We don't know what happened this week, but nearly every bit is dominated by potty humor. We didn't intend it to turn out that way. Perhaps it was flashbacks to dealing with our kids in diapers brought on by midlife crisis, or perhaps we're just hopelessly immature and base when it comes right down to it. In any case, Karen is back, Geoff is on holiday, Mark has his usual rants, Shmeckle returns, and Richard pulls no punches with the toys.

Robert Scoble joins the crew (well, most of them anyway) at the MVP Summit in Bellevue, WA near the Microsoft Campus, and drops a bombshell! Carl researches the headlines and the weekly geek news, Dwayne returns unexpected, Mark Miller spins classic Dumbah than Me, Richard outdoes himself with the toys, and also tells a pet tarantula story from his past. Geoff is on vacation until after the DNR Road Trip, and Karen will join us next week.

Carl finds some unsually related headlines on the web, Stephen Hawking gets pissed at Mark, No shortage of dumb people in the news, Karen takes a swipe at Dove, and Geoff is comatose.

Carl and Mark battle it out, Geoff hurls some bananas, Richard freaks us out, and we all lament the lack of Karen in this episode. She'll be back, we promise!

No karen this week, but everyone else has something funny to say. Mark Miller develops a brilliant new product, but otherwise gets traumatized by the rest of the conversation. Richard and Geoff dissect some fan mail, Carl goes on a diet (sort of) and the toys are just as great as usual.

The Dog Show? Maybe just the pet show. Geoff goes on a road trip, angrily. Carl probes the world of sattelte radio, Richard plows us with freaky toys, Mark has a BRAVER than him, and Karen gets a bit political.

Geoff is on vacation, and for some reason doesn't like being woken up at 4 AM to record an intro. Karen pays homage to good ol' Beantown. Carl reports the geek news. Mark introduces a new segment: Crazy Old Naked Guys in the News. Mondays is paid a visit by Dwayne, and Richard.. well, let's just say there's no shortage of bad toys out there.

Karen is NOT drunk this week, and shares her advice for people who try

to hard to "keep it real." Carl reviews the Week in Geek and discovers

that Shmeckle dabbles in software development as well as saving the

world from incompetence. Mark achieves dumber than me nirvana. The

Anti-Monkey Brigade gets a taste of "Gorilla warfare". Geoff introduces a new bit, and Richard digs up mostly great toys, and a few bad ones.

For some reason, Astroglide (some sort of stargazing device, we think) seems to be a recurring theme in this show. Go figure. Karen's drunk again! What's she pissed about this week? She's got Hallmark in her sights. Carl reviews the week in geek, no Anti-Monkey Brigade reports this week due to the real world getting in the way. Mark rants. Oh, and points out a few people dumber than him. Did we mention he rants? Richard finds some absolutely horrible toys. Well, that's pretty much it. Isn't that enough?

Another Week in Geek, Girl walks on the set smelling like booze and explains herself, Mark takes up mime to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder, Karen explains why smart men do not score with girls. Nick Hodges returns as the drill sergeant in episode II of Adventures of the Anti-Monkey Brigade, and Richard breaks his promise and finds more bad Japanese USB toys.