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In this, their middle hour, the guys discussed food (hey, they had a guest 3rd hour, had to bump it up), manly things… and more food.

Geoff’s been having to go out of town a lot for his work, which really makes us relish the time we have together. Last week, we went out for a nice evening of sushi. The place we went to normally has tons of people in it, but I guess in this economy delicious raw fish is the first thing to go. The good side of that meant an empty restaurant where Rowan could babble to her heart’s content. Afterward, we enjoyed a nice cup of coffee while listening to some guy be manly leaving his Cobra running the whole time. What of that? Maybe he was getting a little something something? Either that or he liked to watch people drink coffee under an old bank drive thru while big and tall men enter the one store for them left in town.

You know what though? It was a great night. It used to be that a great night meant going out downtown all dolled up, finding some great music and drink specials, and crashing at home until noon the next day. With work and SomaCow Media and Rowan, I’ve come to appreciate that time together, away from the TV and computer and bills, as simple as it might seem.

Oh crap, this is the SomaCow blog, not the Jen blog so back to the show.

Oh to be manly. J went to Red Lobster and refused  the most expensive thing on the menu that they accidentally brought him, in lieu of what he wanted. In return, they got all kinds of free stuff! I guess that’s pretty manly. If not, he also made some martinis which is always a great back up. Mickey taught his sister how to fly. Geoff didn’t listen to a woman. I’m sure that woman was not me, what?

Listener Glenn actually recorded his manly thing of the week! The guys put out the challenge to everyone to do that and post it in reply to Glenn’s found here.

One thing they did listen to me about was popcorn. Yeah, I know a way to get myself and Rowan in the studio now and then. On twitter, I’m following Kernel Encore, a popcorn place that is Ben Hur! I won their weekly twitter drawing and they sent me a 12-pack of sample bags (which could feed a couple people each) for us all to share. I let the guys try to figure out what I gave them, and they were pretty good at it. The guava one surprised me, I thought it would be funky but it was very tasty. I also kind of liked the beer popcorn. J took home about 3 bags of it so he’ll have to let us know Friday at the live recording how those were.

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In this episode, we discussed the Ridiculous Airplane Crises, the Deterioration of Our Nation’s Truck Stops, and Ungrateful Chinese Childrens (is they learning?)

We watched United, Southwest, and American Airlines run around like massive chickens sans massive heads last week, grounding planes, destroying schedules and delaying air travelers worldwide, all the while pointing their monkey pointer finger at the FAA, for suddenly waking up and asking, “Are all the bolts on that plane on?” Without exaggeration, the entire airline industry in this country has really dropped the ball. In an effort to make flights cheap, they have made flights miserable, cramped, hot, smelly, boring, stiff, starvation fests that scare the living shit out of every person who undertakes to travel. From peanuts to pilots, we discuss where air travel went wrong. What is the worst experience you had on a flight? Tell us about it. We do offer the airline industry some tips, including Mickey’s idea for a traveling show (he really is a gypsy) and my… well… idea. Think hamster ball. At 40,000 feet.

We also discussed truck stops, which I had the pleasure of frequenting last week on my road trip. I am sad to report that the truck stop of yesteryear is dying fast, as our once proud Stuckey’s are steadily replaced by row after row of Flying J(ihad) Travel Plazas. The coffee smells like burnt hair, the staff has been replaced by sullen Pakistani men, and the jerky is being swapped out for incense. How much friggen existential meditation are these truckers doing? I get all republicany as I pine for a time I remember when the stores were bright and clean, the coffee was piping hot and fresh, and the staff did not mutter, “Death to America” after every transaction.
We round out the hour discussing China and the new wave of spoiled rotten children. They are in their twenties, they stay out all night bathing and doing coke and circus peanuts, and they do NOT call home, ever. Chinese couples are actually hiring twenty somethings to come by, simply to fulfill the role their children will no longer take. I wonder how much money one could make being a guilt-sink, or a back-sasser. hell, you could retire in that country simply by being a thing-off-shelf-getter-downer

Don’t forget to check out Mickey’s Life Coaching segment at the :40, where he details the importance of budgeting! I am more of a shotgunner in my money dealing. Probably explains why everything is feast or famine around my house. Well, let’s be honest… I never “famine”.

We apologize for the delay in starting the show. While you are waiting please enjoy our skymall magazine and these delicious musics:

• Cobra Starship – Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)
• The Dollyrots – Brand New Key
• Powerman 5000 – Return to the City of the Dead

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Saturday was a big day for me and my wife, as we decided to actually leave the SomaCow Studio Compound and Sausage Emporium and head out. I had been told by a friend that Repticon made for a good fun walk-around, so we piled into the Saturn Running Show and headed over.

Place was amazing. I talk about it some in this episode, and Jen got a buttload of excellent pics which you can check out while listening – Some of these things have otherwordly colors, and blew my mind. Hell of a lot bigger selection than what we see at Pet Bazaar or any of the local cricket and mealworm shops.

There were lots of women there, surprisingly. I really do not know what that is about. Mickey and J say Snakes=Penis. Mickey feels that pets signal the death of a person’s social life, and I tend to agree.

Those of you that like snakes, you should head down to the Central Florida Zoo and wave “hi” to a good friend of ours serpents, both of whom idle away their luxuriant life in happy herpe heaven. Maybe next weekend I will hit the zoo and get you guys some pics. God knows something good has to come out of that camera I bought Jen.

We talk a lot about snakes, and Mickey clues us in to what it REALLY means when a chick touches a reptile. I wonder what it means when a chick touches her iPod iTouch, that she won from SomaCow Media? Take the test and win!

Also – PSA -don’t have hermit crabs as pets- You think it’s cute. Your kid may say they do, but they are lying. Stop scaring your children, people.

We finally agree that, for some people, reptiles are just their “Thing” – Everyone needs to have a thing, something that they get nutty for, or follow religiously. Mickey’s might be comics, mine might be authors and their first editions, and J… J loves shrimp.It came up during the episode, and maybe you can sound off here: How much would you pay for a piece of the moon, or what object would you pay an exorbitant amount for, far above it’s supposed “value”?

Check out J’s NewsBomb at the :40, where he makes Mickey AND I laugh. No. REALLY!
In sadder news -

Guess who’s Back?

Back Again?

Nader’s Back.

Stupid Bastard.

Yeah, it didn’t rhyme, but there is no less evocative, more meaningless, less likely candidate to ever announce. I have more belief that Chavez, or Charlie Chaplin, or Charlie freaking Brown, could be elected, than Ralph. S. Mouse Nader. Dude is a perfect example of the guy that just does not know when to leave the party and go the F home. And that’s coming from a card carrying member of the Green Party. That whole organization is falling apart at the seams. Maybe I will fix it in a later episode.

We rounded out the hour with some Oscar talks. We must just not get out to the theaters enough, cause I have not seen a single big contender. Give me some suggestions, listeners. I saw 3:10 to Yuma, and it was excellent. What else from this year’s harvest should I be seeing?I apologize for the Jungle Fever singing. Sincerely.

Don’t forget to check out Justice at the Club at Firestone, coming soon. Get in, get’tained, and let us know how it was.

And enjoy the following hissy hissy tunes in this episode:

• Cobra Starship – Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)
• Bittybox – Snake Eyes

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