Thursday, August 4, 2011

Day 63 - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like 'A Christmas Carol', Prolific Proficiency, Mr. Brown Is Preggers, Queens of Mississippi, Batman Of The Antarctic, And You Oort To Know Astronomical BS When You Hear It

12:57 PM Mr. Yellow
I am just stewing about being called Scrooge because I do not want to go into debt buying a ton of people gifts for Christmas
12:58 PM Mr. Gray
Yeah, that’s called logical and rational. Don’t expect a woman to get that
12:58 PM Mr. Yellow
I f-ing Hate Christmas. Too crowded everywhere you go, most people act worse over the holiday then any other time of the year, and we all go into debt buying junk for other people that we think they want
12:58 PM Mr. Gray
yep
12:59 PM Mr. Yellow
So she says “Fine, no gifts, we all go to church for Christmas”. I jump in quick and say “Hell yes”
Yes I said, “Hell yes”
And then she tries to add in “and we'll keep going every week”
I am like “No way, that was not the deal”
You made the deal. I am fine with it for one day of church, and Hell, I will give you one day every year for no gifts at Christmas”
She is like: Well then, you have to explain to the kids they are not getting any gifts”
I said “Easy. Kids, your mom said we are not going to buy any gifts at Christmas. All she wants us to do is go to church Christmas Eve. Sorry kids, I did not propose this deal so blame your mom.”
1:02 PM Mr. Green
LOL
1:02 PM Mr. Yellow
I have no intention of spending a ton of money on Christmas
We can get a small gift for 6 other kids and spend like $200 to $250 on our kids, and that is it. No more than $310, and I would love to come in at $260
1:08 PM Mr. Silver
(Brady Warp) "We spent $2000??? On What?"



8:37 AM Mr. Blue
Who's the most proficient writer ever?
8:53 AM Mr. Silver
Proficient?
8:54 AM Mr. Blue
Who wrote a lot
8:54 AM Mr. Silver
Prolific
8:54 AM Mr. Blue
Yeah
8:58 AM Mr. Silver
http://www.trivia-library.com/c/20-most-prolific-authors-and-writers-in-literary-history.htm
9:02 AM Mr. Silver
And I can't finish 2
9:05 AM Mr. Blue
What do you mean you can't finish 2
9:05 AM Mr. Silver
I've never finished writing my second book
And currently believe I will never see the first in bound form
9:06 AM Mr. Blue
Oh
Quantity =/= quality



9:11 AM Mr. Blue
Mr. Brown is in the ER
9:12 AM Mr. Silver
What happened to him?
9:14 AM Mr. Blue
Possible appendix thing
9:26 AM Mr. Silver
Alien impregnation...got it



9:37 AM Mr. Blue
"Mississippi Queen", sounds like a gay anthem
9:37 AM Mr. Silver
I'll have to look it up.
9:37 AM Mr. Blue
Probably not
9:40 AM Mr. Silver
Like I quote lyrics properly given any license at all...it'll be a gay anthem before I'm done.



12:44 PM Mr. Blue
it's weird that they're filming the Batman movie now, since the script calls for a winter setting
12:44 PM Mr. Silver
They hate extras and actors, so they bundle them up for winter in a heat wave
12:45 PM Mr. Blue
They're putting down fake snow and stuff...seems like a waste
They'll probably have to digitally add frosted breath and blue-greyish tints and stuff too, and they also have to make sure not to get any deciduous trees in the picture.
I can see shooting day for night, but shooting summer for winter seems time consuming
1:10 PM Mr. Silver
Yup, it seems rather silly
1:13 PM Mr. Silver
Reminds me of the Monty Python: "Scott of the Antarctic" sketch
Filming “Antarctica” on the beach at the height of summer, people swimming
"Well we have 30000 gallons of white paint, and 1000 square yards of snowtex foam rubber that looks more like snow on camera than snow."
1:17 PM Mr. Silver
All broke down in contract negotiations with the star when the news crew pointed out that Captain Scott couldn't fight a lion barehanded because there aren't any in Antarctica.
So they changed it to "Scott of the Sahara", but kept all the fur coats and dogsleds and added a giant electric penguin.
1:24 PM Mr. Blue
Heheh
(Decided to look it up, hehehe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVc0EZl3AfU – Mr. Silver)



3:19 PM Mr. Blue
3:31 PM Mr. Silver
"What makes these new observations so interesting is they occur at much lower latitudes where temperatures are much warmer and where it’s actually possible for liquid water to exist"
Actually, that is what makes it uninteresting
"Wow Phil...so water might exist where it would. Damn!"
3:33 PM Mr. Blue
I'm not sure I get where the water is coming from.. it's not falling from the sky
3:33 PM Mr. Silver
Well...native sources. It's been there for billions of years.
3:34 PM Mr. Blue
Underground?
3:34 PM Mr. Silver
There's some factions that suggest we got a lot of ours from comets. And Mars has comets go past too
3:35 PM Mr. Blue
I thought we got water from comets hitting us, not just passing by
3:35 PM Mr. Silver
Yes
3:35 PM Mr. Blue
Large, mostly ice, comets
3:36 PM Mr. Silver
I'm somewhat dubious of that since everything else in the solar system managed to collect where most appropriate, including here on Earth where there is a lot of water.
If we're in a "water" orbital band of the dust cloud theory, we could have just been floating through a torus of steam and ice particles and chunks until we cooled off long enough to condense the stuff. Then it fell and stuck to Earth like a cool glass draws it out of the air
3:39 PM Mr. Blue
But it could be that everyone had water
3:39 PM Mr. Blue
Like on Mercury and Venus it boiled up...on Mars it got blown away by solar winds
3:41 PM Mr. Silver
I have my doubts there.   I'm suggesting something much simpler.
(Here follows a more complete description of something I rattled out roughly in about 4 lines before sending this home - Mr Silver) 
If you think of comets as just water asteroids instead of rock or metal ones, they had to collect in such massive sizes by the same rules as the others and just escaped getting sucked into the "big balls" at the formation of the planets the same way, and the comets are just flying around like any other space rock, but look fancier when the solar wind hits them. The mere size of the things suggests the water was all roughly at the same “mostly water” orbit in space to collect so much in big chunks. So, which is more reasonable? An unproven, undetected Oort Cloud at enormous distance, occasionally pooping out a comet that occasionally hit the Earth, like an unaimed bullet shot randomly in the dark, conveniently more often than any of the other terrestrial planets with the result that we have so much water? OR The Earth and a bit of Mars were in the "water band" and Earth scooped up lots of the water bits and asteroids and Mars got a little too?

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Day 62 - Injust Desserts, Challenging Typos, Some Lyrical Fluff, It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Labor Day, And B-Movies & B-Books

Mr. Yellow

So any reward for the safe return of the pooch?
8:31 AM Mr. Gray
They offered...I refused
Worst kicker....they commented that they had been thinking about finding a new home for him
8:31 AM Mr. Silver
"Please, take the case of pudding.  We insist."
8:31 AM Mr. Gray
But they took my name and info and will call me if they do decide to
8:31 AM Mr. Silver
Interesting
8:37 AM Mr. Yellow
Pudding in a can?
I would take a case of vanilla pudding in cans
    (Side note...Mr. Gray wouldn't say it but I will:  They also apparently started the conversation with an attempt to accuse Ms. Robin and him of trying to steal the dog.  Ungrateful bastards.  F their reward. -- Mr. Silver)



Mr. Yellow
copmuter poped up messages that I needed to restart for the updates
9:11 AM Mr. Silver
Wow
(Attempts to riff...overload)
"Law enforcement getting on your case getting you down?  Try new 'Copmuter' from Ronco.  Illegal in all 50 states and all US territories."
(Shakes off #1 and attempts #2)
Poped up messages: "Say 3 Hail Marys, genuflect, make the sign of the cross and hit 'restart'."
9:21 AM Mr. Silver
(That’s all)



Mr. Brown
8:11 AM Mr. Silver
Saw that one...weird orbit
Wait.  How the heck did it end up under "health"?
8:18 AM Mr. Brown
Probably a health hazard for Earth
lol



8:33 AM Mr. Silver
(Sings) "It's my destiny to be the King of Spain."
9:06 AM Mr. Silver
(Sings) "Nothing's gonna stop us now!  And if this world runs out of lovers, we'll still have each other...though logically we'll not love each other...okay maybe that would stop us then!"
9:07 AM Mr. Blue
Isn’t this song from “Mannequin”?
9:07 AM Mr. Silver
Believe so
9:07 AM Mr. Brown
Yes it is
Now it’s stuck in my head



Mr. Blue
What day is Labor Day?
9:38 AM Mr. Apple
Monday
9:49 AM Mr. Silver
The day everyone celebrates the common worker!  It's a holiday that was maneuvered by the 24/7 mentality to a status where nearly everyone works on it.
10:01 AM Mr. Silver
Which reminds me; I still haven't put up my decorations or sent out cards.
Think the Hallmark still has anything good left?
10:02 AM Mr. Mauve
Labor Day decorations... you must be joking...
10:02 AM Mr. Silver
(blinks) You a Jehovah’s Witness or something?
10:04 AM Mr. Blue
I always decorate for Labor Day
10:04 AM Mr. Mauve
Yes... praise Jehovah!
10:04 AM Mr. Blue
I hang hammers over the fireplace and stack logs in the shape of a Christmas tree
10:06 AM Mr. Silver
Get out the bib overalls and the steel toed boots for the flagpole
I need a new hat...my old hardhat looks bad.
10:09 AM Mr. Silver
I need to get a picture of Silver Junior on Good John Workman's lap at the mall.
I think he's big enough to hold the pickaxe this year



Mr. Mauve
I kinda like the raunchiness of classic b-movie horror... nowadays, the only thing b-movie horror is usually good for is nudity
It’s sad
10:47 AM Mr. Blue
Yeah
The effects were always cool.. it's neat to think about how they did certain things without the help of computers
I like good puppetry and a bucket of fake blood over CGI
10:47 AM Mr. Mauve
Yeah, it always looked so fake that it grossed me out
10:48 AM Mr. Blue
In “City of the Living Dead”, there are some awesome gore scenes
They’re obviously fake but its impressive none-the-less
10:53 AM Mr. Mauve
Did you see that director's latest movie plot... sounds like this guy had some repressed sexuality or something...
10:56 AM Mr. Blue
That is strange
10:56 AM Mr. Mauve
Extremely
11:00 AM Mr. Silver
"This film idea is still pretty dull...pass the shrooms"



2:53 PM Mr. Brown
3:02 PM Mr. Blue
Hah
From the publishers who brought you "He's My Boss: Having a Chinaman for a Boss."
3:06 PM Mr. Silver
"He's my Dog: Having A Son Who's a Furry"
3:06 PM Mr. Blue
And "The Office Guide to Playful Petting."
Mr. Brown
3:22 PM Mr. Blue
Saw this joke somewhere...
"Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. But only one color. (White)"

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Day 61 - And The Name Of The Beast Is...Nevermind, The Wisdom Of Hunter S., Candy Is Bad For Your Braaaainsss, Bad Model Years To Drive A Jeep, And The Robot Apocalypse Started With A Glass Of Ice Water

    (Picking a name for a dog Mr. Gray acquired – Mr. Silver)
8:21 AM Mr. Silver
"Juggernaut"?
8:21 AM Mr. Gray
LOL
Sucker is strong, I'll say that
8:21 AM Mr. Silver
"Meatmound"?
8:21 AM Mr. Gray
Nearly yanked me off my feet a few times and that’s not easy
8:22 AM Mr. Silver
"Bulldozer"?
8:58 AM Mr. Gray
I don’t think he looks like a Loki. A Mugsey maybe, or even a Odin
8:59 AM Mr. Silver
I like Marduk. "Brute enough to beat Tiamat, that dog."
8:59 AM Mr. Gray
Too close to Marmaduke LOL
8:59 AM Mr. Gray
Venger!!
LOL
9:03 AM Mr. Yellow
Good morning all
9:03 AM Mr. Silver
Morning
Topic so far is an appropriately tough name for this dog Mr. Gray has.
9:06 AM Mr. Gray
I kinda like Brutus too
But oddly he keeps looking at us when we say Loki, so had to been named something with those vowel sounds since that’s usually what the dog picks up
9:10 AM Mr. Gray
The dog looks kind of sad and overworked...
9:14 AM Mr. Silver
Droopy
"I'm soooo happy....."
9:30 AM Mr. Silver
How about "Golem"
9:30 AM Mr. Gray
LOL
I don’t want people getting confused and calling him a slimy wretched mutant hobbit
9:31 AM Mr. Silver
"Troll!" then.
Has to be pronounced with the exclamation point though
9:52 AM Mr. Yellow
Grendel
9:52 AM Mr. Gray
Ooooo
I like
Have to see if he reacts at all to that one
Definitely fits his look
Stocky, big old drooly mouth filled with big jaws lol
9:54 AM Mr. Yellow
Fenrir
9:54 AM Mr. Silver
Zuul
9:55 AM Mr. Gray
Oooo.....Zuulie you minx!”
9:55 AM Mr. Silver
"LOV-ly singing voice"
9:55 AM Mr. Yellow
From the description I would say call him Watson
Sounds like he looks like Dr Watson from the old Sherlock Holmes series on PBS
9:56 AM Mr. Gray
Ya know...I can see that Mr. Yellow, LOL
            (Later – Mr. Silver)
2:42 PM Mr. Gray
Dog's owner contacted us. Ms. Robin is taking him to them this afternoon.
2:43 PM Mr. Green
Solves the name issue
2:43 PM Mr. Gray
Yeah
2:43 PM Mr. Silver
Aww



1:09 PM Mr. Green
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.”
1:09 PM Mr. Gray
Nice quote Mr. Green
1:13 PM Mr. Green
Hunter S. Thompson
Watched “Buy the Ticket” last night... a documentary on him. I have been looking up his stuff today
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
1:17 PM Mr. Gray
LOL Another nice one
1:18 PM Mr. Green
I've decided that if I'm still alive at 67, I'm committing suicide and having my ashes shot out of a cannon like he did.
1:19 PM Mr. Gray

LOL



1:43 PM Mr. Silver
I’ve had a flash recall of strange dreams from yesterday.  Reading the article about the candy thief brought it back.
I recall it being Halloween.  But everyone in costume was trying to give ME candy
1:47 PM Mr. Silver
I was in a regular shirt and pants, armed with a broken yardstick, and eventually had to hide in a big old house with 3 floors and an attic, and I ended up with another couple of people, barricaded in the attic watching the throng of costumed kids and adults breaking in.
Kind of like a zombie movie, really
1:48 PM Mr. Gray
LOL
No, No Candy!! No CANDY!!
1:50 PM Mr. Silver
They were sneaking pieces into my pockets and stuff...lots of smiling
It didn't feel that sinister, but I suppose it could be written that way.
"Something's wrong with the candy!"
1:57 PM Mr. Gray
Need to save that one
"Night of the Candy zombies!!"
2:00 PM Mr. Silver
"Candyland Strikes Back"
2:02 PM Mr. Gray
"Attack of the Cuddly Candy!!"
"Cuddly Candy Crisis!!"
LOL
"Ha Ha...you got smooched by a gumdrop!!"
Once upon a time...in a land of gumdrops and fairies, there lived a group of children.... just...like...you. And one night while they were all fast asleep in their beds....evil candy corn was jabbed into their heads"
2:05 PM Mr. Silver
Death by candy corn...nasty



 9:03 AM Mr. Brown

What's the best jeep model to buy?
This includes older models because I will probably buy used
9:05 AM Mr. Pink
Why do you want a jeep?
9:10 AM Mr. Silver
He likes rattling around in a box on stiff suspension as the rain comes in through the fabric cover and he struggles to look out the barely translucent “windows”.
9:10 AM Mr. Pink
Haha
That's a pretty accurate assessment of a jeep.
9:37 AM Mr. Brown
I wonder if there are any years to stay away from with jeeps
9:39 AM Mr. Silver
1942 to 1945
9:43 AM Mr. Pink
lol



12:19 PM Mr. Silver
Here comes the apocalypse
12:23 PM Mr. Brown
Yep yep
Get ready to kill robots
Watch out for the terminators, they are bad ass
12:26 PM Mr. Silver
"And then I instructed it to kill Hiro and make it look like an accident as a gag. It asked for assistance at that point and I gave it some suggestions, but Hiro was merely lightly wounded.
It's just not very smart yet. Hiro was going to make some improvements this week but I haven't seen or heard from him in a couple days now."
12:33 PM Mr. Brown
"It also feels like somebody has been watching me every time I turn around now."
12:54 PM Mr. Silver
"Anyway, we have only completed three protot-...1,2,3,4,5?...hmm...we've apparently completed five prototypes, I guess."

Monday, August 1, 2011

Day 60 - Spidermen, More Lyrics and Whitney, Two Hepburns, Don't Question Doctor Doolitte, And A Simple Recipe

8:40 AM Mr. Brown
I wonder how this new Spiderman is going to be
8:41 AM Mr. Blue
Probably terrible like the others
(to me at least)
8:41 AM Mr. Brown
It might be going the way of the new Batmans, which could make it good
More of a darker side instead of the straight comic book hero type
8:42 AM Mr. Blue
But Spiderman is a dumber presence than Batman
Crap premise: a wimpy kid bitten by a radioactive spider is cheese city
I don't see how you can do a realistic Spiderman
8:44 AM Mr. Brown
All he gets from the spider is climbing and super strength and senses
8:49 AM Mr. Silver
That's all? (sarcasm)
I watched the trailer and the only thing I saw different from the McGuire origin was different heads on the characters and an emphasis on POV camera
8:51 AM Mr. Brown
I was hoping they would go for him making the webshooters, but I know they probably did not, because in different cartoons of it and comics he would run out of web and have to think his way out of stuff
8:52 AM Mr. Blue
The idea that he'd make web shooters is silly, because if you can do that there are a lot better methods of moving
9:02 AM Mr. Silver
That was part of the reason they made it an altered-human ability instead of tech for the McGuire series
"Ah...so he got superpowers after being a chemistry supergenius...yeah...and he's in high school."
9:22 AM Mr. Blue
Shooting a web out of your hands is hardly spider-like
9:25 AM Mr. Blue
A real spiderman would just slowly make intricate webs and wait around all day for the bad guy to run into it and get stuck, and if he was spider-like it'd come out of his butt
Of course, superheroes are for kids and I accept that, but when they turn them into big budget movies for adults too, I’m going to call them on the inconsistencies.
      (Mr. Blue has evidently NEVER read a modern comic book. - Mr. Silver)
9:29 AM Mr. Silver
If he was bitten by a wolf spider, for instance, then the abilities he got would make more sense
High speed and agility, vibration sense, surface climbing.
But they always show a web spinning spider.
9:30 AM Mr. Blue
He should have venom too since all spiders are venomous
9:30 AM Mr. Silver
Yes.
9:38 AM Mr. Brown
This is the basis for Spiderman
This was a Batman-like crime fighter
9:41 AM Mr. Blue
That sounds nothing like Spiderman
9:41 AM Mr. Brown
Right, but it gave Stan Lee the idea
But that Spider is more like the Green Hornet and such
9:42 AM Mr. Blue
It sounds like the only thing remotely similar is that he also has "spider" in his name
That wiki article doesn't even make any comparisons to Spiderman
9:43 AM Mr. Brown
If you read the one on Spiderman it says that Stan Lee read this one, and came up with Spiderman
9:48 AM Mr. Brown
9:49 AM Mr. Blue
I still see no similarities other than their names
9:50 AM Mr. Silver
I've read a “The Spider" novel. I enjoyed it.
9:50 AM Mr. Blue
The Spider sounds pretty badass
9:51 AM Mr. Silver
Nod...did disguises. Worked with climbing cords and such, but I don't recall much.
10:01 AM Mr. Blue
Hey Mr. Silver, ever read “The Report on the Barnhouse Effect”, a short by Vonnegut?
Mr. Brown, you should check it out too; it's kind of about super powers
10:06 AM Mr. Silver
Nope
10:07 AM Mr. Blue
It's good; much better than the synopsis makes it sound.
10:07 AM Mr. Silver
It appears to be the basis of a movie I saw ages ago.
10:10 AM Mr. Blue
His powers go from being able to roll snake eyes 7 times straight to being able to blow up destroyer ships on the other side of the globe



10:49 AM Mr. Blue

"Fantasy"

Don't judge me, but this song rocks

Though it was ripped from the Tom Tom Club "Genius of Love"
10:50 AM Mr. Silver
"What you gonna do when you get out of jail? 
I'm gonna have some fun. 
What do you consider fun? 
Fun, natural fun."                                   (Actual first set of lyrics -- Mr. Silver)

12:18 PM Mr. Silver
(Sings) " 'cause losing ev'rything, is like your son going down on me."
“Don't let your son, go down on me!”

12:28 PM Mr. Blue
And IIIIIIIII Will always Love youuuuuu--eewwww--ouhhhh
YOUUU-OUOU-OUOU-OHHHH
*air sax*



12:32 PM Mr. Blue
Katherine Hepburn was an atheist
12:35 PM Mr. Apple
Who's that?
12:35 PM Mr. Silver
Serious?
12:35 PM Mr. Apple
Seriously
12:35 PM Mr. Silver
Sadly most famous recently for her palsy
She was funny.
12:37 PM Mr. Blue
I never liked Katherine
Audrey I liked
12:37 PM Mr. Silver
Cutie...great accent
12:42 PM Mr. Apple
I must be too young to remember them
1:00 PM Mr. Blue
Pretty sure Audrey farted bubbles and butterflies
1:07 PM Mr. Silver
Probably
(in elevator) "You smell roses all of a sudden?"
"(blushing) Sorry, that was me. Shall I light a match?"
"Please don't."



1:09 PM Mr. Brown
1:11 PM Mr. Blue
The very idea of a British 1967 musical makes me wanna vomit
1:11 PM Mr. Brown
I like this one
I love the giant pink sea snail; it's awesome
Pushum-pullum is cool too
1:18 PM Mr. Silver
The miracle Oscar winner.  Even nominated for Best.
It was a pushme-pullyou, wasn't it?
Been ages since I read a Doolittle book or saw that movie
1:21 PM Mr. Brown
PUSHMI-PULLYU
I found it
Basically that creature would not live past few hours old
lol
1:23 PM Mr. Blue
Is it the one with no rear end
1:24 PM Mr. Brown
Yeah
1:24 PM Mr. Blue
Heh
In real life the animal would be in agony
1:25 PM Mr. Brown
I like how nobody asks that question in the movie
1:26 PM Mr. Silver
They rode home in a giant snail and the doctor flew on a Giant Luna Moth
It's not a "questions" type movie
1:27 PM Mr. Brown
lol
The snail and the moth make more sense than the creature with no way to release waste
1:28 PM Mr. Blue
lol
Out of its "mouth"?
Lots of bugs have two front ends for camouflage or defense purposes
1:30 PM Mr. Silver
Yup...the one end is an illusion. Explains the bad breath.
1:39 PM Mr. Silver
The snail I'd consider as a possible living being.  It's titanic but at least it's an oceanic beast and there could be anything down there...of course this means our heroes drowned in the first 5 minutes of the trip home.



2:49 PM Mr. Blue
I like putting chocolate chips in a peanut butter jar and just mixing it up
It ruins it for the next person trying to make a sandwich.. but I don't care
2:53 PM Mr. Silver
heh
2:57 PM Mr. Silver
Note to self - do not tell Mrs. Silver this recipe