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TEB – The video – Quite popular with some of my men friends. Someone actually arranged the magnets on my front door (I have alphabet magnets there) so they were something like
JZ IN MY PANTS
As a matter of fact … I have found a photo of the incident:
Just then a small man burst through the front door of the bar. He paused a long moment, looking back out into the blinding sunshine, searching, then let the door fall closed. As he stepped up to the bar, Jack and Joe could see that he was panting and sweating profusely.
“She’s-” he paused, gasped, took a deep breath. “She’s coming! I need to hide it! Please!”
Jack looked to Joe, gave a little shrug. The small man placed a small black cube on the bar. “It needs to be hidden very well, or she will detect it.” Joe peered at the cube. “Hurry!” The man nearly shouted, in exasperation.
Joe shrugged back at Jack, then pulled out the stepladder. “I’ll put it on the top shelf. Hmm, it’s heavy!” Joe hefted the leaden box up and pushed it into the cache hole.
“It can’t be that simple!” the man panted, though he was regaining his breath by now.
“Trust me,” said Jack. “That spot has hidden more than you’d believe in the recent past.”
I think the amazon.com thing is curious, but am choosing to think the best (i.e., that it was a glitch). It’s been kind of a rough week to be gay, from my perspective, so I just couldn’t stand it if amazon.com was out to get me!
Denise Crosby’s acting was pretty bad. I don’t personally have any Tasha hate – but since I am watching TNG through for the third time, I have to say that her lines (as well as many others’) simply were horrible. It’s not entirely her fault.
It’s interesting because the focus has been on the LBT&G community but this effects even Health books and classic literature. One book mentioned in previous articles “Our Bodies, Ourselves” and authors Anais Nin, J.D. Salinger, Eugenides and Khalid Hossein.
And I do think this would get attention if it was the SF&F community because it is amazing how powerful those authors can be and the community that supports them….. look around at all these amazing people.
The first cup of coffee is starting to take effect.
I’ve packed my darling hubby his lunch (though he’s still snoring away in bed *jealous*), fed my kids breakfast, taken my vitamins, and even indulged in a nice toasty Eggo waffle myself.
I’m toying with the idea of taking the kids on a little hike around The Riparian Preserve to see some birds this morning. http://www.riparianinstitute.org
And I agree, she was much better as a Romulan. And even when she reprised Tasha in the Enterprise C/D episode. I think by then the show had better direction and she decided to have fun with her new roles. I wish they did more episodes with her Romulan character.
I haven’t watched DS9 yet. I’m looking forward to it!
I’ve seen all of the Original Series once through, the first season of Voyager, and I’m on my third way through TNG. Just coming to the end of the 1st season there.
Oh, and I did watch all of Enterprise, which unlike most people, I really enjoyed.
Enterprise crew must get paid. There are some jobs on there I couldn’t see people wanting to do for free, even if it means travelling in space (red shirt?)
A deep rumble filtered into the room from the street outside, getting slowly louder. “She’s here!” The little man’s breathing quickly un-recovered, and he began looking frantically about the room.
Jack took the man firmly by the shoulder. “We can hide downstairs, you wouldn’t fit in the cache with your cube.” He looked to Joe. “We’ll be in the keg room, keeping cool.”
The rumble grew even louder as Jack and the man went downstairs, then cut off suddenly. Joe put on a bar apron, and began to polish the bar. Bright sunlight flooded in from outside, and he could at first only see her silhouette, tall and sleek. The door fell shut and her footsteps rang through the quiet bar. She was clad in motorcycle leathers, impossibly tight and leaving very little to Joe’s fevered imagination. She had a body by DC and a face by Marvel, thought Joe.
She looked down at him with an expression that somehow mixed condescendence and amusement, with just a drop of pity. “I am the Ambassador.” She sniffed deeply. “Where is the box?”
Jack shivered a bit and folded his arms, looking across at the sweating, nearly-hyperventilating man. “Okay, let’s get some answers. Who are you, who is she, what is the box and why are you here?”
The man swallowed hard, and attempted to bring his breathing back under control. “I’m Dr. John Boze,” he said in a small voice. “She calls herself ‘The Ambassador.’ The box is my experiment, and I’m desperately trying to hide it from her, but she keeps tracking me down.”
Overall, I think Star Trek, on television anyway, peaked during the late seasons of DS9. Voyager had it’s moments, but could never really escape the whole “Gilligan’s Island in Space” concept.
Enterprise stumbled to early. My wife watched all of it and I came back during the fourth season. I really would have liked to have seen in continue as they were coming along well by then. But, I think the verdict had already been given.
TEB – True.. Scott Bakula=YUMMY and I didn’t think much of Malcolm Reed until I was at the Star Trek con in 2007 and Dominic Keating walked right past me and stopped to offer me a big smile – I was just staring and he blushed and smiled more… I immediately fell in love.. In real life, he’s just delicious!
He was also a vampire in an episode of Buffy. I remember we were rewatching it once and my husband and I saw him and both piped up “Hey, that’s Malcolm!”
“I’d been increasingly fearful of what my measurements have been telling me about reality.”
“Reality?”
“It isn’t. I can say that firmly at this point.”
“Isn’t?”
“Right. We are living in an unreal universe. All around us is fiction.”
“Are you really a doctor?”
“No, the title just gets me laid.”
“Oh, thought so.”
“Yes, I’m really a doctor, and yes, this reality is not.”
“So what is the box?”
“Once my suspicions were 99 percent confirmed, I developed it to prove the last one percent. It works by concentrating the fictional vorticies in a localized spatiotemporal region.”
“‘vorticies in a localized…’ Is this all true?”
“Sort of. If you’d been paying attention just now you’d see that truth is fiction.”
“What is this place?” the tall woman was becoming demanding, whipping her head back indignantly, which caused her blonde tresses to arc backward, yet land in perfect array.
“This is the Deadpan. Jack Mangan’s Deadpan.”
“I will return, Jack Mangan. And I will have that box!” She turned and strode to the door. Joe watched her go. Really, couldn’t help himself, as this view was just as intriguing as when she entered.
“Well, the box is perfectly safe. The top shelf of this bar has it’s own pocket universe, as far as we can tell. Joe put it in there.” The small man grew pale and still. “What? It’s perfectly safe, I assure you…”
“He couldn’t have!”
“Well, sure it seems that way, given my understanding up till now of reality, but after what you just told me…”
“No! I mean he couldn’t have, based on my calculations, inserted the box into a subset spatiotemporal reality construct.”
“Uh, well, I can’t say it that multisyllabically, but, yeah. He did.”
Last time I saw you, you had dirt under your nails
Your eyes were glassy and you looked so pale
You said my life has become a livin’ hell
Ain’t got enough money to pay my bills
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
Got a friend with a needle stuck in his arm
He got hooked on heroin in Vietnam
It used to help kill the pain some of the time
Now I can’t sleep at all since I got back home
I worked in the strip mines off and on
Now I can’t seem to get rid of this cough
Ain’t been many jobs these last few months
And the last one I had I got laid off
I ain’t got no hot water and they shut off the heat
Can you loan me some money for something to eat
Been out here on this corner for about a week
Tryin hard to stand on my own two feet
They want to try and tell me where I can live
They kicked me off my land and told me they’d give me
A nice little tract house with running water
But how am I gonna explain that to my Navajo mother
My American dream almost came true
But the things they promised me never came through
I believe in the American dream
But things are never quite what they seem
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
JohnBoze: LOL! I seem to have coined a term. :-D And yes, these Effpiem-wide outages are getting annoying. I keep having to wait until later in the day on Thursday for my new Deadpan.
My appearance in the Deadpan Bar stories has come!!!!! I’m so excited!!! I look forward to what comes next! I love what you’ve done with this story arc, by the way. I’m a huge fan of stories involving alternate dimensions/universes/realities/etc., which is why I loved Really Big Things so much. :-)
Adding to an earlier discussion: I followed Enterprise during its third and fourth seasons. I enjoyed them, the fourth more than the third. I think I would have enjoyed them more if I had actually seen TOS, instead of just reading all about it. (I’ve only seen bits and pieces here and there.)
Sure, ditto. My plans are pretty much set for The Sept long weekend anyway. I’ll be at the Tempe Mission Palms. So if anybody else wants to hook up, just let me know (via e-mail is fine).
I don’t want to hear about spiders, Van. I’m the type that, if I see a spider, I run to the other room and scream at my husband to kill it.
Whereupon he will capture the spider and take it outside. Leading to many (not actual) arguments about how evil that is because the spider will just find its way back inside.
My favorite part: “A million monkeys with a million crayons would be hard-pressed in a million years to create anything as cretinous as Battlefield Earth.”
I’ve got more! Though it is still all “upstairs” at the moment…
Glad to see this gets the Ambassador’s stamp of approval. Not going to comment too much “in process,” (though that is exactly what this style affords) but “Amelia the Ambassador” in the bar is not exactly nice. She may be a statuesque badass, but she is the antagonist, probably not purple-eye evil… There were elements I had some concern over.
JB: I don’t mind being cast as the antagonist. It’s something different for me. I’m not anywhere near as statuesque in real life as I am in your story, but I’m flattered by it.
I much prefer character driven stories, and I do see some of his points. However, his article comes off as a self-righteous tirade. I think his anger is clouding his judgment, even if he’s entitled to his opinion.
TEB: I agree. When he starts throwing around “betrayal to the fans” when talking about TV show writing, well… I just feel like telling him to lighten up.
I’ve been writing a bunch today. I made a little progress on my ‘07 NaNovel today. What a massive, tangled morass of plot threads and motivations it is. It’s like opening an old jewelry box to find all your old necklaces tangled together in a ball. You can’t even see how many you have or what they are, let alone start untangling and separating them. I still had some fun writing, though.
Haven’t quite left yet, and now that my computer is alive again, I thought I’d share this music find: Shiny Toy Guns’ version of “Major Tom” that is being used in the new Lincoln commercial. http://www.lincoln.com/extras/asset/majortom.zip
The guy on Tor talking about BSG is a little hyper, eh? He’s wrong that the narrative voice has to tell the truth. It’s hard to an unreliable narrator that doesn’t destroy the tale, but it can be used to good effect. I just wish I could think of the examples I’ve read. Stupid useless memory.
Yes, the BSG rant was a humorous read. Why is it that atheists seem more likely to assume that “God” was behind Starbuck and the Head characters? From the way it played out, it seems it could have as likely been an advanced alien race such as the Vorlons or the Ascended ones from Stargate.
I think Moore and company left it open ended enough for each viewer to have their own preference of belief.
And the ranter really doesn’t understand “Deus ex Machina”.
I’m an unbeliever… and I love mythology. So I don’t have a problem with the religious aspects, even at the end. What bothered me was the poor pacing and the answers that weren’t delivered. I can ignore the way everyone fell out of character at the very end simply because I don’t see any way to wrap it up from where they were without extending the story for a few more episodes. Some things had to be dropped.
What bothered me was the way that everytime I started to become emotionally invested in a scene, it changed tone. For instance, the whole opera scene… I was getting seriously excited, this is it, what is it going to mean… oh.
It meant nothing. Great, now I’m emotionally conflicted, i.e. ANGRY.
Heh.
I like subtle stories that don’t bludgeon me. Show me how she loves him, don’t just have her saying it over and over again. On the other hand, give me something to work with. Don’t promise me an explanation and then don’t deliver. I’m referring to Kara and the head*s. There is NO explanation for Kara, just speculation from the viewers. And the “angels”… Head*six literally held Baltar up at one point and there is nothing about her being an angel that in any way explains how that happened or what it meant. I don’t care, fine, she’s an angel. What the hell did that mean?
Hm. I was going to save that up for a BrainWyrm, but… well, here it is.
Rhettro – Both albums are quite good. Somehow I didn’t realize it was the same voice on the Apocalyptic one. The variety of vocalists makes it a bit uneven though.
Just finished putting a new shower curtain in the upstairs bathroom. My hubby was upset when he found out I was changing it. The old one had little fishies on it which, for some reason, he was quite partial to. The new one doesn’t.
Dr. Boze motioned to Joe. “Hit me with another.” Joe passed John a fourth bar napkin.
Jack set down his beer, two thirds empty. “So how is it working out?”
“Well, based on The Ambassador’s insistence the the box was ‘everywhere’ I think introducing it into a subset space amplified and distributed its effect.”
“Which is?”
“Beg pardon?”
Joe stopped his somewhat compulsive polishing of the bar. “You’ve never really said what this box is, just that it ‘concentrates fictional vortices.’ What is that in layman’s terms?”
“Oh, well, see,” Boze mopped at his perpetually sweating brow. “All of the potential plot threads become concentrated near this box, so…” He searched and then grabbed a fifth napkin, and drew a target on it. “Out here, on the periphery, you have typical drama, maybe a coming-of-age novel or something. Slice-of-life stuff. Then closer to the box, things get a little more gritty, real sturm und drang, murder, passionate love, hate, death. Then as the vortices are concentrated closer and closer they get hyper-real, then finally a thin veneer of surreal, which is the region from which the Ambassador sprang forth.”
“So if that’s been amplified ‘everywhere…’”
“Things might start to get, keeping with layman’s terms, pretty weird around here.”
We have a big trial happening in my neck of the woods right now. It’s the murder trial of Angie Zapata, and the first test of Hate Crimes Legislation as applied to transgendered people in the state.
I started following the victim’s sister on Twitter, and have found it extremely painful to follow along with what is happening in the courtroom.
My question for this morning is this: Why can’t we just treat each other with simple respect and dignity?
Ah Amiga games. I recall beating SDI and It Came From the Desert. Loved playing Laser Chess with my father and there was one where you commanded a starship on a grid. Something with Zaldrons. Loved that game.
EssBee, I recommend a book: The Lucifer Principle. “Evil” is born in all of us as with all life. Great read. Not to say we should just allow “evil” to get the best of us and run rampant, you understand.
Sorry to alarm you Nomad, I was just sighing at the human race.. which brings me to EssBee’s question:
My question for this morning is this: Why can’t we just treat each other with simple respect and dignity?
Because I truly dont believe the majority of humans have diginity, respect for one another nor grace. Humans are judgmental, very judgemental. I see fewer and fewer examples of just basic old human decency anymore. Call me a pessimist (although I am actually truly an optimist) I just believe when you are dealing with humans and they have a choice to let their guard down and actually be nice to one another, they will choose to sit back and judge. Most people care only for themselves, and what they want and don’t care who they step on to get what they want.
I tend to agree, TSH. I am an optimist – at least in that I have hope, but I do see a lot of dog-eat-dog. Or, this has been a particularly rotten week.
Remember Jack Nicholson’s speech during the campfire scene in Easy Rider?
People who live unreflective lives feel absolute terror when they see someone who’s chosen a wildly divergent way of living. It shakes up their perceived stability of their narrow way of being. And sadly, those understanding-resistant types often act aggressively toward the thing that caused them to feel fear. Understanding, acceptance, tolerance, etc. – - would require a fundamental change in their way of living and thinking.
I love that, Jack, and find it to be true. We also have the Bernie Madoffs scheming grandmas and grandpas and holocaust survivors out of their nest eggs.
Sorry to be a downer! Back to celebrating Friday, how ’bout?
Speaking of which, time to run and pick up the kids. My parents are coming to visit for the weekend, so free babysitters while me and momma go out for a dinner w/o the kids :)
Morning it is. The wife and I enjoyed our evening. Now, I must make the mental preparations for a couple dozen eight year olds running about for my daughter’s birthday party this afternoon.
Read an article this morning about the FX designers working on the new Enterprise. While, I must confess, I think the engines on the new on are rather excessive and ungainly looking, I’m still looking forward to the new movie.
Though, from the comments on the article, it seems J.J. Abrams has a shot at beating Lucas in the “raping people’s childhoods” race.
I’m probably a near equal fan of Trek and Star Wars. I’ll save judgement until I’ve seen the movie, but from what I’ve seen so far, I think it’s going to be hard to beat the job of trashing an iconic franchise that Lucas himself did with Star Wars.
“Empty pubs could get new lease on life by turning them into alcohol free-bars for teenagers with games, music, soft drinks and convenience food. Back in the days, we called those “arcades”"
Ah, to be young again. Battlezone, Gauntlet, Tron. I could probably retire if I still had those quarters :)
I was planning to go visit my folks solo this weekend to celebrate Easter, but our snowstorm has other plans. So I’ll be home alone (Sly B is engaging the astronauts of tomorrow today) catching up on TV today. As I’m sad not to be eating the traditional Czech Easter foods, I will set out to make Sedak (Easter cheese) for the first time on my own. Wish me luck!
CW: Kings. This show sucks. No longer watching Kings.
It’s a really mild cheese made with eggs and milk. Some people put cloves in it, but I don’t like cloves. I’ll throw some parsley in for pretty, I think. My only challenge is that I can buy cheese cloth, but I can’t sew a bag to hang the cheese in. Hmm. I guess i kind of need my mommy.
The cheese is served with horseradish. It is part of a Russian Orthodox Easter meal, and everything has connotation. The cheese is made with eggs and milk – bounty and Spring. The horseradish is hot, and reminds us that there is hard times that must be conquered during the year. There are lots of other foods served as well. I just want the cheese!
I finished all my “front side” self defenses (that means, in theory, if someone comes at me from the front, I can handle it) and have now been working on what to do if I’m attacked from behind in various forms.
As I said before, I seem to be really good at kicking butt.
So according to the latest quantum physics research, if skynet ran on quantum computers, it could reset it’s memory and transfer to a univerese where John Connor never existed.
Currently Drinking: Root beer and milk. “Just like Mason Rocket drinks on TV!”, according to that kid in “Really Big Things.” I decided to try it today, and I like it.
EssBee, I had to google Dharma Initiative. I see it’s a part of the TV show LOST, which, alas, I was never really able to get into.
CJ – I think next week’s “Cheesy Bits” section of LLAP should be dedicated to Sedak in honor of EssBee. Sedak sounds suitably Star Trek, I think – like some lesser known Vulcan philosophers :)
A fast food joint called Five Guys Burgers and Fries just opened down the street and I tried them for lunch. While I’m sure I just gained five pounds, that was THE best burger I have had in a long, long time. Damn . . .
My husband showed me something silly last night, which I will have you guys demonstrate. It’s hard to visualize without someone doing it in front of you, but here goes…
Now relax the arms and the hands a little bit, keeping the hands in Vulcan salute mode, just somewhat relaxed. Hold them closer to your chest (not right at your chest, just in a relaxed arm gesture), one hand slightly higher than the other
TEB, Last night was totally worth getting pretty for. No sour cream though, I did have hummus. Jack can tell you about the giant tree leaves that floated onto his pizza though. (They really weren’t THAT big /that’s what she said/)
I love me some hummus. Thankfully Costco now carries the big tubs of Sabra hummus. Hands-down the best premade hummus I’ve had. Have yet to make my own yet, though. Supposed to be very easy to do.
usually comics are 30-40% off, but sometimes it is even higher. They boast that you can get comics up to 75% off and its true sometimes. Like usually some of my Batman comics will be that much off.
They do not offer free bags and boards, you have to pay for them but the bags they use are really nice quality.
and if you are really into weird independent comics, may I suggest my local shop. I love this comic book store.. I have been going to this shop since I read my 1st Sandman. Even though I am doing the subscription thing, I still go in here to browse cause they carry an amazing amount of indies and the staff are really cool.
We won’t stop EssBee.. we just always remember this one time we started a play by play and it was Truckre Overdrive who had wanted to put a comment up for everyon to see and answer and he literally waited until we were done to post his question again, it was kinda finny. We felt bad :)
we know this has to be a little annoying.. it does interrupt the usual flow of events here. We thought Sunday AM would be quiet and therefor we wouldn’t disturb things
Survived the storms – I hear we broke records for rainfall. The drainage ditches around here were the highest I’ve ever seen them.
Thankfully, we were smart and had my daughter’s birthday party indoors this year. She and the kids had fun. I’ll have to get some pictures posted later.
More orgasmic food: Sly B made burgers the other night (grass fed, free range, butchered by my dad) that had green chile (grown in our back yard) mixed in and a disc of goat cheese in the center. OMG.
Someone is rambling about work being a pain and that if it frustrates you you can consider changing careers
Hugh sez:I used to do that climbing the corporate ladder thing. I’m over that now :)
LOL.. I love the sound effects you’ve added to this
Well see baby, I think thats the difference between you and many others. You didn’t go to school for what you do. You started that job because it was just a job that paid money at the time and then you found you really loved it and moved up the ladder
Hugh sez: plus, I am happy. I’ve made my money. We live a good life. Now at almost 40, I’ve changed my focus. I want art and my wife to be my focus in life. I like where i stand at work and I don’t need to move up anymore. They like me, they like the work I do. Life changes that way.
Right like we were focused on us for a long long time, then when we got straightened out we both kinda focused on work for a while, now we are back around and focusing on us again.
He hasn’t given up
he is ok with what he gets paid
its good enough
enjoys his evenings
enjoys nights at home with his wife
awwwww
Hugh sez; good for him. But I don’t regret my choices either. I enjoy the life my working hard for a few years is allowing us to have now.
Well I guess the key to what he was saying is you stopped climbing the ladder to take the time to enjoy what you did, enjoy the fruit of your labor. Some people never do that
We forgive you for being late with ep 2 of Questors, Amy :)
Hugh sez: sez the people who are what? 5 months behind on Deadpan?
LOL.. true :)
Wait, we can figure this out.. ok this episode had me calling from Lolla, I assume he used those vm’s not too long after i sent them.. that was August of last year
Holy moly!! Thats 9 months ago!!!
Hugh sez: we suck
9 months behind????? thats inconceivable!!
Hugh sez: inconceivable!!
[inigo montoya] I do not think that word means what you think it means [/inigo montoya]
It is August for sure, TSH. Steve passed away on August 6th, and I recorded the “cock & balls” stolen stanzas then.
Back to comics – I just read the latest Buffy Season 8 (issue 24?) and Faith’s boobs are GIANT. She would have a helluva time kicking ass with those knockers.
we have fun doing them, and that is what is most important to us. After everything we’ve been through the past few years, we treasure the moments of peace, quiet, and fun.
Today I’m doing laundry, making grocery lists, and cleaning house.
Gotta find out who has Matzoh on sale. My Gram is requesting it for breakfast one day this week. And… while it is my favorite breakfast food, I don’t keep it on hand because nobody else here will eat it.
Today I broke through a block I’d had for a long time on one of my novels. I’m about to get into a scene I’ve been anticipating for a long time. It’s not the climax, but it’s an important turning point that sets things up for how the climax will play out. I’ve been writing (not really nonstop, but close) since 5:15 – 5:30 ish, and it’s now almost 7:30 and I CAN’T STOP WRITING!!! Not even to go downstairs and get dinner! This feels fantastic and exhilarating.
Dinner has been eaten. Now relaxing with music, TVTropes, and other websites. Final word count for the night: 71,317. Novel’s still not done, but I’m really proud of what I’ve accomplished today. :-)
Well, gang, I don’t know if I’ll be much help breaking records this week. Mrs. from Texas is out of town this week at her company’s home office. She normally works here at the house, but has to travel to the main office a few times a year. So, this week, it’s just me and the kids and the days are pretty full of various sports/church/ballet and homework.
By the time I’ve gotten finished with the kids each day, I’m usually ready to crash myself. Which is what I’m going to do now.
Some things we always remember, some things we forget
No way to make it up now no room for regret
That’s no good for anyone
And so I come undone
Now I am less than what I was
Whatever’s left is yours now
Fold my heart up small
Or break it into pieces
Find somewhere and keep it there
Take it when you go
ps music always has a funny way of saying the things we can’t say i’ve noticed. I’ve also noticed songs will evolve in my life. They start out meaning 1 thing to me, then something happens in my life and suddenly the song has a completely different meaning, or just a whole new significance.
Plus my iTunes has that funny way of shuffling up those songs at that moment that say the things I cannot say. I will be really sad about something, listening to tunes unable to grasp my own sadness and a song will come on that says it all for me. I love that.
that my dear pannitos is the main reasons I love music so much
sleep mode has been delayed. Smarty hotties® will commence immediate shutdown procedures in 10…
That maybe it wolf, some like the smell of wild wolf.
So I feel I’ve become emotionally flat to horror stories. So I could appreciate what emotions the writer was trying to instill with the poem without actually feeling anything at all.
4/20 is a huge event on the CU campus in Boulder every year. Since I have an insider, I am always amused at the university’s attempts to quell the event. This year, they are expecting over 10,000 stoners to converge at 4:20 this afternoon outside of the library and toke up.
Not too surprisingly, it is always a peaceful event.
Good morning to all of you. This is so my favorite place on the web now.
Unfortunately, I may be quiet today. I’m so sick that my dear husband has had to call off work today to help me. I have a migraine that surely surface from the depths of hell. It’s a cluster migraine which means that I’ll have moments of working vision and the pain will regress for a short time – like now. So, I took the free moment to drop in a hello.
Now I have to get as much work done as possible before the next hit of incapacitation. Stupid spreadsheets are not going to help my cause.
Have a great day! Hopefully I’ll be able to come back and read at least a bit later!
Today is 10 years since Columbine, wow. I remember where I was on that day. I was in Fort Collins, doing an exit exam and picking up the bound volume of my master’s thesis at CSU. I had just started dating Sly B, and it was our first mini-road trip together.
What’s most socially disturbing about Columbine is the number of gun-toting psycho incidents that have followed. Is this a cultural inevitability for this stage of our collective emotional development – - or is there some particular facet of contemporary culture that has helped enable this kind of thing?
My $0.02 on the matter, Jack, is that as a society, we have allowed kids to raise themselves. Imagine that the Columbine shooters gathered up an arsenal in their parents’ homes completely undetected.
Also, I think that bullying has become a constant torment and torture for kids who don’t “fit in.” Think of the 11 year old boy who hung himself last week in Springfield, MA rather than face school another day.
One of the reasons I refer to my once-beloved employer as “Evil, Inc.” is because we used to deploy to communities where something awful like Columbine or Springfield happened because we knew how to help communities design and implement bully-proofing plans.
Essbee – RE: 4/20
Get a couple of boxes of Lucky Charms and a few boxs of small Ziplock bags.
Fill the bags. Wander past the library at 4:25 selling the bags of sugared joy for a buck a piece.
As for the kids who cause destruction, I tend to lean toward the blame-the-parents end of the spectrum.
Parents, IMO, of a very selfish generation seemed to either ignore or over-medicate their rambunctious children instead of spending time with them and paying attention to them. This doesn’t mean that it’s always the case, but I firmly believe that many of the negative actions taken by teens over the past decade could have been prevented with a bit of parental responsibility. I think these selfish parents decide somewhere along the line that the kids are merely a burden to them and basically toss them aside to fend for themselves.
Totally, agree about the parenting issue, Cj. I think that we were the first generation of latch-key kids, and our kids (thinking of kids who are near 20 now) are the first generation of self-raised kids.
I think/hope it’s changing now. I even wonder how much the mommy/daddy blogging phenomenon has affected parenting now. I see more parenting blogs and my “MightyMommy” account on Twitter is being followed by anywhere from 3 to 10 new parent bloggers/podcast listeners daily.
If it’s a trend in parents wanting to be better parents then hopefully, the generation of children who are small now, will have a better chance. My kids are 3 and 5 and I’m going to be 40 in a little over a month from now and I’ve noticed in the parenting groups of which I’m a member, most of the moms are close to the same age as me – so I think that parents starting later in life is also a trend and a good one at that! As always, I’m hopeful.
I am not here to be my children’s best friend. I’m here to guide them, support them, and set boundaries for them. I’m eligible for vacation benefits after about 20 years on the job.
Cj said: “This is so my favorite place on the web now.”
Awww!! That warms my heart. It’s mine, too. :-)
EssBee said: “My $0.02 on the matter, Jack, is that as a society, we have allowed kids to raise themselves.”
What both you and Cj said about this was right on the money.
Cj: I didn’t know that parents starting later in life was a trend now. That is interesting, and I agree that it’s likely to be a good thing in terms of parental responsibility. I was born in 1986 (Mom was 33), and my sister was born in 1991 (Mom was 38). I think that was slightly unusual when we were growing up. I think the upside was that she had an established career, but the downside was that she had less physical stamina than parents who started younger, so she didn’t like doing things like going camping in tents (which I liked doing, and still do).
I too enjoy camping! I love fishing and all of that stuff too… it’s my 33-year-old husband that doesn’t like it! grrr…. I shall make him be outdoorsy! I shall!
Well, Deadpan, that’s it for me. I think I took some of your headache, Cj — not all of it, but some of it. Now I must stop looking at this computer for awhile.
We are old skool pot smokers and didn’t know about this 4/20 thing :)
I’m not a parent so I can’t really comment reliably on the whole who is responsible thing.. but based on my experience- I do tend to agree that its the parents fault when they are young and impressionable, then there comes a point when a child is making their own decisions and at that point it becomes iffy for me. Real generalization here but when kids are living under their parents roof, parents should be more aware of whats going on. Once a kid is away making their own choices, it becomes the childs choice and the parents less.
Essbee- I will tell Hugh of your basketball shout out :) He just watched the Bulls play and now is watching the blackhawks.. I am hiding from it all. LOL. I did watch the end of the bulls game, it was a really good game.
I can say based on my own life, my parents did have a huge impression on me. I am also from a hispanic family with slightly different issues then American families. When I look back at my life and my successes and failures I really do believe up until.. lets say… 14/15, maybe even 13/14 I could point the finger at my parents, after that I made my own choices.
I can say that the worst my parents did was they did little to prepare me for the world. I learned most things about life on my own, through trial and error and meeting other people and actually going out and exploring life, seeing it for myself. Taking chances. So the choices I made when I did that are all on me.. but I guess if you wanted to look at my parents you could say they could of prepared me better and not just let me out with the wolves so unprepared. They were entirely way too overprotective of me, to the point that they stunted me in a way.
Yes. TSH and to Van – Ultimately, once the kiddos are thinking for themselves, there are cases, where regardless of upbringing – people can simply be idiots or, deranged and unbalanced people.
I think all points and perspectives are valid, but I still believe that if the parents had taken the time to get involved and paid attention to their children, at least some of these kids could have been helped or saved.
A friend of mine starts her first day of work today. Normally, not an issue but in today’s economy she got a job in record time. She’s from the US and only received her work permit at the end of March. She put out her resume, did an interview and got a job within a couple of weeks. You don’t see that very much anymore.
Good morning, beautiful people. Consider yourself hugged. I’m hoping to be away from the computer for most of today, at least until I have to clock into work.
mmmm artichokes – now I want to make one for dinner. Yum.
I started my podsuming habit on my PSP, and the automatic wifi scheduling works fairly well. I think I stopped using it as my main device because I only had a 512MB memory card in it at the time.
TSH – I wish my local comic shop was as on the ball, internet-wise, as yours is. Neither one is open during the hours I can get to them and neither one has a web store. I’m all for supporting the little guys, but… [shrug]
I tried to use the test model at the AT&T store within two days of them chaining it to the wall. So it is possible, but unlikely, that the touch sensors were already damaged in some way.
As the primary (only?) method of input, touch screen is not something I can use. Even on the newfangled tech that is used for the iPhone.
What is it called? Is the iPhone capacitive touch or resistive touch? Grrr, can’t recall now.
I don’t know Wolf -quite- well enough, but I love to tease my friend Gorath about his wolfie nature by calling him a “woof” all the time. Just doing my vampire part to put down the revolution.
At lunch today, I think I’ll run to Best Buy and get the Caprica DVD. I might also pick up the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs disc, and I’ve been wanting a Garbage CD. Why not?
… I’m confused now. How did my nipple for this deadpan end up in this deadpan? Shouldn’t it not have existed until after this particular unshow existed? Are my nipples traveling in time?
I’ve got Caprica coming in the mail. The wife and I will check in on for date night on Friday. Honestly, if it weren’t for Farpoint Media (here and Slice, etc) I wouldn’t even know it was available, much less that I’d have to get a DVD to watch it.
Jack has a new Super Power. He can direct Lightning Bolts to peoples nipples causing them to go 88 mph causing them to travel in time with out the owners knowledge.
Recommendation keep your hands on all nipples that are important to you…
So they’re still trimming my trees (no euphemisms – despite the current nipple conversation). With any luck, I won’t have to worry about branches falling on the neighbours car come next snowfall (which is tomorrow from what the weatherman says).
I Think I’m going into gaming withdrawal. There are approx a dozen games I want to purchase this year (that I know of, anyway) but none of them have been released yet. Need to find something to do until next month.
While, going back to our earlier discussion, I certainly say this boy in a man’s body is wholly responsible for his current condition, the fact that his mom is proud of him is a pretty big indictment on the family.
I don’t think any bonehead should be given leniency because they cry about their poor upbringing, but bad parenting is definitely at the root of the bonehead epidemic.
Some responses:
Welcome, Dan S.
i: I like hummus too.
TEB: lol vulcan homies
Hugh: Absa-frakin-amen, bro! Who needs the corporate ladder anyway?
TSH: Re: Catwoman’s boobs: You don’t think *that* is a superpower? ;)
Amy: Yea! Glad to you are making progress on the novel.
mp3s vs CDs: I still buy the CDs for the better sound quality.
I was eating breakfast and flipped past the last few minutes of Idol. I am unimpressed with the lot of ‘em. They sound better than me, but that isn’t say anything at all.
I must say, I catch bits and pieces as my wife and her mother and sisters enjoy it…..this is turning into a run on sentence and I don’t know how to stop it.
American Idol – I agree this has not been a strong batch. I can usually count on Simon to cut through Paula’s sunshine crap, but even he’s let me down with approving some of the performances.
ditto: Welcome back! The novel’s not done, but I uploaded it to CreateSpace this morning anyway, in hopes of getting my free proof copy before my discount code from Nanowrimo ‘07 expires (and even if it does, I’m excited enough about the whole thing to pay for a proof copy). I’m currently waiting for a confirmation email from them.
Trying to pick out a decent cell phone is ridiculously complicated. Even employing my awesome google fu, there is just no info out there. How is this possible?
The people speaking at the “Tea Party” seemed to enjoy yelling about socialists and communists and such.
Which is not exactly a good way to get -me- to agree with them, but it seemed that the audience appreciated it.
And then there were numbers and facts being strewn about … I don’t know anything about what they were discussing, but my instincts are yelling that it is not only nonsense and lies but contradictory as well.
I have this sick-fascination / disgust with this politic nonsense. And I think that is what I’m ???’ing most.
I really dislike most “reality” shows. Many of them don’t deal with reality at all and are engineered to cater to the train-wreck crowd. I like Top Chef because it really is all about the cooking. There is little that can be faked on that show. And, my wife recently exposed me to Biggest Loser. There are some dumb game components to the show, but overall it is very inspiring and educational.
Other than that, I don’t know what I’ll be watching on TV anymore. Almost all my shows are gone. I guess I’ll do more reading. :)
I haven’t seen the Hardee’s commercial – what’d she do? I DID see that she recently posed nude for some magazine (W?).
The scar on her arm is my favorite thing about her too. I have a big scar on my left forearm that makes for great stories when people pretend not to see it/can’t take their eyes away.
Sly B picked me up a magazine yesterday because the Grateful Dead were featured on the cover. I can’t remember the name of the mag. It had a free Various Artists CD attached, and I am listening to it now. It’s called. Uncut: White Winter Hymns, and features artists such as Fleet Foxes, Lift To Experience, and The Kissaway Trail. It’s basically really fun hippie music. It’s turning out to be a nice way to start the day.
I’ve one on my foot. I have no memory and what caused this, but was told later that I had grabbed the hot poker for the coke fire as a bairn and pulled it onto my foot.
I married my first husband in 1993 in Arizona even though we lived in California at the time. Whenever we traveled, we brought our cats with us so, of course, my cats were at the wedding.
I was standing outside in my parents’ backyard after the wedding, but before we left for our hotel and I was holding my black cat, Dinky, in my arms. My dad decided at that very moment to celebrate the marriage by setting off a series of firecrackers – - – which scared my cat, but I couldn’t let go of her because we were out in the boonies/desert and I didn’t want her to run off and be eaten by a snake or something…
She left a big gash in my arm which is now barely detectable, but she died April 9th of last year so I’m perfectly happy to have the reminder of my first “baby” etched into my arm.
I actually can’t believe she’s already been gone for a year. Sometimes I swear I still see her out of the corner of my eye. We had a good 16 years together.
Ok, here’s mine (and I’m totally off task today because I’m following the Zapata trial on Twitter. The trial just opened, and closing arguments are about to begin):
I was playing with my brother when we were kids – I was maybe 12 or 13, he is 2 years younger. He went all Lord of the Rings on me, and wielded his sword, which was actually a piece of wood with a huge rusty nail sticking out of it. He tore my arm open from the inside of my elbow around to the tip of my index finger. It’s kind of a curvy scar, most noticeable on the top of my forearm and the back of my hand. There’s also a nice slice on the index finger right under the nail.
He was always a little shit. He’s an oncologist now. Still a shit, as I have recounted here in the past.
I have several other scars as well, but this is the one they could use to identify my body when talking to my loved ones. “Any tattoos or defining marks?” Yep, she had a big-ass scar on her left arm.
I’ve been taking lunchhour walks for the past 6 workdays. Today, I’m waiting for the temp to creep north of 50ºF. Apparently tomorrow they expect a high of 83ºF, then back down for Friday and the remainder of the 10-day…
CJ – Right now that is not clear somewhere between 1st and the 18th…
Will let you all know as details develop. :) Cj I would love to get together for a Cj traveled around the sun party. But I will wait until further information is available before I make any promises.
Going way back on this conversation – - I was able to watch a live Iron Chef type of thing this past weekend. It was amazing just how calm and relaxed the chefs and their assistants were the entire time. Nothing like what you see on “reality” TV.
You know I would like Heroes to end with Hiro grabbing Sylar and transporting him to the far future, when time restarts for Sylar, he’s in a desert with a big bloated Sun in the sky…
My proof copy of my ‘07 novel is on its way to me now! :-D
Night, Pan. Tomorrow will be a very long day. 10 hours of work followed by a conference call. Yay. I am looking forward to the conference call, though – it’s a career development seminar specifically designed for AmeriCorps Members.
ditto, “If a problem comes along, you must whip it.”
Amy, rock on, girl.
Tomorrow is a very exciting day for me as well. Maybe I already said this, so if I did forgive me. I wrote my master’s thesis on a book by a pretty controversial performance artist named Holly Hughes. She was part of the NEA 4 back in the 80s. I think she’s completely brilliant, even if she is a bit edgy.
She will be in Denver tomorrow performing a new piece. Tomorrow is also Sly B’s mom’s (my mother-out-law) birthday, and she is with us to celebrate. So, we are going for an early dinner of all-you-can-eat Sushi, followed by Holly’s performance. w00t!
Here’s a link to her book, in case you all want a good giggle:
I had the greatest idea when I was driving today. I was listening to WNDR Radio’s interview with Rob Paterson from Kung Fu Action Theatre, and they were discussing how voice acting for audio dramas is better if the actors are actually in the same room together. So I thought: During the informal ManganCon we were talking about earlier, we should totally record a Questors episode live at either the Draco Vista or LLAP studios. Even if I have reached the end of the story and finished all the episodes before then, it would still be fun to do a live version. :-) Just a thought.
EssBee I just read about the verdict on that Zapata case
It is about time all hate crimes are treated the same. That girl was a person with a family just like anyone else. The horrible things he said about her.. ugh. Hate is so ugly.
sorry I am going back to the bad story for a second.. at what point can you justify in your mind that this person, this human being in front of you is less that you, is less human than you in some way, that they are beneath you? That killing them isn’t killing because somehow this person isn’t a human being like you.. what the fuck is that? what causes that?
April 16th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Yay! It’s here!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Jetpac
April 16th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Cj was quickest on the F5 draw!
;)
April 16th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Merph. I was reading a bit on fearnet from Joss talking about the magic episode 13. I did not understand.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:04 am
aha!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:06 am
un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un un
I think that’s thirty five.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Heh. The bot didn’t like my rendition of ‘un.’
April 16th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Morning Pan!
CP: PC Gamer Podcast
April 16th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Aaaaaaand the Deadpan is back. Looked like an Effpiem-wide outage, no?
April 16th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Mornin’ TEB!
April 16th, 2009 at 5:44 am
A very strange video my hubby showed me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4
April 16th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Creamcicle?
April 16th, 2009 at 6:02 am
“Full beers,” Jack walked over to the bar where Joe was buffing away with a bar towel.
Joe looked up, “What was that?” and then as an afterthought, “Nice legs.”
“You’d do better with full beers, or at least mugs of water, better weight to them.”
“Yeah, I guess.”
“Frosty mug would help too, I bet. It should be illegal to get this hot up in the mountains.”
“I hear ya. Typically isn’t this bad.”
April 16th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Creamcicle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io8nM4r6kSw
April 16th, 2009 at 6:04 am
You do a google search on creamcicle and this is the first thing that pops up. Somehow I find it disturbing
http://misterdiplomat.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/creamsicle.jpg
April 16th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Even Thor eats creamcicles
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gd8NBIma-zo/R32lmhu5djI/AAAAAAAACQk/L98fjM4h1tw/s400/creamsicle.JPG
April 16th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Who will be the first to record themselves eating a creamcicle for the DP? (Don’t look at me, I’m more of a Del-Monte fruit-cicle person).
April 16th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Enough creamcicles
Here’s a bacon gun instead
http://www.thisisfreakingridiculous.com/tifr/2009/4/13/ba-k-47.html
April 16th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Or, bacon cutting through a pan
http://www.popsci.com/bacon
April 16th, 2009 at 6:18 am
Whether or not these are iconic is arguable, but they are time wasters
http://www.urlesque.com/2009/04/07/the-100-most-iconic-internet-videos/
April 16th, 2009 at 6:18 am
TEB – The video – Quite popular with some of my men friends. Someone actually arranged the magnets on my front door (I have alphabet magnets there) so they were something like
JZ IN MY PANTS
As a matter of fact … I have found a photo of the incident:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovelongandprosper/3447728708/
April 16th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Good Morning, Pan.
Up and *yawn* at em.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:19 am
The picture of the little girl gymnasts is so entirely inappropriate there are simply no words … Ugh.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Just then a small man burst through the front door of the bar. He paused a long moment, looking back out into the blinding sunshine, searching, then let the door fall closed. As he stepped up to the bar, Jack and Joe could see that he was panting and sweating profusely.
“She’s-” he paused, gasped, took a deep breath. “She’s coming! I need to hide it! Please!”
Jack looked to Joe, gave a little shrug. The small man placed a small black cube on the bar. “It needs to be hidden very well, or she will detect it.” Joe peered at the cube. “Hurry!” The man nearly shouted, in exasperation.
Joe shrugged back at Jack, then pulled out the stepladder. “I’ll put it on the top shelf. Hmm, it’s heavy!” Joe hefted the leaden box up and pushed it into the cache hole.
“It can’t be that simple!” the man panted, though he was regaining his breath by now.
“Trust me,” said Jack. “That spot has hidden more than you’d believe in the recent past.”
April 16th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Morning CJ
April 16th, 2009 at 6:25 am
What Has that spot hidden in the past, JB? G’s?
April 16th, 2009 at 6:26 am
Hi pan, long time no lurk…..
I scanned through and didn’t see any links or talk about this…. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/14/amazon_book_delisting/
I first saw it on P.W. Thoughts?
Sorry if this is a repeat topic
CP: Tom Petty “Don’t Do Me Like That”
April 16th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Yay, Deadpan is back!
Morning, all!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Hey, cynful – long time, no see!
I think the amazon.com thing is curious, but am choosing to think the best (i.e., that it was a glitch). It’s been kind of a rough week to be gay, from my perspective, so I just couldn’t stand it if amazon.com was out to get me!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:34 am
Oh – and – well… a new Love Long and Prosper was also released last night, as Ed has discovered.
http://www.lovelongandprosper.com/podcast/?p=206
April 16th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Cynful, as I mentioned on FB, I wonder if the glitch had happened with SF&F it would have went unreported.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Present and accounted for, sah!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:45 am
You know in regards to TNG, I can remember hating Wesley but not Tasha Yar…where does the hate for TY come from?
discuss..
April 16th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Congrats to everyone for the comment count on the last ep!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Van: Bad actress? I don’t know.
I didn’t like either Wesley or Tasha, but I certainly didn’t hate them. The fandom can be unjustifiably harsh sometimes.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Morning Van, Cynful, EssBee, etc, etc.
I was never a TY fan. I actually liked Wesley more than her. I can’t really give a good reason why. She just never clicked for me.
Now back to scanning photos. Presently doing wedding pictures. I wore black to my own wedding.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:59 am
And speaking of fandom, I don’t mind a good zombie story from time to time, but really don’t understand the fervor surrounding zombies. So, it’s unlikely I’ll every read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies,26559/
April 16th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Denise Crosby’s acting was pretty bad. I don’t personally have any Tasha hate – but since I am watching TNG through for the third time, I have to say that her lines (as well as many others’) simply were horrible. It’s not entirely her fault.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:01 am
And good morning now to EssBee, ditto, TEB, Cynful, again to Van, NS, and of course, JB who made me laugh out loud first thing this morning with
‘Joe looked up, “What was that?†and then as an afterthought, “Nice legs.‒
April 16th, 2009 at 7:03 am
It’s interesting because the focus has been on the LBT&G community but this effects even Health books and classic literature. One book mentioned in previous articles “Our Bodies, Ourselves” and authors Anais Nin, J.D. Salinger, Eugenides and Khalid Hossein.
And I do think this would get attention if it was the SF&F community because it is amazing how powerful those authors can be and the community that supports them….. look around at all these amazing people.
Okay…. endrant.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:04 am
ditto, it was the Onion headline it the background that grabbed my eye more than the book itself ;)
April 16th, 2009 at 7:05 am
cp: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “Do You Want to Touch Me”
April 16th, 2009 at 7:06 am
The first cup of coffee is starting to take effect.
I’ve packed my darling hubby his lunch (though he’s still snoring away in bed *jealous*), fed my kids breakfast, taken my vitamins, and even indulged in a nice toasty Eggo waffle myself.
I’m toying with the idea of taking the kids on a little hike around The Riparian Preserve to see some birds this morning. http://www.riparianinstitute.org
April 16th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Didn’t feel like talking about the amazon mess since it is well covered elsewhere.
Back to the TNG fun! :)
April 16th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Or… I’ll just go grocery shopping because really, one cannot live on Red Vines, Robin’s Eggs, and coffee alone…
Will wait until I’m well into my 2nd cup of coffee before I decide today’s fate.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:12 am
ditto, you wanna talk about Star Trek? Cuz if you do… I’m your girl! ;)
April 16th, 2009 at 7:12 am
TEB: The AV Club is not a parody site, unlike The Onion. This book really exists.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Secret TNG conspiracy: Data had Tasha killed off to cover-up their indiscretion. ;)
April 16th, 2009 at 7:13 am
CP: Black Cat — Ladytron
April 16th, 2009 at 7:18 am
CP: Yesterday’s Rachel Maddow Show
The teabagging jokes still aren’t old.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:21 am
ditto, I knew that. I actually saw the book in our local book store.
As for the TY discussion. I liked her better once she became a Romulan (spoiler alert?)
April 16th, 2009 at 7:24 am
TEB: Silly me going assuming things again. ;)
And I agree, she was much better as a Romulan. And even when she reprised Tasha in the Enterprise C/D episode. I think by then the show had better direction and she decided to have fun with her new roles. I wish they did more episodes with her Romulan character.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:25 am
DS9 was my fav of the new ST series though, especially when they moved away from the goody twoshoe image of Star Fleet.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:26 am
For amusement: I used the “I’m feeling lucky” with the word “Mangan” and got:
http://www.manganinc.com/
April 16th, 2009 at 7:27 am
I preferred B5 to DS9. DS9 only got better towards the end, imo.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:27 am
CP: Money Changes Everything — Cyndi Lauper
April 16th, 2009 at 7:31 am
ditto is listening to Cyndi *swoooon*
April 16th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Oooooohhhhhhhhh. Great rock pictures. :)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345700282
April 16th, 2009 at 7:31 am
google.ca gave me this for feeling lucky “mangan”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangan
April 16th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Yep. I like *all* kinds of music.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:32 am
We must invade and conquer Manganland for the good of all Mangandom!
TO ARMS!!!!
April 16th, 2009 at 7:32 am
I haven’t watched DS9 yet. I’m looking forward to it!
I’ve seen all of the Original Series once through, the first season of Voyager, and I’m on my third way through TNG. Just coming to the end of the 1st season there.
Oh, and I did watch all of Enterprise, which unlike most people, I really enjoyed.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Me too, ditto, me too!
April 16th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Where’s the small arms locker?
These wet noodles won’t scare anyone!
April 16th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Is a noodle from Canada a Kanudle?
April 16th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Enterprise crew must get paid. There are some jobs on there I couldn’t see people wanting to do for free, even if it means travelling in space (red shirt?)
April 16th, 2009 at 7:38 am
A deep rumble filtered into the room from the street outside, getting slowly louder. “She’s here!” The little man’s breathing quickly un-recovered, and he began looking frantically about the room.
Jack took the man firmly by the shoulder. “We can hide downstairs, you wouldn’t fit in the cache with your cube.” He looked to Joe. “We’ll be in the keg room, keeping cool.”
The rumble grew even louder as Jack and the man went downstairs, then cut off suddenly. Joe put on a bar apron, and began to polish the bar. Bright sunlight flooded in from outside, and he could at first only see her silhouette, tall and sleek. The door fell shut and her footsteps rang through the quiet bar. She was clad in motorcycle leathers, impossibly tight and leaving very little to Joe’s fevered imagination. She had a body by DC and a face by Marvel, thought Joe.
She looked down at him with an expression that somehow mixed condescendence and amusement, with just a drop of pity. “I am the Ambassador.” She sniffed deeply. “Where is the box?”
April 16th, 2009 at 7:39 am
I liked Enterprise, CJ. However I admit I liked the last season best. That seems to be when they decided to let go and have fun.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:41 am
“And even when she reprised Tasha in the Enterprise C/D episode.”
When did they do a crossdressing episode?
April 16th, 2009 at 7:58 am
You don’t remember Data in a dress, do you JB? ;)
April 16th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Jack shivered a bit and folded his arms, looking across at the sweating, nearly-hyperventilating man. “Okay, let’s get some answers. Who are you, who is she, what is the box and why are you here?”
The man swallowed hard, and attempted to bring his breathing back under control. “I’m Dr. John Boze,” he said in a small voice. “She calls herself ‘The Ambassador.’ The box is my experiment, and I’m desperately trying to hide it from her, but she keeps tracking me down.”
April 16th, 2009 at 8:10 am
That list bit made me laugh JB. Hide the box. ;)
April 16th, 2009 at 8:21 am
I’m starting to feel like something crawled into my lungs and died. Not pleasant, especially since I have to travel tomorrow.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Huzzah! Deadpan Lives!
April 16th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Overall, I think Star Trek, on television anyway, peaked during the late seasons of DS9. Voyager had it’s moments, but could never really escape the whole “Gilligan’s Island in Space” concept.
Enterprise stumbled to early. My wife watched all of it and I came back during the fourth season. I really would have liked to have seen in continue as they were coming along well by then. But, I think the verdict had already been given.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Malcolm was too much of a whiner for me to really like him. But I admit I wouldn’t kick either Connor Traneer or Scott Bacula our of my bed ;)
My husband has a T’Pol Christmas tree ornament :)
April 16th, 2009 at 8:32 am
The woman bent down, looking directly into Joe’s eyes. Her eyes are brilliant green, thought Joe, then…
“I am the Ambassador, but you may call me Amelia.”
Joe’s mind buzzed. “Amelia?”
“And soon you will call me ‘Mistress!’”
Joe blinked and the fuzziness faded away. “Uh, I think you may have me confused with my friend C.A.”
“What? This is not possible. I smell the box. It is here, but it is everywhere, and you should be enthralled by me!”
April 16th, 2009 at 8:34 am
*giggling uncontrollably* C.A. LOL tee hee
April 16th, 2009 at 8:36 am
TEB – True.. Scott Bakula=YUMMY and I didn’t think much of Malcolm Reed until I was at the Star Trek con in 2007 and Dominic Keating walked right past me and stopped to offer me a big smile – I was just staring and he blushed and smiled more… I immediately fell in love.. In real life, he’s just delicious!
April 16th, 2009 at 8:39 am
He was also a vampire in an episode of Buffy. I remember we were rewatching it once and my husband and I saw him and both piped up “Hey, that’s Malcolm!”
April 16th, 2009 at 8:44 am
“I’d been increasingly fearful of what my measurements have been telling me about reality.”
“Reality?”
“It isn’t. I can say that firmly at this point.”
“Isn’t?”
“Right. We are living in an unreal universe. All around us is fiction.”
“Are you really a doctor?”
“No, the title just gets me laid.”
“Oh, thought so.”
“Yes, I’m really a doctor, and yes, this reality is not.”
“So what is the box?”
“Once my suspicions were 99 percent confirmed, I developed it to prove the last one percent. It works by concentrating the fictional vorticies in a localized spatiotemporal region.”
“‘vorticies in a localized…’ Is this all true?”
“Sort of. If you’d been paying attention just now you’d see that truth is fiction.”
“My head is starting to hurt.”
“That’ll happen.”
April 16th, 2009 at 9:03 am
..and before Buffy and Enterprise, he was in a comedy show called Desmonds:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond’s
April 16th, 2009 at 9:07 am
CP: Holding Back the Years – Simply Red
April 16th, 2009 at 9:07 am
“What is this place?” the tall woman was becoming demanding, whipping her head back indignantly, which caused her blonde tresses to arc backward, yet land in perfect array.
“This is the Deadpan. Jack Mangan’s Deadpan.”
“I will return, Jack Mangan. And I will have that box!” She turned and strode to the door. Joe watched her go. Really, couldn’t help himself, as this view was just as intriguing as when she entered.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:12 am
CP: Katherine, Kiss Me – Franz Ferdinand
April 16th, 2009 at 9:16 am
CP: Molly’s Chamber – Kings of Leon.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Well, I need to buy a new pair of work-out runners. Maybe I’ll have lunch at the mall at the same time.
Later, Pan!
April 16th, 2009 at 9:19 am
CP: Turning Japanese – The Vapors
Yeah I know but it’s one of my fav songs.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:22 am
CP: Big Yellow Taxi – Amy Grant
April 16th, 2009 at 9:25 am
CP: Cecilia – Simon and Garfunkel
April 16th, 2009 at 9:26 am
“Well, the box is perfectly safe. The top shelf of this bar has it’s own pocket universe, as far as we can tell. Joe put it in there.” The small man grew pale and still. “What? It’s perfectly safe, I assure you…”
“He couldn’t have!”
“Well, sure it seems that way, given my understanding up till now of reality, but after what you just told me…”
“No! I mean he couldn’t have, based on my calculations, inserted the box into a subset spatiotemporal reality construct.”
“Uh, well, I can’t say it that multisyllabically, but, yeah. He did.”
April 16th, 2009 at 9:28 am
CP: Aganju: – Bebel Gilberto
April 16th, 2009 at 9:50 am
CP: Something the Boy Said – Sting
April 16th, 2009 at 9:51 am
CP: American Dream — Lucinda Williams
Last time I saw you, you had dirt under your nails
Your eyes were glassy and you looked so pale
You said my life has become a livin’ hell
Ain’t got enough money to pay my bills
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
Got a friend with a needle stuck in his arm
He got hooked on heroin in Vietnam
It used to help kill the pain some of the time
Now I can’t sleep at all since I got back home
I worked in the strip mines off and on
Now I can’t seem to get rid of this cough
Ain’t been many jobs these last few months
And the last one I had I got laid off
I ain’t got no hot water and they shut off the heat
Can you loan me some money for something to eat
Been out here on this corner for about a week
Tryin hard to stand on my own two feet
They want to try and tell me where I can live
They kicked me off my land and told me they’d give me
A nice little tract house with running water
But how am I gonna explain that to my Navajo mother
My American dream almost came true
But the things they promised me never came through
I believe in the American dream
But things are never quite what they seem
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
April 16th, 2009 at 10:12 am
I would be much happier if I had a creamsicle.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:17 am
CP: I’m A Loser — The Beatles
April 16th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Comments about creamsicles and songs about masturbation on the same episode. Truly awesome. ;)
April 16th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Back from spending money, again. Had a bacon cheese dog for lunch, yum
CJ, next time we’re on Skype at the same time, ring me. I want to talk to you about something (nothing evil so don’t worry :) )
April 16th, 2009 at 10:27 am
TEB – I’m eternally on Skype. I’ll look for you now.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:31 am
CP: The Guitar Man – Bread
April 16th, 2009 at 10:34 am
It’s at moments like that I wished I worked for the NSA and could tap into that TEB/Cj skype conversation…
April 16th, 2009 at 10:35 am
CP: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
April 16th, 2009 at 10:37 am
So, so true:
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/funny-pictures-cat-ate-your-food-while-you-were-gone.jpg
April 16th, 2009 at 10:38 am
CP: Wide Boy – Nik Kershaw
April 16th, 2009 at 10:39 am
So, the Crusade for Manganland is not going well.
I guess that just means we need a ManganCon.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:42 am
CP: Gold – Spandau Ballet
April 16th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Via Scalzi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDpKx4w_NIc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwhatever.scalzi.com%2F&feature=player_embedded
Good Advice. :)
April 16th, 2009 at 10:42 am
As I’ve said before, I’ll be in Arizona in Sept. How many can we get together?
April 16th, 2009 at 10:45 am
CP: Green Onions – Booker T & the MG’s
April 16th, 2009 at 10:48 am
CP: That’s Entertainment – The Jam
April 16th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Playoff standings
Rangers 1 – Caps 0
Devils 1 – Canes 0
Pens 1 – Flyers 0
Canucks 1 – Blues 0
April 16th, 2009 at 10:50 am
TEB: Maybe we should start arranging an informal ManganCon in September. Probably best done through email.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:50 am
JohnBoze: LOL! I seem to have coined a term. :-D And yes, these Effpiem-wide outages are getting annoying. I keep having to wait until later in the day on Thursday for my new Deadpan.
My appearance in the Deadpan Bar stories has come!!!!! I’m so excited!!! I look forward to what comes next! I love what you’ve done with this story arc, by the way. I’m a huge fan of stories involving alternate dimensions/universes/realities/etc., which is why I loved Really Big Things so much. :-)
April 16th, 2009 at 10:52 am
TEB, ditto: I agree. If you start planning, please keep me in the loop. I may be able to wrangle a trip out to AZ to see everybody.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Adding to an earlier discussion: I followed Enterprise during its third and fourth seasons. I enjoyed them, the fourth more than the third. I think I would have enjoyed them more if I had actually seen TOS, instead of just reading all about it. (I’ve only seen bits and pieces here and there.)
April 16th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Ah not me TEB, too hot and too many BIG spiders.
CP: Going Underground – Rostok Vampires
April 16th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Sure, ditto. My plans are pretty much set for The Sept long weekend anyway. I’ll be at the Tempe Mission Palms. So if anybody else wants to hook up, just let me know (via e-mail is fine).
April 16th, 2009 at 10:54 am
IT’s one of the reasons I prefer the cold.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Given September is far enough in advance, I might be able to swing the time and $$ to manage that.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Cluck, cluck!
Yup that’s me…
April 16th, 2009 at 10:57 am
CP: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) – Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
April 16th, 2009 at 10:57 am
2 minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:00 am
CP: Fisherman’s Daughter – The Waifs
April 16th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Me too. Arizona is easy to get to for me.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:04 am
I don’t want to hear about spiders, Van. I’m the type that, if I see a spider, I run to the other room and scream at my husband to kill it.
Whereupon he will capture the spider and take it outside. Leading to many (not actual) arguments about how evil that is because the spider will just find its way back inside.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Scalzi’s take on “Battlefield Earth”.
http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2009/04/john-travolta-battlefield-earth.php
My favorite part: “A million monkeys with a million crayons would be hard-pressed in a million years to create anything as cretinous as Battlefield Earth.”
Yep. It’s bad. Real bad.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:05 am
CP: Mighty Storm – The Duhks
April 16th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Van, I’ll protect you..
And as for the TEB/Cj Skype chat – it was quite titillating! ;)
April 16th, 2009 at 11:07 am
CP: Shut Your Mouth — Garbage
April 16th, 2009 at 11:07 am
I’ll be in my bunk.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:09 am
CP: Mockingbird – Allison Moorer
April 16th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Time for a cold shower.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Must… resist… comment…
April 16th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Down, boys of Deadpan!
So, ladies, let’s hear about this call, shall we?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Most of the conversation centered around how CJ likes to make herself pretty for Jack ;)
April 16th, 2009 at 11:16 am
CP: Done – Beth Thornley
April 16th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Nah. Why ruin the mystique?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Oh, did I say that? See, and here I thought we talked way more about the uses of sour cream.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:19 am
CP: Worms – Beth Orton
April 16th, 2009 at 11:21 am
that’s true too, CJ. Sour cream and oranges :D
April 16th, 2009 at 11:21 am
CP: Right Back to Where We Started From – Maxine Nightingale
April 16th, 2009 at 11:21 am
I’m leaving the house as soon as my daughter’s bus comes to take her to school. Grocery and dollar store runs are badly needed.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:22 am
I’m sizzling here!
cough
April 16th, 2009 at 11:22 am
I’ve got more! Though it is still all “upstairs” at the moment…
Glad to see this gets the Ambassador’s stamp of approval. Not going to comment too much “in process,” (though that is exactly what this style affords) but “Amelia the Ambassador” in the bar is not exactly nice. She may be a statuesque badass, but she is the antagonist, probably not purple-eye evil… There were elements I had some concern over.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Pinky, tells us a story!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Well I’m now going to lose all my deadpan cred.
CP: D.I.S.C.O – Ottawan
April 16th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Narf!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:25 am
I even have that one on 45.
cough
April 16th, 2009 at 11:27 am
CP: Ballroom Blitz – Sweet
April 16th, 2009 at 11:31 am
CP: Wonderful Life – Black
April 16th, 2009 at 11:36 am
CP: Good Tradition – Tanita Tikaram
April 16th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Melted orange creamsicles FTW.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:40 am
With sour cream, Jack?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Jack is welcome to all of my creamsicle.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:41 am
My daughter’s bus is 20 minutes late so far.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:42 am
JB: I don’t mind being cast as the antagonist. It’s something different for me. I’m not anywhere near as statuesque in real life as I am in your story, but I’m flattered by it.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:44 am
OK, late bus finally arrived. I’m off to the store!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Oooooh I want a chicken.
Yeah, I want a chicken.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Daughter currently on the phone to the insurance company. Sure is a lot of work to move out of your parents house.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I don’t agree with this guy about BSG & Moore lying to us:
http://www.tor.com.vhost.zerolag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=20954
I much prefer character driven stories, and I do see some of his points. However, his article comes off as a self-righteous tirade. I think his anger is clouding his judgment, even if he’s entitled to his opinion.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
CP: Brainstuff
April 16th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I think he’s trying to put too much into a simple TV show, ditto.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
My downloads over iTunes are always bloody slow…grrrrrr!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
TEB: I agree. When he starts throwing around “betrayal to the fans” when talking about TV show writing, well… I just feel like telling him to lighten up.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
It’s only make believe…
April 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I agree, Van. i-tunes is only make believe :)
April 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Well, I have house work to do. Then butts to kick.
Til tomorrow, Pan!
April 16th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I believe.
I believe.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Some folks do develop deep attachments to their favorite franchises – especially in Sci-Fi fandom.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Rabid SciFi fans are pretty much exactly the same as rabid sports fans.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
170
April 16th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Woot! Jack read a comment of mine!!!
April 16th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Not sure how much you’ll hear from me until next week.
Until then, stay frosty. Stay Deadpan!
April 16th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Take good care, ditto!
April 16th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I would agree with you with the exception of Bladerunner.
/whistles innocently.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Have a good week, ditto.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I’m home from shopping. I forgot to buy bread. DOH!
(not bread dough- Bread, Doh!)
I didn’t buy any creamsicles either…
hm. I did buy milk, soda, and lunch meat and this bar of soap that smells pretty good.
I’m lured by pretty smells.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Hmmm, ditto and TEB both left at about the same time….
April 16th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Very suspicious, indeed.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Good afternoon pan :)
I have some very Deadpan news
Silversun Pickups (a great band by the way) has just put out a new album this week entitled: Swoon
I think they may have written this album for me :)
April 16th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
wait wait wait
is ditto cheating on me with Bunny???
How come I wasn’t invited?????
April 16th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
awwwww… I was listening to toonage while typing here and a Jack Mangan toon shuffled on :)
my iTunes knows me.. its a little scary sometimes how it picks up my actions/mood
I am at 1 with my Mac
April 16th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Wow, so much chatter and now silence…..like the sound of one hand clapping.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Well, here’s something for when you guys come back in the morning. Some of these are just brilliant:
http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4317284&cpp=1
April 16th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Hi there.
I’ve been writing a bunch today. I made a little progress on my ‘07 NaNovel today. What a massive, tangled morass of plot threads and motivations it is. It’s like opening an old jewelry box to find all your old necklaces tangled together in a ball. You can’t even see how many you have or what they are, let alone start untangling and separating them. I still had some fun writing, though.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Haven’t quite left yet, and now that my computer is alive again, I thought I’d share this music find: Shiny Toy Guns’ version of “Major Tom” that is being used in the new Lincoln commercial.
http://www.lincoln.com/extras/asset/majortom.zip
April 16th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Good night, Pan.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Good night, Amy. I really shouldn’t be up this late, either.
Alas, I’m geeking out over a new Geotagging tool I’ve discovered.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Alright, I’m sending myself to bed now. Work still beckons in about six hours. I am getting to old to get away with that little sleep anymore.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Good night, Ed, Amy, Johnboy, Kings of Maine, Mush.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Morning Pan, tis the season to be grey.
Some stunning wildlife photos from a Sony comp:
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16648-sony-world-photography-awards-2009
April 16th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Morning Van.
Super moody today. Gah.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
The guy on Tor talking about BSG is a little hyper, eh? He’s wrong that the narrative voice has to tell the truth. It’s hard to an unreliable narrator that doesn’t destroy the tale, but it can be used to good effect. I just wish I could think of the examples I’ve read. Stupid useless memory.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Damn. Those wildlife photos are impressive. I have to pass them on to my wife. She’ll probably be jealous and deride them. Heh.
April 17th, 2009 at 2:20 am
Yes, the BSG rant was a humorous read. Why is it that atheists seem more likely to assume that “God” was behind Starbuck and the Head characters? From the way it played out, it seems it could have as likely been an advanced alien race such as the Vorlons or the Ascended ones from Stargate.
I think Moore and company left it open ended enough for each viewer to have their own preference of belief.
And the ranter really doesn’t understand “Deus ex Machina”.
April 17th, 2009 at 2:22 am
But, enough of BSG. It is finished.
Here’s today’s Haiku theme challenges. Pick one or pick them all:
Fruit
British Sci-Fi
Card Games
Sea creatures
Run, imagination, run.
April 17th, 2009 at 2:25 am
Hmm, my haiku rules post didn’t come through for some reason.
April 17th, 2009 at 3:29 am
Well as a non believer, it looked to me like a VR sim with the programmer messing around.
April 17th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Ed lost a postie too. Now we’re gonna get fines from the FCC and Timberlake will claim it wasn’t scripted and…
April 17th, 2009 at 4:06 am
I’m an unbeliever… and I love mythology. So I don’t have a problem with the religious aspects, even at the end. What bothered me was the poor pacing and the answers that weren’t delivered. I can ignore the way everyone fell out of character at the very end simply because I don’t see any way to wrap it up from where they were without extending the story for a few more episodes. Some things had to be dropped.
What bothered me was the way that everytime I started to become emotionally invested in a scene, it changed tone. For instance, the whole opera scene… I was getting seriously excited, this is it, what is it going to mean… oh.
It meant nothing. Great, now I’m emotionally conflicted, i.e. ANGRY.
Heh.
I like subtle stories that don’t bludgeon me. Show me how she loves him, don’t just have her saying it over and over again. On the other hand, give me something to work with. Don’t promise me an explanation and then don’t deliver. I’m referring to Kara and the head*s. There is NO explanation for Kara, just speculation from the viewers. And the “angels”… Head*six literally held Baltar up at one point and there is nothing about her being an angel that in any way explains how that happened or what it meant. I don’t care, fine, she’s an angel. What the hell did that mean?
Hm. I was going to save that up for a BrainWyrm, but… well, here it is.
April 17th, 2009 at 4:07 am
Oh crap. Erm. SPOILERS!!!!
S*P*O*I*L*E*R*S*!*!*!*!
April 17th, 2009 at 4:18 am
200
Morning, Deadpan!
April 17th, 2009 at 4:19 am
I was out later than I like last night entertaining Evil, Inc. folks. Then I couldn’t sleep. Now I have a headache.
/whining
April 17th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Good Morning EssBee. Drink water for the headache?
April 17th, 2009 at 4:25 am
Morning Deadpan!
Last night was very nice, in which ditto and I overcame several hundred miles and our respective spouses to feed the Deadpan rumor mill :)
April 17th, 2009 at 4:55 am
CP: Brainstuff
April 17th, 2009 at 5:01 am
It doesn’t take much to feed the deadpan rumour mill TEB.
At least nobody mentioned baby oil…
April 17th, 2009 at 5:13 am
How about cooking oil?
April 17th, 2009 at 5:13 am
CP: Stuff you missed in history class
April 17th, 2009 at 5:22 am
CP: Tech Stuff
April 17th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Whipped cream is even better ;)
April 17th, 2009 at 5:26 am
CP: HDTV podcast
April 17th, 2009 at 5:30 am
TEB and ditto! Creamsicles and Whhhipped cream. It must be Friday.
I’m drinking water, Nomad — it has a lot of coffee in it, though. Does that count?
April 17th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Morning…
Does anyone here know who John Bell is?
April 17th, 2009 at 5:45 am
*sigh*
I tried
April 17th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Son of Mr. Bell?
April 17th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Morning.
April 17th, 2009 at 5:58 am
ditto! my secret lover!
April 17th, 2009 at 6:00 am
A physicist.
April 17th, 2009 at 6:00 am
CP: The Hot Spot
April 17th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Secrets are fun!
April 17th, 2009 at 6:19 am
So secret even I didn’t know about it.
April 17th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Obviously ditto is that quick.
Cough
April 17th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Christina Scabbia’s is rocking my world this morning.
S.O.S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WHEqpoADTY
Our Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDaDtHMgVxM
April 17th, 2009 at 7:14 am
EssBee – piff!
Wolf – Fringe on your mind?
Smarty Hotties – Wassamatta? Everything okay?
April 17th, 2009 at 7:23 am
NS – No…I don’t have a TV…
http://thebatfry.libsyn.com/
April 17th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Rhettro – Both albums are quite good. Somehow I didn’t realize it was the same voice on the Apocalyptic one. The variety of vocalists makes it a bit uneven though.
April 17th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Wolf – Who needs TV? I have netbook, mwuahaha. XP
Oh no. Another podcast to podsume. And just when I’d worked my back log down to 35 hrs… not including serials.
Erg, I just remembered. I never did check out that Chattanooga radio ‘cast. Do you still have the linkage?
April 17th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Just finished putting a new shower curtain in the upstairs bathroom. My hubby was upset when he found out I was changing it. The old one had little fishies on it which, for some reason, he was quite partial to. The new one doesn’t.
April 17th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Also, what the hell am I doing up still? My wake up comes in 3.5hrs.
Night Pan! Don’t lose anything.
April 17th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Well Pan. I’m off to do some grocery shopping. Then I see a Cappuccino cookie recipe in my future
April 17th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Night Scry.
April 17th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Dr. Boze motioned to Joe. “Hit me with another.” Joe passed John a fourth bar napkin.
Jack set down his beer, two thirds empty. “So how is it working out?”
“Well, based on The Ambassador’s insistence the the box was ‘everywhere’ I think introducing it into a subset space amplified and distributed its effect.”
“Which is?”
“Beg pardon?”
Joe stopped his somewhat compulsive polishing of the bar. “You’ve never really said what this box is, just that it ‘concentrates fictional vortices.’ What is that in layman’s terms?”
“Oh, well, see,” Boze mopped at his perpetually sweating brow. “All of the potential plot threads become concentrated near this box, so…” He searched and then grabbed a fifth napkin, and drew a target on it. “Out here, on the periphery, you have typical drama, maybe a coming-of-age novel or something. Slice-of-life stuff. Then closer to the box, things get a little more gritty, real sturm und drang, murder, passionate love, hate, death. Then as the vortices are concentrated closer and closer they get hyper-real, then finally a thin veneer of surreal, which is the region from which the Ambassador sprang forth.”
“So if that’s been amplified ‘everywhere…’”
“Things might start to get, keeping with layman’s terms, pretty weird around here.”
April 17th, 2009 at 8:23 am
No more fishies for Poopsie Bubblefanny.
April 17th, 2009 at 8:41 am
We have a big trial happening in my neck of the woods right now. It’s the murder trial of Angie Zapata, and the first test of Hate Crimes Legislation as applied to transgendered people in the state.
I started following the victim’s sister on Twitter, and have found it extremely painful to follow along with what is happening in the courtroom.
My question for this morning is this: Why can’t we just treat each other with simple respect and dignity?
April 17th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Not the trial OF Angie Zapata. The trial of Angie Zapata’s killer.
April 17th, 2009 at 8:55 am
CP: Make Way for the Living — Harry Manx
April 17th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Netbooks are cool NS.
Dell Mini 9 for me.
Will even play Amiga games via WINUAE.
Rob.
April 17th, 2009 at 8:58 am
EssBee, I wish there were a good answer to that question. There’s certainly far to much hate around. I hope her family finds justice.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:00 am
ot
April 17th, 2009 at 9:07 am
ot?
April 17th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Robot I forgot the + sign
April 17th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I agree, Ed, and just have to point out that you calling her “her” just made me cry. Good man.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Ah Amiga games. I recall beating SDI and It Came From the Desert. Loved playing Laser Chess with my father and there was one where you commanded a starship on a grid. Something with Zaldrons. Loved that game.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:19 am
EssBee, I recommend a book: The Lucifer Principle. “Evil” is born in all of us as with all life. Great read. Not to say we should just allow “evil” to get the best of us and run rampant, you understand.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:24 am
All missing comments have been found and freed from their cages.
The Amiga and Atari ST had a lot of common games. . . . Projectyle was beyond fun.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Have a great weekend, panimanicas
April 17th, 2009 at 9:32 am
I’m humming the Blood Money chip tune now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcFSpbZO-g8
April 17th, 2009 at 9:38 am
ditto ditto
April 17th, 2009 at 9:47 am
CP: Radio Africa – Latin Quarter
April 17th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Sorry to alarm you Nomad, I was just sighing at the human race.. which brings me to EssBee’s question:
My question for this morning is this: Why can’t we just treat each other with simple respect and dignity?
Because I truly dont believe the majority of humans have diginity, respect for one another nor grace. Humans are judgmental, very judgemental. I see fewer and fewer examples of just basic old human decency anymore. Call me a pessimist (although I am actually truly an optimist) I just believe when you are dealing with humans and they have a choice to let their guard down and actually be nice to one another, they will choose to sit back and judge. Most people care only for themselves, and what they want and don’t care who they step on to get what they want.
But really, I am an optimist. I swear it :)
April 17th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I tend to agree, TSH. I am an optimist – at least in that I have hope, but I do see a lot of dog-eat-dog. Or, this has been a particularly rotten week.
April 17th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Home from shopping and lunch. Now just waiting for my i-pod to sync so I can listen to some podcasts while I bake cookie.
April 17th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Remember Jack Nicholson’s speech during the campfire scene in Easy Rider?
People who live unreflective lives feel absolute terror when they see someone who’s chosen a wildly divergent way of living. It shakes up their perceived stability of their narrow way of being. And sadly, those understanding-resistant types often act aggressively toward the thing that caused them to feel fear. Understanding, acceptance, tolerance, etc. – - would require a fundamental change in their way of living and thinking.
/$0.02
April 17th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I love that, Jack, and find it to be true. We also have the Bernie Madoffs scheming grandmas and grandpas and holocaust survivors out of their nest eggs.
Sorry to be a downer! Back to celebrating Friday, how ’bout?
April 17th, 2009 at 10:47 am
CP: One Big Crunch — White Zombie
April 17th, 2009 at 10:57 am
CP: Daughter — Pearl Jam
April 17th, 2009 at 10:59 am
You Slipping Last Transylvanian
April 17th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Oh Naked Clip Catfish
April 17th, 2009 at 11:23 am
CP: Sweet Side — Lucinda Williams
April 17th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Tongue Wild Touche Brother
April 17th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Jesus Look So Napoleon
April 17th, 2009 at 11:45 am
CP: And Darling — Tegan & Sara
April 17th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
CP: Obsession – Animotion
April 17th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
CP: Groove is in the Heart – Deee-Lite
April 17th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Dig.
April 17th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
CP: Remedy — The Black Crowes
April 17th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
CP: Sleeping Satellite – Tasmin Archer
April 17th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
CP: I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
April 17th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
CP: Breakfast At Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something
April 17th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
CP: Bitch – Meredith Brooks
April 17th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
CP: How Bizarre – OMC
April 17th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
CP: Senses Working Over Time – XTC
April 17th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Returned from the blood center. The vampires have been fed :)
April 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
CP: Rehab – Amy Winehouse
April 17th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
CP: Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
April 17th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Heart Please Eisler Technicolor
April 17th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Honesty Red Brown Sweet
April 17th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Red Right Hand — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
April 17th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I’m home. For now. Busy.
Going out tonight.
Hoping I have a reason to make myself pretty. *smirk*
April 17th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
CP: In A Big Country – Big Country
April 17th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
CP: Barracuda – Heart
April 17th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I have no doubt you’re already pretty, Cj.
CP: Cry Baby – Janis Joplin
April 17th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
CP: Enola Gay – OMD
April 17th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
CP: Mr. Roboto – Styx
Thanks, EssBee :) You are sweet! :)
April 17th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
CP: Living in a Box – Living in a Box
April 17th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
CP: Mary’s Prayer – Danny Wilson
April 17th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
CP: Turn Me Loose – Loverboy
April 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
CP: Shattered Dreams – Johnny Hates Jazz
April 17th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
CP: Dreaming – Blondie
April 17th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
CP: There She Goes – The La’s
April 17th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
CP: Hell In A Bucket — Grateful Dead
Might be goin’ to hell in a bucket
But at least I’m enjoyin’ the ride
April 17th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
CP: Long Time Gone – Tex Ritter
April 17th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
CP: Can’t Help Falling in Love – Lick the Tins
I want to go dancing, but looks like I’m having a garage sale tomorrow instead.
/disjointedthoughts
April 17th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
CP: Where have all the cowboys gone? – Paula Cole
April 17th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
CP: Stay – Lisa Loeb
April 17th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
CP: Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit of..) – Lou Bega
April 17th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
CP: Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe – Barry White
April 17th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
[not a critique] Vanamonde is having a poppy musical day. [/not a critique]
CP: Candle Song 3 – Mojave 3
April 17th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
btw, Van, I made the mistake of googling for D.I.S.C.O. and found a youtube post of a music video.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
CP: Begin the Beguine – Julio Iglesias
April 17th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
CP: Promises, Promises – Naked Eyes
April 17th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
CP: What’s Your Game — The Ramones
April 17th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Jack won’t admit it, but I’m sure he’s actually listening to Tiffany or Debbie Gibson right now.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
CP: Cum on Feel the Noise – Quiet Riot
April 17th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
A lot of one hit wonders as well.
cough
April 17th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Stranger in Paradise doesn’t sound half bad in Spanish.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
CP: Aquarius – The 5th Dimension
I suddenly feel so free and full of love – I wonder why… and where’d I put that ring of daisies… oh… it’s on my head…
ting a ling a ling..
la la la..
Aquaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarius………ooooohhhahhhhhh
April 17th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
This song is better than valium.
Let the sunshine in.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
CP: Apache – The Shadows
April 17th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
CP: Run to You – Bryan Adams
Speaking of which, time to run and pick up the kids. My parents are coming to visit for the weekend, so free babysitters while me and momma go out for a dinner w/o the kids :)
April 17th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
CP: Peter Gunn – Duane Eddy
April 17th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
CP: When You’re Gone – Bryan Adams and Mel C
April 17th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
That one I’m going to play again.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
There was a terribly pretentacious TV programme on the ‘arts’ in the UK that used that Aquarius track as it’s theme tune.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Bored me silly as a kid.
April 17th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
For your viewing pleasure:
http://tinyurl.com/dk7m2d
Spread sandwich spread!
April 17th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Yay for free babysitter, Ed!
April 17th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Well, there’s no Dollhouse tonight. I guess we’ll watch the rain/snow fly and watch a DVD or something.
I hope you all have a fabulous Friday night! I might check in later to make sure everyone is behaving, so be forewarned!
April 17th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Review of the new Star Trek movie at IGN:
http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/973/973956p1.html
it contains mild spoilers. They weren’t impressed with the plot.
April 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Hmmmm!
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tree-Found-In-Lung-Seed-Sprouted-Inside-Russian-Mans-Chest/Article/200904315262048?f=rss
April 17th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
CP: Oh What A Night – Frankie Valli
Home from a long, fun day of service. Must get up early tomorrow, so going to bed in a few minutes. Good night, Pan! :-)
April 17th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
I’m home from a not-so-wild night out. Glad to be home. I’m going to nerd out for a while.
April 18th, 2009 at 1:32 am
Morning Pan, I see the tumbleweeds need tickling.
April 18th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Morning, Pan!
Off to clean up the beach. It’ll be a full morning.
April 18th, 2009 at 3:39 am
Morning it is. The wife and I enjoyed our evening. Now, I must make the mental preparations for a couple dozen eight year olds running about for my daughter’s birthday party this afternoon.
April 18th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Read an article this morning about the FX designers working on the new Enterprise. While, I must confess, I think the engines on the new on are rather excessive and ungainly looking, I’m still looking forward to the new movie.
Though, from the comments on the article, it seems J.J. Abrams has a shot at beating Lucas in the “raping people’s childhoods” race.
I’m probably a near equal fan of Trek and Star Wars. I’ll save judgement until I’ve seen the movie, but from what I’ve seen so far, I think it’s going to be hard to beat the job of trashing an iconic franchise that Lucas himself did with Star Wars.
April 18th, 2009 at 4:02 am
I had no idea that some people hated the Comic Sans font so much. Frankly, it seems a dubious basis on which to get married.
http://digg.com/d1owj9
April 18th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Well, this is disturbing.
http://digg.com/d1oxMV
April 18th, 2009 at 4:18 am
I can’t breath….I can’t breath…..must stop the laughter…..
http://failblog.org/2009/04/18/spoiler-fail/
April 18th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Best FARK headline I’ve seen in a while
“Empty pubs could get new lease on life by turning them into alcohol free-bars for teenagers with games, music, soft drinks and convenience food. Back in the days, we called those “arcades”"
Ah, to be young again. Battlezone, Gauntlet, Tron. I could probably retire if I still had those quarters :)
April 18th, 2009 at 4:58 am
Morning, Deadpan!
I was planning to go visit my folks solo this weekend to celebrate Easter, but our snowstorm has other plans. So I’ll be home alone (Sly B is engaging the astronauts of tomorrow today) catching up on TV today. As I’m sad not to be eating the traditional Czech Easter foods, I will set out to make Sedak (Easter cheese) for the first time on my own. Wish me luck!
CW: Kings. This show sucks. No longer watching Kings.
April 18th, 2009 at 4:59 am
In honour of Ed’s last post I will now hum the gauntlet theme tune.
April 18th, 2009 at 5:50 am
EssBee needs Sedak
Justa Joe shot the food!
April 18th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Good luck on the Sedak. I’m not familiar with that one, myself. What goes into it?
April 18th, 2009 at 6:05 am
It’s a really mild cheese made with eggs and milk. Some people put cloves in it, but I don’t like cloves. I’ll throw some parsley in for pretty, I think. My only challenge is that I can buy cheese cloth, but I can’t sew a bag to hang the cheese in. Hmm. I guess i kind of need my mommy.
The cheese is served with horseradish. It is part of a Russian Orthodox Easter meal, and everything has connotation. The cheese is made with eggs and milk – bounty and Spring. The horseradish is hot, and reminds us that there is hard times that must be conquered during the year. There are lots of other foods served as well. I just want the cheese!
April 18th, 2009 at 6:09 am
I’m catching up on Heroes. Does anyone else (SPOILER ALERT) think that Coyote Sands is the Heroes version of The Dharma Initiative?
April 18th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Morning Pan!
Off to kick butt in an hour. Apparently I’m testing in May so I have to practice lots
Lots of comments last night.
Still 3 weeks behind in Heroes so don’t know what you’re taking about EssBee.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Just to give you a bit of help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQVIE-bUCys
April 18th, 2009 at 7:11 am
What belt this time TEB?
April 18th, 2009 at 7:11 am
CP: Stuff From the B Side
April 18th, 2009 at 7:12 am
It will be my “green stripe”
Basically this is the transition between a junior and a senior belt. Green belt being considered a senior belt – which would be next.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Cool and Good Luck.
/swoooooooon
:)
April 18th, 2009 at 7:15 am
I finished all my “front side” self defenses (that means, in theory, if someone comes at me from the front, I can handle it) and have now been working on what to do if I’m attacked from behind in various forms.
As I said before, I seem to be really good at kicking butt.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Thanks, Van. Luckily I still have two weeks of practice before I test, though.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:24 am
I’m off to see ‘In the Loop’ later. a political satire, a bit doubtful about this one.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Good morning!
Ed, thanks for the links – I just spent like 30 minutes going through them. “Squatter” is such an unattractive word.
EssBee, good luck with your cheese. Mmmm I love cheese.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Good morning also to Van and TEB
Woot for TEB kicking butt – I’ll *swooon* for that too!
April 18th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Cheese is good ;)
April 18th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Well, I’m off ,Pan.
Later
April 18th, 2009 at 8:22 am
CW: Sarah Conner finale. I think I love Shirley Manson.
April 18th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Kick some ass, TEB!
April 18th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Summer Glau is awesome.
April 18th, 2009 at 8:53 am
So according to the latest quantum physics research, if skynet ran on quantum computers, it could reset it’s memory and transfer to a univerese where John Connor never existed.
Wouldn’t have made a good movie though..
April 18th, 2009 at 8:57 am
That was an awesome finale. I loved it.
April 18th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Currently Drinking: Root beer and milk. “Just like Mason Rocket drinks on TV!”, according to that kid in “Really Big Things.” I decided to try it today, and I like it.
April 18th, 2009 at 9:33 am
EssBee, I had to google Dharma Initiative. I see it’s a part of the TV show LOST, which, alas, I was never really able to get into.
CJ – I think next week’s “Cheesy Bits” section of LLAP should be dedicated to Sedak in honor of EssBee. Sedak sounds suitably Star Trek, I think – like some lesser known Vulcan philosophers :)
I agree, cheese is good.
April 18th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Sedak is really great after some hot Pon Far. . . . .
. . . . . . . . . We are such nerds.
April 18th, 2009 at 10:36 am
NERDS!!
A fast food joint called Five Guys Burgers and Fries just opened down the street and I tried them for lunch. While I’m sure I just gained five pounds, that was THE best burger I have had in a long, long time. Damn . . .
April 18th, 2009 at 10:49 am
CP: LOST, Dead is Dead
April 18th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Jack is going to have some fun picking…er, randomly choosing this weeks greasy nipples.
April 18th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Mmmm Jack said “hot Pon Far”
*swooooon*
*pass out*
Star Trek is delicious!
April 18th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Ed,
I made a show note. The next episode we are watching is We’ll Always Have Paris . I’m sure we can work some cheese into that discussion.
April 18th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Man have I got a storm going on down here. We’re under a tornado watch for the next two hours.
CJ: Excellent!
April 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Hunker down, Ed!
April 18th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Back from martial arts.
Also did a bit of yard work so had to have a shower. Now all damp and happy :)
April 18th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
So CJ, did you get to make yourself pretty last night? Was there sour cream involved?
April 18th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
My husband showed me something silly last night, which I will have you guys demonstrate. It’s hard to visualize without someone doing it in front of you, but here goes…
April 18th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
First: Take both hands, palms out, and do the Vulcan hand gesture with them (please tell me you know what one I mean)
April 18th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Next: Turn the hands palm inwards, keeping the Vulcan salute.
April 18th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Now relax the arms and the hands a little bit, keeping the hands in Vulcan salute mode, just somewhat relaxed. Hold them closer to your chest (not right at your chest, just in a relaxed arm gesture), one hand slightly higher than the other
April 18th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Now, shake the hands a bit and repeat after me…
April 18th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
CD: Strawberry cheesecake milk shake.
April 18th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
“Yo, Yo, my Vulcan Homies! Why do we go up to my crib and get some hot PonFar going with some Vulcan babes…”
April 18th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
LOL
April 18th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Hopefully you can visualize what I was trying to do :)
April 18th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I am baking today. Zucchini bread!
April 18th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Not to brag… OK just a little. I’m out in Fountain Hills listening to Jack play live. RAWK!
April 18th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Save some for me EssBee!
April 18th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
So ‘In the Loop’ was better than I was expecting.
April 18th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
[tweet]Added a bit more to Questors. A plan has been laid out and is about to be set in motion.
Now, off to dinner and a school play.[/tweet]
April 18th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Classical music done using a beeper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9Mqapqn5o
April 18th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
My husband and I dissolved into a fit of giggles at the Vulcan homies.
April 18th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
TEB, Last night was totally worth getting pretty for. No sour cream though, I did have hummus. Jack can tell you about the giant tree leaves that floated onto his pizza though. (They really weren’t THAT big /that’s what she said/)
April 18th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
If the basil on my pizza had been any more fresh, it would have been Fawlty.
April 18th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
I love me some hummus. Thankfully Costco now carries the big tubs of Sabra hummus. Hands-down the best premade hummus I’ve had. Have yet to make my own yet, though. Supposed to be very easy to do.
April 18th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Oh, hey, it’s Dan S! Welcome to the Deadpan boards! :-)
Jack: LOL! :-D
imag1narynumber: I agree, Sabra is really good.
Good night, Pan.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
DanS is made of awesome. :)
April 18th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Be careful there, Ed. Hope you and yours are well.
vulcan homies was good :)
We may not of seen Jack play but we still had a really good night here in Chicago :)
April 18th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Hugh would like to report on the latest in Chicago sports.
Hugh?
Hugh sez: *ahem*
Bulls playoff series stats: 1-0
Blackhawks playoff series stats: 2-0
:) he is so happy.
April 18th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
we’ve had entirely too much fun tonight and need to go to sleep
night pan
night mush
night cockles
Hugh sez: night
April 19th, 2009 at 3:37 am
Afternoon Pan, the Sun is shining and I’m at work..meh!
April 19th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Good morning, Pan!
Coffee is brewing.
April 19th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Mmmm coffee. Good morning!
April 19th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Basil! Manuel! Duck’s off.
April 19th, 2009 at 6:46 am
I don’t get Caprica. Is it going to air on SyFy? Or is it only available on DVD?
April 19th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Nomad, thanks for the SciFiGenre tip – I have moved all my subs over there!
Also, I got Ignition City #1 yesterday and dig it!
April 19th, 2009 at 7:06 am
morning pan!
Hugh and I are being really really lazy this morning and we’ve finished reading our books and thought we would do a little play by play
April 19th, 2009 at 7:09 am
EssBee I know you said you just moved your subscriptions to scifigenre, but here is another good subscription place. Its the one I use:
http://www.mailordercomics.com
usually comics are 30-40% off, but sometimes it is even higher. They boast that you can get comics up to 75% off and its true sometimes. Like usually some of my Batman comics will be that much off.
They do not offer free bags and boards, you have to pay for them but the bags they use are really nice quality.
April 19th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Morning Pan.
Calgary down 0 & 2 in the playoffs. Not totally surprised (I know you picked them to win in 7, Jack but I had them losing in 6)
Beautiful Sunny day right now. Only plus 4, but should get up to 12.
Later, will be taking my Boo to the fabric store. She wants me to make her some curtains for her new place.
April 19th, 2009 at 7:13 am
and if you are really into weird independent comics, may I suggest my local shop. I love this comic book store.. I have been going to this shop since I read my 1st Sandman. Even though I am doing the subscription thing, I still go in here to browse cause they carry an amazing amount of indies and the staff are really cool.
http://www.chicagocomics.com
April 19th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Hey Energizer Bunny.. sorry our Blackhawks got you down :)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Welcome 1 and all to the Deadpan retro (rhettro) hour
Staring: Hugh and Andrea
Featuring: that classic Episode, Deadpan 102!!
April 19th, 2009 at 7:17 am
is this someones stolen paragraph
Hugh sez: cock and endless balls??
methinks thats what she said
April 19th, 2009 at 7:19 am
I don’t think there is anyway to say ‘Deadpan is the motherfucking way biatch’ and really truly sound Deadpan
Hugh sez: especially biatch. YOu want to put emphasis on biatch
be-yotch!!!
Hugh sez: like that :)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:20 am
unrelated thought
mouse click
LOL
that was good Jack
April 19th, 2009 at 7:21 am
LOL
you’re cracking us up with this
April 19th, 2009 at 7:22 am
its me at NIN methinks!
LOL
Hugh sez: thats about how it would sound. Hence the need for communicating through texting while at lollapalooza
fer sure :)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Heh, that was me w/ the “cock & endless balls”. *blush* I submitted that when my friend Steve died – that poem was kinda how I felt.
Thanks for the tip on the Mailorder comics! I’m a newbie, so need all the help I can get!
April 19th, 2009 at 7:24 am
So Hugh you think Energizer bunny is waiting for us to leave ;)
Hugh sez: that happens to us alot
methinks people here hate our play by plays, Hughie :)
Hugh sez: eh, who cares. We are enjoying ourselves
sorry if we annoy the crap out of everyone here :)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:25 am
EssBee! Awwww.. I’m sorry about your friend.
We really like the mailorder comics place
April 19th, 2009 at 7:26 am
I LOVE the play-by-play! Don’t stop!
April 19th, 2009 at 7:26 am
and by the way.. in case you are not used to our sense of humor.. we were kidding about the waiting for us to leave Bunny :)
unless of course you are.. LOL.. :)
don’t mind us.
we’re crazy
April 19th, 2009 at 7:27 am
We won’t stop EssBee.. we just always remember this one time we started a play by play and it was Truckre Overdrive who had wanted to put a comment up for everyon to see and answer and he literally waited until we were done to post his question again, it was kinda finny. We felt bad :)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:28 am
“That was me with the ‘cock & endless balls’” isn’t something I say often. LOL!
April 19th, 2009 at 7:28 am
we know this has to be a little annoying.. it does interrupt the usual flow of events here. We thought Sunday AM would be quiet and therefor we wouldn’t disturb things
April 19th, 2009 at 7:29 am
best
comment
evar
“That was me with the ‘cock & endless balls’†isn’t something I say often. LOL!
LOL
we’re dying
April 19th, 2009 at 7:31 am
oh my God we can’t stop laughing
that was the best essbee
ok.. back to pan if we can ever get a hold of ourselves…
April 19th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Ha!
Ok, I must shower, so I’ll give you some time to compose yourselves!
:)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Don’t hold too tight, TSH, you could cut off circulation to something important.
April 19th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Jack sex: Greasy uhh spoon comments game (long pause)
We have 6 nipples today!!
Hugh sez: 6?!?!?!????!!?? w00t!!
April 19th, 2009 at 7:33 am
“Jack sex”
hawsome typo
April 19th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Good advice Ed :)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Essbee’s in the shower everyone!!!
*swooon*
Hugh sez: I think she should of invited us
agreed! :)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Survived the storms – I hear we broke records for rainfall. The drainage ditches around here were the highest I’ve ever seen them.
Thankfully, we were smart and had my daughter’s birthday party indoors this year. She and the kids had fun. I’ll have to get some pictures posted later.
April 19th, 2009 at 7:36 am
EssBee and TSH in a shower?
I’ll be in my bunk….
April 19th, 2009 at 7:37 am
anywho.. I consulted the historical documents:
Greasy Spoon Cigars Comments spoons Comments nipples through unshow XX
Vanamonde: 5
EssBee: 4
wndr wolf: 4
Jack: 3 (from ep 100)
ditto: 2
Cynful: 1
Justaj0e: 1
Ed: 1
Smarty Hotties: 1
Amy: 1
Rhett: 1
Brad P: 1
April 19th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Ed- so glad you survived okay and the bday party went off without a hitch :)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:40 am
*pause for a moment*
please enjoy this intermission entertainment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YnDlEMXiU
April 19th, 2009 at 7:45 am
Hugh sez: I love that band
they are AMAZING live. We saw them play here recently and we are hoping they end up in the Chicago area for Lollapalooza this year
Hugh sez: and we are hoping they do some lollapalooza after party thing
yes!
April 19th, 2009 at 7:47 am
ok back to the 6 nipples
Hugh sez: I’m ready to take on 6 nipples
I bet you are. pervert
April 19th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Jack sez: (about the 6 nipples) Which are 4 too many or not enough depending on how you look at it
Hugh sez: it depends on the male to female ratio of those nipples. 4 female, 2 male sounds good to me!
or 4 male and 2 female
Hugh sez: or all female
*swooon*
Hugh sez: NOW who is the pervert?
*raises hand*
April 19th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Justajoe- ditto serving cake. Food that causes orgasms
[tangent]
we miss justa j0e!!!
[/tangent]
ditto- sieze the extra small day
Smarty hotties: pan unshow 16
Rhetrro- is this offline?
Dubshack- 12 minutes of Jack Mangan rummblings
Justa j0e- 8
April 19th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Greasy Spoon Cigars Comments spoons Comments nipples nipples through Ep 102
Vanamonde: 5
EssBee: 4
wndr wolf: 4
Justaj0e: 3
Jack: 3 (from ep 100)
ditto: 3
Smarty Hotties: 2
Rhett: 2
Cynful: 1
Ed: 1
Amy: 1
Brad P: 1
Dubshack: 1
April 19th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Hugh sez: speaking of food that causes orgasms. My baby made Chicken Cacciatore yesterday. Holy fuck, babe. I know I orgasmed while eating that
it was damn good wasn’t it?
Hugh sez: I can’t wait to try it today after its sat in the fridge and gotten even better
mmm mmmm!!!
April 19th, 2009 at 7:57 am
More orgasmic food: Sly B made burgers the other night (grass fed, free range, butchered by my dad) that had green chile (grown in our back yard) mixed in and a disc of goat cheese in the center. OMG.
April 19th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Hey, TSH. Not waiting for you to leave. Just doing other things this morning so being very intermittent on my posts :)
April 19th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Shower – accomplished. Solo.
;)
April 19th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Someone is rambling about work being a pain and that if it frustrates you you can consider changing careers
Hugh sez:I used to do that climbing the corporate ladder thing. I’m over that now :)
LOL.. I love the sound effects you’ve added to this
Well see baby, I think thats the difference between you and many others. You didn’t go to school for what you do. You started that job because it was just a job that paid money at the time and then you found you really loved it and moved up the ladder
Hugh sez: plus, I am happy. I’ve made my money. We live a good life. Now at almost 40, I’ve changed my focus. I want art and my wife to be my focus in life. I like where i stand at work and I don’t need to move up anymore. They like me, they like the work I do. Life changes that way.
Right like we were focused on us for a long long time, then when we got straightened out we both kinda focused on work for a while, now we are back around and focusing on us again.
Hugh sez: exactly.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:03 am
its cool bunny :) we were just being stupid.. like i said there was that 1 time when Trucker Overdrive was waiting for us to finish and we felt bad :)
Essbee is clean!
Hugh sez: time to get her dirty again!
LOL.. :)
April 19th, 2009 at 8:05 am
ok I think we need to get Sly B’s burgers, the chicken cacciatore and some absolutely heavenly chocolate dessert and have food orgasms!!!
Hugh sez: Yes. I concur!
:)
April 19th, 2009 at 8:09 am
He hasn’t given up
he is ok with what he gets paid
its good enough
enjoys his evenings
enjoys nights at home with his wife
awwwww
Hugh sez; good for him. But I don’t regret my choices either. I enjoy the life my working hard for a few years is allowing us to have now.
Well I guess the key to what he was saying is you stopped climbing the ladder to take the time to enjoy what you did, enjoy the fruit of your labor. Some people never do that
April 19th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Jack works with a bunch of chinese people
LOL!!!!!
that was the most awesome story evar, Jack
Duel of the fates!
Poor Dubshack
April 19th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Amy Bowen!
April 19th, 2009 at 8:14 am
I was thinking, just last night, that Jack should include Buffy Summers in his next DOTF.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:15 am
We forgive you for being late with ep 2 of Questors, Amy :)
Hugh sez: sez the people who are what? 5 months behind on Deadpan?
LOL.. true :)
Wait, we can figure this out.. ok this episode had me calling from Lolla, I assume he used those vm’s not too long after i sent them.. that was August of last year
Holy moly!! Thats 9 months ago!!!
Hugh sez: we suck
9 months behind????? thats inconceivable!!
Hugh sez: inconceivable!!
[inigo montoya] I do not think that word means what you think it means [/inigo montoya]
April 19th, 2009 at 8:16 am
A busy DP Sunday…nice!
April 19th, 2009 at 8:17 am
It is August for sure, TSH. Steve passed away on August 6th, and I recorded the “cock & balls” stolen stanzas then.
Back to comics – I just read the latest Buffy Season 8 (issue 24?) and Faith’s boobs are GIANT. She would have a helluva time kicking ass with those knockers.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Buffy Summers would kick ass!
Jack we 2nd (and 3rd) the Buffy Summers vote!
Hugh sez: put her up against that lame vampire from Twilight
oh man.. I hope none of you loved that movie. Hugh and I were thoroughly disgusted by that movie. Didnt even finish watching it
Hugh sez: we pay per viewed it and I wanted my 3.99 or what it was back
April 19th, 2009 at 8:20 am
My review of Twilight (the movie, didn’t read the book) was:
I don’t get it. Why did that gay chick fall for that simple-minded vampire?
Cough.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:21 am
How do those comic book babes kick ass the way they are drawn
Have you seen Catwomans boobs??? and then her tiny waist- how the hell does she stand upright?
Hugh sez: plus she is in a painted on outfit so her boobs have no support, they are just flapping around
LOL “flapping around”
Hugh sez: LOL it was more of a comment on how her outfit is so tight it HAS to be painted on. Boobs that big need some support.
would you like to support them Hughie?
Hugh sez: Yes, yes i would
April 19th, 2009 at 8:21 am
I saw Twlight at the cinema..ugh indeed!
April 19th, 2009 at 8:23 am
I read the Twilight book and made it about 1/2 way through the movie. It was so bad
I read it cuz I love vamire romances and I wasnt very impressed. The vampire was 80-some years old dating a 15-16 year old girl? huh????
April 19th, 2009 at 8:24 am
The teenyboppers in the cinema seemed to like it though.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:24 am
ok almost done with ep 102 here then we are gonna go
April 19th, 2009 at 8:25 am
it was sooooo teenybopper-y
it was a perfect movie for a 13 year old girl to love
April 19th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Jack sez: “sucked an icecube”
*swooon*
Hugh sez: ice cubes are fun
:)
April 19th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Deadpan is the motherfucking way
palooza idea: PCU
April 19th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Jack gave us homework
Hugh sez: Damn you!
April 19th, 2009 at 8:28 am
sphericaljackmmmmmmmmmmm
April 19th, 2009 at 8:28 am
comments.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:28 am
nipples.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Eraserhead rulez
April 19th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I like the idea of doing the Watchmen graphic novel too
what a great idea!!
you should do it!
Hugh sez: I think he does
he does!?!?!?? ;)
he is truly outrobabbling
Jacks most painful music
Jack sez: “I like to do deep and sultry”
I bet you do Jackamo ;)
hugh sez: *swooon*
swooon2
April 19th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Is Jack coming back after the music game!
Hugh?
Hugh sez: ladies first
methinks he really isnt this time
your on woman
April 19th, 2009 at 8:33 am
TSH: I enjoy your play-by-plays. :-)
April 19th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Jackmo this is high pitched for you
Hugh sez: but it isn’t bad, man. What are you worried about?
I like it Jack
Smarty Hotties approve
April 19th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Oh thank you Amy.. *blush*
we have fun doing them, and that is what is most important to us. After everything we’ve been through the past few years, we treasure the moments of peace, quiet, and fun.
Hugh sez: we treasure our moments together
we do :)
sorry to get all sappy on you guys :)
April 19th, 2009 at 8:36 am
*claps at the end of Jacks song*
Hugh sez: you have the clap?
LOL.. shut up Hugh!
April 19th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Jack came back after the music!!!!!
greasy jelly bean game
557 won
Rhettro!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paul Maki got his breakfast this past weekend
mouse click
take it away Mennennennnennenennenennga
April 19th, 2009 at 8:38 am
That’s what matters, TSH.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:39 am
alright guys and dolls
we hope to be back soon to try and make up 9 fucking months of backlogged Deadpans!!! Holy!!!!
Hugh sez: We aim to do better this year
even though this year is 1/3rd over already
April 19th, 2009 at 8:41 am
we agree Essbee
ok, we’re off
be around soon to check up on y’all
take care of each other please :)
buh-bye
Hugh sez: l8r
April 19th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Bye! :-)
April 19th, 2009 at 8:42 am
That was fun TSH :)
Always fun to read your play-by-plays.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Have a good day, Chicagoans.
Hi Amy!
I am off to the grocery store now, and then will be back to read, read, read.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Hi Van, Cj!
April 19th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Mmmm reading is the best.
Today I’m doing laundry, making grocery lists, and cleaning house.
Gotta find out who has Matzoh on sale. My Gram is requesting it for breakfast one day this week. And… while it is my favorite breakfast food, I don’t keep it on hand because nobody else here will eat it.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Hi, EssBee, Van, and Cj!
Location: bedroom
Eating: Sun Chips
Drinking: water
Doing: finances and bills
April 19th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Well, it was tough to capture the action yesterday, but this one is my favorite from the party:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimate_ed/3456403948/sizes/l/
My son is a flying monkey.
April 19th, 2009 at 10:09 am
CW: Tudors S3, E1
April 19th, 2009 at 10:19 am
w00t.
April 19th, 2009 at 11:02 am
#writechat is starting again on Twitter! Whee! :-D
April 19th, 2009 at 11:23 am
CP: Colditz March – The Central Band of the RAF
April 19th, 2009 at 11:27 am
CP: Thunderbirds Theme – The Shadows
April 19th, 2009 at 11:34 am
CP: The Lumberjack Song: Monty Python
April 19th, 2009 at 11:37 am
CP: Galaxy Song – Monty Python
April 19th, 2009 at 11:39 am
CP: Every Sperm is Sacred – Monty Python
April 19th, 2009 at 11:43 am
CP: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
All the MP songs are from an album called ‘MONTY PYTHON SINGS’ released in 1989.
April 19th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Today = Eyestab
I request do-over.
April 19th, 2009 at 11:52 am
A painful way to describe a day.
April 19th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Err that didn’t come out right.
Sorry to hear about your bad day Cj.
April 19th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Thanks, Van.
Sundays should certainly not suck in this way. Ever.
April 19th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
CP: Soldier Boy – Matt Mango
April 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
CP: Everybody’s Talkin – Madeline Peyroux
April 19th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
New Wander Radio episode downloading in iTunes..woot!
April 19th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Yes Van – I run the Gambit in this episode…
72 min of fun!
April 19th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
http://www.trollandtoad.com/p215528.html
Dang! Sold out!
April 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
lol
phew!
April 19th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Today I broke through a block I’d had for a long time on one of my novels. I’m about to get into a scene I’ve been anticipating for a long time. It’s not the climax, but it’s an important turning point that sets things up for how the climax will play out. I’ve been writing (not really nonstop, but close) since 5:15 – 5:30 ish, and it’s now almost 7:30 and I CAN’T STOP WRITING!!! Not even to go downstairs and get dinner! This feels fantastic and exhilarating.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
That’s very inspiring, Amy! Go go go! :)
April 19th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Thank you!
Dinner has been eaten. Now relaxing with music, TVTropes, and other websites. Final word count for the night: 71,317. Novel’s still not done, but I’m really proud of what I’ve accomplished today. :-)
April 19th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
That’s excellent, Amy.
Sorry to hear about the Sunday Suckage, CJ. Hope Monday is better.
April 19th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
My evening is already better. Thanks, Ed. I’m smiling again – tomorrow will be my usual awesome type of day, I’m sure. :D
April 19th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Well, gang, I don’t know if I’ll be much help breaking records this week. Mrs. from Texas is out of town this week at her company’s home office. She normally works here at the house, but has to travel to the main office a few times a year. So, this week, it’s just me and the kids and the days are pretty full of various sports/church/ballet and homework.
By the time I’ve gotten finished with the kids each day, I’m usually ready to crash myself. Which is what I’m going to do now.
G’nite, Deadpan.
April 19th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Night, Pan.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
But I’m not tired yet.
Night, Amy and Ed.
April 19th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
and when we find we have no words, Mr. Jonathan Coulton is there to provide them.
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/mp3/When%20You%20Go.mp3
.
Some things we always remember, some things we forget
No way to make it up now no room for regret
That’s no good for anyone
And so I come undone
Now I am less than what I was
Whatever’s left is yours now
Fold my heart up small
Or break it into pieces
Find somewhere and keep it there
Take it when you go
April 20th, 2009 at 12:40 am
Justa j0e!! *hug*
RIP JG Ballard
that is all
your smarty hotties® will enter into sleep mode now
April 20th, 2009 at 12:46 am
ps music always has a funny way of saying the things we can’t say i’ve noticed. I’ve also noticed songs will evolve in my life. They start out meaning 1 thing to me, then something happens in my life and suddenly the song has a completely different meaning, or just a whole new significance.
Plus my iTunes has that funny way of shuffling up those songs at that moment that say the things I cannot say. I will be really sad about something, listening to tunes unable to grasp my own sadness and a song will come on that says it all for me. I love that.
that my dear pannitos is the main reasons I love music so much
sleep mode has been delayed. Smarty hotties® will commence immediate shutdown procedures in 10…
April 20th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Then what does it mean when my iTunes shuffles up “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Grooving in a Cave with a Pict” ?
In all, utmost seriousness – your friends are here for you and care for you.
April 20th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Ah yes JG Ballard, I see they are already downplaying his scifi work, fooking literary snobs.
That was your oh so mini rant for a Monday Morning.
Oh and if you have a spare 1.5 million quid in your back pocket:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8007586.stm
April 20th, 2009 at 3:41 am
CP: Beeswing – Richard Thompson
April 20th, 2009 at 3:59 am
We’ve been missing you, JOe.
RIP JG Ballard!
Good morning, you beautiful Deadpannites! How is it Monday already?
April 20th, 2009 at 4:26 am
If money is supposed to flow like a river…
Who keeps damming my flow?
(ok that didn’t work…)
April 20th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Yes, please:
http://www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/2829/30/
If you ever find yourself in Houston, you owe it to yourself to visit the Johnson Space Center and see the Saturn V that is on display there.
April 20th, 2009 at 7:20 am
CP: Wander Radio #39
April 20th, 2009 at 7:27 am
EssBee – Do not listen while in the tub… You’ll turn into a prune before you get out. ;)
April 20th, 2009 at 7:30 am
I’m safe at the office! With earbuds, noting the NSFW note on the episode.
April 20th, 2009 at 7:40 am
EssBee – The poem and the final song are really the culprits here.
April 20th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Quiet around here today…
hmm
I did shower…
I think.
April 20th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Very quiet!
April 20th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Although I did NOT shower with EssBee…
Just so you know.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am
If we had, I would have borrowed your cham-poo-pagne, Wolf.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:02 am
BTW, happy 4/20, Deadpan. I don’t personally partake, but am sure that some of you do.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:12 am
LOL
CP: Tiffany- I Think We’re Alone Now
Hugh sez: Turn that shit off!!!
:)
April 20th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Hugh sez2: We’re not listening to your iTunes anymore :)
April 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am
errrrr.. dumb Dre question: whats the 4/20 significance.. what am i missing?
4/20 as faar as I can think is the day before the new Depeche Mode album is released :)
April 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am
That maybe it wolf, some like the smell of wild wolf.
So I feel I’ve become emotionally flat to horror stories. So I could appreciate what emotions the writer was trying to instill with the poem without actually feeling anything at all.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:15 am
OOO the Hotties have decided to grace us with their presence.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:16 am
The Smarty Hotties: 4/20 = weed. Dumb IMO, but lots of dumb things are popular. It’s also my sister’s birthday, but that’s not nationally recognized.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:18 am
and to prove what I was saying about my iTunes, it knows Hugh was upset by Tiffany so now:
CP: Black Flag- TV Party
April 20th, 2009 at 9:20 am
TV Party is one of the greatest songs evar.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:20 am
How did we not know this about 4/20?
Happy Birthday imag1narynumber’s sister!!!
Hi Wolf
ok, back to work :)
April 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am
isn’t it though?? :)
we love Black Flag in this house
April 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)
It is in Wikipedia so it must be right…
April 20th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Isn’t it?
April 20th, 2009 at 9:29 am
4/20 is a huge event on the CU campus in Boulder every year. Since I have an insider, I am always amused at the university’s attempts to quell the event. This year, they are expecting over 10,000 stoners to converge at 4:20 this afternoon outside of the library and toke up.
Not too surprisingly, it is always a peaceful event.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I’ll shall have to see if that black flag song is on spotify.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:37 am
OOO Bubbles….
April 20th, 2009 at 9:39 am
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j126/rhettro1/FreeSpace2.jpg
Old school game of the day. Freespace. wOOt!
April 20th, 2009 at 9:43 am
You call that old school? LOL
April 20th, 2009 at 9:46 am
In my day the would put strips of coloured cellophane on the monitor to’colour’ the graphics…
April 20th, 2009 at 9:47 am
+y
April 20th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I want my pong.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Fall Guy! Knots Landing! Yeah, that song is bit dated…
April 20th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Good morning to all of you. This is so my favorite place on the web now.
Unfortunately, I may be quiet today. I’m so sick that my dear husband has had to call off work today to help me. I have a migraine that surely surface from the depths of hell. It’s a cluster migraine which means that I’ll have moments of working vision and the pain will regress for a short time – like now. So, I took the free moment to drop in a hello.
Now I have to get as much work done as possible before the next hit of incapacitation. Stupid spreadsheets are not going to help my cause.
Have a great day! Hopefully I’ll be able to come back and read at least a bit later!
April 20th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Take care, Cj! Keep your eyes off the computer screen, girl.
April 20th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Soon, we’ll all be able to choose between same-sex or opposite marriage:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/20/carrie-prejean-miss-calif_n_188897.html
April 20th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Today is 10 years since Columbine, wow. I remember where I was on that day. I was in Fort Collins, doing an exit exam and picking up the bound volume of my master’s thesis at CSU. I had just started dating Sly B, and it was our first mini-road trip together.
April 20th, 2009 at 10:38 am
This one is for Hugh TSH:
Nuggets playoffs: 1-0
April 20th, 2009 at 10:46 am
What’s most socially disturbing about Columbine is the number of gun-toting psycho incidents that have followed. Is this a cultural inevitability for this stage of our collective emotional development – - or is there some particular facet of contemporary culture that has helped enable this kind of thing?
April 20th, 2009 at 10:52 am
My $0.02 on the matter, Jack, is that as a society, we have allowed kids to raise themselves. Imagine that the Columbine shooters gathered up an arsenal in their parents’ homes completely undetected.
Also, I think that bullying has become a constant torment and torture for kids who don’t “fit in.” Think of the 11 year old boy who hung himself last week in Springfield, MA rather than face school another day.
One of the reasons I refer to my once-beloved employer as “Evil, Inc.” is because we used to deploy to communities where something awful like Columbine or Springfield happened because we knew how to help communities design and implement bully-proofing plans.
April 20th, 2009 at 10:54 am
CP – Side 2, ZZ Top “Eleminator” LP
Take that, sadness.
April 20th, 2009 at 10:57 am
CP: Oh Well — Fleetwood Mac
*dancing in my office*
April 20th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Essbee – RE: 4/20
Get a couple of boxes of Lucky Charms and a few boxs of small Ziplock bags.
Fill the bags. Wander past the library at 4:25 selling the bags of sugared joy for a buck a piece.
Ka ching!
April 20th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I’m not a 4/20 partaker, but I could so go for a ziploc baggie of Lucky Charms right now.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am
… then you whip out your cooler full of those little pint containers of ice cold milk and sell those for $5 each.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am
later Deadpan
April 20th, 2009 at 11:03 am
A guy could make a pretty nice profit on something like that next year. Hmm . . .
April 20th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Quiet Monday…
April 20th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
At 4:20 on 4/20 I will be responsible for 5 little minions running around my house.
I’ll probably wish I was a partaker – but, alas – I have never been.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
As for the kids who cause destruction, I tend to lean toward the blame-the-parents end of the spectrum.
Parents, IMO, of a very selfish generation seemed to either ignore or over-medicate their rambunctious children instead of spending time with them and paying attention to them. This doesn’t mean that it’s always the case, but I firmly believe that many of the negative actions taken by teens over the past decade could have been prevented with a bit of parental responsibility. I think these selfish parents decide somewhere along the line that the kids are merely a burden to them and basically toss them aside to fend for themselves.
Bad parenting tends to really piss me off.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Totally, agree about the parenting issue, Cj. I think that we were the first generation of latch-key kids, and our kids (thinking of kids who are near 20 now) are the first generation of self-raised kids.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
CP: Was It A Lie? — Sleater-Kinney
April 20th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I think/hope it’s changing now. I even wonder how much the mommy/daddy blogging phenomenon has affected parenting now. I see more parenting blogs and my “MightyMommy” account on Twitter is being followed by anywhere from 3 to 10 new parent bloggers/podcast listeners daily.
If it’s a trend in parents wanting to be better parents then hopefully, the generation of children who are small now, will have a better chance. My kids are 3 and 5 and I’m going to be 40 in a little over a month from now and I’ve noticed in the parenting groups of which I’m a member, most of the moms are close to the same age as me – so I think that parents starting later in life is also a trend and a good one at that! As always, I’m hopeful.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I’ve been over an hour without headache issue. I think I may be out of the dark and after almost 3 days of this pain – I’m about to shout hallelujah.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
CP: Got to Get You Trapped Under Ice – Beatallica
Selfish people will always set their own petty wants and fleeting impulses as a higher priority than the well-being of their children.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
And OK – can’t watch this here, but it looks like it’ll be worth checking out at home: http://digg.com/d1p9f9
April 20th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I am not here to be my children’s best friend. I’m here to guide them, support them, and set boundaries for them. I’m eligible for vacation benefits after about 20 years on the job.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Ed, we have something else in common, which is our philosophy on parenting.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
CP: Goons Of Hazzard — Dead Kennedys
April 20th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
CP: Cool Drink Of Water — The Gun Club
April 20th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Personally I think blaming the parents is a kopout. It’s an easy excuse to try to explain why kid x did these horrible deeds.
I don’t care how you were brought up, you do a horrible act and the blame is on you and nobody else.
April 20th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Cue the Americans don’t know geometry jokes….
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/breakingnews/114771.php
April 20th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Yes, that was on purpose :)
No, wordpress, I’m not posting too fast!
April 20th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
You should be ok as long as you don’t summon a demon using an hexagram.
April 20th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Tonight is bachelor night for me, so I’m having a pot pie. Mmm.
April 20th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
CW: The Tudors S3, E2
April 20th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Do Satanists send each other pick-me-up messages via singing pentagram?
April 20th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
That would be a great dating service!
“We base all of our matches on a battery of 666 questions.”
April 20th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Cj said: “This is so my favorite place on the web now.”
Awww!! That warms my heart. It’s mine, too. :-)
EssBee said: “My $0.02 on the matter, Jack, is that as a society, we have allowed kids to raise themselves.”
What both you and Cj said about this was right on the money.
Cj: I didn’t know that parents starting later in life was a trend now. That is interesting, and I agree that it’s likely to be a good thing in terms of parental responsibility. I was born in 1986 (Mom was 33), and my sister was born in 1991 (Mom was 38). I think that was slightly unusual when we were growing up. I think the upside was that she had an established career, but the downside was that she had less physical stamina than parents who started younger, so she didn’t like doing things like going camping in tents (which I liked doing, and still do).
April 20th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
At my university, we had a tradition of yelling “FOUR-TWENTY!” and cheering really loudly when the clock hit 4:20 at both soccer and basketball games.
April 20th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Makes interesting reading:
http://www.applet-magic.com/mortality.htm
April 20th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Seems in the UK it wouldn’t do to suggest that booze gives you confidence:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7999250.stm
April 20th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
After 2am, yawn, night pan.
April 20th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Amy,
I too enjoy camping! I love fishing and all of that stuff too… it’s my 33-year-old husband that doesn’t like it! grrr…. I shall make him be outdoorsy! I shall!
/charge
April 20th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Well, Deadpan, that’s it for me. I think I took some of your headache, Cj — not all of it, but some of it. Now I must stop looking at this computer for awhile.
Nighty night, you beautiful denizens of the ‘pan.
April 20th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
You know, now that I hold the new Enterprise in my hands – I have to say the new warp engines are indeed on the awkwardly large size.
I hope the designers weren’t trying to compensate for something.
April 20th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Shriveled Photon torpedoes?
April 20th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
We are old skool pot smokers and didn’t know about this 4/20 thing :)
I’m not a parent so I can’t really comment reliably on the whole who is responsible thing.. but based on my experience- I do tend to agree that its the parents fault when they are young and impressionable, then there comes a point when a child is making their own decisions and at that point it becomes iffy for me. Real generalization here but when kids are living under their parents roof, parents should be more aware of whats going on. Once a kid is away making their own choices, it becomes the childs choice and the parents less.
Essbee- I will tell Hugh of your basketball shout out :) He just watched the Bulls play and now is watching the blackhawks.. I am hiding from it all. LOL. I did watch the end of the bulls game, it was a really good game.
April 20th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I can say based on my own life, my parents did have a huge impression on me. I am also from a hispanic family with slightly different issues then American families. When I look back at my life and my successes and failures I really do believe up until.. lets say… 14/15, maybe even 13/14 I could point the finger at my parents, after that I made my own choices.
I can say that the worst my parents did was they did little to prepare me for the world. I learned most things about life on my own, through trial and error and meeting other people and actually going out and exploring life, seeing it for myself. Taking chances. So the choices I made when I did that are all on me.. but I guess if you wanted to look at my parents you could say they could of prepared me better and not just let me out with the wolves so unprepared. They were entirely way too overprotective of me, to the point that they stunted me in a way.
April 20th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
ok sorry :)
for someone who started out saying I can’t really comment on a subject, I sure commented a whole bunch.
typical
I always have something to say
April 20th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
I leave you with The Gutter Twins
*swoooon*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL0pxLQg5_E
April 20th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Yes. TSH and to Van – Ultimately, once the kiddos are thinking for themselves, there are cases, where regardless of upbringing – people can simply be idiots or, deranged and unbalanced people.
I think all points and perspectives are valid, but I still believe that if the parents had taken the time to get involved and paid attention to their children, at least some of these kids could have been helped or saved.
April 20th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I want to hold your Enterprise, Ed. Pretty please? :)
April 20th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
I’ll be sure to bring it if I ever get to visit AZ. For now, you’ll have to settle for a picture :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimate_ed/3461580346/sizes/l/in/set-72157602076059713/
April 20th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
The new toy looks be to be about the same scale as the original series movie version. Both are a good bit smaller than the original TV series one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimate_ed/3460767485/in/set-72157602076059713/
April 20th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
You know, I’m mildly disturbed by the fact that I’ve only posted those images in the last few minutes and 40 people have already found them.
April 20th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Oh, why not – 600!
April 20th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Very awesome, Ed! :)
April 20th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
And Calgary has made a series of it.
Ed, are the little ones allowed to play with those models?
April 20th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Morning Pan,
CP: Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
April 20th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Some nice guitar work for a Tuesday Morning.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
CP: The Boys are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
April 20th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
CP: Dancing in The Moonlight – Thin Lizzy
April 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
CP: Jailbreak – Thin Lizzy
April 21st, 2009 at 12:08 am
CP: I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats
April 21st, 2009 at 12:11 am
CP: Mona Lisa – Nat King Cole
April 21st, 2009 at 12:15 am
CP: Route 66 – Nat King Cole
April 21st, 2009 at 12:19 am
CP: Walking My Baby Back Home – Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole
April 21st, 2009 at 12:22 am
CP: These Boots are Made for Walkin’ – Nancy Sinatra
April 21st, 2009 at 12:55 am
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
I’m not real familiar with Nancy’s version, but I really enjoy the version that Operation Ivy did.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:27 am
Jack, only when they are closely supervised and have put down a deposit :)
Nah, toys are meant to be played with. I’m not a true “collector” in the museum sense.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:32 am
Talking of models, I whiled away many a rainy afternoon as a kid playing with the following model:
http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/models/w2mstarcruiser.html
It separated into four bits for more variety..
April 21st, 2009 at 4:22 am
Morning Pan
Beautiful 20 C yesterday. The weatherman says snow for tomorrow.
I don’t know if I can take anymore of this crazy weather
April 21st, 2009 at 4:43 am
The Red Mile was happy last night, now that Calgary has decided to actually join the playoffs.
April 21st, 2009 at 4:54 am
Only one item on today’s todo list:
Disillusion TEB about another fairy tale.
Cough
April 21st, 2009 at 4:56 am
A friend of mine starts her first day of work today. Normally, not an issue but in today’s economy she got a job in record time. She’s from the US and only received her work permit at the end of March. She put out her resume, did an interview and got a job within a couple of weeks. You don’t see that very much anymore.
April 21st, 2009 at 4:57 am
You won’t disillusion me Van, I know the evils of Rumplestiltskin. The poor man who tore himself in half…
I still say the king was the bad guy in that story.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:03 am
I don’t even have the best pants.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:04 am
CP: Scientific American Podcast
April 21st, 2009 at 5:05 am
*Pushes the reset button*
April 21st, 2009 at 5:12 am
Will that work on the weather, EssBee?
April 21st, 2009 at 5:13 am
Heh! this ain’t a Sar Trek episode Essbee.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:33 am
CP: Escape Pod 195
April 21st, 2009 at 5:38 am
Junk Sound Itkin Pressure’s
April 21st, 2009 at 6:02 am
CP: Get Out the Door – Velvet Revolver
April 21st, 2009 at 6:05 am
CP: Me and My Arrow – Harry Nillson
April 21st, 2009 at 6:08 am
CP: I’m a Believer – The Monkees
April 21st, 2009 at 6:10 am
CP: Of Sins and Shadows – Symphony X
April 21st, 2009 at 6:14 am
Robert Smith is 50 today.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:16 am
Damn. You’re right, Van.
Sorry about the weather, TEB. In Colorado, it’s gorgeous and supposed to be 77 today.
Morning, Deadpan!
April 21st, 2009 at 6:16 am
CP: Salve Virgo Virginum – The Mediæval Bæbes
April 21st, 2009 at 6:17 am
So far weather not bad +8C. But give it 24 hours…
April 21st, 2009 at 6:17 am
CP: The look of Love – Diana Krall
April 21st, 2009 at 6:22 am
CP: Battery – Metallica
April 21st, 2009 at 6:34 am
CP: WanderRadio EP 39
April 21st, 2009 at 6:43 am
Well, no more music for now. Gotta do an on-line course for work. Will be out for an hour or so.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:44 am
The squeaky artichoke winds up as dinner.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:45 am
Conference Call Hell – Ditto I need help.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:00 am
I’m sorry, Wolf. ditto can’t come to the phone. Can I take a message?
April 21st, 2009 at 7:04 am
Good morning, beautiful people. Consider yourself hugged. I’m hoping to be away from the computer for most of today, at least until I have to clock into work.
mmmm artichokes – now I want to make one for dinner. Yum.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:09 am
TSH
http://www.media.wmg-is.com/media/portal/media/cms/images/200903/my-name-up-in-lights-extralarge_1236374277170.jpg
April 21st, 2009 at 7:16 am
CP: Time of the Preacher – Willie Nelson
April 21st, 2009 at 7:19 am
Once again, CJ is the Scrabble master :)
April 21st, 2009 at 7:23 am
I’m pretty excited! I just bought tickets for a performance this Thursday by Holly Hughes, the subject of my master’s thesis. Cannot wait.
http://belmarlab.org/femco2009.php
April 21st, 2009 at 7:29 am
CP: I Like It – Dixie Chicks
April 21st, 2009 at 7:33 am
CP: I Like It – Gerry and the Pacemakers
in mono
April 21st, 2009 at 7:36 am
CP: Need you Tonight – INXS
April 21st, 2009 at 7:39 am
CP: I’ll be your baby tonight – UB40 and Robert Palmer
April 21st, 2009 at 7:42 am
CP: Hound Dog – Robert Palmer
April 21st, 2009 at 7:46 am
CP: Proud to Be (a honky woman) – Vinegar Joe
April 21st, 2009 at 7:57 am
CP: Joe 90 theme
April 21st, 2009 at 7:59 am
CP: UFO theme
April 21st, 2009 at 8:08 am
CP: Babylon Podcast 152
April 21st, 2009 at 8:24 am
CP: Insomnia Radio UK #65
April 21st, 2009 at 8:28 am
Completely off the topic…
(what topic)
I was looking WR Stats… Someone is listening to my show on their PSP…
Wow you can do that?
(Yes you old man they can…)
April 21st, 2009 at 8:30 am
CW: Chuck s2e20
April 21st, 2009 at 8:32 am
Doesn’t Van listen on PSP? Could’ve sworn someone on here does…
April 21st, 2009 at 8:37 am
“As in ball shaped,” said Jack.
And I snorted.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:43 am
Not any more JB, but I’ve listened to DP on a PSP, PS3 and a Dell Axim X30 PDA.
Cough
However you can use the RSS feed to stream or download episodes direct to the PSP.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:43 am
Boy the bunnies are out in force today. Usually you don’t see them so wildly hopping around the neighbourhood.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:44 am
I may get a life one of these days.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:46 am
I started my podsuming habit on my PSP, and the automatic wifi scheduling works fairly well. I think I stopped using it as my main device because I only had a 512MB memory card in it at the time.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:46 am
Van don’t bother You don’t get out of it what you put in to it…
April 21st, 2009 at 8:47 am
Ah I remember when the PSP seemed sleek and sexy and then the iPhone came along and made it look liked a bloated whale.
Still, Super Stardust is a cool shooter on the PSP..
April 21st, 2009 at 8:51 am
TSH – I wish my local comic shop was as on the ball, internet-wise, as yours is. Neither one is open during the hours I can get to them and neither one has a web store. I’m all for supporting the little guys, but… [shrug]
April 21st, 2009 at 8:52 am
Wolf – You get DUST!
April 21st, 2009 at 8:54 am
Well he’s a wolf after all.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:55 am
I tried to use the test model at the AT&T store within two days of them chaining it to the wall. So it is possible, but unlikely, that the touch sensors were already damaged in some way.
As the primary (only?) method of input, touch screen is not something I can use. Even on the newfangled tech that is used for the iPhone.
What is it called? Is the iPhone capacitive touch or resistive touch? Grrr, can’t recall now.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:56 am
I don’t know Wolf -quite- well enough, but I love to tease my friend Gorath about his wolfie nature by calling him a “woof” all the time. Just doing my vampire part to put down the revolution.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:00 am
Van, getting a life is over-rated ;)
April 21st, 2009 at 9:00 am
AmazonMP3 has the new Depeche Mode for $3.99
BestBuy has it for $9.99 or $14.99 with a DVD.
… But I still want the disc.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:02 am
Well, the arbourist is here to trim my trees. Gotta go!
Later Pan
April 21st, 2009 at 9:07 am
Is that a metaphor TEB?
cough
April 21st, 2009 at 9:10 am
CP: Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) — Bob Dylan
April 21st, 2009 at 9:11 am
NS – Hopefully we will not ever know each other that well…
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
;)
April 21st, 2009 at 9:12 am
At lunch today, I think I’ll run to Best Buy and get the Caprica DVD. I might also pick up the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs disc, and I’ve been wanting a Garbage CD. Why not?
April 21st, 2009 at 9:14 am
LOL, Wolf.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:20 am
… I’m confused now. How did my nipple for this deadpan end up in this deadpan? Shouldn’t it not have existed until after this particular unshow existed? Are my nipples traveling in time?
April 21st, 2009 at 9:24 am
Wolf – XD
We get on well enough. Two different creatures of the night, both better than the normals that sleep walk around us.
Could define pretty much anyone here. It’s not like we’re a majority population.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am
[...] Mangan’s Deadpan Unshow Un 35 Share and [...]
April 21st, 2009 at 9:56 am
I’ve got Caprica coming in the mail. The wife and I will check in on for date night on Friday. Honestly, if it weren’t for Farpoint Media (here and Slice, etc) I wouldn’t even know it was available, much less that I’d have to get a DVD to watch it.
Sadly, no Blu-Ray.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:06 am
I heard there’s nudity on the DVD.
That is all.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:14 am
I hope nipples don’t require 1.21 gigawatts to travel through time.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:15 am
Marty!
April 21st, 2009 at 10:17 am
How did you get that nipple to 88 mph?
April 21st, 2009 at 10:19 am
I dunno! Jack did it!
And how did I not notice until now?
April 21st, 2009 at 10:32 am
Funny or Die strikes again:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6eddb255b2
April 21st, 2009 at 10:56 am
Jack has a new Super Power. He can direct Lightning Bolts to peoples nipples causing them to go 88 mph causing them to travel in time with out the owners knowledge.
Recommendation keep your hands on all nipples that are important to you…
April 21st, 2009 at 11:06 am
Says Wolf, obviously using one of his hands at least to type out the warning. Good ole’ one-nipple Wolf.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:09 am
EssBee I am not worried about my nipples…
Borrows Vans *Cough*
April 21st, 2009 at 11:18 am
There’s someone out there for everyone’s nipples. I truly believe that.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:25 am
I’m skeptical, just going by the male/female ratio alone.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:38 am
So they’re still trimming my trees (no euphemisms – despite the current nipple conversation). With any luck, I won’t have to worry about branches falling on the neighbours car come next snowfall (which is tomorrow from what the weatherman says).
April 21st, 2009 at 11:40 am
I Think I’m going into gaming withdrawal. There are approx a dozen games I want to purchase this year (that I know of, anyway) but none of them have been released yet. Need to find something to do until next month.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:41 am
Van, This is for you. This cake was made by a sixteen-year-old cake decorator and I couldn’t help, but think of you when I saw it!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4cDIuOceXIU/SKzdW52Vf3I/AAAAAAAAAPk/ZZsQYuYrIGw/s1600-h/beatles+001.jpg
April 21st, 2009 at 11:43 am
TEB, more Scrabble? New game? Yes? :D
April 21st, 2009 at 11:51 am
700
April 21st, 2009 at 11:51 am
CJ. Yes. I as much a masochist as the next person.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:53 am
CP: Fluting on the Hump – King Missile
April 21st, 2009 at 11:55 am
CD: Wander Radio 34 to my PSP
Just because I can.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:57 am
LOL – Thanks Van.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:57 am
TEB, if you want to a challenge, download Geo Defense for your iPod Touch, there is a lite version available.
April 21st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Downloading it now, Van. I have Tap Defense on my touch. That was fun for awhile.
Also, just downloaded Flock for my PC
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/flock/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review
Something to tide me over until the “real” games come out :)
April 21st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
TEB, if you want a challenge, play Scrabble w/ Cj!
April 21st, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Ah that pacman song from WR 34 is class.
April 21st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Yup, CJ’s a Scrabble master all right.
April 21st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
It helps when you can do this as well:
http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/media/pacman_flash/
April 21st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
CP: Raspberry Swirl — Tori Amos
April 21st, 2009 at 12:18 pm
CW: Ashes to Ashes S2E1
April 21st, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Van – What makes #34 so appealing?
April 21st, 2009 at 12:26 pm
CP: Lullaby – Editors
April 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I wish I knew Wolf, just everything seem to ‘gel’ for that episode.
April 21st, 2009 at 12:37 pm
CP: Pure Imagination – Maroon 5
April 21st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
CP: Lola (My Love) — Buckingham Nicks
April 21st, 2009 at 2:58 pm
And now, a very special edition of Jackass….
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/236511
While, going back to our earlier discussion, I certainly say this boy in a man’s body is wholly responsible for his current condition, the fact that his mom is proud of him is a pretty big indictment on the family.
April 21st, 2009 at 4:49 pm
I don’t think any bonehead should be given leniency because they cry about their poor upbringing, but bad parenting is definitely at the root of the bonehead epidemic.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I’m back…
Some responses:
Welcome, Dan S.
i: I like hummus too.
TEB: lol vulcan homies
Hugh: Absa-frakin-amen, bro! Who needs the corporate ladder anyway?
TSH: Re: Catwoman’s boobs: You don’t think *that* is a superpower? ;)
Amy: Yea! Glad to you are making progress on the novel.
mp3s vs CDs: I still buy the CDs for the better sound quality.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:10 pm
And I like to add: computers seem to hate me.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:21 pm
ditto, thank god you’re back.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:25 pm
:)
April 21st, 2009 at 5:30 pm
American Idol is really awful, isn’t it?
April 21st, 2009 at 5:31 pm
I think I’ll go hide now. ;)
April 21st, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I did pick up the Caprica DVD today. Now just to get Sly B to quit working and watch it with me. Hmmm.
I see that the show won’t actually air until 2010. Not shocking, but still, WTF.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I was eating breakfast and flipped past the last few minutes of Idol. I am unimpressed with the lot of ‘em. They sound better than me, but that isn’t say anything at all.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Nomad, I am the Celene Dion of Deadpan, and I say they stink too.
Sacre Bleu.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:46 pm
The good news is that one could download tonight’s performances on iTunes tomorrow. In case you want to hear them again. And again.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:46 pm
One more Idol question. WTF is Paula on? Any guesses?
April 21st, 2009 at 5:48 pm
EssBee – Good. Now I don’t feel so hypocrankikal for being unimpressed. (And I do not wish to hear them again.)
April 21st, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Parkinson’s disease, maybe? Or just the alchohol?
April 21st, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I was gonna guess oxy m’self, but it could just be a red Coca Cola cup full of vodka. You have a point, sir.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Work, she drags me under. Gulp.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:00 pm
I must say, I catch bits and pieces as my wife and her mother and sisters enjoy it…..this is turning into a run on sentence and I don’t know how to stop it.
American Idol – I agree this has not been a strong batch. I can usually count on Simon to cut through Paula’s sunshine crap, but even he’s let me down with approving some of the performances.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:03 pm
CW: last night’s Castle
April 21st, 2009 at 6:15 pm
ditto: Welcome back! The novel’s not done, but I uploaded it to CreateSpace this morning anyway, in hopes of getting my free proof copy before my discount code from Nanowrimo ‘07 expires (and even if it does, I’m excited enough about the whole thing to pay for a proof copy). I’m currently waiting for a confirmation email from them.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:01 pm
“RT” @evoterra:
“It would give me a raging hard-on for days if Phoenix became THE capital of weekly SM meetups. #FN is the motherfucking way. (Sorry, Jack)”
w00t! I just thought I would “retweet” this here to make absolutely sure that Jack saw it. :-D
April 21st, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Re: American Idol
If Freddie Mercury and David Bowie could have had a baby, it would be Adam Lambert.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:21 pm
My latest donation to Gutenberg, The Homesteaders, has gone live:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28579
April 21st, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Random Geekery:
Trying to pick out a decent cell phone is ridiculously complicated. Even employing my awesome google fu, there is just no info out there. How is this possible?
April 21st, 2009 at 8:39 pm
When I picked my phone, I had spent about a year deciding what features I wanted and waiting for a phone that had them to come out.
Which is a rough way of saying there is no easy way that I know of.
Sascha Segan from PCMag is pretty knowledgable, as is Bonnie Cha from CNET.
http://www.pcmag.com/author_bio/0,1908,a=2974,00.asp#
http://www.cnet.com/profile/bonnie.cha/?tag=mncol;txt
And another good source of info is the MobileTechRoundup podcast.
http://mobiletechroundup.com/
April 21st, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Hmm, too many linkages in my prior comment. When Jack de-mods it, it is for Marlo. ‘K?
April 21st, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I don’t watch American Idol, myself. The only reality shows I watch are Top Chef and Biggest Loser.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:39 pm
ditto: I can’t watch the cooking shows, or I’d never ever be able to eat again.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I have my crew and 2/3 of the second shift crew tonight and they are driving me nuts. Wah wah. And wah.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:09 pm
… And they are gone. phew. No more stupid questions about things that have no bearing on anything.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:09 pm
What you looking for in a cellphone MD?
I don’t watch reality shows, a few attempts at watching Big Brother when it first started in the UK was enough to put me off the concept for good.
Welcome back ditto.
Morning Pan, the Sun is shining and I’m going to watch moving pictures in a darkened room later.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:17 pm
CW: a week of In Treatment episodes
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:35 am
CL: Dani’s Truth Seekers Podcast: Special Edition: Live from a Tea Party
… ???
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:01 am
Well no good ??ing NS, you’re the one listening to that podcast.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:42 am
The people speaking at the “Tea Party” seemed to enjoy yelling about socialists and communists and such.
Which is not exactly a good way to get -me- to agree with them, but it seemed that the audience appreciated it.
And then there were numbers and facts being strewn about … I don’t know anything about what they were discussing, but my instincts are yelling that it is not only nonsense and lies but contradictory as well.
I have this sick-fascination / disgust with this politic nonsense. And I think that is what I’m ???’ing most.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 am
And ScottyJ says JustaJoe is Highlander, he can never die. But that is Cj’s LLAP, not Dani’s TS.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:46 am
!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Amy.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:47 am
And yes, there can be only one JustaJ0e.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:51 am
I was a bit worried that SM meant something else and Amy was showing a dark side.
cough
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:34 am
Van – I think I have figured out why you like #34…
It is fast paced moving from segment to segment quickly. Jack Jaffee’s Muppet pieces are hilarious.
And I do not speak in that episode…
Proof of my face for radio and a voice for print…
;)
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:31 am
Not true Wolf, you speak at the beginning when it sounds like your son is asking what the episode is this week.
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:20 am
LOL – true. That is my son…
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 am
ditto: I am a fan of Top Chef. I don’t know why, but I love Padma. And cooking.
Morning, Deadpan!
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:37 am
justa JOe is the frakin’ way. There can be only one.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 am
I really dislike most “reality” shows. Many of them don’t deal with reality at all and are engineered to cater to the train-wreck crowd. I like Top Chef because it really is all about the cooking. There is little that can be faked on that show. And, my wife recently exposed me to Biggest Loser. There are some dumb game components to the show, but overall it is very inspiring and educational.
Other than that, I don’t know what I’ll be watching on TV anymore. Almost all my shows are gone. I guess I’ll do more reading. :)
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 am
CP: Hey Joe (Joe Bully) — Beatnik Turtle
Yep, it’s a total coincidence that I’m playing that song.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:53 am
EssBee: I love Padma, though I’m disappointed about the Hardee’s commercial. They must have paid her a lot for that!
I read an interview she did not long ago where they asked her what is her favorite thing about herself. She said the scar on her arm.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:00 am
I haven’t seen the Hardee’s commercial – what’d she do? I DID see that she recently posed nude for some magazine (W?).
The scar on her arm is my favorite thing about her too. I have a big scar on my left forearm that makes for great stories when people pretend not to see it/can’t take their eyes away.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:08 am
Sly B picked me up a magazine yesterday because the Grateful Dead were featured on the cover. I can’t remember the name of the mag. It had a free Various Artists CD attached, and I am listening to it now. It’s called. Uncut: White Winter Hymns, and features artists such as Fleet Foxes, Lift To Experience, and The Kissaway Trail. It’s basically really fun hippie music. It’s turning out to be a nice way to start the day.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 am
EssBee: Here’s the commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8nJKa13sBo
Sex sells, but I object to using sex to sell (most) products.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:15 am
Wow, that commercial kinda grossed me out.
Maybe it’s the mom in me – I just saw germs everywhere!
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:16 am
Oh… I also have a scar on my left arm just above my wrist – it’s almost undetectable, but also an interesting story to share if/when someone asks.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:21 am
I would like to forget ever seeing that commercial. Damn you, ditto!
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:24 am
I have lots of scars. I guess I’ve just lived an interesting life. :)
Now I’ll have to avoid getting some new ones after sharing that video. ;)
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 am
Imagine the director for that commercial:
“Can you hold the hamburger further away from your face, yet still lick it?”
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:52 am
Oooh go on Cj and tell the story of the scar.
I’ve one on my foot. I have no memory and what caused this, but was told later that I had grabbed the hot poker for the coke fire as a bairn and pulled it onto my foot.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:56 am
It’s not an exciting story – just interesting to me.
I’d rather hear about EssBee’s scar story!
But.. I’ll share too…
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:57 am
Yes, come on Essbee spill your guts about the scar.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:03 am
Well that killed the conversation.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
I married my first husband in 1993 in Arizona even though we lived in California at the time. Whenever we traveled, we brought our cats with us so, of course, my cats were at the wedding.
I was standing outside in my parents’ backyard after the wedding, but before we left for our hotel and I was holding my black cat, Dinky, in my arms. My dad decided at that very moment to celebrate the marriage by setting off a series of firecrackers – - – which scared my cat, but I couldn’t let go of her because we were out in the boonies/desert and I didn’t want her to run off and be eaten by a snake or something…
She left a big gash in my arm which is now barely detectable, but she died April 9th of last year so I’m perfectly happy to have the reminder of my first “baby” etched into my arm.
I actually can’t believe she’s already been gone for a year. Sometimes I swear I still see her out of the corner of my eye. We had a good 16 years together.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovelongandprosper/3123520168/
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:32 am
Ok, here’s mine (and I’m totally off task today because I’m following the Zapata trial on Twitter. The trial just opened, and closing arguments are about to begin):
I was playing with my brother when we were kids – I was maybe 12 or 13, he is 2 years younger. He went all Lord of the Rings on me, and wielded his sword, which was actually a piece of wood with a huge rusty nail sticking out of it. He tore my arm open from the inside of my elbow around to the tip of my index finger. It’s kind of a curvy scar, most noticeable on the top of my forearm and the back of my hand. There’s also a nice slice on the index finger right under the nail.
He was always a little shit. He’s an oncologist now. Still a shit, as I have recounted here in the past.
I have several other scars as well, but this is the one they could use to identify my body when talking to my loved ones. “Any tattoos or defining marks?” Yep, she had a big-ass scar on her left arm.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:39 am
All we need now is a big fooking shark.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 am
CP: Dead Skunk – Loudon Wainwright III
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 am
CP: So Damn Happy – Loudon Wainwright III
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 am
I just learned today that I will be in Phoenix for a 2 days of training in June.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 am
CP:Primrose Hill – Loudon Wainwright III
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:59 am
CP: 4 x 10 – Loudon Wainwright III
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 am
4 x 10 – Loudon Wainwright III
it’s not strange, no mystery
you and I are history
I put up my protective wall
it’s 4 feet thick and 10 feet tall
10 feet tall and 4 feet thick
granite, concrete, steel and brick
protection for you, understand
the little boy, the inner man
boys kissed the girls
then made them cry
that’s a man’s job, that is why
when you cry, you’re just a clone
of every woman I have known
and every Harry, Dick and Tom
gets all of this shit from his mom
who was unhappy, mom was sad
because of a wall that dad had
once its up it wont come down
and mom’s a queen and dad’s a clown
it’s not strange, no mystery
that you and I are history
it’s 4 feet thick and 10 feet tall
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:03 am
CP: Singin’ in the Rain – Gene Kelly
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:03 am
Jack: You’re welcome!
Van: That occurred to me, too, but no, Evo was using it to mean “Social Media.”
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:04 am
Someone in Phoenix may get the chance to stroke a wolf.
Cough
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:07 am
CP: Kung Fu Girls – Blondie
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
CP: Hanging on the Telephone – Blondie
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:11 am
CP: Islands of Lost Souls – Blondie
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:16 am
I’ve been taking lunchhour walks for the past 6 workdays. Today, I’m waiting for the temp to creep north of 50ºF. Apparently tomorrow they expect a high of 83ºF, then back down for Friday and the remainder of the 10-day…
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:17 am
What 2 days Wolf? I’d love to have a wolf at my birthday party!
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:20 am
RIP Jack Cardiff
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8012994.stm
He was involved in one of my all time fav movies ‘A Matter of Life and Death’.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:21 am
Stairway to Heaven for those in the USA.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:23 am
CP: Jake the Peg – Rolf Harris
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:24 am
CJ – Right now that is not clear somewhere between 1st and the 18th…
Will let you all know as details develop. :) Cj I would love to get together for a Cj traveled around the sun party. But I will wait until further information is available before I make any promises.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 am
Scheduling by Magic 8 Ball.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:27 am
CP: If I Were a Rich Man – Topol
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:28 am
CP: Drifting — 4 Non Blondes
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:32 am
CP: Turn on the Sun – Nana Mouskouri
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:36 am
CP: All Along the Watchtower – Bob Dylan
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:38 am
ZP shouts Tally Ho and he reviews HAWX:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/689-Tom-Clancys-H-A-W-X
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:44 am
Currently Addicted to: Gimme Sympathy — Metric
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:44 am
JB, that sounds like Colorado weather!
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:31 am
CW: Fringe S1E17
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 am
Going way back on this conversation – - I was able to watch a live Iron Chef type of thing this past weekend. It was amazing just how calm and relaxed the chefs and their assistants were the entire time. Nothing like what you see on “reality” TV.
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 am
Conference call hell.
Also, the jury has the case in the Zapata murder trial.
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:13 am
No scars Jack?
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:14 am
Conference call hell here too.
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:31 am
Bring Marshmellows next time…
I hear they roast well.
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
I am the marshmallow. Burnt to a crisp. :(
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
CP: Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) — David Bowie
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
I am the cracker.
cough
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
Koo Koo Ka Choo.
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Crunch crunch.
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Wibble!
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I’m not wearing underpants on my head though.
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Conference call now at one hour, twelve minutes.
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
EssBee ask them if they would mind if you ordered pizza.
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:22 pm
If Vanamonde won’t, then maybe the conference call participants should wear their underwear on their heads.
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Jack, there was an interesting blog post from our own local Andrew Zimmern (“Bizzare Foods”) about “Hell’s Kitchen.”
http://blogs.mspmag.com/chowandagain/
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:24 pm
You know I would like Heroes to end with Hiro grabbing Sylar and transporting him to the far future, when time restarts for Sylar, he’s in a desert with a big bloated Sun in the sky…
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Scary thought of the day: Hiro & Sylar slash fiction.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Allen Andrade is guilty of 1st Degree Murder and a Hate Crime.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:09 pm
“Hiro grabbing Sylar”
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
When the Wolf is in town, even if not during my festivities, we should at least have a Jack collective!
One can never have too many Jacks.
You can, however, have entirely too many underpants on your head if you aren’t careful.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I like the way “I am the marshmallow” feels when I say it.
I am the marshmallow.
Then again, I like mushrooms for basically the same reason.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I once rented a white Ford Probe and it felt like I was driving a marshmallow. Don’t know why – I just remember feeling that way.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
CP: Master and Servant — Depeche Mode
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
CL: Whatever the downstairs neighbor is playing. Grumph.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Conference call currently at 2 hours, 26 minutes.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Well at you know what Hell is now Essbee.
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
+least
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
2 hours, 54 minutes . . .
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
CW: The Daily Show with the ‘horror’ of socialism in Sweden.
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Indiana Jones Lego game on Xbox 360 – my daughter incredibly masterful at this game.
She’s like a 5-year-old video game prodigy.
Takes after her dad in that respect.
Sometimes I worry.
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:09 pm
3 hours, 8 minutes . . .
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Andrade is now being sentenced. The victim’s mother is addressing the court.
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
CJ – Yeah we could do that whole you will be assimulated thing… We are Jack of Borg you will be satarized…
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I do not have video game skill…
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:55 pm
You can’t get much simpler than Space Invaders..left, right, shoot!
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I lose at that one as well… I have no coordination
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Made of Deadpan.
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
T’was the eve before Deadpan…
Oh wait we did that already…
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
So… if Trucker Overdrive showed up too… would that make the mother, maiden, crone of Jacks?
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I want All Jack TV – All the Time – swooooon
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I have always wanted to be the maiden…
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I don’t have the bust for it.
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
We could bronze you?
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Goodnight Mush. I will see you all briefly tomorrow. Then a weekend of fun and partying — right… believe that.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Dream sweet, Maiden Wolfy.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Fun? Backups and beating my computers qualifies as fun? OK. I guess it does when I’m drinking ice wine.
*hic*
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:26 pm
My proof copy of my ‘07 novel is on its way to me now! :-D
Night, Pan. Tomorrow will be a very long day. 10 hours of work followed by a conference call. Yay. I am looking forward to the conference call, though – it’s a career development seminar specifically designed for AmeriCorps Members.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Congrats, Amy!!!!
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:33 pm
ditto, “If a problem comes along, you must whip it.”
Amy, rock on, girl.
Tomorrow is a very exciting day for me as well. Maybe I already said this, so if I did forgive me. I wrote my master’s thesis on a book by a pretty controversial performance artist named Holly Hughes. She was part of the NEA 4 back in the 80s. I think she’s completely brilliant, even if she is a bit edgy.
She will be in Denver tomorrow performing a new piece. Tomorrow is also Sly B’s mom’s (my mother-out-law) birthday, and she is with us to celebrate. So, we are going for an early dinner of all-you-can-eat Sushi, followed by Holly’s performance. w00t!
Here’s a link to her book, in case you all want a good giggle:
http://tinyurl.com/dj52bh
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Thanks! :-)
I had the greatest idea when I was driving today. I was listening to WNDR Radio’s interview with Rob Paterson from Kung Fu Action Theatre, and they were discussing how voice acting for audio dramas is better if the actors are actually in the same room together. So I thought: During the informal ManganCon we were talking about earlier, we should totally record a Questors episode live at either the Draco Vista or LLAP studios. Even if I have reached the end of the story and finished all the episodes before then, it would still be fun to do a live version. :-) Just a thought.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 pm
BTW, I can eat A LOT of Sushi. In case anyone was wondering.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Brain = funk.
I should really talk to the Discworld Con people, huh…….
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Well, it’s been a really emotionally draining day. I am off to find some aspirin and my pillow. I think I have a good book waiting.
Hugs to everyone out there. Thanks for being who you each are.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:49 pm
I can eat lots ‘o sushi too. :)
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:21 pm
And once again the sun sets on a week of deadpan.
Good night, John Boy….
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Night, Ed.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Amy – Way to go, Girl!
EssBee – Very exciting. Have a great time!
G’nite boys and girls who are heading off to bed.
Sushi is win! (dammit. Someone take me out for sushi. My silly husband doesn’t like it!)
LLAP Studios will always be available to the Pan.
Uhm uhm uhm…. I have to work now.
I’ll be up late.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I’m going to drink some Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi and use a Red Vine as a straw.
I’m the slowest Easter candy eater of all time. My hubby goes nutz wanting to eat my candy which just sits there uneaten… tempting him.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:01 pm
EssBee I just read about the verdict on that Zapata case
It is about time all hate crimes are treated the same. That girl was a person with a family just like anyone else. The horrible things he said about her.. ugh. Hate is so ugly.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:02 pm
in happier news, Hugh is quite excited watching the Blackhawks vs Calgary right now
:)
I am hiding from it :)
l8r pan
hope everyone is good
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:06 pm
sorry I am going back to the bad story for a second.. at what point can you justify in your mind that this person, this human being in front of you is less that you, is less human than you in some way, that they are beneath you? That killing them isn’t killing because somehow this person isn’t a human being like you.. what the fuck is that? what causes that?
so disturbing
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
ok thats all I have to say about that. I just needed to vent on that
I need to leave with a happy comment now
errrr….
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Happy Earth Day!
I tried :)
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Happy Earth Day to you too.