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Done, CJ.
Now for lunch.
Hmmmm:
http://dirtycomputing.com/
Holy crap. I am pwned by skeksis. But at least there will be motivational posters on the wall to give me inspiration.
CP: Heartbeats – José González
CP: Down the line – José González
Interesting link (from Rick Novy). I hadn’t heard of all of these:
http://www.audiomarketlist.com/
Ummm… I have heard of them… Have not listened to all of them…
CP: I Feel You — Depeche Mode
CW: 24 – S7E22
Indy LOTR film:
http://thehuntforgollum.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
So after watching the latest 24 where X’s daughter is put in danger yet again, I now vow never to criticize the Star Trek movie for silly bits of plot.
There’s a fun challenge….. Come up with a movie or movies that entirely 100% belieavable or beyond critique. Or close.
OK – cover me, I’m going in…..
Well until I’ve forgotten what was in that last message.
I absolutely think that the movie Making the Grade starring Judd Nelson and featuring Andrew Dice Clay is the most believable and remarkably uncritiqueable movie ever. It is completely realistic and without flaw.
Every time I see a duck of any kind, I too will always ask the question, “Yo Duck! You preppy or regular?”
Jack: I need to think about that one.
CP: H O O P S Yes! — Polyphonic Spree
That film of the empire state building in real time.
Might be the most tedious film ever made but it was 100% realistic.
Yeah Kim,
Her only reason for existence is to cause pain for Jack. 24 is kinda funny in that way. How many times has Kim been taken hostage anyway? Eight or something? Of course she had a son making Jack a grandpa, so if Kim dies, his grandson can still be a hostage in future episodes. =P
I submit “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” as an entirely realistic film above all form of critique. ;)
100% believable movies:
Things We Lost In The Fire
Traffic
Bunny, can I be princess of the DP FB group? My AKA name is fine if you haven’t done it yet.
That Titanic movie was a documentary, wasn’t it?
Yea! Jack was on Evo this week and Cj the week before. Great job, guys!
And congrats, Jack, on that other thing. :)
Thanks, ditto. :)
100% believable movies? I tend to try and avoid reality in most forms, so this is a weak spot for me… but I would present Crossworlds as the most realistic “normal dude to hero” progression I’ve seen or read.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115985/
I know it is an awesome movie because I cannot get anyone else to watch it with me IRL. Just like Firefly.
anksThay ittoday.
TEB you can add me but can you shorten it to Van?
So Morning Pan, hospital cancelled my appointment, so have a day off to my self, decisions, decisions.
Man, I’ve been missing out here. After much poking and prodding from different directions, I’ll probably succumb and setup a Facebook account this weekend. Seems like these guys may be around for a while.
Ooh, look, new LLAP is out. Wonder if there’s anything special in the Star Trek world that they want to talk about this time :)
Morning, Pan!
Ooh, Big Trouble in Little China is coming to BluRay.
Van, I don’t remember if you already explained this, but does your nickname mean anything in particular?
I can shot no holes in that film.
Oh sure technically speaking I could … but why would I want to?
me likey the BTILC
Just a character from one of fav ACC stories ditto.
Listening to old Covervilles, ‘Hanging on the Telephone’ in French sounds rather good.
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Morning Pan.
Will make requested changes today.
Van, I knew who you were ;)
CP: LLAP
Vanamond reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_and_the_Stars
I’ve never cried at a movie
I was going to let you all know that the new LLAP is out, but Ed and TEB seem to have mentioned before me! Thanks! :)
Oh and for those who don’t know, Jack and Debbie are on this episode!
And we are having a contest just like the one Deadpan had for Watchmania.
http://tinyurl.com/ohtrlq
and Good Morning, Deadpan!
I actually prefer the short story ‘Against The Fall of Night’ that ACC expanded into TCATS, even though it’s feels more dated.
Great “Frontline” on PBS last night that explained the whole Bernie Madoff affair.
Bottom line is … as long as you cut everyone in on your crime – no one wants to know where you got the money.
It was also interesting that all these Investment advisers who were willing to “look the other way” as long as he was giving them a 2% kick-back … act outraged and offended and call Madoff a “Monster” now that he has been caught.
Speaking of Insane in the Membrane….
Ever hear Richard Cheese’s cover of it? Hilarous!
Kewlness! A computerking sighting. :)
Van: thanks. I guess I need to reread that book.
I’m seeing Wolverine this weekend.
I don’t care what LLAP says.
Okay listening to the latest LLAP, where Jack mentions writing a story about a jump from space.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_diving_010608-1.html
In the late 70′s the writers of the Dan Dare reboot in 2000AD had Dan using a spacesuit to enter a planet’s atmosphere.
Where are de newcular tewminatohs?
http://scifiwire.com/2009/05/how-terminators-anton-yel.php
Can I just call up and say “poor George”?
So Jack and Debbie have been had?
Enough of this silliness. I have situps to do.
CP: Mad About You — Sting
Dan’s comments about Wolverine belong only to Dan.
My hubby has Hugh Jackman’s chest. Yummmmm
Well Pan, off to Futureshop again. (the one I went to yesterday didn’t have what I was looking for).
Later gators!
For the record -
I look nothing like Hugh Jackman.
That is all.
CP: Damaged — Sass Jordan
Sigh. Fixing other people’s mistakes isn’t a lot of fun, but it has to be done. :(
In light of ditto’s last post, I offer this bit:
I was giving one of my process (chemical) engineer buddies a hard time about something guys in his department were causing me trouble with on my job. His response –
“It’s that 80% of process engineers out there that give the rest of us a bad name.”
Feel free to adapt as appropriate.
Bunny is sad :(
Our house is surrounded by trees and bushes. Every year the birds like to make nests in them. This year a robin family set up shop in a fairly precarious position on a bush right next to the drive way. I found out about it when I came home from martial arts yesterday and brushed the bush with my car, causing one of the eggs to fall from the nest. I went into the house with a sad puppy dog face and told hubby, making him sad too.
Today, when I went to Future Shop I checked on the nest. We had a bit of a wind storm last night. I guess it knocked the nest on its side. All the eggs were out and broken on my driveway and the robin is gone.
:cry:
*hugs* for Bunny. I’m sorry. :(
Nature, red in tooth and claw.
Just wanted to share that I managed to burn my tongue so bad that it was bleeding… by eating a kiwi fruit.
I am totally rad today.
How do you burn your tongue on a kiwi fruit NS? I eat kiwi all the time, but usually it’s cold.
Must get a my mind out of the gutter.
TEB: That sucks. I know how you feel.
*hugs*
WNDR, you really need to stop fantasizing about Pip like that :)
Or, at least share them with the class…..
Talking about Star Trek, Fringe finale..nice!
ZP uses up all his action points as he looks at Valkyrie Chronicles:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/724-Valkyria-Chronicles
CP: Jacqueline – Franz Ferninand
CP: Not Fair – Lily Allen
CP: Wilderness — Sunny Day Sets Fire
CP: If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
Am I the only deadpanite who actually likes Star Trek:The Motion Picture?
Van, while it wasn’t my favourite ST, it definitely was not the worst. Considering it was the first after a long original cast drought, it was great when it came out. Of the original cast Star Treks I would put it second or third in my list.
I pretty much agree with TEB, though I put it 4th in my list after #2, #4, & #6.
The Motion Picture is also not my least favorite, but I often feel alone in the fact that I didn’t think #4 was very good. A lot of people consider that to be one of, if not, the best.
I need to watch them all again though. . . . . someday.
Brilliant quote from Ezra Callahan: “Silencing stupid people is not how you make stupid people go away. It’s by pointing out how stupid they are and bringing those people into the light of day so everyone with a shred of common sense can see who they are and remember never to give them an ounce of respect in any aspect of life,” Callahan wrote. “You do not combat ignorance by trying to cover up that ignorance exists. You confront it head on. Facebook will do the world no good by trying to become its thought police.”
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10239926-36.html
Joy oh Joy, and old version of MAME32 works in Windows 7. Just spent a pleasant half hour playing Gauntlet and STUN Runner.
CD: Whistling Gauntlet theme tune.
CD: Jenna Jameson.
LOL, Rhett.
My iTunes library is back!! Yippee!!
Anyone have a great audiobook suggestion? Sly B and I are preparing for a 10 hr (1-way) drive to BFE, Kansas Friday; home on Sunday. We already have the new Sookie book locked and loaded, but need a second.
How are you fantastic bastards tonight?
EssBee -
May I recommend the last 10 or so “Escape Pod” Episodes ?
Good scifi at a great price!
I’ll definitely check it out, JOe, thanks! Probably more my speed than Sly B’s, but I’ll take a smart man’s recommendation any day of the week.
Well, if you can’t find a smart man … I’d also recommend “Podcastle” for more of the “fantasy” fiction or “Pseudo Pod for the horror.
Hahaha.
New assy phrase being thrown around my office by the business analyst set: “pencil down” as a verb. As in, “We’ll need to ‘pencil down’ on that project ASAP.” And they really do put the quotes around it when they use it in writing.
My prediction for the next big phrase: “shovel ready”. I know that one is being thrown around willy-nilly everywhere, but I think it will really shine when being used to talk about exploiting Special Education stimulus money.
I really dislike my job, y’all.
CP: Beautiful – Gordon Lightfoot
Van made me want to open up the Gordon Lightfoot folder on my computer. :-)
I’ll have to second Joe’s recommendation on Escape Pod….which he turned me on two back when we were at DragonCon two years ago. I have to say that some of the most recent ones have been off and the story selection seems to be more about pushing agendas rather than offering thoughtful and intelligent fiction. Hopefully, it’s just an anomally.
Some of my favorites (I’m scrolling backward through the list)
194: Exhalation
193: Article of Faith
192: Sumo 21
190: Origin Story
187: Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky
184: As Dry Leaves That Before the Wild Hurricane Fly
181: Resistance
174: Private Detective Molly
173: Robots Don’t Cry
168: Family Values
162: God Juice
159: Elites
146: Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk
144: Friction
Alright, that’s enough to get started. I wanted to scroll back far enough to get to Friction, which is a high water mark of Escape Pod.
Thanks, Ed!
I second the recommendations of “Friction” and “Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk.” I fondly remember listening to those back in Special Collections.
146: Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk
if a podcast can make you cry … that one will. *sniff*
Ep039 “My Friend Is A Lesbian Zombie” is also one of my all time favs , as is
EP61 “I’ll Look Forward to Remembering You” … although that one may also make you cry.
Over at PsuedoPod – EP006 “What Dead People Are Supposed To Do” had me laughing out loud in Public. It includes the idea that the Credit Card Companies won’t let a little thing like DEATH, keep you from paying them back.
EssBee – Re: Catch Phrases.
I had a manager once who liked to play the part of the “all knowing tech guy” so he was fond of pointlessly throwing out technical terms when they weren’t needed or often, when they weren’t even being accurately used.
So we (the folks working directly under him) started this little game whereby you would make-up technical words and terms and then during private conversations with this guy, you would casually drop these terms into sentences without any explanation of what they were supposed to mean.
Once a day we would all compare notes and tell each other what words to keep a watch out for and see how many times this guy would repeat them to others.
You got bonus points if he used one of your made up words during a staff meeting (“I’ll need each of you to double check the QC on your Credicforus readings for projects before they go out.”) SCORE!!!!!!!
As well as Escape Pod, I would also recommend Aural delights at Starshipsofa:
http://www.starshipsofa.com/
They rely on authors donating stories to get narrated, so the only agenda is what they can get.
StarShipSofa is quite good, though a mite long sometimes (3+hrs.) It isn’t just a audio story, it is a spec fiction audio magazine complete with articles on related subjects.
For a faster pace and perhaps a more madcap taste, the Drabblecast is becoming a favorite of mine.
My favorites so far:
109 Babel Probe
104 The Food Processor
Beware though, the main feed is one of those Apple formats. If you want mp3s, you’ll have to find the right feed. Or I could paste it here:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/DrabblecastMp3
Oh, and the killing me softly kiwi seems to have been a mild allergic reaction of some sort. The last time I ate a kiwi, several years ago, I didn’t experience any problems. This time though, after my tongue stopped bleeding I started having breathing difficulty. Now, over 12 hours later, my tongue is still super-tastee. Everything feels like I have over-salted it.
But really, the best part is that a kiwi made my tongue bleed. That’s just hilarious.
What the frog does “pencil down” mean, anyhow? Put it on the calendar or stop working?
Van – IIRC you get S&SF mag? What did you think of the second story from the June/July issue? I think it was by Kessel. The Motorman’s Coat.
I ask mostly because I absolutely did not “get it.” I actually started flipping pages looking for the rest of the story.
I do NS, but just that issue from Fictionwise, so not had time to read it.
+bought
Nomad – if you have/use iTunes, it can convert just about any of the “standard” (if there is more than one, how can they call them standards?) audio formats to MP3.
I use it a lot – does a good job and is pretty quick about it. In fact, you can set iTunes up to do the conversion as it imports the file.
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