Really Big Unshow
Really Big Unshow
Unshow #44.
Special Guest Paul Maki aka JohnBoze
Lately Paul has been busy:
He has contributed to the Quirky Nomads (http://quirkynomads.com/wp/)
Between the Lines Studios as both writer and voice actor (http://betweenthelinesstudios.com/)
Jack’s announcements
The Orc Skit in the latest Requiem of the Outcast was co-written by Jack and is in this episode: (http://www.requiemoftheoutcast.com/wordpress/2009/11/03/roto-s07e02-boo-did-we-scare-you/)
Jack will be doing live performance at Podcamp AZ on Saturday, November 14 (http://podcampaz.org/)
A webstream of this perfomance will be available. Watch the deadpan website for times and further info.
Greasy Nipples by:
Vanamonde (first comment of the week)
Ed from Texas
Cj
JOhnBoze
The Energizer Bunny
reaper
Johnny Null
JohnBoze
Johnny Null
Jack annouces the Duel of the Fates III contestants – with a twist. Send in “intangibles” in 12 seconds or less.
Paul Maki starts a semi-recurrent segment (please help name). Paul said fragments of lyrics, can you guess what they are?
Paul is also looking for intro music for this segment.
Don’t forget to send in your Deadpan slogan from episode 142 boards
And Episode 144 will expose Huey Lewis’ lies
Send in content: 206-350-Tomi (8664) or e-mail: sphericaljackmatgmaildotcom
November 4th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Wow, this episode is up early! (I’m posting at 10:56 PM my time [Pacific].)
November 4th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Tis 2:12am right…. NOW!
November 4th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
So the Deadpan is Pacific and four minutes fast. That’s good to something.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Which is particularly strange, since my laptop’s clock and the one on my cell phone are in sync. Why isn’t the Deadpan’s? I don’t know.
Re: the networking puzzle I mentioned in the last thread: Well, we used the solution I came up with to fix one of the errors from Monday night’s class, but we couldn’t put all the pieces in place because our instructor moved us on to something else. Oh, well, at least I figured out how to solve the puzzle.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Good night, Pan.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:16 am
Morning Pan, just today to get through, then 4 days off..woot!
November 5th, 2009 at 12:19 am
..and darn the end of BST.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Ming to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 5th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Ok, in regards to JB’s segment, my guesses are:
Song No.1
Violet Femmes – I hate the TV
Song No.2
Loverboy – The Kid is Hot Tonite
Song No.3
Green Day – Sweet Children
November 5th, 2009 at 3:16 am
So who on here has the initials RW on FB?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:15 am
Morning pan. almost hit a deer this morning. not sure if I should be happy because it was almost or I should be mad because I slowed to 20mph or so and when I was just 5 ft from it, it decided to finely run across the road.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:17 am
I’m leaning toward happy because i don’t like being mad.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:52 am
CP: Really big unshow
Jack just said something to the affect of “have people ride through with a character” if that’s the way it is i’m calling Jessica rabbit.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Almost forgot just finished Phil Rossi’s Harvey. Creepy and graphic just what I expect from Phil. Not my favorite book that would have to be Crescent but it is a good book
November 5th, 2009 at 5:15 am
I love Big Trouble in Little China. I don’t think I’m exaggerating to say I’ve seen it at least a dozen times.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Nomad Scry: Apparently Hapkido and Aikido share some roots. I will try to find the site where I found that info. and post the link. I picked Aikido because it’s a style that someone can do well into old age. MMA and various Kung Fus are a bit more physically demanding. And I train to be effective in a fight, not for physical fitness, as many do. Until I find a way to reverse my aging, a softer style makes sense for me in the long run.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Morning Pan.
This is either my first post or my first post in two years. I’m frankly not sure which. Been following the community on and off for some time and a listener for two years.
Chatted a little via ustream with Jack and Amy last weekend. Took the encouragement to decide to start reading and posting here more. Looking forward to be a part of what looks to be a terrific group of people.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Hurm. Wikipedia states there’s no known link between the two styles. Conflicting info on the webbernets?!?! What has Cyberspace come to?
November 5th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Johnny Null, i wasn’t a big fan but i think i was 2 young for it. I remember my dad would watch it on tv every time it was on. i also remember him saying something about not running around in front of the tv when this good of a movie is on.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:33 am
That’ll be me who voted in Lion-o. I figured, why not? The old cat needs another chance to shine.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Morning Pan!
Hmmmm. This episode didn’t show up in my i-tunes. Will have to download it manually.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:39 am
There are times I love my job. at least now that people like IT. one of the managers came in to talk about a user needing software off a different PC that is no longer used. This user is sometimes a bit thick headed and the manager started to alluded to that but said “never mind” and started walking away saying to herself “be professional”. It makes we happy to know that we are not the only group that see how “strange” some people are
November 5th, 2009 at 5:40 am
My hubby is being weird. I got snow tires for his car yesterday, now he’s upset because we are expecting near record heat today, so he can’t try them out.
I personally would be very happy if we never get to try the new snow tires out this year.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Oh and if you are still reading the nipples Lost Ralph, Happy Birthday for Saturday.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:40 am
TEB – Me too.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:43 am
Now I have some waffles with berries and cool whip calling me.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:45 am
Boys like to play with their toys TEB.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:54 am
*ahem* Van :oops:
November 5th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Well I thinking of the snow chains myself..
;)
November 5th, 2009 at 5:59 am
-chains +tires
November 5th, 2009 at 6:00 am
No that wasn’t a freudian slip.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:12 am
Ed, you’ll really like Dragon Age. I’ve got about 6 hours into is and am thoroughly enjoying it. According to my stats, I’m only 8% into the game so it looks like there will be lots of play time
November 5th, 2009 at 6:17 am
TEB, I’m with you. I have a new/used snowblower and i would LOVE to now use it this year
November 5th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Wasn’t there an impromptu Duel of the Fates in September. Doesn’t that count?
November 5th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Paul, I cheated and Googled the lyrics.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:39 am
The ep did not come through on my iTunes either.
Still, I feel like I heard the whole thing already…
November 5th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Bunny, that is one risk of this… I make no judgement on those using search bar-fu, I leave. It for them to judge themselves…
November 5th, 2009 at 6:45 am
JohnBoze, didn’t show up in my feed either but the player from the front page worked fine.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Time for your monthly stats, Deadpan
There were 3,794 comments for October 2009. This was a 236% increase over October 08. Way to go, guys!
November 5th, 2009 at 6:51 am
That’s why I didn’t actually state my answers, because I knew I cheated :)
November 5th, 2009 at 6:52 am
I hate being called “the other guy” in a department of two when we have both been here for 3+ years. We both have names. and for God sake there are only two of us!!!
November 5th, 2009 at 6:54 am
I’m sorry, who are you?
November 5th, 2009 at 6:58 am
I just streamed the episode this morning whilst eating breakfast..it worked fine.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:05 am
I could get it fine off the site
http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=120673555584
November 5th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Yuck! I just sneezed all over my screen. Excuse me while I get a cloth.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:08 am
TEB: apparently I’m the other guy
November 5th, 2009 at 7:09 am
TEB, bless you and Gesundheit
November 5th, 2009 at 7:17 am
When you think of him
I’m thinkin’ of the other guy
I’m in love to
He’s constantly on my mind
If you weren’t shared by blood
Then would you have the time
I don’t get to choose
Who I dream of at night
You tell me how you feel
I feel the same way with the other guy
-Avril Lavigne
November 5th, 2009 at 7:27 am
It’s too early…
November 5th, 2009 at 7:28 am
This is pretty damn cool. Too bad I’m not into vinyl.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/30/are-these-rarest-beatles-albums
November 5th, 2009 at 7:29 am
better than being late, ditto
November 5th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Regardless of where you are, somewhere on the planet, it’s way too early.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Just in case you really wanted to know…
http://wondermark.com/566/
November 5th, 2009 at 7:36 am
While I don’t collect teapots, I think some of these are really cool
http://weburbanist.com/2009/11/03/19-directions-for-teapot-design/
November 5th, 2009 at 7:48 am
I liked:
A devilment of bunyips
I’m keeping my fingers crossed I’ll use that one day in conversation.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:57 am
I loved the damning with faint praise in the article ditto posted the link to:
In addition to the Beatles records, the vinyl guru also pressed special versions of albums by Helen Reddy, Peter Appleyard and a compilation featuring Anne Murray. For most of us, these are … less compelling
November 5th, 2009 at 8:00 am
iTunes continues to not serve me the latest Deadpan.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Just give up J0e and download it directly from the site. That works
November 5th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Have moved my panning to my work computer. While this means no checking out links, it also means I can play Dragon Age and Pan at the same time ;)
November 5th, 2009 at 8:13 am
This is a test, this is only a test. If this were the real thing, then it would be working from my work computer.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Arrrgggg! I was going to Pan from my work computer and play Dragon Age on this one, but WP doesn’t seem to want to accept my posts from the other computer.
Still planning to play DA. You may or may not hear from me for the rest of the morning. Depends on where my i-touch is…
November 5th, 2009 at 8:18 am
OK Jack!
What did I do to tick WP off? Why can’t I post anymore?
November 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Boy is WordPress in a bitchy mood this morning…
November 5th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Ok, why did that work but anything I say as The Energizer bunny now gets moderated?
November 5th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Watch the capitalization of the letter B in the name.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I’m cheating. Using the DJ Bunny persona on my work computer. Let’s see how this works
November 5th, 2009 at 8:29 am
That’s not it, Wolf. There were no changes. I tried using the DJ persona on a different computer and that got hung up in moderation,too. Right now WP seems to only like my touch. Which means I’m actually going to be out for a bit because I’m playing Dragon Age and switiching back and forth is a bit of a pain. Will still ghost from my work computer til lunch,though
November 5th, 2009 at 8:39 am
I think I fixed the iTunes issue.
Bunny, I’m not sure why the Evil WP sent you to murgatory, but I went in and set you free.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Ok, trying this again. Wish me luck.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Nope, WP has decided I’m persona non grata. Trying something different
November 5th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Blech!!!!!!
Blech!!!!
:( :cry: :cry: :cry:
November 5th, 2009 at 8:48 am
I think I’m just going to sulk now :(
November 5th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Trying an experiment
November 5th, 2009 at 8:49 am
this is another experiment
November 5th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Ok, after several tries, I seem to exist again.
Thanks, Jack (although I now have a bunch of experimental comments in moderation – go figure)
November 5th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Lo Pan enjoyed his first Unshow. Lo Pan approves of the progression of Deadpan and sees that Jack Mangan indeed has brought himself forthwith from the bowels of the underworld. He has been set free, and for this, Lo Pan is both really pissed off and happy for Jack Mangan. Being of no-flesh kind of sucks for Lo Pan.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:57 am
I agree, Lo Pan. No flesh would suck. Then you can’t participate in flesly pleasures ;)
November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
flesly = fleshly
November 5th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Lo Pan wonders how he can even type, quite frankly.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:01 am
mind power?
November 5th, 2009 at 9:03 am
I’m all for fleshly pleasures. that’s a bandwagon I can jump on… or make rock…
November 5th, 2009 at 9:07 am
I think I just broke my bunk.
All of the Bunny experiments are free. Run for your lives!
November 5th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Thanks Jack.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:28 am
The stuff with writing through? The rock that is..
November 5th, 2009 at 9:33 am
CW: V
November 5th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Well, off to take my Boo to lunch. Later!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Fascinating article about the 2 most visible guys in Slayer. No, really, it’s interesting, even if you don’t like their music.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/29/slayer-world-painted-blood
No, really!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:16 am
The Duel of the Fates team thing won’t have any restrictions. It’s very likely that some characters won’t have anyone supporting them, while some may get a bunch of supporters.
If you want to be linked to any particular character, then just let me know before the first Duel (Nov 18).
November 5th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Jack, the only one I would like to be “Link” with is Jessica Rabbit.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Is Jennifer Connelly from “The Rocketeer” a character? Because I’d really like to be linked to her.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Lo Pan thinks youre really shaking the pillars of Heaven with this, Jack.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:27 am
finished V. I liked it. It has a similar feel as the original and I like that. also can you imagine watching a movie on a screen the size of a space ship. i think the over head thing would suck though with out good recliners.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Oh dear, I agree with Rhettro about Jennifer Connelly.
I’ll go wash my brain on the spin cycle..
November 5th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Lo Pan feel you should watch this. Lo Pan now understands…everything… and yet nothing at the same time. Join Lo Pan in this horror, wont you?
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2009/09/jesus-japan-stop-that
November 5th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Rhettro & Van, I have agree. talk about shacking the pillars of heaven. if the cloud is rocking don’t come a knocking.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Thanks for the Dead(pan)Pool approval. I have uploaded. Sorry I’ve been quiet, I’m terrifically busy.
Hi nulloperations. If you’re new or newly new, I’ve yet to meet you. Hi.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Lo Pan, just watched the clip. wow. i can see why the like says Jesus-Japan-stop-that
November 5th, 2009 at 10:45 am
And now you also know why Lo Pan must save this world from itself.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Tho to be fair, “When I get drunk, I touch female staff’s butt” is now Lo Pan’s new catch phrase.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:50 am
I clicked the link, couldn’t watch the vid. I think just hte still iamge was scarring enough.
And yes, welcome back to Deadpanland, nulloperations! This is indeed a terrific bunch of people. Sorry Lion-o didn’t get enough votes.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:54 am
BANANA STREET, MUTHAFUCKAS!!!!!!!!
Lo Pan must gain nourishment for his no-flesh. Lo Pan does not know what to have. Right now it is between Black Blood of the Earth and Taco Bell. Egg Shen is having Taco Bell. Damn if an encharito doesnt sound damn fine to Lo Pan.
What do you mean theres no such thing as an encharito anymore? I SHALL CURSE THIS WORLD!
November 5th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Jennifer Connelly… riding… the… horsey.
I’ll be in my bunk.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:14 am
9028. bloody tired…
November 5th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Jack: You are right. Very interesting Slayer article.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Lo Pan, Black blood of the earth gives me gas so i avoid it when i’m at work.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:24 am
My Rosemary chicken and cheesy hash browns stood up the seasoning sucking power of the microwave. i wonder if i have stumbled upon a weakness.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Jennifer Connelly is beautiful, but I’m curious if her freakishly long neck doesn’t enhance the fleshly pleasures somehow?
November 5th, 2009 at 11:41 am
I never noticed it was freakishly long when I saw that movie about Darwin.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:41 am
ooooo fleshly pleasures. *shakes head and looks around*
I’m sorry Cj you where saying something
November 5th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Welcome to NullOperations! I remember you from the Ustream.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Whoever wrote in a vote for Bill the Cat, you’re my hero!
November 5th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Nope, reaper. I wasn’t saying a thing. You go back to enjoying your fleshly pleasures.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Proof against the notion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7H_1KuJ5SU&feature=related
November 5th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
CP: Insignificance (live) — Pearl Jam
November 5th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I’m absolutely not arguing the hawtness factor, she’s awesome.. but her neck is long.. here’s my proof:
http://www.meandisis.com/photos/jennifer_connelly_is_hot.jpg
November 5th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Who’s enjoying Jennifer Connelly’s fleshly pleasures?
Not David Bowie???
November 5th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
You could say that about Jack Cj.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Back from a wonderful lunch. Also went to the Hallmark store and picked up the Star Trek ornaments.
Now… back the the Age of Dragons
November 5th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Van?
Who could say what about Jack?
That he’s enjoying Jennifer Connelly’s fleshly pleasures or that nobody is arguing his hawtness?
Because – I guarantee that Jack’s hawtness cannot be argued.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
That he has a long neck, like a lot of skinny tall people. Just the build, not freakish.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Hmmm I never noticed. I’ve have to get a closer look at his neck next time I see him. ;)
November 5th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Jennifer Connelly lost Lo Pan after Requiem for a Dream. Lo Pan cannot look at her the same way after that pile of depression. However, she does have wonderful green eyes and she can Tame the Savage Heart for Lo Pan anytime.
PS: Lo Pan finds Banana Split lollipops delicious.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
I think the mystery song is the theme song for The Wiggles.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
If you want depressive Lo, then go and watch that JC movie where she is fighting to get her house back from some Iranians.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
House of Sand and Fog is indeed tragic, Van… but its no Requiem for a Dream.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Hi, nulloperations! Great to see you again, and welcome to the Deadpan boards!
November 5th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
The old woman’s story in Requiem is probably one of the most heart-wrenching things you’ll ever see in a fictitious movie.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
CP: Cry Me a River – Julie London
November 5th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
I looking at my collection for movies to take on a trip.
A Matter of Life and Death is going for a ride.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Greetings and welcome to nulloperations. There’s always room for another at the bar. Just don’t drink from the same glass as Justa Joe :)
Forced Itunes to update just now and my Ipod will soon again be full of Mangany goodness.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
OK, could you guys have found a worse picture of Jennifer Connelly? Wee doggie that wasn’t a flattering shot.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
-Never *huff* *huff* getting *huff* *huff* caught *huff* *huff* up-
November 5th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
When I think Jennifer Connelly, memories of a bright white satin dress with an interesting zipper down the side come to mind…
Me> Bunk.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Ok, 20 minutes into the new V, please tell me at some point somebody points out that there is a load of water in the Kuiper belt for f sake..or even some of the moons of the Gas giants.
Dumb as a bag of hammers.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Van: Two Words “Room Temperature”
November 5th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I’m sure if you have the juice to travel interstellar distances you will have enough to melt ice.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
But, they’re [spoiler] reptiles! They’re cold blooded and wouldn’t react well to the ice. They don’t even have the benefit of nipple reactions (Well, I suppose we’ll have to see about that one…)
November 5th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Here’s another picture of Jen, being beautifully necktastic.
http://www.movieforum.com/movies/titles/labyrinth/images/sarah.jpg
(IMHO This is her BEST movie… ;))
November 5th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
mmmm…. interesting zipper…. http://wesleyfenlon.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/connelly-rocketeer.jpg
November 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Ok. I’m over her. Jennifer Connelly and Me, We’re through!
I’m going back to my old flame!
http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/6362/154910-88063-dark-phoenix_super.jpg
November 5th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Okay Ed, see if this is more flattering.
http://www.spaceboos.com/Images/Jennifer_Connelly/images/Jenifer_Connelly_0010.jpg
… and here, let me pour you a drink *grabs the brown bottle from the very top shelf over the bar*
November 5th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Lejon, that girl looks HOT!
November 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Heated spacesuits.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Wasn’t there some argument that you can’t shed heat fast enough in space? Am I remembering that from Ringworld correctly?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
In Jennifer Connelly’s case, I suspect there would be no end to te hawtness.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
http://www.bungie.net/projects/oni/asset_thumb_viewer.aspx?at=54&cc=32
November 5th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
There are ways Lejon, and if there wasn’t they wouldn’t be able to cross interstellar space anyway (space is cold and them being lizards and all that…zzzzz).
I’m not asking much, just for them to update the bloody plot so it makes some sort of sense…sigh.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Hiya, nulloperations. You’ll like this place.
I really love you guys. I mean that. I’ve had a rotten week or so, and I really just love coming home from work and catching up on this. And Jack made my day today.
C: waiting for Sly B so we can go for sushi.
Van, LOL. I love it when you say “for f sake”.
My neck is normal length. Or is it?
November 5th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
EssBee: Your neck looks perfect to me.
Lejon: Holy crap! That chick is pretty damn hot!
I think we’ve clearly proven that Jennifer Connelly is indeed a fine looking woman. I’m a bit jealous – more than a bit. I’d never look good in tight red leather or vinyl.. whatever that material is, but I’d love those shoes… those shoes were definitely made to wear while lying on your back.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Banana. Street. Mutha. Fuckas.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Thanks for all greetings. Glad to see familiar names from the other night as well as so many names from the show itself. Now to find a way to gain access to the board at work….
November 5th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Oh, yeah and nullop.. I’m uhh.. not usually that friendly.
Really.
It was a party.
Just sayin.
*cough*
November 5th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
OK – I am actually always that friendly.
Damn conscience gets me every time.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Ha hah, It’s Halloween, It’s a party. It’s a Wide screen window to a bunch of random people with weird names. Trust me, I understand. I haven’t been right there, but I’ve been in a part of town that looks strikingly similar and has a diner with comparable customers.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Oni!
November 5th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
CJ –
“God knows you’re looking good enough,
But you’re so smooth, and the world’s so rough
You might have something to lose
Oh no, pretty momma,
What you gonna do in those shoes?”
November 5th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
What?
No one is going to post again until I do the last verse?
November 5th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Fine then.
“You just want someone to talk to,
they just wanna get their hands on you
You get whatever you choose
Oh no, you can’t do that
Once you’ve started wearing those shoes
Oh no, you can’t do that
Once you’ve started wearing those shoes “
November 5th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Dunno, J0e. Either you can the last verse, or I’ll have to google-fy those lyrics to find out what they come from.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
+do
November 5th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Apparently we had an outage earlier?
Goodnight, mach.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I’m a Level 80 Warlock.
Don’t everyone go nutzo on me now.
I worked long and hard to earn that!
November 6th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Morning Pan, off to Wales to see a friend, a long train journey ahead of me.
November 6th, 2009 at 2:40 am
I was really looking forward to having a weekend. Now I’ve got work on Saturday. *grumph*
November 6th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Have a safe trip, Van.
Much better job on the pictures. I knew the Deadpan would come through :)
And, now it’s back to work in the Phantom Zone.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:21 am
Morning Pan
I can haz lyric
The Eagles – “Those Shoes”
November 6th, 2009 at 4:23 am
I get through this week then I’ll work on that whole, “getting access to the Deadpool” thing.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:46 am
TGIF fer f sake
Have a wonderful day, panites.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:55 am
EssBee, Friday is Hawaiian Shirt day! Friday is always a good day.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:18 am
I really wish I had a Hawaiian shirt.
The company Evil, Inc. is merging with also has Hawaiian shirt Friday. Maybe I’ll have to get one!
November 6th, 2009 at 5:28 am
I have 5 I switch between. I don’t think I spent more then $5 each at the local Good Will.
I worked at a small office (30) when I stared wearing Hawaiian shirts and by the time I left most of the office was doing it to. Friday also got more and more happy the longer I was there.
At my current job I wore them on Fridays before my manager was let go. Friday doesn’t feel festive anymore since then.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Morning Pan!
Greetings new Panite Nulloperations
Have a good and safe trip, Van
Now to say goodbye to hubby. Then have a busy day ahead of me
November 6th, 2009 at 5:43 am
There, kissed hubby out the door.
Now it will be eggs and toast for breakfast
cleaning the main bathroom
doing the grocery shopping
baking cookies
clearing off the table for gaming tonight
And somewhere in there I actually have to do the paying job.
Why am i still typing on the boards?
November 6th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Item one done. Now to work on a spreadsheet for a little bit.
In different news: I see my neighbour has but up their Christmas lights. Isn’t it a little early?
November 6th, 2009 at 6:08 am
It is a very good Friday. Someone bough in Pumpkin bars! YAY!
November 6th, 2009 at 6:09 am
TEB. I think it is to early till the day after Turkey day.
November 6th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Keeping in mind, our turkey day was three weeks ago, reaper.
November 6th, 2009 at 6:17 am
I knew it was earlier but I thought it was September.
November 6th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Second Monday in October = three day weekend and large fowl meal
November 6th, 2009 at 6:30 am
I have mixed feeling on ours being on Thursday. and the feeling are mixed biased solely on how my current employer/coworkers handle the Friday after. I have worked at places where it is a “Nose to the grind stone” kind of day (boo)
I have worked where it is a day of work but 1/2 the office is gone of the rest 1/3 is told to go home early 1/3 is told come in late the other 1/3 figures it out on the fly and no one really works that hard (yay)
And like my current employer it is a holiday and we actually lock the doors(yay)
So right now I like it being on a Thursday.
November 6th, 2009 at 6:33 am
I like Mondays. Three day weekends (yay)
I also like work Fridays with only a half dozen contracts to go over. Believe it or not, it’s 7:30 am and I’m done my work for the day (unless something else comes up unexpectedly).
So, time to move on to item two on my list. I have a dirty bathroom that’s about to meet cleaning supplies :)
November 6th, 2009 at 6:41 am
I don’t mind working Fridays because they are normally easy days. people don’t call on Friday when they have problem they tend to let it go. I much prefer Mondays off few people are happy on Monday… unless someone brings in pumpkin bars.
yes I have a one track mind :)
November 6th, 2009 at 6:43 am
So reaper do you carve pumpkin bars?
November 6th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Where would you put the candle?
November 6th, 2009 at 6:54 am
Wolf, Yes,but I never get the design right so I have to eat the failure.
I have never gotten to the point of adding the candle but I’m going to keep trying!!
November 6th, 2009 at 7:00 am
There! One clean bathroom. Now I’m going to turn some leftover Halloween candy into cookies.
Morning Wolf! *waggles puff tail at WNDRWolf then hops quickly away*
November 6th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Ack! I don’t have enough eggs. Cookies will have to wait a couple of hour until after I go shopping. I guess I have to jump down to clearing off the table, and doing a little straightening up.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:09 am
You’ll the poor Wolf in his bunk waggling like that..
November 6th, 2009 at 7:09 am
+put
November 6th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Jealous Van? Shall I waggle my puff tail at you too?
Ok, I have kitty claws to clip
November 6th, 2009 at 7:16 am
I am ignoring the Bunny today… Don’t need the temptation.
I don’t need the temptation.
I don’t need to chase Bunny tail…
November 6th, 2009 at 7:19 am
After iTunes gave me the episode yesterday, I’ve gotten down to listening to my own cold-croaky voice. Man, it sounds like Fox is coughing from a few feet away, not down the hall with the door closed. Guess that Snowball picks up a lot.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:22 am
I’m feeling very lucky (and it has nothing to do with teasing the Wolf). I dropped an empty beer bottle on the cement pad out my back door and it didn’t break.
Let’s see what else I can push my luck on…
November 6th, 2009 at 7:22 am
JB, I didn’t notice your voice being croaky, but I did feel sorry for the little one. She sounded quite pathetic and in dire need of a hug ;)
November 6th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Teasing me and doesn’t feel lucky… hmmm… I believe I may need to fix this.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Wow. We’ve got Null Op and Johnny Null here. Maybe I should change my name to SEGV?
November 6th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Today, Lo Pan realizes the simple joy of a ham and mozzarella bagel sandwich.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:09 am
I think I’ve worked out a spoken script for my broken lyrics open. Darcy’s sister is coming in from Boston for her initial fitting for her wedding dress Darcy is making for her, so I doubt I’ll be laying down audio for it this weekend.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Incorporeal eating is a might accomplishment, Lo Pan!
November 6th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Ching Dai taught Lo Pan that old trick, ditto.
*no-flesh jazz hands*
November 6th, 2009 at 8:47 am
groceries have been purchased. Now will put them away and start on making cookies.
Aren’t we happy I have such an uninteresting life?
November 6th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Bunny left ????
Who knew…
Where’s my wolf treats?
November 6th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Wolf, you’ll have to wait another half hour for treats. I haven’t put them in the oven yet.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:03 am
James Hong (the guy who played Lo Pan) is awesome, btw. He was in Wayne’s World 2, Revenge of the Nerds 2, Blade Runner, and an episode of just about every tv show ever made. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393222/
November 6th, 2009 at 9:07 am
What I have to wait???
This is just not right.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:17 am
cookies are in the oven. 1/2 of them are Smarties, 1/2 are Aeros
November 6th, 2009 at 9:19 am
I love the fact he was in “Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!”
That’s an awesome name for a show :)
November 6th, 2009 at 9:50 am
THIS!!!!! ALSO!!!!!
http://www.jameshong.com/JH_acting_class.html
November 6th, 2009 at 9:51 am
So I looked in my crystal ball and I think sushi is in my lunch future.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Wrong link. Lo Pan apologizes
http://www.jameshong.com/acting_class_teachers.html
November 6th, 2009 at 9:53 am
I believe we’ve already discussed the US/Canada difference regarding Smarties around the Deadpan?
November 6th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Cdn Smarties are better ;)
November 6th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Well, clearly. US Smarties are just SweeTart knockoffs with less flavor.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:57 am
No – Our Chicago Smartie (Hotties) are better. :P
November 6th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Last batch of cookies are out of the oven and cooling. My house smells like baking.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Wolf doesn’t get any because he’s been contrary all morning :grin:
November 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am
I’m literally in my bunk with my laptop (my laptop is cuddly) and a migraine on the opposite side of my brain today. I’ve never had one on the left. It’s not as bad as the ones on the right.
Canadian candy is better. So are Canadian bunnies.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am
This is unrelated to cookies or James hong, but pure genius:
http://www.cracked.com/funny-2359-progressive-rock/
November 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am
In prep for a tour they had us on a cleaning frenzy this morning. Now the workplace looks good, but somehow on each leg of my pants I got some manner of cleaning product, with resulting bright purple stains. I suspect some kind of bleaching has occurred as none of the products were themselves purple.
Plus I managed a drinking accident with orange pop on my shirt, but it does not appear to have stained.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:11 am
WP FT-bot says I already said the following:
In prep for a tour they had us on a cleaning frenzy this morning. Now the workplace looks good, but somehow on each leg of my pants I got some manner of cleaning product, with resulting bright purple stains. I suspect some kind of bleaching has occurred as none of the products were themselves purple.
Plus I managed a drinking accident with orange pop on my shirt, but it does not appear to have stained.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Okay, now I just wind up looking silly.
Thank You. WP!
November 6th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Because you didn’t look silly before with all the Phoenix Suns’ colors splotching your clothes up.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:22 am
It is true my job could be a “tshirt and jeans” position, but I go for that whole “dress for the job you want” thing and dress business casual. Today might have been better in the jeans.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:28 am
As a prog fan, I have to say that Cracked article was 121.12 percent accurate.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Although Symphony X’s inclusion of a keyboard player doesn’t in fact make it an orchestra. LOL
November 6th, 2009 at 10:35 am
JB: I’m the same way. My new job is VERY casual attire. Even shorts are permitted. I just don’t see myself dressing down. I feel like I work better in an office environment when I dress the part. I’m sure I’ll wear jeans, but tee-shirts will never happen.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Most candy in the US sucks compared to anywhere else in the world because of tax policy discouraging real sugar or making real sugar prohibitively expensive.
*puts away soap box*
November 6th, 2009 at 10:42 am
CW: Merlin S1E1
i cough the show around E10 i’m glad i can get to older episodes
November 6th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Also any song that features a 30 second clip of farm animals in the throws of orgasm, is made of win. :)
November 6th, 2009 at 10:49 am
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/zombie_how
how it all goes to hell…
November 6th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Rhett, I literally chuckled out loud at that line. I never chuckle out loud.
Your band is now called Mushroom Sword.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Also pretty damn funny, reaper.
Runch.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:05 am
I dated a girl once whose dad for retaliation would play a record of middle eastern music that featured spitting camels very very loud. I though that was weired enough. I don’t thing I want to hear orgasmic animals.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Yeah me too Jack.
reaper: That was a funny link.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Well, reaper, I’ll recap briefly, as I don’t know the last time this came up. Canadian (and I assume British) Smarties are similar to M&M’s, slightly larger, more pastel-coloured, and the candy shells are flavoured.
American Smarties are usually only seen around Halloween. They are most similar to SweeTarts, though without as much acidity. They are packaged in cellophane tubes, and I believe are available in Canada under the name “Rockets.”
November 6th, 2009 at 11:13 am
But your point on the natural sugar being less utilised in the US due to aggressive tarriffs is right on the money, reaper.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:20 am
JohnBoze, so they are chocolate? I can see how most people would prefer that. there are so few candies I can eat. Hay I have a roll of smarties here.
mmmmm High-fructose corn syrup
November 6th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Well arrived safely, and fitting an ADSL hub..no seriously…
November 6th, 2009 at 11:23 am
CP Sigler’s Title Fight Round 7
He keeps saying octagon and all I can think of every time he says it is the like from anchorman:
…I have a nick name for my penis. Its called the Octagon…
November 6th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Both Jack’s and Reaper’s links were most excellent.
I love Friday’s as I only go in for a half day and they are usually rather quiet.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:51 am
oops
like = line
November 6th, 2009 at 11:51 am
ditto: Good call re: SEGV. I LOLed. The end.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Little story elements from the books surrounding RBT keep pooping into my head and playing around while I execute a very repetitive task. I’m doing my best to file it all away. Damn, why can’t this happen when I’m actually able to write???
November 6th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Best. Typo. Ever.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Speaking of poop.
I just took my temp.. 100.4
Not cool in more ways than one.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
“Perhaps you were nearby, when this story began. Easter Sunday, 1990. Interstate 94, westbound just over the St. Croix from Hudson, WI. Here it begins. A tan minivan full of teenagers drives a little too fast. The music is a little too loud, if you can hear it over road noise. Some piece of that minivan vibrates in merry sympathetic frequency with some component of the song. Were you there that day?
“Were you the man in the white sedan, driving his family home from services and smirking slightly in silent approval of the display of youthful exuberance? Perhaps you were his spouse, pretending not to notice this expression, knowing what is going through his mind. Maybe you were the old man, going five miles an hour under the limit with your blinker on, seemingly keeping time with the music. Or perhaps you were the fourth person.
“What was your reaction, then, when you were suddenly presented with the buttocks? There they are, on display, fishbelly pale and
November 6th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Oops, my finger slipped to the button. Where was I? Oh yeah.
“There they are, on display, fishbelly pale and pressed against the windowglass. The man in the white sedan couldn’t help but chuckle, held back only a little, sort of a snorting noise. His wife affixed a default disapproving frown and checked the backseat to verify the kids were dozing, and had not seen a thing. The old man was as oblivious to the buttocks as he was to his blinker, or to the traffic passing him angrily on the right.
“The fourth driver decided he’d seen enough, and he flicked the switch to light the cherries overhead.”
November 6th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I know, I know, you post something on the Internet and the whole world can see it. Well, I trust that at this point the whole world isn’t interested, an you guys .I trust as well…
November 6th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Cj: Sorry you aren’t feeling well.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
CP: Feather Pluckn — TPotUSA
November 6th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Shifting verb tenses. I’ve always been guilty of them. Still, both present and past tense feel right in there. I’ll probably settle on good old comfortable past tense, tho…
November 6th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Jack, agreed best typo ever
November 6th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Hey, that sentence incuded “RBT” who can really say if that was a typo?
November 6th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
You get yourself some healthy, CJ! Or, at least keep the sicko to yourself :)
November 6th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Dragon Age has begun installing. My wife has already declared it’s a good thing the kids will be away at my parents for the whole week of thankgiving so we can play uninterrupted. What do you mean, ‘Geek!”?
November 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I’m feeling OK actually, just a little warm. Weird really.
Anyhoo… I’m hungry so I can’t be THAT sick!
Should I be playing this “Dragon Age” thingie?
I had something else to say, but I forget what it was.
Look at that shiny thing over there…
November 6th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
TEB: NOM! Those cookies sound yummy!
Van: Fitting hubs may well be my future occupation. How did it go?
JB: Cool! Yay for writing! :-)
November 6th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
This is my favorite song this week! It’s so positive and it reminds me of all my friends that I love that are so special to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMbZ1yeLcM8
November 6th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
/gush
November 6th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Spoiler: I hear that Dragon Page game comes to an end when the primary co-hosts have an unexpected bizarre breakup.
November 6th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Funny link reaper.
November 6th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
JB – Re: song lyrics.
I recognized the 2nd one, though I have yet to place the song.
The 1st ??? I got noth’n.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
What’s the scoop with sugar taxes making our candy not as good as elsewhere?
I was unaware of that. I had always thought it was just a result of huge volume production as opposed to smaller, “hand crafted” candies you get in other countries.
Although, I hear that “See’s (sp?) Candy” is pretty good stuff and I have had Ghirardelli Chocolate while I was in San Francisco and that was pretty swell.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I thought the three song bits were from the same song. Shows how well I fared in recognizing them.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I’m feeling better. Gotta wake the hubby and send him to EVFN.
I’m gonna stay home and party with the kiddos.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
CE: Buttered egg noodles
CD: Hot Chocolate Tea
CW: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Life is good.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Hmmm
-ve +f
Apparently
November 6th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Sounds like a great evening, Cj. I’m going to take my third day in a row of weird dizzy headache for a quiet night, so I’m gonna pass on this week’s EVFN.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Hope you feel better soon, Jack. I know it’s been bothering you. Drink and get some rest.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I meant to say drink WATER..
ahhh.. I’m distracted by these seven little men in my living room apparently.
Hope you are feeling well by tomorrow morning. Hope to see you there.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Work is over in 5 minutes. Now to head home and burn 7th Son DVD’s for tomorrow’s FWA meeting. Looking forward to meeting JC.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
We’ve got a Bee in our living room. He came in via Netflix on the “Clever Fox’s Daycare” queue.
November 6th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Get well soon, Cj and Jack.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Get better, both of you, and DO NOT get swine flu. That’s an order. I still feel like dook and it’s 3.5 weeks later.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Ha!
Retard METAL!!
November 6th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Nomad Scry: I bought their first album. I find the adjective appropriate.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Nomad Scry: That’s awesome. I’ll have to share that one.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
And now, another moment of international product differences!
Today’s topic of discussion will be the following quote from a fellow NaNoWriMo participant (an American):
“Did you know that Canadian Mountain Dew doesn’t have caffeine in it? What’s
the point?”
TEB, can you confirm? Did you know that Mountain Dew in the U.S. had caffeine in it and Canadian Mountain Dew didn’t? Other thoughts?
November 6th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
I can address that. In theory, in Canada, a beverage may only have caffeine if it might naturally occur, the “brown beverages” like colas. Mountain Dew has no caffeine, nor Sunkist orange, which has caffeine in the US.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Mountain Dew without caffeine? Well, ain’t that somethin.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Dragon Age is installed….but, non functional. I can’t get through the character creation process without the thing crashing out to the desktop. Looking around, it appears I’m not alone.
I’m about to try the black art of rolling back my video drivers to an older version. My Kung Fu is getting too old for this.
SPeaking of Kung Fu, btw – Lo Pan was also Po’s father in Kung Fu Panda.
And now the circle is complete.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Does that rule apply to “energy drinks” as well?
My favorite is Bawls, mostly because I really like the flavor of guarana, but it is crystal clear so I wonder if it is available in Canada.
… What is the abbreviation for Canada? CA? CN? CD? Look look! My head is twitching!
November 6th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
I’ve had MD without the caff and it is … lacking. That bitter bite from the caffeine adds to the flavor. Without it, the syrup is too sweet and the overall flavor is kind of flat.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
JB: I like how your voice comes through in the writing.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Null (& Null?) :: I have two Rammstein albums (the one with Du Hast and the one with the American song) and I like both of them quite a bit.
I also have no taste in music. :D
November 6th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
J0e: I LOVE See’s Candy.
JB: Oh, I see. Thanks.
NS: Well, it’s not CA, because that’s the abbreviation for California.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I feel your pain Ed. That’s why I’m pretty sure I’ll end up getting Dragon Age for the 360 instead of the PC. I know the PC version looks somewhat prettier and has more downloadable content, but not having to deal with the techical headaches seems like a good thing. Sitting on my couch and playing on the 57″ HDTV doesn’t hurt either. :)
November 6th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Yeah Amy. In my highly biased opinion, I think See’s is the best, even compared to the fancy imported Swiss chocolates.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Nomad Scry: If it’s easier, just go with calling me nullops. It’s the typical short hand I’m used to hearing. Plus it still instills that operations bit without all the syllables.
You know, burning 10 DVD labels and 25 DVD’s go with takes a while. Especially when each process is on a different computer in a different room.
16 DVD’s down, 9 to go.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
My dad has to do that sometimes, nullops. Some of the teachers at school just don’t understand that making large quantities of a CD or DVD is time-consuming and a lot of work.
NaNoWriMo status report: 4,225 words.
Good night, mush.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Amy: I wish I had the computer my high school had for copying CD’s. It was a tower with 6 cd burners synced together. Worked wonders. Not sure if I can convince my wife I need such a thing.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Goodnight hot, fevery, mush. I should have been asleep hours ago.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Amy: Nice word count!
November 6th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
You should totally get one of those old school timer things and plug everything into it, set it for midnight, and then oppressive darkness will force you to sleep!
Or cause you to hunt me down and slaughter me in -my- sleep.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
ok Jack, I know I’m a little late to the party, but that Cracked prog rock article made my week. I can’t yodel like that Focus dude, nor can I grow out such impressive sideburns in time for Podcamp, but I think I can do the flute solo!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I’ll be getting to sleep shortly too. Feel better, Cj and EssBee.
Went to see Paranormal Activity tonight – definitely a fun skin-crawler. For maximum creep effect, I’d actually recommend waiting to watch the DVD in your dark house before bedtime.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:16 am
I can’t help but compare Paranormal Activity to The Blair Witch Project. That movie was hyped beyond all belief and ended up just making me angry.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:11 am
I really like Du Hast and that other one. What was it, self-titled I think? Du Hast is a good song if you want to invade another country or tear the head of an opponent off.
My taste in music is a bit odd. Shocking, I know. I like Billy Idol’s Cyberpunk album. Yeah, it’s true. Lady J has officially banned that from ever encroaching her airspace. I can see its shortcomings, but I still like it. I also have Psychosonic’s self-titled album, which I mostly like. She hates it less, but certainly only by degrees.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Nomad Scry: I’m glad I wasn’t the only one. The ending of Blair Witch was so terrible, and I, in my mind, was demanding some sort of decent payoff for submitting myself to a crappy movie, that I just about wanted to burn the cinema down.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:28 am
Not -just- to be disagreeable, but I really did think that the ending was the only decent part of the movie. At least nobody was screaming, crying, whining about being lost, and/or saying the word “fuck” like some sort of “glory to god hallelujah amen” statement of profound and drastic meaning.
And I did like the pine straw crosses. Those were simple and creepy. I immediately went outside and made three in the front lawn.
The landlord asked us to remove them in less than a week. It was bothering the neighbors.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:32 am
The darling that is my wife tolerates the Rammstein and such. She does not tolerate the Dreamtheater. Queensryche, and Dragonforce. She actually mocks me when I listen to them.
And she threatened to hurt me when I tried to listen to Tara McLean.
(It was scary.)
November 7th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Can you tell I’ve been wording? Can you tell I’m avoiding it? Ha! *nose to stone*
Does still work?
November 7th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Hehehe. So does NOT still work. Hehehe.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Damn. WP is aggressive about eating any potential blink tags. Eats ‘em right up, gob gob gob.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:55 am
I will attempt to refain from mentioning that I copied thousands of DVD & CD’s yesterday during an 8 hour period.
Attempt failed.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:55 am
I will attempt to refain from mentioning that I copied thousands of DVD & CD’s yesterday during an 8 hour period.
Attempt failed.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Morning, Nomad.
I’ve already worked out this morning – despite my lungs wanting to kill me for it – and now am waiting for the coffee. To the coffee I say: HURRY!!
My game plan for today is to clean up the leaves in the front yard (again) and clip all the dead/frozen flowers and such to hike up the curb appeal. We live next door to a very young couple who are hyper-vigilant about how their yard looks, which just makes ours look worse! Maybe I’ll blow all my leaves into their yard. I’m listening to The Lost Symbol (the new Dan Brown) so the work should go fast and pleasant.
As for The Lost Symbol, I have read all of Brown’s books, and I’m not sure why. I think he’s a wonderful story-teller, but his writing is dreadful. There was a great review on boing boing yesterday that I agree with 100%. Still, I continue to read them.
What are y’all doing for your Saturday?
November 7th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Kudos to The Mighty Mommy by advocating kids wash their hands thoroughly with soap and water, and not just slathering on anti-bacterial goop.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Nomad Scry: re: Blair Witch: Okay, point taken. I can see your point. Pointedly.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:12 am
My NaNoWriMo word count: 320. Yeah, fear me!
November 7th, 2009 at 6:13 am
I have burned a few (meaning roughly two) DVDs and it was a long and aggravating process. I am very carefully making sure I do not imagine what it must be like to do many many many. Cuz repeating the word three times makes it magical.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:14 am
*inhales*
GOOOOOOD MORNING ESSBEE!
*pantpantpant*
November 7th, 2009 at 6:15 am
…
Trying that one again.
*inhales* (again)
GOOOOOOD MORNING, ESSBEE!!
*pantpantpant* (again)
November 7th, 2009 at 6:16 am
EssBee: Good morning Nomad? What am I, chopped liver?!? :-P
Good job on working out early! I am catching up on e-mail, then I will bust my butt, and get in a quick run.
I have a lot of cleaning to do. I really haven’t had time to catch up to my satisfaction since Halloween (Which no one commented on our pics. :-P ). Past that, getting the place ready for winter, haircut, a touch of shopping, and hopefully some writing.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:17 am
I have read some samples of Dan’s writing and I would be embarrassed to call it my own. But! My goal is to learn to be a great story teller. If I never make it to being a great writer, I can deal with that. I’ll be disappointed if I pass before learning to tell a great tale.
I wanna make people laugh and cry.
And then I will laugh the evil laugh.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:18 am
One shortcoming I will admit I’ve found on Linux is burning. I’ve yet to find any package that does a good job, except K3D. I don’t mind installing it, and it works like a friggin’ champ, but it annoys me how none of the others seem to work well or at all.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Null:
You are chopped liver?!?! Dude, what is that like? Does it hurt? I got a cut one time and it stung but I’ve never been chopped.
lalalala *singing innocently*
November 7th, 2009 at 6:19 am
My goal is to write something that is not so bad that it rends space-time in half and beckons forth daemon-spawn to devour every last living thing on Earth. So far, so good. But the chances increase with each new word I add.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Ya know, I had liver once. I didn’t think it was that bad, actually.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:21 am
“Good morning!”
“… who is this?”
“Come ON, wake up sleepyhead. We’ve got things to steal and bad guys to fuck up. Aw, fuck, I fuckin’ cursed. AH!”
“Tania?”
“No shit! Fuck! Ah!”
“Are you okay? What’s wrong?”
“I can’t stop. The old guy won’t let me in on the action if I don’t stop swearing and I’m a fu… stupid idiot and already gave him the goddam license plate number. They don’t need fu… me anymore. This is hard. They do not need me anymore so I am trying really hard not piss the fuckers off. Oh fffff…”
Rodger started laughing.
“Fuck you, man. Oh crap.” She wimpered. “I feel like I’m trying quit smokin’ or something. It’s ridiculous.”
November 7th, 2009 at 6:23 am
I’ve had calamari, once. Liver, never.
I haven’t tried burning with Linux. My external DVD writer is a Sony, so there never was any hope of it working with Linux. Which is why I smacked myself in the head when it arrived. Der.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Good morning, Johnny!
I’m going to check out those pictures now — after I get that coffee.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:25 am
And I’m word stuck again. I’m so busy admiring my convo that I’ve got myself stuck. Dammit.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Good morning EssBee!
Please be kind! :-)
November 7th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Nomad Scry: I find I need to stop all distractions, and I put on something sufficiently-backgroundy on Shoutcast. It’s easy for me to drop out of “the zone”.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Nice photos – everyone!
Johnny, how did you walk in those shoes? And, the nice witch lady looks like an actress from LOST.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Idiot question that I could easily google: What is Shoutcast?
November 7th, 2009 at 6:39 am
EssBee: It was very difficult on anything other than a perfectly-flat floor. Patience. And strong legs/ankles.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Nomad Scry: I’m going to explain this very poorly. Ready?
It’s a streaming-service collective thing. Your cable provider is to Shoutcast as channels are to Shoutcast stations.
If you install Songbird (or Winamp *cough*), you can pull up Shoutcast stations/streams. And there’s an atomic butt-load of genres there. Pretty much anything you could ever want.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Null: Wowzer. I’ve worn a sheath skirt, but I never had the guts to wear it out… and it was a floor sweeper. You’ve got a LOT of leg showing there. LOL
November 7th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Mornin’ EssBee, Nomad, Mr. Null!
EssBee, perhaps you do Dan Brown the way I do football. I watch it, generally understand it, but don’t necessarily like it that much.
But I watch it because I’ve always lived places with intense football passions, and as a cultural reference point, speaking football helps a lot.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Is Shoutcast like Icecast? I think that’s the name of the streaming music thing that the PSP has.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:46 am
I know it’s not the same thing, but I’ve installed Pandora on my G1. I have yet to play with it…
November 7th, 2009 at 6:49 am
*headbanging*
November 7th, 2009 at 6:50 am
I remember using Shoutcast (if i am remembering it right) as a menu item in winamp for streaming MP3. I don’t remember it being all the great but my boss and a few of my co-workers at the time where big in to music so I was not wanting for music I must have left there with 200gb of MP3’s
November 7th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Nomad Scry: Yeah, with urging from Lady J, I hit the “Awww, what the F, let’s do this” button.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Good morning, Mister Boze
November 7th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Nomad Scry: I’m not sure. I hit an Icecast button once, years ago. Nothing happened. Never tried it again.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:53 am
My head is tired now.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:53 am
BTW morning pan
trying to get some of the more annoying accomplishment in smash brother brawl IE 50 hours brawling collect all CD all Stickers and 500 trophies. I’m close but some things are tedious. some times i hate being the kind of person who need to 100% finishes a game.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:55 am
No caffeine in Canadian Mountain Dew??? We must start a campaign to help our impoverished Canadian brethren who are thus incapable of “Doing The Dew (TM). How do they get buy without any real extremes in their lives?
November 7th, 2009 at 6:55 am
I have not used Pandora, though one of my sibs liked it. I like Jango and Slacker, but I prefer my own collection of music most of the time.
So I can go from Euphoria to Dragonforce to Butthole Surfers.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:56 am
reaper: I’ve had many, many problems with Winamp. But I personally really like Shoutcast. It’s really hard to NOT find a genre of music on it. Want an Irish music feed — from Ireland? BAM! You want trip-hop? BAM! Classical? BAM! Mind you, I have found a few feeds to be sub-par, and it’s helpful to filter out non-high-bitrate feeds.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Is the “Awww, what the F, let’s do this” button also known as grain alcohol?
November 7th, 2009 at 6:57 am
I’m a fan of Pandora, and I do find it mixes things up pretty well, since my tastes very much like yours. I’ve never heard of Jango or Slacker.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:58 am
I have a Flycast player on the G1, but so far I’ve only been listening to the all-back-eps-of-Loveline-all-the-time station.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Nomad Scry: No! And I wish we had the luxury to drink! Lady J had to go to work early the next day, so we had on training wheels and drank Mike’s Light Hard Lemonade.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:59 am
I remember when i was young the mountain dew ads being of people sitting and looking over a pristine lake. boy did that take a 180. when I quit drinking soda (helps keep my weigh in check) 2 years a go the only MD I liked anymore was Live wire.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Morning JB, reaper!
Yep, that sounds like it re: me and Dan Brown. I mean, I really like the freemason stuff – it’s interesting. But Robert Langdon — gawd. If I took a class from that guy, it would have to be ironically.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:08 am
I -think- Jango is out of closed beta now. I mean, it has been at least two years since I found out about it.
… which, if I recall correctly, was because I was trying to find an invite to Joost and mis-remember the name.
I like Jango better than Joost.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:10 am
When I was working third shift, I ODed on caffeine. Just about literally. I’d have a large, black, dark coffee, and a two-liter of Mountain Dew every night. Plus, I’d pop No-Doze. I strained my adrenal glands to the point where I had to give them years to recover.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Morning Pan!
Just a quick hip hop in before I head out for MA. Boy you guys were busy last night.
Scry: CDN = Canadian
Amy, Yup on the caffeine thing. however our energy drinks such as Jolt or Red Bull or Rock Star is full of caffeine jitteryness.
CJ: Dragon age is a fun D & D type game. It actually has the feel of a more Baulder’s Gate as opposed to Neverwinter Nights. So if you like those type of games, then yes, get it and play. It is, however a single player game, not co-op.
I hope everybody who’s sick gets better. Will try to hop in later but not sure how the time will go. Have MA in an hour. Then lunch. Then a couple of girlfriends and I are going for dinner and then to the Flames/Ranger game.
I have a busy, yet fun filled day planned.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Kick ass, Bunny.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Thank you Bunny. Three letters. Whodunthunkit.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Good morning, TEB.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Canadia?
November 7th, 2009 at 7:28 am
That really needed a smiley face in it. Otherwise it just sounds overly sarcastic.
:D :LOL: :) ;)
That should help ameliorate that.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Wait, you can get overly sarcastic? Crap. I think that means I’m in trouble!
November 7th, 2009 at 7:42 am
I think I’m going to go buy a iRobot gutter cleaning robot today.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:45 am
No, Johhny, you aren’t in trouble. You are going straight to hell.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:45 am
The Luuuuge?
November 7th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Yeah! I just have to measure the gutters first.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Omgosh. I’m afraid to refresh after reading all that. I’ll forget some of the many things I want to respond to. Where to begin?
Uhm. OK wow.. you were busy!
I’m awake and I feel great! Thanks for all the well wishes, I think they worked.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:57 am
JN: Thanks for listening to Mighty Mommy. *blush* that episode just went up last night. And yeah, too many people DEPEND on hand sanitizers. There’s nothing wrong with it, but it doesn’t actually CLEAN anything.. just sorta kinda disinfects. I prefer fully cleansed people.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:00 am
I was fighting against the incursion of anti-bac everything in our house until I realized that it didn’t matter any more. The masses have spoken and so we shall have induced the evolution of stronger, more capable bacteria. Hooray for our immanent demise.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Oh and good morning to EVERYONE.. EssBee, sounds like you are feeling better too? Doing all that stuff – hard to do if you feel too horrible, so I’m hopeful you are feeling better?
Today, I have a PodCampAZ meeting in an hour and 1/2 so I gotta get off here and feed the kids, kinda.. they are munching apples right now. I should eat something to soak up the coffee… Then I’ll come home and start cleaning. I think I’m going to spend the afternoon in the kids’ rooms cleaning and organizing. Time to ditch all the too-small summer clothes and see what still fits from last winter. I have recipients waiting for my kids’ winter clothes from last year so they have clothes from this year.
I might even try trading some in to a 2nd hand shop and see if I can make some bucks… generally, I just like to help out others so I just give to those who need clothes for their little ones.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Once I saw an ad craigslist from this girl who said, “I have a friend who can’t afford to buy clothes for her baby girl. If you can donate anything please call me.”
So I gathered up (no exaggeration) 3 hefty bags full of Sarah’s clothes. I had bought plenty and someone had given me several bags of hand-me-downs.
The girl showed up in winter and her daughter was wearing no more than a white onesie and wrapped in a blanket. She literally had no clothes for this child.
Things like this make me rethink selling my kids’ clothes all the time, I’d just much rather give them away.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Dragon Age sounds fun. If I order it though, I’ll need to see if they can sell me a few more hours in the day so I can find time to play it.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Time to load the child into his soccer gear. Tootles!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:05 am
JN: ODing on caffeine is NOT fun.
I got caffeine poisoning once while in Vegas. I wasn’t able to have caffeine for about a year after that without feeling horrible.
I’d rather be hungover on alcohol any day than on caffeine. It’s soooo not pretty.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:07 am
I’m so tempted to make french toast right now, but it takes too long and I gotta get a shower.
I know there was more wanted to respond to, but speaking of those extra hours in the day. I probably better get moving.
Everyone have an amazing weekend!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Oh yeah.. I remember.
JN: I wish I looked that good in a mini-skirt!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Wait, is the seriously a gutter-cleaning bot?
November 7th, 2009 at 8:09 am
One more thing.. about my Saturday.
Tonight I’m going to a sex toy party.
I think that is noteworthy to share.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Cj / Nomad Scry: We buy Method soap. I don’t think there’s any antibacterial goop in this house.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Cj: A retro-active good morning!
Thanks! It’s been quite a lot of work. I’m not satisfied yet, but I’m getting there!
Sex toy party? Let’s hope the aforementioned grain alcohol makes an appearance!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:34 am
I guarantee there is no alcohol of any kind in my near future.
If I can talk my girlfriend into it, we might be going to see Couples Retreat after the party and then there’s a band playing in Scottsdale that we might pop in to see.
We’ll just have to see how the night goes.
Now the children are demanding cinnamon toast! YUM… off to the toaster I go!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:35 am
BTW… I’m showered, clean and fresh and I smell amazingly good.
What is wrong with me today?
November 7th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Yes, I feel much better — I just have the lung thing hanging on, and a headache from hell every time I cough. Thanks for asking!
Enjoy that party, Cj!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Gutter robot:
http://store.irobot.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=3334470&cp=2804605&ab=CMS_IRBT_Storefront_110609_guttercleaning
And I’m off hoping Lowes has one!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:53 am
EssBee, That thing is awsome
November 7th, 2009 at 9:01 am
***Back from sick-day hell***
reaper: RE: U.S. Candy – the tax incentives are on Corn Syrup. Corn Syrup and corn products in general are supplemented by the U.S. gov’t, and so are substantially cheaper to use than Sugar. Such incentives do not exist in foreign countries, so they use sugar (lucky bastards) which makes things taste so much better.
I don’t care what the manufacturers say (“there is no significant difference in flavor according to extensive taste testing”), Sugar tastes better.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Word, Lejon. Have you all seen King Corn?
November 7th, 2009 at 9:05 am
***because my vocabulary is 5 minutes behind my post***
-supplemented
+subsidized
November 7th, 2009 at 9:06 am
EssBee: No – but somehow, I get the feeling it would reflect my recent sentiment
#playingcatch-up
November 7th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Wife suggested I would enjoy King Corn about a year ago. It hasn’t managed to make it through my Netflix queue yet.
Also… Last.fm is turning out to be pretty nice. I’d played with using it to record what I listened to and how often. Now I’m playing with the streaming radio and liking it after a whopping 15 minutes.
I put in Delerium and the first selection was Sleepthief, which was okay. The second was Amethystium, which I liked a lot.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:17 am
I hear Government officials say all the the time “if we raise a tax on something the market isn’t going to change.” but out of the other side of there mouth they say “Lets give a tax incentive so people do/don’t do this thing.”
Not only do corn subsidies lower the price of that product, sugar price supports nearly double the US price for sugar. In 2008 world price was 12cent/pound US was 22cents/pound.
We have (had maybe) coke in the Hispanic grocery store and it tasted so much better. made with real sugar It was also in glass. not sure if that helped at all
November 7th, 2009 at 9:33 am
The glass probably did help. Plastic, especially hot plastic, add to the flavor in a not so pleasant manner. It took me a while to get used to drinking Mt Dew in bottles instead of cans because I kept missing the flavor of the aluminum can.
On the other hand, one of my little hobbies is trying new sodas. I find the flavor difference between sugar and corn syrup to be very subtle. What isn’t subtle at all is the disgusting slimed out feeling in my throat after drinking a corn syrup soda. The sad thing is that I’m so used to it that I don’t even notice it anymore.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:34 am
My Last.fm Delerium station just pulled up Enigma. My favorite song of all time, Return to Innocence. The blurb says blah blah blah “His former wife Sandra often provided vocals on Enigma tracks.” And I’m suddenly sad.
Goodnight sun.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I’m making Monte Cristos for breakfast tomorrow.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:43 am
NS: Yes. Slimy. Ick.
Speaking of Ick: I think I had jackmangan’s woosy headache thing yesterday. Headache has mostly cleared; however, it seems to have migrated into a series of random hacking coughs. Very annoying.
#playingcatch-up (stupid octothrope tag)
November 7th, 2009 at 9:45 am
re: The bot: Very cool. I’m so out of the loop.
November 7th, 2009 at 10:05 am
RE: Dan Brown – I’ve watched the movie of DaVinci Code (Which probably should have been called the Leonardo code, but no one cares about the guys real name…) – If the movie is any indication, he writes in a very mediocre fashion. However, the whole concept of the DaVinci Code gave me an idea:
Everyone writes about Jesus Christ, but no one writes about John the Baptist. I mean, he had his head cut off. He was a martyr before there were martyrs, dying unjustly for his beliefs. Well, OK, dying because someone said “Give me his head…” which is kind of the same thing… So, you have this disembodied head of a well-followed prophet that sat on a silver platter for a while (actually, not sure why it’s supposed to be silver, but that’s part of the myth). Pure blood of the fore-runner of Christ on a pure (symbolically speaking) metal platter… Why couldn’t that platter become imbued with magical powers similar to a Grail?
Anywhoo… I have this idea to spoof DaVinci Code, based on the above… Does it have any merit?
#playingcatch-up (stupid octothorpe tag)
November 7th, 2009 at 10:12 am
My wife and daughter are going shopping so i get to listen to my music loud YAY. Beethoven’s 4th 5th and 6th here i come. maybe even a few more if they are gone that long
November 7th, 2009 at 10:43 am
JØ: Method soap? Does it have to reach down into it’s soul and really feel what it is to be clean?
#playingcatch-up (stupid octothorpe tag)
November 7th, 2009 at 10:46 am
JØ: Mmmmmm…Monte Cristos! The breakfast of prison breaks…
#caught-up (stupid octothorpe tag)
November 7th, 2009 at 10:48 am
I have two helium balloons here, I’m alone in the office this morning, and I need a moment or two to laugh…at myself.
I’ll be back in a bit…. It’s a shame Helium Hilarity doesn’t come off well in text. Just imagine the following phrase “Boss, Boss, teh plane, teh plane!”
November 7th, 2009 at 11:29 am
No Lejon that’s a nitrous balloon!!
November 7th, 2009 at 11:29 am
This is amusing.
http://lucylou.livejournal.com/577791.html
And all you need to do is wait for Jack to rescue it from WP purgatory for having a link to LJ…
November 7th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
That is amusing, JB – and was never in mod. There’s no LJ ban around here.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Okay, I don’t think I’d be human if I didn’t want to post this.
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/04/6-year-old-girl-with-brain-cancer-hid-love-notes-for-her-parents-to-find-after-her-death/
November 7th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Reached 6148 words today. I’m a few days behind still, but I plan on plugging another 1600 tonight to make up for a day. Hopefully tomorrow I can do another 3200 and be near fully caught up.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Monte Cristos are my favorite type of sammich!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Graham crackers, as dinner is a little while yet.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Tonight just got more interesting! My girlfriend surprised me by agreeing to my painting-the-town-red proposal!
1. Sex toy party
2. Movie: Couples Retreat
3. Live Band in Scottsdale: East Delta!
Woot! It’s gonna be a GREAT night.
I’m so amped today. Wheeee!
November 7th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Cj: Most excellent!
November 7th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I love http://www.phonezoo.com because it lets me make any song I want into a ringtone…
So, someone has a new ringtone… *giggle*
November 7th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I love that I knew that post would go into moderation because of the links and the word “ringtone.”
November 7th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
CJ: Cool outing. Makes me miss hanging out with one of my old friends from New Orleans.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I want to go on CJ’s night out!
November 7th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Re: Sugar/candy/taxes ect …
I did some web research last night, trying to find out what youse guys might have been talking about. Didn’t really find anything directly related but did find two interesting data points.
As was mentioned – US sugar was more expensive then the rest of the worlds. Turns out that this (like every other issue we face) is has a side that doesn’t get much press. Sugar production is very labor intensive. The rest of the world uses what is basically slave labor. Since we here in the US insist on paying workers at least minimum wage … the US sugar was more expensive to produce and the market was being crushed. So the Fed. Government set about trying to save the industry by fixing prices and adding tariffs to imported sugar.
Should we have just let the US sugar industry die.
Not for me to say. I just eat the stuff. I don’t make a living off of it.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
I can’t cite specific pages, but there are details of the soft drink industry’s involvement in pricing of sugar in the US in “For God, Country, & Coca-Cola.” It is a pretty good, thick volume about all aspects of the history of Coca-Cola, blemishes and all…
November 7th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Sugar fact #2
Since about 1997 but REALLY picking up steam in between 2000 and 2007, almost all the BIG, mass production candy makers moved their factories south of the border.
The articles I read indicated it had everything to do with maximizing profit by using dirt cheep labor. According to one report I read, workers in Mexico’s processed food industry earn an average of $2.70 an hour. Seems they couldn’t find workers in Chicago that were willing to work for less than $20 a day.
Other interesting tidbits I cut/pasted -
•Brach’s Confections, closed its Chicago factory in 2003 and moved to a new factory in Linares, Mexico.
•Bobs Candies of Albany, Ga., a leader in the candy cane business, moved the last of its production to Reynosa in 2005.
•Sunrise Confections, opened a plant in Ciudad Ju?rez in 2001 to make candies for U.S. grocery store brands.
•While most industries are suffering, candy creators and shops are reporting gains. Companies like Cadbury, Nestle and Hershey reported profits in 2008, with Cadbury leading the group with a 30 percent rise.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
BTW – the “sugar industry” I mentioned was the “sugar cane” industry. The whole Corn Syrup thing is a completely different and megalithic creature.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Now that I’m thinking about it, I do believe the passages in that book I’m thinking of were earlier in the history than the corn syrup business. They actually speak to the trouble Coke was in when they played speculation on the sugar markets…
November 7th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
The whole corn syrup and “corn product” market is price manipulated and Wall Street speculated as much as the Oil Industry is. Pretty amazing (and complicated) stuff.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Man, you guys have been busy on the board today. I was surprised by all the action.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I hope CJ can post a quick update between each segment of her evening, to let us know who’s winning!
November 7th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
By the way, I had no idea that Jack Mangan was so popular at Manchester High School, where ever that is. They seem to account for nearly a quarter of the fans on the Facebook page.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Google tells me Jack Mangan was on the swim team this past spring there. Confused swimfans?
November 7th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Mac folks! The folks at MacHeist are offering a “NanoBundle” of 6 FREE apps for 4 days to the first 500,000 downloaders. This includes the full non-ad-supported version of Twitterific and WriteRoom, which is allegedly handy for easily-distracted writers. It hides everything else on your desktop, menubar, etc, and presnts you with only the wordprocessor.
I have downloaded the apps, and I’ll let you guys know what I think when I have the chance to try the stuff. But hey, at the price of $0 they’d have to suck pretty bad for me to complain…
http://www.macheist.com/
November 7th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
I know I’m talking out of my butt when it comes to matters of high finance, but I cannot see how “speculating” on futures could be a good thing. But that’s because I don’t believe in stealing money from the poor to give to the rich. Silly me. (way way over simplified, I know.)
November 7th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
I don’t know if this is true, but I have been told that for what “they” pay one of the US operators, they can get 10 Mexicans or 100 Chinese. I haven’t seen anything to make me think that is a ridiculous ratio.
It makes me surprised that we produce anything in the States anymore.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Thanks, JB, I downloaded all of em!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
I’m liking the looks of shovebox so far. Looks like a 30 day trial.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
EssBee, All the programs are free. The download page should have all the serial numbers listed. Just go to “Enter Serial” on the Shovebox menu and you own it!
November 7th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Nomad Scry said:
Amy: Nice word count!
Thank you! :)
dreadpirate: Welcome to the Deadpan boards!
November 7th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Hail and greeiting dreadpirate.
Arrrr!
November 7th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
I keep falling asleep instead of writing.
November 7th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Here’s a late welcome back to dreadpirate, who’d popped in here a few times in the past – and will be displaying mad bass skillz (and lead yodeling) with me at Podcamp!
November 8th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Joe: I won
November 8th, 2009 at 5:42 am
This “Hordes of Orcs” game is kind of addictive.
November 8th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Thanks, JB – got it now!
November 8th, 2009 at 6:26 am
We enjoyed V last night. I can see where someone would get the anti-Obama message in the show, but I think it’s a stretch, and as a flaming leftie, am going to keep watching.
We’re also really enjoying SGU. We haven’t watched any of the previous SG shows, but enjoy this one.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Good morning.
Last night I went out with my girlfriend. We both needed a “girls night” and it was PERFECT! We enjoyed a little “romantic enhancement party” hehe.. (sex toys) and those are always great for laughs!
Then we saw the movie “Couples Retreat” which was just as silly, hokey, predictable, and brainless as we expected. And it was chock full of Vince Vaughn goodness.. Truth be told, I’m a little hot for Jon Favreau too. Jason Bateman does nothing for me. Anyhoo, it was exactly what was needed to turn off the brain and have some giggles.
Afterward we went to a local bar to see another one of my friend and her hubby was playing some awesome classic rock. The band is East Delta (http://www.myspace.com/eastdelta) and it was their second to last show because my friend, along with her husband, are moving to China for his job so it was great to get out and see them one last time.
Then I came home and passed out hard! I even slept for 7 full hours.
Life is good!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:04 am
I’ll give V a continuing nod at this point as well, though it seems like more flash than substance at this point.
The latest Flash Forward on the other hand – whoa! That is going to shake things up.
Also caught that “Legend of the Seeker” just started it’s second season. Off to a promising start. They are picking up the overall “quest” of the 2nd book, but, as with season one, there are going to be significant differences. And Charisma Carpenter as a Mord-Sith – can’t go wrong with that one :)
November 8th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Morning Pan!
Had a fun night last night. It’s always a good time when going to a sporting event and the home team wins.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:06 am
On today’s docket – grocery shopping! It’s coupon day!
Start gutting out the kids’ rooms to make room for the holidays and my mom and her boyfriend who are staying here next weekend so Dan and I can spend all the time we need at podcampAZ.
And I am going to surprise my kids by taking them to Bass Pro Shops later where Santa Claus is making his first appearance of the year!
Whoooo!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:06 am
My God, J0e et. al. All I said was I was putting Smarties and Aero bars into my cookies :)
November 8th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Today, the womenfolk and menfolk of the from Texas family are splitting up. The women are meeting up with the extended family women to go to lunch and see the traveling production of “Mary Poppins”.
The boy and I are heading to Incredible Pizza to eat, play games, and race cars.
Everybody wins!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:07 am
I’ve decided all of life’s problems can be solved with the three “Cates”
Educate all
Medicate all
Eradicate all
Works for me ;)
November 8th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Jack never released my moderated messages.
I feel so neglected.
OK I don’t feel that way, really.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Watched V last night too. Was not impressed for the first 75%, but of course the actiony climax was interesting. Not enough to make me go “oh-wow,” but enough for me to watch another episode.
Kinda fun watching stuff on Hulu with a few people all connected via skype. Especially when you’re trying to sync commercial breaks.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:23 am
I’m looking forward to the 2nd episode of V. I really did enjoy the 1st as did Dan.
On another note… I really really really want a Droid phone. I want it SOOO bad!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I just really dig Elizabeth Mitchell — thought I think she’s wearing too much make-up in V.
Ed, I also really dig Flash Forward — it’s a really fun show.
Today the womenfolk and the menfolk . . . wait, we’re just womenfolk . . . so today we’re going to Boulder (gack) and Sly B is performing with her Mariachi band. During sound check, I’ll be hitting the bookstore to see if I can find the first Michelle M. Welch book. And maybe the first book in Jim Butcher’s fantasy series. After the show, we’ll go grab a bite, probably, and then come home and finally watch BSG The Plan. I bought the DVD last week and have been waiting and waiting!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:51 am
-t
*cough*
November 8th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Morning all.
I tried watching Flash Forward. Caught the 2nd episode on HULU.
It was just to slow for me. Way to much screen time on people looking angst ridden.
In a way it reminded me of Heros, in that I thought that the hour episode (really about 48 minutes or so when you take out the commercials) would have made a kick-butt, 30 minute episode.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:53 am
EssBee – you should see if Sly B would be okay with you taking a video of one of her grous songs and sharing it with us. That would be swell!
November 8th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Hiya, JOe!
That’s what Sly B said about Flash Forward too. I think part of why I like it is because I knew the female FBI agent was gay right away, and decided I HAD to see that through. ;)
Okay, we’re off to Mariachi. I’m with the band today – videotaping. If I have any skills at all with the camera, we’ll post to Youtube and I’ll share a link.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:02 am
I asked hubby if I could get a new monitor for my computer. He said only if he could get a new pedal for his guitar. They’re about the same price.
We’re off to spend money.
Whee!
November 8th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Just don’t step on the monitor.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I’m using my new monitor as we speak. However, I think my hubby cheated, he bought the next model up from the pedal he showed me. I should have got an even bigger monitor just to make things even :)
November 8th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Now I’m going to try Dragon Age on my new monitor
November 8th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
How big’s the new monitor, TEB? Yes, size does matter :)
November 8th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
FYI – While Incredible Pizza is good for the special day, it is definitely not the place for a cheap date. Both the buffet and the gaming are on the high side.
November 8th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Just worked two hours cleaning the garage. Tired. Exhausted. Happy. Two weeks in a row (with a foreseeable two to three more) of cleaning this out. Feel’s good actually organizing things.
November 8th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Waters of Mars not until Dec 19???
Grr
November 8th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
We took the kids to Bass Pro Shops. It looks just like this: http://bit.ly/23kW4k and holy moly was it fun and FREE. My favorite price.. although I did buy a new cup. It was pretty green and has a nice lid. It’s for my new job.
I’ll throw pics up on Flickr of the kiddos with Santa and everything.
I highly recommend taking the kids (or grown-ups.. I mean a free cookie and hot cocoa is good for us too!) to Bass Pro Shops. It’s fun just to look at the fish, but right now it’s so incredibly awesome.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Title of Submission FTW!
http://thereifixedit.com/2009/11/08/occams-razor/
November 8th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
JB – If it is “The Waters of Veronica Mars”… I’d pass on it.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Bunny said:
EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE
(hee!)
November 8th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
I never heard a Dalek say, “Extermicate!”. . . . .
I am shocked that forni”cate” didn’t make the cut.
Goodnight, murgatroid.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Bit of a rollercoaster weekend, up and then a down.
Heading backing home today, morning Pan.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:37 am
I approve Jack’s comment.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:33 am
Welcome back, Van.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….or as we call it, Monday.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:36 am
Sorry to hear about the down, Van. I hope everything is okay!
I took today off, as an attempt to use up vacation time, so all is good. Yard work awaits!
Mariachi uploading to Youtube now — I’ll send links as soon as it’s all posted.
November 9th, 2009 at 7:15 am
falling
asleep
at
desk
:(
November 9th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Woohoo! Got my Google Wave invite!
Boohoo! Can’t accept on a phone browser so I must wait until I get home…
November 9th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Morning Pan!
Back from an early trip downtown. Now to do some work, then to hit the post office.
After that it’s garbage and cat litter cleaning. Then I can finally get back to Dragon Age.
A poor little mouse sacrificed itself (willingly) so I could learn the secret of transmogrification ;)
November 9th, 2009 at 7:56 am
After reading the comments:
Have a good and quiet train ride home.
Look forward to seeing Sly B’s performance. Jack, why don’t you record and upload some of your stuff to youtube? (I know, Saturday’s performance will be streamed live)
Cj, I never found Vince Vaughn particularly good looking so the comparison to Jack didn’t work for me.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:04 am
My poor kittycat is not feeling well. She’s also losing weight even though she seems to constantly eat. I don’t think she’s long for this world. She has a regular appointment at the vet’s on Thursday anyway. While not totally unexpected, it is still a little depressing.
I’m hoping the sick part of it is just a cold or something. I heard somewhere that Swine Flu is actually transferable between cats and owners. I wonder who’s been hanging around my cat. I wonder who my cat would let hang around her. She hates everybody.
Ok, now to do some work
November 9th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Well, my time alone on the boards was…fun. Now I’m off to the post office and to run a few other errands.
Later Panites!
November 9th, 2009 at 9:31 am
The weeds, they tumble.
So apparently, I have a number of Facebook alter egos.
Cj, didn’t you have a rollercoaster quote from Parenthood?
November 9th, 2009 at 9:33 am
See them tumbling down
Pledging their love to the ground
Lonely but free I’ll be found
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Wednesday is a holiday here in Canadaland. Just what do you do with a mid-week day off? I know a number of places that are moving it to today or Friday, but not my workplace or hubby’s
November 9th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Oh yeah, on a completely unrelated note (not that any of my thoughts today were related): My boss’ travel requests were denied because of the current situation with my company. So don’t work schedules around me, I can work around you.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:53 am
I hope that isn’t cause for concern, Bunny.
So – I had a weird musical whiplash weekend: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Saturday night and Carmen Sunday afternoon. Blues guitar to opera in a space of about 15 hours.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:54 am
So are one of those alter egos you Jack? Maybe I friend the middle aged and bald Jack Mangan.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:54 am
I think it’ll be cannelloni for lunch today. That sounds like a good meal.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Jack:
http://www.reuters.com/article/smallBusinessNews/idUSTRE5A24A920091103
It’s US, though so…
November 9th, 2009 at 10:03 am
JAJ “To Do” list (in no particular order) –
( ) find flickr password
( ) log-on join the Deadpan photo pool
( ) get life straightened out.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:06 am
good luck with that last one J0e, If you can figure out how to do that, let the rest of us know the secret ;)
November 9th, 2009 at 10:28 am
( ) Study at remote temple with mysterious, James Hong-like sensei, become baddest motherfucker in the world.
( ) Revamp website to make story .pdfs and .mp3s available for purchase.
( ) Change guitar strings.
( ) Milk.
( ) Multi-grain bread.
( ) Cat litter.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:45 am
What are you milking, Jack?
November 9th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Llamas ?!?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Here’s a fun quiz:
http://steakhouseorgaybar.com/
November 9th, 2009 at 11:07 am
I now have a mental image of DeNiro saying “I have nipples. Could you milk me?”
November 9th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I’m appreciative of the rare weekday EssBee *AND* Rhettro sightings!
BTW, Rhett, I hope you can wait a decade before friending the middle-aged bald Jack Mangan. I sure hope he doesn’t show up any sooner.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Uh oh . . . You mean to tell me that wasn’t YOU, Jack?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I now have a mental image of Ben Stiller air-milking a cat – Thanks, Jack.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Well had an uneventful trip home. Back to the grind in the morning, need to get an early night.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am
We’ve got Nipples,
Yes We Do,
We’ve got Nipples,
How About You?
(yes, two of my sisters were on cheer leading squads. Sue me)
November 9th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
I went to the wrong high school.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
So’kay, Jack. Lo Pan went to the wrong life.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
And I
I want
To see my crush again, yeah
The magical correction
I dream; the world speeds on, yeah
No se apoye contra la puerta
No se apoye contra la puerta
Maybe I’m a loser
Maybe I’m the unsuspecting Lord
Maybe I’m a rapper
Maybe I’m just living by the sword
Your sorrow is
Beautiful
To me tonight
So cold and bright
November 9th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
“…that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited and so thrilled all together. Some didn’t like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around… nothing… I like the roller-coaster. You get more out of it”
November 9th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Bunny, I should not even compare Jack to Vince Vaughn. Those are completely different leagues.
Jack wins – hands down on the “who’s hotter contest” …
I got my hair done today. Sweet relief has been achieved.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Be *clap*
Submissive *clap*
Be, Be
Submissive *clap*
Be *clap*
Submissive *clap*
Be, Be
Submissive *clap*
S-U-B-M-I-S-S-I-V-E
Go Team!
November 9th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
errrr – let me guess, that team was the bottom of their league.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Let’s just say I never liked the school, and an opportunity to make them seem inept and to emasculate their sports program brightens my day.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Lejon: You’re emasculating the cheerleaders?
November 9th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Do a Wikipedia search on “Bottom” and the connection between your cheer and my question becomes funnier. Maybe note hilarious but we take what we can get here.
:)
November 9th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
CW: “V”
75% thru. Will probably finish it but it’s going to take something awfully compelling in the last reel to make me watch another episode.
Interesting note (SPOILER ALERT) – just reached the 1st bit of the show that a conspiracy folks might say was anti-Obama. It was the mention of “Universal Health care”.
Funnily enough though … about 30 seconds earlier, someone says that the the Aliens were already secretly among us, starting unnecessary wars and destroying our economy. Hard to get more anti-Busch/Cheney then that! So, I’d say the show is not picking political sides. People are just reading into it what they will.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
JØ: Actually, I’m pretending to be a cheerleader emasculating the team. I suppose I’m efeminiting the cheerleaders…
November 9th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I saw that too, JOe. We really liked it!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
???
The “Bottom” joke or the multi-party “V” references ?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
So Rowdy Roddy Piper sees these aliens with special sunglasses?
November 9th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
the multi-party references, sorry.
Ugh, my brother is a nightmare. He and I haven’t spoken for years (long story). I’ve really been thinking about him a lot recently, so I emailed him with just a short “thinking about you.” I got a response from him saying that he prays for mom, dad, and me every day. *sigh*
November 9th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Sly B’s Mariachi concert from yesterday can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bolyejar&search_type=&aq=f
She has a spectacular vihuela solo in Cascabel.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Sorry that there is strife between you guys EssBee.
One of the really saddest things about that is that it is completely 100% possible to pray for someone without estranging them/pissing them off.
IMHO – If he is wielding prayer as some sort of blunt weapon, then I think he’s missed something in the instructions.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Thanks, JOe. The prayer isn’t the reason for the estrangement. I can deal with prayer pointed in my direction . . . it’s just that . . . well, I won’t get into it here.
CW: A Fish Called Wanda, which is definitely on my top 10 of all time list.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I’m heading home… Sis-Boom-Bah
November 9th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I have some overly-zealous in-laws that I, on occasion, have to remind that “I’m already Christian.. I don’t need you to urge me in that direction.”
Just because I don’t blast my beliefs in everyone’s faces doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten my faith. It irritates me no end when people use use their beliefs to apply guilt or as a weapon.
I’m just sharing – I’m not assuming that any of you are experiencing this. :)
November 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Cthulhu will devour them all.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
jack: Like this?
http://www.ectomo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/40492213_9650d24cf4.jpg
November 9th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Hey Pan.
Dinner is done and just doing a quick hop on to say Cj is a sweetheart. Not anything special, she just has a general aura of sweetness surrounding her.
That is all. I now return you to your rgularly scheduled Panning
November 9th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
EssBee, will have to listen to Sly B’s set tomorrow.
Bunny out.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I just figured out who DJ Bunny is. I am t3h dumz. Hi DJ Bunny. But you said out. But I’m totally putting out the Hi anyhow. I need tequila.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Well, bring enough to share, Johnny.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Ed from Texas: Bien sur! Sharing is caring.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Sorry to hear about the Family trouble EssBee. Christians like that drive me crazy. I’m a very strong Christian and I wield it like a soft pillow, an open door and a showing of love. Many people use faith as a reason to criticize and hate… Those people are the reason I hate more organized religion. Trust me those people are doing it wrong and Jack is right Cthulhu will devour them all.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Strong Christian = Bench-presses Iron Crucifixes
-or-
Can hold the Iron Cross for five minutes.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Aww Bunny. :oops: (shuffles foot around)
Thanks.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I agree with the reaper AND …
November 9th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
If Canola accidents occur in threes … the rest of you better go lock up your spray cans!
I just spent an hour in hazmat clean-up. The can of spray Canola I had in the cabnet above my stove, failed containment. Fortunately it was not a sudden, catastrophic failure. More like it just slowly stopped believing in itself as a pressurized container.
meh
So everything else in the cabinet had this sticky, slicky mess on the bottom AND a bunch of it had run down the front of the cabinet and into the crack above the stove fan/light unit.
ick
November 9th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
jJ: What a mess! That’s much worse than a 4 year old with a can of it spraying wildly around the kitchen.
You have my sympathy!
I hope nobody was injured or slipped or anything like that.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
EssBee – Thanks for sharing the video. Tell Sly B that the music was great fun!
The Cascabel was teh hot! Made me want to do “the forbidden dance”… or maybe even dances that, while not expressly forbidden, are highly regulated in most states.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
CJ – no deaths reported but I will fear flammable canola slowly seeping it’s way through that vent hood till it finally finds a hot light bulb or expose wire. (insert “fretting” emoticon here)
November 9th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Wasn’t the Iron cross a wrestling move maybe it is more like that…
November 9th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
11-9-09, JOe does the lambata.
November 9th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
11-10-09, J0e’s health insurance provider gets an unusual claim form filed.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Johnny Null: That license plate image made me bust out laughing so much I woke my wife. Love it.
You know what’s weird? Listening to a friend’s recording of him playing a harpsicord while the song keeps buffering… like the harpsicord keeps stopping in creepy ways. Fun.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I thought Iron Cross was a movie with that guy, the one with the forehead.
Lu Gosset or something?
November 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
(although it is not at all apparent, that was supposed to be amusing. you may laugh now.)
November 9th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
*giggle*
November 9th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Write write write
Procrastinate procrastinate procrastinate
Write write write…
Drink hot tea..
Rinse
Repeat… long night.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Goodnight, Louis Gossett, Jr.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Every time I hear the name Louis Gossett, Jr., I think of Enemy Mine.
Word association procrastination FTW.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Morning Pan, back to work, feeling abtut empty at the moment, the mindless routine will do some good.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:14 am
-abut +bit
November 10th, 2009 at 12:38 am
“CTHULHU” is not a valid vanity plate. Please verify that the plate you entered…
…consists of only numbers and letters.
…begins with at least 2 letters.
…is no larger than 6 characters.
…does not intermix letters and numbers.
Damn.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:39 am
However!!!
As of the first of this month, “TRYSEX” may be available for order. Please submit an application or call our telephone center to confirm availability.
Note: Because “TRYSEX” is 6 characters, it is not available as a motorcycle vanity plate.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:45 am
9-1-1. Please state the nature of your emergency
This dude just ran us off the road!
Did you catch the license plate?
It said TRYSEX.
I’m sorry, you do realize there are serious penalties for making prank calls to the 9-1-1 emergency system?
Heheh.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:59 am
A study of the effects of celery on loose elastic:
http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/indexmain.html
This is bizarre AND strange.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:35 am
CPIMM: I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys’R'Us kid.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:39 am
Hmm, Texas recently went to seven letter license plates, but that part of the site is down for maintenance this morning, so I can’t check if a custom plate can be ordered with seven letters. CTHULHU may be able to ride in Texas :)
November 10th, 2009 at 5:13 am
The only Iron Cross I’m aware of, in terms of athletics, is the position held in gymnastics, on the rings. Those ring things. They’re ring-shaped.
http://gymnastics.about.com/od/glossaryofgymterms/g/IronCross.htm
November 10th, 2009 at 5:14 am
justa J0e: I’m very glad there was no shrapnel involved!
November 10th, 2009 at 5:15 am
I wonder if ASSMAN is also available. . . .
November 10th, 2009 at 5:28 am
Take care, Van, whatever is going on. xox
Have a wonderful day, DP!
November 10th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Morning Pan!
JN: DJ Bunny is my alternate-universe ego – bwahahahahahaha
Seriously, it just means I’m on my i-Pod touch as opposed to the computer. :)
November 10th, 2009 at 5:35 am
EssBee, it looks like a lot of fun in that video.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:35 am
*hugs* for Van, just on general principle
November 10th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Just kissed hubby out the door, now it’s time for breakkie! I think grilled cheese is called for this morning… although I do have some pineapple left over from yesterday’s dinner…hmmmm
November 10th, 2009 at 5:45 am
My daughter’s pretty excited. One of her pictures will be used in tomorrow’s Remembrance Day ceremonies and will be hung in the Museum of the Regiments.
Can you say proud mama?
November 10th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Oh yeah, Cj, did you buy anything from the party you went to? ;)
November 10th, 2009 at 6:15 am
The wind is whistling over the DP boards this morning
November 10th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Don’t forget: Thursday is ditto’s birthday!
November 10th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Morning Pan.
Hiya CJ
November 10th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Heloooooo TEB
November 10th, 2009 at 6:22 am
that’s my best T I double GER ER impersonation.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:23 am
not feeling to “bouncy wouncy trouncy flouncy fun fun fun fun fun” right now though. Maybe after coffee and some toast.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:27 am
No tigger’s for J0e. That’s ok J0e, I’ll bounce, trounce and flounce for the both of us.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:27 am
NS: As ridiculous as they are, the pictures are cute. I had a little “schwing” from this one because it mentions Star Trek! :)
http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/art9.html
November 10th, 2009 at 6:29 am
J0e, did you know your web page link on the boards (justadistanthum) doesn’t work? Is it missing a t?
November 10th, 2009 at 6:30 am
I hate it when that happens Cj
November 10th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Checked ADOT
Plate CTHULHU is not available, search again.
Plate STRTREK is not available, search again
Plate DEADPAN is available, order now or search again.
ooooh Jack! Do you see that?
November 10th, 2009 at 6:34 am
I love the fact that Arizona Registries is “a dot”
November 10th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Good morning, J0e, Essbee, Bunny, NS and anyone else who is awake or hello to you when you are awake.
Yes, Bunny. I did buy something. I wasn’t going to buy anything, but there was something I wanted and now it is mine.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Cool, Cj. I usually end up buying when attending those type of parties too (although I’ve only been to two).
November 10th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Does one HAVE to have a yahoo account to login to FLICKR ?
I am trying to login to FLICKR and it just keeps asking me to login to Yahoo.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Yup, J0e. The one owns the other.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:05 am
meh
Apparently I DID start a new frakken yahoo account at one point but I don’t seem to have the correct password AND I can’t just get them to e-mail it to me because I can’t seem to enter the correct info in their “verification” step. Which also means I can never cancel the account and start over so I guess it just hangs out there forever doing nothing but padding their stats as to “Look how many members we have” even though it is DEAD and useless.
bastards
this has already taken more time then I had to spend on it this morning.
NO I DON”T WANT TO PLAY IN YOU DAMN YAHOO SOCIAL NETWORK !!!
I ALREADY HAVE ONE, THANK YOU !
grrrrr
November 10th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Poor J0e. Can’t play with his photos :mrgreen:
November 10th, 2009 at 7:11 am
jJ: Stoopid, mean, Internet! Gah. I hate when I spend more than like 2 minutes trying to get into an old account.
I once spent an entire hour and a half reinstating my ICQ account because someone hacked it and changed my password and there were certain people in my life where that was the ONLY contact info I had on them so I felt it important to get it back.
Needless to say, I was irritated, but had a sense of satisfaction once it was fixed.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Sorry for the tirade. :(
I’ve managed to let my life be defined by the things I haven’t done or have left unfinished. So things like this which are a step backwards for me and an added time sink, just get me livid.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:52 am
I only use Yahoo for their mail, I haven’t been social on it in quite some time.
I wasn’t aware that ICQ was still used.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:57 am
I C Q people, everywhere.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:57 am
later panites.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Bye J0e. Have a good day.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Maybe one of those other Facebook Jack Mangans should get the AZ DEADPAN license plate.
*Manly hug for Vanamonde*
November 10th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Good morning, Pan!
I’ve seen a couple of good license plates here in AZ
DRK JDI is my favorite.
Oh, an TEB: ADOT =
Arizona
Department
Of
Transportation.
Aside from the obvious, they do appear to have perfected the legal singularity, so they are indeed “a dot”…
November 10th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Oh, I should probably mention that I interviewed Philippa Ballantine for Touching the Monolith, and the interview can be found HERE
November 10th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Finished two reports, now it’s lunch time. May even have some time to play DA after lunch :)
Will probably not be on line tomorrow. Holiday means cuddle time with hubby ;)
November 10th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Boy am I letting my stomach control my day. It’s only 10:40 and I’m talking lunch.
Ok, maybe snack time. I’m starving.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:47 am
BTW – Major kudos to Sly B for the excellent Mariachi music.
Bunny, that’s the best reason to be offline.
Hmm, I’ll see if I can manage a listen to the Le-Pip interview today.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Does that mean you like to cuddle my hubby too? hmmmm.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:59 am
I always thought it was Phillip of Ballantine.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Johnny Null, wasn’t he from Macedonia?
TEB, I think Mr. Bunny and I would both prefer not to cuddle – - with each other, at least.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I’m trying to tie mass, Macedonia, and the LHC, but nothing so far.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:18 am
I’ll be cuddling with a housefull of children tomorrow. I’m having a backyard picnic with all my favorite little munchkins.
Time to make lunch for one of them now.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:52 am
CP: Vivaldi Concerto No. 1 in Gm.
^^^The bumper music I used in the old Highbrow/Lowbrow segments – - I can never hear this now without mentally adding the burp sound effects.
Sorry, Antonio.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Pumpkin cobber in the oven.
Finished writing this week’s MM show…
Now working on PodcampAZ stuffs….
November 10th, 2009 at 10:56 am
CE: Spaghetti squash with a dab of butter and some salt.
my most favorite vegetable evAr.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I’m fond of Vivaldi. My fave classical CD is Gustav Holst’s “The Planets”. I have to get it on vinyl someday.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Cj: We tried that for the first time last week. It was fabulous!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:24 am
It is 2:19pm local time. That makes it 2:19 past my bedtime. I’m tired. Red tie?
I love Mars and Pluto. But nothing beats 1812 with real cannons and church bells.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I’m playing with Pandora today. I put in Delerium with Apocalyticpa (sp?) and Hans Zimmer.
Very cool mix for writing actually. Although both the Star Wars and Star Trek themes are a little too well know to not be distracting.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Nomad, fun to see you’ve discovered James Lileks. I’m not sure whether his page about The Gobbler is still up or not…
November 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am
If you like Apocalyptica, then I highly recommend Rasputina for goth cello music.
And unrelated: http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/just_area_mans_luck
November 10th, 2009 at 11:42 am
cat stole my hand. my good hand at that.
I spent a good half hour last night railing at one of my little brothers on facebook about why i hate yahoo mail, myspace, facebook, etc.
i was pretty devoted to yahoo mail until they decided, incorrectly, that they could and should use ajax.
and as much as i enjoy twitter, it worries me to see then starting to go down the same path. sure it looks pretty. but does it work? wordpress, facebook, and twitter all work ( and look ) different when i go from win opera to linux firefox to win firefox.
forgot what my point was. i did mention the tired part, right?
November 10th, 2009 at 11:45 am
JØ: The mass of one Pip Ballantine traveling at relativistic speeds through Macedonia at the correct angle and vector, will penetrate the Earth’s crust and intersect with the LHC test zone, possibly being effected by the magnetic resonance coils (depending on the fourth-dimensional factor).
All you need to do is work out that whole Space-Time-propulsion thing.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I’ll have to check out Rasputina and the Gobbler some other time. Though Rasputina sounds way less potentially terrifying. The mom has returned, so I can now go to sleep. I would do the happy dance, but I am too damn tired for that.
I’m procrastinating getting up and actually walking to the bed because that sounds like too much work now.
Goodnight pan.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
huh huh you said penetrate.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I made pumpkin cobbler – apparently I made it out of WIN!
happy happy happy yummmmmm
November 10th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Downloading some Rasputina MP3’s right now. If you like metal swing music, I recommend the Diablo Swing Orchestra.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Cj: Anything made out of pumpkin is made of win!!!! as long as I don’t make it I can’t bake. My wife just order Pumpkin flavored coffee and I already have pumpkin creamer and pumpkin bread. or maybe I should say:
My wife just order Win flavored coffee and I already have win creamer and win bread.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Ah, yes there’s the Gobbler….
http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/
Might sound familiar???
November 10th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Also, I downloaded Nevermore’s “Love Bites” cover. What a treat to hear Warrel Dane go for those Halford high notes and totally nail them. :)
November 10th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
JohnBoze, Wow did Wisconsin invent uncool. Maybe Fonzie syfened it all of when he jumped the shark.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
The blue room… Yeah, swear that seems familiar somehow…
November 10th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
reaper: I like pretty much anything pumpkin except for pumpkin pie. I only liked that once and it was while I was very very pregnant.. Just that one time.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Nomad Scry: Can’t go wrong with 1812.
Lejon: I need to learn to think fourth-dimensionally. Thanks, doc. That was heavy.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I, for one, constantly reconsider dropping identi.ca and twitter.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Hell. Lo.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Cj: I love win (pumpkin) pie. well depending on who made it. from the store most of it isn’t very good.
November 10th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
My mother-in-law shared this site with me and at first glance I wasn’t that impressed…. but keep scrolling.. it’s not fascinating, but “note”worthy.. pun intended.
http://www.webofentertainment.com/2009/10/25-hilarious-defaced-bills.html
November 10th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Hey Pan! Sitting on the couch, sewing on my lap, falling asleep. Kitty made a cave out of my sewing and is laying against me. It’s very cute but my leg is falling asleep.
I’m thinking of being evil and playing hooky from MA tonight. Decisions, decisions.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Funny, Cj!
Re: pie
Pumpkwin pie (sic) is probably my favorite, and I’ve never been pregnant.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I will Never look at Thomas Jefferson again…
November 10th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
…in the same way anyway…
November 10th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Hubby called. We’re going to order in Chinese when he gets home. Now I know I’m evil :evil:
November 10th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Mental Note: Call in the lyrics to Mars: The Bringer of War to Deadpan.
What?
November 10th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Is there a song called, “Venus: The Bringer of Estrogen”?
And on that strange note, I’m off. Doing an Evo@11 tonight (I think).
November 10th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Thanks, Jack. Sly B rocked out on the Mariachi show.
Cj, we grow spaghetti squash. I also love it.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Wow.
I just toured “The Gobbler”.
How strange. At the start of the tour I was filled with such a sense of horror and by the end … a sense of loss.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
This link is worth the click (if for nothing else) for the worksafe picture.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/cat_congress_mired_in_sunbeam
November 10th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
justa J0e: I dub that the pic of the week.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Aha, Desk is cleaned-ish. Assorted nonsense still abound, but most of the drabble is gone.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Damn that drabble. Almost as bad as cruft.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
CW: Last night’s Lopez Show.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Jack: I know you’re a fan of this guy:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/09/sometimes-twitter-accounts-about-sht-your-dad-says-get-you-tv-deals/
November 10th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Okay, so the strange room where the gang holes up after the explosion at Ed’s Museum, before going to ChattyBelle to gain entrance to Ivo’s pocket universe is meant to be a decrepit but not destroyed Blue Room at the Gobbler.
I knew at the time the Gobbler was destroyed, but figured in the RBT universe, at least, the Gobbler could hobble along to the present day.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
So, sorry to those of you who follow my tweets and have already seen this, but I love love love this picture I took of my kids watching Up in a friend’s backyard tonight.
The weather was perfect and there were about 12 kids, their parents, one baby, 2 dogs.. and EVERYONE was well-behaved.
It was perfection: http://twitpic.com/p2rev
November 10th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
“and the discovery of a large cardboard box in the Capitol Rotunda Thursday that prompted minority whip Sen. Tiddles (R-TN) to call a recess so that he could sit inside of it.” Damn, that’s funny.
Thanks for the link, Johnny. That show will either be hilarious, or it will wreck the humor.
nulloperations, I saw you earlier!
Cj, that is very cool.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Morning Pan, work in progress, normal service will resume soon.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Morning, Van. *hugs*
November 11th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Hang in there, Vanamonde.
I need to be asleep.
One last nudge for voicemails of your favorite “New Deadpan Slogans from the episode 142 comments”.
Goodnight, nudge.
November 11th, 2009 at 2:13 am
Insomnia!!
November 11th, 2009 at 3:15 am
Thanks to all.
November 11th, 2009 at 3:56 am
One step at a time…..then a coffee break (or smoke ‘em if you got ‘em).
November 11th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Jack: Yup, trying to be more virtual and real life social.
It’s actually kinda nice. Who knew?
November 11th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Found out my Neighborhood has a forum. Joined it but it is so very empty. Still, such a strange but neat concept. Used to people on forums I talk to being across the country or on the other side of the world, not down the street.
November 11th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Morning’s done. Now for work.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:52 am
I accepted the nudging.
Production night last night, accomplished some top-notch podcast product.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:54 am
I’m afraid the TV deal for the “SMDS” site will = fail.
IMHO – What makes that site HI-larious is that it is unscripted comments from someone who isn’t trying to entertain. He’s just saying it. It’s funny because he is like a TV character but in real life.
When you sitcomize it … he becomes just another grumpy dad character who wonders through the room and throws out abrasive one-liners. TV’s wasteland is filled with the dried up husks of that character and it’s many incarnations.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:22 am
… I do see it doing well as a book.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Justa J0e: I have agree 100%
November 11th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I assume it will be another reality TV show. Reread J0e’s comment.
Are we going to have a quiet morning while Bunny is off cuddling?
Thanks for the inbox of voicemail messages, by the way. You guys make me teary-eyed.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Good Morning, Pan!
Look what you did!
Oh, wait… That was me…
November 11th, 2009 at 8:47 am
SMDS – I know I should follow the guy, but when I want to get abusive comments, I’d just talk to my friends…
November 11th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Lejon often makes me teary-eyed when critiquing my writing.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:14 am
(catch-up post with comments for 4 different people ahead!)
nulloperations: Go for it! I just hit 10,000 words yesterday afternoon, and I’m planning to do another long writing session this afternoon.
Oh, how I would like to clean out my stuff from the garage, and some of the stuff in my bedroom. Maybe after I’m done with this year’s NaNovel.
TEB: Both my school and my dad’s are giving us the day off today, too.
reaper said:
I’m a very strong Christian and I wield it like a soft pillow, an open door and a showing of love.
*high-five!*
JB: Awesome! I was familiar with the Gobbler before RBT, but didn’t catch that reference in RBT. I wish I had.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:45 am
[doppler compression]aaaAAAHHHHHHH
[doppler stretching]HHHHHHhhhhhhh…..[/doppler]
November 11th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Wow, not sure if that was a drive-by or plummet-by nipple from JfS…
November 11th, 2009 at 10:20 am
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/coffee
interesting info about coffee and a little funny
November 11th, 2009 at 10:24 am
I like plummet-by. paints a much funner picture.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:33 am
As long as he had a parachute.
Or a bungee. Maybe it was a bungee and he’ll come screaming back…
November 11th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Well then we should thank him for dropping by.
(I wonder if he passed the Coyote on the way down?)
November 11th, 2009 at 10:38 am
jack, that paints an even better picture
November 11th, 2009 at 10:42 am
BTW reaper, that coffee link has now been FWDed in emails.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I’m there: http://evoat11.com/2009/11/evo-11-show-60-the-double-entendre-show/
November 11th, 2009 at 10:57 am
^I was in the chat room through most of the second half of that show. :-)
November 11th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Amy, I spotted your recent tweet to Spellwight – - that was how I knew it was already released!
November 11th, 2009 at 11:00 am
LOL, cool! :-D
November 11th, 2009 at 11:17 am
The Number of the Beastie Boys…
November 11th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Hi daylighters!
NaNo is going to turn the rest of my hair white.
So I’m going to have to keep doing it.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Hi, Nomad! Mom is typing away on her NaNo across the table from me, while I rush to finish the last chapter of Cisco Semester 1. I won’t get back to my NaNovel until I’m done with that
November 11th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
And has anyone been listening?
http://www.themeandvariationsanthology.com/
November 11th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Yes – IMO Some writers right better than they read…
And music by some hack named Jack Mangan…
November 11th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
ZP savages Uncharted 2:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1078-Uncharted-2-Among-Thieves
November 11th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I have yet to check out Lon Prater’s, but Rick Novy and Caroline Rhodes are both good writers.
That Mangan poseur will have a T&V story of his own in a few weeks.
November 11th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Enjoying a day of friends and rockband and lots of little children too!
Hey, you guys, anyone wanna send my mom an email wishing her a happy birthday? That would crack her up!
She’s twinklersmom AT cableone dot Net
You know you want to! :)
November 11th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Dollhouse has been cancelled.
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1181256/
Nobody tell Ed.
…
Happy birthday, Cj’s mom!
November 11th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
This is in the back of my pickup truck.
I am not going to sleep for days.
http://www.twitpic.com/p4yb1
November 11th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Cj: Wait, seriously? That’s a whole lotta cans.
November 11th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Jack Mangan: Wow… a Whedon series made it two whole seasons on Fox… That’s something like a record, right?
November 11th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Yep, JN, seriously.
They were donated for Podcamp AZ.
November 11th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
FOX is ….
I have a low opinion of them. Hopefully Bravo will pick up the show.
November 11th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Looks like WP didn’t like my string of os in response to Cj.
I have a NaNoWriMo buddy that just wrote me to make me commit to 2400 words a day for the rest of the month. I just made 574. Total. I think she’s out of her mind. It’s good to push your buddy, but I think I just want her to go away.
November 11th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Well, I can’t say I’m surprised. While it is a fascinating show with interesting characters and themes that challenge the viewer…..well, actually, all of that is pretty much why it was doomed.
I’m glad we’re at least getting all the episodes for season 2. Sadly, this one has just not been able to make a dent in the ratings.
November 11th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Whatever will happen to my Beloved Dolls? Where will Echo go? What will happen to Victor? And Sierra…. Rrrrowrrr… what will she do? They don’t have the skills to survive in our society… Will they get wedged with their own imprints again?
Fox is dumb… I hate them…
November 11th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
LOL
Something about the simplicity and directness of point makes me want that quote on a t-shirt.
“Fox is dumb… I hate them…”
November 11th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
The art of Liu Bolin.
Work safe and often aw filled.
http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/meet-the-real-life-invisible-man.html
November 11th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Speaking of art … here is one of the few books I found time to read this year.
Sort of a misleading title that makes sense in the end. I recommend it.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Racing-Rain-Garth-Stein/dp/0061537934
November 11th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
“Fox is dumb… I hate them…”
he he he
November 11th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Boo, Fox.
Boo hoo this day.
November 11th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
*hugs for EssBee*
*no hugs for FOX*
November 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
*hugs for everyone except fox.*
I noticed that my DVR recorded “V” – too bad Dan probably won’t have time to watch it.
Look at me.. I got all my work done early and I’m free to do whatever I want tonight… hmmmm play online? I think – YES!
Google Reader has 600 thingies for me to scan through. I’m excited.
November 11th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Well, that’s odd… I’m apparently now a moderator on a forum for my town. Kind of a weird concept for me at least, talking to people online who live within driving distance.
November 11th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Come to find out, my town has a local, cozy, website. I think the last time anyone actually USED it was 1999. But it still loads.
November 11th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Amy – You got your mom doing NaNo? That is bloody awesome!
Cj – speaking of Mums, I sent a birthday greeting. And I tried not to be creepy.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Cj: I too sent a birthday e-mail. But I tried to be creepy.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
She told me. She called and was all giggles.. like mother like daughter.
She’s very appreciative of the e-mails :)
November 11th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
NS: Yep, I sure did! She’s known about it since I started doing it in 2004, but this is the first year she’s had time to do it, since she’s retired now. She is kicking word-count butt! :-D
November 11th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Darcy & I watched the “V” pilot on DVR tonight. We kind of agreed it was pretty “meh.”
November 11th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Amy – 2004? Wow. I first heard of NaNo in 2007 in the midst of November. That’s … *counting* … 250,000 words of speed writing. Nice!
November 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I can’t say that I’m surprised at Fox. I’d pretty much given up on Dollhouse (again).
They needed to either tell the big story, the one that made Epitaph One amazing. Tell it, tell it all, tell it till it’s done, and then… be done.
Or they needed to back off of Ballard and Echo. They are the main characters, the heroes of the story, and when they progress the story ends. So they must stagnate in order to drag out the story. So stop focusing on them, show us the awesome nifty cool little characters for 90% of the show. Do more episodes where Whiskey is the awesome, but don’t mix that up with more boring Echo doesn’t progress nonsense. Minor character all the way through and then have Echo do her trademark highly symbolical minor action at the end of the episode that makes your hair stand on end.
Then again, I’m one of the idiots who loved Sarah Connor and am digging on SGU. So what do I know. =)
November 11th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Null – Congrats on the 574. Now, let go of the steering wheel and close your eyes and just let the words flow out of you. If you fall asleep doing this, all the better.
I wish this wasn’t useless advice. I wish this wasn’t useful advice.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Hey, Amy, are you public about your NaNo id? I can’t seem to find you and wasn’t sure if I’m just being a ditz or if that is on purpose.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
“This is batshit insane,” Mauris yelled. He was wearing a blue tie over his eyes and his face was red to match the safety muffs covering his ears.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
“You will understand,” Don yelled back, also with the red muffs. “Now, just believe me and shoot the gun.”
November 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Tania watched with shining eyes and licked a corner of her mouth. That looks like fun.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
The loud retort made everyone’s ears rings, even through the safety gear.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
“If I got a bullseye it is even more insane, just so you know.”
November 11th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Rodger took his muffs off and started poking about in the ear cup.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
He dug a finger around and came off with a big chunk of grey foam.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
He put it back in and repeated the process on the other side.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
The target came back and sure enough Mauris appeared to have completely missed it altogether.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Tania laughed at him.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Because his eyes were covered he had no idea what she was laughing, so he laughed in sympathy.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
…
That’s my four characters. Not the most interesting scene, but pretty much where I am right now.
And I want to get the count from 700 to 800 before Jack posts.
Silly, I know.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Well…… fuck.
Farpoint has changed the FTP passwords and my new one doesn’t work. There may not be a new show uploaded tomorrow.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I’m a dry well, so let’s hit the standard… and I almost wish it was “Never gonna let you.”
November 11th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Yo, Vanilla, kick it one time Boy
November 11th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Yo, VIP, Let’s kick it!
November 11th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Ice Ice Baby, Ice Ice Baby
November 11th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
All right stop, Collaborate and listen
November 11th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Ice is back with my brand new invention
(I have always misheard this as:
Ice is back with a brand new addition.)
November 11th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
November 11th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
(again, I mishear this as:
Flow like a hawk through daily and nightly)
November 11th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Will it ever stop? Yo! I don’t know
November 11th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Turn off the lights and I’ll glow
(That’s my favorite part, cuz he says “glow.” I like glowing things.)
November 11th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal
November 11th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Light up a stage and watch me jump like a candle.
(I never could figure out what he said here, so I just sorta mummbled it.)
November 11th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
NS: It would be 250,000 words if I had won every year. It was actually:
2004: 34,000-some (have lost the original final total – didn’t keep a spreadsheet that year)
2005: 50,443
2006: 25,325
2007: 50,292
2008: 50,210
…for a grand total of 210,270.
My NaNo ID is Emiko. Yes, I’m public about it, I just joined that site before I started using my real name on most websites.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
We’ve been saved from a full rendition of Ice by an early posting of an Unshow. Praise Cthulhu.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
That’s a lotta words Amy… Wow.
November 12th, 2009 at 5:53 am
Added you to my writing buddies Amy.
November 12th, 2009 at 5:53 am
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8526/screenshot2009111122362.jpg
Seriously, I love the character maker in Champions Online, but sometimes a friend of mine I think takes something before he jumps into making a new one.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Nullop: You made me laugh.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
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