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ifMUD
An interactive real time social network chat bulletin board
quotebook url database with a parrot bot
Copyright 1997-2007 by Loungent Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of
rec.[arts|games].int-fiction; All rights reserved.
Release 4 / Serial number 990908 / perlMUD v2.1z
    "The characters were mostly of the cardboard cutout variety.
    I wanted to punch everyone except the one Scottish guy."
         --Jearl
  NOTE: Whenever a fix or enhancement is in place, it will be announced
  on the channel '#mud-updates'.
  OTHER NOTE: There is a mailing list where people can say things like
  "hey, the mud's down, what's up with that?" In fact, since this is
  the only thing the list is used for, you should join it if you are
  interested in this subject. To join, go to
    http://groups.google.com/group/ifmud/
  or talk to Steve.
Robinson Manor
A gracious, welcoming, airy space. Music drifts in from unseen speakers. A picture window on the southern wall provides a pleasant source of light and a sense of openness.
You can see: teleporter, a picture window, comfy sofa, Jeopardy podium, buzzer1, buzzer2, buzzer3, Jota greets Rob, fake_Robb_Sherwin
Visible Exits: west, east
<Rob> When he said that, it gave me the ending of my book.
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Adventurer's Lounge
Candles on the wood-panelled walls create a comfortably dark atmosphere. Hand-drawn maps are taped to nearly every surface -- the walls, the ceiling, the trophy case in the corner. Seating is plentiful. A small storage closet is to the north.
You can see: new laundry list, Birthday Calendar, magic laundry list, banner reading "Happy birthday Tale!", Even Newer World Map, charset sampler, Automeeter, TheMasterTheorem player names, time zones, MUD Client Wish List, battle.net battletags, madlibs, Anything Finder, Sarcasm Detector, Gene Ray
Players: Alex, markm, Touchy, Bishop, ctmiller, Jon, DorianX, Matthew, Otis, Jearl, vimes, Dave, Psmith, Grocible, Ryan, baf, GDorn, zaphod, jess, Whizzard, Markov, marc, annabianca, Steve, McMartin, Fang, ghira, Marvin, lpsmith, Johnny, boucher, jenrexrode, Allen, K-Y, DavidW, Jota
Visible Exits: north, west, southwest, southeast, up, east
Rob comes right on in.
Recapping 1000 of 3664 lines from recent channels:
[tale]/15:54 Tale says, "They try to portray everything pretty realistically. From the outcome of battles to the buttons on their boots."
[English]|15:54 baf says, "Sounds to me like this guy saw a headline about regrowing fingers and then was disappointed to learn that it was just about the phantom limb effect."
[English]|15:54 jenrexrode says, "I'm with the guitar player - it's bad"
[tale]|15:55 maga says, "and US re-enactment tends to centre around eras like the US Civil War and the Western expansion which have big racial components"
[obits]|15:55 boucher says, ".daed t'nsi hctiw eht ,gnod gniD"
[tale]|15:56 Tale says, "Also, lots of people sorta still support the South."
[lounge]|15:56 olethros was sworn in by robed priests on Thursday morning.
[tale]|15:56 maga says, "pretty much, yeah"
[lounge]|15:56 olethros says, "back from nazeece"
[English]|15:56 baf says, "Put it this way: If a doctor announced that he had literally regrown a patient's fingers, but the only evidence for this was his claims, the headline would probably contain quotation marks around the word "regrew"."
[health]|15:57 jenrexrode says, "but now I need to see if I can't just take the OTC naproxen at a higher dosage"
[English]|15:57 baf says, "Because it would be a quotation then."
[English]|15:57 Jota says, "I would expect the headline to use a word like 'claims' or 'announces' or the like."
[tale]|15:57 Tale says, "I can't say people here are still much concerned about the politics involved."
[English]|15:58 Jota says, "And I would expect 'regrew' in quotes to imply that it wasn't actual, literal regrowth, even in your context, and would criticize your headline-writer."
[tale]|15:58 maga says, "and pioneerism is not a culturally dead trope, etc."
[kickstarter]|15:58 Gunther says, "hmmm"
[English]|15:58 baf says, "As it is, I'm not even sure that the use of quotation marks in the headline as it stands is technically correct."
[kickstarter]|15:59 Gunther says, "SA detectiving points to shenanigans regarding several Kickstarters which had sudden jumps"
[English]|15:59 baf says, "For a headline, anyway."
[English]|15:59 baf says, "There's been this progression:"
[gplus]|15:59 Jota says, "One new post between Aug 10-12. Twenty new posts between yesterday and today."
[mozilla]|15:59 K-Y says, "great, now I'm being urged to stop using Java 6"
[mozilla]|15:59 K-Y says, "but I cannot"
[English]|15:59 baf says, "1. Quotation marks are used to mark off direct quotations."
[kickstarter]|15:59 katre asks, "oh?"
[kickstarter]|16:00 katre says, "I figure all the people behind it wait til the last minute and then buy out the top tiers"
[kickstarter]|16:00 Gunther says, " http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/leviathaninteractive/project-lodus-a-cyberpunk-co-op-action-rpg "
[kickstarter]|16:00 Gunther says, "pretty blatantly obvious in this one"
[kickstarter]|16:00 katre says, "a) they'll get their money back, and b) it lets them get the rest of the not-quit-at-threshhold money from everyone else"
[English]|16:01 baf says, "2. Beause quotation marks are used for quotations, you can use them to mark off text whose veracity is in question. People start using them to specifically signify 'Someone else is to blame for these words; I myself find them questionable.'"
[tale]|16:01 maga says, "the Park Service doesn't allow battle re-enactment, per se; its emphasis is more Living History"
[kickstarter]|16:01 Gunther says, "except that's not allowed"
[kickstarter]|16:01 katre says, "sure, but I bet it's not hard to game around"
[kickstarter]|16:01 Jota says (to katre), "A) They only get part of their money back. They're just giving KS a cut of cash that they're never going to receive."
[English]|16:02 baf says, "3. People start using them purely to signify 'The veracity of these words is questionable at best', without regard to whether the words are actually quoted or not."
[mozilla]|16:02 Ryan says, "It has a serious security hole, apparently. http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-and-unblock-java "
[tale]|16:02 Tale says, "Living History is the more interesting thing, anyway. Battle means shooting into the air and mock-fighting with dull bayonets."
[kickstarter]|16:02 Jota says (to katre), "B) What's the point of forcing it to fund if they're not going to have enough cash to do the project? (Unless these are completely fabricated projects, in which case, my bad.)"
[kickstarter]|16:02 Gunther says (to katre), "maybe if you're less obviously cretinous than these guys, yes"
[kickstarter]|16:03 Gunther asks (of Jota), "some cash is better than no cash and it pays the tickets to Rio?"
[kickstarter]|16:03 Jota asks (of Gunther), "So these are completely fabricated projects?"
[lounge]|16:03 zarf walks off through the wall; vivid gold light flares briefly around him.
[English]|16:04 baf says, "And I guess now we have: 4. People start to think that this is the only legitimate use of quotation marks in certain contexts."
[kickstarter]|16:04 Gunther says (to Jota), "anything on KS could well be completely fabricated"
[tale]|16:04 maga says, "I dunno, if you're a military-history / strategy wonk the battles are presumably the coolest bit"
[English]|16:04 olethros says, "and you end up with quotation marks used randomly"
[English]|16:04 Jota says (to baf), "Not the only legitimate one, 2 and three are the only usages that make sense in this context."
[English]|16:05 Jota says, "Or two and 3, as you prefer."
[kickstarter]|16:05 Gunther says, "meanwhile, PA remains pretty fail-y"
[stevejobs]|16:06 Steve says, "Woo, got a call back from another mortgage lender"
[tale]|16:07 Tale says, "True. Also, for those who just want to hear the bangs and see the smoke. But Living History is pretty good at teaching you stuff in an interesting way. The people doing it are usually very, very into it."
[tale]|16:07 maga says, "Living History tends to place more emphasis on the social-history stuff that is anathema to some folks"
[stevejobs]|16:08 Steve says, "Something that would reduce my monthly payment by about $250-ish, and would be a 25 year loan, so I wouldn't have to start our mortgage term over again"
[stevejobs]|16:08 Steve says, "Whoops, meant that for #housing"
[housing]|16:09 Steve says, "Got another refinance quote, which is much easier to swallow than the last.  No real drawbacks that I can tell"
[kickstarter]|16:09 Gunther says, "but I've once again found a project worthy of kickstopper"
[housing]|16:09 inky says, "that's more like it"
[kickstarter]|16:09 Gunther says, "make that two"
[housing]|16:09 katre asks, "are you at all considering moving away for a job?"
[tale]|16:10 Tale says, "This sounds more and more like there's a big difference between there and here"
[housing]|16:10 Steve says, "Yeah, I have two out-of-state interviews in the near future"
[tale]|16:10 maga says, "I guess the short version is that you can't really portray history in a totally neutral manner, no matter what you do, so stuff is often going to be kind of sensitive"
[housing]|16:10 katre says, "just that you might want to go slow on the refi in that case"
[housing]|16:11 Steve says, "I can't sell the house no matter what"
[housing]|16:11 Steve says, "It's worth less than I owe, and I don't have the cash to make up the difference"
[tale]|16:11 maga asks, "well, hmm, in Europe nobody really thinks of the Napoleonic era as a politically-relevant thing any more, right?"
[housing]|16:11 katre says, "ouch"
[board-games]|16:11 Gunther says, "wow"
[board-games]|16:11 Gunther says, "just wow"
[board-games]|16:11 Gunther says, " http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1286842883/the-keep-any-game-anytime-anywhere "
[housing]|16:12 Jota asks, "What would you do if you moved? Rent it out?"
[housing]|16:12 Jota says, "(Also: huh, I would have thought that being underwater would limit its refinancability.)"
[housing]|16:12 Steve says, "Yeah, I reckon so"
[housing]|16:13 Steve says, "I have an FHA loan, which allows refinancing without reappraisal"
[housing]|16:13 Jota says, "Huh, cool."
[tale]|16:13 maga says, "like, in the UK people sometimes get all rah-rah about Nelson and Waterloo and so on, but they aren't really thought of as being relevant to anything about the modern world"
[health]|16:13 jenrexrode says, "i'm gonna ask the pharmacist if i can't just take the OTC"
[housing]|16:13 Steve says, "It's in my best interest, so to speak, to lower the payment as much as possible no matter what"
[tale]|16:14 Tale says, "Yes, and that's, I guess, the major differemce. WWI#II overshadow everything politically."
[housing]|16:14 Steve says, "Since either I stay and want to pay less, or I rent it out and want the rent income to offset as much of the payment as possible"
[tale]|16:14 maga says, "the US doesn't really have any eras that are like that. or, at least, not any interesting ones"
[craft]|16:14 Dave says, "so although I have a group of writers within Textfyre, I'm having trouble allocating time with one of them"
[housing]|16:14 Steve says, "Only other option would be a short sale, but I think you have to be delinquent in your mortgage payments in order to even trigger that"
[housing]|16:14 Steve says, "And the whole thing would be a credit destroyer"
[craft]|16:15 Dave says, "which leaves a very serious opening in my endeavors over the next few weeks"
[housing]|16:15 katre says, "that's rough"
[housing]|16:15 Jota asks, "What's your old interest rate?"
[housing]|16:15 Steve says, "This would go from 6.25% to 3.75%"
[craft]|16:15 Dave says, "if anyone has about 10 to 20 hours in the next two weeks, I'd like to talk to you about helping with a prototype"
[housing]|16:15 Jota exclaims, "Nice!"
[housing]|16:15 katre says, "yow, that's nice"
[housing]|16:16 Steve says, "I could get 3.5%, but would have to pay more points at closing than I have"
[health]|16:16 jenrexrode says, "okay, I'm just going to take 2/220mg every 12 hours, instead of 1/500mg every 12 hours"
[tale]|16:16 Tale says, "The part where canadians burn the White House never gets old."
[health]|16:16 Jizaboz says, "Sounds kinda rough"
[politics]|16:16 Jon asks, "man, when will the US government or Arizona state government establish rule of law in Maricopa county?"
[politics]|16:16 Jon | http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/az-woman-imprisoned-after-producing-h
[lounge]|16:17 Jizaboz paddles home.
[health]|16:17 jenrexrode says, "now to reseach more on sciatica"
[health]|16:17 jenrexrode says, "+r"
[tale]|16:18 maga says, "I dunno if anybody re-enacts 1812"
[tale]|16:19 maga says, "surely there must be somebody"
[tale]|16:19 Gunther says (to maga), "orchestras constantly do"
[tale]|16:19 vimes says, "they don't figure it's necessary because the orchestral score includes actual cannons"
[board-games]|16:21 Whizzard says, "Hmm, <looks>"
[gop-sux]|16:21 olethros says, "the gop manages to field two infinitely hateful candidates to make up for the 2008 gap"
[gop-sux]|16:22 Matthew asks, "Oh?"
[gop-sux]|16:23 olethros says, "i guess the bush cheney roles are reversed"
[gop-sux]|16:24 olethros says, "ryan is the honest sounding fool and romney the vampiric turd"
[board-games]|16:24 Whizzard immediately releases an Arkham expansion that won't fit in it.
[board-games]|16:24 Whizzard exclaims, "Take that!"
[English]|16:24 Jota says, "I wonder why it's 'refrigerator' rather than simply 'frigerator'."
[lounge]|16:24 Nitku leaves.
[gop-sux]|16:25 Matthew asks, "How exactly is Romney sounding that way?"
[English]|16:25 Jota asks, "Is there some built-in assumption that objects will have been defrigerated on their way there?"
[English]|16:25 Johnny says, "The air is continuously frigged and refrigged."
[health]|16:25 jenrexrode says, "argh the treatment for this is about everything"
[gop-sux]|16:25 olethros asks, "ryan?"
[gop-sux]|16:25 Alex says (to olethros), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Ryan is BabelFish."
[health]|16:25 jenrexrode says, "heat, ice, therapy, massage, comfy chair"
[English]|16:25 maga asks, "hmm. the circulation of the freon tubes, or something?"
[English]|16:26 vimes | Earlier words in the same sense of "to make cold, to cool" were infrigiden, infrigidate (both early 15c.).
[English]|16:26 jenrexrode says, "that's what I need"
[English]|16:26 vimes | from re- "again" (see re-) + frigerare "make cool,"
[health]|16:27 jenrexrode says, "accupuncture, hydrotherapy, good posture"
[English]|16:27 maga says, "and 'infrigidator' just sounds like a Victorian sexual therapy"
[greece]|16:27 olethros says, "in other unreal news, 'Greece Wins Praise as Merkel Signals Progress in Crisis Fight'"
[English]|16:27 vimes says, "or a supervillain"
[greece]|16:27 olethros says, "progress? geometrical progress to 0"
[English]|16:27 maga says, "that was my alternative joke, yes"
[English]|16:27 Jota says (to maga), "Heh."
[health]|16:28 jenrexrode says, "stretching, anti-inflammatories, icy-hot"
[English]|16:28 baf says, "It may be using 're-' in the sense more common in Spanish, where it means something more like "very" rather than "again"."
[English]|16:28 Jota says (to baf), "Hmm."
[English]|16:28 maga says, "so the question now becomes 'why does Latin have a word for refrigeration'..."
[English]|16:28 maga exclaims, "aha!"
[English]|16:28 Jota says, "(Such as veryfried beans.)"
[English]|16:28 maga says, "originally it was a medical sense"
[English]|16:29 maga says, "so you'd refrigerate someone who had a fever"
[English]|16:29 vimes says, "a supervillain who performs Victorian sexual therapy"
[English]|16:29 Jota says (to maga), "Huh."
[English]|16:29 Jota says (to maga), "In which case, re- would make perfect sense."
[English]|16:29 baf says, "(as seen in "frijoles refritos", which gets confusingly translated into English as "refried beans" despite the fact that the beans have been fried only once.)"
[board-games]|16:31 Whizzard says, "Eesh, a $200 case...well, I can't throw too many stones. I'm gonna be getting a $130 or so minis case. Mind you, I painted those and don't want them damaged."
[board-games]|16:32 Gunther says, "$170 *plus* $25 for something holding Dominion up to the current expansion, after they say "never run out of room with the next expansion""
[board-games]|16:32 Gunther says, "-> uhhh"
[board-games]|16:33 Whizzard says, "Well, that's just preprinted dividers."
[board-games]|16:33 Whizzard says, "I'm pretty sure the thing will have plenty of actual SPACE."
[board-games]|16:34 Gunther says, "unfortunately, I can get dividers for $25 right now that fit everything in the base box."
[board-games]|16:34 Gunther says, "so I need the case exactly not at all"
[board-games]|16:34 Whizzard says, "Ok, don't fund it."
[board-games]|16:35 Gunther asks, "also, do they want you to pack and unpack games into it every time you want to carry one?"
[board-games]|16:35 Gunther asks, "or buy one per game?"
[board-games]|16:35 Whizzard says, "I'm assuming it's a travel case."
[board-games]|16:35 Whizzard says, "It doesn't make any practical sense to me, but hey, I'm not buying one."
[board-games]|16:36 Gunther says, "oh, I'm not offended by it, I just think it's stupid"
[whiz-games]|16:36 Whizzard says, "Also, on a side note, looking at Numenera says to me that I should Kickstart my Redemption board game at some point."
[whiz-games]|16:36 Whizzard says, "Still need a fucking setting name, though."
[board-games]|16:38 Gunther says, "I'm *offended* by 1) http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/relic-knights and 2) http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/370924922/kanzume-goddess "
[lounge]|16:38 olethros says, "z"
[lounge]|16:39 olethros has ordered three mega-generators to be installed in his boathouse.
[whiz-games]|16:39 inky asks, "which one is redemption?"
[whiz-games]|16:40 Gunther says, "Planet New Texas"
[whiz-games]|16:40 Whizzard says, "Wild wild Indiana Jones."
[board-games]|16:40 Matthew | Kanzume Goddess is a deck building game that brings the excitement of the Greek and Norse myths into your home.
[board-games]|16:40 Matthew says, "..."
[wtf]|16:40 Jearl says, " http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ci78KYdo1qcd6cdo1_500.jpg "
[board-games]|16:41 vimes says, "And breasts, don't forget breasts."
[wtf]|16:41 Jearl says, "snake warning"
[wtf]|16:41 Jota says, "Freaky."
[board-games]|16:41 Whizzard says, "Pff hahahaha, ah, geez, that's just embarrassing. Ah well, sex sells, apparently."
[wtf]|16:41 Matthew asks, "Who would a cake like that?"
[wtf]|16:41 Matthew asks, "Er, who would WANT a cake like that?"
[wtf]|16:41 vimes says, "it's a great gag gift to give to Indy on his birthday"
[board-games]|16:42 Whizzard says, "Hahaha the chick in pink straddling or...I dunno...that pink mech."
[wtf]|16:42 Matthew says, "Cakes?  I hate these guys."
[board-games]|16:42 Gunther says (to Whizzard), "I was happier before I knew how many boardgamers are furry anime fetishist wanktards"
[wtf]|16:42 Allen says, "ha ha"
[wtf]|16:42 Allen asks, "who wouldn't want a cake like this?"
[wtf]|16:43 Gunther says, "Indy. Try and keep up."
[board-games]|16:43 Whizzard says, "Furry? Looks like standard anime breastsploitation to me."
[board-games]|16:43 Gunther says, "Relic Knights has a fucking rabbit"
[board-games]|16:43 Gunther says, "also "special edition cosplay miniatures""
[board-games]|16:45 Gunther says, "Kanzume Goddesses just needs someone to hunt down and kill every last backer"
[board-games]|16:45 Whizzard says (to G), "Dude, that's a Pikarabbit."
[board-games]|16:45 Whizzard says, "I'm not saying it's high quality, but seriously, this is all low-hanging fruit."
[board-games]|16:46 Whizzard says, "This is practically Anime Tropes: the minis game."
[board-games]|16:46 Gunther says, "do not underestimate my burning hatred of anime"
[twitter]|16:47 Matthew asks, "Why is Condescending Wonka a thing?"
[board-games]|16:47 Whizzard says, "They obviously tapped into a market that hasn't been hit too hard in games yet."
[board-games]|16:47 Gunther says, "You must've missed Tanto Cuore"
[twitter]|16:47 Ryan says, "Because he looks smugly amused."
[board-games]|16:47 Whizzard says, "And their kickstarter format, with unlocking factions and components and shit, is really pretty well thought out."
[board-games]|16:47 Gunther says, "also I think the second link"
[twitter]|16:47 Johnny says, "Because some asshole invented screen capture."
[board-games]|16:47 Whizzard says, "I will prolly steal the crap out of their format at some point."
[board-games]|16:48 Gunther says, "they're the same people who did the Battle for Alabastra KS"
[board-games]|16:48 Gunther says, "so obviously they already know what they're doing"
[board-games]|16:48 Whizzard asks, "Hahaha...Hot Anime Lesbians, the card game?"
[board-games]|16:48 Gunther says, "yes, that is the one that needs murdering"
[board-games]|16:49 Gunther says, "by the same people who brought you Tanto Cuore, the Pornminion Underage Nurse game"
[board-games]|16:49 Whizzard says, "And yes, they've had their project overfunded already."
[board-games]|16:49 Gunther says, "and probably also the Nazi Porn Anime Deckbuilder"
[board-games]|16:49 Whizzard says, "Well, this is exactly the dark side of KS."
[board-games]|16:49 Gunther says, "I can't blame KS for pedophiles"
[board-games]|16:50 Whizzard says, "There's no gatekeepers keeping designers from publishing their ideas, which is great, but there's no GATEKEEPERS keeping CREEPY designers from publishing their ideas either."
[twitter]|16:50 Ellison says, "ha ha"
[twitter]|16:50 inky asks (of Matthew), "you know that exists in the context of a bunch of other <adjective> <character> image macros, right?"
[board-games]|16:50 Whizzard says, "In the end, they'll sell their creepy games to creepy gamers and will affect me not at all."
[board-games]|16:51 Gunther says, "yup, same guys. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72809/barbarossa "
[twitter]|16:51 Ellison asks, "like, same genre of 'sad Keanu'?"
[stevejobs]|16:51 Steve says, "Resume copies printed"
[board-games]|16:51 Whizzard says, "Oh, man, they got the license for Lupin? Now THAT hurts me a bit."
[lounge]|16:51 Allen goes home.
[twitter]|16:51 Matthew says (to inky), "Er, I'm actually not sure I did."
[board-games]|16:51 baf asks, "(recapping) 'Cosplay miniatures'? Aren't those two concepts pretty orthogonal?"
[board-games]|16:52 Whizzard says, "But that's the licensor's fault, there."
[twitter]|16:52 inky | http://www.quickmeme.com/
[stevejobs]|16:52 Steve says, "Have to set up my clothes and stuff so I can try to be out of the house by 5:30 to make my flight"
[board-games]|16:52 Whizzard says (to baf), "Haha, I'm surprised they haven't unlocked chibi minis yet."
[stevejobs]|16:53 Steve says, "And I should be home in time for dinner, which is so weird"
[twitter]|16:53 inky says, "I think the general idea is somebody comes up with a picture expressing some persona and then other people come up with specific jokes to go with the persona"
[board-games]|16:53 baf says, "Saying 'Cosplay miniatures' strikes me the same way as, say, 'hockey singer' or 'cucumber zoo'."
[lounge]|16:54 Allen is a scarfaced Libertarian waffle chef with a robot buddy named Sparky. Whizzard is a sarcastic belly-dancing lawyer from a secret island of warrior pygmies. They stole a tiny car from a Shriner!
[lounge]|16:54 Allen says, "arg, router reset my ip again"
[lounge]|16:54 Allen says, "I wonder if it's rebooting or just getting a new ip"
[board-games]|16:54 Gunther says (to baf), "the miniatures are cosplaying"
[board-games]|16:55 Gunther says, "like, it's Tits McRack in her Catwoman outfit"
[ads]|16:55 Allen says, "not sure what this is advertising... but I like it http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5gMgdW22iUA "
[quotations]|16:56 Jota |  If I underhend this correctly, you're having cars drive underneath a flexible pavement? So you have pedestrians surfing 20-30mph waves? This sounds impeccably good.
[ads]|16:56 Gunther | Een nieuwe Even Apeldoorn bellen film!
[ads]|16:56 Gunther says, "this means "one new even apple thorn barking movie""
[ads]|16:56 Gunther says, "ok, not really, 'bellen' means 'to ring'"
[board-games]|16:56 Whizzard says, "hahahaha"
[board-games]|16:56 maga asks (of baf), "both cosplay and miniatures tend towards the same kind of costume styles, no?"
[board-games]|16:57 maga says, "i.e. 'hugely exaggerated for maximum visibility'"
[ads]|16:57 Gunther says, "and they sell insurance"
[whiz-games]|16:57 Whizzard says, "Oh hey, that was nice. Ted Alspach gave me a shout out for the suggestions I gave him on his Suburbia game."
[ads]|16:57 Allen says, "another commercial from the same campaign/company that got banned"
[ads]|16:57 Allen says, "/religion /gayrights"
[ads]|16:57 Allen | http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_phH_-e1jTM
[health]|16:58 jenrexrode says, "candied ginger"
[board-games]|16:58 inky says, "I think he just meant that cosplay usually menas 'people dressing up', so how could you have a miniature of that"
[board-games]|16:58 inky says, "but I guess the answer is that the miniature is of somebody dressed up as somebody else"
[ads]|16:58 Allen says, "(offensive to religion, not offensive to gays)"
[board-games]|16:58 Jota says (to maga), "I thought that cosplay tended toward whatever kind of costume you are dressing up as."
[board-games]|16:58 baf says, "Well, I think Gunther's explanation explains it."
[board-games]|16:58 inky says, "yeah, but who wants to dress up as somebody with a small rack"
[board-games]|16:58 Jota says, "Er, s/costume/character/"
[rpg]|16:59 inky says, "oh, so I watched the fiasco playthrough on tabletop and it made me wonder something"
[board-games]|16:59 Gunther asks (of inky), "would you *really* want to see, eg, me, as cosplaying with a large rack?"
[rpg]|16:59 (from Jota) inky asks, "how can I get a show like this of my own?"
[rpg]|16:59 inky asks, "are there any gm-less games that don't feel like unfettered improv?"
[rpg]|16:59 inky says, "hee hee"
[whiz-games]|16:59 Whizzard says (to inky), "Sailor Beard, for one."
[board-games]|16:59 baf says, "A miniature of, like, Ikari Shinji in a Naruto outfit would be a cosplay miniature."
[whiz-games]|17:00 Whizzard says, "Aw, meant that for #board-games."
[whiz-games]|17:00 inky says, "it's on topic everywhere!"
[lounge]|17:00 Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst..
[lounge]|17:00 * Ellison has disconnected.
[board-games]|17:00 Jota says (to Whizz), "Oh, man, you've just reminded me of ManFaye. I do not appreciate that."
[tech]|17:00 boucher says, "Mrm...e-mail letting me know that the new MakerBot 3D printer is available and ready to ship, fully assembled for $1999."
[rpg]|17:00 baf asks, "You mean, something more rules-based?"
[rpg]|17:00 inky says, "I guess"
[rpg]|17:00 inky says, "like, I realize fundamentally all rpgs are just people making stuff up"
[rpg]|17:01 GDorn says, "yeah, fiasco's mechanics are vague, uninteresting and generally feel tacked on for no reason"
[rpg]|17:01 marc says, "i guess you could take something like microscope and draw up a set of constraints"
[board-games]|17:01 Whizzard says, "Hey, I'm going to Gencon. If I have to suffer through the Sailor Beards, we ALL do."
[rpg]|17:01 Jota says (to inky), "Now you have me sitting here trying to think of a counterexample."
[rpg]|17:01 baf says, "I mean, where the rules specify more specific developments than 'something good happens to your character this round'"
[rpg]|17:01 marc says, "[additional constraints]"
[rpg]|17:01 inky says, "but it feels like in the standard with-gm model, there's one person doing most of the world simulation and other people have a relatively small window to interact with it, which cleaves pretty closely to their character"
[board-games]|17:01 Gunther says, "all I can think of when I hear 'cosplay' is Tyler Perry ever since I saw that trailer for Maedea's Witness Protection"
[rpg]|17:02 Jota asks, "Are there many group-GM games?"
[board-games]|17:02 boucher says, "I would so do a Blackbeard the Sailor Scout costume if I had the legs for it."
[board-games]|17:02 Gunther says, "(why did I watch it? I was unfamiliar with the phenomenon)"
[board-games]|17:02 boucher says, "Just to traumatize as many people as possible."
[rpg]|17:02 Jota asks, "Where when one player is doing stuff, the other players are the GM, and it gets swapped around?"
[rpg]|17:02 inky says, "and it seems like with the gm-less games I've seen (which isn't many), the world simulation is both more nebulous and more open to general tinkering"
[rpg]|17:02 baf says, "Actually you could do something pretty close to D&D without a DM. There's that whole Random Dungeon Generator from the 1e DMG."
[rpg]|17:02 inky says, "that's true"
[rpg]|17:02 maga says (to Jota), "there are things like Penny For My Thoughts which work like that for individual scenes, kinda"
[rpg]|17:02 inky says, "and the mythic gm emulator that I am always talking about"
[board-games]|17:03 Gunther imagines boucher with fake tits in a tight pink leotard, Pippi Longstocking hair, and beard.
[board-games]|17:03 inky says, "ha ha"
[rpg]|17:03 Jota says, "gmulator"
[board-games]|17:03 inky says, "he could dye his beard red and fold it up as pigtails"
[board-games]|17:03 Gunther asks, "I think I would pay to see... the reactions to this?"
[rpg]|17:04 GDorn says, "hell, the D&D boardgames basically do this for you"
[rpg]|17:04 inky says, "anyway, this doesn't feel like an intrinsic property of the with-gm/gm-less attribute"
[rpg]|17:04 inky says, "hmm"
[board-games]|17:04 Gunther says, "alternatively I will make you all suffer: http://www.zhuoyou.com/att/articlefiles/image/article/2011/201111/20111110/guanzhuang/20111113gznvplist001.jpg "
[board-games]|17:04 boucher says, "Yarr, I am the terror of the seven wings of the conference center."
[rpg]|17:04 baf says, "The thing about the Random Dungeon Generator is that it's completely storyless. It's just one randomly-generated room after another. I bet you could come up with something that uses a system like that for GM-less rules-based interactions, but something more improv-y to give it meaning."
[board-games]|17:04 Whizzard carefully doesn't click that.
[board-games]|17:04 Gunther says (to Whizzard), "it's merely hilarious"
[board-games]|17:05 Gunther says, "no breasts."
[rpg]|17:05 inky says, "yeah, maybe it's really about the size of the player's ability to affect the world"
[rpg]|17:05 inky says, "and the random dungeon generator stuff doesn't actually widen your ability to affect the world"
[board-games]|17:06 boucher says, "Sadly, I can't read Chinese.  But I assume it reads 'Superior Pretty Man Powers: Is Capable of Stunning Any Female or Gay Male Enemy for Three Rounds'"
[board-games]|17:06 Matthew asks (of boucher), "Is that your first guess for all Chinese writing?"
[rpg]|17:06 inky says, "abnd I guess contrariwise you could have a with-GM game where the players can nevertheless make a lot more statements about what NPCs are doing and stuff"
[rpg]|17:06 baf says, "Hm. I guess part of the thing about a GM who has a plot in mind already is that it gives the whole thing a structure and consistency from the get-go that you don't get when people are just making it all up as they go along. I wonder if you could get something that delivers that sense from rules and randomness alone, rather than intentional design."
[rpg]|17:07 inky says, "that's true too"
[board-games]|17:07 Gunther says (to boucher), "it's Zeus, I think"
[board-games]|17:07 Gunther says, "so he'll use his gigantic lightning bolt for that"
[board-games]|17:07 boucher says, "Pretty much.  Ever since I learned that most Chinese-English dictionary list 'Fuck' as the first translation for the chinese character ? (to do), I assume all Chinese are trolling."
[board-games]|17:08 Whizzard says, "Haha"
[board-games]|17:08 Gunther says (to boucher), "well, it's used mostly in ???? "I'd do her""
[board-games]|17:08 boucher says, "This is why you will sometimes enter Chinese supermarkets and see things with Chinese and English both listed, and see the 'Fuck Vegetables' aisle."
[board-games]|17:09 Gunther says, "wait, "Do Vegetables" makes less sense"
[board-games]|17:09 Gunther says, "maybe the owner just really hates broccoli"
[board-games]|17:09 Gunther says, "but the chicom party is forcing him to sell it"
[board-games]|17:09 Whizzard exclaims, "Carrots...peas....brocco---FUCK YOU BROCCOLI!!!!"
[board-games]|17:10 Whizzard says, "I dunno why, but an enraged Chinese grocer screaming obscenities at broccoli just cracks me the hell up."
[workplace]|17:11 Allen says, "we didn't design this... looks like it was a small NJ agency."
[board-games]|17:11 Gunther says (to Whizzard), "all I can think of now is "GODDAMN MONGOLIANS STOP TEARING DOWN SHITTY WALL""
[workplace]|17:11 Allen says, "but... this Mountain Dew site attracted the chaps at 4chan"
[workplace]|17:11 Allen | http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/mountain-dews-dub-the-dew-online-poll-goes-horribly-wrong/
[board-games]|17:12 Whizzard says, "Hahaha"
[workplace]|17:12 Gunther says, "wait, Crushing Granny would've been a great name"
[workplace]|17:13 Gunther | the funniest example of an online poll going wrong is probably the ?Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts? ? currently leading the pack for the city-sponsored renaming of the Austin, Tex. Solid Waste Services Department.
[workplace]|17:13 Gunther says, "won-der-ful"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:15 vimes says, "huh, this chipotle bag has lorem ipsum on the side"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:15 Gunther asks, "literally?"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:15 vimes says, "yes"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:16 Gunther says, "awesome"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:16 Jota asks, "Intentionally?"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:16 vimes says, "i have /no idea/"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:16 Jota says, "Also, this sounds like something to upload to TDWTF."
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:16 Gunther says, "contents: lorem (23%), ipsum (70%), dolor sit amet (6%), ..."
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:17 inky | http://designenvy.aiga.org/the-chipotle-lorem-ipsum-bag/
[startrek]|17:18 Allen | http://scifi.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/07/09/sci-fi-fantasy-star-trek-try-this-line-at-the-next-convention/
[videogames]|17:18 Gunther says, "I ... what http://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/000/091/449/78de6326d77f73e6ee8b8064c91287de_large.gif "
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:19 Jota says, "Apparently this site thinks that only graphic designers use lorem ipsum."
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:19 Gunther says, "graphic designers use that cat thing and swearem ipsum"
[videogames]|17:20 Whizzard says, "Looks like a Nitrome game."
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:21 Gunther says, "it's Mercenary Kings, by the guys who did the Scott Pilgrim game"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:21 Gunther says, "ilac"
[videogames]|17:21 Gunther says, "it's Mercenary Kings, by the guys who did the Scott Pilgrim game"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:21 vimes | I can also share with you that this particular bag was completed intentionally. We thought there was something funny about writing out Lorem Ipsum (which, as we all know is used as placeholder copy) by hand?
[videogames]|17:21 Gunther says, "looks like Metal Slug"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:21 Gunther says, "also I totally misinterpreted what kind of bag this was"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:21 Gunther says, "I thought it was a bag of chips"
[GRRM]|17:22 Allen | http://gettingridoftheb.tumblr.com/post/29322993007
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:22 vimes says, "hahaha"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:22 vimes | It?s only appropriate that the packaging for fake Latin food should have fake Latin on it.
[videogames]|17:22 Whizzard says, "Ah, Nitrome's flash games all look like that."
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:23 Gunther says, "fake latin, eh"
[apropos-of-nothing]|17:23 Jota exclaims (at Gunther), "Me too!"
[lounge]|17:23 Emily arrives.
[videogames]|17:24 Whizzard says, "A bit like Eyemaze games, too."
[twitter]|17:26 Gunther says (to Matthew), "similarly http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431414_427529690632427_1561656282_n.jpg "
[vimesical]|17:26 vimes says, "since i am always one to go above and beyond, instead of the traditional dead /hooker/ in the trunk of my car in las vegas, i went with a dead /angel/"
[vimesical]|17:26 vimes | http://imgur.com/4TXxC
[twitter]|17:27 Jota says, "Perhaps they weren't allowed, during an early but vital stage of infanthood."
[twitter]|17:29 Gunther says, "ow"
[rpg]|17:30 Jon says, "belatedly, Polaris is gm-less, but has constrained roles for each player."
[rpg]|17:30 Jon says, "and basically divides up gm authority on the basis of player and PC/NPC"
[board-games]|17:30 K-Y says, "belatedly, I assume the intended meaning is 'dried vegetables' or at least I can't think of anything else that makes sense"
[rpg]|17:30 Jon says, "so I determine things about my PC, but the person on my right determines things about certain NPCs in relation to my PC"
[rpg]|17:31 Jon says, "and there are rules about who gets the final decision making power"
[rpg]|17:31 Jon says, "so it's much less freeform than Fiasco."
[rpg]|17:31 Jon says, "(I highly recommend reading Polaris, even if you don't think you'll ever get to play it.)"
[whiz-games]|17:31 Whizzard says, "Man, I'm getting stoked for Gencon."
[whiz-games]|17:31 Whizzard exclaims, "My very last one with FFG!"
[cars]|17:32 boucher says, "I know it's tasteless to laugh at one's own jokes, but I was just browsing my dumbpics folder and came across http://bouchert.com/dumbpics/flipcar.jpg again"
[cars]|17:33 boucher says, "Such a lot of fuss for nothing."
[cars]|17:33 Gunther says, "goddammit, no unicode car"
[cars]|17:34 boucher says, "Apropos previous conversation, there's ?"
[cars]|17:35 boucher says, "But you can't tell if it's flipped"
[rant]|17:36 Tale says, "Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavepoints!"
[rant]|17:36 Tale says, "FROM HELL'S HEART I STAB AT THEE!"
[cars]|17:36 Gunther says (to boucher), "oh good"
[whiz-games]|17:36 Whizzard says, "I wonder how Chris is gonna react when I give notice in Oct."
[cars]|17:36 Gunther says, "(?°?°??? ?"
[rant]|17:36 Tale says, "Oh wait no, I'm transported back to the bit where I meet Vergil and have to go through all of Hell again!"
[cars]|17:36 boucher says, "Heh"
[whiz-games]|17:37 Whizzard says, "Could be anything from "WHAT??!! DEAD TO ME!" to "Meh, later.""
[cars]|17:37 boucher says, "There actually are many car ones, but they're not represented in my character set at least"
[cars]|17:37 boucher says, "?"
[cars]|17:37 boucher says, "Looks like a box to me"
[cars]|17:37 Gunther says, "looks like a lowercase greek delta to me"
[whiz-games]|17:37 inky says, "hmm"
[whiz-games]|17:37 inky asks, "are you sure you want to give notice?"
[cars]|17:38 boucher says, " http://unicode.org/charts/nameslist/n_1F680.html "
[whiz-games]|17:38 inky says, "or, well"
[cars]|17:38 boucher says, "These all just show codepoint boxes for me"
[whiz-games]|17:38 inky says, "if you're planning on contracting with other people, why not also keep contracting with FFG if they have a gig you like the looks of"
[cars]|17:38 Gunther says, "yeah, that's what I meant by "no""
[whiz-games]|17:38 Whizzard says, "Well, I'm currently an employee with a non-compete clause."
[whiz-games]|17:39 Whizzard says, "I HAVE to leave if I'm going to work with anyone else."
[cars]|17:39 boucher says, "Ah well, someday, every font in the world will contain a full set of every model of car ever made.  And then we will live happily."
[whiz-games]|17:39 Whizzard says, "But I'm just giving 2 weeks' notice at the start of Oct."
[whiz-games]|17:39 inky says, "yeah"
[whiz-games]|17:39 Whizzard says, "I'm going to suggest that my last day be the 15th, which is a payday, and the day after Arkham Nights."
[whiz-games]|17:39 inky asks, "what is arkham nights?"
[whiz-games]|17:40 Whizzard says, " http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3480 "
[whiz-games]|17:41 inky says, "ah, cool"
[cars]|17:41 boucher says, "Until we need a specific character to represent a 17th century female doll in a dress with short hair and a polka-dot pattern, with blush on the cheeks but no other makeup riding an early bicycle prototype on a road in Paris in August, in the evening, with couples strolling on the street, and a petshop in the background, which is currently closed, as we can see, from a sign in the window saying the owner has taken ill."
[whiz-games]|17:41 Whizzard says, "Leaving them high and dry for that event would be fairly hostile."
[whiz-games]|17:41 inky says, "yeah"
[kitties]|17:42 Allen | Kitten vs. Doberman... in bed
[kitties]|17:42 Allen | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdYMxb2RAnY&feature=plcp
[cars]|17:42 boucher says, "U+FFF762319E8C9040462, in other words"
[cars]|17:43 inky says, "heh"
[kitties]|17:43 Allen says, "squeeeee"
[lounge]|17:44 Ellison arrives from the east.
[urls]|17:50 Allen says, "the ghost ... of TAMAGOTCHI! http://marlomeekins.tumblr.com/day/2012/08/09 "
[Jotacabana]|17:50 Jota says, "The local Subway must not keep very precise inventorty on some things."
[Jotacabana]|17:51 Jota says, "Because I just walked in to buy some dressing packets (sans salad), and they were rung up as 'extra bacon'."
[urls]|17:52 Jota asks, "But does it vibrate?"
[obama-rox]|17:52 Allen says, "this been posted? http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/barack-obama-is-a-wizard "
[Jotacabana]|17:54 inky says, "maybe the cashier is running an elaborate scam"
[obama-rox]|17:54 inky says, "ha ha"
[obama-rox]|17:54 inky says, "shit, he's been captivated by a palantir"
[Jotacabana]|17:55 Jota asks, "Wherein she stockpiles bacon for her own nefarious purposes?"
[kitties]|17:58 Jota says, "Not the smartest cat in the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Ay4vEj7C4 "
[Jotacabana]|17:59 Gunther says (to Jota), "perhaps it was an underhanded insult to you"
[lounge]|17:59 Ellison heads east.
[kitties]|18:00 inky says, "cats are weird"
[kitties]|18:01 Allen says, "a friend got her longhaired male shaved for the summer a few years ago"
[obama-rox]|18:01 Matthew says, "Man, creepy."
[kitties]|18:01 Allen says, "and he repeatedly attacked his own tail"
[Jotacabana]|18:01 inky says, "well, there is a real scam where you ring the thing up at a cheaper price but charge the customer the real price and pocket the difference"
[kitties]|18:01 Allen says, "which looked completely different"
[Jotacabana]|18:01 inky says, "(that is why they are supposed to offer you your receipt, I think)"
[Jotacabana]|18:01 inky says, "but that does not seem to be the case here"
[board-games]|18:04 inky says, "hmm, somebody on metafilter is saying Imperial ( http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24181/imperial ) is in the middle between euro and non-euro, but it looks pretty euro to me from their description"
[Jotacabana]|18:04 Jota says (to inky), "Yeah, this was just a matter of 'well, I can't give him a bunch of dressing packets and no salad without charging *something*, and there's no button for it on the register, so... enh, it's bacon'"
[Jotacabana]|18:05 inky says, "ha ha"
[Jotacabana]|18:05 inky says, "maybe their training teaches them to price everything in terms of bacon"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:05 Gunther says, "I need some googling help"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:06 Jota exclaims (at Gunther), "Fortunately, there's a site for that!"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:06 Gunther says, "I'm looking for two old portable games"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:06 Gunther says, "one was like a game & watch, involved turtles, was yellow, and played Fur Elise as its song"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:07 Gunther says, "the other is harder to describe as it was more of a tiny standalone video game with a joystick and buttons, a portrait-orientated screen, and was probably named "Spider" or "Spiders""
[board-games]|18:07 Gunther | Artist   Matthias Catrein
[board-games]|18:07 Gunther says, "word to the wise: run away"
[board-games]|18:08 Gunther says, "and yeah, that is exactly the driest Euro and nothing else"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:08 vimes says (to gunther), " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYO9QTCJsQ0 for the second one"
[movie]|18:09 Matthew | It's the kind of revelation that would melt the face of any die-hard Indiana Jones fan (this time, with joy): "Raiders of the Lost Ark," the 1981 adventure film that introduced that globetrotting archaeologist, will receive a one-week Imax release next month, Lucasfilm said on Tuesday.
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:10 Gunther says, "YESSS"
[movie]|18:10 Matthew says, "Supposedly they're enhancing the audio but not making any other non-IMAX changes.  In which case, I don't think this sounds like a bad idea."
[movie]|18:11 Matthew says, "I'm trying to think if I've ever seen a movie in IMAX.  I honestly don't know.  But this one I would see."
[movie]|18:13 inky asks, "have you seen the one about beavers? or the one about fish?"
[movie]|18:13 Gunther asks, "if it's not made for IMAX what's the point?"
[music]|18:13 Allen says, "these Palestrina madrigals are stunningly beautiful"
[music]|18:13 Allen | http://www.amazon.com/Palestrina-First-Book-Madrigals-Voices/dp/B003U04UY4
[amazon]|18:14 Allen says, "huh I'm getting sales taxed on Amazon"
[amazon]|18:14 Allen says, "I never noticed before"
[movie]|18:14 Matthew says (to Gunther), "I don't quite get what you mean."
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:14 Gunther says, " http://www.gamesdbase.com/mame-rom/spiders.aspx "
[amazon]|18:15 inky says, "I demand sales representation"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:15 Gunther says, "the original"
[amazon]|18:15 inky says, "also, they just started rolling it out relatively recently"
[movie]|18:15 Gunther says, "it's just a bigger screen"
[movie]|18:15 Gunther says, "not filmed in IMAX"
[movie]|18:15 Gunther says, "so I fail to see the point"
[movie]|18:15 Matthew says (to Gunther), "I assume they're re-rendering it for IMAX."
[movie]|18:15 Gunther says, "also I bet it says "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark""
[movie]|18:16 Matthew says, "...point."
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:16 vimes says, "i probably have that rom, if you want"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:16 vimes says, "i'm looking at http://www.handheldmuseum.com/index.html and haven't found the yellow-turtle-beethoven game yet"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:16 vimes says, "but you might have more luck or more patience"
[movie]|18:17 Matthew says, "Anyway, regardless, I love this movie, and would probably want to see it live in a theater regardless.  I never have."
[movie]|18:17 Matthew says, "I remember when my parents went to see it originally, but I was too young to go with them."
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:17 Gunther says, "I don't even have MAME installed anymore"
[Scotland]|18:17 Matthew says, "#iain-rox:"
[Scotland]|18:17 Matthew | If you're wondering "is Brave authentically Scottish?" I can reassure you that it includes both hamesucken and a guddling montage.
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:18 Gunther says, "also I'm pretty sure it was a clone"
[Scotland]|18:18 inky says, "ha ha"
[Scotland]|18:18 inky asks, "where is that from?"
[Scotland]|18:18 Matthew exclaims, "Iain's Twitter feed!"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:18 vimes says, "i also have the clones, likely, if they're in the mame set"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:19 Gunther says, "PS: Fur Elise is the first furry song ever"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:19 vimes says, "haha"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:20 Gunther says, "now I wonder if I misremember the turtles"
[phobia]|18:20 Tale says, "Great, about to go to bed and Sargent has posted a giant spider eating a bird on G+. Thanks Sargent!"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:20 Gunther says, "I'm pretty sure you stepped over 4 turtles in a river to catch something, though"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:20 inky asks, "are you thinking of frogger?"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:21 vimes says, "apparently http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Misc/GameWizardCatAndMice.htm plays fur elise"
[movie]|18:21 Matthew says, "Has anyone seen The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX?  I loved the movie, but I can't think what in it would be enhanced by IMAX."
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:21 Gunther says, "no, it looked entirely different. Definitely not Nintendo"
[movie]|18:22 inky says, "imagine batman's nose, six feet long"
[lounge]|18:22 Grocible says, "heh"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:22 Gunther says, "it had two triangular buttons for moving"
[lounge]|18:22 Grocible says, "dubstep is so mainstream"
[lounge]|18:22 Grocible says, "jennifer's watching a nature show"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:22 Gunther says, "and a set of smaller buttons in the middle"
[lounge]|18:22 Grocible says, "they used a track with dubstep-style mwawah noises"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:22 Gunther says, "it's stupid that this site doesn't have thumbnails"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:22 vimes says, "hm, maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZBu93phpAs "
[movie]|18:23 Matthew says, "I have a friend who saw the last movie in IMAX almost 20 times, so I could probably ask him whether it makes a big difference."
[movie]|18:23 inky says, "wow"
[movie]|18:24 Grocible says, "I saw the second raiders movie in the theatre"
[movie]|18:24 Grocible says, "and hated it"
[movie]|18:24 Grocible says, "all the casual racism was so repugnant"
[movie]|18:24 Matthew says (to Grocible), "Er, I meant the second Batman movie."
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:24 vimes says, "(Turtle Bridge by Nintendo)"
[movie]|18:24 Matthew says, "(Sorry if that wasn't clear.)"
[movie]|18:24 Grocible says, "it was also so charmless"
[movie]|18:24 Grocible says, "oh sorry - thought the topic was still Raiders"
[movie]|18:24 Matthew says, "I moved to a new topic faster than a flying rat, sorry."
[movie]|18:24 McMartin says, "It gave us a useful character in LEGO indiana jones; the obnoxious lady where all the buttons are 'scream uselessly'"
[movie]|18:25 inky says, "ha ha"
[movie]|18:25 McMartin says, "Until you get the powerup for her and then her screams can shatter glass and skulls"
[movie]|18:25 Grocible says, "karen allen's character was at least spunky"
[movie]|18:25 Matthew says, "I would not run to see Temple of Doom in a movie theater, no."
[health]|18:25 jenrexrode says, "candied ginger kinda tastes like medicine, so it must work"
[movie]|18:25 McMartin says, "I like the one where it turns out his dad is James Bond"
[movie]|18:26 inky says, "that doesn't work!"
[movie]|18:26 inky says, "indiana jones could be james bond's dad, though"
[movie]|18:26 McMartin says, "It's well established that James Bond is a Time Lord"
[movie]|18:27 Grocible says, "a bitter angry one"
[movie]|18:27 inky says, "awesome"
[movie]|18:27 Grocible says, "it was hilarious seeing him at work"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:27 Gunther says, " http://www.handheldempire.com/games.jsp seems more useful"
[movie]|18:27 Grocible says, "he was like all thespian-like"
[movie]|18:27 Grocible says, "Ah. So this Computer is BROKEN. Well then! It shall have to be REPLACED!"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:27 Gunther says (to vimes), "it was totally a ripoff of that"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:28 Gunther says, "but, like I said, not Nintendo"
[kitties]|18:28 inky | http://tv.ibtimes.com/rare-sand-kittens-born-in-israel-after-years-of-rumored-extinction/7327.html
[movie]|18:29 K-Y says, "so basically, anyone famous in the UK you haven't seen at work yet we can assume uses Windows"
[movie]|18:29 Grocible says, "basically"
[kitties]|18:29 jenrexrode says, "cool"
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:30 Gunther says, "it looked similar to http://www.handheldempire.com/400x300/game_instance_images/3009_3257_1333225351268_Unknown_Frog.jpg "
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:30 vimes says, "oh, i missed not nintendo"
[kitties]|18:30 boucher says, "Meanwhile, I'm being leaned upon."
[kitties]|18:31 boucher says, "My dad's friend's dog used to do this"
[kitties]|18:32 boucher says, "I think this is the first cat I've had that leaned hard, though."
[jobs]|18:32 Matthew says, "Well, if the EIC is gone all week, I guess I should just go ahead and make arrangements for my trip to San Francisco."
[apropos-of-nothing]|18:32 Gunther says, "Nintendo would be simple"
[jobs]|18:32 Matthew says, "By the time he comes back, I'll only have three weeks, and that's not very much time."
[kitties]|18:33 boucher says, "And yeah, sand cats are cool."
[kitties]|18:33 boucher says, "Very wide heads and flat ears."
[stress]|18:35 jenrexrode says, "on the lighter side - I used my downtime today to drive up to the tax assessor and get my auto registration.  That and yesterday's hideous driver's license photo, and I'm all legal.  So I can quit freaking out about that."
[stress]|18:38 jenrexrode says, "Friday I go to the dentist about this loose fEEling in my mouth, then I need to find a new doctor to do my physical, and I can quit freaking out about being behind on health stuff."
[food]|18:38 boucher says, "There's an automatic peeler call a 'Rotato'"
[food]|18:38 boucher says, "Rotato."
[stress]|18:38 jenrexrode asks, "anything like the rotating apple peeler?"
[food]|18:38 boucher says, "called*"
[food]|18:38 katre says, "at least it's not a brotato"
[stress]|18:38 jenrexrode says, "channell"
[stress]|18:38 jenrexrode says, "#5"
[food]|18:39 boucher says, "Actually, this is the Rotato *Express*: http://www.amazon.com/Starfrit-93209-Rotato-Express-Electric/dp/B000X9EPT0/ "
[food]|18:39 boucher says, "For those not content with a standard Rotato"
[food]|18:39 vimes | Peels potatoes. fruits and vegetables instantly at the push of a button
[food]|18:39 vimes says, "instantly"
[food]|18:39 boucher says, "Plus, you can get this bundled with a set of Rotato Blades"
[food]|18:40 boucher says, "For when your Rotato gets dull."
[food]|18:40 katre says, "I have an automatic peeler... I married her HAR HAR HAR"
[food]|18:40 vimes asks, "how could something as incredible as the rotato ever get dull?"
[food]|18:40 vimes asks, "also, why has nobody made this into a Mr. Potato Head horror movie yet?"
[food]|18:40 Gunther says (to vimes), "gary larson"
[food]|18:41 Gunther says, "also I see that and raise you http://www.pearl.at/images/large/pe4873_2_7.jpg "
[food]|18:41 boucher says, "I am reminded now of the Red Dwarf potato-peeling sketch"
[food]|18:41 vimes says (to gunther), "i think that was potato *bugs*"
[food]|18:41 vimes | http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/bizarreland/default/comic-monday-night-potato-bugs--large-msg-133092738417.jpg
[lounge]|18:42 Tale is fired from breathing.
[lounge]|18:42 * Tale has disconnected.
[food]|18:42 boucher says, "Yeah, I've seen the spiral-cutters."
[food]|18:42 Gunther says (to vimes), "there must've been 2"
[food]|18:42 jenrexrode | Steam punk version http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-693166-stock-footage-a-primitive-prototype-hand-cranked-apple-peeler-removes-the-skin-from-a-red-braeburn-apple.html
[food]|18:42 boucher says, "I don't think there's a kitchen large enough to hold ever 'amazing kitchen gadget' ever made."
[food]|18:43 boucher says, "And until a few days ago, Gunther didn't even know what a Salad Shooter was, which is a shame, because it combines the fun of the old west with the excitement of slicing vegetables."
[food]|18:45 Allen says, "intellectually I know what a salad shooter is, but I've never seen one in action"
[food]|18:47 jenrexrode says, "I have an attachment for my kitchenaid that does that, but it doesn't have the over-the-bowl capability of the real salad shooter."
[lounge]|18:47 Rob comes right on in.
[lounge]|18:47 Rob says, "sgwamp"
[food]|18:47 jenrexrode says, "my grandmother bought me one once, but I returned it for [something less memorable]"
[lounge]|18:47 jenrexrode says, "hey rob"
[obits]|18:47 Rob says, "so people on facebook are saying that the guy who played Epstein also died recently, but I didn't hear that at all"
[food]|18:48 boucher says, " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3v0061FU1A "
[food]|18:48 vimes says, "the kitchenaid attachment has the advantage that it more or less actually works"
[food]|18:48 jenrexrode says (to vimes), "heh heh heh"
[food]|18:48 vimes says, "but we've given all those up in favor of a good mandoline"
[obits]|18:48 Rob says, "thatcher rumor? huh"
[food]|18:48 boucher says, "But yeah, it's more or less a handheld barrel-style food processor"
[food]|18:48 jenrexrode says, "i don't have a good mandoline, but I do have the Amazing Discoveries whatzit"
[food]|18:49 jenrexrode says, "including the Ask Mike video"
[obits]|18:49 Rob says, "elvis costello has a caustic song from 1988 whose chorus ends with 'and when they finally put you in the ground/ I'll stand on your grave and tamp the dirt down'"
[obits]|18:49 Rob says, "later he said oh yeah that's about thatcher"
[movie]|18:49 Rob says, "it's pretty good in IMA"
[movie]|18:49 Rob says, "er IMAX"
[kitties]|18:49 jenrexrode says, "argh, sand kats turn into bourne legacy if you don't close the window"
[movie]|18:50 Rob says, "since they shot 10 or 20 percent of it in that format so it looks full and crisp and bright and detailed"
[movie]|18:50 Rob says, "also, the sound mix in an IMAX theater is stunning"
[obvious]|18:50 Gunther | Attorney: Gunman in shootout had 'mental issues'
[movie]|18:50 Rob says, "almost ear-ringing kind of 'ow I'm literally stunned' but still"
[obvious]|18:51 vimes says, "related: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101638596 "
[food]|18:51 boucher says, "And because I haven't met my Simpsons reference quota for the day, I'm reminded of 'I Can't Believe They Invented It!'"
[obits]|18:51 jenrexrode says, "Ask Mike died ages ago"
[food]|18:52 boucher says, "Such as a pool float for your microwave, a robot doorman to open your doggie door, and a chandelier for your car."
[obits]|18:52 jenrexrode says, "but my dog won't use the doggie door if someone doesn't open it"
[food]|18:52 boucher says, "Also, on a separate show, a home sugar cube maker."
[food]|18:52 vimes says, "being an owner of both cats and dogs, i would very much like a doorman for a doggie door"
[food]|18:53 vimes says, "and we made sugar cubes once! it was entertaining"
[movie]|18:53 Rob says, "oh, so recapping farther, hearing a remix of Raiders (which always had *great* sound design) in IMAX would be cool"
[movie]|18:53 Rob says, "raiders is a fun movie just to listen to"
[food]|18:53 boucher says, "Well, my aunt and uncle once had a magnetically switchable cat door that only allowed cats in if they had the proper magnetic collar."
[movie]|18:54 Matthew says, "Hrm, I guess I don't know as much about IMAX as I thought."
[movie]|18:54 Matthew says, "I thought it just had to do with the screen, not the sound."
[movie]|18:54 Gunther says, "I just got the BDs of Alien and Aliens and those movies have fantastic sound design"
[food]|18:54 boucher says, "The problem was, they held the door open for the rest of the cats in the neighborhood anyhow"
[movie]|18:54 Rob says, "it's both"
[movie]|18:54 Rob says, "it's trying to be the ultimate presentation format"
[food]|18:54 Jota says, "I guess it's nice that the their cat was friendly."
[food]|18:55 boucher says, "I did like the experiment in a photorecognition cat door."
[movie]|18:55 Rob says, "but the speakers are of the highest quality and have huge dynamic range and there's more things they can do about stereo sound placement and such things"
[ill]|18:55 Rob says, "how did the appointment go"
[food]|18:56 vimes asks, "which learns to recognize your cat so it can let squirrels in instead?"
[food]|18:56 boucher says, "It would look at the silhouette and determine if it was a cat.  It managed to exclude dogs, squirrels, spiders, birds....  But it did sometimes have false negatives.  You know, 'Error:  Do not recognize cat butt'"
[food]|18:56 vimes says, "your cat-like butt called me crying"
[ill]|18:56 jenrexrode says, "Well I was greeted by the wrong name, then poked, diagnosed with sciatica, then told that Aleve is ibuprofen"
[ill]|18:57 jenrexrode says, "poked with fingers"
[food]|18:57 boucher says, "The cat usually just went away a while, figuring it'd done something to anger the door, then came back later and got let in."
[TV]|18:57 DorianX says, "So Colbert wore his admiral's uniform for the roctaugustfest"
[TV]|18:57 DorianX asks, "does that make him Admiral The Rev. Sir Dr. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert DFA, Heavyweight Champion of the World?"
[ill]|18:58 vimes says, "ibuprofen, which works (in 800mg 3-times-a-day doses) as opposed to naproxen sodium (which gives me a headache)"
[ill]|18:58 Jota exclaims (at vimes), "You should try taking some Advil for that headache!"
[food]|18:58 boucher says, "Being fickle creatures themselves, I presume cats generally just assume the world is the same way, so they often don't remember much beyond the moment, I think."
[food]|18:58 jenrexrode says, "ah, it was called the Super Slicer, and I still have it http://youtu.be/_YF7oDEYB2I "
[movie]|18:59 Matthew says, "Huh, cool."
[food]|18:59 boucher says, "They might get a little shy if you repeatedly reinforce something, but generally, a random insult doesn't scar them for long."
[movie]|18:59 Matthew says, "In that case, I'm looking forward to this even more than I was."
[ill]|18:59 jenrexrode says, "yeah, but ibuprofen gives me hives, and naproxen sodium does not"
[rant]|19:00 Gunther says, "#movie in fact, the motion tracker from Aliens has more consistency in its *sound design* than all of Crystal Skull has in anything whatsoever, fuck you Lucas and Spielberg"
[food]|19:00 boucher says, "Ah. yes.  I remember these"
[food]|19:00 Jota says, "I dunno. My mother once accidentally kicked her cat off the bed, and it never tried getting up there again."
[ill]|19:00 Rob says, "hmm"
[food]|19:01 vimes says, "huh"
[food]|19:01 boucher says, "Aw, maybe your cat was just unusually sensitive."
[ill]|19:01 Rob says, "so I guess it doesn't necessarily have to do with what you were saying about bending your leg up and sitting on it while you're at work"
[ill]|19:01 Rob says, "I was going to recommend maybe you try to learn not to do that if it was the hip that goes with that leg"
[food]|19:01 Jota says, "Could be."
[ill]|19:01 jenrexrode says, "ah, could be"
[lounge]|19:02 Jota turns into a slimy toad!
[ill]|19:02 Rob says, "like if you catch yourself doing it slap your leg and move it down again until the next time you notice it"
[ill]|19:02 Rob says, "then yell 'hay stop that' at it and slap it again"
[food]|19:03 boucher says, "It must be embarrassing going to buy a mandoline and accidentally buying a mandolin.  You end up making bad music, and you end up with a mess of unevenly sliced vegetables."
[ill]|19:03 vimes says, "if your leg is a sensitive cat, it'll only take once"
[ill]|19:03 jenrexrode asks, "are you merging this with the cat thread on #food?"
[ill]|19:03 Rob says, "maybe she can shoot her leg with a squirt gun"
[ill]|19:03 Rob says, "no but it's nicely confluent"
[lounge]|19:03 K-Y's apocalyptic flotsam included the emergence of figures of such dazzling dementia as to momentarily mesmerize even thinking people.
[lounge]|19:03 K-Y says, "re"
[ill]|19:03 Rob says, "if that's a word"
[post]|19:03 K-Y says, "argh"
[lounge]|19:03 Rob says, "K-Y"
[post]|19:03 Rob says, "hm"
[post]|19:04 K-Y says, "I take this package to the post office and buy enough postage"
[post]|19:04 K-Y says, "but can't mail it there because I forgot to seal it"
[weather]|19:04 Rob says, "whewh"
[post]|19:04 Rob asks, "they didn't have any kind of tape there?"
[post]|19:04 K-Y says, "they *sell* tape"
[ill]|19:04 jenrexrode says, "I suspected as much when Jota and I said "could be" at the same time"
[post]|19:04 Rob says, "ah blah"
[post]|19:04 inky says, "buy like six more stamps and use them to seal it"
[post]|19:04 Rob says, "ha ha"
[post]|19:05 K-Y says, "so I bring it back and put it in the post box in our building"
[post]|19:05 K-Y says, "I get back today and it's sitting outside the box with no explanation"
[weather]|19:05 jenrexrode says, "#dreams I had a dream that it got cold all of the sudden and we needed jackets"
[post]|19:05 Rob says, "sometimes what the post offices here have is 'priority mail' tape so if you use that you are pretty much locked into using priority mail rates. although they're fixed"
[post]|19:05 Rob says, "garh"
[weather]|19:05 jenrexrode says, "then I woke up and it was 102 or whatever"
[post]|19:05 Rob says, "you will have to truck yourself back to the post office again"
[post]|19:05 K-Y says, "yes"
[weather]|19:05 Rob says, "brr"
[post]|19:05 inky says, "some places you can't mail things that weigh more than X pounds"
[post]|19:06 K-Y says, "this is less than one pound"
[food]|19:06 boucher says, "That's me in the corner.  That's me at my cooktop, messing up my kitchen."
[food]|19:06 Rob says, "heh"
[post]|19:06 K-Y says, "anyway, this time I get return receipt requested *and* insurance"
[quotebooks]|19:06 Rob says, "heh boucher quote"
[post]|19:06 inky asks, "is it more than 13 ounces?"
[quotebooks]|19:06 Rob says, "also points just for using the word zymurgy"
[post]|19:07 Rob says, "is it bigger than a bread box"
[ill]|19:07 jenrexrode says, "while I was picking up the candied ginger, I also got some healing baguettes, dips, and a slice of healing carrot cake"
[ill]|19:07 Rob asks, "healing baguettes?"
[ill]|19:07 vimes says, "mmm, healing dip"
[ill]|19:07 Rob says, "what magical marvel are these"
[ill]|19:07 jenrexrode says, "sure, why not"
[ill]|19:07 Rob says, "oh I get it"
[post]|19:07 K-Y says, "what, does your mailman carry a scale around on the job"
[ill]|19:07 Rob says, "sure why not"
[weather]|19:07 Allen says, "huh, it's 104 outside"
[weather]|19:07 Rob says, "yeah"
[weather]|19:07 Allen says, "when I came home it seemed cooler."
[weather]|19:07 Allen says, "I didn't think it was more than 96"
[weather]|19:08 Rob says, "I was just taking my dad to the airport, and the radio said it was 101, but the car's external-temp thermometer said it was 104"
[weather]|19:08 Rob says, "I used to have this sense of when it was over 100 because the heat felt 'crispy' to me (I dunno, it always seemed like the right word to use) but I'm not getting that sensation lately"
[weather]|19:08 Rob says, "maybe it's too humid to feel crispy"
[ill]|19:09 jenrexrode says, "I could only find raw ginger at Sprouts, 32 cent, but I'm gonna have to be more healed before I slave over the stove making my own candied ginger cure"
[post]|19:09 K-Y says, "and now I have to hope that the postmarked date being within the warranty period is sufficient even if the receipt date is not"
[weather]|19:09 Rob says, "colorado was incredibly dry and it's good to be back in the moist air again"
[weather]|19:09 jenrexrode says, "more maintenence, I guess"
[post]|19:10 Rob says, "oh, that's what you're sending"
[ill]|19:10 vimes asks, "man, they didn't have candied ginger in the bulk section?"
[ill]|19:10 vimes says, "crazy"
[ill]|19:10 Rob says, "ginger seriously helps with sciatica? that's interesting to know"
[ill]|19:11 jenrexrode says, "I cruised them all twice, and nothing"
[ill]|19:11 jenrexrode says, "well that's what the internet sez"
[ill]|19:11 Rob says, "I remember some half decade back liza saying she had sciatica and it bothered her when riding her bicycle"
[ill]|19:11 Rob says, "well it's certainly worth a shot"
[ill]|19:11 Rob says, "and can't hurt"
[ill]|19:11 jenrexrode says, "nope"
[ill]|19:12 Rob says, "and no creepy side effects"
[ill]|19:12 vimes says, "and it's yummy"
[ill]|19:12 Rob says, "that too"
[ill]|19:12 Rob says, "or that three"
[lounge]|19:12 Gunther, Geoffrey, and Shamino all represented various aspects of Garriott: his ego, his ego, and his ego, respectively
[beer]|19:13 Allen says, "ok, this new (for Texas) dogfish head is great"
[beer]|19:13 Allen says, "Festina Peche"
[beer]|19:13 jenrexrode says, "gimme"
[beer]|19:13 Allen says, "it's a rare berliner weisse style beer with peach flavor"
[beer]|19:13 Rob says, "is there actually a fish called dogfish"
[beer]|19:13 Allen says, "but it's not sweet at all"
[politics]|19:13 Fang says, "haha http://i.imgur.com/dZvo4.jpg "
[beer]|19:13 Rob says, "the frog and peach"
[beer]|19:13 Allen asks (of Rob), "yeah. Don't you know Rock Lobster?"
[beer]|19:13 Allen says, "'There goes a dogfish. Chased by a catfish'"
[beer]|19:13 Rob says (to jen), "have a ginger beer instead"
[beer]|19:13 jenrexrode says, "gimme"
[beer]|19:13 Rob says, "lobster magnet"
[beer]|19:14 Rob says, "hee hee"
[beer]|19:14 Allen says, "anyway, it's not a sweet beer. It's got a lactic tartness"
[beer]|19:14 Rob says, "lactic eh"
[beer]|19:14 Allen says, "lactic acid tartness"
[beer]|19:14 Allen says, "not lactic like milk"
[beer]|19:14 Rob says, "what makes a tartness lactic instead of some other acidic"
[beer]|19:14 jenrexrode says, "but that sounds like it will hurt my sciatica"
[movie]|19:14 McMartin says, "IMAX is never a step down"
[beer]|19:14 Allen says, "it's a byproduct of some fermentations"
[beer]|19:14 jenrexrode says, "the cyclists in the tour de France have massages to get the lactic acid out of their muscles"
[food]|19:15 boucher says, "Actually, I notice the people who bought the Rotato also bought the '7" Rotating Disco Ball Light'"
[movie]|19:15 Rob says, "for a while austin just had this one IMAX theater (better than having none) in the Texas History Museum"
[beer]|19:15 Allen says, "lactic acid bacteria produce it"
[food]|19:15 boucher says, "Maybe there are just people who are fans of rotating things."
[food]|19:15 boucher says, "If it turns, they must have it."
[beer]|19:15 Allen says, "anyway, this tastes like peaches, but it's not peachy sweet. Instead, it's very tart and refreshing"
[beer]|19:15 jenrexrode says, "yum"
[movie]|19:15 Rob says, "but a multiplex in a mall that's a few minutes from my house converted their Auditorium #1 to be an IMAX theater"
[food]|19:15 Fang says, "how apropos, fans are rotating things"
[movie]|19:16 Rob says, "it's smaller than the museum one, but I guess is certified to be up to IMAX specifications, and has the projector and all the sound system"
[movie]|19:16 Rob says, "and it's a few minutes from my house! so it's a better deal"
[movie]|19:16 Rob says, "also the museum had a really labyrinthine ticket buying process (if you used the website to pre-purchase) and the multiplex doesn't"
[movie]|19:17 Rob says, "(barton creek mall theater, for anyone in austin who cares)"
[webtv]|19:17 DorianX says, "So the latest Nostalgia Critic has doug going on a weird and angry rant about how empty and horrible his life is"
[beer]|19:18 Rob says, "what was it called again? dogfish somethingorother"
[beer]|19:18 inky asks, "head?"
[beer]|19:18 Allen says, "Dogfish Head"
[beer]|19:18 Rob says, "hmm"
[webtv]|19:18 DorianX says, "Given Spoony's ultima 9 thing, I am wondering if this is some weird lead-up thing for the anniversary"
[robmumble]|19:18 Rob says, "sort of tangent from #webtv"
[webtv]|19:18 Matthew asks, "What anniversary?"
[beer]|19:18 Allen | http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/seasonal-brews/festina-peche.htm
[beer]|19:18 Allen says, "this comes in a 4-pack"
[Austin]|19:18 jenrexrode says, "I drove past that Kome Japanese restaurant today.  It's in a pretty amazing place, I think.  2 doors down from Mrs Johnson's Bakery.  like maybe where they used to sell the used washingmachines?  Or maybe that's still nearby"
[food]|19:18 boucher says, "Shopping kitchen gadgets on Amazon always exposes me to things I never knew existed."
[webtv]|19:18 DorianX says, "The Channel Awesome 4th anniverasary special is airing soon"
[webtv]|19:19 inky says, "the ultima 9 ending was kind of weird"
[food]|19:19 boucher says, "Like cast-iron bacon weights, to keep your bacon from curling"
[robmumble]|19:19 Rob says, "I occasionally have this idea that there are movies and tv series I want to review in a kind of video blog review format, where I talk about them on camera and intersperse with clips from the things if I can find clips of them, for 4 to 6 minutes"
[beer]|19:19 Allen | In addition to fermentation with an ale yeast, Berliner Weisse is traditionally fermented with lactic cultures to produce its acidic (or green apple-like) character.
[webtv]|19:19 Matthew says, "I liked it."
[robmumble]|19:19 Rob says, "then I think well that's a lot of hassle and trouble oh well"
[robmumble]|19:19 Rob says, "then I think hm it'd be fun to do this a few times and then I swing back the other way of not doing it"
[webtv]|19:19 inky says, "like it was hard not to feel like the bit right before the ending was the real thing about his life and the very last bit was the made up thing"
[food]|19:19 boucher says, "I guess I'm just not enough of a foodie to get exposed to this stuff."
[lounge]|19:19 DavidW arrives from the east.
[movie]|19:19 jenrexrode asks, "they don't call it barton creek square mall theater anymore?"
[robmumble]|19:19 Rob says, "I still don't have my whole blogging situation settled and figured out enough to do things like this"
[webtv]|19:20 Matthew says, "Yeah."
[food]|19:20 boucher says, "Or a Pancake Batter Dispenser.  To allow you to pour batter from a flour-sifter like cup, so as to better have perfectly poured pancakes."
[Austin]|19:20 jenrexrode says, "but I say amazing, because they are gentrifying a really weird rundown place on Airport Blvd"
[robmumble]|19:20 Rob says, "I wish I had a setup that was a lot more solid and stable and all set to go if I wanted to impulsively post something, but somehow I've gotten myself into a situation of a bunch of only-halfway-there type setups"
[food]|19:20 inky says, "hmm"
[food]|19:21 inky says, "I feel like foodies and people who buy kitchen gadgets are distinct but overlapping sets"
[food]|19:21 Rob says, "oops #food recap was 20 times longer than I was expecting"
[food]|19:21 inky says, "it's #food all the way up"
[Austin]|19:21 Rob recaps
[Austin]|19:21 Rob says, "hm yeah doing a modern austin map like that would be lucrative"
[food]|19:21 DavidW says, "And I just ate dinner!"
[food]|19:21 jenrexrode says (to boucher), "but they aleady have the batter blaster, to get you batter faster"
[Austin]|19:21 Rob says, "drawing a lot of tediously detailed things is totally not my groove though, unfortunately"
[food]|19:21 boucher says, "Hamburger Press, for people who are unable to make a perfectly round hamburger by hand, but somehow are incapable of standing anything other than a perfectly round hamburger."
[food]|19:22 jenrexrode | http://www.batterblaster.com/
[Austin]|19:22 Rob says, "I'm much better at spontaneous freewheeling art than the kind of discipline drawing a map takes"
[Austin]|19:22 Rob says, "but maybe it'd be worth it as a (time+labor+whatever) investment"
[food]|19:22 boucher says, "Yes, it's considerably messier than one would expect."
[food]|19:22 DavidW says, "I'm lucky if I remember I own a whisk."
[food]|19:22 Allen says, "I never manage to make a perfectly round, or even mostly round pizza"
[food]|19:22 inky asks, "how about a whale?"
[food]|19:23 Allen says, "I'm happy with mishapen burgers"
[Austin]|19:23 jenrexrode says, "I have an old ad like that frame around here somewhere"
[food]|19:23 DavidW says (to inky), "I own no whales."
[food]|19:24 Rob says, "this reminds me of my cousin's wedding-amazon-gift-list, which had specialized strawberry cutters and other kitchen gadget ephemera which were strange to encounter"
[food]|19:24 Allen says, "I'm not sure if I have anything that constitutes a genuine gadget"
[food]|19:24 boucher says, "A Mickey Mouse-shaped egg ring, for people who want every breakfast to be like a trip to Disneyland."
[food]|19:24 inky says, "I have a tube for removing the skin from garlic"
[food]|19:24 Allen asks, "does a rice cooker?"
[food]|19:24 inky says, "that is kind of gadgety"
[food]|19:24 DavidW says, "I haven't used my blender for over ten years."
[food]|19:24 jenrexrode says, "hey, I was looking for the round egg rings last night, so I can make my own egg mcmuffins"
[way-secret]|19:24 Rob says, "hey"
[food]|19:24 Allen says, "I have a small kitchen. I've never had a big kitchen"
[way-secret]|19:25 inky says, "hello rob how are you"
[way-secret]|19:25 Rob says, "I'm fine !"
[food]|19:25 boucher says, "Also, the Amazon 'people also bought' list does reveal something fairly disturbing."
[food]|19:25 Allen says, "oh! I have a spaetzle maker!"
[way-secret]|19:25 Rob says, "actually I am doing pretty good"
[food]|19:25 Allen says, "and when making spaetzle, it's very handy"
[way-secret]|19:25 inky says, "that is good to hear"
[food]|19:25 boucher says, "People who buy kitchen gadgets are also apparently disproportionately interested in storage for their guns"
[way-secret]|19:25 Rob says, "I had this idea I was going to pitch to you when I saw you in person but various channel topics are making me think of it right now so I'm going to go ahead and mention it"
[food]|19:25 DavidW says, "Last night, one of my roommate's wanted to make cheesecake. He found the ring but not the metal plate it fits to, so he ended up using just an ordinary lasagna pan instead."
[food]|19:26 boucher asks, "I mean, nothing says breakfast like a Plano Protector Four Pistol Case, am I right?"
[food]|19:26 Matthew recaps.  "I've gotten into the habit of always buying Cook's Illustrated's recommended kitchen tools.  I guess that's not quite the same thing as gadgets, but it's pretty expensive.  Like, I think I paid $10 or so for measuring spoons, which to me sounds like a lot.  I mean, they're very good, but."
[food]|19:26 Allen says, "in fact, I think this is the one I have: http://spaetzlemaker.net/wp-content/uploads/spaetzle-maker-3.jpg "
[food]|19:26 jenrexrode says, "but that looks like a food mill"
[food]|19:26 DavidW says, "(I don't even know what spaetzle is. New word!)"
[food]|19:27 boucher says, "I suppose maybe some people need to go out and shoot their meal first.  I mean, if you really want fresh meat."
[food]|19:27 Allen says (to DavidW), "they're little soft dumplings popular in central europe"
[way-secret]|19:27 Rob says, "I had this idea that a nice wedding gift would be to do some kind of portrait of you and hannah, probably by taking a photo of you two and then digitally painting it until it looks like a painting, and then it could even be printed on canvas with the tech they have these days"
[food]|19:27 boucher says, "Or just scare the eggs right out of your hen"
[food]|19:27 Allen says, "very nice with the right sauce or gravy"
[food]|19:27 DavidW says, "ah"
[food]|19:27 jenrexrode asks (of Allen), "does it have more discs?"
[way-secret]|19:27 inky says, "oh hunh"
[way-secret]|19:28 Rob says, "anyway, that's the concept, you may discuss"
[food]|19:28 Allen asks, "the maker?"
[food]|19:28 jenrexrode says, "yeah"
[food]|19:28 Allen says, "it's just a thing that forces the dough through the holes"
[food]|19:28 Allen says, "no"
[books]|19:28 Matthew says, "Huh, a book called Murder Must Advertise.  I have no idea if it's a good book, but I really like the title."
[food]|19:28 jenrexrode says, "like this http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=11951627 "
[food]|19:28 boucher says, " http://www.beewatec.de/en/projects/spaetzle-shooter/ "
[food]|19:28 Allen says, "oh, no"
[food]|19:29 Rob says, "hee spaetzle-shooter"
[food]|19:29 jenrexrode exclaims (at boucher), "you and your circular convos!"
[food]|19:29 Allen says, "it's specifically a spaetzle maker"
[food]|19:29 Allen says, "with no other alternative things"
[way-secret]|19:29 inky says, "well it seems swell to me"
[food]|19:29 jenrexrode says, "i looks like it's the same maker, they match"
[way-secret]|19:29 Rob says, "yeah well talk it over with her and then stuff and such and things and maybe something cool appears"
[way-secret]|19:30 inky says, "hee hee"
[way-secret]|19:30 inky says, "sounds good!"
[way-secret]|19:30 Rob says, "ok!"
[food]|19:30 baf says, "I've got a break machine that I was given back when bread machines were new and popular. I haven't used it in years, but that's mostly because I've been trying to lose weight for years, and I know full well that if I used the bread machine I would eat entire loaves of bread at a sitting."
[way-secret]|19:30 Rob says, "that is all"
[books]|19:30 inky says, "it is a good booK!"
[food]|19:31 DavidW says, "hm. Man cannot live by bread alone, but I suppose it could be fun trying."
[books]|19:31 Rob asks, "what's a good book?"
[books]|19:31 inky says, "it is about a guy who goes undercover at an advertising agency to track down a killer and also a weird drug-smuggling gang"
[food]|19:31 jenrexrode says, "that's why I've abandoned my kitchenaid mixer.  It's good for cookies, bread, and meatballs."
[food]|19:31 DavidW says, "At least for a couple days."
[books]|19:31 inky says, "Murder Must Advertise"
[food]|19:31 Allen says, "oh, went and looked. I have a bottle capper and a corker"
[food]|19:31 Rob says, "I remember being about 5 years old and watching The Electric Company and they had a joke that went: 'Man cannot live by bread alone. It must have peanut butter on it.'"
[books]|19:31 maga says, "I was not hugely impressed by it, after being told by everybody that it was awesome"
[books]|19:31 inky says, "ha ha"
[food]|19:31 boucher says, "I lived by bread once.  It got buttered and kept me up all night with loud music and parties."
[food]|19:31 Rob says, "and I still remember that even though I didn't even know what they were riffing on back when I saw it"
[books]|19:31 maga says, "although possibly it's just not my genre"
[food]|19:32 Rob says, "actually maybe it wasn't even the electric company, I just remember it that way"
[books]|19:32 inky says, "I can believe it wouldn't really be your thing, yeah"
[books]|19:32 (from Matthew) maga says, "I much prefer the modeling agency murder genre"
[food]|19:33 boucher says, "Children's television is often too clever for its own good and teaches kids all sorts of strange things the only understand decades later."
[books]|19:33 inky says, "like you would probably be more into thus was adonis murdered if anything"
[food]|19:34 boucher says, "Like I shared that Cookie Monster parody of Call Me Maybe earlier.  I'd be unsurprised to learn many kids think that's the original and will much later think, hey, that girl ripped off Cookie Monster."
[food]|19:34 inky says, "weird"
[food]|19:34 inky says, "this site attributes the quote to james a garfield"
[food]|19:34 baf says, "I recall an interview with Jay Ward (creator of Bullwinkle) in which he described visiting a college campus and having someone come up to him and say 'I only found out last week that there's an opera called Boris Gutenov!'"
[food]|19:35 boucher asks, "Oh, you mean the president named after a comic strip cat?"
[food]|19:35 inky says, "hee hee"
[pedant]|19:35 Matthew says, "#food So tempting, but I don't know Bullwinkle well enough to know if the misspelling is right for that."
[housing]|19:36 jenrexrode says, "the bad thing about the programmable thermostat is that it doesn't know when you stay home sick. I had to hobble across the house to stop it from letting the temp get up to 85."
[puzzles]|19:37 Rob says, "acrostic puzzle today had clue: 'Lover of Apollo, killed trying to catch a discus'"
[puzzles]|19:37 Rob says, "ow snap"
[puzzles]|19:37 Allen says, "Ultimate was a dangerous game in those days"
[puzzles]|19:37 Rob says, "started with H, my first guess based on the number of letters was Hyperion, but that was clearly wrong"
[puzzles]|19:37 Rob says, "actual answer is the name of a flower"
[housing]|19:38 jenrexrode says, "hyacinth"
[housing]|19:38 jenrexrode says, "whhops"
[puzzles]|19:38 Rob says (to jen), "bing !"
[puzzles]|19:38 DavidW asks, "Oh, so it wasn't Hernia?"
[puzzles]|19:38 jenrexrode says, "ha ha ha"
[puzzles]|19:38 Allen says, "oh oh oh oh I know!"
[puzzles]|19:38 Allen says, "Hydiscus!"
[puzzles]|19:38 Rob says, "heh"
[puzzles]|19:38 inky says, "hooray"
[puzzles]|19:38 Rob says, "Dohdiscus"
[puzzles]|19:38 DavidW says, "heh"
[ill]|19:39 jenrexrode exclaims, "argh, I don't know what the forbidden position is!"
[lounge]|19:39 Jota arrives from the east.
[lounge]|19:39 jenrexrode says, "re"
[lounge]|19:39 Jota greets.
[puzzles]|19:39 Rob says, "I have never read anything about the mythic Hyacinth"
[puzzles]|19:39 Rob says, "I guess I might look on wikipedia now that I'm talking abou tit"
[lounge]|19:39 Rob greets Jota-o
[quotations]|19:39 Matthew | Nicolas Cage's hairline makes me think "Face Off" was filmed without special effects.'
[ill]|19:39 Jota says, "The Kama Sutra could probably give you a few possibilities."
[lounge]|19:40 Jota greets Rob-E.
[puzzles]|19:40 DavidW says, "I think I have heard of her but completely forgotten everything."
[puzzles]|19:40 Rob puzzles over Rob-E as a response to Jota-o
[puzzles]|19:40 Rob says, "there must be a logic to it"
[puzzles]|19:40 Rob says, "but I can't quite grasp it yet"
[jobs]|19:40 Matthew says, "So I asked the EIC if I should book the trip to San Francisco, even given that I'm waiting to hear back about the editor job, and he said to do it."
[puzzles]|19:40 Jota says, "If you figure it out, let me know what it is too."
[jobs]|19:40 Matthew asks, "So does this mean I'm out of contention for the other job?"
[puzzles]|19:41 Allen says, "oh here's a painting of Hyacinth and some other guy, and also a balloon animal: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/The_Death_of_Hyacinthos.gif/170px-The_Death_of_Hyacinthos.gif "
[puzzles]|19:41 Rob says, "ok"
[jobs]|19:41 inky says, "no, but it does mean you aren't the only pick"
[puzzles]|19:41 Rob says, "wow sexy"
[ill]|19:41 jenrexrode says, "#TSD also it's not easy to elevate the hip"
[puzzles]|19:41 Rob says, "maybe I should draw my own version of this as something fun-creative to do tonight"
[ill]|19:42 Rob says, "tsd"
[ill]|19:42 Rob says, "elevating the hips is the move women make when you're taking off their underwear"
[ill]|19:42 jenrexrode says, "I think Conan does that, too"
[ill]|19:42 Rob says, "... so I hear"
[ill]|19:42 Rob says, "ha ha"
[ill]|19:42 Rob says, "I hope you don't mean Conan O'Brien !"
[ill]|19:43 jenrexrode says, "yes, I do - see String Dance"
[ill]|19:43 Rob says, "eeeee"
[ill]|19:43 Rob says, "no thanks"
[ill]|19:43 Rob says, "I find Conan O'Brien kinda skeezy"
[ill]|19:43 Rob says, "oh but I know what conan's string hips dance thing is now that I think about it"
[movie]|19:44 boucher says, "I now want to find the most convoluted place in the world to build a movie theater.  'Yes, meet me at...do you have a piece of paper...yes, at Stacker-Jensen Hill Creek Township Square Memorial Circle Mall Theater...no, I'm not done yet...yes, I can wait until you get another....'"
[ill]|19:44 jenrexrode exclaims, "see!"
[ill]|19:44 jenrexrode says, "in other news, I found a good stretch while nearly falling off the bed"
[ill]|19:44 Rob says, "I remember seeing Conan's premiere back when I was in grad school in LA, watching on the dorm tv with various other dorm people"
[ill]|19:44 Rob says, "weird that he's been around this long when he wasn't given much of a chance at the time"
[lounge]|19:46 Rob says, "ok I've been sitting outside on the porch but it's getting sweltering and I should probably go in and cool off"
[English]|19:46 Allen | The term "F-bomb" surfaced in newspapers more than 20 years ago but will land Tuesday for the first time in the mainstream Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, along with sexting, flexitarian, obesogenic, energy drink and life coach.
[lounge]|19:46 Rob says, "and work on that hyacinthos pic"
[English]|19:47 Rob asks, "flexitarian?"
[English]|19:47 inky says, "flexitarian is somebody who is a vegetarian except for bacon"
[English]|19:47 Rob says, "some random dude on an MSNBC discussion panel today said, 'nobody knows what sexting means' and I thought 'everyone knows what sexting means'"
[English]|19:47 Rob says, "bacon has a lot of flex"
[English]|19:48 inky says, "that's what the bacon weights are for"
[English]|19:48 Rob says, "also somehow two seconds later the idea that someone is vegetarian except for eating bacon is hilarious"
[lounge]|19:48 Rob says, "ok, back in four hours"
[lounge]|19:48 Rob says, "he said blithely as if that's going to happen"
[lounge]|19:48 inky says, "goodbye rob"
[lounge]|19:49 inky says, "see you in four hours !!"
[lounge]|19:49 Rob says, "ok !!"
[lounge]|19:49 Rob moseys right on out.
[lego]|19:50 inky | #eeeagh | http://minifigures.lego.com/en-us/Bios/Butcher.aspx
[webtv]|19:52 DorianX says, "Wooh. Called something else"
[webtv]|19:52 DorianX says, "The Scooby Doo review was a complex homage to the final episode of Star Trek TNG"
[webtv]|19:52 inky says, "I can't tell if that is a parody statement or a real one"
[lego]|19:54 K-Y says, "instead of a t-bone it should be a stud-bone"
[lego]|19:56 K-Y says, "I see that Series 6 also includes a guy with a kilt"
[webtv]|19:58 DorianX says, "THe Critic teams up with his past and future self to review the Scooby Doo movie"
[webtv]|19:59 DorianX says, "but the movie fails for both people who liked scooby doo as children, people who liked it as adults, and also for new fans, and this causes a temporal rift threatenign to destroy the world"
[webtv]|19:59 inky says, "ha ha"
[webtv]|20:00 DorianX says, "I sorted it out when the dead angel tells the critic that he's going to destroy the earth"
[webtv]|20:00 DorianX says, "but it gets explicit at the end, when the dead angel gives Q's speech about the critic's goldfish, and then the critic accepts an invitation to play cards with his brother the velociraptor, death, and 80s Dan"
[lounge]|20:04 inky says, "ok off"
[lounge]|20:04 inky has already funded a $2000 Uhaul rental to transport a triceratops skeleton from Wyoming to Seattle, as well as a penguin-tagging project.
[lego]|20:05 GDorn asks, "huh.  do minifigs now have ball joints for hips?"
[lego]|20:06 GDorn says, "I don't remember them having as much hip flexibility as they are being shown with here"
[lounge]|20:06 McMartin says, "Exclamation points !!"
[lounge]|20:06 jenrexrode says, "interesting"
[lounge]|20:07 JMS arrives from the east.
[lounge]|20:07 GDorn asks, "what's the flag for turning off the verb dealie?"
[lounge]|20:07 GDorn says, "I've never bothered, but it seems like most people have."
[lounge]|20:07 jenrexrode asks, "using : instead and typing it all out?"
[ill]|20:09 jenrexrode says, "sits in inappropriate position.  oww"
[lounge]|20:12 JMS enters the closet to the north.
[lounge]|20:12 JMS comes out of the closet.
[lounge]|20:12 JMS lights out for the west.
[Austin]|20:13 jenrexrode says, "here's a more recent map of Austin https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3455974398129&l=fca19afda7 "
[lounge]|20:18 McMartin says (to GDorn), "I believe the field is 'noexclaim'"
[lounge]|20:19 McMartin exclaims, "Though you can make it exclaim anyway by using ! instead of " as the first character, I think"
[lounge]|20:19 McMartin says, "Yup."
[lounge]|20:19 McMartin asks, "A statement."
[lounge]|20:19 McMartin says, "(That is with ? instead of ".)"
[lounge]|20:21 Emily goes home.
[lounge]|20:21 * Emily has disconnected.
[lounge]|20:22 jenrexrode says, "when I'm on my iphone it's easier to "say" than to use the double-quote"
[English]|20:24 Allen says, "yay! f-bomb added to Webster's Collegiate"
[English]|20:24 Allen | So who's responsible for lobbing F-bomb far and wide? Kory Stamper, an associate editor for Merriam-Webster, said she and her fellow word spies at the Massachusetts company traced it back to 1988, in a Newsday story that had the now-dead Mets catcher Gary Carter talking about how he had given them up, along with other profanities.
[English]|20:24 Allen says, "GO KORY!!"
[English]|20:24 Allen | https://twitter.com/#!/korystamper
[English]|20:24 Allen says, "ha ha, latest post: They all wanted to see "fuck" in the dictionary. Today, we are all 12-year-olds."
[lounge]|20:26 McMartin exclaims, "It looks like exclaim works instead of say."
[lounge]|20:26 McMartin asks, "and ask for questions."
[webtv]|20:27 boucher says, "Man, satirical reviewing is getting too complex for me.  I think I'm just going to stop, and start consuming bad movies and games directly again"
[webtv]|20:28 boucher says, "MST3K was alright, but when you start needing a guide just to understand the complex continuity of the reviewers' lives, it's getting a bit much."
[English]|20:34 jenrexrode says, ""f-bomb" is one of my favorite words"
[webtv]|20:34 boucher says, "And it especially starts to feel like a barrier when it's someone I haven't watched before, or at least not religiously.  I see something and start to think 'oh, that might be fun to see reviewed', and then I realize half of it is the final chapter of a multi-part play put on by the reviewer, none of which I've seen before.  And that just feels alienating, so I don't bother."
[English]|20:38 Allen says, "there should be more bombs"
[English]|20:38 Allen says, "for years, there were only h-bombs and a-bombs"
[drinks]|20:39 jenrexrode says, "I saw the Soda Stream at WalMart this weekend"
[drinks]|20:43 DavidW asks, "oh, is that that fancy vending machine that mixes up sodas to order?"
[drinks]|20:44 jenrexrode says, "yeah, a couple of people on here have them"
[lounge]|20:52 Rob comes right on in.
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jenrexrode says, "that was never 4 hours just now"
[drinks] Rob says, "I'm lately into just drinking carbonated water as a pretend soda pop that's just actually water and CO2"
Rob says, "yeah oops"
Rob says, "I missed everyone so I came back early"
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jenrexrode says, "and all we did was talk about your parting words..."
jenrexrode says, "well the punctuation, really"
Rob says, "wow what the heck did I say when I left"
jenrexrode says, "non-exclamatory exclamations"
[quotebooks] Ellison says, "ha ha inky quote"
Ellison arrives from the east.
Ellison says, "re"
jenrexrode says, "hi E"
DavidW asks (of Rob), "I think you wanted to draw a sexy Hyacinth?"
K-Y then looked around and came to the conclusion that pretty much no one in this lounge even lifts.
K-Y has disconnected.
Mail sent to Jacqueline.
Mail sent to maga.
Rob says (to DW), "you're right! I did / I do"
Rob says, "I still haven't yet but I'm still on it"
[webtv] Rob says, "the last episode of TNG was a worthy and awesome final episode to match all final episodes. including MASH, which I still respect enormously"
K-Y's apocalyptic flotsam included the emergence of figures of such dazzling dementia as to momentarily mesmerize even thinking people.
K-Y says, "re"
[MacOS] K-Y says, "buh"
[MacOS] K-Y says, "first-time ever freeze"
<inky> WARNING: The ones you're missing are stupid words.
inky just fights an octopus one day for no reason.
Quote added to jenrexrode's quotebook.
[ill] Rob says, "dude don't be sittin' so you're illin'"
[ill] jenrexrode says, "I didn't get where I am today by sitting right"
Rob says, "I've seen inky be on the MUD in physical reality and am always amazed to see that he uses 'say' instead of ""
Rob says, "plus he does 5 other things in other windows at the same time while still paying attention to the thousand MUD conversations"
jenrexrode says, "it's probably a good thing.  probably keeps channel talk out of the lounge"
inky says, "for some reason I have switched to doing just 'sa'"
inky says, "which is a weird compromise position"
K-Y says, "ha ha"
[English] Rob says, "recap reminds me of: John Cleese at Graham Chapman's funeral: 'Ok, Cleese, you're so proud of yourself for being the first person to say "shit" on a tv programme, now you're the first one to say "fuck" at a funeral'"
Rob says (to inky), "wow + yay"
Rob says, "one character shorter equals a thousand years saved over a million years time"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "wow, caddyshack on Golf Channel"
inky says, "exactly"
[movie] Rob says, "ha ha"
[movie] Rob says, "well at least that's appropriate"
[movie] Rob says, "I have no idea why BBC America shows generic american movies all the time that have no british sensibility whatsoever"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "i wonder what their bleep limit is"
Rob says, "also I had no idea you were going to login again when I typed that"
inky says, "wow, mysterious"
[movie] Rob says, "weirdly they allow 'shit' but bleep every other curse word, as I've learned by watching Gordon Ramsay shows"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "ooh cheerios product placement, twice"
K-Y says, "and he had no idea you were going to be here to say that instead of 4 hours later"
inky says, "hee hee"
inky says, "exactly"
Rob says, "me either !"
[drinks] Rob says, "I'm going to shatter some illusions by admitting that I've imbibed some red wine this evening"
[drinks] Rob says, "but it's sooth"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "I'm only really watching this, because Kenny Loggins is so good at keeping this song of YouTube"
[drinks] Allen says, "oh my!"
[drinks] Rob says, "(I'm hoping to regrab some cred by using 'sooth')"
[drinks] Allen says, "wait, i'm not sure I believe you. Throw some red-wine-critic words out to prove it"
[drinks] Jota asks, "What illusions did we have that were shattered?"
[drinks] DavidW says, "I held no preconceived notions of anyone's drinking habits, except that I think Adam abstains."
[drinks] Psmith asks (of Allen), "he used 'imbibed', what more can you ask?"
[drinks] Rob says, "tannins robust strawberry chocolate"
[drinks] Allen says, "no fair using "cat piss aroma". That only applies to savignon blanc"
Ellison says, "I also type 'say' (although I guess I don't have to use the word 'also' now that inky has moved onto shorter waters)"
[drinks] jenrexrode says, "we took a box of wine to Sound of Music"
[drinks] inky says, "Rob "Oaky" Wheeler is at it again"
Rob says, "I think still using 'say' is so weird"
[drinks] Rob says, "whee!"
[drinks] Rob says, "ler"
[drinks] inky says, "hee hee"
[drinks] Rob says, "what sound of music was this event"
[drinks] Jota says (to Rob), "That sounds like a brand of British dessert syrup."
[drinks] Jota says, "Or rather, American-trying-to-sound-British."
[drinks] jenrexrode says, "in Zilker Hillside Theater"
[drinks] Rob says, "the Yellow Tail australian purple-label-whatever-it-is is a really bargain priced wine that does the trick, I've found"
[drinks] Jota says, "'Tannin's Robust Strawberry Chocolate, the traditional way to make an ice cream complete.'"
[drinks] Rob says, "all I know is I like the purple one"
[English] Allen says, "the person who wrote the MW def of f-bomb:"
[English] Allen | One morning around break time, one of my colleagues passed my cubicle and noticed the look of utter defeat on my face. While this is my default look after 3:00pm, it was still early. He approached with caution. "So," he murmured, "what's on the docket for today?"
[drinks] Rob says, "though each one is a little different, because wine is slightly alive and weird"
[English] Allen | "Well, first, about five  new words, then a bunch of typos. Then the job requests. Then I think I'll finish up by ruining young minds and destroying Western civilization. Again."
[English] Rob says, "what"
[English] Rob says, "is he working for OED or something"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "it's not like I don't have the DVD of this"
[English] Allen says (to Rob), "Merriam Webster added "f-bomb" to their collegiate dictionary"
[movie] Rob asks, "this = which?"
[English] Rob says, "oh ok"
[English] Allen says, "and much wailing and gnashing of teeth has followed"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "caddyshack"
[movie] Rob says, "oh yeah I remember that from 3 minutes ago"
[English] Allen | Every year on one mid-May Monday, I open my e-mail program and see a number of angry e-mails that read like this:
[English] Allen | "My Sunday school class was working on a Mother's Day present, and we decided to look up `mother' in your dictionary to find words we could use to describe how wonderful mothers are. You can imagine how shocked/upset/horrified I was to see such terrible language in the dictionary! This is a TERRIBLE way to define a mother! Mothers are kind and generous and loving, and THAT SORT OF LANGUAGE IS RUINING YOUNG MINDS."
[movie] Rob says, "I'd be really in the mood to watch that right now except I don't think I have the option"
[English] Allen says, "with a link to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mother%5B1%5D "
[movie] Rob says, "that's one of those movies where I've never actually seen it from beginning to end, I've just seen the last 45 mins to an hour a bunch of times"
<Miseri> My soul belongs to Portneuf yet my heart belongs to cheese.
[movie] jenrexrode says, "i've seen this so many times I'm pretty sure they reduced the ball washing scene by 3/4 or more"
[movie] Rob says, "'hey, what a hat. do you get a free bowl of soup if you buy it?'"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "looks good on you"
[movie] Rob says, "the scene where bill murray eats the clark bar from the pool is still a classic"
[movie] Rob says (to jen), "yeah yay"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "baby ruth"
[movie] Rob says, "oh! yeah darn"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "but you can keep testing me..."
[movie] Rob says, "it's an awful lot like a marx bros movie, where there's all this comedy and then there's this boring subplot about the young engenue"
[English] Allen | And the usual alarms are being rung. All the old words that can trace their lineage back to the Anglo Saxons or the pen of Shakespeare cluster in fear behind their screen doors as the Newers unpack. "There goes the neighborhood," they murmur, as e-Reader comes careeing around the corner in a flashy new car, with Geocaching on his arm.
[movie] jenrexrode says, "the love subplot is even worse"
[movie] Rob says, "I had this whole article I was going to write about Caddyshack and its relation to the marx bros and movies of the past and all the future comedy movies it set a template for"
[movie] Rob says, "but I never got around to it"
[movie] Rob says, "but I think about it every time I'm reminded"
[movie] Rob says, "it ties in with Animal House and Stripes and Ghostbusters and American Pie and all these other deals"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "nobody talks about Stripes anymore, and it was great"
[movie] Rob says, "but it takes actual effort to write up what I have observed and extrapolated enough to make me not quite do it ever"
[movie] Rob says, "I love Stripes. Stripes is an all-american classic"
[comics] K-Y says, "the Batman artist continues to make a big deal out of his Joker redesign"
[comics] K-Y | The more I've thought about the Joker leak, the more I began thinking that it may have been for the best. The fact is, the way Scott and I will give you the Joker may have been too much for some with out this diluted sample hitting the web. DC, rightly so, had concerns about our images and story. Perhaps they leaked this intentionally to test the waters or to acclimate your minds to what is coming from us.
[movie] Rob says, "my mom took me and my brother to see Stripes when we were too young to see it because it was rated R, and I was 10 or 11 and my brother was 13 or 14"
[movie] jenrexrode exclaims, "hee!"
[comics] K-Y says, "somehow I think he may be overhyping it"
[movie] Rob says, "my parents also took us to see Animal House when we were 2 or 3 years younger than that because they thought we would think the slapstick and john belushi were funny, which we did"
[comics] Rob says, "what is the Joker leak"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "wow"
[movie] Rob says, "but then they were also liberal about getting cable tv and hbo and cinemax when we were teenagers so I saw all these movies again and again \"
[comics] K-Y says, "the big tease over November comics is 'what does the Joker look like now,' as designed by Greg Capullo"
[comics] K-Y says, "however DC just flat-out released another artist's rendition first http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2012/08/joker2.jpg "
[movie] Rob says, "the sexual bits of animal house were intriguing/baffling when I was 9 but the three-stooges-like bits were funny even then"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "wow, Brian Doyle Murray, and it's not a fat old man."
[movie] Rob says (to jen), "ha ha !"
[movie] Rob says, "yeah he sure turned into a fatoldman"
[movie] Rob says, "there he looks like some young type guy"
[movie] Rob says, "there's a whole batch of Murray catholic brothers and sisters big family thing going on"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "yeah, he really cornered the market on that fatoldman thing"
<Guest1> Who is this squarish, laconic new inmate, the fish ask themselves.
[movie] Rob says, "I recently watched the movie Scrooged from beginning to end -- a movie I missed at the time because I was in college and not seeing a lot of contemporary movies"
[comics] K-Y says, "and, well, this looks extremely awkward"
[movie] Rob says, "but now brian doyle murray is a solid fatoldguy guy to hire"
</Guest1> Well THAT was certainly... interesting.
[movie] jenrexrode says, "yup"
[movie] Rob says, "there's brian and bill and john in the movies"
jenrexrode says, "really"
jenrexrode says, "whoops"
[movie] Rob says, "but none of the murray girls seem to have ever been in movies, though I think there are some"
[movie] Rob says, "I think it's one of those catholic 8 kids type families though"
borowski is now in glorious EXTRA MINIMALISM!
borowski says, "Evening"
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Rob says, "hallo"
jenrexrode says, "hi"
[movie] Rob says, "I watched Scrooged recently"
[movie] Rob says, "which I'd never seen from start to finish because it came out in '88 when I first went to college and was in kind of a study-rather-than-see-movies blackout"
[movie] Ellison says, "wow"
[movie] Rob says, "yeah"
[movie] jenrexrode says, "yeah, and you said that 3 minutes ago..."
[movie] Rob says, "and of course Brian-Doyle and John Murray have roles in that"
[drinks] jenrexrode asks, "how much red wine?"
[drinks] Rob says, "oh a bunch but not too much"
[drinks] Allen says, "I remember the first time I got drunk. It was over a girl. There were two bottles of red wine involved. And then, I got really really hungry"
[movie] Rob says, "also bobcat goldthwait on the verge of changing from bob to bobcat"
[drinks] Allen says, "and there was one thing to eat in the fridge: a pack of 16 slices of Oscar Meyer bologna"
[movie] Rob says, "drunk over a girl, I can kinda relate"
[drinks] Allen asks, "how about the 16-slice mega pack of bologna?"
[movie] Rob says, "my first experience was with a bartles&jaymes wine cooler one night in 1987 or 1988"
[drinks] Allen says, "anyway, it all ended up in the toilet about 20 minutes later"
[movie] Rob says, "eaagh"
[movie] Rob says, "but also relatable"
[drinks] Allen says, "oh, bartles & jaimes. Those were incredibly popular around 86-87"
[drinks] Allen says, "those charming commercials"
[movie] Rob asks, "did you really imbibe the better part of 2 bottles of red wine?"
[drinks] jenrexrode says, "yeah, I threw up some of that"
[drinks] Allen says (to Rob), "channel, but yeah"
[movie] Rob says (to Allen), "yeah it was 87 or 88 for sure, though which one I'm not sure"
[movie] Ellison says, "that was well over the start of the Police Academy movies and such. his Scrooged role was definitely normal-ed down from his norm."
[movie] Rob says, "oh bother channel"
[drinks] Allen says, "I could probably drink 2 bottles now with no problem"
[drinks] Allen says, "but in the early 90s I still weighed around 160"
[movie] Rob says, "I remember the police-academy-like movie John Murray was in. It was called 'Moving Violations'"
[movie] Ellison says, "I remember that one."
[drinks] Allen says, "back in the 80s, Bartles & Jaimes were still made from actual wine"
[drinks] Rob says, "I'm around 170-175"
[drinks] Allen says, "now they're technically beer"
[videogames] K-Y says, "this is incredible"
[drinks] Rob asks, "like zima, only different?"
<Limax> On average, every human has one breast and one testicle.
[drinks] Allen says, "yeah, exactly. fruit-flavored zima"
[videogames] K-Y says, "the FFVII PC re-release that just came out:"
[videogames] K-Y | http://i.imgur.com/45Ma3.jpg
[drinks] Allen says, "unhopped beer run through a very fine microfilter to remove all coloring"
[drinks] Rob says, "also roadrich had his cats named Bartles and Jaymes, and Jaymes died young but he had the other for 15 to 19 years"
[drinks] Rob says, "'roadrich' only makes sense to jen, but whatever"
[drinks] Rob says, "picture an ifMUD type guy who existed before ifMUD"
[drinks] Allen says, "ha"
Limax arrives. 
Suddenly, a pile of bricks falls on his head. 
</Limax> has disconnected.
[Austin] jenrexrode says, "closer picture of the map - lots of these places have moved on https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3455967397954&l=bb527b5dbe "
[videogames] Rob asks, "FF7?"
[drinks] Allen asks, "played IF at one time, and has a vast range of specialized knowledge, and who can discuss just about any topic brought up regardless of topic, with passion and knowledge?"
[drinks] Rob says, "actually yes !"
[videogames] K-Y says, "yes"
[drinks] jenrexrode says, "oh, I forgotten the names"
[drinks] Rob says, "although he disdains any alcoholic beverage consumption because his mom + grandmom are a little too much into alcohol"
[videogames] K-Y says, "someone reports that the *checksums* are the same as the 1998 PC version"
[drinks] Rob says, "so I always have to pretend for his sake I'm not into any of that"
[drinks] Allen says, "we have our teetotelers here... Adam"
[drinks] Limax raises his hand
[drinks] Allen says, "oh, Limax, though he once homebrewed, I think"
[videogames] K-Y says, "they did not update the content in any way"
[drinks] Limax says, "Yes, he did"
[videogames] Rob says, "my only and best experience with FF is FF-X, on the playstation 2, and being horribly disappointed with FFX-2 because the tactical combat (take as much time as you want to take a turn) mechanic turned into a ('real-time-hurryup!' deal)"
[drinks] Rob says, "I made a label graphic for Limax's Adventurer's Ale once upon a long ago"
[videogames] McMartin says, "I beat both FF7 and Xenogears and to this day I am unsure why"
[drinks] Limax says, "I remember that"
[videogames] McMartin says, "Anyway, this is both the correct amount of effort for updating FF7 and the amount necessary to placate the rabid fans"
[drinks] Limax says, "I don't know if I still have that picture anywhere or not"
[videogames] Rob says, "my FF7 adventure remains one of my favorite RPG adventure game experiences"
[videogames] K-Y says, "better yet, FF7 now requires an internet connection"
[videogames] Rob says, "though I don't wish to repeat its travails"
[LimaxRob] Limax says, "It was kind of a sad and symbolic day when I poured all the remaining alcohol down the drain"
[videogames] K-Y says, "you must log in to start the game, and the 'convenience' of cloud saves means that local saves have been completely disabled"
[videogames] K-Y says, "personally I was never able to finish any FF"
[videogames] McMartin says, "Har, Cloud Saves"
[videogames] Rob says, "but by the time I was facing its final boss fights, I had three female mage/warrior types able to cast the biggest spells it offered, and I triumphed, and that was immensely memorable"
[videogames] K-Y says (to McMartin), "ohhherrrargh"
[videogames] Rob says, "but I also felt like I never wanted to go through that trial again"
[videogames] K-Y says, "that was a sound of realization transitioning into a groan"
Field set.
Rob says, "ok, back after midnight"
Rob says, " blrz"
Syntax: 'again' or 'g'
Rob heads right on out.
</Rob> Find release from your cares. have a good time.
Seeya later.