Fridays on the Fly

For Halloween Ward was Twisty the ClownHow I made the costumeCubs Win the World SeriesNaNoWriMo 2016

What a restaurant needs to do. You can forget my food, provide terrible service, but don't do this.Personal responsibility The Walking Dead trolls the world with the season 7 premiereShows that write themselves into a hole It's a Cubs-Indians World Series. Home field advantage and the DH rule.

The main topic is discipline, punishment, and spanking children.Ward still wants to make an arcade cabinet even though he knows he doesn't need one.NaNoWriMo is soon approaching in November. It's time to write a novel.Eric discusses his plans for Short Film Production with little people.Are spoilers really that big of a deal? 

Dream vacations. Where do you go, what do you do? What separates a vacation from a visit is if you're expected to wear pants more or less than half the time. Ward's clown costume is progressing. The benefits of having a truck, washing cars, and scooter law.

Do we listen to our own podcast? Sometimes! A little bit on Halloween including Slender Man and Twisty the Clown. Go Pros, drones, Rasberry pi, oh my. We want them. Rod may have the greatest app idea ever. We are bound not disclose but he recounts contacting an app developer. Should we have a main topic every week? We'd like to but that takes effort. What's a reasonable yet sporty car that isn't too old or expensive to repair. Will the results shock you? No.

Jose Fernandez and Arnold Palmer passed. The presidential debates are happening as we record. Check out our wild speculations after the fact. After watching Fox's Pitch, Ward and Rod discuss women in sports. Why do we rate things 5 stars if anything less than 5 is a fail? Make things pass/fail! We also touch on parenting and music from our youth.

Gas prices are on the rise! The end of the world is nigh! Rod revisits North Carolina's HB2. Does McCrory have a terminal illness? Does this explain the madness? Former baseball player Mitch Williams is not going to win coach of the year awards any time soon. Ward reviews what led to his current lawsuit againsnt MLB. Eric on the allure of van living. Who doesn't want to live in a post-apocalypse zombie world? By that token, Eric reveals he's planned ahead just in case The Purge happens. Profiling versus discrimination.

It's been fifteen years since 9-11. We remember where we were and how we see it now. Tim Tebow is playing for the Mets. As Ward predicted, he isn't going to fully commit as he's keeping his broadcasting job. Kaepernick donated money to bolster taking a knee, while Megan Rapinoe doesn't even the the chance while at the Washington Spirit. Print journalism is on the decline and Ward's has a fix that's difficult to implement. What direction should our movie podcast take? We're aren't against pandering to Netflix, but Youtube and comedy is the route to take if we just want to gain the broadest fan base. We've got too many ideas and not enough time.

What's the deal with flag burners? A couple fakes a trip to Mt. Everest. We try to determine why. Vox media did a survey on self driving cars. We discuss the concept, how long it will take to make a difference and whether we want to trade up to autonomous cars. Our big topic is home schooling. We invite Nicole, who has been home schooling for four years. We talk why, how, and look at various schooling options in a very civil discussion.

We open the episode discussing what baseball stadiums we've visited. Ward just saw his first major league baseball game in person. Eric finally started Stranger Things. It's Netflix's best show. How much would you pay for your pet's health. Ward proposes a sliding scale based on age. Eric says shoot them. Have you seen the Netflix movie XOXO? We recommend you don't. If Netflix paid us to make a podcast would we review their movies higher than they might deserve? Two unequivocal yeses, one dissenter. Colin Capernik makes a stand by sitting down.