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9ES Alive! Episode 98 Comes to Life

by on November 28, 2015 at 2:38 pm
Posted In: 9ES Alive, Blogs, Homepage

So, just for fun I have been setting up a video camera for some of our recent podcasts. This is the first time that I have more or less managed to iron out our audio to video woes and all that other fun stuff.

I doubt anyone would watch this, since it already exists in podcast form, but if you’re so inclined, you can watch Jon and I declare our somewhat informed opinions on all sort of topics we shouldn’t be talking about. That’s right, for the first time in nearly 100 episodes, you can watch us.

Ooooohhh.

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Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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9ES98: Did He Really Say He Understands Terrorists On A Comedy Podcast?

by on November 26, 2015 at 10:01 am
Posted In: 9ES, Podcast

Apologies for the late start friends, you can blame me!  For restitution I will purchase you one (1) beer.  Sometimes when we get into World News the serious business gets away from us a little.  Perhaps I need to spend less time hanging around /r/conspiracy.  When Jon and Keith are left alone sometimes bad things happen.

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The bed music during our advertising is an old loop by Dan of Steel!
The bed music while we explain what the episode is about is Son of a Bit “Chased by a Running Chupacabra” used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Finally, the song we use in the intro is “Shiny Spaceship” by the 8-bit Ninjas.  Used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

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What We Can Take Away From Violence

by on November 17, 2015 at 8:15 am
Posted In: Blogs, Homepage, Keith, Perspicacious Geek
GRAHAM HUGHES / THE CANADIAN PRESS

GRAHAM HUGHES / THE CANADIAN PRESS

I know this is two weeks in a row where I’m not talking about horror movies, toys or video games. I promise this kind of thing won’t become the norm. I had originally planned to write about some new music that I was listening to, but that will probably happen in another week or two.

Instead, I want to write about my thoughts on what happened in Paris. More specifically, how the event was mourned, and what we might be able to take away from it.

The events that happened on Friday, November 13th in Paris really shook me up. Maybe because I know people from Paris. Maybe because Sarah spent a summer living there. Hell, maybe because I’m a fan of Eagles of Death Metal and if I happened to be on vacation in Paris that night there would be a very real possibility I would have been at the show.

Whatever the reason, I’ll admit that this particular act of violence hit me harder than the nearly daily reports of violence out of countries like Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, violence that has killed thousands and displaced millions. It hit me harder than the reports coming from the still ongoing Russian military activity within Ukraine, that has had ceasefire violations as recently as a few weeks ago and a death toll of over 8000. It hit me harder than the violence plaguing Mexico during their drug war that recently found a man hanging from a bridge in Mexico City, the capital once thought to be somewhat of a haven from the conflict that has killed over 100,000 people.

Why did it hit me harder than those other violent atrocities? ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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