Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #150
Auld Lang Show Notes.
(My iTunes playback was a bit flaky, but it played just fine in other mp3 players. Plz let me know if you have any problems downloading or listening to this podcast. -JM)
Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #150
The magic Detective Deadpan
Life’s too short to say words in full.
Promo – The Weird Show (http://www.theweirdshow.com/)
Greasy Nipples
JohnBoze
The Energizer Bunny
Cj (First Comment of the Week)
Jeremy from Seattle
Ed from Texas
Cj
Broken Lyrics Challenge (Holiday Themed)
Justa J0e – cleans his drawers
Duel of the Fates – Bugs Bunny vs. Buzz Lightyear
Guest announcer – …Andrea Smarty Hottie
More from Justa J0e
Stolen Lyrics with…Lo Pan
Deadpan is in Hell
Send in content: 206-350-Tomi (8664) or e-mail: sphericaljackmatgmaildotcom
Happy New Year!
March 13th is the Deadpanmmmm meetup.
Closing music – “All Beautiful Things (Live)” performed live at Podcamp AZ
December 31st, 2009 at 12:50 am
It’s on the tip of my Tongue.
December 31st, 2009 at 12:52 am
Morning Pan, a straight through shift to get through today and then four days off..woot!
December 31st, 2009 at 1:24 am
Just streamed the episode to my phone, worked fine.
December 31st, 2009 at 2:21 am
Still not downloading in iTunes though.
I get an error if I use the RSS feed:
http://www.jackmangan.com/feed/
or the old iTunes link:
http://jackmangan.com/podcast.xml
December 31st, 2009 at 4:41 am
Morning Pan!
We ended up not going to the game last night. Both hubby and I were in bed by 8:00 drugged out of our gourds on cold medicine. We both thought it would be better that way, especially since I had to work this morning.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:43 am
Oop. Have to manually download DP as well. Silly i-Tunes
December 31st, 2009 at 4:48 am
No go on iTunes here either, last ep that came down was the unshow…
December 31st, 2009 at 5:07 am
CP – Latest Coverville.
The Romeo and Juliet cover by Coles Whalen is worth listening to a few times.
December 31st, 2009 at 5:10 am
I’m not going to describe the image conjured up when TEB calls something silly.
Cough
December 31st, 2009 at 5:21 am
TEN!
December 31st, 2009 at 5:30 am
Bah Humbug.
December 31st, 2009 at 5:45 am
Finished the show notes but won’t be putting them on FB yet. A few things I need from Jack first.
That duel of the fates was a bit of a trip.
December 31st, 2009 at 5:49 am
I have
now. Or is it :deadpan: ? Either way, I has it.
December 31st, 2009 at 6:15 am
Good morning, DP! Just listened to LLAP. Nice, Cj and Dan!
iTunes — DAMN YOU!!
DLing from here.
What kind of new year’s eve plans do y’all have?
December 31st, 2009 at 6:29 am
I plan on being in bed early with lots of drugs stuffed into me.
Unfortunately, I have to work tomorrow. First of the month. Damn month end. Luckily, I will still get to sleep in, though.
December 31st, 2009 at 6:30 am
I came back to work this morning to discover there are about 20,000 new contracts added to my spreadsheets. Woo Hoo?
December 31st, 2009 at 6:31 am
Finding a quiet pub and (I hope I’m using the correct technical term) get slowly pissed.
It’s a plan.
December 31st, 2009 at 6:33 am
I wish I could be part of Vanamonde’s plan. Stupid cold drugs means no imbibing this New Years Eve for the bunny.
December 31st, 2009 at 6:38 am
CD: Cinnamon Spice Tea
CP: WNDR Radio #47
CLA (currently looking at): Stupid Spreadsheets
December 31st, 2009 at 6:42 am
I get slowly pissed alot, usually for no reason…… heh
CP: JACK MANGAN’S
#150!
December 31st, 2009 at 6:48 am
I don’t care how you word it, I still wish it were me.
December 31st, 2009 at 6:57 am
There, listened to the whole show on my phone, worked pretty well, but wish I had remembered the headphone adaptor, or that HTC had included a mini-phone jack input somewhere on the damn phone…
December 31st, 2009 at 7:03 am
2009 is absolutely middle finger worthy. Redundant or not. I’m moving to France and shall say nothing but “sacrebleu” in my best Peter Steele voice.
December 31st, 2009 at 7:05 am
Speaking of I must now put on that album. Nothing wrong with some Bloody Kisses at 8am. SACREBLEUUUUUUUUUUUU!
December 31st, 2009 at 7:19 am
Fuck you 2009.
December 31st, 2009 at 7:23 am
ditto =
Lo Pan feels you, ditto. Tho not in THAT way. Then again maybe that would have made our years better. Giggidy.
December 31st, 2009 at 7:31 am
How many people would hate me if I said I was ok with 2009? Life coasted along in a relative state of bliss for me. I only wish it didn’t end with this constant kick to the head
December 31st, 2009 at 7:38 am
No hate. Good on ya for it.
December 31st, 2009 at 7:42 am
Pretty much feel the same way TEB, except for getting to know someone who generated a lot of stress for me. Still glad it happened though.
December 31st, 2009 at 7:43 am
The Noughties have been very contradictory. On the one hand, we remarried, built our house and have had two lovely children. On the other hand, we divorced first, have had steadily declining income since 05 or so, and we have spiraling debt and expenses. Every time we feel like something is getting stable, the car or the dishwasher or something else poops all over us.
But I do my best to stay positive and enjoy life. Life costs money, but it beats the alternative handily…
December 31st, 2009 at 7:53 am
God bless us. Everyone….
December 31st, 2009 at 7:55 am
Achoo!
December 31st, 2009 at 8:12 am
I really am happy for everyone that had a year/decade that didn’t suck. I really am. This year and much of this decade I won’t miss since it has royally sucked for me. But good things did happen and I won’t dwell on the negative. I just needed to get it out of my system.
Fuck you 2009!
Have you noticed that historically, the 0Xs of pretty much every century have been very tumultuous?
December 31st, 2009 at 8:13 am
And the cat just punctured my ankle. Add that to puncturing my back yesterday and I’m feeling a bit like a pin cushion. Plus, the allergies don’t help.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:22 am
did the cat bite or scratch, ditto? My cat constantly gives me love bites when she thinks I’m not paying enough attention to her.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:23 am
On a different note ditto, will we be seeing you in March? Really sorry things didn’t work out in September so I hope to make it up in two and a half months (is it really that soon?)
December 31st, 2009 at 8:30 am
Good Morning,
, and happy New Year’s Eve!
TEB: If you’re not seeing a differnce in the food at an Irish Pub and everywhere else, you aren’t going to a pub. (Or maybe everywhere you go are Irish pubs…)
Ditto and JØ: Oh pointy birds, oh pointy pointy, annoint my head, annoint annointy.
2009 sucked in ways that we won’t fully understand for at least 10 years… Piss Off 2009, Good Riddance.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:30 am
ditto I find rum helps. Gallons and gallons of sweet delicious rummy goodness. You can put it in coke, tea, coffee, water, cake, beef stew,
, toothpaste, barbasol, eggs, apples…..
December 31st, 2009 at 8:31 am
‘09 was a tough year here too. My mom, especially, has had a fucked year. I welcome in 2010.
C: Clearing off the dining room table so it can be used for dining.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:32 am
Fuck I havent seen LA Story for years upon years
December 31st, 2009 at 8:33 am
You mean we’re supposed to eat off it? Are you sure? Hmmm, I’ve been doing it wrong.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:44 am
@Lo Pan
The quote also exists in the movie “The Man with Two Brains”. In fact, it’s directly from that movie, LA Story cuts the quote short…
December 31st, 2009 at 8:46 am
Bunny, as long as the table still has room to roll a d20, you should be fine.
I echo everyone’s sentiments about 2009, life, the universe, and everything. I never begrudge good people for finding themselves in happy situations, and I do (try to) appreciate the good things in my life.
2009 definitely had some fun times too, not the least of which was the MMMmmmeetup in September.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:50 am
Exactly. Tables are meant for gaming. What is this using the table to eat off stuff?
December 31st, 2009 at 8:50 am
Currently Researching: The Human Genome Project
December 31st, 2009 at 9:01 am
Holy crap, Barth died this year??
December 31st, 2009 at 9:04 am
Barth?
December 31st, 2009 at 9:05 am
Ack!! I’m being Skyped by someone wanting to sell me Canadian drugs…
…although, right now that sounds rather appealing.
December 31st, 2009 at 9:10 am
I hope the Canadian drugs make you and hubby feel better.
Barth from You Can’t Do That on Television – he’s on this morbid dead celebrities list:
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/42506338.html
December 31st, 2009 at 9:11 am
That explains much since I’ve not seen TMWTB longer than I have LA Story
December 31st, 2009 at 9:14 am
Oh, mmmBarrthh… Gotcha
December 31st, 2009 at 9:15 am
THIS!!!!!! WILLL!!!!!! MAKE!!!! YOU!!!!!! HAPPY!!!!!!!! GO!!!! NUTS!!!!
or cringe….whatever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6QQ6omZXEk&feature=player_embedded
December 31st, 2009 at 9:15 am
@Lo Pan
Well, one is more worth the re-watch than the other…
December 31st, 2009 at 9:17 am
@Lejon (from Chandler)
Theres one thats worth a re-watch?
December 31st, 2009 at 9:19 am
All up to date now
http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?v=info&gid=120673555584
December 31st, 2009 at 9:32 am
I watched L.A. Story earlier this year – - it’s a little dated, but still pretty chock full of priceless moments.
December 31st, 2009 at 9:41 am
@jackmangan
“Let us just say I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time. “
December 31st, 2009 at 9:43 am
One of the extremely dated bits from L.A. Story:
“How long has this been going on?”
“Three years.”
“Three years? You mean this has been going on since the ’80s?”
December 31st, 2009 at 9:44 am
L.A. Story is one of the movies I really wish had produced a CD of their soundtrack.
December 31st, 2009 at 9:51 am
It always comes back to Enya, doesnt it?
December 31st, 2009 at 9:56 am
@Lo Pan
Enya, Classic jazz trios, Le Mer
Took me years of searching before I had real internet access, and found out that they never released the soundtrack for public consumption. I suppose I can iTunes it now, but it’s not the same..
December 31st, 2009 at 9:58 am
See thats odd cause youd think theyd get permissions from teh artists to release a soundtrack. maybe they figured it wouldnt be a big seller. tis odd tho
December 31st, 2009 at 9:59 am
CR: Memorable Quotes from L.A. Story on IMDB
December 31st, 2009 at 10:02 am
It’s that darned Orinico flow, best bring tissues.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:03 am
Like the monthly flow?
*feels the sting of the glares*
December 31st, 2009 at 10:04 am
Well that’s it, shift over, four days of no work.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:04 am
http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Armoury-Records-Metal-Sampler-Explicit/dp/B002KBAXCW/ref=sr_1_60?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1262280938&sr=1-60
December 31st, 2009 at 10:05 am
TEB: March should be fine. I’ve been relatively healthy the past couple of months, so that problem seems to have been solved. :)
December 31st, 2009 at 10:13 am
@Vanamonde
Actually, Orinoco Flow failed to make an appearance in L.A. Story.
The 3 Enya songs played in L.A. Story are as follows:
# “Epona”
Written by Enya
Performed by Enya
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. / BBC Enterprises Ltd.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
# “Exile”
Written by Enya, Roma Ryan and Nicky Ryan
Performed by Enya
Courtesy of WEA Records Limited / Geffen Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
# “On Your Shore”
Written by Enya, Roma Ryan and Nicky Ryan
Performed by Enya
Courtesy of WEA Records Limited / Geffen Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
December 31st, 2009 at 10:18 am
@ditto
It amuses Lo Pan that they put Poison and Dio together on that soundtrack. This pleases Lo Pan in its ridiculousness.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:24 am
Talk Dio to Me.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:33 am
“pointy birds”? I’m afraid I’m lost on that one. I fail. :-(
Wait, did Jack say “colon mush”?
Happy New Year, Panties!
December 31st, 2009 at 10:37 am
Lo Pan: I know what you mean. :)
December 31st, 2009 at 10:37 am
Still can’t download this ep from iTunes…. :(
December 31st, 2009 at 10:41 am
YEAH! Look What the Holy Diver Dragged In!!!!! erm… yours was better
December 31st, 2009 at 10:48 am
Rainbow in the Bop?
Oh now Im just reaching
December 31st, 2009 at 10:53 am
Yeah, individually – - Ronnie James Dio and Poison are both rich comedy sources, but together – - not so much.
Like Null, I also don’t get the pointy birds joke.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:54 am
I could have ben a dreamer…you know.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:55 am
Also “been”
December 31st, 2009 at 10:57 am
Its fun!
December 31st, 2009 at 11:05 am
oohhhh, look what the mailman brought! A SS gift all the way from the UK!
My January reading list is complete.
CR: Terra Insegura by Edward Willett
but next I’ll read Frozen in Time by Ali Sparks
followed by The Men Who Star at Goats by Jon Ronson.
Books make me tingle.
Thanks Van!!
December 31st, 2009 at 11:22 am
Just to clarify from the show notes, only the chaos was holiday-themed, the rest of the ep not so much.
December 31st, 2009 at 11:26 am
TEB Yah!
Dare I say it I’m a happy bunny the postal system finally came through.
December 31st, 2009 at 11:29 am
That’s Van and I… a pair of bouncy bunnies
You can never go wrong with a book as far as I’m concerned.
December 31st, 2009 at 11:36 am
I was going to make a Bible joke here… but even I dont want to go to Hell that badly.
December 31st, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Well Lo Pan, at least you’d have a lot of hells to choose from.
Unrelated – - 10 Words:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
December 31st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
To chime in a bit late on LA Story, ever since I saw that I have been meaning to write Steve Martin and tell him how much I enjoyed it. I have never written a letter to a celebrity but I always meant to write him.
… and Sam Phillips, to thank her for “Martini and Bikinis”
… and Weird Al Yankovic for using his genius to create brilliant parody instead of just more music.
December 31st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Hell of the Terrible Grammer?
OMG the “your, youre” mistake is an utter pet peeve of mine and I dont know why.
December 31st, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Under WTF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tduSi8I1NvU
December 31st, 2009 at 12:13 pm
…and Jaymee Ong for being Jaymee Ong. Delicious.
December 31st, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Actually, if you’ve got an extra few minutes, you should check out a number of the VS. videos. They’re (see, see, I can use grammar, too!) all a little strange.
December 31st, 2009 at 12:18 pm
That’s SIR Jackson to you.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=26603
December 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
DO NOT GET!
December 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Not an original thought, but it has been brought to my attention:
Has anybody else noticed that Batman effectively lives in his parents basement?
December 31st, 2009 at 12:21 pm
NO!!!! Thats SIR Stewart to YOU!
http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/12/21/thats-sir-patrick-stewart-to-you-star-trek-fans/
December 31st, 2009 at 12:23 pm
God I feel old:
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/12/actors-now-and-then.html
December 31st, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Actually, I take that back since I’m younger than all of them.
*insert evil laugh here*
December 31st, 2009 at 12:26 pm
OMFG Kelly McGillis and Deborah Winger are making me weep….
December 31st, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Y’all are wrong, they are correctly addressed:
Sir Peter and Sir Patrick.
December 31st, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Is it me, or did Ginger start to look a lot like Mrs. Howell?
December 31st, 2009 at 1:01 pm
@Lejon (from Chandler)
Worse.
December 31st, 2009 at 2:26 pm
AAAARRRRrrg. My eyes!!!
December 31st, 2009 at 3:01 pm
The best laid plans of mice and men.
Got chucked out of the pub due to lack of customers, but fist they ran out if Bailey’s then Malibu.
Currently drinking a dead woman’s booze (a friend collects junks from the estates of the deceased)
December 31st, 2009 at 3:04 pm
r
December 31st, 2009 at 3:05 pm
-s
December 31st, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Happy New Year to you, Van.
December 31st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
2009 definitely had it’s ups and downs for me. I finished the schooling portion of my PhD and have only to write the dissertation, I got a great job with a great company so I can get paid while writing the dissertation.
On the other hand, the job I took was at an extremely low rate for what a PhD should be making because the company would allow me to stay local and I really, really wanted to stay in upstate NY. Then the company lost a major contract and forced me to move to Florida. We like Florida well enough, but we didn’t really want to move and the cost has just about killed us financially. What’s more, my wife has been out of work almost all of 2009 with a back problem and once we moved she could no longer collect disability in NY or FL. So everything we gained from the high paying job was lost back to her total shut-down of income. On top of everything else, our son has been stationed in various locations all over the middle east and was not able to make it home for Christmas this year.
December 31st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I think 2010 will be your and your wife’s year, Usedhair. You too, ditto! Jack! Lo Pan!
Y’all have fun out there tonight, but please take a cab if your out and partying.
xox
December 31st, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Dammit, I hate it when Itunes does a
impersonation. Not only do I miss the new show, I forget to flip over to the new comment page. Here I was wondering why it was such a slow day for comments.
Bah! Well, that’s 2009 for ya.
December 31st, 2009 at 3:40 pm
You know, those “now” pictures for the celebrities seem to be deliberately picked to find them in either the worst possible combination of outfits, poses, and facial expressions.
That said, some of them have definitely not held up too well.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Well just gone Midnight here.
Happy New Year to everyone in deadpan land.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
swoooon! Ive wanted to Be Jacks love prowess for 4 years!!! I finally got my wish!!!
wait.. that didn’t come out right, or maybe it did….
Well 2009, fuck you very much!
Tonight I’m not looking back and bitching about how horrible this last year was. My plan is to look forward to how fucking awesome 2010 will be.
Fancy dinner then some love prowessing of our own is the plan for the night ;)
so, happy new year pan!!!
MWA!!!!!!
oh crap I used old skool smileys.. eh whatev. I’m totally old skool bitches!
December 31st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Happy new year Van!!!
MMMMMMWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAA!!!!! from across the pond
December 31st, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Happy New Years Van! I wish to buy you a Bailey’s if I could.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:35 pm
And Van shall show us the way. Let’s kick in the door and let 2010 know that Deadpan is the Way!
December 31st, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I hope for all of the Deadpan, a 2010 that is filled with joy, happiness … and if not prosperity, then simply security.
*lifts glass* Cheers Deadpan!
December 31st, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Happy Birthday 2010 for Vanamonde!
December 31st, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I’ve got some Sam Adams Imperial Stout, that’ll show 2010 I mean business…
December 31st, 2009 at 5:11 pm
I’m ringing in 2010 with an Arrogant Bastard. I’ll the rest of that joke to you.
So it’s *Dr.* Usedhair?
One of those links led to this:
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/12/mmm-vanilla.html
Actually….. don’t click that. Really.
December 31st, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Mmm, Arrogant Bastard!
December 31st, 2009 at 7:03 pm
So, this is how deadpan looks from a mobile phone. Very slick, Jeremy.
December 31st, 2009 at 7:03 pm
I haven’t finished my dissertation yet, so no Dr. title yet.
I’m bringing in the new year with one each of the following:
Left Hand Brewing Company – Milk Stout
Left Hand Brewing Company – Juju Ginger
He’brew The Chosen Beer – Genesis Ale
Stone – Levitation Ale
Dogfish Head – Chicory Stout
December 31st, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Mmmm – Left Hand . . .
CW: Robin Williams latest HBO special. M’eh.
December 31st, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Happy 2010
December 31st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Robin Williams stopped being funny a long time ago. He’s almost degenerated into a self parody.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:03 pm
And, even though the
calendar will disagree, it’s 2010 here in Texas, so I wish you all the best in this new year.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:15 pm
2010 here now too. Happy New Year
!
December 31st, 2009 at 10:34 pm
December 31st, 2009 at 10:38 pm
CW: All Star Comedy Jam
CD: Laughing My Ass Off
December 31st, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Happy new Year everyone (eh, I’m 2 hours 12 minutes late).
January 1st, 2010 at 12:15 am
Go get ‘em Deadpan!!!!!
January 1st, 2010 at 5:15 am
Afternoon Pan, 3 inches of snow over night, had to get the shovel out.
January 1st, 2010 at 7:01 am
Happy New Year Deadpan.
From a very red nosed bunny!
January 1st, 2010 at 7:02 am
The kleenex box is my best friend, with New Citron running a close second.
All things considered I’d rather be in bed instead of in front of my computer working.
January 1st, 2010 at 7:15 am
Take good care, TEB and Mr. TEB!
Happy New Year! The smoker is fired up, and we’re awaiting delivery of our new recliner this morning (found a great sale 2 days ago, and our old one inherited from my gramps was truly crumbling).
So far, 2010 is
January 1st, 2010 at 7:53 am
Happy New Year
!!!
I would have posted earlier, but this is the first time I’ve had a computer on since last night. I was busy carousing and carrying on with my friends at our traditional New Year’s eve haunt.
For the record, I had the following to drink:
1 Cowboy Mojito
1 correctly louched Absenthe (I can officially call myself a writer now)
1 sip of cheap rum (right at midnight, it was the only thing available)
Hope your 2009 left all traces behind.
Here’s to the future of everything and
January 1st, 2010 at 9:01 am
Happy New Year everyone! I drank a few colas with Captain Morgan in them. Not bad. But I managed to score three bottles of Boulevard’s Quaddriple Ale, 6th Glass on Wednesday. Awesome stuff, but I’m not going to drink any of it until I make it back to Phoenix. My kids are snow sleding outside today. Probably their only chance. LOL Did you notice that today’s date looks like binary?
010110
January 1st, 2010 at 9:20 am
Happy 010110
may all your bytes be full of New Year’s data
OK that makes no sense and is not
January 1st, 2010 at 9:34 am
It’s New year’s like this that make me need a shower.
Got to go wash up and change my
(JFS, I’m really digging these enhanced smilies :grin: )
January 1st, 2010 at 9:35 am
The wife wants to know why I’m wearing
Who can say…
January 1st, 2010 at 10:16 am
Happy New Year’s Day! Time for the Winter Classic and apparently some black-eyed peas…? Not the ones with Fergie.
January 1st, 2010 at 11:59 am
A missed opportunity:
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/ff_new_nukes/all/1
January 1st, 2010 at 2:09 pm
There are apparently a slew of Iphone/Touch apps offered for free today:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1783116
Haven’t had a chance to check them out yet.
January 1st, 2010 at 4:27 pm
The web browser on the DSi is rather crap, it runs out of memory as soon as I try and load up the DP website.
January 1st, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Happy new year everyone!
January 1st, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Well, apparently, slickdeals decided that thread was a duplicate and killed the link. This one should work:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1780556
January 1st, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Ooh, this one looks like the old “BattleZone” arcade game. Man did I feed that machines a few quarters back in the day.
http://appshopper.com/games/vector-tanks
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:42 am
Nice control method on Vector Tanks, just a pity the guy stop developing the game, would have liked to see different types of tanks and something equivalent to BZ’s missile.
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:02 am
+ed
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:06 am
Absinthe – arghblaurgh*spit**shakes head*
Disgustibusting.
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:10 am
2200+ *.wma files converted to *.mp3 and I really hope the converter worked properly.
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:41 am
Morning pan (haven’t got to bed yet akshully),
Watched the 2nd part of the Dr. Who finale and then the Peacekeeper War. Kerry sez: “Both things we watched today made me cry! We gotta watch something funny!”
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:34 am
+p
January 2nd, 2010 at 4:25 am
I wonder if I’m becoming to cynical for these bloody things, no tears watching the Dr Who Xmas special part 2.
Just wondering at the waste of having Timothy Dalton and hardly using him and moving the Master even further away from Roger Delgado’s suave supervillian to a start raving loony.
Ah well, 2010 will see what Moffat can do with an actor that looks like she should be starring in a school play.
January 2nd, 2010 at 4:27 am
stark rather than start..groan
January 2nd, 2010 at 4:28 am
he rather she damn it`all hell.
January 2nd, 2010 at 5:45 am
Morning Pan!
It’s 6:30 in the morning, what the hell am I doing up?
January 2nd, 2010 at 5:53 am
Labyrinth is free today:
http://www.itunes12daysofchristmas.co.uk/
Rather good roll the ball through a maze type game.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:03 am
Morning Van
*waves at Vanamonde across the ocean*
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:25 am
Ugh! I’m tired of staring at numbers on a spreadsheet. stupid month end.
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:23 am
Morning
!
Two more days off, and then I head to Dallas to work at my new home office for a week.
So far, 2010 has been pretty great, except for my mom’s health.
Have a good Saturday!
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:24 am
Morning EssBee!
I was beginning to think I was alone on the boards today
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:27 am
It’s not easy being alone with your spreadsheets
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:34 am
I think I miss the time stamp, too. I have no idea how long I’m alone in the DP boards anymore.
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:41 am
CW: Dr. Who marathon (again).
We saw The Wrestler last night. Man, what a sad flick.
Hi Bunny!
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:45 am
Ok, off to my Wheel of Time novel.
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:45 am
They are showing Dr. Who tonight here in the arctic.
Since hubby and I are having dinner with friends tonight, I guess that means it will be a couple of days more before we see it.
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:46 am
Hello, World.
It’s 40°F here this morning, but we’ve been promising the kids a trip to the rec center with it’s indoor pool and water slide. So far, 2010 is off to a pretty good start.
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 am
I want to go to the water slide pool!
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:52 am
Now that I think about it, I haven’t been swimming in years.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:06 am
The 12days of Christmas offer is also on the US iTunes store.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:16 am
Off to see Nine at the cinema…if the trains are still working.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:44 am
Thinking about taking the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.
Saw Brian Bradley at the Comedy Spot last night and as usual, he was hilarious. My face still hurts from laughing. I wish I could share him with everyone.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:52 am
Morning Cj!
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:57 am
That’s a lot of PS3s:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18305-the-us-air-forces-holiday-wish-list-2500-playstations.html
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:28 am
I suspect JfS can sympathize with this:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:29 am
anyone here ever considered moving to Brazil?
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:33 am
Is it warm there? Then YES!!!!!
Actually, I’m now off. Got stuff to do before dinner tonight.
Ta!
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:25 am
yes, warm. and far away.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:27 am
JB – finally listening to this episode (stupid iTunes refuses to find the podcast … STILL)
“They’ll need a crane, they’ll need a crane.
To take the house he built for her apart.
To make it rain, it’s gonna take,
A metal ball hung from a chain.”
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:09 am
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/12/31/ps3-supercomputers-and-techstuff-gazes-into-the-future/
The TechStuff Podcast did a pretty good show this week on the ins-and-outs of that purchase for laymen…
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:29 am
I’ve long suspected that Sony taking away its support for Yellow Dog Linux on the PS3 (and the announced discontinuation of the Cell processor) was concern over liability. Hard to find a better, easier farm to crack various types of crypto. All the government interest in the Cell just reinforces this in my mind.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:30 am
And it looks like our snow is going to continue for a while.
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:07 pm
I don’t know how many football (or at least “Bowl Game”) fans hang out here at the Deadpan … but can any of you remember a more lackluster Bowl season this one? I can’t recall there ever being such a collection of un-impressive teams and games that I couldn’t care less about.
IMHO – They have “tweaked” the Bowl game process until they have now broken it.
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Didn’t watch any of the Bowls, Joe.
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Wow, I don’t know what’s going on. I can’t listen to several podcasts. I think blubrry is the culprit.
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Well Nine left me non plussed, songs were mostly forgettable even though the acting was good.
Oh and Daniel Day Lewis sings like Jake Thackeray.
For those who’ve never heard of JT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-BKrAAZGc
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:15 pm
I don’t really follow college ball, but I definitely preferred when the Bowl games all had silly names, as opposed to silly corporate names. Do they still play the Doritos Bowl? The Enzyte Bowl? The Chef Boyardee Beefaroni bowl?
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Ah, gotta love controlled environments. Here’s where we romped today. The starting point for the big green water slice is probably 30 feet above pool level.
http://www.angleton.tx.us/reccenter.cfm
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Anyway. I’ve been semi-AWOL of late. I hope New Year’s has been good to everyone. I had a busy but good gluttonous 2 days, consuming in excess. Some of the happy surprises of NYE: Kris and Thomas and Cj and Danthol all showed up.
In lieu of the timestamp, I recommend occasional time posts.
3:17pm AZ time.
OK, I’m off again for a few. Happy 01-02-2010
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Ed, you gotta love swimming in January.
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:30 pm
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
JfS is the :meatal: motherfucking :deadpan: guru!
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Ooops. Sometimes you wish you had edit. That should have been
;)
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
If you too want to make big red annoying text in celebration or anger just put these tags around the text
Should have called it Kapla though.
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:45 pm
oh, didn’t work.
in “<” tags put div class=”success” and /div after the text you want big red and angry.
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Rock on!
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:03 pm
The first minute of this video is my favorite scene from this movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRhOP1CHcSQ
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:33 pm
You need an FB account and some friends:
http://www.221b.sh/
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Shhhh
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:13 am
Actual timestamps!
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:27 am
Timestamps are made of win. They made Cj happy. The timestamps.
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:47 am
Ok, maybe we could do a vote on whether to put new posts at the top of the webpage? would help us that access the DP on our phones/iPod Touches/Android phones..
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:07 am
Scrolling down would mean going back in time..
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:52 am
-25ºF just now, I don’t think there’s any wind, but really the difference between -25º and -30º is not noticeable.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:56 am
My god, that’s cold!
Today is our last day of vacation. I’m actually ready to get back to work, but wish I wasn’t going to Dallas tomorrow.
I’d be fine with new posts at the top of the page.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:44 am
Top is teh win.
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:09 am
Morning Pan
I have no voice today, therefor I gave decided I’m going to lay on the couch all day today and veg. I don’t think I’m even going to turn on my computer at all today (the touch doesn’t count)
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
I’m ok with comments on top. It would make Panning easier when I’m on the couch trying very hard to do nothing
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:25 am
time stamps make me happy.
JFS is made of win.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:00 pm
If therels not an easy way to put some kind of jump to the bottom button, I’m also in favor of new comments at the top. Though, we’d really need the comment box at the top to go with it.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:24 pm
@justa J0e
Agreed on both counts.
There *is* a Jump to the Bottom button, Ed. Simply click “Write Comment” and it rockets you to the bottom.
Still, I’m up for trying comments at the top.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:02 pm
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Sweet. Yeah still have to click “Write Comment” but I think that is pretty minor in the scheme of things. Makes it WAAY easier to read and stuff on a mobile phone.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Whoa.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Figuring out what happened made my brain hurt a little.
Then I ate a homemade tamale and all was right with the world.
My work week starts now so … Hope to talk to you all again someday soon.
January 3rd, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Will it work with the mobile theme as well?
January 3rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Ah it doesn’t work with the mobile theme.. Bugger!
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Very nice :)
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
It’s good to be back in Phoenix. :)
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Whew, Whiplash!
Nice changeroo.
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Something weird going on?
Last post I can see is Vanamonde, December 31st 2009 at 12:50 AM…
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:49 pm
oooohhhhhh, I get it…
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:06 pm
@JohnBoze
We’ve been hacked!
Errr.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Lo Pan’s brain hurts…… Lo Pan does not like change.
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Rhett, good to have you back in town.
So – I don’t know if there’s a way to move this comment box to the top of the page, so it’s closer to the current/recent conversation?
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:32 pm
@Jack Mangan
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lo and behold
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:33 pm
If so, that would be great, but, at least having the comment button there at the top saves a lot of scrolling. Definitely a nice start to the new Deadpan Year.
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Downloading DJ Utopia’s New Year’s set. w00t!
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:09 pm
It’s like a slide.
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:14 pm
@Vanamonde
I’ll look into the mobile theme.
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:42 pm
For the record today I kicked butt and sold stuff to the tune of double my daily quota.
Anyone around to give my a high five for being so
?
(zoom me back to the top, Scotty, so I can check!)
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:47 pm
I am easily amused.
Click “write a comment”
Now click “return to top”
REPEAT!!!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:01 am
wHOA. i’M dIZZY nOW.
January 4th, 2010 at 12:02 am
@Nomad Scry
It is kinda fun, isn’t it? :)
January 4th, 2010 at 12:20 am
Checked the mobile skin comments and they aren’t supported yet. They said soon though. I’ll disable it for now unless there are any objections.
January 4th, 2010 at 12:25 am
It’s like Comment Freefall.
Hi-5 to Cj.
This guy has a lot of time and paper on his hands:
http://www.petercallesen.com/index/A4PAPERCUT_000.htm
Goodnight
January 4th, 2010 at 12:44 am
Morning Pan, last day of my long weekend, lots of boring things to do.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:33 am
*High Fives* to CJ!
And, the first workday of 2010 is dawning. Here’s to gainful employment for all this year.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:07 am
Well done, Cj!
It’s back to work for me — I head right to the airport and Dallas this morning.
Have a great day, DP!
January 4th, 2010 at 5:19 am
Whoa, was looking at the bottom for new comments this morning and *flip*! Gonna take a bit of getting used to but kinda neat having them at the top.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:24 am
Whoa, what a trip.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:27 am
Hi Five to Cj. You kick ass, babe!
January 4th, 2010 at 5:57 am
That paper cut link was cool.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:45 am
I was looking at the paper cut link at like 1am this morning thinking “stop looking at the pretty paper and go to bed.” So I did.
Up and at em! I’m taking my daughter for her 6 year well exam this morning. Poor dear has to have blood drawn. She’s cool with it though, but I can’t let her eat so all 3 of us are going to eat afterward – just to be fair. Leaving in about 10 minutes, doctor, then breakfast, then take her to school. It’s her first late. She’s never even been absent. My kid rocks!
The little dude still has one more week off.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:49 am
Also… because my hubby is awesomesauce, he starts his new job today!
He’s working at the same place as me. He just left for orientation so he can learn how to sell stuff and kick butt!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:58 am
Ooooh Black Widow is going to be in Iron Man 2 (played by Scarlett Johanssen).
January 4th, 2010 at 7:30 am
Dan rocks too
January 4th, 2010 at 7:41 am
Bah humbug.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:41 am
Congrats to Cj!!!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Is this thing on?
January 4th, 2010 at 7:42 am
CP: Squealer — AC/DC
January 4th, 2010 at 7:45 am
@Rhettro
Ah, the comments are on top. Not sure if I like it.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:46 am
That’s not right! It’s colder here than in Calgary!! This is the worst weather that I can remember around here.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:53 am
@Rhettro
You get used to it. And it makes it easier in a lot of respects. Then again, I don’t have a cool, shiny, new iPhone or the like. :)
January 4th, 2010 at 8:04 am
@ditto
Ha! Ha!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:24 am
@ditto
The site doesn’t look any different on the touch. New comments are still at the bottom meaning you thumb still gets a work out
January 4th, 2010 at 8:29 am
<Driveby>
Just to chime in on the “Why on earth give James Cameron $500BILLION to make a movie?” question:
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/01/04/avatar-tops-one-billion-worldwide/
I believe the answer equates to “scoreboard”
Now to get back to catching up after the holiday
</Driveby>
January 4th, 2010 at 8:29 am
lmfao. I’m behind on my tech magazine reading, but I just stumbled on this gem of a sentence:
“Modern memory chips, when powered down, will retain their contents for seconds even at room temperature, and for minutes if they are cooled to the temperatures of a Canadian winter.”
So, Canada *is* bad for security. ;)
January 4th, 2010 at 9:44 am
Happy New Year, Pan!
On New Year’s Eve, we had a yummy casserole with black-eyed peas, rice, ham, tomatoes, and onions in it. I didn’t drink anything, except some Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider. We went to our city’s old downtown, where they were dropping a decoration that looked like a giant bunch of grapes instead of a ball at 9:00 PM and midnight. We went to the 9:00 grape drop, then came home and baked cookies.
Jack: Cool! So glad you had a good New Year’s. :-)
Cj: *high five!*
Today’s to-do list: Finish fixing up resume (bleah), try to get Audacity working on my computer again (it stopped working last night for some inexplicable reason), work on Questors #9 if I can get it working again, work on Cisco labs from last semester.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Crap. I so wish this wasn’t true:
http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=517
January 4th, 2010 at 10:09 am
The author Robert Holdstock remembered:
http://news.ansible.co.uk/a270supp.html
January 4th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Yup TEB, have a look down the comments.
cough
January 4th, 2010 at 10:16 am
You can also switch the mobile theme off TEB.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Star Wars: Episode 1 nearly reached a billion (930 million)for a fraction of what was spent on Avatar. So I still disagree that it was necessary to give ol Jimmy C that much.
Both movies are beautiful to look at but a storytellers nightmare. Both movies prove the world am a dumb dumb place.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:32 am
Also the score is:
Bronchitis 1
Lo Pan 0
Im sure its the Curse of the Cameron
January 4th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Ok, who thought it would be funny to give me a paper cut on my nose? The tip of my nose is now bleeding and hurts like hell!
I don’t know if this says more about the the strangeness me or of life in general.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:19 am
@Lo Pan
The amount of money spent to make the film is irrelevant. Movie companies will spend ridiculous sums of money to eek out any profit. Of course, the higher the profit margin the better, which is why they weren’t worried about Cameron. He’s already doubled the investment, and if the box office numbers are any indication, Avatar is going to keep making bank for a while. People keep going to see it, in much the same way they kept going to see Titanic.
In protest, naturally, I’m planning to watch it on Netflix.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:20 am
@DJ Bunny
Awe, TEB: We still think you’re strange.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Who knew month end could be so dangerous?
January 4th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Like I said…people am dumb for the spoonfed fodder.
Ok I generalize and I dont begrudge those who enjoyed. Just makes me scratch my head is all; and worry about what, and how much, is next.
*hacks up lung*
January 4th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Nice reference to Grand Theft Auto on this weeks Family Guy.
January 4th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Bunny, were you trying to fold little skeletons when you got the paper cut on your nose?
January 4th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
If I was, I think I was doing it wrong!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Avatar is all about the giant-screen 3D, which is a hell of a lot of fun. If you’ve ever done the 3-D experiences at Universal and Disney, this is a lot like those, except at your local theater. I walked out and said, “Well, I guess that’s the end of the 2-D action flick.”
If only Cameron could have made a story as engaging and immersive as that of Titanic (I know some disagree, but I really connected with Rose and Jack’s experience), then this could have been one of the great cinematic experiences of all time.
God, we are nerds.
January 4th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
I agree. The biggest problem with the movie is that it is completely predictable. It is fun to watch and it is great entertainment, but I don’t think anyone will argue it was a great movie.
And that’s a problem?
January 4th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
This nerd was made for walkin…..
You know movies like Shoot em Up or Crank are just as predictable yet 1000 times more fun than Gravitartar. Maybe its all about creativity beyond looks. Dunno, cant put my finger on it (as Ween would say).
January 4th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
*looks up*
Crank? Really?
*burying nose back in spreadsheets*
January 4th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Hey for what it was it was fandamntastic. Crank 2 even bettah…
January 4th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
RE: Gravitartar
somebody made a movie based on the old arcade game? Cool
Oh you didn’t mean Gravitar..
January 4th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
It’s not about better or worse. It’s about cash and carry. People are paying to see the film. Paying to get the 3-D experience. A half a billion was nothing compared to guaranteed returns on that investment.
When, in all the time you can remember, has the studio system given a crap about a good story, when awesome effects will pack theatres and make LOTS and LOTS of money?
January 4th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
The programming geek in me approves:
http://www.bobhobbs.com/files/kr_lovecraft.html
January 4th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
The Postman! Yeah! *hacking cough*
January 4th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
I fucking wish, yo!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
What a fun first day to be back in the office. Gee, I can’t wait until tomorrow.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
CP: My Body Is A Cage — The Arcade Fire
January 4th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
See, ditto, the best thing ever is that I somehow read your two posts together and I read “What a fun first day to be back in my cage”. Zahhah!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Hoo
Ah
Crack
Hoo
Ah
Crack
That’s the sound of the men
Workin’ on the Chain
Gang
January 4th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
pr0n againz?
January 4th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Well, this seems to be working pretty well on my Pre.
Though, the comment box seems to be slapping the crap out of my phone.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
If only the Na’Vi had banged on pvc pipes as percussion instruments. . . Oh wait – those are different Blue Men.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
BWAH!
January 4th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
@Jack Mangan
FTW!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
I know the feeling. It is the real thing. The essence of the soul.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
I think I’m going to have to lodge a complaint with the Canadian embassy – Houston is looking at a high of 34°F this Friday. The rest of you guys must really be hosed if it’s going to get that cold this far south.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Lo Pan decrees high 30’s. Sooooo not much betta
January 4th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Amy:
I’m pleasantly surprised to find American cities using grapes as a new years symbol. In Spain (and many other countries) it is quite the important symbol for the new year. Were there, by chance, 12 grapes in the bunch that dropped?
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve
Spanish New Year’s Eve (Nochevieja or Fin de Año in Spanish, Cap d’Any in Catalan, Cabo d’Anyo in Aragonese) … It is traditional to eat twelve grapes, one on each chime of the clock. This tradition has its origins in 1909, when grape growers in Alicante thought of it as a way to cut down on the large production surplus they had had that year. Nowadays, the tradition is followed by almost every Spaniard, and the twelve grapes have become synonymous with the New Year.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Usedhair’s Used Links:
A continuous, uncontrollable stream of TOTALLY FUCKED UP short videos.
http://www.neave.com/television/
Warning! This site is hypnotic and will not let you go for quite some time.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
LOL!!!!! :-D
This afternoon, I not only set up an interview with an employment agency for tomorrow, but while I was at said agency, I ran into and reconnected with an old friend who remembered me from junior high school! Small world!
[/diarytweet]
January 4th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
@Usedhair
Oh, yeah! I knew about that tradition, but I didn’t connect it with our grape drop until you mentioned it. And no, it definitely looked like there were more than 12 grapes in the bunch. Our city only used a bunch of grapes because there is a fairly large area of vineyards and wineries on one side of town.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Feed seems to be invalid according to this: http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jackmangan.com%2Ffeed%2F
Tried old feed as well and it failed too:
http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjackmangan.com%2Fpodcast.xml
January 4th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
I mis-read that as dirtytweet and said hu-wha?
January 4th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
People are talking this up like it’s the next dramatic chipmunk. We’ll see. Just in case, you saw it here first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-r02-oZAW4
January 4th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
I fear I am going to annoy my coworkers today. I just keep yelling DUN DUN DUNNNNNN! for no reason.
Hm. Wait. Nevermind. I annoy them everyday. Very well, carry on DUNNNNNN!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Well, that’s better than this cowbell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q6iUuudgxQ&feature=related
Grr.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Morning Pan, freezing conditions and back to work…brrrrrrrr!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Work update…
I’ll do this until either you or I am sick of hearing it!
I almost TRIPLED quota tonight!
who knew I could do this?
January 5th, 2010 at 12:17 am
DUNNNNNNN!
January 5th, 2010 at 12:31 am
Is it just me or is the favicon gone?
hmmm
DUNN Yourself!
January 5th, 2010 at 12:47 am
All this DUNNing reminds of the beginning of ‘The Longest Day’.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:40 am
The proxy at work just started blocking gMail.
But not iGoogle.
Huh?
January 5th, 2010 at 3:44 am
I looked on IMDB to see what ‘The Longest Day’ was. Then I scrolled down the actors list. I only recognize Sean Connery and Red Buttons. Why does DUNNing remind you of TLD?
January 5th, 2010 at 3:45 am
DUN? Dial Up Networking? Man, there’s a nightmare I put behind me back in the 90’s.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:46 am
Also…
DUN DUN DUNNNNN!
January 5th, 2010 at 4:19 am
Ugh
January 5th, 2010 at 4:52 am
@EssBee
Very
January 5th, 2010 at 5:12 am
It’s the short bit of music played after Rommel surveys the beaches NS.
For the whippersnappers among you, think the music Ford tries to teach the young Vogon guard in the TV series of Hitchhikers.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:15 am
…and I find it hard to believe NS, that you’ve never heard of John Wayne.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:55 am
Morning Pan.
It’s snowing. Go figure.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:26 am
January 5th – Take 2
I also helped a customer last night who, when I picked up the phone started the conversation with, “I need to be escalated. I was on hold for a supervisor, but disconnected.”
I checked the notes and sure enough, he was holding for a supervisor to take the call.
Yeah. I resolved it.
That’s me – the girl in the training department who has only been with the company for 5 weeks.
Yep. No escalation needed.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:27 am
Also, good morning
I’m wearing a lovely necklace which also doubles as a 4 year old boy.
It’s stunning and kind of suffocating, but it’s really cute and appears to love me
January 5th, 2010 at 6:34 am
Morning Cj!
65 days until we party!
January 5th, 2010 at 6:42 am
Wishing your life away!
January 5th, 2010 at 6:43 am
Life goes fast when you’re partying, but really slooooows down when you’re waiting to party
January 5th, 2010 at 6:55 am
I am looking forward to it!
I feel like I should start cleaning my house now at this rate considering how much I’m even home anymore.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:58 am
Do go out for us. We love you, not your house. Besides, if you wait, I’m quite willing to help.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:59 am
Tell me what to do and while you’re at work, consider it done!
January 5th, 2010 at 7:11 am
Ed, on a different note, what day were you thinking of arriving in Deadpan Land?
January 5th, 2010 at 7:12 am
Actually, never mind. I’ll send you an e-mail.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:28 am
I knew it!
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=gal-gamers-geekier-than-guys-09-12-23
January 5th, 2010 at 7:31 am
The junk guys called. They are slogging their way through the snow and should be here within the hour. Taking away my old TV and a bunch of other junk that won’t fit into my car. It will be nice to be junkless again.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:34 am
It’s winter. What a surprise!
And it’s frickin’ cold here.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:36 am
*swooon*
I’ll be in my bunk.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:40 am
Wait two months, we can all swoon in our bunks together
January 5th, 2010 at 7:42 am
I’ve just had my eyes opened by a Bunny.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Mmmmm…. bunking and swoooning.
Swoooning and bunking.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:43 am
For the record, right now I’m neither swooooning nor bunking… I’m spreadsheeting.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:47 am
@The Energizer Bunny
*thud*
Now where did I leave that time machine?
January 5th, 2010 at 7:48 am
Me too. Ugh!
January 5th, 2010 at 7:49 am
I’m in my code monkey supervisor role and code reviewing.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
January 5th, 2010 at 8:30 am
My cat is freaking out. We had, up until 10 minutes ago, a giant projection tv in our living room. There is now this big wide open space. She doesn’t know what to make of it.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:31 am
Well, I guess I’m going to brave the brrr and do some shoveling.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:34 am
BTW – Thanks and welcome and sorry, Rob Smith! Fingers crossed for this week’s episode.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:36 am
?
*reLoads IMDB* *scrolls* *clicks “more”* *scrolls* *scrolls*
Oh! I didn’t see him. He’s listed last. Would have thought he’d rank higher even with just a cameo. Oh well, shows what I know about it.
Also…
January 5th, 2010 at 8:38 am
DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!!!
January 5th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Oh my!
January 5th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Did we say hello to Rob Smith?
If not… Hello!
Ok, really going to shovel
January 5th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Wow. Stallone, Statham, Schwarzenegger, Li, Lundgren, etc. in the same movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/
No $0.5 billion 3D effects budget for this one?
January 5th, 2010 at 9:22 am
I think my daughter’s got the right idea. She rents a condo. The condo association deals with the snow, so she doesn’t have to get her tooties cold at all.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:24 am
Wow, there are a lot of names I recognize in that movie.
I think I’ve only seen Charisma Carpenter in only two B movies since Buffy.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:33 am
RE: Expendables: OMG!!
The names alone are fucking great! “Hale Ceasar” hehe.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Yeah, and note that it’s written and directed by Sylvester Stallone. . . . This year’s Snakes on a Plane?
Anyway. Star Trek wetsuits:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/star-trek-wetsuits-dammit-jim-im-a-doctor-not-a-surfer/
January 5th, 2010 at 9:44 am
@Jack Mangan
So true. Do we need a SLJ emoticon for :motherfucker: ? That’d be sweet. ;)
January 5th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Adding The Expendables to my list. Looks potentially horrible in the best way.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:34 am
@Jack Mangan
Staloon, Fartzeneger, Lit, Strandum, and Lundgritz?
Say it ain’t So Jack. Say it ain’t So!
January 5th, 2010 at 10:50 am
But sadly, no Campbell, Norris, Thomerson, Paxton, or Zmed.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:08 am
That…is the greatest thing…ive ever….seen. *sniff*. Lo Pan digs the excitement.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Oh God, shes blind. Lo Pan will go kill himself now. I have laughed my last laugh
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978082&grpId=3659174697259360
January 5th, 2010 at 11:55 am
CP: You Better Run — Pat Benetar
January 5th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Shuffle-step, Ball-change
January 5th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Great article on how young hockey talent is developing in California, Arizona, and Texas.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/juniorhockey/article/746012–cox-team-usa-an-unconventional-success-story
January 5th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Work.
January 5th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Is Cj telling us to work?
January 5th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
That is a good article, ditto. Even if both of the local professional hockey franchises are mismanaged to extinction, there still is and will continue to be a pretty dedicated amateur community in AZ.
Of course, letting a couple of spoiled millionaires move the team and hurt the local hockey culture would still be a damn shame, but – - there’s very little that we individual fans can do about it. The world is run and ruined by spoiled millionaires. That won’t change in our lifetimes.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
I’ve killed it!
… don’t mind me, I’m just cranky today.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Did the dark miasma of it’s soul get sucked into the streaming insanity brought forth by the screaming hordes of those to be sacrificed to the great
?
January 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Stranger aeons Deadpan may die.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Danger peeons, ,breadpan lay pie.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
See, cause two commas are better than one. Yeegh.
January 5th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
A review of the Nexus One:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/
Don’t think I’m going to be giving up my iPhone just yet.
Night Pan, I may be some time.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Wow. This looks GREAT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONkh786EbSg&feature=player_embedded
January 5th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
iTunes is pretty brain dead a lot of times. Sigh.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Mornin’
No dun from me yet. Way to joint achey-ness this m’evening.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
@Nomad Scry
-to
+too
grr.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Ugh x 2
January 5th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Greetings,
At last, some time to check in. And an email to respond to.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
What? I’m posting at night? Must be up too late. Good night,
January 5th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
OMG you beat me to it! STARBLAAAZERS!!!!!!! Too bad itll never come to the US
January 5th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Really, really good creative day today. Got stuff organized for next scrapbook, and completed a few pages. Also did a bunch of audio editing. All but 2 lines have been edited into Questors #9. Besides those two lines, the only things that remain to be done are the end credits and the music… but there will be a LOT of music. Five songs in total, and so far I’ve found three of them. I’m still happy with the progress I’ve made, though.
Night,
.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Someone does need to direct a Starblazers movie before Michael Bay gets his hands on it.
Goodnight, shum. FYI: tomorrow is looking Unshowish.
(Maybe that will even work with your Questors timetable, Amy!)
January 5th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
@Cj
No. I was leaving for work after having spent all morning “at work” and now I’m home and have to finish this morning’s work. So… I’m feeling a little over-worked.
The word was taunting me so I released it upon all of you.
January 6th, 2010 at 3:34 am
Hear ye, Hear ye! Chuck is returning this Sunday. Be prepared!
January 6th, 2010 at 4:41 am
morning
had a phone interview yesterday that went really well. It seams like a good company and my commute would go from 60 miles a day to 60 miles a week. Have a great day all.
January 6th, 2010 at 5:15 am
Morning Pan!
It’s 6:10 in the bloody morning. I’ve already made the commute through the arctic tundra to the downtown office.
now snug and warm with a hot chocolate on my desk ready to study spreadsheets.
Hoping to be out of here soon and back in my own home.
January 6th, 2010 at 7:02 am
The kids wanted to know why I was getting them out of bed while it was “still nighttime”.
Oh the joys of explaining how the sun works during winter.
Is this thing on?
And by “this thing” I mean my brain.
The answer is no.
January 6th, 2010 at 7:18 am
Via Topless Robot, this has to be the best twist on the horror genre that I’ve seen in a long time. “Tucker & Dale vs Evil”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx0GaB2EHUs&feature=player_embedded
January 6th, 2010 at 8:37 am
Well, I’ve had my adventure for today.
The train I was coming home on broke down. Spent 20 minutes waiting for the mechanic to come. He fixed it to the point it could be taken to the nearest station where we were all told to get off.. The train left, presumably to the yard for a proper repair, and we had to wait for another to come and take us to our desired destinations.
Good thing I had my touch with me or boredom would have set in really quick
January 6th, 2010 at 8:43 am
@Vanamonde
I only just noticed that last bit. Are you taking some Deadpan vacation days, Van? Did you check with HR? Happy days, whatever you end up doing.
January 6th, 2010 at 8:49 am
cough
January 6th, 2010 at 9:19 am
CP: Jambi — Tool
January 6th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Alas nothing so exciting, planning a trip to Wales to see a friend.
January 6th, 2010 at 11:09 am
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche
Will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning
Very, very frightening me
(Just checking this out….)
January 6th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Youre always one step ahead! I just watched that trailer and damn does it look fine! Im so there.
Speaking of not so creative movies:
JAMES CAMERON’S AVATAR = DISNEY’S POCAHONTAS is very very amusing.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?attachment_id=22627
January 6th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
The tumbleweeds are partying tonight.
January 6th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
So tonight’s game on Facebook, was for the woman to put the colour of the bra their were wearing in their status update (just the colour).
White and Black dominated, but Turquoise was there.
January 6th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Well fuck. Tee’s wife passed away this morning.
I’m not sure yet how to react or what to do about this. Signing up for the trust fund info seems like a good start.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGhQcnVYY0pTWi1BdnhtNTdlcEZQVUE6MA
January 6th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Sad news.
January 6th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Sad news.
January 6th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
that’s horrid. Do we know what of? She was pretty young.
January 6th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
She apparently died in her sleep of the flu. :(
January 6th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Well. Fuck. …
January 6th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Holy crap! I just saw this a few minutes ago checking in on the days events. I am shocked to hear this.
January 6th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
That is just crushing.
January 6th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
. .
January 6th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Yeah. I’ll keep you updated as I learn more.
January 6th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
OH HAPPINESS!
I am so super-ly excited to see that all my lovely DP friends are still posting hundreds of comments on this lovely DP podcast!
Jack, J0e, ditto, Ed, JohnBoze, Andrea, Jeremy oh you lovely lovely things (i’m sorry if i missed anyone — i can’t read all 400 comments quickly enough)
Oh i hope you all remember me… I don’t care if you remember me… Thank you THANK YOU deadpan for still being here and alive!
January 6th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
(I should clarify — I’m very upset over Natalie’s passing. I found out about it through a friend and didn’t really know anything about it. It made me miss Tee, and my other ‘podcast’ friends so I came here hoping hoping hoping everyone was still around. I’m very glad everyone is, I’ve missed you, and I hope to stay. I’m sure this is all very weird if you don’t remember me… but… I’ve missed you oh so much, Deadpan…)
January 6th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
@jackmangan
I’ll do my best. I’m waiting on two retakes, so all we can do is hope. Oh, and yes, since it’s been some three months, there will be a “Last time on…” recap.
January 6th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
@Jack Mangan
*gape* I am so sorry to hear that! :-(
January 6th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Welcome back, Sarah from Charleston! Your return is welcome :) although of course, we all wish it could have been under better circumstances. Check out the Xmas Show – that one was pretty good.
I think I’m going to get the Unshow thread started. Probably goes without saying that this is going to be a silent Unshow week.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:06 am
Welcome back, Sarah.