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April 22nd, 2009 at 8:55 pm
HI!
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I cannot access MP3 files from the network at work, so… someone else will have to transcribe #125 for me so I can read it tonight before I go home.
Cj? Wanna take this one for me?
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I already have the entire thing written up in binary, NS. I’ll post that for you in a minute.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Wow, BST sucks.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Uhhh huhh… I’m late to the game on this one.. I was uhm.. yeah.. I might have been playing WoW… :oops:
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Sweet! I am on Wikipedia now, teaching myself to sight read in binary.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
What is BST? I already know what WoW is.
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Boney Skeletal Thighs?
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Brief Study Times?
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Big Silly Things?
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Bad Saxaphone Time?
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Booze South Tree
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
All sound much more interesting than British Summer Time.
:)
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:37 pm
The idea of actually liking to eat raw fish will always be a mystery to me.
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 am
I had an avocado sushi roll once and not only was it very good, it had no fish in it.
And I detest the whole shifting time around idea. I cannot see how anyone ever thought that this was a good idea.
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:50 am
Ripe bananas…Mmmmmmm!
Green bananas…Yuk!
Guess which ones are better for you?
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 am
Bananas Sans ToneOfYellow
So it’s a stretch. What do you want from an insomniac at quarter to 3am!
Goodnight to the mushy goodness.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:30 am
Blood.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:37 am
I think I’ve just shared a bonding moment with Van regarding the consumption of raw fish. Perhaps is just goes back to my caveman lineage, but I regard the discovery of fire for cooking animals as a good thing.
Deadpan 125 is locked and loaded.
April 23rd, 2009 at 3:04 am
Morning, Deadpan!
Raw fish = yum. I’ll take Van and Ed’s share, thanks!
Downloading now. Of to the gym.
April 23rd, 2009 at 4:32 am
Blood?
Blood!
April 23rd, 2009 at 4:59 am
Morning Pan!
From the winter wonderland that is Calgary!
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/photo?slug=9a9a6eaf83bc74232306388891381d8e-getty-85973435mr002_bhawks_flames&prov=getty
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:02 am
Only up for a few minutes. My Boo is taking her car in for servicing so I have to go pick her up in about 15 minutes.
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:04 am
For those of you on FB. My profile picture is of my backyard, taken this morning. To give you an idea of what we are dealing with.
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:15 am
Morning, Pan.
This very long day is starting. I’ve just finished my prep work for tonight’s conference call. I’ve got new Deadpan, Wander Radio, and several other podcasts ready to go, and I’m ready for the rest of the day. Catch you on the other side.
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:25 am
Sight reading binary, Nomad? Just beware anyone trying to show you a scroll…
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 am
CP: Excerpt from “Monster in a Box” – Spalding Gray
Alas no more Gray…
*sigh*
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:44 am
Amy you do know that the latest episode of WR is NOT work safe right…
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:53 am
TEB, BRR!!
I won’t tell you what the weather is like today.
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:59 am
CP: Songs From The Wood — Jethro Tull
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:12 am
Yep – It is a brisk 72 F here.
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:13 am
CP: Pale Blue Eyes — The Velvet Underground
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:20 am
JaJ, if you lost your severe weather kit, you can borrow my flashlight! I might have a few granola bars too . . .
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:25 am
CP: Heartshine — Mother Love Bone
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:40 am
CP: Rehab — Amy Winehouse
I really think you should go, Amy. Just my opinion.
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:44 am
Back from the brrr. Now to warm up and do some work. Then back out to SHOVEL MY SIDEWALK.
I’m really ready for spring.
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 am
Ben I Blessed Queen
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:11 am
Snow is definitely over ratted
Participating in winter sports is over rated (What do you mean you don’t ski? You live right beside the mountains!)
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:25 am
Ugh, I hear that all the time. I personally find no attraction in strapping boards to my feet and throwing myself down a mountain.
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:26 am
Time to go out to the brr and shovel the sidewalk. Back in a bit.
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:39 am
TEB – Have you thought about renting a really large space heater and Blower… Just thinking…
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:40 am
JohnBoze with the Snow Crash reference! (speaking of snow. . . )
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:02 am
No way I was passing that one up, Jack.
I figured you would if I hadn’t…
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:04 am
Brrr, f’n brrr.
Wolf, you almost need that today. Because it was semi-warm when the snow started, there is a beautiful layer of ice under the shovelled snow. Now covered in a coat of de-icer.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:08 am
Cj, I love your voice!
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:20 am
There! I rotated and vacuumed my bed. It should be good for another six months now.
Put the kettle on. Now to decide what kind of tea I want to make :)
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
TEB, why did you choose today to rotate the bed? Serious question, actually, from an O/CD friend.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 am
Especially when she’s all giggly….
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 am
CJ, that is, d’oh!
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:25 am
EssBee, I like to rotate and vacuum my bed every six months or so, and it was about due.
Tip for those who have never vacuumed their beds:
empty your vacuum, change your bag, whatever, so that it is clean.
strip your bed, then run the vacuum over it (a vacuum with a beater bar works best)
I can almost guarantee you’ll vacuum you bed on a regular basis after you see all the junk that comes out ;)
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:27 am
Hmm. 3 things that are underrated.
Accapella Music – The human voice singing is just awesome.
Variety – Trying new things I think is underrated… How else are you going to find something new??? People find something and just hold on to it until it becomes habit…How else can you grow? Learn something new?
Audio Dramas – Underrated because of the power of audio to tell a story that can draw in its listener and engulf the listener into a world.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:31 am
Wolf the lute of the routine traps many of us.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:32 am
Err lure and not lute.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:34 am
TEB, I also do the every 6 months thing. I do July 4th and New Year’s.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:38 am
Underrated: Turning and vacuuming your mattress.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:41 am
Snow Crash is my favorite book from him. Before he started writing tomes, of course. ;)
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:41 am
Underrated: Potatoes
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:47 am
I’m going to ask this and duck. Who wrote Snow Crash?
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 am
All together now:
Neal Stephenson!
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 am
There is no cheating on the Deadpan.
Harumph.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:51 am
Who?
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:52 am
You know Wolf. The guy who wrote about the Age of Diamonds.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:53 am
Or was that Aging Diamonds?
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:54 am
Underestimated: Australian poisonous fauna.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
Eeek!
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
That’s graphite TEB.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
Is this from experience?
All poisonous fauna is underestimated, Van
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
3 overrated things:
- Twitter
- Open Source
- Java
3 underrated things:
- Reading (in general)
- Empathy
- Quiet time
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:56 am
Those are just off the top of my head. In about an hour I’ll probably feel differently.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:56 am
To quote the late John Denver:
“Some days are diamonds,
Some days are coal”
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:59 am
I agree with Tee about The Joker.
Many of the best books screw with your head.
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 am
I’ll let the open-source slight go. ;-)
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:01 am
imag1narynumber: No problem. I’ve been working with open source for over 15 years. It’s got its good points. It’s got its demons. I just don’t subscribe to the fervor.
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:02 am
I don’t think Tee has read Moore & Campell’s “From Hell”.
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:02 am
WNDR: Yes, I know it’s not work-safe. I always listen to podcasts on my iPod with earbuds, so even if I did listen to it while cleaning (I didn’t – I listened to Contagious and Weather Child instead), no one would hear.
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:02 am
Demon (aka daemon) pun intended. :)
And another tie to Snow Crash.
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
Yea! My marshmallow comment got read. :)
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:07 am
Amy – that makes feel so much better.
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:23 am
ditto: That pun made my day!
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:31 am
imag1narynumber: You’re welcome. Quick question: i or j?
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:34 am
imagine all the imaginary numbers….
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:36 am
So, what’s the big deal with “The Warriors” anyway? I recall seeing it once, but only bits have stuck with me, such as Jack’s opening with the guy using glass bottles (talk about dated) on his fingers to make his little taunting clacker. Is it just some cult status movie that I don’t belong to? Or is it something Palooza worthy that I don’t appreciate enough?
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:37 am
I don’t need to. It’s C. ;)
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:41 am
Ed: I guess that’s why they call it a cult film. :) I don’t really get it either.
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:52 am
Interesting factoid: Music pirates buy 10x more music online than anyone else
http://i.gizmodo.com/5219587/study-finds-pirates-buy-10x-more-music-online-than-non+pirates
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:55 am
ditto, I don’t MEAN to cheat.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 am
I TOTALLY agree about Twitter being over-rated. I have been using it for the past few weeks to follow the trial in Greeley without streaming the video, and it is EXHAUSTING. It’s like people popping up in your face constantly. It’s too much pressure. It’s too much information.
*writes down Snow Crash for the bookstore tonight*
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:09 am
And if there’s one thing I absolutely hate, it’s people popping up in my face constantly.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:13 am
[over-wrought voice] I feel so unwanted.
*sniff*
*SOB*
;)
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 am
Hmmm. “Over” words sounds like a good idea today.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:17 am
I read that as pooping.
I’ll get my coat.
Overrated: Holidays. Alone.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:18 am
It’s not you, it’s me.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:20 am
We could make it an overarching theme for the day. Good idea!
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:22 am
That too, Van. I did not overlook your comment about pooping.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:22 am
I’m overly obsessed.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:22 am
How does our overlord feel about this?
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:24 am
CP: Over Your Shoulder — Concrete Blonde
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:25 am
Would I be over-analyzing the situation to feel self-conscious about whistling along to an Indigo Girls song in my office?
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:26 am
Deapdan is the Over-Fucking Way
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:28 am
100?
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:28 am
over 100
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 am
The new host of Rocketboom makes me feel old.
There is an unwashed obese man on the bus…the smell is overpowering.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 am
CP: Over and Over — MC5
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 am
That sounds overwhelming, Van.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:53 am
All this overtime is really making me feel overworked.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:02 am
CP: Over Theirs – Wire
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:04 am
Are you overwrought EssBee?
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:05 am
Is overuse of over contrary to Deadpan?
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:11 am
Not overwrought, ditto. Just overtired.
Are we overdoing it?
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:13 am
No more than our other memes.
Late lunch for me.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
Don’t get overfull, ditto. That makes for a drowsy afternoon.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:25 am
Was there no new Lost this week?
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 am
I’ve come to the conclusion that I must be an awful person because I found this comic funny. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 am
I think it was an overview episode that compiled scenes from the season, Van, not a new episode.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 am
Rhettro, boo! Hiss!
Okay, I chuckled too. That was overly insensitive.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 am
Thx Essbee.
Ah Burn Notice is getting a third series..cool.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:59 am
It was a little, wasn’t it EssBee. ;)
No new Lost Van, but they did premire their 100th clip show.
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:04 pm
ditto: I’m going with “i” :-)
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
iditto
Apple will be after him.
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Rhettro: That was funny.
imag1narynumber: Just checking. ;)
Van: I’ve been enjoying Burn Notice too. I’m glad they went for a big change at the end of the second season.
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Van: Everyone is after me. ;)
Anyone else enjoy Chevy Chase’s evil “Steve Jobs” on Chuck?
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I’m listening to the latest DP…a little bit of Dangermouse in there…nice!
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:13 pm
seconded on the CC role ditto.
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta
Might explain why Jack thought V was in mono.
Start reading at BACKGROUND.
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
We should work the over magic more often. First time in months today they are asking me to put in overtime. Should be nice for a few extra bucks…
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Happy Birthday Gamebody:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j5nI8bD-P9U1I9×7rMkds_7MgI7w
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
-d
cough
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
It’s funny we are talking about V colorization. David Lloyd made a post on that very subject last Friday:
http://www.lforlloyd.com/news/
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Is today’s word meme. . . . . over?
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
It’s never over until it’s over.
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I’m overjoyed with our new commenting variety. ;)
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
EssBee loves my voice? *swooon*
Thanks!
Back to catching up!
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 pm
It could get to be overkill.
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I’m generally overly-giggly.
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
CP: Dragnet ‘88 — The Art of Noise
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I’m too tired to perform a maiden over.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
My mind is over in the gutter. I absolutely cannot believe what I thought Van just said… I read it entirely wrong.
wow.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
It’s a funny old game.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Cj: I think that’s my preferred reading.
Over.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I don’t think I’ll ever get over Macho Grande…..
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Hmm, maybe I should nominate that one, or at least the original, for a Palooza viewing :)
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Wow. The fronts are all over the place, today.
http://weather.unisys.com/
April 23rd, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I don’t think Warriors is Palooza-worthy – - but it is a fun, mindless over-the-top 70s cult classic.
April 23rd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Speaking of movies of the late 70’s, I watched “Times Square” last week. First time I’ve seen that pic. A nice example of 75% of a good movie, and 25% of studio meddling.
Also, could hear many precursors of “Pump Up the Volume,” which the director wrote & made about 10 years later.
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
CP: Audio from career development webinar for AmeriCorps Members and Alums. Start time was 9:07 PM EDT.
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:11 pm
I’ll be lucky to be home from work by midnight CDT. Evry 10 minutes I swap discs out of drives, otherwise I need some entertainin’…
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:11 pm
CP: That Fan Who Wasn’t There — The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
At hotel on son’s laptop (I switched to preferred desktop system.)
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Hi Deadpan!
Well, we conquered the Sushi, but missed the performance. I’m not too disappointed. We went to Borders, and I picked up Snow Crash. That guy writes some hefty books! I also got Book 6 of the Dresden Files (Blood Rites?), and noted that the newest Dresden Files was in the #1 slot in the bestsellers section. I also got the new Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs CD.
I forgot for a second that today was my mom-out-law’s bday, not mine. :)
At any rate, I’m overjoyed by my purchases.
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:35 pm
The larger rush job is done, moving on to the smaller one.
Getting some nice overtime.
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I envy you the first reading of Snowcrash. Makes me want to go back and reread it again…
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
JB, his Cryptonomicon looks really interesting to me, but I figured I’d better read Snowcrash first!
Nighty-night, Overlords of Deadpania.
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Yes, I liked Cryptonomicon very well as well, but you are choosing the right jumping-off point. I also think that his earlier novel “Zodiac – An Eco-Thriller” is pretty underrated.
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Crap, Mountain time goes beddy-bye and I am still at work.
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Okay, webinar over. We finished at 10:43 my time. That was interesting. I look forward to more detailed information next week.
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Outta here, see y’all after 5 hours or so of shuteye…
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Night pan. Partial victory over my computer systems tonight. I’m quitting whilst I’m ahead.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
And we’re back!
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Morning Pan, I’m overly impressed with amount of books some of you get through in a week, takes all my water these days to get through an issue of F&SF.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Yeah – I typically need a bookmark to finish Goodnight Moon.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 pm
I haven’t read any Stephenson. So I thought perhaps I’d grab an “e” version and read it on my phone.
What a headache. First off, I can get a brand new copy of the paperback version for an equivilent or CHEAPER price than some of the digital options. And then, even if I narrow it down to just the .mobi format that I know I can use, the price is still no less than $7. That is almost half the price to get the Audible version! And when I can buy a perfectly good used copy for $7 (I’m including the shipping charges) and then sell it again when I am done with it…
Wait. Nevermind. I don’t get rid of anything. Ever.
Maybe I’ll just grab a copy at B&N or Borders when I pick up the new Depeche Mode CD tomorrow.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Oh and apologies possibly to JJ if he is now on Facebook.
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Ebook pricing makes me grind my teeth NS.
April 24th, 2009 at 1:16 am
This episode is not overrated. This episode of the Deadpan is underrated.
April 24th, 2009 at 1:18 am
The only reason I would even consider trying the digital option is because of the nice experience I’ve had reading the books that Tor gave me for free. Before that, I literally railed about how stupid the idea of an ebook was. But reading them on an LCD instead of an old school CRT makes a huge difference.
April 24th, 2009 at 1:50 am
I just buy the big three scifi mags (Asimov. Analog and F&SF) in ebook format to read on my phone. The exchange rate makes them a bit cheaper and I don’t have to trudge around shops.
April 24th, 2009 at 1:56 am
[slaps head]
That’s brilliant, Van. I have been pondering a sub to F&SF for a while now but getting it onto my phone hadn’t crossed my mind. Thank you.
April 24th, 2009 at 2:38 am
I fear my consumption of dead trees has fallen quite a bit in recent years as well. I must confess I’ve not read any of Stephenson’s work either. After I get through the current audio tome, I’ll be relying on audiobooks to keep from sliding into a total literary desert. I’ll have to add Snowcrash to the extensive list of stuff I want to “read.”
April 24th, 2009 at 2:45 am
I’ve been helping my daughter more with her homework this week while my wife is out of town for work. I’ve learned one of the hardest things for me to do anymore is write lower case letters. As an engineer, whenever I write anymore, it’s all upper case with larger upper case letters for “capitalization.” Trying to switch to using actual lower case to write questions for my daughter to answer just about makes my hand cramp up.
As for writing in cursive – I’ve just about completely lost that ability as well. It’s much faster for me to write in print than cursive.
April 24th, 2009 at 3:55 am
I missed who said it, but thanks to whomever said U2 is greatly overrated. Coldplay seems to be following in their footsteps, IMO.
April 24th, 2009 at 3:56 am
I’m ashamed to say I too have yet to read Snow Crash. Thankfully my wonderful woman bought me The Best of 2600, so that’ll keep me occupied for quite some time.
April 24th, 2009 at 3:56 am
And OMG I’ve had a nipple exposed!
April 24th, 2009 at 4:00 am
I enjoyed Cryptonomicon, but I thought the ending was highly unimpressive and unfulfilling.
Now to find a book to hold me by the hand so I can start to learn about cryptology. I have a hard time wrapping my head around all this public/privet key thing.
April 24th, 2009 at 4:15 am
Harry Potter the Hacker?
To obscure typo reference?
April 24th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Morning Pan!
-6 today but at least there is no more snow. The sun is even trying to peek its head over the horizon
April 24th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Catchup post:
I’ve tried skiing once. I think I could get to like it if I were willing to tackle the learning curve, and had enough strength in my arms to push myself up to a standing position after falling down, which I don’t.
WNDR: YES!!! I love acappella music. It’s been a favorite in my family all my life.
Okay, playtime over. Off to the usual Friday meeting.
April 24th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Top o’ the Morn, TEB!
April 24th, 2009 at 4:39 am
Ed from Texas: Great Airplane reference! Bonus points!
April 24th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Morning IMN, Amy, Ed et, al!
April 24th, 2009 at 5:03 am
It’s green.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Back at it, tired, with the consolation that 15 minutes after I started this morning all the time pays time and a half…
April 24th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Van, is it also alive?
April 24th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Happy Friday, Deadpan!
April 24th, 2009 at 5:13 am
One of my favorite younger authors, David Anthony Durham, is going to do a Wild Cards:
http://www.davidanthonydurham.com/blog/2009/04/wild-cards.html
If you all are looking for a good first book in a series, I recommend his Acacia highly. I actually won a signed copy from Dragon Page and loved the book.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:17 am
imag1narynumber: Agree on the ending of Cryptonomicon. I enjoy Stephenson’s earlier works better than his tomes, of which Crypto was the first. On the other hand, he packs thousands of brilliant ideas into his books. They are worth a read just for that.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:19 am
I still buy lots of real books. I don’t have to worry about devices, changing formats, running out of batteries, and I have a nice looking personal library to boot. :)
April 24th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Holy crap! Wild Cards?! I had no clue those were still getting made.
I lost touch with the series in the mid-90’s…
April 24th, 2009 at 5:19 am
- Don’t Flamenco Round Skullcrusher -
Does anyone have a link to a site with an “Audio ripping FAQ”?
I am trying to convert some old LPs (that’s a “record” for you youngsters) and am having an abysmal time.
I have tried 2 differrent USB conversion devices and the audio randomly comes out sounding “over driven” and “static-ey” sounding.
Somewhere there MUST be a collection of knowledge and troubleshooting on this process.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Me too, ditto. I buy and read tons of books.
I read mostly Fantasy and Urban Fantasy, but I also pick up the occasional contemporary big “L” Literature, and I try to read some kind of non-fiction book, at least one a month.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:23 am
J0e, I have a friend who converted his LPs. He’s coming over tonight for gaming, I’ll ask what he used.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:24 am
JaJ, you’re a sight for sore eyes. I can’t help you with your problem, but my, don’t you look handsome today?
One more book thing: I also have an audible.com account and am usually consuming an audiobook too for my commute and work-out times. Right now, I’m re-reading via audio the Song of Ice & Fire series (on book 1 now) in the hopes that book 5 comes out some time in my lifetime.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Morning pan!
j0e- We have a friend who recently digitized a bunch of old rare punk and industrial records. The files he sent us sounded damn good. I will contact him and ask him what he used.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:26 am
What a cool little clock. Although the heartbeat would creep me out after a while :)
http://leogeo.com/28_timebeat.htm
April 24th, 2009 at 5:27 am
I’m not sure weather to think this food is cool, or to be nauseous
http://maraz-m-moroz.livejournal.com/255878.html
April 24th, 2009 at 5:28 am
Call me old, but I can’t let go of real books
I went along with the switch to CDs and MP3s regrettably.. records sound SO much better. I think because the entire music industry has followed the trends, s if you want to keep up with music you needed to change. But books.. I need a physical paper book in hand still.
I still can’t watch movies/tv on my computer either. If I have something downloaded, I have to burn it to disc and watch it on my TV.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:29 am
I love pretending to do some real work :razz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEG-1iYpgKU
April 24th, 2009 at 5:31 am
And finally, while I’m sure this is fake, it’s still a cute idea… If you’re into Hello Kitty that is :roll:
http://www.gizmodiva.com/other_stuff/hello_kitty_beer_is_sure_to_catch_your_guys_attention.php
April 24th, 2009 at 5:32 am
TSH: Totally agree about books & music.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:34 am
On the book thing. My husband and I like both audio and the written word. We have a fair sized library (which we plan to expand once my Boo moves out :) ), but we both have Audible accounts.
Currently I’m listening to A Clockwork Orange, and about to start The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman in printed. My husband is also listening and reading at the same time. (we’re reading the Hugo nominees)
April 24th, 2009 at 5:34 am
The LP-vs-CD thing kind of bugs me. It’s true that if you spend big bucks on a sound system the LP’s will be much nicer sounding. When Mr. Fabby had the tube amp and $700 turntable on isolation spikes, it sounded much nicer than the CD’s. But I remember the $49 turntable with belt drive and I will contend that a $39 supermarket no-name CD player sounds tons better.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:36 am
I may be open to reading a book on a Kindle-like device, but they’re just too damned expensive for me to test-drive one.
+1,000 re: vinyl. The sound is just enchanting compared to a crap CD. I recall recently going into a shop and being struck by how great the background music was. Sure enough, phonograph.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:37 am
I still buy CDs because I have a great car stereo. It has an iPod hook-up, but if I want to listen to music in the car, the CDs sound 100x better than the iPod.
I do still have some vinyl, including a prized first press edition of Buckingham/Nicks and a really nice Fleetwood Mac “Tusk” album. But I no longer have a turn table.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:37 am
The thing with CDs is they clip too much of the music. Then MP3s do it even more. MP3s sound AWFUL.
On a side note, I bet many kids under 20 have never heard an actual cymbal crash.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Oh, note for those who haven’t heard me mention Fabby before…
When I was divorced from Darcy back in the early 00’s, I lived in Mr. Fabby’s house. Travis AKA Mr. Fucking Fabulous.
Darcy and I are still good friends with Travis and Kristal, so we both really love Awesome on “Chuck” just for his name…
April 24th, 2009 at 5:39 am
Thanks guys.
I’m thinking there must be some “mystery settings” and special “Tricks & Tips” to getting clean transfers.
- American Autumn Dead Fighting -
April 24th, 2009 at 5:39 am
Actually also reminds me of phones. Peoples’ voices are so trimmed and compressed they hardly represent people anymore.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:45 am
Everything Delicious Drowning Metal
April 24th, 2009 at 6:00 am
This one is all Yeah Yeah Yeahs, as I’m consuming the new album (It’s Blitz) this morning:
Zero Heads Softshock Skeletons
April 24th, 2009 at 6:01 am
JB, I know there’s more to that story.
April 24th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Good sounding phonographs cost big money. The lightweight cheap ones from the 80’s were worthless and I really don’t expect you could get a decent one for cheap today.
April 24th, 2009 at 6:05 am
Bunny- don’t work! :) oh and Hugh is starting to think maybe your Calgary Flames will kick the Blackhawks butt :) He feels he is destined to not have any of his teams ever win again :) Kinda like the Cubs curse has spread to all of Chicago teams.
I do have to say the joy of CDs and MP3s is how you can take your collection everywhere. The 80 gig of music sitting on my ipod.. I can’t imagine how I would either record all of that onto cassettes, and have all the wonderful playlist options. I remember the hassle of making mix tapes.. LOL.. remember mix tapes?
I remember when I was swooning Hugh I made him a few mix tapes.. LOL.. so lame
April 24th, 2009 at 6:06 am
We did fork over a decent amount of money for the record player we have today. Bought the top of the line one at the Sony store several years back.. but it is really nice, and we will probably never have to replace it.
April 24th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Does anyone here read Hellblazer comics?
They did a hilarious Christmas special where they called in John Constatine to lift the curse on the Cubs. It was cute :)
one last question then I have to get some work done:
JB- still not coming for Throbbing Gristle this weekend?
April 24th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Mr. Fabby? Well, yeah…
Not my story, but he got the nickname from his buddies, who noted that anytime, anywhere, Mr. Fucking Fabulous could strike up a conversation with a girl and if she was single come away with at the very least a phone number. I suppose the nickname has outlived its original meaning by now…
Uh, unless you mean the divorce thing, heh… Yeah, there’s minor story there as well, Jack and CJ have heard the longer version, but the short version is I got married too young, with too little life experience, so I went away and got all my squirrelliness out and was lucky enough to get a second chance.
April 24th, 2009 at 6:10 am
I’ll have to be content with my own throbbing gristle at home…
April 24th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Two great stories, JB. Thanks for sharin’!
April 24th, 2009 at 6:17 am
please tell us more of your throbbings, Mr Boze ;)
you did share a bit of the divorce story with us deadpanites before, in the days of old of pan.
ok.. for realz, worky time now
April 24th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Yeah, 8:30 am and the paying job is done for the day!
Now all I have to do is clean the bathroom, go shopping and decide what kind of cookies I want to bake today :)
April 24th, 2009 at 6:28 am
In case you ever get pulled over and asked to take a breathalyzer test, this is the correct way to perform one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_c6tF248hc
April 24th, 2009 at 6:32 am
CP: Revolting Cocks – Beers Steers and Queers
what a classic tune!!
April 24th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Can’t clean the guest bathroom because my hubby hasn’t removed our unwanted 8 legged guest from it yet. With the in-laws coming next week, I guess he’ll be cleaning it.
Now to do the upstairs.
April 24th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Awesome! TEB has a shower octopus!
April 24th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Upstairs washroom clean.
Decided to make fudge today.
Yes, I have an octopus…
April 24th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Off to the grocery store.
Later Pan
April 24th, 2009 at 7:07 am
I have yet to pick up the new Depeche Mode album, though it is on the list. I did pick up 3 new(ish) albums from Canadian artists this weekend: Tragically Hip, Metric, and 54-40.
As for vinyl. My ears are fairly bad, so it isn’t worth the $$ to shell out for really good equipment when I can’t hear the difference. Mp3s sound fine in earbuds, but that’s about it.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Good introduction to Morrissey’s catalogue:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/morrissey,27039/
April 24th, 2009 at 7:13 am
What movies make you cry?
http://www.avclub.com/articles/films-that-make-us-cry,27095/
This almost a perfect description of me: “Just like a surprising majority of our readers, I have never yet made it through Brad Bird’s animated wonder The Iron Giant without choking up at the climax, at the pride and peace on the titular giant’s face as he repeats the affirmation “Superman.†My cellular composition is at least 80 percent cynicism, and I actively resent and resist movies that try too hard to emotionally manipulate me, so I tend to be the one sitting dry-eyed and irritated in theaters full of bawlers.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:17 am
SWEET! If you were paying attention last year, JfS & talked a bit about a new singer from Sweden called Lykke Li. Though I don’t watch American Idol, I think it’s awesome someone covered “I’m Good, I’m Gone”.
http://www.spin.com/articles/lykke-li-hits-big-time-idol
April 24th, 2009 at 7:26 am
A possible sign that a game won’t be good? When the focus more on (ahem) character design than gameplay.
http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/bayonetta/976133p1.html
Of course, if you are into eye candy…. ;)
April 24th, 2009 at 7:28 am
ditto, I’ll be anxious for your review of the Depeche Mode album. Rolling Stone gave it only 1 or 2 stars. Entertainment Weekly gave it 4.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:30 am
CP: Part Of My Life — India.Arie
April 24th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Interesting… my last post got filtered by the fucktardbot WP.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:35 am
EssBee: I’ll let you know what I think when I get it. I have pretty much everything they’ve done; been a fan since ‘83.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:37 am
CP: We Do What We Want To — O+S
April 24th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Time to go brave government offical-dumb. ;)
April 24th, 2009 at 7:44 am
I’m done with work now too! I’m going to get ready to meet Hugh for lunch. Its so beautiful here today we are going to have a picnic downtown by the lake.
New Depeche Mode album= eh.. I’m not convinced I like it much yet. I will still see them at Lollapalooza regardless.
Some new albums i do love though: Metric, Silversun Pickups, Pj Harvey & John Parish
l8r pan
April 24th, 2009 at 7:46 am
CP: Electric Feel – MGMT
Boy these guys have more hooks than my uncle’s fishing hat.
Though, here’s an interesting note, I liked the sound of this cut better when I heard it over FM radio when it was in heavy rotation on our public radio alternative music station than I like this MP3, which is the iTunes Plus “higher quality” version.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:47 am
I like what I’ve heard of the new Bat for Lashes album, it might be my next (extremely infrequent) purchase.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:57 am
CP: Ball and Biscuit — The White Stripes
April 24th, 2009 at 8:07 am
I remember mixtapes.
Regarding MP3 vs. CD vs. vynil – I know I’ve never had a high end enough audio setup to appreciate a well mastered vynil album, so I probably don’t know what I’ve missed. With CD’s and digital audio – I think it is a lost more dependent on what is done on the recording/mastering end. I have heard CD’s and digital audio files on stereos, on computers, and on Ipods. I can’t find plenty of examples of both that sound like ass and examples and sound sublime.
One thing I’m certain of – a recording of ass quality is still going to sound like ass when you listen to it, no matter what you play it on.
April 24th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Beware of eight legged muggers.
April 24th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Well, another sign of my age has come to my awareness this morning.
Bloom County went out of publication 20 years ago.
Dilbert has been in publication for 20 years now.
I really didn’t need to know either of those facts.
April 24th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Thanks for the 411 Ed.
I’ll be in my meadow…
April 24th, 2009 at 9:16 am
There, fudge is in the fridge setting. Now just killing about 20 minutes until lunch time ;)
April 24th, 2009 at 9:17 am
It’s still not too late for a Billy and the Boingers reunion tour.
April 24th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Oooh, pass the fudge!
April 24th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Sorry EssBee. Fudge isn’t set yet.
April 24th, 2009 at 9:25 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToXOVIrOs9Y
April 24th, 2009 at 9:31 am
All right. I think I’m going to make some old fashioned macaroni and cheese for lunch.
April 24th, 2009 at 9:39 am
CP: Your Racist Friends – TMBG
April 24th, 2009 at 9:39 am
I’ll meet you guys at TEB’s house!
April 24th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Back and having Liz Phair *swoon* right now. :)
April 24th, 2009 at 10:19 am
TSH: here’s one for you:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/23/throbbing-gristle-wh.html
April 24th, 2009 at 10:23 am
*swoooon*
Liz Phair
April 24th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand into CCH right now. Buh-bye swoon. *sniff* :(
April 24th, 2009 at 10:49 am
CP: Mr. Grieves — Pixies
April 24th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Great album.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:03 am
This one goes out to Cj.
CP: Shadows Of The Night — Pat Benatar
April 24th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Still in CCH
CP: Asshole — Denis Leary
I’m just a regular Joe with a regular job
I’m your average white, suburbanized slob
I like football and porno and books about war
I got an average house, with a nice hardwood floor
My wife and my job, my kids and my car
My feet on my table and a Cuban cigar
But sometimes that just ain’t enough to keep a man like me interested
(oh no, no way, uh uh)
No I gotta go out and have fun at someone else’s expense
(woah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah)
I drive really slow in the ultra fast lane
While people behind me are going insane
April 24th, 2009 at 11:32 am
CP: Look Down — Zach Morris Phone
April 24th, 2009 at 11:33 am
This call is killing my brain cells with extreme prejudice.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:48 am
CP: Caught A Lite Sneeze — Tori Amos
April 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am
nef nop nup
*thud*
April 24th, 2009 at 11:52 am
CCH hates us, ditto.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Some of these are NSFW, but this is a HILARIOUS blog:
http://thisisphotobomb.com/
April 24th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Now we know how Sauron sapped the will of his minions. He made them suffer in CCH.
April 24th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
uh.. hi, Deadpan! It’s only 1:30pm and it’s been a long day. I had so much to read from you! YAY! And I have responses too, but then, I clicked on the photo bomb website and was completely distracted for about 7.42 minutes.
Thoughts re-gathering…
April 24th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Going way back to this early morning –
Van, Green is my favorite. Although I have no idea what the context of your green comment really was.
Vanamonde Says: It’s green.
I’m guessing bananas and healthfulness.
April 24th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
RE: Spaghetti in hot dogs – My kids would love this. Wouldn’t you know I just found some spinach (green) spaghetti on sale at Sprouts the other day. This is going to be fun!
April 24th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Books on paper are my favorite.
I just started reading “My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands” by Chelsea Handler
It’s fluffy reading and good for the doctor’s office where I spent the morning. I love sitting there reading all of her sexy-tales while the people in the waiting room around me have no idea of the naughty tidbits I’m enjoying!
April 24th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Where I’m going tonight: http://www.phoenixzoo.org/ZooBrew2009/
How excited am I? w0000000000t!
April 24th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Pat Benatar is awesome…
As is Denis Leary.
“I like to park in handicapped spaces while handicapped people make handicapped faces….”
My old roommate learned to play that song on his guitar just so he could sing it to me.
April 24th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Oooh and one more thing, then I’ll shut my yapper…
TEB’s YouTube video share about the tesla coil reminds me of a dumbass memory. Someone remind me to record that later. :)
April 24th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Working Friday night sucks.
Just thought I would let you all know that.
Roll on 23.44.
April 24th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
My contribution to your Deadpan Friday Night (Essbee – skip this post darling)
The Slippery Nipple
Ingredients:
- Baileys Irish Cream
- Sambuca
Now, I don’t have Sambuca so I have been using Vodka.
Pour a shot glass about a third full of the Baileys and fill the rest of the way with the Vodka.
Drink quickly. The sweet liquor takes the bite off of the vodka.
It doesn’t kill the pain but it sure does shove it into a broom closet and locks the door!
The Slippery Nipple
How could I NOT share that?!?!?
April 24th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Damn . . .
April 24th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I’ll have to find my slippery nipples elsewhere, I suppose . . .
CD: Starbucks doubleshot MOCHA in a can
blech.
I stand by my assertion that Starbucks is overrated.
April 24th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Sorry you have to work, Van.
CP: I Bleed — Pixies
April 24th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
My guess was a Scotty reference “It’s green.”
April 24th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I third the Liz phair swoon
I thank j0e for his slippery nipples, they sound divine. I have the fixins for them and methinks I might make em!
and an absolutely HUGE thank you and a hug to EssBee for that Throbbing Gristle article.. that was awesome, I can’t wait for those videos. Thank you again.
I get to see them tomorrow, I cannot be more excited for it. The memories that band brings back for me.. shit.
ok pan
take care of each other, its a big bad world out there :)
April 24th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
CP: Strawberry Swing — Coldplay
April 24th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
CP: Skullcrusher Mountain — Jonathan Coulton
April 24th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
I’ve had a slippery nipple and it’s a waste of Bailey’s.
April 24th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Not that I knew that it was called a slippery nipple at the time.
April 24th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Need to share some hockey commercials from Canada.
Molson’s “The Code”
part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAwg71Gg9ek
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4cIDO1w4Bw
April 24th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQL0Q6EvdH0
part 4 is on TV but not on YouTube yet.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
So, no one owning up to which movies make you cry?
April 24th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Movies that make me cry:
Things We Lost In The Fire
The Laramie Project
The Life Of David Gale
That’s all I can think of tonight.
I LOVED tonight’s Dollhouse.
April 24th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Movies that make me cry? Hmmm…
I was “in love” for the first time when I saw Rob Roy and was seriously messed up afterwards.
I got too choked up to speak the first few times I watched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It still gets me a little when I take the time to watch all the way through.
Iron Giant.
I can’t think of any others off hand. Certain episodes of Roswell and Farscape still get me teary even though I’ve watched them multiple times. I’m sure Buffy/Angel will do the same to me when I get around to watching them.
Which kind of reminds me, last weeks Fringe, the episode about bad dreams… The actress playing Olivia did a brilliant job in the club scene. Wow on the emoting.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Catching up is fun to do:
Ed – I started printing in allcaps with slightly larger versions for the capitals when I was a junior or senior in high school. My dad was amused/proud of me when he noticed it and said that all of the engineers and compsci folks did it that way. Of course, that cemented it for me and I’ve been learning to write illegibly in caps for years.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Catching up is fun to do:
i – I’m working through Bruce Schneier’s Applied Crypto right now and as an absolute newb, it is very simple and quite a bit over my head. It may be what you are looking for.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Catching up is fun to do:
[timebeat] = Creepy and cool!
April 24th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Catching up is fun to do:
Cj – spinach spaghetti in hot dogs = me gag. Ugh. gugh.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Hey pan! Just thought we would check in before going to bed. Saw some very cool art tonight. We hit several gallery openings.
Hugh sez: which made us very jealous
we were quite jealous :)
April 24th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Movies that make me cry?
Hugh sez: that would be every movie she ever saw
shut it Hughie!!! I cry a lot. I cry at commercials even
April 25th, 2009 at 12:05 am
I sez again: Movies that Make Me Cry:
Love Story (cry from the second it starts to the second it ends)
Forrest Gump (the scene at Jenny’s grave!)
Dragonheart (when the dragon dies)
I can’t watch war movies because they make me cry- all that death, all those young soldiers and what they go through. Its too real for me and it makes me sad
Fried Green Tomatoes
I also cry at super happy moments in movies sometimes too
Dead Man Walking
OH! and that movie with the chinese women.. ah crap can’t think of the name
I cried when Spock “died”
I cried as a little girl when Luke found out about his parentage and got his arm chopped off
Hugh sez: she cries at almost every movie for something
I do. I’m an emotional girl :)
Hugh sez: she is :) *swooon*
why are you swooning
Hugh sez: I love that about you. Its cute
April 25th, 2009 at 12:08 am
I cry at those stories during the olympics when they give the heartbreaking story of the athletes suffering to get to the games
I cry at the commercials with starving children
I cry at ESPN sometimes again when they give super emotional athlete tragedies/stories
I recently cried at a story on ESPN about the recovery of Michael Vicks dogs
:)
April 25th, 2009 at 12:09 am
[spoiler alert]
I cried when Wash died
[/spoiler alert]
April 25th, 2009 at 12:12 am
I cry reading books sometimes too
My Big Fat Greek wedding made me cry so much..
in conclusion.. I cry at lots of shit. Its just what I do
April 25th, 2009 at 12:12 am
300-ties
bah!
April 25th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Morning Pan, I’m a crusty old bird these days and films tend not to have an emotional impact, but I remember Schindler’s List getting tear ducts flowing in adult hood.
As a kid, Charlotte’s Web and Watership Down.
April 25th, 2009 at 12:14 am
I bah’d at Wordpress for telling me I post too quickly
Wordpress needs to keep up!!
Ok, nighty nite pan
Hugh sez: nighty nite!
nighty nite mush!
nighty nite cockles!
Hugh sez: oh no, my cockles are quite awake and alert this evening
LOL!! Thank you for sharing with the class Hughie :)
April 25th, 2009 at 12:15 am
morning Van!!!
April 25th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Night TSH’s
April 25th, 2009 at 1:59 am
Now you don’t get much luckier than this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8015242.stm
April 25th, 2009 at 1:59 am
For some reason, Wash’s passing bothered me less than Book’s. Then again, Book probably my favorite character just because he obviously had the most untold story.
April 25th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Lucky underwire. Wonder if overwire would work better?
April 25th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Big Fish
Life is Beautiful
Moulin Rouge
Big Fish
April 25th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Nomad Scry: I agree about Bruce Schneier’s books on Cryptology. They are very good. He also has a blog:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/
“Applied Cryptography” is good if you know code. “Practical Cryptography” is also good but does not involve code. I think it has a better explanation of asymmetric crypto.
April 25th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Underwire FTW.
April 25th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Braid soundtrack is available!
http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/braid-soundtrack/
A great game with very complementary music. I’m not sure how well the music will stand on its own, but I think I’ll still get it.
April 25th, 2009 at 7:17 am
There are a few that have been mentioned that get me (definitely got to agree on Big Fish and Moulin Rouge)
So, I’ll fess up to one I haven’t seen – Star Wars (no stinkin subtitle) When R2D2 gets shot up during the Death Star run. Shit, I’m tearing up a bit even as I type this, dammit.
April 25th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Well after Ed’s confession….
All Dog’s Go To Heaven..at the end when the goodbyes are being said.
Sniff.
April 25th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Never cried at a movie….. although E.T.’s “death” got me pretty close. (shaddap)
Requiem for a Dream is also pretty heart-wrenching……….
OK – back to work for me.
April 25th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Overrated: Bladerunner
April 25th, 2009 at 11:28 am
CW: Latest Dollhouse
The bringing back the dead bit reminds of ‘The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World’ where Prof Coypu is stored in a memory module.
April 25th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Jack: Agree about Requiem. It also has an amazing soundtrack.
April 25th, 2009 at 11:37 am
I haven’t had a chance to catch Dollhouse from last night yet. But, the wife and I did finally watch Caprica. I must confess, I don’t really see much point to continuing on as a series. It stands well enough alone as a prequel to Galactica. But, the notion of transfering memories into a new body (a precursor to resurrection tech) is a major theme of the pilot.
April 25th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Every so often I scroll through the TIVO guide looking for things to record, especially off of Discovery and History channels. Recorded a show called Extreme Trains. The episode is about a 484 steam locomotive that is still in operation. My boy and I have started it over and are watching it again :)
April 25th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Fluke
April 25th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
The Kid
April 25th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
CW: Modern Marvels – 70s Tech
The Concorde
Pong
Atari 2600
Polaroid instant camera
Speak ‘n Spell (that’s probably how I learned to spell)
Mr. Coffee
Home Microwave Ovens
The Firebird Trans Am (with a 290HP 454cu in engine – my CTS puts out more power with an engine half that size, and it can corner :) )
April 25th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
150,000 Trans Ams were sold the year “Smokey and the Bandit” came out.
April 25th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Back from commercial
CB Radios – to combat the lowering of speed limits from 70 down to 55 mph.
Hand held digital calculators
Shows over, move along…..
April 25th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
My dad’s mid-life crisis car was a Firebird – sometime around 1985.
April 25th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
CP: “Africa” – Toto
Currently Doing: Submitting the audio and transcript for my first episode of the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!
April 25th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
More 70’s Tech:
Space Invaders at the local arcade.
LED Digital watches – press the button to get a quick flash of the time.
Morning Pan, work on a Sunday…grrrrrr!
April 25th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Oh and handheld calculators that used RPN for calculations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_Notation
April 25th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Oh and if you are ever curious about the evolution of calculators:
http://www.vintagecalculators.com/
April 26th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Morning Pan!
My poor hubby is sick so I’ve spent the weekend nursing him.
Later today I’m taking out a door downstairs (to move furniture through) and helping my with more of her packing (boy does she have a lot of stuff).
All the time, still being very solicitous to my sick hubby.
April 26th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Hey, Pan.
I’m planning on making it a productive and enjoyable day by:
-Writing my weekly update email
-Finishing the cleaning-out of my old school e-mail account
-Moving ahead with the writing and audio production on “The Questors from Effpiem”
-Participating in #writechat on Twitter
-Working on “Soul Imprints,” at least a little
-Cleaning up my room (maybe)
April 26th, 2009 at 8:28 am
When I was in college, the RPN faithful were somewhat on the snobby side. I rebelled and have stuck with TI.
April 26th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Tired. At work. It must be a Sunday.
April 26th, 2009 at 10:05 am
I. Am. An. Idiot.
*sigh*
April 26th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Arrrgggg.
So My daughter works part time for a place that rescues reptiles. They put on shows and birthday parties etc. Last night she brought some of the animals home (without asking) so she wouldn’t have to go get them for a show she had today.
Of course, on of the animals escaped. Instead of doing the things I planned, so far I’ve spent all morning looking for a stupid 3′ ball python… Still looking
I’ll be so glad when she moves out.
April 26th, 2009 at 10:17 am
ditto, ditto.
April 26th, 2009 at 11:00 am
*hugs* to ditto and TEB.
Weekly update e-mail accomplished. Back to the audio editing. I love it. :-)
April 26th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Done all I can with audio production for now. Time to change gears and write. (#writechat is still going on, too.)
April 26th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Still haven’t found Willow the Snake. Just how many places can a 3′ bright yellow snake hide anyway?
April 26th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Just had a great writing session on Questors. Rough drafts of episodes 7-9 are complete, and I feel fantastic! :-D It’s looking like there will be 11 episodes total, which is just fine with me.
April 26th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Going on into the climax. When I start writing, I just can’t stop! :-D
April 26th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
*writes* yes
*writes* Yes!
*writes* YES!
*WRITES* YESSS!!!!!
Sorry. Had to go there. ;)
April 26th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Robot orchestra comes one step closer:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/video-robotic-marimba-player-grooves-autonomously-with-jazz-pia/
April 26th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I’ll have what ditto is having.
cough
April 26th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
There is a live snake loose in a Bunny’s house.
skeery.
April 26th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Bad choice of words there… *sheepish smile*
Parts of episodes 10 and 11 have been written, but I feel more like recording the outro for #5 right now, so I will.
April 26th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Just laid down narration for Questors #6. Yay! :-)
April 26th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Damn Amy is on a roll!
April 26th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
First 1:43 of said narration has been edited. Bedtime after some relaxation.
April 26th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Crap, I owe Amy some recordings. I shall atone for my tardiness this week.
If my character doesn’t survive to the end of the story, I ask only that my death be something to make Scott Sigler go “Man, that sick!”
Though, I probably don’t want to imagine what could elicit such a response from Scott :)
April 26th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
LOL! :-D No worries. I look forward to hearing your lines for Episode 6.
April 26th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Good night, Pan.
April 26th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Well. It was a very short weekend.
April 26th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
There was a weekend?
I actually had a fun weekend, in between workdays.
April 26th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
In between the workdays, exactly. I got to see my first MST3K and catch up on sleep. I didn’t get to go hiking or watch “My Name is Bruce.”
I actually slept too much. What a thing to complain about.
April 26th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Sleep…..?
Who was the MST3K host, Nomad?
(I’ll get the answer tomorrow. Night Mush.)
April 27th, 2009 at 2:22 am
My fiancee? fiance? betrothed suggested Netflix’ing some MST3K and randomly added a sprinkling to the queue. This one was the Wild Wild World of Batwoman with Servo, Crow, and a young dude with spikey hair. Maybe Mike.
It started with a public service type message about Cheating. I’d say that it was pretty bad, but then the vampire batwomen, hunchback, molemen, atomic hearing aid, dance dance dance, craziness started. Wow.
http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_World_of_Batwoman
Yeah, it’s Mike, Servo, and Crow as hosts.
Unfortunately nothing was close captioned, so I missed a lot of the dialog. Some of it was because of my everyday issues with hearing, but a good portion was obliterated by my 9 year old laughing a fit.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:38 am
You know, I’ve been reading different articles about this swine flu business over the last few days. Thankfully no reports in the Houston area yet, but if it’s made it up to Canada…..I dunno. Not giving me a warm fuzzy feeling.
April 27th, 2009 at 4:18 am
Morning Deadpan from the winter wonderland of the north.
More snow last night. More predicted for the next few days. Expected high of only -1C. today.
April 27th, 2009 at 4:19 am
For those wondering, Willow the Snake has been found at about 7:30 last night. Which is a good thing since she had a value of about $1,000 which we would have had to pay if she wasn’t found.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Morning, Pan.
Today’s the day I get my “Bridging the Spheres” proof! Woohoo! :-)
April 27th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Soooo When do we get to read it? Are we going to have to buy it? What are your plans for it?
April 27th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Snakes!! Eeek! It’s snowing here too TEB.
Morning, Deadpan!
I agree with you on Caprica, Ed. I liked it, think it could stand alone as a BSG prequel, but even so am looking forward to the series. I love myself some Esai Morales.
I just heard Obama say something (I think last week) that I really liked: We now have an opportunity to make a habit of empathy.
April 27th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Thx to Wolf for getting me interested in my PSP again.
April 27th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Your welcome Van… I think.
April 27th, 2009 at 6:36 am
EssBee, I don’t mind snakes. It’s creepy-crawlies that find me with my head under the covers :)
April 27th, 2009 at 6:49 am
It’s the children standing under the sheets that get me. And the ones that shuttle about on the walls.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Thanks for the crypto recommendations! Schneier is indeed very impressive. I am subscribed to his blog.
The two movies that come to mind that get me emotional are Top Gun and The Notebook.
I had Tuesdays With Morey on cassette and that got me choked up every time I listened to it.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Went to Cape Cod and Nantucket over the weekend. Enjoyable, nice places. Dunno how often I’d like to go back, though.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:09 am
The Swine Flu thing reminds me of the Bird Flu. I recall seeing mention of it on the Qi Magazine website (I used to do Tai Chi Chuan) about 12-18 months before anyone else ever mentioned it. I’m guessing it’s part of the censorship (duh).
April 27th, 2009 at 7:13 am
CP: Mansion In The Sky — The Brian Jonestown Massacre
April 27th, 2009 at 7:24 am
On the subject of code, I got burned out a loooooooong time ago on my Atari 800 XL. (DOS? Atari Basic? Anyone?) And I didn’t bother to learn anything apart from graphic calculators. Now I’m trying to start all over again by teaching myself C. I’ve not had much time, but it’s going okay.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:27 am
CP: Sound Of The Revolution — Lunatic Calm
April 27th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Correction: I taught myself HTML many moons ago. But never used it.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:47 am
imag1narynumber : Have fun with C. It is fun, easy, but somewhat dangerous. :)
HTML isn’t code, imo, since you can’t program with it.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:52 am
CP: Mystery Train — Galactic
April 27th, 2009 at 7:55 am
ditto: point taken. I sit corrected :-)
April 27th, 2009 at 8:15 am
This is a little out of date, but here’s a history of programming languages:
http://oreilly.com/news/languageposter_0504.html
April 27th, 2009 at 8:16 am
CP: Caring Is Creepy — The Shins
April 27th, 2009 at 8:20 am
ditto: Wow, very cool. Thanks! I will browse.
Languages are getting a bit out of hand, methinks. Lua, Falcon, etc, etc. Really? Seriously?
April 27th, 2009 at 8:30 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck
nuff said.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Ha! Hilarious!
April 27th, 2009 at 8:35 am
I vote for a private reading by Amy of her new book at our inaugural Deadpan Con(tm)
April 27th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I second the motion.
Have we finalized a date yet?
April 27th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Though I won’t be able to attend, I’ll vote as though I can.
I third the motion as long as I can listen in footie pjs with hot cocoa.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Off to deliver a snake – lucky me.
re PanCon – My schedule and funds have been spoken for this year between World Con in Montreal and DiscWorld Con in Arizona.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Can we hold it concurrently with DiscWorld Con?
April 27th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Can we hold it in my living room?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:08 am
ditto, I thought that’s what we had been talking about. Wasn’t it in the early Fall, Bunny?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:14 am
EssBee: I think it is Sept 4-7.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:19 am
It should only be around 110 degrees in Arizona at that time.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I really, really need to talk to the AZ Con people. Bunny, do you have connections there as well?
April 27th, 2009 at 10:34 am
CP: Jumpin’ Jack — Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
:)
April 27th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Back from delivering a snake and having lunch.
Re: AZ con – it is Sept 4 – 7. The only thing to keep in mind is this is the same time as Dragon*Con.
I can stay an extra day (or come a day early) if we don’t want to interfere with there convention.
Jack, sorry, I don’t know any of the committee for this convention (perhaps Summer would know?) I was originally going because a friend of mine was going and we were going to share a room. She can no longer make it, but I’ll still be there.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:21 am
CP: Brain Crack — Tracy Bonham
swoon
April 27th, 2009 at 11:35 am
WNDR: My plans are to write a final draft and try to get it published while podcasting it.
I have the proof now. I learned a lot about self-publishing from this. Namely, that if I don’t include page numbers or a title page in the file I submit, the printed version won’t have them either. :-/
Ed: Sure, I’d love to read whenever we get together! :-D
April 27th, 2009 at 11:36 am
What to do when someone claims their phone is on the blink.
Believe them or take it as a hint.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Van, I choose to take people at face value until they prove that they’re damn dirty liars.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Me too Essbee, but I have a paranoid streak that likes to say Coooee!
April 27th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
So back from seeing ‘Shifty’ an oh so bleak urban thriller.
Not sure what to think of it to be honest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shifty_(film)
April 27th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
ditto, are you in KC, KS? I just found out I’m heading to a family wedding in KS in a few weeks, but on the OK border, so probably not close enough to buy you or Wolf a cuppa.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I understand, Van. I am the queen of assuming people don’t want to hear from me. I have learned that my instincts on that are wrong, and know that yours are too!
April 27th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Another Hmmmmm:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893671,00.html
April 27th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Today’s queasy word is neoteny.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
A bit depressing if you aren’t Personalty A type bloke:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1888608,00.html
April 27th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
That’s a funny article, Van. Made me laugh!
April 27th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
EssBee: Just south of KC, KS. If you are driving through, then you have to visit. :)
April 27th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
CP: The Story — Brandi Carlile
April 27th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I don’t think I’ll be that far East. It sounds like I’ll be suffering . . . I mean celebrating in some BFE town south of Wichita. Darn!
April 27th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
suxors
April 27th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
CP: Romance In Durango — Bob Dylan
April 27th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
CP: Desperate Housewives S5E20
April 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
What’s that noise? why it’s my DP cred getting pissed away.
;)
April 27th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Desperate Housewives!!
April 27th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Wha ?!? We get cred???
I bet it pays in Grand slam breakfasts.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
To balance out Van’s viewing activities, I wanted to let you all know that I started Snow Crash last night. Wow! So far, it reminds me of a good Pynchon novel, but I haven’t read very much yet.
April 27th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
I did get the new Depeche Mode this weekend, but then I opted to pay the phone bill instead of getting Snow Crash or a sub to S&SF. That will have to wait until next week.
Until then… EssBee, wanna read to me? :)
April 27th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
From the article on beer goggles:
Appreciating neotenous features isn’t the same as being sexually attracted to children, but at least one study has found that average, college-age heterosexual males and child molesters share remarkably similar (and deeply neotenous) attractions: high cheekbones, unwrinkled eyes, glabrous skin.
Glabrous skin?
April 27th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Glabrous_skin
Glabrous skin
skin that is normally devoid of hair.
normally?
what?
I’m a little grossed out right now.
Maybe a little more than a little.
April 27th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Nomad, I will read to you, but I think my last two things Jack played on the Deadpan sounded like Sarah Palin. You sure?
And, ew, ew, ew!
April 27th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
This point stands out from Van’s article:
“Today’s moguls, then, differ only in degree from the prolific breeders of the past, such as Moulay Ismail the Bloodthirsty, Emperor of Morocco, who produced at least 700 sons (people stopped counting after that) and an untold number of daughters before he died in the early 17th century.”
Getting busy, indeed!
April 27th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I hear this was old Ismail’s theme song:
People all over the world (everybody)
Join hands (join)
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world (all the world, now)
Join hands (love ride)
Start a love train (love ride), love train
April 27th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I am most definitely unGlabrous.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
The word glabrous sounds a lot more creepy than its meaning.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
[...] Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #125: Underrated [...]
April 27th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
There was this dance/pop song years ago, I’m not sure really when it was, but it had a little bit that jumped out at me and I’ve never quite forgotten it or figured out how badly I’ve misinterpreted the lyrics.
But this is what I had heard:
“My name is Essbee and I wanted to see if positive people live longer, so just be positive, don’t be negative.”
Delivered, of course, in a charming europop girl child pseudo rap.
I can’t seem to find it on a google search, so I probably slaughtered the lyrics.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Morning Pan, I’m glaring at the rain clouds.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
I’ll trade with you, Van. I’m supposed to get 91 f today. [wilts]
April 28th, 2009 at 2:32 am
I hadn’t realized the U.K. and Texas we’re so close in geography – we’re getting hammered with storms here around Houston. We can certainly use the rain…..just not at 4″+ a hour.
April 28th, 2009 at 4:25 am
Morning Pan!
Van, I’ll trade with you also. More snow expected over the next few days.
April 28th, 2009 at 4:33 am
NS- Would this be it?
http://maxwellktraxx.blogspot.com/2008/01/bad-bad-boys-midi-maxi-efti.html
April 28th, 2009 at 4:59 am
CP: Stuff From the B Side
April 28th, 2009 at 5:24 am
My schedule for this week:
- My Boo is moving out of my house
- My in-laws are coming on Saturday to stay for a week
- I’m testing on Saturday
- and it’s month end here at work so will be spending tomorrow downtown and the rest of the week in front of spreadsheets.
I’m hoping to get a chance to breath somewhere in there ;)
April 28th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Amazing what you can learn in the New Scientist.
FLOTSAMETRICS
The use of floating trash to study Ocean currents.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Maybe you can explain why you call your daughter Boo, TEB?
April 28th, 2009 at 5:41 am
TEB, I assume you actually took a snake somewhere.
‘Cuz when I’m “delivering the snake” I prefer not to leave the bedroom…
April 28th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Boo is a character from the game Balder’s Gate. He is a miniature giant space hamster;
My Boo, at 5′ even, is small (like a miniature giant)
Not so much now, but when she was smaller, she was quite fuzzy (including hair on the small of her back) (like a hamster)
and, being a kid, is possibly from outer space.
Hence… Boo
April 28th, 2009 at 5:44 am
JB.
This snake was actually lost in our guest room. With my in-laws coming this weekend, we didn’t want to leave it there.
My daughter works for a group that rescues reptiles and does reptile shows for birthdays, schools, etc. so we returned the snake back to its rightful owner (and no matter how I explain this, it still sounds very wrong so take it as you will :) )
April 28th, 2009 at 5:52 am
Wolf – Hot damn you are good.
And oh god, that is bloody horrible! How the heck did I listen long enough to remember the lyrics to even a part of it? Gah! =)
April 28th, 2009 at 5:52 am
Well women and snakes have connatations to those weak of will.
Thx for the illumination TEB.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:57 am
And I thought Boo was a Monsters, Inc reference.
Which is idiotic because then Boo wouldn’t be old enough to move out yet.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Sorry EssBee, I guess the song isn’t by you after all. It’s Efti. Either way, I’m sure you sound nicer than I do. That’s a gender comment though, so take it as you will.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Hugh sez: Blackhawks w00t! Sorry bunny :)
hope everyone is doing well, just stopped by to pass on that message
April 28th, 2009 at 6:09 am
“Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes!”
April 28th, 2009 at 6:09 am
That’s ok, TSH. I had the Flames out in 6 anyway.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:12 am
See what happens when I have enough to go on…
(Quietly thankful that I can not listen to it at work.)
First interview edited from Conestoga still needs final Quality Check.
Then Show Notes, Album Art, posting… crap this is a lot of stuff.
And I have 2 other interviews that need to be posted… 1 from the Con 1 from another podcaster.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:23 am
CP: PC Mag Radio
April 28th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Morning, Deadpan!
Nomad, I am very nice. :)
I’m tired and grumpy today. I didn’t sleep at all last night. Grrr.
But, still nice.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Efti, EssBee, I can see how you’d make that mistake!
April 28th, 2009 at 6:42 am
CP: Stuff You Missed in History Class
April 28th, 2009 at 6:53 am
CP: Can’t Get High — Widespread Panic
April 28th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Well, Pan. Must go and buy pillows. (and towels. For some reason, I seem to have to buy towels every couple of months as mine go missing :( )
Later!
April 28th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Interesting view on Whedon/Dollhouse:
http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/04/28/the-problem-with-dollhouse-is-not-that-i-dont-understand-subtlety/
I happen to disagree with the ABW on this one, but find it interesting nonetheless.
April 28th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Good Morning, Pan.
My daughter’s nickname is also “Boo”
Wolf is awesome for finding that song. I listened for 3 seconds and now my ears are bleeding. Awful, just awful.
April 28th, 2009 at 7:43 am
I shall have to check out the links later.
Just spent the last three hours trying to get to work. Finally arrived. The parking lot is very light today.
The worst part was I was able to get into the area off the freeway pretty easily. But, once in the area, pretty much every street was flooded and I couldn’t even turn around to go home.
I could probably get away with a short nap right about now….
April 28th, 2009 at 7:44 am
CP: Nicotine — Ani DiFranco
April 28th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Sounds like our soak is on for tomorrow. Not getting hot enough for dangerous weather, though.
CP: Sound Opinions with Jill Sobule
Man, when I listen to this show with an interviewed guest I just want to create.
Shame I listen at work, where I often don’t have the opportunity to create…
April 28th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Be Careful Ed.
Sorry about the ears Cj…That was not my intention. Just helping Nomad find some bad memories….
April 28th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Major fault in local area..no landline, no broadband, and no TV.
Bugger!
April 28th, 2009 at 8:03 am
So, I’m trying to analyze this completely freakish dream I had this morning.
In the dream, I’m a student at a college or some type of higher education place. I go to the school’s restroom – all the stalls are pink. I’m CLEARLY in the ladies room. It’s full of and being used by men. Apparently, while I think this is odd, it doesn’t stop me.
There are 2 sets of stalls – some are open and have miniature child seats and some are normal closed stalls with regular seats.
The child seats are cushioned so I choose one of those. Then I proceed to do my business while chatting with the men and women who are lounging around me on sofas.
WTF?
The, someone steals my underpants. I’m wearing a skirt so nobody can “see” anything anyway, but I’m uncomfortable without my underpants, but there’s a bomb scare or something so now we are quarantined in the bathroom.
There were other things going on, but I don’t remember much more and really, isn’t what I do remember disturbing enough?
Bathroom Dream Symbols:
A need to eliminate certain burdens or attitudes. Alternatively, it may symbolize purification and self-renewal. You need to cleanse yourself, both emotionally and psychologically. Dreaming that you are in a public restroom with no stalls means your frustrations about getting enough privacy. It may also indicate that you are having difficulties letting go of old emotions.
April 28th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Maybe you have latent tendencies to exhibitionism, CJ.
You should explore that.
April 28th, 2009 at 8:22 am
I’m going to second TEB’s suggest, Cj. Explore that. Maybe online. We’re here for you.
April 28th, 2009 at 8:23 am
+ion
cough
April 28th, 2009 at 8:30 am
TEB EssBee Cj and don’t forget the webcam
cough
April 28th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Hmm, must be something in the air today at the deadpan bar
cough
April 28th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Jeez, next thing you know people will be walking around naked in the bar like we were in Toronto or something…
April 28th, 2009 at 9:12 am
It’s a bit steamy in here.
April 28th, 2009 at 10:24 am
All the steam seems to be causing some coughing fits.
April 28th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Riiiiiiiiiicola!
April 28th, 2009 at 10:45 am
We are building up a new world.
Do not sit idly by.
Do not remain neutral.
Do not rely on this broadcast alone.
We are only as strong as our signal.
There is a war going on for your mind.
If you are thinking, you are winning.
Resistance is victory.
Defeat is impossible.
Your weapons are already in hand.
Reach within you and find the means by which to gain your freedom.
Fight with tools.
Your fate, and that of everyone you know
Depends on it.
CP: We are winning — Flobots
April 28th, 2009 at 10:52 am
It’s Snowing! Woo Hoo!
That should cool everybody off.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Sorry did someone say something… I was in my bunk.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:04 am
A shiver down the spine.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Why is there this pile of panties in the corner?
April 28th, 2009 at 11:21 am
CP: Thunder Kiss ‘65 — White Zombie
April 28th, 2009 at 11:32 am
DeadPanties?!
April 28th, 2009 at 11:50 am
life used to be life-like
now it’s more like showbiz
i wake up in the night
and i don’t know where the bathroom is
and i don’t know what town i’m in
or what sky i am under
and i wake up in the darkness and i
don’t have the will anymore to wonder
everyone has a skeleton
and a closet to keep it in
and your mine
every song has a you
a you that the singer sings to
and you’re it this time
baby, you’re it this time
when i need to wipe my face
i use the back of my hand
and i like to take up space
just because i can
and i use my dress
to wipe up my drink
i care less and less
what people think
and you are so lame
you always dissapoint me
it’s kind of like our running joke
but it’s really not funny
and i just want you to live up to
the image of you i create
i see you and i’m so unsatisfied
i see you and i dialate
so i’ll walk the plank
and i’ll jump with a smile
if i’m gonna go down
i’m gonna do it with style
and you won’t see me surrender
you won’t hear me confess
‘cuz you’ve left me with nothing
but i’ve worked with less
and i learn every room long enough
to make it to the door
and then i hear it click shut behind me
and every key works differently
i forget everytime
and forgetting defines me
that’s what defines me
when i say you sucked my brain out
the english translation
is i am in love with you
and it is no fun
but i don’t use words like love
‘cuz works like that don’t matter
but don’t look so offended
you know, you should be flattered
and i wake up in the night
in some big hotel bed
and my hands grope for the light
and my hands grope for my head
the world is my oyster
the road is my home
and i know that i’m better
off alone
CP: Dilate — Ani DiFranco
April 28th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
CCH oooh you want one.
CCH yeah, you really want one.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Hmm, I stumbled across this weather blog today while checking out storm projections for today. Looks interesting:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
But, it looks like we’ve got some serious competition when it comes to turning a blog/podcast post into a message board. Those guys must sit on that comment board all day.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
CP: At Ch. Degaulle, Etc. — Better Than Ezra
April 28th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
CP: No Speak No Slave — The Black Crowes
April 28th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Sitting on a bar stool in the middle of the afternoon.
I’m pondering existence and exactly what it was you said to me.
My bottle has no answers so I tell the man I’d like to ask another one.
But this one too is of no help to me, so I kill, pay, and then I leave.
CP: Short & Curlies — The Barstool Prophets
April 28th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
CP: Shame On You — Indigo Girls
April 28th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
CP: Gunshy — Liz Phair
April 28th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I need to add more Liz Phair to my collection. I really only know her one pop song. Please tell me which album to start with?
April 28th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
CPMM: Erik the Aweful – Ray Stevens
AHHHH Help!
April 28th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Liz Phair got a little raunchy, in her earlier days.
April 28th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Are there any particular rules for the Stolen Lyrics segments?
April 28th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
i – They should be recorded and sent in…or phoned in.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I noted my psychic lyrics did not make it in. I now know why. :-)
April 28th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Cj, I like Exile In Guyville as classic Liz P.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
What kind of tattoos do we have out there? I know Jeremy is covered in ‘em — anyone else?
Sly B & I just scheduled an appointment for tomorrow at 6 at the local ink shop.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
imag1narynumber: Rules are pretty loose for m80ost segments. WNDRWolf is correct. I would add: Stolen Lyrics was one of the very first Deadpan segments. It started off with just Stolen Rap Lyrics. Later, we added Stolen from the 80s and Stolen from the 70s. Although those types of music are traditional, I’m pretty sure any kind of lyrics are welcome now. When making your recording, identifying yourself and naming the title and artist of the song you’re quoting are preferable, but not strictly required.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Thank you, ambassador!
April 28th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
A little Liz Phair:
Fuck and Run
I woke up alarmed
I didn’t know where I was at first
Just that I woke up in your arms
And almost immediately I felt sorry
‘Cause I didn’t think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn’t think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions, and
What ever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who tries to win you over, and
What ever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who makes love cause he’s in it, and
I want a boyfriend
I want a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit
Like letters and sodas
Letters and sodas
You got up out of bed
You said you had a lot of work to do
But I heard the rest in your head
And almost immediately I felt sorry
‘Cause I didn’t think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn’t think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions, and
I want a boyfriend
I want a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit
Like letters and sodas
Letters and sodas
I can feel it in my bones
I’m gonna spend another year alone
It’s fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was seventeen
Fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was twelve
You almost felt bad
You said that I should call you up but
I knew much better than that
And almost immediately I felt sorry
‘Cause I didn’t think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn’t think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions
And I can feel it in my bones
I’m gonna spend my whole life alone
It’s fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was seventeen
Fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was twelve
April 28th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Liz Phair lyrics – Ouch.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
She might be a tad disgruntled, Nomad.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
You’re welcome!
“m80ost” = “most,” in my last post. My cursor got misplaced for a moment.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Amy Bowen: Thank you. I recall a couple taken from the ’90s. My submission will be from that decade. Just perhaps a tad longer than some I’ve heard. Just don’t want to stress poor Jack with editing. :-)
On a related note, since I’ll be reading lyrics I should “um” and “uh” a bit less often.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Jack also frowns on you sneaking into his bedroom at 3am while he is sleeping and outlining his body on the mattress in stolen song lyrics. Using a lipstick.
… or so I’m told.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
imag1narynumber: You’re most welcome. Will you be recording using a computer, or calling the voice mail line?
April 28th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
For all those in the Phoenix Area This is your WARNING!
The WaNDeR Wolf is coming.
The WaNDeR Wolf is coming.
Hide you Little Red Riding Hoods and 3 little pigs.
June 1-3 He will be in town then
You have been warned.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Amy Bowen: I will call. My ancient laptop has a mic but I’ve never tried it. But if it makes life easier I can attempt to e-mail a voice file.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
1. Depends on the shade of lipstick, Justa J0e.
2. Imag1 – if you sent something, I did not receive it (or spaced on it). Plz send an email so we can work out getting it played onpod.
3. The Devils blew it. Again. Go Blackhawks.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Jack Mangan: I was planning on calling/sending later this week. I’m juggling projects and I’ll sneak it in.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
imag1narynumber: That’s fine. Not being a show producer, I don’t know whether e-mailed files are easier to work with than voice mails or not. Jack, any thoughts?
April 28th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Wolf is coming to Phoenix from the 1 to the 3rd and bringing some FM Red lipstick to write rap lyrics on Jack at 3am?
April 28th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
EssBee – I see that song on all the karaoke lists when I’m out singing, but I’ve never heard it. I’ll have to check it out finally. Thx!
April 28th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Imag1 – whatever’s easier for you.
April 28th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Nighty-night, y’all. If I don’t sleep tonight, I’ll be crying here in the middle of the night.
April 28th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Time to go to bed. Good night, Pan.
April 28th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Wake up!
April 28th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Now? Is there a snooze button?
April 28th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Right over there —-> [SNOOZE]
April 28th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
That would have been more amusing if the spaces hadn’t disappeared. Then the button would have been … over … there … somewhere.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
I was too distraught over the stupid Devils to call Rhett.
So – I played a little place this past weekend, and I’ll be back there again this upcoming Saturday. I, um, really, really did not fit in with the other musicians. . . . but it was a fun gig anyway – and I got a fairly nice reaction. So – let me know if you’re in AZ and interested in going this Saturday.
April 28th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
My views on tatoos…needles are for prescribed medications and getting blood for medical tests.
That’s for me personally of course. I’ve seen some beautiful tattoos and crap ones but never been tempted to get one done.
At work I see a lot old guys (and more women these days) with just a blurry mess of tattoos done 30 years ago.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
oooooooooooooooooooooooh!
I want to come! We can bring our out-of-town guest!
April 28th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Jack – I’m not a musician and I’ve only been inside a bar once, so I don’t really understand. Is the little place a good thing?
April 28th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
I was planning out an elaborate series of tattoos that I was going to start in on when I turned 30. Then I found out how much they cost and decided my boring skin was good enough.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Why am I still up??
Nomad, I’ll tell the gig story onpod somewhere, if/when work allows. Thanks for asking :) Yes, Cj – you’re welcome to come out. Although you might want to hear the story about the place before you commit.
I’d love to hear more about everyone’s tattoos. I’m also entirely unmarked (except for a permanent pencil dot on my right knee from when I was 12).
Why am I still up?? Goodnight.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:37 am
The snooze alarm’s job is done. It naps now too.
April 29th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Well I now have an image of that bar from The Blues Brothers movie.
April 29th, 2009 at 2:47 am
Hello darkness, my old friend. Don’t you know that revenge is a dish best served cold?
It is very warm and muggy in Houston.
April 29th, 2009 at 2:48 am
And here’s your “I’m glad I’m not those people” moment to start the day….
http://failblog.org/2009/04/27/double-fail-2/
April 29th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Good morning, Deadpan! I’m your fully-rested Like Buttah, reporting for duty.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:48 am
at work and feeling bleh.
I want a new job.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Underrated Music: Admiral Twin
Local Tulsa Band.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:27 am
I have a tattoo of a guy riding a fish (from a sketch in “A Journey of the Imagination” by James Christensen) on my right shoulder.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:13 am
I have a tattoo of an eagle on my left shoulder. Thinking of getting a howling wolf on the right shoulder.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:28 am
No tattoos, but I’d rather get one than a piercing.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:30 am
So, since Star Trek is coming soon… what songs can you think of that are either about Star Trek or mention it?
One that comes to mind is “Never You Mind” by Semisonic.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Tried to scour for a pic of my tattoo online, but did not come up successful.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:39 am
I don’t know of any Star Trek songs. Darn!
Tonight’s tattoo will be a thumb ring, in celebration of 10 years with Sly B. I’ll share a picture tomorrow.
My next tattoo after that will be some artsy script of the phrase “five by five”, probably on my right forearm.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:43 am
A big X with small 5s in each quadrant? ;)
April 29th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Star Trekkin’ Across the Universe.
“There’s Klingons on the Starboard Bow,”
April 29th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Fun song: I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked — Ida Maria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySmUjQB05I
April 29th, 2009 at 7:10 am
I think tonight we are pulling chicken and having sandwiches.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:18 am
*snicker* “pulling chicken” . . .
CP: Change My Ways — Galactic
April 29th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Wow. Warner Bros. picks a fight with Larry Lessig:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/29/warner-music-claims.html
April 29th, 2009 at 7:31 am
No ink here. I had my tongue pierced. Twice. Not at the same time, mind ya. Separate occasions. I don’t recall why . . . .
April 29th, 2009 at 7:38 am
..and my broadband is back.
Wolf beat me to it on the Star Ttrek songs, but I’ve posted the link to the video before on DP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE
April 29th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Fav line:
We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill
April 29th, 2009 at 7:43 am
I was always told the tongue pierce was an attempt at better oral.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:45 am
Listening to myself blather. I need to email Wolf. I need to go to bed more.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:45 am
I should really be able to just command at will from my brain a list of songs that mention or refer to Star Trek, but all I can think of is Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy”
First in my class here at M.I.T.
Got skills, I’m a Champion of DND
MC Escher that’s my favorite MC
Keep your 40
I’ll just have an Earl Grey tea
…
I can sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
I’ll ace any trivia quiz you bring on
I’m fluent in Java Script as well as Klingon
…
Only question I ever thought was hard
Was do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?
April 29th, 2009 at 7:48 am
I have no tattoos and probably never will.
My husband wants us to get matching tattoos sorta… he wants to get Super Pac-Man and for me to get Ms. Pac-Man.
Not.Going.To.Happen.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:49 am
I can’t see see how having a stud put in your tongue can help with English exams.
Cough
April 29th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Oh and piecing is out for me as well, although I’m impressed with some deadpanites resistance to pain.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:51 am
+r
April 29th, 2009 at 7:53 am
My tongue works perfectly well without any metal assistance…
And really – the idea of metal in the mouth is like that feeling people get when you run your nails on a chalkboard.
*shudder*
April 29th, 2009 at 7:58 am
I have to back up what JB heard. Tongue piercing has its benefits. So I’ve heard …
April 29th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Van: actually, pain is not the problem for me. I think some people look good with piercings, but it just has never appealed to me. I’ve long wanted a tattoo, but I can’t figure out what I’d want to put permanently on me.
CP: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town — The Killers
April 29th, 2009 at 8:13 am
99 Luftballons mentions Capt. Kirk.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:13 am
I agree, ditto, at least about the pain issue. I have a very high pain tolerance, so am not bothered by it. As victim #1 said on the Fringe episode I watched this morning before work about tats, “it’s a good pain.”
April 29th, 2009 at 8:25 am
I didn’t think the pain was too bad. Apparently, tho, some folks go in for the bigger-gauge piercings for the endorphins associated with the pain.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:34 am
What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) by Information Society
Though, when queried in an interview, admitted they knew almost nothing about Star Trek, and just liked Nimoy’s sound clip.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I felt very little pain. The initial idea was indeed for oral. I don’t recall why I got it done a second time. It reduces the tongue’s dexterity too much. And I overall find them extremely overrated.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:58 am
So watching the latest House, the episode where House keeps seeing Wilson’s dead girlfriend and thinking this could be the episode where the series jumps the shark.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:58 am
i: also bad for the teeth. Still, pretty sexy IMO.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:59 am
I’m going to go wash my children and take them to the grocery store so I can make dinner for a houseload of people tomorrow night.
Anyone need anything while I’m out?
April 29th, 2009 at 9:01 am
EssBee – I agree that it looks sexy – I just can’t get past the metallic thing..
April 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
If I have my tongue piercing etiquette right, those who pierce to enhance their, shall we say, performance, pierce toward the tip of the tongue if they are interested in women, and those who are interested in men pierce further back. So I guess straight men and gay women are the ones who deal with the risk of broken teeth when piercing their tongues.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:06 am
EssBee: Yeah, can’t argue the visual part, no question :-)
April 29th, 2009 at 9:07 am
EssBee: That’s far more thought than I put into it! You do have to kind of retrain yourself to eat for a while.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I just can’t help feel sorry for those of us who are bisexual. Where do we pierce our tongues? That is so unfair.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:14 am
EssBee: There’s pros and cons to everything ;-)
April 29th, 2009 at 9:15 am
The sequel to “Donnie Darko” is being released (escaping?) direct-to dvd in May.
Travesty? Who wants to find out?
April 29th, 2009 at 9:19 am
JohnBoze: I’m of the opinion the first was a travesty. So this cannot end well.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:32 am
I LOVE Donnie Darko. Dang!!
I wonder if Southland Tales hurt Richard Kelly’s price tag.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Well I love Hudson Hawk. And that’s a TERRIBLE movie!
April 29th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Additional note to file under: “Potential Travesty”:
No Richard Kelly.
Two links to original:
The story is of the now-18-year-old Samantha Darko (same actress, Daveigh Chase)
The title: S. Darko – A Donnie Darko Tale
Otherwise, no other creative connection.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Bah!
April 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am
They have a “Frank” but he’s more menacing, horror-styled, with alien-like eyes and pointed teeth.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:08 am
No more, JB, no more!
April 29th, 2009 at 10:10 am
CP: Life Being What It Is — Kaki King
Entering into CCH.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:46 am
One more: Youtube Viral Vids to promo:
http://is.gd/vq3w
April 29th, 2009 at 10:51 am
CP: Pot Kettle Black — Tilly & The Wall
April 29th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Following ditto into CCH.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Tilly & The Wall! *musical swooon*
April 29th, 2009 at 11:00 am
CP: Ask (2008 remastered version) – The Smiths
April 29th, 2009 at 11:03 am
CP: Drive – R.E.M.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:05 am
That seems to be the newest thrust in Hollywood. Starting with The Transformers the (pseudo-)sequels have less and less to do with the originals.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:21 am
i: It is Hollywood, after all.
BTW, Linkin Park will scoring the next Transformers movie. Not sure how I feel about that.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:56 am
I know how I feel about that, not good. Not good I say.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Agreed. Not good.
Still in CCH.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
This amuses me:
http://is.gd/vrfZ
Not the story, but the text under the “photo” connected to the story. “Click to enlarge” Clicking that opened up all sorts of info on the story I didn’t get before…
April 29th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
ZP dons a bedsheet and looks at Siren:Blood Curse:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/696-Siren-Blood-Curse
April 29th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Trip out in 8 bit style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViTbyIGXhr4&feature=related
April 29th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I have done amazing things with Oreo cookies today.
April 29th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
CP: Honey Pie — The Beatles
April 29th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
CP: I’m So Afraid (Live ‘97) — Fleetwood Mac
April 29th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
ditto: I second the “not good” view on that. I do, however, look forward to the Daft Punk soundtrack to Tron 2.0
April 29th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Vanamonde: It’s a demo reel gone horribly wrong!
April 29th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Well all this frivolity must come to an end..night Pan.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Sigh. I hate writing specifications on a deadline, especially when everything is not figured out.
CP: Downfall — Matchbox Twenty
April 29th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
CP: Montana — Venus Hum
April 29th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I just need a new job.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Me too. Too bad the job market sucks big time.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Yep. Need to make our own, methinks.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Sinus headache = brains not work. Happy to see that the ‘Pan was busy, can’t figure out what everyone said.
Back after the pseudophed kicks in (I hope.)
April 29th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Tip: A day without flooding is a good thing.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Jack, I just left a voicemail and stumbled a couple times. Lemme know if you want me to send it again.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Nomad Scry: To sum up – 8-bit musical Oreos in the dark of Hollywood.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Pierced Oreos, at that.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
People are here at Gangplank eating the Oreo cupcakes I made. It smells like Oreo in here.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
These people have Oreo breath.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
At least they’re not fried!
April 29th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
i1 – The people or the Oreos?
Deep fried Oreos I’ve heard of… well, I’ve heard of people being fried too, but it’s not the same thing.
…….. I once had a boyfriend whose nickname was “Fry Guy”
True story… I’m not proud.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Ah the oddballs of our pasts…
I was thinking the Oreos themselves. People fry just about anything. Boggles my mind. But I try to stay pretty healthy.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Deadpan releases tonight yeah!
I posted my show yeah –
I are tired I going to bed.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Cj, would you be willing to share your recipe for Oreo cupcakes? We’re supposed to be having a Cake Bake-Off here in Literacy-AmeriCorps-land on the weekend of May 8. I would give you full credit for the idea and the recipe, of course. :-)
April 29th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Of course. I’d be happy to share my invention – I don’t know that I’d call it a recipe.
I’ll e-mail you unless everyone wants me to post it here … it’ll just make you all salivate anyway.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Tattoo pic:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=456210&l=d761f6e0cd&id=1230634311
April 29th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Nice tat!
April 29th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Okay, go here to see the ink I got back in ‘01, it’s all I have. I don’t even think I showed this off to anyone at NME…
http://is.gd/vvgu
April 29th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
All above links to tats viewed!
Most excellent on all counts!
April 29th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
And Congrats to EssBee and SlyB on 10 years! :)
April 29th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
ditto what Cj said.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Good Moooorning Pan, one more day of work and then 11 days off..woot! and more woot!
Another grey day and I just don’t care.