Birth of NSA Chatters

[2:57:25 PM] PD says: hi folks

[2:57:39 PM] PD says: thought that we should finalize the blog idea

[2:57:43 PM] PD says: got a few minutes?

[2:58:14 PM] nsy says: i'm super busy today - but i'll respond with

quick answers if you ask questions

[2:58:24 PM] PD says: okay

[2:58:32 PM] PD says: basically, just need to pick a name for the blog

[2:58:48 PM] PD says: AE and i talked about the platform and Blogger

from Google seems to be a decent choice

[2:58:59 PM] nsy says: okay, sounds good.

[2:59:18 PM] nsy says: if you give me 3-5 options, i'll place them

in order of preference

[2:59:19 PM] PD says: AE, thoughts?

[2:59:34 PM] PD says: i think two ideas has been tossed out before

[2:59:57 PM] PD says: one is "pens day" an anagram on PD/AE/NSY

[3:00:16 PM] PD says: the second is NSA Chatter (Normal, Serious,

Annoying)

[3:03:57 PM] nsy says: de pansy? apendys? day pens?

[3:04:35 PM] AE says: sorry, on a support call then

[3:04:56 PM] nsy says: i prefer nsa chatter, but that might

conflict with "national security agency chatter"

[3:05:10 PM] PD says: Da pensy?

[3:05:37 PM] PD says: actually, that is precisely why I thought of NSA

chatter - confusing the audience is part of the fun

[3:05:45 PM] PD says: sorta wink wink kinda thing

[3:11:37 PM] PD says: the other way of thinking about it is that we can

get the blog to rank highly on google, then, whenever somebody searches for

NSA chatter, they will see us

[3:16:40 PM] AE says: and everything can be code words.

[3:16:46 PM] AE says: we can include a puzzle too!

[3:17:29 PM] PD says: puzzles? that sounds like real work. do we have

to?

[3:18:34 PM] nsy says: ok, i'm on board then. i'm probably already

on some nsa list somewhere as a terrorist anyway. i think membership in most

politically active liberal organization gets you a free pass.

[3:19:58 PM] PD says: terrorist list! that is so cool

[3:20:06 PM] PD says: do you have a copy of the anarchist handbook?

[3:21:31 PM] nsy says: my neighbor's son had to flee to canada

after being added to a terrorist list when he was involved in a sit-in at a

government planning dept office - they were "removing native people from

their land to build ski resorts in canada. he can't re-enter the Us or

they'll treat him as a terrorist. crazy stuff.

[3:22:00 PM] PD says: wow, when was this?

[3:22:16 PM] nsy says: 2 years ago.

[3:22:48 PM] AE says: canadian terrorist... kind of an oxy-moron.

[3:23:17 PM] PD says: i thought he fled TO canada? so, he is now active

in canada on ski resort land issues?

[3:23:23 PM] nsy says: they put his wife in jail in canada because

she would not move from their family's land when the bulldozers came. she had

a 3 week old baby that had to be taken from her to imprison her. its

terrible.

[3:23:37 PM] nsy says: yes, they are still very politically active

there.

[3:24:18 PM] nsy says: they do the annual walk from alaska to

mexico sometimes (when he can get across the border)

[3:24:56 PM] PD says: wow, that takes conviction. i am afraid that i

cannot handle that kind of hardship

[3:25:55 PM] nsy says: i think you just do it if you have to. i'm

grateful i don't have to

[3:27:30 PM] PD says: i know what you mean. but, risking being

separated from your baby and still move ahead takes real conviction

[3:29:07 PM] nsy says: they did not have anywhere else to go, and

they could never have imagined they would separate the baby from her. they

figured a fine at worst, or couple days in prison at most, but she was there

for months.

[3:30:09 PM] PD says: this sounds like a story that needs to be told

over a glass of beer to give it proper texture

[3:30:16 PM] AE says: that seems like a criminal act.

[3:30:24 PM] PD says: AE! anyone home? still on call?

[3:30:35 PM] AE says: no, just trying to wrap up my day.

[3:30:55 PM] PD says: so, got everyone to agree to the title, no?

[3:30:58 PM] AE says: i've a dead car they're resurrecting... i've got

to see if it made it's system shock roll.

[3:30:59 PM] PD says: NSA Chatter

[3:31:05 PM] nsy says: yes, indeed. i don't know all the details. i

did some web site work for them a few years ago, but I haven't heard much

lately.

[3:31:07 PM] AE says: Pansy day!

[3:31:22 PM] AE says: ... oh, ok. NSA it is...

[3:31:28 PM] AE sulks

[3:31:29 PM] nsy says: ok, nsa

[3:31:59 PM] PD says: actually, i kind of like pansy day...

[3:32:17 PM] PD says: pretty random just like NSA chatter

[3:32:48 PM] PD says: do you think we should become a fav blog for the

LGST set?

[3:32:56 PM] PD says: stranger things have happened

[3:33:03 PM] nsy says: lgst?

[3:33:37 PM] PD says: lesbian gay, bi, transgender, I should have said

LGBT not S

[3:33:55 PM] PD says: speaking of transgender, have you guys seen Trans

America?

[3:33:58 PM] nsy says: ah, yes

[3:34:00 PM] PD says: It is a pretty neato film

[3:34:27 PM] nsy says: no, i haven't - i'll add it to my list. is

that the tv show that is running right now?

[3:34:32 PM] nsy says: oh, film

[3:34:50 PM] PD says: it is one of those low key independent films

[3:35:04 PM] PD says: kind of enjoyable when you are not in a rush to

be entertained

[3:35:46 PM] PD says: before i dive into films, so, what should our

blog title be?

[3:36:58 PM] AE says: "saving the world through narcissism"

[3:37:37 PM] nsy says: nsa chatter works

[3:37:45 PM] PD says: aka "in milton friedman we trust" ?

[3:46:00 PM] PD says: AE?

[3:46:11 PM] AE says: yes?

[3:46:30 PM] AE says: i'm still trying to figure out who milton is.

[3:47:02 PM] PD says: god father of free market followers

[3:47:11 PM] PD says: won a nobel prize

[3:47:42 PM] AE says: yes... but how does he pertain to us in a blog

format?

[3:47:44 PM] PD says: highly controversial because his students (the

Chicago Boys) were advisers to Pinochet of Chile

[3:47:58 PM] PD says: oh, that was a reference to your note on

narcissism

[3:48:25 PM] PD says: Friedman would have approved, since narcissism

drives the world to its logical/optimal result

[3:48:45 PM] PD says: a grossly generalized bastardization of

friedman's philosophy

[3:50:27 PM] AE says: hold on... let me get my notebook...

[3:52:45 PM] nsy says: http://traffic.511.org/sfgate/ in case you

know anyone driving 101 - taker flipped and caught fire by redwood city.

[3:53:14 PM] PD says: yike! good thing i do not go in that direction

[3:54:57 PM] nsy says: indeed

[3:55:13 PM] AE says: matt's in redwood city.

[3:55:21 PM] AE says: or lives there at least.

[3:55:43 PM] PD says: i will remind matt

[3:55:43 PM] nsy says: i think it will be cleaned up by the time he

usually leaves

[3:55:46 PM] nsy says: ok

[3:56:48 PM] PD says: ok, guys, let's focus here

[3:56:55 PM] PD says: (the task master is coming out)

[3:57:01 PM] PD says: what is the blog's name?

[3:57:37 PM] nsy says: NSA Chatter - so i can get back to work ;)

taskmaster jr here.

[3:58:38 PM] AE says: ((whip sound effect))

[3:58:49 PM] nsy says: hhaaaha

[3:59:02 PM] nsy says: kwa-chaa!

[3:59:20 PM] PD says: meow.... ?

[3:59:33 PM] PD says: btw, i need your email addresses to invite you to

the blog

[3:59:46 PM] PD says: i have just created it on Blogger.com

[4:01:28 PM] nsy says: if it will get me a bunch of spam -

[deleted], otherwise - [deleted]

[4:01:40 PM] nsy says: its more amusing with backstory, but:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyk3xYN1jMw

[4:02:05 PM] AE says: [deleted]

[4:02:19 PM] PD says: this is to get you access into blogger. sort of

like an ID/PW pair. what do you prefer, nsy?

[4:03:24 PM] nsy says: [deleted]

[4:03:38 PM] nsy says: here's the backstory:

http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=RdbZRST2Byw&eurl=http%3A//www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dyou%2Btube%2Barrested%2Bdevelopment%2B-%2Bchicken%2Bdance%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearc&iurl=http%3A//img.youtube.com/vi/RdbZRST2Byw/2.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskIXkLNLccMdOJpcaYBj-LMa

[4:04:17 PM] PD says: just invited both of you to the blog, i assume

you need to register and all that good stuff. you are on your own on that

one.

[4:04:29 PM] PD says: btw

[4:04:30 PM] nsy says: ok, tx

[4:04:40 PM] PD says: should we make this exchange our first entry into

the blog?

[4:04:55 PM] PD says: i will remove specific reference to email and

other identification stuff

[4:05:11 PM] PD says: i will put it in a draft form first for everyone

to review

[4:05:16 PM] PD says: then, we can push it to live.

[4:05:18 PM] PD says: yes?

[4:05:26 PM] AE says: sure

[4:05:30 PM] nsy says: ok

[4:05:37 PM] AE says: it's like a marshmallow.

[4:05:48 PM] PD says: ?

[4:05:51 PM] AE says: there's no substance when you bite into ti

[4:05:56 PM] AE says: *it

[4:06:09 PM] AE says: hope you're going to at least edit our type o's

[4:06:11 PM] PD says: isn't it the essence of NSA chatter?

[4:06:23 PM] AE says: it's whatever we need it to be.

[4:06:26 PM] PD says: i will do a spell check

[4:07:10 PM] nsy says: spell chekers are for wimps

[4:07:33 PM] PD says: well, the alternative title was going to be pansy

day...

[4:07:43 PM] nsy says: true... ok

[4:08:02 PM] nsy says: see that? i folded - like a paper tiger

[4:08:14 PM] PD says: maybe one of those psotings will be a no spell

check day

[4:08:33 PM] nsy says: hehehe

[4:08:35 PM] AE says: Ok. the swimmers are back. We're going to take

our hybrid highlander for a spin up the coast.

[4:08:38 PM] PD says: like most of us...

[4:08:49 PM] PD says: show-off

[4:08:56 PM] nsy says: try not to spin. traction is good

[4:08:59 PM] AE says: just a rental.

[4:09:03 PM] AE says: ok.

[4:09:07 PM] PD says: i still drive a 97 toyota

[4:09:09 PM] AE says: it's amazingly fast.

[4:09:19 PM] AE says: we still drive a 97 outback...

[4:09:22 PM] AE says: and a 2000 prius.

[4:09:36 PM] nsy says: snobs

[4:09:37 PM] PD says: oh, yeah

[4:09:40 PM] AE says: the prius is in the shop, so they loaned us a

highlander with 2 miles on it.

[4:09:43 PM] PD says: my brother can beat up yours

[4:10:04 PM] AE says: is your brother's car a transformer?

[4:10:07 PM] nsy says: i have a sticker on my car of a kid peeing

on your car

[4:10:15 PM] AE says: cause that would be worth seeing my car beat up

for.

[4:10:22 PM] nsy says: more than meets the eye

[4:10:33 PM] PD says: it is all in the mind, man. all in the mind

[4:10:49 PM] PD says: remember the kids in the hall skit about crushing

somebody's head

[4:10:49 PM] AE says: this is all very stimulating, but I've got to

go hang out with my intellectual equals...

[4:10:57 PM] AE says: i'm crushing your head!

[4:11:11 PM] AE says: bye

[4:11:13 PM] PD says: intellectual equal? you must be on the wrong line

[4:11:15 PM] PD says: ciao

[4:11:28 PM] AE says: no... my daughter is six... that's about my

speed.

[4:11:36 PM] nsy says: i'm pinching your head!

[4:11:47 PM] nsy says: buh-bye

[4:11:50 PM] PD says: double pinch, left and right hands

[4:11:54 PM] nsy says: ooooh!

[4:12:10 PM] nsy says: runaway!

[4:12:11 PM] PD says: oh, this is degenerating fast, too am hanging up

[4:12:17 PM] nsy says: ok, bye :)