Jan
2
Nine Thoughts: Five By Five
I apologize, but unless you listen to the shows at 5by5.tv, you will most likely not enjoy the following, but otherwise, you might get a kick out of these observations.
EVERY ‘BACK TO WORK’ EVER
- Merlin: Hello?
- Dan: HI, AUM MERLIN MANN! I LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I’M FANCY COOL ‘CAUSE I’M MERLIN MANN!
- Merlin: Hi! Can I aks you a question? Can I aks you another question? Hi! Dan Benjamin, why do I always refer to you by your full name Dan Benjamin? God, I’m so angry at something. Did you see that thing?
- Dan: Uh-no.
- Merlin: Hmh-hmh. Should we get started with the show?
- Dan: I thought we had started.
- Merlin: So I thought today we could talk about…
- Dan: You know, the best shows are the ones where you wing it.
- Merlin: Mmrmrmmmrmr! I’m so angry I could eat a tin full of hurt. … Josh. Good week?
- Dan: Big week.
- Merlin: I hate to sound douchey but how much do I really hate it if I still say the thing I’m gonna say anyway. Cut all this out. Should we start the show?
And so on. And if you’re not listening to 5by5 and you’re a nerd, well, shame on you. Even if you’re not a nerd, you might find Back to Work helpful, for example, in the most recent episode, Merlin and Dan present an alternative to making New Year’s Resolutions, because those don’t work. And, if you are an Apple nerd, you may enjoy Hypercritical which is the one with John Siracusa, the guy who writes 80-page reviews of each version of OS X. Allow me to recommend.
