc. sales rep just now:
“Alaska, unlike the other 50 states . . . “
July 17th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Thanks guy :)
CP: Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos. I wasn’t even aware that my iPod had clicked on, only noticed when i suddenly heard music coming from my pocket.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Jack, is that an iPod in your pocket? Or are you just happy to see me?
July 17th, 2008 at 10:37 am
CP: Dancing Boys v. Girls (No Doubt v Blur) mashed by ElectroSound
July 17th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Man I hate morning meetings on Thursday, delay’s my ‘pan fix until the afternoon.
Holy crap it’s fracking hot outside…
July 17th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Yeah it is. It totally sucks when you no longer have AC in your car. :(
July 17th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Scott – really liked your “Deadpan is the Way” contribution!
July 17th, 2008 at 11:10 am
You know you have limited culinary skills when you screw up making reconstituted mash potato:
“Pour contents of sachet into a bowl and add 425ml of boiling water, stir well with a fork”
cough
July 17th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Scott had plenty more good stuff to say. You’ll be hearing more from him, over the next few episodes.
And yes, EssBee. My iPod is happy to see you.
CP: The hum of machinery and office building A/C.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:12 am
I should be ok as long as I move very s-l-o-w-l-y for the next couple of hours.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:12 am
/tweet someone left Mikey in the car /tweet
July 17th, 2008 at 11:14 am
With concrete shoes?
July 17th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Van, that is pretty bad! I once had to throw a pot out because of instant mashers, though, so I can sympathize. Maybe order in?
CP: Sick Of Me – Ani DiFranco
July 17th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Oh I don’t like wasting food, so ate some of it.
I suspect my centre of gravity has moved downwards though…
July 17th, 2008 at 11:24 am
CP: Open — The Cure
July 17th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Reconstituted concrete, Van?
July 17th, 2008 at 11:26 am
That’s what it fees like ditto, lol!
July 17th, 2008 at 11:29 am
If you have any loose tiles, act fast!
July 17th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Tonight’s Retro game:
(big drum roll)
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis – Amiga version
July 17th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Currently battling this bastard in NG2: Alexei
http://stars.ign.com/objects/142/14253316.html
July 17th, 2008 at 11:54 am
CP: From the edge of the deep green sea — The Cure
July 17th, 2008 at 11:55 am
The Amiga is retro?
Has someone come from the future or am I stuck in the past?
July 17th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Very retro.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
There is a link on the JC Hutchens site to a 40 minute lecture by the author Neal Stephenson (of Snow Crash and The Diamond Age fame):
http://tinyurl.com/57rtzs
There is also a link so you can download if you don’t want to watch streaming video.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
insert
‘the video’
in previous post.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
What’s the lecture on?
July 17th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Have a listen to Sweeter Than This by Katie Herzig:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20xX37J90Ks
I like her voice and this song is just very catchy.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre
Is the title of the lecture.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
thx
July 17th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
CP: Jack – Widespread Panic
July 17th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Can I get a *headdesk*? Amen, hallelujah.
/end of dramatic vague general bitching.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Cool Watchmen trailer
http://io9.com/5026402/watch-how-faithful-watchmen-will-be
July 17th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
*headdesk*
Amen!
Hallelujah!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Oooh, Watchmen trailer!
Amen, brother! *headdesk*
July 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
CP: The only place I can look is down — The Bishops
July 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
*head… oh wait Watchmen Trailer?
Ah, the webpage was down, but it found it on Youtube. Looks very cool. :)
July 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Jack “*headdesk*” Mangan
July 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
CP: You won’t be mine — Matchbox 20
July 17th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
11 floppies!
Feel the pain of retro gaming!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Can anybody explain headdesk?
cough
July 17th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Take head. Smash on desk as a sign of frustration. Repeat.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
“Looks around frantically for someone that understands *facepalm* to explain *headdesk*”
July 17th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Ah, ditto understand the *headdesk*
July 17th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
*headdesk* is usually triggered by dealing with individuals infected by this dreaded disease:
http://www.zazzle.com/together_we_can_beat_c_r_i_2_shirt-235297237665112190
July 17th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
*Facepalm* and *headdesk* and *boobkeyboard*
Man, I am surrounded by assholes at work, you guys.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Thx you and ouch!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Ah I work alone, usually the only nasty ones are customers.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Assholes and elbows as it were.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
I’m more a fan of the *boobfaceplant*
July 17th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
*boobfaceplant* is a fun one
July 17th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Big fan of that one!
July 17th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
BFP. I believe we’ve witnessed the birth of a beautiful new term here, folks.
Nice one.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
BFP FTW!!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Here, here!!
*BFP*
July 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
down loading 99
July 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
+19 and you get an old TV series.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Just don’t go near any piles of radioactive waste, it never ends well.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Damn that Watchmen trailer looked good. Appears consistent with reports that they are really trying to frame the sections of the movie to capture the original frames from the graphics novel.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
The new He-Man movie looks naff though.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
She-Ra *BFP*
July 17th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Everyone see part 2 of Dr Horrible?
July 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
ten tens
and not yet
July 17th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
“You’re kidding. What a crazy random happenstance.”
July 17th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
“The hammer is my penis.”
July 17th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
[ear bud]
I was offered to photograph another music festival this coming weekend and have been familiarizing myself with the music because I haven’t been keeping up very well lately and god damn there is some fucking great indie music out there right now
My current obsessions from this festival- The latest releases from these bands:
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Animal Collective
Les Savy Fav
Dizzee Rascal
The Dodos
Spiritualized
Elf Power
The Hold Steady
Spoon
Dinosaur Jr
Titus Andronicus
Boris
Fuck Buttons
I just made a playlist a couple days ago of ll the bands in this festival and fuck its a great playlist. Hugh and I have been playing this playlist nonstop since I made it
[/ear bud]
July 17th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
ps.. the festival if anyone is interested is The Pitchfork Music Festival
July 17th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/
July 17th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Congrats, Andrea!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Vampire Weekend is tons of fun, huh TSH?
Enjoy that!
July 17th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Hey, thanks guys :)
Yeah Vampire Weekend is awesome
I am really impressed by !!! and Fuck Buttons.. great art creating music :)
July 17th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Congratulations TSH.
Dr Horrible won’t play on my Linux laptop, so can’t watch it till I boot up the desktop.
Today’s colour is grey with a touch of damp.
Off to see Wall-E today, looking forward to all that Pixar goodness.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Today’s useful tip:
http://www.wikihow.com/Win-a-Street-Fight
July 18th, 2008 at 5:30 am
good show… lot’s of cool thoughts. I need to make more dead pan stuff.
July 18th, 2008 at 5:43 am
Stupid iTunes upgrades. Now when I listen to a podcast, they aren’t removed from my iPod when I sync.
July 18th, 2008 at 6:04 am
ditto, doesn’t that piss you off? Every time I upgrade iTunes, something is fucked up w/ my podcasts. EssBee SMASH!
Morning, Deadpan!
July 18th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Lots of crap to deal with at work today, well more than usual. =P *BFP*
July 18th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Sounds kinda like my day, Rhettro. Stupid work crap!
Hey, would one of you Arizona fellas go smack the Phoenix Evil, Inc. Sales Rep — oh, EXCUSE me, Account Executive — for me? She is absolutely killing me with her assholery.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:26 am
I would, but no car. The 4runner’s in the shop again. That thing’s a money pit.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Darn all this talk of itunes upgrades blues, I have a shiny new iPhone here and now have to install itunes for the first time.
engage panic mode
panic mode engaged
aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh…
July 18th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Yeah I’m a consumer whore.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Sw33t!!!!! KOTOR MMO FTW!!!
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6194664.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;2
July 18th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Oh and really enjoyed Wall-E, I cared more what happened to those two computer generated characters in that movie than all of the rest of the summer blockbusters put together.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:05 am
I know what you mean, Van. It’s the best movie I’ve watched all year.
I know it’s a Disney movie, but if they went for a slightly different, more tragic ending, it would definitely have been up for an Oscar.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:10 am
CP: (Can’t you) Trip like I do — Crystal Method & Filter
July 18th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Van, my iTunes bitching aside, I absolutely love my iPod. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I hope you’ll report on how the iPhone treats you!
July 18th, 2008 at 8:33 am
…and karma takes a bite out of my ass.
Lulu.com sent me the wrong book, a great achievement from a Print on Demand publisher.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Van: installing iTunes for the first time is pretty painless. It may take a while depending on how long your music collection. The bitching starts when you have to upgrade iTunes and Apple changes something. Grrrrr.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:41 am
For example, once I upgraded iTunes, and ALL of my podcasts disappeared. That experience taught me a few things:
1. I might have a little too much of a need for instant gratification.
2. I am way too attached to these earbuds.
3. Apple will fix the bugs that they create, but it is always too slow for my taste.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Oh, and:
4. It’s always there somewhere even if you can’t see it in your library.
5. Backup downloads!
July 18th, 2008 at 8:46 am
#4 isn’t necessarily true. For whatever reason, I have podcast files disappear mysteriously from time to time.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Here’s your public idiocy example for the day:
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/127616.html
July 18th, 2008 at 8:49 am
ditto, that makes me feel so much better. I am a techtard, and am ALWAYS told that it’s there even though I cannot find it.
Dear you bastard tech support people: I TOLD YOU SO.
July 18th, 2008 at 9:03 am
More examples of idiocy:
“Tomatoes are again safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/17/fda.salmonella/index.html
“The FDA announced it was lifting its ban on consumption of raw tomatoes, but hadn’t ruled them out as the source.”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/15/salmonella.track/index.html
Make. Up. Your. Fucking MINDS!
July 18th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Van… Wall-E is not real? :-(
July 18th, 2008 at 9:04 am
EssBee: I always have fun slapping tech support around. Being a software engineer, they can’t pull lame excuses with me. I *can* get away with saying, “put someone on that knows what they are talking about.” :)
July 18th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Of course, I only get that mean once they’ve pissed me off by repeatedly refusing to listen to me. I understand they probably get lots of people that claim to know what they are talking about, but good tech support should be skilled enough to separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.
July 18th, 2008 at 9:16 am
So a quick shout out for helo, can you manually select MP3s on your HD in itunes to transfer to the iphone/ipod?
I really want to keep my podcast feeds away from itunes if I can help it.
July 18th, 2008 at 9:17 am
-o +p
July 18th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Van,
1. Open iTunes
2. From the File menu, choose one of the following choices:
* Mac
o Add to Library
* Windows
o Add File to Library
o Add Folder to Library
3. Navigate to and select the file or folder that you want to add
July 18th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I used to do tech support. That job was basically constant *headdesk*
July 18th, 2008 at 9:29 am
You can Van, but it isn’t as simple as it should be.
You use the “IMPORT” function from the pull down list, locate your MP3’s on the hard drive and “IMPORT” them. You files then show up in your music directory and you can drag them to an iPod/iPhone that is connected to your PC.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Thx Rhettro and Essbee.
I think a cup of tea before playing with the new toy.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:13 am
I may even drink a cup of tea, thinking of one is just not as refreshing.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:15 am
You might dump some bourbon in that tea, Van.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:20 am
And then pass it over this way.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Hell just give me the bourbon.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:26 am
And then drink it.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:27 am
*passing bourbon to wndr*
And then we all should find a nice *BFP*
July 18th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Unless, obviously, *helmetfaceplant* is more your cuppa.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Now I’m realizing that all you straight dudes are going to want both a *BFP* and a *HFP*. Okay, go ahead.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Thanks for the bourbon.
Yeah I so need a *BFP*
July 18th, 2008 at 10:46 am
http://tinyurl.com/6jcg3q
Unearthed tapes by the woman who mixed the original Dr Who composition for the TV series in 1963.
Just have a listen to the `dance’ track.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:55 am
CP: Evolve – Ani DiFranco (Live at JazzFest ‘06)
I was there!
Van, that is awesome.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:03 am
CP: Rocky Raccoon – The Beatles
July 18th, 2008 at 11:06 am
So, Van has scored his iPhone and now has been sucked into the legion of iTunes with the rest of us.
I must confess, I haven’t upgraded my Itunes in a while since they never to anything to improve podcasting support. The thing I see about Apple is that, they add some feature, like podcasting, and then never touch it again, preferring to add some other new money sucking feature.
I always make a backup copy of my Itunes database file before applying a new Itunes update.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:07 am
So, rather than going through and copying everything, I’ll just take a rare opportunity to point you to my blog post (which, I see I haven’t posted to for three months).
Enjoy my nerdgasm, if you dare…
http://onemanseyes.blogspot.com/2008/07/nerdgasm-gps.html
July 18th, 2008 at 11:08 am
CP: Killer Queen – Queen
(shuffle is being kind today so far *knocking on wood*)
July 18th, 2008 at 11:23 am
True Blood website: http://www.trubeverage.com/
Van said the pilot for this show sucks (in a less vulgar manner, obviously), but I do love the books.
CP: Burning Too – Fugazi
July 18th, 2008 at 11:33 am
CP: Watchmen trailer in 1080HD Quicktime from the movie site.
Glorious
July 18th, 2008 at 11:36 am
CP: The Ballad Of A Ladyman – Sleater-Kinney
July 18th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Jack: Sorry to hear that. I’ve done some support as well. Not a lot of fun.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:52 am
One of my contract employees just told me that she had to take her dog to the dermatologist. The dog’s name is Ted D. Bear.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:54 am
And…. ok…. gradually getting caught up.
“A New Name” by !!! (chk-chk-chk) is one of my favorite new tunes. I also kinda dig the Les Savy Fav tune I heard. Have fun at Pitchfork, Smarty Hotties.
Thanks, Trucker!
EssBee – are you suggesting a simultaneous *BFP* and *HFP*?
Van, what kind of tea did you think up?
I gotta see that Watchmen trailer.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Jack – obviously yes. Or subsequently. Really, whatever floats the ole boat.
CP: Beat On The Brat – The Ramones
July 18th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
JS: Emperor of the North
http://tinyurl.com/65req4
July 18th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Oh and I can be vulgar Essbee, if I have time for a good run up…
July 18th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Van – that is a great movie. Love the baptism scene.
Well OK, EssBee, if you insist :)
July 18th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Jack: The only song I’ve heard from !!! is “Must Be The Moon” which I really like.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
CP: Bad to the bone — George Thorogood
July 18th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
and
http://xkcd.com/448/
and ok…. must de-frazzle brain….
July 18th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
CP: Bad Motor Scooter — Montrose
July 18th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
CP: Farewell to summer – Ottmar Leibert
July 18th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Warning: If you download an mp3 that then launches IE asking you to install a codec, don’t.
http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/07/18/145223.shtml
July 18th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
The one traumatic thing about seeing Wall-E was the trailer for High School Musical 3.
The horror, the horror…
July 18th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
CP: Let’s Embrace – Joseph Arthur
July 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Van: It was “Meet Dave” for me. I’m glad I didn’t see your trailers!
July 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
CP: Easy Livin’ — Uriah Heep
July 18th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I have seen the trailer for The Mummy movie (#3?) so many times that I’m pretty sure I’ll never see that one.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
CP: Renegade — Styx
July 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Anyone braving the crowds for The Dark Knight this weekend?
CP: Trash-A-Go-Go – Funkadelic
July 18th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Going to try tomorrow afternoon.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
CP: Street of Dreams — Rainbow
July 18th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Not out till next week in the UK, so I’ll check it out then.
Mummy 3 looks pretty naff, might check it out for a laugh.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Finished reading “The Name of the Wind” the other day. Excellent book.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I think I’ll wait until next weekend. I just hate the theater full of middle school boys! That’s what we had when we saw Hancock last week.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
The August book for the book club I’m in is ‘The Yiddish Policemen’s Union’ by Michael Chabon. Going to see if I can get it on loan from the local library.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Van: I’ve heard lots of good things about that book, though I haven’t read it yet. Next up for me is “Soon I will be Invincible” by Grossman.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375424865/ref=cm_rdp_product_img
July 18th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
CP: We’re and American Band — Grand Funk Railroad
July 18th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I’ve also heard great things about the Chabon novel.
I LOVED “Soon I Will Be Invincible”, absolutely. I caught that one as an audiobook, and loved the voice of the guy who read it.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
CP: Highway Song — Blackfoot
July 18th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
My next book is The Sandman #1: Preludes & Nocturns.
I’m also having fun reading the Southern Vampire books by Charlaine Harris.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
CP: nothing.
Forgot my stupid iPod at home today.
I’d like to do Batman this weekend. Probably won’t.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Hey Jack, wanna see Batman? LOL Better not, the wife would kill me. I’ll probably wait a couple weeks before seeing Batman. I’m probably 50/50 for seeing WALL E this weekend and 50/50 for Hellboy next.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
CP: Very agitated Kentucky woman on the phone.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I noticed that The Dark Knight has a 9.7 rating over at IMDB currently. I doubt it will stay at that level.
July 18th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=8699865
How did I know it was going to be a man that did that?
July 18th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Funny story, Rhettro! WTF.
Tonight, Longmont’s very cool (for Longmont) ArtWalk
http://www.artwalklongmont.org/
Hopefully I can find some good beer while there. I finished my antibiotics Wednesday, so I think I’m safe to have an adult beverage now, don’t you?
July 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Go for it, EssBee.
Hey…………… does anyone know anything about JRun? Did Adobe stop supporting that?
July 18th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I have no idea what Jrun is, but my google-fu says the last update Adobe released for it was in June of 2005. That would be abandonment in my book.
July 18th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I’d look into JBoss, Jack.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Thanks guys. Sorry for the dayjob techgeeking.
*BFP*
July 18th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Ok test message from iPhone…
July 18th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
hahahahahahahaha
July 18th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
This truly is a fucked up romance:
http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5862568.html
July 18th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Terrible rap song – but good edits:
http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/07/video-mashup-for-girl-talks-feed-the-animals#
July 18th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
CP: Lost and Lazy — 54-40
A great song from an under appreciated band.
July 18th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I thought Girl Talk was a mashup artist to begin with???
July 19th, 2008 at 12:57 am
July 19th, 2008 at 3:53 am
Well I was going to ask about literal death or philosophical death.
But since things appear to have vanished.
That was a twisted story you linked to ditto.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:03 am
I must concur with Van’s assessment of ditto’s story :)
July 19th, 2008 at 4:04 am
I can’t believe that Jack posts his desire to go brokeback for Batman and no one runs with it. What has this community come to??????
July 19th, 2008 at 4:05 am
Oh, and Tee spilled the beans that we can expect to here an interview with himself and Pip Ballentine on a certain podcast that we all listen to in the near future.
Jack, no softballs :)
July 19th, 2008 at 4:16 am
You know, in my work, I’ve spent a good bit of time both here, and at the BP refinery in Texas City that had the big explosion a couple of years ago.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5896374.html
Scary stuff. I’ll be very interested in how this investigation turns out. In my experience, Lyondell has tended to be among the more safety conscious companies. I don’t know yet if anyone from the company I work for was on the project.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:17 am
Tea and Chat?
cough
July 19th, 2008 at 4:21 am
Hopefully the DP interview won’t be two hours long.
Ok iphone/ipod touch owners. This is my first smartphone and it’s taking me a while to get used to it. Oh and Safari has already crashed several times today, so I’ve been bloodied!
Anyway, is there anyway to turn of the screen switching to landscape mode when playing a podcast or music track? makes it hard to hit pause without taking the phone out my pocket?
July 19th, 2008 at 4:24 am
Jeremy, I saw you posting on the Slice B5 story.
Boot to the head!
:)
July 19th, 2008 at 6:33 am
All 3 parts of Dr Horrible are out now. Tomorrow is the last day, you can watch it online.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:57 am
I should watch those before things get too spoilerish around the net. Of course, I bought them on iTunes, so that helps the deadline thing.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Hi Deadpan!
How’s everyone’s Saturday shaping up? I’ve been busy — already done with two loads of laundry, mowing the lawn, and sweeping up the patio. I also did dishes and pulled some weeds. Now, I can relax and maybe read or watch some TV. I got LOST Season 1 & 2 on DVD for my birthday recently — maybe that’s what I’ll do.
Dr. Horrible rocks.
July 19th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I’m just happy to see Will Smith come out against Scientology.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IdLwcXOTzy4&feature=related
July 19th, 2008 at 11:33 am
I received an e-mail from Pendragon Press — publishers ofthe pending Triquorum 3, which will feature a superlong story of mine entitled “Crash Day”. It’s still in the works. The editor is toying with format ideas, awaiting the contributing authors’ feedback, and will possibly have something ready within “the next month or so”.
July 19th, 2008 at 11:38 am
And Ed, I hadn’t even noticed my “funny” wording about Batman this weekend. . . . . . :) In that case, bring on Catwoman.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Congrats, Jack!
July 19th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Thanks, EssBee!
July 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Congrats, Jack!
PS: The Dark Knight is awesome.
July 19th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Congratulations Jack. Hopefully they will get Triquorum 3 out of the door as well.
Just got back from seeing this bloke at a local folk club:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c0E6Wastx8
July 19th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I’m tapping my foot in frustration till I can see the new Batman movie.
July 19th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Of course Crash Day features in T3…doh!
I’ll just go and hide in the corner.
July 19th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
CE: H-D Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream
CW : BBC documentary (via iplayer) about the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
I’m amazed anyone would bring their kids to this Batman film.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Can’t wait to see Dark Knight! I heard a bad review today, but ditto’s review just tells me that the reviewer has no taste.
CW: Eureka Season Two, Disc 1
Soon to be E: Double mushroom & pepperoni pizza and hot wings. It’s my secret for keeping this girlish figure.
CD: Left Hand Brewery Sawtooth Ale.
Got stung by a yellow jacket today. It was the last thing that little fucker ever did, I can tell you that much.
Enjoy the evening!
July 19th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
You know, if I hadn’t known Ledger was playing the Joker, I’d never guess. He’s riveting. Take Batman, remove his restraint and his morality, remove his sense of justice, remove his discipline, and it’s a short hop to becoming the Joker. That’s an undercurrent that plays throughout the whole movie. Nolan weaves a compelling story around Batman, the Joker, Dent, and Gordon that says a great deal about inner-character and Justice.
This is an extremely dark movie that only happens to be about a comic book character.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I haven’t read this 140-page script yet, but apparently it is such a great version that those who enjoyed the Indy movie and those who hated it both agree this would have been better…
http://tinyurl.com/58kb33
July 19th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
The more I think about the Indy movie, the more I realize how bad it really was.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Didn’t see it. Remind me though – - – I have a hilarious Indy IV story that I keep forgetting to share on Deadpan.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
I came by to post lyrics. This guy blew me off awhile back for a Deadpan interview (in spite of our shared last name). . . . but I won’t jump to any uncool assumptions. He may have gotten busy – or whatever. This is a great, great song.
Dan Mangan – So Much For Everyone
as much as i’d like to go
to places i’ve never known,
scared shitless to leave home,
and i don’t want to go alone.
i miss the rewarding gaze
of a friend from my younger days,
didn’t mind ‘bout my selfish ways,
as he died i was miles away.
i hope he remembers how,
as i do when i look back now,
though he’d bark at the slightest sound,
would not bite for he knew not how.
and sometimes it’s more than clear,
when morning comes early here,
and i know that the day is near,
wasted days make for wasted years.
now i’m vicious with appetite,
sobering half a mind,
dripping with stolen wine,
awoken by something i dreamt.
harboured by everything i have been witnessing.
postcards and daydreaming
get less embarrassing.
after the day is done,
i will be on the run -
so much for everyone, so much for everyone.
the showdown is endless here,
under the burning sun.
as eyes roll toward me now,
i will drop my gun.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Feminist “reading” of Dr. Horrible (with spoilers) here:
http://tinyurl.com/6crr82
Don’t agree with everything she says, but found it interesting.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:18 am
Here’s another feminist “reading” of Dr. Horrible, again with spoilers:
http://tinyurl.com/5pdwof
This one is smarter, IMO, than the first one I posted. While reading this one, I thought about Jacks’ question regarding female role models in TV and Film. I’ve thought a lot about that since then, and think that this blog post really adds to the conversation.
Jack, would Buffy, or even Willow, be characters you’d want your daughter to watch and identify with? How about Zoe from Firefly?
I’m a huge Joss fan, so don’t get me wrong. I’m not posting this to say that I didn’t like Dr. Horrible. I loved it. Joss is boss.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:19 am
make that “Jack’s”
Oh, and good early morning from Colorado, Deadpan!
July 20th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Only real propeller heads need apply:
http://www.pagetable.com/?p=32
July 20th, 2008 at 6:45 am
EssBee: There are good and bad points to both posts. Thanks for passing them on.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:16 am
CW: Dr No.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Ursula Andress has put a shirt on…shame.
July 20th, 2008 at 8:11 am
I caught The Dark Knight early yesterday morning. I went in with a sense of skepticism given that the movie had so many positive reviews and they all seemed to be centered around Heath Ledger’s death. But after seeing it I think the true tragedy is that he DID die, because clearly this character was meant to be seen again in some sequel. And yet I can’t disagree with anything anyone has said about his performance… His portrayal of the Joker was just something I’ve never seen before. It was like a mix of the dude from Saw and Mathiew Lillard’s character in Scream… Only completely composed and yet off the hook at the same time.
That said I felt the only performances lacking in the film came from Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman, which was surprising given these are two of the biggest actors in Hollywood. And yet it was ok because the nature of the story seemed to deviate around them… They were more ancillary to the overall story being told, in fact I felt this movie was only coincidentally a Batman film. And while I haven’t seen all of Gary Oldman’s work, I have seen a lot of it and I really think this movie might have been HIS finest performance.
Beyond that I’m torn about the recasting of Rachel Dawes. I’m mostly pleased that Nolan chose early on not to include Katie Holmes in the sequel, as her inclusion in Batman Begins was the only taint on that film… However not including her robbed us of *spoiler!!* seeing Katie Holme’s fiery death. But besides that I think Maggie Gyllenhaal was able to take that character to an emotional place that Katie Holmes never could, and made her final scene all the more bitter sweet… And only made Aaron Eckert’s performance as Harvey Dent and his transformation into Two Face that more believable and visceral.
All that said when you put the two films together they’re completely seamless I think, and I’m glad they went for the length they did because this movie is just full of so many glorious moments. And again I think the real tragedy in it all is that in the end Heath Ledger died, and for some reason people feel the need to attach this sentiment that The Joker was Ledger’s final performance in some meaningless need to praise the man, when the sentiment isn’t even factually true… He has one last movie coming out. The truth is, had Ledger not died, I believe his performance would still be praised, and people would still find this one of the most amazing movies to come out in a long time.
And the fact that it was a Batman film seemed completely unnecessary. Which is weird, it’s kind of like praising a Star Trek film that came out and was so amazing, and yet didn’t include the Enterprise or even anyone wearing a Star Trek uniform. It’s like who cares that its about Batman, because it isn’t about Batman, its just a really good epic story about a lot of characters, arguable no heroes and some just flat out incredible villians. I don’t even know if thats ever been done before.
So yeah. All in all I was impressed. I hope this doesn’t spoil the X-Files next weekend. I’d hate to see more tragedy at the box office.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Back from camping out in the deep woods. I just love camping where the nearest human being is at least 50 yards away if not more. :)
Thanks for the kudos on the “deadpan is the way”. Like Jack said, I think I left about 20 minutes worth on voice mail. Hope it all makes sense to some people and really hope it helps some people at least think about their lives and what is stressing them out and ticking them off.
I am by no means perfectly happy but it’s all about life management really. And it all starts by stop doing shit for everyone else due to peer pressure or trying to “keep up with the Jones’”. Try to be happy with what you have an examine if you really *need* that expensive new thing and if will really make *you* happy, not someone else happy.
Take care deadpan!
July 20th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Scott,
I’ll say I generally agree, though, with one modification. I say it’s OK to want things (for, when it really comes down to it, the vast majority of things we have can’t really be classified as “needs”). But, I certainly agree that the want should be because you have a genuine desire of your own, rather a desire to project an image, or appear “hip”.
In short, if you really want that $400 pair of shoes because you like them, that’s great. If you’re just buying them to impress me, fuggedaboudit.
July 20th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Finally got to watch Dr. Horrible this afternoon, since the free viewing time is running out. Definitely had the feel of the Buffy musical episode from so long ago.
That is what Star Wars: Episode III should have been.
July 20th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Hey Dubshack,
I completely agree with your review of Batman. I would add that I hope they do a rerecording of Batman’s lines. The voice he used was almost silly. Nobody would do a whisper gravel voice to talking to somebody in the other side of the room.
Also Batman wouldn’t talk like he’s interrogating the subject if he talking to Commissioner Gordon. I do think they could do a better job with the dialogue before the DVD.
Did anyone pick up a lack of an origin story for the Joker. I really enjoy the hyper realism they seem to want to use these Batman films. Even having Batman go to China.
After Tim Burton turned the most normal villain into a circus freak this new take on the franchise is very refreshing. The bad guy I wanna see the most is Scarface. If anybody would understand how to do that character it would be him.
Also, kick ass truck driving chase scene..
July 20th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Apparently a tornado just missed my in-laws place last night. Yikes!
July 20th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Go back and watch Batman Begins. He did the same thing then and no one complained. I’ve got no problems with the “distorted” voice.
I also liked the lack of an origin story for the Joker. It was more realistic.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
La la la la la la la la la la not listening to your Batman discussion. . . . . I’d hoped to see it today. But I guess not.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
FBP! Sorry, Jack!
July 20th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
It’s the journey thats important and not the destination.
I’s why spoilers don’t bother me.
July 20th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
+t
July 21st, 2008 at 2:36 am
I’ve already come across a few spoilers, myself. But, that the risk of being plugged in. The wife and I have a date night planned for next Friday and we’ll be catching in then.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:46 am
I read the feminist review pages of Dr. Horrible posted earlier. While I would agree it’s not likely the kind of thing I’d show off to my daughter now, I don’t think that the pendulum has to swing so far that every potrayal of a woman character must necessarily be strong. The story is about one man’s fall and it uses obviously exaggerated stereotypes to tell the story.
I do think it’s the kind of thing I’d show my daughter when she’s a little older for a “hey, watch out for these guys” lesson.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:02 am
Morning, Deadpan!
How did Monday roll back around so quickly?
Haven’t seen Dark Knight yet. Hope to catch it next weekend.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:20 am
Damn it – it is Monday…
Where the hell did I put that Bourbon???
July 21st, 2008 at 6:44 am
Pass it around wndr, pass it around.
*headdesk*
July 21st, 2008 at 6:48 am
I have to find it first….
July 21st, 2008 at 7:40 am
Sooooooo true:
“Sure, I just watched a PG-13 movie in which I was seriously worried I was about to witness a man with half his face-flesh burned off put a bullet in an 8-year-old boy’s skull in front of his crying, screaming family, but thanks to the good people at the MPAA, I had absolutely no fear of any nude female nipples sneaking into the scene. Thank you so much, MPAA. Because of you and your stalwart vigilance on behalf of our nation’s many unspoilt young minds, I can rest assured whenever children go to see crack-y, psychotic clowns stick knives in people’s mouths, those clowns will never, under any circumstances, dare to use the word “fuck.” I doff my hat to you all.”
http://essrose.livejournal.com/44657.html?style=mine
July 21st, 2008 at 7:41 am
CRAP! I didn’t mean to add a spoiler to that quote!!!
SPOILERS ABOVE!!!!!
SORRY!
July 21st, 2008 at 7:42 am
My brain was not fully engaged when I hit submit. :(
July 21st, 2008 at 7:44 am
I forgive you, ditto. That is an awesome quote.
July 21st, 2008 at 7:48 am
Manic Mehday. =P
If were in an economic recession, you wouldn’t be able to tell by the size of the crowds at the Chandler Fashion Mall last Saturday. Insane.
July 21st, 2008 at 7:56 am
CP: Hot Pink, Distorted — 50 Foot Wave
July 21st, 2008 at 8:17 am
However bad things get, there will be a minority that do well out of the chaos.
July 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
CP: Out of Exile — Audioslave
July 21st, 2008 at 8:37 am
And they all live in Chandler. LOL
July 21st, 2008 at 9:38 am
Rhettro, I think at least a few of them live in Boulder too.
I got a few new books in the mail last week:
Astonishing X-Men collection #4, which is Whedon’s last
Hellboy collection #1
I’m excited to read both, but they have to get in the queue.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:16 am
Damn it
Who spilled the bourbon?
I know I didn’t drink all of it….
I don’t think so anyway…
Crap I don’t remember
July 21st, 2008 at 10:20 am
Earbuds
If you haven’t heard of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, check them out:
http://www.myspace.com/brianjonestownmassacre
These guys remind me of The Velvet Underground. See what you think.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:40 am
CP: Into The Dark — Melissa Etheridge
July 21st, 2008 at 10:43 am
CP – Second Shift s02e01
July 21st, 2008 at 10:55 am
Ah second shift, got to episode 5 of the first series and then lost interest.
JATD: the dishes after a meal of egg and chips.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:56 am
fried egg that is and not just the raw eggs.
Too much salmonella around for that.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:07 am
JATD!
July 21st, 2008 at 11:22 am
Further proof that I do, in fact, work at Evil, Inc.:
My team and I just spent 45 minutes sitting outside because there is an unidentifiable chemical smell come from the elevator shaft. No fire, say the 6 men who came on the red fire truck, but they do think that something smells like it is burning.
Oh, and it’s around 100 degrees out there.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:40 am
I spotted this book in Barnes & Noble’s on Barnes & Noble’s discount shelves, immediately thought of EssBee:
http://tinyurl.com/66hkwp
July 21st, 2008 at 11:49 am
Best. Quote. EVAR!
“Look at me. I mean, when I’m naked, I look like a bald chicken. How did I get to be a scary bad guy?” — Gary Olman
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/21/film.garyoldman.ap/index.html
July 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
That is hilarious, Jack.
The truth is that corporate culture is ripe for the picking. There are some relatively major legal issues happening at my version of Evil, Inc. that I’d love to tell you guys about, but I’d so get canned. I could write quite a story!
That is a great article, ditto.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Saw a pile of Scott Sigler Infections books at Waterstones at the weekend. Don’t know how well he is selling retail, but amazing to see an author who podcasts his book on the shelves.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:39 pm
CP: Flight of the Bumblebee – Jennifer Batten
July 21st, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Not giving a…
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/20/i-just-dont-care-nsfw-version/
NSFW
July 21st, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Have to check that one at home!
CP: As Good As You’ve Been To This World – Janis Joplin
July 21st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
CP: Rat is Dead (Rage) — Cansei de Ser Sexy
http://www.spin.com/articles/css
July 21st, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Well the holiday is over, back to the grind.
July 21st, 2008 at 3:34 pm
If I had a pillow, I think I would take a nap under my desk here at work. I wonder if anyone would notice?
July 21st, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Jennifer Batten!
I’ll also check out your neatorama link at home, ditto. . . .
And wow, what a quiet Deadpan Monday. Makes me wonder. . . . .
Welcome back to the grind, Van.
July 21st, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Storm’s a-brewin’, is that what you’re thinking, Jack?
July 21st, 2008 at 6:34 pm
CP: Low is a height — Great Northern
July 21st, 2008 at 11:07 pm
CW: BBC News Breakfast
They caught Karadzic, about bloody time.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:31 am
neet car… But it’s glued. Could I get ine that’s welded?
http://tinyurl.com/3o3bvq
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:27 am
Jack – Are you what are you wondering about?
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:45 am
So let me get this straight, the emissions on this thing are so clean and cool they’re actually used as part of the air conditioning system?
“Oh my gosh Bob, what is that total lack of smell coming from the air conditioner?”
“Why thats the exhaust fumes coming from my clean, energy efficient compressed air vehicle!”
Only in India can they take the idea of a clean air vehicle and design something based entirely on a fart.
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 am
A fart is methane. The car runs on compressed *air*. Since the car doesn’t burn anything, I find it amusing they would talk about emissions. It’s emissions will be as polluted as the air you put into the compressed air tank.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:09 am
Morning, Wndr, Dub, & ditto!
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:12 am
Morning!
*its not it’s
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:18 am
Morning, EssBee.
*lamenting my empty bottle*
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:20 am
Guys, I’m having a kind of rough and shocking morning today. My brother is turning out to be a complete nutter w/ the religious fundamentalism. I have no idea how to deal. Opinion question:
Should I work on fixing a relationship with him just because we are siblings? I have no desire to talk to the guy, but there’s still that social (or is it more than social?) thing that makes me think that I should because we have the same parents.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 am
I would maintain at least a cordial relation. If not just to keep the peace at family gatherings. (Wow look at the insight)
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:50 am
300!
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:51 am
Thanks, WNDR. You’re probably right, but I’m more inclined (at least today) to just skip the family gatherings that he decides he’s able to attend. Those, BTW, are very few and far between.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:43 am
Half my inlaws are off the deep end so I feel your pain. I agree with Wolf, keep things cordial.
When dealing with people with deeply held religious convictions, that want you to share in them I always try to keep a few things in mind.
The first is someone’s degree of conviction does not in anyway reflect the validity of there convictions. I’ve meet a lot of people who wanted to convert me to the “true” path, Mormons, Catholics, Jehova Witnesses, Baptists and Muslims. All these people believed without a shred of doubt that they were following God’s chosen path. Yet if you put all these people in a room, every last one of them would think the others were “wrong.” If God has spoken to you directly, who am I to tell you you are on the wrong path. But it means next to nothing to me personally, because I wasn’t the recepient. What I think happens to a lot of people is instead of following their heart, they co-opt someone else’s faith, someone with more conviction than they have, and not because they believe it, but because they don’t want to fall out of favor with that person. That isn’t faith, that’s coersion.
Sorry for rambling. LOL Anyway, when talking to people like this I basically acknowledge that they have my best interest at heart, but I don’t believe as they do. Their faith may be impressive, but their devotion isn’t evidence of the “truthfulness” of their path, at least not when it concerns other people. And finally let them know that you follow your own heart and if the path is true, you will know it. That’s how I handle my inlaws and it keeps conversations about such matters fairly short.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:55 am
Words of wisdom, Rhettro and WNDR!
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:01 am
It would have been a lot more impressive if I had proof read that a little more before hitting submit. LOL
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:17 am
As somebody who had to suffer catholic school, my tolerance to being preached at by religious fanatics is low.
I suspect a lot of religious people just follow what they were indoctrinated with as children.
Never trust anybody who thinks god is responsible for all the good things in life and none of the bad things….
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:17 am
Unless they are pointing a gun at me, then I’m all ears.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:19 am
Just in case you were under the impression I was brave and noble defender of atheism.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:20 am
LOL
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:22 am
Van, I agree with you. As a gay person, I’m often preached at by the nuttier people in my vicinity, but my brother is a special case. We were raised as Eastern Orthodox, but he has gone full Fundie. I don’t speak that language, and really don’t fit into his lens anyway.
Sorry to vent earlier — I have brought a pretty serious tone to the Pan this morning.
CP: Yesterday’s Democracy Now!
/drama
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
It’s known around here that I’m a pretty devout Catholic myself. The truest lesson that I’ve learned and try to live by is the recognition that everyone, whatever their faith or lack thereof, is a reflection of the divine creation. As such, all are entitled to be treated with basic respect and human dignity. I fear this fundamental lesson has been lost on too many who call themselves Christian and I find myself sympathetic to the bumper sticker prayer “Lord, save me from your followers.”
Coercion, whether to religious belief, patriotism, or even scientific knowledge, is no way to build something that will last. Resentment will eventually destroy it.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:45 am
Ed, well put.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:57 am
Ed, replace your “devout Catholic” with my “secular humanist” and your “reflection of the divine creation” with my “a human being just like I am” and we are in complete agreement there.
Tolerance is something that way too many of us have just plain forgotten to look up in the dictionary. If I think that someone is being ugly toward another person, I can think that they’re doing so without telling them that they deserve to get voted off the planet because I don’t personally chose to be ugly toward others.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:58 am
Unless they are pointing a gun at Van.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
I will jump in as Van’s human shield.
To tackle the other side of the original question, I think that if someone treats you badly enough, then you need to avoid them. Just because they’re family, that doesn’t give them a free pass. There’s no excuse for being hurtful to anyone.
However, if he’s just annoying, then I’d encourage tolerance, if only to keep peace for those rare get-togethers.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 am
Basking in the glow of the wisdom of the Mangan!
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 am
Where are my sunglasses it is awfully bright in here…
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:57 am
[drama]
Dear Diary:
The situation with my stupid brother does not include him being mean to me, per se. He is being a dick toward our parents, which I just simply cannot condone. He doesn’t talk to me at all, which suits me. I continue to wonder whether or not I owe the universe or whatever some attempt at keeping a cordial relationship with him (even if at this point all I could muster would be “kiss my ass . . . please”) or not. I am leaning toward a big fat no at this point. I have made a valiant effort toward this, IMO. I have to conclude, after the latest nutso email he sent to my parents, that he is just not worthy.
Also, Jack, Ed, Rhettro, WNDRWolf, and Van are dreamy.
Love, EssBee
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July 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
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July 22nd, 2008 at 10:10 am
[drama]
I don’t have opposable thumbs!!!
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July 22nd, 2008 at 10:46 am
CP: The Way – Me’Shell Ndegeocello
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:51 am
CP: Oh Oh I Love Her So – The Ramones
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:04 am
CP: Crazyhorse Mongoose – Galactic
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 am
CP: The Heretic (The Lost Child) – W.A.S.P.
(don’t laugh, it’s actually a good tune)
I think Thievery Corporation is next on the playlist.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am
CP: Think Afrika – Fela Kuti
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:22 am
Damn it !
I think I got the strings on my spaceships all tangled!
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
CW: The Making Of Captain Cook
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:40 am
Don’t cut the strings wolf, you’ll go all floppy…
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:42 am
Damn …
Everyone hates a floppy wolf…
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Van- Actually a recent study showed that the vast majority of American’s today have strayed from the religious teachings of their childhood. And the number one religion people left was the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which I found particularly amusing being that I fell into that same category.
Essbee- If your brother is disrespecting his parents than he is committing the worst form of hypocracy to his own faith. From experience I say let him be. He will either come to understand his mistakes and come to you for forgiveness or continue to commit them, in which case its best to sever the relationship. Better to loose an arm than let the disease spread to the brain.
This from an ordained minister, Reverend Dubshack.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
CP: More Than This – The Cure
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
EssBee If More than this is the cure – What is the disease?
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
The GOONER, obviously
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
CP: Little Liza Jane – Dr. John
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Gurning:
http://tinyurl.com/6dk3s4
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
That’s . . . uh . . . interesting.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
CP: Minneapolis – Lucinda Williams
Yay, JohnBoze
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Every nation has it’s obscure contests.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
True, Van. I’ve heard of fruitcake tosses around these parts.
CP: Fade Away – Mary J. Blige
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Well I’m gnackered, night pan.
Biggest disappointment of the 3G iPhone is battery life.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Nighty nite, Van.
Charge that phone, yo.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I know Jack is a big Justin Timberlake fan, so decided to share this. Enjoy!
http://tinyurl.com/6fd2br
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
[secretly harboring a crush] That deuchebag hosted the ESPYs? ugh. [/secretly harboring a crush]
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
You know if you search for “dick in a box” on Google you get links to Mr. Timberlake. Not sure why.
Oh repairs on the 4runner are bleeding me dry. Does $700 sound like a lot of money to make a blinky light go away on the dash board? I must have offended the SRV gods. I suppose I should have sacraficed a few Priuses to them to keep me in their good graces.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
SUV even.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Seems like a bit of black electrical tape over that blinky light would make it go away a lot cheaper.
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
That’s what I’m thinkin’.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
http://tinyurl.com/2p82v2
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:52 am
Very apt.
A warm and muggy day here…I hate high humidity levels.
JATE: Some toast.
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:52 am
Can’t have crumbs getting in the keyboard.
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 am
Playing on the tv:
The Road to Rio
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:35 am
http://tinyurl.com/5kqnq8
Well at the above I downloaded the new “Girl Tlak” album for $0.00, much like I did the Radiohead album a couple months back. I am hoping to like it more than the Radiohead, which I listened to in my car, and thought should come with a waning label against doing so as I was bored to tears…
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:54 am
I enjoyed the RH album, but not as much as others. How’s the GT album?
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:12 am
este perro no parará el humping de mi pierna
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:52 am
You have to watch those camels.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:18 am
Damn dog . . .
Thanks for the tip, JohnBoze — I got some music this morning! I love Radiohead, tho.
Morning, Deadpan.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:49 am
CP: Free Money — Patti Smith
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:55 am
Watch out for those parrots humping your leg Dub.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:07 am
Rush failing at Rock Band
http://kotaku.com/5027981/watch-rush-fail-at-rock-band
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:15 am
I think I could learn to play the Buckethead song for real before I could master Buckethead on GH. LOL
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:22 am
Yeah.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:58 am
CP: Animate — Rush
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 am
Reminds me of a famous F1 driver doing rubbish at hard driving arcade machine (the games was developed from a oh so serious car simulator).
You are in the library, what is the first book you see when you look up?
Lonely Werewolf Girl by Martin Millar.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:21 am
CP: Cold Fire — Rush
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:05 am
Ahh. Just back from seeing my chiropractor. One of my favorite things to do each month.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am
On first listen (while working, so not paying full attention) Girl Talk ain’t bad.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
CP: Clampdown – Indigo Girls
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
And, no, that was not a lesbian joke.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:28 am
I was thinking of metalwork myself.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Ha! Just me, then.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am
CW: Futurama
The one where Bender dumps the ship’s computer.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:56 am
Anybody want to play guess the novel by quick plot description?
Primarily the narrative of Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London during the Second World War who has the ability to predict imminent German bombing trajectories by erection, ___ deals tangentially with hundreds of other important characters, with Russians, Germans, Africans, and Central Asians, and with settings such as Colonial America, turn-of-the-century Africa, and the United States of the early seventies before it dispatches Slothrop entirely, casting his fragmentary consciousness around the remainder of the book. (He fails to appear recognizably in the last fifty pages.)
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:56 am
CP: Almost Always — Ron Sexsmith
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
CP: Can’t Stop – Ozomatli
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
CP: A Thousand Tiny Pieces – The Be Good Tanyas
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Nope, don’t recognize it, EssBee.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
CP: Ice — Sarah McLachlan
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
CP: Believer — Chantal Kreviazuk
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
It’s Gravity’s Rainbow, one of my all time favorites.
CP: Satisfy – Me’Shell Ndegeocello
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Well I’ve seen the Be Good Tanyas twice in concert. They looked a bit stoned at the second one though.
CP: Raven’blues
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
CP: Sad to see the season go — Cowboy Junkies
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I love the Tanyas, stoned or no.
CP: Toys R Us – The Greyboy Allstars
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
EssBee: I figured it out by doing a Google search on the name. I haven’t read the book yet. As an engineer, my background in literature is rather weak.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
ditto: I LOVE Cowboy Junkies.
My MA is in American Lit, so I’ve read a lot of non-genre stuff. I couldn’t calculate my way out of a box, though!
I would recommend Gravity’s Rainbow, but it’s dense. It’s not a linear story, and pretty freaky. Maybe just read about it rather than reading the book itself!
I posted the paragraph above from a pretty funny book review. The writer obviously hated the novel and it tickled me.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
To be fair there could have looked stoned at the first one, but I sitting too far back to notice.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I’m not tempted to read the book after reading the wiki entry.
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I attempted Gravity’s Rainbow as a teenager, but my head exploded.
I should give it another attempt one of these days.
I did get through Vineland, but from what I recall, it was pretty unremarkable.
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
EssBee: I read Umberto Eco for fun. I don’t know how that compares to Pynchon. Besides, I like a challenge. :)
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
This one deserves a repost after reading that wiki entry.
Wernher Von Braun by Tom lehrer
Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun
A man whose allegiance is ruled by expedience
Call him a Nazi, he won’t even frown
“Ha, Nazi schmazi,” says Wernher von Braun
Don’t say that he’s hypocritical
Say rather that he’s apolitical
“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down
That’s not my department,” says Wernher von Braun
Some have harsh words for this man of renown
But some think our attitude should be one of gratitude
Like the widows and cripples in old London town
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun
You too may be a big hero
Once you’ve learned to count backwards to zero
“In German oder English I know how to count down
Und I’m learning Chinese,” says Wernher von Braun
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I love Pynchon for the same reasons I love Dick. (I originally had PK in that sentence, but removed it to invite lewd jokes. Go ahead, now.) Both authors are saying that the human race has invented itself right out of existence. I love that dark, dreadful shit.
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:44 pm
CP: Boy inside the man — Tom Cochrane
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
CP: Stay A Little Longer – Willie Nelson
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:16 pm
CP: Sweet Thing – Van Morrison
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Well best not to take these things to literally. After all it’s impossible to know if the human has invented itself out of existence if you are human cos you are still around.
cough
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
+race
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
CP: Black Star – Radiohead
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Exactly! Just like Deckard!
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
However if you are just an extension of the will of a supercomputer from the future, coming to record how humanity fluffed it…well all bets are off.
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Deckard is HUMAN, HUMAN I tell ya!
Oh wait, I had better pop some lithium…
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:39 pm
;)
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:39 pm
and, 400
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Night Pan.
Still wrestling with iTunes…sigh.
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Well, the Girl Talk will probably need a couple more listens, but it at least gets in the door with novelty value.
There is some risk it will fall under the same novelty category as a project from a bit further back called “Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers,” although this shows much better editing chops.
I wouldn’t hesitate putting this on at a loud party, but I’ll need at least two more listens before deciding if it has staying power…
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I salute anybody with enough restraint to eat 1/16 of a Black Forest Gateau..
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:19 pm
That kinda restraint might require restraints.
So JB, Girl Talk is all authorized mashups?
CP: Dry the Rain – The Beta Band
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
AT:
Eat – carnitas con tortillas de maiz, arroz de mexicano, y calabacitas.
Watch – either more Eureka on DVD (almost caught up!) or The Closer on DVR
Have a lovely night, gents.
Deadpan is the way.
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
need shower need sleep need edit my work
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
hhhhhhhhhhhiiiiii pan
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:17 pm
what was Jack saying about restraints over there??
Hugh sez: restraints?? w00t!
{sexy voice} are those ankle restraints or are you just happy to see me? [/sexy voice]
Hugh sez: *swooon*
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:21 pm
ok lemme see here we have to play with the others…
currently…
playing: The Presets – Aeons
eating: we just ate grilled shrimp and veggies. Weather has been so fantastic here we did some grilling and chilling today
drinking: finishing the bottle of Chardonnay from dinner
doing: commenting on deadpan
about to be doing: play by play
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
you know everytime we do a play by play and I check out my other podcasts, we always find a new sex in fun that sounds really interesting.
This time its: SiF #132 How to bring Non-Vanilla Sex into your Life
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Deadpan 96 Spoiler Alert!!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
creepy intro!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
this is the way the world is
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Dear wordpress
I’ll show you comments too quickly you mother fucker!
breast
dre and hugh
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Trucker Overdrive
liked the prologue more than the movie
The Rock ruins the movie
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Frank the bunny!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:29 pm
“Magnum used condom”
Hugh sez: wow, so far I’m not being sold on this movie.
Eraserhead!!!!
Hugh sez: we love Eraserhead!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
metric fuck ton load gallon
30 minutes from Dubshack!?!?!?!??!??!??!??
Hugh sez: How long is this episode?
47:01
hugh sez: so its 30 minutes of Dubshack and 17:01 of everyone else?
mehops not.. no offense Dubshack :)
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
TSH! What up?
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Greasy break in the middle
non Southland content
ahhhh.. not all 30 minutes are in this
Southland Tales Spoiler Alert
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Hey EssBee :)
How are things down in your side of the country?
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
slanderpalooza
oooo.. the following podcasters are sexually attracted to small furry woodland animals! Sicko Perverts!!!
Hugh sez: well I’m attracted to your beaver
LOL. YOur a sicko pervert too
Hugh sez: Thanks :)
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:38 pm
LOL
cute
Dubshack loves wee animals
Amy Bowen
She liked Repo Man better!
Hugh sez: I love Amy Bowen
Weloves Repo Man
Southland Tales by Amy Bowen: Over the top, gory and no plot line
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Venice Beach is scary
No fan fiction
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Inconceivable!!
Vote 2 for no storyline
lets keep track for the kids at home:
Southland Tales: 0
Lacking storyline: 2
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Ed From Texas *swooooon*
Hugh sez: Ed is threatening to kill Dubshack.. thats awesome. Way to go Dubshack!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Southland Tales: 0
Lacking Storyline: 3
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
The Rock is going to lay a smack down on our candy asses
Hugh sez: My ass is not a candy ass. Brig it Rock. I will break you.
*swoooon*
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:44 pm
ooo he got an interview with Justin Timberlake
Hugh sez: Ouch Jack
LOL.. Jack looooooves Justin Tinberlake
He hung up on you!!
Hugh sez: I’ll break his candy ass!!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
j0e
beyond the movie…
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
*deadpan pause*
Hugh’s mama on the phone :)
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I shall check email while I wait
and a video for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPB9kx6j3TY
dude.. hold the camera steady. Lay off the coke.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
shit man…
Look at this story that was emailed to Hugh and i from his sister today:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_he_me/cell_phone_warning
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Dear wordpress
boo on you
breast dre
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I was trying to post a story Hugh’s sister emailed to us about a link between cell phone usage and brain tumors
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Hugh is still talking on the phone, this might be a while…
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:09 pm
“By all means, if a person feels compelled that they should take precautions in reducing the amount of electromagnetic radio waves through their bodies, by all means they should do so,” said Dan Catena, a spokesman for the American Cancer Society. “But at the same time, we have to remember there’s no conclusive evidence that links cell phones to cancer, whether it’s brain tumors or other forms of cancer.”
So its like, cell phones give off these electromagnetic waves and they can’t confirm that they CAUSE cancer, but at the same time they can’t tell you oh yeah.. its perfectly safe!
nice.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:10 pm
LOL!!!
Speaking from his cell phone, the professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder said he takes no special precautions in his own phone use. And he offered no specific advice to people worried about the matter.
“Speaking from his cell phone” LOL.. oh that amused me
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Hey, TSH!!!
Well, considering we are constantly surrounded by all sorts of electromagnetic fields, it’s hard to believe that one more (i.e. a cell phone) will make any sort of difference.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
back to the pan…
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:27 pm
ditto!!! *swooon* :)
Are we? Oh see.. so then maybe they are just trying to start shit cause they hate cell phones.. who the fuck knows. I certainly don’t. I just take pretty pictures and make bad pictures look perfect via photoshop. I dont know shit about no electromagnetic waves or whatever.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:28 pm
justa j0e continues….
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
hmmm j0e liked Timberlake…
sez it was a musical
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
size DOES matter
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 pm
*raises hand*
I have a stick up my ass!!
Hugh sez: Thats no stick baby
*swooon*
Hugh sez: wait, I just insulted myself. I ain’t no stick. You BETTER know if it was me
LOL
Helloooooo Hughs ego!
Hugh sez: Yep, just Dre, me and my ego enjoying a quiet Wednesday night at home
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
j0e giving the history of Southland Tales
Phone call again!!
*Deadpan paused*
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Well pan
Looks like we might call it a night
We tried
we failed
we sorry
we’ll try again next time :)
Watch out from those electro-wave thingys all over the place
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Aww, too bad, TSH, catch you next time!
In answer to Jack’s question, no. It is all very unauthorized.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Do you know what arrived in my mail today? And, by mail, I mean that physical dispatch that comes via the U.S. Postal Service.
Do you know what arrived in my mail today? Probably six months after I put it at the top of my queue?
That’s right…..Eraserhead has finally arrived.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
lol
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Eraserhead!
I have Charlie (the Beer Guy)’s copy here too, Ed. I guess we could do a minipaloozahead….. but then others would be left out.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 pm
And I think we’re gonna call the GJB count at 451 this week.