Maineac Edition #1, Show #237: New England Line Dance

Frank and I took a vacation to Maine and Massachusetts recently, and made some recordings to entertain you. Like last year's 12 Days of Frank's Vacation, these are short, semi-random bits of our trip. The first one is about what we did when we arrived. Enjoy, and please let us know what you think.

House Lights (Show #239)

Frank gives an all-too-brief description of the weird lighting in our rented house.

The Maine House (Show #238)

Gangsta Lien (Show #236)

* Chit chat: Frank has the sound board

* Titles

* News: Fishing and tornado warnings, the inaccessible conference, refinancing the house with less paper, Shelly loses everything (side trip to the gun store)

* Gardening: Frank build the irrigation system, tiny migrant farm workers pick many tomatoes, the 9-inch pep

* Kerrville road trip: Not as uncomfortable as it used to be, texting the folk singer, Garrison Brothers' Distillery

* Kitchen Konfidential: Premature demolition averted, mesquite flooring, matching powdercoat color, checking out milestone and granite, we need to pick a new range, Frank ponders his career as a remodeler

* Cocktail talk: Happy anniversary, Tigress, mourning the Parlor's closing, cocktail correction

* Feedback city

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Link-O-Rama: Redboy Podcast

Rosemary's Baby (Show #235)

* Chit chat: Date and time, mic positioning, follow Heil on Facebook, push the button

* Titles

* News: Allergies, mom's been illin and fighting for better care, cool weather, maters and peppers getting bigger, rain needed, Kerrville Folk Festival, refinancing, irrigation

* Hello kitty: Neighbor making friends with the cats

* Tech talk: fixing the iMac/Mac OS is stable, set top box, You Don't Know Jack accessibility

* Cocktail talk: making orgeat

* Feedback city

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Link-O-Rama: Heil Facebook page, Kerrville Folk Festival, Cheryl Wheeler, You Don't Know Jack for iOS, orgeat recipe Life of Spaguy's Wife

Extracted Nipples (Show #234)

* Doin it rong

* Chit chat: Setting the scene, cocktails, never gonna quit podcasting (probably)

* News: Kids' Olympics, iPad show notes, mom busts through her iPad bandwidth cap, (Aside: watching the passing vehicles), praise for mom's cheapness, Frank replaces Frank's door

* Kids' stuff: "it's not FAIR!", everyone has wheels, mom fall down go boom, bike training for three-year-olds

* Challenges continue for Joyce

* SXSW invades our city: bands everywhere, dinner with Redboy, Shelly is your tour guide

* Dreamy: waking up angry, Charlie Sheen

* Spring projects: (A visit from special guest Hugh), new garden mulch, bickering about the yard, new plants, family claiming our tomato plant, sprinkler plans,

* Trains, trains, and trains: red line has been running one year, social media and SXSW, urban rail planning, Shelly gets all emotional about transit, smartphone navigation

* Hello kitty: over-run and outgunned, new cat door, neighbors petting cats

* TV Contest Results

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Link-O-Rama: Redboy Podcast, Comedy4Cast, Life of Spaguy's Wife

Kill Your Television (Show #233)

Enter the Shelly's Podcast TV Ratings Contest

* Send a voicemail or audio comment telling me what show I should watch

* Be persuasive and creative

* Show must be one hour or less in length, and available for viewing on the Grande Communications cable system between 2/3 and 2/10 2011.

* Deadline for entries: 2/3/11

* The winner, as judged by me, calls the tune: tell me what show to watch, and wina semi-fabulous prize, to boot.

* Be nice to me or I'll cry!

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Feaux Reaux (Show #232)

* Chit chat: Six years, 12 days may be enough, not Friday the 13th, beverages

* News: Mental health crises, mom's iPad, LED Christmas lights suck

* NEW SEGMENT--Kitchen Konfidential: Choosing flooring, learning wood terms, my blue cabinets, soda cloud, point/counterpoint

* Hello kitty

* Feedback city

Keep in Touch: Shelly's Podcast Facebook Fan Page

Link-O-Rama:

Squirrel Killer (Show #231)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #12

Three Screens to Rule Them All (Show #229)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #10