Author Topic: Coming soon to Escape Pod...  (Read 11068 times)

jrderego

  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 687
  • Writer of Union Dues stories (among others)
    • J. R. DeRego - Writer
on: September 18, 2009, 06:26:13 PM
Main Entry:   thren·o·dy
Pronunciation: \ˈthre-nə-dē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural thren·o·dies
Etymology: Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos dirge + aeidein to sing — more at drone, ode
Date: 1634
: a song of lamentation for the dead : elegy

****
"Johnny here. Go." You'd think the Union, with all their money, would use modern technology for communications and stuff, but they don't. We're walkie-talkie heroes in a cell phone world. Miss Jennifer confiscated our prepaid phones after an appearance at the Missouri State Fair, and we haven't stopped long enough to replace them yet.
****


"Happiness consists of getting enough sleep." Robert A. Heinlein
Also, please buy my book - Escape Clause: A Union Dues Novel
http://www.encpress.com/EC.html


Jason M

  • Guest
Reply #1 on: September 18, 2009, 06:35:32 PM
Yay.  Not to sound negative right off the bat, but will we have a professional quality narrator?



Russell Nash

  • Guest
Reply #2 on: September 18, 2009, 07:03:54 PM
So the stories about the kids will be finished out here on EP?  Or did I get the character wrong?



Jason M

  • Guest
Reply #3 on: September 18, 2009, 08:22:50 PM
Yes, that's Team Sahkaricaqui (SP)



jrderego

  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 687
  • Writer of Union Dues stories (among others)
    • J. R. DeRego - Writer
Reply #4 on: September 18, 2009, 08:27:08 PM
Yes, that's Team Sahkaricaqui (SP)

Shikaragaki...


"Happiness consists of getting enough sleep." Robert A. Heinlein
Also, please buy my book - Escape Clause: A Union Dues Novel
http://www.encpress.com/EC.html


Russell Nash

  • Guest
Reply #5 on: September 18, 2009, 08:41:34 PM
Yes, that's Team Sahkaricaqui (SP)

Shikaragaki...



I knew I wouldn't get it right, so I didn't even give it a shot.



Jason M

  • Guest
Reply #6 on: September 18, 2009, 08:48:12 PM
Yes, that's Team Sahkaricaqui (SP)

Shikaragaki...



I knew I wouldn't get it right, so I didn't even give it a shot.

That's why I mangled it as bad as I did.  I woulda hated to be only 1 letter off.  If you must fail, do so with Flair!  Wooo!



Darwinist

  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 701
Reply #7 on: September 19, 2009, 05:05:55 AM
Great!  Looking forward to more Union. 

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.    -  Carl Sagan


stePH

  • Actually has enough cowbell.
  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 3906
  • Cool story, bro!
    • Thetatr0n on SoundCloud
Reply #8 on: September 19, 2009, 03:41:09 PM
R.I.P. Clonepod.

"Nerdcore is like playing Halo while getting a blow-job from Hello Kitty."
-- some guy interviewed in Nerdcore Rising


MacArthurBug

  • Giddy
  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 648
  • I can resist anything except temptation
    • undercaffinated
Reply #9 on: September 20, 2009, 11:29:58 PM
ohgoodgawd YES! YAY more UD!!

Oh, great and mighty Alasdair, Orator Maleficent, He of the Silvered Tongue, guide this humble fangirl past jumping up and down and squeeing upon hearing the greatness of Thy voice.
Oh mighty Mur the Magnificent. I am not worthy.


stePH

  • Actually has enough cowbell.
  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 3906
  • Cool story, bro!
    • Thetatr0n on SoundCloud
Reply #10 on: September 21, 2009, 02:04:29 PM
That's why I mangled it as bad as I did.  I woulda hated to be only 1 letter off.  If you must fail, do so with Flair!  Wooo!

I've counted, and you only have nine pieces of Flair on.  Russell Nash has sixteen.  Do you want to be somebody who Just Does the Minimum?


"Nerdcore is like playing Halo while getting a blow-job from Hello Kitty."
-- some guy interviewed in Nerdcore Rising


lowky

  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 2717
  • from http://lovecraftismissing.com/?page_id=3142
Reply #11 on: September 21, 2009, 02:46:23 PM
That's why I mangled it as bad as I did.  I woulda hated to be only 1 letter off.  If you must fail, do so with Flair!  Wooo!

I've counted, and you only have nine pieces of Flair on.  Russell Nash has sixteen.  Do you want to be somebody who Just Does the Minimum?



Yes but The Orator Malefacient, Alisdair, The Perverter of Punctuation IS Flair so just by following HIM we are basked in HIS flair, thus making up for any lack of flair on our part.  can the members of TCoRN top that?  I don't think so.


jrderego

  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 687
  • Writer of Union Dues stories (among others)
    • J. R. DeRego - Writer
Reply #12 on: September 21, 2009, 06:48:03 PM
That's why I mangled it as bad as I did.  I woulda hated to be only 1 letter off.  If you must fail, do so with Flair!  Wooo!

I've counted, and you only have nine pieces of Flair on.  Russell Nash has sixteen.  Do you want to be somebody who Just Does the Minimum?



Yes but The Orator Malefacient, Alisdair, The Perverter of Punctuation IS Flair so just by following HIM we are basked in HIS flair, thus making up for any lack of flair on our part.  can the members of TCoRN top that?  I don't think so.

If you want me to wear 38 pieces of flair like your boy, Brian, over there. Why not just make the minimum 38?!

"Happiness consists of getting enough sleep." Robert A. Heinlein
Also, please buy my book - Escape Clause: A Union Dues Novel
http://www.encpress.com/EC.html


stePH

  • Actually has enough cowbell.
  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 3906
  • Cool story, bro!
    • Thetatr0n on SoundCloud
Reply #13 on: September 21, 2009, 11:01:01 PM
If you want me to wear 38 pieces of flair like your boy, Brian, over there. Why not just make the minimum 38?!

Do you really want to be somebody who Just Does the Minimum?

Don't you want to Express Yourself?

"Nerdcore is like playing Halo while getting a blow-job from Hello Kitty."
-- some guy interviewed in Nerdcore Rising


jrderego

  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 687
  • Writer of Union Dues stories (among others)
    • J. R. DeRego - Writer
Reply #14 on: September 22, 2009, 01:45:11 AM
If you want me to wear 38 pieces of flair like your boy, Brian, over there. Why not just make the minimum 38?!

Do you really want to be somebody who Just Does the Minimum?

Don't you want to Express Yourself?

So?.. 38 then?

"Happiness consists of getting enough sleep." Robert A. Heinlein
Also, please buy my book - Escape Clause: A Union Dues Novel
http://www.encpress.com/EC.html


Russell Nash

  • Guest
Reply #15 on: September 22, 2009, 05:21:20 AM
I never saw this movie and this conversation is doing nothing to make me change my mind.



kibitzer

  • Purveyor of Unsolicited Opinions
  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 2228
  • Kibitzer: A meddler who offers unwanted advice
Reply #16 on: September 22, 2009, 11:53:29 AM
I never saw this movie and this conversation is doing nothing to make me change my mind.

For a deity, you have a remarkably closed mind.


kibitzer

  • Purveyor of Unsolicited Opinions
  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 2228
  • Kibitzer: A meddler who offers unwanted advice
Reply #17 on: September 22, 2009, 11:55:25 AM
I never saw this movie and this conversation is doing nothing to make me change my mind.

For a deity, you have a remarkably closed mind.

Sh*t!! Did I say that out loud??


jrderego

  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 687
  • Writer of Union Dues stories (among others)
    • J. R. DeRego - Writer
Reply #18 on: September 22, 2009, 01:25:24 PM
I never saw this movie and this conversation is doing nothing to make me change my mind.



Hey Russell, whaaaaaaats happening? I'm going to have to ask you to go ahead and watch Office Space. Okay? Greaaaaaaat.

Oh, and we're putting the new cover sheets on our TPS reports. Did you get that memo? Greaaaaat. I'll have another copy of the memo sent to you. Because you see, we're putting the new cover sheets on...

"Happiness consists of getting enough sleep." Robert A. Heinlein
Also, please buy my book - Escape Clause: A Union Dues Novel
http://www.encpress.com/EC.html


Jason M

  • Guest
Reply #19 on: September 22, 2009, 03:30:25 PM
Seeing him as Mather Gideon in Crusade makes Office Space even better!



jrderego

  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 687
  • Writer of Union Dues stories (among others)
    • J. R. DeRego - Writer
Reply #20 on: September 22, 2009, 03:48:15 PM
Seeing him as Mather Gideon in Crusade makes Office Space even better!

He's also the voice of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, which I always found hilarious.

"Happiness consists of getting enough sleep." Robert A. Heinlein
Also, please buy my book - Escape Clause: A Union Dues Novel
http://www.encpress.com/EC.html


stePH

  • Actually has enough cowbell.
  • Hipparch
  • ******
  • Posts: 3906
  • Cool story, bro!
    • Thetatr0n on SoundCloud
Reply #21 on: September 22, 2009, 09:39:49 PM
Seeing him as Mather Gideon in Crusade makes Office Space even better!

I like that he's Kim Possible's dad.


"Nerdcore is like playing Halo while getting a blow-job from Hello Kitty."
-- some guy interviewed in Nerdcore Rising