Meatloaf Cake
Friday, August 31, 09:57 PM By
Shelly
Yesterday, I took the afternoon to make Bryan's surprise birthday supper: Meatloaf Cake. I'd seen them around the interwebs, and I thought it would be the perfect 'cake' for a diabetic's birthday.
He likes it! Hey Mikey!
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Random Acts of Randomness 3
Friday, August 31, 01:27 PM By
Bryan
UNZIP.
PRINT.
POST IN PUBLIC PLACES.
TEAR DOWN.
NO REVOLUTION.
THE 'MY IMAGINARY FRIEND' EDITION
HERE
PRINT.
POST IN PUBLIC PLACES.
TEAR DOWN.
NO REVOLUTION.
THE 'MY IMAGINARY FRIEND' EDITION
HERE
Happy Birthday To Me
Thursday, August 30, 11:23 PM By
Bryan
Fantasy Football
Wednesday, August 29, 03:30 AM By
Bryan
Today's Thing was supposed to be a Alberto Gonzales cartoon. I had the master panel and titles done, but didn't like the jokes. Although, did you know that Gee-Dub's nickname for Gonzales was "Fredo?" So, that means either a.) Bush thinks Alberto is the weak son link in his mafia (uh, so, yea, he must also see himself as operating the gub-ment as a mafia business. Yep. Uh-huh.) or b.) he really likes spaghetti sauce.
So, I had to come up with something else. The guys at work have been bugging me to join their fantasy football league. Bugging me like carnival barkers, bugging me like jackals. They know a mark when they see one. But, hey, it is a new Thing. I can learn about it, see what the buzz is (That buzz is about what 10 years old?). I'm not a sports guy, I'd rather watch a movie. I'd rather play a board game than watch a game.
But Jiminy Christmas, fantasy football is the nerdiest circle jerk I've ever run across. On the nerd scale, fantasy football guys make the Star Wars dorks at Comicon look like Hugh freekin' Hefner. Obsessed with minutia to an OCD extent, the blowing up of ghost legends and lore to sycophantic heights, the pointless debates, the tiny-dicked bragging, the twitch twitch twitch at the websites worse than a porn-obssessed meth addict, all that sound and fury signifying nada.
Sports nerds are the nerdiest nerds in nerdville. Most other kinds of nerds I've met have some humorous detachment from their obsessions, but not hardcore fantasy football nerds. Fantasy football nerds are like the mainstream religion of nerdom. Enough people do it, so no one can question it's wackiness. It's serious 'effin business.
So, anyway, I decided to embrace the nerd half of FANTASY football. It's all abstract BS numbers and luck anyway. A weird stat-based game minus the cool, nifty bits. So, I whipped the graphics in this post because every team needs a logo and signed up. Hey, new weird software. I can't think of a better name for my team than The Turf Nerds, but I do like the first fantasy football pic.
Looks like I'll be losing 20 bucks on a stupid game. It's happened before.
More Bad Conceptual Art
Tuesday, August 28, 01:06 PM By
Bryan
More bad conceptual art. For some reason, you get a lot of toliets. It's avant garde art circa 1926. Try it HERE.
TV Roundup
Monday, August 27, 11:55 PM By
Bryan
Awhile ago, Shelly and I did a
TV Blog. It was mostly a bust. Sure, I'll take the
fall. Anyway, I work for a giant media conglomerate in the way a
worker drone serves their queen and I've seen the pilot episodes
for some new fall shows on a network that rhymes with
'Shmay-She-See.' I thought today's Thing would be a short review on
these new shows. To make it hard, I saw the pilots, like, two
months ago and the reviews are hazy. TV is best remembered half-way
anyway. I usually see the Shmay-She-See pilots early. I have a
track record of liking shows that die a quick death. So, the shows
I don't like should be your cue to grab that TIVO pass. Also,
bosses, please look kindly, I consider myself part of that New Geek
Consumer that determines national tastes and is mentioned in every
article about Comicon. In college, they just called us music nazis
and Point dexter.
Comedies today, dramas later. So in no particular order.
Miss/Guided
A mid-season replacement. I'm a fan of Judy Greer and I've liked her in almost everything I've seen her in, even crap. And she's the lynchpin of this show. Like David Duchovny and Californication, this show wouldn't work without her or with another actress. My network has caught onto geekmania but is contractually obligated to skew female, so this is the result. The premise is a female Welcome Back Kotter where Kotter was the unpopular nerd kid. Unstated theme, you can always re-invent yourself, Ugly Betty without the camp and gay. Judy's a guidance counselor who, get this, could use social counseling herself. Wack-ee. She has an unrequited crush, a popular girl arch-enemy and (the new stereotype for the new century, IE 1970's) an exasperated, overworked black principle. Actually, I liked the show. The pacing was Earl-esque, Judy's great, most of the adults are okay, they could use less kids, but, hey, it's a high school. Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas has already been on the show and left, so that's not good news. I keep hearing 'retooling' when people talk about the show. I have a feeling the pilot I saw will not look like the show they'll air three times before canceling it. Yea, I liked it. It's canceled. And it's a mid-season show, so look for According to Jim to eventually replace Miss/Guided which will replace...
Carpoolers
Quick, name a four person all male buddy sitcom that was a success. Y'know, the one that is inevitably called "The male Sex In The City." Can't do it. Hasn't been one. Seinfeld had Elaine, she doesn't count. And the gawd-awful Wild Hogs is a movie. But hey, all the cliches are here--- the newly married naive guy, the lothario with no furnishings in his bachelor pad save his plasma TV and exercise chair/barcalounger, the hen-pecked weak husband who uses the carpool as his escape, and the normal guy who feels emasculated. And the hook, they share a car pool. Yep, that's the whole flimsy premise. Male bounding through sitting in traffic. There's lame 'a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do' speeches, the weirdo grown-up son, ironic jobs, and other sitcom-land conventions. At least it's not all done on a sound studio. It's really generic on all fronts. I understand Jerry O' Connell and Faith Ford will work cheap and the rest of the cast just needs a job, but c'mon, step up people. It's hacky on almost all fronts. It's isn't According to Jim eye-searingly bad, but Jim will be doing double-duty soon. There's another show with incredibly lame premise, you've heard of it, hell, you may even have their insurance. But at least...
Cavemen
doesn't suck. Yea, I know, I'm surprised too. Mind you, it isn't a great show. But, Cavemen benefits from living up to low expectations. I'm not TIVO'ing it, but I'll ditch working to watch it. The premise, Cavemen are the new black people. They don't come out and say it and they even conspicuously have one black bit part in the pilot to drive that point away, but who's kidding who? Cavemen living in modern times are subject to all kinds of racists (specieists?) stereotypes. They're the dumb weather guys on TV, their athletic, and so on and so on. And this notion is what makes a dumb premise watch-able, there's some satire in the show. It isn't razor-sharp, but there's room for improvement and growth as the subculture and regular folks reactions are explored. Although, the show could get dumb fast if they stick to the three main characters personalities instead of widening out. There's the dumb one, the sarcastic one and the one who wants to fit in. (See a pattern here with sitcoms?) A few nifty visual gags, clever sarcastic remarks and a drunk Julie White (Work that cliche, baby!) made the tired set-up of rednecks at the country club trying to woo daddy (John Heard, slummin' away) to get the way-too-hot girl actually not seem painful. Caveman will probably only last a season just by name-recogition alone. Could go longer if the right tone is set. Speaking of toney, or Shmay-She-See's attempts at it...
Samantha Who
falls a little short of that new brand comedy that's funny and failing over there at NBC. Okay, it's a female My Name is Earl, no getting around it. There's no list or wacky meth addicts, but the redemption template is pretty well set in stone. Bad girl Christina Applegate gets amnesia (hi-larious!) and uses her forgetfulness to atone for her bad past. What bad thing did she do in the past, I bet a funny flashback will let us know. It's a high-brow show 'cause, c'mon she was a bad girl and she's our hero. But now she wants to be good. Having cake and eating it, mmmmm, mmmm. It's also high-brow 'cause it's set in the big city, people wear fashion and between scenes are handwritten title cards. Frasier what have you done? Now that I think about it, that's one of the things that bugs me about Flight of the Concords. That conceit hasn't really worked since Rushmore. And indie movies probably have more cliches than sitcoms. Anyway, don't remember much about the show (hee!), nor do I remember either liking or hating it. I think the show may be the highest rated of the new sitcoms because it's glossy, men and women like Christina Applegate (and she's fine in the role), there's the appearance of outrageousness without any pesky bite and a large female segment needs more than the Sex and the City reruns on TBS. Two seasons.
I can't think of any more half-hour comedy pilots I saw a few months ago, but I do have a few recommends of the current half-hour comedies I'm watching.
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman on IFC. I've always said women will never be equal in comedy until they can be the total assholes men have no problem being. (Wow, I think that makes me an asshole for saying it.) This show gives me hope. (Plus any show that has a Merril Markoe cameo is ok by me)
Weeds. Catching up. Love Mary Louise Parker's loopy determination. A weird mix of Xanax and white wine. Thought I was going to say something else, eh?
Californication. Man crush on DD, but not there yet.
Flight of the Concords. My son said it best, just Youtube the songs. Shelly uses it as her night-night show.
The It Crowd. The British version. Watch it on Youtube now. And complain about how the American remake sucks. The second season just started.
Dramas later.
Comedies today, dramas later. So in no particular order.
Miss/Guided
A mid-season replacement. I'm a fan of Judy Greer and I've liked her in almost everything I've seen her in, even crap. And she's the lynchpin of this show. Like David Duchovny and Californication, this show wouldn't work without her or with another actress. My network has caught onto geekmania but is contractually obligated to skew female, so this is the result. The premise is a female Welcome Back Kotter where Kotter was the unpopular nerd kid. Unstated theme, you can always re-invent yourself, Ugly Betty without the camp and gay. Judy's a guidance counselor who, get this, could use social counseling herself. Wack-ee. She has an unrequited crush, a popular girl arch-enemy and (the new stereotype for the new century, IE 1970's) an exasperated, overworked black principle. Actually, I liked the show. The pacing was Earl-esque, Judy's great, most of the adults are okay, they could use less kids, but, hey, it's a high school. Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas has already been on the show and left, so that's not good news. I keep hearing 'retooling' when people talk about the show. I have a feeling the pilot I saw will not look like the show they'll air three times before canceling it. Yea, I liked it. It's canceled. And it's a mid-season show, so look for According to Jim to eventually replace Miss/Guided which will replace...
Carpoolers
Quick, name a four person all male buddy sitcom that was a success. Y'know, the one that is inevitably called "The male Sex In The City." Can't do it. Hasn't been one. Seinfeld had Elaine, she doesn't count. And the gawd-awful Wild Hogs is a movie. But hey, all the cliches are here--- the newly married naive guy, the lothario with no furnishings in his bachelor pad save his plasma TV and exercise chair/barcalounger, the hen-pecked weak husband who uses the carpool as his escape, and the normal guy who feels emasculated. And the hook, they share a car pool. Yep, that's the whole flimsy premise. Male bounding through sitting in traffic. There's lame 'a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do' speeches, the weirdo grown-up son, ironic jobs, and other sitcom-land conventions. At least it's not all done on a sound studio. It's really generic on all fronts. I understand Jerry O' Connell and Faith Ford will work cheap and the rest of the cast just needs a job, but c'mon, step up people. It's hacky on almost all fronts. It's isn't According to Jim eye-searingly bad, but Jim will be doing double-duty soon. There's another show with incredibly lame premise, you've heard of it, hell, you may even have their insurance. But at least...
Cavemen
doesn't suck. Yea, I know, I'm surprised too. Mind you, it isn't a great show. But, Cavemen benefits from living up to low expectations. I'm not TIVO'ing it, but I'll ditch working to watch it. The premise, Cavemen are the new black people. They don't come out and say it and they even conspicuously have one black bit part in the pilot to drive that point away, but who's kidding who? Cavemen living in modern times are subject to all kinds of racists (specieists?) stereotypes. They're the dumb weather guys on TV, their athletic, and so on and so on. And this notion is what makes a dumb premise watch-able, there's some satire in the show. It isn't razor-sharp, but there's room for improvement and growth as the subculture and regular folks reactions are explored. Although, the show could get dumb fast if they stick to the three main characters personalities instead of widening out. There's the dumb one, the sarcastic one and the one who wants to fit in. (See a pattern here with sitcoms?) A few nifty visual gags, clever sarcastic remarks and a drunk Julie White (Work that cliche, baby!) made the tired set-up of rednecks at the country club trying to woo daddy (John Heard, slummin' away) to get the way-too-hot girl actually not seem painful. Caveman will probably only last a season just by name-recogition alone. Could go longer if the right tone is set. Speaking of toney, or Shmay-She-See's attempts at it...
Samantha Who
falls a little short of that new brand comedy that's funny and failing over there at NBC. Okay, it's a female My Name is Earl, no getting around it. There's no list or wacky meth addicts, but the redemption template is pretty well set in stone. Bad girl Christina Applegate gets amnesia (hi-larious!) and uses her forgetfulness to atone for her bad past. What bad thing did she do in the past, I bet a funny flashback will let us know. It's a high-brow show 'cause, c'mon she was a bad girl and she's our hero. But now she wants to be good. Having cake and eating it, mmmmm, mmmm. It's also high-brow 'cause it's set in the big city, people wear fashion and between scenes are handwritten title cards. Frasier what have you done? Now that I think about it, that's one of the things that bugs me about Flight of the Concords. That conceit hasn't really worked since Rushmore. And indie movies probably have more cliches than sitcoms. Anyway, don't remember much about the show (hee!), nor do I remember either liking or hating it. I think the show may be the highest rated of the new sitcoms because it's glossy, men and women like Christina Applegate (and she's fine in the role), there's the appearance of outrageousness without any pesky bite and a large female segment needs more than the Sex and the City reruns on TBS. Two seasons.
I can't think of any more half-hour comedy pilots I saw a few months ago, but I do have a few recommends of the current half-hour comedies I'm watching.
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman on IFC. I've always said women will never be equal in comedy until they can be the total assholes men have no problem being. (Wow, I think that makes me an asshole for saying it.) This show gives me hope. (Plus any show that has a Merril Markoe cameo is ok by me)
Weeds. Catching up. Love Mary Louise Parker's loopy determination. A weird mix of Xanax and white wine. Thought I was going to say something else, eh?
Californication. Man crush on DD, but not there yet.
Flight of the Concords. My son said it best, just Youtube the songs. Shelly uses it as her night-night show.
The It Crowd. The British version. Watch it on Youtube now. And complain about how the American remake sucks. The second season just started.
Dramas later.
See my Wist!
Monday, August 27, 08:48 PM By
Shelly
Have you ever made a wish list on
Amazon or somewhere like that? Forget all about those lists, this
is the ultimate wish list! You can 'wish' for anything on any
website, and it has a plugin for some browser windows, too, so one
click wisting is at my fingertips. Plus, when looking around at
others' wists, I found that some folks use their wist to list
projects they'd like to do. I may have to make a second wist for
all the tutorials! Come wist with me! (as always, my username is
seeshells)
Older Brother's Records -- Alt.Country
Friday, August 24, 02:16 PM By
Bryan
Here's another archive show, probably the most requested show I have.
It's been requested 3 times. It's a mixtape radio show of No Depression-type alternative country. You know, Wilco 'n stuff.
Get the show HERE.
Spectra
Friday, August 24, 01:17 PM By
Shelly
I don't watch a lot of reality shows.
In general, reality television needs to be a fad that is over! But
one of my favorite shows right now is a reality show, but it's so
much better than regular reality television. Who Wants to be a
Superhero? on Sci Fi, is campy, fun, exciting, adorable, and
inspiring. After watching it last night, I fell asleep thinking
about what my superhero name, costume, and ablities would be. I was
going to make her in Hero Machine, which the kids have been playing with
a lot lately, but the SciFi website had something better!
www.becomeasuperhero.com
www.becomeasuperhero.com
Garbage Pail Kid
Wednesday, August 22, 12:22 PM By
Bryan
Part of a low output week, there's more animation at the Garbage Pail Kid Site. Build your own gross kid. Here's mine animated.
Fixing Things
Tuesday, August 21, 09:30 PM By
Shelly
First Day of School Haikus
Monday, August 20, 10:04 PM By
Shelly
Random Acts of Randomness 2
Friday, August 17, 01:04 PM By
Bryan
Thirty Years Ago
Thursday, August 16, 07:23 AM By
Shelly
OK,
I like Elvis's music as much as the next guy. The next guy that's
not camped outside Graceland right now. It occurred to me that
there is not 'Day the Music Died' kind of song commemorating
Elvis's death, so let me present a song for today.
Thirty Years Ago Today
sung to Sgt Pepper's Lonly Hearts Club Band
It was thirty years ago today,
Fat Elvis could no longer play.
He was long since out of style,
Been playin' Vegas for quite a while.
So let me say something to you,
Something we've all known for years:
Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
Yeah, Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
It wasn't much of a show.
Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
What a crappy way to go!
We'd like you to see Graceland,
It really is quite nice.
You're such a lovely fanbase,
You can afford the price.
Yeah, Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
It wasn't much of a show.
Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
What a crappy way to go!
Oh, Elvis Presley OD'ed,
Elvis Presley OD'ed,
Elvis Presley OD'ed on the CAN!
Thirty Years Ago Today
sung to Sgt Pepper's Lonly Hearts Club Band
It was thirty years ago today,
Fat Elvis could no longer play.
He was long since out of style,
Been playin' Vegas for quite a while.
So let me say something to you,
Something we've all known for years:
Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
Yeah, Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
It wasn't much of a show.
Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
What a crappy way to go!
We'd like you to see Graceland,
It really is quite nice.
You're such a lovely fanbase,
You can afford the price.
Yeah, Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
It wasn't much of a show.
Elvis Presley OD'ed on the can.
What a crappy way to go!
Oh, Elvis Presley OD'ed,
Elvis Presley OD'ed,
Elvis Presley OD'ed on the CAN!
The Cover Show - The Clash
Thursday, August 16, 03:28 AM By
Bryan
Due to space limitations this week on my podcast server, this week's show is an archive MP3 show. Hey, it's probably new to you. Back when I was teaching, circa 2002, one of the shows I produced a cover show tackling a different band or genre each week.
This is an all Clash cover show. It originally aired on KWSC-FM and all of the songs are mentioned in the show. Wow, looking at K-92 website, I see some stuff I wrote so long ago.
This cover show was before Coverville. But check out that site.
I did make the picture especially for this post. So, That's today's original Thing.
Pirate Clash Radio on a Podcast Web Site.
Get the MP3 Show HERE.
Meez
Wednesday, August 15, 11:13 PM By
Shelly
Don'cha love all the avitar sites out
there? This one is Meez, say seeshells sent you and I'll rack up some
coinz!
This is my inner muse and pet penguin getting ready to paint.
This is my inner muse and pet penguin getting ready to paint.
Assimilation
Wednesday, August 15, 04:02 AM By
Bryan
Today's Thing is a game I wrote using those micromagnet sticks I played with on Monday. It's a build and fight combat game with a few simple variables. I'm sure the different values in the game will have to be changed to make it more exciting, but overall, I like the game mechanics. You assimilate various battling ships. Each ship has can have different strengths. Check it out and drop me a line or leave a comment. You need many magnet sticks of at least four colors and balls, a pair of dice and pen and paper.
You could probably play with Legos with some slight retooling. The PDF is three pages and the game is in Beta. This idea could certainly be made in the marketplace into a nifty bits full-sized game.
Grab the PDF HERE.
Awesome fun!
Ten on Tuesday
Tuesday, August 14, 11:10 PM By
Shelly
On my other blog, I do a meme on Tuesdays. Today, the topic was fun enough to make a
Thing as well.
Ten Interesting Websites You'd Like to Share
See Shell's Schemes My projects blog.
FixYa New to me today. A cool site where people can give advice on how to fix things.
Crafster Craftopedia Crafster is an awesome crafty forum, and the craftopedia has tons of info on every craft imaginable.
Post Secret A collection of secrets written on postcards. They are funny, touching, scary, and inspiring.
WikiHow A Wiki Encyclopedia of how to do anything.
Game Table Online You can play cool board games solo or with others online. And they are still giving away free lifetime memberships!
Etsy The online store for selling arts and crafts. I plan to be opening my own shop there soon.
Creative Whack From "A Whack on the Side of the Head" by Roger von Oech, the King of Creative Thinking. Hit refresh for a fresh Whack.
The Cute Project Sometime almost too cute for even me! The most adorable photos of cute animals. When you need an 'Awwwweeee' moment.
Grow-a-Brain A blog full of cool links in fun catagories. A daily must-read.
Ten Interesting Websites You'd Like to Share
See Shell's Schemes My projects blog.
FixYa New to me today. A cool site where people can give advice on how to fix things.
Crafster Craftopedia Crafster is an awesome crafty forum, and the craftopedia has tons of info on every craft imaginable.
Post Secret A collection of secrets written on postcards. They are funny, touching, scary, and inspiring.
WikiHow A Wiki Encyclopedia of how to do anything.
Game Table Online You can play cool board games solo or with others online. And they are still giving away free lifetime memberships!
Etsy The online store for selling arts and crafts. I plan to be opening my own shop there soon.
Creative Whack From "A Whack on the Side of the Head" by Roger von Oech, the King of Creative Thinking. Hit refresh for a fresh Whack.
The Cute Project Sometime almost too cute for even me! The most adorable photos of cute animals. When you need an 'Awwwweeee' moment.
Grow-a-Brain A blog full of cool links in fun catagories. A daily must-read.
The Rove Report
Tuesday, August 14, 04:07 AM By
Bryan
As you may know Bush's Brain Karl Rove has quit. No perp walk. No frog march. He wants to spend time with his family. Both his parents are dead and his only son goes to college an a few weeks. Uh-huh, family. Surfing the secret FBI websites, I ran across the Rove Family newsletter. It's only a few pages of a 50 page PDF document written by Darby--- Rove's wife. Today's newsletter is pretty interesting and gives us a glimpse into Bush's Brain's Better Half.
Read the PDF HERE.
Micromagnets
Monday, August 13, 11:57 PM By
Bryan
One of the first gifts Shelly ever bought me were some magnets. They were for stress relief. I ran across a set today at Toys 'R' Us at 80 percent off. So I tried to build a multi-level Thing, but didn't do so well. The slightest movement and it all comes crumbing together. I am, however, bouncing around some ideas to use these bits as the basis of a game. I'll let you know on Wednesday.
I am not the Zodiac
Monday, August 13, 06:00 PM By
Shelly
We watched the movie Zodiac
over the weekend. Seeing his cipher reminded me that I had made up
a personal cipher when I was a kid. Here is a puzzle made with my
very simple cipher, with a prize Thing going to the first person
who can solve it! Leave your guess as a comment.
Random Acts of Randomness
Friday, August 10, 01:42 PM By
Bryan
The first PDF in a new campaign.
Print out PDF.
Post each of the two pages in public places.
Together, but more preferably, not together.
New PDF's later.
This is not destiny.
HERE.
Rolling For Kindness
Thursday, August 09, 05:49 PM By
Shelly
Thinking and talking with Bryan about
his game idea, made me think more about a couple games I had ideas
for. Here's one, sorry no fancy pdf.
Rolling for Kindness
Grab two dice, if you don't have any dice handy, you can use this. Roll to see what kind act you will be performing today. Finish the act before you go to bed.
2. Say 'hello' to a stranger.
3. Leave change in the pop or candy machine.
4. Roll again. Smile at that number of people.
5. Strike up a pleasant conversation with a coworker that you normally don't chat with.
6. Pick up trash as you walk.
7. Buy yourself a flower. You need to be kind to yourself, too.
8. Leave some reading material (book/magazine/paper) in a public place.
9. Give a really good tip to your server or cashier.
10. Send a card to someone telling them how much they mean to you.
11. Offer assistance to an older person.
12. Donate something to a shelter.
Rolling for Kindness
Grab two dice, if you don't have any dice handy, you can use this. Roll to see what kind act you will be performing today. Finish the act before you go to bed.
2. Say 'hello' to a stranger.
3. Leave change in the pop or candy machine.
4. Roll again. Smile at that number of people.
5. Strike up a pleasant conversation with a coworker that you normally don't chat with.
6. Pick up trash as you walk.
7. Buy yourself a flower. You need to be kind to yourself, too.
8. Leave some reading material (book/magazine/paper) in a public place.
9. Give a really good tip to your server or cashier.
10. Send a card to someone telling them how much they mean to you.
11. Offer assistance to an older person.
12. Donate something to a shelter.
TTOTD Radio - The Thing 6
Thursday, August 09, 03:21 AM By
Bryan
This
week's podcast was once again hastily assembled, but the mix is
okey-dokey by me. There's a variety of songs. Guess I should narrow
my tastes more so those subscribing (all 3 of ya--ya b*stards!!)
would know what they're getting. Well, no. Discover different
stuff, ragamuffins. Here's an idea how the flow goes--power pop,
pavement guy, funny, electro-funny, pop, country pop, R & B,
blues, yo la sounding, weird country, fuzzy freakout, hip hop
weird, soft weird.Works for me.
Don't forget to visit the podcast page or subscribe in itunes.
Get the Enhanced AAC Podcast HERE.
Get the crappy MP3 HERE.
Get the CD Jewel Case PDF HERE.
Until next time...
Zombie Mask
Wednesday, August 08, 09:45 PM By
Shelly
Funky Zombie Mask. It's supposed to look 'normal' on the one side, but the kids said it was scary on both sides.
Stupid Dancing
Wednesday, August 08, 12:29 PM By
Bryan
Simpsonize Me
Tuesday, August 07, 11:23 PM By
Shelly
Maus: The Later Years
Tuesday, August 07, 01:06 PM By
Bryan
Call For Play Testers
Monday, August 06, 02:17 PM By
Bryan
This week is a bit odd. I'm not sure
how much I can share with TTOTD'ers. Last week, I wrote a game,
Alphadice. After thinking about
that game, I've developed a new game of which I don't have a title
yet. I believe this game to have marketability. It's a simple to
learn word game with almost limitless variations and with many
different, scalable ways to play. I've already thought of an
expansion. The website for the game could host an electronic
version as well as home brew play variations. I would like to
market this game and TTOTD will mark the progress. I don't want to
share the full game, as I have not written it yet or developed the
cards, until I get a copyright. I'm also looking around to see if a
similar game/game mechanic is already on the market place. I've
never obtained a copyright or contacted game publishers. I hope to
have a polished playable version by Nukecon at the end of
September.
Right now, I'm looking for play testers. When I have a completed PDF, I'll e-mail you the PDF file. You'll have to cut out the cards and supply your own pennies for tokens and a pair of dice. You'll also sign a non-disclosure agreement. If the game gets published, you'll get, hopefully, a credit in the rule book and website as well as some other goodies. Right now, the game is planned to include 144 unique cards, either 200 or 400 small tokens of four colors and a pair of dice, possibly eight pair of dice of four different colors. I'd imagine the game would sell in the 15-20 dollar range.
I'f you'd like to be a play tester, e-mail me and let me know.
Shelly's been helping bounce ideas around and can vouch that I am fulfilling my TTOTD responsibilities, although the posts might be light, the work behind them isn't. The first hurdle is to work out all the math. Yep, math lies behind everything. Then to the graphics work. Then the rules writing. I hope to have a PDF to play testers within two weeks.
Right now, I'm looking for play testers. When I have a completed PDF, I'll e-mail you the PDF file. You'll have to cut out the cards and supply your own pennies for tokens and a pair of dice. You'll also sign a non-disclosure agreement. If the game gets published, you'll get, hopefully, a credit in the rule book and website as well as some other goodies. Right now, the game is planned to include 144 unique cards, either 200 or 400 small tokens of four colors and a pair of dice, possibly eight pair of dice of four different colors. I'd imagine the game would sell in the 15-20 dollar range.
I'f you'd like to be a play tester, e-mail me and let me know.
Shelly's been helping bounce ideas around and can vouch that I am fulfilling my TTOTD responsibilities, although the posts might be light, the work behind them isn't. The first hurdle is to work out all the math. Yep, math lies behind everything. Then to the graphics work. Then the rules writing. I hope to have a PDF to play testers within two weeks.
See Shell's Cross Posts
Monday, August 06, 12:01 PM By
Shelly
Most of the time, when my Thing is
something artsy &/or crafty, I also post something about it on
my other blog, See Shell's
Schemes. My
template designer also made me this awesome button, thanks
again, Zoe!
So I have added this button to the sidebar, and gone back through all the posts here, and added this button as a link to those posts that are crafty. I also added one of three phrases with links to specific posts:
Cross Post -- this just means that I've also made the same post on the other blog
More on this Thing -- this means there is more to the story, and you can get the in-depth story
See shell's two cents -- I'll use this when I'm writing about something that Bryan made
There will often be more pictures on the other blog, and usually more photos on flickr, when you click on any photo.
So I have added this button to the sidebar, and gone back through all the posts here, and added this button as a link to those posts that are crafty. I also added one of three phrases with links to specific posts:
Cross Post -- this just means that I've also made the same post on the other blog
More on this Thing -- this means there is more to the story, and you can get the in-depth story
See shell's two cents -- I'll use this when I'm writing about something that Bryan made
There will often be more pictures on the other blog, and usually more photos on flickr, when you click on any photo.
Cell Phone Holder
Friday, August 03, 09:59 PM By
Shelly
Now that I have my own pene del diablo (for emergency
use only!), I decided it needed it's own case. After all, it will
mostly just be in my purse.
I used denim and felt, and I seriously had to hold back from beading it, but since there may be times that Bryan will carry it instead of driving around for two hours trying to buy prepaid long distance phone cards, I didn't want it to be too girly. (You're welcome, Honey.)
More on this Thing
I used denim and felt, and I seriously had to hold back from beading it, but since there may be times that Bryan will carry it instead of driving around for two hours trying to buy prepaid long distance phone cards, I didn't want it to be too girly. (You're welcome, Honey.)
Simpsonize Me
Friday, August 03, 01:22 PM By
Bryan
Finally got Simpsonize Me to work. I look much younger and with blackish hair. More tweeking is needed. The above photo photo was simpsonized from this photo.
Green Salsa
Thursday, August 02, 09:50 PM By
Shelly
- 9 medium tomatillo tomatoes
- 4 clove garlic, peeled
- 2 jalapeno chile pepper
- 2 bunches fresh cilantro
- 7 ripe avocados
- Chop cilantro, dice garlic and chile, cut tomatillos into thumb-sized pieces.
- Cut avocados in half, remove pit, and squish flesh out of skin.
- Puree all ingredients in blender, you might have to do it in batches, depending on how big your blender is. If you have a food processor, that would probably work even better, but I've never used one, so I can't say
- For best taste and dipping value, refrigerate for several hours or overnight
- Serve on tacos, or use as dip
TTOTD Radio - The Thing 5
Thursday, August 02, 03:07 AM By
Bryan
Today's
Thing Radio was put together rather quickly, so I'm not a hundred
percent how it all will turn out on reflection. But what I lack in
quality, I make up for in quantity. All the music is relatively new
music---the oldest track being from February of this year. There's
even a few preview tracks in there. Visit the website links and
check out the bands while you listen. I'm in a bit of a hurry
today, so no comments on the tracks, but all the regular bells and
whistles are there. Don't forget to visit the podcast page or subscribe in itunes.Get the enhanced AAC podcast HERE.
Get the crappy MP3 podcast HERE.
Get the CD Jewel Case PDF HERE.
Back with another show next week.
Yellow Tree
Wednesday, August 01, 09:41 PM By
Shelly
Alphadice
Wednesday, August 01, 12:48 PM By
Bryan
Today's Thing is a simple word game I'm surprised no one has written yet. Alphadice is a word game using dice and the cards I made in the PDF. It's simple, adaptable and easy to travel, like Boggle or Scrabble without all the fuss. All you need is two six-sided die, a watch, and some pencil and paper plus the PDF. The game can be played in fifteen minutes and is for 2 to 6 players. You'll also need to print out the last two pages of the PDF and cut out the cards. The PDF is small.
Hey, I wrote a game today!
Feedback is appreciated.
Download the PDF HERE.
