Bee keeping, farming, movies and Etsy sales on this, the 26th episode of the Have Coffee Will Travel Podcast.

We start off with a movie review. It has been some time since we dedicated an entire episode to a movie review. This review is quick. Shawn and Leah watched Long Legs, starring Nicolas Cage. Reviews said it was the best serial killer movie since the Silence of the Lambs. Far be it from us to disagree with the critics, but the movie kinda sucked. Nicolas Cage gave a great performance, but the story was mediocre, and the logic was not logiccing.

Next up, is the farm auction we went to. Shawn's dad sent out an invite to check out a rural farm auction. After about an hour of driving we made it to our destination. If you're into farming, this was the place for you. Most of the bidders were local Mennonites. Not being overly familiar with this group, the day was a treat. Interacting with a new culture is always a great thing. Trying to play with the horses and cows was another highlight.

Leah did something different this past weekend. She took an introductory to bee keeping class. Learning about maintaining a hive was the major focus. However, Leah also learned about tools and equipment, what to wear and a whole lot more. It is possible she will start up her own bee hive some day. For now, she needs to focus on education before she takes on such a commitment.

ETSY Shop round-up! We discuss some new additions to our stores. We also talk about some recent sales.

Find Leah's shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/collectandcaston

Find Shawn's shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RustedRobotToys

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Sault Steelers football needs you and your help. For this episode of the Have Coffee Will Travel podcast, Shawn and Leah go on location to meet with some of the players. The Steelers are in need of fresh blood for their team roster. They are also looking for sponsors. Running a team is an expensive endeavour. While the team has a few sponsors already, they are in need of more. They reached out to HCWT to help spread the word. On this episode, we sit down for a lengthy chat. We're talking team history, legacy, money, fun and so much more.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SAULT STEELERS:

The Sault Steelers are a semi-professional football team based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, established in 1972. Len Monico, the team’s first head coach, spearheaded its formation and led the team to immediate success, winning the Northern Football Conference (NFC) title and a National Championship in its inaugural season.

The franchise has continued to achieve success, earning Canadian Major Football League (CMFL) National Championships in 2007, 2009, and 2010 and numerous NFC league titles.

They have also produced countless notable players, including 20-time NFC All-Star and 1-time MVP Brandon Lewis, NFC All-Time leading rusher Josh Gauthier, 2007 NFC Defensive Player of the Year Gordi Campbell, and NFC Hall of Famers Stu Waite and Rocky DiPietro, among others.

The Steelers were founding members of the Ontario Power 5 Football League (OP5FL), where they have competed since 2024.

Also on this episode, we talk about our Etsy shops and some recent sales. We go behind the storefront to tell you about how Etsy operates and the fees we can incur as a result of using this platform. Have you heard of 'offsite ads'? They are devious and expensive.

Follow Leah's shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/Collectandcaston

Follow Shawn's shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/RustedRobotToys

Sault Steelers website: https://www.saultsteelers.com/

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Fishing for answers to some of life's most intriguing questions on this week's episode of HCWT.

Join Shawn and Leah as they ask each other the hard-hitting questions of the universe. We're not talking about favourite colours or numbers here. Is reincarnation real? What is your favourite thing about yourself? These are the types of queries we have on this podcast episode. While you're listening to the show, try to anticipate our answers. After that, think about your own ideas and the answers you may have to these questions. We would love to hear your thoughts. Send your answers, or any email ideas to [email protected]

If you want to share the podcast topic with your loved ones, we would be grateful. In fact, ask your friends and loved ones similar questions. To get to know someone better, start with open-ended questions that encourage sharing personal experiences, opinions, and values. These questions allow for more detailed answers and deeper conversations. Remember to listen actively and be genuinely interested in their responses. This approach helps build rapport and creates a comfortable space for further conversation.

Here are some examples: Open-ended questions:

What's your favorite way to spend a weekend? 

What's a cause you feel strongly about? 

What's your dream job? 

What brings you in a good mood? 

What's something you love learning about? 

How do you like to stay updated on current events? 

What's a book you'd recommend? 

Where have you always wanted to travel to? 

What's a skill you're proud of? 

Also on this episode, we talk about our recent Etsy shop sales. Both Shawn and Leah have Etsy stores where they sell many different types of items. With a special focus on pop culture items, both Shawn and Leah try to focus on excellent customer service. Leah's store is collectandcaston and Shawn's shop is found at rustedrobottoys

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On this award-winning show, we dive into our recent road-trip adventures. You will learn about the dangers of mail delivery, Etsy shop sourcing, recent television shows and a few other topics. Tell everyone you know about the Have Coffee Will Travel Podcast!

Marc Maron's current comedy tour has been a major focus for Shawn over the last year. Last Spring, he bought tickets to a nearby comedy show. This show was supposed to occur in October, but due to scheduling, Marc had to postpone. Well, the makeup date for the show finally came. This past weekend, Shawn and Leah were able to see Marc Maron live. After listening to Marc's podcast for 10 years, Shawn was able to enjoy the entertainment in person. What did Leah think? That's in this episode.

To get to the show, Shawn and Leah had to travel to the USA. Everyone and everything in the media said this would be a hellish experience. Was it? Find out on this episode of HCWT. Because your hosts were traveling, it was a perfect opportunity to source stock for their Etsy shops. Wally's Castle is a favourite antique shop in Grand Rapids. GoodWill is also another popular place to stop and check for stock!

Leah was especially excited about the estate sale she found. This house had some amazing Disney items. Leah loves Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse and the overall flavour of Disney. She found a lot of amazing items at this sale.

Also on this episode: Shawn's dog bite, action figure and plush finds, and recent TV. This episode is called tv, travel and Marc Maron comedy for a reason. All of that and more are topics in this episode. A new segment is our Etsy sales.

Leah's etsy shop is https://www.etsy.com/shop/Collectandcaston

Shawn's etsy shop is https://rustedrobottoys.etsy.com

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A brief history of cats! This week we take a break from movie reviews to discuss something a little closer to home. Many people consider their cats to be a significant part of their family. We are no different. Because we love our cats so much, we decided to talk about the origin of cats, their history, and their place in the popular culture.

The domestication of cats began in the Middle East around 12,000 years ago, with early evidence suggesting a close relationship between humans and cats in the Fertile Crescent. Cats, likely descended from the African wildcat, were valued for their pest control abilities and gradually became companions to humans, eventually spreading across the globe.

The process of domestication is thought to have begun in the Middle East, specifically in the Fertile Crescent, around 12,000 years ago. As humans settled and began farming, they created environments that attracted both rodents and wildcats, leading to a symbiotic relationship where cats controlled pests and humans provided food and shelter. Archaeological evidence, including a burial site in Cyprus dating back 9,500 years, suggests an intentional relationship between humans and cats, with cats being brought to the island by humans.

In ancient Egypt, cats were revered and even deified, with the goddess Bastet often depicted with a cat's head. Cats were mummified and buried with great care, indicating their importance in Egyptian culture. Cats were considered sacred animals, and harming them could lead to severe punishments. Cats traveled with the Romans, becoming widespread in Europe by the 4th century AD. 

In addition to a brief history of cats, we discuss their popularity in culture. Disney uses and houses cats to control pests. They are a huge part of the population in Istanbul. Cartoon cats abound!

Entertainment Weekly has a list of the 26 most iconic cats in cinema. You can read their entire list at https://ew.com/movies/cats-of-cinema/

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Porky's is a 1981 sex comedy directed by Bob Clark.

In 1954, each boy in a group of Florida Angel Beach High School students plans to lose his virginity. They go to Porky's, a strip club in the Everglades, believing that they can hire a prostitute to satisfy their sexual desires. The club's proprietor, Porky, takes their money but humiliates the boys by dumping them into the swamp. When the group demands their money back, the sheriff, Porky's brother, drives them away but not before he extorts them for the rest of their money, further embarrassing them.

In a subplot, the boys peep on female students in the girl's locker room shower. Tommy, Billy, and Pee Wee see several girls showering. Pee Wee gives them away when he shouts at an obese girl, who has been blocking his view, to move so that he can see. While a few girls run out, most stay, finding the situation funny.

Although there is more to this story, we find the main theme to be one of coming of age. There are many movies and television shows that embrace a similar theme. In Porky's, the boys are attempting to become men. In holding a mirror up to reality, this film does a poor job. People just don't act like these boys in real life. There are perhaps moments where similar events may occur, but nothing can be sustained for this long (outside of movie reality).

This week in the movie closet, we chat about the film's qualities. We were impressed by the actor's abilities to inhabit their roles. The classic cars were another highlight. The plot did not hold up. Our overall rating for this film is 1.25 stars out of 5.

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Welcome back to the movie closet. In this series, we review a movie one of the co-hosts has not seen. Then, we dissect the film for its underlying theme and talk about it. This week we are reviewing the classic film Cherry 2000 from the year 1987. The underlying theme is unexpected love.

Cherry 2000 Synopsis:

• Need a bounty hunter? She's your man! In the future, a man travels to the ends of the earth to find the perfect woman. In this fun, futuristic sci-fi adventure, Melanie Griffith (Something Wild) is delightful and unflappable as a futuristic bounty hunter on a mission to find a robot replicant of a rich man's short-circuited wife. When successful businessman Sam Treadwell (David Andrews, Fight Club) finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 (Pamela Gidley, The Blue Iguana), has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson (Griffith) to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of The Zone.

Join Shawn and Leah as they discuss unexpected love. From depictions of love and romance in Cherry 2000, to Get Over It, and Spike Jonze's Her, the hosts tackle many aspects of surprise love. You will enjoy their personal story, as well as some of their memories from previous relationships. Get ready for robot sex, trackers, and an adventure through a futuristic wasteland.

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This time on the Have Coffee Will Travel Podcast, we begin our movie closet series. When we moved into this house, there were no convenient spots to store our DVD collection. However, there was a spare closet. We tossed all of our films into the closet and our storage problem had a solution. Now, Shawn and Leah are diving into the movies looking for those films that the other might not have seen. After viewing the film, they review it, find the theme and that becomes the topic for the podcast. This time, we are discussing the 1999 film Dogma, directed by Kevin Smith.

Synopsis:

Two mischievous angels (played by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck) who were kicked out of heaven, have figured out a way to get back in. Restoring ones soul by entering a new church is a part of the Catholic Dogma, and by restoring their souls, the angels could re-enter heaven thus revealing a loophole. However, their plan would prove God's imperfection thus erasing everything God had ever created. Jesus' last descendant Bethany (played by Linda Fiorentino) is enlisted by Rufus the unknown 13th Apostle to stop the fugitive angels. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob.

The entire point of the movie is faith. Bethany is suffering from a crisis of faith. More than one crisis if we are honest. The film tracks her evolution of faith and belief. This is the jumping off point for our new series-- The movie closet: Dogma! Shawn and Leah share the basis of their own belief systems. They share stories from their childhoods, and discuss how those experiences shaped them as people. Do you have faith? Do you need it?

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A taste of Japan is our first episode of the soon to be ongoing World Taste series. Our plan is to purchase various food items from around our great planet. These will be things that are very often not available locally. Using the powers of the internet, we will acquire a pile of random items and we will taste them. Our lucky listeners will be able to follow along as we discover the tastes of the world. Planet Earth is a buffet and we plan to eat it up!

The first stop on our taste tour is Japan. While shopping on Amazon for some blankets, Leah accidently also purchased the Ninjapo snack box. Hence, a new series for Have Coffee Will Travel was born. Join us on this episode for a taste of Japan!

The exact title of the listing on Amazon is:Japanese Snacks Assortment 30pcs "TONO SNACK" Excellent Variety and Delicious Selection of Japanese Dagashi

Our snacks arrived in a cute pink box with anime characters, a mountain scene and a temple. The words are in both English and Japanese. 30 different snacks are included. Some of these items are similar in nature, but each individual item is different. The flavours offer a wide range of experiences, and the textures are quite unique.

Suitable for yourself, share with friends and families, party, gift and so on.

Contents may be different from pictures.

According to the AI generated amalgamation of reviews: Customers find the snack mix enjoyable and interesting. They appreciate the variety of treats and flavors. The snacks have a good selection and appearance. However, some customers feel it's not worth the money, with small snacks and a small amount for the price. There are also complaints about smell and mixed opinions on taste and staleness.

Overall, this is a fun experimental episode. If you enjoy ASMR, and listening to people experience things for the first time, this is the episode for you.

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2025 Movie Preview

Join us as we dive into the genre films that are coming to a theatre near you in 2025. We are going month by month to tell you what to keep an eye open for. This is not an exhaustive list. The hours would crawl by as we tried to tell you everything that will be in a cinema over the next 12 months. Instead, we are looking at specific types of movies. Our main focus is on those films that should be seen on the big screen. These include such genres as science fiction, horror, fantasy, action and the ever-present comic book based films.

The way this episode is set up is very specific. Co-host Shawn tells co-host Leah what movie is coming out. Each month offers a film in the above mentioned categories. Leah has not looked ahead, and she must rely on Shawn's decription on each particular film. Shawn has seen many of the trailers, but his descriptions are not always completely on point. If you, our listener is interested in a particular movie, we suggest you watch the trailers for a greater understanding than what we provide here. As such, this is the 2025 movie preview -- not a complete summary of all movies.

Some of the films we are excited for include: Captain America: Brave New World, A Minecraft Movie, ThunderBolts, Ballerina, 28 Years Later, Megan 2.0, Superman, Fantastic 4: First Steps, and 5 Nights at Freddy's 2.

There are many other films which we discuss on this episode. Several trailers are also heard during the course of this production.

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