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All right. Welcome to episode number 19 of the

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Dan Time podcast. You're back. I'm back. I'm

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your host, Dan McCardell. Thanks for listening

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to the show. If you're here for the first time,

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you're not familiar with it. I'll get into it

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in a few minutes. Um, but this week I've got

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a very special guest. This is someone, um, if

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some of you are a fan of Jim Powell and the couple

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of times that you've gotten some exposure to

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him. Let me tell you, you're gonna love today's

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guest. I have been waiting multiple weeks for

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this occasion. This is someone that I guess I'd

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say I got a few people in the back pocket and

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when it feels right and the time is right, it's

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time to just roll them out here. We got my brother

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Rob for a bonus episode. That was a blast. I

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have a great time doing these because these are

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people that I have some history with. They're

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funny first of all to be on this show you do

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not have to be a stand -up comedian Which I have

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had and I'm really proud of those guys But you

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got to have a sense of humor. I think that's

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a good filter For this show so if you can laugh

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a little bit you don't have to tell the jokes,

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but if you can Not laugh at my jokes, but you

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know what I'm saying you are a good fit for the

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show I'm gonna stop talking and this is not your

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typical well -produced intro. This is just me

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freewheeling here. Folks, today's guest, my very

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good friend, Emily Haines -Cook. I have not talked

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to Emily. Another great thing about this show,

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I might have a guest on, that it's been a number

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of years since we've spoken. So when we're going

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live here, like with Danny Rubio, a couple other

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people, Dan Weinrib, it was the first time that

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we actually talked in a number of years. So that's...

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extra fun. Without further ado, with that being

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said, Emily, it really is just fantastic to be

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talking to you. How are you doing today? I mean,

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Dan, I'm great. I mean, just talking to you is

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just a pleasure. Well, thanks for carving out

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some time. Everybody's busy. We talked about

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this a little bit, kind of off and on. Folks,

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Emily and I have a history that goes back, I

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can't believe it. I think it's about 15 years.

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There's either oh, yeah, it's shocking that it's

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that long ago because it doesn't feel that way

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2008 2009 in the service industry For any of

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my listeners who have a history in the service

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industry or you're in it now You're gonna love

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this conversation. We're not gonna spend the

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whole time talking about it, but It's just something

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that it leaves its mark on you and you leave

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it your mark on that place in history, too Emily

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She's responsible. This is another reason why

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I wanted her to be on the show Emily you are

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responsible for pulling me out of the darkness

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That world that lifestyle those that shift work

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and in to the fluorescent light of the office

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environment Oh, man, I'm sorry. I did that to

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you Dan I remember being so excited. I mean,

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I don't know if that's the best way to describe

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it. I was really looking forward to The change

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and getting some good structure, but I will never

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forget that first day the first week And it's

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nine o 'clock. You're not quite used to me nine

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o 'clock kind of late now, but I just right sitting

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there thinking. Oh This is what the rest of this

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is what the rest of the world does. Yeah all

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the time Yeah So thank you for for getting me

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on track. I was I was drifting Well, weren't

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we all Dan? Weren't we all? We're just riding

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the wave. What are your thoughts when you think

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back to those days we worked at? Some of you

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guys may have one of these near where you live

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firebirds wood -fired grill Fantastic food. I

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still know people that work there What are your

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memories? And what's your takeaway when you look

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back on that time period? Yeah, so Firebirds,

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you know, I don't think it's called would fire

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girl anymore. I think they've like rebranded

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and it's something different now, but still carries

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the firebird name. But, uh, yeah. So I worked

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there for seven years. That's the longest job

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I've ever had still to date. Seven years of employment

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at firebirds. But I mean, that was a good chunk

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of my adulthood. I guess you could say my young

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adulthood. And, uh, I mean, it was a whirlwind.

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Yeah. It was a lot of fun. I met really great

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people. I mean, it was probably, to be honest,

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like one of the, well, okay, not to be honest,

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but it was a great time in my life. But I was

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almost about to say the funnest time in my life.

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But I think now having kids is probably my most

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fun, but I guess my most selfish fun. Yeah, yeah,

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it's it was appropriate for the time yes for

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sure and can you imagine if someone Back then

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had come to you and said listen. I know you're

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not gonna believe me, but in about ten years

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You're gonna have children and all this is gonna

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die down You're gonna have very organized days

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and bad bedtimes and you're gonna love it You

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would have believed it Dan. I don't know maybe

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I I was kind of looking for that in the back

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of my mind. Yes, you were. Well, I think about

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this a lot actually, but you were always kind

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of looking for your lifestyle now. You would

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always talk about wanting to be a dad and all

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of that. I think you were there for the party,

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but you're always looking for a little bit of

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what you got now. Yeah, it's hard for me to remember

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that. Or expressing that to people because when

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it wasn't quite in place yet, I guess I'm like

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well What you're not not so much. What else is

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there to do? It was like How much fun can I have

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other than doing that? Yeah being out Late at

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night the after party the ant where's the after

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party? Where's where's the after party? Where's

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some live music? You know, but I mean I was pretty

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I was as responsible as I could be back then

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Yeah, I got I came to firebirds at the time.

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I was working for the Birmingham News and I liked

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the direction. It was going around oh six when

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I started But when the market crashed they started

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laying off or offering to buy out the contracts

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of the older employees And I wasn't getting the

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assignments that I wanted. And I thought, well,

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I got to make some money because it really wasn't

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a very lucrative job. I mean, it kind of puts

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you around some interesting people, but I had

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been in the service industry and I thought maybe

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now's a good time to, I was trying to find a

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restaurant that was, I guess none of them are

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recession proof, but where their clientele was

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a little higher end. So I just, that's how Firebirds

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came to be. But I really had no idea that I would

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make the lasting friendships that I made I know

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we made some good ones there. I wish I talked

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to more people still But I still have a few that

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are like just integrated into my life I'm embarrassed

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to ask because people listening it really has

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been that long. I have kept track of I Think

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the birth of your first child. I was aware of

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a second. Is there a third? There is a third

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Dan the third came as you know it shook the ground

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of which I walked on It was a shock, but yeah,

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there's a third. I have a boy named Bailey he

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is now three So yeah, I've got three three kids

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and How about that? It's busy. You got two girls

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and a boy in that order I've got two boys and

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a girl in that order. I didn't know you had a

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third Yeah, we have, uh, our daughter, Vivian.

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Oh my goodness. Okay. So yeah, you know what

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it's like then. Yes. I feel like these other

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parents, when I feel like when you meet a parent

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that has three as well, let's not even talk about

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the ones that have the fourth, cause that's just

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insane. But the ones that have the third, you

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immediately are like, okay, you know, you know

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what I'm going through. Yeah, there's a special

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club that you just enter into. Yeah. Especially

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if a couple of them are close in age. Right.

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So we've got Warren. You've seen Warren probably

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when he was maybe a year and a half the last

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time. So he's six. He's got a little distance

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on the next, our little boy Wyatt, he's the middle

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boy. So he's two and a half and then about 12

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and a half months difference between him and

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Vivian. Oh, wow. You know, it's wonderful when

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all the dust settles, everyone's in their beds,

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the house is quiet. And it's nice when you first

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wake up on the weekend mornings. And it's nice

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when you're traveling and you look in the backseat,

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the rear view, everybody's sleeping. Yeah. And

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then there's a lot of other times where they're

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being good for about 13 minutes before something

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happens, somebody runs into something or makes

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somebody upset. Right. But I wouldn't trade it

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for anything. Right. How do you? I was going

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to ask, so I've got a few questions. Like, how

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has being a mom, or what has being a mom taught

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you about patience with having a few kids? And

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you know, kind of like, you got things that you're

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interested in, and you have to push those off

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to the side. Right. For a week or a year. I think...

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Yeah, the biggest thing I've learned about patience

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is that I have none, Dan. I am very... Yeah,

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I mean, I know I have to have some, but I'm terrible

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at it. But I've always known that. I've always

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gotten, like, super irritated with the slow walkers.

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Or even sometimes the slow talkers. Like, I have

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a sister who is just... you've met her. She's

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just one that floats through the wind in life.

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I've always been a little bit irritated when

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it comes to that kind of stuff. I have had to

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learn some more patience, but I just hope I get

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better every day is all I can say about that.

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I think that's a great way to put it. Every day

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is a learning experience being a parent. Yeah,

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for sure. You've learned about your children

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and their phases. I mean, I'm sure you, let me

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first go, I've gotten too deep into the episode

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here without letting everybody know one of the

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qualifiers. So to be on Dan Time, your name does

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not have to be Dan. You need to have, if you

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don't know me already, that's your ticket to

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the show. So Emily, she already knows me, so

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she's in. Um, but she actually has an extra story.

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One of your daughter's names is Danny. Yeah.

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D -A -N -I, which was named, uh, in my honor

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from, no, I'm kidding. Yeah, that's what Danny

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Rubio thinks too. Um, I'll actually, it's actually

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a better, a better story than what, what you

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think, Dan. So Danny, my daughter, my middle

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child. um she we came up with the name danny

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because I myself was named danny for a couple

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days after my birth and then last minute decision

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was changed to emily before leaving the hospital

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i never knew that yeah so um my mom had and dad

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had decided on danny and then the Social Security

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woman, you know, that comes in, gets the name

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legalized and all that before you leave, came

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in, asked about the name. They said Danny and

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my sister was in the room. And the story goes

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she had a meltdown about the name and wanted

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to name me after a porcelain doll that she had

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named Emily. And so, My mom said, okay, that's

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how I came about Emily yes, what a Unique and

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just a beautiful story. I mean I was I was halfway

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in and I'm thinking Here you are. You've got

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the best female name in the palm of your hand

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That's ever been created. I mean listen I do

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this show not out of vanity for myself, but It's

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really celebrating the name, because the debate

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is settled. It's fact. Dan is the best male name,

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and Danny or Danielle, and the whole family of

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the Dan names, they're untouchable. So for your

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parents to... I mean, they made the right call.

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Yeah, well, they made the wrong final decision.

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When I hear the end of the story... Have to excuse

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it because there's it's just a beautiful ending

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and if there's any off -ramp That should be taken

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when it really shouldn't have been taken this

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is the only one yeah, I don't think a wrench

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was thrown into my destiny I Alright all seriousness

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here. I Can't picture you being anything other

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than Emily. You can't you want to hear something

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weird? Is it strange that I feel internally feel

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more Like a Danny than I do an Emily and I've

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always felt that way Wow Yeah That is I've just

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I'm almost speechless because I never knew this

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story and now I'm taking it in I could see that

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I could see that I Don't know if it was just

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being told the story when I was younger and I

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don't know. I've never really liked then I mean

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I'm fine with it now but as a child I never really

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liked my name I always thought it sounded like

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a grandma and like an old I would say you know

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tell somebody my name when I was young they're

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like oh that's such an old timey name and I never

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took that as a compliment I always was like oh

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I don't like I don't like that and so and I don't

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know if that's what did it I was like I should

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have been a Danny but yeah I've always kind of

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had more of a connection with that name than

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with my own So that's why I named my child that

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now your first daughter who I met that's yes,

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Lynn Lenny Lenny. Yeah Lenny So my husband's

00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:07.419
mother was Lynn and so we wanted to use her name

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and then we played around with like a bunch of

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:14.120
Lynn names like Brooklyn, you know all the those

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kinds of names, but uh We eventually just settled

00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.500
on Lenny and everybody That she meets ask her.

00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.480
What's that short for? She gets irritated. She's

00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:29.200
like nothing. It's just Lenny And now so when

00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:31.179
you're expecting your second child you find out

00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:34.820
it's a girl You just you immediately know. Okay,

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the time is now the time is upon us No, I didn't

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No, so every the only exception has been Lenny

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that we actually knew the name prior to going

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into the hospital. That was the only planned

00:16:50.190 --> 00:16:52.730
name we had. The other two, it was like down

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to the wire. And we were still like, I just,

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I don't have any clue. But yeah, we just, what

00:17:00.070 --> 00:17:02.490
we kind of did was we both made a list on our

00:17:02.490 --> 00:17:07.369
phones of names and then in the hospital went

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one by one through the names and said yes or

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no, marked them off until we narrowed it down.

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And yeah, that was for Danny. That's how it came

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.019
about. I love it. Dani Liv is her name. And the

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:22.160
whole plan was, was that we were kind of going

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:24.559
to name her Dani Liv and called her, call her

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:27.259
Liv because we had Lenny and then we had, we're

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:31.559
going to have Liv. Yeah. Yeah. So we, we did

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:34.279
that. We, you know, that's, we made like little,

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:36.700
she was going to be going to daycare and we had

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her little like name tags made with it that said

00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:42.420
Liv Cook on everything. And then she got home

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and we just called her Dani. it just it felt

00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:50.700
more right and so uh we majorly confused her

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the beginning of her life because everybody at

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:55.079
school was calling her live everybody at home

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:58.579
was calling her danny and then you know 2020

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happened her daycare shut down a new daycare

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opened and we just signed her up as danny live

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but now she is um i told her she started kindergarten

00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:11.980
this year i said okay so Some people in your

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:14.000
life call you Liv, some people in your life call

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you Danny, and some people in your life call

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:20.539
you Danny Liv. You can now decide. And um, would

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:25.140
you like to know her decision? Yes. She is Danny.

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It's perfect. Yes. So she has now made the decision

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that she will be called Danny. Look, I was kind

00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:37.839
of kidding earlier about the Dan name and the

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:43.480
Daniel family. of names. Kind of kidding. Kind

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.720
of. But I really do like, I mean I like Danielle,

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but I love just D -A -N -I. Yeah, that's it.

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It's beautifully written, it's beautifully spoken

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and pronounced, and it probably fits her like

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:04.500
a glove. Oh my goodness, 100%. She is a golden

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:08.980
child, little angel babe. Wow folks if you're

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:12.559
listening to the show and you yourself are expecting

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:17.299
a child or You're a dude and your girlfriend

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:22.200
your wife Is pregnant this is a fun time get?

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Get your notes on your phone or on a piece of

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paper scratch out your favorite names if you're

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.460
a guy Nine out of ten of them or ten out of ten

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will be scrapped. You'll have no shot But come

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up with names and just for fun guys, especially

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Throw out the names that have zero chance just

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:45.619
for fun. I mean I tried all of them Harry Larry

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:52.099
What's another one I mean Ralph I even I got

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:56.180
Bruce pretty close and my husband wanted Bruce

00:19:56.180 --> 00:20:00.519
badly really Yeah, it wasn't really a joke either.

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.779
It was you know, I'm just like Tried with it

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:06.940
and I got a couple Bruce Natalie said okay. I'll

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:10.400
put it into the the area of consideration Right.

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:12.259
She doesn't listen to the show that I'm aware

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:19.740
of so she's Which is probably a good thing So

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I got the same phone that I've had for quite

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a while real quick Girl names now Vivian was

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:29.380
always gonna be Vivian But before we knew that

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:31.579
Warren was gonna be a boy. Here's some of the

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:37.140
names that we had on the list. Ray, R -A -Y -E.

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Raven, Angelica, Elise, Rayah, R -A -Y -A. I

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:48.119
do kind of like those Ray names, Rayah, Ray,

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:54.559
Ember, Ariel, Oakland. I'm seeing this again

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:56.339
for the first time, Oakland. I remember I liked

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:59.920
that. But it is what it is. We ended up with

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:02.319
the... It was going to be three W names. It ended

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:05.140
up being Warren Wyatt and Vivian. So Vivian broke

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:09.779
the theme. Yeah, same. We were going to do all

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:14.180
L's when he lived. And then we had Bailey as

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:19.480
Leon. I like it. I like it too. Leon Redbone.

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:24.200
I don't know who that is, but. He's a songwriter.

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:30.009
Well, he's got a great name. I just I like names

00:21:30.009 --> 00:21:35.190
that my criteria is is it different Yes, or kind

00:21:35.190 --> 00:21:39.390
of move it along and then is it easy to pronounce

00:21:39.390 --> 00:21:42.809
and pretty easy to spell? Yes, and if the answer

00:21:42.809 --> 00:21:46.349
is yes there then Move it to the top tier. I

00:21:46.349 --> 00:21:51.269
don't like super crazy names that You know your

00:21:51.269 --> 00:21:55.109
child for the all of their at least school age

00:21:55.109 --> 00:21:58.039
Life is gonna be How do you spell that? How do

00:21:58.039 --> 00:22:02.220
you say that? Right, yeah. Okay, we could spend...

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:04.920
There's some good ones out there now, let me

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:08.420
tell you. Yeah. We could spend a whole episode

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:15.019
on baby names. All right. Emily, what do you...

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:18.960
I've kind of broken parenthood or fatherhood

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:22.240
down if you're involved, and I'm sure Taylor

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:25.700
shares a lot of these duties with you. It's just

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:30.329
how it is. The the days of of dad sitting and

00:22:30.329 --> 00:22:33.529
the lazy boy watching the game for three hours

00:22:33.529 --> 00:22:36.210
And not doing anything not cutting the grass

00:22:36.210 --> 00:22:40.230
those days are over. Yeah, not on my watch then

00:22:40.230 --> 00:22:43.670
I Don't know who gets away with that that some

00:22:43.670 --> 00:22:48.190
guys do But I don't and I don't know that I would

00:22:48.190 --> 00:22:52.009
want to be like that. I wouldn't know that same

00:22:52.009 --> 00:22:55.579
with with Taylor he's He's a great dad and he

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:58.799
is very involved and he wouldn't have it any

00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:02.660
other way. If you're, again, guys that are listening

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:04.799
to the show, if you're getting freaked out a

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:06.680
little bit, you got a baby on the way, you're

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:12.720
going to be just fine. Don't have to just be

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:15.880
spectacular in every moment. You got to be pretty

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:20.539
good at mixing bottles, twisting caps and lids

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:23.880
off and on and off and on and rinsing and washing

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:28.619
and making sure when you go places that you've

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:32.079
got the stuffy and you've got the blanky and

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:34.779
you've got the bag with the other stuff that

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:37.799
they need and the extra of this and the that

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:41.099
and the that and the that. That's all it is.

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:45.619
That is all it is. And you gotta stick to a schedule.

00:23:46.710 --> 00:23:49.990
If you get Emily, I really don't want I feel

00:23:49.990 --> 00:23:52.609
like I'm talking too much on this episode but

00:23:52.609 --> 00:23:55.630
would you agree that if you get things like Bath

00:23:55.630 --> 00:23:58.769
time is within about 15 minutes always the same

00:23:58.769 --> 00:24:02.410
time Yeah, meal time is kind of always done this

00:24:02.410 --> 00:24:05.470
way and then we go to bed and then we do it tomorrow

00:24:05.470 --> 00:24:08.490
If you can't schedules are important pull off

00:24:08.490 --> 00:24:10.549
all that stuff. I think moms or dads you could

00:24:10.549 --> 00:24:14.930
be just fine Yeah Yeah, you make it work and

00:24:14.930 --> 00:24:19.619
uh, yeah Just get in the groove and your schedule

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:22.940
and there you go. There's your life for you know

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:25.680
for a while and then it then it all changes and

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:29.319
then you Have a new schedule and then right when

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:31.079
you get used to that one, then it all changes

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:34.000
again When you have your first child like when

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:36.799
Lenny was a baby Uh -huh. How much fun did you

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:40.940
have just? Oh my goodness, you probably went

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:45.299
to every playground in a 15 mile radius To get

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:47.630
the stroller out She's loving it. That's one

00:24:47.630 --> 00:24:50.150
of the best things you can do, folks. Wherever

00:24:50.150 --> 00:24:53.150
you live, the climate allows for it. If you get

00:24:53.150 --> 00:24:56.190
yourself out of that house, you'll be able to

00:24:56.190 --> 00:24:59.650
tolerate. Well, first of all, when a baby's screaming

00:24:59.650 --> 00:25:03.529
or a toddler's fussing and you're outside, you

00:25:03.529 --> 00:25:05.250
don't have that noise bouncing off the walls.

00:25:05.970 --> 00:25:09.269
So that's... Yeah, it doesn't come shooting right

00:25:09.269 --> 00:25:13.049
back at you so harshly. How much fun was it?

00:25:13.450 --> 00:25:17.519
Get back to the question here. uh when it was

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:20.140
just Lenny and just you and Lenny and uh you

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:22.619
do stuff with her can you close your eyes and

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:25.859
remember some of those days yeah for sure we

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:31.140
went driving around um just on Wednesday um so

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:33.420
two days ago we went driving around our old neighborhood

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:36.200
and it was very um brought back a lot of memories

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:40.019
that was of just you know back when it was just

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:43.349
the three of us we drove by the old um playground

00:25:43.349 --> 00:25:45.890
we used to go to but yeah having a first child

00:25:45.890 --> 00:25:49.470
is very there's like a romance to it it was just

00:25:49.470 --> 00:25:51.750
great memories there i mean not that i'm not

00:25:51.750 --> 00:25:54.170
having good memories now but you know you add

00:25:54.170 --> 00:25:56.390
more in and things get chaotic and i don't think

00:25:56.390 --> 00:25:59.430
you can soak in as much of the the pleasures

00:25:59.430 --> 00:26:03.829
of it all i mean of course i try to but um yeah

00:26:03.829 --> 00:26:07.849
things get chaotic and uh but yeah it's life

00:26:07.849 --> 00:26:11.769
is great and i don't know i've not had this much

00:26:11.769 --> 00:26:14.769
fun ever in life than having my kids. They're

00:26:14.769 --> 00:26:19.329
great. I just love hearing that. Yeah. It brings

00:26:19.329 --> 00:26:22.250
its own set of challenges, but if you have someone

00:26:22.250 --> 00:26:25.230
to draw on, another family member or friend that

00:26:25.230 --> 00:26:29.009
they've got their 14 and 17 year olds, and you

00:26:29.009 --> 00:26:31.970
remember when those kids were five and six and

00:26:31.970 --> 00:26:35.710
seven or younger, you kind of got those connections,

00:26:35.769 --> 00:26:38.589
those people to remind you, hey, listen, everybody

00:26:38.589 --> 00:26:42.430
tells you. goes by way too fast. You hear that?

00:26:43.470 --> 00:26:45.410
But you do kind of see, all right, this period

00:26:45.410 --> 00:26:48.569
of time, whatever the frustrations are, it's

00:26:48.569 --> 00:26:50.890
not going to be going on in five years to be

00:26:50.890 --> 00:26:54.029
dealing with other challenges. Right. And of

00:26:54.029 --> 00:26:56.950
course it goes by fast because like, you know

00:26:56.950 --> 00:26:58.910
how it is right now, you just wake up and you,

00:26:58.930 --> 00:27:02.029
and you're racing against the clock every day.

00:27:02.650 --> 00:27:06.069
I mean, that's, that's the truth of it all. I

00:27:06.069 --> 00:27:08.029
mean, there's never enough time in the day just

00:27:08.029 --> 00:27:11.599
to get the simple things done. How do you deal

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:14.740
with? Some of those days where you can't get

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:16.640
to everything and it's just you got to call it

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:19.500
a night You just have to and you're sitting there

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:23.220
and you're turning the lights off and You're

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:25.680
like I gotta love the dishwasher, but I just

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:27.900
I have to go to bed I gotta fold those clothes,

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:30.059
but I just that's gonna be have to be tomorrow

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:35.059
Drives me completely. Yeah, it's I know you just

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:38.019
have to let it happen. You can't you know as

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:42.319
much as you can Those those dishes can sit life

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:45.619
doesn't have to be Completely organized at all

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:47.880
times. It's impossible when there's the three

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:52.980
littles running around. Yeah How do you do that

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:56.599
times to let loose, you know Mm -hmm when it's

00:27:56.599 --> 00:28:00.160
time for a date night do you still occasionally

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:05.480
go see like live music or something that's You

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:09.170
know that you used to do or right? I've honestly

00:28:09.170 --> 00:28:11.069
have moved on from a lot of this stuff. I do

00:28:11.069 --> 00:28:13.069
like to go to a show though every once in a while.

00:28:13.329 --> 00:28:17.950
Yeah. Yeah. So Taylor really loves going and

00:28:17.950 --> 00:28:21.009
seeing live music. It's has always been his thing.

00:28:21.170 --> 00:28:24.150
And you know, we don't get out much. We, and

00:28:24.150 --> 00:28:27.170
I know that like we need to do it more, but we

00:28:27.170 --> 00:28:31.170
just don't, we don't have, um, you know, family

00:28:31.170 --> 00:28:33.230
around or anything like that, that, you know,

00:28:33.269 --> 00:28:35.589
can just like, Come over and babysit whenever

00:28:35.589 --> 00:28:38.509
so we we do get out, but it's very very rare

00:28:38.509 --> 00:28:42.549
But yeah when we do we try to go See some music

00:28:42.549 --> 00:28:45.289
if there's some plan or just go out to dinner

00:28:45.289 --> 00:28:49.230
Do stuff but I was mentioning to you earlier.

00:28:49.230 --> 00:28:51.750
I mean, I can't hang like I used to can't used

00:28:51.750 --> 00:28:57.369
to I cannot but um, Emily are you ever? You ever

00:28:57.369 --> 00:28:59.750
sit in there you're in the booth with taylor

00:28:59.750 --> 00:29:02.750
having a great dinner great conversation and

00:29:02.750 --> 00:29:05.619
then the and then you just your mind starts drifting

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:09.019
a little bit and all you can think about is your

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:14.720
bed and brushing the teeth and getting ready

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:17.380
to just call it a night again. Do you ever just,

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:20.119
are you having a good time out and you're just

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:24.059
thinking, well, this has been fun and this is

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:29.259
still fun, but man, I'm just almost done. Yes.

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:35.160
Well, yeah, I mean, you live, we're, specifically

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:38.019
the life that you and I are in right now with

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:40.000
the ages of our children, we're in a constant

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:45.339
state of tired. So yeah, of course, but you gotta,

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:49.539
you gotta just, you know, force through that

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:52.380
feeling just like you do every day and just keep

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:56.140
going. But yeah, no, I think it's important to

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:58.299
get those, you know, times away. And of course,

00:29:58.299 --> 00:30:01.420
like we always will be out to dinner and stuff

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:03.809
and You know, we're talking about the kids the

00:30:03.809 --> 00:30:06.069
whole time. But I mean, what else is there to

00:30:06.069 --> 00:30:08.829
talk about? That's our life and you know, that's

00:30:08.829 --> 00:30:12.549
our obsession and But yeah, it's important to

00:30:12.549 --> 00:30:16.670
get away and remind yourself who you are and

00:30:16.670 --> 00:30:20.289
All of that stuff, but Yeah, you know having

00:30:20.289 --> 00:30:22.029
a family do I don't know if you can relate to

00:30:22.029 --> 00:30:24.750
this when you have the little kids and you start

00:30:24.750 --> 00:30:28.950
thinking I need to First of all, I need to be

00:30:28.950 --> 00:30:30.930
the best version of myself that I can be in front

00:30:30.930 --> 00:30:34.630
of them But I also start thinking about taking

00:30:34.630 --> 00:30:39.769
care of yourself. Do kids remind you of how short

00:30:39.769 --> 00:30:45.369
our time on this earth is and that, hey, let's

00:30:45.369 --> 00:30:47.769
just enjoy it? It's not going to be like this

00:30:47.769 --> 00:30:51.750
forever. These kids are going to be 20, 25 years

00:30:51.750 --> 00:30:54.450
old, 35 years old doing their own thing. We're

00:30:54.450 --> 00:30:56.769
going to be old and hoping that the phone rings

00:30:56.769 --> 00:31:00.230
and it's them. Do you think along those lines

00:31:00.230 --> 00:31:01.869
where it just puts you a little bit in touch?

00:31:01.890 --> 00:31:06.009
I don't want to say with mortality, but of let

00:31:06.009 --> 00:31:10.509
me just soak this in. Yeah, for sure. I mean,

00:31:10.509 --> 00:31:15.529
that's always the goal to to be present and,

00:31:15.569 --> 00:31:19.470
you know, be aware of the time we all have together.

00:31:19.630 --> 00:31:21.470
But, you know, sometimes you get caught up in

00:31:21.470 --> 00:31:25.569
the in the chaos of it all, too. And forget that.

00:31:26.569 --> 00:31:31.269
I try to we try to do things specifically that

00:31:31.269 --> 00:31:34.450
you know makes us more present and stuff at my

00:31:34.450 --> 00:31:38.250
house like Be like no TV today for the kids like

00:31:38.250 --> 00:31:40.309
no, let's sit around. Let's enjoy each other

00:31:40.309 --> 00:31:43.670
and Play a game and be present with each other

00:31:43.670 --> 00:31:48.589
So we'll do that. We we consciously put activities

00:31:48.589 --> 00:31:52.049
together and stuff like that to where You know,

00:31:52.210 --> 00:31:53.869
we're with each other. We do a lot of outings

00:31:53.869 --> 00:31:55.509
and stuff like that not as much as we should

00:31:55.509 --> 00:31:59.450
but we'll take them out in nature somewhere and

00:31:59.450 --> 00:32:02.170
you know just all get in a creek somewhere and

00:32:02.170 --> 00:32:04.970
just be with each other and that's the best like

00:32:04.970 --> 00:32:08.250
when those times happen yeah I'm super aware

00:32:08.250 --> 00:32:10.670
of like this is so this all in because this is

00:32:10.670 --> 00:32:14.670
going to be over soon um you know those people

00:32:14.670 --> 00:32:19.009
that say this always gets to me they say one

00:32:19.009 --> 00:32:22.710
day your child's going to ask you to pick them

00:32:22.710 --> 00:32:24.829
up and hold them and that's going to be the last

00:32:24.829 --> 00:32:30.789
time they do And that's so, like, hard -hitting.

00:32:32.009 --> 00:32:33.710
Because that is the truth. One day, it's going

00:32:33.710 --> 00:32:35.250
to be the last time, and you're not even going

00:32:35.250 --> 00:32:39.710
to know it, Dan. I feel like I'm getting close

00:32:39.710 --> 00:32:45.970
with Warren. I held him a lot. I'll never forget

00:32:45.970 --> 00:32:49.309
walking out of a breakfast spot one time out

00:32:49.309 --> 00:32:52.109
of town, and I was carrying him, and he was probably

00:32:52.109 --> 00:32:55.119
four. It was a couple years ago. And he doesn't

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:58.299
need to be held I understand but I'm tall, you

00:32:58.299 --> 00:33:00.519
know, I'm a little taller I'm just I can handle

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.859
it and I just figure if I can hold my child I

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:06.259
don't care if they're seven years old and they

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:08.240
and they're asked me to pick them up I'm gonna

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:12.819
do it and this lady was It may been our server

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:15.460
and she said oh you put that boy down. He's too

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:18.099
big You don't have to do that. No, I didn't say

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:19.740
anything. I just kind of smiled and kept walking

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:23.579
but I see people walking into preschool. They're

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:26.779
not carrying their Two and a half three year

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:29.680
old like I am but it's maybe not as practical

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:33.319
But my kids love it and they're not gonna need

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:35.440
it or want it and he's getting kind of close

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:39.960
Yeah, he's getting a little lanky and it's just

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:43.079
when you get up under the arms And you pull them

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:45.039
up. There's just a lot of torso where it used

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:48.920
to be He used to be a little little biscuit or

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:56.019
whatever you want to say Just dangling legs and

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:59.400
just it's just a lot and so he doesn't just yeah

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:03.839
lift off the ground the way he used to and But

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:06.299
he still likes it I think maybe another year

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:09.980
Yeah, he keep at it. Don't ever put him down

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:13.960
Why it was that how dare her I know I just I

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:17.260
just smiled and kept walking. Of course she did.

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:25.340
Yeah, there's no need. No. I do these on kind

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:28.079
of following up on what you said there, where

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:31.659
you're out with your children and you're just

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:33.760
in touch with, hey, this moment, this day, this

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:39.840
activity, it's kind of like a home movie reel.

00:34:41.339 --> 00:34:43.679
I'll look out the window sometimes the kids playing

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:46.199
in the side yard or we're driving somewhere look

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:52.239
in the rearview mirror and I Kind of tell myself

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:55.800
This is this is a home movie But it's just one

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:57.940
that you're not gonna be able to watch again

00:34:57.940 --> 00:35:02.079
And I got to keep doing whatever I'm doing so

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.739
like I'll see them playing out in the yard and

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:05.539
I can go out there and play With them or I might

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:09.039
be busy since they're playing I'm washing clothes

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:11.900
or something. So it's like It's nice that they're

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:13.599
out of the house, but I'll like, I'll look out

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:15.639
there and look at that moment for a few seconds

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:18.119
and I'll just take it in. Cause you're not going

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:19.619
to get to watch that again. There'll be a day

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:21.539
when you're older and if you live in the same

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:24.380
house, you look out the window, those kids won't

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:26.059
be there anymore because they won't be children

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:28.880
and they'll be off and you just have the memories.

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:33.099
So what, I mean, what a topic for us to just

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:36.619
sit and explore. Um, I had no idea we were going

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:39.260
to do this. It's really, it's really, really

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:44.070
touching. Okay, and I hope that people listening

00:35:44.070 --> 00:35:46.570
who've experienced this or if you're getting

00:35:46.570 --> 00:35:49.329
ready to again if you are an expectant mom or

00:35:49.329 --> 00:35:53.510
dad You can do this without help Emily can attest

00:35:53.510 --> 00:35:56.329
to it I can attest to it if you got family that's

00:35:56.329 --> 00:36:00.750
nowhere close You you can pull it off. You just

00:36:00.750 --> 00:36:04.010
right you kind of Whatever those hobbies are

00:36:04.010 --> 00:36:06.789
of yours that you do every weekend kind of start

00:36:06.789 --> 00:36:09.429
stepping down from that a little bit. Get a little

00:36:09.429 --> 00:36:14.130
unattached to some of those things, because it's

00:36:14.130 --> 00:36:18.670
not going to be much of an option. No. What do

00:36:18.670 --> 00:36:23.510
you do, Emily, when you just need some M time,

00:36:23.610 --> 00:36:30.030
some Emily time? I've really gotten into vintage

00:36:30.030 --> 00:36:34.550
lately, like vintage items. So, um, for a minute

00:36:34.550 --> 00:36:38.210
there, I had a little vintage booth, um, that

00:36:38.210 --> 00:36:40.349
I was, you know, had a little booth at a store

00:36:40.349 --> 00:36:43.809
that, uh, you know, we go out and hunt for some

00:36:43.809 --> 00:36:45.849
treasures and, you know, resell them and all

00:36:45.849 --> 00:36:48.230
that. But, um, I'm not doing the booth anymore,

00:36:48.230 --> 00:36:52.210
but I still, I still like to go to the estate

00:36:52.210 --> 00:36:55.809
sales or to the sort of store and just find a

00:36:55.809 --> 00:36:58.969
lot of, um, what's the word I'm looking for.

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:02.539
when you're oh you're looking seeking the past

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:06.400
i don't know um what's up yeah relics that's

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:09.079
not the word like um i can't think of the term

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:11.699
i'm thinking of i bet people are screaming right

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:14.880
now like but anyways um exactly what it is yeah

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:21.059
they know what it is but uh nostalgia yeah yeah

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:23.940
so I really like that kind of stuff like something

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:26.780
you find just a little something and then be

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:30.079
like oh my gosh my grandmother had this or like

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:32.300
this was something that I haven't seen since

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:35.780
I was like held in the early 90s or late 80s

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:40.000
or whatever and it really it gets me every time

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:42.119
um Taylor was asking me earlier today he was

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:43.900
like is there ever is there anything in your

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:48.030
life that um you can just have the memory of

00:37:48.030 --> 00:37:51.210
and you get like a warmth sensation and I was

00:37:51.210 --> 00:37:53.630
like yeah when I find like vintage items that

00:37:53.630 --> 00:37:58.429
happens to me so um so yeah if I never get time

00:37:58.429 --> 00:38:01.329
that I just need to myself I'm usually going

00:38:01.329 --> 00:38:03.809
and doing that kind of stuff because I can spend

00:38:03.809 --> 00:38:07.489
so much time like especially at these estate

00:38:07.489 --> 00:38:11.489
sales like if it's an older person and I mean

00:38:11.489 --> 00:38:13.690
there's just so much more to it than just like

00:38:13.690 --> 00:38:15.929
let me find something cool that I like to purchase.

00:38:16.190 --> 00:38:19.289
It's like, this has a story behind it. This was

00:38:19.289 --> 00:38:21.590
part of this person's life. I don't know. I can

00:38:21.590 --> 00:38:25.750
spend hours just like going through somebody's

00:38:25.750 --> 00:38:30.889
stuff. Is that weird? I can see that. Yeah. I

00:38:30.889 --> 00:38:33.289
just like, I don't know. You can like really

00:38:33.289 --> 00:38:37.110
put a story together about, you know, a life.

00:38:37.590 --> 00:38:40.030
Like build a, you know, in your mind. Like this

00:38:40.030 --> 00:38:43.920
is, this part of this person's life and... probably

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:47.760
had this kind of importance to them and You know

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:49.940
what I would find interesting if I had the time

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:54.360
is going through like old like really really

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:59.960
old correspondence from Just the turn of the

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:02.420
19th to 20th century where people just had they

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:04.280
had to write letters They wrote a lot of them

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:06.539
and it wasn't all like romantic letters. It was

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:09.239
just Information because you couldn't text each

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:13.059
other call each other and, like, try to put a

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:16.880
little narrative together about somebody. I think

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:18.760
that we've got some of that in our own family.

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:21.460
I just haven't gotten my hands on it. Oh, my

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:23.440
gosh. I think my grandmother's got some letters

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:27.239
that my dad still has. And my mom's, she's told

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:29.780
me on her side about when my grandfather was

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:33.099
in World War II on my mom's side, it was like

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:36.199
four years between seeing each other, he and

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:38.420
my grandmother. And so there were letters back

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:41.519
and forth I think she still has. That, yeah,

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:45.179
that would be a goal line. You came across that.

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:48.079
That is, yeah, I loved going through stuff like

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:50.619
that. Especially if it's something in the family.

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:55.320
I haven't had a book on, you know, I don't think

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:57.159
we kept much of my grandmother's stuff. And I

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:59.360
don't think at the time when my grandmother passed,

00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:02.659
I can remember, you know, my mom and my aunt's

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:05.400
going through her stuff and figuring out what

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:07.320
they were going to keep and what they weren't.

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:10.550
But I wasn't into it yet, you know, so. I think

00:40:10.550 --> 00:40:13.349
a lot of things probably got past me that would

00:40:13.349 --> 00:40:17.889
have been very interesting to click on and find

00:40:17.889 --> 00:40:21.969
the story behind. Do you or Taylor still have

00:40:21.969 --> 00:40:24.670
an older relative, whether it's like a great

00:40:24.670 --> 00:40:26.630
aunt or great uncle, is there still somebody

00:40:26.630 --> 00:40:30.610
hanging around? Not, I don't mean that in a bad

00:40:30.610 --> 00:40:33.110
way, it's not dignified, but, you know, someone

00:40:33.110 --> 00:40:39.289
that's 92, 89, pushing 100. I don't really have

00:40:39.289 --> 00:40:42.409
anybody left. All my grandparents are gone. Anybody

00:40:42.409 --> 00:40:44.929
that you can still pick their brain and go like,

00:40:45.570 --> 00:40:48.929
how are you doing, Aunt Suzie, Aunt Margie? It's

00:40:48.929 --> 00:40:51.090
so good to see you. You don't have anyone you

00:40:51.090 --> 00:40:55.590
can sit and just delicately talk to. No. Yeah,

00:40:55.590 --> 00:40:59.710
my grandmother, my dad's mom passed, I don't

00:40:59.710 --> 00:41:03.610
know, like five years ago, maybe more than that.

00:41:03.650 --> 00:41:08.190
I'm not sure, but she was 98. But that was the

00:41:08.190 --> 00:41:12.869
last one we had for our family. But yeah, no.

00:41:13.650 --> 00:41:17.670
But she had some stories. Well, Emily, I've got

00:41:17.670 --> 00:41:21.010
a few questions here. I want to get into them.

00:41:21.269 --> 00:41:24.110
And they're just like random Dan time garbage

00:41:24.110 --> 00:41:27.190
time questions. OK, first of all, I forget every

00:41:27.190 --> 00:41:29.130
single episode that I have, which have not been

00:41:29.130 --> 00:41:32.190
many, with people who really know me from that

00:41:32.190 --> 00:41:36.730
time period. I'm finally going to ask the question.

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:40.159
We are about 54 minutes, I think, 50 -something

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:44.179
minutes into the call. So all you loyal, dedicated

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:49.800
Dantime listeners, here it is, episode 19. You've

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:53.159
made it this far, this deep into this episode.

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:56.119
Emily, I'm gonna give you a chance to reveal

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:59.539
it or what you think about it. What did Dantime

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:05.559
originally mean? What did Dan tell oh, well just

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:09.780
having some quality time with the animal I Mean

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:14.579
that includes an after party that includes the

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:21.000
pre party That includes just the random Days

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:24.400
off that we had and we would get lunch and just

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:29.980
chat What was that place? across from It was

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:36.139
on 20th Street Rinelli's Yes, I think this is

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:38.099
after this is after fibers. This is sorority

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:42.119
time period That was a good lunch That was a

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:45.280
great lunch. But yeah, I think Jim said the same

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:48.460
thing. There is a different interpretation and

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:53.800
I've asked someone who may have even Bestowed

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:55.760
it on me. I don't know to come on the show. They're

00:42:55.760 --> 00:42:59.460
not haven't yet appeared. I would even call it

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:04.050
a a Negative connotation or whatever, but there's

00:43:04.050 --> 00:43:08.369
a different perspective on Dan time. We'll just

00:43:08.369 --> 00:43:12.230
table it. We'll just table it for um, keep the

00:43:12.230 --> 00:43:18.130
mystery going. Okay. I'm not sure now. I'm intrigued

00:43:18.130 --> 00:43:22.710
to find out. Who is a band or an artist that

00:43:22.710 --> 00:43:25.250
you liked when you were a teenager? This could

00:43:25.250 --> 00:43:28.130
be middle school or high school that you still

00:43:29.050 --> 00:43:34.469
listen to today every so often. Oh, man. If you

00:43:34.469 --> 00:43:38.469
clear them all out. Oh, no, I still am tried

00:43:38.469 --> 00:43:43.030
and true to my my musical tastes. I mean, the

00:43:43.030 --> 00:43:46.809
Beatles Beatles are have always been my favorite.

00:43:47.409 --> 00:43:50.869
But one that was, I guess, played a big role

00:43:50.869 --> 00:43:55.949
in my high school years that I still just love

00:43:55.949 --> 00:44:01.449
is Weezer. Mm. I remember now. Yes. Well, I remember

00:44:01.449 --> 00:44:05.730
having some Weezer conversations. Yeah. In sorority

00:44:05.730 --> 00:44:10.250
days. Love Weezer. They're just good happy music,

00:44:10.250 --> 00:44:15.469
you know? They are. It's like a... I can't believe

00:44:15.469 --> 00:44:17.329
I'm about to have this comparison, but like a

00:44:17.329 --> 00:44:22.989
Bob Marley. I don't know. I get the same feels.

00:44:23.250 --> 00:44:27.719
The same happy feels from Weezer. You think about

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:31.519
Weezer They're really in a class by themselves.

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:35.860
Oh for sure. They're from a time period You know,

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:37.599
there were some other people other bands on the

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:40.800
charts around that time, but There's not it's

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:43.980
not like Nirvana Pearl Jam Yeah, I kind of put

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:48.039
them in their own own category Yeah And they

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:50.920
I think they're still together. Oh For sure.

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:55.360
Yeah, it's all not too long ago 2019 Love it.

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:58.559
They came and played a free a free concert at

00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:04.079
UAB UAB our shared alma mater. Yes, go Blazers

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:09.880
go Blazers You and Taylor you and Taylor ever

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:12.019
get out to Bartow Arena do you are you interested

00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:13.900
in the basketball games or the football games

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:19.480
or Equestrian hmm, you know, I love sports so

00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:24.730
I Don't know. We don't Taylor loves sports If

00:45:24.730 --> 00:45:28.090
he goes to a sporting event, I'm typically not

00:45:28.090 --> 00:45:31.829
there, I guess. Maybe I am, I don't know. No,

00:45:31.849 --> 00:45:34.869
I don't go to the Bartow Arena for basketball.

00:45:35.829 --> 00:45:41.889
Well, you're still a proud Blazer. Yeah. I'm

00:45:41.889 --> 00:45:44.289
still cheering. I'm still rooting for my team.

00:45:46.090 --> 00:45:52.340
Emily, have you in the past or do you now? And

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:54.760
this is actually a you and Taylor question maybe

00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:57.780
because they make they make pairs of these things

00:45:57.780 --> 00:46:02.679
Have you ever put on a snuggie This is a great

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:07.579
question Not only have I not ever put on a snuggie

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:13.960
But I've always wanted to put on a snuggie I

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:17.300
Think about this then I think about this often.

00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:20.460
I cannot believe I went through the whole snuggie

00:46:20.460 --> 00:46:23.539
phase and I never got to try it out. There are

00:46:23.539 --> 00:46:26.760
some things... Are they still around? Oh yeah

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:29.219
they're still around. Are they still big like

00:46:29.219 --> 00:46:34.039
they were? They haven't gone away. Okay. And

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:35.880
it seems like it's been at least 10 years they've

00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:39.000
been on the market so maybe it's good to wait

00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:41.179
because if you got one now or the next couple

00:46:41.179 --> 00:46:44.800
years they've surely been improved upon. Okay.

00:46:44.880 --> 00:46:48.099
All the Amazon complaints have been addressed.

00:46:48.380 --> 00:46:52.340
because any product, someone's always got some

00:46:52.340 --> 00:46:56.320
sort of horrible experience. I would love to

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:59.559
actually go on Snuggie, whether it's Amazon or

00:46:59.559 --> 00:47:01.300
wherever you get it, and just scroll down to

00:47:01.300 --> 00:47:04.699
the reviews and filter for one star. That's another

00:47:04.699 --> 00:47:10.239
question. Do you ever just delight yourself with

00:47:10.239 --> 00:47:12.619
reading negative reviews just for the humor?

00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:18.869
I get lost in a negative review. Spiral yeah,

00:47:18.869 --> 00:47:22.329
I love them the way people can spend their time

00:47:22.329 --> 00:47:26.809
and devote To posting a complaint is just beyond

00:47:26.809 --> 00:47:30.010
me, but I love it. I love those people that do

00:47:30.010 --> 00:47:36.309
it One of my favorites is Roadside motels, you

00:47:36.309 --> 00:47:40.469
know if you're planning a trip to see a relative

00:47:40.469 --> 00:47:44.489
and they live in like Gadsden or well anywhere

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:49.039
And you just Google one of the just motels in

00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:52.639
this little town Have a ball because any one

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:58.179
of those Any one of those they're surely gonna

00:47:58.179 --> 00:48:00.280
have ratings because people they all right you

00:48:00.280 --> 00:48:04.099
always have an experience at a motel I've had

00:48:04.099 --> 00:48:06.380
some bad ones. I've never written about it. But

00:48:06.380 --> 00:48:12.440
if you've stayed in a Motel that's far far below

00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:17.460
even a Hampton There's a story to tell mm -hmm

00:48:17.460 --> 00:48:22.739
Yeah, those would be some good ones Some good

00:48:22.739 --> 00:48:27.559
reads are those motels? Emily do you have a favorite

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:31.840
comedian of all time or maybe? Even a favorite

00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:34.920
comedian who's just sadly no longer with us.

00:48:35.219 --> 00:48:38.519
Oh, man. There's so many I Feel like there's

00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:44.030
far better comedians but Chris Farley, I've always

00:48:44.030 --> 00:48:46.289
said, I got asked this question from one of my

00:48:46.289 --> 00:48:50.469
friends one time. He said, who would you want

00:48:50.469 --> 00:48:54.829
to party with celebrity wise, dead or alive?

00:48:55.590 --> 00:48:58.289
And my answer, I thought about it. I told him,

00:48:58.469 --> 00:49:00.070
I said, I can't just give you an answer right

00:49:00.070 --> 00:49:01.829
away. I'm going to have to really think about

00:49:01.829 --> 00:49:06.510
this. And it was Chris Farley. That's what I

00:49:06.510 --> 00:49:10.829
was thinking. Yeah, I love him. But I think there's

00:49:10.829 --> 00:49:14.550
far funnier comedians. For the life of me, I

00:49:14.550 --> 00:49:17.789
can't think of one right now that. Chris Farley

00:49:17.789 --> 00:49:23.769
was. Just really untouchable. Yeah, and it's

00:49:23.769 --> 00:49:26.550
a shame that he not not so much that he's gone

00:49:26.550 --> 00:49:30.769
too soon it is, but especially that. I don't

00:49:30.769 --> 00:49:36.110
think that he. Wanted to be that character. Forever

00:49:36.110 --> 00:49:39.769
and ever, I think you know if if he had. Been

00:49:39.769 --> 00:49:41.409
around longer. He would have gotten into some

00:49:41.409 --> 00:49:44.090
other roles probably would have mostly been remembered

00:49:44.090 --> 00:49:47.610
for You know that three stooges style comedy

00:49:47.610 --> 00:49:52.250
right man. He was he was He's got some great

00:49:52.250 --> 00:49:56.789
lines that are in Tommy boy in black sheep That

00:49:56.789 --> 00:49:58.409
I'm not gonna say but would bring you to tears,

00:49:58.429 --> 00:50:03.070
but they're Really touching some more where he

00:50:03.070 --> 00:50:05.210
like all of a sudden pulls on your heartstrings

00:50:05.210 --> 00:50:11.650
Yeah, he had a way with that for sure Yeah. Zach

00:50:11.650 --> 00:50:14.769
Galifianakis might be funnier to me though, like

00:50:14.769 --> 00:50:18.949
more humorous. Oh yeah. And you know, your brother

00:50:18.949 --> 00:50:22.269
kind of reminds me of Zach Galifianakis. Oh,

00:50:22.289 --> 00:50:25.769
I love it. He does. And we were, when you were

00:50:25.769 --> 00:50:28.650
texting me earlier about Travis not wanting to

00:50:28.650 --> 00:50:31.849
do the podcast, I was saying like, Oh man, everything

00:50:31.849 --> 00:50:35.210
that he says is gold. And I think I heard, I

00:50:35.210 --> 00:50:37.989
listened to a podcast with Zach Galifianakis

00:50:37.989 --> 00:50:41.670
and he, or no, no, no, it was Comedians in Cars.

00:50:41.769 --> 00:50:45.210
Do you watch that ever? Oh, I love it. Oh, I

00:50:45.210 --> 00:50:47.610
love it. So like, I mean, I've watched all of

00:50:47.610 --> 00:50:51.329
them like a million times over. Is that the Seinfeld

00:50:51.329 --> 00:50:57.210
one? Yes. Love it. But he says in his episode

00:50:57.210 --> 00:51:02.970
of Comedians in Cars, he says that he has The

00:51:02.970 --> 00:51:07.090
problem of people thinking he's trying to be

00:51:07.090 --> 00:51:10.329
funny when he's trying to be serious And he was

00:51:10.329 --> 00:51:13.269
he tells the story of him at his Like giving

00:51:13.269 --> 00:51:15.630
a speech at his sister's wedding and getting

00:51:15.630 --> 00:51:18.690
emotional and people laughing. Oh, I've seen

00:51:18.690 --> 00:51:22.309
that one. Yes But I feel like that could happen

00:51:22.309 --> 00:51:26.090
to your brother. He's just funny. Like just his

00:51:26.090 --> 00:51:29.869
being is funny I'm gonna tell you Travis is always

00:51:29.869 --> 00:51:34.699
at the ready Mm -hmm to just deliver He's not

00:51:34.699 --> 00:51:38.559
like a one -liner, but It is a blast getting

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:42.360
around him There is nobody that makes me laugh

00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:46.500
harder than my brother Travis Yeah, he's really

00:51:46.500 --> 00:51:48.920
good. You know I've had Robert on the show Robert

00:51:48.920 --> 00:51:51.139
and I crack up. I think Robert would agree with

00:51:51.139 --> 00:51:53.619
that as well He's just yeah, I've got a knack

00:51:53.619 --> 00:51:56.949
for it, and he's got away Travis listens to these

00:51:56.949 --> 00:51:59.550
episodes. He's maybe sometimes three or four

00:51:59.550 --> 00:52:01.989
behind. That's okay. He'll catch up. He will

00:52:01.989 --> 00:52:06.630
you know one day in June he'll say hey, I Just

00:52:06.630 --> 00:52:10.329
listened to the Emily Emily Haynes cook episode

00:52:10.329 --> 00:52:19.909
Mm -hmm here, you know He'll react to it Do anything

00:52:19.909 --> 00:52:22.449
I think he's probably set with his decision,

00:52:22.449 --> 00:52:26.480
but he should come on your podcast he's He's

00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:29.099
great. So Jimmy's podcast episode was great too,

00:52:29.099 --> 00:52:32.360
and I really want to listen to Jimmy's podcast

00:52:32.360 --> 00:52:34.820
I didn't know he had one and so I listened to

00:52:34.820 --> 00:52:37.480
your podcast episode. Okay. Yeah, let me go ahead

00:52:37.480 --> 00:52:44.400
and plug gimme 10. It's gi mm ie the number 10

00:52:44.400 --> 00:52:48.820
podcast They're great. They are it's all stripped

00:52:48.820 --> 00:52:52.239
down. They don't edit it. They don't care sometimes

00:52:52.239 --> 00:52:54.920
I wish I could just take a dose of that medicine

00:52:54.920 --> 00:52:57.769
because I I do try to make this sound as good

00:52:57.769 --> 00:53:01.250
as I can, but they just let it rip. They hit

00:53:01.250 --> 00:53:03.630
record and they start talking. There's no intro

00:53:03.630 --> 00:53:06.869
music. There's no outro music. And they use,

00:53:07.030 --> 00:53:09.269
every episode used to be exactly 10 minutes,

00:53:09.690 --> 00:53:11.929
just about. Sometimes they play around with it.

00:53:11.969 --> 00:53:15.150
I think the second one is 30, 30 something minutes,

00:53:15.150 --> 00:53:19.030
but they're great. And I'm glad they're back

00:53:19.030 --> 00:53:21.150
and everybody should check them out. They are

00:53:21.150 --> 00:53:24.690
not trying to be. They're not trying to wow you

00:53:24.690 --> 00:53:28.570
with the production factor But if you give it

00:53:28.570 --> 00:53:31.329
a shot and you listen these two guys You're gonna

00:53:31.329 --> 00:53:34.789
say I want to hang out with these dudes it's

00:53:34.789 --> 00:53:41.469
JT and Jimmy Jim Powell Yeah, I like the concept

00:53:41.469 --> 00:53:44.369
just a quick ten minutes and what really sold

00:53:44.369 --> 00:53:48.409
me on it was when he said that You know, he's

00:53:48.409 --> 00:53:50.670
like it's a quick ten minutes on random topics.

00:53:50.889 --> 00:53:53.250
There's an episode about Halloween candy and

00:53:53.250 --> 00:54:02.230
it's a two -parter Because I mean I've had my

00:54:02.230 --> 00:54:07.369
share of conversations Different sorry if you

00:54:07.369 --> 00:54:09.889
hear my dog in the background Friends and family

00:54:09.889 --> 00:54:12.369
about Halloween candy and they can get lengthy.

00:54:12.849 --> 00:54:15.309
I may put it a teaser in here I just talked to

00:54:15.309 --> 00:54:18.659
Jim yesterday Think they're doing a two -part

00:54:18.659 --> 00:54:24.639
two episodes on Pizza and it may be like a select

00:54:24.639 --> 00:54:27.239
little group of pizza. I don't know if it's restaurants

00:54:27.239 --> 00:54:30.440
or Your groceries freezer. I don't know but it's

00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:35.480
gonna be great Nice Tell me about that that dog

00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:38.800
of yours. I wasn't gonna ask but now that I know

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:41.179
he's he's on the episode So we got to talk about

00:54:41.179 --> 00:54:44.679
him. Well, it's a she Yeah, it's a she she's

00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:49.420
um Queen and should be treated like one. Um,

00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:55.500
her name is Mavis and she is uh She is just the

00:54:55.500 --> 00:54:58.440
light of my life Dan She's a second mother to

00:54:58.440 --> 00:55:04.559
my children You let her babysit No, but she could

00:55:04.559 --> 00:55:07.900
I'll tell you that much can't you pick up talented

00:55:07.900 --> 00:55:17.420
enough Could you pick up Bailey Just by the back

00:55:17.420 --> 00:55:20.199
of his shirt or just carry him around? Yeah,

00:55:20.199 --> 00:55:23.719
she does that. What kind of dog is she? She's

00:55:23.719 --> 00:55:30.860
part chow. She's mutt, but she looks the most

00:55:30.860 --> 00:55:34.579
like a chow, but I think her mom was a pit bull,

00:55:35.059 --> 00:55:37.059
but she doesn't look anything like a pit bull.

00:55:37.820 --> 00:55:40.860
But she's part chow and she's great. I'll tell

00:55:40.860 --> 00:55:45.599
a quick story about a I say she's part mother

00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:51.199
to my children, she really is. Every night, bath

00:55:51.199 --> 00:55:56.480
time, she's there. She trusts nobody else other

00:55:56.480 --> 00:55:58.679
than herself to watch over these children when

00:55:58.679 --> 00:56:04.059
they're in the bath. And when Danny was first

00:56:04.059 --> 00:56:06.840
born, you know, you bring him home and they say,

00:56:07.260 --> 00:56:10.440
you know, only sponge baths for however many

00:56:10.440 --> 00:56:14.449
days, weeks it is. um so we were in that time

00:56:14.449 --> 00:56:18.630
frame and you know sometimes a sponge bath isn't

00:56:18.630 --> 00:56:21.650
just gonna do it so I said to Taylor I said you

00:56:21.650 --> 00:56:24.489
know why don't we do this I'm I'll get in the

00:56:24.489 --> 00:56:26.250
bath and you hand her to me and I'll put her

00:56:26.250 --> 00:56:28.250
in my lap and I'll bathe her that way just get

00:56:28.250 --> 00:56:31.210
her good clean he's like okay let's do it so

00:56:31.210 --> 00:56:34.469
I get in the bath bath water fills up I'm like

00:56:34.469 --> 00:56:37.929
okay I'm ready hand her to me Taylor hands me

00:56:37.929 --> 00:56:41.639
baby Danny I grab her and I put her in my lap

00:56:41.639 --> 00:56:45.579
to start bathing her. And from a distance, I

00:56:45.579 --> 00:56:50.500
look over, full charge speed, Mavis runs and

00:56:50.500 --> 00:56:56.940
jumps into the bath to try to save. I guess she

00:56:56.940 --> 00:57:00.440
thought I was going to drown her. But this is

00:57:00.440 --> 00:57:03.989
no joke, this really happened. it could have

00:57:03.989 --> 00:57:05.829
ended up really bad because she could have landed

00:57:05.829 --> 00:57:08.250
on top of her or scratched her you know how their

00:57:08.250 --> 00:57:10.409
skin's so like soft at that point when they're

00:57:10.409 --> 00:57:13.889
brand new scarred her for life but luckily none

00:57:13.889 --> 00:57:18.050
of that happened but she was trying to save that

00:57:18.050 --> 00:57:23.070
baby her maternal instincts kicked in yes she

00:57:23.070 --> 00:57:28.329
really is she's the most maternal dog see i mean

00:57:28.329 --> 00:57:31.789
if the kids are around do not approach She probably

00:57:31.789 --> 00:57:34.570
believes that Danny is her child and that you're

00:57:34.570 --> 00:57:38.050
just doing a pretty outstanding job of watching

00:57:38.050 --> 00:57:42.550
after her child Yeah, I'm a great nanny to her

00:57:42.550 --> 00:57:46.349
children Yeah, this thing she can't she can't

00:57:46.349 --> 00:57:47.969
change the diapers. So I mean you're helping

00:57:47.969 --> 00:58:00.409
her out a lot. Yeah I'm not getting paid Got

00:58:00.409 --> 00:58:02.829
a drop in real quick. We won't say a whole lot

00:58:02.829 --> 00:58:06.250
but a Little ode to Caesar. I don't know how

00:58:06.250 --> 00:58:09.489
long he's been How long he's been I don't I don't

00:58:09.489 --> 00:58:13.449
I don't know the story on Caesar and but I miss

00:58:13.449 --> 00:58:15.550
him I liked him. I don't know how much he liked

00:58:15.550 --> 00:58:20.809
me, but What a great guy He was I mean if you

00:58:20.809 --> 00:58:23.309
can call him a guy remember the story on Caesar

00:58:28.619 --> 00:58:31.820
Do you remember Dan? I'm struggling here. The

00:58:31.820 --> 00:58:39.639
condition he had? So he was like a pioneer, a

00:58:39.639 --> 00:58:46.519
cultural pioneer. He had a condition, I don't

00:58:46.519 --> 00:58:50.719
even know the term, but he had a condition where

00:58:50.719 --> 00:58:53.409
I had to put him on prescription food. Do you

00:58:53.409 --> 00:58:55.949
remember this? Oh, okay. This all developed while

00:58:55.949 --> 00:58:57.730
we were at Firebird. So I was like, something

00:58:57.730 --> 00:59:00.309
is wrong with my cat, my cats. I keep having

00:59:00.309 --> 00:59:02.849
to take him back to the vet. He's like, I would,

00:59:02.889 --> 00:59:05.429
I would go home and he would be wailing in pain,

00:59:05.730 --> 00:59:09.469
but in his litter box. And so I took him to the

00:59:09.469 --> 00:59:15.690
vet and they were like, yeah, he's got basically

00:59:15.690 --> 00:59:22.900
a small penis. It was entirely too small. entirely

00:59:22.900 --> 00:59:27.099
too small and so I had to put him on prescription

00:59:27.099 --> 00:59:31.500
food because his urine would crystallize and

00:59:31.500 --> 00:59:35.639
cause him pain trying to come out and so he was

00:59:35.639 --> 00:59:39.480
on a very expensive prescription food to fix

00:59:39.480 --> 00:59:41.539
this problem but he would still have flare -ups

00:59:41.539 --> 00:59:45.380
well one day it was it was severe I came home

00:59:45.380 --> 00:59:49.940
and it was the screams were just awful And it

00:59:49.940 --> 00:59:53.500
was, of course, on a weekend. The vets were closed.

00:59:53.579 --> 00:59:56.619
It was nighttime. And he was starting to act

00:59:56.619 --> 00:59:59.599
lethargic. I was like, OK, something is very

00:59:59.599 --> 01:00:04.099
wrong. He's going to die. So me and Taylor took

01:00:04.099 --> 01:00:09.340
him to the emergency vet. And they brought us

01:00:09.340 --> 01:00:11.480
in. And they said, OK, we're really glad you

01:00:11.480 --> 01:00:14.000
brought him in because, I mean, a couple of hours

01:00:14.000 --> 01:00:18.880
and his bladder would have exploded. But I was

01:00:18.880 --> 01:00:21.139
like, okay, well this keeps happening. I'm having

01:00:21.139 --> 01:00:24.099
to play these vet bills. Is there a way we can

01:00:24.099 --> 01:00:31.219
fix this? And the suggestion from this vet was

01:00:31.219 --> 01:00:36.800
to go ahead and transition him. To give him a

01:00:36.800 --> 01:00:42.559
sex change? Yes. And me and Taylor proceeded

01:00:42.559 --> 01:00:47.099
to giggle like little school girls in the office.

01:00:47.500 --> 01:00:52.199
of this, this veterinarian. And she was just

01:00:52.199 --> 01:00:56.119
not happy with this. Just could not find the

01:00:56.119 --> 01:00:58.960
humor in it. And we would, we would compose ourselves,

01:00:59.719 --> 01:01:02.039
take breaths, wipe away the tears that we were

01:01:02.039 --> 01:01:05.820
having, try not to look at each other, start

01:01:05.820 --> 01:01:08.980
having the conversation again, and would just

01:01:08.980 --> 01:01:10.880
explode with laughter the minute she started

01:01:10.880 --> 01:01:13.079
speaking. And this, this continued on for at

01:01:13.079 --> 01:01:15.159
least 30 minutes. She was getting very aggravated,

01:01:15.159 --> 01:01:19.719
but. Emily we didn't get the procedure. He said

01:01:19.719 --> 01:01:22.420
he's in his darkest hour and you're cackling

01:01:22.420 --> 01:01:28.059
and Get a hold of yourself. What what in the

01:01:28.059 --> 01:01:33.019
well Sometimes sometimes humor is comforting

01:01:33.019 --> 01:01:37.099
in times where I knew and I know that it was

01:01:37.099 --> 01:01:41.139
Difficult for you. And maybe that was just Mm

01:01:41.139 --> 01:01:43.260
-hmm how you handled it. I mean, it's a very

01:01:43.260 --> 01:01:45.659
unique situation and you don't want to be in

01:01:45.659 --> 01:01:50.579
pain, but No, I had no idea that this was an

01:01:50.579 --> 01:01:56.059
option for animals And so that was just um, that

01:01:56.059 --> 01:01:58.719
was the end of that that was the end of that

01:01:58.719 --> 01:02:00.539
we didn't get the procedure done because it was

01:02:00.539 --> 01:02:07.360
like $12 ,000 or something ridiculous but um

01:02:07.360 --> 01:02:10.840
You know, we kept him on a good healthy prescription

01:02:10.840 --> 01:02:15.059
diet and He lived out the rest of his years and

01:02:15.059 --> 01:02:17.699
I don't really know that The way he, he left

01:02:17.699 --> 01:02:21.559
us is a little bit of a mystery. I don't know

01:02:21.559 --> 01:02:26.579
what happened. Um, cause he was just to the,

01:02:26.579 --> 01:02:29.360
to the end, he was just as spry as could be,

01:02:29.360 --> 01:02:32.260
you know, had all the energy was still acting

01:02:32.260 --> 01:02:35.860
like a young kitten and just as old sees herself.

01:02:35.860 --> 01:02:38.380
And then just one day, I think he had a heart

01:02:38.380 --> 01:02:46.000
attack is what I think it was. Well, you know,

01:02:46.449 --> 01:02:51.610
Yeah. My cat Trudy is 10. I got her the, she

01:02:51.610 --> 01:02:54.230
was given to me the first year, first six months

01:02:54.230 --> 01:02:57.849
that I lived here. Yeah. So she just turned 10.

01:02:58.710 --> 01:03:00.989
It's a lot of things. She's got a minute. Yeah.

01:03:00.989 --> 01:03:03.510
And we have a couple kittens that we adopted,

01:03:03.710 --> 01:03:06.449
I would say September -ish. I don't even remember

01:03:06.449 --> 01:03:13.170
when it was, but yeah. I like cats and cats are

01:03:13.170 --> 01:03:17.949
- I love cats. It's uh - I love cats. I would

01:03:17.949 --> 01:03:21.070
have a million if I could. Trudy has not - I

01:03:21.070 --> 01:03:24.730
have a new one. Oh, you do? Yeah, his name is

01:03:24.730 --> 01:03:27.570
Ernie. Ernie. How do you select these names?

01:03:28.570 --> 01:03:31.969
Um, well Ernie has thumbs. Have you heard of

01:03:31.969 --> 01:03:35.929
these cats? No. Polydactyl. Oh, okay. He has

01:03:35.929 --> 01:03:40.150
a opposable thumb? Yeah, opposable thumbs. Well,

01:03:41.050 --> 01:03:44.289
no, not a non -opposable. Oh, yeah. Right? Yeah.

01:03:44.480 --> 01:03:49.380
he just has thumbs but apparently they're they're

01:03:49.380 --> 01:03:54.659
called polydactyl but um they're also called

01:03:54.659 --> 01:04:00.639
Hemingway cats because get this Ernest Hemingway

01:04:00.639 --> 01:04:05.699
would only have these types of cats how weird

01:04:05.699 --> 01:04:12.079
is that and that how rare are they I think from

01:04:12.079 --> 01:04:14.920
what I've read and the story gets kind of weirder

01:04:14.920 --> 01:04:21.179
is that if in the US If you have a polydactyl

01:04:21.179 --> 01:04:26.079
cat It's a crazy percentage. It's like a 90 %

01:04:26.079 --> 01:04:31.820
chance. They are direct descendants of a cat

01:04:31.820 --> 01:04:35.280
that was owned by Ernest Hemingway He populated

01:04:35.280 --> 01:04:38.519
I'm not joking he populated the united states

01:04:38.519 --> 01:04:42.079
with these cats and i have one and so his name

01:04:42.079 --> 01:04:46.719
is ernie i gotta look them up now yeah i'll send

01:04:46.719 --> 01:04:50.980
you a picture of old earnest yeah we've got three

01:04:50.980 --> 01:04:55.659
kids three cats i mentioned at the top of the

01:04:55.659 --> 01:04:57.420
episode or actually before we got started i'm

01:04:57.420 --> 01:05:01.000
just gonna drop it here you know if if you like

01:05:01.000 --> 01:05:04.619
to have a beer you like to have um glass wines

01:05:04.619 --> 01:05:07.960
vodka whatever and you have kids, you have babies

01:05:07.960 --> 01:05:12.920
and toddlers, you gotta ask yourself, why am

01:05:12.920 --> 01:05:15.119
I trying to have a drink here? Am I gonna be

01:05:15.119 --> 01:05:17.880
able to relax? I mean, maybe if you wanna stay

01:05:17.880 --> 01:05:22.179
up late, which I don't, so I haven't drank in

01:05:22.179 --> 01:05:26.860
about five, six weeks. And I wasn't drinking

01:05:26.860 --> 01:05:32.300
much, but I just thought, what's the point? So

01:05:32.300 --> 01:05:36.269
I just stopped. I'm just the next time that I

01:05:36.269 --> 01:05:39.550
can probably when we go out to dinner The next

01:05:39.550 --> 01:05:42.230
time Natalie and I go out for something, but

01:05:42.230 --> 01:05:46.110
I have just put it to the side All right, it's

01:05:46.110 --> 01:05:51.690
not It's no big deal really All right, that could

01:05:51.690 --> 01:05:54.650
change any day now, but I want to throw that

01:05:54.650 --> 01:05:57.289
out there people if you're trying to work in

01:05:57.289 --> 01:06:00.050
a Jack and Coke and you're at home and there's

01:06:00.050 --> 01:06:07.960
just fussing and screaming all those lovely sounds

01:06:07.960 --> 01:06:10.300
that go on in the house at 8 o 'clock at night

01:06:10.300 --> 01:06:14.440
and You don't you're not gonna be able to enjoy

01:06:14.440 --> 01:06:19.239
it right Now again, if you wait until the babies

01:06:19.239 --> 01:06:23.019
go to bed and you and you have a cocktail at

01:06:23.019 --> 01:06:28.179
9 15 on a Wednesday night Then have at it. I

01:06:28.179 --> 01:06:32.000
go to bed at 9 15 if I can How what time do you

01:06:32.000 --> 01:06:36.130
usually? Oh, man, Dan. Do I usually go to bed?

01:06:36.230 --> 01:06:39.190
Do you go ahead and just stay up? I stay up.

01:06:39.210 --> 01:06:41.969
I push through. But that's just always how I've

01:06:41.969 --> 01:06:46.889
been. But yeah, I've like I was up to one last

01:06:46.889 --> 01:06:50.230
night. There for me, there's there's a cutoff.

01:06:50.230 --> 01:06:51.989
I know I can get away with it sometimes if I

01:06:51.989 --> 01:06:54.449
want to stay up till midnight. But if I stay

01:06:54.449 --> 01:06:58.489
up till two, that's that's a danger zone. Yeah.

01:06:58.570 --> 01:07:01.030
No, two is where you start the next day. There's

01:07:01.030 --> 01:07:05.960
guilt. I'm just like I replay it over in my head

01:07:05.960 --> 01:07:08.159
that I cannot believe I just I stayed up till

01:07:08.159 --> 01:07:11.639
2 o 'clock in the morning But now one is one's

01:07:11.639 --> 01:07:14.960
pushing it Every night 12 o 'clock probably between

01:07:14.960 --> 01:07:18.360
11 and 12. I go to bed Yeah, that's reasonable

01:07:18.360 --> 01:07:22.079
Yeah, I guess I don't know everybody I talked

01:07:22.079 --> 01:07:25.320
to they're like what when I say that but I have

01:07:25.320 --> 01:07:29.199
to I have to get that's when I get the The time

01:07:29.199 --> 01:07:31.300
that I need for myself is after the kids are

01:07:31.300 --> 01:07:33.780
in bed and these people who wake up at five in

01:07:33.780 --> 01:07:36.219
the morning You get the hour in before their

01:07:36.219 --> 01:07:38.260
kids wake up or the two hours or whatever it

01:07:38.260 --> 01:07:40.380
is. I don't see how they're doing that. It's

01:07:40.380 --> 01:07:45.539
just I Can't do that That's that's partly me

01:07:45.539 --> 01:07:48.679
You are that person aren't you Saturday morning?

01:07:49.280 --> 01:07:52.860
I can't wait Taylor is and when it's yeah, he

01:07:52.860 --> 01:07:54.780
only wants to do it on the weekend I like wake

01:07:54.780 --> 01:08:00.099
up that early the only time and still Wyatt our

01:08:00.099 --> 01:08:03.659
second child is the last one to sleep and the

01:08:03.659 --> 01:08:08.039
first one up so he'll keep you up and he will

01:08:08.039 --> 01:08:12.159
He's looking for an after party. He's like where's

01:08:12.159 --> 01:08:14.780
where's the after party? Yeah, why is everyone

01:08:14.780 --> 01:08:17.119
he knows that the house is quiet the lights are

01:08:17.119 --> 01:08:21.380
off But yeah, so Saturday morning hits. It's

01:08:21.380 --> 01:08:24.399
six something. I don't get up at five anymore,

01:08:24.399 --> 01:08:28.569
but yeah, I just try to Tiptoe out of the room

01:08:28.569 --> 01:08:31.670
and not make like I gotta feed the cat So that

01:08:31.670 --> 01:08:33.949
makes a little bit of racket and then like get

01:08:33.949 --> 01:08:36.430
the coffee going if I can get the cats fed the

01:08:36.430 --> 01:08:41.829
coffee made I'm good Okay. Well Emily. This has

01:08:41.829 --> 01:08:46.470
been great. I I am actually gonna have a this

01:08:46.470 --> 01:08:49.750
is for anybody listening If you've listened to

01:08:49.750 --> 01:08:52.189
every episode and you hear me say at the end

01:08:52.189 --> 01:08:55.569
Oh, let's have you back on for a second episode

01:08:55.770 --> 01:08:57.930
You think I'm probably just saying that well

01:08:57.930 --> 01:09:01.369
in a couple weeks, you're going to see The return

01:09:01.369 --> 01:09:04.710
of a previous guest. So get ready for that and

01:09:04.710 --> 01:09:08.550
Emily. I just wanted to I wanted to use that

01:09:08.550 --> 01:09:11.210
as an example. I'd love to have you back so we

01:09:11.210 --> 01:09:16.170
can explore some other Parenthood topic or anything

01:09:16.170 --> 01:09:20.850
else? Would you come back on? Absolutely anytime

01:09:20.850 --> 01:09:24.090
And had fun doing it and it was good catching

01:09:24.090 --> 01:09:28.989
up It was great. Yeah Where do you guys like

01:09:28.989 --> 01:09:32.090
to vacation when you get a chance to get everyone?

01:09:32.970 --> 01:09:35.770
In the wagon with the the luggage thing on the

01:09:35.770 --> 01:09:39.890
top and yeah the children's music playing You

01:09:39.890 --> 01:09:45.149
know we Taylor travels for a living so Does lots

01:09:45.149 --> 01:09:47.109
of traveling not for a living but I mean yes

01:09:47.109 --> 01:09:49.869
for a living but he's not gone all the time But

01:09:49.869 --> 01:09:53.109
when he does his work travel if we're able to

01:09:53.109 --> 01:09:56.470
we always tag along We like we really like or

01:09:56.470 --> 01:09:58.869
i'm speaking for myself. I guess I really like

01:09:58.869 --> 01:10:02.710
going to new places and seeing You know, yeah

01:10:02.710 --> 01:10:05.710
trying out new things is my favorite is just

01:10:05.710 --> 01:10:08.109
to go somewhere that i've never been to And just

01:10:08.109 --> 01:10:11.470
see what's around so um, but taylor loves the

01:10:11.470 --> 01:10:14.909
beach. So We go to the beach every year probably

01:10:14.909 --> 01:10:19.050
multiple times a year, but um, but yeah But I

01:10:19.050 --> 01:10:22.489
always like to go the new route and see see what's

01:10:22.489 --> 01:10:25.140
out there. We did a trip And I mean, I've been

01:10:25.140 --> 01:10:26.840
here before, but it's just been a long time.

01:10:26.939 --> 01:10:31.359
We did a trip to Chattanooga during the spring,

01:10:31.539 --> 01:10:34.920
and that was a great trip. I've got family in

01:10:34.920 --> 01:10:37.180
Chattanooga. I love it. Oh, I like it. It's so

01:10:37.180 --> 01:10:41.319
pretty there. It's just wonderful. It's so scenic.

01:10:41.779 --> 01:10:46.880
Yes. And there's historical sites. I love that.

01:10:47.439 --> 01:10:53.460
It's a great downtown area. I'm a big Chattanooga

01:10:53.460 --> 01:10:58.300
fan. Yeah. Another little dart on the map. Danville,

01:10:58.300 --> 01:11:02.079
Illinois. There's a lot of Danvilles, but I did

01:11:02.079 --> 01:11:06.500
an episode a few weeks back with the general

01:11:06.500 --> 01:11:11.680
manager for the Danville Dans. Oh, nice. There's

01:11:11.680 --> 01:11:14.039
a summer league baseball team up there. It's

01:11:14.039 --> 01:11:16.159
about two and a half hours south of Chicago.

01:11:17.640 --> 01:11:21.180
Just happy to put in another mention. of that

01:11:21.180 --> 01:11:23.720
town. I'm gonna try to get up there in the summer.

01:11:24.779 --> 01:11:28.079
That'd be fun. Look it up. Check them out on

01:11:28.079 --> 01:11:32.439
Instagram. Find their community page or whatever.

01:11:33.600 --> 01:11:36.640
All right. Well, this has been awesome. Emily,

01:11:37.100 --> 01:11:40.300
anything else you want to plug, promote? I don't

01:11:40.300 --> 01:11:44.539
think so. I don't know. Just, you're doing a

01:11:44.539 --> 01:11:48.210
great job, Dan. Thanks, Emily. I really... I'm

01:11:48.210 --> 01:11:51.609
thankful for our friendship, which again goes

01:11:51.609 --> 01:11:56.050
back so many years. We can skip a few years.

01:11:56.109 --> 01:11:59.430
We can come back to the fold and nothing's changed.

01:12:00.350 --> 01:12:04.369
A lifetime friend is that's another thing, folks.

01:12:04.430 --> 01:12:06.310
And I'm going to put it in the remember section

01:12:06.310 --> 01:12:10.329
here. Remember, even if it's been a few years,

01:12:10.550 --> 01:12:13.930
reach out to an old friend. They'd love to hear

01:12:13.930 --> 01:12:17.859
from you. There's nothing in life. Like good

01:12:17.859 --> 01:12:19.460
friendships. You can make all the money in the

01:12:19.460 --> 01:12:23.359
world Actually your family My dad likes to say

01:12:23.359 --> 01:12:25.920
nobody loves you like your family. That's very

01:12:25.920 --> 01:12:29.380
true, but build your network It's never too late

01:12:29.380 --> 01:12:33.920
to but you don't want to be 40, you know my age

01:12:33.920 --> 01:12:40.659
44 45 and you just don't have anybody of importance

01:12:40.659 --> 01:12:45.859
or or meaning but And if you're waiting tables

01:12:47.279 --> 01:12:51.699
and your restaurant just happens to serve a fresh

01:12:51.699 --> 01:12:55.159
squeezed lemonade and you're going to that table

01:12:55.159 --> 01:12:57.979
and there's a little child there and it might

01:12:57.979 --> 01:13:00.340
be a little tart, you know, it might be a little

01:13:00.340 --> 01:13:04.739
strong. Make sure you lean in when you hand that

01:13:04.739 --> 01:13:07.920
little kid's cup to that child and say, all right,

01:13:08.739 --> 01:13:13.619
take your little sip. Make sure it's not too

01:13:13.619 --> 01:13:21.460
strong. Oh, man. Never forget. I wish you guys

01:13:21.460 --> 01:13:24.119
were there. It happened. I thought nothing of

01:13:24.119 --> 01:13:27.500
it. But Emily was within earshot, or she saw

01:13:27.500 --> 01:13:34.460
it. And the legend lives on. Yes. We'll never

01:13:34.460 --> 01:13:38.180
die. Have some fun with the people you work with.

01:13:38.220 --> 01:13:39.920
Have some fun with the experience that you're

01:13:39.920 --> 01:13:43.899
in right now. And make some friends. It's a fun

01:13:43.899 --> 01:13:46.800
thing to do. Because you never you might have

01:13:46.800 --> 01:13:50.359
a podcast in another eight nine ten Seventeen

01:13:50.359 --> 01:13:53.260
years if there's still a thing and you could

01:13:53.260 --> 01:13:58.720
do a show just like this one Okay, Emily Well,

01:13:58.960 --> 01:14:01.880
thanks Dan. You guys have a great weekend Emily

01:14:01.880 --> 01:14:06.500
you and your family Merry Christmas Merry Christmas

01:14:06.500 --> 01:14:10.920
Happy New Year And we'll see you. We'll see you

01:14:10.920 --> 01:14:14.880
guys the day and time listeners next Sunday on

01:14:14.880 --> 01:14:22.619
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