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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.
I bought an ipod charger for on the road… since I’m on the road so much? (says the girl who never goes anywhere)
Morning Pan, working Saturday meh!
..and it’s damp.
..and according to Wolfram Alpha I’m 4424 nautical miles from. Phoenix Arizona…woof!
Uhhhhmmmm…….. ?
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/05/13/pinkerton_star_trek/
Well it makes more ‘sense’ than the BSG finale.
Cough.
And before I forget -again- a hearty Hallo! to the infamous Lejon from Chandler. I’ve… heard of you.
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.
I’ve discovered that my wife and I are apparently the last two humans on earth to join Facebook :)
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.
Morning Pan!
Chocolate Chip Cake in the oven. Now cleaning my desk. My morning isn’t very exciting.
John, that news article makes me go, huh?
I
still
am
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grid.
Sorry, Jack. :oops:
I know too many people named Jack or John (4 Johns, 3 Jacks)
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.
I love swimming!
CP: Bad Horsie – Steve Vai
The pool has been cleaned, the water is warm, the chance for a swim is high. :)
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.
Good to see that so many others are enjoying their day, too. :-)
CP: Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt? (The Two Trees) – Loreena McKennitt
Yes, nothing servers to wipe out young children like a good hour or two in a pool.
servers? srysly?
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.
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
Ed: LOL! You know you’re an I.T. person when… :-D
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. :-)
CP: Atom & Evil by Black Sabbath, aka Heaven & Hell
Ah, I recall thespian Hayden Christenson’s masterfully-delivered diatribe against sand.
(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?
I’m still trying to forget Jumper.
(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.
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.
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.
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.
Well a pound sign is £
But a dollar sign is $. cha ching.
Wikipedia to the rescue! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octothorpe
Thankfully I’m not buying a barrel of oil.
Yeah get with the times USA..it’s the HASH symbol.
cough
#
Hash
#420
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.
A million dollars would sure mean something around here, Ed.
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
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I thought it was time for the “Flying Lizards” to weigh in on the issue.
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 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.
CW: twilight
You want 6 dollas for what?
You better, man, kiss my butt.
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Flava Flav, “Can’t Do Nuttin For you, Man”
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 :)
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!”
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.)
*about to fall asleep here*
Night, Pan.
There are apps on Facebook?
Goodnight, all.
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.
Oh, an good night.
didn’t want to leave anyone hanging.
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….
Morning Van….
Morning Man …
Van the man has a plan.
It begins with W…
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?)
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”
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.
Looks like I’ll be listening to WanderRadio while baking my cake ;)
Onion Radio News podcast title: “Paranoid Optimist Just Knows Somebody is Out to Get Him a Present”
Wander Radio begins with W.
Wow Rhett, don’t tell your wife. She may never let you out alone at night again.
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.
Yeah, but it’s a good start to a midlife crisis
Quite true Bunny. LOL
Cake is in the oven. I’ll ice this afternoon when we get home.
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
I will not say the cake is a lie.
I won’t.
Control… don’t say it. Don’t. Must. Not. Say…
The cake is a lie.
Dammit!
So if you say “Let them eat cake” you’re lying?
CJ – apparently judgment and discretion are lost arts on the web.
Don’t talk to me about cake when I’m trying to find the energy to do my morning pilates. :D
Hey Cj:
I’m obviously a bit of a masochist. I’ve set us up for another game ;)
For those new to FB, some of us do scrabble games with each other.
Cj’s a master and can’t be beat :)
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! :)
BTW, everyone should check out the latest Buffy Between the Lines, penned by our own Paul Maki, AKA JohnBoze.
(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/
*Note to self….. go jogging with Rhettro….*
*…. feel invisible as girls flirt with Rhett….*
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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.
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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
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.
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.
I imagine the Monte Cristo at the Beefcake Factory would be something different altogether.
But what a tale of revenge it would make.
Food porn:
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/05/01/Food-advocates-call-shake-food-porn/UPI-68761241210078/
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.
“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!
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!
Undead armadillos… Makes undead fish seem tame by comparison.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest can bite me someplace fatty.
CP – Wander Radio Ep#36
CD – Bobbing head uncontrollably
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.
My advice: avoid the Full Monty Cristo.
… and DON’T go see Monty Cristo’s Frying Circus
… I’m just say’n
I hope everyone had a great weekend. I’m back now, and very tired.
Wow. Coincidence? I just saw the “Fish Heads” video on an SNL Shorts special on TV.
(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.
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?
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
(snabel a)CJ: Your husband is a lucky man.
All 3 of those shirts are excellent. And one of them is even dressy.
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?
At 1900 calories a pop JB, they will have plenty of targets for a nibble.
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
I can’t remember if I’ve ever seen anything interesting from the “Center for Science in the Public Interest”.
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.)
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.
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.
Watching the Lost finale as an euphemism for sex.
I feel cheated now.
Hopefully the haven’t ditched the unwrapped Egyptian Mummy that give me nightmares as a kid.
LOL. I think he meant “tilling the garden” or “planting tomatoes”, Van.
Whatever gets ya through the day, jaJ!
LostRalph knows what I mean when I talk about the armadillos . . .
Yes EssBee, I’m afraid I do know. Now I live in fear for when the undead armidillos come awake and kill us all.
because the armadillo are ARMORED!
Dear Essbee,
Let us also not forget -
“We took today off to recoup from our loooooong drive.”
Breast
jaj
Morning, Pan. Back in the saddle again.
Hey hey hey.
16k..
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…
Yes? No? ;)
I wish I had today off. :(
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 :)
I have today off! Although it isn’t paid time off. =p
LostRalph, you may want to watch your facebook settings, your phone number is visible.
Strangely in the UK we don’t get the bank holiday TEB mentioned.
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
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.
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).
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.
do you get to wear funny hats?
In Ontario, we always used to call it May two four, mainly cuz you’d buy a case (24) of beer for that weekend. ;)
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?)
Chuck lives!
Dollhouse, Castle, and Chuck all return for the fall.
Not a bad bit of news to start the week.
I must be one of the few people who never got into Chuck. Do enjoy Dollhouse and Castle, though.
CP: Your Latest Trick — Dire Straits
I enjoy Chuck and Castle. Not such a big fan of Dollhouse.
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”
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.
Wedding picture is “awwww” Cj.
Congrats Cj!!