dimland radio 8-6-11 show notes

No Cold Open

Well, there was but there wasn't. You just need to listen.

Sunburned!

On the drive up to Brainerd, MN last weekend I neglected to put sunscreen on my left arm. Not good. I got a pretty significant sunburn.

A Trip To Brainerd For My Son's Birthday Part 2

The legendary Paul Bunyan in the flesh, or fiberglass.

Last week I told about our plans to visit Paul Bunyan Land. This week I gave some of the highlights of that trip. It was fun and I think Hayden enjoyed his birthday trip.

You can learn more about Paul Bunyan Land near Brainerd, MN here.

Netflix Raises Its Prices! Oh, no! The Sky Is Falling!

Yes, yes, yes. Price increases suck, but let's not lose our minds here. Netflix is still a tremendous value, so suck it up.

Today's Heroes: Hege Dalen & Toril Hansen

Our heroes! Too bad they're going to hell.

These two women's heroic actions of saving the lives of 40 teenager who were being targeted by alleged madman, Anders Breivik, during his murder spree in Norway were largely overlooked by the news media. With no regard for their own safety, Hege Dalen and Toril Hanson took their boat over to the island where the massacre was occurring to get as many of the kids to safety as they could. They made four trips and saw that their boat had been shot.

Why have their heroics gone unreported (or at least underreported)? Hege and Toril are a married, lesbian couple! Maybe that isn't the reason, but it seems suspicious.

I took this opportunity to address a point a Facebook friend made about these heroes. Their are those in this world who think, because God hates fags, these two women are going to hell. Jesus Christ! How great is their god?

Read more about Hege's and Toril's selfless act here.

Continuity Errors And The Larry Sanders Show


I have a tendency to spot little mistakes in movies and TV shows, and I gotta tell ya! The Larry Sanders Show is riddled with them!

A Bucket Full Of Crazy

John Lennon and his killer, Stephen King. How's that now?

Wanna see what untreated mental illness can lead to? Go here and find out the truth about who killed John Lennon. According to this person who has gone of his meds, it wasn't Mark David Chapman. It was Stephen King. And King was under orders from former president, Richard Nixon and then President-Elect Ronald Reagan. It's a bucket full of crazy.

An Amazing Birthday Wish

The Amazing Randi

On Sunday, August 8, the amazing one, James Randi, turns 83. Happy birthday, Randi. Astrologers! Put your charts away!

Music heard on the show...

Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ram' by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: 'Molly Says' by The dBs & 'Seven Seas' by Echo & The Bunnymen
Second ad break bumpers: 'Start!' by The Jam & 'Positive Vibrations' by The Soft Boys
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

dimland radio 7-29-11 show notes

Tempting Fate

Don't make me scry!

Well, not really, but I did grab a hand held mirror and repeated "Bloody Mary," "Candyman," and even "Beetlejuice" (each repeated three times) to see if anything would happen. Nothing did.

A Dying Tooth

I know the feeling!

Then I described the pain one of my teeth is causing me. I went to the dentist and she told me then what is likely happening is that a nerve in my tooth is dying. I need to wait it out, I guess. I'll gulp down the ibuprofen and wait for it to kick the bucket.

A Trip To Brainerd For My Son's Birthday

The legendary Paul Bunyan in the flesh, or fiberglass.

Next I related the story of what my wife and I are doing for Hayden for his eighth birthday. We're taking him to Brainerd, MN to see Paul Bunyan. There's a large talking Paul Bunyan up there that my folks used to take me and my siblings to see a few times back in the day.

He's pretty cool. I describe the visits back in the day and the most recent visit in which I brought Amy to meet Paul in the summer of 2003. She had never been there before and she was pregnant with Hayden at the time.

You can learn more about Paul Bunyan Land near Brainerd, MN here.

Memory Is Not Video Tape

Despite the claims of some hypnotherapists, memory is not video tape. Memories are very malleable. People are very capable how remembering themselves being involved in an event that they had no part of and I talked about a former coworker's misremembering something he that happened to him, but it happened to me.

"I Can't Exercise My Free Speech!" You Just Did.

The Clash using their right to free speech to say we don't have free speech.

I brought up the irony of those decrying their lack of freedom of speech while using their freedom of speech to make the complaint. I used the example of The Clash's song "Know Your Rights" from their last real Clash recording, Combat Rock.

Movie Recommendation: The Shootist (1976)

John Wayne last film and it's a good one. He plays an aging gunslinger who lived his life by his own principles. Early in the film, he learns he has cancer and that he'll die a painful death, probably in bed. It's suggested that that's no way for a man like him to die. So, does he die in a sick bed or in a blaze of glory. It's John Wayne, what do think?

Music heard on the show...

Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ram' by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: 'Civic Hall' by The Vapors & 'Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)' by The The
Second ad break bumpers: 'I Can't Take It' by Cheap Trick & 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' by The Smith
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