The Know-It-All and The Optimist

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Season 3 - Episode 3

_12/5/21 _

A Large Fist Size Rock
Show Opening

Food, Drink, and foreshadowing, welcome all to a great new episode.

  • Horchata
  • Cold Opening?

    References acknowledged and not acknowledged, but Jason is always pushing his optimistic drugs on the rest of us, also foreshadowing.

    • Entropy vs Optimism
    • Raging against the dying light!
    • Ozymandias
    • Young Frankenstein
    • Zombee
    • Insane in the Membrane
    • “FlagPole Sitter” Harvey Danger
    • Live Reading Text

      Walther is Boujee, what can we say.

      Follow Up © John Siracusa

      Moving right along, catching up on the family. Both of Walther's parents are getting old, and need medical care. So more foreshadowing.

      PAL vs. NTSC

      Quick rundown on old technology.

      • Hertz vs FPS
      • PALs vs NTSC
        • 25 fps vs 30 fps
        • 625 Lines vs 525 Lines
        • Peter Jackson Movies at higher FPS
        • How fast can the human eye process information?
        • Force Touch
        • Did you try Craft?

          No, Jason did not.

          Family

          Family is choice, relatives are not. Family is defined by love, not blood.

          Check the after show for the saga of Jason daughter and her trials and tribulations with "Wind Waker".
          We end up previewing a future conversation about the merits of Capitalism. And then the show takes a pause and life happens.

          Main Show

          We are back, weeks later we were able to sit down and finish recording the episode.

          Games we are Playing
          Don't touch this ...

          Walther talks about his need to write things down, and the merits of leaving sticky notes labeling everything. All praises to Theater Kids.

          Welcome Back

          Post Pre-Flight

          • Factoria
          • Jason Cosplays Sims

            We start out talking about the super hard game Jason has been playing, Real Life, and then finish up talking about how Walther has never built a PC.

            • Move into new House
              • Playing at RL
              • Real Life is a physiological horror story.
              • This Land is my Land
              • The Zerg
              • Cyber Punk 2077
                • My Ninja, from Matale, Make it my way.
                • Computer of Theseus
                • Car Talk

                  I hit something, and it smashed up my wheel, now I have no money for the Christmas Season.

                  Car Talk, Still

                  Sometimes you need a thing done fast, so you throw money at it. In the times we live in, time is increasingly not a thing we can trade on.

                  • Money, Time , Quality -- Choose two.
                  • Car Talk, More

                    Jason and Carl swap horror stories from road debris in the road. This leads to a discussion of mind and body and the fallacy of memory.

                    This all leads to another discussion of family and how this changes as time goes by.

                    • Anthony’s ‘89 S-10 Blazer
                      • Call Back To Zelda
                      • Flex Plate?
                      • My Friends Jamie Band, the 501s
                        • That him on the keyboard.
                        • Asking for Help
                          The Fallacy of Self Reliance

                          Oh I have insurance! Why don't I ask for help more often.

                          • "I can't ask for help, because no one can help me."
                          • Favorite Podcast

                            An interruption gets us off the topic, and it's a question if we ever get back to it, but Walther has motives to pry some information out of Jason.

                            • “What Can Trump Teach us about Con Law”
                            • Cassandra
                            • John's Beeps
                              • ATP
                                • Desktop Laptop, Part One
                                • Re-tend That Garden, Part Two
                                • First, Make a Hole, Reconcilable Differences
                                • What is Standard Based Learning?
                                  Legacy

                                  What is onese legacy? Walther muses about coming back to Standard Based Grading. A big ah in his teaching that he has fallen away from. What is the job of an educator, and how does assessment play a roll in this. Tales from the classroom.

                                  • Marzano
                                    • A Book
                                    • Tyler Rablin on Twitter
                                    • Sunnyside Report Card
                                    • "The answer to a lack of skills is more Effort"
                                    • BPD -Borderline Personality Disorder
                                    • "You need to learn how to listen."
                                    • The Legend of Walther
                                    • Life Up Dates

                                      A quick update on how the family's and friends are doing.

                                      • Wayne Walther, My dad children's Book, Possum Tales
                                      • Phil Bride’s, writer of historical fiction, Blog
                                      • TSB

                                        Another chance to plug some of the best beer on the face of this earth.

                                        • Damn good Boston Beer
                                          • Red Solo Cup
                                          • Older Than Me

                                            Jason gets a dig on me, and how jealous he is of my lifestyle. Then Jason's JaZZ legacy is discussed. A digital legacy means the data never goes away.

                                            • "Enjoy Petronius's little adventures and sardonic reflections on life and love in a small-town back yard."
                                            • Closing
                                              Signing Off

                                              See, I remembered to put the email address out there. Ya!!!!

                                              • All Ways look on the bright side of life
                                              • Aftershow

                                                A tale of Zelda on the high seas, told through the frustration of a small child.

                                                Credits
                                                Show Email:
                                                • [Contact Us]([email protected])
                                                • ## Host:
                                                • Carl Walther
                                                • Jason Aguilar
                                                • ## Music:
                                                • Mabel Bradly
                                                  • Found Sounds Vol. 1
                                                  • Jaime Ramirez
                                                    • Jaime Ramirez
                                                    • 501s
                                                    • Editor:
                                                      • [Carl Walther]([email protected])
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                                                        The Know-It-All and The OptimistBy Jason Aguilar and Carl Walther