Sunday, May 31, 2009

@Matt_Silverman yeah, I'm sure...

@Matt_Silverman yeah, I'm sure by now everything #mst3k related is available online. But yeah, it's a great clip :)

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@MichaelBarley I'm a big fan o...

@MichaelBarley I'm a big fan of Who, too. Been slowly dragging through the show from the beginning. One the 21st storyline with Hartnell :)

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See? It's not up to us when we...

See? It's not up to us when we know companies can do things like this: make regular bulbs way more efficient. (http://ping.fm/F62oO)

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@bateatsbat oh, crap--that doe...

@bateatsbat oh, crap--that does look bad. Did you leave your computer on while you were away?

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@MichaelBarley X-Factor? I've ...

@MichaelBarley X-Factor? I've not heard of that one. What is it? And we all have guilty pleasures. Mine is the ITV show "Primeval." Cheesy!

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@MichaelBarley if America had ...

@MichaelBarley if America had Talent, we wouldn't have to keep ripping of Britain for ideas for TV shows. #AGT #insultanamerican

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Saturday, May 30, 2009

@splatnuk Ah, nice! Oh, hey, I...

@splatnuk Ah, nice! Oh, hey, I got my dad's Enforcer for the weekend, so I'm gonna go polish the floors. WHOOOOOOu!! (Bob Johnson!)

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@waxkrayon this is how you bea...

@waxkrayon this is how you beat an inferiority complex: just be bigger than it.

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Jay ThePal's Jay TheVlog for May 16, 2009 Google, NASA, Puppet Burping and Bloopers, OH MY!

In this edition of Jay TheVlog, Jay's 12second.tv clips explore everything from puppets in space, to Google's failure to allow Jay to check his mail before lunch, to how puppets have bodily mishaps and MORE. This edition also has special exclusive blooper footage not seen on 12seconds.tv! YEAH!



OH and please friend Jay ThePal on Twitter, Facebook, Chi.mp, 12seconds.tv or check him out at SocialKloud! Thanks!

Thanks, as always, to Lisa from OnLisaReinsRadar.com for hosting the 40MB mp4 version of Jay TheVlog for May 16, 2009!

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ThePhlog: My Favorite Noise Adam Savage Makes On Mythbusters (@donttrythis this is for you!)

Ah, Mythbusters! You are my favorite show on TV! Well, you're tied with Daily Show, but still...

Anyway, so the other night, Siskita and I were watching a recent episode of Mythbusters and I realized how much I really appreciate co-host Adam Savage's enthusiasm for the myths. It's probably what I identify with most about the show, frankly, so I decided to record this minute-long audio clip in honor of Adam Savage, fellow knowledge-geek:

Originally recorded: 11.48pm EDT, 28 May 2009 - New York, NY

Listen!


http://boos.audioboo.fm/attachments/101860/Recording.mp3

Sorry we didn't go anywhere for this episode of ThePhlog, but I still thought it was worth sharing.

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RT @jeremybraver: Save a whale...

RT @jeremybraver: Save a whale, Unfollow Ashton

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@siskita http://twitpic.com/69...

@siskita http://twitpic.com/69hdb - Cute :) So you know exactly how much coffee you are drinking! (Sort of.)

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@RayBeckerman does that make s...

@RayBeckerman does that make sense? I'd like to follow everyone I find interesting, but it makes my stream useless to me. Too much content!

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Friday, May 29, 2009

So why the hell might Kim Kard...

So why the hell might Kim Kardashian be following me on Friendfeed. Better question: why the hell is Kim Kardashian on Friendfeed?

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OK, everyone pay attention, he...

OK, everyone pay attention, here's a very special #FOLLOWFRIDAY for @mpoppel because he's da man when it comes to breaking news on Twitter.

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@siskita aw, sorry, honey--tha...

@siskita aw, sorry, honey--that sucks. I'm sure there's some kind of food place open this late.

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@caliblondie only kind of alon...

@caliblondie only kind of alone: RT @thepete 12seconds - Yep... all alone in the apartment, except for... http://tiny12.tv/IJZ5I

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@grantimahara ballistics gel r...

@grantimahara ballistics gel rots? Oh, man, that's depressing. I thought ballistics gel was one of the good gels. :(

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RT @jaythepal: 12seconds - 12c...

RT @jaythepal: 12seconds - 12challenge: Show us how to make your favorite party drink. http://tiny12.tv/Z80R7

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ThePhlog: Visiting the Ft. Washington Memorial on Memorial Day 2009

Siskita and I recorded this last Monday but I wanted to make sure folks got that there is a real meaning to Memorial Day.

Originally recorded: 03.51pm EDT, 25 May 2009 - New York, NY, USA

Listen!


And here's an mp3 for your podcasting pleasure.

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@MichaelBarley yeah, I liked S...

@MichaelBarley yeah, I liked Strange as well. It wasn't the strongest show I've seen, but is certainly better than other shows that made it.

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@_spell the word you're trying...

@_spell the word you're trying to "help" me with was actually a hebrew word for breasts. The sp? was admission of ignorance not a help req.

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@cjlambre ah, sucks, man. Tha...

@cjlambre ah, sucks, man. That's great that you're working from home these days. Hope your sprained foot heels--er--heals quickly! ;)

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@MichaelBarley meh, I'm less a...

@MichaelBarley meh, I'm less and less impressed with the new Doctor Who series. Casting children doesn't bode well for us adult fans IMO :(

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@cjlambre ahh, sucks, man! Doe...

@cjlambre ahh, sucks, man! Does this mean you can't fly on it? (Would it be hard to work the foot-pedal-thingy?) Hope you feel better fast.

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

@anca_foster :( :( :( :( :( :(...

@anca_foster :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( >_<

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@anca_foster :( :( :( :( :( :(...

@anca_foster :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( >_<

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@vimoh was it available on OSX...

@vimoh was it available on OSX? If you need a beta tester, I'm available. :)

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@joshbuckner dude ran Hallibur...

@joshbuckner dude ran Halliburton, was in the 1st Bush admin, politics his entire life. Violated rules he felt he didn't have to follow.

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@ilovemakonnen haha, SWEET! Um...

@ilovemakonnen haha, SWEET! Um, what should I do first? ;P

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

She needs to think about it. ...

She needs to think about it. RT @jaythepal: 12seconds - What I Wanna Know with Help from Kay ThePal! http://tiny12.tv/J4BZG

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Retooling my cafepress store w...

Retooling my cafepress store with updated logos. Don't know if some folks prefer CP to Zazzle.

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Cops with Assault Weapons at My Subway Stop Today



This was at the 53rd & Lexington station off the E & V trains. I'm not

sure if you can see the cops down the steps there, but three of the

four cops there looked to me to be SWAT (body armor & helmets) and

they had assault weapons that looked like M-16s to me but they had

slightly curved clips.



On a side note I saw plenty of regular cops today--more than I usually

see on the East Side. Not that I see this many cops on the West Side.

I'd guess I saw about 9 or 10 today compared to none the last couple

times I was over there.



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@CreativeSoul I always have to...

@CreativeSoul I always have to be specific with my wife when I want to go to the *Apple* store and not the *Mac* store. No makeup buying! :)

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Holy shit. RT @BreakingNews: B...

Holy shit. RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN -- NORTH KOREA ABANDONS KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE.

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@stennieville true, I think @r...

@stennieville true, I think @raysgal & I were just repeating how they answer. IMHO if you have to call up God for backup your argument sucks

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@joshbuckner @pasher @Tom_Gode...

@joshbuckner @pasher @Tom_Godell @quantumparticle I definitely think Orwell nailed our government & Huxley nailed our culture. But... (cont)

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I think both were. RT @joshbuc...

I think both were. RT @joshbuckner: Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) vs. George Orwell (1984): Who was right? http://is.gd/FJso

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@CK67 haha, well, remember, I ...

@CK67 haha, well, remember, I define "awesome" as "nerdy fun." An anime exhibit, hot dogs, Cookie Puss and some laserdiscs? Yes, I'm 14. ;P

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@SaraEileen congratulations! I...

@SaraEileen congratulations! I hope you settle in quickly in your new place.

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http://twitpic.com/60922 - img...

http://twitpic.com/60922 - img_0022.png

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ThePhlog: An Evening Around 100th Street with Siskita & ThePete

I posted this to AudioBoo ages ago, but I wanted to make sure it ended up on thepete.com.

Originally posted: 09.10pm EDT, 21 Apr 2009


Listen!


Here's the mp3 you can DL, too.

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@cherishhellfire it surprises ...

@cherishhellfire it surprises me just because the courts aren't generally buyable unless there are direct bribes to judges.

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@cherishhellfire it surprises ...

@cherishhellfire it surprises me just because the courts aren't generally buyable unless there are direct bribes to judges.

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@lesliecarbone I think it's be...

@lesliecarbone I think it's because they think they're being ignored. Like how the right-wingers invoke God to justify things.

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When religion suppresses DNA: ...

When religion suppresses DNA: RT @tomzer1: ISLAMIC PARTY-POOPER NEWS: Indonesian imams OK Facebook but no flirting! http://digg.com/u147xm

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Just took my 233rd mugshot! ht...

Just took my 233rd mugshot! http://www.dailymugshot.com/main/show/421

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Monday, May 25, 2009

I think... I need some sle...

I think... I need some sleep... but why do I feel awake? http://tinyurl.com/q5rtdx

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http://twitpic.com/5z1df - Me ...

http://twitpic.com/5z1df - Me in Fort Tryon Park Memorial Day 2009 (#2)

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http://twitpic.com/5z1dl - Me ...

http://twitpic.com/5z1dl - Me in Fort Tryon Park Memorial Day 2009 (#1)

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http://twitpic.com/5z1dy - Shr...

http://twitpic.com/5z1dy - Shrink Wrapped Subway Train (#2)

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http://twitpic.com/5z1ew - Shr...

http://twitpic.com/5z1ew - Shrink Wrapped Subway Train (#1)

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http://twitpic.com/5z1fh - Chr...

http://twitpic.com/5z1fh - Chrysler Bldg in the distance

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http://twitpic.com/5ywgo - Hea...

http://twitpic.com/5ywgo - Heather Garden at Fort Tryon Park

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OK, since I got so many folks ...

OK, since I got so many folks reacting to my "Now, I block you" Tweet, please go here and vote for my Tweet: http://thrdl.es/~/4Ys Thanks!!

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

@Andrew_Taylor some Twitter cl...

@Andrew_Taylor some Twitter clients will let you create groups--I hear Tweetdeck does this. Don't like Tweetdeck, myself--uses too much RAM.

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@Andrew_Taylor and with a "fol...

@Andrew_Taylor and with a "follow policy" you can fend off anyone who is pissy toward you b/c you didn't follow them back or whatever.

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@Maria0305 I say, don't push y...

@Maria0305 I say, don't push yourself--BBQ food is pretty rough on our bodies even when we're in good health & you've been thru a lot lately

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@AnnCurry Q for Iran Pres: Wh...

@AnnCurry Q for Iran Pres: What makes Iran a valuable member of the global community, politically, culturally & scientifically?

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@DailyAtheist being critical i...

@DailyAtheist being critical is fine but mocking people b/c you disagree w/them (even if they are wrong) is disrespectful & harms your cause

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@btx91 for a few eps I didn't ...

@btx91 for a few eps I didn't know who was going to die b/c someone had died. Then another character got written out, so who knows?

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@btx91 for a few eps I didn't ...

@btx91 for a few eps I didn't know who was going to die b/c someone had died. Then another character got written out, so who knows?

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@btx91 the new writers have he...

@btx91 the new writers have helped a lot, I think. I do miss the character who got killed off though. Won't mention who on spoiler-grounds.

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@btx91 the new writers have he...

@btx91 the new writers have helped a lot, I think. I do miss the character who got killed off though. Won't mention who on spoiler-grounds.

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@btx91 I don't like it a lot, ...

@btx91 I don't like it a lot, it's a fun show to have on. I started watching it b/c I thought it was kinda hokey, but it's gotten better.

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Saturday, May 23, 2009

RT @SashaKane: RT RT @Paul...

RT @SashaKane: RT



RT @Paul_NYC Hollywood Gives Up: Keanu Reeves to Play Dr. Jeckyl/Mr. Hyde http://bit.ly/13DoUH

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RT @Paul...


@ilovemakonnen well, she was! ...

@ilovemakonnen well, she was! So good call, man!! I'm not saying she was going to do this, but I don't think you can buy booze w/food stamps

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Friday, May 22, 2009

12seconds - Spooky... http://t...

12seconds - Spooky... http://tiny12.tv/D9PI5

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Edwin San Juan - Filipino Come...

Edwin San Juan - Filipino Comedian Pt 1 http://ff.im/39Wts

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@tomzer1 thanks for the invite...

@tomzer1 thanks for the invite! "Tronny House" does that name come from something?

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@Leslieann44 awesome! Congratu...

@Leslieann44 awesome! Congratulations TheLeslie! Very cool!! Something to be proud of, indeed!

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@shindotv Mithras and Osiris, ...

@shindotv Mithras and Osiris, too, right? Those two were TOTAL Cylons, man. I could see Dean Stockwell in that Egytpian garb :)

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@shindotv HAHA!! Jesus was a ...

@shindotv HAHA!! Jesus was a Cylon!! OF COURSE! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW! RON MOORE YOU ARE A GENIUS AFTER ALL!! ;) Ah, thanks, Shindo! LOL

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@RayBeckerman Ah, damn--though...

@RayBeckerman Ah, damn--thought about going, but then forgot last night after a busy evening. Glad it happened, though. Was the MSM there?

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Really like Tweetie's "nearby"...

Really like Tweetie's "nearby" feature--fun to see what other NYers are tweeting about this morning :)

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Now the question becomes...foo...

Now the question becomes...food or bed...when is that NOT the question, really? OK, actually most of the time it isn't. Still: eat or sleep?

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

@Pixelfish Oo! Good idea! ;)

@Pixelfish Oo! Good idea! ;)

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ObamaWatch: Obama Admin Considering Indefinite Jailing for Terror Suspects #obamawtf



My sister-in-law, Lisa (she runs OnLisaReinsRadar.com ), Tweeted yesterday

about how every day there's something new from the Obama camp that

makes her what to ask "WTF?"




I agreed and suggested a daily ObamaWTF Tweet. Here's mine for today,

taken from today's DemocracyNow.org headlines:



Obama Considers "Preventive Detention" for

Indefinite Jailings




The Obama administration, meanwhile, is reportedly considering a

"preventive detention" system that would indefinitely jail terror

suspects in the United States without bringing them to trial. The New

York Times reports President Obama discussed the proposal at a meeting

with human rights advocates at the White House. Two anonymous

advocates told the Times that Obama indicated he favored applying the

system to future cases, not prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Obama is

set to deliver a speech later today outlining his plans on how to deal

with closing Guantanamo.




Original here: www.democracynow.org/2009/5/21/headlines#5



This'll be no big deal assuming Obama doesn't do it--but why is he

considering this at all? I think there's an amendment in the Bill of

Rights promising due

process and a speedy trial or something like that
.



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OK, I am done for the day! I t...

OK, I am done for the day! I think all day I've had about 2 hours of clear, focused thought & I just had them. Geh... more caffeine maybe?

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@VincentX ah OK--thanks. Shame...

@VincentX ah OK--thanks. Shame it's not the same style. I mean, that's 1/2 the point of doing Tezuka. Ah well, still looks interesting. Thx!

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@foleymo that's what I think a...

@foleymo that's what I think a lot of these arguments forget--we don't live in an ideal world. OK, climbing off my soap box (for now). :)

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

@foleymo I'm anti-abortion and...

@foleymo I'm anti-abortion and anti-war for the same reasons, but I'm pro-choice b/c I believe the gov should mind it's own beeswax.

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Don't forget @JayThePal wants ...

Don't forget @JayThePal wants to be your pal! (if he isn't already) Watch his vids @ http://jay.thepete.com Don't be a bigot! Puppet rights!

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Just played some brain calming...

Just played some brain calming Katamari Damacy but still feeling a bit out of it. Not sure what's up but I'm really having trouble focusing.

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@Pixelfish Hi!! Good to see y...

@Pixelfish Hi!! Good to see you over here!

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12seconds - ThePete's Toy of t...

12seconds - ThePete's Toy of the Day: the Godphoenix from Gatchaman! (pt1) http://tiny12.tv/XV0PA

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@shindotv yeah, same here--Ven...

@shindotv yeah, same here--Ventura has always had my respect b/c of his blunt honesty. Not always the most diplomatic, of course. :)

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@dwill011 he finally replied: ...

@dwill011 he finally replied: RT @jaythepal: 12seconds - Ask Jay ThePal: @HighOnBlog asks if I'd go on a Safari... http://tiny12.tv/A6RWF

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Beautiful weather in NYC today...

Beautiful weather in NYC today--just a bit cool but that gives me the perfect excuse to where my hoodie & overcoat. :)

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@tomzer1 haha, ok--just though...

@tomzer1 haha, ok--just thought it was ironic that they took music from somewhere else for a story about a theme park ripping off Disney. :)

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Results of HD Green Screen Tes...

Results of HD Green Screen Test with @JayThePal (not bad) http://ff.im/31P3r

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QIK|Streaming video right from...

QIK|Streaming video right from your phone http://ff.im/31P3t

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outputting green screen test f...

outputting green screen test for @jaythepal http://ff.im/31P3s

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12seconds - [Qik] outputting g...

12seconds - [Qik] outputting green screen test for @jaythepal http://tiny12.tv/PZ4V7

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@mamante saw your post on iMov...

@mamante saw your post on iMovie doing green screen out of the box--have you done it after the latest update? It won't work for me :(

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Monday, May 18, 2009

Clearing space on my MacBook's...

Clearing space on my MacBook's HD for the HD footage I just shot w/@jaythepal. With great picture quality comes great storage requirements.

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Re: iPhone I love you but you ...

Re: iPhone I love you but you drive me nuts http://ff.im/31a5k

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http://is.gd/B4AC <--9 most...

http://is.gd/B4AC <--9 most baffling amusement parks on Earth via Cracked.com. My fave: # 3 the bootleg Disneyland in China. Good stuff!

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International Monetary Fund sez Earth's Economy on it's Back Until 2010



Last month, the International Monetary Fund (not to be confused with

the Impossible Mission Force) revised their prediction that the

planet's economy would be back on its feet by 2009, saying it wouldn't

likely happen until 2010 at the earliest. Funny how, here it is,

2009, and they decide, as mid-year rapidly approaches, that

the economy won't be out of bed before December 31.



Really? What gave you that idea?



Sheesh. Why does the incompetent news media keep listening to the

incompetent money people who failed to see this mess coming at all?



They lied to hide that things were falling apart, they lied when

things were falling apart, why should we believe any of them now?



What's almost as bad as letting the people who caused this mess stay

in charge so they can fix it? Expecting those same people to be

honest and accurate when it comes to seeing the light at the end of

the tunnel.



If there is ANYTHING I have learned so far this century it's that

there is NOTHING that "experts" in government, finance or business

possess that should allow them to call themselves "experts." Whether

you're Jim Kramer, the dude in the White House, or the doughy white

guy in the picture in the CNN.com article I capped for this post

(original here:

www.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/04/22/imf.forecast/index.html ), odds

are you're so entrenched in the current system you're too blind to see

that system's blatant problems.



After the last, near-decade of messes, I feel like anyone who doesn't

end their claim with the phrase "I could be wrong" should not be

trusted. Hell, I'd be fine with a seeing a simple "IMHO" someplace in

a press release from the WHO or the NHS or NOAA or whomever.



If We, The People, have any brains, we're about to enter another era

like the 1960s, where the motto becomes "Question Everything" because

that's exactly what we should be doing. We've been trusting our

leaders in government and business to keep our civilization running

and we see now that we have been lied to across the board. So we need

to ask questions at every turn--stop trusting big business to tell us

what is going on with big government. Question it all--don't read one

article and be satisfied--find other sources in and outside the

country--talk to people about what you read, compare notes. Think for

yourself and, again, relive that motto from the 1960s: question

everything!



This time, though, let's lay of the drugs, OK? I think that crap made

the last generation forget all the stuff they were supposed to

question and that got us back into this mess. It's believed

that
Thomas Jefferson once said "The cost of freedom is eternal

vigilance." Where Tom said that or not, it's true.



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@whereUatRO it seems like ever...

@whereUatRO it seems like everything is ok out there. I was watching Zardoz when it happened. I should really leave my IM client up. :)

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@stennieville we did! Just as ...

@stennieville we did! Just as it started to make sense everyone started getting killed and then the movie got even more preachy.

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Watching "Zardoz" for the firs...

Watching "Zardoz" for the first time as an adult...pray for @sikita and I! (just don't pray to Zardoz)

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[qik] cutting video http://ff....

[qik] cutting video http://ff.im/2YYVK

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@thefuelfilm cool! But in the...

@thefuelfilm cool! But in theaters or on DVD?

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Saturday, May 16, 2009

@readandbreathe awww, well, th...

@readandbreathe awww, well, that could be, but you might surprise yourself :) I know if I'm not this restrained, I'm not restrained at all.

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@SuperRichard so, we can prop ...

@SuperRichard so, we can prop up failing banks and businesses with hundreds of billions of dollars--but paying jurors is too much to ask?

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@readandbreathe I think that m...

@readandbreathe I think that makes you... human. :) I'm joe-healthy-guy, but I love ice cream & donuts. I only eat poorly once a month tho'.

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Why Jury Duty in the 21st Century is a Joke

Last week I had to show up at a courthouse to see if the City of New York needed me for a jury. Luckily, after two days, they let me go, case-free. I say "luckily" not because I don't believe in doing my civic duty. I do--I've served on a jury once before and enjoyed it, though it was a little scary sending some gang-guys up the river for ten years (I don't like forcing anyone to do anything, but we did find that they had committed a crime).

No, the problem I have with jury duty in today's world has nothing to do with the "serving on a jury" part and everything to do with how the the whole thing works.

1) No pay. In some circumstances there is compensation for jurors. In LA, it was something like $5 a day. For only some (but not all) jurors here in the Big Apple, you get $40 a day. That's still a joke. Most employers I've worked for do not pay for hours you don't work. So, the idea that it's "our duty" to serve is ridiculous. It's our duty to provide for ourselves and our families while having enough money to play our role in society as consumers to keep the economy going. I can't do that on $40 a day. Not while living in a major American city, anyway.

2) I've been sued. I lost because I couldn't afford a lawyer who would force the collection agency suing me to prove I owed them money. Our civil legal system is a system that believes in the phrase "guilty until proven innocent" which is completely the opposite of what I believe to be fair and just. Showing up for jury duty is supporting a system that victimizes the poor and uneducated. But I do it because they'll fine you over a grand if you don't go. Funny, I don't remember being threatened with a fine if I didn't vote in the last election.

3) Our government, at large, has shown that it, in itself, is a joke, unable to protect us from terrorists, hurricanes, or even useless, unannounced photo-ops that disrupt a huge chunk of NYC. 8 million more voters wanted Obama in office, only months after getting into office, we see him stick with many of the same policies as the Bush administration. This is on top of that fact that the city wants me to see the inside of a court room as a juror long before George W. Bush will see the inside of one as a defendant in his own war crimes trial makes me wonder just what my "civic duty" will be done for.

4) The jury orientation video they show us here in NYC compares the modern court system to the court system used to try witches.

I shit you not.

They hired actors and reenacted a witch trial where they throw a woman into a lake and watch her drown, clearly informing us that we should feel lucky that we no longer do this. Yeah, tell that to the dude who got waterboarded 80+ times, man. Give me a break.

I'm so glad we have progressed as a society!

What a stupid thing to be thankful for. Why not thank the world for existing for another day? Or thank the universe for not imploding? Or thank clocks for not suddenly starting to run backwards?

So, here's how we fix the jury duty system in the US:

1) Pay jurors what they make at their regular job or pass a law forcing employers to pay employees while on jury duty. It's simply not fair that the individual must suffer while the company does not.

2) Only call citizens with employment. Come on, man--I'm trying to get a small business going and I lose two days in a row because I have to do my civic duty? What about my civic duty to become a productive citizen? No, call the folks with jobs and make sure point 1 is done. We shouldn't be punished for being out of work even if it's by choice. Think of it like taxing the rich more than the poor.

3) Stop with the patronizing videos. I don't need Diane Sawyer telling me how "most people find jury duty enjoyable" or a lecture on civics and history from Ed Bradley who died three years ago.

4) Understand that government is government on all levels unless attempts are made to differentiate between federal, state and local--which you can't really do easily. So, when government anywhere looks incompetent, sadly it reflects on all of it. It may not be fair, but neither is our legal system. It's the people in the system who must change things so that faith in this system can be restored. Personally, I don't see the difference between the most powerful, suit-wearing white men and the minority/disabled/females I always see working in courthouses.

Someone once said that all politics is local--well, then isn't that a good reason to make sure government on the lowest levels works the best? Why is it that I already think the NYC government is kinda crappy? I'll tell you--because I haven't been a NYC resident for a year and I've already gotten called for jury duty. When I go, it takes them two days to not stick me on a case unlike Los Angeles, who only took one day to not stick me on a case.

To top it all off, if I had been placed on a case, I'd have been placed in a civil case--like the one I was in, as a defendant, against a collection agency that was, in fact, suing me illegally. Yeah, turns out that despite the fact that I had no recent (within the preceding 6 years) credit card debt the judge in the case didn't bother to ask to see any proof that what the credit card agency was accusing me of was true. Yeah, that's our "justice" system for ya.

So, anyone in New York City who was looking for a jury for their civil case last week, be glad I didn't end up on your jury--unless you're the individual going against a company or two--then I'm your man, assuming you're just looking to win and not hoping for a fair trial.

And please don't tell me to suck it up, man. I'm so done with that kind of thing. If we spend every challenge "sucking it up" things will never change.

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@peacecrazy for attention? For...

@peacecrazy for attention? For resources? For priorities? A competition is exactly what it is. You want to catch the biggest criminals?

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@Matt_Silverman aw sorry--been...

@Matt_Silverman aw sorry--been meaning to find a new mobile theme for it since the last 1 took over my regular theme & wouldn't let go.

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@BillCorbett the words "pork" ...

@BillCorbett the words "pork" and "slider" should not be used to describe something. I'm sorry. Color me porkist. Or sliderist.

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@KeriStevens huh, sounds just ...

@KeriStevens huh, sounds just like taking apart an iPod. ;)

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@Matt_Silverman wow--the JWs a...

@Matt_Silverman wow--the JWs are intense. Had a friend once who grew up in a JW household where he was not allowed to watch the Smurfs show.

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@peacecrazy what's sad is that...

@peacecrazy what's sad is that we do need to worry about Obama & crimes against humanity--but b/c he's breaking the law by not investigating

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Friday, May 15, 2009

If you're not following @jayth...

If you're not following @jaythepal and you like puppets, check out his vids: http://snurl.com/jaythe12s He just posted a six new clips! YEAH

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Drawdio--this thing is insane ...

Drawdio--this thing is insane and I want one so bad!! (http://ping.fm/i5duz)

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@AnnoyingTweeple here's anothe...

@AnnoyingTweeple here's another #mat for ya: @JaceHall seems cool, but then there's no link to DM him in the sidebar & his bio is blank NICE

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

RT @jaythepal: 12seconds - Ask...

RT @jaythepal: 12seconds - Ask Jay ThePal: HighOnBlog & JohnnyFreedom wanna hear me burp! http://tiny12.tv/6CDZN

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RT @jaythepal: 12seconds - Wha...

RT @jaythepal: 12seconds - What I Wanna Know Is... Google Wants to Rule the World, but... http://tiny12.tv/9HUF6

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From a couple weeks back but s...

From a couple weeks back but still worth it: Warren Buffett criticizes bank stress tests (http://ping.fm/pE5W8)

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From a couple weeks back but s...

From a couple weeks back but still worth it: Warren Buffett criticizes bank stress tests (http://ping.fm/pE5W8)

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@lesliecarbone that's what I t...

@lesliecarbone that's what I truly don't get about these guys--you want a bail-out so you can keep making cars no one wants?

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@lesliecarbone that's what I t...

@lesliecarbone that's what I truly don't get about these guys--you want a bail-out so you can keep making cars no one wants?

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Have decided that xkcd is not ...

Have decided that xkcd is not for me. seems consistently funny, but not too me. Too much pop culture mebbe?

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

This sucks I can't nap with th...

This sucks I can't nap with the hiccups!!!

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sheesh. security took my favor...

sheesh. security took my favorite pen hostage b/c it has a laser pointer built-in. i get it back, but lame. what am I going to do? Be an ...

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Almost precisely on time for j...

Almost precisely on time for jury duty--not bad for a newbie yorker coming from the top of Manhattan.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

@SaraEileen yeah it's funny ho...

@SaraEileen yeah it's funny how that works--if folks follow you, you can DM them. Except when you can't.

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@waxkrayon yeah, office politi...

@waxkrayon yeah, office politics... not a fan. Good luck!!

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Monday, May 11, 2009

What are they doing with our t...

What are they doing with our taxe$??? RT @efatima: ... "F.A.A. Rejects Navy Request for Low Flight Over Hudson ( http://tinyurl.com/quha3a )

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@MariAdkins ohhh, that sucks.....

@MariAdkins ohhh, that sucks... a couple years back I read about some study that found it can cause eye problems & circulation problems.

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I've just uploaded a new pictu...

I've just uploaded a new picture: http://tinyurl.com/o5nzfb

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@spam @valeriairving <--HAT...

@spam @valeriairving <--HATE fakers like this.

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@thepuck ah well :) one of the...

@thepuck ah well :) one of them might come in handy with the eee. Thanks for the heads up on the socnetsuperheroes site. Been swamped. :(

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About to head out to Trader Jo...

About to head out to Trader Joe's. Giant empty stomach though. Not good...

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@CornRefiners HAHA. So, I'm su...

@CornRefiners HAHA. So, I'm supposed to trust a link from Twitter user "CornRefiners" about HFCS not having mercury in it?? Sry gotta laugh.

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Why Trekkies are Annoying About the Rules: A Shortish Rant from a Reformed Trek Fanboy

Thanks to the new "Star Trek" film (those are finger-quotes, by the way) I and many other disinterested parties are forced to put up with reading how "good" (again, finger-quotes) the new scifi actioner is from people raving on Facebook, Twitter and via other media. The thing is, for many folks, folks like me, it's just not possible for any new Trek to be good in the way Trek was when we were growing up on it.

Trekkies usually get slammed for taking the franchise too seriously. The thing is, that's how it was designed--to be taken seriously. The creator of the series, Gene Roddenberry, at one point, decided there were rules and encouraged fans to follow them--he authorized reference manuals, the Star Trek Encyclopedia and Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, to name just two of MANY. Gene spoke of certain things being part of the continuity (anything on TV or the big screen and the aforementioned manuals) and others not (the novels). The idea was to make this future as real as possible for fans and as a result many of us ate it up--it was so easy to immerse ourselves in.

But after Gene died, people took over the franchise and, sadly, they just didn't give a crap about those rules. As a result, slowly but surely, those rules started getting broken and eventually came to be ignored entirely--so much so that there was no point in even paying attention or caring.

After a couple years of the rules being broken, I tossed Star Trek aside. Got sick of caring only to have my intelligence insulted.

So, here we are, well over a decade since I was last fired up about new Trek, and everyone is ranting and raving about how great this new Trek is, when any old-school Trekkie worth his salt knows that the movie couldn't possibly follow the rules Trek originally followed. When folks who still care about Trek bring this up, they're made fun of for taking it too seriously.

Well, that's why they got into it in the first place. Star Trek represented structure in a real world where structure is often hard to find. Stability, guaranteed by moral leaders, interested in saving lives, bringing peace, living and dying with and for principles.

Yeah, when's the last time you saw that in real life??

So, please don't waste your time wondering why Trekkies can't deal with the continuity problems. It's because they were told to care and they did care only to have the powers-that-be betray the trust showed them.

In 1994, I moved to Los Angeles with the goal of one day writing for Star Trek. I had started to see a drop in quality of the writing and felt I should get in there and try to help. I got as far as a meeting with one of the producers of Deep Space 9. I handed him a script and it was rejected because it was too similar to an episode they had recently produced (that I had no way of knowing even existed). Two weeks later, the producer left the show removing my access. Needless to say, the show only got worse from there--not by just my estimation, but by everyone's.

Now I'm supposed to go back? Drop my $20 on a movie ticket and popcorn and try to accept that Spock could somehow be young enough to hang with Kirk in his 20s? Or that the Enterprise bridge should glow white like it was designed by Apple? Or accept it all because a time-travel story makes it all go away at the end? Meh...

When I stopped caring about Trek all those years ago, I stopped caring...

Hell, if we wanted to just have fun, we'd watch Star Wars.

...or something that didn't go on long enough to disappoint.

Have you ever heard of something called "anime"? ^_^

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Jay ThePal's Jay TheVlog for May 10, 2009 Featuring Jay's Hooker Story and Kay ThePal!

This was a hectic week. We lost a day due to my bad wrist, but I think we made up for it in other ways. Jay came close to 1st place in a couple of the 12seconds.tv challenges and he got to introduce his cousin, Kay ThePal and also talk about his long lost mom. Awww...



And here's the friendly, neighborhood MP4 (just 37MBs!) so you can watch on the go!

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@tomzer1 haha, I don't know if...

@tomzer1 haha, I don't know if nanomachines can lead to real-life harem anime comedy, but supposedly those little guys can do quite a bit!:)

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@MariAdkins it's horrible stuf...

@MariAdkins it's horrible stuff! In the docu "King Corn" 2 guys try to make some HFCS in their kitchen & need just short of hasmat suits.

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Saturday, May 09, 2009

@stennieville you got it! Trus...

@stennieville you got it! Trust somebody of our age to get the reference. None of the "young" kids who follow me tried a guess. Age=wisdom!

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@1txsage1957 happy to RT! It r...

@1txsage1957 happy to RT! It really bugs me that corporations have the same rights as we individuals yet they can get away with so much more

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Wow! A cabal of financial lead...

Wow! A cabal of financial leaders abused the public trust by trying to consolidate their control over many industries! (http://ping.fm/q ...

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Friday, May 08, 2009

RT @jaythepal: @CK67 no proble...

RT @jaythepal: @CK67 no problem, man! I hope folks swing by and give a listen to RandomAccessRadio.com tonight when you're live, man! YEAH!

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$300k RT @Horse_Head: RT @abc7...

$300k RT @Horse_Head: RT @abc7: The White House released the photo that was the result of the near-panic in NYC: http://tinyurl.com/qfuzcr

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PARASITE DOLLS (2003) (anime)


Check it out on Amazon.
Would you recommend this? No. This is the worst spin-off of Bubblegum Crisis I've seen.


Technically any good? The acting was fine--I really liked the Boomer detective's voice actor. The animation was pretty awesome, looking--liked the character designs quite a bit. It's a shame no one ages over the 6-ish-year length of time the anime takes place over. It's also a shame that the series doesn't involve the Knight Sabers or even the main characters from AD Police. The lack of anything familiar but the word "Boomer" makes me wonder why they didn't just replace the word "Boomer" with the word "robot" and let this anime to stand on its own, entirely apart from BGC.

Imagine how bad a Star Wars spin-off would be if only the stormtroopers were in it and the story was a fairly uninteresting series of robots-n-cops stories (that felt stupidly rushed), almost entirely featuring women being corrupt, sex-pots, or sex-pot-robots. Only one woman doesn't fit this cliche and she was horribly underdeveloped, character-wise.


How did it leave me feeling? Yuck. Glad I'm done with the Bubblegum Crisis universe. :(


Would you sit through it again? No.

I've now decided that when I go back through the BGC saga again, I'll be sticking to anime featuring the Knight Sabers only. Though, to be fair, the AD Police remake series was not bad--not great, but not bad. I already watched that remake series, within the last couple years and I'm 90% sure I Pocket Reviewed it, but can't find the review. I'll add a link to it to this post when I get a chance.

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Bernanke Says Recession Should be Done by 2010



Ah yes! The power of positive thinking! Point out some vague

indicators and hope your audience isn't smart enough to think for

themselves. It's like Bernanke thinks we don't remember how he and

other leaders didn't see this coming! Who elected this guy, anyway?



Oh yeah... nobody!



Our leaders suck.



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Thursday, May 07, 2009

@caliblondie true--and in my c...

@caliblondie true--and in my current mental state, I'm much more interested in taking it easy for a while.

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@ideablob entrepreneur is one ...

@ideablob entrepreneur is one who entres preneurs. Right? ;)

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@tomzer1 I sometimes wonder if...

@tomzer1 I sometimes wonder if democracy was *ever* used by its proper definition in the country. Or at least "representative democracy".

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@MariAdkins but the conspiracy...

@MariAdkins but the conspiracy forums I'd hit were frequented by people w/the same rabid close-mindedness I used to find on Star Wars forums

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@startpoken haha, I'll take 5!...

@startpoken haha, I'll take 5! :) You know, when the price comes down ;) But I hope Poken takes off--so much better than business cards!

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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

@CrystalinaB aw, thanks! I do ...

@CrystalinaB aw, thanks! I do need a 2nd or 3rd take to get it right sometimes, but the more you do it the better you get.

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12omercial - ThePete's T-Shirt...

12omercial - ThePete's T-Shirt of the Day: Hucklebug 08! http://tiny12.tv/I7ZNN

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12seconds - News of the Moment...

12seconds - News of the Moment: National Prayer Day???? http://tiny12.tv/UUR9F

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Just checking out mynameise.co...

Just checking out mynameise.com but finding it still too betaish. Kind of liking unhub.com better unhub.com/thepete vs mynameise.com/thepete

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@MariAdkins lucky! I wish I co...

@MariAdkins lucky! I wish I could work out my schedule so I could get 11+ hours of sleep one or twice a week. That would be grand!

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@GuzenMediaJapan are you still...

@GuzenMediaJapan are you still doing your podcast on teaching English in Japan, btw? I moved last year & no longer had time to listen.

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@spiffy it's possible Gene lef...

@spiffy it's possible Gene left instructions behind but I've never heard that. He was almost gone as Berman finished the DS9 pilot I think.

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@spiffy I wanted to see new co...

@spiffy I wanted to see new corners of the Trek universe we had seen--what's life like for non-Starfleet space travellers?

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@spiffy I wanted to see new co...

@spiffy I wanted to see new corners of the Trek universe we had seen--what's life like for non-Starfleet space travellers?

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@spiffy I like long storylines...

@spiffy I like long storylines, too (prefer 'em) but always felt DS9 & later were a bit bland. Do agree they had merits, don't get me wrong.

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@voxel good point! I had forgo...

@voxel good point! I had forgotten that used to be my hobby as well. I guess the economy has knocked me into financially-responsible-mode.

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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

It's a little amazing to me ho...

It's a little amazing to me how many folks are looking forward to the new Trek movie. Does no one recall how ridiculous "Lost" got?

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12seconds - ThePeteToy of the ...

12seconds - ThePeteToy of the Day: Rainbow Bessie (custom ex-Utterz mascot) http://tiny12.tv/44QEN

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@whereUatRO condolences on you...

@whereUatRO condolences on your loss, though. Always sad to lose someone.

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@whereUatRO Or both--I think t...

@whereUatRO Or both--I think that's the real secret to immortality--being remembered (and ideally respected). If that happens you live on.

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Can We Just Stop Blaming the Poor Folks for Our Crappy Economy PLEASE?

I am sick of seeing/hearing people explain that the cause of our crappy economy is/are the sub-prime mortgage defaults. This seems to place the onus for the mess that is upon us on the poor in the US.

Think about how stupid that is.

Let's blame the poor for our bad economy.

Right, that's logical... or it would be, if we lived on Bizarro World. How is it that people with little money can mess things up for those with lots?

First, you have to admit that the defaulted sub-prime loans were just a single factor (of many) in all of this. Then, you have to ask a very important question.

Recently, I came across yet another person on a socnet laying blame for our economic crisis at the feet of people unable to pay off their mortgages. The following is what I posted in response--it includes that very important question:

I think the bigger problem is why soooo many people couldn't keep up with their mortgage payments. If so very many people defaulted that it caused this massive failure of our economy, it seems more important to me that we ask why so many people couldn't pay their loan payments. Surely, they can't ALL be "lazy" or whatever.

I'd much rather solve the problem of so many people unable to make enough money to live comfortably, pay their bills and stay healthy.


However, in typical ThePete-fashion, I've a bit more to say. So here's that:

So, if they weren't all deadbeats, why couldn't they pay their mortgages? Because they hadn't seen a raise or a promotion in their jobs in a while? They lost their job because of downsizing, outsourcing or a personal medical issue? How much of those reasons are economically related?

How many of those reasons are related to the business' well-being put in front of the employee's well-being? To me this always comes back to all of us putting the right of a company to survive above the right of an individual to have a job that allows them to play their part in society.

And which would you rather do?

1) Prop up a faulty system, allowing the people and structures that failed once an opportunity to fail again

2) Let businesses fail, sending everyone, business owners and employees alike, a massive wake-up call that they can't just assume everything will just work the way it should without folks paying attention and thinking for themselves

I know I've loaded those options a bit, but it strikes me as odd that we should save the employees by saving the bosses who got greedy and were the largest catalyst of all this in the first place.


And on top of that, you've got to wonder about a system that is so unstable that, when one thing goes wrong, it falls to pieces.

No, to me there's something very very basic about our economic that is overflowing with wrongability.

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@waxkrayon maybe today if I ha...

@waxkrayon maybe today if I have time with the accent(s). The funny thing is I'm rubbish at understanding the real ones in person. :(

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@waxkrayon ...and I am of Scot...

@waxkrayon ...and I am of Scottish descent. Even got married there: http://is.gd/wZ5n yep, that's me with long brown hair. :P

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@obra does Savory do anything ...

@obra does Savory do anything Calibre can't do? I don't mind converting PDFs in Calibre on my Mac, but some PDFs the K2 still doesn't like.

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@DrDollars really? On this pla...

@DrDollars really? On this planet? My own experience says otherwise, but hey, if it works for you, awsome!

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@SuperRichard another very goo...

@SuperRichard another very good point, man. Only time will tell as the lame saying goes :) But right now it's much more easy to just whine.

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@SuperRichard though it actual...

@SuperRichard though it actually is helpful to me to know that no one else is suffering random jailbroken iPhone crashes.

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Monday, May 04, 2009

Dickipedia - A Wiki of Dicks (...

Dickipedia - A Wiki of Dicks (via a blog post at ShindoTV.com) (http://tinyurl.com/2ge7yr)

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Jay ThePal's Jay TheVlog for May 3, 2009 featuring featured videos and a 1st place win! YEAH!

It's been a busy week for Jay ThePal. He came in 1st place in one of the daily challenges on 12seconds.tv, had two videos featured (and then watched a whole mess of times) and even had his first hater. Yep, busy week!



And here's a nice, low-rez 41MB mp4 for your iPodding/podcasting pleasure.

Thanks, as always to, Lisa at OnLisaReinsRadar.com for hosting my mp4s!!

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@neiltyson did you see this: h...

@neiltyson did you see this: http://arxivblog.com/?p=71 ? Apparently, our universe may be heading toward a Euclidean signature. Neat!

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Google doesn't do its cultural...

Google doesn't do its cultural research and encourages discrimination. Do no evil, huh, G? (http://tinyurl.com/cv8cnp

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@CK67 not at all, man--figured...

@CK67 not at all, man--figured you needed some time to yourself after the impromptu dropping of SC. Have actually been missing you over @ 12

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Sunday, May 03, 2009

@zumayabooks I hear ya, though...

@zumayabooks I hear ya, though I'm a one-man band. Er, and a puppet. :)

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Saturday, May 02, 2009

http://twitpic.com/4fo20 - Hol...

http://twitpic.com/4fo20 - Holy Crap! I'm Eating Chocolate Covered Bacon

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@waxkrayon napz! Sleep wellz!...

@waxkrayon napz! Sleep wellz! ;)

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Friday, May 01, 2009

@brettbum wow, no tax on dead ...

@brettbum wow, no tax on dead kittens? Dude, Uncle Sam should wake up! They're missing a great revenue stream! ;)

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AD POLICE (1989) (anime)


Buy it!
Would you recommend this? Meh--not to anyone who loves Bubblegum Crisis. Much of what is strong about BGC is missing here.


Technically any good? The animation is great for the time period and I really like the character designs. The acting is fine, too. But the story hates women (lots of imagery featuring woman-shaped objects/people being harmed, destroyed, or acting crazy) and the universe is MUCH darker than the one in the original Bubblegum Crisis. There is almost no character dynamic here and what does exist is pretty damn cliche. Tough, gritty cops, sweating and killing in the line duty does not really end up feeling like a world soon-to-be inhabited by heroic, mad-robot-fighting women in super-robot-suits.


How did it leave me feeling? Meh. It was fine, but it really highlighted why the AD Police characters are supporting characters in the main BGC storyline--they're the cliches that the Knight Sabers replace. It also shows off why the Knight Sabers are needed. But why wait for them to show up? Just watch the original Bubblegum Crisis!


Would you sit through it again? Not really. Maybe. Meh, I don't know.

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@MariAdkins but I do hope you'...

@MariAdkins but I do hope you're OK!

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