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My awesome friend Alice gave me a ticket to see this upcoming show featuring John Roderick, John Hodgman, Jonathan Coulton, Merlin Mann, and Scott Simpson.
I drew John Hodgman in Edward Gorey style some days ago, because he’d responded to someone’s tweet with a desire to be drawn as such. Since Gorey is no longer, I gave it a shot.
I sort of suddenly wanted to draw everyone in the upcoming show in the same style for kicks, and to challenge myself a little. You can see a couple of teeny in-progress teaser bits, then the full art. -
A unit selected for punishment by decimation was divided into groups of ten; each group drew lots (Sortition), and the soldier on whom the lot fell was executed by his nine comrades, often by stoning or clubbing. The remaining soldiers were given rations of barley instead of wheat and forced to sleep outside the Roman encampment.
Because the punishment fell by lot, all soldiers in the group were eligible for execution, regardless of the individual degree of fault, or rank and distinction. The leadership was usually executed independently of the one in ten deaths of the rank and file.
Decimation (Roman army) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wow. Per RotL 52, this is so much darker than I’d thought. Decimation was originally used on soldiers, not civilians.
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rotl:
“Again, the Philip Glass.”
I’ve seen a few people mentioning an interest in turning my Philip Glass impression from Roderick on the Line ep. 51 into a ringtone or whatnot.
So here you go. Just my track isolated. Go nuts.
And if you make something fun with it and want to share, please let us know via @roderickon over on the Twitter.
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rotl:
(Referenced in Roderick on the Line, Ep. 51: “In Pursuit of an Errant Leaf”)
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TRUST
John Roderick for retired senator! TRUST. @roderickon @johnroderick @hotdogsladies twitter.com/ajryan/status/…
— Aidan Ryan (@ajryan) October 5, 2012Thanks, Aidan! Amazing.
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rotl:
Journey - “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”
Jonathan Cain: Survivor.
(Referenced in Roderick on the Line, Ep. 48: “Wherever Trail Needs to Be Built”)
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Roderick on the Line - Igloo Software
Guys. Brace yourselves for probably the greatest sponsor landing page of all time.
My goodness. What to say? God damn. Thank you, Marko.
Eppo goes up here ~07:30am EDT on Thursday.
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Roderick on the Line Ep. 48 Trailer - “Wherever Trail Needs to Be Built”
[MP3]
This week, Roderick on the Line is officially trying something new: trailers.
To whet your appetite for the help that you can expect from John a little later in the week, I’ll be posting a 2-5 minute sample of the upcoming episode each Monday.
It’s the sort of thing you can enjoy by yourself, that you can study with a lab partner, or that you might even—dare I say—share with a friend who hasn’t heard our program. You know. The sort of person who might benefit from hearing a baffling and out-of-context snippet about, in this instance, a compulsory camp for middle-school-aged teens.
Anyway, here you go. Episode 48 is entitled, “Wherever Trail Needs to Be Built”, it comes out on Thursday, and it will help a lot of people.
Also, hey. Quit being a ding-dong and subscribe to Roderick on the Line via RSS or iTunes today.
Tell your friends about this program, people. We all need to share John’s help.
As you do.
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Really, Apple? Really?
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That’s the best you can do.
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Ready
Wilco.
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rotl:
Roderick on the Line, Ep. 46 Trailer: “Esquivalience”
Our new episode of Roderick on the Line goes live tomorrow morning.
In advance of same, here’s a quick trailer to help you prepare—both for the episode itself, and, more importantly, we want to help you begin to absorb John’s indispensable advice for (maybe, maybe) earning a seat on Super Train.
You just better hope to Christ you bring everything you’ll need.
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Boom.
Excited to have @johnroderick, @jonathancoulton, @hodgman, @hotdogsladies and @scottsimpson presenting and performing at SIC in Oct #SIC2012
— Seattle Interactive (@seattleinteract) September 7, 2012Now, just wait until you hear about the other thing that’s happening that day. Ellllllipppppppsisssss…
