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Morning, Deadpan! Hope everyone is doing well today.
Morning Deadpan!
Morning Scry!
Van, saw the first episode of The Clone Wars my thoughts are:
What was with the strange fifties news reel style beginning? Then it just went down hill from there.
Haven’t had a problem with iTunes and Vista, but then I avoided the BSOD with the upgrade to iTunes 8.
Sleepy Mehnday. Morning Pan.
Welcome, Scry!
Ed: I hear you. That’s one of the reasons why I haven’t “upgraded” to Vista yet. Oh, that, and it’s bad handling of compressed files. And a few other things as well. Vista does somethings really well, but others…. That’s why more than 1/3 of new computers are “downgraded” to XP.
Lets not forget the Netbook market which is giving XP a new lease of life (much to the disgust of some Linux advocates).
I really haven’t seen a need for Vista, other than Direct X10, which hasn’t been shown to be much better than 9. Plus, I don’t have a cutting edge PC to run Vista on at the moment either. I’m hoping that Vista’s successor will have less bloat and user friendly features.
What was with the strange fifties news reel style beginning?
The opening crawls that are now the trademark of the Star Wars movies were originally inspired by old serials from around that era. Maybe George (or someone) went back to that same well for more inspiration.
I agree with what marlodianne said about Vista. It’s like an overprotective parent who uses little words to talk down to his kids because they wouldn’t understand the big words. Big words like “IP address.” *sigh*
Another thing that Mr. Vista is always saying is, “Are you SURE you want to play with those other kids from Apple/that other computer/that other software company? You know, you can catch a bug from them… Bugs are EVERYWHERE…”
I’m also frustrated with Vista, but I remember how much everyone hated XP when it came out. Patience. Your Vista decision will pay off in the long run.
Marlo’s news link: Canadians can be fanatics too. But not William Gibson, so much. A few good insights in this interview:
http://voidmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/william-gibson-interview/
Just cos comments make Jack happy. I would share my dumbass memories, but mine usually involve climbing out windows, getting hit by cars, or falling downstairs. Not usually all in one night however.
I hate it when everybody’s busy.
Jack, there’d better be a follow-up call from Pip after that comment.
Oh, and trust me, I much prefer the being busy to the alternative. These wallets don’t fill themselves, you know. Well, unless you’re a Wall Street CEO, of course.
Gas dropped to 2.99 since my last report…
Still not gonna make me vote republican tho.
I hate it when Ed’s right.
Thanks for jumping into the fray, Pip! Yeah, I’d definitely want to hear that story.
Evening, Deadpan! CW: Episode 2 of Heroes. Not impressed yet.
And in case you’re keeping score:
Latinos – 0
Heroes – 3
Hello, Pip! Thank you for gracing our comments board with your presence. :-)
Welcome, Pip! I bet I can give you a run for your money on those stories! ;)
EssBee: I know what you mean. Season 1 of Heroes might have had plenty of comic book cliches, but the story and the characters rose above it. But so far season 3 has rolled out several worn-out cliches. And that’s only in the first episode. Right now, I’d just rather watch and rewatch Life.
Everybody’s freaking out about the $700,000,000,000 one-time bailout.
I just heard on Rachael Maddow that the annual budget for the Iraq war is $560 billion yearly. We’re spending that much money to make our soldiers in the clay pigeons and build targets for insurgents to practice their tactics on.
As crappy as the economy is it leased its helping Obama.
To Nomad Scry, all the Republicans want to tell you that the economics and the consumer price is too complex for us to understand. Yet, the three-year-old can follow economic trends. Republicans with oil ties get into power suddenly the price increases by $2.50 at the pump. When the election cycle comes around suddenly that price drops. It seems pretty straightforward to me.
Does anyone else find the plot line to Dexter a little contrived. Brother and sister end up working in the same department as their father did. I understand law enforcement tends to run in families. I just find it odd that Dexter has a human foot sitting on his desk what looks like 17 feet away from a detective’s desk. Should me have a lab somewhere.
I enjoy the show’s I just wonder when Michael C. hall’s going to get her role that he doesn’t have to fondle body parts.
another year and no more Chicago baseball
no one tell Hugh that secretly I am so fucking happy both our teams are out of it, I can’t stand baseball. Football unt basketball are ok with me. Baseball and hockey? Not so much. sorry to all the deadpan baseball and hockey fans.
See really its all about the eye candy. Better eye candy in basketball and football. Hockey dudes are too covered up and baseball dudes are adjusting and spitting too mucho.
[voice over] this Andrea sport moment was brought to you by the Men are not just pieces of eye candy for you sicko women association. [/voice over]
whats wrong with getting the role where you fondle body parts?
I mean, Im just sayin…
welcome pip
Never watched past season 1 of Heroes, it was too much like The 4400 and The 4400 was SOOOOOO much better
that is all
Andrea out
Detached body parts? Is there nothing wrong there?
Oh, and may I join the chorus of “hellos” to Pip. It was nice meeting you in Vegas, too, but the Deadpan is a good hangout…
I like to role my own.
Oh and good to see your around these parts Pip! And to Nomad Scry as well. Lots of new peeps around here.
Fresh meat….er, blood….er um
Anyway, welcome welcome!
Chuck remains awesome. John Larroquette was great as then old mentor spy stud.
So apparently Fox woke up afraid of the elephant. We don’t have anything remotely elephant around, but that’s what he said he was afraid of. After further questioning, we got down to the fact it was a scary red elephant.
Then, tonight after we watched the news Darcy figured it out… Fox is afraid of the republicans…
lmao
Sigh. Tonight’s episode of Life was bad, bad, bad. :(
In what way ditto? I didn’t find it that bad.
True Blood is growing on me, Mad Men I”m still enjoying, and Pushing Daisies is the dogs bollocks (well still plenty of time for it to jump the shark).
Welcome Nomad and Pip.
Essbee is the 3:0 comment about the murder count in Heroes?
Monkey waiters in Japan:
http://tinyurl.com/4ob8wa
So Morning Pan, Archon remake at:
http://tinyurl.com/4btbw2
http://tinyurl.com/5xbkc9
For those too young or those with bad memories.
I heart Archon! Except that dload didn’t work for me. Oh well.
The link worked for me Jack, I tried sending the file to you but yahoo mocks me with error messages.
Morning, Pan.
Off to my very first car maintenance appointment of my own. Wish me luck.
Morning Pan!
My kitty is mad at me because I refuse to feed him this morning. I’m not being mean, he’s getting his teeth cleaned today and you’re not supposed to give kitties food from 8:00pm the night before they go to sleep.
Watch out for strangely shaped balls of wool with pins in them TEB.
Good luck Amy.
I’m sure I’ll hear about it tonight, Van.
Right now, I just got back from dropping him off at the vet. First no food, then the vet. I’m sure he really loves me now :)
Morning, Pan!
I’m not sure if all 3 Latinos are dead on Heroes, but they sure are having a rough go of it, Van!
Been at work since 6 this morning — got the September accruals out just now, and now can focus on my real work.
Van: There were sooo many mistakes in the show that it was impossible for me to suspend my disbelief. Even if my wife wasn’t a biologist that worked in a lab, I still would have noticed plenty of things that were wrong.
The writers poorly researched an thought up this episode. I realize they were trying to be more humorous, but…
1. It is impossible to confuse an oxygen cylinder with a liquid nitrogen canister.
2. You wouldn’t be able to freeze someone solid in that way.
3. If they were going to pay for the CGI for him shattering then they could have made him appear cold.
4. While small objects frozen solid may shatter, big ones do not. I’m tired of seeing that crap.
5. They have no concept of what a lab assistant does; nor what a janitor is allowed to clean up in a lab.
6. A lab does not produce pills. They make the active ingredient. The chemists in the research lab do not determine dosage. A pharmaceutical factory actually makes the pills–which are mostly filler.
7. How did the janitor know what was on the shredded document? Did he see her write it before it was shredded? And why would he hide it at work?
8. If you were going to steal pills, why steal the box?
9. Nothing is labeled poison in a lab since everything is potentially poisonous.
10. A bottle that would have hazardous fumes would be positioned under the hood so that you could not breath those fumes.
11. And how did he have the time to drive after inhaling all that crap?
12. And no lab would leave people, including investigators, unsupervised.
13. There were too few animals to be doing actual animal testing, and they would not be housed in the same room as the wet lab. And there would be dedicated technicians to care for them.
14. Scientists don’t consider good scientists heroes just because they work on cancer drugs. The consider them good scientists.
15. And my wife says: most importantly, scientists are not that creepy and don’t ask for bodily fluids when they are hitting on you.
That’s probably a good enough list for now. :)
But, ditto, the hot woman from The L Word is on it.
Yes. Yes, she is. :)
Ah Archon, the game I always wanted to play but never got around to. Maybe the time is coming near.
TEB, you think your kitty is mad now,wait until the vet says you should be brushing their teeth.
I mean, really, it’s like they haven’t *met* a cat…
The last episode of Life I saw was with the box killer.
Van: *That* episode was excellent, and so was the one following it. The one I’m unhappy with was the 3rd. I’m sorry for the spoilers.
While watching that episode, my wife asked me how I can watch shows about computers and not cringe. I told her I can’t.
I generally treat shows as if they were in some parallel universe where our rules don’t apply. Sometimes that helps, sometimes it doesn’t.
Marlo, I refuse to brush my kitties teeth. I do, however, mix some dental food in with their regular.
Right now, my other kitty seems very happy. as if saying “aha! now I have the attention all to myself!”
Friskies dental diet is excellent for their teeth, and my guys totally loved it. We had to switch food brands when Pheen was diagnosed with diabetes though.
And, of course, now he had problems with his teeth because the new food doesn’t do crap for that. :/
I use Science Diet. A little bit of wet in the morning for the one cat (the other cat doesn’t like wet food), then a mixture of senior and dental for them to snack on during the day. It was recommended by my vet way back when.
My kitties have death fights when one or both gets back from the vet.
“Argh! You smell like hospital! You must die!”
Actually, since cats identify everybody by smell, I think they refuse to admit they know each other. So it’s really:
“Argh! A stranger! Die die die!”
cats r evul
Yeah, but at least I don’t have to take them out for a walk when it’s 30 below. That is truly evil
Ooooh, sudden wind storm. Look at all the branches come of my trees.
Smaller branches, nothing to be overly concerned about.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm. I had panang curry for lunch.
CP: The Beast in Me – Sopranos Soundtrack
mmmmmm, curry
My lunch was leftover Chinese food
In conference call hell
It’s the journey that’s important and not the destination.
Well for spoilers anyway…
conference call hell here too, ditto
If I take a nap under my desk, do you think anyone will notice?
ZZzzzzzz….
Rhettro, I don’t think anyone here noticed!
zzzzZZZ.. *snort* Wait. What what? Oh, I thought you were my boss for a moment. LOL
Huh? Noticed what?
I spy with my little eye something beginning with R….
Randy rhinoes with rabies?
Rhett, we should do a phone call tonight — sometime after you wake up.
And hey, I actually have good news! This will even get a mainpage link. . . . I’m doing 2 live unplugged sets this weekend at a restaurant/wine bar over in Scottsdale. I’m lined up to play every weekend in October. w00t. Be there!
http://www.fireduppizza.com
Congratulations Jack.
Night Pan.
Though the headless waitress on that pizza website is a wee bit disturbing.
That is awesome Jack!!!
Just think we knew you when…
Great news, Jack!
CW: The debate.
Thanks all.
I’d forgotten that these 2 jerks had their pro wrestling match tonight.
“COLORADO SPRINGS – El Paso County coroner’s officials say a woman who fell into a chest freezer and died before a friend found her was likely in the freezer for less than 24 hours. Police say a friend found the woman Saturday and called for help. Police do not suspect foul play.”
Congrats, Jack!!!
That is teh hawesome!!!
CW: Oct 6th Colbert Report
“It turns out every language has the word `Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!`”
lmfao
Jack: AWESOME!!!! Congratulations on lining up the gig! Be sure to play some of your own stuff. Most of us like it, so I’m sure other people with good taste in music will, too. :-)
So this is how late I have to be up to catch other Deadpanites on the message boards. (10:37 PM Eastern)
About that time, Amy…
Falling asleep here. Good night, Pan… *zzzzzzzzzzz*
Wake up!!!
Van, thanks for trying to send me the Archon file, brother. I was actually able to download it, the install just failed for me.
Vex, my kitten, was playing on the back of my computer chair and decided that I was part of the game. So he bit my shirt a lot and then tried to hug the back of my head. I didn’t care to much for that because his claws were out… so I have a nice slice just above my lip now.
But that really isn’t bothering me right now. That honor goes to my prescription safety glasses which, while no longer making me nauseous, feel like they are trying to cut a hole to China through my skull.
Whatever. Nevermind. Back to work…
I’m vexed, fumin, I’ve had it up to here
My days of payin dues are over, acknowledge me is in there(YEAH)
Head for the border, go get a taco
I’ll be wreckin from the jump street, meaning from the get-go
Sit back relax and let yourself go
Don’t sweat what you heard, and act like you know
Verse Two: Charlie Brown
Yes yes y’all (yes y’all!)
who got the vibe it’s the Tribe y’all (Tribe y’all!)
real live y’all (live y’all!)
Inside outside come around… (who’s that??) Browwwwwwwwn
Morning Pan:
http://tinyurl.com/3m66hf
On the radio is a claim that the money used to prop up the banks is equivalent of giving everybody in the UK 2000 pounds.
To use a Dad’s Army catchphrase:
We’re doooooomed…
Remake of Stargate (sequel to Defender), a video at:
http://tinyurl.com/4j3myk
..and if you miss the download link on the youtube page you can grab the WIP file at:
http://tinyurl.com/4w37bc
Awake. I made it to bed before falling asleep last night. Now waiting for a friend to come over.
Wow I seem to have slept through the calls from Jack to get in touch. Better reply to that text message.
Okay, text message sent. wOOt Opeth!
It will be a joyous day full of conference calls. Oh joy! Oh bliss!
Todays useless tip:
If you feel you can’t comment on a waitress’s new haircut cos you fear it will come over as creepy. Give up any notion of having social life and become a hermit.
Just remember to wrap up warm, caves can be cold and damp…
+a
Hey, Deadpan. ‘Sup?
CP: Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Folsum Prison Blues – Good call.
lol. It seems someone has earned the nickname “Sarah Barracuda”.
Now I have this Heart song playing in my head.
Not a bad song to be listening to. ;)
Looks like I get to come to the office on Friday for a BIM.
I used to get up at six in the morning….
half an hour before I went to bed…..
we had to pay the mill owner for permission to come to work….
Rhett: I got your text message. We should definitely talk and coordinate tonight.
I srsly hope we’re not the “2 old guys” at the Opeth show.
Coolio, I’ll give you a call after work. Maybe we can pretend to be young meth addicts?
ZP mauls the latest Star Wars game:
http://tinyurl.com/4wjta7
CP: Home — Foo Fighters
Smurf Wars: http://diburros.blogspot.com/2008/05/smurfs-wars-full-story.html
Very funny political ear-worm:
http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/10/07/political-ear-worm/
Iceland going cheap:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Country-for-sale-ICELAND-99p-start-price-no-reserve_W0QQitemZ320308801162QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320308801162&_trkparms=72%3A1301|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Eccentric is too weak a word for the Museum of Marmalade:
http://www.marmaland.com/space.html
I wanna go to the Opeth show with Jack and Rhett :(
How come you guys didn’t call me??? ;)
then we would be the 2 old guys and the old chic.. so not cool. I do have tons of black clothes and can still do my goth makeup.. then I can look like the old chic trying to be cool. Yes!
ps. Congrats on the wine bar show Jack!
*sniff* I wanted ASH to come to Opeth with Rhett and Jack. I think there are still some tickets available. ;)
w00t! its a date Rhett!!! I’ll be on the next plane!! :)
Hugh sez: you are going where? on a what? with who?
ummm.. maybe not Rhett, sorry. LOL ;)
LOL
Why do you suppose child molestors always go for the butt?
Do they?
Why couldn’t both Smarty Hotties come?
OK. Rephrase.
Why couldn’t both Smart Hotties attend the concert? The 4 of us could rule the seniors’ pit.
Anything like this, Van?
http://www.mustardweb.com/
My parents have been there.
More than once…
Even more bizarre:
http://tinyurl.com/27upb
The poor women could have a nasty accident with that fishing rod.
I wonder if fishermen buy that calendar and Master Bait.