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Just finished watching the premier of Gotham, the prequel show to Batman. I wasn’t going to watch it because, much like Smallville, I don’t really care to watch a show before the superhero is the superhero. But positive buzz was enough to get me to check out the pilot.

Gee…never seen that before.

I went in with an “I dare you to try and entertain me” attitude, and this show at least took the dare. (Unlike “Man of Steel” which took a dump on Superman’s legacy…but I digress). I won’t commit to watching it every week yet, but I’ll give episode 2 a try. Maybe the issues I have with the show will fall by the waste side now that the pilot has set everything up.

The first thing that jumped out at me was how they really crammed all the characters into this first episode. A lot of Star Wars prequel-esque coincidences of major baddies crossing paths. Catwoman happens to be in the alley the night the Waynes get shot? The Riddler is a crime tech in Gordan’s police station? The Penguin happens to be working for the gang leader who [spoiler] frames Poison Ivy’s dad for the murder of the Waynes? Oh and the Joker just happens to be auditioning to be a comedian at that crime boss’s club that same week? This is all in the first half of the show! I was half expecting Mr. Freeze to pop out when the characters end up in a meat locker. But I get it. We’ve gotta set these people up so we know them later. Hopefully these amazingly coincidental crossing of paths won’t be as prevalent in future episodes. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m trying to edit TANcast for this week without my trusty ol’ laptop (which is still at the repair shop)

The biggest problem is, my desktop has decided it will only see the internet every so often. Unfortunately, it’s the only machine in the house with a mouse, Audacity, and PhotoShop on it. So I HAVE to use it to edit. But since I can’t connect to the internet, every other step takes 3 times as long.

For instance, I wanted to download an image I sent to myself via email to use as this week’s album art. So I emailed it with my iPhone, downloaded it in my wife’s MacBook, copied it onto a thumb drive, put the thumb drive in my desktop, edited it in Photoshop, put it back on the thumb drive, put the thumb drive back in the MacBook, and finally uploaded it to TANcast.

…and that was just the album art. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Here’s a product, I gotta get back to work.

Sexiest Thing You'll See Today Tshirts by TANcast

This week Tim has laptop troubles (hence the “sweet” album art), Andy goes to Canada, Noah Thailand, and Tim reviews a few older movies.

00:00 – 01:20 Preshow/Technical Difficulties
01:20 – 02:59 Intro
02:59 – 10:05 TANlaughs (Listener submitted jokes)
10:05 – 44:06 How the F*** Was Everyone’s Week
44:06 – 46:08 Kick My Feet Back and Forth (“Cute” Kid Stories)
46:08 – 51:02 TANflix (Movie reviews)
51:02 – 52:40 Wrap Up
52:40 – 53:20 ????

[CONTENT WARNING] TANcast features mature language and immature hosts but is NOT a representation of the stand up act of Tim Babb. Listener discretion is advised.
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I gave my laptop over to a repair place today. They’ve got great Yelp reviews…but I’m still nervous.

I read all these horror stories about people losing all their data and…

I’m sorry…it’s hard to concentrate on this blog while my wife is watching “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” This movie is f***ing awful. I think it should be a candidate for our Worst. Movie. Ever. Tournament. It’s like the writers were like, “Just make the characters do this so we can be done and go home early.”

“But human beings would never behave like this in any real life situation.”

“YOU’RE F***ING FIRED, PHIL!!!”

Ugh…let’s just get to today’s product.

I'll Show Myself Out Tee Shirt by TANcast

Since I’m blogging on my old desktop computer anyway, I decided to delve into the archives and see if there was anything awful from my past we could mock. I did not expect to find something this bad in my old college papers.

I’m going to put today’s product here, because I fear you’ll stop reading this blog half way through my awful poem. It is Vogon poetry bad! But here’s a fun shirt for those of us who hate the Gym (or too much moving in general)

Working Out %#&@ Sucks!!! Shirt by TANcast

Okay…there’s no more putting it off. Let’s get to the bad poem. Read the rest of this entry »

Arrrr matey! Today be talk like a pirate day! And that suits me fine as I am already starting to prep my house for Halloween. I want to make my whole front yard into a pirate scene. I’ve already started getting props from various places. So the other day, my inflatable skeleton arrived. Yay!

Great! Just what I wanted, now all I have to do is blow it up.

Wait… Is that?

Um yeah, that’s the nozzle I’ve gotta blow the air in. It’s right on the skeletons butt. Really, inflatable skeleton company? That was your best idea? Now I gotta swab this pirate’s poop deck just to inflate the dang thing? Well, forget that…

Of course I did it! Boney butts drive me nuts!

Today’s product is the perfect wrapping paper for any occasion. It’s the pattern of that green screen that tells you a movie trailer is about to happen. I’ve changed it to say a present is about to happen. Genius, yes? No? Fine.

Well it’s available in several sizes and glossy, linen, or photo gloss. Enjoy…

Movie Preview Screen Wrapping Paper by TANcast
Look at gift wrap online at Zazzle

Sorry…running behind again thanks to my archaic desktop of doom. I guess a computer I bought back when Noah and I were still roommates is a little out of date. Speaking of out of date, check out this spam post we got on the blog the other day…

Really? Your “new” iPhone 4? THAT’S what you’re trying to sell me? Great, how’s life back in 2009? My phone is newer than the 4 and I feel like it’s going to be out of date any second now. I dunno, maybe you outta update your spam bots more than once every few years. Just a thought.

Here’s another thought: today’s product is once again for the ladies! (Except you can totally change it to be a man’s shirt in the settings…so there’s that)

Is That a Euphemisim? T Shirts by TANcast

So, as mentioned yesterday, my laptop’s USB port is no longer working. And since I don’t have the skills/patience to design products with the touch pad mouse I had to fire up the ol’ desktop.

Holy crap this thing is outdated. It’s still running Windows XP. Microsoft stopped supporting this thing back in April. When I go to lauch a webpage, I have to go and make a sandwich, eat it, and poop it out before it loads. I worry by the time this blog posts I’ll have been dead for 5 years…my skeleton just banging on the “refresh” button for all eternity.

I’ll just drop today’s product and get out while I can.

I Say Stupid Things Tshirt by TANcast

…it’s kinda hard being B-A double B!

This blog is late today because I spent all of last night trying to fix my stupid computer.

My laptop has stopped recognizing my USB ports. I can’t plug in my iPhone, my external hard drive, or even my damn mouse!

I spent hours googling suggestions for how to fix this problem. Every single one has failed.

My favorite was trying the Microsoft USB troubleshooter. I ran it and it said, “We detected no problems so we didn’t do jack shit. Screw you and you mouse, Tim Babb. We hate you!”

Wow, no need to get personal, Microsoft.

One bright spot has been Andrew (TANcast’s #[square root of -1] fan). I ranted about this USB issue on Twitter and Facebook (like I always do) and he reached out to try and help.

By that I don’t mean he sent one link and said, “good luck.” I mean, this dude has been walking me step by step, comment after comment through troubleshooting this problem. I have limited experience with tech support, but what little I had was not fun. I can’t imagine doing it in my off time for some chuckle headed podcaster.

So thank you, Andrew. I am very, very grateful for your help.

And since I haven’t been able to use my mouse, I haven’t created a new product for today…BUT I created this one a while ago and didn’t publicize it much…so I’m counting it as today’s product. (My blog, my rules)

We're All Going To Die (Someday) T-Shirt by TANcast

In coming up with ideas for products, I’ve been listening to old episodes of the show as well as checking out old blogs. Then I came across this blog I did back in 2012 about War on Christmas propaganda posters. And I thought, “Those need to be Christmas cards!”

And now, they are…

Santa Needs Your Help/War On Chistmas Card by TANcast

Uncle Santa Wants You Card by TANcast

Someone Said "Happy Holidays" Card by TANcast

Say "Merry Christmas" Or Shut Your Face Card by TANcast

Silence is Better Than "Happy Holidays" Card by TANcast