So my wife and I watched the season premier of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. last night. As soon as it was done, I said, “They totally Indiana Jonesed it.”
Oh…before I go any further…
Warning: This is a cop out blog. It may not be worth your time (unlike the literary gold I’ve been squirting out up until this point)
I am tired! I don’t know why, but I can’t seem to get to bed before 2am anymore. Not sure when THAT started. But even if I’ve done most of the things I need to do before bed, I’ll put off the one last thing while I watch one more video or read one more article…next thing you know, it’s 2am.
And that’s a shame because now I’m too tired to blog. I had a fun idea for pitching the plot of the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I also was planning to do a blog dishing out some serious snark on a Jezebel article. But I don’t have the energy to be creative or snarky. (As these last few paragraphs demonstrate, I clearly don’t even have the energy to be funny.
It doesn’t help that I’m still working on my Windows XP desktop which is maddeningly slow and has a fan louder than a jet engine. How hot can that damn tower be? Throttle back the fan, chief! So it took me forever to design today’s TANstore product…
But it was totally worth it to make yet another “Kicking his feet” joke!
Little known fact, I’m actually a comedian. I know, I don’t really post much about it these days what with the kid and the pregnant wife and all…but I actually am a stand up comic. If you’re in the San Francisco bay area, you’ve got TWO chances to see me coming up! Click on the pictures for details, links to buy tickets, and all that good stuff…
But enough of this shameless self promotion, it’s time for some shameless product promotion. It’s a great gift idea for Dad this Christmas…
In case you can’t read it, it says:
World’s Greatest* Dad
*Greatness not guaranteed
This design will soon be on a bunch more products because I love it. Stay tuned…
Back in March of 2013, I posted a blog an argument I’d had about the television show The Big Bang Theory. It wasn’t amazing, but I got the point I wanted to make off my chest.
Then, over a year later, some dude came by to comment on it. And since I’ve committed to a new blog every day this month, instead of replying in the comments, I’m writing a whole new blog to respond.
(By the way, this blog is so long that there’s no way I’m waiting until the end to post today’s product, so here’s a link: http://www.zazzle.com/shhhhh_its_a_nappening_shirt-235262421594574911 Okay, back to the blog)
First let’s get a taste of what the guy had to say
The Big Bang Theory definitely offends me as a nerd
Oh boy…this was the start of a very lengthy comment, my friends. For your sake, I’m going to just pick and choose little bits from this “Andy story” style comment. Read the rest of this entry »
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.
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.
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)
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…
