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CW: Wallander episode 1
One word TEB:
Woof!
Read and be illuminated:
http://tinyurl.com/yhclvm
I think I would have rather been kept in the dark!
meow?
(That’s me, a bunny of many disguises ;) )
Oh, Van. By the way, I only have one butt, and it’s a woman’s. (unless there’s something about be I’m not aware of :) )
Same here … I keep it in the back of my utility shed.
Okay, that was creepy … even for me.
That’s ok, J0e. We’ll just chalk it up to early morningness.
Morning, Deadpan!
We drove in really horrible snowpacked and icy conditions yesterday (for 5 hours) to get home from our tamale-making excursion. It’s -10 F at my house this morning.
Looks like everyone’s been busy this weekend. Sorry about the scald, Cj! Trade you some red chile tamales for some of that candy?
We’re at -29C. -37 with the wind chill. (since the temperatures meet at -40, that’s cold no matter what measurement you use).
We holed up for the weekend but I do have to go out later this morning.
By tomorrow it’s supposed to go up to -15C. Downright balmy.
We’ve got -8ºF right now, with an expected high of -6º.
The windchill while I was shoveling was -32ºF.
That’s quite the wind gusts you must be having JB, to cause that big of a difference between the temp. and the WC temp.
‘Cause baby it’s cold outside.
Help – how can I tell if a blueberry bagel has gone bad? Are those mold spots or just more blueberry bits. :(
ummm, just to be safe, I’d toss it, J0e.
CP: Coverville #534 Grab Your Cover Requests, I’ve Come to Take You Home
Yeah, I think it has died down considerably now that the sun is up.
Also, I’m not positive, but I think the factoring equations used in the US & Canada may be different ones…
Nope, apparently we use the same measuring system
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JCA/is_/ai_82394070
Oh, and I recommend checking out the latest Coverville, as you may hear a familiar voice, somewhere in the vicinity of “Musically Challenged.”
I couldn’t resist. The begals smelled so good and none of the blueberries looked … well, fuzzy.
Besides, I toasted it. That kills everything, right?
please
Sure, Joe, sure.
*cough*
CP: Quirks & Quarks podcast
CE: Pomegranate; mmmmmm
According to Quirks and Quarks men and women have gender specific hues.
Men are red; woman are green.
Soylent?
Don’t they make penicillin from mold JOe? If anything, the mold should keep you from getting sick. ;)
Ok, Van. You just put my mind in the gutter. I hadn’t even had the thought of eating women until your comment.
On the whole gender differences thing:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/12/f-vp-mallick.html
There are no images, but the text is NSFW.
My first thought was, how naive was this woman to not know what “Sloppy Seconds” meant?
Idea: Can mold be killed with alcohol?
If so, maybe I could just send an emergency response team of Vodka down to neutralize the mold.
EssBee, I would happily give you candy treats in exchange for tamales. Although, I assure you that my treats are divine, I would personally always prefer tamales.
J0e, you can be sure a blueberry bagel is bad if it’s, ahem, blueberry to begin with. Sorry… Blueberry bagels are at the opposite end of the spectrum from tamales. The smell alone causes me to emit a sound much like, “Blechh… yuck…eewwww.” But, you should enjoy yours when you can. ;-)
TEB: I agree, but then again, sometimes, my wife does the same thing. I think it depends on where and how you grew up.
Blue cheese is yummy. “Blue” berry surprise bagel probably is not, or if it is, it’s dysentery in an attractive package. ;)
Jack, you may be interested in Six String Bliss’s 129th episode. I picked a guitarist for their “Guitarist of the Week” segment. Can you guess who I picked? LOL http://www.sixstringbliss.com/
Even so, the context of the remarks should have been a clue. Even if I didn’t know what the term meant, I would have known it was derogatory, not inviting.
Wowie, it’s cold outside. We just shoveled a bunch of snow and moved a frozen Corolla so that our friendly lumber man can deliver a ton of pellets for our stove. BRR.
I’m taking a vacation day today, but somehow have been up and working since 6:00.
“it’s dysentery in an attractive package.”
Does that fall into the catagory of it’s better to look good than to feel good?
Stay warm EssBee.
Here’s something our UK friends probably don’t encounter very often.
I was going to buy a “Silver Eagle” dollar as a present but the store I usually get such things from didn’t have any and said that the plummeting silver market had cuased the US mint to quite making them earlier this year.
The shop keeper then recommended a “rare coin” dealer I might check with.
So I go to this other shop and well, it had the exact same vibe as a comic book shop … if the owners of the comic book shop were expecting Armageddon sometime before the end of the day.
The guy DID have my coin (as well as an assortment of knives and swords) but the bit that was probably ALL AMERICAN was that he had a TOMMY GUN leaning (very visibly) against the wall behind him.
I suspect it wasn’t fully automatic though … that would be illegal.
TEB: I know. It’s mind boggling. How could anyone think that a hockey player calling his ex “sloppy-seconds” could be anything other than an insult. Especially, Avery!
Line from Grease, “Sloppy seconds ain’t my style” – Didn’t we all go find out what that meant after seeing that movie? It was such an educational movie.
We’ll get some overhead lifters and some four barrel quads
oh yeah
(Keep talking whoa keep talking)
A fuel injection cutoff and chrome plated rods oh yeah
(I’ll get the money I’ll kill to get the money)
With a four speed on the floor they’ll be waiting at the door
You know that ain’t no shit we’ll be getting lots of tit
In Grease Lightning
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go
Go grease lightning you’re burning up the quarter mile
(Grease lightning go grease lightning)
Go grease lightning you’re coasting through the heat lap trial
You are supreme the chicks’ll cream for grease lightning
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go
Etc… we all know the song, but I felt compelled this morning.
Well Pan. I have some errands that must be done, so I’m off to brave the cold. Let’s see if my car will even start.
Later.
Rhettro: Why is it that the first thing that popped into my mind was “You look Mahhhhhvelous!”
Kewl! There may be a Stone Roses reunion in the works!
http://www.spin.com/articles/stone-roses-reunion-works
And this must be a sure sign of the coming apolcalypse: A Smiths Reunion!
http://www.spin.com/articles/smiths-reunion-possible
Hey, wait! I recognize those hairstyles. Gross Point Blank. :)
To the Stone Roses I have to say… ehhhh.
Don’t get me wrong, the Silvertone record was stellar. “Second Coming” was just dull and uninteresting…
Well keeping things 20C, the nearest UK equivalent would be a STEN gun.
Not as iconic as the TOMMY gun though.
Okay, yeah that wind didn’t really die off all that much. Had to walk over to the main building and just now as I return I read that it is -6ºF, feels like -28ºF…
Hoping some of my fellow Coverville listeners will play along and tell what score they ended up with on my Musically Challenged…
An unreliable machine gun how very British.
Do a search on wiki for ‘sten gun’ if you are interested (zzzzzzzzzzzz)
We’re up to 0 F here now!
No wifi hotspot tonight, and streaming from iTunes over 3G kills the phone battery, so no new Coverville till tomorrow.
An almost tropical (haha) 37F here.
Wow, Van. Hopefully modesty has prevented you from wearing anything that shows too much midriff…
CP: Folkcast Festive Selection Box 2008
yesterday High 75 F
Today when I woke up at 5 am 12 F
Damn who moved my house….
Highs in the 52 to 62F range the next ten days with a chance of showers 60 percent of the time. Bummer. Kinda.
CP: Little Things — Bush
Currently 6F in KC.
Got out of KC in the nick of time then. ;)
JB – ummm I got 2 points… that was tough.
Yeah, Wolf. Okay, a couple tracks were a little bit unfair (I won’t say why here in case others want to try it out). I definitely was assuming Brian would get two points on the first cut…
CP: Grass — XTC
Currently reading through city government web pages trying to figure out what is needed for a building permit. The more I read, the more my head hurts.
Rhett, do the regs have a page 56., line 5?
JB,
“104.6 Official Records. The fire code official shall keep records as required by Sections 104.6.1 through 104.6.4. Such official records shall be retained for not less than ninety (90) days after final ocupancy approval, unless otherwiese provided by other regulations.”
=P
Oooh, just got my SS gift!
We have contingency plans for contingency plans. ;)
JB – I will certainly play later.
Right now, I have made a sandwich and am off to watch GPB!
JOe: I don’t think I’ll be able to do the call-in challenge since, as of last week, my parties are done for the year.
Back from the cold arctic tundra.
In a note of silliness, my front door is frozen shut. had to go out the back door and around the house to get my mail.
It better warm up soon.
I guess Rhett and I won’t get much sympathy when we grumble about the unseasonable chill here. . .
It’s cold in the office, I guess they’re trying to keep the utility bills low. Might have to put my jacket back on. Can’t wait for February and the return of 80 degree weather.
Rhett already gave that one a shot, Jack. Not a lot of flowing sympathies…
Kinda agree with JB. It’s a good thing we can’t lob nukes to heat things up for you. ;)
No sympathy at all.
Now that I’m caught up on the comments, I need to wonder if the pawn shop J0e found was owned by a guy named Zed.
It’s feeling more and more chilly around here.
But Zed’s dead Jack, Zed’s dead.
can’t – get – thru – film – for – all – the – FRAKING – interuptions!!!!!
I got my Secret Santa gift last Thursday. Thanks, Trucker! :-)
Probably time to disconnect that buzzer from the Deadpan comments RSS feed JOe.
I think I’ve got my microphone configured properly now. I’ll try and record my GPB comments tonight. :)
When you can’t get the status of your shipment and your shipment is a Secret Santa gift, it’s frustrating. I’m really hoping it gets to its recipient on time.
I have no idea when the SS will go out from up here, I must admit…
So I’ve read that sticking your hands under your armpits is a good way of keeping your hands warm.
Ha – and Lost Ralph pops in with the follow through!
I hope everyone is enjoying their DSS gifts.
Between your legs works pretty well too, but is more for emergencies if you are in a public place…
I have a bunch of emails to get through today too. /tweet.
Unfortunately, nothing job-related.
Armpits are usually a little more appropriate, JB.
Jack, I do directly challenge you to the Musically Challenged on the latest Coverville, I’m sure you must have seen my general challnge to the Pan-at-large…
And now it’s raining. It’s does rain in the desert. Interesting.
More appropriate than the cleavage of buxom young women?
It’s raining on my house, my gravel is getting wet along with my 4 inflatable Christmas creatures.
Notes:
Re: Zed – now I can NEVER go back to that place.
Re: Out of parties – OK, as an alternative … walk into anyplace that has a waiting room … pick up the first magazine you reach, turn to page 24 (the inverse of the answer to Life the Universe and everything) find the 5th sentence, whip out your phone, call Jack, read the sentence then hang up. Smile politely at those in the room and walk out with no further explanation.
Re: Hand warming – better to put your hand under your armpits then someone else’s. They will have you arrested. Don’t ask how I know that.
Re: Weather or not – CJ, as long as it is not raining gravel your inflatables should be OK.
Now to finish the movie (PLEASE!)
That is all.
Done JB. My score was 1, before you played the giveaway clips.
I can’t believe I was right about the Skrew clip, though I didn’t recognize the song at first.
Score 5, after the giveaway clips, not counting their guesses – and before you gave the answers.
Thanks for the plug, though!
Well to wind down I think I shall watch the season finale of Dexter.
I have a bad feeling about tomorrow.
It is finished.
Cool 6-string-bliss, Rhett!
Van, what’s wrong with tomorrow? For you?
You know — I have a helluva lot of good timely content – for GPB and other stuff – yet xmas is coming up. Not sure yet how I’m going to do this.
Family problems.
*hugs* to Van. Hope it’s not as bad as you feel.
I’m heading to another party tonight. All girl parties are sometimes the best for me so I’m looking forward to this one. I’ll try to find another book while I’m there.
*hugs* to Van from me as well.
Jack … might put off the “Stolen from a party” readings until after New Years … that gives everybody one more party opportunity to play along.
…I’m just say’n is all.
I dug it as well Jack. Hang in there Van.
As promised – the new TV has arrived. Momma is pleased, so everyone is happy :)
Giggle.
Yeah, sorry to hear about your stress, Van.
http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/15/ten-of-the-baddest-fictional-movie-weapons/
Morning Pan, thanks for the kind thoughts.
On trivial note, my Xbox 360 died last night with the red ring of death. It’s out of the guarantee period that MS extended and since they charge 100 euros for a repair, I’m thinking about buying a new arcade version.
What I want to know is that if I use the old HD (which appears to work fine) in the new Xbox, will it retain all my settings for Xbox Live or will the new Xbox wipe everything on the old HD?
I agree with the commentors. The ZF-1 should have been on that list.
Did I mention that The Fifth Element is the 1st Blu-Ray disc that I bought?
Van, I hope things go well with your family today.
As for the Xbox – that’s an interesting proposition. I’m afraid my knowledge of Xbox architecture is such that any answer I offer would be coming straight out of my ass and probably not of any value.
After hearing what had happened yesterday I was expecting the worst, but things went better than expected today.
Morning, Pan.
Van, good news! Thanks for making that the first thing I saw this icy morning. I think my day will start a little better.
Morning Pan!
Snowed again last night. Still snowing now.
Glad things worked out Van. Belated hug from me anyway.
Wow… I think I am still in shock.
Someone actually called me a “Podcast Celeb” Ha – yeah right…
Thanks for the compliment but I am hardly a celeb…
Good to hear things are going alright on the family front Van.
I know nothing about the xbox or any other gaming system…
Aw, WNDR, you may now be “podcast famous,” but you’ll always be our Wolf…
*skritches WNDR between the ears*
RE: Coverville
JB, I got one point. meh
awww Thanks Guys.
Just to clarify – I am not podcast famous… I bask in the glow of the Mangan and others that are far more talented than me.
Wow – Skritches from the Bunny.
Not too bad, a -12ºF that feels like -12ºF…
Awww, Wolf. You know you’re my favourite animal pseudonym on the board ;)
-9C. today. WooHoo! (ok, -16 with wind chill, but still a marked improvement over yesterday)
Jack: Cool link.
Van: Glad the family troubles weren’t too bad. As for the 360: getting an arcade version and a 60 GB drive is often cheaper than buying a regular model. I believe all the drives come with a transfer kit that will allow you to move all your games and profiles onto the new drive. You might want to check at the store though.
The downside is that any arcade game that you bought on your old console will not work on your new console without getting new licenses. This link should give you the information you need:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/licensemigration/faq.htm
Let me know if you have any questions.
Snowing here today.
Currently 10F.
Van,
Your Xbox HD will retain all of the Xbox Live settings, but you’ll need to get the Xbox license transfer tool from the Microsoft Live webpage to transfer content licenses.
You might consider selling your broken Xbox. We were able to get 75 bucks for ours on Craigslist so if you have an equivalent type of selling venue, you could consider that.
Good Morning, everyone!
Thanks for the info ditto and Cj,
So… Sounds like the consensus result among folks who tell me is that the Musically Challenged was pretty hard. I have an email in to Ibbott about other factors (that Bis clip I had tried to level down a bit, but you can still hear him say it’s a “little loud”), and I think I’ll be sending him a couple more that I have ideas for.
CP: Any Day Now — The Watchmen
CP: You’ve Got Everything Now — The Smiths
Last night, I finished playing Mass Effect for the second time, this time on hardcore. It’s not that difficult when you’ve got the best equipment in the game and you are starting at level 50. :)
Did Ashley live or die this time around?
She lived this time and showed her gratitude. ;)
Lucky you. That’s reason enough for me to play a second time through. :)
I did my Cpt. Kirk impression the first time through.
The story holds up pretty well a second time through. This time I played renegade instead of paragon. I was hoping I’d get enough XP to reach level 60, but didn’t quite make it: I was about 140k short.
CP: How Stuff Works Podcast: How Entomophagy Works
Beware, the story that kicks it all off is not for the faint of heart…
I need to take the renegade route. Although I’m kind of confused how that will translate into Mass Effect 2. Supposedly, Mass Effect 2 will alter it’s beginning story based on how you played Mass Effect 1. My guess is you’ll have to pick which save game to start ME2 with. I guess I should research a little more.
Entomophagy? Is that like a deep desire to eat mutants?
It’s the practice of eating insects. They cover both voluntary and involuntary entomophagy…
Free protein!!! ;)
CP: Ungawa — Chow Nasty
CP: Let Me Drown — Soundgarden
Oh, by the way, with all the NFL doping investigations, shouldn’t they go find out who put the downers in the Cardinals’ Gatorade this past Sunday?
Who knows what you swallow in the deep dark night.
OMG there are whole volumes I will not say on that one, Van…
Van, had I been drinking something when I saw your last post, I would have certainly given myself a nasal enema :)