 Sunday, May 3, 2008 – Episode #29  Click image to go to No Agenda. |
This Episode’s Show Notes: (by KD Martin)
Greetings and salutations from NA! Adam starts right off with London politics, is London voting different than the US? Is this voting a survey? John asks, “What is gobsmacked?” Adam brings up “Holland’s Got Talent” and some wacky BAA travel stories. John on Southwest Airlines: “Planes on the ground do not make money.” Adam brings up the absolute worst flight from Amsterdam back to London.
We’re off to Amsterdam and your choice: “Museums or…” Adam claims we could take the cruises for some alternative treats. John says Amsterdam is a photographer’s dream. What is a “swarma?”
Amsterdam has cool bars, cool restaurants and these are just the books available in San Francisco. If those restaurants are so great, why are french fries served with mayonnaise and vinegar?
We merge into George Carlin and losers. How did we get here? Oh yeah, the Olympics and reality based TV shows! John and Adam face off with reality TV.
BRIC – John writes columns for Brazil and wants to check out these 68% mortgages. Adam claims everyone just writes a check for a house. Off the wall? John asserts many nations watch what we do and copy it. Oooo KaaaaY. When you land in São Paulo, it’s like landing on Mars.
Who is Alice Waters and why are we cooking? John buys a $1 cookbook and finds an old 1 cent postcard; he is again “gobsmacked!” So let’s head to the library. Adam wants books? Adam comes up with this gem: “The Internet Complete Catalog with over 750 internet references!” John follows up with a jewel, the “Macintosh Basic Handbook” that came out before Macintosh basic was ever released. In fact, it was never released. What killed Basic on the Mac? [This story gets the “CM Seal Of Approval” – ed.]
Next we delve into all sorts of books and publishing ventures. Toner based books? How about “Print On Demand“: One PDF file and an Illustrator file and bang! — instant book, cover art and all, right into the UPS trucks!
John’s secrets about writing for Marketwatch — you’ll have to listen to the show. Adam wants John to give us a stock tip every show. OK, John’s stock tip: COF. Long or short? When the economy collapses in about a year or a year and a half, what to do? Are we headed for hyperinflation? Maybe that’s a good thing if you’re in debt. So, inflation, deflation, and what the heck is stagflation? Let’s make some money by…
John’s predictions for the economy and the forthcoming election. Don’t miss this! We’re going all the way back to 1929 and the big crash. And Adam’s prediction is in, except for banks that are soliciting those with the big bucks.
What does a happy cow look like? Have you ever been cow tipping? What are “offers” and what is a “Zen offer?”
Will any of the US presidential candidates support bombing Iran?
John’s off to Korea and will report on the cuisine.
Queue the closing credits — We hope you enjoy the show!
Running time: 100 minutes.
“.., why are french fries served with mayonnaise and vinegar?” Because they taste great! Good, white vinegar sparingly sprinkled on the fries and freshly made mayonaise as a side dip, on any deep fried food, has to be tried.
Freshly made mayonnaise is MUCH better than the store-bought variety.
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Re: The Macintosh BASIC handbook
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better keep your day job!
Why does John insist on having this pompous ass a a co-host? Get someone else.
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>>Why does John insist on having this pompous
>>ass a a co-host?
I like the guy. He may be somewhat of a silver-spoon globetrotter, but he’s fun to listen to.
I wonder what Jeremy Clarkson thinks about this election? I would bet he’s happy to get RED KEN out of office.
And what’s with those Englanders electing conservative politicians? I guess they are getting sick and tired of the politically correct kunts in the labor party.
“Gob” is mouth.
i.e. shut your mouth.
“God-smacked” – visualize placing your own hand against your face, covering the mouth. Used to express amazement, utterly astonished, etc.
John, I hope you work on the blog design. It looks like crap in Safari. All the ads on the left side are way past all the the middle story and text. yuck!
It depends on how long the posts or comments are. It has nothing to do with Safari. I’m looking at it right now in Safari and it looks pretty much the same as in FireFox.
There’s a set amount of information on the left and right sides. When enough comments accumulate, they will run past the stock information.
dvorak has a man-crush on adam curry. not that there’s anything wrong with that.
in addition – i believe adam and leo have a weird possessive jealously thing going on wrt dvorak
Dvorak, take a good look at Adam’s hair and apologize for ever comparing Molly’s hair to it!
“what is swarma?”
See “shawarma”. When I ordered a Gyros on a visit to Denver last year: same thing. Shaved meat in pita bread with salad etc. See also Doner kebab, Tacos al pastor.
Whatever happened to the talk about the documentary “Money Masters”
That documentary got me looking into a few things, primairily about the Rothchilds and their ring of power. Did you guys forget to follow up of the money masters? I’d like to hear what JCDs take on this rothchild banker conspiracy.
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“Money Masters”
“ring of power”
Ruth Graves Wakefield was the inventor of the Toll House cookie, the first ever chocolate chip cookie. (Thank you, Wikipedia!)