Author Topic: Escape Pod won't be back in time for Christmas  (Read 12518 times)

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on: December 21, 2008, 07:11:10 PM
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Reply #1 on: December 21, 2008, 07:36:04 PM
well maybe Santa will bring it as a surprise

I'd like to hear my options, so I could weigh them, what do you say?
Five pounds?  Six pounds? Seven pounds?


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Reply #2 on: December 21, 2008, 07:36:32 PM
Santa isn't real.



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Reply #3 on: December 21, 2008, 08:33:18 PM
I have no inside knowledge, but I'm expecting Mur's Christmas episode on the 24th or 25th.



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Reply #4 on: December 21, 2008, 10:20:36 PM
I'm getting worried, more worried, about Steve.



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Reply #5 on: December 21, 2008, 11:47:24 PM
I'm confused...Did Steve post this somewhere and I just missed it?  Or is it because there wasn't an EP posted last week?


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Reply #6 on: December 22, 2008, 12:04:14 AM
I'm confused...Did Steve post this somewhere and I just missed it?  Or is it because there wasn't an EP posted last week?

Yep.  In the post for Metacast #4



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Reply #7 on: December 22, 2008, 04:55:39 AM
I'm confused...Did Steve post this somewhere and I just missed it?  Or is it because there wasn't an EP posted last week?

Yep.  In the post for Metacast #4

Yeah...heard that, but didn't hear anything about there not being a Christmas episode.


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Reply #8 on: December 22, 2008, 09:45:09 AM
I'm confused...Did Steve post this somewhere and I just missed it?  Or is it because there wasn't an EP posted last week?

Yep.  In the post for Metacast #4

Yeah...heard that, but didn't hear anything about there not being a Christmas episode.

Sorry, I thought you meant the lack of regular EP posts lately.  And like Russell Nash, I'm expecting a Mur piece.  But at this point, I'd rather know that Steve was doing better.  Those who have just discovered EP have a huge back catalog to pass the time, and I would hope that regulars would be understanding.  In my case, it's given me a chance to work my way through Podcastle.



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Reply #9 on: December 22, 2008, 12:39:53 PM
I don't hate steve or anything. Heck, he could stop now and he would have given us a whole lot more than I have. Just saying.



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Reply #10 on: December 22, 2008, 02:46:37 PM
But at this point, I'd rather know that Steve was doing better.  Those who have just discovered EP have a huge back catalog to pass the time, and I would hope that regulars would be understanding.  In my case, it's given me a chance to work my way through Podcastle.

Yes, that is where I am. Just worried about him. He wants a longer vacation, fine. He never posts again, fine. He has given us so much already. He's not well, not fine.

It is so hard to get anything done with ADHD then a lot of the medications for ADHD cause depressive rebound so people end up even worse off. They take the medication, it works for a while, then stops working and they end up with worse ADHD and depression to boot. I don't know what the solution is... maybe totally organic diet, exercise, no fluoridated tap water, etc. And if you have the energy and focus for that you probably don't have ADHD in the first place.

Merry Christmas Steve. Hope you are better.



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Reply #11 on: December 22, 2008, 05:54:46 PM
there's probably work going on, he said that one of the things he would do is get ahead of the curve.

which means there are ep episodes out there that i haven't heard yet and can't get to. which is oddly both comforting and frustrating at the same time.



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Reply #12 on: December 23, 2008, 02:48:12 AM
I can only echo the thought's others have expresed. I've been so pleased with Escape Pod that I became a monthly supporter. I wish I had the time to do more. I wish Steve, his family and all that have made Escape pod so special a Merry holiday season and a well deserved break. If Escape Pod ends I will miss it but family and Health are far more important. Jim



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Reply #13 on: December 23, 2008, 06:49:24 AM
If Escape Pod ends I will miss it but family and Health are far more important.

Agreed. Steve has given us so much over the years and owes us nothing. If anything, we are still vastly in his debt.



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Reply #14 on: December 24, 2008, 02:46:43 AM
I'll be listening again to "Santa In My Pocket", "Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers" (#2 Bestest Christmas Story EVER*) and maybe "Night Off".  I really was unimpressed with "Citytalkers" and doubt I'll go back to it ... sorry Mur.


*#1 being the fabulous movie Tokyo Godfathers.

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Reply #15 on: December 24, 2008, 03:15:01 AM
Ok folks, everybody loves Steve, but that doesn't mean someone's an ingrate if they're sad/annoyed/worried/disappointed/morose/sanguine/etc. that EP isn't back in time for [insert midwinter/midsummer holidays/festivals/Festivus applicable to location and religious beliefs].

That said, ditto on the comments as to the worth of what we've got, and ditto on the comments about missing EP.
« Last Edit: December 24, 2008, 03:19:44 AM by Heradel »

I Twitter. I also occasionally blog on the Escape Pod blog, which if you're here you shouldn't have much trouble finding.


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Reply #16 on: December 24, 2008, 06:02:08 AM
Also, having spoken to Steve, "There is in fact going to be a Christmas episode."

I Twitter. I also occasionally blog on the Escape Pod blog, which if you're here you shouldn't have much trouble finding.


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Reply #17 on: December 24, 2008, 08:06:30 AM
Ok folks, everybody loves Steve, but that doesn't mean someone's an ingrate if they're sad/annoyed/worried/disappointed/morose/sanguine/etc. that EP isn't back in time for [insert midwinter/midsummer holidays/festivals/Festivus applicable to location and religious beliefs].

That said, ditto on the comments as to the worth of what we've got, and ditto on the comments about missing EP.

Thanks for saying all that, Heradel.

I'll be listening again to "Santa In My Pocket", "Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers" (#2 Bestest Christmas Story EVER*) and maybe "Night Off".  I really was unimpressed with "Citytalkers" and doubt I'll go back to it ... sorry Mur.


*#1 being the fabulous movie Tokyo Godfathers.

Yeah, I'll probably listen to some of Mur's stories and definitely Greg Van Eekhout's In the Late December.


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Reply #18 on: December 24, 2008, 05:21:13 PM
Also, having spoken to Steve, "There is in fact going to be a Christmas episode."

I believe Steve said that in the Metacast, too.  I believe in Steve Clause!



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Reply #19 on: December 25, 2008, 06:32:29 AM
Looks like the Christmas episode will be going up at 12:01 am EST



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Reply #20 on: December 25, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
Yay! It's back!



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Reply #21 on: December 26, 2008, 09:47:55 PM
i'm very happy to be wrong