August 15, 2006
The Mic Is On and Aliens Are Here!
ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 7:00 pm
It’s Like Open Mic Only Different
Here’s how it works.
It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME
The rules are simple — be nice.
There are always first timers and new things to talk about.
Tonight we’re talking to aliens!
We might also talk about
- Alien Movies
- Alien Books
- E T
- Star Wars
- Star Trek
- Aliens we’ve known personally
AND THE EVER POPULAR,
Basil the code-writing donkey.– who might be an alien too.
Bring your alien friends with you!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Wendy Piersall said
Aliens? Hmmmmmm….
ME Strauss said
Wendy!
Welcome. Seen any aliens lately?
Wendy Piersall said
Liz, I’m coming down Thursday to bring the kids to Millenium park. If you have time, jot downtown and let’s grab some lunch - if you don’t mind kids!
Wendy Piersall said
Only when I look at my hubby
SHHHH! Don’t tell him I said that!!
ME Strauss said
Oh, don’t worry. I bet he already knows. I’m always asking mine where the pod is.
Millenium Park with the kids–huh? Let me see how the workload is.
Joe said
Hey, My Alien was cuter than a picture of some nebula
Wendy Piersall said
It’s either alien blood or he ate paint chips as a kid… hard to tell after all this time…
ME Strauss said
Oh Joe,
I wanted something more other worldly for a picture on this post.
Advice Librarian said
Heh, I bet your alien didn’t look as scary as this
Rick said
He probably already knows, Wendy. My wife gives me that look frequently.
Hi Liz, Wendy, Joe.
Wendy Piersall said
AdLib, What the #$% is THAT?!
Joe said
Hey AdLib,
How did you get a pic of my pet Snippy the Snail???
ME Strauss said
Uh-oh, AdLib, has already started with his alien friends.
Joe said
Hey Rick…
Liz, show them a pic of my Alien, if I pull it up it will be gigantic…
ME Strauss said
Hi Rick,
How are you? Feeling particularly alien tonight?
ME Strauss said
Joe,
I’ll try to find it and do the stuff, but that will take time.
Advice Librarian said
That little cutie is a “Dicranurus hamatus elegantus”, a fossil of a Lower Devonian trilobite, found in Coal County, Oklahoma. Isn’t he sweet?
I’ll see if I can find some Chicagoan ones - and if you lot will tell me your home state, I might find pictures of the original natives from there….
Joe said
Liz, never mind, it’s not that important…
I would do it, but it’s on my hard drive and I don’t know how to show it here, or even put up a link.
Rick said
Shh… No one is supposed to know.
One of my favorite coffee cups has a picture of a grey on it and the legendary saying “I visited earth and all I got was this stupid mug.”
Alien movies I like. SF and Fantasy being my favorite video and book genres.
Joe said
I like almost all Sci-Fi… Right now I’m watching Dead Like Me, not Alien, but fun.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Evening y’all…hi to everyone. How’s everyone doing this evening?
Aliens, aliens, aliens…an interesting subject.
Aliens was a great movie.
Aliens vs. Predator was a terrible movie.
Basil’s not an alien, although for awhile he didn’t have citizenship, so I guess that made him an illegal alien…
ME Strauss said
Here you go,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I present
Joe’s alien
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/lizsun/Blog/Joesalien.jpg
Joe said
LIZ, YOU ARE TOO COOL…
ME Strauss said
Hi Ben,
Welcome. Basil sure acts like an alien sometimes. Maybe his ancestors were from another planet.
Advice Librarian said
Aliens vs. Predators could have been a great movie, if they’d dropped the conceit of setting it on Earth, and instead used the script from Dark Horse Comics’ “Alines vs. Predators”.
As it stands however, it’s a lousy coda to a great couple franchises.
Joe said
BTW, the one on the Right is the Alien.
Rick said
Hey Ben.
Sometimes I like cute. Recently these included “Batteries Not Included”, where sentient robots come to earth and save a building from demolition and “The Explorers”, in which three boys build a spaceship from junk and visit an alien orbiting our outer solar system.
Wendy Piersall said
OK, since it’s obviously alien picture night, here is me at one of my most “Alienesque” moments…
http://www.emomsathome.com/img/alien_emom.jpg
GAH! I can’t believe I just did that!
ME Strauss said
AdLib,
You should be a movie critic. You could add that to your list of job skills.
Joe said
Rick, when did the Explorers come out? 1975?
That’s pretty old.
ME Strauss said
Oh Rick,
I like cute too. I get creeped out when things get too graphic.
Joe said
Wendy, Is that your spaceship in your hand?
How do you fly it?
Ben Yoskovitz said
Wendy … bravo for showing us your alient moment.
I’m busy trying to get a report from Basil on his adventures in the Bahamas. If he marries an alien, would any of us be surprised?
And AdLib — you’re right. It could have been cool, but it wasn’t. They ruined both great franchises with that dreck.
ME Strauss said
Wendy.
You just won some sort of an award.
The Face the Aliens Bravery Award.
Wendy Piersall said
Kick Ass! Do I get another badge?
LOL
ME Strauss said
Sure, Where do you want to put it. Do you have an alien blog too?
Rick said
I was afraid to ask about your alien, Joe.
Wendy…?
Yes, “The Explorers” is pretty old. I’m thinking the 80s though. IMDB http://www.imdb.com doesn’t have it listed, though.
Wendy Piersall said
Uh, yeah, my regular blog…
Oops, I wasn’t supposed to say anything. Now I’ll have to kill all of you.
Advice Librarian said
Oh, I prefer to leave the professional critiquing to Ebert - he knows film from a technical standpoint as well as being an SF fan, I’m just a kibbitzer when it comes to that part of it. There are things that work in writing that just plain fails spectacularily in different mediums - most notably narrative techniques, though the SFX budget for a film is never going to equal what a writer can do with words on a page…
Wendy Piersall said
Basil in the Bahamas, huh? Sounds so much more interesting than suburban Chicago… But my kids have been begging for a pet, so I bet Basil has a hard time getting out of here in a few weeks!
Advice Librarian said
I found a couple aliens on my doorstep Sunday night, by the way - I should put the pictures up.
Two hedgehog babies, to be precise - their mom and a couple more of her kids were snuffling around in the garden.
ME Strauss said
Basil in the Bahamas??? Who’s in the Bahamas?
Rick said
Don’t forget our most famous literary alien, Valentine Michael Smith of Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land.” Heck, there were even cults based around the book back in the 60s and 70s.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Ya Basil’s in the Bahamas. Last I heard he was heading to a casino. Lord help us…
I’m sure Basil will have a grand time with the kids, Wendy. Make him give them rides…he loves that.
I just remembered another alien movie that sucked - Dracula 3000. Not quite “aliens” since it was Dracula in the year 3000, but still bad.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Wow, AdLib, that’s cool. Hedgehog mom and her babies…neat…
Joe said
Ya know, I always wondered…
What kind of beer did they drink on Hoth?
Miller Ice?
Ben Yoskovitz said
Liz - I think Askimet ate one of my posts, unless we’re time warping again, but I wrote something about Dracula and it disappeared…
ME Strauss said
I loved the book, “Stranger in a Strange Land.†I never saw the movie. I can’t even imagine it.
ME Strauss said
Sasha and I are sending Akismet to see Dr. Phil about it’s Bullimia.
Wendy Piersall said
On the subject of small animals… we rescued the cutest chipmunk from the jaws of our cat today. Then the chipmunk wouldn’t leave us alone!! Jumped into our clothes, climbed around in my daughter’s hair… we almost kept the thing it was so sweet! But it took off - the kids were devastated…
Advice Librarian said
Yeah, but Valentine wasn’t really an alien, he was just raised by Martians, somewhat parallelling Mowgli - though Mowgli was far less alien than Valentine, yeh?
I think I’d argue that Mr. Spock is in a sense the most famous literary alien, given how long the franchise was kept alive by books, short stories, and fan writings.
Wendy Piersall said
So I need Basil here asap lest I find myself at a Petco buying gerbils…
Ben Yoskovitz said
My best friend’s grandmother used to have a pet squirrel that would sleep in her shirt. Why did I share that? Good question.
And yes, Basil’s in the Bahamas. Bit of a detour before visiting Easton in Mesa, Arizona.
Joe said
Wendy,
Wild animals are like Aliens…
Best seen from a distance.
Rick said
It’s one of my favorite books, as Heinlein is a favorite author in general. He wasn’t not a great author, but he was a great storyteller. I grew up on his books.
I recently watched “Nesferatu” (I don’t know if the spelling is right). I liked it until the end. Over an hour of build-up, then two or three minutes of climax and ending. Mary Shelley’s “Dracula” was my favorite.
Wendy Piersall said
LOL Joe. Too true! But it didn’t stop the kids from getting attached in less than 10 minutes. My 11 year old cried when the chipmunk left us!
ME Strauss said
I think being raised by Martians counts as being an alien. Anyone disagree with that?
Heck my brother’s think I’m an alien.
Rick said
How could I forget Spock!? He was the best part of the show.
Advice Librarian said
Come to think of it, I should thwop myself over the head with a wet towel for forgetting Kal-El - head and shoulders over any other. I don’t think there’s any other fictional alien with the name recognition of Superman…
ME Strauss said
Hey Ben,
Was your best friend’s (yeah right, best friend) grandmother wearing the shirt when the squirrel would crawl in?
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Hey everyone,
I’m here. I’ll be popping in and out in between responding to my 80 or so emails I have to go over.
ME Strauss said
Hey Doug!
Any emails from aliens — business blogs from Mars?
Rick said
We just showed “Superman Returns”. They did an excellent job with it. Brandon Rouse did a great job on his homework studying Christopher Reeve, and they kept the comic book feel to the movie without being cartoonish.
Joe said
What I don’t understand is, why are they talking all this Dracula talk? He wasn’t an alien.
Although there were aliens that used Blood for sustinance, I don’t think they were technically vampires.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Not sure about aliens, but chances there are business blogs from or about mars. I’ve seen about everything else.
Advice Librarian said
Hmm, so if Liz’ brother thinks she’s an alien, and being raised by aliens makes you one, can we draw any conclusions about Liz’ family?
ME Strauss said
Yeah, Doug,
I bet you have. Too bad you can’t talk about it.
Gonna put that email in the blade servers when you’re done? I bet the telcos are getting hungry.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Yes Liz — she was wearing the shirt. Otherwise it doesn’t quite have the same punch as a story, right?
Hey Doug!
Yvonne said
Damn I’m late
From aliens to chipmunks? Interesting…
Becky McCray said
I think I’m as lost a Yvonne here. Howdy, everyone!
ME Strauss said
Hi Yvonne,
No worries, chipmunks, squirrels, and hedgehogs were only a tangent.
Ben Yoskovitz said
I don’t think you’re late at all Yvonne.
Hi!
I love the tagline on your blog — “Cynicism in a Hot Dish.”
Very tasty.
Advice Librarian said
Well, there are some writers who’ve made vampires into alien parasites, most notably my guilty-pleasure Brian Lumley who had vampires as protozoic leeches infecting their hosts…
ME Strauss said
Hi Becky!
We haven’t started drinking yet!
Rick said
And don’t forget vampires, squirrels, and prehistoric fish. I think we’ve expanded the definition of alien.
Joe said
Ok, question
If Tealc is a Jaffa who has a Goaulde simbiote, is he one or two aliens?
ME Strauss said
Sigourney Weaver
Ben Yoskovitz said
Hey Becky…good to see you!
Becky McCray said
Hello, Saloon-keepers’ daughter!
Hi, Ben!
I brought drinks, in case it helps fend off aliens or vampires.
ME Strauss said
Joe is talking about Stargate.
Yvonne said
Thanks Ben
Mmm - ‘prehistoric fish’ made me hungry for lunch.
Joe said
Liz, if they don’t get it, it can’t be explained easily.
ME Strauss said
There’re plenty of snacks in the sidebar. Think of this place as the bar in Star Wars. That’s what people said about my dad’s saloon.
It seems to fit this conversation well enough.
ME Strauss said
What do aliens eat?
Ben Yoskovitz said
People.
Joe said
Each other
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Hey Ben.
Liz: Yes, I’m going to need a whole rack of blade servers to handle this email.
Yvonne said
Internet Explorer programmers.
Wendy Piersall said
I think aliens eat the stuff in AdLib’s photo!
ME Strauss said
Don’t aliens have alien snacks?
ME Strauss said
Doug,
If you find any really bad sentences. Do send them to me. I love really bad sentences.
Becky McCray said
You know, my husband is watching a how-to video in the other room, on taxidermy. It’s just a bit gross to start with, and the aliens and what they eat seems to just fit right in.
“I’m going to use some Critter Clay here, to set the ear butts.”
(Watch, that will be the line that Liz quotes tomorrow next to my name!)
Yvonne said
Just a little question - who’s “Basil the code-writing donkey”? I know this is going to be good.
ME Strauss said
Becky,
I’m laughing so hard, I can hardly stand it.
Of course I must pick up that comment, but I promise I’ll pick up the whole thing.
Joe said
What alien on Star-Trek was Blue with White Hair and Antenae?
They showed up in the original series and in subsequent movies.
Rick said
And I’ve been rude. Hi Yvonne (loved your post today), Becky, Douglas, Ben. It’s good to see you.
Becky McCray said
I knew better than to actually press click submit on that one!
Ben Yoskovitz said
Becky - Liz is going to have no choice. Ear butts? Are we still talking about alients?
Yvonne - It’s best if you check out the site at http://www.whereisbasil.com.
But in a nutshell: Basil is a code-writing donkey that works for me. I’ve sent him on a trip around the world to visit anyone that wants to have him. He brings DVDs with him too — specifically the Fawlty Towers DVDs Collection (70s British sitcom).
Liz, Wendy, Starbucker, Chris Cree, Rick and a few others that frequent this establishment have had visits from Basil or will in the near future.
While he’s visiting, you guest blog on the site, showing us around your hometown. So in a way it’s a travel blog. In a way it’s a community building project.
Becky McCray said
Hello, Rick!
I think Ben is busy writing an explanation of Basil. You would think he would have that available to cut and paste by now!
Ben Yoskovitz said
Joe — those were Andorians.
Yvonne said
Thanks Rick
And hi to everyone else! This is fun.
ME Strauss said
Basil,
Is one interesting donkey. Except when he starts hanging with the donkey from Shrek.
ME Strauss said
I told you, Yvonne, you should bring the gang here. Statler would have a gas!
Joe said
Ben, you are by far the fastest answerer on such trivia.
No wonder Basil needed to get away
Ben Yoskovitz said
And Yvonne — feel free to have Basil visit you.
He’s got trips planned throughout the US, Canada, Belarus, Australia and South Africa.
Today someone from Hungary joined but I have to verify their address to see if they’re legit. He’ll be going around the world a few times I hope!
Becky McCray said
Ben, did you really remember that they were Andorians? Does that mean you have a terrific memory, or are just a hopeless fan?
Joe said
Becky, I think it is a little of both…
Yvonne said
I’ll send Statler an email Liz
Ben - I think I actually heard about the site a while back. A fantastic idea! Has Basil visited Brisbane yet?
ME Strauss said
How many people here have met an alien?
Ben Yoskovitz said
Joe - I remembered they were Andorians. I catch the newest Star Trek on TV every so often — of course the name of that one escapes me. With Scott Bakula…
Yvonne - Basil has no plans for Brisbane but he is visiting Leah Maclean in Arncliffe, Australia in a few weeks time.
Rick said
Ben, so what finally happened to the squirrel?
Liz, I heard they made a movie from “Stranger” back in the early 60s, but I’ve never been able to find it, so always wondered if they really did, and just how bad it would be considering the quality of SF films in that time period.
Joe said
I have one on my dresser…
Advice Librarian said
Teal’c is a Twofer, I’d think - two aliens for the price of one
Yvonne said
Argh, OK, I missed that Ben - refreshing on dial-up is slow.
Let me take a bigger look through the site, and I’ll drop you a line if I can.
Wendy Piersall said
It’s an early night for me ya’ll. Off to dinner with the fam. Enjoy yourselves wondering if each other is really from Area 51. Hey! We need to find someone who lives by Area 51 and send Basil there!
‘Night everyone! See you soon!
Ben Yoskovitz said
Rick - that’s a good question. I’ll have to ask my friend. I’ll get back to you guys next week, promise!
Becky McCray said
Does it count if we can think of some people we’d like to ask to leave this planet?
Rick said
I think my daughter’s an alien. Of course, my kids think I’m one. One of them told me “Dad, I think you’re an alien.”
ME Strauss said
Joe,
I’m taking #112 out of context.
Joe said
ENTERPRISE… Supprise.
They cancelled that after 2 seasons, it almost went 3 but nobody watched.
Becky McCray said
#112 just begs to be taken out of context!
ME Strauss said
Good night, Wendy.
Great dinner with the family!
Love that picture!
Rick said
G’night Wendy. Enjoy the family.
Becky McCray said
Have a good time, Wendy!
ME Strauss said
Yeah, Becky,
I’m glad that you agree about #112, especially after my gaff last week.
Advice Librarian said
Some of the movies from the sixties are glorious in a way their makes never intended - in a “Plan 9 from outer space” fashion.
As for meeting an alien - from my perspective, you’re all aliens. In a good way, of course - but you’re none of you norwegians, are you?
Joe said
Liz, you asked if anyone ever met an alien re#112
Becky McCray said
Oops, Liz, now you have to tell the story! I must have missed your gaff!
ME Strauss said
Forbidden Planet.
Statler said
Evening/Morning one and all! By the way Liz, I can assure you I won’t be having a gas. Sorry, but with gas prices the way they are, it’s just too darn expensive.
Rick said
It shouldn’t have gotten past season one. The Star Trek series on the space station ( I can’t remember the name) was my favorite series in the Star Trek World. Who couldn’t like a show with a character named Odo?
Joe said
Nite Wendy
Ben Yoskovitz said
Night Wendy…
#112 — I missed it the first time, scanning quick. After re-reading it….hmmm…it does beg an explanation.
Scott Bakula’s cool, no?
Becky McCray said
I’m sure Ben will beat me to this, but the space station show was DS9-Deep Space Nine.
Advice Librarian said
Out-of-context quoting is a thing of beauty if done in a friendly fashion, yeh?
Hmm - where’s Scorpia when we need her? Aliens are a big part of gaming and I’d like to ask what her favourite gaming alien is…
ME Strauss said
Becky,
My comment used the word thing to describe AdLib’s weird picture.
Rick said
That’s it, Becky. (Must hide early dimentia..). Thank you.
Re Scott Bakula - I loved “Quantum Leap”, but “Enterprise” just didn’t catch my interest.
Becky McCray said
Now I have to go find that pic! I am so curious!
ME Strauss said
Yes I think it is indeed, AdLib,
In fact, I think out of context quoting, can be an artform if done with grace and delicacy.
Joe said
Cummon you guys, you can’t remember the names of the shows you liked?
@ Rick DS9 (Deep Space 9)
@ Ben Enterprise
I can remember shows I Hated, so it is easy to remember the ones I liked
ME Strauss said
Becky it’s in last’s week’s summary.
Advice Librarian said
Enterprise had Valley Marinieris-depth flaws in the concept and execution - actually writing the assumed backstory of an established fictional history is a very challenging job. Watching the show made it clear that it’s a challenge that were beyond the abilities of the writers on that particular staff…
ME Strauss said
Sorry to keep you waiting Statler,
I was taking quotes out of context.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Hey! I remembered Andorians!
I liked DS9 it was fun. Entreprise with Scott Bakula was OK…there’s not much good Sci-Fi on TV these days.
ME Strauss said
Everyone,
Yvonne’s friend and mine, Statler is here!
Rick said
Some days I have problems remembering my name, Joe. And dates - they’re alien. I asked my daughter a little while ago “What was the name of that movie we watched where the kids made the spaceship the other day?” She looked at me and said, “The Explorers, Dad? That was two months ago!”
Fortunately, I work with an older population, so they don’t notice.
Joe said
BTW
O’Neill is coming back for episode 200.
I don’t know how long he’ll be back, but I think he may battle the ORI
Ben Yoskovitz said
Statler! Welcome…missed your comment the first go-around. Nice to have you.
ME Strauss said
Statler I don’t know what they’re talking about. I just talk to myself most of the time while they do this.
Can I get you something from the sidebar?
Becky McCray said
O’Neil is also doing a cross-over to SG:Atlantis, or so I saw in the ads.
Rick said
Hi Statler. Glad you could come! Enjoy.
ME Strauss said
Ben.
I know you like to check. Statler came in at 130.
Yvonne said
Statler ^_^
What do aliens use on toast? I’m making myself a sandwich.
John Richardson said
Out here in California we have a couple of different types of aliens… we have undocumented aliens, illegal aliens, and of course the Canadians with girl friends called Leann who they refer to as
Aa Leann.
It’s all alien to me….
J.R.
ME Strauss said
AdLib probably has a picture of what aliens put on toast.
Rick said
I say go with pineapple, Yvonne.
Does Johnny 5 from “Short Circuit” count as an alien?
Joe said
Liz, I don’t think I want to see that :-0
ME Strauss said
Hi John,
Watch out what you say about Canadians. Around here we say they know everyone. It sure seems that they do. Maybe they are all aliens.
Ben, are you all aliens?
HART, are you listening? ARe you an alien?
Yvonne said
I wonder if they like Vegemite? Everyone seems to hate that.
Ben Yoskovitz said
What? Did someone say Canadians? Canadian alients? Canadian bacon?
It wasn’t me.
Statler said
Wow, you guys move way too fast for me! And I’m in awe of the sci-fi knowledge here.
Yvonne - has to be Vegemite. If they’re still selling the stuff after 80 years, SOMEONE must be eating it.
Joe said
Becky, did you see the crossover of SG1 and Atlantis last week?
It was pretty good.
Ben Yoskovitz said
We’re definitely not all alients…unless you define alients as super-sexy, super-smart, super-awesome.
Then we’re all aliens.
Well, at least HART and I are…I don’t want to over-generalize for every Canadian. There are some creepy Canadians too.
Rick said
Vegemite had some fun commercials. It would never make it in the US, though.
ME Strauss said
Statler,
Just keep hitting refresh and every now and then throw in a comment. That’s all you have to do.
Becky McCray said
Joe, I don’t watch Atlantis. The characters just don’t interest me. That may have been what I saw the ad for.
I have developed a liking for SG1. Much better character development, in my opinion.
Hi, Statler!
Did anyone else check Statler’s site today? The pyramid story has me curious!
Advice Librarian said
Well, some of the more interesting Klingon recipes include nuclear-level spicing….
Statler said
Alanis Morrissette. Now there’s a creepy Canadian.
Joe said
An Alien is defined as someone (thing) not from HERE. Wherever Here is, US, Canada, Norwegia, New ZealousLand, Austri(li)a, Et Alia…
So, if you’re not from HERE (wherever that is) you are an alien.
ME Strauss said
Pyramids . . . Alien?
Joe said
OOOOooopppps, Did I forget EARTH???
Starbucker said
Hi everybody! Aliens is one of my favorite movies of all time. Brilliant. And I saw the first four Star Trek movies right when they came out, without fail. And I saw “Empire Strikes Back” 15 times when I was in college.
Becky McCray said
Liz, Exactly!
Service Untitled - Douglas said
I have fought through 1/8 of my email! Hey everyone, nice to see you guys.
Advice Librarian said
Oh, and there’s always the “competitive food horribleness” of some of the staff writers on ST:TNG - there was a period around the middle of the run when they had a running gag of inventing Klingon dishes of escalating horribleness. I think the winner was something like eating live carnivorous worms in a blood sauce or something…
Ben Yoskovitz said
Evening Starbucker, good to see you.
Joe said
AdLib, I think that was celular peptite cake.
Rick said
If you go with the cosmic seed theory life on Earth was started by spores from a meteorite, so we actually all are aliens from another planet in some respect.
Starbucker said
Hey Ben, likewise. Liz, you feeling better these days?
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Hey Starbucker.
Glad to see you at open mic night.
Statler said
But where does the definition of alien end? Is my next door neighbour an alien because he’s not from here (i.e. Chez Statler)?
Advice Librarian said
My favourite hawt Canadian musicians is Alannah Myles - though Loreena McKinnit is also good. They’re also from wildly divergent musical directions….
Advice Librarian said
If you wanna go that way, Statler, you’re all aliens because you’re not me - i.e, the person living inside my head…
ME Strauss said
Hey Starbucker
Feeling great! Thanks for asking!
Starbucker said
Hi Douglas - what’s your take on aliens (movies or otherwise)?
ME Strauss said
AdLib,
I’m really laughing. I wish Chris was here so I could call the guy living inside your head, Jack.
Joe said
I don’t know Statler, my alien friend came from a place called Glenolden (about 10 miles away). I guess it just depends on how far you consider an alien place to be.
Ben Yoskovitz said
AdLib — you sure I’m not living inside your head?
I am Canadian after all…
Statler said
Exactly, AdLib.
ME Strauss said
Wait, wait, Ben.
I want to move inside AdLib’s head. I’ll pay you $50 bucks American.
Becky McCray said
Well, I need to move along. Thanks for the hospitality, Liz. I left a bottle of your favorite on the sideboard.
Don’t forget to take it if you move into AdLib’s head.
A restful good night to all you aliens, and non-aliens alike!
Yvonne said
My sandwich was tasty. Aliens blessed it.
Rick said
Bye Becky. Have a good evening.
Statler said
There’s another good question, Yvonne. Do you think aliens would be religious?
Advice Librarian said
Unless solipsism is correct and you’re all just figments of my imagination I’m pretty sure you’re not living in my head - I’m using all of it. Since I’ve lived in Canada and visited the US briefly, I’m fairly confident both those places actually exist. New Zealand I’m not so sure of though - is there any actual evidence for it being a real country as opposed to a collective delusion?
ME Strauss said
Good night, Becky
Thanks for coming! Thanks for the wine too. I think I’ll need it if I get to move into AdLib’s head.
Joe said
Nite Becky,
Warp 6 to Starbase 10.
Statler said
Insert your own Scientology joke here.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Bye Becky…talk to you soon.
Liz — $50? Hhhm…ok. I can pay off 1/10000000th of Basil’s travel bills.
Good luck AdLib — I’m sure Liz will keep the inside of your head neat and tidy.
Becky McCray said
Good night, all! I had fun, of course!
Starbucker said
Since I’m always relating things to music, any time I think of the word “alien” too long I get that Genesis song in my head (and it’s not a good song) - you know, “it’s no fun, being an illegial alien”. That’s in my head right now. Very cheezy video too.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Hmm, I’m not a big alien freak. I have never claimed to see aliens and I usually raise my eyebrow at people who claimed they have.
However, I do believe there is other life somewhere out there, but I have my doubts about their ability to fly around in plate-shapped ships and abduct people.
Movies, I’m not into alien sci-fi movies very much.
What about you?
Starbucker said
Nite Becky!
ME Strauss said
The only aliens I know about for sure are the ones I dated in college.
Yvonne said
Ha ha
Advice Librarian said
Hum, if you’re going to be moving into my head, the least you could do is to bring a bottle of Laphroaigh
ME Strauss said
Yvonne,
I’m still laughing.
Yvonne said
What kind of God would ET worship?
Starbucker said
My take Douglas - If the universe is as big as is thought, I just can’t believe we’re the only ones existing in it.
ME Strauss said
Ben,
Neat and tidy thinking. Yeah that’s just what I’m known for.
You’ve got it. AdLib!
Rick said
Can “Battlefield Earth” count as my favorite Scientology joke? Of course, it’s a bad joke.
ME Strauss said
Yvonne,
One who rides a bicycle?
Joe said
Cummon Doug, You don’t think there are space ships shaped like “paper”plates or cigars flying around?
Where have you been since 1947?
Watch the Sci-Fi channel, they have proof of alien abductions within the Bermuda Triangle.
There are people who (under hyptomotisim) have recounted step-by-step bodily intrusions.
You can’t tell me all of these people just made all this stuff up…
(wink-wink…nod-nod)
Advice Librarian said
If you need a song to remove Genesis with, try Sting’s “Englishman in New York” - you know, the one with the line that goes ‘I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien…’
Starbucker said
Brilliant AdLib! I like that song MUCH better - great lyrics. Thanks.
Statler said
…and the Lord said, “Let there be phoning of home.” And behold, there was much phoning…
Starbucker said
Gosh, I have to admit it - I cried the first time I saw ET - at the theater. “ET phone home”? C’mon!
Ben Yoskovitz said
Ok, time for me to take off.
I promised a friend I’d read her short story draft, so I better get to it!
It was a blast as always folks. Have a good evening!
ME Strauss said
And then the telcos took over the phoning . . . and the dark ages happened and the Lord brought the rains and covered the entire Earth with floods, making all of the people leave in spaceships to become aliens
Joe said
“comma, comma, comma, comma, cam-eel-e-on”
I am not sure what that means, but I hear Boy George is doing community service for being stupid.
He might not be illegal, but he is alien to me.
Advice Librarian said
My computer spends it’s precious few idle moments in quiet contemplation of the aliens trying to phone us… - how about yours?
Is your screen saver a productive one?
Rick said
Bye, Ben. Take care. I’m looking forward to Basil.
ME Strauss said
Ben,
It’s always great to have you. Let me know if you need me to help your friend out.
Good night!
Starbucker said
Bye Ben - say hello to Basil for me.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Ben, talk to you soon! Have a nice night.
Ugh, 70 more emails *growls*
Joe said
Nite Ben
ME Strauss said
Adlib,
That’s a very cool thing. My computer hardly ever gets to rest to use the screen saver.
Advice Librarian said
Yeah, ‘nite - don’t let the computer bugs bite
Advice Librarian said
What, you turn your computer off at night? That’s when mine racks up most of it code crunching time
ME Strauss said
Doug,
I feel for you. Imagine the 9rules submissions when they had 700 blogs to look at. Ugh.
Rick said
AdLib, does it require an administrative account to run? I checked into the BBC Climate Change model ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/ ), but it had to run on an administrative account. I would rather not do that.
Yvonne said
ROFL Statler :’D
Ooh, 700 new sites to poke through, that must’ve been fun Liz.
Advice Librarian said
It uses the BOINC framework - just like the BBC modelling experiment - but you can install that with various levels of access.
In particular, you can install it for only specific accounts, system-wide, and in many different modes of agressiveness when it comes to computer idle time.
At the local university, all the computers are running Seti@Home whenever no-one is logged on at a particular computer, for example…
Rick said
Thanks, AdLib. I’ll have to check into it. I must not have looked at BOINC well enough with the BBC project.
Yvonne said
I really better do some study - thanks for the fun, Liz, Rick, Ben, Joe, AdLib, Statler and everyone else. I’ll be back the next time I have a Wednesday off
ME Strauss said
AdLib,
That last link is an email address.
Joe said
I don’t know about you guys, but I need a break every once in a while and so does my computer.
I spend enough hours online when I’m awake, I don’t think I need extra time when I’m asleep.
ME Strauss said
Good night, Yvonne!
Thanks for sharing your time with us. It was fun having you around!
Statler said
Funny you should mention, Yvonne. I should head off, I’ve got a lunch appointment to get to. Thanks everyone, it’s been fun exchanging data with you all.
ME Strauss said
Joe,
How do you know that you’re awake when you’re awake and you’re asleep when you’re asleep?
Rick said
Bye Yvonne. Don’t work too hard. We enjoyed seeing you.
Joe said
Uh Oh, Yvonne thinks it’s Wednesday. Maybe we’re in a time warp, or maybe she is on the other side of the world.
ME Strauss said
Bye Statler,
Thanks for stopping by to see us!
Advice Librarian said
Oops - that wasn’t supposed to happen. The project’s name is SETI @ home in one word - Wordpress must think I was trying to make a mailto link?
Anyway, yeah - log in as your preferred user, run the single-user install, and the program will only show up for that user account. “This is the recommended mode. BOINC will run while you (the installing user) are logged in.
BOINC is listed in the Start menu of the installing user, but not other users. “
Starbucker said
Bye Yvonne. All the best.
Advice Librarian said
Yvonne’s from the fictional country New Zealand?
Starbucker said
Take care Statler - cool looking blog!
Rick said
Bye Statler. Enjoy lunch.
We’re all butterflies dreaming we’re people, Liz.
Joe, my computer never goes off. Sometimes it turns into a bear and hibernates, but that’s mostly when it’s in it’s case going from one place to another.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
I know Liz, 700 or whatever they got must have been crazy. We’ve gotten quite a few more than what I am replying to - these are the ones that are deemed worthy of me looking at.
I have a feeling with the 700, they could eliminate at least 50% at first glance and another 20 - 30% after a minute or two. However, I pretty much pulled those numbers out of thin air.
ME Strauss said
Yes, the mythological country Old Zealand no longer exists.
Joe said
Nite Yvonne…
Liz, I don’t know, that’s why I always think I’m in some type of Time Warp.
Or, it could be that people I talk to all of the time are from somewhere else.
They write while I sleep, I read it when I’m awake.
I write when I’m awake, and they read it when I’m asleep.
See, Time Warp Makes Sense.
Trisha said
Timelords are aliens!
What did I miss tonight?
ME Strauss said
Yes, Doug, I’d bet that your numbers could be very close. One could come up with a list of reasons to say “no” before you started. They ended up taking 111, so maybe they looked at more than 50%
Rick said
Thank you for the info, AdLib. That’s a cool experiment. Just the idea that someone is out there saying “Hello, is anyone there?” rather than just going there (wherever there is) gives some idea of the size of the galaxy. Of course, if other species are as violent as people, you have to wonder about the wisdom of doing such a thing.
ME Strauss said
Hi Trisha!
It’s been the usual . . . An alien celebration!
How are the butterflies to be?
ME Strauss said
That ain’t so Joe . . . you talk to me and Chris and Starbucker and Rick and lots of people who are awake when you are.
Trisha said
They are fine, I have a number of different eggs and caterpillars.
Did I hear SETI? Recently I read ‘Where is Everybody’ by Stephen Webb. It was really good.
Trisha said
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens… Where Is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to Fermi’s Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0387955011/sr=8-1/qid=1155696339/ref=sr_1_1/104-7626716-5895113?ie=UTF8
Rick said
Hey Trisha! How was your day?
Time Lords! I like that. I want to be a Time Lord when I grow up.
ME Strauss said
Trisha thanks for the link. I was just going to find it.
Joe said
Hey Trisha…
Liz, I know but when someone from Germany or Russia or Australia or India leaves a comment for me, I usually don’t get it until I’m awake (the following day).
It is nice to have people within a couple of hours of the time zone I live in to communicate with though.
Advice Librarian said
Well, the idea behind the SETI project is that we’ve been brodcasting “Hi! Something’s going on over here!” since at least 1920-ish with the radio and later TV over the airwaves. By now the radio shell reaches well over 60-80 light years out and potential listeners have heard our enthusiastic “Hi!” shout.
So the SETI project is listening to see if they can catch the equivalent of “Days of Our Lives” from another civilization - nobody thinks there’s going to be a message specifically for us, but it’s possible to catch radio chatter reaching further than intended…
ME Strauss said
So what does the book say?????
Trisha said
My day was ok Rick! Thanks for asking! I want to be a Timelord too!
Have you seen Contact? Aliens picked up a Hitler speech that was on TV.
Joe said
Does anybody remember the original Voyager?
I mean the real one we sent out back in the ’70’s
It is actually out of the solar system and still going, it’s not sending anything back, but it is like the energizer bunny, it keeps going and going and going…
Trisha said
You want me to ruin the ending of a book?
Advice Librarian said
Webb is a community college lecturer in physics who thinks the answer to Fermi’s Paradox is that we’re alone in the universe - which represents a staggering failure of imiagination.
The universe is so staggeringly vast that the probability of earth being the only planet to develop life/intelligent life is … well, somewhere on the far side of the probabilty of Greath Chtulhuh waking from his sleep tomorrow. At the same time, the chance of them being close enough to talk to in meaningful time is also vanishingly small… but that doesn’t mean that they’re not there.
Trisha said
I tend not to believe his conclusion either. But the book was very interesting.
Trisha said
I like the chapter that talked about how necessary a moon might be for life to exist and well as a large Jupiter like planet. I wish I could remember more details about that though.
Starbucker said
Much better said than what I attempted earlier, AdLib . Staggeringly vast is right.
Trisha said
I almost forgot - I was interviewed recently: http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2006/08/10/genetics-interview-11-trisha-of-ideas-for-women/
Trisha said
Sorry - that didn’t have anything to do with aliens, but it is about science
Advice Librarian said
Jupiter is probably neccesary - it intercepts a lot of junk headed our way.
But astronomers have lately being able to detect planetary objects orbiting distant stars - and they’re all of them Jupiter-sized or larger. Rocky-core inner system planets like Earth might or might not be common - but Jupiter-style planets sure are.
ME Strauss said
Trisha,
An interview. How cool is that?!! (You could always say you’re an alien for purposes of this forum._
Rick said
I remember Voyager. It should be somewhere in the Oort cloud now. It transmitted longer than the designers thought it would, didn’t it?
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Liz, I’m finding good bloggers. Every now and then I just find one that is really good. Most of them are mediocre, but some are really great.
Joe said
AdLib,
The only reason they know so much about planetary objects in other solar systems is because of the Hubble Telescope, and they are thinking of letting it die.
We know so little now, how are we to learn any more about the universe without “eyes” just listen to the stars?
ME Strauss said
Doug,
It must be really exciting to find a really good blogger in the bunch. That’s what this is all about. Congratulations on the good finds!
ah Pek said
Hi! and a good evening to all, though it’s morning over here. I’m late as usual but, people tells me george is an alien. is he?
Advice Librarian said
Voyager lived far, far longer than anyone thought possible - and there’s some possible inconsitencies in the data about it’s flight times that may provide us with more insight into the hypothetical “dark energy”.
Like most basic science it’s helped us collect an enormous amount of raw data that we’re not quite sure how to interpret, but at least now it’s there to look at and think about
Trisha said
That was first time anyone interviewed me.
ME Strauss said
ah pek,
Don’t stir up trouble. Folks are having a conversation. I can see what you’re doing.
Joe said
Ahhh ahPek, At least one person got the joke…
How are you to(night)day?
Rick said
Congratulations, Trisha. You’re a star now! Will you remember us still?
If Webb says we’re alone, AdLib’s right. Pragmatically and facetiously speaking, look at all the wasted space.
As the technology improves, they’ll find the small, rocky planets.
Cat said
Hi Liz,
Sorry I’m late. I’m having computer problems. Again.
This is just not my month. Aliens? Yes, you could say they’ve taken over hardware/software/the lot.
I’ve now switched to the G5, but that means all the good stuff is still over on my powerbook. Passwords, everything.
It’s possessed for sure.
cat
ME Strauss said
Trisha
I would bet you’re a most interesting interview. You’re certainly a fun conversationalist.
ME Strauss said
Oh Cat,
That’s awful. You’ve been beat up by your computer too much for the last two weeks.
Advice Librarian said
Yeah, Joe - because of Bush’ stupid Mars Mission stunt, Hubble might be lost - and the “replacement” JWST they’re considering is not a real telescope - it’s an infrared observer but it doesn’t have the ability to observe the visible spectrum.
Bah to the mars mission now - we can’t even reach the moon on account of effing NASA actually physically destroying the blueprint for the Saturn boosters.
Joe said
Hey cat,
It could be nanites, or maybe replicators.
You need to get someone like Samantha Carter to look at your computer, she would know what to do…
Rick said
Hi, ah Pek.
Look, Joe. Someone on the other side of the world reading and writing at the same time as us. Now that’s a time warp. I think the Time Lords did it.
ME Strauss said
Oh no!!
Not the Time Lords here at Successful Blog?
Starbucker said
Hey everyone, I’m going to call it a night - I drove 350 miles today (but the bonus was that is was through the Rockies) and I’m wupped. Liz, thanks as always for hosting, and to all, a very good evening!
Advice Librarian said
Well, the good Doctor is a nice bloke, isn’t he? Cheesy special effects, welsh gravel pits and all
ME Strauss said
Ah Starbucker,
Through the Rockies!!
I met you talking about cars and the Rockies.
Good night, friend. Thanks for coming.
Rick said
Hi cat. Glad you could make it.
Bush isn’t the only one to blame. Congress is up to their eyeballs in the destruction of the US space program. NASA used to be good agency, but between budget cuts, ossification, and the people who think the only thing that should go to space is machines it would be better destroyed and started over.
Joe said
AdLib,
If they just paid attention to what they have and have had, they could accomplish much more. You know “learn from your mistakes”.
@ Rick, Time Lords rule. Now, if they could keep the SandMan at bey so I could stay awake……. oops, I started to doze off.
Rick said
Good night, Starbucker. You have a beautiful place to sleep tonight.
Trisha said
Rick - Of course I will remember everyone!
I don’t know if I was interesting or not. But wait - there is an alien connection - I sent in a picture with it that had my Marvin the Martian and Tribbles on it!
Trisha said
I don’t get the ‘welsh gravel pits’ thing? What did I miss?
Joe said
Nite Starbucker, make sure you have some pics on your Blog tomorrow of your trip through the Rockies, I have never been there, but would love to see what they look like from your perspective.
Rick said
I’m going to take off, too. My wife’s on vacation this week and my daughter wants to watch a movie with me (”Raiders of the Lost Ark”).
Congratulations again, Trisha. The interview is great news.
Thank you, Liz. I’ll talk to you all later.
Trisha said
Good night Rick!
ME Strauss said
Good night, Rick!
I love that movie. Enjoy your daughter’s company!
Advice Librarian said
I’m having a bit of an optimistic feeling about the space industry as a whole based on the X-prize and the potential private industry around it - if we can solve the problem of hard radiation, solar storms, and assorted radiation nastiness lurking outside the Van Allen belt.
Maybe Trisha can think up something to protect astronauts from genetic/cellular damage - beyond taking along a trillion tons of lead as radiation shielding
Joe said
Trisha, the “welsh gravel pits” are supposed to be almost any alien environment the Doctor showed up in, kinda like the desert of New Mexico or Nevada colored red to look like Mars.
Cat said
I know what to do … what I should do … is buy a new powerbook. This one took a dive the other night. RIght on wood floors. I caught the power chord when I was getting off the couch and brought it crashing down. Not good.
The new Powerbooks have a auto release so this does not happen.
This week has been a series of problems so I really did not need the latest one. Last week my battery died so I ordered one. It arrived yesterday. Yes, just on time to be useless today.
My new external HD doesn’t like my powerbook, but loves the newer one (I just bought one of the new ones for hubby a month back).
And when I went to copy files off this morning by writing to a CD, the cd writer quite, fussing about not having a safe connection. It most likely didn’t like the shock of hitting the ground.
I quickly zipped and uploaded the files I needed to my website, but my DW is refusing to load on this computer.
So, I’m stuffed until I can
a) get a new powerchord (it’s sparking)
b) buy a new external
c) get the internal cd writer fixed
d) figure out why DW is not working
Or just buy a new Powerbook. The G5 is great, but I’m used to being on a comfortable couch. NOT in an office like I am now. Grrrrrrrrrr.
Gremlins … aliens … I wish … but in reality it’s just plain bad luck with the powerchord.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Liz, I got through another 20 emails! This is hard work, heh.
ME Strauss said
Cat,
You need a new Powerbook NOW!!! Give yourself permission and go get it.
ME Strauss said
Doug,
You thought it was going to be easy? No you didn’t. You just forgot how hard it is to look at stuff that just not good.
What was the name of that Stupid Moronic post?
ME Strauss said
New Powerbook, Cat.
I mean it!
Trisha said
I can’t think of anyway to protect astronauts, but maybe I could call up the doctor in his TARDIS and ask him how to do it?
welsh gravel pits - ok I get it!
I need a new computer too, but I can’t afford it just yet.
ME Strauss said
Oh heck, AdLib, Get a new Space Agency. I’m feeling generous.
Trisha said
I meant to mention earlier that I would have been here earlier but I was watching House, I’ve been addicted to that show lately.
ME Strauss said
I like House. He has attitude. He acts like I sometimes wish I could get away with.
Trisha said
He is a ‘manipulative bastard’ as they said tonight though, but I still like him.
ME Strauss said
House is a really intelligent 8 year old.
Cat said
Liz, a nice thought, but … there is that money thing. And … this one is only a year and a half old. Macs usually last six years. Mine have anyway. But this IS the first one that’s taken a beating … drat.
Advice Librarian said
What, don’t you have a warranty on the computer? 18 months is - or should be - inside the warranty on capital goods.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Liz, I should probably rename that post to:
“There are moronic idiots everywhere.”
not just in customer service.
I think I’m done for the night. Nice talking to everyone and see everyone next week!
Trisha said
Bye!
Joe said
From aliens to Space Agencies
We have gone.
From the Hubble to the TARDIS,
they could write a song
Time Lords to NASA
and planets unseen,
There will be songs sung
of the Night of the ALIEEEN.
Berma Shave
Nite Liz
Nite All
ME Strauss said
Good night, Doug
Thanks for sharing your email experience.
That post idea is a good one.
Moronic Idiots everywhere. I think there’s a stand up routine in there.
ME Strauss said
Good Night, Joe
Sleepy Swell
ME Strauss said
Cat,
I just can’t stand the misfortune that you’ve been dealing with. I’ve had that kind of trouble hit me too often in the past two years. I wish you magic answer and the universe to fix those darn things that are going wrong.
Trisha said
Bye Joe!
Cat said
I really don’t think a warrenty covers dropping a computer on a hard wood floor. Also, I bought this one in Brunei. The Mac shop here might have a different way of looking at things.
I know when I bought a Mac in Singapore, the shop in Brunei wasn’t as happy to see me. Not that anything went wrong except for changing out HD’s when they wore out. But they do want you to go back to the shop where you bought it. Asia is not the west. Things are handled in a different way out here.
This is the first Mac I’ve had problems with … grrrr.
ME Strauss said
I hear you.
It’s just not fair when our tools break and we want to work.
Advice Librarian said
Well, yes - when non-technical friends ask about computers, I generally recommend they get a Mac on account of that reduces the tech-support-for-free calls on my time.
Not everyone is like the girls I shared a flat with during my student days - Siv kept circuit boards in her underwear drawer…
ME Strauss said
AdLib,
You’ve the most interesting friends. I can’t wait to move inside your head.
Cat said
It used to be my job to stip Macs down and replace broken bits. But that was ages ago. I’d rather take it in and let them run all the tests on it, mainly because I no longer own the really good diagnostics software.
It’s not my job anymore and nothing much has happened to my computers. Well, one time I had to replace a CD writer. Adding memory chips and switching out the HD’s are a walk in the park and technicians are not needed.
Then there was that one time we overclocked the G3 … Now THAT was a computer. The Beige G3 is a dream machine. Mine is still working, just like three others I have here and there. Just working slooooooow.
Advice Librarian said
Heh, the uni days were fun - I fondly recall me and my roomies (Karin, Siv, Ellen) making popcorn and watching Buffy every week
ME Strauss said
Me? I just write and talk.
Advice Librarian said
Huh - it’s 6:30 AM here now.
My brother’s going to go ballistic, so I’d better knock off for the night as well
ME Strauss said
Yes, my prince.
It’s time we all pack it in.
Sweet dreams, AdLib.
Sweet dreams, Cat.
See you on the other side of my sunrise.
Advice Librarian said
‘nite, everyone
Chris Cree said
Yesterday was Tuesday, wasn’t it?
I totally forgot about OCN when I got home. Some birds flew past my window…
ME Strauss said
Hi Chris!
Those birds have been distracting people all day and night. I think they’re aliens.
Chris Cree said
Well at least I wasn’t abducted!
ME Strauss said
Oh yes, you were.
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