dimland radio 1-28-12 show notes

It's Fe-BRU-ary

A couple pet peeves mentioned at the top of the show. One is how folks pronounce February. It's Fe-BRU-ary, not Feb-YOU-ary or Febbie-ary. Fe-BRU-ary! Get it right!

The second was the whole new millennium beginning in 2000. No! The new millennium began January 1, 2001, but "no one likes a math geek, Scully."

A Tale From My Drinking Days

I took a good deal of time talking about one particular night at the local watering hole. About how I nearly got beat up. It was a very special night of heavy, heavy drinking. Oh, boy!

Atheist Drops The Ball

Kate Smurthwaite, activist and comic, was on a British debate show giving her views on whether or not heaven exists (she doesn't believe it does). She makes a couple really good points that might get a fence-sitter give her ideas some thought. But then she drops the ball by engaging in an ad homenim attack.

Watch her as she carries the ball to the one yard line and then fumbles it here.

Movie Recommendation (Hayden's suggestion): Yellow Submarine (1968)

(United Artists)

Earlier today, I asked my eight year-old son, Hayden, for a movie recommendation. He suggested 'Yellow Submarine,' the Beatles' animated feature. It's good trippy fun with plenty of good tunes.

Music heard on the show...

Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ram' by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: 'Cracking' by Suzanne Vega & 'Dirty Mind' by Prince
Second ad break bumpers: '99 Luftballons' by Nena & 'Love On A Farmboy's Wages' by XTC
Closing song: 'Angler's Treble Hook' by $5 Fiddle

That's it! See you next Saturday night for Dimland Radio 11 Central, midnight Eastern on www.ztalkradio.com you can also download my show from the z talk show archives page. You can email your questions and comments to drdim@dimland.com

You can also go to my CafePress store and buy stuff with my artwork on it and have me do a portrait for you if you like. Find out more here and here.

dimland radio 1-21-12 show notes

Show Notes Notice

Those of you who have paid close attention to my show notes know that I post pictures, often times with clever captions, along with most of the items that appeared on the show. Well, with all this SOPA and PIPPI Longstocking Congressional bills in the news lately, I've begun to think I need to be more careful to give photo credits whenever I use an image found on the internets. So, if I can't find a way to list a credit there won't be an image. Older posts will remain as is (or should that be as are?).

Ringtone Talk

First, I mentioned it was National Hug Day and that I don't do hugs, then I went into a talk about ringtones, my wife, our car breaking down, an old co-worker and other stuff.

Science News

Biologists at the University of Minnesota have done something big in evolution. They've been able to show how "single-celled organisms formed multicellular clusters that ultimately became plants and animals." It's very cool and no prayer or reliance on an invisible deity was required.

Learn more here.

Psychic Fail! What?! No! Say It Isn't So!

I saw a clip linked on Facebook. It is excellent! It's a great example of, in my opinion, cold reading by "psychic" Char Margolis. She fails tremendously! And my new hero, Larry Potash, calls her on it.

Click here to see the YouTube clip of the fail featured on WGN Morning News.

I also talked about "psychic" Char Margolis' appearance on The Larry Sanders Show. It was in 1998 (I mistakenly said '97 on the show) during season six. The episode called I Buried Sid had Char, as herself, being astoundingly psychic. Of course, Larry Sanders is fiction, so Char can be written as being so accurate.

Her real world appearance on WGN was much more reflective of reality in showing her fail miserably. At least, that's what I think.

Movie Recommendation: Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)

(Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros.)

One of the few musicals I actually like. Sure, it may be the nostalgia thing, but I really enjoy movie. Maybe it's mainly due to the fantastic, if somewhat scary, performance of Gene Wilder.

And I swear you see a chicken get its head chopped off.

Updated (1-22-12):

I was right! Again! You do see a chicken get its head chopped of during the "freak out" boat ride. Follow this link and watch the 1:06 minute mark. And this was rated G!

Music heard on the show...

Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ram' by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: 'Armagh' by Au Pairs & '99th Pole Position' by Hunters & Collectors
Second ad break bumpers: 'Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio ' by Ramones & 'Houses In Motion' by Talking Heads
Closing song: 'Angler's Treble Hook' by $5 Fiddle

That's it! See you next Saturday night for Dimland Radio 11 Central, midnight Eastern on www.ztalkradio.com you can also download my show from the z talk show archives page. You can email your questions and comments to drdim@dimland.com

You can also go to my CafePress store and buy stuff with my artwork on it and have me do a portrait for you if you like. Find out more here and here.

dimland radio 1-14-12 show notes

God's Chosen Team Loses

Gotta prove to God how faithful you are, 'coz he doesn't already know, right?

I talked a little football to start of the show. I couldn't resist having a little fun with Uber-Christain, Tim Tebow's Denver Broncos losing convincingly to the New England Patriots. Now we can enjoy the rest of the post season without hearing about Tebow ad nauseam.

More About Applied Kinesiology

This will give you an idea what's being done.

I talked more about that Good Feet infomercial and how ridiculous infomercials can be. Then I took on...

Chiropractors

NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

There is a good amount of evidence that a chiropractor can help you with some back pain, but that's about it. I talked about some of the unsupported by scientific evidence and studies claims that spinal manipulation can cure all sorts of illnesses. And I warned against going to a backcracker who advocates cracking children and babies. Run away from them!

Learn what kinds of chiropractors are out there here and what science based medicine says about this "alternative" medical practice here.

Photoshop Can Do Everything

It's magic!

Having been annoyed by the common error made in movies and TV programs of having the ability of enlarging a blurry image in a photograph to reveal perfect detail for years, the computer wizards who engineer Photoshop software may have created a program that can achieve that effect.

Click here to see a demo.

Awesome Toy: GI Joe Action Figures

Same age as me, so why do I look so much older?

No, not those tiny, itty-bitty figures from the '80s, I mean the 12" tall GI Joes from the old days. I gave a little history of Joe and how he was introduced to the world the same year I was. It's a great toy.

Movie Recommendation: Se7en (1995)

Despite being dark, disturbing, and depressing, this film about a serial killer carrying out murders inspired by the seven deadly sins is awfully good. It stars Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The killer is played by an uncredited, Oscar-winning actor, I won't say who it is, who at one point channels Henry Fonda. Very interesting choice.

Music heard on the show...

Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ram' by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: 'Der Kommissar' by After The Fire & 'Marlene On The Wall' by Suzanne Vega
Second ad break bumpers: 'Paralyzed' by Gang Of Four & 'Crystal Wrists' by Peter Murphy
Closing song: 'Angler's Treble Hook' by $5 Fiddle

That's it! See you next Saturday night for Dimland Radio 11 Central, midnight Eastern on www.ztalkradio.com you can also download my show from the z talk show archives page. You can email your questions and comments to drdim@dimland.com

You can also go to my CafePress store and buy stuff with my artwork on it and have me do a portrait for you if you like. Find out more here and here.