||||||||| 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 January 26, 2012 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| RedPillTweeny sneaks in around 10:52 AM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 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?" ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and cease gets out at 9:02 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:06 PM, dragging Dexter Fong by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" Dexter Fong: Hi Cat ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Tweens 'R' Us', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:06 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Tweens 'R' Us: Hey cease Tweens 'R' Us: Dex Dexter Fong: Hiya Tweeny cease: hi dex, tween Tweens 'R' Us: Gorgeous weather down here. Sunny and around 70 cease: you're in a warm place cease: i will be in a couple weeks Dexter Fong: Fairly mild here in NYC also Tweens 'R' Us: Any more rumors about a new FST project? Dexter Fong: Mid 50's on Tuesday Tweens 'R' Us: Yeah, the Winter in general seems to have been pretty mild so far all-round cease: not since the stuff they did together on rfo. that sounded promising Dexter Fong: The Endless Summer is coming ||||||||| Principalpoop waltzes in at 9:08 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. cease: i think they could do a new album from their computers. cease: hi poop Dexter Fong: Hi Poop Principalpoop: live streaming Tweens 'R' Us: There surely is a cornucopia of material available Tweens 'R' Us: Hey P Tweens 'R' Us: Whatcha streaming? Principalpoop: What is the rod? Tweens 'R' Us: Ah, OK Principalpoop: no no, what the guys could do Tweens 'R' Us: right, got it Tweens 'R' Us: Would certainly cut down production costs cease: home run hitter Principalpoop: you got it? then free it, f it loves you, it will return Tweens 'R' Us: and would be reasonably spontaneous, like the XM stuff
Dexter Fong wonders if Nino will ever regain his psychic powers Tweens 'R' Us: XM without the XM, so to speak Principalpoop: only nino knows fong cease: they got paid for doing the xm show. who would pay them for live streaming? Tweens 'R' Us: That really isn't a bad idea, since they wouldn't have to travel to do it cease: i dont see that happening at all Dexter Fong: He knows me but he doesn't no where I'm located Principalpoop: they are exhibtionists, it is not just the money cease: look at bergman's lack of success with his podcast cease: poop, according to austin, yes it is for the money. Principalpoop: they need to find a niche and fill it, stuff it full until it cries for more Dexter Fong: Ukmmm sounds exciting Tweens 'R' Us: Well, money is good. I don;t fault anyone for wanting some money for their enertainent Principalpoop: well sure, they need money, but money is not well ah Tweens 'R' Us: "Money isn't everything, but it sure helps." cease: bergman spend more time begging for money than a pbs pledge drive Principalpoop: they need an american express contract, but they are too, controversial Tweens 'R' Us: lol Principalpoop: the camels nose under the tent, only a dollar a month or something cease: now he's only begging for $3.00 a month. i paid him for this month, but find myself not listening to it Principalpoop: the world is insane anyway, mitt brings home 57,000 a day, doing nothing... Tweens 'R' Us: Well, he trashes Dr. Paul so I'm not enthused about giving him money Tweens 'R' Us: For the whole FST in internet performace, sure Dexter Fong: He trashes Dr. Phil too cease: i dont think i'm getting my $3.00 worth Principalpoop: he trashes obama Tweens 'R' Us: Hardly a good comparison, Dex lol cease: and i've a been a firesign fan since they started Tweens 'R' Us: But you can think what you want about Paul ;) Principalpoop: wait, what about that 57 thousand dollars a day for doing nothing? where is the outrage? Dexter Fong: Where's the love? Tweens 'R' Us: No really, what Poop was talking about sounds great. Do an XM-style on their own without having to be in the same room Tweens 'R' Us: I'd pay for that cease: speaking of paul, i heard a great interview with george martin on bbc Principalpoop: if you guys I don't care, I guess no one else will either, nevermind cease: entertaining tales of producing the beatles ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:19 PM and Merlyn sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Tweens 'R' Us: I'll bet it was great, cease Principalpoop: hi M Tweens 'R' Us: Hey Merl cease: maybe merl knows Merlyn: hey Dexter Fong: Nice sashay Merlyn cease: he knows everything firesonian Tweens 'R' Us: RE: Romney et al - I never in my life would have thought I could become enamored with someone running on the Republican ticket Merlyn: I still don't know why Nino is broken Dexter Fong: Tween: Love is blind brother ||||||||| Outside, the 9:20 PM bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving Elayne coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Elayne: Evenin' all! Dexter Fong: Hi Elayne Principalpoop: Nino still like you M cease: hi el Principalpoop: Hey E Dexter Fong: Home early tonight? Tweens 'R' Us: Paul is not your average Republican. Ralph Nader has endorsed him, and I do believe many Liberals and Independents may like him for his anti-war/anti-imperialism stance. Elayne: Yep Dex, got out at 7 PM. Tweens 'R' Us: Realy, check the guy out Dexter Fong: Slacker!! Tweens 'R' Us: Hey E Elayne: You mean except for female liberals and independents, Tween, yes? Elayne: Virulently "pro-life" (i.e., anti-woman). Tweens 'R' Us: Roe? cease: any news on new firesign projects, merl? Dexter Fong: Let us wade Principalpoop: every sperm is sacred, every sperm is fine cease: we was all talking about that before you showed up Elayne: The thing with Paul is, he's a right-wing Libertarian. Get the government off the backs of rich white individuals. Tweens 'R' Us: Well, he was an OB/GYN for many years, so I guess quite a few women liked him Elayne: And into the wombs of female individuals. cease: i talked to doc tech yesterday, but he didnt say anything about that Tweens 'R' Us: You're wrong about that, E Tweens 'R' Us: I invite you to read some of his articles and speeches Dexter Fong: RSVP? Tweens 'R' Us: He's been called a Libertarian Constitutionalist Elayne: Another problem with Paul: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/antebellum-libertarianism.html cease: do any of you have a tablet? Tweens 'R' Us: His beef with Roe is that it's a States Rights issue, that te Fed didn't have the authority Principalpoop: the race war articles or homophobe articles or anti-jew stuff he did not know he was publishing? Dexter Fong: How many times have I heard that tiresome phrase cease: i'm borrowing a friend's ipad 1 so will try and chat when i travel in feb Principalpoop: you picked a dirty dirty horse to back, tween.... cease: i gather you can chat from such a device Dexter Fong: Cat: Where are you staying in Vegas? Tweens 'R' Us: If I couls ask you to read one book, it would be "The Revolution: A Manifest". He very clearly outlines his views there Elayne: Here's one from 4 years ago: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/ron-paul-still-misogynist-douchebag.html cease: sameplace as last time, the excalibur Tweens 'R' Us: OK E. You have my suggestion :) Tweens 'R' Us: The Revolution: A Manifesto" cease: they have been relentlessly lowering their prices ever since i stayed there and now are as cheap as the imperial palace, where i first stayed last feb cease: this time i hope the remote works, but with the ipad maybe i wont watch much tv Tweens 'R' Us: I'll bet people are traveling less, cease, what with the economy Elayne: Melissa says it best: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2011/12/ron-paul-freedom-fucker.html cease: i know i can get HULU in the states. we cant get it here Tweens 'R' Us: lol, love the title Dexter Fong: Feb is a slow month for Vegas cease: seem to have missed a lot of south parks, i can catch up down there Elayne: No interest, Tween. "Ron Paul cannot be considered a champion of "liberty" so long as he believes women's bodies should be state property. "Freedom" and an anti-choice position are fundamentally incompatible. I can't put it more plainly than this: I am not free, if the word is to have any meaning at all, as long as Ron Paul is up in my uterus." cease: yeah, great for me getting restaurant reservations Elayne: Plus, you know, racist. ||||||||| 9:28 PM: llanwydd jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" Principalpoop: well put E, Tween simply ignores my complaints also, brushes them aside.... llanwydd: how's everybody? Principalpoop: hey llan cease: i hope i don't blow up, like that diner in the last python flick Tweens 'R' Us: Let's see, I guess his quote that "Racism is a sickness of the spirit" doesn't impress you lol Elayne: More: "He doesn't believe people with uteri should have bodily autonomy, he doesn't believe same-sex couples should be allowed equal rights, he doesn't believe the government should provide necessary institutional support to people with disabilities, he doesn't appear to believe that people of color are his equal, and he does appear to believe that poor people deserve their lot. He seemingly lacks the ability to empathize with anyone who is meaningfully different from himself, and that is not an acceptable characteristic for someone who wants to be the president of a diverse democracy. " cease: and speaking of python, did you hear they're "maybe" making a new flick? cease: hi llan Elayne: Hey Llan! llanwydd: that's amazing, cat. Principalpoop: wow E, wow Principalpoop: any of that sink in tween? Elayne: Cat, I have a feeling Eric Idle will continue to be a hold-out there. He and Cleese are at odds at the moment, I believe. llanwydd: I remember terry jones being asked if python would ever get back together and he said something like "well, wouldn't it look rather pathetic at our age?" Elayne: The thing is, there are things about libertarianism that are appealing, like being anti-war and anti-drug war. But the Ayn Rand version of it? I have no use for selfishness. Tweens 'R' Us: "he doesn't believe same-sex couples should be allowed equal rights, he doesn't believe the government should provide necessary institutional support to people with disabilities, he doesn't appear to believe that people of color are his equal, and he does appear to believe that poor people deserve their lot." Please provide your sources for such a conclusion Principalpoop: red drawf is making a new film Merlyn: Juan Epstein of Welcome Back, Kotter died today. Signed, Epstein's Mother cease: bummer, el. a new python flick would be amazing Merlyn: isn't the Red Dwarf film still in development hell? Principalpoop: lordy Tweens 'R' Us: Please read "Manifesto", and then perhaps we can talk ;) Principalpoop: shhhh M, shhhh, don't burst my bubble Tweens 'R' Us: These people are pulling that stuff straigt out of their arses cease: lol merl Principalpoop: i saw him talk about his aide not having access to health care, be honest tween... Dexter Fong: Didn't they have to change the title to Native American Little Person? Principalpoop: not the governments job, according to saint paul Merlyn: just that there's been talk of a Red Dwarf film for a long time. Of course, the same was true of Hitchhiker's Guide, and that finally happened. Elayne: Anti-gay adoption: http://www.dailypaul.com/2379/gay-adoptions llanwydd: I always thought python should spoof one of those old "broadway melody" films Principalpoop: there are a couple of new absolutely fabulous episodes out there, wow wow wow cease: apparently the new thing is sf. the pythons play aliens Dexter Fong: Poop: Are you referring to "Ab-Fab"? cease: new episodes? llanwydd: that sounds great, cat Principalpoop: the daughter is out of prison for forging passports for asylyum seekers lool Tweens 'R' Us: Ron Paul Quotes - have a it :) - http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ron_Paul#Race Principalpoop: yes fong Dexter Fong: Yes, there are 3 new episodes of "Absolutely Fabulous" Elayne: Anti-civil rights, anti-disability: http://peoplesworld.org/why-progressives-should-not-support-ron-paul/ Tweens 'R' Us: You said anti-gay marriage Tweens 'R' Us: lol cease: maybe i can watch them on hulu in vegas Principalpoop: i have seen one, not found the others yet Tweens 'R' Us: We could do this all night :/ llanwydd: why not sf? it's practically untapped by MP Elayne: But really Tween, I shouldn't have to find citations to reference what's obvious in the man's words and voting record. Common sense will do. cease: i want to finally download the new yorker app Elayne: And I'm done with Paul. Don't care to discuss it further, I've said my piece. Tweens 'R' Us: It is true that he does not believe in the Welfare/Warfare State cease: i keep getting emails from them offering it to me, but i can't get it with a computer Tweens 'R' Us: He absolutely believe in caring for people in need llanwydd: if ron paul hasn't been elected by now, I don't think he has a chance Elayne: The so-called "welfare state" is the only thing keeping lots of people alive in our current economy, Tween. Tweens 'R' Us: He just hates some monster federal bureaucracy being in charge of our lives llanwydd: he's been running for years Elayne: But I'm sorry, I said I was done, and I am. Principalpoop: unless they need an abortion to save their own life.... Principalpoop: baby comes first, don't you know? Principalpoop: paul can rot in heoll Tweens 'R' Us: Yes, Elayne, people need to be taken care of Elayne: Here's a chart for you, Tween: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/chart-day-federal-programs-surprisingly-well-run Dexter Fong: Tween, hate to burst your bubble-so to speak- but Paul ain't getting nominated and if third party, wont get elected Elayne: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Elayne: Gah, I didn't come in to discuss politics this evening, sorry! Tweens 'R' Us: Hey, I'm just talking politics here Elayne: I need to get goodly stretched. Tweens 'R' Us: Don't know what will happen between now and November Elayne: My calf cramped this morning for at least a half a minute without cessation. I haven't felt that much concentrated pain in awhile. Principalpoop: they get me going too E, you did much much better than me, thanks and congrats Tweens 'R' Us: Obama might invade Iran and start WWIII cease: always a good idea, el Elayne: On the other hand, it helped "fix" my right foot, which I've been unable to put weight on for two days. cease: the goodly stretched, not the reason for it Tweens 'R' Us: Sorry to hear, E :( Principalpoop: part of getting old, i turn funny and think I broke a rib
Tweens 'R' Us / Elayne: I have to do more goodly calf stretches, that's for sure! And incease my potassiu, I think. Elayne: Yes, we have no bananas! Dexter Fong: iv'e never found you funny, poop =)) Elayne: Yes PrinPoop, all those weird aches and clicks we swear we didn't have when we were younger... Elayne: Thanks Tween. Pain has a way of putting things into perspective. Principalpoop: you think I am not funny? you think I am not some kind of clown or something? what do you mean? llanwydd: I had a great uncle with a potassium deficiency Elayne: Thank goodness it finally eased, even if it was well over 30 seconds by my reckoning. And as I say, my foot's almost better now. Dexter Fong: Poop: What do you mean "what do you mean?"? llanwydd: I'll never forget. one day on a christmas morning he couldn't move and nobody knew what was wrong with him Elayne: I don't take walking for granted, that's for certain! Principalpoop: that was from good fellas fong, keep up... Elayne: Yikes, Llan! cease: i fell 10 days ago, and still have blackish eye. wonder if it will cause me problems crossing the border Principalpoop: that is not good llanwydd: they found out it was a potassium deficiency but what an uproar it caused Dexter Fong: Poop: recongnized the source Principalpoop: i barely did, thought I should explaine hehe Principalpoop: 4 days into a walking exercise routine, this is hell, feel like I have run 10 miles already when I start Dexter Fong: Poop: DId you know that Joe Pesce was a recording studio rat when the $ Seasons first started in business Dexter Fong: 4 Seasons cease: i can see him as a rat Principalpoop: there a lot of good stories about him Elayne: Speaking of ailments, I just came over a bit dizzy. Going to have a lie-down. Next week, all! Dexter Fong: lol Cat ||||||||| Catherwood says "9:43 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Elayne by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door llanwydd: how many miles are you walking, princ? Dexter Fong: Perhaps it's the "catness" in you cease: by el Principalpoop: 30 minutes, not miles yet cease: lol cease: i have to do some walking around here too, when it's not frozen, in prep for walking up and down the strip Principalpoop: half of that is uphill Dexter Fong: Our 2 new cats are settling in nicely, very well behaved llanwydd: that reminds me, I climbed a 165 foot staircase a couple of weeks ago and my legs were sore for days after Dexter Fong: I'd rather strip up and down the Walk llanwydd: I climbed the stairs of a lighthouse actually cease: well behaved is good Principalpoop: that story helped encourage me llan, i would have keeled over doing it Dexter Fong: Are you still complaining llan =) Merlyn: doesn't sound very light llanwydd: they were steep steps, too Dexter Fong: Steep stony steps? Merlyn: I need to start wearing anti-vericose-vein socks Principalpoop: i like the way they feel M Dexter Fong: and a face mask too llanwydd: no, they were iron or steel Dexter Fong: Ah modern light house eh? Principalpoop: except the area under my knees and above the socks swells out like baby inner tubes attached Merlyn: I have a few PP, yes, they do help. llanwydd: this was in Ponce Inlet, FL llanwydd: not very modern. 19th century Dexter Fong: When I was a kid, they were made out of bamboo by shipwrecked Japanese sailors Merlyn: something I can look forward to, I guess cease: is your iron lung working again? Principalpoop: who you calling a ponce? Do I look like a ponce to you? in what way? llanwydd: one fascinating thing they had on the lighthouse property was a portugese ship anchor made in the 1500s. I was fascinated to see something that old Dexter Fong: Ponces are amusing? Principalpoop: hehe cease: sounds like the eddie izzard line about american sense of history Dexter Fong: Welcome to Joe Pesce Night Principalpoop: maybe you did not hear fong, I don't shine shoes anymore... cease: he goes to somewhere in the states and he's told that a particular building was 50 years old, as if that were miraculous llanwydd: I have to mention that while I was looking at the anchor another looker on said "is it made of wood?" he was apparently serious Dexter Fong: What do you shine, then, the old "door knob"? llanwydd: I had mixed feelings. of course one should tolerate stupid people and then again... cease: i'm planning to eat lots of pesce in vegas, but i dont think any of them are named joe Dexter Fong: LLAN: DOn't you remeber the days of Iron men and Wooden anchors? llanwydd: I don't, dex. I'm sorry cease: i love old stuff too. old buildings, ancient egyptian stuff Principalpoop: wait a minute, no, that was spanish moss, nevermind llanwydd: lol Principalpoop: i lived half a block from a spanish castle that millionaire hurst brought to miami Dexter Fong: What castle is that Poop? llanwydd: I didn't know hearst brought san simeon to miami Dexter Fong: Yeh...what he said Principalpoop: i forget the name, it is famous, I will google llanwydd: you have a castle in your ami? llanwydd: I see Principalpoop:http://citybuzz.com/miami/hearsts-miami-castle-the-spanish-monastery Dexter Fong: Itsah no his ami, itsah my ami Principalpoop: a little place, not a big castle, like the thing in california llanwydd: that's very interesting. thanks for the link llanwydd: so it was built in spain and rebuilt in florida Principalpoop: it is not put together right, there was plague when they brought it over, they destroyed the boxes that said what was what Principalpoop: yes llan llanwydd: that's hilarious Dexter Fong: Poop: If I understand this, he didn't bring it to Miami, he bought it *in* miami cease: ive been to the one in cal when i was a kid. it was huge cease: this looks more modest Dexter Fong: Fransicans were not overly ostentatious llanwydd: yeah, the picture reminds me somewhat of the alamo Dexter Fong: Where you rent cars? Principalpoop: he bought it in spain llanwydd: the san franciscans were Dexter Fong: defeated by the giants Principalpoop:http://www.spanishmonastery.com/ Principalpoop: it has its own website now hehehe llanwydd: not exactly san simeon Principalpoop: the cloisters, sounds like a restaurant cease: if we'd never had san simeon, we wouldnt have citizen kane Dexter Fong: Poop, are you a registered Travel Agent? cease: or the firsign parody Kane! llanwydd: there is a retirement community called the cloisters not far from me Principalpoop: anyway, I live half a block away from there in north miami beach Principalpoop: lived Dexter Fong: I thought you were in Roanoke ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Dexter Fong: ah cease: you like miami? Principalpoop: new york city has a cloisters too I think cease: the armour museum? Principalpoop: too humid, otherwise perfect Dexter Fong: Yes, way up on the northwest corner llanwydd: you're in florida, princ? I thought you were in VA Principalpoop: i corrected it llan, I said I lived in miami, yes I am in roanoke Dexter Fong: we covered this llan =) Principalpoop: don't go schroon lake on me hehe llanwydd: sorry Dexter Fong: lol Principalpoop: hehehe llanwydd: lol Dexter Fong: afkfr Principalpoop: cloisters, anyplace that people cloist I guess LOL cease: merl never did asnwer about new firesign projects Principalpoop: you ever cloisted cat? cease: not that i know of Principalpoop: i have, maybe a few times hehe llanwydd: merl and tween are fading cease: sounds like a lewis carrol character, The Cloisted Cat llanwydd: you can only see his smile Principalpoop: or a way to cook something, I will have the cloisted rutabagas cease: ou can only see him in cloisters llanwydd: very good llanwydd: you have never seen me in cloisters ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 10:04 PM and Bunnyboy sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Principalpoop: sort of like clusters and closets, sorta, kinda Tweens 'R' Us: Catherwod, please serve everyone some cloisted rutabagas llanwydd: Hey Bunnyboy Bunnyboy: Hiya! Tweens 'R' Us: Hey Bunny Dexter Fong: Hey Bunny Principalpoop: hi bb, hip hop Tweens 'R' Us: Catherwood, please serve everyone some cloisted rutabagas ||||||||| Catherwood gets everyone some cloisted rutabagas. llanwydd: wb, tween Merlyn: MMMmmm, rutabagas Principalpoop: i cannot remember the last time I had a rutubaga cease: hey bun llanwydd: how is it julia child never mentioned cloisting? Dexter Fong: I had a rudawakening once Bunnyboy: cat: The main page link to RED SHIFT is broken. Principalpoop: in french it is called savoir quiche alouetta cease: not exactly, bun. the play isn't up. not enough bandwidth on my server cease: doc could only get the first 3 up, not red shift Bunnyboy: Oh, I see. cease: we spoke last night. he said he was working on it, but he has a very full plate as it is Principalpoop: did you take care of that thing fong? not that thing, the other thing... cease: i needed his assistance on an art project for my upcoming vegas trip Dexter Fong: You think I am a caretaker, Poop? Principalpoop: you better take care, or forgedaboutit Dexter Fong: You think I am just here to take care of you? cease: is merl back? Principalpoop: he was cat, he like rutabagas, I lke rhubarb cease: better to be a caretaker than an undertaker Dexter Fong: He's eating rutabagas it would seem llanwydd: np: time and a word cease: food is good Principalpoop: and yes fong, i have always depended on the kindness of strange fongs... Dexter Fong: Wow!! Dexter Fong: There are no strange fongs, only fongs you have not yet met llanwydd: what's your favorite food, cat? Dexter Fong: Dog I think cease: good fish. like every other cat Principalpoop: wait, I know that song, The Fongs, that I have not yet met.... Bunnyboy: Finally found something too rich for my blood: MPI is releasing a complete series set of DARK SHADOWS. llanwydd: lol Principalpoop: you mean it did have an ending? wow llanwydd: the original series, bb? I would assume cease: vegies are good too. awoke to discover Fumiyo making cauliflower in cheese sauce, one of my fave breakfasts Principalpoop: you might as well have brussel sprouts, lordy Bunnyboy: 131 DVDs, over 1200 hours,in a shoebox-sized coffin case! Principalpoop: LOL Dexter Fong: Anti vegetarian dis establishmner, Poop cease: there's a soup store that has amazing broccoli soup i love but they only have free parking on weekends so i try and stock up llanwydd: that's hilarious, bb cease: you wont live that long, bun Bunnyboy: SRP...600 smackers! llanwydd: I started watching dark shadows in 1970 and followed it for about a year until it went off the air Principalpoop: thinking of all the people I knew who smoked after school and watched that, I think there is a market... Dexter Fong: Bunny: I'm kinda amazed that so much if not all of it survived Tweens 'R' Us: ... llanwydd: then I watched it on the sci-fi channel many years later llanwydd: I'm going to do a fanfilm of it someday cease: i am unaware of this programme llanwydd: it was probably the only "horror" soap opera in television history Bunnyboy: Dex: Yeah, considering ABC's penchant, in the day, for wiping and reusing video tape. Dexter Fong: Cat: A half hour soap that aired late afternoon, the first soap to introduce guns and crime and such into soaps Principalpoop: it was like the radio vampire and castle program that was on forever Dexter Fong: Ooop, thinking of another soaper, sorry cease: ok now i know why. i have never been able to watch a soap Principalpoop: Inverness? what was the name? llanwydd: I was in 4th grade when I started watching Dark Shadows. 1970 Principalpoop: drug addled brain Dexter Fong: Cat or someone: What was the name of that late afternoon half-hour show that Proctor was on? Bunnyboy: The lead, Jonathan Frid, is a Canadian. Principalpoop: dawdle llanwydd: that reminds me, I saw an episode of the original Outer Limits recently which I had seen only once before when I was 4 or 5 years old and I actually remembered lines from it Principalpoop: a good place for the word excellent that llan cease: i remember ellison wrote a famous script for outer limits but i never saw it llanwydd: I had dreamed about it the night I saw it cease: yeah proc was on a soap. at least one. llanwydd: the dream had stuck with me cease: about the guy who discovers he's really a robot cease: though a similarly themed twililght zone Bunnyboy: And that man was Mitt Romney. Dexter Fong: Hey Cat: Have you installed a new lighting scheme where you type, you typing is like, stellar, bro Principalpoop: dog wants out Dexter Fong: We all want out, poop Tweens 'R' Us: Wasn't there some question about the Bladerunner perhaps being a Replicant himself? Tweens 'R' Us: lol Bunny Dexter Fong: And politics brings our dear departed brother back to the fold cease: pain medication not as delterious to typing as the other kind Bunnyboy: Tween: Yup. Tweens 'R' Us: Robin Williams suggested that perhaps Reagan was Disney's last great animatronics project cease: good one, tween, robin cease: tween, you mean in the book, yes? flick, no. llanwydd: have to send an email. brb Tweens 'R' Us: In the flick, Rachael asks 'if he had ever taken the test himself'. cease: there's a great scene in the book where the read has no idea who is real cease: reader Tweens 'R' Us: An allusion to the possibility, I do believe cease: oh i see, tween. good point Tweens 'R' Us: I do need to read Electric Sheep cease: dick could create confusing alternate worlds like anybody cease: yes you do, tween. cease: my 2nd fave dick, after Ubik cease: dick also wrote a great short story on the previously discussed them of man discovering himself to be robot cease: called The Electric Ant. look it up Tweens 'R' Us: There are 4 volumes?? Tweens 'R' Us: to androids/sheep? cease: on his short stories? yeah probably Tweens 'R' Us: Check out the local library catalog cease: no he didnt write any multipart novels cease: wrote tons of them Tweens 'R' Us: Ah OK, there is a single book called Blade Runner with that title cease: i have an anthology i bought in a tokyo bookstore called Decade: the 60s, best sotries of that decade as chosen by someone cease: the original title was long, blade runner is famous flick cease: thats where i read Electric Ant. but it'll be lots of places cease: i'ts a short book, tween. most of his books are short Dexter Fong: cause they short stories cease: no, the novels Tweens 'R' Us: OK llanwydd: I think Decade was an annual if I remember right cease: some of his novels began as short stories though. got much better as novels Tweens 'R' Us: I've reserved it cease: yes llan, some sort of series Tweens 'R' Us: Nothing like have a great library available llanwydd: I'm not thinking clearly tonight Dexter Fong: See electric Sheep run; see ES run down: see ES stop cease: i love libraries tween. would live in one if it were possible llanwydd: that line is going to come back to haunt me Tweens 'R' Us: Heard that, cease Dexter Fong: And here it comes....They have a decades review avery year? cease: you read pkd, dex? Bunnyboy: Running away. Back another day! Byeya! cease: the most firesonian of sf writers that i know of Dexter Fong: Long time ago cease: by bun Tweens 'R' Us: Of course, if you're discerning, the internet can be your library Dexter Fong: was a great SF reader from when I was 8 or 9, father liked sf Principalpoop: back, by bun Tweens 'R' Us: Lots of free books out there on PDF Dexter Fong: Pretty damn Free cease: are ipads the same as ebooks? ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and scriptbird disembarks at 10:32 PM. ||||||||| At 10:32 PM, Bunnyboy vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Dexter Fong: Hiya Bird cease: its a bird! it's a script! Dexter Fong: It's a Byrds script cease: turn, turn, turn the page scriptbird: It's scriptbird! Principalpoop: i explored selling my paperbacks at amazon.com, the shipping costs more than the books are worth... Dexter Fong: Buffalo Springfield meet Poco Principalpoop: or a scrip t-bird llanwydd: you can buy a book for one cent at amazon but you pay $2.98 for shipping llanwydd: I've done that though Principalpoop: exactly llan Tweens 'R' Us: I've never owned a handheld, cease cease: i would suspect so, poop Tweens 'R' Us: I just read on my computers Dexter Fong: Poop: Yeah, thats a problem...used to be a lot more bookstores that would let you trade in your old PBs cease: i'm borrowing the ipad so i'll find out Tweens 'R' Us: Hell, I just bought my first $10 cell phone last Fall lol cease: you're one appliace up on me, tween Dexter Fong: Is that the one you have to plug in?
Tweens 'R' Us is way behind the times, technologically Principalpoop: you have a cell phone? i only have a land line llanwydd: I was later than you, tween. don't feel bad Dexter Fong: But ahead of the pa k politically =)) Tweens 'R' Us: Actually, now that I have one, I take it with me everywhere as I would my set of keys Dexter Fong: I got two pre WW2 tin cans and the reception is great Principalpoop: i am sure it is handy, i would use it to order subs to pick up on the way home from somewhere lol Tweens 'R' Us: It's handy to call cabs and stuff like that llanwydd: LOL, Dex Tweens 'R' Us: lol Dex Dexter Fong: They've been restrung with polyfibre though Tweens 'R' Us: hehe Principalpoop: cans? i beat on the empty logs Tweens 'R' Us: One of Obama's projects?
Tweens 'R' Us ducks Dexter Fong: Hey, stop beating on mylog, I'm sleeping in here Principalpoop: that was you doing that hehe Dexter Fong: I just drank some muddy water and now it's time to sleep in a holler log Principalpoop: drank or listened to? llanwydd: didn't know muddy water could put you to sleep Dexter Fong: No Delta Blues fans eh? cease: how's it scripting, bird? Dexter Fong: If it has drugs in it it can llan scriptbird: ok Principalpoop: bayou blues man myself llanwydd: I used to go to a coffee house in burlington, VT called Muddy Waters Dexter Fong: I think there wwas a Muddy Waters Too at schroon lake Principalpoop: hipster place or what llan? llanwydd: very much so cease: is that where they keep the ufos, dex? Dexter Fong: They notta you foes, theysa my foes Dexter Fong: and the enemy ofa my foes, is my friend
Principalpoop enters muttering and waving his arms frantically (enter chat left) (Leave chat right!) llanwydd: didn't notice you come in, scriptbird. are you new here or have we known you by another name? Dexter Fong: Anda that why this isa Joe Pesce Night llanwydd: ever heard the george carlin routine where he says he worships joe pesci as a deity? cease: you make bunga bunga with ufos? llanwydd: I thought it was funny scriptbird: iI've been here before...I'm a friend of Elayne Dexter Fong: llan: No! What album is it on llanwydd: well, good to see you. welcome! cease: she has departed but you are welcome Dexter Fong: Script: She was here earlier but left due to dizziness llanwydd: I don't even remember the title, dex but it was the one just before Complaints and Grievances Tweens 'R' Us: She needed to listen to some jazz Dexter Fong: Bithing and Moaning? Dexter Fong: Bitching cease: what was his rationale for deifying pesci? Dexter Fong: he was a reincarnated fish llanwydd: now I remember the title: You Are All Diseased Dexter Fong: Thats kind of offputting llanwydd: and the last line on the album was "Joe Bless You! Goodnight!" cease: but it's really good fish, mrs pesce Dexter Fong: A sign!!! A veritable sign from heaven, dear friends! Principalpoop: he did get a little viscious about fat assed old hippies cease: viscous is one word you could not overuse Principalpoop: all in fun hehe cease: the one time i saw him it was more an assault than an entertainment cease: the wasnt long before his death llanwydd: you actually saw carlin, cat? I would have like to see him. especially in the 70s Principalpoop: colbert did the peanuts joke the other night llanwydd: one of the first albums I ever owned was Occupation: Foole Principalpoop: 2 peanuts walking on the sidewalk, one was assaulted cease: yeah he came to vancouver cease: i remember talking about it on chat. it's in the archives, if i can remember when i went cease: good one, poop llanwydd: I think I remember you mentioning it, cat llanwydd: if I remember right you said, "it was more anger than anything else" Principalpoop: centuries from now, researchers will analyze these chats and wonder why we never mentioned syria or china or nanobots or arcturus lol cease: he was very bitter. a few laughs, but he was much more into communicating pain then getting laughs llanwydd: and that's really what his later stuff was. he wasn't as funny as in the 70s Dexter Fong: Poop: YOu just did Principalpoop: i know, mess up their statistics lol cease: he was cruising on being "george carlin" so whatever he said was fine Principalpoop: non geo-political chat references lol cease: his tv show was remarkably devoid of laughs llanwydd: I recorded his final HBO special which I thought was much better than the stuff he did in the 90s Principalpoop: his memory was remarkable Dexter Fong: I don't remember that Principalpoop: he knew exactly what words he wanted to include and included them llanwydd: lol Principalpoop: remember what? Dexter Fong: You mean the famous "7 words you can't say"? llanwydd: well, when you do something long enough you get it right Principalpoop: no no, synonyms and antonyms, when he got on a roll Dexter Fong: That's kinda what stand up is anyway cease: true cease: you like carlin, scriptbird? Principalpoop: i am more spontaneous and then ah ordinary hehe cease: he had one line that was profoundly relavent to me. llanwydd: my favorite carlin album was his first. a lot of people thing FM/AM was his first but there was one before that called "Take-Offs and Put-Ons" which was fantastic Principalpoop: there is no god? cease: it was about tanning. "I'm just trying to neutralize the blue." llanwydd: neutralize the blue was from "Occupation: Foole". I didn't understand that joke Principalpoop: he was one atheist that got away with it in america Principalpoop: give us one of the jokes from take-offs and put ons llan? lol cease: my skin is so white it damages cameras
Principalpoop p Dexter Fong: What about Madelyn Albright, no ah Murray llanwydd: he did a lot of commercial spoofs in Take Offs ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Principalpoop: put an asprin on cats stomach and it looks like a liver spot cease: i dont remember that album llanwydd: "Which pile of laundry is the whiter of the two?" "The blue pile". Principalpoop: lool ok, making fun of ads llanwydd: "no, dummy. it's not the blue pile". Dexter Fong: LLAN: Don't work blue Merlyn: Hey, see ya next week llanwydd: well, folks, I may be joining you from Ticonderoga next week. Principalpoop: night M, good luck ||||||||| Merlyn leaves at 11:02 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." Dexter Fong: Night Merlyn and prayers for Nino Principalpoop: night llan, safe trip llanwydd: I'm trying to move back north but not everything is going according to plan Principalpoop: crazy drivers, be careful Dexter Fong: Coming back north llan? cease: if he never worked blue, maybe lenny bruce would still be alive Principalpoop: he would not have been lenny bruce, but yes Dexter Fong: Cat: Nah llanwydd: in any case, I plan to see you next week. good nytol. Principalpoop: take the schroon lake exit hehe cease: you see krassner on the phil oaks show on monday ? cease: pbs ||||||||| At 11:03 PM, llanwydd rushes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." cease: i pointed him out to fumiyo and she asked his age. i told her he was 80 Dexter Fong: Last Exit to Schroon Lake cease: she thought late 50s but very wasted Principalpoop: hehehe Tweens 'R' Us: OK, going to go watch Waterworld and assume Obama can fix everything ;) Tweens 'R' Us: later, gators Principalpoop: no no, paul will do that
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Principalpoop: night tween
>|||||| 11:05 PM -- Tweens 'R' Us left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Principalpoop: i changed the font somehow Dexter Fong: Hmmm Principalpoop: wtf Principalpoop: or I had a stroke, and all the letters are smaller Dexter Fong: At ease mens, we all experienced that Principalpoop: ahh ok, thanks Dexter Fong: I think it's the "Schrron Lake effect Dexter Fong: Schroon Lake Effect SLE we call it Principalpoop: could be, colder there you know, makes things smaller Dexter Fong: Sure do did doe Principalpoop: in the 50s here tonight, bizarre Principalpoop: should be freezing Dexter Fong: I love the fifties...big cars....big women....big hair....and small gas prices Principalpoop: i like the colors in the movies then Principalpoop: bigger rather than lifelike hehe Dexter Fong: Yeah me too, all black and white and gray scriptbird: so long everyone cease: by bird Principalpoop: late 50s ||||||||| At 11:09 PM, scriptbird vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Principalpoop: night scriptbird, good luck Dexter Fong: Night Bird, I'll tell elayne you were here unless you talk to here Dexter Fong: Poop: You think that bird needs good luck? Dexter Fong: Does she look unlucky to you? Principalpoop: writing a script, sure Dexter Fong: Her script is for your amusement Principalpoop: i could not do that, (poop answers sheepishly? proudly? quietly) Dexter Fong: You never know till you try Principalpoop: it was a dark and stormy night, that is as far as I have gotten lol cease: ok, i'm off too Dexter Fong: Night Cat Principalpoop: night cat, good luck to you and yours too ||||||||| At 11:12 PM, cease vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Principalpoop: car done? Principalpoop: oops, did he say earlier? Dexter Fong: No gotta go do it. Thanks for asking though =) Principalpoop: i can check the cheese log, nevermind Principalpoop: i meant cats car, after the accident, but good, helped you lol Principalpoop: night fong, keep on fonging Dexter Fong: Adios amigo and keep those wooden anchors flyin' ||||||||| 11:13 PM -- Principalpoop left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| 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 The Plague ||||||||| 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:
Bunnyboy
cease
Dexter Fong
Elayne
llanwydd
Merlyn
Principalpoop
scriptbird
Tweens 'R' Us
