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 187: We Murder Science [56:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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In this hour, we discussed my day trip to a nucular power facility, we reminisce on each of our favorite childhood experiments (J misunderstood, I think… But it is a touching tale to hear what happened between the bean courses that night in a leathery tent somewhere woodsy), and we wished my wife, the neatest damned woman I have ever known, a happy birthday!

I will only say this about the nuclear joint – I am no longer scared of terrorists getting in. I mean, they let a fat guy with no papers and seventeen days of shavelessocity wander around the damned grounds for two hours. What!? Us Worry!? It does make me wonder – If you live near a nuclear power plant, are you less happy when your eye passes the structure on the horizon? Does it fill you with dread, or are you unfazed by the sight of sure radiation?

When you were a tyke, did you ever get up to reckless destructive activity masquerading as science? What were your favorite experiments? We failed to go in to so much stuff in this hour, from the old salt, pepper, and palmolive trick (teaches kids important concepts about ethnocivility!) to the old “fill up a room with mouse (mice?) traps and set them all off with a ball at once. Or, your brother! Thanks! So, we’ll revisit the topic another day, but in the meantime there is good information here about hydrogen bombs and sugar stoves and all manner of things that go pop and whee. Very nice.

A very special Happy Birthday to my dear wife, Jen. Many of you have enjoyed the birth of our first child together, shared in the story, and sent us so many well wishes, and for that, I thank you. As a gift to my wife for her birthday, I am going to now turn OFF TEH INTERNETZ, and go snuggle some, and maybe pat the baby on the head or something. Have a great week, and I’ll be back here Wednesday, serving up the podcasty goodness you know and love with my mad fat superdope chefs, Mickey and J. Peace out, indeed.

Oh, but our great music we played and enjoyed…

• Black Flag – Annihilate This Week
• Black Flag – Bastard in Love

 

 170: Here! Have a SAD [58:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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In this hour, we discuss J’s Gambling Bonanza, Mickey’s Rapidly Approaching Mid-Life Crisis, and Biscuits and Gravy.

J took a trip to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near sunny Orlampa, and he regaled us with tales aplenty of the wonder that can be found therein! Slots! For you to put coins in! No, seriously! See, to the casual observer, a slot machine is a simpleton’s game, where one simply hands money to the casino in return for a crappy stool, a watered down Pepsi with rum mist, and pretty lights and sounds! J, however, won DOZENS of dollars at the one armed hand of the bandits!

Mickey has hit the wall, as a man. Not content to have served in the armed forces, overcome the mysteries of nukuler power, have kids, quit smoking and drinking, and all the other crap he did last week, he has now set his sites on obtaining a motorcycle. In Florida. WTF? This state, wildfires and current drought notwithstanding, is the WORST place to have a motorcycle, other than maybe Seattle or Atlantis… I attempted to reason with him, and he seems hellbent for leather, so to speak.

We closed out the hour with a resounding breakfast topic, which holds a place near and dear to my heart, namely my left ventricle. God love the Biscuit. See it for what it is, light and fluffy golden baked deliciousness. Adding gravy is sort of like the gift of sight. Like, if I were given the choice, to help a blind man see again, or give him a bite of delicious biscuits and gravy, I would have to opt for the latter. It’s just that good.

Equally as good, our music this hour:

• Madina Lake – House of Cards
• Sullivan – Florida Queen