New Studio Conversationality - Dinner Plus Drinks #119

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to the uh Dream Lounge, Bridget. It is a Dream Lounge. It's beautiful. I did a little home project. I would say it was more than a little. I redid the podcast studio slash photography studio in the basement.

SPEAKER_02 0:12

Yeah, it feels it feels like an office, like a legit space. There's some nice curtains. I love it, Nick.

SPEAKER_00 0:18

Thanks, Bridget. I was nervous you wouldn't like it. Why? It's so great. I don't know. I just have anxiety. We talked about this in concept. We talked about this in concept, but not in execution. Here we are. Here we are. We originally did the space to be video friendly for podcasts and also streaming online events. Yeah. Which we don't do any of those anymore. So we I went ahead and rearranged that I have like a dedicated photography space, um, dedicated podcast space, a desk, a lounge area.

SPEAKER_02 0:49

I can't get over the Jeff, the very Jeff Anderson photography wall over there.

SPEAKER_00 0:53

Uh also a gray spot hat over there with.

SPEAKER_02 0:55

Oh, see, look at that. Um, yeah, this lounge area. I I would tell Nick that I would see other podcasters like lounging while recording. Why don't we lounge? So we are lounging. Hope you like the lounging podcast.

SPEAKER_00 1:17

So I surprised you with the new podcast setup.

SPEAKER_02 1:20

I was so surprised.

SPEAKER_00 1:22

Also, I'm surprising you with a cocktail I just invented called a BT.

SPEAKER_02 1:25

Oh, a BT! Wait, fun fact. My in-laws for our rehearsal dinner, they they say we get to do everything for the rehearsal dinner. And you know I love giving up control. Oh, yeah. And they had a cocktail called the BT.

SPEAKER_00 1:38

So this is cheers.

SPEAKER_02 1:40

We're far away for we're far away for cheers, Nick. We gotta fix it.

SPEAKER_00 1:44

We are. Uh this is a wine cocktail of triple sec and sparkling wine. Your favorite thing and Tyler's favorite thing.

SPEAKER_02 1:51

Oh, how cute of you. I will say the BT at my rehearsal dinner was a French 75.

SPEAKER_00 1:56

But this is this is good. Yeah. Great. Anything with bubbly. Small splash of uh triple sec. Just so you guys know Grand Marnier is what I used. Oh, is that a triple? Yeah, it's an orange liqueur. So like shit.

SPEAKER_02 2:09

There's Gramminier. That is early. I mean, just a splash. This is Tyler's favorite thing and mine. Oh, good job. Ty, he's thinking of you. I will say, you guys, so you know how much this podcast means to us. I was laying in bed last night thinking, what are we gonna drink at our podcast today? Nick's gonna ask me, and I don't have any ideas. I was stressing about it for you.

SPEAKER_00 2:33

Uh, we are recording a little early, so I was like, hey, you know, wine cocktails great early in the morning. We need some bubbly. Uh bubbly's always great, but I didn't want to do a mimosa.

SPEAKER_02 2:40

Yeah. So this was so thoughtful.

SPEAKER_00 2:43

Uh I was looking at some ideas for wine cocktails, and they had something like this. I actually wanted to put a dash of cranberry juice in it too, but we don't have any cranberry juice. Didn't need to buy it. But I was like, no, and it called for like real triple sec, which is more disgusting and not as good as grand marnier. I was like, no, we'll use grand marnier because I have it around the house. I use it for a lot of things. And sparkling wine, and we're gonna call it a BT.

SPEAKER_02 3:04

Okay, so would it be good with what is the raspberry one? Contreux, Cohen Trout, yeah. Cohen trouw. Is that how you say it? Yep.

unknown 3:12

Oh, would it be good with that?

SPEAKER_00 3:14

That'd work too, yeah. Okay, we're just making up cocktails. We have shamboard, which is a blueberry.

SPEAKER_02 3:17

That's actually what I was thinking about.

SPEAKER_00 3:18

That would be good with that. I thought about that, but uh shamboard is blueberry? Yeah, it's like blueberry and some other stuff. Oh, I had no idea.

SPEAKER_02 3:24

Um I will say, Nick, are you doing all these very thoughtfully Bridget things?

SPEAKER_00 3:30

Because life is just like uh it's part of my favorite tennis cocktail, by the way.

SPEAKER_02 3:37

Tennis cocktail?

SPEAKER_00 3:38

Yeah, so all the tennis tournaments have signature cocktails.

SPEAKER_02 3:40

Like the Derby?

SPEAKER_00 3:41

Yeah, so like Wimbledon has the PIMS Cup. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 3:45

Pim's.

SPEAKER_00 3:46

So the US Open has the honeydews that we have every year to celebrate. Uh, because you know, the tennis people are, of course, it's age-gating me, so I'm trying to stall. Um you know, tennis people are extremely expensive. Uh, Miami Open had like some ridiculous tequila thing, and I'm not gonna lie, I'm gonna go out and buy this tequila because it's it's like classified as the lowest level of tequila, but it's that way because they do all these weird filtration and different barrel aging and mixing. I'm like, I don't know if it's good, but I have to try it.

SPEAKER_02 4:15

I was just gonna say, is it gonna be good?

SPEAKER_00 4:16

I don't know. So this cocktail, the honeydeu, is the official drink of the U.S. Open made with um an ounce and a quarter of gray goose vodka, three ounces of fresh lemonade, and half an ounce of shamboard, and three honeydew melon balls.

SPEAKER_02 4:29

That sounds delicious.

SPEAKER_00 4:30

So it's pink, and then you have your little honeydew, and they're green, so it looks like three tennis balls in it. So it's pink and green. I was like, what's with the honeydew? Over like Labor Day weekend time in New York City, so it's beautiful. It's hot.

SPEAKER_02 4:41

And like oh funny, you know.

SPEAKER_00 4:44

So we make that every New York O every US Open.

SPEAKER_02 4:46

Fun fact. I used to work for the company that does that food and beverages. You really? So I used to work for them. That's like one of the places all the managers would travel and go work. Um, I never had to work it, but I have a friend who works it every single year.

SPEAKER_00 4:58

The um it's a great cocktail. We they do the US Open has a concert to open it because it's New York and why not? Sure. So like they always it's it's this huge, amazing, cool thing. So we always celebrate. Well, that's great. As much as I hate making cocktails, they're fun when they're themed like this.

SPEAKER_02 5:14

I like making them. I love PIMS. Um my friend Abby and I are big PIMS fans because we're just, you know, big fans of England. Anyway, um, as we're recording today, it's April Fool's Day, which I hate. Uh, April Fool's Day is the best. Um, yeah, I hate it. And then I here's what I wrote in my notes, you guys, because I was clearly feeling doom and gloom when I was writing them. It's April Fool's Day, and I generally hate this day, but I do feel like this week has been a joke. That's a bad kind.

SPEAKER_00 5:40

So that's why a little bit too, I was like, okay, Bridget hates surprises, Bridget hates not knowing things, and I'm gonna surprise her with a vastly redone podcast to your drink. Am I gonna throw her over the edge today?

SPEAKER_02 5:51

Yeah, is this gonna be the straw that breaks the camel's back today?

SPEAKER_00 5:55

So it is cart uh uh padded flooring. It's two different types now because I couldn't find the same one. Uh but I was like, you know what? If she throws herself on the floor in a fit of hysteria, at least it's padded. Simona's wiped out on it several times. We have a new rolling chair in here that's her favorite toy. Oh, I bet. Um, so it's it's great. My two real can throw her head down, so can Brigitte.

SPEAKER_02 6:15

So it'll be fine. Well, I am thrilled with it. I like being in these comfy chairs that I think they're nice, um, they're very masculine, but still beautiful looking.

SPEAKER_00 6:24

Yeah, I agree. The yeah, the combination of fabrics and shape and colors all give it that nice, like it it's like 55% masculine. Yeah, it's great. It's metrosexual, you know? It's metrosexual.

SPEAKER_02 6:34

It's how every good mid mid-century modern design should be.

SPEAKER_00 6:38

I I agree. It's just got the little bit of everything.

SPEAKER_02 6:40

This table and these chairs are very brigid. So, and very and couch.

SPEAKER_00 6:44

I tried to find that couch, like a knockoff of it for a product wreck, and I couldn't. It's reclaimed furniture from the Lake Geneva Public Library. It is a low-slung hanging fabric couch in orange with a window pane pattern.

SPEAKER_02 6:59

And the tables are the same as the side tables.

SPEAKER_00 7:01

And they're attached. This is literally my second favorite thing to sit in of my life. Yes. This has been in the library since I was a very small child, and it over they overlooked the lake. So awesome. You weren't allowed to go there when you were a small child, but my mom worked there and I'd walk, I'd walk there after after school.

SPEAKER_02 7:19

You weren't allowed to go there as a kid.

SPEAKER_00 7:21

No, the children's, you know, like back in the day, you really had to stay on the children's side. It was it was a lot stricter.

SPEAKER_02 7:26

I remember.

SPEAKER_00 7:27

Um, so but I would sneak over also because a lot of the books, because I wanted to read history books. So like the books I wanted were over there, um, but I wasn't allowed over there. So I'd sneak over there, sneak on these couches, read the books I wasn't supposed to read, watch people at the lake, and I loved it, and it's so comfortable. And then also the second my favorite one is a chair like that from my grandma's house. It's the same like slung uh fabric between metal posts. Oh, yeah. Hers was leather though, and my cousin stole it from the house.

SPEAKER_02 7:53

Oh, I was like, I want a leather one. Stole it. That's unfortunate. Go steal it back. I you just gave me an idea. I have the same couch at my house because we were able to donate to the library and uh snag a piece of their historical furniture. I remember sitting on it uh reading magazines. Yes. So it makes sense.

SPEAKER_01 8:11

The magazines are great.

SPEAKER_02 8:12

I was like a teenager reading magazines. Um, but I'm gonna refinish mine because you know, I want to.

SPEAKER_00 8:17

I love the I love the color, I love the nostalgia.

SPEAKER_02 8:19

But I maybe I'll do it in leather.

SPEAKER_00 8:21

That would be cool. Anyway, I love how Emily. It was, I don't want to say a nominal donation, but it was a not market rate donation. I agree. Because she was like, I just want to get rid of them. And they went out the heads up, thank God.

SPEAKER_02 8:35

Yes, thank God, Emily. We will forever be indebted.

SPEAKER_00 8:38

But it started so like we got them, and like within an hour they were gone, and she's like, I didn't think people would want these. People are mad.

SPEAKER_02 8:45

Yes, because they were so much apart, because Emily didn't grow up here. No, yeah. So she didn't know what a part because you know they're for all intentionally. They're signature couches, they're like gross and have been in a library for decades. So, like, that's her thinking. And we were all like, I want all of them, and this coffee table as well. Um, same thing. So I have a coffee table and a couch, and Nick is putting them to good use. Mine are sitting in my garage waiting for my renovation.

SPEAKER_00 9:09

I had them sitting in not good use, and now they are. So I feel much better that I'm using it.

SPEAKER_02 9:14

So now you guys know what we're sitting by.

SPEAKER_00 9:16

When I'm dead, if Simona doesn't want it, it's gonna get donated to the Geneva Lakes Museum. Yeah, and it's gonna have a display of what the library used to be like before that whippersnapper Emily Kornack ruined it.

SPEAKER_02 9:25

One hundred years ago, that modern day Emily Cornack came in.

SPEAKER_00 9:31

The museum's really cool and it's a really great, dedicated group of people, but sometimes they are very overzealous on the if you change something.

SPEAKER_02 9:39

Oh, it's like the whole city of Lake Geneva. Speaking of, I got some um, we're going way off topic, sorry, but I gotta tell you now, because I was mad. I get a lot of junk mail. Yeah. And I pick it up out of my mailbox and throw it right in the recycling bin before I even get out of the car with it. And yesterday I got a large, um, heavyweight, you know, vote in the upcoming election, which is funny for a few reasons, because mostly I can't vote in the city of Lake Geneva election because I live in the Geneva Township.

SPEAKER_00 10:07

You should take that to City Hall and say, no, I got mailed it. I was invited to vote.

SPEAKER_02 10:11

The friends of Charlene Klein told me to vote for her.

SPEAKER_00 10:14

I think Oh, they are really getting their IRS tax status revoked.

SPEAKER_02 10:18

So it was, I don't, I have I threw it out. I should have looked at it closer because it just said it made me so mad. I was like, I need to rip this up and throw it out before I get more mad. It was like, Charlene will keep parks beautiful and keep Wrigley Drive open and stop us from becoming the Dells of Lake Geneva or whatever. I'm like, Jesus Christ, people, like a little development's not gonna kill us. We're not gonna become the Dells, everybody. Calm down.

unknown 10:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:45

I think you all know our feelings. People ask me why I'm so mad, and it it's because it's just so funny. Like it's it never ends. Why is it become personal? It's because she personally did some things to me.

SPEAKER_02 10:56

I remember that for you. Like I she I used to be very I've been to her house for a Christmas party. Like she's always been very nice to me. I just don't agree with her politically. And it's hard or any of the people she supports.

SPEAKER_00 11:06

It's also like, you know, oh, it's just business. When you own your own business, somebody like going and you're like, hey, I want to do this thing, I've worked hard for it, I got us planned out. Yes, and then you getting treated like garbage, that is personal. Because if your plan and your proposal is the same as everybody else's and yours gets shot down, what's the only thing you it's you?

SPEAKER_02 11:27

Yes. Also the brat photo thing, wasn't it? Oh, yeah, and the brat photo thing.

SPEAKER_00 11:31

Yeah, that was funny.

SPEAKER_02 11:32

I forgot about that.

SPEAKER_00 11:33

That one I just thought was funny. That one is like, okay, old lady. Somebody a competing store stole a picture that we had. Like, just straight up stole it. Yeah. I don't feel like people think of that.

SPEAKER_02 11:44

I'm like, this isn't your property, people.

SPEAKER_00 11:46

And I could have sued him and gotten a lot of money. Because it was about as clear cut as it did. Like, there wasn't quite a Lake Shreva Country Beats watermark on it. But it might as well. I mean, it was about that clear cut. And so instead of suing them, I just put a post up because they'd done some other things. The store had done some other things that were not appropriate with our stuff. Um, and so me calling and be like, hey, knock it off, would only because I kind of did that already, would only have so much weight. So I put it on Facebook, my Facebook, not our not the store's Facebook. And I said, Hey, just so you know, when you shop with companies, one of these companies pays photographers and has respects intellectual property rights. Another one copies recipes and steals the photographs. And ended it there. And uh yeah, Charlene thought that was inappropriate. I'm like, so so you're standing up for the people that stole a recipe, stole a product, and stole the photography.

SPEAKER_02 12:42

But not for the people who paid for it. Yeah, it's just a moral compass. It's just it's funny. So today's like literally the worst day on social media. Oh, it's so great.

SPEAKER_00 12:51

I love it.

SPEAKER_02 12:52

It's Nick's favorite, my least favorite. I keep like, I I'm on social media for my job very often. So I keep like logging on, and then I'm like, fuck this. I don't know if any of this is real.

SPEAKER_00 13:02

I should have told you, as part of the other duties as assigned. Oh, April Fools. April Fools, you are doing a live stream. You're on social media all day, sitting at a desk, looking at Nick's.

SPEAKER_02 13:13

Answering questions. Nick thought that the podcast studio redesign was gonna put me over the edge, but actually it's April Fool's Day.

SPEAKER_00 13:21

Well, I mean, that's like it was like the cherry on top.

SPEAKER_02 13:23

I was like, uh I would come in his office already before 10 a.m. I've been in there like four times. Is this okay to say? I'm not am I supposed to be more ambiguous or less ambiguous? I don't understand.

SPEAKER_00 13:33

We did have our daily stand-up. I was like, good morning, happy April Fool's Day. It's my favorite day of the year, and everybody's looking at me like rolled their eyes. You're insane.

SPEAKER_02 13:42

Yes. So I needed, I need to post something on social media. I need to like crowdsource some information from friends that aren't necessarily like close friends, but they're social media friends, right? And I'm like, hey, I need to gather this information. I'm helping someone out with a project, but I'm waiting. I put a reminder in my phone to do it tomorrow. Because if I put it up today, someone might think it's a joke. Like, what the hell is our world?

SPEAKER_00 14:04

I love it. I love the gray area. I love that. Is it is it okay? Is it not okay? Is it a joke? I love it.

SPEAKER_02 14:12

Is this world we're living in the onion? I don't know. Okay, I hate it, everybody. Oh, anyway, that's that.

SPEAKER_00 14:19

Can I talk about something I hate? Because I'm gonna talk about my news story.

SPEAKER_02 14:22

Oh, okay, good. I'll open mine because it's whiny, also.

SPEAKER_00 14:24

So mine, you guys know I'm a fan of the New York Times.

SPEAKER_02 14:28

Big fan, big fan.

SPEAKER_00 14:30

Frequently share their articles. They pissed me off.

SPEAKER_02 14:33

They pissed me off.

SPEAKER_00 14:34

They have a distinct political slant.

SPEAKER_02 14:37

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_00 14:38

You don't say. But in the news side of it, they're usually pretty good about it. The case for induction cooking. As the perils of cooking with gas become more apparent, there's ever more reason for cooks to turn to these flameless, easy-to-clean ranges. By Melissa Clark. She's gonna actually get an email from me.

SPEAKER_02 14:58

Come on.

SPEAKER_00 15:00

She called people that want gas ranges lizard brains.

SPEAKER_02 15:04

Ooh, is it a joke though? Did you know it's today?

SPEAKER_00 15:06

No, she posted it on March 17th. Here's the thing with induction ranges. They're expensive AF.

SPEAKER_02 15:12

Oh man.

SPEAKER_00 15:13

Uh, they don't work. Like, you have to have special stuff and they're finicky. Unless you buy the like $5,000 one that's the entire thing works.

SPEAKER_02 15:22

Um, she is arguing for induction cooking? Oh, is it better for the environment? Is that why?

SPEAKER_00 15:27

For all the sexiness of cooking with gas, a concept bolstered by aggressive lobbying and advertising for the natural gas, shut up. Is shown to be catastrophic for the environment, emitting potent greenhouse gases like methane in the atmosphere. Worse, a recent study demonstrated that 75% of the oven emissions occur when the stove is off. Hey lady, how about you go after Jeff Bezos launching rockets in the space for fun? Because I guarantee you that one rocket launch has more bad things for the environment than my stove. This is what I'm sick of with the left wing of America is instead of going after the rich people that are ruining the world because they don't have the chitspa to do it and they take money from them, they're going after, you know, me for liking a gas range.

SPEAKER_02 16:05

I just feel like um I was going through my screenshots the other night, because you know, reasons. And one of them I have was after the it was a map of the number of private jets taking off after the Super Bowl. Go after those people. Yes, and it was it was definitely people that like quote care about the environment. So it's so funny, like, hey guys, let's make sure not to use gas ranges. And then it was like all these private jets go, you know. I'm like, come on.

SPEAKER_00 16:27

This is what I have a problem with.

SPEAKER_02 16:28

Like there you could actually make a difference.

SPEAKER_00 16:30

There's where you can make a difference. You know, I need to recycle my plastic bottles, or I'm a terrible person. Do you know what happens when you put those in recycling bin? They throw them out anyway. So I'm a horrible person.

SPEAKER_02 16:39

I do have this challenge because I do recycle everything I can. I do too. And then I have an issue. I'm like, morally, I know they're just ruining the like, you know, because it you have to depend on someone else to do something right next.

SPEAKER_00 16:49

So sometimes. Melissa Green, Melissa Clark, I'm sorry. You suck. And again, like it's so liberal, like this is what sets people off because it's liberal elitist. Because you're asking, so New York is banning gas ranges. Yeah. So you either get a crappy electric range that no one likes, or you're asking people that are, you know, you're all concerned about limited budget people. Yeah. But to throw out all their cookware and get new cookware.

SPEAKER_01 17:17

I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_00 17:18

Stainless steel, they say cast iron works. It's so finicky because the way it retains heat. Oh, really? It is so finicky. Like a good Dutch oven, if it's enameled, like should work, but is finicky AF.

SPEAKER_02 17:31

Um, I never have cared as passionately as you do about this until like I I have gas and never thought about it. Came with my house, and my parents have induction. And it takes like 15 minutes to scramble an egg because that pan has to heat up. And at my house, an egg is done in three minutes.

SPEAKER_00 17:47

And that's annoying. And induction should be faster, and there's some things it does, and I like it's safer and all these things. No, but also like I don't want to have to know exactly how my stove works to be able to cook an egg.

SPEAKER_02 18:00

Uh anyway. New York Times, suck it.

SPEAKER_00 18:03

Just get it. I'm mad at you, New York Times. And and then the comment section, which I know I shouldn't have got into. But it's like someone like raises this point of like, hey, I actually really don't like induction because I don't think it's right at to throw out my pants and be like, well, you could do this. This is it's like, wait, no, this is the point. If you have to do three things to get this to work, it's not a good product.

SPEAKER_02 18:23

Wait, they're saying throw out all your pans because there's better ones than induct to use with induction.

SPEAKER_00 18:28

You can't use like uh a stainless or uh nonstick pan.

SPEAKER_02 18:31

Oh, really? No. Maybe that's part of the problem. Okay, well, not on board. I'm keeping my gas down.

SPEAKER_00 18:38

And then people are like, oh, I have a portable one that works great. It's like, okay, congratulations. You can cook one dish at a time for two people.

SPEAKER_02 18:46

Oh, you guys.

SPEAKER_00 18:47

Happy, you're happy in your camper driving all over, you hope homeless hippie.

SPEAKER_02 18:51

Whoa. I'm keeping my gas stove, but I'll also keep recycling.

SPEAKER_00 18:55

Can we also stop glorifying the people that have the camper vans?

SPEAKER_02 18:58

This is a conflict of mine because I found myself feeling jealous of people doing that during COVID when I'm like barely surviving day to day because you know, struggling with childcare, work, etc. And then I was like, why am I jealous? Everyone, this is the true picture of like you're living for the gram. I guarantee you you're pissed off that you're peeing in a bucket or whatever. You know, like at some point you're mad that you don't have more space.

SPEAKER_00 19:24

I thought about you because it did seem like somebody you'd be kind of interested. And I said, no, this would be a bad fit for Bridget. And you know why? Because you do your best thinking in the shower.

SPEAKER_02 19:33

I know I do my this is so funny. I was having breakfast with a friend, and he and I both said, I have a notepad in my shower. I was like, so do I. It's called field notes or shower thoughts. And I'm like, yes, because for sure that's where your best thinking is. Anyway, Van Life, not for me. Shocker, I know. What do you got for uh so okay? My one of my favorite bloggers, Grace Atwood, because she is not 22 in a size zero. She's like a very normal human being. She's like a size four. Yeah, she's like a size six. I don't know. Like, so whatever. I just think she's more relatable than than some other influencers. She's always very honest about like the world of influencing, the ups, downs, whatever. I love, I just can relate to a lot of things she shares. So she shared a article, an article from The Atlantic the other day, and it was called Why People Are Acting So Weird. And like for reasons not to be explained in detail, people around me have been acting a little off lately. And and myself included.

SPEAKER_00 20:30

In my case, it's meth. I apologize.

SPEAKER_02 20:32

It's all of the drugs. Um, just kidding. Uh, but I was just like talking with another friend of mine who's a therapist, and she's like, You may be experiencing secondary trauma. And I'm like, Yeah, for sure. I'm like talking myself off of a ledge every day, being like, You are fine. These other things happening are not your life, you know, whatever. So this article, you know, I just think it like I'm big into the serendipitous happenings of like this article came into my life. And it's just like the article is is a like not a long read, but you know, you gotta spend some time reading it.

SPEAKER_00 21:03

And it's just like saying not a long read for the Atlantic.

SPEAKER_02 21:06

Not a long, yeah. So, like, um, why are people like getting in fights on airlines? Why are people like killing each other in road rage incidents? And like, I know this has all been happening forever, but like since 2020, it's like it says in the article in 2020 the US murder rate rose by nearly a third. The biggest increase on record, um, then it rose again in 2021. Car theft spiked 14%. Carjackings have surged, like, etc. etc. My old neighborhood where I lived in Milwaukee and really always felt pretty safe. Like, yes, my car got broken into, but that happens in a city. I was, I never felt unsafe. There, there was a shooting on a street that I walked on every single day. There was that that robbery in the third ward.

SPEAKER_00 21:47

It was well, that one was insane.

SPEAKER_02 21:49

These are places I spent every day of my life, and I never felt unsafe. So, like, this has all been in the last two years. And so it just goes through like, we're all stressed out. Like, and we're all just faking it, we're all fucking stressed. To the max and just pretending we're getting through it. People are drinking more, you know, which, like, okay, yeah, we've all made an excuse to here. We are drinking during our podcast. Like, we're social beings, and this any form of isolation is changing us. Um, mental in this part I thought was really interesting. Mental illness can't explain this. And it goes on to talk about that. You need to read the article. It's nowhere near as effective with me spitting out the headlines to you, but um, it it just, you know, it's always nice to feel a little bit validated and like you're not alone in the crazy. So this just felt like this article article came to me at a good time to hey, okay.

SPEAKER_00 22:36

I should have read this. I actually read I gotta find it. It was something about how TikTok is actually TikTok. I said that weird. Tick uh is actually um encouraging a lot of the antisocial behaviors in kids.

SPEAKER_02 22:47

Yes, and I that people are getting an actual tick from TikTok. Like, yeah, I am I'm like shit. I hope TikTok like burns to the ground before my kids have cell phones.

SPEAKER_00 22:55

I increasingly think our parents now, I think the next generation, like our where our kids we've now seen two years of what TikTok does to the 13, 14, 15, 16-year-olds. Yes. I think we're gonna say no.

SPEAKER_02 23:08

Don't do it. Yeah, I know, like I'm gonna set some kind of ban on it.

SPEAKER_00 23:11

Yeah, Instagram reels are bad enough.

SPEAKER_02 23:14

Well, yeah. Oh, there was another article I saw. Shoot, I should have shared it too. I I don't I'll have to find the link that was saying people are producing shitty Instagram videos and people are not enjoying consuming them. So you're spending time creating this video that is shitty and no one's enjoying it because it's a shitty video, but everyone's still doing it because that's all Instagram is showing.

SPEAKER_00 23:34

I love these accounts now. They're like, hey, if you do seven seconds of video and put this audio on it, Instagram will show it. And you're like, okay, and then you know what happens? It works.

SPEAKER_02 23:43

Here, let me snap my fingers and point at weird things in a room. The end. Yes. I'm sorry, but we are becoming dumber.

SPEAKER_00 23:51

That is the breaking point. The snapping your fingers and pointing at dumb things, that is the breaking point that causes all of the horribleness.

SPEAKER_02 23:57

I yes, I can't. I just gotta say, uh, this new setup is really great for conversation. Uh not that our other one wasn't, but I just feel so much more comfortable conversationally here.

SPEAKER_00 24:08

It's a good conversating setup.

SPEAKER_02 24:09

I have a feeling we're gonna get off topic a lot with this setup.

SPEAKER_00 24:13

I love this. So, okay, I got a question. So you were talking about serendipity and how you believe in it. Yes. Do you like the movie serendipity? I knew you were gonna ask.

SPEAKER_02 24:21

I've never seen it. I know. I don't think I've ever seen it. What? Uh no, sorry. I don't know. Maybe I have seen it, but it's obviously has not stuck with me because it's like every other rom-com in the world. Should I say yes? I like it. You should see it. Okay, I'll just watch it real quick, man. Have you seen it?

SPEAKER_00 24:38

Yeah, like a million times. I love rom-coms. Oh serendipity streaming.

SPEAKER_02 24:42

Yeah, tell me where I can watch it. I'll watch it in all my spare time this weekend. Oh, it streams on FUBO. Oh, great. I have FUBO.

SPEAKER_00 24:49

You have FUBO. Also, Hulu. And I have Amazon Prime video.

SPEAKER_02 24:53

I also have all those things. You have them all. Don't you wonder how much it all costs? I'm like, I should just pay for cable.

SPEAKER_00 24:58

I edit it up and I'm at like $87 or something. That's what I feel like. But we have the ridiculous FUBO because we like to watch tennis and soccer.

SPEAKER_02 25:07

Isn't FUBO was made for sports, though.

SPEAKER_00 25:09

So yeah, well, we like have an add-on package to get all of the tennis.

SPEAKER_02 25:15

I just snapped at you. Did you see the news about Lambeau and soccer? I mean, I hope it wasn't today. I don't know if it's a joke.

SPEAKER_00 25:23

No, it's for real. So uh I should have shared this one. Yeah. So it's uh city and who? I I don't know, to be honest. I just thought you would be talking about it. Uh it's City and Munich, yeah, Bayern Munich. Um it's on my sister's birthday. It is. Mitchell was here when we were when I saw this, and I was like, Chi Chi, we gotta go. That's what Simona calls them. Chi Chi.

SPEAKER_02 25:44

Uh I think it'd be fun, like even for regular people like me who don't like soccer games.

SPEAKER_00 25:48

So here's the problem it's EAA weekend.

SPEAKER_02 25:50

Oh, so there's gonna be no hotel rooms.

SPEAKER_00 25:52

Yeah, so the hotels are already also.

SPEAKER_02 25:53

So actually, I saw that.

SPEAKER_00 25:54

And Highway 41 is gonna be a disaster.

SPEAKER_02 25:56

Yeah. I saw someone um, like probably on Milwaukee, saying they're gonna be running shuttles from Milwaukee, but they'll be expensive.

SPEAKER_00 26:02

Yeah, because I am if you've never gone to a big time, so it's a preseason game. They call it a friendly. Yeah, so it'll be a lot of people that are like not necessarily playing, but it's a World Cup year, actually. It's a weird World Cup year because a cutter world cup be played in the winter. I'll talk about that more as we get closer to it and how ridiculous it is. Um but so actually it might be a lot of the good players because they're gonna have to ramp up fitness earlier.

SPEAKER_02 26:26

But the thing is, no, not many people care like you do. So I would just go because the environment would be good.

SPEAKER_00 26:30

The environment's incredible.

SPEAKER_02 26:31

I've been to those games while I was in England. I've been actually to New Jersey, I've seen Manu and I went and theyvchenko, who did he play for? Chelsea. So I've seen them. Oh, Joe Cole from Chelsea. I've seen a lot of these things, you know.

SPEAKER_00 26:43

The Miller Park has hosted games between like Mexican teams and European teams.

SPEAKER_02 26:47

That's amazing.

SPEAKER_00 26:48

Uh, and like teams I really don't care about, and you go, and it's got enough edge because Mexican soccer fans live up to the stereotype.

SPEAKER_01 26:54

For sure.

SPEAKER_00 26:55

Like they live up to the stereotype. Yep. So there's some edge, and there's some like, we're gonna leave and the 85th minute. It's 90 minutes because that last five minutes is you're gonna get pelted with beer and bags of urine.

SPEAKER_02 27:07

Sounds great.

SPEAKER_00 27:07

But it's so much fun. Bags of urine. It's so fun, it's so much fun.

SPEAKER_02 27:12

Oh, damn. Anyway, I would go. I just think soccer games are great. I don't, but I don't give a crap about the players, to be honest. I just don't know about the players, so it'll be fun.

SPEAKER_00 27:21

It'll be a lot of alcohol.

SPEAKER_02 27:23

Sounds great.

SPEAKER_00 27:24

A lot of alcohol EAA weekend. It's gonna be great. Yeah, man, drive home. That's gonna be brutal. Cops are all over.

SPEAKER_02 27:31

Go just like way out of the way. Like go to like Stevens Point, come back. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 27:36

Hey, do you know what the ocean said to the beach? No, it just waved.

SPEAKER_02 27:41

That was a smooth transition. We're gonna take a break. Guys, we're back. Really excited about my product rack. I'm excited about mine. You are okay. So if you are a 90s kid. 90s kids. Um, do you know what a shrinky dink is? Do you know? I do. Okay, shrinky dinks.

SPEAKER_00 28:17

Oh, can we talk a 90s kid thing that was like super sad? Last time you guys were over, we tried to get Elliot to watch Legends of the Hidden Temple.

SPEAKER_02 28:24

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:24

And we were all like, Elliot, this is the coolest thing.

SPEAKER_02 28:27

I would think he would like it.

SPEAKER_00 28:28

Yeah, we all thought he would be way into it. No.

SPEAKER_02 28:31

We'll try again. We'll try again. Because yes, man, I loved it. I had a very good friend in college who was that. Um, he and his buddies were that for Halloween. Oh, that's cool. Love it. That was almost as good as us being supermarket sweep. Almost. Um, but anyway, so shrinky dinks. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 28:45

That's cool.

SPEAKER_02 28:46

Um, slap bracelets, Lisa Frank, all these things. My sister, Brittany, is the best gift giver. And for Elliot's birthday, she's like, oh, I'm so sorry. I just like have a random box of crap to give him. I'm like, okay, you're very good at sending gifts on time when you have major life things happening. Please don't worry. So anyway, she sent, like, um, you know how you buy like laminated pouches or like uh labels just like in that cardboard sleeve. Well, apparently you can buy shrinky dink sheets. Like, so it's just like a plastic sheet. And if you don't know what a shrinky dink is, you basically color anything you want, or what the directions say actually is to trace something. So, like we traced a Pokemon, of course. Um, gotta catch them all. You trace it and then you color it, and then you melt this thing in your oven, all the bad environmental things, you melt it in your oven and it shrinks down to one third of its size. And it's so fun. Like, excuse me, I just burped in the microphone. That was inappropriate. You guys, it's the bubbles.

SPEAKER_00 29:46

So yeah, you're I have some Shells Oktoberfest if you'd like to.

SPEAKER_02 29:50

So you um, yeah, you shrink, you whatever, you melt. I'm all distracted now. You melt it in the oven, it turns into one third of its size, and then like we punched a hole in ours ahead of time, so Elliot like hooks it onto his backpack because like hanging keychains on your backpack might be cool. Elliot does it on our so shrink eating sheets are like super cheap and so fun. So it's a full eight and a half, like whatever, eight and a half by eleven sheet, and you can cut it into like a million different things. We will put a link to it. You can get them on Amazon and have it in two days so you can craft all day.

SPEAKER_00 30:19

I have two. Two?

unknown 30:21

What?

SPEAKER_00 30:21

My first one are Project 62 angleside dining chairs. This is Target, yeah? Target. Target. They're very comfortable. They really are. We discussed them already. I'll put a link.

SPEAKER_02 30:33

I do under like uh do you have cloth? I don't understand cloth dining chairs.

SPEAKER_00 30:37

I don't either.

SPEAKER_02 30:38

Food stains.

SPEAKER_00 30:39

I agree. We have the like leather suede ones. Yeah, I don't get it. And then the wood ones.

SPEAKER_02 30:42

And the wood ones that you can wipe off. Yeah. Yeah, we have leathery ones too.

SPEAKER_00 30:46

I don't. Anyway, Reddit had a thread of like, tell us what used to be the sign you were rich, and now it's that you're poor. And one of them was uh carpet in your bathroom.

SPEAKER_02 30:56

That's that you're rich?

SPEAKER_00 30:57

Used to be that you're rich, and now it's that you're poor.

SPEAKER_02 30:59

Because like in the 1970s, you're like, oh, look at my shed carpet in my disgusting.

SPEAKER_00 31:03

And now it's just you're too poor to rip it out of your house.

SPEAKER_02 31:05

Just like have cement carpet in your bathroom. Oof.

SPEAKER_00 31:09

So uh my other one, the nugget. Oh, seriously.

SPEAKER_02 31:13

Did you see the latest email?

SPEAKER_00 31:15

They have Disney X Pixar ones. I almost sent it to you. I was like, oh my god. And it's gonna be really, really, truly hard for me not to buy the monsters ink one.

SPEAKER_02 31:23

I know. I was like, Nick's gonna need 10 more nuggets.

SPEAKER_00 31:25

Simona is all into monsters. It's her favorite.

SPEAKER_02 31:29

It all phases out though, let me just remind you.

SPEAKER_00 31:31

This monsters ink nugget is they're really cute.

SPEAKER_02 31:36

I actually really like the Toy Story one with the clouds. I like how subtle it is. Yeah, it's subtle. That's why I like it.

SPEAKER_00 31:40

The cocoa one's really good with the pattern. Again, subtle.

SPEAKER_02 31:43

They're so beautiful.

SPEAKER_00 31:44

Actually, I thought you'd like the cocoa one because it's like I do. The floral pattern and stuff's like definitely.

SPEAKER_02 31:49

I do.

SPEAKER_00 31:50

I mean, like if this was wallpaper, I would have it in my house.

SPEAKER_02 31:53

You would have it in your house. I have very similar wallpaper, actually. Um, yeah, but I know I love them both. I I just like the I think Toy Story is my favorite movie out of all three. So it's not my kids' favorite movie, it's mine. So I like it. It's clouds, and then there's one plain color, so it doesn't feel as also fun fact. I used to have a bedroom that was the all the walls were clouds like that. Yep, that's right.

SPEAKER_00 32:17

So well, guys, you heard it here. If you Bridget's having a tough week, and if you want to show her that you she has a friend in you, buy her a Toy Story nugget. Not my kids, but me. We'll be right back. We're back. It's April Fool's Day. Oh, woof. We're gonna read you some of the things from our favorite sites. I'm gonna start. So Wikipedia writes hilarious. So they every day, I like to log on to their main page and they have never done that. They have some funny like did you they have a like a did you know section that's actually kind of interesting. Like you can like find something weird, they try to be diverse about what they talk about. It's not just like on this day, King Richard the Seventh of Macedonia went and invaded, you know, it's a diverse group of things. On April Fool's Day, they they put some interesting things on it. Okay. So for instance, did you know that Thanos served in the army while Thanos was a police officer, and Thanos is links both times? You think Thanos from Yeah, from what's her name? Guardian No I think Thanos think of the Marvel cinematic universe and the guy snapping and the power rings. Not me. And it's Thanos is Franz Eddie Thanos Kaunig, who is an Indonesian army officer and links to his Reddit pay or his Wikipedia page. And then Indrajit Thanos, a retired Indonesian police officer, uh, that Caesar studied German forests before returning to politics. Obviously, you think Julius Caesar. No, it's about Gaius Julius Caesar. He's obviously named after Julius Caesar because his name's really Gaius Julius Caesar. Anyway, it's a German like House of Representatives member. Okay. Um that Cyril Croker was a member of the Suicide Squad, and it's about a New Zealand solicitor who was in World War I and did some stuff. Did some things. Um the best one is the and this one got me when I was like, oh shit, it's April Fool's. Did you know that Darth Vader's anal shield has a pronounced bell shape? Oh my. He has an anal shield? That makes sense. That's actually I feel like he would, no? And it's actually about Zofirium Darth Vidari. Wow. Also known as the Darth Vader giant pill millipede.

SPEAKER_02 34:51

Okay, I gotta tell you what. This is way too much detail for me. This is why I hate April Fool's Day.

SPEAKER_00 34:58

So anyway, now I know that there is a giant pill millipede named after Darth Vader.

SPEAKER_02 35:03

Okay, but I found a couple funny ones as much as I hate it. Okay, are you done with Wikipedia? I'm done with Wikipedia. Okay, so I the first one that I was like, all right, I get it, is Quick Trip. And we're gonna debate this one here. Okay, so I need to know, people of the world. Do you know about bagged milk? And do you know about it specifically as it relates to Quick Trip carrying bagged milk? I did because like my aunt grew up.

SPEAKER_00 35:29

Yeah, you had to be like introduced into it.

SPEAKER_02 35:31

Yeah, and so like And then you're like, oh yeah, this makes sense. And like Quick Trip is the only place that carries it that I know of. So they did a bagged beer joke today about a line and Kugels like bagged beer, funny, funny.

SPEAKER_00 35:42

To me, it was like very clearly photoshopped, and I knew it was April Fool's Day, but is a low effort photoshop from what they have for a marketing department and stuff. But I like which is part of, yeah, like I knew it was a joke.

SPEAKER_02 35:51

Doing a low effort thing is when I know it's a joke, I like it. So I don't feel like the world's laughing at me. So I liked Quick Trips, but we Nick and I debated it for a while because he's I think it's a good joke.

SPEAKER_00 36:03

I think it's a great joke, in fact, but I think they should have put a little bit more effort into it. Because people don't know about bagged milk. Yeah, so I think I think so. I think most people are gonna think the joke is hey, bagged wine is a big deal. That's cool. Why hasn't anybody done bagged beer? This is funny. Obviously, it's not gonna work because of carbonation and stuff. And it's a collaboration with lining couples, which is like cool and but it's not specific to quick trip.

SPEAKER_02 36:27

Yes, yes, where bagged milk is specific to quick trip.

SPEAKER_00 36:30

And I think most people I by most I mean maybe like 55% don't know of that actually, I bet you 70% of people don't know about bagged milk in America. Overseas it's a bigger thing.

SPEAKER_02 36:41

Yes, and but like my aunt was in Michigan and she grew up with it. So I don't but like Carolyn in the office. I was just gonna say we just like asked people around us in the office and they had to be.

SPEAKER_00 36:50

And so you need someone to know that bagged milk is a thing, and that quick trip because the joke was about their bagged milk. The joke wasn't bagged beer, the joke was bagged milk.

SPEAKER_02 37:00

Yes, correct.

SPEAKER_00 37:00

And they should have made it, in my opinion, they should have made it about bagged beer.

SPEAKER_02 37:03

Nick spent a lot of times planning April Fool's jokes.

SPEAKER_00 37:06

They also, I had a great one for this year, and Russia ruined it.

SPEAKER_02 37:10

Oh yeah. Whoops.

SPEAKER_00 37:11

Um, I was really mad. They ruined a lot of things. They ruined a lot of yes. I mean, most importantly, my April Fool's joke.

SPEAKER_02 37:18

Most importantly, obviously.

SPEAKER_00 37:19

I've been planning since June. I was on a walk by the Riviera with Simona at like seven in the morning one day, and I came up with this joke, and I held on to it. And the show ruined it.

SPEAKER_02 37:31

Till next year. Don't ruin it. You might use it.

SPEAKER_00 37:34

No, I think it's just ruined forever.

SPEAKER_02 37:37

I will say the one other one before you launch back into yours. I don't know if you do you remember Tom Daly, who he's an Olympic diver from Great Britain. And so he um he was found like knitting in the stands, you know?

SPEAKER_00 37:49

So he has a whole Instagram account called like I think it's cool to get what people want to knit, but he's in a humid pool, dripping wet, knitting wool.

SPEAKER_02 37:58

I'm like, I don't know. It launched a very good uh following. He has 1.3 million followers on Made with Love by Tom Daly, and it's his knitting page. And I follow, but he's adorable.

SPEAKER_00 38:08

He's adorable.

SPEAKER_02 38:09

Um, so he put out an Instagram or an Instagram joke, an April Fool's joke, and it was that he was knitting willy warmers as in Weenie covers. It's very funny. He has them like all over his head. He announced this as a new product, and the caption is the best part, makes you really see the value. And it says, So excited to launch the official Made with Love Willy Warmer with fuel prices on the up. This'll keep you or a loved ones pecker perky and piping hot all year round. It's also completely universal. Here are five ways to wear your willy warmer, winter and beyond. As a naughty necklace, as extravagant earrings, as a beautiful headband, as a wondrous pouch or Christmas tree bauble by all five, and you've got yourself a glove. I hope you love it as much as I do. And he has pictures of each use. Very funny. This is them as a glove.

SPEAKER_00 39:00

That is hilarious.

SPEAKER_02 39:02

Anyway, he's adorable. It's a funny little page. This I can get on board with.

SPEAKER_00 39:06

On Milwaukee.com. Here we go. They love April Fools and they they lean into the absurdity of it. We both saw this same joke, like first thing this morning. So their first one, Aaron Rogers, ex-fiance, Shailene Woodley, sets Twitter ablaze with LaFleur slap. It's timely, yes, it's poorly photoshopped, and it's just uncomfortable enough.

SPEAKER_02 39:29

I saw it and I was like, oh, Shailen Woodley came as a joke, and then I was like, oh, it's April Fool's Day.

SPEAKER_00 39:34

She wasn't there. There was a Wisconsin Awards thing. Um, Matt LaFleur is the head coach of the Packers. Him and Aaron Rodgers. He's a handsome man.

SPEAKER_02 39:42

He is so cute.

SPEAKER_00 39:43

Uh, watch out, Tyler. He's short, though. He is short. He's not for you.

SPEAKER_02 39:46

Yeah, not for me.

SPEAKER_00 39:47

Uh the joke is that Shaylene Woodley broke up with Aaron Rodgers because of his relationship with Matt LaFleur and slapped him. And it's funny. That's a good one. I do like that one. They uh inundate their page with jokes. Yeah, I see. The one I thought you would like. Leet state fair upgrades prompt residents to declare the fair to be quote unquote too bougie. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 40:07

Not something you'd ever call the state fair if you've never been.

SPEAKER_00 40:10

Not that Luxembourg. Kowani County small town, still waiting for Tom Barrett. Tom Barrett was the mayor of Milwaukee. He got appointed to be the ambassador of Luxembourg to Luxembourg, which is actually a really highly sought-after posting because you don't have to do anything. It's beautiful.

SPEAKER_02 40:25

So jealous.

SPEAKER_00 40:25

There's also a small town in the middle of nowhere, Wisconsin called Luxembourg. So the joke is he he was appointed to go to Luxembourg, Wisconsin. They haven't found him yet.

SPEAKER_02 40:34

What about on Milwaukee Revives? Every cancel local festival, including Martini Fest and more. Let's list the cancels that on Milwaukee. Are you having an internal server error when you click on that? Oh no, it's working now. It was just a blip.

SPEAKER_00 40:48

Unfortunately, there seems to be a clown storage in Milwaukee. Younger people are just aren't passionate about the prank starts. So we're currently looking for clowns to come for uh for the reboot of the clown parade. Uh of the circus parade. Uh Bozos, crusties, jesters, rodeo clowns, creepy AF clowns, send them our way.

SPEAKER_02 41:04

How about drink beer and then drink more beer and then drink one more beer for the Road Fest? Will take place May 20th through May 31st. Blah, blah, blah. They're having minor issues pulling all the permits for the eight mile, eight to ten mile hedonistic festival, but it will happen.

SPEAKER_00 41:20

Do you remember River Splash? Yeah, I do. Uh, what about uh first, Unwaukey will organize the revival of a Milwaukee-based German heritage festival that originally took place on May 20, 1852, called MyFest.

SPEAKER_01 41:32

Ooh, yes!

SPEAKER_00 41:33

That's in my box. Uh at the time, knaves of Germany made up more than a third of Milwaukee's population, and they want to introduce non-German Milwaukee into this ancient festival rooted in pre-Christian Germany as a pagan rite of spring. That's gonna go great.

SPEAKER_02 41:46

Here, speaking of things going great, this is very Lake Geneva. The reckless driving in Milwaukee has been completely out of hand. I think closing off every city blocked to traffic for 11 days is a good idea. Idea, says Mayor Cavalier Johnston.

SPEAKER_00 42:02

Cavalier is having a hell of a time. Very funny. Uh they should have leaned into him a little bit more. Oh, after closing. Custard shortage leaves cops Leons utterly devastated.

unknown 42:15

What about this?

SPEAKER_02 42:16

Giannis's Disney movie slapped with R-rating for strong violence and graphic nudity. And it says, like, the best part about these to me is it is horrible photoshopping, right? So it's this like Giannis face. Like, is this from some movie I should know?

SPEAKER_00 42:30

I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_02 42:31

Okay, it looks like some like epic like war battle movie with blood splatter all over and just like Giannis's face photoshopping.

SPEAKER_00 42:37

It's also like making fun of ourselves.

SPEAKER_02 42:39

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 42:40

Bronze Bond's restorations include surprising enhancements.

SPEAKER_02 42:44

Oh, it's so funny.

SPEAKER_00 42:45

Uh, I think Peggy's quoted in this one.

SPEAKER_02 42:47

Really? That's smart.

SPEAKER_00 42:49

He uh now has mosquito white teeth, except for a pair of gold ones right in front, tattooed knuckles reading Cool Forever, and most surprisingly, what appears to be a groin enlargement. Oh my god. Maybe he needs a Willy warmer.

SPEAKER_02 43:00

See, look, they could collab. The best part uh to me, like Unlocky is cool with it because they they changed their entire homepage. Everything on their homepage is shocking reveal. John McGivern running secret murderous squid game competition. I could see that.

SPEAKER_00 43:14

Charlie Barons of Manitwalk Minute enters MKE mayoral race. Controversy ensues. Is he even from Manitwalk?

SPEAKER_02 43:22

Heck, is he even from Wisconsin? Heck. Okay, every time I click on a link, I get a server error until I go back and click again. It must be very popular.

SPEAKER_00 43:31

Barons made the announcement Thursday night on a Facebook Live, striking a sober and serious tone while wearing his traditional hunting garb and op. Holy shnikes, we've got to come together, Barron said in the announcement. We gotta start looking at crime. We gotta start look we gotta work to we gotta work on better giving better representation of Madison. And most importantly, we gotta keep Milwaukee moving. Keep it moving. Thank you for your time and hopefully your vote. Go pack, screw the bears. I approve this message once. Hey, he's playing this Saturday.

SPEAKER_02 43:59

Where? Um, I don't know because it got rescheduled. Uh, Riverside or someone, one of the hapsed Riverside, something like that. Um, Shannon and Michael are going to see him.

SPEAKER_00 44:07

Early polling has Barons already had a Cavalier Johnson and Bob Donovan. Oh, but still well behind the expected winner of the Milwaukee Meryl race, Buck Center, Bobby Portis. Oh, he's flying in this race.

SPEAKER_02 44:19

Bobby Portis, I love.

SPEAKER_00 44:21

Cavalier Johnson's going insane. He's flying into this race on an open a prayer. If you want a clownish figure running for mayor, we already have Bob. So that's that ticket covered.

SPEAKER_02 44:30

So the moral of the story is, guys, check out on Milwaukee's April Fool's jokes because they're on point.

SPEAKER_00 44:35

They hate Bob Donovan. So if you're into Milwaukee mayoral politics, the shots they're taking at Bob Donovan in this are hilarious and they're well deserved.

SPEAKER_02 44:43

Um, okay, this is not an on-Milwaukee, but I feel like I need to acknowledge it. Did you see the um like baked hard seltzer? No, no judgments, no calories, no chewing. And it's it says, honestly, this could have fooled me. Popularity of seltzers mixed with the weird flavor craze that's overtaken the US. Pumpkin flavored. What? This doesn't seem far-fetched. And it is, it is that baked goods in a hard seltzer. So it's like La croissante. And so instead of La Croix, it's like croissant in a can. It's ridiculous, but also like not that ridiculous. Feels like a very nick thing. I like it. There's a handmade buttery goodness. So there's a croissant in a can, there's a cupcake in a can. I like it. Moistest muffins in a can and a super.

SPEAKER_00 45:28

I don't like my muffins super moist. What? I like them.

SPEAKER_02 45:31

Who even are you? It's from Fresh Direct, which I think is interesting.

SPEAKER_00 45:35

So since we're talking about food, I had a food that made me think of you.

SPEAKER_02 45:40

Did you like that I blacked out my food for this week?

SPEAKER_00 45:42

I'm dying to know. That's why I'm moving this forward.

SPEAKER_02 45:45

It's only because I wanted you to be so proud of me.

SPEAKER_00 45:47

So our friends at Northwest Meet, Andrew and Stan, they sent me something. Uh what was that? I don't know. Guys, it's a new studio. I don't there's a ghost.

SPEAKER_02 45:57

What what have I hit? Okay, go on.

SPEAKER_00 45:59

Uh that we might be interested in. It's a salt-cured ribeye. I see your notes here.

SPEAKER_02 46:06

Perfect for Bridget. Because it's so salty.

SPEAKER_00 46:09

Bridget loves salt.

SPEAKER_02 46:10

Not only is Bridget salty, but I love salt. I had this conversation this morning, actually.

SPEAKER_00 46:15

They cover this thing in salt and let it sit, then rinse it off. So it's a ribeye that uh it's a it's it's got like a harder exterior because the salt dries out moisture. So it's very tender.

SPEAKER_02 46:31

And I like that, a hard exterior?

SPEAKER_00 46:33

It's like the most savory, like it's right on the edge of your like, I don't know, maybe too much salt.

SPEAKER_02 46:38

Oh no.

SPEAKER_00 46:38

It is not too much salt. It's right where you're like, I need another bite. I need more salt. Also, I would highly recommend sparkling wine with it, just as a ref refreshing bite between it. I was like, I want a beer with it. I ate all of the steak, but I think we'll get some, and I'm gonna give you one. Yeah, I was like, you want to make me one?

SPEAKER_02 46:56

I think if by give me one you mean make me one, then yes.

SPEAKER_00 47:01

I don't know how to make this shit, Nick. I think you're just gonna be like, what? I I need this every day. Bye-bye chicken. Bye-bye, you know, like noodle bowl things, broccoli and noodles every day. Bye-bye. Hello, meat that's cooked itself in salt. I don't even need to cook it. Just throw it in the microwave.

SPEAKER_02 47:22

Ew. Okay. Are you ready? I'm ready. I'm gonna unhighlight it. You guys, I homemade risotto this week. Homemade risotto, Nick. How proud of it? For like an hour? It was like 20 minutes. It's not that hard. So here's what here's how it happened. Chicken was on sale at the store last week. So you know I stocked up. But like normally I stick with my same routine, but I wanted whatever was fresh in the case because I didn't want to have to thought. And my normal chicken was not fresh in the case. And like I wasn't digging the flavors. I was like, eh, I don't know. I don't really know. Lemon pepper. But I bought lemon pepper. I don't know why. And I was like, what the hell am I gonna do with the lesson? That's what you eat. Yeah, but I never I don't love lemon pepper chicken. But it was like I just like Instagram videos.

SPEAKER_00 48:06

You don't love it. I doubt. You put it out there, people keep eating it. Here it is.

SPEAKER_02 48:10

But like lemon, someone, you someone said put it on a salad. And I was like, oh yeah, I'll just like throw it on a grill, keep it and I think the entire staff told you, hey, just put it on a salad. Just like everybody knows how you eat it. Yeah, throw it on, throw it on some lettuce. Um, so I had this lemon pepper chicken. I was like, I don't know. And then I've been watching a lot of food shows, and on every food show, they like fuck up risotto. I'm like, listen, I can't cook worth a damn. I'm gonna try risotto. Uh no, I bought asparagus from the store too. Because we had like really inexpensive good asparagus. So I had asparagus. Somebody grew too much. Yeah, whatever it was, it was like really cheap and very delicious. It's ripe, yeah. So I had asparagus, lemon pepper chicken. I was like, I'm making risotto. It was so good, slash is still good because we had so many leftovers. Like my dad came over for dinner, my dad, me, Tyler ate it. The kids like Lucy thought it was green beans.

SPEAKER_00 48:59

Risotto is like very good for children. Like textual, because you can just it's like porridge, but not gross.

SPEAKER_02 49:03

It was lemony. So I don't think they liked that. Lucy thought it was green beans, so she ate like all the asparagus out of it. I don't work blue. It was so good, and I had still leftovers last night. That's awesome. Tyler, bless his soul, is not eating the leftovers because he knows how much I love it. So he's like just letting me eat the leftovers every day. But I thought you'd be so proud. Like the first one. I'm very proud. That's awesome. It was two weeks in a row, Bridget's made real food, and Nick is gonna be proud of me that it's not broccoli and noodles. I'm just saying. Congratulations. If I had an instant pot, I could have made risotto without stirring, but I don't, so I just stirred for 20 minutes. Well, you're fine. And everything was fine. Did you have a glass of wine while you did it? No, but I should have. Because I put white wine in it. It's a way to listen, I've tried that, and then I just get distracted and burn things. So I just like focused. It was like, stir, add more broth. Stir more broth. Okay, is it time for more broth yet? Okay. I was very nervous.

SPEAKER_00 49:54

Maybe have your bag of beer from QuickTrips. Yeah, I'll just pour it right into my room. And then, you know, you can have um so the other thing that I think's confusing with that is like you don't drink the milk out of the bag. You have a you pour it into a pitcher.

SPEAKER_02 50:08

No, you don't pour it in. You slit the corner of the bag, put the bag in the pitcher, and then put the slit like you don't pour it into the pitcher.

SPEAKER_00 50:16

I don't think people get that.

SPEAKER_02 50:17

People go to Quintrip and buy a bag of milk so you understand, okay?

SPEAKER_00 50:20

It just keeps getting harder and harder to explain.

SPEAKER_02 50:23

I don't buy the bags of milk, but why would you? It's way cheaper and environment more environmentally friendly. That's the reason why. Right, which is why I still buy gallons in the classic. Good job, Rizzotto. I was so excited. I should have brought some to Nash on. It was so good. I'm gonna have it for dinner tonight. It's a good dinner. Again, because I'll eat the same thing every day. Whoa. You're Kid Corners in all caps. It's time for Kid Corner. I forgot that I haven't come up with really a good one, so you're gonna have to stall. Simona's very into We don't talk about prune, no.

SPEAKER_00 51:01

And she knows basically all of the lyrics. Yeah, what can we do? It's impressive. No, like she can do like all of it unprompted. Like she'll just start like no no no wedding day, rain. Like she just starts like doing all of them, and it's the best thing. So when we like to do a little Sunday morning drive, her and I together. Okay. And um we do that, and it's the best when she just randomly starts singing it to me, and uh, I we sing along. She's also very good now, is if you say no, she then goes, no, no, no, no, with like a finger wag. Uh and normally I'd say she learned that behavior from Lucy. Normally, yeah. But no, this one is from the song, and so it's so funny. She's like, no, no, no, no. Uh no, no. Uh that's it's very funny. Sorry. I like to just sometimes yell Bruno at her and she goes, no, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_02 51:55

Are you guys like um you watch one movie and then watch it 900 times until it's We've actually been on a good rotation recently?

SPEAKER_00 52:01

It used to be that way. Moana was huge for a while, but now she's like, she likes to rotate it. We've added um tangled. No. Is that oh yes, same. What's the Rapunzel?

SPEAKER_02 52:09

I don't know, but Lucy keeps asking for. I think it's tangled. Daycare. Oh, yeah, because this week is bullshit with daycare.

SPEAKER_00 52:15

Yes, ridiculous.

SPEAKER_02 52:17

Um, she keeps asking for Cinderella songs, and I'm like, I'm pretty sure we've never seen Cinderella. Oh, yeah. Okay, I'm glad you said that because it is straight up. Like, I don't know what they're doing at daycare.

SPEAKER_00 52:28

We got these new uh cups. She was having my okay, so speaking of like, so there's this bounce house place in Burlington that my sister said Simona could go to with her cousins, and it was too busy. Yes, and so she couldn't go. Why couldn't like she because they weren't letting more people in. So she got there, was promised bounce houses, and then she didn't get them. Guess how that went?

SPEAKER_02 52:51

Shit. So have you ever been in that place?

SPEAKER_00 52:54

I haven't.

SPEAKER_02 52:55

It is like a Chuck E. Cheese. So it's really great. I mean, I love the people there.

SPEAKER_00 53:00

I was at Grand Geneva. Uh after we recorded, they ran out of meet another several times during this another 100 times. So I was out there doing one of my deliveries. I was actually with Tyler.

SPEAKER_02 53:10

Oh my Tyler. Playing more than I have this time.

SPEAKER_00 53:12

Playing playing a game. I was upstairs watching him play. He was explaining it to me. You watched him play games? Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 53:19

Blessings to you.

SPEAKER_00 53:20

He really enjoys that.

SPEAKER_02 53:21

I know, he really does. Which is I'll get to it. And um It's so hard because I know he's so happy playing them.

SPEAKER_00 53:27

Sarah called me, she's like, This, I'm like, Tyler, I gotta go.

SPEAKER_02 53:30

I gotta go.

SPEAKER_00 53:31

Someone was mad. We uh went to because as he was doing a good job explaining the game, it was interesting. He was almost done. I figured we could get a beer, but no. So we went to Target to get, you know, a bribe because it was that bad of a meltdown. Damn. And uh we got these princess cups. Oh. They're like color changing plastic, they cost like four bucks, they're great. One's Moana, one's Belle, one's we are very into Beauty and the Beast right now. I know. There must be a daycare.

SPEAKER_02 53:55

I don't know. I love Beauty and the Beast, so I'm all for it.

SPEAKER_00 53:58

And then one's the Rapunzel.

SPEAKER_02 54:00

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 54:00

And she's been really digging that one. So we're like, what is going on here? It's actually right over there. It got left down here. I'll need to take that upstairs.

SPEAKER_02 54:08

Can't see it.

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Um, anyway.

SPEAKER_02 54:11

Yeah, so you're into that. I'm into that. Don't like that movie, but that's because I didn't grow up with it.

SPEAKER_00 54:16

Slyn Ryder seems sketch.

SPEAKER_02 54:18

So listen, you and so this is how Tyler is. He knows every detail of all the kids' movies. I do not pay attention. I like try and do a hundred other things, which I know shame on me. But moms have a lot to do.

SPEAKER_00 54:28

Maybe this is why people are so antisocial.

SPEAKER_02 54:30

Moms have a lot to do. Who's gonna do the dishes and pack the shit? Our dishwasher is proud day. It is? Yeah. Your house is not that old. What happened?

SPEAKER_00 54:38

I don't know. We're trying to figure it out. I did like all the diagnostics. Pam from Pam's Appliances is coming though.

SPEAKER_02 54:42

Pam's Appliances?

SPEAKER_00 54:44

And Twin Lakes, they're the best. If you ever need an appliance fix or need to buy some new ones, I highly recommend Pam. That should have been my product recommendation. Pam.

SPEAKER_02 54:50

The people in Elkorn. Um Miles. Also very good. That's Sarah Bogard's parents. Oh, is it really? I think I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure. That's my parents just bought a whole bunch of new appliances from them. Good times, local appliance companies. So um, Elliot's been on spring break this week, and it's been the worst. Blessings to all of you people who are better parents than me, but working full time and having something happening with my other situation outside of this job. And having my darling emotional six-year-old at home has been a lot. And also, my wonderful, loving, amazing husband has been busy both last weekend and this weekend. Okay, everybody, I'm doing great. So I'm trying to like really try to go through my photos and find a positive, fun kid corner story to talk about.

SPEAKER_00 55:45

And I'm gonna talk about one moment. I have a moment. Please share it. Lucy and Elliot and Tyler came out to get some meat because Tyler's leaving you this weekend.

SPEAKER_02 55:53

Yeah, because Tyler was like, I'll be home later. And I was like, You will come home now and get the kids. I need to work.

SPEAKER_00 56:00

And um I went and got some meat for Tyler from the freezer, and Elliot wanted to come along. He said, and actually he did it. He's like, Can I go home? Can I go home? But he's like, Can I see the dead cows? Can I see the dead cows? So it was, can I go home? Can I see the dead cows? I'm like, no, we're not doing that yet. We're not doing that yet. It was how I kept him to, you know, like as Tyler was doing his shopping. Yes. Good job. So eventually he came into the freezer with me, helped me climb over the mess of boxes to get the thing for Tyler. Here's the dead cow. We went out, he said he was cold and wanted to go home. I said, But Elliot.

SPEAKER_02 56:32

The dead cow. There he is.

SPEAKER_00 56:34

And then his face lit up, opened the door to see the dead cows. He goes, Ew, gross. And then walks back, goes, Okay, Dad, we can go home now.

SPEAKER_02 56:41

That's exactly him. He because like forever ago, you showed him that in a very good way. And we have always had really open conversations about it. This morning on his way.

SPEAKER_00 56:51

You should buy him a Willy warmer if you have such open conversations.

SPEAKER_02 56:54

No. I my mom, thank God, is available to help watch Elliot for part of the day today. And um, on the way to her house, he was talking to me. He said, Does bacon come from a cow? And I was like, No, bacon comes from a pig. And he said, What about pork chops? And I said, Where do you think that comes from? And he goes, So do cows make beef chops? Whatever. I'm grateful that he's very open and knowing. Yeah, this is great. Because you know why? We there's snow on the ground today, everybody. Because it's April.

SPEAKER_00 57:22

Simona freaked out at that time.

SPEAKER_02 57:24

I had a joke. And we saw some cows in a field. And I was like, Oh, look, Elliot, there's cows. And he goes, They're frozen. And what he meant was, like, they're dead frozen. He goes, It's fine, they're frozen, and they're gonna become meat soon. And I'm like, no, they're not dead, Elliot.

SPEAKER_00 57:37

Simona walked out of her bedroom, saw the snow on the ground, and on her playset, which she's been playing on and loving, she goes, dirty mama clean, and then points at the snow and goes, Papa clean, because my dad plows her. That is funny. And Sarah's like, dirty mama clean.

SPEAKER_02 57:54

That's awesome.

SPEAKER_00 57:55

Because she, when there's snow on her playset, she thinks it's dirty. She doesn't like it.

SPEAKER_02 57:58

Yeah, no, I get that. Great. I get it. Um, anyway, I just tried to pick out a fun moment and I took Elliot to a movie in the movie theater, thinking, I'll be a cool mom.

SPEAKER_00 58:09

You are a cool mom.

SPEAKER_02 58:10

No, it turned into like a nightmare, of course. And I'm like, oh, this was fun. Anyway, during the movie, have you seen Sing Two? No, I haven't. Highly recommend. So we loved Sing One. The kids are really into dance parties.

SPEAKER_00 58:22

Have you seen Sing Sing?

SPEAKER_02 58:23

I haven't. No, I've not seen it.

SPEAKER_00 58:25

It's a jail in New York where they execute people.

SPEAKER_02 58:27

Oh, I know. Law and Order taught me that. Sing Two is a great balance of like songs that the parents will love that aren't too obnoxious, but the kids also love. So we saw Sing Two, and Elliot, we were the only people in the theater. And Elliot got up and started dancing in the middle of it because there's a really good, really good scene. And yeah, he started dancing in the middle of it. Cool, this is the kid I remember. He's fun and carefree. This is what you should be when you're six, not throwing pillows at my face. Thank you. Also, shout out to Daniel for the free popcorn beverage. Thanks, Daniel. So it's been a week, but we're making it. It's the last day of spring break. Blessing to whatever being there is.

SPEAKER_00 59:06

And God bless you, teachers who have to deal with these kids on Monday. Well, thanks for listening, guys. We hope you appreciate the conversationality of our new setup. I know. Here's where we are, our new future. It's beautiful.

SPEAKER_02 59:16

It is beautiful. Good job, Nick. So uh I think that's Bridget. Uh no, we hope uh by the time you're listening to this, we hope you've had a wonderful weekend and hopefully.