Broken Area

We recorded an hour this morning on our shopping excursion. However, Bossjock decided to crash and we ended up with only 16 minutes of audio. So, we started over tonight.

We talked about my interview on the CBC which I have included at the beginning of the podcast. Oh the guy called me 'Broddeck' but heck, there is a typo on the UN site, so don't get mad at him.

We then continued our discussion of Maddie and her awesomeness. Oh, you don't like it? Well what did you pay for the podcast?

We also had a discussion about cognitive dissonance and about the model of Harold and the Purple Crayon Isabelle is making.

Wow, what a weekend. Our two mothers were here, Madeleine graduated from university and received the smartest kid in the university award, Jon was awesome and I was named the greatest living human by the United Nations.

OK, some of that might be hyperbole.... However, Maddie does now have a BSc(Hons) in psychology, and our mothers were here visiting to watch it (you can hear both of them scream on the audio when Maddie gets the Governor-General's silver medal) and we did go to the convocation gala and Jon was great at it.

The Moms flew home in the past couple of days, but, Isabelle's Mom didn't have any (unexpired) photo ID. It all worked out though.

Oh and the UN likes me, they really like me!

You may notice us talking at the start as if there was other stuff already recorded. Well, there was but well, there wasn't sorta.

The excitement began with Maddie forgetting that she needed to boil eggs for her chickadees. There's a sentence you never expected to read I imagine.

we talked a lot about why storage facilities are a thing. Why the heck do people have so much stuff that they need extra space to store that stuff.

We now have hot water.

I will be starting a new podcast where I interview scientists study animal cognition. Should I release them as I get them or hoard them up a bit? Should I talk about non science stuff too?

We got some comments last time and we always appreciate those.

Just for MMD, Isabelle told the butt crack story.

What is a podcast anyway?

The bike racks are here the bike racks are here! Last week Isabelle bought a bike rack that I tried to put together and well, you know it is much easier to put stuff together when you HAVE ALL OF THE PARTS.....

So we got some good bike racks and they are installed.

Why do we care about why people die? Why are there three high end bike shops in Saul Ste. Marie?

You got to hear a bit of Jon's soccer practice. The thing that will strike you is that it just sounds like a soccer practice.

We ended by talking about David Letterman.

Of course it is Saturday. Of course we went grocery shopping. Of course we went to the liquor store. Of course Maddie had to go to the lab and therefore we drove her. Of course Jon had soccer. Of course we recorded it.

We talked about a lot of different things. One of the burning questions we asked was, can our little town support so many home improvement stores?

We talked a bit about Madeleine's future in grad school and such. Pretty exciting times for the Michaud-Brodbeck family.

On the way back from Jon's soccer we talked about how great the coach is. I think it is because he just treats kids with autism the same as any other kids.

The song at the end by Billy Bragg is there because he did it so well on Letterman so many years ago and I can't believe this is Dave's last week.

Join us again this fine Saturday as we buy groceries and such. There are dandelions everywhere. We miss Podcastra.

Isabelle's quest for running shoes was not successful, my quest for Pernod was, so really it all balances out.

It was smelly near the LCBO, just saying.....

We also talked a bit about Colbert taking over for Letterman

Join us as we have another adventurous Saturday shopping for food, liquor and so much more!

We talked about a few different things, including Isabelle's new workout routine and art. I then made Isabelle laugh a lot which really is one of my few skills.

We then took Jon along to the Science Festival or whatever it was called that is going on right now. It was busy, and by busy I mean packed. Generally a fine time was had by all.

We started out on a quick grocery trip on Monday as I was away at the Conference on Comparative Cognition with Madeleine. We talked about podcasting again, which seems to be a running theme. If you haven't yet checked out Isabelle's new art podcast you should. THere's a link on the left, click it.

Then it was off to our regularly scheduled grocery cast, yay!!!

There is a bit in French during the grocery cast just for Bob.

Finally we went to the student year end art show along with the host of the Jonathan Files!

In this instalment we answer the age old question 'why would anyone podcast?' OK, age old if an age is about oh 11 years I guess. And 'answer' in that, well, we talked about it , I am not sure that we actually answered the question.

I, as usual, took a stand on something for no reason. In this case it was that people who don't want their pictures taken are idiots. I'm not sure I actually believe that, but, it was something to say...

Remember, this is not a poopcast.

Another Saturday, another shopping trip.

As yesterday was a holiday and tomorrow is a holiday everyone and their damned brother was at the grocery store, it was a mad house, a mad house! The liquor store was much more subdued, and my theory is that seriously religious people who are into the whole Christian dealio don't drink that much, but they do love to get in my way while I am shopping for food.

Today we talked about the end of term, my coming sabbatical, and how expensive being an art student is.