Team Esteve

You mothers are a special breed of people and deserve more praise and less lip from all us snotty brats.

Taking a family-friendly classic like that and doing THIS to it! SHAME! Disturbingly funny video below:

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A little lesson on why Scotches taste the way they do, courtesy of Zane, Three Sheets, and hulu.com.

 

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Technical Details
Audacity was the software used to record the podcast
My website is hosted at DreamHost.
I use EverNote for all my show-prep/note taking.
The intro and outro music was provided through the PodShow Podsafe Music Network

Vacation Resources
We use Vickie K. over at Mousefan Travel to book our vacation and make our dining and tour reservations.
I mentioned two books we use to plan and document our vacation
– The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World
– Passporter
Two websites we go to for news, notes, menus and other information
– allears.net
– mouseplanet.com
And what I consider to be the best all-around podcast for WDW information: wdwtoday.com

Tour Information
Segway Tour
Keys to the Kingdom Tour

Other Information
Intro music was by the The Brew
Outro Music was by Big Nasty

Ok. I’ll admit it. I’m a faux-reality junkie. As long as VH-1 keeps putting out schlock, I’ll keep watching it. I do have my limits (if there’s money involved then I won’t watch), but if it’s got “of love” in the title, I’m probably going to have it on the Tivo at some point. So I started watching “Daisy of Love” tonight. If you don’t know what sort of show this is, then run over to vh1.com and read up. I’ll wait…..

Back? Good. So the plan is for me to watch these things and let you know my thoughts as I watch. I don’t know if I’ll hit all the episodes (vacation’s coming up and all), but I’ll give it my best shot. This isn’t a recap. Lots of people do that and will do it better than I could, so I give you all the snark without all the extra “here’s what happened” typing.
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If you have Netflix, then you can watch the documentary “King of Kong” instantly right now on your computer (if you have that Netflix option). If you’re a child of the 80s like I am, and you spent way too much time in arcades like I did (I was a local Crazy Climber champ at the arcade within biking distance of my house. Sad but true.), then I highly recommend going and seeing it right now. Go ahead. I’ll wait…..

For those of you who don’t have quick access to it, I’ll quote the IMDB synopsis:

In the early 1980s, legendary Billy Mitchell set a Donkey Kong record that stood for almost 25 years. This documentary follows the assault on the record by Steve Wiebe, an earnest teacher from Washington who took up the game while unemployed. The top scores are monitored by a cadre of players and fans associated with Walter Day, an Iowan who runs Funspot, an annual tournament. Wiebe breaks Mitchell’s record in public at Funspot, and Mitchell promptly mails a video tape of himself setting a new record. So Wiebe travels to Florida hoping Mitchell will face him for the 2007 Guinness World Records. Will the mind-game-playing Mitchell engage; who will end up holding the record?

Right after watching the movie, I was like most people I guess, thinking “Billy’s a punk” (punk wasn’t the word I was thinking, but this is a family site). I also came away thinking Walter Day (who is more noteworthy in the movie for running the Twin Galaxies website and not the Funspot like the synopsis says) and his group were Billy Mitchell sycophants, and that’s what the directors want you to think. The film has a hero and a villain and the fact that it’s a documentary makes the movie even more intriguing. The problem, though, is that I’m too smart for my own good.

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:01 So where/when was Sayid?


:58 Blowing up trees with Black Rock-looking dynamite over a necklace?


:56 Mercifully Sawyer has a pair of glasses that weren’t taped together.


:49 Anyone else think maybe Paul was working for the hostiles and wore the Ankh necklace as a symbol of his loyalty? The statue looked to be holding two Ankh symbols in its hands.


:47 Looked like dead guy (Paul) was part of security from the patch on his jumpsuit


:42 The pop-up recounted the “Charlotte grew up on the island and saw Daniel” story, but didn’t outright say the little redhead girl was Charlotte. Hmmm….


:39 Amazing that the actor who plays Richard Alpert also played Batmanuel in the live-action version of The Tick.


:36 Everyone seen this video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdWLYVRiin8
:35 Horace is leader of DHARMA on the island. A little higher on the org chart than I thought.


:27 Pop-up said that DHARMA used the sub to transport people to and from the island. After the purge, did the hostiles continue to use the sub? Or did they use that as a cover for another way to get people on and off the island? Remember Juliette was given a sedative before she went to the island and woke up on the sub. Hmmm…


:26 How did Amy get the earplugs in her ears without anyone noticing?


:25 Wouldn’t a sonic fence make a noise?


:24 Maybe I’m thinking of the place where the Pearl tubes piled up.


21: I missed the start of the episode. This the pop-up confirm the statue had a four-toed foot?


The number before the post is minutes past the hour (approx.).


19: Isn’t the picnic scene close to the entrance to a DHARMA station? Or am I just misremembering things?


So Horace is a Math person and works in the Arrow station. My thinking is that the Arrow station, which is the defense/offense for DHARMA provides protection for Othersville in the form of Security, of which LaFleur (Sawyer) is in charge. Horace is above Sawyer on the Org chart, hence the “Fearless leader” crack.

For dinner Saturday, we made a Thai Shrimp Bisque and Steamed Basmati.

Thai Shrimp Bisque with Steamed Basmati

For lunch yesterday we had a wonderful pan-fried chicken that had lime pepper in the coating that was topped with broccoli and pineapple and then covered with a Havarti cheese.