Volcanicast for the Week Ending 2010/02/19
Volcanicast February 23rd, 2010
In this week’s Volcanicast, we discuss various things that may be curled, the horribleness of objectifying women, and one way to get out of paying your taxes… just to name a few.
SHOW NOTES
Week Ending February 19th, 2010
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What Are We Drinking?
February 13 2010 (SAT)
6. joni mitchell both sides now (From previous week)
20. spud webb (Retired NBA player. I presume at the all-star game)
19. anne murray (Musician. At the Olympics)
18. anjelah johnson (Comedian, FOTS? I presume on a Comedy Central show)
17. nelly furtado olympics (Sang at the Olympics Opening Ceremonies)
15. olympic torch malfunction (WES)
- I could see its boob.
- - Not so much.
- So during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, four huge torches were to rise out of the ground.
- - Apparently, they wanted to liken the Olympics to a campfire.
- - - Or perhaps Superman’s Fortress of Solitude.
- One of the torches failed to rise out of its little torch-hole.
- - Oh noes!
- - Despite this calamity, the Olympics opened as scheduled.
14. child abduction emergency (AMBER alert in Virginia. And Haiti)
13. hannah kearney (US Luger. Won gold)
12. how tall is nate robinson (BOB)
- Dude’s only 5′9″ with shoes
- - Pro basketball player from Seattle
- Why now?
- - And why does anyone care?
- - - He totally won the Slam Dunk competition at the All-Star Game
- - - - He has a vertical leap of 43.5 inches
- - - - He also became the first to win 3 of them
- - - - - And he’s only 25
- - - I don’t think it’s related, but he was traded from the NY Knicks to the Boston Celtics on the 18th
11. david atkins (Olympic Cerenomy’s producer)
10. video of nodar kumaritashvili s death (SAM)
- Kinda tragic.
- You don’t really wanna be known for dying on video.
- Especially if it’s an accident.
- Nodar Kumaritashvili was a luge course competitor from the country of Georgia.
- You know…slide down ice on a piece of wood….as fast as you can.
- He missed a turn and went over the safety barrier and smashed into an uncovered metal pole.
- He was clocked as he flew over the barrier.
- Immediatly the other athletes raides their concerns over the safety.
- Sure it’s an unsafe sport…but things like an uncovered metal pole, no safety nets, no hay bails, and obivously a safety wall that wasn’t high enough.
- Why now?
- Causing much flack.
- It’s unfortunate to loose an athlete, especially at the olympics.
7. bryan adams olympics (Sang at the Olympics Opening Ceremonies)
3. nicole powell (WNBA player, at the NBA all star game?)
2. kd lang hallelujah (Sang at the Olympics Opening Ceremonies)
Related Terms: 9.katie lang; 5.k.d. lang; 4.k d lang
1. is it possible to be happy (Yes. Just stop being a wuss. No clue why now)
February 14 2010 (SUN)
19. gretchen wilson (Country Musician. Performed the NBA All-Star National Anthem)
16. tatiana volosozhar (Olympic skater. Skated)
15. outback (WES)
- Collective term for all remote, arid areas of Australia.
- - Generally refers to all non-urban areas.
- Also, the name of a popular Australian-style restaurant in the US.
- - By “Australian Style” I of course mean the commercial announcer has an Australian accent.
- - - And the menu items have names that you can imagine Crocodile Dundee saying.
- Fun-making aside, Outback is one of my personal favorite restaurants.
- - Prime rib, medium, with a baked potato with everthing and a Caesar salad is frequenly my order.
- Why now?
- - The restaurant version of the Outback is running a promotion.
- - - You can win a trip to Australia to watch Tim McGraw sing.
- - - - I wonder if you can go to the country, but skip on the concert?
- - I presume the ads ran during the Olympics, but I have no proof of that.
14. usa women s hockey (Beat China 12-1)
13. jeremy barrett (Olympic skater. Skated)
12. danielle campbell (Actress, in Disney’s “Starstruck”)
11. taylor swift music video (Beyonce’s was better)
10. danica patrick daytona 500 (BOB)
- FOTS Danica Patrick was not scheduled to race in this year’s Daytona 500
- - But apparently, all the fuss about her NASCAR debut gave folks that impression
- - - She raced in the ARCA and Nationwide NASCAR feeder series at Daytona, not the Sprint Cup which run the 500
- Why now?
- - The Daytona 500 was run
- - - And Danica wasn’t there
- - - - To the chagrin of many potential new fans
- - - - - She crashed out in the Nationwide race
- - - - - - Jamie McMurray won the Daytona 500
9. mark ladwig (Olympic pair skater. Skated)
8. win jimmies silverado (Competition to win a truck. Ad campaign)
6. jessica dube (Olympic pair skater. Skated with Bryce Davison)
Related Terms: 18.dube davison; 7.bryce davison
5. loretta claiborne (Special Olympics athlete. Mentioned because of the “retard” kerfuffle last week)
4. polyamorous (FOTS. I am having many love for blue man. On TV show True Life?)
3. send in the clowns (Song. Don’t know why now)
2. coby brooks (SAM)
- He has never worked up the ladder or really done anything to earn much.
- Is hooters.
- Why now then?
- He was fired by the end of the day.
- Observed lude behaviour by one of the managers and down right “apparently” not the way he liked to run it.
1. jamie mcmurray (Won the Daytona 500)
Related Term: 17.daytona 500 results
February 15 2010 (MON)
Related Term: 15.luge who died video
20. evan bayh (Senator. Retiring. Which is a referrendum on Obama.)
19. to dream the impossible dream (Olympic skaters skated to it?)
18. stacey travis (Actress. Unknown why now. Maybe on The View)
17. mae young (”WWE Diva” purportedly dating Jerry Springer)
16. 24 production halted (Keifer’s having some surgery)
13. sasquatch 2010 lineup (The announced the lineup?)
11. nick.com/penguins (Flash game)
10. madison de la garza (Child actress in Desperate Housewives. On The View)
8. st. lucia (Something to do with The Bachelor)
Related Term: 9.st lucia
6. sarolea motorcycles (BOB)
- Belgian producer of motorcycles
- - The factory was established in 1850 as a weapons factory by Joseph Sarolea
- - - Began to produce bicycles in 1892
- - - - And motorcycles in 1902
- - - - - Merged with nearby FN after WWII
- - - - - - And disappeared as a marque in 1950
- - - There are only five known Sarolea motorcycles in the U.S.
- Why now?
- - Appeared on the History Channel show Pawn Stars
- - - Corey bought the non-working 1942 bike for $4500
- - - - And later sold it at auction for $7000
5. grand canyon suite (Music. Skating pair skated to it)
4. floyd landis (SAM)
- Winner of the 2006 Tour De France.
- You know…The little Bike trip around the country.
- And on the USA team.
- Parted way with the team last fall.
- As in he would be arrested if he went into France.
- Why?
- They have stripped him of his Tour De France title.
- How can they arrest him?
- Well, they are claiming he broke into the lab by hacking their computers to fudge his results that showed he was taking steroids.
- And the law suites are flying.
3. remsen ny (Where Erin Hamlin, an Olympic Luger, lives)
2. xbox live down (WES)
Related Terms: 14.communication with the xbox live servers has been interrupted; 7.modern warfare 2 servers down
- So Xbox Live went down.
- - For quite a while.
- - - After I drafted this topic in the afternoon the next day, I couldn’t connect.
- - This affected the ability to play many games, including the related search term “Modern Warfare”
- - - I’ve never played it, but I hear it’s a great first person shooter that pretty much requires an internet connection to play.
- - It also affected me personally, playing a completely single player game.
- - - Bioware’s Dragon Age: Origins failed to start because it could not contact their servers.
- - - - I cannot fathom this. I don’t understand why it is necessary.
- - - - I was able to play the game by unplugging my network cable, which I find amusing and annoying.
- At some point, the servers came back on and everything was fine.
- There is no indication as to why the servers were down.
1. churchill manitoba (Canadian town. Featured in some Olympics coverage?)
February 16 2010 (TUE)
19. if it makes you happy (Sung on American Idol)
17. takahiko kozuka (Olympic skater)
16. johnny weir tanith belbin (Olympic skaters)
14. kevin van der perren (Belgian Olympic skater)
13. barry melrose (Hockey commentator. On Olympics coverage)
12. university at buffalo (Gunman reported, not found?)
Related Term: 18.lockwood library
11. team usa hockey roster (There are players)
10. curling rules (BOB)
Do me a favor and make sure you include/define these terms: Rock (The thing you curl); Skipper (The guy who “throws” the rock); House (The goal area) -Wesley C 2/19/10 11:11 PM
- There’s something mesmerizing about Olympic Curling
- - I watched a few games, but have no idea what’s going on
- - - It looks like elements of shuffleboard and horseshoes
- - - - So I took this topic to edumificate myself
- Played on a long, narrow sheet of ice
- The goal is to place your Rock as close to the center of the House as possible
- - Two teams of four alternate shooting the Rock, twice for each player
- - - Each team consists of a Lead, second, third (or vice-skip) and skip
- - - - The Skip is usually the captain of the team
- - The Rocks are pieces of granite with handles, shaped something like a tea kettle
- - - - Usually, the Skip shoots last and is responsible for calling the shots
- - - - - The last rock delivered in an End is called the hammer
- - An End is a round of play, sixteen Rocks
- - - The team with the Rock closest to the center of, but still within, the House scores one point per Rock closer than the opponent’s Rocks
- - - - As teams can knock each others’ rocks out of play, obviously the team with the last Rock, or Hammer, has an advantage that end
- - - - - In the next round, this advantage goes to the team which has scored least recently
- - There are three basic shots, the guard, the draw, and the takeout
- - - Guards are thrown in front of the house to protect scoring stones from being hit by the other team
- - - - Draws are shots that are designed to end in the house for scoring
- - - - - And Takeouts are used to knock opponents’ Rocks out of the way
- - - - - - There’s a free guard rule which states that you cannot throw a Takeout during the first four shots
- - While the Rock is in motion, your teammates can sweep the ice with a broom in front of the Rock
- - - This temporarily melts the ice, lowering friction and increasing the length of the shot
- - - - After the Rock reaches the centerline of the House, the opposing time can sweep the ice to help a rock find its way out of the scoring zone
9. lost numbers (SAM)
- It is in it’s final season as they set out to do only 6 seasons right from the start.
- It’s an interwoven thread of story lines involving like 20 people on an island.
- After a weird plane crash, odd gods, other people on the island, others on the mainland, time travel and all sorts of weirdness.
- Nor will they most likely.
- They have been used in everything from dreams, lottery numbers and code.
- Why now?
- The numbers however are: 4,8,15,16,23,42.
8. johnny weir quotes (That guy that Hooters talked about with the fur coat)
7. shelby dressel (Kicked off of American Idol)
6. evan lysacek (Olympic skater)
5. bobby ryan (Olympic hockey player. Did well?)
3. night on bald mountain (Song, skaters skated to it)
2. jason davis (On Millionaire Matchmaker)
1. hotmail down (WES)
Related Terms: 15.hotmail not working; 4.hotmail service unavailable
- So Hotmail went down.
- - And, surprisingly, people noticed.
- - Hotmail is owned by Microsoft.
- - - And the outage is related to the LiveID service.
- - - - Which makes me think it’s possibly related to the Xbox Live service being down the day before.
- - - - - But I can find no proof of that.
- - It was down at the same time that Xbox Live was down for me.
- - - Which is good enough.
- It came back up eventually.
- - Aaaand that’s pretty much it.
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- 2 from Jamie
- 1 from Crazy Nutso
- 1 from Sean
- - Black Dynamite - HD Trailer
- - Black Dynamite - The Dojo Scene
Following General Loder’s brief encounter with a rocket-propelled grenade, Nazi attendance at book-burnings plummeted. Now it was time to sabotage their art smuggling network, and the best way to kill that snake was to cut off its head.
General Beckmann was the ringleader of the gang that was spiriting valuable artworks out of the city. An expert on all things artistic, Beckmann was the guy who marked the most valuable pieces for a one-way trip to Berlin. Without him, the Nazis wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a real Renoir and a fake Monet.
But what happened to Loder had apparently made everyone paranoid. Beckmann was making his rounds in a bulletproof limo, surrounded by a convoy of armored cars. He was scheduled to visit the Louvre that night. My task was to make sure he never made it there.
Lady Bonnaire had arranged for a construction elevator at the Museum of Photography to be left unattended, giving me access to the roof. I’d have a fine vantage point of the convoy from there. I dusted off the Siegfaust and drove to the museum.
Getting to the roof was a piece of piss. There was one guard patrolling up there, but he wasn’t patrolling for long. I was setting up on a scaffold overlooking the street when a nearby radio squawked to life and a string of German issued from it. Not speaking any German, I simply muttered “Ja” into the mike and hoped the convoy wouldn’t be spooked. It seemed to work, and I could hear the convoy approaching. Then I saw something lying on a nearby crate and knew that Christmas had come early this year.
A loaded Panzershrek.
A Panzershrek rocket will blow a hole in a heavy tank large enough to pass a cow through. I couldn’t wait to see what it would do to that limo. I dropped the Seigfaust unceremoniously onto the floor and readied my new toy as the limo came into view.
Lady Bonnaire had told me she wanted Beckmann to have a closed casket funeral. After the rocket hit his limo, I’m pretty sure you could have buried him in a sausage casing. As the convoy erupted in confusion, I headed back along the roof, hoping to get to my car without being seen.
That’s when I caught my second break of the evening. An alarm box sat calmly on the roof, and with a pull of the lever the alarm klaxons stopped and the Nazis returned to their base, believing me to be either captured or killed. An elevator ride and a leisurely stroll back to my car soon had me heading home again, wondering why all my jobs couldn’t go that smoothly.
Though I suppose if they did, my life wouldn’t be half as exciting.
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What Are We Drinking Now?
February 17 2010 (WED)
20. women s downhill (Lindsey Vonn won it)
19. garbage island (WES)
- A huge, diffuse patch of nonbiodegradable waste in the North Pacific Ocean.
- - Specifically in the North Pacific Gyre
- - - The entire North Pacific Ocean turns clockwise.
- - The trash tends to collect in the center.
- - - Over the decades, an estimated “Over 100 million tons” of debris has collected in the gyre.
- - The trash is not readily visible.
- - - Plastic does not degrade, but it does break down into smaller and smaller pieces of plastic.
- - - The gyre is not yet packed enough to see a change from space, from the air, or even from the deck of a ship.
- - - - However, the impact on the environment can be huge.
- - - - - When plastic breaks down enough it becomes a toxic part of the food chain.
- - It is huge.
- - - Estimates range from “Twice the size of Texas” to “Twice the size of the continental US”
- - - - I could not find a conversion to Libraries of Congress or Volkswagons.
- - - - - However the range is 500,000 square miles to 7,000,000 square miles.
- - - - - - Or 9 to 39 area units.
- - It is growing.
- - - At the current(ly accelerating) rate, it will double in size/mass in 10 years.
- - It was discovered in 1997 by a sailing racer, who was returning to the US.
- - - He came across one of the rare lumps of actual garbage floating in the gyre.
- - - However, the patch was predicted in 1988.
- - - - Those wacky scientists, predicting bad things that turn out to be true.
- - There are plans to try to clean up the patch.
- - - But it’s expensive and difficult.
- - - - I wonder if there’s a way to recycle the debris for profit.
- - - - - I also wonder if a company working for profit will screw up the ecosystem even more.
- Why now?
- - I don’t know.
- - - The peaks suggest a 2-hour TV special.
- - - - But I can find no proof that such a special occurred.
- - - Nothing in the news suggests there was a new finding or anything.
- - - - I think we’ve found enough.
18. louie vito (Snowboarder. Snowboarded)
17. evan lysacek (Olympic skater. Skated. In the Olympics)
16. eden wood (4 year old beauty pageant contestant)
15. greg bretz (Snowboarder. In the olympics)
13. sebastian telfair (NBA player. Traded)
12. lamichael james (College football player. Arrested for domestic violence)
11. wicked liquid (Band. Subject of an MTV reality show)
9. chris golightly (American Idol contestant. Vanished from show) (SAM)
- Singer hopeful on American Idol.
- Actually made it into the top 24.
- Kinda.
- Well, he made it…but they booted him out.
- And to rub salt in the wound, they didn’t show any of his singing during Hollywood week on the recap shows.
- Why now?
- He was kicked out of the top 24 because he forgot to tell them of a professional recording contract that he had that expired 1 month before he auditioned.
- Even though the contract said he was released and the company said they would release him.
- American Idol said Nope, You are out and go Lightly.
- He isn’t.
8. scotty lago (Snowboarder. Won bronze.)
7. john salmons (NBA player. Traded)
6. oath keepers (Group of ex-military people, pledging to keep their military oath)
5. tiger woods press conference (He said he’s sorry)
4. mike portnoy (BOB)
- Perhaps the most technically proficient drummer working today
- - Known most for playing for Dream Theater
- - - Claims to be self-taught
- - - - And I hate him
- Why now?
- - News emerged that he accepted an invitation to drum on Avenged Sevenfold’s new album
- - - After their drummer, Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan died of ambiguous circumstances in December
- - - - How this went Volcanic is utterly beyond my comprehension
3. jason davis (On Millionaire Matchmaker)
2. palo alto plane crash (It happened)
Related Term: 10.palo alto power outage
1. lindsey vonn boyfriend (…is dating Lindsey Vonn)
February 18 2010 (THU)
20. fed discount rate (Raised from 0.50 to 0.75)
19. grid aids (The former was an early name for the latter)
18. kathryn grayson (Actress. Dead at 88)
17. fort jackson (Soldiers may have been poisoning prisoners?) (SAM)
- This is the largest army base in USA for entery training.
- As in boot camp.
- Aoubt 50% of all soldiers go thru this base.
- Located in South Carolina.
- Also home to the army support structure, the chaplins center and the defence polograhy institute.
- This fort has been spitting out soldiers since 1917 when training for WW1 commenced.
- WHy now?
- 5 soldiers who are on the arabic translation team apparetnly consipred to poison the food for the fort.
- It’s been two months and there is no proof except apparent conversation.
- The 5 soldiers all claim arabic as their first language and Muslim as their religion.
- The army is still investigating, and taking it rather seriously since the psyc started shooting up people on base.
11. hoki fish (FOTS. Dunno why now)
7. gordon lightfoot (Musician. Not dead)
1. plane crash austin (BOB)
Related Terms: 16.kxan; 15.zebra atlanta; 14.keye austin; 13.news8austin; 12.cirrus sr22; 10.kvue news; 9.joe stack austin texas; 8.stack manifesto; 6.embedded art; 5.austin news; 4.joseph andrew stack; 3.echelon building austin; 2.joe stack;
- Why now?
- - A fellow by the name of Joe Stack
- - - Posted a manifesto on his website ranting against the injustice of the tax system
- - - - While taking no responsibility whatsoever for his part in the circumstances which led to his financial woes
- - - - - Burned down his house
- - - - - - And then flew his private plane into the IRS offices in Austin, TX
- - - - - - - That’s right, this poor fellow, who had no recourse to his destitution caused by big government, had to fly his own frickin’ airplane into the local IRS building
- - - In addition to his own death, thirteen innocent people in the building were hurt, two critically
- - - - And one has since died
February 19 2010 (FRI)
20. sky blu (Rapper. Attacked Mitt Romney. Like, physically attacked him)
17. dana jacobson (ESPN reporter and FOTS. Issued an apology for something)
16. netflix down (Oh noes!)
14. allison reed (Ice Dancer. Danced on the ice)
13. queensland heeler (Dog breed. One protected a 3-year-old who was lost) (SAM)
- An australian hearding dog.
- Bread primarly to heard cattle through rough terrain.
- KNown for their gentleness, loyality, good nature and intelligence.
- Apparently make a very good family dog…as in won’t eat the kids.
- WHy now?
- When a 3 year old wandered off from home in Arizona, into the surrounding hills, the dog followed.
- Search parties searched the night but in the hills and ravines were not able to find the girl overnight.
- The searchers were apparently freaking out since temps went under 30 degrees.
- When they found the gitl, the dog was with her and guarding her until the girl smiled.
- Then the dog let people near her and then jumped into the helicoper with her to be resuced.
- Yay for dogs.
11. russian curling team women (BOB)
- This one’s at least partially my fault
- - The booth babe mentioned that they were “really pretty”
- - - And I had to look
- - - - She was correct
- - The team is comprised of
- - - Skipper Ludmila Privivkova, 23
- - - - Anna “Little Buddy” Sidorova, 19,
- - - - Professor Nkeiruka Ezekh, 26,
- - - - Ekaterina “Mary Ann” Galkina, 21,
- - - - And Ginger Margarita Fomina, 21
- Why now?
- - They were curling at the Olympics
- - - Thus far, they’re not as good as they are pretty, standing at 2-5 in the tournament
10. meryl davis (Ice dancer. Danced on the ice)
9. tony rock (Chris’ brother. Has a new show)
6. suzanne somers (You know who she is. I don’t know why now)
4. scotty lago pictures (WES)
- Scotty Lago is an Olympic snowboarder.
- - He won the bronze in the halfpipe event.
- - Then he celebrated like you’d expect a halfpipe snowboarder to celebrate.
- - - By having a nice young lady kiss his bronze medal.
- - - - While it was strapped around his waist.
- - - - - Oooh yeah.
- - And of course someone took a picture of it.
- - - Check the show notes.
- - And of course the Olympic committee had a cow about it.
- - - Olympic athletes are supposed to be role models.
- - - - Um, maybe you should rethink having snowboarders there then.
- - - - For the record, I think dude can enjoy his win any (legal) way he wants to.
- - He was forced to leave the games.
- - - Technically he volunteered to leave.
- - - I hope he gets to keep the medal.
- - - - And that he washes it.
- - - - - You don’t know where that chick was.
2. wii curling (WES)
- I don’t think this topic needs much explaing.
- - Take the least fun Winter Olympic sport, and the most popular (but least used) current-gen console, and what do you get?
- - - Very tired arms as you mime the motions of the sweepers, trying to direct a digital rock into a digital house.
- - I think I’ll pass on this one.
- Why now?
- - Curling is in the Winter Olympics.
- - The Wii has a Winter Olympics game.
- - Someone, I presume, thought it was funny enough to mention somewhere.
- - - I think he/she was right.
1. tiger woods apology video (He’s sorry)
Related Terms: 19.gloria allred; 18.what did tiger say; 15.notah begay; 12.tiger s statement; 8.tiger woods interview today; 7.buddhist; 5.tiger woods press conference live; 3.tiger woods speech today
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Explicit Warning if missed
My awesome sauce, was in fact cream cheese. But it was topped with Smucker’s grape jelly - YUM!!
* It’s the Volcanipedia page! With our special guest, no one! yeaaaaaaa. (Muppet Show Intro)
* http://www.crazynutso.com/volcanipedia/tiki-index.php?page=Week+Ending+February+19+2010
* I link to the Facebook & Twitter thingies (both run by Hooters, I suspect) & a funny curling video.
* A Volcanicast twitter feed is almost enough to get me back on twitter.
* If only Sam had a twitter account. (HEE HEE HEE)
* The talking Head song from my E-mail expresses the opposite sentiment of Big Yellow Taxi, IE instead of ‘boo hoo, they paved over a worthless field’, it is ‘If this is paradise, I wish I had a lawn mower’.
* I didn’t quite do the luge slide off my roof, but Sam’s concern for my well-being touches me deeply.
* Mostly I was just busting ice off my gutters so as to allow the ice-melt to not stay on the roof and fuck it up.
MUST RESIST JOKE ABOUT HOOTER’S AWESOME SAUCE…
Oh, must you now?
You should see what I just tweeted if you like that one!
* Volcanicasting has a cool logo.
* Facebook is evil.
* I’m so tempted to make a myspace page for Volcanicast, just to mess with Bob’s head.
* But I’m too lazy.
* I spent the morning knocking the last of the ice shelf off my roof.
* So now I’ve got awesome 3″ x 6″ x 12-15″ ice blocks all around my house.
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* I like that your idea of Paradise is “A worthless field”
* I also like Volcanicasting’s logo. @Hooters: Where did you get that?
* I will *not* join Myspace if someone makes a page for it.
* * But that’s only because Myspace is more progressive than Facebook in that it doesn’t require you to be a member to see the pages.
* * * I’m lookin’ at YOU, iTunes.
* I heard a big *whump* noise today, and thought a package had been delivered on my front porch.
* * Turns out the 8-foot-long icicle hanging off my roof finally fell.
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# Volcanipedia:
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* (Title) Um, we talk about what people search for. Did you really think they’d just not bother searching for the Olympics?
* “Torch hole” still makes me giggle.
* I got nothing on all the rest of the points, except Tiger Woods:
* I would love to see the Wii version of that. Are you jiggling the wiimote or are you just happy you finally unlocked that mistress?
Most of the ice blocks I dropped from the roof landed in snow, but one of them hit the deck with a VERY loud THUMP. It was awesome. I had way too much fun dropping the ice.
* I know you talk about what people search for. Doesn’t mean I have to like it. But also isn’t meant as a dis against the show. Just the Olympics.
* Now the laff-Olympics, that was the bomb!
* My idea of paradise isn’t a worthless field, that would be your smelly hippy friends in the Big Yellow Taxi.
* It’s also funny that last week you guys were berating my blu-ray player for having DRM, and this week you were talking about how your x-box 360s have it. The joke being that my blu-ray player isn’t hooked to the internets.
* Hooters appears to be trying (and succeeding) in out-fanning me. Ah well.
* I guess I’ll have to compensate by writting thrilling 3 paragraph dramatizations of my video gaming.
* Which won’t work well, since I mostly play the Strongbad games for the Wii.
* Blu-Ray DRM is bypassable in that I can (and do) instead get DVDs.
* * I’m sure I’m missing all kinds of awesome extra pixels in each frame but so far I appear to have survived.
* * As one of those weird people who prefers good plots and characters over razzle dazzle (I’m looking at YOU James Cameron) I may not be Blu-Ray’s target audience.
* I cannot do similar with Xbox 360 games.
* * Especially Mass Effect 2
* * * Which is - so far - absolutely awesome.
* * * They fixed a lot of annoyances from the first game and only introduced a couple new annoyances.
Logo? You mean the picture? I’d hardly call that a logo. Just a picture from a random Google search.
It’s bright, so it caught my attention. Plus, it looked better than anything else I’d found for the Twitter page.
@ Nutso - I’m not trying to out-fan anyone. My brain entertains with crazy things all the time. I’m just sharing.
@ Hooters: We all are happy to watch your crazy brain leak out. Or whatever.
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@ Wes: The only people who fear DRM are dirty criminals. Or freaks who like their privacy. I’m both of those but I still like those ‘extra pixels’, as having a HD tv without an HD video player seems like owning a PS III and only playing PS I games on it. Or something.
* Wait, are you saying Avatar sucks?
* I prefer well written stuff as well, but I also like it to be crisp and shiny.
You know what the best use of pumpernickle is?
Hanky Pankies!!
“Hanky Pankies”? What about getting up to the shenanigans?
Do you not know what Hanky Pankies are??
Wait are we talking about shoving something pumpernickel in your ass crack?
I don’t know what Hanky Panky is. If I was born in the 1920s I might.
@ Wes: What you do in the privacy of your own apartment is your business. Please don’t share your business.
WTF??
I didn’t say Hanky Panties, I said Hanky Pankies.
Even as a sexual inuendo, that does not imply shoving pumpernickle up an ass crack!!
That sounds horrid, by the way. Yikes.
Well, a hanky is something you use to blow your nose into. I’m not sure what ‘panky’ is, but I’d say Hooters wins in the bizarre practices event. Definitely a silver, possibly a gold.
@Hooters:
* You were not talking about “The World’s Most Comfortable Thong” which is *NOT* named “Hanky Panties” but instead “Hanky Panky”? http://www.hankypanky.com/
* Then what the hell *were* you talking about?
* In her defense, she did spell it “Hanky Pankies” The ies could make all the difference.
* It’s fuckin’ snowing again. I had to quickly clear my driveway, drive to the top, then go get ready for work, because I didn’t want to salt it then have nature dump another 4 inches on it.
* Which is what it looks like. Which means I have to get up in 3 hrs to clear it so the wife can go to work.
* Huzzah for the snow blower!
* Sam may be via skype, as she’s a total snow wimp.
* This February has already been the snowiest February on record.
* I am so looking forward to spring.
* Also, appearantly the Pittsburgh zoo sucks, as my kid’s school is taking them to the F**king CLEVELAND Zoo in June.
* I should totally volunteer to go along, so I can see if they really keep the Browns fans in the zoo.
* I’m used to misspellings. I just assumed.
* I had a 2-foot-tall snow drift at my front door at 7pm today when I woke up.
* * I just walked through it to get to my car.
* I could totally see Sam Skyping in.
* * I don’t know if it’s the snowiest February on record here, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
* * I know it’s the least fun February I’ve had on record.
* I too am looking forward to Spring.
* * Last year I went disc golfing on the day after St. Patrick’s day.
* * * PleasePleasePleasePleasePlease….
* I can’t speak for the Pittsburgh Zoo, but the Cleveland Zoo rocks.
* * They do not keep Browns Fans in the zoo. At least, not Human Browns fans. I suppose some of the chimps and lions may enjoy the occasional game.
* Well, the temperature is still a bit higher, thanks to Global Warming, so maybe it’ll melt fast.
* Then we’ll have a flood.
* But then the Holiest of days, St Patrick’s Day, will arrive and all will be good and drunken.
* At least if they’re asking for parent volunteers for the zoo trip, I can totally use Sam’s restraining order as my excuse. SCORE!
@Wes - I was talking about little appetizers. I *know* you know what they are. Tiny cocktail bread slices (usually pumpernickle or rye) with a pile of cheesy sausage. They’re called hanky pankies. Why? I don’t know. But I love them…
@Nutso - We don’t have Browns fans in the zoo, but we do have Penguins!! Watch out, we might throw you in with them since you’re from their town!!
@Nutso I’ve been to both and Cleveland’s zoo is way more extensive in collection and probably nicer in habitats. Pittsburgh’s is nice to walk, though, and the lions put on a pretty good show the day we were there.
@Hooters: I have never heard of that name associated with any food (Unless they make edible panties). Those appetizers sound pretty awesome, though I cannot recall ever eating one.
DELICIOUS!!! But they’re better with pumpernickle!!
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,171,144181-254197,00.html