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Name: Daniel J. Hogan

I'm a writer and lovable geek. I am also the creator of The Magic of Eyri Podcast, a free fantasy-comedy podcast based on my novel.

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24th-Aug-2009 11:18 pm - A True Story

This morning, I noticed I had a missed call from Dad around 8:40 AM.  Since he usually only calls me that early if it is something of great importance, I quickly called him back.

The conversation that followed could only best be described as “random.”

*RING RING*
Dad picks up:
Dad: One-Eyed Willy.
Me: …Excuse me?
Dad: The pirate from Goonies.
Me: Yes, One-Eyed Willy, you got it.
Dad: That’s all I needed know.
Me: …Why?
Dad: I was trying to think of it and I couldn’t and it was driving me nuts. So I called you, but right after I did, I remembered.
Me: Glad I could…help?
Dad: Thanks, have a good day, son–and May the Force Be With You. *CLICK*

Those who know my dad, will confirm that a conversation like this is not that surprising. Random, yes. But not surprising.  His whole attitude since crossing 50 a few years ago has been “I’m over 50, now I’m eccentric and I’ll do whatever I want.”

Why he was thinking of The Goonies, let alone pirates, at 8:40 on a Monday morning, I may never know.

The other funny part of this is that I was enthusiastically quoting The Goonies Friday night while playing Bang! with friends.  I was sticking to some of my favorite Mouth, Data and Chunk lines, and the always classic “Slick Shoes?! Are you crazy?!“

And just for you LJ readers--I noticed the other day that LoudTwitter started posting my Twitter updates again. Well, i turned it off--unless folks actually want to see those. Comment below if you do.  If I have them again, I'm going to have them behind a LJ Cut.

Mirrored from Daniel J. Hogan. If something doesn't look right or show up, view the original blog post. Feel free to comment here or on the original post

6th-Jun-2009 03:59 pm - Lunch of the Beast

I was Spring Cleaning today and came across this amusing reciept from when I went out to lunch on Halloween:

Lunch of the Beast

Hilarious.

Mirrored from Daniel J. Hogan. If something doesn't look right or show up, view the original blog post.

22nd-Dec-2008 01:13 am - Ahead of Their Time
While wrapping presents tonight I scoured my VHS and DVD archives for some good background chatter. I decided on one of my (many) tapes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) episodes, choosing episode 1011, The Horrors of Spider Island.

I taped these episodes myself during their original run on the Sci-Fi channel in the late '90s and the commercials captured on these tapes only adds to the enjoyment. Seeing commercials for things such as AOL, Juno and collect calling numbers caused more than a few giggles, and ads for up coming films like The Iron Giant brought a rare smile to my jaded face. Burger King spots shilling for Wild Wild West on the other hand, caused me to feel nauseous ("Get your own Jim West sunglasses today!").

The first segment after the opening credits had me rolling, because of how relevant it is today. Mike has a copy of The Boston Globe and discovers that Crow has a syndicated column ("inspired by Larry King's column in USA Today"), "My Two Cents by Crow T. Robot." Mike reads aloud portions of the article and it is nothing but one or two sentence observations about unrelated things, "The Boeing 727 is still my favorite aircraft" and "I give Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a B+."

The humor for me in this section comes from how Crow's column instantly reminded me of Twitter (and blogging) -- which is pretty much what Crow is doing: short statements that rarely have anything to do with each other. See for yourself, the segment in question starts around 1:35 in the video (embedding was disabled, otherwise I'd have it here).

This episode is about ten years old, and it is really funny to me how the world caught up to the joke.  


20th-Dec-2008 05:05 pm - Do Lolcats Count as Writing?
Well, I've been productive this afternoon:

funny pictures
moar funny pictures


funny pictures
moar funny pictures

I took the pictures and they are of a friend's kitteh, post-op (no kittens for her!).Click on the photos and vote for my lolz!
 
 
15th-Dec-2008 11:17 am - Why I Shouldn't Be Allowed to Decorate Cookies
Behold my Christmas cookies. Hide them from your children. There are more pictures on my Flickr page.  They include: Ms. Pac-Man ghosts, Sad Michigans (my favorite), stars from Super Mario Bros. and vampire cookie men.

Why I Shouldn't Be Allowed to Decorate Cookies

9th-Dec-2008 10:06 am - Holy Henson!
Eagles Live in Eyries


I just found out (via [info]katie_can_draw 's facebook) that you can order your own custom designed Muppet through FAO Schwarz.  Oh man, that would be so cool to have.  Too bad I don't have an extra $130 laying around.  I could do weekly YouTube skits with me and my Muppet...(daydreams)

Me: I say Chauncey, how do youl like school?

Muppet: Closed! *

 

*yet another joke I've stolen from The Simpsons. If I actually did the skit thing, I wouldn't steal jokes. Well, not all the time.

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