We are nowhere close to being accomplished pros at this streaming thing, but we've managed to create, what we believe, a decent product. There are technical issues in virtually every episode. Despite the snags, we still do it. It hasn't even been a full year and we are still plodding along and making it happen. Last week, marked the end of the streak. Steve was ready well ahead of time. This was rare for a Thursday episode. All of the media was ready and cued up. The lighting was all set. He even had time to do some casual web surfing. Melon joined in and that was when the first technical issue popped up. He could not hear Steve. After a couple restarts of the software, Steve discovered a conflict. An update made only a couple days before has seriously fouled up the audio settings. It was quickly with over…

To begin, I haven't looked up if this common movie trope has already been noted anywhere. Partly, I want to avoid finding out that I am not the originator. It is mostly because I really like my term for it. If I learned of a better term for it I would be devastated. The Hollywood Hop™ is when an actor adds a little extra something before they begin to run. You see this commonly in gymnastics. More often with the vault. Before take-off the athlete will do a high steppy sort of bounce. Some will then do a slight preemptive lunge. Then a hop as if they had misstepped and had just gotten back into sync. Maybe this is part of the criteria for judging in gymnastics. There are a lot of things I do not understand in sport and it could be the same as the arms flapping on…

The gang also plays games. It was gaming, mostly, that brought the gang together. It seemed only fitting that we should do game streams. You can find Melon on his Twitch channel twitch.tv/MrMelonsuce on Sundays and Tuesdays (with Steve). On Fridays he plays alongside Smappie's channel twitch.tv/smappie. From time to time members of the Groovy Moovy Gang will join in. The gang is contemplating more game streams. If you have suggestions do let us know.