The Minute.
I just wanted to say how much I like The Malex Minute. I like the characters very much, and I think that Snuffy and Malex are very well developed characters. Linus isn't very well developed, in my opinion, and if I were to change anything about the show, it would be him...
somehow. I don't know how I'd change him. He just doesn't seem to have all that much depth.
Also, I really have to thank you guys for actually mentioning my question on-air. I was very surprised, and couldn't believe that someone recognized me for something, even a silly little question in an email.
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Yo yo
Hey man, welcome to MalexMedia.Net!
And thank you very much for your feedback! Most people you only hear from if they have something to complain about, so I'm always really happy to hear from people who actually like what we do.
As for Linus, I totally agree. In fact, as I've mentioned before here on the site, the end of Quarter 05 will see some major leaps forward in Linus's character. In more ways than one.
As for your question, of course we'd answer it on the air! We have a long way to go before the emails outpace our ability to answer them.
Thank you very much for your support. Hopefully we can continue to deliver.
ttyl!
--Alex Markley
"Y'all live long and prosper, ya hear?"
Alex Markley
“The fate of a good technologist is to work on things that will seem silly in a hundred years. The fate of a bad technologist is to work on things that seem silly already.”
Yeah!
Yeah, welcome to our little site! It's so fun to get new people. And more fun when they actually like what we do and say so.
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"From the great Gales of Ireland,
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
And all their songs are sad." - G. K. Chesterton
"You do realize," said Zanna, "that you're stroking a milk carton."
"You're just jealous," said Deeba.
-China Miéville's Un Lun Dun-
Ooh...
*lol* We're famous now!
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Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
Welcome
I agree with your comments, Christoph. And I went to your homepage, too. I really like your little characters, Skip & Elliot. And about the photos: did you take them? The orange one with the tree is just gorgeous!
He just doesn't seem to have all that much depth.
This is true, but would depth be a good thing in such a toxic character?
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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We should take our comfort from God's word, not from the circumstances of our lives.
Wow. . .
I spend a lot of time on my little internet communities. I really get into them, and I'm always dissapointed by them, as the other people in them don't really care as much about the going ons of the community as I do.
But I have to say... Out of about 35 communities and projects and stuff, you guys are the only ones to have actually welcomed me like that. Wow. I'm incredibly amazed....
Wow.
Anyway, as for that homepage of mine that I stuck there, thats just another one of those said communities. Sadly, it seems to me that none of the other 50 members of the community have logged on once in the last month, other than me.
It's quite depressing, as I helped them quite a bit, and now they pretty much just left...
As for Linus's development as a character, I'm very happy to hear that there could be a jump in personality. Yay!
And, oh yes, those are my pictures! I've been looking for a better community to host some of my photos, and if you turn out to be interested, I have a couple hundred good ones! As for those doodles of characters, yes, those are some characters I hope to make a webcomic out of some day! As I said on my user account here, I am an artist, and I dab into quite a few mediums.
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Duex Ex Machina!
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
Wow
Looking at your user profile page I can see what you mean when you say you dabble in quite a few mediums. You're very gifted.
Also, I got to look at your work you've published on Walus Rider. Those photographs are gorgeous. I like them all. Though, as SangMing pointed out, the one with the tree is truely striking.
And Skip looks so funny. I wouldn't mind seeing more of him!
God has really blessed you with some amazing talents, Christoph. Or may I call you Mr. Jenkins?
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"From the great Gales of Ireland,
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
And all their songs are sad." - G. K. Chesterton
"You do realize," said Zanna, "that you're stroking a milk carton."
"You're just jealous," said Deeba.
-China Miéville's Un Lun Dun-
Really?
"But I have to say... Out of about 35 communities and projects and stuff, you guys are the only ones to have actually welcomed me like that. Wow. I'm incredibly amazed...." -Christoph Jenkins
Oh... Well, I'm glad we made such an impression on you. Thanks a lot for being a part of our audience and the community here!
"Anyway, as for that homepage of mine that I stuck there, thats just another one of those said communities. Sadly, it seems to me that none of the other 50 members of the community have logged on once in the last month, other than me. It's quite depressing, as I helped them quite a bit, and now they pretty much just left..." -Chirstoph Jenkins
Oh, man, I'm sorry to hear that... I know that must really be disappointing. But we will probably never leave the Malex Media Network™ here, unless the company goes out of business. We hope to always be there to entertain and interact with our audience!
"As for those doodles of characters, yes, those are some characters I hope to make a webcomic out of some day! As I said on my user account here, I am an artist, and I dab into quite a few mediums." -Christoph Jenkins
Hmm... I'll have to check that out. As you may or may not have picked up, I'm the illustrator for the Malex Minute, being a graphic artist myself, and I also do Splicky Missions and various other image contributions to the site. It sounds like we might have something in common!
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Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
Heh
"you guys are the only ones to have actually welcomed me like that. Wow. I'm incredibly amazed." --Christoph Jenkins
Well man, I gotta say. I've always seen entertaining people as a priviledge, not a right. As far as I'm concerned, entertainers who take their audience for granted are just being stupid. So I'm always very excited to interact with people and hear what they have to say.
ttyl
--Alex Markley
"Y'all live long and prosper, ya hear?"
Alex Markley
“The fate of a good technologist is to work on things that will seem silly in a hundred years. The fate of a bad technologist is to work on things that seem silly already.”
-Gumdrop Jumblebeat-
Why thank you Aisling! Those are some of my older photos, and I'd love to show you guys more. Just give me the word! Skip is hopefully going to be the main character of my future webcomic, so I can show you more of that too.
Yes Quartz, I checked out the rest of your work here last night, and I love the splicky missions! As I said on your most recent one, I love the contrast between the simpleness of the splickies, and the realistic backgrounds. It's great!
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.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
Ah, yes...
And thanks again!
Sorry I haven't had a chance to look at your stuff yet--I've been working on schoolwork all day, and it's significantly less convenient than visiting just MalexMedia.Net™, for reasons difficult to explain. Please bear with me.
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Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
The word.
"I'd love to show you guys more. Just give me the word!
Please!
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"From the great Gales of Ireland,
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
And all their songs are sad." - G. K. Chesterton
"You do realize," said Zanna, "that you're stroking a milk carton."
"You're just jealous," said Deeba.
-China Miéville's Un Lun Dun-
More of Skip
I want to see more of Skip. And more of your drawings.
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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We should take our comfort from God's word, not from the circumstances of our lives.
-Omnicent Potatoes-
Haha. Okay, I'll see what I can do. My scanner's all messed up, so mypictures will be hard to get up. Sometimes I can get a good resolution photo of my drawings, but it's never the same.
I can show you my photos well and quickly though! I'll set up a topic or something.
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.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Always Act Atrociously, Authorizing Abominable Alliterations And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
YAY
Pictures!!!!
(PS. I like Potatoes!!!!)
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I reject your reality and substitute my own!
-Adam Savage, Mythbusters
Malex: Yes. My ankles are cozy
- Malex Minute 197
Potatoes?
Baked Potatoes.
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"From the great Gales of Ireland,
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
And all their songs are sad." - G. K. Chesterton
"You do realize," said Zanna, "that you're stroking a milk carton."
"You're just jealous," said Deeba.
-China Miéville's Un Lun Dun-
Yummy
Mashed. With that country gravy stuff with lots of pepper!
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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We should take our comfort from God's word, not from the circumstances of our lives.
-Neon Fish-
I don't know about you, but I'm utterly tired of french fries. I don't eat them any more.
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.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Always Act Atrociously, Authorizing Abominable Alliterations And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
And what about Brutus Buckeye?
I like tater tots. But I don't eat them anymore because they're just too greasy. Besides, they look alarmingly like Gerbert.
But seriously, the fries at Steak 'N' Shake are the best!
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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We should take our comfort from God's word, not from the circumstances of our lives.
-Islingtons Anarchy-
Okay...well,back to the Malex Minute, I was toodling about the nether-archives,and down in eps Number008, a cartoon is mentioned. Is the said cartoon available by any medium?
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.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Always Act Atrociously, Authorizing Abominable Alliterations And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
Unfortunately...
No, the project was indefinitely postponed. But it was again mentioned in episode 018.
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Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
Problems
The prospect of developing an entire cartoon in addition to the other work we've set up for ourselves turned out to be far more daunting than any of us realized.
The story is great, the characters are great, and the whole thing is as funny as it can be.
It just doesn't exist yet.
As soon as it does though, you guys will be among the first to know.
ttyl
--Alex Markley
"Y'all live long and prosper, ya hear?"
Alex Markley
“The fate of a good technologist is to work on things that will seem silly in a hundred years. The fate of a bad technologist is to work on things that seem silly already.”
Umm...
Hey, how come I never heard anything about a possible cartoon? Was this an idea you guys were throwing around a while ago, or just recently? Say, a cartoon would prolly bring in a lot of business. You know how webcomics tend to be purty popular. Wait, do you mean like comic strip type cartoons, or ACTUAL cartoons like on TV? Whoa.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
No...
Yeah, we meant an actually animated cartoon.
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Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
-Granted, nomad pie-
Grant being the key word there...
Hey, here's a question. Who does all of the voices for the characters? Some of them are obvious, but I'd be nice to know.
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
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Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
Voices
You mean the Malex Minute? If so, do you mean the three main characters, the occasional side characters, or both?
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Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
-Coreographed Hockey-
I meant both, and for the Minute.
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
Well...
Malex does Malex, Fopsworth does Linus, and I do the Snufflefungus. As for the side characters, it varies. Most of the time it's one of us three, but sometimes we'll get SangMing, Aisling, or Leela to do one.
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Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
-Jargon Blackouts-
Cool, thanks. Who is it that does Jeffrey?
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Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
Malex.
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I reject your reality and substitute my own!
-Adam Savage, Mythbusters
Malex: Yes. My ankles are cozy
- Malex Minute 197
*lol*
Yep...
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Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
Raised Hand
*grins*
--Alex Markley
"Y'all live long and prosper, ya hear?"
Alex Markley
“The fate of a good technologist is to work on things that will seem silly in a hundred years. The fate of a bad technologist is to work on things that seem silly already.”
Funny
Talk-Show host, Sheep druggy, crazy old lady, malicious Ipod, SATAN HIMSELF, you name it, Malex can voice it!!
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
To explain...
I think he watched a lot of cartoons as a child.
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"From the great Gales of Ireland,
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
And all their songs are sad." - G. K. Chesterton
"You do realize," said Zanna, "that you're stroking a milk carton."
"You're just jealous," said Deeba.
-China Miéville's Un Lun Dun-
-Pandoratical Expression-
Oh? then who did Squeaky Satan?
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
Clarification...
If Noble Wisdom meant Mr. Eyebrows, then that's actually not Malex. Fopsworth does him. Malex does Squeaky Satan (with no computer alterations
).
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Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
However...
Malex does Squeaky Satan (with no computer alterations)
He does however have to raise his eyebrows to hit that pitch.
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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We should take our comfort from God's word, not from the circumstances of our lives.
-Quadrilateral Verity-
Wow! I had no idea that changing facial expressions helps with voice change! Hmm... maybe if I cringe I won't have such a goofy laugh...
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
.::Duex Ex Machina!::.
Almost All Annoying Artists Alternate Across Acting Atrociously , Authorizing Abominable Alliterations, And Administering Awful Antics.
- Christoph Jenkins
Umm...
...He doesn't ... really. To my knowledge. SangMing was making a pun, I think.
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The last thing I took too seriously was the fact that I had to stop taking unimportant things too seriously.
Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
Hilarious!
Lol, the mental picture of Malex raising his eyebrows and making a squeaky voice is sooo funny! He looks like he's about to jump out of his chair, he's trying so hard! Ho,that's is funny. Sorry, Malex. I don't mean to make fun of you. You don't actually do that, anyway. It just looked really funny in my head.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
Hehe
Sounds pretty funny. No offense taken.
--Alex Markley
"Y'all live long and prosper, ya hear?"
Alex Markley
“The fate of a good technologist is to work on things that will seem silly in a hundred years. The fate of a bad technologist is to work on things that seem silly already.”
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Phew!
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
I agree with everybody
I am not sounding original here, but I have just started listening to the Malex Minute and I think it is very good. Of course, I'm no expert, so one could say I am using some faulty reasoning, but anyway, I really like it(the show, not faulty reasoning).
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The most common mistake people make when designing something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Johnny was a chemist's son,
But Johnny is no more.
What Johnny thought was H2O
was H2SO4.
Aha
Well I’m really glad Himself!
I don’t think anybody really needs inerrant reasoning to like the show. 
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Gaussian Blur fixes everything.
Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
*pffft* Reason .. who needs it
no reasoning of any kind needed to understand the MM
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Moo.
... what you expected something deep and intellectual? What universe are you from?!
Malex: Yes. My ankles are cozy
- Malex Minute 197
*sage nodding*
There are truth in your word.
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Waddya hear? Waddya say?
"You do realize," said Zanna, "that you're stroking a milk carton."
"You're just jealous," said Deeba.
-China Miéville's Un Lun Dun-
In fact...
It might be considered to be a hindrance.
Welcome, Himself. Good to have a new person along for the ride.
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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We should take our comfort from God's word, not from the circumstances of our lives.
Yes, the ride.
And what a ride it will be.
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Waddya hear? Waddya say?
"You do realize," said Zanna, "that you're stroking a milk carton."
"You're just jealous," said Deeba.
-China Miéville's Un Lun Dun-
Hmmmm...
Perhaps you're right. In fact, I will go so far as to say that to enjoy the show, one can't have any semblance of reasoning ability or inclination.
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"If we are out of our minds, it is for the sake of God..."
-2 Corinthians 5:13a
Johnny was a chemist's son,
But Johnny is no more.
What Johnny thought was H2O
was H2SO4.
Hehe
Perhaps you’re right.
By the way, I like your signature!
Very appropriate... *lol*
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Gaussian Blur fixes everything.
Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
Yay!
I love your sig! That's got to be one of the best I've seen yet, just 'cause it really sums up at least the MM. Maybe the whole MMN!
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Waddya hear? Waddya say?
"You do realize," said Zanna, "that you're stroking a milk carton."
"You're just jealous," said Deeba.
-China Miéville's Un Lun Dun-
A+
Perfect
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Moo.
... what you expected something deep and intellectual? What universe are you from?!
Malex: Yes. My ankles are cozy
- Malex Minute 197
Why, thank you...
thank you very much. I just found that a few days ago.
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"If we are out of our minds, it is for the sake of God." -2 Corinthians 5:13a
Johnny was a chemist's son,
But Johnny is no more.
What Johnny thought was H2O
was H2SO4.
Ok
I know this whole string was dropped like..a year ago. But I have to say how much I love the minutes!
Ever since I started to listen to them back in November, I have grown to apprectiate them. Though...at first..i must admit i thought they were weird. but then I went back and listened to them all first to recent and I got it! Now they all make perfect sense and I love them!
When I read the comment about Foppy doing Mr. Eyebrows though...Anyways..these better not stop!
Wow!
Thank you very much, Lizziem!
How very encouraging!
Old Mother Hubbard sat in her cupboard,
Drowning her sorrows in hay.
Along came a spider who sat down to chide her,
But he could think of nothing to say.
lizziem4551 said: Now they
Wait, what? They make perfect sense to you…?
Would you mind explaining?
Seriously though, thanks a lot! It's nice to get this kind of encouragement.
ttyl
Alex Markley
“The fate of a good technologist is to work on things that will seem silly in a hundred years. The fate of a bad technologist is to work on things that seem silly already.”
Well.....
I'm not sure why or how they make sense....I think its the humor I get the most. And the fact I can sometimes identify with the characters. I think its just because they are very well written and I enjoy good clean humor.
Hehe
Thanks a lot! It's really good to get this sort of encouragement at a time like this…
ttyl
Alex Markley
“The fate of a good technologist is to work on things that will seem silly in a hundred years. The fate of a bad technologist is to work on things that seem silly already.”