Butt Club, Tuxedos, KFC and Rental Houses
THIS EPISODE: All Branyan Family – Butt Club, Tuxedos, Dawn Treader Chaos reigns on Sunday afternoons so when Marla (soon to be an official Branyan) tells me she’s going to book club…I didn’t hear exactly what she said. Then she tells me what IBTC stands for and I consider kicking her off the podcast. […]
Most People Get This Wrong
Remember those ‘Reading Comprehension Exercises’ from grade school? The task was to write a title for a random paragraph. A paragraph like this: Grand Central Station is a unique urban space: majestic yet approachable, decorative yet functional. For a century, New Yorkers have used Grand Central as their town commons, a beloved gathering place for […]
What You Must Learn from White Supremacists
Those freaking Nazis! Those hood wearing, cross burning, hate spewing Nazis. You can learn a lot from them. “HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?” “THOSE PEOPLE ARE RACIST SCUM!” I know. But they are SINCERE racist scum. And you have something in common with the Nazis. Sincere allegiance to your beliefs. “BUT RACISM IS WRONG!” “RACISM […]
The Reason You Should NOT Fear Russia
Short version of this story: Drunk guy climbs over fence into bear cage. Bears chew off his arm. Everyone admits it was a bad idea. It is suggested the bear’s owner pay the guy because he’s now disabled. The most encouraging part of this story: it happened in Russia! If you’ve been concerned about Russian […]
3 Things Donald Trump Does NOT Need To Do
(DISCLAIMER: No reason to read this one if you don’t identify as Christian.) Okay, several of my fellow Christians are clueless about the role of POTUS. (Also, several of you had to Google ‘POTUS’.) I’m responsible to let you know when you’re being an idiot judgment is faulty. Your criticisms of Donald Trump are unreasonable […]
Afraid of Tim Hawkins and The Evils of Multi-Level Marketing
THIS EPISODE: Meet a girl who is terrified by Tim Hawkins. Plus, Peaches and I discuss the sinister evil that is Multi-Level Marketing and the impact it is having on stupid people. I catch a ride from the airport from a young lady who is afraid of Tim Hawkins. I’ll try to help her deal […]
Afraid of Tim Hawkins and The Evils of Multi-Level Marketing
THIS EPISODE: Meet a girl who is terrified by Tim Hawkins. Plus, Peaches and I discuss the sinister evil that is Multi-Level Marketing and the impact it is having on stupid people. I catch a ride from the airport from a young lady who is afraid of Tim Hawkins. I’ll try to help her […]
Watch The ‘Science Guy’ Implode
Bill Nye plays a smart guy on T.V. He plays the role well enough that some people believe he’s an actual authority on all things ‘science’. Here, Nye weighs in on one of my favorite topics, the existence of free will. (By ‘weighs in’ I mean he says words after being asked about the topic.) […]
The Message That I Don’t Want You To Hear
Sometimes I give the sermon at my church. This one is from Romans 12:3-8 “3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of […]
Choose Your Own Zucchini
Don’t let The Pope tell you how to garden! He is completely out of touch with modern horticultural trends. In the dark ages*, when people planted tomatoes, they reaped tomatoes. Vegetables were assigned biologically based labels. Oppressive, bigoted, biological labels. Apparently, The Pope still lives in the dark ages. A vegetable growing on a tomato […]