Episode 306: Shout-outs, Listener Good News, movies (Bet: none; Stennie: Broken Flowers), Phrase Origins, Bet’s Event of the Week, Pet Stories, What’s Up With That/I Don’t Get It, Commercials, New Favorite, Fuck Offs and You Rules, Scratch-Off: Live!, Best Thing/Worst Thing.
“The Hucklebuck,” performed by Sierra Rein, Lee Rocker and Frank Sinatra. “Movies” bumper by Duke, “New Favorite” bumper by Krizzer.
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Baby talk causes cancer in lab rats. It’s not preferable to anything.
ok, just a quick hello for a what’s up…have you seen the harlem shake videos? and the anti-harlem shake videos and now the gallon smashing video.
I swear, I’m getting on this inter-web…people are fucked.
not you. i adore you.
I guess I just don’t get it…
Stennie, the White Hart roundabout is actually closer to Wembley Stadium than the Hotspurs home at White Hart Lane.
OK, I know this is late, but internet is slow and expensive aboard the boat, so I hope I’ll get a late shout out for this comment…
Congratulations to Mr. Middlebrow on his new job!! Very exciting!!
Yes, being back on the cruise ship was awesome but the trip was tempered by the in-laws. I just kept repeating to myself “I’m on a boat. I’m on a boat. I’m on a boat.” and I made it through in one piece. 🙂 The next cruise will have both of my parents on it–yep, divorced and haven’t spoken to each other in decades. I’ve asked and they’ve both agreed to pose for a photo together with Mickey Mouse. 🙂
Oh and did you guys see any of my photos on Facebook? I posed with a whole slew of cartoon characters. I think I might be almost completely over my phobia of people dressed as cartoon characters.
Bet, thanks for researching the origin of “OK”–fascinating. I’ve heard some of those but not the Greek one–very interesting… The Japanese use “OK” but I bet they didn’t use it before the end of WWII.
Sten, Instagram is like any other social network–if you don’t get it don’t use it. I started using it because there are artists on there that don’t share their work anywhere else. I also use it because it’s the absolute easiest way to share individual images compared to any other services like Picasa or Facebook or even Flickr. Flickr’s app sucks compared to Instagram’s. As for the filters I never use them. They’re just a gimmick that a lot of people like which I don’t get, but whatever. The only thing I don’t like and can’t avoid, is that Instagram forces you to crop your image to a square.
I can’t think of a bad movie, that I’ve seen, that Michael Caine was in. I guess I’ve been lucky or forgetful. Then again, I do remember Dark Knight Rises but wish I didn’t. What a piece of shit that was.
Peter O’Toole was in a horror movie with Ben Affleck. ‘Nuf said.
Tom Hanks was in a shitty Sword and Sorcery movie that was, early in his career, but it’s pretty horrible. For what it is, I suppose he’s OK in it, but it’s the worst.
Sorry, I’m bad with names so I don’t remember either of those films’ titles.
Maybe I’m not late since it’s Tuesday and there’s still no new Hucklebug…?
Playing catchup. Still enjoying phrase origins, and I thought you might enjoy this one, brought about by the Onion apology about it’s Oscar-night tweet. Warning: not safe for work, but it’s good enough for Chaucer, Shakespeare and Robert Burns:
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2013/02/quvenzhan_wallis_and_the_onion_tweet_why_is_the_c_word_so_offensive.html
Re: Instagram. I like it for the sharing and cropping on the fly, mostly because I rarely have time to do personal Photoshopping on a desktop these days. Also, I’ve never felt comfortable with the nature of the “selfie”, so this helps a bit. I also enjoy fucking with what you perceive, sometimes to the point of losing sight of the actual subject. Its kinda fun starting with a boring shot of scenery, and adding tilt-shift to bring out specific points within the photo. Instagram is terribly limited with filters, though, and I prefer PixlrExpress these days for in-phone crop/filter/touch-up. The social networking aspect is fairly nice too, but not the biggest reason I enjoy it.