Twazy Show Notes.
Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #135: Bigger and More Sinister
Ziggy Stardust opening by Kurt
Starting with a time loop
Next week! DiscWorld Con and Deadpanmmmmmm get together! There will be lots of goodness! Contact Jack for more info
Promo – The Dollhouse Podcast (http://www.thedollhousepodcast.com/)
The Energizer Bunny Con Wrap up contunued from last week
Nowhere in Jersey is Safe (pt. 1) – Jack Mangan
Questors of Effpiem – Amy Bowen (http://amybowen.wordpress.com/)
More World Con wrap up.
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Outro Babble
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Outro Music
Just had my first spat on FB :(
Morning Pan, fun over, back to work today.
Debbie: Thanks for the clarification.
Night, Pan.
Wow – I’m tired at midnight. Maybe I’ll make the wise choose.
My name is mush.
WW2 propaganda posters:
http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/27932/wwii-intense-propaganda-posters
That’s an excellent link, Van.
This one is just kinda amusing:
http://www.uniquescoop.com/2009/08/101-t-shirts-for-scientists-science.html
What happened, Van?
Oh, I see. It’s your image – you should get to decide.
Well, DP, I’ve worked out and now there’s no getting around it. It’s time to shower and head to work. Boo.
Have a great day!
Morning Pan!
Introduced hubby to the wonders that was Flash Gordon last night. Turns out he never saw it before.
The fact that I’ve seen more B SF movies, does it say more about me or about him?
Rhett, if that was a name tag request, I don’t have blue.
Green, Yellow or Pink – all in neon are your choices.
With any luck, I’ll be able to sneak out to the bank today to get some US cash.
After talking with Cj, we’ll be opening the party room on Sunday around 4pm, Although I’ll probably start setting it up about 3ish.
My suitcase weighs 42 lbs. I had to go on line to make sure I wasn’t overweight. According to the US Airways website, I can pack another eight pounds of stuff.
Null Nipple
# does that fall under the saying, “if you can’t say something nice…”?
If you can’t nipple something nice …
… I say, “nipple something naughty. ”
:twisted:
Can’t I “nipple something naughty” regardless? :oops:
Just finished printing out name tags. I’m not sure how many blank generic ones we’ll need. I did about 60 extra – I’m very optimistic :)
Now… can I fit it in my suitcase?
Truth be known … I find a naught nipple very nice! 8)
+ y
y? Because we like you!
I know naught of what you speak, J0e ;)
Well, I’m sneaking out for half an hour to go to the bank. Hopefully no emergencies will come up at work while I’m away.
Green it is!
TEB: – just make sure you’ve got some margin in that suitcase to bring any extra acquisitions home.
Back!
Oh, Ed, Ed, Ed – how little you know me! 90% of what I’m taking to Arizona will not be coming back with me. I’ll have LOTS of room to refill it :roll:
My turn to ask. I have a friend request from a DKJ. Seems to be friends with a few Panites. Do I know him?
The initials don’t trigger anything for me, but I can’t get to FB from work. So, not much help from me right now.
I see Cj’s a friend so I hope that bodes well.
Hubby forgot his lunch at home. Hopefully he’ll be able to puppy dog one of his co-workers or he’ll be real hungry when he gets home tonight.
Don’t teachers get access to the cafeteria? It might even be Salisbury Steak day.
That’s only high school, Jack. At lease here in Canada. Hubby’s in middle school, no cafeteria.
I spent half a day entering data unto a spreadsheet…I empathise with TEB and Cj at last!
Back to normal tomorrow..yah!
-u +i
Found in my local community newsletter:
Obituary
Today we morn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered has having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain; Why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn’t always fair; and maybe it was my fault. Common Sense lived by simple, sound finance policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge)
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a s year old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition; Common Sense lost ground when parents attached teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to don in disciplining their unruly children.
It declined ever further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an Asprin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason. He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame and I’m a Victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
Very Cool and sad too.
Well, I think it’s time to put some food in my gullet.
Get your old Gameboys out:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/tetris-players-found-to-have-greater-brain-efficiency-thicker-c/
Can’t I just download an app for my touch?
According to the weather thing on my Touch, there might be rain this weekend in Arizona :(
I see Cj’s hiding her head, presumably in spreadsheet hell, today ;)
God knows, that’s where I am :(
For a word that holds so much potential (“spread” and “sheet”) … it really falls short.
Yes.
Hi. Actually my day went like this:
Took son to first day of school (see pics on facebook)
Took daughter to school.
Went to gym. Showered. Enjoyed empty house for 30 minutes.
Picked son up. Went to Target so we’d have napkins and toilet paper for Deadpan guests.
Set son up with Play-Doh Table.
Read Deadpan … oh… here I am.
Spreadsheet Hell shall now commence.
Maybe you’ll see some lightning. AZ gets some pretty impressive storms – - at least compared to NJ.
And yes – spreadsheets are a pretty poor source of innuendo. No one has ever said: “I wanna macro like an animal”.
Would it help if I said my spreadsheets include pivot tables?
Oh yeah, that will definitely resize my column.
8O
I personally like spreadsheets with “add ins” ;)
It’s nice to “fill” my “cells”?
It’s also fun to split the panes
Ok, this really isn’t helping me work.
If any of you need help with your cell width, I can fiddle around with it until everything fits just right.
Would that be the right formula to insert an object in the footer?
Maybe we should consolidate the group then import external data?
We could create a chart to monitor the ups and downs of your performance.
Really… must… get… away… from… spreadsheets…
Of course, this is all before we check for updates
Yeah. You don’t want to get an object insertion error.
And we must also compare the sheets side by side…
Don’t forget, we must use protection
especially when sharing our workbook
My workbook requires that I repeatedly use the auto-fill function.
And we haven’t even started on doing a group outline on comparing customized scenarios
I think I’ll research conditional formatting
Ans we all want a little validation, especially when we have online collaboration.
with my spreadsheets I sometimes have to use shared workspace.
And who said spreadsheets don’t have sexual style?
I also like to use text wrap and merge my cells
I also constantly hiding and unhiding my data
When using conditional formatting don’t forget to follow the top/bottom rules.
Ok, really must get back to work.
CP: Victim Of Change – Judas Priest
CP: Super Trouper – ABBA
CP: Toast Of The Town – Mötley Crüe
CP: Learning to Fly – Tom Petty
CP: The Mountain – Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Oh, oh, one more:
It helps to have a spreadsheet right in front of you. Then you can pull down the menus and see what pops up.
CP: Love is Blinding – The High Violets
CP: Il Cimento Dell’armonia E Dell’inventione, Op. 8 Nos. 1-4: Le Quattro S -
I feel like I should be smoking a pipe and wearing a dinner jacket.
CP: Simple – Collective Soul
CP: Pigeon Camera — The Tragically Hip
Welcome to the party, ditto!
Have you guys seen this new Pink video? I don’t know if it’s actually new, but it’s very War of the Roses… I heard the song for the first time this morning and I loved it so I looked up the video and it cracked me up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddZPrJ8ROto
Yeah, i’ve seen it before Cj. I actually found it disturbing.
CP: The Memory Remains – Metallica
I think it’s supposed to be disturbing. It was just funny because when I heard it the first time, I thought it was interesting, but to see the spin she really put on it in the video just reminded me of that movie and when she blows the kiss at the end, you just know she’s completely psycho.
Why for am I not getting my final two reports? I just know they’ll show up about the time I leave in a couple of hours.
CP: Teeny Tiny Gnome – The Monkees
Having some surreal WTF moments at work. I can’t wait for my vacation.
CP: Fully Completely — The Tragically Hip
Great song on a great album from a great band.
My my, who would have thought spreadsheets could be so stimulating.
You would miss out on the groovy GB Tetris theme tune TEB.
Maybe Jack could do a more ‘rock’ version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6790VYAaca0
CP: The Eyes of Medusa – Symphony X
Spread. Sheet.
*cough*
Yes.
I’ve been in my bunk.
Reformatting.
CP: a very long phone call.
TEB – does your phone have a “shuffle” button ? :D
God, sometimes I wish it were so. (isn’t that call waiting)
Still on the phone
I’m about 1/2 done with my first spreadsheet.
Considering a lunch break before I go pick up my daughter from school.
I wish my house was self-cleaning.
CP: (Mama) You Got to Love Your Negro Man – Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
No longer on the phone – yeah!
As I’m still waiting for reports, I figure I’ll be working quite late tonight.
Procrastination is the mother of innuendo. Around here at least. . .
CP: I Would Love To – Steve Vai
What’s that you said about my mother?
CP: Nero Sighted – Star Trek
CP: Giant Hands [Kevvy Mental's Hand In Hand In Hands Remix] — You Say Party! We Say Die!
Yeah, one of my reports is in!
With spreadsheets, it’s important that the columns get great headers.
Dewey Cox? Yes it appears Jack is correct.
CP: While My Heart Is Still Beating – Roxy Music
Rhett, it’s the soundtrack from the movie of the same name.
Which leads to the question, is there such things as bad headers?
CP: Shut Yo Face – South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
My shuffle is having fun this afternoon
CP: River Lady – Roger Whittaker
CP: Supermoves – Animatrix
CP: Ballerina 12/24 – Steve Vai
Retrieved 2nd child from school.
Ate granola bar and some carrots.
Diving back into my spreadsheets.
Oooohh ooooh I’m on fire.
Well. . . . even less-than-stellar headers are still extremely helpful for sorting data.
And always appreciated. cough.
CP: Bloody Kisses – Type O Negative
CP: To Where You Are – The High Violets
Well, I’m off. Must think about food. Then MA. Then back to more sheeting goodness.
Fascinating:
http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7689-the-social-history-of-the-mp3
Hey there Pan! — I’ve been sick *coff, coff*
This is sort of a Drive By, I’m still catching up from the weekend.
TEB: I’m bringing my wife to the DP party, can she get a badge too?
Her Alias is “Madwrtr”
What colour LJ?
I’ll try my best, LJ. I was sort of serious about this morning being the deadline. It’s month end and I have a ton of work to get done before I leave on Thursday. Tonight I’m taking off for a couple of hours but fully expect to be at my desk until quite late after that.
Let me know what colour and I’ll see what I can do tomorrow morning.
Happy Birthday Ed?
I always thought Jagermeister was Madwater.
It does appear that Wednesday is Ed’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Ed!
Finished my first spreadsheet of the day – the big one.
Time to take a break with the kids and will continue tomorrow morning. I think I have a parenty thing I’m supposed to go to at the school tonight.
TEB: I knew I was cutting a fine hair. She can have a handmade one when we get there. Don’t fret ;-)
Oh, and a brief note about Rainstorms in Arizona:
Rainstorms in Arizona are like Virginity after prom: There isn’t much to begin with, and what little there is doesn’t last long…
Well, it was bound to happen. I am going to have a pseudonym collision. I’m FB-friending. Mind you, I barely use it.
Okay, I’ve sent out friend requests to random people with very dumb sayings. No, they were packets of brilliance. Yeah, that’s it. I just took the links from the DP FB page, since I’m lazy.
Sounds nasty i
The collision and not the friend invite
I take it JN is not your real name?
Happy Birthday, Ed! It seems that you already have everything you could ever want, but here’s hoping you get more.
Vanamonde: Yeah, but it’s too big a deal. I have more :-)
That is correct. I thought it was a fun cyberpunk-esque kinda name.
I was going to wait until tomorrow, but I’ll say it now: Happy Birthday, Ed!
too = not too ^ *d’oh!*
Malicious fake Firefox add-on spotted: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4164
I go to work and the bar turns into accounting porn?
I think there’s nothing better than a hot pivot table, m’self.
That thread was stunning to read. I would’ve been way outta my league in that exchange.
It’s Wednesday here, night Pan.
Night Van.