Episodes
Rejecting the Hoarding Gene
The 1.3 Megapixel Digital Camera Which phone the one with the answering machine or the cordless? The 14" Computer monitor The drawer full of dark socks Finishing the job or eating cereal How I feel when the office is clean Check out...
The Rock Bottom Pillow
People are paying $80/hr to cuddle. What? You heard me. I did a google search and there are multiple companies. So I thought, "Well is that what the kids are calling sex today?" One person on the "How to Cuddle" page stated, "If you feel sexual...
Huckster?
Today I talk about an interaction with Frederick Michael Plant which goes from zero fo FU in a very quick time Marriage at First Sight - Horrible television that I could not stop watching This one woman feels the word "husband" has magical powers and...
Hall of Fame Podcaster?
Today it's 5 AM again, and I can't sleep. I'm slowly starting to work on my speech as on July 24th, 2018 I am being inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame. It's really an honor and its humbling. Person and person have been leaving a...
Damsel in Distress
I had an epiphany and I'm not sure if I dreamed this, I don't know where it came from. I looked at the previous Mrs. Jacksons (since I have a matching set now) and I noticed that both of them were someone in a situation where I'm going to call it...
The Gullible
So if you looked up the word Gullible it says, "easily persuaded to believe something; credulous." So I looked up credulous and it said, "having or showing too great a readiness to believe things." I had an interesting conversation today and we...
How to Make Everything Cool
So I'm watching Jerry's Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee on Netflix. It's amusing. He gets these obscure cars and picks up celebrities and talks with them over coffee. He gets paid a lot of money for this. They aren't earth...
Now I'm Done - The Big Screen TV
I have some friends who have giant TVs. Two years ago I bought a 32" flat screen. Now when I go to their house and come home, my 32" looks like a toy. So I decided to buy a bigger 1080 TV. This lead to me asking about what is the difference between...
A Hallmark Christmas
You must run do not walk to your television listing and find the Hallmark Channel. They are running the same movie (disguised with a different name) over and over. There will be lots of crying as Christmas is almost ruined, then, in the end, you...
Grief is Like A Website
I went to Washington DC last week. I met a girl who does a show called "Good Grief." She started recording her podcast after he died and she found out he had a second family with two additional children of which she was one. Woa. I also got to meet...
The Death of Common Sense
A West Virginia school during Patriotism week made a sign about their opponent from Pittsburgh. They made the sign red white and blue, and the sign read, "Trump Perry." It did not say, "WE HATE BLACK PEOPLE." A football banner is intended to...
White People Training
I was born and raised in Akron Ohio, and my elementary school had one African-American student (Melody Hardy) and she sat right next to me. What I'm worried about is it seems if a white person says something that is insensitive, they are...
Tackleface
I haven't been to a McDonald's in quite some time, and apparently, we've come a long way from the days of the paper hat and smock. Maybe it's just me flashing back to the days when I had to have my hair above my collar to keep my job.Maybe it's...
Surviving April
Today I talk about how I'm stuck. I don't want to be a person who lives in the past. On the flip side, if I don't remember life changing events is that disrespectful? There is a great quote in the Sheryl Crow song "Every Day is a Winding Road"...
I Still Remember the Pain of Childbirth
So I was halfway filling out the application at match.com when I hear a familiar voice in my head ask, "Is that what you're going to wear?" There is a part of me that feels I need someone to go through life with, and someone to hold my hand,...
Taking a New Look At the Holidays
Today I share what it was like to go through the holidays ALONE last year. As horrifying as that might sound, there were some perks.
If You're Happy and You Know It
Today I talk about a negative voice in my head that just always seems to be there. Always. Lately something has not felt normal. Something was weird. Something didn't feel right. It turns out the thing that wasn't wrong, was there wasn't...
Marriage Advice from the Divorced Guy
Last weekend I was driving to the place where I ride my bike. It beautiful. I get out there, relax, and enjoy nature. This week I was driving and I passed signs for Brian and Linda's wedding, and then the reception. I thought of how happy Brian and...
Why Is Everyone Fighting?
I went and saw Captain America Civil War, and I missed Batman Vs Superman. Why is everyone fighting? What is up with that? I also talk about "The new Normal" and why old people are grumpy.
Hostile Territory
Today Dave shares his insights from a tip to Michigan where Toyota owners are not exactly welcome. Really? This is how you get me to purchase your car in the future by punishing me? Then my phone went into roaming…. Why is channel 2 in Japanese? ...
The High Road is Covered in Goose Poop
It’s been 5 months since I’ve documented my life. I’m trying to do this without throwing people under the bus, pointing fingers, cause in the end – it doesn’t matter. I am now divorced. Pointing fingers will not change...