Well, folks, it’s been a long time coming, but 2009 will be over in about six hours, so this will officially be the last Haiku Thursday of the year! Let us begin:

Garret’s Haikus

In six hours we’ll see
if saying “twenty ten” is
better than “oh nine.”

I need to start a
business that sells glasses
that are the new year.

Wait, you sayin’ they
already make those? Damnit!
Fine, off to plan B.

Instead, I will bring
back the Taco Bell dog and
he’ll amaze us all!

Well, In the end, I
will probably not do a thing.
So: Happy New Year!

It’s been a few days since we’ve updated the ol’ P&B, and I must say that it has everything to do with Christmas and that little charity thing that Joe and I were a part of. So here is the scoop on what’s going on with us:

• Hardmode.org
  If you haven’t already heard, the charity event over at Hardmode.org was a great success. We had a goal of $1,000 and we ended up with a total of $1,150! If anyone here donated as a result of seeing this website or from the show, we greatly appreciate it! The one Scott Westerfeld – as seen in previous entries – donated quite a bit to the cause, further solidifying him being cool. As did long time viewer Todd! Thanks guys!
• Episode News
  We haven’t had an episode in a while, we know. It sucks but there just hasn’t been a great lot of time to get together in a while. So long as the snow in Oklahoma City doesn’t destroy any plans, we will try to put together a show this week. Yep.
• The Site
  Wordpress recently upgraded to version 2.9 and in doing so has disrupted some of the widgets we had going. Hopefully we’ll be able to iron those out soon. If you happen to notice anything that’s amiss, please let us know.

And that’s about it. We hope you all had a great holiday last week, and we will be back up and running at full speed soon!

One of the great things about Twitter is its ability to easily converse with those who you might not otherwise get to speak with. I’ve had a few occasions where I’ve sent tweets to “famous people” – or, at least, more famous than I – with little to no response. That’s not wholly unexpected, honestly, if you’re someone who has thousands of followers. Hell, I don’t reply to even my real life friends sometimes.

Just in the passed day, however, Twitter allowed me to connect with someone we’ve actually talked about on the show: Scott Westefeld. Through a series of but four tweets, we had an incredible thought provoking dialogue:

ScottWesterfeld:

Just read three reviews of Leviathan in a row, none of which mentions the illustrations. (Silly adults.)

garretble:

@ScottWesterfeld I did a review a bit ago and I definitely mentioned the great visuals! http://www.pressednbound.net/episode-82-hatisode/

ScottWesterfeld:

@garretble Dude, you totally GOT IT. Yes, I am a lucky man to have Keith alongside. Anyone who doesn’t get the pix fails at the book.

garretble:

@ScottWesterfeld Indeed, my friend. High five!

So there you have it. Scott is a cool guy, a good author, and you would be remiss to ignore how interesting Leviathan is.

Leviathan was further discussed on Episode 82.

It’s another week, which means it’s another Haiku filled extravaganza. Gird yourself, because they’re comin’ atcha:

Garret’s Haikus

The title of this
post really doesn’t make sense.
But yeah, Surf Ninjas.

We have one more day,
The huge charity event
will rock your face off.

Must survive a week,
then Jesus will save the world!
Hippopotomus.

In Copenhagen,
they talk of saving the earth
while making much waste.

Roy Disney has died,
He will never see the skank
Miley will grow to.

Andrew’s Haikus

On a recent trip to Lowe’s

Guy at the hardware
said, “Hey, you’re doing the Snoopy
dance!” Well… he caught me.

Really, I was just
doing the Riddler’s sneak move
from Lego Batman.

Really, he should be
the embarassed one for not
knowing it on sight.

Oh, like no else does
video game moves at the
hardware store! Come on!

On Plasmapheresis

Today, I give blood.
They only want part of it.
I get the rest back.

When you give blood, you
get to be a hero, and
you get cookies, too.

The nice lady said
she would also give me a
beanie if I’m good.

A new hat and some
cookies for not all of my
blood? I believe so!

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It’s currently 20 degrees outside and the only thing we can do is curl up next to the fire and make haikus. Let’s do this.

Garret’s Haikus

Why is it so cold?
Hey, weather, you’re not my friend.
Seriously, stop.

Tire flat in the cold,
Gas station air pump no work,
Tsunami of rage.

So Maps3 passed, eh?
Now we will have a new park
for hobos to sleep.

Obama wins prize,
Goes and accepts the peace prize.
We just went to war.

Apple banana,
Pear. Grape. Apple banana,
Apple banana.