Fridays on the Fly

Selling cakes can be illegal. American Horror Story and haunted houses The Human Condition movie trilogy. It's Band of Brothers quality and a comparable length, and Ward can't help but bring it up and compare it to a recent ten hour long trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. Our main topic is board games, traditional, gateway, party, and advanced. We talk about our favorites, Settlers of Catan, Carcasonne, Ticket to Ride, Clue, and Pictionary. Ward admits the fun of poker in high school was cheating. People rarely caught on. Then Ward geeks out over the party game Mafia. The top 3 is, of course, board games. Links: Selling Cakes is Wrong Twisty the Clown from AHS Nightmare on Scales Street The Human Condition The Lord of the Rings boardgamegeek.com

We've made the mold and we are now waiting for the resin cast dagger to dry. We talk about the project and then delve into teenage mutant ninja turtle lore, Harry Potter spirit animals, and a time travel renaissance fair. After thirty minutes we pull the cast. The results are a very good pull, that needs a little bit of work. The resin is Smooth-on 325 resin tinted black. It came out with a frosted look on the surface which turned out to be water. We had washed the mold with water, and resin doesn't react well. There were a few trapped air issues. Air channels were enlarged to release air. The rubbery issue is due to the resin being a gel cure. While the instructions state you can remove from the mold in fifteen minutes, it takes a 24 hours for the cast to become rigid. Once it's rigid, it is very rigid. The third cure came out really good after fixing the above issues.  Make, Mold, & Cast a Skyrim Dragon Priest Dagger 

Project updates on Halloween and GIANT JENGA. After that it's a journey of discover as Eric discovers Ward watches quite a few television shows. Eric had no idea. We talk a little Mad Men, Dr. Who, The Shield, 24, The Walking Dead, The Wire, The Blacklist, American Horror Story... We also predict how The Walking Dead will finally end. You've heard it here first. Our main topic is desire fuels energy. You make time for what you want to do. Period. If you desire to do it, you will get it done.  Eric then delves into how much effort Ward puts into his wardrobe.  We finish it out with our top 3 all time personal favorite Halloween costumes.  Links:  Buying Nothing for One Year Make a $1500 Sandwich in 6 Months (youtube) Volkswagen Made an Oops How to Mold and Cast a Dagger  Hot Fuzz - The Greater Good (youtube)  These are not the droids you're looking for (youtube)  Ward's costumes from years past 

A quick bonus episode recapping our costumes from Halloween Ward was a Dragon Priest from Skyrim and Eric's kids were 'the greater good'. We discuss our costumes be for next year. Creating Dragon Priest Daggers (Ward's Blog) Ward in Costume

We read two of Ward's short stories from 2011. No Money Down and Crazy Eights. The verdict? His writing has gotten much better. Related to the story, Ward talks about his time as a car salesman. That one time he made good money on a sale and a coworker that lasted almost one full day. Ward's first story is NOT good, but at least he got better. Top 3 video game experiences  Links:  Unbreakable (2000) Birdman (2014) Super Mario 64 Grand Theft Auto  Madden 95 Chrono Trigger Pitfall   

We talk about how to be offensive and how it's okay to profile middle aged white guys with freezers, but the real revelation is that Ward is looking to spend $200-$300 on two cars for a personal demolition derby. We are going to recreate Days of Thunder. And of course he wants to make a video of it with as many cameras as he can borrow. Then we get into the main topic- motivation. How do you stay motivated to finish a project? How do you push yourself to do something you just can't seem to stick with? Remember when Ward was teaching himself how to play the keyboard? That lasted six days. Don't all conversations about motivation delve into exercise? This one sure did! And then... a dog interrupts the podcast. We say 'Hi' and then bid the dog adieu as we get back to the topic which is now exercise and diet. Then we talk about how to stay on task with projects. Hard deadlines help. The problem is that solving the problem or project is the fun part, the rest is just after the fact. Ward likes planning. He even modeled a cake in Sketchup.  Eric is the Facebook renegade. It's just as exciting as it sounds. Eric's friend wrote a book that is amazing, and NaNoWriMo starts in November. Ward urges you to try it. Writing a book is awesome. Ward's done it twice. Links: Youtube star fired over fat-shaming video Teen gets arrested for bringing clock to school The Days of Thunder scene Ward will recreate (youtube) Yann Tiersen song Ward wanted to learn (youtube)  Intrude Video (youtube) NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month

A quick bonus episode discussing the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer. Who is Daisy Ridley's Rey related to? Who mentors John Boyega's Finn, a Storm trooper turned Jedi? I bet the movie will feature more of Oscar Isaac's Poe Damaron than the trailer. We see Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2-D2, and ostensibly Luke Skywalker (at least, we see his hand). What twists are in store for villain Kylo Ren! Links: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Trailer (youtube) Force Awakens Teaser #1 (youtube) Force Awakens Teaser #2 (youtube) Thoughts & Speculations from Ward on the Force Awakens trailer (Blog Post)

You have to be the best or the worst to be successful. People want to see awful performances just for a laugh or the tragedy. Our discussion this episode is competition. We discussed imitators and impersonators a couple of episodes ago. Ward has a new business venture. He also has a new VLOG. Find out where Ward gets music for the VLOG The voice of Siri is following us on Twitter. Obviously we're legit. We get into trading follows on Twitter and the pain of being rejected on Instagram. We discuss mowing lawns. We hate it, but it's not without benefits... maybe. Eric thinks mowing the yard is for dumb people, but he likes to zone out during the task and Ward likes to think. Ward has an anecdote to the dumb people mowing yards. Doing something you don't like has benefits when you go out of your comfort zone, speak in public, or learn new skills... though maybe not mowing the yard. Any successful podcaster had an audience BEFORE podcasting. The podcast is secondary. We want to succeed but learning how to podcast is part of the fun. Half of all podcasts never make it past four episodes, in that respect, we've succeeded. Competition. We want our podcast to be the best, but we know we're in a rigged game. Sports are easy to concede, we aren't making it to the NFL. Eric is surprised to learn that Ward's philosophy on sports, even in pickup games is, 'if you can't win, don't play.' Thus Ward doesn't play. Why does everyone get a trophy? Is a newspaper a viable way to promote our podcast? We debate it with anecdotal evidence, which leads to Eric selling burial plots through a newspaper to our thoughts on cremation versus burial to what do you do when someone close to you dies or you see someone who has done something amazing and you think, "What am I doing with my life?" Eric tries to guess Ward's top three favorite bands. Tommy Wiseau - The Room (video link) William Hung - American Idol (video link)  http://www.freestockmusic.com Ward's Vlog - I Dress Up as A Cat (video link) Ward's New Business Venture (link)  Fridays on the Fly - Twitter  Mowing the Yard Blog (link) 

We are back to tools. We got sidetracked in episode 15 with the story of Ward cutting through his fingers with a table saw. Ward talks about his tools and how he built a Skyrim Dragon Priest dagger. Is it worth it to buy cheap tools? No. Eric doesn't buy cheap, but he doesn't buy end of the rainbow either, unless of course it's automotive tools. Eric likes Snap-on... a LOT. Eric asks the big question, why is there no Snap-on store? What are our key tools? Ward's is the band saw. Eric's is everything Snap-on. This lead us to brand loyalty. Guess what, are thoughts on County Clerk Kim Davis are finally airing. We wrap up with our top 3 favorite actors. Episode 15 Skyrim Dagger progress County Clerk Kim Davis

Ward met an Ernest T. Bass imitator and is thinking of starting his own imitator business. The 360 camera is neat, but what's the point? Ward turned a simple battery smoke detector project into adding two additional hard wired light fixtures. Also, updates on the Skyrim dagger Eric would take more photos and video, but he needs to go to Wal-mart. Ward talks about his video editing program- Lightworks. They keep removing features from the free version, but he did buy it. What did Ward start with when he started doing videos? Answer - nothing! Staying hands off with your children's projects. Which leads to, what else, Minecraft. The main topic is tools and shops and where to spend your money, but the conversation quickly becomes the story of that time Ward cut off a finger on the table saw. We wrap up with our top three gruesome injuries. Ward's imitator business A few years ago we wrote a Christmas story with 'Bisney' produced DVDs. Banksy  Exit Through the Gift Shop 360* Camera Interactive banner Skyrim Dagger progress  Eric's Halloween costume - The Greater Good (video) Ward's Short Story Picture  Never Too Old VLOG  Lightworks  Blog Post on Tools Blog Post: That Time I Cut Off my Finger (Correction in 2012)