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Lost At Christmas: Part 1 His First Christmas away from home, & His best gift ever. Based on a post by Tx Tall Tales, in 2 parts. Listen to the Podcast at My First time. After my first semester in College, I was eager to go home for the holidays. I was going to school in Rochester, New York, and anybody who'd experienced the lake-effect winters on the Great Lakes would understand my desire to get to somewhere warmer. For me, that somewhere warmer was a long ways away. As a military brat, home was often a moving target, and that winter it was Santiago, Chile, where my father was stationed and where I'd graduated high-school. It was summer in Santiago, and I was looking forward to a pool-party with my old school mates for the Holidays. We didn't have a lot of money, but I was allowed to travel space available on a military flight as a Navy ROTC student. I had to get down to Charleston, South Carolina, and catch an international C1 41 flight that made a loop through Latin America. After finagling a ride to Virginia followed by a very long bus trip down the coast, I finally made it to Charleston AFB. ROTC travel orders in hand, I checked in at the desk, and verified I was on the standby list for the flight leaving on the 23rd. I wouldn't get home until Christmas Day, but better late than never. With pockets nearly empty, a hotel room was out of the question so I slept in the terminal and snacked on the cheapest eats I could get away with. There was a festive mood in the terminal, so many people rushing to get home for the holidays, and I was getting caught up in the feeling, eagerly looking forward to that very long plane ride, first to Panama, then Lima, and finally Santiago. After what seemed an interminable wait, we were an hour away from boarding when I got bumped off the flight by a group of Marines headed to Panama on Active Duty travel orders. I was devastated. The next flight left early the morning of the 26th. At least that one was a huge plane, and nearly empty so I was virtually guaranteed to get aboard, but what was I going to do for Christmas? Looking up at the outgoing flight schedules, I saw a flight listed for Tyndall AFB, Panama City, Florida. "When is the flight to Tyndall headed out?" I asked the airman behind the desk. "In an hour-and-a-half, and it's all but empty. You want on?" He asked, offering some recompense for my last minute bump. I'd lived in Panama City during 9th and 10th grade, and still had some close friends there, many I still kept in touch with. Maybe I could find someone to spend Christmas with there. It had to be better than sleeping in the terminal for 2 more days. "Please," I told him, "but hold my space for Santiago. I'll be back for that flight." I recalled there being a pretty big Greyhound station in Panama City, so I called Greyhound and checked on a bus being able to get me back in time for the flight. They had one, a 7:30 am bus on Christmas morning would get me back before midnight on Christmas. I could easily make the flight the next morning, even if it were delay a few hours. I bought a ticket, using the emergency Am Ex card my parents had given me when I headed off to college. I'd explain the $67.00 to my parents. I called my family in Santiago with the news. It had to be short call because of the expense, so I let them know I had been bumped but would be there on the 28th. I told them I was headed to Panama City, and would be taking a bus back in plenty of time for my flight. My mother cried, and my father told me to go ahead and use the credit card, but to try to keep the expenses reasonable. By the time I hung up I was pretty depressed, but at least I had a plan. Before I could try to contact anyone in Panama City, an announcement was made and suddenly I was on my way to Florida for Christmas, with no place lined up to stay, and practically broke. I was feeling a bit melancholy, but was determined to make the best of it. So there I was, at Tyndall Air Force Base, at 11:20 pm on December 23rd. I was debating who to try first. I had several close friends nearby and I expected they'd all be home for Christmas. After a short internal debate, I had narrowed it down to two. I had always gotten along well with their entire families, and I was still in pretty regular contact with both of them. Mike lived the nearest to me in the old days. He came from a big family, with 6 siblings, including Peggy, who'd been one of my first real deep infatuations. When I had been in 9th grade she'd been a senior, and was pretty and sophisticated. My yearning for her was unrequited, but I relished the idea of seeing her again after four years. She was a college senior, and would probably be home. I knew they'd welcome me, but I was concerned it would be an inconvenience. They did not have a large house, and it was bound to be crowded, particularly with three college kids home for the holiday. On top of that who knew if they had anyone else in tow? Tommy on the other hand came from a relatively well-off family who always lived well within their means. He had an older brother, who was working in Japan and unlikely to be home, a sister, Sheri, just a year behind us in school, and two much younger siblings, who I guessed would be around 9 and 10 by now. They had a spacious house, each kid had their own room, and I wouldn't be putting anybody out if I stayed there. I'd always had a crush on Sheri, but although I'd dated her best friend, I'd never gone out with her. Getting a chance to see her again would be an extra bonus. Feeling nervous and awkward, I dialed Tommy's number from memory, and luckily got him on the first call. If I'd gotten somebody else, I would have really felt uncomfortable. Tommy's answer was unmistakable. He had a funny way of saying hello when he answered the phone, and the sound of his voice took me straight back down memory lane. "Hee-ello," he answered. "Tommy! Guess who?" I asked. I guess my voice must have been similarly recognizable, since he didn't hesitate a second. "Steve-o! What are you up to? Where're you at?" He answered eagerly. It put a smile on my face. Nice to hear a happy, upbeat voice that seemed genuinely pleased to hear from me. "Funny you should ask. It's a long story, but I'm in a bit of a bind. I'm at Tyndall, and stuck here until Christmas Day." I told him. "What happened to Chile, and Rochester?" He asked. "I was on my way home to Chile, when I lost my seat on the plane in Charleston. I couldn't get out again until the 26th, so when I saw an empty plane headed this way, I just hopped on and hoped for the best." I explained. "That's Great!" He almost shouted. "Not great that you couldn't get home, but great that you're here. You want to stay with us? You can have Greg's room, he won't be here, and I'm sure Sheri and Mom would love to see you. The place is kind of 'down' with Greg canceling his trip home at the last minute. Having you here should cheer things up a bit." He did sound enthused, and I couldn't help grinning in reply. "Don't you think you should check?" I laughed. A scream in my ear was the answer, as I heard half of a shouted conversation. "Mom! Guess Who's In Town." "No, Not Greg." "No, Go Ahead Guess." "Guess Again." "Ok, Ok - Steve." "Yeah, Steve Pelland. He's Stuck Here In Town 'Til Christmas Day." "Of Course I Told Him He Should Come Here, I'll Go Get Him." "I Will." "Yes Mom; Yes; I Won't; I Will." I was holding the phone a little away from my head, and almost missed it when he came back on. "Where should I pick you up?" He asked. "The Main Terminal, you know where that is right?" I answered. "Sure - be there in about 30 minutes. Man, this is Great!" I hung up with a big smile on my face, feeling 100% better than I had just 10 minutes earlier. I stood outside waiting for him, and about 20 minutes later the strings of Christmas lights shut off one at a time, as the place closed up for the night. It was dark and quiet, and I started to get nervous again, wondering if this had been such a good idea. I was 500 miles from my flight home and completely at the mercy of old friends. But as far as friends go, I couldn't do much better than mine, and figured at the least I wouldn't be sleeping in a lonely terminal in Charleston for two days, slowly eating my way through my meager funds. When Bob pulled up around midnight, I could see he'd gotten rid of the VW Bug he'd inherited from his mother upon turning 16, and was now driving his brother's old Two-tone Cougar. We spent a minute saying hi, and loading my gear into the trunk, and then we headed back into town, catching each other up on history. When I had first moved to Santiago, I used to write about once every couple of months, as well as call a couple of times a year. In the beginning I'd written Sheri a lot as well. She was one of the most prolific writers among my old friends, and would typically write twice to me for every one I wrote to her. Over the years, that had degenerated into holiday cards and a surprise call maybe once a year. I knew he was attending Florida State, and that Greg had graduated from Georgetown, and had moved to Japan on business. That was about it. Tommy told me all about the old gang, who was in town, who was going to what schools, what people had been up to. I told him a lot more detail about what I'd been up to. "So," he asked, "Got a girl?" "Not now. Thought I had one after the ROTC Christmas ball, but that seems to have been my mistake." I admitted. "Hard to believe. You always had someone. Every letter, every phone-call, just seems like they didn't stay the same all that long." He teased. "I don't know. I had several relationships last pretty long. Two were more than 6 months long." I argued. "Oh! Six Months!" He laughed. "How about you then," I asked in defense. "Still Erin. Almost two years now." He asked. "Shit. What does she see in you? She could do so much better." I teased. "Oh really? Like how?" "Like me!" I laughed. "Right, like that would ever happen! Don't even think about it, or you'll be sleeping in the street." He was laughing as well. "Not if I called Erin I wouldn't," I shot back. I thought it was a great comeback, but it earned me a sock in the arm. We pulled up to his house, which still looked exactly the same, and things were pretty quiet. They used the same window lights, same roof lights, same bush trimmings year after year. It was just as I remembered. Who says you can't go back? "Mom's got to work tomorrow, so I'm sure she's in bed, and you know Dave crashes early, so we better keep it down. We've got lots to do tomorrow anyway." We entered quietly and put my bag in Greg's old room. Tommy stayed and chatted for a few minutes then bid me good night, telling me to sleep in as long as I wanted, as long as it wasn't past 9:00 am, and left me to get settled. Past 9:00? Now I remembered, they'd always been an early-bird household. For me 9:00 am Was the crack of dawn. Tommy and I had breakfast at about 9:30. He was already chiding me for sleeping in and missing the whole family. We had the house to ourselves. He'd been on the phone arranging our day, and once we'd finished the pancakes, we were off to see Mike and his family. Entering Mike's house was the same as it had ever been, but more-so. People everywhere, noise, laughter, roughhousing, it was all taken in stride by Mrs. Frey. We spent a few hours visiting, and getting fed again before we could leave. Mike's older sister Peggy still looked cute to me, but not the amazing creature my memory had somehow stored away. I had to tease her about the Christmas gift she'd given me three years earlier. She'd bought me a Richard Pryor tape, thinking it was Bill Cosby. When I played it for her in my car, she exploded, calling me names and accusing me of vile intent. At the time I had felt bad, confused, angry and a host of other feelings, now thankfully we could laugh at it. When I'd been 16 I'd been somewhat in awe of her, now things were comfortable. Mike's older brother was home as well, with his live-in girlfriend who seemed awfully ill-at-ease, and must have been at least 5 years older than Dan, maybe more. That was a story I'd have to hear more about. The biggest surprise was Alice. She'd been a few years younger than us. I wasn't sure if she was 16 or 17 now, but she was a bombshell. And she was coming on to me like gangbusters. I was really nervous, with her acting all touchy-feely with her mother and Peggy there. I was suddenly glad I had chosen to stay over with Tommy. With a pretty, stacked girl that seemed so infatuated with me around, I'm afraid I might have gotten into a whole lot more trouble than I needed. When we left there Mike joined us, and it was off to see Jack and Russ. They were a year apart in age. Russ had been in our class, and we'd been friendly with him, but Jack, although a year younger was our buddy. We played on the basketball team together, and when Tommy and I formed our first band, Jack was our bassist. At the Chambers house, we once again reminisced, and had to relive our first 'gig'. We had decided to play in the school talent show. With Tommy on piano and Jack on bass, I played guitar. We had a fourth guy on drums we'd all lost contact with. We had played Elton John, Deep Purple, The Eagles, and The Beatles. We had opened with the opening riff of "Smoke on the Water", and had been a hit. We were pretty lousy, but the audience was our friends, our parents and the parents of our friends, and at the end the parents even took up a collection for us. Pretty heady stuff. We'd called ourselves Bronze Myth, and had already designed our first three album covers before we had our first birthday party gig. Jack had been tall then, and had not stopped growing; he was now 6'7" and was attending University of Florida, playing basketball. He reminded me of the time when we went on our first dates together. I had gone with Kathryn Best, easily the most lusted after girl in the whole school, who was in Jack's class a year behind me. Jack, on the other hand, had gone out with our "Valentine's Day Queen", Anne, who was in my class and almost two full years older than Jack. He was always precocious. There had been a third couple with us, Dennis and Suzanne, and Jack broke the news that Suzanne had gotten knocked up, just before I left to go overseas, and she and Dennis had gotten married. There was a huge scandal, but they stuck together, and had the baby. They lived with Suzanne's parents. Dennis was doing alright, working for Suzanne's father. While we were visiting, several friends dropped in, including the aforementioned Kathryn who lived one street over. Kathryn, the stunning brunette who had the body of a 20 year old when she was 15, and had a beautiful face with features that just slayed me. Kathryn, the very first girl I had gotten to Third Base with. She was as pretty as I remembered, and I found out she was going to be attending Mt. Holyoke the following year, which was an odd coincidence since my girlfriend from High School was a sophomore there. Going out with Kathryn, a year younger than me had been a total fiasco. We'd sat together on an out-of-town bus trip and ranked high enough in the pecking order that we got the right hand seat second from the back. These trips were our biggest dates back then. Ours was a small parochial school, and on the bus trips, the athletes, cheerleaders and student fans all rode the same bug. The 30-90 minute trips were like pep rallies on the way out, and like the back of movie theatres on the way back. There were frequent "hand-checks" and the lights would come one as our coaches would walk the aisle, but it seemed like after our wins, the checks would be a little less frequent. Our win at Pensacola was my first real 'make-out' session, as we cuddled and kissed the whole trip home. I even got a chance to play with her breast through her sweater. Less than a week later I asked her to the movies, and we sat in the back with the two other couples, probably both scared spitless and nervous as goldfish in a blender. We'd started necking, which got more and more intense, and my hands boldly went where no hands had gone before. An hour into the movie I was almost out of control, and feverish with desire, and it seemed she was willing to let me do whatever I wanted. If I'd had a little more confidence, or a little more knowledge, who knows what might have happened? As it is, I went pretty far, probably too far, and I was scared to death afterwards. She was the first girl whose flesh I'd touched underneath her clothing. I didn't call her for several days, and even avoided her at school, not knowing what to say. In short I was a total jerk. Everyone thought we should be together, she was the pretty captain of the cheerleaders, with the big boobs, and I was the Big Jock, playing all the sports, while at the same time excelling in school. She was voted "Most Popular." I was "Most Likely to Succeed." However, in this case it turned out she was "Most Slighted", and I was definitely "Most Inept." After waiting several days, amazingly patient in retrospect, she had tasked her best friend Sheri, Tommy's sister, with letting me know that she thought we shouldn't go out. Next thing you know, she was going out with some geeky looking kid, and she dated him for the rest of the school year. I'd changed schools at the end of that year, and had seen her only infrequently the following year, before moving to Santiago. Outside in the backyard, Kathryn and I walked off together and finally had a few minutes alone. "You know Kat, I don't think I ever apologized for being such an idiot, after our first date. I really am sorry." She was quiet for a while. She had a sad little look. "You know, I waited by that phone night after night, crying myself to sleep. I saw you dodging me at school and it broke my heart." "I was young and stupid. I'd never done Anything with a girl before, and could hardly even believe I was with the hottest girl in school. After all the stuff I did, God, I was so embarrassed that I'd overstepped the boundaries, and I had no idea what to say." She sat down underneath the big tree in the backyard and I sat beside her on the circular bench around it. "You could have said something to Jack maybe, or Tommy, and let them tell me. At least let me know that you liked me, or had fun. Something." She looked on the verge of tears, even 3 years later, and I felt even worse. "I know. I kept kicking myself over it. I was so angry with myself and jealous when you went out with Ricky." I admitted. "He was nice to me when I needed it." "But it seemed such an odd fit. He was a nobody; the only thing he ever did noteworthy was date you." I told her. "He lived two houses down. We'd grown up together, and when my heart was broken he picked up the pieces. He could tell something was wrong, and really made me feel a lot better." She confessed. That brought on a short period of silence. It did let me think better of Ricky, who wasn't just lucky or an opportunist. "You know, that was one of the most memorable moments in my life. Touching a girl like that for the first time. I had no idea what I should do, or what I could do, but I kept looking down the row at Dennis and Suzanne, and figured I should be able to do that too. I was in heaven; you were so amazing to be with." I told her, reaching out and taking her hand in mine. Her palm was moist. "You're telling me? You were the big 9th grader with the learner's permit and motorcycle. Big Man on Campus. The guy every girl wanted. And you wanted me. I had no idea what we should or shouldn't do on a date. I was hoping you knew." We laughed at that, remembering the intensity of those feelings. "Given a chance to do it over, I'd have camped out on your doorstep and professed my undying, eternal love the moment you walked out the door." I told her, half serious. "As I recall, you professed your love for me that evening, just before opening the top of my pants." She said with a wicked grin. I'm sure I blushed mightily. "I can't really ask forgiveness, but I really am sorry. Sorry now and sorry then. I fantasized about you for years afterwards, thinking of what could have happened if I hadn't been such a jerk. You have no idea how many of my fantasies you starred in back then." "If only you'd have let me know. Ricky was my first. It could have been you. Given half a chance, it would have been you." She had moved close and was speaking softly. "And this is my punishment. Knowing how bad I fucked up. Seeing you here, as beautiful as in my dreams, and knowing I've screwed up any chance of being with you." I placed my hand behind her head, stroking her hair. "I wouldn't say you'd screwed up Any chance, but you certainly blew that one." We were looking deeply in each other's eyes, recalling strong, painful feelings. I wanted her now, as I'd wanted her then, with a deep burning need, and I leaned forward those last two inches, and captured her lips with mine. She slid forward and melted against me, kissing me with every emotion boiling to the surface. She took my hand and placed it on her incredible chest, and I squeezed her breast, my thumb reliving that first caress of her nipple from so many years earlier. We stayed like that for a couple of minutes, and then broke apart. Her eyes glistened. "I've got a boyfriend." She confessed. I nodded understanding. "If I didn't?" I reached forward pressing my index finger to her lips. "I know. I missed my chance. It's my loss." We just sat side by side a minute, in silence. "You know," she said softly, "what you did to me that night, that was part of the problem." "I know. I'm sorry if I stepped over the line." I said, even now embarrassed at the liberties I'd taken. "No, not anything wrong. What you did to me, how you made me feel. You made me cream my jeans more than once that night. It was the first time I'd ever come. I'd heard about it, but it was almost unreal. Your fingers just drove me wild. It was over a year before another guy was able to do the same." She put her hand between her legs, seemingly remembering that first night. "That makes two of us. I don't know if you knew, but I came in my pants too, and you never even touched me there. By the time I got home I was a terrible sticky mess. I snuck out and threw that underwear away before my mother could find them and ask uncomfortable questions." I told her, laughing. She gave me an odd little look, and then slid around the tree, placing its 3 foot wide trunk between us and the house. She reached out for me, and of course I followed. "Could I, I mean would you mind?" She seemed lost for words. "What? Just ask. I certainly owe you one." I told her. She didn't ask, she just started unbuckling my belt. "I always wondered, and never really had a chance to find out." With the belt open she unbuttoned and unzipped my pants. "I mean, that night, you got to find out pretty much ALL about me, but I didn't; " I lifted my hips and let her pull my pants down a short ways, and then she reached up and pulled my underwear down exposing my fully erect monument to her sexiness. "I knew it, you bastard. Look at that." I didn't have to look. I knew it pretty well. And it was certainly standing tall and making me proud. She took me in hand and stroked me up and down, which after all the discussion and reminiscing was almost enough to get me off. "I just knew it. This should have been my first." She slowly stroked me up and down, and then she leaned over and took me in her mouth for just a second, sucking me deep and then releasing me. That was it. It was too much for me, and I stood up and shot my wad a good two feet out from where we were sitting. She giggled, as she helped me through my release, then pulled my underwear up back over my still dripping cock, and wiped her hand on the front of my briefs, before helping me pull my jeans back up. "If I wasn't tied up, I'd have you paying reparations," she told me as we both stood, and she slapped my hands away from my belt and finished straightening me out herself. "Let's consider it a delayed payoff. If things don't work out for you, maybe we can try it again. Rochester isn't That far from Amherst." Little did I know what the future held in store for us, but that's a different story. We walked back to the house hand-in-hand, laughing at the folly of youth, from the wizened experience of our 18 and 19 years. She had to leave shortly after, as did we, and I kissed her goodbye at the door. Once the door was closed I heard an exclamation from behind me. I turned to Tommy who said, "Now I've seen everything." "Amen," said Jack. "What?" I asked. "After how you treated her after our first date, I was certain you were on her shit-list for life." Jack explained. "Absolutely." Tommy chimed in. "Sheri said that Kathryn fantasized about doing mean and nasty things to you for years. I mean, hell, you did use her pretty bad." "I was a dope. I did some things I'd never done before, and was so embarrassed I didn't know how to even face her. So I screwed up and avoided her. I just made my apologies and we worked things out. I think she understands that I didn't try to be mean; I was just young and stupid. I didn't know what I was doing, and regretted it for years." I told them. "Geez. I always wondered how you could pass on that, when she was so available to you. You really did fuck up, didn't you?" Tommy pointed out. "Yep, not the first time, and I'm certain not the last. But we've buried the hatchet it seems." I answered "I'm just astounded that hatchet isn't in your back." Jack added. We left just a short while after that. We had one last visit to make. Teri Branson was passing through town, and wanted to see us if she could. She was just there for the day, and none of us wanted to miss out on that chance. The summer before 10th grade, I'd practically lived at Teri's. It was football time, and we were doing twice-a-days. We'd have morning practice, then a break so we wouldn't be out all day in the noon-time Florida summer sun. After the break it was afternoon practice. Teri was at our school and I never really knew her until that summer. She lived only a block from Mike, and we had run into her one day out washing the family car. We struck up a conversation, and the rest was history. I spent every football break at her house that summer. Mike didn't play football, but I'd pick him up on the way over there, and we'd hang out. She had a pool table, and a private rec-room with a stand-up arcade game. Her mother would always bring us snacks and drinks. Teri had not been popular, and was new to the school as well. But in a period of just a few months she went from a boyish figured tom-boy, to a devastatingly beautiful teen. Her breasts seemed to almost explode outwards, and once we'd met her mom, we knew where she got it from. She lost some weight, traded glasses for contacts, grew tits, lost the braces, and suddenly this beauty was in our midst, and nobody even knew about her but us. She was our secret. Tommy was going to a different high-school from me and Mike, but we still hung together most of the summer, and we had to let him in on our secret. The closest we'd come to having anything happen was a bizarre game of spin-the-bottle underneath the pool table. Mike, Tommy, me and Teri. Just an excuse for us to take turns kissing her. Her father was being transferred again at the end of the summer. I told her I was going to have a birthday party, and that we were going to play spin-the-bottle, I had hoped she'd be there, but now she was leaving. We were all upset. Tommy suggested we play now, since she couldn't make it then, and we did. It was strange but wonderful. Two weeks later she was gone. We met Teri at the mall, our planned rendezvous. We couldn't miss her; she was the center of a lot of attention. And still gorgeous. We ran up to her and had hugs all around. "I can only stay about 20 minutes," she told us with a pout. "Damn," was all I could say. So the three of us toured the mall, observing all the changes. It had been brand new the year we had been together. We grabbed some drinks, and wandered back outside, our time almost up, and barely even caught up. "Teri, I have a confession." I told her. "I know we acted pretty much like friends, but I was crazy about you. That summer I went home every evening and dreamed of you." "Hell, we all did." Tommy admitted. "We were such idiots," she said. She reached up to my collar and pulled me down for a kiss. Teri stood maybe 5 foot 1, so I had at least a foot on her in height. Bent over I let her kiss me, and I returned it eagerly. Finally she released me. "I was so confused. One day I'd like you, and then the next day you," she said nodding around the group, "and then you. I kept wondering who was going to be my first real boyfriend. I just knew it was going to be one of you. And then it was all over." She looked up at me. "I Still dream about you sometimes." All we could do was laugh it off, and say we'd get together sometime. She was living in Phoenix now, finishing high school, and it looked like she'd be going to Stanford. It was going to be hard to ever make that commute work out, not that she didn't seem like it would be worth the effort. Then her parents drove up. We said hi to her mom (who had been a secret fantasy of mine back then) and then with a last set of hugs it was goodbye to Teri. It was getting late so we dropped Mike back off at his house, driving mostly in quiet. I imagine we were all lost in thought over the quirks of fate and what might have been. For me, it was thoughts of Kathryn and Teri, two incredible opportunities that any teen would kill for, and I'd let them slip through my fingers. We dropped Mike off, but didn't go inside. As it was we were running late, and knew that if we went in, it would be a while before we got out of there. From Mike's it was a 5 minute drive back to Tommy's, but we drove past Teri's old house, just for nostalgia's sake. At Tommy's we were running late. Dinner was going to be at 6:00 pm, and somehow we'd burned the whole day. It was 5:45 before we even walked in the door, and we both wanted to clean up before dinner. The kid's rooms were served by two separate bathrooms, one at the end of the hall, and one off of Greg's room. So I stripped down to my shorts, and went to take my shower. I hadn't expected the bathroom to be full. Sheri was in their, applying the last of her makeup. Fortunately (or unfortunately) she was dressed. When I walked in, she gave a squeal, and came over and gave me a big hug. "I can't believe you're here! You're looking good." She said, stepping back and giving me the once over. "Wow, Sheri, you look great!" was all I could say. She had always been pretty. But the difference between a 15 year old Sheri and this one was night and day. The more mature Sheri was a beautiful young woman. "Thanks," she said, "I'll be out of here in a second, and you can have the place to yourself. I'm dying to talk to you." "I'll be here all night." I joked, stepping back into the room I was using, before my underwear had to undergo any more strain. I sat on the bed waiting, and after just a minute or so she poked her head in and said "It's all yours." She left the door open and walked out the other side of the bathroom. So that was one change at least that I hadn't noticed. Back in the day, this was Greg's bathroom. But since then someone had taken out the linen closet, and the old closet door now opened into Sheri's room. In retrospect it should have been obvious. With Greg away, the bathroom had a lot of stuff in it, although very neat. If I'd opened a cabinet or drawer, I would have seen all the makeup and girl's things. I was using Sheri's bathroom. I rapidly cleaned up and dressed. I was in a bit of a hurry, wanting to still wrap a couple of small presents for my hosts. I had bought several music tapes for my sister as a Christmas present, and decided to gift Tommy with one of them. I also had a photo in a frame for my mom, and decided to make the frame a family gift. It was simple, hand-made by yours truly from apple-wood. After borrowing some paper, tape, and scissors, I was ready to join everyone else just a few minutes later. To be continued in part 2. Based on a post by Tx Tall Tales, in 2 parts, for Literotica

Lost At Christmas: Part 1 His First Christmas away from home, & His best gift ever. Based on a post by Tx Tall Tales, in 2 parts. Listen to the Podcast at My First time. After my first semester in College, I was eager to go home for the holidays. I was going to school in Rochester, New York, and anybody who'd experienced the lake-effect winters on the Great Lakes would understand my desire to get to somewhere warmer. For me, that somewhere warmer was a long ways away. As a military brat, home was often a moving target, and that winter it was Santiago, Chile, where my father was stationed and where I'd graduated high-school. It was summer in Santiago, and I was looking forward to a pool-party with my old school mates for the Holidays. We didn't have a lot of money, but I was allowed to travel space available on a military flight as a Navy ROTC student. I had to get down to Charleston, South Carolina, and catch an international C1 41 flight that made a loop through Latin America. After finagling a ride to Virginia followed by a very long bus trip down the coast, I finally made it to Charleston AFB. ROTC travel orders in hand, I checked in at the desk, and verified I was on the standby list for the flight leaving on the 23rd. I wouldn't get home until Christmas Day, but better late than never. With pockets nearly empty, a hotel room was out of the question so I slept in the terminal and snacked on the cheapest eats I could get away with. There was a festive mood in the terminal, so many people rushing to get home for the holidays, and I was getting caught up in the feeling, eagerly looking forward to that very long plane ride, first to Panama, then Lima, and finally Santiago. After what seemed an interminable wait, we were an hour away from boarding when I got bumped off the flight by a group of Marines headed to Panama on Active Duty travel orders. I was devastated. The next flight left early the morning of the 26th. At least that one was a huge plane, and nearly empty so I was virtually guaranteed to get aboard, but what was I going to do for Christmas? Looking up at the outgoing flight schedules, I saw a flight listed for Tyndall AFB, Panama City, Florida. "When is the flight to Tyndall headed out?" I asked the airman behind the desk. "In an hour-and-a-half, and it's all but empty. You want on?" He asked, offering some recompense for my last minute bump. I'd lived in Panama City during 9th and 10th grade, and still had some close friends there, many I still kept in touch with. Maybe I could find someone to spend Christmas with there. It had to be better than sleeping in the terminal for 2 more days. "Please," I told him, "but hold my space for Santiago. I'll be back for that flight." I recalled there being a pretty big Greyhound station in Panama City, so I called Greyhound and checked on a bus being able to get me back in time for the flight. They had one, a 7:30 am bus on Christmas morning would get me back before midnight on Christmas. I could easily make the flight the next morning, even if it were delay a few hours. I bought a ticket, using the emergency Am Ex card my parents had given me when I headed off to college. I'd explain the $67.00 to my parents. I called my family in Santiago with the news. It had to be short call because of the expense, so I let them know I had been bumped but would be there on the 28th. I told them I was headed to Panama City, and would be taking a bus back in plenty of time for my flight. My mother cried, and my father told me to go ahead and use the credit card, but to try to keep the expenses reasonable. By the time I hung up I was pretty depressed, but at least I had a plan. Before I could try to contact anyone in Panama City, an announcement was made and suddenly I was on my way to Florida for Christmas, with no place lined up to stay, and practically broke. I was feeling a bit melancholy, but was determined to make the best of it. So there I was, at Tyndall Air Force Base, at 11:20 pm on December 23rd. I was debating who to try first. I had several close friends nearby and I expected they'd all be home for Christmas. After a short internal debate, I had narrowed it down to two. I had always gotten along well with their entire families, and I was still in pretty regular contact with both of them. Mike lived the nearest to me in the old days. He came from a big family, with 6 siblings, including Peggy, who'd been one of my first real deep infatuations. When I had been in 9th grade she'd been a senior, and was pretty and sophisticated. My yearning for her was unrequited, but I relished the idea of seeing her again after four years. She was a college senior, and would probably be home. I knew they'd welcome me, but I was concerned it would be an inconvenience. They did not have a large house, and it was bound to be crowded, particularly with three college kids home for the holiday. On top of that who knew if they had anyone else in tow? Tommy on the other hand came from a relatively well-off family who always lived well within their means. He had an older brother, who was working in Japan and unlikely to be home, a sister, Sheri, just a year behind us in school, and two much younger siblings, who I guessed would be around 9 and 10 by now. They had a spacious house, each kid had their own room, and I wouldn't be putting anybody out if I stayed there. I'd always had a crush on Sheri, but although I'd dated her best friend, I'd never gone out with her. Getting a chance to see her again would be an extra bonus. Feeling nervous and awkward, I dialed Tommy's number from memory, and luckily got him on the first call. If I'd gotten somebody else, I would have really felt uncomfortable. Tommy's answer was unmistakable. He had a funny way of saying hello when he answered the phone, and the sound of his voice took me straight back down memory lane. "Hee-ello," he answered. "Tommy! Guess who?" I asked. I guess my voice must have been similarly recognizable, since he didn't hesitate a second. "Steve-o! What are you up to? Where're you at?" He answered eagerly. It put a smile on my face. Nice to hear a happy, upbeat voice that seemed genuinely pleased to hear from me. "Funny you should ask. It's a long story, but I'm in a bit of a bind. I'm at Tyndall, and stuck here until Christmas Day." I told him. "What happened to Chile, and Rochester?" He asked. "I was on my way home to Chile, when I lost my seat on the plane in Charleston. I couldn't get out again until the 26th, so when I saw an empty plane headed this way, I just hopped on and hoped for the best." I explained. "That's Great!" He almost shouted. "Not great that you couldn't get home, but great that you're here. You want to stay with us? You can have Greg's room, he won't be here, and I'm sure Sheri and Mom would love to see you. The place is kind of 'down' with Greg canceling his trip home at the last minute. Having you here should cheer things up a bit." He did sound enthused, and I couldn't help grinning in reply. "Don't you think you should check?" I laughed. A scream in my ear was the answer, as I heard half of a shouted conversation. "Mom! Guess Who's In Town." "No, Not Greg." "No, Go Ahead Guess." "Guess Again." "Ok, Ok - Steve." "Yeah, Steve Pelland. He's Stuck Here In Town 'Til Christmas Day." "Of Course I Told Him He Should Come Here, I'll Go Get Him." "I Will." "Yes Mom; Yes; I Won't; I Will." I was holding the phone a little away from my head, and almost missed it when he came back on. "Where should I pick you up?" He asked. "The Main Terminal, you know where that is right?" I answered. "Sure - be there in about 30 minutes. Man, this is Great!" I hung up with a big smile on my face, feeling 100% better than I had just 10 minutes earlier. I stood outside waiting for him, and about 20 minutes later the strings of Christmas lights shut off one at a time, as the place closed up for the night. It was dark and quiet, and I started to get nervous again, wondering if this had been such a good idea. I was 500 miles from my flight home and completely at the mercy of old friends. But as far as friends go, I couldn't do much better than mine, and figured at the least I wouldn't be sleeping in a lonely terminal in Charleston for two days, slowly eating my way through my meager funds. When Bob pulled up around midnight, I could see he'd gotten rid of the VW Bug he'd inherited from his mother upon turning 16, and was now driving his brother's old Two-tone Cougar. We spent a minute saying hi, and loading my gear into the trunk, and then we headed back into town, catching each other up on history. When I had first moved to Santiago, I used to write about once every couple of months, as well as call a couple of times a year. In the beginning I'd written Sheri a lot as well. She was one of the most prolific writers among my old friends, and would typically write twice to me for every one I wrote to her. Over the years, that had degenerated into holiday cards and a surprise call maybe once a year. I knew he was attending Florida State, and that Greg had graduated from Georgetown, and had moved to Japan on business. That was about it. Tommy told me all about the old gang, who was in town, who was going to what schools, what people had been up to. I told him a lot more detail about what I'd been up to. "So," he asked, "Got a girl?" "Not now. Thought I had one after the ROTC Christmas ball, but that seems to have been my mistake." I admitted. "Hard to believe. You always had someone. Every letter, every phone-call, just seems like they didn't stay the same all that long." He teased. "I don't know. I had several relationships last pretty long. Two were more than 6 months long." I argued. "Oh! Six Months!" He laughed. "How about you then," I asked in defense. "Still Erin. Almost two years now." He asked. "Shit. What does she see in you? She could do so much better." I teased. "Oh really? Like how?" "Like me!" I laughed. "Right, like that would ever happen! Don't even think about it, or you'll be sleeping in the street." He was laughing as well. "Not if I called Erin I wouldn't," I shot back. I thought it was a great comeback, but it earned me a sock in the arm. We pulled up to his house, which still looked exactly the same, and things were pretty quiet. They used the same window lights, same roof lights, same bush trimmings year after year. It was just as I remembered. Who says you can't go back? "Mom's got to work tomorrow, so I'm sure she's in bed, and you know Dave crashes early, so we better keep it down. We've got lots to do tomorrow anyway." We entered quietly and put my bag in Greg's old room. Tommy stayed and chatted for a few minutes then bid me good night, telling me to sleep in as long as I wanted, as long as it wasn't past 9:00 am, and left me to get settled. Past 9:00? Now I remembered, they'd always been an early-bird household. For me 9:00 am Was the crack of dawn. Tommy and I had breakfast at about 9:30. He was already chiding me for sleeping in and missing the whole family. We had the house to ourselves. He'd been on the phone arranging our day, and once we'd finished the pancakes, we were off to see Mike and his family. Entering Mike's house was the same as it had ever been, but more-so. People everywhere, noise, laughter, roughhousing, it was all taken in stride by Mrs. Frey. We spent a few hours visiting, and getting fed again before we could leave. Mike's older sister Peggy still looked cute to me, but not the amazing creature my memory had somehow stored away. I had to tease her about the Christmas gift she'd given me three years earlier. She'd bought me a Richard Pryor tape, thinking it was Bill Cosby. When I played it for her in my car, she exploded, calling me names and accusing me of vile intent. At the time I had felt bad, confused, angry and a host of other feelings, now thankfully we could laugh at it. When I'd been 16 I'd been somewhat in awe of her, now things were comfortable. Mike's older brother was home as well, with his live-in girlfriend who seemed awfully ill-at-ease, and must have been at least 5 years older than Dan, maybe more. That was a story I'd have to hear more about. The biggest surprise was Alice. She'd been a few years younger than us. I wasn't sure if she was 16 or 17 now, but she was a bombshell. And she was coming on to me like gangbusters. I was really nervous, with her acting all touchy-feely with her mother and Peggy there. I was suddenly glad I had chosen to stay over with Tommy. With a pretty, stacked girl that seemed so infatuated with me around, I'm afraid I might have gotten into a whole lot more trouble than I needed. When we left there Mike joined us, and it was off to see Jack and Russ. They were a year apart in age. Russ had been in our class, and we'd been friendly with him, but Jack, although a year younger was our buddy. We played on the basketball team together, and when Tommy and I formed our first band, Jack was our bassist. At the Chambers house, we once again reminisced, and had to relive our first 'gig'. We had decided to play in the school talent show. With Tommy on piano and Jack on bass, I played guitar. We had a fourth guy on drums we'd all lost contact with. We had played Elton John, Deep Purple, The Eagles, and The Beatles. We had opened with the opening riff of "Smoke on the Water", and had been a hit. We were pretty lousy, but the audience was our friends, our parents and the parents of our friends, and at the end the parents even took up a collection for us. Pretty heady stuff. We'd called ourselves Bronze Myth, and had already designed our first three album covers before we had our first birthday party gig. Jack had been tall then, and had not stopped growing; he was now 6'7" and was attending University of Florida, playing basketball. He reminded me of the time when we went on our first dates together. I had gone with Kathryn Best, easily the most lusted after girl in the whole school, who was in Jack's class a year behind me. Jack, on the other hand, had gone out with our "Valentine's Day Queen", Anne, who was in my class and almost two full years older than Jack. He was always precocious. There had been a third couple with us, Dennis and Suzanne, and Jack broke the news that Suzanne had gotten knocked up, just before I left to go overseas, and she and Dennis had gotten married. There was a huge scandal, but they stuck together, and had the baby. They lived with Suzanne's parents. Dennis was doing alright, working for Suzanne's father. While we were visiting, several friends dropped in, including the aforementioned Kathryn who lived one street over. Kathryn, the stunning brunette who had the body of a 20 year old when she was 15, and had a beautiful face with features that just slayed me. Kathryn, the very first girl I had gotten to Third Base with. She was as pretty as I remembered, and I found out she was going to be attending Mt. Holyoke the following year, which was an odd coincidence since my girlfriend from High School was a sophomore there. Going out with Kathryn, a year younger than me had been a total fiasco. We'd sat together on an out-of-town bus trip and ranked high enough in the pecking order that we got the right hand seat second from the back. These trips were our biggest dates back then. Ours was a small parochial school, and on the bus trips, the athletes, cheerleaders and student fans all rode the same bug. The 30-90 minute trips were like pep rallies on the way out, and like the back of movie theatres on the way back. There were frequent "hand-checks" and the lights would come one as our coaches would walk the aisle, but it seemed like after our wins, the checks would be a little less frequent. Our win at Pensacola was my first real 'make-out' session, as we cuddled and kissed the whole trip home. I even got a chance to play with her breast through her sweater. Less than a week later I asked her to the movies, and we sat in the back with the two other couples, probably both scared spitless and nervous as goldfish in a blender. We'd started necking, which got more and more intense, and my hands boldly went where no hands had gone before. An hour into the movie I was almost out of control, and feverish with desire, and it seemed she was willing to let me do whatever I wanted. If I'd had a little more confidence, or a little more knowledge, who knows what might have happened? As it is, I went pretty far, probably too far, and I was scared to death afterwards. She was the first girl whose flesh I'd touched underneath her clothing. I didn't call her for several days, and even avoided her at school, not knowing what to say. In short I was a total jerk. Everyone thought we should be together, she was the pretty captain of the cheerleaders, with the big boobs, and I was the Big Jock, playing all the sports, while at the same time excelling in school. She was voted "Most Popular." I was "Most Likely to Succeed." However, in this case it turned out she was "Most Slighted", and I was definitely "Most Inept." After waiting several days, amazingly patient in retrospect, she had tasked her best friend Sheri, Tommy's sister, with letting me know that she thought we shouldn't go out. Next thing you know, she was going out with some geeky looking kid, and she dated him for the rest of the school year. I'd changed schools at the end of that year, and had seen her only infrequently the following year, before moving to Santiago. Outside in the backyard, Kathryn and I walked off together and finally had a few minutes alone. "You know Kat, I don't think I ever apologized for being such an idiot, after our first date. I really am sorry." She was quiet for a while. She had a sad little look. "You know, I waited by that phone night after night, crying myself to sleep. I saw you dodging me at school and it broke my heart." "I was young and stupid. I'd never done Anything with a girl before, and could hardly even believe I was with the hottest girl in school. After all the stuff I did, God, I was so embarrassed that I'd overstepped the boundaries, and I had no idea what to say." She sat down underneath the big tree in the backyard and I sat beside her on the circular bench around it. "You could have said something to Jack maybe, or Tommy, and let them tell me. At least let me know that you liked me, or had fun. Something." She looked on the verge of tears, even 3 years later, and I felt even worse. "I know. I kept kicking myself over it. I was so angry with myself and jealous when you went out with Ricky." I admitted. "He was nice to me when I needed it." "But it seemed such an odd fit. He was a nobody; the only thing he ever did noteworthy was date you." I told her. "He lived two houses down. We'd grown up together, and when my heart was broken he picked up the pieces. He could tell something was wrong, and really made me feel a lot better." She confessed. That brought on a short period of silence. It did let me think better of Ricky, who wasn't just lucky or an opportunist. "You know, that was one of the most memorable moments in my life. Touching a girl like that for the first time. I had no idea what I should do, or what I could do, but I kept looking down the row at Dennis and Suzanne, and figured I should be able to do that too. I was in heaven; you were so amazing to be with." I told her, reaching out and taking her hand in mine. Her palm was moist. "You're telling me? You were the big 9th grader with the learner's permit and motorcycle. Big Man on Campus. The guy every girl wanted. And you wanted me. I had no idea what we should or shouldn't do on a date. I was hoping you knew." We laughed at that, remembering the intensity of those feelings. "Given a chance to do it over, I'd have camped out on your doorstep and professed my undying, eternal love the moment you walked out the door." I told her, half serious. "As I recall, you professed your love for me that evening, just before opening the top of my pants." She said with a wicked grin. I'm sure I blushed mightily. "I can't really ask forgiveness, but I really am sorry. Sorry now and sorry then. I fantasized about you for years afterwards, thinking of what could have happened if I hadn't been such a jerk. You have no idea how many of my fantasies you starred in back then." "If only you'd have let me know. Ricky was my first. It could have been you. Given half a chance, it would have been you." She had moved close and was speaking softly. "And this is my punishment. Knowing how bad I fucked up. Seeing you here, as beautiful as in my dreams, and knowing I've screwed up any chance of being with you." I placed my hand behind her head, stroking her hair. "I wouldn't say you'd screwed up Any chance, but you certainly blew that one." We were looking deeply in each other's eyes, recalling strong, painful feelings. I wanted her now, as I'd wanted her then, with a deep burning need, and I leaned forward those last two inches, and captured her lips with mine. She slid forward and melted against me, kissing me with every emotion boiling to the surface. She took my hand and placed it on her incredible chest, and I squeezed her breast, my thumb reliving that first caress of her nipple from so many years earlier. We stayed like that for a couple of minutes, and then broke apart. Her eyes glistened. "I've got a boyfriend." She confessed. I nodded understanding. "If I didn't?" I reached forward pressing my index finger to her lips. "I know. I missed my chance. It's my loss." We just sat side by side a minute, in silence. "You know," she said softly, "what you did to me that night, that was part of the problem." "I know. I'm sorry if I stepped over the line." I said, even now embarrassed at the liberties I'd taken. "No, not anything wrong. What you did to me, how you made me feel. You made me cream my jeans more than once that night. It was the first time I'd ever come. I'd heard about it, but it was almost unreal. Your fingers just drove me wild. It was over a year before another guy was able to do the same." She put her hand between her legs, seemingly remembering that first night. "That makes two of us. I don't know if you knew, but I came in my pants too, and you never even touched me there. By the time I got home I was a terrible sticky mess. I snuck out and threw that underwear away before my mother could find them and ask uncomfortable questions." I told her, laughing. She gave me an odd little look, and then slid around the tree, placing its 3 foot wide trunk between us and the house. She reached out for me, and of course I followed. "Could I, I mean would you mind?" She seemed lost for words. "What? Just ask. I certainly owe you one." I told her. She didn't ask, she just started unbuckling my belt. "I always wondered, and never really had a chance to find out." With the belt open she unbuttoned and unzipped my pants. "I mean, that night, you got to find out pretty much ALL about me, but I didn't; " I lifted my hips and let her pull my pants down a short ways, and then she reached up and pulled my underwear down exposing my fully erect monument to her sexiness. "I knew it, you bastard. Look at that." I didn't have to look. I knew it pretty well. And it was certainly standing tall and making me proud. She took me in hand and stroked me up and down, which after all the discussion and reminiscing was almost enough to get me off. "I just knew it. This should have been my first." She slowly stroked me up and down, and then she leaned over and took me in her mouth for just a second, sucking me deep and then releasing me. That was it. It was too much for me, and I stood up and shot my wad a good two feet out from where we were sitting. She giggled, as she helped me through my release, then pulled my underwear up back over my still dripping cock, and wiped her hand on the front of my briefs, before helping me pull my jeans back up. "If I wasn't tied up, I'd have you paying reparations," she told me as we both stood, and she slapped my hands away from my belt and finished straightening me out herself. "Let's consider it a delayed payoff. If things don't work out for you, maybe we can try it again. Rochester isn't That far from Amherst." Little did I know what the future held in store for us, but that's a different story. We walked back to the house hand-in-hand, laughing at the folly of youth, from the wizened experience of our 18 and 19 years. She had to leave shortly after, as did we, and I kissed her goodbye at the door. Once the door was closed I heard an exclamation from behind me. I turned to Tommy who said, "Now I've seen everything." "Amen," said Jack. "What?" I asked. "After how you treated her after our first date, I was certain you were on her shit-list for life." Jack explained. "Absolutely." Tommy chimed in. "Sheri said that Kathryn fantasized about doing mean and nasty things to you for years. I mean, hell, you did use her pretty bad." "I was a dope. I did some things I'd never done before, and was so embarrassed I didn't know how to even face her. So I screwed up and avoided her. I just made my apologies and we worked things out. I think she understands that I didn't try to be mean; I was just young and stupid. I didn't know what I was doing, and regretted it for years." I told them. "Geez. I always wondered how you could pass on that, when she was so available to you. You really did fuck up, didn't you?" Tommy pointed out. "Yep, not the first time, and I'm certain not the last. But we've buried the hatchet it seems." I answered "I'm just astounded that hatchet isn't in your back." Jack added. We left just a short while after that. We had one last visit to make. Teri Branson was passing through town, and wanted to see us if she could. She was just there for the day, and none of us wanted to miss out on that chance. The summer before 10th grade, I'd practically lived at Teri's. It was football time, and we were doing twice-a-days. We'd have morning practice, then a break so we wouldn't be out all day in the noon-time Florida summer sun. After the break it was afternoon practice. Teri was at our school and I never really knew her until that summer. She lived only a block from Mike, and we had run into her one day out washing the family car. We struck up a conversation, and the rest was history. I spent every football break at her house that summer. Mike didn't play football, but I'd pick him up on the way over there, and we'd hang out. She had a pool table, and a private rec-room with a stand-up arcade game. Her mother would always bring us snacks and drinks. Teri had not been popular, and was new to the school as well. But in a period of just a few months she went from a boyish figured tom-boy, to a devastatingly beautiful teen. Her breasts seemed to almost explode outwards, and once we'd met her mom, we knew where she got it from. She lost some weight, traded glasses for contacts, grew tits, lost the braces, and suddenly this beauty was in our midst, and nobody even knew about her but us. She was our secret. Tommy was going to a different high-school from me and Mike, but we still hung together most of the summer, and we had to let him in on our secret. The closest we'd come to having anything happen was a bizarre game of spin-the-bottle underneath the pool table. Mike, Tommy, me and Teri. Just an excuse for us to take turns kissing her. Her father was being transferred again at the end of the summer. I told her I was going to have a birthday party, and that we were going to play spin-the-bottle, I had hoped she'd be there, but now she was leaving. We were all upset. Tommy suggested we play now, since she couldn't make it then, and we did. It was strange but wonderful. Two weeks later she was gone. We met Teri at the mall, our planned rendezvous. We couldn't miss her; she was the center of a lot of attention. And still gorgeous. We ran up to her and had hugs all around. "I can only stay about 20 minutes," she told us with a pout. "Damn," was all I could say. So the three of us toured the mall, observing all the changes. It had been brand new the year we had been together. We grabbed some drinks, and wandered back outside, our time almost up, and barely even caught up. "Teri, I have a confession." I told her. "I know we acted pretty much like friends, but I was crazy about you. That summer I went home every evening and dreamed of you." "Hell, we all did." Tommy admitted. "We were such idiots," she said. She reached up to my collar and pulled me down for a kiss. Teri stood maybe 5 foot 1, so I had at least a foot on her in height. Bent over I let her kiss me, and I returned it eagerly. Finally she released me. "I was so confused. One day I'd like you, and then the next day you," she said nodding around the group, "and then you. I kept wondering who was going to be my first real boyfriend. I just knew it was going to be one of you. And then it was all over." She looked up at me. "I Still dream about you sometimes." All we could do was laugh it off, and say we'd get together sometime. She was living in Phoenix now, finishing high school, and it looked like she'd be going to Stanford. It was going to be hard to ever make that commute work out, not that she didn't seem like it would be worth the effort. Then her parents drove up. We said hi to her mom (who had been a secret fantasy of mine back then) and then with a last set of hugs it was goodbye to Teri. It was getting late so we dropped Mike back off at his house, driving mostly in quiet. I imagine we were all lost in thought over the quirks of fate and what might have been. For me, it was thoughts of Kathryn and Teri, two incredible opportunities that any teen would kill for, and I'd let them slip through my fingers. We dropped Mike off, but didn't go inside. As it was we were running late, and knew that if we went in, it would be a while before we got out of there. From Mike's it was a 5 minute drive back to Tommy's, but we drove past Teri's old house, just for nostalgia's sake. At Tommy's we were running late. Dinner was going to be at 6:00 pm, and somehow we'd burned the whole day. It was 5:45 before we even walked in the door, and we both wanted to clean up before dinner. The kid's rooms were served by two separate bathrooms, one at the end of the hall, and one off of Greg's room. So I stripped down to my shorts, and went to take my shower. I hadn't expected the bathroom to be full. Sheri was in their, applying the last of her makeup. Fortunately (or unfortunately) she was dressed. When I walked in, she gave a squeal, and came over and gave me a big hug. "I can't believe you're here! You're looking good." She said, stepping back and giving me the once over. "Wow, Sheri, you look great!" was all I could say. She had always been pretty. But the difference between a 15 year old Sheri and this one was night and day. The more mature Sheri was a beautiful young woman. "Thanks," she said, "I'll be out of here in a second, and you can have the place to yourself. I'm dying to talk to you." "I'll be here all night." I joked, stepping back into the room I was using, before my underwear had to undergo any more strain. I sat on the bed waiting, and after just a minute or so she poked her head in and said "It's all yours." She left the door open and walked out the other side of the bathroom. So that was one change at least that I hadn't noticed. Back in the day, this was Greg's bathroom. But since then someone had taken out the linen closet, and the old closet door now opened into Sheri's room. In retrospect it should have been obvious. With Greg away, the bathroom had a lot of stuff in it, although very neat. If I'd opened a cabinet or drawer, I would have seen all the makeup and girl's things. I was using Sheri's bathroom. I rapidly cleaned up and dressed. I was in a bit of a hurry, wanting to still wrap a couple of small presents for my hosts. I had bought several music tapes for my sister as a Christmas present, and decided to gift Tommy with one of them. I also had a photo in a frame for my mom, and decided to make the frame a family gift. It was simple, hand-made by yours truly from apple-wood. After borrowing some paper, tape, and scissors, I was ready to join everyone else just a few minutes later. To be continued in part 2. Based on a post by Tx Tall Tales, in 2 parts, for Literotica

Week 17 doesn't care about what you meant to do, or what your roster looked like in October. It only cares about totals. One round is already in the books, and now we're staring at the second half of a two-week playoff where every point counts the same, whether it comes on Christmas Day or Sunday night. There are no style points left. This is math, nerve, and lineup discipline. Some teams are protecting leads. Others are chasing aggressively. And everyone's checking injury reports like they're reading tea leaves. This is the week where safe decisions lose leagues and bold ones win them. Around the NFL, the timing couldn't be better or worse depending on who you ask. Quarterbacks are questionable, stars are chasing contract bonuses, suspensions are still being debated, and fans are freezing in stadiums watching games that somehow still matter. Week 17 always blurs the line between football and chaos. Christmas Poem:  'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the league, Not a lineup was resting, not even fatigue. The rosters were set with extreme calculation, For this isn't one week, but two-week accumulation.   Round one is complete, but the war isn't done, One matchup remains till a champion's won. Six teams stand tall as the playoffs advance, While the rest watch it play out with envy and chance.   Los Gallegos rolled steady, composed and precise, While You Sanuze You Lose kept rolling the dice. Micah Hyde Yo Kids brought chaos and flair, And Bethesda Big Train just kept rolling somewhere.   Andy Reid's Fupa surprised and attacked, While the Azure Gargoyles stayed icy and stacked. Six entered the bracket, six earned their way in, Two weeks of totals decide who will win.   But make no mistake, this league's story runs deep, Beyond just the teams that still dream in their sleep. For Jim Bob Cooters, the champs reigning still, Watched quietly knowing they've already climbed the hill.   Hoop Dreams had visions that danced in their head, While Kiss of Deaf left defenses completely misled. Colonel Sanders Was Offsides yelled flags at the screen, And The District Skins swore next year's their scene.   Bishop Backers stayed faithful through ups and through downs, Because legends are built not just wins, but rebounds. Every team played their part, every season had stakes, This league's not just trophies—it's memories made.   And presiding it all, clipboard firm in his grip, Commissioner Steve ran a tight, steady ship. So steady, in fact, that the world took a look, Voting him finalist—yeah, that wasn't a fluke.   From Mike's Hard Lemonade, the word has been sent, Best Commissioner sweepstakes—Steve's into the end. Proof that this league, with its chaos and pride, Is run by a man who takes nothing in stride.   Yet one voice was missing, a pause in tradition, As poetry waited its annual ignition. For Dylan Walsh, the scribe we all know so well, Was writing a far greater story to tell.   A new baby arrived, a new chapter begun, A partner beside him, a family won. So this year we pause, with respect and with cheer, Knowing the poem will be back next year.   Now visions of championships danced in each head, While stat apps refreshed as they crawled into bed. Two weeks decide it, no flukes, no disguise, Just totals and tension and Christmas surprise.   So good luck to the teams as the final week plays, May your lineups hold strong through the holidays. And remember this league, through the chaos and cheer: Merry Christmas to all and see you next year.

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Comedian Mike Marino, affectionately known as New Jersey's Bad Boy, brings his sharp wit and Italian American charm to our latest episode. Brandon Ficarra and I swap laughs over a hilarious mix-up with lost episodes and dive into the unpredictable world of podcasting. Mike shares candid insights on self-promotion, audience connection, and creative resilience—lessons that have shaped Brandon's comedic path and resonate with anyone navigating the entertainment industry. We explore the rich tapestry of Italian American traditions, from Sunday dinners filled with the aroma of homemade gravy to the lighthearted "art" of collecting espresso cups from our travels. Along the way, we pay tribute to the iconic comedians who paved the way with humor, humility, and heart. Our chat blends family tales, cultural quirks, and comedy gold—from staged Atlantic City arrests to my father's legendary tomato-sauce stash—while reflecting on the value of preserving those moments that keep us grounded. From Mike's upcoming performances to nostalgic nods to comedy greats, this episode celebrates humor, heritage, and the bonds forged through laughter and creativity.   HIS SOCIALS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikemarinolive Instagram: @mikemarinolive TikTok: @mikemarinolive X: @MikeMarinoLive Youtube:  @MikeMarinoLive    HIS WEBSITE: https://mikemarino.net/  

One of our most requested guests, David Greaney is the Chief Executive Officer of Synergy, a Boston-based real estate investment and management company that he founded in 2003. Synergy owns and operates over 30 commercial assets in the Greater Boston area, totaling nearly 7 million square feet. Over 500 companies, retailers, and organizations occupy space in the Synergy-owned portfolio.Greaney has played a pivotal role in shaping Boston's economy and downtown landscape, recently leading transformative acquisitions such as 99 High Street, 101 Arch Street, and 1 Liberty Square. His vision for integrating investment, asset management, leasing, construction, property management, accounting, and hospitality has positioned Synergy as a leader in delivering tenant-focused, amenity-driven spaces that consistently outperform market benchmarks.Beyond commercial real estate, Greaney is deeply invested in Boston's hospitality scene, with ownership in over a dozen restaurants that bring vibrancy, foot traffic, and jobs to the city's core. He also works closely with Governor Healey's Administration to address Massachusetts' housing crisis, focusing on adaptive reuse opportunities.Active in civic and industry leadership, Greaney serves on the boards of NAIOP Massachusetts and the Downtown Boston Alliance. Since relocating from Ireland in 1995, he has raised millions for philanthropic causes on both sides of the Atlantic, including Bridge Over Troubled Waters and The Ireland Funds. Greaney has received many accolades for his leadership in Boston, including being recognized for two consecutive years in the Boston Business Journal's “Power50: Movement Makers” list, and Synergy has received the Commercial Broker's Association “Landlord of the Year” Award.Greaney is a graduate of the University College Dublin. Prior to founding Synergy, he worked at Harvard Management Company and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Greaney resides on the South Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and seven children. In his free time, he enjoys traveling and playing golf.From Mike & Tom: This was a fun one for us! Dave Greaney is a legendary investor in the Boston market, and in this interview he shares with our listeners a rare, behind-the-curtain look at Synergy. From Dave's serendipitous beginnings in the US on a summer work visa, through his early investing lessons and the evolution of Synergy as one of Boston's largest and most active commercial landlords, we covered it all in this candid conversation. Thank you to Dave and the Synergy team for sharing your story, and for your continued friendship, collaboration and partnership with our Newmark Boston office.For more information on Synergy, visit: https://synergyboston.com/CoreyFest 2025! We hope you will consider joining us for our 11th Annual CoreyFest on Saturday, November 11th at House of Blues Boston. One of the flagship events of the Corey C. Griffin Foundation, CoreyFest this year will feature local favorites Dalton & the Sheriffs and headliner Dustin Lynch. We are expecting an 11th consecutive sold-out crowd, so please reach out to us today for sponsorship opportunities or visit https://www.coreycgriffinfoundation.org/initiatives-and-events/coreyfest/ for tickets and more information. Thank you to our clients, friends and listeners for your support of Corey's Kids!Please share with clients, colleagues and friends and thanks for tuning in!Tom Greeley

On this jam-packed roundtable edition of The Trailhead, JD hosts updates from a panel of familiar voices that have been guests on the show before. From Mike and Amy Malone of Midwest Krawlers to Loren Campbell, Kristy Beyer, and Justin from KrashFab, Steve Botkin, and Jennifer and Calvin from SRG Offroad, the group shares stories from recent trail events, gear wins and fails, and plans for what's next. JD even dishes on his now infamous Sand Hollow incident,  It's everything you love about The Trailhead—laughs, land use, and community updates.

This week on We Think It's Funny, Emmy-nominated comedian and writer Mike Glazer joins Mark Schiff and Daniel Lobell for a hilarious, wide-ranging conversation you won't want to miss. From Mike's days at Second City Chicago during its iconic 50th anniversary to his work with CBS, truTV, High Times, and Rolling Stone-acclaimed live shows like Glazed, he brings stories and laughs from every corner of his career. The guys dive into everything from the early days of New York stand-up at Catch a Rising Star, to weed culture, Italian coffee cake obsessions, and plenty more —tune in and get ready to laugh.

If your team always agrees with you--but never takes action--this episode's for you. It's time to stop settling for input ... and start asking for ownership. From Mike and Mark's new book, "The Inquiring Leader"--buy it here!  Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. 

From Mike and Mark's new book, "The Inquiring Leader:" It's easier, more efficient, to be the Answer Guy--the leader who gives all the direction and tells people what to do. Or is it? There are limitations to directive leadership. ...  Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. (And buy the book here!)

From Mike and Mark's new book, "The Inquiring Leader:" A manager's "impossible choice" was solved with a powerful question. All four types of powerful questions help a leader clarify the situation, analyze what's really going on, gain awareness and plan for the future.  Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. (And buy the book here!)

From Mike and Mark's new book, "The Inquiring Leader:" How five different leaders used questions—not counteroffers—to retain employees ready to resign. Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. (And buy the book here!) How to retain employees without a raise Coaching conversations to reduce turnover Best questions to ask when someone wants to quit Employee retention through leadership Stop resignations with empathy and inquiry How to have powerful stay interviews Modern employee engagement strategies Leadership questions to build trust Culture-driven employee retention

From Mike and Mark's new book, "The Inquiring Leader:" The real-world story of a general manager who slashed "time-to-line" from 38 days to 5—and saved $1.2 million—because of a single question. Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. (And buy the book here!) Leadership questions that drive performance How to lead with questions Modern leadership styles Culture of curiosity at work Business coaching with questions How to reduce employee turnover Dealership management success stories Time to line improvement Leadership podcast for young managers

This week, Mike and Jack dive into the fast-paced world of Fiasp insulin, body's insulin resistance, and a bit of feline chaos. From Mike's first experience with Fiasp during a busy workday to Jack's insulin stacking situation that actually turned out fine, this episode is full of laughs and real-life T1D moments.

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! We end this month with a peek behind the curtain of Star Wars Unlimited from the perspective of a store that helps to run multiple events in Colorado. Andrés sits down with Mike, owner of Mythic Games, about how the game compares to other Star Wars games and Trading Card Games in general! From Mike's Star Wars journey to a meta conversation on set rotations and tournament formats, this is an episode for those who want to understand Star Wars Unlimited from a different perspective! Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.bsky.social Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes: Mythic Games Kenner Star Wars Action Figures Star Wars CCG Bad Batch Andor Season 2 Trailer Shadows of the Empire (Game) Twin Suns (SWU) Karabast Nala Se Sectors and Regionals Boba Fett Banned Lorcana Errata Set Rotations in SWU Hondo Ohnaka (Leader) Fantasy Flight Games x Melee

Welcome back to another episode of Fratello On Air! This week, your hosts discuss the vintage watches currently tickling their collective fancies. Before that, though, there's plenty of banter about sneakers and watches. For your convenience, watch content starts after 20 minutes.Vintage watches are some of our favorite watches. We're always looking and thinking about what to buy next. In this episode, you'll hear about what has us searching auction sites and sale boards. We also discuss the vintage market and the watches that will become popular (again).HandgelenkskontrolleChristmas came early in Germany and England. Mike received his Nike Air Tech Challenge 2's via the eBay authentication program and Balazs received the latest Nike x Travis Scott shoes from StockX. We then discuss a recent watch event in London held by 289 Consulting with 25 brands including Raymond Weil, Krayon, Doxa, Artya, Favre Leuba, and more. These intimate affairs are refreshing and a nice way to see a lot of watches in one place. For the Handgelenkskontrolle, Balazs is wearing the soon-to-be-released Albishorn Air chronograph. We cannot say much about it, but it's a different take on a vintage aviator's chronograph. Mike is wearing a just-received 18K Movado Curviplan with a black dial. The watch came from France and was a buying adventure.Vintage watches on our radarFor our main topic, we discuss the vintage watches on our radar. You'll hear about Movado chronographs, Angelus, and Hungarian military watches from Balazs. From Mike, tanks, a nice early Heuer 2447 Carrera, and a later gilt dial Rolex Submariner or GMT-Master make the list. We then discuss the current vintage market and how simple dress watches have become popular. However, these watches have limitations such as a lack of popular, commonly known references. We also opine that '60s chronographs will make a slow return to prominence. Also, vintage Rolex sports watches such as the 5512 we just reviewed are beginning to awaken from a lengthy slumber.As always, thank you for listening to our latest episode. If you have ideas for future shows, please let us know.

Send us a textThe Gun Experiment podcast hosts, Mike and Keith, join the show. From Mike's initial spark of interest in podcasting during the pandemic to Keith's hesitant yet rewarding leap into co-hosting. Gun ownership carries both passion and responsibility, and this episode brings that duality to the forefront. With candid discussions on the intricacies of gun laws and the societal perceptions that shape them, we tackle controversial topics head-on. This episode underscores the critical importance of training, safety, and education in navigating today's complex firearm landscape.Support the showMake sure to check out Jason on IG @drjasonpiccolo

Unlock the secrets to financial freedom with Mike Hoffman, affectionately known as Mr. Passive. This episode of "Escaping the Drift" promises to arm you with actionable insights into the vending machine business. From Mike's early days on a farm in rural Iowa to mastering passive income streams, you'll discover how simple, strategic decisions can pave the way to entrepreneurship. Learn how Mike turned everyday experiences, like running a lemonade stand, into a thriving vending machine empire.Get ready for a deep dive into the evolution of Mike's vending machine business and the savvy strategies that led to his success. We explore critical decisions like selecting the right products and locations, understanding market demands, and leveraging cutting-edge technology such as AI-enabled vending machines. Mike shares his journey of scaling the business while juggling the commitments of a full-time job, offering practical tips on logistics, hiring help, and the importance of hands-on experience before delegating tasks.Finally, we take a closer look at Mike's comprehensive coaching services designed to guide newcomers through the maze of the vending machine industry. Whether you're seeking a DIY approach or a fully managed service plan, Mike's expertise offers a roadmap to financial independence. Learn how to secure profitable locations, the benefits of vertical integration, and the steps to sidestepping common pitfalls. This episode is a must-listen for anyone ready to escape the nine-to-five grind and embark on a path toward entrepreneurial success.Highlights:(01:14 - 01:49) Mr. Passive on Financial Freedom(07:04 - 08:55) Venturing Into Vending Machines(10:55 - 11:32) Starting Vending Machine Business Without Money(17:52 - 18:19) Combo Refrigerator Machines Selection Process(25:06 - 26:10) Managing Employees in Vending Business(30:48 - 32:38) Food Distribution and Shelf Space Strategy(36:07 - 37:31) Best Locations for Luxury Amenities(39:26 - 40:09) Profitable Business Opportunities Without InvestmentCHAPTERS (00:00) Mr. Passive(04:16) Vending Machine Business Growth and Success(14:44) Selecting Products for Vending Machines(19:58) Scaling a Vending Machine Business(30:48) Optimizing Vending Machine Location Strategy(37:31) Vending Machine Business Coaching Services

This week, the lads are in high spirits, sharing banter that will have you chuckling along. From Mike's David Attenborough impression to Jack's Michael Caine quips, the episode kicks off with a laugh. Diving into the outtakes, the duo discuss everything from hypo snacks to the quirks of managing diabetes. Mike munches on Thai chilli rice snacks, while Jack opts for a rich tea biscuit, leading to a humorous debate on the best hypo treats. The conversation takes a hilarious turn as they share tips on warming up cold insulin, with Mike's unconventional microwave method getting a firm "do not try this at home" warning. Mike also supported a CGM in the new Inside Out 2 Movie!! The episode's highlight is a listener story from T1D lass, who recounts a hypo mishap involving an omnipod and a laundry basket. Her tale of losing her pod during a hypo-induced frenzy is both relatable and amusing, reminding us of the unpredictable nature of diabetes management. As always, the episode is filled with laughs, relatable moments, and valuable insights into living with Type 1 Diabetes. Join the conversation and share your stories with the T1D community. Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe to help others find the podcast. Follow The Podcast https://www.instagram.com/wearet1d Follow Mike https://www.instagram.com/t1d_mike Follow Jack https://www.instagram.com/t1d_jack Share your stories at https://wearet1d.com New episodes are released every Sunday & Wednesday PS. If you would like to be a Guest on the podcast please go to the website https://wearet1d.com and fill out the form.  

Send us a Text Message.What if you could turn a simple hunting trip into a story worth sharing around every campfire? Join us as we kick off with merican Mike from Backdown Productions, who breathes new life into the Echo Farms Hunting Club fundraiser in Henryville, Pennsylvania. Scheduled for June 29th, this event promises a blend of family fun, mouth-watering food, and a fierce archery competition. But that's not all—Mike also recounts his thrilling pursuit of the elusive hit list buck, Simpy, during the Pennsylvania rifle and muzzleloader season, celebrating his triumphs and the official establishment of Backdam Productions as an LLC.Uncover the raw and unfiltered camaraderie that makes hunting more than just a sport. From Mike's crafty ground blind setup in Blairstown to bizarre but endearing traditions like hanging a deer's testicles in a tree, this episode is filled with anecdotes that will have you laughing and nodding in agreement. We discuss the nitty-gritty of Mike's truck setup, as well as creative ideas for turning Rupa's minivan into the ultimate hunting rig, complete with ice fishing amenities. The chapter brimming with hunting stories, bear encounters, and even the drama of glazed donut spray will have you glued to your seat.Reflect on the emotional highs and lows of an unforgettable hunting season. From bagging multiple deer and harvesting two bears to the poignant moments tagged with family memories, each story is a testament to the bond among hunters. We also delve into the off-season pursuits of coyote hunting and fishing, celebrating the team's growth and newfound direction. With heartfelt reflections and plans for future expeditions, this episode underscores the importance of teamwork and the joy of shared outdoor adventures. So tune in and be part of the Boondocks Hunting community, where every story is a page-turner and every hunt a chapter worth reliving.Support the Show.Hope you guy's enjoy! Hit the follow button, rate and give the show a comment!GET YOUR HECS HUNTING GEAR :https://hecshunting.com/shop/?avad=385273_a39955e99&nb_platform=avantlink&nb_pid=323181&nb_wid=385273&nb_tt=cl&nb_aid=NAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bdhunting/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZtxCA-1Txv7nnuGKXcmXrA

Join our community! https://discord.gg/cPQBN2yYY3 In this episode, we're diving headfirst into the universe of Star Wars Unlimited, the card game that's captured the hearts of fans and players alike. Our personal gaming updates reveal a mix of victories and challenges. From Mike's triumph at his first local tournament with a Leia Blue deck to DHaus's strategic play with Chirrut Red, we share our latest adventures and insights from the gaming table. The conversation then shifts to the anticipation surrounding Set 2, Shadows of the Galaxy. We dissect the potential of new mechanics like "Bounty" and "Capture," and express our excitement for more Mandalorian content. Other highlights include: - The impact of the 3 booster box per month product allocation on local scenes. - Upcoming Store Showdown events. - Ensuring the correct number of fingers in SWU art. Join us as we explore the latest developments and share our passion for this exciting game. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell to stay up to date with all things Unplayable. Join the conversation in the comments below or in our Discord community. May the Force be with you!

This week on Discussion and Drinks, Jimmy and Mike talk about a wide variety of topics.  From Mike's fun interactions with the online songwriting community to the wild origins of skinning a cat to some in-depth guitar/gear talk.  They also try out Tullamore Dew Honey and tease what they'll be tasting on the show in the future!Get some more helpings of BIMP at http://www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastFind everything else BIMP:Twitter: @BaconisMyPodInstagram: @BaconisMyPodFacebook: www.facebook.com/baconismypodAnd of course our website: www.baconismypodcast.comWant some visual Bacon is My Podcast?Check out this episode and all others on Strangerhood TV on YouTube.www.strangerhoodtv.com and make sure to check out all the other great content on the channel!We are a PROUD part of the DEN aka The Deluxe Edition Network!  Check out other awesome podcasts at http://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com Get additional BIMP content at www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastWe're proudly sponsored by Manscaped and when you use the promo code BACONPOD at manscaped.com you'll get 20% your entire order!We'd like to introduce our new sponsor, Mythical Beards as well!  Use the promo code BACON15 for 15% off at mythicalbeards.comDon't forget to use the promo code BACON at our sponsors NativeBlendClothing.com, DrinkWildBills.com, PodDecks.com and GrillYourAssOff.com the best deals on your order!#podcast #baconismypassion #strangerhoodtv #youtubechannel #youtubepodcast #cravingstrange #somethingheavy #betterthanradio #baconismypodcast #poweredbypoddecks #manscaped #drinkwildbills #grillyourassoff #mythicalbeards ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

How can you leverage technology and virtual assistants to optimize your health and productivity?  In this conversation we discuss health optimization and productivity. Our guest, Mike, shares his journey from being a vegan to incorporating animal-based products back into his diet and the impact it had on his body, including a substantial increase in weight and improved semen count. He highlights the value of data tracking, using technology like Whoop and MyFitnessPal, and employing a virtual assistant to streamline the process. Mike talks about transforming everyday tasks into games to make them more enjoyable and less burdensome, reducing the pressure and attachment to outcomes.   Mike's transformation began with the transition from veganism to including animal-based products in his diet. He noticed significant physical changes, such as weight gain and improved semen count. His transition also involved embracing a higher protein and higher-fat diet. Initially, he focused on bodyweight activities, emphasizing exercises like push-ups, planks, pull-ups, and dips, with the goal of achieving 50 push-ups, 10 pull-ups, and a three-minute plank hold in cold conditions. His workouts evolved as different seasons required different approaches.    From Mike's journey, several key takeaways emerge. First, the transformation of habits and health optimization requires intentionality and data tracking. Utilizing wearable devices, nutrition apps, and a virtual assistant can streamline this process. Second, turning daily tasks into games can make them more enjoyable and help reduce pressure and attachment to outcomes. Lastly, recognizing the impact of diet on physical well-being highlights the importance of adjusting dietary habits for better health and productivity.   Key Takeaways:   Transitioning from veganism to a higher protein, higher-fat diet led to changes in body weight and improved semen count. Wearable devices like Fitbit and Whoop, as well as nutrition tracking through MyFitnessPal, can enhance health optimization. Transforming daily tasks into games can make them more enjoyable and reduce the pressure attached to outcomes. Being intentional about dietary habits, such as not eating three hours before bedtime, can influence physical well-being and energy levels.   Resources:   Better Than Rich: BetterThanRich.com Take the quiz to discover your entrepreneur type: BetterThanRich.com/quiz Schedule a free call with Better Than Rich to explore their services: BetterThanRich.com/freecall "The Million Dollar Body Method" by Nate Palmer: GetNatesBook.com [0:00 -12:22] Gamifying fitness and nutrition for optimal results.  Systematizing a business for work-life balance and growth.  He systemized their business using tech tools and virtual assistants during COVID. Improving fertility through diet and lifestyle changes.  Gamifying weight loss and nutrition.  [13:00 - 25:31] Weight loss and fitness journey with a focus on bodyweight exercises and KPIs.  Mentality towards lifestyle change is evident in their structure and approach to fitness. Leveraging AI and delegating tasks for time management.  Calculating that it would take an hour to complete the task. Prioritizing high-value activities and tracking time and food for better well-being. [26:00 -  Tracks food and fitness using MyFitnessPal. Tracking calorie burn and exercise habits. Hiring virtual assistants for personal and business needs.  How a virtual assistant helps with data analysis and marketing tasks.  Entrepreneurship, business growth, and time management.  

FREE 7-NIGHT VIRGIN VOYAGES RAFFLE ENTRY: https://notouristsallowed.com/raffle/ Forget hopping from one tourist spot to another—this episode is all about embracing authentic experiences. Starting with a manifesto that shatters common travel myths, we guide you toward a deeper connection with your destinations. Take Paris, for example; it's not just about snapping a selfie with the Eiffel Tower, but about savoring coffee in quaint cafés and meandering through art museums. But the conversation doesn't stop there. Ever heard of buying a day pass to an airport or a beach club? We take you on a comprehensive tour of these emerging trends that are redefining travel convenience. From Orlando's new terminal access program to luxurious airport lounges, discover how these passes are more than just golden tickets—they're game-changers in how we experience layovers, amenities, and more. This episode is a treasure trove of insights. From Mike's deep dives into India—a sensory spectacle that needs to be felt to be believed—to James's gastronomic escapades in New Orleans, we cover the globe, one authentic experience at a time. Oh, and don't forget about our Virgin Voyages cruise giveaway. It's a world of opportunity, and we're handing you the compass. Ready to set sail on a voyage of discovery? Tune in now. NTA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notouristsallowed321/ NTA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@notouristsallowed-aninside7994 NTA Podcast Links: https://podfollow.com/no-tourists-allowed-an-insiders-guide-to-travel _  Produced by Podcast Studio X.

Do you ever wonder about the power of football beyond the field? Join us as we welcome Mike, Marques, and Tyron to share their personal journeys that trace their humble beginnings in football to playing in the NFL. Their stories are more than just about sport—they're about resilience, navigating anger, embracing diversity, and learning invaluable life lessons. From Mike's growth through the game to Marques' exploration of anger and diversity, we dig deep into the transformative lessons football imparts. But no journey is solitary. As Tyron shares, being raised in a single-parent home underlines the importance of having a support system—whether it's a father figure or a mentor—for young athletes. We also touch upon the challenges and responsibilities that come with parenting student-athletes.While the physical game is significant, the mental game is just as crucial. That brings us to the heart of our discussion—mental health, specifically among Black athletes. Marques takes us through his long-term relationship with therapy that helped him navigate his parents' divorce and his personal anger issues. We contemplate the importance of mental health in sports and how the NFL is stepping up with free mental health benefits for former players. From Mike to Marcus, we all share our views on the evolution of the game and its newfound focus on the well-being of players. Life, like football, teaches us to focus on what's within our control. Tune in to uncover these profound insights and more in our enlightening conversation.Contact Tamika Taylor:Website: https://www.impactachievementcenter.com/Email: impactachievementcenter@gmail.com Contact Marques Ogden:Website: www.marques360.comContact Mike Ream:Email: mikeream@newviewroofing.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/mikeream/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.ream.1612  Tyron Herring:Son of Tamika Taylor . He holds a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and is currently pursuing his master's degree at the University of Delaware.

This Week B.Simone and Megan Ashley are join by hip-hop gospel artist Mike Teezy in this episode he talks about his faith transformation that began with the tragic loss of a dear friend. He also opens up about his transition from dancing to rap, and how he finds comfort in expressing his devotion through music. In our riveting conversation with Mike, we broach the often complex issue of faith and morality in the entertainment industry. Besides, we delve deeper into the challenges of dating within the Christian culture and remaining true to one's faith in a world striving for cultural relevance. From Mike's miraculous 20-minute healing experience and spiritual freedom, we explore the power of God's intervention. We also examine the influence of wealth and fame on the Christian faith, and how authenticity and accountability keep us focused on God amidst opportunity and temptation.Other Topics You'll hear: -Christian Faith,- Honesty with God, -Entertainment Industry, -Dating, -Cultural Relevance, -Spiritual Freedom, -Music, -Creative Expression, -Healing Experience-Authenticity- Worship,-Setting Higher StandardText us at (404) 962- 0605 we'll really text you back!!!! Thank you to our sponsors:FABFITFUN Sign up at FabFitFun dot com slash FORSURE, customize your box, and get access to discounts up to 70% off on brands like Fenty, Free People, and Our Place - to name a few. But only while supplies last - FabFitFun boxes sell out! Join FabFitFun today and save at https://FabFitFun.com/forsureSKIMSBelieve the hype - this collection has over 90,000 five star reviews for a reasonSKIMS Fits Everybody and more best-selling essentials are available now at https://skims.comPRIME VIDEO PRIME VIDEO IS ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOU.EVERY YOU. Find every you in the Women Everyday Collection by clicking here: https://www.amazon.com/AMAZONPRIMEConnect with us: @KnowForsurePod @thebsimone @meganabrooksWebsite: https://www.theknowforsure.com Youtube: Know For Sure Know For Sure Is edited and produced by Idea to Launch PodcastsSign up for our PATREON for EXCLUSIVE access and additional: https://www.patreon.com/knowforsurepodSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When you get to share a personal story with an author about one of his works 41 years later.  Some Rock Under Fire moments are worth their own bite-size episode.  From Mike's 2020 interview with Creem Magazine managing editor and author of Loudmouth, Robert Duncan.   Purchase Robert Duncan's Loudmouth https://www.amazon.com/Loudmouth-Nove... https://www.duncanwrites.com/ The Locker Notes, a novel: https://www.amazon.com/Locker-Notes-M... AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER: The Murder of John Lennon, Evolution of Bruce Springsteen & the Birth of the Reagan Era https://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Everyth... RUF Archives:  https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ Derrico Untitled:  https://derricountitled.com/  Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mike__Derrico  Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by Bruno E Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music  

A Coroner's set to rule in coming weeks on one of New Zealand's most baffling missing persons cases. John Beckenridge broke a court order to pick up 11-year-old stepson, Mike Zhao-Beckenridge, from his Invercargill school in 2015. A week later, their car went over a cliff near Curio Bay, with no bodies found.  ZB journalist Courtney Winter says the court's heard unusual texts from the pair, including one that stood out. "From Mike to his mother: You do not care what I say, you do not deserve to be my mum and you certainly do not deserve my love." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of Off the Cuff with Danny LoPriore, we have renowned author, TV personality director, life coach, and interventionalist, Mike Diamond. Mike has written several books on the human mindset and today Danny sits down with him to talk about how he managed to achieve success as a dyslexic person with ADHD and drug addiction after hitting rock bottom.  Listen to the podcast as both men discuss the present and reflect on their past. It's all about taking advantage of opportunities life throws at you according to Mike. It's a very frank and inspiring discussion between two individuals with similar pasts that you will surely enjoy.   “Preparation meets opportunity is luck. But if you're not prepared, you don't get the opportunity.” – Mike (31:25)   Nothing is off-limits in this episode. From Mike's drug addiction to suffering abuse at an early age, to living with ADHD, listen in as Mike provides practical advice and insights about healing your mindset which can be done in many ways including through a simple act of forgiveness.   “I'm empathizing and being compassionate for a person that didn't have the ability to self-regulate. So, I think for anyone listening for your audience and the reason I talk about in the book is that I let them know how much I suffered because of my mental health. You can regulate yourself and slow down the fight-flight and freeze and feed mode and get in the parasympathetic mode and give people a pass. Forgive them. Don't take it personally.” – Mike (47:20)   In This Episode: (01:52) – Deciding on writing a book while being dyslexic. (04:14) – Writing about dyslexic/ADHD audience. (07:51) – Being an addict and dealing with ADHD. (14:06) – On hitting rock bottom. (20:47) – Breaking up a fight in an intervention. (22:07) – Reflecting on taking work home. (24:24) – Danny talks about a road rage incident. (26:32) – Dealing with other people's problems. (31:35) – Talking about going viral and working on your craft. (35:23) – Danny talks about doing standup comedy. (38:11) – Talking about the downfall of Kanye West. (40:14) – On powerful people not seeking treatment. (42:08) – How he stays honest, inspired, and authentic. (44:01) – Reflecting on the relationship with his father. (48:05) – Forgiveness as a way of healing. (49:11) – Are you happy today?   Our Guest Mike Diamond is an Author, Television Personality, Director, Life Coach, and Interventionist. He is known for his work on the hit TV shows NY Ink and Bondi Ink Tattoo Crew, which is nominated for a Logie Award for Best Reality Series.   Resources & Links Off The Cuff https://www.offthecuff.fm/ https://www.youtube.com/c/OffTheCuffwithDannyLoPriore https://www.instagram.com/1and1otc/ https://www.instagram.com/dannylopriore/   Mike Diamond https://themikediamond.com/ https://www.instagram.com/themike_diamond/ https://www.amazon.com/Dose-Positivity-Tools-Techniques-Strategies/dp/1637743130 https://twitter.com/themike_diamond https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-diamond-4429321a7/

It's April, which means NFL Draft SZN is kicking into high gear. To help IDP managers prepare for their rookie drafts, the Big 3 welcome 4for4's Mike Woellert back to the show to discuss some of the lesser-known LB prospects in the 2023 class. From Mike's surprise #2 LB to the big names he's fading in drafts - and with a healthy dash of Will Anderson talk thrown in for fun - the guys load up your cheat sheet with late-round LB targets. If you'd like to support the show, you can do so over at TheIDPShow.com. We've got some premium features for paid supporters that we think you'll enjoy. Follow us on Twitter @theidpshow, check out our YouTube page, and be sure to give us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to the Progressing Recruiters Lives Everywhere Podcast, brought to you by Amoria Bond.  For our second season, join us as we talk to our board members and leaders to gain valuable tips, advice, and inspiration for your own professional life. From climbing the career ladder to the evolution of the recruitment industry - we'll cover it all. Within recruitment, there truly are no limits to how far you can progress - so we want to show you how and why working in recruitment could be the best decision for your life and career! In this episode, your host Jenny Walsh, Regional Talent Attraction Manager based in Amoria Bond's Manchester office is joined by Mike Walker, Company Chair at CMC, Amoria Group's management consulting experts.   In the final instalment in our Meet the Board series, Mike and Jenny sit down to chat about all things recruitment and management consultancy. From Mike's big break in recruitment to what his proudest moment has been as a leader, also Mike shares how consultancy is different to recruitment, the value of being a specialist and nuggets of wisdom for both those starting out and for those more stressful moments of the job. Mike also shares why at Amoria Group, a great workplace culture is all about enabling you to be the best version of yourself.   Questions 1)    Hi Mike. It's great to have you with us today. Can you start by telling us a bit about your background and how you started with us?   2)    Amoria Bond and CMC are both part of a wider group, offering different services. What is involved in a typical day for an associate at a management consultancy and how does it differ to recruitment?   3)    As a Group we specialise in very specific industries: energy and advanced engineering. Why those in particular?   4)    You have been playing a leading role in the industry for several years now. What are your tips for those just starting out to quickly gain a foothold and become successful?   5)    Both recruitment and management consulting are areas that can bring a lot of success, but also a lot of challenges. What advice would you have for managing the stressful parts of the job?   6)    We talk a lot about the importance of creating a great culture at work. What does a great workplace culture mean to you?   7)    Those are great pieces of advice. Last but not least: What would you say has been your proudest moment as a leader so far?         If you'd like to discover more about working #InsideAmoria – Learn about our culture here: https://www.amoriabond.com/en/culture-insideamoria/ Learn about our progression here: https://www.amoriabond.com/en/progression-insideamoria/ And find the latest jobs available here: https://www.amoriabond.com/en/jobs-insideamoria/

Mike discusses his 25 year friendship with an adult bully, and how it impacted his self confidence, self esteem, and personal relationships.    This episode is a must listen if you feel you're being bullied by a close friend, because it actually happens and can impact many areas of your life.   From Mike's desire to help others, to his spirituality, Mike's friend "Javier" would constantly take the opportunity whenever possible to insult him for the very qualities people loved about him.   Words weren't enough with Javier and they were often accompanied by graphic images and videos of mutilated animals, filmed suicides, persons shot in the head... even threats of violence on occasion.   Mike's desire to share his story comes from his personal belief that all life experiences have purpose, and perhaps he can prevent this from happening to others.

Mike and Kelsey talk about their favorite moments from the Oscars last night. From Mike getting hype that his prediction of Brendan Fraser winning for “The Whale" came true to Kelsey getting emotional Ke Huy Quan's speech. Mike and Kelsey talks about who they were happy DIDN'T win, who was left out of the in memoriam and how the overall entertainment value of the award show.  New Episodes Every Monday! Watch on YouTube: @MikeDeestro Follow Mike on TikTok: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on Instagram: @mikedeestro Follow Mike on Twitter: @mikedeestro   Email: MovieMikeD@gmail.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not quite sure how we're here already - but welcome to the end of 2022! We take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to do a quick recap of the year, which has us literally going through all the Star Trek we've watched this year. It's hard to believe that 2022 brought us 51 episodes of new Trek, but it happened! Of course, we also need to talk about what we're looking forward to in 2023. While Johnson persistently questions whether or not he'll even be able to stay alive, Mike is a bit more hopeful and anticipates some great Trek in the not-so-distant future. Special thanks to our fellow Trek Geeks Podcast Network podcasters Kasey and Ron for sharing a highlight or two of theirs for inclusion in this episode. We also want to thank all our listeners for sticking with us over the past year. From Mike's constant wi-fi issues to the Discovery soapbox that is always calling Johnson's name, we're just glad that you're all still around. See you next year!

Not quite sure how we're here already - but welcome to the end of 2022! We take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to do a quick recap of the year, which has us literally going through all the Star Trek we've watched this year. It's hard to believe that 2022 brought us 51 episodes of new Trek, but it happened! Of course, we also need to talk about what we're looking forward to in 2023. While Johnson persistently questions whether or not he'll even be able to stay alive, Mike is a bit more hopeful and anticipates some great Trek in the not-so-distant future. Special thanks to our fellow Trek Geeks Podcast Network podcasters Kasey and Ron for sharing a highlight or two of theirs for inclusion in this episode. We also want to thank all our listeners for sticking with us over the past year. From Mike's constant wi-fi issues to the Discovery soapbox that is always calling Johnson's name, we're just glad that you're all still around. See you next year!

The guys are back with episode #117 of our Underachievers Podcast series. In this one, we're having our 2022 holiday special. Starting off the episode, Mike shares his trip down to Disney World and the how the flights down to Orlando and back went. Later on, the guys talk about their Christmas plans. From Mike's plan to spend it with his family, to Brian's last minute gift for a family White Elephant and more. They also discuss their low-key New Years plan and more. Come along and hear how the guys last episode of 2022.

The guys are back with episode #117 of our Underachievers Podcast series. In this one, we're having our 2022 holiday special. Starting off the episode, Mike shares his trip down to Disney World and the how the flights down to Orlando and back went. Later on, the guys talk about their Christmas plans. From Mike's plan to spend it with his family, to Brian's last minute gift for a family White Elephant and more. They also discuss their low-key New Years plan and more. Come along and hear how the guys last episode of 2022.

Unfortunately, the guys are off this week from our Underachievers Podcast series! However, we've got you covered with another series of our highlights. Starting off this best-of we're going back to last weeks episode when the guys were talking about Avatar 2 and their hope the movie doesn't break even. We then go to a moment a few weeks ago where Mike asks the question whether the guys would rather watch an offensive or defensive football game. Lastly, we go back to our Thanksgiving special, to when Mike and Jeff discuss stories about their past Thanksgiving. From Mike having his first sip of beer back when he was little, to Jeff's family having a tradition of playing board games during the holiday. Come along and hear some of the guys better moments!

Unfortunately, the guys are off this week from our Underachievers Podcast series! However, we've got you covered with another series of our highlights. Starting off this best-of we're going back to last weeks episode when the guys were talking about Avatar 2 and their hope the movie doesn't break even. We then go to a moment a few weeks ago where Mike asks the question whether the guys would rather watch an offensive or defensive football game. Lastly, we go back to our Thanksgiving special, to when Mike and Jeff discuss stories about their past Thanksgiving. From Mike having his first sip of beer back when he was little, to Jeff's family having a tradition of playing board games during the holiday. Come along and hear some of the guys better moments!

In 2007, Barclays Bank hired Mike Amato to lead a staff of 30,000 employees. When he packed his briefcase and left for the weekend, the BBC informed him that 30 undercover reporters had been embedded in their bank over the past 1½ years gathering audio/visual evidence about how they operate . . . and it would be aired on the BBC's Whistle-blower program that weekend. When asked what it's like to have the BBC tear your team to shreds on national television, Mike responded, "Honestly, it started as the worst thing that's ever happened in my life. Then, it turned into the greatest gift I've ever received." Mike will be sharing how he confronted reality and was able to shift the organization's focus from short-term financial output to becoming a purpose-led organization. Mike's obsessiveness with creating a culture of empowerment for his team, along with what he has learned from the power of an aligned culture, is behind his soon-to-be-released new book. "To create organizational energy is to set clear expectations and establish a culture where employees feel empowered to do their best work. When you create an environment like this, profits will flow naturally from there." Mike has had an incredible journey from working on the floor to becoming a banking executive. He's been through phenomenal growth and transformation, inspiring leaders in his wake. In our discussion, we'll explore: ✔️ How is focusing solely on profit and loss hurting the bottom line? ✔️ From Mike's experience on the Board of Tandem Bank – what are the most exciting developments in fintech, and what are some possible pitfalls we should be looking out for? ✔️ How leaders can create organizational energy by contributing rather than controlling Join us as we discuss these questions and more!

Whitney and Collin continue their Top 5 series with a look at all the quips and digs that have made Stranger Things great. From "Mike! I found the chocolate pudding!" to "There's more to life than stupid boys!", we count down our favorites and share fan favorites, too. Do four puffs of the Farrah Fawcett spray and join us!

The Average Take with Mike Wolf and Brian Russ talk about the start of the NFL season, Brians Bengals, Mikes Eagles hot start, fantasy football draft regrets and Brians emotional bet. The Average Take will be out every week on Tuesday nights/Wednesday mornings on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. From Mike @mikewolfgolf on instagram and tiktok and follow Traveling Athlete at @travelingathlete on instagram for more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mike-wolf84/support

The Average Take with Mike Wolf and Brian Russ talk about the start of the NFL season, Brians Bengals, Mikes Eagles hot start, fantasy football draft regrets and Brians emotional bet. The Average Take will be out every week on Tuesday nights/Wednesday mornings on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. From Mike @mikewolfgolf on instagram and tiktok and follow Traveling Athlete at @travelingathlete on instagram for more.

Dan hosts a discussion between Professor Rob Gray and Dr Mike Ashford about how players make decisions.The discussion is based on a paper that Mike wrote reviewing different academic approaches to decision-making:Understanding a Player's Decision-Making Process in Team Sports: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidencehttps://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050065Rob Gray suggests that the role of ecological dynamics needs to be viewed differently from the paper's conclusions.During the discussion, we explore different views on information processing and ecological dynamics, with reference to various coaching and game scenarios.Rob is associate Professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University and host of the Perception & Action Podcast, which has over 350 episodes. He is also of author of How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills, also available as an audio book.Follow Rob @ShakeyWaitsMike is a lecturer in Sport Coaching at Coventry University. His research interests include player and coach decision making, coach development and understanding how we can shape effective learning environments. Mike completed his PhD at Leeds Beckett University.Follow Mike @MAGreyMattersUKHere are some of the key links from the pod.From Mike:frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.609127/full My study exploring player decision making in rugby union alongside Andy and Jamie. https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1907768 Rosie, Dave and Howies' study exploring premiership rugby union players decision making. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sport-psych-show/id1434313037?i=1000548775303 My podcast with Dan Abrahams exploring the systematic literature review study and my decision making studyFrom Rob:My review of Mike's paper: https://perceptionaction.com/386/ Ecological approach imagery: https://perceptionaction.com/337/ Strong anticipation: https://perceptionaction.com/336/ 

What do water bottles, train robberies, inventory management, 7x increases in shipping containers,  employee purpose and the great job exit, have to do with one another? They're all topics of today's fascinating conversation with Simple Modern CEO, Mike Beckham. From Mike's first reactions to Covid, to his company's purpose and how that translates into keeping employees around, you won't want to miss this next interview!As a reminder, Mike was interviewed in our last Core episode on the Supply Chain crisis, so if you haven't caught that one yet, make sure to give it a listen!

Mike Posner has stories for days. Today we'll hear from this popular singer-songwriter whose sights are set on music but oh so much more. From Mike's musical beginnings to his climb up Mount Everest and raising over $250,000 for The Detroit Justice Center, to his 6-month journey walking 2,851 miles across America, to the rattlesnake bite he survived along the way, Mike awes and inspires. For his philosophy on transferring beliefs into knowing and a bird's eye view into a monumental meeting with Jay-Z, tune in today. Note to All Readers: The information contained here reflects the views of AllianceBernstein L.P. or its affiliates and sources it believes are reliable as of the date of this podcast. AllianceBernstein L.P. makes no representations or warranties concerning the accuracy of any data. There is no guarantee that any projection, forecast or opinion in this material will be realized. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The views expressed here may change at any time after the date of this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. AllianceBernstein L.P. does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. It does not take an investor's personal investment objectives or financial situation into account; investors should discuss their individual circumstances with appropriate professionals before making any decisions. This information should not be construed as sales or marketing material or an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument, product or service sponsored by AllianceBernstein or its affiliates. The [A/B] logo is a registered service mark of AllianceBernstein, and AllianceBernstein® is a registered service mark, used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P. © 2021 AllianceBernstein L.P.

This week I have lifelong martial artist Mike Roe on the podcast. Mike has been competing in Martial Arts since he was a little kid and in that time has had the opportunity to compete at the top levels in competitions around the world, with his focus now turning to MMA..From Mike's experiences the most important thing I can take away that I hope you all do too is to stick with things. When you watch great martial artists on TV, or great athletes in ANY sport they did not just wake up one day competing at the top level.  Those highlight reels you see or those incredible skills you admire were developed over YEARS of practice and repetition.  So if you are working on a new skill you are trying to apply in sport, don't give up. Keep working on it, keep practicing it and trust in the process. Over time it will continue to improve and you can become one of the elite athletes you currently admire. .Finally, another crucial point for me from this interview was Mike's focus on visualization. What I found especially interesting was that Mike not only visualizes good things happening, but also negative outcomes as well.  Focusing on how to deal with negative results that may arise allows athletes to go into competition without fear. Understanding that no matter what happens you will be okay and you will be able to move forwards allows you to focus on your performance instead of focusing on how to avoid those negative outcomes coming into reality. .Thank you for checking out the show today! I hope you learned a lot that you can take away and apply. If you did, I would greatly appreciate a rating or review for the show anywhere that you listen! As well, if you are looking for a top quality supplement company you can trust, check out our sponsor PERFECT Sports. They have all approved for sport / informed choice products. Best of all you can save 20% with the discount code 'kenny20' at checkout when you order off the website! .Check out the full show here;www.elitedevelopmentpodcast.caCheck out my website;www.coachdusseault.comE-mail me: kenny@coachdusseault.comFollow me on social media;Instagram: @coachdusseaultTwitter: @coachdusseaultFacebook: Coach Dusseault - Strength and ConditioningPERFECT Sport Top quality sport supplement company. Use code kenny20 for 20% off all your purchasesDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

From Mike's favorite show "Dave," Andrew Santino calls in and riffs on the news. Sturgis update: less DUIs, more STDs. Also, an 84 year old man robs a bank in AZ. He must have thought he was in FL.    Follow Andrew Santino on Twitter @CheetoSantino Follow Mike Gibbons on Instagram @GibbonsTime

In this episode, host Neha Khurram chats with Mike Seidle, Co-founder, and CTO at PivotX, helping companies respond to every job candidate in seconds by connecting job applications to live, human chat agents. From Mike's origins in building recruiting platform technology WorkHere to responding to the market's needs and the change in supply and demand for talent, PivotX was created to solve the gap in hiring talent when recruiting requires speed. Tune in to gain insight on recruitment tactics, trends, and insights to attract the best and close more candidates. If you happen to work in technology and/or recruiting, you will find this episode useful in creating a better talent process or in powering your job search. Connect with Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/indymike/Connect with Neha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neha-khurram/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/career-catharsis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Mike & Andy's interview archives, Ron Austar! In our first long distance conversation (prophetic!), we discuss the life and career of an iconic comedic actor who is a mainstay and fan favorite on Tim & Eric, and other beloved Adult Swim shows. We get to hear a bit about his music career, what he did before acting, his time running a panel at Comic Con, and much more. This one originally aired four years ago on our old show, but our new audience hasn't gotten to enjoy this one yet. It's a fantastic interview, one of my favorites we've ever done, and I'm glad to finally share it with you! Music written and performed by Mike Pridgen (2017) Sarcoidosis masquerades as many things, and we don't know much about it. Let's get to the bottom of this disease. https://www.stopsarcoidosis.org http://www.berniemacfoundation.org

After some technical difficulties recording the originally planned episode, Shannon and Jess pivot and talk about iconic moments from MTV's Jersey Shore and the astrology behind them. From Mike's head-butt assault on a concrete wall to the tumultuous saga that was Ronnie and Sam, join in for astrological explanations. Follow Us! http://www.instagram.com/dotherosesalign​ http://www.instagram.com/astrologychef​ http://www.instagram.com/jesskotula​ http://www.youtube.com/dotherosesalign​ www.dtrapod.com http://www.instagram.com/averagebearpodcast http://www.instagram.com/twinfiresignspod

The Legend of Zelda is perhaps most famous for being one of the flagship franchises on Nintendo consoles, expanding into the third dimension and consistently innovating as time has marched on. However, the franchise has also had its fair share of exploration on handhelds beginning with Link's Awakening and continues to this day on the console/handheld hybrid Nintendo Switch with the remake all these years later. Today on XVGM Radio, we explore the vast history of the Legend of Zelda on handhelds and dive deep into their soundtracks all while sharing our own memories of playing them. From Mike and Justin's shared dislike of Tingle to Mike's sad story about his grandmother and even our patron pick gets a little deep! Draw your Master Sword, grab some headphones and get ready for some amazing music on Episode 73 of XVGM Radio!

The Legend of Zelda is perhaps most famous for being one of the flagship franchises on Nintendo consoles, expanding into the third dimension and consistently innovating as time has marched on. However, the franchise has also had its fair share of exploration on handhelds beginning with Link’s Awakening and continues to this day on the console/handheld hybrid Nintendo Switch with the remake all these years later. Today on XVGM Radio, we explore the vast history of the Legend of Zelda on handhelds and dive deep into their soundtracks all while sharing our own memories of playing them. From Mike and Justin’s shared dislike of Tingle to Mike’s sad story about his grandmother and even our patron pick gets a little deep! Draw your Master Sword, grab some headphones and get ready for some amazing music on Episode 73 of XVGM Radio!

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Mike P Nelson (WRONG TURN 2021, THE DOMESTICS) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his journey at the helm of the re-imagined WRONG TURN (out now)! From Mike's initial reaction to franchise creator Alan McElroy's screenplay and its completely re-envisioned take on the original concept… to carrying out post-production during the COVID-19 pandemic… to committing to the bold choice of making a WRONG TURN movie that purposely avoids many of the signature elements that fans have come to expect from the franchise… this candid conversation offers some fascinating insight into what it's like navigating a climate where audiences largely gravitate towards remakes, sequels, and recognizable titles over original offerings… all while claiming they want “something new.” In the second half of the episode the boys get real about the social commentary of “backwoods villains,” Mike offers some truly compelling advice to those pursuing a career in the arts, and Dr. Arwen provides “Hollywood Therapy” to an artist feeling beaten down by bad luck. Stop missing out on the best parts of each week's conversation! By supporting THE MOVIE CRYPT for just $1 a month you'll be able to get the full versions of every new episode and gain the ability to ask questions for “Viewer Mail” and “Hollywood Therapy!” Sign-up today at www.Patreon.com/TheMovieCrypt!

Jared Minekime (@OddcastN), Anthony Denney (@CLT_Sandwich), and Mikael Kennedy (@beetle_cast) go over some Like and Scrams. From Mike and his Power Rangers, Anthony's transformers, and Jared's love Marvel. We talk about the worst transformer, Worst Wolverine, and the one P R series we all ignore. #Stayodd (Patreon.com/OddcastN for early/bonus episodes) Support us by going to- Retorgaminggear.com use PROMO CODE: JOKEYPANTS for 10% off Twitter - @OddcastN @Jokeypantsgames Email- oddcasmedia@gmail.com Social media- Oddcast Network --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/WAOddcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/WAOddcast/support

The feds called Mike Savage a criminal mastermind, but that's not how he sees it. If he was a criminal mastermind, He wouldn't have been caught and He wouldn't have been in prison for fifteen years. His criminal empire was the subject of a five-year federal investigation that culminated in his indictment on 101 criminal charges that ultimately put him in prison for fifteen years, two months, and twenty-eight days. From Mike's perspective, he would lose everything in his life, including his beloved wife who had no idea Mike was a criminal. But God had other plans—for both of them.  It is an example of how God is still at work in this world and how He never gives up on His people. The Kingdom Investor | PodcastTake your generosity to the next level, impact more lives and build a godly legacy! Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Sales Bluebird for leaders and go-to-market teams at cyber security startupsTips, tricks, ideas and inspiration from legendary cyber security CEOs and CROsListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Today in Manufacturing Inside the biggest stories impacting U.S. manufacturing.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Join the Racial Healing movement You can donate to the cause of racial healing. Sign up to support this podcast.Support the show

EPISODE SUMMARY: Too often, business owners pay themselves last as they grind, push, battle, and pull out all the stops to get their enterprise off the ground. All of us have been predisposed to look at the bottom line, then draw a salary. And if there's nothing to take, those are the breaks. It can be a vicious cycle to get nothing from all the hours, the blood, the sweat, and the tears that are poured into launching a business. This is why you need to change your entire mindset. This is why you need to think Profit First.On Episode 65 of The Business Equation Podcast, Nick Bogacz is joined by none other than Mike Michalowicz, successful entrepreneur and world-renowned author of books including Profit First, The Pumpkin Plan, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, Clockwork, and others.FROM MIKE'S WEBSITE: I became a business author with a clear mission: Eradicate entrepreneurial poverty. I have devoted my life to fixing those struggles for you, for myself, and for every entrepreneur I have the privilege to connect with. Successful entrepreneurship is not easy, but it can be a whole lot simpler. That is what I am here to do with you, right now.On this podcast, Nick and Mike discuss Mike's books and dig into the profit first mindset. Mike also talks about why entrepreneurs (and pretty much anyone, for that matter) should adopt the Profit First system into their lives. Mike and Nick also talk about how businesses have reinvented themselves through COVID-19 and found new ways to thrive and succeed.All of Mike's books are highly recommended, as are his courses. You can connect with Mike and discover everything he has to offer at mikemichalowicz.com.Questions for Nick? Hit him up at nickbogacz.com!Nick is a published author! Click here to check out his book, The Pizza Equation: Slicing Up How to Run a Successful Pizza Enterprise.Connect with Nick Bogacz and The Business Equation!Facebook  |  Instagram  |  Twitter  |  Linked InMUSIC CREDIT: Theme music for The Business Equation Podcast - Never Forget by Gareth Johnson & Chris Bussey, via www.audionetwork.com

In this episode, I chat with two of my amazing former clients, Mike and Kim Lemoi, about their health and fitness journeys. From Mike doubting he'd ever run again due to injuries to completing a Tough Mudder and running 5-10 miles a day currently & Kim increasing her bone density and transforming her relationship with food through a shifted mindset, these are two VERY hard working and inspiring people. We dive into their "why" and how working together 1:1 in an individualized setting helped lead to their success. Through incredible consistency, dedication, and ditching the restrictive mindset, these two are capable of amazing things. To learn more about working with me in my 1:1 nutrition and fitness coaching programs for runners like you, schedule your free discovery call at https://secure.gethealthie.com/appointments/embed_appt?dietitian_id=284931 Check out my Busy Bee Cookbook and Meal Prep Guide & Marathon Fueling Guide https://www.fitcookienutrition.com/products Follow me on Instagram @fitcookienutrition https://www.instagram.com/fitcookienutrition/

  On this episode, Mark discusses a range of translational research issues with the Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at Harvard Innovation Labs, including: What led Mike to focus on life science virtually from the start of his professional career. From Mike's perspective, what do all successful startups have in common, and what are the big mistakes Mike has seen that doom startups With his years of experience building and advising companies, what’s Mike's proudest professional achievement Mike's focus has been on complex, pioneering technologies. How does he effectively communicate to general audiences - investors and the media, for example - about the value and importance of new products he's developing Translational research and commercialization have been buzzwords for quite a while, and many academics are interested in applying research done in the lab in a commercial context. This isn’t an easy undertaking, and many fail. As someone who’s been an academic and a successful entrepreneur, what advice does Mike have for his former colleagues in the academy who want to start businesses based on their research The latest news from the Harvard Innovation Labs Mike's professional heroes - those he most admires

SUPPORT THE POD BY CHECKING OUT BESPOKE BOST: www.boxofawesome.com (Code: CLUBCOOL) Club Cool's very first guest, Ross Bolen, returns to the Clubhouse to breakdown some of the incredible style choices on display throughout FX on Hulu's "DAVE." From Mike's off-duty Online Ceramics tie-dyes to Dave's mauve suits and turtlenecks, "DAVE" showcased some quintessential white-guy style moves. Ross also chats about officially becoming an #influencer as a Zanerobe ambassador and the sneaker battle he recently competed in with Barstool's Kevin Clancy. You can hear and see more from Ross by following him on Instagram @wrbolen and by catching him on twitch.tv/bossrolen. SUPPORT THE POD DIRECTLY: www.patreon.com/clubcool www.instagram.com/clubcoolpod

Mike is the author of the PowerLife Principles. Almost behind the scenes, Mike has worked with influenced some of the most well-known personal development trainers in the world, even though he's not a big fan of the industry in general. From Mike's website: "The PowerLife Principles have enhanced the lives of people from all walks of life, all around the world. They’re effective because they’re simple and applicable in all circumstances. No matter where you’re at right now in your unique journey, you will begin to see, feel, and experience enhanced transformation immediately!" Find out more about Mike here: https://powerlifesystems.com/ Find out more about FuelRadio.com here: https://www.fuelradio.com/

Mike is the author of the PowerLife Principles. Almost behind the scenes, Mike has worked with influenced some of the most well-known personal development trainers in the world, even though he's not a big fan of the industry in general. From Mike's website: "The PowerLife Principles have enhanced the lives of people from all walks of life, all around the world. They’re effective because they’re simple and applicable in all circumstances. No matter where you’re at right now in your unique journey, you will begin to see, feel, and experience enhanced transformation immediately!" Find out more about Mike here: https://powerlifesystems.com/ Find out more about FuelRadio.com here: https://www.fuelradio.com/

Mike and Dave tackle some technical difficulties to bring you Episode 11! After a "modeling fluid" check-in and a run through of recent listener mail, the guys update their projects with a benchtop status report. This is followed by a discussion of the most and least favorite announcements of recent weeks.The special topic for Episode 11 is "Crossing the Boundaries of Scale and Genre". Mike and Dave discuss the aspects and merits of modeling subjects outside of your comfort zone.From Mike's project status update, here is the Stanley Surform Shaver:https://www.stanleytools.com/products/hand-tools/demolition-tools/files-surform/714-in-surform-shaver/21-115If you are interested in some tips to increase your productivity, please checkout this interesting Blog post by listener John Byron in the UK!https://jonbryon.com/2018/06/19/on-increasing-productivity/?fbclid=IwAR1N0uXBBQLgPeOBb9Vmtcn5WSZhLK21nDbDUt5nZCAKEwxCJFm9-PzwVP4

Mike joined The Protectors w/ Jason Piccolo to talk about his time in the Marines and as a Police Officer in New Jersey to his transition to wood art.  Mike does incredible work with wood; from flags to symbols.  Mike is not solely about his woodworking; he gives shouts out to other great artists as well.  Listen in..From Mike's website: In May of 2019, my wife and I went to grab dinner at a small little brick over pizza place called "Dough" in West Caldwell NJ. The walls are covered in reclaimed wood, accented with wooden American Flags. The wife says, "Babe, can you make one those?"......and here we are, the rest is history.Mike on the web: https://veteranwoodco.com/ Instagram: @veteranwoodco Shout out to @nglwoodworks  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/theprotectors)

Three years ago Mike Rasile watched one of Rob Cressy’s Snapchat stories and decided to email him and see if he’d be open to a 15 minute conversation. Little did either of them know that they would embark on a mentorship, entrepreneurship, and personal development relationship that would impact both of their lives. On this episode Mike and Rob share details of their story and the structure behind how they’ve worked together. From Mike quitting a job he hated to start his own business to pitching million dollar deals to being part of Team Bacon Sports. If this episode makes you want to become a better version of yourself then drop Rob a line at rob@baconsports.com. He’d love to chat about ways you could work together. - In each episode of The Sports Marketing Huddle, Rob Cressy, Founder of Bacon Sports, gives a forward-thinking perspective on some of the hottest topics in the world of sports marketing and then gives actionable advice on how you can implement it into your business. Our goal of the podcast is to create the best sports marketing podcast and take The Sports Marketing Huddle up to #1 on iTunes. One way you can help support the show is by subscribing to The Sports Marketing Huddle on iTunes and letting your friends who are in the sports and marketing worlds know about it. Your feedback is super important to us. We want to make sure that we deliver value for you and make this the best sports marketing show possible. You can connect with Rob & today’s guest on social media and let us know what you think: Rob Cressy - Instagram: @rob_cressy - LinkedIn: /cressy/ - Twitter: @RobCressy - Facebook: /RobCressyBiz/ - Website: www.baconsports.com Mike Rasile - LinkedIn: /michael-rasile/ - Website: http://ourathletes.us Other Awesome Content: Don’t have a written social media strategy? We can help you with that. All you’ve got to do is head to EasySocialStrategy.com. Have you ever wanted to create a podcast but didn’t know where to start? If so head to LaunchingPodcasts.com. I created a step-by-step course to help you easily launch a podcast. If you liked this episode then you should also check out another podcast I host called The GameDay Playbook presented by FanFood. We give a forward thinking perspective on sports + technology + fan engagement. Is sports & comedy more of your jam? Then Bacon Sports Podcast Network is for you.

From Mike's show on August 17th, 2019.

Shownotes: www.unpackingdesign.com/podcast/63 There’s no question about the benefits of living a healthy life and its positive impacts on a designer’s ability to focus and be creative. From food to exercise and amount of sleep, Mike and Tim talk about their personal habits that have contributed to their success so far in their careers and personal endeavors. In this episode, Mike and Tim start their conversation around the types of food in their diet that have contributed to their overall health and well-being. They move onto a discussion about the benefits they’ve found from adding exercise to their daily routines. From Mike’s weight lifting and general exercising at the gym to Tim’s daily running, both of them find exercise to be a crucial part of clearing their minds and staying focused. They end their talk on the topic of sleep. Learn more about how Mike and Tim’s healthy habits have led to a happier and more fulfilling life as designers in this episode. — Thank you for listening to Unpacking Design! To share your thoughts and make suggestions, keep the conversation going on twitter with Mike (@archivalley) and Tim (@tim_ung) Please consider leaving an honest rating and review on iTunes and anywhere else that you listen to podcasts. They help us get the show in front of more awesome listeners like you! Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes to make sure you stay up to date on each new show!

From Mike minor to Elvis Andrus, the Rangers have been a lot better than people anticipated. We talk about how they've been doing we talk about pitching hitting and is Jose Leclerc broken? All that and more on the new Ranger Report podcast

Hello everyone! We are back with another episode of The Just Talk Podcast with Episode 107! Here's the breakdown.We start off with Tommy bringing up the topic about one-night stands then afterwards, it's all nerdy topics from there. From Mike finally watching Deadpool 2 to Idris Elba rumored to replace Will Smith as Deadshot. Cilian Murphy as James Bond, the Invincible TV show, and Arrow ending in Season 8, we all discuss here.With that said, thank you everyone for listening and the support! We hope you enjoy this episode. Till next time, we're going silent.Follow us on IG@thejusttalkpodcastSubscribe to us on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo40E9rCSueQjDxPl21u8Mg

Sometimes, tracks we pick for the show don't quite fit a theme or we find something special we want to hold onto for a while, only to unleash it to the world along with a barrage of other ear-melting tracks. Such is the case with free picks. Every 20 episodes, we'll be gathering up the stragglers that didn't quite make it onto our themed shows, from games both popular and obscure. From Mike and Justin admitting embarrassing stories about certain tracks and knowing what RPGs are, to multicolor-haired anime girls with digital jiblets, and even talking about controversial murder simulators, Free Picks is a great place to pickup the podcast if you're new to it!

Happy New Year! From Mike, Mary, and on behalf of Floyd Wickman and The Floyd Wickman Team. Wishing you peace and prosperity in the New Year!

From Mike’s taste of women, couples hashing out issues and GG’s total melt down, you do not want to miss out on this crazy reunion! Join hosts Cristal McLaughlin, Mayte Carrillo, Nycole Hutchens and Dania Marie for all the tea! It's hard to be a socialite in LA especially when family comes into play. It's even harder when your family is a little bit... different. Check out the SHAHS OF SUNSET AFTER SHOW as we discuss all the craziness that happens in the lives of these six persian-american friends while they live the LA Lifestyle! Tune in weekly for reviews, discussion, and interviews with the cast! Subscribe and rate and comment to let us know your thoughts on the series as well! `Shahs of Sunset' follows a group of six Persian-American friends in Los Angeles who try to juggle their active social lives and careers while also balancing the demands of their families and traditions. The socialites have busy dating lives and are prominent in the party scene, but they seek approval from their families as they face pressure to settle down and marry within the community. Among the featured friends are real estate agent Mercedes, controversial singer Asa and classic `Persian Princess' Golnesa.

Download Episode! The Discussion: Lt Col Dave from Florida gives us his more informed take on Space Force. The News: In the new revamped show format we have 3 minutes to round up the astronomy news stories you might have missed: Jeni: An incredible Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image of Aristarchus Crater New life in the Kepler spacecraft Ralph: ESA’s Aeolus weather data spacecraft launches NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft enters its science phase China’s Chang’e 4 lander headed for the far side of the moon The big news story: The Parker Solar Probe on its way to ‘touch the sun’ The Debate: In this section the team debate a pressing question or issue in astronomy or space flight and in this inaugural debate, Ralph takes on Jeni to make arguments for what should be the next big human spaceflight destination: Moon or Mars? Q&A: Listeners’ questions via email, Facebook & Twitter take us on a journey into the astronomy issues that have always plagued our understanding or stretched our credulity. This month we take a look at powering rovers on Mars: Will ExoMars be able to survive dust storms? From Mike in Florida

Go to http://AgentonFire.com and Download Your Free Copy of “7 Listing Secrets” Real estate open houses are one form of sales tactic - but do they really sell homes or is it more about the hype? Most real estate agents will talk way too much about the benefits than they should. From Mike’s experience, open houses are a game for losers and sellers HATE them. “Stop pissing away hours of your life doing open houses. Instead, do something that’s worth your time.” In today’s episode of Agent On Fire, you’re going to learn a little gem of wisdom to why open houses are a complete waste of time and what you should be focussing your energy on instead to get the results you want as a successful real estate agent. Ready? Let’s do this! Make sure you head over to www.agentonfire.com and download the free cheat sheet showing you how to list houses in 30 minutes (or less) while charging more than ever before EVEN in un-listable markets. Go there right now!    

We’re wrapping up All-Star break with a throwback episode of our favorite Road Trippin’ ATL moments. Join us as we go back through our favorite episodes and hear from guests like Tony Ressler, Richard Jefferson, Grant Hill & Tim Hardaway Jr. From Mike’s most embarrassing moment, to Richard’s thoughts on the process of breeding dogs (explicit), we’re covering it all. We’ll also cover weed and how it effects the NBA today. Don’t miss this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike McDerment is co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, the #1 cloud-based accounting software designed exclusively for service-based small business owners. Starting from his parent’s basement, Mike has grown Freshbooks to more than 10m users worldwide and raising over $75m in VC funding from the likes of Accomplice and Georgian Partners. Mike is also the co-author of Breaking the Time Barrier, downloaded more than 250,000 downloads since its release. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How Mike came to enter the world of SaaS with the founding of Freshbooks from his parent’s basement? Why does Mike disagree with the common notion of the “pivot”? How does Mike balance between realism when something is not working and vision? From Mike’s conversation with USV’s Fred Wilson, what does he believe are the 3 most important roles of the CEO? Why is the No 1 rule in SaaS, you do not replatform your software? What are the inherent dangers? How does it affect your ability to drive revenue? Where do most SaaS startups make big mistakes when replatforming? Where are the inflection points in SaaS team scaling? What is the biggest challenge at 20 people? How does collaboration change when your team hits 40 people? How can one maintain seamless communication when one hits 80 people? 60 Second SaaStr Why is Mike so bullish on SaaS outside of Silicon Valley? How does being outside the Valley affect his ability to hire? What does Mike know now that he wishes he had known at the beginning? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Mike McDerment

With Greg back in the underground recording studio, the lads decide to take a cue from the date and talk turkey; comics turkey, that is! From Mike's recent foray to the Comics Art Brooklyn show last month to the recent shake-ups over at Marvel Comics, there's a lot going on in this episode. What could Brian Michael Bendis' DC future hold? What are the ups and down sides to C.B. Cebulski's promotion to Editor-in-Chief at Marvel? What does Mike think is a good entry point to the works of Chris Ware? Today's episode is the perfect way to sneak in a little slice of comics as you slip into that post-Thanksgiving dinner tryptophan coma. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

MJS 031: Mike Hostetler Today's episode is a My JavaScript Story with Mike Hostetler. Mike talked about his contributions to the JavaScript community. Listen to learn more about Mike! [00:50] – Introduction to Mike Hostetler Mike was on episode 133 which was like 2.5 years ago. [01:45] – How did you get into programming? First computer Mike got their first computer when he was 5 or 6 years old. 286 IBM Clone had a command prompt that he spent several years trying to figure out how to code with it until he stumbled on a few basic books at their local public library in junior high. He began teaching himself how to code with QBasic and Borland C++. He, then, found the internet early high school and downloaded the Mosaic browser. He started coding HTML and early JavaScript, late 90’s. Then, he went off to college to get a Computer Science degree. First job When Mike was late high school, he decided that he knew enough coding that he was going to try to get a job. He ended up finding web development companies in the phone book and calling each one of them, trying to explain that his 16-year-old self could help them code and build websites. He ended up landing a job and was paid minimum wage to build HTML sites - a lot of 1x1 pixels transparent gifs, coding HTML by hand and notepad. Then, he ended up working for that company for his first couple of years of college as well. [05:30] – How did you wind up doing JavaScript? After college, the job that Mike landed was spent on learning Microsoft technologies and then half on the open-source side of learning the LAMP stack. At that time, it required hand-coding JavaScript. His next role is building a custom mapping application which was a single page application that heavily relied upon JavaScript. This was client-side object-oriented. There were no frameworks but it was enough script to build a URL that called a custom CGI to render the map. So, he immediately jumped in and started using the early JavaScript frameworks and prototypes. The role that Mike was in next was building a touchscreen capable device. They needed custom plug-ins to provide the highlight focus effect around the button. He needed to write a plugin to do that and jQuery has just been released. So, he stripped all the prototype code, throw JQuery in there, and then, write a plug-in to navigate this interface by keyboard. [09:20] – Contributions with JavaScript jQuery Mike’s first participation was on the JQuery project. If you ever use the JQuery plug-ins site, the old site, that was his contribution. He ended up running infrastructure for JQuery for several years. JQuery launched his business career. He switched into an entrepreneur around 2009. Since then, he’s contributed in numerous ways through speaking, leading training, and writing articles. He was a co-author of the JQuery Cookbook. Node.js As Node began to get more popular, Mike switched his attention to Node and found passion around the Sails.js project. It was a Node framework that made it easy to build Express-powered apps with Node and limit a lot of the convention over configuration elements of the Sails framework. That morphed into ES6 rewrite of Sails called the Trails framework. Currently, he is an organizer of the Chicago Node.js Meetup and he’s a contributor to the Trails framework. [11:50] – JQuery challenges and experiences jQuery 1.4 Mike and the team made community’s problems their problems so the gravity of what they were working didn’t hit them very much until jQuery 1.4. They had an online conference. They all recorded talks and they’re releasing a talk a day for jQuery that will be going to accommodate the 1.4 release. He remembered that he was setting up, managing the servers, and was doing some last-minute configuration. Then, John had tweeted that 1.4 was ready, pointing to jQuery.com. The web server just ground to a halt as he saw the traffic come in off a tweet. Open-source community Mike remain friends with a lot of them. According to Mike, they were just normal people who made a choice to lean in, contribute, where those contributions ended up becoming popular. Looking forward, he said that he’s going to continue to contribute to the open-source community. He wants to help the junior developer that is learning ES6 for the first time and is solving a syntax error. From Mike’s perspective, technologies come in waves. jQuery was a wave but jQuery’s wave focuses its energy into JavaScript’s wave. Certain people catch a contribution wave. React is on the upswing. Node is in an interesting spot because they’ve been on the upswing for many years but there’s new work that could be done. He said that had a shot to be at the forefront of the wave and got to see it. Advice For anybody else that maybe listening, find a spot where there’s new ground that you can contribute to and just dive in and do what you can to solve a problem to make it better. You’ll catch your wave. [21:00] – How to pick frameworks Node frameworks There was a Reddit thread about Node frameworks in 2017 that listed out all the possible frameworks. The classic answer is to use the right tool for the right job but Mike’s answer is: Node has grown so big that different frameworks are built to different people on the learning curve of Node. The other thing that Node has done is they have this culture of really running away from any Monolithic one-size-fits-all solution. The community of Node has made sure that they make space for an incredible diversity of solutions and frameworks. Antipattern The anti-pattern is: what is the best framework of 2017. That’s the wrong question in the Node culture. Look at your team, look at your project, what framework can you be most productive in and what framework can you contribute back into the community with? That is one of the key reasons that Node itself has remained and continued to grow in popularity. [23:40] – Role in Sails and Trails Mike’s not contributing to the Sails project at the moment. He has been focusing on the Trails project. He has written a couple of Trails packs or the equivalent of plug-ins, messed around with GraphQL. He is also helping answer questions in the Gitter chat – small ways. [24:25] – Best ways to contribute Stack Overflow Go on to Stack Overflow. Subscribe to tags where you can answer questions. Every answer on Stack Overflow is a contribution. Go, watch, subscribe to the issue queues for the projects that you use. Just even sharing your experience with how you solve a problem, there is somebody that you could reach down to and answer their questions that take their burden off. Gitter Get involved in the Gitter chat. Listen, watch, stand on the sidelines, and see what’s going on how the community works. Pull request The next step, if you see a problem, submit a pull request, listen to see what the roadmap is, and see what you can contribute. Infrastructure A lot of projects need help in infrastructure in their build scripts to produce better-written code. You can document for them. If you wait for the next sexy thing to do, you’ll never get there. Be humble. Fun Remember that open-source is fun. If it becomes a drag, you are doing it wrong. Look for the opportunities that are aligned with what you do so it’s a fun, happy experience. [26:45] – What are you working on now? Raise Marketplace Currently, Mike is taking on a new role as Director of Front-end Engineering at Raise Marketplace. It is a marketplace start-up in Chicago. His focus is rebuilding the front-end of Raise on a micro service Node.js in Go service architecture. They have also been listed to help some folks at Google in the web performance team. They are always hiring. If you are looking for a remote role for a start-up. Feel free to reach out to him on Twitter or on Raise. ModernWeb Mike’s side-project now is a website called ModernWeb.com, where they help connect companies with teams of software developers and tell the stories of those software projects. A lot of developers are great at writing code but are terrible at telling the awesome things that we do. So, ModernWeb exists to tell the stories of development. The great side effect is companies want to work with you when you tell your stories. They help complete that circle. Go over to ModernWeb.com and you can contact them through the website or you can drop him an email at mike@modernweb.com. Picks Mike Hostetler App: OmniFocus App: Sleep Cycle App: Life Cycle Zapier Twitter: @mikehostetler Mike-hostetler.com Charles Max Wood Talk: Setting up and Contributing to Open-source Projects by Kent C. Dodds JavaScript Jabber Slack  

MJS 031: Mike Hostetler Today's episode is a My JavaScript Story with Mike Hostetler. Mike talked about his contributions to the JavaScript community. Listen to learn more about Mike! [00:50] – Introduction to Mike Hostetler Mike was on episode 133 which was like 2.5 years ago. [01:45] – How did you get into programming? First computer Mike got their first computer when he was 5 or 6 years old. 286 IBM Clone had a command prompt that he spent several years trying to figure out how to code with it until he stumbled on a few basic books at their local public library in junior high. He began teaching himself how to code with QBasic and Borland C++. He, then, found the internet early high school and downloaded the Mosaic browser. He started coding HTML and early JavaScript, late 90’s. Then, he went off to college to get a Computer Science degree. First job When Mike was late high school, he decided that he knew enough coding that he was going to try to get a job. He ended up finding web development companies in the phone book and calling each one of them, trying to explain that his 16-year-old self could help them code and build websites. He ended up landing a job and was paid minimum wage to build HTML sites - a lot of 1x1 pixels transparent gifs, coding HTML by hand and notepad. Then, he ended up working for that company for his first couple of years of college as well. [05:30] – How did you wind up doing JavaScript? After college, the job that Mike landed was spent on learning Microsoft technologies and then half on the open-source side of learning the LAMP stack. At that time, it required hand-coding JavaScript. His next role is building a custom mapping application which was a single page application that heavily relied upon JavaScript. This was client-side object-oriented. There were no frameworks but it was enough script to build a URL that called a custom CGI to render the map. So, he immediately jumped in and started using the early JavaScript frameworks and prototypes. The role that Mike was in next was building a touchscreen capable device. They needed custom plug-ins to provide the highlight focus effect around the button. He needed to write a plugin to do that and jQuery has just been released. So, he stripped all the prototype code, throw JQuery in there, and then, write a plug-in to navigate this interface by keyboard. [09:20] – Contributions with JavaScript jQuery Mike’s first participation was on the JQuery project. If you ever use the JQuery plug-ins site, the old site, that was his contribution. He ended up running infrastructure for JQuery for several years. JQuery launched his business career. He switched into an entrepreneur around 2009. Since then, he’s contributed in numerous ways through speaking, leading training, and writing articles. He was a co-author of the JQuery Cookbook. Node.js As Node began to get more popular, Mike switched his attention to Node and found passion around the Sails.js project. It was a Node framework that made it easy to build Express-powered apps with Node and limit a lot of the convention over configuration elements of the Sails framework. That morphed into ES6 rewrite of Sails called the Trails framework. Currently, he is an organizer of the Chicago Node.js Meetup and he’s a contributor to the Trails framework. [11:50] – JQuery challenges and experiences jQuery 1.4 Mike and the team made community’s problems their problems so the gravity of what they were working didn’t hit them very much until jQuery 1.4. They had an online conference. They all recorded talks and they’re releasing a talk a day for jQuery that will be going to accommodate the 1.4 release. He remembered that he was setting up, managing the servers, and was doing some last-minute configuration. Then, John had tweeted that 1.4 was ready, pointing to jQuery.com. The web server just ground to a halt as he saw the traffic come in off a tweet. Open-source community Mike remain friends with a lot of them. According to Mike, they were just normal people who made a choice to lean in, contribute, where those contributions ended up becoming popular. Looking forward, he said that he’s going to continue to contribute to the open-source community. He wants to help the junior developer that is learning ES6 for the first time and is solving a syntax error. From Mike’s perspective, technologies come in waves. jQuery was a wave but jQuery’s wave focuses its energy into JavaScript’s wave. Certain people catch a contribution wave. React is on the upswing. Node is in an interesting spot because they’ve been on the upswing for many years but there’s new work that could be done. He said that had a shot to be at the forefront of the wave and got to see it. Advice For anybody else that maybe listening, find a spot where there’s new ground that you can contribute to and just dive in and do what you can to solve a problem to make it better. You’ll catch your wave. [21:00] – How to pick frameworks Node frameworks There was a Reddit thread about Node frameworks in 2017 that listed out all the possible frameworks. The classic answer is to use the right tool for the right job but Mike’s answer is: Node has grown so big that different frameworks are built to different people on the learning curve of Node. The other thing that Node has done is they have this culture of really running away from any Monolithic one-size-fits-all solution. The community of Node has made sure that they make space for an incredible diversity of solutions and frameworks. Antipattern The anti-pattern is: what is the best framework of 2017. That’s the wrong question in the Node culture. Look at your team, look at your project, what framework can you be most productive in and what framework can you contribute back into the community with? That is one of the key reasons that Node itself has remained and continued to grow in popularity. [23:40] – Role in Sails and Trails Mike’s not contributing to the Sails project at the moment. He has been focusing on the Trails project. He has written a couple of Trails packs or the equivalent of plug-ins, messed around with GraphQL. He is also helping answer questions in the Gitter chat – small ways. [24:25] – Best ways to contribute Stack Overflow Go on to Stack Overflow. Subscribe to tags where you can answer questions. Every answer on Stack Overflow is a contribution. Go, watch, subscribe to the issue queues for the projects that you use. Just even sharing your experience with how you solve a problem, there is somebody that you could reach down to and answer their questions that take their burden off. Gitter Get involved in the Gitter chat. Listen, watch, stand on the sidelines, and see what’s going on how the community works. Pull request The next step, if you see a problem, submit a pull request, listen to see what the roadmap is, and see what you can contribute. Infrastructure A lot of projects need help in infrastructure in their build scripts to produce better-written code. You can document for them. If you wait for the next sexy thing to do, you’ll never get there. Be humble. Fun Remember that open-source is fun. If it becomes a drag, you are doing it wrong. Look for the opportunities that are aligned with what you do so it’s a fun, happy experience. [26:45] – What are you working on now? Raise Marketplace Currently, Mike is taking on a new role as Director of Front-end Engineering at Raise Marketplace. It is a marketplace start-up in Chicago. His focus is rebuilding the front-end of Raise on a micro service Node.js in Go service architecture. They have also been listed to help some folks at Google in the web performance team. They are always hiring. If you are looking for a remote role for a start-up. Feel free to reach out to him on Twitter or on Raise. ModernWeb Mike’s side-project now is a website called ModernWeb.com, where they help connect companies with teams of software developers and tell the stories of those software projects. A lot of developers are great at writing code but are terrible at telling the awesome things that we do. So, ModernWeb exists to tell the stories of development. The great side effect is companies want to work with you when you tell your stories. They help complete that circle. Go over to ModernWeb.com and you can contact them through the website or you can drop him an email at mike@modernweb.com. Picks Mike Hostetler App: OmniFocus App: Sleep Cycle App: Life Cycle Zapier Twitter: @mikehostetler Mike-hostetler.com Charles Max Wood Talk: Setting up and Contributing to Open-source Projects by Kent C. Dodds JavaScript Jabber Slack  

MJS 031: Mike Hostetler Today's episode is a My JavaScript Story with Mike Hostetler. Mike talked about his contributions to the JavaScript community. Listen to learn more about Mike! [00:50] – Introduction to Mike Hostetler Mike was on episode 133 which was like 2.5 years ago. [01:45] – How did you get into programming? First computer Mike got their first computer when he was 5 or 6 years old. 286 IBM Clone had a command prompt that he spent several years trying to figure out how to code with it until he stumbled on a few basic books at their local public library in junior high. He began teaching himself how to code with QBasic and Borland C++. He, then, found the internet early high school and downloaded the Mosaic browser. He started coding HTML and early JavaScript, late 90’s. Then, he went off to college to get a Computer Science degree. First job When Mike was late high school, he decided that he knew enough coding that he was going to try to get a job. He ended up finding web development companies in the phone book and calling each one of them, trying to explain that his 16-year-old self could help them code and build websites. He ended up landing a job and was paid minimum wage to build HTML sites - a lot of 1x1 pixels transparent gifs, coding HTML by hand and notepad. Then, he ended up working for that company for his first couple of years of college as well. [05:30] – How did you wind up doing JavaScript? After college, the job that Mike landed was spent on learning Microsoft technologies and then half on the open-source side of learning the LAMP stack. At that time, it required hand-coding JavaScript. His next role is building a custom mapping application which was a single page application that heavily relied upon JavaScript. This was client-side object-oriented. There were no frameworks but it was enough script to build a URL that called a custom CGI to render the map. So, he immediately jumped in and started using the early JavaScript frameworks and prototypes. The role that Mike was in next was building a touchscreen capable device. They needed custom plug-ins to provide the highlight focus effect around the button. He needed to write a plugin to do that and jQuery has just been released. So, he stripped all the prototype code, throw JQuery in there, and then, write a plug-in to navigate this interface by keyboard. [09:20] – Contributions with JavaScript jQuery Mike’s first participation was on the JQuery project. If you ever use the JQuery plug-ins site, the old site, that was his contribution. He ended up running infrastructure for JQuery for several years. JQuery launched his business career. He switched into an entrepreneur around 2009. Since then, he’s contributed in numerous ways through speaking, leading training, and writing articles. He was a co-author of the JQuery Cookbook. Node.js As Node began to get more popular, Mike switched his attention to Node and found passion around the Sails.js project. It was a Node framework that made it easy to build Express-powered apps with Node and limit a lot of the convention over configuration elements of the Sails framework. That morphed into ES6 rewrite of Sails called the Trails framework. Currently, he is an organizer of the Chicago Node.js Meetup and he’s a contributor to the Trails framework. [11:50] – JQuery challenges and experiences jQuery 1.4 Mike and the team made community’s problems their problems so the gravity of what they were working didn’t hit them very much until jQuery 1.4. They had an online conference. They all recorded talks and they’re releasing a talk a day for jQuery that will be going to accommodate the 1.4 release. He remembered that he was setting up, managing the servers, and was doing some last-minute configuration. Then, John had tweeted that 1.4 was ready, pointing to jQuery.com. The web server just ground to a halt as he saw the traffic come in off a tweet. Open-source community Mike remain friends with a lot of them. According to Mike, they were just normal people who made a choice to lean in, contribute, where those contributions ended up becoming popular. Looking forward, he said that he’s going to continue to contribute to the open-source community. He wants to help the junior developer that is learning ES6 for the first time and is solving a syntax error. From Mike’s perspective, technologies come in waves. jQuery was a wave but jQuery’s wave focuses its energy into JavaScript’s wave. Certain people catch a contribution wave. React is on the upswing. Node is in an interesting spot because they’ve been on the upswing for many years but there’s new work that could be done. He said that had a shot to be at the forefront of the wave and got to see it. Advice For anybody else that maybe listening, find a spot where there’s new ground that you can contribute to and just dive in and do what you can to solve a problem to make it better. You’ll catch your wave. [21:00] – How to pick frameworks Node frameworks There was a Reddit thread about Node frameworks in 2017 that listed out all the possible frameworks. The classic answer is to use the right tool for the right job but Mike’s answer is: Node has grown so big that different frameworks are built to different people on the learning curve of Node. The other thing that Node has done is they have this culture of really running away from any Monolithic one-size-fits-all solution. The community of Node has made sure that they make space for an incredible diversity of solutions and frameworks. Antipattern The anti-pattern is: what is the best framework of 2017. That’s the wrong question in the Node culture. Look at your team, look at your project, what framework can you be most productive in and what framework can you contribute back into the community with? That is one of the key reasons that Node itself has remained and continued to grow in popularity. [23:40] – Role in Sails and Trails Mike’s not contributing to the Sails project at the moment. He has been focusing on the Trails project. He has written a couple of Trails packs or the equivalent of plug-ins, messed around with GraphQL. He is also helping answer questions in the Gitter chat – small ways. [24:25] – Best ways to contribute Stack Overflow Go on to Stack Overflow. Subscribe to tags where you can answer questions. Every answer on Stack Overflow is a contribution. Go, watch, subscribe to the issue queues for the projects that you use. Just even sharing your experience with how you solve a problem, there is somebody that you could reach down to and answer their questions that take their burden off. Gitter Get involved in the Gitter chat. Listen, watch, stand on the sidelines, and see what’s going on how the community works. Pull request The next step, if you see a problem, submit a pull request, listen to see what the roadmap is, and see what you can contribute. Infrastructure A lot of projects need help in infrastructure in their build scripts to produce better-written code. You can document for them. If you wait for the next sexy thing to do, you’ll never get there. Be humble. Fun Remember that open-source is fun. If it becomes a drag, you are doing it wrong. Look for the opportunities that are aligned with what you do so it’s a fun, happy experience. [26:45] – What are you working on now? Raise Marketplace Currently, Mike is taking on a new role as Director of Front-end Engineering at Raise Marketplace. It is a marketplace start-up in Chicago. His focus is rebuilding the front-end of Raise on a micro service Node.js in Go service architecture. They have also been listed to help some folks at Google in the web performance team. They are always hiring. If you are looking for a remote role for a start-up. Feel free to reach out to him on Twitter or on Raise. ModernWeb Mike’s side-project now is a website called ModernWeb.com, where they help connect companies with teams of software developers and tell the stories of those software projects. A lot of developers are great at writing code but are terrible at telling the awesome things that we do. So, ModernWeb exists to tell the stories of development. The great side effect is companies want to work with you when you tell your stories. They help complete that circle. Go over to ModernWeb.com and you can contact them through the website or you can drop him an email at mike@modernweb.com. Picks Mike Hostetler App: OmniFocus App: Sleep Cycle App: Life Cycle Zapier Twitter: @mikehostetler Mike-hostetler.com Charles Max Wood Talk: Setting up and Contributing to Open-source Projects by Kent C. Dodds JavaScript Jabber Slack  

Today's show is a little different than they typical episode. On September 30th, 2017, the New Hampshire Association for Behavior Analysis will be hosting its 3rd annual conference (tickets are available here). In order to promote this event, and more generally, highlight the great work that NH ABA does, I put together a sequence of five mini-interviews with all of the conference speakers. This year's line-up is great. We will feature a Keynote address from Dr. Greg Hanley, and a closing Distinguished Speaker presentation from Dr. Mark Sundberg. Between these talks, we'll hear from Dr. Derek Reed, Caitlin Kirkwood, and Michael Miklos. In this episode, you'll hear about what they will talk about, but you can also click here to access the conference brochure. The conference is a fantastic value. The early-bird price of $99 gets you 6.5 CEU's, a buffet lunch (yes, there is a free lunch), and opportunities to meet and network with fellow behavior analysts. The early bird price is available through August 31st, but if I had to guess, the event is going to sell out prior to that. As such, if you're considering attending, I recommend picking up your tickets right away. Click here to access the online portal to make that happen. In this episode, I've asked each speaker to recommend readings, websites, and other resources to check out. Here are those references in the approximate order in which they are mentioned in the episode. From Greg's interview: www.practicalfunctionalassessment.com Slayton, Hanley, & Raftery 2017 From Derek's: Some random podcast episode Derek's tutorial video on the SQAB YouTube channel The Behavior Analysis in Practice tutorial article From Mike's: www.pattan.net From Caitlin's: Addison, et al., 2012 Peterson, et al., 2016 The SOS approach to feeding From Mark's: The Verbal Behavior Approach, by Session 12 guest, Dr. Mary Lynch Barbera Jumpstarting Communication Skills in Children with Autism, by Dr. Mary Jane Weiss The Analysis of Verbal Behavior Special Issue on the Intraverbal Thirty Points About Motivation from Skinner's Book Verbal Behavior

On a ripsnorting episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we welcome Mike Gaines, co-founder and director of THE SOILED DOVE, Victorian, Steampunk, burlesques extravaganza, who also has a few ghost stories to tell. We talk with Mike at Hour 2; at Hour 1 Joel and Eric review the week’s freakiest paranormal news and whatnot. Vau de Vire Society presents The Soiled Dove, an immersive, circus-infused dinner theater set in the reincarnation of San Francisco’s ribald, spooky Barbary Coast red light district. From Mike and Shannon Gaines, co-creators of the Edwardian, New Bohemia NYE, and Lagunitas Beer Circus comes an event that titillates every sense. Set amidst a thematic backdrop inspired by SF’s notorious gold rush era, guests delight in an engaging evening filled with danger, decadence, world-renowned performance, and an innovative culinary extravaganza worthy of royalty. The Soiled Dove Guests are encouraged to submerge themselves in the revelry by putting a little (or a lot) of effort into their attire—styles that cover Victorian, Edwardian, 49er, Harlots, Crimps, Steampunk, or their most stylish period couture. Circus and theatrics by Vau de Vire Society. Interactive gourmet dinner by Work of Art. Music by Jazz Mafia/Realistic Orchestra. Fridays & Saturdays from June 9th to July 1st. Tickets for 21-and-over show at After the first and second runs of sold out shows in 2014, 2015 & 2016, The Soiled Dove returned June 9th (with shows every Friday and Saturday through July 1st) to the shore on the bay at The Point Alameda…under the Big Top Tent – a massive 12,000 sq. ft. circus tent acquired from the countryside of Tortona, Italy. Set amidst a thematic backdrop inspired by San Francisco’s notorious Barbary Coast era, guests can expect an engaging evening filled with danger, decadence, amazing culinary

On this week's Geek Confidential podcast Luke Kerr and Craig Peters are joined by Melodie Aikels as they dive into the Upside-Down phenomena of Netflix's Stranger Things. From Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Eleven searching for a way to rescue Will to good girl Nancy wanting to be a little bit bad and every ounce of 80's nostalgia they discuss it all. Is this Winona Ryder's comeback? Was Matthew Modine deliciously evil? Will Barb be in a potential Stranger Things second season?  Tune in for this Stranger Things spoiler-filled episode Twitter: @GKConfidential Facebook: GKConfidential Find Geek Confidential's Hosts on Twitter: @Luke_Kerr, @ZMovieManiac and @MelodieAikels   Enjoy Geek Confidential? Check out its sister podcasts Pop Confidential and Daytime Confidential. 

Jerry Lewis’ comeback movie is today’s film. Mike Spiegelman had me on his podcast “Let’s Watch a Full Length Movie On YouTube” Here’s a recording or it in full! Enjoy! (Please forgive this week’s poor sound quality!) From Mike’s Website: Another kind of slapstick what? I want to help you sit through Jerry Lewis’ movie Slapstick (of […] The post Jerry Lewis in “Slapstick of Another Kind” appeared first on Proudly Resents: The cult movie podcast.

Jerry Lewis’ comeback movie is today’s film. Mike Spiegelman had me on his podcast “Let’s Watch a Full Length Movie On YouTube” Here’s a recording or it in full! Enjoy! (Please forgive this week’s poor sound quality!) From Mike’s Website: Another kind of slapstick what? I want to help you sit through Jerry Lewis’ movie Slapstick (of […] The post Jerry Lewis in “Slapstick of Another Kind” appeared first on Proudly Resents: The cult movie podcast.

Welcome, Medicare Nation! Today’s episode is a Q & A in which I answer questions from two listeners. If you have a question for me about Medicare, then email me: support@themedicarenation.com.  Let’s jump right in! From Mike, in Pleasanton, CA: If my doctor drops out of my HMO network, can I change to a Medicare Advantage plan that the doctor currently takes? Here’s the thing, Mike: when you enroll in Medicare Advantage, you are in a “locked-in” period unless you have a “special election.” A special election can occur for a number of reasons: if you moved to a different county with new plans, or if CMS (Center for Medicare Services) decided to terminate a Medicare Advantage policy and you need to find a new one. Another situation for special election would be if you are still working, at age 65 or over, and are covered under your employer’s plan and aren’t on Part B. If you need to drop your employer’s coverage and enroll in Part B, then a special election would exist. Unfortunately, doctors can drop out of an HMO or PPO anytime, although they do have to give 60 days’ notice.  Mike, you will have to change doctors unless this occurs between October 15 and December 7, which is the open enrollment period, or unless you have a special election period. Your situation would not be considered for special election. It’s unfortunate, but it is very common and happens to many people each year. The doctors do this because of money, but keep in mind that if you follow a doctor to another plan, then the same thing can occur again. I hope this helps. Visit www.callsamm.com or www.medicare.gov for more information.   From Sharon, in Austin, TX: How much will I have to pay to be in the hospital for 7 days? Well, Sharon, the answer depends upon your plan. If you have original Medicare, Part A, then you have what I like to call  “accommodations insurance.” This means overnight stays are covered, with a deductible of $1288 for any stay of 1-60 days. All services and procedures in the hospital would then be covered for you. From days 61-90, you would pay $322/day for the same coverage. Of any stay of more than 90 consecutive days, you can draw on your lifetime reserve of 60 days at a cost of $644/day. Keep in mind, though, that those extra 60 days are a “lifetime piggy bank” of days, and you can’t get them back once you use them. The old adage, "You use them - You lose them," applies here. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, then they are all different. An HMO will have a smaller network, and your co-pay will range from $0-$250/day. A PPO network is larger, therefore, your co-pay for an inpatient hospital stay will range from $0-$425/day. You would need to contact your Medicare Advantage Carrier to determine the exact amount of what your inpatient hospital co-pay will be. There are also Medicare Supplements (MediGap) plans, such as the F plan, G plan, and N plan. For these plans, you pay your monthly premium, but then have $0 out-of-pocket "medically necessary" inpatient hospital stays. Other Medicare Supplement (MediGap) Plans have a Part A deductible. Again, you need to contact your Medicare Plan customer service representative to determine your exact cost. Sorry, I can’t be more specific since I don’t know your plan, Sharon, but I hope this information is helpful for you. Thanks for the question!   Do you have questions or feedback? I’d love to hear it! I may answer one of your questions on the air! email me: support@themedicarenation.com Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star rating and review in iTunes! (Click here)     Find out more information about Medicare on Diane Daniel’s website! www.CallSamm.com

The fearless duo conquer a large amount of conversations in this long-ish epsiode. From Mike's 30th Birthday to Walking Dead and the Flash to discussing the latest DC jaunt into the Cinematic Universe. Just as a heads up if you have not seen Batman V Superman, Jon lays on some spoilers at the 48 minute mark!

For their third annual Discoveries episode, Mike and Sean take a look back at some of the best older movies they watched for the first time in 2015. From Sean's list of first-time views, Mike chose to discuss Oliver Stone's 2004 historical epic Alexander, in its Ultimate Cut version. From Mike's list, Sean chose the Tyrone Power carny noir Nightmare Alley, directed by Edmund Goulding in 1947.

From Mike's Linkedin:::  A CPA and CVA (Certified Valuation Analyst) who specializes in the area of dental and other healthcare entities.I work primarily with privately owned practices and individuals and strive to become their most trusted financial advisor. We take a long-term approach to dealing with clients by billing them a flat monthly rate and often investing time over and above our agreements when clients need big things accomplished. We have the flexibility that many of our larger competitors don't have.

Our good friend Mike Tanzini has contributed more than his fair share to 4GB over the years, so we are taking an episode to honor his very best moments on the show. From Mike's trip to Buffalo to the "4GB Lottery", we cover it all, including the debut of his rap career. Also joining us is Mike's childhood friend Dan Amorese to share some of his favorite stories about Mike.

This week, Visibility 9-11 welcomes author and activist Mike Palecek.  Mike's new book, Iowa Terror is a great satirical read and comes highly recommended by Michael and Visibility 9-11.  From Mike's website: Mike Palecek was a peace prisoner, having served time in county jails and federal prisons for civil disobedience at Offutt Air Force Base during the 1980s. During the 1990s he was a reporter for small-town newspapers in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota. The small newspaper Ruth and Mike owned in southeast Minnesota was named the Newspaper of the Year for 1994 by the Minnesota Newspaper Association. In 2000 he was the Iowa Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, Fifth District, receiving 67,500 votes (29%). Mr. Palecek Lives in Sheldon, Iowa with wife, Ruth, and two children. Works at group home for disabled adults.   "Iowa Terror is a gripping and disturbing tale of small town America in the post September 11th world. Palecek skillfully weaves elements of the official lie of 9-11 into a dark story of murder, mystery, propaganda, and the American 'homeland.' Iowa Terror is both entertaining and thought provoking; a must read. You won’t be able to put it down!" — Michael Wolsey, Host, Visibility 9-11 Music by the legendary Frank Zappa.

From Mike's voices to interns of Christmas past to your own voices... today we celebrate the holidays with another prosperous pile of promos. Plus... Luke Bryan. Enjoy.Our Sponsors:* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.com* Check out Momentous and use my code TMOS for a great deal: https://www.livemomentous.com* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/TMOSAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy