Geek of all Trades

Geek of all Trades Episode #14: Happy International year of Astronomy everybody!

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:29:49 -0800

In which our illustrious host gets a nasty cold, apologises again for the Rick Roll, talks a bit about Morevi Remastered, has to yell at Keepsie (cat) again, and plays a promo that probably breaks Godwin's Law.

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Promos:
Best of the Left: http://www.bestoftheleft.com/

Mentioned on the Show:
Futuristic Sex Robotz
World of Warcraft
Rick Rolling
George Hrab
Last Year's Man lyrics
The 2nd Amendment
The 1st Amendment
Michael Moore
Morevi by Tee Morris
Cutthroat Island
Freedom From Religion Foundation sues over prayer at inauguration
N.Y. Newspaper Promotes Creation Museum During Special Arts & Leisure Weekend
Man shoots talker at the movies
Wholly Pointless Podcast

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #6

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:44:25 -0800

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Mentioned on the Show:
Geologic Podcast

Geek of all Trades Episode #13:

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:11:37 -0800

In which our illustrious host tries to cover his ass, plays an ass-ton of voicemails, and says goodbye forever to one of his regular segments (no, not the Shatner/Cohen one, I'm doing that one forever MUWAHAHAHA!). Sorry, I broke the comedy rule of threes and couldn't come up with a way to work the word ass into the part about the end of one of my segments.

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The Very Last Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt Ever: Who is Carter Wolff?

Promos:
I Should Be Writing: http://www.ishouldbewriting.com/
Tale Chasing: http://www.talechasing.com/
Down the Road: http://www.12vtheater.com

Mentioned on the Show:
Fair Use
Black Nite Crash
Der Geek podcast
The 2nd Amendment
24
A link to my new promo
Flying Pen Press
Microphone Fiend lyrics
Obama defends choice of ministers
Saturnalia
A Moving 40th Birthday Gift
Peter David
J. Michael Straczynski
Fertile women more open to corny chat-up lines
Woman accused of trying to sell 'gothic kittens'
Dog evades threats of tobacco - but not traffic
Christopher Paolini
Ben Twisted

Geek of all Trades Episode #12:

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:58 -0800

In which our illustrious host begs for more voicemails and e-mails, starts a discussion about fan fiction and the state of media, mispronounces the name of the band that does this week's show, discusses changing college minors, talks about enjoying college, and complains about a 9 year old who's more sucessful than him.

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Cyberpunk with bunnies

Promos:
Best of the Left: http://www.bestoftheleft.com/
Form Letter Rejection Theatre: http://www.flrtpodcast.com/

Mentioned on the Show:
Sligo Rags
Personal Effects: Dark Art
The CSI Franchise
The Rachel Maddow Show (radio)
The Rachel Maddow Show (TV)
We Can Do It Again
Company tries to get gun classed as medical device
Man killed for 'hogging karaoke'
We had real dictators back then! Good times!
Fireman fled mice
12v Theater
A Thousand Kisses Deep lyrics
Nine-year-old's self-help book a hit
December 12th

Geek of all Trades Episode #11:

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:20:34 -0800

In which our illustrious host geeks out on Bond and Trek, plays 2 brand new promos (well, new to him anyway), talks about the last few movies of 2008 he really wants to see, gives a shout out to the podcasting community, and complains about Google Alerts.

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: What are genies like between masters?

Promos:
Buffy Between the Lines: http://www.buffybetweenthelines.com/
The Radio Adventures of Doctor Floyd: http://www.doctorfloyd.com

Mentioned on the Show:
Slice of Sci-Fi
Mitt Zombie '08
37hz
Quantum of Solace
New Star Trek Trailer
November 26th
American Dad: Ollie North Song
Genies
Tor
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology urges repeal of Louisiana ‘Creation Law’
Changeling
Milk
The Spirit
Men guilty over fake penis scam
Judge sentences offenders to listen to Barry Manilow
Cash to name babies for Mussolini
Accused Drunk Driver Ends Up Running Over Himself
The Weird Show
The Ninth: A Heroes Podcast
I'm Your Man lyrics
Google Alerts
Alan Moore
SoCal's atheist billboard taken down
Vagina Rejuvenation
Geologic Podcast

Geek of all Trades Episode #10:

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:58:51 -0800

In which our illustrious host reflects on Presidential Election and the black cloud that came with the silver lining, plays two songs, talks a little about show length, and gives a quick update on his NaNoWriMo project (oh, and the novel too).

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Crossover Home Improvement with Clarissa Explains It All, using a parade as a plot device.

Promos:
Archangel: A Novel: http://www.archangelnovel.com/blog/
Mike's Hot Dish: http://www.thenextgenerationofradio.com

Mentioned on the Show:
Geologic Podcast
The Funny Music Project
Southland Tales soundtrack
The Playing for Keep movie cast
The Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator
Traveller lost in airport for a week
Man’s death in custody linked to ancient curse
Dying Mars lander to enter 'Groundhog Day' state
Man builds Lamborghini in cellar
Johnny Cash's One Piece at a Time
The Ninth: A Heroes Podcast
Democracy lyrics, song by Leonard Cohen
NaNoWriMo

Geek of all Trades Episode #9:

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:48:07 -0700

In which our illustrious host does the last show before the Presidential Election and talks about why you shouldn't vote for McCain.

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: None this week.

Promos:
Mur Lafferty Presents The Takeover: http://www.zombinc.net

Mentioned on the Show:
Laffy Taffy
Freakhouse
October 29
Mormon influence of CA's Prop. 8
Kung fu fan blows out candles with eyes
Is Dancing Ability Dictated In The Womb?
UFOs , alien abductions and Tina Turner feature in Close Encounters secret files
Better Beer: College Team Creating Anticancer Brew
Some of the sources for my McCain rant

Geek of all Trades Episode #8:

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:37:59 -0700

In which our illustrious host shows the world why he will never be on American Idol, goes into an unprescedented(sp?) level of detail about his forthcoming book, talks about the new Coen Brothers movie, and rants about a cancelled order at Amazon.

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Setting: The opening ceremony of the Clarke Space Elevator.

Promos:
The Weird Show: http://www.theweirdshow.com

Mentioned on the Show:
Slice of Sci-Fi
Andy McKee
Suzanne Lyrics
The Graduate
Home Land by Sam Lipsyte
Kevin Smith
Chuck Palahniuk
Love Story
The Godfather (Xbox 360)
October 15th
Teacher Attacked Over Witch Claim
Victory over dogma in California
Burn After Reading
AMC plans Mars mission
Clarke Dream Becoming a Reality?
Man writes with tears
Ginseng jabs kill three in Yunnan
Chemistry Nobel for green jellyfish protein
Gardener told to take down barbed wire to protect thieves
Mafia Wars

Geek of all Trades Episode #7: I'm not dead!

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:42:10 -0700

In which our illustrious host crawls out of his bunker, sumamrizes his September, sticks to the current launch date for his book, talks about iTunes, has a very silly Schenectady writing prompt, talks about Sarah Palin for the first and only time, and does a Dogma Alert for the first time in eons.

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: What if Belgium was behind 9/11?

Promos:
None this week.

Mentioned on the Show:
iTunes Genius feature
Rogue Wave
Aegis
7th Son Obsidian
Der Geek
LuLu
Avenue Q
NaNoWriMo
Arkle's Writing Blog
The ISBW Forums
Nobilis
Michael Moore
The Wikipedia entry on Belgium
October 1st
Andrew Sullivan on the lies of Sarah Palin
1972 Electoral map
1988 Electoral map
What would Thomas Jefferson think of the Bush brothers?
Extinct Giant Tortoise Could Be Revived
Student made roommates get fat
Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive
Ugandan killed for smoking in bar

Geek of all Trades Episode #7:

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:13:11 -0700

Just check the show notes on the blog at arkle.silver-gateway.com. And no, I have no idea what the hell happened.

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #5

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:58:07 -0700

Contained within:

A report from the frontlines of the Battle of September.

Geek of all Trades Episode #6:

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:33:06 -0700

In which our illustrious host talks about his poor prognostication skills, apologizes (again), geeks out about a bus, faintly praises Death Race, goes on a rant about movie critics, and tries to play an awesome speech.

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: "Of all the ways he thought he might die..."

Promos:
Geologic Podcast: http://www.geologicpodcast.com
Socergirl Inc.'s 300th Episode: http://www.soccergirlincorporated.com

Mentioned on the Show:
David Ippolito
Joe Biden
The episode of MILF & Cookies with my VP picks
Battle of Long Island
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Petroleum discovered in Titusville, PA
Krakatoa
Florida DOT ceases producing distinctive colored U.S. Highway shields
Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years
C-SPAN
Hallelujah lyrics
Death Race
Cruel Summer lyrics
Playing For Keeps Launch Day results
The Shock Doctrine
The Case of the Pitcher's Pendant
Star Wars Coruscant Nights
Penguins dumping arsenic in Antarctica
First red blood cells grown in the lab
Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found
Monk arrested for giving away cash
Dennis Kucinich: Wake up America!

Geek of all Trades Episode #5:

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:52:57 -0700

In which our illustrious host talks about his greatest non-corporeal enemy, brings back the Odd News after too long a break, officially (after weeks of yammering about it) includes his newest segment, talks about the new voicemail line, and makes a tough but neccesary decision regarding future episodes.

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Months with personalities.

Promos:
Down The Road: http://www.12vtheater.com

Mentioned on the Show:
The Fire Apes
Lois McMaster Bujold
George R.R. Martin
Connie Willis
James Patrick Kelly
David Gerrold
2008 Hugo Award Winners
Star Trek Phase II
Basketball pros read pinkies to call shots
Man has sex with park bench
Groom charged with being too near bride at wedding
Springs to dampen NASA rocket's vibrations
The Weird Show
Parsec Award Nominations
Everybody Knows lyrics
The Verdict at MSNBC: Maddow Gets Own Show
Mukasey: No prosecutions in Justice hiring scandal
The Nightwatch
Khalid ibn al-Walid
President Andrew Johnson formally declared the American Civil War over
Prague Spring
The Abbey Road LP
Congress votes to reduce aid to South Vietnam
Patrick Sherrill
Retaliation for the Aug. 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya & Tanzania
Citytalkers by Mur Lafferty
Scientology comes to Kenya

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #4

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:10:39 -0700

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #3

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:23:57 -0700

Lazy show notes.

Promo: Buy Playing For Keeps on Amazon.com August 25th.

Geek of all Trades Episode #3:

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:55:59 -0700

In which our illustrious host interviews his podcasting idol, finally makes his Schenectady Mailbox an official segment, announces a new one even though he doesn't have an intro for it yet, insists people go see The Dark Knight, and gives a postive review of the new X-Files movie. Oh BTW, no Odd News segment this week folks. Sorry.

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: The Shift Change Harrasment Squad.

Promos:
Buy Playing For Keeps August 25th: http://www.murverse.com

Mentioned on the Show:
The Dark Knight
Neo Cartoon Lover
The X-Files I Want To Believe
Mur Lafferty
Interview With A (Losing) Candidate
The official Watchmen trailer
J.R. Blackwell
Columbus's 4th voyage
Disney's Flowers and Trees
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Elvis Presley
"In God We Trust" as the U.S. national motto
the Social Security Act of 1965
The Apollo 15 Mission
Jimmy Hoffa disappears
The Takeover
The News From Poughkeepsie
'Body Of Christ" Returned To Church After Student Receives Email Threats
N.J. Student Speaks Out Against Biased Textbook That Pushes Prayer Myths
William Shatner
Leonard Cohen
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Lone Gunmen
Law & Order SVU

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #2: Right Wing History for July 23rd

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:18:54 -0700

300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France
Ford Motor Company sells its first car
Fascist government in Italy bans use of foreign words
Don Imus
Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal
First and only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft
1992 Vatican Commission

Geek of all Trades Episode # 2:

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:04:49 -0700

In which our illustrious host loses control, cause the power you're supplying, is electrifying. Also, he re-tells the origins of his nickname, reviews a movie (or perhaps 3), gives an update on a couple of his writing projects, announces a new segment, teases another new segment, and shows off the brand new show notes format.

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Promos:
Jody Whitesides: http://www.jodywhitesides.com
Pieces: http://pieces.libsyn.com

Mentioned on the Show:
The View Askew Message Boards
The Great Green Arkleseizure
Star Trek New Frontier
Arkle, the horse
Amelia
Grease: You're The One That I Want
The Balticon Ep of the Geologic Podcast
Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'
Do octopuses have a favourite tentacle?
Socks-obsessed schoolboys
Worms Do Calculus To Find Meals Or Avoid Unpleasantness
Separation of Church and the DMV
Hellboy II The Golden Army
Wall-E
War, Inc.
The Shock Doctrine
The Weird Show
The Islamic calendar
Dr. Emily Howard Stowe
The Trinity nuclear tests
Disneyland
Alexander P. Butterfield
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
Directive on Superpowers (DC Universe RPG by West End Games)
The Elevator Pitch
The News From Poughkeepsie
Creative Commons
The video of the closing sound

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #1

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:11:07 -0700

The Braddock expedition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock_Expedition
Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_French_Empire
The 14th Amendment: http://www.nps.gov/archive/malu/documents/amend14.htm
Great train wreck of 1918: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_train_wreck_of_1918
Donald Rumsfeld: http://www.slate.com/id/2081042/
Saipan: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/28/111729/353
New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_Law_Reform_Act_1986

Geek of all Trades # 1: Indiana Jones and the Terrorist Fist Jab

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:31:31 -0700

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Promos:
Blast The Right: http://www.therationalradical.com

Mentioned on the Show:

Rocket Propelled Geek: http://www.rocketpropelledgeeks.com/main_news_archive.php
The (defunct) MILF & Cookies Podcast Episodes: http://milfandcookies.mypodcast.com
Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain: http://www.learningcalendar.com/this_day_in_history/days_template.cfm?history_id=29362
Vermont became the first American territory to abolish slavery: http://www.wsoctv.com/blackheritage/1947088/detail.html
Amistad: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/amistad/AMISTD.HTM
Gas mask patented by Benjamin J. Lane: http://www.todayinsci.com/7/7_02.htm
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0844878.html
48 people die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois: http://www.answers.com/topic/july-2
Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific Ocean: http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1937/july_2_1937_95700.html
The Roswell Crash: http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/jrosevi.html
1st Wal-Mart store opens for business in Arkansas: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2135
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivil64.htm
The Weird Show: http://www.theweirdshow.com
Stolen car found in living room: http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=217243
Lebanese food served with a bang: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7468729.stm
World's biggest coffin: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2904391.html?menu=news.quirkies
Martian soil could grow turnips, Phoenix finds: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14217-martian-soil-could-grow-turnips-phoenix-finds.html
Court reverses judgment against church in exorcisms: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5861268.html
Ariz. churchgoer rate is far behind nation's: http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/246023
Farpoint Media: http://www.farpointmedia.net
Evangelism may be losing its sway: http://www.gazette.com/articles/obama_37766___article.html/trying_say.html
General Wesley Clark's comments on John McCain: http://securingamerica.com/node/2993
Throwing Toasters: http://www.throwingtoasters.com/

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Geek of all Trades #0: MILF & Cookies Episode #15

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:57:05 -0700