I’ll be ascending to Boulder in an hour or so, returning to the scene of the crime. We did the show in Boulder a couple of years ago and they’ve apparently forgotten all about it, because they’re having us back. Hopefully the Statute of Limitiations has cleared my good name.
I’ll be rooming with Paula this time, which means that the Cosmic Law of Amusing Situations is bound to take effect. This is the universal sitcom principle that dictates that whenever “…two ‘funny people’ occupy the same space at the same time in an unfamiliar location, implausible wackiness will ensue.” So you can rely on something like a sudden snowstorm trapping us in our cabin (despite the fact that it’s August), resulting in amusing hijinx for all as we attempt to escape and debate who will be cannibalized first….
While I’m gone, check out the sumptuous new website of my very own Mom. Yes, with the help of my very own sister and the very talented Kambri, it’s a startlingly handsome new place.
In other news, my shockingly beautiful new iMac has arrived. Despite my oft-mentioned technophilia, I haven’t actually bought a new computer in about 6 years. What’s it to you? Well, the old machine had become so tetchy that I could no longer open graphics applications or other fun things. So the future might hold some more diverting images and even a phototoon or two for this site. Yes, a Return to Phototoons. Rejoice! It’s amazing how far computers have come in the past few years. Apparently, you no longer have to fill ‘em with gasoline and turn the crank to get ‘em started. Then again, that behavior might’ve been what compromised my last machine…
Okay, it’s off to nosebleed country. I’ll be back Friday, but I may check in before then. So behave.
Fanny Roborat
38 comments
Susie
August 17, 2005 at 2:17 pm
1YES MORE PHOTOTOONS PLEASE!
Mr_Blog
August 17, 2005 at 2:33 pm
2WHAT THE- Oh, for a second there I thought you wrote “Statue of Limitations.”
Ken... Just Ken
August 17, 2005 at 3:34 pm
3Congrats on the new Computer Adam.
I’m glad you decided to buy retail and didn’t get involved in the Great iBook Massacre of aught five.
Ken... Just Ken
August 17, 2005 at 3:35 pm
4Link http://tinyurl.com/7zxd4
Allison
August 17, 2005 at 4:44 pm
5Welcome back to Colorado! It was right about 3 years ago when you slammed into … um, I mean visited Boulder last. I remember, because I was there on a date. Yes, folks…WWDTM is date-worthy stuff, for the right date, anyway.
It was totally worth the drive from Colorado Springs just to see what you silly people look like in person! Of course, driving from Colorado Springs to Boulder is a relief to anyone who’s not completely right-leaning…why do I live here again?
Mr_Blog
August 17, 2005 at 5:22 pm
6Did the new Mac come with any of these?
Ann
August 17, 2005 at 5:56 pm
7I want to hear more about rooming with Paula! I’m a big fan. Stories, please.
Mike Z
August 17, 2005 at 7:54 pm
8I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the whole WWDTM gang! Luckily, classes at the university haven’t started yet, so the place hasn’t gone completely crazy with eager, fresh-faced, newly liberated undergrads.
Auros
August 17, 2005 at 8:17 pm
9A statue of limitations would be, what, a box? Representing the boundaries outside of which you must not stray? (Insert corpspeak about thinking outside the box here.)
PS: When I tried to post this from work earlier today, I got a “HashCash” error. It said that the problem might be the fact that I was behind a proxy, even though that’s not supposed to be a problem. Anyways, somebody should fix that.
Emmarie
August 17, 2005 at 9:56 pm
10First, I am very much in favor of more phototoons. And shiny objects like iMacs.
Secondly, I didn’t really look at the title of the post until just now and then almost had to cover my face with my hands to avoid the sympathy pain of flying into the rafters. Damn. Ow.
madbard
August 18, 2005 at 5:17 am
11generic hashcash question: did you try posting again? sometimes it is just a caching problem.
iMac. I approve heartily. i knew there was something i liked about you. and c’mon, felber: dish about rooming with paula….
ice weasel
August 18, 2005 at 8:44 am
12Well, being a lifelong Apple user, I’ll cheer you on the iMac buy. Good one. I’m jealous. I need a new Mac.
Have a great time in CO.
OT: but nonetheless, here are shots I took from last night’s Cindy Sheehan here in lovely Lancaster, PA…
http://www.convergencetime.com/weaselden/dfa/081705/cindy081705.html
I hope all of you are considering attending any upcoming rallies. This one was, well, strangely peaceful. Turnout was strong considering we are in the very heart of reddest, blue state PA. Keep in mind, there is where shrub visited last time he was here.
Oh and back to the topic at hand. Adam, if you want the coolest, and also most trivial, but still cool, Mac accessory, get one of these…
I love mine.
ice weasel
August 18, 2005 at 8:45 am
13Oops. No img links. Ok, check this out…
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/#
ginny
August 18, 2005 at 9:42 am
14Ah, Boulder. I say that with the same reverent nostalgia that other people reserve for saying “Ah, Venice.” On one trip there, we noticed the “Welcome to Boulder” sign on the southern edge of town had been altered to read something like “Welcome to the Interplanetary Galactic Federation of Boulder” or suchlike.
Got any plans for short-sheeting your roomie?
Mary
August 18, 2005 at 9:42 am
15Don’t worry about ever besmirching your “good name”, Adam. I believe you have a Teflon coated one
Enjoy Colorado. I’ll see everyone when I get back from a vacation by lovely Lake Huron.
TheMatt
August 18, 2005 at 2:39 pm
16Well, I’ll see you tonight, Mr. Felber. 2nd row center if my ticket is correct.
dee
August 18, 2005 at 4:16 pm
17Oh Mary!! Lake Huron is my favorite Great Lake. There is such a primitive beauty to the coastline. Have a wonderful time and don’t eat too many blackberries!!
Murray
August 18, 2005 at 5:16 pm
18Dee,
Lake Michigan, near Holland, atop the 100′ dunes while the sun goes down is pretty nice. In high school I used to take my girl friend there.
tess
August 18, 2005 at 5:40 pm
19. . . Oh, I’d hate to be the hotel manager with you two rooming together. Hotel managers always seem like the butt of a joke whenever hotels are involved.
Pete IVDL
August 18, 2005 at 6:30 pm
20As a long-time Windoze user/programmer/screamer, congrats on your new Mac! (It’s something I’ve always wanted to own, but all my mates/colleagues are Followers of the Intel Chipset, and I couldn’t bear the catcalls. You know, “Great computer! Now, where’s that other mouse button?”. Etc.) Mind you, my own PC has been running non-stop for 94 days (WinXP, plus water cooling). Pity you can’t watercool an iMac (well, technically you can, but only once)…
Hey, doesn’t Mork still live in Boulder? Or has he moved back to Ork? If he has, I’m movin’ in with Mindy. Hubba hubba hubba.
cooper
August 18, 2005 at 7:54 pm
21Okay. This is evil, but juvenile and stupid and the perfect prank for us guys to pull. You’ll need an old record, 45’s are the best, but they all work, maybe even a CD would work. With a piece of duct tape, secure one edge of the record to the top, inside edge of the bathroom door jamb (this will act as a hinge) and position the record so that it is horizontal and carefully close the door. Now here’s the hard part. Place a cup of water on top of the record, before you close the door. When Paula opens the door, the record rotates down and dumps the water on the head of your previous friend. Of course, it goes without saying, paybacks are hell. Maybe confetti instead of water in the cup. Yeah, that’s much more mature - do that. I saw this on “Leave it to Beaver” back in 1958. Wally soaked Eddie Haskell and it bought down the house.
Of course, I don’t recommend that you do this, but if you do, take pictures.
jjoats
August 19, 2005 at 9:35 am
22Toon of the Day:Rummy & Coke
Mike Z
August 19, 2005 at 2:57 pm
23Very fun show last night, and the whole cast is really friendly. Nice folks.
Paula seems to go on some surprisingly long rants. I hope they can get a lot of that in the final cut because it’s really funny.
ice weasel
August 19, 2005 at 3:43 pm
24I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Paula’s stand up twice. She’s brilliant. She’s truly a witty person. And she has impeccable comedic timing.
Pete IVDL
August 19, 2005 at 5:37 pm
25Cooper, we used a similar device on our science master in college. Honey in a styrofoam (well, it was the 70s) cup, balanced on the door. It takes a second for the stuff to start oozing out, then the EWWWWW! I remember one idiot kid seriously suggesting we fill the cup with petrol. I think he’s a politician now…
(Unfortunately, our bombastic science master was a bit mentally unstable, and he killed himself some years later. I think he tried to personally calculate acceleration due to gravity - or decelleration due to concrete, something like that. Not a nice human being at all, but he was a terrible science teacher, and a nasty, vicious, cowardly bully as well. It was a good thing he was a Christian Brother and that kept him off the streets… Err…I have digressed a bit, haven’t I?).
Linkmeister
August 19, 2005 at 6:20 pm
26How come the “Wait Wait” site hasn’t got a caricature of Tom Bodett on it yet?
cooper
August 19, 2005 at 7:16 pm
27Yeah, Pete, good thing he was a Christian…
We had a Physics teacher that stood in front of our 10th grade class and read the textbook to us. That was fun. He was a WWII veteran and had a few anger management issues. One day in lab, he threw a 9 volt dry cell battery at one of the students who was directing lightning bolts at the rest of us with a Teslacoil. Bear in mind that this was one of the old style dry cells, bigger than a Fosters can and weighed about 6-1/2 pounds - that’s 3 kilos to you, mate. Fortunately, he missed with the battery and nobody died that day. Two years later, half the class went to Vietnam (not me) and, as we know, that was a different story.
BTW, my brother-in-law and his lovely wife live in Sydney. He grew up in the Mugee (sp.) wine country, I believe. We should go visit them and stay on for 10 - 12 fortnights to get a good feel for the country, don’t you think?
Christa Harris
August 19, 2005 at 8:28 pm
28Terrific show last night, Adam. I’ve been a fan for a long time but I dragged my husband along for the taping and he said afterward “That Adam guy is really funny.” Today I’ve got him reading your blog. Tomorrow? Maybe you’ll be filing a restraining order… who knows.
Anyway, it was a pleasure. Hope you enjoyed Boulder (ha ha, home of “liberal bling”). Come visit Nederland some time (1/2 hour from Boulder, up in the mountains), where the famous “Frozen Dead Guy” rests in relative peace (as well as where we live). There’s a glass of wine waiting on the deck for you.
Frozen Dead Guy Days: http://www.nederlandchamber.org/FrozenDeadGuyDays/index.html
Happy Entrails
August 19, 2005 at 10:38 pm
29Off topic, but very upsetting…
How many of you are aware of these charlatans brazenly defying the Lobster’s first commandment (I paraphrase): “Thou shalt not have false pasta before Me?”
littlebit
August 20, 2005 at 2:16 pm
30Great show, Adam. Congrats on winning. Funnest for me this time was that book group friend, Melissa, was the Listener Limerick Challenge player, and she won, too. Fun times all around.
Pete IVDL
August 21, 2005 at 8:43 am
31Cooper, a dozen fortnights in Mudgee? Oi vey! Hold me back, we’s goin’ to heaven! I haven’t been to Sydney since I biked up the east coast 18 years ago. Sydney itself is standard Western Bland Bling City, but the bush around about is f’ing wonderful. Not too far from Coonabarabran, either (great telescope up there, I believe), and good pig-shootin’ too. If you’re into shooting pigs, of course, which naturally I’m NOT and why did you bring up such a tasteless subject?
Next time you’re down under, let me know (preferably before you come), and we can attempt a liveware interface. I promise I’ll be gentle…
cooper
August 21, 2005 at 10:20 am
32Pete, half way through your response, you hit on the magic word - telescope. Yet another good reason to go to Oz - Southern hemisphere at night! Gotta see it before I die. Yes, it’s true; I’m an astronomy wannabe. I’ve got the scope, but live on light polluted land. I vacationed in the wilds of Maine a couple of weeks ago - no lights, lots of stars (no scope)! Beautiful!
Every Ozman (and woman) I’ve ever met has been a unique and memorable human being (for good or ill). I’ll let you know when we head your way. You can relax for a while. I’ve got one kid in college and the other in therapy. I promise I’ll be gentle…
Pete IVDL
August 21, 2005 at 6:44 pm
33If one’s in college and the other’s theraping, they won’t even notice if you head Down Under. Just send some cash every couple of days. She’ll be right.
I’ve got a so-so 5″ Newtonian reflector, but with our light pollution I can just make out the Jewel Box (kappa crucis), or some of the Fornax objects on a good night. Mind you, for the right price, I could be persuaded to find a really dark paddock up the bush and stare at the sky, while our SOs can stay inside the car with the heater on and listen to music (yeah, I’ve learned from experience)… with some good wine, bread, and Tasmanian cheese, it’s what I’d call a “Fuck the Stars” night…
Hey, how the hell did we get so OT? You’re a bad influence, dude.
cooper
August 21, 2005 at 7:10 pm
34A bad influence… usually not, mate. BTW, it’s legally okay again to call you mate, isn’t it. That was a short lived dive into stupidity, wasn’t it? I bet whoever came up with that Politically Correct bit of treason, will have to buy his own drinks for the rest of his life. One would hope, anyway.
Murray
August 22, 2005 at 4:06 pm
35Cooper,
If you want dark skys come on out to Grouseland. We are at least 20 miles from the nearest town and there are mountains in the way. We have close to virgin skys, and the milky way is easily visible on any clear, moonless night. You can see the light from the Andromeda Galaxie with your bare eyes.
I have a 6″ dobson and lust after a 12″ with star finder.
Laura Strand
August 22, 2005 at 4:09 pm
36Adam,
Congratulations on your commanding Victory! You showed those gals who’s the man
cooper
August 22, 2005 at 8:50 pm
37Murray,
With a 6″ scope (looks like it might be an Orion SkyQuest from your webpage) and dark skies you must be able to see most of the Messier Objects and assorted other wonders. Lucky man! I saw Andromeda with my naked eyes (well, and with glasses) in Maine. What a treat! I tell you, we’re giving up our dark skies for “more progress” and most people don’t even know what they’re missing. For any city dwellers reading this, go outside at night and you can see about 100 stars with the naked eye. Under dark skies, like your grandparents had growing up, you can see tens of thousands of stars. The constellations you can see in the city (Big Dipper, for instance) can get lost in the background stars under truly dark skies. It’s amazing when you see it for the first (and hundreth) time. End of lesson for tonight. Now go to bed like good kids.
Pete IVDL
August 22, 2005 at 9:31 pm
38Take the lens cover off, Murray, I’m a comin’!
We can only see M31 on a super clear night from somewhere really high up and nowhere near The Big Smoke. It’s too close to the northern horizon for too much of the time. Drats!
I read (somewhere reliable) a couple of years ago of an individual who’d lived all their life within the boundaries of New York city, and when asked about stars, just laughed at the reporter. They had *never* seen a star with their own two eyes, and thought it was a joke! I was flabbergasted. Of course, they had other concerns (like how to keep their job, where their next meal was coming from, etc), but to actually disbelieve that stars exist… That’s probably the saddest thing I’ve ever heard.
Cooper - yeah, it’s legally OK to call you ‘mate’ again, as long as I don’t ‘use colloquialisms that may confuse or offend’ you. It was really interesting, as it was a story that truly slipped under the MSM radar, then got picked up by the Labour party (who have just lost their deciding vote in the Senate and lower house) and presented as ‘the result of a Government drunk with power’, while the PM tried to jump on the bandwagon saying “in the course of a relationship, ‘mate’ may be acceptable”. Neither party got it right, both tried to use it for political ends, and no MSM has properly reported which conservative backbencher complained in the first place!
Next thing, they’ll be trying to outlaw ‘cobber’, or ‘digger’, or ‘pal’ or ‘bastard’, or the drunken Australian male’s traditional “I’m not a poofter mate, but jeez I luv ya!”