Problem Solvers...ish

Today’s problem came in via e-mail from a completely unknown source! What a shame that he knows how to get a hole of us—he may want his money back. Oh, wait! We don’t charge for our ishy advice! Do you remember those halcyon days when you had lots of time to just fritter away? But you didn’t have any money to go do cool stuff? Well, having a job, solves the poverty thing, but…

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Today’s caller presents Seth and Lex with a real doozie of a problem—a crisis of faith, you might say. Can a family be atheist and still incorporate a little childhood mythology into the mix? So many questions…How does Santa Claus get his reindeer to fly? Does the Easter Bunny buy all that candy at the drug store? And where do leprechauns go after St. Patrick’s day—the same place unicorns come…

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You put your best pithy quotes and clever memes out there in the Twittosphere, but where’s the love? Seth and Lex will lay out your personal path to Social stardom. Does size matter? It does when you’re talking about your sphere of social media influence. Face it, who’s going to give you the time of day if you have a measly 50 followers on your @ccount? Anybody? You need to take action.

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Guys, unless the object of your affection specifically asks for naughty pics, texting those graphic graphics of your privates is NOT cool! Our caller relates a sad, but familiar, tale of hooking up with a fellow, digitally, who seems at first blush (or maybe before first blush) rather nice. But then even before she gets to meet him for a cup of coffee, ZING! Into her chat window pops a dick pic.

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How do ask your neighbors to clean up after their dog without stepping in it? We mean an inter-apartment landmine of hostility, of course. The issue seems pretty cut and dried to you (or maybe not so dried…yeesh!)—not your dog, not your poop. Why should you have to put up with it the nasty sight and smell, right? Shit-fer-brains neighbors might be surprisingly confused about their civic…

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Hoo-BOY is this a tough problem! You can just about hear the droplets of sweat trickle down the ashen faces of our trustee solutioneers as they grapple with one of the BIG conversational No-Nos—politics. But we knew it couldn’t be avoided. Someone was bound to call up begging for help with the common problem of being surrounded by idiots durning a heated (and unnaturally long…

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Okay, so of course we know that there are some Blessed Events you really DO want to go to. But you and the nuptiates knew you’d be there long before the gilt-scripted envelope showed up. We’re talking about those invites that make you say, whahhhh? You’re not that close to the bride OR groom, you’re like, 2,500 miles away, and you KNOW you’re going to be forced to endure some freaky…

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Welcome! And say hello to Problem Solvers…ish, the latest addition to the Greylock Glass’ offerings. It’s also the first show we’ve launched strictly for your entertainment and amusement. It’s comedy meets the advice column! Every week Seth Brown and Lex Friedman tackle a listener submitted problem. It could be any kind of issue—family, career, love, religion, political.

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