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I guess I'm the only one who thinks some speed bumps are getting a little out of hand, I am getting really tired of cleaning mountain goats out of my grill after going over one.

Awesome. Mountain goats *ftw.

Afghanistan = shittiest possible terrain.
You need to be a mountain goat to get around there.

They should make a "Google Glass" android app that will point out where the gunfire is coming from. (there's a humvee mounted version of this tech - uses microphone array and calculates time differences)

Not sure if you knew this or not, but the DNA tests are back and I'm sorry to say that you are not a mountain goat.

Goats/// sheep.... what is the proper animal here? "Mountain Goats"... "Dam Goats"...

Incidentally:
http://videosift.com/video/QI-The-Commonest-Cause-of-Death-for-Mountain-Goats

Take a wild guess

>> ^harry:

This was a weird episode. John Hodgman was just.. sitting there. Not saying much.


Indeed I wondered why he was there at all. Normally it's four panellists but here it looks like he's on work experience.

>> ^BoneRemake:

my dupe senses are tingling.


That's just the Ben-Gay in your underwear.

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Wow that mountain goat has the balance of a....squirrel..or.....something.

>> ^netean:
the Geek in me, wonders:
how many takes did this take - the timing had to be spot on.
How hard a job that must have been for the cameraman (or woman): walking backwards is hard enough without having to do it on a stony track.


Didn't you know that Steadi-Cam operators are part mountain goat.

If anything I feel bad of the person holding the cue cards, walking backwards and having to keep track of when to switch cards.

Either that or they used a rickshaw.

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Being in a small but livable house somewhere in the prince edward islands surrounded by my books and movies.

2. What is your greatest fear?

Ceaseless physical pain.

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

My intractable need to lie to people.

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Egotism.

5. Which living person do you most admire?

Maybe a journalist. Or an interviewer like Neal Conan from "Talk of the Nation" or a blogger like Andrew Sullivan. But i dont know. Maybe a filmmaker like Takeshi Kitano? Thats tough. Most of the figures I truly truly admire are dead. Lol

6. What is your greatest extravagance?

My smoking. Expecially in NY state. Its like 8 dollars a pack.

7. What is your current state of mind?

Somewhat at peace. Gettin' excited to go out for beers with my new colleagues.

8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

Confidence--it freezes personalities in place and I am sick of waiting for the ice to thaw.

9. On what occasion do you lie?

On many. Mostly when I want to disguise who I really am, which may be lost altogether.

10. What do you most dislike about your appearance?

The grey hairs on my beard.

11. Which living person do you most despise?

Dick Cheney would have to be up there.

12. What is the quality you most like in a man?

Humility, warmth, intelligence, strong and independent.

13. What is the quality you most like in a woman?

Humility, warmth, intelligence, strong and independent.

14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

Fuck.

15. What or who is the greatest love of your life?

A woman who no longer causes me emotional pain but whom I still love.

16. When and where were you happiest?

Its hard to remember. I think two winters ago when I was living in Boston and still making and watching movies, and drinking, and with good people.

17. Which talent would you most like to have?

Piano.

18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Not be so nervous all the time.

19. What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Getting into a first rate PhD program.

20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?

Maybe something like a mountain goat.

21. Where would you most like to live?

Iceland or Montreal both sound great to me.

22. What is your most treasured possession?

I'll try and avoid platitudes like "my brain" and just say my laptop.

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Being in any way helplessly beholden to any one person or group of people. The police, or a shitty relationship, for instance.

24. What is your favorite occupation?

Film programmer.

25. What is your most marked characteristic?

My beard

26. What do you most value in your friends?

Understanding.

27. Who are your favorite writers?

Borges.

28. Who is your hero of fiction?

Werther (from the Goethe novella)

29. Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Shit. I have no idea.

30. Who are your heroes in real life?

A friend of mine.

31. What are your favorite names?

Cathleen. Huston.

32. What is it that you most dislike?

Uptight, mean fucks.

33. What is your greatest regret?

Drinking nearly a whole year away.

34. How would you like to die?

Suicide. When its rationally 'time'

35. What is your motto?

Don't take me or yourself too seriously.

and some mountain goats to finish the clip off

I've not seen Up yet.. looking forward to it. This was great. Loved the little mountain goat.