The Get Together

We return after a hiatus and have lots to talk about. Mike and Shaun took a recent trip with our good friend Jim to Chicago and there's a lot to unpack. Jim razzes Mike the entire trip about some party plans. Liz has zero sympathy. Shaun and Mike unpack some odd Jim stories from the trip. The guys encounter Malort and give their thoughts. We head to Dark Lord Day and benefit from some great fortune. Jim learns what a Samosa is. Shaun and Mike then take a trip to Boston to see the Boss. We then break down the music lineup for the Great American Fair.

We start this episode talking about a recent visit Shaun and I made to one of favorite watering holes. That delves into a discussion about cigarettes and the smell of cigarettes. That takes us on a bit of a nostalgia walk. Shaun and Mike both visit an Italian market and we break that down. Shaun takes a trip out to the woods for a maple festival. Mike makes a trip back to Ohio and Pittsburgh to visit Jim and go to some hockey games. Mike acquires a bobblehead thanks to Jim. An old friend visits us. Mike drinks too much and has an incident when we get back to Jim's house. We have an encounter at the second game. This may have very easily been the most annoying spectator Mike has ever witnessed at a hockey game. We go to play mini golf after the game and realize that we have acquired a stalker. A stalker that ends up hustling us at mini-golf. With very little shock, Jim forgets his keys.

We kick off this episode with Mike telling a couple of tales about being scammed recently. Jim joins us midway through that discussion. Shaun and Mike head to a concert and once again nearly dress alike. Liz tells us about an issue with a pizza. We finish off the episode with some Would You Rather scenarios.

We kick off our latest episode recounting the success that the United States had in hockey during the Olympics. We discuss what could long term effects of the success. We do some clean up around Mom and Dad's storage unit which yields some odd sound effects. Liz presents us with a Would you Rather scenario. Shaun tries to find a workaround.

We come back from an unintended break of the podcast and review some things that have gone on since our last episode. Mike and Shaun take a couple trips to Buffalo. Jim joins us for a long weekend which includes a trip to a tiki bar. A "Situation" develops which includes a bottle of sparkling water. We conclude the episode with a talk about the Winter Olympics.

Liz, Shaun, and Mike return after the holidays with a new episode. It has been a bit since we recorded and we go back to discuss what has been going on since the last episode. Shaun and Mike recount advent calendar failures. Mike pays a visit to our friend Jim. We enjoy a lot of cheese and celebrate New Years with yet another failed balloon drop. We cap it off discussing resolutions.

We're in the middle of the holidays and we kick of this episode discussing Mike and Shaun's Black Friday Adventures. We then transition into talking abpout decorating Christmas trees. Mike and Shaun touch on a trip to Erie, PA. We discuss advent calendars that we are doing leading up to Christmas. Liz discusses a Christmas movie watch that she is doing. Mike closes the episode out with some Christmas trivia.

We discuss Shaun's recent trip to Florida. He goes to the all new Epic Universe and also experiences Halloween Horror Nights. Shaun gets a warning about his water bottle. Mike and our friend Matt go on a day trip and encounter a smell. Mike feels targeted by an ad and forgets his keys.

To kick this episode off, Mike has an update from the barbershop. Liz has an update about the kittens. She discovered that was a platform for a late night rendezvous. We discuss going to a local apple festival. It was unseasonably hot at it. It was so hot, we stopped for ice cream afterwards. Shaun brings up the concept of laugh tracks on tv shows to close the episode.