Podcasts about blts

In this kickoff episode, Jeff Garmire—four-time Cocodona finisher, ultrarunner, and host of the Free Outside podcast—joins the conversation. Jeff shares his journey through every edition of the race, his biggest highs and lowest lows, and what it takes to tackle a 250-mile race year after year. He also reveals his bold goal for 2025: going for the win.Expect epic storytelling, behind-the-scenes race strategy, and some fun over/under predictions—including who might finish ahead of Courtney Dauwalter. Plus, Jeff's take on the mental game, post-race blues, and his secret to eating three BLTs at mile 180.This is just the beginning—strap in for a wild ride through the world of 200+ mile races. Subscribe and stay tuned for more Cocodona 250 deep dives!

Geoff, Gavin and Andrew talk about done with bagels, best thing since sliced bread, BLTs, a tough chew, the highest rated meal, low ceiling, the potagel, why delete, popcorn seeds, default jelly flavor, Ultimate Sheep Racoon, M&M, finding out the vanilla of each food, Gavin & Nick combo, the Grey Poupon of Fast & Furious movies, different Double 0's, sequel fatigue, slug guzzler, weird alternate posters, Snow Day, and the coldest part of your body. Sponsored by DraftKings Casino. Sign up with code REGULATION because the holiday cheer is here! Only on DraftKings Casino https://casino.draftkings.com/. Also sponsored by Factor. Go to FACTORMEALS.com/50REGULATION and use code 50REGULATION to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping while your subscription is active! Support us directly at https://www.patreon.com/TheRegulationPod Stay up to date, get exclusive supplemental content, and connect with other Regulation Listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode we sit down with San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus to discuss critical topics like recruitment and retention in law enforcement, and what we like to call the "BLTs" - beards, load-bearing vests and tattoos. This is SEBA on Demand.  https://wp.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/ Sheriff Shannon Dicus: https://www.instagram.com/sheriffshannondicus/ 08:55 - Recruitment Challenges and Incentives: Recruitment strategies include referral bonuses, hiring bonuses, and targeted outreach to military personnel and local communities. The Sheriff emphasizes innovative approaches like mentorship programs and pre-academy preparation to attract and retain candidates.   13:01 - Load-Bearing Vest Policy: The Sheriff outlines the journey and challenges in implementing load-bearing vests, emphasizing their importance for reducing injuries and ensuring officer safety. He discusses the insurance policy complications and the steps taken to address these issues, such as sourcing approved vests and initiating field testing with 20 units.   19:32 - Tattoo and Beard Policy: The Sheriff explains his stance on tattoos and beards, focusing on maintaining a professional image. He supports exemptions for religious reasons (e.g., Sikh officers) while prioritizing a unified, professional look for the department.   29:09 - Staffing and Retention Issues: The Sheriff addresses the increasing number of deputies leaving due to dissatisfaction with California's law enforcement climate and economic factors. He discusses the rapid promotion of younger officers due to high turnover and the challenges this creates.   32:27 - Commitment to Listening and Balancing Stakeholder Needs: The Sheriff emphasizes his willingness to listen to both his deputies and the community to make informed decisions. He acknowledges competing priorities and strikes a balance between operational effectiveness and public expectations.   40:15 - Balancing Modern Expectations with Tradition:  The Sheriff discusses the generational shift in work-life balance expectations. He acknowledges the importance of adapting policies, like alternative schedules and job-sharing, to attract and retain a younger workforce while maintaining operational effectiveness.   ----more---- Learn more about the Sheriff's Employees' Benefit Association (SEBA): https://www.seba.com/ SEBA is the Sheriff's Employees' Benefit Association proudly representing 4,000+ public safety officers in San Bernardino County since 1946 Follow Show Host Lolita Harper: Instagram LinkedIn

Episode 118 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the 5th episode in my "Impulsive Hyperfocus" series, and includes a brief 'day in the life' recording that I made earlier this month! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Along with the day in the life portion of this episode (which includes mention of bras, BLTs, and butter), the introduction mentions four organizations from Western North Carolina/Upstate South Carolina that I suggest donating to in the wake of Hurricane Helene: Brother Wolf Animal Rescue out of Asheville NC: Venmo @brotherwolfanimalrescueinc Lucky Pup Rescue out of upstate SC: Venmo @luckypuprescueSC , Cashapp $luckypuprescueSC , PayPal luckypuprescueSC WNC Rural Organizing and Resilience aka ROAR: PayPal ruralorganizingandresilience@gmail.com Appalachian Medical Solidarity: Venmo @AppMedSolid Geek Saga Podcast Episode 118: Impulsive Hyperfocus Day in the Life #1 (Bras, BLTs, & Butter) Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks! Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay

On episode 304 of the PC Update, Carly trades drones for BLTs. Felicia assumes that since Jason was comforting to Robin he would be comforting for Anna. Portia is convinced there is still a firm line between her and bad. This episode covers GH episodes from September 30th - October 4th, 2024. *Music provided by Scott Holmes (song name - Electronic Vibes).

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (09/03/24): This week, veteran political advisor at Serafin & Associates and co-host of The Crisis Cast, Thom Serafin joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin with insight from his Power Poll Podcast on who the MVP of Chicago’s role as host of the 2024 DNC, why Vice President Kamala Harris’ best plan […]

In this “Best of UpNorthNews Radio,” we learn a deep secret about producer Greg Bach—an unnatural dislike for BLT sandwiches. Is this any way to wrap up National Sandwich Month? Plus: Donald Trump uses Arlington National Cemetery as a campaign prop. And climate issues aren't simply a political debate, they're all about personal freedom. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show. Guest: Melissa Baldauff

Ty & Eric discuss getting mothered at Cactus Club, when your meal is served by a snack, why restaurant BLTs are disappointing, gentrifying the lobster, and deconstructing the Subway seafood sensation.Get 30% off a Zencastr Professional accountinstagram.com/thinkfreshpodcast/

Stephen Colbert's been known to hop on the podcast for his exclusive introductions whenever the show's on break, so this week while The Late Show Pod Show is off the air, we're replaying some of our favorite episodes where our host graced us with his podcast presence! First up is this deep dive into one of The Late Show's most celebrated segments: The Colbert Questionert. Listen as Stephen tells podcast producer Becca how Keanu Reeves played a hand in the Questionert's origin story, which celebrity's answers have stuck out to him the most, and what size tomato he prefers in his BLTs in this podcast exclusive conversation with our host. Then enjoy the original first two Colbert Questionerts with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, both administered over Zoom in early 2021. Stephen's introduction was previously recorded for a podcast released on March 18th, 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat: spiralling on katsu waffles, stake, bao buns and BLTs. ✷see more ✷ www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing ✷ www.instagram.com/sephyandwing ✷ www.tiktok.com/@sephyandwingshop ✷ www.sephyandwing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our one-hundred and sixteenth episode, Robbie and Ryan talk about:Emails! Send us one: goinggreypod@gmail.com He Said/(S)he Said: Politics and the attempt on TrumpOh, That's Nice: Tatiana and SaratogaWho asked you?: BLTs and rich snobsWell, That's Great!: Reservation takingWashed Up: Shannon Doherty, Shelley Duvall, and Richard SimmonsEntertainment: The Boys, The Bear, and House of the DragonCheck out "Let the Boys Watch" with cousin Benny! https://linktr.ee/lettheboyswatchFollow us on InstagramGoodnight again America!

In this week's episode, we'll take a look at five tips for creating distinctive character voices and viewpoints within your novel. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Update Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 209 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is July the 12th, 2024 and today we are discussing five tips for creating vivid characterizations. Before we get into that, we'll have some writing progress updates, a couple of questions from readers, Question of the Week, and then we'll get on to our main topic. So for my current writing projects, I'm pleased to report that Shield of Darkness is out and selling briskly, and you can get it at all the usual places: Amazon, Barnes, and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, Apple Books, Smashwords, and my Payhip store. It's had a very strong response so far and thank you for that. I'm glad you guys are enjoying the book. Now that Shield of Darkness is out, my next project is Half-Orc Paladin. I am pleased to report I'm currently on Chapter 10 of 16, which puts me at 60,000 words. Yesterday I had a 10,000 word day while I was working on it, my sixth one of 2024. Good progress has been made. I'm hoping to have that book out preferably in early August. In audiobook news, the audiobook of Wizard-Thief as narrated by Leanne Woodward is almost finished. We've just got to finish proofing it and that should take place next week and hopefully the audiobook will be out towards the end of July or early August. Once Half-Orc Paladin is done, I have not 100% decided what I'm going to write next. I'm 20,000 words into Ghost in the Tombs, so that could be next or I might write Shield of Conquest or Cloak of Illusion. We will see what I do when I get to the end of Half-Orc Paladin. But right now, I am focusing on Half-Orc Paladin and bringing that to completion. We have a reader question from BV, who asks: I saw an app called Scrivener, and I thought of what Jonathan uses. I'm an old mainframe COBOL/RPG developer and I know that the tech environment can really help. I tried Scrivener way back in 2014 and it was too complicated for me, too much. Granted, the app might have changed since then because 2014 feels to me at least like it was really recent, but it was in fact ten years ago. So for writing, I primarily use Microsoft Word for writing and editing and then I use Vellum on the Mac for the final ebook formatting. That's the way I do it right now. Nothing to say that it can't change. Maybe I might switch to LibreOffice again for writing as Microsoft continues to sort of circle the AI drain and adds more and more useless AI features to its products. 00:02:38 Question of the Week Now it's time for Question of the Week, which is designed to inspire interesting discussion of enjoyable topics. This week's question: what is your favorite kind of sandwich? This got a lot of responses, as you might expect. Grimlar says: buttered oven bottom muffin, slice of lamb, medium mature slice of cheese, and a coating of salad cream. Justin says: the current sandwich at my house is turkey with provolone, lettuce, and tomato with mayonnaise on homemade sourdough. That actually sounds pretty good right now. Kevin says: bit boring here. Grilled cheese and bacon or BLT with mayo. Easily pleased, Michael says: can't beat a toasted cheese sandwich, which seems to be called a grilled cheese in the US, which has always baffled me. Ham is a good addition as well. I agree with Michael. That is a very good sandwich. Brandy says: old school. Tie between cold Jif creamy peanut butter and Concord grape jam or warm grilled Gruyere and Colby Jack on a good homemade bread (pumpernickel, oatmeal, wheat, or sourdough). Barbara says: Kind of a plain girl: toasted cheese and tomato. Annie says: toasted sandwich: ham, cheese, red onions, and tomato with butter and mayo. Jesse says: Italian sub with hot peppers. Steve says: I'd add some cheese because I'm a cheesy kind of guy and my spicy mustard has a bit of horseradish, too. Bonnie says: Maine Amatoes roast beef Italian (RB, cheese, onion, green pepper, pickled tomato, black olives, mayo, not oil. Jenny says: rare roast beef slices, sharp cheddar, and sourdough bread. I don't lubricate my sandwiches and prefer simple. Otherwise grilled cheese (extra sharp cheddar and gouda) or really anything with ham in there. Nick says: this is just perfect. Just make the beef pastrami. Jonah says: Panini. Genoa salami, roasted red peppers, onions, Jack and mozzarella cheese, good olive oil, and maybe a pesto. Gary says: there are lots of good ones, but if I can only have one, it has to be PB&J (crunchy peanut butter and raspberry jam). Andrew says: An MLT, a nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich where the mutton is so lean. I have to admit I did not know that was an actual sandwich. Randy says: hot and juicy pastrami with melted pepperjack cheese, diced red onion, mayo, and horseradish mustard on a lightly toasted sourdough hoagie. Dang it. Now I'm hungry. Craig says: club. Stacy says: grilled cheese. David says PB and J. Judy says peanut butter and grape jelly or a Philly cheesesteak. John says: tie between a really good Reuben or really authentic Philly cheesesteak. Croque Monsieur is a close second. Venus says: funniest sandwich story I ever heard was when my brother ordered a BLT and the waitress asked if he wanted any condiments on it. He said no and received bacon between two slices of bread. When I was younger, I used to eat BLTs that way. Just bacon and bread, though now that I'm older and recognize the benefits of vegetables in many areas of life, I do have BLTS with the lettuce and tomato. Juana says: BLT. For myself, the answer would be I think a sub with roast beef, ham, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, and a significant quantity of spicy mustard. The inspiration for this question was that I typed it up, it was almost lunch time and I'm hungry. It may have been a mistake to record this podcast before lunch because I am now quite hungry after reading all that, but onwards to our Main Topic of the Week. 00:06:02 Main Topic: How to Create Distinctive Characterizations and Character Voices in a Novel Now on to our Main Topic of the Week: how to create distinctive characterizations and character voices in a novel. We're going to go through five tips for that. I got to think about this because I just finished Shield of Darkness, which was quite a long book, and it had multiple point of views. My previous long series, the Dragonskull series, was mostly a single point of view throughout all nine books. Gareth Arban was the main character and though we started to have more point of view characters come in starting with the fifth book and especially in the final third of the series, Gareth was still the main character and had the most scenes. By contrast, Shield of Storms and the rest of the Shield War series is going to be multi point of view. As of right now, Ridmark Arban, Niara, Lika, and Nikomedes are going to be the main characters and we will have new point of view characters that start introducing in with the rest of the series. The point of view of the different chapters will rotate between them. I'm writing in in what's called limited third person, where you shift entirely to one person's perspective for a scene or chapter. For example, if I'm writing from Ridmark's perspective, we will see things from Ridmark's perspective and know what he's thinking. Omniscient third person, by contrast, is when the author jumps from person to person. For example, in a scene with both Ridmark and the Nikomedes, the author will let us know what they're both thinking and will see things through both their eyes. There is nothing wrong with this, as a skillful writer can do it quite well. I think Agatha Christie especially did it quite well, but it's generally easier and simpler to write in third person limited instead of third person omniscient. Of course, third person limited is only easier if you can make each point of view distinctive. You have to write a distinctive voice for each character and it can become a problem if all the characters all sound and think the same way. So how can you create a distinctive voice for each point of view character? There are a couple of different ways that you can do this. #1: Descriptions. When writing from a particular character's viewpoint in limited third person, obviously that character will see things through his or her own personal lens. This is a handy way to differentiate characters. For example, take the laptop I used to write this podcast script. I got it in the summer of 2023 where my previous laptop went to the big recycling bin in the sky and it's an HP Envy with a 17 inch screen, since I'm at a phase of life where I prefer to write with the Microsoft Word window maximized and the screen size zoomed way up. But someone who knows less about computers than I do wouldn't see an HP Envy, they'll just see a silver laptop with a big screen. Someone who only uses Mac laptops would just see it as a big chunky PC laptop and would think of it that way. Firearms are another good example of this. For example, according to the FBI website, the official side arm of an FBI agent is a Glock 19 M semi-automatic pistol, which holds 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition, but many people would not know this. They would see the weapon and think of it as just a black handgun or a black pistol, or may even describe it inaccurately, calling it a revolver or a machine gun. This variation in description would also extend to characters. Consider a woman who works as a school administrator. The school board chairman might think of her as the most reliable employee in the district and describe her that way. The students might describe her as the mean lady who works in the office. One of the teachers might think of her as my best friend. Another teacher might think of her as my cousin's nasty ex-wife. Which one of these characterizations of the woman are correct? Well, it depends on the particular point of view at the moment, and you can use that description to help differentiate your characters from one another. #2: Dialogue is another great way to differentiate characters from one another. No two people ever really have similar speech patterns. The school administrator in the previous example might always find a way to bring the conversation back around to her cats. A socially awkward computer programmer might start over sharing facts about topics that interest him. A taciturn electrician might only speak when necessary and prefer silence the rest of the time. A lawyer might talk in very precise sentences with every word exactly measured, especially a lawyer who is used to arguing in front of a judge. A common joke is that rather than asking why, the lawyer will always say on what basis? People will also talk about different things. They have favorite topics or are better or worse at handling emotionally sensitive discussions. People also have things they absolutely refuse to discuss under any circumstances and become angry if someone tries to force them to talk about these topics. Dialogue is also a place where it's best not to get too hung up on grammar, since you'll find that most people do not talk in grammatically perfect sentences. People often repeat themselves, respond to a question with another question or an irrelevant answer, and go off on tangents. The trick for writing dialogue is to try and catch a feeling of verisimilitude with the somewhat rambling nature of human conversation in general without getting too bogged down and trying to make it too realistic. You want to keep the story moving forward, after all. #3: Attitudes. Another good way to differentiate between point of view characters is attitude. How do they respond to things emotionally? This ties into both description and dialogue because the character's attitude will obviously influence how they describe things and how they talk. To return to the example of the school administrator above, a student with a cranky attitude might think of her as the mean lady in the office, while a teacher who is in a good mood and enjoys his or her work might think of her as Miss Jones from the school district. The character's mood will color how they describe their surroundings and how they relate to the characters around them. A character who is in a good mood would simply note a car braking in front of them in traffic and slow down. A character in a bad mood will likely rant about how the jerk in front brake checked them. This leads into the next aspect of character attitudes. How does a character react emotionally to events and other characters? One character might view having to stand in line for a while as a minor inconvenience and turn his or her thoughts elsewhere during the wait. Another character might fly into a rage with impatience and demand to speak to the manager over. The first character might dislike going to restaurants because he or she finds it embarrassing to be waited upon and will get through the experience with stiff politeness. The second character might love going to restaurants and makes all sorts of unreasonable demands upon the waiter. Character attitudes and how they emotionally react to situations and each other is an excellent way to differentiate characters and therefore create unique voice. #4: Knowledge. Another good way to distinguish between characters is their individual knowledge and can also help inform the descriptions. For example, during a recent road trip I was listening to the audiobook of Dark Angel by John Sanford and narrated by Robert Petkoff. In the book, two federal agents Letty Davenport and Rod Baxter are assigned to infiltrate a group of dangerous hackers. Letty is an expert on firearms and violence and very physically fit while Baxter is 60 pounds overweight but an expert in all aspects of hacking and computer crime. He doesn't know anything about guns, but he knows everything about breaking into a computer system whereas Letty has only a surface level grasp of computer crime. She knows what a ransomware attack is but nothing about how to actually execute one or repair one. This is a helpful way to distinguish between the character's point of view scenes like we talked about with description. As we said, one character might see a firearm and think it's a black rifle but a character with greater knowledge of guns would immediately identify it as an M16A2. Another character might see a van and just think of it as an old red van, but a character who works as a mechanic would identify it as a 1993 Ford Aerostar. #5: Subtext. Now we come to the great bane and hindrance of human communication, subtext. How characters react to subtext, whether they notice it, imagine it, or fail to detect it at all can help distinguish between character point of views and help create character voice. In this context, subtext refers to an additional implied meaning beyond the actual literal meaning of the spoken words. For example, a woman tells her boyfriend that she hears the Grand Canyon is nice in May. The subtext is that she wants him to plan a trip for them to the Grand Canyon, and the boyfriend may or may not pick up on this subtext. Communication failure of this sort is a common staple of sitcom plots, where many conflicts could be resolved if the participants were capable of communicating clearly. This is something of a cliched example, but we've all had examples in real life where we said something only to have our words totally misinterpreted. For example, say you say, “I don't like fish” and the person to whom you are speaking interprets that as “I hate your cooking.” That might not have been your meaning at all, but the comment was interpreted that way. Or an office manager observes that there are budget cuts. His employees immediately interpret that as impending layoffs when in fact, the manager simply meant that the budget for office supplies and computers has been cut. Subtext provides an excellent tool for distinguishing between characters. One character might completely miss subtext in conversation, while another might imagine subtexts that aren't there at all, like with the fish comment or another character who constantly speaks in subtext and gets annoyed when people don't pick up on their subtle meanings. Hopefully these five tips will help you craft characters with distinctive voices and viewpoints. So that's it for this week. After all that talk about sandwiches, I think I might go look for lunch myself. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com, often with transcripts. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Fresh squeezed lemonade is changing Lizz's summer sipping game and beating out every cocktail, even margaritas. Fourth of July never flops and the gals are ready to celebrate freedom and enjoy the sun. And if you haven't gotten your tickets yet, run don't walk—The Car Mom Auto Show VIP is giving date night. Join Kelly and Lizz in a private, vibey setting for an open bar, tasty bites, and exclusive looks at the Car Show mom cars!  Ditch the drive-through features a staple from Kelly's half a hog, the always beloved bacon. When you're in a pinch for dinner, whip up some bacon and serve up BLTs for dinner. You can do the most with avocado, cracked pepper, and sprouts or do the least with a loaf of Sara Lee's honey wheat and aioli—aka mayonnaise with a glow up.  → To share your ditch the drive-through recipe with us, call (959) CAR-POOL and leave us a message! In driveway dumps, Lizz learned that tight hugs calming your nervous system down and now James is sleeping through the night thanks to wrestling before bed. Kelly started the Celine Dion documentary. And both gals are aghast at how 1.4 billion is probably not the big bucks Bluey truly deserved.  Busy summers can mean overlooking charges, trials, and subscriptions on your accounts—over 74% of people have subscriptions they've forgotten about. Cancel unused and unwanted subscriptions, keep your spending on track, and put money right back in your pocket with Rocket Money. With over 5 million users, Rocket Money has helped save its members an average of $720 a year with over 500 million in canceled subscriptions. So stop wasting money on things you don't use.  → Download the Rocket Money app at rocketmoney.com/carpool   Another $1 billion infusion from Volkswagen is on its way to Rivian as the EV maker develops new models. Jeep Wrangler doesn't perform well on a road test, doesn't have good reliability, and doesn't have much to talk about—yet owner satisfaction is so high. Kelly and Lizz don't quite get it, but they can get on board with the cute duck duck jeep trend whose founder recently passed away. Lizz says, "Keep on Jeep'n!" A listener's brother has a bad rap with girlfriends and is having a baby with a girl he's been with for four months. Should she feel jealous because this is the first grand baby in the family when she was waiting for mom to retire? Kelly and Lizz say let the cousin work out the kinks out of the family and have kids when the time is really right for you. Another listener wants advice on key FOB security. Can you get car information from a key FOB that is laying out on a counter? Shockingly, yes.  → Write in your advice questions! Send Kelly and Lizz an email to get your question featured on the show at hello@thecarmomofficial.com  Follow the Carpool Podcast on IG Follow the Carpool Podcast on YouTube Join The Car Mom Crew Facebook Group! Follow Kelly on IG Follow Lizz on IG Follow the Truck Dad on IG Visit thecarmomofficial.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Regaining My Life: Can friends become lovers?By Quinn_McMullen, in 8 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels. The characters in this story are flawed, just like you and me. Sometimes they make bad decisions as they struggle to live their lives. Sometimes they make life changing decisions. All characters and situations are complete fiction.Chapter 1Two years ago, my wife passed away. Processing the grief has been difficult because it has forced me to reconcile with my new identity as a widower. Supportive friends, neighbors, and colleagues have tried to help get me out of the house and away from the memories. Asking me to join their social events like fundraisers, parties, and cookouts have been great gestures, but I have yet to accept. I don't feel that I am quite ready for that much socializing, so I stay home and curl up with a good book.It was a little past six on a warm Friday evening in mid-August. Dinner and the cleanup were complete. I settled down in one of the rocking chairs on my porch with my well-worn copy of The Fellowship of the Ring. The sun was just beginning to set behind one of the large maples on the west side of my property. About an hour and a half of filtered sunlight remained to enjoy the evening breezes and read about Frodo's adventures in Middle Earth. There was a horn toot on the road and I looked up to see Christina Ashby's blue hybrid turning into the drive.Chris and I are both professors at the local college. Although she is 20 years my junior, she is one of my closest and dearest friends. Our friendship goes back eight years to when she first arrived at the college. Since neither her family, nor mine is close by, we have tended to look out for one another. For example, when Chris and her husband Jack came down with the flu, my wife Rosalind and I took them food, went to the pharmacy, and helped nurse them back to health. When Roz was sick, Chris brought me meals and tidied up around my house. She spent hours with me at Hospice House and was at my side when Rosalind passed away. Chris and Jack have continued to look out for me since. I have been a frequent dinner guest, they brought me into their home for the holidays, and Chris has come by regularly to check up on me. I was pretty sure that that's what this was, a wellness check.My relationship with Chris has also been flirtatious, but completely platonic. Whenever I am having a conversation with her, we lock into some serious eye contact, not a couple of seconds, but rather several minutes at a time. I get lost in her brown eyes. It's as if we undergo a mind meld and I can't look away.I try hard not to be the dirty old professor around campus. The abundance of enticing female flesh that our co-eds display makes that very difficult. For example, when going up the stairs, I always look at the ground for fear of being caught looking up a young woman's skirt. In person, I spend a lot of time looking into their eyes. With Chris it is no different. Her shapely breasts; her firm, toned ass; and her curvy hips present an attractive figure that my eyes are instinctively drawn to. I began looking at her eyes because I didn't want her to see me checking her out. Looking into her eyes has now become an addiction and I can't look away.Chris is also into exercise, 5Ks are her preferred poison, but she is also an avid hiker. While motherhood added a pound or two to her short, muscular frame, she is in excellent shape. She is a stylish dresser and exceptionally modest. I have rarely seen more than a bare shoulder or calf.I heard her car door slam. Soon she came into view, rounding the front of the house."Hey, old man. Aren't you going to Wendy's party?""I wasn't planning on it.""Well, I'm here to change your mind."Chris was wearing a knee length, light blue sundress with yellow flats. There was a touch of grey in her brown hair, and it didn't appear that she wore any makeup. She didn't need any. She walked around and climbed the porch steps. I stood and she gave me a nice hug. She's at least a foot shorter than I am and I could feel her breasts press into my abdomen as she squeezed me tight. I returned the pressure and gave her a fatherly kiss on the top of her head.I breathed deeply, smelling some type of herbal shampoo, "Wow, human contact."Chris stepped back, checking me out, "Have you lost some weight? You look great.""A couple of pounds. You are simply gorgeous."She gave me another tight hug. We just stood there for a few moments holding each other. I was savoring her friendship. Finally, we eased off. I motioned to the other rocker and we both sat down.Chris' eyes looked a little red as if she might have been crying. I was tempted to say something.She reached over, took my hand, and squeezed it, "How have you been? I've hardly seen you this summer."She didn't take her hand away and I felt like a teenager again, holding hands with the girl next door. This simple human contact had my heart racing. I looked into her brown eyes and was lost.I was tempted to catch a glimpse of her breasts, but her eyes were bewitching. "Been staying busy with the garden and repairing a spot on the back of the barn. I'll send you home with some veggies. Mostly just relaxing and doing a lot of reading. How about you?"She pointed at my book, "I love Lord of the Rings. Well, we went out west right after school let out and saw my folks. Been doing a lot of writing. Getting ready to send Jackie off to kindergarten next month.""Wow! Kindergarten already. Time flies huh?""He's growing like a weed. So, are you going to come to Wendy's party with me?""Look at me Chris. I'm all sweaty and dirty.""Nothing a little soap and water won't take care of. When was the last time you went out? Socially, I mean.""Your house for Christmas dinner, I think.""Are you kidding me?! Quinn, you must come with me. I need a date besides.""How about Jack?"Chris looked away. Something was wrong. Her jaw clenched and started quivering. When her eyes returned to mine, they were brimming with tears. "Jack is a shit.""What's the matter?"Tears started rolling down her cheeks. I reached into my pocket and handed her my handkerchief. "It's clean.""My dad always has a handkerchief too. Can we walk?""Sure."We both stood. Chris led me down the steps and waited at the bottom. She held out her hand and I took it. We started slowly strolling down towards my garden and my small meadow.It took her a moment to start talking. "He is an absolute fucker."She didn't look at me, her gaze fixed firmly on the ground ahead. Tears were flowing steadily now. She wiped her face every thirty seconds or so. I was surprised at the f-bomb because Chris rarely uses profanity. The exception is when she was really pissed off. This seemed to be one of those times. Marriage counseling is not something I would ever attempt, but I remember Roz used to ask me to just listen and not try and fix things.I squeezed her hand, "You can tell me as little or as much as you want. You are one of my dearest friends and have seen me through some rough times. The roughest times." I stopped walking, "The least I can do is be here for you."Chris reached and put her arm around my waist. I put mine around her shoulder.She took a deep breath. "Jack and I have been fighting a lot. Two months ago he tried to hit me. He missed and I ran out of the house. I stayed with Zoë for a couple of days."Zoë is our faculty colleague at the college. Chris and Zoë are thick as thieves and do everything together.Chris continued, "We sort of came to a truce for Jackie's sake, but I haven't slept in our bed since. I use the guest room and lock the door. Jack is being a complete asshole. He acts like he's the only one with a full time job." I could see the anger rising. "I'm a fucking full-time college professor and he doesn't lift a goddamn finger around the house! I have to do everything for Jackie. And then..."She stopped walking. Sobs started to wrack her body and she put her hands to her face. I pulled her to me and she buried her face in my dirty work shirt. I just held her as the tears flowed, shoulders heaving. I gave her another kiss on the top of her head. I petted her hair, trying to sooth her somehow. It took a while, but the sobbing eased. She stepped back. Tears and snot were freely flowing. Then her face turned from sadness to madness.Her anger was palpable, "The son of a bitch didn't come home on Wednesday. I didn't see him until he came home from work yesterday. He said he was out with his buddies all night. Horseshit he was out with his buddies. He was out fucking someone. When he went to work I checked his laundry. There were cum stains on his briefs and they smelled like someone's cunt. Sorry, I hate that word, but that what she is, a cunt! He's a cunt too! I don't know who she is, but she's a cunt! The two of them have fucking destroyed my fucking marriage!"She wiped her face one more time and handed back my handkerchief. "Sorry, it's all wet. I must look like hell.""It's a beautiful hell though.""Thank you."She turned away from me and stood with her hands on her hips, her head thrown back, looking up at the sky. She was taking deep breaths trying to calm herself. I wasn't sure what to do, so I didn't do anything for a minute or two. Finally, I went over and I put my hands on her shoulders. She brought her hand up to mine.Chris turned, took my hand, and lightly kissed it. We were standing on the far side of my property at the edge of a maple grove. The sun was angling across the meadow. The sun turned her hair to a golden brown.Her sad eyes gazed into mine, tears brimming again. "What the hell I am going to do?"This woman was in misery. She hugged me and the sobs built up again. I just held her for what seemed the longest time. I remembered holding my daughters like this when they broke up with a boyfriend. This was a hundred times worse. In either case, there was nothing I could do."I'm sorry," she wept into my chest.I gently petted the back of her head. We stood there for quite a while. Every so often her body would shake. Eventually the sobbing eased. She leaned back.I handed her the handkerchief again. "Wipe your face again.""I've made a mess of your shirt.""It was dirty to begin with. Shall we head back?"She nodded and started moving back toward the house arm-in-arm. When we got to the porch stairs, I let her precede me. On the first step she turned around and hugged me again. Of course, I reciprocated and held her tight. With the added height, her face was much closer to mine. She leaned back, but kept her arms around my neck."Sorry for venting on you. It was really good to get all that off my chest. I've told Zoë a little, but it was good to tell you." Her right hand came up and cupped my cheek. "You really are a dear friend."Then she kissed me ever so lightly with those beautiful lips. It was unexpected and took my breath away. She had never kissed me before. The softness of her lips sent electricity coursing through my body. I felt my cock stir slightly.I must have had a shocked look on my face because Chris suddenly looked concerned, "I'm sorry I was so forward. That was completely inappropriate, but you're so good to me."I shook my head, "No. That was fine. I always dreamed what it would be like to kiss you. Now I know."She put her hand to the side of my face and lightly kissed me again. "So, now you know why I need a date to go to Wendy's party. Will you go with me?"She put her arms around my neck again. My hands were on her hips.Looking into her eyes I said, "Chris, I don't think I'm ready.""What's there to be ready for? You are a handsome, available bachelor who needs to get out and meet some members of the opposite sex.""But I'm really a widower whose heart is still mending. That's a lot of socializing. I'm just happy being here with you."She kissed the tip of my nose. "You are sweet, but I worry about you. Please come with me to the party. I promise you we'll have a nice time and I'll have you home before you turn into a pumpkin. You can be my designated driver and I can drink my sorrows away." She placed both hands on either side of my face. "For me?"I smiled, "Not fair. Christina, you know I would do anything for you.""Then that settles it." She gave me a final little kiss."Okay, I'll go, but can we just sit here a while? It's nice just being with you. Just you."Chris turned, climbed the stairs, and we returned to the rockers. She took my hand again, looking over the yard. I could feel her relaxing, the sorrow and anger subsiding. I looked at Chris and her eyes were closed. She looked peaceful, which made me feel better. I stole a glance at her breasts hidden under the sundress, was that a nipple? I returned to her lovely face. I couldn't take my eyes off her, she simply enchanted me.She brought the back of my hand to her soft lips and kissed it, "Thank you my friend." She opened her eyes. "You have no idea what it means to have someone like you, someone who listens."Chris looked out across the lawn. She rocked back and forth just a little in the rocker.After many minutes she turned to me, "This is such a nice place. I know why you love it here. Quiet. Private. Gorgeous view."I was still looking at her, "I love the view."She looked at me, realized my meaning, smiled, and slapped my hand, "You need to get ready.""Aye aye, ma'am," I said invoking my naval training."Need me to help?""What are you going to do, scrub my back?" I asked sarcastically.Her face lit up and with a broad smile, "Sure. I'll scrub your back."In hindsight, I think that little exchange opened a door. I looked at her questioningly.Perhaps I was a little dense. "That might be hard. I have a claw foot tub with a shower.""Well let me see."I led the way as we climbed the stairs and I showed her the bathroom. "Claw foot tub. Not much room.""Oh," she said. "I didn't expect that. Well, I don't want to get this wet."She kicked off her yellow flats. Then with one quick motion, she reached down, grabbed the hem of her dress, and pulled it over her head. Christina stood before me completely naked. Looking back, I would have never thought she went commando. She was breathtakingly beautiful. I'm sure my jaw dropped. Her breasts were quite pert with perfectly proportioned areolas surrounding semi-erect nipples. She had trimmed her pubes into the classic delta; I could see her labia through the short, brown hair. I just stared.

Join us in our community where we tackle issues like BLTS with education, community support, and challenges! Join HEREIn this episode of the Lifting Lindsay podcast, the focus is on BLTS (Bites, Licks, Tastes, and Sips) and their impact on fat loss and maintenance goals. Lindsay discusses how these seemingly minor habits can significantly hinder progress towards achieving and maintaining a desired body composition. Through her Fun Fact Friday segment, she explains the importance of addressing and stopping habitual BLTs to prevent them from sabotaging diet efforts. Lindsay shares insights on recognizing and overcoming the root causes of BLTs, including lack of meal satisfaction, emotional eating, and unawareness of their accumulation. She offers practical advice on creating awareness, enjoying larger and more satisfying meals, and finding emotional solutions to avoid mindless snacking. Additionally, Lindsay highlights the importance of community, accountability, and self-check-ins as tools for success. Topics:00:00 What are BLTS?02:28 Why are BLTS ruining fat loss?12:53 Why do women turn to BLTS?17:25 Checking in on your emotions21:10 Suggestions for working through emotional struggles28:05 How do I stay motivated?

Thanks for coming to Cleveland America. We talk about BLTs and Diners. Then we get into a discussion about The Browns building a dome in Brookpark or staying downtown. 00:00 Starting Things Off 9:00 Sloppenheimer 20:00 Drugs 30:00 Browns Stadium

On this episode fan favorite, interior designer Don Richards is back once again! Zen Friends have written in with their home decorating dilemmas and Don has answers. Don will answer three different listener questions including, grandparents who needs a solution to a room in a home that they will sell in the next two years, a newly single mom who has a brand new rental home and a mom with a large family room that she would like to make more visually appealing as well as cozy and functional. Don is on a mission to make home decor affordable for everyone. And in this episode Don will talk about how to get a bargain on Facebook Market Place, how to find designer deals at Target, the least amount of money you should spend for a well made couch as well as what to look for on Amazon. To see photos of some of Don's recommendations, join our private Facebook group by searching for Your Zen Friend, in groups on Facebook.Don's Bio: Consumed by architecture, design, and home since childhood, Don graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia with a degree in Historic Preservation. For the last thirty years, his obsession with home has seen him in the worlds of interior design, visual merchandising, and real estate. A Litchfield County native, Don has designed spaces in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Florida, while vowing never again to work in NYC because of elevator constraints. Can a sofa be disassembled and put back together? The answer is yes. Should it be? LOL, the answer is no. He believes the key to a space being home is personality and quirk. Try and think outside the box with vintage and unique. Look toward the architectural style of the property and let that guide you. If you love it, it will usually work. Just no 75'' flat screens, please. Don is passionate about BLTs, turtlenecks, and his orange tabby, Ernest. Not necessarily in that order.Connect with Don:email: don@theshoppes.netFind him at Middle Furniture in Middlebury, CT: https://www.middleburyfurniture.com/instagram: @dwrhomedesignI'd love to hear from YOU! Here's how to connect with me:Email me at: YourZenFriendPod@gmail.comFind me on instagram @YourZenFriendPodTo join Amanda Jefferson's, "Get it Done Club:"  https://indigoorganizing.thrivecart.com/the-get-it-done-club/Remember to enter code GETITDONE for $5 off your first monthFor information on Lauren's counseling services, including her upcoming group counseling for children and teens check out: www.LaurenCounseling.com

In this episode, we venture into the often-unspoken realities that are crucial for anyone looking to improve their health and wellness. I shed light on the critical yet overlooked aspects that significantly influence your well-being. We discuss the intricate role of the nervous system and dissect how daily choices—such as indulging in wine, neglecting sleep, failing to set boundaries, excessive phone use, consuming processed foods, a fixed mindset, dehydration, and poor stress management—can derail your health goals. We talk about our workouts—challenging the belief that you're working out hard enough—and confront the myths surrounding caloric deficit, highlighting how subtle overeating and overlooked indulgences like "bites, licks, and tastes" (BLTs) can accumulate. Moreover, we tackle the monotony of health routines, emphasizing the necessity of persistently repeating beneficial habits without the allure of an end date. What Hormone is Imbalanced? Quiz! Fullscript (Get 10% off all supplements) "How To Balance Your Hormones For Better Sleep, Mood, Periods and Energy" Free, On Demand Training Website  Consults with Ali  Ali's Instagram Ali's Facebook Group: Holistic Health with Ali Damron  Psychophysiolgic Association The Cure For Chronic Pain Pain Free You

Stephen Colbert is back on the Pod Show with a deep dive into one of The Late Show's most celebrated segments: The Colbert Questionert. Listen as Stephen tells Podcast Producer Becca about how Keanu Reeves played a hand in the Questionert's origin story, which celebrity's answers have stuck out to him the most, and what size tomato he prefers in his BLTs in this podcast exclusive conversation with our host. Then enjoy the original first two Colbert Questionerts with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, both administered over Zoom in early 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Zen Friend and fan favorite, Don Richards is back to talk interior design on a budget. We will talk about some common problem areas that can be challenging to make beautiful in homes.  We will also talk about how to make your home work for you now instead of decorating for a fantasy self. Ever wondered what your options are for an easy fix for a popcorn ceiling or mirrored closet doors?  Is it ever a smart choice to refinish or DYI kitchen cabinets? Should you follow the Pinterest trend of using lots of matching baskets? Don answers all these questions and more!And stay tuned till the end of the episode when Don makes an exciting announcement!Don's Bio: Consumed by architecture, design, and home since childhood, Don graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia with a degree in Historic Preservation. For the last thirty years, his obsession with home has seen him in the worlds of interior design, visual merchandising, and real estate. A Litchfield County native, Don has designed spaces in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Florida, while vowing never again to work in NYC because of elevator constraints. Can a sofa be disassembled and put back together? The answer is yes. Should it be? LOL, the answer is no. He believes the key to a space being home is personality and quirk. Try and think outside the box with vintage and unique. Look toward the architectural style of the property and let that guide you. If you love it, it will usually work. Just no 75'' flat screens, please. Don is passionate about BLTs, turtlenecks, and his orange tabby, Ernest. Not necessarily in that order.Connect with Don:email: don@theshoppes.netFind him at Middle Furniture in Middlebury, CT: https://www.middleburyfurniture.com/instagram: @dwrhomedesignI'd love to hear from YOU! Here's how to connect with me:Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/yourzenfriendEmail me at: YourZenFriendPod@gmail.comFind me on instagram @YourZenFriendPodFor information on Lauren's counseling services, including her upcoming group counseling for children and teens check out: www.LaurenCounseling.com

Flight of Fancy joins the show to talk Argent Flight, playing factions that aren't strong, beating BLT in a Ministers game with the Strengthen Bonds secret, and whether BLT likes mayo on his BLTs. 0:55 - Async Rank Update 1:53 - Flight of Fancy joins the show 3:00 - Getting into TI4 and Async TI4 6:20 - On playing fast 8:01 - Argent Flight (of Fancy) 12:55 - Argent's starting tech (and why you should go green/yellow) 19:58 - Tech of the week: Neural Motivator 24:02 - Does BLT put mayo on his BLT? 25:37 - Async TI and parenting 28:54 - Bot updates

Tom Chenault, Network Marketing Legend, International Speaker, Co-founder of Contact Mapping and Co-host of Legacy Leadership Show details his difficult upbringing, what happened when he had his very first drink, and how he stopped drinking after his very first AA meeting and became a Network Marketing legend. He also shares the key to his massive success! 1:30:18 Show Notes:   00:44 - Eric welcomes Tom and asks him how long he's been on the radio. 05:04 - Tom details his difficult upbringing and how it shaped his personality. 14:52 - Tom shares how he drank though college. 22:10 - The moment that Tom's life changed.  28:53 - Tom explains how his drinking got even worse and how he started selling airplanes. 32:57 - Tom loses his job and starts selling penny stocks. 38:34 - Tom pulls back the curtain on the moment he joined Alcoholics Anonymous. 48:10 - Eric and Tom discuss being all ego and no self-esteem and struggling with self-worth. 56:23 - Tom describes how an ad falling out of a newspaper started his Network Marketing career. 01:01:53 - Everything changed when Tom decided to serve people. 01:07:33 - Tom details how to serve people with a Network Marketing business.  01:11:50 - Tom has lots of famous friends that are also in AA.  01:14:31 - Tom explains what a “coffee shop interview" and the “BLTS” concept are. 01:23:44 - Eric tells Tom what he doesn't like about him and thanks him for his contributions.   Resources From This Podcast:  Contact Mapping https://contactmapping.com/ Now Site https://now.site/   Questions or Comments?  Do you have questions you would like me to answer in future podcasts or comments on the show you'd like to share?  Email me at podcast@networkmarketingpro.com  

Today we're joined by Costaki Economopoulos with his All Pro Lines NFL Report! Plus, we talk about games added to the Olympics, McDonald's Crocs, and Tom giving his dogs BLTs! Enjoy every segment of today's BOB & TOM Show. Join Tom Griswold, Chick McGee, Kristi Lee, Josh Arnold, Pat Godwin, and Willie Griswold for a blend of comedy, talk, news, and sports. Avoid the commercials and get the full show without ads through B&T VIP. Subscribe now at BobandTom.com/VIP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The journey from technician to entrepreneur is fraught with risk — but as those who have successfully walked the path will tell you: with big risks come big rewards. In this episode, we speak with someone who has successfully walked the entrepreneurial path many times: Brian Will, Best-Selling Author and Business Consultant at Brian Will Media. Brian shares the secrets to scaling your business, from hiring to negotiating to checking your ego at the door — and everything in between. SHOW NOTES - Introduction and the problem with BLTs [0:00] - Introducing Brian Will [9:48]  - The problem with relying too heavily on one client [12:27]  - Why every day in business must end with “why?” [18:18] - The difference between an entrepreneur and a manager [22:56 - Why entrepreneurs should take Elon Musk's advice with a grain of salt [31:34]   Resources And People Mentioned: This episode is kindly sponsored by: - Sera (visit their website)  - UpFrog (visit their website) - Copeland (visit their website). This should be copeland.com - CompanyCam (visit their website) Visit www.companycam.com/SBM and use code SBM for a free 2-week trial, 1:1 training and account setup, and 50% off your first two months! Join the Service Business Mastery Facebook group Visit our website: https://www.servicebusinessmastery.com   Affiliate links: - Castmagic - https://get.castmagic.io/SBM  - StreamYard - https://streamyard.com/pal/c/4524595769507840 - CallRail - https://partners.callrail.com/relentless-digital  - IfTTT- 10 Percent off!  - https://ifttt.com/join?referral_code=BoERPHYVbCFE-C7okWNiClo3ygLafRze

Did you know that there are more tools to measure your health progress than just a scale? Today, Jessica Kuchnia, from DexaFit Madison is here to explain to us what a DEXA scan is and what all it measures. We first met Jess when we walked into her business for our own scans. We all share the same passion for all things health, fitness, nutrition, and longevity.It can be so hard not to compare ourselves to other women. Especially in this social media era we are living in. Jess explains why it is important to focus on progress on ourselves and how focusing inward can be our best bet when it comes to living our healthiest lives. We also know that progress can be slow. Especially as we age and after we have babies. Jess explains what can help with this and why playing the long game when it comes to your health is best.One of our favorite pieces of advice that Jess shares is to beware of the “BLTs” of life - and they aren't what you think they are!Sponsor: 10% off at BETTERHELP: http://betterhelp.com/herselfSponsor: Sponsor: LMNT; drinkLMNT.com/HERSELFLinks & Resources:Enroll in the HERself Self-Care CourseFollow DexaFit Madison on InstagramFollow DexaFit Madison on FacebookDexaFit Madison WebsiteEmail: madison.wi@dexafit.comDexaFit Madison Fall Challenge Info: The challenge starts on October 16th, 2023 and ends on January 6th, 2024. It includes two DXA scans (baseline and follow up) and then 6, 3D scans to help stay on track throughout. Participants can also include an optional RMR for a discounted rate. Let's connect!HERSELF SHOP: https://herself-podcast-favorites.myshopify.comHERSELF PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/herselfpodcastHERSELF INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/herselfpodcastMEET AMY: http://instagram.com/ameskieferMEET ABBY: http://instagram.com/abbyrosegreenThis episode was produced and edited by @pivotballchange.

On a mission to make your home both functional and aesthetically pleasing without breaking the bank? Join the conversation with my dear friend and interior designer, Don Richards. In this episode Don offers insights on some of the best places to shop for a deal and shares what to hunt for and what to steer clear of in stores like Home Goods. Whether it's brightening your home with fresh flowers, music, and lighting or hunting for unique pieces in local thrift stores, Don's tips make beautiful homes accessible for all. Don and I have fun with a quiz I designed where Don has to guess the  paint color names that are real and the one I made up. These are all crazy names! See if you can guess the real paint colors. It's not that easy! We wrap up our chat by touching some great design accounts and bloggers to follow for inspiration, and highlight some helpful design resources like Emily Henderson's book, The New Design Rules, and the website Copycatchic. Some resources that are mentioned: The Dollar Tree - https://www.dollartree.comThrift Store in Bantam CT - https://www.clothestreect.com/Chintz and Prints in Newtown CT - https://www.chintznprints.com/https://www.younghouselove.com/https://www.younghouselove.com/podcast-introduction/https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/Book: The New Design Rules by Emily Henderson - https://a.co/d/5ktAo5DShay McGee for Target - https://www.target.com/b/threshold-designed-w-studio-mcgee/-/N-q643le65vqvhttps://www.copycatchic.com/Pottery Barn - https://www.potterybarn.comDon's Bio: Consumed by architecture, design, and home since childhood, Don graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia with a degree in Historic Preservation. For the last thirty years, his obsession with home has seen him in the worlds of interior design, visual merchandising, and real estate. A Litchfield County native, Don has designed spaces in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Florida, while vowing never again to work in NYC because of elevator constraints. Can a sofa be disassembled and put back together? The answer is yes. Should it be? LOL, the answer is no. He believes the key to a space being home is personality and quirk. Try and think outside the box with vintage and unique. Look toward the architectural style of the property and let that guide you. If you love it, it will usually work. Just no 75'' flat screens, please. Don is passionate about BLTs, turtlenecks, and his orange tabby, Ernest. Not necessarily in that order.Connect with Don: email: don@theshoppes.netFind him at Middle Furniture in Middlebury, CT: https://www.middleburyfurniture.com/instagram: @dwrhomedesign I'd love to hear from YOU! Here's how to connect with me:Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/yourzenfriendEmail me at: YourZenFriendPod@gmail.comFind me on instagram @YourZenFriendPodFor information on Lauren's counseling services, including her upcoming group counseling for children and teens check out: www.LaurenCounseling.com

New segment this week called “Football Wrap-up” and it is self explanatory. We packed tons into this episode so buckle up nightshifters and enjoy the ride!

Our buddy Nick Bravo has recently deleted his YouTube page to focus on love! But he and his lady Sabella have resurfaced for an in-depth interview (with @DaddyDragnauct ) spilling all the sweaty, salivay, sexual squishy details you could only expect when two planets collide!!! Love is in the air and it smells like BLTs!!! Plus!!! Our buddy Vince the Lawyer betrayed the trust of our best-friend Karl Hamburger by leaking a private group text that El Horrible was a part of...did you know El Horrible was on that group chat?!?! Because NO ONE is talking about it! What am I fucking invisible?!?! Doesn't anyone care that I've been outed as Tookie?!? Fuck!!! Plus!!! Plus!!! PosterGate continues and Shuli admits the whole thing was a HUGE mistake... All this and YOUR CALLS- 973-440-9770 Thank you @StevieLewComedy and @InsufferableBastardsPodcast for joining us today!Visit: BeDabblinLIVE.com Please Like and Subscribe and be sure to Hit the Bell to never miss anything! Sign Up for our $3.99 Beloved Chattah Membership Tier to get all BeDabbler Exclusive Content!!! Follow El Horrible on Twitter at: @BeDabbler Follow OJ on Twitter: @ObnoxiousJohn https://linktr.ee/bedabbler Call 973-440-9770 ANYTIME and leave us a Voice Mail that will most likely be played on the show at some point. BeDabblin LIVE's theme is written, performed and recorded by @daytraitorCO Spotify -https://open.spotify.com/artist/57Xs5BwQJE8XtJxgV6HD70 Thank you all for the Super Chats, Super Thanks and Overall Support! #AlwaysBeDabblin #FunnyBeforeMoney

Can we really have our burger, eat it—and never need to kill a cow? Growing meat outside of animals—in a lab or, these days, in shiny steel bioreactors—promises to deliver a future in which we can enjoy sausages and sushi without guilt, and maybe even without sending our planet up in smoke. For years, it's seemed like science fiction, but it's finally a reality: this month, Americans will get their first chance to buy cultivated meat in a restaurant. But how exactly do you get chicken nuggets, BLTs, and bluefin sashimi from a bunch of cells growing in large metal vats? Does this new cultivated meat taste any good? Can enough be grown to replace industrial meat? And, if so, is this new technology actually an improvement on industrial animal agriculture and fishing? Gastropod is on the case! Join us this episode as we sink our teeth into a whole lot of lab-grown lunches, uncover the science behind the sci-fi, and investigate whether the companies making cultivated meat can actually fulfill the lofty promises they make. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before Lindsie is off on vacation, her and Kristen talk the latest in the Bryan Kohberger trial, what is the best way to have a BLT, and Lindsie finally gives us some details on how she met her boyfriend (who will now be dubbed Trampoline Dad). And what about those photos Caroline posted recently?? What about em.. Follow us @TheSouthernTeaPodcast for more! Thank you to our sponsors!Hint Water: New customers get $1 a bottle with free shipping when you order 3 cases. Use the code SOUTHERNTEA at checkoutIndeed: Visit Indeed.com/SOUTHERNTEA to start hiring now with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post. Terms and conditions apply

Rick Easton is co-owner of Bread and Salt Bakery in Jersey City, New Jersey. He's also the coauthor of a fascinating new cookbook, Bread and How to Eat It, which he wrote with his partner, the great journalist Melissa McCart. On this episode, we talk about Rick's love of baking, sandwiches, and not following convention. We also find out how working in Italy informed his unique style that has made Bread and Salt one of the region's most beloved spots. We hope you enjoy learning more about Rick Easton.Also on the show, Aliza and Matt are joined by producers Pat and Shalea for a sandwich draft. That's right, it's an NBA-style snake draft, separating the BLTs from the PB&Js. Where will the Italian hoagie land? Will avocado toast be left waiting to be picked?MORE FROM RICK EASTON:Rick Easton's Pizza With Peppers [NYT Cooking]Chef Rick Easton Is Chasing After His Dream Sausage [Grub Street]FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW:instagram.com/breadandsaltbakeryinstagram.com/mattrodbardinstagram.com/taste

Hello ya little BLTs! On episode 105 of HINKY, the gang can't decide if they're ready for summer or not. But that's okay! We had plenty of food stuffs to keep us preoccupied from the heat. Sara and Carrie went to several restaurants, including a hidden gem that Sara hadn't heard of before. Renee tells us about all the goings on in Renee's Reports, and we try some special summer edition chips and some cobbler offerings in Everybody Tries. Carrie tells us the history of America's most famous congealed salad ingredient, and we round out the episode with what we're drinking. What else did we talk about? Follow us online wherever you get your podcasts to find out! Social media: Hungry in Kentucky: New episodes every other Wednesday Twitter and IG @hungryinky Bluegrass Bourbon and Eats: Facebook and IG @bluegrassbourbonandeats Twitter @bbandeats Girls Beer Sports: New episodes every Monday Facebook and IG @girlsbeersports Twitter @grlsbeersports Bluegrass Bourbon and Eats is also a blog! Read our posts at bbandeats.com

We review the final Spring Into Love film When Love Springs. We're a house divided on this one, but we also talk about BLTs and pantsuits on vacation, so it's all fun!

Mother's Day is fast approaching and Melanie has traveled back west to spend some time with her babies. That doesn't mean that doesn't mean that we can't celebrate moms while she's away! Anthony has invited his mom, Queen Jean, to the mic to get her thoughts on dating as an older woman, marriage (she's had three), and what she thinks about his and Melanie's marriage. PLUS, what does Mama Jean think about needing a man at her age? Does she want to be in a relationship AND what is she hoping Anthony picks up for her for Mother's Day? Here's a hint, it comes in packs of 4, 12 or 48. Time to join the Love Revolution family! What most surprised you about spiritual love? Tap in with us over at  @theamazingclarks and @blacklovepodcastnetwork and let us know what your story is!Click Here if you are interested in being coached for The Amazing Clarks Podcast!========Do you have a question for The Amazing Clarks? Let us know by filling out our form!========Are you interested in becoming a life coach or want more tips and tricks from The Amazing Clarks?  Head over to the Law of Attraction Life Coach Academy!If you want more tips and tricks from The Amazing Clarks, pick up your copy of Crack The Code: The Secret To Achieving Your Happily Ever After========The award-winning

For complete information, please visit, bookmark, and share The Hagmann Report at our new website: https://www.HagmannPI.comTIPS: (Anonymity guaranteed): doug@hagmannreport.comFor complete show notes, links, and complete description, visit www.HagmannPI.comThe Hagmann Report is brought to you by EMP Shield - www.EMPshield.com/hagmannUse Promo Code HAGMANN for $50 OFF!IMPORTANT LINKS:DONATE: (www.HagmannReport.com/donate)HAGMANN COFFEE & MORE: (www.HagmannStore.com)The Hagmann Report provides news and information based on exclusive investigative work, proprietary sources, contacts, qualified guests, and open-source material. The Hagmann Report will never be burdened by political correctness or held hostage to an agenda of revisionist history.Join Doug Hagmann, host of the Hagmann Report, Weekdays @ 3 PM ET.ON THE GO? SUBSCRIBE TO HAGMANN'S PODCASTiTunes: (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hagmann-report/id631558915?uo=4)Spotify: BANNED!iHeart: (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-hagmann-report-30926499/)Spreaker: (https://www.spreaker.com/show/hagmann-report)FOLLOW HAGMANN AT:Gab: https://gab.com/DougHagmannGettr: https://gettr.com/user/doughagmannTruth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@DougHagmann

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BLTs made for vegetarians, lolx bagels, and cozy AF potato salad. Today's Menu: Vegan BLT with Baked Tempeh Bacon by Vegan Huggs BLT with Rice Paper Bacon by Thee Burger Dude Strawberry Goji Compote from Whole Food Cooking Every Day by Amy Chaplin Ube Crispy Rice Treats by Meg Mezeske (adapted from Nutella Brown Butter Crispies by Anna Posey for Bon Appétit) Roasted Potato Salad With Mustard-Walnut Vinaigrette by Food52 “Vegan Smoked Salmon” Carrot Lox by Delightful Vegans Macadamia Dill Cheese by Delightful Vegans Today's Media: Vegan Street Fair YoEgg The Science of the Squeezable, Poppable Vegan Egg Yolk by Bettina Makalintal Off Menu Podcast Just Puddings James Acaster & Ed Gamble Judge Posh Snacks | Snack Wars High on the Hog Next Level Chef _ Find Pod Appétit: Website: podappetitpodcast.com YouTube: youtube.com/@pod_appetit Twitter: @pod_appetit Instagram: @pod_appetit Facebook: podappetitpodcast Email: podappetitpodcast@gmail.com Merch: podappetit.threadless.com Newsletter: podappetit.substack.com _ Logo by: Janelle Wilke Instagram: @janelle.wilke

I spend a lot of time thinking about food, I've been criticized or “ribbed” about this personality flaw by my wife, and several past girlfriends. I am constantly talking about the next meal, or food trends I'm infatuated with, or food products I want to develop. I contemporaneously imagine how food and culture bring people of all nations together and also tear them apart. I picture how to plate up food in my mind by separating the plate into zones and imagining which food will go best in what zone, to overlap foods or not, to sauce on top or underneath, to use whole herbs or chopped, to drizzle with oil or sprinkle with cheese. The possibilities are endless. Even with all that thought, sometimes coming up with original recipes, ideas or meal plans can be a challenge for me, and likely you too. We only have a certain number of dishes or techniques in our “culinary inventory” to choose from in order to make meals or holiday dinners. I find myself planning new ways to cook old foods like slow-cooking tomatoes for 3 days to make intense sauces or fermenting peppers for 8 weeks to make mayonaise or how I might stretch meals made in one pot so I can make dinner, and lunch the next day, and maybe a picnic the day after. I like to think about cold fried chicken and tangy coleslaw and lemony iced tea on a hot day under a shade tree at a local park or lake. Near constant thought about food, man what would I do without food….too hard to imagine so let's move on. As I write this Easter Sunday dinner is only 4 nights away. It's a big day for many and certainly for our family as we will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, a very important tradition and reminder for us that just happens to coincide with a nice gathering and hopefully great food and meaningful conviviality. When I think of Easter dinner leg of lamb, beef brisket and ham all come flashing to me with bright lights. But there are many other food traditions related to Easter as well but our kids don't collect eggs anymore and we don't buy hollow chocolate bunnies anymore either. We will buy them some nice dark chocolate bars and maybe some candy too but I will be spending more time today imagining dinner not treats. Recently I had a few BLTs that were amazing….did you see the pictures on my Instagram feed? If not, please go follow me there! Those tangy and crispy sandwiches had me thinking about summer, and all the freshly-harvested food that I hope I will find locally to cook with, sadly I then remember how lame southern Utah's food scene is and my mind turns yet again to Easter supper. I have been presenting my family with 3-4 choices to see if anything has a consensus that would make my life easy. Man, it would be nice to have a smoked brisket with BBQ sauce, coleslaw, mac-n-cheese, green beans, or collards with a flourless chocolate cake for dessert! But a nice grilled ham steak with apple sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas, and carrots sounds good too! Then there's always the classic Jewish-style slow-cooked beef brisket with onion tomato gravy and related side dishes or leg of lamb. I mentioned earlier, but that nasty New Zealand lamb will only please my wife and father-in-law. The rest of us will be having pizza or grilled cheese. As you can tell, I have more thinking to do, with that said, please check out the show notes, and God Bless, I love you all! LINKS TO CHECK OUT: Harvest Eating Youtube Support Harvest Eating Enroll in Food Storage Feast Save $50 dollars on enrollment-COUPON CODE: save50 Brown Duck Coffee About Chef Keith Snow LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: On iTunes Fountain FM Stitcher Radio Player FM Google Top Podcast Audible Podbay

In this episode, we try a chip that is a perfect ten! We head back to H-E-B to try their Lemon Pepper Wavy Potato Chips! We also talk about a delicious local seafood spot, our love letter to BLTs, and a sweet Valentine's Day surprise! Join us! Audio version available on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify | Instagram @crunchfactorpod | Music by Dark Black | Recorded February 25th, 2023

The food truck serves up delicious BLTs, grilled cheese, chicken melts, and hamburgers, grinding bacon right into the ground beef and flattening the patties by hand. WBZ's Kim Tunnicliffe reports.

TODAY ON THE SHOW, Rich was up all night because of the passing of his beloved family dog, BUT, he got a second wind and between him and Johnjay... they ASKED YOU for the time you had to turn around and drive back home on a road trip and how far into the drive you got. The calls were fantastic, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN! Also, Kyle hates bacon but craved BLTs?? Plus, an ALL NEW BREAKING BAD NEWS, Talkbacks, and SO MUCH MORE!

On this podcast I will talk about: Making Your Home Your Sanctuary with interior designer and friend Don Richards. Don will share his expertise on home do's and don't, decorating for the holidays and how to make your home reflect who you are. A little about Don: Consumed by architecture, design, and home since childhood, Don graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia with a degree in Historic Preservation. For the last thirty years, his obsession with home has seen him in the worlds of interior design, visual merchandising, and real estate. A Litchfield County native, Don has designed spaces in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Florida, while vowing never again to work in NYC because of elevator constraints. Can a sofa be disassembled and put back together? The answer is yes. Should it be? LOL, the answer is no. He believes the key to a space being home is personality and quirk. Try and think outside the box with vintage and unique. Look toward the architectural style of the property and let that guide you. If you love it, it will usually work. Just no 75'' flat screens, please. Don is passionate about BLTs, turtlenecks, and his orange tabby, Ernest. Not necessarily in that order. He can be reached at: Middlebury Furniture and Home Design1101 Southford RoadMiddlebury, CT  06762860-996-8690don@theshoppes.netdonrichardsIII on InstagramIf you like this episode please subscribe! It also will help others to find this podcast when you leave a 5 star rating and review. If you have a question, comment or an idea for a future episode please reach out. You can email me at: YourZenFriendPod@gmail.comor find me on instagram @YourZenFriendPodOr in facebook groups at: www.facebook.com/groups/yourzenfriend/For more information on Lauren's counseling services check out: www.LaurenCounseling.com 

Matt & Kat are back and Britt is sick, Heather is hungry, and Cam is team #sprina. The fed lose faith in Jordan, Dex is shot, while Anna is on the run! All this and more on the 10th Floor! 

Biff's Best Bets, BLTs, and More - Thursday Hour 2

Sonia Hong is back in burger business on Santa Monica Blvd and she's inside the Sherman Oaks food building to tell the story of how it all went down. Sonia is joined by her Irv's partners, Larry Longo and Brad Slater to review the menu, breakdown the must-orders, and listen to Jordan go on and on about lettuce wraps, BLTs, and a new idea for "The Burger Roll."

In this episode, the Goobers celebrate a very important birthday before talking about Pusha T's beef with the golden arches, Pepsi's new maple syrup soda, Chef Jose Andres' latest contribution to space travel, a puzzling producer's note to Amanda Seales about BLTs, and the best thing we ate this week. Heard on the show: Get some gear: https://gooberswag.com Steel City Cheesesteaks: https://www.facebook.com/steelcitycheesesteaks/ Gabi's Chicken Salteado ( A guest contributed the best thing we ate this week. Yay!): https://bit.ly/3IXuZ9r --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gourmetgoober/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gourmetgoober/support

By understanding the conditions that cause relapses, you can devise clever and preventative solutions moving forward. Today's episode explores the most common conditions for slips – BLT (Bored, Lonely, Tired) and practical things you can do to ensure they are not causing any more relapses. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry Pre-Order my book The Last Relapse Attend my launch party for The Last Relapse

By understanding the conditions that cause relapses, you can devise clever and preventative solutions moving forward. Today's episode explores the most common conditions for slips – BLT (Bored, Lonely, Tired) and practical things you can do to ensure they are not causing any more relapses. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry   Pre-Order my book The Last Relapse Attend my launch party for The Last Relapse  

What are the characteristics of beer? And which pitchers best represent the characteristics of beer? You know that only Triple Play would bring on Eno Sarris, the well-known lover of fine brews, sandwiches, and baseball, to discuss the intersection of these great loves! Question of the week? Create a sandwich based on a player's name, or nickname! Game by David! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices