Skinner Co. Ink #42: Chrononauts Hate Mondays
Tag: Skinner Co
FC68 – Dog Days
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Hello, and welcome to FlashCast 68.
Prepare yourself for Neuromancer: The Movie, a Japanese robot bar, Orwell on trampires, braised rat, humanzees, and Identification.
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Huge thanks to:
- Jeff Lynch (Twitter – Facebook – Bothersomethings.com), for his Spot of Bother
- Threedayfish (Facebook), for his cinematic considerations
- Gibraltar for his Horrible History.
- Nick (http://captainpigheart.com – Twitter – Facebook) for his Franklyn De Gashe offering.
- – and Gigantor, for his review of Zombies!!!
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Pulp-ular Press:
- Man bites dog
- Pentagon porn memo
- A Neuromancer movie?
- Equalizer remade as a movie?
- JStrawsburg brings a bar full of giant female robots to our attention
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Mail Bag:
- Rich the TT mentioned:
- Huge thanks, as well, to Dylan Orion for the sneak peek into his mind-grinding quest for science. Check out these fantastic images he passed along:
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Backroom Plots
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Also, many thanks, as always, Retro Jim, of RelicRadio.com for hosting FlashPulp.com and the wiki!
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If you have comments, questions or suggestions, you can find us at https://flashpulp.com, or email us text/mp3s to skinner@skinner.fm.
FlashCast is released under the Canadian Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 License.
Sunday Summary: The Future
Dear 1988-me: You wouldn’t believe it, but cyber-bots are hunting me over a global network of high powered computers. (I tweeted “iPod”.)
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 16, 2011
“Putting the baby down,” to me, sounds a little too close to “sending the baby to the glue factory.”
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 13, 2011
I’m pro cyborg-rights. Who am I to interfere with the marriage of Steve and EVE-359? #ProCyborg #CyborgsArePartlyPeopleToo
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 13, 2011
At some point in the future I hope to truthfully exclaim: “Only Japanese surf guitar can save us now!” http://youtu.be/WFLuKGuuojw
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 13, 2011
CNN.com: “Was the recession a good thing?” – I hope they ask the obvious follow up: “wasn’t it great when your grandma died?”
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 12, 2011
Things I’ve learned: You can’t use ‘maw’ and ‘jaw’ in the same sentence.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 12, 2011
Skinner Co. Mgmt: Floor ten’s portal to a realm of nameless horror does have an upside – it’s hard to litigate against things you can’t name
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 11, 2011
Sunday Summary: Gnomish Climbers
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of KITT, from Knight Rider, who was tragically killed in a Windows 3.1 upgrade crash.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 8, 2011
CNN.com: “Astronaut-climber: ‘I am not a risk taker'”. Obviously. If they were, they’d be climbing something taller than astronauts.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 8, 2011
GI Joe told us that “knowing was half the battle”, but he didn’t mention that the remainder involved years of police action and occupation.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 7, 2011
Skinner Co. Staff: Restructuring rumours are true – the various Feline Depts. (Blue/Red/etc.) will be merged into a new subsidiary, Voltron.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 7, 2011
Woke up suddenly yestereve. Glanced out window as I retrieved milk. Saw a fat raccoon being chased by a massive feral cat. Went back to bed.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 6, 2011
Skinner Co. Accounting, re: Tomorrow’s team building session. Rod Wu wasn’t being passive-aggressive – he died in his cubicle, 3 days ago.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 5, 2011
Skinner Co. Staff: The seminar on webinars will be held via teleconference – log-in info will be distributed via the pneumatic tube system.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 5, 2011
Skinner Co. Bioengineering Dept.: We appreciate that “two heads are better than one,” but you’ve begat an abomination that must be destroyed
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) July 4, 2011
Sunday Summary: Ideas
Dr. Who product idea: Tardis Ale – it’s 2 liters of beer in a 375 ml bottle.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 31, 2011
Snooki: that’s the British version of pool, right?
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 31, 2011
CNN Headline: “How college fails us” – my understanding was that they did it by first making us do tests, then grading those tests harshly.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) June 4, 2011
Skinner Co. R&D Staff: Project Moonjuice biochemists, please report to observation room 948a. Shipping Dept.: Free grape drink in room 948b!
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) June 3, 2011
I need an extra arm, so that I might hold a third coffee.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) June 3, 2011
Skinner Co. Staff: Remember; the red line is for shipping, scarlet is for receivables, guests follow crimson, & rose indicates a fire hazard
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) June 2, 2011
Stomach bug – strong enough that, if this were the fifties, I’d accuse it of being a communist plot and convene a congressional committee.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) June 2, 2011
New, from Skinner Co.: Nap-in-a-can! Coworkers too loud? There’s a can for that! Don’t think of it as chloroform – think of it as chloroFUN!
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 31, 2011
Skinner Co. Staff: Performance reviews begin Friday – please clearly label any cash-filled envelopes that you happen to forget in my office.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 30, 2011
Just realized that these rarely-worn shoes make a great drumming sound on this flooring. Rest of office is less enthused with my discovery.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 30, 2011
Sunday Summary: A Day Late & A Pony Short
CNN Headline: “Gaga’s new album brings down Amazon” – frankly, I’m feeling a little bummed about it as well.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 28, 2011
“Oh, you’ll talk, Wonder,” he said, pushing down the toaster’s plunger. #Breakfast
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 28, 2011
Skinner Co. Staff: While we encourage your steampunk endeavours – during your personal time – dueling is prohibited on company property.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 26, 2011
Skinner Co. Staff: Our 20-story office is not a schoolyard – please stop asking Janitor Wilkins to retrieve your lost balls from the rooftop
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 25, 2011
Skinner Co. Staff: Despite the rumours, Bill from Maintenance wasn’t Raptured – he ruptured. His spleen, specifically. Please sign his card.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 24, 2011
You can have my coffee when you pry it from my warm, trembling, hands.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 27, 2011
“Call me MISTER Coffee.” – In The Heat Of The Java
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 25, 2011
“I have always depended on the kindness of coffee.” – A Mug Named Desire
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 25, 2011
Mr Eight snuck in a note; it addresses me as secret agent & includes diagrams for defeating “Operation: Metallic Man”. Well played, Monday.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 23, 2011
Considering undertaking some “poor man’s time travel”. (AKA: a nap.)
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) May 24, 2011
