We’re back from a hiatus to discuss 90s pop phenomenon, Natalie Imbroglio. That’s right, isn’t it? Also, lesser known chess moves and delicacies, Yellowstone, grocery store flan, bachelor/bachelorette food, and NASCAR club. We also play Dalai Lama or Dolly Parton.

* Yellowstone National Park (NPS)* Natalie Imbruglia (Wikipedia)* Natalie Imbruglia – Torn (YouTube)* Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U (YouTube)* Prince – Nothing Compares 2 U (YouTube)* Nothing Compares 2 U (Wikipedia)* imbroglio (Google)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

In this episode, we meet Gary’s evil twin, Barry, podcasts, what makes a good falafel and what the topic is 100% not. Chris spends a lot of energy describing the type of creature an egregore you might meet in a dungeon is. Also, cool stuff on the side of the road, fibonacci estimates and the Colbert Questionert.

* The Space Above Us (thespaceabove.us)* The Adventure Zone (maximumfun.org)* Falafel (Wikipedia)* Hushpuppy (Wikipedia)* Daffynition comments? (YouTube)* Two Tickets to Paradise by Eddie Money (YouTube)* Smash Boom Best (smashboom.org)* US Route 321 (Wikipedia)* Thunder Mountain Monument, Imlay, Nevada (Wikipedia)* Thunder Mountain Park (roadsideamerica.com)* Thunder Mountain Monument (Atlas Obscura)* Thunder Mountain Monument (official website)* Ratio Utah in Green River, Utah (Andrew Rogers)* Fibonacci Agile Estimation (productplan.com)* Egregore (Wikipedia)* Egrecore (Theosophy Wiki)* The Colbert Questionert (thecolbertquestionert.com)* Umami (totally not the word for mouthfeel like Chris says) (Wikipedia)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

We took a break! Did you miss us? In this episode we discuss Gary’s fountain and Chris channels his inner Dr. Seuss. We discuss how when two schisms like each other very much, they get together and create a new schism. Also: proper t-shirt rotation, colorful computing and cooking with Gary.

This is supposed to be a picture of Gary’s fountain. See if you can find the fountain in the picture.

* Our one piece of feedback in the last two weeks (YouTube)* (You can send us actual feedback here or here.)* Sedona Waterproofing Solutions (sedonawaterproofing.com)* “Schism” by Tool (YouTube)* Dyson Sphere (Binary Jazz)* Julia Child’s Chicken Melon (Heather in SF) (mentioned on Episode 1110101: Murmuration)* Momo (food) (Wikipedia)* The Great British Bake Off (Wikipedia)* Complementary Schismogenesis (Wikipedia)* Schismogenesis (uidaho.edu)* Apollo 8 (Wikipedia) (probably not the Apollo mission Gary was thinking of)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

Gary brings a topic this week and Allison and Chris wonder if the topic is relating to the moods of twins, cake or the balancing of stairs. Also, passion about chili, the wrong way to cook an omelette, wooden spoons, choose your own adventure foods…basically we talk about food a lot.

* Indian-ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family by Priya Krishna (Amazon)* Wooden spoon (award) (Wikipedia)* Veggie stuffed vegan omelette (recipes.jazzsequence.com)* Equal Temperament (Wikipedia)* Just Intonation (Wikipedia)* Just vs Equal Temperament (mtu.edu)* Have you ever wondered what an orchestra conductor is for? I am a professional conductor and music director of two US orchestras. It’s Nutcracker season! AMA! (Reddit)* Tunings and Temperament (Healing Sounds)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

In this episode, we talk about looking like people who know people who have different colored eyes. Also: kitchen appliances, gas shortages, a haiku social network, Gary & Chris’ origin story and being a junior dev.

* InstaPot (instapot.com)* Heterochromia (WebMD)* Chromeo (Spotify)* Why there are gas shortages and what it means for you at the pump (PBS)* Episode 1111101: Hirameki (Binary Jazz)* Send us a comment. Please.

Are we professionals? In this episode, we discuss the important topics like ETFs, weather anomalies, counting in binary and unfortunately-named restaurant chains. Is today’s topic a BevMo for drugs? or a cornucopia of meat? The only way to find out is to listen to this episode. Also: Gary might be in the middle of a tornado, we’ll see if he gets blown away.

Card from Gary’s grandmother.

Gary’s birth horoscope, I guess?

* Pharming Group (PHAR) (Google Finance)* ETF (investopedia.com)* DUDE (Merlyn AI ETFs)* Pharmacopeia (Wikipedia)* U.S. Pharmacopeia (usp.org)* Polygamy Porter (Wasatch Brewery)

Polygamy Porter original label

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

In this episode, Gary and Chris agree, at least, that Hirameki is Japanese in origin. Beyond that, there is no agreement as to weather it refers to a composer/painter/poet, a construction adhesive or a seaweed paste used as a filling for sandwiches. Also, being a smart-ass in high school, food, mispronouncing words that you’ve only known from books, problems with reverb and experimental music. If you are Gary’s High School teacher who knew him as Asparagus, please get in touch with us!

* Asparagus Kovar (Twitter)* What is Hirameki? (Ryman)* Harold Budd (composer of “The Candy-Apple Revision”) (Wikipedia)* Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (Wikipedia)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

In this episode we talk about the lesser-known platform game Chthonic the Naked Mole Rat, things that are of or related to thongs, a treatment process for metal, or a company that manufactures lithium ion batteries. Also poison ivy labyrinths, attachment to things because of the stickers that are on them and social networking.

* The Wooz (Local Wiki)* Chthonic (Wikipedia)* Chthonic deities (Greek Gods, Mythology of Ancient Greece)* Chthonic (band) (Wikipedia)* CHTHONIC (Spotify)* Binary Gary (binarygary.com)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

Gary brings the topic and quickly regrets it. The rest of the episode, we discuss edge-case gods, the imposter syndrome of being an artist, zombie apocalypses and is it good to me {your name}? Also “state of flow”, being in therapy vs having a podcast and being a Loafman.

* Ymir (Wikipedia)* Ymir (Norse Mythology for Smart People)* Ymir: WordPress Serverless DevOps Platform (ymirapp.com)* Austin Kleon (austinkleon.com)* Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon (Barnes & Nobles)* Austin Kleon on Twitter (Twitter)* Aboleth (DnDBeyond)* Shub-Niggurath (Wikipedia)* Morbid Angel – Angel of Disease (Lyrics) (Genius)* Watchmen (Wikipedia)* Colin C Allrich (Wikipedia)* Lisbeth (Soundtrack Version by Colin Cameron Allrich) (Spotify)* Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Goodreads)* The Loafmen (jazzseequence.com)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

Chris brings the topic this episode which we mostly avoid talking about (until the end). Instead, we talk about the universe making us feel small, Madeleine L’Engle, shows that don’t age well, shows that are actually good, Apple’s humanism and writing software. Also Snoop Dogg and rocks.

* Madeleine L’Engle (madeleinelengle.com)* Shashibo (Fun in Motion Toys)* Tesseract (Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki)* Tesseract (Wikipedia)* Stargate SG-1 (Wikipedia)* Bell System Type 404A jack and type 283B plug (c. 1960) (Wikipedia)* Gordon Ramsay (Wikipedia)* Lupin (TV series) (Wikipedia)* Marriage or Mortgage (IMDb)* Mystic Pop-up Bar (Wikipedia)* For All Mankind (TV series) (Wikipedia)* What is Developer Advocacy? (Medium)* Charles Ramsey interview (YouTube)* GGN: Charles Ramsey Interview w/ Snoop (YouTube)* Connor Cuevo’s answer to Who is the most accidentally famous person ever? (Quora)* “Cleveland Rocks” by Ian Hunter (YouTube)* Cleveland Museum of Natural History (cmnh.org)* Lucy (Australopithecus) (Wikipedia)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.