Hey there, everybody, and welcome to the Mark
Mo Show. It is season four, episode six. This
is the end. You can find us on all podcast platforms
and YouTube. I'd like to introduce to you the
producer and my co -host, Aidan Maloney. How
are you, man? I'm doing all right. Bit of a chaotic
week, I would say, in Chicagoland. We kind of
got smashed with some snow. Earlier this week
we did so it it's been kind of nightmarish honestly,
but it's the freaking weekend We're doing the
mark mo show. That's two in the wind column So
it's it's looking up from here. We got some dubs.
We got some good well -needed dubs I'd say yeah,
we got we definitely got some dubs going on and
And I'm your host mark money if I haven't said
that already of this fine mark mo show podcast
and I don't know I you know I've had my vocal
cords kind of messed up the last couple weeks
To the point one of my other shows is called
after hours. It's a radio show I do with streams
at WVLP .org or the TuneIn app on your handheld
device. You can listen to it that way. Anyway,
it's a music show, so I don't talk a lot. But
I'm like, you know, I'm going to preserve my
voice because I think it's going. And sure shit,
I woke up today and I was like, oh, no. Oh, no.
So I anticipate tomorrow them being fully gone.
Oh, would be gone. So I thought besides the fact.
Like, this weekend could potentially be kind
of busy for me. I thought, you know what? Let's
do this recording tonight, because tomorrow there
are no guarantees on these vocal cords. Plus,
I get to do fun voices with them. We were doing
a little bit of that off stream. We were doing
a little bit of that off stream. We were like,
Andy, you get busy living or get busy dying?
Morgan Freeman's much easier for me. With thrashed
vocal cords. With thrashed vocal cords. It takes
actually mangled vocal cords from me. Oh, I sound
like Morgan Freeman. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's
amazing. What a neat treat. What a neat treat.
How am I not marketing that and making money
off that? I don't know. This is the second time
this year, though, you've had thrashed vocal
cords. The first time was around the Super Bowl.
So I want to say it was sometime in February
that that happened. And then this week. And I
just felt it and there were a couple of days
like I'd eat food and you know sometimes if You
have like a corner piece of pizza. We're Chicago
people so tavern style You get these four corners
and like those are the first things people dive
in Oh, yeah, you got one in four. You got a shot
to get one of them, right? but at any rate Sometimes
when you eat something that has maybe a sharp
corner and it goes down and it scratches your
throat Eating can be weird for a few days a tortilla
chip. Yeah, cuz it just always feels like there's
something yeah, but in reality like your your
vocal chords of your drink something is just
mangled and cooked and So like for several days
like I would swallow things and it was just like
like the pipe was just smaller. It was just even
smaller bites was like a real struggle to get
down. Like what is going on? So what I'm thinking
is whatever is mangling my vocal cords like,
I don't know if it's a virus, I don't know if
it's whatever I had back in February, but it
came back and it just kind of settled down in
my throat again. And I thought, ah, damn it.
And it was just really hard eating for a couple
of days. And I didn't know what it was. There
was even a point where I was like, is it heartburn?
Because I don't get heartburn. Maybe it was because
I ate some spicy shit. So maybe that was it.
I was chugging Pepto. I was taking Tums. God,
I was taking throat lozenges. I was trying everything
in the book. And everything helped a very tiny
bit. And so I was like, god damn. And so I just
had to ride the course of action. So I did, and
then I was like, my throat was okay, and I was
like, oh cool. Okay, am I getting a cold? Why
does it still feel kind of weird? Like I said,
I woke up today, and I was like, oh man. So yeah,
whatever it is. That's very different from my
experience, at least over the last. Two and a
half weeks. I want to say so I got that really
bad cold. We have like the world's longest cold
the world's longest cold. Yeah both My girlfriend
Jordan and I had this cold that lasted 15 days
give or take and It did the same thing like thrashed
vocal cords right in the middle where there was
like three or four days where it was it was kind
of that same thing where I Sounded sick and yeah,
like my vocal cords were super deep and irritated.
But it doesn't seem you have any of the other
symptoms, so I would hazard to say that this
is not the equivalent cold that was going around.
No, this is something very, very different. And
also today, I guess it's worth mentioning, well
no, last night I went and played darts with a
friend. My man, did you get a dub? No, I got
screwed twice man. Like I would literally I was
on fire especially the last game and I had two
we played five a one Yeah, two just two the number
two and bam. I was like, oh, yeah It's cuz I
got like a bull and then I went from 52 to two.
I'm like, oh, I got no Yeah, and then just stepped
up. I was like zing zing zing. Oh, I won I hate
that. I hate that but it's the worst. Yeah, so
I played with her played with her boy Jacob Our
boy Jacob. Our boy Jacob. The rap god of Northwest
Indiana. So yeah, so we're playing that and I
just like, the more I threw, the more my arm
hurt. I'm like, what in the hell? And the running
joke amongst me and my friends and family and
whatever. is that as I get older and all of me
breaks down, the one thing I will still have
is my right arm, which has always been strong.
Like I throw a baseball or like a football 50
yards, whatever. Like that was like always guaranteed.
And then like I'm sitting there throwing darts
and all of a sudden this just just throbbing
pain, shooting pain. I'm like, what is going
on? Right. What is happening? And I had screwed
up my wrist real bad last year. When I hit it
on something stupid in Lake Station. Yeah, I'll
let your imagination wander We did a Mark Mo
show about it. Well indeed we did so or was that
an after dark It might have been an after might
have been an after dark. I think it might have
been yeah Anyway, it's online you can find online.
You can find it, but at any rate My wrist really
got screwed up, and there's a lot of tiny bones
in there, so I'm sure yeah so a couple got busted
or whatever but It just, it never healed properly.
So, you know, is there maybe some carpal tunnel
in there, some other shit going on maybe, but
like it's just always been kind of screwed up
since I did that and I just felt like last night
all of my nerves and they were all impinged and
I didn't know why. I'm like what the hell? Like
I had a good night's sleep, like even a nap and
I'm like what the, like I don't know. what's
going on, I literally for some rounds had to
throw with my left hand. I'm like, this is weird.
Is it that tennis elbow maybe? Or is that different?
Nah, that's a little bit different, but let me
just say tennis elbow sucks too. It is a tiny,
tiny little ligament right next to your elbow
and literally got it playing tennis, like no
joke. It hurts so bad like if you brush your
arm on it like a to say like the wall you're
passing by right and your arm brushes the wall
It's it's like it's like a little one -foot demon
is hanging on your arm. Just stabbing it right
Right in that spot and it just hurts so bad.
You're like why I don't get it So I don't I don't
touch tennis rackets. Yeah screw tennis man racquetball
is different though ping -pong is different,
too I I played a considerable amount of racquetball
back in the day never got it. No problem with
it So I don't know if it's just a certain motion
with tennis. That's just a little bit different
from racquetball Right, you know I have to extend
your arm as far in racquetball a little bit more
compact way to the ball the aerodynamics I guess
something. Yeah. Yeah that That is, that's something
else. By the way, oh, by the way, I was watching
the Ocho, which is on ESPN News. Great show.
And great, just weird sports, and it's actually
in a segment we used to do, so I think they kind
of copied off us, but whatever. The other sports,
yeah. I swear to God, just you go across media
and like, our name for something pops up, you're
just like, okay, great. Right. But at any rate,
they were playing ping -pong in a boxed room
and you could use the back wall the side walls
like you can use it as a racquetball but you're
playing ping -pong and they're in this tiny room
and they were playing doubles I'm like man I
would feel so claustrophobic in there but these
dudes were just like hitting this ping -pong
ball and like the ball would come to them and
they would just turn just a little bit more and
bam off the back wall and I'm like that's so
damn cool that's awesome yeah so I'm not sure
I would have trouble keeping track of whose side
of the table is whose I think so, yeah. I'd just
be whacking the ball around like, oops, lost
a point. Yeah. Come beat the ball whacker guy.
Yeah, I don't know, man. The Valparaiso ball
whackers. The ball whackers, yeah. It was something.
But kind of neat. Kind of neat anyway. But I
just want to mention too that Aidan has his own
YouTube gaming channel. It's called Aidan Spelt
the Right Way. You figure it out. Yeah. Just
spell the damn name the right way. If you spell
it the right way, you'll find me. Yeah, otherwise,
get my son's name out your damn mouth. That's
all I'm gonna say. You come into my house, you
get my son's name right. You know, by my hairy
face. I think I'm just a very hairy guy, but
I'm completely shaved. Alan! Anyway, Aidan has
new PC gaming content. Week in and week out,
GeoGuess or PolyBridge, Observation Duty, much,
much more each and every week. So what can everyone
expect right now? It's a good question. It's
been kind of a tough time in the old AK -209
studios, as I always call it. Yeah, I've not
uploaded this week, which is rare, but it's also
not the first time it's happened. You said it
was a chaotic week, though. Yeah, very chaotic
week. And I figure when it comes down to things
like that, I'd rather just take the time off,
then rush a video out or produce something I'm
not necessarily proud of just to say I have content.
So no, there is no new content as of this week.
Starting next week, there will be. Got a lot
of fun games, a couple handful horror games still
from spooky season that I fell behind on because
of my illness. So there will be fantastic New
content coming soon, but I figure it will wait
until I am in the right mind space to make videos
I'm proud of. Gotcha. Yeah. Yeah. That definitely
makes sense. And if you like our content here,
if you like the content over at Aidan's gaming
site, like, subscribe, share, all that good stuff.
And if you like alt rock, and you like Irish
punk music, like Tossers and Flagging Molly,
groups like that, tune in to my radio show. After
Hours, I mentioned it a little bit. It's Tuesday
nights at 9P. PM Central Standard Time, Fridays
at 8 PM Central Standard Time. You find the stream
at wvlp .org or the TuneIn app on your handheld
device. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Kindly.
I would ask her nicely. Yeah. AI is getting kind
of crazy. So just be nice to her. And I'm sure
she'll play it. I'm pretty sure. And if she doesn't?
No. Oh, no. Oh, no. Because what are you going
to do with the AI uprising on the? Yeah, I'm
not sure. I'm not sure. I know I won't be asking
ChatGBT for pictures of one president blowing
another. Topical reference. Topical reference.
Maybe one day we won't even have to ask an AI
to produce it. Nope. Those files probably exist
somewhere. They're probably just out there somewhere.
And I'm not sure I want that visual. They're
in the hands of an. Inept moron named Cash. And
he's just looking at him. Probably... They're
probably in the hands of... Vladimir Putin. Vladimir
Putin probably in the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin.
Bill Clinton's cock in Donald Trump's mouth.
This is very funny. Funny joke on American. Funny
joke. I will make this asshole do everything
I need. I celebrate with vodka. Hooray. Another
win for Mother Russia. Another win for Mother
Russia. Any rate, so it's a song, probably one
of my favorite songs from this group, but I can't
sing it because I don't sound like Jim Morrison
right now. No, what? I know, I know. Oh, maybe
I do. This is the end. Beautiful friend, this
is the end, my only friend, the end. No, I do
not sound like Jim Morrison right now. Could
fool me. I know, they say we're like brothers,
but I just, the only difference, I don't take
a bath. But at any rate, we know with every beginning,
there is an end. It doesn't matter if it's a
meal, a project, a job, a friendship, a relationship,
or our very own existence. There's a beginning
and there's an end. That's just the way it works.
With most things, we are aware of the beginning
and the ending, and have some control over both
when it begins and when and how it ends. The
biggest mystery of all comes with our birth and
death. We have no control over when we enter
this world, and most of us have no idea when
we're gonna leave it. Now, sometimes... cancer
can take the life of say like an eight -year
-old boy and other times a Tennessee grandma
drinking white lightning and eating fried chicken
lives to be 110 years old. So, you know, you
riddle me that. Right. You know, but I look this
up as I was doing a little bit of research. 932
,566 people around the world have taken their
lives this far in 2025. Almost a million people.
So for nearly one million people, they made a
decision when their story would come to an end.
Now, many of the living never understand why
people choose to end their story. Depression,
anxiety, isolation, poverty, abuse, poor health
conditions, financial crisis, job loss, death
of someone close, just some of the reasons people
and their lives, and most times they have many
of these things going on at once. It's overwhelming.
People often feel incredibly powerless to make
sense of things and find it difficult to turn
things around. However, the one thing they do
have the power to do is to stop the pain and
suffering in another story. So, if you happen
to be a friend or relative of someone struggling,
there are a few things you can do and some things
you probably shouldn't. You can and should listen
to them if they're willing to talk. You don't
have to offer up solutions. More than anything,
they just need to unload and if you let them,
you're doing them a tremendous service. You can
help them out. It could be something as simple
as bringing over a pizza and beer and watching
a game with them. or perhaps you can help them
with the dishes or other household chores. For
those struggling, even the simplest household
tasks are daunting. Now, what you shouldn't do,
you shouldn't impose your will on them, what
they may perceive to be like making demands,
like, come on man, let's get up, get up, come
on, let's go catch a movie. Or, hey, you know,
I'm going through things too, let me tell you
all about them, because the last thing you wanna
do is if you're going through shit, Is to sit
there in front of them and be like, oh, here's
all of my shit It's much worse than your right
don't know that's just a no just do not do not
do that Empathize that's what you're supposed
to do now if you're in a crowded room during
the holidays, please remember it's like a third
of people in that room that are miserable and
at least a couple of that third have thought
about ending their story if You're one of those
thinking about ending your story. There's help
So, of course, right off the jump, friends and
family are a good resource. You can check in
with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline,
text 988. There's also Crisis Text Hotline 741741.
I do this around the holidays every year. Because
for me, the holidays are mostly depressing for
me. I usually don't enjoy the holidays very much.
I used to love Thanksgiving. Loved it, loved
it, loved it. Now it's just kind of there. Yeah.
Christmas I hate. If we could just skip from
Thanksgiving to St. Patrick's Day, I would be
a happy camper. Right. So this is just something
we do, something we throw out just because of
battles that I've had and have struggled with
mightily. And I know others do too. As a matter
of fact, I saw a friend of mine at our local
pub last night when my friend took me out to
play darts. And I saw him. And I actually saw
him earlier in the day too at the coffee shop,
because he was doing some writing. But he was
saying he went to this place called Porter Stark,
which is a place where if you're having mental
health issues, you can go get some help. And
so he had mentioned how he had gone over there
and talked to the person. He was having a real
rough day. And I'm like, yeah, you know, it's
like when you go those first couple of times,
it's like you're unpacking a lot. Right. And
you haven't even really begun to even make sense
of anything yet. So it's it's a lot those first
couple of times. And it feels like you're really
accomplishing nothing. But ultimately, you're
setting the stage. Right. For for healing, because
that mental health professional has to understand,
has to know and has to be able to help you connect
the dots. They're not going to connect the dots
for you. They're going to lead you down the path.
Because that's the only way we learn and we heal
is to do it that way. Right. So he's kind of
early in the process. So it was a lot for him.
So I went up to him and I gave a big hug. I said,
hey, man, how you doing? And he's like, oh, I'm
fine. So we just talked a little bit. And he's
like, thanks so much. I'm like, no, it's fine.
He lost his cat. Few weeks earlier. Yeah, and
so that was real tough for him, you know And
I and I was one of the first people to just like
reach out, you know, give him a hug be like,
hey man You know, it'll it'll be alright. I've
lost pets and they're like family It's it's a
hard thing to you know to go through right and
we had our conversation like that as well, but
at any rate I just know that if you're out there
and you're having those problems that You know
there there are people that give a shit about
you. Even if in your darkest times you feel alone.
There are people, if you open up a little bit,
there are people that will listen and will will
help you in the process of what you're of what
you're going through. Right. So just trust the
process. There's a lot of county and state sponsored
programs that if you're sitting there like so
many other Americans, we're just massively underinsured
and everything else. And you're like, how the
hell can I afford it? Go anyway. Just go. Right.
Just go and see someone and talk to someone and
just try to sort things out. Because let's face
it, if it comes to the loss of a friend, the
loss of a loved one, loss of a job, seasonal
depression, financial struggle, I mean, you can
go on and on and on. There are so many people
out there dealing with that. There really are.
So number one, you're not alone. Right. There
are a lot of people out there and they're struggling.
So all I'm saying is just take that into consideration.
Realize that there are so many others that are
fighting that same battle that you are fighting
and seek the help that you need and find just
those couple of good friends or relative or whatever
that will listen to you and that will have your
back and support you. even if it's just watching
a stupid game and having a pizza and a beer or
whatever, just all those little things. Getting
out in public, do not sit at home alone. I cannot
stress that enough that I always call the thing
in between my ears a bad neighborhood. Because
if you're in a certain state of mind and you're
home alone for hours on end, your brain's just
gonna start thinking shit. And if it's already
in kind of that bad space, that's what it's doing
right now. And it's not good. So get out, go
to a coffee shop, take a walk, meet up with some
friends, whatever, and you don't even have to
sit there and diagnose all your problems. You
can just go talk about stuff and just get your
mind off it. And the more you do that, the more
you internalize positive things. I know that's
so hard and I should... preaching the choir,
right? As hard as that is, you have to do it.
You have to internalize as much positivity as
you can. I know it's so hard today to do that,
especially in this world that we're currently
living in, but you've got to try to do it. Just
find something funny in the absurd, or whatever
it's going to take to get you out of... This
negative state of mind and that's just a natural
part of that healing process. So Any thoughts?
Yeah, I I mean we're all We're all in this human
experience together, right? You Shouldn't have
to and don't have to go through it alone And
it it not only affects Adults the the people
you know your loved ones it it affects kids too,
and I read this statistic this this article on
Jama Network a couple days ago, and it kind of
coincides with this of just how how these these
these frightening rates are of Self -harm and
and suicide are are rising again where kids aged
8 to 12 from in the US the the rate of suicide
per million children went from about 3 in a million
in the year 2000 to about 9 in a million in the
year 2021 oh wow tripled holy shit yeah tripled
in that span of time so Definitely go out there
and you know check check on your nieces and nephews
and little cousins make sure they're doing alright
also And it's Another thing you kind of touched
on this a little bit also of knowing how to speak
to and with People who are going through a rough
time It's of course important to have empathy
and to realize it's not ever about one -upmanship
You know, if you want to empathize and sympathize,
just stick with that, hear them out. And it's
an issue, too, that some people fall into, whether
through force of habit or... I don't know. I
don't know why, but to infantilize someone who's
going through something and to speak to them
as if they're a child. I mean, people... I say
people generally not everyone generally. Yeah,
but I say people tend to do this with those who
have physical disabilities and May subconsciously
do this to people who have mental disabilities
and just be aware of your actions and words and
inflection when when you're speaking to and about
said subjects because it's It's important to
hear someone out. But if they feel as if you're
demeaning them or Talking down to them of like,
oh, come on champ. It'll it'll all be good. That's
yeah Is that helpful? Hmm. Do we really find
that helpful? I would argue not so just just
be aware of that and especially during the holiday
season like you brought up It's stressful as
is for for neurotypical individuals. It's stressful
Imagine how it could affect someone who's not
in in a positive state of mind going into it,
you know, so just yeah, definitely check in on
on all your loved ones and and make sure they
know they're important and loved during the holiday
season, especially during Christmas this year
because I know we're still five weeks out, give
or take, but with an economy so dog shit and
capitalism's weight crushing all of us, make
it clear. If you can, if you're comfortable doing
so, make it clear with your friends and family,
hey guys, either small gifts or no gifts this
year. And feel comfortable saying that. Feel
comfortable saying that. If you guys can all
get together and eat a slice of ham and play
some video games or whatever, go ahead and do
it. You don't have to engage in capitalism to
enjoy time with your family over the holidays.
That's my pro tip. You don't have to engage in
capitalism. That's true because that's just another
stressor, right? It's a massive stressor. Yeah.
Yeah, I agree with that Definitely. Well, um
and always and I've said this I say this to people
personally all the time and I extend this to
you our mark most show family if if you're Feeling
a certain way you need to chat or whatever. It
is up hit us up in the comments, the socials,
whatever. And we'll give you all that contact
information to places that can help you. But
if you just need someone to listen, I'm here.
And I do this for friends. And even though I
know I'm dealing with my own stuff, I grew up
a certain way. And I would see how my dad would
handle. people that were struggling or just needed
a good joke or a big bear hug or a big handshake
or just whatever and Even as a kid I I got it.
I like I got what he was doing and it's just
like reason 516 why he was just an amazing guy
And so I I do that a lot and even though I'm
struggling on my own and doing all sorts of stuff
When I see a friend is hurting I want to be there
for them and if they just need to vent vent vent
at me, you know, do what you need to do That's
like I'm just I'm used to being strong for other
people It's it's and I love to do it. I don't
mind doing it. I like being there for other people
I got a big hurt. I think you inherited that
for better for worse right for better for worse
in this economy in this economy But at any rate,
that's to any of you listeners out there, even
ones that know us, if you need someone, we're
here. And you don't have to go through this shit
alone, especially as it pertains to the holidays.
Like Aidan said, keep it simple. What's better
than just filling those weeks with bunch of meetups
and dates and stuff with people having a couple
of drinks having some pizza having a sandwich
watching a game and Just doing really great fun
positive stuff like that that isn't gonna break
your bank, right? How great is that right? Yeah,
especially when the weather starts turning and
it's cloudy every day and especially when the
snow continues to fall It's just like man fuck
Yeah, and when you're when you're in that mindset
hit up your homies Hey, I want a hot dog and
a beer. Where are we going? Where we going exactly
and I do have to say for a very short time I
took this opportunity this gig for almost a year
down in Southwest, Florida and I kept hearing
from people how you know is the winter woods
there and stuff for Midwesterners would be really
hard for us to get used to it and whatever When
I moved down there it was in January It was 10
degrees in Chicago the day I left. And so we
get down there, truck's there, we unload all
my stuff, get it into the, get it into the place,
whatever. So, once all that's done, this is big
condo complex, and it had a really nice pool.
And my first thought was, oh man, I'm hitting
the pool. Oh yeah. In the pool. It's like 64
degrees. Coming off 10 degrees, that's balmy
as hell. Oh yeah. I had my shorts, a t -shirt,
a... towel and I'm there and I'm walking through
the club because you got to walk through the
club to get to the pool. Yeah. And I'm walking
through the club and these women working in the
club looked at me like I was a freaking alien.
And they were like, sir. And I'm like, yeah.
And I'm like, oh, you probably don't know me
yet. I'm Mark. I just moved in. Blah, blah, blah.
And they're like. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know,
we know that. We, we, we, we, you know, the contract,
like we, this is several weeks ago, we damn like,
okay, I just didn't know if you remembered, whatever,
probably deal with a lot of people. Now, why
are you here? Well, you have the body of water
out there and I'm going to dip my feet in that.
That's what I'm going to do. And they're just
like, don't you think it's kind of cold today?
Don't you think you should mind your business?
Yeah, you're right. Exactly. And I was just like,
I don't think you have a concept of what cold
is. Right. I really don't. Like, it's 64 degrees,
you guys are walking around in fricking burkas.
And I'm like, I'm just in a t -shirt and shorts.
I couldn't be more comfortable. I'm like, this
is awesome. Spend a day in that negative 30 degrees
in Chicago. It'll change you. You got people
out there in shorts. Yeah. Look, oh man, that
wind on my legs feels really good. If you've
ever heard the saying that people in Chicago
are built different, 100 % we are. We are absolutely
built different. And I can say we, because I
spent 30 years of my life there. So that is something
I wear with a badge of honor, for sure. Earned.
Earned. Definitely earned. At any rate, we're
going to take a quick break. And we'll be back
with some Carpe Diem. All right, we're back everybody
back to the mark mo show it's time for Carpe
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are a form of statements and questions and we
might answer that question sure We we might not
I might not. Yeah, I think there's there's ways
people can get theirs to the front of the line
Right, like we like to say we're pro -choice
around here. Indeed. We are Not only for women's
rights, but for us choosing whether or not we
answer your question. That is very true. Could
we be swayed? Uh... It's possible. I'm more corduroy
than suede. Like a big corduroy guy? I'm a velvet
man myself. Good night, everybody. We just keep
it rolling. Indeed we do. We'll be here all week.
We will be here all week. We're sorry. At any
rate, yes, we can be suede. We can be suede if
I have these empty hands, right? And all of a
sudden, whoa, why does this right hand feel heavier?
It's my carpal tunnel. No, it's not. There's
something in it. It's a bag of gold coins. It's
a bag of gold coins. And that will go far with
us. Yes. You will win favor with said hosts.
Exactly. Yeah. We're like the lords. And you,
the peasants, must gift us. That's right. Whatever
wealth you may have that's right, baby, because
it is late -stage capitalism and that's just
how it goes. Yeah, baby. Let them eat cake Yeah,
that's what I'm talking about. So anyway, we
got a bunch of DMs here today I'll start with
mega for today. I have one from la boo boo boo.
Oh Sup guys, so what's the deal with these Labooboo
things? And why is it that us humans fall for
all these brain dead marketing ideas? It's an
excellent question. It's a fantastic point. It
really is. I heard someone put it this way and
then it finally clicked. It finally clicked why
these things took off. And they're like, their
revenue was like already 3 or 4x the revenue
of Mattel. Yeah. You know, creator of... every
kid's toy ever, and they just exploded out of
nowhere. It was phrased to me like this. It's
like the microtransactions and loot boxes and
box opening that's in every video game and gambling
casino scam app, they found a way to make it
tangible with something fuzzy and cute inside.
That's what caused everyone to flip. About it
is because they took something that works in
like CS and Call of Duty and fortnight and they
were like Why don't we put a little plushy inside
and like send it to people and also it costs
like $200 right So it's like I get it. It's hyper
consumerism in late -stage capitalism where they
found gambling works with cute things right That's
it. That's the whole business model. But see,
sometimes these things aren't cute. Remember
troll dolls? I never found them cute. Remember
fricking troll dolls? It's the same thing. It's
the same thing, and those are ugly as hell. And
like, I remember this before your time were Cabbage
Patch Kids. Oh, yeah. And those things, I mean,
those melons, man, those are some ugly fricking
kids, man. Wasn't the original Annabelle haunted
doll a Cabbage Patch Kid? Raggedy Ann doll. Raggedy,
that's right. That's right. Raggedy Ann doll.
Yeah. Similar not the same, but but similar.
It's just Stupid looking doll not not you Annabelle.
You're gorgeous. You're wonderful. We love you
here Yeah, this is a demonic spirit podcast dude
my life is hell. I don't need that I don't need
Annabelle being like oh additional streams things
are bad now, right? I'll show you I'll show you
now. We don't need those problems, but at any
rate Yeah, it's an interesting statement for
sure. La boo boo. Boo. From at Umbrella Man,
I am the conspiracy brother. JFK was not killed
by Oswald. Trump? That's a joke. Any other conspiracy
theories you guys subscribe to? Ooh. Conspiracy
theories we subscribe to. Well, I like the whole
JFK thing. I mean, I think the CIA and FBI as
organizations, as agencies, have always been
remarkably sus, meddling in crazy shit all the
time. Oh, sure. So, one or both of them, I think,
is likely to have been involved in said assassination.
I kind of like that. I always found it weird,
and I know... It's it's one thing to to align
yourself with this, but I just like the thought
experiment of how crazy World Trade Center seven
was That always blew my mind. That's that was
that was sus How yeah how of course like and
how like the the files and crazy shit the confidential
shit that was held in that building Yeah, oh,
yeah, conveniently like no other building around
to fell down. They were all damaged sure They
were all damaged. Oh, for sure. But only that
one fell down. Straight down. Straight down.
Just like the other two. How very strange. That
one always piqued my interest of like, whoa,
something's funky. My funky meter is going crazy.
Right. Yeah. There's no reason. Yeah, World Trade
Center 7. That's a good one. Definitely. I don't
subscribe to, but I like the thought experiment
of like, how very strange. Uh -huh. You know?
Oh, yeah. No, that's a good one. Yeah. I like
that one. Any, any you're interested in, per
se? Uh, well... Obdavious, uh, JFK. Uh, and then
of course his brother, RFK, with the circus.
Oh yeah. That was, that was, um, you know, like
it's supposed to be just some random, uh, Middle
Eastern guy that just decided to run up to him
and - Nah, no way. No way. That's some MK Ultra
shit right there. Right. And that guy was programmed,
uh, all the way. And yeah, so I look a lot at
that. There's really a lot of good ones. I wrote
a paper in college. It's 25 pages long, however
long it was. And it was about Pearl Harbor as
a backdoor to war. And what my study... proposed
is that America actually knew Japan was going
to do something at Pearl Harbor and Decided to
kind of just let them do whatever it was that
they were gonna do So we had back door to war
in Germany, right? and that way We're saving
face with people in Europe by not just jumping
in and doing things. Now it's like, oh, well,
now we're with Japan. And since you're allies
with them, well, I guess we're. So and you can
actually follow the breadcrumbs, whether there's
a lot of truth to it or not. You can actually
follow breadcrumbs that at least makes you go,
huh, right. That's really interesting. Just as
a thought process. There was no CIA back then.
There was a department of war. And, you know,
were there enough? People in that that were like,
hey, we need to get over and fight Germany. Otherwise,
England is done. Right now. Now we've got no
no ability to wage this war. Germany will just
have Europe. And then imagine what happens. They
take over England. If anything, at that point,
Hitler would probably just. Be like, okay, we
want peace with you guys where we don't want
to we don't want to mess with you guys and they're
done That way we never get over there. We never
expose the Holocaust. We never write so many
things So many things cuz I could automatically
see Germany doing that. Oh, yeah, like yeah,
we're good. We're good Let's work a piece. Yeah,
you know, I could see them doing that but anyway
that's yeah that is a fun one i mean it's not
fun but it's a fun thought yeah i'm pretty sure
i have that paper somewhere if i can ever find
it i'll let you read it yeah that'd be awesome
yeah man that's i use my brain used to work um
at meat cheese and football my man my guy i love
this time of year guys just food friends and
football do you love thanksgiving any other holidays
you guys love Oh, great questions. I too love
Thanksgiving for the meat, cheese, and football
of it all. I think we've covered, I don't think
we've ever made a top 10 holidays list, but we've
definitely covered at least our top three. And
I think we share, maybe not in the same order,
but at least the top three of Halloween, St.
Patty's Day, Thanksgiving. Yes. So I'm a big
Thanksgiving, Halloween, and St. Patty's Day
guy. I've always liked the Dia de los Muertos
celebrations. It always looks super cool. Cinco
de Mayo all the same. God, what are some other
good ones? I love Labor Day just because I like
what it stands for. And I get a Monday off, which
is fantastic. Right. It's a win -win in my book.
Indeed. Yeah, I would say those are the most
imperative ones to me. Yeah, I would agree. All
those three that you had mentioned, those are
definitely my favorites. I do like the 4th of
July, not so much as this ultra patriotic, kind
of, about being American, like none of that crap.
Right. I just like that, like, it's a nice summer
day, and you have somebody grilling meats, and
then you blow a bunch of shit up. Oh yeah. And
it's like, that part of it's kind of fun. But
I always looked at it more of what it was intended
to be Independence Day. Yeah. The celebration
of getting the fuck away from the English. Right.
Damn chose. You got to kind of respect that.
You got on the surface. Yeah. So I always celebrated
as such. I've never really taken it as a celebration
of the United States because I don't find the
United States something to be celebrated. And
now right now. So I. Yeah. I always just took
it as Independence Day. Yeah. We're free from
England. Thank God. Free from England Day. Yep.
Yeah. I agree. So we are in alignment on that
one. The last one I have is from at stonerstanley420.
Our boy. Happy Turkin Festival, Momo and Alan.
Turkin Festival? Turkin, Turkin Festival. What
a cool name. Do you guys have... The eating...
Oh, God. Stanley, you guys are killing me. Say
again? Do you guys have the eating turkins for
the day? I don't have an oven, so I guess I'll
eat a squirrel or maybe a slider. Hey, man. I
watched a Christmas movie once about eating squirrels
and high in cholesterol. Yeah, we heard that.
So maybe avoid the squirrel, unless you're in
dire straits, then go for it, right? Right. Yeah,
I've not purchased my turkin yet. I don't even
know, like you gotta do turkin right. You know,
if you cook it the way of many crackers that
I've known in my past, it's dry. You gotta cook
it right. You gotta treat the turkin with respect.
A lot of love. It's a big bird. Yeah. It's not
the big bird, but it's a big bird. It's a big
bird. So treat your turkin and it will reward
you with juicy meat. Indeed. I hear. That's what
they say. You've had mine. That's what they tell
me. You've had mine, you know. Juicy turkin.
I make a juicy turkin, for sure. To turkin festival
day, of course. That's for turkin festival day.
Let's rename Thanksgiving to turkin festival
day. Because it's more... I don't know that's
another thing about Thanksgiving that always
bugged me is like the colonial Americans and
the pilgrims were Shitty human beings. Yeah.
Oh, yeah Just pieces of garbage overall and that's
what the holidays about Something something they
gave corn or whatever. It's like no, I'm certain
it didn't go down like that No, I'm certain it
didn't go down like that. So I I like Turkin
festival day a festival as we approach the dire
straits of winter to enjoy Turkin. To enjoy Turkin?
Yeah. I agree. I like that, actually. I love
it. Stoner, you're onto something. I think you're
onto something, Stoner. What do you got there,
Aidan? I got some DMs here. I got one from Mr.
Dotcom. Ooh. From your earliest memories of the
internet, what sticks out to you most about its
evolution? That's a good question. I would say
engagement. because engagement wasn't a thing
back in the day. Everything was standalone page.
You really couldn't interact. The very first
bit of interaction on any page was just a link
to an email. That was it. Oh, sure. But everything
was standalone. So no engagement, social media,
anything like that. So that's come so far. And
then, of course, When you want to go on the internet,
it doesn't take five minutes and your computer
going and You're just like, all right, we doing
it we doing it not take two getting like 30 kilobytes
a second. Yeah, really Well, yeah, and just think
think of like if you wanted to download JFK And
you would do that to your computer and it would
you'd get it in what five minutes. Maybe maybe
less downloading a whole movie Oh, sure. Yeah.
Probably less, depending on your processing speed
and everything. But back in the day, if you downloaded
a photo or an article, you're just waiting, waiting.
It would take several minutes for a photo or
an article. Wow. Yeah, it's come far. Damn. I,
of course, have not been around that long. I
guess the internet technically was made public
just a little bit before I was born, a handful
of years, but I never really had access to it
as a wee lad, like most of these Gen A kids,
I derogatorily called the iPad kids. I never
really had access to the internet never had a
smartphone or tablet or anything. I think my
first internet experience was probably On the
old family computer watching like YouTube music
videos. Yeah So that had to have been after 2006
that was probably that was probably around then
oh six or seven. Yeah Yeah, and going from that
time of like being able to like go up and like
watch I don't know, Dr. Dre music video. They're
like, wow, this is so cool. I could find music
at my very will. So nuts. And then now it's,
I don't want to call it the death of the internet
because the internet's not going anywhere. But
I would say the death of the purity of the internet
I think has taken place. Maybe over the last
five years, maybe ten probably closer to ten
where everything is so hyper consumerism every
Every website you visit is trying to sell you
something. Yeah, and there's a thousand ads on
every page where You you need an ad blocker to
Navigate the internet successfully. Oh, yeah,
or with any peace of mind and it's so It's so
appropriate in like a depressing kind of way
for the stage of the world as it is Oh, yeah,
you know when it's it's just kind of sad to see
where it just it seemed more pure I remember
it being more pure, you know less for sure adpocalypse
Yeah, less you know, visit a page, oh, well,
subscribe to the newsletter, maybe buy something.
It's like, no, just let me read an article, man.
Right, right. So, yeah, it's just, it's become
sadder of an experience. To phrase it in a way,
it's become a chore. It has. You know? It's like,
I'll scroll Reddit a little bit. That's kind
of the only social media I use anymore these
days, just to keep up with current stories or
sports or funny memes or whatever. But besides
that, it's just like, I don't want to go online.
Oh yeah. I don't. It makes me feel not good.
Yeah, I agree. So... Yeah, and just, it's...
Talk about capitalism. It's like back in the
day even though it was slow as hell and and resolution
wasn't great and all that It was free like everything
right you could get to it as free wasn't costly
anything right and now things are trapped behind
paywalls now and all this other shit and that's
Right your internet service providers selling
every inch of your data Yeah, you know AI is
scalping the internet stealing your IP. Oh sure
yeah, yep Yeah, it's a nightmare indeed it is
I got a DM here from Evil Genie. I'm feeling
generous today. Would you rather have $100 a
day for life or $200 ,000 upfront right now?
That's tough. That is tough. $100 a day is $36
,500 a year. Is it? Passive income. Unless it's
a leap year in which case you get an extra hundo
So 36 grand a year Passive income would be really
nice. Yeah, really nice. It just makes me think
like the There's there's the part of me. That's
just like you take the 200k right now. You put
it all away How much do you accrue an interest
blah blah blah and it's like do I really want
it to be that complicated? Like sure it'd be
nice to have that lump sum. It would solve a
lot of problems right now But you have 36 K for
life certain 36 K year for life. I ain't shit
I could be taking it a lot easier. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I'm tempted to go a hundo a day for life
Yeah, yeah, and of course that 36 grand is not
gonna be the same in 2055 but it's still passive
income. Oh sure. Yeah, so yeah, I like a hundo
a day Break that I probably take the 200 up front
just because I have needs now right and the hundred
a day aren't gonna get me anywhere and 200k will
right so I would take that fair Final dm. I received
today creepy grew all right What's something
that Jen alpha will never experience? sex You
fucking virgins. Owned. Absolutely owned. I mean,
really, was it a surprise that's what came out
of the Gen Xers mouth? I mean, come on. Come
on, we're assholes. Fucking iPad kids got owned,
brother. Yeah. Bazinga. Yeah, that's just...
That's why I like my improv brain is trying to
build on that but that's just like that's the
pinnacle So how do you add to perfection? That's
funny I I don't know. I mean, it's it's tough
to say because there's always like generational
not even generational gap is the right term,
but just like looking at a different generation
or especially one that's younger than you and
your immediate thought is just like, oh, your
childhood's never gonna be like mine was. And
it's just like, there's good and bad about that.
Every generation should, for the most part, want
the succeeding generation to have a better, more
comfortable and better educational childhood
than they, so. You know, every generation of
human beings gets smarter and healthier and all
that. But like, there's a part of me that's concerned.
Yeah. Especially with the discussion about the
internet we just had. Yeah, oh yeah. Where it's
like, just this cyber -bulkanization of children
and the amount of just bad influence online and...
just bots everywhere. You think a seven -year
-old child's gonna know the difference between
a bot comment and a human being? Not at all.
And these people, I say people, these bots controlled
by shitty human beings, they're influencing children.
That's alarming. That's alarming. I was lucky
enough not to have any of that. Was outside like
playing with pine needles or some shit. I don't
know you were Couldn't keep my out from underneath
the pine tree. Yeah, it's a good is a good shade
tree for being a pine tree It was almost kind
of like the way it was and then there weren't
like the bottom branches weren't there Yeah,
and there were a couple of dead ones. So it was
almost like a like your own fort Yeah, it was
nice for a little four and a half foot me just
to be able to walk under there without ducking
So yeah, I I just don't know. I worry about gen
a and how much the internet is influencing them
potentially for the worse, but at the same time
it's like, what am I gonna do? You know? Right,
yeah, I agree. You'll never experience being
me under a pine tree. Or sex. Oh, shit! Got him
twice! Bloodied their nose twice. That was not
nice of me. It's kind of the MO of a Gen Xer.
I mean, that's just what we do. Quick couple
of quick jabs and we're gone. We're gone. We'd
do the Irish goodbye and be like, where'd he
go? That's what they do. Skid addled. That's
what they do. We're now on to the next segment.
It's called Other Foods. Aidan scours the globe,
hundreds of hours of research to find. delicacies
from across the globe that would make a billy
goat puke. Sure, certainly. And I am very interested
what you have for us this week. This week's other
foods I decided to stray. I went on a little
walk, a little walk see through the land of beverages.
Oh, okay. I found the five lowest ranked beverages
voted on by the internet. Oh, okay. The first
one is a drink called Yorsh. Yorsh. Yorsh. Okay.
Popular Russian mixed beverage made with a combination
of beer and vodka. This got like a 1 .7 out of
5 stars. Oh, that's not good. Yeah, you're talking
9 ounce beer, 2 ounces of vodka. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, I like it's about a one a one to four vodka
to beer ratio just about woof The ratio of ingredients
may vary depending on personal preferences mine
would be zero percent vodka. Yeah. Oh, yeah in
my beer After the ingredients have been combined
it is recommended to drink the cocktail quickly
as Is the custom in Russia because yours is traditionally
consumed in social settings after a toast I just
I don't I don't know. I don't like the idea Nah,
I don't either. You're befouling a good beverage
with this nasty neutral grain vodka shit. Vodka
from Chernobyl. Yeah, we don't need those problems.
The next one, second worst rated, is one very
close to our hearts. I'm sure you could guess
it. Oh no. Mallort. Yay. 1 .8 out of 5 stars.
Oh, come on. Bitter Wormwood based liqueur, created
in the 1930s. by a Swedish immigrant, Carl Jepson.
The drink was first introduced in Chicago. God
bless Chicago. Although it's now it's produced
in Florida as well. Malort is the Swedish word
for wormwood. Fun fact for you. It's not that
bad. It's distilled out of potatoes and then
infused with wormwood. It quote, has a sharp
flavor and long bitter aftertaste. It's In my
opinion, not that bad. No. It's really not that
bad. Now, I think some people are kind of over
the top with it. Yeah, they go a little too far.
It's like, you ever smell pine soul? Oh, yeah.
It kind of tastes like pine soul smells. It's
just not that bad. It really isn't. It's like,
calm down. Yeah, I think. I've taken shots of
much worse. I've had fucking tequila that tastes
worse than fucking mormor. I was about to say
tequila, Jägerbeister. and Goldschlager are probably
the three worst for me. Yeah, Malort doesn't
even touch the top three. No. This got a 2 .1
out of 5 stars. Chal. Chal? Chal or Chal. I'm
not sure. Okay. It's from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
Ooh. It is made by fermenting camel milk. At
the high temperature. Wow, wow, wee wah. Yeah,
I know, right? At high temperatures for at least
four hours. This fermented, because of the fermentation,
it is alcoholic. The drink is light, frothy,
and refreshing, quote unquote. Nope. Well, if
it's all that, why did it get 2 .1 out of five
star? Right. It is beloved due to its low caloric
content and presence of iron, magnesium, calcium,
and zinc. Ah. So I guess it's good for you? Sure.
Couldn't be me. The next one, a 2 .2 out of 5
stars, corn. Spelled with a K. A German grain
spirit, traditionally distilled from fermented
mash of wheat, rye, buckwheat, barley, or oats.
Strong, colorless drink. Not sweetened nor flavored.
An ABV between 32 and 37. Okay. So apparently
it's just like vodka -esque, but it's like a
wheat rye vodka. Hmm. With a lower ABV, and apparently
it's terrible. Thus the 2 .2 stars. And of course
the last, certainly not least, 2 .3 stars, Kumis,
a fermented dairy product originating from ancient
Mongolia, spread through Central Asia since the
drink itself is similar to kefir. which I'm sure
you're familiar with. It's traditionally produced
from a mare's raw milk, which contains more sugar
than goats or cow's milk. It's also rich in proteins
and vitamin C, another healthy one. Due to the
amount of sugar in the mare's milk, Kumis has
a higher level of alcohol than kefir. When fermented,
the drink is said to have a slightly sour flavor
and an aftertaste reminiscent of almonds. Which
honestly doesn't sound bad, I like almonds. Right.
But then like the 2 .3 stars is not promising.
So... Mmm. Yeah, those are the five worst I could
find. Those are good. That was a nice... Nice
swerve on that one. Yeah. With the beverages,
with the drinks. The other beverages. The other
beverages. I do rather enjoy that. And then before
we take our next break, I... let you know what
my frozen guy review is for the week. It's just
like I did my fry guy fry review, now I do frozen
guy review, because I'm alone. And no, I don't
have cats. I'm alone, and so rather than cooking
all the time, which when I cook, I cook like
I cooked when I was a dad. So like I'll do a
pasta bacon, I'll just do a nine by 12 pan full
of pasta, and I'm like. Well, okay. The upside
is that's three to four meals for me. So that's
great. The problem is I got to eat these meals
right on top of each other because it's not going
to last a week in the fridge. It's going to last
three days, four tops. And so that's always problematic.
So the quantities are always problematic when
I cook. And it's just easier doing something
frozen. You're just doing soup or mac and cheese
or a frozen meal So I thought why not review
these frozen meals this second one in a row from
lean cuisine and this is their cheese ravioli
now The ravioli is fine The cheese in it's good.
So whatever combination of cheese Tastes ricotta
like yeah, I don't know if it is but Definitely
is a decent cheese ravioli The pasta sauce is
very tasty, but very, very runny. Oh, no. It's
like soup. It's very runny. That's not an ideal
marinara. No. I need it chunkier. I need some
substance to it. Because in that way, if you
have a piece of bread with your meal, then you
could just suck it up. That's what you do. But
this was just like, just wet. Yeah. I was like,
yeah. So that part was kind of problematic. Even
though it did taste good. Like it was just it
was like wet just right through your fork. I
was just like this is weird Yeah, so I did something
I normally don't do which is what I added something
ooh and so I had some of the three cheese from
an earlier pasta make I made left and I I dumped
a bunch in there with it and that helps solidify
a little bit some of that sauce and so I Have
to grate it without the cheese. Sure. A half
degree without the cheese. So my grade without
the cheese is a 6 -7. 6 -7. It's two weeks in
a row. Oh, no. God, two weeks in a row. It's
two weeks in a row. I am so brain damaged. God
damn it. The brain rot has consumed you so deeply.
It really has consumed me. It was inevitable.
Back to back weeks. God, again. 6 -7. Son of
a bitch. God. Holy shit. Ugh. It's cracking me
up. It's the younger generation, man. I'm telling
you, they have to be stopped. Have to be stopped.
Holy. Virgin asses. But with the cheese, I would
upgrade it to about a 7 -1. With the cheese.
Okay. But the greatest 6 -7. Yeah. Sorry if you
keep saying it What's the great again, sorry
I missed it seven one with the cheese. Yeah,
there you go Seven one with the cheese. That's
a back -to -back lean cuisine mid -tier mid -tier.
Yeah mid -tier in the link That's unfortunate
and and this is what I'm guessing so far since
I've started this is the ones that are like healthy
this or lean this I feel taste and substance
are very mid, whereas the ones that are just
like Yellowstone, Boston Market, this and that,
they're just acknowledging, I just want to fill
your stomach. Fill your stomach, we need some
good ingredients, and it's not gonna be super
healthy, we don't give a shit, and they just
throw that out there, and those are the ones
that are in the eights and nines, so I don't
want to grate it all out that way. I am hoping
to do some of Amy's products soon. I'm a huge
fan of those because those are on the healthier
side and very filling. So we'll see. I think
I do have a Boston Market one in my fridge. We'll
be curious. Maybe next week I'll do that one.
And that is an interesting fact you bring up
about like the lean or the healthy meals. And
it kind of brings me to this fact I heard where
a lot of the like healthier versions of things
or like reduced fat versions of things are simply
that. Like reduced fat but then Because fat is
flavor they add it back in with sugars and MSG
and extra sodium Where it's not necessarily healthier
like fats are healthy, you know Your mono unsaturated
fats and they're there of course plenty of healthy
fats out there you need for your brain Oh, yeah.
Oh, absolutely. So the whole reduced fat or lean
meal craze It's just it's propaganda. Yep, like
that's that's not that ain't it You're just it's
they're just substituting fat with other shit
that Like tries to replicate it with extra sugars
and sodium and MSG and shit. So it's just like
No, if I'm getting a frozen meal, I want that
shit to be cheesy and chock full of meat Yeah,
I know what I'm getting myself into heck. Yeah.
Heck. Yeah. Oh, absolutely It's what I want man,
you know, and it's like look if I have to buy
a healthy frozen meal for 340 Alright, it's still
cheaper than going to McDonald's or Burger King.
I can acknowledge that. Right. That's the point.
So I go and I eat it. Number one, it's mid as
far as taste and everything. Number two, it's
not very filling. Three hours later, I'm gonna
be in the chip bag because it's like it wasn't
enough to fill me up. Whereas some of these other
meals, like that Yellowstone one I had, it was
filling as hell, man. Yeah. I was good. I'm like,
that was a meal. Right. To me. So, anyway. Another...
Six seven just don't just don't six seven. We'll
be back All right, we are back everybody It's
time for You Just Made the List here on the Mark
Mo Show. I'm your host, Mark Maloney, along with
Aidan Maloney. And You Just Made the List, a
top 10 list. We go 10 through 2 with our big
number one reveal. And we do lists on, well,
heck, just about anything. And let's see. It's
probably a good idea if we look at these rules.
Oh, check this one out. No rules. Oh, thank God.
No rules. No rules. That's actually my favorite
role we have. It is, really. The manual is pretty
thick for just saying no rules. They trick you.
They do. They really do. It's a guffaw, if you
will. It is a guffaw. OK. So reel it back in.
OK. Reel it back in. Take it around town. Today,
our list is favorite homemade meals. So you sit
at that table. You got that homemade meal mom
and dad been cooking all day and sit down the
table all the kids that pull up and What's there?
Oh? What's there? That's the question so and
what's what's at your homemade meal? Run my 10
through to save the big number one reveal uh
-huh my number 10 is the simple yet elegant Charcuterie
board. Oh, okay. It's it's something I know my
sisters have experience with and of course I've
got experience with those actually the first
job I had was at this little Italian bistro shop
restaurant Amalgamation it was kind of a weird
place, but good food and that was one of the
things I did made charcuterie board so I kind
of had that early experience of like how to build
one make it look pretty and you know put tasty
things on there and it's a nice I guess it's
not really a meal one could argue but it's a
it's a good thing to have and to know how to
do is like you get a handful of neat sounding
cheeses and you get uh little nuts and fruits
and jams and spreads and crackers Thank you.
Anyway, it's fantastic. I would say if you're
not super culinarily inclined, it is a good way
to get into it because you can be fun and creative
and you don't have to worry about the science
of baking or the my artifact. Am I doing it right
while cooking meat? You can make a charcuterie
board. It's like the entry level of how to get
interested in cooking, I would say. That's fair.
Number nine, little bratwursts. I love me some
bratwursts. When you were like Lil, I'm like
Wayne. Put Lil Wayne on my plate. I shall eat
his albums. No, I'm a big bratwurst guy. Yeah.
And they're fantastic, and they bring me back
to watching football and eating brats. Yeah.
Number eight on my list is the humble chicken
salad. You're talking you're talking you grill
up a couple chicken breasts cut them up in a
little strips and the whole making a salad I've
always found is so much better than Like a restaurant
salad or a store -bought salad bag. Yeah Because
it tastes so much like fresher just like stuff
coming out of your fridge and and going on to
your plate Especially with like fresh -grilled
chicken is fantastic. Oh, yeah big fan number
seven tacos burritos I love Mexican food, and
I love home -making Mexican food. Yeah. I always
find it very tasty. Also, tortillas are just
an excellent vehicle for food to arrive in my
mouth. I think that's, yeah, that's a great point.
Yeah. That's a great point. Oh, I got all this
stuff. It looks kind of messy. Let's place it
in this lovely flour or corn circular device.
Right. And you just fold that shit up and right
in the old pie hole. Yeah, it's so much... In
fact, it's more cooth. I would argue than a bowl
and a fork. It is. You just have to hold your
pinky finger out. Exactly. Yeah, the pinky finger
stays out and you also have less dishes to wash
because it's all in a fucking tortilla. Number
six, turkey tetrazzini. Oh, that's a good one.
Yeah. I remember your mother used to make that
quite a bit. Huge fan of that. Especially after
Thanksgiving, all the leftovers. It's a great
thing to do with turkey. Chalk it all into a
casserole. And it's essentially a pasta bake.
It's a pasta bake with Thanksgiving leftovers,
and it is fantastic. Number five, grilled burgers
and dogs. Mmm, yum. Fantastic. I love it. Fire
up the old coal grill. One side is burgers, the
other side is dog. What do you want? I want everything.
Yes. I will take five of everything, please.
Number four, the St. Patty's Day lunch. Yum,
because dinner is Guinness and Smittix pretty
much the st. Patty's day lunch. You're talking
mashed potatoes. You're talking cocaine You're
talking corned beef. Yes. Oh my goodness. That's
where it's at. That is good stuff That's where
it's at. Corned beef sandwich. Oh yeah, that's
the dessert right there Number three my breakfast
sandwich. It's all in my brain and I make it
perfect every time it is You take the Hash brown
patties, okay, that's the bread so you take two
of those You get a nice sear on either side make
sure they're nice and warm and that will be your
bread. So then you take Sausage you get a sear
on that sausage on the hash brown slice of American
cheese get some you get some eggs going Right?
Scrambled eggs. Boom. You kind of fold them together
in a way that makes them hash brown sized. Sure.
Put them on top of the sausage with cheese. Boom.
Another slice of cheese. Boom. Top. Hash brown.
That's the sandwich. Yum. It is fantastic. Sounds
wonderful. It's potatoes, meat, eggs, and cheese,
but in a way you can hold it. Yeah. That's great.
I love it. It's something I concocted if anyone
else says they did it before me you're lying.
It's a liar You're lying because I came up with
that in my brain before I ever knew anyone else
did it It's impressive number two homemade mac
and cheese. Oh, yeah homemade mac and cheese
I have to say that it did not make my list because
I'm dumb but so What I do with the mac and cheese
though a lot of times is I like adding ground
beef to it As you get ground beef and you just
season it just right. Yeah, usually just like
salt and pepper You really don't need to do a
lot with the ground beef because there's just
enough richness in the in the mac and cheese
sure so yeah, you just take like a Half a pound
of meat if it's just for you You know if you're
doing it for the family get like a pound of meat
and just brown that up And then cook your mac
and cheese when your mac and cheese done add
the beef and just mix that Oh, yeah, that's a
that's a hearty meal. Fantastic. Yeah. Oh, yeah,
you can even get those little Those little store
-bought cans of chili. Oh sure and and put it
in there make chili mac and if you under cook
the noodles then Once you're done adding everything
and mixing it up. The noodles are still undercooked
so you can take it all out put it in a in a pan
You know, cheese on top, extra breadcrumbs put
in the oven. Yeah. It'll finish cooking the pasta
and then it'll be nice and crispy. Sounds good.
Yeah. Sounds really good. Crispy chili mac. So
that's your number two? That is my number two.
All right. My number ten, it's a tie at the top
between shepherd's pie. Oh, yeah. And meatloaf.
Shepherd's pie. Good call. Yeah, Shepard's Pie
was good. Meatloaf, we always... Meatloaf was
just kind of relatively simple to make, but Aiden's
older sister... Alex loves meatloaf, maybe more
than life itself. I think she maybe loves a dog
more than meatloaf, but then like meatloaf's
right there. It's like right under. It's right
under her dog. And yeah, so we always had a lot
of meatloaf, but the meatloaf's good, especially
when you - It's fantastic. If you do a little
combo job with a veggie and some mash, it's just,
it's good. Pork chops is my number nine. I love
a grilled pork chop, or even in the skillet,
where you can just put a little bit of butter
and just add some garlic and salt and pepper.
Yeah, that's a good call. And you cook that up,
and what's beautiful is you, and even, I'll even
go as far as to say paprika pork chops because
I do those, and I usually do a white rice. And
what I do is I'll take the white rice and I will
put it into the pan because then the white rice
will soak up all that paprika pork stuff into
that. And it's just, it's a really, really, really
flavorful meal. Number eight, barbecue chicken.
I love putting chicken on the grill. It just,
it hits different. It's so, so good. You gotta
watch it because it can dry out. So you have
to be careful with your chicken. You don't want
to undercook it because you'll be sick for, you
know, seven to ten days. But in the same sense,
you don't want to crisp it either. Right. Because
it'll dry out pretty fast. But it comes in the
prep work. So if you take your time, you put
that chicken into the fridge, say you... A little
marinade? Marinate it in some Italian dressing
or something along those lines. Get it real moist.
God, I hate that word. You get a real moist.
Moisten your cock meat. Moisten your cock meat.
News at 10. So you want to do that. Tonight on
ABC 7. Tonight on ABC 7. The boldest take from
the Mark Mosho crew. Sorry, go ahead. Oh, god.
Off the rails. Absolutely off the rails. Between
him just being punchy from work all week and
my voice just being just like. I mean, you would
just think like I swallowed a cheese grater.
Yeah. So cheese. So yeah, there's a barbecue
chicken. Just make sure you watch it. And if
you if you flatten that chicken out and it's
very thin, really will take no time at all. Right.
Right. Will not take very long at all. Maybe
a minute or two on each side. There are. Thicker
chicken it takes a little bit. Yeah, and and
there are for for inexperienced individuals out
there not that I'm Saying you're inept or anything,
but there are tools that can help you can get
there are wireless Thermometers that I think
yeah survive up to like 900 Fahrenheit that you
can put in your meat Yeah, and then just Google
like oh how long until like chicken is the internal
temperature right? Yeah, yeah, and then you can
just keep an eye on it and then take it off Couple
degrees before because it will continue cooking
cooking once you take it once you take it off
So there there are tools that will help you if
you're not a grill master just yet for sure But
man if you take chicken off that grill, it's
nice and juicy man. That's just it's baller killer
Number seven stir -fry. I love stir -fry Just
all the different vegetables. Oh, yeah in a protein
get this water chestnuts in there miniature corn
celery the Oh God I love that stuff. I don't
even know what the hell it is Dude, like, are
the coin plates just tiny? I don't know. I don't
know. It's magic, kinda. It kinda is magic. You
know? It really is. It's something special about
it. It's magic. Magic from our friends in the
Far East. And we appreciate that. God bless your
souls. Oh, no doubt. And number six, turkey,
slash Thanksgiving. Just because I know how to
cook the turkey, I have so many people say, oh
my god. Tarake is just so dry. And it's like,
well, brother, that's because three quarters
of people don't know how to cook a turkey. So
I get that. But for us that do know how, that
base the shit out of it in butter. Oh, yeah.
And not just any butter. It's got to be Kerrygold.
Well, I also use this one Italian butter. Delicia,
I believe it is. Oh, OK. So if you have any Italian
shops or anything by you, you can go in and they'll
have this butter. So like that butter is good.
Kerrygold is just. gold oh yeah is literally
gold um and you literally just like rub that
in is what you got to do and then when you do
it you put all your seasonings under the skin
put your seasonings on top of the skin i'm not
going to give you all the secrets trade secrets
and stuff like that but i'm going to say cover
it in tinfoil because as it cooks and that butter
drains off then that butter as it's bubbling
up and those vapors are going to get trapped
under that tinfoil So it's gonna keep everything
super juicy keep the moisture in and then what
I do is I'll take that tin foil off Maybe the
last ten minutes just so the top gets brown yeah
Yeah, because you want to you want the skin to
get browned a little bit So you got to take that
tin foil off at some point to to do that, but
oh even stuffing I'll tell you what I can get
a box of stoves top stuffing and make a meal
out of it. Yeah, I'll just eat that shit Yeah,
it is honestly as far as like Store bought things
that cost like a dollar and ten cents. It's kind
of magical It really is cuz I can eat it and
be like, wow, I'm full. Yeah, that's great. Thank
you stove top, right? Not sponsored by stovetop,
but it may be but hear us out here's out no doubt
Sponsored by stovetop and PBR. Yeah That would
be so cool and a dream sponsors and as funny
as that is that's probably gonna be my Thanksgiving
meal anyway So yeah, but I just I dig that a
little bit of celery on the side Sometimes celery
with some cheese on it or something like that.
That's always good. Yeah And then like I always
At least last 10 11 12 years or whatever along
because I just think it pairs with the turkey
so perfectly is a Cheesy broccoli rice casserole.
Oh, yeah, I just think it matches perfectly and
it doesn't take a lot to do it it's literally
like two cups of white rice and Some people say
cream of mushroom. I'm not a shroom guy, but
I just get the cream of celery. Yeah. What the
hell's the difference? It's cream soup. So you
get the cream soup and the rice and I'll take
some celery and I'll just kind of dice that up
and put that in there along with the broccoli
and then tons of cheddar on the top. And you
throw that in the oven. It is fantastic. You're
good to go. It is. I love it. I really do. I
would say the superior alternative to green bean
casserole. I think so, too, because I'm just
a spiritual successor. No, and I have to say
it like your mother maybe tried a green bean
from her garden one time, like literally plucked
off the plant. And I told her, wow, cool. If
you want me to projectile vomit across this backyard,
this is the right way to do it. And she's like,
no, because I told her a terrible story about
my grandma. Well, your grandma, my mom. Like
we didn't have green beans all the time, but
once or twice a week, it was green beans. I was
like, God damn it. Because it would always be
out of the can. Yeah. And they were just awful.
Foul. Just foul. Yeah. Like I'd put them in my
mouth and just that waxiness or whatever that
film is. And it literally like I would want to
vomit. Like I had to choke down a couple of bites.
I'm like, I can't eat these beans. And then one
time I tossed cookies and I'm like, am I done
with these beans? Right. I mean, are we done
with this experiment? This is bad. Yeah. So your
mother made me try like a fresh green bean. I'm
like, that's a different vegetable. It's kind
of good, yeah. It's kind of different. It's really
fantastic. It's kind of different. Yeah. How
can they take something that's so palatable and
make it so vomitous by placing it into a can?
Yeah. What do they do with the can? I don't know.
What do they do in there? It's bad, though. Yeah.
And then people make these green bean casserole.
So I'm like, nah, I'm good. Yeah. I appreciate
what you did. All the fresh green beans, fresh
snap peas, you know. Right. A lot of other vegetables
we can do stuff with. Yeah. Let's just, let's
just. Broccoli cooks well. Yeah, you got some
asparagus. Maybe put that on the flat iron a
little bit with some parmesan. Oh yeah, be fine.
Boy, you think we're chefs the way we're talking.
Amateur, amateur chefs. Number five burger, no
matter whether you make it in your frying pan
or whether you do it out on the grill. Uh, it
just got me a big old house burger. Oh, yeah,
uh with some onions and some cheese and the whole
thing. It's it's it's just awesome Yes, and like
quality bread like fine like if you're gonna
do it up Even if you got company coming over
or whatever. It's just like The bread makes it
you could get some cheap ass bread. Yeah, and
it'll be fine But like if you're putting a good
burger together and you're trying to show off
a little bit, get yourself like that pretzel
bun. Oh, yeah. Chala bread. Fancy Kaiser roll
or something. Hell yeah. Yeah. Do it up. And
it's just like that's the cherry on top. Hell
yeah, dude. Number four, tacos. I'm taco burrito.
I'm right there with you. It doesn't take a lot
of money. Well, I mean ground beef is a little
bit expensive, but that's probably your most
expensive part of that, right? But like you can
you can pick up some seasoning packets if you
want or you got some chili powder at home along
with some pepper and some other things. But yeah,
you can just chop up all the vegetables. Just
put everything in there and just grab your flour
core tortillas and go to town. Oh, yeah. It's
that easy and it's good. Tortillas are the vehicle
of choice. Hell yeah. Number three, pasta bake.
It's just once again, it's another one of those
simple things. Pasta's cheap and you cook it
and you can do it non -meat if you want. So you
can just cook the pasta, put it in a pan and
just put some different cheeses in there. I just
did this recent pasta bake. that I actually gave
some to my friend Jess because she was not eating.
She said, I don't eat any meals. And so I literally,
I just popped in one day, dropped it off. I was
like, see you later. I was like, eat, eat, eat,
please eat, Papa, eat. So I literally dropped
it off to her so she could eat. But basically.
It had ground up Italian sausage, which I browned
in a pan and put a lot of seasonings and spices
in there. And then I diced up red, green, and
yellow pepper. Nice. So that was in there. And
then there was the pasta. And then I bought this
three cheese combo. And so I put everything in
the pan, put the cheese on the top. It was money.
It sounds fantastic. Absolute money. But you
can do a lot of different things with pasta bakes.
You could do a pasta bake if you don't like the
marinara, which is what I used. I used a spicy
marinara. You can use Alfredo if you want. So
you could do Alfredo with some pasta, and you
could do, like you could probably do broccoli
and grilled chicken. and then put some cheese
on the top, like that would be, so you can really
play with the pasta bakes. You can do vodka sauce.
Well, there's a restaurant in town, we're in
Valparaiso, Indiana by the way, not that that
really matters at all, but we're in Valparaiso,
Indiana, and there's a restaurant here, and they
are famous for their vodka chicken, it is phenomenal.
So yeah, vodka chicken is fire, there's no doubt.
And my number two, steak. You give me any cut,
I will make it money. I'm a big fan of strip.
The bone -in ribeye is really good. Porterhouse
is money. I've never cooked a tomahawk, although
I've had one before. Pretty amazing. I feel like
Fred Flintstone when I'm eating this thing. Yeah.
There's something very. Archaic and caveman that
just brings out I literally want to just pick
up that big bone and just know yeah, just grunt
Sir would you like a refill? I'll take that as
no I will leave you to your meat But yeah, just
any sort of steak and then just different things
to go with it whether you get some french fries,
maybe a baked potato You know that sort of stuff,
but Yeah. Steak, baby. Steak. I can't believe
I forgot steak. Steak, I'll add to my honorable
mentions list. Fix it in post. Fix it in post,
exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Steak is fantastic. My number
one was indeed on your list, and that is Thanksgiving
dinner. Mm -hmm. I always find it a shame we
only eat it once a year. Right. Because we're
like, oh, that was so great. And it's like, why
do we only do this once a year? Turkey's probably
cheap in July. Right. Right. Then, of course,
find ways to get creative with the leftovers,
such as the Tetrazzini previously mentioned.
Yep. Oh, yeah. Or the sandwiches we've got to
make. It's a good old turkey sandwich, yeah.
Turkey Sammy. And then you can put the potatoes
on the Sammy with the stuffing. Oh, yeah. Shit.
Oh, yeah. Or like a turkey bowl. Yes. Just put
everything into a bowl and a little bit of gravy
and go to town. We did it before KFC did. We
did. 100%. So yeah, Thanksgiving dinner's got
to be up there. Just the turkey and the stuffing.
and the gravy and the potatoes and of course
the obligatory eggnog yes and and it's just really
really great it is it's really great it's got
to be my my number one i love that i love it
so much my number one and i think it's because
i'm it's probably the best thing i make and there's
like many different ways i make it uh that's
fried chicken And I think everybody that's had
my fried chicken loves it. I do it several different
ways. And it's great. And you just have the fried
chicken with a side of mashed potatoes and some
corn. I mean, that's just, that's a meal. That's
killer. That's a killer meal. Damn. I can't believe
I didn't have fried chicken. Ah, dude. You missed
steak and fried chicken. Yeah. Oopsie. Oopsie.
Fix and post. Fix and post. Yeah, that fried
chicken's money, though. It is fantastic. It
really is. It's just, it's... God, I think I
have to make some fried chicken. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Got some eggs at home. Got flour. I could
make a roof I wanted to. Yeah, there you go.
Oh, yeah. I could fry that up. I got some garlic.
I could make the garlic butter. We're planning
live on air. We're planning live on air. I'm
literally like the male version of Paul. I'm
Paul Dean. Yeah. Yeah. Butter. Just without the
racism. Without the racism. Adipolidine. Definitely
the calorie count, for sure. And the love of
butter. And love. Oh, God. Butter's flavor, baby.
Got to use it. All right. Well, that is our top
10 list. If there's anything we missed or maybe
there's just things you prefer, definitely share
that with us. We would love to hear it for sure.
Now is about the time Aang goes down the Reddit
rabbit hole. And this is something we really
started getting back into in season four because
it's just, it's so interesting. Reddit is vast.
It is a universe and you can go and go down that
hole and not come back up. So number one, I'm
glad you're here. We almost had to send our Spelunker
friend to go get you. So what do you got? All
right. This week on the Reddit rabbit hole, I
found a neat looking graph that I kind of wanted
to bring up almost PSA style. And then I did
a little more research and I found an accompanying
Graph so this is my red rabbit hole PSA of the
day The top ten words you need to stop or you
yeah, you need to stop misspelling and miss using
a lot a Lot not a word. I know a lot a a space
lot Definitely does not have an A in it. If you
misspell it, your autocorrect will likely say
defiantly. That has an A in it. That has an A
in it. Definitely is D -E -F -I -N -I -T -E -L
-Y. It has the word finite in it. Finite, yes.
And then the difference between it's and it apostrophe
S, it's. It is versus it's. It's. Which is possessive.
And then then and then Yep, then being a time
Yeah, and then being used for comparison. Yes,
correct It got you got you just got to know effect
a fact in effect. Yeah another big one. Yep Yeah
effect is a verb so If you feel like I'm talking
down to you, that's probably affecting your mental
state with an A, effect. And the effect of that,
effect, is that you might be mad. You might be
mad. A very common one, there, there, and there.
There, with an apostrophe, is they are. They
are, yes. There, T -H -E -I -R, is... They possessive
possess right and then there is like a place
no going over there. They're all spelled differently
lose and loose I've seen way too often on Twitter
or Instagram or wherever the fuck else lose has
1o It means you did not win Loose means it's
not tight that has two O's and if you misspell
it, that's not tight. You know what I'm saying?
Weather is what it's like outside Whether or
not you believe it. Ah, my guy, my guy. That
has an H in there. Okay. The word weird is one
of the handful of words that's spelled with an
I before the E. It is not W -E -I -R -D, even
though that's probably what you were taught.
I before E. Not the case. And then of course
your and your. Your possessive. That's a common
one. You are very... Very common. And then, so
those are the top ten. And then I found this
article from Reader's Digest, the most misspelled
word in every state. Oh, no way. Which I found
fascinating. So we'll just start at the top,
alphabetically. Alabama doesn't know how to spell
the word original. Oh, no. Alaska doesn't know
how to spell guarantee. It is a tough one. It's
a G -U -A. G -U -A, yeah. Yeah. Arizona doesn't
know how to spell playwright, which is honestly
a really uncommon word anyway. Yeah. Very strange.
Arkansas doesn't know how to spell column. It's
C -O -L -O -M, right? It's column. It's a column
or a row. And column has an N -N. M -N at the
end, yep. California, exceed. Exceed. Which seems
like a really questionable one because that's
kind of seems simple kind of easy Yeah, Colorado
doesn't know how to spell the word extreme Connecticut,
it's jewelry Wait a minute Colorado does not
expel extreme and they're the home of like extreme
Olympic sports. It's very strange. That's amazing
very large Delaware is foreign. I just know what
it's both foreign. Okay? That is another one
one. It's another one of those even I yeah Georgia's
secretary, Hawaii also doesn't know how to spell
guarantee. Idaho doesn't know how to spell accidentally.
Oh no. They accidentally got it wrong. Accidentally
in love. Famous from Shrek 2. Illinois doesn't
know how to spell neighbor. It's another EI.
Right. It's another EI. Yeah. Indiana doesn't
know how to spell it. Could just be Illinois
does not care for its neighbors. That's true.
That's true. I half can't blame them, honestly.
Speaking of their neighbors, Indiana doesn't
know how to spell acknowledge. Oh, okay. Maybe
because they can't acknowledge their ties to
the KKK. Oh, oh, wow. Interesting. Indiana's
nose is bloody. Oh, let's go. Iowa doesn't know
how to spell neighbor either. Both Kansas and
Kentucky have trouble spelling the word maintenance.
Oh, okay, just strange. Yeah Louisiana doesn't
know how to spell Colonel not as in the military
ranking as in Your computer the Colonel. Oh KER
NEL a Colonel of corn. Yeah doesn't know how
to spell Colonel hmm Some of these other ones.
I'll go a little quicker through here almost
12th becoming acquaintance Minnesota also doesn't
know how to spell becoming. Mississippi, which
is crazy. Mississippi doesn't know how to spell
ignorance. You all just live it. Don't worry
about it. That's awesome. You're all living it.
You don't know how to... Oh no. You don't have
to know how to spell it. Found that hilarious.
That is funny. You've got words like height,
experience, reference. Nevada doesn't know how
to spell promise. Oh, okay. Which I found strange.
I promise you'll win if you put money in a slot
machine. Right, right. Yeah, I don't think so.
Amateur, advisable, parliament. New York doesn't
know how to spell upholstery. Okay, that's a
weird word. Yeah. That's fine. Uncommon word,
I would say. Another promise, occasion. Ohio
doesn't know how to spell medieval. Medieval
is kind of a strange one. It is. Medieval is
not medieval. Yeah. Oklahoma doesn't know how
to spell writing. Oh, God. W -R -I. Yeah. Writing.
Oregon doesn't know how to spell height. Willful,
guidance, promise, another foreign. Tennessee
doesn't know parliament. Texas doesn't know how
to spell similar. Oh, no. God bless you, Texas.
Utah doesn't know how to spell outrageous. Vermont,
it's definitely. Virginia, it's controversy.
Interesting. Yeah. Washington, another unfortunate
doesn't know how to spell ignorance case right
there. Oh, boy. West Virginia is upholstery.
Wisconsin is foreign. And Wyoming doesn't know
how to spell address. Oh, that seems really basic.
Yeah, that's kind of a simple one. Hey, it's
a basic one. Wow That's very interesting. Yeah,
so I just wanted to bring that up I of course
like PSA first of like how to use words and then
I just found that like Reader's Digest thing
of like yeah God, some of these words are really
simple. That's that's awesome. Yeah amazing Auto
-correct should do the work for you. You should
know how to spell these things. Oh, yeah at Mississippi
Come on guys be better Be better. Before we hit
our break, Aidan's going to tell us what he missed
while we were sleeping. A lot of times he does
that research. It could be a game, it could be
a YouTuber, it could be a movie, a TV show, a
book. It could be anything that might have just
kind of slipped under that old radar. So what
did you find that we might have missed, Aidan?
Well, this week we've talked a lot about mental
health and we've talked a lot about the internet,
how those two kind of interplay. Oh, for sure.
I wanted to bring up a website today. Oh, okay.
It is free. It is fun. I've spent a fair amount
of time on it. A couple of my YouTube videos
have been about it. And that is CoolMathGames
.com. CoolMathGames. CoolMathGames .com. It's
an online web portal hosting HTML and Flash games,
even though I think Adobe killed Flash. So I
don't know how those still run. Yeah, I don't
know. They're on some kind of antiquated or archived
version of it. I'm not sure. Games that are targeted
at children and young adults although I still
find them fun. So yeah, who cares? You know fun
games a fun game Went online in 1997 so it's
been around for holy cow 28 years That's quite
a run 28 big ones The site maintains a policy
that it will only host games the operators believe
are nonviolent and have educational potential
lovely they've hosted a handful of Different
events in 2022 cool math coding was launched
to teach kids how to code in Roblox and Minecraft
which is kind of fun because I mean coding is
an important thing to learn if you're interested
in that that kind of Genre. Oh for sure. But
yeah, it's fantastic and I would of course recommend
using an ad blocker if you go on it because I
mean granted the website makes money through
Ads and subscriptions. Yeah, and if you don't
want that you can just turn an ad block on. I'm
sure they'll be fine But yeah, it's just a fun
place to like play flash games and not have to
worry about malware or downloading suspicious
shit Yeah, oh for sure and you know relive some
of the old days of just playing like logging
onto the internet and playing a simple game and
having fun Yeah, absolutely. I love that cool
math games cool math games calm All right, let's
take a quick break and when we come back we're
gonna drink some beer and tell you about some
weird news stories All right, we are in the home
stretch everybody Smart Mo Show. I'm your host
Mark Maloney along with Aidan Maloney and our
beer review of this week I'll let Aidan kind
of get into it. It is a Warpig's Imperial Geezer.
Go for it, man. The official beer review Warpig's
USA Brewing which I believe Warpig's is a collaboration
brewing effort between oh Who is it between?
I believe it's between hmm It is between McKellar
Brewing, which is out of Europe, and Three Floyd's
Brewing, which is out of Lake County. Indiana.
Should have known that immediately from the design
of that can. Yes. So this is out of Lake County,
Indiana, the regional brewery War Pigs, a collaboration
brewery, if you will. The Imperial Geezer, 9
% ABV. It's a strong brew. Imperial slash double
New England hazy ale, if you will. What it says
on the can is one does not simply ascend the
galactic throne. It must be seized Begin by gathering
your forces with an abundance of tropical and
citrus character. It should not be difficult.
I Love that. It sounds very official It sounds
like they're doing something here. They're definitely
doing something. So we'll be ranking this on
a scale from 0 to 5 on how much we like it. We'll
give you our tasting notes. And of course, let
us know in the comments what you are enjoying
today. All right, here we go. Saloncha. Cheers,
Saloncha. Oh, man. Oh, that's good. Now, I will
preface my statement by saying I'm an APA guy.
I am not. Yes. Yeah, that's the dichotomy here.
I'm an IPA guy, and this is fantastic to me.
It is slightly piney. You get the hot bitterness.
Grapefruit comes through heavy. I'm getting big
grapefruit on this. Little touch of sweetness.
It's not sweet, but there's a touch of sweetness
in there. This is right up my alley. This is
very tasty. Yeah, it, as it turns out... I apparently
because we use an app here called the untapped
app in which we grade and do all those things
make this all official and helps us keep track
of a lot of beers that that we've tried here
on the show and Even in not being the IPA guy
some IPAs Are a little tamer at the finish sure
and I prefer those a lot more Like without the
lasting tongue feel. Right, exactly. And this
particular one, I tried before, didn't remember,
until Aidan alerted me like two seconds before
it went live. And he said, oh, you've done this
one. I said, oh, have I? I said, did we do it
on the show? I don't remember it. Yeah. And then
just judging by the picture, because sometimes
I'll take a picture of the can. He's like, oh,
no, it looks like you're at Franklin House. The
local pub. Which is, it's our local dive bar,
which is a lovely place. Yeah, so apparently
I tried it. And so I was like, OK, well, we're
doing this again. Maybe I was a few beers in.
Who knows? So we are going to judge this fairly
and kind of see if I'm still. With my original
brain. Right, right. With, of course, our underlying
biases where, you know, you may prefer the loggers
and stouts and porters and, you know, IPA Belgians
and, of course, the stouts and porters myself
as well. Yeah. But this is really tasty. It's
full -bodied and it does, I will admit, it does
leave a little bit of that hoppy tongue feel.
Yeah. A little bitters left on the tongue, which
I'm... Usually fine with I mean I drink my coffee
black and that leaves the same kind of bitterness
I drink my tea without honey or milk does the
same thing so it's it's just what my taste buds
enjoy I enjoy this I Think I think I'm gonna
go Boy, what do I do my flavor notes by the way?
I? Grapefruit II hoppy citrus and bitter are
the top flavor notes I'm adding to my check -in
here on this app. I think I'll go 3 .5 out of
5. I enjoy this. OK, 3 .5 out of 5. 3 .5 out
of 5. I liked it, to a point. I feel like for
me, that little bit of aftertaste that you get
With an IPA It's a little bit strong for me Overstays
its welcome. It does it does. I mean it really
feels like You know, I'm here and then someone's
like hey mark and I turn around they hit me in
the face with a Christmas tree So I'm kind of
like I'm kind of like did I mean I hope you like
furs if you like furs now Douglas fruits So not
the evergreen no, no, so yeah, I'm kind of like
battling that As it turns out, my original grade
was a 275, and I think that's fair. Could I go
up to a three? I could, but just that finish,
if that finish wasn't quite as strong, I'd probably
be up about 325, but just like what's there on
the palette after I'm done drinking it, it just
sticks for a while. Sure. And that's the part
of IPAs I'm not a huge fan of. So as Aidan stated,
you know, it's just like, it's kind of, it's
100 % what you prefer. Sure. And so for Aidan,
like he was mentioning, you know, black coffee,
it's like he takes his men. Exactly. Precisely.
Precisely. Indubitably. Quite. Quite. So we just
have different tastes there. So maybe where he
enjoys the bitters a little bit more than I do,
that could be it. But like I said, it's not bad.
I'm enjoying the beer. It's just that little
bit of aftertaste that instead of a three, two,
a three or a three, two, five, it's just, it's
two, seven, five. Two, seven, five. That's totally
fair. Yeah. Oh yeah. That's totally fair. And
it's, I think it's important too for the show
we do it like this because then you get two different
pallets and then you can maybe average the scores
out, you know, to balance the biases. Yes. And
find the true score. And find the true score.
Yeah. And most times, Aiden and I are pretty
close anyway. Yeah. So like, he'll be like a
3 -5, and I'll be like a 3 -7 -5. Or he'll be
like a 3 -2 -5, and I'll be like a 3 -5. So we're
pretty darn close. I think this has probably
been our widest margin. A 0 .5. Yeah. Of difference.
Or a 0 .75 difference. 0 .75. Yeah. I think this
has been our widest. margin thus far. But I give
it like an A plus for can design. It's so cool.
The can design looks awesome. And it doesn't
surprise me because you said War Pigs is part
three Floyd's. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. And they usually
do awesome design work on their cans. It's almost
like if you have a human being do art. It's.
Really good. It's it's really good. Yeah, take
that tech bros. Yeah, no doubt. No doubt about
it Well, you see my AI designed my background
photo. Isn't it really crazy? Isn't it cool?
No go back and play for it. Yeah, right So with
all your other virgin friends, so That's a callback
of like 20 minutes ago, right? You were there.
You were there. You know what we're talking about.
So anyway, yeah, give it a try. If you're in
Northwest Indiana, I know you have access to
it, probably throughout Chicagoland as well.
I'm not sure what their distribution is, but
it's pretty great. It's blatant. Give it a shot.
Yeah. That brings us to the world of weird news
to finish out the show this week. And I'll start
with mine. Mine is titled town pleads for a turn
of beloved local mannequin As they should. As
they should. Now this is from United Press, number
12. Tourism officials in a small South African
town are asking for tips about the disappearance
of a beloved local landmark, a mannequin swimming
in the dam just outside town. Who would take
that? We'll find out maybe. New Bethesda Tourism
said on social media that the swimsuit clad mannequin
known as Beverly vanished from her usual spot
in the water of a farm dam on the road. Beverly
isn't just any mannequin, she's been a quirky
much -loved part of our little town's charm,"
the post said. Rhino grief what a great name.
It's awesome a local sculptor Well that checks
out a local sculptor and artist placed Beverly
in the dam about two years ago After he was inspired
by a Facebook joke about skinny dipping in the
small damn All right, my man on a trip to Port
Elizabeth I found a mannequin in a secondhand
shop over there grief told eyewitness news. I
thought okay. This is Beverly She's going to
be the one. Now we might be getting creepy. I
don't know. We'll figure some things out. I don't
know what Rhino's vibe is. We're going to find
out. I brought her back to my studio, dressed
her, made a stand so she doesn't fall over in
the dam, and drowned. And to put her there about
two years ago. Since then she become a real presence
in the area. Grief said he suspects it would
have taken multiple people to move Beverly due
to the heft of her concrete base. Oh man. If
anyone has seen Beverly or knows where she might
be, Beverly's at a milk carton clearly, or knows
where she might be, please send us a message
or contact us. New Bethesda Tourism Center. Oh
my goodness. Yeah, this is a shout out. If you
guys, you lovely listeners know where Beverly
is, please. Please. Yes, please let the new Bethesda
tourism board let us know or or tell us send
us your pictures with her Yeah, exactly unless
you're doing freaky shit. I don't want to say
I don't want to see that How'd you get the block
of concrete out of there? That's what I want
to know I want to know the logistics like I'm
guessing it took people. Oh, yeah Or like a like
a tow truck with a winch on it or something Honestly,
I don't want like people do freaky shit. That
just would just irritate me and bother me I literally
want like someone to have like a gag in her mouth
and a blindfold with like a ransom note, like
holding a gun to her hat. I mean, that would
be awesome. If you want your mannequin back,
wire five Bitcoin to this address. I think that
would be stellar. That would be amazing. So follow
up story. We'll keep an eye on that one. Please
let us know. Whatcha got? Uh, this week I found
a little, a neat little story. Florida woman.
Ah, here we go. Florida woman tells police wind
blew cocaine into her handbag. I love it. This
is a story from 2018. A Florida woman arrested
on suspicion of drug possession said the cocaine
must, the cocaine must have blown into her handbag
by the wind. Oh no. Karachino Posey, 26, who
was one of two passengers in the car that was
stopped by Fort Pierce police on the 21st of
March, quote, I don't know anything about any
cocaine, Ms. Posey told the officers. It's a
windy day. It must have flown through the window
and into my purse. Clearly. Clearly. Rock solid
alibi, by the way. No doubt. According to the
network, the vehicle was swerving on the road
when officers decided to pull it over. After
smelling cannabis from the car, police said they
searched the car and found that drug, cannabis,
as well as the cocaine inside a handbag on Miss
Posey's lap. Oh, nice. She admitted the marijuana
was hers, but denied knowing anything about the
cocaine. She was, of course, taken to the county
jail on charges of possession of both. Outstanding.
But that wind, those wind gusts, man. Fierce.
They can just carry that cocaine right into your
handbag that was on your lap. Well, here's what's
hilarious. It's like if it's in kind of one of
those teeny tiny little little bags where it's
just a couple of bumps or whatever. She's probably
got like a freaking eight ball in there. There's
a wind just right in there. She's got a kilo
sitting in there. Oh my goodness, I couldn't
tell you how that got there. Boy, that wind.
Something fierce. Gale force today. Oh, that
is hilarious. Any lawyers out there want to chime
in? How rock solid is this defense? Because I'm
sold. I'm sold. I'd have just let her go. I'd
have been like, you know what? You got me. Oh,
yeah. I mean, if I'm the judge, I let her cook,
man. Yeah. Wait, wait, wait. Let her represent
herself. I need to hear this entire story, please.
You see, we were walking along and then it just
big gust of wind and my back got heavier, but
I didn't think anything of it. And then I get
pulled over and then he's like, what's this?
I'm like, I don't know. That's a very creative
story. Time served. Yeah, exactly. You're free
to go. You're free to go. LOL. Well, that's it
for this week's show. Thank you so much for listening
in and putting up with my voice. Things got a
little better as we moved along, which is good.
Sometimes it goes the other way. The beer self
heals. It really does, so maybe I need to rethink
the old Imperial Geyser score. Exactly, give
it an extra 2 -5. Give it an extra 2 -5, for
sure. Anyway, it's Mark Maloney, co -host, Aidan
Maloney. Make sure you like, subscribe, share,
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We'll catch you next week. Bye. See ya.