If you're a fan of variety, this episode should be right up your podcast alley. Melanie and I discuss foods we don't like right now, foods we do like, NFL league championship games, and a potential new slogan for college basketball.

We also dig into our feelings about books that take place in lands that don't exist, we evaluate our current writing set-ups / chair needs, and Melanie shares her Five Favorites.

Enjoy, everybody!

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- rodeo season in San Antonio

- slant board

- sun lamp

- Crockpot White Chili Chicken Burrito Bowls

- Trisha Yearwood's Chicken Tortilla Soup (I cut the half and half to about 2 cups and added a can of medium chili beans)

- Spicy Hamburger Vegetable Soup

- A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

- Wrong Time Wrong Place by Gillian McAllister

- Peter Thomas Roth Rose Stem Cell Mask

- Poppi soda

- the best homemade salsa (I did in fact make it after we recorded, and it is in fact delicious)

- Fraulein boots

- Allie + Bess necklaces

- Thrive Causemetics (use this link for 15% off your first order)

- Mosh (use this link for 20% off your first six-bar trial pack)

- Green Chef (use code BIGBOO60 for 60% off and free shipping)