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749 Responses to “Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #130: Underworld Garlic Salt”
BTW. I want to thank everybody who answers the weekly question on the JM FB page. Let me know if you have any questions you would like to see up there. (It’s tough coming up with new ones every week)
And, also, it would seem, I have fallen behind again. Are you trying to time it so that just as I finish a DP ep, you drop another? Is that it? (#behindagain – Stupid Octothorpe tag)
T.E.B.: Hi there (that’s all I got, for some reason as I was catching up *cough* I had a nice one-liner but by the time I got to dittos at the end it was gone.)
I think I’ve also seen them with chocolate drizzled on them. They’re not new to the Stampede, even though the website indicates they are. (I guess it falls under the “unusual” category)
TEB: I’d answer the FB questions, but that would entail a pseudonym collision. I’d still like to avoid that if possible. It may eventually come to pass.
Vanamonde: Wish I could help. I do know that in Japan, white is associated with death, unlike in the U.S. where it’s black. Perhaps it’s a whole yin-yang thing? Anime takes color very seriously and there’s large portions of the stories the general American public misses since we don’t get their color-associations.
Vanamonde: Ah, yes. That caused quite a few chuckles in my French class back in the day. Also reminds me that common thought was that every time you took a bath, some of your life-essence went down the drain.
i – I have not won anything yet… (are you talking about the Parsec’s?) I was nominated for Best Geek Music Podcast and Best Group Independent Audio Drama Production.
i – That was a promo I made last year during the awards season. Poking a little fun at all the awards and noticing that I did not fit in any categories.
Well, home from work early today. Had to pick up my son as he appears to have an ear infection. And, my wife has been working overtime for about a week trying to dig out of a hole for a project at work.
imag1narynumber: Thank you, I think. This serial is somewhat inspired by the knowledge of RPGs and DnD that I’ve absorbed from other geeks. I confess to never having played very much of either – only Neopets and a computer game called Yoda Stories.
WNDRWolf: Did you think of breakfast every time Paul Maki said it?
Lejon: You have to listen to the episode to get what all the mmmMMMMmmms are about.
You know, I must confess that I think of cereal as well when Amy introduces her story. But, I didn’t when JB said it during RBT. Something about the tonal quality of your two voices that I can’t quite describe that gives me differently visuals.
wolf: there are lots of podcasts I haven’t heard yet. Hell, it took me being in Jack’s writing group for 3 months before I listened to more than one… Of course, now I’m hooked…
Well Transformers 2 was good, if you enjoyed the first one you will like this one.
Van: Sorry to report that Megan Fox was left too long in the oven again. She also had magic white pants that would clean themselves between scenes. I have to admit my little sister pointed out the pants thing. My attention was elsewhere :D.
My workplace is finally going to absorb me into the main building from my current space, a disused debt collection agency in an adjacent building part-owned by my current employer. This move is to happen before the first of the month, but they still don’t know exactly when, and they keep half-joking that it will not happen for 2 weeks.
But the lease is up at the former debt collectors, so there is a chance my department will get evicted, though they assure me that is unlikely. They still have heavy automated machinery in the space I am supposed to move into, which needs to move before they can give a greenlight.
Did you guys hear that Megan Fox was being considered to play Buffy Summers in the new non-Whedon BTVS film? Homie don’t play dat. I think she’s hot with all the tattoos and whatnot, but Buffy she’s not.
Cj, when you watch Buffy, stick with it. When it first aired, hubby and I actually stopped watching it after the first couple of episodes. We caught season one again in summer reruns, by the end, we were quite ready to continue watching season two and, when it came out, Angel.
Listening to the discussion about WOW targeted drinks.
CJ – have y’all seen the commercial? I first saw it last night with two people in grocery store “transforming” in WOW characters and fighting because they had opposing drink colors.
I must say that my input into the next Pan-looza is moot. I don’t have Skype as of yet. So my contribution to the whole affair would be post-Pan-looza.
iN: Watchmen was the first time we’d ever congregated on Skype for a palooza. Previously, everyone had watched the course material and independently contributed their own content. I’ll post a voting site later, if I have time.
There won’t be any Unshow or episode release tonight.
My wife and I kept up with Buffy for the most part, though interest declined greatly when Buffy went “back” to high school. We did tune in for the finale.
We were more into Angel when it spun off. I wish it had been able to run a few more seasons.
[waves] I’ve been busy, but I’m catching up on everything I missed in the meantime. 400 nipples down and a little over 400 more to go…
My folks were up for the wedding, which was nice, but they didn’t check in last night… so I’m a mite worried right now. I’ll have to give them a ring in a few hours to be sure they made it alright.
Okay, I’ll give an update as well. It’s 69 here, partly sunny. I am still in my bedclothes doing some chores around the house. Preparing to work out and get working on projects and mowing the lawn.
I think it’s strong point is NOT it’s visuals but the tight/quirky interaction of it’s ensemble cast. That and the fast paced, pithy dialogue that frequently ensues between the characters.
Sort of like with “Firefly”.
You’d be lucky to pick just the correct 5 minutes to get that.
… and in a bit of a comment rewind …
Is it just me … or would the following comment have had a completely different meaning if it had been posted by one of the DP boyz ?
“Ed, I personally prefer an actual box, but for reasons that are long and complicated (Stupid Canadian Amazon), I’m actually forced to get it this way.”
Good morning deadpan, a sunny 88F here and supposed to climb to triple digits. Of course I kinda like being blasted with solar radiation so I’m not complaining. ANd the AC helps :).
Now if somebody could explain why Vista seemed to run better on this low spec computer than on my dual core desktop, which also has 2 gig of ram and a dedicated ATi graphics card that doesn’t use system ram..it would be another computer puzzle solved.
I’ve just spent the last hour relaxing on the deck, teaching myself C. Then I got to the bit about pointers. My brain exploded a bit. Nearly ruined the event. I must continue . . . .
ditto: Thanks, I’ll certainly accept said article enthusiastically. At this point I just don’t get the reason one would use a pointer over a variable. But perhaps I should give it more than, oh, five minutes, and turn the page.
Yeah dude seriously.. Farrah Fawcett AND Michael Jackson.. all the icons of my youth vanishing… Madonna better be ok wherever she is if the 3’s theory is true.
wait, I had to share a point Hugh made- Madonna is safe cuz Ed McMahon was 1st… not that he was an icon of my youth, but he was in his prime in my youth.
Hugh sez: My Mom loved Elvis, but my older brother was the Beatles fan. He was a few years older than me and was really into later Beatles and the Stones.
and you were into Sex Pistols and Stooges :)
Hugh sez: I was, and we all thought the others were nuts for their musical tastes. LOL.
Elvis for me, not because I was a fan, but my mother was obsessed with him and my sister kept saying he was dead years before that fatal bowel movement.
Morning Pan, just today to get through and them I’m off for the weekend…
agreed on Farah Fawcett- I wish she could of gotten married before she died. Her poor boyfriend. I read that interview where he was saying as soon as she was well enough to say yes they were getting married.. Makes me get so choked up. Hers is one of the ugly and tragic cancer stories out there.
The debit machines at my local grocery store were down, so they were running on a cash only basis. I wonder how long it will take before their ATM runs out of cash…
It’s actually a fairly physical workout. A standard class is about 90 minutes long (give or take) divided into roughly three sections. We start with calisthenics and aerobics (push ups, jumping jacks, etc), then we move on to kicks, followed by actual self defense. This changes somewhat day to day as we will also do sparring, rolls etc.
ditto, the ATM was working, which is good since I needed cash to pay for my groceries. But, since everybody needed cash for their groceries, I figure it won’t be long before the machine runs out of cash.
I’ve often wanted to get into a martial art of some sort. I think I could do with a bit of exercise, and a little knowledge on self-protection couldn’t hurt. Lately I’ve been looking more and more at Krav Maga – the Jewish martial art… It’s very appealing to me for some reason.
Hubby forgot what it’s like to be home for the summers. Only home for a couple of hours and and has made smart-ass comments while I was cleaning the bathroom (don’t like to work with bleach cleaners in a black shirt so I take it off). It’s going to be a long summer, I think.
Hola ‘Pan, Drive by JfS: Finally got around to a DJ Set/Mixtape thingy. Give it a listen and leave comments. Honest feedback too. If you don’t like something let me know.
Lejon: I say, if you’re into, go for it! The nice thing about Krav Maga is it’s self-defense-based. So you’re not going to run through katas or things similar for hours on end. No silly cardio-kickboxing, either.
Van, I had a couple years of High-school wrestling, I can probably handle a take-down. Of course, the point might actually be a take down… Yes, that actually works well with this mental image… I like it… Go!
Good night, Pan! I know, it’s still early, but I have a bad habit of not checking in on the weekends. I would make a bad offspring. I suppose I do make a bad offspring. Oh whell… Have a good weekend in any case!
Ugh – converting files to start editing a bit to finally put in a couple more offerings to the Deadpan. I give editors credit — this must get laborious.
Hi. I wanted to leave some panties of my own here even though I’m on vacation.
Wheee! I’m in Camarillo, CA right now in Hotel. Probably won’t be checking in much this weekend – just at bedtime. Had to bring my laptop because of work stuff that just can’t wait til Tuesday.
I’ve been driving since 11am on and off visiting people on the way in different towns… letting my hubby sleep while I drove.
I’m exhausted. So… gonna go read and get some sleep myself.
Cj – enjoy your vacation. I hope you’re getting to relax some.
I miss you guys. I hope everyone is healthy and has something pleasurable planned for the day.
My parents are on the way for a visit. We bought my mom crab legs for her 60th, and they’re in the freezer waiting to be eaten. “Get in my belly” is what we’ll be saying tonight.
My first thought was the person how wrote that article said he lived in the states for 17 years. That means not living in Canada – therefore does not necessarily have a clear picture of what present conditions are like.
Yes, basic doctor’s/hospital visits are covered but anything else is covered on a province by province basis.
While there is national spending on healthcare, there is also an amount spent by an allocated by the provinces. “free” healthcare is a bit of a misnomer as provinces can opt to charge. Hear in Alberta, up until last year, we were charged $88 a month per family for health care.
Also, what is covered changes from province to province. Again, here in Alberta, ambulance charges are not covered. If you call an ambulance, you will then get a bill in the mail for $400. Prescriptions, dental, optical and even many needed treatments are not covered by our healthcare system. Most Albertans (and presumably most Canadians) actually have outside healthcare plans either provided by their workplace or individually (i.e. purchase of Blue Cross themselves).
Approximately 1/3 of our provincial budget is spent on healthcare, which is a large chunk of change. Also, Alberta spends more per capita on healthcare than any other province but is notorious for having the longest wait times and, generally, some of the poorest healthcare coverage in the country. Take from that what you will.
All that taken in account, however, there are still plenty of advantages to the Canadian system. As I said, basic costs are covered so, if you break your leg, you can be assured you will (eventually) get it looked at and fixed at no cost (except the cost of the pain medication). My daughter goes to the psychiatrist once a month, and she is covered by our federal/provincial system (this is usually a case by case basis for her particular problem). you have a baby… no charges.
You have to weigh the pros and cons, I guess. Long wait times and not everything covered (despite the myth that it is), vs. paying of all you costs. Although, I have a feeling a lot of our issues are bureaucratic more than anything (see cost per capita above)
I’ve also never been turned down my our outside healthcare provider for anything. Take that as you will, too.
I’ve heard some horror stories of Canadian Healthcare, but – - – even for the Toronto guy who waited a full year to get his cracked skull mended – - – the system still cannot possibly be worse than it is here in the U.S.
That said, I have my doubts about Obama’s ability to fix it. Too many powerful opponents who are making too much money off of the current mess.
Amy, nope. Right now I’m at a friend’s house, but we are staying at a Days Inn. Pretty exciting actually. One of our beds is kinda like a slide – unfortunately, my son slid out of it in the middle of the night. We are making some adjustments tonight.
We’ve got the Chicago pride parade today. Very very excited about it. All of Hugh’s brothers and Sisters and nieces and nephews are over and we making it a family event.. I just hope we can shield all the kids from the overly naughty bits in time :)
EssBee- I hope you are proud.. I mentioned you and naughty bits in the same post. Score for Essbee. :)
I can’t believe how many times a day I hear about twittering.. Call me old fashioned or maybe just dumb but I don’t get it. No offense to anyone, I think you should do what you like, but for me personally I still just don’t get it.
I’ve even noticed when Hugh is watching ESPN they will comment several times a day about what some big sports person twittered about on whatever sports happening of the day.
Then on Pitchfork media they are always making note of crazy rock stars odd tweets.. and I do find those comical sometimes, like the trent reznor ones.. but still as much as I love Trent.. I don’t know… as I said, I am probably just too old or too uncool :)
I can say that overall I find Twitter mostly useless. However, I do get some great info from identi.ca. They’re essentially the same, but identi.ca has more tech geeks on it, so for me there’s a lot higher signal-to-noise ratio. But I don’t do any of this stuff mobile. I don’t think that it’s healthy to never be untethered from the webbernets.
As for Trent Reznor, he was at one point the only reason I kept my Twitter account. But he only posts things from his site now, no real personal posts, and never reads what people write to him. He was getting slammed by trolls and he got fed up with it all. The few spoil it for the many.
Sorry for the slow response, imag1narynumber. Yes! I only just saw the emails now. Thanks so much for all of the content.
I am now following imag1narynumber and Vanamonde on Twitter! I’m honored to see “Dpan” as part of your name, Van. I don’t twot often, although, I might start using blip a bit more frequently, which *I think* also shows up on Twitter.
Van: Yes, I do see the fake name on Twitter. On your lists of followers and the people you’re following, people’s names show up exactly the way imag1narynumber described them.
I saw that on my Facebook notices back on Monday and would not have forgiven myself had I let the day pass without wishing you well today. I hope you enjoyed it to the fullest.
It would appear that facebook is actually useful for something :)
your welcome Essbee, hope you queered up the day good! I had my own queer fun, lamenting the fact that every man there would rather of had Hugh than me. So sad.
and yeah.. I talk about twitter.. I just lost the last half hour of my life taking stupid quiz’s on Facebook.. what the hell?? How did I get so sucked in??
ok. I want to know what internet sites suck your time away the most. and no you can’t include Deadpan. Deadpan enhances your life, not take away from it. ;)
My list:
ABTA and ACS
Facebook
Pitchfork Media
Huffington Post
iTunes store
emusic
Side-line news
BBC news
flickr (although not as much as before)
a rotating mix of a few photography sites
Hugh isn’t here but his list would be something like:
ABTA and ACS
Pitchfork Media
Huffington Post
iTunes store
emusic
BBC news
CME Group
ESPN
and those other financial websites he is on all the time for work
ok. I want to know what internet sites suck your time away the most. and no you can’t include Deadpan. Deadpan enhances your life, not take away from it. ;)
Facebook
Tripadvisor (mostly the Las Vegas forum)
Amazon
Newegg
Woot
Yugster
Slickdeals
…honestly, I mostly window shop, but I do like my gadgets.
Precentral
Cadillacowners
Flickr
Autospies
Autoblog
Chron.com
SliceofScifi
dpreview
IMDB
Leftlane
FAIL BLog
Fark
Photoshopdisasters
Blu-ray
DBSTalk
AVS
Wikipedia
Drudge
Foxnews
Catholic.com
JimmyAkin.org
GM Inside News
Wall Street Journal
National Review
New Republic
ENG-TIPS
Coade user forums
…and delicious to keep it all organized. Yes, I do surf a fair bit.
I have a rotating collection of timesink sites. I’ll spend a lot of time at one for a while, then switch to another. In the past, they have included:
Various discussion forums, including the ones at TheForce.net and TrekBBS.com
Fanfiction.net
YouTube (for the anime episodes)
LiveJournal, particularly the journals ‘pottersues’ and ‘limyaael’ and the communities ‘fanficrants’ and ‘watchdom’
I actually forgot about Amazon. I find it easier to look for books to read at Amazon, then i log into my account at the Chicago Public Library and see if the books are at my local branch or if they need to be shipped to my local library. So every couple weeks or so I will spend some quality time on Amazon looking up books.
Bunny- I find it easier to work alone too. Hope people don’t bother you too much today.
Hugh works in so much noise at the board of trade with people screaming around him all the time.. I have no idea how he does it.
Van, I’ll have to look at that link when I get home. So much is not allowed on the internet here.
TSH: They just moved me into this office recently. For the most part it’s not too bad, except for the fact I want to throttle the secretary I inherited. One day, if you either catch me on Skype, or in person (Arizona in Sept – Woot!), I’ll rant. I have trouble believing anybody can be so…
I don’t have many major time-suckers online. I’ve got many tabs open at once, trying to read about many different topics. So my biggest overall is just Google Reader. It aggregates my hundreds of RSS feeds, including my podcasts.
While I thought Howl was pretty good, I think Spirited Away is one of the best animated films ever made. It’s just a beautiful piece of work. Definitely Palooza-worthy.
Ya know, I always assumed my brain would get me into a decent job regardless of my lack of a college degree. I took on the Indiana Jones method of making things up as I went along early in my life. I felt it served me pretty well up until recently. Granted, it’s about the worst time to look for a new gig. But I think I’ve painted myself into a corner without funds to buy my way out (And I’m not going into debt to do it, either.). I just applied for a job, any job, at a local (large) company. Kids (read.: people younger than I) were walking in and out, holding jobs I was there to attempt to land, jobs I’d be better at.
Van, no minotaur in the SS books, though the scene w/ Sookie being attacked after a spat in the car w/ Bill and the Dr. does happen in the books. The Dr. actually licks her wounds in the books . . . I LOVED the Dr.’s “fuck you!” response to Erik. I laughed out loud.
Today was pretty shitty. I’m home and ready for some garden therapy.
I returned home about 4 hours ago, but have been in bed completely incapacitated since. I feel for my hubby who had to feed and bathe the kids as well as bring me ice packs and pain killers.
I’ll be seeing a doctor tomorrow because nothing is working and I’m in migraine hell right now. I came online to get my daily work done, but it’s so not going to happen.
I was trying to figure out why Jack Jaffee would want 7 audience members to be pleased by the troupe’s performance before I “remembered” that I was listening to “Trucker Overdrive” by the Ambassor and not to the actual Jaffee.
Online time wasters besides the Pan:
Twitter
Hulu
(the giant pile of podcasts)
Twitter
…
I spend a few minutes checking some womics (webcomics) every few days.
Other than that, I will bull into an experience hard for a while and then ignore it afterwards. For instance, Tor.com is hosting a WoT commentary by (I think) Leigh Butler and I’ve spent days reading it (and I’m only up to book 4 of… 11?) Beyond that, I’ve not been back to Tor.com
Speaking of which, they have a link on the front page now that says Hulu is coming to Britian with the following link:
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I’m the only one
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful chaps
They’re loaded with vim and with vigor
They love to leap in your laps
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I’m the only one.
Tiggers are wonderful fellahs.
Tiggers are awfully sweet.
Everyone elses is jealous,
And thats why I repeat…
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Are Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I’m the only one.
Yes, I’m the only one
This one from the the latest Ansible made me chuckle:
Outraged Letters. Jordin Kare on sf grant proposals (A263): ‘For the decade or so during which I was a freelance rocket scientist (“Will design satellites for food”) I would often appear on SF convention panels surrounded by authors. When asked to introduce myself, I would explain that I, too, wrote both science fiction and fantasy, with the science fiction generally being titled “Technical Proposal” and the fantasy titled “Budget Proposal”.’
Nomad Scry: That’s right. Although the actual Jaffee was providing the voice, the words and thoughts were fictional. Why 7? Just because 7 is the go-to number when you need a number related to supernatural matters.
I put some pics up if anyone wants to see our fun trip pics. I’ll be locking them down to friends only after a day or so, but my mom and so forth aren’t on flickr so for right now they are open.
It took five hours to do a virus check on my computer. Why? Because I’m an idiot. I had my pocket drive hooked up to do my regular backup. Dilly virus checker decided to check that drive too. The reason this is doubly silly is because I don’t usually do my backup until after I’ve done the virus check so I don’t copy infected file. It check an old backup unnecessarily. :)
Oh so I went to the doctor and to add to my joy (see above) I am now 40. Welcoming me into this lovely year of life is mammograms. TMI? I don’t care, I’m telling you all anyway. I have never had one and now I get to go do that.
I also have to have some more lovely bloodwork done so they can keep my crazy bad anemia down to a dull roar. Boo for needles.
Oh and one more thing. The doctor prescribed this medicine called Midrin for me. I hope it works because end of month spreadsheet hell starts at midnight and I have to take my Gram to the doctor tomorrow too.
It’s been a crazy month-end for me, too, and it will continue to be crazy through this weekend. I’m planning on making a recording session part of the craziness, though.
I just remembered another thought I had while I was writing Episode 6 of Questors: There are 7 people in the questing party. Trucker Overdrive (within the story, that is) thinks that entertaining a number of spectators at least equal to the number of performers is a fair minimum standard for the success of a play.
Cj: I can relate to the work thing. Even though it’s technically a holiday here, I’m still sitting at my desk. I have to do some work or I’ll be completely overwhelmed tomorrow with a very tight deadline.
Oh, and now that my hubby’s home for the summer, I have a maid, if not a wife.
I had to seriously cull my podcast listening about 2 years ago–has it really been so long?–to about 10 hours a week. I just couldn’t find the time for more than 1.5 hours of listening a day. Talking podcasts tend to interfere with my concentration.
If my husband leaves for work at some point today, I plan to watch season 1 of Buffy while I work. Right now, hubby is playing Magic the Gathering on the Xbox 360 so I just get to sit here and work while the horrible music plays and he keeps yelling things like, “Doh!” and “oh no!” and “Ugh!”
I find I can pay enough attention to most discussion/interview type podcasts while I work to get the gist of them. Though I don’t catch all the details.
But, story telling type podcasts I can only listen to in the car or while I’m out walking. With those, if I’m paying close enough attention to follow the story, then I’m just staring at my computer monitor like a zombie instead of working.
Pretty much the same here Ed. And it depends on what kinds of things I have to do at work. Unfortunately, when I have to spend several hours writing a single email describing why something has to be done a certain way, then I really can’t listen to much.
I also refuse to get a backlog of podcasts again. With few exceptions, like Deadpan, if I get behind on a podcast series, I just delete them.
We have one neighbour who is really picky. If you have one weed on your lawn, he’ll complain about how it looks. If your house needs painting, you’ll hear about it. Recently the neighbour between him and us moved out and decided to rent his place out. The grumpy neighbour was complaining to me about it saying they better keep the yard up and upset that the renters had three young kids (they make messes and noise you know).
The reason I mention this is because the neighbour across the street has their music up really, really loud (mummy and daddy must be out of town camping). Hubby and I are waiting to see how long it takes for Mr. Grumpy to complain.
ditto: Yes, imag1narynumber at hot mail dot com. :-)
I’m going to have to hunker down on this. The third basic pointer-related program has me baffled. Doing research a bit tonight if I have time. Feeling a bit light-weight.
I suppose rum is an acquired taste – so go out and acquire some!
Sorry – Rum Snob here –
A good rum is like a good whiskey: It should only be mixed with water (if anything), it will most likely be expensive, and no one will agree how it tastes.
I get Friday off, too. We usually have official meetings or teambuilding activities organized by our program supervisors on Fridays, but this week we don’t.
I just finished and submitted all my spreadsheets for this quarter! HUZZAH!!! In case any of you who have to do spreadsheets are still working on them: YOU CAN DO IT!!!
I’m just getting into drinking whiskey. Not bad, but right now I’m settling for cheap swill until I can feel less guilty about spending money on pain-go-bye-bye-juice.
I do enjoy a good sake now and again.
Other than that, tequila or Jager are fine and dandy with me
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:34 am
I must confess, I first thought of Spock’s beard. Do I have to go on probation now?
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 am
Wait, necrophilia with Spock’s beard? That’s…..hot?
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:36 am
Jack, you’re so vain, you probably think this podcast is about you.
Don’t you?
Don’t you?
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 am
EssBee – sorry to hear about the major suckage at Evil, Inc.
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:54 am
ditto: re: The UNIX way. Excellent! Geeky hotness!
EssBee: Best of luck to you. Hopefully it’ll work out.
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:56 am
I’m forced to take one of my vaca weeks off starting tomorrow. This will give me some free time. I will try to drop a content bomb into the Deadpan.
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:18 am
Early episode! Wow!
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:20 am
Well, it’ll be about another hour before show notes are done.
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:43 am
I have an inflection…
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:46 am
Ok, I need to work on my microfilm skills!
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:48 am
microfilm = microphone
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:50 am
I think this was a very narcissistic episode – for me at least.
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:50 am
Jack’s missing his brain? Maybe it’s with Spocks.
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:52 am
So is the chance to meet me a reason to come or to stay away?
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:56 am
Well, this is a pleasant surprise! :-D
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:10 am
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=8949&uid=120673555584#/group.php?gid=120673555584
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:12 am
BTW. I want to thank everybody who answers the weekly question on the JM FB page. Let me know if you have any questions you would like to see up there. (It’s tough coming up with new ones every week)
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:14 am
Sneaky Jack!!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:15 am
grammar check = who answer the weekly questions
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:18 am
Who watches the Grammarians?
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:21 am
Good morning here too! I already said so on the other page – this was a surprise!
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:01 am
[...] This episode of “The Questors from Effpiem†can be found in Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #130: Underworld Garlic Salt. [...]
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:46 am
Beard not-included.
Must think pure thoughts.
Must think pure thoughts.
Oh, that is so not working.
*cough*
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:50 am
TEB can say “mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm” any day in my book.
I’ll be in my bunk. :)
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:03 am
Shall we call it Panapalooza?
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:14 am
Morning Pan.
Jack Mangan: Yes. Gordon Schumway.
And, also, it would seem, I have fallen behind again. Are you trying to time it so that just as I finish a DP ep, you drop another? Is that it? (#behindagain – Stupid Octothorpe tag)
T.E.B.: Hi there (that’s all I got, for some reason as I was catching up *cough* I had a nice one-liner but by the time I got to dittos at the end it was gone.)
EssBee: Buy stock.
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:18 am
Damn it.
It’s A Woot Off!
#pavlovianresponse (Stupid Octothorpe tag)
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:24 am
This bunny saw bunnies on her morning walk… we frolicked :)
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:25 am
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:27 am
*falls down*
*swooooon*
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:32 am
Gawd. Leave it to BoingBoing to find one of my childhood scars.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/22/donny-and-marie-do-s.html
Once you see this, you’ll never forget it.
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:32 am
Tell you what, ditto. Come to Arizona and I’ll go mmmmmmm in your ear ;)
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:34 am
ditto: if I don’t read the article, can I avoid remembering it?
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:34 am
That’s funny, ditto. I don’t think I’ve seen it before.
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:47 am
Oh, BTW. Hi back, LJ. I wasn’t ignoring you ;)
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:54 am
T.E.B.: it’s so hard to tell… I mean, you don’t make eye contact, and you’re so quiet… I mean, it’s like I’m not even in the room with you…
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:03 am
Are we talking about the same TEB???
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:03 am
Kewl!
Graphical Overview of Same Sex Marriage Debate
http://pfarley.livejournal.com/105081.html
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:03 am
I’m just shy, LJ. You seem to bring that out in me :oops:
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:08 am
Here’s to Moral Anarchy!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:10 am
Well, the bar is a pretty big place. When we get a good size crowd, it can be difficult to figure out who’s talking to whom.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:14 am
Got the new Stampede guide in the mail. Let’s see what I WON’T be going to…
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:15 am
I see it’s still $15 just to get in the gates, let alone do anything else.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:15 am
DooDoo the Clown will be at the Big Four building on one of the days.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:16 am
They plan to have a High School Musical Summer Celebration
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:17 am
Why don’t I know any of these singers who will be on the Nashville North stage this year?
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:18 am
Bif Naked will be on the Coca Cola stage
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:18 am
As well as the Doodlebops – presumably not at the same time.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:19 am
There will be an RCMP Family Fitness Test on Saddledome Lane
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:20 am
Horse Sense 101 with Harry the Horse will be in the Northen Lights Arena
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:20 am
The Superdogs come every year.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
From the book, Stamped Safety Tips…
Don’t eat 4 corndogs before riding the tilt-a-whirl
When a cow lifts her tail, Move
Drink your slushy slowly or your brain will freeze (maybe that’s what happened to Jack’s brain)
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
Cookie Monster, Dora the Explorer, Bananas in Pyjamas adn Miss Spider will all make an appearance this year.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 am
There will be Celebrity Racing Pigs, Flying Fools high diving and Extreme Motocross
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 am
There will be a livestock auctioneer challenge
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:25 am
Oh, oh oh… on my birthday there will be the national all Canadian Sheep Classic trophy classes
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:26 am
You can milk a cow in the agricultural building
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:27 am
See the miniature horse show don’t get me started on my rant about how much I hate horses – of any size)
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:27 am
Then there’s the sheep shearing challange
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:28 am
There’s an ad for the CPO for Bugs Bunny on Broadway coming in October
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:28 am
Don’t forget the blacksmith competition
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:30 am
And you can get such foods as:
Deep fried jelly beans
Deep fried Oreos
Pizza on a stick
Deep fried Coke
Taco in a bag
Hot beef sundae
(seriously, I’m not making this up)
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:30 am
Then there’s square dancing.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:30 am
However, if you come early enough, you can get a free Stamped breakfast every morning.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:31 am
There is also the Beer Gardens – sponsored by Bud Light
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:31 am
You can get autographs from your favourite chuckwagon racers
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:32 am
While I suppose technically there is more to the Stampede, I could never get into once I passed the age of 12
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:33 am
There, I did my part to raise the comment count
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:35 am
Proof of the silly food you can get
http://cs.calgarystampede.com/food-fun/food-and-dining.html
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:44 am
Beignets? That’s the silliest thing I’ve ever seen at any sort of Carnival/Fair thing. Are they on sticks, at least?
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:46 am
Lo, LJ. Why would you put it on a stick. They’re just the sugar covered version
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beignet
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:47 am
I think I’ve also seen them with chocolate drizzled on them. They’re not new to the Stampede, even though the website indicates they are. (I guess it falls under the “unusual” category)
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:49 am
I actually haven’t been to the Stampede in about 10 years. Once my kids were old enough to go on their own (or with friends), I stopped going.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:49 am
Now… Off for lunch with a friend!
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:53 am
I have a bit of glass in my foot.
It maybe a good idea to remove it.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am
Well after listening to this weeks episode.
I’m uncool.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am
That was the dirtiest letter “M” I’ve ever encountered.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am
As in not being able to come to the Deadcon.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am
Also, bunnies have thumbs. Who knew?
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:19 am
Vanamonde: I kept thinking the same thing. Though some may feel me a douchebag, so I’m covered either way.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:21 am
TEB: I’d answer the FB questions, but that would entail a pseudonym collision. I’d still like to avoid that if possible. It may eventually come to pass.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:22 am
Side note again: In the past, the spam filter here caught my use of the term “M.I.L.F.”, but it seems to have no problem with “douchebag”.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:26 am
Heh! I didn’t get Lance Henriksened.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:28 am
…oooOOO(1): I’m thinking that one of the terms is offensive, and the other wasn’t used on Saturday Night Live…
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:29 am
Happy Birthday Sonic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(character)
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:30 am
I’m afraid I haven’t watched SNL since the ’90s.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:30 am
You can tell you are getting old when you can grab your nose hair with your fingers.
That was your eeeewwwww moment for a Tuesday.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:31 am
Bunny’s other job:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/06/23/funny-pictures-exits-on-this-plane/
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:33 am
T.E.B.: It’s just that Carnivals/fairs/large stampeding events serve a lot of food that ends up on a stick.
Steak on a Stick
Pizza on a Stick
Falafel on a Stick
Gyros on a Stick
Frozen Cheesecake on a Stick
So, why not Beignets? They got a problem being food-court faire?
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:34 am
…oooOOO(1): That’s OK, the Douchebag sketches were from the ’70s
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:38 am
You know, I was reading that as Lejon de la Fuca for a little while. You know, since you are a Strait shooter and all. ;)
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:38 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKcktTOA0xo
For the USA lot, think Hershey bars.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:41 am
ditto, that’s OK – I see “panties” a lot on this page, and I’ve been read that says something about my psyche
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:41 am
-been
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:48 am
Hey panties. Just dropping in while my document 85-pg prints. OK, it’s done.
……..Wow……. that word combination was entirely unintentional. What does that say about my psyche?
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:53 am
Seriously, how about a round of applause for the gloriousness of panties?
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:54 am
Lejon: I guess I just don’t recall it.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Some clarification on the Japanese obsession with white panties in anime would be nice.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Jack Mangan I didn’t realize that your document only rates an 85-PG. The MPAA must be getting lax.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:57 am
So did I mishear something or did WanderWolf win?
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:57 am
Van, I agree, and yet, it seems that they can go from white panties to tentacle porn with no problems…
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 am
*round of applause*
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:01 am
Vanamonde: Wish I could help. I do know that in Japan, white is associated with death, unlike in the U.S. where it’s black. Perhaps it’s a whole yin-yang thing? Anime takes color very seriously and there’s large portions of the stories the general American public misses since we don’t get their color-associations.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:05 am
Ah sex and death, those old tropes…
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 am
La petite mort:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_little_death
think of that the next time you c…
cough
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 am
Vanamonde: Ah, yes. That caused quite a few chuckles in my French class back in the day. Also reminds me that common thought was that every time you took a bath, some of your life-essence went down the drain.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:18 am
i – I have not won anything yet… (are you talking about the Parsec’s?) I was nominated for Best Geek Music Podcast and Best Group Independent Audio Drama Production.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:25 am
I thought I heard you won something on this episode. Granted, it’s rather hard to hear much of anything today. So I probably got it wrong.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:38 am
With this last episode of The Questers (sp?), I have come to the conclusion that Trucker Overdrive would make the most polite NPC in an RPG ever.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:46 am
I declare this comment-babble.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:53 am
CP: Ugly — Sass Jordan
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:54 am
There’s a lot of it about.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:01 am
Well I have not heard the episode yet…I may have to jump it up…
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:04 am
Be prepared to take a cold shower after listening Wolf.
The TEB Mmmmmmmmm reaches places that soap can’t go.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:12 am
Back from lunch. Fish and chips, mmmmmmmmmmmmm
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:15 am
i – That was a promo I made last year during the awards season. Poking a little fun at all the awards and noticing that I did not fit in any categories.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:17 am
Yep I only have pure thoughts….
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:18 am
Bunny’s Beard….yep I thought about Spock.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:19 am
Ok, so bunny has a filthy mind. What can I say? :razz:
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 am
Thinking about Spock
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:22 am
mmmmmm Thinking about Spock
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:23 am
I would never had thought that Bunny had such dirty mind.
Nope…Never thought it.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:24 am
Blushing bunny beard???
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:24 am
WNDRWolf: re: Promo. Ooooooooooh, gotcha.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 am
Everytime I hear Amy say a serial I think of breakfast…
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 am
My cat’s weird. I give her some milk with some of her medication in it. She won’t drink it unless I’m in the room with her to keep her company.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:31 am
She has you well trained.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:34 am
Bleep…
WTF
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:39 am
What’s wrong, Wolf
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:47 am
We lost Wolf to an expletive.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:47 am
Well, home from work early today. Had to pick up my son as he appears to have an ear infection. And, my wife has been working overtime for about a week trying to dig out of a hole for a project at work.
yeee ha!
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 am
I was listening to the show and Jack bleeped himself…
WTF…
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 am
I don’t remember that. Now have to re-listen
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 am
It is in the outro babble.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Ah, that’s funny
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I caught that as well, WNDRWolf.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:18 pm
If I haven’t mentioned it, congratulations Wolf.
i’ve never heard your cast, but I’ve heard lots of stuff that gets nominated, and they’re usually pretty good.
mmmMMMmmmmMMMmmmmMMMMmmmMMMmmm
I don’t know what all the Ms are about, but I thought I’d get in on the party.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Heeeeeere’s Johnny!
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1614479/20090623/story.jhtml
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm
imag1narynumber: Thank you, I think. This serial is somewhat inspired by the knowledge of RPGs and DnD that I’ve absorbed from other geeks. I confess to never having played very much of either – only Neopets and a computer game called Yoda Stories.
WNDRWolf: Did you think of breakfast every time Paul Maki said it?
Lejon: You have to listen to the episode to get what all the mmmMMMMmmms are about.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Amy, that explains it – #behindagain (Stupid octothorpe tag)
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm
You know, I must confess that I think of cereal as well when Amy introduces her story. But, I didn’t when JB said it during RBT. Something about the tonal quality of your two voices that I can’t quite describe that gives me differently visuals.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:55 pm
So Jack, err can accept submissions in AIFF format?
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:57 pm
The Audacity manual says it can import them, but when I do it crashes.
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I’ve been able to convert .aiff files in the past. Feel free to try.
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Amy Bowen: Indeed, it’s good stuff. Very well done, very creative. I appreciate the contribution.
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Lejon… Really… I am so surprised – Its like If there was going to be a sequel to the Deaadpan Wander Radio would not be it.
Amy actually yes…Now let me grab a bowl.
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
wolf: there are lots of podcasts I haven’t heard yet. Hell, it took me being in Jack’s writing group for 3 months before I listened to more than one… Of course, now I’m hooked…
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
More than one DP, that is
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Deadpan II. This time, it’s personal….
(followed by Deadpan 3: The Search for Spock’s Beard, and then Deadpan IV: The Quest for Peace)
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:40 pm
No, no, peace in our time. All cold warriors go to heaven or something.
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Deadpan V – The Search for the Hairless Bunny
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Deadpan VI – The Uncovered Country. ;)
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
CP: Dropping out of School — Brad Sucks
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Deadpan: To boldly go where no one has gone before.
*cough*
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Wolf made a porno?
Oooooooh, “pROMo”. Darn.
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Motivational Tee-Shirt
http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=8168
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:00 pm
To baldly go where no one has gone before?
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Who knew Jack had a writing group?
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
(raises hand) I knew. I’ve also met Lejon who was introduced to me as part of said writing group. So, that’s how I knew.
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Ed: Hmm. Interesting. (re: different tonal qualities of my voice and JB’s)
imag1narynumber: Thank you so much! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! :-)
LOL @ the Deadpan sequel names! :-D
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:56 pm
I’m really pleased with myself tonight. I finished a 100+ file change, got everything to compile, and it ran correctly.
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Actually Amy I thought of cereal more when Paul Maki did his intro, rather than yours.
Now I’m off to catch transformers 2 at midnight, wish me luck.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Have fun, LR!
Very cool cover of Tool’s Vicarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg6vGpnRXcE
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Morning Pan, hopefully going to check out Transformers 2 movie after work (I finish right next to the cinema).
Fingers crossed Megan Fox won’t look lke an overcooked turkey this time.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Those crazy scientists:
http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/06/15/rare-isotope-rap/
June 24th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Well Transformers 2 was good, if you enjoyed the first one you will like this one.
Van: Sorry to report that Megan Fox was left too long in the oven again. She also had magic white pants that would clean themselves between scenes. I have to admit my little sister pointed out the pants thing. My attention was elsewhere :D.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:41 am
Caution: Slippery When Wet
June 24th, 2009 at 3:50 am
My workplace is finally going to absorb me into the main building from my current space, a disused debt collection agency in an adjacent building part-owned by my current employer. This move is to happen before the first of the month, but they still don’t know exactly when, and they keep half-joking that it will not happen for 2 weeks.
But the lease is up at the former debt collectors, so there is a chance my department will get evicted, though they assure me that is unlikely. They still have heavy automated machinery in the space I am supposed to move into, which needs to move before they can give a greenlight.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:00 am
My fingers are crossed for you, JB.
Did you guys hear that Megan Fox was being considered to play Buffy Summers in the new non-Whedon BTVS film? Homie don’t play dat. I think she’s hot with all the tattoos and whatnot, but Buffy she’s not.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:22 am
:?:
June 24th, 2009 at 4:26 am
:!:
June 24th, 2009 at 4:30 am
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lindseyweber/buffy-summers-vs-edward-cullen-ru
June 24th, 2009 at 4:33 am
:idea:
June 24th, 2009 at 4:39 am
:arrow:
June 24th, 2009 at 4:42 am
footfalls
June 24th, 2009 at 4:48 am
:mrgreen:
June 24th, 2009 at 4:57 am
Stupid WP, kills my comments
June 24th, 2009 at 5:03 am
curly blond haired dude
June 24th, 2009 at 5:04 am
peanutbutter
June 24th, 2009 at 5:08 am
That Buffy versus Edward is hilarious. We laughed a long time last night!
June 24th, 2009 at 5:09 am
mountain dew smarties
June 24th, 2009 at 5:11 am
Cj likes favours with tongues?
June 24th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Cj knows.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:13 am
WE don’t have Diet Pepsi slurpees! I want a Diet Pepsi Slurpee!
June 24th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Breaking 20’s is hard
June 24th, 2009 at 5:19 am
It’s all the flitting around butterfly’s do together.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Dark purple is royal
June 24th, 2009 at 5:21 am
You did it,
I saw you
They all sing soprano
Those poor little Enuch-corns
June 24th, 2009 at 5:22 am
No basses
Even altos
They all sing soprano
Those poor little enuch-corns
June 24th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Why did you have to be so mean
To take away their chorus?
Now there’ll be no little ones
running through the forest
June 24th, 2009 at 5:23 am
…You did it,
I saw you
They all sing soprano
Those poor little Enuch-corns
June 24th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Lindsay needs her hearing checked
June 24th, 2009 at 5:29 am
enuch = eunuch
June 24th, 2009 at 5:33 am
What’s happening!
June 24th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Sleepless in Seattle didn’t make me cry
June 24th, 2009 at 5:35 am
squirrels = rats with bushy tails
June 24th, 2009 at 5:38 am
I want both! Llappy & regular
June 24th, 2009 at 5:39 am
I saw no poll on the website
June 24th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Sexy Cj!!
June 24th, 2009 at 5:53 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfleet_uniforms
June 24th, 2009 at 5:54 am
diapers
June 24th, 2009 at 5:58 am
I’ve always found Dan has a nice, easy voice
June 24th, 2009 at 5:59 am
Send Cj e-mails!!!
June 24th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Cj, how many kids do you have?
June 24th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Bunny are you doing a play by play on LLAP?
June 24th, 2009 at 6:06 am
Maybe…
June 24th, 2009 at 6:07 am
CD: Downloading Overlord II from Steam
June 24th, 2009 at 6:31 am
52% downloaded
June 24th, 2009 at 6:50 am
64%
June 24th, 2009 at 6:56 am
It all makes so much more sense now. Home today with an ear infected boy.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:56 am
So what is Overload II?
June 24th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Father’s day?
http://www.kontraband.co.uk/pics/18185/Fatherhood/?gpage=18#show
June 24th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Wolf
http://www.codemasters.com/games/?gameid=2806
The story was actually written by Terry Pratchett’s daughter
June 24th, 2009 at 7:02 am
I had fun with the first one, so…
June 24th, 2009 at 7:04 am
73%
June 24th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Thanks for the LLAP play by play this morning TEB.
I have 2 kids of my own. Was that a real question?
June 24th, 2009 at 7:12 am
That is probably my biggest annoyance with steam. It seems like the downloads are terribly slow compared to what my fat pipe should be able to feed.
*cough*
June 24th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Yes, Cj. It was a real question with real reasons, etc.
For some reason, I thought you had 3
June 24th, 2009 at 7:15 am
OK. Loved the Edward vs. Buffy thing, but here’s the deal.
I’ve never seen a single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This morning I have made the decision that I’m going to start watching Buffy from the beginning.
Am I alone in never having seen it?
June 24th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Ed, I personally prefer an actual box, but for reasons that are long and complicated (Stupid Canadian Amazon), I’m actually forced to get it this way.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Ed, Hope your son’s infection clears up soon!
June 24th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Buffy season 1 and 2 have been added to my Netflix queue.
I guess Gossip Girl will just have to wait.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Alone…. All alone.
Cj, when you watch Buffy, stick with it. When it first aired, hubby and I actually stopped watching it after the first couple of episodes. We caught season one again in summer reruns, by the end, we were quite ready to continue watching season two and, when it came out, Angel.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Cj: I think I saw five minutes of Buffy. I don’t get the draw.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:20 am
TEB – It probably seems like I have more kids because I often have extras.
These are mine: http://tinyurl.com/nxsh6s
You’ll meet them in September!
June 24th, 2009 at 7:21 am
I’m taking my two little sweeties to see Madagascar 2 today! yay for summer movies that cost less than a dollar per person! wheee!
June 24th, 2009 at 7:25 am
OK. Time to get moving or we will miss the previews! Back in a few hours!
June 24th, 2009 at 7:28 am
89%
June 24th, 2009 at 7:31 am
I’m off for my morning constitutional
June 24th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Something to chew on before I go
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/11-of-the-worlds-most-expensive-foods.htm
June 24th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Transformers 2 : The explosions were nice.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Isn’t that all Transformers is?
June 24th, 2009 at 8:39 am
I try not to explode… I have learned that it is not very healthy.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Free wifi in the theater on my iTouch. Look at my thumbs go!
June 24th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Buffy:
Hot Chick beats up monsters.
That’s all the explanation I needed.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Meunster cheese.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Now enjoying some hot LLAP action.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:20 am
I must confess, I watched the Nanny because it had the guy who played Moriarity from TNG in it.
Yes, Fran Drescher’s laugh is terribly annoying. We’d have Osama in custody by now if the CIA used a recording of that laugh in Guantanamo.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:36 am
LLAP action… hmmm….
I’ll be in my bunk.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Listening to the discussion about WOW targeted drinks.
CJ – have y’all seen the commercial? I first saw it last night with two people in grocery store “transforming” in WOW characters and fighting because they had opposing drink colors.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iioJ0UY4JHM
June 24th, 2009 at 10:10 am
711 guy on LLAP – Maybe he gets a kickback from the ATM fee.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Ah, see, I don’t think the Buffy chick is hot, so that explains it.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:59 am
So on shop offered me £220 for my current 3G iPhone.
I’m tempted to upgrade, even though I would get more on Ebay, NOT messing around with paypal sounds good to me.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:01 am
+e
June 24th, 2009 at 11:02 am
CP: Don’t Fuck Me Up (With Peace And Love) — Cracker
I so want this song in Rock Band. :)
June 24th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Ed, I love that commercial. I may have shared it previously, but my short term memory fails me. I know I watched it many many times.
LLAP is so hot these days that Dan Shaurette has to listen with earbuds now, apparently. I better cool it now.
This should do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ1-KD7Hlqg
June 24th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Oh and Madagascar 2 is completely horrendous.
Although I have a bit of a crush on the giraffe.
David Schwimmer makes me a little swoonie.
There’s more than one thing wrong with me.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:13 am
I hope there’s no trunk jokes coming up . . . .
June 24th, 2009 at 11:16 am
ZP goes mean and moody as he reviews Prototype:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/789-Prototype
June 24th, 2009 at 11:52 am
They had the trailer for GI Joe movie…err it looked a bit naff.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Two suggestions for the Palooza:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_(1990_film)
June 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Devil_(1993_film)
June 24th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Vanamonde: I thought I was the only oddball that knew Hardware! Love that film, had the soundtrack, too.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
CP: Let’s Pretend — The Northern Pikes
June 24th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Soooo Cj, what is the make and model of your new phone?
June 24th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
CP: The Distance — Cake
June 24th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I also remember Hardware. It had been called the first true Cyberpunk movie (ahem, Bladerunner).
Pretty hokey stuff though. That would definitely cause a grumblepalooza.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
There’s always Hardware Wars. . .
June 24th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Is that the Washing Machines against the fridges?
June 24th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Alright, this is just bizarre. There’s an ad for Twitter showing up on the advertising space in Facebook.
I thought those guys were mortal enemies.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I remember Hardware Wars, but not Hardware.
Van, my phone is an enV2.
My cookies are delicious! (Did I mention that I’m currently baking cookies?)
June 24th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
An interview with the director of Hardware:
http://notcoming.com/features/richard-stanley-interview/
read down, the documentary about the Nazi occultist sounds like something out of Hellboy..especially the mysterious trip to the North Pole.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Frosted Cheerios
A cereal.
By General Mills
June 24th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Never heard of Hardware Wars.
I must say that my input into the next Pan-looza is moot. I don’t have Skype as of yet. So my contribution to the whole affair would be post-Pan-looza.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
That would still work e in italics.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Yeah that maths thing didn’t really work, best stick to IM.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
or IN
June 24th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
That should be i in italics
June 24th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7p96aiE32k
June 24th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Hee hee … Augie Ben Doggie. OK.. I better stop in case it’s the Palooza choice.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Would someone please come fill up my water bottles?
I’m all out of water. It’s a tragedy.
June 24th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Sushi time!
June 24th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
The Japanese have a lot to answer for.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Hey CJ. I haven’t watched all seven seasons of Buffy beginning-to-end.
Er I mean I haven’t this year.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Me neither, JB. Not yet this year.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
iN: Watchmen was the first time we’d ever congregated on Skype for a palooza. Previously, everyone had watched the course material and independently contributed their own content. I’ll post a voting site later, if I have time.
There won’t be any Unshow or episode release tonight.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Well that’s an unshow if I ever heard of one!
June 24th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Cj: No, you’re not alone. I’ve never watched Buffy, either.
imag1narynumber: Jack speaks the truth. You don’t necessarily have to have Skype to contribute to a Deadpan Palooza. :-)
Hardware Wars is a funny, very early Star Wars parody film.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
My wife and I kept up with Buffy for the most part, though interest declined greatly when Buffy went “back” to high school. We did tune in for the finale.
We were more into Angel when it spun off. I wish it had been able to run a few more seasons.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
CW: Saving Grace S3E2
June 25th, 2009 at 2:19 am
[waves] I’ve been busy, but I’m catching up on everything I missed in the meantime. 400 nipples down and a little over 400 more to go…
My folks were up for the wedding, which was nice, but they didn’t check in last night… so I’m a mite worried right now. I’ll have to give them a ring in a few hours to be sure they made it alright.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Well, while I expect snickers from the AZ contingent, we broke the all time June record in Houston yesterday at 104°F
mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, toasty!
June 25th, 2009 at 2:34 am
Why you could fry an egg on a bald head at that temperature.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:40 am
104 is obscene.
It’s been 91 here every day this week. If it never got hotter than that, I would be happy.
Morning, panties. I’m hitting the showers.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Morning Pan! It’s a beautiful 17C this morning (approx 70F), the birds are singing, my yard is all purple with lilacs…
… and I’m stuck inside at my desk.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:45 am
I’m in Starbucks watching the trainwreck that is episode 2 of HawthoRNe.
Think this TV series has lost me.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:47 am
Excellent re: Palooza
June 25th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Not good, huh Van? I was lukewarm on E1.
I am watching my very last episode of Weeds right now.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:52 am
Okay, I’ll give an update as well. It’s 69 here, partly sunny. I am still in my bedclothes doing some chores around the house. Preparing to work out and get working on projects and mowing the lawn.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Re: Buffy
I think it’s strong point is NOT it’s visuals but the tight/quirky interaction of it’s ensemble cast. That and the fast paced, pithy dialogue that frequently ensues between the characters.
Sort of like with “Firefly”.
You’d be lucky to pick just the correct 5 minutes to get that.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Oh, oh, # do you want to come and mow my lawn too?
June 25th, 2009 at 5:04 am
… and in a bit of a comment rewind …
Is it just me … or would the following comment have had a completely different meaning if it had been posted by one of the DP boyz ?
“Ed, I personally prefer an actual box, but for reasons that are long and complicated (Stupid Canadian Amazon), I’m actually forced to get it this way.”
June 25th, 2009 at 5:06 am
June 25th, 2009 at 5:07 am
J0e, you need to suds up your mind :)
June 25th, 2009 at 5:11 am
J0e, pass the soap. “Oh, oh, # do you want to come and mow my lawn too?” – The Energizer Bunny
:-) :-) :-)
June 25th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Looks like we are going to have our 4th straight day with the heat index at 110+.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:13 am
A deep spiritual cleaning is in order, give Daz a try.
So after playing with the GS version of the iPhone, I’m not in a mad rush to update.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:15 am
I had to look that up, Van. We don’t have Daz here
http://www.dazwhite.co.uk/
June 25th, 2009 at 5:15 am
So it’s a lovely cool 18C here, off to browse books.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Good morning deadpan, a sunny 88F here and supposed to climb to triple digits. Of course I kinda like being blasted with solar radiation so I’m not complaining. ANd the AC helps :).
June 25th, 2009 at 6:53 am
The God of Climate Change frowns at you LR.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:52 am
CP: The Pretender — Foo Fighters
On a related note: The first season of that show was pretty good.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Temperature where I live for the next 5 days: 105, 106, 108, 104, 105
Temperature where I’ll be (leaving tomorrow morning): 73, 77, 83, 81, 77
I think I’ve made a good choice.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:10 am
The Pretender? Yeah, my wife was really into that one as well.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:11 am
“You have chosen…..wisely.”
June 25th, 2009 at 8:41 am
That line brings a nostalgic tear to my eye.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:48 am
So I was in PC World earlier and was having a play with a Acer Revo:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/acer-aspirerevo-review/
Now if somebody could explain why Vista seemed to run better on this low spec computer than on my dual core desktop, which also has 2 gig of ram and a dedicated ATi graphics card that doesn’t use system ram..it would be another computer puzzle solved.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Files received, Vanamonde. Thanks!! I will let you know if they give me any crap.
As long as we’re talking about the weather… since when is AZ consistenly overcast and cloudy??
June 25th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Looks intriguing:
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/06/18/100-incredible-lectures-from-the-worlds-top-scientists/
June 25th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Let’s see, I believe the record temperature for June in Phoenix was 122° F, in 1992, if I’m not mistaken.
Planes couldn’t take off. Had to put down my Dodge Monaco. It was very sad, and more than a little hot.
June 25th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Oh. BTW, Good Morning, Pan! Sorry, I haven’t been around. I’ve been sick.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:02 am
RIP Farrah Fawcett.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:07 am
ditto: even in death, she is better looking than I.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:51 am
CP: Out Of Exile — Audioslave
June 25th, 2009 at 10:55 am
My goodness LJ, you are making me look postive.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Van: I’m sorry, I’ve been an elitist pessimist for a very long time, but I’m sure you’ll come into your own.
Just remember: The glass is ONLY half full.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:58 am
No, the glass is over-designed. :P
June 25th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I maybe be able to use my netbook as a toaster on the side.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
ditto: only in-so much as it is designed to retain a quantity greater than it actually does – in which case, we’ve been short-changed… again.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
That bartender is *sooooo* not getting a tip.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
To quote Private Frazer:
“We’re all, doomed, doomed…”
June 25th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Just imagine that in a Scottish accent.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTr6oLFHnK0
June 25th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Van: Would that be a Sean Connery Scottish accent, a Mel Gibson Scottish accent, or a James Doohan Scottish accent?
June 25th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Well since the guy was actually Scottish, the SC accent is the MF way.
But watch the youtube video and decide for yourself.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Unfortunately, Van, my work PC is not YouTube compliant… per management decree…
June 25th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Something exciting for you to do when you get home.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I hadn’t thought of it that way, Van. I’ve never been able to put “YouTube” and “exciting” in the same sentence before now.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Note to self: Do not nipple on the Dead Pan while under the effects of generic DayQuil.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I’ve just spent the last hour relaxing on the deck, teaching myself C. Then I got to the bit about pointers. My brain exploded a bit. Nearly ruined the event. I must continue . . . .
June 25th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
If I recall, pointers are sort of like “goto”, but with better structure… Then again, I had C in the 90’s, and I dropped out…
June 25th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
LJ: um, no. :)
i: If you need help, just ask. I know pointers very well. In fact, I can send you a very helpful article.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
ditto: I said I dropped out…
June 25th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
ditto: Thanks, I’ll certainly accept said article enthusiastically. At this point I just don’t get the reason one would use a pointer over a variable. But perhaps I should give it more than, oh, five minutes, and turn the page.
Cooking steak now.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Can I get a moment of Moon Walk for the late Michael Jackson?
June 25th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Only if you’re offering sweet, underage boys.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I’m sure there will be more info in the morning.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
RIP Farrah – I loved Charlie’s Angels as most boys and young lesbos did.
RIP MJ – I saw the Jackson 5 Victory Tour when I was in 8th grade.
Both icons for my generation.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
ditto: I unthoughfully left out “gratefully”
June 25th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
I never saw an episode of Charlie’s Angels. Trivial trivia. I must sound as though I live in a cave.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
More like an underground bunker.
I preferred the actress doing the judo flip in the intro of Charlie’s Angels.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Is it sad to want to join Twitter to only publish my Flight Control scores?
Yes.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Is it wrong that I liked Farrah in Saturn 3?
June 25th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Maybe I was a Viking Warrior in a previous life.
Oh and I own the novelisation is S3. Like Bladerunner, I wasn’t old enough to see S3 on it’s original release, so read the books instead.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
-s
June 25th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/ents/top_stories/story8119993.shtml
June 25th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Wow. What a day. Two pop icons pass.
i: How would you like me to get that article to you. It’s from a 1993 issue of C User’s Journal.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
-.+?
June 25th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Realized it has been much too long since i dropped in
we’ve been caught up in dealing with life, but its been nice to see some of you around Facebook when I drop in there :)
We were in NY for a while and Hugh’s sister got married, and we were in France for a while checking out options for Hugh there.
Hope you are all doing well.
*mwa*
dre
June 25th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Yeah dude seriously.. Farrah Fawcett AND Michael Jackson.. all the icons of my youth vanishing… Madonna better be ok wherever she is if the 3’s theory is true.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I’m not a lesbian… well mostly not ;) LOL.. but I loved CHarlies Angels and wanted to be 1 for sure. They were so bad ass AND sexy.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
K, Hugh is getting hungry so I leave you with this:
CP: Matt & Kim- Lessons Learned
l8r
June 25th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
wait, I had to share a point Hugh made- Madonna is safe cuz Ed McMahon was 1st… not that he was an icon of my youth, but he was in his prime in my youth.
now CP: Fucked Up- The Chemistry of Common Life
June 25th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
No Smarty Hotties don’t go!!!
June 25th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Well, at least he already knows a zombie dance.
What? What?
(In spite of my tasteless joke, my sympathies are with the Jacksons, and anyone else in his life who cared for him and is now feeling the loss.)
June 25th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I agree Jack, but does 20/20 really need to do a live special right now just for this?!
June 25th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
TSH: I think the difference is you wanted to BE an angel and I wanted to . . .
oh, never mind.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
LOL
June 25th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Now THAT’s an iteration of Touched by an Angel I’d have gladly watched.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
And in honor, MJ’s lines from history:
“You’ve been struck by a smoooth criminal.”
June 25th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
“Billy Jean is not my lover.”
June 25th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
“Who’s bad?”
Apparently, I am for posting too quickly….
June 25th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Is anyone else old enough to agree or disagree with me when I say this feels like when Elvis died?
June 25th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Yeah. They are treating it pretty much the same.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I think I’m just a bit too young to have any real memory of Elvis, though I expect to see him everywhere while I’m in Vegas.
I had not realized Michael Jackson was 50. Though, with a little thought, particularly with my own age, he would have to be.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Actually I am reminded of when John Lennon died. I was 4 when Elvis died and don’t remember it, but I was 7 when John Lennon got killed.
EssBee- re wanting to BE an angel, versus wanting to DO an angel= *swooon* :)
Hugh sez: I remember when Elvis died. I was 8 and my mom was crying and listening to Elvis records non-stop.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Mine too, Hugh. My mom was definitely Elvis, not Beatles.
TSH: ;)
June 25th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
:)
My parents were Beatles fans
Hugh sez: My Mom loved Elvis, but my older brother was the Beatles fan. He was a few years older than me and was really into later Beatles and the Stones.
and you were into Sex Pistols and Stooges :)
Hugh sez: I was, and we all thought the others were nuts for their musical tastes. LOL.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
we’re out
nite pan- it was good visiting again :)
June 25th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
In the 70’s when I was a boy, I remember the television commercials about Elvis headlining a car show. Boy, I really do feel old now.
June 25th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Sadly enough, Cobain is the big mainstream pop death in my memory.
Personally, Elliott Smith’s was a bit of a shock.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Elvis for me, not because I was a fan, but my mother was obsessed with him and my sister kept saying he was dead years before that fatal bowel movement.
Morning Pan, just today to get through and them I’m off for the weekend…
June 25th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Princess Diana’s death was a big media deal here in the U.S. I can only imagine what it was like over there, Van.
Goon might, dush.
June 26th, 2009 at 4:22 am
Morning Pan!
Happy National Canoe Day!
http://www.canoe.ca/Travel/Canada/Ontario/2009/06/17/9826576.html
June 26th, 2009 at 4:24 am
I actually feel sorry for Farrah Faucett. MJ’s death has totally overshadowed her.
June 26th, 2009 at 4:43 am
I don’t know why, but this actually makes me sad.
http://www.dirjournal.com/info/abandoned-places-in-the-world/
June 26th, 2009 at 4:46 am
Whereas this makes me smile
http://www.needcoffee.com/2009/06/21/thats-armageddon/
June 26th, 2009 at 4:49 am
For those with new kids, this is the best way to furnish that new baby room
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/06/lookin_sharp_klingon_inspired.php
June 26th, 2009 at 4:59 am
They are both past the point of caring.
June 26th, 2009 at 5:09 am
I was totally evil last night and played hooky from martial arts… And I don’t feel guilty at all :evil:
June 26th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Everytime a bunny plays hooky on MA a Valkyrie sheds a tear.
June 26th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Awwww :cry:
June 26th, 2009 at 6:33 am
agreed on Farah Fawcett- I wish she could of gotten married before she died. Her poor boyfriend. I read that interview where he was saying as soon as she was well enough to say yes they were getting married.. Makes me get so choked up. Hers is one of the ugly and tragic cancer stories out there.
June 26th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Bunny- you scare me when you use that devil face :) LOL
June 26th, 2009 at 6:44 am
:evil: :evil: :evil:
June 26th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Ok, time to buy groceries. Then I think it’s pecan pastries today.
June 26th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Well I have the weekend off..yah.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Don’t do it:
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/06/25/car-and-driver-texting-and-driving-is-worse-than-drinking-and-driving/
June 26th, 2009 at 8:10 am
ditto: In what ever manner is easiest for you.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:11 am
TEB: What style do you practice?
June 26th, 2009 at 8:37 am
The debit machines at my local grocery store were down, so they were running on a cash only basis. I wonder how long it will take before their ATM runs out of cash…
June 26th, 2009 at 8:39 am
i: It’s several docs. I can email it to you, but I don’t have an email address.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:40 am
TEB: If the debit machines are down, wouldn’t the ATMs be as well. I thought they ran off the same network.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:41 am
# I do Hapkido, which is Korean. Here’s the link to my school http://www.kmas.ca/
June 26th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Ha! Of course, their site seems to be down at the moment. Here’s the Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapkido
It’s actually a fairly physical workout. A standard class is about 90 minutes long (give or take) divided into roughly three sections. We start with calisthenics and aerobics (push ups, jumping jacks, etc), then we move on to kicks, followed by actual self defense. This changes somewhat day to day as we will also do sparring, rolls etc.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Hubby called! On his way home! Yeah! School is now over!
June 26th, 2009 at 8:47 am
ditto, the ATM was working, which is good since I needed cash to pay for my groceries. But, since everybody needed cash for their groceries, I figure it won’t be long before the machine runs out of cash.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I’ve often wanted to get into a martial art of some sort. I think I could do with a bit of exercise, and a little knowledge on self-protection couldn’t hurt. Lately I’ve been looking more and more at Krav Maga – the Jewish martial art… It’s very appealing to me for some reason.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:53 am
I’ve never heard of that one LJ. I had to look it up.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Error 400.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:24 am
paGE FOUND
June 26th, 2009 at 9:30 am
:)
OK, must get back to the tasks at hand. BBL.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:09 am
For iPhone/ipod Touch users, do a search for Annie’s Wild Shot on the app store, fun little western shooter and on sale till July 9th.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:09 am
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Tecmo+news/news.asp?c=14095
June 26th, 2009 at 10:31 am
You’re $0.99-ing me to death, Van
June 26th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Hubby forgot what it’s like to be home for the summers. Only home for a couple of hours and and has made smart-ass comments while I was cleaning the bathroom (don’t like to work with bleach cleaners in a black shirt so I take it off). It’s going to be a long summer, I think.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Hola ‘Pan, Drive by JfS: Finally got around to a DJ Set/Mixtape thingy. Give it a listen and leave comments. Honest feedback too. If you don’t like something let me know.
Thanks!!!
http://www.x-dezyn.com/?p=124
June 26th, 2009 at 11:02 am
ditto: an address would help, wouldn’t it? Don’t mind me. This name at hot mail would work very well. :-)
June 26th, 2009 at 11:04 am
TEB: I had a brief introduction to Hapkido once, especially since my first style was Tang Soo Do, another Korean style. I think I would enjoy it much.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Lejon: I say, if you’re into, go for it! The nice thing about Krav Maga is it’s self-defense-based. So you’re not going to run through katas or things similar for hours on end. No silly cardio-kickboxing, either.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I think I’m caught up on panties now. I’ve returned from various errands. Have to run eventually still.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm panties. ;)
June 26th, 2009 at 11:41 am
+10,000 ditto ;-)
June 26th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Suddenly have a weird image in my head of T.E.B. with no shirt in panites…I’m not sure why that is…
June 26th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I’m a douche, but can I still attend Disc World Con?
June 26th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I won’t stop you Rhettro – What does your pocketbook say?
June 26th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Not much, but I do hear a lot of echoes.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Filofax
June 26th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Lejon: Please clarify the adjective “weird” in that statement.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
…oooOOO(1): I guess weird in that I’ve never actually seen T.E.B.— so, you know… that’s weird…
June 26th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Insert image of generic female with her top off here->
June 26th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Van: I’m actually working off of an image of Farrah Fawcett from the early 80s… I’ve changed the hair a bit (no feathering)…
June 26th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I’m quite happy to live in a state of ignorance…and TEB’s cat photos are cute.
June 26th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Farrah Faucette is too tall and too blond to be me
June 26th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
There’s nothing generic about TEB :P
June 26th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
CP: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do — Killola
June 26th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
..and FF has a bit too much chrome according to that spelling.
June 26th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
T.E.B.: Hey, we’ve got a mental image goin’ here!
Ok, OK… Darken up the hair, make her shorter… got it…
Still no feathering – good, good.
Still topless, right?
June 26th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Oh and shes good at takedowns LJ, so tread carefully, and avoid rice paper.
June 26th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Especially if you don’t want to sign in an octave higher than you usually do. ;)
June 26th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Van, I had a couple years of High-school wrestling, I can probably handle a take-down. Of course, the point might actually be a take down… Yes, that actually works well with this mental image… I like it… Go!
June 26th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
There is a theory that the USA’s penchant for wrestling at school has breed a legion of fetish loving Americans.
June 26th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I’m not sure “fetish” is the right term, Van. At least, not from high-school wrestling (similar to Collegiate or Olympic freestyle)
- Now, that stuff they show on Sci-Fi (ECW) and TNT (WWE), yeah, I can see the fetishism there…
June 26th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
That’s…..interesting, Van. Perhaps I should have wrestled back in college.
June 26th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
New image in head: Mat Maids… RIP Farrah…
June 26th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
It could also be a load of cobblers.
June 26th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
But at least then you would get your shoes mended.
Shoe repair shops, died the way of the throwaway society…at least in developed countries/
June 26th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Van, The closest thing we have to shoe repair shops here is a product called “Shoe Goo” designed to rebuild rubberized tread, or some such.
June 26th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
So ‘The Specials’ were on at Glastonbury this year, watching the TV coverage now.
June 26th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Holy Crap! I found a shoe repair store that actually sells Shoe Goo!
http://www.emocs.com/shoegoo.htm
June 26th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Good night, Pan! I know, it’s still early, but I have a bad habit of not checking in on the weekends. I would make a bad offspring. I suppose I do make a bad offspring. Oh whell… Have a good weekend in any case!
June 26th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I wish I took wrestling in High School. Would’ve made my time in MMA training easier.
June 26th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Making chocolate-covered bacon
June 26th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Ugh – converting files to start editing a bit to finally put in a couple more offerings to the Deadpan. I give editors credit — this must get laborious.
June 26th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Jack: I sent a couple files. Hope they got to you. More forthcoming.
June 26th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Holy chit, man. My files sound like . . . well, shit, really.
June 26th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Ah, a bit better. I pumped up the volume too much. Everything was a wash. A loud, crappy, frightening wash.
June 26th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
And . . . I’m panty-ing with myself, it would seem.
June 26th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
You’re never alone on the Deadpan. Time has no meaning here.
June 26th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Lunchtime doubly so?
June 26th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
This sounds intriguing, but I have doubts it would fly…
http://is.gd/1fkj0
June 26th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Hi. I wanted to leave some panties of my own here even though I’m on vacation.
Wheee! I’m in Camarillo, CA right now in Hotel. Probably won’t be checking in much this weekend – just at bedtime. Had to bring my laptop because of work stuff that just can’t wait til Tuesday.
I’ve been driving since 11am on and off visiting people on the way in different towns… letting my hubby sleep while I drove.
I’m exhausted. So… gonna go read and get some sleep myself.
Hope you are all enjoying your weekends!
June 27th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Morning Pan, the pilot of Virtuality (pilot for a possible new series) is on the internet:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2718753
June 27th, 2009 at 12:10 am
There was some redundancy in that last statement.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Hurm . . . Audacity is being a bit crashy.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Good morning, DP.
Cj – enjoy your vacation. I hope you’re getting to relax some.
I miss you guys. I hope everyone is healthy and has something pleasurable planned for the day.
My parents are on the way for a visit. We bought my mom crab legs for her 60th, and they’re in the freezer waiting to be eaten. “Get in my belly” is what we’ll be saying tonight.
*hugs* all of y’all.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:33 am
-of
cough
June 27th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Welcome to DP recording italic i.
It is indeed crashy.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:51 am
i
June 27th, 2009 at 5:51 am
hahahahahahahahahaha!
June 27th, 2009 at 5:52 am
i
June 27th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Now if I can just remember the italic tag the next time I want to shorten i name.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:58 am
+ ’s
June 27th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Oh and before forget, Happy Birthday Essbee tomorrow.
June 27th, 2009 at 6:01 am
I needed the grammar nazi for that last message.
+I
June 27th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Oh and I need to ask, are these actually crab legs or the vert smelly, contain almost no crab, crab legs that we get in the UK?
June 27th, 2009 at 6:04 am
-t +y
June 27th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Thanks, Van.
They are actual Alaskan king crab legs!
June 27th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Don’t look if you have good taste in food:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_stick
June 27th, 2009 at 6:34 am
The old ways may still be the best.
June 27th, 2009 at 6:34 am
The old ways may still be the best:
http://www.slate.com/id/2221397
June 27th, 2009 at 7:49 am
http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_12523427
Maybe ditto and TEB could comment.
June 27th, 2009 at 7:58 am
http://re.zoink.it/4a45b54b
for a working Virtuality torrent download.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Just a quick hop in.
Van,
My first thought was the person how wrote that article said he lived in the states for 17 years. That means not living in Canada – therefore does not necessarily have a clear picture of what present conditions are like.
Yes, basic doctor’s/hospital visits are covered but anything else is covered on a province by province basis.
While there is national spending on healthcare, there is also an amount spent by an allocated by the provinces. “free” healthcare is a bit of a misnomer as provinces can opt to charge. Hear in Alberta, up until last year, we were charged $88 a month per family for health care.
Also, what is covered changes from province to province. Again, here in Alberta, ambulance charges are not covered. If you call an ambulance, you will then get a bill in the mail for $400. Prescriptions, dental, optical and even many needed treatments are not covered by our healthcare system. Most Albertans (and presumably most Canadians) actually have outside healthcare plans either provided by their workplace or individually (i.e. purchase of Blue Cross themselves).
Approximately 1/3 of our provincial budget is spent on healthcare, which is a large chunk of change. Also, Alberta spends more per capita on healthcare than any other province but is notorious for having the longest wait times and, generally, some of the poorest healthcare coverage in the country. Take from that what you will.
All that taken in account, however, there are still plenty of advantages to the Canadian system. As I said, basic costs are covered so, if you break your leg, you can be assured you will (eventually) get it looked at and fixed at no cost (except the cost of the pain medication). My daughter goes to the psychiatrist once a month, and she is covered by our federal/provincial system (this is usually a case by case basis for her particular problem). you have a baby… no charges.
You have to weigh the pros and cons, I guess. Long wait times and not everything covered (despite the myth that it is), vs. paying of all you costs. Although, I have a feeling a lot of our issues are bureaucratic more than anything (see cost per capita above)
I’ve also never been turned down my our outside healthcare provider for anything. Take that as you will, too.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Ok, done my rant.
Gotta go again.
June 27th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I’ve heard some horror stories of Canadian Healthcare, but – - – even for the Toronto guy who waited a full year to get his cracked skull mended – - – the system still cannot possibly be worse than it is here in the U.S.
That said, I have my doubts about Obama’s ability to fix it. Too many powerful opponents who are making too much money off of the current mess.
June 27th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Cough:
http://io9.com/5301898/michael-bay-finally-made-an-art-movie?skyline=true&s=i
June 27th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
“the movie’s pure celebration of the primal urge, and unfiltered living, will make you rejoice in your adult diapers.”
That’s hilarious, Van.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
http://riotclitshave.com/2009.06/2110331495_3da5d191e0_o.jpg
June 27th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Cj: Are you in the Hampton Inn? If so, you’re in the very same hotel where my family and I stayed on the weekend of my graduation from college.
June 27th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Amy, nope. Right now I’m at a friend’s house, but we are staying at a Days Inn. Pretty exciting actually. One of our beds is kinda like a slide – unfortunately, my son slid out of it in the middle of the night. We are making some adjustments tonight.
June 28th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Killing Michael Bay:
http://www.spike.com/video/killing-michael-bay/2472952
Oh and Cj, looks like you were making Mommy Kitten blush in that latest FB photo you posted.
June 28th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Well, I do love Mommy Kitten.
She will be posting a similar picture of her kissing me. I’m sure I returned the blush.
I should go to sleep now.
As much as I love hotels, I miss my bed a little right now.
Goodnight, Pan.
June 28th, 2009 at 4:13 am
Okay. I’ve signed up with twitter and started following Jack.
I’ve used a fake name, so Jack do you see Vanamonde_Dpan or the fake name?
June 28th, 2009 at 5:08 am
I’m following you now, too, Van. :-)
June 28th, 2009 at 5:12 am
I’m taking Vanamonde’s lead and wishing EssBee a happy birthday!
June 28th, 2009 at 5:13 am
It does seem as though one needs to be more stubborn than Audacity, then eventually it’ll work.
June 28th, 2009 at 5:19 am
I have the same pseudonym on Twitter and identi.ca, so now I’m following yous three.
June 28th, 2009 at 5:28 am
Wait, Cj is The Mighty Mommy? I’ve been listening to you for months and I did not catch on.
June 28th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Jack, did you get my submissions? I have a few more to send, but I’d like to make sure you got the first ones first. Firstly.
June 28th, 2009 at 5:30 am
I’m such a slacker.
June 28th, 2009 at 5:33 am
So Amy, do you see the fake name on Twitter?
June 28th, 2009 at 5:40 am
I see Vanamonde_Dpan/Your first name, last name
June 28th, 2009 at 5:44 am
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to answer for Amy Bowen.
June 28th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Bugger, fake name stays then.
June 28th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Happy Birthday EssBee!!!!
We’ve got the Chicago pride parade today. Very very excited about it. All of Hugh’s brothers and Sisters and nieces and nephews are over and we making it a family event.. I just hope we can shield all the kids from the overly naughty bits in time :)
June 28th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Have a super duper birthday EssBee!
June 28th, 2009 at 6:40 am
EssBee- I hope you are proud.. I mentioned you and naughty bits in the same post. Score for Essbee. :)
I can’t believe how many times a day I hear about twittering.. Call me old fashioned or maybe just dumb but I don’t get it. No offense to anyone, I think you should do what you like, but for me personally I still just don’t get it.
I’ve even noticed when Hugh is watching ESPN they will comment several times a day about what some big sports person twittered about on whatever sports happening of the day.
Then on Pitchfork media they are always making note of crazy rock stars odd tweets.. and I do find those comical sometimes, like the trent reznor ones.. but still as much as I love Trent.. I don’t know… as I said, I am probably just too old or too uncool :)
June 28th, 2009 at 6:43 am
enough twitter musings.. time to feed the masses and prepare for pride festivities
I hope all you panites everywhere have/had a great Sunday
June 28th, 2009 at 7:23 am
I can say that overall I find Twitter mostly useless. However, I do get some great info from identi.ca. They’re essentially the same, but identi.ca has more tech geeks on it, so for me there’s a lot higher signal-to-noise ratio. But I don’t do any of this stuff mobile. I don’t think that it’s healthy to never be untethered from the webbernets.
As for Trent Reznor, he was at one point the only reason I kept my Twitter account. But he only posts things from his site now, no real personal posts, and never reads what people write to him. He was getting slammed by trolls and he got fed up with it all. The few spoil it for the many.
June 28th, 2009 at 7:24 am
But I too get annoyed when I hear Twitter and Facebook every five minutes. Reason #1,354 I don’t watch T.V..
June 28th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Good morning..
Happy Birthday beautiful EssBee!!!
June 28th, 2009 at 7:56 am
i1: Here on the Deadpan, I’m just Cj or Twinklergirl. (Mighty Mommy probably would be on better behavior.)
June 28th, 2009 at 8:02 am
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to spill the beans. Just wanted to let you know I listen.
June 28th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I think most people here know :) I don’t think you gave anything away and thank you 42000000 times over for listening. I’m very happy to hear that!
June 28th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Thanks, everyone!
Today is so very queer. 1) Gay Pride Parades everywhere (go on, TSH!), 2) 40th anniversary of Stonewall, 3) 38th anniversary of me.
We’re off to add to the queerness of it all — have a good one, panties.
June 28th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Jack: Never mind, I’m sending it anyhow.
June 28th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Happy birthday EssBee!
June 28th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Happy Birthday, EssBee! Do some good queerness!
Sorry for the slow response, imag1narynumber. Yes! I only just saw the emails now. Thanks so much for all of the content.
I am now following imag1narynumber and Vanamonde on Twitter! I’m honored to see “Dpan” as part of your name, Van. I don’t twot often, although, I might start using blip a bit more frequently, which *I think* also shows up on Twitter.
June 28th, 2009 at 9:53 am
/engage sheepish mode
Vanamonde was already taken so I added Dpan to get an unique name (and to make it recognizable for everybody on here)
/disengage sheepish mode
June 28th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Jack: No problem and you’re welcome. I plan on getting one more out later today. Don’t expect much more from me for a while after this. :-)
June 28th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Van: Yes, I do see the fake name on Twitter. On your lists of followers and the people you’re following, people’s names show up exactly the way imag1narynumber described them.
EssBee: Happy birthday!
June 28th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
That’s a shame about showing the name.
I suspect I’ll end up just posting Flight Control scores (everybody go zzzzzzzzzz).
June 28th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I’ve heard more wild praise for Flight Control than I’ve heard for a game since Puzzle Quest or Guitar Hero.
June 28th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Crop circles can be useful..who would have thunk it:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/28/crop-circles-reveal.html
June 28th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Oh, good, Sunday isn’t over.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ESSBEE!!
I saw that on my Facebook notices back on Monday and would not have forgiven myself had I let the day pass without wishing you well today. I hope you enjoyed it to the fullest.
It would appear that facebook is actually useful for something :)
June 28th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Thanks, Ed! How are you surviving the heat?
We’re about to W: True Blood and about to E: birthday cake.
June 28th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
CW: Howl’s Moving Castle
uhm. Probably should not have come in the middle. It’s wHeird.
June 28th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Now following Van as well…
Never saw Howl’s, only ever saw Spirited Away, I imagine if I walked in on the middle of Spirited Away I would think that too…
June 28th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
The simple truth is that Houston would not exist if air conditioning had never been invented.
June 28th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Cj, JB: No, walking in on the middle of either of those two movies could potentially be very confusing.
Good night, mush.
June 28th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
your welcome Essbee, hope you queered up the day good! I had my own queer fun, lamenting the fact that every man there would rather of had Hugh than me. So sad.
and yeah.. I talk about twitter.. I just lost the last half hour of my life taking stupid quiz’s on Facebook.. what the hell?? How did I get so sucked in??
June 28th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Ed- I feel your pain my friend… the air conditioning has been working on OT here in muggy Chicago.
June 28th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
ok. I want to know what internet sites suck your time away the most. and no you can’t include Deadpan. Deadpan enhances your life, not take away from it. ;)
My list:
ABTA and ACS
Facebook
Pitchfork Media
Huffington Post
iTunes store
emusic
Side-line news
BBC news
flickr (although not as much as before)
a rotating mix of a few photography sites
Hugh isn’t here but his list would be something like:
ABTA and ACS
Pitchfork Media
Huffington Post
iTunes store
emusic
BBC news
CME Group
ESPN
and those other financial websites he is on all the time for work
June 28th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
ok. I want to know what internet sites suck your time away the most. and no you can’t include Deadpan. Deadpan enhances your life, not take away from it. ;)
June 28th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
oops :)
June 28th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Hugh just passed by and he told me I forgot to put Rubberdoll
LOL.. I was trying to be nice and not include any porn on his list. :)
June 28th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
So yes anywho.. going to bed now methinks. Please list your favorite time-suck intronets sites when you have time tomorrow kids.
night pan
night mush
June 28th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Morning Pan, heatwave predicted, but still cloudy at the moment (yah!).
Timesink websites (other than the Deadpan):
BBC News and iPlayer
WorldofSpectrum
Engadget
Starshipsofa
Facebook
The Register
EZTV
Retro Remakes
Fictionwise
June 29th, 2009 at 12:24 am
YoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutube
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YoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutube
YoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutubeYoutube
and porn.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Sometimes I take the self-deprecating jokes a bit too far.
Foodmight, lush.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Oh, dear.
In no particular order…
Facebook
Tripadvisor (mostly the Las Vegas forum)
Amazon
Newegg
Woot
Yugster
Slickdeals
…honestly, I mostly window shop, but I do like my gadgets.
Precentral
Cadillacowners
Flickr
Autospies
Autoblog
Chron.com
SliceofScifi
dpreview
IMDB
Leftlane
FAIL BLog
Fark
Photoshopdisasters
Blu-ray
DBSTalk
AVS
Wikipedia
Drudge
Foxnews
Catholic.com
JimmyAkin.org
GM Inside News
Wall Street Journal
National Review
New Republic
ENG-TIPS
Coade user forums
…and delicious to keep it all organized. Yes, I do surf a fair bit.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:50 am
PSA: a dispute over change at the McDonalds drive through is not a 911 situation.
Also, if you swear at the 911 dispatcher for not sending the police out, then they will send the police out…..and haul your happy ass to jail.
The more you know….
June 29th, 2009 at 4:08 am
Mine are:
Facebook
Huffington Post
Wil Wheaton’s blog
The Angry Black Woman
Hulu
Boing Boing
Feministe
Alas, A Blog
June 29th, 2009 at 4:12 am
oh, and porn
June 29th, 2009 at 4:21 am
Morning Pan!
6:20 am here. Nearing month end so spending the morning downtown.
My internet time suckers are:
Face Book
Amazon
You Tube (subscribe to the best of youtube on i-tumes that’s a time waster)
and This one
June 29th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Good morning, Pan!
I have a rotating collection of timesink sites. I’ll spend a lot of time at one for a while, then switch to another. In the past, they have included:
Various discussion forums, including the ones at TheForce.net and TrekBBS.com
Fanfiction.net
YouTube (for the anime episodes)
LiveJournal, particularly the journals ‘pottersues’ and ‘limyaael’ and the communities ‘fanficrants’ and ‘watchdom’
The ones I waste the most time at right now are:
Facebook (occasionally)
TVTropes.org
June 29th, 2009 at 5:28 am
People are actually starting to trickle into the office now. I actually prefer it when I’m alone. I get more done.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:29 am
I can also listen to my i-pod when I’m alone. It’s harder to listen to podcasts when people keep popping their heads in to talk.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Well it makes a nice change:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/13-year-old-trades-ipod-for-walkman-reports-on-mysterious-ancie/
June 29th, 2009 at 5:38 am
LOL
Ed wins! :)
I actually forgot about Amazon. I find it easier to look for books to read at Amazon, then i log into my account at the Chicago Public Library and see if the books are at my local branch or if they need to be shipped to my local library. So every couple weeks or so I will spend some quality time on Amazon looking up books.
Bunny- I find it easier to work alone too. Hope people don’t bother you too much today.
Hugh works in so much noise at the board of trade with people screaming around him all the time.. I have no idea how he does it.
as for me I am off for the day
have a good day pan
June 29th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Van, I’ll have to look at that link when I get home. So much is not allowed on the internet here.
TSH: They just moved me into this office recently. For the most part it’s not too bad, except for the fact I want to throttle the secretary I inherited. One day, if you either catch me on Skype, or in person (Arizona in Sept – Woot!), I’ll rant. I have trouble believing anybody can be so…
June 29th, 2009 at 5:49 am
It’s a good thing I only actually in the office once a week or so.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Facebook
Twitter
Woot
Amazon
CakeWrecks
YouTube
I’m totally not much of a websurfer.
Allakhazam
Thanks to Jack I spend a considerable about of time on Blip.
The Grocery Game
WowArmory
StarTrek.com
Flickr
June 29th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Gotta wake up the troops, load up the car, and start driving home now.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:35 am
done here! Heading home.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I enjoyed Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle very much.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:58 am
I don’t have many major time-suckers online. I’ve got many tabs open at once, trying to read about many different topics. So my biggest overall is just Google Reader. It aggregates my hundreds of RSS feeds, including my podcasts.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Oh, and I enjoy StumbleUpon, but I do that less now than in the beginning.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:01 am
I watched Princess Mononoke a couple times. I think I’d be equally confused no matter where I started watching that movie.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Since posting earlier, I realized my list was actually incomplete. But, I think I’ve exposed my web junkie self enough :)
June 29th, 2009 at 8:22 am
I saw Howl and Spirited Away with subtitles .. Glad I did.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I salute the Deadpan website’s ability to still crash the Safari browser on the 3.0 iPhone firmware.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Home again, home again, jiggity jog.
June 29th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Heads and tails, heads and tails, heads and tails.
Heads and tails, heads and tails, heads and tails.
Heads and tails and whiskers on the nose.
Heads and tails here we go.
June 29th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Flippin’ a coin because…?
June 29th, 2009 at 9:46 am
…Browse By…
Tails…
June 29th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Ok for the Sookie Stackhouse fans out there.
Is there a minotaur in the books?
June 29th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I’ve only just started book one yesterday, but so far… no. :)
June 29th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Lunch Time!
June 29th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Oh, and in regards to LJ’s browse by, I personally prefer… :oops:
June 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Wow, I’m not sure how much to read into TEB’s blush.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:03 am
I’ll pass the interrogator eye onto Essbee who has read more of the SS books.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Not familiar with Sookie Stackhouse, I’m afraid.
While I thought Howl was pretty good, I think Spirited Away is one of the best animated films ever made. It’s just a beautiful piece of work. Definitely Palooza-worthy.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:17 am
The making of Pitfall:
http://tinyurl.com/lo4k4d
4k sniff
June 29th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
…sneak by…
Busy busy – back hurts – Hope everyone’s weekend was good –
Time syncs…. Tardis.com
June 29th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
-.com +.org
June 29th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I agree overall re: Howl/Spirited, Jack.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Recent experiments show Louie Armstrong is excellent Summer-driving-with-the-windows-down music.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Ya know, I always assumed my brain would get me into a decent job regardless of my lack of a college degree. I took on the Indiana Jones method of making things up as I went along early in my life. I felt it served me pretty well up until recently. Granted, it’s about the worst time to look for a new gig. But I think I’ve painted myself into a corner without funds to buy my way out (And I’m not going into debt to do it, either.). I just applied for a job, any job, at a local (large) company. Kids (read.: people younger than I) were walking in and out, holding jobs I was there to attempt to land, jobs I’d be better at.
June 29th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
My tags, like the previous one that was tagged “dump”, Wordpress isn’t fond of them. Eats ‘em.
June 29th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Burp!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
tasty?
June 29th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Hmmmm!:
http://www.conceptualfiction.com/index.html
June 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Van, no minotaur in the SS books, though the scene w/ Sookie being attacked after a spat in the car w/ Bill and the Dr. does happen in the books. The Dr. actually licks her wounds in the books . . . I LOVED the Dr.’s “fuck you!” response to Erik. I laughed out loud.
Today was pretty shitty. I’m home and ready for some garden therapy.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Darn, minotaur would have been cool.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Without a minotaur you have nothing,
June 29th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Minotaur is the least you can have. Think of the Maxotaur. Well, they can’t all be good. You have to expect that some of the time.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I thought Maxotaur was a pretty decent shot. It’s not like you settled for a Medianotaur :)
June 29th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
I missed EssBee’s birthday. Dang! Happy belated, EssBee. I hope you had a great one.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Biggest time-sink websites?
Deadpan. :)
Facebook
Farpoint Forums
iTunes
Kotaku
Hulu
Crunchyroll
June 29th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
imag1narynumber: My test email doesn’t seem to have gotten through. Was I supposed to use imag1narynumber at the last part you told me?
June 29th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
I returned home about 4 hours ago, but have been in bed completely incapacitated since. I feel for my hubby who had to feed and bathe the kids as well as bring me ice packs and pain killers.
I’ll be seeing a doctor tomorrow because nothing is working and I’m in migraine hell right now. I came online to get my daily work done, but it’s so not going to happen.
Going back to bed.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
CW: “To Market, To Market to Buy a Fat Pig”
June 29th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Finally getting to listen to the episode and… oh my. =D
June 29th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I was trying to figure out why Jack Jaffee would want 7 audience members to be pleased by the troupe’s performance before I “remembered” that I was listening to “Trucker Overdrive” by the Ambassor and not to the actual Jaffee.
But I’m still curious why 7. Amy?
June 29th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Spirited Away was a beautiful and moving movie, both times I’ve seen it.
Deadpan is the mmmuphh way?
June 29th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Online time wasters besides the Pan:
Twitter
Hulu
(the giant pile of podcasts)
Twitter
…
I spend a few minutes checking some womics (webcomics) every few days.
Other than that, I will bull into an experience hard for a while and then ignore it afterwards. For instance, Tor.com is hosting a WoT commentary by (I think) Leigh Butler and I’ve spent days reading it (and I’m only up to book 4 of… 11?) Beyond that, I’ve not been back to Tor.com
Speaking of which, they have a link on the front page now that says Hulu is coming to Britian with the following link:
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article6584420.ece
Good news for Vanamonde?
June 29th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Will depend on what US shows are allowed to be streamed to the UK. I would suspect Sky might be miffed,
June 30th, 2009 at 12:46 am
Now… if I could that BBC iPlayer doo-hickey to come out with a US version, now that would be cool.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:49 am
I’m not familiar with Sky.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Look up!
June 30th, 2009 at 2:49 am
Yeah, that was cheap and low brow, but it’s the best I can manage this early in the morning.
Hope you’re doing better, CJ.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:40 am
Part of the Murdoch empire, the main satellite TV company in the UK.
There is get_iplayer NS:
http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/
but you are going to have to mess around with proxy servers.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:43 am
I had a great birthday, ditto, thanks!
June 30th, 2009 at 4:50 am
I’m headed in . . . cover me.
Have a great one, pan!
June 30th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Morning Pan!
With hubby home, I get to sleep in an extra hour every day :)
Giving my PC a complete once over so panning on the work computer. That means no linking for me :(
Tomorrow is a holiday here in Canadaland. A friend of mine went to Cuba a few weeks ago so is throwing a rum tasting/BBQ tomorrow. Can’t wait. :)
June 30th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Mr TEB must really tire you out TEB.
cough
June 30th, 2009 at 6:05 am
;) Van!
June 30th, 2009 at 6:06 am
Actually, I think it’s the other way, Van. I’m a fairly energetic and bouncy person.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:07 am
I actually enjoy when he’s home. I don’t have to make the bed in the morning, the lunch time dishes are done for me. I could almost get used to this.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Bouncy !?! A Bunny !?!
Hmmm I’ll be in my bunk.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:12 am
More like a Tigger!!!
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I’m the only one
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful chaps
They’re loaded with vim and with vigor
They love to leap in your laps
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I’m the only one.
Tiggers are wonderful fellahs.
Tiggers are awfully sweet.
Everyone elses is jealous,
And thats why I repeat…
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Are Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I’m the only one.
Yes, I’m the only one
June 30th, 2009 at 6:24 am
I’m sure the last dinosaur had a more downbeat look on being the only one.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:25 am
:razz:
June 30th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Back to the grind.
June 30th, 2009 at 7:25 am
grind… grind… grind…
June 30th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Jack, I just told Todd that if you guys don’t treat him well during Westercon you’ll have to answer to me. So behave!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:04 am
This one from the the latest Ansible made me chuckle:
Outraged Letters. Jordin Kare on sf grant proposals (A263): ‘For the decade or so during which I was a freelance rocket scientist (“Will design satellites for food”) I would often appear on SF convention panels surrounded by authors. When asked to introduce myself, I would explain that I, too, wrote both science fiction and fantasy, with the science fiction generally being titled “Technical Proposal” and the fantasy titled “Budget Proposal”.’
June 30th, 2009 at 8:19 am
That is cute, Van :)
June 30th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Good morning.
I’m alive.
It’s a start.
The pain has reduced to a dull throb so I’m at the tail end of the migraine. I finally ate something too and it is staying down.
I have a doctor appointment in a few hours for something completely different, but I’ll be sure to bring this up.
hmmm should have pics of our awesome vacation posted today. :)
June 30th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Hope you feel better soon, Cj. I know you have month end coming up, too and spreadsheets can be a bitch with a throbbing head.
June 30th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Trying not to think about spreadsheets. Oh the nightmare that will be tomorrow’s workload. Pfft.
I am feeling markedly better moment by moment though, I must admit so yay for that!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Yah for a pain free Cj.
June 30th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Nomad Scry: That’s right. Although the actual Jaffee was providing the voice, the words and thoughts were fictional. Why 7? Just because 7 is the go-to number when you need a number related to supernatural matters.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Time to think about lunch!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I put some pics up if anyone wants to see our fun trip pics. I’ll be locking them down to friends only after a day or so, but my mom and so forth aren’t on flickr so for right now they are open.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovelongandprosper/sets/72157620775365202/
June 30th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I actually have that Tigger song on my iPod….
I’ll be nice to every Todd I meet at Westercon, Bunny.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Cj, big ears?
June 30th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Cj, will you always have Perris?
June 30th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Random comment since I’m on my touch -silly computer is only at 13% of its scan
June 30th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Aww, nice pictures, Cj. :-)
June 30th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Thanks, Amy.
Yes, TEB, I will always have Perris and luckily I have a lifelong friend there :)
June 30th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Very cute pics, Cj!
June 30th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
37%
June 30th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
This is a daily check-in.
Ouch, it’s hot.
June 30th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
It took five hours to do a virus check on my computer. Why? Because I’m an idiot. I had my pocket drive hooked up to do my regular backup. Dilly virus checker decided to check that drive too. The reason this is doubly silly is because I don’t usually do my backup until after I’ve done the virus check so I don’t copy infected file. It check an old backup unnecessarily. :)
June 30th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Just finished the first of the Sookie Stackhouse books. I think I was underwhelmed.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
TEB: That’s how my wife & I feel too. Though she has enjoyed the series on HBO.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
WeWWw picked up season one on blu-Ray but haven’t started it yet
June 30th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
CP: Percussion Gun — White Rabbits
June 30th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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Hi, just making idle workplace conversation.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
CW: Colbert. Jeff Goldblum gave a nice eulogy for himself after a New Zeland TV station mistakenly pronounced him dead ;)
June 30th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Okay Arizona time check.
It’s 23.55 here.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
..and 14.55 DP times..so what time is in Arizona?
June 30th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Some days it pays to call celebs press agents rather than listen to Twitter
June 30th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
We finally get Franken, that’s the big news today…
June 30th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
17:00 here
June 30th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Miss Amy I am looking for you…
June 30th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
According to Facebook, I’m 24% gay. Man is my girlfriend going to be pissed.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
New Wander Radio..nice.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Careful Van… It might blow your speakers…
June 30th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Next month is the answer.
June 30th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I think Jack is having a moment of media overload.
This is I never turn the TV on. It is off and the children are playing in their rooms.
I’d have immense joy right now were it not for this migraine.
Oh, nevermind. I’m having joy anyway! Happy Fricken joy I tell you!
June 30th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Oh so I went to the doctor and to add to my joy (see above) I am now 40. Welcoming me into this lovely year of life is mammograms. TMI? I don’t care, I’m telling you all anyway. I have never had one and now I get to go do that.
I also have to have some more lovely bloodwork done so they can keep my crazy bad anemia down to a dull roar. Boo for needles.
New Wander Radio you say?
Booting up iTunes.
June 30th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Oh and one more thing. The doctor prescribed this medicine called Midrin for me. I hope it works because end of month spreadsheet hell starts at midnight and I have to take my Gram to the doctor tomorrow too.
http://www.migraineawarenessgroup.com/treatment/promidrn.htm
Oooh it might make me dizzy and sleepy. So.. basically.. nothing different than my usual self. :P
June 30th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Not exactly like clockwork (I had trouble with the embedding) the last Saturday is a music show…
CJ – I do Mammograms… no charge.
*cough*
June 30th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
:oops:
June 30th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
The Harry Potter preview looks great!
June 30th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Neil Degrasse Tyson was on Colbert last night.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
CP: F*ck You – Lily Allen
June 30th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
WNDRWolf: I got your e-mail. :-)
June 30th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
It’s been a crazy month-end for me, too, and it will continue to be crazy through this weekend. I’m planning on making a recording session part of the craziness, though.
June 30th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Okay. Done checking Facebook. Time for bed. Good night, Pan.
June 30th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Crap. I forgot to manually D/L the new Wander. Bah.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Oh, Michael Bay.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Morning Pan,
A friends mother (in her 60’s) calls her mammogram procedure ‘The Titty Squeeze’..ahem.
That was your useless bit of information for a Wednesday morning.
July 1st, 2009 at 2:39 am
Well, that’s an interesting bit of imagery to start the day.
July 1st, 2009 at 2:46 am
Cool pics, CJ. Though, if I was going to take the TARDIS out for a spin, I think I’d go back farther than 2.5 years :)
July 1st, 2009 at 5:05 am
I just remembered another thought I had while I was writing Episode 6 of Questors: There are 7 people in the questing party. Trucker Overdrive (within the story, that is) thinks that entertaining a number of spectators at least equal to the number of performers is a fair minimum standard for the success of a play.
July 1st, 2009 at 5:43 am
Getting ready for our road trip to Kansas. I hope my butt still holds its shape after 14 hours in the car.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:13 am
Morning Pan! Canada Day Holiday here – Woo Hoo!
Cj; I’ve had them. They can either be meh, or hurt like hell depending upon how things are feeling at the time.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:20 am
I’m awake.
The pain of the migraine has decreased … some. I think the medicine works in a weird way.
Today is 12 page spreadsheet day.
And I have to take my Gram to the doctor.
And I have to write my show.
And I have to unpack from the trip still.
I need a wife.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:51 am
Cj: I can relate to the work thing. Even though it’s technically a holiday here, I’m still sitting at my desk. I have to do some work or I’ll be completely overwhelmed tomorrow with a very tight deadline.
Oh, and now that my hubby’s home for the summer, I have a maid, if not a wife.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:58 am
Rhettro: If you are in the area and have time, give me a call.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:03 am
Comment 667.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:12 am
Does that mean ditto had 666?
July 1st, 2009 at 7:18 am
That’s ditto. Just beastly
July 1st, 2009 at 7:25 am
There. Just finished downloading six hours of podcasts.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:34 am
Only six TEB???
I remember when I did that… 4 years ago…
This morning I had 8+ hours
July 1st, 2009 at 7:45 am
Muwahahahahahahaha
Forget Bad Horse. ;)
July 1st, 2009 at 7:47 am
I had to seriously cull my podcast listening, Wolf. Right now I’m at about 30 hours a week.
ditto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5BrE1Pi5cU&feature=fvst
July 1st, 2009 at 7:47 am
Happy Canada Day!
July 1st, 2009 at 7:49 am
I had to seriously cull my podcast listening about 2 years ago–has it really been so long?–to about 10 hours a week. I just couldn’t find the time for more than 1.5 hours of listening a day. Talking podcasts tend to interfere with my concentration.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:50 am
I have a question for you Americans. Since your holiday falls on the Saturday, will you get Friday or Monday off instead?
July 1st, 2009 at 7:53 am
We get Friday off.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:54 am
Friday Off!
July 1st, 2009 at 7:55 am
My work is pretty mindless, I can have podcasts on in the background. I really only get a half listen on what is being said, but it’s enough for me.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:00 am
Although I admit it’s harder to listen to stuff with my hubby home. He keeps coming into the office wanting to talk.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:07 am
If my husband leaves for work at some point today, I plan to watch season 1 of Buffy while I work. Right now, hubby is playing Magic the Gathering on the Xbox 360 so I just get to sit here and work while the horrible music plays and he keeps yelling things like, “Doh!” and “oh no!” and “Ugh!”
It’s soooo entertaining.
;)
July 1st, 2009 at 8:22 am
Friday off here as well. Had the 4th been a Sunday, I’d have had Monday off. It’s almost rational :)
July 1st, 2009 at 8:23 am
I find I can pay enough attention to most discussion/interview type podcasts while I work to get the gist of them. Though I don’t catch all the details.
But, story telling type podcasts I can only listen to in the car or while I’m out walking. With those, if I’m paying close enough attention to follow the story, then I’m just staring at my computer monitor like a zombie instead of working.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:28 am
Pretty much the same here Ed. And it depends on what kinds of things I have to do at work. Unfortunately, when I have to spend several hours writing a single email describing why something has to be done a certain way, then I really can’t listen to much.
I also refuse to get a backlog of podcasts again. With few exceptions, like Deadpan, if I get behind on a podcast series, I just delete them.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:29 am
CP: Run So Fast — Echo Slightly
http://insomniaradio.net/2009/07/01/echo-slightly-run-so-fast/
Reminds me of Jakalope, but a lighter industrial feel.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:52 am
I seem to be keeping on top of my podcast list at the moment, I don’t want to think of how many hours that accounts for.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:05 am
Change of subject:
We have one neighbour who is really picky. If you have one weed on your lawn, he’ll complain about how it looks. If your house needs painting, you’ll hear about it. Recently the neighbour between him and us moved out and decided to rent his place out. The grumpy neighbour was complaining to me about it saying they better keep the yard up and upset that the renters had three young kids (they make messes and noise you know).
The reason I mention this is because the neighbour across the street has their music up really, really loud (mummy and daddy must be out of town camping). Hubby and I are waiting to see how long it takes for Mr. Grumpy to complain.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:20 am
ditto: Yes, imag1narynumber at hot mail dot com. :-)
I’m going to have to hunker down on this. The third basic pointer-related program has me baffled. Doing research a bit tonight if I have time. Feeling a bit light-weight.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:26 am
ditto: Or I could e-mail your LJ account.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:27 am
First day back to work. Walls closing in . . . coffee . . . lapsing.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:28 am
I listen to the vast majority of my podcasts at work. I’ve got surround-sound speakers hooked up to my (Windows) box.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:30 am
Cj: Indeed, very cute pictures.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:37 am
XBox 360 has Magic: the Gathering?
(I will not buy XBox… I will not buy XBox… I will not buy XBox…)
July 1st, 2009 at 9:42 am
A half hour. That’s how long it took. Music has stopped now.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:42 am
No sleep till Babylon….beautiful.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:44 am
imag1narynumber: feel free to email me questions. I don’t mind.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:53 am
Hubby’s complaining (good naturedly) that he had to put in about 45 minutes of work today. Poor baby, I’ve been at my desk for four hours already.
July 1st, 2009 at 10:00 am
Yes WR 41 was almost as good as that one I won’t mention again.
Cough
July 1st, 2009 at 10:06 am
Almost… I must be slipping. ;)
July 1st, 2009 at 10:23 am
I won’t have time to listen to it until tomorrow!
Off to a Canada Day Rum Tasting/BBQ! Later Pan!
July 1st, 2009 at 10:26 am
Why is it they don’t have rum tasting here in the States?
I like rum. My friends like rum. We should mingle.
July 1st, 2009 at 10:32 am
I love rum. Especially of the Capt. Morgan Spiced Variety.
July 1st, 2009 at 10:33 am
As for podcasts. I’m a terrible podcast listener. I d/l many of them. Put them on my iPod and only listen to Deadpan.
I say I’m GOING to listen to all these podcasts… and someday, I will.
But… I’m only loyal to Deadpan.
July 1st, 2009 at 10:36 am
Little numbers! EVERYWHERE! aaahahahahahaahhahaggggggggggghhhhh!
July 1st, 2009 at 10:39 am
Cj: Look out, one’s getting away and running up your sleeve.
Cap’n Morgan is… OK. It’s good for the price, and it mixes well.
Right now, when I go for a nice sipping rum, I reach for either Barrow’s Grand Reserve or Zaya (mmmm, Zaya).
July 1st, 2009 at 11:19 am
I’m a rum philistine I’m afraid, only like it when it’s mixed into malibu (and even then it needs cola added).
July 1st, 2009 at 11:56 am
I don’t really care for rum, especially when it is coconut flavored.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:03 pm
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly has just started on Channel 5.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:15 pm
T G, TB, a t U – THE Classic Spaghetti western.
For a follow up, you should see if they’re playing “They Call Me Trinity” – the classic spoof of Spaghetti westerns.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I suppose rum is an acquired taste – so go out and acquire some!
Sorry – Rum Snob here –
A good rum is like a good whiskey: It should only be mixed with water (if anything), it will most likely be expensive, and no one will agree how it tastes.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I’ll stick to Scotch.
*hic*
July 1st, 2009 at 12:24 pm
ditto: That’s not a bad either.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I would still need to add cola to the most expensive rum to be able to drink the stuff.
I’ll get my coat.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I get Friday off, too. We usually have official meetings or teambuilding activities organized by our program supervisors on Fridays, but this week we don’t.
I just finished and submitted all my spreadsheets for this quarter! HUZZAH!!! In case any of you who have to do spreadsheets are still working on them: YOU CAN DO IT!!!
July 1st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I’m just getting into drinking whiskey. Not bad, but right now I’m settling for cheap swill until I can feel less guilty about spending money on pain-go-bye-bye-juice.
I do enjoy a good sake now and again.
Other than that, tequila or Jager are fine and dandy with me
July 1st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I’m for the most part spreadsheet-free.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Oh, and Up was amazing and wonderful.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:17 pm
ditto: Thanks much! I’ll be taking you up on that offer soon.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:18 pm
My S/O is much more into rum than I am, but I am getting to enjoy it more.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:18 pm
*end data burst*
July 1st, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I hope you RS232 interface was upto spec.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:36 pm
+r
July 1st, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Vanamonde: Yes no problems there, it’s just the PEBKAC.
July 1st, 2009 at 2:06 pm
This ad made me laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd1PLWICpBs
July 1st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
I agree with Vanamonde about the rum. It’s all pretty vile to me. . .
I’ll get my pants.
July 1st, 2009 at 2:22 pm
ZP turns his glare onto Sims 3:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/800-The-Sims-3
July 1st, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I’d slur my speech, but who’d notice.
July 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I cannot stand Malibu Rum. Coconut flavor does not belong.
I’ve never tasted Scotch. I would like to.
Whiskey makes me grouchy so I avoid it.
I think I like Rum best because it’s tasty and makes me happy.
I do have some pretty amazing tequilas here though. My almond and coffee flavored tequilas are exceptionally yummy.
July 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Pulling my spreadsheet back over my head again.
July 1st, 2009 at 3:05 pm
imag1narynumber: I sent you two word docs. Let me know if you get them.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:33 pm
ditto: Crap, no. I’m going to e-mail your LJ account.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:35 pm
yeah, that didn’t work. lots.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:36 pm
This now qualifies as WTF? I don’t get what’s gone wrong.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Re: hotmail, of course.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:48 pm
/unsolicitedadvice
You guys should just transfer whatever you are doing over Skype.
/unsolicitedadvice
July 1st, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I don’t have Skype.
July 1st, 2009 at 5:10 pm
hotmail tends to get blocked by many places.
Try ditto at acm dot org
July 1st, 2009 at 5:16 pm
I sent ya from another addy :-)
July 1st, 2009 at 6:13 pm
My brain is so completely fried right now.
Tempura batter and all that.
Great. Now I’m hungry.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:19 pm
CP: Pendulum — Ume
http://umemusic.com/sunshower/songs/Ume-EP-Pendulum.mp3
July 1st, 2009 at 6:27 pm
CW: Helvetica
July 1st, 2009 at 6:40 pm
First, where the hell is Justa JOe?
Second, I get Friday off. Since I have to fly to effing VA Beach Sunday — ALL day — I am also taking tomorrow off.
Rum = no. Whiskey, though = somebody stop me.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:55 pm
CW: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1, episode 1. (while I work)
July 1st, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Dig Cordelia, Cj. “I see you’ve found the softer side of Sears.” LOL
July 1st, 2009 at 7:09 pm
My new blog post is complete! Click on my name if you want to read all about the awesome murder mystery party I went to last Friday.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Looks like fun, Amy! I look forward to reading it!
I’ve finished my biggest spreadsheet. Woot! Time for a break. :)
July 1st, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Morning Pan, need caffeine.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:13 pm
..or a cold shower.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Karl Malden checked out:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=agL7Ij2O4_vM