Social Distance Warriors

Recorded 5/31/2023. Will you run and fight, or beat box? Action items: Watch a movie (any movie) Celebrate an ending

Recorded 5/3/2023. Tom gets new wheels and Rat sees a play. Action items: Do one good skin care thing. Clean your kitchen, it's filthy.

Recorded 4/12/2023. The secrets of the mouse's outfit are revealed. Action items: Make a playlist for when you have a bad day at work Eat one of your favorite foods in a new way

Recorded 1/4/2023. Surprisingly, the arbiter of weirdness is Mario. Action items: This space intentionally left blank.

Recorded 12/14/2022. Tom and Rat pivot to Mastodon. Action Items: Decide on a theme for the coming year Be weird

Recorded 11/9/2022. Rat's fate hangs in the balance and Tom receives an unhelpful diagnosis. Action items: Watch Andor. Do one thing to prepare for the coming winter.

Recorded 10/19/2022. Tom takes a test and Rat learns the truth about Terra. Action Items: Watch a YouTube video by @heorotlinea (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClWhUgX6IZQeyC-3BywkdGQ) Watch the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Recorded 9/28/2022. Rat befriends a Funko Pop, and Tom puts a crown on a skull. Action Items: * Quit something * Fix something

Recorded 9/8/2022. In the wake of a monarch's demise, Rat and Tom adapt to changing expectations in the workplace. Action Items: * Eat a tomato * Read the first book in a series you haven't read before

Recorded 8/9/2022. Rat takes a vacation and Tom's gamer ascendancy is at hand. Action items: Stick to a consistent sleep schedule Catch up on Tom's Xenoblade Chronicles 3 videos (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxyOe-5NaWJfAaqCOFOet0WskcQND2RvY)

Recorded 7/20/2022. There shouldn't be allowed to be more than one pandemic. Action items: Hang a piece of art on the wall Draw a picture

Recorded 6/22/2022. This is the beach episode. Action Items: Write in a journal Write in a book other than a journal

Recorded 6/8/2022. It is what it is, and it can hardly be expected to be anything else. Action Items: Try one of the strategies from Getting Things Done Learn about how an appliance works

Recorded 5/17/2022. They put bugs in Riku, but they did not put bacteria in Rat. Action items: Find yourself a treat Download some new apps

Recorded 4/27/2022. We have a weirdly prescient discussion about Twitter in this one. Action items: Reach out to someone you haven't talked to in a while just to say hi Listen to an album by the band They Might Be Giants Visit a place you have never been before.

Recorded 4/13/2022. Strategies for boiling frogs and chickens. Action items: Create a playlist Experiment with sauce Watch Everything Everywhere All At Once

Recorded 3/3/2022 You must solve the riddles to pass the test. Action items: Continue wearing a mask, and get an N95 if you can. Treat yourself to a dentist appointment Make a character in a tabletop RPG

Recorded 2/3/2022 Let me tell you about Flappy Bird. Action Items: Take steps to be prepared Buy something on Bandcamp Friday

Recorded 1/19/2022 Lock me in my room with Frankenstein. Action Items: * Change up the medium * Listen to an album released in 2022.

Recorded 1/6/2022. This ain't it, Commander-In-Chief. Action Items: * Stop doing something * Don't get COVID.

Recorded 12/21/2021. We were so naive, we didn't know about the omega variant or the supercure. Action items: Set a goal Play a game

Recorded December 8, 2021, with special guest Mads Viande (http://madsvian.de/). Lot of death talk in this one. Action items: Drink a nice hot soda Buy a 2022 calendar Revisit something you did a long time ago

Recorded 11/10/2021. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Action Items: * Read a book * Seek out bargains and values

Recorded 10/20/2021. Wearing a scarf and a hat is likely to make you warmer than just wearing two hats. Action items: * Try Melatonin * Go see your Doctor. For your health! * Watch the "Doctor Who" TV show.

Recorded on October 6, 2021. The Skeleton is still going to be a big brother. Action Items: Take a nap Listen to Mission to Zyxx (https://www.missiontozyxx.space) (possibly episode 5.07 (https://www.missiontozyxx.space/season-5/2021/7/26/507-a-little-ditty-bout-jakk-and-shaian-ft-chris-grace-and-eric-gersen))

Recorded September 25, 2021 Nobody's ever said "Data Bagel" before. Action item: * Look up an organization that provides assistance or pen-pals to people in the prison system.

Recorded September 11, 2021. You don't have to explain to me who Niles is. Action items: Watch a fan video Say something nobody's ever said before

There was, how do you say this, "hope." Action items: Eat and Enjoy a Soup Meditate

Recorded July 22, 2021. No we won't stop talking abut Homestuck things. Action item: - Read "Vinbre the Novel (https://archiveofourown.org/works/31830013)".

Recorded June 24, 2021. Rat's true nature is revealed. Action items: * Eat a berry * Break a law

Recorded June 10, 2021. What's the deal with masks? Action Items: Give a card to somebody, but make it fancy Move an item of furniture in your home to a different location

Recorded May 27, 2021. Consider this a historical curiosity. Action items: Memorize a poem Play Snowound Blood (https://deconreconstruction.itch.io/snowbound-blood)

Recorded March 20, 2021. Is any of this canonical? Action items: * If you have allergies, try taking an anti-allergy medication * If you don't have allergies, be grateful * Listen to Friends at the Table (https://friendsatthetable.net)

Action Items: Bake something Buy something from a local small business

Recorded February 7, 2021. Traffic is the final frontier. Action Items: * Learn something about labor unions * Complete the New York Times crossword

Recorded 1/21/21. The Inauguration happened. Action items: * Do something nice for your face. * Something with a fork?

Recorded January 14, 2021. Rat pursues a new opportunity, and Tom does a podcast. Action items: Donate to a food bank, mutual aid, or other charity covering essential services that the government should be covering Watch a movie that you feel like everyone else feels like you should have seen Have a prophetic dream think about whether or not you have ever taken any creative writing courses?

Hey FYI this one was recorded more than a month ago. Action item: donate to (or promote) a food bank or a charity that provides vital services

Recorded December 12, 2020. We talk about gender and hiveswap and vaccines.

There is no multiplayer solitaire. Action items: * Drink a hot drink that's different from the hot drink you usually drink

So, there was an election. Action items: Somehow, make the music. Play a video game.

(Recorded 10/29/20) Hey there's an election. Action Items: * Vote! * Write a letter to your future self at futureme.org (http://futureme.org)

(Recorded October 15th) In the shadow of the Pumpkin Spice. Action Items: - Find a local Rocky Horror shadow cast.

And now: this man in pandemic has taken up a new hobby, and it's not what you'd expect! Action Items: * Listen to Neil Cicierega's Mouth Dreams and all of the Mouth albums. * Play some neopets games.

They tell you that it's normal.

We have a guest! It's Evan. Action Items: * Call your elected officials * Wear a hat

We confront the horror of sports and games. Action item: * Participate in the cultural event of Blaseball (https://blaseball.com).

A throwback to the long-gone days of early July 2020. Action item: * Let the dice decide your fate.

We talk about turnips and teeth.

We talk about going back to work, and getting furloughed from work, and getting fired from work (or more specifically, the supreme cout decision about NOT getting fired from work). Action items: * Brush your teeth * Watch one of the movies on Rian Johnson's list (https://letterboxd.com/rcjohnso/list/70s-musical-extravaganza/detail/)

We consider the protests as transmission events, and contemplate the podcast as a historical document. Action items: Keep a journal