John Hodgman’s TED talk about aliens
The latter half of the talk is actually paraphrased from his second book: More Information Than You Require.
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Last Message 3 days, 23 hours ago- Curt : It's 6:15pm EST on Monday, and FG2 is up and running!
- Curt : It's 6:43pm EST on Wednesday and FG2 is up and running!
- Cliff : Guys, when you get a chance go see Grown-ups, definetly the best movie of the summer that I have seen.
- Curt : It's 7:15pm EST and FG2 is up and running!
- Curt : Left 4 Dead 2 is $10 today! Holy carp!
- John : Haha! I'm safe! I'm broke!
- Curt : Remember that huge Steam sale around Christmas? Well, they're doing it again until July 4th. Wallets beware!
- Curt : Did anyone else feel the earthquake?
- Curt : That sucks. Sorry to hear it. :S Hopefully it's just a bug and not the typical upgrade path for OS4.
- John : So, lost my apps... but you can re-download any app you've already downloaded for free, so I'm re-downloading my paid apps. Think I'm SOL for any data or saves, since they're all stored locally near as I can tell. Oh well not the end of the world.
- Curt : You can get APB beta keys right here, if you're interested: «link»
- Cliff : So Carl did you manage to get the lawn done?
- Carl : Just in case you missed Marie's message, Happy Birthday Johnny
- Neil : Awesome news!
- Curt : Kicked ass, everytime! This weekend we beat Nyarlathotep, Ithaqua, Yig, and Rhan-Tegoth. Every time was a final battle. It's REALLY hard to win by sealed gates, we're finding.
- Neil : So did you guys kick some eldritch horror ass? or get mud stomped? lol :p
- Curt : And Happy Birthday, Cliff! Wherever you are!
- Curt : To those with iPhones/iPod touches, Crap of Defense is a fun tower defense game that's free until tomorrow (I think)!
- Curt : Damn toaster's trying to trick us again!
- Neil : Look at the Cylon pretending to be human. So sad! ;p
- Carl : All lies I tell you. I'll have non of your cylon conspiracies. Remember these wise words. Whoever smelled it, dealt it.
- Curt : I still maintain that Carl was the cylon in the game we played at PAX East, too. He just used his robot powers to make us think it was Neil.
- John : Yeah! I don't care what the cards say, Carl was a Cylon from turn 1.
- Neil : Damn you Carl, your a devious Cylon! Turn my people into food will you...
- Curt : It's 6:16pm EST and FG2 is up and running!
- Curt : Also, Geometry Wars 2 is half-price for Gold subscribers this week! «link»
- Curt : I highly recommend Rocket Riot, as it's pretty awesome.
- Curt : I forgot to mention it earlier, but today is the last day for a sale on Xbox Live: «link»
- John : I got it too, pretty fun so far.
- Neil : Leaving for Toronto! Be there by noon if all goes well.
- Neil : I bought it, also got the complete Quake bundle.
- Curt : Go for it, it's a great deal.
- John : Oh no! Borderlands is 50% off for the weekend, it's so tempting! But I don't know if I should.
- Carl : Yeah it was an amazing time with lots of funny stuff going on along the way.
- John : I'm going to try and make it with you guys next year.
- Neil : PAX was amazing! Can't wait for next year! Time for another bowl of cookie crisp...
- Curt : I'm home! Safe and sound after a great weekend at PAX. So tired, but so happy!
- Neil : I am returned from B.C.! And on the subject of D&D scheduling... I am thinking if possible Thursdays may be the best option. I know Chris and I were talking about it and it would be best for us I think. We can discuss more.
- John : Ah, ok. No problem. I'll be over at Neil's to hang out tomorrow night anyway, so I'll see you for a bit when you get in.
- Curt : Correct. And Neil's only barely in town tonight, so I figured I'd reschedule it. I'm going to be busy next Tuesday, so we're not going to play then either, but the week after, we're back on the ball. Hopefully I'll make good use of my time and actually be really prepared for the next session!
- John : I'm assuming that there's no D&D session tonight? What with Curt being in town tomorrow.
- Neil : I am falling in love with Kelowna. Truly an amazing place. If I can afford to move out here in the next ten years, I'm doing it. Gonna get some pics tomorrow if possible, been busy since we landed. Sigh...
- Curt : It's 6:28pm EST on Wednesday, and FG2 is up and running!
- Curt : Yes, yes it is. I simply forgot to send the invites!
- John : Is D&D on tonight? I didn't get an invite.
- Curt : It's 6:13pm EST on Wednesday and FG2 is up and running.
- Neil : I will, thanks for the reminder!
- Curt : Don't forget to sign it and fill in the rest of the details, of course.
- Curt : Me too! My passport came last Thursday. Less than 2 weeks since I submitted it! Awesome!
- Neil : Woot! My passport came in today, so now I have my PAX pass and passport. I am good to go too Boston! F$%K YEAH!!!