So due to a lack of forethought, I wound up hitting Thursday with no guests for SecondHand Radio. I nearly canceled last night’s episode, but went forward, thanks to a few Twitterers who encouraged me to do the show, anyway.
And my thanks to Sheila for calling in and being my impromptu guest. She was delightful. We learned a great many things about Sheila, mostly that she doesn’t believe in imposing bedtimes for 7-year-olds.
The episode is available for download, either at Talkshoe or on iTunes.
I’ll be lining up guests for the next 6 weeks or so. If you or someone you know is interested in being on the show, let me know.
Next week, my guest will be Mike Duggan, who also goes by Mic these days. Mike is an old offline friend of mine from high school. Yeah, that recent trip I took to Alamogordo, New Mexico? That’s where I know Mike from.
We spent countless hours in high school playing Dungeons and Dragons. It was me, Mike, my brother Chris, ANOTHER Chris, and Rob, primarily. Five of us squirreled away in the Travelodge (which Chris’ mom owned), hopped up on soda and potato chips, rolling 3d20 + 6. Ah, good times.
We all drew comics back then, drawing our own D&D characters on our character sheets. But Mike and Chris really had the cartoony thing down, so they often drew the rest of our characters, too.
Flash forward a while and Mike really developed his artistic skills. He’s worked on numerous comic books over the years – even had his own comic book produced. He did work for Disney Adventures magazine, storyboards for “The Tick” cartoon…in short, he really made things happen with a skill that I remember starting when I met him in art class in Mid High. Course, nowadays 9th and 10th grade have been combined into the same school as 11th and 12th in Alamogordo.
I got to meet up with Mike and Chris last year at Karlifornia 2008 and had a blast.
Mike is also now doing stand-up comedy in L.A. Yet the man does not have a blog. I bitched at him about that last year, but to no avail. He’s more cynical than I am, apparently, believing that if no one is paying him to write, he’s not going to bother.
So Mike, aka @micduggan on Twitter (at least he has that, and a Facebook profile), will be joining me next Thursday night at 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific.
I think you’ll dig him a lot.
I missed mah ‘ho, Sheila?!
You both suck for not calling me and telling me!
Now I am going to pout.
*But I’ll probably be around to hear your friend. You owe me, jerky.
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:15 am
@Sybil Law, You never know what’s going to happen on SecondHand Radio, darling. You should know that.
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I have been “on” your show three times – and each time it was because I muscled my way through the doors and slipped the maitre’d a $20.
But it’s alright.
I had fun – even if I am now known as the worst mommy in the world.
[P.S. Sybil, this is why you should *always* show up - mah man Karl is full of surprises.]
Sheila (Charm School Reject)’s last blog post..Yes We Can! A Recap.
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 24th, 2009 at 10:49 am
@Sheila (Charm School Reject), And you’re always entertaining.
The maitre’d appreciates the tip, too.
You’re not the worst mommy in the world. That’d be Joy on “My Name is Earl.”
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Just so ya know, my guy *still* plays D&D. Playing tomorrow night in fact, and every Saturday. Second Edition. I used to play, too, and they are always begging me to return to the fold, but my real world is enough chaos and danger for me these days, haha!
Angel’s last blog post..Blast from the past
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:07 am
@Angel, Wow, I haven’t played D&D since I was 19.
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damnit Jim. I always miss it but now that I have an iPhone I’m going to download it on iTunes.
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:07 am
@twinkie, Be sure that you do!
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