Tag Archive for christmas

The Cookie Episode

QUICK HITS
caleb and rafe take a bit of time on cookies because it’s the holiday season! also more food, the keystone pipeline political corner, ONE PUNCH MAN, computer bullshit, and tongues. yes, tongues.

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HIGH LOWS
rafe’s high-low
high: return to monkey island
low: no snow, face battery

caleb’s high-low
high: 5k
low: BSOD

HOT HOT TOPICS
– the moon: far away and really big, or freaky small and closer than you think – following you, always
– what more important in a metroidvania – the metroid or the vania
– is the chalupa overrated, underrated, or properly rated?
– corn or flour tacos?
– do y’all ever watch podcast movies out of order? If so, we watching home alone on Sunday?
– should we still stick it to the man if he happens to enjoy it
– why do I feel like I’ll disappoint the TAPS people if I end up homeless?
– you ever get those days where you start off fine but at some point your brain starts to smooth gradually for the rest of the day?
– have you ever just wanted to run away from it all and become bob the builder?
– what’s the best way to acknowledge criticism from your boss about your toxic workplace behavior, and why is it loudly yelling about the email out loud and threatening to sue your workplace for discrimination (because you have ADD)?
– what’s the best way to market a house in an undesirable location so some sucker lucky new owner buys it?
– ever been in or broken up a fight? real actual I want to hurt you fisticuffs.
– what do I do when rafe takes away my comfortable routines (like HHTs on wednesday, my dudes) and promotes anarchy? How am I supposed to live in this chaos without mass hysteria?

JOHN CANDY
MOVIE – volunteers (1985) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090274)
caleb 5.5/10
rafe 5/10
SONGS – volunteering
David Kincaid – the irish volunteer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkpk0-0cfVU
“‘The Irish Volunteer’ is a song honoring the ‘Fighting 69th’ Irish Brigade, a legendary infantry unit composed of Irish-Americans that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. The brigade played a major role in several major battles such as Antietam, and the volunteers suffered some of the highest casualties of the war.”

MOVIE SPECIAL FOR CHRISTMAS!!!
MOVE – home alone (1990) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099785)
SONGS – rafe is alone; caleb is home

2021: A Retrospective

QUICK HITS
it’s new year’s eve and things are winding down. another thing that’s winding is rafe’s extensive list of kitchen appliances. but hey, cool things too like college and steam buddies and also oregon becomes idaho! we also have caleb talking about royalty ala king george, reunions, and regrets (regrets being food poisoning and gorging). DWR news with chad and also SANTASAURUS!! big recaps on the holiday weeks, too. happy new year, everyone! 2022 better be better OR ELSE.

HIGH LOWS/SMILES AND CRIES
rafe’s high-low
high: christmas; 75hard
low: friend woes

caleb’s high-low
high: showing the scientist the town; wedding
low: food poisoning/sick

HOT HOT TOPICS
– it’s recently been revealed that the grimace of mcdonald’s fame is actually a giant taste bud made to show that mcdonald’s food is good. he’s hugged children. does this mean that the grimace has been tasting children, and with that, possibly developed a taste for human flesh? will we one day be the happy meal? nothing can kill the grimace.
– anyone else want a nap?
– aside from some of the food, why does the south suck so much?
– why does is are then but how
– how do I get the overachieving coworker to shut the fuck up so we don’t scare a second trainee away
– how long should I put off thinking about work?
– how many concurrent projects are too many?
– when does the new year really begin? can I start early for extra ham?

DENZEL WASHINGTON
MOVIE – the manchurian candidate (2008) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368008)
caleb 6.5/10
rafe 6.75/10
SONGS – 2021 song of the year
year of k-pop! stray kids – thunderous

NEXT MOVIE – inside man (2006) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454848)
NEXT SONGS – inside songs

Simply Having a Wonderful Podcast

QUICK HITS
caleb and rafe both had pretty damn good weeks. some wedding stuff, pokemon go community day, and a SUPER SECRET SPECIAL WORK PROJECT. but caleb also had some sucky stuff like migraines and taxes and a covid bummer. rafe had happy times with brony, a new friend, ketokey factory bakery, mistletoe mixup, and OSHA. HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE.

HIGH LOWS/SMILES AND CRIES
rafe’s high-low
high: all the good things
low: watching derek

caleb’s high-low
high: pokemon with the furies
low: vitamin d low

HOT HOT TOPICS
– do you want a lot for christmas or is there just one thing you need? do you care about the presents underneath the christmas tree?
– owen wilson
– is mistletoe curable by antibiotics, or is surgery required?
– what was your favorite part of the office christmas party? was it the 20 year old who showed up drunk, the co-worker that got drunk and slept with a sleazy contractor, your office manager almost getting in a fist fight in the casino, the 60 year old RN putting a banana hammock on over his suit, or the grilled cheese and tomato soup shooters?
– what OT level is baby jesus?
– I keep making sure to stay as miserable as possible and remove any possible joy from my life, but for some reason that just makes me more miserable. clearly this is the fault of both capitalism and america.
– my brother is watching my animals over christmas vacation. if my son’s goldfish dies while we’re away, does my brother have to pay for the funeral?
– if santa knows everyone in the world, does he know the identity, and whereabouts of one cotton eye joe? no one seems to know where he came from, or where he went. the manhunt continues.

DENZEL WASHINGTON
MOVIE – man on fire (2004) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328107)
caleb 5.75/10
rafe 5/10
SONGS – THREE CHRISTMAS SONGS!!!
angela lansbury – we need a little christmas
transiberian orchestra – wizards in winter
tabernacle choir – hallelujah from handel’s messiah

NEXT MOVIE – the manchurian candidate (2008) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368008)
NEXT SONGS – chinese song

Vice (2018)

fuck this noise

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