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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Episode summary introduction:
Josh & Chantel kick things off with some deeply unsettling eye jewelry, the latest from the Artemis II mission, gourd gardening, a bowling documentary to binge, a sardine-only diet that nobody asked for, a Pokemon Go champion who got his title stripped, Josh is set to play a dead man on stage at the opera, the oura vida is waiting in Costa Rica, Josh is hunting for clues about why Chantel's upset at him, and more!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Eyeball jewelry
(5:19) - Costa Rica
(8:35) - Dark side of the moon
(14:13) - Gourding
(19:34) - One donut
(21:57) - Driving with our daughter
(26:49) - Born to Bowl
(32:02) - Josh's opera debut
(38:02) - Flowers are bloomin'
(43:44) - Sardine diet
(48:00) - Pokémon champion celebration
(52:35) - Would You Rather
(55:45) - Are you upset with me?
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Full show transcript:
Welcome to the Big Bad podcast. What's up?
Okay, I want you to look up something really quick. I was sent this in my algorithm. I didn't ask about this. It found me and I don't like it so much. It's called eccentric manner. Eccentric manner? Yes, this is a website and their main product is high quality.
It's called Eccentric Manor. M-A-N-A-N-O-R? Yes. All right, eccentric manner. Oh.
Interesting. It's eye jewelry. I see that. They personalize realistic images of a person's eyes into rings and other jewelry.
This really actually kind of intriguing to me. They're kind of expensive.
Yeah, they are expensive, but also creepy. You think it's creepy? I do think it's creepy. Do you like it?
Well, here's why. Why? I'm going to send you a link here and you're going to go, of course. Of course you would. Hang on. And I'm searching it up right now and here it is.
Would you want to wear my eye on a ring?
I wouldn't be mad about it. Seriously?
Yeah. You wouldn't be creeped out by it? No. I don't know if I like it. Really? Yeah. I think it's kind of cool.
Okay, I found the product. I'm going to send this to you really quick. Okay. Let's just do this in real time on the podcast.
Yeah, because that's always the best when we do things in real time.
Well, people are waiting for us. I sent it to you so you can take a look and then you're going to say, of course. This is what it reminds me of. And I like it.
I think it's interesting because it reminds me of some fly tying materials. So yeah, did you get that email? Yeah. Yeah, open that up. What is it? These are tungsten sparkle dumbbell eyes that I use in fly tying and it has the same eyes. But these are fish ones.
Yeah, these are fish eyes. That's a little bit different.
Yeah, but do you see how it's the same?
It is, but it isn't because...
These are just really nice. Like I like this. I think it's cool.
These are like, it looks like a person's eye, not just like a fish eye. No, I see that. It's like a person's eye. Yeah. It'd be fine wearing my eye of a piece of jewelry.
I want to see some men's jewelry because so far all I've seen is a bunch of ladies jewelry. Do they have men's jewelry? I don't know if they do or not.
You can customize it.
They're super expensive. I mean it really can't be my eye. Ew, I don't like it. Like $95 for the tiger's gaze is like a tiger eye in like a men's ring, but it feels... That feels weird. That looks like the eye on the Book of Life or whatever in the Hocus Pocus. And then that one there, the stitched sight ring. I hate that. That one's gross because it's got like an eyelid being held open.
I don't like that. That's not it. But I don't... The tiger eye one, it feels like someone who wears that is like, this is the eyeball of the tiger I killed. It feels... What's the word I want? Like a power thing and I don't care for that. I do think the gaze origin ring is pretty cool. That one's... I like the ornate nature of it. It's kind of nice cool band. It'd be kind of funny to do like the eye of Sauron or something.
Sure would. Sure would. That tiger eye gives that kind of a feel. Yeah. But this one I like, I do like this one. I think it's kind of cool. The gaze origin ring is kind of neat. It's got a nice band to it. The way they make these is fascinating.
Did you see the process? So they take the photo of the eye. They've got the ring made out. They hand carve the iris part of the eye and paint it in to give it dimension. And then they fill it with an epoxy on top to give it that round dome clear wet eye look. Ew.
Oh, it's neat. I don't think so. I don't like it. It's gross.
I think I could paint this. I'm actually surprised you like this. I thought you'd be freaked out by this or grossed out. I'm surprised by your reaction. Now if it was teeth, I'd say no. Hard pass. Gross. I like eyes. I don't like teeth. If it was like a tooth from when you were a kid or somebody else's tooth, hard pass. I don't like mouths.
Now I'm going to make you a tooth ring. Gross. Don't waste your money or time. This was my tooth. Josh.
I don't want your tooth ring. Josh. No.
It's my tooth. No. Please wear it around your neck.
Absolutely not. No. Should we start the show? Let's do it. Listen. You and me. We got to go to Costa Rica. Okay. Yes. I mean, it's, I've been there, but it's been a minute. I went there in the summer between my junior and senior years. So that was 1999. Okay. I was not, I haven't been to Costa Rica since the 90s. I never been there. I know. It's been a minute is what I'm saying. And we got to get back. It's been named the most relaxing place on earth.
I need that. Yeah. I need to relax.
It's got a slower pace of life. They have a slogan down there. Total be in. Very good. Everything is good. Just mellow out. I need that. Hang out. Don't you think you need that? Yes. I know.
How come doctors can't prescribe vacations? Yeah. That's exactly what I need.
What, what would be the difference between just going and having a doctor prescribe it? What's the difference? Um, good point.
I'm just understanding. Maybe insurance would cover it.
Oh, you think insurance is going to cover that? Yeah. Yeah. Sure thing. Sure thing.
Think of what a happier, healthier person I'd be if
I had a week of long vacation. Every other week, I would just be living the life. Anyway, it's got the slower pace of life, strong connections to nature. Pura vida is the other thing they say. What does that mean? Pure life.
So total be in and pura vida are two very, very strong ways to live life there. You can unplug pretty instantly. And that's no joke. Rain forest. Live the sloth life. Okay. Go check out the coffee fields and the banana trees and the monkeys and
the, you don't need to convince me. Oh, I understand. And we could go to, we'd go check out the Aranol volcano and we can see all kinds of stuff. Don't tell people all of this because then everyone's going to want to know.
Everyone already knows. It's the most relaxing place on earth. Okay, let's go. We got to figure it out. We do got to figure it out. And apparently being there, the reason it's been labeled the most relaxing place on earth is because just being in Costa Rica makes relaxation, relaxation feel effortless. That sounds nice. That does sound nice. Staying in a little cabinita, fresh fruit every morning. Bien. Yeah. Total bien. Pura vida. We got to go. Okay. Costa Rica.
I know a little Spanish. Un poquito.
That is a little. I know.
Wow. Un poquito espanol.
Right. Look at you. Yeah. Espanol. No, no, you had it right. Okay. You were good. No, no, no, you're just saying weird stuff.
No, that's what I know. Don't touch me.
I know. You're not going to need that. Just relax. Just relax in Costa Rica. We'll get there somehow, some way. Talk to your doctor about Costa Rica. So yesterday was a big day, big record breaking day in space as the crew on Artemis II, the integrity crew in the Orion spacecraft, went around the moon yesterday. And if you didn't know, Artemis II is part of the Artemis missions that will be landing humans on the moon.
And the plan is to have a whole moon base and a whole bunch of really interesting experimentation and, I mean, so much lunar moon stuff going on over the next 10 years. It's kind of mind boggling, actually. It's super cool.
It is wild. And so Artemis II is a great test mission to see the capabilities of this particular spacecraft and also to document the moon and find potential landing spots. And they photographed, I mean, so many different targets on the moon yesterday as they went around the backside of the moon. And now they are on their journey back home to land on Earth. When they will splash down in like three days or so, they will splash down in the ocean just outside of San Diego and then they'll be back home. In three days, you said? Yeah, it's three or four days, three and a half days, something like that. It's a 10-day mission. They launched on the first. So they got a few days.
I was watching the, because you sent me the link to watch the live stream
as they were headed to the moon. And so I just kept watching. I was watching on mute, but they kept getting closer and closer and closer to the moon. As you do.
And I got excited. And I told the whole office of people, I said, Hey, we're getting closer to the moon. And then everybody came to look, but nothing real exciting was happening.
So they all left. And then they started talking about science stuff and trajectories and losing contact. So yesterday was day six. They broke the record. They have flown farther away from Earth than any other humans have ever been. That's so cool. Which was such a cool, cool moment. The, the previous record was held by the Apollo 13 crew. It was set in 1970 when they flew 248,000 miles away from Earth.
And in this crew, the integrity crew has now surpassed that, which is a big deal. And then they spent a lot of the time documenting the moon. And it's interesting because they spent a lot of time talking about the camera angles and the lenses they were using. And they had to switch out every, you know, every few minutes they would switch the two people who were photographing would switch. And they had like lists of specific areas they had to take pictures of. I, I can't imagine what that stuff looks like.
Yeah. What were they specifically like targeting?
Landing zones and ice and all of the things they need to be able to land and survive for a longer period of time on the moon.
What if they go back to Earth and they're like, guys, these pictures are terrible. You didn't mean, they're all blurry.
You got the lens cap on. Yeah. Knocked off the head. It chopped off the head. So, you know, now they begin their, their trip home. So that's kind of what's happening today. They will fire the engine again today to return trajectory and they will head back to Earth. They've got some more science stuff they will do on day eight and nine. And then the last day of the Artemis mission will be focused on preparing the Orion for Splashdown.
They seemed like they were in good spirits.
Oh yeah. I can't even imagine. I mean, being that close to the moon, I'm just, just looking at the moon from where I stand every day that I can see it has been different since they launched. What do you mean? Like I look up there and I go, that's really far away. It is really far away. And to know that they're like in that tin can cruising around it, that's pretty wild.
They're also just really close quarters.
These four astronauts. That old big time, big time close quarters. And they have a broken toilet.
It's still broken? Still broken.
Oh no. Yeah. Still not good.
I just, you would expect tensions to be high. You would expect, but they were name and craters after their.
Oh, what a cool story. Reed, his, his wife passed away a few years ago from cancer. And now there is her name is Carol. And there is now Carol crater on the moon. They found new craters that hadn't been identified. They named one integrity after their crew and they named one Carol.
And they had. So sweet. Yeah. That's a sweet video. It was, it was tough for Reed to get through. That was, that was really emotional. So really, really cool. It's been fun to watch and hopefully the.
Return home is safe and everything goes as planned other than we got. Toilet issue. We got a toilet issue and a few days to deal with it. Sorry guys. That's, you know, good luck. Safe home. Get home.
We talked about a new hobby you picked up yesterday, but might I suggest another new hobby that you could probably get into?
I could roll tape where you said, you don't know. Need a new hobby.
Yeah, but listen to this one. I came across this one. There was a woman I follow on Instagram who said her mother was living in, her mother-in-law was living in Arizona for the winter and she picked up a new hobby called gording. Gording. Gording.
G O U R D I N G. Yep.
And. Gording. You go, you grow your gourds. Right. I see that. And then. You harvest them. Harvest them. And then once dried, you can do carving or painting or burning or people are making lamps out of them. People are making birdhouses out of them. This one I saw, she made ducks out of them.
Interesting. I don't care for those.
You don't care for the gourd ducks?
I don't care for the gourd ducks. What? If I'm doing anything with the gourds, I, it's going to be minimal painting. Okay. I'm not a huge fan of the painting. Some of it's nice, but that's, you know, like I've painted some stuff before.
That just is like painting rocks or anything else. I do like the birdhouses a great deal. Okay. People have made out of the gourds. I think that's cool.
Some of the more functional things, excuse me that I see here, someone has made some really cool pottery with beadwork and they've used some small antlers for handles. Okay. That is very cool. Okay. And some of the very intricate pattern carving on those, that is, that is something else.
I really like the birdhouses too. I think when you plant a garden this summer, you plant some gourds, we'll make some birdhouses. Okay. Okay. Sounds like a plan.
I mean, the birdhouses are really cool. Some of them are a little round with little hats on. Some of them are like bean shaped. There's so many. So many different kinds.
And then you can paint them. Yeah. However you desire. Sure. Okay. Yeah.
I like the birdhouse thing a great deal. You don't want the dust. The gourd birdhouses is cool. I don't like to just make a duck to have it standing around.
No. I saw some stuff that was painted like owls and painted like other things. That's fine. I do like the birdhouse. The gourd birdhouses I can get behind. Okay. Fantastic. You know what though? Rather than growing gourds, which I could probably pull off, wouldn't you rather just buy a few? Birdhouses? No. Gourds in the fall.
I mean, I guess you could just buy some.
I didn't have gourds on my garden to plant list. Okay.
That's all I'm saying. Put them on your list. Yeah, maybe.
I do want to do an archway thing. And I think the gourds would be a cool archway thing. What do you mean? Like between some of the flower beds, I want to do like a wire arch. And the gourds will grow up that and then they'll hang down from inside the- There you go.
Which is kind of cute. There you go. Put gourds on the list. I might have gourds on the list.
We're going to be gording. Because I want a gourd arch more than I want the gourds. I want the gourd arch. Look up gourd arch. That's what I want. Okay. I'm going to grow some gourds because I want a gourd arch. Yes.
We're going to- All the gourd arch is gonna be- Yeah, the gourd tunnel. Yeah. So cool. It is pretty cool.
Yeah. I'll have some gourds. Probably have to give a bunch away.
It doesn't have to necessarily- It can be any kind of- It's just a squash arch. Not necessarily a gourd arch.
Yeah, any climbing vegetables.
You can do that with. I like squash. Acorn squash.
Yeah, yeah, you do. Spaghetti squash. Okay. Thank you, Bubba Gump, for naming all the squash. Okay. I'll put some squash, some gourds. They will- there will be an archway. I'm going to get into gourd-ing. Are you? Just a bit. It could be your art. That could be your thing. You could be like a world-renowned gourd artist. I'm a gourdist. Yes.
World-renowned gourdist. Perhaps you've seen my work in museums.
Here's one example of my- You carry it around everywhere. This is my gourd. I make this. I grow it, and then I make this. Well, cool. That's fun. I didn't need that new hobby, but I can incorporate it into gardening and bird watching.
Yeah. So it's kind of a couple of hobbies in one. I like it.
All right. Very good. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. Now I have 14 hobbies. This would be 15, wouldn't it? I have no idea. It's a lot.
Back went out of town this last weekend for Easter weekend. He went out with some friends. They went to a concert, and then he came back. We saw him. He got home before we did on Sunday night, and there was a Krispy Kreme box on the counter, and he said, oh, I brought you guys back some donuts.
And I was like, oh, that was nice of you, Beck. I opened the box. There was one donut in there.
One donut. I said, you brought us back. I don't mean to sound ungrateful. Right, right, right. You brought us back one donut for three of us. That's right. They said, well, I couldn't afford more than that because I'd spent a lot of money on other things. That is correct. That is correct. Okay. I appreciate the sentiment.
Yeah.
I mean, it was nice. It was nice. I thought, hey, I can get another donut. I'll take the donut home. Meanwhile, he shows us everything else he had purchased for himself.
That's right. Hey, man, he's 21. I'm glad he thought. He also picked a Bismarck, which I thought was a good choice. It is a good choice. It's a good choice for a donut. So he did pick a good one.
It is one. I'm not upset that I didn't get a bite of the donut because I don't need a donut in my life. So I wasn't super upset at all.
And I appreciated the thought. It was a nice gesture. And then Emery said, can I have the donut? And I said, yes, you can have the donut. I have no need for that donut. And we sure aren't splitting it three ways.
No, I don't. I mean, you could cut a donut, but a Bismarck to equally distribute all of the deliciousness inside of that thing. That's going to be tough. It is going to be tough. It's going to be tough to split a Bismarck into three pieces that are going to be equally enjoyable by all parties. You might end up with a little more cake than custard. And that's not fair to everybody.
No, you've got to get equal amounts. Right.
Anyway, no, it was nice. Thanks for thinking of us, buddy. That's right. There are three of us, though. Just as a reminder.
So Emery and I were driving around last night, running some errands. And have you driven with her lately?
Were you in your car? Yes. Your car is not my favorite thing to drive with her. I like her in her own car. I like her in her own car, too. I feel like she's more comfortable in that car. Your car is super punchy, and your pedals are, I don't know. I don't know why. But when you hit the gas, it goes. And when you hit the brakes, it stops.
All we were doing yesterday was just like, Yeah. Your car is punchy. I don't feel like it's punchy when I drive.
I've ridden with you. It's a little punchy.
As punchy as it is with her?
No, but it's a little punchy.
And then it was just jerky. Every time she turned, it was like, jerky. I was like, I'm going to be sick. We've got to get out. And then I appreciated it. She was going real slow.
And I went, You mean the speed limit? Yes.
No, she was going five miles under the speed limit, I think. Because I looked at one point and I was like, We're never going to make it home. I'd like to get home at some point. Did you make it home? But at this pace, we're never going to get there.
Yeah, we did. And I appreciate that she's safe and she's going the speed limit. She's doing what makes her feel comfortable. But it was jerky. It was punchy. I was feeling very jostled.
You should take her car next time. See how she does that? It's immediately different. The way your car responds, it's just different. It's a zippy little punchy car. And if you're used to something a little bit slower reacting and smoother, it's just different.
Okay. I'll take it next time.
Right. I mean, just compare it. Like you do it today, so it's fresh in your brain. You'll go, Yeah, this is a different kind of ride. This is not the same.
No, because I know exactly what you're talking about. Because I've ridden with her in her car. And it is a different experience for sure. Yeah. So I don't know. She's not allowed to drive my car anymore.
Anyway, I'll tell you why. You don't like how I drive your car either. No. You think I'm crazy. Yeah. It's just because your car is so punchy. And zippy.
I mean, and I like to zip it around. Right. But you are very bad with it. What does that mean? I don't know. I don't like anybody driving my car. Like car is only for me to drive.
What does that mean? I'm very bad with it.
You go really fast and you get right on people. And then you zip around them too fast. Too fast, too furious. Too fast, too zippy. Uh-huh. I only I can drive my own car.
Interesting. Interesting. Do you feel like I'm the same in my truck? No. Because I'm not driving any differently.
Yes and no. I don't think you're zippy in your truck, because it's impossible to be zippy in it. But you do get a little too close to people for my comfort sometimes.
You have a depth perception thing we've talked about. You get too close. Because they could be stopped at a light more than half a block away and you're like, you're going to stop? I'm like, bro, I'm not even there yet. We'll get stopped in a minute.
Plus also, here's what else I was going to say. What else? She's not allowed to drive my car because she doesn't move the seat back. And so every time I get in there, I'm like, oh. Because she gets so close to the steering wheel. I can't even get in.
Yeah, I get it.
You have a hard time. And then she sits straight up. And so then I have to adjust it back. It's not even just like the seat itself is too close.
Right, the position. Yeah, it's also the back is straight up. Why do you ride so laid back?
It's not laid back. It's just like a normal, she sits rigid.
10 and 2. Have you tried that? Yeah.
Does it make you less zippy? You want me to be less zippy? Just trying to find out how you like your driving style. Can we can put in racing seat with a harness that goes over the top of your shoulders and five point harness? Unnecessary. Don't need it. Because you're driving it like a race car? I'm not driving it like a race car. All right. Whatever you say. Get you a helmet and a roll cage? No, it's fine. An internal fire extinguisher just in case.
I just don't want to ride with him anymore.
Okay. Easy. Fair enough. Got it.
We were trying to figure out something to watch last night and you saw this documentary called Born to Bowl.
Listen, I saw it and I said, oh, this is going to be right up your alley. And then you pointed out that that was a bowling joke I unintentionally made, which, you know, smart, fun. But here's the thing about this documentary. It looks action packed. It's a bowling documentary about, I suppose, some championship bowlers and the race to win the big trophy. Yeah, there's five.
It looks like they're following five bowlers, PBA bowlers. I don't know what pro bowling association, what does PBA stand for?
Yes, I bet that's right. Okay. It is a look inside the colorful world of professional bowling, chronicling five stars of the sport, Kyle Troup, Anthony Simonson, EJ Tackett, Cameron Crowe, and Jason Belmonti, as they chase glory, respect, and much needed prize money from the professional bowlers association tour, the PBA.
I think it looked intense.
It looks action packed.
We just watched the trailer, but I was like, oh, we're absolutely going to watch that.
There are four seasons, there are four episodes out now. The most recent one came out on April 6th. So it's a series, but we've got four episodes to catch up on. That's exciting. We're in.
We're in in the bowling show.
Born to bowl. And then I did make a Bruce Springsteen joke when I said, baby, I was born to bowl. That's right. And if they didn't do that for the intro, I'm going to be sad.
Oh, they have to do that for the intro.
Don't they? That's what I'm thinking. They would have to. Yeah. It is executive produced by Ben Stiller. Did you know that? I saw that in the trailer.
And narrated by Lee Shriver. Lee Shriver. Who's that? He narrates everything. He is the one who narrates quarterback and all those shows. He's an actor for a little bit. This is going to be great. I know.
Oh yeah, I recognize his face.
At Humor is yet heartfelt look at professional bowling. Often compared to an atypical sports documentary. I'm excited to watch it. Listen, the somebody who grew up in a bowling alley. I know exactly what I'm going through. Yeah, you do.
100%. I know that about you. Yeah.
What I do know is that bowlers. That is very correct. And my brother was actually a very good bowler in many different leagues. And my brother is a very animated person.
That's right. Meaning that when he would get a very, very good score or very good roll, he would be excited and he would hoot and holler, and he got in trouble many times.
Well, apparently those people haven't seen Born to Bowl because I see a whole bunch of yelling and being excited. And being angry and everything in the trailer.
Yeah, I know that, but they're kind of bowling. They're in these big tournaments and so they're just bowling. There's just two people usually bowling. If you're bowling on a league and they're every lane is full.
It sounds like we got some funny duties in the league that need to get over themselves.
There were some funny duties in the league for sure.
Yeah, this isn't a church house. This is a bowling alley. Yeah.
Get excited. What are you doing if you're not having fun? Right. Yeah. My brother got in trouble a lot because you're being too loud.
They need to get over themselves.
Maybe like a library. It's not a golf course either.
Yeah, you don't go like, oh, bravo. I got a strike. Bravo. What a frame. Bravo. No, this is a bowling alley. Get over yourself. He was born to bowl.
It was born to bowl.
I'm excited for this documentary. Do your thing. Bowlers. It's out four episodes now. I'm going to have to check it out. I also, I like that dude who's got the, he's the Bob Ross of bowling.
Oh man. And he's got to pick his, his afro out as he's getting ready to bowl. He really went for it with that trademark look. He said, if I'm going to do anything, I'm going to do it with this hair.
We have, there's a bowler in our building right now. Just right next door. Yep. We got to ask him if he's watching this.
He's got to be watching it. He's got to know these people. Oh, I guarantee it. If he doesn't know about this, we're about to like blow his mind. Cause that boy was born to bowl. We got to go see if he's next door. That'll be fun. We'll get him, we'll get him a hot take on born to bowl. Cause if I get those and even showcase the real thing, I was there. Like, oh, okay.
Anyway, I'm excited. We're going to watch it.
When do we, when do we start tonight? Oh, tonight.
Tonight we're going to born to bowl baby. This weekend is the big day for you.
I've got many big days happening this weekend because there's a lot of stuff going on. Okay. You know, first race of the formula drift season is this weekend.
No, I didn't. I don't keep up with that. It is. Yep. Okay, cool. So that's happening. That's exciting. Congrats. Let's see. What you're talking about is my stage debut in the idol falls opera theaters presentation of Johnny, Ski-Ki and Boazos Ghosts.
It's a two part opera and I play a dead man, which is, which is going to be fun and exciting. Yeah. Go play dead. Yeah. Did you tell me last night that the Beck is coming?
So I got me an Emory tickets because Beck is not as much as I've tried. He's not into live theater. Right. And I go, Beck, don't you even just, can't you even just appreciate like the technical aspects of it?
Like the stage design and the lighting and the sound. And he's like, not really. It's just not his thing. And I tried for years because it's a passion of mine. Right.
And he just can't get into it. And so I just bought me an Emory tickets to come see you. And I said, Oh, hey Beck, would you be interested in going to watch dad play dead? Yeah.
I think that sounds awesome. And I go, really? And he goes, yeah, why wouldn't I go? If dad's on stage, I want to go watch it. And I go, he plays a dead person. Yeah. And he goes, yeah. I went, great. Great. So we're going to watch your stage debut.
Yeah. It'll be fun. So that's on the 11th. They have three different actors playing the same role that I'm playing on each of the nights. So I know I'm on the 11th, the other two actors. And I'm not sure what days they're on, but Nate Eaton from East Idaho news and John, it's Radford, right? Who's a city councilman in Idaho Falls. He's also one of the role fillers.
The other night dead dude. So it's really going to be a lot of fun. I have a dress rehearsal this week that I've like my week is just jam packed with stuff between that. And I've got like a CPR class and I've got like, and all of these hours long thing. It's kind of funny doing a CPR AD class and then doing a dress rehearsal where I play a dead man.
Well, the CPR class isn't related to it.
No, it is not. It is not related. But that's, that's just part of my week. Part of my week is CPR class and then dress rehearsal and then a stage performance and you know, trying to get just life in there as well. It's busy week.
It is a busy week. Every week is busy.
I got a vet appointment today with the dog. Like it's just, it's nuts. I'm all over the place. Same. I need to go to Costa Rica and relax.
See, you just say it. That sounds awesome. You go, yeah, that's right. That's how we started the show.
With our relaxing dreams of Costa Rica. Man, oh man. Yeah. Anyway, yes, I am indeed. Playing a dead person. On Saturday, I will be at the Frontier Center for the Performing Arts playing a dead man. You're worried I'm going to fall asleep.
I actually am. You have to lay there for a while and I know you and I know that the second your head hits a pillow in a reclining position. Yeah.
Well, I'm not reclined. So there's that. I'm kind of propped up. Okay.
So that might help. Yeah.
Well, and also I'm on stage. It's not exactly conducive to sleep. Now, I have been told by actor friends that we have that sometimes the, the Buoso falls asleep and that has happened. I would like not to be the one that does that, but I'm curious to see a performance where that happens and how the actors handle that. Because that sounds fun. If someone's actually like out of it. I think it's going to be cool. It'll be, it'll be an interesting new thing.
What happens if you're kind of there and you get like an itch on your nose? I got to just suffer through. I know. What are you going to do? I don't know. I kind of want to throw stuff at you.
Well, it's not that kind of performance. Don't be throwing popcorn kernels from the front row at me. What do you do? No, I'm in the balcony. Oh, good.
I got a good, I guess I thought in the balcony would be able to see a little bit.
You might not be able to. It's like a big canopy bed. You might not even be able to see me from up there. I don't know.
Oh, crud. I just assumed it would be a better viewing. Oh, no.
Did I? I don't know why you wouldn't get the like middle floor. Why wouldn't you get like prime tickets? Those are prime tickets. Like on the middle on the floor where you can see the whole thing?
Sometimes I'm a short person and sometimes you can't see very easily. Okay. And I was like, if I'm elevated a little bit, I can see down on the stage. Okay. I was like, if you're in a bed, right? Because you're in a bed.
Yeah, but it's like a canopy bed. It's an old timey bed. Like with drapery and stuff hanging on the top. I don't know.
I told you I was getting tickets in the balcony when I was buying them. I don't know. You do you. It's going to be fine. I'm sure it will be. Because in the balcony, we can fall asleep.
I can fall asleep on stage. I'm in a bed. Anyway, that's happening Saturday. That'll be fun. Don't mess up, Josh. Don't mess up. Lay in there.
Big news. What's the big news? My bleeding hearts look awesome.
Nice. They're growing.
They are. They look healthy. They look happy. Good. Last year I was concerned I have two big, beautiful bleeding hearts in the backyard. And something happened last year and they started out really strong. And then the rest of the summer, they were just like, I don't know what happened. They turned yellow. Oh, I have a theory. I know what the theory is. We had lots of theories. One theory was that maybe we were over watering them.
That theory, I think, wasn't the real problem. I think it's the spray from the field. I think it blew into the yard. We have a field next to our house that gets farmed. And they sprayed pesticides last year. And I'm pretty confident that when they did that, they killed and mutated a bunch of our vegetation.
I think so too. Half of my garden, a bunch of the trees in the yard did not recover. Bleeding hearts, several plants were stunted majorly by that situation. And I'm not stoked about it. I'm very unhappy about it.
My bleeding hearts were affected. My hollyhock was affected. Now people say that hollyhock is just a weed. Let it die. It's awesome. I like it. So I'm going to leave it.
But yeah, two years ago, that thing got to be like eight feet tall. I know. Last year it did nothing. Right. I'm very confident that we had an issue with the spray last year.
That makes me happy. Whatever weed killer, whatever they sprayed, really damaged our yard. Stop damaging my plants. I'm not happy about it. I'm not happy about it either.
I don't know what to do about it because I don't know who to complain to.
I don't know who to complain to either.
Is there a Facebook group I can go complain to? No. I'm sure there is. I don't think so.
I'm sure there's about 12 of them. Such a thing doesn't exist.
Yeah. And then a bunch of people can also complain. Yeah, me too. I hate that too. Yeah, there's a few of those. There's one for every town or two. Anyway, I would very much like to figure out how to stop that from happening this year. Because I can put up some do not spray signs, but are they going to listen? No. They're going to do whatever they want. I don't know what to do about that.
For now, my bleeding hearts looks awesome. Good. They're green and happy and healthy.
Yeah. I'm glad to hear that because they were really not having a good time last year.
I said yesterday, I said, I think spring is my favorite holiday season.
Because you love the flowers, the front yard, everything's coming up. All the bulbs are coming up, which is awesome. The daffodils are out. Tulips are out. Is it dolly is right up front? Is that what those are?
Yeah, but those, no, the spring flowers. Yeah. No, those are, well, I have high scents.
That's the ones I'm thinking of, I think. No. Oh, no, that's the little tall dudes.
Yeah, yeah. Those are the ones that have. I'm talking about the ones right in the front. Yeah, I can't remember the name of those ones. Okay. Well, they're cool. April, May and early June. Yeah. My yard never looks better.
And then it gets hot. And then you have to water because we don't have a sprinkler system.
And then everything goes, well, it's too hot. Yep. And then I'm too hot and tired to take care of it. Right. So I just forget. And then I'm like, sorry, everyone. Come visit my house in April, May and early June. Right. That's when it looks great. It looks so good. Yeah.
The dandelions are out, but we also have flowers open. Now, normally the flowers aren't open this early. And because of the warm weather, the bulbs popped up earlier. Yeah, they did. Which is exciting, but they beat the dandelions to the punch because normally I don't mow because the dandelions are the first food the bees get in the spring, but we've got all kinds of stuff.
I do have all kinds of stuff. We've got so many pollinating things.
Yeah. Which is very exciting.
But I also don't mind dandelions.
People say they're a weed. No, I don't spray because I don't care. I like dandelions.
So I'm going to leave them because a weed, here's a life lesson. What is it? A weed can still be beautiful. Oh, look at that.
Put that on a shirt. You'll sell a dozen. Five. Yeah. Five or seven. A weed can still be beautiful.
It's a good affirmation.
It is good. It actually is a good one. Well done. Anyway, congrats on your flowers.
For now. For now. They look good for now. When do you water?
You haven't yet.
I haven't yet. I don't know. I've seen a lot of people watering. I know. My friend, the gardener says he doesn't water until June. I don't need to water. I don't think it's necessary. I don't either.
There's moisture.
There's rain. There's groundwater. Well, we didn't have a lot of moisture this winter, though.
Tell that to the lakes and reservoirs that are filling up. Okay. Hey, guys. Yeah. Did you know you're getting water? Look at you.
Oh, hold on. My gardener friend just sent me a text. He said, I'm not saying your plants aren't damaged, but Holly Hawk is biannual. It only comes back every other year. Interesting. I did not know that. I did not know that either. This is why everyone should have a gardener friend.
It's important. Even a weed can be beautiful. Listen to this. I've been on this like weight loss health journey thing to try and prepare myself for a big excursion coming up in August. Like four months to get myself in much better shape than I am. Okay. I'm like a month into this thing.
Yeah. How do you feel it's been going?
It has its moments. Yes and no. Good days, bad days. I need more time to like actually get the fitness part in there. That's the real struggle for me. Same. I got to make time to get to the, to the gym or get out and walk or whatever. I need to spend more time doing that part of it. Same.
Because that's where I'm going to see the big results. But anyway, listen to this. There's this 64 year old woman who has this kind of unusual diet that she says is making her feel as healthy as a horse.
That's a statement. I feel healthy as a horse. She is eating sardines and that's it for four months. She's been doing this. No.
Jane Krummet. Eight only sardines and a small amount of oil. No. For 120 days after years of struggling with weight gain, chronic pain and inflammation. No. This is pretty extreme. Sardines only.
No. She's lost around 25 pounds, lowered her blood sugar, boosted her energy, resolved a long-term foot pain that she had. And the diet was recommended by a doctor who says sardines are a super food, praising their protein and healthy fats and short sardine diets can jumpstart your metabolism. Now, the other side of this coin is that nutritionists say eating only one food isn't a balanced diet and that can mean missing key nutrients like fiber, for example.
Health officials continue to advise a variety diet, a varied diet, and to check with the doctor before trying anything extreme like eating only sardines for four years. Four years. Excuse me, sorry, four months.
Four months. I was going to say four months. Okay. Four months of just sardines.
Yeah. The entirety of this year, she's been eating sardines only. But look, she says it's like made her healthy as a horse. I can't do it.
Also, are horses really that healthy? Some of them. At some point, they're not.
I mean, I'm just going to tell you, she looks great. 120-day sardine diet. Ugh. No, thank you.
So healthy as a horse, someone who is extremely strong, vigorous, and in excellent physical condition. Would you, just looking at pictures, say that about her? That she looks healthy as a horse? Yeah, that she's extremely strong, vigorous, and in excellent physical condition.
I will tell you, she looks bright and cheery. And you can certainly see she's got her sort of before and after photo of her weight loss, you know, as people post. But she looks great.
Robustly healthy, strong, and energetic.
Yeah, Jane Krummet is her name. And she looks good. I don't know. I just have a real hard time with sardines. Sardines. Sardines, canned fish.
And she's eating the canned sardines.
You go on backpacking. She exclusively ate cans of tin fish with some oil for nearly four months.
You go on backpacking expeditions with people who take sardines.
And oysters and kipper snacks and...
I can't do it. I can't do it. They have eyes. These ones didn't. These ones were headless, but there's still little bodies in there. I can't be comfortable with it.
I can't either. And for four months. And that's it. That's all she's eating. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. That's it. No, I can't. Maybe I don't want to be healthy as a horse. Nope. No, thank you.
It's a lot of fish, my guy. It's a lot of fish. Earlier in the show, we were talking about a bowling documentary. You were telling a story about your brother getting yelled at for celebrating too expressively. Yes. In the bowling alley. Listen to this story. A competitive Pokemon Go player was stripped of his win at a recent tournament for celebrating too enthusiastically. Not even kidding.
These people that are taking away this, they're stealing their joy. Yeah.
Don't be a joy thief. Listen, here's the deal. The player's username is Firestar73. It's a fine name. Good name. 72 through 1 were already taken. So you got Firestar73. Anyway, he was stripped of his first place finish by the Orlando tournament officials for an unsportsmanlike reaction to winning.
What was the, okay, hold on. What did he do? What was the reaction? No. Yeah, what was his celebration? He stood up.
He quote violently threw his headphones to the ground and fist pumped to the crowd.
That's not, that's not unsportsmanly conduct.
The judges didn't have a problem with the fist pumping, but they thought he, they thought he threw his headphones too hard to the ground. Stop it.
Are they his headphones? Yes. Then it doesn't matter to you.
I was hoping to see video of it. And I think I found some. Okay.
Yeah, I'll be the judge of this. Yeah.
That's annoying to me. He didn't even throw them. He took them off his head and they fell. He didn't like, like spike a football even. He literally, he was excited. He took them off and he kind of put, put them forward toward the computer desk he was sitting at and he went, whoa.
And they stripped him of that title. It's not even that, it's not even that crazy. It's really not even that crazy. Like when I read it, it sounded way crazier watching it in the video. They're completely wrong for doing it.
Let's pick it. What?
The Pokemon judges. Will make signs and goes a down with Pokemon go? No, not down with Pokemon go down with, give them back to the title.
With the Orlando regional championship organizers?
Let him be excited about his win. Why you gotta do that? Why you gotta be so mean?
Allegedly his celebration was on sportsman life and he resulted in a game loss and he had to give up the win. No. I can't even believe it. I don't know. They are calling for people to complain directly to the Pokemon companies, eSports division about the ruling. I will. And they have started many social media campaigns with hashtag justice for fire star. Yeah. Yeah. You gotta see the video.
I'm going right here to watch it.
It is not violent at all. Not at all. Like I'm blown away. I gotta watch an ad. I think you take your headphones off after every time we talk more violently than he did. I mean, it's really not violent at all. I'm flabbergasted. Well, let's complain. Are you watching it yet?
I'm watching it yet. He's, well, it's eight minutes long. We'll get to the end of it.
You're watching the entire battle. Just get to the end.
I'm working on it. I'm working on it.
I mean, I could have sent you this link.
Yeah, you just sent me the link. Or I'll just walk over and watch it when I'm done.
How about... But you're going to say the same thing. You're going to go, that is what they took away his win because of that. Yeah.
I was very surprised. I just watched it. Did you see it? Yeah. He didn't throw his headphones.
He took them off and pushed them forward to his desk. Yeah. And then stood up and went, whoa, one fist pump. No, there are two. Okay. Two fist pumps. And then moved on, went and shook hands with the other guy. No over, like, that's crazy.
No, like inappropriate gestures. No swearing. Crazy. He's just, and he's not even that excited. He's just like, well, yep. And then like breathing, like, I did that. Yeah. Yeah, I'm in a... He also got suspended, it sounds like. Justice for Firestar. Firestar, we're with you, buddy. Firestar73. We got you.
Would you rather this or that?
Would you rather visit the moon or Mars?
Right now, I mean, you're making me have to go to space in these two things. Yes. Right now, the moon. Why? It's attainable.
Okay. Well, let's say they're both attainable and you're landing on each of them. You're not the first person to do it, but each of them have been inhabited and landed on before. So you know it can be done. Which one would you rather visit? The moon or Mars? I know it takes...
Here's the deal.
I'm still sticking with the moon. Okay.
Because it's a 10-day trip to go to around the moon and back. That's a 10-day mission that Artemis II is on right now. So it takes about four days or so to get to the moon and land. And it's still four days to travel there. Guess how long it takes to get to Mars?
I don't know. From Earth. I don't know. How much?
Do you have any kind of guess? If it takes... Let me just get the actual... Let's say... It's three to four days to go from the Earth to the moon.
Okay. How long does it take typically to travel from Earth to Mars using current existing technology? Covering a distance of 140 million miles. Where the Earth is a couple hundred thousand.
I would say 60 days.
Try six to nine months. Oh really? Yeah, I'm going to the moon. I'm not gonna be gone for... It takes six to nine months to go one way. With current technology.
To go one way. Eesh. Yeah. Okay, I'm gonna pick the moon too.
Yeah, cause it's attainable. And it's a nice vacay.
Three to four days to travel.
Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads. Space trip. Yeah.
Get your moon snacks.
Some spacecraft have made the journey to Mars in roughly five to seven months.
Really? How so?
Well, the Mariner six and seven made it there in that time. The slowest missions, the Viking one and two took 10 to 12 months. Wow.
They were going the speed limit. Yeah. The other ones were speeding.
Now every two years, a little over two years, the distance between Earth and Mars is closer. Every two years. So you have also a travel window where you can get there somewhat quicker if you travel during the, you know, close orbit. Okay. Interesting. Yeah. That's a long time. Okay. I'm going to the moon. Yeah. Likewise. Good choice.
Good choice to you too, bud. Would you rather this or that? My favorite question that you ask me sometimes. Well, it's not my favorite question, but later looking back, I go, I wonder what made him think that when you say, are you upset with me?
And then you wonder why I would ask that later. Yeah. So at the time, what are you thinking when I say that? Because when I asked most recently, you went, yeah, but I don't really want to talk about it. No, I did.
No, yeah, you did. Sometimes you say, yeah, but I don't want to talk about it. Or you, you'll just continue to say nothing. Or you'll go, you'll go, no. And I go, that's a lie. And then later you reflect on it and go, what was I doing to make him
wonder if I was upset with him? What clues was I giving away? Oh, why would I tell you the clues? I know the clues. I don't even know why I'm asking because I know the clues and I'm actually, thank you, blue. I'm actually happy that you picked up on the clues because I was putting down some pretty heavy clues.
So here's what I'm going to do from now on, just because I now know it's going to be a button. When I'm picking up those clues, I'm all laid on super thick. What's that mean? Oh, you'll find out.
You're going to get your notepad out and you're going to start drawing like blue.
Yeah, start doing some of that stuff. We got a clue. Where's the clue? Thanks, Steve.
She tells Matt. Yeah. We found silent aggression.
We found banging cupboards. We found more silent treatment. What did these clues mean? Let's go to our thinking chair. That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to go disappear to my thinking chair. You're like, where are you going? I'm going to go think, think, think.
Here's what you got to do. You got to sit down in that thinking chair and think about what you might have done to upset me.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Because I'm going to sit down and think about what could she be interpreting as my behavior made her upset.
What have I done or didn't do that upset her? What? This is called self. Uh-huh.
And then I'm going to go check the mail because we just got a letter.
I wonder who it's from. Exactly. Yeah. This is great. No, I, you need to sit down in your thinking chair and say, hmm, let's have some self-assessment here.
No, that's not funny.
What have I done?
No. Because or what I'll do is I will solve the clues and I'll go, I know what it was. And I'm all keep doing it. And I'm going to do it more and louder.
Do you think that that's going to be the best idea?
Yeah. I think it's like, you know, when like a comedian tells a joke and then you hear it again and you're like, okay, yeah, it was funny. I gave it a little chuckle the second time. And then the third and the fourth and the fifth time you hear the punchline, you're like, you got to get a new bit, dude. And then six, seventh, eighth time you start coming back around to it. You're like, he's really going to just keep doing this bit. When you get by the 10th time, you're like, all right, it's funny again. I like it. He's really sticking with it. This is a funny bit.
You think I'm doing a bit?
No, no, no, I'm saying I'm going to figure out whatever it was that was, that was a trigger point and I'm going to keep hitting that joke until it's funny again.
Do not recommend.
Why? What will happen? Let's find out. I don't know. Because I think you're going to come around to it and you're going to go, you know what? I'm being ridiculous. I shouldn't be upset by this. Look at him. He's ridiculous.
Yeah, let's find out what happens. I don't know what I would do.
More dishes in the sink again. What? What? No way. That joke is hilarious. It just took me 14 times in a row to see it. Now I get it. It's so funny.
Wow. It would enjoy to live with him. What was I thinking?
Being upset. Exactly right. See? Now you get it. Now you got it. Easy peasy.
My favorite, sometimes you do say, are you upset with me? And I'll say no. Or I don't want to talk about it. But you said, are you upset with me? And I go, yeah, actually. And here's why. And that felt good. To get it out. Yeah.
I'm not asking anymore. I don't want to know. I'm like, I know she is. I'll just go do something else. She can come talk to me when she's ready. I'm going to go do the same thing that made her upset the first place, but bigger.
That's a healthy relationship.
I know. I know. And then you're going to go, he's still doing that stupid thing that made me cranky. But he keeps doing it and he's cute. And then see, then you're going to go, oh, I'm not that upset. I'll be all right. That's how it's going to work. I've got it figured out. It's a foolproof plan.
Sure is, buddy. Sure is. Yeah. Yeah.
You know what question you don't ask me? Are you upset with me? I don't ask you that? No. That's a one way street. Yeah, I don't care. Yeah. See? Exactly. Wow. All right.
Well, look at the time. Hope you have a great rest of your Tuesday. We'll see you back here tomorrow. Maybe.
I don't know. We're going to make it. I think we'll be okay. Sounds good. I'm going to go mine my P's and Q's and we'll see you tomorrow. Have a good day.
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