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January 7th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
How now brown cow
January 7th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Morning Pan, and the word for today is brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
January 7th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
It’s even chilly here, Vanamonde. OK, I’ll shush.
I forgot to say onpod: the no-Greasy-Spoon-Comments was intentional. They’ll be back, just giving them a week off.
January 7th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
I love hearing myself on your show.
And yet, it still embarrasses me so.
Maybe I could actually say who I am next time.
And yes, I really did already listen. Thank you all for keeping me company while I work. In the middle of the night.
January 8th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Oh, no. I’ll download and listen now since I’m still up at 1:47 a.m.
January 8th, 2009 at 12:58 am
You could try playing the 7 things about you game on here Essbee.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Good idea, Van! I have officially decided that since I have to be up in 2 hours to get to the airport, there’s no sense in trying to sleep.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Holy shit the O Canada is funny.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Seriously, I’m trying not to wake up my hotel neighbors with the laughing.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:29 am
Frogs. I’m two eps behind now. And I cleaned up my subscriptions too! I’m going to have to cheat and push the Deadpan up in my timeline.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Ha, Jack says it’s cold here. Funny.
It’s 2:24 am. I have some kind of weird restless legs and arms things going on. Been happening for about 8 months now. I feel an overwhelming urge to move my arms and legs. If I resist my arms will move on their own. If I start to fall asleep, my arms will jerk like I’ve been hit by an electric shock. Makes sleep kind of difficult. My wife says if I do fall asleep my arms flail every minute or so. So I’m up, eating Mission Tortilla Strips and thinking about what to send Jack next.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:31 am
JamieJamieJamie, singing something is always recommended.
January 8th, 2009 at 3:40 am
I think this is a new record for comments on the board on Deadpan Thursday Morning ™.
Can’t wait to hear this week’s result :)
January 8th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Brilliant!
I thought the anthem mapped over pretty well. Nice work, Joe!
January 8th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Now, this looks like a cool bit of geekiness:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10133445-1.html
January 8th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Morning Pan
-12 or -27 with the wind chill here. So Cold also. Now to listen to the episode.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:44 am
A prehistoric version of the hummingbird in a tube of some kind?
January 8th, 2009 at 5:45 am
Good lord. I completely forgot about the rest of the “contents of my basket”
January 8th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Swedish O Canada. Interesting.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:50 am
I think you did well EssBee. Obviously not like a Canadian, but well all things considered :)
January 8th, 2009 at 5:52 am
So did Jack or J0e, put together that CDN mash up?
January 8th, 2009 at 6:00 am
I noticed EssBee was the only one to actually truly attempt the CDN national anthem.
January 8th, 2009 at 6:03 am
We’re still owed a Canadian national anthem, possibly two.
ditto, does J0e’s submission count?
January 8th, 2009 at 6:03 am
I guess it depends upon who did the mash up…
January 8th, 2009 at 6:06 am
This is a great car ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAQdCxG9H4w
January 8th, 2009 at 6:13 am
Just for the record J0e, I did like your mash up and, as far as I’m concerned it counts, but not being the only Canadian on the board…
Also, you’re in my grrr list at the moment for other reasons (kidding, you know I love you ;) )
January 8th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Well Pan,
Must take my boo to breakfast.
Back in a bit.
January 8th, 2009 at 6:48 am
I want the bottle opener, but not the car.
A little too “War of the Roses” for me going on there.
January 8th, 2009 at 6:57 am
I loved the Canada songs. Everyone did a great job. I fell asleep hearing it replaying in my head over and over.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Good Morning Deadpan.
Woops TEB. Seems there may still be some confusion about the Canadian National Anthem. ;)
Sorry if we have set back U.S. foreign relations and caused you any U.N. sanctions Jack.
FWI: For those of you too young to remember (worksafe)…
http://tinyurl.com/7d8d34
January 8th, 2009 at 7:18 am
FWI = FYI … before I’ve had coffee that is.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Haven’t listened yet, but I’d say Joe’s submission would still count.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:28 am
My mood today had definately improved. I got some promising leads.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:28 am
JamieX3 – Nice fiction! Really enjoyed it. Keep it up.
Re: restless legs.
I used to get that as a younger lad so I know of what you speak. It’s actually a named “syndrome” now.
http://tinyurl.com/2hv23r
I’ve only been bothered with it 2 or 3 times in the last 10 years or so. Usually nothing to do for it but get up and walk until the legs are tired out.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:45 am
I remember Dudley Do-Right. It was fun.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:48 am
I can actually tell when my iron levels have dropped below a certain point as that’s when I start to get restless leg syndrome.
January 8th, 2009 at 8:22 am
I had mistaken the Dudley Do-Right at first for Emo Philips.
It was a fine, fine bit of audio. I’m indebted to Justa J0e for his creativity and production skills. And also to Ed from Texas for his hilarious idea to mix O Canada and O Tannenbaum.
Everyone’s contributions were excellent. I wasn’t feeling that hilarious this week, and you all bailed me out. Thanks :).
January 8th, 2009 at 8:22 am
My boss is silly. Last year she said I wasn’t taking enough holidays so I took an extra week off at Christmas to fill the gap. We did the calculations and it turns out I’m still carrying forward 4.5 days into 2009. That means I have 4.5 weeks of holidays to use this year. I have no idea how I’m going to use these all up…
January 8th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Yes, props to all. It was a great Canadian episode :)
January 8th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Talking of things Canadian, I’m enjoying watching the new ‘Being Erica’, may become one of my guilty tv pleasures:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_Erica
January 8th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Van, I looked at that British comedy quiz. I could only figure out three or four, so decided not to actually take the quiz and look a little less a fool :D
January 8th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Ah sorry TEB, I must have clicked on your name by accident, I’m not normally that sadistic.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:03 am
:D
*cue Robert De Niro as the rebel ventilation repairman in “Brazil” * We’re all in this together Jack.
Props to TEB for instigating that bit of chicanery!
… and to EssBee (AKA – The Deadpan’s own Celen Dion) who had the guts to go a-capella!
January 8th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Quick, someone else get Joe to fall for a sucker bet. It gets his creative juices flowing.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:30 am
More woe on this side of the pond:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/7818043.stm
January 8th, 2009 at 9:36 am
I’ve told Jack before but I’ll repeat it here -
“Thanks for letting us play in your house Jack”!
If it weren’t for you giving us a chance to bleed off our creative energy here, we would probably just become master’s of industry or respected leaders or be expanding the boundaries of science and medicine out in the “real” world.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Opps!
I think that last paragraph should have read -
“If it weren’t for you giving us a chance to bleed off our creative energy here, we would probably just become disgraced CEOs or indicted political leaders or be perverting the boundaries of science and medicine for our own diabolical purposes out in the “real” world. “
January 8th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Toyota did something similar quite recently.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I’m loving this episode. I think I need a stand-alone version of Joe’s & Ed’s Canadian sing-a-long. ;)
January 8th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Our house,
In the middle of the street.
Our house,
Was our castle and our keep.
Isn’t the real world where people stop being polite, and start acting real?
January 8th, 2009 at 10:04 am
KEWL! Crunchyroll has picked up the anime series Last Exile. This is a beautifully animated show, with a somewhat flawed ending imo. Still, it is well worth watching.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Last_Exile
January 8th, 2009 at 10:04 am
The bottle opener is mildly amusing, but the car ad… ha!
January 8th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Watch out, Dr. Horrible! I got your sing-a-long blog right here!
January 8th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Badass Deadpan karaoke?
January 8th, 2009 at 10:36 am
People seem less polite (in general) now then they were 20 years ago.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I watched that last night Ed. It’s an absolute hoot!
No spoilers from me. :)
January 8th, 2009 at 10:44 am
… er, I mean I watched the “Commentary – The Musical”
Whedon is brilliant! I want to be him when I grow up.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Agree on the less polite.
I totally attribute it to “reality TV” followed by the Internet.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
So tonight I found out I missed a robbery by 20 minutes.
Went to a newsagent to get the latest Interzone, police incident tape surrounded the shop and cops were knocking on doors asking people if they saw anything.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Newsagent? Like Dan Rather?
January 8th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Err no, a shop that sells newspapers (and a lot of other stuff these days), can’t remember what the US equivalent is.
January 8th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
In the US, anyplace that sells anything is called Walmart.
January 8th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
http://tinyurl.com/4c5c8
January 8th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Ah yes, the new season of Damages has started:
http://tinyurl.com/8pz5l3
January 8th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
LOL, actually Van, I knew what a newsagent was. It’s a term that seems to be more commonly used in England.
January 8th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Around here we’d call them a newspaper stand.
January 8th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I like this song: 24 by Emmy The Great
http://www.chromewaves.net/mp3/EmmyTheGreat-24(WTOTSJan08).mp3
January 8th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Ew, another super ick day.
So…
*group hug*
Got the first charity auctions posted. You can note them by the purple ribbons. My profits (50% of list) go to the humane society:
http://www.artbyus.com/auctions.php?a=6&b=9166&e=1
January 8th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
MD: Sending lots of *hugs* your way!
January 8th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
TEB: If I had that many holidays, I would go to Farpoint, Balticon, Dragon*Con, and New Media Expo. That’s just me, though. :-)
MD: *hugs*
January 8th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Last Exile is great, but ditto Ditto on the ending being unsatisfying. I need to watch it over sometime because I was confused about what was really going on most of the time.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Vanamonde, turns out I am not a cynic. Who would have thought.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Glad you liked it, justa J0e.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Well, I have a result:
The Official Cynic’s Self-Test
You have potential. While you’re not yet a full-blown cynic, you exhibit promising talents in that direction.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I got, “Welcome, Cynic!”
Long distance hugs to Marlo.
January 8th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Night, Pan.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I’d never noticed before. In the song “King’s Crossing” on the Elliott Smith CD released a few months after his suicide, just after the line:
“Give me one good reason not to do it”
there’s a barely audible recording of his girlfriend saying, “Because we love you”.
Powerful.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I thought I wasn’t going to pass the cynic test because I haven’t quite got past wishing that things were salvageable. But I passed anyway. Now what?
January 8th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
The cynic test told me to go away & that I didn’t belong there. I suppose I’d have expected that if I was more of a cynic. Bit of a paradox there … Oh look … Something shiny …
Yahoo I’m part retaaaard.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Jack, that’s pretty intense. I’m not familiar with that artist. Do you think it was added during or after the recording?
January 8th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Your Cynic test results don’t surprise me at all, Cj. :)
The album was mixed after Elliott Smith’s death; I’d guess that it was added in the post-production, but I’m not sure. His music is brilliant. Ultra-sad, folksy stuff. I could never get tix to his NYC shows; they always sold out too fast.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Morning Pan, hugs MD.
Dad’s funeral this morning, going to be a humanist ceremony since he wasn’t religious.
Later pan.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Be safe Van. Take my best wishes with you.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
I hope today isn’t too too too rough on you and your family, Vanamonde.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I was going to crab about how annoying it is that I’ve been feeling morose today, but then I look back at the shit happening to the rest of the fine folks of the DeadPan and… I think I’ll shut it and appreciate the fact that I am okay.
Grrr.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:14 am
Van: best wishes for you and your family
January 9th, 2009 at 5:16 am
I don’t think it would surprise anyone that I’m a cynic. :)
January 9th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Also a cynic.
Morning, Deadpan. I am back in the office, no longer in sunny CA.
Van, my heart and thoughts are with you.
marlo, my hugs are with you.
January 9th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Yep … I’m in the cynic camp as well. In fact, I was totally suprised that a few of you got results that said you weren’t a cynic … I was thinking that the test was rigged to ALWAYS say you were a cynic as a way to draw you into their web site.
How far gone am I?
January 9th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Van …
I feel for you sir.
January 9th, 2009 at 7:30 am
*hugs* to Van and MD and anyone else who needs them.
I’m taking the kids to the local Bounce-U today for some exercise and fun. My out-of-town guests are here until Sunday. Next week will be back to normal for me.
January 9th, 2009 at 7:48 am
CP: Eye for an Eye — UNKLE
January 9th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Yep.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I need some earbud recommendations. I go through a nice pair of SONY earbuds about every 3 months, so this round I went with a cheaper SONY option and THEY SUCK. What do you guys like?
I have the nice big headphones at home, but those really aren’t practical for working out or sitting at my desk.
Also, who’s the bravest Deadpanite?
January 9th, 2009 at 9:34 am
I still use the earbuds that came with my iPod. I find they are pretty good.
There are some really nice noise cancelling ones out, but they are pricey.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Here’s some good advice to help prevent one avenue of identity theft:
destroy your old computer harddrives. It’s a practice that I’ve
stringently followed for years.
Hard drive destruction ‘crucial’:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7816446.stm
January 9th, 2009 at 9:40 am
I don’t like the ones that come w/ the iPod, ditto, because they are so hard and hurt my poor ears. I like the ones w/ the silicone buds on them.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:45 am
You know, I prefer silicone to other hard materials for several of my home entertainment products. Huh.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:47 am
The ear buds that come with iPods don’t sound great, and don’t seem to be all that durable. But they’ll do until they break, for a cheapskate like me.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Suddenly, “they’ll do until they break” takes on a whole new context. . . .
January 9th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Wondering how difficult it would be to create a database that reads RSS feeds.
I mean if iTunes can do it…
January 9th, 2009 at 10:48 am
I liked my original iPod earbuds … until one side began to rattle.
This summer I received a set of earbuds for my birthday. They are made by the Bose company. Pretty sweet sounding, although in a noisy environment (like mowing the yard) I’m not sure that the quality makes a difference.
They are hard plastic with a soft silicon ear insert and come with 3 separate sizes of inserts.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:24 am
*tweet* trying to move my iTunes Music folder to an external hard drive. *tweet*
January 9th, 2009 at 11:57 am
sorry, Wolf, was at an appointment. Back now.
January 9th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Thanks to all.
First time I had been to a humanist funeral, it was mercifully short. Wanted to give Dad a good send off so a few tears, but also some cheer as we celebrated his life.
Even raised some money for an Alzheimers charity.
January 9th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I’ve avoided the identity theft problem with old HDs by being lazy and having a collection in a cabinet.
Still using the earbuds that came with the phone. Since I tend to use the phone in a noisy environment can’t see the point in getting more expensive earbuds (and the noises canceling ones that would make a difference are too expensive for me).
January 9th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
JaJ, I’m not sure if bringing up “different sizes of inserts” was such a good idea, considering earlier tangents…
January 9th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Okay Essbee I’ll bite, why do you want to know who the bravest Deadpanite is?
January 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I was just wondering if I’d win for that horrible rendition of O Canada.
January 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
CP: Giftshop — The Tragically Hip
January 9th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Sounds like a pretty tasteful ceremony, Van.
January 9th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
My first computer was an Apple IIGS and had no hard drive, though I believe one was available.
Next up, a Packard Bell 386SX (I swear the SX was short for “sucks”) with a 40Mb HD. I don’t know what happened to that HD, I must confess, but I don’t believe it ever had any truly vital data, aside from revealing the shite writing of my schoolwork. I can’t recall it ever seeming to be an adequate size of HD, as I was trying to run “Wing Commander” and the like on it, but it’s funny now thinking how many individual files I have now that could eat that HD for breakfast and still be looking for a plate of pancakes afterward.
Next up, a Gateway Pentium III. Can’t recall the size of that HD, something in the multiples of gigabytes, I Imagine, maybe 9??? That HD is still in the computer in question, sitting in a corner of the basement. I had taken note of a “Data Shredding Weekend” event at the local
supermarket where a bonded local document destruction service was going to take & eliminate documents and data drives for a nominal fee, but then I failed to make it there.
Then, an iMac G3 which is currently serving as the household’s main computer while the Genius Bar gets the data onto the new one. 20Gb HD in it, and we still use it in the study/playroom for kids DVD viewing.
The dead iMac G5 was next, with 160Gb HD. Debating on whether to use a drive scrubbing utility and selling it as a parts machine, or pulling the HD and mounting it in an enclosure. I was originally chagrined when I bought my new iPod, discovering it actually matched the HD size and could never therefore be filled.
And now the new iMac, which I hopefully will be able to pick up tonight, with 250Gb HD internally, and a 500gb external for use with Time Machine. The 160 was getting a little small by the end (Audacity files are not what you would call petite), so already the new drive feels like it might be a bit small before too long…
January 9th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Okay Rhettro, your FB profile photo startled me at first..looked like a giant freaking spider next to your head..until I realised it was a guitar.
I may need to get my eyes tested again.
cough
January 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
So, what was your favorite album released in 2008?
I wasn’t buying a lot last year, so I’m a bit behind. Being extremely busy with work didn’t help either. Still, there didn’t seem to be anything that really put a bug in my ear. If anything, it is a bit of a toss-up for me between Tilly & The Wall’s “O” and Death Cab for Cutie’s “Narrow Stairs”.
January 9th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Maybe it was a guitar shaped spider?
January 9th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Funny how obsolete that “album” question is becoming. I haven’t heard either of the ones ditto mentioned, but for me: Opeth “Watershed” (no surprises there).
Whatever I’d list as #2 is a distant 2nd. Probably the excellent Jeff Loomis disc (Thanks Rhett!).
2008 was a weak year in every dept., even music.
January 9th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Chameleon – Tim O’Brien
January 9th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
JB, re: size of individual files these days: I just went into my iTunes music folder and selected a random audio fiction episode (Contagious episode 3). 56Mb. It is amazing, isn’t it? (Granted, I don’t remember the days you’re referring to, but the point is, yeah, files are HUGE.)
January 9th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Jack: I know what you mean and agree totally. But… I’m still a die-hard album person. I don’t think you can really appreciate a band if all you buy is their singles. Most of the songs I love best have never been singles.
I’ll put Opeth and Jeff Loomis on my To Check Out list.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
CP: Michael Jackson – Beat It
My roommate has been in a Michael Jackson kind of mood all day. We were listening to his Greatest Hits in the car this morning.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
I think my heaviest rotations for 2008 music are the Dr. Horrible soundtrack and the Battlestar Galactica Season 3 score.
But, I’m a bit off the mainstream.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
JB, I appreciate fully what you mean about all the files that we have now that would bust old hard drives. My first PC had a 40MB drive and I had to split it into a pair of 20MB partitions as DOS 3.3 would only support 32MB partition sizes.
And yet, it was big enough for a whole OS and several games (Wing Commander was a big one for me as well back in the day).
January 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I only bought 2 albums in 2008. Katy Perry’s Hot N Cold and the soundtrack to Mamma Mia!
I’m gearing up for some badass karaoke; that must be it.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I want to share a note I received from my copy editor when I mentioned that I had the “Oh Canada” song stuck in my head. He said
“Oh Canada, eh? You’re watching too much hockey. To be honest, while I
love the sentiment expressed in our national anthem, I think the
American anthem is a much better piece of music. It’s got real drama
and a melody that kicks ass!”
Did I mention that my copy editor lives in Canada‽ :D
January 9th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Okay, facebook folks, you absolutely MUST check out the videos Tom Herbst tagged me in.
That’s all I’ll say for now.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Cj: Does she know the melody for the American national anthem originally came from a British drinking song? Just askin’. ;)
January 9th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Doesn’t everyone know that?
January 9th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Those are probably my top two albums as well Jack. (Again no surprises there, ha!) I also liked Warrel Dane’s solo album, if a little over wrought.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Five albums from 2008 I’ve been meaning to check out are:
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Tommy Emmanuel – Center Stage
The Fireman – Electric Arguments
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
The Gaslight Anthem – The ‘59 Sound
January 9th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
CP: Code Monkey — Jonathan Coulton
January 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
*Tweet* I’ve decided to go take a dance lesson. Tonight. I think it will be the “Cha Cha” . It’s important to be well rounded if you intend to be a supreme overlord. I’m still working on the laugh. *Tweet*
January 9th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Bruce Lee liked to Cha Cha.
That was your deadpan trivia for the day.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I remember when I took “Two Step” lessons and accidently punched Teresa in the face. Maybe I should have saved that for a Dumb Ass Memory.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
J0e: Cool! Have fun!
Rhettro: You can still use that for a Dumbass Memory. Just retell it in some more detail. :-)
January 9th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Favorite album of 2008: Ani DiFranco – Red Letter Year
January 9th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
*Tweet* one two cha cha cha, step step cha cha cha *Tweet*
January 9th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
my feet hurt
January 9th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
And J0e, did you have the rose clenched between your teeth?
January 9th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Secret agent man. They’re giving you a number and taking away your name.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
I’ve asked myself how much do you….commit yourself…
It’s my life. Don’t you forget.
It’s my life. It never ends.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
We miss you hissed the LOLcats…
January 10th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Could be a reference to The Prisoner.
January 10th, 2009 at 2:29 am
I never hear new music anymore since they started suing people for IRC and torrents. Sometimes when I’m on my way to the doctor’s or the ER, I’ll hear something on the radio and might remember to look it up on youtube later.
And then I get region blocked, and really really decide just fuck them all. They don’t deserve my money or my ears.
January 10th, 2009 at 2:32 am
I’d say the next DP challenge would be a dance off—but I bet you couldn’t get even half of us to clap on the beat :P
January 10th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Actually, our next challenge should be to make some deadpan art. I know there are other artists / artisans on here. We could post it on ABU for charity.
January 10th, 2009 at 2:45 am
Well, I guess I should lie in the dark again. Sleep would be awesome, but the pain won’t let it happen…:/
Oh, and *extra hugs for Van*. You know you’ve lived a good life by how people will miss you. That’s how you change the world, just by being in it.
Hope it’s a bit easier to remember the good things, now that the stress of the ‘official motions’ is done.
January 10th, 2009 at 2:54 am
One last thing, if you need a smile. I present:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx5Tqs10bDg
January 10th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Good morning, Deadpan.
marlo, I am so sorry about your pain.
Yesterday, I needed a hug myself. Today, things look pretty good through my glasses.
January 10th, 2009 at 7:28 am
This morning … my garage door fell off.
I have to leave in 4 minutes and I have no garage door. I’m a bit irritated to say the least.
Thankfully I have a backup plan which gives me 90 minutes to figure out what to do before I’m flushing $100.00 worth of tickets down the toilet because I can’t leave my house open to robbers.
January 10th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Thanks, EssBee *hug*
Cj: My microwave just fried itself, complete with char and shooting sparks. Guess it’s one of those entropy days.
January 10th, 2009 at 8:30 am
And I’ve got another med that insurance won’t cover. Not surprising, since they refuse to cover most of them. And their resistance to covering seems directly related to cost and how badly you need it. Which is just another reminder that insurance isn’t useful when you’re actually sick.
More irony? We got notice that they’re cutting Phoenix’s insurance benefits. Since he has diabetes, we’re actually getting a tiny bit of money back from them, and that has to stop. They sent a brisk form letter telling us how unfair this was to them. WTF? Did they forget what they’re selling? It’s in case shit happens. If shit actually happens, yes you owe me money! That’s the whole point! GRRR.
January 10th, 2009 at 9:31 am
That sucks MD.
January 10th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Sorry Cj. As it turns out, I had to sleep in today. Really late, as it would turn out. I will try to get to the “No Pants” thing later (explanation afterward, if it happens).
Marlo, sorry to read about all the bad news. There’s a special layer of hell for insurance company policy makers and enforcers.
January 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Insurance companies = evil
Still haven’t paid millions in claims after Katrina.
Seems if they decide not to pay … the only thing you can do is get in line to sue.
Then wait. Years.
Meanwhile as Marlo well knows … the bills STILL have to be paid.
I reapeat, Insurance companies = evil
January 10th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Jack Mangan though … well, he’s the neat round spaghetti you can eat with a spoon!
January 10th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
*hugs* to marlo and Van.
Jack: Yay! I’m really, really happy to see the Phoenix new media crowd embracing No Pants Day. If it happens (happened), I hope you have (had) fun! :-)
January 10th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Did anyone else see that tumbleweed?
Happy Saturday Night, Pan.
January 10th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I’m just now home and making dinner for the crew. Then we will record LLAP. We took the rail home and it was a nightmare at 3pm – which was “no pants” time, but at a different station. I look forward to hearing about it.
And… if Jack took his pants off, I’ll be needing pictures of that, of course. ;)
January 10th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
But wait – there are already pictures in existence!
http://twitpic.com/img/11osd-0be255de5deec2f12d3446560a041ee8.496947c7.jpg
January 10th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
That picture didn’t work. Try this one: http://twitpic.com/11osd
January 10th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
^ FTW! Yay, Evo and Jack! :-D
January 10th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I’m looking at Evo’s and Charlie’s TwitPics now. Jack is in two of the pictures. That must have been so much fun! :-)
January 10th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
No Pants was definitely fun. I went with the Batman boxers.
Evo and I ended up as the last 2 pantsless train passengers. . . . which. . . . suddenly changed the entire vibe. We were then just “those 2 weird guys” who’d probably lost a bet.
There was some news coverage; Evo was interviewed on camera. A good time was had by all.
January 10th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
http://tinyurl.com/7j4kq4
January 10th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I took a percocet for my knee. It’s made me loopy. I keep seeing pictures of all these people without their pants.
January 10th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
I hope you feel better tomorrow, Cj.
I’m Batman.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8055600@N02/3187262268/in/set-72157612377666873/
January 11th, 2009 at 1:29 am
Attack of the knobbly knees.
January 11th, 2009 at 4:27 am
App awards for the iphone/ipod touch:
http://tinyurl.com/9f23d6
Might give you some ideas on what to try.
January 11th, 2009 at 5:17 am
Oh and if you have an iPhone, give Shazam a try (do a search on the apps store), it’s free.
One of those programs that seem almost magical.
January 11th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Are you mad when the tumbleweeds start answering back?
January 11th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Wolf – Expound. What do you mean by a database that can read RSS? What do you want it to do?
EssBee – For an extremely cheap, fairly nice sounding, and quite comfortable pair of earbuds check out the skullcandy ink’d series. Depending on color and where you purchase them, they cost between 10 and 20USD. I’ve been getting mine from Target/Amazon. I also really like the Razer m|100 earbuds but I have not been able to find them consistently. I’m not sure how much the cost now.
January 11th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Definitely yes, Van.
I don’t have an iPhone, but did just upgrade my phone to the LG Rumor since my current phone didn’t survive the laundry.
I think I now MUST find myself a pair of Batman boxers. It’s good to have a goal for the day, isn’t it?
January 11th, 2009 at 6:00 am
No Pants Day sounds … like a bad idea. Then again, it is snowing here.
And I am wearing thermals, sweats, and a pair of pants…
January 11th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Thanks, Nomad! I want a pair of JOe’s BOSE buds, but I just can’t justify spending that much when I know they won’t last me more than 3-4 months. I have dunked TWO pair of earbuds (well, just one bud on each pair) in coffee. I just don’t have a lot of luck taking care of them. I’ll try Skullcandy ink’d – Best Buy has them.
January 11th, 2009 at 6:06 am
My pleasure. On the plus side, I have actually dropped the ink’d in my coffee and had them survive. I don’t know if that is a one time fluke, but… I was really happy that they continued working without a pause.
January 11th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Nomad – I want to be able to organize my feeds into categories. Audio Dramas, Music, on going comics, etc. iTunes does not let me do that. Plus I am getting tired of iTunes but I have not found a better alternative yet as a feedcatcher.
January 11th, 2009 at 6:39 am
Good Morning Pan. I have surprised myself. The next music show playlist is already together. I find it fun to listen to. Working on submissions now… Damn this is fun.
January 11th, 2009 at 7:09 am
I have to admit that I really only put creamer and Equal in my coffee. I haven’t tried earbuds. Seems like that might leave me with a metallic taste or perhaps a little waxy residue. I think I’ll pass.
Jack’s much more hawt than Batman with no pants.
January 11th, 2009 at 9:25 am
The Mrs Lady in the black jacket seems unimpressed with Jack’s hawtness.
January 11th, 2009 at 9:29 am
J0e, LOL… That’s actually one of my best friends, Crystal. How funny!
January 11th, 2009 at 9:34 am
LOL – perhaps she was just overwhelmed by teh Jack hawtness.
January 11th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Jack definitely emanates major hawtness. He makes all the girlies swoon.
January 11th, 2009 at 10:35 am
It was Batman or Duckies.
Next time: Duckies.
January 11th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Pretty good Op/Ed from Bono:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/opinion/11bono.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
January 11th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Been a pretty busy weekend with family business and life and general good stuff. Finally caught up.
For the Iphone/Itouch crowd – one app that is out that makes the Iphone much more attractive for me is one that I’ve been a fan of on the Pockect PC platform for many years – Ewallet. Even though I stopped using my PPC several years ago (man that thing is such a brick by modern standards), I’ve kept using ewallet on my computer and carry my file on a USB drive.
January 11th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
While we’ve generally been fortunate in dealing with insurance, we’ve been through a fair amount of hassle with both of our kids birth’s as we went with a midwife. Insurance companies don’t like midwives and my wife really had to fight with them to get them to honor the benefits we were owed. You’d think they’d be more supportive as it cost much less overall than having a kid with a doctor in a hospital.
January 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
So, I but the Transformers Blu-Ray in our Blockbuster queue. We actually got both the movie disc and the bonus disc. I’ve saving the movie for the arrival of a new foundation cracking subwoofer. So, my wife and I watched most of the bonus “making of” features. That’s one thing we’ve missed out on since we stopped buying movies. I must confess I have a lot more respect for Michael Bay after seeing the vision and thought that went into the movie. I was an early skeptic, especially when I saw the first pics of the new Optimus Prime truck form. But, overall, it came together to make for an awesome movie and I became a believer.
Definitely looking forward to the next one.
January 11th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
A Deadpan listener from way back was part of the Transformers special FX team. For real.
January 11th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Have I mentioned how much I love the Transformers movie. Something about that movie just makes me want to watch it over and over.
(obsess much, Cj?)
January 11th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Nomad Scry: Since No Pants Day has always been in winter, I think the fact that it’s cold is part of the humor. :-)
January 11th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
How’s the knee, Cj?
January 11th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Nomad – the “No pants in winter” thing is the opposite of an earlier, spectacularly failed attempt at this sort of thing. They tried a “Long coat and ski mask day” in August which resulted in an unfortunate number of participants being shot by nervous store clerks and an undisclosed number being whisked into unmarked vans and shipped off to GITMO by overzealous and board, Homeland Security agents.
Their next attempted at this art form was “No glasses or contact lenses day”. This proved to be only slightly less catastrophic on the communities who participated.
January 11th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
So I’m not a very practical person. So when the DVD recorder’s tray door jammed I started thinking of buying a new DVD recorder.
As a last resort, got the screwdriver out and opened the unit up. After messing around for 30 minutes the tray started working.
So fingers crossed the bloody thing keeps working.
January 11th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Van… silly boy. Don’t you know you had a perfect excuse to go shopping? I personally never pass up shopping!
EssBee, the knee is a sad excuse for a body part. I’m taking it to the doctor who will most likely send me off on rounds to more MRI’s and X-rays which have already been done etc. I’m thinking positive though and starting with a new doctor since it’s been a few years since I’ve gone through this. Maybe there is some solution for me out there now that hopefully won’t involve surgery. There is no room in my schedule for “sitting down” right now.
Cj — The worst patient evar.
January 11th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Justa j0e felt we needed a little Deadpan love during our MIA time and sent us his, Eds and errrr “Celine Dions” awesome Swedish Oh Canada segment thingy
Hugh and I have been laughing our asses off
that was fucking awesome you guys
a really good laugh in a time that we could really use a laugh
thank you j0e :) and thank you Canada for being so damn good at hockey
January 11th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
So we just got a mini play-by-play :)
January 11th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
During our recent LLAP recording session I realized that I have the answer to J0e’s question.
Is there a word (and if not … can we please create one) that means,
“I have heard what you just told me so you don’t need to say it again, it’s just that I have absolutely nothing to say about the topic and would rather not just make inane comments about it that would lead to yet another pointless conversation that would best be reserved for a Cohen Brothers film.†? — Example – You are warming up turkey left over for your relatives who are staying with you and they suddenly say “There is a new container of Kewl wHHip in the refrigerator.â€
The appropriate one-word response, in my opinion is …
“Excellent.”
Try it out on a few key sentences… it really works, I think.
I’m going to use your bathroom. “Excellent.”
There is a napkin on the counter. “Excellent.”
I’m done citing silly examples of the use of the word “excellent”.
“Excellent.”
January 11th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
And on that note. I clearly need to get some sleep, so I’m going to bed. LLAP #101 will be online before the morning breaks I think. Excellent.
January 11th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
FYI: Three of the four remaining NFL teams are birds.
Excellent idea, Cj.
January 12th, 2009 at 12:57 am
“I’m looking forward to a little more in and out.”
That’s the line, isn’t it?
January 12th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Well Cj, all those excellent words reminds me of the Unshow with Cheyenne Wright.
Morning Pan, soooooo a day off and nothing to do but be lazy, hmmmmm.
January 12th, 2009 at 3:32 am
What’s Van going to do today, Brain? Narf!
I’m grateful that it’s only 35°F here this morning. It looks kinda cold on TV for you panites up north.
spellchecker – greatful, grateful? WTF is wrong with this language?
January 12th, 2009 at 4:42 am
Good morning Deadpan.
Here, let me try Ed -
“grateful – I think I’ve had a grateful of this weather.”
January 12th, 2009 at 5:33 am
^ LOL!
I get a day off next Monday.
January 12th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Morning.
January 12th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Grateful. ‘Cuz we all love a faceful of ash.
Posted from the dark side on my new EEE, running linux. I have no idea what I am doing.
January 12th, 2009 at 6:45 am
I have no idea what I am doing either Nomad.
January 12th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Welcome to the wonderful world of the Eee PC Nomad.
If you want to give a more mainstream (i.e. better supported by users) version of Linux a try, you could try installing Eeebuntu:
http://www.eeebuntu.org/
A custom version of Ubuntu.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Good morning, Deadpan. Snow and icy roads this morning in Colorado, but I’m safe and sound . . . well, I made it to Evil, Inc.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Do they still feature the penguins?
I liked the penguins.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Nomad, yes, that is the line. :D and also what made me realize it as did the Cheyenne Wright episode, Van.
My coffee is perfect this morning. I’ll be calling the Dr. in a few moments here and sadly not taking my kids to the park as is usually my morning routine.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:26 am
CJ – RE: “Excellent”
Brilliant!!!!! There needs to be an award for that one. Short, positive sounding and yet … so completely the wrong response (if said with enough wild eyed enthusiasm) that it should confuse the blatherer, causing them to lose their train of thought or perhaps even startling them enough that they actually think about what they are saying.
“Excellent” – I LIKE IT!
January 12th, 2009 at 7:27 am
{Mr. Burns} Excellent…{/Mr. Burns}
January 12th, 2009 at 7:49 am
OK tech gadget lovers.
I have a major thing for the SONOS system
http://www.sonos.com/
but have never bought because of the price.
Now I am wondering if I can’t get the same functionality (and ease of use) with an iTouch, iTunes and a couple of “Airport Express” units.
Thoughts?
January 12th, 2009 at 7:49 am
sorry about the whole BOLD thing. must have been some errant code there. :(
January 12th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Never apologize for boldness, justa J0e.
January 12th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Yeah Cardinals!
January 12th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Why do I immediately think of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold
January 12th, 2009 at 9:34 am
?
… not even if it was a poor marketing decision?
“Crest Toothpaste. Now with the Bold New Taste of Fish !!!“
January 12th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Wherever I go, I like to Boldly Go — that’s just how I roll.
January 12th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I’ve been diagnosed with Patellofemoral Syndrome.
http://www.nismat.org/ptcor/pfp
Exercises and Advil are my resources for cure. If 2 weeks from now I’m still complaining, I get to use the little X-ray referral he gave me. Oooh pictures of my insides, now that’s fun.
January 12th, 2009 at 9:50 am
CJ,
That sounds simular to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood-Schlatter_disease
Something I had to contend with in my youth although no longer a problem.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Yeah my Dad had that as a kid, he was hospitalized for 6 months (treatment in those days was to put the legs in plaster and keep the patient in bed).
Thankfully things have moved on.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I was never active enough at that age to get that condition.
cough
January 12th, 2009 at 10:11 am
As a kid I never had any issues. I was big into roller-skating, basketball, and softball. I really enjoy roller-skating even as an adult so this knee thing needs to be corrected quickly so I can go injure myself in other fun ways!
January 12th, 2009 at 10:16 am
So a Mac fundie in a forum I read made the following comment:
‘Tell a Canadian something is cheap and he won’t touch it with a bargepole because he will conclude ‘It is rubbish’.’
Comments TEB and ditto?
January 12th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Sigh. Work really really really really sucks.
That is all.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Just don’t start wrestling bears Cj, that never ends well.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Jack: Looks like the Coyotes are having serious issues.
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Hockey/article/569297
January 12th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Van: It’s BS.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:18 am
ditto is in a black hole :(
January 12th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Yeah to fun injuries! Being on the track team is what gave me my knee condition. I did a few weight lifting exercises to strenthen my back leg muscles to take the strain off my knee. That combined with ibuprofen helped me get through.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:20 am
My injuries are scotch related.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:22 am
I can relate ditto. Care to join me with some truck driving opprotunities in Iraq?
January 12th, 2009 at 10:23 am
… actually, I just remembered a “cringe worthy”, long jump injury. I’ll have to call it in one time as a dumb a@# memory.
Now I’m off to build a kennel.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:23 am
My injuries are scotch tape related.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:24 am
The environmental cost of google searches:
http://tinyurl.com/836r22
January 12th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Google’s response:
http://tinyurl.com/7zmy7h
January 12th, 2009 at 10:29 am
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmWOsPSS7XA
January 12th, 2009 at 10:31 am
My favorite dipshit quote about the Coyotes is “They shouldn’t be playing hockey in the desert”. The team has been crying poverty for years. . . . I just hope that if they ever do fold, the league recognizes that the problem is corporate mismanagement, not the area.
The knee troubles sound frustrating, Cj. . . I know how important it is for you to be active. Hope you feel better soon.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Yeah CJ, hope you feel better soon as well.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Jack, don’t you know that duck tape is usually the right tool for the job.
quack.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:44 am
You know, I don’t remember what the brand was they were trying to push, but I do remember the commercials from a few years ago with a guy walking around in a black turtleneck saying he was my pain and that I should listen to him.
Guess I’m not such a good listener…
January 12th, 2009 at 11:03 am
God. I so want a new, better job.
January 12th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Thanks for the well wishes everyone. :) I’ll be back to my usual self by the 22nd whether my knee likes it or not.
Gosh darned it, I have Comicon to attend!
Not only that, but I have a babysitter for this Wednesday night… Hm. That’s the 14th. What is happening that night? Hm. I’ve drawn a blank.
January 12th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Sigler is doing a book signing in Tempe on Wednesday night?
January 12th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
You mean “New York Times Best Selling Author” Scot Sigler?
January 12th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
CP: Miserere — Zucchero
January 12th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
CP: Vaseline Machine Gun – Leo Kottke
January 12th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
CW – 24 (Redemption)
January 12th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Speaking of 24 I watched the first episode(s?) of season 7 and I’m interested in everyone’s take on it. I plan on watching the next installment tonight, but so far I would call the effort hackish. This show needs a radical departure to keep moving forward and this isn’t it.
January 12th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Yeah, Sigler. That’s who I was thinking about.
January 12th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I’m converting the first two new 24 episodes for my phone as I type, will try and watch them tomorrow.
The TV critics have been giving the new series a positive writeup.
January 12th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Holy crap, I’d like all of my bad decisions to just go away now.
KTHXBAI.
January 12th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Those damn Bad Decision jeans!
January 12th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
They make my ass look huge!!
January 12th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
And I thought it was just me!
January 12th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Yes, someone grows a little bit older on the 14th. Hopefully, his local friends will take him out, embarrass the crap out of him, and post plenty of pictures.
January 12th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Ed, he told me that he would not think it’s cool if I got him really drunk and wrote all over him with a black Marks-A-Lot so now I’m completely out of ideas.
Dammit.
January 12th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Red ?
January 12th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
You crack me up, JOe.
January 12th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
The funniest point in the show, maybe, was “What did Wilma Flintstone use as a vibrator?”
January 12th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I think the best plans involve no drama and no markers.
Thx EssBee.
:)
January 12th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Tweet: Holy guacamole, I just spent almost TWO HOURS writing about my astronomy-related memories. And I’m NOT DONE. It was a lot of fun, though! :-)
Jack: Whatever you end up doing, have fun! I agree, no drama and no markers is best.
Good night, Pan!
January 12th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
OK, Jack. I promise that if I’m lucky enough to see you, I will not have any markers or drama on my person in any fashion.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
What’s the general feeling on Llamas and Parkas ?
January 12th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Llamas are larger than frogs.
CP: Bridge of Sighs – Robin Trower
January 13th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Ah Robin Trower, went to a gig of his a few years back, unusually most of the crowd was older than me (beer guts and long beards ruled).
As for llamas, one UK programmer is obsessed with them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llamatron
January 13th, 2009 at 12:01 am
annnnnnnnd, yes I should have gone to sleep an hour ago.
This list is hilarious:
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/2007/11/gallery_star_trek_monsters
Be sure to read the blurbs about each creature.
Goodnight Moon Unit.
January 13th, 2009 at 12:21 am
The things you find out on twitter:
http://twitter.com/bobbyllew/status/1106804217
Red Dwarf mini series…fingers crossed it’s true.
January 13th, 2009 at 5:31 am
Good Morning moon.
Re:Star Trek monsters
Lore Sjöberg has one of my favorite (next to the Deadpan of course) podcasts. It is sporadically released under the “wired news” podcast feed. It’s mostly always worth the wait.
January 13th, 2009 at 6:30 am
My favorite Star Trek TOS monster will always be Gorn and his microphone eyes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovelongandprosper/2770581042/
January 13th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Morning, Pan.
Grr.
January 13th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Morning, EssBee.
*hug*
January 13th, 2009 at 7:13 am
EssBee: In answer to your question, I don’t know but it would be rock hard. ;)
Cj: I always liked Gorn too. It ain’t easy being green. :)
January 13th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Oooh, more links to check when I get off work.
Joe, I was going to suggest blue. I don’t think red would give enough contrast on the skin to show up well in pictures.
I love how CJ’s precise wording is intended to lull the victim into a false sense of security…..or maybe I’m just reading too much into it :)
January 13th, 2009 at 7:18 am
What, no love for the living La Brea tarpit that took out Tasha Yar?
January 13th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Right, ditto. No silicone attachments in Bedrock.
January 13th, 2009 at 7:49 am
CP: Papa’s Got A Brand New Pig Bag — Pig Bag
January 13th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Ed: Lot’s of love for the result! :)
January 13th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Ed, I’m srsly hurt by your lack of faith in me.
January 13th, 2009 at 8:10 am
or rather… “I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
January 13th, 2009 at 8:16 am
*gak* *gasp*
It… wasn’t… me!
*thud*
January 13th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Re: Bedrock Adult Toys
“They’re Paleo-riffic!”
January 13th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Your sad devotion to that ancient film franchise has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes.
January 13th, 2009 at 9:05 am
CJ, rest assured. You can have great faith in my faith in you.
January 13th, 2009 at 9:07 am
“I’m feeling like a one-legged man always made to take a stand”
CP: Any Day Now — The Watchmen
January 13th, 2009 at 9:10 am
CP: Bust It Big — Widespread Panic
January 13th, 2009 at 9:38 am
CP: a cable company’s “On-Hold” message
January 13th, 2009 at 9:50 am
justs J0e – Your call is very important to us.
January 13th, 2009 at 10:09 am
CP: The Folkcast #36
January 13th, 2009 at 10:53 am
CPIM: “Freeze Ray” – Dr. Horrible
January 13th, 2009 at 10:54 am
that’s the plan….
….rule the world.
January 13th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Gah. Some people are difficult no matter what. Talk about gratitude.
January 13th, 2009 at 11:11 am
CP: Party Time — Lesbians on Ecstasy
January 13th, 2009 at 11:19 am
ditto, are your previous 2 posts related?
January 13th, 2009 at 11:19 am
CPIM — So What — Pink … on repeat.
January 13th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Do what, now?
January 13th, 2009 at 11:33 am
underthings …
… tumbling …
January 13th, 2009 at 11:38 am
300
January 13th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Jack: No, they aren’t. I’d be playing “Stupid MF” if they were. Hmmmm…
CP: Stupid MF — Mindless Self Indulgence
January 13th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
My new computer ate my MP3 of Saves the Day — At Your Funeral and I want to hear it RIGHT.NOW.
Ugh. Where is it!?
January 13th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Found it. Ahhhh… better.
January 13th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Slow work day today. Hopefully it won’t turn into a “no-work” day.
January 13th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Is the mp3-eating computer this generation’s version of the kite-eating tree?
January 13th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Having lost a few kites to trees in my childhood, I believe that people would be more eco-friendly if not for the kite industry.
January 13th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
CP: In Your Wildest Dreams — Moody Blues
January 13th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
… not a death ray or an ice beam
that’s so “Johny Snow”
January 13th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
CP: All Tomorrow’s Parties — The Velvet Underground
January 13th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
The big yellow one is the sun!
January 13th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
CP: Searching for lambs-johnny Dickinson
January 13th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
“Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men “
January 13th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KqXCK_k_LIY
January 13th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I remember being berated by an elderly teacher on how disgraceful that advert was.
January 13th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I am having fun with Bitstrips. I need to work on my books.
January 13th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
You’d better learn to pull yourself up by your own bitstrips young man.
January 13th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Are watches still a big deal in other countries? Why is a huge percentage of my spam trying to peddle black market wristwatches??
January 13th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I have a fondness for my wristwatch that syncs to an atomic clock via radio and recharges it’s battery via solar cell.
January 13th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Well, you know.. some life forms still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
That was much too easy.
January 13th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Yes I’m afraid I fall into that DA category.
January 13th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Maybe I should get a link to one of those sites. I desperately need a new watch for those times when I forget to bring my iTouch, cell phone, car stereo, or self-erecting sundial with me when I go somewhere.
January 13th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
’self-erecting sundial’ – there is a bawdy comment just waiting to happen there..but I’ll resist.
January 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
All the ladies love high noon.
And now for something completely different:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/youtube_contest_challenges_users?utm_source=videomrss_82237
January 13th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Just back from a Rumba lesson.
Dance anyone … ?
January 13th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
It would appear that Van’s watch no longer needs him.
January 13th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Thanks Smarty Hotties (if you’re lurking) :)
January 13th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
ok thats just fucking creepy
I just came on here to spill the beans of your birthday (officially less than 30 minutes from now)
Are you thanking us for the wonderful ecard we just sent you?
Your welcome for whatever we did!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 13th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Thx again, Dre & Hugh. :)
And thank you, Dan & Cj!! :)
January 13th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Happy Birthday to the very awesome, talented, adorable, sweet, smart, funny, creative, thoughtful, and (did I mention adorable?) totally amazing, Jack Mangan!
Woo hoo!
*hugs*
*swooon*
Yay!
January 14th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Morning Pan,
Happy Birthday Jack.
So after watching the first episode of the new season of 24 I was getting a Die Hard 2 flashback…
January 14th, 2009 at 1:12 am
Watch your coffee intake if you are feeling stressed:
http://tinyurl.com/8lhkw6
January 14th, 2009 at 3:21 am
{Frosty Snowman}
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
{/Frosty Snowman}
January 14th, 2009 at 3:38 am
Courtesy of Fark.com
“Researchers find that open office plans lower productivity and raise stress and employee turnover. Huh, who knew people didn’t like everyone constantly staring over their shoulder and listening to their every word?”
Who knew, indeed.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:42 am
I guess it must just be early enough in the morning. This one got me all giggly and I was scrolling through failblog:
http://failblog.org/2009/01/11/netflix-suggestion-fail/
January 14th, 2009 at 5:18 am
morning pan.
I had a cood in my node today.
Ah well. Breathing’s over rated anyway.
January 14th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Happy birthday, Jack! :-)
January 14th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Oh, Happy Birthday, Jack.
January 14th, 2009 at 7:02 am
CW: 24 S7E2
January 14th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Happy Birthday Jackman!
January 14th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Happy Birthday, Jack!
January 14th, 2009 at 7:15 am
http://sports.excite.com/news/01132009/v6793.html
Finally!
January 14th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Sorry, Rhett, that article means nothing to me. Canadian = hockey :)
January 14th, 2009 at 7:21 am
What’s hockey? LOL
January 14th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Jack is now older then he’s ever been !
January 14th, 2009 at 7:22 am
… and now he’s even older.
January 14th, 2009 at 7:22 am
… and now he’s even older.
January 14th, 2009 at 7:43 am
So was the birthday today, or yesterday? I haven’t been on Pan for a few days so I’m a little out of the loop
January 14th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Happy Birthday Jack!!!!
January 14th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Rhettro: I know what you mean. There is some optimism here!
January 14th, 2009 at 8:00 am
I figured ditto. Now maybe they’ll land Shanahan as coach. :)
January 14th, 2009 at 8:00 am
TEB, today. the 14th=Jack’s birthday.
Van, RE: the article you shared on coffee. Some people are 95% water… yeah, I’m 95% coffee. If I hallucinate or stress, so bit it. I won’t be giving up my coffee. EVER.
Just sayin’
January 14th, 2009 at 8:01 am
HI TEB.
My undertanding is that it is today … of course with Jack, it’s always a party.
January 14th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Thanks everyone :)
Today, I’m suddenly finding Matlock and Murder, She Wrote more appealing.
Hey, what are those kids doing on my lawn??
January 14th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Jack: Are you getting to be a grumpy old man like Rhettro & me?
January 14th, 2009 at 8:15 am
It will be the slippers and cocoa next.
January 14th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Heh??
Bunny, I hope you feel better.
I don’t know what I’m doing with tonight’s episode/unshow, but I got an awesome bit of timely audio – so we’ll see what happens later.
January 14th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Show some respect to your elders ditto!
January 14th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Eh? What’s that sonny?
January 14th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Van: you first. :P
lol
January 14th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Oh yeah…
January 14th, 2009 at 8:27 am
GET OFF MY LAWN!
January 14th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I’m an elder, but I hide it well.
Jack’s just a young pup. Oh wait… Jack’s older than my husband!
What have I done?
muah hah hah hah
January 14th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Cj = cougar
January 14th, 2009 at 8:36 am
CP: Strange Deja Vu — Dream Theater
January 14th, 2009 at 8:37 am
CD: Coffee
Sorting through thousands of emails is not much fun. Still, it beats what I’m avoiding. ;)
January 14th, 2009 at 8:43 am
just kidding, Cj! That was meant to have a “?” after it!
January 14th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Good call on the Dream Theater ditto.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Rhettro: It’s taken a while for me to get into them, but I do enjoy what I’ve heard so far. Right now I only have the one album: Scenes From a Memory. I’ve heard it’s not their best.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:09 am
I saw John Petrucci do a solo set live in NYC, about 2 years ago. I’m ok with Dream Theater, but Petrucci – - damn.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:14 am
I bought there break through album way back in the early 90’s and really liked it. But I got a little burnt out on them and moved on. Then someone from work lent me “Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence ” and I really liked it. They moved away from some of their more annoying tendencies. The live DVD concert is really good as well.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:33 am
So, does CJ administer the spanking on behalf of Deadpan? Do we claim which one we want in our honor?
January 14th, 2009 at 10:43 am
**drive by Posting**
Hello everyone!!!
Happy Birthday Jack!!!!!
Just a quick drive by post from me. Other then work and Scouts not much going on. Went to Denver last night and went to Scott Siglers Book Tour, then out to the bar with the FDO. It was a great time. Scott was such a nice guy, taking time to talk with everyone. And sign everything!!! Even tough the guy at the book store was a jerk, we still had a nice time.
I hope to get around more, as my work hours are gonna be cut down to 4 days after this week.
Hope everyone else is well.
January 14th, 2009 at 10:55 am
WOOT !!!!! LCMoD sighting !!!
January 14th, 2009 at 10:56 am
I thought Sigler was in Denver last week – darn! I could have gone last night too . . .
January 14th, 2009 at 11:05 am
When I get my pics up i will post some. It was a good turnout.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:10 am
CP: Birthday – The Beatles
January 14th, 2009 at 11:16 am
LCMoD: Hiya! Hiya! Hiya!
January 14th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Thanks, LCMoD. :) Good to see you round here again.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
ZP pulls out his flashlight and examines Tomb Raider Underworld:
http://tinyurl.com/85flym
January 14th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
One the same site, think MST3K for video games cut scenes:
http://tinyurl.com/7gkbd5
January 14th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Van: I watched those MST3K-like commentaries for cut scenes and wasn’t impressed.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Yikes. . . Patrick McGoohan AND Ricardo Montalban both died today.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
/bad taste mode on
At least he can now spin in his grave when The Prisoner remake is released.
/bad taste mode off
January 14th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
PM obit at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5083460.stm
January 14th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
I can’t stop hearing “KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHN!” in my brain.
:(
January 14th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
“I am not a number – I am a free man!”
My Social Security number begs to differ.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
That was actually the first thing I thought of CJ.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Was it Dre who told me this? I think so. . . She said that her mom used to watch some Spanish-language tv show, which would regularly feature a “Who’s More Manly?” segment. The contestants would always be Ricardo Montalban and someone or something else, and Ricardo Montalban would always win. (I’m sure I’m telling this story incorrectly).
RIP to him and McGoohan (who was also pretty manly).
January 14th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Quien es mas macho? Jack Mangan? O Ricarrrrrdo Mantalbannnn?
That was a Bill Murray SNL skit, I think.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Rumor had it that Montalban was holding McGoohan captive on some island.
… or maybe I’m getting my metaphors mixed?
January 14th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Justa JOe? O Ricardo Mantalban?
January 14th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
CP: Conference call hell.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I am not a midget, I am a tall man!
January 14th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
*channeling 1970’s Mantalban* “Luuuuk what they’ve dun to my podcaaast” */channeling 1070’s Mantalban*
January 14th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Now in fine Coriiiinthian Leather.
January 14th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
It says in the story I read on his life … that the ad agency made up that term just because of the way it sounded when it rolled off his silver tongue!
Corinthian Leather … because it sounds good!
January 14th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
I didn’t know McGoohan from The Prisoner. But as soon as the obit mentioned his role in Braveheart – I could picture him immediately. Sounds like enjoyed a pretty good life.
As for Khan…I mean Ricardo Mantalban – well, he’ll always represent the high point of Star Trek (at least so far). Though, I’ve also recognized his distinct voice in both Dora the Explorer and Kim Possible.
Both talents are most certainly missed.
January 14th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Hi there, LCMoD!
No writing today, just keeping records, paying bills, and chilling out. Productivity tomorrow night, I hope.
The most interesting part of today was sending a test tweet from my cell phone. Follow @MLKDay on Twitter to see tweets from me (on Saturday) and about 50 other people (on Monday), all using Twitter to tell the stories of the various community service projects they’re doing.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Grumbles. Late again.
So, Happy (belated) Born Day to you, Mr. Mangan. Hope it went well for you.
January 14th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
400
January 14th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Jack had a donut birthday cake.
Why eat cake when you can have donuts?
http://twitpic.com/12zhy
January 14th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Thanks Cj. That donut cake srsly rocked. You are excellent.
Nomad, thanks! It went well – and there were Boston Creme donuts (my favorite) – supplied by Cj – - and Dan.