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November 10th, 2009
 | 06:57 am - Poll: Canada
[LJ]dumbbum_comics: asked for it:
Poll #4582 Bonjour-Hi. Don't blame Canada. Blame dumbbum_comics instead.
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Canadian beavers... Canadian moose... Racquetball... When it comes to Canada and China... Shallots... Petroleum Jelly... Maple Syrup... The Littlest Hobo... This poll about Canada...
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October 29th, 2009
 | 09:08 am - ACME Deliveries at Penguicon 2010
Penguicon may be in months away, but that doesn't mean it can be ignored. Better to be ready early than rush at the last minute. hopefully things will work out well enough that I (and therefore Orvan) will be there again in 2010. I am planning on that. Thus I am again asking for suggestions of vict... recipients and items to be delivered to these folks.
Due to some timing issues, deliveries at opening and closing ceremonies are unlikely to happen in 2010.
I'd like to avoid repeat recipients if possible, so that it isn't "Oh, ACME only delivers to that group." That's at an individual level. It certainly makes sense for the Guests of Honor to get something, but "So & so gets something every year" is what I am concerned about.
( Advise ACME )
NOTE: Friends replies are NOT screened and will be visible.
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October 19th, 2009
 | 08:04 am - Poll: Defenestration
Poll #4482 1419, 1618
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Defenestration... I have...
Current Mood: curious
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October 14th, 2009
 | 12:33 pm - Poll: How silly is Vakko(taur)?
Poll #4465 What, me silly?
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Repeat: How silly is Vakko?
View AnswersSound is measured in deciBells; Silly is measured in deciVakkos.
   0 (0.0%) Gummo, Zeppo, Harpo, Vakko, Chico, Groucho.
0 (0.0%) Almost, but not quite, silly enough to be dangerous.
0 (0.0%) Moderately silly, but not silly enough to be a Congressman.
0 (0.0%) About average, really.
0 (0.0%) Him, silly? Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
0 (0.0%) I've met sillier accountants and patent clerks.
0 (0.0%) He's more serious than a case of triple pneumonia.
0 (0.0%) He can be the death of the party.
0 (0.0%) What are you asking me for?
0 (0.0%) Vakko is silly enough to become Vakko is not silly enough to If the Vakko was a unit of silliness, the typical amounts of silliness would be measured in The YottaVakko (Vakko x 10^24) is: The Vakkoic bomb would:
Current Mood: silly?
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October 12th, 2009
| 10:06 am - Poll: The Ten Foot Poll
Poll #4445 DiPentaPodiatry? PentaDiPodiatry?
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
A ten foot poll is about Choose: This poll... A poll about the Nobel Peace Prize would be:
Current Mood: curious
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October 5th, 2009
| 10:25 am - Poll: A few things about Vakkotaur
Poll #4388 A centaur's creatively skilled active porosity?
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Vakkotaur is: Vakkotaur's activity level is such that: Vakkotaur's creativity... Vakkotaur's porosity is... Regarding Vakkotaur's skill... Well, Vakko is rather skilled when it comes to... But not when it comes to... The next poll ought to be about...
Current Mood: curious
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October 2nd, 2009
| 06:45 am - Poll: Plums
Poll #4371 Gage (and for once, it's not gauge misspelled)
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Plums are... The best way(s) to enjoy plums: The great thing about plums is... What to do with plums:
Current Mood: curious
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September 29th, 2009
 | 12:17 pm - Poll: ChipUni (LJ)
Poll #4358 ChipUni
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
ChipUni has helped to found the following conventions: ChipUni was a wizard on the following MUCKs: ChipUni has been interviewed for the following shows: ChipUni lives in... In his free time, ChipUni can sometimes be found... ChipUni is...
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/mood/ibrad/biggrin.gif) mischievous
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September 28th, 2009
 | 10:25 pm - About that last poll (or, since LJ:rillaspins asked...)
So, do we get the answers so we know how wrong we all are? -- LJ:rillaspins
Jay has now answered the poll himself, and he knows himself better than anyone. Therefore...
1. JMaynard has been... in newspapers, on (broadcast) radio., on television, on the web, on Usenet, in court, to testify, uncomfortably close to phosgene gas, right all along. He has not been on the silver screen, on tri-D, on ARPAnet, on BITnet, on top of Old Smoky, or to Utah.
While the Tron Guy bit takes care of radio, TV, and most newspaper, it's not the only thing. He was quoted in the New York Times in the 1990s regarding his interest in Animaniacs. Being involved with the internet he was on Usenet and the web for some time, though his involvement was not so early that it included ARPAnet or BITnet. Despite desires to visit LJ:howardtayler he has not been to Utah. After an incident involving EMS/Paramedic activity he was in court to testify. And in one job there were site visits to a chemical plant where there was a 'water curtain' that was the barrier between the safe(r) area and a process that did use phosgene.
2. JMaynard's hobbies include... ham radio, computery stuff, flying small airplanes, target shooting, and attending renaissance fair(e)s. They do not include horseback riding, flying model airplanes, hanggliding, motorcycling, ice fishing (dry or otherwise), skiing, snowmobiling, building aircraft carriers, or violating the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
Why settle for models when you can fly the real thing? Also, there is a significant difference between watching a plane fly and controlling it and being at the controls and feeling their effects directly. As he grew up in Houston, TX, he avoids outdoor cold weather activities. Motorcycling is out due to seeing what can happen to motorcyclists. 'Donorcycle' is a common paramedic name for motorcycles. Horseback riding was never much of an interest nor was there much opportunity for it. It's hardly a necessary skill in Houston. Building aircraft carriers would be a decidedly impractical hobby and violating the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle would be quite a feat.
3. JMaynard is... also known as the Tron Guy, a diabetic, a pilot, a furry, a former EMT/Paramedic, mostly harmless, a friend to those who have no friends, an enemy to those who make him an enemy, just zis guy, you know?, an Animaniacs fan, a Monty Python fan. He is not adiabatic, qualified to dismantle nuclear warheads, a NASCAR fan, an oscillating fan, nor is he trying to take over the world.
He is perhaps known to most as the Tron Guy, though it's curious to see how many of the 'youtube generation' believe that was a youtube thing rather than something that started elsewhere and others migrated to youtube. This is perhaps the first time he has indicated he considers himself a furry, which surprised me some. I was amused by all the positive responses, including his own, to the "a friend to those who have no friends, an enemy to those who make him an enemy" which I swiped from the Boston Blackie radio show. He finds NASCAR to be dull. It's just cars going around and around - or crashing. And he's seen enough crashes or the results thereof from his time as a paramedic. If you can't tell that he's an Animaniacs fan, you really haven't been paying much attention.
4. JMaynard drinks... unsweetened iced tea, Diet Coke with Lime, Negra Modelo, Baltika #6, Port, Bloody Marys, Coffee. He does not drink, or at least avoids as much as possible, sweetened iced tea, Diet Pepsi, Diet Caffeine-Free Mountain Dew, Miller Lite. Starboard is of course a gag to with Port, the blood of his enemies was another gag and the very idea of carrot juice make him gag. Sherry has never really been tried.
His primary drink is Diet Coke with Lime, with coffee being perhaps the next most common. For strong drink, the Bloody Mary seems the most common though its frequency is rather rare. He prefers beers that are not the typical mass-produced American stuff thus will on occasion have a Negra Modelo with a Mexican meal, or an even darker brew such as a stout or porter - like Baltika #6.
5. JMaynard lives in... Minnesota, Texas, a house, reality - which many refuse to acknowledge. He doesn't live in California, Iowa, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Freedonia, Narnia, Middle Earth, all of us, the shadow dimensions, a steam-driven starship, or a yellow submarine. Of those, a move to Californis seems the least likely.
His residence, which is a house, is in Minnesota and he owns some property in Texas. Both of these places are in reality. Well, mostly in reality. Austin, TX and St. Paul, MN seem to have only vague linkage with reality at times.
6. JMaynard drives a(n)... Lexus RX350.
He used to drive a Lexus RX300 and has driven my Corolla at times. He once had the misfortune of owning a Ford Explorer, and has had both a Prius and a Hummer (well, an H3 anyway - a ruined Trailblazer) as rentals. The H3 was not very impressive and the Prius was in need of greater cargo space. He has never driven a team of horses.
7. JMaynard is registered as a(n)... voter.
Minnesota does not require a party affiliation for voter registration.
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September 23rd, 2009
| 12:21 pm - Poll: ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jmaynard
Poll #4337 JMaynard
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
JMaynard has been... JMaynard's hobbies include: JMaynard is... JMaynard drinks... JMaynard lives in... JMaynard drives a(n)... JMaynard is registered as a(n)...
Current Mood: mischievous
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September 15th, 2009
| 11:48 am - Poll: The President Raps It Up
Poll #4298 They jennies spared.
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
"Kanye West is a jackass." Equus africanus asinus The most fortunate in all of this is... The downside of this is...
Gad, how tired was I when I made this? "...ought to apologies to donkeys" rather than apologize and the poll name... well that least makes some sense though not as much as intended. And I suppose I did leave out the option for "Huh?" or "Who?"
Current Mood: curious
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September 13th, 2009
 | 10:18 am - Dubious Prospects for MFF
I've made MFF for the last few years. This year I'm not sure I will. It's not that I don't want to go. I would like to go. It's that being able to afford it is in question. The expense of the entry fee is not a big deal, but time off for travel (money not being made), motorfuel, hotel costs (that's the big one), food costs, and yes the incidentals of Artist's Alley and the Dealer's Den (or whatever name those things are given) all add up to probably too much. And that doesn't include ACME supplies.
I'm not counting it out completely, just yet. We do have a room reserved at the main hotel since if I/we do go, I want to be in the main hotel for the ease of fursuiting issues. But if you were expecting me and Orvan to be there, don't count on it. I'd like to have other news, but given the state of the economy and its unlikelihood of changing for the better anytime soon, this is the news I have.
I don't have much for RCFM at the moment, either, alas. I hope to somehow manage to make Penguicon.
That said, there is always the slim chance of things working out. Thus the following poll. I will not make any promises since if I make no promises then there are no promises to break.
( Advise ACME )
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September 7th, 2009
| 08:29 am - Poll: CanuckGuy (LJ)
Poll #4241 CanuckGuy
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
TheCanuckGuy has a thing for... In his spare time, CanuckGuy... CanuckGuy was once... CanuckGuy has appeared on... CancukGuy lives in
Current Mood: mischievous
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September 6th, 2009
 | 10:17 am - Poll: Making beer
Poll #4232 Something brewing
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Regarding beer production: Beer is made from:
View AnswersWater, barley, hops, yeast - and NOTHING ELSE!
0 (0.0%) Water, grain(s), hops, yeast.
0 (0.0%) Water, grain(s), yeast, maybe hops, maybe something else.
0 (0.0%) Other things can be added for flavor. Coffee or chocolate, for example
0 (0.0%) Urine. Why do you think it's that color? It's recycled!
0 (0.0%) Water, yellow or brown dye, and stupid.
0 (0.0%) Water, yellow or brown dye, skunk squeezin's, and stupid.
0 (0.0%) Low-grade dishwater and carbon dioxide
0 (0.0%) Doesn't matter to me, I'm not drinking the stuff.
0 (0.0%) Brewing method: As for boiling: Grain: Hops: After going through all those questions I want a...
Current Mood: curious
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August 31st, 2009
| 11:13 am - Poll: Vakkotaur (Part II)
Poll #4196 Vakkotaurology I
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Vakkotaur is.... Vakkotaur was... What Vakkotaur does is... I'd like to ________ Vakkotaur. Whatever you do, do NOT _______ Vakkotaur! Vakkotaur's sesquipedalian tendencies culminate in a lexicon antithetical to the vernacular. I'd like to see a poll about how _______ Vakkotaur is. Hey, there ought to be a poll about...
Current Mood: curious
Current Music: Adobe tech support
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August 17th, 2009
 | 09:30 am - Poll: Sports
Poll #4104 An improbable poll
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Tennis: Golf: Ball games ought to be played on: Football (NFL type): Indoors or outdoors? Baseball: Indoors or outdoors? Baseball: Designated Hitter Rule? Baseball: Arm guards for batters? Soccer (futbol): A team says they will leave your city/state if you don't buy them a stadium. OJ: Michael Vick:
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August 16th, 2009
 | 12:07 pm - Poll: Baking
Poll #4089 Flour, sugar, ammonia... ammonia?!
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Most of the time/for many things... I prefer to use this flour: But there are times that I use this instead: Bleached flour? My flour must be unbromated. Sugar: Leavening agent(s):
Current Mood: curious
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August 3rd, 2009
| 04:47 am - Poll: Cookies, Crackers, Tortilla Chips, and...that thing from the "news."
Poll #3995 More snackoid substances
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Cookies Other: ______ chip cookies: Hydrox is... Classic chocolate wafer creme filled sandwich cookie. Colorful toppings, not frosting, added to cookies are: Crackers Tortilla chips And, caving in... Michael Jackson?
Current Mood: curious
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July 19th, 2009
| 12:59 pm - Poll: Vakkotaur (Part I)
This will be the seed for another poll, Part II, if it works out.
Poll #3938 Who, me?
Open to: All, results viewable to: None
Vakkotaur is... Vakkotaur was... What Vakkotaur does is... I'd like to ________ Vakkotaur. Whatever you do, do NOT _______ Vakkotaur!
Current Mood: curious
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July 17th, 2009
| 04:18 am - Poll: Whisk(e)y
Poll #3931 o/` Though that stuff was smooth as silk, from now on I'll stick to milk! o/`
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
That's... I'd drink whisk(e)y from... Single malt vs. Blended Served: Irish coffee: A good single malt is: A good blend is: This single malt is overrated: This blend is overrated: Serving vessel: Tullamore...
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