Every year, the fireworks in  neighborhoods have gotten louder, more dangerous, and lasted longer. The effects on pets, those with nervous conditions and people with PTSD are horrific. Law enforcement is essentially helpless to do anything about the problem. Every year, people are killed by an illegal fireworks, hundreds are maimed, fires set, yet the problem remains. Mo and Susan discuss this issue, certainly out of frustration, but with hope that enough people will raise the alarm and things will change. Mo set his recording device outside to automatically record for a few hours and caught the sound of explosions in his area. This was NOT the 4th of July, but a few days before! 

Finally, the second part and  finale to Susan and Mo's podcast on dining out. Lots of memories, opinions and laughs. Lots of hunger to go around.

Everything changes and that includes restaurant dining. Since Mo and his wife are older than most people  alive today, they thought it might be fun to discuss how it used to be back in the olden days. They love to reminisce, and some of their memories may match your own. Mo is a typical male and has been known to eat food directly out of a can without utensils, so his point of view may differ than that of Susan's, but that makes it all the more interesting on an anthropological level. Susan is human. Dining out used to be an event. It also used to be an adventure.

This is part 1 of a longer conversation.

Mo and Wife of Mo, Susan, talk about the Halloweens of their youth and how they've celebrated. It was a fun, unscripted conversation.

Mo talks about his new shopping habits and a bag of coffee flavored cereal. He also talks about toilet paper and other odd things. 

How a silly thing in the summer of 1976  became one of the most important aspects of my life's philosophy. Sometimes the little things make the biggest impact. 

A rambling talk about being a nerd in the past, as well as in the present. It was great being a nerd, even thought I had no idea I was one. Are you a nerd? 

I love coffee, and I do believe it loves me. It has been a constant in my life and in my family. I've even, well, I'll let you discover how weird I can be. Pull up a cup and have a sip an listen.

This episode deals with tales of being a big kid, how I got that way, and the affects it had on me, more or less. No sad stories here. It was just who I was and I yam what I yam. 

Some tales of Mo's experiences with doctors, good and bad. Oh, the indignities of being uninsured!