Odd Dad Out

Halloween has passed and we had fun taking the boys Trick-or-treating. We may not have gone to the most houses, but the boys definitely cleaned up in the candy department. In the news: it's all about the big money. From noise cancelling forks, to diamond encrusted stilettos, and even a guy claiming, the long dead, Sam Walton owes him money.

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Promos

Gareth's Random Ramblings
Podcasts We Listen To
Couch Potato Files
LWAF Podcast

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For Day 2 of #NaPodPoMo I managed to screw up my entire main episode recording by not noticing that my microphone was muted. I recorded the entire first segment of the show as dead air, because I'm a jackass. That being said, the main episode for the week is now going to another day late, my apologies.
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After being challeneged by John from the Brand X Podcast, I'm going to try the #NaPodPoMo challenge to post a podcast every day for a month. I'll be doing little 4 minute segments about I don't know what yet.
Day 1 I'm giving a peak at what I've got coming on this week's regular episode of the podcast. See you tomorrow!

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In this pilot episode, listen as Adam and Reanna share personal ghost stories and share stories submitted from others.

Thanks to Paul from "the Countdown Movie and TV Review Podcast," and Cara Nichole from the "Podcasts We Listen To" Facebook Group for their stories

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Happy Halloween! After the obligatory catch up portion of the show, we've decided that now is the time to "come out of the broom closet." In a nutshell we are, what's best described as, Neo-Pagan Witches. Don't be afraid, we're more hippies than monsters. In our house, Halloween is a time of renewal and cleansing of old negative energy and welcoming in new positive energy for the new year.
We still do all the traditional Halloween things. We take our boys trick-or-treating every year. We usually do a sort of family group theme. This year the boys are country mice. But we also perform a physical and spiritual cleansing of the house from top to bottom and hang up new cinnamon brooms for protection. Along with all of that we also enjoy a feast to celebrate Samhain.
We get into how we celebrate holidays in general, the issues of raising our boys in a non-traditional spirituality, how gay euphemisms seem to get co-opted by pagans, and we (mostly Reanna) rip on the over-commercialization of most holidays. (Apparently Christmas carols are like AIDS.) So sit for a spell and let us tell the tale of how our family of (under the radar) witches celebrate Halloween.

What do I have in common with my dog? Both of us have had major weight shifts lately. On a similar note, almost all of this week's news is about breakfast food. I've got garlic coffee, cops confused by donuts, a shortcut to chicken and waffles, and a little "green" something to help your appetite. All that food left me with only one choice for this week's "Recommended Listening" feature: The RestauRant Podcast. 

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 -RECOMMENDED LISTENING-

 The RestauRant Podcast
http://restaurantpod.podbean.com/
"Rants and raves about restaurants, food, and a celebration of all things culinary."

 -Promos This Week-
Gareth's Random Ramblings
Prerecorded Live
The Boondoggle
Epic Film Guys

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I'm more than a little sleepy this week. On my 3 am drive home from work, my wife informed me that our 2 year old is sick. This meant I was up with him the whole rest of the night, clear up to recording time this morning. The news brings several women who seem to be "weird adjacent," including the return of the McDonald's Szechuan Sauce. The "Jackass Of The Week" left me with more questions than answers, and at long last This week's "Recommended Listening" feature goes to the Brand X Podcast.

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People make bad decisions all the time. The subjects of this week's esteemed news stories range from just being ignorant to getting literally blinded by poor decision making. On a completely unrelated note, it's pie time at home! Ok, it's because I decided to let my wife order 30 lbs of apples, so I guess it does relate to bad decision making. Going back to being blind, this week's "Recommended Listening" features at least one guy who is legally blind. It's Big D and Little R, from the Bro-Ron's Podcast.


-WEIRD NEWS-

-Five Taken To Hospital Over Hazmat Scare Caused By Pumpkin Spice
Five people were evacuated when a mysterious odor was found to be coming from a Baltimore High School locker. Hazmat crews found it to be a pumpkin spice air freshener.

-Rick and Morty Fans Riot Over Szechuan Sauce
When McDonald's announced a super limited release of it's long gone szechuan dipping sauce, caused by fans of the cartoon show, "Rick and Morty," they didn't expect that thousands of fans would show up to get some of the sauce. Some locations only had a few dozen packets of sauce, if any. The hoards of fans, started chanting, and some had to be removed by police.

-Amateur Buyer Spends 10,000 Times Estimated Price For Vase
At an auction in China, a vase, valued around $500, sold for over $6 million. The vase, apparently made in the 20th century, had a marking that may have indicated it actually being made during the 18th century. Somebody was willing to gamble on that maybe in a big way.

-Man Asks Friends to Help Him Move, They Actually Robbed A House
A Montana man is in jail on burglary and criminal mischief charges after he asked his friends to help him move. In reality, they ended up helping him steal nearly $40,000 of property from another man's home.


-JACKASS OF THE WEEK-

-Woman Goes Blind In One Eye From Playing Mobile Game Too Long
A 21 year old Chinese woman has rendered herself blind in her right eye after spending as much as 8 hours a day playing a popular mobile phone game for days on end. She admited that some days she wouldn't even stop to eat. Doctors determined that she has extreme eye strain and are still trying to restore her vision.


-Eye-Tattoo Gone Wrong Leaves Girl Near-Blind and Crying Purple Tears
A Canadian girl was left with an infected purple eye after letting her , now ex-, boyfriend give her a highly dangerous eyeball tattoo.


-RECOMMENDED LISTENING-

Bro-Ron's Podcast
http://bro-rons.podomatic.com

"A fast paced, pop culture, news, politics, and comedy podcast designed to light-heartedly poke fun at the world we live in"

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-Promos This Week-

The Story Behind
Two Peas On a Podcast
The Second Press Podcast
Thinking Outside The Longbox

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Since I didn't get to do a special episode for International Podcast Day on Sept 30th, I decided that I would spend this week just talking podcasting. In honor of his, long overdue, win in this year's Podcast Awards, this week's Recommended Listening feature goes to Dave Jackson and the School of Podcasting.

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- In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, I had to take some time and get some things off of my chest. Some people, likely many, may not like what I have to say at some points. That said, you may want to stick it out til the end for the lesson, or just read it below because, just like a pencil, the point is at the end. -

This week we had the deadliest mass shooting in American history. At the time I’m writing this, 59 people are reported dead, and well over 500 are injured. I'm not gonna mention the scumbag murdering SOB by name because I strongly believe that we shouldn't make these people famous, and the news organizations have been plastering his name across every readable surface since they got it. This guy was a murderer. NO two ways about it.

As the news came in today and I read more and more about what they know, and what they don't know, I started bouncing things around in my head. Never mind that the media always goes out there and shares the guy's name, job, girlfriend, former employers blah blah blah… As all this crap started going out the question everyone was still, mostly fairly, asking was why? Why did a 64 year, old multi-millionaire, retired accountant decide one day to shoot up at country music festival in Las Vegas? What made this guy snap? Did anybody know? Were there signs that he could have been stopped? I don't know. At this point nobody really does. But what I've come to realize is, I really don't give a shit. I don't really give a half a rat's ass about who the fucker is and why he shot nearly 600 people. All that matters is that out there are nearly 60 people who didn't make it home from a concert. Sixty people who will never again see their moms, dads, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives… And all of those moms, dads, sisters, brothers, husbands, and wives that now have to put somebody that they love into a box for no good reason, because, trust me, there is NO "good" reason for why this motherfucker did what he did.

But you know what really gets to me? All the self-righteous motherfuckers on social media who go out there spewing their bullshit and politicizing this heinous act. Those people who, rather than show support for those who were lost, or the injured, choose to rant about how this is all because the of the GOP, or all because of Trump. Or the people who say this wouldn't have happened if we banned automatic weapons.
- SIDEBAR- Automatic weapons ARE illegal, and it appears that the dozen or so automatic riffles used in this shooting were all acquired illegally. So a ban wouldn't have stopped him. People who want to do bad things and commit terrible acts don't care about laws.-

These people are out there using this terrible act of violence against innocent civilians as an excuse to spew hatred, when the bodies are still being counted. It seems like everywhere I looked this morning was somebody else bitching, oh the GOP says you have the right to own guns but not the right to healthcare… This is all because Republicans care more about gun owners than the people they kill… I bet they're gonna make all these people pay for their medical treatment… First off, yes they're probably gonna get some sort of bill for medical treatment. Some of these people may need therapy for a while after this. But at the same time, there are millions upon millions of dollars given to help people in these type of situations every year so that they don't have to pay for being the victim of a violent crime. I personally had all my medical bills covered by just such a fund when I was hospitalized following "the Incident." And secondly, this is not a gun rights issue, this is a sick bastard issue. You CANNOT blame the tool for being used irresponsibly. You blame the person who used the tool. You don't sue Jack Daniels every time somebody gets drunk and kills a pedestrian. No, you blame the person who did the killing. In this case, that man is already dead. Some may say that isn't truly justice. To me, one less sick fuck in the world who chose to savagely murder others is a good thing. But what isn't good is spreading vitriol across the internet while the bodies are still warm. They haven't even identified everybody and there are people out there making this a political issue instead of showing concern for the victims and their families.

To all of those people, some I may even consider my friends, who take this as an opportunity to spew hate towards any political party or person or policy: FUCK YOU! It's not about you, or any political bullshit, it's about those people who lost their lives and the families who now have to put them in the ground. So many people chomping at the bit to shit on politicians on either side of the aisle and hate hate hate, when what this whole world needs is love. We need to be coming together to help these families get through this. We need to be out there donating to these charities so that nobody hurt by this psychopath has to pay for the damage done to them. We need to be going out and donating blood, because 600 people out there sure as hell lost a lot of it. We need to be coming together as a country and saying we love you and we’re here to help, whatever you need.

And when the dust has settled and the services have all passed, and the survivors are home, then we can have a civil discussion about what can be done to try and prevent something like this from happening again. No wise choice has ever been made under duress. Now is not the time for some kneejerk legislative reaction that will only truly serve to get one political group or another public favor. Now is the time for unity and strength and love for everyone affected by this tragedy. And for the time being, it's time to keep your political views to yourself.

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