I'll have a beer and talk aboot diet soda bad, cheese good, liking beer is in my genes, semi-server, dimond mcbatteryface, bees of the sea, and no reindeer-delivered pizza after all.

Beer: Oakshire Brewing's Ill-Tempered Gnome Winter Ale, a 6.8% ABV Winter Warmer https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16068/53716/

Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KSq8Rb6CBNeuSghip5zadQgLom8s8UKU5CimoYBQN38/edit?usp=sharing

Music by: Steven O'Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/polka-for-accordion-in-c-minor

Ad-Music: Chuumei Watanabe - Kakero! Spiderman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHpycNk3kE

Sponsored by: Pulp & Deckle http://pulpanddeckle.com/

Curley Sound http://curleysound.com/

A word from Gary!: my birthday is this week

Taking a week off, due to ongoing dental issues.

Please donate to my tooth fund!

https://www.gofundme.com/save-garys-dancing-teeth

I take a vicodin (for dental pain) and talk aboot Japanese reindeer pizza delivery.

Show Notes:

http://mashable.com/2016/11/26/dominos-japan-reindeer-pizza.amp

http://www.geek.com/culture/this-holiday-season-why-not-have-your-pizza-delivered-via-reindeer-1681028/

Music by:

Steven O'Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/polka-for-accordion-in-c-minor

Sponsored by:

Pulp & Deckle http://pulpanddeckle.com/

Curley Sound http://curleysound.com/

A word from Gary!: Dental pain is THE WORST.

I'll have a small amount of beer and talk aboot methane-derived food.

Beer:

21st Amendment Brewery’s Toaster Pastry, a 7.6% American Amber / Red Ale

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/735/185213/

Show Note:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2112298-food-made-from-natural-gas-

will-soon-feed-farm-animals-and-us/

Music by:

Steven O'Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/polka-for-accordion-in-c-minor

Sponsored by:

Pulp & Deckle http://pulpanddeckle.com/

Curley Sound http://curleysound.com/

A word from Gary!: I avoided making any poo-eating puns. You’re welcome.

I'll have a beer and talk aboot poop power, plants nom carbon, cybermonkeys, drone security, RADAR vision, swift bats for truth and nubby squirrels.

Beer:

Oude Geuze Boon A L'Ancienne, a 7% ABV Geuze

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/47/168538/

Show Notes:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xjg7-on-7-oHT9xal9xTQdN0dNsDCp4oASgwCkLsNgM/edit?usp=sharing

Music by:

Steven O'Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/polka-for-accordion-in-c-minor

Ad-Music:

https://youtu.be/8KKQDotECdg

Sponsored by:

Pulp & Deckle http://pulpanddeckle.com/

Curley Sound http://curleysound.com/

A word from Gary!: Whoa, the sd card in my digital recorder completely filled up the very SECOND I finished the show recording!

I'll have a beer and talk aboot Canadian mystery aqua-noises, computer-guided Zerg rushes, self-healing wearables, swedish flat-pack hydroponic systems, spinach bomb squads, seaweed beano, and Rat Patrol (in colour).

Beer:

Alameda Brewhouse's Papa's Old Ale, a 7.2% Old Ale

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2980/14677/

Show Notes: For some reason G Suite isn't letting me share the spreadsheet, so here are the links.

Story 1 Canadian mystery bleep-bloops

http://gizmodo.com/canadian-military-investigates-mysterious-pings-from-th-1788578162

Story 2 great, AI-controlled Zerg rushes

http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/4/13518210/deepmind-starcraft-ai-google-blizzard

Story 3 self-healing wearables!

https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/03/magnetic-ink-self-healing-circuits/

Story 4 hydroponicskaarg

http://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-usa-hydroponic-garden-2016-11

Story 5 spinach bomb squad

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/31/13478432/spinach-leaves-plant-nanobionics-photosynthesis-explosives-science

Story 6 Cow farts foiled by seaweed

https://theconversation.com/seaweed-could-hold-the-key-to-cutting-methane-emissions-from-cow-burps-66498

Animal Rat Patrol. IN COLOUR!

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-us-has-hired-rats-to-combat-wildlife-trafficking

Music by:

Steven O'Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/polka-for-accordion-in-c-minor

Ad-Music: Black Hole Sun, possibly arranged for player piano by Ramin Djawadi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq364f4RGqE

Sponsored by:

Pulp & Deckle http://pulpanddeckle.com/

Curley Sound http://curleysound.com/

A word from Gary!: U.S. Presidential Election coverage in the news media made it REALLY hard to find stories this week... thankfully the national nightmare is almost over ... or just beginning 8/

I'll have a beer and talk aboot Surface Studios & Touch Bars, MOAR secret Sutekh chambers, accidentally turning CO2 into ethanol, pizza canoe delivery, scratchable casts, mirror itch relief, and the rubber tail trick.

Beer:

Sierra Nevada's Maple Scotch, a 7.3% ABV Scotch Ale

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/253607/

Show Notes:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L3Gg4lRvincfVii2yEAfxbRbtAktMTECWBfH2vXod1g/edit?usp=sharing

Music by:

Steven O'Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/polka-for-accordion-in-c-minor

Ad-Music:

New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

https://youtu.be/Udn51qJwDvY

Sponsored by:

Pulp & Deckle http://pulpanddeckle.com/

Curley Sound http://curleysound.com/

A word from Gary!: Hallowe'enies!

I'll have a small amount of beer and talk aboot beer wastewater-eating fungus that gets crispified for our mobile energy needs.

Beer: Sierra Blanca Brewing Company's De La Vega's Pecan Beer, a 5.39% ABV American Brown Ale.

Show Notes: https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/12/colorado-researchers-turn-beer-waste-into-battery-electrodes/

http://www.geek.com/tech/beer-waste-is-being-turned-into-batteries-1673932/

Music by:

Steven O'Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/polka-for-accordion-in-c-minor

Sponsored by:

Pulp & Deckle http://pulpanddeckle.com/

Curley Sound http://curleysound.com/

A word from Gary!: "Pecan't get any better than that!" – live audience member Michael Larson

I won't have a beer, since I'm driving, and explain why I dropped the ball on producing a FULL show this week.

I'll have a beer and talk aboot Pixels and no more Nexus', my body is my password, nothin's free on Waterworld, gamma guac!, HG Wells: Badass Bitch, BATMAN SINGS, and the success of the bee education system.

Beer:

Almanac Beer Company's Hoppy Sour: El Dorado, a 7% ABV American Wild Ale

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/24940/238047/

Show Notes:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/198pXvtxH4UMjShjpQLQiA3QTdpxFqr05qgYP3pYL4TY/edit?usp=sharing

Music by:

Steven O'Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/polka-for-accordion-in-c-minor

Ad-Music:

https://youtu.be/zlG7Zrr-WQA

Sponsored by:

Pulp & Deckle http://pulpanddeckle.com/

Curley Sound http://curleysound.com/

A word from Gary!: I love 60's novelty songs sung by 60's TV celebrities. I really do!