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In this week's episode, we take a look at five lessons for writers from Barnes & Nobles' turnaround. I also discuss indie author advertising results from February 2025. This week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Blade of the Elves, Book #3 in the Dragonskull series (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills), at my Payhip store: BLADE50 The coupon code is valid through March 28, 2025. So if you need a new audiobook for spring, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates   Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 242 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is March 7, 2025, and today we are looking at writing lessons from the dramatic turnaround of Barnes and Noble. We'll also look at my ad results for February 2025 and we'll also have Coupon of the Week and an update on my current writing projects and Question of the Week.   First off, let's start with Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Blade of the Elves, Book Number Three in the Dragon Skull Series (as excellent narrated by Brad Wills), at my Payhip store. That coupon code is BLADE50. We'll have the coupon code and the link in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through March 28th, 2025, so if you need a new audiobook for spring, we have got you covered. Now an update on my current writing and audiobook projects. The rough draft of Ghosts in the Assembly is done and I am 16% into the second phase of editing. If all goes well, I am planning to publish the book on March 14th, assuming there are no unanticipated interruptions, which is always risky to rely upon, but things are going well with it and I'm optimistic we can do that. I'm also 13,000 words into Shield of Battle and after Ghost in the Assembly is published, that will be my main project.   In audiobook news, Orc-Hoard, the fourth book in the Half-Elven Thief series (as narrated by Leanne Woodward), is now available and you can get it at all the usual audiobook stores. Half-Elven Thief: Omnibus One (which is a combination of Half-Elven Thief, Wizard-Thief, and Half-Orc Paladin, the first three books in the series) is also now available in audio (as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward), and you can give that omnibus edition at Audible, Amazon, and Apple. So that is where I'm at with my current writing projects.   00:01:49 Question of the Week   Question the Week is designed to inspire enjoyable discussions of interesting topics. This week's question, when you have an unpleasant chore that must be done, do you prefer to split it up into smaller parts over a number of days or just to get it all over with at once? No wrong answers, obviously. The inspiration for this question is the fact that it's tax prep time here in the United States, and I have spent a lot of time this week working on that.   Justin says: I prefer to get it over with all at once if possible. Extending your example, I have somehow become the tax preparer for other family members, so there are a few days where that is what I do. I also set aside a few hours every month for vehicle maintenance: check fluids, tire pressure, top off everything, look at belts (replace if worn). It's amazing how more reliable cars are when you look after them a bit.   That is very true. Good car maintenance advice from Justin.   Catriona says: Procrastinate. I love to procrastinate, then the mad dash to the very last second of the deadline. Retired now, so no longer need to be efficiently organized.   Jenny says: Oh, split if I can, procrastinate if I can't. Dishes? Do some or put some away, do more later or let my laundry pile up until I have no pants.   And Juana says: Let's get this over with. (Transcriptionist's note: this was posted in the form of a GIF of Liz Lemon from 30 Rock)   For myself, I suppose the answer is that I essentially get to do both since I'm technically a small business owner as a publisher, I do some tax stuff every month and then usually have a couple of days in March that are all tax prep. Other than that, it really depends on the size of the task in question. My preferred way would be to split a task up into smaller pieces and do 'em until they're done. But if you have something like snow shoveling, for example, you really do have to kind of bite the bullet and get it over with all at once.   00:03:21 February 2025 Ad Results   Now let's see how my ads did in February 2025. February is generally a better month for advertising than November, December, and January. The reason for that is that Valentine's Day and the Super Bowl drives some consumer spending, though not nearly as much as the Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays, and so therefore the cost per click is often lower and you can usually have good results with ads.   First up, Facebook ads. In February, I advertised both Cloak Games/Cloak Mage and all the Ghosts on Facebook. For Cloak Games/Cloak Mage, I got back $2.98 (USD) for every dollar spent, with 6.8% of the profit coming from the audiobooks. For the Ghosts, I got back $3.24 cents for every dollar spent, with 15.4% of the profit coming from the audiobooks. I also ran a few different Amazon ad campaigns. Remember that for an Amazon ad campaign to work, it needs to generate a sale or a complete Kindle Unlimited page readthrough for every six to eight clicks. For Half-Elven Thief, I got back $2.30 for every dollar spent, with a sale for every 0.68 clicks. In other words, we had more total sales than we had clicks. For Stealth and Spells Online: Creation, I lost $2.52 for every dollar spent, with a sale for every 8.1 clicks. For The Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide, I got back $1.86 for every dollar spent, with a sale for every one click and 32% of the month's profit coming from the audiobook. I think this shows how badly I misjudged the LitRPG market with Stealth and Spells Online. The ads for Half-Elven Thief actually get more search terms for LitRPG related searches than Stealth and Spells actually does. I ran BookBub ads for Sevenfold Sword and The Ghosts on Apple, and here's how they did. For The Ghosts, I got back $5.26 for every dollar spent. For Sevenfold Sword, I got back $4.35 for every $1 spent. Finally, for the Demonsouled series, which is currently in KU, I did a combined Facebook and Amazon campaign, and when you run multi-platform ad campaigns like that, the most valuable metric tends to be honestly money back for dollar spent. So for Demonsouled, I got back $2.58 for every dollar spent. So good results, all in all, and I didn't actually lose that much money on Stealth and Spells. So thanks for reading everyone and hopefully I'll have more good books for you to read soon.   00:05:47 Main Topic: Lessons for Writers from Barnes and Noble's Turnaround   So now onto our main topic this week, lessons for Writers from Barnes and Noble's Turnaround because it is fair to say Barnes and Noble has had a turnaround recently. For a while at the end of the 2010s and the early 2020s, people would have their self-publishing predictions for the year, and one of them was almost always that Barnes and Noble is going to finally close, which was a reversal of fortune for it because if you remember in the ‘90s and the 2000s and even the early part of the 2010s, Barnes and Noble was the juggernaut in the publishing industry. They had forced out of business a lot of smaller indie bookstores and what Barnes and Noble wanted in the publishing industry, Barnes and Noble got. Then just as Barnes and Noble disrupted all the smaller book chains and independent bookstores, Amazon came along and disrupted Barnes and Noble. And so for a while it looked like Barnes and Noble was going to go out of business, but Barnes and Noble's revenue actually grew 1.6% in fiscal year 2024, and their foot traffic is up significantly. They're planning 60 new stores after a wave of closures in previous years.   A few years ago, as I said, they seemed headed for extinction, yet a combination of unpredictable factors and good decisions helped turned around Barnes and Noble. What are some of those factors leading into it? I suspect one of them is that many people are forced to be on screens all day and can find this frustrating or stressful, especially when schooling and work were virtual. I've talked to some teachers over the past couple of years and they would tell me stories of, for example, younger children who will burst into tears at the site of a Chromebook just because the experience of remote learning via Chromebooks was so stressful and miserable in 2020 and 2021 (and places that held onto that policy for probably longer than they should have). So much socialization nowadays is conducted online too through TikToks and chats and text messages and so forth. Because of this, many now feel like print books are a break from being constantly online. Various social media people such as TikTokers and Instagrammers make Barnes and Noble trips and hauls, showing off giant stacks of the latest books, filling up feeds. Home book displays are also a trend online, as collectors show off carefully style collections of books. Owning physical books and browsing the shelves at Barnes and Noble has become cool again. Truly history is a wheel that keeps on turning.   So what lessons can you take from this turnaround as a writer (even if your physical books aren't stocked by Barnes and Noble and you don't sell that many eBooks through them)? How they approach their relationship with their readers and their customers still has a few lessons to provide writers.   #1: Focus on your primary mission and also double down on what actually works. Barnes and Noble started to devote much of their store space to a confusing, aimless mixture of toys and gifts mixed in with the books. The stores began to look cluttered and much of this merchandise did not actually sell to their customers. They also wasted a large sum of money trying to compete with Amazon, Apple, and tech companies with their Nook tablets and kept Nook ereaders as a strong store presence long after it was clear they had lost the battle for the ebook market. There was even an extremely ill-advised foray into Barnes and Noble restaurants. Customers were quick to reject $13 avocado toast and $7 oatmeal from a mall chain bookstore.   One, when the company focused on returning to selling print books and making the store a better place to browse, sales improved. Many stores moved the gifts and games away from the book areas and back into the dedicated sections, which cleaned up the layout and made it easier for customers wanting non-book items to find what they were looking for. Since most of the customers were actually there to buy books, that made it easier to buy books.   How to apply this as a writer? Your job as a writer is to create and sell books. Getting lost in side quests, like overly frequent social media posting, creating courses or webinars, and selling merchandises are only taking time away from what your readers actually want the most from you: more books. So double down on writing more books, just as Barnes Noble doubled down on selling more books.   #2: Target the right people. Barnes Noble's display spaces and tables were taken up by books that publishers paid to place there. This led to their prime store space being taken up by books that were often poor sellers or not a good fit for their local customers. It was better to turn down the short-term money but have more targeted displays, including putting similar books in “thematic nooks.”   By focusing much of their marketing on the BookTok/Bookstagram groups of heavy readers, they were able to find ways to appeal to a younger and growing customer base. Since this group loves books both as content and décor, showcasing exclusive or “aesthetic” special editions was a way to bring these customers back into the store and keep them from buying cheaper copies online. These readers were also willing to spend a few dollars extra for the experience and to ensure that the books they were buying weren't damaged, which is often a complaint when you buy books online, that they sometimes aren't packaged properly and arrive damaged in transit. Store space was also devoted to manga readers, another group that reads voraciously and enjoys the experience of reading the print version and later collecting the print version as opposed to the electronic one.   Now, how do you apply this as a writer? Appeal to your core audience. Instead of trying to appeal to everyone, find your core “thematic nook” (as Barnes Noble puts it), meaning similar authors and titles. There are resources like Publisher Rocket that can help you do this. Focus your advertising on finding these readers instead of the general population.   For myself, I've experienced this lesson personally in the last four years because in the last four years I've tried three different new things: The Cormac Rogan Mysteries, the Stealth and Spells LitRPG book, and the Rivah Half-Elven series. And of the three, Rivah was by far the most successful because it was another form of epic fantasy, which I think is what my core audience really wants from me and not contemporary mysteries or LitRPG. So this is the lesson I can attest to through personal experience.   #3: Give customers a good experience. Barnes and Noble spent money on repainting, installing brighter lighting, and changing store layouts. The CEO James Daunt stated it was their aim to make the store feels like “places of discovery.” Chairs were even added back to some stores to allow readers to browse in comfort.   Now, how can you apply this to being a writer? First, you want to make sure that your readers have the easiest possible experience, the most pleasant possible experience in buying books from you. One way to do this is keep your website updated and check for broken links, which is easier said than done. I know, especially for me since Ghost in the Assembly will be my 160th novel, and that is a lot of links to check and my website had gotten complex enough that I finally hired someone to overhaul it and make sure all the links were working. But I think we've had good results since traffic is up and I get much fewer complaints now about dead links. It's often a good idea to refresh ad images to keep potential readers' attention. For Facebook ads, I think based on my experience, the best you can hope for is two to three weeks of good results with a single image. For BookBub, maybe three or four days. So it's good to have a supply of ad images you can rotate out often. Finally, incentivize readers to read your newsletter by keeping it brief and providing some kind of special reward, like a discount or bonus content, which is why I give away a lot of short stories in my email newsletter.   #4: Be willing to change it up or try new things. Barnes and Noble's leadership also ceded more control of the selection and displays to the individual stores, allowing them to better customize the stores towards the taste of the community. For most of Barnes and Noble's history, if you walked into the store and you saw the displays in the front and on the end caps where books were highlighted. Publishers paid through the nose for the privilege of having their books stocked that way. And while there is still some of that, obviously the new regime at Barnes and Noble has changed things around so that more local stores have greater control of what to put where, which means they can put out more books that their local community is more likely to buy. If you walk into a Barnes and Noble in Illinois, for example, you're much more likely to see a large display of Illinois local history than you would have otherwise.   For another example, I once visited a Barnes and Noble in a large suburb that had a very large teenage population that had the Young Adult section wedged in a single cramped back corner by the bathrooms. It was extremely unpleasant to browse, especially if one person was already in the aisle. And of course, if there was a line for the bathroom, which is often the case, teenagers typically want more physical space from strangers. This decision to put the Young Adult section in a cramped corner in the back of the store was clearly made by someone who did not a lot of experience talking to or working with teenagers. After Daunt's changes, Young Adult was moved to the center of the store. The aisles in the new section were extra wide to accommodate groups of teens browsing together, and it was now full of colorful displays, many of which were handmade by staff members. In the times I visited this Barnes and Noble since, it is always the busiest part of the store.   Another surprise area of growth was the refreshing of the stationery and planner section. The previous selection was stale and heavily reliant on older licensed properties like Disney. It wasn't reflective of the trends in the category being popularized (once again by Instagram and TikTok), such as dot grid notebooks with high quality paper and guided journals (like the influencer favorite, the Five Minute Journal, which offers a few brief prompts to reflect on the day). Barnes and Noble bought the stationery brand Paper Source, which brought in fresh designs to its cards and stationery. They also changed their selection to adapt to two of the biggest trends in stationery, bullet journaling and customizable Japanese planners. Stationery enthusiasts were willing to pay a premium to be able to see stationery items in person before buying, since that allows you to avoid counterfeit versions that are sold online and ensure that the product was in pristine condition and would not arrive through the mail damaged. Since the margins on stationery are way higher than they are in books, this was a wise decision.   Now how can we apply this lesson as a writer? One of the advantages of being self-published is the ability to change quickly based on data and reader feedback. For example, the Stealth and Spells Online series was originally called the Sevenfold Sword Online. Once I realized that readers were confusing this series with the main Sevenfold Sword series, I changed the title to help prevent confusion and emphasized that the series was in fact a separate one. I also changed the cover to reflect trends in the LitRPG series, such as characters' faces usually not being shown and a more diffused, animation-influenced color palette.   If one of your books isn't connecting with readers, it may be worth your time to update your blurb and cover trends based on your categories. Another similar experience I had was with the Silent Order covers where I went through five different iterations with that cover before I settled on the version I have now, which definitely sells the best.     #5: Do what Amazon can't. The new CEO of Barnes and Noble focused on what Amazon couldn't do: provide a physical environment for browsing.  Browsing aisles of books with a cup of coffee (from the Barnes and Noble Café) in hand is a relaxing experience for many people. Amazon famously tried to set up its own chain of physical bookstores, and it didn't work out because the experience for customers tended to be industrial and unpleasant in a way that made an airport newsstand seem downright cozy in comparison. The bookstores were stocked with just a very limited selection of popular books on plain shelves with electronic price tags. Nothing about it inspired browsing or finding new books, the most important way physical bookstores inspire readers to buy additional books.   This was an example of Amazon doing the opposite of our first lesson. Rather than doubling down on what was working, they tried something that was away from their core competency of low prices and fast delivery, which was a physical bookstore. In fact, one of these Amazon bookstores opened across the street from author Ann Patchett's Parnassus books, which is an indie bookstore in Nashville that provides lots of help from friendly, knowledgeable staff, autographed books from authors like Patchett, and a full calendar of events with local authors. Reviewers who have visited this indie bookstore rave about the friendly and helpful staff and the cozy atmosphere. Even though Parnassus offered higher prices than the Amazon bookstore across the street, the experience was so much better that it's not surprising that the Amazon bookstore did not work and that Parnassus outlasted this physical Amazon bookstore that opened across the street. As many people have found out the hard way, it is very difficult to compete with Amazon on price. Instead of constantly discounting books with buy two get one free promotions or providing steep discounts through its membership program, Barnes and Noble stopped trying to compete with Amazon on price and turned their attention to something that Amazon couldn't do, which is the physical experience of the store. Events like children's story times and special events (complete with gift bags) for popular releases like Onyx Storm brought in people who hadn't been to a physical store in a while.   Now, the point of this isn't to indulge in Amazon bashing because Amazon does get criticized a lot, sometimes fairly, sometimes not fairly. The point is that trying to compete with Amazon on its core competencies of low price and fast delivery is not a good idea. And so instead, you need to try and find a way to do something well that Amazon can't do or Amazon isn't interested in doing. Even if Amazon remains a big part of your business as an indie writer, you can diversify your profits and readership by looking beyond Amazon.   What can't Amazon do for your readers? You can engage with your readers directly through your newsletter and social media. That's why I try to post at least once a day and respond to comments when possible. You can find ways to provide special content for loyal readers, which I do personally in the form of free short stories, discounts, Coupon of the Week (which we always talk about every week). Giveaways, et cetera provide something that Amazon can't or won't. For example, direct sales platforms like my Payhip store can provide DRM free ebook files, multiple file formats with each purchase, and special bonus content for readers buying direct and so forth. If you buy a book off My Payhip store, you can download the epub file and a PDF file, which you can't do from Amazon anymore.   On a related note, give people who don't want to buy from Amazon a place to buy your books, whether that be other ebook vendors or your own direct sales page (or ideally both). I should mention that personally of my (soon to be) 160 books, only 14% of them are currently on Kindle Unlimited (which means Amazon exclusivity), which is a fortunate position I'm able to be in because Kindle Unlimited is also a big part of the market. I'm able to essentially play in both worlds where I have the majority of my series available wide (and available on my Payhip store with files and the other things we were talking about), while also providing some books for Kindle Unlimited readers, which also is a big part of the pool. I'm fortunate enough to be able to play in both worlds there and continue to do that.   To sum up, Barnes and Noble recovered by focusing on what it does best and finding the people who respond best to that. As a writer, I think your main focus should be on putting out new books and targeting your advertising is the best way to make that approach work for you. If you have a long series, it might be a good idea to make the first book free and advertise that if you want to connect more with your readers, giving away short stories is a good way to do that, especially in your newsletter. So to sum up, perhaps the best way forward for all writers is to remain flexible and to double down on your core competencies and core strengths.   So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com, often with transcripts. 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This week, Ryan hosts his Patreon supporters to discuss everything Scream 7. Ryan and his guests discuss Scream 7 predictions, the Joel McHale casting as Sidney's husband, the return of the Meeks twins, the new cast featuring McKenna Grace and Anna Camp, as well as recentering the narrative around Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox). Subscribe on Patreon.com/screamwithrcs Introduction “Can I ask you a question?” The Mark Switch Up The Meeks Twins  New Cast Sidney Prescott and Gale Weathers Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Host: @ScreamWithRCS  Editor: @albertmpadilla  Producer: @ninnetimes @squirrelandspud9  Taylor Swift Song of the Week: “Question…?” (midnights)

In this week's episode, I discuss eating frozen pizza after a decade-long hiatus, and rate my favorite brands and styles of frozen pizza. 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates   Hello, everyone. Welcome to episode 239 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is February the 14th, 2025 and today we are rating the different brands of frozen pizza I tried over the last several months. I know that is an odd topic for a writing podcast, but it's my podcast and I like frozen pizza, so we're going to talk about frozen pizza this week. Before we do that, we will have Coupon of the Week and an update on my current writing projects.   So let's start off with Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the eBooks in the Dragonskull series at my Payhip store. That is all nine ebooks and this coupon code will get you 25% off any of them. That is DRAGONBOOK25. We'll have the links and the coupon code in the show notes. Someone pointed out that I've only been giving away coupon codes for audiobooks instead of ebooks, which is a fair argument, so that's why we're doing this. The coupon code will be valid through March 7th, 2025. So if you need a new series to read for spring, we have got you covered.   Now an update on my current writing projects. As of this recording, I am 67,000 words into Ghost in the Assembly, which puts me on Chapter 13 of 21. I think this book will be in the Hundred Thousand Words Club, maybe a little less, maybe a little more, we'll see. I'm still hoping to have it out in March, if all goes well. My secondary project right now is Shield of Battle, the fifth of six books in The Shield War series, and I'm 5,000 words into that. Once Ghost in the Assembly is complete, it will be full speed ahead on Shield of Battle. In audiobook news, recording for Orc-Hoard (as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward) and recording for Cloak of Dragonfire (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) are both done and those should be showing up on audiobook stores soon. They haven't quite gotten through processing yet, but it is close.   In regards to Cloak Mage and Half-Elven Thief, I am planning to work on those in the second half of 2025 once Ghost Armor and The Shield War are done, since there are only two books left in Shield War and I'm just about through the fourth book of six for the Ghost Armor series, that won't be too much longer. So that's where I'm at with my current writing projects and let's move on now to Question of the Week.   00:02:22 Question of the Week   Question of the Week is intended to inspire enjoyable discussions of interesting topics. This week's question, what is your favorite kind of frozen pizza? No wrong answers, obviously. The inspiration for this question is that it's the topic of the episode, so here are the answers we got from people.   Justin says: We do the Walmart Great Value rising crust frozen pizzas at my house. I add eight ounces of shredded cheese and sprinkle Italian herb mix on top.   I've found that's a good idea myself. If you buy some of the cheaper frozen pizzas, you can add extra pepperoni, oregano, or whatever you want to it and that will enhance the flavor.   John says: Trader Joe's. They have an Italian-made margherita that's quite good.   Scott says: Red Baron Classic Crust, either Supreme or Four Meats.   MW says: The one they sell in my country, brand name Dr. Oetker Ristorante with salami, mozzarella cheese, and green pesto. I often top it up with some goat's cheese. Doug says: Digiorno's Supreme.   Juana says: Half pepperoni, half Canadian Bacon.   Brooks says: Depends on the mood. We typically don't eat frozen pizza. If we do, it's usually Digiorno's, although when I'm craving something junk food-ish and pizza at the same time, I will totally go for Totino's. Plus the story behind that brand and how it revolutionized the frozen pizza business in general is amazing.   Brandy says: I don't have a full size oven at the moment, so Totino's is my favorite because I like cheese pizza and it fits in my toaster oven. Otherwise, I make my own.   Gary says: Generally a smaller local brand-they seem to be a little fresher with higher quality ingredients than larger brands.   Parker says: Totino's, hands down-my favorite junk food.   JT says: I either eat 7-Eleven pizzas or eat Totino's. Otherwise, my pizzas are almost as fresh as the day Adam and Eve were introduced to the concept in Eden. For myself, my answer will be the main topic of this episode, which we're going to get to right now.   00:04:15 Main Topic: Winter 2024/2025 Frozen Pizza Roundup   I used to joke that if I lived long enough and could afford to retire, I wanted to start a YouTube channel that consisted entirely of different reviews of frozen pizza. The idea came from the sitcom Community. I always enjoyed the show since it's about a community college. I used to work in higher ed, so I could definitely relate to most of the jokes. One of the recurring gags is an elderly student named Leonard (who was played by the late actor Richard Erdman) has a YouTube channel where he reviews potato chips, frozen pizza, and other snack foods. Anyway, one member of my family gets quite ill if any gluten is consumed. So for about the last decade, I've been buying and eating gluten-free frozen pizzas, which are very nearly almost as good as the real thing these days. However, I eventually realized I could just buy myself a frozen pizza made with delicious, delicious gluten and get several lunches out of it over the course of the week. So that is what I did. Since I haven't had normal frozen pizza on a regular basis for nearly a decade, I decided to try a new brand every week. So here is the Winter 2024/2025 Frozen Pizza Roundup. Unlike my movie reviews, the pizza reviews will be in chronological order based on when I ate them. Grades are totally subjective and based on my own opinions and nothing else. I'll also be rating the pizza by eating it hot and eating it cold, since cold pizza is a different experience than hot pizza. Cold pizza for lunch the next day is something to look forward to, especially during a busy day.   I should also mention that I bought each pizza myself. No one sent me any free stuff, so while my opinion is subjective, it is nonetheless unbiased. Additionally, I exactly follow the preparation directions for each pizza since I wanted to avoid the phenomenon you sometimes see on recipe blogs where a commenter will complain that a recipe didn't work and then will later admit that they took out the butter, cut the sugar in half, replaced the flour with cornstarch, and substituted canola oil for frosting.   In terms of the health of eating this much pizza, I should point out I lost about five pounds during the time period here. Pizza, like most things, is perfectly fine when consumed in moderation. Eating an entire frozen pizza in one sitting is bad. I could do that when I was 20 years old and working as a truck unloader. Doing that when I'm a middle-aged man who spends most of his time sitting down and typing is a much worse idea. Besides, getting three meals out of a pizza is better and definitely more economical and I'm at the age where if I can lose a pound a month and keep it off, I'm doing well. With that rather lengthy introduction out of the way, on to the pizzas.   First up is the Pothole Pizza Meat Sweats, which I ate on November 15th, 2024. Kwik Trip is a large brand of gas stations and convenience stores in the Upper American Midwest. They're known for having a wide variety of foods. Pothole Pizza is the store brand of frozen pizza, so for my first week of trying a non-GF pizza, I got one of those specifically the Meat Sweats variant with a lot of meat, specifically a whole bunch of pepperoni, sausage, ham, and bacon. It was really quite good.   The crust was on the thicker side without being dough or bready. The sauce had a pleasant garlic flavor to it. The cheese was good and the pepperoni and sausage were ample. The sausage also had a pleasant spiciness to it as well. The abundance of cheese means that it is a little greasy but not unduly so. When cold, it is also good. You can't really taste the sauce, but the cheese sets well and the sausage tastes just as good cold as it does hot.   Overall grade: A+   Next up is the Cheese Mountain Four Meat pizza, which I had on November 22nd, 2024. Cheese Mountain is Kwik Trip's take and bake pizza, which isn't frozen (technically). The advantage of take and bake is that it's easier to cook since it hasn't been frozen, though you really should cook it on the same day that you buy it.   Overall, I like this about the same as Pothole Pizza. The sauce on Pothole Pizza is better, while the crust on Cheese Mountain is superior. I do think the cheese on the Pothole is slightly better as well, which is ironic given that this pizza is named Cheese Mountain, but the cheese is still good. When cold, I don't think it's quite as good as the Pothole Pizza. Both the sausage and pepperoni aren't as spicy as the toppings on the Pothole version. This was still good, but I still prefer the Pothole.   Overall grade: A-   Next up is Heggie's pepperoni pizza, which I ate on December 6th, 2024. Heggie's is a pizza company based out of Minnesota that distributes to the Upper Midwest and the Dakotas. I admit I don't go to bars all that often, but I've been told that Heggie's is the official bar pizza of much of that region, so I decided to try that next.   Having never tried it before, I came in with no expectations and was therefore quite pleasantly surprised by how good it was. It's a thin crust pizza, though a bit on the thicker side, which gives the crust some satisfying heft. The sauce had an excellent tang. The pepperoni was good and the cheese flavorful. When cold, it is likewise excellent. The spiciness of the pepperoni overcomes the more subdued taste a pizza often has while cold. Honestly, this is a superb example of a pepperoni pizza.   Overall Grade: A   Next up is Lottza Motzza Four Meat pizza, which I tried on December 13th, 2024. This was made by Brew Pub Pizza, which is itself owned by Bernatello's, a Wisconsin based frozen pizza manufacturer and distributor. I quite like this one as well. The crust is thin and just a bit flaky, which is nice. The cheese was excellent and as the name indicates, there was indeed a lot of mozzarella cheese. When eaten cold, it is also a good meal.  The large quantity of cheese helps, the crust remains flaky, and the spiciness of the sausage is highlighted when it is cold.   Overall Grade: A   Next up is Legit Three Meat Pizza, which I ate on December 20th, 2024. Legit Three Meat Pizza is made by Pep's Pizza Company, which is based out of Green Bay in Wisconsin. I admit I didn't like this quite as much as the other ones on the list. The meat was good, but the cheese and sausage weren't quite as strong as the other examples on the list so far. I don't think it had quite enough sauce, which is actually amusing because I accidentally dripped a bunch of sauce in my shirt while I was eating it (which might be why I thought it didn't have enough sauce, because some of the sauce ended up on my shirt). Eaten cold, I actually think it tastes better cold than it does hot. However, this is one of the few pizzas on this list where I would recommend you add some oregano, frozen pizza spice, or garlic salt (depending on your preferences) because it's not quite as flavorful as others on this list.   Overall Grade: B   Next up is the Screamin' Sicilian pepperoni pizza, which I tried on January 3rd, 2025. Screamin' Sicilian pepperoni is produced by the Palermo's Pizza Company, which is based in Wisconsin.   I realized when I was writing this that a lot of pizza companies are based in Wisconsin, so I did some research. The reason is quite logical. Wisconsin is one of the leading producers of cheese in the United States, and so the pizza companies want to be closer to the supply, so to speak. Wisconsin is also generally considered to be more small business friendly than the neighboring states of Minnesota and Illinois. Having visited both Minneapolis and Chicago, I can hazard a guess that the only thing harder than running a small business in Minneapolis would be running one in Chicago.   Anyway, back to the pizza. I quite like this one. It has abundant cheese and a very generous layer of pepperoni. There's enough pepperoni that the top layer of it becomes quite crispy. Crispy pepperoni is delicious. Additionally, the cheese is very good. I'd say the biggest weakness in the pizza is the crust, which is somewhat bland and a bit on the bready side. Eaten cold, it remains a good experience. The cheese sets well and the pepperoni retains the taste. As I said before, the crust remains the only weakness.   Overall Grade: A-   Next up is Pothole Pizza Pep Rally, which I ate on January 10th, 2025. This is another pizza from Kwik Trip's Pothole brand, specifically an all pepperoni pizza, and frankly it was just superb. It has the same high quality crust, tasty sauce, and excellent cheese as the Meat Sweats version above. The pizza also has a generous layer of pepperoni, enough that crisps a bit in the oven. The combined flavor is just excellent.   Eaten cold, it tastes just as good. The cheese, the pepperoni, and the sauce (especially the sauce) retain their flavor. I think a strong sauce is key to having pizza taste good while cold. The only thing I can say that's negative about this pizza is that I think it would taste better with sausage, which is why they have the Meat Sweats pizza.   Overall Grade: A   Next up is Pep's Drafthouse Double Pepperoni Doppelboch Pizza, which I ate on January 17th, 2025. This is another pizza from Pep's Pizza Company, also did the Legit Three Meat pizza from several weeks ago. I like this one quite a lot better than the Legit Three Meat pizza.   The crust was a bit thicker but much more flavorful. The pepperoni and the sauce both tasted good. The pizza had a mixture of mozzarella and provolone cheese, which I wasn't sure would work, but it really did. It gave the cheese a somewhat sharper flavor than the straight mozzarella that combined well with the pepperoni. Eaten cold, it isn't quite as good as hot, but granted that's true of many things. The sauce is definitely better when hot, though the cheese and pepperoni still carry the day.   Overall Grade: A-   Next up is Seventh Avenue Pepperoni and Meatball Pizza, which I ate on January 24th, 2025. Seventh Avenue is a regional frozen pizza in the Upper Midwest, specifically based out of Minneapolis. I have to admit, that makes me root for them a bit since as I mentioned above, running a small business in Minneapolis is a bit like playing the small business game on hard mode. Anyway, the pizza is quite good when it's hot. The cheese is on the higher end and the sausage is excellent. The crust isn't quite as good as the other ones on the list, but overall, the pizza is quite tasty. Eaten cold, I actually liked it a bit better. The sauce sets well and the cheese and toppings have strong flavor. I can tell that the cheese was very high quality because I needed to take three lactase pills before I ate it.   Overall Grade: A-   Next up is Tombstone pepperoni and sausage, which I ate on January 31st, 2025. I wanted to close out this review tour by trying some of the larger corporate pizzas, since all the pizzas I tried for this on the list came from relatively smaller, US-based companies. Tombstone was originally one of the oldest frozen pizza companies in the US, founded by Pep and Ron Simek in the ‘60s. Pep Pizza's company (mentioned above) is an effort to carry on that legacy. Tombstone is now owned by a very large multinational corporation that has something of a questionable reputation in certain areas (they're litigious, so you can Google them if you're curious). They're the kind of company whose “Controversies” Wikipedia article is as long as the actual article on the company itself. So honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect. The multinational company in question bought Tombstone way back in 2010, and I haven't had a Tombstone pizza since a couple of years before that. In all honesty, it wasn't bad. Eaten hot, the crust is crisp and a little bit on the thicker side and the sausage is good. I like the sauce as well. The cheese isn't as good as the others on this list, but it's by no means bad. Eaten cold, it's adequate, but as I said, not as good as most of the others on this list.   But in all fairness, the biggest advantage of Tombstone is price. If I remember right, it's at least $2 cheaper than the next cheapest pizza I tried on the list. The downside of buying pizzas from smaller companies is that they tend to be proportionally more expensive. Given how bad the economy remains, this is an important fact, which in all fairness is one of the advantages of a larger company like the multinational food company we've been talking about- it is possible to drive down the cost and deliver a product that might not be as good as some of the others on this list but it is still good enough at a lower price.   Overall Grade: B+   The next large corporate pizza I tried, and the last one we'll mention in this episode, is the Digiorno's Classic Crust pepperoni pizza, which I tried on February 10th, 2025. Digiorno's, like Tombstone, is part of the same food conglomerate I mentioned for the Tombstone pepperoni and sausage pizza, which makes sense because honestly, this tasted almost exactly the same as the Tombstone pizza. I thought that pepperoni was slightly better, but overall, it tasted very nearly the same.   Eaten cold, I don't think it was quite as good. The crust definitely got a bit soggier than the others on the list. I think Digiorno's is mostly known for their thick crust pizza, so I might try one of those instead and see what the difference is. But again, this had the significant advantage of being cheaper than many of the other options I tried. Granted, I still like the Tombstone pizza better, but this wasn't a bad pizza, either.   Overall Grade: B   So now we come to the conclusion. Overall, the Pothole Pizza Meat Sweats, Heggie's pepperoni pizza, and the Lotzza Motzza Four Meat Pizza were my favorites. For the more budget conscious diner, I think the Tombstone Pizza offers the best value for price out of everything on this list. Given that I didn't give anything on this list a lower grade than a B, you might conclude that I like frozen pizza, and you would be right. I very much enjoy frozen pizza, and I very much enjoy having come back to gluten based pizza after a decade, after finally deciding that, you know what? When I have pizza, I'm going to buy a glutenous pizza and a non-gluten pizza for the family member who has trouble with gluten. Still, frozen pizza in general is really a miracle of technological achievement, isn't it? Making pizza from scratch is a lot of work, but you can go to the store, buy an entire pizza for under $10, and cook and eat it with minimal prep time. That would've been an unfathomable wonder for the vast majority of human history, and I think that is to be admired. So to celebrate this achievement, I think I'm going to eat some cold pizza now.   So that's it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I promise that next week I will go back to talking about writing topics instead of movies or frozen pizza. I hope you found the show enjoyable. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

In this week's episode, I take a look back at the movies and TV shows I watched in Autumn 2024, and rate them from my least favorite to my favorite. TRANSCRIPT Hello, everyone. Welcome to episode 230 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is December the Sixth, 2024, and today we are looking at my movie/TV show roundup for Fall 2024. Before we get to that, we'll have an update on my current writing projects and then we will do Question of the Week.   First up, I'm pleased to report that the rough draft of Orc Hoard is done at 78,000 words, so it'll probably end up being about exactly the same length as Half-Orc Paladin, the previous book in the series. I've also written a short story called Commander's Wrath that newsletter subscribers will get a free ebook copy of when Orc Hoard comes out and hopefully we're on track to have that out before Christmas. I'm also 7,000 words into Shield of Deception, which will be the fourth book in The Shield War series and if all goes well, I'm hoping to have that out in January or February. In audiobook news, recording is currently underway for Cloak of Masks and that will probably be out towards the end of January or perhaps February, depending on how long processing takes.   00:01:02 Question of the Week   Question of the Week is designed to inspire enjoyable discussions of interesting topics. This week's question, what do you listen to while working: genre of music, audiobooks, podcast, nothing else so you can concentrate, et cetera. No wrong answers obviously, and we had quite a few answers.   David says: I listen to audiobooks and music. Music ranges from classical to country to pop, bands and soul artists to instrumental. No rap or heavy metal or dance music or I listen to music from YouTube channels. If I have to really focus on what I'm doing, I'll turn it low so it doesn't distract.   Justin says: video game music is my first choice. It can help you grind in real life just like it does in the game. If that isn't working for me, then rock or classical music with movie soundtracks at third.   Brooks says: I tend to gravitate towards hard rock/punk rock. I have to stay adrenalized. Outside work, I'll listen to almost anything.   Michael says: I find I can't listen to words or lyrics without getting distracted by them, so instrumental music is the way to go. Usually video game music too (the Stelara soundtrack is particularly epic), movie scores (Kingdom of Heaven is one of my favorites), or Dungeon Synth, an amazing music genre I only discovered recently.   Barbara says: sometimes I play music while writing, but most of the time I prefer the silence so I can better hear the voices in my head. Of course, I prefer very specific types of music that always end up coming back no matter how much I try to stray.   Jenny says: lots of EDM and techno if words would distract me or my solid nineties pop punk angsty mix. I also have a giant one I called “I heard it in a video game” for background music. John says: When I did/could work, I enjoyed outlaw country music, particularly that from Texas. Put me in a kick butt and take names kind of mood. When you're a plumber who gets paid by the work done, not the hour, that's where one wants to be.   (A different) John says: I only listen to music when I'm working in the kitchen. I'm eclectic. Sometimes classical music, sometimes ‘80s prog rock with Hawaiian music and occasionally jazz tossed in.   Juana says: I like rock and roll from many eras. I put my eclectic music on shuffle. I also listen to movie soundtracks: Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Animal House, et al.   Brandy says: If I'm cooking, I listen to Pandora. There's a pop ‘90s - ‘20s station. I do have a few that are specifically listed, angry or sad, one more angry German metal or Mongolian throat metal, the other more goth and industrial. I read books instead of listening. If I'm proofing, I usually have something on in the background. Today it's Sanctuary Season One.   Morgan says: ADHD means I jump around a lot on what I'm listening to depending on the day, but audiobooks- usually fantasy or horror. Podcasts- Pathfinder actual play podcasts, horror podcasts, and wrestling/gaming news podcasts. Music, whatever artist/album I'm obsessing over at the time, but usually prog rock, metal, or rap.   Matthew says: I always have my iPad for background noise. If I'm particularly invested in getting chapters done, I'll put on something largely audible.   Gary says: audiobooks, podcasts, worship music, Christian hard rock.   Bob says: Retired now, but when I was working I didn't listen to anything-needed to concentrate on what I was doing. When paying bills, I sometimes have some Morse Code on in the background (one of my previous means of paying the bills). On long car trips, it's nice to have some distraction -whatever radio station I can find, preferably one with a story. In truck stops, we used to find some stories on disc that had the actors doing the voice of the characters and some of them were pretty good.   For myself, I almost always listen to music while I'm working and that genre is usually soundtracks and video games, movies, and TV shows (in that order) that I liked, which makes it difficult to discuss music with people, I have to admit. I do listen to podcasts when I'm working outside, so long as I'm not using a power tool that requires earplugs for safe operation (which sadly seems to be most of the time).   00:04:42 Main Topic: Autumn 2024 Movie/TV Review Roundup   Now on to our main topic, the review roundup of the movies and streaming shows I watched in Autumn 2024. I was going to do a combined Autumn/Winter 2024 one, but it was getting a bit too long, so Winter 2024/2025 will be its own post in a few months. I seemed to watch a lot of time travel movies this time around and quite a few with Space Magic. As ever, the grades are totally subjective and based on nothing more than my own thoughts and opinions. Now let's take a look at the movies and streaming shows from least favorite to most favorite.   First up is Escanaba in Da Moonlight, which came out in 2001 and it is a surrealist comedy about hunting traditions set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 42-year-old Reuben Sodi is the only man in his family who has never shot a buck, so when he complains about this to his Native American wife, she casts a spell to help Ruben bag his first buck, which results in a very bizarre nighttime journey/vision quest. This includes UFOs, visitations by nighttime spirits, and a Department of Natural Resources officer having a mental breakdown. This was a funny movie, but it was definitely very weird and even more specific. If you're at all familiar with the hunting culture of Upper American Midwest, you'll get the humor. If you're not familiar with it, this will be like watching a movie from another planet. Overall grade: C.   Next up is Looper, which came out in 2012. I didn't actually like this movie very much, but I respect how well done it was. Joseph Gordon Levitt plays Joe and is a type of assassin called a looper living in the US in 2044. About 30 years after 2044, time travel is invented but immediately outlawed. Since it's difficult to get away with murder in 2074 due to advanced technology, crime syndicates have taken to sending people they want eliminated back in time to 2044 where the loopers immediately execute the target in exchange for a big fat payout. Loopers can live like kings, but there's a price. Eventually the loop is closed and the looper's future self is sent back to be killed by his past self. Failure to comply results in an extremely grisly fate at the hands of the syndicate. Joe, being a hardened killer and drug addict, is fine with all this and even helps turn in a fellow looper who failed to close his own loop. Then Joe's future self arrives. Joe is about to kill Future Joe (played by Bruce Willis), but Future Joe escapes and Present Joe has to hunt down and kill Future Joe if he wants to survive.   In the process, Present Joe stumbles across the farm of a woman named Sarah (played by Emily Blunt) and her young son Sid. Present Joe realizes that future Joe has traveled back to kill the child, Sid, who will be responsible for the death of Future Joe's wife in the future. Despite everything he's done, Present Joe is not okay with this and gears up to help Sarah defend Sid from Future Joe. This movie was on the very dark side of noir filmmaking: no good characters, essentially only various degrees of bad people trying to navigate their way through the maze of time crimes. I did strongly dislike how fundamentally nihilistic the movie was and the addition of telekinesis did seem like kind of a plot crutch. There is also some unnecessary nudity. Rian Johnson is actually an excellent filmmaker. Knives Out and Glass Onion were both very good, but I cannot imagine how someone will watch Looper and think, hey, this guy is a good choice for a Star Wars movie. Overall Grade: B-   Next up is Agatha All Along, which came out in 2024. It was extremely well written and well-acted. You almost have to watch it twice just to admire how well put together the plot was. I wasn't expecting to like Agatha All Along, but it is an excellent example of writing a show with a villain protagonist and actually pulling it off. The show is also a good example of something I've talked about before on the podcast and the blog: characters can be likable, emotionally sympathetic, or both. It's sometimes tricky to write a character who's both, unlikable but emotionally sympathetic. By contrast, Agatha Harkness is an excellent example of a character who's both likable and highly, highly unsympathetic. Agatha All Along is indeed a show with a villain protagonist, but Agatha is charismatic enough to remain likable even though she's unquestionably an absolute monster who deserves every bit of suffering she endures.   Actress Kathryn Hahn deserves major credit for making someone as evil as Agatha so charismatic. Agatha retains just enough of a sliver of sympathy to keep the audience from turning on her, but even when she shows flashes of humanity, beneath that there are even more layers of monster. She also does a very sort of a modern Doctor Who/ Sherlock thing where she talks very fast and puts up a flippant and silly facade, but she's actually calculating things several steps in advance and manipulating everyone around her to her final goal. Anyway, the plot of Agatha All Along is that Agatha finally breaks free from the spell of the Scarlet Witch placed on here at the end of Wandavision. However, Agatha doesn't have any magic left, which is a major problem for her because she has very many enemies who very much want to see her dead as soon as possible, but then a mysterious teenager turns up and asks for Agatha's help. He wants to walk the legendary Witches' Road and it has said that someone who walks the road and survives to the end will receive their heart's desire. Since Agatha doesn't have any other options and she has some major enemies, she agrees. Agatha, the teenager, and the Witches' Road itself all have very dark secrets and their reveal makes for some major drama. As I mentioned, the show was very well written and acted. I suspect that may be the secret for movie or TV success in the 2020s economic climate: good actors, an excellent script, and keep your costs down. Overall grade: B   Our next movie is Field of Dreams, which came out in 1989. An Iowa farmer discovers he's a very specific kind of necromancer, like how sports medicine is a specific field of study. Maybe sports necromancy is a specific subclass for evil wizards or something. All joking aside, the main character is Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner) and he's walking his cornfield one day and he hears a mysterious voice tell him “If you build it, he will come.” Ray builds a baseball field in one of his cornfields and began speaking to the ghost of Shoeless Joe, a popular baseball player who died in 1951. Soon a lot of other ghosts arrive and start playing baseball as well. The mysterious voice starts urging Ray to “ease his pain” and Ray concludes this must means Terrance Mann (played by James Earl Jones), an activist writer from the sixties who dropped out of the public eye and is living in seclusion. So Ray starts on a cross country trip to persuade Mann to come to his baseball field. This movie is really perhaps the ur-example of the Feel-Good Eighties Movies and maybe a Baby Boomer movie. The characters speak with near religious reverence for the ‘60s, baseball is the Great American Pastime, and Ray really wants to heal his relationship with the father he rebelled against back in the ‘60s. The best part of the movie was unquestionably James Earl Jones' character and his performance as he resigns himself to Ray's craziness and then starts to believe in it was pretty great. Overall grade: B Next up is Holiday, which came out in 1938. Holiday is a romantic comedy from the 1930s. Cary Grant plays Johnny Case, who has fallen in love with Julia Seton, the daughter of a wealthy New York banking family. However, his more individualistic outlook soon puts him at odds with Julia's more traditionalist family, though this draws the attention of Julia's elder sister Linda (played by Katharine Hepburn). It felt a bit like watching a play and a little research revealed that it was indeed based on a play from 1928, which may be why the film didn't do so well when it originally came out, though it is regarded as a classic today.   Viewers in the Great Depression era would probably find it difficult to sympathize with a man who wanted to turn down a well-paying job at a bank, not out of moral objections to the bank's business practices, but because he would feel constrained. The Seton family is played as eccentric and somewhat troubled, but not as buffoons or villains as rich people were often portrayed in other 1930s movies. Good performances and worth watching as a classic, though sound technology has improved quite a bit in the last 90 years, so you probably will want to watch it with the captions on. Overall grade: B   Next movie is Twisters, which came out in 2024. This is basically the same movie as Twister from back in 1995, but with some of the plot of Pride and Prejudice bolted on. Kate Carter (played by Daisy Edgar-Jones) is an Oklahoma storm chaser with her boyfriend and best friends. One day, one of their storm chases goes horribly wrong, killing Kate's boyfriend and most of their friends. Five years later, Kate is working for the National Weather Service in New York when her old friend Javi, the other survivor of that storm, asks for her help testing a new radar tracking system. Kate reluctantly agrees and they return to Oklahoma and crosses horns with storm YouTuber Tyler Owens (played by Glenn Powell) who makes videos of his truck shooting fireworks into tornadoes. Naturally, Kate and Tyler immediately misunderstand each other in the same way as in Pride and Prejudice but are forced to work together when it turns out that Javi's company might have ulterior motives. I thought this was a thoroughly enjoyable summer popcorn flick. Given how both Covid and the 2023 writers' strike hit this movie's production like two successive freight trains, it's astonishing it turned out so well. Overall grade: A-   Next up is The Rings of Power Season 2, which came out in 2024. I have the same attitude towards this as I do with Starfield. I really like it. In fact, my Xbox told me I played Starfield for 270 hours in 2024, but I get why some people do not. This show is essentially very elaborate fan fiction. The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, despite the changes from the book, was still recognizably The Lord of the Rings. The Rings of Power is almost entirely its own thing. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this for a couple of reasons and hope it continues. First, it's nice to have an epic fantasy TV series that's not a nihilistic pornographic torture fest like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon and is more competently executed than Disney's ill-fated Willow Series.   Second, all things must be taken in their context. What do I mean by this? Perhaps a food comparison will illustrate the point. The book the Lord of the Rings is like Kobe beef prepared by the finest chefs in the world, the sort of experience you get maybe once or twice in your life if fortune smiles upon you. The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is like a high-quality supermarket steak grilled in the backyard by someone who's pretty good at it. The Rings of Power is like McDonald's, but there are times when you really want some McDonald's. In fact, I kind of want a Big Mac after saying all of that, but The Rings of Power is really good McDonald's, the kind of McDonald's you have after driving the car for 250 miles without stopping across one of America's flatter and less populous states. The only place to eat for like a hundred miles in any direction is this McDonald's in the same building as a gas station, so you stop and don't expect very much, but it turns out the fries are crispy and salty and the nuggets are just right.   I don't think it's surprising that The Rings of Power has had such a mixed reception. The Venn diagram of “enjoys Lord of the Rings” has some wildly divergent circles to it and that is a testament to the fact that the Lord of the Rings is such a great work of literature that so many people from so many very different ideological identity groups enjoy and identify with the book. Even ideological identity groups that are mortal foes agree on their approval of the Lord the Rings. So naturally each different group has its own strong opinion of what an adaptation should look like.   With that very long-winded introduction out of the way, I liked season two and I thought it was an improvement over Season One, a lot more narrative tension. Season One perhaps spent too much time setting the table and building context, but Season Two works well in making Season One better in hindsight. The Rings of Power version of Galadriel is improved in Season Two because she was one of the few characters in Season One able to throw off Sauron's mental domination and seduction. The highlight of the season was the toxic dynamic between Sauron and Celebrimbor.  Actors Charlie Vickers and Charles Edwards did an amazing job portraying the slow-moving disaster that Sauron and Celebrimbor's collaboration would create, two intellectual equals working together to create something great, but nonetheless, Sauron twists everything to his own ends. Their final scene together was just astonishingly good. The portrayal of Sauron is both very modern and true to Tolkien, a destructive narcissist who actually believes whatever lies he's speaking at any given moment. He really, truly believes he's going to heal Middle Earth, no matter how many people he has to kill to do it. The scenes with Prince Durin, his father, and one of the dwarven rings of power were great as well. It had the same sort of feel to it as an adult child watching with horror as a beloved parent succumbs to a drug addiction. The best new character the show created (in my opinion) is Adar, one of the progenitors of the orcs. Tolkien himself could never really decide on the origin of the orcs and came up with different thoughts throughout his lifetime. When editing The Silmarillion, Christopher Tolkien settled on the corrupted former elves version, which seems to be what his father had been leaning towards anyway. Rings of Power takes that to its logical conclusion. Adar wants his orcish progeny to live free of the dark lords Morgoth and Sauron, which makes sense because in the books, the orcs hated Morgoth and Sauron and only served them out of fear. Indeed, in The Lord of the Rings, Sauron seems to have secret police and informers among the orcs to keep track of their loyalties. Since the show displays how twisted and cruel Sauron really is, it makes sense that Adar is willing to go to any lengths to stop Sauron, no matter how extreme. The orcs are still monsters, including Adar himself, but they're monsters who want to be free of an even greater monster than themselves. If you've read The Silmarillion or The Lord of the Rings, you'll know all the characters' efforts are doomed to failure, especially Adar and Celebrimbor's, which lends an air of inevitable tragedy to everything that happens. I know some people were mad that Tom Bombadil was basically Wizard Yoda, but I thought it worked. Tom Bombadil is so inscrutable of a character that he can really do whatever he wants so long as he's inscrutable. It was also great how composer Bear McCreary wove a variation of Sauron's theme throughout the show. The soundtrack was A+ work in my opinion. Overall, I enjoyed the show and would like it to continue. If you know the difference between Fëanor, Finwë, Finrod, Felagund, Finarfin, Findulias, Fingon, and Fingolfin (without having to look it up), and in fact have everything about them from The Silmarillion memorized, you'll hate this show. But I think it's worth watching. Overall Grade: A-   Next up is Casa Bonita Mi Amor, which came out in 2024. Way back in the 1990s I saw an episode of Frasier where Frasier and his brother Niles decide to buy a restaurant. A series of hilarious cascading disasters result. At the time I decided I never wanted to own a restaurant and every piece of both factual information and fictional media I have consumed since has not changed this decision. Casa Bonita Mi Amor definitely will not challenge that decision. Apparently, Casa Bonita was a beloved theme restaurant in Colorado that went out of business during Covid. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, decided to buy the restaurant themselves and reopen it. They budgeted $3.6 million for the restoration of the building. Costs soon swelled to $40 million and the problems were still only just beginning. This is an excellent and entertaining example of the “rich man buys restaurant, soon finds himself over his head” genre of documentary filmmaking. Overall grade: A   Finally, my two favorite things I saw in Autumn 2024 and the first of them is the movie Frequency, which came out in 2000. It's another variant on a time travel story, but I like this one considerably better than Looper. Frank Sullivan is a firefighter and devoted family man living in New York circa 1969. His son John is a police detective living in the house 30 years later in 1999 with emotional problems because he never got over his father's tragic death in a dangerous fire 30 years earlier in 1969.   When the son of a friend stumbles across his father's old ham radio, John lets the kid goof around with it. Later that night, John starts talking to someone on that radio and to his astonishment realizes he's talking to his father from 30 years ago on the same ham radio. Desperate, John tries to warn Frank about the fire that kills him and it works. Frank survives the fire and instead of dying 1969, instead dies in 1989 from lung cancer due to a pack a day habit. The scene where history changes and John suddenly realizes what has happened was pretty great, but this isn't the ending. We're only 40% of the way through the movie. John successfully managed to put right what once went wrong.   However, in doing so, he accidentally also put wrong what once went right. His mother is a nurse and in the original timeline was on bereavement leave the day after Frank's death. In the new timeline, Frank is okay, so she goes to work and saves a patient who otherwise would've died in medical error and the patient happens to be the deadly serial killer known as the Nightingale. To his horror, John realizes that The Nightingale is now free to continue his murder spree and his new target is John's mother and Frank's wife.   As I've mentioned numerous times before, I'm not really a fan of time travel stories, but this one was quite well done. Interestingly, the plot structure was similar to Avengers Endgame. The Avengers go back in time to steal the Infinity Stones to undo Thanos' Snap, but Past Thanos figures out what's going on and follows the Avengers back to the present and attempts to make things even worse than they already are. John manages to save Frank from the fire, but this means the Nightingale serial killer survives and might create a worse present than the one John already has, so that really adds an altogether excellent element of dramatic tension to the entire movie. As one amusing side note, this movie shared Field of Dream's reverence for baseball as the Great American Pastime and John manages to convince Frank he's telling the truth about their time travel radio by accurately predicting the outcome of baseball games. Overall grade: A Now the second favorite thing I watched in Autumn 2024, The Grand Tour: One for the Road, which came out in 2024. I admit that when I started self-publishing in 2011, I knew absolutely nothing about the contemporary United Kingdom, like I couldn't even told you whether the UK used the Pound or the Euro. When I started getting book royalties from Amazon UK, let's just say I learned about currency conversion rates really fast, but as UK book royalties fluctuated as they do, I started reading the UK news since when there's an election or major news event in the UK, book royalties tend to drop for a few days after the same way they do when something similar happens in the US. Because of that, I saw the news article when Jeremy Clarkson was fired from Top Gear in 2015 for punching out a producer. At the time, there were some seasons of Top Gear on Netflix, so I was curious and started watching and was thoroughly entertained.   When Grand Tour started on Amazon, I started watching that as well and I was also thoroughly entertained, but all good things must come to an end. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May go on one last road trip adventure across Zimbabwe. The usual hijinks ensue for one last time, and it was a fitting end to Top Gear/The Grand Tour. I'll miss the show, but I am grateful for over a decade of entertainment from Top Gear/The Grand Tour and from the various spinoffs like Clarkson's Farm and James May's travel show. Overall grade: A   So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

In this mini episode of the Let's Talk Cheer podcast, Jason answers the ⁠⁠Question of the Week⁠⁠⁠, "How do you assess your team's program from week to week?" If you enjoy this, be sure to go back and listen to the full episode. Also, be sure to subscribe so that you never miss out on anything from the show.

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It's time for another Question Time!This week;#RookieTakeswho cares about the players, what are both of your grand final routines? do you have any traditions that you stick to (venue, food, people) or does it change each year?What are your three favourite grand final or championship games in any sport?What is your favourite NRL grand final that doesn't include your team?Using only players from grand final winning teams of the first decade of this century (2000-2009), give us your team of the noughties.What is the best Grand Final watching meal / snack / drink?Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/nrlboomrookiesBuy merch at: https://rugbyleaguemerch.com/collections/boom-rookies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Fighting the resistance-The Queens Golden Wii-The negative of selling new toys-Sasas Shady Scale-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket ,  #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity, #podcast , #toys , #vintagetoys

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -USPS Holiday Rates-Ebay listing views FINALLY explained-A large company suing a small reseller-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket ,  #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity, #podcast , #toys , #vintagetoys

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Where have all the ebay views gone?-VERO-Amazon FBA-Sending offers-Trying to buy from other resellers-Which TMNT item did Peewee sell for $1500?-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket ,  #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity, #podcast , #toys , #vintagetoys

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Custom SKUs-Promoted Listings-Ebay Selling Limits-Mercari vs. Ebay-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity, #podcast

 Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Emails-Deals-Not Neals-Banana Peels-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Looking Up Item Information In Front Of Other People-Two Important Factors To Improve Your Reselling-How To Identify The More Sought After Gameboy SP-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Jack Black-Rogue Amazon sellers-Drop Shipping-Video Game prices-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Peewee is back!-Ebay vs. DK Oldies vs. Gamestop vs. Others-Testing typewriters-Why Do I have less Ebay views?-Accepting best offers-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Inventory overhaul-Goodwill gets an inheritance-Getting the most money for your video games-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Ebay Detailed Seller Ratings-Coaxial Switches-Holding On To Items To See If The Value Goes Up-Is Sasha A Tool?-Good Luck Topo Chico Shirt-A Video Game Score-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Repeat buyers on ebay-Thoughts on card and video game grading-Are flea markets still a good place to source -The ever-changing flipping world-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Discounted WalMart bubble wrap-Keeping track of your inventory-Hidden knives-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Dealing with bad weather-Ebay or vacation?-DO YOU HAVE VIDEO GAMES?!?!?-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Whats on back order at music stores?-Is VHS Back (again?)-Biff-Finding quality garage sales-Everything you need to know about Xbox 360s-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -What to do if you can't find time to go to garage sales-How worth it is shipping large items?-Shipping oddly sized items-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Weirdest Items You've Ever Sold On Ebay-Beating Your Fear Of Garage Sales-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Learning A New Niche-Should I Do 30 Day Free Returns On Ebay?-Why Didn't Ebay Allow My Listing?-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

Sasha and Peewee talk about flipping thrift store, retail and garage sale items and all the bumps they experience along the way.  Whether you're brand new to reselling or just looking to gain some additional knowledge, listen to Flips and Bumps and lets help each other make some money!This week:  -Round number pricing-Dumpster diving/ Curb cannonballing-Reprice, Resell or recycle?-Garage Sale Talk! #GST-Flip or Bump of the Week-Question of the Week-And Much More!New episodes every Monday at FlipsAndBumps.com or wherever you get your podcasts from@FlipsAndBumps on Twitter and InstagramEmail us any questions or comments you have at FlipsAndBumpsPodcast@Gmail.com#goodwill , #goodwillfinds , #resellercommunity , #resell , #reseller , #flip , #flipper , #flipping , #savers , #thrift , #pawn , #pawnshop , #garagesale , #garagesales , #estatesale , #fleamarket , #fleamarkets , #auctions, #bolo , #ebay , #ebaysales , #ebayseller , #ebayreseller, #videogames, #ebayresellercommunity

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It's time for another Question Time!This week;Not including injuries or suspensions, what are your top 5 players never to play in a Grand Final?Did Ivan ignoring Nathan's head knock show that he also believes Family is temporary?What's your pick for the big GF refereeing controversy this year?What's is the rugby league equivalent of Volkanovski's insane performance at UFC 266?Did Omtay Urbotay deserve the Dally M?What's the bigger miscast role: Penrith as dastardly cheaters, or Bungard as a babyface?And much, much more.Support us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/nrlboomrookies See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Thursday Show w/ Tad and Gary 3.4.21 On this week's episode, Tad and Gary welcome Jamie Higginbotham to the show to discuss the etymology of memes and gifs, cake vs. cookies, and how preschool is going this year. Plus, we bring back the Feedback Question of the Week Question. Drop your favorite meme/gif in the comments below. #thursdayshow

It’s Sunday! Time to revisit some of our favourite tips and tricks from the week. Today we go over how we can stop our fears from dictating our actions. For more on this episode and to join a community of like-minded people online head to @thespace_podcast on Instagram and The Space Podcast on Facebook.      Credits   Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88   Content: Amy Molloy @amy_molloy   Executive Producer: Elise Cooper   Editors: Elise Cooper, Hannah Bowman, Shetu Drage  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During this very special episode, Professor Paul will relate some fond personal memories of his grandfather who recently passed.  For our Warrior of the Week Question, we have a serious inquiry. What is it about Hollywood that makes so-called men so weak and spineless? We have yet one more tale of flaccid vagination from the bowels of LA.    How is everyone at SOTG doing? What events are coming up? And, what can we expect from the year 2021? Tune in and listen louder. This new year is going to be a serious fornicator of matrons.  Thanks for being a part of SOTG! We hope you find value in the message we share. If you’ve got any questions, here are some options to contact us: Send an Email Send a Text Call Us Enjoy the show! And remember…You’re a Beginner Once, a Student For Life! TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE Warrior of the Week Go to www.swatfuel.com and use Promo Code “SOTG” TOPIC: What is it about Hollywood that makes the so-called men so weak - Joe Mama Source: www.americas1stfreedom.org Get a Free Bottle of 9mm+P | Question Post in The Liberty Mastermind Call 844-207-7684 Ask a clear and concise question If we choose your question…Email info@ with Name, Mailing Address, Phone Number, Email Huge thanks to our Partners:Brownells | CrossBreed | Duracoat | SWAT Fuel Memories of my Grandpa Remembering all that my grandfather taught me FEATURING: Madison Rising, Jarrad Markel, Paul G. Markel, SOTG University PARTNERS: Brownells Inc, Crossbreed Holsters, SWAT Fuel, DuraCoat Firearm Finishes FIND US ON: Full 30, Roku, United Gun Group, iHeart Radio, Apple TV, Amazon, iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, tumbr SOURCES From www.americas1stfreedom.org: Speaking about the filming process of the 1993 cult-classic “Dazed and Confused,” Ben Affleck said the cast frequented gun ranges—something the actor said was “fun and innocent at the time,” but is now “uncomfortable to remember.” “Part of the newfound freedom being down there [in Texas] was a bunch of us bought guns and went shooting at ranges on weekends, which seemed fun and innocent at the time, but given the subsequent tragedies with young people and guns, it makes me uncomfortable to remember,” Affleck said to Vanity Fair. (Click Here for Full Article)  

The Thursday Show w/ Tad and Gary | 12.17.20 This week Tad and Gary go back to their video roots with a very special Christmas Extravaganza episode of the Thursday Show. The guys talk top three Advent songs, build a nativity set, and walk you through a tutorial on how to use the prepackaged communion elements. You do not want to miss this one! Oh, and Merry Christmas, the Feedback of the Week Question is back: Should Gary grow an ugly goatee? When did you first hear ‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day'?

Renowned internet Firearms Expert and leader of the NFAC, Grandmaster Jay, has been arrested and faces multiple charges. This situation is most troubling for American gun owners who wait patiently each day for GM Jay to dispense his wisdom. We have a Warrior of the Week Question; “What do I need for cold weather/winter training?” Professor Paul and Jarrad will consider some valuable gear for those wishing to train in cold weather, particularly those coming up to Wyoming soon. What truly makes a good Dungeon Master? That and other topics are all part of today's show. Don’t miss it. Thanks for being a part of SOTG! We hope you find value in the message we share. If you’ve got any questions, here are some options to contact us: Send an Email Send a Text Call Us Enjoy the show! And remember…You’re a Beginner Once, a Student For Life! TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE [0:02:30] DnD Discussion [0:09:00] Warrior of the Week Go to www.swatfuel.com and use Promo Code “SOTG” TOPIC: What do I need for cold weather/winter training? - QAnon Keep feet warm/dry; wool socks, waterproof boots (Irish Setter Boots) Keep hands warm/dry; mechanix winter gloves, ski gloves, remember dexterity is important Keep head warm/dry; fleece/wool/fur hat if no helmet. If helmet, use material specific to helmet Tinted glasses to protect eyes from bright sun reflecting off snow Bring layers so you can shed them as it gets warmer Get a Free Bottle of 9mm+P | Question Post in The Liberty Mastermind Call 844-207-7684 Ask a clear and concise question If we choose your question…Email info@ with Name, Mailing Address, Phone Number, Email [0:21:50] Mention that if you ordered over BF Weekend, it has been sent! Huge thanks to our Partners:Brownells | CrossBreed | Duracoat | SWAT Fuel [0:32:00] Grandmaster Jay explains Negligent Discharge in Louisville youtu.be/TiFTOJv0mh0 [0:38:40] “NFAC” Black Nationalist Militia Leader Grandmaster Jay Charged With Threatening, Brandishing Guns at Police Officers bigleaguepolitics.com [0:45:30] Gun Shortage Giveaway - www.sotggiveaway.co VIDEOS https://youtu.be/AjT8UhDAVHI https://youtu.be/DVLStumDzOE https://youtu.be/TiFTOJv0mh0 FEATURING: Big League Politics, SWAT Fuel, Madison Rising, Jarrad Markel, Paul G. Markel, SOTG University PARTNERS: Brownells Inc, Crossbreed Holsters, SWAT Fuel, DuraCoat Firearm Finishes FIND US ON: Full 30, Roku, United Gun Group, iHeart Radio, Apple TV, Amazon, iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, tumblr SOURCES From bigleaguepolitics.com: The leader of the “Not F****** Around Coalition” black nationalist militia was federally charged with brandishing a rifle at police officers in September. “Grand Master Jay,” real name John Fitzgerald Johnson, had been present at a Breonna Taylor protest in Louisville, and it’s alleged he pointed an AR-style rifle at police officers present within the Jefferson County courthouse. Grand Master Jay is being charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers of employees in federal court for the western district of Kentucky. The “NFAC” militia he leads attained notoriety for a series of confrontational and heavily armed protest marches targeting law enforcement. Jay has spoken openly of his support for black secession from the United States, advocating that his followers form a “new black nation.” (Click Here for Full Article)

The pros and cons of joining a podcast network are debatable, and that's exactly what we did in this episode. Before we get to that, Todd and Mike discuss Apple's new embeddable player for website and how their charts system actually works. Thanks to Jen for speaking with Todd about her show and how she got started. Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Recorded live from two well-separated and socially distant podcast studios in northern and southern Michigan; here’s Podcast Insider. News: Apple’s new embeddable player is available for websites. Apple holiday hours: November 23-27 and again December 21, 2020 - Jan 4 2021, there might be delays in approving new shows. More than the normal 5 business days due to time off. Who may be the next podcast acquisition? Spotify plays wait and see about more podcast acquisitions. NBC signs exclusive ad deal with SiriusXM. What it's like hosting a podcast as a musician. Podcasts, narrated by someone else… seems to take all the creativity out of a podcast. Check out Poise. Apple's Top Charts, they've always been much debated on how they work. And frankly how people want to game the system. We've spoken to Apple how it actually works, and well don't put too much belief into the rating and reviews advice you've been given. Take a look at the tweet that kicked off this conversation. Best Practice: Do you really want to join a network? Pros Cross promotion Being part of something bigger than yourself Advertising and sponsorships Social media Community Sharing the costs Cons Ownership Content control (editorial) Personality conflicts Sharing revenue Read the fine print, can never be too careful     Blubrry News: PowerPress 8.4.4 is out with minor bug fixes. Fight the podfade! Podcaster of the Month - we’re looking for people that want to be featured in 2021, contact MacKenzie. You can even be a guest on this show. Interview: Jen Rodd - Inspirational Interviews Connect with Jen here... Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Apple Podcasts Question(s) of the Week: Question:  When I try to upload my file to Blubrry hosting from PowerPress I get this error: “Authentication failed. Please verify that your email and password are correct.” Answer: This is normally caused by a change in password or login email at blubrry.com. To correct this, Go to blubrry.com in one tab in your browser. Then in another tab, on your WordPress site, go to PowerPress > settings and click the link that says “Go to Blubrry account”.  Click “unlink account”.  Then refresh your browser window and click on “Lets Connect” in the same box where “Go to Blubrry Account” was.  Click OK on the box that pops up that says Authorize. Click OK and refresh your browser again and it should say “Connected to blubrry” again. Your upload should work now.    Any time you change the password at blubrry.com you will have to re-do the link between PowerPress and Blubrry. NEW! If you have a question or feedback, click on the “Leave a voicemail” tab on PodcastInsider.com.  Record your question and we may answer it on the show. _____________ Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com Coming at you this week from Blubrry Studios in and Northern and Southern Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

The pros and cons of joining a podcast network are debatable, and that's exactly what we did in this episode. Before we get to that, Todd and Mike discuss Apple's new embeddable player for website and how their charts system actually works. Thanks to Jen for speaking with Todd about her show and how she got started. Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Recorded live from two well-separated and socially distant podcast studios in northern and southern Michigan; here’s Podcast Insider. News: Apple’s new embeddable player is available for websites. Apple holiday hours: November 23-27 and again December 21, 2020 - Jan 4 2021, there might be delays in approving new shows. More than the normal 5 business days due to time off. Who may be the next podcast acquisition? Spotify plays wait and see about more podcast acquisitions. NBC signs exclusive ad deal with SiriusXM. What it's like hosting a podcast as a musician. Podcasts, narrated by someone else… seems to take all the creativity out of a podcast. Check out Poise. Apple's Top Charts, they've always been much debated on how they work. And frankly how people want to game the system. We've spoken to Apple how it actually works, and well don't put too much belief into the rating and reviews advice you've been given. Take a look at the tweet that kicked off this conversation. Best Practice: Do you really want to join a network? Pros Cross promotion Being part of something bigger than yourself Advertising and sponsorships Social media Community Sharing the costs Cons Ownership Content control (editorial) Personality conflicts Sharing revenue Read the fine print, can never be too careful     Blubrry News: PowerPress 8.4.4 is out with minor bug fixes. Fight the podfade! Podcaster of the Month - we’re looking for people that want to be featured in 2021, contact MacKenzie. You can even be a guest on this show. Interview: Jen Rodd - Inspirational Interviews Connect with Jen here... Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Apple Podcasts Question(s) of the Week: Question:  When I try to upload my file to Blubrry hosting from PowerPress I get this error: “Authentication failed. Please verify that your email and password are correct.” Answer: This is normally caused by a change in password or login email at blubrry.com. To correct this, Go to blubrry.com in one tab in your browser. Then in another tab, on your WordPress site, go to PowerPress > settings and click the link that says “Go to Blubrry account”.  Click “unlink account”.  Then refresh your browser window and click on “Lets Connect” in the same box where “Go to Blubrry Account” was.  Click OK on the box that pops up that says Authorize. Click OK and refresh your browser again and it should say “Connected to blubrry” again. Your upload should work now.    Any time you change the password at blubrry.com you will have to re-do the link between PowerPress and Blubrry. NEW! If you have a question or feedback, click on the “Leave a voicemail” tab on PodcastInsider.com.  Record your question and we may answer it on the show. _____________ Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com Coming at you this week from Blubrry Studios in and Northern and Southern Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

The pros and cons of joining a podcast network are debatable, and that's exactly what we did in this episode. Before we get to that, Todd and Mike discuss Apple's new embeddable player for website and how their charts system actually works. Thanks to Jen for speaking with Todd about her show and how she got started. Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Recorded live from two well-separated and socially distant podcast studios in northern and southern Michigan; here’s Podcast Insider. News: Apple’s new embeddable player is available for websites. Apple holiday hours: November 23-27 and again December 21, 2020 - Jan 4 2021, there might be delays in approving new shows. More than the normal 5 business days due to time off. Who may be the next podcast acquisition? Spotify plays wait and see about more podcast acquisitions. NBC signs exclusive ad deal with SiriusXM. What it's like hosting a podcast as a musician. Podcasts, narrated by someone else… seems to take all the creativity out of a podcast. Check out Poise. Apple's Top Charts, they've always been much debated on how they work. And frankly how people want to game the system. We've spoken to Apple how it actually works, and well don't put too much belief into the rating and reviews advice you've been given. Take a look at the tweet that kicked off this conversation. Best Practice: Do you really want to join a network? Pros Cross promotion Being part of something bigger than yourself Advertising and sponsorships Social media Community Sharing the costs Cons Ownership Content control (editorial) Personality conflicts Sharing revenue Read the fine print, can never be too careful     Blubrry News: PowerPress 8.4.4 is out with minor bug fixes. Fight the podfade! Podcaster of the Month - we’re looking for people that want to be featured in 2021, contact MacKenzie. You can even be a guest on this show. Interview: Jen Rodd - Inspirational Interviews Connect with Jen here... Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Apple Podcasts Question(s) of the Week: Question:  When I try to upload my file to Blubrry hosting from PowerPress I get this error: “Authentication failed. Please verify that your email and password are correct.” Answer: This is normally caused by a change in password or login email at blubrry.com. To correct this, Go to blubrry.com in one tab in your browser. Then in another tab, on your WordPress site, go to PowerPress > settings and click the link that says “Go to Blubrry account”.  Click “unlink account”.  Then refresh your browser window and click on “Lets Connect” in the same box where “Go to Blubrry Account” was.  Click OK on the box that pops up that says Authorize. Click OK and refresh your browser again and it should say “Connected to blubrry” again. Your upload should work now.    Any time you change the password at blubrry.com you will have to re-do the link between PowerPress and Blubrry. NEW! If you have a question or feedback, click on the “Leave a voicemail” tab on PodcastInsider.com.  Record your question and we may answer it on the show. _____________ Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com Coming at you this week from Blubrry Studios in and Northern and Southern Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

Today on NRL Boom Rookies, it's still Grand Final Week!In our 3rd of 6 daily episodes this week, we're here with another Question Time!In this episode, we answer age old questions, such as;Should Damien Cook turn up in Prelim Finals?Why didn't Damien Cook turn up in the Prelim Final?When will Damien Cook turn up in a Prelim Final?How many Prelim Finals has Damien Cook not turned up in?You get the jist. This one is on you all!Support us over on Patreon at patreon.com/nrlboomrookies See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Comedian Zoltan Kaszas joins the Campfire this week to pitch our tents and toast our graham crackers! Beau and Meryl talk with Zoltan about his smooth jazzy voice, weird public bus encounters, sexy hotels and we take a Camper of the Week Question about bad dates. One of us may have cried on one, and it's probably who you think. Enjoy! 

Good Evening Punky Peeps and welcome to an Sunday Night edition of Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast. I'm your host Angela Bowen. Tonight I'll be reviewing the episode Season 1 Episode 8 Part 1 A Visit to the Doctor which aired on November 4, 1984. In this episode we see Punky try to overcome her fear of shots when Henry gives her his magic nickel for good luck which she promptly loses, but in the end learns a valuable lesson. Also Punky and Cherie get a schooled in proper fake note writing, we learn Cherie has a pet gerbil, a child who knows nothing about stranger danger offers Henry a lick of his ice cream cone and Henry gets unsolicited parenting advice from a lonely receptionist. As well as talk about my scary visit to the Doctor for a shot and a Doctor who found a way to calm my fears during an operation when I was young. My fear of flying for the first time at 26 and what I do when I have a bad dream. Before we get into this episode let’s get into our Episode of the Week Question and Bonus Question for Season 1 Episode 8 Part 1 A Visit to the Doctor. I asked the question: Do you have any bad experiences or good experiences of going to the Doctor as a child or maybe as a parent yourself your own child having a rough experience, but you made it better in the end? I did get one response from a listener which you will hear on the podcast. BONUS Episode of the Week Question: Who played the little boy sitting next to Henry in the Doctor’s office, who later went on the following year in 1985 to star in a hit ABC TV Show? Answer: Jeremy Miller who went to star on Growing Pains And I want to give a sincere thank to all you listeners out whether you listen to this podcast on Itunes or Soundcloud or any other listening platforms to hear this podcast. I love giving you the episode recaps of Punky Brewster every week joining me as I go into full detail describing her many adventures and shenanigans with Henry, Brandon and her friends as well as my occasional running commentary and childhood stories. It’s time for the Brandon Tail Wag Episode Rating: I give this episode 4 out of 5 Brandon Tail Wags One for Punky and Cherie’s fake notes to the doctor One for the Magic Nickel (R.I.P.) One for Jeremy’s Miller’s cute performance And the last one for Punky realizing she didn’t need the magic nickel after all to get through having the shot. 1 wag taken off due to being mini episode Episode Question of the Week: What was your bedtime ritual as a child? Do you have one now? Bonus Question: What two shows did Henry let Punky stay up and watch? Here’s a new segment entitled Punky’s Principles: Where I give my own moral of what I learned from this episode: Don’t let your fear control you, find the confidence to overcome it and know that you are stronger than fear, in this episode Punky is afraid of getting her booster shot, Henry gives her his most cherished and prized magic nickel, and Punky loses it. Later she comes to realize she had the courage after all to face her fear without it. Also if you enjoy this podcast rate, review and subscribe so you won’t miss an episode and tells your friends and family about it. This is a family friendly podcast to be listened to by all. Also check my social media sites which you can access using the links on my Soundcloud account Punky Power: An Unoffical Punky Brewster Podcast. Facebook: Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast Instagram: punkypbpodcast Twitter: punkypbpodcast Tumbler:PunkyPower: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast Gmail: For those of you that want to email me with Episode and Bonus Episode Answers or tell me what Punky Brewster means to you if you watched it as a child and have introduced it to your child. Have a great week, Punky Peeps!

Hello Punky Peeps and welcome to a new episode of Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast. Today I will be reviewing Season 1 Episode 4.2 Lost and Found which aired on October 7, 1984. In this episode Punky learns a valuable lesson after she and Henry get separated while grocery shopping, but before that, is history repeating itself and will Punky ever be able to go into a grocery store again? Listen to find out. Also during this podcast episode I delve into my own grocery store memories and antics while shopping with my father as well as my fear of being left behind in public places which actually happened to me when I was 14. So laugh along with me as I contemplate outrageous grocery store prices,trying to stick to a budget, struggle with dinner ideas for two, climbing grocery store shelves to grab that out of reach bag of Gardettos Snack Mix, opinions on kids in shopping carts, how buddying up to your meat department guy has it's advantages, a grocery store parking lot dognapping and actually being left behind at a dollar store by my father when I was 14. It's all here guys. I gave this episode 4 out of 5 Brandon Tail Wags, because of all the hilarious antics at the grocery store and Punky coming to terms with her mother's abandonment and Henry's reassurance that he will never leave her. Also you can find me on Social Media: Facebook: Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast Twitter: punkypodcast Instagram: punkypowerpbpodcast Feel free to leave me comments or questions on any of these sites or shoot me an email at Gmail: punkypowerpbpodcast@gmail.com If you would like to become an official Punky Peep of the Week you can go to Itunes and rate and review this show or answer an Episode of the Week Question which will now be focusing on you the listeners and the particular subject of the episode. Such as the next episode will be Punky Brewster S1E5.1 Walk Pool So I might ask the question How did you get to school as a child? Did you ride the bus, walk to school or ride a bike or did someone drive you? I will do my best to stick with Mondays as my new episode day so you have something to start off your week. Over and out Punky Peeps!

Hey Punky Peeps, here is a new episode of Punky Power: An Unoffcial Punky Brewster Podcast S1E3: Punky Finds A Home Part 3 Air Date: September 30, 1984. In this episode Henry Warnimont goes to court to gain temporary custody of Punky Brewster and become her foster parent. DCFS(Department of Children and Family Services worker Randi Mitchell tries her best to keep Henry and Punky apart even going so far as to place Punky with a nice couple, but Punky thwarts her plans and offers up her roommate Mary as a possible candidate to take her place. Finally the court day has arrived deciding Punky's fate, however not without it's roadblocks. Mrs. Lois Dent represents the state in Punky's case and takes an immediate dislike to Henry and quick to point out his flaws as an unqualified possible foster parent for Punky. Surprisingly Ms. Randi Mitchell comes to Henry's defense stating that based on her witness of the strong bond between Henry and Punky, she would recommend he become Punky's foster parent. Will the judge rule in favor of Henry or will Punky remain in Fenster Hall? Listen to find out. I give this episode 5 Brandon Tail Wags. Punky Power Episode Question Of The Week for Punky Finds A Home Part 3 What is the name of Mary's Doll? (Hint: I mention it in the episode) If you'd like to become an Official Punky Peep Of The Week all you have to do is answer the Episode of the Week Question or leave a 5 Star Review on Itunes. To answer the Episode of the Week Question just find me at: Twitter @ punkypowerpbpodcast Instagram @ punkypowerpbpodcast Facebook @ Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast Gmail @ punkypowerpbpodcast@gmail.com

We have a very interesting situation in Nevada - the rancher who decided to stand up to the Bureau of Land Management.    Let's look at the layers and layers of rights that are involved here!    Is the Day of Judgment upon us?   Who is really right?

As runners, we all have questions; questions about our experiences on the road, questions about best practices as outlined by the experts, questions about the human body and the science regarding motion and our bodies, and even just questions about each other.  How are you doing? How are you feeling?  How’s your running going?  Have any big races planned in the near future?  What’s up?  What’s going on?  Did John Michael get his puppy yet? As friends and fellow runners we have plenty of questions as part of an ongoing conversation that we have with each other every day.  We are connected by a common interest, in this sport we call running: and with questions to spark new conversations, we offer answers to run with, out here on the road. When friends hang out and go for a run, they talk about stuff like this, they ask questions of each other and look for answers as a way to get to know each other better.  In this episode I’ll pose some of the questions asked by fellow runners, and attempt to answer each as best I can.  This is the first Phedippidations Question and Answer Show. Show Links: Recommended Malbecs (yes, I’ve tasted all of these): 07 Pascual Toso from Maipu for $14 US 06 Bodega Aconquila Alberto Furgue from the Uco Valley for $15 US 07 Bodega Belgrano The Head-Snapper from Mendoza for $15 US 07 Chalten Reserva from Neuquen for $15 US 07 Don Miguel Gascon from Mendoza for $12 US 06 Bodega Don Bosco from Maipu for $12 US 06 Durigutti from Mendoza for $15 US 06 Famila Marguery Casa Malbec from Mendoza for $15 US 07 Finca El Portilli from the Uco Valley for $12 US Fdip Blog of the Week: “Question” was by Band That Never Was: