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February 5th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Voluptuious
Need a decent dictionary
February 5th, 2009 at 3:30 am
Two. Bwahaha.
February 5th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Three is a magic number….
February 5th, 2009 at 3:32 am
voluptuous? (Firefox caught that one for me).
I am intrigued by your offer and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
February 5th, 2009 at 3:32 am
Sorry for the lateness of this, JOe. “. . . in bed.”
Ed, you and your family have my condolences.
February 5th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Thank you, Essbee.
I have managed to resurrect Skype and my ID is still valid. I’ve combed through last week’s comments and sent requests to the ID’s posted.
If you don’t have a request pending from edklein72, it’s only because I didn’t come across your ID in the last comment board…or I actually already had a few of you from before.
Now, off to the office…..land of no skype and no email.
February 5th, 2009 at 4:48 am
And the commute is done. Be warned, Deadpan – Jack promised the first part of the show would be the shiny happy part….then unleashes a story of unspeakable horror upon us.
I had to pull over to the side of the road and curl up in a fetal position in my trunk until I could stop shaking.
Those poor, poor pants…..
:o
February 5th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Alas, due to a flaky wifi connection at the coffee shop, no DP gooey goodness till I get home.
February 5th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Morning Pan.
Still dark outside..
Should still be in bed…
February 5th, 2009 at 6:27 am
For your Watchmen-themed enjoyment…
http://is.gd/iu9b
February 5th, 2009 at 6:33 am
For some reason, I find that disturbing, JB.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Well, I think it’s time to think about putting some food in my gullet.
Back in a bit, Pan.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Those pants had it coming.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:13 am
PirateBanana is Mike Bryant, the man also responsible for “Fear and Loathing in Middle Earth,” and “Chicken” (Theme Song to “Quitting Time” and “Crusty Willie Commercial Interlude”).
February 5th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Wahoo! My copy of the Watchmen is on the way!
Thanks EssBee, better late then never. (… in bed!)
February 5th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I pull my copy of Watchmen out last night and started to glance over the first page. I’m going to reread a few sections, good stuff.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Back again.
Today’s quote” Sleep is a truce… Death a surrender”
I could use a truce right now.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Ed, which was the story of horror? The pants? The ducks? Or the hooker?
Boy, that should have been the name of this episode. . . . Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #118: The Pants, The Ducks, and the Hooker
February 5th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Tales from the east side of Narnia?
February 5th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Is that an adult version of a Narnia story?
February 5th, 2009 at 9:01 am
The Witch, the Vibrator and Her Wardrobe.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:06 am
CP: Nara — E.S. Posthumus
February 5th, 2009 at 9:08 am
CW: The latest Lost episode.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Oh shit, I’m a butterhead.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:24 am
You can’t live off a butterhead.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:45 am
I am amused by butterhead. I’m not sure why, but it makes me smirk a little.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Hit the hooker on the head.
Standard.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Let’s see, how do yall do this one?
(C)urrently (P)laying –
No ReMorse – Codex Machine
Or is it supposed to be CL for (C)urrently (L)istening?
February 5th, 2009 at 10:05 am
can go either way.
I use CP ’cause that’s the way I roll.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:08 am
BTW: CPIMM = “Currently Playing In My Mind”
As in the sentence, “I have that stupid Butterhead song stuck in my CPIMM”
February 5th, 2009 at 10:08 am
CP: Kill Bill O’Reilly — East Coast Avengers
February 5th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thanks. I wonder why the female mohawk bothers me so much.
Nah, nevermind. I just hadn’t realized I don’t like mohawks in general.
I think I’m due for bed. Night all.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Speaking of the female mohawk, I’m in the midst of a heavy 80s playlist. I may not emerge without a mullet.
CP: Turning Japanese – The Vapors
February 5th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Bloody pop classic that one..I’m humming the tune as I type.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Jack – Did you remember to put in your shoulder pads first?
February 5th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Currently stuck in conference call hell.
CPIMM: Turning Japanese
February 5th, 2009 at 10:39 am
So I have just decided to watch all of last seasons “Heros” … right now.
Judging from the reviews I read … I should be able to just FF view through all of the Eps, stopping at the hilites to view as necessary.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:39 am
“can go either way” “. . . in bed”
CP: Space Jelly — Galactic
Nomad Scry: I never told you that I took your advice and got the Skullcandy Ink’d earbuds and am really happy with them!
February 5th, 2009 at 10:40 am
I really think so….
February 5th, 2009 at 10:40 am
For the young Deadpanites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqZ_dC1T7pA&feature=related
February 5th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Why all the butter, Jack?
February 5th, 2009 at 10:42 am
I didn’t get a skype invite from you Ed, vanamonde_deadpan is my skype ID.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:45 am
I’m hesitant to join in on the Skype conversation. I am generally pretty quiet in groups — Cj, didn’t you say something like this last week? I guess I could go either way. What do you all think?
February 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Jump in with both feet Essbee
February 5th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Just finished the 2 hour season(last) opener.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:49 am
CP: Hanging On The Telephone – Blondie
February 5th, 2009 at 10:49 am
CPIMM: “So What” by Pink – on Repeat… for days… weeks now actually.
help?
February 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am
CP: Good Morning Judge – 10cc
February 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Yeah Heroes, I recommend watching the first two episodes and last two episodes of season 3. You really don’t need to bother with the ones in between.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:56 am
CP: Get It Right Next Time – Gerry Rafferty
February 5th, 2009 at 10:59 am
CJ – view this and it should flash your CPIMM
http://tinyurl.com/bkopco
February 5th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Got the Ping Ed.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:08 am
CP: Stuck in The Middle With You – Stealers Wheel
February 5th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Excellent!
And, I agree with Van, EssBee – jump in! I don’t know how much I’ll have to offer to the discussion either, but I expect a good time to be had by all.
Speaking of which – what do you guys think about coming up with some general topics/questions for this round table to keep things a little more focused?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:16 am
If you have a Windows PC, Skype 4 is out now.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Focus ????
… oooo look, something shinny!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:17 am
First of all, J0e – is the Nipple Song the new RickRoll? Did you just “NippleRoll” me?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Just finished Ep2
February 5th, 2009 at 11:22 am
And, EssBee,
I think that regardless of who or how many are on the Skype conference, we’ll find that certain personalities will stand out and talk more – that’s just the chemistry of people. I tend to hold back in discussions unless I really feel that what I’m saying is pertinent.
I like Ed’s idea of topics. Maybe round table questions that are broad for people to jump in and answer as well as quick questions that can be done in a round robin format. I think part of the fun of it though will be making it something everyone gets to be a part of.
The editing/production staff can always slice it up to make it more listenable if we all talk all over each other. :)
I might be serving tequila shots at my end which means that Jack and Dan may just dissolve into a fit of giggles. You never know. Maybe I should keep my video camera handy.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Attack of the Clones?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Tequila shots? Maybe my end of the mic should be your end. :)
February 5th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Meep! Meep!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Rhettro, funny – I said the same thing about you. You are more than welcome to join us.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Coolio. :)
February 5th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Hey Pan!
Lunch is once again et. Except this time the cat didn’t join me. One of my cats is very strange and doesn’t like salmon.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Uh-oh. I don’t want to be a Watchmen hog. ;)
February 5th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Your copy of The Watchmen must be slightly different from mine, ditto. I don’t remember that character.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Bunny, The Comedian is kind of a pig.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I think we should just have all 15 people talking at once. That’d be awesome.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Just finished Heros S2 Ep3 … and lunch.
Progress was slowed by deciding to clean out e-mail while scanning show.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
was
February 5th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Was. So true. And my Women’s Studies professor just reached out and slapped me for the “kind of.”
February 5th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Spoiler alert.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
^LOL
February 5th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
http://popwatch.ew.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/24/greysanatomymorganheigl_l.jpg
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2008/11/11/watchmen-poster-comedian.jpg
I’m still waiting for that Commedian/Gray’s Anatomy crossover.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
So, if we are going to have a forum discussion (as opposed to a free for all), is there going to be a spot where we can add our questions to ahead of time? (I have 3)
February 5th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Rhett, I saw all the posters of the characters at our local theater when we saw Underworld. The one concern my husband had is if they are all “pretty” people.
*NOT REALLY A SPOILER* In the comic, except for flashbacks, most of them are middle age, with typical middle age looks (ie. Night Owl is slightly pudgy, etc).
February 5th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Just finished Heros S2 Ep4 – glad I could FF
February 5th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I believe that most of them will be pretty. I haven’t seen a picture Rorschach unmasked yet, but he should be somewhat dopey looking if in keeping with the novel. I think the Owl and the Commedian came out better looking than their comic counterparts. Although, Ozzy may have faired worse.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
http://members.tripod.com/~applesaucebrainman/051503.jpg
^Secret shot of the cast! Yeah, they look a bit different.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
That picture didn’t come out on my computer, Rhett.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Hmmm…
Try this one.
http://marschflugkoerper.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/lego-watchmen.jpg
February 5th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Here is a picture of the actor playing Rorschach
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355097/
maybe that’s a clue?
February 5th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Lego Watchmen – cool!
February 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Benjamin Button or Slumdog Millionaire…hmmmm.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
You can’t have realistic looking people in a blockbuster..things have to look smooth.
cough
February 5th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Van, Jon Stewart votes for Slumdog Millionaire.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Perhaps, something more British? Like rent “Cash Back.”
February 5th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I’ve heard good things about Benjamin Button. The only thing to be aware of is it is a slow moving picture (very little action, lots of thought). Also, at almost 3 hours, it is quite long.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
It’s not the “things” that have to look smooth in a movie, Van ;)
February 5th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Yeah I’m leaning towards Button, considering it’s running time, think I will have to go to the cinema straight from work.
February 5th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
It’s 80 degrees, cloudy, and overcast.
And my doorbell just rang.
February 5th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
CP: conference call hell
CPIMM: Turning Japanese
*shakes fist at ditto and Van*
February 5th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
We’ve got a half-a-tank of gas, it’s 40 miles to Chicago, it’s dark outside, and we’re wearing sunglasses.
February 5th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
… hit it !
February 5th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
It takes two to make a thing go right…..
February 5th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
But one is the loneliest number that you’ll ever know….
February 5th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
I like the Whopper, f##k the Big Mac.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Perhaps perhaps perhaps.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
What about a Royale with Cheese?
February 5th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Hey.
You don’t have to be a man to love Manwich. ♬
You don’t have to be a witch either. It’s true. ♬
You just have to love a fun tasty dinner. ♬
And wearin’ some of that dinner on you. ♬
February 5th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
WNDRWolf: Happy birthday! (Skype alerted me.)
February 5th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
This is the way I go to work (half asleep), go to work, go to work, this is the way I go to work on a cold and frosty morning.
Morning Pan, time to hit the road and hit the play button to listen to the latest DP.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Happy Born Day Wolf. Was going to tweet it, then wasn’t sure if you wanted that sort of publicity…
Cuz I’m such a bigshot.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
CJ just showed me the nipple-song.
Ah, butterhead.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
EssBee – Very glad the ink’d are working out for you. I wish they lasted a little longer, but I don’t think I can complain too much with something that I am actively using for roughly 18 hours a day.
[waves] Hi, I’m an addict.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
I don’t think there’s anything I could do for 18 hours a day….
Happy birthday, WNDR! Howl you celebrate?
*grumpy old men muppets booing*
Goodnight mush.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
I’m counting sleep time as “doing” something with my headphones, since I sleep with the buggers in. It helps distract me to fall asleep quickly, and helps block out the noises of the rest of the family during the day.
Had I mentioned I’m a third shifter?
February 6th, 2009 at 12:16 am
Happy Birthday Wolf.
Group howl starts here ——>
February 6th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Third shifter?
February 6th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Howl.
February 6th, 2009 at 5:43 am
HAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
February 6th, 2009 at 6:48 am
So, how old is WNDR in human years? Is the conversion for wolves the same as domesticated dogs?
February 6th, 2009 at 6:55 am
Happy bday yesterday, Wolf!
18 hours is a damn long time, Nomad. I have my iPod going for probably 12, but not w/ earbuds in. I do the little docking station and computer speakers at the office w/ shuffle.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Morning Pan.
Happy Birthday Wolf!
February 6th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Add my Happy Birthday wishes to the bunch Mr. Wolf.
Happy Friday, Pan.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Happy B-day Wolf! And may I add that was a rocking EP of the latest Wander Radio.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:57 am
So, we are expecting rain all weekend. Should I go to the Renaissance Festival anyway?
Actually, I’m going to the (insert hoity toity voice here) Dinner Theater tomorrow night so, maybe Ren Fest next week.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Well now I get a chance to decide the merits of the Benjamin Button film.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:35 am
We have more rain forecast for the weekend? What is this, the Amazon?
February 6th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes…
Someone asked my age… Let’s just say I am old enough to know better – To young to give a damn.
Thanks Rhettro. More to come on the WR front. 3 projects in the editting stages.
Ed just for clarification… I am not domesticated…just ask my wife.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Happy Birthday WNDR!
February 6th, 2009 at 8:42 am
aren’t we supposed to cut you in half and count the rings or something like that?
February 6th, 2009 at 8:43 am
LOL
Facebook: 25 Things I Didn’t Want to Know About You
http://tinyurl.com/avqqwn
February 6th, 2009 at 8:50 am
That is hilarious, JOe. I did the 25 things meme, AND think that some of the items listed in the article are pretty interesting!
February 6th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Relatives called this AM to say there was a power crew in their backyard and they would have power within the hour.
They expressed surprised because the crew was from Virginia. They have been so cut off that they didn’t know crews had been deployed from surrounding states.
According to the crew, their part of the county was supposed to see crews until the first of March. However, they live beside a state park that has cabins and someone had made the decision that if they could get power to the park then refugees could be housed there. So the crew had run temporary power off of the newly restored main line to their house.
For nearly 2 weeks they have been sleeping in layers of clothes that included parkas and ski caps.
They say they are looking forward to being warm … and being able to wash cloths.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:55 am
One other note. They said the National Guard had been going house to house in their subdivision a few days ago. Checking on people and hoping my relatives might have any information on neighbors that weren’t answering their knocks at the door.
I fear that when power is finally restored they will discover a lot of elderly folks who had no place to go and succumbed to the cold. :(
February 6th, 2009 at 9:23 am
CP: Monkey Wrench — Foo Fighters
February 6th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Go go go, National Guard. I hope they can rescue the majority of those people.
CP: Ohio – CSNY
February 6th, 2009 at 10:23 am
They say crying when Spock dies like it is a bad thing (the crying, that is).
February 6th, 2009 at 10:33 am
I really want to tape my thumbs to my hands to see what it feels like to be a dinosaur. Maybe after my annual performance review.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:39 am
… and speaking of dinosaurs …
The man who admitted while running for President that, “The issue of economics is something that I’ve really never understood as well as I should.†… is now telling the man who won, how to save the economy.
I find this baffling.
Given that his inability to grasp the economy was well documented just a few short months ago on the campaign trail – why in the world would anything John McCain has to say about fixing this problem be given more then just a sad smile and a slow shake of the head ?
… and yet, he seems to be leading the charge against the President’s proposed stimulus plan. It’s like a bad sitcom.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:40 am
… never a tar pit around when you really need one.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:50 am
EssBee: I don’t need to tape my thumbs to find out. My wife says I do a pretty scary imitation of a velociraptor. :)
February 6th, 2009 at 11:04 am
ditto, any chance this Velociraptor imitation is on Youtube? ;)
And if there are Velociraptor noises to go with this…. 206-350-TOMI. 206-250-8664.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:08 am
minus 250, plus 350.
cough.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:15 am
xkcd is awesome today.
http://xkcd.com/
And yes, that says base 2.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:15 am
ditto – extra Deadpan BONUS points if there is “stop frame” animation of this Velociraptor!
February 6th, 2009 at 11:16 am
fingers crossed for the video!
February 6th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Not a chance. I don’t immortalize my embarrassing moments on the web.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:19 am
CP: A Farewell To Kings — Rush
February 6th, 2009 at 11:32 am
AP Headline:
FEMA hands out meals with recalled peanut butter
-Louisville, KY
February 6th, 2009 at 11:46 am
“I don’t immortalize my embarrassing moments on the web.”
Scratch that. I do, I just try not to do it on video. :)
February 6th, 2009 at 11:52 am
EssBee: Now there’s a Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moment for you. :-O
February 6th, 2009 at 11:54 am
No kidding, Amy.
Our government: “here you poor, frozen bastards. Have some food. Hope you survive it.”
February 6th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
CP: I’m So Sick — Flyleaf
February 6th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Back in February 2002, KC had a pretty bad ice storm. It took nine days to get our power back on. Luckily we were about to stay at my bother-in-law’s house for the duration. It was one of those factors that motivated us to move to Phoenix. ;)
February 6th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
We went through that too, Rhettro. It took us 8 days to get our power back. In the process, I lost a salt water reef tank aquarium that I had run for about 3 years. Hundreds of dollars of fish dead and not covered by renters insurance. Sucked big time.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
CP: Ramblin’ On My Mind – John Mayall
I love Colorado. We occasionally get dumped on with snow, but never have ice storms.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Snow’s great, ice… not so much. I have some pictures I took of the damage, I should upload them to Flickr sometime.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I find snow a bit overrated, actually….
So – I just introduced Vernon Reid to the genius of Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, via Twitter. How cool is that?
February 6th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
A more mean spirited take on the 25 meme from a writers point of view:
http://tinyurl.com/dnf6zp
February 6th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
So I enjoyed Benjamin Button. It appealed to my sentimental streak, a streak I keep hidden, deep, deep, down inside when I’m watching the latest Hollywood action movie…
February 6th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
CP: “Wake me up before you go go” – WHAM
(now that’s gonna get stuck in my CPIMM)
February 6th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I’ve forgotten what CPIMM means.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
CPIMM = Currently Playing In My Mind
You can usually only fix this by erasing your CPIMM (sing the song for someone else and it seems to just leave you and get stuck in their head) or flashing it (expose it to something more catchy/insipid).
February 6th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Van, that is SO mean!
CPIMM: Wake me up before you go-go
Damn you, JOe!
February 6th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Thanks JJ
I did warn you Essbee.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
You did, it’s true.
I just don’t get why a writer would 1) invite fans to “friend” him, and then 2) write a rant like that. Pretty mean!
Here’s something completely different: Do you guys and girls have nicknames that don’t really fit you? For example, I have an uncle who calls me “Suzie.” My name is Kris, and I most certainly do not look like a Suzie — but maybe did at age 6. I get “Sue”, “Suzie”, and “Suzie Q” from the men in my family, which I think is just kinda weird.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
The latest Podcastle episode is a Ted Chiang story:
http://tinyurl.com/ccsrjz
TC stories are always checking out.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
EssBee,
I don’t have a nickname that doesn’t fit, but there are definitely names that I detest being called.
I absolutely hate being called “Babe” – my husband does this.. “Thanks, Babe.” “Can you come here, Babe?”
UGH! I’m not a babe, nor am I the reincarnation of my dead dog whose name was Babe, nor am I a pig from some children’s movie that I’ve never seen.
I also hate being called “Cheryl” – the name is Cherylyn. It’s one little syllable… “yn” it’s not like it takes that much time to say “yn” after “Cheryl”
I don’t mind being called “Cj” at all… it’s a nickname I was given with love. Although I have been referred to as “Ceej” at times – that doesn’t seem to bother me either.
What did bother me was when a friend of mine thought it would funny to suggest a porn movie about my life called…. “Under Ceej”
/enoughtalkingaboutmyselfwhilestressed
February 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
EssBee: Yep, I have. I had an unkle call me Kennedy. I’m really not sure why. There have been others, but that one sticks out.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
CP: Black Cat — Ladytron
February 6th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Sorry, Cj, but “Under Ceej” is kinda funny.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I like my surname to be spelt properly…people tend to miss out a popular letter.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
My Watchmen novel arrived today.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/3258404805_c03805a7c4_o.jpg
February 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Oh, my surname is a disaster.
February 6th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Even funnier if imagined with Steven Seagal.
February 6th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Don’t think he’s fit enough for a porn movie these days.
February 6th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Rhettro: What’s funnier? Cj’s movie?
Ba dum dum.
February 6th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Yeah, Under Ceej. LOL
February 6th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Here’s an etiquette question for those of you who have better manners than I do.
There’s a fairly big name educator/author in my field of work who I’m very close with. Her daughter is kind of a fahreak and kind of has the hots for me. Said daughter just sent me a friend request on Facebook. Do I 1) ignore and pretend that I’m a techtard when I see her next if she brings it up?, 2) accept?, or 3) something else?
February 6th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
You could always accept, and if she starts getting weird remove her as a friend.
February 6th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I like “pretend to be a techtard.” ;)
Or just say that it makes you unconfortable having the child of a peer linked to you.
February 6th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Yes, but then that invites the stalking by said girl wanting to know why she was dropped.
I’d go with option 1 for now.
February 6th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Am I supposed to know who this Tod Goldberg is?
February 6th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Ed, I don’t know him either. Maybe we should friend him on Facebook. (I found that essay/bitchfest pretty hilarious, actually)
EssBee, plz don’t hate me if you follow this advice and it backfires, but I’d probably just let her friend you, then ignore all FB activity from her. Does FB work that way?
February 6th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
EssBee – how old is this person. That would be important factor.
BTW – if you ever get one of those annoying stalker types, I know this person you can send them to … tell them to use the password “Hi Babe”. They’ll cease to be a problem. ;)
February 6th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Please don’t hate Jack if he’s beautiful.
February 6th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Jack: Yes, you can just ignore all FB contact from them. Chat’s the hardest to ignore, but it can be done if you’re diligent.
I got my Watchmen novel from the local B&N last Friday. I’ve only had time to read the first few pages, though. I’ll try to read more tonight and/or tomorrow.
February 6th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Good advice, y’all!
She’s not a child, she’s near my age – creeping up on 40. I think I’ll take Jack/Van’s advice and just ignore her. I hate to be rude.
February 6th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Rude people suck.
February 6th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
My technologies are being a douche tonight.
February 6th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
They are being rude.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Regarding tonight’s BSG – Holy FRAK!
Man, that was some seriously good television.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/micro-compact-home-from-japan-futuristic-paco-house.html
February 6th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of tickytacky
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same
There’s a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses all went to the university
Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same,
And there’s doctors and there’s lawyers, and business executives
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course and drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp and then to the university
Where they are put in boxes and they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
Little Boxes
by Malvina Reynolds
February 6th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
The new BSG is dribbling down my pipe as I type.
Morning Pan, work on a Saturday..meh, the big freeze continues.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Mmmmm. BSG. Tasty.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend. We are headed to Southern CO to visit my better half’s mom and grandma. That = excellent food and being fawned over. I’m into it.
February 7th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Sounds like Malvina has some issues.
Then again, so does the person who came up with that box “house” concept.
February 7th, 2009 at 7:55 am
I believe Malvina wrote that in the 1960s … for cultural reference and context, please see “Mad Men”.
February 7th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Yea for the fawning over!
February 7th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Yea for the BSG.
February 7th, 2009 at 7:59 am
CP: “Minute Samba” from “Dance Party – an hour of modern dance tempo” ©1958
… oh, and it’s an LP !
33 and a third baby ! ‘cuase that’s how I roll.
February 7th, 2009 at 9:32 am
I can’t decided if the detritus of my life is smothering me or crushing me.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
You can’t win against kipple.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/2198/82-year-old-metalhead
LOL
February 7th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
YOU … GO … OWEN !!!!!!
February 7th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
What this? A new Farpoint Recap in my feed?
February 7th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Owen is clearly Hell Bent for Leather.
February 7th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I’d say Owen is pretty Bad Ass.
February 7th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
So it’s official, I’m a masochist.
I keep watching Eleventh Hour in the hope it will improve and it NEVER does.
February 7th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Can you give us a”ZP” type review of the show and submit it to Jack?
February 7th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Err No.
I’m not worthy and all that jazz.
February 7th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Today’s Clone Wars gobbledygook:
Truth Enlightens the mind, but won’t always bring happiness to your heart.
February 7th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Hey Van, third shift is the same as graveyard. I work from 11pm EST (I think it is -5GMT) to 7am the next morning.
Sorry for the delay.
February 7th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Truth, often closely aligned with the crap lies you don’t want to hear.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
*paints a tumbleweed purple*
February 7th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Did I just see a purple tumbleweed roll by??
February 8th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Give me time, and the deadpan can have more color than wonka’s factory.
February 8th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Please, no yellow. Hurts the eyes.
February 8th, 2009 at 12:36 am
And please don’t turn anyone into a giant blueberry.
February 8th, 2009 at 12:47 am
I’m not sure I can create under such stifling conditions….;P
February 8th, 2009 at 12:53 am
OK, well you kids look after keep the tumbleweeds out of the chocolate river. It’s late. I’m off to bed.
Goodnight, bowl full of mush.
February 8th, 2009 at 1:13 am
I bet there’s a market for chocolate dipped tumbleweeds….
February 8th, 2009 at 1:27 am
With silver dragees?
February 8th, 2009 at 1:54 am
Mmmmmm chocolate dipped tumbleweeds..the candy with the crunchy centre.
February 8th, 2009 at 1:55 am
Van, have you tried out the CrunchBang Linux version for the eeepc? Cruncheee. (heh.) Very very light weight. Not quite as friendly as eeebunto.
February 8th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Yup NS, I’m giving the my 701 to my sister and I’m not sure she will like Cruncheee (although I did) because it’s not as friendly as Eeebuntu.
But if you want to have some more space left on your SSD, Cruncheee is the way to go.
February 8th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Oh and another ‘lite’ custom distro for the Eee is fluxfluxeee:
http://fluxflux.net/fluxflux-eee/index-en.html
February 8th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Today’s retro game, Tetris on the Gameboy (via the Lameboy emulator for the NDS):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_(Game_Boy)
February 8th, 2009 at 8:06 am
I took the plunge and installed Cruncheee. (crosses fingers) I don’t know enough to fix anything if I mess it up, so… eeek.
Fluxfluxeee has a nice looking set of icons, but I’m even less familiar with PCLinuxOS than I am with Ubuntu (which I consistently misspell as Ubunto.)
February 8th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Morning Deadpan!
It’s 9:30 on Sunday Morning. I have my mouse in one hand and my i-pod in the other. And I’m not afraid to use either one :)
February 8th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Last week it was bacon cookies, now it’s bacon cake. There’s just something wrong with the world
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bacon-Breakfast-Cake/Detail.aspx?ARBMID=1869&ARFMTID=1
February 8th, 2009 at 8:44 am
This pen would definitely be mightier than the sword
http://scifiwire.com/2009/02/acme-releasing-the-most-gorgeous-ray-gun-pen-known-to-man.php
February 8th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Holy Crap! This girl has amazing finger speed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alxBofd_eQ
February 8th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Wow, so many links to check when I get home! Off to make my hair more sassy.
And for those that recall me saying I wasn’t going to get to wear my winter coat. Oh yes. I’m wearing it today. It may not be that cold – but it really is THAT wet out there.
And thundery… my house windows sound like they are about to come out of the frames!
February 8th, 2009 at 10:45 am
That girl is like a machine!
It would seem possible to make a sensible, non-deadly bacon cake.
I hope the sassing was fun today, Cj.
February 8th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Maybe use them bacon flavoured corn bits in the cake.
February 8th, 2009 at 11:35 am
My wife and son are tying up our two internet ready computers. So I have to resort to the pocket PC. =p
February 8th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Welcome Rhettro to the ‘wonderful’ world of mobile browsers.
There’s a good Gameboy emulator for PPCs.
Cough
February 8th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I’m just gonna say it …
I don’t care HOW many exclamation points you put in your advert – three, 12 packs of soda for $12 is just simply NOT a deal. 4 for $11 just barely makes it either.
that is all.
February 8th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
I’m not a huge fan of bacon nor do I like cake. Bacon Cake would fall into the two wrongs just make it more wrong category for me.
February 8th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
So, that Yuja Wang – wow.. playing any instrument has always seemed so difficult to me… I can, however, play a mean computer keyboard at a whopping 92 wpm… on a good day. ;)
Oooh and yes, I have been sassified…Red is the new Cj.
http://twitpic.com/1e9ok
February 8th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Go Go Red!
February 8th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Another variation on the 25 meme:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=401633472
February 8th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
CJ is well red.
February 8th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
When CJ said “sassified” am I the only one who thought of Clarence Carter?
February 8th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Sassafras
February 8th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Mutley?
February 8th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Thufferin’ Thuckatash?
February 8th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
CP: Marianas Trench – Cross My Heart
February 8th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I think I am old inside. I watch Yuja Wang and the first thing that crosses my mind is how much my wrists hurt. Then I wonder how long before her imminent carpal tunnel incapacitates her.
Still, pretty amazing.
February 8th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
I like this one alot:
http://shirt.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=7274
Alot or a lot?
February 8th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
A grammar nerd will tell you: there’s no such word as ‘alot’. (Yes, it’s two words.)
February 9th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Calling Dick Tracy:
http://tinyurl.com/ag4l4t
February 9th, 2009 at 6:08 am
meh
there is weather … and I am feeling under it.
February 9th, 2009 at 6:28 am
So according to writers of the Mentalist..Messy women make the best lovers.
You can call me a skeptic.
February 9th, 2009 at 6:46 am
We interrupt this program for a special bulliten…
WHOEVER GAVE ME A HEAD COLD CAN TAKE IT BACK RIGHT F’n NOW!!!
…thank you. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Panning.
February 9th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Morning Pan
Sunny and warm here for a change
February 9th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Probably a consequence of regular exercise TEB, all the fitness fanatics I know get a lot of colds and throat infections.
February 9th, 2009 at 7:04 am
But personal experience can be misleading so the above maybe a load of old tosh.
February 9th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Actually, it’s a combination of many things. This has been a bad winter all round for people getting sick, here in Calgary. Also, since my husband is a teacher, he is constantly bringing home something from the kids at school. Lastly, have the MA class on Saturday’s testing seemed to be ill, as well, so I also could have got something then.
Oh well, will skip classes tonight and stay home with a hot cup of Neo Citron.
February 9th, 2009 at 7:14 am
have = half
February 9th, 2009 at 7:16 am
TEB – I 2nd your motion to have the cold giver take it back. *sniffle*
February 9th, 2009 at 7:25 am
JOe and Bunny – get well soon!
Nomad and Van – what language is it you two were speaking above?
marlo – I dig yellow.
Cj – cute!
Is it Monday already? Really?
February 9th, 2009 at 7:28 am
[drive by]
Hey pan!!
Just wanted to say hey :)
I hope we can get a Deadpan fix soon. We sure could use the laughs
[/drive by]
February 9th, 2009 at 7:29 am
[drive by2]
and I used to love the book Johnathan Livingston Seagull. It was my favorite book when I was little and my stupid oldest her went and drew on all the pictures of the birds to make them airplanes dropping bombs. I was so pissed I cried.
[/drive by2]
February 9th, 2009 at 7:30 am
woah..
her = brother
February 9th, 2009 at 7:51 am
LOL
stupid brothers
… wait, that’d be me!
February 9th, 2009 at 7:52 am
^Didn’t sound like the kind of thing a sister would do. Hope you can drop by for some laughs soon.
February 9th, 2009 at 8:03 am
So yeah, those of you that liked the Farpoint Recap, what can I say, sorry, thats never coming back.
Those of you who liked the Wingin’ it Recap and enjoy Stephen Colbert’s mocking of Bill O’Reilly and want a shorter, more concentrated podcast that actually reaches more of Farpoint Media… Well then maybe you’ll want to resubscribe because, while I’m not saying we’re back till I’ve done it consistently for a month, you can expect me to try and put up the new Farpoint Recap 2.0 every Friday or Saturday as I cover the weeks events in the land of Farpoint Media basically the same way I did when I recapped Wingin’ It 3d.
So there, I’m admitting it… I’m podcasting again. Nothing like a recession/depression to make you want to throw up your hands and say “shit, I may as well be podcasting again.”
February 9th, 2009 at 8:14 am
So true, Dub. So true.
February 9th, 2009 at 8:21 am
TEB: Yeah, Yuja Wang looks amazing. It’s the first time I’ve heard of her, but I’ll definitely look up more. I’ve never seen this piece played on piano. It is even more difficult than I imagined. Wow.
February 9th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Wow. Robert Plant looks very different from now!
http://www.spin.com/articles/grammys-results-coldplay-radiohead-robert-plant-and-alison-krauss-win-big
February 9th, 2009 at 8:30 am
MCR playing Sex Pistols playing Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row”.
http://www.spin.com/articles/my-chemical-romance-cover-bob-dylan-watchmen
It’s a good cover, imo.
Anyone else think that they might be Pale Horse in the movie?
February 9th, 2009 at 8:44 am
A Sex Pistols-style cover of Desolation Row? This I have to hear.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Yeah, this just reminds me that I really need to get some sort of Dylan box set.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Yes, it is officially Monday.
Someone should let the Hotties know that these Ipod thingies work in all kinds of good places and that they don’t need to be sitting in front of a computer where they can type commentary in order to listen and enjoy.
Whew!
February 9th, 2009 at 9:17 am
But… but… but… then we’d miss the play-by-play!!!
February 9th, 2009 at 9:34 am
ditto – the Biograph 3-disc set is a great Dylan set.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:38 am
EssBee: Thanks. I’ve also been looking at the Greatest Hits: Vol 1-3 on iTunes which looks like it is actually 4 CDs. I haven’t decided yet.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:38 am
xkcd is brilliant today
http://xkcd.com/541/
February 9th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Yes another Monday. Ironically, I’m super busy this week at work, but only because of a scheduling snafu. Instead of having a nice moderate amount of work for three weeks, it’s going to be super busy for a week and a half, then I’ll have to worry if there is enough work to keep me employed. On the plus side, the Misses and I did a budget review this weekend, and even if I get laid off, we should only need to make minor budget cut backs to stay out of the red. So I feel better about that.
Glad to hear you are dabbling back in podcasting Dub. But I’m also sorry to hear that the recession is the impetus.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:55 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristarchus_(crater)
I was outside last night grilling some hot dogs and noticed the lovely full moon. I went inside and grabbed my binoculars and saw the moon in stunning detail. I noticed a bright spot on the dark lava basin, so I figured I would look it up on the internet. Turns out it was the crator Aristarchus. I was hoping it was the silver skin of a flying saucer.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Horrifying images of the fires in Australia.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/02/bushfires_in_victoria_australi.html
February 9th, 2009 at 10:11 am
My downstairs neighbor, is playing something so loud that my feet are being vibrated in my shoes.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Lots of woe and bad news all around. . . surely it’s going to start raining frogs soon.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Re: Yuja Wang
I find myself wondering if that video had been slightly sped up. Even if, there is quite some skill there!
Do you suppose her knuckles heat up from the internal friction?
February 9th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Can we at least skip the boils…those are just nasty.
February 9th, 2009 at 11:07 am
CP: Machine Gun — Portishead
February 9th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Oh shit I’m a Portishead.
February 9th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
You can never have too many spatulas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY
February 9th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Confucious say:
Don’t go to a Mongolian Restauraunt if you are a picky eater.
February 9th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Would a Mongolian Food addict need to go through a 12 steppe program?
February 9th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I’m being drooled on by tiny little person whose vocabulary mostly consists of the word “vroom”.
February 9th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
So before the humiliation of the Mongolian restaurant, I saw Bolt in 3D.
They use polarisers in the glasses so none of that red/green crap, and ok most of the time it just looks like Viewmaster slides, but certain scenes really seemed to jump out at you.
Not as good as Toy Story 2, but a fun film (especially if you can see it at a cinema that supports 3D) for big kids of all ages.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
I saw Bolt in non-3d. It was cute.
Toy Story 2 is definitely one of my favorites.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
What’s the deal with Coraline?
This blasphemy might get a bunch of rocks thrown at me, but I didn’t think Stardust was very good at all. . . . which makes me extremely leery of Mirrormask. And even, to some degree, Coraline.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
*tosses rock at Jack*
February 9th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I preferred the ending of the book of Stardust to the movie, but still enjoyed the movie.
The trailer for Coraline looked interesting though.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Oh the 3D specs don’t work on the latest Chuck, which isn’t surprising after reading the Wiki page on the technology used for the 3D version of Bolt.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Coraline does not interest me. It looks scary. I’ve never seen Nightmare Before Christmas either and probably never will. It has the word “Nightmare” right in the title. Nobody can make me. No scary. No thank you. No.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
BOO!!!!
February 9th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
sorry CJ, I couldn’t resist trying to make you jump. :/
February 9th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
J0e, why do men always want to see me jump?
*tilting head to side like Irish Setter with blank look on face*
I don’t get it…
February 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Am I the only one here that just doesn’t care about movies in 3D ?
In fact, I prefer my movies NOT be in 3D. It exists solely for the cheep “pop out at you gag” and how many times have you left a truly great film thinking, “If only there would have been something in that film that made me want to duck, it would have been worthy of an Academy Award.”
Nope. I would rather the effort and dollars be put into the script and acting talent thank you.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle!
February 9th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
J0e, IMAX 3D movies are pretty cool. I really enjoyed the Into the Deep one actually. That’s a different type of movie experience though, but pretty amazing to feel like you are in there swimming with the fishes.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I saw Aliens of the Deep in IMAX 3D with my son, back in . . . 05. It was pretty spectacular. But that backs up Cj’s statement. This was a documentary, not a gripping story with actors and plot twists.
February 9th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
OK – I will allow for the “novelty” film but that is because “3D” IS a novelty device.
I heard an interview with the tech guys who were behind the Chuck episode and the 3D business that went on during the Super Bowl. These guys were all hyped up on their new(again) 3D technology and gushed about how all your TV shows would be like this in the future. The question that immediately popped into my head was “Why?”.
February 9th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
JEHOVAH!
February 9th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I agree it would get boring fast, and also one of the reasons the original 3D failed, but nice now and again.
February 9th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Also except for a few ‘pop out’ scenes, the 3D looks like cardboard cutouts at different distances from the screen.
February 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
… YES !!!!!
My copy of the “Watchmen” has arrived !!!!
I hope to play along with the cool kids.
February 9th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
I think all movies should be in Smell-o-vision before they get an Oscar nod.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smellovision
February 9th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Blazing Saddles? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
February 9th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
That scene in the first Star Wars movie when they slide down the chute into the garbage area.
February 9th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Trainspotting
February 9th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Shhh… I just received my 2nd ever request for a press interview.
I’m secretly saying, “Squee! Someone likes me!” *giggle*
Smell-o-Vision – How about the scene in Daddy Day Care where the little boy uses the bathroom all by himself.. *poopy*
February 9th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Congrats, Cj!
February 9th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
“Scent of a woman” ?
February 9th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
With that bit of low brow … I’m taking my sick head and crawling into bed with a book.
Goodnight Moon.
February 9th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Cj: The Nightmare Before Christmas was the first movie of which I was ever a big fan. That started at age nine. There was exactly one moment that I personally found genuinely scary, and it lasted about five seconds. (There are two or three more that some other people might be scared of, but overall it’s much more heartwarming than scary.)
February 9th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I picked up “Watchmen & Philosophy” tonight. A little light reading before our talk. :)
February 9th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Thanks for the advice, Ed.
Probably would be best. We’re so behind we just interrupt the normal flow of Deadpan.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Jack, just please don’t judge Neil Gaiman based on the movies of his books.. the books are SOOOO much better.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
3D movies just never seem to be as good as you want them to be
Hugh and I went to see Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D and we walked out after saying.. wow, I really would of much rather just seen the movie on the big screen again without the 3D.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
I’ve read Neverwhere and American Gods, which were good and really good.
But more importantly, w00t :) It’s good to see you guys here. (And thank you for getting the Jonathan Livingston Seagull reference. Sorry about your stupid brothers’ vandalism)
February 9th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I’m just a total sucker for anything Gaiman has written. It started with the Sandman series and was capped off with Neverwhere. I even read the ridiculous Marvel 1602.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_1602
Coraline is deserving of the attention though. It is simply good and would be so no matter who had written it. The book, that is. I didn’t make it out to see the movie yet. I’ve got my fingers crossed that the fam will be able to get our shit together this weekend.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
And before I forget, because I just did, I wanted to vote for more of the …
I forgot what you call it.
When TSH live-blog the shows, that thing. I love that. Except I can’t remember the name.
February 10th, 2009 at 12:48 am
play by play
Morning Pan, back to work, sigh.
February 10th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Afternoon, Van. :)
February 10th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Dammit, I have Zydrate Anatomy stuck in my head again.
http://repo-opera.com/
February 10th, 2009 at 8:06 am
An old old friend of mine, one that I actually knew for more than two years, contacted me two days ago. I’m all mushy with pleasant resurfacing memories.
So while I am being all mushy, I wanted to say that all of yall are awesome. Thank you Jack for having an awe… no, an *excellent* playground here.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Party on, Nomad.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Thanks for the mush, Nomad. This playground makes me happy too. No more than 2 at a time on the blig slide.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Your comment is free, cynful. I’m guessing it was the combination of a link and the word “anatomy” that scared the spam filter.
February 10th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Melons!
February 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Hi, Deadpan. Wow, work is rotten. But at least I have work. But, wow.
February 10th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Good day, all. My contact is spotty as we are going on an unplanned internet free adventure at home. Comcast is supposed to have someone out to look at it tomorrow afternoon. It’s frustrating because I have an internet connection by all observable measures….I’m just losing about 90% of all my packets.
They just better get it fixed by Thursday morning or I’ll have to go Deadpan on their asses.
February 10th, 2009 at 9:32 am
I guess Ed’s pipes need cleaning. ;)
February 10th, 2009 at 9:44 am
still sick. blah … fever to I think.
anyone heard from TEB? Wonder how she is holding out.
February 10th, 2009 at 9:45 am
That’s gotta be frustrating beyond belief, Ed. Comcast doesn’t seem to realize that the internet is not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes.
February 10th, 2009 at 9:45 am
at least (at last check) my packets weren’t spotty.
February 10th, 2009 at 10:36 am
I just hope the guy doesn’t arrive with a roto-rooter to fix things!
February 10th, 2009 at 10:37 am
She hasn’t on Facebook since yesterday jj.
February 10th, 2009 at 10:52 am
… hmmmm, and Ed is suffering from unexplained (and slightly embarrassing) World Wide Tube failure … interesting.
Coincidence ?
February 10th, 2009 at 11:14 am
MS Word can eat it.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:16 am
J0e, I believe the problem has been the freezing, skull-numbing chill across the hemisphere. Maybe if we all huddled our cockles together for warmth. . .
. . . I think I’ve overstepped my bounds there. . . .
February 10th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I don’t think you’ve overstepped your cockles bounds, Jack.
breast,
ditto
February 10th, 2009 at 11:24 am
. . . in bed
February 10th, 2009 at 11:45 am
It was a typo in my e-mail Jack….
Insomnia, the new creative drug.
February 10th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
*swooooon?*
February 10th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Ooh, a new Love Long and Prosper episode is released. #103: Excellent is the New Awesome. Just thought I’d share.
About the Watchmen Skype conference, we are thinking a west coast early afternoon time to give everyone the most possible availability. Does this work for most?
February 10th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
CP: Stranger Than Paradise — Sass Jordan
February 10th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Cj: Fine by me.
February 10th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Cj, how far behind is the west coast time compared to Arizona?
February 10th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Oh yeah……………………………………
I spaced on mentioning this.
Maybe 1:00pm, AZ standard time (12:00pm Deadpan Standard Time and currently PST) on Sunday, February 22 for the Watchmania call?
February 10th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Van, I think that would be about 8:00pm for you?
February 10th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Thanks Jack, 8pm is a bit inconvenient for me, but I’ll try and rearrange things if it’s a good time for everybody else.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Just an added bit, we are totally open that day so no worries on adjustments at our end. Whatever the consensus is will work for us.
Some people like to do Oscar night activities and that is the same day too.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
It’s shortly after 9pm for you right now, isn’t it, Vanamonde? If my calculations are correct, you’re at Deadpan Standard Time (currently about 1:17ish – - check this comment’s timestamp) + 8 hours? What is a convenient time for you on that Sunday?
Everyone else speak up too, plz, with your preferred times. I’m easy.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
For the most part, I’m keeping that day open. I’m willing to go with the consensus, but I agree with Jack, we should try and make it convenient for Van.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
BTW, I’m +2 from Deadpan ST.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
21:26 now
For me either anytime after 23:30 GMT or anytime before 18:30 GMT.
But as I said I can probably arrange things if the 1pm your time is more convenient for everybody else.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
For those interested in such things, here are annotations for Watchmen.
http://www.capnwacky.com/rj/watchmen.html
February 10th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I get a bit worried when the words ‘possible symbolism’ are used in anger.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
But cool link ditto.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Hey everyone,
I am going to have to miss the 2/22 conversation. It’s my dad’s bday, and we’ll be out of town until late that night. Sorry!
February 10th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
EssBee: You can submit your comments/points to one of us so that you’ll be represented.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
EssBee: But we’ll still miss you.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Definitely missed.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
There you go! Will one of you pretend to be me? Do the voice and everything?
February 10th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
EssBee, if you record comments, questions, bits.. we can play them during the show and make it sound like you were there the whole time.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
And we can append everything with “So sayeth the voice of EssBee.”
February 10th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
CP: You Can Leave Your Hat On — Joe Cocker
February 10th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
CW: Being Human Episode 2
February 10th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
We do have EssBee’s “Oh Canada” audio. . .
February 10th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Ooh! I could sing!
February 10th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Music generated by feeding stock figures in MS Songsmith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-BZfFakpzc
I’m reminded of the first Dirk Gently novel..
February 10th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
You will be missed, EssBee. But – happy birthday to EssBee Sr. I hope you’ll want to/be able to contribute some kind of audio.
So – does 4:30pm AZ time work then, for everyone? That would be 23:30 Vanamonde Standard Time, 6:30 EST, 5:30 CST, 3:30 PST.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
How much time should we set aside?
February 10th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
45 minutes to an hour? It’s also ok if you need to bail early.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
[being nosy]
since I’m so out of the loop, whats this big meet up all about?
[/being nosy]
February 10th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
To talk about the Watchmen graphic novel.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Ah, cool :)
Thanks ditto
February 10th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
So, my hubby, Dan, did an interview for iProng and it appeared in the recent issue on page 11. We may be famous someday.
http://www.iprong.com/magazine/iProngMagazineIssue34.pdf
February 10th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Way to go, Dan! You guys are new media superstars.
February 11th, 2009 at 5:57 am
cold has moved to my ears (huh wha …??? did you say something) and a chest cough. cough. cough.
meh.
that is all.
February 11th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Today I reamcted THAT scene from Dracula minus the Count.
February 11th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Drac – THAT scene and counting …
February 11th, 2009 at 7:16 am
One! a ha ha ha
February 11th, 2009 at 7:22 am
… Houston, we have Drac-off
February 11th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Cj: Cool about Dan. Too bad the train wreck is on the cover. ;)
February 11th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Vanaomnde, you mean you turned into a man-sized pile of rats?
February 11th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Well I was thinking of the shaving scene.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am
A man size pile of rats that can shave ?
February 11th, 2009 at 10:05 am
A man size pile of dim sum that can shave?
February 11th, 2009 at 10:12 am
just not right
February 11th, 2009 at 10:57 am
CP: Paradise in me — K’s Choice
February 11th, 2009 at 11:03 am
CP: Rhime of the Ancient Mariner – Iron Maiden
February 11th, 2009 at 11:54 am
You know I have no idea what dim sum is and I’m wary about googling it.
February 11th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
It’s safe, Van. And yummy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum
February 11th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
… how ever … be warned -
http://www.jackmangan.com/2009/01/21/jack-mangans-deadpan-117-nice/#comment-230829
February 11th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Happy Wednesday, PanPeople.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
My internets are back out to catch dolphin and sea turtles….or something like that.
Turns out that both my cable modem was dying…any my brand new router, while all nice and blinking lights everything looks okay on the outside, was apparently very clumsy and dumping my packets all over the floor instead of sticking them in my computer like its supposed to.
So, cable modem has been swapped out. I’m back to using my old router (that I replaced because has started randomly freezing into a block of ice every few hours) and the new router is going back to Amazon for replacement.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
You know, I got concerned scrolling back through with all these messages about how everyone was going to miss EssBee. I’m glad to hear it’s for a birthday celebration.
I do think it would be cool if she can record some bits for Dan and CJ to drop into the conversation and be there in voice, if not live.
Any suggestions yet on topics/questions? As something of a closer, I would like to know, after having read the novel, what people are most looking forward to in the movie….or are most afraid of having screwed up in the movie.
From what I see, it looks like the plan is about 2p central time, which is fine for me.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
btw – nice interview CJ. I’ll have to start checking that magazine out in the future.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
CP: The Kiss — The Cure
February 11th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Ed,
I think we were aiming for 4:30 AZ time which will be 5:30 Central at least that was the last I saw unless I missed a message.
I won’t really be able to formulate any questions all my own until I’ve read more, but if you all post questions/topics I’d be happy to keep a shareable document of them.
I like the idea of posting them on the board because that way (at least for me) I can think about them as I’m actually reading along.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
CPIMM: Barbie Girl – Aqua
Please send help or lyrics to anything else to make this go away.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Cj: I agree. I think it is supposed to be 5:30 CST.
As for questions, I suppose it depends on what format we want to go with: round-table or moderator. If it’s a round-table format then we don’t need questions. Still, it might be nice if we did have a set of discussion points.
You want us to post them here?
February 11th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
For Cj:
You’re so gorgeous I’ll do anything!
I’ll kiss you from your feet
To where your head begins!
You’re so perfect!
You’re so right as rain!
You make me
Make me hungry again
Everything you do is irresistible
Everything you do is simply kissable
Why can’t I be you?
February 11th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Or, how about this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USz6bjhzCOs
February 11th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Actually, we should put off posting discussion points until everyone is done. We don’t want any spoilers to pop up.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Welcome back from internexile, Ed.
I’ll create a mainpage Deadpan post for suggested Watchmen topics, so we don’t have to scroll through comments about hairy dim sum and Facebook to find the relvant discussion points.
February 11th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Ah, I must have missed a post myself. Still, 5:30 here in Texas would still work for me.
….um, do I even want to know what caused that CPIMM, CJ?
Of course, now it’s CPIMM2.
February 11th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Mmmm the Cure is delicious.
February 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Things to keep in mind when creating passwords:
http://www.darkreading.com/blog/archives/2009/02/phpbb_password.html
February 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
ZP nicks the TARDIS and reviews the first Thief game:
http://tinyurl.com/cp4hj7
February 11th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
As for Aqua’s first hit..the video for that song had a homage to Gerry Anderson’s puppet series at the very beginning (the Aquascope logo).
So now you know.
February 11th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
NO
The Cure is not helping me. :(
I grow tired and surly of this cold.
No one gets to feel good BAH!
Put this in your CPIMM
Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you,
And our pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang loves us too.
High low anywhere we go
On Chitty Chitty we depend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
BAHcoughcoughcough
February 11th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Does that come with a dodgy cockney accent jj?
February 11th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
GA BLIMEY !
February 11th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
coughcough
February 11th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
*hack*
*wheeeeze*
February 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
*george*
*wheezy*
February 11th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
*wheezy*
*hackney*
February 11th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
My goodness a genre book is actually SHOWN on screen in the lasted Fringe:
The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
We truly are living in the End times.
February 11th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
-lasted +latest
February 11th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
So just chatting to a friend using the latest version of skype, the audio quality seems quite impressive for a VOIP client, I can hear her spoon hitting the cereal bowl as she munches on Crunchy Nut Cornflakes.
February 11th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Hello all, our daughter Iris Fey was born February 10, 2009 at 5:45PM CST!
She weighed 7lb 9oz and was 20″long. The pediatrician told us today she appears in perfect health. Darcy is resting well, and we all should be home tomorrow.
February 11th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Booyah sir.
Best wishes for all!
February 11th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I’m thinking that the cash strapped communication industry’s idea to raise money by letting people pay for a chance to steer satellites around with their Wii controllers … may be a bust.
http://tinyurl.com/bxp8×8
February 11th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
meh
If that link doesn’t work try this one –
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_sc/satellite_collision
February 11th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
WHOOO HOOO!! Yay for babies! Congratulations!!
February 11th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Congratulations JB.
February 11th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Congrats, JB!
February 11th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Welcome, Iris Fey! That is great news. Congratulations to you and the whole family, Paul!
February 11th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Most excellent news, JB!
February 11th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
That was a great episode of Big Bang Theory on Monday.
February 11th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Congrats JB. My wife is jealous.
February 11th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
ditto – YES!
February 12th, 2009 at 5:39 am
Congratulations JB! Daughters are awesome!