Wild Tangents
Marc talks about life in Nashville, life as a Catholic and life as a geek.

Words escape me, except “Good job Dr. Paul!”

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Not since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand has a single volley of gunshots so threatened world peace. If Pakistan falls into civil war, what happens to their nuclear arsenal? What will countries like India, Russia and the NATO countries do to ensure those nukes don’t fall into the wrong hands? This could get very ugly, very fast. Let’s pray that cooler heads prevail this time.

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I know I talked bad about this show before it even came out. That was my mistake. Journeyman has been a joy to watch. I really like how they’ve woven the mythology of the time travel into the present day, how Dan’s actions in the past have an impact on his life and his family in the present. Plus, this is one of those shows that just makes you wonder what’s going on, much like Jericho and of course Lost.

I just really hate they’ve decided to cancel. I want to know what’s going on…..

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I have to say that I haven’t really had a desire to go see this movie “Walk Hard: The Dewy Cox Story“. It really seem a bit sophomoric to me and I’m a little gun shy after “Good Luck Chuck“, which while the previews didn’t imply it at, was an appalling movie. I have to say though, they have really put together an impressive press kit to promote it. The folks over at hitchmagazine.com got one of them and here’s what they had to say.

Normally, presskits I receive for new movies are just a boring little book of boring production notes with a CD of stills that’s not good for much of anything. Exception: the box just that just arrived for WALK HARD. I shudder to think of the cost-per-piece of this one. Photos of what’s in the “Cox Box” await you after the jump.

I doubt if I’ll go see this movie, but it’s still a pretty interesting press kit…

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Merry Christmas……..Click the play button.

 

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So I was chatting with my friend Rob about Garageband. Since I just started podcasting using Garageband and he’s been doing it for a while, I tend to ask some n00b questions. Now there are somethings to keep in mind. Rob and I are both Macintosh users. Garageband is a multitrack recording software that come with the Mac OS. It’s not quite perfect for podcast, but it’s getting better. Obviously from our comments, it still has a few shortcomings in the podcast recording department. In most people’s opinion, the best software to record podcasts is Castblaster. Unfortunately, Castblaster ony works with Microsoft Windows. With all that in mind, the conversation we had should be amusing. Let’s take a look….

Marc: If I record bumpers for my show, is there a way to add them to the section at the bottom for loops?
Marc: If not, how do you manage them?
Rob: I keep them in iTunes and pull them over from Audio in the media browser
Marc: I was afraid of that…. That just seems wrong to me. But I guess I will have to get over it.
Rob: yeah I’m hoping they will fix that
Rob: in a perfect world CastBlaster would have a Mac version
Marc: So it’s all Adam and Eve’s fault…..
Rob: yes Original Sin caused Microsoft

I laughed for a good four or five seconds after that one…..

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Last week my good friend Rob interviewed me for Faith Journeys #3, which is an episode of a show he runs on his Tupelo Catholic podcast feed. I figured I would post it here in case anyone looking around here might want to hear it…

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WOW. It’s been over a month since my last post. I’ve been really busy with both work and a few side projects I am doing. One of those is the Catholic Vocations Podcast. The very first episode of that podcast went out Thursday. For the most part, it will be interviews with people who have followed a religious way o f life within the Catholic Church. That would include Priests and Deacons, as well as religious brothers and sisters. I am pretty excited about it. So if you’ve ever wondered what’s up with someone who might decide to live that kind of life go check it out!

Work seems to be slowing down somewhat for the end of the year. I’ve been really busy for the past seven weeks with trips out to Phoenix and Folsom. Next week I’ll be back in San Francisco for training. After that, I should have a welcome break until the week after Thanksgiving when I go back out to Folsom. I am actually looking forward to the new year and the new project it might bring to me.

Yes, another one. I can’t believe they’re remaking “The Day The Stood Still“. This is just….wrong….

From the SciFi Wire.

Twentieth Century Fox has staked out a Christmas 2008 release date for its upcoming remake of the classic SF movie The Day the Earth Stood Still, Variety reported.

The movie, which will star Keanu Reeves, was originally slated for May 9, but the film hasn’t begun production yet, with potential strikes looming in Hollywood.

Fox also has three other summer movies in the works, the trade paper reported.

The movie will update Robert Wise’s 1951 original, about the visit of an alien who warns Earth to change its violent ways or face destruction.

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I just had to pass along a couple of cute little stories of things that have happened to me this week since I got to Phoenix. Before that, I have to say that this seems to be a really cool town. I’m working on a project at a high tech company. They make parts for computers among other things. I won’t say who it is, but they’re a pretty INTELligent company. It turns out that instead of being here two weeks and very busy, I’ll be here four weeks. I have quite a few friends here, who I look forward to meeting up with while I’m out here. Anyway, on to the stories.

The first happened Sunday. I know, I should be home on the weekends. But initially it sounded like I was going to be very busy. So I decided if I could find a good flight I would fly out Sunday afternoon. Well, I couldn’t find one. Everything seemed to be too expensive, so I decided to just go ahead and fly out on Monday morning. The problem is our travel agency’s new website has the worst user interface I have ever seen. I am not exaggerating there either. So instead of changing the flight search from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning, I ended up changing it to Sunday morning. No hilarity ensued. So here I am getting into Phoenix at 1025 Sunday morning.

UGH!

Anyway, I told you all that to let you know what kind of state of mind I was in when I stopped by a grocery store to pick up some bottled water. It’s the desert, so I figured it would probably be a good idea to keep hydrated. I stopped at a grocery store called “Fry’s Food”. In case you are asking the same question I was, I think they are somehow related to the electronics store. As I was paying for my Aquafina, they of course asked me if I had me “Fry’s Food Club Card”. As I ALWAYS do when I am out of town and am asked for such a card, I replied with “I have my Kroger Card”. Like I said, I always say that. It’s just my way of amusing myself. The really funny thing is that Fry’s Food is owned by Kroger. Yes, they took my Kroger card, swiped it and it worked. Now in my half dazed, “I’ve been up since 3:30am central time and it’s now 2:00pm pacific time” mental state, that was just very surreal.

So I’m sure now you’re wondering if that was both my stories or just one. I hate to break it to you, but I’m not finished.

I noticed on this little listing of local events that Def Leppard is playing here in Phoenix tomorrow night. Big deal right? Well, you see this week I have a shadow. She’s a fresh from college green consultant who I ma supposed to be mentoring. I mentioned the concert to her and guess what she said. “Who?” Now I feel old.

I sudenly regret every time I have said to someone “You mean Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?”

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