Podcast appearances and mentions of princess buttercup

So in the 17th Century, in Rome, Giulia Tofana led a group of women who made devotional oils, cosmetic liquids and of course, poison.  This poison was a famed untraceable and undetectable poison for it's time and it was dubbed Aqua Tofana.  4 doses they said, could put any man in his grave.  It was a way for women, who could not get a divorce to get out of some very bad situations and over 20 years, these women claimed to have killed over 600 men,  We discuss the poison, the time, the place and famous folks who felt they were victims of this strange brew.  We also talk bodily autonomy, the trend 'Make Aqua Tofana Great Again', Dandy's World, The Princess Bride, (Princess Buttercup has entered the chat), iocaine powder and just plain being decent to one another in this, wait, they REALLY did that episode of the Family Plot Podcast!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support.

We are your wildly talented hosts and today we're bringing you back in time as we flail for content and demand that Matthew 'say more' about these darlings to pariahs. We discuss The Mystery of the Disappearance of The Sun-dried Tomato before encountering ancient friends, Princess Buttercup and The Bucket Man. Finally we decide that these are best in small amounts. Kind of like us. Whatever Happened to Sun-Dried Tomatoes? by Priya KrishnaCreamy Tuscan Chicken PastaPasta With Silkiest Eggplant Sauce From Francis LamMatthew's Now but Wow! - TV on the Radio Tiny Desk Concert  Support Spilled Milk Podcast!Molly's SubstackMatthew's Bands: Early to the Airport and Twilight DinersProducer Abby's WebsiteListen to our spinoff show Dire DesiresJoin our reddit

BTTY BitesNo. 1—“Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.” - Enders GameNo. 2—“If we look outside of ourselves for relief from our own predicament, we are sure to come up short." - Mark EpsteinNo. 3—Don't ask for feedback. That gets you a critic. Ask for advice. That will get you an accomplice.A ThoughtWhen I was in college, I bought my first computer. It was a Gateway and came in that iconic dairy cow-colored box. Back then, and this was 25 years ago, you went to the store, and they helped you configure your computer. You picked the hard drive size, memory, and graphics card. They always asked you, “What will you be using this for?”They ask this question because they want to help you make sure the inside of the computer, the stuff most of the world never sees, has the right components to run programs to produce the work the world does see. You select things like memory (RAM), CPU, hard drive capacity, and graphics card. All of these work together with programs and the computer's operating system (OS) to create outputs.The OS manages how the computer's hardware and software work together, coordinating resources like memory, processing power, and storage. It handles everything from basic tasks like showing things on your screen to making sure different programs can run without interfering with each other. These capabilities determine the computer's capacity - what it can do, how fast it can do it, and how much it can handle at once. Sometimes, it reaches its operating capacity.You've experienced a computer at its capacity. The most memorable occasions are when an icon starts spinning, and you suddenly realize you haven't hit save in a couple of hours - then the program suddenly closes. System crash. So sorry.Just like a computer's physical and psychological capabilities constrain our capacity, if we don't pay attention, we will start spinning and ultimately crash.System CrashFive years ago, my system crashed. Like a computer running too many programs with insufficient RAM, I was struggling with work, mood, and relationships. That's when I started thinking about my operating system and how it either improved or degraded my capacity to perform. Something had to change.Personal Operating SystemOur personal OS should help us manage energy, prioritize tasks, manage resources and resource drains, force quit stuck programs (internal narratives), and prevent overload. Importantly, a good OS working with the right internal components can help you operate at your innate peak capacity - or, said differently - your potential.It's likely your personal OS runs in the background with little attention. Over years or decades, you have established routines—the sum of your habits. Roll over in the morning and check your phone—habit. Kiss your partner good night every night—habit. Everything you do is either improving or degrading your capacity. When the demands exceed capacity, the system crashes. This ranges from simple burnout to more serious consequences.The Inside-Out RuleThe inside-out rule states that external impact cannot sustainably exceed internal capacity. If your internal capacity is 7, your external impact cannot sustainably exceed 7. We can have sprints of 8 or 9, but we can't stay there. The system will crash. If you want your external impact to be a 9 over a long period, you must improve your internal capacity to a 9. One way to do this is by improving your personal operating system.Ultimately, this comes down to inside work vs outside work. It's easy to focus on the outside work because that is what the rest of the world sees, what's easy to measure, and where we get external validation. It comes with the temptation to push our outside work harder for more results. The secret is that the inside work often needs attention to unlock what you can do on the outside. The challenge is it's a solo journey that happens over decades.My Personal Operating SystemHere's my operating system—I'm not trying to prescribe anything here; I'm just sharing what I've learned works for me. I'm doing this primarily because I've been giving it lots of thought lately. It feels like it needs some changes, but here it is anyway.System Foundation* Sleep—I need 7-8 hours, or I'm toast. I can 4-6 hours, but not for long stretches. When I start getting impatient and reactionary, and stress becomes less manageable, I need more sleep. * Relationships—It took me way too many years to really understand how important this is. When I'm connected with my people, it helps me work through anything that comes our way. This applies at work, too. Having teammates at work who I genuinely enjoy being around and connected to improves everything.System Stability* Morning Routine (The Boot-Up)—I need quiet time in the morning. I try not to jump into problems for the first few hours. This routine is everything to me, so I head to bed early, even if I miss out on some night plans. If you want the best of me during the day, I need this time to boot up right.* Solitude—I'm an introvert, and once 6:30-7 AM hits, it's people time all day. I try to find little pockets of quiet time throughout the day, week, and year to renew. Unlike what popular books say, you'll catch me eating alone.Energy* Sweat - Long runs outside do it for me. No matter what else happened that day, at least I did that. I love the sore feeling from weights, too. Recently, I worked out with a good buddy, and that's a great hack.* Consuming Well - I love french fries, but my mitochondria get sad when I eat poorly. A good workout lets me enjoy the occasional cheat day guilt-free. Also, hydration and what I eat matter for my focus. Alcohol kills my sleep, so I save wine for special nights with Princess Buttercup (almost exclusively). Plus, I killed most social media - no social apps on my phone is a game-changer. People can text me links if they want to share stuff.* Making Things—Creating something new makes me feel like I've done something. It's hard to explain, but it gives me energy.* Nature - Getting outside matters to me. Winter was tough until I decided to embrace it - now I'll bundle up and sit out there even when it's 12 degrees. Please give me a patch of grass to lie on during a spring day with some sunshine. Perfect.System Enhancements* Collecting Aha's—Whether reading or hearing someone's story, learning helps me get better - ideally, find more truth.* Reflection—I try to “defrag my hard drive” by thinking about what's happened, what's happening, and what should happen next. Journaling almost daily helps, as does therapy. It's all about finding truth, but reflection without action is just wasted wisdom.Again, I'm not being prescriptive or trying to show you what I do (and sometimes don't do). I don't have any answers for you, but I have years of thinking about this proactively and refining mine. We are all different, and our OSs should reflect that. Sometimes, my OS runs smoothly, and sometimes, it crashes. But at least now I know where to look when things start spinning. I've been doing some system monitoring to determine what parts of my OS need upgrading. What's your OS doing for you?If you want to explore this, take an hour away from the inputs—just you and your thoughts and maybe some scratch paper. Not to journal, meditate, or any other prescribed solution, but to honestly examine which parts of your personal OS are due for an upgrade or some new code.Be good.Kelly This is a public episode. 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BTTY BitesNo.1 - “It's the commotion the mind makes about life that really causes problems.” - Michael SingerNo. 2 - “If you can't decide, the answer is no.” - Naval RavikantNo. 3 - “Process saves us from the poverty of our intentions.” - Elizabeth KingMaybe process saves us from the poverty of our actions? A ThoughtWhat Do You Call the Space Between Raindrops? A book I was reading the other day asked that question. Let's come back to that.I love rain. Well, that's not the truth. Sometimes I don't love it. But I do love it under a covered porch with a cup of coffee and a good friend as we sit quietly and enjoy. Or during an afternoon nap or when it falls on old brown, crunchy leaves. I love it in the distance - a squall heading our way or some other way. I love it because it turns things green, gives the city a bath, and makes those mud puddles I used to play in as a kid. I even loved warm rain on patrol when everything gets quiet. And that post-rain smell. That's special. It turns out we have a name for that.Petrichor (PE-tri-kor) is that distinctive earthy smell. It's a relatively new term coined by two Australian researchers. It combines the words "petra" (stone) and "ichor" (the fluid that was supposed to flow in the veins of the Greek gods).Rhinos and Other Rh WordsAnother word I like is rhinoceros. I like the animal more than the word but mostly because I struggle to spell it. Rhinos are big, tough, and nimble (they can run up to 35 MPH). Southern white rhinos are social and form "crashes." How perfect is that? It's a group of 4-5 females and their calves. The calves play and "crash," which helps develop social skills and strength. The females back each other up against aggressive males. They will show genuine distress when a crash member is injured or ill and stand guard until they recover. It's thought that the crash is one of the reasons that the southern white rhino has been able to make a comeback. It's basically like having a handful of tank-sized bodyguard friends.Rhyme is another word I struggle to spell. Rhythm, no vowel. Wild. I guess the Y counts—Rhubarb, oh rhubarb. Gramma used to have a rhubarb bush. We'd break off a piece and take it inside, and she would slide a small dish with white sugar across her plastic tablecloth. I'd spend the next 15 minutes crunching and puckering away. My mouth waters just thinking about that.Rhetoric has a negative connotation in modern language. Maybe it shouldn't. It's a solid word. Rhombus - You probably remember what this is. I didn't. It's a special shape where all four sides are equal in length, opposite angles are equal, opposite sides are parallel, and diagonals bisect each other at right angles. Think playing card diamond. A square is a special rhombus.Why all the Rh words?No reason. I like Rhinos and realized there might not be many other Rh words. So I wrote this for myself. Because usually, when I write here, I hedge. I think about who will read it, what they might think, and what that will all mean. A part of that is my ego. How will this impact what they think of me?I like collecting ahas. They give me energy. Those lessons, I think, give me a better view of the world—maybe a little more truth or reality. I believe that if we learn something, we should share it. I try translating an 'aha' I've had into something you find helpful. Teaching it also helps us understand it more deeply.Also, the process is energizing. There is something finished at the end—I did something. It's like going for a run. It doesn't matter what happens that day—you did that run. The energy also comes from knowing that while most people don't say anything, I know something resonates occasionally. I'll get a message or a text from someone I didn't know was here, and they ask a question, say thank you, or sometimes say something much deeper. Something I said mattered to them at the right time. Those keep me writing publicly.Finally, and this is a new understanding thanks to Princess Buttercup, maybe my kids will read some of this one day and find it helpful.Dancing Between RaindropsFor a long time, Princess Buttercup and I have urged the kids to be rhinos—dancing rhinos. A big, nimble dinosaur-looking “joy mud” splattered thing standing on tip-toes in a pink tutu dancing between raindrops. When things get hard, sometimes you have to dance between the raindrops. Find your crash and dance. We always feel better after dancing (another PB lesson).I'm going to work to write more authentically in the future. I know I won't always, but I'll try. It might mean that some of you don't stay, think less of me, or some other BS story I'm telling myself. That's okay. I'll be over here in my pink tutu and, with my crash, working on what we work on.Be good.KellyPS - did you know rhinos have three toes on each foot? Fascinating. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

BTTY BitesNo.1 - “A common cause of time wasters is largely under the executive's control and can be eliminated by him. That is the time of others he himself wastes.” - Peter DruckerNo. 2 - “People are motivated by one of two things: Either avoiding loss or acquiring potential gain.” - Phil JonesNo. 3 - Did you know that woodpeckers have tongues? I mean really long tonguges. I took about 1,600 photos of this woodpecker the other day and this shot of his tongue (it is male) made me do some research. It's so long it wraps around the back of his head. He kept at this tree until he broke it in half. Just wild. A ThoughtTomatoes.I think about tomatoes. A lot.Yes, they are technically fruits, but did you know that an 1893 Supreme Court case ruled that tomatoes should be taxed as vegetables? Also, tomatoes were first domesticated by the Aztecs, who called them by a name that meant “plump thing with a navel.” I love that. I also love eating tomatoes, growing tomatoes, and sharing tomatoes. I have Grandad to thank for that.He had a bit of a garden patch - probably a couple of acres of garden, actually. Well plowed and lined with all the vegetables. It was the tomatoes I liked best. We would pick a handful, put them in his old beat-up thick plastic bucket with a rope handle, and drive back to his garage on his small tractor-mower. Sometimes, you'd find me on his lap, trying to drive. Other times, I'd be tucked into the corner of the plywood trailer he towed.Up over a hill, along the fence line, and then down to the garage. He built that garage himself. There was a penny he tucked behind a translucent rock that glimmered when the sun was just right. We'd park next to his big tractor and take in the combined smell of gasoline and cut crass. He'd get me over to his workbench and lift me up. It was always a bit of a mess, strewn with the detritus of actual work. He'd reach for the salt, slice into the unwashed tomato, sprinkle a little salt, and pop it in his mouth - I can still see the edge of his mouth as he grinned. I now imagine he was smiling at something more than the tomato. Then a slice for me. We'd both start nodding. Behind us, through the unfinished 2x4 window frame, his two steers wandered in the ‘north forty.'Success?My grandfather was, at least from what I saw, a great man. He retired as a Colonel from the US Army, was married for 65 years, went to war three times, and retired to a small community in the mountains, where he spent 30 years donating his time to improving that community. That's not what made him great to me. It added to the mystique, but not what I think about today. He makes me think about success.I'm not quite sure what success is, but when people ask me what it means to me, I talk about a little green hill with little people running around. My fondest memories were on that hill we drove over in his little blue tractor. Up until December of 2007, there were two doting grandparents. The kind that eat unwashed tomatoes, play frisbee, and teach you how to make jello. Or the ones that take you to pick fresh blackberries on the fence line and make blackberry jam together - all while she implored me not to get blackberry on my new shirt. One year, Gramma sat me next to the window overlooking the garage to tell me a story. It was close to Halloween, and it was a ghost story. Then, in the distance, a ghost darted over the crest of that little hill. That was Grandad with a sheet over his head. Amazing. At least it was amazing to that six-year-old.Discipline?So success to me is being that for someone. Maybe it's grandkids if we are lucky, maybe not. A little green hill with Princess Buttercup, a community, a small patch to tend, and humans to love. There is a path that I need to take to get there and it has me thinking about discipline. A lot. So, I asked myself: What does discipline really mean? Here's what I came up with.Controlling your desire for something now for something you desire more, later.Whether your success is a green hill, another zero in your bank account, or something else, it will take discipline. If I want to run with that sheet over my head down our hill one day, I have to be here still and be able to move as nimbly as the Colonel could at 70. When my alarm goes off, I want to stay in bed, but I go for a run. That's discipline. Or willpower. Or whatever. I don't always win that battle, but I try to remember what's important. It's a green hill. It's tomatoes. It's raising baby chicks. It's being there for their wedding, being there for their losses, and trading something I desire now for something I want more later.Desire is a strong word, and I'm using it intentionally. Some desires are clear, like fresh tomatoes in summer. Others grow quietly and hidden, like weeds. Discipline is not just about control—it's about paying attention to what is pulling you. If we don't watch what's growing in our garden, we won't know what to weed and what to water.That's what I'm thinking about this week. I hope you're good. Be good. And let's find that hill.Kelly This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

There are two voices in my head fighting for control.The two voices are my lower self and my upper self. The lower version of me is a critical companion as it is responsible for keeping me alive. Its singular focus is my survival. I call this me the “Lone Survivor.” It doesn't care about anyone else, just me.Lone SurvivorThis version of me is usually the first to speak up and can be the loudest. It's emotional, often irrational, and struggles to parse fact from fiction. When threats appear, real or perceived, it reacts aggressively to “defend” me. It cares about anything that might threaten my survival. From “Is there enough oxygen?” to “Am I fat?” to “What did my boss mean in that email?” The lone survivor is eager to blame others, play the victim, make excuses, and get defensive. But it gets worse.The lone survivor whispers and sometimes shouts things that ignore my happiness, joy, and potential. Things like:* “Don't worry, your son will understand you have to work late and will miss his game - even though it's his last one ever,” or* “Take that job. It pays more. It doesn't matter if you're happy. People, parents, and society will admire you.” or* “You need a better title. What will you tell that frustratingly successful cousin over mashed potatoes next week?”The lone survivor prioritizes personal survival and immediate gratification and operates with a scarcity mindset—there is not enough, so I need some of yours. When facing threats or stress, the lone survivor reacts aggressively with emotion and instinct.* Mantra: I must survive* Time frame: Now - immediate gratification* View of Resources: Scarce - there is not enough* Circle of Concern: Me* Perspective: I see it from my point of view, and I'm rightThe Potential SeekerConversely, there is the Upper Self, the potential seeker.This version of us doesn't have its head in the sand; it sees threats, too. The difference is that it can plan, dream, create, and delay gratification. It doesn't see others as threats but as “potential allies” in the effort to survive and win. It attempts to understand reality, control emotions, and respond thoughtfully and rationally with a focus on the “we, not me.”* Mantra: We must thrive* Timeframe: Long term - delay gratification* View of Resources: There's enough if we work together* Circle of Concern: We, not just me* Perspective: Seeks different views to learn and find the truthTwo Important Tools The potential seeker uses two essential tools - time and perspective. With time, you can shift between short-term and long-term views. Potential seekers can delay gratification and work in timelines that are years or decades. This view of time helps you consider the second or third-order effects of actions, think beyond immediate rewards, and invest in genuine relationships - not transactional ones.The second is perspective shifting. In a meeting, the lone survivor sees things from their seat and is eager to share their viewpoint. While they're doing that, they aren't learning. The potential seeker gets up, goes to the other side of the table, and sits in someone else's seat. They genuinely want to see things from their perspective. By changing seats, they can now see what was behind where they were sitting before. This might include their knowledge gaps, assumptions, biases, and blind spots.Getting out of your seat takes action, walking to the other side of the table takes effort, and sitting in someone else's seat requires commitment. The lone survivor stays seated, talks more, learns less, and cares about themselves. It's not malicious; it's survival. That's fight-or-flight in action. Here are some other ways you might come across it.In product development, the lone survivor builds what they think customers need. The potential seeker works to understand the customer's pain and solve those problems. The lone survivor teacher lectures from the front but doesn't move in and connect or remember what it's like to be a novice.The most dangerous part of being a lone survivor is that it can masquerade as a potential seeker. You think you are being rational, unemotional, and doing things “as they should,” “the right way,” or “in the best interest of some constituency,” but really, you are just trying to survive. We are “maintaining standards,” “following best practices,” “protecting stakeholder interest,” or some other rationalization we use at the expense of evolution. We see this in teams, culture, and leadership.LeadershipLone Survivor In LeadershipThe lone survivor leader stays in their office, expects information to come to them, assumes they know best, and tries to control from afar. They protect status and resources, seek validation, and make decisions for self-preservation over mission—often subconsciously. Usually, these aren't bad people. They are just trying to navigate politics, have lousy role models, or are desperately afraid of losing something.Potential Seeker In LeadershipWe are all leaders—just at different scales. Potential seekers face a paradox: they want to help the larger group, but moving from lone survivor to potential seeker requires prioritizing self.I learned this the hard way. As we scaled our organization, the intensity was crushing. Demands from investors, teams, and customers kept me awake at night. I prioritized inbox, tasks, and work at the expense of relationships, sleep, and health. The lone survivor was driving.I wasn't showing up for Princess Buttercup and my not-so-little barrel-chested freedom fighters. At work, I was firefighting with little patience. I looked like a zombie—minimal sleep, no exercise, and taking time to recharge. Once, I even told senior leaders I needed words of affirmation— it was lousy leadership.Keeping the lone survivor at bay starts with self-care. That looks different for each of us. For me, it means 8 hours of sleep, quality time with my people, real exercise (not just checking the box), and solitude. I had to "Normalize No" at home and work to show up well for everyone.When the potential seeker is driving, you are not defending your position, corner office, or stock options. Instead, you make decisions that make you and the team better. Here are a few practices to consider:* Prioritize Self-Care—Do the work to put the potential seeker in the driver's seat. Start with sleep.* Speaking is teaching, listening is learning. Know which mode serves the moment.* Time and perspective shifting—View situations from other seats and timeframes. Warning: Short-term decisions usually mean less pain, and admitting you're wrong hurts. The lone survivor always minimizes pain.* Seek the truth—about yourself, the work, and how things actually are. Go where the work is happening.* Stop Trying to Prove Yourself—You usually don't have enough information, experience, or context to be the omnipotent answer giver. That's why you have a team.The Impact on CultureEvery culture has elements of both lone survivor and potential seeker. Here are some behaviors that you might notice so that you can work to shift the culture.In the lone survivor Culture:* Blames others* Thinks short-term for self-preservation* Makes fear-based, risk-averse decisions* Builds silos and barriers* Hoards information and resources* Hides mistakes and bad news* Controls and directs* Postures for power* Resists change* Operates with low trust, low truthIn the potential seeking culture: * Shares resources and information freely* Invests long-term in people and relationships* Takes shared ownership of success* Broadcasts mistakes to accelerate learning* Takes calculated risks together* Embraces evolution as survival* Values good answers over looking good* Prioritizes team and mission over self* Operates with high trust, high truthCulture is the sum of our daily interactions, and as such, it is everyone's responsibility. Lone survivors dodge this, saying, "I just work here" or "I'm just trying to survive." When you hear yourself say these things, it's time to leave.Because of their power, leaders have an outsized impact on culture. Their behavior defines what's acceptable. Show up late repeatedly? You've declared, "Respect doesn't matter." Consistently prioritize the mission over yourself, and that becomes a cultural expectation for everyone. A leader's most damaging act is making truth-telling unsafe. When leaders take disagreement as criticism and react aggressively, teams shift to survival mode—telling leaders what they want to hear, not the truth.The IronyHumans began as lone survivors or small bands, hunting and gathering scarce resources. We started thriving only when we stopped surviving alone and built communities. Together, we developed culture, advanced technology, and extended life itself. That's the irony: Working together increases individual survival. You Won't Always Do Your BestMaybe you are thinking about the work you will start today to take care of yourself so you can show up. Or you're remembering the things you've done wrong, the relationships you've lost, the wrong paths you've taken, or the lone survivor leaders that frustrate you. I'd suggest you hold those thoughts lightly. Julia Baird said,Grace is…forgiving the unforgivable, favoring the undeserving, loving the unlovable…it is the ability to see good in the other, to recognize humanity, to tolerate difference and to continually plough lives, conversations and public debates with a belief that people can change, and that what we fight for is joy and beauty, as well as equality.Often, the people around you are “just trying to survive” - literally. Maybe they are on the verge of losing something or someone important. Or the business they've poured everything into for years is almost out of cash. Or they have been fighting a battle they've unselfishly not made your problem. Give them grace.And give yourself grace—for what has happened and what will happen. You can't afford excuses, but you should give yourself grace. We are all flawed humans with biases, blind spots, fears, and sometimes trauma.While we don't always do the best we can, we usually try. Sometimes, a little grace is all we need to get back on the path towards our potential. I hope you're good. Take care, Kelly This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

I've been thinking about and talking about this topic a lot recently, and I found myself revisiting this post, so I'm resurfacing it for you today. I originally published this in July 2022.Note: This post is made for listening, but I've included the transcript if you'd rather read.TRANSCRIPT[00:00:00] Hey there. I wanted to follow up on my other note about one of two things leaders are responsible for. The second one is compensation. And there's a whole lot to unpack there, so let's try to do it through a little bit of a story. I'm going to answer a question I get all the time, and that's “why did you join the army?”[00:00:18] And the reason is pretty simple, it was about compensation.Why did I join the army? [00:00:22] Let's go back 20 years, and it's 9/11. I remember very clearly where I was maybe like, most of you. I was at The Breakers, which is a posh hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.That Tuesday morning, I found myself in a meeting room getting ready to give a presentation on a new piece of software. News started to trickle in that something had happened in New York and it wasn't clear how bad it was.More information would come and we'd realize that something horrific had happened.[AUDIO CLIP]It was a very emotional day for everyone, and we'd spend the balance of it huddled around the TV, listening and trying to learn what was going on? I'm trying to understand what was happening in new Yorkers, what would happen to our country, and what our future would be like? What we did know is it was all going to be very different.A DecisionA couple of days later, I woke up and I made a decision. Channeling a very famous scene from the movie Patton and my grandfather, I decided that I wanted to join the Marine Corps. In fact, I wanted to be a pilot. So I marched down to the Marine Corps recruiting office and I started that process.Over the course of the next few months, and a lot of tests and a lot of things, the Marine Corps told me that I wasn't cut out to do that. They wanted me to be an infantry officer and that's not what I wanted. I think if I look back, it was purely a lack of commitment on my side. Maybe too slow, maybe too colorblind, but if I wanted it, I probably could have gotten it.[00:03:48] And if I'm being honest, I quit. Now the good news is a couple of weeks later I'd say something that would change my life forever and really impact everyone around me.At the hotel, there was a long hallway, a very narrow hallway, the kind where you have to step aside so two people can pass each other. On the walls, they had motivational posters from the 1990s, complete with eagles soaring and all the things. Now, this was the time before we all started pushing pixels via email and you had to get your information from printed documents. Down on the right, there is a small room about the size of a closet. This was a mail room. This is where those documents ended up in little slots on the wall.[00:04:33] I remember that day. I remember what the room smelled like, the temperature, and a beige phone sitting on the counter. My vision started to blur and that phone was my focus and I said out loud, "If there's ever another war, I'm gonna enlist."Don't pass go. Don't collect $200. Skip all your egotistical dreams about being a Marine or a Naval aviator or any of those things. Just go get in the fight, Vohs. Now looking back, that was a little naive - but that's what happened.I had a deep, deep, emotional desire to serve a country that had given me so much. I knew for the rest of my life, that it was going to give me more. I needed to do something about it. I needed to serve. At my core, I wanted to defend freedom as hokey as that sounds. That's my, "why."[00:05:26] It's also part of the reason why I ended up picking to go and special forces because their motto is De Oppresso Liber - "to free the oppressed". Now if I reflect back and go a little deeper, there are other emotions at play here, some of them were, self-centered like a desire for admiration and an immature understanding of war highly influenced by Hollywood.So not long after that speech to myself, we would end up invading Iraq. And whether you agree with the politics or not, that at 26 year old, we returned to that moment in that mail room and that beige telephone and he got to work. Two weeks later, on my mom's birthday, I would end up enlisting. Happy birthday, mom.[00:06:09] Here's the deal. My ratio changed. My compensation ratio.The Compensation Ratio & The Three Types of CompensationEconomical[00:06:21] The first is economical. What am I going to get paid? We all need or want to put food on the table, steaks in the freezer, and Tesla's on the charger. Now as leaders, there are a couple of questions we should ask about the economical form of compensation for our team.* Are people being paid well, and how does it compare to the market?* What would it cost to replace this role?* And most importantly, do they feel valued for what you're paying them?ExperientialThe second is experiential. Everyone, whether they realize it or not wants to grow and get better.* Ask yourself, are you providing an opportunity for people to gain experience? * Are you providing them with opportunities for education? * Is there learning curve steep?A near-vertical learning curve is better. A job that challenges you 90% of the time is the right job. Now here's the thing, I use the word opportunity intentionally because you can't lead a horse to water and make' them drink. But you need to give the team opportunities to learn and grow.Emotional[00:07:20] The last one, and the most important if you asked me, is emotional.The one truly non-renewable resource we have is time. We can't get it back. We want to spend our time doing good things with good people. Things that matter with people we love. We want to wake up and look at our calendar on that little Star Trek inspired device and say, it's going to be a good day. We want to have a deep, emotional connection to the people around us and to the mission. This is where leaders come in. They shine a light on the path. This is the mission, this is where we're headed, and this is why we're going to spend our most valuable currency, time, going after it.What's the right ratio?What's the correct ratio? Only you can answer that and it's probably going to change over the course of your life. Everyone's different.For the most part, there are deep reasons why we do what we do. Stories usually go back to our childhood. Around money, love, admiration, and the other things that have shaped us.[00:08:18] As you think about why people stay on your team or why you do what you do. It's always about compensation.* Do we pay them well?* Are they growing and learning?* Are they connected to what they do and who they do it with?If you don't provide them those opportunities, I promise you, somebody else will.We Want Missionaries, Not Mercenaries[00:08:36] Let's pause for a moment and talk about money. We all have different desires for various reasons. Maybe you need to put food on the table, maybe you want a submarine or a helicopter, and maybe you just need to pay for your great aunt's nursing home that you don't tell anybody about. We may never be able to understand everybody's wants or needs, just let them be them.That said, we have to be very careful when somebody's compensation ratio is near a hundred percent focused on economics. Let's put those living paycheck to paycheck or near poverty aside for a moment. If you have someone on your team that's coming in every single day and all they care about is how much they are making, that's a problem. And that can be caustic. After all, we want missionaries, not mercenaries.My Ratio Changed, Again[00:09:23] Speaking of missions and mercenaries, I would end up getting out of the army and it was because my compensation ratio changed, again.Specifically the emotional part. The mission changed. Princess Buttercup and I had welcomed three barrel-chested freedom fighters into the family. And now it became less about fighting for freedom and more about fighting for them.The new mission for me was to be the very best father and husband I could possibly be. And I felt that I wasn't going to be able to be that person that I wanted to be. [AUDIO CLIP]There are green Berets out there that are able to do both - be an incredible father/husband and be a Green Beret, but that wasn't me. I tip my hat to them, but I had to hang up my little green hat so that I could focus on those little men.My gut is that as I get older and wiser, my compensation ratio is not done changing. I continue to get clearer and clearer on what is most important to me in life and what my humans around me need from me.Well, I hope you found this helpful. These are just some thoughts from a guy making it up as he goes. And if you did find it helpful, please share it with someone. And whatever you do, take care out there.If you liked this, do me a favor and please hit like (algorithms after all) and forward it to at least one person who might like it too. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

On this episode, Paige brings Amanda from AS You Wish onto the pod to and together they dive deep into the experience of feeling overwhelmed by Instagram and the pressures of constantly showing up online. They explore the emotional toll social media can take, especially when it comes to balancing self-expression with the external pressures of likes, engagement, and comparison.The conversation touches on the challenge of reconnecting with creativity, especially when feelings of overwhelm cloud artistic inspiration. Paige and Amanda chat about what it means to show up authentically on social media in a way that feels empowering rather than draining. Throughout the episode, the dialogue remains raw, real, and relatable, creating a sense of solidarity for listeners who may be maneuvering through similar challenges. This episode is an inspiring discussion for anyone looking to realign with their passion and creativity while navigating the complexities of social media.To follow and support Amanda, check out her website and follow along on Instagram.Fact check - Paige and Amanda talk about how one of the most famous lines uttered throughout the film, The Princes Bride (1987) is, “As you wish,” which is often spoken by Wesley when Princess Buttercup needs any task or chore to be completed.Enjoy the episode and don't forget to leave a review!

I'm working on something that I call a MAP: Me, a Page. The idea is to give someone my instruction manual. I have quirks, beliefs, pet peeves, and ways of working. Why keep them a secret and make them learn it the hard way? They likely aren't permanent or perfect, but they are me at this moment.In the process of doing that, I thought I'd write down my values. That seemed simple enough, but it's not. Sitting next to Princess Buttercup, I took out a notebook and wrote down a few words. One of them was wisdom. As she read, and we both enjoyed some salt air, I thought about wisdom. What does it mean? How do you define it? So I asked a friend. Here is what ChatGPT said:“Wisdom is the ability to make sound judgments and decisions based on knowledge, experience, and insight. It involves understanding the deeper meaning of life, seeing things clearly, and acting with prudence and integrity.”With that in mind, I started writing what I thought was important. What insights do I currently hold true? As far as the “deeper meaning of life,” I don't have that answer. If you do, please let me know. Here's the list I came up with. Like everything I share weekly, it could be right or wrong. I'm just making it up as I go. You probably are, too. I feel obligated to stress that this list is not complete. Each week, I try to share the lessons I learn and how I'm trying to get better. So, I'm sharing it live. Maybe one or two of these resonate with you.* Understand and embrace reality. Resisting or resenting will not help. Focus on what you can control. Life is problem-solving. Get good at solving problems and/or letting them go.* Love people and events. Good or bad, both are temporary and almost always helpful for learning. Be tolerant, humble, and curious. Love helps. Hate hurts.* Truth requires curiosity. Seek and speak only the truth, especially about yourself. Understand who you really are and act accordingly. Self-awareness and self-control. Don't conform to external expectations or superficial desires. Your maximum impact lies at the intersection of what the world needs and what you love.* Pride dulls the senses. Don't let your ego stop you from learning and loving. A willingness to look foolish is a superpower.* Everyone struggles with something. Ask enough questions, and you'll find out. Everyone is fighting a battle. * Respond, don't react. Emotions cloud judgment and reality — particularly anger, fear, pride, and sadness. Don't suppress them; work to understand and master them. If your inside game is strong, your outside game will be too. We have absolute control over our thoughts. Nothing else.* Do good, not bad, and know the difference. Good comes from good action, and evil comes from vice and moral failure.* It's not about you. It's about us. We are all connected, and we each have a duty to contribute to our shared harmony.* Don't time travel. Past regrets and future anxieties are distractions and rarely real.* Simple is better. Focus on what really matters. Think and live simply.* Just because you can win the game doesn't mean you should play. This applies to relationships, jobs, missions, and ideas. Quit when you realize you're playing the wrong game, but make sure you're quitting for the right reasons. It's easy to lie to yourself when it gets hard. Most good things are hard at some point.* Appreciation takes effort. Bad things are a threat, so they're easier to see. It takes effort to see the good and the progress in yourself, others, and society.* Happiness is a choice. It's not always easy, but still a choice. The distance between your perception and your expectation is your amount of unhappiness. Change your perception or your expectation to close that distance. Also, it's okay to be sad sometimes. Bad things happen.* Usually, it's enough, and you're enough. Just enjoy it. It doesn't have to be any different than this moment. Take care, bye. -KellyIf you liked this, hit like and share it with a friend. From The Archive This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

In an inverted world where we can keep on track by pretty much doing exactly the opposite of what the so-called 'experts' recommend, the resilience of the population depends on actualized men and women dancing and working together to keep the ball rolling forward.When we allow the lines of masculine and feminine energies to be blurred, when we agree to pretend that masculine and feminine roles don't matter, then we agree to our own demise.It's time to turn this nonsense on its head. It's time to stop calling masculinity toxic and pretending that women don't need men. Sure, maybe we can get by, but will be fulfilled? Will we be able to express our true divine feminine without that intimate dance with the strong masculine?And who will we call when the pipes back up? When the car breaks down? When something heavy needs to be moved?I for one wouldn't exchange my relationship for anything. I've always appreciated my man and all he does for me... and he does A LOT. One of his goals is to make my life better, and for that I am deeply grateful and never take him for granted.Tymothy Roy, or Tym, knows relationship... with self or another. He coaches men, women and couples to find the truth of who they are. He sees his clients' strength before they are ready to embody it themselves and he won't let them off the hook because he knows what they are capable of.In this interview Tym talks about the healthy masculine, the psy-op of de-masculating the man, the healthy feminine, and how women can support the blossoming of our men. His insights are so powerful, yet practical and he definitely inspires each of us to find the truth within so that we can fully embody and walk the path we came to walk.In this interview Tym tells us about:How the destruction of the male is part of a larger agendaA document call "Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars" and how it spells out how to dismantle the familyHow the power of the feminine can destroy the masculineHow the masculine thrivesHow Tym regained his backboneHow some women are 'frog farmers'How the current agenda has been planned for aa very long timeHow Tym learned much of psychology in his study of marketingHow the 'idiot' husband is often portrayed in televisionHow respect is a man's version of appreciationHow Tym relates a maxim in equity (for those of you studying law) to the masculine and feminine energiesTym's view of the feminine being 'water'How the masculine gives form to the feminine as the banks do to a riverHow the river/the feminine can erode the masculineHow being taken for granted will erode the masculine faster than anything elseTym's explanation of the 'game' between Wesley and Princess Buttercup in "The Princess Bride"Tym's 5 Tenets of Embodying the MasculineHow men can/should be 'mind readers'The male provider roleHealthy male traitsWhat toxic masculinity really isHow the masculine rechargesHow a conscious woman can draw the man out of the boyThe importance of taking radical personal responsibilityHow the conscious feminine can surrender to the masculine to foster his conscious masculineTym''s principle: Nothing has happened until it is feltand more!I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. This is a conversation that needs to be front and centre in my opinion... knowing who we are and owning it will lead to empowering the people, creating a freer and ultimately more fulfilling life, and bring forth healthy, well adjusted future generations.Right now we seem to be on a crash course to nowhere, but we can change that with a simple willingness to look within and find what is true and to turn off anything and anyone that is not in alignment with your highest good.Together we will rise above, so please reach out and comment if you enjoyed this show. It always touches me deeply to hear from you.To find Tym:https://www.tymothyroy.com/----------------------------------------------------------Are you concerned about the future of our children?The world needs more conscious parents. Stop raising children who need to recover from their childhoods! Get your online program chock full of interviews with world renowned experts here:http://www.sovereigncollective.org/gettheguideEmail me: sascha at sovereigncollective dot org

"I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear. I have given up all thought of writing poetically or symbolically or experimentally, or in any of the other modes that might (if I were good enough) get me a Pulitzer prize. I would write merely clearly and in this way establish a warm relationship between myself and my readers, and the professional critics — Well, they can do whatever they wish."— Isaac AsimovInspired by this, I asked a friend what cardinal rule he would apply across all areas of his life. His immediate answer was, "Confidence, laughter, and curiosity." I watch him be intentional about those words all the time. His consistency is absolute. And admirable.Asimov's message is clear: do what feels true to you, not what earns applause. He wants to connect with his readers. He cares about that, not about impressing the critics. What if you picked a word or two to guide you in all the significant areas of your life? Areas such as your job, relationships, health, time, finances, education, and even where you live. I often lean on these words from Marcus Aurelius, "If, at some point in your life, you should come across anything better than justice, honesty, self-control, courage-than a mind satisfied that it has succeeded in enabling you to act rationally, and satisfied to accept what's beyond its control - if better than that, embrace it without reservations-it must be an extraordinary thing indeed-and enjoy it to the full." If you pushed me to choose one word, it would be courage. I think we overlook courage every day. Courage is someone with anxiety who manages to go outside. Courage is the humble coworker who asks for help. It's the friend who has the hard conversation with you, and no one else will. Courage is the alcoholic who looks around the room at their family and says, "I need help,” instead of storming out.Courage means digging deep into your own biases and defensive walls. This is uncomfortable and not easy. It may mean challenging your self-image as a "good" person. Most of us are good. We all have a little bad that needs fixing at some point, too. For me, courage is about recognizing your fears and moving through them. It's about seeking the truth and understanding reality. A new friend shared this with me this week."What is your emotional wake?"It takes courage to see what it is like to be on the other side of yourself. To see how your words, actions, or inactions send ripples. We should give ourselves credit for the good ripples and be honest about the bad ones. The other night, I apologized to Princess Buttercup for all the times it was tough to be around me—sometimes, it still is. She has had to endure the leftovers, whether after a long day of trying to lead a company or after a deployment. I was short, or negative, or downright grumpy. Maybe all of the above and then some. We shouldn't work on being perfect, only better. It takes courage to shine the light on the worst parts of you and see the 'reality of you.' The question is, do you have the courage to be honest with yourself and take responsibility for those realities? I think we owe it to our communities to do this work on ourselves. If we can do that, we all get better. I haven't solved any of this, but I'm working on it. Take care, Kelly If you know someone who might appreciate this, please grab the link and text it to them or forward this email. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

"The more urgently you want to speak, the more likely it is that you will say something foolish." -Leo Tolstoy and Peter Sekirin, A Calendar of WisdomWe're a few months away from one of the boys leaving the house. He'll go away to school, and he won't come back. At least not the way it's been for the last 18 years. He has all of the choices in the world to make - A whole life ahead that likely won't be what he thinks. I hope the pressures from his parents, friends, and society don't prevent him from exploring and finding his truth. I hope he finds his problem-solving partner along the way and finds the problems he loves solving that mean something to him. There is little I want more in the world than for him to do both while being honest with himself. As he gets older, so do I. I'm excited about getting older. Each year, my ego matters less, my fear of other people's opinions goes down, and I get more comfortable with who I am. Midlife, I welcome you with open arms. There is still a long way to go, but I'm getting clearer on what is essential and what isn't. I lie a little less to myself about priorities and my behavior. I set more boundaries, say no more often, and react less. Hopefully, there are another four decades or so to go for me. Another forty years of getting better at being me. A better friend, husband, and most importantly, a better father. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have regrets as a parent. Almost all of them revolve around my patience. The moments of frustration, intolerance, judgment, ego, and sometimes anger. These are all emotions I'm sure almost every other parent who has ever lived has felt, but that is no excuse. There were moments when I should have paused, breathed, looked at him, and tried to get inside him before responding. I could have worked harder to see things from his point of view instead of mine. I know at those moments, I wasn't what he needed.I'll try not to think about what I could've done differently. There is nothing I can do about that now. On balance, I think we did a pretty good job. But thank goodness for Princess Buttercup. She's laid down some parenting wisdom over the years and keeps improving. Sometimes, I think she can see the future as she leans over and whispers, “Just wait.” I hope he'll say that I helped more than I hurt, but those missed opportunities were chances to connect more deeply and support him on his journey. I can't do anything about those now, but there will be more. I came across this idea, which I'll use when that happens. “Instead of trying to be your best, ask yourself how to avoid being your worst.” If I can do that, I won't miss any more opportunities to be the father he needs as he turns the chapters in his life: patient, accepting, loving, humble, honest, and present. Take care, Kelly Here is a post from the same week last year. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

"The intensity of our striving for power is inversely proportional to the degree to which we can be educated."-Alfred Adler, Understanding Human NatureOrganizational charts are typically represented as pyramids, and for good reason. There is one person who is ultimately responsible, and clarity of decision-making and authority is essential. That said,Organizational charts should be inverted pyramids.Leaders are on the bottom, and their job is to support their humans ‘above them.' Leaders must provide clarity, alignment, resources, and emotional connection. That holds whether you are on the battlefield or in the boardroom. I believe this to my core. There is a problem, though—it's not right.The idea of organizational charts, whether upside down or not, is to categorize our relationships as vertical. Someone sits above someone else in the hierarchy of opinion, power, and priority. When we allow ourselves to view the relationship vertically (i.e., we are above or below someone or better or worse than someone), the relationship will not reach its ideal state—one based on respect and genuine openness.I've been a father for two decades and still feel like I'm stumbling around in the dark. The kids take turns going to the dark side of the moon, but they come back. I've found that the relationship is strongest when I position myself horizontally to them. They can feel the difference, and so can I. I messed this up just last night. Fortunately, Princess Buttercup was there to call me out.Perspective MattersAs we walk up the mountain together, if I stand on the rock above them, there is no way to communicate with them other than talking down. When looking down, it's easy to judge. I'm here, you're there, this is what I see, and why I'm right. Seeing things from their perspective is impossible if I'm not next to them.My ‘status' as a father (or leader) does not give me the right to view myself above them. My title, experience, seniority, or wrinkles don't make me better than anyone. With permission, my status as a teammate (and human) allows me to teach, counsel, help, learn, and sometimes protect. The best place to do that is standing next to them.Take care, Kelly About the photo: Janer, on the left, has been feeding these birds for thirty years. Anthony, center just a year. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

Before he ever met Wesley or Princess Buttercup, Inigo Montoya was a hired hand for Vizzini. He was focused solely on his revenge plot, until their ship started to sail for Greenland. - Calimocho - Mix together equal parts red wine and cola soda. Enjoy with friends! -  Want to read this fic for yourself? Give this author the kudos they deserve. You can find this fic on archiveofourown.org! Title: Unemployed in Greenland Author: miss_pryss _ Want more? Join us on our Patreon! It's 18+ so you can't search for us, but use our link to find us www.patreon.com/finepairingspodcast - Fine Pairings Podcast - A podcast about fanfiction. Where we pair ships with cocktails and reading with comedy. Got fanfic you'd like to share? Email us at FinePairingsPodcast@gmail.com Remember to follow us on Tiktok, Tumblr, and Instagram @Finepairingspodcast and X (Twitter) @Finepairingspod Join us on our Discord page!  - Additional Credits    Title: "In Your Arms" Creator: Kevin MacLeod Source: Incompetech.com https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500042 License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Additional AFX from Freesound.org

Princess Bride is the story of a grandfather who reads his ailing grandson the story of a farm boy who becomes a pirate in search of his true love Princess Buttercup facing multiple obstacles along the way. The film is another from Rob Reiner and has a huge cast of stars.   Timecodes: 00:00 - DMP Ad :30 - Introduction :46 - The Film Facts 5:16 - Film Trivia 9:08 - The Pickup Line 20:54 - Learning Sword fighting 24:15 - Marty DiBergi makes his way in this film also 27:33 -  Head Trauma 28:59 - Smoochie, Smoochie, Smoochie 29:24 - Driving Review 29:39 - To the Numbers   Next week's film will be Clueless (1995)   Subscribe, Rate & Share Your Favorite Episodes! Thanks for tuning into today's episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your host, Mike and Christi Dodge. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review. Don't forget to visit our website, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media. Email at christi@dodgemediaproductions.com Need help editing or producing your podcast, let us help you. Also, you can get 2 months free on Libsyn click here: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=SMOOCHIE

There's a shortage of perfect podcasts in this world. It would be a pity not to listen to ours. Vintage Cinema Rewind is still inconceivable! The hunt for Princess Buttercup continues as Blake and Mike continue their trek through the Fire Swamp. Along the way, they'll discuss everything from the characters to the misadventures behind the scenes to the Rodents of Unusual Size (I don't believe they exist). Can they escape the Pit of Despair in time? Or will the Brute Squad finally catch up with them?   Where to watch: The Princess Bride - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)

"Dying is easy. Living is the trick." (Red Smith)Hi friend, Have you ever wondered who drinks the most coffee? This coffee party started in Ethiopia, and now you can find it growing in 70 countries and drank almost everywhere. Brazil produces the most coffee, and Finland drinks the most coffee at four cups daily. Our Scandinavian friends consume about 25 pounds of coffee per capita compared to the US at about 9 pounds.There are many species of coffee, Arabica and Robusta being the two most prominent. Arabica is known for its smoother, sweeter flavor with hints of fruits and berries. In contrast, Robusta is characterized by its strong, bitter taste with a grainy or nutty aftertaste and about double the caffeine of Arabica. Generally speaking, that Starbucks you're sipping is Arabica, and that instant coffee you keep in your go bag in case of emergencies is Robusta. I like to think I'm not the only one who does that. Right?A decade ago, I found myself in a country that doesn't drink much coffee. Like other parts of Central Asia, they prefer vodka and sometimes tea, with water being a close third. On this hot afternoon, I was under the tutelage of a man we will call Wayne. We were part of a close (ish) group of Americans in this small country. After a relatively brief discussion about the joys of coffee, Wayne offered to teach me how to roast coffee beans myself. Why?Because if you want freshly roasted beans as an expat in a third-world country that prioritizes beverages made from potatoes, you learn to do it yourself. A few days later, I sat on the edge of his porch. A handful of green coffee beans rolled around in my hand. My feet were in the grass as I waited for a cast iron pan to warm up. Wayne was behind me, kindly giving me a few hours of his time. Wayne had a great big smile and radiated kindness.Last week, I found out he passed away.I would think of Wayne a few times a year. The sight of coffee beans always sparked it. Sometimes, I'm in line for Princess Buttercup at Starbucks or grinding fresh beans with my adventure partner to start the day. I clicked on the link to his eulogy, and there was that smile. Just then, a friend shared, “My father believed everyone should write their eulogy.”Sitting at my dining room table, I let out an audible “Huh.” What a marvelous idea. Thank you, universe.This is from Steve Jobs's commencement speech at Stanford,“My third story is about death. When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like, If you live each day as if it was your last, Someday you'll most certainly be right.It made an impression on me. And since then, for the past 33 years, I've looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, If today were the last day of my life, Would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure, these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.“Death is life's greatest invention.We can ignore death, but it won't ignore us. There is no escaping, no stopping, and only a marginal ability to slow it down. It is only by wrestling with reality and our eventual death that we can be present. By cherishing our mortality, we truly live. After reading Wayne's eulogy, I wondered what my eulogy would say. What wouldn't it say? Who would survive me? Who would go before me? What virtues would be called out? What would the story behind my story be? What would they say about my vocation? Would my family be proud of me?What would I want to tell the kids? What haven't they experienced yet that they may want the perspective of their Pah? What words might hug Princess Buttercup and help her celebrate our adventures, memories, and love?(and yes, I'm crying as I write this)A Challenge: In about a month, we will make promises that we mostly won't keep. Instead of New Year's resolutions, let's write our eulogies. Let's put it on paper. Carve out time with some Arabica or Robusta to celebrate your life. Think about the people who left you, those who are still here, and consider how you want to spend the time you have left.Death takes our friends and our future. It will come sooner than most of us want. Only a lucky few will say the things that need saying or have the time to consider the life they have lived. Few will realize the changes that must be made before it's too late. Even fewer will make them.More tears found me when I first read these last words from Carolyn in the book The Noonday Demon. She said them to her husband and two grown children moments before she died. She was 53.“I want you to feel that my love is always there, that it will go on wrapping you up even after I am gone. My greatest hope is that the love I've given you will stay with you for your whole life. I'm sad today. I'm sad to be going. But even with this death, I wouldn't want to change my life for any other life in the world. I have loved completely, and I have been completely loved, and I've had such a good time.”As we head into the holidays, hug your humans. We can't change what we've done but can change what we will do.I hope you found this helpful. If you did, please hit like and share it with someone who will find it helpful, too. We're in this together.Take care, Keep Going: This is a public episode. 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Inconceivable! On this week's Vintage Cinema Rewind, Blake and Mike tackle Rob Reiner's 1987 classic, The Princess Bride! Can they save Princess Buttercup in time? Or will they end up tumbling down the Cliffs of Insanity? Be sure to check out our scenes we selected below that we think best sell this movie to those who haven't seen it!   Where to watch: The Princess Bride - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)   One scene to sell the movie: Blake - The Princess Bride (9/12) Movie CLIP - If We Only Had a Wheelbarrow (1987) HD - YouTube Mike - The Princess Bride (3/12) Movie CLIP - I Am Not Left-Handed (1987) HD - YouTube

"To me, the real winners are the ones who step out of the game entirely, who don't even play the game, who rise above it. Those are the people who have such internal mental and self-control and self-awareness, they need nothing from anybody else." (Naval Ravikant)Rare for apple trees, it stands by itself. With two branches jutting at a 45-degree angle, it's not pretty. I often wonder if the more handsome trees down the hill made it leave one day. However it got here, it's my marker. It's exactly a half mile from my garage door. When I'm out of shape, I force myself to make it there before walking. When I'm in shape, it gives me a little nod of encouragement as I head down the other side of the hill. Don't get confused. I'm not a runner, but I run. It comes in waves—months and months of hitting each morning and then months and months of nothing. Princess Buttercup will sign me up for a race and then years before the next one. After long periods of no running, reaching that apple tree is hard. I barely get there. I find this frustrating because humans are the most prolific runners on the planet. It's a combination of our cooling system (we sweat instead of panting) and how we run (upright, instead of on all fours…it's more efficient). All this means that if you find yourself chasing an antelope on the plains of Africa, it will fall over and die before you will. Still, I don't much care for running. I don't like the pain, the sucking wind, the two hours it takes me to cool down on a hot day, or the numbness in my fingertips on a cold day. I don't like the tweak in my knee, and my ego hates getting passed by some kid/old lady/old man/anyone. I do like what happens after running. The endorphins, the marginal reduction in my muffin top, and the taco rationalization (that's when I rationalize that my run allows me to eat as many tacos as I want). I'm particularly fond of the fact that no matter what happens for the rest of the day, no matter what life smacks me with or what I don't get done, I got my lazy, you know what, out of bed and got something done. Start stopping. Then worrying about starting. Maybe running isn't your jam. Maybe your knee is tweaked, or your back is fused. There is probably something you want to do or need to do that you don't do. There's a lot of pressure to start something new: a new diet, workout, probiotics, green juice, meditation, reading, blah, blah, blah. There's no room for me to add anything new to my life. The garden is full. But there's something I can do: stop. My garden needs weeding. Bad habits tend to choke the life out of what's important. Pre-bed doom scroll and 3 PM coffee - I'm dropping those. I know both will help me sleep better and increase the chance I make it to my apple tree tomorrow, which will help me get more of what I need. Tacos.Habits matter. Happy stopping, folks.Take care,

"The deliberate envisioning of loss supplies the perspective necessary to appreciate the gifts in your life because you can only truly understand how something is serving you once you know both its presence and its absence." -David CainDo you get sick often? Once a year? Four times a year? Every couple of years? I don't know about you, but I hate being sick. Sore throat, headache, whatever. The demands of my life, most of them at my own doing, don't leave much room for me to curl up and wait it out. I suspect your life is the same way. The work won't get done, the kids won't get fed, and the support your humans need won't happen if you embark on a 72-hour NyQuil siesta. As tempting as that might be. I don't get sick often. Maybe once a year. It's during that time that Princess Buttercup exhibits unprecedented patience. I also find myself rolling this quote over in my head.“A healthy person wants 1,000 things. An unhealthy person wants one thing.” I wake up grumpy for those three days, wanting it to end. I don't wake up on the other 362 days thinking, “I'm not sick today. It's going to be great.” We are good at grieving. When we lose something or someone, we notice it and suffer. We see it. We fail to recognize the 947 days in a row that the hot water worked each morning. Or the sixty thousand miles your car had driven without a flat or the five years straight, even when it was negative seven. When's the last time you sent the power company a note saying, “Thank you so much, the power works today.” I know I'm quick to tell them when it doesn't. It's easier to see what's gone than what is here. I'm not here to extol the benefits of being grateful or lecture you on being present. While I think both are valuable, I struggle with them too. There are things and people we deeply appreciate, bring us joy or help us find our potential. Envision their absence because one day, they will be gone. Seeing a life without them will help you appreciate your life with them. It might be worth telling them while they can still hear you. Two Ideas To ConsiderOn Things: Find one thing in your life today that, if it were gone, would make you sad or less comfortable. Wi-fi, hot water, whatever. Take a deliberate moment and text yourself why it's important. The texture of your favorite coffee mug, that big screen you watch your favorite show on, or that folding chair you drag to your kid's soccer game. On People: If you know someone well enough to know their birthday, they're likely important to you. Use that day to tell them what they mean to you and why they are a special part of your life. We don't have to get all sappy, but make it specific, real, and meaningful. Let's celebrate their impact on the world. And there's no reason you have to wait till their birthday either. Take care,

Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories. The truly unique trait of 'Sapiens' is our ability to create and believe fiction. All other animals use their communication system to describe reality. We use our communication system to create new realities. - Yuval Noah HarariHi friends, What does success mean? That's been on my mind lately. Well, that's not true. It's always been on my mind. Princess Buttercup reminded me this weekend that I've been working consistently since I was 13. The reasons have changed over time, but make no mistake, the money stories run deep. At a moment when I was less than ten, I remember worrying to myself that one day I would be homeless. No real reason. Just some early time travel from one young Vohs. “Worry and regret are just a misuse of your imagination.”I have the fortunate/unfortunate tendency to hold questions like “What does success look like?” heavily. I don't hold them lightly as a friend encourages me to do or allow them to move in and out. They plant themselves and root in my mind, seeping into the crevices like water. Sometimes, that water is clear, sometimes muddy. Often, it spills out into the lives of those closest to me—sorry, folks. What is a life well lived? What will your impact be? How will the world be better because you were here? On my way to starting my sixth decade, it's unsurprising that this would be on my mind. Maybe I'm a stereotype like that, but then maybe not. The elusivity of those answers is interesting. The socially acceptable ones are easy. Be a good father, be a good member of the community, be a good partner, etc. That's what we are supposed to say. What about the not socially acceptable ones? The selfish ones? The ones driven by ego? By ambition? Do you have the courage to be honest with yourself? What we think, we become. The values and virtues we live help us prioritize the use of our most valuable resource, time. Do we prioritize comfort, compensation, or competition? Or do we prioritize joy, peace, and generosity? In his new book The Pathless Path, shared an excellent tip I want to bring your way today. He spent reflective time writing down the words that he wanted to drive his life. These priorities are what he believed would help him decide how to spend his time. His words are health, relationships, fun, & creativity. Here's the hack: he placed them in a calendar invite that has popped up on his phone every morning at 830AM since 2013. What really matters to you? What words do you want to think about each day and act on? Does the day's momentum allow your words to be pushed aside and replaced by others? If you and I aren't intentional about our words, we will be moved by our history, our stories, and the stories of others. I'm still unsure what success is, but Emerson's famous words about success are worth repeating. Maybe it's worth memorizing. “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!” Something to consider this week. Take care,

John 14:15-17 In the movie “Princess Bride, every time Princess Buttercup tells Westley to do something, he says, “As you wish,” and then he does it. The grandfather telling the story to his grandson tells his grandson that every time Westley says, “As you wish,”what he is really saying is, “I love you.” Notice that every time Westley says, “As you wish,” The point is that it is easy to say, “I love you,” but it is action that gives credence to our words. The greatest example of this is Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane when he said, “Nevertheless, not my will but Thy will be done.” In essence, the Lord is saying, “As you wish.” He follows that with the action of going to the Cross. Every time we know what the Lord wants of us, our response should be, “As you wish,” followed by obedience. The combination of words and action are a strong statement to our Lord that you love Him.

"Leaning back in my recliner each night, staring at the ceiling, I tried to settle myself. I told myself: Life is growth. You grow or you die." -Phil KnightHey friend, I graduated from the infantry school at Ft. Benning two decades ago. Next week, a dear friend's son will do the same. While our time there was likely very different, there are similarities. The pain, the push-ups, the heat, and the fire ants. It's a place where the bathroom meant walking off into the woods with an entrenching tool (a small shovel). Toilet paper, well, maybe. Over time, we remember the good and forget the bad. With twenty years since they made us run till we all puked, my memories are mostly fond. Like the Staff Sergeant, with a glint in his eye as he punished us when what he was saying was, “I believe in you. Keep going. This is all a show to help you find the man you can be.” Or the weekend pass, you get near the end. Princess Buttercup and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean. It was great. I slept the whole time, a skill I retain to this day. But holding her hand meant something different after so much suffering. Most importantly, this time helped me grow. You grow when you don't have a choice but to do the pushups, the ruck march, or the overhead arm claps. When big angry men yell at you, you aren't afforded the luxury of choosing what you want to do or what to fear. You don't get to ask yourself, “Can I do this?” It's not a choice. You do. When you do, you grow. Abraham Maslow said, "One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.“ In the profession of a soldier, growth is safety. The more you grow, the more capable you become. Capable of doing your part to accomplish the mission, keep your buddies alive, and get home for another movie with your princess buttercup. You get weaker when you choose not to go for that run, not do that push-up, or not put a few more pounds in your rucksack. These choices increase the chances that the mission fails or someone you love dies. Here's the kicker, all of this applies to you, too - soldier or not. This is our every day. I had the fortune to have your tax dollars pay for my growth. We signed up and took an oath that meant Constitution didn't apply to us (no, really). They could essentially do whatever they liked. You don't have that luxury. You have to make these decisions on your own. You must decide whether to sleep in or step into the storm. Whether to walk into the blizzard or stay in your warm hut by the fire. This is the best time to be alive, ever. Men and women before us made this possible. Their luxuries have become our necessities. You don't have to walk into the woods with a shovel to do your business. The indoor bathroom that was a luxury is now a necessity—and while you're there, the wifi works, even at 35K feet. Humans that chose to do hard things made this possible. Each of us has a choice today - grow or not grow. This choice is not for you but for your community. Your community at home, work, and the society that will exist after you're gone. People have worked A$$'s off to make this life comfortable for us. We have a responsibility to continue the momentum. Consider your choices: * Step into the storm and grow* Stay by the warm fire and slowly dieUnderstand: That cozy fire is where potential goes to die. Not just your potential but the potential of our communities and society. We are all counting on you to help make things better every day, not just for you and me but for two generations from now, just like someone did it for us.

Anybody wanna peanut? It's time for one of the most beloved films of the '80s, and our next audience pick--The Princess Bride (by S. Morgenstern!). Join Mandy Patinkin, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Andre the Giant and a host of others in the exciting tale of Princess Buttercup. (Warning--it's kind of a kissing book.) And we're making the famous MLT, Mutton Lettuce and Tomato as recommended by Miracle Max. Have fun storming the castle! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cinemasnackbar/message

It's 1998. Sonny Bono dies. Shania Twain records the first version of 'THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH'. Google is founded as a company. The final episode of 'Seinfeld' airs. 'The Big Lebowski' hits cinemas . Frank Sinatra and Linda McCartney die but Bindi Irwin is born. The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property prices (property bubbles CAN burst!). Europeans agree on a single currency called the Euro. Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with Monica Lewinsky and is impeached. Microsoft becomes biggest Company in the World. A low flying US military jet severs the cable of a ski lift in Italy and 20 people plunge to their death ... and Cher releases a new #1 in a new genre for a new millennium. What are the messages, the attitudes, the life and times of this song? Explore with us and the assistance of our new friend, YaYa from BEHIND THE LYRICS podcast. Our wide-ranging investigation includes (00:00) Introduction and special guest from New York! (01:17) Song details and so many writers (01:56) YaYa in da house with the straight talk (03:07) Who's believing what now? (03:31) Feeding Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Bribery and imprisonment (04:20) More time for denial, real estate matters, the Taylor Swift solution (06:15) Yet another writer toughening the whiny lyrics (07:47) Needing time to process but it's time to act (09:02) Lie to yourself to move on, drunk texting (11:22) Ask yourself, Cher! Wavering between helpful and unhelpful thoughts (12:20) Self-affirmation and the positive Candyman (14:24) Love after love? Serial monogamy and Princess Buttercup (16:15) Life after death. The afterdeath, the afterbirth, the afterlove. (19:05) Michael Bolton versus Cher, how babies are made, gaslighting (21:36) There's no love after the AI apocalypse. Cher versus Tina Turner (31:33) The music video: a ghost story? Bigger than Jesus? (39:17) Internet theories (43:18) Misheard Lyrics (48:29) Notable Trivia (54:13) Thanks to YaYa and The Philippines Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that's infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers! Find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc @LyricsPodast ... and we're on all your favourite podcasting platforms. Check out our ⁠merchandise shop⁠ just for a laugh! Sound clips are included for educational reference, criticism, satire and parody in fair use. Clips remain the property of the respective rights holder and no endorsement is implied. All information and opinion is performed and expressed in-character and does not reflect reality or genuine commentary on any persons (living or dead), bands or other organisations, or their works, and is not recommended listening for anyone, anywhere.

Join the WesWes Networks Cam and Linda (The 135 Playlist podcast) as they discuss the 80s Fantasy Adventure Comedy classic THE PRINCESS BRIDE Directed by Rob Reiner and Starring Cary Elwes & Robin Wright. It is the story of a bedridden boy's grandfather who reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate Wesley who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies, and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love Princess Buttercup. For more WesWes Network podcasts go here: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/weswesnetwork --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelatereturnsfilmreview/message

Grab copies of the audiobooks here for only $10, or feel free to become a paid subscriber if you want to hear me read the whole thing. The remaining chapters will live behind the dreaded paywall.1.Since Lyle left, I hated breakfast, hated food, which couldn't explain why I spent the first two hours of every morning at Leo's Diner, down the block from my office, staring at the perfect egg, sunny side up, yolk so yellow it popped like a bullet to the brain. I think I always meant to eat, but I just couldn't get around to it. Nicotine and bourbon seemed to be my only companions as I pieced together what some would call a workaholic's existence and others would call an endless bender.            I recently wrapped a case for a gynecologist who lost––of all things––her cockatiel. As she was cutting the final check for services rendered, she told me if I didn't plan to ixnay the cancer sticks at least, breakfast was all that stood between me and an early grave. I didn't have the heart to tell her I've died ten times already, not that anyone believes me anyway.            Just as I was spiking my coffee with the last Magdalene from my flask, the bell jingled over the front door, and the neighborhood psychic walked in. If Janis Joplin and a 1950s Pan Am flight attendant had fallen into a taffy puller, the rope of candy that shot out the ass end would've looked nearly about how the woman who approached my table did. Her eyes popped behind glasses like librarians in a Tarantino flick might wear, and she had the sort of looks newly pubescent boys learn to avert their eyes from, lest they discover the meaning of blue balls.            Listen to me, getting all poetic. I beg your pardon. Perhaps I'd hit the bourbon too enthusiastically for eight in the morning. She caught me off guard when she––the psychic that is—helped herself the empty chair opposite me at the table. “Let's pretend we don't know each other.” She smelled like strawberry jam and hemp––the kind you smoke.            I flicked my lighter, not like I needed the practice. “That shouldn't be hard.” Other than the occasional unsolved case where a client fired me and tried her hand at prognostication to learn if her husband was the cheating b*****d she knew he was, the psychic and I had no reason to associate. She paid her rent, mine got paid too, when the landlord cornered me. Okay, that's not entirely true. Lyle paid up through the end of the year after he took the new job, as if that excused his betrayal. I twitched my hand in the general direction of her aura. “Crystal ball stopped working?”            The only thing more annoying than pious religious people are woo-woo peddlers, the ones who believe their b******t and sell a future so vague it could apply to anyone. And in case you're curious, that includes politicians. Campaign promises can go f**k themselves.            Ms. Fortune Teller reached into her coat pocket and came out with two shooters of Magdalene. Would've cost her all of three bucks at Big Bear across the road. “For you.”            No one ever butters you up for nothing. I sipped my coffee and made a point of not touching the offered liquor. “I don't break laws, and I don't give friends-and-family-discounts.” You might think I was behaving presumptuously, assuming the lady meant to engage me for an investigation, but what kind of detective would I be if I couldn't smell desperation? “And I don't accept bribes.” On second thought, I made like Houdini and disappeared the bourbon because thirst is elusive, and I'm a hunter.            “Suzie Q.” She offered her hand. It was soft and white the way swans are supposed to be but never are. I held her grip a beat too long. When we broke she reached again into her pea coat, and I thought if she offered any more bourbon, I'd stick her with my breakfast ticket and make tracks, because that much booze would be a stand-in for guilt. Instead, she produced a Magic 8 Ball. It had the heft of an antique. “This Eight Ball says you're the one for the case.”            These days, toys are made to break: flimsy plastic components, hasty designs, half-assed stickers. When I was a kid, you could shake the Magic 8 Ball, ask it if the sucker across the table from you ever had a concussion and brain her on the temple hard enough to make her see whole constellations before the thing said, Chances are good. Her 8 Ball was that kind––three pounds I'd bet. “Did it tell you my rate's four hundred a day, plus expenses?”            “I'll give you six hundred for exclusive rights.”            Sandra came by with the coffee pot, asked Suzie if she needed a cup. Suzie shook her head. Sandra crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes. I told Sandra Suzie was picking up the tab so I'd take one of those fancy hot cocoas with the whipped topping and Hershey's chocolate syrup. That earned me a wink, and Sandra's winks are something I covet. If I haven't mentioned, Sandra's one of the few people I think of as a friend these days, and she may be the only person in this planet that can outsmoke me. She can squeeze a pack into an eight-hour shift and still serve twenty tables without anyone having to wait for refills. It's more magic than a stupid 8 Ball, that's for sure.            When she left to get my drink, I shot a sidelong glance at Suzie so she understood who was boss. “I've already got contracts with clients I can't break just to go exclusive, but I'll shelve the cold cases for seven-fifty.” It was an egregious overreach, but Suzie'd done it to herself. Never offer someone more money before you start the negotiation.            My jaw almost came unhinged when she agreed to the fee. No haggling? Who has that kind of money? I needed a moment to collect myself. “It's a deal.”            She stared at her hands for a moment so I thought my easy acceptance had given her a case of buyer's remorse. Was she having second thoughts? I knew she wasn't when she flicked her eyes back up. Desperation's more unmistakable than a smile. “Don't you wanna know what I'm hiring you for?”            The urge for one of those shooters began to crowd my thinking. At least that's what I'll blame it on. “Lady, for that kind of fee, you could ask me to quit smoking and I'd give it my best effort.”            I was aiming for a chuckle, but her eyes held that bitter sadness. She fished a locket out of her purse. I wondered how some women carried such big bags all around. Probably it was a trend started by the chiropractic lobby. She slid the locket across the table. I took it between thumb and forefinger. With gentle pressure, I popped it open. Inside a picture of a firepoint Siamese stared cross-eyed into the middle distance. “His name's Boaze Kitty, but everyone calls him just Boaze.”            Seven hundred and fifty big ones a day to find a cat? I didn't know whether to be insulted or flattered. Either my reputation proceeded me, or this was a new low––probably both. I didn't want to say something I'd regret, somewhat more challenging when your vocal cords are constantly lubricated with bourbon. “Excuse me for asking, but what makes Just Boaze so valuable to you?”            She swept her hair with the back of her hand the way people will at customer service employees to show impatience. “I guess you've never loved anyone?”            Suzie was sneaky good to look at, those soft angled features, sharp cat eyes, hair that teased a curl with shots of gray and gave her a distinguished air. I thought of Princess Buttercup, You mock my pain, but played it casual. “Loving animals never made sense to me, I guess. With them, you never have to earn it. Now, people on the other hand.”            “The only thing that separates humans from animals is your state of mind.”            I broke the egg yolk on my plate. It spread like so much blood. “Hannibal Lecter might agree.” Something felt tangled to me. I swiped a wedge of toast through the yolk and took a big bite. Sometimes regret tastes like butter and egg. My stomach had all but given up on solids. “There's gotta be a better reason than some toy telling you to hire me to find your cat.”            Suzie examined the 8 Ball. I swear it was respect I saw in her eyes. “For everything it is, it isn't a toy. Farthest thing from it.” She shook it and told me to ask it a question.            It was the kind of thing you'd argue against longer than just giving in and playing along. “Why did my partner leave me for the governor's office?”            Suzie stopped shaking. She waited for the answer to appear. When it did, she smiled. “You must love her.”            Before I could temper a reply my anger lashed out. “Him. Why does everyone always assume––”            “I'm sorry. You said partner, and I associate that word with same sex-relationships.”            “We ran the agency together.”            “Did he have feelings for you too?”            I'd spent the better part of the last months denying my feelings to anyone who came within throwing distance of such an observation, and maybe I was tired of lying. “Maybe. Once. On the second Tuesday of every month. I don't know. I think I thought he did. F**k it. Your stupid toy.” The little white triangle read Reply hazy, try again. “Why don't we cut the b******t and talk business? I'm perfectly happy being miserable all by myself in the mornings, and I don't need you to remind me what I lost.”            Suzie reached across the table, plucked up my coffee cup and drained it. It had to have been equal parts Magdalene and coffee. She drew her lips back and sucked air through her teeth. “Paint thinner.” She replaced the cup. “The Eight Ball doesn't answer questions about love, and it won't give you winning lotto numbers. Whether it knows the picks is a whole other question.”            I weighed my options. Tease the psychic and risk losing the easiest money of my career, play along and know I'm the fool, or buy myself some time to get a little drunker so the answer would be more apparent. “I need a smoke.”            Before I could move to stand, Suzie shot her hand across the table and took my wrist. “I need your help, detective Mia.”            It should be universally obvious that touching me is an act of aggression, comes with the profession, but her hand vibrated at some primal level that made me feel sympathy for her. “A, call me Luke, and B, why do you need me if you've got that Eight Ball you swear ain't a toy?”            Suzie released her grip. “Might be tough for a person like you to understand, but I love my cat. He's been with me over ten years.”            I thought about the logo over Suzie's shop, had always thought it was a cat staring into a crystal ball, but zooming in on my memory of the silhouette, I spotted the upright glint of infinity––a cat and a Magic 8 Ball. “A person like me.” I wanted to tell her I knew more about love than the Romance Poets, and don't act all surprised that I know a thing or two about poetry. Anyways, I snagged a smoke and plucked it between my fingers for comfort, and perhaps a sense of urgency. “All right. Let's step outside. My lungs are burning.”            You never hear anyone talk about the dying breath of winter the way they do about summer. There's no Indian winter, but whatever it was, the air had a crisp bite to it for being a leg and hip into spring. Smoke alerted my brain to the situation at hand. “So you feel too good for lost cat flyers or what?”            Suzie stood far enough away I knew she hated cigarettes. Too bad for her. She glanced down the street like she feared being watched. “He was abducted. Flyers won't help.”            I flicked ash. “Someone break into your office? Forced entry?”            “Nothing like that.”            “Family members got a grudge?”            “They don't know where I am.”            “Fat chance.” I rolled my eyes because people always think they can hide. Be me for a day, and you'll get why nobody is invisible. “If you had to pick, who'd wanna hurt you this way?”            “It's not my family.”            She pushed the bridge of her glasses square to her nose. “Yeah, look, I'm an only child, my mom has emphysema so bad she's tied to a built-in oxygen line, and my dad is legally blind.”            Where defenses are concerned, hers was pretty decent. “Maybe they hired someone?”            “I legally changed my last name to Q. twelve years ago, on my eighteenth birthday. Pardon me, but I just don't think they'd look that hard.”            You can hang on to a pet theory just so long––pardon the pun––and it's time to move on. I finished my smoke and waved Suzie on. “Boyfriend?”            Suzie smiled. It was the unmistakable smile of sexual bliss. Right, right, significant others are more than a tingling in the G-spot, I get it, but I'm just the messenger. That smile said she was nesting with a patient Casanova type. She even twirled a lock of hair behind her ear. “He's run himself ragged helping me look for Boaze.”            And case closed. He was guilty as a priest at a bar mitzvah. I'd explain how I knew, but you'll want the drawn-out story regardless, so let's cut to the chase. Just remember, guilty people work the hardest.            We stepped inside the entrance to our building, rounded the lobby to the stairs, and climbed to the second floor all while Suzie gushed about the man who finally appreciated her for who she was. I wanted to tell her she was missing the marquee for the back alley.            I stopped in front of my office door. It was time to scrape the glass pane and rename the agency. There was no more K in the M&K Detective Agency, but I couldn't bring myself to accept it. Love and denial must be bedmates in every life. “Hey, if that Eight Ball is everything you say it is, let me ask it a question.”            Suzie lit up like a penny slot, and I wondered if I'd regret asking. She thrust the thing at me. It was every bit as I'd guessed. I shook it and wondered at the smooth action. You couldn't feel liquid sloshing at all. “Did Ransom DeLonghi stop by my office two weeks ago?”            I held the 8 Ball out before my face and waited for the plastic cube to report My sources say no, but the thing surprised me. Maybe Suzie had a special button she could press that caused the 8 Ball to give a more personalized reply as a digital readout, because the response was not given on the white die floating in purple liquid. Instead, letters in the shape of an old-fashioned alarm clock printed across the display window, and as unnerving as the manner of the display was what it said: With a sharp tool and pep in his step no less. Haha.TRBM is a listener-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to TRBM at jodyjsperling.substack.com/subscribe

I have a thing about station wagons: big ones, small ones, dark ones, light ones, and particularly dog-filled ones. When I see one, I get distracted from whatever I'm doing. Make, model, and other questions whiz by. What's driving this? On the way to dinner with Princess Buttercup, we got into one. I started fantasizing about how great life would be if I had one. The absurdity of my happiness connected to a car helped me realize there have been a lot of station wagons in my life. Grandma's black one, granddad's big brown one, and then there was Paco's giant yellow submarine. I remember Paco's workhorse filled with tools, scuba gear, and dogs. We'd drive on the left on that little island and rumble through corners on a bench seat, hoping a tourist wasn't around the bend confused they were back on the mainland. I still hear Paco's foot click the switch on the floor. This marvel of 1970s technology engaged the bright lights. Pre-teen me loved that sound. Click-click. Click-click. Granddad's brown one overflowed with big dogs. Big brown and white dogs. They were often wet with big slobber and even more hair. Those smells bring back grandad's smile and mornings with buttered raisin toast. Those are happy smells.Still going through cross-town traffic, I realized why I wanted a station wagon. It's deep, it's emotional, and it's been with me for a long time. It's memories. It's the sand-filled floorboards, dog hair swirling with the open windows, or that last drive to dinner with grandma. Maybe I think a station wagon will bring them back into my life, if only for a moment. Where do desires come from? Our desire to work someplace, be something, or go somewhere? Why do we want those clothes, that car, that house, that job, that title, that person, or those commas in our bank account? Our desires aim to fill our lives with something we perceive as missing. Often our desires are driven by seeing what others have or do. Our ability to mimic others is deep in our DNA. If they are ‘successful,' they have a better chance of surviving, and I want what they have too. Sometimes that means we do things we shouldn't. Or try to be people we shouldn't. Don't forget, just because you can win the game doesn't mean you should play. Happiness is the absence of desire. Maybe one day, you and I will be able to eliminate desire. For me, that day is not today. As a first step, let's work to understand our desires, their genesis, and how they shape our actions and emotions. I want a station wagon because it connects me to half a dozen people no longer here. Questions To Ask Yourself* Where are you blind? * What are the things in your life you are chasing and why? * What stories are you telling yourself? * What fears own you and are connected to something deep? * Do they exist because you are trying to cover up a scar, continue a narrative, or compensate for [fill in your blank]?Digging in might help you recognize your why. Maybe you don't change course, but at least you know why you're going where you're going - and that matters. Don't blindly follow your desires, or worse, the desires put on you by others. It's okay to have desires. Just don't let them own you. The more you want tomorrow, the less you can enjoy today. All easier said than done. Go gently, friend. Take care,If you liked this, you might like this one too: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

It’s time for more pirates and the beloved Princess Bride (1987) movie. This is a movie our agents know by heart but they are coming back to after a long period of absence. Does this change our perspective of the classic romantic adventure? We dive right in with a focus on the romance between Princess Buttercup and her Wesley. Is it a great epic romance? They also consider how this story might shift if anyone dared to give it a modern reboot (inconceivable!) or a sequel (looking at you Willow). Drop. Your. Sword. And get ready to skip straight to the kissing parts. Annette Wierstra with Kathy Campbell, James Thomson and Sarah Hendrica Bickerton.

It’s time for more pirates and the beloved Princess Bride (1987) movie. This is a movie our agents know by heart but they are coming back to after a long period of absence. Does this change our perspective of the classic romantic adventure? We dive right in with a focus on the romance between Princess Buttercup and her Wesley. Is it a great epic romance? They also consider how this story might shift if anyone dared to give it a modern reboot (inconceivable!) or a sequel (looking at you Willow). Drop. Your. Sword. And get ready to skip straight to the kissing parts. Annette Wierstra with Kathy Campbell, James Thomson and Sarah Hendrica Bickerton.

The Princess Bride is a 1987 fantasy adventure romance comedy… directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner who was also responsible for Spinal Tap… much like Spinal Tap The Princess Bride has made it's way into cult classic territory. It's setup as a grandfather reading a tale to his sick grandson. Peter Falk played the grandfather, Fred Savage the grandson. The tale is that of Princess Buttercup played by Robin Wright, who falls in love with her farm hand Westley played by Cary Elwes. Westley goes off into the world to seek his fortune before returning to Buttercup however she learns of Westley's death soon after. Years later Buttercup is set to be wed to Florin's Prince Humperdinck played by Chris Sarandon… before being captured by the likes of Vizini, Fezzik and Inigo Montoya, all played by Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant and Mandy Patinkin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Mawwiage. Mawwiage is wot bwings us togeva today. Mawwiage, that blessed awangement, that dweam wifin a dweam. And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva. So tweasure your wuv.”  We know not all marriages can be as perfect as Westley & Princess Buttercup's likely was but we can sure as heck try.  Most marriages today start with some kind of pre-marital counseling but for some reason, we aren't given the advice to continue that counseling throughout our relationships until it's too late. Today, we're talking about marriage, relationships, counseling, and the stigma around asking for help with our friend (and qualified counselor) Brandi K. Harris.   Grab a drink, and bring your questions!  **Get 10% Off Your Purchase of the "Sex Ed for Parents" Curriculum with Code CHRISTIANAF23   EPISODE DRINKING NOTES:PRAIRIE STREET IPA - Prairie Street Brewing Co.Rockford, IllinoisIPA | 6.4% ABVPUKER-UP PINK LEMONADE2 oz - KENTUCKY PINK LEMONADE - M.B. Roland2 oz - BUNDABERG GINGER BEER.5 oz - MIKE'S HOT HONEY2 Shakes Orange BittersSqueeze of LimeSupport the show––––––––LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIAWebsite • Facebook • InstagramEmail: christianafpodcast@gmail.com

My name is Iñigo Montoya and I am the King of holding grudges. Prepare to die. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Brooklyn based queer filmmaker and stand-up comedian Kendall Payne (@kendallxpayne) to talk about why the 1987 classic The Princess Bride Should've Been Gay. The movie focuses on the love story between drag queen and OG cottagecore lesbian Princess Buttercup and drag king The Dread Pirate Roberts, ie. the masked masc lesbian Westley. Genuinely, what is queerer than going undercover as a pirate? The Dread Pirate Roberts walked so that the pirates in Our Flag Means Death could run. Buttercup and Westley are in love, but have to keep their relationship in the closet from the completely nonexistent people who would object on the farm. Prince Humpadick, as we will be referring to him the entire time, has to marry Buttercup because he needs to beard up in order to keep his relationship with Dungeon Daddy Tyrone, the six-fingered man, a secret. Luckily Humpadick actually does Buttercup a favor by having a gaggle of gay men kidnap her before she can be forcibly wed into compulsory heterosexuality. They are meant to kill her but she is rescued by her masked masc lover Westley. Buttercup and Westley aren't the only queer ship in town. We also have Iñigo who is in love with Fezzik (they literally ride off into the sunset on horses together), and Prince Humpadick and Tyrone who spend a little too much time in that sex dungeon to be successfully hiding their relationship. Even the characters who are not in relationships are queer; there is no way anyone would confuse Vizzini for a straight man. The film really leans into the camp of the plot and truly what is gayer than camp? We know one thing for sure, The Princess Bride Should've Been Gay. Follow along on Twitter: Lez Hang Out (@lezhangoutpod) and answer our Q & Gay at the end of every episode. Leigh Holmes Foster (@lshfoster) and Ellie Brigida (@elliebrigida). You can also join us on Facebook.com/lezhangoutpod and follow along on Instagram (@lezhangoutpod). Want to support Lez Hang Out while unlocking a bunch of awesome perks like access to our exclusive Discord community, monthly bonus episodes, weekly ad free episodes, exclusive merch and more? Join us on Patreon at bit.ly/lezpatreon. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lezhangoutpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Gridiron Throne Podcast is not the podcast for NFL analytics... it is for the RAW emotion of being a NFL football fan! Jessie (Seattle Seahawks) , Isaac ( Denver Broncos)  and Tyler (Pittsburg Steelers) banter, talk trash, drink from their goblets, and get emotional! The only numbers that matter are the final scores! If you don't agree, TAKE A WALK!

Take a trip into the history of fashion! Join Joshua and Brittney as they interview Deputy Director Christina, fabric enthusiast!Things we mentioned:Princess Buttercup's Dress Propstore.com link to one of the original dresses that was sold, includes dress details.Getting Dressed in the Late 14th - Early 15th Century YouTube video that might give a better visual of the clothes Christina describes.Cottonmuseum.com Old depictions of what people thought a cotton plant might look like.cochineal dyes | Fashion History Timeline (fitnyc.edu)Articles of Interest: Punk The Podcast Brittney mentioned where someone almost strangled themselves with a latex shirt!Find us at:Podcast Website: https://swordsstarships.buzzsprout.comInstagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videosEmail: Starships@coosbaylibrary.orgOur Library's Facebook Page: Coos Bay Public Library | FacebookCoos Bay Public Library's Instagram: CoosBayLibrary (@coosbaylibrary) • Instagram photos and videos

The Princess Bride Series continues with Princess Buttercup! We wanted to take her from Damsel in Distress plot point, to badass.  Grab your own copy of Buttercup on D&D Beyond! Be sure to check out the latest episode of Campaign 3 and follow us on instagram and twitter @DTRcast!

The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel of the same name, it tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The film preserves the novel's metafictional narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradepaperbacks/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rangerryan/message

The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel of the same name, it tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The film preserves the novel's metafictional narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage).

Welcome back, This week we are back to bring you the good stuff, as always. So Noah brings in The Princess Bride to talk about how even though Princess Buttercup does love Westley she does not go through the effort to seek him out, even as he has proved through his service of her that he loves her and is deserving of her pursuit; much like how God loves us and is deserving of our pursuit of Him even as we fail to do so. Elias then talks about Nope and how in the film evil is given a foot hold in people's lives as they try and make it into something they can exploit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ocvepod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ocvepod/support

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Note: This post is made for listening :) but I'm including the transcript if that is not your jam. TRANSCRIPT[00:00:00] Hey there. I wanted to follow up on my other note about one of two things leaders are responsible for. The second one is compensation. And there's a whole lot to unpack there, so let's try to do it through a little bit of a story. I'm going to answer a question I get all the time, and that's “why did you join the army?”[00:00:18] And the reason is pretty simple, it was about compensation.Why did I join the army? [00:00:22] Let's go back 20 years, and it's 9/11. I remember very clearly where I was maybe like, most of you. I was at The Breakers, which is a posh hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.That Tuesday morning, I found myself in a meeting room getting ready to give a presentation on a new piece of software. News started to trickle in that something had happened in New York and it wasn't clear how bad it was.More information would come and we'd realize that something horrific had happened.[AUDIO CLIP]It was a very emotional day for everyone, and we'd spend the balance of it huddled around the TV, listening and trying to learn what was going on? I'm trying to understand what was happening in new Yorkers, what would happen to our country, and what our future would be like? What we did know is it was all going to be very different.A DecisionA couple of days later, I woke up and I made a decision. Channeling a very famous scene from the movie Patton and my grandfather, I decided that I wanted to join the Marine Corps. In fact, I wanted to be a pilot. So I marched down to the Marine Corps recruiting office and I started that process.Over the course of the next few months, and a lot of tests and a lot of things, the Marine Corps told me that I wasn't cut out to do that. They wanted me to be an infantry officer and that's not what I wanted. I think if I look back, it was purely a lack of commitment on my side. Maybe too slow, maybe too colorblind, but if I wanted it, I probably could have gotten it.[00:03:48] And if I'm being honest, I quit. Now the good news is a couple of weeks later I'd say something that would change my life forever and really impact everyone around me.At the hotel, there was a long hallway, a very narrow hallway, the kind where you have to step aside so two people can pass each other. On the walls, they had motivational posters from the 1990s, complete with eagles soaring and all the things. Now, this was the time before we all started pushing pixels via email and you had to get your information from printed documents. Down on the right, there is a small room about the size of a closet. This was a mail room. This is where those documents ended up in little slots on the wall.[00:04:33] I remember that day. I remember what the room smelled like, the temperature, and a beige phone sitting on the counter. My vision started to blur and that phone was my focus and I said out loud, "If there's ever another war, I'm gonna enlist."Don't pass go. Don't collect $200. Skip all your egotistical dreams about being a Marine or a Naval aviator or any of those things. Just go get in the fight, Vohs. Now looking back, that was a little naive - but that's what happened.I had a deep, deep, emotional desire to serve a country that had given me so much. I knew for the rest of my life, that it was going to give me more. I needed to do something about it. I needed to serve. At my core, I wanted to defend freedom as hokey as that sounds. That's my, "why."[00:05:26] It's also part of the reason why I ended up picking to go and special forces because their motto is De Oppresso Liber - "to free the oppressed". Now if I reflect back and go a little deeper, there are other emotions at play here, some of them were, self-centered like a desire for admiration and an immature understanding of war highly influenced by Hollywood.So not long after that speech to myself, we would end up invading Iraq. And whether you agree with the politics or not, that at 26 year old, we returned to that moment in that mail room and that beige telephone and he got to work. Two weeks later, on my mom's birthday, I would end up enlisting. Happy birthday, mom.[00:06:09] Here's the deal. My ratio changed. My compensation ratio.The Compensation Ratio & The Three Types of CompensationEconomical[00:06:21] The first is economical. What am I going to get paid? We all need or want to put food on the table, steaks in the freezer, and Tesla's on the charger. Now as leaders, there are a couple of questions we should ask about the economical form of compensation for our team.Are people being paid well, and how does it compare to the market?What would it cost to replace this role?And most importantly, do they feel valued for what you're paying them?ExperientialThe second is experiential. Everyone, whether they realize it or not wants to grow and get better.Ask yourself, are you providing an opportunity for people to gain experience? Are you providing them with opportunities for education? Is there learning curve steep?A near-vertical learning curve is better. A job that challenges you 90% of the time is the right job. Now here's the thing, I use the word opportunity intentionally because you can't lead a horse to water and make' them drink. But you need to give the team opportunities to learn and grow.Emotional[00:07:20] The last one, and the most important if you asked me, is emotional.The one truly non-renewable resource we have is time. We can't get it back. We want to spend our time doing good things with good people. Things that matter with people we love. We want to wake up and look at our calendar on that little Star Trek inspired device and say, it's going to be a good day. We want to have a deep, emotional connection to the people around us and to the mission. This is where leaders come in. They shine a light on the path. This is the mission, this is where we're headed, and this is why we're going to spend our most valuable currency, time, going after it.What's the right ratio?What's the correct ratio? Only you can answer that and it's probably going to change over the course of your life. Everyone's different.For the most part, there are deep reasons why we do what we do. Stories usually go back to our childhood. Around money, love, admiration, and the other things that have shaped us.[00:08:18] As you think about why people stay on your team or why you do what you do. It's always about compensation.Do we pay them well?Are they growing and learning?Are they connected to what they do and who they do it with?If you don't provide them those opportunities, I promise you, somebody else will.We Want Missionaries, Not Mercenaries[00:08:36] Let's pause for a moment and talk about money. We all have different desires for various reasons. Maybe you need to put food on the table, maybe you want a submarine or a helicopter, and maybe you just need to pay for your great aunt's nursing home that you don't tell anybody about. We may never be able to understand everybody's wants or needs, just let them be them.That said, we have to be very careful when somebody's compensation ratio is near a hundred percent focused on economics. Let's put those living paycheck to paycheck or near poverty aside for a moment. If you have someone on your team that's coming in every single day and all they care about is how much they are making, that's a problem. And that can be caustic. After all, we want missionaries, not mercenaries.My Ratio Changed, Again[00:09:23] Speaking of missions and mercenaries, I would end up getting out of the army and it was because my compensation ratio changed, again.Specifically the emotional part. The mission changed. Princess Buttercup and I had welcomed three barrel-chested freedom fighters into the family. And now it became less about fighting for freedom and more about fighting for them.The new mission for me was to be the very best father and husband I could possibly be. And I felt that I wasn't going to be able to be that person that I wanted to be. [AUDIO CLIP]There are green Berets out there that are able to do both - be an incredible father/husband and be a Green Beret, but that wasn't me. I tip my hat to them, but I had to hang up my little green hat so that I could focus on those little men.My gut is that as I get older and wiser, my compensation ratio is not done changing. I continue to get clearer and clearer on what is most important to me in life and what my humans around me need from me.Well, I hope you found this helpful. These are just some thoughts from a guy making it up as he goes. And if you did find it helpful, please share it with someone. And whatever you do, take care out there.[00:10:54] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

We talk. I drink. We movie. About the movie: The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy comedy romance film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel of the same name, it tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The film preserves the novel's metafictional narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage). About our guest: MK is an Author, Doctoral Candidate, Freelance Sportswriter, and Former D1 Athlete Learn more about her at https://katielever.com/ Get at us: Email - talkingduringmoviespodcast@gmail.com Twitter - @talkduringmovie IG - @talkingduringmovies

Content Warning: Suicidality On this episode we head into the country of Florin to discuss The Princess Bride! Jen discusses crisis management with Princess Buttercup; while Tyler explores meaning making after the loss of a career with Miracle Max. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

***Attention: Chicago Area*** Comedian Tracy DeGraaf will be performing along with Well Versed Comedy to benefit Royal Family Kids Camp at the Historic Roxy Theatre in downtown Lockport, IL on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 8 p.m. Tickets are now on sale by clicking here. Seating is limited and will likely sell out. Don't wait until the last minute. Grab your seats NOW. ;0) Now, back to The Life Happens Laugh Anyway Podcast show notes: "Mawwwwwridge is what brings us togethhhhher today..." Who remembers that famous line from the 80s? Princess Bride anyone? Unlike Wesley and Princess Buttercup, most of us don't have to go through so much drama to get married. Staying married is another matter. On today's episode we talk about some of the dos and don'ts we've discovered in our multiple decades of marital bliss. Shout out to our sponsors and our husbands: Ron and Kenny (aka Muffin and Pooh or Puffin!)  Below are the links we used in this episode: https://ifstudies.org/blog/six-lessons-on-staying-married-from-couples-whove-struggled-and-made-it https://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/guide/7-relationship-problems-how-solve-them   ***PLEASE NOTE:*** If you are receiving these show notes via email, scroll down to the bottom and hit play to hear the audio of this podcast episode. ;0) Tracy and Cathrine P.S. The goal of the Life Happens Laugh Anyway podcast is to present our audience with a relevant topic weekly in an entertaining way followed by some spiritual encouragement. #lifehappenslaughanyway #tracydegraaf ***MORE ABOUT TRACY DEGRAAF COMEDY*** Tracy DeGraaf is a U.S.A. national touring comedian based in the Chicago area working primarily with churches and hospitals on outreach events. She is a Christian and a breast cancer survivor, so she combines two of her passions: Jesus and Mammograms into her comedy ministry. She loves Jesus, but doesn't want women to meet Him just yet. At her church shows she points the audience to Jesus at the end and at her hospital shows she encourages all to get and stay current on cancer screenings. For more information go to TracyDeGraaf.com. Check out Tracy's social media. Facebook Youtube Instagram    

On National Pig Day, Barry interviews his good friend Marc Jaccard who shares what it's like to live with, and share the bed with, a pet pig named Princess Buttercup.

Aspiring TikTok influencer and Newport News, Virginia native Micah Temple drops by Keep Your Voice Down this week for a chat with hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears, Jr. The trio discuss Micah's burgeoning social media presence, the fleeting nature of Tumblr fame, discovering one's people, pop cultural blindspots, and their respective Mount Rushmores of favorite films.You can find Micah on Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram, and can support his work by following him on all three. Find out more about Micah's Project Big Joy, and help him "spread joy to the world, one smile at a time" by clicking the corresponding link on our website.The show's theme is “Howling at the Moon” by D Fine Us, and this week's outro music is “Get on Down” by Anthony Vega. You can support Keep Your Voice Down with a donation here.

Winston Smith. Princess Buttercup and Wesley. Vincent Price.  What do they all have in common? Torment at the razor-sharp fangs of the true citizens of London and New York City, the entrails digging varmint that could, the very real red-eyed menace, THE RAT! film, gaming, literature have all turned their anxious eyes to the dark shadows shifting in the corner of the room to access a fear based in something real and very, very hungry.  We jump to a potpourri of topics related to rats both giant and medium edition to get a sense of WHY they just keeping popping up everywhere.  CONTENT WARNINGS:  Sega CD Brad Dourif vs Stephen King Fred Savage TORTURE BOTH FICTIONAL AND HISTORICAL BY NONCONSENSUAL RAT

The Princess Bride is a staple of Gen Xers beloved films but not for our creator/host @KevinGootee.  KG hates this film (not as much as Christmas story) and explains why a film shouldn't be revered for 2 obnoxious, overused quotes.  Joining us as guest host yet again is fan favorite Joanne Nosuchinsky from Mornin on Compound Media.  And of course, @KevinIsrael_NJ gets to sit in the host chair and along with Joanne, decides KG's fate and may throw his argument into the ever frightening "pit of despair."  What do you think about Princess Bride, still enjoy it?  Well, watch it again now and see if it does hold up or this was all nostalgia based.Looking to sell your product, advertise your services, or raise brand awareness? We'd love to help you and we can be reached at guttingthesacredcow@gmail.comDon't forget, you can find us on all podcasts platforms: apple iTunes, Spotify, google, spreaker, stitcher, iheartradio, castbox. You name it and we're on it! And you can also see our handsome yet smug faces on Youtube as well. https://guttingthesacredcow.com/where-to-listen-see-us/ Hello to our new friends! We love it when you click "subscribe", like us on social media, and most importantly when you tell your friends/family about our podcast. Thank you ALL for continually shouting us out on social media, we love when you do that as well as leave us those 5 star rating and 2-3 sentence reviews. Guttingthesacredcow.com is where you find us every day giving YOU those movie quotes, movies news, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, and more!  We're at Patreon now: patreon.com/guttingthesacredcow so if you're feeling so inclined to throw a few bucks in the bucket, we'd love you long time.  Social media for the gang: @KevinGootee on Twitter, FB, IG. www.kevingootee.com@kevinisrael_NJ on twitter, FB, @Kevin_israel_comedy on IG www.kevinisrael.com @jon

”'Grandpa, maybe you could come over and read it again to me tomorrow.' 'As you wish.'” In this Thanksgiving Special which happens to be our first P.O.U.S. (Podcast of unusual size), we bring in director and friend of the podcast, Yossi Sloane (MEGAMOUW), to discuss the cultural landmark: The Princess Bride as well as briefly reviewing the films we logged on our Letterboxd dairies in the past week. --- TIME CODES: 00:00:00 - INTRO 00:01:08 - BASIC FACTS 00:03:20 - OPENING THOUGHTS 00:47:20 - THE MEAT 01:34:57 - A BRIEF INTERMISSION 01:37:40 - CLOSING THOUGHTS 01:42:11 - PROMO 01:55:59 - WHAT YOSSI WATCHED 02:10:44 - OUTRO --- FIND WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THIS WEEK'S FILM: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-princess-bride --- FILM INFO: The Princess Bride (1987) IT'S AS REAL AS THE FEELINGS YOU FEEL. "In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing." Director(s): Rob Reiner Writer(s): William Goldman Composer(s): Mark Knopfler Top-billed cast: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, André Roussimoff (All film info from Letterboxd) --- OUR LINKS: Recently Logged Main Webage: https://anchor.fm/recentlylogged Yossi's Stuff Website: https://megamouw.com THE LAST STAND: https://youtu.be/700Nn7C5lFc Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/megamouw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/megamouw Micah's Stuff YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCqan1ouaFGl1XMt_6VrIzFg Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/AkCn Twitter: https://twitter.com/micah_grawey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m_grawey_films/ Robbie's Stuff Website: https://robbiegrawey.com --- EPISODE CREDITS: Recently Logged Podcast creators - Micah and Robert Grawey Hosts - Micah and Robert Grawey Guest - Yossi Sloane Editor - Robert Grawey Songs used in episode - Big Horns Intro and Big Horns Intro 2 by Audionautix are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Episode art designer - Robert Grawey E --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recentlylogged/support

We're halfway through our September to Remember here at Movies that Make Us and this week we are talking about the classic film The Princess Bride. This week, we'll also be all over FanX, so please come say hi and hang out with us!This fantasy/family/comedy/action film is directed by Rob Reiner and was one of those keystone films for our childhoods. Princess Buttercup, Westley, Inigo Montoya, Fezzik, Miracle Max - so many great characters but the movie never feels overstuffed. We had a lot of fun revisiting this film and can't wait to hear your feedback.What are your thoughts on the film? As always, you can reach us at podcast@moviesthatmakeus.com. Did you miss the video premier of this episode? Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, and then click the little bell to receive notifications when we add a new video or go live.You can also follow our Facebook page so you can receive notifications for new audio or video of our episodes. Sometimes we are even live on Facebook, so you can give us feedback right then and there. It's pretty sweet.As always, thank you for listening, and for now, we won't see you at the movies… See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on All N: a Nintendo podcast! ★ What have we been up to? ★ ☆ Eric's birthday! ☆ COVID stinks ☆ Marvel's What If...? ☆ Axiom Verge 2 ☆ WarioWare: Get It Together! demo ☆ Dodgeball Academia ★ News ★ - 33:37 ★ Indie Showcase: Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom ★ - 1:10:00 ★ Top 5 Funniest Nintendo Games ★ - 1:30:50 ★ Breaking Down Pokémon Legends: Arceus ★ - 2:09:40 As always -- huge thanks to GrooveCube for the use of our theme song! Check them out over at: bit.ly/39SZ1Ne @groovecubemusic ~☆★ LINKS ★☆~ Subscribe to the All N YouTube channel: bit.ly/3wuLx2C Join the All N Discord server: discord.gg/HhS2yjZaQN Support L-DI-EGO's Metroid Dread E.M.M.I. Chase set on LEGO Ideas: bit.ly/3z9o6xA

Strap yourself in because we are starting Listener Request Month on 100 things we learned from film.This week whilst watching The Princess Bride we discover that we hardly knew Andre The Giant and the dictionary definition of a particular word.Thanks to Gav at Be there with Belson for his pick this week. Be here with Belson is a podcast where Brothers discus the weeks news and generally misbehave. You can find them at: https://open.spotify.com/show/0O6XpsXuQY2jqCKl3JRRPUThe Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel The Princess Bride, it tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The film essentially preserves the novel's narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage).The film was first released in the United States on September 25, 1987,and was well received by critics at the time, but was only a modest box office success. Over time the film has become a cult film. The film is number 50 on the Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies", number 88 on The American Film Institute's (AFI) "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions" list of the 100 greatest film love stories, and 46 in Channel 4's 50 Greatest Comedy Films list. In 2016, the film was inducted into the National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The film also won the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.---Don't forget to follow us on the socials:Twitterhttps://twitter.com/100thingspodInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/100thingsfilm/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/100thingsfilmSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/100things)

This week Dakota and Anthony discuss the 1987 culture classic, The Princess Bride. We take a dive into the film and talk about our impressions and our history with it. We also talk a little behind the scenes as well as which characters we liked the most. Come continue the conversation on our social medias!Twitter handles:Project Geekology: https://twitter.com/pgeekologyAnthony's Twitter: https://twitter.com/odysseyswowDakota's Twitter: https://twitter.com/geekritique_dakInstagram:https://instagram.com/projectgeekology?igshid=1v0sits7ipq9yGeekritique (Dakota):https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwciIqOoHwIx_uXtYTSEbATwitch (Anthony):https://www.twitch.tv/odysseywowMusic:Eric Godlow Beats: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRpkcYps82PdSo0tK5rEIPA

Previous show notes: Hi all! Today we are chatting about Strong Female Characters. What does that mean? Who are they? (Everyone from Buffy to Ripley to Arya) Who aren't they? (Princess Buttercup and a myriad of sexy lamps and "leading ladies") Who are our favorites? Plus, we play your favorite game and ours, Wed/Bed/Behead (formerly Marry/Sex/Kill). Bonus: Instead of totally random recs to wrap up, we discuss the movie Us (spoiler-free, which is a challenge!) As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.

This week on Total Movie Recall, we take a hard pivot from all the toxic masculinity of weeks past and Steve shows his gentle, romantic side. Somehow, Ryan makes this about his sad sack heartache but in the end, everybody calms down and moves on with a nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. The Princess Bride (1987) d. Rob Reiner w. William Goldman Starring: Cary Elwes Mandy Patinkin Robin Wright Chris Sarandon Christopher Guest Wallace Shawn André the Giant Fred Savage Peter Falk Billy Crystal Carol Kane A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel "The Princess Bride" which earned its own loyal audience. Things discussed in the show: The sadness of Smashing Pumpkins Train to Busan (Sang-ho Yeon, Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok) A Clockwork Orange dick sculptures The Birdcage (Mike Nichols, Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman) Udo Kier Wings (David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee, Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard) Frazier (David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce) The Simpsons (James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer) Spider-Man Homecoming (Jon Watts, Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr.) WandaVision (Jac Schaeffer, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn) Iron Man 2 (Jon Favreau, Justin Theroux, Stan Lee, Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow) The MCU saviors James Gunn & Taika Waititi Perry Mason 2020 (Ron Fitzgerald, Rolin Jones, Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk) The Red Badge of Courage (John Huston, Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Douglas Dick) Chinatown (Roman Polanski, Robert Towne, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston) The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George) Walt Whitman Waukegan, IL and Ray Bradbury Albert Camus J.R.R. Tolkien James Baldwin The Four Feathers 1939 (Zoltan Korda, John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith) The Four Feathers 2002 (Shekhar Kapur, Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson) Emo music vs. Emo Philips The Wonder Years (Carol Black, Neal Marlens, Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Daniel Stern) The Princess Bride novel (William Goldman) Adventures in the Screen Trade (William Goldman) Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, William Goldman, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross) All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, William Goldman, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden) Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, Philip K. Dick, Scott Frank, Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton) The Lumière brothers The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor) Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert) George R. R. Martin This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest) Guilder, The Cliffs of Insanity, Shrieking Eels, Six-fingered Man, The Pit of Despair Quibi's Home Movie: The Princess Bride remake The Grandson: Josh Gad, Mckenna Grace, Keith L. Williams, Logan Kim, Joey King, Rob Reiner, and Fred Savage (who played the Grandson in the 1987 movie). The Grandfather: Rob Reiner, J. K. Simmons, Giancarlo Esposito, Sarah Silverman, Robert Wuhl, Adam Sandler, and Carl Reiner. Mother: Retta Westley/The Man in Black/Dread Pirate Roberts: Chris Pine, Common, Sam Rockwell, Neil Patrick Harris, Sophie Turner, David Spade, Jon Hamm, Kaitlyn Dever, Brandon Routh, Courtney Ford, Tommy Dewey, Taika Waititi, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jack Black, Lucas Hedges, Paul Rudd, and Cary Elwes (who played the role in the 1987 film). Princess Buttercup: Tiffany Haddish, Penélope Cruz, Jennifer Garner, Leslie Bibb, David Burtka, Annabelle Wallis, Zoe Saldana, Joe Jonas, Mackenzie Davis, Kimberly Brook, Zazie Beetz, Alice Oswalt, Brandon Routh, Courtney Ford, Zoey Deutch, Jenna Ortega, Beanie Feldstein and Robin Wright (who played Princess Buttercup in the 1987 film). Prince Humperdinck: Hugh Jackman, Thomas Lennon, Penélope Cruz, Elijah Wood, José Andrés, Don Johnson, Ernie Hudson, Dennis Haysbert, James Van Der Beek, David Oyelowo, and Cary Elwes (who played Westley in the 1987 film). Inigo Montoya: Diego Luna, Oscar Nunez, Finn Wolfhard, Javier Bardem, Keegan-Michael Key, Nick Kroll, Sarah Cooper, Catherine Reitman, John Cho, Natalie Morales, and Pedro Pascal. Fezzik: Dave Bautista, Brian Baumgartner, Nick Kroll, Shaquille O'Neal, Catherine Reitman, Zoey Deutch, Craig Robinson, Charlize Theron, and Jason Segel. Vizzini: Patton Oswalt, Angela Kinsey, Nick Kroll, Rainn Wilson, and King Bach. Count Rugen: Meredith Salenger, Oliver Lennon, B.J. Novak, Stephen Merchant, Bryan Cranston, and Andy Serkis. Miracle Max: Seth Rogen Valerie: Ari Graynor The Impressive Clergyman: John Malkovich The Albino: Nicholas Braun The Ancient Booer: Jennifer Garner Yellen the Messenger: Richard Speight Jr. R.O.U.S.: Leo James Routh The Crow (Alex Proyas, James O'Barr, Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis) Ladyhawke (Richard Donner, Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer) The Beastmaster (Don Coscarelli, Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn) Liam Hemsworth WarGames (John Badham, Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood) Wes Anderson coffee table book The Mandalorian (Jon Favreau, Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito) Terry Gilliam Jackie Chan Kung Fu Cult Master Fright Night (Tom Holland, Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse) Robin Hood Men in Tights (Mel Brooks, Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees) Hot Shots! (Jim Abrahams, Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino) Criminal Minds (Jeff Davis, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Cook) PEN15 (Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman) John Waters Next week: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Adam, Amelia, and special guest Christopher review the classic of cinema The Princess Bride. Join as we discuss the plot, likes and dislikes, and recast the movie (starring ourselves!).

Hello everyone! Welcome back to another episode of 2 Peas In A Podcast! Can you guess by the title which movie we watched this week? This week, the gals took another suggestion from their instagram followers (@two.peas.podcast) and decided to watch the truly ICONIC and timeless “The Princess Bride” (1987). Directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman, the gals watch and discuss what is it about this film that made it such a cult classic, while also coming up with a new Halloween costume idea.Listen on to find out!Sources:Keyser, Hannah. “15 Inconceivable Facts About The Princess Bride.” Mental Floss. 2015Harmon, Steph “Inconceivable! Rumor of The Princess Bride remake sends fans into the Pit of Despair” The Guardian, 2019Yanix Jr, Robert “Why The Princess Bride is the perfect movie” Showbiz CheatSheet, 2020Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride_(film).

The ENTIRE month of September we are celebrating the film A Princess Bride with 2 full episodes recasting this CLASSIC film.  Join our BIGGEST panel yet as Chris moderates these 2 episodes featuring Jeff, Marissa, Hannah, Tony, and Joel!  In this episode we are casting Westley, Princess Buttercup, Prince Humperdink, and the grandfather.  In 2 weeks we will cast the rest of the core cast!  As the host, I can tell you that you do NOT want to miss this!Enjoying the show?  Have a suggestion for what to cast next?  Email the show recastthatpodcast@gmail.comEnjoy the show!

This week the ladies discuss Hagar, one of the not so common Other women of the Bible.

This week we take you back to 2019 when we did a Live Panel at the Phoenix Fan Fusion AKA Phoenix Comic Con. This is back when we were called Talking Poop. Now presented to you on the one year anniversary! It's The Princess Bride Live!

In the movie, The Princess Bride, Westley (the "Farm Boy") proves his love to Princess Buttercup by being willing to do anything and everything that she commanded him to do. But it wasn't just that he did what she told him, it was about the way that he did it. It was all about his attitude! As we move on to the next section of our study of 1 John, we find that God views obedience as a display of our love toward Hiim.

The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel The Princess Bride, it tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The film essentially preserves the novel's narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage).  

Princess Buttercup Dumptruck an Austin "dog influencer" joins us to share her favorite restaurants, breweries, bars, shops and more. If you're a dog lover, this episode is for you. Where to take your pup and how to support local while taking good care of your beloved doggie! ENJOY!!!

If you’ve ever sat through a church service, then HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones is going to feel pretty familiar to you. If you haven’t, then Danny McBride’s interpretation of the holy rollers from the mega church is going to fill you with a little more than the spirit.The Righteous Gemstones is Danny McBride’s latest and significantly funny project. The show follows a family of ministers, led by Eli (the patriarch) Jesse, the first born who is writhing in his father’s shadow, Judy, the very confused but charming middle sister, and Kevin who is your stereotypical youth minister. These “men of God” is extremely rich, we’re taking Joel Osteen, 16,000 people mega church rich.The show moves quickly from plot point to plot point. Jesse is blackmailed after he he caught snorting coke off a table while on a mission trip to China and engages his younger family members to help save his reputation. In typical McBride fashion. the situation gets worse, every passing moment (Jesse and Judy argue that they should go back to the church and give the money back… they then pivot into a 60/40 split instead).The Gemstones is another fantastic HBO show that deserves your attention right now, even if it is for just another week. Because Gideon shows up and all hell breaks loose. Excuse the reference. I’ll pray later tonight.When you are sitting on a plane you can be really starved for entertainment. Luckily, The Princess Bride was available and boy does this movie still hold up! It is full of fantastic catch phrases and an amazing cast.The heart of the movie is a grandfather trying to share a tradition of story telling with his sick grandson. Surrounding that is the story of Princess Buttercup and her swashbuckling handsome masked hero, Westley, trying to save her evil Prince Humperdinck. Aren’t these names the best?Joining Westley on his quest are a hilarious cast of characters:Ingio Montoya - a man hell bent on finding the 6 fingered man that killed his fatherFezzik - a more well spoken Hodor of the 80sVizzini - He’s more of a villain but Wallace Shawn’s performances is inconceivableMiracle Max - He lives in a tree and performs miracles but he would fit better in a Manhattan Deli. One of the most memorable Billy Crystal momentsThis movie is great for the whole family - there’s love, fighting, wits, Billy Crystal, Andre the Giant, great story. Grab your kids, grab your wife and sit down and watch this movie.AVOID:VenomThis movie is poison. I somehow made it through this, but the one reason was there was nothing else to watch 35,000 ft. Nothing about this movie makes sense: Why is Tom hardy in it? Why is Venom is a good guy? Where is Spiderman? Why is it in San Francisco? Why isn’t Venom just eating all the people? Why am I watching this? It’s a never ending train wreck of extraterrestrial proportions- don’t waste your time.

In this episode: We are going to discuss the top genres of the cinematic universe that have shaped our lives from childhood through adulthood.  We will start off discussing the wonders and magic of the Sword and Sorcery genre. Moving into the folklores and myths we will talk about the Fantasy genre. Finally. We will wrap up the episode by discussing lasers, space travel, and aliens as part of the Sci-Fi genre.  Show Notes Sword and Sorcery Genre  Definition: Sword and sorcery is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures. An element of romance is often present, as is an element of magic and the supernatural   Top 3 Films Detached Krull Is a fantasy swashbuckler which follows a journey of Prince Colwyn and his group of outlaws on the planet Krull to save future queen Princess Lyssa from the Beast and his constantly teleporting Black Fortress. The Dragonslayer Is a medieval fantasy set in a fictional kingdom that follows a young wizard who experiences danger and opposition as he attempts to defeat a dragon  Conan the Barbarian / Conan the Destroyer Is based on stories by Robert E. Howard, a writer of the 1930s, about the adventures of Conan in the fictional world of Hyboria Victus Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time The film has the same title as the video game and is primarily based on it. Elements from Warrior Within and The Two Thrones, the two other titles from the Sands of Time trilogy of the Prince of Persia video game franchise, are also incorporated.  Clash of the Titans Perseus - Son of Zeus Warcraft (The film portrays the initial encounters between the humans and the orcs and takes place in a variety of locations established in the video game series) Draenor, the homeworld of the orcs, is being torn apart by a mysterious force known as fel magic. Gul'dan, a powerful orc warlock, unites the orc clans and forms the Horde, and creates a portal to the world of Azeroth.    Top Honorable Mentions The Beastmaster  the film is about a child who is stolen from his mother's womb by a witch. The child grows into Dar, who has the ability to communicate telepathically with animals. Dar grows up in a village, where he learns to do battle, but the village is destroyed by a race of beast-like warriors under the control of the sorcerer Maax. Dar vows revenge and travels with new friends to stop Maax from causing any more problems. The Sword & The Sorcerer  Is a film about a mercenary with a three-bladed sword who rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant, and a powerful sorcerer, in conquering the land The Deathstalker Was the first in a series of four films about the Deathstalker character and his adventures Fantasy Genre   Definition: Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real-world myth and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the absence of scientific or macabre themes, though these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings of a medieval nature. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works.    Top 3 Films Detached The Princess Bride Is a fantasy adventure comedy film, adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel The Princess Bride, it tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The film essentially preserves the novel's narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allthingsgeekery/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/allthingsgeekery/support

When I was ten years old, I fell in love with the movie "The Princess Bride. After seeing it in the theatre, I must have watched it almost a dozen times in the years that followed. If you also enjoyed that movie the wedding scene may be etched in your memory as it is in mine. You’ll have to listen to the podcast for my rendition of the priest officiating the ceremony. Or you can watch the clip in the shownotes. Mawwiage… mawwiage is wot bwings us togeder tooday… So classic. While this farce of a wedding is taking place, Princess Buttercup’s true love, Westley, is storming the gates of the chapel to rescue her from the dark, evil Prince. Like all great story telling devices, movies have some really memorable wedding scenes. This is one of them. Another is from the much more recent movie "Crazy Rich Asians"". During the wedding scene in that movie the musicians perform the iconic love song “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, originally recorded by Elvis Presley in 1961. Sung by many performers over the years since, it’s a song deeply embedded in our popular culture. This scene in "Crazy Rich Asians" is a spectacle to be sure but the artistic message of the water flowing up the aisle to the lyrics of “like a river flows surely to a sea” speaks to more than just ingenious set design and theatrics. That flowing water, a symbol for human love journeying from one heart to another, is a visual cue for a deeper truth about Divine love, and the true nature of reality. Is there something we can learn about Divine love, which is to say God, from "Crazy Rich Asians""? Or from the lyrics of an Elvis Presley song? And is it possible that Elvis was a kind of theologian? Join me for this episode where we talk about great movie wedding scenes, expand our ideas about the nature of Divine love with an Elvis song, and critique the notion that God withholds love until we “believe”, acknowledge, or even recognize God’s existence. Show notes, videos, links and other resources at http://bradtoews.com/podcast/elvis-the-theologian/

Hi all! Today we are chatting about Strong Female Characters. What does that mean? Who are they? (Everyone from Buffy to Ripley to Arya) Who aren't they? (Princess Buttercup and a myriad of sexy lamps and "leading ladies") Who are our favorites? Plus, we play your favorite game and ours, Wed/Bed/Behead (formerly Marry/Sex/Kill). Bonus: Instead of totally random recs to wrap up, we discuss the movie Us (spoiler-free, which is a challenge!) As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.

This week is a request from patreon of the show Caleb Brothers - Join us as we fall in love at first sight, chase down a six fingered man, and battle some rats, all while discussing the classic adventure film ‘The Princess Bride’. The Princess Bride is a 1987 American romantic comedy fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel of the same name, it tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The film effectively preserves the novel's narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage). If you like this podcast, or hate it and us and want to tell us so - You can reach us at wewatchedathing@gmail.com Or, Twitter - @WeWatchedAThing Facebook - @WeWatchedAThing Instagram - @WeWatchedAThing and on iTunes and Youtube If you really like us and think we’re worth at least a dollar, why not check out our patreon at http://patreon.com/wewatchedathing. Every little bit helps, and you can get access to bonus episodes, early releases, and even tell us what movies to watch.

Hey there, Cassettes! If we were to ask you, "Who is the hero of Die Hard?" You would have to say John McClane. What about The Princess Bride? Why, Westley and Princess Buttercup of course. Well sure, they're the OBVIOUS heroes. But what about the people on the side? Who are the heroes in the background? Every once in a while, the outcome of a movie hinges on the presence of one character; and sometimes that character gets overlooked. This week, we discuss the idea of an Unsung Hero in movies. We name some of our favorites, try (and sometimes fail) at finding examples in certain films, and question whether every movie has one. For more info, please visit our blog! https://blackcasediaries.wordpress.com/ As always, thanks for listening!

Adam and Jim are discussing The Princess Bride? Inconceivable! Join us in episode #18 as we travel with Westley, Fezzik and Inigo Montoya across the countryside of Florin, past the Cliffs of Insanity, to rescue Princess Buttercup from the castle of Prince Humperdinck, all the while avoiding the shrieking eels, flame spurts, lightning sand and Rodents of Unusual Size. SHOWNOTES The Princess Bride - Criterion Director: Rob Reiner    This Is Spinal Tap    A Few Good Men    Sleepless in Seattle    The American President Writer: William Goldman    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid    All the President's Men    Misery    Absolute Power    The General's Daughter Actors:    Westley - Carry Elwes    Psych - Pierre Despereaux       Extradition - British Columbia       Extradition II - The Actual Extradition Part       Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy Rusty Old Dagger       Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels, and Burton Guster’s Goblet of Fire    Inigo Montoya - Mandy Patinkin       Homeland    Buttercup - Robin Wright       Forrest Gump       House of Cards    Vizzini - Wallace Shawn       My Dinner with Andre (Criterion #479)       COTC episode #12       Toy Story - Dinosaur    Fezzik - Andre the Giant    Humperdinck - Chris Sarandon    Count Ruben - Christopher Guest       This is Spinal Tap (Criterion #12)       Waiting for Guffman       Best in Show    Miracle Max - Billy Crystal    Valerie - Carol Kane    The Albino - Mel Smith    Clergyman - Peter Cook    Fred Savage & Peter Falk have no names       Wonder Years       Columbo

Chapter five, where the man in black and the Sicilian Crowd fight each other to kidnap Princess Buttercup. Will she be murdered by outlaws? Held for ransom? Or rescued by Prince Humperdinck? Intro/Feedback (0:00) Summary(1:38) Analysis/Opinion (22:13) The Letter (25:02) Foreshadowing (31:34) Book V. Movie (31:53) Wrap-Up/Goodbye (33:23) Secret (37:06)

In this episode, Jon and new guest Quinn make a scifi-fantasy flick. Jon introduces the spectrum of post-apocalyptic mutants and Quinn talks about the subversive strength of Princess Buttercup.   If you like the show, please rate & review us on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/x-meets-y/id1387742226 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/X-Meets-Y-210568946385392/

What? You've not subscribed to our podcast yet? Inconceivable! On this week's episode we dive into the mythical land of Florin, sworn enemy of the land of Gilder, to learn about the love story between Princess Buttercup and Westley. We're talking, of course, about The Princess Bride from 1987. Whether it's sword fights, quicksand, large rodents, or Fred Savage playing video games, this movie truly has something for everyone. Take a listen, and you'll see how this classic has earned its place as one of our all-time favorites. 

Thank you for listening and downloading Warp My Tardis Podcast, here on the Geek Culturecast Network. For more information find us on Twitter @WarpmyTardis or @GeekCulturecast, or www.geekculturecastnetwork.com.In another long awaited episode, KJ and Chulak reminisce on the fond memories of Miracle Max, Prince Humperdink and the Princess Buttercup. 30 years ago was the premiere of The Princess Bride staring Carry Elwes, Robin Wright, Chis Sarandon, Christopher Guest, andy Patinkin, Andre the Giant, Wallace Shawn and many more (Mel Smith, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Cook, Peter Faulk, Fred Savage...)Along with all the most common catch phrases from the movie, KJ and Chulak also talk about the other key roles that these actors, and their director Rob Reiner brought to us over the years. Our rating: Must see, a great PG movie and 9.5/9.6 out of 10.Next time on Warp My Tardis, the crew will be reviewing the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie (1992, Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens) Join us live on Appear.in and watch for more updates on our Twitter and facebook accounts (@WarpMyTardis and http://www.facebook.com/WarpmyTardis/ )

Thank you for listening and downloading Warp My Tardis Podcast, here on the Geek Culturecast Network. For more information find us on Twitter @WarpmyTardis or @GeekCulturecast, or www.geekculturecastnetwork.com.In another long awaited episode, KJ and Chulak reminisce on the fond memories of Miracle Max, Prince Humperdink and the Princess Buttercup. 30 years ago was the premiere of The Princess Bride staring Carry Elwes, Robin Wright, Chis Sarandon, Christopher Guest, andy Patinkin, Andre the Giant, Wallace Shawn and many more (Mel Smith, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Cook, Peter Faulk, Fred Savage...)Along with all the most common catch phrases from the movie, KJ and Chulak also talk about the other key roles that these actors, and their director Rob Reiner brought to us over the years. Our rating: Must see, a great PG movie and 9.5/9.6 out of 10.Next time on Warp My Tardis, the crew will be reviewing the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie (1992, Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens) Join us live on Appear.in and watch for more updates on our Twitter and facebook accounts (@WarpMyTardis and http://www.facebook.com/WarpmyTardis/ )

A grandfather reads his grandson a story, a magical tale about a Buttercup and her love for a farm boy named Wesley. As he leaves, Buttercup becomes distraught, and eventually agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck. As the wedding approaches, the Dread Pirate Roberts returns, looking to save Princess Buttercup, while Humperdinck and his goons make other plans.  Long thought an impossible film to remake, we decided to give this timeless classic a shot. This episode, we're going to Remake The Princess Bride RIGHT! Clips selected from 1987's The Princess Bride Social Media Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/remakethismovieright/ Twitter: @RemakeRight  Host | Contributor Information: Aaron - The Hollywood Outsider | The Blacklist Exposed Amanda Sink - Smirk Courtney Davenport Wayne Henderson - Media Voice-Overs | Voice-Over Journey Podcast | Packers Fan Podcast | Under the Dome Radio Rob Rowald - https://rowald.net/ Artwork by Dustin Baker - DustyGrafix Theme: RetroFuture Clean, supporting trailer themes Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Subscribe to Remake This Movie RIGHT! Website: http://www.thehollywoodoutsider.com/remake-movie-podcast/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/remake-this-movie-right-remaking/id1011600935?mt=2 Stitcher: http://app.stitcher.com/browse/feed/68705/episodes RSS Feed: http://remakethismovieright.libsyn.com/rss    Remake This Movie RIGHT! is a bi-weekly podcast where we take a classic film that is actively being remade by Hollywood studio execs, and craft our own version for a modern retelling. Does the story need updating? Should characters or motives be tweaked? Do we need more muppets? We take all factors into account, concoct our film, and then offer a Final Pitch to you in movie trailer form. By the end of each episode, we will Remake This Movie RIGHT! Our show is broken down into three distinct parts: The Original: We discuss the original film’s impact, some quick trivia bits, what worked the best from the film and therefore must remain in our upcoming remake, and what didn’t work or what needs to be changed for today’s audiences. The Remake: We put together our movie! What story do we want to tell, how close to the original will it be, who will star, and ultimately who should direct our eventual cinematic masterpiece? Our hosts work together to put together one cohesive movie, but there is one caveat - Each host has one ‘CUT!’ throughout the episode to employ which could completely derail the entire film. The Final Pitch: This is where we summarize our remake by utilizing the voice talents of voiceover artist Wayne Henderson and present our finished remake to you in movie trailer form! Disagree with our picks? Want to submit a pitch of your own for our next teaser episode? Thoughts on this episode or suggestions for future episodes? Email us at RemakeThisMovieRight@gmail.com

Delight in the story and the score of the romantic classic, “The Princess Bride” (1987). This soundtrack, composed by Mark Knopfler of British 80's rock band Dire Straits, perfectly captures the eccentricities and romance of this film. Tune in to hear it as host, Joan Andrews, recalls the riveting adventures of a farm-boy-turned-pirate on his quest to rescue his true love, Princess Buttercup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Guests: Jared Sparks    I know we're late, but Wonder Women is about to be discussed by "The Opinioneers"   In todays episode: Jason becomes a leather worker, Colton and Danny sing a duet, and some of us got beef with Rotten Tomatoes.   * Please Excuse the rough audio. We aren't engineers and are still dialing in new mics and systems. 

It's our episode dedicated to the movie, Wonder Woman! Amanda, Shandy, and Colleen discuss the latest movie in the DC franchise starring the marvelous Gal Gadot. We hit on everything from our thoughts on the movie to Greek mythology to Princess Buttercup becoming a badass general to WW movie trivia to the inevitable male superhero […]

The year is 1918, and Box Office Pulp has been ravaged by the horrors of The Great War. So, what's a podcast about movies, madness, and moxie to do? Vacation! After plundering Doc Poison's notebook, the BOP Crew take off in their aero-planes for the island of Themyscira, where Princess Buttercup is training a legion of warrior women that are destined to emasculate us all - one of which happens to be the lead of director Patty Jenkins' WONDER WOMAN, the only DC Comics Film to actually be inspirational! But what will happen when Diana puts The Crew under the spell of her lasso of truth? Will they stick by the claim that their podcast is above average? Will James finally get to see a world in which women rule? Will MB, with his foppish British mustache, claim to be a God? And will this episode reveal, in-fact, the exact way that Mike is meant to die? All things are possible with the power of love and the dying thunderbolt of Zeus on your side! Cue the Wonder Woman theme and cross No Man's Land by downloading the episode here! Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoxOfficePulpPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoxOfficePulp iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/box-office-pulp/id577338641 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=37192&refid=stpr

So there’s a new movie out. About a Woman. And the question everyone is asking is “I Wonder… if it’s any good?” Join us as we join the story of people who live on a secret island no one can find that forbids men (especially those named Gilligan) to be there—until an impossibly blue-eyed guy named Chris who plays an impossibly blue-eyed guy named Steve who isn’t Captain America finds them. And by “finds them” I mean “brings World War I to their beachfront property and then takes their pretty Princess away.” We also honor the passing of our beloved friend Adam West, tell you where you can see his last Batman movies, and play “Ask Your Brother Stuff He Doesn’t Know” about Wonder Woman with a certain familial relative who wasn’t alive when the show was on. Because fair. And by fair, I mean “not.” And there might be some singing. Because in a movie where Princess Buttercup flies through the air and kills Proto-Nazis like she’s winning a stuffed animal at the State Fair - anything can happen. Including maybe—just MAYBE—a good DC superhero movie. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Cold Open & Intro 4:20 - www.comicbookframe.com 5:50 - Goodbye, Adam West WONDER WOMAN REVIEW 10:00 - NON-SPOILER 11:30 - Congratulations, DC! 14:40 - How would you describe it? 17:15 - The “Ask Your Brother Stuff He Doesn't Know” Game 23:05 - Super Powers/Achilles' Heels 45:30 - The Kid's Chair 49:45 - Panda Rating 51:50 - SPOILER TALK 52:40 - More Powers & Heels, and the Kryptonite Sink 1:13:00 - Lil bro makes his own Wonder Woman Theme song 1:21:15 - Other Wonder Woman films 1:22:05 - What's next? 1:26:00 - Battle Cry, Outro, Outtakes SHOUTOUTS: Mark Sparling's 8-Bit Music (Kids Chair & Outtakes Themes) www.soundcloud.com/marksparling www.twitter.com/Markymark665 FOLLOW US: Facebook: www.facebook.com/fanbrofriends Twitter: @FanBroFriends and @SanchoPandaVTW To contact Secret Alias Man about Heroic Inner Kids: Email: SecretAliasMan@gmail.com Instagram: @SecretAliasMan Facebook: @SecretAliasMan

Things continue to get worse for the Princess Buttercup. Doomed to a loveless marriage and with no friends but horse, her daily ride is all she has left. Fortunately, the circus has come to town. With special guest Crystal Beth.

Well hello there! Happy Marshmallow-World-Month! This week we've got a Double Dogs We Met This Week, because Allegra and Renee both met fantastic dogs, Leon and Fry! We've got a Mutt Minute on the Plott Hound which you won't want to skip! The fantastic Doug Kreeger joins us with his adorable dog Max (Steven Tyler Jr) to chat about Doug's Dogs and the origin of Max. We also have a Dog Hero this week, Princess Buttercup saved her family with her incredible nose! As you wish, Buttercup! Lastly, we've got a Facebook Pinned Post fresh and ready to go! Grab a friend, pet a dog, and press play!   Leave us a voicemail with your Dog Victories and Dogsasers at (323) 250 - 3315! Wanna get in touch? Email us at canipetyourdogpodcast@gmail.com  

Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, and Michelle Anderer discuss the first three episodes of the new Powerpuff Girls reboot, “Escape from Monster Island”, “Princess Buttercup”, and “The Stayover”.

Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, and Michelle Anderer discuss the first three episodes of the new Powerpuff Girls reboot, “Escape from Monster Island”, “Princess Buttercup”, and “The Stayover”.

This episode: Sortino is absent. We still like 11.22.63. Masterchef Junior is better than Masterchef Senior. Marshall explains American Idol. Sarah breaks down Spotlight and The Big Short. Marshall goes primal for Far Cry. Bryn read some new comics but hates spiders. We had a blast discussing this stuff and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn Joshua Sortino is @sortino Sarah Jackson is @sarahberus Marshall Bock is @marshallbock Sponsor Hired is a free, no-obligation job search service. If you or someone you know is looking for a job in the software engineering or design field, check out Hired. Use our special link to get a $2,000 bonus when you sign up and accept a job, or get $1337 for a successful referral. Many thanks to Hired for sponsoring this week's show! Show Notes 0:08 - Heart! (from Captain Planet) 3:02 - Opening to Far Cry Primal 3:38 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Cosmos (1980 and 2014), and Carl Sagan 3:52 - The Pale Blue Dot 4:31 - "Fhloston Paradise" from The Fifth Element 4:44 - "Multipass" 5:56 - SKIP TO 17:24 TO AVOID 11.22.63 SPOILERS 5:56 - 11.22.63 8:46 - The redhead dude's name is Bill Turcotte, played by George MacKay. 11:28 - Patton Oswalt 11:56 - Final Destination 12:42 - Deus Ex the game vs. deus ex machina 13:50 - Jack Ruby and the conspiracies 17:24 - House of Cards 17:32 - Donald Trump brags about the size of his penis 19:00 - Robin Wright is Princess Buttercup from The Princess Bride and Jenny from Forrest Gump 19:53 - Kevin Spacey's impressions 20:12 - Inside the Actor's Studio 20:30 - Masterchef Junior 20:41 - Masterchef (Senior) 21:12 - Gordon Ramsey 21:25 - Hell's Kitchen 22:36 - American Idol 22:47 - Sanjaya 22:54 - Joe Bastianich and Christina Tosi 24:01 - The Great British Baking Show 25:45 - Editor's Note: According to the IMDb page, it seems The Great British Baking Show and The Great British Bake Off are two names for the same show. 26:10 - Miss Mary (Berry) and Paul Hollywood (the other judge) 26:35 - Paula Deen 27:24 - Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course 27:58 - Alton Brown and Good Eats 28:29 - Bill Nye, the Science Guy 29:26 - Graham Elliot, Lidia Bastianich, and Felidia 30:08 - Patch Adams 30:28 - Getting slimed on Nickelodeon 31:57 - American Idol 32:48 - Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson 34:27 - Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, and Harry Connick, Jr. 36:11 - Shelby Tweten 36:37 - Air Guitarist Magic Cyclops 36:50 - Larry Platt - "Pants on the Ground" 37:00 - William Hung - "She Bangs" 37:42 - David Archuletta - "Imagine" 39:30 - Search "primary results" 39:45 - Search "oscars 2016" 40:24 - Spotlight and The Big Short 40:57 - Zodiac 41:36 - Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams 44:29 - Sub-prime mortgage crisis 45:00 - Margot Robbie plays Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad 45:28 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off 45:47 - Gambler's fallacy 44:50 - Darrell Hammond as Donald Trump on SNL 49:09 - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC 49:19 - Just Cause 3 50:34 - Best of Stifler (NSFW) from American Pie 51:47 - Hot Coffee mod from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 53:18 - Far Cry Primal 58:54 - Minecraft 59:02 - Oculus Rift 1:00:42 - Don't Starve 1:01:21 - ARK: Survival Evolved, Rust, and DayZ 1:03:07 - Red Dead Redemption 1:05:29 - Editor's Note: "Skinchanger" is what the A Song of Ice and Fire series calles shapeshifters. 1:06:35 - Editor's Note: Marshall is referring to the Batman: Arkham series's detective mode and Tomb Raider's survival instincts. 1:09:35 - Metroid, Mega Man, Shadow Complex, and Assassin's Creed 1:13:50 - Tom Clancy's The Division 1:16:45 - Avengers Standoff: Assault to Pleasant Hill #1 1:17:07 - Civil War (2015) 1:17:24 - X-Men: Battle of the Atom 1:18:11 - Daredevil/Punisher: Seventh Circle Infinite Comic 1:18:26 - Black Widow (2016-) 1:19:50 - The Wicked + The Divine 1:20:41 - Spider-Woman (2015-) and Spider-Gwen (2015-) 1:20:54 - Jessica Drew 1:22:17 - Web Warriors (2015-) 1:22:47 - Spidey, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man (2016-), and Silk (2015-) 1:23:26 - Amazing Spider-Man & Silk: Spider(Fly) Effect Infinite Comic

This episode comes from Mesa, Arizona – we’re in the US in advance of Bob’s book launch! This week, we share a lesson learned from a recent dinner party, share some key differences between grocery stores in Italy and the States, and talk about our problem child / dog, Princess Buttercup. Plus some shout outs to you all!