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February 25th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
My first firsties. I’m taking it!
February 25th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
I’ll have a second helping of Irish Stew.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:44 am
I do.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:54 am
http://www.celebritydeathbeeper.com/ = blocked at work. I wonder why?
February 26th, 2009 at 3:50 am
A fifth of Watchmen.
February 26th, 2009 at 4:27 am
In a sense, I am 6th.
(CPIMM – “Operator” – Jim Croce … aaaaagh)
February 26th, 2009 at 4:44 am
Lucky # 7.
Oooh, Watchmania!
February 26th, 2009 at 4:45 am
I’m downloading so I can go take my Thursday bath!
February 26th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Seven here!
February 26th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Listening to the episode now — you all sound AWESOME.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:39 am
Cracked up laughing at the “show notes” for this episode. :-) Can’t wait to hear it on the way to my service site.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:44 am
My daughter actually has this book
http://files.kavefish.com/pictures/collections/bunny_suicide/_index-list.html
I could never decide if I think it’s funny or not.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:47 am
There’s just something wrong with Minnie Mouse in a Princess Lea costume
http://www.starwars.com/vault/collecting/20090223.html#rss
February 26th, 2009 at 5:50 am
The intro to this episode = EPIC WIN.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Re: Show notes
Jack for the win!
February 26th, 2009 at 6:00 am
I couldn’t wait, so I streamed the first part of the episode off the site. That’s how I know what the intro sounded like. :-)
February 26th, 2009 at 6:22 am
I have to shovel the walk again, sometime this morning. I’m hoping it will warm up a little before I do, but I have my doubts. -34 with the wind chill means frozen fingers again.
February 26th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Becareful…you don’t want to end up as a bunny Popsicle.
I’m London, looking around The Imperial War Museum.
February 26th, 2009 at 6:46 am
… that would be a “Hopsicle”
February 26th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Bunnycicles!
Maybe it goes along with the Bunny Suicide link I posted earlier?
February 26th, 2009 at 6:56 am
I completely agree about the opening. I listened to the first 10 minutes before going to bed last night and I said, “Dan, did you hear that opening? That was so awesome! Jack rules!”
I said it and Dan agreed. :)
February 26th, 2009 at 7:01 am
So Jack, did your call ever get answered?
February 26th, 2009 at 7:10 am
What is the heavy message? Any ideas?
February 26th, 2009 at 7:12 am
That is a pretty guitar piece at the end.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:15 am
I made these for breakfast today. Dan will be happy when he wakes up:
http://tinyurl.com/cgj7oe
February 26th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Looks good, CJ.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:25 am
CJ – I’ll take 4. Just send them over.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:27 am
If you want my goodies, you have to come get them. I don’t deliver. ;)
February 26th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Damn – I am already at work…
February 26th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Just realized Cj offered me goodies….
February 26th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Just realized Cj offered me goodies….
I’ll be in my bunk.
February 26th, 2009 at 9:18 am
A double realization? Isn’t that dangerous WNDR?
The opening was definitely full of awesome and the discussion is working well.
February 26th, 2009 at 9:23 am
The opening took as long to edit as the rest of the episode. I’m glad you guys liked it. :)
For some reason, EssBee’s comments earlier were stuck in mod purgatory. But she’s free and presumably fully-bathed now.
February 26th, 2009 at 9:39 am
It really is a great episode!
February 26th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Yes Ed it is dangerous… very dangerous and I am usually late in the understanding…
Alright as for the episode. This conversation is engaging and enjoyable. It is fun to listen to – I speak as someone that has not read the book (spoilers do not bother me) I need to go find me a copy now…
February 26th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Great episode guys! It’s great listening to people’s comments again.
February 26th, 2009 at 11:38 am
It really is great. I enjoyed listening back this morning. I feel like I got even more out of it listening back since I could just sit back and listen. What a great group of intelligent and insightful people!
February 26th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I find it strange, the comments that the current gen wouldn’t understand it, as they didn’t have the Cold War fear.
Thing is, to me, the current gen has worse fear than we ever did then. Sure, we weren’t sure we’d grow up, that somebody would get snarky and everyone would get nuked. But now, there’s an atmosphere of fear where everyone is your enemy. Where it doesn’t take a whole state going rogue, just one angry guy to kill us all. I’m not sure it makes Watchmen relevant, but the atmosphere is still plenty hostile and freedoms are more crushed than ever.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
And I totally loved hearing you all geek-out. Damn my messed up body for making me miss out again…
February 26th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Good points, MD. That’s been my feeling, but I really didn’t know how to say it.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
And damn, I would have given one hell of a rant of the female characterisation in Watchmen, just so you all can sigh with relief at what you missed…:P
February 26th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
MD: I complain about that too, but definitely not to the extent you would. I’m guessing we’ll hear that in part 2. Still, I’d like to hear what you think. Maybe you can send Jack your thoughts. Or just post them here.
CP: Bombs Away — The Police
February 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Currently preparing for conference call hell for my soul-sucking job.
February 26th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
re: fear
I just don’t think the fears are parallel.
A dog that comes running at you snarling as you walk down the street, certainly instills you with fear … but not in the same way as seeing a tractor trailer truck burst into flames and cross the centerline of a narrow two lane road – headed straight for you.
Maybe that is a better way to look at it – terrorist might bring fear … but they don’t bring a sense of complete doom and horror.
February 26th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I have a vivid imagination.
February 26th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
ditto, me too. Well, it’s MY soul sucking job, not yours. But I do have 50 minutes, so could pose as you on your call for that long if you like.
February 26th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Speaking of the soul suck, Sunday will be my 9 year anniversary piloting the Deathstar at Evil, Inc.
February 26th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
It’s certainly true that women don’t fair well in Watchmen. My wife has slowly been reading through it and I “censored” the section where Rorshach recalls the incident with the kidnapped girl and the dogs. She really gets disturbed by depictions of violence against children.
But, it didn’t click with me ahead of time to warn about the Comedian’s “parting shot” on his way out of Vietnam. She wasn’t too happy about that one, either.
I wouldn’t disagree that the treatment of women and children in this story tends toward the excessive.
February 26th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
The kidnapped girl and the dogs was the most horrifying part for me. I actually lost sleep over that. I’d almost say that I’d wished someone censored that for me, but it really helped me understand why Rorschach was so messed up.
February 26th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Still CP: Soul suck conference call. 1:11:44 and counting.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
OK. In case anyone missed this. I was a total self-proclaimed heavy metal rocker chick when I was in high school. I have the mullet picture to prove it. I can’t stop laughing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovelongandprosper/3311543461/
February 26th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Roxking the Bruce Dickinson hair, Cj! Awesome.
Speaking of the 80s….. will someone please put the chard back into the Dark Crystal now? Skeksis suck.
Yes, you have to appreciate Skeksis these days – - but they still drain your essence.
February 26th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Roxking. Yeah.
February 26th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
The Dark Crystal was the movie I saw on my very first date with a boy. Ever.
February 26th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I still have not seen Dark Crystal. I picked up Labyrinth about two years ago and loved it.
Just starting #120… wheeeeeee…
February 26th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Attention remixers!
“Chronodermis” by Nanochrist, the theme song to “Really Big Things” has a remix contest in progress, deadline is September 1, and the remix kit is:
http://www.nanochrist.com/remix/index.html
Check it out!
February 26th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Very nice job on the call, everybody. Tho’ I feel a weight held over me…
I’ll have to give this one a re-listen to so I can absorb all of it.
February 26th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
It is weighty material, Nomad. MD, your recorded thoughts would be more than welcome. I don’t think we touched enough on the gender issues.
At 6:27, it sounds like I called J0e “Jill”.
February 27th, 2009 at 12:40 am
Morning Pan, judging from the comments, I’m beginning to feel like Data without the emotion chip.
For me the graphical representation of the violence deadens my emotional reaction to it. So it was interesting to see what created Rorschach but no sleepless nights caused.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Although in my younger days there is a dumbass memory about ‘All Dogs Go`to Heaven’ that I will never record.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:01 am
cough
February 27th, 2009 at 2:32 am
An hour and a half till I get to start my weekend. Three setups to go, so … I’m about two hours behind. Better stop sitting around and starting running.
w00t
February 27th, 2009 at 3:20 am
Van, you know you can’t just drop a teaser like that and leave it out on the ground to shrivel up and blow away.
hiccup
February 27th, 2009 at 3:29 am
CJ – you were definitely an 80’s girl.
*Ponders if I’m manly enough to break out the scanner to see what’s hidden away in my 80’s box*
February 27th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Morning Pan!
Rough week. Glad it’s Friday. Will have to work some on the weekend though. Stupid month end.
February 27th, 2009 at 5:34 am
I get attacks of sentimentality from time to time.
Nuff said.
February 27th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Jack: you totally called J0e “Jillâ€. ;)
February 27th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Morning, Deadpan!
I share the “glad it’s Friday” sentiment, Bunny. Rough week here too.
February 27th, 2009 at 7:05 am
Do any of us really get our “gender issue” touched enough?
February 27th, 2009 at 7:27 am
justa J0e – Nope not nearly enough…
February 27th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Does, “I touch myself” count?
February 27th, 2009 at 7:40 am
j0e, when I think about you I touch myself ;)
Personally I feel I am in touch with my gender issues
hope everyone in deadpan land is doing well :)
February 27th, 2009 at 7:41 am
SMARTY HOTTIES SIGHTING!!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 7:55 am
I’ll never find someone quite as touched…. as you….
(VAST – Touched)
February 27th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Nice to see the Hotties!
CP: Go Insane — Fleetwood Mac
February 27th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Yea! I was thinking about TSH this morning. Coincidence?
February 27th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Strangeness ditto, I too was in a TSH frame of mind.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Hey everyone
I must of heard all your thoughts
So, how much does it scare you that our thoughts are in tune???
What am I thinking right now????
February 27th, 2009 at 8:21 am
CP: The Colonial Wing — 10,000 Maniacs
February 27th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Oooooh. Naughty thoughts!
February 27th, 2009 at 8:27 am
FYI: There were a total of 2,293 comments for the month of January 2009 on the DP board
February 27th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Bow chicka bow wow
February 27th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Re: Smarty Hottie thoughts
I’ll be in my bunk.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Hmm, I thought it was just Lindsey Buckingham that did “Go Insane.”
Two kinds of trouble in this world – living, dying.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Ed, very true. It also appears on The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac compilation. It’s a live 1997 version w/ the entire band, and pretty damn sweet. One of my favorite songs.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:38 am
I so thought of you all when I saw this:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PennyArcadeComics/~3/Gf4SzZisv5w/20090227.jpg
February 27th, 2009 at 11:08 am
There is also the associated commentary that goes with the comic:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/2009/02/27/whedonites-dilemma/
February 27th, 2009 at 11:12 am
:)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xayUAM5My14/SY-h631Mb5I/AAAAAAAACpU/ooqcOeHMPKo/s1600-h/453443441_16f65bda1d.jpg
February 27th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Hey … at least he ended his post with a TMBG quote.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:17 am
I need to say this: I’m not a Whedonite. I never have been. I couldn’t stand Rosanne. I did not like Buffy. I hated “Alien: Resurection”. I’ve read a number of his comics, but really the only things he did that I liked were Firefly/Serenity, and Dr. Horrible.
I need to state this clearly: I am not watching Dollhouse out of some misguided sense of loyalty to Whedon. I am giving it a chance like I do most other shows. If it fails to appeal after 3 episodes, I will stop watching it. So far, as I think I’ve clearly stated previously, I am not caring for the show.
MD: I know you hate the show. I respect that. I hope you realize that we all aren’t mindless zealots.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:20 am
From the “Things I will never get to have” file (ws):
http://tinyurl.com/asrztc
February 27th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Interesting.
http://gerrycanavan.blogspot.com/2009/02/joss-whedon-is-my-master-now.html
February 27th, 2009 at 11:22 am
http://hats.cafepress.com/item/what-would-joss-do-black-cap/23666577
February 27th, 2009 at 11:24 am
^
Mindless zealot
February 27th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Re: Dollhouse
I watched Ep2 out of loyalty and I’m glad I did as it was infinitely better then Ep1.
If we see that sort of quality increases with Ep3 then it will be a kick but show.
There are many “Buffy” loyals who look back at that shows entire first season and wonder how it ever made it.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:29 am
“There are many “Buffy†loyals who look back at that shows entire first season and wonder how it ever made it.”
You could say the same thing about ST:TNG.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:31 am
For that matter … I completely skipped the first season of BSG.
(What is this, Deadpan confessional hour?)
February 27th, 2009 at 11:38 am
I only bought the songs I liked from the first Pink album.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:40 am
And in other news, James Dobson steps down as Chairman of Focus On The Family:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/27/dobson-resigns-as-chairma_n_170590.html
February 27th, 2009 at 11:46 am
I watched the second episode of “Dollhouse” last night and I found it a lot better than the first. There is definately a misogynistic theme going on, but it is being put under the microscope. Take the character of Tofer, for example. He is the guy that does the main programming of the people. You can tell he enjoys having power over their minds and you can sense his psychopathy. He is a nerdy, unbalenced character with a meager physical stature, stereotypically the type of man who would have difficulty with relationships. I’m still having some issues with the acting and if the premise is too contrived. But there is some underlying mystery and psychology being unveiled that has me interested. We’ll see if things keep improving or not. LOL
February 27th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Uh oh… Two more minutes and lunch will be over. See you all after 5PM. Enjoy your weekend everyone.
February 27th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Whoa, ditto. I didn’t suggest you were a zealot. I was reminded of deadpan simply because it was one of the many topics that provoked interesting and diverse discussion.
But I have noticed some people aren’t separating academic critique from personal attack. It’s crazy depressing to see people insult each other over a tv show…
February 27th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of Elderberries.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
How did you know?
February 27th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
MD: Horrible 3 weeks. My post came off stronger than intended. I guess I should have said that I hoped that you weren’t frustrated with us for being mindless zombies. Which we aren’t. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Mmmmmmmm. Brains.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Oh yea?! Well, you’re . . . justa JOe.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
…it’s true :(
February 27th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
You are totally my favorite JOe.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
:)
February 27th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Evening, fellow mindless zealots. Holy crap, I’m a little burnt out. And the Skeksis have me tomorrow morning. . . Yes, it’s like a crossover between Dark Crystal and Office Space now.
I hope everyone here has had a good week.
February 28th, 2009 at 12:24 am
I have never wanted to fall into my bed and be asleep more than I do right now, but first.
Thank you, Jack, for the rescue.
Stupid broken light rail = FAIL
Extra time with Jack = WIN (making fail not so bad)
;)
February 28th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Essbee, if you want to save yourself a few bucks:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2328785
February 28th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Morning Pan, I have a plan, and that plan is to do as little as possible today.
February 28th, 2009 at 5:05 am
Today’s stickleback philosophy from Lucas corp:
It’s a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
February 28th, 2009 at 5:55 am
Did not watch Dollhouse last night, but did spend some quality time at the Jonathan Coulton/Paul and Storm show in Saint Paul. Paul and Storm had both Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy from MST3K join onstage for a bit.
JoCo was a lot of fun too, he’s been changing up his set so I heard a few things that I haven’t seen before.
Oh, and he was helped along in “Creepy Doll.” The house was fully lit for all the show, and it just wasn’t creepy enough, in JoCo’s opinion.
So he called out for someone in the audience to creepily read the second verse. That someone was Neil Frickin’ Gaiman.
I was helping out at the merch table so I hung with the artists for a while after the show. Neil stayed in seclusion backstage, perfectly understandbly.
It was a great time…
February 28th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Thanks, Van! My DVR has a personality disorder. BSG was on there. Just watched it and all I can say is GASP.
Jack, I’ll be working this weekend too. Bastards.
February 28th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Well, after last night’s Dollhouse, I’m willing to keep going with it.
As for BSG – it doesn’t look like last night’s is posted yet, but I bet it will soon:
http://www.hulu.com/videos/search?query=Battlestar+Galactica
I think the predictions about the fate of the ship look to be coming true. Same with the predictions about who/what Starbuck is. Of course, with only a few episodes left things are having to converge.
February 28th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Oooh, pretty excited about the Wander Radio episode coming down the tubes!
February 28th, 2009 at 7:13 am
It would appear that about the only Fleetwood Mac album that the Amazon MP3 store doesn’t have is the one EssBee mentions with the full band version of Go Insane. Suxorz. Guess I’ll have to make do with the original until they do.
February 28th, 2009 at 8:29 am
CP: Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
*swooon*
February 28th, 2009 at 8:30 am
I slept in a loooong time this morning … and I loved it!
February 28th, 2009 at 8:32 am
What’s all this about Fleetwood Mac appearing on BSG as a Skeksis that lived in a creepy Dollhouse?
Hmmm. Maybe I should get some coffee and try to read the previous posts again when I am more awake.
February 28th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I watched Dollhouse last night, BSG is still on the DVR for today. Should be good.
February 28th, 2009 at 9:39 am
J0e: Me too. I feel well-rested and ready to work hard at today’s service project (painting the interior of a thrift store).
I just discovered something cool: Four people (or, possibly, only one person) are (is) tweeting the characters’ lines from the Watchmen graphic novel.
Twitter usernames are:
doc_manhattan
_Rorschach
Nite_Owl_
Silk_Spectre_
February 28th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I have my Watchmen movie tickets. This will be my first time at a midnight movie premiere! I’m so excited!
February 28th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Oh, I want to go to the midnight movie premiere, but babysitter options for something so cool would be limited.
On a happy note, my kids did NOT wake me up this morning. I slept until 7:30 – it was absolute heaven!
February 28th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
CW: the latest LOST episode
February 28th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Nite Owl shouldn’t tweet!
He’d need to use a social media app called Hooter.
Or given the outfits, would Hooters apply more to Silk Spectre?
February 28th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Titter ?
February 28th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Today’s mantra:
DON’T OVERANALYSE FOR FOOK’S SAKE.
Failed again…sigh.
February 28th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Jack: LOL!!! This is why we love you so much as a host. :-)
February 28th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
CPIMM: “Chicken Pad Thai,” Beatnik Turtle. Rapidly becoming one of my favorite Songs of the Day.
Good night, Pan.
February 28th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Been to a swell party with old chums.
Life doesn’t include enough events like this.
goodnight mush.
March 1st, 2009 at 12:03 am
Same story here, J0e. Good times all around.
Old chums FTW. And for the win.
March 1st, 2009 at 12:52 am
Dear John Booze,
I am filled with murderous jealousy.
Thank you,
Scry
March 1st, 2009 at 1:36 am
WNDR Wolf is awesome. Check out his latest episode of Wander Radio for a his usual high level of goodness. Including! A brand-new song of mine called “Stress Fracture”, never heard anywhere else – - not even on Deadpan.
And! There’s also a podcast review from our own Deadpan Ambassador, Amy Bowen!
http://wanderradio.com/?p=118
!
March 1st, 2009 at 1:42 am
Lets kill all the beautiful people
Hang them up by their beautiful hair
Can’t remember where I saw the above.
March 1st, 2009 at 1:46 am
Possibly Goldfrapp:
Let’s kill all the Beautiful People
String them up by their Beautiful Hair
March 1st, 2009 at 4:25 am
Reminds me of
Kidnap the Sandy Claws, lock him up real tight
Throw away the key and then
Turn off all the lights
March 1st, 2009 at 6:10 am
So, new WNDR radio featuring Jack Skellington’s salute to Goldfrapp??
Joe, you’re right, one really needs to wake up before reading comments.
March 1st, 2009 at 6:34 am
Morning Deadpanners! Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
March 1st, 2009 at 7:25 am
Morning Pan.
Monthend = work = yuck.
March 1st, 2009 at 7:29 am
Morning Pan! Beware the eyes of March, mine are blood shot. I have the waffle iron out of storage, wish me luck with my waffles.
March 1st, 2009 at 7:37 am
http://www.nibbledish.com/people/Vivren/recipes/buttermilk-waffles
^Not sure of the fancy toppings, but we’ll see.
March 1st, 2009 at 7:46 am
Looks good. I have a Belgian waffle maker that is totally evil when I pull it out, Rhett.
March 1st, 2009 at 8:05 am
I have something else that is totally evil when I pull it out…
March 1st, 2009 at 8:07 am
*covers ears* la, la la, la
March 1st, 2009 at 8:10 am
It’s a FryDaddy.
What did you think I meant?
March 1st, 2009 at 8:15 am
Rhett – I want waffles. Do you deliver?
TEB – It is month end for me too. I have 3 spreadsheets to populate today and one of them is 12 pages of little bitty numbers. Wanna be my cube buddy?
Jack – I may have a slight headache.
I hear my coffee dinging at me. Yay coffee.
March 1st, 2009 at 8:29 am
Ladies, beware of having Dad take the kids to birthday parties, for there will be mischief
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimate_ed/3318764395/
‘course the funny part was all the other kids getting in trouble with their parents for following after mine.
March 1st, 2009 at 8:44 am
Sure CJ, we’ll be in misery together ;)
March 1st, 2009 at 9:03 am
Hey I am his son. I was just telling you the waffles were so good. :-)
March 1st, 2009 at 9:32 am
I’m off to run a few errands, then have lunch, then back to the grindstone.
March 1st, 2009 at 9:55 am
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/24/comic-critics-40/
OMG, this is the best webcomic ever. The watchmen videogame is going to be horrible.
March 1st, 2009 at 10:12 am
I think we just got a comment from Rhettro’s son in praise of dad’s waffles? :)
In addition to a funny video of Ed’s son finding a new way to enjoy that boring old inflatable slide.
Nobody make a Son Day pun. . . . doh!
March 1st, 2009 at 10:13 am
And hey! Dan, that was your first comment here. You’re free from mod hell.
That Watchmen webcomic is brilliant.
March 1st, 2009 at 10:47 am
All these little numbers are hurting my brain.
March 1st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
*TWeet* NASCAR race is on. Vegas race.
March 1st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
What got cut in the upcoming Watchmen movie:
http://tinyurl.com/d9r7fl
March 1st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Hopefully Snyder won’t have done a ‘Ridley Scott’.
March 1st, 2009 at 3:48 pm
The Night Owl is a replicant.
meh
March 1st, 2009 at 5:05 pm
You guys won’t think less of me if I sing along to the “Buffy: Once More with Feeling” album while I clean the kitchen, will you?
Maybe Joss is going to have to bring the musical episode of Dollhouse along soon to get the vibe back.
March 1st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Funny, the cuts that the article mention are pretty much in line with what I predicted. Really, once the endgame “event” is changed, it requires several things to change along with it.
While I won’t be making any midnight showings, I do plan to catch it near lunchtime on Friday as I work half days. I’m hoping the nearby IMAX will be running it.
March 1st, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Ed: I thought the latest episode got pretty close to being a musical. Not that it was that good, mind you.
March 1st, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Watchmen is going to be a musical?!?
March 1st, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Jack, weren’t you listening? Watchmen is going to feature a lot of Dick.
March 1st, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Watchmen Musical
See Dick & The Incredible Singing Penis.
March 1st, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Why do I always have the knack of walking in here when comments with words such as dick, penis, boobs, naked etc etc are made?
March 1st, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Hugh sez all these words are innocent and it is I who makes it dirty :)
guilty as charged
March 1st, 2009 at 8:55 pm
it is you who make them charged!
March 1st, 2009 at 8:56 pm
I just watched the latest BSG.
Maybe I was just in the wrong mood.
March 1st, 2009 at 9:25 pm
dick, penis, boobs, naked.
March 1st, 2009 at 9:48 pm
http://io9.com/5162302/why-is-watchmen-so-important
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:13 am
Morning Pan, heading home today..the fog on the Tyne is all mine.
Cough
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 am
I didn’t expect to find these audio clips as fascinating as I did. I think it’s the kids’ commentary and cursewords as they’re playing, along with the familiar video game sounds and the familiar hiss of shitty 1980s Maxell tapes.
And then I thought, “Vanamonde would get a kick out of this”.
http://www.coinopvideogames.com/sounds.php
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:51 am
Not I till get home, no flash player on the phone.
CP:Wander Radio #37
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:30 am
I found one part of Jack’s posted article particularly interesting:
“the collected edition has remained in print constantly since its first release – a fact that upsets Moore, whose contract with DC asserts that the rights to the series will revert back to he and Gibbons should the book fall out of print for a specified amount of time”
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:19 am
CPIMM: “Creepy Doll” – Jonothan Coulton
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:22 am
Morning Pan!
Supposed to be a balmy plus 8 today and I’m stuck inside staring at spreadsheets :cry:
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:22 am
Morning, Pan.
I just left a voice mail with some new Watchmania content – Dumbass Memories.
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:26 am
Actually, I had another question on Watchmen… Why did Rorschach carry around a doomsday sign on his “off hours”?
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:58 am
While carrying the sign, most people probably don’t pay a whole lot of attention to him. This allows him to observe what’s going on in all parts of the city while out of costume and remain unnoticed. After all, as Hollis Mason said in his memoir, “Vanishing is no big problem when you’re a costumed hero – you just take your costume off.”
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:00 am
Oops. That should say, “While he’s carrying the sign…”
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:07 am
Yeah, I just could think of a lot better ways to blend in and observe the world without carrying around a sign about the end of the world.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:12 am
Also if Rorschach smell is so distinctive..why does nobody catch on when he has no mask?
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:22 am
I guess they figure he’s just one of the unwashed masses?
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:29 am
Wow Van, Monday must have hit you hard. It’s been a long time since I was able to stump you ;)
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 am
*shrug* That was the most obvious explanation I could come up with. I mean, besides “because he’s a psychopath.”
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:06 am
CD: Losing money on the stock market. Transferring an album to digital.
This morning’s album – “The Producers” (80’s pop … not the Broadway smash hit)
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am
All the servers are down in my Ontario office. Can’t access any of my files. Makes doing month end… interesting. By which I mean not fun.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:28 am
Well, since I can’t seem to do any work work, I think I’ll change kitty litter and take out the garbage (almost as much fun).
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:34 am
TEB – I have slaves for those menial tasks…
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:36 am
TEB – Perhaps they can FedEx you some clay tablets and a chisel. ;)
It’s an ironic thing that with so much information so widely available to each of us now – with huge heaps of data being personally carried around by individuals … a hundred thousand years from now, all that visiting archaeologist will have as a record of us – is the primitive cave paintings of our ancestors.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:37 am
Thanks Jack for the nice comments and thanks for the track “Stress Fracture” I think my wife has now fallen in love with you…
Just what I need competition…. sigh…
I can not compete with the Deadpan…Deadpan is the way.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:40 am
CP: Sword Swallowers Awareness Day — 60 Second Science from SciAm.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:41 am
[earbud]
I have pleasantly surprised by how much I like the new Morrissey album
I was always a Smiths fan in the 80s, but was worried that Morrissey wouldn’t be relevant today. I am actually really enjoying his new album.
[/earbud]
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:42 am
To: j0e
From: Hugh
Re: Stock market
Amen my brotha
*sigh*
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:43 am
Can’t wait to get it, TSH. I have most everything from Smiths/Morrissey.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:44 am
Of course, I really never wanted to see him naked. Well, like George Hrab, naked. Scary image, to be honest.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:47 am
I love how our group talks about everything instead of obsessing over one thing. I mean, besides Jack, of course. ;)
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:49 am
I think you will like it ditto :)
May I suggest another band you might like?
We saw these guys play here Saturday night. They were quite awesome like
A punky (very slightly Ska-ish) band out of LA.
The Airborne Toxic Event
I would put a link to their website but I don’t trust fucktardbot. Its just theairbornetoxicevent dot com
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:50 am
LOL
Jack is MY number 1 obsession *swoooon*
well ok.. he MIGHT have to share that spot with a certain Mr Dulli. But still ;)
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
I’ve been liking the ATE songs I’ve heard so far.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
Don’t forget Huge (aka Hugh). ;)
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:19 am
Re: The Stock Market
In the interest of full discloser – while I AM losing money this morning … I am also fighting back the only way I know how, by “dollar cost averaging” .
I picked up some Mcdonalds (the only place people can afford to eat out)
Conoco Phillips (Yes, we are still addicted to oil.)
General Mills (breakfast cereals are a comfort food that people eat more of when they stay in and hide from the world)
and Unilever (unlike Rorschach, if we are to be foreclosed on, most of us would prefer to be well bathed and in clean cloths before we are evicted.)
This has been your Deadpan stock market update.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Yeah, the networks are up! Now I can do some work… oh wait.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Tune in tomorrow for your Deadpan Financial lesson on Credit Default Swaps.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:29 am
Cool. Glad you like them, ditto :)
I could never forget my Hugh/Huge :) He is beyond the obsession list, he is above the obsession list. He is everything.
Hugh sez: awww…well shucks ma’am
j0e- thats the way to handle this shit. Think about whats happening don’t freak out. Too many people freak out and its mostly because of their limited scope. The banks are failing, its all over!! People are still spending money. As you pointed out they are spending money on different things.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:32 am
You only lose money when you sell. Or they go bankrupt. If you wait long enough, it will probably turn around.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:43 am
… or if you invest in a company that makes “Gazelle polishers”.
What was I thinking !?!???
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:47 am
gazelle polishers????
is that what the kids today are calling it??
Hugh sez: aaaaand we’re back in the gutter
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:54 am
hugh sez: another stock idea is toys. Toys have proven to be the only industry making siginificant money right now. Specifically American made and traditional toys like lego for instance.
dre sez: and there was a story on NPR about salons and spas. People can’t go on vacation so they are paying for more spa treatments to “get away”
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:09 am
CP: Quiet Little Voices — We Were Promised Jetpacks
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:10 am
My parting thought for the day:
Giada DeLaurentis seriously makes me reconsider being heterosexual. Seriously.
Hugh sez: *swoooooon* Hey wait, what about me?
No worries. We’ll be lesbians together :)
I just tried adding her as a friend on Facebook. I am sure she will deny me, but who knows :)
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:28 am
*swooooon*
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:29 am
I think I am a lesbian…
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:33 am
Trapped in a man’s body?
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:45 am
I’m just a prisoner in my mind.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:47 am
Based on a couple of podcasts that I’ve listened to today, it would appear Mr. Mangan is becoming the new opening bumper specialist for Farpoint Media.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:53 am
Where else have you heard him?
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:58 am
Yes Cj – I am Little Red Riding Hood. Stuck in the Wolf’s body….
Help
help
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:04 am
Wait – Little Red Riding Hood was a gay lady?
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 am
I heard Jack on Farpoint Recap and Wander Radio and it seems like somewhere else, but can’t recall.
LLAP will happily play bumpers from any Deadpan friends :)
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 am
Little Red Riding Hood is stuck in the Wolf’s body?
Did he eat her?
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:17 am
Yeah…. ;)
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
Naughty Wolf.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:26 am
But he ate grandma first.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 am
So it turns out, Feb 28 was national sword swallower’s day.
Huh.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 am
So my cable modem just died on me…no broadband for 5 working days.
Anybody with electrician experience explain why it keeps blowing the fuse on the power lead? It’s not the power socket as everything else works fine with the same socket.
I maybe forced to actually finish some books on the partially read book pile.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:55 am
That’s a pile of books I’ve started but never finished.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Re: Grandma
I his defense, Grandma had her daughter when she was 18 and there are some that say HER daughter had Red Ridinghood when she was under-age … so Grandma wasn’t really that old to begin with, and was frequently featured on the “Deep Dark Wood’s”, GILF website.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Van – Re: Unexplained Cable Modem Failures.
Perhaps it is all those illegal copies of “Blade Runner” you keep downloading.
*dives for cover*
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Sounds like Joe is going to get a protocol bomb. ;)
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
CP: When I Fall — Buddahead
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm
All I can say is that all parties were satisfied… :D
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I was going to make a joke about lesbian subtext and Wolf’s last comment, but will let it go by.
This week is the end of a huge project – submissions due to the state of California by Thursday – and I am experiencing once again the phenomena of being the last to touch a project and seeing 1) how much is done sloppily by others who know I’ll fix it, and 2) how unconcerned other people are with the deadline since I’m the last to touch this bad boy. In the words of Van, GRRRR.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Ahh – Please don’t stop on my account… If it makes you feel better make a joke about me… My fur will still be soft and cuddly.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
CP: Baby Got Back — Jonathan Coulton
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
EssBee – Is Baby Got Back your lesbian subtext joke?
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Baby got subtext
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:32 pm
One of the funniest things I ever heard on Wingin’ It, and really ever, was Eliza saying, while talking about the last Harry Potter book, “if you rearrange the letters in ’subtext’ you get ‘buttsex’.”
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Yep. Leave it to Eliza to notice that one.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
CP: Ride On — AC/DC
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
AC/DC is delicious.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I used to listen to a, IMO, good podcast that was ruined by the hosts constantly saying “I’m just sayin’” after every comment. I picked up the latest episode over weekend because I had kind of forgotten why I gave it up, and bingo! I’m just sayin’.
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Off to find a say without a title…
I’m just saying. ;)
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
^song should be a song with out a title…
I have audio to edit…
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Oooh yay. Site is back up. Withdrawal symptoms are on the decline.
Breathing… ahhhhh
Deadpan is the Must-be-online-at-all-times Way.
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 pm
And we’re back!
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Up to my eyebrows in research….. but found this along the way:
http://www.youshouldhaveseenthis.com/
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Just watched Ep3 Dollhouse.
I’m hooked. Much more with the “no-one or nothing is as it seems” cleverness!
Still seems to be some sort of creative struggle between the clever intrigue writers on this show and the corporate pop/bubblegum writers but the clever is starting to show through!
This show is soooo not about being some sort of “adult” fantasy island.
Goodnight Deadpan. Oh … can someone tuck in the mush?
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:39 pm
How is the Indian Nipple song not on the youshouldhaveseenthis list?
srsly
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:14 am
No broadband=no knowledge of deadpan website going offline
Sniff
Morning Pan, back to work today, meh!
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 am
CP: Starshipsofa: Aural Delights #68
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:29 am
EssBee – I ran into almost the same thing recently. The guest host said “I feel you” after almost every single sentence that the main host said. That was really annoying. I’m just saying’.
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:38 am
Deadpan LIVES!
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:44 am
Funny, I can’t say I even recognize 80% of the things on Jack’s list, much less have seeing them.
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:21 am
Morning Pan!
Had to work late last night to make up for the computers crashing. Boo
So last night the DeadPan was dead…man, so couldn’t take out my misery then.
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 am
Hey Mr. Mangan, that 16 pieces story of yours is nice. In case ya didn’t know it.
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:02 am
March/April marks the 50th anniversary of Kind of Blue by Mile Davis. An important pioneer in the music industry.
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:05 am
Stuff From the B-Side podcast has a nice discussion about him
http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuff-from-the-b-side-podcast.htm
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:14 am
Why, why, WHY! isn’t Deadpan on that list! :)
And thank goodness the nasty cup video isn’t on there.
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:41 am
Uh, it is. So is the goat thing.
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:49 am
Decisions, Decisions:
I finish early enough on Friday to go and see the Watchmen movie.
Or I can wait and see the movie on Saturday when it’s my day off.
Not sure if I can wait a day longer.
Oh and Watchmen is showing at the local arty farty cinema…a few years ago that would have indicated a film that was held in high regard by the cultural snobs..but since they did show the latest Indy flick..things may sliden downwards…
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 am
+have
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:00 am
I have a feeling we won’t be able to see Watchmen until April (unless I go on my own with the hubby).
Report cards due this weekend.
He’s in Orlando the next weekend for a teacher’s conference.
Then we’re in Mexico.
March is a busy month for my hubby.
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:01 am
with = without
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:12 am
Just listened to Jack Mangan’s Deadpan Podcast Ep001. Wow, I have a lot of catching up to do. [o.O]
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:16 am
Nomad Scry: IMHO, catching up on the Deadpan archives would be well worth the journey. The serialized versions of “16 Pieces at a Time” and “Really Big Things” alone are worth it. Plus, you’ll get to know all of us a lot better, and you’ll understand why some things are the way they are in the most recent episodes. (The evolution of the introductory sound effects for the Greasy Spoon Comments segment is particularly interesting.)
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:23 am
Keep in mind that “Cranular Explosion” IS a possibility.
You may wish to consult a physician before undertaking this event … and know the name of a reputable Exorcist for afterwards.
‘I’m just saying’
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:40 am
Van: I guess my mind was trying to block out those.
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:41 am
Scratch that, I meant Nomad.
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:44 am
NS, I’ve gone back and listened to quite a few of the original episodes and I have to agree with Amy; totally worth your time. My only regret is that I wasn’t there all along.
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:49 am
The beauty of Deadpan is that it constantly evolves. Yes, there are inside jokes like there were for Wingin’ It, but they aren’t so entrenched that they discourage new people from getting involved.
Plus, I think we’ve always been extremely welcoming to any and all. That’s what the ropes and handcuffs are for. What? Is that too much information? ;)
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:55 am
So we are in the middle of one of the most bizarre weather patterns I’ve ever seen. It can’t decide if it wants to snow or rain. Everything is covered in a thick layer of slush that, when you try to shovel, you discover is on top of a layer of water. Several people were out trying to shovel, myself included. All the sidewalks on my street are flooded.
I’ve never seen anything like it.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:12 am
Re: “Yes, there are inside jokes like there were for Wingin’ It, but they aren’t so entrenched that they discourage new people from getting involved.”
Isn’t it.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:35 am
Nomad,
If you had said that you’d gone back to the beginning and had read all the comments that had been posted….well, that might have warranted a restraining order :)
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:36 am
BTW – for all my fellow panites who still frequent the Farpoint Forums, be sure to stop by and give EssBee a proper “Deadpan is the Way” reputation bump.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 am
CP: Soma City Ward – Slash’s Snakepit
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:07 am
Ed – ;)
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:53 am
I see a lot of question marks in Safari.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
Is it even legal to shoot those?
oh, you said IN Safari….nevermind.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 am
Ed – Yes you can but you must shed 96 tears…
Oh that seems to be obscure…
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:48 am
Drive by post!
Wolf: Great Wander episode. It was nice to hear some deadpanites on there.
Jack: Have you been texting me? I’ve gotten a couple of “Hello” type texts to my phone, but it’s from a number I don’t recognize.
I bought “The Dark Knight Returns” last Sunday. I’m enjoying it so far.
L8r
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:53 am
Wasn’t me, Rhett.
WNDR Wolf, are you ? from the Mysterions??
Not fully caught up yet on today’s conversation.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:54 am
And in scary news:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/187342
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
+++++
… the Oct. 23, 2001, memo suggested the president could even suspend press freedoms if he concluded it was necessary to wage the war on terror. “First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully,”
This claim was viewed as so extreme that it was essentially (and secretly) revoked—but not until October of last year, seven years after the memo was written and with barely three and a half months left in the Bush administration. +++++
Hmmm. Looks they revoked the SUPER Presidential privledges that they had granted themselves, about the time that it was becoming most likely that Obama would be the next guy to get to use those powers.
Random.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Wolf doesn’t have two green circles for to be one of them.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Ah the ‘I’ is important when making genre references…
Cough
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:37 pm
No Van – There are not any strings attached. ;)
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:50 pm
There is no “I” in Vanamonde.
… or in “WNDRWolf” for that mater.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Miriam Winklestien is another mater altogether.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Alma mater?
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Alma troubles
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Does anyone know a link to one of those news thingies, where you enter a subject and it automatically keeps a look out for any news or posts on the topic and updates you?
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Joe: I’d use google news. Do a search and then click on the RSS feed for the search.
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
JOe: I use bloglines for that, and also to keep track of my favorite blogs (including yours).
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:19 pm
:)
I guess maybe I oughta post something.
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I would TOTALLY read it if you did.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I’m feeling really poopy today. Must go to bed at a reasonable hour tonight because poopiness is directly correlated to tiredness.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
At 11 hours, 45 minutes logged in at Evil today, I’m headed home.
Wow, hungry.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
That sounded to much like an entry in Rorschach’s journal
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:10 pm
CP: B-52’s via my phone in speaker mode because the person that called me 25 minutes ago apparently doesn’t fully grasp how to hang-up their bluetooth enabled hand-held thingy.
So I’m just jamming along in compressed mono.
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Speaking of Rorschach’s journal, Kreg Steppe posted this on the FPM email thread:
http://www.pvponline.com/2009/03/02/ombudsmen/
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Jack, that was brilliant.
As I sit with my copy of Watchmen on my computer desk, I wonder if I should take it with me to the movie on Friday and flip through as the movie progresses.
Maybe I’ll save that for DVD time.
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Kurtz has his moments. I’ve met him a couple of times at comic con. I have an original sketch he did for me of Cole as “Tron Suit Guy.” LOL
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Jack: LOL! That was brilliant.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Monday’s with Popeye was funny – but there’s another one (for today) with Dagwood that’s pretty damn funny.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:11 pm
So Jonathan Ross (a big Watchmen fan) claims in his review of the Watchmen movie that at times it’s too faithful to the comic..and what works in the comic doesn’t work on screen.
Morning Pan, feeling rough this morning..meh !
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Morning, Vanamonde! That possibility had occurred to me too. I look forward to seeing how it all turns out.
And – going way back – thanks, Nomad! Did you read “Sixteen Pieces at a Time”, or listen to the excellent Wander Radio audio drama?
Thanks also for listening to the old episodes. There are lots of moments throughout Deadpan’s entire history that make me really happy.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:42 pm
So the grand tour of Starship Deadpan started with yesterday’s JM_D001. I am -not- going to be reading the comments though. As I was paging back to the start of time, I saw quite a few posts with over two thousand comments. Wow. I thought it was amusing and quaint that Mr. Mangan was setting such high comment goals. Now I know better.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Hey Jack, I read the “Sixteen Pieces at a Time” on … wassit SFReader? I didn’t realize Wolf had it in audio format. Is the Turk a character you’ve used elsewhere? He feels… too rich to have been used in just one story.
I have to find the most recent Wander Radio. It is somewhere on my player, but I can’t seem to find it.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Oh. Ha. I found Wander Radio 37. And Wolf mentions the audio version of “Sixteen Pieces at a Time.”
I ran into the text version because I was randomly struck with curiousity about how many pages jackmangan.com had. (I think it was 27 or 28 as of yesterday.)
I am cheating and checking now… “About this thing of ours” appears to be the original post from March 30, 2006 on (currently) page 28. The songs go back to “candlelight” posted on October 18th, 1903 …
Heh.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Today’s fittingthenationalstereotype moment:
Two French woman on the bus, chattering away in French when one of them comes out with ‘Oooh la la’.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:23 am
I wonder if she had a feather duster under the coat.
Cough.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:29 am
[snert]
March 4th, 2009 at 3:32 am
Wait, there are stereotypes about French people? Who knew?
March 4th, 2009 at 3:54 am
The 16 Pieces Audio Drama can be found here:
http://wanderradio.com/?p=5
March 4th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Morning, Deadpan. Tired. Dark outside. Back to Evil. Grr.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:18 am
CP: Bangles – “Walk Like an Egyptian”
March 4th, 2009 at 7:22 am
My thoughts on the current efforts to fix the economy can be found at -
http://justaj0e.blogspot.com/2009/03/take-deep-breath.html
a picture of Koala bears can be found here -
http://tinyurl.com/cw3xa9
March 4th, 2009 at 7:30 am
CP: Berlin – “Sex (I’m A …)”
Is it too early in the AM for that?
March 4th, 2009 at 7:37 am
CP: Graph Theory — Engines Of Our Ingenuity (podcast)
Fun to listen to this one for me since I used to study graph theory.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:06 am
DLing WanderRadio 7. Listening to Deadpan 2.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:15 am
I envy your deadpan naïveté NS.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:16 am
OMG. This is wrong and funny.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5163704/punching-bag-toy-requires-you-to-blow-wolverine
March 4th, 2009 at 8:25 am
CP: All That Remains – “Empty Inside”
March 4th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Van, I guess that’s a good thing. It’s one of the few things I have going for me.
Sad trombone or rim shot?
March 4th, 2009 at 8:34 am
I too envy Nomad’s impending new adventure.
Nomad – me hopes you will post your thoughts on each Ep as you finish them … so we can relive the discovery vicariously!
March 4th, 2009 at 8:38 am
here is some wrongness from “medgadget”-
http://tinyurl.com/bq5sxs
March 4th, 2009 at 9:55 am
CP: Sunday Afternoons — Vanessa Daou
March 4th, 2009 at 10:04 am
No ZP for me this week..grrrrr!
March 4th, 2009 at 10:10 am
CP: Pseudopod #122
I’m waaaay behind in my podcasts.
victim of podjam
March 4th, 2009 at 10:46 am
That’s better than toe jam.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I hope that’s not like toe jam.
March 4th, 2009 at 11:24 am
like a log jam …but with podcasts. Makes your iPod nearly un-navigable !
March 4th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I wonder what someone overhearing me talking about the “Global Caulk Project” might be thinking…
March 4th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Sorry if that last was a little “tweety.”
I’m not sure if podjam describes my situation, I’ve had so much life stuff and time off work (my primary location for listening) that I do have a big backlog.
Backpodlogjam?
March 4th, 2009 at 11:57 am
That warms your Caulk-els?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I’m placing an order right now for that F-Cup pudding.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
soooo many wrong places to go here, so little time.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I love the smell of phytoestrogens in the morning.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Yes, but Fido-estrogens are a bitch!
March 4th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I want the last half-hour back.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I so want a new job.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I a flying dragon to come to the window of the castle tower so I can escape.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
+want
March 4th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Just let down your hair Cj.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
CJ – have you tried tieing a note to an arrow and shooting it out the window of the tall tower? (just remember, NO singing!)
March 4th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
ditto – Careful with that “new job”. It may help you discover your special purpose.
March 4th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I didn’t say I want any job, just a new one. And you have no idea the hell my job currently is. :(
March 4th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
“Message for you, sir…”
March 4th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Sorry about the job stress, ditto. It’s a Skeksis-empowering environment right now.
March 4th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I know. The past couple of years have been bad, but the past 6 months have been almost unbearable. Damn stress is affecting everything.
March 4th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
That’s freaky. Yesterday I changed my incoming txt message sound from Transformers to “Message for you, sir”.
Deadpan is in sync with my phone.
March 4th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
“It’s a Skeksis-empowering environment right now.”
Damn straight! Sorry about the stress, ditto. I can relate.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Yeah, sorry ditto. Didn’t mean to make light of your situation… well, okay actually I was making light of things but not to be a jerk … well, actually that was a reference from “The Jerk” but well … frak.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
*hugs* ditto – and anyone else who has a soul-sucking job or just a bad day. Gosh.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Joe: I know you weren’t being a jerk. I was just whining. :)
Cj: Thanks!!
March 4th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Jack – is it time to put the call out for Work horror stories, office “dumb ass boss memories” and “Duel of the Cubicle Fates” ?
March 4th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
*hugs* to ditto and anyone else who needs them.
24 hours and 46 minutes until I get to see Watchmen!!! (Yes, this will be my first midnight movie premiere!)
March 4th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I imagine most of the Work Horror story voicemails would just be 2 minutes of weeping on the phone, but feel free to contribute, if you got em.
Or – send Wok Horror stories, about trauma in Chinese food restaurants.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Believe it or not, I have a Wok horror story – it’s buried in a loooong past episode of “Wingin It.”
Anybody remember it?
March 4th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
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Joe, I think you mean the Slice of Scifi Voice Mail Show. Wingin It is just a myth.
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