Lazy Theme Show Notes.
Also in this episode!
Duel of the Fates III battle: Jessica Rabbit vs. Bugs Bunny.
Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #146: Theme and Michelle M. Welch
Night of the Living Deadpan
Duel of the Fates – Bugs Bunny vs. Jessica Rabbit (pt. 1)
Interview with author Michelle M. Welch (http://mmwelch.wordpress.com/author-bio/)
Promoting her podcast anthology Theme and Variations (http://www.themeandvariationsanthology.com/?p=82)
Duel of the Fates continued
Special guest announcer – The Energizer Bunny
Michelle M. Welch continued
Paul Maki with last week’s Broken Lyrics Challenge winner.
Nobody got all the songs, but partial winner last week was:
Jack Mangan
Duel of the Fates concluded
Paul Maki with the Broken Lyrics challenge.
No Greasy Nipples this week but
First comment of the week was (oficially) by Vanamonde
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Numb Yenta Arrived Here
Ed.
It’s horrible.
I’m having severe withdrawals.
reaper said:
“I know chicken and rice is kinda bland to begin with so why can’t the microwave just leave my flavor in there.”
Lo Pan said:
“Nuke it once, nuke it twice?”
Heeheehee! I get it! :-) And I, too, got why “NYAH!” got “Orinoco Flow” stuck in your head. :-)
JB, TEB: That’s correct. I’m assigning names this Saturday, probably in the evening.
Einie menie minie mo
Catch a deadpan by the toe
Bunny. Get a new lollipop already!
ditto, if it hollers do I have to let it go?
Wait. What? Enya has music videos? That’s awesome!
I know what I’m doing when I get home today.
And eye eee eye
Will always love you
*snicker*
Good evening deadpan, anyone else still awake tonight?
Hey Raph, how’s it doing?
Hmmm.
+l
Not bad, nomad. bit of insomnia tonight so I’m watching B5: A Call to Arms and catching up on the Deadpan board.
How are you?
[half-blue face] They may take away our internet access, but they’ll ne’er take away. . . .our Deadpan!!! [/half-blue face]
Goodnight, kilts.
I’m pretending to work and trying to catch up with last last half of November’s Deadpan’ing. Also, feeling a lot more sane than I did yesterday, which is nice.
The 10 Worst Things About The Worst Decade Ever
*scrooge*
*waves at Jack* Hi Jack nice to… oh well, goodnight then.
nomad: more sane is good. depending on how much stress driving the monkey on your back, more booze may be better. Are you listening to old shows, or reading over past comments for the month?
“The Worst Decade Ever”? Thats more than a bit of an overstatement imo. There’s been plenty of bad things thise decade, but I’m thinking the 1930′s were much worse from the viewpoint of american history,and world history.
More sane is good. Except that in some way the not-so-sane was walking, hand in hand, with the NaNo pressures. So I feel like I have a brain inside my skull again, which is nice, but I worry that it means my new habits are going to go away.
(Catching up on both, actually. I didn’t realize my ‘catcher didn’t grab two of the three last episodes.)
Ah, I hate it when my catcher misses a ‘cast. As for comment I have to admit I wimp out and write off comments on all shows before the most recent posted.
As for stress and habits I’m afraid I can’t offer too much advice beyond the vague “pace yourself, and let yourself have a break to relieve stress.”
I like the fact that the Time bit is just over the top in how baldly it overstates their opinions. Kind of like they don’t care.
And after looking through all ten items, I can almost see where they are coming from. I’m absolutely no historian, but I can’t think of a time when our perception of ourselves as heroes of freedom has been more tarnished. We’ve gone from being the egotistical paladins to the bloated TV preacher boinking boys on the side.
We are Rome and Nero is coming.
(I don’t totally agree with myself there, but it sounded too good not to say.)
Hmm, an interesting viewpoint, I guess part of my disaffection with the article is the feeling that they are trying to say “Look! aren’t you still shocked and offended by THIS! And if your not then you are an inhuman, unamerican conservative!”
But then I was never very shocked over any event, surprised yes, but not shocked. And very saddened by several. But then I guess I’m above average on my grasp of history.
Cj – I did black friday a few years back. I wasn’t hard core enough (meaning I got in line for the store to open 3 hours early, instead of 10 hours early) and missed all the super deals. It wasn’t an experience worth repeating.
TEB – I don’t care for Oreos either. I used to like Hydroxies, but they changed the recipe. =(
My grasp of history is severely limited by my grasp of
what were we talking about? =D
Nomad: Nothing of importance. And oreos are made of win, so sayeth the lost.
CJ: I think I’m more scared of your daughter’s toys than your sons. It’s the heads, anything with that big of a cranium cant be trusted.
I have a dread feeling something just broke. I’m off to find out who needs my help… *grump*
Congratulations to all those who completed NanoWriMo. You are far far braver than me. CJ I hope your first week at work has been going well.
Nomad: It is a pain being the goto fixer. Although kinda nice for the ego.
Movie update: B5 movie is over, and since fatigue is creeping up on me, and alcohol :), now on to something less cerebral. Matrix: Revolutions, pretty explosions and enjoyable explosions. I’ll continue with deadpan during the garbage dialogue.
I’m only 182 nipples back now. And I have to ask, what the hell were you all doing on the 30th? Damn, yall were having a party without me!
LostRalph: Hadn’t thought about the ego thing. Quite right, of course. I’m a lot more… Strident? Aggressive? than I was before taking this position.
Hey Ambassador, what do you mean by “leading quotation mark”? I don’t understand how that would affect your word count.
Nomad: how about we go with more confident? much easier to sell to future employers :D
Note: to improve the 3rd matrix movie add the phrase “Mr. Frodo” after all of agent smith’s lines that he says calmly.
LOL’ing at “Mr. Frodo”
More confident sounds good. As long as it doesn’t involve those landshark-type phone things. Thems is scary.
Needed a distraction from the idiocy. I make no promises about landsharks, especially if they are really dolphins.
Hm. Google Wave + Opera = die!die!die!
*grumbles* Friggin dolphins with friggin laser beams.
well the war is over so time for me to sleep good nap mush. And remember nomad they cant break the computers if you unplug them :)
Was that really a TIME article? Felt more like something the Huffington Post would have dreamed up as I read through it. It’s almost insulting that Time expects people to have such a shallow feeling of history as to eat something like that up.
Glad to see other Deadpans getting a more skeptical vibe. Seriously, this decade vs. the 1930′s? vs. the 1850′s?
Besides, this is the decade that saw the rise of Deadpan. That pretty much automatically disqualifies it from nomination for worst decade :)
Thanks, Ed.
I did decide to buy the Evil, Inc. policy for Sly B since we didn’t have to undergo a medical exam. I’m still really disgusted by the entire exercise, and blogging about it a bit (more to come on that).
It’s snowing in Longmont, and I dread the slide into work. Lo Pan, how’s the snow in your dimension?
Afternoon Pan, Tynemouth Priory shut on Wednesday..no photogenic ruins for me..bleh!
Staring contest with Vex. He keeps getting distracted by his mouse.
I was going to ask a serious question and then realized that I was asking for a serious response. I thought about what that meant and decided I didn’t want to do that.
So.
Besides the whole walkies thing, is there any actual reason for an intelligent person to prefer a dog to a cat?
We can pretty much agree that stress shortens life span, yes? And maybe lack of stress could lengthen life span? I know I’m reaching, but wouldn’t that explain why staring at boobs would prolong life? Take away the stress of fighting against doing what comes naturally….
Like killing people so you can eat their beef.
Also, I love how that site has an “Enlarge” button under the picture that has obviously been clicked to many times.
Nomad, I agree – cats, cats, cats.
Also, your theory on boobs intrigues me. Hmmm.
BFP for Wednesday!
Now, I must trek out.
TOO! Grrr. I blame the cat and this cramped keyboard for my shoddy spelling,
*insert mental image of EssBee stroking her CHIN and saying, “hmmm”*
NS, “…picture that has obviously been clicked to many time.” I never though it was possible for a web site to have ware marks but if you look close…
NS – Her Chin???
Morning BFP day
The folkss at Time should consult their internet style guide. Whenusing that much hyperbole it’s all caps, and spelled EVAR…
The hell is BFP and why do I feel stupid for asking?
Hmmm
Alright, with this much talk about it I guess I should go read the article.
Project Phoenix (shoot them up) is free for a limited timeon the app store:
http://toucharcade.com/2009/12/02/project-phoenix-a-frantic-twin-stick-tank-shooter/
Okay, I must be reading a different article then you guys.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1942834-1,00.html
This one specifically says “likely go down as the most dispiriting and disillusioning decade Americans have lived through in the post–World War II era.”
Hard to disagree given the laundry list of things included in the article I read.
jJ – I’ll have to read the one you just linked, but we were looking at this one instead. Or… well, at least I was. I mean, it has pictures and everything!
Anyone else aware of this lil Steampunk webseries called “Reise”>
Its quite good so far. Lothinks ditto would enjoy.
http://www.riesetheseries.com/html/episodes.html
Supercute girlie in leather never hurts either.
EssBee…. this morning is utter sucketh. Even Lo Pan has to commute. Bleargh.
OMG.. Amy got the “Nuke it” joke?!?!?!?!?!?!? Oh thats +10000 for her in Lo Pan’s book.
Lo Pan can use his darkest magic to make we all forget this decade ever happened. Thats assuming Lo Pan didnt use his darkest magic to CAUSE this decade to happen
*old man laughter*
If Lo Pan can use his darkest magic to keep me from loosing just one sock from a pair every time I do the laundry … that would be swell.
Lo Pan refuses to use “one sock” and “swell” in the same sentence.
Urp.
Nomad, I can see why that artical would have you reaching for the Tums. All fluff, no substance. It was like a version of the article I read … only dumbed down for the ADD, post-music video MTV generation!
Lo Pan – would it help if I found a way to work “bundtcake” into the sentence?
CP: “Sabotage” – Beastie Boys
FTW, J0e. FTW.
Lo Pan loves Lo Pan some bundt.
For me, iTunes stopped catching new episodes after “Really Big Unshow.” I’ve been downloading them manually.
Nomad Scry: According to someone over at the NaNoWriMo discussion boards, every time you begin a new paragraph with a quotation mark, OpenOffice Writer counts the quotation mark as a word. I don’t know who thought of that, but it was very annoying because NaNoWriMo’s word counter script, of course, doesn’t count them. I had to write well over 51,000 OpenOffice words to get the certificate.
Also, here at the Deadpan, BFP = Boob Face Plant.
Lo Pan: Thank you! :-)
lmao @ NS’s “Mr. Frodo” comment.
You want a mind-bender, go see an old movie called “Pricilla Queen of the Desert”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109045/
Hugo will never sound the same after that! :)
I’ve mostly lost the ability to focus.
Ralph, thank you for the job well wishes.
I wish I had more to say, but honestly looking at a computer screen for 8.5 hours each day has me avoiding my screen at home. I did read all the comments, but I haven’t the energy to uhm.. ya know.. what’s that word?
I gotta go back to my daughter’s school now.. it’s volunteering day, then gotta pick up my son from school, then off to work I go again. Then when I get home at 9pm tonight I get to write my weekly show and start on spreadsheets.
/me collapses into a heap of burning eyeballs.
Ed: I agree about the Time article. Still, media tends to be rather myopic about history and it isn’t anything new. Some articles in the past are hilarious. It has been a tumultuous decade but worst ever is an enormous stretch.
Bartender! A round of BFP for everyone!
c-c-c-c-cold
Joe: I think we object most to the title of the photo essay: “The 10 Worst Things About the Worst Decade Ever.”
Ditto: Hear, hear
Lo Pan: “Supercute girlie in leather never hurts either.” I totally agree. I will have to watch. :)
Joe: I like big bundts and I cannot lie.
Cj: “but honestly looking at a computer screen for 8.5 hours each day has me avoiding my screen at home”
I agree. There is only so much the mind can take. But I do try and come back here as often as I can.
And now I’m caught up with the comments.
I think. :)
And now for something completely different.
Time missed the most obvious element of the Worst Decade EVAR: Sparkly Vampires. ;)
Best worst movies of the decade?
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-bad-movies-of-the-00s,35881/
I don’t know. I don’t think I can ever consider “Battlefield Earth” entertaining. And the photo in the article illustrates everything I haven’t liked about Zooey’s bad acting. It’s like someone is goosing her.
I think I caught up on the comments. You guys were busy. Just two things,
Cats: 1) Don’t have to walk in -30 weather: 2) Easier to clean up after (no cleaning the yard or teaching them to go on a paper) 3) they tend not to slobber on you. 4) generally lower maintenance, especially if you spend the day away at work or something like that. 4) purrs are good for the soul
That’s not to say I don’t like dogs. I’ve had and am perfectly happy around dogs. I’m just more of a cat person.
The other thing I picked up on…
Did Cj say she wanted to see me suck on a lollipop?
Looking forward to the new Iron Man movie.
http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/first-look-iron-man-2s-ne.php
Um… mind not working after lollipop comment.
I’ll be in my bunk.
lollipop… that neat
Amy – That’s ridiculous (if true.) That would have added a huge amount of fake words to my count, since I seem to have primarily written brief dialog exchanges. I ended up doing the majority of my work first in AbiWord and then finishing the later half of the month in Google Docs. The final word counts between gDocs and the NaNo evaluator were within 100 words of each other.
Wolf said BFP was but I thought he was pulling my leg.
Does a BFP require a partner? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Boob is good, but face plant is bad and together they are…?
ditto nailed it on why this was the wurst decade evar!1!! diamond coated faerie vampires.
I’ve got two cats (kittens) and a dog.
Step 1: Mix Boobs and Math!
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit!!!
I think this idea is made of win
Been trying to find the link to the Keffer Southerland “Vampires don’t …” poster but can’t seem to locate it :(
Nomad: together they are skooshie. :)
ditto – Not so much with that tittle. The one on the article I read “The Decade from Hell” seems pretty spot on though.
CP: “Motorcrash” – The Sugar Cubes
reaper – what was that middle bit again ?
So far, out of the best worst movies, I’ve only seen Butterfly Effect. Though, in my own defense, I was getting ready for work and didn’t actually watch the whole thing. Also, I cannot seem to differentiate between that and the also amazingly craptastic 23. Which means that in my mind, Jim Carrey is Ashton Kutcher. o.O
Now onto the second page…
Justa J0e:
Step 2:
yes … that bit. It doesn’t seem to add up.
So, it is that time of year for us to share favorites. Or not, if you wish. So, to start things off: What was your favorite book that you read this year, and why? It can be anything; novel, manga, podiobook, whatever. But you had to read it this year. And no top X lists. Think about it a bit and pick your favorite if you can.
in the plant today part of the floor was scrubbed and it looks almost brand new. for about 20 minutes till a forklift drove over it again. Guess they must have used a rubber solvent (hehe)
*singing* I don’t want to grow up I’m a…
And on the second page, I’ve only seen The Happening. I like Wahlberg. I hated the movie. I wrote a “scathing” review of it on epinions. (*ding*) I can’t even remember why I hated it, but I’m getting angry trying to remember. So I won’t.
I hated Crossroads because the title is too similiar to a little know movie called Crossworlds. (I think. I should get up and double check the title.)
I hated Battlefied Earth as a book when I read it as a teenager, just because it was the longest book I had ever seen. I did lots of stupid things then.
I actually enjoyed DreamCatcher as a book, though I was thoroughly disgusted and am now timid around other works by King. I decided I didn’t want to see the movie because of the squickness.
Done!
Wow, could I get in trouble with THIS little gadget!
http://www.shop4tech.com/item8006.html
http://www.motivatedphotos.com/?id=49592
ditto – I’m down with your meme plan but I’ll have to think on it …
better yet, maybe we should call these in to Jack’s voicemail!
J0e – Lo Pan just listened to “Life’s Too Good” just last nite. Tis a wonderful album, Lo Pan decrees.
… what’s that number again Jack?
justa J0e: wonder if it would we could fill his box if we had enough meme’s and responses.
ditto: My favourite book I read this year was Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
It’s not genre, with is unusual for me. Actually, this book was tough to read. Without going into spoiler territory, Mr. Follett kept throwing bad things at the main characters. At one point I asked my husband (who read it first and recommended it) if it was going to get better/happier – the answer was sort of/maybe. Which is correct. While not a happy, cheery book, it was definitely a good book in my mind.
The worst book I’ve read (so far) was Anathem by Neal Stephenson. That book I found to be quite a slog. Although I’m currently reading Witches of Eastwick by John Updike and having to really push myself to finish is.
Joe: I like that idea! I’m not sure the number I have is right since the messages I’ve left don’t seem to be making it to Jack, though it has been a while since I called.
206-350-8664
That’s not the one I saw earlier, but I can’t seem to find it again now.
hehehe … “fill his box” … hehehehehe
Hm. Finished first epi of Reise and … I think I’m done. 9 minutes to show a wounded fighting chick with a wolf companion who is being tracked by a clockwork golem and… the end.
Pretty trees though.
Got it! Still not the original source, but good enough.
http://sunkist798.vox.com/library/photo/6a00fad69128e900040123dda92231860b.html
‘s brilliant! (but not in that sparkley way)
DAMN … I’ve got to get some work done!
I was trying to read an example of a developmental edit, and since my eyes won’t stop crossing, I guess I’ll save it for later digestion.
Reise rules. Lo Pan has no idea what youre talking about
I love it when people are as immature as I am
TEB: Thanks. And I like the addition of worst.
My favorite was really hard since it was a toss-up between a graphic novel, a non-fiction book, and a genre book. The genre won out but just barely.
My favorite was “Santa Olivia” by Jacqueline Carey. This is a stand-alone book that is completely different from her Kushiel series. “Santa Olivia” is about a town that has been forgotten, as it was trapped between walls constructed to keep dangerous elements of Mexico out of the US. The town is also occupied by the US Army. The hero is a young girl whose father was a genetically modified soldier. In some ways, it is a typical coming-of-age story, however, the major twist is that boxing plays a primary role. It was shocking that Carey made me care about boxing. I think that’s why it stood out compared to the other two books and wins as my favorite.
The worst book was “What-the-Dickens” by Gregory McGuire. I hated everything about this book and that is exceptionally rare. I couldn’t even get through it, so I resorted to scanning the rest to see if there were any redeeming qualities. There weren’t.
ummm. The number is in the show notes.
Scry bored by too many trees. Cut down all the trees and that episode would have been 2 minutes and it would have rocked. \m/ Dude.
TEB – What show notes?
*pretends to be innocent*
*rolls a natural 1*
Scry, when all else fails… read the instructions :)
I think a BFP simply requires B and F, I would recommend two people, or three. Whatevs.
Best book I read this year: Inherent Vice – Thomas Pynchon (non-genre)
Worst book I read this year: Anne Rice’s Jesus Book. I didn’t technically read it, so much as scanned 20 pages, barfed, and tossed it in the trade-in pile.
If it makes you feel better, the next two episodes take place in town… no trees.
Also HOT GIRL IN LEATHER. That is all.
Lo Pan has heard tell of this Anne Rice Jesus Book. Lo Pan is not amused, as Lo Pan is a man of wealth and taste.
Woohooo.
Woohooo.
Lo Pan make me laugh too hard. Ow.
So the TIME article is basically saying “Fuck 2000 thru 2009?” Yeah, I mostly agree.
And I’d say that the 2000s appear to have been more damaging to the U.S. than the 1930s — although, as Ed points out, the 1850s were probably the most devastating.
Lo Pan, Nomad, drinks….. we go now!
Well done ditto! Lo Pan is proud.
*chuckle* Ah the 1850′s. Lo Pan remembers them well. That was truly a time of interest for Lo Pan.
Jack: The 2000s have been horribly damaging to the US internationally.
Lo Pan: I’m happy to be your backup singer. ;)
Thats why Lo Pan once whispered the word “Isolationism” into Woodrow Wilson’s ear. He blew the whole thing!!!!!!!! Had Woody heeded Lo Pan’s advice this country would have statues to Lo Pan in every square and pavillion.
So really we can blame the damn Austrian aristocrats.
Bunny Really? – I love me some Neal Stephenson, but I have yet to attempt that book.
Generally I like Neal Stephenson too, but this book was tough. He could have easily cut a third of the book without killing the story. My husband read it after I did and very much agreed. In fact, the only reason he finished it was because it was up for a Hugo and he read all the Hugo nominees. There are some good parts to it, but it’s tough going to get to them.
That being said however, I have found, in reading reviews, that you either love this book or hate it. There seems to be very little in between.
Time for a break!
ZP has a butchers at Assassin’s Creed 2:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1148-Assassins-Creed-2
I enjoyed Zooey in 500 Days of Summer.
Look on FB TEB, you can lick Cj’s lollipop there…it’s lush..
cough
OK. this. is. brilliant.
http://creebobby.com/timestable.html
Jack, I have to agree, brilliant
JACK! You have found Lo Pan’s new wallpaper. Pleased!!!!!!!!
I enjoyed Assassin’s creed 1 and have pre-ordered AC 2 on PC, although it’s not supposed to come out until sometime in January :( Damn console users get their game first. :evil:
I think curry chicken is lunch du jour.
Had a sandwich for lunch.
Ok I have to make this announcement although everyone here already knows this.
TEB is plain AWESOME!
I like Neal’s earlier works best. The tomes he has taken to writing have put me off a bit. It is like he gets a bit carried away with his ideas since he focuses on ideas and not characters. Some people really enjoy that, put I much prefer character-driven books.
Well yes Wolf, but what brought this announcement on today?
Now I have to go figure out a deadlock.
Another couple of free games on the app store:
http://toucharcade.com/2009/12/02/wild-wednesday-download-ramp-champ-tridefense-for-free/