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NOW with Alex Wagner | August 31, 2012
>>> i know what you're thinking. you're thinking what's a movie tradesman doing out here.
>> all things being equal, it wasn't that strange to have a blockbuster movie star, a celebrity guest who has delivered countless classic lines on the silver screen appear on stage to rev up the crowd for mitt romney . nothing was that odd about it until this.
>> so i've got -- i've got mr. obama sitting here and i just was going to ask him a couple questions, but --
>> over the next seven minutes, clint eastwood proceeded to have a conversation with an empty chair.
>> mr. president, how do you -- how do you handle -- how do you handle promises that you've made when you were running for election and how do you handle -- how do you handle it? i mean, what do you say to people? do you just, you know, i know people are wondering, you know --
>> as the interview continued, things got a little testy.
>> i thought maybe as an excuse -- what do you mean, shut up?
>> and ultimately, even a little crude.
>> what do you want me to tell romney ? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy.
>> just to be clear, clint eastwood is calling the empty chair crazy. joining the table now is host of "inside the actor's studio" james lipton . always a pleasure to have you on set.
>> thank you very much. great pleasure to be here.
>> let's talk first about clint eastwood , which was -- i think in many ways, one of the stranger moments in any political convention in recent memory. what was your assessment of the empty chair device?
>> full disclosure . clint is a friend of mine. we're not close friends but he's a friend of mine. i know him well. we have done things together and i like him enormously. i find him a very congenial person. he's also a great director. late in his career, became a very great director. that said, last night was not his best performance. look, we're talking here about something i know a little bit about, and he was doing an improv. that's ad lib . an improv, you needed a partner. he created one for himself. george bernard shaw was great because he always gave the best lines to the antagonists. the reason being that the stronger the antagonist, the stronger the protagonist because he has something to fight against. what he gave to barack obama was, well, not the best lines. it was a couple vulgarities. first of all, shut up, then go blank yourself, a word we can't utter here, of course, and shouldn't have been uttered there, certainly not before the candidate was going to come out and impress us with what a wonderful character he was. the result was, let me say this, in my opinion, obama is incapable of saying shut up and go blank yourself in any normal circumstance and is capable, in eloquent and i think proper replies. he was not given that opportunity. the words were put in his mouth. the words were vulgar and worse, they were disrespectful. i can remember a number of presidential campaigns where presidents who were running for re-election were not treated quite this disrespectfully.
>> the other thing, we will remind back a few months ago when clint eastwood made this infamous ad in the super bowl that appealed to white working class voters. it was a car ad and everyone thought he's in the tank for obama but --
>> quickly denied it.
>> yes. clearly he is not in the tank for obama .
>> unless it was a liberal plant. this is my theory.
>> right. but you know, i think the american public imagines clint eastwood , he's a legendary actor, to be a real sort of true american, someone who is not subject to sort of the -- what is in fashion, but is someone of principle and integrity. this came off not only as ill thought through but just completely on the fly.
>> it was ad lib , no question about it. he got himself in trouble. he was in trouble throughout it. you saw him sort of fumbling for what's next. in an improv it should go smoothly but that's if you have a partner who is coming back at you. important stuff. here, unfortunately he was having to play both roles and while he plays himself brilliantly, he is the successor to john wayne in the public's imagination and estimation, he did not play obama well at all. he did him a great disservice.
>> yeah. i think that we tend to fetishize respect for the office too much. we are a republic, the president is elected by us, we shouldn't get too -- i resist the kind of pomp and circumstance stuff. that said, he was sitting in a chair, so he was being literally physically talked down to.
>> down to.
>> down to. and like a school boy, who like an errant school boy and my executive producer made this point about you know, clint eastwood and the rnc should go back and read "the invisible man" because there's a whole masterpiece of american literature around the experience of invisibility in front of the white power structure for a black man in america. obviously i don't want to say that was obviously the intentional subtext. i think it was not thought out. they wanted to have a gag. but the way it reads was deeply, deeply profoundly, profoundly disrespectful in a way that really, i found kind of upsetting.
>> one of the things about this campaign that has fascinated me is the number of jokes that have gone over like lead balloons.
>> yes.
>> i have never heard quite so many jokes that weren't really funny. they're structured like a joke, sounds like a joke, you think you're listening to a joke except it's not funny.
>> mark halperin , the romney campaign issued a statement shortly after clint eastwood 's i guess we will call it an address, role playing game , basically trying to distance themselves. was this not sort of a debacle for them insofar as clint eastwood was supposed to tee it up for mitt romney and did basically anything but?
>> right. three quick things in response. one is full disclosure , i don't think i have ever met clint eastwood . i might have met him once, i don't recall. two, it reminded me like nothing so much as once i saw bobcat goldthwait do an impromptu thing where he talked to a bowling pin . last thing i'll say, this is a very well run convention in a lot of respects. they had to deal with the fact the storm truncated by a day but it is malpractice to put someone on stage, i don't care how famous they are, how great a performer they are, to put someone on stage, not know what they're going to say in the prime time hour right before the nominee, huge mistake and i'm sure they're not particularly pleased by how that went and mrs. romney this morning in her round robin of interviews i think betrayed a little bit of that unhappiness more openly than the campaign statement defending the performance did.
>> they clearly should have gotten bobcat goldthwait to tee it up. karen?
>> to this point about the disrespect, i love clint eastwood . part of what was so painful in watching that was that that performance was not clint eastwood . the clint eastwood that we know, the image of the clint eastwood we know, and it was disappointing. i sort of felt like where were his people to say no, we're not letting him go out on stage with his hair unbrushed and just wing it.
>> i had the impression clint said yes, i'll do it and they said what do you want to do and he said i'll just think of something and they said fine. that's a mistake. the very least he should have asked for an opening line.
>> exactly.
>> look what's happened. i have been sitting out here for six or seven minutes. what have we been talking about? mitt romney ? no. that's the take-home from last night's event.
>> let us talk about mitt romney , he whose name shall not be mentioned. how did mitt romney do last night, in terms of presenting his case as an actor?
>> not as an actor but as a performer, let's say. he's not an actor.
>> yes. sorry.
>> i would say that he has certainly improved, without question. he was more confident. he was more assertive. he was more relaxed. and let us now ask why. he was preaching to the converted. he was, as we say, preaching to the choir. there was nobody there to resist, there was no resistance, there was adoration and as a result he was relaxed. the test will be when he goes back on the campaign and if once again he tries to assume the mantle of the common man among real genuine honest-to-goodness common people , then he's going to be in trouble and going to be right back where he was. it will undo some of the good done, unquestionable good that was done by this portrait of him that was painted by other people. that's characteristic of conventions but nonetheless, it was other people saying he did this, he did that, he was wonderful. all true, all fine, but the fact remains that he still has to master the art of speaking to people directly, eye-to-eye and heart-to-heart and soul-to-soul and really, really meaning it.
>> the big question i think, i couldn't agree more. the big question is, people are appealing when they're being magnanimous, when they're talking about love and their family and things they evidently care about. but the next time, the next three instances in which we will see him at a stage of this elevation are the debates. then there's conflict and there's the possibility of anger and there are certain tells that he has that were not in the speech because it was a set piece and they did a very good job, but the kind of $10,000 bet, the kind of smile, grimace --
>> grabbing of the shoulder.
>> those moments are when i think he's probably least likeable and that is going to be the big question, is can he maintain the more in sorrow than anger tone he had in the speech when directly across from the president.
>> i actually thought this was a really interesting moment for romney when he started making i won't say a joke, but he was humble about his beginnings at bain . let's take a listen to that. he was talking about bain capital and he said the only problem was while we believed in ourselves, not many other people did. let's take a listen to that.
>> so we started a new business called bain capital . the only problem was while we believed in ourselves, not many other people did. we were young and had never done this before and we almost didn't get off the ground. in those days, sometimes i wondered if i had made a really big mistake .
>> i think, karen, we know he's had a really hard time talking about his business experience, the bain thing. that to me was one of the best presentations of mitt romney as someone who built something from the ground up, there were mistakes made, he was able to talk about it with a certain measure of humility.
>> that was probably his best performance in the speech, given that the " rolling stone " piece that came out yesterday, that really told the story about bain and how they, oh, guess what, they didn't build that on their own either. there was a role for government to play in helping build it and one of the things i found most interesting in the story is that's where romney seemed to have perfected this strategy of i will make sure that our investors get money even if the company goes bankrupt. that was part of from a financial standpoint what they did when their company was tanking, when he was talking about the rocky periods. but you would never know that from that beautiful --
>> was that not -- james, what did you make of that, the way in which he addressed his business career?
>> what he did at bain , when i was a youngster, living in detroit, they used to be called efficiency experts. they dropped that. now they have a much, much, much nicer title. but when the efficiency experts arrived on the scene, the people who worked there trembled. they knew what it meant. the way you make more money is by cutting costs. the way you cut costs is by cutting human beings . that was the difficulty then. they don't say efficiency expert anymore because it has bad connotations. i think that's one of his problems in talking about bain . that's what they do. they have done good and they have done not so good. he speaks of it, when we failed, but when they failed, they still made money, i am told.
>> yes.
>> that's the thing about bain . you talk about bain and as part of the mythology of the celebration of the job creator, the successful which is seen as a counterpoint to the attacks on success that he called the cornerstone i think of the president's campaign is that if you are taking risk, bain managed to make money every year. the returns they made were incredible. what exactly is wrong with this picture? if you take on risk, sometimes you are going to lose.
>> because they were playing in the real free market system because they mitigated their risk so he and the investors were pretty much always shielded which is why when companies went under and people lost everything, their pensions, their health care , they still walked away with millions.
>> i'm fascinated with language and the way language shifts and changes. what do we hear particularly from the republicans, of course, the two words, job creator. what did that used to be called? it was a boss.
>> exactly.
>> once upon a time there was a boss. the boss wasn't always a nice guy. but now boss has been replaced by job creator. i love all these euphemisms because they soften the impact of some occasionally difficult facts.
>> efficiency experts and bosses, absolutely right on point.
>> james lipton , we look forward to having you here all the time throughout the campaign season. thank you to you. of course, catch james lipton on "inside the actor's studio." more from him after the president's speech next week.
>>> cue the dems as the party prepares to descend on charlotte, we will talk strategy. does the president need to go positive or negative? you


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On Christmas-day night at St. Nick's Pub, Melvin Vines (for three years the Monday & Tuesday night bandleader, trumpeter, videographer) opened the 11 o'clock show playing a flugelhorn improv in response to news of James Brown's passing, joined by the unobtrusive comping of Chip Crawford (recently with Harold Ousley at Dizzy's, originally influenced by Donald Byrd) on the house electric piano. Sympathetically supportive on drums, except for his explosive solos, was Greg Bandy (whose first bandleader was Benny Carter) along with Aaron James (formerly with John Hicks) on string bass.
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Countdown to Lombardy
- Autumn is more than a season -- it's a state of being. The sharpness of July legs has vanished but in exchange you get a fresh brain. Power is not the operative word, rather it's pleasure in spinning whatever gear feels right, with thoughts permitted to meander as they may. Slow, weak climbing isn't a cause for panic, rather it's the reward for the 9 previous months of neurotic self-punishment. October is made for playful lazing, so it's with outirght pity that I check in on the late season pro race scene.
Ask yourself: Could you imagine summoning July-like focus in October? I know I couldn't, and I feel bummed for the guys whose seasons come down to the wire like this. The pros, surely they hate riding so late in the year. The support folks desperate for home time -- soigneurs, mechanics -- I can't imagine how much they resent the late-year slogs.
There's some history going in the favor of the late season -- Did you know that the Giro dell'Emilia is the 3rd-biggest 1-day race in Italy (behind Milan-San Remo and Tour of Lombardy)? Isn't Paris-Tours the 2nd biggest 1-day race in France after Paris-Roubaix? Bookend these with the absurdly-calendared World Championships and the Tour of Lombardy and it's seemingly an interval of great significance, no? Reality, however, suggests otherwise. The collective distaste for October racing is illustrated in the cancellation of the Giro del Lazio -- a once-legendary late-season Italian semi-classic now perished due to a lack of sponsorship. And don't get fooled by presence of Cuddles and his Silence-Lotto teammates in Coppa Sabatini -- the organizers didn't have the funding to pay any other ProTour team (besides Katusha) the requisite start money so the field was girlish by PRO standards. October racing is a struggle for everyone -- for the riders to find motivation; for the staff to show up; for the organizers to find money to make it work.
All this to say -- feel for the guys who line up for Lombardy on Sunday. The sacrifices they've made to be competitive in October is the sort of thing the rest of us summon in early summer. And while a victory in the 'Race of the Falling Leaves' is monumental, the worst part is that as a rider you probably have the fitness of your life to crack the top-10, but there are no more races left to make use of it afterwards. Feel for them indeed.
- Craig Gaulzetti cracks my top-5 list for Best Cycling Article of 2009 over at the Embrocation blog. And bonus points if you can ID the Steve Albini reference.
- When I'm mentally weak I go cynical and at times like that it's easy to train the critical crosshairs on Rapha for their Ansel-Adams-meets-Anthropologie aesthetic and their seeming refusal to let a ride just be a ride and instead represent every day in the saddle as "epic" -- either an emotional epiphany or an I'm-auditioning-to-move-to-Portland fashion show. But, as mentioned above, October puts me in a happy place so I get open-minded and it's getting cool to boot, so I needed some new clothes and I invested in a Rapha Merino Wool base layer and a Rapha Winter Hat and even if I'd been in a chokehold of cynicism I would've busted out of it because this stuff is unexpectedly dreamy. Like most things in the bike business on a surface level nothing here seems different. There are n wool base layers and Belgie-style winter hats to choose from in the marketplace. In this case, however, the substance of these garments puts them in a class of their own. In terms of the base layer, there's a soft pliability to Rapha's wool that makes it a joy to wear as layer #1 against the skin. Virtually every other high-end Merino we've tried has a least a hint of scratchiness to it. Not here. In addition, the wicking prowess is outstanding. It's the best base layer I've ever worn -- and so far I've worn it in both the 40's and the 70's. It was equally pleasurable in both ends of the temp spectrum.
And their Belgie winter hat won me over at 'hello'. The exterior shares the same softness as the base layer. The interior has a silky, ventilated lining that feels great against my shaved head. The ear flaps are built with an ideal extent of elasticity so they stay down over my ears when it's cold, but I can easily flip them up and they stay perfectly in place. The elasticity isn't so great that the flaps creep down (and high-tension elasticity at the ears is a surefire ingredient for a mid-ride headache, to boot.) The final bonus is the attention paid to the bill. It works in either a flipped-up or flipped-down position. Even though the bill is thick like the rest of the hat, your helmet won't push the bill downward when you're riding flipped-up. This hat is soft, warm, and perfectly conforming. This sucker is an essential.
So, in short, huge props to Rapha. Don't get turned off by the pouty hipsters in the catalogs. The reality is the quality of the clothing: It's remarkable and it's distinct. If you're ready for an indulgence that won't disappoint, treat yourself to some Rapha.
- Faithful readers of What's New might recall that we've banned usage of the word "robust" at Competitive Cyclist because (a) The word has had a meaning-creep unlike any word we can ever remember. I've never seen an instance of its use when 10 other words wouldn't have expressed the intended meaning better; (b) Its over-use is just crazy. Make a note to look for it a you'll see it everywhere. It's the new 'the'. Everywhere.
So, in another dispatch from the Dept. of Banned Words comes "artisan". I imagine easels and berets and see artists. I think of amazing cabins I know in the deep woods of the Ozarks and I think craftsmen. Within this continuum -- artist-to-craftsman -- where does the 'artisan' fall? Based on the context of its usage I'd define it thus: "Artisan: A laborer with a Twitter account." I've seen "artisan" labeled to cookies and bread and wine and cheese to such an extent that I see Whole Foods re-naming itself Artisan Foods and I daydream about how Gary Fisher summoned teams of assassins to deep-six the non-believers to his title of "Father of the Mountain Bike" and I wonder which member of the current Portland Salon will tap into a similar vein of hubris by titling himself "Father of the Artisan Bike." It's no longer sculpting or welding or building but soon it will be something that transcends labor. It is coming -- the artisan bicycle is coming. If I'm footnoted for nothing else in life, let it be this. Until then, I swear to you the word 'artisan' will never be uttered here.
- Yumeya: It's not a James Clavell novel. It's Japanese for "Dream Workshop staffed by artisans." Now available for Dura Ace 7900.
- Kona bike count. The guys racing there are serious bike riders who mostly have to pay for their own stuff. If year-on-year growth is an indicator of ongoing brand interest, the big winners were Cervélo, Specialized, and Argon 18. The losers appear to be Litespeed, QR, Look, and Kuota. Cervélo's sustained dominance of the tri market is nothing short of mind blowing. And Zipp -- WOW.
- Bont shoes: Maybe the most thought-provoking piece of equipment from this year's Interbike. Bont was nice enough to give a pair to a fellow employee to try, and they're reportedly stiff as beast (as in stiffer than anything available from Sidi) and the footbed is built more like a human foot than any other shoe out there (many of which, interestingly, are shaped more like a hand), so the fit has the potential to be amazing. Beyond this, they're light, light, light, as in Rocket 7 light. And with the disappearance of Rocket 7 from the shoe marketplace, we're actively looking for something just like this to slot in as our go-to super-high-performance shoe. A bonus is that they're nice folks to deal with and that they're actively doing R&D with the pros to make their next generation(s) of shoes that much better.
That being said, it's not looking like we'll carry them. Why? Two practical reasons: (1) They're heat-moldable, and based on our testing 1 go-round in the oven isn't enough. To really get these fit right, you need 2 or 3 turns in the oven. From a business standpoint, we just don't see our customers taking the time to do bake/form/cool 3 times, since there's a brick wall of skepticism about fit you'd surely hit after baking it the 1st time and having them not feel ideal. Our fear is massive return rates because people won't be patient with Bont's fit process. (2) Sizing. This is the bigger issue. Their sizing is unfathomable. That co-worker I mentioned above? He wears a 45 in Sidi, and 44.5 in DMT. His size in Bont? 42.5. When we asked Bont why their sizing chart was so far askance from the rest of the world's their answer was, in essence, "that's just how we do it." Again, sugar-plum visions of massive return rates for us. No matter how clear we might make a Bont size chart, we don't doubt people will find a way to not see it. And we're bummed, because these are sweet shoes. Tell us now before we make our decision final: Should we give them a shot?
- And a final note, following up on last week's comments about Bradley Wiggins' mechanical at the World's TT: Apparently he was on Di2, but he was using elliptical chanrings. That was the fatal front shifting combo that effectively ended his race. Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas and gossip.
October 21, 2009
Another cool aspect of the Bonts is the ability to select a 4 whole drilling for Speedplay pedals - makes for a very clean system and much lower stack height if that's your thing. I love my Bonts but would have to agree with Paul from London that it's not a process you'd want to do yourself - as with most things 'custom' better left to the LBS methinks (which sucks as they'll charge me about a hundred bucks more than you guys for my next pair :)
- Frank, Melbourne, Australia
October 17, 2009
@wzbc, boston: Also a shame Shellac sucked the big wind after their first few singles and album. At Action Park was equal to anything else The Albini ever did, but that was the last useful piece of work he created as a musician (vs studio engineer)
- marc, Seattle
October 17, 2009
I would never describe a local Cat.2 or a 56min TT as PRO - but I would describe a Cat. 5's well-detailed ride [say a C-50 PR00 with a racer's fit with Boras or Cosmos or Nemesis/Record 32h wheelset ^^] as PRO. I don't think Padraig ever used the PRO to describe anyone other than a PRO [Matt White, Parkin, Jens, Lance, etc...]. Maybe you've heard someone mis-handle the special word and it's getting lost in translation?
PRO *lifestyle* is a beautiful thing to emulate. But to describe one's *self* as PRO - or anyone who isn't - is a misnomer.
- Seb, Toronto
October 17, 2009
Bont comes from a different world. Anyone buying skate boots from them expects to take a couple of months to fine tune them. The cycle industry is very "off the rack" compared to the skate industry. But then, skate boots are the primary component for a skater, comparable to a cyclists bike frame.
- Joe, Superior, WI
October 15, 2009
I'd order a pair of robust Bont shoes, made by a local aritsan if you will stock them...I think they would be, like, awsome! Props to the current tirade...
- Neal, Denver, CO
October 14, 2009
Wait a year on Bont...they're not yet the business they will be.
- Dobbin, Horse Country
October 14, 2009
Another word to ban: PRO. Using it to describe riders that aren't - is very Rapha-esq. there ain't nothing PRO about someone who pays for their own stuff...
- Pierre, Ottawa
October 13, 2009
Cervelo's success is down to 1. Best bikes 2. Great value 3. Good customer service
Marketing ? really ?
- Dan, Kansas
October 13, 2009
Paul from London/WI: FYI, wiggins has been using the eliptical rings for the whole season- he did not just go out and test them at the worlds.
Rocket 7/Bont Shoes: I have had a set of rocket 7s for a few years for certain events and as much as I like the super light weight of the shoes I just dont think it is worth the money...nor do I think Bonts are worth the money. Sidi or DMT shoes for me.
- Frenchy, NYC
October 13, 2009
Guys - where are all the component specials? this summer I upgraded my roadbike to D-A with your killer deals -- bring me more - please!
- Steve, Texas
October 13, 2009
Thanks Andrew and wzbc! I was thinking BB or Shellac or produced or whatever, never thought of Rapeman. And to keep this post relevant, good choice on the Bonts. I absolutely cannot stand proprietary sizing, and if you feel the need to create your very own sizing system you should at least have the data to back up why yours is better.
- J$, Austin
October 13, 2009
you should ban the word 'genre,' also.
- ryan , royal oak, mi
October 13, 2009
Gaulzetti's article may be one of the funniest and most-insightful pieces on the mentality of cyclists I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing it!
Rapha is kind of a love-hate thing isn't it. Really nice stuff, but mucho dinero and too much attitude. If I wanted to look look at pouty model pics, I'd a but a GQ or Men's Vogue magazine. Sheesh. I guess it's like most high-end luxury good advertising.... it's the mythical "how you will feel" wearing/driving/using our insanely expensive stuff. Kind of hollow in today's economic climate.
Artisan.... you nailed it. It's simply Rapha-style marketing for the guy with a smaller budget. I wonder if Trek will now show pics of the dinosaur that died to make the carbon-fiber in a Madone?
No to Bont shoes. There are so many choices for shoes these days that an experiment doesn't seem to make sense. Maybe you could coordinate a coupon with a good orthotic fitter like Bill Petersen in Tucson? No business connections... just a satisfied customer. The issue is you really have to go visit him to get a mold made of your feet. Something to think about, if nothing else.
Yumeya is the purple anodized MTB crap of this decade. Completely useless and totally for bling. WTF indeed.
- Wisco, Madison, WI
October 13, 2009
How about banning "awesome," "like" and "props" as well?
This could have the effect of a robust increase in mutes.... sorry.
- James, Baltimore
October 13, 2009
Bont..you mill have a lot of returns just on shoe size, and the baking..if you read their web site it is suggested you be on the bike and have a helper to firm up the shoe. This is a shoe to be sold at the local dealer. On that same subject, Lake shoes are likewise. I have Sidi Ergo 2's, 2 pairs; and they are fantastic.
Cervelo, I agree with the comment below on great marketing, big sponsership, money to throw and wins. But these Pros can win on anything. Take Cancellara, early in his careers with Fasso Bortolo on Pinarello, later on Cervelo now on Specialized. I have owned a Cervelo for 4 months. There were fork recalls,the rear end was assembled at the factory not straight and more. A P3 costs $4600, a Pinarello Prince, which I have now, is a dream bike, comes in more than one colour, is super stiff and yet the ride whilst I was climbing and decending in Spain this year; is fantastic and it cost $4500. It is a work of art, the paint is not cheap looking like a Cervelo and it is hand made.
Bradley Wiggins, great talent; but does it not look like he is just not with it mentally? After the 2004 Olympics he becomes a drunk for a year plus, per his self confessions. When things do not go right for him he chucks his bike , or does some other silliy thing like more drinking. We all know eliptical rings are not very reliable for shifting, but hey lets try them for an important event like a world championships. He is sooo talented, but cannot stay focused. One minuite he tells the press his off to team sky and has not very nice comments about Garmin team after their support of him, next minuite he can not get out of his contract so will stay with Garmin now and loves them...for now. Lots of pressure on him, sure. but so has Armstrong, Contrador, Cancellara.......
- Paul, London, UK now WI, USA
October 12, 2009
Last line of the article is from Two Nuns and a Pack Mule.
- Andrew, Carrboro, NC
October 12, 2009
a shame rapeman never got the attention of big black or shellac:
- wzbc, boston
October 12, 2009
alright BQ, I've proofed Craig's article a couple of times now and still don't get the nod to Albini.
- J$, Austin
October 12, 2009
Craig Gaulzetti apparently has an eye for the non-human form as well. He built my R3 at International three years ago. Honestly it seemed as though he had a hard time parting with it - he really took pleasure in building that rig - and in about 15 minutes took my measurements which were about 98% accurate. In terms of Rapha - I spent a lot of $ on a generation 1 rain coat - very nice piece but it did not breath - they have since reinterpreted it - but in the meantime I paid money for someone elses. The only other things I own from Rapha are - fitting to the editor's comments - the winter hat and the base layers. The winter hat edges the Assos because it has a brim - less leaves on the New England trees - more streaming sunlight - a brim is essential - with my Assos hat - I have to wear a bicycle hat over it for the same effect. And the baselayers alone are what I where in my 60 degree basement on the trainer. Have not ventured to wear them outside yet.
- Bruce, Acton
October 12, 2009
As an owner of two pairs of Rocket 7's, I'm always interested in a great, light shoe alternative. But 2 or three turns in the oven? Don't think so. If I want to spend some big money, I can pay $400 for top end SIDI or equivalent, I don't think it's money well-spent since I can get a cooler shoe from D2. Still if I were you, the problem with zillions of returns and SKU's doesn't go away no matter whether it's Rocket 7, Bont or D2. Right now my Rocket 7s are fine, but when they wear out I will be very tempted to look at the Lake shoes, made right up the road from me in Evanston....
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- adj. Smart and trim, as in appearance; neat.
- adj. Being in good condition.
- v. To make trim or neat, especially in dress.
- v. To stop (a wheel) from rolling, as with a wedge.
- v. To prop up; support.
- n. A wedge or other braking device.
- n. Trigonometry.
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- To act as an obstacle or check; act as a brake. See trig, n., 3.
- n. Material, such as gravel or hay, placed on a slippery declivity on a road to check the motion of a sled passing over n.
- n. An abbreviation of trigonometrical; of trigonometry.
- True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
- Safe; secure.
- Tight; firm; sound; in good condition or health.
- Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
- Active; clever.
- n. A dandy; a coxcomb.
- To dress; trick: with up.
- To fill; stuff; cram.
- Full.
- To stop; obstruct; specifically, to skid; stop (a wheel) by putting a stone, log, or other obstacle in the way.
- To prop; hold up.
- To set a mark on, as a standing-place for the player in the game of ninepins.
- n. An obstacle; a prop; a skid; a brake-shoe for a wheel to ride upon in descending steep hills; a small wedge or block used to prevent a cask from rolling.
- n. The mark at which the player stands in the game of ninepins or bowls. Halliwell. See trig, verb, 3.
- To trudge; trundle along.
- adj. True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
- adj. Safe; secure.
- adj. Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
- adj. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
- adj. Active; clever.
- n. A dandy; coxcomb.
- n. uncountable trigonometry.
- n. countable, informal A trigonometric point.
- n. UK A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To fill; to stuff; to cram.
- adj. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Full; also, trim; neat.
- v. To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
- n. engraving A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
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- n. the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
- adj. neat and smart in appearance
- See trigger. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, true, from Old Norse tryggr, loyal, true. Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tryggr, firm. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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A Spellbook app that also keeps track of the number of "pages" used so you can have different spellbooks organized under one system. A summon monster app with template adjustments Random encounter app based on region, environment, and CR More to come...
One of our players has the iPod version of it. Its cool, but since we also have both decks, we usually use those instead, since its more gratifying to draw cards than tap a screen. Back a while ago, Erik Mona mentioned a program that was in development during a speech. It sounded very cool, did it get scrapped? Is it still being worked on? Have people just forgotten about it? EDIT: So used to spelling it the right way instead of with a K... ;)
Awesome. Some additional apps that would be great to have: Random Magic item database. Plug in a few restrictions (level, effect type, etc), and it generates a list of possible items to throw into a chest. An in-game character tracker. Something to show spells for the day, spells used, current status effects, wound levels... Something to prevent having to mark all over a character sheet so I don't have to re-write them as often!
Awesome apps! Love them, now just have to get my players to want to use them. I'd love one that does a Harrow Reading.
Treasure generator, please-and-thank-you. Define by available Pathfinder RPG book too, so I can limit it to just Core Rulebook, APG, etc.
One thing I think you shouldn't do is a full blown character generator/manager - the likes of hero lab are very well developed and likely to be moving to tablets and the like soon. The arrangement you have with Wolf Lair that allows them to update the OGL stuff along with release is the best balance between utility and effort diverted from actually creating books for us IMO
Enlight_Bystand wrote: One thing I think you shouldn't do is a full blown character generator/manager - the likes of hero lab are very well developed and likely to be moving to tablets and the like soon. The arrangement you have with Wolf Lair that allows them to update the OGL stuff along with release is the best balance between utility and effort diverted from actually creating books for us IMO I'd have to disagree. I would love to have something like that from an official source instead of a third party. And really, at this point, there aren't any more books that they HAVE to get out right away, we have all the core material we need.
the Haunted Jester wrote: A Spellbook app that also keeps track of the number of "pages" used so you can have different spellbooks organized under one system. There are a couple spell book apps, heck I wrote one (it isn't on the app store any more,) but other then as a reference they are all frustrating. Missing features like:
Ashes wrote: I too would prefer this from Paizo. Particulalry if there were some way to get all the new material with my subscriptions, since I have most of the books on download already. I'm less on board with the second paragraph. We had everything we "needed" with the core rulebook. I always want more. Really about the only things you could get me to buy as apps are something to keep track of spells and a character generator (with some means of printing). Although the summoning app would be tempting if done very well.
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I did say we had some secret or rather secretish projects. That said are constantly evaluating the need for portable digital projects and until we talk about it in definite terms here, it's save to assume that anything mentioned to be in development is just that. Right now we have one other project that is nearly complete. You will likely see more information on that soon, but we hate to over promise and under deliver, so you'll just have to wait for more information soon. I'll give you a hint, it is more story and less crunch that our current offerings, but that's all your getting from me right now. ;)
GM Lilith wrote: Treasure generator, please-and-thank-you. Define by available Pathfinder RPG book too, so I can limit it to just Core Rulebook, APG, etc.
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One of those kind of already exists and it's still on the app store. It only takes into account Augment summons, iirc. I haven't used it in a while, so it may have been updated. I believe it's by Giuseppe Loranza (Don't take my spelling as right lol), I got it and it's awesome. I'm going to recommend it to a friend of mine playing a summoner in a different game
Matt Stich wrote: 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming has those already, for Android at least.
More seriously, I'd second Lilith's suggestions. And the combat pad suggestion. But you know what would be really cool? An application that used the phone's camera to overlay area of effect diagrams over a grid. Select the square you're in (or squares!), and then select the area type, and bam. It'll show you instantly who is affected.
Ashes wrote: Sure, I hear where you're coming from, but as far as i'm concerned Lone Wolf/Hero Lab IS the official source. It is my understanding that they are Paizo's official licensee for the "official" Pathfinder character builder. To say that we don't already have an "official source" would be like saying that the Reaper and WizKids Pathfinder Minis are not official. Those guys at Lone Wolf do an AWESOME job of keeping up with both the open game content AND the closed Paizo content. I see no reason to replace their tool.
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If I remember, Giuseppe's was free. I downloaded it a while ago, and those 4WFG apps aren't on the app store, so that just expands the options to more people. Yay options.
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This gets my vote. At the minimum its a character sheet/builder on your iphone/android phone and at the maximum it becomes linked to a tablet/laptop "mother app" where the GM can adjust/track hp, spells, items and all sorts of other goodies in the combat environment.
Aventhar wrote: I agree that Lone Wolf does a great job on Hero Labs, however as I recall the license is not exclusive, so Paizo can have more then one "official" source.
I would love to see a Combat Pad App. But most of all, a Golarion Encyclopedia,fully searchable!
I agree with others that an interactive character builder (that does the Math for you, and doesn't just leave empty slots for you to fill it all in) updated with the latest info, on a new book's release would be awesome! I've tried to use lots of the free online ones but they are missing a lot of the options that I use. (archetypes, alternate bloodlines, etc.) I would also like to see a way to limit what you see to things that you are eligible for. As an example, I don't want to read through all 999 feats when I gain a level, since most of them have prerequisites that I don't qualify for. I just want to see the ones that I could take right now. 1. I think the following would be most useful for PFS but would also be useful for Non PFS games as well. I would love to see an online character tracker/builder. What I mean by this is a database of stored characters online, probably at Paizo. As it is, Paizo keeps track of all our PFS characters and the sessions they have completed. I'd like to see it go one step further where you detail out your full character sheet, including uploading a portrait, and update it during and after a game session. Then, when you start a new PFS session you can input the character numbers of your party members to see their sheets. They can mark some areas as private if they need to keep secrets, but the important things would be there. (Name and class levels, Total and current HP, Resistances, buffs, AC, etc.) This would give anyone in the group with the app instant access to group stats, and it would be a useful tool for the Gm to know how hurt the party is and what effects they are under. I would also like the app to help keep track of buffs and effects that the characters are currently under during a game session. For example, if I cast Bless on my party then it updates their sheets to reflect the +1 morale bonus to attack and saves vs fear effects. The DM would have the "End turn" and "Time elapsed" buttons (1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, etc.) and the app would keep track of when effects cease.
2. Interactive condition app. Mark that you are grappled, prone, blinded, underwater, hasted, in hindering terrain, etc. and it tells you exactly what you can do and any pertinent modifiers. The grappling system is still a big mess so any step by step help in that area would speed things up a lot. 3. A Knowledge/monster info app that gives you select information based on a skill check roll. For example, if we encounter a new undead thing the Gm gives us the number of the monster and we put it into the app. We then see a picture of it but that is it. The app allows you to input a skill check roll (or autoroll for you) such as a Knowledge Religion roll of 23 and it tells you any info that the check would grant you. (the name of the creature, immunities, special attacks, weaknesses, etc.). 4. A kill tracker. Input your character names, and whenever you deliver the killing blow to something you add it to the list. Then when you are high level you can look back at all the things you have killed over your character's career as an adventurer. (43 gnolls, 2 ghosts, 13 zombies, 1 young black dragon, etc.).
The apps I'd like to see (paying no attention to Paizo's ability to produce them or any technical issues): 1. Character builder with the functionality of the 4E one
wolflord wrote: 3. A Knowledge/monster info app that gives you select information based on a skill check roll. For example, if we encounter a new undead thing the Gm gives us the number of the monster and we put it into the app. We then see a picture of it but that is it. The app allows you to input a skill check roll (or autoroll for you) such as a Knowledge Religion roll of 23 and it tells you any info that the check would grant you. (the name of the creature, immunities, special attacks, weaknesses, etc.). Yeah, this would be good too. I've previously wondered about the possibility of such a thing through the gamemastery cards line (with a picture on one side and three potential pieces of information based on increasing DC on the other) but there hasnt been much interest. Maybe it would be better/easier through an app.
What do I want for future tablet tools? A Windows version, that's what I'd like to see. Not everybody has a tablet or compatible phone, and I hate the idea of all of these great tools that I have no way to use, especially when I already use my PC for GMing tools (softrope, combat manager, .pdf docs etc.)
Windows Version please! I have 4 computers in the house, and have no need of a Ipad or tablet. But would still love the electronic tools. Most of my games are VTT games, so please a version for the pc. Chris
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Like on all counts. A Harrow Deck reader would be cool, but I would get more use from a Character Tracker.
Hi, the Crit and Fumble Apps are cool...but why not go for a bigger App. These 2 could be part of a much bigger "Masters Deck" App, complete with combat tracking, like Dryder suggested (a combat pad). @Kalraan: for a character tracker / as a non-master player I like D20 character sheet. Its quite complete...
Here is a simple idea for PFS players (and judges) - an easy to update tool to track which scenarios you have played (and for which character), which scenarios you have GMed (and which character - if any yet - you have assigned that scenarios to) - ideally this should let you track as you play/gm but also highlight any discrepancies between what you have recorded and what has been reported (noting errors in factions for example) or whether you have forgotten to add a new character to the online tools etc. This should then also help you see which scenarios you haven't played that are tier appropriate. Ideally this app would let friends who play PFS together SHARE their tracking data to aid in group coordination and planning of future modules to play/gm so most people in the group can play new modules (or run modules they can still get gm credit for running) In my current PFS group we use a shared Google spreadsheet to track this kind of stuff and it helps considerably in planning out future games so we all are playing (or running - we alternate who GMs) scenarios which are new to us. Probably not a really complicated app to build - though the sharing and links to Paizo.com might add some complexity - but it would be a really nice app for PFS play. Especially if it also was integrated into an updated Warhorn and might, for example, show upcoming games (and conventions) - and/or offer ways for Venture Captains to promote game days, conventions etc to PFS players via "ads" in the app?
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Google Chrome will let you load android apps to it, so you should be able to load it from the browser.
Chase deck. Pathfinder Battles like Hero Academy or another Tactics game. It's too bad that "Card Hunter" got to the idea first, b/c your paper minis are excellent Beginner Box becomes solo or co op adventure w/ push notifications, GM optional A series of Pathfinder Tales that's like the old Lone Wolf books, but digital so I can't cheat :) PF Online Character/Guild manager.
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In 1954, I traveled to London with Bill for the Harringay Crusade. A friend offered me a round-trip ticket back to the United States so that in the middle of the three-month Crusade I could return home to the children. When the first month of the Crusade ended, however, Bill felt he needed me. He urged me to stay.
Watching God work in lives was a tremendous privilege, but underneath was a growing longing to see our children. I couldn't bear to look at their pictures on the dresser, and when bedtime came with little more than a quick "Dear God, bless each one," I would dive into bed and try to fall asleep.
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