There will (probably) be a release of the audio recorded for this week. Just not right now.
Goodnight, mush.
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JOe, from last night: hilarious! We play conference call bingo with some of the more ridiculous things my boss says. Some choice examples are her fondness for the word “plethora”, a long, drawn out “sssoooooooo”, and the tinkling of ice as she pours her drink(s) toward the end of a call.
NS: “pencil down” seems to, taken from the context, mean “get busy”. As in “I really need to get up and ‘pencil down’ my workout or my ass will grow.”
Justa Joe – I have an irrational desire to avoid the popular choice, so I am unable to use iTunes if I do not have to. Since I use a Sansa Clip, I don’t have to.
My interview is this afternoon… I have a my 3rd anniversary coming for Wander Radio… Trying figure out what I should do to celebrate the occasion… Oh yeah and work.
Kitty on caffeine – I predict you’ll have claw marks on your ceiling.
EssBee – “pencils down” is usually the ending point of a timed test. It is the point where you have to back away from your work and submit it in what ever form it is in at that time. Finished or not, you have to submitt it.
Sort of the “Game over,man!” of the academia world.
Wndr – Re: Celebration. I recommend running naked through the streets.
Chocolate covered coffee beans = initially yum then yuk.
So was going to check the trainwreck that was Angels and Demons tomorrow..but just noticed the new Charlie Kaufman film (well new for the UK)..so off to the arty farty cinema I shall be going.
Napalm! I have a tub of that around here somewhere. Now if only I could figure out how to work these child protective locks… I’m going to need to get a 7-year-old to help me.
Okay, the car is loaded, the coffee is brewed, and we are headed to Kansas. We’ll be back late Sunday! Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do (well, not you Cj and Bunny and Amy)! See y’all on Monday!
My right wrist is quite sore today as it was reefed on during MA yesterday, so I’m using my mouse with my left hand. It’s an interesting, if slower, experience.
Well, there’s a day I’ll never get back. I spent about 18 hours in bed with some sort of flu that hit me yesterday morning. Fever broke during the night and I’m clear of those symptoms. Now, I just feel like a rug that’s been beaten against a wall….a lot.
I highly advise against getting sick. It takes a lot to get me to stay home from work and this was one of those.
Get more rest, Ed. I know what it’s like to want to go to work even when not feeling well, but you’ll be more productive missing an extra day and getting better, than trying to concentrate and work when sick.
There’s an almost book called “I am Lejon’? Wow. It took me 33 years to figure out that it isn’t French, now there’s a book with my name on it. Wish I’d written it…
So a job opened up at my husband’s school as a librarian. We have a friend who is interested (and is qualified), so my husband sent me the particulars to send to her. His subject line was “library position”
We have a library downstairs, I’ll have to give that “position” a try ;)
I just took a walk outside my office building and saw a cute little bunny scampering off into the brush. It made me think “Today is the ides of May”, and I started looking around for Coyotes.
Little Bunny Foo Foo
Hopping through the streets of Chandler
Scoopin’ up the coyotes
And hiding them from Lejon!
Then the Energizer Bunny came and said:
‘Little Bunny Foo Foo
I don’t wanna see you
Scoopin’ up the coyotes
And hiding them from Lejon!
I’ll give you 1 chance. None of this 3 chances BS that the fairy gives.
And if you don’t behave… well… who really cares. Let’s go shopping.
And off they scamper toward the Chandler Fashion Center.
Just sat down and wrote. Yay, writing. Need to get home so I can concentrate properly on plotting out and organizing the elements of this story. Escape Pod, here I come! :-D
(I hope Twitter annotation is OK)
@The Energizer Bunny: I actually work in Scottsdale. Much further North. Well, much further relative to where I sleep, but not from the Equator. Or Ecuador for that matter.
@Vanamonde: Actually, still haven’t read the book. Saw the Wil Smith film. For what it was, he carried it brilliantly. The problem, of course, was that he HAD to carry it.
(grisehale)Vanamonde: I’m curious, does Alpha have anything to do with either Fox’s “Dollhouse” or the 7th Son audio fiction by an author who shall remain unnamed? Or, have I missed an inside Pan reference?
(klammeraffe)jackmangan: Well, I listen in a completely disjointed way. I pick two eps from the top of the list and two from the bottom. Working towards the middle, which shifts closer to the bottom of the list as new casts post. I get a well rounded mix of them when I load new casts.
At the moment, I’m down to my last two. then I’ll have to try and find the archives.
At present, I am both up to date, and listening to ep 119.
Lejon: Awesome! I think this is one podcast that is well worth catching up on. I think its evolution over time is quite fascinating.
The archives can be accessed by scrolling down the main page of the site until you see the heading “Archives” in the right-hand sidebar. They’re organized by month. #1 was in April of 2006.
Wow. M$ is getting smart about their documentation. The power shell installation sees what languages you’ve got installed and drops docs in each language.
I missed the BoC utterly and I’ve already got a screaming monkey. This woot-off just didn’t do it for me. Maybe I’m finally breaking my two year long 67 sale addiction…
You’re not missing lots, J0e. I admit I’m addicted to the little games (currently Farm Town and Hammerfall). It’s cute to see what other people are doing, but I don’t actually say what I’m doing at the current moment.
Good morning, Pan. My little ones want to go swimming today. I figure if I combine that with the Slip n’ Slide, I should be able to wear them out appropriately.
Back from the beach. We only got sprinkled on a little bit out there. In 2 hours and 45 minutes, we collected over 450 (!) pieces of plastic, plus lots of other stuff. Yes, I counted; we were given a data collection sheet.
I went to the store and bought used DVDs: Twilight, Beverly Hills Chihuahua (for the kids and Drew Barrymore is awesome), and Bedtime Stories. I’ve only seen the dog movie and my daughter loves it. The other two I hope to watch this weekend.
Twitter is getting on my nerves. Is it wrong that I hate #hashtags so much? Well, it’s not the tags I hate so much as the way people use them.
(arroba)jackmangan: I sat here for ten minutes looking at your last comment trying to make sense of it. Then I deleted the word “thespian” in my head, and everything made sense.
Also – for those shut-in tonight …
The totally made for TV “NASCAR All Star Challange” is on.
This is a race only for past winners. There are no “Championship” points awarded for this race so the drivers have no reason to “play it safe” and settle for a 2nd or 3rd.
The winner gets a check for a million dollars, not the team or the owner but the driver … so there is a LOT of incentive not to come in 2nd or 3rd.
To assist those with a short attention span, the race is held in 3 segments,
They race for 20 laps and stop to let the fans get more beer … then race for 20 more laps and take another break to let the fans get more beer … then, they line them all up for a final 10 lap “shoot out”.
Gecha a beer, put your brains on simmer, and enjoy.
I have now read the first book of Twilight and watched the movie. My pop culture trivia scores will be higher. I can’t say the same for my IQ or my ability to have rational thoughts when confronted with large-headed vampires.
Probably the only thing more dangerous that me joining Facebook was encouraging my wife to get on as well. I can see where all of the nation’s free time has gone. I hope this site is blocked from my office :)
I have a facebook account. I use it to get email sent to me when Evo Terra does #evfn stuff (Darn octothorpe-tag).
I have explored facebook exactly far enough to figure out I’d rather be doing work. Which is not a natural state of affairs, since no women are involved.
Will be seeing Wolverine, this afternoon. Then baking a Lemon Poppyseed cake for my grandmother’s birthday tomorrow. Because I really want to spend my long weekend with a ninety year old who tells me I’m supposed to pretend she’s 80 whenever I see her friends (really, at that age, what difference does it make?)
So last night, during my late night run, while running through the park, I had two teenage girls chase me down and volunteer to be my “jogging” partners. It’s true what they say, you do have to be careful running through a park at night.
LOL, don’t tell her? What’s the use of a good story like that if I can’t torture her with it? *snicker* Luckily for the girls and my wife, I’m much too married and middle aged for my life to resemble a Penthouse forum letter.
This morning’s newspaper had this article. I thought it was so darned interesting I had to look it up and share it. It has some interesting bits about how people are idiots. I always love to see that.
(kissanhäntä)The Energizer Bunny: I recently ran a game of L33T Scrabble at RandomCon. I like the live interaction. It’s always interesting to hear the arguments for words being put on the board, and I never tire of watching people’s faces fall when I judge that their word “doesn’t meet the rules requirements”.
I have accomplished a lot today. I moved the rest of my donated books out of my car, finished cleaning the kitchen counters, washed the dishes, made a pot of soup for dinners for the week, wrote a blog post about yesterday, and am now doing the laundry and writing my weekly update e-mail. I’m also looking forward to #writechat on Twitter, in 24 minutes.
And which girls were these Jack? I thought all the women were focused on the eight foot tall, guitar playing rock star that happens to be 10 years younger than me? And single to boot. LOL
We’re back from brunch at the Cheesecake Factory. We shared a Monte Cristo sandwich. The restaurant used to offer two different kinds, but now only offers the “breakfast” variant. Call me crazy, but adding eggs and bacon to a Monte Cristo doesn’t make it any better.
One fortunate thing to come out of the visit. I came up with an idea for a new cheesecake variety. “Monte Cristo Cheesecake”. Drop the meat, swap the Swiss cheese for cheesecake. Thus, you have cheesecake between slabs of french toast. Dip in Monte Cristo batter, deep fry, coat with powdered sugar, and drizzle with raspberry sauce.
I suggested this to the manager. She said she’d pass along the suggestion.
I don’t believe her, so I’m emailing their corporate headquarters. They’ll probably blow me off, but I want to be able to order this.
And, I don’t have a deep fat fryer, so there’s some motivation there.
Hi Deadpan! I’ve survived BFE, Kansas, but just barely. I fared a few notches better than the 1,000 dead armadillos we saw dead on the highway over the past three days. Y’all seem to have kept busy and out-of-trouble without me.
Lejon: The Monte Cristo is my most favorite sandwich evAr. Whatever they did to it sounds completely heinous. Bacon? Eggs? No. I say no.
I actually mystery shop the Cheesecake Factory (shhh don’t tell) and now I know they are freaks. I like your Cheesecake Crisco idea though so I’ll submit it on my next form so they’ll receive it from an additional angle. I can’t eat that, but it sounds yummy!
(zavináÄ)CJ: Wow! That’d be really cool. Monte Cristo Cheesecake on the horizon… Check that – let’s get it on a plate… to go, with raspberry sauce, and a side of sweet-potato fries.
Is the “man-eating” helmet part of the new exhibit or have they always had it.
(Technically speaking – I guess in the picture it’s a “girl-eating” helmet.)
We took today off to recoup from our loooooong drive. We’re not as tired as we thought we’d be, so plan to spend today planting our tomatoes finally, and getting the garden tilled for planting this weekend. w00t!
Am I evil for giving a Woo Hoo because my grandmother cancelled today’s outing? Now I’ll have to spend my holiday Monday relaxing, playing on the computer, reading…
Also, I’ve never called it the “May Long” or the “May Run”. It is referred to as the May Long Weekend. However, all holidays have that type of reference, i.e. Labour Day is the September Long Weekend, Thanksgiving is the October Long weekend, etc.
It is known, however, that you don’t plant any flowers or anything, here in Alberta anyway, until after the May Long Weekend as it’s not unusual to get snow up to and including then. (of course, I’ve seen snow in July so that really doesn’t mean anything).
On Friday my hubby did come home with a 15 pack, but he also splurged and bought some whiskey. (real whiskey none of that blend stuff. Really, who actually likes Canadian Club?)
Aug/Sept is looking to be a busy time for travelling for us.
Aug 6 – 10th World Con in Montreal
Aug 13 – 17th Hubby goes to a conference in Halifax
Sept 3 – 7th Bunny in Arizona
Hubby wants me to book Arizona trip tomorrow (just so all our travel plans are finalized) so I that’s what I’ll be doing. The flight I’m looking at will land about supper time on the third and leave about the same time on the seventh.
We get our holiday next Monday, the 25th. No “StayAtHomeCon” for me this year! I am going on a trip, but not to Baltimore, unfortunately. I’m going to Coral Gables (suburb of Miami) to spend the night (Sunday night) at the home of some friends.
Van: If I had a homemade kit for liposuction, I would certainly make use of it, but unfortunately, all of my fat is securely in place and not budging anytime soon.
Which brings me to this point –
Pilates 1st day = ouch.
Pilates 2nd day = OMFG what the hell am I doing to myself kill me now.
On that note.. over the last 2 weeks I’m officially down 6lbs which I suppose is worth a cheer. Long way to go.
It’s been a long road. I’ve actually lost about 150lbs total. 100 before I had the kids, then 50-ish after. For the last year I’ve just been maintaining which is better than gaining, but I live in fear that I’ll screw up somehow.
Yes indeed, way to go CJ and i1! It’s been 15 months since I started running again and I went from 195 to 173lbs. The key is to try and make a habit of your new workout routine. I can’t remember what the magic number is, but I think if you stick with something for 30 days it becomes a habit.
First off, the scene with the Eiffel Tower was terrible. Looks like CG from the days of The Last Starfighter. Watch the base in particular. The girders look like they’re going to bounce and change into coins or something. Old-school greenscreen (or dare I say it – bluescreen) would kick its ass.
Secondly, G.I. Joe is the Uber-force because of frakin’ high-tech suits? That alone would qualify as said childhood raping.
But thirdly, the scene with the two guys dodging missiles? Well, let’s start with dodging missiles. Enjoy that for a while. Then add the forced dumbass acrobatics the characters do, most notably the guy in the foreground. Even IF you had a suit like that, you would NOT move in that manner. You’ve lost any sort of momentum and it clearly was not necessary to actually dodge said missiles. I think there needs to be a new term — when they toss some flash into the movie to make things seem whiz-bang, but is really so silly and stupid it’s more of a splash-plop.
P.P.S.: If the collective Pan would like a standardized way to abbreviate my pseudonym, may I suggest ?# Only if you wish. Call me a-hole if you prefer :-)
imag1narynumber: Congrats on the weightloss. Very inspiring.
As for GI Joe, it was after my time, like Transformers, so I don’t have any fixed memories to be raped. ;) In any case, the effects, especially the dodging missiles scene, look a bit too much like Transformers.
You know, the suit business in the GI JOE trailer was probably over the top. But, Snake Eyes vs. Storm Shadow will be more than enough pure awesomeness to make up for it.
Just checked the Wikipedia page on the film. Christopher Eccelston as Destro? That should prove interesting.
Cj – Uh… Wow, I’d forgotten all that extra complexity. In my mind, name level is 9th and it just means that you have reached the level of skill and/or notoriety to match up with a Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzky or Pink.
But of course, that does not involve charts and tables and makes way too much sense for it to have been a part of AD&D. Heh.
The drive to work was really tough. Unexpectedly, the JapanesePod101 episode I was listening to had a discussion about pet deaths. I almost had to pull over. My wife has had our cat for 15 years, only about 8 for me. It will be really tough to lose him.
Finally managed to book my flight to AZ. Boy that was harder than expected. Times are not exactly what I hoped for, but still managed to get direct flights.
Our cat is pretty amazing. He is very smart. He understands a number of commands, including “no”. He loves people. And he was generally quiet. Only in recent years has he gotten a little crotchety. Our dog, on the other hand, is dumb as a post, but I love him too.
*sigh*
Thanks for the sympathy everyone. I’ll pass them on to the wife.
I now feel like utter crud, because the wife and I are on the verge of getting a kitten to be a companion for our cat… Of course, our cat has “issues”…but nothing like kidney failure.
I wonder whether the new kitten will survive… good thing our cat’s declawed.
ditto, I’ve been through the loss of a family pet many times, too. I know that it just hit Mike Mennenga recently. My sympathies and condolences to you and your wife.
The last few days were almost unbearably humid (it felt like it could have been 30%), but last night’s brief thuderstorm seems to have blown it all away. Nice day in Phoenix today.
I think it’s more than bugged. There were a number of sites in my hosts file that I didn’t like. And when I tried to update my podcasts, my computer would disconnect from the net. I had to purge my dns before things would behave properly.
I don’t think the Lone Ranger could have been much of a pirate. Sure, he had the mask thing working for him, but silver bullets? He’d use up his share of the booty in ammunition.
Ok, here’s the story. Last night hubby and I were watching the new The Day the Earth Stood Still, and it brought to my mind a story I once read. The problem is I could not remember the title or the author.
the synopsis of the story is:
Aliens come to earth, and tell the people of the planet – We’ve been watching you planet for some time and think you have lots of potential. You have (I think it was 48 hours), to do something to live up to that potential. If you do, we will have you join us. If not, we will destroy your planet.
The world leaders go into a tizzy but, when the aliens return at the allotted time, the leaders of earth go – look, we can reform. We’ve destroyed all weapons of destruction and have signed this unilateral peace agreement.
At which point the aliens go – You fools. We were interested in your potential as a war faring race, not as a race of pathetic, peace-loving weaklings. Prepare to die!
Hubby’s first thought was AC Clark’s Childhood’s End – which it is not. I’m pretty sure it was a short story, but again, my memory may be failing me. Any ideas?
It’s going to bug me until the end of time if I don’t remember the title and author.
My stupid cat is being a shmo. I’m taking antibiotics for an infection. I think the medication must have changed my natural body odor as the cat freaks out whenever I get withing five feet of her. It was actually funny last night. She likes to lay on me in the evening, so she would jump up on the couch, get all squinty eyed as she neared me, and jump off again in a huff. I’m not sure what she’ll do later today when I have to come near her to give her her medication.
Ah, Ditto beat me to it. For some reason, that particular episode of The Twilight Zone is one that has stuck with me and I recognized it as soon as TEB started to describe it.
Also, I just finished my first Escapepod episode – The N Word. Thanks to all of you who suggested that ‘cast. I LOVED it. What a great story. What a sexy voice that reader has.
imag1narynumber: Hudson Hawk is AWESOME! You must get your head around the bend in the pipes… OK, and Sandra Bernhard, but every movie has at least 1 bad actor in it.
Someone mentioned something they thought would make for a good Deadpan ‘Palooza. I don’t remember who said it though. It might have been DanS on Out of the Coffin. That tickles like it is a real memory, but… I can never tell.
I do remember thinking that it was an interesting idea, whatever it was.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:02 am
Nuts!
May 14th, 2009 at 2:04 am
Morning Pan, I haven’t been Reading about The Battle of the Bulge.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:34 am
shhhh
May 14th, 2009 at 3:16 am
Morning, Deadpan!
May 14th, 2009 at 3:21 am
JOe, from last night: hilarious! We play conference call bingo with some of the more ridiculous things my boss says. Some choice examples are her fondness for the word “plethora”, a long, drawn out “sssoooooooo”, and the tinkling of ice as she pours her drink(s) toward the end of a call.
NS: “pencil down” seems to, taken from the context, mean “get busy”. As in “I really need to get up and ‘pencil down’ my workout or my ass will grow.”
I guess?
May 14th, 2009 at 4:23 am
Morning Pan.
Actually above the freezing mark… Just barely
May 14th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Justa Joe – I have an irrational desire to avoid the popular choice, so I am unable to use iTunes if I do not have to. Since I use a Sansa Clip, I don’t have to.
But… that’s a good thing to keep in mind. Thanx!
May 14th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Good morning.
May 14th, 2009 at 5:10 am
My crazy-ass kitty decided this morning she likes coffee. I’m not sure what to make of that.
May 14th, 2009 at 5:11 am
Morning Wolf
May 14th, 2009 at 5:11 am
Good Meh-ning, Pan.
May 14th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Off to the service site.
May 14th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Morning Bunny!
May 14th, 2009 at 5:26 am
Eh…. What’s up Doc?
May 14th, 2009 at 5:33 am
My interview is this afternoon… I have a my 3rd anniversary coming for Wander Radio… Trying figure out what I should do to celebrate the occasion… Oh yeah and work.
May 14th, 2009 at 5:42 am
So I wonder if this is true or not?
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/quintos%20fingers%20glued%20for%20star%20trek%20salute_1102851
May 14th, 2009 at 5:43 am
This is pretty cool. Some photos from original Star Trek conventions
http://www.newsweek.com/id/196011?digg=1
May 14th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Kitty on caffeine – I predict you’ll have claw marks on your ceiling.
EssBee – “pencils down” is usually the ending point of a timed test. It is the point where you have to back away from your work and submit it in what ever form it is in at that time. Finished or not, you have to submitt it.
Sort of the “Game over,man!” of the academia world.
Wndr – Re: Celebration. I recommend running naked through the streets.
May 14th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Here’s what 1950’s Popular Science thought we’d be like by the year 2000
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/05/miracles-youll-see-in-the-next-fifty-years/
May 14th, 2009 at 5:52 am
I want throw-away dishes.
May 14th, 2009 at 5:56 am
J0e – I don’t want to scare anyone…
May 14th, 2009 at 6:00 am
this is so close to how I feel about the things, it’s scary ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXoYK4b_q24
May 14th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Ack
May 14th, 2009 at 6:36 am
More fun Jack?
May 14th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Coffee is delicious.
May 14th, 2009 at 7:08 am
So are brains. Itchy . . . tasty. . . .
May 14th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Coffee = yuk
Chocolate covered coffee beans = initially yum then yuk.
So was going to check the trainwreck that was Angels and Demons tomorrow..but just noticed the new Charlie Kaufman film (well new for the UK)..so off to the arty farty cinema I shall be going.
May 14th, 2009 at 8:12 am
I see your little pony … and raise you one “Interactive Hot Tub Girl”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Qn8-w12p0&feature=channel
May 14th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Re: last week’s comments – Definitely also agree on the Edward Bear story. Definitely a keeper.
May 14th, 2009 at 8:32 am
I must live in the same universe as Joe – from my youth, “pencils down” is an imperative that you are out of time for your exam.
May 14th, 2009 at 9:24 am
CW: Lost Season finale.
May 14th, 2009 at 9:59 am
I agree on the “pencils down” interpretation.
Back to the grind…
May 14th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Hmmmm, a bit biblical there.
May 14th, 2009 at 10:27 am
I have super-glue all over my hands. How do I get it off? Help?
May 14th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Warm water.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Or Acetone if you are in a hurry.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Acetone is in some nail varnish removers.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Napalm?
May 14th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Napalm! I have a tub of that around here somewhere. Now if only I could figure out how to work these child protective locks… I’m going to need to get a 7-year-old to help me.
May 14th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Wouldn’t that remove the skin and leave the glue?
May 14th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Do not, I repeat DO NOT get stuck to the 7 year old!
People have been known to chew their own arms off to get out of that!
May 14th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
It’s good to be part of the Deadpan. Good people and the best advice evAr.
I have removed the super-glue without the assistance of a 7-year-old.
Nor did I use my teeth.
OK. I’m lying a little. I may have chewed.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Websites of bands no longer around..spooky.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I dunno, the ’90s was the decade of the one-hit-wonder.
(’90s was? were? wuzzes?)
May 14th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a grunge band?
May 14th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
JaJ & ditto: OOOOOH! That kinda makes sense re: “pencils down”. Duh.
ditto: you are quite handsome! *swooooooon*
We are off to Independence, KS early tomorrow. We have lots of audio loaded and a big bag of sunflower seeds.
May 14th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
lol. thx
Have a safe trip.
May 14th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
The Wuzzles! http://www.megsplace.com/TimeWarp/wuzzles.html
May 14th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
eating: vegetable beef soup with crackers (yum!!!)
drinking: water
listening: conference call on career development
May 14th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
CW: Bones
Also swooooony? Rhettro.
May 14th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Just finished reading Twilight. I mentioned that fact on Twitter and it started a little maelstrom of @ replies.
OK maybe “maelstrom” is too strong of a word, but dammit, it’s a FUN word!
May 14th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
File Under: Watching Crap Movies So You Don’t Have To
s. Darko: 98% Shite & 2% “Wow, Donnie’s sister got hawt”
May 14th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Bedtime. Good night, mush.
May 14th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Call me Ishmaelstrom
May 14th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Spammers unleash an E-maelstrom.
May 14th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Femaelstrom. It’s like a maelstrom that can ask directions.
May 14th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Fan maelstrom. What the Beatles got when they came to America.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:24 am
A maelstrom is far less impressive if you rearrange its letters to read, “lame storm”.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:18 am
I’d like to be asleep right now.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:03 am
I’m NOT singing in the rain.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:09 am
Ringing in the sane?
May 15th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Femalestrom. Ha!
Children of the Jumping Insane in the membrane.
May 15th, 2009 at 4:00 am
jaJ, you crack me up!
Okay, the car is loaded, the coffee is brewed, and we are headed to Kansas. We’ll be back late Sunday! Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do (well, not you Cj and Bunny and Amy)! See y’all on Monday!
May 15th, 2009 at 4:22 am
Morning All!
Have a good trip, EssBee! I’m glad you exempted me. I’ll do anything I damn well please :)
May 15th, 2009 at 4:41 am
lol! Have a good trip! :-)
May 15th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Wait EssBee – What wouldn’t you do???
May 15th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Have a good trip Essbee.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:35 am
If you make a girls softball team mad enough -would you generate a Femaelstrom?
May 15th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Trying something new today.
My right wrist is quite sore today as it was reefed on during MA yesterday, so I’m using my mouse with my left hand. It’s an interesting, if slower, experience.
May 15th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Morning! I can’t believe Jack Mangan isn’t considered a Philosopher Extrodinaire!
Deadpan Philosophers unite!
May 15th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Well, there’s a day I’ll never get back. I spent about 18 hours in bed with some sort of flu that hit me yesterday morning. Fever broke during the night and I’m clear of those symptoms. Now, I just feel like a rug that’s been beaten against a wall….a lot.
I highly advise against getting sick. It takes a lot to get me to stay home from work and this was one of those.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Glad you are doing better now, Ed.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Get more rest, Ed. I know what it’s like to want to go to work even when not feeling well, but you’ll be more productive missing an extra day and getting better, than trying to concentrate and work when sick.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Reefed on?
May 15th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Well I’m off to the cinema, a weird night ahead of me.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Wierd how, Van?
I’m off to the grocery store. Not baking cookies today. Having company tomorrow so will bake a chocolate chip cake then.
Meanwhile, my computer is acting strange so am doing a virus check on it. That’ll take all morning.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:48 am
CP: Just Came Back — Colin James
May 15th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Anyone else think that SkyNet will get its start from the Go To My PC network? ;)
May 15th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Currently in the spam folder: 3 sex Positions to Help Yoou Last Longer – She’ll Be Silently BEGGING You For More and More
I so don’t want to attract mimes.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:53 am
I’m pretty sure it will all start with Twitter.
May 15th, 2009 at 8:01 am
It’s a Charlie Kaufman film TEB…weirdness is mandatory.
Reefed on?
May 15th, 2009 at 8:09 am
I hope this is cool. I heard that the Deadpan wasn’t “clicky”.
Is it alright if I play in the pool?
It’s OK if it’s not OK. I’m easy.
Just don’t tell my wife.
Well, actually do tell my wife. She’d like that.
May 15th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Ed: Twitter is how it coordinates between systems. ;)
May 15th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Well, being home and recovering today, I’ve finally succumbed and joined Facebook. What have I gone and done now?
May 15th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Gotta join the meme here:
Reefed on?
Is that like defecated on or something?
May 15th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Don’t forget to join the Deadpan group, Ed.
May 15th, 2009 at 9:18 am
My virus checker is at 6% and found two trojans already. I knew it was acting funny.
May 15th, 2009 at 11:13 am
And Lejon is free from moderation! Welcome to Deadpanland, Lejon.
What’s that clicking noise?
May 15th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Welcome: Lejon!
May 15th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Welcome, Lejon.
Every day I’m farther and farther away from being a Deadpan newbie.
I like this message board. “It’s exciting!”
May 15th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Lejon: Of course it’s cool! Welcome to the boards! :-)
May 15th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Wait till Jack releases the hounds, then things really get exciting!
Welcome Lejon. (As in the almost book by that title “I am Lejon” ?)
May 15th, 2009 at 11:49 am
There’s an almost book called “I am Lejon’? Wow. It took me 33 years to figure out that it isn’t French, now there’s a book with my name on it. Wish I’d written it…
May 15th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
CP: FM – Steely Dan
(“CP” = Currently Playing. We like to share the music we listen to here. We list tracks with the song title first, then the artist.)
May 15th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
^ It isn’t always music, either. Podcast episodes, conference calls, any kind of audio is fair game for a Currently Playing post.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I suppose the “P” in CP could stand for a number of things…..
Procrastinating
Producing
Penetrating
Placating
May 15th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Lejon – welcome!
The truth is we really are clicky….except that everyone is in the click. And now you are, too!
Muw ha ha ha….
May 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
… ah, the producers have just told me that the book was “I am Legend”.
So close though.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I can’t find my clicker.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Hey Pan!
Lost a few e-mails – thanks to my mom who insists she doesn’t have a virus but insisted on sending me one :(
Hey Lejon – welcome to the Pan
May 15th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Hey Ed,
can I make you “Ed from Texas” on the FB fan page?
May 15th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
So a job opened up at my husband’s school as a librarian. We have a friend who is interested (and is qualified), so my husband sent me the particulars to send to her. His subject line was “library position”
We have a library downstairs, I’ll have to give that “position” a try ;)
May 15th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Bunny, make sure to the use the Dewey decimal system ;)
May 15th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Ah. “I am Legend”. Got to read that one of these days. Wonder how different the movie was.
I had a teacher in high-school call me “legion”.
It was a parochial school, and thus followed the obligatory parochial school joke: “I am legion, for I am many”.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
I just wooted off and bought something.
Must have been distracted by Jack using the word “penetrating”
If any of you are “currently penetrating”, you might want to reconsider posting that during said penetration.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I love \/\/007. I must stop buying things there.
It’s a cause of frustration for the wife.
And I probably shouldn’t have bought the Zune.
Maybe I can start selling the stuff I get from \/\/007 on eBay, or Craig’s List.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I just took a walk outside my office building and saw a cute little bunny scampering off into the brush. It made me think “Today is the ides of May”, and I started looking around for Coyotes.
None outside, anyway.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I don’t remember being anywhere near Chandler ;)
May 15th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
CP: Rock On – Michael Damian
haha it just popped up on the 80s music channel on my TV and I can’t tear myself away.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Still looking for that blue jean, baby queen
Prettiest girl I’ve ever seen
See her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Dean
James Dean, rock on
ROFLROFLROFL
May 15th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Welcome Lejon, if you liked ‘I Am legend’ be prepared for a nasty surprise with the Will SMith film version.
So ‘Synecdoche: New York ‘ was weird with a capital W.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Little Bunny Foo Foo
Hopping through the streets of Chandler
Scoopin’ up the coyotes
And hiding them from Lejon!
Then the Energizer Bunny came and said:
‘Little Bunny Foo Foo
I don’t wanna see you
Scoopin’ up the coyotes
And hiding them from Lejon!
I’ll give you 1 chance. None of this 3 chances BS that the fairy gives.
And if you don’t behave… well… who really cares. Let’s go shopping.
And off they scamper toward the Chandler Fashion Center.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Just sat down and wrote. Yay, writing. Need to get home so I can concentrate properly on plotting out and organizing the elements of this story. Escape Pod, here I come! :-D
May 15th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
(I hope Twitter annotation is OK)
@The Energizer Bunny: I actually work in Scottsdale. Much further North. Well, much further relative to where I sleep, but not from the Equator. Or Ecuador for that matter.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
(still not sure if Twitter Annotation is OK)
@Vanamonde: Actually, still haven’t read the book. Saw the Wil Smith film. For what it was, he carried it brilliantly. The problem, of course, was that he HAD to carry it.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
(Damn it, I’m using Twitter annotation. Deal)
@CJ: Scottsdale Fashion is better and, at the moment, closer. Not that Chandler Fashion is shabby, it’s just nowhere near work.
Funny, my job is 32 miles from my home, and I’m constantly complaining about traffic. Related?
May 15th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Tweet!
I like to Twitter like this.
/Tweet
May 15th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Well the book may come as a pleasant surprise then.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
eez, why has nobody told this guy he’s not in the clique?!
May 15th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Coming online today:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/index.html
May 15th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
@Lejon. Twitter notation is perfectly ok. There are really no rules around here. Now never do it again ;)
Currently Penetrating: Stroll On – the Yardbirds
May 15th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
+J
Oh, and kidding of course.
Welcome, Lejon!
May 15th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Conveniently Parked – nothing at all
Can’t listen at work except on breaks and they’re all over.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Add the audio equivalent of tweets to Twitter with Audioboo:
http://twitter.com/audioboo
May 15th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Currently pooping?
Okay, wash my mouth with soap…
May 15th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Look at me shut down the board with potty talk…
May 15th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I know that poop is a big part of your life these days, JB. . . with a toddler and an infant in the house.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
(AT)JohnBoze: I wouldn’t say that you’ve shut it down so much as posted during a lull.
Nothing more frustrating than a lull
May 15th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
in a healthy conversation
May 15th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Okay what is 8pm EDT in relation to DP time?
May 15th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
(amphora)Vanamonde: If I’m reading it correctly, it’d be 4pm. However, I’d like to point out that I’m new.
That’s new to Deadpan. I’m in the prime of use according to the manufacturer’s specifications.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Your wit is welcome here, @Lejon. #newguy
#stupidhashtags
Van, New York is 4 currently hours ahead of DST.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Thx Jack and L, will have to play with Alpha tomorrow then.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
(apestaartje)jackmangan: I’ve got to admit, I’ve been listening to a lot of the podcast trying to catch up.
I’m close, therefore: no cigar.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
(grisehale)Vanamonde: I’m curious, does Alpha have anything to do with either Fox’s “Dollhouse” or the 7th Son audio fiction by an author who shall remain unnamed? Or, have I missed an inside Pan reference?
May 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
(apostle_apathy)Lejon: Thanks :) Some episodes and Unshows are better than others.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html
Explains it better than I could.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
(klammeraffe)jackmangan: Well, I listen in a completely disjointed way. I pick two eps from the top of the list and two from the bottom. Working towards the middle, which shifts closer to the bottom of the list as new casts post. I get a well rounded mix of them when I load new casts.
At the moment, I’m down to my last two. then I’ll have to try and find the archives.
At present, I am both up to date, and listening to ep 119.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
(miukumauku)Vanamonde: You posted that earlier, and I didn’t check it. I’ll have to check it somewhere on a non-work PC.
Speaking of non-work, it’s time for me to head home.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I scored the elusive Bag of Crap in the Wootoff.
That’s right. Be jealous of me! Or don’t because really.. jealousy is not fun for anyone.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
(idon’tknowwhattoputherewhatdoallthesewordsmeananyway) Lejon: Oh pickles! I forgot what I was going to say.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
TEB – making me Ed from Texas on the Deadpan FB group would be excellent, thanks.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Did Mangan just say “pound newguy?”
May 15th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Wow. What a day. Going to be a busy weekend too.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Lejon: Awesome! I think this is one podcast that is well worth catching up on. I think its evolution over time is quite fascinating.
The archives can be accessed by scrolling down the main page of the site until you see the heading “Archives” in the right-hand sidebar. They’re organized by month. #1 was in April of 2006.
May 15th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Awesome doesn’t even begin to describe the Deadpan. ;)
Clicky? This is totally a point-and-click interface. I don’t understand what people are complaining about.
May 15th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Wow. M$ is getting smart about their documentation. The power shell installation sees what languages you’ve got installed and drops docs in each language.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Lejon – That is a very spherical way to listen to the show!
May 15th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Fingers crossed that this proves true:
http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/05/dollhouse-second-season.html
May 15th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
jJ – spherical is the way.
May 15th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I missed the BoC utterly and I’ve already got a screaming monkey. This woot-off just didn’t do it for me. Maybe I’m finally breaking my two year long 67 sale addiction…
twitch.
May 15th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
I bought an ipod charger for on the road… since I’m on the road so much? (says the girl who never goes anywhere)
May 15th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Morning Pan, working Saturday meh!
..and it’s damp.
May 15th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
..and according to Wolfram Alpha I’m 4424 nautical miles from. Phoenix Arizona…woof!
May 15th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Uhhhhmmmm…….. ?
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/05/13/pinkerton_star_trek/
May 16th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Well it makes more ’sense’ than the BSG finale.
Cough.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:03 am
And before I forget -again- a hearty Hallo! to the infamous Lejon from Chandler. I’ve… heard of you.
May 16th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Morning, Pan. I’m off to clean up a beach… unless it’s raining there, in which case we may turn around and come back. We’ll see.
May 16th, 2009 at 5:09 am
I’ve discovered that my wife and I are apparently the last two humans on earth to join Facebook :)
May 16th, 2009 at 5:20 am
I joined FB about a whole week ago. I’m a latecomer as well. I am thus far very meh on it.
Doing a quick scrollback, I saw mention of the movie I Am Legend. Having cleaned up the vomit, I am back to my keyboard.
Planning on seeing the new ‘Trek movie tonight.
That’s about it for now.
May 16th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Morning Pan!
Chocolate Chip Cake in the oven. Now cleaning my desk. My morning isn’t very exciting.
May 16th, 2009 at 6:48 am
John, that news article makes me go, huh?
May 16th, 2009 at 6:56 am
I
still
am
off
the
Facebook
grid.
May 16th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Sorry, Jack. :oops:
May 16th, 2009 at 7:06 am
I know too many people named Jack or John (4 Johns, 3 Jacks)
May 16th, 2009 at 7:11 am
You’re not missing lots, J0e. I admit I’m addicted to the little games (currently Farm Town and Hammerfall). It’s cute to see what other people are doing, but I don’t actually say what I’m doing at the current moment.
May 16th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Good morning, Pan. My little ones want to go swimming today. I figure if I combine that with the Slip n’ Slide, I should be able to wear them out appropriately.
I love swimming!
May 16th, 2009 at 7:41 am
CP: Bad Horsie – Steve Vai
May 16th, 2009 at 9:12 am
The pool has been cleaned, the water is warm, the chance for a swim is high. :)
May 16th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Back from the beach. We only got sprinkled on a little bit out there. In 2 hours and 45 minutes, we collected over 450 (!) pieces of plastic, plus lots of other stuff. Yes, I counted; we were given a data collection sheet.
Thinking of making this a recording afternoon.
May 16th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Good to see that so many others are enjoying their day, too. :-)
May 16th, 2009 at 9:43 am
CP: Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt? (The Two Trees) – Loreena McKennitt
May 16th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Yes, nothing servers to wipe out young children like a good hour or two in a pool.
May 16th, 2009 at 10:39 am
servers? srysly?
May 16th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Good morning, Pan! I’m fried.
Well my eggs were, and they were tasty. And dead, which is how I like them.
(miukumauku)Amy Bowen: Congratulations on cleaning the beach. Did you get all the sand? Sometimes it hides under very small shells.
(kukac)Everyone: Thanks to everyone for making me feel welcome. It’s been a great less-than-twenty-four hours…and counting.
May 16th, 2009 at 10:51 am
I went to the store and bought used DVDs: Twilight, Beverly Hills Chihuahua (for the kids and Drew Barrymore is awesome), and Bedtime Stories. I’ve only seen the dog movie and my daughter loves it. The other two I hope to watch this weekend.
Twitter is getting on my nerves. Is it wrong that I hate #hashtags so much? Well, it’s not the tags I hate so much as the way people use them.
as in #moviesibought #whyihatehashtags
#lame
May 16th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Ed: LOL! You know you’re an I.T. person when… :-D
May 16th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Lejon: We got some sand, but we didn’t want to stay all day. ;-)
Happy with narration. Off to drop off recycling, go shopping, and do some editing in of voices. :-)
May 16th, 2009 at 11:15 am
CP: Atom & Evil by Black Sabbath, aka Heaven & Hell
May 16th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Ah, I recall thespian Hayden Christenson’s masterfully-delivered diatribe against sand.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:39 am
(apinanhanta)CJ: I believe the “#” is appropriately titled an “octothorpe”, thus: “hash-tag” becomes “octothorpe-tag”.
Of course, both terms are only useful if one uses the “#” itself, in which case, it is pretentious.
Have I just outed myself?
May 16th, 2009 at 11:46 am
I’m still trying to forget Jumper.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:49 am
(arroba)jackmangan: I sat here for ten minutes looking at your last comment trying to make sense of it. Then I deleted the word “thespian” in my head, and everything made sense.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:49 am
And OK – so I only got 2 of the 4 second series right. Ouch.
I’d like to see a Blackhawks-Penguins final, but I think we’ll see a stupid Red Wings vs. stupid Hurricanes final again. There’s my prediction.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:54 am
How did it become the pound sign? I’d never known that it was called an octothorpe.
That is so gonna be our band name: Pound and the Octothorpes.
May 16th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
An octothorpe sounds like some eight-legged creature of some sort. “Thorp” means village. An eight-legged village.
I’ll note that my nerdiness recognizes that the # sign does have a total of eight lines jutting away from the center square.
If nothing else, at least I’ve learned something today other than the fact that Chihuahas actually hate wearing shoes.
May 16th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Well a pound sign is £
May 16th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
But a dollar sign is $. cha ching.
May 16th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Wikipedia to the rescue! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octothorpe
May 16th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Thankfully I’m not buying a barrel of oil.
May 16th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Yeah get with the times USA..it’s the HASH symbol.
cough
May 16th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
#
May 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Hash
#420
May 16th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
pounds….dollar….millionaire….
Tell me, tell me,
how to be
a millionare-air-air-air
From back when a million dollars used to mean something.
May 16th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
A million dollars would sure mean something around here, Ed.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
You love gives me such a thrill
But your love won’t pay my bills
I want money
(That’s what I want)
That’s what I want
(That’s what I want)
That’s what I want
+++
I thought it was time for the “Flying Lizards” to weigh in on the issue.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Also – for those shut-in tonight …
The totally made for TV “NASCAR All Star Challange” is on.
This is a race only for past winners. There are no “Championship” points awarded for this race so the drivers have no reason to “play it safe” and settle for a 2nd or 3rd.
The winner gets a check for a million dollars, not the team or the owner but the driver … so there is a LOT of incentive not to come in 2nd or 3rd.
To assist those with a short attention span, the race is held in 3 segments,
They race for 20 laps and stop to let the fans get more beer … then race for 20 more laps and take another break to let the fans get more beer … then, they line them all up for a final 10 lap “shoot out”.
Gecha a beer, put your brains on simmer, and enjoy.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I know return you to our previous topic with the following topic -
“New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I’ll buy me a football team”
Discuss.
May 16th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
CW: twilight
May 16th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
You want 6 dollas for what?
You better, man, kiss my butt.
-
Flava Flav, “Can’t Do Nuttin For you, Man”
May 16th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I have now read the first book of Twilight and watched the movie. My pop culture trivia scores will be higher. I can’t say the same for my IQ or my ability to have rational thoughts when confronted with large-headed vampires.
May 16th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Probably the only thing more dangerous that me joining Facebook was encouraging my wife to get on as well. I can see where all of the nation’s free time has gone. I hope this site is blocked from my office :)
May 16th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Just got back from watching the new Star Trek movie, and I too think it is a good movie.
In fact it is so good my little sister had this to say:
“It was so awesome it made up for s. darko!”
May 16th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Hi there, LostRalph!
Ed: I agree. I’m on my second Facebook quiz of the night. (Sometimes I miss the days before apps, I really do.)
May 16th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
*about to fall asleep here*
Night, Pan.
May 16th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
There are apps on Facebook?
Goodnight, all.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
I have a facebook account. I use it to get email sent to me when Evo Terra does #evfn stuff (Darn octothorpe-tag).
I have explored facebook exactly far enough to figure out I’d rather be doing work. Which is not a natural state of affairs, since no women are involved.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Oh, an good night.
didn’t want to leave anyone hanging.
May 17th, 2009 at 2:18 am
If you want to go old skool on FB, do a search from within FB for ZX Spectrum.
Click on popular games and select Chuckie Egg for some classic 8 bit action.
Morning Pan….
May 17th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Morning Van….
May 17th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Morning Man …
May 17th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Van the man has a plan.
It begins with W…
May 17th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Morning Fan(s)
Overcast right now, but supposed to reach 22.
Will be seeing Wolverine, this afternoon. Then baking a Lemon Poppyseed cake for my grandmother’s birthday tomorrow. Because I really want to spend my long weekend with a ninety year old who tells me I’m supposed to pretend she’s 80 whenever I see her friends (really, at that age, what difference does it make?)
May 17th, 2009 at 6:10 am
It begins with W?
World domination begins with W. Can I be your…. 8th in command?
Things never seem to go well for those first or second in command…
!BANG! “You’re in command now my new number one”
“gee…thanks”
May 17th, 2009 at 6:11 am
So last night, during my late night run, while running through the park, I had two teenage girls chase me down and volunteer to be my “jogging” partners. It’s true what they say, you do have to be careful running through a park at night.
May 17th, 2009 at 6:12 am
Looks like I’ll be listening to WanderRadio while baking my cake ;)
May 17th, 2009 at 6:13 am
Onion Radio News podcast title: “Paranoid Optimist Just Knows Somebody is Out to Get Him a Present”
May 17th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Wander Radio begins with W.
May 17th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Wow Rhett, don’t tell your wife. She may never let you out alone at night again.
May 17th, 2009 at 6:35 am
LOL, don’t tell her? What’s the use of a good story like that if I can’t torture her with it? *snicker* Luckily for the girls and my wife, I’m much too married and middle aged for my life to resemble a Penthouse forum letter.
May 17th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Yeah, but it’s a good start to a midlife crisis
May 17th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Quite true Bunny. LOL
May 17th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Cake is in the oven. I’ll ice this afternoon when we get home.
May 17th, 2009 at 7:50 am
This morning’s newspaper had this article. I thought it was so darned interesting I had to look it up and share it. It has some interesting bits about how people are idiots. I always love to see that.
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2009/05/17/20090517biz-social0517.html
May 17th, 2009 at 7:52 am
I will not say the cake is a lie.
I won’t.
Control… don’t say it. Don’t. Must. Not. Say…
May 17th, 2009 at 7:53 am
The cake is a lie.
Dammit!
May 17th, 2009 at 8:06 am
So if you say “Let them eat cake” you’re lying?
May 17th, 2009 at 8:08 am
CJ – apparently judgment and discretion are lost arts on the web.
May 17th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Don’t talk to me about cake when I’m trying to find the energy to do my morning pilates. :D
May 17th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Hey Cj:
I’m obviously a bit of a masochist. I’ve set us up for another game ;)
May 17th, 2009 at 9:13 am
For those new to FB, some of us do scrabble games with each other.
Cj’s a master and can’t be beat :)
May 17th, 2009 at 9:31 am
That is entirely not true. I have one friend who defeats me at Scrabble at about a 75% rate. He’s the true master. Trust me on this.
I do enjoy a good game though! :)
May 17th, 2009 at 9:33 am
BTW, everyone should check out the latest Buffy Between the Lines, penned by our own Paul Maki, AKA JohnBoze.
May 17th, 2009 at 9:59 am
(kissanhäntä)The Energizer Bunny: I recently ran a game of L33T Scrabble at RandomCon. I like the live interaction. It’s always interesting to hear the arguments for words being put on the board, and I never tire of watching people’s faces fall when I judge that their word “doesn’t meet the rules requirements”.
I’m a dick that way ;-)
http://www.guiseknights.com/2009/02/21/crazy_knife_throwin_injun/76/scrabble-takes-a-l3ft-turn-towards-l33t/
May 17th, 2009 at 10:07 am
*Note to self….. go jogging with Rhettro….*
*…. feel invisible as girls flirt with Rhett….*
May 17th, 2009 at 10:11 am
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May 17th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Hello, Pan!
I have accomplished a lot today. I moved the rest of my donated books out of my car, finished cleaning the kitchen counters, washed the dishes, made a pot of soup for dinners for the week, wrote a blog post about yesterday, and am now doing the laundry and writing my weekly update e-mail. I’m also looking forward to #writechat on Twitter, in 24 minutes.
May 17th, 2009 at 10:56 am
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May 17th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Way to go Amy!
And which girls were these Jack? I thought all the women were focused on the eight foot tall, guitar playing rock star that happens to be 10 years younger than me? And single to boot. LOL
May 17th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Thanks, Rhettro!
An hour into #writechat, I’ve had a lot of fun, named my newest main character, and made some notes on her story.
May 17th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
We’re back from brunch at the Cheesecake Factory. We shared a Monte Cristo sandwich. The restaurant used to offer two different kinds, but now only offers the “breakfast” variant. Call me crazy, but adding eggs and bacon to a Monte Cristo doesn’t make it any better.
One fortunate thing to come out of the visit. I came up with an idea for a new cheesecake variety. “Monte Cristo Cheesecake”. Drop the meat, swap the Swiss cheese for cheesecake. Thus, you have cheesecake between slabs of french toast. Dip in Monte Cristo batter, deep fry, coat with powdered sugar, and drizzle with raspberry sauce.
I suggested this to the manager. She said she’d pass along the suggestion.
I don’t believe her, so I’m emailing their corporate headquarters. They’ll probably blow me off, but I want to be able to order this.
And, I don’t have a deep fat fryer, so there’s some motivation there.
May 17th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I imagine the Monte Cristo at the Beefcake Factory would be something different altogether.
May 17th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
But what a tale of revenge it would make.
May 17th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Food porn:
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/05/01/Food-advocates-call-shake-food-porn/UPI-68761241210078/
May 17th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Hi Deadpan! I’ve survived BFE, Kansas, but just barely. I fared a few notches better than the 1,000 dead armadillos we saw dead on the highway over the past three days. Y’all seem to have kept busy and out-of-trouble without me.
Welcome aboard, Lejon!
I’m tired. Also, I’m hungry.
That is all.
May 17th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
“the 1,000 dead armadillos we saw dead on the highway ”
Wait till you see the army of dead armadillos UNdead on the highway. Now that there is a sight!
May 17th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Lejon: The Monte Cristo is my most favorite sandwich evAr. Whatever they did to it sounds completely heinous. Bacon? Eggs? No. I say no.
I actually mystery shop the Cheesecake Factory (shhh don’t tell) and now I know they are freaks. I like your Cheesecake Crisco idea though so I’ll submit it on my next form so they’ll receive it from an additional angle. I can’t eat that, but it sounds yummy!
May 17th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Undead armadillos… Makes undead fish seem tame by comparison.
May 17th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
The Center for Science in the Public Interest can bite me someplace fatty.
May 17th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
CP – Wander Radio Ep#36
CD – Bobbing head uncontrollably
May 17th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Undead Fish Heads, Undead Fish Heads
Eat them up yum.
I took and undead fish head out to see a movie.
Didn’t have to pay to get it in.
May 17th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
My advice: avoid the Full Monty Cristo.
May 17th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
… and DON’T go see Monty Cristo’s Frying Circus
May 17th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
… I’m just say’n
May 17th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
I hope everyone had a great weekend. I’m back now, and very tired.
May 17th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Wow. Coincidence? I just saw the “Fish Heads” video on an SNL Shorts special on TV.
May 17th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
(zavináÄ)CJ: Wow! That’d be really cool. Monte Cristo Cheesecake on the horizon… Check that – let’s get it on a plate… to go, with raspberry sauce, and a side of sweet-potato fries.
May 17th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
I have never purchased anything from http://shirt.woot.com/ before, but today’s shirt I just could not resist.
I am weak, but I love Doctor Who and Back to the Future. When will I see a mash up like this again?
May 17th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Today, I surprised my husband with these two Woot shirts which I bought a while back and hid from him. He is happy with my purchases.
http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=8110
http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=8500
May 17th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
(snabel a)CJ: Your husband is a lucky man.
May 17th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
All 3 of those shirts are excellent. And one of them is even dressy.
May 17th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Uhm. What I want to know is if just one month is enough really to celebrate this activity.
http://tinyurl.com/od3yla
2 more questions
1: Does Jonathon Coulton know?
2: Is this the “Hallmark” holiday for sex toy distributors?
May 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
At 1900 calories a pop JB, they will have plenty of targets for a nibble.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Morning Pan,
/switch on nostalgia mode
A museum I was first taken to as a child has been given a make over:
http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmuseum/
sniff
/switch off nostalgia mode
May 18th, 2009 at 2:55 am
I can’t remember if I’ve ever seen anything interesting from the “Center for Science in the Public Interest”.
May 18th, 2009 at 3:38 am
Is the “man-eating” helmet part of the new exhibit or have they always had it.
(Technically speaking – I guess in the picture it’s a “girl-eating” helmet.)
May 18th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Good morning, Pan!
We took today off to recoup from our loooooong drive. We’re not as tired as we thought we’d be, so plan to spend today planting our tomatoes finally, and getting the garden tilled for planting this weekend. w00t!
CW: the last hour of the LOST Season finale.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:24 am
EssBee – please tell me that at least part of your last post, was euphemism.
It’s Monday. I need something to get the week going.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Watching the Lost finale as an euphemism for sex.
I feel cheated now.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:40 am
Hopefully the haven’t ditched the unwrapped Egyptian Mummy that give me nightmares as a kid.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:00 am
LOL. I think he meant “tilling the garden” or “planting tomatoes”, Van.
Whatever gets ya through the day, jaJ!
May 18th, 2009 at 5:01 am
LostRalph knows what I mean when I talk about the armadillos . . .
May 18th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Yes EssBee, I’m afraid I do know. Now I live in fear for when the undead armidillos come awake and kill us all.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:52 am
because the armadillo are ARMORED!
May 18th, 2009 at 5:53 am
Dear Essbee,
Let us also not forget -
“We took today off to recoup from our loooooong drive.”
Breast
jaj
May 18th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Morning, Pan. Back in the saddle again.
May 18th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Hey hey hey.
May 18th, 2009 at 6:54 am
16k..
May 18th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Morning Pan!
Am I evil for giving a Woo Hoo because my grandmother cancelled today’s outing? Now I’ll have to spend my holiday Monday relaxing, playing on the computer, reading…
May 18th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Yes? No? ;)
May 18th, 2009 at 7:28 am
I wish I had today off. :(
May 18th, 2009 at 7:45 am
It’s Victoria Day here in Canadaland. We get a holiday to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday.
I don’t care which dead monarch we honour, as long as it means a day off for me :)
May 18th, 2009 at 7:50 am
I have today off! Although it isn’t paid time off. =p
May 18th, 2009 at 7:54 am
LostRalph, you may want to watch your facebook settings, your phone number is visible.
May 18th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Strangely in the UK we don’t get the bank holiday TEB mentioned.
May 18th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Does that mean we’re more patriotic and respectful of our queen than you, Van :)
Oh, and happy anniversary to Cj and Dan. They’ve reached that “itch” stage
May 18th, 2009 at 7:59 am
this is what Wikipedia has to say on the subject
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_long_weekend
I’m not sure how accurate it is as I don’t recall seeing “royal union” flags put up anywhere. Of course, I can’t say I’ve ever looked.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Also, I’ve never called it the “May Long” or the “May Run”. It is referred to as the May Long Weekend. However, all holidays have that type of reference, i.e. Labour Day is the September Long Weekend, Thanksgiving is the October Long weekend, etc.
It is known, however, that you don’t plant any flowers or anything, here in Alberta anyway, until after the May Long Weekend as it’s not unusual to get snow up to and including then. (of course, I’ve seen snow in July so that really doesn’t mean anything).
May 18th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Well this weekend is a bank holiday in. The Uk and I’m going to be off.
Woot!
May c heck out that old/new museum and growl at people under my breath.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:06 am
do you get to wear funny hats?
May 18th, 2009 at 8:08 am
In Ontario, we always used to call it May two four, mainly cuz you’d buy a case (24) of beer for that weekend. ;)
May 18th, 2009 at 8:15 am
On Friday my hubby did come home with a 15 pack, but he also splurged and bought some whiskey. (real whiskey none of that blend stuff. Really, who actually likes Canadian Club?)
May 18th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Chuck lives!
Dollhouse, Castle, and Chuck all return for the fall.
Not a bad bit of news to start the week.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:26 am
I must be one of the few people who never got into Chuck. Do enjoy Dollhouse and Castle, though.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:26 am
CP: Your Latest Trick — Dire Straits
May 18th, 2009 at 8:27 am
I enjoy Chuck and Castle. Not such a big fan of Dollhouse.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Thanks, TEB and everyone who commented on my Facebook page.
7 years ago today we hiked up the back of Bell Rock, made all my friends and family come with me, and got married.
http://members.cox.net/danandcj/wedding0096.jpg
We wrote our own ceremony and the last words spoken after “You may kiss the bride” were “Live Long and Prosper”
May 18th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Aug/Sept is looking to be a busy time for travelling for us.
Aug 6 – 10th World Con in Montreal
Aug 13 – 17th Hubby goes to a conference in Halifax
Sept 3 – 7th Bunny in Arizona
Hubby wants me to book Arizona trip tomorrow (just so all our travel plans are finalized) so I that’s what I’ll be doing. The flight I’m looking at will land about supper time on the third and leave about the same time on the seventh.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Wedding picture is “awwww” Cj.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Congrats Cj!!
May 18th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Van: Thanks for the advice.
CJ: Happy anniversary!
May 18th, 2009 at 9:02 am
TEB: Let me know if you need any airport transportation help. I’m good at airports and always happy to help.
Oh and I have a huge car. It currently contains 5 carseats, but they are removable.
May 18th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Happy anniversary, Dan and Cj!
We get our holiday next Monday, the 25th. No “StayAtHomeCon” for me this year! I am going on a trip, but not to Baltimore, unfortunately. I’m going to Coral Gables (suburb of Miami) to spend the night (Sunday night) at the home of some friends.
May 18th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Thanks for the offer, Cj. I was just going to take a shuttle from the airport to the hotel. I don’t want to put anybody out.
May 18th, 2009 at 9:22 am
CP: Mr. Maintenance — Bur
Play those bagpipes!
May 18th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Currently Penetrating: 99 Luftballons – Nena
(…… what a disturbing image, taken literally.)
May 18th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Bunny – do let me/us know the particulars of your visit here. I’ll try to get in touch with the Con people.
Congrats to Cj and Dan!! 7 years – w00t.
May 18th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Sure, Jack. If nothing else, I was also just thinking dinner at a restaurant with the “Arizona” contingent.
May 18th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Congrats, Cj & Dan!
May 18th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I love the way my kitchen smells right after I brew up a batch of homemade laundry soap. Fresh and clean!
May 18th, 2009 at 11:18 am
You don’t do a fight club and use liposuction fat for the soap do you Cj?
May 18th, 2009 at 11:20 am
CP: Everything’s Gone Green — New Order
May 18th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Van: If I had a homemade kit for liposuction, I would certainly make use of it, but unfortunately, all of my fat is securely in place and not budging anytime soon.
Which brings me to this point –
Pilates 1st day = ouch.
Pilates 2nd day = OMFG what the hell am I doing to myself kill me now.
On that note.. over the last 2 weeks I’m officially down 6lbs which I suppose is worth a cheer. Long way to go.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Congrats, Cj! I need to get back into shape myself.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Congratulations Cj, I’m in the process of putting weight back on, comfort eating is the way at the moment.
May 18th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
http://www.goselfsufficient.co.uk/make-your-own-soap.html
Sadly it doesn’t mention human fat as an ingredient.
cough
May 18th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I think you look great, Cj.
May 18th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
:)
Thanks.
It’s been a long road. I’ve actually lost about 150lbs total. 100 before I had the kids, then 50-ish after. For the last year I’ve just been maintaining which is better than gaining, but I live in fear that I’ll screw up somehow.
May 18th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
So there is going to be a third season of Breaking Bad..cool.
May 18th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Too much local light pollution for me to see the milky way this good:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/18/time-lapse-astrophotography-of-the-milky-way/
May 18th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Been wicked busy at work. Haven’t had a chance to keep up with the ‘Pan.
Star Trek: Really rather good.
G.I. Joe trailer: Vomit-inducing.
Cj: Congrats! Weight loss can be very tough. I was ~ 240# not last Thanksgiving, but the one prior. I am now ~ 180#. A hard road indeed.
May 18th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Your childhood memories raped by Hollywood IN?
May 18th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Way to go i1!
May 18th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Yes indeed, way to go CJ and i1! It’s been 15 months since I started running again and I went from 195 to 173lbs. The key is to try and make a habit of your new workout routine. I can’t remember what the magic number is, but I think if you stick with something for 30 days it becomes a habit.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I think it’s 21 days. :)
May 18th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Off to the stationary bike for myself.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Vanamonde: I’d say it’s worse than that.
First off, the scene with the Eiffel Tower was terrible. Looks like CG from the days of The Last Starfighter. Watch the base in particular. The girders look like they’re going to bounce and change into coins or something. Old-school greenscreen (or dare I say it – bluescreen) would kick its ass.
Secondly, G.I. Joe is the Uber-force because of frakin’ high-tech suits? That alone would qualify as said childhood raping.
But thirdly, the scene with the two guys dodging missiles? Well, let’s start with dodging missiles. Enjoy that for a while. Then add the forced dumbass acrobatics the characters do, most notably the guy in the foreground. Even IF you had a suit like that, you would NOT move in that manner. You’ve lost any sort of momentum and it clearly was not necessary to actually dodge said missiles. I think there needs to be a new term — when they toss some flash into the movie to make things seem whiz-bang, but is really so silly and stupid it’s more of a splash-plop.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
P.S.: thanks for the congrats, Cj and Rhettro.
P.P.S.: If the collective Pan would like a standardized way to abbreviate my pseudonym, may I suggest ?# Only if you wish. Call me a-hole if you prefer :-)
May 18th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
i or sqrt(-1)? ;)
May 18th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
That’s even better!
May 18th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
imag1narynumber: Congrats on the weightloss. Very inspiring.
As for GI Joe, it was after my time, like Transformers, so I don’t have any fixed memories to be raped. ;) In any case, the effects, especially the dodging missiles scene, look a bit too much like Transformers.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I still like j, but that’s cuz I R N-gin-ear.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
That was a sweet video of the Milky Way, Van.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Congrats on the 7 years Cj (and Danthol.)
Only two more and it’s name level!
May 18th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
You know, the suit business in the GI JOE trailer was probably over the top. But, Snake Eyes vs. Storm Shadow will be more than enough pure awesomeness to make up for it.
Just checked the Wikipedia page on the film. Christopher Eccelston as Destro? That should prove interesting.
May 18th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
(kanelbulle)Ed from Texas: Eccelston as Destro?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
May 18th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
NS: So, is that where I get to remain a warlock? I don’t want to become a sorcerer. Dan’s a Paladin.
Wait… what are YOU talking about?
http://tinyurl.com/phtv3v
May 18th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Oh, Sorry, I forgot to congratulate Cj and Dan before I had the GI Conniption.
Here’s hoping Ponphar goes well, and may the next seven years bring you a further melding of the minds.
May 18th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Question-octothorpe?
May 18th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Octomomthorpe.
May 18th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
You should never octothorpe!
May 18th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
er, +question
-facepalm-
May 18th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
If Jim Thorpe was one of the first great American athletes, would an octothorpe be….?
May 18th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Octothorpe would be the 8th clone of Jim Thorpe.
May 18th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Octothorpedo would take eighth place in the Olympics’ swimming events.
May 18th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Doctor Octothorpe would attempt to thwart Arachnid-Boy.
May 18th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
In for a penny, in for an octothorping?
May 18th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Cj – Uh… Wow, I’d forgotten all that extra complexity. In my mind, name level is 9th and it just means that you have reached the level of skill and/or notoriety to match up with a Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzky or Pink.
But of course, that does not involve charts and tables and makes way too much sense for it to have been a part of AD&D. Heh.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:13 am
The Drabblecast:
Like the shortness, but finding the host bloody annoying..especially when he sings.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:53 am
A perfect voice for silent movies, Van?
May 19th, 2009 at 3:03 am
[driveby] Facebook told me today is Paul’s bday. Happy Birthday!! [/driveby]
May 19th, 2009 at 3:28 am
Happy Bday JB!
Good morning, Pan! Back to work for me today. Catch y’all on the other end of today – have a great one!
May 19th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Happy BD JB!
May 19th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Octothorpy would be a James Bond film.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Hey Pan!
Leaving in a few to take my car in for its semi-annul servicing.
HBTY JB!
May 19th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Very much So Ed.
Happy Birthday JB.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Cold.
Brrr.
Stupid Calgary weather
May 19th, 2009 at 5:26 am
So here in Calgary, some guy was murdered at the end of a domino’s tournament.
Really, who know domino players were so cutthroat?
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/05/19/9496346-sun.html
May 19th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Happy birthday, JB! :-)
May 19th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Happy Birthday, JB! :)
Hope you have a great one!
May 19th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Had very sad news this morning. Our cat is going into kidney failure and probably won’t survive the week.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Happy Birthday JB!
Jim Octothorpe would have a THAC0 of eight.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:39 am
Shit ditto, I’m very sorry to hear that.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Awww, ditto. I’ve been through that. It’s a rough time when a family member dies. *hugs*
May 19th, 2009 at 6:43 am
The drive to work was really tough. Unexpectedly, the JapanesePod101 episode I was listening to had a discussion about pet deaths. I almost had to pull over. My wife has had our cat for 15 years, only about 8 for me. It will be really tough to lose him.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Finally managed to book my flight to AZ. Boy that was harder than expected. Times are not exactly what I hoped for, but still managed to get direct flights.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Thanks guys. :((
May 19th, 2009 at 6:48 am
*hugs* to ditto.
Off to the service site now.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Aw. ditto. Been there. I feel for you. *bighugs* to you and your family.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:59 am
All the Best on your Birthday JB !
May 19th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Sorry about your cat ditto.
Been through that with dogs. They are family after that many years.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Our cat is pretty amazing. He is very smart. He understands a number of commands, including “no”. He loves people. And he was generally quiet. Only in recent years has he gotten a little crotchety. Our dog, on the other hand, is dumb as a post, but I love him too.
*sigh*
Thanks for the sympathy everyone. I’ll pass them on to the wife.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:12 am
JB: Sorry to cast a pall on your birthday. I really hope it is a great one.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:14 am
CP: Misery — Soul Asylum
May 19th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Happy birthday JB!
Ditto: Sorry to hear about your cat.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Finally got a hold of the hotel to extend my reservation by one day.
Silly Arizona people who don’t start work until nine :) Must be nice.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:03 am
The sun has finally peeked its head out of the clouds. I think I’ll go for a walk.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Sorry to hear about that, Ditto. We pay this terrible price for forming attachments because our lives are so much richer for having them.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Sorry to hear about your Cat ditto.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Ditto about your cat ditto.
I now feel like utter crud, because the wife and I are on the verge of getting a kitten to be a companion for our cat… Of course, our cat has “issues”…but nothing like kidney failure.
I wonder whether the new kitten will survive… good thing our cat’s declawed.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Some of these are amazing
http://www.european-street-painting.com/paintings-cat,2,Street%20Art%203D.html
May 19th, 2009 at 9:48 am
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NZW3IY/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp
Read the reviews. Sorry if it’s been shared already. Too f’ing funneh!
May 19th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Happy JB-Day!
http://blip.fm/~6m74b
I dedicate this J.B. song to you.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Happy birthday wishes to Paul “The” Maki from me too.
Jeremy, those wolf t-shirt reviews are new to me – and hilarious.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:54 am
ditto, I’ve been through the loss of a family pet many times, too. I know that it just hit Mike Mennenga recently. My sympathies and condolences to you and your wife.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I just hope Jack and Rhett don’t wear that wolf shirt while jogging. That would be dangerous.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:18 am
It’s at times like this that we need a howl from WNDRWolf.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:35 am
CD: Mapping dead spots in O2’s 3G coverage on the No. 35 using the Fstream app.
Cough
May 19th, 2009 at 11:55 am
HHOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLL
May 19th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Back from lunch — which consisted of homemade salad, and a 40 minute nap in my car.
For those interested: Yes, I do work in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it’s a mild 99 degrees right now.
I look forward to when the weather gets warm.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
The last few days were almost unbearably humid (it felt like it could have been 30%), but last night’s brief thuderstorm seems to have blown it all away. Nice day in Phoenix today.
And now, here’s Chip with the sports.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I didn’t get a thunderstorm. I was robbed! I want a thunderstorm.
Ooh.. I wonder if the vampires played baseball during your storm.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
For FB people: Did anyone try this IQ quiz challenge thing? Have you noticed web connection problems?
May 19th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Nope, but a lot of FB apps are bugged ditto and crap out from time to time.
I still haven’t got Gridrunner++ to actual work.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I think it’s more than bugged. There were a number of sites in my hosts file that I didn’t like. And when I tried to update my podcasts, my computer would disconnect from the net. I had to purge my dns before things would behave properly.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
It probably says more about my burnt out tastebuds..but dessicated strawberries..yum.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Never had that problem, I use OpenDNS if that actually means anything.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Yeah, that’s not a bad idea.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
No jogging wearing Wolf t-shirts. Check.
No jogging past Wal-Mart. Check.
Jogging past Wal-Mart while wearing a Wolf t-shirt shall not be done under any circumstances!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
My new foolproof plan is to go jogging while dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
It’d be a lot more difficult to go jogging dressed as Long John Silver.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Could that guy even jog? Maybe I’m thinking of a different Mr. Silver.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
It’s all gone a bit wooden.
CW: 24 season finale
May 19th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
What about the Silver Surfer? That guy’s pretty fast.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
The surf board might construed as cheating.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
+be
May 19th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
And the Lone Ranger’s horse?
…. This week’s Deadpan would probably be a good time to do the Long John Silver stuff I have written…
May 19th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Oh?
Are you planning to “put a little capt’n in you” ?
Or does that fall under “don’t ask don’t tell” ?
Arrrrr.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I really miss you guys during the workday. Boo hoo.
So sorry about your cat, ditto. We lost our oldest cat, Crucita, about a year and a half ago. *hugs*
May 19th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Long John SIL-ver! Away!
I don’t think the Lone Ranger could have been much of a pirate. Sure, he had the mask thing working for him, but silver bullets? He’d use up his share of the booty in ammunition.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
At the local rec center where I sign the kids up for extra-curricular activities, they have a gym program for senior citizens called “Silver Sneakers”
and jJ – I’m a fan of the Cap’n.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Hard to sneak up on people when your using a walker.
Good thing they are training them.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Stealthy septogenarian slides silently skidding support structure systematically stealing savings, shoes, and silver.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Obstinate ore-obsessed octogenarian ogles ornery others’ old orders of octothorpes?
May 19th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Thanks for all the well-wishes on this birthday guys!
May 19th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Wylie writer welcomes well wishes while waiting for wealth.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Tonight at the Deadpan, we welcome the alliteration theatre.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Largely lamented, Lejon leads lexicological lampooning.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
While logged out of Amazon, the Three Wolf Moon shirt has the following “Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed”:
Zubaz Pants
http://www.amazon.com/Zubaz-Pants/dp/B000WVXM0W/ref=pd_sbs_a_2/185-7268328-8148138
“How to Live with a Huge Penis: Advice, Meditations, and Wisdom for Men Who Have Too Much (Paperback)”
http://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Huge-Penis-Meditations/dp/1594743061/ref=pd_sbs_a_4/185-7268328-8148138
May 19th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
The latter reminds of the prostitute from one of the Hitchhikers books who made money telling rich guys it was ok to be rich.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Rap lyrics set to music from a Zelda game:
http://8tracks.com/teamteamwork/the-ocarina-of-rhyme
May 19th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Remixes of some Sega and Nintendo in game tunes:
http://remixartistcollective.com/?p=85
May 19th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Oh and Morning Pan, off for a walk to remove stiffness.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:48 am
The smell of a new issue of Interzone….
May 20th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Wednesday. Day three. Only four more to go.
I’m never going to get the time to see Star Trek, am I?
May 20th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Depends, is your TARDIS in good working order?
May 20th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Morning Peeps!
Today’s assignment, should you accept it…
Ok, here’s the story. Last night hubby and I were watching the new The Day the Earth Stood Still, and it brought to my mind a story I once read. The problem is I could not remember the title or the author.
the synopsis of the story is:
Aliens come to earth, and tell the people of the planet – We’ve been watching you planet for some time and think you have lots of potential. You have (I think it was 48 hours), to do something to live up to that potential. If you do, we will have you join us. If not, we will destroy your planet.
The world leaders go into a tizzy but, when the aliens return at the allotted time, the leaders of earth go – look, we can reform. We’ve destroyed all weapons of destruction and have signed this unilateral peace agreement.
At which point the aliens go – You fools. We were interested in your potential as a war faring race, not as a race of pathetic, peace-loving weaklings. Prepare to die!
Hubby’s first thought was AC Clark’s Childhood’s End – which it is not. I’m pretty sure it was a short story, but again, my memory may be failing me. Any ideas?
It’s going to bug me until the end of time if I don’t remember the title and author.
May 20th, 2009 at 3:51 am
doesn’t ring a bell TEB
May 20th, 2009 at 3:52 am
My stupid cat is being a shmo. I’m taking antibiotics for an infection. I think the medication must have changed my natural body odor as the cat freaks out whenever I get withing five feet of her. It was actually funny last night. She likes to lay on me in the evening, so she would jump up on the couch, get all squinty eyed as she neared me, and jump off again in a huff. I’m not sure what she’ll do later today when I have to come near her to give her her medication.
May 20th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Good morning!
C: just finished working out; sucking down cuppa #1; off to the showers.
CP: Savage Love #134
Have a great day, yo!
May 20th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Have a good one, EssBee
May 20th, 2009 at 4:31 am
Tally HO!!!!!
May 20th, 2009 at 4:39 am
Holly Ta, a Wolf sighing ;)
Off to the shop to take hubby’s car in for servicing.
May 20th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Happening on the DB board this morning :)
May 20th, 2009 at 6:17 am
B = P
May 20th, 2009 at 6:34 am
Nomad: my only response to the penis book is: Detachable Penis. ;)
May 20th, 2009 at 6:35 am
TEB: I’m pretty sure what you described is a Twilight Zone episode. I’ll see if I can look up the title.
May 20th, 2009 at 6:41 am
TEB: The Twilight Zone episode was “A Small Talent for War”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Small_Talent_for_War_(The_Twilight_Zone)
May 20th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Depeche Mode has canceled a ton of tours because of gastroenteritis. My wife had that last year. Truly nasty and expensive to recover from.
May 20th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Yup ditto, I think that must be it. For some reason I thought I had read it, but obviously I absorbed the story differently.
May 20th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Sweet! My own personal tachikoma!!
http://gizmodo.com/5261871/my-tachikoma-transportation-doesnt-make-me-lazy-just-technologically-advanced
May 20th, 2009 at 7:01 am
I can see the looks from the people at the mall when you walk down the isle in that, ditto
May 20th, 2009 at 7:05 am
Where do I put the cannons and ammo? That’s what I want to know! ;)
May 20th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Techno tachikoma taking Tokyo to town!
May 20th, 2009 at 7:30 am
CP: Texas Fox — The Low Frequency In Stereo
http://feeds.kexp.org/~r/kexp/songoftheday/~3/OHLces75fdk/2914d471-9626-4cac-a1a7-11037244d7fe.mp3
May 20th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Ah, Ditto beat me to it. For some reason, that particular episode of The Twilight Zone is one that has stuck with me and I recognized it as soon as TEB started to describe it.
May 20th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Sorry to steal your thunder, Ed. Glad to see there are fans of classic Twilight Zone around here. :)
May 20th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Hola pan.
Um.
Yeah, Hola!
CP: WIldlife “Nervous Buzzing”
“WTF is that?” you ask.. well, allow me to share:
http://tinyurl.com/pp849h
Its dark and hard. Enjoy.
May 20th, 2009 at 8:56 am
That wasn’t “Martians Go Home” ?
May 20th, 2009 at 10:03 am
CP: CCH
May 20th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Wow. That was short for a change. It’s always nice when the important people don’t show. ;)
May 20th, 2009 at 10:12 am
CP: Do You Feel Like We Do — Peter Frampton
May 20th, 2009 at 10:35 am
I preferred the Original Outer Limits, ‘The Demon with the Glass Hand’ being one of my favs.
The memories of Joust on FB are becoming almost monty python like.
May 20th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Off to see Fruteland Jackson at the Customs House.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Hmmm…Python…Must watch “The Life of Brian” again soon.
May 20th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
What has Joust ever done for us?
May 20th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Fruteland Jackson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnagLHNpTQE
May 20th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Time to start mulling our next Palooza…….?
May 20th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
ZP dons a Nazi uniform and has a look at Velvet Assassin:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/739-Velvet-Assassin
Tea and fatty food….mmmmmm!
May 20th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Drive-by Panning…
I vote for Hudson Hawk
May 20th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Sounds Painful.
I vote for Flash Gordon.
May 20th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
So I hadn’t known Eva Cassidy had done a version of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xv5t70u-ZI&feature=related
May 20th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Although if we must go down the Bruce Willis route..Twelve Monkeys?
May 20th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Oooooh TEB . . . you’ve mentioned my Dark Secret. I LOVE Hudson Hawk. I even had the soundtrack. And I think it’s a pretty terrible movie.
May 20th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I have a suggestion for the next ‘polooza. Have y’all seen John Waters’ film Pecker? It’s FANTASTIC. Not SciFi, but still, awesome.
Plus, we could say “Peckerpalooza” over and over again.
I just took a quiz on FB which asks, Which Badass Thing Are You? I, you’ll all be interested to know, am a Fucking Wizard.
May 20th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Also, I just finished my first Escapepod episode – The N Word. Thanks to all of you who suggested that ‘cast. I LOVED it. What a great story. What a sexy voice that reader has.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
CW: Fringe finale
CD: Chai
May 20th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Hmmm, palooza time.
It wouldn’t take much twisting of my arm for either Flash Gordon (ah AAHHH!) or Hudson Hawk. Both are classics in their own absurd ways.
May 20th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Anything’s fine with me. Flash Gordon appeals to me because I would like to be familiar with the stories that inspired George Lucas.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
imag1narynumber: Hudson Hawk is AWESOME! You must get your head around the bend in the pipes… OK, and Sandra Bernhard, but every movie has at least 1 bad actor in it.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Oh, and I’d vote for 12 Monkees… That’s three episodes of the original ’60s TV show, or perhaps their movie HEAD, because I haven’t seen it.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
I’ve never seen Hudson Hawk, but Flash Gordon is an all-type favorite.
Uhm.. is it too early to start mashing my F5 key?
May 20th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
For the record, my kid LOVED having his first salon hair-washing. What a smart boy!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/3550217862_c0c5478270_o.jpg
May 20th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
C. W.: Mythbusters – teeter-totters launching small children 7 stories high… a perverse attraction there for some reason
May 20th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Someone mentioned something they thought would make for a good Deadpan ‘Palooza. I don’t remember who said it though. It might have been DanS on Out of the Coffin. That tickles like it is a real memory, but… I can never tell.
I do remember thinking that it was an interesting idea, whatever it was.
May 20th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Morning Pan, pissing down over here, F5 key on standby.
May 20th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Bu7t first breakfast,