Weekly Firesign Chat Cheese Log

A Firesign Chat
10/13/2011

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||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night."
||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for October 13, 2011 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule...
||||||||| Catherwood walks up and intones "Presenting 'Son of Firesign', just granted probation at 5:24 AM", then leaves hurriedly.
Son of Firesign: Giant Eye spotted hovering over South Dakota, Sioux Falls, Catherwood, several weeks ago it was expanding.
||||||||| Catherwood snubs Son of Firesign
||||||||| At 5:27 AM, Son of Firesign dashes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..."
||||||||| Catherwood escorts Son of Firesign in through the front door at 5:27 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
Son of Firesign: Get into this Doppler, Catherwood, click this address. http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=FSD&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
||||||||| Catherwood gets into this doppler click this address http //radarweathergov/radarphprid=fsd&product=ncr&overlay=11101111&loop=yes.
||||||||| Around 5:29 AM, Son of Firesign walks off into the sunset...
||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, October 13, 2011 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" -- then he looks around at the empty room, looks at his watch, and mumbles "...am I early?"
||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:00 PM and cease sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece.
cease: but its really a great grapem mrs, presky
||||||||| Outside, the 9:03 PM bus from Billville pulls away, leaving Dexter Fong coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
Dexter Fong: Hi Cat
cease: hey dex
Dexter Fong: What's new and exciting Cat?
cease: cut figer few minutes ago. hard to type
cease: cutting tomato 4 pizza
Dexter Fong: Slicing and dicing?
cease: f sed i should never cut anything
cease: i saw el bulli flick yest.
Dexter Fong: Huh?
cease: 2 hours of slicing, etc
cease: new flick about el bulli at film fest
Dexter Fong: Who or what is "el bulli"?
cease: would have been good mag article but boring as flick
cease: #1 restauirant in the world for the past decade. in spain.
cease: chef fernan adria considered THE chef on the planet at this time
Dexter Fong: I've heard of it but didn't know that was the name
cease: though he closed el bulli last year, will open new places in barcelona
cease: which is way easier to get to. el bulli out in the boonies
cease: i see shaq is in rown, appealing to teen agers
Dexter Fong: Your town or mine?
||||||||| 9:16 PM: Principalpoop jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!"
Dexter Fong: Hey poop
Principalpoop: careful cutting food cat
cease: seems to be some sort of big up with teen thing today. doesnt appear christian at anyrate
Principalpoop: quiet here
Dexter Fong: Careful cutting cat food
cease: i shouldnrt be alllowed near knives
cease: shaqs voice is so low you almost cant hear it
Dexter Fong: Simple remedy Cat, can't knife blade so that the top of the knife barely touched your other hand
Dexter Fong: cant
Principalpoop: the guy from shindig?
Dexter Fong: ilt)
cease: f has tried to show me rthis
Dexter Fong: tilt!!!
cease: mia farroe at same event
||||||||| Catherwood enters with TheHuntForRedOctweener close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 9:18 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the Aviary.
Dexter Fong: It works cat
Principalpoop: lean
cease: also gorby
cease: hi tween
Dexter Fong: Hey Red
Principalpoop: hi tween
TheHuntForRedOctweener has engaged the silent drive
Principalpoop: electric moter eh
TheHuntForRedOctweener: How's everyone this evening? One ping only, please...
Dexter Fong: Ponggggggggg
Principalpoop: ping
cease: fine if you arent a knife
Principalpoop: I cannot speak for everybody, ahh sure I can, We want economic justice
Principalpoop: sorry, too soon?
Dexter Fong: When do we want it!
cease: or at least a piece of a justice
||||||||| Catherwood enters with llanwydd close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:22 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the Aviary.
Principalpoop: did I say justice? I meant lettuce, oops
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Interesting you should mention Mia Farrow. Just (literally) finished watching Rosemary's Baby
llanwydd: how's everybody?
Dexter Fong: Hi llan
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Define 'economic justice', P
Principalpoop: got a job babysitting tween? cool
||||||||| 9:23 PM: Merlyn jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!"
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Hey LL
Merlyn: hey all
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Rosemary's Tweeny?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Hi Merl
Dexter Fong: Yah gotta get him started dontcha Tween =|
llanwydd: Hey Merl
Principalpoop: justice as applied to our ecomomic system
TheHuntForRedOctweener: lol
Principalpoop: Hi M
Dexter Fong: Hi MERLYN
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Right, who defines 'justice'?
Merlyn: did you see this? http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=8386305
Merlyn: People in NYC want a street named after George Carlin, but the local RCC church & school (that he went to) is opposed to it
Dexter Fong: Yeah, heard about it MERLYn
TheHuntForRedOctweener: There should be a street named after Carlin
llanwydd: I think I can understand that
cease: i can see why they would be
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Is there such a thing as a 'comedy fistrict' in NYC?
Merlyn: the best street name naming is "Rue de Valley"
TheHuntForRedOctweener: *district
llanwydd: Carlin Park, or Park Your Carlin
TheHuntForRedOctweener: no fists allowed
TheHuntForRedOctweener: funny, Merl :)
Merlyn: right next to Parkyerkarkas
Dexter Fong: The seven streets you can't show on television
cease: lol
TheHuntForRedOctweener )
Merlyn: Gorge Carlin?
Merlyn: not many gorges in NYC tho
Dexter Fong: Pronounced Horhey
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Something in a canyon, then?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: lol
llanwydd: the george carlin washington bridge
Dexter Fong: Young girls
Merlyn: perfect llan, I'll get the paint
llanwydd: horhey for hollywood
Merlyn: We Paint At Night
TheHuntForRedOctweener: The George Carlin Canyon and Reservation for White People Who Think They Are Indians
Dexter Fong: What about us pakistanis
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Got any Poyote?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Sorry, you're going to have to stay with te elepjant herd, Dex
Dexter Fong: We got Po'boy poyotes
TheHuntForRedOctweener: *elephant
Merlyn: Hey tween, this is NYC, the proper line is "Got any payola?"
TheHuntForRedOctweener: hehe
Merlyn: also Dennis M. Ritchie died recently, he invented C
Dexter Fong: Payola is sooo fifties
llanwydd: invented C?
Merlyn: so I hope all of you appre iate what you're missing
Dexter Fong: He invented Cancer?
llanwydd: the vitamin or the letter?
Merlyn: we had to make do with Ss and Ks
Merlyn: (he actually invented the computer language C, and half of Unix)
Dexter Fong: Ix
Principalpoop: Un or ix?
Dexter Fong: Ix bin ein BERLINER
llanwydd: who invented the c note?
Principalpoop: hi irving
llanwydd: and don't tell me benjamin franklin
Dexter Fong: Maria Gallicurci
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I thank him, Merlyn. I love Linux
Principalpoop: Middle C
Dexter Fong: Stunned the audience at La Scala
cease: is that where the elves live?
llanwydd: gallicurci sounds very familiar
Dexter Fong: Llan: Famous opera star of the thirties fourties and into the fifties
Principalpoop: it is on the elemental ah elements, next to trevorabinium
cease: he's the one with the blanket?
Dexter Fong: The blanket of stars, yes
llanwydd: I guess she was more famous then but I've heard the name
TheHuntForRedOctweener: watching 2001 - biab
Merlyn: he sailed the seven Cs -- C, C++, C#, C.net, etc
Principalpoop: the big black block did it
llanwydd: that's funny, I watched 2001 last night
llanwydd: one of my very favorite films
Dexter Fong: I thought it was the blig black owl
Principalpoop: what have you got against owls?
Dexter Fong: They're in league with the crickets
Principalpoop: So when do we get D?
llanwydd: the cricket league?
Principalpoop: Jiminy
Principalpoop: tap tap, is this thing on?
Dexter Fong: Just turn the little chromium switch
Principalpoop: Not me...
Principalpoop: get 10,000 volts and wake up looking like carrot top
||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Elayne', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:40 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule...
Merlyn: or tesla
Dexter Fong: Hi Elayne
Elayne: Evenin' all! Just got back from Day 1 of the New York Comic Con!
Principalpoop: HI E
llanwydd: Hi Elayne
Principalpoop: how was it?
Elayne: Man, this was supposed to be a slow day, no general public admission. If this was sparse, I can't even picture what Saturday's going to be like...
Principalpoop: and how are you?
Dexter Fong: E: Understand it's going to rival the California Com Con soon
Merlyn: lots of people get conned in NY
Elayne: Our seats are comfy enough, I saw at least a half dozen people I know, pretty good so far.
Elayne: This is my social life, after all. Well, this and you guys. :)
Principalpoop: sure but you get a lot of people looking for robin williams and louie
llanwydd: in florida too
Elayne: Quite true Dex
Elayne: Prinpoop, there are going to be around 100,000 people there, I can guarantee you they know what they're looking for.
Elayne: Me, I'm on Mark Hamill watch. Hubba!
llanwydd: would I find out about it at com.com?
Principalpoop: goodness
Elayne: Llan - ??
llanwydd: layn?
Elayne: I don't get it, Llan. Sorry.
cease: hi el
||||||||| Outside, the 9:44 PM crosstown bus from Billville pulls away, leaving Rotonoto coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
Dexter Fong: llan: Get out your TomTom GPS UNIT AND SEARCH FOR COM>COM
cease: off getting sangria
Rotonoto: (Cough!)
cease: wow, its rotonoto
Principalpoop: how far away are you from the occupy wall street?
Dexter Fong: Roto! My goodness
Principalpoop: hi totonoto
Principalpoop: r
Merlyn: hey roto
llanwydd: I've got enough trouble occupying my own street
Rotonoto: No more nice guy! I got two ticket to radar speed trap!
Elayne: Prinpoop, the Javits Center is nowhere near Wall Street.
Principalpoop: b-stards
Elayne: Hello Roto!
Principalpoop: i thought not, but thought I would ask
llanwydd: Roto! didn't see you come in. good to see you after all these years
Rotonoto: has it been all that long? seems like yesterday
Principalpoop: no yesterday I did the laundry
Dexter Fong: No one was here yesterday
Rotonoto: like little flowers, my terrific feeling for it
llanwydd: I'd rather join Occupy Wal-Mart
cease: its been awhile, roto. hope you are well
Principalpoop: applied for a job as an associate llan?
Elayne: I've heard that in Soviet Russia, laundry does you! (/Yakov)
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I'd rather occupy Karen Allen
||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:48 PM, dragging Porgie Tirebiter by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?"
||||||||| doctecazoid enters at 9:48 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Haberdashery Barn.
Rotonoto: yeak generally OK, but been a tough year...
llanwydd: not at all, cat. I was joking
cease: i can hear thqat in his voice
doctecazoid: good evening all
llanwydd: not a very good joke, but...
cease: hey doc
llanwydd: Hey Doc
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Hi Porgie, Doc
Dexter Fong: Hey Porgie and Doc
Rotonoto: SO broke her hip, have been chief cook & bottlewasher & gopher 8 months now
Merlyn: The last time you were here Roto was Sept 11, 2008
Principalpoop: i hope things get better roto
Porgie Tirebiter: Anybody seen Mudhead and Bottles?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Great to see you back, Roto
Principalpoop: that is painful, my condolances
doctecazoid: i have another work in progress firesign home page, feedbag encouraged - https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/fs_new2.html
Rotonoto: she will walk again, that's all I could ever ask for
Principalpoop: ahh porgie
cease: i think mudhead was here fairly recently
Elayne: I like it, Tom, nice and clean!
Rotonoto: Doctec I hope you will get around to returning my tapes, guy...
doctecazoid: wow great to see you here roto - i have first hand experience re s.o, health issues, i feel your pain
llanwydd: what happens to a mudhead when he gets dehydrated?
doctecazoid: roto: working on it, thanks for your infinite patience
llanwydd: does he turn into a Dirtbag?
Rotonoto: yeah I heard, way too much pain in your life recently
Elayne: Will we be seeing Lili tonight, Tom?
llanwydd: don't mind me
Merlyn: looks good, doc
cease: not inbsane is a bit loud, eh?
Porgie Tirebiter: It's ahh well worth a dollar
Rotonoto: mudhead cracks open?
Merlyn: mudhead was here back in March
doctecazoid: peorgie: well put!
cease: ok 7 monthes ago. not long here
Porgie Tirebiter: Hadn't been here in a while
Rotonoto: I was happy to see Phil Austin was on Aug 25th
Dexter Fong: Doc: Site looks good, nice and clean and easy to take in at a glance or two
Elayne: Good to see Porgie, Roto, old friends again!!!
Porgie Tirebiter: Was working Thur nights for a few years
doctecazoid: as for lili: she's sacked out - too much good food & drink
llanwydd: I don't even remember you, Porgie. when were you here last?
Principalpoop: is something broken doc? i am not getting all the usual porn popups i get while surfing?
Porgie Tirebiter: Was sitting here and Earth to Porgie
doctecazoid: thanks to all for positive feedbag
cease: youre free now, porge?
Porgie Tirebiter: About 1500
llanwydd: LOL
llanwydd: that 4000 years!
doctecazoid: ooh pp, i forgot to put in all those annoying popups
Principalpoop: we all are in our middle ages now
Merlyn: were you back once in July, Porgie?
Rotonoto: I moved into wood burning for home heating...
Porgie Tirebiter: Longer than anyone's been gone before
doctecazoid: coming up: dark ages!
Rotonoto: ood exercise, cheaper, but extremely time consuming
llanwydd: good tull song
cease: if this is dex's middle age, he'll live longer than anyone here
doctecazoid: or muddle ages, depending on your perspective
Principalpoop: i hope you have a fireplace, goodness
Porgie Tirebiter: Been here now and again on odd days
Dexter Fong: Or a fire pit
Rotonoto: is Dex Fong out moving cars around?
doctecazoid: (paraphrasing mcluhan:) at electric speeds, it's now easier to screw people over than ever before!
Principalpoop: i guess a wood stove would work too
cease: odds are better than even
Rotonoto: oh, there you are!
llanwydd: I've been here 9 years. doesn't seem that long
Porgie Tirebiter: Where there's smoke,,,,,,
Merlyn: an electric screwdriver
Dexter Fong: No Roto, I'm here in the tub moving speedy motor launches around
llanwydd: there's work
Rotonoto: stop torturing me!
doctecazoid: rubber ducky, you're the one...
cease: i was here on chat one. i think that was 95
Porgie Tirebiter: I'm not your son?
cease: as long as i'm alive and not travelling or ill, i'll be here
llanwydd: stop torturing me
doctecazoid: elayne introduced me to chat, bless her heart
Principalpoop: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/amish_mob_broke_into_homes_and_cut_off_hair_and_be.php?ref=fpblg
llanwydd: I stop in even when I am travelling
Elayne: My heart needs all the blessings it can get
cease: she's the mother of the chat, as it were
llanwydd: I find a computer
Rotonoto: Cat, you were pretty early on IRC, in fact- I remember you form my 'day one'
Principalpoop: mom, can have I more tapioca?
Rotonoto: yep, Elayne b4 the beginning
doctecazoid: breakaway clan - i love it
Porgie Tirebiter: Do we still have what was it..... CNS Radio?
cease: i dont even remember if the year is correct. i think we were chatting when el and steve came to visit. that was 95
Rotonoto: heavy on the 30 weight, mom!
Rotonoto: CNI
Principalpoop: omni domni appleby bless this our E
cease: gone now, porge.
Rotonoto: but fun while it lasted- nice folks
Porgie Tirebiter: It's sad when Amish go bad
Merlyn: especially with mullets
Principalpoop: battery powered clippers, is nothing sacred?
Rotonoto: they both still help me with Linux problems from time to time
llanwydd: mullets are small fish
llanwydd: I used to catch them with nets and sell them as bait
Dexter Fong: Aren't the Amish supposed to get rid of all that bad behavior when they turn 18 and go on walk aboaut?
Principalpoop: afk
Rotonoto: small fish found on golf courses
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
cease: so a red mullet is a small fish?
Rotonoto: especially around aggressive golfers
Elayne: Thanks Prinpoop, I feel beatific.
llanwydd: Walkabout! LOL
cease: its on the menu at a place i want to go to, never had it
cease: i like to try new fish
llanwydd: they get lost in the pine barrens for six months
Merlyn: hairatics practicing barberism
Porgie Tirebiter: cloppity clop, cloppity clop, clopity clop...bang.. bang..bang ..cloppity clop, cloppity clop, clopity clop.........Amish drive by shooting
Merlyn: Here's the story: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/amish_mob_broke_into_homes_and_cut_off_hair_and_be.php?ref=fpblg
llanwydd: I don't know about red mullet, cat. I used to catch the ones that were a metallic grey color
doctecazoid: when amish go bad - on the next anderson cooper 360
cease: i'll find out eventually
Merlyn: My aim ish to be the next preshident
llanwydd: I used to cast a net which is a little tricky
Dexter Fong: I was in Lancaster Pa, heart of Penn Dutch region last week and I heard nothing of it, and all the Amish men i saw had goodly beards
Porgie Tirebiter: She used to call me the Hoo
Rotonoto: it seemed so serious to them, so funny to the masses
llanwydd: but I used to wade out into the surf in daytona. this was many years ago. I got a horrible sunburn on my legs the first time
llanwydd: blisters and all that. I could hardly walk for a week
doctecazoid: ok ima gonna continue work on the firesign home page - i'll try my best to keep up here. thanks again for your feedbag and patience
Dexter Fong: llan: SHOULDA gone to Nightona
Rotonoto: pesky hackers- the nerve! harumph!
llanwydd: LOL, Dex
Porgie Tirebiter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg
Elayne: I need to go. Too much to do. Ta.
Dexter Fong: Night Elanyne
Merlyn: bye E
llanwydd: nite E
cease: by el
Porgie Tirebiter: bub-bye
doctecazoid: nite r
doctecazoid: i mean nite e
Dexter Fong: afkfr
Rotonoto: bye E
Rotonoto: (everybody's watching the YouTube video)
Rotonoto: fuuuun eee!
llanwydd: tween might be gone quite a while
Rotonoto: he's weirdly cool
TheHuntForRedOctweener: You rang?
llanwydd: I was just thinking 2001 is a rather long film
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Just busy with some other stuff, including watching 2001again (haven't seen it in ages)
llanwydd: like I was saying before, though, its one of my very favorites and by coincidence I watched it last night
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Also looking for a new apartment. Austin is a pretty hot market
llanwydd: on the sundance channel
TheHuntForRedOctweener: kewl LL
doctecazoid: so it would seem
TheHuntForRedOctweener: You've seen 2010?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Good sequel
llanwydd: what's wrong with your present abode, tween
llanwydd: or adobe, whatever the case may be
TheHuntForRedOctweener: $$
llanwydd: yes I've seen 2010 as well
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I am not optimistic about the future of the economy
doctecazoid: 2010 more pedestrian than 2001 - but i think it still works pretty well nonetheless
Rotonoto: few are, tween
cease: more of a sequel than necessary
TheHuntForRedOctweener: but Pinc P will get Obama to borrow more moneyfrom China and then we'll all be fine and dandy again
TheHuntForRedOctweener ducks
cease: maybe arthur c clarke needed a new telescope in sri lanka or something
doctecazoid: peter hyams is no stanley kubrick - but the story line of the sequel kind of demanded a more straightforward approach, so no harm no foul
llanwydd: no, tween. the economy looks pretty bad
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I like it
llanwydd: which reminds me of that hilarious email you sent me. The economy is so bad...
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Thought Scheider and Mirren were a good pairing
llanwydd: kubrick is not one of my favorite directors but 2001 is a masterpiece
TheHuntForRedOctweener: The pairing of the space station and The Blue Danube Waltz was genius
doctecazoid: i love kubrick and 2001 is definitely a masterpiece
Rotonoto: I'm definitely staying away from Europa
doctecazoid: open the pod bay doors please hal
TheHuntForRedOctweener: and since I know what sort of chat I'm in, I will not be ashamed to say that I saw 2001 first run in DC on LSD
llanwydd: Europa?
Rotonoto: sorry, Dave...
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Yes, no vacationing on Europa
doctecazoid: hfro: wow that must have been quite an experience
llanwydd: what was the experience like, tween?
Rotonoto: (moon of Jupiter)
TheHuntForRedOctweener: "All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there..."
TheHuntForRedOctweener: It was a very good movie
doctecazoid: all i had was hash brownies - though that worked out pretty well
llanwydd: ah, yes. europa
Rotonoto: Gawd will spank thee...
Merlyn: eh, the book was better, Hyams screwed it up
llanwydd: I'd give my left arm and my right leg to see 2001 in cinerama
llanwydd: well...
llanwydd: maybe not
doctecazoid: was it hyams or studio meddling?
llanwydd: I've haven't tripped since I was very young, though
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Me either, LL
Rotonoto: I first saw 2001 in a drivein, with most horrible speaker EVER! It was *still* good!
llanwydd: hash brownies sounds cool
Merlyn: well, he didn't keep the artificial ship gravity via rotation straight
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I'll bet, Roto :)
Rotonoto: you want hash brownies with that?
llanwydd: did they have a cinerama screen at the drive-in, roto? probably not
Merlyn: and the chinese who went to europa were cut from the story, but I don't know if that was him or the studio
Dexter Fong: I'll have another Ground Zero
Rotonoto: nah, just a regular drivein screen and really lousy speakers
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I pretty much gave al that up when I moved to Indiana circa 1980. A somewhat different environment ;)
doctecazoid: and now you can watch cinerama movies on your mobile phone! not the real thing nor an incredible stimulation.
TheHuntForRedOctweener: lol Doc
Rotonoto: hmmm- a chastening experience? makes Tx look good, maybe?
llanwydd: cinerama on a mobile phone? I am incredulous
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Yeah, they're going to start strapping iDevices (if not implanting them) to newborns soon
cease: that could work. for an ant
doctecazoid: you gotta hold the phone REAL CLOSE to your face...
Rotonoto: orcer cinnamon buns from your mobile phone?
Merlyn: you could watch that "this is cinerama" trailer on an actual roller coaster now
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Austin is quite a bit different from the rest of Texas
doctecazoid: iNplant
TheHuntForRedOctweener: The San Francisco of Texas, some have dubbed it
llanwydd: where is that, merl?
cease: i hear good things about it, tween
llanwydd: I spent some time in san antonio. I thought that was unique
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Bloomington, IN (where Bubba lives, and what happened to him?), is also not like the rest of Indiana
llanwydd: I know there is a theatre subculture in austin
Merlyn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Cinerama llan
doctecazoid: ah, bloomington
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I haven't spent much time in San Antonio. I hear the Riverwalk is very cool
llanwydd: thanks, Merl
cease: in texas, it would all have to be a sub culture
cease: saw flick recently called, i think, the Essense of Life, which i think had one of the chatters in it
Rotonoto: power dropped, no UPS = reboot aaarghhh!
llanwydd: yeah, I walked along the river walk. it was very pleasant
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Dallas is the largets publisher of 'Christian' materials in the world. Lots of bible-thumpers in Texas
TheHuntForRedOctweener: *largest
cease: according to this flick, it also had the largest gay churches in the states
Rotonoto: I bet Austin is fairly cool
TheHuntForRedOctweener: In fact, the Constitution of Texas says that in order to hold public office you have to believe in a Supreme Being (thankfully they do not define it ;)
llanwydd: Cool, Cat. do you know which chatter?
Merlyn: Here's a simulation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lII5rXbxcCs
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Yeah, lots of high tech in Austin. It's also been called Silicon Hill Country
cease: as i recall his name here was edmund edmund, doc knows
||||||||| It's 10:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Porgie Tirebiter - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| Elayne - dead from intense demonic possession
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Merlyn: dead letter due to Torcaso v. Watkins, tween
cease: i remember austin as lbj's fiefdom. it seems to have improved
llanwydd: don't remember him
cease: by porge
cease: long ago
TheHuntForRedOctweener: You think Rick Perry is better??
llanwydd: I tried to watch one of my television performances lately but my cable had pixilation problems
cease: not texas, just austin
Merlyn: you can see the join
TheHuntForRedOctweener: The University of Texas has a big influence. Very different culture around the university
doctecazoid: danny geduld
llanwydd: Jesus: The Lost 40 Days was shown on H2 recently. I was in that.
Rotonoto: author from TX writes- he will make us miss GWB
Rotonoto: yep, yep- which is why a univ ID is not enough to vote in Tx now
TheHuntForRedOctweener: It's still the Capital of Texas and all, but parts of it are very nicely funky
cease: universities always are
llanwydd: a college town?
doctecazoid: edmund geduld used to be tonto to lodestone's richard fish - he's moved on to other things apparently
llanwydd: those are usually funky
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Perry hasn't got a prayer (pun intended) of being President
Rotonoto: (title: "Adios Mofo"- I kid you not)
doctecazoid: get down with your bad self
cease: id'd in the flick as being a sound guy, so it must have been him
Rotonoto: Perry to asuage the right while they take airsick meds over Romney
TheHuntForRedOctweener: But he would make Shrub look good ;)
llanwydd: last night I dreamt I met obama. interesting dream
cease: i tried to ask him about the flick on facebook but he didnt get back to me
cease: lucky he didnt dream he met you
TheHuntForRedOctweener: It's quite a mess, Roto
llanwydd: LOL, cat
TheHuntForRedOctweener: BTW - my latest Roadkill Show features the new Yes album "Fly From Here" - www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow
Rotonoto: just the HPV vaccine mandate was a frickin' outrage
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Benoit David isn't Anderson, but he does a great job
Rotonoto: just that alone- but wait- there's more- much more
doctecazoid: gotta drop off, sorry, major software deployment (day job shit) happening this weekend, have to be in extra early tomorrow morning for testing'
llanwydd: I saw benoit live. he was alright but as you say, he is no anderson
doctecazoid: i'll see you all here next week - hopefully
Rotonoto: good thing you still have a job, DF
Dexter Fong: That's not only Perry's hair, it's also a Shamwow
llanwydd: I've got to get that album. is it good, tween?
llanwydd: Nite, Doc
doctecazoid: ttfn ttyl nytol (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........
Dexter Fong: Night Doc
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Yeah, between making 12 year old girls take shots, and his "Niggerhead Ranch", and supporting tuition discounts for illegal aliens? He's going nowhere
Merlyn: cya doc
Rotonoto: take care, and Lil, too
||||||||| doctecazoid is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 10:30 PM.
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Romney is likely going to be pushed down our throats
cease: by doc
llanwydd: niggerhead ranch? what is this?
Rotonoto: you didn't hear?
Rotonoto: not watching enough liberal cable channels
llanwydd: I guess I don't really want to know. I haven't been following the campaigns
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I like it, LL. It sounds like Union in a lot of places, but it's got some merit
cease: he has about as much chance as Rick Parry
Rotonoto: latest Perry scandal, superseded HPV vaccine mandate scandal
TheHuntForRedOctweener: You didn;t hear about that, LL?
llanwydd: I saw Yes in Orlando back in March. they played right in the middle of a downtown street
cease: amzing people didnt say No
Rotonoto: Perry and frineds hunt at leased ranch formerly called "Niggerhead"
TheHuntForRedOctweener: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/rick_perry_niggerhead.php
Rotonoto: you can fool the people, cat- sadly...
llanwydd: well it was the first free Yes concert I ever went to
cease: llan, i'm not sure if i saw them or not
Rotonoto: latest scandal in CA- gov. signs another vaccine 'seni-mandate'...
Rotonoto: giving 12 year old kids the right to decide if the get peer pressured into allowing the HPV vaccine, NO consult with parents
llanwydd: scandals don't interest me. nobody is perfect.
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Yeah, the vaccine mandates are widely controversial
Rotonoto: scandals should interest you...
llanwydd: well, that is just plain, wrong, Roto
Rotonoto: hen it's the state forcing you and your kids to be guinea pigs for evil big pharma...
llanwydd: I mean about the 12 year old kids
Rotonoto: who, BTW, have total immunity from congress if their untested vaccines harm you or your kids!
Rotonoto: 12 year olds are in no way equipped to maske rational adult decisions like whether to accept vacination with an untested drug...
Rotonoto: a drug with known, severe, negative side effects...
Rotonoto: up to and including death...
Dexter Fong: If they offer it for free out in the playground.....
llanwydd: yeah, roto. what you describe is fascist at best. as for scandals though I mean ordinary indiscretions
llanwydd: but this thing about the vaccines is inexcusable
Rotonoto: ahhh, right. I thought 'ordinary' scandals didn't count any more
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Well of course, in Rick Perry's case, his ties to big pharma giant Merk are in question
TheHuntForRedOctweener: *Merck
Rotonoto: no question- the ties are strong and he profited from them far more than he admits on the record
Rotonoto: that's apparently well-documented
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Absolutely, Roto
Rotonoto: OK, I'll shut up now...
TheHuntForRedOctweener: yep
TheHuntForRedOctweener: lol
llanwydd: but I've been looking at the way people think of scandals and it seems that americans care more about them than europeans
Rotonoto: gets me hot under the collar, basic liberty questions here
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Well, if we can't talk politics _here_.... ;)
llanwydd: for example the french don't seem to care if their politicians or public figures are involved in scandals
cease: he broke the president!
Rotonoto: true dat, I just was leaning into it a bit hard
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Roto, are you familiar with the website www.lewrockwell.com? You might find the articles of interest
Rotonoto: OMG president already broken
TheHuntForRedOctweener: The President got broke long ago :/ On a street in Dallas :(
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I'm not sure we've had a real one since
Merlyn: see you next week people, gotta go
llanwydd: Nite Merl
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Thanks Merlyn
Rotonoto: yep, yep, know the site fairly well.sad thing is, I'll vote for the incumbent- way lesser of two evils- but he's a company man...
cease: by merl
Rotonoto: not much frined ot me and you
||||||||| 10:42 PM -- Merlyn left for parts unknown. (Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow").
Dexter Fong: Night Merl
Rotonoto: nite merl
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Shrub and Obama are ultimately beholden to the same masters
llanwydd: I never vote for a candidate. I vote against them
Rotonoto: yes, but questions of degree become important in that case
TheHuntForRedOctweener: It's Replocrats. That's why I like the Libertarian movement, even if I don;t agree with everything
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Sad thing to say, LL
llanwydd: if I belonged to a political party I'd be a libertarian
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I can vote _for_ Ron Paul :)
Rotonoto: I used to espouse libertarian sentiments, but eventually realized their world view leads to...
Dexter Fong: Nithing?
llanwydd: leads to?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Ayn Ran's bedroom?
Rotonoto: emi-anarchy and an even stronger, more entrenched plutocracy/corporatocracy- ush!
llanwydd: yes...yes...?
Rotonoto: heh!
Rotonoto: with whips?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: *Rand
llanwydd: Ayn Rand McNally?
Rotonoto: Ayn Rand Paul
Rotonoto: heh!
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Yeah, some people in the movement are truly anarchists
cease: lots of rands to go around
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Why I like Dr. Paul's attitude - a 'Libertarian Constitutionalist'
Dexter Fong: The only good rand is a Kruger Rand
Rotonoto: I actually like Ron Paul, but a lot of his stuff just won't work
llanwydd: well, I believe in self-government
llanwydd: and who doesn't?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Not bad, Dex
Dexter Fong: llan: Behave yourself
cease: i discovered that i have one. will pay for a week in vegas
TheHuntForRedOctweener: That was rather the point at the beginning, LL
Rotonoto: self abuse? down the hall, 4A
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Government doesn't dictate, it does what we authorize it to do
Dexter Fong: eh?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: lol Roto
TheHuntForRedOctweener: But, I though you wanted an argument
Rotonoto: you going to gamble on the food, Cat? Heh!
llanwydd: who is we, tween?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Roto, what has Ron Paul suggested that 'won't work'?
TheHuntForRedOctweener: You and me LL
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Read the Constitution
llanwydd: as far as I can tell, all governments are oligarchies
Rotonoto: I wanted an argument, but she wouldn't have me-said she can't shout, don't hear me!
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Which is what they were trying very hard to avoid
cease: true, llan
llanwydd: even dictatorships
Dexter Fong: Tween: Are authorized to make such a statement
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Why the 10th Amendment movement (State's Rights) is growing
Rotonoto: he's way out in right filed on reforming 'medicine' from what it is today...
Rotonoto: dis you see the pain and hesitation in his eyes during debate?...
cease: power tends to be concentrated
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Yes, I am the official spokesperson for the Libertarian party and the Constitution of the United States
llanwydd: right, Cat
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Wanna see my secret decoder ring?
Principalpoop: back, I was eating
Dexter Fong: and why so many don't have any power, they can't concentrate
Rotonoto: while audience members cheered for death of destitute sick people, he looked genuinely conflicted...
Principalpoop: the consititution said blacks were 3/5ths or what? and so that is how profound and wonderful the constitution is
Rotonoto: he has dilemma of being sworn to Hypocratic oath- do not harm- and libertarian oath- "caveat emptor" "Fend for yourselves"
Principalpoop: just a piece a paper, don't go insane
llanwydd: exactly, princ
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Rotonoto: dis you see the pain and hesitation in his eyes during debate? - he's a caged debating animal wanting to be set free, Roto
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Ron Paul would smoke them if given 1/2 a chance, and they know it
Principalpoop: slavery was legal for libertarians, i would rather be a progressive
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Principalpoop: the consititution said blacks were 3/5ths or what? - was that the Southerners, P?
Rotonoto: yes I see that part too, but sadly, some of his stuff is either extreme or not workable- or both...
Rotonoto: even though he is a very good man and honest and respects the Constitution
TheHuntForRedOctweener: and BTW, read the 13th and 14th Amendments, P :-)
Principalpoop: the constitution itself, counted blacks as partial gd people,
llanwydd: I didn't know there was a libertarian party during the era of slavery
TheHuntForRedOctweener: That's what the Amendment process was made for, to fix things
Principalpoop: we changed the ink on a piece of paper, it is not holy or sacred
Dexter Fong: Never trust a guy with two first names
TheHuntForRedOctweener: It was the North which insisted on 3/5's, P
Principalpoop: liberty of the states to avoid federal interference in internal matters
TheHuntForRedOctweener: remember, the number of Representatives is allotted by _population_
Principalpoop: who are you defending? where was liberty for blacks and women and foreigners?
Rotonoto: you went over our heads, Dex- now I get the quip
Principalpoop: liberty for humans, come on, be progressive
llanwydd: two first names. lol
Dexter Fong: ergo: liberty of the city town or municipality to avoid federal interference in internal matters
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Again, P, I refere you to all the Amendments to the original document
Principalpoop: libertarians want the freedom to be bigots
TheHuntForRedOctweener: It was amazing that those people agreed on anything at all
llanwydd: I can't agree with you, Princ. I have examined the libertarian party very thoroughly
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Is there a way to change your nick through Merlyn's HTML commands?
Rotonoto: there are both good and problematic sides to Libertarianism
Dexter Fong: suma ergo: liberty of the individual to avoid federal, state, city, town, or municipality interference in internal matters
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Yes, P. You don't have to like Austinites.
TheHuntForRedOctweener: We're talking law, not personal preferance
llanwydd: well, as I say, I am not a member of the party. I am very politically unmotivated
Principalpoop: using the theory of states rights to continue the practice of slavery was despitable
TheHuntForRedOctweener: You want Mao's 'regrooving camps' so everybody will think the same as you?
Principalpoop: we have twitter and tv to do that
Rotonoto: it's always a delicate balance, states rights vs. heavy handed federalism
TheHuntForRedOctweener: I would have stopped buying their cotton. But then again, I shop at Walmart. And you are assuming that there were no Northern slaves. You would be mistaken. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves in the break-away States, not up North
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
Rotonoto: I see very eggregious abuses at all 3 levels, state, local, federal
Principalpoop: we vote for our federal senators and congressmen, how much power do you need?
Dexter Fong: Tweeny: About nick changing, I dunno, prolly only Meryn would know
Dexter Fong: Or you ccould exit and rejoin
Rotonoto: but probably federal is worst...however...
Principalpoop: don't be poor losers
Rotonoto: state level abuses catching up FAST!
llanwydd: well, folks. got to be going. see you all next week.
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Thanks Dex
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Have a great week, LL
cease: by llan
Rotonoto: every one of us is a loser in present gridlock, and all will lose in 2012 regardless of who is elected
Rotonoto: bye Llan
Principalpoop: things will get better
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Senators used to be elected by State Legislatures. Much has changed
||||||||| llanwydd says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, llanwydd exits at 11:01 PM.
cease: nature of things, ancient cbc science show, just starting new season right now.
Principalpoop: all the paul reveres and chicken littles, getting tired of them
Dexter Fong: Night llan
cease: show on nano-technology.
cease: this is very interesting
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Well P, what would you do if you were High Muckey-Muck?
Principalpoop: nano-nano, a world designed by robin williams
TheHuntForRedOctweener: as robin Williams might say, nano nano...
TheHuntForRedOctweener: beat me to it :)
Dexter Fong: nuh uhhh
Rotonoto: yeah, beat you by nano seconds
cease: welcome to nano city, name of show
Dexter Fong: Welcome to nano city, careful where you tste.....ooops
Principalpoop: need to something about things being too big to fail, and that requires heavy handed government
TheHuntForRedOctweener: nano chicken littles?
Rotonoto: hey guize, truly fun to be back, see you all again...
TheHuntForRedOctweener: chicken nano - sounds like a new taco bell offering
TheHuntForRedOctweener: You and yours be well, Roto
Rotonoto: and the spirited political debate is good, actually- always different sides to issues
cease: i hope we see you again sooner, roto
Principalpoop: lean hard roto
Dexter Fong: Be well, Roto
Principalpoop: i would not argue with you if I did not respect you or find you not rational
cease: i'm off to watch tv and eat pizzza. by
||||||||| At 11:05 PM, cease vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted!
Rotonoto: thanks- sorry I didn't really have time to say enough 'hi you' to everyone personally...
TheHuntForRedOctweener: Take care, cease
Principalpoop: night all
Dexter Fong: eat pizza by the yard?
||||||||| Around 11:05 PM, Principalpoop walks off into the sunset...
Rotonoto: things move fast in theis chat
Rotonoto: nite poopster
TheHuntForRedOctweener: We going to take SpeedyChat Room?
Dexter Fong: See you all er you few, next week
TheHuntForRedOctweener: later gators - until last time, again...
||||||||| TheHuntForRedOctweener scurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's TheHuntForRedOctweener?! It's 11:06 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!"
Rotonoto: OK guise, was nice to be back, will try again next week...
Rotonoto: I really missed you guys, bye Dex...
||||||||| Rotonoto departs at 11:07 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?"
||||||||| It's 11:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Dexter Fong - dead from dengue fever
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."

The Evening's Participants:
cease
Dexter Fong
doctecazoid
Elayne
llanwydd
Merlyn
Porgie Tirebiter
Principalpoop
Rotonoto
Son of Firesign
TheHuntForRedOctweener

URL References:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=8386305
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/rick_perry_niggerhead.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Cinerama
https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/fs_new2.html
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=FSD&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/amish_mob_broke_into_homes_and_cut_off_hair_and_be.php?ref=fpblg
www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow
www.lewrockwell.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lII5rXbxcCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg