Grrround show notes.
(sorry they’re a little late – Thanks to The Energizer bunny for compiling these)
Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #134: Grrriiind
The Otisberg Address
Deadpan Meetup is still happening. Have party room for Sunday
World Con wrap up by The Energizer Bunny.
Dirty Lyrics
Dirty Lyrics Medly by Cj
Amy Bowen with an airport update.
More World Con wrap
Dirty Lyrics
“Bad” lyrics
More Amy Bowen airport update with special guest Ed From Texas
Dirty Lyrics
More World Con wrap
Dirty Lyrics
More World Con wrap
More Amy Bowen airport update
Deadpan is about friendshp. Thanks to you all.
DeadPan Comments by:
justa J0e
Rhettro
ditto
Vanamonde (first comment of the week)
Jack weighs in on Healthcare.
Jack gets philosophical
Now… send in lyrics that speak of a profound moment in your life.
Jack tells of a moment with his father. New car, new tape deck and Iron Maiden and 50′s song “Rumble” by Link wray
Send in content: 206-350-Tomi (8664) or e-mail: sphericaljackmatgmaildotcom
Outro Music – The Smurfette Medley
Ok so the guy posting this has a creepy avatar pic ewww.. but this kinda made me laugh. People have such a way of being so… you know.. Stupid.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/9633439-post334.html
Photos of an abandoned Titan 1 missile base:
http://www.terrastories.com/titan/
Watch out for the headcrabs.
Cj, it’s well known that in today’s electronic age, you need to be careful what you say about past and present work places.
Van, those pics are very cool.
Ed: Yeah, I finished The Muse, episode #5.
I didn’t know that they stored Titan missles at Black Mesa. Oh wait, I do remember encountering a couple. LOL
I know, Bunny, but it still amazes me that people are just so stupid. I just keep hoping the human race will smarten up one day.
And I agree, the pics Van shared are cool with a twinge of creepiness. I kept expecting to see something freakish peaking out from behind something in there!
Honestly – my brain didn’t register a *cough* response to the “finger flick” thing until Bunny suggested it.
cough
I have a buddy that was hired by the Army to go and video tape (document) inside an abandon radar installation in a US State along the Canadian border. This was one of those huge multi story installations ( both above and below ground) meant to detect Soviet ICBMs coming over the North Pole.
He said that it WAS in fact THAT creepy. It was partially flooded, full of “stuff” that had been spilt or stored and forgotten, had all of it’s plumbing and wiring exposed and now rotting. The guy who was to be their escort was required to brief them on the many many ways they could die while in there.
My buddy said that there was abandon trash laying around (like pipes, wiring, wood and stuff) but you didn’t step on anything because in places there were “man sized holes” where some bit of something had been removed and now these things were just covered with rotting pieces of plywood. These holes went from the top floor to the bottom so if you fell into one you were going to fall many stories before coming to rest. It was explained to his crew that as the bottom floors were flooded and there was no working lights down there … the hand full of staff that kept an eye on the place would NOT be going down to try and recover the body.
He said he couldn’t blame them. He wouldn’t either.
Now that’s an episode of Ghosthunters that I’d watch.
My computer stopped talking to my iriver :(. I’m trying to convince hubby it’s why I need a new zoom h4 but I don’t think he’s buying it.
*whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh*
Finger Flick.
I’m officially coming to Phoenix for the Deadpan gathering! I’ll arrive just before noon on Friday, September 4, and leave on Monday morning. Woohoo! I can’t wait! :-)
CP: Slumdog Millionaire movie soundtrack – Jai Ho (goes with my celebratory mood! WOOT!)
I’ve been loudly hinting I want either a Roku box or H2. I’m hoping that will be effective.
Morning Pan. meowwww:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/15/cat_awarded_online_diploma/
Oh and Valve are having sale:
http://kotaku.com/5337927/all-weekend-valves-games-will-be-crazy-cheap
+a
Good morning, DP! I’ve got ribs and a pork shoulder marinating in dry rub (sweet for the ribs, savory for the shoulder) and will be firing up the smoker in about 3 hours. Swing by if you’re in the ‘hood.
I am now just 4 episodes and the Planet of the Dead special away from being caught up on Dr. Who. The 2-episode arc we just finished — Silence In the Library and Forest of the Dead — was SO GREAT!
I’ve got spurs that jingle jangle jingle.
maybe not
Mmmmm on the food!
I agree on those eps of Dr. Who.
Did you like “blink”? I really liked it.
Good morning. I would like to still be sleeping.
I’m going to stumble around now and find my coffee.
My day will be filled with wonders and delights of doing laundry and vacuuming floors.
The excitement is endless.
Maybe I’ll marinate something too. Yum.
Yes on Blink! That was really great!
Smoke achieved, and of course, it’s raining.
My house is devoid of people except for me for 1 full hour. I don’t know what to do first! I’m completely overwhelmed at the power of silence.
*swoooon*
OK sooo.. vacuumed the living room. Changed out some Laundry. 37 minutes to go. Just enough time for a grown-up TV show. Oh I’m skippy right now!
“Grown-up TV show”s: Those are in the back, past the swinging doors.
Ugh, by the time I’m done with yardwork and whatnot, I’ve got nearly no “me-time”.
I guess that would be imaginary-time.
Julia Nunes does a beach boys song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr09fYxQXMU
This is interesting, to say the least: http://www.flexispy.com/
Well, that’s one site I’ll hopefully never have a need for.
Hey panites :)
Hope all are well in Deadpanland
We got back from San Francisco and are now preparing to temporarily move there in like a month probably so we are insanely busy. Just taking a bit of time today to catch up on old emails, Facebook and check in here.
Hope you are all well and hope to be able to check back in after we are settled in San Francisco. We did listen to a whole bunch of Deadpans during our trip and I wrote down some comments we wanted to make. All that will have to wait until we are settled though. I will try to stop by again soon and say hi when I can.
take care of each other
andrea
Quick get the binocs out, a TSH drive by.
Rick Astley vs. nine inch nails:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pLj9BoNb1U
Aaarrgghh.
Dropship is now free:
http://appstore.ngmoco.com/dropship
if you remember and liked Gravatar or Thrust you should enjoy this game.
Jack is playing live right here: http://createliveaz.com/live/ right now.
I’m sorry I missed that.:(
I just dropped in for a word of encouragement or inspiration.
Can that actually be done with just one word?
Oh well, I shall crawl into my bunk and see what dreams may come.
Yay, a TSH sighting! :-)
How about this one, JOe: BFP!
It’s Sunday already. Dang, how does that happen?
Weekends are wasted on the people with free time.
Watching the Sprint/Nextel commercial where Lumberjacks run the world. Most excellent. Let’s see if Youtube will come through for me.
Of course! Apparently, they’re Loggers, not lumberjacks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4ZDhGbRv0o
Just one letter shy of being Bloggers.
Talk about your state of “B”-ing.
Wow. Not nice viewing at all, but I remember seeing things like this at school when I was learning to drive. Sometimes scare tactics are what it takes to drive home a point.
http://gizmodo.com/5338475/texting-while-driving-psa-delivers-bloody-bone+crunching-message
How’re you feeling, ditto?
My pork was a mixed bag yesterday. The ribs were the best I’ve ever smoked, if I do say so, but my pork shoulder needs more practice. Colorado corn is in its prime right now (which my dad says means an early frost), and Sly B killed on her pasta salad – that’s lunch today.
We just finished Season 4 of Dr. Who. Now we’re going to watch The Next Doctor xmas special and then Planet of the Dead Easter special. What are we gonna do once we’re caught up?!
Happy Sunday!
One word? How about “Happy”?
“Hope”?
“coolbreezeinthesunonatropicalbeach”?
“lederhosen”?
“Bueller?”
So having recently discovered Clarkesworld magazine, catching up on old issues (all online), stories short enough not to be a chore reading them on a LCD screen:
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/prior/
Hey Deadpan!
Just saw District 9. Wasn’t quite what I expected but thoroughly enjoyed it (except for the 5 minutes I was squirming through when fingernails come off).
The movie is very much open for a sequel and a prequel.
EssBee here’s a 10 minute Dr. Who short with both Tennant and Peter Davison (the 5th Doctor)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szuP0oBZX4g
Excellent cover of “All Tomorrow’s Parties” that somehow involves Beck:
http://su.pr/1D5Msx
Thanks, Bunny! We loved that.
Tonight – True Blood, and maybe something from the DVR. We’ve been so obsessed with Dr. Who, we’re behind on everything else!
EssBee: Thanks. I’m doing better. Not great, but better.
A friend is loaning me the Torchwood series so that I can watch “Children of Earth” with the proper grounding. :)
I have more good news about the Deadpan gathering! I just talked to Kris Mayo, aka Kris from Tempe, aka @foodgeek. She’s going to be in Phoenix during Labor Day weekend, and is planning on spending some time with us! :-D
Morning Pan, new series of Mad Men has started, dribbling down the pipe as I type..woot!
Cutting down on the ham:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8202188.stm
I had ham and cheese sandwiches almost every schoolday growing up.
I don’t want to think how much dodgy meat (in pies, sausages, and fast food) I ate as a kid.
Remember children, colonoscopys are no fun…unless you are a masochist.
I was just about to go pack Dan’s lunch for tomorrow and it’s Pastrami! Showed him the article and he’s OK with that – then again, he’s hardly a child.
OK, forget asking why I’m still awake. Just read, it’s pretty funny:
http://tremendousnews.com/2009/07/29/the-twitter-personality-roast-what-type-of-tweeter-are-you/
That came across as kinda grumpy, didn’t it? Sorry.
Go Ni, Mu
I call shennanigans on the cured meat story reporting. It may be a factor–heck, everything is a factor nowadays–but I doubt it is as dangerous as the article implies. Otherwise, Italians would be horribly affected by colon cancer. Currently, I can’t find any stats to support that.
New Radiohead song:
http://www.waste.uk.com/Store/waste-radiohead-twisted+words.html
Morning?
Most excellent workout at the gym this morning.
I feel like Gumby!
Off to a playdate with the little dude!
I expect to have a LOT of reading to do when I get home later, so get to work with the posting people! :P
Posting… where is my hole digger???
Quantum physics or basic html?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat_-_BLINK_tag.gif
You need to ask the god JCB.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Bamford
Another person unimpressed with Twitter:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/why-i-dont-use-twitter/
And btw, I also enjoyed District 9. Definitely a thought-provoking, disturbing film. With intense action sequences.
Evening, DP!
I can’t wait to see District 9.
Just saw the invite to the DP bbq at Cj’s. Boo hoo.
Boo hoo indeed Essbee.
Did you see my Skype virtual meet-up idea, Van?
Also, how was Mad Men? That’s one Sly B doesn’t like, so i need to wait until a bachelor night to catch up.
Sorry, EssBee, Van and anyone else who won’t be here. I feel very boohoo about it too. I will have a webcam set up though, so you can participate somehow.
Oh and Van, we’ll assume that people will stay late enough to catch you in your morning! :)
Ditto: I’m with you on the cured meats article. I think that modern society is WAY too focused on safety, especially concerning children. Not that I let mine run around with scissors or anything, but after fighting schools that didn’t want us to send in fruit rollups (or some such fruit snack) because it is considered candy. I get a bit frustrated.
I don’t want to claim that I was raised without the concern for safety and I am just fine. I am a scientist at heart (and occupation) and case studies are poor science. I just think that too much focus on safety turns in to fear, and raising kids to be afraid of everything defeats the purpose of keeping them safe to begin with.
It looks like I might me in Phoenix on Tuesday or Wednesday. Let me know if can pick me up from a Truck Stop? I will buy you food and record your voice. I am then driving to Texas Houston area.
I would really like to be in Phoenix.
I think I could actually show up … but it would be at the great disappointment (and pissing off) of others. I’m caught in the “Do I live my life for me or do I give up my desires for the happiness of those I care about? ”
meh
not that I don’t care about you guys :}
Re: Mad Men Season opener.
Had some key plot points in it but all in all, not their strongest Episode.
If I had ever seen the show before, the season opener would have left me wondering what all of the fuss is about.
http://tinyurl.com/q7gcy5
Rachel Maddow Exposes “Fake” Protesters At Health Care Town Halls
Now I am off. There must be some more vodka around here somewhere.
Hey I will even Pay for Tickets to see District 9!!! just have to take me to the theater and maybe talk about it on my show. :-)
This kind of hysteria isn’t new. Sadly.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR2009081401495_pf.html
Morning Pan, yes Essbee I’m up for the calling via Skype if it’s possible on Cj’s end.
Just seeing the adverts for District 9 now, so will be a while before I can see the movie in the UK.
As someone who had to go through the gettingcamerastuckwherethesundon’tshine in all probability due to a poor diet..I can’t dismiss the cured meat story so easily.
I thought that was just an English thing, the cameras everywhere.
badumpbump.
Hey-o!
Usedhair: Thanks for the comment. It’s a sad thing that “news” channels will latch on to any little sensationalistic nugget in any study and loudly pronounce it “fact”, regardless of the quality of said study. People will radically change their lives based upon “findings” from some crappy meta-analysis.
Another case in point: The recent Time article announcing that exercise won’t help you lose weight.
Nomad Scry: Well done, sir!
Morning Pan! Had a productive day yesterday.
Spent the morning downtown. Lunch at the fabric store (They were having a moving sale. Everything 70% off) Then started a new sewing project.
Now, something totally random from Jed Weadon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pzCNQL_Pb8
Van: I have to do that too. And I’m not dismissing the article, I just find it highly suspect.
I remember when they said peanut butter was a carcinogen. Then, I came to find out, the study basically fed gallons of it to the test animals. I’d want to die too if I ate that much peanut butter. :)
TEB: Yeah, Felica Day will have a whole bunch of new fans after that video.
Busy day planned for today.
1) put in a couple hours of work (already did a work out)
2) go with hubby to see his new school (and put in a couple of hour there
3) early supper
4) Martial arts
5) take hubby to airport for his late night flight to Halifax (I’m going to be all alone for a few days :( )
Oh, and I remember seeing on random early-morning news show (when I watched the news) an “expert” telling viewers how to safely handle raw chicken in the kitchen. It essentially came down to having a part of the room devoted to the terribly dangerous ingredient. Also separate utensils. Just laughable.
Step 1 complete. Will be leaving shortly to check out school next
Tis only temporary TEB…well hopefully (just to stop fate from belly laughing).
I hope Usedhair won’t object to more layman science :) .
From what I understand, the processed meat concern is about the nitrites. It will be interesting to see how the hot dog lawsuit turns out:
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2009/07/30/lawsuit-hot-dogs-need-warning-label.aspx?GT1=33009&CommentPosted=true&PageIndex=3
And my last political link of the day (it’s just a funny image): http://imgur.com/SeWaG.jpg
Back from seeing hubby’s school. It’s nice but if he goes any further north we’ll have to charter a plane.
All food items are evil if you eat enough of it.
Everything in moderation is ok, as far as I’m concerned.
Put in another few minutes of work, then I think it’s back to the sewing machine.
I’ve spent the last several years developing an immunity to iocane powder. (sp?)
Inconceivable!
Or maybe I should have said “as you wish”?
Not wise with all that testosterone splashing around.
imag1narynumber, now you can go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
Testosterone splashes?
Now down to the deep, dark, basement where the sewing machine lies…
All that fuss over a single study that “suggests that eating the amount of processed meat in a single hot dog — about 2 ounces — every day increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 21%.”
I’d want to kill myself if I had to eat hot dogs every day. ;)
The ones had my local cheapo supermarket claim to have NO HYDROGENATED FAT.
They taste nice though.
Just popped in to post my biannual link about Oxygen Toxicity.
http://medind.nic.in/jac/t03/i3/jact03i3p234.pdf
Oxygen, it can kill you.
And then there is always dihydrogen monoxide…. ;)
ditto: Always a fave!
Hello!
I’ve had a busy day. I agree with Bunny’s comment about moderation.
I believe in moderation in all things – except coffee. I think I need an unnaturally excessive amount of coffee in my diet. :P (OK maybe not when I work out so much, imag1narynumber… I hear your tweets in my head now! geezzzzz>
imafreak
As for lunch meat, I think it’s nasty most of the time. I pack my hubby’s lunch every day and touching lunch meat seriously grosses me out. Is that weird? I’ll eat a sandwich from Subway and I know that’s lunch meat on it, but I just can’t stand if it touches my fingers. I probably wash my hands a minimum of 5 times during the time that I’m packing lunches at night.
/imafreak
CPIMM: Super Freak
She’s super freaky – Yow!
CP: Tequila PSA
CPIMM: The PowerPuff Girls Theme
CP: First Drink of the Day — 7 Seconds of Love
ditto, are you listening to an old Wingin’ It! ?
uh ummm.
tequila psa
hmmm.
Jack: Nope. I’ve got the song. :)
I feel that way about back bacon…shudder!
Left 4 Dead set to ‘It’s a Wonderful World’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7_Ta7vVW-c&feature=fvsr
Oh and a more sinister variation on that link Jack posted a while back with photos of writers rooms:
http://www.armedamerica.org/
Mmmmmm back bacon. Especially if it has the corn meal on the outer edges. :)
Eeeek!
I think back-bacon would give off more of a squeal than an “Eeeek!”
Gag!
Back bacon and smokes. Isn’t that what the guys from MST3K said Canada was supposed to smell like?
Don’t forget the beer, hoser. ;)
I am hope I see some one for Phoinex. I only had a days notice and I am hazmat so I can’t drive in to Tempe…
I am the hazmat
Coo Coo KaBOOM!!!
Morning Pan, agree with you JJ about the MM S3 first episode.
Oh and an interesting site for the oldies on here:
http://artofthearcade.tumblr.com/
I suppose I should Google ‘Back Bacon’, but I’m having too much fun imagining that it is a slang term for human back fat.
In that case, Nomad, there are some people who really need to shave their bacon.
Trucker – Sorry I missed you. Did you call?
Someone tuck in the mush. Good night.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_bacon
Morning! I’m off to Dallas – see you all Saturday when I return. Wish me luck!
Yeehaw!
So going to check out the new QT movie..which looks like it’s going to be a cross between Hogan’s Heroes and the Dirty Dozen.
Be sure to check any Grassy knolls Essbee.
Not Gassy Trolls NS.
Have fun storing the castle EssBee!
storing = storming
lonely…. so lonely :(
Bunny you are not alone when you are deadpan.
… we are the voices in your head.
But what about the body in my bed?