Volcanicast November 10th, 2009

In this week’s Volcanicast, we discuss various people who wear short shorts, various people who did or did not get elected in referendum on Obama, and who was most hubristic this week… Just to name a few.

SHOW NOTES

Note: Topics in ITALICS were not researched and any notes following them are dubious at best and outright wrong at worst.

October 31 2009 (SAT)

16.    sci fi channel (#1)
15.    india australia 3rd odi live streaming (Cricket)
14.    caroline murphy (Carolyn is a Model, in playboy)
13.    world series game 3 (It happened)
12.    club dread (2004 comedy/horror movie. On somewhere)
11.    scifi.com ghosthuntes (#1)
10.    trick or treat times (6-8pm most places)
9.    damien michaels (Porn actor, found murdered)
8.    no ceilings official mixtape (Lil Wayne album)
7.    jfgi meaning (#3)
6.    ghost hunters live 2009 (#1)
5.    time change 2009 fall (BOB)
- This is how an idiot poses the question: “When does daylight saving time end?”
- - The answer, for most of us in the U.S., at least, is on the morning of November 1, 2009

- - - At 2:00am, the time reverted back to 1:00am

- - - - Giving us two one o’clock hours on that day

- Why now?

- - It was the last day of daylight saving time
4.    syfy channel (#1)
3.    jfgi (WES)
- Acronym
- - “Just Fucking Google It”
- - I prefer DGRSC
- - - “Don’t Google Reality Show Crap”
- - Can be used as a reply to a question that is easily answered with a quick Google search.
- - Also a website, which is lame so I won’t link to it, but if you expand the acronym and take out the spaces, I’m sure you can figure out the rest.
- - - And if not, JFGI
- Why now?
- - I have no clue.
- - - It was Urban Dictionary’s Word of the Day.
- - - - On November 2nd.
2.    syfy ghost hunters (#1)
1.    syfy.com/ghosthunters (Did a Halloween marathon)

November 1 2009 (SUN)

2.    my dog skip (WES)
- 2000 movie
- - About a boy and his dog.
- - - Skip.
- Why now?
- - It was the 1:00pm (Eastern) movie on ABC Family on this very slow news Sunday.
- - - People were probably trying to figure out why it wasn’t on at 1:00pm.
- - - - Because they forgot to set their clocks back.

1.    meb keflezighi (BOB)
- American athlete specializing in long distance running
- - He and his family were refugees for Eritrea
- - Became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1998
- - - And graduated from UCLA the same year
- - Finished 2nd in the 2004 Summer Olympics men’s marathon
- - - With a little help from protester Cornelius Horan
- - - - Who pushed the leader of the race, Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima off the course
- - - - - de Lima would finish 3rd
- - He did not make the 2008 Olympic team
- - - After suffering dehydration and a broken hip during the 2008 Olympic Marathon trials
- Why now?
- - He won the New York Marathon
- - - At age 34
- - - - The first American citizen to win the race since 1982

November 2 2009 (MON)

19.    brandon spikes eye gouging (#5)
18.    cylon toaster (Geek in-joke, on Big Bang Theory)
17.    black friday deals 2009 (Get ready for it!)
16.    alanis morissette (Ran the NYC marathon)
15.    ralph macchio (#11)
14.    devil s breath (Drug, unknown why now)
13.    richie ashburn (Baseball player, died in 1997. Probably mentioned during the World Series)
12.    robin bain (Hottie actress, unknown why now)
11.    karate kid remake (Scheduled for June 11, 2010)
10.    we hold these truths to be self evident (Line from the DofI, on Jeopardy?)
9.    automysophobia (Fear of being dirty. Looks to be a bomb)

8.    people of walmart (WES)
- Funny website
- - http://peopleofwalmart.com
- - Accpets photographs of Walmart shoppers in their natural habitat.
- - - And shares them with the world.
- - The acutal site, though, sucks.
- - - There are more ads than pictures.
- - - And there is no rss feed of the pictures.
- - - I understand you need to make money, but I don’t need to play along.
- - - An example image is in the show notes.
- - - - I think it’s Crazy Nutso
- Why now?
- - I have no idea.
- - Doesn’t have TV peaks, so I’m gonna go with got mentioned somewhere online.
7.    july 11 1804 (#2)
6.    als disease (Lou Gherig’s Disease. Unknown why now)
5.    brandon spikes eye guging video (Why?)
4.    imperious (You know what it means. No clue why now)
3.    brian grant (37 year old retired NBA player with Parkinsons. On ESPN)
2.    this is a mortal wound (BOB)
- Reported to be the last words of Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- - Who died from a gunshot wound at the hands of Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States
- - - In a duel
- Why now?
- - On the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament

- - - Final Jeopardy!: Historic Americans

- - - - On July 11, 1804, he gasped to his doctor, “This is a mortal wound”; he died the next day

- - - - - Two contestants had the correct answer and a third, having initially written Sean Connery, guessed Burr
- - - - - - Will Dantzler goes on to be a semi-finalist
1.    most world series championships (The Yankees)

November 3 2009 (TUE)

20.    white nose syndrome (In bats, Government funding to research it is causing people to freak out)
19.    new jersey governor race 2009 results (#2)
18.    doug hoffman election results (#10)
17.    washington state election results 2009 (People won. Others lost)
16.    election results november 2009 (WES)
- This is one of those “I’m going to be looking it up anyway so may as well cover it” topics.
- The biggest stories (defined by those I want to talk about) were:
- - Virginia elected Bob McDonnell, a pro-life Republican.
- - - This was widely seen as a referendum on Obama.
- - New York’s 23rd district elected its first Democrat Representative to the area since the 1800s.
- - - This was not even mentioned to be a referendum on Obama.
- - Maine voted to restrict the rights of a minority of its citizens.
- - - I personally see this as a referendum on stupidity in Maine.
- - Ohio voted to allow casinos.
- - - About freaking time.
- Why now?
- - Being the first Tuesday in November, it happened.
15.    new jersey election results (#2)
14.    jim leyritz (Baseball player, killed someone driving drunk)
13.    aisha tyler and husband (TV personality and her husband. No clue why now)
12.    tmobile outage (#3)
11.    tmobile down (#3)
10.    ny 23 election results (Went Democrat for the first time in 2 centuries)
9.    maine election results 2009 (Gays aren’t people any more there)
8.    diamond bar fire (It happened (or is happening))
7.    chris christie (#2)
6.    jay bias (No clue who or why now. Might be related to basketball)
5.    1986 nba draft (No clue why now)
4.    nicolas cage broke (BOB)
- Nic Cage, famed actor
- - Is suing his business manager for $20 million over “ineptitude” that caused him to incur huge tax liabilities and “catastrophic financial losses”
- - - He earned $40 million between June 2008 and June 2009
- - - - But, apparently, his debts exceed that
- Why now?
- - The news broke
- - - I see what you did there -Wesley C 11/9/09 6:10 PM 
3.    tmobile customer service (Their phone service went down)
2.    todd christie (Brother of the guy who won NJ Governor)
1.    cloward and piven strategy (Political strategy, probably because of the elections)

November 4 2009 (WED)

20.    big bird s birthday (#10)
19.    ticker tape parade 2009 (#4)
18.    yankees win world series (#4)
17.    ibogaine treatment (For crack addiction?)
16.    new york yankees parade (#4)
15.    johnny mercer (Singer, biopic on TCM)
14.    tra telligman (Died fighting MMA)
13.    cho oyu (6th tallest mountain in the worlds. Game show?)
12.    country captain (Recipe for chicken? I got nuthin)
11.    yankees win world series 2009 (#4)
10.    sesame street 40th anniversary (BOB)
- Sesame Street is a children’s television show
- - A long running success for PBS, American public television
- - - Features muppets, created by Jim Henson, and live actors

- - - - At least one of which, Bob McGrath, has been on the show since its inception

- Why now?

- - Its 40th Anniversary is approaching: Nov. 10
- - - The anniversary show will feature an appearance by First Lady Michelle Obama

- Why now now?

- - It’s getting a week’s worth of Google doodles
9.    sploshing parties (#6)
8.    canyon of heroes (#4)
7.    2009 world series mvp (Matsui?)

6.    sploshing (WES)
- Sexual fetish in which messy substances - generally foods - are applied to the naked skin or clothes.
- - If the item is food, it is often eaten off of the body.
- - - The more messily, the better.
- - Moderately inappropirate picture in the show notes.
- More commonly called “Wet And Messy”
- - I’m sure the WAM crowd is mad that people are calling it sploshing right now.
- Why now?
- - In an episode of CSI: New York, someone died at a Sploshing Party.
5.    tim floyd (Basketball coach, broke up a fight at a casino)
4.    yankees parade 2009 (They won the world series)
3.    emmanuel lewis (You know who he is. I don’t know why now though)
2.    live by the creed (Assassin’s Creed 2’s slogan. They announced it?)
1.    brandon patch (Killed with a baseball in 2003, his parents sued the bat makers)

November 5 2009 (THU)

20.    beyonce video phone premiere (Her new single, one of the best of all time)
19.    no ceilings mix tape (Free download of a Lil Wayne song)
18.    gretchen housewife orange county (#3)
17.    kitten mittens (Promo for “It’s Always Sunny”)
16.    kxxv (#1)
15.    killeen tx (#1)
14.    fort hood texas shooting (#1)

13.    densest planet (BOB)
- Earth is the densest planet in the solar system at 5515 kg/m^3
- - Mercury is 2nd at 5427
- - Jupiter is 1326 and the sun is 1409
- - - But obviously, these are much more massive (just also even more large)
- Why now?
- - On the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament
- - - Final Jeopardy!: The Planets
- - - - It’s the densest of the planets in our solar system & the only one not named for a deity?
- - - - - All three contestants got it right; Aidan Mehigan finished with the highest total and becomes a semi-finalist
12.    jim carrey website (New Christmas Carol Movie)
11.    killeen daily herald (#1)
10.    killeen news (#1)
9.    kcen tv (#1)
8.    gretchen rossi the dirty (#3)
7.    ft. hood (#1)
6.    lynne curtin (Designer. On Real Housewives)
5.    fort hood shooting cnn (#1)
4.    ft hood (#1)
3.    gretchen real housewives (… of Orange County. S5 premiered)
2.    fort hood (#1)
1.    malik nadal hasan (WES)
- I took this topic because I felt it needed covered.
- - And all the other topics were about Kitten Mittens and/or Real Hosewives and frankly those topics make ME want ot go on a shooting spree.
- - So I’m going to cover this quickly.
- - Dude shot a bunch of his fellow soldiers on an army base in Texas.
- - Like one out of every four people in the world, he is Muslim.
- - - So he must be a terrorist.
- - - - Just like one out of every four people.
- - He wanted the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to end.
- - - See? Terrorist.
- - Anyway. I’m not going to pass judgment until some actual facts come in.

November 6 2009 (FRI)

20.    wftv (#1)
19.    3 word state capital (BOB)
- What a shitty day for topics
- - So here’s another Jeopardy!
- Why now?
- - Jeopardy! Teen Tournament
- - - Final Jeopardy!: State Capitals
- - - - It’s the only 3-word state capital
- - - - - What is Salt Lake City
- - - - - - Utah
- - - - - - - Hema was the only one of the three correct, making her a semi-finalist
18.    allahu akbar (From previous day)
17.    michael dyer (College football player, set a record)
16.    florida shooting (#1)
15.    1000 legion place orlando fl (#1)
14.    wftv.com news (#1)
13.    wesh 2 news orlando (#1)
12.    yankee parade tv coverage (#5)
11.    fn 57 pistol (From previous day)
10.    gateway center orlando (#1)
9.    gretchen real housewives (They’re not real housewives. Most of them aren’t even wives)
8.    jj hardy (Baseball player, traded)
7.    orlando sentinel (#1)
6.    orlando news (#1)
5.    yankee parade live (It happened)
4.    hubristic (WES)
- Adjective, from Hebrew.
- - Indicates overwhelming pride and/or arrogance.
- - - Hubriscast?
- - Generally, that pride/arrogance results in retribution.
- - In ancient Greek, it referred to crimes that shamed the perpitrator as well as the victim.
- - - Also those who challenged the gods, which (in fiction at least) led to their downfall.
- - - It was the greatest sin in the ancient Greek world.
- These days, an “Act of Hubris” is an action done against - or with disregard to - moral laws.
- - This is done becaue of the perpitrator’s overinflated ego; his lack of humility.
- - The act is hubris, and the person with that quality would be said to be hubristic.
- - Examples of the modern hubris include:
- - - Victor Frankenstien
- - - Adolph Hitler
- - - Most every American politician ever
- - - Crazy Nutso
- Why now?
- - I am almost sure the word was used on Jeopardy, probably just after final Jeopardy.
- - - Why?
- - - Same TV peaks as Bob’s
- - - Not listed on any website about it.
- - - People had Google up anyway…
3.    orlando shooting (#1)
2.    reynolds smith and hills (#1)
1.    jason rodriguez (Shot people in Orlando)

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