PCQOTD : 7-26-06

Plebian:
"Badder than old King Kong, meaner than a junkyard dog."

Both Erudites share the same Connection to the Plebian.
Erudite 1:
"We stand today on the edge of a new frontier."
Erudite 2:
"Man has climbed Mount Everest, gone to the bottom of the ocean. He's fired rockets at the Moon, split the atom, achieved miracles in every field of human endeavor... except crime!"

Okay, I'm going to New York for a week, so there won't be any PCQOTDs until next Wednesday. Today's Connection is, therefore, a tricky one. A very tricky one. Like, impossible. Like, "QI" impossible. Good luck. I'll check back with you in a week.

PCQOTD : 7-25-06

Plebian:
"They're magically delicious!"

Erudite:
"I can eat fifty eggs."

WARNING: This Connection is a bad one. Heh.

Cognition and Recognition

Frequently, for me anyway, in the blog world, and many other creative worlds, in an appositive way, one frequently becomes a bit frustrated, or perhaps just apprehensive, or perhaps just disappointed, when one feels like one is just throwing stuff out there into the world only to have it swallowed silently into the void. I know when I was a electronic music composition major, I would sit in the basement of the Conservatory for two months, crafting my odd little musical collages, then emerge to play the tape before a small audience in the concert hall to a smattering of applause before slinking back to my den of intrigue to muddle together another piece of wickedness. There was that public performance, though. It was nice to hear the reaction to the little sonic interlude I had produced.

In a similar fashion, I'm now producing these promotional videos for the CageMatch show I produce at the DSI Comedy Theater. They were originally designed to be released on Powerbomb and YouTube on the Wednesday before the show, in order to promote the show and get the word out to potential audiences. I finally decided that the viewership from Wednesday-Friday was pretty much only the people who were going to be coming to the shows in the first place, or company members who just wanted to see the videos. I ended up waiting to premiere the videos on Saturday night, partially because the Wednesday viewings weren't doing any good, and partially because I liked to hear the first reaction to the videos, akin to the public performance rewards I got from my electronic music concert performances. I just like hearing everybody laugh when they see the video at the halftime of ComedySportz, and love looking back and seeing the wide faces and anticipation from everybody in the back. It's my reward, and it's what I enjoy.

On to the subject at hand. Blogging is another creative endeavour, and it's enjoyable to put up a little something each day to express myself, challenge others, or share a little tidbit from the web. Unfortunately, it frequently reminds me of my days in radio, when you would work to produce a really good program and send it out over the airwaves to an invisible and inaccessible audience. You produce the material for the enjoyment of it, but eventually you wonder if anybody's listening...you crave the response from the audience...you want to be recognized in some fashion for what you do. Enter Nick Faber, fellow DSI-er, improv catcher, and gunslingin' cowpoke. He's come up with what I think is a brilliant and thoughtful idea. He's committed himself to producing what he calls The Friday Friend Roundup. (Yes, he admits it's a lame name.) Each week, he seeks to highlight something from his friends' blogs, with perhaps a little accompanying comment. I think it's a very nice way to show his friends that he pays attention to them and enjoys what they do. I thought it was such a good idea, I've devoted an entire post to it. If I'm lucky, maybe I'll make this week's Friday Friend Roundup. (Or maybe next week's, since we'll all be in New York on Friday.) Thanks, Nick!

(Oh, and my videos can be found here, and this week's video with Children of the Atom is here. Enjoy. Tell me how much you love them.)

((Oh, and I apologize for that first sentence. It got out of hand, and then it amused me so much, I kept on going comma-crazy.))

PCQOTD : 7-24-06

Plebian:
"The human drama of athletic competition."

Erudites: (all share the same Connection to the Plebian)
"I'll give her all the love I have to give as long as we both shall live."
"The only hand on your pecker is going to be your own!"
"He's Gene! Gene! The Dancin' Machine!"

PCQOTD : 7-21-06

I need sleep.

Plebian:
"Betcha can't eat just one!"

Erudite:
"It's worth the trip."

Giant Pickle

Giant pickle
Originally uploaded by deeahblita.

Oh, the things one finds when cruising through OKCupid and reading people's profiles. Occasionally, you end up doing a Google search and wind up at Flickr looking at deliciously naughty pictures.

Aspiration

I just love the style of this icon art haus. Very clean, crisp, and... well... iconic. I wish I could do art like this. They remind me of one of my favourite publishers, The Diagram Group, who publish really great "summary" books of things like weaponry and sports, and draw really nice iconic pictures to explain the material.

IconWerk.de

PCQOTD : 7-20-06

Plebian:
"Neat. Sweet. Petite."

Erudites (All Erudites and Plebian share one Connection):
1. "Queens consume nectars and ambrosia, not hot dogs."
2. "Your Honor, according to witnesses, Miss Congeniality led the attack with a kick to the groin."
3. "When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way! from you first cigarette your last dyin' days."

PCQOTD : 7-19-06

Plebian:
"Here's looking at you. kid."

Erudite:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood."

PCQOTD : 7-18-06

Plebian:
"Celebrate the moments of your life."

Erudite 1:
"If the teacher pops a test I know I'm a mess."

Erudite 2 (all share one Connection to the Plebian:
"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way."
"People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook."
"Damn you, vile woman, you've impeded my work since the day I escaped your wretched womb."

PCQOTD : 7-17-06

Plebian:
"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture."

Erudite:
"And now my friend, the first rule of Italian driving. What's behind me is not important."

What's In A Name?

Oh, this is far too amazing. Check out the name of this cake, straight from the Pillsbury Baking site. I wonder if there's some sort of creamy icing available for afters?

Stuffed Meat

I love stuff like this.

PCQOTD : 7-14-06

I've been out sick for the past two days, which is why there haven't been any Quotes.

Plebian:
"You gobble them down and the plate comes back."

Erudite:
"Choosy mothers..."

PCQOTD : 7-11-06

Plebian:
"Makes hamburgers taste like steakburgers."

Erudite:
"I'm happy as a Frenchman who's invented a pair of self-removing trousers."

PCQOTD : 7-10-06

Plebian:
"My sister looks cute in her braces and boots."

Erudite:
"Forever let us hold our banner high."

PCQOTD : 7-7-06

Plebian:
"The place with the helpful hardware man."

Erudite:
"The Regal Beagle"
(Not so much a quote as a place, but hey, whaddya want for free?)

Superman Kills A Smoker

This public service video amuses me. Superman's voice is so very bad, and I love the "ultra perspective" style of the animation.

I just hope Supes isn't giving those kids cancer with his x-ray vision.

PCQOTD : 7-6-06

Plebian:
"We want you, we want you, we want you as a new recruit."

Erudite:
"Can you speak in rhinoceros?"

PCQOTD : 7-5-06

Plebian:
"That’s the name, and away go troubles down the drain."

Erudite:
No Erudite today, jsut this lovely picture:

PCQOTD : 7-3-06

Plebian:
"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

Erudite:
"Don't shove me Harv. I'm tired of being shoved."