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So just got back from seeing ‘Monsters vs Aliens’ in 3D.
Was fun, but the Jonas brothers preview was a major ugh!
Now know what South Park was taking the piss out of.
“That lesbian chick?” Hmm. Bella didn’t seem that way in the book, at least, not to me. She must be very different in the movie. (No, I haven’t seen the movie.)
Here’s why I think so many teenage girls are crazy over Twilight. If you are a teenage girl, you can vicariously have this wish fulfilled through Bella (the female lead character): to find and be found by a really hot guy who wants to protect you, is just as attracted to you as you are to him, and who has tragic events in his past which you can comfort him about. I understand that, later in the series, there is further drama when the possibility of Bella choosing between the aforementioned really hot guy, Edward, and another guy named Jacob. I’ve only read the first book, though, so this is all I have to say about it.
I feel like I’m returning a favor here: You guys elucidated the Cold-War-era consuming dread of nuclear annihilation, something I didn’t understand, for me, and now I get to elucidate the attractions of “Twilight” for you. I only wish I had read the rest of the series before now, so I could explain it better.
ick
I think I’ll go with the global annihilation.
;)
Hmm… global annihilation or hot guys…
That’s a toughie for me.
LOL! :-D
Bring on the apocalypse! LOL
Late to the party. Agreeing with JOe about unnecessary violence in movies. Agree with Ed about Dollhouse, it’s a keeper. I stilled laughed about “Eliza Dushku ” riding a superbike in a mini and lacy leggings.
Just reread my post. Second-to-last sentence in second paragraph should have read, “. . . when the possibility . . . is introduced.”
Good points, Amy! Most teenage girls probably swoon over an Edward!
The “lesbian chick” comment was mostly snark. It has no evidence in the story. The actress is a cutie.
Rhettro, we had a guffaw laugh at the lacy leggings. Who wears those?!
What? Lacy leggings aren’t in style?
*runs back to store with receipt in hand*
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/ScNeJo900AI/AAAAAAAA8o4/s2eEXvLOPBs/s640/eryjeryjdfhndf.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/03/monstrous-aviation-part-2-huge.html&usg=__udU4jsfzqzlY_t3NVkp6tpdNM3M=&h=319&w=640&sz=87&hl=en&start=290&sig2=9tiQUP-J3ZLyKpzhlJkl3w&tbnid=MkKZjySRmO0WsM:&tbnh=68&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfuturistic%2Bhelicopters%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D288&ei=1LLPSYzxF5jznQednYXlCQ
I guess I should of tinyurl’ed that. LOL But I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time.
Dang, wrong link.
Tiny’d for your viewing pleasure.
http://tinyurl.com/dg8h4k
To quote the Defcon tagline:
Everybody dies!
Oh and for non FB users, fav line from a song I heard today:
I’m built for comfort, I ain’t built for speed.
Rhett – thank you for the nightmare-inspiring pictures. I’m going to go cower in the corner alone now.
And that Edward from Twilight is just so dreamy. . . . . (ditto for Edward from Texas.)
Oooh are we talking about hot guys again? Yay!
Adrian Zmed – Not hot
Jack Mangan – Hot
I hope no one bursts into laughter at the mention of my name.
I think you are safe Jack.
Stolen paragraph:
Nicodemus studied me for a moment before smiling. “Apocalypse is a frame of mind,” he said then. “A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is despair for the future. It is the death of hope.”
From – Death Masks, Book Five of The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
You’re welcome CJ. ;)
It continues to amaze me how many companies don’t want me to spend my money on them.
I picked up the 16 CD unabridged auidiobook of one of the last two books of the Dune series. My intent was to put it on my Ipod so I could listen to it in the car and while working out. I find it difficult to make the time to physically read books anymore.
It’s taking about six hours to read each disc. From what I’ve been able to determine, the companies are deliberately coding the discs in such a way that simple audio CD players will work, but computer based ones will choke. Even trying to just play the CD in Itunes directly caused it to hiccup uncontrolably.
Since the audio system in my car is essentially a computer as well, I’m betting the discs will fail there as well.
So, I’m letting the computer chew on them for as long as it takes. But I’ll never buy another audiobook CD again.
DRM sucks.
only 1 more day of March Madness.. I can’t wait to have my husband back!!
Since Illinois got out early on, we are taking Michigan State being our closest neighbors.
I can’t believe I just said we.. Hugh has sucked me into this march madness shit
heh.. I just said Hugh sucked me :)
LOL
just reading through casually, I saw dittos comments on something Tee said about The Sandman
I would like the 2nd dittos comments- everyone that has Sandman but hasn’t read it yet should read it, but yes there are some definite disturbing moments. Issue 6 for example, right when the series started made many readers stop reading it.
He also mentioned Cages.. one of the most beautiful and most treasured comics in my collection.
I will refrain from swooning over Dave McKean again here.. but the guy is a genius. See for yourself
http://www.davemckean.com/
TSH swooon!
Van: These sheep farmers from Wales have far too much time on their hands!
Extremem Sheep LED Art
https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&tab=wm#inbox/120542fb44914a95
Bad link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw
We will be seeing the new Trek most definitely, although when is the question
We still haven’t seen Watchmen
ditto swoon!!!!
See. This is what posting while drinking Terrible will do to you:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22/3635
ok, I lost my place in the comments. I tried to keep up
I keep seeing Dollhouse mentioned. We haven’t been watching that, should we be?
I see your swoon and raise you a swoon! ;)
*swooon3*
D’oh! I’ve been defeated by the elite swoon.
Ok we’re off to our next adventure
l8r pan
sorry ditto :) you know i have the power of the swoon
I don’t doubt that at all.
Have to run for a bit. Be back in about 30 minutes.
Hope you & Huge doing well even if he’s paying more attention to basketball than you. Silly man. ;)
Oh and TSHs, Dollhouse is worth checking out.
Smarty Hotties!!!!!!!!
OK, I’m leaving now for the LLAP house, so I’ll probably get there a little after 5:30.
Yes to Dollhouse – catch it on Hulu if you haven’t been recording.
**Jack Magan Swooooon****
J0e, Rhettro, Cj: I agree, I found some of the violence in the “Watchmen” movie to be unnecessarily gory and detailed. Why couldn’t the scene with Big Figure and his goons trying to get to Rorschach just have been left the way it was in the comic? It was already violent enough.
Hi, TSH! :-)
ditto, I am going to tell Hugh you said that :)
I just don’t like sharing him with basketball.
Hi Jackamo!!! *mmmmwa!!!!*
Ed and Van- since you say Dollhouse is good we will check it out.
Hi Amy!
Hope everyone is doing goodly
and I 2nd the Jack swoon
*Jack Mangan swooon2*
TSH: I’m doing pretty well. Have you read the Watchmen GN?
(Bedtime here. Good night, Pan!)
Look! Rorschach is Chaotic Good
http://laughingsquid.com/the-nine-add-alignments-represented-by-film-tv-characters/
John Locke is Lawful Good??
Bob the Builder is playing in the background..my brain is melting from the cuteness.
Homebuilt computer circa 1991:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2RmY_zrZFE
Good Morning Gang!
Morning, Deadpan! I’m in the office for a few hours, then off on a business trip (a short one to Denver) through Thursday.
Safe short travels, EssBee!
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I’m still giggling about last night.
There’d better be a full report on some Farpoint Media show this week….
Enjoy your trip, Essbee. Be sure to bring us souvenirs :)
Ed – I bet it will be on LLAP.
Slow Monday.
CW: Breaking Bad S2E4
What happened over in fair Effpiem last night? I’m curious, too, and I want to hear the report.
Great Wander Radio episode, Wolf!
Oh – I see, Jack went over to hang out with Dan and Cj.
Thank You EssBee.
I had the opportunity to meet the band yesterday at their CD release party…
If you like traditional Celtic Music Queen’s Gambit does it really well.
They also have a sense of humor. Last year they did a cover of “Code Monkey”. Really they did…I am trying to find a copy of that.
On the latest CD – they did a version of 7 Bridges. The harmonies are just excellent….
Damn I went fanboi…
Ed – what are you looking for a full report on? I’m easily confused apparently.
Cj – Why you are giggling…still this morning.
Amy – Yep! Jack came over and was on LLAP along with Debbie. I’m listening to the pre-edited show right now and making up show notes. Hopefully, it will be online before the end of today.
Oh… I’m giggling because our evening was a festival of giggling. We are full of silly. I don’t want to give away too much though. ;)
“That’s what she said.”
It was definitely a fun LLAP episode — possibly historic!
I need to get me some more of that in n out burger.
Good Afternoon Pan!
Back from sunny Mexico. We flew back on Saturday into a snow storm and woke up to 8″ of snow the next morning. I think I want to go back to the warm beach.
TEB Would you rather have sand in your bathing suit or snow?
Things I learned in Mexico:
There is no shortage of silicone
Wolf, Sand, definately
When you have access to food, non-stop from 5:30 am to 11:00 pm you gain 8 pounds (will be working hard to remove that one :) )
From my husband:
Froot Loops are sweeter in the US than in Canada. And are somewhere in between in Mexico
So, we’ll get some Jack giggliness on the next LLAP?
Excellent.
I just finished listening to the pre-edited LLAP and there’s plenty of Jack giggles. There’s even a moment where he refers to me by my real first name. I wasn’t in the room at the time so I didn’t know it was there until I heard it just now. I actually had to collect myself from that majorly swooooonworthy moment right there. :oops:
tee hee hee hee hee hee hee
Cj walk over to the nearest coach and lie down… You will be alright. Just take your time and relax and build the strength back up in your legs. It will come in time. When you feel strong enough get off the coach and carry on with your day, but take it easy…that was a shock to the system.
TEB – welcome back to the land of snow and bitter Froot Loops.
The episode covered in the latest LLAP reminds me of a Dr Who comic story from the early 80′s.
Oh and there is a specific episode of ‘The Goodies’ is infamous for a man dying from laughing too much.
Yeah I don’t know why I felt the need to share that trivia.
My latest gutenberg project, The Cryptogram by James De Mille, is now live:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28435
This was an excellent place to direct pre-surgery terror. I’m already 11% into my next project, The Homesteaders.
Very cool MD.
Yes, very cool MD. I hope you feel up to more audiobook recording again soon, as well.
Wolf, it sounds like you’ve experienced this before yourself. I don’t feel so alone now. What a relief. ;)
Van, in Roger Rabbit some of the hyenas die laughing. I appreciate your bit of trivia.
Thrustburst is a scramble clone with a twist:
http://umlautgames.net/
CJ needs to get off the coach? By all means, move up to first class!
*spelling nerd flees…..
The latest family guy does another variation on cool whip but using Will Weaton.
!!!!!
$*^%$
Dammit
Bad things.
/vent
(Leaving angry moment)
Van, we watched that last night. Weird and funny.
(Back to angry moment where I attempt to not throw my telephone across the room)
Yes, the Hhhwil Hhhweaton bit was definitely the highlight.
I hope your day is improving, Cj.
Amy- we have read Watchman. I have the individual comics sealed away and the GN for when I want to read it :)
One day we should listen to CJ’s podcast.. one day.. after we catch up in Deadpan :)
Hugh sez: We are hoping to see a return to the play by play this weekend
Hopefully :) We’re trying. Life is crazy.
Hugh sez: you can say that again
Hopefull :) We’re trying. Life is crazy.
Hugh sez: smart ass
:) My ass is super smart
Holy smiley overload batman!!
A new Sm :) arty :) Hotties :) play-by-pl :) ay this weekend :) would be a :) beau :) tiful thing :) .
LOL
I’m impressed Jackamo :)
So I just opened my Previews Comics for comics coming in May 2009 and guesss what is being re-released???
Dave McKean’s Cages!!!!!!
*SWOOOOOOON*
It’s being released as a GN at $29.95
It will be awesome to have a GN to flip through when I want to read it now :)
ok, back to comic book ordering
sorry for my excessive Dave McKean swoonage
Hugh sez: I’m so jealous
:) you have basketball, I have Dave McKean
Hugh sez: and Greg Dulli, and Skinny Puppy, and that contact lens model
and you have football, and hockey
Hugh sez: FINE! We’re even woman!
*Blackhawks swoon*
So, I think we need our residents comic experts to compile a list of required comic reading….
[comics tangent] I am so sick of DC comics and their 52/Countdown/Final Crisis mumbo-jumbo. Batman RIP was bad enough. The best comic books aren’t coming out of DC and Marvel anymore.. well Vertigo still has some winners [/comics tangent]
Do you think Jack means me?
Hugh sez: who else would he mean?
New comics, or comics of all time, Jack?
Hugh sez: *blackhawks swoooon2*
My crisis has been temporarily averted. My phone is still in tact.
I want to read more. Where can I purchase a large amount of free time in which to do this reading? Anyone have any to spare?
Well I’ll just do some of both
A small selection of the best comics of old:
1. The Sandman Ver2 (when Neil Gaiman wrote it)
2. Hellblazer
3. Maus
4. From Hell
5. Batman Legends of The Dark Knight
6. Cages
7. Doom Patrol Ver 3 I think (when Grant Morrison wrote it)
8. Grendel
9. I Am Legend
10. Hellraiser
Cj- I am sorry but the only spare time i have is being used by me right now :)
TSH – well, then… in a way, I’m enjoying your spare time already, aren’t I? ;-)
Thanks!
A small selection of the best comics out right now:
1. Hellblazer
2. Fables
3. Echo
4. DMZ
5. Vinyl Underground
6. Un-Men
7. Northlanders
8. Madame Xanadu
9. The Sword
10. Batman Confidental
11. bonus- Batman Chronicles
it is our pleasure, CJ :)
Cj: Awesome! I love it when podcasters and their shows are full of silly. :-)
Wolf: I have to vote for snow in my suit… snow melts, sand does not.
TSH: Thanks for sharing your expertise! :-)
ok, comics for May have been ordered. We got:
Cages
Neil Gaiman presents: Voltan
Batman Battle for the Cowl
Batman confidential
Unwritten
Fables
Jack of Fables
Literals
Hellblazer
Northlander
House of Mystery
Olympus
Four Eyes
Proof
sword
Anita Blake Necromancer
Echo
Complete Dracula
Jim Butchers Dresden Files
Dr Who
Juxtapoz Magazine
and with that, we’re off
bye pan
hugh sez: bye pan
it was our pleasure, Amy
l8r
RE: Purchasing spare time.
Stay away from cheap “knock-off” time. Oh, it seems like a bargain but it tends to fall apart quickly … and that “Made in China” spare time? Well, an hour later, you’ll just be wanting more.
I have a spare tire, does that count?
Evening, Deadpan.
Today was not my best day ever. I sure am glad you all are out there.
We’re glad you’re there too, EssBee.
Morning Pan, back to work today, grrrrrr!, good news on the polypill:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7971456.stm
Lets hope it sin’t sacrificed on the altar of ‘lifestyle changes’, which many people are resistant too…
…or drug companies not being able to make huge profits from it.
Ok, off to work.
Interesting. Though I suppose one could simply take aspirin, folic acid, …
Re-reading the paragraph again and now I’m confused.
“The polypill used in the latest study combines five active pharmacological ingredients widely available separately – aspirin, a statin to lower cholesterol and three blood pressure-lowering drugs – as well as folic acid.”
Does that mean the polypill is 5 pills in one or is it aspirin, a statin, 3 BP drugs, and folic acid? Because that would be 6 ingredients. Or is folic acid not an active ingredient?
I was going to say that I didn’t see the point in making a magic pill when I could merely take the individual pills, but if we are talking the difference between one pill and twenty-four (randomly chosen number) pills then I’ll take the magic one.
TSH: The Sword is awesome. :)
Oh and for iPhone/iPod Touch users out there in DP land, Skype is now available on the app store.
No calls over 3G though.
ThoughT you were going to go all Spanish Inquisition there NS…
I never thought I would say this in my lifetime but something good has come from twitter:
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090331/wr_nm/us_love
I would take any death threat from Courtney Love seriously. Whether on twitter, or anywhere.
I love The Sword, Nomad :)
That is hilarious, TSH.
Yeah if only Cassandra had twitted, she might have been believed.
Morning Pan.
Month end. Ugh.
Here I go – off to schmooze. Have a good day, Deadpan!
Well, the hotel has been booked. Barring any unforeseen events, I will definitely be in Arizona on the September long weekend.
While I know it’s a long way off and reminders will have to be made, Jack, CJ (and hubby Dan), Rhettro and any others in that area, if you’re not at DragonCon that weekend, it would be cool if we could get together for dinner or something.
Damn I wish I could go…
I’m also going to be at World Con in Aug if anybody else is there, we can also go for dinner.
Month end and the stupid internet is acting up. Shaping up to be another long day.
TEB – No Dragon Con for us. We’ll be here! I look forward to seeing you.
I’m at month end as well. My butt will be numb by tomorrow night for sure having to sit here with my friendly neighborhood spreadsheets for hours.
Oh, and Good Morning – Want more Jack? (who doesn’t?)
LLAP Episode 109: Kissing Beneath the Bearded Barley
http://www.lovelongandprosper.com/podcast/?p=200
Listening to it right now, CJ.
Ok, CJ. I have issues with your knowledge of actors. Last week you didn’t know who Karl Urban is, now you don’t know who Simon Pegg is.
tsk, tsk, tsk.
CJ: Do you have the knitpickers guides for both original and Next Gen ST? Hubby and I like to pull them out and look at them before watching. It’s fun to find the errors.
Yeah – I have a horrible memory. Half the time I do know the person and I’ve just completely forgotten. Now that they are in Star Trek they’ll be more important to me ;-)
TEB – yes! We have them all. We actually interviewed Phil Farrand on a previous episode: http://www.lovelongandprosper.com/podcast/?p=95
Sometimes we pull content from the books for the show. They are awesome books.
So on the rare occasions I go downtown, I share an office with another guy. Yesterday, while I was there, he was given notice. Doesn’t affect me as we are in different departments (and accountants are usually the last to be let go anyway) but it still sucks.
He says he’s not too worried. He’s 58, been with the company about 30 years, and apparently he got a really nice package (insert dirty joke here), so now he’s thinking retirement (if he doesn’t go stir crazy from sitting around)
What it does mean is, sometime in the near future, they will be moving my downtown office. It doesn’t make sense to rent a downtown office for just one person. Chances are I’ll be move to one of the other office they have with other people. Not that it matters, I’ll still work from home most days :)
So, I’m just at the test on LLAP. Do you know it skips right at the result. I think you said yes, in which case, congrats. (If I’m wrong, I blame your recording).
Now to listen to the rest.
*snicker* TEB said “Moving my downtown office” *snicker snicker*
wait … was that what we were supposed to make the innuendo about?
Yesterday as I was making lunch, the back half of one of my front teeth fell off.
I take really good care of my teeth (I thought) so … shock horror fear.
Just now back from the dentist. Tooth is repaired and thankfully the only pain is where they stuck the Novocain needly (“this will pinch a bit”) into my lower gum.
I hate it when that happens. Any of it.
J0e, I think genetics have a lot to do with teeth. I look after my teeth quite well as well (including flossing etc.). I see the dentist every six months and the rest of my family is sporadic. I don’t eat a lot of sweets (I’m more of a fruit and veggie person) I’ve still had two root canals in the last 10 years, and usually have a cavity once a year.
I suspect it”s more down to having bigger gaps.
After losing two adult teeth in the back of my mouth, I haven’t had a cavity in 20 years. The dentist mentioned that I have enough gaps that food doesn’t get stuck in places the toothbrush can’t reach.
It may all be bollox of course and I may now have jinxed myself to false teeth in my near future.
That was definitely one of the giggliest LLAP’s I’ve heard :)
I had a really weird dream last night. It was like I was watching the new Star T…
Y’know I think I’ll do this as a VM to LLAP
A voice mail for ME?!?!
*dancing in anticipation*
Okay, in hindsight the filthy middle part of that voicemail might not make the cut, but hey, I was talking about a movie…
I didn’t hear anything filthy – and yes, I did feel bad about not remembering the title of “Night on Earth” since I do actually own it.
on VHS…………… :P
“VHS…” hmmm, VHS. VHS…
Nope, comin’ up blank on that one.
Okay, kidding. Up until last October I was making copies of VHS on a weekly basis. Then the optical stuff and me were purchased and the videotape was all left behind.