An afternoon on campus means an update from John!
Since I returned from my vacation in Florida, I haven't really given you guys much of an update. Things have been pretty quiet for the most part. For the past few weeks I've been doing many a random broadcast and preparing for the fall semester. Once some of these textbooks come in, I'll be devoting much of my spare time to reading as much of them as I can before the term begins on August 25. At present, I'm signed up for six classes. They include business French, a political science course on Western European terrorism, Japanese history, the French Revolution, Russian history (since 1850), and finally, the Modern China history course that I made a D in back in the spring of 2006, thanks to some very dilapidated books for which I had to write papers over. Suffice it to say I won't be making that mistake again. Based on the books required for the class, it's pretty evident the syllabus will be virtually identical. In addition, I still have the comprehensive notes that I took for that class which were very thorough indeed. So I have no excuse for not making an A this go around, which will certainly knock my GPA up a shade.
As per show archives, I feel there are two that I need to post up here. This first one was from July 17, and was quite possibly one of my best random streams to date. Normally I don't say such things, because it implies that I'm arrogant and stuck up and what not, but it was a really fun show. There was a good overall vibe to it, and our favorite Bryan took to giving several amusing drive-by calls. Tor sent in a track from the new Oceanlab album, the Glonkatron checked in for the first time in ages, and we had a fifteen minute song cycle devoted to chicken!!!
Besides, what good I accomplished on that random stream was convincingly demolished with the Johns and Stuff archive from July 19 where John had quite a lot to drink. Incidentally, my apologies to Nef and to Bec and to a few others who had to deal with my no doubt rambling and/or incoherent messaging. At any rate, it made for a memorable weekend, and an enjoyable one at that.
This afternoon I finally gave in to peer pressure and registered with Twitter, so you can all now follow Reverend BigDawg around. I imagine Klango will follow soon enough, but I'll do my best to resist that for a few more days.
This morning a friend of mine sent me this E-Mail which I have to post here, because it's just that brilliant.
20 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity
1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.
4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "In."
5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over
their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "For Sexual Favors."
7. Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy."
8. Don't use any punctuation.
9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
10. Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.
11. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
12. Sing along at the Opera.
13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.
14. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.
15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party
because you're just not in the mood.
16. Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Hard.
17. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I won!, I won!"
18. When leaving the zoo, start running toward the parking lot, yelling "Run for your lives, they're loose!!"
19. Tell your children over dinner, "Due to the economy, we are going to
have to let one of you go."
20. Send this to someone to make them smile. It's called therapy.
Well I guess that's enough rambling for awhile. It's looking like a window of opportunity will exist on Tuesday, August 5, for a potential try for a thirty+ hour show. I don't think any family will be coming up for Steve's graduation until Thursday, so I'll have about twelve hours to recover if I do decide to go for another marathon broadcast. More on that later.
As per show archives, I feel there are two that I need to post up here. This first one was from July 17, and was quite possibly one of my best random streams to date. Normally I don't say such things, because it implies that I'm arrogant and stuck up and what not, but it was a really fun show. There was a good overall vibe to it, and our favorite Bryan took to giving several amusing drive-by calls. Tor sent in a track from the new Oceanlab album, the Glonkatron checked in for the first time in ages, and we had a fifteen minute song cycle devoted to chicken!!!
Besides, what good I accomplished on that random stream was convincingly demolished with the Johns and Stuff archive from July 19 where John had quite a lot to drink. Incidentally, my apologies to Nef and to Bec and to a few others who had to deal with my no doubt rambling and/or incoherent messaging. At any rate, it made for a memorable weekend, and an enjoyable one at that.
This afternoon I finally gave in to peer pressure and registered with Twitter, so you can all now follow Reverend BigDawg around. I imagine Klango will follow soon enough, but I'll do my best to resist that for a few more days.
This morning a friend of mine sent me this E-Mail which I have to post here, because it's just that brilliant.
20 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity
1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.
4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "In."
5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over
their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "For Sexual Favors."
7. Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy."
8. Don't use any punctuation.
9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
10. Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.
11. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
12. Sing along at the Opera.
13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.
14. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.
15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party
because you're just not in the mood.
16. Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Hard.
17. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I won!, I won!"
18. When leaving the zoo, start running toward the parking lot, yelling "Run for your lives, they're loose!!"
19. Tell your children over dinner, "Due to the economy, we are going to
have to let one of you go."
20. Send this to someone to make them smile. It's called therapy.
Well I guess that's enough rambling for awhile. It's looking like a window of opportunity will exist on Tuesday, August 5, for a potential try for a thirty+ hour show. I don't think any family will be coming up for Steve's graduation until Thursday, so I'll have about twelve hours to recover if I do decide to go for another marathon broadcast. More on that later.