Great dinner and conversation with my friend Sara in the North End of Boston. Sara is a motivating person with an inspiring story of moving from the middle east to Boston when she was just 18 years old with no job lined up, no place to live, and couldn't speak English. Our last night dinner conversation was wonderful as we spoke of challenges and successes in our lives, along with how social media has made it easy to appear like one cares but truly does not.

Book referred to in the episode:

"The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: There Are No Limits to the Prosperity, Happiness, and Peace of Mind You Can Achieve Simply by Using the Power of the Subconscious Mind"

https://www.amazon.com/Power-Your-Subconscious-Mind-Prosperity/dp/0735204314

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Great episode today as I take the podcast with me as we venture to downtown Boston for the Red Sox World Series parade. Talked to two Bostonians about 15 years old straight winning, and I make a promise to myself.

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Halloween is an exciting holiday. I love it, but you couldn't tell from today's episode. I think things a lot of things, activities, holidays are fantastic but a minority of people f*ck them up & make them unenjoyable for the rest of us. Halloween is one of those holidays/activities that has been f*cked up for me because of dumb uncreative people.

And on a serious note, can we stop calling women "whores"?!

The article referred to in today's episode:

"Critic's Notebook: 'Frontline' Doc 'The Facebook Dilemma' May Scare You Off Social Media"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-notebook-frontline-doc-facebook-dilemma-may-scare-you-social-media-1156049?fbclid=IwAR19zOVtIyNu0HJ6aIf3nUsZBikOVL2r45cqrq6Bw7AQfr9m7kZRG_W-rEQ

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Today I turn 44 years old. When I was 20 years old, 44 sounded like an old man. Now I am that "old man," but I feel wonderful. Today is also another special "megs & Bacon" episode where Megan joins me on the podcast before she flys back to North Carolina, and I continue my adventure onto Boston where I will experience the Red Sox World Series Championship parade!

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History is made with the first podcast episode being recorded in the car driving. Meg's & Bacon are heading to Buffalo, NY in celebration of Joey's birthday on October 29th. While driving Meg takes the "How Stereotypically White Are You" test. Meg also educates us all on Eris, PA, covered bridges, hot apple cider, and all other white people things Joey and she are about to experience.

Here's the "How Stereotypically White Are You?" quiz:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mrloganrhoades/how-white-are-you-really

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With all the negativity in the world, it's nice to step back and look at the positives we can create to not only make our lives better but make the lives of others in our world fantastic. Megan joins me again for a special "Megs & Bacon" episode in Cleveland.

The article referenced in today's podcast:

"17 Things To Keep In Mind The Next Time You Get Annoyed With, Uh, Everything"

https://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/empathy-kindness-tips?ref=hpsplash

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I love when I can look back on situations and laugh. I'm not sure my mom can do the same because I have truly put her into some embarrassing situations. Including the time I had an extremely attractive lady doctor doing an ultrasound on my testicles.

I begin my 10 day trip around the country today. Starting in Cleveland and ending in San Deigo. Excited to have the podcast on tour again. Plus new episodes of "Megs & Bacon" coming this weekend.

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As a middle-aged white dude who is a registered Republican just slightly right of the middle from the midwest a lot of people in the media would like for you to think I'm a Neo-Nazi, racist, woman-hating, fear mongering, white pride Nationalist. I know that I'm not and if you've been listening to this podcast, you know that I'm not, but I have to be very careful about what I say because that label is too easy to stick on people like me even though it's wrong.

People of all cultures need to have more conversations about race & culture. I want to have more conversations about race & culture. I'm going to start with this episode.

The article referenced in the episode:

17-year-old in Independence charged after disturbing Facebook video surfaces

https://fox4kc.com/2018/10/24/17-year-old-in-independence-charged-after-disturbing-facebook-video-surfaces/

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I personally know people that are living lies online through social media sites like Facebook & Instagram. They are putting out personal content for what they want to project to people to see about them. IMO it's 100% for ultimate validation from friends and strangers online because the person lying with their social media content is suffering from extremely low self-esteem, self-love, and/or self-worth. I recognize these people because I used to be that person at the highest level of posting bullshit content online for validation from others.

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The opportunity to find something that made me different than everyone else in my childhood was essential to me. At an early age, I recognized that I didn't want to be like everyone else. I found my individualism in becoming a Boston Red Sox fan. Living in Kansas, there were no other Red Sox fans anywhere and picking the MLB team my little league team got it its name from was just a gift from the baseball Gods.

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