That Slushy Phase

We're all familiar with restaurants, they're where you go to spend a bundle on food you can't be bothered to make at home, but what is it that truly identifies a restaurant? There are fine dining restaurants and fast food restaurants, themed restaurants and generic restaurants, franchise restaurants and little mom-and-pop style restaurants. The list goes on and on, in fact, here are some more. You've got cafes, pizzerias, food trucks, diners, coffee shops, cafeterias, pubs, automats, bakeries, ghost kitchens, buffets, pop-ups, bistros... wait what was my point again? Oh yeah, restaurants are neat so listen to us talk about some of them.

Where was the sport of bowling invented? Most people think it was aliens who unleashed this distraction upon the world in preparation for an invasion. However, has anybody investigated the possibility that it was actually developed in the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA? Some might think that a town with the nickname "Malibu of the Midwest" would be better known for its surfing culture or is that just a front for something more sinister? In this episode we tactfully dodge that question and talk about weirder things.

We all know the story of Chicken Little who ran around screaming that the sky was falling. Apparently the moral of that story is to have courage even in the face of cataclysmic disaster. Well I say that's a load of nonsense! If you think the sky is falling then what better time is there to experience sheer and utter terror? I mean, it's the sky after all. It's kind of a big deal. I guess what I'm really trying to say is that it's raining in our neck of the woods and maybe that too is reason enough for a bit of terror?

Ah yes, the sweet combination of chocolate and blood. You know it well don't you? Sure you do! That deep, dark color. The heady notes reminiscent of rich mahogany. The weighty feel of a quality drink in your hands. What's that? It's not blood? It's not even chocolate? Really? You're telling me that this is an imperial barrel-aged beer and not a drink made from the blood of my enemies? Next you'll be telling me you're not real and I'm imagining this whole conversation. Ha ha ha ha! Oh how we laugh!

Let me just interrupt you at the last minute before you almost kill the big bad guy of the story. What's that? The big bad guy wants to say something to me that makes me want to kill them? Good thing you, in-turn, stopped me at the last minute from killing the big bad guy. Now the big bad guy is being held unsupervised in an improvised prison somewhere. I certainly hope the big bad guy doesn't escape during the middle of some unforeseen conflict. What's that? They did escape? What a surprise! Good thing we have the McGuffin the big bad guy was trying to steal this whole time. Yep, nothing could possibly go wrong!

Look, we've all had these type of fantasies. Some sort of heroic figure encounters another figure with an equally magnetic presence. The next thing you know all you can think about is these two intriguing characters interacting. What if they interacted in a way unscripted in whatever genre they're presented in? What if they wanted to interact in ways certain directors and/or actors don't seem to want them to interact in? What if only you know what's best for these characters and anything else simply isn't satisfying enough? Let your imaginations fly as you listen to us completely miss the point in this episode on stuff we've seen.

Are you getting on in years? Starting to feel pains in areas regularly? Feel like ranting about them for an hour or so? Well, not us! We're a trio of young and vibrant guys so you can be assured that when we express our opinions on things they're worth listening to. No rants here, that's for sure! Nothing but insightful commentary on the most current of current events going on here! As long as "current events" includes almost exclusively the latest in fantasy-oriented television viewing then you have nothing to complain about!

Has there ever been anything more divisive in human history than a fantastical work of fiction? Could there be any greater threat to the sanctity of human life than the portrayal of a fantasy world were elves lives thousands of years and little folk mind their own business, and dwarves dig in the ground all the time? Oh the horror! Whatever shall we do to save ourselves from this madness? Well talking about it over some beers was the first thing that came to us and so that's what we did. You're welcome!

Woah! What happened just now? Was that a two-year gap in the space-time continuum? Naw, couldn't be. It must have been something you did. Maybe there were other matters that consumed all of your time? Maybe you forgot that podcasts were a thing? Whatever the case, all is forgiven. Now where were we? Something about beer and movies and tv shows? That sounds about right? Here we go!

Blockchain! Cryptocurrency! Non-fungible tokens! The economy has never been more complicated thanks to all of these fancy new words. These days you can purchase a moment of an athlete's career like a kind of ethereal trading card. Listen to us dodge the philosophical considerations of owning a piece of someone's life and instead laugh at the word "fungible" several times.