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And the high energy of the show would not be the same if Nate hadn't gotten his second shot. The crew gets to go over a few of Joe Rogen's statements about the vaccine. Brings us to some political figures who are bad doctors and seeing that it is Super Hero day had to include some comic book doctors. We dive into the California governor situation and some of the candidates. We jump into the Oscars and the show. Do a little bit of the streaming conversation as well as scenarios over in the WWE. Some chit-chat on Paul Ruben and the Olympics to finish off the show. We hope everyone is staying safe out there as we're getting towards the end of this madness. Stay safe.

Moe discusses why getting older bothers him so much it makes him feel weak. Brings up things you should never ask someone, explains why you should never go into business with friends and talks about why telling people to know their worth can be a bad thing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Moe discusses why getting older bothers him so much it makes him feel weak. Brings up things you should never ask someone, explains why you should never go into business with friends and talks about why telling people to know their worth can be a bad thing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The author of The Land of The Four Series, Samantha talks about her writing methods and inspirations. Also, check out her new book coming out May 3rd 2021, The Dragon Master.   About Samantha Evans Born in Northern California. Wife, mother to three amazing children, and author of fantasy and adventure. Brings adventure with a mix of fantasy to the pages. Advocate for people who have Russel Silver Syndrome, and epilepsy. Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sammers1119 Follow me on Word Press: https://samanthaevansauthor.home.blog   https://www.amazon.com/Samantha-Evans/e/B08234ZRK1

Blue Chalcedony is a periwinkle blue, cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz known for its soothing influence and ability to enhance joy. A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Blue Chalcedony: "I find peace in my environment, and more importantly, within myself." Common Healing Properties of Blue Chalcedony: Enhances group cooperation and communication Helps you speak up when it's difficult, but necessary for the highest good of all Aids in successful telepathy Facilitates the creation of a soothing environment Transforms "negative" energy into positive energy (energy that's for your highest good) Brings a sense of balance to the mind, body, and spirit Enhances generosity (of yourself or of others) Brings joy to any situation Increases self-confidence Enhances enthusiasm Stifles bad dreams and promotes restful sleep Cleanses emotional wounds Dispels energetic causes of dementia Regulates energetic circulation   Colors: Translucent, cornflower to sky blue Associated Chakras: 5th (Throat) Zodiac Signs: Aquarius, Pisces, Libra Elements: Air, Water Companion Flowers: Vinca Companion Essential Oil: Linden Blossom Companion Stone: Pink Fluorite Common Origins: Namibia Notes: If banded, then it's called Blue Lace Agate. Wanna’ Get Science-y? Click Here to get more information about this crystal!     Metaphysical Uses of Blue Chalcedony: Similar to Peach Moonstone, Blue Chalcedony has a very gentle energy. It is almost ethereal, enhancing the connection between yourself and those on the other side who have important messages to share with you.  A high energy stone, this crystal allows contact with only those spirits or ancestors who are working for your highest good and protects you from any negative entities. Blue Chalcedony has a sweet energy and enhances charm and likeability. It’s a great stone for those who need to work closely with others in a group, or those who need to assume leadership positions. Further, this crystal helps you keep a cool head in difficult situations or when working with opposing personalities. Blue Chalcedony is a stone of balance, which can counteract any scattered tendencies, as sometimes we want to have things both ways. Compromise and generosity, chalcedony’s gifts, encourage our better side. The stone fosters openness, agreeability, and personal charm. Its milky appearance suggests some of the properties historically associated with it. For example, Italian women traditionally wear chalcedony beads after childbirth for successful lactation. Chalcedony — especially the common blue kind — has a cool, soft quality soothes energetic causes of inflammation of the eyes, blood, and sexual organs.   /* More Information About Chalcedony: The name chalcedony (pronounced “kal-SEH-duh-nee”) is a blanket term for many varieties of cryptocrystalline (small-grained) Quartz.  Often when jewelers and gemologists talk about chalcedony, they mean the white-to-blue variety, but we’ve also seen lovely specimens (like Black Mystic Chalcedony). Chalcedony exists in almost every color. In fact, many forms of Quartz are technically also forms of chalcedony: jaspers, agates, onyx — even petrified wood! The reason for this is that when Earth’s geological activity breaks up her abundant supply of quartz, small crystals often morph into something new, picking up all kinds of minerals and other stuff in the process. The large crystalline pieces are varieties of Quartz, the banded varieties are Agates, the opaque varieties are Jaspers, and the translucent varieties without banding are Chalcedony (generally speaking).       Pin it!     Want to grow your knowledge & become a CONFIDENT Certified Crystal Healer? Find out more about my CCH and Advanced Crystal Practitioner Programs HERE!

If "The Joshua Tree" was the album that propelled Irish band U2 to the stratosphere of rock success, Achtung Baby was the album that would cement them in that status permanently.  The band was coming off mixed success with their hybrid live/studio album "Rattle and Hum," and were struggling directionally.  The band felt that they were not prepared for the success they had received, or as drummer Larry Mullin, Jr. put it, "we were the biggest, but we weren't the best.”Achtung Baby draws its inspiration from German reunification, much like the Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum drew inspiration from America.  U2 began recording in Berlin at Hansa Studios.  They arrived just before German reunification.  Rather than being inspired by reunification, the band found places gloomy and neglected.  Morale continued to falter as they struggled with the direction of the album, and actually considered breaking up.  With the encouragement of producer Brian Eno, the band continued on, and recommitted themselves to the group after returning to Dublin during Christmas.  Recording was relocated to Dublin in February of 1991.Musically, the album has a more Eurocentric feel.  Bono and the Edge were gravitating to electronica and new sounds while Clayton and Mullin, Jr. preferred sounds more reminiscent of classic rock.  The synthesis created a sound that was less "over the top" than previous U2 works, and really opened up the commercial success of the group.  While the sound might be less "over the top," the forthcoming tour called "Zoo TV" was the epitome of "over the top."  By this time, U2 was performing not in concert halls, but in stadiums.This is an album that will definitely get your attention. Even Better Than the Real ThingThis second track on the album was the fourth single released.  The song originated from a guitar riff created during the "Rattle and Hum" sessions.  The song is about the instant gratification of commercialism and its effects on society.  There's a more "techno" sound in this song, with the guitar delays and the double octaves throughout.Mysterious WaysWhat a great hook at the start of this song!  Jesus Jones was an influence on the group at the time, and you can feel it on this track.  The song itself is an idealization of women, and the trap of separating them into angels and devils.  The video was shot in Morocco and used a belly dancer to portray that "she moves in mysterious ways."OneThis is the song that brought the group back together when they were struggling in their recording sessions in Berlin.  The song itself is vaguely about relationships and may have been influenced by the dissolution of the Edge's marriage to Aislinn O'Sullivan.  Until the End of the WorldThis deeper cut from the album is set in a Biblical setting with Bono singing as Judas in a conversation with Jesus.  "We ate the food, we drank the wine.  Everybody having a good time except you.  You were talking about the end of the world."  It was never released as a single. ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:Theme from the motion picture “The Addams Family”The movie based on the 60's television series was released in November. STAFF PICKS:“Everything About You” by Ugly Kid JoeWayne kicks off the staff picks with a song off the EP Ugly As They Wanna Be.  The song describes everything the singer hates.  The name of the group is a spoof on the name of the group "Pretty Boy Floyd," and they have been described as the last glam metal band.  “Lies” by EMFRob takes us into the British alternative rock scene.  This is off EMF's debut album Schubert Dip.  EMF takes its name from a fan club of the band New Order called "Epsom Mad Funkers."  The album made it to number 3 on the UK charts, though it didn't do as well in the United States.  “The Sky is Crying” by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleBruce's Brings us a song posthumously released after Vaughan's helicopter crash in 1990.  It was originally recorded by Elmore James in 1959, and was performed by The AllmanBrothers Band at Duane Allman's funeral in 1971.  Jimmie Vaughan compiled the songs on this album, also called "The Sky is Crying," and all but one song had not been released previously.“Something to Talk About” by Bonnie RaittBrian's pick is Bonnie Raitt's breakout single.  Originally written by Shirley Eikhard, the song is about friends in a small town where everyone knows everyone else's business.  If everyone is assuming we're a couple, maybe we should give them something to talk about!   INSTRUMENTAL TRACK:“Where's My Thing” by RushThis instrumental from Roll the Bones came after several songs started as instrumentals but became perfect for a particular lyric.  Finally, drummer and lyricist told the band “You keep promising to do this instrumental, and I'm not giving you any more lyrics until you write this thing.”

Listen as I deliver breakfast to the girls, complete with Sioned drinking from a puddle - she hasn't read the text-book! Brings back memories of my first foray into a field full of alpacas. Such a thrill and only a hint of anxiety. It makes my day, every time. What about you, when did you meet your first alpaca and how did it make you feel? I'd love to know - let me know here so I can share it https://www.speakpipe.com/AlpacaTribe (https://www.speakpipe.com/AlpacaTribe)

Episode #61! Brings in Coach Bill Ivan of Dexter High School (MI) to talk about the Commandments of Offensive Line Play! This is a fun episode talking about all things offensive line. Our fellow Mushroom Society members will greatly enjoy and appreciate this episode! Wanna continue the conversation, or show your support for the show? Use the social handle @IronDreadPod and discuss the show! Make a post or story share and get a shout-out on next week's show! Weightroom Song of the Week Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KO6TDvLgxh1FCP49d415o?si=oFG2bwT2R9KtI Bf9 Watch the Replay of the Iron Dread Powerlifting Showcase meet here: tinyurl.com/IDPLShow21 Follow Coach Ivan: @Coach_ivan_dext Follow the Show: @IronDreadPod Follow Coach Chris Whittaker: @Coach_Whittaker66 on Instagram & @Coach_Whittaker on Twitter and @Irondread_sc Talking about the Show on Social Media? tag @irondreadpod to give us your feedback Sponsors: Crank It Up Dj Service @Crankitupdj_dancing Instagram @CrankitupDJ on Twitter and on Facebook Anchor: @Anchor Theme Song: “The Vengeful One” by Disturbed https://open.spotify.com/track/3jjU4Pky1ja5J1onU6ei4T?si=JTU9xkeKTzC9Q2T9H8wr5A --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

EquilibriumMaybe even equipoise.It’s in the balance.* * *Equanimity, the fourth and last of the immeasurables of Buddhism:1. Metta (loving kindness)2. Karuna (compassion)3. Mudita (sympathetic joy or empathy)4. Upekkha (equanimity)Upekkha. Has the ring of authenticity to it, doesn’t it? Equanimity, not so much. Too familiar, too ordinary. Besides, nobody really knows what it means. Note how much more authoritative it sounds when we use the Sanskrit? Brings to mind the Peter Sellers scene in The Naked Truth where, trying to pass for Irish in a pub in order to buy a bomb from the IRA says, “Well, we always have the Gaelic…” and launching into a monologue is immediately punched in the nose and thrown out of the bar. Fake accent of an Englishman the dead giveaway.This tendency — to rely heavily on jargonspeak — has a similar deleterious effect in any category of discourse, and can be especially disingenuous in dharma dialog. It sets up an “us and them” dichotomy, whether intended or not. It tends to imply that the speaker possesses greater knowledge, more expertise — at least in her or his own estimation — and therefore presumably the listener is rendered lesser in that regard. It leverages the faux asymmetry of the relationship. Zen is, or should be, the great equalizer.The implication is that, by boldly brandishing the Zen vernacular, I must have mastered its deeper meaning. This is why we have to keep reminding ourselves that we do not master Zen — in any language — it masters us. Far better to de-mystify any discussion, eliminating jargon wherever possible, and to rely on our own, direct experience — and plain language — to explore the true meaning of these ancient teachings. We teach each other Buddhism, as Matsuoka Roshi often said.Equanimity brings to mind other terms derived from the same root, such as equipoise, and equilibrium. The good thing about these terms is that they imply something physical, rather than emotional, or mental. The first two syllables derive from “equal,” and the dictionary definitions all refer to balance. So all three would have some connection to the Sanskrit samadhi, one of the more frequently mentioned jargon terms in Buddhism.In zazen, if we sit still enough for long enough, we begin to experience equipoise in our upright seated posture, coming into perfect alignment with gravity. All forces of mass and weight come to center around the spine, like the cables supporting a digital cell tower. When we hit that sweet spot in the middle of our stomach, it is as if we are floating off the cushion — free falling. Equilibrium ensues, affecting mental clarity and emotional composure. Eventually equanimity manifests even in the social sphere, where relationships with others benefit from less friction and conflict.If we regard equanimity, along with loving kindness, compassion, and empathy, as essentially immeasurable, they connect to Master Dogen’s closing lines in Jijuyu Zammai (Self-fulfilling Samadhi):Hundreds of things all manifest original practice from the original faceIt is impossible to measureKnow that even if all the buddhas of the ten directionsAs innumerable as the sands of the GangesExert their strength and with the Buddha’s wisdomTry to measure the merits of one person’s zazenThey will not be able to fully comprehend itSo what is truly immeasurable is the whole of the effect, the merit, of zazen. Zen claims to transmit Buddha’s meditation, the very same process that took place that night under the Bodhi tree some two-and-a-half millennia ago. We all have all the same equipment to work with that he had, after all — the toolkit comes with birth as a human being. We also enjoy relatively supportive causes and conditions, the circumstances of contemporary life, including exposure to the buddha-dharma, and access to training in meditation. As Hakuin Zenji asks toward the end of Zazen Wasan (Song of Zazen), “What is there outside us? What is there we lack?”He goes on to claim that “Nirvana is openly shown to our eyes. This earth where we stand is the pure Lotus Land and this very body the body of Buddha.” A bit hard to swallow, in the light of our self-effacing self-doubt, which at its worse becomes the life sentence of self-loathing. Nobody said this would be easy.Bringing our focus back to zazen, I think it is critical to recognize and accept that the immeasurables of this excellent method are also the most important aspects. It matters less how regularly we sit in meditation, how frequently, how long we sit, et cetera. Whatever measurable parameters we may put around it, the most important is that we simply never give up, as Matsuoka Roshi always reminded us.The downside to setting up strict regimens around zazen — as we are prone to do around working out, aerobics, and other activities that we expect to show results — is that the results of zazen are not so obvious. And, just as with any goal-oriented activity, if and when we do not live up to our own expectations, we are naturally disappointed, may become discouraged, and tend to reaffirm our own self-criticizing proclivity, proving that we are the failure we always suspected we were.Better to sit without expectations, but without abandoning our aspiration to something that cannot be so simply expressed as a measurable goal. This does not mean that we do not set reasonable benchmarks to assure enough depth of experience that we give zazen a legitimate chance to work its magic. But the immeasurable of the qualitative dimension of the experience takes precedence and priority over any quantifiable dimension.Which brings us back to the old cliché, “Just sit.” This overworked expression is not a cavalier or flip comment meant to dismiss any consideration of the serious issues that we face, including actual mental and chemical imbalances that we may be dealing with, but to suggest that when we do sit, we just sit, rather than engaging in daydreaming, planning, ruminating over the past, et cetera.If we turn up the intensity knob, sitting “more” in the qualitative sense when we are actually sitting, then we begin to manifest the true meaning of “just sit.” Would it were so simple. But of course we find that just sitting includes the full panoply of monkey-mind machinations, the impertinent imprecations of negative thinking on steroids, as well as the more trivial but distracting push-you pull-me of everyday tedium, those mundane but persistent weasels of samsara ripping our flesh. It is difficult to feel equanimous on the Titanic. The ship is definitely going down, and it doesn’t matter that the lifeboats are made in Japan. Zen is American as apple pie.The gateway drug to equanimity is patience. If we can come to practice patience on the cushion — patience with our situation in this imperfect world, and patience with the monkey’s inept attempts to cope with it — we may find our way clear to the equilibrium, the equipoise, the equanimity that is at the heart of all the clamor, clutter, and seeming chaos. It is all floating in samadhi. Time to release our grip on our imagined reality, so as to float in the equanimity of Zen.* * *Elliston Roshi is guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order. He is also a gallery-represented fine artist expressing his Zen through visual poetry, or “music to the eyes.”UnMind is a production of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in Atlanta, Georgia and the Silent Thunder Order. You can support these teachings by PayPal to donate@STorder.org. Gassho.Producer: Kyōsaku Jon Mitchell

President of Maverick Sports Consulting's, David Turner, Brings over 20 years of NFL Front Office experience to the show. David breaks down the prospects along the line of scrimmage + the ones climbing the draft boards. Plus, what it's like to work for HOF Owner Al Davis, GM Dave Gettleman, the art of scouting + More!

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Hello everyone and welcome back to the Criminal Justice Evolution Podcast. A top ranked show because of YOU, the listener and supporter. Thank you! Please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Give us that 5-Star Rating and Review. A big shout out to the Brave Men and Women who serve our communities. Remember you are honored, cherished and you are LOVED. Keep up the great work. If you love coffee, you are going to LOVE coffee from Four Sigmatic. From Coffees to Cocoa’s, they have it all. Check out their link at www.cjevolution.com and get 15% off your purchases using the promo code CJEVO. We are so honored to be partnered with a company like Detectachem. From Coffee to Cocoa’s, they have it all. I am a big fan of The Lions Mane Mushroom Coffee and I bet you will be too. This coffee gives me that clarity and focus that I need to get me through my day. Head over to www.cjevolution.com and see the link to Detectachem. It was such an honor to have Chief Neil Gang on the show. He is the Chief of Police in Pinole California. He is a keynote speaker on the topic of Officer Wellness, and he is the creator of “The Asher Model.” More about Chief Gang: Strategic director, relationship builder, and inspiring communicator with 30+ years' law enforcement experience and a strong commitment to community outreach, crime prevention, public safety and 21st Century Policing philosophies. Leverages innovative leadership principles to drive police organizational development. Collaborative and assertive, yet calm, instilling an atmosphere of accountability through the organization. Knowledgeable with progressive and contemporary policing practices, modern training, crime prevention, and investigative techniques, technology and public safety dispatching. Brings a solid reputation for strong work ethic, excellent communication, perceptive listening, common sense problem-solving and relationship building.  In this episode we cover a lot of area from Officer Wellness, Officer Recruitment and Retention and Changing the Culture in Law Enforcement.   Chief Gang is a change agent and trail blazer with the goal of making the law enforcement profession better.   You can find Chief Gang here:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilgang/   https://www.ci.pinole.ca.us/city_government/police   Stay tuned for more great episodes of The Criminal Justice Evolution Podcast   www.cjevolution.com   Patrick        

Trying something new, I opened up with an acapella piece I did a while back in college. Brings back good memories of creating from scratch. Those were the days. Then we venture into a house hunting dream that turned strange, very strange. My work is becoming more refined and I'm glad. Want to hear more dreams? Browse through some of my favorite episodes: 46 Soulties through Casting / 39 The College Ring / 30 Zombies or? / 25 Battleground / 20 Temple Rock / 19 Gold Bricks / 17 A Run In With A Street Car Gang. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Brandon and Adam dive into all things nerdy with their thoughts of Justice League - The Snyder Cut, Falcon and Winter Soldier, and also go into AEW Dynamite, Top 5 bands and so much more! Enjoy the banter, the laughs and everything in between on the Brings the Awesome Podcast!

March Movie Madness Part 1 (of 3)! March is National Women’s Month, so -ahead of the Snyder Cut- we’re talking about Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984. What did we like? What would we change? What would we throw out altogether?    Tune in next week for our thoughts on the Snyder Cut! Have questions/comments/concerns? Shoot us an email: tencenttakes@gmail.com ----more---- Transcript of Episode: [00:00:00] Jessika: Do you, you can be, you know what, honestly, you can bitch about Snyder again, Hello, hello and welcome to Ten Cent Takes the podcast where we rip into the comic books and characters you know and love, one issue at a time. My name is Jessica Frazier and I'm joined by my cohost, the Bitchin' Baker Mike Thompson. Mike: Hello.  Jessika: Well, if you're new here, the purpose of this podcast is to take a closer look at comic books and comic related media and how it's affected pop culture and our collective consciousness shaping how we view the world around us. Our topic for today is actually a deep dive into the recent [00:01:00] iterations of the Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 84 films. What do you think Mike?  Mike: I'm excited? Uh, I really, I really enjoyed the first Wonder Woman movie when I saw it in theaters. I haven't seen it since then. So it was really just a fun trip down memory lane to sit and watch it with my partner. And then. Kind of tear it apart a little bit, but yeah, we, you know, the, the Wonder Woman, the Wonder Woman, movies, I think are a bright spot and the DC extended universe. And so I'm genuinely jazzed to talk about it with someone else. Like this is kind of like, based on our, our plans for the next couple of episodes, I guess it's almost like March movie madness.  Jessika: Yeah. I was thinking that I was, I was getting myself very mentally prepared for a lot of. Sitting and watching movies with my dog. So I'm excited. So is he, Carl's stoked.  Mike: What's his favorite movie [00:02:00] snack?  Jessika: You know, he just watches me eat movies, snacks, because he doesn't eat people, food. Whoops. I'm not owner where I'm like stuff feeding my dog eat. This is the reason he does not bag. He's such a good boy. Mike: Yeah. Meanwhile, my dogs are all over me as soon as I'm eating lunch, Jessika:  Your dogs are like tiny spiders. I don't know how they climb up so high.  Mike: I don't know either, man. It's weird. All right. So, uh, you are leading this episode, so let's get started. Jessika:  The thing we like to do each week is talk about one cool thing that you have read or watched recently, like right. You take it away.  Mike: Yeah. So the memorable thing that I have been consuming media wise over the past week or so has been a TV show called Resident Alien, which is a new show on the scifi network. Sarah and I were watching it and it's it's it's okay. At [00:03:00] first it's about this alien who crashed lands on earth, kills a human, takes his form, and then has to assume the identity of a small town doctor. It's kind of a, a sci-fi comedy drama, but it stars Alan Tudyk, who if you've watched over the past 20 years he shows up in and he is, I think one of the most underrated actors, he really is just so wonderful at playing weird roles. And so he plays this character who is an alien, trying to blend in badly with humans in a small town in Colorado. And he is so funny and you watch it and you're. You can understand how people kind of write them off as just, "Oh, this is a guy who is somewhere on the spectrum," but it's based on a comic book from Dark Horse. Um, and so after watching a bunch of these episodes and falling in love with the show, I downloaded it on Hoopla and just started reading it. And it's really solid.  Wow. That's  Jessika: awesome. I actually didn't even realize that that was based [00:04:00] off of a comic.  Mike: I didn't until about three episodes in, and then it said based on the comic book. And so that was when I looked it up.  Jessika: That's so cool. Actually, one of my really good friends has been talking about watching that show. So I guess he's going to be irritated that once again, he wasn't the one to get me to watch the thing, but here we are.  Mike: So how about you? What have you been consuming? Jessika: Well, recently I've been trying to get through another. Watch through of the MCU films. Um, and I've been doing them in timeline, chronilogic-, chronological order, starting with Captain America. So that chronology it's been fun.  Mike: Yeah. So Captain America and then Captain Marvel and then Iron-Man?  Jessika: Yes. Yes.  Mike: Okay. Cool.  Jessika: Proceeding in that order, hadn't realized how many of those films I had missed. When I was first going through them, there are so many of them. So I [00:05:00] started watching just in order, making sure I wasn't missing any of them. Even if people said, Oh, you don't need to watch that one. Okay. No, let me just watch the thing and just make sure, and I was surprised there were a couple of them that I liked more than some of the conversations I had would have led me to believe I would have. So it's been fun. So let's roll into our conversation about our first film, which is Wonder Woman. And I hadn't watched this one. I watched it in theaters as well. I realized, and then hadn't watched it like you until recently until just last night, actually.  Mike: Yeah. So I watched it about two hours before we started to record this episode.  Jessika: You're fucking fresh. You're there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Super fresh. The bad day. The wound is fresh.  Mike: Yeah.  Jessika: Well, I'll give a quick synopsis before we do each of our films. So this one was released in [00:06:00] 2017. And the film follows the character development of Diana Prince, and we watch her training and growth through her early adolescence in the fabled land at Themiscyra, learning the art of battle from an entire Island of strong, fierce and driven women. All of this is brought to a screeching halt when a world war one fighter pilot breaks through the magical borders of their land, prompting Diana to leave the safety of her home land in order to fight against an ancient, evil, and save mankind from. Themselves. So, Mike, what was your favorite part of the film and what would you like to throw immediately directly into the trash? Mike: Oh, man. Okay.  It's hard to decide what my favorite part is. There's a lot of this movie that I really like, I, I guess I'd have to say it's really the setting, you know, World War One was a really bold narrative choice and I really liked how Patty Jenkins used to frame the [00:07:00] overall story. It's it's a really overlooked period of history, I think, because we just don't usually want to take that hard look at how awful we really were. It was a really excellent contrast to the parts of the movie that are set in them mascara. And by comparison, I kind of like to trash the entire third act. I don't know how you felt about it, but. I don't feel like that third act is nearly as strong as what comes before it. And Patty Jenkins has talked about how Warner brothers I made last minute changes and forced her to do this giant CGI boss battle after she planned for something that she describes as smaller. Um, you know, and, and on top of that, I feel like that third act doesn't offer any real payoff for Diana's party outside of Steve Trevor. So it feels like this very kind of... eh, "fine" conclusion [00:08:00] to a movie that felt really strong otherwise.  Jessika: Yeah. I would absolutely agree with that. Absolutely. And I th the ending was very, for me, very kind of, eh.  Mike: Yeah! I, yeah, and I mean, I was talking to Sarah about this and I said, it felt like when I sit there and I think back about the movie I was sitting there and going, Oh yeah: so they, they have that ball. And then they're at an airport. I can't remember what happens in between and it turns out not much, but it's a very sudden shift and again, it just, it doesn't quite work. So, yeah, that's, uh, that's kind my, my overall feeling about the movie, like what, what about you? Like, what did you really like and not like. Jessika: Well, I found the movie itself, and this is with both of the films. They're just beautiful. They're just, they're such a treat. It's like eating dessert. [00:09:00] And even the gritty parts are very artistically done. They're, they're framed in a way that's that makes all of the characters look very alive and real, but at the same time, almost a, almost a glorification of themselves is how it feels.  So that was very, a very interesting way to, to kind of frame that in my opinion now, for what I would throw directly away is I really wish that they had not focused so much on Diana's infatuation with Steve. Like he legitimately just met this guy, take a breath. I know he's literally the only man you've ever met, but look around and then look in the mirror. I on the other hand, it's just, yeah, I don't know. The women are so fierce too. So I will go back to that. The women are super fierce and I [00:10:00] love how they show such a range of emotions that movies don't usually allow for, for women. And they showed strength and rage and honor, and little girls are usually told that those things are done for them and not by them. Mike: Sarah had a really good. Point of view along the lines of, I don't understand why Diana doesn't go out and just get laid a whole lot. Like what's so special about Steve Trevor. Like, yeah, he's good looking, but, but at the same time, he's the first dude you meet and then suddenly you're surrounded by a plethora of dudes, you know, maybe, maybe treat it like a buffet. Jessika: And I, I feel like it would almost be more true to her upbringing if she did go out and not have a care about, you know, the way she expressed herself, I feel like that would be more authentic to, to how she learned about the pleasures of the flesh as she called them. When she called men obsolete. I just about, I lost my mind, my dog [00:11:00] barked because I was laughing so hard.  Mike: I will give some kudos to Steve. He didn't sit there and react like a douche. He was just, he kind of had this wounded. No, no, we're not obsolete. We're not useless then that was kind of, yeah, but yeah.  Jessika: What was your biggest lesson or takeaway?  Mike: I'm not sure I had a lesson from it. Like I said before, you know, my, my big takeaway was that this was the first time I found myself enjoying any of the DC EU movies that had come out to that point. So I guess my biggest takeaway was that I finally had some hope for the overall film franchise, but there was this tweet that I remember seeing a couple of days later where it was a picture of Carrie Fisher as General Leia and then Robin Wright as Antiope. And it said "I've lived long enough to watch my princesses grow [00:12:00] up to become generals." And I thought that was a really lovely sentiment just to have seen, to have seen the embodiment of all these, these characters became what I wanted them to. Jessika:  Absolutely. And actually that ties very well into what I kind of took away from this, which was. You very well, may be stronger than society would have you believe so. Yeah. Well, let's talk about our, our next fish on the butcher block here. Wonder Woman 84.  Mike: Ah, man, this was, this was a movie that I remember you and I both had feelings about. And I feel like we're going to spend a little bit more time talking about those.  Jessika: Probably. This other one was very like doo doo doo let's jump through the park. You know, there are daisies and strong women I'm there. Um, this, this other one felt [00:13:00] very much more problematic and wow, that's such an, an intro I'm leading us. Aren't I But here we go, ladies and gentlemen and theys. So having just been released in the last couple of months at the tail end of 2020 Wonder Woman 84 is set in current day with Diana Prince bossing it out, being the extremely knowledgeable antiquities expert. She is after the discovery of a wish granting object that falls into the wrong hands and inadvertently makes Diana normal, heavy quotations normal. Our heroine must make the ultimate selfless decision in order to save the world again. So, Mike, what, what are your thoughts on your least on your favorite IC? I just started with the least your favorite and least desirable portions of this film. You [00:14:00] go first. I have opinions. Mike: Man, I really gotta have a cigarette that I can take a drag from when, when I'm having these, these moments of kind of wistful regret. God, like I said, you know, I'm, I'm a lot more conflicted about, about this movie than I was with the first one. I think the best thing about this movie was Kristen Wiig. I, she was just an absolute standout and. That fight scene that they gave her in the White House, uh, where Diana and her are just beating each other's ass. And then Kristen Wiig ends up mopping the floor with her after a little bit. I thought that was just amazing first of all, and second, I thought it was a really good example of what this movie did best, which was the smaller scenes were generally. So, so good. Which contrasts with what my big problem was, [00:15:00] which is that the quote, big moments kind of left me rolling my eyes. Like, you know, it's, it's those moments that were meant to be epic or super emotional. And I can't remember one of them that really worked. Like there's that action sequence in Egypt slash Bialya. Yeah, it's the, it's that big action sequence with the motorcade where it's supposed to be this really cool thing where she's jumping from car to car and moving super fast and chasing things down. And it just, it looks so cheap and there were so many totally obvious green screen moments that just really took me out of it. Um Jessika: Yeah.  Mike: You know, and, and on top of that, there's the, the extra heightened urgency to it, where they have the kids playing soccer and then they get into the street. Right? When this, when this convoy is coming down the road and I just, I couldn't, man, I rolled my eyes so hard. It was so dumb. And then the same thing with Kristen Wiig's heel turn when she [00:16:00] beats up and almost murders, the guy who tried to rape her in the park. And I mean, Sarah and I were both on her side, you know, Sarah actually pointed out that a way more effective heel turn would have been if the homeless guy that she had brought the food to earlier in the movie and who shows up at the end of that scene, and she, she gets really aggro with. But if she had actually just been really dismissive of him, when he tried to say hi to her or something where she had just been like, I don't have time for you. And then there's finally that bit where Steve dies again.  Jessika: Good riddance. Goodbye, Steve.  Mike: Ahh, I, I really like Chris pine too. Jessika: I mean, I do too. Chris pine hit us up beyond this podcast. I'm sure he listens.  Mike: I'm sure, but like that whole sequence where they just, they turn it up to 11 where he sits there and right before she like renounces her wish you hear him go, I'll love you forever. And [00:17:00] there's a lack of subtlety throughout most of this movie that just kind of left me scratching my head and you know, and then there's also just the less, we talk about that final fight between Diana and Barbara, when she looks like a shitty thunder cat. Oh God, I don't know. I, I feel like there were just too many cooks in the kitchen man, because like, the story just feels like it's trying to go in too many directions in any one of them would have been fine, but the movie settles for this messy middle ground instead of filling, committing to any one direction and they just. And they try to make up for that by, by going really intense and it doesn't work. So, yeah, that's my thoughts. Jessika: In the sense of kind of trying to do too much, why do we have two villains? Could we not have, you know, had her kind of evolve at the very end of this film and have [00:18:00] her be in the next film or something, or, you know, have, have something happen or I guess that wouldn't have worked with the whole wish breakdown, but. Is there some way where we didn't have to have a quarter of a story for each of these characters and then Diana making shitty decisions. The rest of it.  Mike: I have thoughts about that, that we can talk about later on, but I mean, there's so many ways that they could have done the cheetah's origin, the, the recent, uh, the recent rebirth Wonder Woman comics that were done by Liam sharp and Greg Rucka. The whole focus is about how Wonder Woman and, and by extension Barbara Minerva's paths are so tangled and so warped by all these red cons and everything. And it's trying to resolve it in a way that that kind of honors all the previous stories, but also explains this new, this new development. And it worked really well. I really liked it a lot, but I mean, The whole thing with making with the [00:19:00] way that they did it, it was okay. But I, I agree. It was, it was too many villains at once. It was the same thing that they did in Spider-Man three with Toby Maguire, where it was like, there are three villains because there's a third movie and you're just kind of whatever  Jessika: Spider-Man learns to shoot webs out of his feet to compensate  Mike: Speedermin. Jessika: Yes. So get Spider-Ham involved.  Mike: Oh man. I would watch that movie.  Jessika: Let's get on that.  Mike: Okay. So like I've already vented my spleen, but like what, how about you? Tell me how you're feeling. Jessika:  Let's I'm going to start easy. I'm not going to jump into the negative right away, although it's bursting to come out. So my favorite part was definitely the very beginning. With a whole stadium full of strong women. I don't think that I can say enough about the fact that we don't get that very often. We don't get to see even a whole scene full [00:20:00] of women very often, let alone that many women let alone women who are competing and supporting each other and fighting and being fierce and being strong. Those aren't things that we get that often. And so I, I started crying the first time I saw this and I, I watched this movie two times when it first came out and I started crying when I first started watching the scene and I was like, well, that's stupid, but it's not, it's not stupid. It's, it's something that we don't get to relate to. And I'm a person who, um, I'm not going to say like, I'm a strong person, but I'm just like, I'm built a little more muscly. You know, I'm a runner. I can lift heavy things. And so to see someone represented that matches my not necessarily physique, but that matches like my motivation to go do those things. Maybe not to that effect like Diana, but in that same sense, it really hits me in a spot that a lot of these floofy princessy things [00:21:00] don't. I'm not a floofy princess. I would love to be a floofy princess. I dress like one sometimes, but ultimately in court they'd be like, you don't fit in that dress. So, and that's okay. We don't all fit in the stupid dress.  Mike: Yeah. So you and I both come from that hearty peasant stock we're meant for working in the fields.  Jessika: Oh yeah. I can, I can pick up a whole mess of oxen. Just pick them up all at once. So let's, let's move into the, Oh my God. I hated this. I hated this so much. So you and I, we talked about this I'm we're going to do it again. So the whole Steve possessing another dude's body it's super gross.  Mike: And the problem is that that really sucked the oxygen out of the room. When we were talking about, about problems with this movie and, and it's something that really felt pointless. There was really no driving reason for that to happen. [00:22:00] And, yeah. Oh please like go out on. Sorry. I cut you off.  No, that's  Jessika: okay. I mean, there could have been so many other ways that, that he came back, quote unquote, but there were consequences to him coming back or, you know, something like that, but it didn't have to be him taking over another person's like faculties, that's not okay. And it's interesting to me that everybody else finds this super gross too, but I think it's, it's interesting because it's, it's because it's a guy there's a ton of outrage about this because it's a man, but this pretty consistently happens to female characters in films and TV and women many times have very little to no agency regarding what happens to them on screen. But we clearly view this as normal. So it really speaks to how our society functions to see the absolute outrage at this male character being treated like any [00:23:00] given female character in our media. Also the bit at the end of the film where Diana kind of gives the unnamed hallmark looking bro, and knowing look like, yeah, with that, it's, it's just gross. He didn't have any say in the matter when the implied sexual acts happened, he was not in control of his body. Nor able to consent. And quite honestly, it reminds me there's a super assist and trigger warning. Everyone. It reminds me of how many, many women's stories of not knowing what exactly happened to them went down. You know, there are so many women who have no idea.  Mike: I mean, because there's that whole aspect where Steve, Trevor, you know, is basically just his, his spirit is just thrust into some random dudes body, but. There's also the bit where it's implied that he just has no memory of anything happening for days. So I think, I think that was just [00:24:00] massively problematic on a number of levels, aside from what you've just mentioned, but just narratively where it's like, what is this dude going through? Where, where he's sitting there with his friends and they're like, Hey, remember that crazy week where nuclear war almost broke out and all he can sit there and say is like, not really. Jessika: Yeah. Yeah. I, I really hope that they were trying to make the point that I'm making or the point that I'm feeling about this. But I feel like it's so lost. I feel like we feel the outrage, but we don't, we don't feel the other side of what that outrageous portraying the fact that, that the other side of the world or the other half of the people live that reality. Mike: Well, yeah. You know, back to what I was saying about too many cooks in the kitchen, like this was a story that was written by three different people. There was Patty Jenkins, there was Geoff Johns, and then there is Dave Callaham. This is all armchair quarterbacking. I don't know. I am willing to [00:25:00] bet that that whole Steve getting thrust into someone else's body and then no real follow through on that narrative. I would be willing to bet that that was something that came from either Johns or Callaham. And it just, it was something that they didn't think about because it's not something that dudes think about a lot.  Jessika: Yeah. You don't have to.  Mike: Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, I can think of at least half a dozen ways that you could have made that work without bringing in that, that whole rapey connotation. Jessika: I agree. Like what if he came back and he wasn't like corporal okay. How interesting would that be? Like, if you just came back like Patrick Swayze ghost style, and they're just like, are you thinking about what I said that they're just like sitting, they're like making pottery.  Mike: Well, and I remember sitting there and watching it when the trailers came out and originally I was thinking, Oh, no, maybe it's just, he's a ghost that's come back. Like, it's probably not going to be a real thing or, or it's a hallucination. [00:26:00] And then they show him, you know, beating ass while they're doing that whole convoy chase. So I had to sit there and go, well, no, I guess he's corporeal. I don't know how they're going to pull this off. And I just, I felt really dissatisfied with, with what they did. I didn't have a problem with him coming back, but I mean, honestly the whole fact that, you know, Wonder Woman reveals that that Diana is a god, why not just bring him back. But the thing is, is that manifesting a body out of nothing, it turns out it takes a lot of energy. And so he is directly draining her divine power. Jessika: That's so much better, honestly, that makes so much more sense. Cause there was actually causing correlations. Yeah. I, this whole Diana feeling bad because at some random dude, just, I mean, with a slick wink at the end is not convincing that that was a detriment to her, you know, she's she didn't have like the whole idea was that. [00:27:00] You were giving up your most precious whatever to get the most precious, whatever, you know, and it's like, that wasn't really what she was doing. She just was using some guy and she really didn't care. I mean, that's the long and the short of it. She did not care.  Mike: And that was whew. That adds a whole other problematic element. Jessika: Yeah, absolutely.  Mike: There are certain characters who. Yeah, we can get the alternate universe versions of them, or they can be mine controlled and turn evil temporarily. But the core character being is that they are these uncorruptable aspirational beings that we all want to use as the proverbial role models. And so there's the characters like, like Superman who is decent and kind Captain America, who always tries to do what's right. Wonder Woman who is supposed to be the embodiment of like kindness. And there's a wonderful speech about how in one of her comics where she's saying like, you know, I [00:28:00] don't, I don't kill if I can wound, I don't wound if I can, I think capture... I can't remember this exactly. And I don't capture if I can use a word instead. That's great. You know, one of her, one of her things is that she can speak the language of all living things. And it's like, there's this, there's this really nurturing quality to her because of all that. And then it's like, Oh, and you know, she, you know, It took away a dude's agency and is totally unapologetic about it. Jessika: Yeah, absolutely. And I, I feel like it came across so much better that first movie, when she really wanted to go help the woman in the trench and, you know, and she was able to speak the language and understand the pain, not only of the language, but she really understood people's pain and what they were going through. She wanted to stop and help everyone, but it didn't feel like she was driven in the same way in the second movie. Even when she was supposed to have like learned her lesson, it didn't feel that way. Well, what was your big takeaway from this film? Did you have [00:29:00] one?  Mike: Ah, I guess, again, it's one of those things where I don't have a lesson that I'm taking away from it so much, but it was just that overcorrection is a definite thing in the DCEU. And they, they did it in Batman vs. Superman, where they were trying to acknowledge and, and sort of hold accountable that, that first Man of Steel movie for like the massive body count from all the destruction of the Kryptonians fighting each other. I feel like they did it again here because it was such a, a different movie. And I don't quite know what they're trying to correct, to be honest, but it just, it felt like they were trying to pivot and then they pivoted too hard.  Jessika: Yeah.  Mike: Yeah. What about you?  Jessika: I would say that I learned that society only gets upset at lack of bodily agency. If it involves controlling a man, that would be my take It's a rough one. Rough, like sandpaper up [00:30:00] like a little kitty cat's tongue.  Mike: Remember when we started this podcast and we thought it was going to be really fun and lighthearted and... Yeah.  Jessika: And we've got 13 pages of notes and just angst.  Mike: The salad days.  Jessika: Oh, you know, the planning phase is always super fun. Well, comparison time we watched two movies. They were... supposed to be in the same vein of movies, one was supposed to roughly follow the other from my understanding. So what was one thing that was similar or did not track it all when the two films were side-by-side or pick one thing that you, that you thought was interesting?  Mike: Yeah. Yeah. So a big thing in both of the movies is that the gods like to mettle with humanity, like. You know, the the first movie it's, it's very blatant about that. You know, Aries is responsible for World War [00:31:00] One, and Diana has to set out to kill him and the war to end all Wars in 1984, it feels like there was supposed to be a big twist or reveal when it's revealed that the dream stone was created by the God of Lies. We get, we get the name of, of the God who I can't remember for the life of me, because it was so one-off and then nothing comes from that. And I feel like there could have been something really cool tying the God of lies and deceit. And I think greed, I think, is what they said to the two things that the eighties was really known for, which was one was the Cold War, but the two was just the incredibly gross commercialization.  Jessika: I thought you were going to say that .Brings us to our first episode. Watch our look, go, go back and listen to our Sunday comics episode, which is episode one. Mike:  Yeah. I feel like that was a really wasted opportunity because nothing came about from that. [00:32:00] And I don't know. I, I also feel like that could have been, that could have been tied to providing Barbara with, you know, a... second opportunity to get back at Diana. I dunno, I did enjoy the whole bit where the, the actual ending to that movie was its own way, a smaller, more personal ending. I liked that, but I feel like, I feel like we needed something as a little bit more of a dramatic reveal as opposed to, oh, the dream stone was created by the gods. Cool. But we got to see her murder, the God of war with lightning.  Jessika: Exactly.  Mike: Yeah. What about you? Like, how do you feel that it compares side-by-side?  Jessika: I thought I would stick with something that I thought was interesting. That was fun between the two that was similar. Okay. Steve and Diana go through a very similar arc of discovering their new world that they've been introduced to. And I didn't really [00:33:00] remember that until I rewatched wonder woman for this iteration last night, I was like, Oh, how funny? Because. Diana comes to new world and she's like, Oh, look at all of these cool things. And she's like, Oh, that's beautiful . Oh, a baby. And she's like looking every single thing. She wants to look at everything. It's all new it's. This is literally the first time she's seen any of these things before. So it's super wholesome. My favorite part of this was when she gets the ice cream. This is so wholesome. She gets the ice cream and she enjoys it so much and she goes back and she says, "you should be very proud." And I just, it was like, you are so sweet. That is amazing. And just, I mean, it's like looking at the world, like through a child's eyes I can imagine. And then Steve, when he first comes in, I mean, obviously he was a, he was a pilot, but he hasn't seen [00:34:00] commercial airlines. He hasn't seen, you know, anything that holds more than probably two or three people. And the first thing he sees is like a huge commercial Boeing fly over him. And it was so cool and him going and finding out about space, travel and going and seeing a rocket. And it just. It was so cool. And seeing that through his eyes in that way was like, wow. Yeah, that is really neat. It's cool. And it makes you appreciate those things like, yeah, I guess ice cream is really cool.  Mike: I, I got to say Chris pine continues to be one of my favorite actors out there and not just because he's super adorable and apparently a very decent human being, but just.  Jessika: I mean, Chris pine hit us up.  Mike: Yeah. He also takes very weird, funny roles a lot of the times that you wouldn't expect. So, uh, if [00:35:00] you have not seen the movie Stretch, I highly recommended because it is one of the most bonkers roles that you will ever see him. If I remember right he, he first appears on camera, parachuting naked? I think? It's been a little while. It's been a little while since I've seen this, but it's directed by, uh, Joe Carnahan. The guy who did, uh, Smokin' Aces, The A-Team, The Grey, uh, he just did a new one called Boss Level that's on Hulu, which is a really fun, strange action movie, which is where he kind of is at his strongest. But Stretch is about this one day that's absolutely insane for this limo driver and it's, it's... I'm not going to call it a good movie, but it's highly enjoyable, at least from my end as I remember it. But yeah. So Chris pine tangent over, sorry, Chris pine is really good at [00:36:00] just being very believable and the wide-eyed wonder that he showed in 84, I thought was so it was just lovely.  Jessika: He's a really good facial actor. Yeah, he's very, very, but like, to your point, he's very believable and his facial acting is so good. Do you remember in Star Trek? When he was in Star Trek?  Mike: Oh, yes, of course. Love those movies.  Jessika: Um, just his face when he concentrates in that movie where he gets all red and it's like, Oh, it's like, Oh, wow. Do you really live in that? You know, it's like he would go on their journey with him because his face is just taking us there. Mike: He kind of reminds me of Chris Hemsworth, um, because he he's really good at being a solid leading man, but he is also really funny when he's allowed to be [00:37:00] like, do you remember in the third one -Star Trek Beyond- where at the very beginning where he's got all the aliens. And you can just see him getting more and more confused as they're asking him why he's delivering this artifact and then getting really fed up. It was, I don't know why, but I still laugh whenever I see that scene. Oh man.  I got to agree with you. I think, I think that whole montage of him rediscovering the world was, was really just delightful. Yeah, it was, it felt special. Yeah.  Jessika: Well, so I have a little bonus category for Oh, Oh, okay. So I, you know, again, I watched wonder woman last night for the umpteenth time and I jotted down just a few, very Diana quotes as I was okay. Mike: My body is ready for this number one.  Jessika: Who will I be if I stay? [00:38:00] That one hit me, I would hit me right in the heart.  Mike: Yeah.  Jessika: Yeah. Second one. I'm the man who can.  Mike: Who was that a Steve line or was that something that  Jessika: She said that, Diana said that . Mike: Really? I totally don't even remember this that's great.  Jessika: It's when she was going into, uh, they were talking about no man's land and he said, there isn't a man who can go there or like there's no man can go there. And she said, I'm the man who can.  Mike: Okay. Yeah, I totally glossed over that, which is really appalling. I mean, arguably the best scene in the movie.  Jessika: I, I literally have chills. It's I'm rethinking about that, that scene. That was sexy. It was sexy as hell. And the third quote, what I do is not up to you.  Mike: That was really good. Jessika: Yes. [00:39:00] So that was, those were my three quotes. They stood out to me. So I wrote them down. Well, let's move on to our category, brain wrinkles. And we like to spend a little time each episode talking about something comic related that just won't budge from our consciousness. Mike, what's been stuck in your noggin, right? Mike: So. We're we're doing these, these episodes, this one, and then the next couple, because the infamous Snyder Cut is launching this week. And, and do you want, do you want me to wait for you to Irish up your tea there?  Jessika: Oh yeah. I'm almost done with my coffee. Oh, good. I have a second one sitting right here.  Mike: But yeah, the, you know, the big thing that people have been focusing on ever since the Snyder Cutcat got announced and it was revealed has been the presence of Darkseid, who is, is basically the DC version of Thanos. [00:40:00] And I'm trying really hard to go into this movie with an open mind, regardless. I keep thinking about Darkseid as the villain that everyone wanted to see on the big screen, but it's really weird to realize that we're probably not going to see the coolest story with him in it, which is called the Great Darkness Saga. And it's from the eighties and it's from the comic book Legion of Superheroes, which does not have the name brand appeal of the Justice League. The whole thing is that Darkseid wakes up after roughly a thousand years of sleep and winds up almost conquering the galaxy. And it's absolutely batshit. It's like he brings back like rever- I think they're called reverse clones or shadow clones of like Superman and if I remember right Wonder Woman, and it's a huge reveal when they actually reveal that halfway through the series or the story of five issues, that Darkseid is the villain who's doing all this. So it was, it was really [00:41:00] fun. And it's, it's that wonderful, weird, crazy space opera sci-fi that we're just not going to see in the current movie environment, because it's so risky to do something like that.  Jessika: But see, that just sounds cool as hell I need. If we, if we can have, if we can have Guardians of the Galaxy, like why can't we have that?  Mike: Yeah. And I think a lot of it is because again, I'm not trying to sound like a Marvel fan boy, but I think right now, the, I think Warner Brothers is very risk-averse for, for all of the financial stuff that's going on behind the scenes with, with AT&T acquiring them recently and the insane amount of debt that's surrounding that whole deal. I think that they are trying to just do surefire hits. You know, if you, if you haven't read The Great Darkness Saga, you can actually go out and pick up a copy, pretty cheap of the collected edition. It's a [00:42:00] lot of fun, but one of the coolest things about it is that the, the epilogue to the story reveals actually that Darkseid wins in a way that's very personal and mean. And I kinda love that that at the time the team was allowed to do something like that. So, yeah, that's, that's, what's been on my brain lately. How about you? Jessika:  I'll have to check that out though. You always give me such good suggestions.  Mike: Oh, well, thank you.  Jessika: So my brain wrinkle and hear me out. Okay. I really liked Iron Man 3.  Mike: I rather enjoyed it.  Jessika: Everyone gives it such crap. Okay. I literally like every time I talked about like, oh, I'm doing a watch through, they were like, Oh, you know how people always have an opinion about like, which movies you can like skip, you know what I mean? So like Iron Man 3 is always one of the ones that people say, Oh, you can [00:43:00] skip that one. But honestly, I rather liked it. And quite frankly, this is, I mean, The main, so the main complaint I've heard about this is that Tony is too traumatized and feely, but like, what do you expect? The guy clearly has, he's been through a ton of shit. He clearly has PTSD and he clearly needs therapy and he's making wearable weapons as an outlet, which by the way, not recommended. I also think this movie is so necessary so that Tony stark overall character arc, otherwise. His final sacrifice and his like, kind of tenderness towards the Spider-Man character. It doesn't make any sense within the story or the character if he just continued with his one note selfish, douchebag tendencies. Mike: Yeah. I really enjoyed that movie for a number of reasons. I personally think it could have used a little bit more editing, but I mean, there was no personal lesson -I [00:44:00] felt- an Iron Man 2. Like Iron Man 2 was a, it's a fun, it's a fun movie, but it was like, cool. Like the end of the day, like. He gets to make out with a girl and, and his best friend has a suit of armor now. And I don't know, was there any more of a lesson other than Mickey Rourke is fun to watch? No matter what kind of terrible Russian accent he's sporting.  Jessika: Other than that, I mean, the movie itself, to me, wasn't very memorable. Mike:  No, I mean, it was fun, but it was just kind of whatever, you know, it was cotton candy. Yeah. Yeah. It was fine in a, in a, in nothing but a complimentary way. The third one, I, I agree. I think, I think like the self-sacrificing nature does actually pay off better because of that. And also I thought Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin and then the twist with him as the Mandarin was one of the funniest fucking things I'd seen in a long time. Jessika: One of my friends was very irritated at that and [00:45:00] almost walked out of the theater because the Mandarin is one of his favorite characters. And so when he figured out that it was this whole spoof, he got, he took it very personally, apparently. So which I just personally, I mean, I, I think it's very funny. I can understand you wanting to see your favorite characters represented, but we have to understand that, like you're not the writer. We're not the writer. Like we can sit here and bitch about it, but ultimately, like we don't have writing privileges. And so we just have to go on the ride that they take us on. And to a certain extent, that's just what we have to do as the audience. And I understand that we are going to have feelings and that's that, you know what that means. That means that they've done well. That means that they've, they've been compelling and that they've made us, they've made a spot in our hearts. But it's not something we should be able to take personally, or that we need to, in my opinion, I mean, I don't do it. Do what you want.  Mike: You know, the other thing is like they, they did all those [00:46:00] Marvel shorts as well. Do you remember those, like where you would get them in the DVDs and there'd be like a little five minute film or whatever. So I can't remember which one it was, but it was revealed that the Mandarin was. Was then being broken out of jail so that he could be brought to face the real Mandarin. And then they've never done anything with that, but they're also doing, uh, the new Shang-Chi movie, which Shane, she is this Bruce Lee style figure. The movie title is called Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Which goes back to the terrorist organization, the Ten Rings. And then the whole thing with the Mandarin is that in the comic books, he has 10 rings of power, which originally they're supposed to be magic rings, and then they've been retconned. So they're an artificial intelligent rings that manipulate reality, or they're, they're kind of like lesser infinity stones if I remember. Right.  Jessika: But it's not the same kind of thing that, that Dr. Strange is [00:47:00] working with right? It's not that whole like mystic circle sitch.  Mike: Uh, I don't think so, but who knows with where they're going to take the Marvel with, you know, the MCU is spinning stuff on its head in certain ways. And yeah, and I, you know, we're just along for the ride, it's going to be really interesting to see what they do, but in the original iron man movie, the terrorist organization that winds up forcing Tony Stark to theoretically build weapons for them and what he uses to build the armor. Instead, they are called the Ten Rings. And the Mandarin is, is actually a long running iron man villain -kind of problematic because he's relatively racist in a lot of ways or a racist caricature- but it'll be really interesting to see what they do with that. And I'm kind of hoping that we get some cameo of Ben Kingsley just like chained up, like, you know, princess Leia style with Jaba the Hutt or something like that when the Mandarin theoretically appears in Shang-Chi. So who knows.  [00:48:00] Jessika: Yeah.  Mike: Yeah.  Jessika: Well, thanks for listening to Ten Cent Takes. This episode was hosted by Jessica Frazier and Mike Thompson written by Jessica Frazier and edited by Mike Thompson. Our intro theme was written and performed by Jared Emerson-Johnson of Bay Area Sound. Our credits music is "Pursuit of Life" by Evan McDonald and was purchased with a standard license from Premium Beat. Mike: If you'd like to get in touch with us, ask us questions or tell us how we got something wrong. Please head over to tencenttakes dot com or shoot an email to tencenttakes at gmail dot com. You can also find us on Twitter. The official podcast account is tencenttakes -all one word. Jessika is Jessica with a K and the Jessica has a K in it as well. And then I am vansau: V-A-N-S-A-U [00:49:00] Jessika: Stay safe out there  Mike: And support your local comic shop.

John 3:18 says, " And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace."Peacekeeper1. Avoids conflict2. Avoids confrontation3. Resentment towards others4. Condemnation5. Stuff, suppresses6. Passive/Aggressive7. Driven by fearPeacemaker1. Confronts in Love2. Restoration3. Vulnerability4. Not driven by fear5. Brings person backLISTEN TO THE REAL RAW TRUTH PODCASThttps://www.robbieraugh.com/podcast​https://www.podpage.com/real-raw-truth/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2Xn6MMuvyUP41QJ0In5s8q The Real. Raw. Truth. Podcast was started to engage in insightful, relevant conversations with Keri Spring and Robbie Raugh about the Mind. Body. Soul. Spirit. Each episode will focus on living life intentionally and intersecting God's Word in the real hard places that are a struggle for many. Our featured guests, spanning all areas of life, will provide valuable tools, tips or training within their area of specialty. We hope that a regardless of background, fears, age or stage of life, it's something you look forward to listening to each week!SHOP RESOURCES https://www.robbieraugh.com The Raw Truth Recharge Book – 7 Truths for Total Health and FitnessHealthy Eating and Cooking ClassesFree Health and Fitness SeminarsPrivate Nutrition and Health CoachingCONNECT WITH ME: Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/robbie.raughFacebook Page https://www.facebook.com/kerispringministriesFacebook Page https://www.facebook.com/realrawtruthInstagram https://www.instagram.com/robbieraughInstagram https://www.instagram.com/keri.springYou Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ZQ7grffXH4wKVL7W5CTqAYou Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYASorHrupEvYey4e_S_ysw INVITE ME TO SPEAK Are you looking for your next women’s event speaker? Email Robbie@Robbieraugh.comEmail kerispringministries@gmail.com

The Brings the Awesome podcast was honored to be joined by special guest Randy “Boner” Smith from Rock 105 on today’s episode!! We talked about any and everything! From his early radio days, to his return to Rock 105 and the fans rallying behind him, his interviews with Everlast, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and his relationship with Brent Smith of Shinedown. We barely scratch the surface with Boner, and it’s such an amazing story to tell. Listen in for the stories, the laughs and everything in between for the voice of a Rock radio icon who is beloved by so many people on the Brings the Awesome Podcast!

We are BACK this week with all things wrestling! We discuss the Big Show making the switch to AEW, the state of AEW after the hire, Tiger Woods horrific car crash and Kobe Bryant potentially becoming the NBA logo. All that and much more on the Brings the Awesome Podcast!

Wir befinden uns im Jahre 2021 n. Chr. Ganz Karneval ist von Viren verpestet. Ganz Karneval? Nein! Ein mit unbeugsamen Niehorstern bevölkerter Podcast hört nicht auf, dem Seuchenherd Widerstand zu leisten.... hoffentlich leisten BRINGS keinen Widerstand und jagen uns ein Killerkommando auf den Hals. Und nun, drinkt doch ene mit!

Brandon and Adam are back with a packed episode of the Brings the Awesome podcast. On this episode, the guys go in depth in the world of sports, from Tom Brady and the Bucs winning the Super Bowl to JJ Watt requesting his release and everything in between. The guys also dive deep into WandaVision and Snyder’s Justice League for good measure. Enjoy the banter, the good times and everything in between on the Brings the Awesome podcast!

Fasching und Karneval fallen dieses Jahr aus. Aber sich an die Feiern von früher erinnern, das geht. Mit "Superjeilezick" zum Beispiel - ein Lied, mit dem die Band "Brings" seit dem Jahr 2000 den Kölner Karneval aufmischt.

February 7, 2021 • Pastor Tony WalliserFollowing Jesus brings real freedom.For more resources, visit https://www.silverdalebc.com/messages.If you are a first-time guest, have a prayer request, or want to respond to what you have experienced, visit http://silverdalebc.com/connect.Silverdale Baptist Church exists to lead people into an authentic relationship with Christ so they will worship God, grow in their faith, and serve the Lord in our community and world. Join us for worship every weekend on-campus and on-line; visit silverdalebc.com for service times and locations.

Brandon and Adam go everywhere on this one. From UFC to WWE to top 5 saddest songs and EVERYWHERE in between. We might even give you some sad songs to listen to for good measure! Enjoy the banter, the laughs and so much more on the Brings the Awesome podcast!

2021 Brings hope after a year of fear and chaos in the United States. Here’s a mix of good vibes and positive energy. Mixed & compiled by Jorge Antonetti Expansion Mix features tracks and remixes from Shapes, Kenshi Kamaro, Kennedy One, Gaston Sosa, Magit Cacoon, Lonya, Dmitry Molosh, Satoshi Fumi & Sheley Harland. 1. Dmitry Molosh - Edge (Alex O’rion Remix) [Nvidia Records] 2. Gaston Sosa - A Place in My House [Soundteller Records] 3. Albuquerque, Foletto - Splendid Sunrise (Kenshi Kamaro Remix) [3rd Avenue] 4. Magit Cacoon, Lonya - Shma IL [Sincopat] 5. Kennedy One feat. Sheley Harland - Calling You (Nick Warren & Nicolas Rada Mix) [Kennedy One] 6. Shapes - Jiggler [Stil for Talent] 7. Mattia Pompeo - Laguna [Atmosphere Records] 8. Satoshi Fumi - Heavenly Sky [Sudbeat Music] 9. Monolink - Otherside (Club Mix) [Embassy One] 10. Solomun - Home (Club Mix) [NINL] 11. Shai T - Where The Heart Is [Lost Miracle]

Diaphragmatic breathing:· Relaxes the larynx which means you can speak for longer without getting hoarse· Brings in more air so you can get to the end of a sentence without running out· Better breathing gives you more confidence leading to a more relaxed body and a slightly lower register· Your shoulders are not rising and falling with each breath, a possible distraction for viewers· Your neck is less tense and so muscles and veins won’t be as obvious, again, noticeable on screen.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio and video channels.· To show you how to read out loud confidently, convincingly and conversationally.Through these under-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection and projection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a career spent in TV and radio studios.And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE.Look out for more details of the book during 2021.Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life and has trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop musicstations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical music station BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters on regional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’s Panorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts, travel news presenters and voice-over artists.He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of “Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and has written on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper “Ariel”.Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heard him on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regional radio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows, ‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts and commentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedication programmes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly 2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspects of voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts and YouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brandon and Adam have a ton to discuss, but at the end of everything, they end up talking about their grandmother’s cornbread. This is a fun episode where the guys break down Conor McGregor’s upset loss over the weekend, Tom Brady making it to his 10th Super Bowl, WWE Network moving to the Peacock streaming service and WandaVision spoilers and thoughts. All that and much more on the Brings the Awesome podcast!

The business that God has placed in your heart should not look and feel like a worldly business. I believe it should have five characteristics that set it apart as a God-inspired business. In this episode of the Faith and Business broadcast, I am discussing those characteristics, which are: (1) Glorifies God in its operation; (2) Brings value to customers; (3) Provides profits for your family; (4) Creates opportunities for others; and (5) Thrives well with your marriage. Watch this month’s Faith & Business broadcast to explore this concept. Link: Join our community

Sponsored by Datadog: pythonbytes.fm/datadog Special guest: Jeremy Tanner Watch on YouTube Brian #1: Constant Folding in Python Arpit Bhayani Constant Folding is when a language replaces constant expressions at compile time rather than computing them at runtime. CPython does this while creating the bytecode. We can use dis to see it in action >>> import dis >>> dis.dis("day_sec = 24 * 60 * 60") 1 0 LOAD_CONST 0 (86400) 2 STORE_NAME 0 (day_sec) 4 LOAD_CONST 1 (None) 6 RETURN_VALUE Python tries to fold lots of constants, but not all. Seems to be based on size >>> x = 2 ** 64 # folded >>> x = 4 ** 64 # not folded >>> a = "-" * 4096 # folded >>> a = "-" * 4097 # not folded Discussion continues with a discussion of how CPython folding is implemented recursively and elegantly. Key takeaway for me: Remember to not try to pre-compute constants while coding. Make them easy to read and Python will handle the optimization for you. Michael #2: Update All Packages With pip-review via PyCoders Updating Python packages can be a hassle. There are many of them - it's hard to keep track of all the newest versions When you decide what to update, you still have to update each of them manually. Originally a part of the pip-tools package, it now lives on as a standalone convenience wrapper around pip. Usage (venv) $ pip install pip-review (venv)$ pip-review scikit-learn==0.23.2 is available (you have 0.23.1) scipy==1.5.4 is available (you have 1.4.1) seaborn==0.11.0 is available (you have 0.10.1) ... Once you've identified if you'd like to update your packages, you can update them all, automatically, using pip-review --auto Limit with constraints.txt file Can do it interactively via pip-review --interactive Jeremy #3: Quantum Mechanical Keyboard Firmware How does the Python get into your computer? Much of it, through the keyboard Why mechanical keyboards? Ergonomics Where is QWERTY from? And when? Keymaps and because it’s essentially an escape room built of hardware and open source software and dodgy international transactions I’ve fallen further down the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole RGBKB Sol Keyboardio Atreus Keyboard firmware is mostly written in c https://github.com/qmk But there are Python portions https://github.com/qmk/qmk_cli Compiler helper API Reporting So the CLI is Python, where else is Python? When looking to improve your keymap, key logging w/ Python to process logs for heatmaps https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/issues/714 https://github.com/algernon/ergodox-layout/blob/master/tools/log-to-heatmap.py Brian #4: Reinventing the Python Logo Carlo Occhiena interview with Jessica Williamson Some cool logo history Early logo Current, from 2006, designed by Tim Parklin “The logo is actually based on mayan representations of snakes which very often represent only the head and perhaps a short length of tail. The structure of the snake representations the natural coiling/nesting of a snake as seen side on.” - Tim Parklin Jessica Williamson proposed a new one in 2020: Then there’s the rest of the article talking about the design process, etc. But….. just wanted to throw this out there. I’m happy with the 2006 version. - Brian MK: Have you ever seen the logos on the app stores? Michael #5: Private PyPI with Serverless Computing Project: aws-lambda-pypi Brings together a few pieces so you can easily run a small PyPICloud instance as an AWS Lambda function with the help of Terraform. PyPICloud lets you publish Python packages privately. AWS Lambda lets you run a small service for free. Terraform ensures the service is deployed and maintained correctly. Security: This project takes the following security precautions. The session keys are auto-generated and stored in a secret. The server configuration file, which contains the session keys, is generated on the fly to minimize the possibility of exposure. The lambda function runs with a role limited to accessing only what it needs. PyPICloud is configured to display no packages to unauthenticated users. Jeremy #6: Beyond the Basic Stuff w/Python Al Sweigart Want to become less feral? Extras: Michael: Django 3.2 alpha 1 released mypy 0.800 with Python 3.9 Support pip 21.0 out and it drops Python 2 Elastic changes open-source license to monetize cloud-service use Brian: We talked about pip-chill in episode 208 pip-chill now has a --no-chill option to not list itself. Nice. I was just on https://www.twitch.tv/microsoftdeveloper, short, but fun Joke via Wolf by Kat Maddox developer: so i have good news and bad news manager: what's the good news? developer: i've discovered that the "5 second rule" only applies to food manager: and the bad news? developer: i dropped our tables

"Big football Sunday!  Brings me back to my younger, more athletic days where being competitive and giving it your all to win the game was what it was all about.  Now, I have to relive it from the comfort of my couch, and with the help of 2 hours of indie tunes today! 00:00 - DJ Drew Intro 02:29 - Special Moment - Post Animal 05:35 - Count On You - Banoffee 08:47 - Critical Mass - High Disciple 14:52 - Waiting On the Moment - Jonathan Bree 17:57 - Situation Critical - The Reflectors 20:33 - The Meaning - John Barera & Will Martin 26:45 - Essential Services - Sloan 30:49 - Losing Count - Gift Wrap 34:19 - Dealer's Choice on BTRtoday.com 35:08 - Two Saviors - Buck Meek 38:09 - Pareidolia - Buck Meek 42:17 - Goals - Michael Peter Olsen 51:17 - 7 Days - Michael Peter Olsen 59:46 - Forgetter - Jordana 63:08 - I Guess This Is Life - Jordana 66:40 - Dealer's Choice on BTRtoday.com 67:16 - Sold It - Mariya May 70:11 - Christmas At Broken Hearts Inn - Mariya May 72:58 - Good To Be Young - Hilang Child 76:24 - Earthborne - Hilang Child 81:06 - Phone Call - Hermitess 86:04 - Artificial Stars - Hermitess feat. Wanderingaria 90:32 - Dealer's Choice on BTRtoday.com 90:59 - Hero - Mamalarky 94:11 - In A Moment - Richard Reed Parry 99:03 - Pressure - Photay 104:20 - Arp IV: Any Moment - Dan Deacon 106:00 - On The Line - Starman Jr. 108:33 - Assadja The Hero - Songhoy Blues 111:25 - Hometown Hero - Free Cake For Every Creature 114:27 - DJ Drew Outro 115:51 - Spike - The Planes 120:00 - Finish "

Episode #16 Brings us some changes, a Guest Host for the first time ever, our SME (Subject Matter Expert) for the topic this week, Lexi joins us in our discussion of Video Games, past and present. What was the ONE game that you just ROCKED, either on a home console or in the Arcade (for those of us who still remember those things). Did we miss your favorite.... let us know. Drop us a line and tell us all about it at takeontheworld411@gmail.com. We will take on most any topic with Our Take On the World! #TakeOnTheWorld Music Credit to Whiskey on the Mississippi By Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/takeontheworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/takeontheworld/support

Brandon and Adam dive deep in the world of college football with the Tennessee Vols losing their head coach, their AD and essentially their entire program in a matter of days. They also discuss who will be making it to the Super Bowl between the four remaining teams, Kansas City, Buffalo, Green Bay and Tampa Bay. They finish the conversation with UFC talks about Max Holloway’s historic boxing performance, Conor’s upcoming fight, Khabin potentially returning and Jon Jones move to heavyweight. All that and much more on the Brings the Awesome Podcast!

I actually get this question a lot. Why should I start a podcast?  And later after explaining it the following two questions: How do I start one? Can I earn revenue with a podcast? In this week's podcast, I speak to podcast expert Larry Roberts, podcast host of Readily Random and the 1 Big Win. Larry is quickly becoming one of the top coveted podcast consultants in the United States.  What we discuss in this episode: Why Your Nonprofit or Freelance Biz Must Start a Podcast ✔️ Your podcast is a platform ✔️ A foundation of your voice  ✔️ To launch speaking opportunities and products ✔️ You become a go-to in your nonprofit industry ✔️ Creates credibility ✔️ Brings people into your world ✔️ Share stories of beneficiaries ✔️ Connect with funders and donors in an intimate way ✔️ A place to create relationships with people you would never have the chance to meet How to Monetize a Podcast ✔️ Be your own sponsor ✔️ Insert your own commercial ✔️ Ask for donations (like a telethon) ✔️ Understand you won't monetize it right away ✔️ Use the podcast to launch a campaign ✔️ Use it to launch digital and physical services The Big Leap: Behind the Scenes of Larry Transitioning into Full-Time Podcasting after 21 Years in a Job ✔️ Why your gut is important to listen to ✔️ Make sure you test the market before you jump ✔️ When your J-O-B is no longer fun (red flags) ✔️ Why it took Larry 5 years to leap ✔️ Jump ship, let it go or make it a hobby ✔️ Why online course creation is on his list ✔️ Why multiple streams of revenue are vital for podcasters  ✔️ Why he's transitioning during the pandemic

Our guest this week is a magician and activist.  You may know her from her trade show and corporate event fame, where she was nicknamed The Darling of Dot Com.  Teller said, “She is not only beautiful and funny, she is clever.”   She’s been on Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, the Wall… Continue reading 076-Lisa Menna!!

"The way to get started is not by talking, but rather by doing" -Walt Disney Four Keys to Co-parenting, Addiction, Goal Setting and Everyday Life! 1. Contemplation, thinking about and creating a vision. 2. Preparation, making the changes to create new habits that lead to change. "Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now" -Alan Lakein 3. Action, taking action leads to accomplishment! Brings your vision to life! 4. Maintenance, focusing on your why, remembering the importance of how far you have come! Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, plans to not harm you, says the Lord, plans to give you hope and a future. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-boyd/support

A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Selenite: "I am energy manifested in the physical realm. I embody peace and clarity in all I do." Common Healing Properties of Selenite: Used for purification Cleanses the chakras and the aura Enriches the dream state and helps you receive intuitive messages in your dreams Facilitates spiritual growth and ascension Enhances the connection between your conscious mind and your Higher Self Promotes a connection with your divine self or with the divine feminine Aids in the ascension process Helps you channel universal source energy for healing Promotes a good night's sleep Helps you overcome past life issues Encourages new friendships Promotes love and empathy Eases mental or emotional shock Clears the mind before meditation Enhances your ability to follow your spiritual path Brings white light into your energy body being Promotes peace and harmony Helps you connect with the energy of the Moon and with Moon Goddesses Clears out mental clutter and stagnant energy Enhances self-confidence Cleanses and charges other crystals Helps in decision making Use as a "runway" back to the physical realm after astral travel or dreamwork Helps you connect with other realms and dimensions more easily (especially the angelic realm) Clears spaces of energetic debris Can be added to a crystal grid for the protection of your home   /*   Colors: Clear to shiny, brilliant white Associated Chakras: 7th (Crown) Zodiac Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Elements: Air, Water Companion Flowers: Snow in Summer Companion Essential Oil: Orchid Companion Stone: Black Tourmaline Common Origins: Morocco, Mexico Notes: A variety of Gypsum. While the name Selenite technically applies to clear crystals, "Satin Spar" Gypsum (which is white and striated) is also Selenite. Wanna’ Get Science-y? Click Here to get more information about this crystal!   More About Selenite: Selenite is a pearly-white form of gypsum (hydrated calcium sulfate). It is named for the moon goddess Selene (the Greek goddess of the full moon), probably because its sheen resembles the light of a full moon. Both the full moon and selenite purify energy. Although colorless, the parallel striations that run the length of this crystal often give it a whitish appearance. Gypsum’s otherworldly tendencies continue today in the white sands of New Mexico, which are so bright they can be seen from space. A crystal ball made of selenite can represent the full moon (for rituals or magical workings), especially at times when the moon is in another phase or the night is cloudy. Since selenite has a reputation as a scrying stone and a record-keeper, this fits right in with this beautiful stone’s still-developing tradition of use. A natural insulator, it often warms up when held. Large, thin sheets of Selenite were once used for windowpanes and smaller sheets were used as eyeglass lenses.  The Cave of Crystals in Naica, Mexico, discovered in the year 2000, is filled with giant Selenite crystals, some of them hundreds of feet tall. It forms natural wands, but may also be easily carved or etched. Selenite can be damaged by water, so please don’t cleanse it in water or use it in an elixir. Small pieces may also come off in needle-like slivers, so handle it carefully. The chemical formula of Selenite is CaSO4 . 2H2O   One Way to Work with Selenite: When you work with Selenite for healing, it’s like having a direct connection to the universal source (divine or universal energy). This energy is incredibly cleansing and purifying. Rough, Selenite wands (sometimes called blades), are the most common form of Selenite. They're actually the Satin Spar form of Selenite Gypsum, and they can be used to remove negativity from the energy field.

Hark! Upon the wind I do hear! The sound of potato flutes comes near! A kid and his wand. Brings coastal winds to a pond. And your wolf puppy, howls in your ear. Join us this episode to talk about the musical instruments in Zelda games and their narrative/mechanical importance!

Mental health Service Dogs, Service dogs for panic attacks, Psychiatric service animal, Psychiatric Support Dog. Psychiatric Service Dog (PSD) are just some of the names of a new class of Service animal that is born out of the changing for emotional support animals that a new regulation by the DOT announced on Dec. 2, 2020 for airline travel. Summary of todays Podcast: 1. Changes for Emotional support animals and airline travel New rules for Airlines travel with a Psychiatric Service Dog (PSD) Who and How to qualify for a PSD Service Dog Training Ways Psychiatric Service dog help with Panic Attacks and PTSD and depression Question of the day is: What is the only question that a person can ask someone to determine if they have a psychiatric service dog? I was so relieved when I found out about having my cute little furry Emotional support Animal (ESA) fly with me by federal laws for airlines. I could take my dog with me and have him on my lap, if I had a letter from my therapist stating I need my dog to fly with me because I have anxiety, I can take him with me.  That is no longer the case now.  This is a big loss for many to be able to take your furry friend with you. The 2 laws are for airline travel and housing and they have been around for a long time: For Housing-The Fair Housing Act.1973- FHA was enacted 47 years ago for people with a disability, physical, or emotional to have their animal with them in housing and to not be discriminated against. There are no changes to this law. For Air Travel- the Air Carriers Access Act (ACAA) 1986-enacted 3 years ago. Enables you to bring an animal, mostly dog or cat on the plane with you. To Be on your lap the entire flight, or at your feet outside of a carrier.  12-2-20 the Department of Transportation has changed the regulations. No more ESAs on planes, they are considered pets.  But date when this will take effect. The new Classification is a Psychiatric Service Dog (PSD). Up to 2 dogs, but only dogs, no other kind of animals. They must meet more stringent requirements and a DOT form is needed to the completed attesting by penalty of a felony that your dog is “trained” to perform a task that helps you with your psychological symptoms.  The person can train the dog themselves or have a professional train them or the animal could have intuitively trained themselves to recognize and respond and alleviate the client’s psychological symptoms. For example, Training for a Psychiatric Service Dog for Panic attacks, the dog might notice when you are starting to get anxious, even before the you do. The dog must respond, for instance, comes over and licks at you, or puts him head in your lap and this alerts you to your rising anxiety before it escalates to a panic attack and this calms you down, this would be an example of being trained to perform a task. Or training for a Psychiatric Service Dog for depression could be that the dog lick or paws at you to wake you up, since one of the symptoms of depression can be sleeping to much and you dog comes and gets you out of bed, that is trained to do a task. The examples could go on and on for all the different ways a dog could be defined as a PSD. Here are more examples: Helps Calms you from having a more severe panic attack Takes you out of an overwhelming situation from PTSD triggers Calms you in crowds by being a barrier between you and others Brings you back from dissociative state Gets between you and others to provide space Nudges you to keep moving in social situations or crowds Helps to get you out of bed, when depressed or helps you overwhelm state Licks your face to calm or bring you back to reality Lays on you when having panic attack to apply pressure Comes to calm an Autistic person before an episode worsens 5 benefits of have a certified PSD is that they can go with you into Public places Stores, Hotels Restaurants Fly in a plane with you in the cabin, within your space with no fees Be in no pet house, without weight or breed restrictions or pet rents. If you believe your animal helps you with one of the above. Then you are prequalified for next step to get a certified PSD. If you want to get a certified PSD by a mental Health professional, then an evaluation of your symptoms and need for one is the next step. For Housing this may be required.  Many clients want the certification by me as a Licensed Mental Health Professional with my specialty of certifying for an ESA or a PSD to receive an Official letter or a Photo ID certifying that they meet the law.   This way clients with anxiety are relieved to have the paperwork and not be questioned. By the law the only question that can be asked is How is your dog trained to help you with a task? Or what task is your dog trained to help you with.   On our PSD letters and ID’s that wording is written directly on it, so that there is not question what can be asked. If you are interested in more information or if you have questions you are welcome to call us at 760-485-6785 or go to ESApros.com Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording is answering your questions, from Facebook at AnxietySimplified5.  Leave comments in the comment section, we will answer on a Podcast on that subject.  So, listen for your question.  Or share it with someone who may be helped with that answer.  Our next podcast: Dr. SK Ramesh 90 seconds to Calm See other podcasts at AnxietySimplified.net

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.        The Norwegian smartwatch company Xplora is out with the X5 Play …a smartwatch designed to keep kids connected and physically active.   It is essentially a phone built into a watch…with a steptracker and parental controls...

MERRY NEW YEARZ! BEEF JERKY TIME! IT's 2021! Hullo and welcome to HELL PASO's BEST motherfucking podcast, bar none, inimitable, undisputed. Period! It's the first of the year, first of the month! Except it's January 2nd. We made it! 2021! FUCK BEST BUY!!! FUCK EM! Also, there is a literal MIC DROP 8-10 minutes in so brace yourself! I rescued the audio, so no worries. I also have a lost episode cooking for the SPOTIFY original! WE ring in 2021 sober, not blottoed. No MJ, NO KEGGERZ! I remember and pay respects to Mr. Jon Huber aka MR BRODIE LEE aka Luke Harper. Brings me back to rasslin' talk in 2021. NEW YEAR, NEW ME! New goals are essentially the same goalz I've always had. I read a lovely 5 star review, so if anyone else wants to leave a review on Apple Podcasts please do! It's sexy! I forgot to keep the language clean for a baby listener. Also, shoutouts and updates from the homies and their new year's ventures! Thinking about everyone! I had to start off with a rant story because customer service is declining. So fuck BEST BUY customer service! New things rolling out for the podcart, and I'm very humbled at the support and all the cool stuff! New year new thumbnail! I'm definitely doing the Saw marathon to include JIGSAW. Why not? AOW minute returns soon! SPOTIFY EXCLUSIVE podcast coming! I'm happy to keep this RR train coming, and I'm optimistic about the new year. I Forgot to mention my new glasses. Next episode! Keeping it bare bonez this year. Decluttering and cleaning house. Give away all the extra clothes and shoes you don't wear! Keep it simple! Give to those less fortunate. And get your shot when you can. Wash your hands, your azz, and wear your mask. Enjoy this groovy episode, full of hope and rants and optimism. But mostly humbled optimism for the future! Love you guys! ENJOY! AL RATO VATO! ORALE! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roaming-reignz/message

Happy Vs Flourishing episode 19 with Wesley Tan, who essentially helps people to be much kinder to their bodies so that their bodies works for them and not against. He owns a gym named Forma which is based around Gymnastics Fitness, running fitness classes, online training, teacher training courses and physical therapies. Some of the topics discussed in this episode: Gymnastic training Osteopathy Injuries and recovery Strength, flexibility and mobility Martial arts training Yoga Sedentary behaviour Training programmes: https://Vimeo.com/ondemand/formaonline   Website: https://formagym.co.uk    Recommended books - As a Man Thinketh by James Allen freely available in the public domain.    The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel   Favourite quote: “Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills:— He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking-glass.” James Allen   Happy Vs Flourishing links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/hvf019-wesley-tan/ [fusebox_transcript]

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.        Kids love to use the same kinds of tech grown ups do…and Vtech has done a great job through the years…fulfilling the need.   The company’s KidiZoom Creator Cam lets kids turn their video creativity loose and even includes...

Well since everything is locked down again and there's nothing to do we talk about television, our only real friend.  Logan talks about Big mouth on Netflix. Brings back memories of growing up.  Sam talks about  The Undoing  on HBO.  Is it filled with too many twists?  On I CAN'T BELIEVE  IT'S NOT GOOGLE a transgender  male doesn't like his friends contact list   . All this and more on this episode of WE WON THE INTERNET! SH!T ON THE INTERNET (links)https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/man-hospitalised-in-auckland-after-the-safety-warehouses-100k-cash-drop-turns-violent-and-fake-money-handed-out/PU7CYSSNAMV5BOIME2EOGMIX7Q/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/whats-viral/california-monolith-destroyed-by-trump-supporters-chanting-christ-is-king-reports.htmlhttps://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/12/man-angry-deposit-hadnt-cleared-threw-animal-trap-through-ann-arbor-bank-window-police-say.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_farkhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/oregon-nurse-covid-tiktok-salem-hospital?fbclid=IwAR1A-uayw1ZxAkGqdHCOTc3Uu2bKk-9JbbmpsMnTHUmWRSE-vFgODTLOp-g&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark THE DARK WEB:  The Skinwalker RanchSPONSOR: Corona Pants

Episode #49 Brings my good friend Matt Hall. Matt is a certified accountant and is the lead partner of Matthew C. Hall & Company CPA in Kingston NY. Matt also is a Volunteer and Professional Emergency Medical Technician and Volunteer Fireman. In addition, Matt is a Humanitarian who works with the Kiwanis Clubs of America providing assistance to children and people in need around the globe and in in the Kingston NY area. Matt tells us stories from all of these experiences and has some fun with the speed set questions and a new “What the Heck” segment presented by Poddecks.com. I hope you enjoy listening to this great man who is always working to better himself and help others in his community and around the world. Wanna continue the conversation, or show your support for the show? Use the social handle @IronDreadPod and discuss the show! Make a post or story share and get a shout out on next week's show! Weightroom Song of the Week Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KO6TDvLgxh1FCP49d415o?si=oFG2bwT2R9KtIbf9CpqaXg Follow Matt Hall on Facebook: Matthew C. Hall & Company CPA Follow the Show: @IronDreadPod Follow Coach Chris Whittaker: @Coach_Whittaker66 on Instagram & @Coach_Whittaker on Twitter and @Irondread_sc Talking about the Show on Social Media? tag @irondreadpod to give us your feedback Sponsors: Crank It Up Dj Service @Crankitupdj_dancing Instagram @CrankitupDJ on Twitter and on Facebook Anchor: @Anchor Theme Song: “The Vengeful One” by Disturbed https://open.spotify.com/track/3jjU4Pky1ja5J1onU6ei4T?si=JTU9xkeKTzC9Q2T9H8wr5A --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Brandon and Adam are joined by The Valley Boys Pidcast’s Brandon Collins for an in-depth look at all things politics, quarantine life, AEW Dynamite and so much more! Enjoy the laughs, the random and the everything in between on the Brings the Awesome Podcast!!

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.      Some tech to help save on  precious kitchen counter space.     LifeSmart is out with a 10 in 1 Air Grill countertop cooking appliance that serves as an oven, toaster, dehydrator, air fryer, broiler, rotisserie and more…with...

MONDAY! The Dr. Brings back out the GPEN giveaway pack from Friday that was failed to achieve the amount of likes needed to be sent to an Insane Asylum viewer. The Dr. was also waved by another podcast for a bad joke that Bobo and B-Real apologized for the humor being taken as disrespect. The Dr also give E-Zone props for his version of the Dr-Ritas last friday that took Bobo down a little bit to "screensaver" mode. The guys talk black friday deals and businesses they are involved in. B-Real talks "Sportsball" with the KC Chiefs pregnancies spiked when they won the super bowl last year. BBQ being a often dish here at the studio the guys talk KC BBQ, TEXAS BBQ AND BRAZILIAN BBQ. The podcast crew transition in to cereal discussions and how they switched choices as the grew up. E-Zone and the guys talk about the edibles that they recently ate and how edibles just end up hitting harder than any other form of weed. Steftone ate enough to make them lose their shit pretty much now that him and C-Minus now say "respect the tart". Wine and Spaghetti? The podcast breaks down italian food and wine choices. Bobo asks if B-Real has made the crew his famous spaghetti which he hasn't. Bobo tells a story about Studio 4 in Philly and them having to switch locations to the "sticks" and B goes into details about making them making spaghetti and drinking red win while recording their album with Joe the Butcher. The Dr. asks what is the most sought after holiday gift this season as everyone gives their take from PS5s to Xbox's. E-Zone brings up VR and the new Oculus as B-Real talks about horror games and concert experiences he has tried with the VR sets. The Insane Asylum gets its like goal and gives away 2 GPEN sets of Roams to the live chat and super chatters. The door open up to the Insane Asylum following with an array of wild questions as usual. Description recap by @kieroglyphics on IG/Twitter Be sure to watch the full episode and leave a comment below! thank you Insane Asylum! join on discord.

Research begins at 22:31Mmm Bop. Hale-Bopp. Dooo bop. Brings closure to Heaven’s Gate yeeeah yeeah! This week we’re bringing you the whole enchilada on the Heaven’s Gate cult. The “new age UFO cult” that struck headlines in the 90s after the unexpected mass suicide of 39 of its members. Who started the Heaven’s Gate cult? What did they believe? And what remains of them today?Andy and Art are NOT captured once again by the titular Mr. Bunker - where was he seen this time?In the second segment, Andy and Art give you, the listeners, an uninterrupted presentation of their research into Heaven's Gate.Finally, Andy and Art discuss what makes a cult, Andy the incel, old religions, and so much more!Send us your thoughts to @MrBunkerPod and mrbunkerpod@gmail.com using the hashtag #HeavensGateMusic by Michael MartelloArtwork by Hannah RossAudio Editing by Arthur StoneFollow Us:PatreonTwitterInstagramWebsiteYoutubeLinks Mentioned:Humanity's Next Step and Heaven's Gate | The Psychology of Extraordinary Beliefs - The Ohio State University It's the End of the World as We Know It: Examining Doomsday Cults | The Psychology of Extraordinary Beliefs - The Ohio State University Heaven's Gate - How and When It May Be Entered - Heaven’s Gate Website Heaven's Gate (religious group) - Wikipedia Heaven's Gate | religious group - Britanica The 1990s Cult 'Heaven's Gate' Has Four Remaining Followers – We Spoke to Them - Vice A Suicide Cult's Surviving Members Still Maintain Its 90s Website - Vice Heaven's Gate 20 Years Later: 10 Things You Didn't Know - Rolling Stone The Story Of The Heaven's Gate Cult And Their Infamous Mass Suicide - Allthat’s Interesting Heaven's Gate | Full UFO Cult Documentary - YouTubeHeaven's Gate Cult Initiation Tape Part 1 - YouTubeHeaven's Gate Exit Statements Before Mass Suicide - YouTubeHeaven's Gate Cult - YouTube

Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin Zoom into the virtual Scum & Villainy Cantina to talk about: - The Mandalorian Ep4 - Wonder Woman 84 on HBO Max - Deadpool 3 Brings on Bob's Burgers writers. - More Predators! - Universal Horror by Lord, Miller, and Channing Tatum - The Last of Us @ HBO - DMZ Goes to Series @ HBO Max - The CW ends Black Lightning

Brandon and Adam cover the season ending injury for Klay Thompson. They also discuss Ernie Johnson, Bob Ross! Thanksgiving preparation!! Top 5 cover songs and so much more!! Enjoy the banter and good times along the way on the Brings the Awesome podcast!!

A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Red Jasper: "I am fully in touch with my creative fire, my passion, and my purpose in life."     Common Healing Properties of Red Jasper: Promotes grounding Encourages justice Stimulates intuitive insight and provides perspective into your problems and challenges Helps you to remember your dreams Aids you in asserting your personal boundaries Brings peace and calming Encourages you to lend a helping hand (or to receive one from others) Promotes shamanic journeying and astral travel Enhances protection Cleanses the etheric body Banishes electromagnetic pollution Facilitates accurate pendulum dowsing sessions Assists energetically sluggish digestion and increases your digestive fire Enhances will power Stimulates courage Helps you to organize your environment Increases support during times of illness Stimulates cognition Encourages nurturing attitudes and behaviors Stabilizes your energy   Colors: Brick red to dark, blood red Associated Chakras: 1st (Root) Zodiac Signs: Aries, Capricorn Elements: Earth, Fire Companion Flowers: Crocosmia Companion Essential Oil: Cinnamon Bark Companion Stone: Blue Kyanite Common Origins: India, Africa Wanna’ Get Science-y? Click Here to get more information about this crystal!   Metaphysical Uses of Red Jasper: Red Jasper is a grounding stone, associated with the root chakra, and with strength used to promote the cause of justice.  Passionate Aries is ruled by Mars, and this stone amplifies Mars’ warrior spirit while at the same time keeping emotions under control.  But contrary to what this might imply, it’s also a stone of the Divine Feminine, associated with childbirth and courage in women.  For healing, Red Jasper is strongly associated with blood. Red Jasper is a stone of reverence and dignity and mimics the honor and respect that was shown to animals who were killed during the hunt. This stone has a primal energy and allows you to better understand the earth’s natural cycles and of the cycles of life and death.   Red Jasper Lore: Red Jasper is a form of quartz with traces of hematite, which gives it both its intense color and some interesting properties.  While healing and other metaphysical uses go back to ancient times, writers often used the word “jasper” to refer to any opaque stone, so it isn’t always easy to be sure what mineral they mean.  But generally, the brick-red form has been associated with strength and grounding.  The Egyptians, for example, considered it the “blood of Isis” (along with Carnelian), and believed a drop-shaped red jasper pendant would give the soul the courage needed to face Osiris for one’s judgment in the next world.     /* More About Jaspers: Jaspers are primarily quartz (silicon dioxide, or SO2) which has been broken down and reformed within the earth, often picking up traces of other minerals in the process. Red jasper, for example, contains traces of hematite. More complex jaspers may even include veins or small pieces of other minerals. Some jaspers are actually agates, rhyolites, or… well, whatever. For the sake of this list, we’re just going to go by what they’re commonly called. In general, jaspers are associated with grounding and connection to Mother Earth. The heavily patterned ones are often also associated with creativity and mental focus. Pin it!  

Randy is very passionate this episode. He defends the use of plastic straws despite claiming he cares about the environment. Talks about Queen's Gambit trying to make chess not boring. He explains also how weird it is to be behind a woman walking in the middle of the night. Brings it all home with a hot take on landing planes.