Iliana has joined Star Fleet.
In case you’re wondering where Knut is, his father has been reassigned to different base, and they are currently in transit. Last we heard, he was rampaging (he’s walking now, and is full of energy) across Kentucky and Arkansas, and is probably pulling into San Antonio, Texas today. If you live in those states and heard strange rumblings or felt tremors in the last few days, you probably felt him pass by.
The BBC has released 16,000 of their sound-effect files for download for non-commercial use. There’s some weird stuff in here: I stumbled across “Standard orgy with smashing glass, screams, footsteps and whipping sounds“, for instance, so now I finally know what an orgy sounds like.
It’s not quite what I expected.
POWER TO THE BABIES!
I usually like a good fierce argument, but I’m afraid there would just be murmurs of agreement in my family if I tried these. Maybe yours is different? Maybe this would start a hot roaring fire at home?
Travis Pangburn has acquired a bad reputation for stiffing attendees and speakers at his traveling alt-light ‘philosophy’ show, but it turns out he also stiffed children’s entertainers, like Sharon, (Lois), and Bram (Lois died a few years ago, so she’s safe, unless Trav is digging up her grave for valuables now). Maybe you didn’t have kids so you have no idea who they are, but if you do, all I have to do is say “skinnamarinky dinky dink” to infect you with an earworm.
Anyway, Sharon and Bram are out $15,000. Here’s Pangburn’s response:
Asked why he didn’t pay the agreed-upon price to Sharon and Bram, he wrote, “It sucks. I am and forever will be huge fans of Sharon and Bram. The fact that the shows didn’t bring in enough to cover their full fee was not expected and it was highly unfortunate.”
You know, Sharon and Bram lost money on those gigs, because they felt responsible and an obligation to pay their crew and the venues out of their own pocket, despite the fact that they did their job and it was their promoter who screwed up, making promises he couldn’t keep. Pangburn, on the other hand, blames the crowds and defaults on his obligations.
Yeah, it sucks. The “it” in this case refers to Travis Pangburn.
