Episode 30: Another Day, Another Podcast
Coming up with real themes every week is hard.
00:00:00 – The Paleopals bring the excitement this week and we also have a recipe to share.
- Charlie’s Tequila… sort of: In one tumbler glass put 3 ice cubes, 2 squeezed limes, 2 shots of tequila & a pour of soda water. Enjoy!
00:08:06 – If alcohol isn’t your thing try a magnet to the brain for impaired judgment. Ryan explains why psychiatrists shouldn’t write horror stories.
00:21:22 – If the Paleopals want to wear tights while recording that’s a personal choice and frankly none of your business, but Trailer Trash Talk is everyone business and this week we’re talking Robin Hood!
00:37:35 – Alligators don’t breathe often but when they do they’re kind of single minded about it. Patrick will make that make sense.
00:51:55 – PalePOW brings in a ringer for some added expertise. Welcome to Tom Katers of the awesome podcast Tom vs. The Flash to talk science and comics!
Go listen to Tom: http://tomvsflash.blogspot.com/
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I support the punching of ostriches…
Hi! Sorry it took so long to get back to you (I’m also a grad student, and I was writing a summer research proposal). Thanks for answering my question about comics. It was totally awesome that you brought Tom on to discuss it and yes, you did answer the question
. I just got into American comics because of a class I took last year about zombies, cyborgs and such, but I didn’t know what else to start if I get any free time. But apparently Tesla! I’ll refer back to this and Tom’s podcast if I have some time this summer.
Couple of comments on this one, regarding Robin Hood. Haven’t gone back to watch the trailer again, but this is more about the long bows, archer body types, and the notion of them being ‘commoners.’
I haven’t shot a bow since high school, and those were definitely NOT long bows, and they were hard enough to pull the arrow back far enough to hit the target 10 yards away. My understanding of the English longbows is that they were the sniper rifles of their time. These weren’t ‘mere commoners’ who were selected. I guess my parallel would be to the Bourne series. Sure, he’s not “royalty,” but he can kick royalty’s ass!
They were not only trained in the skills (or trained themselves…no idea how that worked), but they had to be BIG burly guys to get the bow strung in the first place, much less fire an arrow with velocity and accuracy.
The idea that bowmen are lithe and slim is totally an artifact of Tolkien’s elven archers. But they had ‘inhuman’ strength, and a more or less constant body-type. Not sure if any of the writings ever included a fat elf, sitting on the sofa, munching on chips, watching the other elves be elfy.
I’d imagine that modern compound bows (Ryan, safe to say that’s what you use to hunt Bigfoot?) are also a pain in the ass to draw fully, but the system is definitely designed to make the process easier, and certainly easier than a long bow! Just my 2c. OK, that was like $1.37, but that’s ok, too.
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