California King

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  • Supplement

    Opportunity: personal care finally takes its show on the road.

    NOTE: This episode and its claims have not been evaluated by The Food and Drug Administration. So, you're welcome.

    Please step inside the perimeter of the temporary fence line, then proceed through the large disclaimer bottle. To your right is Alan's Foreskin, and to your left is Adam's Paragon of Blades™ (launching Fall, 2023).

    Children must be monitored at all times. Also, all attractions are offered "as-is," and their utilization therein does not create a bailment or constitute a "medical diagnosis." Any appendage submitted to the cobbler's public fluoroscope is offered solely at the guest's own risk.

    Side effects may include extensive cranial scarring, crippling student debt, and grave personal regret.

    Ask your operator if Supplement is right for you.

    Editor: Paul O’Mara

    (Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

    Supplement - YouTube

    Fig. 1: Our muse, Dr. Raymond Damadian, in his repose.

    35 min
  • I.T. Hoop Skirt

    Opportunity: A grand roving dignity sink

    The Soft Boys add frisson to any streetscape.

    Editor: Paul O’Mara

    (This episode is available only in audio, to honor the richness of Homeric oral tradition.)

    Links:

    • Vladimir Harkonnen | Dune Wiki | Fandom
    — He was so morbidly obese that he required suspensors harnessed to his flesh in order to walk.
  • The Soft Boys - "I Wanna Destroy You"
  • — And, when I have destroyed you, I'll come picking at your bone.
    And, you won't have a single atom left to call your own.
  • Gangs | The Warriors | Fandom
  • — "The Warriors" is known not only for its detail on its own gang, but the diverse and realistic or wacky gangs that surround them in New York City.
  • Washington Generals - Vintage Highlights Reel - YouTube
  • Parallels between Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Odyssey
  • 26 min
  • The Benediction of Sister Susan

    Opportunity: Take a page from a storied American industry.

    Ask your doctor if our juice is right for you.

    Editor: Paul O’Mara

    (Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

    The Benediction of Sister Susan - YouTube

    Links:

    • TV Magic Cards with Marshall Brodien (Commercial, 197?) - YouTube
    — "Take the top card…TAP it…"
  • 10 Great Ways To Recycle Your Wee
  • — "1. Pee in a pot and make invisible ink!"
  • Genesis 38:8-10 KJV - And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto - Bible Gateway
  • — "And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also."
  • CueCat - The 50 Worst Inventions - TIME
  • — CueCat became little more than a high-tech paperweight.
    31 min
  • Yellow Leather

    Opportunity: Helping you become more comfortable in your skin.

    Editor: Paul O’Mara

    (Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

    Yellow Leather - YouTube

    Links:

    • Freddie Mercury Queen's Concert Yellow Leather Jacket Costume - TLC
    — "A Premium Quality Freddie Mercury Yellow Jacket, A Pure Queen’s Power Gear."
  • What Is Disney's Go Away Green Paint? - Simplemost
  • — The science behind the shade is simple.
  • Aging: What to expect - Mayo Clinic
  • — Here's what to expect as you get older — and what to do about it.
    35 min
  • Big Tubs

    Opportunity: Radical Proximity should be an immersive experience.

    First off: this is not a cult, okay?

    Look, if an Aerie of Randies is a little hot under the collar and wants to be stone soup with some other hard-working men, who are you to judge?

    The good news is we're probably already available in your neighborhood, so just flag down the apologetic lady in the Shriner car, and she will be more than happy to top off your wing sauce and freshen up your straw.

    Everybody ready? Are you ready?! Because…hmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

    "WHOOP-sie!"

    Editor: Paul O’Mara

    (Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

    Big Tubs - YouTube

    38 min
  • The Situation District

    Opportunity: A fresh look at a storied neighborhood.

    Editor: Paul O’Mara

    (Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

    The Situation District - YouTube

    36 min
  • Five of a Kind

    Opportunity: Your bar may be unfinished, but your cassette deck is definitely done.

    Editor: Paul O’Mara

    (Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

    Five of a Kind - YouTube

    40 min
  • Thrival Future

    Opportunity: home is where you hang your backpack

    Editor: Paul O’Mara

    (Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

    Thrival Future - YouTube

    Links:

    • Thrival Future - YouTube
  • You Look Nice Today - YouTube
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  • Rampant shoplifting leads to another Walgreens closing in S.F.
  • — "No sooner had the clerk spoken than a man wearing a virus mask walked in, emptied two shelves of snacks into a bag, then headed back for the door."
    32 min
  • Interregnum

    Opportunity: who arted?

    In the liminal space between life and performance, there exists a certain hallway.

    Editor: Paul O’Mara

    (Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

    Interregnum - YouTube

    Links:

    • Interregnum - YouTube
  • You Look Nice Today - YouTube
  • — Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel.
    39 min
  • David Fincher’s House of Whoops

    Opportunity: There's no "I" in "mistake."

    Let's be honest. If you had to do it all over again? Yeah, you'd probably do even worse. I mean. Look at you.

    No, seriously, it's fine. Well. It's not "fine," but it is universal, and that's ultimately where the big money is.

    So, the question becomes, what if you could do worse better? Again. You won't, but that's not the point.

    The point is, you're ready to commit to change, or at least the appearance of commitment.

    But, you won't figure that out until you land on the big balloon in Act III. But, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

    How would you feel about a face tattoo of a foot? Or a foot tattoo of a murder tear? Or a night on a futon that practically screams "hand stuff?"

    Let me start over.

    Hi. Have you ever avoided a mistake that, in retrospect, you really wish you'd made? Yeah. Also: sorry about your contact lens.

    Also, also: sorry about Austin.

    Just…sorry.

    (Be sure to check out the YouTube video via this episode's show notes. It's way better that way.)

    David Fincher’s House of Whoops - YouTube

    Links:

    • You Look Nice Today - YouTube
    — Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel.
  • David Fincher’s House of Whoops - YouTube
  • 46 min

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