Odd Dad Out

This Friday is St Patrick's Day. Incidentally, it's also my wedding anniversary. Of course I have no clue what I'm gonna do for that. But I do have good news for all those Irish Catholics worried about eating corned beef on friday. Plus, emoji snakes, pink water, blowjob apps and more. In Recommended Listening, I'm getting extra weird with "Bizarre States."

-Cardinal in Boston Gives the OK to Catholics Wanting Corned Beef on St. Patrick's Friday
-Reptile Breeder Makes Emoji Pattern Snake
-Town Remembers Victims of Fireworks Explosion with Fireworks Display
-Canadian Town Says Pink Water is Fine
-"O-Cast" Lets You Phone In Oral Sex, Literally

-JACKASS OF THE WEEK-
Cleveland Carjacker Caught Because He Couldn't Drive Stick

-RECOMMENDED LISTENING-

BIZARRE STATES

"Join Jessica Chobot and Andrew Bowser as they lift the veil and showcase the hauntings, urban myths, unsolved murders and general oddities that everyone has experienced but no one wants to talk about."

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No plans for this week, just chatting about things. This week we just jump in to how things are going around the house. We discuss taxes, health and diet, and have a small discussion about the gender pay gap.

It's tax time! It's the time of year some people dread, and others depend on for household plans. This year we are using our tax return to do some improvements around the house. We are finally paying off our van and getting the A/C fixed in it, among other things. We purchased a new Tuft & Needle mattress. And we are replacing our beaten up dining table booth seat with a set of refurbished church pews.

On a more personal side, ReAnna has officially completed her first class on her quest to gain her Librarian degree with an "A." She's also made some steps toward improving her health, including finding a new doctor and getting on thyroid medication. In her first week alone, her energy level is way up, and she has managed to get her Dr Pepper consumption down to a single can a day, without any ill effects.

We have a small discussion about a recent Wells Fargo study into the gender pay gap and how it seems greatly affected by the overwhelming cost of childcare. Personally we flip that convention on it's head and it doesn't really bother us. ReAnna is the primary breadwinner in our house.

Finally, for the month of March the podcasting community is working to spread the word about podcasts to others using #TryPod. As such, we decided to suggest the podcast that got ReAnna into them in the first place, "Welcome to Night Vale." Although it is now considered by many to be a more mainstream podcast, it is definitely a show for a particular kind of humor. At the same time, it is easily the best show to ease a new listener into podcasts. It's very sci-fi books on tape style, which is more digestible to new listeners.

http://welcometonightvale.com

MARCH MOVIE MADNESS


This week I'm devoting the entire show to the awesome slate of films dropping this month. Between the superhero epic of "Logan" and the batshit crazy "The Belko Experiment" this is shaping up to be the best march movie season ever. Keeping with the movie theme, this week's Recommended Listening is another Sanspants Radio gem, "Movie Maintenance- Because some movies just need fixing."


GET OUT- February 24, 2017
Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy (Catherine Keener) and Dean (Bradley Whitford). At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined.

LOGAN- March 3, 2017
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.

KONG: SKULL ISLAND- March 10, 2017
A diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific – as beautiful as it is treacherous – unaware that they’re crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST- March 17, 2017
An adaptation of the classic fairy-tale about a monstrous prince and a young woman who fall in love.

THE BELKO EXPERIMENT- March 17, 2017
The Belko Experiment explores a twisted social experiment, in which a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogata and ordered by an unknown voice on an intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.

POWER RANGERS- March 24, 2017
Power Rangers follows five ordinary high school kids who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover that they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so they will have to overcome their real-life issues and band together as the Power Rangers before it is too late.

RECOMMENDED LISTENING:

MOVIE MAINTENANCE
http://www.sanspantsradio.com/movie-maintenance/

Equal parts fan fiction, review show and armchair producing as we look at Hollywood’s greats and not-so-greats. Join us as we propose a very simple premise; we can do it better. Movie Maintenance - because some films just need fixing.

All links and trailers available at http://odddadout.blogspot.com/2017/03/odo-52-march-movie-madness.html

Remember to use #PodernFamily to find new independent podcasts.
Share with new podcast listeners using #TryPod

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Completely by coincidence, all my news stories this week are "work" related . There are some questionably awesome stories, and then there's the idiots. Whether it's just poor judgment or doing something monumentally stupid, that group are now experts at how to lose a job. Some even went the extra mile and got arrested.



BS FROM THE NEWS

-Chinese Power Company Uses Fire-Spitting Drone to Burn Trash Off High-Voltage Wires

-Swedish politician proposes paid sex breaks for workers to boost fitness and childbirth

-Plumber fired after taking a picture of customer's dildo and sharing it online

-Nursing Home Worker Accused Of Giving Lap Dance To 100-Year-Old Man

-Man Stabs Himself in the Hip So He Could Skip Work, Gets Arrested


RECOMMENDED LISTENING

"Alice Isn't Dead"

"A truck driver searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she will encounter not-quite-human serial murderers, towns literally lost in time, and a conspiracy that goes way beyond one missing woman."
http://www.nightvalepresents.com/aliceisntdead

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IS IT SPRING ALREADY

It's only February, yet I've already had to have the a/c running in my house for weeks. I've had to get back into full scale yard work. And I'm starting to see the evil death critters from hell, scorpions, around the house again. I don't want it to be spring yet. On top of that, in AZ we have spring training baseball. It may be great for the local economy, but it absolutely sucks for traffic. I just want winter to go on for a little longer.

BULLSHIT FROM THE NEWS


KKK Leader Murdered by Own Family

The wife and step-son of a self-proclaimed Imperial Wizard of the KKK have been arrested for murder. The pair have admitted to shooting the man and dumping his body.

Army Command Post Issues Memo Banning Nickelback Music

An Army command post in Washington state has issued a memo banning the playing of Nickelback, Smash Mouth, Creed, Korn and Slipknot.


Young Lottery Winner Says $1.6 Million Prize Ruined Her Life
A 21 year old woman in the UK is planning to sue the Euromillions lottery after she says winning $1.6 million at age 17 ruined her life.


JACKASS OF THE WEEK


Landlord: Tenant violated his lease by dying

A Seattle woman is fighting to get her brother's security deposit and last month's rent, to pay for funeral expenses, after he died of a heart attack. The landlord is refusing to return the money claiming that his death violated his lease and forfeits his deposit.


RECOMMENDED LISTENING

http://www.sanspantsradio.com/plumbing-the-death-star/

"In which we ask the important questions in pop culture and dissect fictional universes. Because seriously, who deals with super weapon sanitation and imperial employee agreements? If you’re looking for serious discussions, this isn't the podcast you're looking for and we are so sorry about that joke."

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Valentine's Day is here so I've committed to focusing the entire episode on the holiday. The problem with that is, in a very general way, I'm no good at Valentine's.
It's not that I am not romantic. The problem comes mostly in that I'm too practical. I dislike giving flowers because they barely last a few days before dying. Chocolate seems very impersonal. There's a million different heart shaped boxes of candy out there, and everybody has particulars about box chocolates. Don't believe me, just look at any variety box of candy after a couple days. You'll find a lot of the same things left behind.
Ultimately my failure boils down to a simple fact: I'm not that creative about gifts and the good ones are STUPID expensive.

VALENTINE NEWS


Pokemon GO has special Valentine's Day update
Pokémon GO is keeping up its habit of introducing holiday themed updates with a Valentine's Day event. To celebrate Valentine's Day, Pokémon GO 's first in-game event of 2017 began February 8 at 7pm and ends at February 15 at 7pm. Among the features are increased candy and the spawning of more "Pink" pokemon.

Oklahoma town to cancel Valentine's Day dance due to anti-dancing law
A Henryetta, Oklahoma shop tried to hold a Valentine's Day dance to raise money for renovations. Unfortunately, the town has a city ordinance that prohibits dancing within 500 feet of a church. Guess who the neighbors are...

Central Michigan University apologizes for Hitler Valentine’s Day card
Somebody decided it would be funny to make a Hitler themed Valentine's card and hand it out at a school function. The school has said that this was, obviously, not a sanctioned incident

Recommended Listening

Dark Angels and Pretty Freaks
http://darkangelsandprettyfreaks.com/

Married couple, Annaleis and Neil C live together in Northern California with their pets and egos. Both have a wide variety of interests including animal welfare, video games, comic books, reading, music, Jamaica, podcasting, travel, NASCAR, and other crap. These two started podcasting because they couldn't seem to get enough of their own voices. Hearing the beautiful sounds made by their mouths, they were inspired to allow everyone to experience the joy, so they began sharing their sweet vocal love with the masses...

Don't let the name and logo fool you. This is, at its most basic, a couple's comedy show. Their theme song says it perfectly, "They only talk about themselves, I figure I'd warn ya." Honestly, I'm ok with that. These two may just sit around talking about "whatever" as a couple, but it works because they're funny. Considering we do a similar thing on "Mom and Dad Cuss" how could I really have a problem with it. You can't fake the authenticity of a married couple picking on each other and fighting with the dog's chew toys. It's like hanging out with your cool married friends every week.

http://odddadout.blogspot.com/
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http://darkangelsandprettyfreaks.com/

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With Valentine's Day approaching we just couldn't avoid discussing what we think of the most "loving" of holidays. In a word, it's expensive.
We are not the type of people that gripe about Valentine's being too commercialized. We enjoy buying sweet gifts for each other, but holy cow are these things expensive. ReAnna found a coffee cup with flowers in it being sold for $50 on one site. She also found a $600 flower arrangement that included 100 roses. That may be a large flower arrangement, but $600!? Really!

In our case, we are very practical in what we like to give each other. ReAnna's go-to Valentine gift is one of the grocery store candy bouquet baskets. After all, what guy wouldn't want a basket full of candy and DVDs? Flowers may be the standard to get the wife, but when you have cats, that can lead to chewed up roses in the morning. While Sherri's Berries, and Edible Arrangements have been tried in the past, when your wife isn't a big fan of chocolate, you are pretty limited. So that is the ongoing battle of the day. What do you get the wife that wants everything but doesn't like much, without spending too much money? Lemme know if you figure that one out.

Do you think that being married gives you more of an obligation to make the big impressive purchases for Valentine's Day? We seem to be split on the subject, but with the same reasoning. As a man, there is a great deal of social pressure to have a great gift throughout the dating period, but less after marriage other than demand from your wife. (And ReAnna can do a lot of gift demanding. J/K) But for ReAnna sees that social pressure more after marriage, when all the office is looking to see who got the best gift delivered, It is less about getting the best gift, rather more about everybody else seeing it. Same argument, different perspective.

Let's not forget about all the kids in school at this time of year. Nowadays kids have to bring a gender neutral/ non specific card for every student in class, without writing any names. Back in the day mom would make you sit down with the entire class list and hand write every name of every classmate on each card and envelope with fitting gender cards. Some teachers suggest not doing anything for Valentine's Day, and that is fine. It is a pain trying to pick out cards for a 2nd grader anyway.


-Thank you to everyone who listened to the previous "bonus" episode, "The Incident." We know it was definitely not the type of show you're used to from us, but we felt that it was time that we shared the story with our listeners. Plus we wanted to do it without being a total buzzkill at Valentine's. We promise we wont be getting that dark and heavy again. Thank you for all the comments and messages, we appreciate it all. And again, thank you for listening. -

I had a very upsetting encounter at work with what can only be described as a bully. A great big gorilla looking guy decided that he wanted to cuss me out and push me around for being professional and doing my job. As much as I wanted to cuss him out in return, my professionalism beat out my temper. Unfortunately I'm just not a very intimidating looking person and I've kinda been pushed around for most of my life.

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On February 13, 2010 Adam was the victim of an "aggravated robbery" in which he was held at gunpoint and beaten over the head with a bat. After 7 years we are now sharing the most complete version of this story as it is a major part of who we both are today. It is not pretty, it is not funny. We make a few jokes to relieve tension, but it is still quite a heavy and dark tale to tell for both of us. We intentionally avoided names out of respect to others involved, and did not get into the court case involved, although it has already been settled.

If you would like a link to the video mentioned, email us [email protected]

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On February 13, 2010 Adam was the victim of an "aggravated robbery" in which he was held at gunpoint and beaten over the head with a bat. After 7 years we are now sharing the most complete version of this story as it is a major part of who we both are today. It is not pretty, it is not funny. We make a few jokes to relieve tension, but it is still quite a heavy and dark tale to tell for both of us. We intentionally avoided names out of respect to others involved, and did not get into the court case involved, although it has already been settled.

If you would like a link to the video mentioned, email us [email protected]