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Is 13 America's number?
If you're going to be THAT boring, just stay home
What did you think? Get vaccinated?
Christopher doesn't go the the hospital, except for when he does
Doctors are full of shit
Our expert opinion on the uselessness of doctors
Christopher is waiting to go to the doctor until he is 60
Too many vaccines
Christopher doesn't think people are stupid
There are no stupid decisions, only stupid people
Texas woman convicted of a felony for not returning a VHS tape Renting from the front of the store
The Super League disaster (Soccer) (America (the best)) Football isn't socialist
What kind of sport ends in a tie?
The Phoenix Wranglers (with cheerleaders)Good players got wrangled
How many types of (real) Football did we have?
Christopher: SportsMan
Live sports aren't boring in person
Christopher: "Remember when David Ortiz broke Ted Williams record?" - James: blank stare
Why is the potato gendered?
The Mr. in Mr. Potato Head is actually funny and important
The story of Christopher's Lemon Pig
Scouts is better without the "Boy"
BSA created a lot of the early safety procedures for working with kids
Christopher dances around the Maypole
Christopher loves (modern) Germans
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Malinda Hurd The mugs
Christopher goes to church for the first time in a year
Sharing the chalice
You don't get sick from the chalice ?
Vaccination poll (just James)
Judge was a bad child
Christopher fixes his attendance record
Men like women with "presence"
James doesn't like kilts
Leam Neason can wear a kilt, James can't
Christopher's puffy shirt
No one likes the Arizona Renaissance Festival (but James)
Malinda had a didgeridoo
Christopher picks up the drawl
Malinda is Scottish
If you have the money, you can do anything (none of us have any)
Malinda wants to RV the country
James warns of the murderous Maine mosquitos
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who wear blue and eat bananas
Christopher plays the flute
The Native America flute is the best
Malinda tries to meditate while Christoper's chicken lays an egg
Malinda's meditation removes the mental noise
"The homogeny of pink"
Malinda's non profit Malinda does mediation with schools "Tools for Teens"
Reflexology - Meditation - Yin Yoga Meditation trains the mind
Music as meditation
Sufism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism
Teen's disconnectedness has led the sadness
Breakdown of manners
Faith tied to manners?
Is Yoga chaos?
James has the best doodles
Malinda's Sound bowls
Malinda's meditation
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"Singaporean fruit bat monkey dogs"
"They did quite well once they started getting oxygen."
Tilting the dog is a diagnostic technique
"Do I look smart to you?"
"The beatnik sophisticate"
Claudia questions James's podcasting technique
Writing the medical record is challenging, but rewarding
Claudia wanted to be a mechanic
Airbag vests for horse riding, but not for motorcycles because, fashion
Lithium Grey
Bicycle helmets are for suckers
"Well when I was in China..."
Doing research on Asiatic Black Bears (Moon Bears) for Animals Asia
James and Claudia conspire to kill all those awful humans
Video taping bears for stereotypic behavior
Quid Pro Quo - I'll give you veterinary advice if you give me your professional advice for free too
Claudia was raised in an animal hospital barking at dogs
Veterinary medicine is way more efficient than slow human medicine
James would rather go to a veterinarian than a 'human' doctor
Advice for people looking to be a vet - spend time doing it
Good vets know how to do a physical exam (but they don't teach that in school)
Horses are cool and Claudia loves them
Dogs think they run the house, but who has the credit card?
Damn Yankees
What is with Ben Affleck? How can you like him?
Anal Sacculectomy - made Claudia nervous, but her mentor made it easy
Alameda East - E-Vets
"No, I'd LOVE to hear about you!"
Claudia's film career
Be your best on set, or you won't be asked back
Interdisciplinary teams
Best case: physical exam - X-ray - bloodwork = lymphocytic leukemia. Diagnosis in less than 24 hours
X-rays are magic, almost as good as ultrasound
Some of the smartest people don't test well
Advice for pet owners - create a budget for your pet! Vaccines, preventative care, and micro chip
Claudia standing on her head in class because she didn't read the directions
Patrick Stewart's Ice Bucket Challenge Don't misgender the animal
Claudia gives the worst answer ever
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Christopher and Amarjit - friends since 8th grade
High school used to be better
Losing fingers is just part of growing up in Arizona
Free doughnut! Oh, Crispy Cream... forget it.
Amarjt's spicy Chai Tea
Ten Gurus - basis of SikhsAmarjit's travel tips for India
Guru Granth Sahib Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam Sikhism - no hell, just self realization
Singh for men, Kaur for women - way to dismantle Indian caste system
The Golden Temple feeds 100,000 people a day"If it changes, it dies"
"The soul is perfect" so don't try to change it, just realize it
Self realization is a process of subtraction
Slide projector / remove slide to see white light (consciousness) = self realization
A "colorful person" is really just neurotic
"Are you saying I'm neurotic?" "No, you're not that colorful."
Sikh Warrior Crossed swords - one to be the warrior of the soul, the other to be the warrior of world/politics
India not really masking up (this is before spike in April)
Indians have a different sense of personal space
Big red X on your house if you have COVID in India - caused many suicides
COVID response is speeding up current trends
Kids aren't learning personal skills
Zoom and masks both stifle communication
Classrooms are now silent
BSA to the rescue - the opposite of Idiocracy
We all impact the 'Collective Consciousness'
Amarjit's Bodhi Tree story - kid is getting all the leaves. Amajit lets go and leaves start falling on him.
Amijit's first retreat - He gets bullied
"Who is the first victim of your anger?"
Don't be clever with people, be generous
Fight fire with fire? Maybe try water.
Aversion or Attachement
Are facial expressions cultural or innate?
James channels the GGs
Amijit's podcast - The Story of My with Amarjit Singh
All the way from India just for this podcast
Psychedelics? Oh, yes. Mushroom yogu, but nothing compared to meditating in a cave for 10 hours a day 40 days.
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Do you tip the delivery robot?
What does a delivery robot do with an undeliverable pizza?
Too costly to make people
Christopher is afraid of maps
Christopher thinks the lightbulbs are listening to him (they probably are)
"Your eating habits are really not very interesting to me."
'Smart' devices are listening to your confidential corporate info through your remote workers
Our kids use their fancy smart devices for:
lights
music
weather
alarms
reminders
math
Uber's "Cupertino Mode "
Liberals hate Tesla (good for environment) but love Volkswagen (bad for environment )
Google and Amazon replace The Stasis
"James time is over."
Your monitor can see you! Click this link to see what it is seeing right now!
Cheerleader mom deep-fakes the cheerleading squad to make room for her daughter
Colorado has a "Day Without Meat" and Nebraska looses its shit
70's and 80's TV shows were terrible, but the show intros were fantastic
James drew naked people is collage and learned the human body is not always beautiful
"Very heterosexual looking."
Miami Vice intro (Jan Hammer and bikinis)PSA: Miami Vice pilot was good, the rest of the show was awful
MASH intro Modern shows are so much better, but their intros suck
Knight Rider intro Knight Rider's intro narration: "Knight Rider: a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist..."
Battle Star Galactica intro : extended intro Battle Star Galactica intro narration: "There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive somewhere beyond the heavens."
Buck Rogers intro : extended intro CHiPs intro OK, Christopher was right, James watched CHiPs because of Eric Estrada
Magnum PI (the only good show of the 80's) Top ten best tv shows from the 1980's by IMBD The A-Team intro The A-Team intro narration: "In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit..."
Tom Selec makes James feel small
The Fall Guy intro Get Smart intro is a work of comedic genius MacGyver intro
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Tim Johnson Whiskey or vaccine?
James threatens Christopher with unpleasantness if you doesn't get the vaccine
Where is the best Mexican food to be found?
Christopher wears his cowboy hat in London
The English eat asparagus with their hands, but they eat tacos with a knife and fork
We argue about how to use a knife and fork
English eat weird
Chopsticks
"Who wants to eat their food with tweezers?"
"Everyone having knives is just too dangerous."
Forks as weapons
Women don't like eating in front of other people?
"I understand why you don't want them to have knives."
Tim is a "getting better" cook
Are artists good cooks?
Tim is such a good painter that sometimes his own paintings make him hungry
James brings 'cognitive sciences' up again...
James is getting high off the hazelnut coffee
Tim and Christopher are better cooks than James
Californian light is magical
"The finished product is the residue of my thought process."
"Don't worry, it's just art. You're not going to hurt it."
We're too tough to take medicine (except whiskey)
Tim's favorite artist is Thomas Hart Benton
"Holy crap this thing is little." (Stary Night is smaller than you think)
Paintings are better in person
Italy is a good place to see art
Painting is process and problem solving
"Do you see yourself as god?"
"You're a little god."
State of mind of riding a motorcycle and painting is basically the same (in the zone)
Tim was born to be wild
"The question was a lot more shallow than the answer."
Boxer-briefs
"Sometimes I don't wear anything."
"I want to get one, but they look scratchy."
"The best podcast we've done today."
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"Outsider" Architecture
Greek homes "grow over time"
Christopher wants to build a straw-bale home with mud covered walls
Navajo fever Joe Rogen Dr. Hotez Feeding America's Hungry Children Feed My Hungry Children Caring Coalition Can't give money? Give your time.
It's bad for James to interact with humans (for him and them)
Apple TV + Christopher occupied Wall Street
James goes all ways (Apple, Android, and Windows)
Sony doesn't mix well with others
Apple has the dumbest names
Christopher hates big TVs
Rose Gold and Space Grey are not colors!
Benny Hill was cheap and sad, but funnyApple TV + is the new HBO (not an original observation)
Charles Schulz - Li'l Folks YouTube is music
Foundation Series Coming to Apple TV +Christopher doesn't respect one-liners
Christopher, The Sopranos was not a documentary
Netflix is slowing becoming the new cable
Microsoft Christmas ad "In their own prison cells." - saddest thing I've seen NFL owners are like a diversity rainbow. Of white. And old. And male.
"The pre-cryogenically frozen Biden."
"Vaccined"
Trump vaccine plan vs Biden vaccine plan
And we discuss the EU
CANZUK Can-Nada
Mexico - the 51st state
"I swear to God I don't put anything in the coffee."
A flag is not a rainbow
Glucose? Couscous?
Christopher: "Do you remember when we used to talk about flags?"
James: "Yes."
Christopher: "What happened to that?"
James: "You."
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Mike Swaine designer and saver of trollies
Lost wallet found in Antarctica"A recording of our tedious conversations."
Crawdads , everywhereWater-skying the canals
Canals are off limits except for dead bodies
Drainage ditch or canal?
Arizona Falls Canal coffee
SuperBall Ad
1947 - suspicious barn fire takes out trolley service
1887 - trolleys start
"Chlorophyl hadn't even been invented yet."
Mule driven trolleys
"If James is wrong, Christopher owes James $100."
First trolley line - 7th street to 7th Ave along Washington, then Up 7th street to fairgrounds
Trolley museum booted out of Hance Park to make way for a skate park and moved to Grand Ave
Disney horse-drawn trolley
Trolleys converted to tiny homes - Millennials didn't invent tiny homes
Two old trolleys found in trailer park
PHXTrolley.org Rosson house Costco Pizza
Pizza cheese
"It might even be legal."
The best Mexican food is in... Italy
Artists are good at cooking?
"You're not lying, your just wrong. Again."
"Artists and cooks are the two worst spellurs on the planet."
Is presentation (on the plate) important?
One of NINE sibling?
Mike's self portrait
"You can edit your face."
Genrad (General Radio)Mike had a type setting company but sold it all when he saw the Macintosh
Press Type guitar
James gets off on code
1980 Linus Screen Composer ($40,000?)
Trolleys of Venice Beach
Moses Hazeltine Sherman Venice Beach paved over their canals The rolling blackout didn't really role...
Dark or Milk chocolate? Milk chocolate. This conversation is over.
"You can say 'ding-dong', but not 'boob'?"
