muskrat_john ([info]muskrat_john) wrote,
@ 2008-02-13 13:16:00
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Current location:Muskrat Snows
Current mood: blank
Current music:"1985" - Richard Thompson
Entry tags:dork tower, itunes, snow

Upatey thingy
I'm pretty peeved at myself for getting today's comic strip up late. Especially since I'm pretty happy with it.



(Click anywhere here to go see the 'toon.)

It's been a few months now that I've been able to keep to schedule. This last Monday and Tuesday were pretty bleah workdays, overall, but if I'd gotten my act in gear, I'd have made this deadline easily.

At least it's up on the day. It's been several months since I've actually missed a day, so I'm feeling pretty solid about that.

What I'm gonna do, as we slowly transition to a point where the web site might actually make some, you know, money (shock! horror!) is to post the cartoons on LiveJournal and My Space the Friday of the week after they run. So...if'n you just can't wait, head on over to DorkTower.com Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Every little click should (soon) help.

It's been nice being ahead of the game a bit. It's also allowed me to put more time into the drawings, which I've been having fun with. I was so happy I managed to work that unicorn in today.

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An iTunes meme ganked from my John's Pal Alex Robinson:

How many songs total: 8,988
How many hours or days of music: 23 days
Most recently played: "Never Be the Same" by Crowded House
Most played: "Extraordinary" by Liz Phair (139 times)*
Most recently added: "Bang Bang Rock & Roll" by Art Brut

Sort by song title:
First Song: "A-11" by Richard Thompson
Last Song: "18000 Lira" by Art Brut

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: "Horn Imtro" by Modest Mouse (:10)
Longest Song: "Appalachian Spring" by Copeland (36:42)
(Longest non-classical song: "Eskimo" by Damian Rice (16:07))

Sort by album:
First album: "A.M." by Wilco
Last album: "1977-1970" by the Beatles
First song that comes up on Shuffle: "I Will Dare" by the Replacements

Search the following and state how many songs come up:

Death - 32
Life - 173
Love - 510
Hate - 42
You - 951
Sex - 56

Most Represented Artist
Elvis Costello (440 songs)

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So, remember that BAM, BAM, BAM snow I was talking about?

Here are some pics the Lovely and talented Judith snapped, after the last 12" fell.

This is our front door. That's the imprint of our door in the snow that's a third of the way up it.











And to think that the Managing Editor of the Wisconsin State Journal once banned writers from using the phrase "the white stuff." I could come up with FAR more colorful phrases concerning it, now.

Stay warm!


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[info]pope_guilty
2008-02-13 07:23 pm UTC (link)
You'd think that years later I wouldn't still be yelling "Meet each other! Pleeease!"

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[info]lampbane
2008-02-13 07:28 pm UTC (link)
But they have met each other, they just never actually hooked up.

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[info]bpeace
2008-02-13 07:30 pm UTC (link)
Damn right! I was just thinking the same thing. I married my geek girl, why can't Matt at least date his?

It's like when I was a kid and used to rant at the TV when those kids stole Lucky's Lucky Charms or denied the Trix Rabbit his Trix. It's just not fair.

Give Matt and Gilly some lovin's. Pleeeeeeease!!! For the love of God, give us HOPE!

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[info]unclelumpy
2008-02-13 07:53 pm UTC (link)
Please to be looking further down, da?

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[info]lampbane
2008-02-13 07:29 pm UTC (link)
Is that a hidden "16" on the chair? ;)

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[info]muskrat_john
2008-02-13 07:31 pm UTC (link)
It means I've hidden 16 "Nina"s in the strip.

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[info]kshandra
2008-02-13 07:39 pm UTC (link)
I'm now trying to picture the cast a la Hirschfeld....

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[info]julzerator
2008-02-13 07:29 pm UTC (link)
Oh, the comic is mighty mean!

I've missed Gilly!

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[info]replyhazy
2008-02-13 07:39 pm UTC (link)
Please tell me you and your neighbors go in together on a snow removal service?

Thinks of your driveway and street... shudders.

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[info]muskrat_john
2008-02-13 07:43 pm UTC (link)
I fear we each have different services.

Our guy, affectionately known as "Mr. Plow," is usually the last to come.

I KNOW it would make sense to have one service do the whole thing, but we've asked - nobody's ever wanted the extra work. Go figure.

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Missing...
[info]ctrlalttabby
2008-02-13 07:51 pm UTC (link)
Snow angels... snow forts... snow "pot of coffee was thrown here just to change the color" mark...

(And, oh yeah, a DorkStock logo...)

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[info]unclelumpy
2008-02-13 07:52 pm UTC (link)
*AHEM*

I just like to point this out at every given opportunity, since people seem to like bringing it up.

The reason Jon doesn't allow Matt and Gilly to ever get together is the same reason Charles Schulz never allowed Charlie Brown to kick the football.

Because then... The joke would be over.

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[info]tarpo
2008-02-13 08:01 pm UTC (link)
But I don't think Charlie brown would have managed to hump the football if he had kicked it

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[info]muskrat_john
2008-02-13 08:23 pm UTC (link)
TMI

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[info]bpeace
2008-02-13 08:58 pm UTC (link)
I understand that philosophy, but there are those who appreciate a payoff to a joke and the eventual moving on to new jokes inspired by that payoff. I am one of those people. I have this insane desire to see the story move forward instead of spinning its wheels and rehashing the same joke into infinity. I love Dork Tower, but everytime I see a Matt & Gilly near-miss, my eyes inadvertently roll a little more.

Fortunately, every gag has been a really good one, So kudos to John for that. It's why I keep coming back like a crack addict. He is very good at his job. Even the old gags are outstanding. I'm just hopeful everytime and the letdown rankles every so often.

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[info]taavi
2008-02-14 02:51 am UTC (link)
When are we going to see an actual comic book on paper, John?

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[info]awfulhorrid
2008-02-13 07:54 pm UTC (link)
It looks a lot like our back- and sideyards over here in Bristol, although at least we've been able to keep the driveway clear enough to get in and out of the garage(*) The planters in our backyard are now small hills that the squirrels stand upon and complain that we haven't made it out to refill the feeders yet. I'll have to do this tonight.


(* - This is the first time I've ever had a garage since I moved to the Midwest. On the list of requirements for our home, it has now moved from "would be nice" to "required feature.")

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[info]jhghendriks
2008-02-13 08:01 pm UTC (link)
That's a lot of snow [shudder]

How many songs total: 4219
How many hours or days of music: 15.7 days
Most recently played: "Yulunga (Spirit Dance)" by Dead Can Dance [13-02-2008 19:48]
Most played: "Snow" by Loreena McKennitt [109]
Most recently added: "Missing" by Everything But the Girl [27-01-2008 01:37]

Sort by song title:
First Song: "A-Tuin the Turtle" by Dave Greenslade
Last Song: "-" by Viralai

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: "You Go Your Way" by Philip Glass, with Leonard Cohen [0:07]
Longest Lesson: "The European Tradition of Constitutionalism" by Thomas Laquer [01:20:59]
Longest Album: "Naqoyqatsi" by Philip Glass [01:17:10]
Longest non-classical song: "Providence" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor [29:02]

Sort by album:
First album: Aangenaam Klassiek 2003
Last album: 1983 - Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two
First song that comes up on Shuffle: "Niemand Thuis" by Tröckener Kecks

Search the following and state how many songs come up:

Death - 4
Life - 56
Love - 121
Hate - 3
You - 222
Sex - 57

Most Represented Artist
Dead Can Dance (207 songs)

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[info]parakkum
2008-02-13 08:25 pm UTC (link)
On that note:

How many songs total: 1,867
How many hours or days of music: 6 days
Most recently played: "Starve" (live version) by Rollins Band
Most played: "Low SO" (live version) by Rollins Band
Most recently added: "New Born" (live bootleg) by Muse

Sort by song title:
First song: "Abel Et Cain" by Diamanda Galas
Last song: "999" from the Bleach soundtrack

Sort by time:
Shortest song: "Torchy" by Combustible Edison (0:15)
Longest "song": Wil Wheaton reading at Phoenix Cactus Comic Con (59:47)
Longest actual song: "Quichotte Part I" (live version) by Tangerine Dream (23:17)

Sort by album:
First album: About a Boy, by Badly Drawn Boy
Last album: 12 Tales, by various contributors
First song that comes up on Shuffle: "Beautiful Morning With You" by The Pillows

Search by term:

Death - 14
Life - 47
Love - 62
Hate - 4
You - 119
Sex - 3

Most represented artist:
Rasputina (124 songs)

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[info]parakkum
2008-02-13 08:27 pm UTC (link)
Of course, what this meme really needs is a version based on your iPod contents, as my iTunes is often just a home base and refueling point for the iPod.

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[info]muskrat_john
2008-02-13 09:41 pm UTC (link)
That's what it started out as...

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After the crash
[info]jhghendriks
2008-02-19 03:42 pm UTC (link)
Seemingly the result at the moment is:

How many songs total: 0
How many hours or days of music: 0
Most recently played: na
Most played: na
Most recently added: na

Sort by song title:
First Song: na
Last Song: na

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: na
Longest Lesson: na
Longest Album: na
Longest non-classical song: na

Sort by album:
First album: na
Last album: na
First song that comes up on Shuffle: na

Search the following and state how many songs come up:

Death - 0
Life - 0
Love - 0
Hate - 0
You - 0
Sex - 0

Most Represented Artist
na


[sigh]stupid harddisk crashes.
I really should buy an additional external harddisk to back my music up.

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[info]gala_silverstar
2008-02-13 08:03 pm UTC (link)
looks a lot like it does here in Salt Lake. We've been having pretty high snow totals as well. I never can find the totals for the valley, but I think some of the resorts in the mountains have upwards of around 140 inches. It's evidently been a great snow season.

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[info]alexbot3000
2008-02-13 08:13 pm UTC (link)
Three things:
1) You have little asterixes in your ipod thing but I don't see any footnotes.
2) Your last song (alphabetically) is the same as mine ("9th and Hennepin" by Tom Waits) which isn't that shocking but how on Earth did we both have the SAME song (Amy Winehouse) come up on shuffle? With 15,000 songs between the two of us that seems statistically impossible! (unless you forgot to edit my answer out when you copied it?)
3) there's no third thing.

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[info]muskrat_john
2008-02-13 08:18 pm UTC (link)
unless you forgot to edit my answer out when you copied it?

Bingo!

I missed those two lines.

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Picky McPedantface
[info]muskrat_john
2008-02-13 08:22 pm UTC (link)
How many songs total: 8,988
How many hours or days of music: 23 days
Most recently played: "Never Be the Same" by Crowded House
Most played: "Extraordinary" by Liz Phair (139 times)*
Most recently added: "Bang Bang Rock & Roll" by Art Brut

Sort by song title:
First Song: "A-11" by Richard Thompson
Last Song: "18000 Lira" by Art Brut

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: "Horn Imtro" by Modest Mouse (:10)
Longest Song: "Appalachian Spring" by Copeland (36:42)
(Longest non-classical song: "Eskimo" by Damian Rice (16:07))

Sort by album:
First album: "A.M." by Wilco
Last album: "1977-1970" by the Beatles
First song that comes up on Shuffle: "I Will Dare" by the Replacements

Search the following and state how many songs come up:

Death - 32
Life - 173
Love - 510
Hate - 42
You - 951
Sex - 56

Most Represented Artist
Elvis Costello (440 songs)

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[info]karohemd
2008-02-13 09:19 pm UTC (link)
I miss snow. Last time we had snow like that was 20 years ago. The most exciting amount of snow was about 1m 5 years ago...

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[info]corpsie
2008-02-13 09:23 pm UTC (link)
I may be wrong, but isn't Gilly staying about half a mile south of Camden Town and within walking distance of the British Museum. (oh god... I don't suppose there's an off switch for the geek gene?)

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[info]muskrat_john
2008-02-13 09:40 pm UTC (link)
When last I defined where she was staying, she was at Connaught Hall, so throwing in the telecom tower may have been a bit presumptuous...but I needed some landmark for folks who might not realize she's still in London, and that was a lot less ridiculous than other landmarks would have been...

Although she could be at a friends' place...

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[info]corpsie
2008-02-13 10:40 pm UTC (link)
One of us was less than a mile out.

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[info]kobold_8769
2008-02-14 03:03 pm UTC (link)
I think the flag was a bigger clue than the tower.

*resumes puzzling over "upatey"*

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[info]delazan
2008-02-13 10:22 pm UTC (link)
No, the Geek Gene never switches off. I cannot read anything, even for leisure, without proofreading it.
-Lori, Editor Extraordinaire

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[info]delazan
2008-02-13 10:23 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, that front door looks like our garage door.

Like Frances, I'm nudging you for a Dorkstock logo, and one other drawing...
-L.

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[info]georgmi
2008-02-13 10:43 pm UTC (link)
the Managing Editor of the Wisconsin State Journal once banned writers from using the phrase "the white stuff."

Given that whenever I read or hear this phrase, I get The New Kids on the Block running through my head, I cannot help but agree with this completely reasonable policy.

(Weird Al is brilliant, but anything that earworms one with a New Kids song is Eeeeevillll.)

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[info]kesmun
2008-02-14 04:16 am UTC (link)
Bwah. haha. hahahahahaha.

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[info]kittengirly
2008-02-13 10:45 pm UTC (link)
Gah! Snow! Reminds me of my first winter in Cleveland - we got 3 feet in 90 minutes. So glad we moved out of the snow belt. That amount of snow is just insane.

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[info]blackjackrocket
2008-02-14 12:19 am UTC (link)
I'm reminded of this one winter we had in northern Indiana...snowed THREE FEET in about a weekend, and the superintendant still wouldn't close the schools. But no one went anyway. I'm pretty sure my dad (a teacher) stayed home too. But I went to the grocery store since we didn't know how long we'd be snowed in or if it'd get worse, and we ran into my science teacher. He looked sheepish that he'd been caught skipping.

That was also the time we showed the snow to our cat. He had a tendency to run out the door the second it was opened, so we took him out and put his paws in the snow. And he didn't try to get out the rest of the winter.

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[info]siobharek
2008-02-14 09:35 am UTC (link)
John, for the love of god, there are so many jokes to be made with geeks in a relationship (and I know you've made some of them already), but can't we please, pretty please, have Ginny and Matt hook up? Off-line I mean?

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[info]zenfrodo
2008-02-14 03:04 pm UTC (link)
Something to make your day, John:

Halo's Master Chief Armor for sale on eBay:

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/14/complete_master_chief_outfit_available_on_ebay/

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[info]sjthespian
2008-02-14 04:15 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the reminder of why I don't live in the midwest any more! :) I'll be happy if I never have to shovel snow again.

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[info]fuzzface00
2008-02-19 06:07 am UTC (link)
We need to discuss the future of the RSS feed as you implement the new web site... Give me a call...

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