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Over the last 6 months, we have had just shy of 50% more visits from New Orleans than from the next most represented city (Richmond). The Big Easy almost doubles Los Angeles, where one of us lives. It’s responsible for more than 10 times the traffic that Atlanta (the city, not the metro area) sends our way. There have been over 20% more visits from NOLA than from the entire UK.

I’m formulating a theory on this. It involves how much better we sound when you’ve had some hot jazz and room-temperature bourbon…

Last night I decided stopping my stomach from growling immediately was worth more than my long term health, so I stopped in at a Taco Bell/Pizza Hut to do some serious damage to my innards.

Then I noticed this place was hiring when I saw this:

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For those of you who haven’t heard, the California Supreme Court upheld the ban on same sex marriage today. So I was at a bar tonight waiting for a show to start and one of the TV’s had a news show won where supporters of Prop 8 were speaking. I have spent the last hour trying (unsuccessfully) to find the video of what I saw, because when I quote what the fool said, you’re going to think I made it up.

A Black Leader of some sort was at the podium and said basically, “The Black family has enough troubles facing it. That’s why we must stop gay marriage because it is a potential threat to Black families.”

Are you kidding me?! Gay marriage is a “threat” to Black families? How?! How the hell is that possible?!

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TANcast returns to form with rambling discussions of Angels and Demons, disgusting sex terms, paintballing with racists, Portal (the game), Wolverine (also the game), season finales of CSI, 24, Lost, Panda Express as payment for favors, the promise and pitfalls of social networking sites, problem co-workers, a special guest for our 1 year anniversary show (next week), tales of woe from the dentist’s chair, and problems with porn.

This week’s TANlaugh was submitted by Mike Dawson
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So I just recently flew across the country from top to bottom and from left to right…’cause I’m a jet-setter, yo! But I had a weird moment of clarity while making my reservations for my final flight home from Boston…

Why is it cheaper to fly somewhere with a layover than with a direct flight? Why is it more expensive for me to get on a plane and then get off where I want to go than it is for me to get on a plane, get off somewhere I have no interest in being, get on another plane and finally fly to where I wanna be?

The airline company now has to pay two flight crews, fill two planes with fuel, plus give me two bags of those peanuts. How does that save them money that they can then pass those savings along to me? Seems to me like they’d have to spend more money.

But wait it gets weirder…if I just wanted to take the flight to the place I didn’t want to be…the EXACT same flight…it costs more than the two flight combo that will take me all the way to where I want to be.

Someone needs more oxygen to their brain

Let me break this down for the absurdity that it is (The below numbers are all for the SAME airline on the SAME day):

Me taking a direct flight from LA to Boston: $174
Me flying from La to Denver to Boston: $100
Me Flying just from LA to Denver: $119 (same flight as the first flight above)

So If you want to fly to Denver, it’s CHEAPER to tell them that you want to fly to Boston…but then just never get on the second plane. You’ll save almost 20 bucks and give some lucky passenger some extra elbow room.

I guess common sense is not among the things available for sale in the Sky Mall catalog.

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TANcast celebrates it’s 50th episode with the best bits you never heard from the first 50 episodes, exclusive audio from the team at the Mousetalgia Podcast, and finally a special edition of TANlaughs with jokes from Mike Dawson (Left Field Cinema Podcast), Luke Walley and Chris Crookall (The Ice Podcast), Michaela Renee (Teetering on Disaster), Heidi Caldwell (“Dead Americans”), and from awesome listeners like you!

This week’s TANlaughs were submitted by Mike Dawson, Luke, Chris, Michaela, Heidi, Ro, Ron, Jon, Sean, Gail, Jo, Mike, and Bryce.
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I tried cooking steak based on this recipe from The Amateur Gourmet. It came out a bit too salty but that was my fault. Luckily I have some more steak to try again. I will keep you posted on my salty meat.

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In another typical TANcast move, the boys review Star Trek in the style of Scene Unseen podcast (sort of…not really).  Plus the boys talk Mother’s Day, naughty things at Disneyland, unemployment, the limitations of the iPhone, how to save CSI, why Slate Spoiler Special sucks, and Kevin Smith. Even after all that they have enough time to talk about MORE movies like Wolverine, Transformers 2, GI Joe, and Terminator Salvation.

This week’s TANlaughs were submitted by Jo, Dave, and Jess!!!
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Were looking for a a few good jokes…and a few good jokers for a special 50th episode version of our “TANlaughs” segment!

Record yourself (or your friends and family…or ALL OF THE ABOVE) telling your favorite joke and send it to us in MP3 or WAV format before Sunday, May 17 at 5pm (California time). Then tell all your friends that you’re gonna a be a HUGE STAR*, becasue we’ll put you telling your joke on the 50th official episode of TANcast!!!

So think up some good jokes and send ’em in! We can’t wait to hear them!

Send your jokes to tim@TANcast.com. Hurry! You only have until 5pm on May 17th!!!

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Well, I’ve recently returned from JJ Abram’s new Star Trek flick and I enjoyed the movie. I want to say that first. It was fun and a good flick.

However, when I walked out of the movie with my wife, I didn’t have the same feeling I had walking out of First Contact with another lady many years ago…the feeling of “See?! THAT’S Why I love Star Trek!”

This movie was enjoyable and had lots of great Trek moments, but it didn’t feel like the Star Trek I loved. And I don’t mean that in a bad way like “They ruined it!” Not at all. It was just…different. If felt like a band I didn’t know doing a cover of one of my favorite songs…I recognized the tune, but it doesn’t have the same impact as the original.

As I feel myself geeking out and getting overly defensive of a film/tv franchise that really has nothing to do with me – I find myself asking, “Why do I like Star Trek so much?”

I’m not one of these people who is all gung ho about the “vision of the future where humanity has evolved beyond greed and hunger.” I mean that’s nice and all, but that’s not really what keeps me coming back for series after series and movie after movie. Obviously the outer space element appeals to the little kid in me, but there are tons of space related movies and television that I couldn’t give a crap about (I have yet to watch a single episode of Battlestar Galactica…old school or the new ones…deal with it, nerds!)

The characters are always great. I think they might just have been lucky to come up with the Kirk/Spock/McCoy dynamic and then again with Picard/Data/Worf.

But there is some x factor about trek That even has me watching Voyager and Enterprise. I even purchased “Star Trek: Nemesis” (Which I watch far more often than a sane man should)

There is a reason I spent 10 solid hours at Star Trek the Experience or plopped down $40 to see Star Trek: The Tour. These stories have a magic to them…a charm that transcends rockets and robots and is just engaging. This movie,, while technically good at every turn…somehow lost that x factor.

I guess because since everyone was determined t “do their own thing” with the characters…I felt like I wasn’t watching MY Jim Kirk…I was watching A Jim Kirk…so I wasn’t as attached to him.

But all in all, I can’t REALLY complain. I had a good time at the theater, several stations are running Star Trek: TNG to hop on board the hype machine. Trek is back in a big way…and so for that I am thankful.

(But would it have killed them to use the Alexander Courage music a little more? …ok..I’m done geek griping…for now)