The Syndicate

G-Man wrote:

Long Con wrote:I am going crazy I need a Mafia game to start.

LOL, I still need another week to get my silly pre-game posts out of my system. Someone really needs to stop me from getting so out of hand with my games one of these days.

Will it disqualify me from your game if I admit to not reading any of your pre-game posts?

thellama73 wrote:

G-Man wrote:

Long Con wrote:I am going crazy I need a Mafia game to start.

LOL, I still need another week to get my silly pre-game posts out of my system. Someone really needs to stop me from getting so out of hand with my games one of these days.

Will it disqualify me from your game if I admit to not reading any of your pre-game posts?

Nope. They just fill in the gap between games. Nothing consequential about them really. I just like to write.

juliets wrote:

Long Con wrote:I am going crazy I need a Mafia game to start.

Agreed.

The feeling is mutual.

Long Con wrote:I am going crazy I need a Mafia game to start.

You should sign up for Survivor: Mafia then, bucko!

Scotty wrote:

Long Con wrote:I am going crazy I need a Mafia game to start.

You should sign up for Survivor: Mafia then, bucko!

Will that make it start?

Quin wrote:

juliets wrote:

Quin wrote:Got another job interview today. Fingers crossed that they're being honest about the job role this time.

Thats great quin! Good luck and be sure to tell us how it goes.

It went really well this time!! I feel like I got on really well with the owner and she said she'd give me a call so I'm feeling pretty good about my chances. The job is working with the owner to do social media marketing for her business. The only problem is the hours are irregular and on a 'I need you' basis so I'll never really know when or how often I'll be working. That said, if they offer it to me I'll definitely take it (although we didn't discuss wages, I don't think the conversation ever made it's way there) unless there's a huge issue that comes up.

i got offered the job!!

Like I said, the hours suck but it's the experience I wouldn't get otherwise, so hopefully this will work out with my search for another job to pick up the slack.

I've got a group interview at my uni working in one of their cafes a few days a week, so fingers crossed for that too.

Well done Quin!!

What's up bitches?

Congrats Quin on your new job!

llama, how did you get selected to interview the director of The Founder on NPR tomorrow?

juliets wrote:Congrats Quin on your new job!

llama, how did you get selected to interview the director of The Founder on NPR tomorrow?

I wrote a review of the movie and someone at NPR saw it and found my take interesting. I'm as surprised as you are.

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:Congrats Quin on your new job!

llama, how did you get selected to interview the director of The Founder on NPR tomorrow?

I wrote a review of the movie and someone at NPR saw it and found my take interesting. I'm as surprised as you are.

Can you link us to your review? And did I in some way indicate I was surprised?

juliets wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:Congrats Quin on your new job!

llama, how did you get selected to interview the director of The Founder on NPR tomorrow?

I wrote a review of the movie and someone at NPR saw it and found my take interesting. I'm as surprised as you are.

Can you link us to your review? And did I in some way indicate I was surprised?

Link.

I should note that I didn't come up with the title. The editors tend to put clickbaity titles on there that I am not thrilled with.

Great review, llama. Really good.

While no legal system is cheap, there's no doubt that the American legal system in particular is set up in a way that allows the wealthy to bury others in legal costs and make it fiscally impossible for them to fight. There are any number of things I would do to fix the American legal system, but it's so hulking and lumbering that it would be a very large challenge.

Access to Justice is something that policy analysts in the Justice space grapple with regularly. Access to Justice is represented by a cheap and affordable system, but it's also represented by the ability to present all evidence, to appeal matters when you believe decisions made against you are wrong, etc... all of which increase the cost of participation. It's a challenging balancing act.

I will try to see if I can get it. I enjoyed the review~ although I am sure had I seen the film I might have drawn different conclusions, I can see why you drew the conclusions that you did. I am curious to see why your review surprised them. If I can't get it, can you post a link after the fact?

S~V~S wrote:I will try to see if I can get it. I enjoyed the review~ although I am sure had I seen the film I might have drawn different conclusions, I can see why you drew the conclusions that you did. I am curious to see why your review surprised them. If I can't get it, can you post a link after the fact?

Thanks, I certainly will.

Good job llama. I'm also interested in what they saw that was a different angle. And I'm also interested in whether you will be able to post a link to the show. I don't think my NPR station airs that show at 11:00 am though I will double check.

Also interesting to me is that the director of the that movie did Saving Mr. Banks and if I'm remembering the movie thread correctly you also liked that movie. I liked it as well so would probably like this one.

juliets wrote:Good job llama. I'm also interested in what they saw that was a different angle. And I'm also interested in whether you will be able to post a link to the show. I don't think my NPR station airs that show at 11:00 am though I will double check.

Also interesting to me is that the director of the that movie did Saving Mr. Banks and if I'm remembering the movie thread correctly you also liked that movie. I liked it as well so would probably like this one.

They seem to post the show online, so I definitely provide a link.

Yes, I did like Saving Mr. Banks a lot. I'm looking forward to meeting the director.

llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

Being right is, like... the best.

In other news:

GOC 2016 wrote:Are you ready for this?

I'll be sending out role cards shortly. The game will not begin until 8:00 PM though.

Long Con wrote:

GOC 2016 wrote:Are you ready for this?

I'll be sending out role cards shortly. The game will not begin until 8:00 PM though.

Shh, we're not supposed to talk about that.

Do you know where in the 46 minutes you are?

Do you know if John (Lee) Hancock has a big signature?

Golden wrote:Do you know where in the 46 minutes you are?

Do you know if John (Lee) Hancock has a big signature?

My segment starts probably around the 25 or 30 minute mark. Hard to know for sure without listening to it, since they edited the breaks out.

thellama73 wrote:

Golden wrote:Do you know where in the 46 minutes you are?

Do you know if John (Lee) Hancock has a big signature?

My segment starts probably around the 25 or 30 minute mark. Hard to know for sure without listening to it, since they edited the breaks out.

I might listen to the whole thing later, for context, but streaming at work takes its data, so I'm aiming to go straight to you.

Edit: Good guess. 24:55 is where you come in.

Wait, when did Golden become #6 to hit 10,000 posts? Nice!

The real question is whether Jay or Rico will be #7.

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

I'll be listening to this in the morning.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Wait, when did Golden become #6 to hit 10,000 posts? Nice!

The real question is whether Jay or Rico will be #7.

When I posted that I was in the Post Count Achievement Thread. Keep up, MP!

Golden wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Wait, when did Golden become #6 to hit 10,000 posts? Nice!

The real question is whether Jay or Rico will be #7.

When I posted that I was in the Post Count Achievement Thread. Keep up, MP!

Damn, where have I been?!

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Golden wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Wait, when did Golden become #6 to hit 10,000 posts? Nice!

The real question is whether Jay or Rico will be #7.

When I posted that I was in the Post Count Achievement Thread. Keep up, MP!

Damn, where have I been?!

You literally replied to me when I posted in there...

Golden wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Golden wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Wait, when did Golden become #6 to hit 10,000 posts? Nice!

The real question is whether Jay or Rico will be #7.

When I posted that I was in the Post Count Achievement Thread. Keep up, MP!

Damn, where have I been?!

You literally replied to me when I posted in there...

LOL, seriously? I'm losing my mind.

thellama73 wrote:Shh, we're not supposed to talk about that.

Since when do I ever have any grace, sense, or memory?

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

Good job, I am very proud of you!

Mongoose wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

Good job, I am very proud of you!

Not as proud as I am of you!

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

Good job, I am very proud of you!

Not as proud as I am of you!

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

Your voice was disappointingly normal for someone with that moustache.

Long Con wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

Your voice was disappointingly normal for someone with that moustache.

That's a fake voice I put on for radio. I actually sound like Hans Conried.

thellama73 wrote:

Long Con wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

Your voice was disappointingly normal for someone with that moustache.

That's a fake voice I put on for radio. I actually sound like Hans Conried.

Yes!! That's more like it!

I'm sorry, but I don't care. This has to be said. You squandered a perfect opportunity, the likes of which you may never get again.

If I had the opportunity you did, I would have taken it.

When the very first question or invitation to speak came my way, I would have moved solemnly toward the mic and uttered, "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows."

But you blew it.

I did that the first time I went on radio.

thellama73 wrote:I did that the first time I went on radio.

Did you drop the mic then?

Because I noticed you did just now.

My contact lenses seem to be out of focus or something because looking at a computer screen is a chore. My glasses don't give me this problem. Ehhhhhhhhhhh.

Quin wrote:My contact lenses seem to be out of focus or something because looking at a computer screen is a chore. My glasses don't give me this problem. Ehhhhhhhhhhh.

Yeah, I never ended up going contact lenses. They're a pain in the eye.

I've had glasses since I was 2 years old, so I'm as used to them as I could possibly be. I also hate the idea of sticking something into my eye, so I've never seriously considered contacts.

There was a professional baseball player (I forget who) that got pulled over. Cop looked at his license and said, "Says here you need glasses, where are they?" Baseball player: "I've got contacts." Cop: "I don't care who you know, you still have to wear your glasses!"

Long Con wrote:There was a professional baseball player (I forget who) that got pulled over. Cop looked at his license and said, "Says here you need glasses, where are they?" Baseball player: "I've got contacts." Cop: "I don't care who you know, you still have to wear your glasses!"

Long Con wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

Long Con wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Indeed I am! It went well. The host was in Boston and the director in Burbank, so I was in a room by myself with a microphone and headphones. I only got to talk for about 5-10 minutes out of the hour, but I think I handled myself well. The director said "Logan is right" at one point, so that was a high point.

The episode has been posted online if you're interested.

Your voice was disappointingly normal for someone with that moustache.

That's a fake voice I put on for radio. I actually sound like Hans Conried.

Yes!! That's more like it!

No, wait - Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York! That's how I read your posts, when I have the wherewithal.

Long Con wrote:There was a professional baseball player (I forget who) that got pulled over. Cop looked at his license and said, "Says here you need glasses, where are they?" Baseball player: "I've got contacts." Cop: "I don't care who you know, you still have to wear your glasses!"

Licenses here say 'corrective lenses' and I just realised that's why.

MovingPictures07 wrote:I've had glasses since I was 2 years old, so I'm as used to them as I could possibly be. I also hate the idea of sticking something into my eye, so I've never seriously considered contacts.

Yeah, I have had glasses since I was 4, so I feel your pain. But I got my first contacts when they were hard lenses, wow they are so much more comfortable now. I honestly forget I have them in.