From the Middle

#146. Have you tried to get a child, partner, or anyone else into something that you love only to have them throw cold water on your hopes of sharing something amazing? Let us know via our socials, VMs, or email! Linktree below. Kendall began sharing Star Wars with his children and was ready for THE moment where Luke Skywalker learns who his father is. Let’s just say Luke’s reaction was far more emotional than Kendall’s kids’. Kory and Dillon think they found each other’s doppelgänger on TikTok. Kory shares another delayed flight story followed up by an experience with a Tesla. Then it’s all about movies and shows! This week we discuss Turning Red, The Batman, WWE, Marvel shows, and Formula 1: Drive to Survive. Enjoy!

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#145. One of our ambitions for this podcast has been to create a virtual moment of sitting in a barber shop just chatting away about common interests. We had the opportunity to take that experience as literally as we can by inviting Ray, Kendall’s barber, onto the show! Ray is an excellent talent in barber skills. Beyond cutting tight fades, this includes his ability to mold into whatever conversation is at hand. He joins us as we talk about Kory’s fancy soccer game experience, Dillon’s guilty pleasure in Dynasty Warriors, and Kendall’s recent dive into See by Apple TV plus. Ray also answers a few of our barber shop questions, sharing what he thinks folks should or should not be doing when they visit their barber. And we get to share conversation about The Batman and the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer. Put on your cape, spritz your hair, and keep your hands to yourselves. It’s shop talk! As always, follow the Linktree below for more ways to interact!

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#144. We start off with our call to action. We love the interaction in the Facebook group! We are asking if some of you can also call in or send us a message with a question or story you would like us to react to in a future episode. The Linktree below will show you all the places you can do that. The voicemail number is down there as well! The first meat of our discussion comes from Dillon’s experience of joining his daughter in preschool. It turns out even adults can learn life skills in such an environment! We then talk about tiny food. Whether it’s edible or toy food, we’ve noticed a corner of the internet dedicated to folks creating such things and we nod to it. We also geek out not on LEGO, but some “wicked” display cases built for your favorite sets. A nice weekend led to some fun times on the road and the park, Kory took his family to a basketball game, and McDonald’s ice cream machine is still broken. For the latter, a lawsuit may be the answer for how we can get ahold of a shamrock shake and we talk about that. Until next time, be excellent to each other!

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#143. Never say never! Dillon gives food delivery another try, but this time it’s Gold Belly sending him an ill-packed king cake from Louisiana. Will he give it another try? Probably. Kory has all the reasons in the world to own the shirt he’s wearing. Kendall is too picky about buying fan merch, which is a big and tall order if you are looking for something in his sizes. Continuing with clothing, we delve into the buy/sell/trade world of sneakers. We wrap with what we are streaming including The Alpinist, Finch, and Elimination Chamber. Probably the most we have ever talked about clothing in an episode, and you can listen while sipping on Smirnoff products with a clear conscience. It’s made in Illinoise. Enjoy! Use the Linktree to connect, and buy our merch! Just kidding. We don’t have merch. But should we?

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#142. We have always tried to have fun and simple conversations as if we are just sitting around a pub with our favorite drink. This week, we get a little stuck on what a pub actually is, providing the perfect example of the mindless escape we sometimes end up being! Dillon’s daughter does something cute and sneaky, including enabling an addict of a yeti. The Michigan guy in the group wants their basketball coach fired. Kory shares his latest aches and pains associated with coming of age. And we finally get into what we are streaming, including some smart stuff and, in contrast, wrastlin’. Chime in! Let us know what a pub is! Linktree and phone number below!

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#141. This year’s Super Bowl was among the most watched in recent history and we account for six of those eyeballs! The game, the commercials, and the halftime show were all hitting our generation well and we are here to talk about it. We also discuss Valentine’s Day as well as Kory’s trip to revisit some sweet tree houses. Mad props to whoever is running the Amish these days. The food was wonderful. We also talk all that is great about the Olympics including the Chinese Bagpipers. Then before we wrap with what we are streaming (The Book of Boba Fett), we have a more serious discussion about if, how, and when to parent in the context of the monetary repercussions of actions. We would love to hear about your favorite commercials, halftime shows, and parenting advice! Follow the Linktree to find us everywhere.

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#140. After putting some things in our mouths and telling you if we like them (Liquid Death…call us), we begin our discussion with the etiquette of dogfighting. Not THAT kind of dogfighting. The less click-baity thing to ask is what do you do when your neighbor’s dog sends yours to the vet? We then move on to the more legal sports of the Olympics. Is anyone watching? We bet many of you are not, but Kendall’s into it and sharing the experience. Speaking of sports experiences, Kory went to his first twirling competition! While we’re all proud of his daughter, the event had even more to offer than he imagined. We also talk streaming including The Royal Rumble, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Netflix’s After Life, and more. This is a fun one to listen in on and a great one to continue through our social and voicemail platforms! The Linktree below will help get you there.

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#139. Happy Groundhog Day! Joe Burrow saw his shadow overtake the AFC which means two more weeks of football for the Cincinnati Bengals! We also talk about the shadowy areas of our homes where we tend to stash the stuff we just don’t want to see or have nowhere else to put. Do we all have a “Monica’s closet?” Do you ever just throw junk away? Are we all hoarders? We specifically would love some photos of your junk spaces so we can all feel better about ourselves. We will keep all submissions anonymous. Also, as the sun of the lives of us middle-aged folks reaches solar noon, we begin to feel the wrench of strain in the latissimus dorsi. In other words, Dillon threw his back out and we talk about getting old. Share your stories and photos with us! The Linktree below has all the ways you could do that. Until next time, have a good week!

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#138. The twitter poll is in! Apparently about half of us don’t want our grammar corrected at all. Even for the half that do, we still don’t like it. Keep that in mind while on your grammar patrols. Dillon shares what Danny did to turn him off of food delivery apps. Kendall takes his family to see the leftovers of the sports season. Then we get into some real talk about parenting and how, if, and to what extent we introduce our kids to new things. Included in our streaming updates is a conversation about gaming and if manually saving too often is cheating. Then we finish talking about what we’ve been watching. This was fun, guys! Linktree below to keep the conversation going!

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#137. This is our most daring episode yet! Good looks are not always a prerequisite for Hollywood fame. Some have built a career on their less appealing attributes. You know; interesting body shapes, creepy grins, thick glasses, puffy eyes. Speaking of puffy eyes, Dillon is allergic to something which led him to take too much medication. He’s fine, but sadly didn’t get it on camera. Speaking of being swollen, Kendall hit the gym with a Jim for the first time in forever. Speaking of body aches, some of us midwesterners are shoveling snow for the first time this season. Speaking of snow, have you seen the igloos that restaurants are putting up diners in? Some even have winter games! Speaking of games, Kendall doesn’t know what he’s doing with old video games, but Kory’s seven-year-old is a pro at online Fortnite. Speaking of online entertainment, we obviously share what were streaming. Speaking of grammar mistakes, we touch on how or if to correct our loved ones. Look out for the twitter poll on that one! Find us on social and keep the conversation going! Lintkree below.

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