bacon – End of Line

The Homework assignment for this go around was to name the strangest places you had seen Bacon. This led into a wild conversation about the below links and much more.

Death by Bacon!

“bacon” by the great Luke Ski

Cirque du So What

A list where you can find Bacon in the strangest of places

Fried Egg Bacon Cheeseburger, the start of a perfect breakfast!

Hamburger with 1050 strips of bacon

Bacon and Blue Cheese dressing

This 3 2 1 cake doesn’t have any Bacon in it, but it may go great on the side.

And our Homework for next time… what is your favorite or strangest Easter candy? Here, we will get you started…

Did Byron’s peanut Butter combo sound good? Take a gander at what it looks like here

10 things you can do with Peeps

And for strange peep related links, Peeps fight!

What’cha Been Consumin’?

Ranger

The Ranger has been catching up on the awesome WB series “Supernatural” on Netflix

He also finally sat down and watched the wonderful modern day take on “Sherlock”

Go retro and play games like Gauntlet, Defender and Spyhunter on your iPad with the midway Arcade app for iOS

The Doctor and Lela travel on in the Fourth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish

A big shout out to the gang at The Doctor Who Podcast. One of the very best shows out on the web for those who like to learn more about Big Finish, classic Who and more.

Rockstar

Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben

Begin with Deal Breaker.

African Immortals Series: Tananarive Due

This one isn’t available on Audible, but the series begins with My Soul to Keep.

Byron 27

Byron talks about attending MarsCon.

You can find out more about Marscon here

Denise Crosby, Lt. Yarr from STNG, was at marscon. But have you ever seen her documentary “Trekies”> Check “Trekies” out out on Netflix.

And if you want to know more about the benefit Marscon Dementia CD, visit this link

Consortium of Genius – Marscon 2012 Musical Guest of Honor

Saga of the Skolian Empire Series – Catherine Asaro

Reading order of Skolian Empire Series by internal chronology

Hear the songs from the Skolian Empire Series book, Diamond Star

11-22-63 by Stephen King – Audio

Weird Al Face to Face on Nerdist Youtube Channel

Between The Covers

Strange habits of famous writers

Homework: John Hodgeman’s “Areas of my expertise” and “More Information Than you Require”

John Hodgman with the Authors@Google series

John and Jo Co at Square Books

Jonathon Coulton – Thing a Week

Find everything Jonathan Colton here

New Homework: Divergent: Veronica Roth

Quotes

Our opening quote took us “Back To The Future”

Commander Cash!

They took our jobs!

Nintendo cereal

Tom Cruise won’t come out of the closet

Now I’m in the closet too

Watch closely now

Adam Sandler is…

Brokeback To The Future, hate mail can be sent to Byron for this one

Time Circuits active, The Doctor meets Doc Brown

Peter Griffin vs Marti McFly

Martha Quinn’s Basement Tapes

The fine crew of the Red Dwarf on the Grassy Nole

Edutainment at its best, welcome to Beakman’s World

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

Captain N and the new Super Mario World

Hamlet in native Klingon

Deep Space 9: The Fallen

Hamburger Helper… with cheese

Sherlock’s theme

Oh wow man, it’s a commercial for Neil’s Heavy Concept Album

Rick’s favorite, and Byron’s too, Living Doll

You Been Here 4 Hour

Mr. JAWS

Mesa all sparkly and glowy!

I love this plan

Oh look, here comes the bus

On the shoulders of freaks

Good night everybody!

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EOL Episode 7: Flush With Sporks

renger — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:04:55 +0000

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Okay, a warning before we start. This episode isn’t like our usual crazy light hearted fun that we have been kind of known for in our short run as your geek stop podcast. In this episode we delve into some heady bits on the topic of Man Vs. Machine and we think you will enjoy the opinions of our 3^rd chair, Mr. Damon Rose on these matters. However, as seen in the notes below, that doesn’t mean that we didn’t talk our usual brand of nonsense. We have plenty of that to spare throughout the entire show actually. We just wanted to point out that we really think the topic was cool to discuss and we’d love to have your feedback on our comments in this episode. Enjoy!

Abomination!

Moonbase Alpha, Eagles and Space 2099?

Want to know more about this 70’s classic? Check out the “Space 1999” wiki

Or, check out this YouTube clip from the first episode of the second season to see just how many shows have drawn water from the well of Moonbase Alpha

And, by some chance if you are a fan of the show, if you ever wanted to know what the fate of the crew was after the second season… this clip. that was screened for the show’s anniversary convention, will help explain the fates of many of the show’s characters and serves as closure for the series as a whole

Ranger notes, again, that the UK version of “Being Human” is far superior to the lame US Sci Fi Channel edition. Check it out on Netflix to see why he feels this way

Also, as a part of the “Space 1999” discussion and as a public service to all you Scrabble players, here is the definition of the term “Schlock”

Watch the only episode of the 5^th Trek series, season 4’s “Through A Mirror Darkly” , on Netflix to judge how Manny Kodo tried to save cannon from the hands of Braga and Berman

Hasbro and Universal break up, no “Monopoly:The Movie” for you!

Your 80’s memories reborn, Blue Lagoon Remake on the way

We have a follow up to last month’s Abomination, Short Circuit remake gets a writer

Oh, and here’s another, The Jetsons movie moves forward with new writers

Here’s a clip from the mentioned BBC 70’s show “The Magic Roundabout”

And here is another but this time it’s the video from the title track of “The Magic Roundabout” modern day movie

Spider Man, Spider Man, looks a lot like Bat Man

Catch the 1967 cartoon Spider Man on Netflix for a blast from your childhood past

Or, get funky with this opening title sequence from the 70’s CBS Spidey TV series

And if that didn’t scare you True Believers, then this clip from the CBS TV Series of “Logan’s Run” just might

CBS did get comics right though in the 80’s with the short lived “The Flash” TV series

In The Matrix, um.. Nexus

No one can tell you what the Matrix is, okay, maybe this page can

Learn the story before the movies with the rise of the machines from the “Animatrix The 2^nd Renaissance Part 1”

And the “Animatrix The 2^nd Renaissance Part “2

Watch the entire 10 segments of the “Animatrix” via Netflix

Don’t want to play the “Enter The Matrix” videogame twice to get both storylines? This link will show you the cut scenes from the game

And after the revolution, there was a Matrix Online MMORPG

Scientists getting closer to building brains, the artificial kind

Virtual versions of your friends and family could be like this scene from “Superman The Movie”

Would taking a ride via a Transporter reconstruct you or create your clone?

The term “Transporter Accident” is a catch all term

Watch “Dollhouse” on Netflix to see some concepts of virtual personalities and artificial memories from the mind of Joss Wheaton

Striving for perfection, or so Khan thought, during the Eugenics Wars

One day we hope to meet in Sto-Vo-kor

Robot Avatar Transmits Sight, Hearing and Touch To Humans

What if you could download new skills?

Scientists say that we are getting closer to matrix styled learning

Nom, Nom, Nom!

Beth sent in an iReport asking us to imagine what a drunk robot would sound like? No need when you can watch “Futurama” on Netflix

Also, for Beth’s other question about the metal ones, Scientists invent robot that eats and poops

And, this is especially after Damon’s story about her, we will try and keep this image of Tiny Tears alive in our thoughts

Remember that only Old Glory can give you the protection you need from robots

Where can you find a spork outside of KFC? Why at this link you will find the Star Trek Star Fleet Academy Spork from Think Geek

We asked you last month to find us the scarier breakfast foods on the market. While Sonic, Hardy’s and Carl’s Jr. have some of the worst stuff around… we still find McGriddles some of the most evil early morning fare on the menu today

Care to guess how many calories are in the Burger King Breakfast Burrito that the Rockstar mentioned?

But why not combine breakfast with dessert with the Jack In The Box Bacon Milkshake

Bacon Beer, its what’s for breakfast

Infinite bacon

Your homework for next time is to tell us the strangest places you have seen bacon used. For inspiration check out these 8 Essential Bacon Hacks

Lisa called in to the show to try and be the peacemaker between the Ranch Vs. Blue chees factions. We have been discussing this since Episode 3. While we wish her the best of luck with that, here is a link to the oyster Crackers and the Barbra’s Bakery goods she mentioned in her iReport

As promised by the Rockstar herself, here is the Wiki page describing what Ranch Dressing tastes like. We already know, boy howdy don’t we, what Ranger says it tastes like. So we’ll just skip any links to his recommendations for that shall we?

What’cha Been Consumin’?

Ranger recommends earlier seasons of FX’s “Archer” on Netflix

Check out this interview with the voice of Sterling Archer himself, John Benjamin

And if you like “Archer, check out Adam Reed’s earlier Adult Swim work with “Sealab 2021”

or pick up “Frisky Dingo” season 1

Relive 70s Saturday Tea Time all over again with the Big Finish Fourth Doctor Lost Stories Box Set

Rockstar recommends City of Dragons by Robin Hobb. This is the third in the series, so you should begin the trilogy with Dragon Keeper followed by Dragon Haven. For more in this universe, check out the Liveship Traders series, beginning with Ship of Magic.

“By your command” and buy the complete Battlestar Galactica Blu Ray set

Mr. Rose recommends “Perfect People” by Peter James

Nab Matt La’Blanc in the UK series “Episodes” on Blu Ray

Between The Covers

Homework Discussion: Neverwhere Redux and Altered Carbon

Ranger mentioned that “Neverwhere” reminded him of the 80’s CBS Series “Beauty and the Beast” with the city below the city. Try the show out on Netflix if you want to know more

Minds get backed up for Altered Carbon film

The Forgetting Pill Erases Painful Memories Forever | Wired Magazine | Wired.com

New Homework: John Hodgeman’s “Areas of my expertise” and “More Information Than you Require”

Quotes:

The opening quote features the first meeting of Neo and Trinity

The word! He said the word!

Dr. Pepper Ten, its not for women?

Second Python reference, Whatney’s Red Barrel

Tap your toes to the theme from “archer”

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EOL Episode 3: The Honey Mustard Contingent

renger — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:35:10 +0000

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Introduction

This month, Byron Lee joins us in the third chair for all sorts of Halloween-related geeky goodness. You can learn more than you ever wanted to know about Byron by visiting www.byronlee.com. Byron hosts The Talk Zone and the Fun Zone, and is also well-known through his work at Horizons for The Blind and the Directions for Me web site.

Abomination

We talked about any number of abominations this month, which then sparked a long conversation about Fox shows that never lasted, and Green Lantern. Here are the things we talked about in this segment.

Beetlejuice reboot

Buy the 20^th anniversary deluxe edition of Beetlejuice on DVD from Amazon

Buy Bewitched Season 1 on DVD

Buy John doe Season 1 on DVD

Watch Prison Break Season 1 on Netflix

Buy Fringe the complete first season on DVD

Watch the Justice League on Netflix

Buy Green Lantern “First Flight” two disc set

Buy the combo pack of Green lantern Emerald Knights

Check out Green Lantern “Hero’s Quest” at Graphic Audio

Check out Green Lantern “Sleepers” Book 1 at Graphic Audio

Harry Potter Reimagined as a Lighthearted Teen Movie [

Buy Harry Potter Years 1 – 7, Part 1 Gift Set

In The Nexus

In this Halloween edition of In the Nexus, we talk trick-or-treating, costumes, and of course, candy. Here are the things we mentioned.

Buy “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”

The Spirit of Halloween Store

Leg Avenue Costumes

Buy “Jaws” the two disc 30^th Anniversary Edition on DVD

Buy the Coneheads movie on DVD

Buy Weird Al’s The Alpocolypse tour!

Buy the, um, classic? Judge Dred on DVD

Buy “The Shadow” on DVD

Noms

We begin this segment with an iReport from Liz Bottner, who tried the Triple Decker Oreo and shared her experience with us. Then we talked about a great deal of food, some of which may have been better classified in the abomination segment. Here’s what we talked about.

Dairy Queen Blizard of the Month: Pumpkin Pie

Sonic Pumpkin Shake returns for a limited time

Bacon Blue Dog and Kickin’ Coney from Sonic

French Toast Casserole

Junk food addiction

5 Expensive Junk Foods

Hostess Chocwave and Snoballimus Prime Light Our Darkest Snacktime

Red Robin Octoberfest Burger

Love beer? Try out the new Untappd app for iOS or Android to rate your favorite beers and find delicious new ones

Rate and track your favorite beers with Brewski Me:

Beer Keg Sub

Whatcha Been Consumin’?

Ranger

Interview with Malcom McDowell

Netflix MST3K Gamera!

Just the flying one without the bots

Rockstar

Bauhaus: 1979 – 1983 Volume 1

Bauhaus: 1979 – 1983 Volume 2

Type O Negative: October Rust

Sarah Langan: Audrey’s Door

Byron

Watch Dexter Season 1 on Netflix

Watch Breaking Bad Season 1 on Netflix

Graphic Audio: Snakes on a plane

Heroic Efforts Productions

Buy Doctor Who the Movie two disc set

Author Tim Dorsey

Ghost in The Wires: Kevin Mitnick

The Art of Intrusion: Kevin Mitnick

The Art of Deception: Kevin Mitnick

Once we all finish with our own current consumption, we throw out some other general suggestions for things to consume this month.

Buy “The Nightmare Before Christmas” two disc Collector’s Edition

Watch Dr. Horrible’sSing’a’long Blog

Cartoon Network Halloween

30 Days of Horror

We’ve posted our Top 10 favorite streaming horror films for the month of October!

Between the Covers

Last month, our homework was to read The Drawing of The Three, by Stephen King. We discuss that book, and then assign this month’s homework, which is “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline.

We close with a story about a Tech Company To Build Science Ghost Town In New Mexico

Quotes:

We made reference to a number of quotes and sound clips throughout the episode. Here they are.

Goth Talk

List of canceled shows that may or may not have occupied the Friday Night Slot’o”death on FOX courtesy of Family Guy

Trailer for Justice league “Doom”

Charlie Brown; I got a Rock

Main Theme for Green Lantern “Emerald Knights”

Great Pumpkin Waltz: Charlie Brown on piano

The original “Coneheads” trailer

Army of Darkness “March of the Dead”

Zinger Zapper!

Grin, grinning ghosts from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney Theme Parks

Its Bacon!

Junk Food Junkie

In Heaven There Is No Beer

This is Halloween

Rocket Man Mondegreen Commercial

Family guy Rocket Man

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EOL Episode 1: The Ground Rules

renger — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:00:15 +0000

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Hello and welcome to “End of Line”, or what we lovingly call EOL. We invite you to listen to our podcast and read along with these notes to learn more about the things we talk about on the show. Remember, a big part of what we do on each show comes from what we see online. That means you, the person reading this right now!, can have your say in what we talk about, eat, read or generally waste time with, all in the name of podcasting.
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Introduction

We start the show with a quote from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” You can Buy the excellent John Williams “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Amazon. As with any products you find in our show notes, purchasing through the links we provide will help support our sponsors.

We then jump in to the show by talking about what we’re going to talk about, because we enjoy being circular like that. During that discussion, we mention the Hudsucker Proxy and comment on the excellent soundtrack, which is available for purchase.

Other movies we mentioned during this segment were:

“The Razor’s Edge”
“Robocop”
“Akira”

Behold! The power of food!

Homework: yes,, there’s homework! We want to hear your thoughts on the Denny’s Maple Bacon Sundae. Send us a recording of you and your friends trying it or give us a report on what happened after you tragically lost a friend who tried it.

Chocolate covered banana chips
Dairy Queen’s Blizzard flavor of the month Nutter Butter
Find the Turkey and Gravy soda at jones Sodas
McDonald’s Menu Items From Around The World —
How to Make Pizza Casserole
Which dish should you order at a specific restaurant? Nosh uses social food photos and reviews to help you decide
Large forks, found in a study, to make us eat less