LiveBlog for Monday, June 29, 2009

ProducerChris - If you are still around, hope you having a good vacation/break. :-)

fwiw, I like the Blackadder bumps. :-)

Looks like we will not be have Sparta today. ;-)

oh boy - I am not on the LB for 4 months and it looks like there are several trolls afoot on the LB. Egads! Even so, thought I would say hi to those still around from the fall/winter.

Hey Everyone! Sorry... slept in a little... but there's a fresh new Tuesday LiveBlog for you all to play in. Go on and get it!

ProducerChris

Good morning live blogopherians! Have to go to the DMV in a little while to get a new sticker for my license plate, so I'll be in and out, and if the line isn't too long in again.

Time for work, should be back in an hour or so. Have fun.

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It's been an on/off issue for a long time. Have had varicose veins for decades and every so often I just need to elevate the feet so they'll feel better. Plus I overdid walking on some uneven ground a while back and one ankle didn't care for it.

trojanrabbit has a sore foot?
Those kitties must allow you to recover!

Back problems are no fun, shaf. The chronic pain I had for so long is now arthritis (25 years after the accident) so my body moves slow and painfully, esp on these rainy days.

I credit yoga and massage therapy for being up and about.

My wife did some re-arranging of furniture last week, unfortunately it now requires some serious stretching on my part to get to the curtain-pull string. I've realized for a long time that I'm a 3rd class citizen (below the cats). ;)

I asked her to fix up my chair (that the cats have claimed as theirs) so I can elevate my sore ankle when I get home. Of course, I got nothing but dirty looks from Cleo and Lucky when I sat in MY chair.

Hi, Carol!

Hope you are doing well. My back is feeling better today (recovering from a sprain on Saturday). Probably will be back to normal be the weekend.

Hi Carol!

Not too sure how much longer I'll be around today. I've got more training and experiments to do the rest of the week while it's not too busy. Waiting for the engineers to straggle in and wake up.

all ok in here?

Hi Paul! Hi shaf!

If you want some fun reading, check out Vanity Fair's article on Caribou Barbie:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/0...

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Unfortunately, I think SOMEONE has to watch this place and he's it and WMF's spewage had to be addressed.

#216 I was surprised he popped in yesterday.

I'll wish a happy National Sovereignty Day to the country of Iraq. Sorry, that we invaded you for no good reason, dudes!

We had ONE day with a lot of sun, now it's gone again for most of the week.

Heard the tell-tale screeching of the brakes yesterday. :( Oh well, 90K out of a set of brakes isn't too bad.

I don't even know if I should address our new/old troll, but there are some of us who can't listen live and take perverse pleasure in throwing the liveblog off course. Now if that's really a problem, I could stop.

Morning, shaf.

I'd much rather ProducerChris enjoy his vacation without worrying about this place *waves westward*. As you said, the litterbox isn't too bad today.

Not sure if we'll get a fresh sandbox today (this one's still pretty tidy). Regardless, I'll say "Good morning" here and move to a new blog if one pops up.

LEO. You clearly no your radio. But I'm gay and while I'm not of the all gay public figures should be outed frame of mind. I DO find it odd that a man who carries on, on his facebook page about going to see his boyfriend David with updates as if he packs with a blackberry in his hand and as if he's an excited little girl with her first boyfriend, being on a progressive radio show that talks about gay issues in which the disscusion could be much enriched by someone in the conversation having the guts to say "Well, as a gay man myself I CAN say..."
I mean you're not a movie idol to millions of women. Who does he think he is? Tom Cruise.

I'm not one that cares that much about celebrity closet cases it's your business but that's in entertainment. They profess to be a topical PROGRESSIVE radio show and Mr. Producer does what he KNOWS is one of the biggest hurts to the gay community by playing "Blank Canvas"
It's just cowardly.

I appreciate your adult reponse. Thanks. Have a good week.

What LeftCenter @ 204 said, I love LB as it is (when I come here 4 times a year, now, lol), but Chris pitches LB as a place to interact with cast and crew. I've seen Jim pitch his "album" regularly here, but that's it, usually it's just ProducerChris coming in to spank us...I wouldn't give a rat's, but I think they should stop pitching it as interactive...in any case, I may listen later this week but I don't think I'll bother with the LB any more, so adios, mi amigos, my friends and LiveBlageurs! Be well. ^_^

Good show! Take care everyone. Let's try to Sparta for Uncle Hal this week!

Good show, Hal. Keep it up tomorrow! So long everybody!

Great show, Hal-- thanks! I'll probably have to podcast tomorrow but hopefully Wednesday I can join the phalanx and march to SPARTA!

Great job, Hal. You've earned your pilot wings!

Thanks for filling in today Hal, please come back and do it again tomorrow.

#201 And yes, with our small contribution, I feel like we are adding to the cruchy goodness of the show. I'd call in, but I maintain radio silence so that my day job is not in jeopardy (I can multitask, but some folks here wouldn't see it that way).

Pew! I gotta change the cat box! Thanks to Rebecca Baker too for helping out Hal.

'K everyone. Have a great day and don't forget, the rent is due. ;-)

#203 Speak for yourself. I'm not a groupie...just pathetic.

#201 I really don't care if they read the LB or not. I'm just glad they have it so we can all interact with each other.

#194---it's true. We're all pathetic groupies at heart, lol.

well as much as I hate to I have to jump off before the absolute end of the show .... see you tomorrow

188---I disagree. I think they read the Live Blog a lot. It is a good measuring tool for what bits work and which don't. Plus it's a place to fish for ideas on a dry day.

Or maybe not. Does it matter really?

I agree, I too am enjoying the Hal Sparks action!

Thanks ProducerChris. Hal you're doing great!

um yes (blush) producer chris is ripped

good eye candy

leo - Jim has made comments unprompted by Chris about a comment or two on LB .. Steph can't even operate her cell phone.

Hal is doing a great job and actually I chose to tune in today where I usually pass on subs

#183 Hi, ProducerChris. Thanks for setting the record straight.

Enjoy your vaca, pal!

And furthermore, "We Miss Frangela," my boyfriend has very big arms (as do I, quite frankly), and he is more butch than you could ever hope to be.

#181 Hey, we're the e-Peanut-Gallery!

And yes, we go off on a tangent (particularly on pop culture). But, most of the time, we're still keeping up with the show. Occasionally, there's a shout-out to something one of us has written and we all go gaga. ;)

183---yeah! Yeah! What Chris said! Isn't it wonderful that the fill-in hosts are so busy they couldn't make it? We are happy for them.

And I think Hal is doing a good job too.

HI PRODUCER CHRIS .. go back to bed!!!

oops- Thanks Chris, go back to sleep

#183 Thanks, Producer Chris.

Hi Hal, Great job. You will always be Michael Novotny to me. It is so nice to hear you on Septhanie's show and find out that you really are a smart, articulate guy. You support the gay community too. Thanks and good luck to you. L&K, George chicago

:...especially when the hosts aren’t there and can’t respond to you"

C'mon, Cindy, you know Mama & Jim would roast in Hell before they looked at the LB. Chris keeps an eye on it in order to prevent conversations like these -- he edits out the fan complaints.

Dunno if you noticed, last time I called the show (several weeks ago), I said something about the "much-maligned LiveBlog" and Steph & Jim just laughed; Chris sounded like he was unhappy with me. Chris doesn't like me, because I write stuff like this in the LB.

I think I'm looking at a banning at this point, but seriously, I hardly listen to the show any more, anyway. I love you all! Keep up the good lefty fight! *blows kisses, waves grandiosely* ;-D

I guess We Miss Frangela won't be bringing brownies to the next Hal Sparks fanclub meeting.

17. Let's Crack The Whip For The Public Option!

We Miss Frangela-- Do you know that Frangela didn't choose to opt out? Do they feel they were "used"? I thought they were totally used by "I'm a Celebrity", and maybe they needed to turn down the gig with Steph?