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Hey! It’s Friday, and that means we’re all struggling to figure out what to do with our weekends…
Of course, if you live in or around Los Angeles, you can hop on some of our clean, safe, effecient and reliable public transportation, and come over to the ACME Comedy Theatre tonight, and catch me doing The J. Keith vanStraaten Show. Our lead guest tonight is David Carradine, who played Cain on Kung Fu!
Farkers know that this weekend is Fark Fest LA, and there are hellacrazy Fark opportunities. Should be Super-sized fun.
Now, seeing as how my wife and kids are out of town, you’d think that I’d be out this weekend drinking and enjoying some fine entertainment…but you’d be wrong. I’ll be writing all weekend, and playing GTA 3, because I am that lame.
G4 made an announcement yesterday about our programming lineup. I’m still not allowed to say too much about my show, butI think I can safely say that we filmed two episodes yesterday, and I’m really, really happy with how they turned out. I’m really proud to be part of this show.
There is a message board that G4 has set up for all the shows (this link goes straight to Arena), and you can login and talk about my show with me and some of the people behind it…now, I heard from this magic talking donkey that the folks at my network are watching the traffic on the board to guage interest in the new shows. So if you’re interested in Arena, and you want G4 to know, log in and tell them!
Finally, I found out something pretty cool yesterday: WWDN is ranked number 20 on the all-time top ten list* at Blogdex. I just thought that was really cool. This website has really grown over the past few months, and I love it that so many people are reading it. 🙂
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Thought for today:


“The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.”
-Albert Einstein

*I realize that you can’t be number 20 on a top-ten list. Sure, I could change it, but it just illustrates my lameness in a beautiful way. 🙂

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12 April, 2002 Wil

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89 thoughts on “CowboyNeal”

  1. Stuffie says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:09 pm

    Lame like a fox! Ha! Oh man…I need a drink. Cheers on your show and your blog status, Wil.

  2. Daniel Webb says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:36 pm

    I have nothing to do this weekend.(as usual)I’m lamer than you so don’t feel bad. :::laughs::: I’ve been trying to get a blog setup on my website but i’ve been having trouble with that. Well good luck on your show man. I wish I could be there but I don’t live in LA. I’m gonna go kill more pedestrianse in GTA3 now.

  3. Dave08 says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:48 pm

    What’s so lame about playing video games all weekend? Heck, I plan on firing up my old 8-bit Nintendo!
    And, Wil, if you’re anything like me, you’re a 12-year-old in a 29-year-old’s body! Play that Station ’til the competetors come back home!
    All my best to your family, and best wishes to Jeremy. I hate sinus problems, and I like it when folks can overcome them!

  4. Frank says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:50 pm

    Woo Hoo!!! The comments are back up. I havent been posting on Soapbox lately, due to my laziness, but Im glad this is back.

  5. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:51 pm

    We seem to be proving the “fact” that 5/4ths of people have trouble with fractions…
    “Is it further to Denver, or by bus?”

  6. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:51 pm

    We seem to be proving the “fact” that 5/4ths of people have trouble with fractions…
    “Is it further to Denver, or by bus?”

  7. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:51 pm

    We seem to be proving the “fact” that 5/4ths of people have trouble with fractions…
    “Is it further to Denver, or by bus?”

  8. joemorf says:
    12 April, 2002 at 9:00 pm

    Break a Leg at the show tonight, Unka Willie.
    My weekend plans aren’t quite as fun… I’m missing a killer LAN party because Sunday is the one day out of the week when I get paid to sing… gaming vs. work. I hate that.
    And I’m prepping for an audition on Monday. Your recent audition woes sound achingly familiar. So much so that one of my most used comic monologues involves taking a cell-phone call in the middle of the audition… I think the subtle commentary is lost on most of the folks on the other side of the desk… but it has landed me a couple of gigs, so what do I know?
    ~j

  9. Astartae says:
    12 April, 2002 at 9:24 pm

    I’ll be thinking of you as I slave away at Taco Bell tonight (graveyard shift), Wil. Hope you have fun tonight! (grumble, grumble, need to move to LA…)

  10. thebrett says:
    12 April, 2002 at 9:24 pm

    Hey there, Wil.
    Good 4 u on deciding not 2 party and stay home to write and so forth. 🙂 Bwaaahaaahaaa. OK, I’m a dork…possibly lamer than you….possibly.
    Re: the hottest chicks are (of course) Jeri Ryan and Marina Sirtis…duh! What a ridiculous question.
    Have a great weekend, Wil and the rest of the clan.

  11. Kali says:
    12 April, 2002 at 10:38 pm

    Hmmmm, what will I be doing this weekend … ah, yes: Playing phone tag with the goddam police because my so called “best friend/roommate” drained my bank account DRY, then got together with her boytoy and my ex-fiance’s friend and stole ALL of my ex’s CD’s as well as a lot of MY stuff (INCLUDING MY PS2!!! GRRAAAARRRR!!!!), and then took off, LEAVING MY ONE-YEAR OLD SON UNATTENDED IN MY LOCKED APARTMENT WHILE I WAS OUT WITH MY EX (still friends) TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! (April 9, for anyone who cares)
    So, I am begging each and every one of you to have a fantabulous weekend for me!
    Okay, now that THAT is outta my system … I really hope all goes well for you Wil, and everyone else for that matter. And they’re right, ain’t nuthin wrong with gaming all weekend … except when your PS2 was stolen (bitter? who, ME?). ~sigh~ Maybe next week will be better …

  12. hops says:
    12 April, 2002 at 10:58 pm

    gnight n stuff!

  13. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 4:01 pm

    Wil, my Dog Copper says to tell Ferris to have a good weekend too! That and not to remember to always avoid chicken bones…
    Words to live by.
    W

  14. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 4:01 pm

    Wil, my Dog Copper says to tell Ferris to have a good weekend too! That and not to remember to always avoid chicken bones…
    Words to live by.
    W

  15. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 4:01 pm

    Wil, my Dog Copper says to tell Ferris to have a good weekend too! That and not to remember to always avoid chicken bones…
    Words to live by.
    W

  16. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 4:03 pm

    That should have read to avoid chicken bones…damn that dog…I told him he didn’t know how to type…and logging on as me…sheesh!
    Not sleeping on the bed tonight…at least until I’m asleep…
    :

  17. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 4:03 pm

    That should have read to avoid chicken bones…damn that dog…I told him he didn’t know how to type…and logging on as me…sheesh!
    Not sleeping on the bed tonight…at least until I’m asleep…
    :

  18. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 4:03 pm

    That should have read to avoid chicken bones…damn that dog…I told him he didn’t know how to type…and logging on as me…sheesh!
    Not sleeping on the bed tonight…at least until I’m asleep…
    :

  19. jon says:
    12 April, 2002 at 11:25 pm

    Wil,
    Have fun with the show tonight (although by this writing, it’s probably close to being done). That is so cool that you’ve got David Carradine. Kung Fu was such a great show. Also nice to see Carradine land a new gig in a Tarantino flick. It’d be great if you give us outside of LA types a little summary of how it went.
    Oh and way up in the comments: Tammy/Nellswell-Happy Birthday!

  20. Spudnuts says:
    12 April, 2002 at 11:39 pm

    Hmm.
    I’m in LA right now.
    And I and my bro just spent the past three hours driving and walking around downtown drinking bo ba and eating altoids.
    If I had known I could ACME this fine fucking evening, then by God…
    I would have done that instead.
    Ah well.

  21. Mandy says:
    13 April, 2002 at 12:04 am

    Congrats on the Blogdex ranking!
    I got an internet warm fuzzy today as well… wait, that sounds bad. In any case, my website finally made it into Google. I’m the #1 site for a search of the terms Unisex Pocky.
    *metal fist*
    I’m feeling ridiculously pleased about being found by spiders. Weeeee!

  22. DocShakes says:
    13 April, 2002 at 12:32 am

    Writing rocks! Good luck with the show.
    Have a nice weekend, Wil.

  23. Oregoonie says:
    13 April, 2002 at 3:04 am

    GTA3 is highly addictive. Car theft, high speed chases, SWAT teams, celebrity voices. What more could a girl want?
    My shining moment is when I finally got that sixth star. Mother was so proud.

  24. Jun says:
    13 April, 2002 at 3:32 am

    Hmph. I haven’t gotten falling down drunk on a Friday night in almost a month. Perhaps next Friday….
    And if wishes were horses…

  25. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:51 pm

    We seem to be proving the “fact” that 5/4ths of people have trouble with fractions…
    “Is it further to Denver, or by bus?”

  26. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:51 pm

    We seem to be proving the “fact” that 5/4ths of people have trouble with fractions…
    “Is it further to Denver, or by bus?”

  27. Anonymous says:
    12 April, 2002 at 8:51 pm

    We seem to be proving the “fact” that 5/4ths of people have trouble with fractions…
    “Is it further to Denver, or by bus?”

  28. Sires says:
    13 April, 2002 at 4:52 am

    Hey, Wil ! Cool, that the comments are open again; I really like your “thoughts for today”; where do you find all these things ? As a German I like todays thought especially… Einstein ruled, even though this quote is probably the only thing of all the things he said and did in his life that I completely understand. 😉
    I’m spending the weekend over at a friends house relaxing in front of the computer trying out a couple of programmes like Adobe Illustrator and GoLife or Dreamweaver (We are currently working on a couple of websites and want to find out whether to create them with dreamweaver or GoLife…)
    So, have an nice weekend, Wil !

  29. Xirzon says:
    13 April, 2002 at 5:45 am

    It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.
    — Albert Einstein, 1954, from Albert Einstein: The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, Princeton University Press

  30. The SpaceWriter says:
    13 April, 2002 at 10:42 am

    Now how can I go and post something totally frivolous about Guinness Stout (which combines all the major food groups into one satisfying glass) after reading such profound thoughts from Dr. Einstein?
    🙂
    Keep lookin’ up Wil!

  31. bluecat-redblanket says:
    13 April, 2002 at 11:13 am

    Kali…hope your life improves soon..will be
    sending you some good thoughts,,have been thru
    similar circumstances with a ex-roomate bestfriend
    that moved out when I was at work..no notice..
    and 1/2 the rent…That was years ago, but still
    remember how betrayed I felt. Hang in there.lol

  32. bridget and jennifer says:
    13 April, 2002 at 11:34 am

    HEY WIL! do you remember us?? i (bridget) was the one that told you that my friend wanted to ask you for your autograph last night at the ACME comedy theatre. what a great show! we loved your “scatting” with Sandra Booker. thanks for the stickers, too. you have helped us figure out the mystery behind the scary faces all over san francisco. oh, and about the transportation in LA…it is NOT RELIABLE. we were waiting at a bus stop for an HOUR before the bus finally came. that’s why we came in late. (you probably noticed the door opening 30 mins after the show already started.) anyway, jen says she will definitely try to check out your show if it happens to be on the next time she comes to LA. we love you!

  33. Wade says:
    13 April, 2002 at 12:46 pm

    God you are fucking self centered.

  34. jerhanner says:
    13 April, 2002 at 3:30 pm

    Albert rocked, you rocked, and you are not self-centered. “What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher?” Heh heh heh.

  35. joemorf says:
    13 April, 2002 at 4:06 pm

    Hrmmm…
    403 Forbidden when trying to access the soapbox… :-/
    Do I offend? Or is it a systemwide maintenance type thing?
    ~j

  36. Tiana says:
    13 April, 2002 at 4:12 pm

    Everybody just wants their lameness illustrated in a beautiful way. I am extremely feeble – but I still like to shine sometimes!! 8)
    Also, can’t say this enough – but I LOVE comments, the fact that they *seem* to be back now rocks.

  37. Raethryn says:
    16 April, 2002 at 6:51 am

    http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270338&obj_id=34039
    Lefler and Crusher tied the knot and we had to learn it from Mrs. Judd!!!! Come on Wil! Now you have to really spill the beans.
    Raethryn

  38. kzinti says:
    18 April, 2002 at 3:00 pm

    “I believe, if I’m not mistaken, that the reference to CowboyNeal alludes to…”
    Oh. I thought it was a reference to Neal Cassady, the original CowboyNeal.
    –jim

  39. mutter mit sohn for says:
    8 January, 2005 at 4:00 pm

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