Monthly Archives: July 2010

#WookieLeaks #wookieleaks #wookieeleaks

Yes, it’s true: Storm started the #wookieleaks / #wookieeleaks hashtag meme that smoldered on and on like the Centralia Underground Coal Fire. It’s frankly a bit mind-blowing how far it’s spread. Here’s a sampling: Wired.com e-mail interview with Storm from Wednesday about how he thought of it and spread it, with the help of @shanenickerson […]

w00tstock SDCC: My God–It’s Full of Stars!

Sometimes you order a large barrel of Awesome and they accidentally send you the DELUXE MEGA-ECONOMY SIZE. That is precisely what happened at w00tstock 2.4 SDCC. An SRO sellout crowd of around 800 was utterly rocked by each and every performer, as well as a handful of  surprise guests. And we know that this comment […]

Show #092: That Time We Almost Met Joss Whedon

The ninety-twostrd episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: a reasonably thorough breakdown of our Comic-Con and w00tstock 2.4 experience, including such topics as camelcase; the multiple possible con tracks one can enjoy; the Guild Bollywood-style promo video; […]

Show #091: Stupid Like a Cat

The ninety-onethth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: Storm works to overcome his terrible mood (with the help of a German digestif); drunk cats and Ivy Leaguers; a lengthy dissection of the “Double Rainbow” meme, and memes […]

JoCo Cruise Crazy!

You asked for it; you got it. And since we  created a whole website with Jonathan to describe it and answer all your questions, we’ll just say this… Booking starts now for JoCo Cruise Crazy, a 6-day Eastern Caribbean cruise on Holland America’s ms Eurodam, with music and comedy performances from Jonathan Coulton and friends, featuring John Hodgman, […]

Paul & Storm’s Original Goodtime Piefightery

In our most recent podcast, a passing comment about a pie fight led to a lengthy discussion of opening a “pie fight” franchise. The more we’ve thought about it, the more we like it. Well, now, thanks to our good friend Len Peralta, we’ve got a logo. (see right) — which is now available as […]

Show #090: Big Huge Blastie

The ninetythstrd episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: we endorse new minion and band friend Scott Meyer’s “Basic Instructions“; Paul’s “Vending Machine Moustaches” project (a.k.a. “PaulStaches”), and musings on vending machines in general; Mike Phirman interrupts; we […]

Happy July 4th – Free Song!

In celebration of our nation’s birthday, we offer you a FREE! FREE! FREE! thematically-appropriate song of explosives safety—or the lack thereof: Ten-Finger Johnny. (We’d call it a “ten-finger discount,” but that would be incredibly lame) Please share it with all your patriotic friends. Have a safe and happy 4th! [Audio clip: view full post to […]

Show #089: Farmer Brown’s Cheese-aging Pocket

The eightyth-ninthsrtsd episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: Storm is sick and Paul is recently-sick, and we both lament our situation; cat scratch fever; the return of “Sickey Mickey” and other home cures; sugared cereals and Paul’s […]