Broken Area

This one ends abruptly as the recording messed up a touch.

That said we had a good time talking about my sabbatical, and my podcast Spit and Twitches. Then we got some gas!

We talked about traditions and how you know that saying 'well it is a tradition' is not an argument for or against anything.

Then the recording ended abruptly.....

So, I am not sure if you know this, but we had an election. The election turned out the way that both Isabelle and I wanted. Especially the ousting of the current PM. We both have quite a bit of hope about the upcoming four years. Who knows, maybe we won't be disappointed.

Well then we went shopping and Isabelle lost her purse, which is what the title refers to. However, happily, they found it and asked her to come get it. This led us into a discussion of losing stuff in general.

Isabelle talked a lot about growing up with not very much stuff so she learned not to care too much about stuff. Still, it is sad that she lost that necklace when she was young.

So the federal election is coming up. We didn't get too political, but we did talk about the election in general terms.

Isabelle is not a fan of anything. Well not anything except the Addams Family.

We got a bit serious talking about the Middle Ease and military intervention. Still, a good time was had by all. Oh a little something for MMD at the end there.

Another day, another trip shopping.

Jon was along again, but not too interested in the podcast.

In this one we talked a bit about working out, a bit about Isabelle's print making, a bit about the Group of Seven and a bit about last night's French debate. Oh, as an aside, I won that debate....

About the Group of Seven, are they just a bunch of hacks who we in Canada love because they are Canadian (a la the Tragically Hip) or are they a thing in other parts of the world?

Oh, and Art Carney was never the head of the Bank of Canada.

Today we went shopping, and yup, that is a day early Isabelle has a very big weekend planned, she has a lot of marking to do today (which I took up part of by having us grocery shop early) and then she is off with her art profs to do some arting up in Agawa.

The conversation was varied, I quite liked Isabelle's idea that debates ought to be moderated by Marc Maron.

Oh I screwed up on one of the songs, started playing the wrong one, and changed. Edit? Never!

Boy, this one has a lot of parts.

Some of it was recorded on Monday, at home with Jon, after dinner. We talked about his new experiences in high school.

The next day we were off to get stuff for Isabelle's art classes. So, we went to Home Depot, and recorded on the way there. We saw an AMC Pacer, amazingly, which led to us talking about Isabelle's Mom's Pacer. Yup, she had a Pacer.

Finally, we got to grocery shopping! Jon had some problems with his computer on Saturday, which was a nightmare for a bit. Jon reacted well though. Oddly, that same day Isabelle got a call from India from 'Microsoft' about how her computer had a virus.....

The final bit was recorded on Sunday, We talked about Evel Knieval and Snoopy toothbrushes.

Jon joined us for this one as did Isabelle's friend Peggy. Isabelle is 'going across' today (which is a local euphemism for going to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) to pick up a package. There is a place there that let's you ship to them, for a fee. Often international shipping rates are horrible, but within the US is fine. So, Isabelle had some art supplies shipped to this place, she will pick it up and pay the duty. This made us think of the show 'Border Security'. Peggy came along because she has stuff to get as well, and, she knows the drill.

We spoke, in passing, of the never ending federal election campaign.

Oh, the title? It comes from the fact that I have been ripping old records to mp3s and you will hear some of my collection in the next few podcasts.

This episode has absolutely nothing to do with Sarnia. However ,Isabelle was watching Narnia last night and I thought up this clever title and god damn it, I'm going to use it.

It was quite the grocery cast, Jon came along as he had to chose his new PIN for his bank card.

Ontario has very stringent anti texting and driving laws and the fines are quite big. This led us into a discussion of the texting culture and the sort of minute by minute nature of it.

We also talked about a seemingly fake artist. Then Bossjock fucked up, but I caught it and restarted. It is a great story (not the Bossjock screw up, the fake art guy).

Well, we just finished dropping Madeleine and Ross off in London and helping them move in. We travelled there though Canada with all of their worldly possessions in a U Haul trailer.

Most of this was recorded on the way home, through the US. USA! USA!

There are a few interesting bonus bits in the podcast, be sure to listen all of the way through. The bit at the beginning was the US border guard letting us in, the sound quality there is not that great....

Jon took some great pics and one of them is here on the post.

We all with Maddie the best of luck, and we are very proud of her.

There was some really good stuff, some of it about the election campaign, that we recorded but Bossjock lost, so, if you want politics, go to What's Left.....

On Sunday we went and got an ice cream and then went for a bit of a hike at a local conservation area. We talked about invasive species and about how I am an oppressor...

Isabelle has been working out a lot lately, and it is making her feel a lot more, well, healthy. This led us into a discussion of working out and competition in general. Isabelle is not much on that. Then again, I played Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag for four hours yesterday to get 30 gamer points, which are, a completely useless thing.