Dimland Radio

A house explosion, a crazy NFL game, a confusing article related to Chipotle, a Pedantic Moment about a Ford trucks commercial, two movie recommendations, and Three Cool Things.

A near heart attack arrives in the mail, last week's Pedantic Moment revisited, my parents buy a new car, school on Veterans Day?, FilmStruck is going away and coming back, conspiracy theorists are at it again, and Three Cool Things.

I start the show talking about have been in denial, there's talk about the elections, which includes a complicated Pedantic Moment, some talk about how being a skeptic can be a drag, then a homeopathic pain remedy for your pet, and Three Cool Things.

I had to wrap up the baseball season by talking about the World Series and a few other items related to the Fall Classic. Then I talked about a fellow's interesting ideas about Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, which included a Dimland Radio Pedantic Moment. And Three Cool Things.

Two potential distractions to this week's show, some talk about the MAGAbomber and anomaly hunting, It's Not True: Picture of crowds at Texas Trump rally, a couple phone scams to be wary of, a mind-reading trick that fooled me, and Three Cool Things.

An explanation as to why there was no show for so long, spoiling 'Joe Pera Reads You The Church Announcements,' a Pedantic Moment related to Joe Pera, a tale of DEA agents and a co-worker's misremembering, It's Not True: The "Indian" on the Tootsie Pop wrapper myth, and Three Cool Things.

A cold open tale on my love of autumn and 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!,' talk about needing and getting a new roof, my first encounter with the MN Skeptics, red-headed sperm no longer wanted?, remembering REM, and recommending 'Shaun Of The Dead.'

Just a little more advice on the Great Toilet Seat Debate, a Dimland Radio ARGH!: anti-capitalism capitalists and The Dollop podcast, is the character Mike Ehrmantraut too great?, Clara Bow probably wasn't a time traveler, a Dimland Radio Science Hero: Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson, and Three Cool Things.

Retiring an insensitive term, movie night, Superbad may not have been the best choice, shimmering blobs in the night sky, sky lanterns are polution and fire hazards, It's Not True: Trump double fist pump on 9/11, Pedantic Moment: A not profound sign, and Three Cool Things.

Pedantic Moment: More about Close Encounters and what suspension of disbelief means to me, deus ex machina and Monty Python's Life of Brian, the state of my facial hair, coffee rings, Dimland Science Hero: Harrison Ford, my respose to anti-vaxxer's "facts," and Three Cool Things.