What's up, my people? Good morning. Welcome to the Victor Wiltz Show, Thursday. Hey, where- where are all my buttons here? What's going on? There we go. For some reason, disappeared. So annoying. All right. Well, I hope you're having a good morning so far. Been scrolling Facebook, looking at everybody arguing with each other in the Life In Idaho Falls Facebook group. I haven't been over to the Life In Pocatello group, but I would imagine it's much of the same. Got the big, uh, runoff election coming up for mayor in both cities. And man, people are, uh, very passionate about this. So, I know I've been telling you, you know, to get information on the candidates, go to eastidahonews.com. You know, and check out their section, East Idaho Elects, to get information on the candidates. But
I'm learning a lot just rolling through the comments here. Uh, now, you never know if what people are saying is accurate, but I do enjoy seeing the passion because generally, people just don't give a crap about our local elections. You know, local election turnout always sucks. That runoff for the, uh, mayor, it's going down on the 2nd. I did see a post saying they're doing some, uh, early voting. If you wanted to vote in person in advance, that starts today. Um, and at least in Idaho Falls, I should say. You can do so at the Bonneville County Elections Office. 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Maybe this time, I'll- I'll just get it out of the way and just go and vote early. But make sure to educate yourself on the candidates, okay? Please take a look at their, uh, policies and plans and, and, uh, talk to people. Uh, the candidates seem to be pretty good about talking to people themselves as well, but make sure you get to know 'em. 'Cause we're talking about politicians here, and you know what I have to say about politicians. You just never know. They might be weasels. But no matter what, get out and vote. Let's, uh, let's kick up those turnout numbers. Don't just vote based on things like signs on the side of the ditch. You know, educate yourself a little bit.
Anyway, just wanted to remind you that's coming up, and it, uh, has been pretty good to see the, uh, the passion going on in these, uh, Facebook groups. There's a lot of crazy too [laughs]. A lot of crazy going on. So, yeah, take a look at that. Those groups are always a good time. You know, if- just want a little bit of drama in your life, check 'em out. They're fun. All right. Vote. On the 2nd, vote for mayor. All right? Take part. Your vote, it does matter. I was arguing with a listener yesterday about it. "I didn't vote 'cause my vote doesn't matter." I- I'm like, "I know you voted in the presidential election.
And your vote ultimately is chosen by the state in that one. What are you talking about? Get." All right. I'll be back in a minute, 'kay?
Boy, I tell you, there are certain days that I just start going through the news, and I'm like, "What- what happened in the last 12 hours since I was staring at my phone?" Man. Man, our government are a bunch of weasels [laughs]. I'm not even gonna get into it. I give up. I give up. It's just kinda crazy. Kinda crazy. We've been dealing with this shutdown for a month and a half or whatever, and then to go ahead and open the government back up. You know, they gotta fill out these bills and then they sneak a bunch of weasely stuff into 'em. Holy cow. And y- you don't seem to see these things popping up on Facebook. You know, people go with the, uh, the- the big headlines. They, why- why doesn't the news tend to talk about
the weasely little things that the government are doing
while they're putting on some other kinda show? You know, they- they really shouldn't be allowed to just stick other things in these bills. I mean, it's kinda stupid they have to go through a bunch of paperwork to just open the government back up. Get- get to doing your job. Get to work. But yeah, you know, "Oh, we need to give- give these guys some half-million dollar payouts," and this and that and
other stuff that, well, again, I'm just not gonna get into it. It's just so stupid. All right. Speaking of stupid, guys can be really stupid. I was looking through a whole bunch of different threads on Reddit, trying to find something to talk about. Lot of 'em that are just unpleasant. One was, uh, you know, what's something you're not prepared for
or that no one prepares you for as an adult? Boy, that was dark. I didn't need to read that right now. Talk about depressing. Um, you know, try to stay positive, people. Being an adult, it sucks. If you're a kid, you know, you're getting ready for school right now or something, be aware that being a kid is awesome. Enjoy every second of it, 'cause yeah, you- you always look forward to being an adult
when you're a kid. And then, you're an adult one day and you're like, "Ugh. Ugh. I just wanna be a kid again." Okay, anyway. Back to, uh, men are dumb. Sorry, I had to go through all those other, uh, depressing threads to get back to this.It's like a thread called, "What do you think men would dislike most if they became women?" This one's also depressing 'cause it's like, yeah, it's gotta suck to be a lady a lot of the time. Dudes are idiots and dirtbags. Yeah. Some of the things you ladies have to put up with. Getting unsolicited pictures sent to you. Yeah. Dirtbags hassling you. Yeah. Guys that won't just lay off. Like, dudes, take, take the hint. You know? If she ain't interested, get. You get. Yeah, uh, the comments right out of the gate, these are kinda depressing. "How difficult it is to be taken seriously, ever." "A trip to the mechanic, good luck." Yeah, I mean,
I've met a lot of women in my life, okay? And I've met a lot of men. Um,
most of the women have a lot more common sense. [laughs] Right? Seriously. Sorry, dudes. There's smart guys out there. But I, I just think when it comes to common sense, the, the ladies got the, got the edge there. Some very smart women out there. Let's see here. Oh, yeah, getting screwed over and, uh ... Th- th- th- th- none of this is pleasant, that I'm discovering this morning. What is going on? Maybe I need to do a lap around the building, just walk it off. 'Cause I've ha- you know, had a variety of tabs open on my internet browser, and every one of them is, uh, depressing or disgusting or really, uh, making me angry.
[laughs] Holy cow. All right. I'm, I'm, I swear I'm gonna find something fun. But, hey, dudes, don't be dirtbags, okay? Don't be pieces of crap. Reading through this thread, I, I thought we might have something here for the show. But, no, guys, stop being dirtbags. Don't be all handsy either. Holy cow. You know, if you meet somebody in public, don't put your hands on them. All right? You don't need to touch people. Just because, uh, you, you feel like ... I, I don't know. I don't get it. Ah, I gotta close all these tabs. All tabs must be closed. We gotta start fresh. Where do I need to go to, sunshineandrainbows.com? I, I, I don't know, that's probably an unpleasant website too. Oh, we got a caller. Maybe they'll help us mix it up here. All right, caller. Give me some sunshine and rainbows. You're live on the air. Who's this?
Hey. So I was listening to you talk about, uh, how m- you know, men kinda suck sometimes. Uh, it's not mutually exclusive, but I, I really do think as parents it's our job to raise our sons to, uh, to take no for an answer. Um, we-
[laughs] yeah
... we all knew that one guy in high school that would just, like, keep pressing a girl and just be like, "Hey, so like, I know you got a boyfriend, but like, you know, can I get your number?" And stuff like that. I, I think it's our job to teach our sons, "Hey, if a girl doesn't like you, that's good enough. Just quit creeping." You know? Anyway.
Dude, you're, you're absolutely right. And especially in this day and age, 'cause there's all these, you know, male influencers that, uh, you know, young teenage boys seem to get into listening to that are just complete pieces of garbage. And, you know, if you don't have, uh, strong parental figures teaching these kids that, you know, "Those guys are dirtbag losers. Uh, don't listen to them. Women deserve to be treated amazing," uh, th- that's how you end up
wi- with some of those things like you, you're talking about, so ...
Yeah. So one thing that I, uh, I've learned lately is that being willing to tell somebody that what they did and just said is poorly educated makes a massive thi- it makes a massive difference. Like, "Hey, that's very poorly educated of you to say. Um, so please educate yourself better." And we can do that to our daughters too. I got four kids.
Yeah.
Um, I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to have kids with me, but, you know-
[laughs]
... God bless them. Uh, [laughs] but I got two, two sons and two daughters, and every day it's just a battle of, "Hey, that kid's being weird, I need to teach that kid how to not be weird."
[laughs]
You know?
Yeah.
You're a dad, you get it.
Yeah, I mean, thankfully my daughters, I think, ended up growing up to be pretty strong young women. Uh, you know, I, I always tried to set a good example in as many ways as I could. No parent's gonna be perfect. Uh, but they both seem to have ended up with, you know, pretty good guys who treat them very well. And, I mean, th- that's another thing is, you know, I, I think a lot of women, you know, aren't raised to, you know, stand up for themselves when it comes to, you know, some of these behaviors from, uh, dirtbag guys. Like, you know, if a guy, you know, puts his hands on y- not even, not even talking, like, being violent or anything but touches you, gets up in your space, won't leave you alone, tell them where to go, and tell them, you know, in front of people. Um, it,
it ... Other, otherwise-
It, it's a beautiful thing.
Yeah. Uh, and it, you know, maybe you can embarrass them publicly a little bit, 'cause they deserve it, so ... [laughs]
Yeah. But again, it all comes down to the parenting. Um, I think it is super, super important, 'cause there's some guys, and again, we all knew that guy in high school, that getting no for an answer from a girl that's the first time that they've ever heard no in their adult lives. Or, when dads raise, you know, daddy's little princess and she always gets told she can do whatever she wants, I think those people are the ones that, uh, end up-... you know, being a little bit toxic in relationships and we ... A- as parents, we need to do better. We can't just, like, we can't just tablet raise these kids and then be surprised when, you know, they, they freak out and have a, uh, a breakdown in a school because somebody told them "No" for the first time in their adult lives.
Dude, you're-
You know? Anyway.
Yeah, you're absolutely right, man. Well, um, and I appreciate you calling 'cause you're helping warm up my brain this morning a little bit. It's, uh, been a little bit frazzled. I open up the news and I just get crazy and, uh, yeah. Then just reading through-
Yeah
... some of the garbage that, uh, people have to deal with. Uh! Eh, uh-
We're, we are moments away from, from a dystopian future.
[laughs] We-
We're, I think-
We really are. [laughs]
We are moments. We're j- what time is it now? I think it ... Anyway. Um, well, no. Uh, good luck, sir, and, uh, hail Hydra.
[laughs] Good to hear from you, man. Have a good one.
Yep. Bye.
All right. Let's, uh, let's listen to a track featuring, you know, some strong female vocals, and if any of you dudes are, like, getting butt hurt listening to me, quit your whining. All right? I've had it. I've had it this morning. [laughs] Guys are, can just be trash and, ugh! Just a little bit frustrated. So, let's do some heavy Spirit Box. [instrumental music plays] All right. I, I hope this thread's a little more positive than the others I've been [laughs] digging into today. Got people talking about industry secrets. What's a secret from your job that we should know? Now,
these are posts made by people online, so
I'm not gonna say these things are true, but they're something to talk about and we're gonna look through them and maybe they are true, all right? [laughs] At least I'll come out and say that. I don't know. But, some of 'em were kinda interesting. I mean, right out of, out of the gate,
you know, we're dealing with some difficult times right now. We can talk about debt, all right? Isn't this a fun topic? I'm like, "Yeah, we're gonna do something fun." No, it, it was basically a post saying, you know, if you get behind on bills, call. You know, don't just, uh, let things fall behind and just [laughs], you know, put your head in the sand. Give 'em a call. Like, banks don't wanna take your car or your home. They've, they've got teams to, you know, try to help figure things out. Maybe your ... Reconfigure loans or hold payments, things like that. Uh, it ... Make the phone call, all right? And actually, if it, if it comes to dealing with any bill, it might be frustrating, but make the call. Trust me. I've, like, dealt with phone companies and things like that before that, you know, I wanted to just smash my own phone, but, you know, I had to use it to call them to deal with some billing problems. If you're polite to customer service and, uh, be patient and take the time, generally you can get your issues fixed. You can get fees removed and things like that. You know, I've, I've screwed up and made a late payment and called them and been like, "Please, please, times are tough. Could you please take that late fee off? Please, I swear I won't be late again. Please!" And, they've been pretty good. They've been pretty good. You just gotta be, you know, rational and patient with people. They're just people like you trying to do their jobs. Now, this one right here, I don't know if this is true, but somebody says a flight attendant or former gate agent here ... If anybody working at the airport is listening, I'd like to know if this is true. They're saying if a flight is oversold and they discuss having to bump you to a later flight, you're entitled to four times the amount of your ticket. Not a travel voucher, an actual check. What? Like, in- instead of being like, "Yeah, um, I'll take a later flight," and they give you a travel voucher, I guess
because they oversold the flight that this person claims they have to pay you and still get you there. Really? I mean, I, it sounds great. I've thankfully never had to deal with an oversold flight, you know, I've just had to deal with the aggravation of air travel. But, uh,
I'd certainly like to know if that's true. [instrumental music plays] Uh, let's see. This person says, "The markup on eyeglass frames is 250% to 300%. That is the industry standard." I would absolutely believe that. Having managed a, uh, retail store, I can tell you that for certain products, the, uh, markups are completely insane. I ... And that's just how it is. You know, okay, businesses need to make a profit, but if you're dealing with something like glasses ... You know, my girls, they both have glasses
and it is amazing the difference in prices depending on where you go for the exact same brands. Make sure to shop around. You know,
like, I, I remember one eye doctor that we took our, our kids to. You know, they, they had their own glasses shop in the office, a lot of these places, and I remember finding, like, the exact same frames at, you know, like, Walmart or something, for like, a quarter of the price. I'm like, "What, what kind of scam is this?"
Not saying that your eye doctor's ripping you off. Just shop around a little bit. You don't have to buy your glasses there. You can ... There, there's places that sell glasses. You could even look online. Yeah, you'd just be like, "Give me my prescription. You're already making enough money off me." All right, what else do we have here? This person says, "There are so many people that come to our clinic with dementia that are still driving." [laughs] Yeah. Uh, we've talked about old people driving before. Um, I do think, and I, I know it makes, uh, some people mad, I think once you reach maybe a certain age, uh, mandatory driving tests. Ev- everybody should just have to take 'em.[rock music] There's some idiots out on the road. There are some complete maniacs out on the roadway, and somebody, you know, uh, they could be completely off their rocker. O- okay, maybe that's not a nice way to say things. That's, uh, we're talking medical conditions. I'm sorry. I'm, I'm wound up today, if you can't tell [laughs]. Oh, here's one that makes me really mad. Uh, cremation urns at funeral homes. Did you know you don't have to buy them there? I mean, I think they legally have to, uh, put, like, ashes in some kind of a container. With both of my parents, I went with the, uh, cheapest container possible 'cause they try to sell you these, you know, insanely priced urns. Everything about the funeral industry is ridiculous. You know, you're dealing with grief, so people just kinda pay their way through it, and they're like, "Oh, I wanna make sure I put mom and dad in a, in a really nice urn." You don't wanna bring them home in the plastic box, the cheap one. But guess what? I got a really nice one off of Amazon, and then you take the bag of ashes out of the plastic box, and you put it in the nice one. Uh, we're talking save yourself, like, hundreds and hundreds of dollars. Yeah, you can... There's a lot of, lot of stuff you can buy online. Far as I know, they're not slinging urns at Walmart, but they might. I don't know. All right, I gotta dig up some freak news. I'm gonna keep this tab open, though, because there might be some really interesting stuff we could hear, we could learn here about a variety of industries, and anything you can do to save money in this day and age,
you gotta save money. Times are tough. Everything's completely outrageous. [rock music] Just wanted to let you know, ripped to the penny, the last ever penny was minted yesterday afternoon at the US Mint in Philadelphia. The penny, yeah, died at the ripe old age of 238 years old.
Bye bye, pennies. All right, anyway, just wanted to let you know. Yeah, they're, they're done. Not making pennies anymore. All right, you may have, uh, felt like I was doing a bit of, uh, venting on my show today. Well, apparently, venting is not good [laughs]. Yeah, not a good, good way to deal with stress or anger. You know, it seems like, "Oh, yeah, I'm just getting it out of my system." No, it, it, it doesn't, according to a bunch of research of 154 different studies on anger and stress. It can actually increase anger [laughs]. Yeah, you're getting yourself even more riled up. They even say that you shouldn't, like, go for a run to calm yourself down. What you need to do,
deep breathing. I, I don't know. They, they just said stress-reducing activities, you know? Research was inspired by things like rage rooms, where people just go smash a bun- bunch of stuff. No, you need to just kick back and relax a little bit, maybe try to read a book. What I tend to do, when I can bring myself to do it, is I just fire up Red Dead Redemption, and I ride a horse and pick flowers. That's right. It's very relaxing [laughs]. Ah. Wouldn't it be fun to kick back and play some video games right now? It'd be great. It's all right. We're, we're crushing Thursday. We're getting through this day. The day is gonna be a great day, everybody. It's gonna be fantastic.
Stay optimistic and take a deep breath. All right, um,
got another article. See these, you know, every few months or so about flying cars? I guess a bunch of people watched a, uh, a test of a new flying car in, uh, I think this was Massachusetts. Flying cars are never gonna be a thing, okay? People are too irresponsible. I don't know why anybody's even trying. Like,
would you ever go outside at all if flying cars were a thing? I wouldn't.
I'd be living in a bunker. People can't drive down the road. Humans are too stupid for flying cars, okay? We're... It's, it's just never gonna be a thing unless they're fully automated and people can't control them, you know [laughs]? Basically, automated, uh, uh, Ubers in the sky, where you have zero control whatsoever. People are not responsible enough. So, you know, congrats to this company for their successful, uh, test, but I'd invest in something else, okay [laughs]? This is... It's never gonna be a thing, not with human beings in control. Uh, but people, they can occasionally drive pretty good. There was a guy who stole a bus, uh, up in Canada, took it on a joyride, and the cops were like, "You know, you did a great job." [laughs] He still got arrested, but he was, like, dropping passengers off at bus stops, picking people up. He just drove the bus around and played bus driver [laughs]. And this was one of those buses that had, like, the, you know, the accordion-like thing in the middle? Y- you don't see 'em around here too much 'cause, well, you don't see buses in general around here too much. But, uh, y- yeah, this is designed to, like, carry lots of people. It's like an extended, e- extendo-bus. This guy did great. I guess he could have a flying car. Everybody else, though, no. Not allowed. You suck too bad at driving. Can't happen. All right, I've got, like, a million tabs open. Thankfully, we're finding a lot of freak news that is actually stuff that I might wanna talk about on the radio, and there is a lot of freak news going on out there right now, but [laughs]...[laughs] Geez. Uh, we're- we're gonna have fun throughout the rest of the show, all right? I, I think. [rock music] All right, let's talk parenting tips from the internet. I was reading through this and it actually makes sense to me. I found it, uh, a little bit interesting here, questions you should ask your kids instead of, "How was school?" Yeah, ask 'em something more productive. And reading through the questions, I'm like, you, you actually probably get some pretty good conversation out of your kids if you ask these things. 'Cause that is a pretty lazy question, isn't it? "How was school?" "Fine." "Okay, cool." The end. [laughs] What, what are they gonna say in response? You've got either good, fine,
crappy. And then if you get crappy, "Oh, you know, well, what happened," then, you know, they're sad. Start off with, "What was the best part of your day?" Oh, then they have to think and go, "Oh, there was a good part of the day, even though I was stuck at school." 'Cause come on, what, what kids are excited to be at school? [laughs]
They're there right now. Think about it. It's all early. You know, depending on what grade they're in, they're having to learn something that maybe they're not gonna use again, like algebra. [laughs] Um, another thing you could ask, "Who were you proud of today?" All right, that makes them really think. I mean, if somebody asked me, "Who were you proud of today?" I guess I'd have to go with, uh, so far, Peaches for putting the new Poppy song into the system earlier. Uh, not the one we just heard, but the, uh, the other one, Bruised Sky. You can ask 'em, "Who did you help today?" Which is gonna just kinda be a little psychological trick to encourage them to help people. Yeah. Or, "What's one thing that would've made today better?" Then they could maybe let you know about bad things that happened, but in a, you know, more positive way. Like, "Oh, you know, I had this thing happen and if it would've been this way, it would, would've been a little bit better." You can ask 'em what's something interesting they learned, you know? Or rather than, "What did you learn today?" "A bunch of math, ugh." "No, what's the most interesting thing you learned today?" And then you can just shift away from school and ask 'em something like, "What's something new you'd like to try?" I don't know, I'm sure I asked my kids about a million times, "How was school?" And [laughs] now that I saw this article, I'm like, "Man, that, that really is a stupid question." [laughs] So, yeah, try to ask 'em a, a few, few different things. Uh, could be good for their brains and, uh, you know, also for that, uh, you know, parent-child, uh, relationship, you know? Help you be a better parent to your kid. Yay. Sorry, I'm trying to find, uh, positive material for the show today after just ranting and raving
[laughs] the entire show earlier. So, we'll be back.
[rock music] Did I just inadvertently play a bunch of music over the top of Dayseeker? My bad, my bad. It happens. What up? It's the Victor Wilt Show, little after eight o'clock morning. All right.
Let's see. We got the holidays coming up
and generally, when it comes to dudes, people don't know what to get 'em. Like if someone was to ask me, "What do you want for Christmas?" I don't know. I have no idea. I'm very, uh, lucky and grateful in life that I, I feel like I got what I need. But I found a list of 61 gifts for men in 2025 that are anything but boring or basic. I'm like, "Oh, really? You found 61 things for dudes that are anything but boring or basic?" Now obviously, I'm not gonna go through all 61, but [laughs] I figured I would judge these 'cause I am a man and this article is about gifts for men, so I should be an authority on this. All right, let's see here. The best tech gifts for men.
Apple AirTags. All right. Those are pretty basic and, I mean, they, they are kind of boring. Now, I like Apple AirTags. They're for the forgetful guy, that's me. You know, where's my wallet? Where's my phone? Where's Lucy? I own an Apple AirTag. It is in Lucy's collar 'cause if you know me, I'm paranoid about losing, losing the cat. Now I need to buy a bunch more Apple AirTags for the army of cats [laughs] that are now at the house. But I would still not call an Apple AirTag exciting. It's handy, but it na- it's pretty boring and basic. It tracks things, all right? Let's see what else they have that's not boring or basic. Oh, an Anker Nano Power Bank. Yeah, it's a, a battery that you can plug stuff into like your phone, a portable battery. Pretty basic, ain't it? Pretty boring. Again, handy, sure. But I'm still gonna go with that's boring and basic. It's a battery. [laughs] How much more basic can you get? All right, let's see what else they have that's not boring or basic. Earbuds.
These are headphones, people. Now again, I like headphones. I'm wearing some right now. They're not earbuds. But when I'm out mowing the lawn or doing yard work or whatever, like to, you know, slap the earbuds on and listen to some podcast about or whatever.[rock music] I mean, I guess they can lead to entertainment, so depending on what's being pumped through them, they might not be boring. All right, we got a mechanical keyboard. Um,
this one doesn't even light up. Boring. Boring. Okay, there you go. Buy 'em a Nintendo Switch 2. Bargain price of only $450. All right. Now, that one I would say is not boring. It's a video game system, all right? About time they get something on this list that's not boring. [laughs] All right, a, a good soundbar. All right. Now they're getting somewhere here.
But a multi-tool? Come on. Multi-tools are boring, all right? They're handy. Again, they're handy. And every man needs a multi-tool. I got one in my truck, that right. How often do I use it? Not too often because, you ever tried to use a screwdriver on a multi-tool? Yeah, they, they're not good for much, but I guess if you need to, uh, I don't know, chop something with the, uh, the world's smallest scissors, [laughs] you've got the multi-tool. Uh, let's see. A hat. They literally have a hat on this list. A running hat. What, what... How do you get more basic or boring than a hat? Now, if it, if your guy likes wearing hats, he's gonna like it 'cause it's a hat.
But hats are boring and basic, all right? Hydro Flask? It's a
m- a container for liquid.
So far, I think we've had, like, one thing on this list that is not boring. They got multi- multiple Hydro Flasks as well. It holds a basic life essential, water. That's about as boring as it gets. Shorts. Athletic shorts. Boring. The, uh, they even have a, a, um, portable cutlery set. It's a, a little pouch that has a spoon and a fork in it. [laughs] Oh. You know, you open that on Christmas day, "I can't believe it." As a man, there's nothing I've wanted more than a, a portable fork and spo-... You know what you can do? You can get a Ziploc bag, get in the kitchen drawer, basically have the same thing, but it doesn't come in a cute little pouch. [laughs] This list, I knew it was gonna suck. Here we got a... This is a short-sleeved T-shirt that's yellow. That's it. It doesn't even have a cool design on it. It's just a yellow shirt. [laughs] Oh my gosh. I was just hoping I'd find something new and exciting. Yeah, shoe cleaner. Ugh, couldn't be more excited about that. [laughs] Nothing better in life than [laughs] shoe cleaner. Yeah, don't, don't rely on lists online [laughs] to do your Christmas shopping. Well, well, the internet told me this is, you know, fun and exciting. I, I just can't wait for my man to open up his, his package of s- Dr Squatch deodorant. He's gonna be so excited, not boring at all. Something that'll help you stink a little bit less. [rock music] Man, I wish my Facebook feed wasn't filled with just pictures of
gross people. And I'm not talking about the people on my Facebook friends list, just the news. Endless pictures of just disgusting people. Ugh. All right, let's talk about something a little more positive, may- maybe. In Australia, they recently, uh, set a new world record. Hundreds of bagpipers belting out AC/DC's It's a Long Way to the Top at the Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash. You know, congrats to 'em. I think that's pretty cool that they, you know, set this record with an AC/DC song, but can you imagine what it would sound like to hear hundreds and hundreds of bagpipers all at once? Maybe it's amazing. Otherwise, it might, it might sound like, you know,
n- an incoming death train. I don't know. I go back and forth on bagpipes. Depending on the day, the bagpipe could be the most irritating sound in the world to me. Other times, I'm like, "Yeah, pretty cool. It's pretty cool." [laughs] I don't know. That... Being an attendee at that event, y- it would really depend on how I'm feeling that morning, but congrats to 'em and, uh, that's a fine choice. AC/DC, about, about as good as it gets for bagpipe music. Maybe Korn? Maybe Korn. Korn would've been m- maybe a tiny bit cooler. All right, I'm sorry, JD. Sorry. AC/DC was, was cool. [rock music] Well, hey, boss man. What's happening?
Hey. You ever have one of those moments where you, you fight with yourself and you're like, "Should I let the bad thoughts take over?"
[laughs] Oh yeah. Dude.
[laughs]
Happens often enough.
"Where's my red skateboard?"
[laughs] Ugh. I swear, you and me always seem to have the same kind of, like, days and mornings. [laughs]
[laughs] Definitely cycle together, that's for sure.
I guess so. Ugh.
[laughs]
Well, hopefully the r- you know, I, I restarted my day. Sometimes you gotta do that, just give it a fresh start.
[laughs]
I did so at about 7:20 and I'm like, "No, today's gonna be great. Everything's gonna work out. It's all gonna be fine."
No, it's not. [laughs]
No, please, Jay, it's, it's gotta-
Something else is gonna happen.
Ugh. Th- that's h- that's what I'm feeling. I'm gonna get, uh, you know, the, the phone call and it's gonna be like, "Well, we just don't know."Oh, please. [laughs] Please.
Something else is gonna happen at five o'clock equitting time.
That's when it tends to always happen, doesn't it?
On a Friday.
Oh, yeah. Tomorrow is Friday.
And we got a show on Saturday to go to.
Thrice. Live in-
It'll be awesome
... Salt Lake City. Yeah, I-
The last show that happened, I had to stay here because it was quitting time on a Friday. I missed the first half of it.
Oh, yeah. That's right.
Stupid building.
Oh.
[laughs]
Well, that's what happens when you're the boss, man.
[laughs]
You go ahead and, uh, just take on all the problems. [laughs] I'll be at home.
One of these days, the bad thoughts are gonna take over.
Well, uh, just don't-
They'll just be like, "Huh."
Can you w- can-
"That's not my problem."
Can you wait till, uh-
[laughs]
... like, I don't know... I've, I've got a day off or something like that?
[laughs]
A planned day off. Geez.
No, you'll love it when another coworker comes in like, "I think I smell a burning something." Like, "Huh."
Yeah, that's not good in this building.
No. [laughs]
You, you don't want any kind of burning smell. Uh, not when the walls are made of carpet. [laughs]
Then you figure out what it is and then it's a, a backup battery and the batteries are bursting.
Yeah, um-
[laughs] And they're 1000 degrees. [laughs]
You showed me them and they scared me. [laughs]
[laughs] You're just sitting in my office.
Like, I, I know. [laughs] I'm like, "Why is this in here?" [laughs]
Just sitting in my office on the table behind me.
You're, like, poking at 'em. I'm like, "Stop it, please."
With my back turned to it. [laughs]
My stomach's already, you know, bothering me today. I'm already unsettled and you're poking at this bomb. [laughs]
[laughs] Hey, I'm good with fire.
[laughs] You, you are the king of fire.
[laughs]
That's for sure.
Where's my red stapler?
Who was I showing the picture of, uh, our Halloween costumes? 'Cause, uh, I think Peaches printed that picture of you and me.
Yeah.
Oh, it was, uh, Jay Hildebrandt.
[laughs]
[laughs] He was asking me about the Halloween party. I'm like, "Well, as a matter of fact, Jay, I've got a picture right here." And he's like, "What's Jay supposed to be, the devil?"
[laughs]
I'm like, "No, he's fire." [laughs]
He's- he's himself in July.
[laughs] He's hot.
[laughs]
In the seat... He's f- he's on fire. [laughs] I don't know what Jay Hildebrandt thought of my costume, but... [laughs]
Terrified. He probably went and prayed for you.
Uh, you know, he, he got out of my office pretty quickly. [laughs]
[laughs] Save this poor soul from eternal damnation.
Sorry, Jay. Sorry, man. Don't mean to disturb... I think I look pretty in that picture. It's very nice. [laughs]
At least somebody did. [instrumental music plays]
The... Uh, in August. Were they here in August?
Yeah.
Good.
With, uh, Era and, uh, what other band? Some other band. I do- I don't know.
Time has been flying by so fast that-
October felt extremely long. November is flying by. We are now... What date is it today, November 13th?
Yes. November 13th and, uh-
And two weeks away from Thanksgiving.
I don't know. It feels like
the last, like, six months has just went whoom to me, but probably because I've got all this crap I need to get done and I'm not getting any of it done. You know? These projects here and at home. And so, the- I think that's what leads to the, the time just feeling like it's just bam. Like, it feels like
today, you know, it's Thursday.
Yeah.
I don't know where Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday went. Bam.
[laughs]
And then it's gonna be the weekend, and I'm gonna-
Well, you weren't-
... blink again, and then it's gonna be, you know, the beginning of the week again.
You weren't here Monday.
I know. And that day, all I did was sleep 'cause I wasn't feeling good, so that day didn't even exist.
I think Monday I was late because that whole rock chip thing. Tuesday, I had to go back and forth with, like, the sleep doctor, and then to Norco and all that fun stuff.
Yeah. I've, I've even been, like, canceling appointments just 'cause I didn't have time. I was gonna get a dental cleaning and was like, "I ain't got time for this. I got things I need to do." And then I don't get anything done. You know? Just aggravating. But you know what? Made it through the show today. I'm gonna go sit at my desk and deal with tedious, boring crap, and stare at spreadsheets and data, and, um... Yeah, I feel like I need a snack or something. [laughs]
Sorry, I would've given you one, but I ate my both, uh, peanut butter and jel- [clears throat] peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
I might have a snack somewhere. I got ketchup packets. That... There've been people who survived off ketchup packets, so-
I've seen that, yeah.
You know, I, I think I can do that. I got hot sauce and ketchup packets.
You're just over there slurping packets?
Yeah.
It's like an Otter Pop.
Mm-hmm. [laughs] Delicious but a warm Otter Pop.
No, it's like a Go-Gurt, that's what it is.
Yeah, like a Go-Gurt.
Yeah. [laughs]
More like that. That's gonna get me by to get through the tedious, boring tasks I need to do.
Remember when the Skippy, uh, uh... They released that, uh... It was like a Go-Gurt version of their peanut butter. It was just peanut butter on the inside.
Peanut butter in a tube?
Yeah. You would just eat it like that.
Man. No, I don't remember that.
It was, like, Skippy to go or something like that.
Hmm.
That should be-
I don't know if that sounds good or not.
That weirdo that's like-
I can't decide
... "I'm gonna sw- squirt some peanut butter in my mouth."
[laughs] Yeah. Um-
Watch me suck on this tube.
I mean, it's got, you know, a lot of, uh, peanut power in it. Lots of fat, you know? [laughs]
Peanut power.
Lots of, uh, you know, g- g- What do they call 'em? Good fats.
Omega-3s.
Omega-3s. Uh, there might be some peanut butter around here somewhere. We cleaned out the fridge recently, so most of the, the junk that I could, uh, use aside from ketchup packets to nourish myself is gone now.
I stopped using that-
Whole Food
... that break room altogether.
What do you mean?
'Cause ever since, like, the whole, like, Justin freak out on the whole, like, me toasting my peanut butter and jellies and it shuts everything else o- Speaking of faulty technology, it shuts everything else off in that break room. I'm like, "You know what? I'll just eat my... I'll let them thaw out in the studio."
You can't let other people, uh, you know... Being impatient preventing you from using the break room.
Nah, my favorite phrase, "Best interaction's no interaction." I don't wanna interact with people I don't care for.
[laughs]
That's-
Change pieces. All right, everybody. I'm gonna leave. I'm gonna go sit in my office for a couple hours and try to get myself, uh, in the positive mind state needed for the noon hour of madness and mayhem. So, hopefully I'm not heading into the name of this track.
[laughs]
Into Hell.
Yeah.
[instrumental music plays]
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